#affection rpg

[cowgodpoke]

i didn't realise how young joel was nor did i recruit him on my first playthrough since i didn't find the teddy bear before talking to him, but i genuinely almost started crying when i recruited him and found out he was EIGHT YEARS OLD. this poor poor baby. fighting baby teeth was absolutely heart-breaking too with her cries. don't even get me started on benjamin

[bentreznor]

i really do love rune factory's ridiculous skills. i think it's kind of genius actually even though we like to make jokes about there being a "walking" skill and an "eating" skill

i like the eating one especially bc what it does in game is every skill level you raise increases your RP and HP, as well as some other misc things depending on the skill. if your character sleeps every night (skill up!), eats every day (skill up!), and farms/exercises (skill up!), their general stamina and health also increases. it turns "taking good care of yourself" into a game mechanic with actual rewards.

this has tangible benefits too like in the beginning of the game you lose a lot of RP doing basic tasks. the more you take care of your character, the more complex things you can accomplish - like dishes. which then come with their own unique buffs like oven dishes buffing your vitality. which, these things then also apply to party members when you give them dishes. iirc they even get special stat bonuses for dishes they like?

it all makes the actual rpg part of it feel blended into the farming sim aspect of it, and thats something that i feel is lacking in stardew valley and stardew valley-likes, bc they just sort of graft on a simplistic combat style onto a farming sim. and thats one of the reasons i really wish people would play rune factory and like really study how its mechanics work, bc they really do work so well for a farming sim/rpg hybrid. and also i like it lol

[radioactive-yuri]

personal mildly funny interpretation of jonah i have is that he takes on some of the characteristics of the people he possesses because technically he's just inserting his own conciousness inside their already developed brains. he possesses richard mendelson and all of a sudden he's really into chess. he possesses james wright and all of a sudden he has weirdly specific opinions on coffee. he possesses elias bouchard and all of a sudden he knows how to roll a joint

[mel-loly]

Gift for you!! Ik I say this a lot, but I love how pretty your artstyle is and you're such a cool/amazing artist and moot! I'm so happy I got to met you here in the art tumblr community, so thank you <3 it means a lot!

OMG- THAT'S SO CUTEEEEEEE!!!!!!! HE LOOKS SO CUTE AND HANDSOMEEEE!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAJABZKAVSKBSKZBSKZBAKZBJSBS🥺😖😖💕💕💕💕💕💖💖💖💖💖

I really love Axel, and the RPG! Axel.. My God... I love him so much!!!!! You definitely chose the right oc/character to draw!!!!!!!

And seriously, this week has been a little crazy and complicated for me, so receiving affection from you guys is very good and makes me very happy.. Knowing that I have people like you, makes me very honored and grateful for still being here, making content, friends or just talking/venting!!!

So.. Thank you very much for this, and for liking my art!! Know that I admire yours too and that you are a great artist and buddy, Aqua!!! Always continue with what you love to do and with this wonderful talent that you have!!!! I love you and thank you so much again, this made me so happy!!!🧡

Also- @aesopsbaby @screwzara @imma-sue-you-becky @boiling-potato @honeysleepy @feelin-lo @startheimpactfangirl just tagging you guys because.. well... I always tag you guys in any content about RPG!Axel and because I just loved this art of him, so.. Yeah, also wanted to say that Aqua is a wonderful artist, so if you could check out her blog, I'd be really happy!! ^^🧡

[rpgrooms]

'great hall' - ingame ver & parallax asset

fear & hunger (2018) dev. orange

[jesterspestiilence]

doodles. mostly buddy.

[hellfyre]

i love avowed its probably one of the few newer games ive hyperfixated on like this in a long time. doing my 2nd playthrough now :)

[th3-oracl3]

HA HA I ACTUALLY DID IT I OUTLIV3D THAT MOTH3RFUCK3R

[whohasfourthumbsand]

sobdo you like, gove the best hugs?

four arms...

+ Not big on physical contact, but the arms are warm, and I've been told they're a "comforting amount of weight". So, yes? Hypothetically?

+ If there was a way to scientifically quantify hug quality, I'd test that.

[ask-indigo-park-swapped]

"hey Mollie what time of day is it for you? If it's night GO TO SLEEP if it's not then take a break let yourself recharge before moving on okay" (also mod take care of yourself too if you need to close the asks and take a break from the asks just tell us)

Hm? It's still about midday. The train ride to the isles was long, but it's not that long. I haven't even spent a whole day in here!

<asks are in a non-diagetic time, which is to say time doesn't really pass due to asks> <so for mollie its been like an hour or two since she got to the isles despite the fact its been like two months since the tethered isles exploration event started>

<,, announcing a break would be a good idea, though. thanks i hadnt really thought of that>

<i will be emptying the inbox first but an announcement about a hiatus will be coming soon>

[krwn]

DPR IAN X Madelyn Cline

[heloflor]

Random Mario headcanon: while Peach does have powerful magic, she actually doesn’t know how to use it, at least not by herself. Basically to use her magic she needs to trigger a “spark” of sorts, but has no idea how to do so and as a result can’t use it unless someone else triggers that spark for her.

Explaining how it works in the games’ canon and giving some more details on my Toadstool magic hcs (spoilers for pretty much all the RPGs + Showtime’s ending; 1k words below):

- In Paper Mario 64, Kammy calls Peach’s action “wishes from normal people”, meaning she’s not using any particular magic.

- In Thousand Years Door, she uses healing magic upon regaining some control from the Shadow Queen. Considering the Shadow Queen is using magic, possibly Peach’s magic, it means Peach could have been able to access it in the moment.

- In Mario and Luigi Partners in Time, the Cobalt Star could have been the one with the magic to imprison Elder Princess Shroob, or it triggered Peach’s magic. Though the fact Peach can summon stars at the end kinda shows she can use magic on her own.

- In Bowser’s Inside Story and Dream Team, Peach only uses magic when Starlow is using her own magic as well, meaning Starlow could be the one triggering hers.

- Ok I’ll be honest I can’t explain it for Super Mario RPG other than “she’s not actually using magic” or “Geno is a spirit of the stars so his presence would unlock her powers”, though in that second case it doesn’t even fully work since the whole point of the team looking for stars is that wishes can’t be granted anymore.

- In Showtime, Peach’s magic ribbon comes from Stella, same for the outfits. Her Radiant transformation also comes from the hopes and dreams of the Theets fused with Sparkles and Stella. I could also see Stella triggering Peach’s magic in the case of the ribbon + Radiant.

- In Super Princess Peach, you could imagine that the Vibe Scepter is basically letting out “particles” of emotions in the air, and when one touches someone, it affects them. For Peach, her magic would protect her by absorbing those particles, but it also causes her magic to accumulate them.

Because of that, whenever she feels a strong emotion, all those particles her magic gathered get released at once, thus giving her those powers. So the powers wouldn’t come from her using her magic willingly, instead her magic does its own thing and she has to realize it and work around it.

As a result, she can control when the powers get triggered by keeping calm as much as possible and thinking of happy/sad/angering things when needed (or other methods like pinching herself to cry or asking Perry to insult her to get angry, dumb funny things like that).

This could also explain why there’s a timer that then needs to be refilled when using emotions or even why emotional enemies don’t get powers like she does but instead just move faster or in a different pattern, as they would have less emotions in them since the first particle that touches them would influence them.

- In case it needs to be said, everyone in the sports games have special abilities so I don’t consider those to be her using magic.

So yeah, while there are obviously instances of her using healing magic that negates this idea, it still holds up to an extent. And it’s especially interesting to headcanon when you consider how many RPG villains know how to exploit her magic for themselves (Cackletta, Fawful, the Shadow Queen, Antasma tried before turning to Bowser, I like to think the Chaos Heart was born from an exchange of two widely different magics with the wedding being the ritual needed to create the heart specifically).

Going deeper into this idea, I hc that in the past all Toads had magic but the Royal Family eventually discouraged everyone from using it aside from them. History books would say it’s to protect the population, the truth is that the Monarchy wanted that power for themselves and/or were afraid of the people taking over the throne if they can be more powerful than them (especially since I hc that it’s common for rulers to marry citizens, as long as said citizen is able to handle the work that goes with becoming royalty; this is also why each kingdom still has a ruler the same species as them after centuries of those kingdoms existing).

There would still be some Toads who kept their magic (like the doctor from Bowser’s Inside Story) but they would be incredibly rare on top of trying to keep it a secret just in case them having it is forbidden as there would be no written law saying what is and isn’t allowed on that front.

As such, the knowledge of how to use these powers is told from parent to child, with sometimes another person being given the info in case the rulers die before their heir is of age to learn. In Peach’s case, her parents’ death was a complete surprise, meaning no-one had that knowledge.

So for the longest time, she didn’t even think she had magic. And when the RPGs happened, she would’ve tried to use it herself but can’t find the thing triggering its use, taking a while to come to terms with the fact that she could never use it by herself, but that doesn’t mean she can’t be a hero in a different way.

And for those asking why doesn’t she use a Koopa wand, this goes into this idea of the Chaos Heart being born from mixing Koopa and Toadstool magic. She’s afraid that trying to learn the Koopa ways of using magic might cause another catastrophe, which it probably would.

Last small thing, outside of angst the main reason for this headcanon is to justify both Peach never using magic outside of RPGs and the fact she goes from being able to yeet Bowser out the window in one game to being completely helpless against two paratroopas holding her in the very next game of the same series. Basically it’s to explain the inconsistencies with it.

It can also justify the Mushroom Kingdom not falling into the hands of Koopas, Goombas etc before Mario and Luigi were around despite Toads being unable to defend themselves in the present time (basically the Toadstool family was able to use their magic to boost the strength of their army, which Peach can’t do).

[tyrantchimera]

For anyone who's into FFVII, it's kind of fun to guess what the titles are gonna be. We had 'Remake' and 'Rebirth', and a lot of people are theorizing that the third one is gonna be called 'Reunion'.

On the latter note? If/when they do a Dirge of Cerberus remake, I hope they call it 'Requiem'.

[petirrojito]

As much as I’m all for Toby Fox making music for the off remake I really hope ACC is still able to put his usual off putting soundscape to it. There’s a lot of tracks that are so perfect in the tone they convey and as much as I like Tobys music I feel his style is more energetic

There’s this weirdness to it all that’s so unique the entire game is uneasy even in areas that are meant to be safe which is entirely done through the soundtrack. Hell at my lowest point I would listen to Desperately Safe and just cry cause it’s droning hopelessness was weirdly comforting

[violentlydefending]

KEEP LIVING, ICHI............

[gothyanki]

Help I was innocently looking for art of my spider wife and somehow took a wrong turn down 💀 Discourse Alley ☠️