#Just trying to sleep

[keemorg]

Asuka Kazama's Wasted Potential (?)

Sometimes I wish Bamco just named her Asuka Mitsubishi or Asuka Honda, whatever really, except Asuka KAZAMA. Some of her fans are really clinging to her surname, hoping she would be relevant to the main storyline at one point.

I kinda understand them, really, especially the long-time fans. Bamco really cooked on her debut, even though it's obvious that she is only meant to be Jun's replacement gameplay-wise.

And it's easy to mislead the players if you put one of the most important names in the story to a newcomer.

Bamco gave them a reason to expect. But they also have been actively putting out signs that Asuka will not be relevant, they've been doing it from the start.

Her T5 ending is an untasteful gag, and she had a side plot with Feng on her debut (not in the main story). Characters like Lars, who have been written to be relevant were put immediately in the story).

In Tekken 6, she would've been a great fit as a Lars sidekick because she has a reason to seek out Jin. But that never happened and they decided to put Alisa instead.

In Tekken 8, Bamco really, really emphasized that she is a member of a subsidiary branch (though they didn't have to do that). There is no Mishima subsidiary or something.

I used to also think she had wasted potential, but the more I dig into her lore and motivations, where she is right now makes sense to how she is as a character.

She is a regular high schooler who just wants to have a normal life but keeps getting bad luck because of the actions of other people (Feng, Jin, and yes, Lili too, we can't just ignore her misdoings).

Where Bamco fumbled is the lack of meaningful changes to her rivalry with Lili before T8. They leaned too much into comedy that it became tiring, but the rivalry itself is not bad.

Honestly, I am posting this because I am just frustrated with how some of Asuka's fans really HATE Lili because she "made Asuka irrelevant" when it's obvious she is a side character from the start.

It's frustrating because I love them both, even though they are not relevant to the story. I appreciate them as they are as characters right now instead of what fans think they should have been.

I love how they affect each other (Lili learning to be a normal kid, and Asuka learning to let others take care of her for once and not just her taking care of others, actually kinda similar arc to Jin's).

Lili is also dealt with bad cards here, people are now just focusing on her rivalry with Asuka when she is, and always has been, all about being the perfect Heiress to her father.

Fortunately, Bamco is finally going back to their original motivations (and not just the comedic rivalry). And it's seen in their endings: Asuka can live her pre-Feng life, and Lili being the daughter who strives to make her family name great.

These may be canon or not, but I think it's a way Bamco shows that these two are not fighting ALL THE TIME and that there is NO REAL ANIMOSITY between them. (Also, I love Shaheen's ending because it made these points clearer).

And now that I got these thoughts out of my mind, I can sleep. It's just tiring seeing unjustified hate for the characters you like all the time. But I guess that's just how fandoms work.

Owkie bye...

[napping-sapphic]

take your clothes off and get on the bed what no we aren’t having sex right now we’re cuddling and pressing every inch of skin together as close as possible for the next six hours

[anna-scribbles]

let him speak

[bacchuschucklefuck]

typical tavern scene

[pangur-and-grim]

Pangur is THRILLED that I have mono! her favourite thing in the world is napping with me

[wishfulsketching]

I can't sleep, so here's old man yaoi

[henry-or-something]

crazy sonic theory that makes sense to me and only me. y'know how stone in sonic 3 just kept mocking ppl when he really didn't in the last movies?

Like again

and again

and again?

What if it's just crazy foreshadowing for the next movie?

We know metal sonic is gonna be in it and robotnik went boom (when does he not tbh. He's probably fine)

Anyways, with robotnik presumed dead, who is left on earth that might've made metal sonic? Y'know, the robotic carbon copy of sonic? What some ppl might call a mimicry?? Or if they're mean a mockery??

Could it be, and just hear me out on this, that it was made by the very man who has been robotnik's shadow for who knows how long AND who makes fun of ppl by impersonating them??? HMMMM???

(for the love of God let him go crazy w/ grief I need his villain arc so bad)

[egophiliac]

Your first initial impressions of any Twst character vs your current feelings about them?

honestly, my perception of pretty much every character went through some metamorphosis of "this guy looks like a jerk" to "oh, he's a stupid jerk? now hold on." it's all about that balancing act between a dark brooding asshole and a dark brooding asshole who is also totally ridiculous, and it really does make ALL the difference.

perhaps most ironically, I've mentioned before that I was absolutely not into the Diasomnias at first, because the impression the website gave pre-release was somehow even less favorable than for everyone else and I was mad at Lilia for getting my hopes up for a token girl). and then we got their stories and, well, I kind of just haven't stopped thinking about them since. 🤷

also, I went in thinking that Crowley was going to be. y'know. competent at his job. a helpful guide. a mysterious yet caring mentor figure, a fitting leader for this band of delicate young magic waifs with their fancy little magic outfits and their perfect, perfect hair. I've never been so glad to be wrong.

[cringefail-clown]

been thinking about no-sburb/alternia escapees au

[liimonadas]

im actually obsessed with 2-4 phoenix he is tired of all this bullshit. i love how he does not say a word for like 5 minutes after edgeworth enters the room

[hollytree33]

Hi so I might’ve made a painting of my Inquisitor while trying to mimic Solas’s style so I can pretend he made it

[victorclays]

thinking about eddie getting arrested one night by Hopper and officer whats-his-face and when they turn their backs on him for a second he fucking bolts.

hands cuffed behind his back he books it down the street and they're both chasing him, and it plays out like the scene from super bad, neither of them can catch him cuz he's wicked fast and they just end up panting in the middle of the road as he jangles his way into the distance, Hopper with his hands on his knees, gasping for breathe like "he's a freak. He's the fastest kid alive."

[rocketbirdie]

cat nap with a lap dog

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: ↳ "So was I. I was angry, just like you. I led us across this bridge, thinking things could change. If I hadn't… your parents would still be alive. I know you wanna hurt the topsiders for what they've done to us. But who are you willing to lose? Mylo? Claggor? Powder? Nobody wins in war, Vi."

[stealingpotatoes]

finally remembered what day hourly comics day is and actually did it! and of course it had to be on the day i was woken up at ass o'clock