#The Geofront

[professoricepick]

Six Dozen Candles

Well, that’s another year down. I don’t really feel much different from 35, aside from the oncoming dread that I’m inching ever closer towards 40. Hopefully, I’m just being as much of a big baby about getting older as I was when I dreaded hitting 30 during my late-20s… but something tells me it’s not going to be quite as smooth sailing. Still, getting some birthday wishes and a few presents…

[operationrainfall]

REVIEW: The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

[rehncohro]

radom picture from my phone with no explanation

[shutinlear53]

We have York, we have New York, let's build Neo York

[felipe-oliveros]

[benihana-circumcision]

Listen man yeah i get it it'd be cool to pilot a mech robot that jerks u off while u engage in dog-based narrative motifs but you chuuni motherfuckers are Really fumbling the bag by not hedging your bets on learning to be repairbay techs. have fun risking ur life and getting ur sense of self electrochemically decimated while u commit Gooner Warcrimes i'll be chilling in climate control 15 klicks beneath the main barrier of the geofront sippin state-subsidized chicory synth-caf while "supervising the print fabs" (read: scrolling holofeed and getting hit on by the overbearing 40something IT techs)

[apas-95]

wearing a shirt that says I ♡ Internecine Warfare In Grimy Industrial Geofronts

[delasartenalfuego]

Cuando vienen los Ángeles pero el geofront es de AliExpress

15 edificios demolidos a la vez en China:

[savior-of-humanity]

(I'm curious to hear about your TTRPG characters 👀)

YESSSSS... HAHAHAH.... YESSSSSSSS

I'm gonna be putting this under a read-more because this might get long (and there's also pictures) but anyways!! (also pinging @hymns-across-the-stars and @cursedfortune since they also expressed interest for me yapping about my emotional punching bags)

SILAS W. RODRIGUES & CAILEAN EVANGELION UNIT-07

I've been fucking DYING to play an Adeptus Evangelion campaign ever since I found out it existed, and I'm still really happy that I found a game at all because the subreddit for AdEVA is dead (though you can find a link to an active-ish AdEVA discord server in there if you dig deep enough). ANYWAYS!!!

Silas isn't really a sopping wet poor little meow meow like some of my other muses (i.e Shinji) but he is definitely just as fucked up. Basic TL;DR of his backstory is that he lived w/ his extended family in Brazil as a baby, with his older brother Cailean largely being the one to raise him, while his parents were off doing shit related to the Katsuragi Expedition that would eventually lead to Second Impact. Given that Second Impact is a global apocalypse, obviously his country gets fucked over and a lot of his immediate family either dies or gets lost among the chaos of that and the immediately ensuing Impact Wars.

Fast forward about a decade, and his older brother goes off to work for NERV after managing to get some good higher education. All's well since Cailean's largely giving what he makes back to his family to help support them, until he suddenly and unexpectedly dies in some kind of accident. The reality is that Cailean actually signed up for a Contact Experiment w/ an EVA in exchange for a large bump in pay, which resulted in his soul becoming assimilated into the EVA. Silas, obviously, doesn't know this, and is incredibly distraught as he and Cailean had a very close sibling relationship.

Eventually Silas gets approached by NERV with the offer to become an EVA Pilot in exchange for training, housing, and payment - and seeing how lucrative the money is, Silas accepts.

For the actual campaign in particular, the basic plot premise is pretty simple; What if Shinji never got in the EVA when Zeruel attacked the Geofront?

A simple question like this, apparently, has some pretty significant answers. To put it simply; with no Unit-01 to stop it, Zeruel managed to reach Terminal Dogma, (presumably) fuse with Lilith, and basically become a god-like being through which it would initiate Third Impact. I'm not sure what the full effects of Third Impact upon the world are yet, but I'm assuming it resulted in a lot of global damage, on top of Zeruel now starting to spawn its own Angels (Zerulim) to target and destroy humanity.

A bunch of canon characters are dead as well; Asuka is presumed KIA (there's some stuff in the plot that implies she could be alive but We Don't Know Yet™), Rei II is dead (though another (adult) clone of her now acts as the Commander of what remains of NERV, now known as WILLE), as well as Mari, Toji, and a lot of other characters such as Gendo and Misato. Shinji's fate is unknown but he was offered as a playable character so I'm guessing he's alive, just not (currently) relevant to the plot.

Anyways. Silas.

He has some pretty complicated feelings about his fellow pilots, because he's personally watched two of them die in incredibly horrific and traumatizing ways. He's afraid of forming friendships and similar meaningful relationships with other people, because he's afraid of going through that feeling of loss; something that's heavily impacted him ever since Cailean "died". And yet paradoxically he won't hesitate to put himself in harm's way so that they don't have to suffer as much. I'm really hoping to flesh him out as a character as the campaign progresses since I've been thinking of implementing him and Cailean/his EVA as muses (though there's like. only one other person I know of on Tumblr that actually has Evangelion muses he could interact with 😭)

KHARIAS (also cw for mentions of child death)

So, Kharias is basically just my fursona that I adapted for a homebrew Lancer campaign hosted by a friend of mine. I don't remember the full details of the story because it's been a while since the campaign's on a hiatus atm but basically, she's a Wildkin (furry race) who had a very rough childhood.

She was raised by her father Perristona, who I believe was a former general of the Wildkin army. Perristona is Not A Good Person. Like. Not even in the emotionally complicated way that makes you even sorta sympathetic but in the way that makes you go "what the fuck, is this guy insane?" And for good reason!!

Because when Kharias and her brother were about 6 years old, he made them fight each other to the death. With axes. It was as horrific, violent, and traumatizing as you can imagine.

And then years later he made a clone army of her dead brother for the sake of basically helping some very misguided people cause a global apocalypse that may or may not involve firing the in-universe equivalent of a Halo ring.

Fun stuff! Basically she's a big shark lady who kicks ass and pilots a fucking badass magical mech. I might bring her around again for another campaign my friend is planning on doing, though I have some other more appealing character ideas since, to be honest, a lot of her backstory in the Lancer campaign was actually cooked up by the GM, so I'm not really sure how to apply her without just going through the same backstory stuff.

[asushin-mermaid-au-ask-blog]

Asuka and Shinji's son comes home with a black eye and is smiling. He got into a fight and won.

(Had to dig out my old icons for adult Shinji and Asuka, these face claims aren’t perfect but hopefully using them adds for flair that using their usual teenage selves lol)

“Hmmm of course there was no doubt that you’d give that idiot a beat down, but the question is did you fight like mama and papa? You fought with elegance and proper form right?” Asuka probs the kid with a very proud smile on her face.

“Asuka that’s not the point. The point is that he’s suspended and we’re going to have to take him to the geofront tomorrow.” Shinji adds with a frown. He hopes the kid doesn’t fight like he used to pilot the Eva that would be terrible.

“Don’t worry papa will buy you a soda tomorrow for winning.”

[maybe-not-a-robot]

Media Log 2024 Entry 11 - Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone - 3/5

This looks familiar.

EDIT: reduced score to 3/5. I want these scores to be more subjective, so I reduced it because I didn't enjoy 1.0 very much.

(Sensing a theme? blame @duskdishwasher, she's the one streaming them for me.)

Right out of the gate, I want to establish something: This entry is going to be surprisingly negative for a 4/5. What you need to remember is that, fundamentally, this movie is still the first six episodes of the Evangelion anime.

1.0 is... honestly, a little disappointing. But I'll start with the positives: the animation, mostly. The animation of the movie is pure mechanical animation porn, mixing digitally drawn animation with elaborate CGI to present some of the most detailed and well-animated views of Tokyo-3, the Geofront, the Evangelions, and the angels out there, alongside redesigning the angels to be a little different - most notably, the newly morphing Ramiel at the end of the movie. It looks wonderful, and the movie uses it very well!

However, where it falls flat is the story. As I said, it is still, fundamentally, the first six episodes of the Evangelion TV series, which are a masterpiece, but it's the first six episodes crunched into only 98 minutes. The pacing isn't bad, but it loses a lot of the slower, thematically impactful moments from the TV series, and because of that, it loses quite a bit. It doesn't axe them all, but it gets rid of enough to make their exclusion feel very noticeable. It feels a little like a recap movie that also points towards a lot of later plot elements really early, way earlier than in the show.

In the end, I think 1.0's biggest flaw is its lack of derivation from the TV series. Unlike The End of Evangelion and the end of the TV series, there is a very good reason to compare 1.0 and the beginning of the TV series... and the comparison, in my eyes, is not in 1.0's favor.

None of this is to say 1.0 is bad... I just think it's worse. And a lot of shows are worse than Evangelion, so that's not really saying much. It stands alone, but it's not a good substitute.

[best-evangelion-girl]

Ramiel is the fifth angel that appears in neon genesis evangelion. it appears as a floating crystal octahedron capable of deploying a drill and firing a large destructive laser with perfect accuracy. it makes noises that sound like high pitched voices singing. it is the least organic and most mechanical of the angels, and is arguably not "alive". an internal scan shows that a massive nuclear reactor is contained within it's body. it uses it's drill to try and breach the geofront to reach Adam. realizing that an eva could not get close enough to attack Ramiel, Misato came up with the plan to channel all of Tokyo-3's energy into firing a massive experimental positron rifle fired by unit 01. Ramiel counterattack but it's beam was blocked by unit 00 and it's heat shield. Ramiel was defeated, but unit 00 was badly damaged and received repairs and a color change afterwards.

https://wiki.evageeks.org/Ramiel

Arael is a massive luminescent angel with wings of light that appear similar to lightning bolts. it's core is difficult to see due to the brightness of its body. it's attacks are more mental than physical, tormenting Asuka with traumatic childhood memories. because of its distance, no weapons were effective. Rei in unit 00 retrieved the spear of longinus piercing Lilith and threw it at Arael. the spear escaped gravity, killed Arael, and drifted into space until it landed on the moon.

https://wiki.evageeks.org/Arael

[smash-64]

2023 Game of the Year Countdown #2 The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure Nintendo Switch, 2023 (PSP, 2011)

Twelve years after the initial release in Japan, we finally got the finale to the Crossbell games. Some fans were a bit impatient, but I say it was well worth the wait for official localization.

Combat in Trails games, especially the PSP games in the earlier part of the series, was probably at its peak with Azure. New games have more options and tricks, but I think it was still really fun when things were a bit more limited. I definitely prefer the older style for the quartz and orbal arts, but it was really interesting to see how the Master Quartz were first integrated into the combat system. I actually love how powerful the combination of the Master Quartz are when you also get the Burst gauge. I think I was able to have something like 25 straight turns at one point after timing everything just right. Maybe that’s just a bit too powerful, but it was definitely fun.

Fans play Trails games for the deep, interconnected stories and the interesting characters, and Azure delivers. The Crossbell games are often voted as the best games in the franchise, and a lot of that comes from the characters. Rixia Mao shines as a supremely interesting, and very powerful character, which makes her a fan favorite. Arianrhod is introduced, and remains a favorite through the Cold Steel arc for many players. Randy Orlando. Tio Plato. Each character gets time in the spotlight and brings something unique to the table in combat. The story also has many twists and turns. There is a chance that players might feel that the story tries to run in high gear for a bit too long at points, but I didn’t think it detracted from the overall story.

Truth of a Rainy Day, Unfathomed Force, Traces of D, 8-bit Fateful Confrontation, and Miss You are my favorite tracks from the game. They each bring something different and I love them all. Truth of a Rainy Day is somber and slow, Unfathomed Force feels like you’re really up against an impossible foe, Traces of D is a little bit creepy, 8-bit Fateful Confrontation sounds like a Megaman tune, and Miss You is very friendly and welcoming. One of the best OSTs in the Trails series.

Being able to play the official localization, having not been able to play the Geofront version, brought new appreciation for Crossbell. As I said before, it’s often voted as the greatest Trails game, and I now also see what those fans do. There’s just so much coming together at this point of the series. I do not exaggerate when I say I was even excited to see what would take place at the West Zemurian Trade Conference, something that sounds supremely boring on name alone. I guess the only downside would be that players would need to play at least four games before this one in order to get full appreciation.

[one-winged-angels-world]

The End of Evangelion Alternate ending (real, not fake)

After 2 weeks ago. The giant angel has been attacked by a city and taking over from Tokyo-3

People are screaming from the panic and terrorizing by the Giant angel, her name is Sephiroth. The One-Winged Angel.

Shinji: Miss Misato,

Shinji questioned his caretaker, a purple-haired woman old enough to be his mother despite her still youthful appearance,

Shinji: why are we here? I don’t remember anything about training today, and surely if an Angel has been spotted we’d already be suited up and in the Eva Units.

Misato: shut their mouth Shinji! That giant angel has been attacked by a city. It's more likely giant human angel thing.

Misato Katsuragi thankfully she's watching her as Ritsuko Akagi

Shinji: who the heck is this.

Misato: it's a giant God angel name Sephiroth. And.... she is from final fantasy.

Ritsuko: wow Shinji, you're so cringe

Asuka: sorry stupid shinji. I'm going to kill that giant angel man

Misato: if you that giant red robot. Oh I will kill that giant angel.

Asuka: okay.

Misato: :(

Ritsuko: if that's just say. Wtf.

1028 hours later.

Asuka what she's watching her that was a size about 100 ft tall giant angel.

Asuka: what the hell is this....

Shinji: holy.....

Asuka: WTF HAPPENED!?

Ritsuko Akagi: bro Asuka

Misato Katsuragi: killed that bullshit.

Asuka: WHY DOES SO BIG!?

Shinji: I can do this.

In the wake of Second Impact and Angel attacks, the city was converted to be able to retreat into the vast chamber beneath the Earth known as the Geofront, ensuring the citizens were safe in the event of an attack. It was standard procedure.

But what was not standard was what greeted them on said monitors.

It was not an Angel, their sensors told them so, but they would not have believed it had they simply looked at it.

And last was a bright red aside from several white stripes, four eyes of green in its rectangular face. Evangelion Unit 02, Asuka Shikinami Langley at the controls. It also held a Pallet Rifle.

The first to step out, holding a colossal gatling gun in its hands, was coated in purple armor. Green lights adorned its form, contrasting with the yellow eyes affixed in an eternal stare. This was Evangelion Unit 01, piloted by Shinji Ikari.

Asuka: Let’s just deal with this thing and be done. It’s not an Angel so it won’t be trouble in the slightest

His attention was focused on the red Evangelion. He felt something perplexing about that one, something hiding within it, so he found himself drawn to it. Not that it would matter, he held full confidence in Sephiroth abilities.

Fingers clicked triggers the size of buses, unleashing hails of bullets that were individually larger than cars.

They struck nothing, continuing into the distance.

Before the teenage pilots could grasp the transpiring event, they were aware of the ground before the 01 unit bursting upwards in showers of concrete dust.

Shinji screamed as he comprehended it first, Sephiroth was somehow now standing atop the barrel of the gatling gun, pushing the end into the earth.

Asuka: What the fu-

Sephiroth: enough for that! You stupid purple robot!

Asuka questioned as she turned her Evangelion, only to have a colossal fist bash down into the crimson-plated face and cut her off. She shouted in shock, the Eva 02 crashing to the ground. She was vaguely aware through a similarly shrill screech that her fellow female pilot had also been sent to the dirt.

Asuka: what the hell.

Sephiroth: you fool! My power will be my revenge!

Asuka: why are you holding a gun.

Shinji: SHUT UP!!!

Sephiroth: Ah, you understand you stupid you too robot!

Sephiroth's leg shot up, smashing into the 01 unit’s gut. Shinji coughed as he felt his body be shoved around by the impact, the construct of man stumbling back and dropping its weapon. The gatling gun clattered to the earth, Sephiroth standing perfectly upright.

Sephiroth: Grrr. I will end this!

The giant angel rise to the fireball and then 01

Asuka: HOLY SHIT!!!

Shinji: what the hell

Sephiroth's black boots stepper by 02 and 01

Shinji: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Asuka: OH MY FREAKING GOD DAMN FREAK ME MOTHERFUCKER GIANT ANGEL!!!!

Sephiroth: Hahaha! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!

Shinji: DIE MOTHER PRETZEL!!!

Sephiroth: no!

The one wing kick her 01

Shinji: MY DICK!!!

Asuka: you Motherfucker giant angel I am going to freaking kill you!!!

As Sephiroth keep growing bigger and bigger to the new size what she's now 500 ft tall.

Asuka and Shinji looking up to the size belt giant angel 500 ft tall.

Shinji: HOLY CANNIBAL ROMANCE!!!!

Asuka: we're all going to die.

Sephiroth: DIE SUCKER!!!!!

And so.....Sephiroth what she is now a new God to destroy the city and to begin to rampage. While the terrorizing never believe was 02 and 01.....

Misato: Shinji, please, stop!

Feet leaving the ground, Evangelion Unit 01 flew out of the Geofront. Gravity no longer bound her. The world shuddered as she did so, the sky beginning to shift in color. It was subtle, but it looked a little less blue as she sailed upward, breaching the atmosphere.

The young man remembered standing before the Evangelion for the first time, humbled and terrified by the colossus. Now, he stood before something that made the Evangelion seem as small as he had. But there was no fear.

Only a desire to destroy.

The giant One-Winged Angel he's looking down to see a purple robot staining what she is now holy cross. She looks like cross crucifix.

But suddenly..... That was it the size of the giant angel.

But..... She was a new God.... But still that the size of the earth this was an impact.... What she is the newest God himself.

The new God was terrorizing.....

It's been 7 years ago I watched evangelion as a kid in my first time so I'll make it I'll Alternate Ending. A very first version from original film. Because why did even like this well yes. Sooooo. I'm going to have edit for Sephiroth as a giant destroyed the city

Yeah I hope you enjoy

-Luna

Sephiroth belonged to Square Enix

Asuka and Shinji belonged to Eva Committee

Alternate Ending story by @moonlighs-world

[demonlordclayman]

Clayman's REVENGE chapter 24: Geofront is out!

[himmelschenk]

Recently had beaten Trails into Reverie, possibly my top favorite Trails game so far. Followed by Azure and Sky SC. Took me 3 years to get to this point as I was waiting for Zero and Azure to come officially to the west thanks to the efforts of the Geofront team. And also thank you Scott Tijerina for getting over the barrier, your efforts will be remembered. I can finally wait for Trails Through Daybreak coming next month.