#Though she doesn't get a single line of dialog

[sannyo-appreciation-posts]

I'm so so happy about the latest Lotus Eaters! Chapter 51

Its taking a surprising amount of self control not to spoil Lotus Eaters 51, or dump out all available pictures of Sannyo's cute new faces.

Getting to see a different side of Sannyo is very cute

[helshollowhalls]

[Theory/Lore Rant] Ruin DLC Ending Spoilers!

Something that strikes me as odd is the complete lack of communication with Gregory in the ending where the mimic presumably gets scooped.

To be fair, I am not sure if the line from Gregory about "how he found a hiding spot" when Cassie puts on the mask in front of the Fredbear cutout is actually Gregory or not. Neither am I sure if Gregory actually messed with the elevator, since what Razzbowski said about the weird loud speaker noises? Loop? And the fact that the subtitles start completely new even though it is supposedly the same character speaking does point to the Mimic messing with Cassie by imitating Gregory's voice and messing with the elevator to keep her down there, but I digress.

The lack of communication with Gregory might be a hint from Steel Wool that those endings are not the canon endings (or the connection was cut again but I feel like they would make that more obvious if that was the case), but even so the fact that we don't get to hear anything from him is odd.

From the in-game dialog it is obvious that Gregory knew about the mimic and presumably helped develop and implement the security system to keep it locked away under the Pizzaplex (Roxy being the final node and the Mimic specifically luring Cassie into the abandoned restaurant, who is probably the only person who could get close to Roxy and deactivate her considering Roxy's personality and how she acts towards Gregory and in general is a whole different can of worms), possibly with Vanessa also being involved one way or another.

Added to that, my personal theory is that they fed the entity resembling Glitchtrap into the system to stop Cassie when he couldn't get through to her on the walkie talkie because of the mimic, since Helpi suggested that Glitchtrap appeared just now and hadn't been there before. Since the actual security machine down in the sinkhole is red and Glitchtrap blue, I assume that it must have been a later addition.

Gregory also seemed to have access to additional cameras to watch events unfolding at the old FNAF location, seeing as he relayed Cassie directional instructions and yelled something along the lines of "It's right behind you! Hurry!".

If the boy was understandably that hellbent on keeping the mimic locked away and presumably also getting Cassie out in one piece, why on earth was there no communication whatsoever when Cassie scooped the mimic? Not a single word. Assuming that Gregory was aware of what Cassie did, I would at least expect some sort expression of relief or panic from him, depending on if the mimic was actually done or not. Maybe even further instructions on how to deal with the now decommissioned mimic endo or at least how to get her back out again. Or a "we'll be coming down to deal with the mimic endo and get you out just stay right there". But there's nothing. Nada. Zero. We're left without knowing if what we did was good or bad. And considering Gregory was very talkative and involved in getting Cassie to the elevator and out of danger, the fact that he suddenly goes completely quiet and doesn't say anything at all is suspicious.

[eepyvictim]

Okay, here's my feelings. They're mostly negative and I don't want to ruin someone else's enjoyment with my immense frustration so click at your own discression. Spoilers obviously it's a Big List.

This game is a complete exhausting mess and I can't even begin to describe how disappointed I am. The misogyny, the badly told story with more plot holes and unexplored ideas than I can count, the overall tone and pacing. I've never thought a Final Fantasy is bad before, or that one doesn't contain a single thing I can enjoy. I play FFXIV for Christ's sake and that's an exercise in futility with moments of bad writing decisions and frustrating game design. But XVI? It's so frustrating how a game could be so complete but say so little except metaphorically shout about its views on women. Here's just some of my complaints:

The game starts with Benedicta dry humping Hugo (important later)

Benedicta gets killed (sure fine) then after the fact, is beheaded and her head sent to Hugo got man pain

Benedicta is then shown in a flash back with Barnabus post-sex to flesh out his character before we don't see him again for awhile

After this the game is pretty much sexless for dozens of hours

Jill shows up to be a crutch for Clive's brooding about his dead brother

Oh Joshua is alive actually! Now Jill can be a crutch for Clive's journey to find his alive brother!

Time skip!

Jill's backstory is finally explained now that it's relevant because in an hour of gameplay we're fighting Hugo and she needs some connection to the plot so fuck it she was abused mentally, physically (and possibly sexually???) by Hugo and his men along with lots of other women and this was never brought up prior to or during the 5 year time skip.

After Hugo dies Jill's plot and feelings are all wrapped up! Now she can leave the party until it's convenient for her to be emotional support for Clive again! And again! AND AGAIN!

Several points in the game a medicine girl is shown multiple times in multiple locations conveniently at big plot events, literally never actually matters other than plot convenience for one moment to save a major character but she had to be established for some reason. Only character to get that.

Joshua's dedicated guard is a woman whose entire character revolves around him, she even ends up explicitly in love with him but no time is she ever shown being her own character.

Dion is gay! First one screen canon gay character in the Final Fantasy! He... lightly kisses his lover once. In the character relationships page Jill and Clive end up with an "in love" status. Dion's relationship with his partner is only ever listed as "master and servant."

Dion kills HUNDREDS of people as Bahamut. Clive and Joshua's mum mum finds out Joshua is alive! She promptly kills herself in front of everyone. Dion gets to survive though! I guess they didn't want to kill off a gay man just yet but it's clear if you're a woman you're irredeemable and have to die but if you're a man you can be saved.

Jill finally gets to join the plot again! She protects Clive and Joshua! ...so they can run away and she gets kidnapped

It takes a good 10 minutes of dialog for anyone to even address Jill is still alive actually because thank God they can sense her aether from a across the continent

The game reveals there's Eight eikons! One for each element! Except we have two fire and no water ones. They list all the elements, including water but nobody explains why that's weird.

HOURS later "Leviathan the lost" is mentioned in one throwaway line by Joshua. It's never explained or brought up again. Ever. Like ever ever. But all the eikons are super important for Ultima to get full power and destroy the world! Except Leviathan I guess??? Biggest plot whole in any FF game. Worse than Bahamut showing up in FFXV because at least FFXV had the excuse of being unfinished.

We see Benedicta again, naked and making sexual remarks towards Barnabus before turning into two other men, then Ultima, and finally into Barnabus' mothet??? She's naked??? This is never explained and a lore entry isn't added until the end of the game where she doesn't even have a name. She's never given clothes, just a naked model with no character which is the point in which I realised this game really wants you to know how it views women.

Dion's lover breaks up with him! Can't have happy gays in Final Fantasy! Fang and Vanille are such good examples of a gay relationship but it's never explicitly stated which is extra frustrating when we finally have a gay kiss on screen but they have to be miserable

Jill saves Clive's ass from getting beaten by Odin. Then naked and on the beach she willingly gives Clive her powers after a speech about Clive and then they have sex. When they get back to the Hideaway Jill's benched.

She then shows up after Clive beats Odin for a moment, immediately offers herself with the others to fight off waves of enemies for Clive before Clive gets teleported out of the room

Before the final fight Jill gets benched so hard she literally gets told to stay home while The Boys (Clive, Joshua and Dion) go fight Ultima. Incredibly insane that this game has a more misogynistic finale than FF4 in which two women get straight up told "it's too dangerous for you" and they sneak on the Lunar Whale and fight the final boss anyway because they're not useless.

It's explained that when Clive takes people's eikon powers they can no longer control their eikon forms and Dion makes it clear he'll just rest??? And get the mental fortitude to still turn into Bahamut. Jill can't do that though!

Final section of the game and Dion finally dies! Redeemed himself and died a noble death but it's one he chose, unlike every other woman in this game. Benedicta and Clive's mother were clearly the result of circumstance while Dion actively chose to murder people as Bahamut because he was mad at his dad and his step mum making a 10 year old boy emperor but he's the real hero. Still funny they killed off a gay man though. His boyfriend left him and he died for the protagonist lmao

Joshua dies for Clive in one of the most depressing final sequences in a Final Fantasy game I've seen and that's insane because Type-0 exists. I don't think it'd be as depressing if Ultima was a better villain but he's not? Clive's also Jesus Christ superstar chosen child of destiny so it makes it not really sad anytime something bad happens to other people because it's usually pretty arbitrary. Joshua dies because he had an Ultima avatar trapped inside him sapping his energy but not once did Joshua ever go "hey it's weird that despite me trapping Ultima in my chest he's still here??? Killing people??? Fighting Clive???" because the characters can't think about the plot until it's convenient.

Another example of this is Barnabus points out it's a good thing the mothercrystals are getting destroyed and despite this, when Ultima goes "Haha we wanted you to destroy the crystals all along!" Clive responds with a "what!?" like it wasn't increasingly obvious??? Everything over the course of 70 hours got worse every time one of these things got destroyed and someone literally told you but go off I guess

Anyway Clive dies so Jill, after existing entirely for Clive for 80% of the game is left alone. Literally nobody in the main cast can be truly happy I guess

Like, Christ. I have even more complaints than that. Like the pacing sucked, massive chunks of world building and story being shoved into lore entries so the story feels even less polished than FFXV. The way so many things were never explained. The horribly visuals in that the eikon battles were made SO flashy there's absolutely no consideration for people with visual disability or motion sickness. I literally couldnt look at the screen for more than five seconds in a whole phase of the final boss because it made me want to throw up.

I'm just so frustrated. I had high hopes for FF16 especially as an action game fan and a Final Fantasy fan and all I got was disappointment. "We're taking Final Fantasy in bold directions." Yeah by hating women more than any game has yet and by creating the least accessible Final Fantasy game to date. At least I have Stranger of Paradise.

Edit: THE SLAVERY PLOT??? I FINALLY PROCESSED IT??? Dominants are given high positions because they control eikons and magic. Bearers control magic but not eikons so they're enslaved by people who can't use magic. Weird but okay sure. It's revealed that the use of magic is turning bearers to stone but it's also revealed that unlike what they thought (it was the mothercrystals) it's actually just that magic is a poison??? It causes the blight and turns bearers to stone??? So what??? The bearers were right to be oppressed because yeah nonbearers made them use magic but magic is in fact fucking scary if it literally destroys the world and would turn them to stone anyway??? The slavery plot in this game is so cringe and bad especially when fantasy slavery is already trite enough as it is in 2023 but also that there's MANY games that tackle the ideas of slavery way better. What the fuck was this game.

Finally finished FF16 and Boy Christ do I have feelings.

[minthe-lover]

Episode 206 Kronos Fight

So I have a few things I do like about this chapter, the final scenes with the people reuniting is kinda sweet. Though really wish we got one between Zeus and hera. Another thing, I think giving Tartarus a physical form was a cool interesting and definitely a fun way to end the fight.

My favorite shot in the whole chapter is between Tartarus and Poseidon. Cause one is just generally cool looking, and the other is just really sweet.

All my critics are under the cut... it's probably gonna be long.

Besides that I mainly got problems, the main one is the general tone of the chapter. It's not a super serious chapter about an epic fight, or even a nervous one about thinking about what happens if Persephone fails in this fight. It's done in this largely comedic light, where your supposed to laugh at kronos fails attempts to fight or more like annoy persephone.

Like why are the reporters there adding commentary, it seem extremely out of place? why are Athena and Ares not helping and instead making a few jokes? why the fuck would you choose a joke about bees during the final big fight of the season.

This is a power we've never seen, with the trees and water we can assume it's connected to her other powers... but this is something completely different. That along with them showing up near the end with the final few panels. Think how much better this would have felt if the final panels were connected with petals or something, or even we saw Persephone summon a single bee and struggle to summon more in the past. (also they look alot more like wasps then the traditional bee but still)

That along with the fact that because their isn't as much dialog this chapter feels alot smaller. Which isn't fully the fault of rs since that just a side effect of having large pictures. The art work is not that bad, Persephone gravity deify boobs that almost pop out of her dress ever panel are distracting and the colours are a little boring but it's not terrible.

I think it would be alot more striking if persephone magic was more green or her pink colour. That way more of the panels would pop and show persephone power more.

The first panel isn't to bad, but the last one. The muted dark colour of the tree just doesn't stand out that much against the black and dark blue of the background. It just doesn't stand out as much as it should. The trees Persephone has made it the past have big bushy green leaves or just are fully pink, why are these ones not?

My next big problem is with kronos. He doesn't actually do anything to fight Persephone. He dodges her attacks and throw petty insults. He isn't an actual threat despite 100 of episodes building him up to be the big bad. Persephone doesn't get injured during the fight, I don't fully like calling characters mary sue as its often used in a sexist light. Along with the fact that it's more a fanfic trope which I don't mind in the slightest, fanfictions are free fun doesn't matter how bad it is.

Though Persephone is 100% over powered in a way that makes this really anti climatic. Like why not have Persephone and hades defeat Kronos together... or see Persephone struggling in the fight. Honestly I wouldn't fully mind if Persephone defeated Kronos herself if she actually saw some difficulty in the fight.

Show her struggling getting hurt, show the words effecting her that she moves on from. Show her actually having some difficulty. maybe have kronos be close to wining, then have the other gods show up and attack kronos all together but have persephone having the final blow. Or even just show that it takes a bit for her full pomegranate effects take hold.

The next problem is the final interactions between hades and Persephone.

First for a supposably 'girl power' type media where Persephone destroyed the big bad sort of all by herself. How did hades help? like... I mainly just confused over this line.. if someone can explain it I would be appreciated. that and the beauty of just... the long pointy noise.. that look way to much like persephone would accidently be stabbed in the eye.

Another thing that I wish to note.. is how the whole eating the pomegranate mean Persephone is now 'stuck' with hades. This feminist story has a finally based on the idea that the main female character is now forever bonded to the realm of her first love. Even if later persephone decided she didn't wish to be there she literally has no choice but to stay.

In a healthy relationship there should be an understanding that if someone wishes to end it they will be safe and free to do so. Relationships no matter how long you've been with the person should be okay to leave. This is an incredibly important as time can often change people for the worse or simply show new part of their self.

In the relationship shown, not only does it start with hades being her boss, control her finances, and use a teenager as emotional support but it ends with Persephone stuck with a man that she hasn't even been on a date with and he already dreams of having children with her.

It is just... a weird way for a relationship to go in a supposably 'feminist' comic.

[gbgamebun]

Road to Cream64 v1 Part 3: So many friends and an egg.

I was hoping to do two of these a week but man this has been a crazy week. Anyway, we back to wrapping up the rest of the NPCs. Actually had to grab

Star Toads were next and I wanted to make each one unique. The thought process for who got chosen was a mix of who was connected to Cream and just who I liked. The obvious answers were Amy and Blaze and I ended up choosing Blaze for the second toad. Doesn't mean I would leave Amy hanging, as she got a little side story in v2, but when we get there of course.

In Blaze's dialog, she mentions that Marine was also with her and that she's somewhere. So go help her find this mangy raccoon! I wanted to do something special and stick Marine in a level where you'd just run into her. Though with very limited code knowledge, even if you find Marine, Blaze's dialog stays the same. Mostly just a cute little event that would eventually fuel my desire to add more stuff like this in later versions. So much more...

The first star toad as you can see here ended up being a leftover from a small edit I did when just figuring out dialog edits and stuff. Eventually just ran with the idea of a single stubborn toad who refused to leave when Peach gave the order for every toad to go on vacation for this party.

Even after all the latest versions and dialog rewrites, his has been the only one that's stayed the same since v1. People really have come to love this little asshole.

For the last toad, I ended up choosing a little blue bunny for reason that should be clear: she be my bun bun.

Around early 2020 is when I finally had gotten out of my weird funk about my drawing ability and stuff and finally started getting back into Sonic stuff. Bare with me for a bit for I must go into a tangent into what I've been doing for the past few years before all this.

Near the end of 2019 I started slowly getting back into Sonic AUs and OCs again, a bit of that can be attributed to the Sonic movie and my friend's revigorated interest into that part of the fandom. One of my oldest characters, Mark, was stuck in a weird limbo of being in a Sonic AU and being in an original story for a few years. It reached a point where I just tired of it and shelved him to focus on an entirely new story and characters unrelated to anything I've done before.

Now back to the start of 2020, I actually go out of my way to try and update his design and do some stuff with him.

And we have our new design. I swear one day I'll go into his backstory but I'm dragging on. So where does this rabbit fit in? One of the new story bits I had in mind was that he would find a little rabbit named Katalina and adopt her. Then while he does his adventurin', he would leave her with Vanilla and that's how she would form a bond with Cream and the rest of her family. It's also why she calls Cream "Lil' Sis" in her dialog since she's like slightly older than Cream.

So yeah this hack is based off my AU, which is still mostly just told through these hacks. Don't blame people for getting real confused as to who the heck she is and eventually her adopted pappy. Sorry for the long bit, I rarely get a chance to speak about them as much like this. Speaking of, let's go back to him since that we're now done with the toads.

Changing Yoshi was just like changing the other model though this is the first time changing someone's model who was bigger than the model swapped (in this case it's using Mario's rig on a model that's taller). The best way to describe it is that the root position is off so he's kind of sticking a bit on one side, even if his shadow looks fine. His collision is kind of wonky as a result.

I would end up leaving this for v1 but it is something I would fix down the line. It was just a matter of changing the root point or even moving the rig a bit before exporting. Also noting, Mark here has changed again, with Blaze like fur sticking out instead of the weird white hair flowing from the back. Saved me a lot of effort down the line, lemmie tell ya!

Ya know I guess I should at least show what they're latest designs are. From the ref sheets I got, made by my friend @fudgernutter.

And now time for the big boy. That's right, it's time for Eggman and his Egg Koopa Mk 2!

God, this monster was one of the hardest thing to put together, if only just to uncrumple him so I can apply his textures and fix up the head mesh.

WHY IS YOUR JAW SO FAR APART?! It was one of those that was so bad I had to write down which bone was moved and how much so I don't accidently mess up the whole thing. Gah, it was a mess but as the years have shown me, it was 100% worth the effort.

It wouldn't be the first time messing with Bowser's model and rig, as I did an edit for Super Suwako 64 by turning him into a Cirno cosplayer. Don't mind the missing jaw, had messed up rotating on of the bones. This is what can happen.

The actual design of the EggBowz basically just comes down to "I wanted the robot to look as close as I can with him". So changed the hair to brown, the horn and spikes to gold to match Eggman's buckles, the upper torso is red to match his coat and the lower half is black for his pants and shoes. The mustache model is just his SA1's stache slapped on the front of the nose cause it seemed like something he would do.

Carving a hole into Bowser's head mesh wasn't too hard thankfully and then just repositioning Eggy to look like he's sitting and we're good! Still weird to think that it was initially just a random thought to actually do this but hey that's how half the ideas in his hack have worked out. Shoutouts to Cream nerds on twitter.

And with that, we got every major character swapped out! I suppose the last reoccurring character not mentioned here would be Mips so I'll just stick him at the end here.

Sonic is full of small animal critters so grabbing one of them was perfect for Mips. Ended up grabbing a model of Pocky from I forget either Smash 4 or a mobile game where the animal friends are there (and low poly). Everything here is still the Mips model except for the head obviously. Then just applying Pocky's textures and even connecting his ears so that they're a single mesh.

Whew that's a lot but there's not much else left. Just enemy models, UI stuff and the soundtrack and that's gonna be fun to discuss. Gotta see if I still have spreadsheets of the songs I chose before adding them.

[tales-of-sweets]

Tales of Symphonia thoughts pt. 5 (?)

Under the cut because there are many thoughts and it's long!👇🏾

Colette is ALSO being sketchy, but not in a way that makes me think she's gonna do something bad, it just sounds like she's found something out about herself that's too dangerous to tell anyone? She said in a solo skit that she can't tell anyone about her body. After every single thing that her poor body has been through (like the Toxicosis, being turned into a host body, being trapped in their weird thing by Rodyle, etc.) how horrible must this new information be that she feels like she can't share??? Not that she usually shares her issues anyway but still.

Firstly, Corrine... 😥 That totally broke my heart. I don't have much else to say about it, I just feel very bad for Sheena and her loss.

I am so so happy to finally have the flying things (I forgot the weird name), those boat controls were driving me insane. I mean, admittedly the controls aren't great either but at least there's barely anything to run into and no piers to have to line up with.

I hate that Sonic the Hedgehog looking mf, I want him gone. Especially after what he did to Colette and Presea :(

Speaking of Presea I love her and I think she's precious and her whole story so far hurts me. The skit where she was asking where all the time has gone and how she's supposed to get it back was so sad.

Regal is a murderer apparently. I figured something like that, I mean who would keep themselves in shackles and talk about how much of a sinner they are if all they did was rob a gas station or something? I wonder why he can't/won't go into that one resort town with the amusement park and such. Does it have something to do with his crime? Bad memories or something? Or did he just get banned?

Yuan is pretty and I think his hair color is neat, not much else to say about him still. I've seen him a lot of times but I still can't tell what exactly he's trying to do other than presumably get Lloyd's exsphere.

Zelos is sketchy as hell. Why did he wander off so casually in a base to look around?? Huh?? I smell a rat.

Raine is being kinda sketchy too for that matter. There was clearly something on her mind after we resculed Colette but she said it was nothing.

Parts of this game's jokes and dialog have uhh... not aged well, especially in regards to Zelo's flirting and the ages of some of his "hunnies"😅I know this is an old game, these are all fictional characters, and I'm probably just too sensitive but Zelos using pickup lines on child NPCs (like characters I would presume from their models are 10 or younger), treating Presea like one of his hunnies (I know she is technically an adult but she is teeny tiny and does not have the lived experience of an adult), implying that Regal has a crush on Presea (please no...) and that it's okay because "age doesn't matter", etc. is kinda rubbing me the wrong way. At this point though I just try to pretend not to see it. I mean, what more can ya really do? For my own sanity I've just convinced myself that he just loves the sound of his own voice and the attention he gets from being a beautiful celebrity so he plays up the charm, even when there's no real romantic intentions behind it. Not to mention the additional benefits I mean, technically I guess it works since every lady he talks to gives him gald and items and he graduated top of his class because all his hunnies did his homework for him.😅 So let's just go with that...

On that note, I am kicking myself for not realizing that Zelos had the ability to get items/gald from female NPCs. I've been playing entirely as Genis because of his increased walking speed thing but man, all of the money I could have saved on gels and holy bottles if I'd just played as Zelos sometimes...

Oh, I recently switched to Japanese voiceover and I think it has greatly improved my experience now that I can hear the skits. After weeks of Zelos hate and slander (and the prior paragraph...) I feel like I actually find him kinda charming and funny now as opposed to simply annoying, the voiced skits and his goofy and expressive JP voice have helped a lot. Honestly I kinda just love everyone more now in general, I never realized how flat the silent skits made the characters feel as a whole, I feel like I've cheated myself by not switching sooner. I actually like all of the Japanese voices (minus Colette for some reason) and prefer them to the english, especially Regals 😳I do miss Robin Teen Titans as Lloyd's voice a little though.

Once again I miss Kratos very much and I want to see him again. I'm still wondering what his whole deal is, he keeps trying to help us. Does he not like working with/for that pretty angel guy (whose name I cannot spell) and is thus going against his orders? Or are they actively working together to help us? Very confused, can't wait to know what's up.

And that's all for now!

My current favorite characters change every two seconds but right now I love Sheena and Regal the best. I think Sheena is so cool and she's also quite funny. Regal seems very soft and I love how calmly and quietly he speaks, I can't wait to learn more about him soon. He also is just a very handsome guy, like just look at that man😳 I still love Genis (prior favorite) too though!

Also "Presea smiled!" is my new favorite screenshot, she's so adorable! She deserves to be happy. Opposite vibes of my other favorite:

[pokegeek151]

Stealing this, which is wild because I'm awful at doing tag games.

Thank you thank you thank you for tagging me for my fic, though! That made me feel so good, you don't even know

1. I really like Minerva. Contrary to what Colfer says, I think she would have been a great addition to the cast to contrast Artemis. If you (over)analyze her lines and scenes and such, she is very clearly different from Artemis in a way that would play off him very nicely, even if it's just for a chapter at a time

2. There are a lot of little moments that I love. Single paragraphs or tiny dialog exchanges that really stick with me. Orion saying "I think I am sad, now. We have lost a friend" lives in my head rent free

3. Probably a pixie, maybe a sprite

4. I honestly don't read as much AF fic as I do other fandoms, but I will probably dig through everyone's responses here for recs

5. Best to worst is different from favorite to least favorite, so here we go

-Eternity Code

-The first one

-Lost Colony

-Temporal Paradox

-Opal Deception (probably)

-Arctic Incident

-Last Guardian

-Atlantis Complex

I haven't read TOD and TAI in a while so it's possible they deserve to be higher. TAC is my favorite book in the series but it's also the worst one, so :/

6. To any of them but mostly to Artemis: Go to therapy. Please. Find someone who isn't bad at their job and actually try to engage. Therapy works if you allow yourself to be helped

7. Artemis has a physical disability after the end of the last book. General pain/fatigue/mobility issues that come and go and don't necessarily fit under a single diagnosis (maybe fibro?) He has crutches and a wheelchair for different days based on how he's feeling, and though he has some internalized ableism to get over, he is generally pretty accepting of himself

8. Does all of TAC count? Because basically all of TAC. I wish Orion wasn't comic relief, I wish Artemis hadn't been """cured""" in sixth months, I wish I wish I wish. Colfer, please do any amount of research into DID, OCD, and all the other mental illnesses you mixed together to make Atlantis-ex-machina

9. Saying book 1 Artemis doesn't count probably excludes book 6 Artemis (young) and maybe also Minerva, so I guess Spiro? It's been a hit second since I've read TEC but I remember enjoying him a lot. I also wish Turnball was in a better book. He had a lot of interesting potential with the runes and the way he interacts with his wife

10. Golly that was ages ago and I do not remember. I do remember being in, like, elementary school and seeing the first book lying around the house and mentally connecting the surname Fowl to the teacher in Jimmy Neutron and being uninterested because of that. The cover was plain gold so I had no idea what it was about, and I finally actually picked it up and looked at the back (which just had the "you don't know what you're dealing with, human" on it) and realizing it was very silly to think there would be an entire book about a minor character from an okay TV show, so I finally read it and fell in love with the series

I'll throw on @shortace @artemis-fowl-incident-report (Gaby specifically) @emmas-cozy-nook and @iesnoth (Zoe, you already got tagged but I tagged you in my heart)

af tag 2.0

so, i made an artemis fowl tag forever ago on my old blog & thought i’d made a new & improved version! feel free to tag some peeps who might want to do this too, if ya want. without further ado, the artemis fowl tag 2.0!

#1) who’s your favorite character & why?

#2) what’s one of your favorite scenes in the books?

#3) if you could be any species of fairy, which one would you be?

#4) do you read af fic? if so, drop one of your favorites!

#5) give your ranking of the books from best to worst!

#6) if you could say anything to any of the characters, what would it be?

#7) if your comfortable w it, share one of your favorite headcanons about the series <3

#8) what’s one thing that you would change about the series?

#9) if we’re not counting book one artemis, who’s your favorite villain & why?

#10) how did you get into the series/when did you first read it?

[firekracker77]

A Match Made In Heaven

Hi guys! This is my first fanfic I have done so I decided on doing a Perfect Match fanfic since PM is one of my favorite stories.

In this fanfic, we pick up on what happens after Hayden's housewarming party. I felt like a 3rd book would have tied up any loose ends but my imagination will work I suppose lol

I love the blonde haired blue eyed male Hayden and he's the only one I play as on the game. He's too cute!

Disclaimer: All Perfect Match characters belong to Pixelberry as well as some dialog.

Rating: I'm setting it as 18+ due to some smut and swearing. It wouldn't be Perfect Match without sex now would it? 😉

Trigger Warning: Anger towards the idea of Adoption (remember it's how HAYDEN feels, not me.)

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CHAPTER 1

As I watched all of mine and Hayden's friends leave his housewarming party at 5 am in high spirits and a bit too buzzed from drinks, Hayden sat down on his couch looking absolutely exhausted.

"Riley, I could sleep for just about forever", he groaned.

"You can start on that after I leave", I teased.

I turn to leave when I feel arms wrapping around my waist. Hayden smooshes his face into my stomach then says, "Wait..before you go, this is important..I love you."

"I love you too Sleepyhead", I reply, kissing his forehead.

"Hayden..." I hesitate but with a deep breath I continue, "Can I come by around noon? I have something on my mind that I'd like to discuss with you."

Hayden sits up straight, looking alarmed. "Are you okay Riley?"

I stare into his beautiful blue eyes and almost lose myself in them. He is so gorgeous, I think to myself.

"Yeah I'm more than okay", I say with a smile. It's nothing bad, just something I wanna talk over with you."

He breathes a sigh of relief. I didn't realize until now how stressed Hayden must be after everything we'd just been through. He endured it so well I thought, but maybe he just suppressed his fear and anxiety on my behalf. If anyone deserved a massage, it was him. How I wish he would have taught me his amazing massage skills!

"Sounds good! I'll make us some lunch while you're here", he beamed.

"Good night baby," I whispered, kissing him softly.

"You mean Good Morning!" Hayden smiled.

I woke up at 11 am, after 5 hours of tossing and turning off most of the time I was in bed. After a quick shower and blow drying my hair, I brushed my hair up into a ponytail then grabbed a cup of coffee in hopes the caffeine would perk me up.

I spray on some of the perfume that Hayden bought me for my birthday last month. I breathe in the scent in deep and think of him.

I quickly put on the new outfit I bought 2 days ago. Hayden hasn't seen this one so I hope he likes it. The crop top is a beautiful baby blue, like Hayden's eyes and has a delicate flower print. The denim shorts I paired with it are..well, form-fitting and are short like booty shorts. I slip on my sneakers and head out the door.

It's quarter to 12 noon when I leave. I arrive at his apartment door right on time and I knock on his door.

"Riley!" Hayden grabs me in a crushing bear hug. "I'm so happy you're here. I missed you." His eyes scan my body from head to toe. "Wow..you look so sexy", he blushes.

"Hayden, watch the super strength babe", I choke out gasping.

"Sorry!" He sheepishly grins. "Come on in!"

He invites me over to the couch and sits beside me. "Oh would you like anything to drink? I have iced tea, milk, water, and...booze", he giggles.

"No thanks, I just wanna talk", I replied.

Hayden's face takes on a serious look. "You upset?" he asks worriedly.

"No, nothing's wrong. Hayden, I..." His eyes are fixed intently on mine, locked in.

"Yes?"

"Hayden, I have been thinking about where you and I go from here. We've been through so much together. Damien gave me a key to his apartment but..." My words trailed off.

"But?.." Hayden prods.

"But I only want to be with you and you alone." I pause then continue. I had asked you at Nadia and Steve's housewarming party out on the fire escape if you thought you and I could have that someday and you seemed open to the idea."

"I was, yes." He replies.

"Well, do you still feel that way now?" I shyly asked.

Hayden looks at me wide-eyed, as if the idea just dawned on him.

"Of course I do! I know everything's been crazy and a whirlwind but the truth is, I was gonna ask you the same thing", he admitted.

"Hayden, I'm so in love with you it's unreal. You're the first person I think of every single day. You're constantly on my mind. I miss you so much when we aren't together..." My words trail off as tears form in my eyes, everything going blurry.

Hayden wraps his strong arms around me gently, stroking my back then kisses the top of my head. "Same here. I'm honestly miserable when you're not here Riley." he admits.

My tears fall and Hayden gently wipes them away. "Riley, I would love nothing more than to have you here with me all the time. I love you so much it scares me but..." he trails off.

Oh God he's gonna say something like things aren't working out...I panic inside.

Hayden looks at me then says, "Stay here for a sec. I'll be right back."

He goes into his bedroom and after a few minutes, he stands in front of me. I can tell he's nervous about something and that's making ME nervous.

"Riley, close your eyes please."

I do what he asks but can hear his feet shuffling. "Okay open your eyes," I hear him say.

I open my eyes and gasp. Hayden is kneeled down on one knee with a velvet ring box open in one hand. Hayden takes a deep breath and then says..

"I've told you that I loved you many times. I told you at the Gala that I had fallen in love with you during combat practice in Indonesia but I think I actually fell for you after our first date. I may be a Match who was programmed to think and behave according to the personality traits you found desirable but THIS is something I've thought about many times on my own."

Hayden takes my left hand in his free hand and continues.

"Riley, love of my life and keeper of my heart, will you marry me?"

I sit there stunned as if the wind had been knocked out of me. My heart starts racing and my tears fall once again. "Oh God Hayden...YES, a thousand times YES!" I cry, kissing his soft lips.

When we part, Hayden's face is literally shining with happiness. A smile so big it goes ear to ear, his eyes glittering with tears. He stares at me then embraces me again.

He lets go then gently takes the ring out of the box. "Look at what's inscribed on the inside of the band." I look closely and see the words- Riley + Hayden = Forever.

He takes the ring and slides it on my left ring finger. The half carat diamond solitaire sparkles brilliantly. "It's beautiful but it doesn't hold a candle to you," he gushes.

"I have to call Nadia and let her know about our engagement!" I excitedly proclaim. "She's gonna want to see the ring too."

"She already has, hon." Hayden smiles. "She..uh, bought it. But I told her I'd be paying her back once I start my career and make some money." He continues, " But she didn't know when I would propose."

"You two are something else!" I playfully poke his ribs.

Hayden laughs and stands up. "I'm going to go make us some lunch now. What sounds good- sloppy joes or chicken alfredo?"

"Either one sounds good to me babe," I reply.

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Chapter 2

We talk and laugh into the late evening then I ask Hayden when he would like for me to move in.

"Tomorrow. I don't wanna wait any longer. Tonight though, you're mine. Please stay the night with me Riley," he implored.

I reply, "You don't have to ask me twice."

I grab Hayden's hand and lead him to the bedroom. I embrace him tightly, devouring his mouth with fervent kisses. Hayden groans and shoves his tongue in, kissing me as hard and as deep as he can. I rake my nails down his back and he comes up for air, gasping and says, "Clothes off NOW". He tries to help me but his hands are shaking with desire and his movements are uncoordinated. I quickly strip him down and take a look at his naked body.

"You have such a sexy body, you know that?", I say.

Hayden replies, "EROS was evil as hell but they knew how to build a decent body."

"Hayden, take me now please..I can't wait any longer.."

His blue eyes flash ravenously. "Then get on your knees on the bed," he growls.

"I do as he asks and he positions himself behind me, his hard shaft begging for entry. Grabbing onto my hips, Hayden slides his entire length deep inside then shudders.

"Oh God Riley!" he gasps.

With every thrust forward he makes, I slam back, taking him as deep as I can. Hayden is huge so he stretches me with every thrust.

Before long all we hear is skin slapping skin, moans and groans begging each other to go faster and rougher. As I get to the edge, I tell Hayden to stop so I can flip over onto my back.

He wraps one arm around me and flips me over like a pro. I throw my legs over his shoulders, which changed the angle and allowed him to go even deeper. We hang onto each other tight, my nails raking red lines down his back. Hayden sucks on my breasts, panting hard. Both of us are so sweaty, it runs down our faces and bodies.

I beg him for more but he's giving me every inch. Finally I feel the familiar warm tingling. "Hayden..I'm gonna come!" I shout.

He pounds harder and says, "I got you baby, give it to me." My warm juices flood over his dick, pouring down his thighs. "Oh damn! Riley..yes.."

I feel the hard throbbing as he gives a final loud moan which gives way to shaking and finally he rolls over beside me breathing hard.

"Baby...you are incredible," Hayden sighs.

We lay in comfortable silence. Hayden slowly stroking my back, smiling.

"Hayden?"

"Hmmm?"

"Will you want kids someday?"

Hayden stops stroking my back and is quiet, deep in thought but frowning. Finally with a sigh, he replies.

"I would love that but I can't..."

I reply, "What about adoption?"

"Riley, if you want me to be honest, that'd be my last resort. I want a biological child."

"I know Hayden and so would I but that's not possible for us."

Hayden sits up, an angry frown on his face.

"Why didn't you make Damien your one and only then? At least he could probably give you a baby. I'll never be able to!"

With that, Hayden jumps up and quickly gets dressed.

"Hayden?!" I didn't mean..."

"Don't worry about it. The engagement is off." He storms out the door slamming it hard behind him.