#Lockne DS

[tkababe]

Lockne and Målingen: A Sisterhood of Binary Stars

Lucille Clifton, The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton: “sisters” // Death Stranding (dir. Hideo Kojima) // Death Stranding (dir. Hideo Kojima) // Marie Lu, The Midnight Star // Death Stranding (dir. Hideo Kojima) // Death Stranding (dir. Hideo Kojima) // My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult // Death Stranding (dir. Hideo Kojima) // The Other Boleyn Girl (dir. Justin Chadwick)

[higgs-the-god]

could Not get it out of my mind so. fuck it. deadstrandy warrior cats au

idk how much of the ds universe is gonna b in this so names/designs/etc arent solid

higgs. basically sol (as far as i know) as in everyone thinks he's a lot cooler than he really is. he also rolls in soot and dirt and then glitter so he can say he's some shitty starclan cat or some shit

sam. loner who was roped into clan biz bc his pelt is ~starclan blessed~. still a repatriate and no one knows why. idk how to design lou yet but shes in this au ofc

deadman -> deadpelt. considering having him like. been a cat that was studied on by scientists or whatever And also he's never been visited by starclan despite like everyone else in the au having the exact opposite luck

heartman -> moorheart. not entirely sure how to work in his dying every 20 or whatever minutes but he's a medcat who knows way too much abt twolegs and whatever they get up to. would be the kinda guy to dissect prey and such

mama ->sandstream. ran from Bridgeclan and keeps sam company before/during being "recruited" by bridgeclan

lockne ->shadepool. maybe the deputy? usually building dens or fortifying the camp

[gladepola]

Målingen

[bidonica]

DISCLAIMER that I should have put in since the beginning: this series of posts is me documenting my second (but first in the Director's Cut) consecutive Death Stranding playthrough in an unserious way. I try to keep the actual story spoilers on the light side, but the point of these posts is also to allow myself to think out loud about things I didn't catch the first time around, seeing foreshadowing in light of the payoff et cetera, so it's not entirely spoiler free. 

Guess who's back on the road after spending four days with a migraine that locked me out of any screen based entertainment and allocating some of my precious free time to a portrait of New Higgs... One of my biggest "hear me out"s maybe... Gut window sexy..... Kojima retweeted....

It's insane how much I memory holed this part of the map (the swamp with Homo demens), which according to my calculations I probably played between Christmas and New Years? I wonder if changing the difficulty setting has anything to do with it.

Anyway we're off to what is unironically my favorite part of the map: the snowy mountains! Carrying a bomb that is very fragile on my back! 

I think ultimately DS is a pretty forgiving game, it's not easy to "die" (think of how avoiding combat by being stealthy or taking a detour is often an option) and even if its physics are more realistic than other games, Sam's bones are pretty much made of steel. Creating a voidout is bad but you can still go forward in the game. However I fell over like an idiot at the beginning of this mission and the catastrophe you set off if you don't carry that bomb like a precious and fragile crystal egg is of such magnitude that, after the scene freezes and crumples and whites out, you just get a load screen that puts a hand on your shoulder saying "now we're going back to the latest save" like a slightly disappointed but still encouraging father figure.

Anyway. I hate the "Death Stranding is a walking simulator lol" meme with a passion, but it *is* true that it recreates the experience of hiking in a very satisfying and realistic way... This is literally me huffing and puffing in the Dolomites this past October, like, this visual gave me a real life flashback.

Unsure whether we were supposed to see this grass coming out of the snow at this altitude or if it's a glitch (some people on reddit have found trees spawning in unexpected areas and nobody knows whether it's by design or not).

NOT THIS PLACE!!!

Okay, false alarm, the first time you pass by the "graveyard" nothing happens. Totally quiet location, zero danger, absolutely not infested with BTs, absolutely not a spot you'll be forced to go through over and over in the upcoming missions

I kind of like how antagonistic Lockne is... Never beating the allegations that mountain people are kind of grumpy and insular...

In some mysterious way the bomb I delivered will fix this black tar and floating boulders situation, how? Fuck me if I know, I love Sam Porter Bridges but I wish he asked some more questions sometimes.

Speaking of someone more loquacious I've been wondering how my friend Peter Englert is doing

Aaaand there he is. Why does he write like this.

Joking aside, the "it marks another year since the joining of myself and my beloved wife" hints at Higgs meeting Amelie two years ago, right? The timeline is always a bit fuzzy to me.

Anyway as the previous pizza missions were actually pretty doable I took this on today after work to decompress. Reader, I didn't decompress, but that's for another post

[revenantcliffstranding]

INKTOBER DAY 17

“Wondering.”

Målingen, where are you?

Not enough art of Lockne! (Also, I really like her vest and I want it).

[astrandofgold]

Målingen / Lockne

[savage-rhi]

omgomg could we have “Who invited the sadist?” with sam x higgs if you write for them??

You got it! :D

There was an air of tension in the presidents office as Fragile, Sam, Lockne, Heartman and President Die-Hardman sat across from one another. Having not seen each other in years, a mix of emotions stirred within the room. Old passions and troubles were brewing in the subconscious as Sam sighed, breaking the silence in the room as he glared.

"Lou better be safe,"

"I promise you, Sam. No harm will come to her. She's in good hands with Deadman." Die-Hardman said honestly. He knew Sam had every right not to trust him, given that Sam left the UCA behind for good years ago. By law, Sam was a criminal for abandoning his country and taking a Bridge Baby with him, government property.

"If one hair on that kid is damaged, you'll be wishing you were still dealing with an Extinction Entity." Sam said.

Despite the calm in Sam's voice, his words made the hair's on everyone's neck stand at attention.

"Sam, we wouldn't have brought you back here unless we had a good reason. Yes, the ambush was unnecessary but it's for a good cause if you'll hear me out." Heartman interjected before anything else could be spoken.

"All of us were living out our lives, doing our own thing, when a strange anomaly occurred. This anomaly is bigger than we anticipated. Everyone needs to come together, be it friend or foe."

Before Heartman could finish the rest of his thoughts, the doors to the room opened up. There were two guards alongside a familiar face in handcuffs.

Higgs smirked as his eyes quickly locked with Sam's. Hostility, bewilderment, fear-- the emotions traveled through each of the men's features as they regarded one another up until Sam shook his head, gesturing at Higgs as the guards forced him to take a seat at the end of the table. Far away from the rest of the group.

"Who invited the sadist?" Sam asked firmly.

"Nice to see you too, Sammy." Higgs scoffed.

"I thought you were dead, on the beach. At least stuck there."

"Trust me, if he didn't have to be here I'd make sure of it." Die-Hardman said, glaring at Higgs while the former terrorist gave a playful wave and salute to the president. The cuffs on his arms rattling with an irritable noise.

"Nice to see you too, pipsqueak killer." Higgs smirked.

Die-Hardman looked away, balling his fist up before eyeing Fragile. She too averted her gaze. The body language was enough for Sam to get the picture: Fragile had a hand in bringing Higgs back. Why she did such a stupid thing, Sam had no clue.

"Anyone want to start explaining themselves or are we all going to be giving each other the silent treatment?" Lockne asked.

"If I may," Higgs started.

"No, you may not." Fragile interjected fiercely as Higgs grumbled, crossing his arms as Fragile sighed, rubbing her forehead as she took over the conversation.

"While Higgs was stuck in purgatory, he discovered something ominous on the beach. It has to do with the Bridge Baby's--let's just say it's bad, Sam. And if we don't figure out how to put a stop to it, Lou could be in danger. The sadist over there might be useful to stopping it."

Sam furrowed his brows, wondering what the hell else was in store for him and Lou. He swallowed, looking at Higgs as his former rival stared at him. Whatever the circumstances, Sam was scared.

[evilwvergil]

“Lockne” : ↳D E A T H  S T R A N D I N G

[raccoonclty]

i dont take criticism

[moonriseterror]

His friends: heartman, fragile,deadman and MAMA/Lockne order things just to see Lou but refuse to babysit her

I want a cute modern death stranding au where it’s just Sam not being able to find a babysitter so he takes Lou with him on the job

[higgs-the-god]

[kundool]

Målingen & Lockne - The Lovers

[larkingale]

[ghost-in-a-wasteland]

LOADING...//🕸

D.S.CHARACTERS[CANON]//TAGS

↳ see ds[headcanons] for more info

//amelie//

luxury, hallucinations, roses, spider webs

//cliff//

abandoned churches, war photography, dolls

//deadman//

vintage medicine, surgical tools, organs

//diehardman//

motorcycles, suits, bared teeth, darkness

//fragile//

leather, scars, delicate objects, butterflies

//heartman//

antique art, evolutionary study, hearts

//higgs//

egyptian symbols, golden weapons, masks

//lou//

baby animals, space, wonders of nature

//mama[lockne]//

advanced tech, optical devices, robotics

//sam//

roads, cans of monster, submersion, travel

↳  RELATIONSHIPS

//bruise colored heart//  -  Diehardman/Cliff

//bygone father//  -  Cliff+Sam

//cardiac antiquity//  -  Heartman/Sam

//DOOMs express//  -  Fragile+Sam

//gilded knots// - Amelie/Higgs

//iter pater//  -  Lou+Sam

//kintsugi//  -  Fragile/Higgs

//non nobis solum// - Mama+Heartman+Deadman+Fragile+Sam+Diehardman

//pawn of midas//  - Higgs/Sam

//scarlet knots//  -  Amelie+Sam

//scars & fingerprints//  -  Deadman/Sam

+ = general relationship

/ = romantic relationship

[xenosagaepisodeone]

I still haven’t finished the game but death stranding feels like kojima’s response (not an aggressive rebuttal, but a mediated response) to the way people talk about how he treats his female characters. it’s not completely clean, but the female characters in ds are used as vectors for the concepts and narratives he normally reserved for a handful of characters in metal gear (I’m also positive that this is the first time he’s ever written sisters? Portable Ops doesn’t count). death stranding isn’t about sam as much as it’s about everyone else, but in the end sam only finds himself after unraveling their stories and understanding them. his most poignant relationships are with [REDACTED], amelie and fragile (die hardman and deadman aside for a moment) and at no point are they beholden to him like he is to any of them. sam is largely used as a prop to make everyone else in the room look more interesting and to push their individual arcs forward, but theres an interesting subtle emphasis on how important their development is to how the game allows /him/ to grow as a character. do you get it? he functionally takes on the role of the traditional shounen love interest girl whose character development hinges on the people they care about the most!! certainly not the intention but it’s fun reading it that way.

theres a lot of interesting parallels you can make between snake/liquid and sam/amelie but i’m a lot more interested in lockne and mama’s relationship because of how it’s an inverse of snake and liquid’s relationship that also abandons the initial pretext of their narrative being about ‘motherhood’ mid arc in favor of a more interesting narrative about the value in their own lives and the relationship they have with one another (I wasn’t expecting this from kojima honestly).

[higgs-the-god]

mama and lockne