#Radiant history

[projectcatzo]

Imagine being Pelleas, a complete nobody growing up in an orphanage who happens to both have blue hair and a special tattoo, and one day a guy with a monocle and forehead veins sees you and decides "This kid would make the perfect scapegoat for my convoluted powerplay, let's ruin his already pretty miserable life"

[iridescent-glitter-dragon]

Been replaying Radiant Historia, still can't believe that Perfect Chronology gave us a full painting of the moment Heiss decided to sacrifice himself for Stocke (which I thought intensified the Feels of the moment), then went "you know what would better than the Ultimate Nihilist realizing that there is in fact something that matters more to him than his own life? if everybody got together to fight a big monster who is actually the real cause of the environmental crisis"

[zenogram]

In washes of gold, where laughter spills, Ancient whispers dance on sun-kissed hills. Brush strokes of joy in a vibrant array, History blooms in a bright watercolor day. Time's gentle caress on soft pages unfurls, Each color a memory, a joy that twirls. Moments entwined in a lively embrace, As history smiles in this radiant space.

[oceansabove]

"Go into your next life. Live it, and bear its suffering." For @radiantemperorweek day 3: Reincarnation <3 Rating: Teen and up audiences Warnings for: Major Character Death, graphic depiction of illness & pandemic, parasitism, creepy crawlies Relationships: Ouyang & Zhu, Ouyang/Esen Stats: 1,692 words, 4/4 chapters Summary: Ouyang and Zhu pass on. Some things change, and some stay the same. Or, Zhu dies of cricket parasite and Ouyang dies of bubonic plague but after a thousand years maybe they find their way home.

[godzilla-reads]

Two fantastic book recommendations from a bookseller at Moon Palace Books, plus two others I found 🤩

[deadpresidents]

Read any good books since your last update about your recent reading?

Yes, although I forget when I last shared the books I've been reading, so hopefully I don't repeat anything.

I know that I've repeated this book because I've mentioned it several times over the past couple of weeks, but I can't help but remind everyone again about Steve Coll's excellent new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO). It's definitely the best book I've read so far this year, and it's one of the better books I've read in the past 10 years.

Other recent books that I've read and would recommend checking out:

•Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Brad Gooch

•The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Brandon Presser

•UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here -- and Out There (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Garrett M. Graff Garrett Graff has quickly become one of those authors who I go out of my way to immediately pick up his latest books because he's so well-connected and I ALWAYS learn fascinating things from his books. I don't know if there's a writer/journalist today who has better access to the American defense establishment or proven to be more capable of shining a light on many of the most secretive aspects of the United States government.

•"Uncool and Incorrect" in Chile: The Nixon Administration and the Downfall of Salvador Allende (BOOK | KINDLE) by Stephen M. Streeter

•Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Jared Cohen

•The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Jean Edward Smith

•Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by David Mitchell

•The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty: The Husaynis, 1700-1948 (BOOK) by Ilan Pappe

•In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Terry Alford

•Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Brian A. Catlos

•Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia, Volume 1 of the Borgata Trilogy (BOOK | KINDLE) by Louis Ferrante

•Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant (BOOK | KINDLE) by John Reeves

•His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Joseph Lelyveld

•Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Scott Eyman

[violasgamingpalace]

Completed Banner of the Maid (French Revolution Fire Emblem Clone with mostly female cast). I really enjoyed it- the game made a lot of smart choices with stats and class design that, while keeping almost all the same math from Fire Emblem, feels effective for a more grounded realistic setting.

I especially loved the " weapon triangle" in this game, where there are four unit types that every class fits into. Each unit type has one advantage and one disadvantage, meaning there are two "Neutral" matchups. While a lot of battles do boil down to "Hit their disadvantage", having two neutral matchups allow you a little more flexibility.

Another point of strength was personal skills. Every unit has one and they're usually influential enough to change how you play the unit. They also gave personal skills to enemy bosses! Those skills are pretty strong, actually having an influence in how you fight the boss.

The game is a little easier than I'd like, but there are some standout hard battles, and I'm interested in the post-game challenge dlc to hopefully provide.

The writing quality is, sadly, rather mediocre. It's not helped by a very poor English translation (There is only one translator for a >30 hour RPG here, typos and awkward sentences galore), but even without that many of the plot beats and character moments are still never pushing beyond blah.

The two exceptions I do want to call attention to, however, are the comedic moments, which I think are consistently funny, and the "Camus" style "Boss that you think is recruitable but you have to kill". She's set up as a big powerful opponent, and she affects the battle (Though, again, wish she affected it more and was harder).

This fun good moment is strangely followed with the true final map, a rather boring kill everything and have the British bosses you've beaten thrice before declare they're gonna be back. I did enjoy this game enough to be interested in a sequel at least, but when "Fin" came up it felt very off.

Then again this shit is a hate crime. SHE WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT AHHHH!!!

[flarebean]

*slaps valorant* THIS bad boy can fit SO MUCH found family in it. also GET you a media that can do BOTH (found family and romance and enemy drama)

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[toc-battlequotes]

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology Mobile

ca. 2011 - 01/2015

[universestreasures]

Emi Sendou from Cardfight Vanguard is has been added as a Highly Active Muse! 

Canon Compliment and Headcanon Expanded (Portrayal mainly combining aspects from her different iterations, mainly the IF series and the OG series, together along with some HCs of my own!).

Verses for IF, V Series, G, and OG series are available, with an Inuyasha Verse coming soon! 

[qbdatabase]

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness.

In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.

When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother’s identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate.

After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu uses takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother’s abandoned greatness.

[blackpointgame]

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[dodgebolts]

I actually really like the high radiant lobbies bc everyone knows each other and in random queues it’s either fun banter or just quiet gameplay

[oceansabove]

so i was like maybe i'll make something for radiant emperor week but like i'm super tired and busy idw to do a ton of research about 14th century china ig i'll make playlists maybe write a reincarnation fic set in the future or something, make it short, low pressure, just for fun, hey ykw it would be so silly if zhu reincarnated as a cricket that'd be minimal research and then suddenly i'm three wikipedia pages deep learning about cricket anatomy, types of cricket, and cricket parasites like what if ouyang reincarnated as a horsehair worm that lays its eggs inside crickets like what if the eggs are a sword metaphor but like what does this actually do to the cricket wow it makes the cricket jump into the water that's kinda fucked up and now i have like seven wikipedia tabs open including the hongwu emperor wikipedia page bc funeral must be going on in the background of the cricket drama of course and i'm about to click on the links in the references section of the wikipedia pages so mission failed successfully i guess. will this even get finished? probably? but now i know more about crickets. and 14th century china.

[zenogram]

In low poly dreams where colors play, History dances in a bright ballet. Polygonal whispers of laughter and light, Ancient tales twinkle, vibrant and bright. Past heroes gleam in hues so bold, Their stories unfold like treasures untold. Joyful echoes in a geometric space, Where time’s gentle hands leave a radiant trace.