#also the game of for the queen was SOOOOO fucking funny

[piratespencil]

I love Aabria's insights soooo much, I could listen to her talk about this campaign forever.

[joosthead]

Ok, some family related stuff first (tw for pregnancy mention. Nothing weird I swear. If you aren't cool with that, completely fine)

I'm sure 2024 was quite the year for them with everything. I love the thought of Reader going on tour with him in 2025.

So funny that you mentioned the LA show because I'm going to one of the NY shows 😆.

Born in the same year!?! I knew Laurens and Juna were born close together but didn't realize That Close.😨 So Reader literally spends like a year and a half pregnant.😮‍💨 I hope Ruby scolded Joosti for her bestie lol. He better have treated her like a queen during that time.

(I totally don't get emotional at the thought of him holding the babies for the first time. Their little fingers grabbing his tattooed hand. Feeling all the emotions. Never thinking that a spilled drink on a pretty lady at the club would lead to this... Not at all 🥲) (Also him with that beard not only gives me husband vibes but also new dad vibes. No wonder Reader got knocked up again so soon 🤭 /j)

Also now with this timeline, the thought of them just finding out about the pregnancy and THEN finding out they were already like 4-5 months of the way there????? Those crazies. They probably thought, "haha wedding night baby lol" then the doctor being like, "you are further along than that" Both of them: 😧😧

Also also I knew Laurens was probably at the second wedding (wearing an adorable little suit I'm sure), but now Juna probably was too?!?!? Or were they like we need to speed this up and had the second wedding early first trimester with Juna? Reader was pregnant at both weddings 😂. They are nothing if not consistent.

(I had this thought of Gover officiating their second wedding. I could see him getting ordained if they asked him)

Like and share for part 2 lol - family anon

LIKED AND SHAREEDDD 😆😆 FAMILY ANONNNNNN PART 2 PLEASEEEE NOWWW

cw: pregnancy! and of course this is family era normal au :)

rpf ahead, anti-rpf dni

no worry friend … i have no issues with discussing normal au pregnancy hehe so if you have any more thoughts about that specifically too just send em!

yeahhh it took a lot of self convincing but reader surprised him! :33

ny show let’s gooo!! not enough of my mooties are going to LA but i’m so glad you all are gonna be in the vicinity of each other LOLOL i will be with you in spirit my beloveds…

HALF A FUCKING YEARRRRRR … reader loves that man (me too) … he waits on them hand and foot the entire time !!! if you think this drought is bad … imagine a newborn… and then imagine another pregnancy… and then imagine raising the other newborn alongside the 1 year old. crazzyyyy work and honestly reader is quite demanding which makes complete sense. ruby and marina both scold the guy for 0 pullout game hehe

it also makes complete sense reader is very demanding cuz all 3 babies are 8+ pounds and long (dads fault!!) so trust … it’s a lot

WAHHHHHH … both of them are quite daunted even tho they’ve had good practice with friends babies … it seems like everyone had babies tnis year and normal au them decided to catch up ! 😆😆

still he’s so scared he’s going to accidentally drop laurens on his head … “i was dropped on my head as a baby, maybe if it happens he will take after me,” he smiles and reader is like. i hope he takes after you either way but please don’t drop him 🥰 so many pictures … skin to skin and babeys little head is next to the “thanks for today” tat 🥹🥹 ohhhh i’ve lost it and you are enabling me!

for both of them it’s definitely a really big adjustment … i mean being parents duhhh but like both of them are so scared they’re gonna mess everything up and both of them are sooooo sensitive they’re crying like every 2 seconds that they have such a beautiful child but also OH NO THEY HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHILD WE CANT FUCK THIS UP

the BEARDDDDD… trust once the 6 weeks are up readers riding like no tomorrow … especially cuz tired dad joosti with his beard and long hair and reader’s had 0 time to cut his bangs for him so he looks a lil emo and the eye bags … woof 😵‍💫😵‍💫 #needthatsobad

YESHHHH ,,, huge huge adjustment .. i know it most definitely does not take that long for most pregnancies but i think they were both distracted by travel and also getting months of uninterrupted time together … who gaf about a baby 😹😹 jk. but yeah the moment the doctor is like “it looks like you’re measuring around 16 weeks” joosti just about faints … married man and soon to be father in just a few days. wouldn’t have it any other way tho. thank god for that fucking purse

(his push present is a clean version of the same bag he found on ebay for … an undisclosed amount of money because he knows reader would kill him if they found out he spent so much on a purse they already have… it makes them cry so hard bc they feel grateful to the point they pass out)

i actually feel the 2nd wedding takes longer because of the two babies haha but also because they are both bridezillas and need everything to be perfect for the wedding … probably like ? laurens 3 and juna 2 :)) laurens toddling down as the ring bearer and juna being carried down by one of the friends as the lil flower girl :) wahhhh

(LOLOL I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS BUT he definitely officiates!! such a cute idea WAHHHH)

family anon i am waiting with bated breath for your wonderful part 2. please keep it coming i love your mind friend mwah mwah mwah

[fireemblems24]

Azure Gleam 15 (Final)

As long as this has gone on for, I'm actually bummed to finish this one.

NARRATION

Those special chapters were so weird. It's kind of funny how the plot is like, just ignoring all of that and going back to regular programming. It's like in an old kid's show when they got a dog and then the next episode - no dog anymore. Like there's kinda no point to it.

Ok, so Thales talking to yeeted Edelgard. I will never not get over how funny it is that's the path the writers decided.

Yep, we're really just jumping back into the regular plot. That is so funny. The writing in this game is a clusterfuck at times.

Ok, so we're going to the monastery to save Rhea. MUCH better than saving Bernie's dad.

TWSITD causing chaos again. I feel this route targeted them more than the other two. Like they barely existed in GW.

Everyone's worried about Rhea.

Dimitri wants to wreck TWSITD and the Empire. Let's fucking go!

MAP

No side quests again! Guys, I'm sooooo close to beating this game I can taste it. Both SB and AG have very short final chapters.

Only Claude is annoying, which tracks how this game's gone so . . .

So I've gotten all the supports for: Dimitri, Dedue, Felix, Sylvain, Ingrid, and Rodrigue. Mercedes I'm only missing Jeritza. I didn't use Annette or Ashe, so they're missing a few, but I feel I did pretty good. Hopefully I can get Mercie and Jeritza this chapter.

Ugh, so I missed the opportunity to deepen my bond with Byleth :( Maybe next time.

So in another route, Ashe had no idea what he believed in anymore. In this one, he's confident about his sense of justice.

In another route, Yuri didn't tell me his history with Varley, in this one he trusted me with it.

Ingrid is a queen. She said it's the people who suffer in war, our leaders should reach diplomatic resolutions. Too bad only Dimitri believes in those :(

Aww, Byleth refused to kill Shez during their fight because he could tell she wasn't herself. I soooo wish I'd gotten their supports.

Ok, so I ran into Raphael again and agreed that I didn't like how we were fighting (which, imo, isn't true, but I wanted to see the difference). Shez thinks Edelgard is too cruel, Claude is too haphazard, and Dimitri is too cautious. She pretty much nailed it.

No Arval in the tent :(

Linhardt just said Caspar revels in bloodshed. That's fucked up.

My heart just broke and warmed at the same time. A Kingdom general asked a Duscur general how the people from Duscur pray. He wanted to learn because he lost a lot of good soldiers from Duscur in the last battle and wanted to pray for them in the way their religion would. It's details like this that make Hopes worth it.

Haha, Dedue was fairly chill considering I attacked allies and posed a possible threat to Dimitri. He brought it up, but didn't harp on it.

BYLETH & JERALT A

Man, I'm glad I got this unlocked in time.

Byleth gave Jeralt flowers. First time in Byleth's life lol.

He's trying to communicate his feelings, thankfulness to Jeralt for being his captain and father.

Aw, it's a throwback to Byleth giving out flowers at the Academy.

Lamo, Jeralt just said Byleth may have been a student or led seminars, but isn't qualified to be a teacher.

Jeralt's like, I knew you cared, kid. But I still appreciate it.

Byleth picked the flowers out himself. It's the same kind his mother liked :(((

Jeralt used to give these flowers to Sitri.

Byleth is being so sentimental and sweet. I can just imagine a voiced Byleth saying lines like that in Houses' supports and buying more into the character.

I swear, this game made me really get Byleth more and "buy into" the character. Also, I'm going to cry so hard when Jeralt dies. I still don't really care for Jeralt, but I'm going to just feel so sad for Byleth.

DIMITRI & DEDUE A

For anyone wondering, I purposefully saved this one and Felix A. I've had them unlocked for a while.

Dedue is worried because Dimitri keeps sleeping at his desk. He's grateful or else he'd get sore.

Of course, he had bad dreams about the past.

Ohhhh! Not the tragedy, but arriving home after. Cool to learn some tidbits about that part too.

A child cursed Dimitri after the funeral because his dad died in Duscur and was furious with Dimitri for not killing Dedue, but hanging out with him instead.

Dimitri just ignored him.

Then Dimitri talks about his duty to those who died, and asks Dedue what he would do if Dimitri begged for vengeance while he was dying. OFC, Dedue says he'd do it even if he died.

Then Dimitri asks the opposite, what would Dedue do if Dimitri begged him to live for his own happiness? Dedue said he couldn't.

"I cannot know happiness without you by my side." :(((((((

He'd seek revenge, for his own sake, not Dimitri's.

Dimitri's like, nothing I'd say would change your mind?

Dedue just flips the subject, asking if Dimitri can't just live for himself, and ofc Dimitri says no, he can't.

But imagines another life traveling around as a merc with Dedue or living as a farmer. Dedue's like, why not go?

Dimitri says obviously I can't do that.

So Dedue's like get some sleep.

It worries Dedue every time he sees Dimitri asleep like that at his desk bc he's worried Dimitri died. But Dimitri's like, not why you're here. It won't happen.

Dimitri's like, if I died, that wouldn't go well, so I'll listen.

GUYS. DIMITRI'S GOING TO SLEEP. SOMEONE TALKED HIM INTO SLEEPING. THE POWER OF DEDUE.

They're married, your honor.

DIMITRI & FELIX A

Starts with Dimitri apologizing and promising revenge, killing all of TWSITD no matter the cost.

Felix walks in, Dimitri almost calls him Glenn, but corrects, and apologizes again except to Felix for seeing that.

Felix is like "I've seen all there is of you to see." So, uh, what does that mean?

Dimitri explains that he suffers from a "waking dream," saying he sees the dead like they're real.

Then talks about the violent revenge the dead scream at him.

Felix asks when this all started. Dimitri says 6 years, but the voices started 4 years ago during his first battle? Not sure those numbers line up with lore and age, but I don't know how old they are this time. Anyways, started with Duscur, got worse when Rufus tried to have Dimitri killed by sending him to battle.

The man he killed that freaked Felix out was someone from Duscur, and the voices cheered when he killed the guy.

Felix is like, do you really think Glenn and Lambert would torture you like that? Telling Dimitri he's the one doing it, not them.

Dimitri's like, even if that's true, I can't forgive myself.

Felix talks about how if Dimitri loses his path, he's taking everyone down with him (so Houses, sans AM) and says "keep the whole removing their heads thing in check yeah?"

Felix says it'll be their secret.

"are you offering to let me unburden my heart to you when the time calls for it?" - Dimitri to Felix. Guys, I'm dying a little.

Dimitri credits Felix with the reason he hasn't descended into madness, and asks Felix to continue being his right-hand man.

Hahahah, OMG, Felix picked Dimitri up and is physically carrying him to bed. Dimitri is nearly laughing because he's so much taller than Felix his feet are dragging the floor.

Felix calls him a "sack of muscle" lol

Dimitri carried Felix like this when Felix twisted his ankle. And now is calling this a workout. Dimitri's still massively entertained.

They are also married.

Man, so Dedue got Dimitri to fucking sleep, and Felix got him to laugh.

Ok, this game is really Dimilix, the game. I swear a shipper on deck wrote this. It may also be why Felix was one of the few Blue Lions to survive SB. Writers' bias.

My shipping heart is so happy with both supports.

ASHE & FLAYN B

This is their final support.

They're fishing together. She's trying to reel in a big fish, but it's not working. Ashe gives her tips. And she got it!

Though, it seems like it was a bit of a struggle.

Flayn swore she'd not let go no matter what. Ashe says sometimes it's best to not let go, and suddenly understands Seteth. But still compliments her on her determination.

Flayn thinks her mother would be proud of her for catching this, which is part of the reason Flayn loves fishing.

She flirts with Ashe a bit too lol.

And now she's drooling over the fish.

Ashe says Flayn enjoys him of his sister and really had fun.

But then panics thinking of Flayn in the kitchen lol.

ANNETTE & CONSTANCE B

Constance compliments Annette's performance in battle.

Constance is a legendary alumni at the school in Faerghus.

Stories include turning bossy noble kids into horses. And she started using it everywhere.

She argued magical theory with teachers and won.

These make me love Constance, not going to lie.

Annette is nervous being around someone so famous. Constance calls Annette one of the most talented women in the Kingdom.

Constance loves a book Annette work, but it's mostly a cook book, so Annette doesn't make much of it.

Annette wrote a magical cookbook, and Constance is all about it.

Annette tries to give Mercedes credit because she's the cook.

They both want to get to know each other better.

This was really them geeking out over each other, magic, and Mercedes' cooking.

MERCEDES & JERITZA A

It came down to the lack fucking minute, but I got it. Thank you, Shez, for cooking the perfect dinner.

Jeritza finds and old letter from Mercedes' mother. Or, rather, she wrote Jeritza a letter after Mercie told her that they found him.

They both want to live with him after the war, but he says no.

He can't face her because of his past actions. Doesn't seem Mercie holds it against him. And says neither will her mother.

Then Jeritza talks about the Death Knight persona.

Mercie's like, naw, because you're fine right now.

Jeritza still doesn't give in though. He insists he must pay for his crimes, which he thinks he never can. He wants to get judged by the law, which, honestly, respect.

Mercie decides to support his decisions, even though it makes her sad, and that they'll be waiting for him. No matter how long. Even if they're both old ladies.

I really loved that support. Seeing Mercie support Jeritza's decision, seeing Jeritza take responsibility for his actions. All around good support.

ANNETTE & CONSTANCE A

Glad I got this one. I think Seteth/Shez A is the only other support still within reach.

Constance wants Annette's help conducting an experiment outside. Annette knows how Constance's mood changes when she goes outside. Annette's happy to help.

Obviously now Constance is being down on herself.

Annette volunteered before learning the experiment. Thankfully it's just to try and get all the cats from the area.

It fails :( I want a spell like that.

Constance is obviously moping, Annette gives her a pep talk, but it probably useless bc they're outside.

It attracted bugs, and Constance says the cockroach is a better sorceresses than her lamo. Then they attract angry birds lol.

Once back inside, Constance realizes her spell does sort of work, but they just didn't know how to get cats.

Aww, I really liked that support chain.

FINAL BATTLE

How can anyone not tell something is wrong with Edelgard?

It's so weird how they just ignore the special chapters.

Thales is making her fight.

Sylvain said he'll skip the class reunion if this is what they're like.

Ingrid is roaring to go after Thales.

No sign of Claude. Dimitri's trusting him, but I don't know about that. I wonder if he betrays you here too. Though Dimitri makes a good point that if Faerghus falls, Claude's ass is next.

On, cool image! Dimitri giving a speech. It's like a moment in Lord of the Rings before Aragorn and co march on Mordor.

I like this! Dimitri's talking about severing the past and moving on into tomorrow. Good to hear him talking like that.

I only got 40 points too. Guess Claude was the odd one out, getting more points for his battle than the other two.

Kyrona made an appearance.

Felt good to kill Varley for once.

Getting ready to face Thales now. Dimitri about to get his revenge against TWSITD. Feels good.

Shez is reassuring Dimitri that he's not alone. That his friends are here to help. :)

I think I just killed Kyrona for good this time.

Time to kick Thales' ass. Much better than killing Rhea. Again.

We also got to defeat Edelgard. Having a hard time feeling bad about that.

This battle is pure chaos. But in a fun way.

Oh, did I beat Thales? I'm at a cut scene. Shez stopped Edelgard; and Dimitri's marching to kick Thales' ass.

Haha, he just ignored Thales magic like it was nothing. What a fucking badass.

He's not even saying anything, just breathing, and the voice acting is still on point.

Edelgard remembered Dimitri? So he didn't kill her. And outside Rhea, Claude and the Blue Lions are waiting. And sun is about to come up.

This felt WAY more complete than the other two. I was expecting MUCH worse. Maybe if I played the other two first I'd be more surprised, but they set the bar stupid low.

We defeated the Empire, defeated TWSITD - I don't know what would even be left?

I love how hard the narration tries to make it sound like the Empire has a fart's chance in the wind anymore. It's just clean up now.

MVP time. It'll eventually turn into the Dimitri show like SB did Hubert and GW did Lorenz. I suspect it'll take longer though bc I wanted to use the other Blue Lions a lot.

Actually, I lie, it happened like the second I got Dimitri and not just Shez. I think I may just be a stan lol. He's also just so damn strong he killed so much easier and faster than anyone else.

You can tell the chapter Dimitri was missing for since Felix and Ingrid kept trading MVP. Then back to Dimitri.

Hey! Rodrigue got one!

I'm excited for Dimitri's letter. Still wish we got paired endings here though.

Dimitri feels reassured with Shez by his side. He's also the only one who asked Shez to stay in the Kingdom. It's nothing spectacular, but it was sweet.

I'm also a bit sad to see this one end. No more Fodlan unless I replay, but I guess there's still supports I didn't unlock.

Guys, I can't believe I finished. Now I'm finally "free" to play whatever games I want.

Def want to replay Engage and Houses, and some non-FE stuff too. Should I get the Engage DLC?

xxx

[timothylawrence]

Finished AAI1……. 🫡 you know the drill….

Okay… I don’t even remember half this game which isn’t necessarily the games fault but the episodes were kinda disjointed which i know was probably to do the like. before and after effect.... so forgive me if I forget anything!!!!

-okay to start, Kay Faraday was sooooo cute... i really enjoyed her and i thought she was fun. There were times where she felt a bit more... one dimensional or staticy? but i think her interactions with miles and gumshoe made her so fun. i also loved seeing her as a babyyy shes a queen for kicking miles' ass sorry that was funny as fuck.

-DAMMMMMNNNN!!!!! DAMMMMMNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!! DAMNNN!!!!!

-okay im done... in all seriousness shout out to this being my second favorite reveal of the series so far... tying in the callisto yew being shih-na. that shit was so fucking good. i LOVEDDDD CALLISTO!!!! she was so good and her personality actually might be one of my favs of the game so far... i stand by my cancelled wife. and Badd..... he was great too i loved his mannerisms and the way he spoke... he was your stereotypical old detective and i loved the whole 'uncle badd' sorry faraday you died so soon but at least you were hot right i mean what. . . also sorry ill forever love the way Badd showed up here it was so good.

-okay sorry this is literally one of my top five scenes. idk. idk. something about it made me feel so.... AUGHHHH!!!!!!!! I fucking loved lang and callisto (??) so the betrayal he must of felt when he was such a guy that was big on trusting those around you... like damn. damn. sorry i wont let this go on for too long but i think lang is my fav character out of the game. he was funny and charming and i fucking loved when he came back to 'accuse' Franziska and the fact he calls her sis... like OOOH its good. AND LANG MY GUY YOU GOT SHOT... the franzy and lang parallels are parallelling in my head idk.

-the next person to make franziska scared like this is getting shot you CANT DO THIS TO MEEEE FRANZZZYYYYYY!!!!!!! THEY WERE so cute. i fucking loved little miles and franzy together i was genuinely obsessed with this whole episode... i loved loved seeing them as babies... the way franzy followed him around in this one vs the way he protected/stood up for her in the following episode when she got accused... like idk. i fucking loved it. i love them. im so excited for this next game to see more of them.....!!!! i can only hope we get a little more emotional depth with the two of them....

-okay uhhh oh yeah. miles thinking abt phoenix in his most desperate moments and what he would do... yeah you're tied by the red string of fate... also fuck this game for not saying his name out loud COME ON!!!! LMFAO. sorry i just miss him and maya so bad...

-oh! i loved seeing all the old cast come back, esp. meekins and LARRYYYYY!!! theyre funny.

-oh my god how could i forget miles special interest steel samurai and seeing it was larry beneath the mask thats so fucking funny sorry... also the fact that when he loses the samurai baby miles' first question was who would ever have a child with you LMFAOOO

oh yes... by far my favorite thing in this game.... i love miles' internal dialogue and little moments. it definitely gave him some depth and made him so much more enjoyable (not that he wasn't beforehand!!!) he was a lot of fun to look into and see how his mind worked. i grew a lot fonder of him and it was funny that nearly everyone had a chance to call him out or make fun of him at some point... hes a very emotional character (whether he admits that or not....) and i really enjoyed seeing that side of him from his own perspective :,)

-overall id give this game between a 7-8/10!!! i had fun for sure, but the pacing was a little rough esp towards the end... i think the first three episodes were like 7 hours and then the last two were like 18 combined!! it got a little tedious but it also had the best moments so idk how else they could've changed things LOL. definitely fun though.

-agent lang i love you

[livvyofthelake]

new lost ranking post the hurley episode i watched last night. episode 18? maybe. whatever

1. jack obviously. he’s never getting knocked off the top of the pyramid there’s literally nothing anyone else could do to make me like them more than jack…. nothing this show ever does will ever beat do no harm

2. sayid!!! his swag is like. so unbeatable… he just hits different AND he’s a total hottie too woah… loving his paranoid insane freak arc this season. the writers were like what if we killed his girlfriend and made him act insane. and i’m eating it up actually i mean i wish they hadn’t killed his girlfriend considering that was literally my good friend shannon who i miss deeply. but sayid is NOT moving on and i love it… need me a freak like that sorry

3. claire… maternity leave was HUGE… and that’s my friend belle she always ranks higher than she probably should because she’s my friend belle <3

4. hurleyyyyy :) my special little prince and i mean this… i’m such a hurley girl and yeah sure you can also chalk that up to the fact that hurley is the pet character of eddie and adam and i would love anything eddie and adam did forever and ever except that tron movie i could never quite get through watching. heart! anyway yeah i love hurley he’s my guy… hurley is so. me age 19 but different but the same. wow. if hurley could read some of my notes app poetry from 2020 he’d feel seen in a way that would motivate him to seek professional help. but let’s not get into that

5. ana lucia SORRY. she kinda sucks so fucking bad and yes she killed my beautiful girl shannon but that was only her fault as much as it’s a gun’s fault when someone uses it to kill someone. so i’ve never blamed her for that it’s just a bad situation which she will notttt be coming out on top of 😐. but i think she’s sooo cool in a woman who sucks way… and her cunty 2000s ass outfit is crazy… the black tank top and low rise bootcut jeans and chunky belt and zip up utility vest…. i’d dress up as her for halloween if i was the kind of person who dressed up for halloween or was willing to buy an ugly belt for a one wear costume. also her plot with sayid rn is soooo good they’re looking at each other just two paranoid FREAKS going. you aren’t crazy. and neither am i. let’s fucking kill these Others. it’s sooooo good… and she never makes the same mistake twice…

6. eko my good friend eko…. he’s so…. he’s just so kind… imagine having the patience and compassion to be nice to charlie right now. woah

7. kate. in her flop era rn and it’s DIRE. but we love her this is the highest i can put her right now i’m sorry girl you just can’t beat out eko and hurley and ana etc when you’re acting like this….

8. rose and bernard <3 soooooo excited for them next episode it’s not even funny… that’s literally rose and bernard….

9. libby. category five obsessed with that freak disease! she took one look at that loser hurley and was like he’s so fucking pathetic and weird. and i want him so bad. and i HAVE to respect her game. she said oh yeah i’m gonna talk him back from suicide and then it’s ON…

10. danielle rousseau… she literally slayed the house down in maternity leave… sorry queen for never including you in these lists before now my bad fr!

11. sun <3 she’s so. your girl friend who deserves way better but she’s so happy with her annoying and unlikeable man you can’t even tell her to dump his ass no matter how bad you want to

12. michael… where tf is michael… i miss him :(

13. new guy. i can’t very well call him henry now can i. wtf is his name… kinda like his pathetic gay swag. but he’s sooo annoying 🙄 and frankly i stand with sayid’s paranoid freak ass… but he’s kinda fun to have around i admit! love how he’s always playing mind games!!

14. locke admittedly has been slaying lately but i still think all his backstory episodes are lame and bad and also. as we say. an enemy of jack’s…

15. jin. he like. swings wildly between me hating him so bad i hope he dies and me thinking he’s soooo interesting and compelling and cool. the whole truth was a crazy episode in this way when it started i was like wow he needs to kill himself. and then by the end i was like woah why is he the most interesting man on lost island…. the way he literally can’t talk to anyone but sun as a physical storytelling metaphor for his closed off nature that prevents him from ever being truly known… wowie!

16. charlie. he’s flopping soooo hard this season. remember when charlie used to be a top five character. that’s crazy

17. sawyer. goes without explanation

[grishaverse-chaos]

Nina for the ask game

omg ty!! nina is one of my fav grishaverse characters ever (actually she's my fav crow!) so I loveeee talking about her

why I like them: her badassery. she doesn't take shit from anybody which I love, and she has a really strong sense of self-worth and independence

why I don't: she keeps falling for goddamn fjerdans. for legal reasons this is a joke, I love helnik and hannina more than life itself HOWEVER this girl clearly has a type and it's v funny to me

favourite episode/scene: ooooh I'm actually not sure but I do love her scenes with zoya in s2 because their dynamic is SO deep and SO intricate and I could talk about it for hours

favourite season/movie: so she's brilliant in both s&b seasons and both soc books, but I think she's actually best in the kos duology!

favourite line: I WILL LEAVE THIS WORLD ON A HAMMER BLOW holy fuck it's one of my fav quote of all time, I just love it so much. it perfectly encapsulates nina's personality and her determination

favourite outfit: her red dress from the shu han heist in s2! something about it being red but not heartrender red yk? like she's claiming her grisha powers but still refusing to align herself with the second army.... it's deep okay

otp: ugh I can never choose between helnik and hannina (in an ideal world they'd be polyam lmao)

brotp: okay so I love ninej however. nina and zoya are sooooo deep I could analyse them for Hours. I have a playlist for them in my notes app. also nina and nikolai would be the most chaotic friendship EVER which I love sm

headcanon: there's like zero chance she's cisgender. idk what she would be but there's some gender fuckery going on there I swear

unpopular opinion: I love hannina and idk if that's unpopular as such but I'm pretty sure it's less popular than helnik so let's go with that. also matthias's death adds so much to the narrative and there's no way it could have been as satisfying if he'd survived

a wish: she's going to be such an incredible queen omg, I want her to change the world (and specifically fjerda) forever and leave her mark

an oh-god-please-don't-ever-happen: imagine if hanne (I hc his chosen name as demyen!) dies as well.... leaving nina all alone and widowed..... yeah. that would suck.

5 words to describe them: determined, chaotic, badass, independent, vicious (when she wants to be)

my nickname for them: again tbh I don't really have one 😭😭

give me a character and I will answer...

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

L M F A O

No see I do know exactly who you are and that little paragraph of you ranting and raving proves it there bud and let me take a page from your friends book you got any actual proof about me and your claims? Nah didnt think so and if you are mad about what I've allegedly done to a punk bitch nazi racist whom he chose to interact with me 1st calling me all kinds of slurs and nonsense over a tumblr comment and his loser friends one of which is a groomer living off a trust fund that continues to stalk people after 2 years and a woman still since 2017 then your even more a whiny cunt retard than the rest 🤭 enjoy being the biggest loser on tumblr queen 👍

But that discord proved more than anything. You wanna take the high road sooooo bad but again you're just like the rest and deluded yourself into thinking that anybody values your opinion or actually cares about what you have to say, you think you're really going to change the world from your tumblr.com posts. You're bad "satire" at best. Also fuck you and yes I'm going to stay on anon bc i know how your creepy friends are. If you don't like it turn off anons and block this anon ya substanceless twerp 🤫🤭

How funny is it though that you all scream for anarchism and law of land and Etc but then continue to pitch and whine about stuff that I've supposedly done it just makes you all look like a bunch of dumbass hypocrites that just want to take their ball home or play completely different game than anybody else. It's almost like y'all are hypocrites or rules for the not for me type of people.

Either way I don't really know you don't really care to know you it's amazing you actually have that much invested into all this seeing as I don't even know who you are here but let me live rent free in your head and then you'll post this and your friends will get all pissy and I'll continue winning and laughing.

Wipe your chin sweetie you tried your very best uwu.

Yeah I'm not reading that. It's enough to know something I said got you super pressed, XD

[infizero]

initial side order thoughts/screenshots i needed to get out of my system (i have taken way too many screenshots) (SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY)

literally had to take a whole moment after reading this I AM GOING TO SOB. STOP THIS MADNESS. "a quiet spot together" WE GET ITTTTT YOU TWO ARE MARRIED IM GOING TO GO DIG A HOLE TO BURY MYSELF IN

dedf1sh/acht they/them moments HOORAY!!

my lesbian mothers shaking me awake after i ate 50 flintstone gummy

CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT MARINA'S WALLPAPER. I ALMOST SCREAMED WHEN I SAW IT HELP MEEEEEEEE. SHES SO GAY

pearl is so unfazed too she already knows this is what her laptop looks like LMFAO. they are genuinely married

STOP BEING GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am just so obsessed with how she looks here. my office manager queen

SO MANY THINGS HERE. ok

1) AGENT 4 REFERENCE RAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN!!

2) this entire conversation is so fucking good. of course cuttlefish introduced them to four and pearl has no memory of who they are LOLLLLL

3) after getting stuff like marina's diary and a cool nametag, marina just casually telling us we got a piece of agent 4's FUCKING SOUL was so funny to me. ARE THEY OK?

the noise i let out when i saw this was disgusting

MARINA HAS TEARS IN HER EYES EVEN THOUGH SHES SMILING AND CELEBRATING WITH PEARL GET ME OUTTTTT OF HEREEEEEEEEEE

she is so pearl trash #1 core. this is insane. also the emojis and keysmashing I LOVE HERRRRRR. this entire thing with the diary entries being formatted like a social media story is soooooo cute. also reading "over 4 years ago" gave me psychic damage

ANYWAYS. its past midnight and ive got class bright and early so unfortunately ive got to stop for now. but IM HAVING SOOOOO MUCH FUN I KEEP HAVING TO STOP MYSELF FROM SQUEALING AT EVERY LITTLE THING. AND TAKING 5 BILLION SCREENSHOTS. as soon as i am out that building i am making a beeline back to my dorm and getting right back into this

also writing that made me realize like. good god. the attachment i have to these guys, off the hook in particular, is insane. one of my EARLIEST POSTS ON THIS BLOG was my thoughts on their reveal in one of the splatoon 2 trailers. which i made when i was in MIDDLE SCHOOL. guys i was literally 12 fucking years old when i first saw these two and now i am 19 and seeing them again and heavily involved in story stuff again has made me so unbelievably insane. THOSE TWO MEAN SO SO MUCH TO MEEEEE

even just walking around the virtual inkopolis square made me so nostalgic for splatoon 2 😭 i played the first game a good bit when i was younger but 2 was really where my deep love for the game came from. so going around the familiar layout of everything was. whew.

i am fucking loving this shit so far i am not logging onto twitter until i finish this i will NOT let myself be spoiled. if that mfing all bosses no damage mf tries to snipe me on youtube i will just not let it. simple as that. anyways I NEED TO GO TO BED GOODBYEE

[oracleofsecrets]

VIOLENCE AND BLOOD AND MAKING EVERYBODY MAD. 1, 19, and 25 >:)

SAE 0W-20. Oh oops. Wrote this in notes app so. Here, have my car’s motor oil flavor

Anyway I think I’ll do ace attorney bc that’s the one I’ve been Most aware of its fandom

1 — character everyone gets wrong

There are several,,, but the ones that peeve me the most are Maya and Franziska

Maya’s often flattened into memester burger queen comedic relief who dispenses Romantic advice to make nrmt happen. It’s such a waste when she’s got So much happening and is pretty damn smart

Similarly, Franziska is sidelined even More and is reduced to Angry Meanie and also a prop to encourage nrmt. I find that the average franziska portrayal is really one-note and is just like “Haha she says fool and whips people” which sucks bc again she has So much unexplored complexity in the games And in fandom that people wouldn’t hesitate to explore if she were a male character instead

And also these tend to combine into really boring franmaya just to make sunshine/grump happen. Or again, they’re off to the side or used only as a vehicle for nrmt development.

Or like… I’ve seen ppl think Maya was head over heels for Franziska from Day One like. No??? Wtf? I think Maya had More Important Things on her mind than like. “Ooh that person prosecuting me is kinda hot👀”

I can’t even elaborate Too much bc I’d be here all day but. Also criminally misportrayed is Phoenix. He is not uwu sunshine bleeding heart heart on his sleeve. And neither is Ryuunosuke.

Ok one more salt. Temenos OctopathTraveler2 wasn’t Madly In Love with Crick. Also he is Not as horny/flirty as many are portraying him as…. He outright said staves don’t need sheaths smh my head

19 — smth I’m mad/ashamed I actually kinda like

My lawyer says I don’t have to answer this question

(jk)

Idk if Shame/anger is the word for it. But I want to study kristoph under a microscope and also purposefully zoom in too far so that he gets crushed when the long magnifier breaks the slide glass

It’s more like… I don’t want to be associated w people who like genuinely think he was just misunderstood 🥺 uwuuu he was in WUV, he had a bad childhood. or the opposite, with ppl who go a lot darker in their interpretation bc that’s just not smth I want to think about

Cuz like. Obviously this guy fucking sucks and I hate him but also he’s sooooo pathetic that it’s funny

And also I think it’s interesting to think about like, what being friends (or “friends”) with someone like that for Seven Years does to Phoenix. Bc I lov putting that man through the wringer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

25 — common fandom complaint sick of hearing

Any apologism and vehement defense of shitty male characters lol

Godot’s shitty condescending misogynistic remark at franziska wasn’t a mistranslation. He calls her a shrew/unruly woman, basically says “that’s enough princess, it’s adult time” (notably using “-Chan”, where Phoenix calls her Von Karma Kenji [“prosecutor von karma”]). This line was translated to “But you can go now, princess. It's time for the big boys to take the reins.” So like…. Where’s the misinterpretation 🤨

And also he says “I don’t like talkative women”. There might be more nuance there that google translate can’t capture but like. That’s Still a sexist thing to say.

Just admit ur horny for godot and don’t care about women

Mvk doesn’t have lead poisoning; he’s an emotionally abusive parent and shitty person. Like u don’t even have to squint at the games to come to that conclusion. Kin memories and brainless analysis won’t disprove that. Sometimes abusers can even do nice things or genuinely love someone, but that doesn’t mean they’re not abusive

Barok van Zieks doesn’t have a Redemption arc from his Constant Indefensible Racism. You clowns are just horny and have bad taste.

[indigosfindings]

updates after beating the game:

i know the general white sequence is pretty widely hated on but i honestly wasnt especially bothered by it? it's a decently funny joke that gets cut off RIGHT before it wouldve become actually tedious. im much more bothered by the fact that the trail to fahr outpost is just three straight featureless corridors with no puzzles or anything. chunks of chapters 5-8 unfortunately derive more friction from tossing a bunch of enemies in the way than from actually doing something interesting

having said that, the x-naut fortress is easily the best dungeon in the game. very involved! it's likewise a bit disappointing that the palace of shadow is a largely linear string of challenges lol. the riddle tower was fun though!

i really appreciate the gradual titration of boss/enemy stats. a lot of rpgs just scale enemies by Making Number Higher, and the fact that ttyd's third-last boss can have 50 hp and still be a genuine opponent through application of peripheral mechanics is both fun and reflective of a general design philosophy of making each battle a puzzle in its own right--quintessential rpg stuff! (it also makes the shadow queen's 150 hp hit REALLY hard)

i love the recipe system tbh. there is the sort of longterm strategic implication (the "honey shroom" line as a way to save inventory space) but i also genuinely appreciate how cooking certain items (eg whacka bump) gives you something thats like straightforwardly numerically worse. it's extremely charming and, like many of ttyd's other design decisions, it adds flavour (lol) to the setting and produces a sort of pseudonarrative expressed through a game mechanic. "a shroom steak tastes a lot better than an ultra shroom, but it's less healthy." i love it

it's kind of funny that chapters 4-7 ALL have (at least) a portion where youre forbidden from leaving the chapter setting. i wonder if the recurrence of that element was intentional or if it was just a coincidental consequence of how they were written

the one bit in chapter 7 where you have to make bobbery talk to the fahr outpost mayor does SO much. i would have loved more moments like this tbh! it's the only time anything of that sort happens, and it's the only time you get a sense that any partner other than goombella (& maybe vivian) still "exists" after they join the party, that they have any opinion on (or stake in) what's going on. it's a massive missed opportunity that koops & vivian are the only ones to get a "check-in" at the end of their respective chapters. the person i was playing with remarked that ms mowz became "less of a character" after joining the party, which i think is a great way to sum it up

the rotating starry background on the moon looks sooooo good. it's a shame that's like the most boring, undercooked area in the whole game lmaooo

the last several bosses oh my god

gloomtail was fun. my sort of "tch, nothing is a real challenge" flippance nearly had consequences lol, mario's hp was definitely in the single digits by the end of it

the shadow sirens rematch is really fucking good??? i did NOT remember it being so much fun. when beldam starts whipping out the buffs and debuffs it gets CRAZY. on my first attempt i was careless and goombella went down on like the third turn, and i hadnt brought a life shroom (because of hubris,) so i had to reset (the only time i did that the whole run!) (i refused to go on without seeing all the new tattles lol)

the grodus fight is also great: love the music, the quirky defence/support mechanic, and the variety of weird spells

putting the bowser/kammy fight right after grodus is straight up genius lol. that resource drain puts real pressure on the fight, i wish that kind of thing was done more often. and i looove kammy popping off on the support role

what can i say about shadow queen that hasnt already been said?? the aesthetics are sick, the music is insane, the hand mechanic adds dimension. i love that there's a huge hype/comeback midway through but the final phase isnt just an omnislash-type free win, you still have to actually earn the victory

i didnt know anything about dbz when i was a kid so i never realized the extent to which the "everyone rooting for mario" sequence is like straight up lifted from the final genki-dama lmaooo. it still hits tho ngl

the epilogue where goombella checks in with everyone is very cute (if a bit cheapened by the existence of the postgame lol). it's a nice final sendoff for all the partners. the bit where she says beldam is no longer evil and is now kind to vivian, though...... i get that it's just there to tie vivian's arc up neatly, but it just doesnt stick the landing or feel feasible in light of the way beldam is characterized for the entiiiire game. it's a bit of a disappointing end for THE fan-favourite character. then again, i know better than to expect Cogent Critiques Of The Family from nintendo games lol

i overall had a really good time with it! my strongest feeling, though, is that i still wish it was harder, more willing to put pressure on the player before the final chapter. like i said before, the skill ceiling is crazy high and theres sooo much room for player expression and creativity, which is why it's such a shame that i never really felt put to the test. ive been hearing a lot recently about the existence of challenge mods, though, and im feeling pretty eager to give some of those a try

been revisiting ttyd recently and it's. a really surreal experience

[mangora]

All stars is bad but it’s not like all bad here are some things I liked about all stars:

•Lightning was hilarious in Evil Dread that episode was funny tbh

•Alejandro stealing Heather’s immunity statue and getting her out with a single vote was iconic

•Sam’s arc was really good, you guys shit on him a lot and say he didn’t belong but I liked seeing him put it all down for his team and do anything to help them compared to how he was only motivated by video games and Dakota last season. The only character who got better in AS tbh

•Zoke kiss zoke kiss zoke kiss zoke k

•Mal had sooooo much potential and he was fucking hilarious you know this if you’ve followed my blog for a bit, Mal is my favorite character and I’m literally rewriting all stars just bc I love him so much he’s so cool and this season would’ve been a million times worse without him and his stupid fucking emo hair

•Cameron being on the villains team opened up a lot of potential for a second arc and I like that

•Gwen’s victim complex and Courtney being awful to the heroes was not fun but they were kinda cute together

•Duncan going soft and blowing up Chris’ house because he was feeling insecure bc being a bad boy is his only trait and he’s got lost in it was just like. Idk that hurt a little he’s actually way better here than in WT even if his obsession with Courtney was absolute ass

•Scourtney was pretty cute I wish we’d gotten to see them scheme more they were adorable in the egg episode

•Also even though Scott lost his edge this season I love me a good dumbass he was funny

•The villains actually had some cute moments together. Like Lightning handing Gwen the shovel with no ulterior motive, and Jo being happy Duncan liked her Killer Zingers

•Alejandro was ooc but he was kinda funny, especially with Heather. Aleheather my beloved. They were my little pogchamps this season

•Sierra with short hair :) also Duncan’s eyeliner was on point

•Gwen and Cameron had an adorable friendship, so did Gwen and Zoey

•Also ZOEY AND MIKE WIN queen and king shit, they didn’t really get to shine here but they were so interesting in ROTI and they deserve it

•Sunday Muddy Sundae was an atrocity and it’s the actual worst episode in the entire series but, Courtney in the final five :)

[vespertin-y]

wait another one for the ask game! kaede! i love hearing people go off about funny little fictional characters, hopefully kaede is one you like talking about, i assume so because like... the saioumatsu hehe

you are correct i LOVE talkin about kaede so much all the time

Sexuality Headcanon: she shows canon attraction to both men and women and every time i see someone headcanoning her as monosexual i fight back the urge to become a cyberbully. i really do love how,,,aggressively bi kaede is in canon though. her FTEs involve her explicitly planning a date with shuichi. she tells the first character u meet other than the protags (tsumugi) that she has nice curves and also that the frightened look on her face is sexy. she follows this up by telling tenko she’s cute. she calls rantaro a pretty boy in the nail brush event. kaede has sooooo much love inside and i love that for her!!! what a queen.

Gender Headcanon: hmmm i flip back and forth on whether she’s trans or cis but kaede is definitely A Girl in my mind yknow? she/her exclusively, not really gnc at all. also she probably wears a lot of argyle. not sure why that’s in the gender section but i’m not taking it out now.

A ship I have with said character: ok this may come as a terrible shock: saioumatsu. i already wrote a ton about why i like it in the kokichi post, and i’m gonna write MORE about why i like it in the shuichi post, so i think i’ll just talk about some aus i have for them here...i have one based on kaede’s FTEs with kokichi where kaede is a traveling concert pianist who sneaks her phantom thief boyfriend into various countries so he can perform his shenaniganery; shuichi is an especially clever civilian who listens to kaede’s music to soothe his anxiety and follows the phantom thief case for his own enjoyment, putting him in the perfect position to notice their pattern and begin the chase. i have another one where kaede and shuichi are both humans who have been hurt by the fae in the past, and kokichi is a half-fae with the ability to lie (think abt the relationship angst u could milk out of that...Think About It.) and i have a third one set in HPA where kaede and kokichi have both started dating shuichi, but not each other; kokichi is completely convinced that shuichi is his other half, the truth to his lie, his one and only soulmate, but kaede is DETERMINED to woo him and complete the triangle.

A BROTP I have with said character: kaede and kirumi are really fun i think!! they’re very similar in that they both base their entire identities around their talents and have p much no other hobbies, and they also both sacrifice their physical and mental wellbeing to keep the v3 cast happy and united...i think they deserve to Chill The Fuck Out together yknow? find some new hobbies, do something selfish for once. start a book club. RELAX.

A NOTP I have with said character: irumatsu 😶. listen i know this is one of the most popular ships for both of them and i might get a lil flack for this but,,,i hate it I HATE IT SO MUCH!!! every time i see irumatsu it’s just the two most popular girls getting haphazardly shoved together in the background so we can focus in on The Boys™ (usually saiou) with no attention paid to their actual characters. i think it’s really exemplified in how many people joke about not being able to tell them apart in fanart...sure they’re both BLONDE but kaede and miu have completely different hair lengths+styles+shades, totally different styles of fashion, and DIFFERENT COLORED EYES. and yet when u bonk them together in fanart they become the most identical fucking white bread characters you’ve ever seen!! kaede and miu are both lovely and interesting ladies and they deserve better than this bland-ass background ship is what i’m saying :/

A random headcanon: does not swear Ever. there is a dead body right in front of her and she says “aw fiddlesticks this really rustles my jimmies :(”. kaito and shuichi were both raised by old people so they’re already used to that way of speaking, but kokichi is Distressed. he begs her to just say fuck already and she tells him he’s “cruisin’ for a brusin’, mister”.

General Opinion over said character: MY QUEEN, THE BEST FEMALE CHARACTER IN ALL OF DR, WOULD KILL AND/OR DIE FOR HER. they made one (1) mistake with her writing in canon, and that’s having her not actually kill rantaro. yknow that one post that says “if you want your female characters to be strong and complex, sometimes bad things have to be their fault”? that’s kaede. the ch6 twist feels like a weird attempt to make her retroactively perfect and i don’t like it. other than that i really don’t have any complaints!! (no the ch1 twist was not fridging...none of you know what fridging means. if you wanna talk about fridging in dr talk about peko.) also i dreamed about kissing her once and i’ll be chasing that high for the rest of my life i think

[brockadoodles]

Oh we’re doing blog recs?

2020 was wild, I made Nolypats, had a grand time, deactivated, and here I am back at it again. I know I inevitably will forget a url, or a mutual from before who maybe changed their url that I didn’t find again. Just know that I love ALL of you, no matter what. Thanks for making my year and for welcoming me back to this hell site :) 

Except the rude anon who made me deactivate, they can fuck off. 

@pettypetey - My first freaking friend on nolypats. Holy hell what a time. Glad you messaged me because idk what I would do without ya. Can’t wait to move to van and live our best lives. Ily endlessly

@hockeyboysiguess - the autumn to my olive, bestie bae, the peanut butter to my apple forever, thanks for bonding with me over colton parayko that one time over quarantine while drunk. Can’t wait to act a fool with you this season, for like... SO many reasons. 

@jasondickinsonss - my captain petty queen (see what I did there?) I can’t WAIT to complain about the dallas stars with you again this season AND the damn leafs. We really know how to pick them, huh.

@slapshot-to-the-heart - my san jose babe, I’m excited to yell about our thotty himbo king, timo meier with you, who is SLEPT ON. 

@broadstbroskis - my other anti cardboard box friend. I know you know exactly what that means. 

@woah-were-halfway-there - BIG JUICEEEEE. I love ya, can’t wait to explore toronto with you one day. Come visit my island anytime. 

@sportmodepetey - SHOW ME THE PETEY DRAWING! Ily. I love our love for Dutch bro’s

@chicagoblackhawkslover96 - You make my day lovely with our chats. I’m glad we started talking and you’re welcome for introducing you to ONE Brock boeser. 

@blueskrugs - Caitttttt, remember when you made me CRY with that nate mack fic? I still haven’t forgiven you for it. (jk jk) Thank you for providing us with good posts and pics of your dog to smile at

@dembenchboys - Hockeyblr’s positivity. Seriously, you’re it. You’re the reason this is a nice place to be. We appreciate you SO much. 

@danglesnipecelly - The Markstrom queen. That’s your brand and I love it, please don’t ever change. 

@josty - one of the lights of this website, excellent shit posts and content. 

@bqstqnbruin - I know you’re a bruins fan but I always think of you as the one who writes matty, because that 10 things fic is STILL in my brain. ily a lot. 

@oh-holy-alien - I live for our chats where we just low key drag brock. An excellent past time. 

@tysojost - You make me scream every time you reblog my fics, I’ll never forget when you sent me SCREEN shots of your notes app. You’re so sweet. 

@justjosty - I’m glad we can stay friends this season because our teams will not be playing each other ehehhehehe. 

@powerblais - my fave maker of the gifs. You know it’s you. 

@barzysthighs - you are a GEM. And you have the best player names. And I love your reactions and posts!

@itsjuliak5 - Always the first person to participate in fun ask games and tag games. You’re seriously so sweed. 

@hockey-pokey - I know you’re not on as much anymore, but I smile every time i see a notification with you in it! 

@prettyboyroope - A FOOL WHO I LOVE DEARLY. 

@texanstarslove - My resident thirsty seggy pal. Seriously, i can’t see tyler without thinking of you hahaha.

@princessphilly - You’re such a nice person, you’re super supportive of everyone and I love seeing you on my dash.

@laurenairay - Another person who loves willy like i love willy, and I appreciate that. 

@dripkingpetey & @passthehockeyplease - you guys are really funny and I enjoy seeing your posts to each other because it reminds me of me and kyn. 

@nazdaddy - Our teams don’t play each other this season, hell yea. Also, caviar (iykyk)

@mbarzals - RAY! An actual ray of sunshine in my life. I love you a lot. Don’t forget it! 

@andrewcogliano - Inez! I don’t even think you were on when I came back, but hi! I am back. Can’t wait to yell about the stars with you :) 

@miroheyskanen - A true MVP. Thank you for being so nice to everyone. Can’t wait to yell about the stars again! 

@matbaerzal - Always someone who I think of when I think of people who spread love on here. You’re always doing content appreciation and it’s really nice.

@thirteenisles - a new friend!! my 1D friend! Excellent content as well. 

@segsation - sooooo we’re gonna live blog stars games drunk, right?

@fratboytj - Tom Wilson is the hottest man in the entire league and I’m glad you agree. ;) 

@folkloreflyers - my fellow roope stan. I always see you on my dash when I should be asleep. I also love your mood boards sooo much 

@nikolajehlers - I STILL think of you from your old URL, that’s how ingrained it is in my brain. Ily a lot. Excited to yell about the stars with you. 

@ayohockeycheck - Are you excited for the leafs to kill us this year?

@hymarners - ily my fellow mitch lover!! I love that we both came back and rebranded hehe. 

@antoineroussel - you deserve 15/10 for your URL alone!!!! 

@roopehintz - my fellow Niall and roope stan. I stan YOU. 

@idontgiveaflyinggrayson69 - Pls spare some talent with me, I love your work. Also, I love seeing your lb’s even though I don’t follow the isles like that much, they make me smile 

The rat anons - Whoever you are... you’re incredible. 15/10.

[tsuki-sennin]

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Spoilers, I guess...

-Salted calamari.

-Aaaaaaaand he's gone!

-Hello Akaishi!

-OOOOOOOKAY THAT WAS CREEPY AND UNCALLED FOR

-Yeah, this guy's beyond fucked.

-Is it like the Fusion Dance where there's a time and damage limit? ...at least, I remember that's how either version from DBZ and Steven Universe worked.

-Itty bitty George! Ah, he's so cute~!

-GODDAMN JIOHKLGJK

-Oh, that bitch went up in flames.

-Oh god, cheer!

-Well, this possession lipsync definitely isn't up to Den-O standards, but

-It IS very funny sooooo

-I imagine Kagerou would be pretty agitated. You should let him out more.

-Lovekov do a funny spin wheeeeeeee! :)

-IS THE FIRE HOW PAPA LOST HIS HEART

-Oh Buu-san, you Chad :)

-Hello Ushijima-san.

-"Was there a rule...?" Does this mean Daddy Karizaki's not the guy in charge?

-OH GOD HE'S FLYING

-Ok, I've seen a lot of different romanizations of this demon's name. Bael, Veil, Vail, Beiru... I think for simplicity's sake I'll use the wiki's name, Vail.

-W

-WHAT

-OHHHHHHH LORD

-JESUS CHRIST HAS HE BEEN DOING THAT ALL DAY

-Aguilera-sama, pls

-Oh no :(

-Bring him Karizaki Sr. and his masked Monokuma looking ass.

-Slayin' with Queen B!

-Smth smth "What am I fighting fooooooooooooooooooooor?"

-Oh god, he's waking up.

-THE BETRAYAL! I expected this from Kagerou, but this is a step too far, Lovekov!

-OHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK GEN-SAN

-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH THAT VOICE

-Yep, Kabuto, like the Rhino Beetle. ...and I imagine not Kabuto like... Kabuto. Or Kabuto and Kabutops.

-Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's a creepy transformation.

-JESUS THAT WAS SO QUICK

-Maybe he IS Kabuto!

-JESUS HE'S SO BRUTAL

-OH GOD IS THAT DEMON BLOOD

-This guy's straight out of a goddamn horror manga!

-Mr. Vail's real fucked up, huh?

-OH GOD

-OH MY GOD VICE KNEW-

-He's fighting back!

-Jesus Christ, this thing is horrifying.

-GIRL HELP IDK WHAT'S EVEN HAPPENING

-OH GOD BUU-SAN

-This season's really treading into some dark territory, let me tell you.

-WOW, this is terrifying.

-So, Vail and Genta did business... I suspected a lot about Gen-san, even if I didn't bring them up. Maybe he was secretly a former Fenix operative, maybe he was a sleeper agent for the Deadmans, maybe he was intended to become a Giftex. This? This is an absolute game-changer.

-So, that's where Vice came from.

-Oh hi, George! One more revelation for the road?

-Oh hi, Daddy.

-I'm no expert, but it is very likely that the Vistamps came from a different civilization than the ones prevalent throughout Latin America, just on looks alone.

-OHHHHHHHHHH HE CUT GENTA OPEN

-Yeah, it makes... a ton of sense now, actually.

-We're all Gifu Juniors.

-I imagine Olteca didn't know about this, because Akaishi seems to be hiding a lot from him, but did anyone else know? The Ushijima's definitely didn't. Buu-san definitely had been on the same team, I'm sure of it now, and that's why he's been hanging around. Did Commander Wakabayashi know? Hell, did Yukimi know?

-OH MY GOD HE ATE HER

-OHHHHH NEW FORM YESSSS

-I imagine that's the Live Holy Wings form I've heard about. It looks fantastic, but I hope this doesn't mean the end of Evil screen time. I've also seen other stuff about a new Revice Super Form. Thunder Gale I think it's called? ...it seems pretty divisive, but I wanna see it in action before I make a call.

-Sorry this was so short, but I'm just reeling rn. Shit's crazy, yo.

[readymades2002]

ch 2 thoughts.....giggle

i think.....maybe this one goes over better for noelle enjoyers but i don’t really care about her </3 so sorry...there’s nothing objectively bad about her she is perfectly fine and nice and cool i just find that kind of panicky Useless Gay crush to be irritating in characters especially wuhluhwuh ones (and its usually wuhluhwuh ones. For Some Reason) and xmas themed shit is SOOOO.....BORING TO ME i think the main story of this game is just never gonna click for me. which is kind of a bummer! it seems like itll be interesting it is just not my thing. also delt of rune having a lot of like...xtian imagery in it is still so weird to me its not OBJECTIVELYYYYYYY bad but it is. um. i’m not interested ^_^

also berdley getting a storyline is the most baffling decision i’ve ever seen in my life. that is a burgerpants character! that is a character that makes you go wow this guy sucks but his expressions are really funny and i don’t have to see him that often so i can stand him. that is NOT a character that gets a hashtag gifted kid storyline fhdskjd what the fuck WAS that!!!!!!! i do think berdley bemoaning how stupid he feels and how he’s let everyone down in a room full of people who have been abandoned by everyone because they’re The Bad Kids is a good representation of that discourse but like. whyyyy did this happennnnn

the queen is the best character in all of fiction obviously. her final boss battle was kind of a pain in the ass and i’m really baffled by her like...whole Internet story i guess. i mean there are interesting things to say about the internet and The Algorithm and using it to try and escape your own misery and i think that that dovetails REALLY nicely with the actual characters!!! between the exploration of escapism and the evolution of the bosses as “sometimes you just need to kick someone’s ass, you can’t always talk it out”, it feels like we’re shaping things into a story about How To Deal With Being In The World That We Are In. maybe not a how-to, necessarily, but i think that that’s a really fascinating story for this one to be! i just think some of the representation of the internet stuff is, perhaps, maybe, a LITTLE bit corny. a little bit oddly done. i think the attack where she says “drama” and makes the whole feed angry is a bit eyerolly. maybe i am just wrong about that, though, i am wrong about things often. i don’t really find meta commentary on the internet or of social media very funny. i don’t laugh at the vague idea of “tumblr drama” either. its just not funny to me

storywise this chapter was kind of a letdown but the world itself is like CANDY to me i am SOOOOO OBSESSED with the aesthetic of the cyber world and the characters in it i love robots i love viruses i love old internet. hypnospace is my favorite game so naturally this is designed exactly to worm its way into my brain and keep me there. also the robots are named after a homestar runner bit. i love it. I Love It

actually jumping back to the best characters in all of fiction. kris and susie but especially kris for the moment. i think kris is a really compelling character and i think that if Certain Game Developers would stop playing off their possession shit as some creepypasta bullshit then we could go further with that! i mean at least this time its not like. the stupid fuckin ending chapter one had (i know it was a fakeout but it also took two? three? years for that to be revealed and i'm pretty cross about it). i think it was almost really good! if it hadn't included the red text part or toriel literally calling the cops which is like. WHY are there cops in deltarune there was no fuckin need for it. but if it hadn't done all that then i think it would've actually been an EXCELLENT portrayal of kris's Whole Deal. kris tearing the player's soul out and throwing themselves out the window to slash toriel's tires before coming back inside and washing their hands and resigning themselves to being posessed again is REALLY compelling!!! kris and the player both having no input during the entire "maybe this world IS better" sequence leaving their own reaction to it a mystery is great, and it makes them opening another fountain SO FUCKING GOOD because they have all the information and decide to go through with it anyway.

and the reasons they could have for it! maybe they agree with everyone else's initial reason for it, the idea that the dark world IS better, you can make friends and meet people that don't just constantly call you a freak and a weirdo. maybe they want the world to end! they're obviously really unhappy right now and being possessed is making it worse, and it seems like the best option for the world to be consumed by darkness. or to even just have another world to defeat. anything but this stupid world where their brother is gone and their mom hates their dad and won't talk about it at all and everyone hates them! maybe it's ralsei looking like asriel, the feeling that if they stay in the dark world, they can hang out with their brother again. they might not be themself most of the time, that boat ride with ralsei and ralsei going "i think it's good that you're so You, kris" while kris has literally no input at all and hasn't almost the entire time they've known each other with the possible exception of the astral projection bits, that was fucking AGONIZING, but they certainly seem to be getting something from their adventures! they seem to like susie! why not ralsei, too!

i think the fountain move was also clearly a measured response. they slashed toriel's tires and recollected themself before getting back to possession. its like...lashing out, very obviously. doing something violent for a bit to get those feelings in order. then opening the fountain after sitting with them. i just find that very interesting. kris is such like...they're so interesting. what a fucking character. i want to know more about them and unfortunately there is literally no way to do that that is good for them because the only way there is to interface with them is through taking their will away. god...

anyway overall feelings are i am kind of disappointed by the story stuff, but the character stuff for characters that i (buzz) enjoy is excellent and the world is, as always, so delightful that i will tolerate just about anything to stay in it for a few hours longer. which is kind of the opposite of what the story is trying to convey i’m pretty sure but! ah well

oh also the music kicks ass but you could’ve guessed that

[sid471]

I watched episode 4 you know what that meeeeeans :3

RWBY Volume 8 spoilers you know the drill. TL;DR: Robyn’s funny, Qrow’s sad, JYR are... any synonym for upset, especially Ren, Harriet’s a bitch, but we been knew, Salem is a bitch, as well as a bad bitch, aaaaaand.... Shit >_>. Cool :3

We start off with the Birbs, Robyn telling a funny story about Joanna to try and lighten the mood ^_^... Doesn’t work but the thought that counts. Robyn says “Tough crowd. Maybe Ironwood shoulda gotten better in cell entertainment >_>” And Qrow laughs and Robyn is pleased with herself :3. Aaaand then Qrow gets sad again. Robyn says that she’s sorry for what happened and says it isn’t his fault, which it isn’t >_<, But Qrow says that it is his fault because he made a deal with the Dark and Clover paid the price for it. My Fair Game heart jumped when I heard Qrow say “I thought for once maybe I could...” but he finishes it with “Be around someone without my semblance making things... weird. And now I’m alone again. That thought... It feels like a dream.” And Robyn says “Believe it or not... I kind of know how you feel. When people are afraid you’ll spill their secrets, people tend to avoid you. And it makes making real connections... difficult.” Birb bonding we love to see it :3

And as Qrow is saying “Huh. I never thought about it like that” Harriet and Marrow throw Watts back in his cell. So I guess he fucked up. And those armed soldiers were just for show >_>. Harriet says to Qrow “You don’t get to keep that 😒” referring to Clover’s pin to which Qrow reiterates that he didn’t kill Clover.  And Harriet says “You keep saying that but it was your weapon that has it blood on it.” which... true but what happened to Tyrian’s fingerprints .-. Did they just... not try to scan Harbinger for finger prints? Well y’know what makes sense considering where Ironwood is >_> anyways. Robyn sticks up for Qrow, again as she should :3, and says “He didn’t do it and if you were so sure that he did you’d lower my cell and take my hand. 😋 “ And Harriet tries to be all confident and cocky but Robyn goes for the jugular, like the queen she is, and says “Right. Because you don’t actually care about the truth. You just want someone to be mad at 😒.” And Harriet ALMOST unlocks Robyn’s cell but Marrow stops her. But something tells me even if she did open the cell and use Robyn’s semblance she still wouldn’t believe it >_> Because Robyn is right she DOES just want someone to be mad at <_< But yeah, after Marrow stops Harriet from opening the cell they leave and Robyn lays back down on her bed and says “Well. That was almost interesting 🙄 “ and the scene changes

To Ren Jaune and Yang. They’re chasing after The Hound and they Ren manages to grab onto it with the help of Jaune and Stormflower. And Ren just kinda... Flies around for a bit, latching on the Hounds foot while Yang and Jaune continue to give chase. During the chase, The Hound stops carrying Oscar in his, sorry Summer Rose theory believers I’m gonna use he/him pronouns for The Hound lol, mouth and roars, resulting in more Grimm to appear. Kinda like how the Wyvern was able to bring about more Grimm. Which Yang expresses surprise by, not the fact that it was ABLE to bring more Grimm, but by the fact The Hound was calling for reinforcements. Which is also surprising, but he was able to call forth more Grimm by roaring .-. 

Anyways, Yang and Jaune continue to ride past the Grimm, Jaune using his tossy shield thing as a ramp, so that’s neat :3 But also did he get it back? .-. We didn’t see him use the Gravity dust in his shield ._. I hope he didn’t just... leave this advanced Atlas tech in the snow 😶 Nah I doubt he did but still weird we didn’t see’im retrieve it. I go off topic, so Jaune and Yang continue driving and evading Grimm until Yang almost drives off a cliff... Well... not almost. She drives off a cliff. But Ren comes by in the nick’a time and saves them ^_^ A clutch use of his Semblance keeps them from being Grimm food :3.

Buuuuuuut now they’re stuck, and lost, in an icy tundra with their Aura in the high 30s all around. So... wonderful. So they’re trekking through and following Ren because he said that he saw the compound when he was flying on the hound. And we FINALLY get some sense of what’s going on with Ren. Well, he said it at the end of volume 7, he doesn’t think they, and by they he means he, aren’t ready to be huntsman. Which Yang says exactly what I’ve been thinking this whole time “Were we ready at the battle at Haven? How about when we stole an Atlas airship >_>” the latter wasn’t the example she used but I couldn’t remember cause it’s been a few hours lol. But Ren continues on his tirade and says that “If we just give the staff to Ironwood everything would be okay”... Now listen I know he wasn’t really THERE when Ironwood broke, it was just RWBY, and he doesn’t know Ironwood shot Oscar, only Oscar knows that, but even so.... Ren, sweetie, honey, baby, that is SOOOOO far from the truth ._. Like even the last time he saw Ironwood he was still on the “Hey let’s ABANDON Mantle” train .-. and now he’s helping to evacuate Mantle... Technically illegally? So... Ugh Ren please don’t get on my shit list >_< He also called out Jaune for “Cheating his way into Beacon”, his exact words. Which brings the question did Jaune tell them about that? Cause last we knew only he, Pyrrha, and Cardin knew. And presumable the rest of CRDL. So did Pyrrha tell them while she was still angry at Jaune for hanging around Cardin or did Jaune tell JNPR in confidence? Either way...... Not cool to just bring up >_> Especially with how much Jaune HAS improved as a leader, a fighter, and a strategist. I don’t talk about it much but I’m proud of Jaune :3. AS proud as I am of Weiss with her whole arc ^_^... Heh... Arc. After Ren says that Jaune, obviously hurt, says “You may not think we’re ready, but I’m still going. We have a job to do.” And Yang says to Ren “Is your goal to push everyone away? 😒”

So then we see Oscar after and Salem is here... Lovely. She tries to coax information out of Oscar, namely the information about the relic of choice, which Oscar says he doesn’t know anything about, and then she asks about the “password” to the Lamp. And Oscar says that he’ll never tell her that. To which Salem promptly BLASTS him with Magic. So............. Oscar’s not doing well. And he’s REALLY not doing well when Hazel appears and starts beating his shit in. So.......... Farm Boi’s really uh... In a predicament. Salem leaves to let Hazel continue his beating, Salem comes across Cinder and Neo, Cinder asking “What is that? 🤨” Referring to The Hound to which Salem says “An experiment. I am quite pleased with the results. Did you need something? 🤨” Despite being uncomfortable around The Hound, Cinder still says her piece, that she should go back to Atlas and claim the Maiden’s powers and gain the Staff. But she stands firm and says no again and when Cinder tries to stick up for herself, The Hound roars in her face. So she backs off and says, for the second time, “Without you, I am nothing.” Which is very interesting that that’s a recurring thing between her and Salem. So, she leaves with Neo to an air ship and says “Salem doesn’t know those children like I do, they won’t ever stop their attempts to save the world.” and her plan is to go to Amity... Ya know... where Penny is, and Pietro is. And then Emerald steps up and says “Well if she [Neo] doesn’t wanna go, I will.” and says that she’s been working on her semblance and that she can help. Great. Just what Penny needs. Hallucinations and Illusions >_>. Cinder, sweetie, love you but I don’t think this is the plan Salem’s GONNA find out .-. she literally has eyes everywhere <_<

And then we see RNBW+May show up to the Schnee Manor so they can help Nora. Whitley isn’t happy to see them but seeing as he got Myrtenaster put in his face he quickly agreed to let them stay there 😊. While Weiss Nora and May are going to, presumably, a guest room, Ruby and Blake have a brief conversation with Blake saying “You know if you’re worried about Yang you can try calling her 🙂.” And we find out that Ruby DID try to call her, which is cute.

After that the scene changes to reveal team JYR found shelter, good :3 and that Yang found something to fix the damaged bike that she and Jaune were on, also good ^_^. Jaune TRIES to talk to Ren but it doesn’t work because Ren is too busy being angry at the world. Which... Don’t get me wrong, fair. I’d be angry too. But if my friend, practically my brother for how long? 2, 3 years? Was trying to tell me to try to open up, I’d open up to him. Like, maybe he was a little uncomfortable with Yang being there, but after Jaune said “Hey the more you bottle up your feelings the worse it’s gonna get.” Ren immediately went outside, so he could’ve gestured Jaune to follow him so they could talk. But they didn’t. Instead, Yang and Jaune talked ^_^ So I mean I’m okay with this lol. Yang asks Jaune “Do you think she thinks less of me? For not going to Atlas...” And Jaune says “Ruby is your sister. She’s gonna love you even if you disagree 🙂.” Which is true :3. But Yang wasn’t talking about Ruby. She was talking about Blake. Which is interestiiiing ooh bees :3

So the episode after the Jaune and Yang talk, Jaune saying he wants to go to sleep but can’t stop thinking about Oscar, and Yang says not to worry and she’ll be sure that Ren doesn’t “Brood himself to death” which I found funny lol. After she says that, the camera pans to the ground to some cracks in the ground. Which then rumble. So................. Damn it Ren your angst is gonna cause another giant Grimm to appear >_>