#and not just because i selfship with Gabriel and Marie

[monochromatictoad]

I don't know much about Castlevania, but.... what's your favorite game, and why?

It's the Lords of Shadow Trilogy. Genuinely, my favorite games of all time. One day I'll have a full post as to why LoS affected me so much and why I love it so much, but that's for when my brain starts to function with me.

Either way, there are a number of reasons why I think LoS is a phenomenal trilogy. The atmosphere and art of the game is so beautiful, it's a bit more of a serious game than most of the other Castlevania games, but it keeps you enraptured with the story. You want to learn more and see what happens next! The art is stunning, with both a hand drawn style for the journals and when you learn new moves, the models are stunning to watch in action, the backgrounds and scenery adds so much to it as well! The games start out so bright and vibrant in LoS1, before having some vibrancy with the cell shading, and then having the darker, muted colors of LoS2! It plays so well with the characters you play as, with LoS1 starting vibrantly and brightly, showing Gabriel's hope and belief, before it ends in the muted tones of the Land of the Dead, signifying his loss of hope and faith.

Like? The symbolism and details of the game!!! It's so good!!! The characters are mostly well made and thought out, with interesting lore for all of them, including the bosses! The replay value is also so good! Especially for LoS2 and MoF. Unfortunately, LoS1 replay value gets points docked due to a bug that never got sorted out.

The voice acting?! Everyone put their souls into the voice acting of the trilogy! Gabriel being voiced by Robert Carlyle was a brilliant idea, because his softer tone brings so much more to Dracul than if they just went with a louder person. It matches the character of Gabriel so well, and even Dracul! And the growl he does when he does the voice lines for Inner Dracul? Perfection.

And the fact that it ends with Dracul redeeming himself and getting his family back? Amazing. It's a perfect ending for one who is God's Champion 🩷

Like, I get why many fans of the series don't like the Trilogy, but to me, this was my introduction to Castlevania. This was my escape during lockdown. I cried when my PS3 stopped working, because I would load up the game after work just to unwind for a while.

But it's also led me to such an amazing community. It even led me to talking to someone I'd admired for a while within the LoS community, but was too shy then to make a Tumblr to talk to them. But now I get to talk to them on a regular basis!!! And so many others!!! And they genuinely are interested in hearing me gush when the brain does function long enough to form semi coherent thoughts!!!!

Basically, I literally wouldn't be where I am today without having stumbled upon the first game used for $5 at a GameStop.

That's part of why Castlevania Lords of Shadow Trilogy will always be my number 1 game of all time.

[echoes-lighthouse]

F/O Masterlist

Okay, I'm at the point where I'm going to have to make The Big List. So this is just a list of everyone that I conceivably might post selfship content about, so if people need to block tags or ask me in advance to tag things, you're aware of the possibility! I'll do my best to update this and let folks know when it's been updated.

This is specifically a list of my romantic or semi-romantic f/os, since those are the ones people usually care about blocking. Maybe I will make a separate list for platonic/familial selfships!

Organized alphabetically by source: let's go!

Primaries

(I Have Posted About Them Before And I Will Likely Post Again)

Tate Langdon (American Horror Story - #my ghost boy), miscellaneous sideships with other Season 1 ghosts

Grell Sutcliffe (Black Butler - #don't fear the reaper)

Toshinori Yagi (BNHA- #sunflower time)

Shigaraki Tomura (BNHA- #my gamer boy)

Himiko Toga (BNHA - #bestie hours), includes a LoV polycule with Shigaraki, Spinner, Magne, Mr. Compress, Dabi, and maybe Kurogiri

Alex (Clockwork Orange - #clockwork siblings)

Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds - #simpatico in quantico)

Jester Lavorre (Critical Role- #my sweetling)

Hoid (Cosmere- #like attracts like)

The Joker (DC/TDK - #the lover who laughs)

13th Doctor (Doctor Who- #my doctor)

Sun/Moon (FNAF:SB- #daycare squad)

Dirk Strider (Homestuck - #heart of hearts)

Vox and Valentino (Hazbin Hotel - #digital poison), includes sex work with most of the main cast

Stolas (Helluva Boss - #secrets of the stars)

Armand, Gabrielle, Lestat, Louis, Daniel (Interview With The Vampire - #messy vampire polycule)

Val Frizzle (Magic School Bus - #val <3)

Jonah Magnus (The Magnus Archives - #eyes on you)

Zero Rick Sanchez (Pocket Mortys - #waiting in the stars), may include other Ricks as the mood takes me

Death (Sandman - #death becomes them)

Delirium (Sandman - #eyestrain pals)

Cecil and Kevin (WTNV - #listener and watcher)

Tumblr (Miscellanious Sources - #beloved hellsite)

Non-Primaries

(content about these is rare or hasn't happened yet, but it might! Only some have tags, but you can ask me to tag any.)

Garfield the Deals Warlock (The Adventure Zone)

Iroh (ATLA)

Tsuyu Asui (BNHA)

Nezu (BNHA)

Aizawa Shota (BNHA) only in a hook-up sense but still worth mentioning

Laudna and Imogen (Critical Role), currently on hold because I only got 10 episodes into C3

Monokuma (Danganronpa- #my evil lil bear)

Celeste, Junko, Toko (Danganronpa 1)

Eventually I'll get through the other Danganronpa games and add f/os from those as well

L (Death Note)

Queen (Deltarune)

Judge Frollo (Disney's Notre Dame)

Captain Hook (Live Action Peter Pan)

Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Oswalda Cobblepots (DC)

TARDIS (Doctor Who: my partner ships with her, not me, but I might post content for them)

Fandomstuck f/os are still to be determined

Glamrock Chica (FNAF:SB)

The Creation (Frankenstein)

Garfield (Garfield)

Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson (Hamilton fandom - #insufferable pokelovers)

Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)

Severus Snape (Harry Potter)

Emberlynn (Helluva Boss)

Honestly the entire Homestuck cast is a possibility for me

The Devil (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)

Persephone (Lore Olympus)

Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives)

Michael (The Magnus Archives)

Gertrude Robinson (The Magnus Archives - #archivist my archivist)

Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins - #mary and me)

Minecraft Villager OC

Bert, Ernie, Gonzo (The Muppets)

Mae Borowski (Night In The Woods)

Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas - #my skeleman)

Haruhi Fujioka (OHSHC)

Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Erik (POTO)

Christine Daae(POTO)

Desire (Sandman)

Trencil (Smile For Me)

Rose Quartz (Steven Universe)

Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural)

Rorschach (Watchmen)