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rouge-the-bat · 2 years ago

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was tagged by @princesstokyomoon owo, thanks for taggin me :3

Rules: List your top 5 favorite shows and tag 5 people!

...can i just list yu yu hakusho 5 times LOL god i fucking love that anime so much ive been hyperfixated on ever since i first watched it a few years ago gkdbjfbf that said, biiig surprise what my number one is:

1. Yu Yu Hakusho ⭐️

THIS SHOW CHANGED MY BRAIN CHEMICALS. I CANT PROPERLY EXPRESS HOW MUCH I ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ADORE THIS CAST OF CHARACTERS. THAT LIL DUDE IN THE MIDDLE?? HIEI, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, I ADORE HIM SO MUCH, HES SUCH A WONDERFUL CUTE TSUNDERE BASTARD. literally the main cast is full of characters with "contradicting" traits that just work SO WELL in making them interesting and fun

kuwabara (the one in blue) is a precious himbo, a very loud delinquent kid who loves to fight but has an honor code he will ALWAYS abide by and has a cute little kitten he adores!!!

yusuke (the one in green) is similarly a delinquent and, honestly, is more of an asshole LOL but he despite his rudeness he doesnt hesitate to put his life on the line for others!

hiei MY LOVE is The Edgy One and always acts like they rest in the group arent his friends but he always is there to help when hes needed and clearly worries for their safety 🥰 and he has a sister hes very sweet and protective over!!! and hes also just Full Of Trauma that i wont get into as more of his backstory is revealed later in the show. and hes just an absolute badass and really hot,,, (forces myself to move on or ill just ramble endlessly about him)

THEN theres hieis lover partner kurama (the red head, and my big kin!!!!), whos by far the sweetest of the 4, is a total mamas boy, BUT hes also a centuries old fox demon known for his thievery and cruelty and was changed when he was almost killed and had to transfer his soul into an unborn human child to stay alive, where his human mom's love changed him to be kinder :'3 (none of that is a spoiler really, this is info he literally states very soon after his introduction) but even though hes changed, hes still can be absolutely RUTHLESS to his enemies. even hiei states early on that he chose kurama as his partner because he wouldnt want him as an enemy

AHEM okay. thats enough rambling about my hyperfixation for now i think fhkzhfjd i probably wont be rambling much about the other ones i just really really REALLY love yyh

the rest arent really in any particular order, and imma put em under the cut!

2. My Hero Academia

i was biiig hyperfixated on this show for a while there, i just absolutely LOVE stories that explore the gray areas of things, so when this show gets into that sorta shit with the hero society its a BIG fave. plus the characters are really fun, todoroki is my fave hehe

3. She-ra (reboot)

another previous hyperfixation, i just really love these characters and honestly theyre so fun to ship in a big ol poly pile lol. tbh i miss being fixated on this one, i had sooo much fun with it ♡

4. Talentless Nana

this was a shorter hyperfixation, but MAN this show gave me EMOTIONS. i dont wanna say too much about it because i think its best to watch the first episode without knowing too much about it, but there is a BIG TWIST at the end of the first episode, and the "genre" of the show completely shifts for all of the episodes after it. if you like darker series, i def recommend this one :3 i just hope itll get more seasons!! but at least theres the manga to continue on with after the first season!

5. Avatar the Last Airbender

an absolute classic from my childhood ♡ itll always be one of my faves!! the characters, the story, the world, i love it so much !!! i still wish i could be a water or fire bender ^w^

honestly it feels weird not putting up a sonic show on here, but when i think about it i never was the biggest on the shows and have always been way more attached to the games canon. though sonic x is def still a classic from my childhood too owo

ah shit i was about to post this without tagging anyone i almost completely forgot HFKSHGK uhh ill tag @megalo-station @catfuyus @transgaykurama @mageofcolors @l-lawliets-pussy @yoko-kurama-the-sex-god (i did 1 over 5 bc im a rebel 😈 JFLZJF)

#fuck i still dont have a tag for these tag games. maybe ill make some sometime #ANYWAYS WATCH YU YU HAKUSHO. PLS PLS PLS. ITS SO GOOD #id recommend checking out the does the dog die site in case u have any particular strong triggers tho jic #its a 90s anime so there is some iffy stuff lol #ALSO IF UR SENSITIVE TO FLASHING LIGHTS UH. DEFINTELY DONT WATCH THE SHOW ITS LIKE REEEALLLY FUCKING BAD WITH FLASHING LIGHTS #there maaaay be versions available that tones it down/fixes/cuts some of it potentially? but im not personally aware of any

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bird-likes-to-fandom · 1 year ago

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Before I jump into it, I will state that I am not disabled, but I do support the Save Ricky Potts movement and want the bar to be raised and conditions to be improved for ALL disabled actors because jesus christ it's shitty out there. However, this post... I disagree with various bullets in this post. Legoland:

@orangecream and @cam-stopped-eating-candles, in the replies and tags respectively, have said it best. The usage of slurs was typical for the time period, even if it sucks. I'm not saying you have to be happy with them, but those slurs would probably be removed today (as "gypsy" was taken out of Noel's Lament over time) if Legoland was performed. Mind you, the show was written around 2006. That is almost twenty years ago, times and norms have definitely changed.

Also, Penny and Ezra are kids raised by hippies who know literally nothing of the outside world, and considering Ezra is an edgy ten year old in 2006, I would say his language is very realistic for his character. Again, not that that's necessarily a "good" thing or that you have to like it, it is simply true. Have you ever met an edgy child before? They're still like that today.

I do not think the seizure incident speaks volumes on Jacob Richmond as a person. Characters do things all the time that writers do not condone, and Penny apologizes and explains (multiple times iirc) that she knows what they did was wrong. Again, they were both children (13 and 10) who knew nothing about the outside world, and Ezra's a little shit asshole kid. Not to pull "boys will be boys", but it's very in character for both him and the time period. Also, Penny maimed a man. I think there's bigger fish to fry here. Ride the Cyclone: 1. Again, common slur for the time (and also currently). You're allowed to be uncomfortable with it, yada yada yada. But also, it's important to recognize that this specific song is about Ocean's internal war with herself - she uses that language not because it's one she believes is good/would use herself, but as her mother's voice in her head telling her that winning is above all else and that it doesn't matter who or what she uses. This song doesn't reflect Ocean's true personality, let alone Richmond's.

2 and 3: Ocean in the current version of the show is ableist. She is an asshole. She is a bad person. She is meant to be that way. She undermines and infantilizes everything about Ricky, much like she does to Constance, you could argue. Though with Constance, it's more personal. This argument has been brought up countless times. She is a bad person, that is integral to her character, she learns and grows and gets better. Writers can write bad characters and it does not reflect them. Ableism being depicted in media does not make it ableist media.

5. Throughout Legoland and Ride the Cyclone, it states multiple times that the people of Uranium City are assholes. They're incredibly homophobic to Penny, who isn't even gay, and they set her backpack on fire. They're terrible to Constance, even if they're nice to her. Of course they ignore and other Ricky, who they don't care enough to get to know or figure out a way to communicate with. That isn't specific to him. A big part of the show is that nobody really knew any of the kids. 9. You forgot to include the part where he tells her to never call him Lil Sweetie ever again, effectively shutting her down. Again, Ocean is meant to be demeaning. She does not get away with it.

Also, I'm sorry, but the script change argument is just tiring at this point. Yes, it sucks. No, it's not the "official" script - it's an alternate one. The disabled version of Ricky Potts is still very much out there, and I do hope more actually disabled actors get to play him.

more rtc bullshit because i am PISSED

Hey again - im back with more rtc because yannick and i had a (really cathartic) rantfest about the ableism and ive finally decided that its time for me to stop procrastinating and actually make the laundry list of ableist things Jacob Richmond has done in Legoland/Ride the Cyclone that are ableist.

For those who don't know, Legoland is a prequel play to RTC that is about Penny/Jane before the events of RTC.

Hence (TW for several ableist slurs),

Jacob Richmond Has Profited Off Ableism His Entire Career. Here's the Evidence (in somewhat chronological order):

Legoland (i found the pdf in some google drive lol)

Penny and Ezra fake seizures for shits and gigs and its like, supposed to be funny?

They also refer to said seizures as "sp*z attacks" (slur count: 1) -> quote "You see, whenever Ezra had one of his sp*z attacks..." (pg 24)

The use of the r word (slur count: 2) -> quote "All their songs sound like they were written by a r-ed kid on a Tilt-a-Whirl." (pg 39)

Ride The Cyclone (script from Broadway Licensing)

Play to Win (Ocean's OG Song) -> "You wanna kick out the crutches from a cripple... take out a kid in a wheelchair that's the road to perdition" (slur count: 3)

From the 2018 Seattle production -> Ocean, to Ricky when he explains why he should be the one to live, "What have you got? Two, maybe three years?"

What the World Needs -> "How long's he got if we feed him through a tube?", "Diabetes in a cup", and "He'll never learn to read"

Ricky magically being cured upon death - aka a trope disabled people HATE FOR A REASON

The whole of Ricky's plot being that he's only worthy of being heard once he is magically able bodied -> MISCHA: "We listen to you now Space Jesus"

The way that the actor for Ricky stands in that one clip of Waiting For The Drop - absolute mockery of disabled people

From the post-McCarter revision -> "Oh my Ricky! You're not sick! You can talk?"

Again from that revision -> "I could always talk..." (way to further erase his disabilities lol)

From the High School Version (*gags*) -> OCEAN: "Ricky! I love you, Lil' Sweetie" (the infantilisation gets worse, apparently)

The whole Ricky's dad dying and its super traumatic being made into a joke - like becoming disabled after a traumatic event is. not. funny. like at all.

The only part of Ricky's childhood that's focused on is the bit where he is infantilised and othered -> "patronised, pushed around, condescended to in high school..."

Just some things to consider when interacting with ride the cyclone... thats all :)

#prev says it very well #and my gripes with 11 is mostly specific to my interpretation of ricky and how he fits with the other characters so i am leaving it out #rtc #long post #and if you want to get into semantics - ricky potts was not even an originally disabled character #this show has gone through so many changes over the years that it's honestly crazy

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if-music-be-the-food-of-love · 3 years ago

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Sander just hits different.. like I was rewatching S3 and ep 3 came on and I was like this is not Willem DS this is Sander. They are so different and Willem played him so well with a certain vibe that can only be Sander. I miss him :(

He truly did an amazing job with Sander (and I will always be sad that we didn’t get to see more of him in that role—I’m still shocked at how little we actually have after 3.5 seasons. Wtfockdown was an absolute gift to humanity, albeit an occasionally cringy gift, but it’s basically the best thing that happened in 2020, at least for me, and it was Sander centric!).

To address your ask (kind of?), I honestly struggle sometimes to even believe Sander is the same person between ep 3-5 and ep 8-10, let alone the lovesick marshmallow we saw in wtfockdown. I mean he is, obviously, but there’s this physical transformation he undergoes throughout the season that just amazes me. His cool, edgy vibe becomes so soft and the best word I can think of is cuddly by the last episode. He literally melts before our eyes—that cool, impenetrable exterior slipping away as he realizes he does have value, he is lovable, and he is enough, that he is worthy of the love he seeks.

His hair is symbolic of that transformation. I interpret his blond hair, much like the leather jacket and docs, to be an armor that he wears to protect himself from the world—to project a confident image and act as a barrier (I answered an ask about this not long ago, but as far as we know, he doesn’t have close friends—is this a conscious choice, like does he purposefully set himself apart bc he feels he doesn’t deserve friends/love? God that makes me sad). Back to the hair, I feel like they made a conscious choice to have his hair look more sharp, more strategically styled before he knew Robbe liked him, and then in the scenes where he’s sure of Robbe’s affection it’s much softer, fluffier. By wtfockdown, it’s a wild mess. Of course, that’s just his cut growing out, but I think it parallels Sander’s emotional journey as well. He’s trying so hard at first, trying to project this cool, edgy look, both to attract Robbe and to hide behind. But once he knows how Robbe feels, and gains a better understanding of himself, he relaxes and everything looks more natural, wavy, fluffy, like he’s dropping the armor. By wtfockdown he doesn’t give a shit bc he is confident in Robbe’s love and his place in their relationship. And that’s also why as much as I loved his blond look, I feel that brown haired Sander post season 3/wtfockdown makes so much sense. He doesn’t need it anymore. He’s comfortable in who he is. He’s happy. He can let go of that armor completely and be himself bc he knows he’s enough, that someone knows exactly who he is and loves him anyway. Ok, that’s the hair saga I’ve been sitting on for a year.

BUT, the real transformation is in how he carries himself, his expressions, and that’s all DS. How did he do that? Like the Sander from Dinsdag 16:19 (ep 5) and from Vrijdag 20:18/21:03 (ep 10) are so completely different in how they move, how they carry themselves, their facial expressions. In the first, he’s closed up and angry, standing rigid and so tall, almost leaning away from Robbe, trying to be aloof. In those last clips he’s so relaxed and loose, his posture and his face. The lovesick expression on his face when he smiles at Robbe across the room or the way he lets Robbe twirl him are such a stark contrast, and for me it’s his whole journey. Sander’s arc is so complex. And that’s just one of many contrasts. We meet him in full on flirt mode, but we also see seduction, scared, hurt, confused, excited, etc. Maandag 11:03 is still the pinnacle for me. He’s absolutely brilliant there and totally believable. The range he showed throughout season 3 was just stunning, and it was a whole body transformation (which is why I think you see Sander and not DS bc he IS Sander in that moment, just as he was Max and Tuur?). It’s funny bc I praise Herbots for the exact opposite skill—that he can express so much with so little movement. We always know what he’s thinking.

They did a great job designing Sander’s character, probably my favorite overall change from the og, but how he acted, his portrayal of Sander, was truly something special. I think that’s why it feels so real to us (bc they’re so good at what they do).

Sorry for writing another novel in response. Analysis is pretty much my favorite thing. I never had anyone to share these thoughts with during season 3/wtfockdown, and by now I’m sure everyone has already said all of this. I just missed it.

I miss him too, anon. Thanks for your ask!! Hopefully I answered you at least somewhat coherently. 💖💖

#wtfock #wtfam #sander drieson #I feel like we’ve been missing him for over a year…😔#writing this gave me the feels bc I usually gush about Robbe #and it reminded me of how much I love Sander too #he IS truly special #I like writing from his POV #maybe I should have thought more about why…#this is fun!#and this is the extent to which I’ll talk about the actors

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thequietmanno1 · 3 years ago

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Thelreads, MHA 256, Replies Part 1

1) “It`s time boyos! Last time we had some truly fucked up hours thanks to our friend Hori, now let`s see what darkness he shall unleash upon us, on Chapter 256: The Sky, High and blue.

Oh lord that tittle… it worries me.”- For a second there I read that as ‘Sky High, Blue’ and I was like ‘man, It feels like years of days ago that people were calling this Sky High, Japan version’, instead of becoming its own thing with an impact of the world culture.

2) “Ah, the regular machine uprising? Seems like everything was going fine back at school then, and here was I starting to get worried.”- It seems like you’re reading a fan-translation for this chapter, but even the official one went for the full-on shout out here.

3) “Aoyama please can you put that thing away? I don`t like the way its looking-“- Since Aoyama can’t exactly lengthen or change the blade’s shape without Hagakure’s help, I’m taking this as proof Aoyama has mad belly-dancing skills – not surprising considering the intestinal control he needs to have with his powers’ side-effects.

4) “THEY CON FIRMED IT

THEY FUCKING CONFIRMED IT! I KNEW THAT HER POWER WAS NOT TO BE INVISIBLE, THAT WAS JUST A SECONDARY EFFECT, HER REAL QUIRK WAS LIGHT MANIPULATION”-

From her phrasing in the official translation it seems this is something she can only do recently thanks to her training, so it’s likely that her ability to control light was uncontrollably manifesting as her filtering it through herself to become invisible rather than her intentionally doing so, and having gained better control over her powers, she could now theoretically become visible if she wanted to, amongst other things. That said, whilst she can manipulate light, she can’t ‘create’ or ‘store’ it for big attacks, so she needs a powerful intense light source like Aoyama’s laser nearby to make full use of her quirk’s offensive capabilities. 5) “Oh damn, that was cool! Mina almost made a goddamn mecha suit out of acid to stop that robot, holy shit did she went far beyond what I would expect for her quirk.

Now, please someone bring her a towel, and Aoyama a pair of clean underwear, he`s going to need it.”- Interesting. Since it’s implied that Mina is using her body fluids or some other capacity to create her acid attacks, I wonder if she has to ‘suck’ the acid armour back inside herself to avoid dehydrating, or for repeat use, or if it’s a one-use-per-fight deal. In any case, this is another example of how difficult it’s gonna be for her to non-lethally subdue her enemies without removing their body parts in the process. 6) “Now those two also made a pretty solid choice. Jiro`s a no-brainier in this situation, but Shoji, he is focusing more in reconnaissance and support than fighting, despite his strength. Gang Orca, being, well, an orca, would perfect for him, he would learn all about focusing in different frequencies and how to isolate audio clues in real time.”- It also allowed Orca to keep his Yeeting arm in fine practice. 7) “Now okay, I can see why they would pick Kamui woods, but Mt. Lady and Edgy shot don`t particularly enhance much their abilities here. From the three, Kamui is the only one that has crowd control, abilities that all of them need to learn to direct and focus, especially in heavily populated areas.”- Well Kaminari’s electro-attacks have some commonality with Mt lady’s destructive gigantification – as a reminder, she can only grow to that giant size and a normal size with no in-between sizes or partial body expansion for attacks, making her unwieldy in urban areas - Sero would gain great advice from Kamuri about his particular take on web-swinging and entanglement, and Mineta’s balls need forethought and preparation to be most effective, especially if they’re positioned right where the enemy doesn’t notice them until they’re stuck to them, making him a useful learner from the Ninja-themed Edgeshot, who doubtless has several ninja-esque tools for use in the field besides his quirk. Plus, since all three are in a team together, it’s useful learning for how to use different abilities together in an effective team without tripping each other up and maximising your different advantages whilst covering the other’s weaknesses. 8) “fucking wash”- Well, if he can get people to follow his instructions and relay complex orders all whilst saying only ‘wash’ then he’s one hell of an effective communicator. 9) “Yeah, well, Tokoyami isn`t exactly training with Hawks, but even so his agency is full of competent heroes that might synergize and probably can teach him as much as Hawks would.

…

Well, that implies that Hawks would even teach him something, besides being a cryptic mentor figure that is actually just using him for info.”- Eh, I dunno, he did teach him how to use his ‘Black fallen Wings’ move after Tokoyami figured out a way to improve himself first, showing he had the spark of creativity and self-reflection that Hawks is specifically seeking out and nurturing in the younger generations, both to make heroes who work together well to cover the absence of All Might and overall makes more effective heroes than his generation are, so I think if Hawks didn’t have to deal with the whole ‘Twilight espionage’ spy deal, he’d be happy to tutor Tokoyami a bit more in-depth. 10) “OH SHE`S USING THAT HOOK SHE SHOWED LAST TIME! SHE`S USING IT TO MOVE AROUND WHILE AT LOW GRAVITY!

SHE`S USING IT LIKE BLACK WHIP!

I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT!”-

Oh look, another couple of aspiring hero students whose implied attraction to each other has led to improvements/homages to the other in their fighting styles…

11) “Alright, now that is something that Momo would greatly benefit from. Not that she`s bad at it mind you, she showed that she`s really quick to come up with a plan and execute it, but even so, there`s a lot of room for improvement, and she`ll be truly unstoppable once she polishes it.”- Also, the fact that her mentor is apparently a stage magician-type hero, and Momo can ‘literally’ create something from nothing up her sleeves, would have been an additional benefit. Who needs to prepare tricks when you can make tricks in the heat of the moment?

12) “Oh yeah, no surprises here. We know those boys are pretty much walking wrecking balls, we can barely see the difference from their showcase, but by lord do we know that they are far beyond what they were when they got in this school… “- Well, if there’s one difference, it’s that Bakugou can’t create the big-massive destructive explosions easily, and has to individually blow up each target one-by-one in a speed blitz, whilst Shoto just creates one big attack in an instant and indiscriminately wipes out a whole platoon in a single go without worrying about precision. Each improved the speed at which they can use their powers, but apply it in different ways

13) “Oh yeah All might, you see that? Those kids far surpassed your expectations, haven`t they? Well, just you wait, because now it`s time for an even better one, we saved the best for last, time for the Broccoli to shine”-Whilst All Might’s flashback is meant to be referring to how he said Izuku has earned the right to wield OFA by his own merit, I actually kinda like this translation more, because by now, the Quirk really has become a power that Izuku was able to unlock and master himself, achieving feats with it All Might never could due to his lack of spirituality or whatever it is that the quirk uses to tap into the vestiges/powers of the prior wielders. @thelreads

#bnha #my hero academia #thelreads #chapter replies #mha256

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newswcanonprompts · 4 years ago

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the skywalker family tree

so, we were all saying that the empire chain of command is just... so, so messy and weird and doesn’t work (because palps never had a plan for if he or vader got killed). convo spiraled. eventually we said that the only reason the empire survived for so long was sheer dumb luck, and that the skywalkers were all dotted across the galaxy and not banded together (yet).

we ended up making a skywalker family tree. there’s 30 of them, which is why the galaxy is such a mess. now, without further ado...

THE SKYWALKER FAMILY, DURING THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE/OT (most of them honorary)

1) Luke- sunshine son living on a farm, not knowing where or who the rest of his family is, doesn’t know what it means to be a skywalker™

2) Anakin- lost most of his limbs in a fire and is now in a medical nightmare, has become a cyborg murder bot

3) Leia- angry rebel princess who also doesn’t know she’s a skywalker™

4) Obi-Wan- sad desert hermit who wants his family back, watching over sunshine son

5) Rex- former captain surviving on a deserted planet with two of his identical brothers

6) Ahsoka- little sister of cyborg being a badass rebel spy

7) Cody- marshal commander who BETTER be okay, but we still don’t really know

8) R2- badass droid working with the rebellion but can’t do much since he’s a DROID

9) 3PO- memory wiped and is literally a protocol droid, can’t really do shit (but means well!)

10) Han- a smuggler who isn’t a skywalker yet but will be soon (def not prepared to marry into this disaster of a family)

11) Shmi- dead grandma/OG family member who’s not a force ghost

12) Padme- dead wife / queen who’s also not a force ghost

13) the Force- the actual Force itself who is not very good at parenting, helicopter parent and deadbeat dad (there is no in-between, it is a good parent but also a shitty one)

14) Qui-Gon- sad desert hermit’s weed dad who bowed out of this bullshit a long time ago, him and his ponytail are chilling in the cosmic force or something, watching his foundling (the cyborg) fuck up the galaxy

15) Feemor- weed dad’s other child who is the only sane member of this family, he’s hiding out on some backwater planet trying to get away from his insane family members (he really shouldn’t take vacations, he left these idiots alone for ten minutes and the galaxy went to shit)

16) Hondo- chaotic pirate lord who’s *technically* not a part of the fam but is anyway, they adopted him (more like he adopted himself into it, but they still call him one of their own)

17) Ventress- edgy former sith assassin who’s other family got killed so now she’s saddled with these weirdos

18) Satine- former duchess of mandalore who is now dead and not a force ghost (but when she was alive, she was the wine aunt)

19) Maul- other former sith assassin who wants to beat the sad desert hermit, just once, please, let him win something

20 & 21) Owen and Beru- Tired Desert Aunt and Uncle who just want the best for everyone but Jabba (have kept a skywalker off his bullshit for 19 years, which is much longer than desert hermit’s record of 2 hours- it was so short because the hermit is just as bad as the rest of the family)

22 & 23) Bail and Breha- tired royal parents who are trying to politician the skywalker out of the angry rebel princess (spoiler alert, it doesn’t work)

24) Yoda- troll great grandpa who went kinda crazy and now lives in a swamp and is waiting for farmboy sunshine son to come so he can get some training as a magical wizard knight

25) Dooku- tired dead royal grandpa who is looking down on his family like “seriously” and has many ghost conversations with his crazy troll dad on the swamp planet

26) Chewbacca- the massive walking carpet that has the most braincells out of anyone, smuggler’s best friend

27) Xanatos- the weird neighborhood kid who lights your garbage can on fire during family dinners

28) Quinlan- desert hermit’s chaotic brother, has zero braincells and is sounds stoned all the time, is good at tracking people and nothing else

29) Aayla- dead daughter of chaotic stoner, surprisingly graceful and composed but also mischievous, cousin of murder bot (fell in love with former captain’s brother, blyla is real y’all)

30) Jocasta- dead librarian wife of tired dead royal grandpa, is still mad at him for messing up her archives that one time

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pissmaster228 · 10 months ago

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Bingo! You get a cookie.

Adding to some points:

Theresa also swears in-game in a flashback, it's however censored so we don't know what exactly she said. In story 4-1 she calls Cocolia's actions "this crap"

Small note: блять is what Bronie says when hit and in a line in Arc: Light Bound. It's an equivalent of shit/fuck as an exclamation. Блядь means whore.

2. Canon to me 🙏

3. She got to kiss her malewife on screen in Chronicles! (gasp)

Russian empress Ekaterina II however was a lesbian.

So sad Mystery of Stigmata is the one work censored for historical inaccuracy.

4. Yeah, it's from an interaction in APHO2 to be more specific.

5. Indeed made up on reddit.

6. They said it'll be at 90% forever. Eva event, which is part of Captainverse for some reason, states Wotan was complete long ago, it's just too inefficient for combat. Schicksal HQ OW as a whole seems to be non-canon atp.

7. Retconned without ever really becoming canon, the real Nagamitsu 500 years ago helped Otto take over Schicksal(mentioned in one of the Kolosten files) The 500 years thing is from the weapon description of Ice Epiphyllum.

8. Yeah, she's a character from GGZ Rebirth chapter. I don't think she makes any appearances in Retrospect which HI3 is a sort of reboot of. lol

9. Fu Hua is not currently committing tax fraud because she works for Schicksal, a religious organisation, and presumably does not need to pay taxes. That or Amber/whoever else takes care of the taxes for her.

10. This does in fact happen in the edgy retconned Three-Year Sakura chapter. She gives Kiana the titular Three-Year Sakura, begs her to accept her love and only attacks after being rejected.

There's not really a definition of what a Pseudoherrscher is outside of "sentient zombie that's weaker than a Herrscher" She didn't have any cool powers like poison wine girl from Gratitude Arc or the cult leader from Blade of the Empyrean, BUT could stretch out her arm and say a whole sentence after being shot point blank in the forehead. This bumps her durability up to the level of a MANTIS, actually. I don't want to take Fu Hua for a comparison here, she wasn't shot with a normal gun but a replica of Judgment of Shamash. Still someone like Roza would die immediately if you shot them point blank.

Throwback

Inspired by the polls last week, here's a reverse question.

#poll #was anyone else shot point blank i don't remember anyone else being shot

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sniigura-archive · 4 years ago

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why can't you see me (4)

chapter one

I deleted chapter 4&5 because I thought they were trash 😔

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it all started with vocaloid covers. yes, you're also cringing right now. you were how old? 12? 13? it doesn't really matter, to make it short: a few years ago you posted a shitty cover, of an edgy song.

you went viral. thousands of likes and comments were made on your YouTube video, which was recorded with your laptop microphone.

not going to lie, you were shocked. holy fuck? people liked you? your content? that's new.

well, not really. your best friend at the time told you to upload it. he supported you! how nice of him.

one cover caused 2 to be made, then 3, then 4 and after 10 covers you posted your first original song. you didn't actually think that your fans would support it, but they did.

that all happend in the span of a year, or two.

you weren't so sure, you lost your feeling for time a while ago.

after that original song record labels wanted you (you were easy to take advantage of after all). problem was, or still is, you're a minor.

you can't sign anything, you don't have an accutal agent, or manager, you don't have shit. to be honest, you also aren't sure how you're doing it. well, it's easier now because of streaming platforms and your best friend likes to play manager.

it's less stressful at least, you publish whatever you want, when you want it. nobody controls your social media account.

you accutally make money, a lot of it. but to keep yourself humble you donate a huge part, and put the other one in a savings account.

you're so smart! so mature! an old soul! not like the others! a delight to have in class!

you're absolutely burned out.

companies constantly messaging you for you to promote this! newest product! so good! the best thing on the market! when it's trash, a way to get money.

but everything is like that, isn't it? you're also selling trash. making trash music and poetry. wow, you're so special. an artist! royalty, you drew all the album covers yourself? no wonder they look like that.

your age is a mystery, so is your face and real name. people were able to figure out your height by a simple picture of you besides a dresser.

they know you live in japan, you were forced to publish that as you got nearly cancelled for wearing a kimono. life is great!

constant comments and messages of "you changed" were flooding you. of course you changed? bro? you were only 13?

it's called character development.

your fame is basically a secret, besides your best friend and school nobody knows.

you didn't bother telling your father because he didn't want to listen, pretty sad. you tried, you really did but he was busy, as always.

now it's too awkward to tell him.

"hey, papa, by the way im like a prodigy in the music business and i have more instagram followers then you."

yeah, as if (even tho you have to check if you accutally finally got more followers then him).

the older you get, the more followers you get, the less you post.

you're arrogant, they scream.

you're so so tired. constant spotlight. constant critism and people who think you're god. it's so much.

sometimes you're thinking about deleting it all, but you like the attention.

but if you see one more newspaper saying you died or that you're accutally a villain, on god you're going to go crazy.

"Top 10 face claims for faceless celebrities!"

murder on your mind.

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toshinori is embarrassed. as he's sitting with his co workers, he feels just straight up bad that he accutally has to think hard about his kid hobby.

"well.. they like cats? and.. ah! they play the guitar."

"acoustic or electric?"

"...there is more then one guitar type?"

his three coworker sighed. well, earserhead would, if he wasn't asleep.

midnight looked at the clock and quickly stood up, "well, i have to go! the kids don't teach themselves."

the two others also quickly realised the time, toshinori stood up, while present mic woke earserhead up.

god, he has to think of a bonding activity. concerts? no, it wouldn't work out for different reasons.

what did you talk about last time he saw you?

when was the last time he saw you?

shacking his head, he quickly remembered an email from your school.

your school was hosting an internship! that's the solution! you work here for a few weeks, he works here! perfect! what could go wrong?

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"no."

"why not?"

"because i said no?" with that you turned back to your computer.

"well, i think it would be a great learning experience!"

"and i think it would be very useless for me. i'm not interested in hero's. besides that, i already got a place at a company which I'm accutally interested in." you don't.

"it's not about hero's, it's about teaching."

"I hate children."

"you are also a child?"

"yes, and have you ever seen me get along with somebody my age?"

silence. he feels defeated. maybe he needs to put his foot down?

"you're going to work at UA during your internship, this is finally." thinking about it, he wasn't even sure if UA does internships.

"no, nice try though! appricate the effort. now get out, it's not halloween yet so i don't need any skeletons in my room."

toshinori has to take a deep breath to remind himself that you're just a kid. he can fight you physically once you're 18.

using your full name to get your attention, he used his last card, "please do the internship with me. see it as an bonding experience."

"..okay whatever, but if it sucks i can get another cat."

toshinori felt like a winner, but he needs to ask nezu first. the internship is still a few months away, who knows what will happen during these months.

#all might imagine #toshinori imagine #bnha imagine #mha angst #mha imagines #bnha x reader #mha x reader #toshinori yagi imagine

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garrothromeave · 4 years ago

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the hell is mystreet season 6??

(warning, long post ahead)

ok so before i start this

1) ive never posted shiiiit on tumblr before so watch me suffer, im just here to talk about stuff that my friends who dont know anything about aphmau have to listen to me rant about for hours on end

2) i havent seen mystreet in like years (except season 3, i watch that frequently since im laurance and shadow knight deprived) so please bear with me because i might be completely wrong on this lol. it’s just like, pointing out things i remember

3) im sure someones already talked about this but who cares

4) im gonna do this stupid thing where i just explain myself a bit at first, if you dont want to read that just skip to the part where you see “the actual thingy:” in bold and italics

5) mild disclaimer; i am completely aware that jessica is not a professional writer. i know that she did her best to appeal to her fans, and honestly, respect for that. while this post will come off as aggressive and probably look like hate, that’s not my intention in the slightest. it’s just... intense criticism. im sure y’all probably already know that, but yeah, just stating that anyways. i do believe that jess is doing her best, and in no way do i want to dismiss any hard work she’s done. that being said; prepare for a very strongly opinionated post.

haha watch there be 10000+ typos in this making me look like a complete dumbass

ok here we go

one of the main reasons i stopped watching aphmau back in 2017 was the mess that was season 4. like, in the first few episodes of the emerald secret, i thought “woah!! this is kinda cool, im a sucker for mystery!” because of course i was, it was something new and something exciting. the only problem i had with it at the time was kim, but that’s just because i always found her annoying and out of place. i just didn’t understand why garroth dragged her along and honestly i still don’t to this day BUT, moving on.

anyways, as the season progressed, 13 year old me was of course just “:0!!” the entire time--that is, up until the reveal of the main villain. i remember watching the episode, seeing the reveal of ein, and then stopping. like, just for a quick break, but i was still just overwhelmingly disappointed. like, and this was the time when pdh was airing and ein just got made alpha (i think?) and i had really really liked eins character in pdh. either way, that really sucked and actually opened my eyes to a lot of things.

one of the main things bein’ the fact that this was supposed to be a slice of life kinda series that decided to take a turn to a more edgy kinda approach. which, i guess i regularly wouldnt mind? but seeing as mcd was kinda bein neglected at the time it just didnt sit right with me. BUT WHATEVER, point is i stopped watching mystreet all together at the end of season 4.

like, a whole year later my brother tells me that shit’s getting intense in season 5 + 6 of mystreet, and my brilliant self decided to give it a shot--but i refused to watch all of season 5, so i only stepped in when ein made an appearance. so whenever that was, that’s where i picked up because i didnt care enough to see

and y’know--i honestly didn’t hate it at first. in fact, i found it oddly cool. it wasn’t enough to get me into aphmau again, but it was enough to where i was intrigued. i dont know why, but i never watched the finale, so i didnt see the ending until just a few weeks ago--but back then, i thought it was neat. looking back on it however... im just so confused.

side note: only got back into aphmau this time around because of mcd. mainly because like, i adore the first season and the first half of the second season. and being nearly 18 now, im a lot more appreciative of plot and well-written characters n junk.

the actual thingy:

ok back on track. imma stop spilling out my story of how i got back into aphmau, and lets just skip to what rewatching mcd made me realize of season 6′s plot and shit:

-emmalyn. how the fuck does ghost even remotely exist? if she’s emmalyn as claimed, then why have we already seen emmalyn in the mystreet universe alive? look i get that creators can do whatever they want with their stories but at the same time please provide some sort of explanation good god. and maybe they did and i just havent seen it, so if there is one--let me know. but until that day imma just sit here confused as fuck

-ok so imma just be real, the whole ‘ultima’ thing is just... not great. in my opinion, anyways. like... i saw someone mention this in another post, but if this ultima stuff was like, a really big deal, why isnt it mentioned in mcd? though i suppose since its a curse of sorts, it could be later on past the time period in which mcd takes place--but even then, how did it manage to make its way into aaron’s family bloodline?

-WHY IS EVERYONE AT STARLIGHT ITS JUST SO CONVINIENT like what happened to this place being the most expensive shit on the planet or whatever, and how the gang happens to run into like, the werewolf trio and blaze and kai and guy and nate all of these people like god damn life doesnt WORK LIKE THAT

-im sorry but turning people into relics? thats... thats the best you could come up with? plus, like, how does that even work? in mcd it’s established that relics are separate entitles that choose their wielder, based on a ‘personal’ connection (being a descendent of a previous wielder) or if they’re a good match personality and (i think?) moral wise. so the whole turning-people-into-relics doesnt make much sense to be honest.

-irene really over here using her god powers to only keep her friends alive like god damn not a great god if you ask me

-can i talk about how incredibly predictable aphmaus death was? like i just kinda sat there waiting for it to happen and when it did i literally went “haha! wonder when she’ll be revived” because god forbid we actually kill off characters

-when aphmau + demon warlock fought in the irene dimension there was no passage of time whatsoever in the real world whiiiiiiiiich really bothers me because they fought in there for at least a few minutes

-speaking of aphmau and the demon warlocks fight does it bother anyone else that it had to be aaron who took over the fight?? like we get it hes the big protector blah blah blah but god damn it wouldve been cooler if aphmau had fought this battle as her. aaron fighting this battle was so underwhelming

-...love. like, thats the only thing thats needed to break out of a forever potion? love? LIKE YEAH, GOOD GUYS GOTTA WIN SOMEHOW, but its just so cliche and overdoneeee

-oh yeah and also when travis went bonkers and became the demon warlock or whatever, why’d he only take over katelyn and garroth?? like, zane had been influenced by the potions in the past as well? DONT GET ME WRONG--i do love some good brother edge, but uh, the demon warlock was just bein kinda a dumbass by not possessing zane too just sayin’

-can aaron please go to fucking jail for mass murder now like holy shit, he just got sent home on a fuckin boat. also why did blaze forgive him for killing him thats not even remotely realistic. then again, nothing in mystreet has ever been realistic when it comes to characters and motives and personalities, (cough katelyn being actually abusive and travis being an actual pervert) but yknow whatever

-katelyn and kawaii chan literally added nothing to the plot whatsoever. like lets be real, katelyn lost her personality the moment season 5 started and kawaii chan just kinda sits there :I

-ok im sorry this was bound to come up but cmon guys imagine laurances potential if he was in season 6 like god damn this is beyond maddening. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY REALLY COOL PARRALLEL?? IF IT WAS LAURANCE WHO SNAPPED GARROTH OUT OF HIS MIND CONTROL THING, because it would mimic laurance’s speech to get garroth to snap out of his rage in season 1, episode 100 of minecraft diaries. like how fuckin rad would that have been? missed opportunity

-also?? why does kim/ghost know magicks?? like, if i remember correctly, emmalyn is a scholar--not someone who knew magicks. i mean, i guess research? study?? but its been established that knowing how magicks works =/= being able to use magicks. i dunno, just doesnt seem right i guess. maybe its explained, i wouldnt know (yes i know that makes me look like a dick leave me alone)

-melissa should have stayed dead. LIKE, NO, ITS NOT AS SIMPLE AS “haha it takes more than a few bullets to kill me”??? look ive got nothing wrong with melissa (cough lie cough) but yknow it would have just been cool a character... stay dead? for once? its just too fuckin cliche that shes alive god damn

-can i also just say the only good thing that came out of season 6 was travis’ dads sacrifice like damn that made me actually sad

-howww was lucinda turned into a relic. or yknow, anyone else? like im sure they explain it better in the actual show i just dont remember, but its just that easy? turning anyone into a relic? granted, a normal person wouldnt be able to produce a good relic, but idk man. IM JUST SAYING; that the only really powerful relics that aphmau should have been able to wield is the one that aaron + zane produced because shad relic and esmund relic moment. lucinda isnt even like, connected to a divine warrior. ALSO, another point, if its seriously that powerful of a relic getting one from just a magic user like lucinda, why go through the trouble? i mean i guess ofc youd want the “all powerful” one that the ultima produces but i mean damn whats the point

-ok this is just going to bother me but in one of the episodes (i think might have been in season 5 actually) where that like, guardian dude was chasing aphmau and zane and at one point they split up and the dude just chuckles at zane diverting paths and goes under his breath “youre not the important one here”, suggesting that aphmau somehow is? first of all, id argue that any ro’meave is significantly more important than aphmau was, especially not knowing much about her other than that shes with aaron. i might be missing some bits an pieces, but if i was that dude id forget about aphmau and go after zane

-killing off derek for shock factor sucked, and i know the moment was supposed to be really sad because like “oh :( aarons dad is sacrificing himself for his son” but lets be real dereks still was a shitty father and i dont think his reasons for doing what he did was very good at all

-less about plot or more like: why the absolute fuck did the gang bring kim along instead of, oh i dont know, a life-long friend? like, laurance or dante maybe?? im sure its explained, i never saw aphmaus year or most of season 5, but god DAMN id hate to be apart of this friend group AND GOD LIKE, imagine reconnecting with an old friend who ends up getting closer to your best friends and taking priority in their lives over you (cough laurance) like god damn lol

-im just going to preface this one with: i dont remember everything that’s happened, so if im wrong i apologize in advance--but (you actually can correct me if im wrong and please do) didnt like, irene reincarnate her friends in order to give them better lives? I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE, ITS JUST WHAT I REMEMBER--however, if im correct, then:

a. why the hell would she bring back someone like zane, or gene, or ivy, etc.

b. why the hell do they all have the same exact names? first and last? again, im aware that the whole mystreet+mcd tie wasn’t originally supposed to be there, but i dont think that means such a coincidence can be excused? its just a bit much if you ask me.

c. why the hell is the fact that (as much as i literally hate this) aaron is a decedent of shad being ignored? like, you’d think that something like this would be something thats actually important, or something the demon warlock couldve taken advantage of. or are we completely erasing every other connections to divine warriors besides aphmau + irene? because even if irene did reincarnate them or do whatever it is she did, does she even have the power to sever the connections between them and their ancestors? my guess is, no.

d. speaking of irene why on earth was aphmau able to talk to/see irene, they’re literally the same person are they not? did she like, fuckin reincarnate herself without actually doing it?? BUT--i will give it to them, the demon warlock did refer to aphmau as something along the lines of being “one of the 3 parts of her broken soul” or something like that. however, my point still remains. also what are the other two did i miss that or is it never explained

now; if irene in fact did not ‘reincarnate’ her friends then please ignore that little bit right there :)

but yes, those are a few of the problems i have with season 6 off the top of my head. i would go into like, season 4 and 5 more as well, but i honestly didnt feel like it. at some point i might go into other things, like how important laurance could have been to the plot of these later seasons, or HELL, even dante. i might also go into what could have made season 4, 5, and 6 actually good--maybe... a rewrite? perhaps? but im getting too far ahead of myself, so i just leave you with this for now.

and i know that as soon as i post this 15 more things are just going to pop into my head BUT im going to try and not edit this post because why stress myself with that even more

anyways thank you for coming to my tedtalk

#in conclusion i hate it here #lets go back to mystreet bein slice of life pls #anyways tune in next week for 'the hell is pdh??'#aphmau #mcd #mystreet #minecraft diaries #please ignore these next tags im just promoting relentlessly #garroth ro'meave #zane ro'meave #aaron lycan #kawaii chan #kim mystreet #laurance zvhal #pls i have no idea how to tag posts #rant

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tigerkirby215 · 4 years ago

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5e Viego, the Ruined King build (League of Legends)

(Artwork by Pan Chengwei. Made for Riot Games.)

What? Did you expect me not to make this? It’s the goddamn Ruined King! He’s finally out after all these years! I mean sure he’s a goddamn twink but still; he’s finally out! Also Samira build is coming out 35 years from now.

And even though I put a Warlock TikTok meme in my last video, here’s a whole bunch of them because... yeah no shit he’s a Hexblade... Of the Ruined King.

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GOALS

Ruin to all! - MIST'S EDGE: Basic attacks deal a percentage of the target's current health bonus physical damage on-hit.

Serve me in death - If you ever wanted to play as the enemy for a bit Viego will let you take a ghost or two; as a treat.

The mist is my great unending sadness - Foggy days are typical for an edgy boy, and King Ruin is so edgy he wants to cover the entire world with fog! Yeah that “mist is sadness” quote is real; I got it from the Wiki.

RACE

Viego is a human... but he has a great degree of variance. We’ll be going for yet another Variant Human because we’re not allowed any monster champions anymore. As a Variant Human you get a +1 in two different stats of your choice: increase your Charisma and Strength by 1 for the strength to be beautiful for your queen. You also get proficiency in a skill of your choice: Perception will let you see through the mist and search far-and-wide for your queen. And you get a language of your choice: Abyssal seems reasonable to speak to the mist.

Of course the main appeal of Variant Human is the feat at level 1, and to swing the Blade of the Ruined King Great Weapon Master will let you cut through a percentage of the enemy’s health! When you make a melee attack with a heavy weapon (such as a greatsword), you can choose to take a -5 penalty to your hit chance. If you do hit you’ll do an extra 10 damage with your strike! And as an added bonus when you score a critical hit (with a melee weapon) or kill a creature, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action!

ABILITY SCORES

15; CHARISMA - League of shirtless anime boys amIrite? Gotta look good for Isolde.

14; DEXTERITY - Repeat after me: “something something Medium Armor.”

13; STRENGTH - This is a requirement for another one of the classes we’ll be taking. Yup this isn’t just straight 20 levels in Hexblade!

12; CONSTITUTION - A ruined king with a blackened heart is still allowed to have some health.

10; WISDOM - Destroying the entire planet just to simp for your wife isn’t the wisest move.

8; INTELLIGENCE - Nor is it the smartest.

BACKGROUND

You were the king of a long-forgotten nation, so unfortunately noble wouldn’t work. But you still have servants! The Knight background grants proficiency in the History that you lived through as well as Persuasion to get Isolde back. You also get proficiency with a Gaming Set and Language of your choice, which I’d say pick your fancy.

But the main reason we’re taking Knight (and not Noble) is for Retainers! You get three knights sworn to your kingdom (Kalista, Hecarim, and the third one) who will do mundane tasks for you. While Hecarim may be up for a slaughter unfortunately your retainers can’t do anything in combat and won’t follow you into dangerous locations. And of course if you treat your subjects poorly they will leave you. But it can always be useful to have more spirits in the mist to search for her!

(Artwork by @thejenneralchen on Twitter)

THE BUILD

LEVEL 1 - PALADIN 1

Hah! Did you think we’d be starting with Warlock? Put simply we need things from Paladin more, notably the proficiencies as well as starting equipment. Dude imagine having to spend 3200 gold to buy the sword literally named after you? But for now you might just want to grab a Longsword to start. Regardless Paladins get proficiency in two skills from the Paladin list: Athletics are required in the jungle, and Intimidation will let everyone meet know that you will stop at nothing for her! You fucking simp...

You also get Divine Sense to sense the beasts of the mist, or your queen. As an action you can know the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind total cover. You know the creature type, but not its identity. Within the same radius, you also detect the presence of any place or object that has been consecrated or desecrated. (Have a feeling you’ll find a lot of desecrated areas.) You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier plus 1, and regain all uses at the end of a Long Rest.

And you can restore a bit of health thanks to Lay on Hands. You have a pool of healing equal to 5 times your Paladin level that comes back at the end of a Long Rest. You can heal a creature for any number of hitpoints from that pool as an action when you touch them, or cure a disease / poison affecting them with 5 hitpoints. Man that would’ve been useful a couple of thousand years ago, huhn?

LEVEL 2 - WARLOCK 1

Time to pick up the Sword of the Ruler of the Mist. Hm... There has to be a better way of saying that. Regardless Warlocks get to choose their subclass at level 1 and to get a comedically large sword that saps peoples’ lifeforce we’ll be opting for the one, the only Hexblade patron! As a Hex Warrior you can wield martial weapons as well as medium armor (which you already could cause Paladin), but can also choose to swing a sword with your Charisma instead of your Strength or Dexterity. Which is great because you’re not exactly the buff sort. Unfortunately you can’t use a two-handed greatsword just yet, which is why I said you’d do good to grab a longsword instead.

But if you are locked in combat Hexblade’s Curse will make sure that you can dispose of them quickly. As a bonus action you can mark a target for 1 minute. During that time you do bonus damage equal to your proficiency bonus to the cursed target, crit on a 19 or a 20, and regain hit points equal to your warlock level + your Charisma modifier when you kill them. The curse ends early if the target dies, you die, or you are incapacitated.

And of course as a Warlock you get Pact Magic. You learn two cantrips and two leveled spells: Eldritch Blast will let you manipulate the mists for a ranged attack, and Prestidigitation will help you keep clean and kingly despite all the black mist flowing out of that gaping stab wound in your chest. As for leveled spells Armor of Agathys will let you put on some Thornmail to keep your health up and hit your foes back, and I mean Shield is on the Hexblade expanded spell list anyways so we may as well use it.

LEVEL 3 - WARLOCK 2

Second level Warlocks get Eldritch Invocations as the mist manipulates your body and soul. For now take Devil’s Sight to see through your Harrowed Path with your dumb human eyes, and we’ll be leaving the other invocation slot open for a level.

You also get another spell but all the other first level spells don’t really interest me. Yeah we’re not taking Hex you’re going to have to live with it!

LEVEL 4 - WARLOCK 3

Third level Warlocks get their Pact Boon for a particular tool of the Warlock trade, and to wield a weapon of spectral steel grab Pact of the Blade! The long and short of it is you can make yourself any melee weapon, and Hex Warrior affects any weapon you summon with this feature! This means that you can actually wield a two-handed Greatsword, but feel free to choose other options. Especially now that you can take the Improved Pact Weapon invocation to turn that Cutlass of the Twink King into a +1 weapon, and also summon yourself a gun (shortbow / longbow / light crossbow / heavy crossbow) if you so desire. But I mean, why would you when you have Eldritch Blast?

You can also add some second level spells to your list like Darkness to walk a Harrowed Path through the mist, though remember that even if you can see through the mist your allies probably can’t. And Misty Step, because something something Flash.

LEVEL 5 - WARLOCK 4

4th level means the first of many Ability Score Improvements. Charisma is used for everything that you do so... maybe increase that?

You also get another spell and another cantrip! For your cantrip Mage Hand is helpful to manipulate the mist to grab things from high places. As for leveled spells Blur is on the Hexblade list... but why would you take that instead of Mirror Image, which doesn’t require Concentration.

(Artwork by @WetHamster1 on Twitter)

LEVEL 6 - WARLOCK 5

5th level Warlocks get more Eldritch Invocations. To knock a foe down with Spectral Maw take Eldritch Smite, letting you channel a spell slot into a particularly deadly slash of your Viego’s Edge.

If you want an extra attack early you can also replace Improved Pact Weapon with Thirsting Blade, which is now available. But we will be getting Extra Attack from other sources later.

You can also now learn third level spells like Vampiric Touch for a bit of lifesteal. As a treat.

LEVEL 7 - WARLOCK 6

6th level Hexblades can put their passive to work, and have spirits serve your Sovereign's Domination. Accursed Specter lets you use the soul of a humanoid you killed and make it serve you, using the stats of a specter with temporary hit points equal to half your Warlock level and a bonus to hit equal to your Charisma modifier. The specter remains in your service until the end of your next long rest, which is good because you can use the ability once per Long Rest. The specter rolls initiative separately from you, and obeys your commands.

And hey: you’ve already got ghosts fighting for you, so why not summon your depression to fight as well? Summon Shadowspawn from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything (requires a 300 gold gemstone containing tears and) summons a spirit of Fury, Despair, or Fear to fight alongside you. There’s a lot of specifics to this spell that I don’t want to go into (its actual description does a far better job than I ever could) but the important thing to note is that it’ll give you another loyal follower.

LEVEL 8 - PALADIN 2

Time for a few levels in that other class we have. Second level Paladins can choose their Fighting Style and of course to swing a Shank of the Former Blessed Isles Great Weapon Fighting (style) will let you reroll low die to more reliably cut through the mists.

Paladins also get Spellcasting at level 2, and unlike with Warlock casting you actually get some spell slots! You can prepare a number of spells equal to your Charisma modifier plus half your Paladin level (rounded down.) Divine Favor will let you do a bit more damage with your titular blade, and if you want more of a burst of damage then either Thunderous Smite or Wrathful Smite will do some more damage along with additional effects. To protect yourself from the mists and others who’d want to keep you from Isolde take Protection from Evil and Good. And to borrow a death realm from the other world-ending lord of Runeterra take Compelled Duel.

Of course you could ignore all that spellcasting stuff for even more Damage of the Ruined Blade! Divine Smite will let you do 2d8 damage with a first level spell slot, plus an additional 1d8 per spell slot above first, up to a maximum of 5d8 (with a 4th level slot.) Additionally if you hit an undead or fiend you’ll do an extra d8, meaning that with a 4th level spell slot you can do 6d8 damage!

The real neat thing is that this works with Smite spells as well as the Eldritch Smite invocation, allowing you to effectively use two spell slots at once to smite if you so desire.

LEVEL 9 - PALADIN 3

3rd level Paladins get to choose their Divine Oath and nothing will stop your Oath of Conquest to save your queen. You get to add the Command spell to your spell list, as well as Armor of Agathys... Uh woups. Uh we’ll address that when we go back to Warlock.

You get two Channel Divinity options: to keep others from stopping you from reaching your queen Conquering Presence will let you force a Wisdom save on units of your choice within 30 feet to frighten them! Alternatively Guided Strike is like Great Weapon Master but in reverse, giving you +10 to hit. This means that if you use Great Weapon Master as well you’d have a +5 to hit and do +10 damage! But remember that you only have one Channel Divinity per short rest.

You also get Divine Health, because simps don’t take sick days.

LEVEL 10 - PALADIN 4

4th level Paladins get another Ability Score Improvement, and we still use Charisma for basically everything so with this you can cap it off completely!

You can also prepare two more spells but... there isn’t much I want from first level? I mean you can take Cure Wounds for a bit of healing... as treat.

LEVEL 11 - PALADIN 5

5th level Paladins get an Extra Attack. If you took Thirsting Blade from Warlock you might want to replace that too.

You can also prepare second level Paladin spells now! As a Conquest Paladin you get Hold Person to stun with Spectral Maw, and Spiritual Weapon for more soldiers from the mist. You can also prepare Aid to strengthen your army and Branding Smite to see your foes through the mist.

(Artwork by @vmatbox on Twitter)

LEVEL 12 - WARLOCK 7

Back to Warlock to replace a lot of things. But firstly you get another Eldritch Invocation: take Trickster's Escape for an emergency QSS.

You also get 4th level spells like Shadow of Moil to become a creature of the mist, and also to get an upgrade from the Darkness spell (which you might want to replace.) Speaking of replacing spells: you got Armor of Agathys from Paladin so replace it with Hallucinatory Terrain to cover the land with mist.

LEVEL 13 - WARLOCK 8

8th level Warlocks get another Ability Score Improvement or a Feat. We’ll be taking the Eldritch Adept feat for more Eldritch Invocations. Which Eldritch Invocation? Why Undying Servitude of course, for more servants of the mist!

D&D Beyond tip: Replace Devil’s Sight and then give yourself 120 feet of Darkvision on the sheet.

You can also get another 4th level spell like Dimension Door, to travel far and wide in a flash to reach your queen.

LEVEL 14 - WARLOCK 9

Hey more Eldritch Invocations! Whispers of the Grave will let you speak to the fragments of Isolde’s soul.

LEVEL 15 - WARLOCK 10

And hey: 5th level spells finally! To strike a foe with Heartbreaker take

Negative Energy Flood, sundering their health and making them rise to serve you if you end up killing them.

10th level Hexblades get Armor of Hexes. If the target affected by your Hexblade’s Curse hits you with an attack roll, you can use your reaction to roll a d6. On a 4 or higher, the attack instead misses you, regardless of its roll. Naturally this ability makes you particularly good in a 1v1 with whoever you target for Ruination.

You don’t get another spell but you do get a cantrip. Take Toll the Dead to deal with enemies who have high armor, for the mist comes for all.

(Artwork by @stingrae36 on Twitter)

LEVEL 16 - WARLOCK 11

11th level Warlocks get their 6th level Mystic Arcanum, which looks like a spell slot and acts like a spell slot (IE it comes back after a Long Rest, not a Short one) but can’t be used to upcast your other spells. You can only use it to cast one spell, and for an AoE Heartbreaker take good ol’ Circle of Death.

Also more spells known from your regular Warlock slots: Banishing Smite is on the Hexblade list, and can be used to send any demons back to whence they came.

LEVEL 17 - WARLOCK 12

12th level Warlocks get an Ability Score Improvement or a Feat. I have no idea what else to grab so take the Tough feat for a much needed 24 hitpoint increase to a primarily melee-based character.

You also get another Eldritch Invocation so it’s finally time to get the true Blade of the Ruined King damage with Lifedrinker! This will make any foe struck by your Pact Weapon take an additional 5 necrotic damage. This means that you should be doing 2d6 + 11 damage with every swing of a (+1) Greatsword!

LEVEL 18 - WARLOCK 13

More Mystic Arcanum, this time at 7th level! Power Word Pain will let you subjugate the weak.

And more regular spells: Danse Macabre lets you get more servants forever loyal at your side!

LEVEL 19 - WARLOCK 14

14th level Hexblades are Master of Hexes. Put simply: when a creature affected by Hexblade’s Curse dies, you can apply the curse to a different creature you can see within 30 feet of you. (Though you won’t be healed for the last foe’s death.) This will let you bounce your curse around and reap all its benefits constantly, becoming a master of your own blade.

LEVEL 20 - WARLOCK 15

Our last level is the 15th level of Warlock for a handful of benefits. Firstly we can get an 8th level Mystic Arcanum: Feeblemind is the ultimate tool to truly sunder the weak and discard the chaff.

Secondly you can get your level 15 Eldritch Invocations, and to never mistake Isolde’s face Witch Sight will let you see through any illusion that may be hiding her!

You may also want to replace Improved Pact Weapon as by this point you’ve likely found something better than a regular old +1 greatsword. Visions of Distant Realms and Shroud of Shadows are both very good options.

And we can finally get our last spell: as you gather enough information on the new world Scrying will help you expand your search further beyond!

FINAL BUILD

PROS

Surrender to me! - Two smites plus Great Weapon Master on an already deadly blade results in absolutely devastating spikes of damage with your sword. God forbid you crit!

The black mist flows from me like a tide - You also have plenty of tricks to give you an upper hand in longer combats. Hexblade’s Curse of course, but also Armor of Agathys, Shadow of Moil, and Spiritual Weapon.

Fight, puppet; fight for your king! - You can summon all manner of ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, zombies, and everything in between to serve in your search for your queen.

CONS

The world denied my happiness - Low ability scores mean that your skills won’t be amazing. The ones you’re proficient in are alright but you aren’t much help outside of being deadly and being royal.

Answer for your crimes, death; answer me! - We didn’t take the 6th level of Paladin which means we didn’t get Aura of Protection. As a result your saving throws are rather low, and while I tried to avoid grabbing too many Concentration spells yo do still have quite a few, which is not at all helped by your meager +1 to CON.

She remains in this world; I can feel it - All the melee tools in the world don’t mean much when you lack any proper way to get close. You have Eldritch blast sure but beyond Dimension Door (which granted is very strong) enemies can easily keep their distance from the mad king with a big blade. Even if you want to use Dimension Door you have a very limited amount of spell slots.

But the world can only hide from the Ruination for so long. The black mist comes, and with it you come to search for your queen. Nothing can stop you; nothing will stop you until you have her again. The world shall be torn to shreds and shattered beyond repair, as long as you can have your queen... Or like, just find a Wish spell or something? Shame you’re a couple thousand years old because True Resurrection doesn’t even work anymore.

(Artwork by Bo “chenbowow” Chen. Made for Riot Games.)

#dnd #dnd build #dnd guide #League of Legends #League of Legends Viego #League of Legends Ruined King #Ruined King #LoL Ruined King #Blade of the Ruined King #dnd warlock

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kryomonaxia · 3 years ago

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questions for the mun, regarding the muse: 1-3, 5-7, 10-19

Questions for the Mun | Accepting???

♚— Not going to lie, though, doing this meme opened a third eye and I realized what Kanon’s main issue is. You’ll catch onto it as you read, but.. wow. Kanon is a lot more fucked up emotionally (in a very pitiful way) than I thought....

What makes you the most emotional about your muse?

Kanon is a weird one because most of his emotional stuff is buried. Most of what you see in Poseidon arc and Hades arc are very superficial things, and you really don’t get an insider’s view of Kanon unless you read Origin. Origin sheds soooo much light on Kanon and his emotional side.

What makes me the most emotional about Kanon is that he obviously still loves and cares for his brother. You can blame it on the twin thing, but he did cry in Origin when he thought about his brother. I think that--even without the specific words--tells a lot about Kanon’s view on his relationship with his brother, even if it’s one-sided (Since I think Saga didn’t really cherish Kanon, now thinking about it.)

What made you decide to write this muse?

I know I gawk and talk about how much I love the LC twins… but would you believe me if I said that I fell in love with Kanon first out of ALL of the Gemini boys? Like, it’s funny because like. With Aspros and Defteros, I finished LC before I watched Classic, so like… I should have fell in love with Aspros and Defteros first, but no, I fell in love with their bond. When I watched the classic and (by Poseidon arc I was really getting into Saint Seiya) when Kanon appeared, my heart literally jumped out of my chest. I thought he was Saga at first, but then like later, I started warming up to him. I loved him being a little shit in the Poseidon arc, but his redemption in Hades arc really got me.

So, long story short, I fell in love with Kanon. I would have picked him up years ago, but I didn’t have the solid ground to portray him. However, after reading Origin (which like released this year or last year or whatever), I feel like I have a better understanding on him--and I also created a mini story for him which spans from his childhood years with Saga to a ‘hidden’ story of the Marinas before the fight with Athena.

If you could change one event in your muse’s life (in their main or canon verse), what would you change?

Him being thrown in the water prison. If you’re going with canon events. I feel like there were other ways to handle the situation, and in the comic it didn’t even look like Kanon was actually being serious about killing Athena and Shion. At most, Kanon is a shit-talker. He likes to talk shit, especially since he was an edgy teenager. Fuck, I went through that stage when I was like 17. Everyone gets an edgy teenager age, and I feel like Saga took him too seriously.

Headcanon wise? Shion slapping him out of blind rage (not gonna expand on that here, but feel free to ask if you wanna know~!)

If you could give your muse one gift, what would you give them?

Honestly, I don’t know. If it was before his trench foot was cured, then I’d give him something that’d help comfort his feet. Perhaps like softer socks or something to ease the chronic pain. If it was after his pain was taken from him, perhaps I’d give him a plane ticket to go where he wants to go for sentimentality.

If you had to take one positive thing away from your muse, what would you take away?

Well, here’s the thing. No one knows what ‘positive’ thing Kanon has in canon Saint Seiya. Or like, it’s not outstandingly positive. In headcanons though, he has a very strong sense of justice. This is based on the fact that the Gemini Cloth’s helm is legit called “The Helm of Justice”. With that, you’d think that the Gemini Cloth picks those who have a strong sense of justice (Libra cloth says what?), BUT ‘justice’ is subjectively ambiguous. So, headcanon wise, if I were to, I would take away Kanon’s strong sense of justice, even if most of it had been used against Athena in his unbalanced rage.

If you could “borrow” one aspect of your muse and apply it to yourself or your own life, what would you borrow?

God I wish I could borrow Kanon’s intricate planning. Especially when it comes to manipulating people. Not that he’s manipulating them as Aspros would, but he’s manipulating them by not telling the truth/showing his cards. It’s pretty smart for someone who had lost their chance of socializing with others.

What do you love about your muse?

Bruh, it’s hard to pin this down…. What do I love about Kanon? I can’t say “everything” because there are some parts that I really disagree with… but… I think his cockiness got to me. And then he became really cool in Hades arc.

What do you hate about your muse?

Let me be clear, I don’t really hate anything about Kanon. But I don’t understand his rivalry with Saga. Especially after the release of Origin. Like, something doesn’t make sense. Did he convince himself that he needed to antagonize and be a little brat in order to make his brother appear better? Something about Kanon’s mentality about his brother doesn’t make sense, and it puzzles me. But perhaps it’s because I do not have that sort of relationship with my own sister; I can’t understand sibling relationships where they constantly bicker and fight.

What about your muse amuses you?

BRO DOESN'T LIKE TO BE CALLED A LOSER!!!!!!!!!

What about your muse makes you sad?

At the end of Origin, Kanon cried. He cried thinking about Saga. I think Kanon had always looked up to his brother. Saga was the perfect person and such a kind hearted soul, and I think Kanon always admired Saga. He just acted edgy because that was the only thing he knew how to do. Act up and be bratty, especially since it feels like it was implied that Shion didn’t even concern himself with Kanon. So, Kanon wasn’t even being taken seriously by the Pope, so why bother trying? I think he was really blindsided when Saga actually threw him into the water prison--like shocked to the point where he could have had an intense heartache over it. And then when he learned that Saga died, he felt the pain in his heart.

Anyway, what I’m saying is that, despite his shit talking and rough words, what’s sad is that Kanon was overlooked by both Shion (practically their adopted father) and Saga (the only person Kanon treasured secretly) because they didn’t have faith and they looked down on him. Heck, they didn’t even give him a chance to prove his strength as a Gold Saint. In his opinion, he was treated like garbage--or really, a delinquent--by two people who should have cherished/respected/tried to understand him. But they didn’t, and that’s what makes me sad. And it really doesn’t help that, in Awakening, he admits that he doesn’t have friends or allies, so he didn’t (and still doesn’t) have anyone to give him any sort of positivity about himself.

How would you describe your muse to someone about to meet them, in person, for the first time?

So, there’s this dude named Kanon…. He looks EXACTLY like his twin brother, but you can tell him from the other one by how much he acts up like a little brat. He also gets really salty if you call him a loser or make any implication that he’s inferior to his brother.

Would you like your muse as a person if you met them in real life?

Honestly, probably not! I’d still be intrigued by him and admire him from afar, but Kanon irl would probably be too much for me.

In what ways are you better than your muse? In what ways are they better than you?

I don’t think I’m better than Kanon in anything aside from the fact that I can at least make friends. //////buuuuuuuuurned////// Meanwhile, Kanon is pretty good at everything, I would think.

Why do you think you connect to your muse?

It’s an odd thing to think about. I don’t think I connect to him as much as I do the LC twins, but I can blend some aspects of my sister and myself into Kanon that helps me with understanding him a lot better, especially after reading Origin. It’s really not hard to portray Kanon since I can easily slip into his character, but I don’t think I’d so emotionally connect to him as strongly as I do Aspros and Defteros.

What aspect of your muse’s personality is most important to you? What aspect of your muse’s personality do you think is most important to them? Is it the same? Why or why not?

For me, as weird as this is since I doubt it’s a personality thing, but Kanon’s inner part(?) is pretty important. He has a soft emotional underbelly, metaphorically speaking, that he likes to keep hidden away from others. That’s important to his character portrayal because he’s always going to try and protect that emotional weakness and he’ll even act out and be a little brat if that means he can hide that weakness from others. It also makes him a bit sad…

For him though, I think he thinks that his solitude is best for him. After all, you can’t get hurt (or emotionally betrayed) if you’re by yourself, and Kanon has always been by himself after he was thrown in the water prison.

If you had to judge your muse and sentence them to a “fair” fate, what would your judgement be? Would you punish them? Reward them? How?

Honestly, I don’t know! I want to ‘reward’ him by giving him a ‘new life’ but without the cruelness of being looked down upon or emotionally neglected by Shion and Saga… But at the same time, perhaps the ‘fairest’ thing to do is just leave him alone. If anyone tries to shower him with affection after this long of him being neglected, he’s just going to let it roll off his back. I would like for him and Saga to try and repair their relationship though...

#Q #OutofSunionPrison #OutofKanon #starlightofdream #Thank you Amy!!#This was so much fun~!

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heartlessconviction · 4 years ago

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What makes a compelling RP Character:

So I see this everywhere, and heck I’ve been guilty on this as well when first making an OC 10 years ago. They are usually cliché stereotypes that serve as a main character, they have zero room to grow; as they are already perfect as is... A Mary Sue essentially... Fortunately as Mun’s Mature, and in turn improve their ability in the craft, they typically move out of this phase and actually improve the quality of their character building. A fair few don’t however, so it begs to question to what actually dictates an interesting character to begin with; whether it be an OC or a Canon entity these are the 3 things I’ve chalked such down to: 1. Interesting Premise So the first is an interesting premise, every good character needs a backbone within their motivations and writing; to create this you need to build a great foundation for your OC to stand upon, thus grow from. One mistake I see often is something I dub, Main Character Syndrome: This is when said character is the goat, they are the best, they can shit on Son Goku and know everything there is to know already on day 1. Individuals who often write such introductions, come from a place of inexperience and/or insecurities within their writing skills. And it truly shows... The one misconception that trips people up here, is that power/status does not equate to compelling writing or development. I.e; just because your character is a god, doesn’t make them important nor interesting. If you have to rely on a title you gave your character yourself to justify their existence, rather than their innate qualities and traits they possess as a person; then you’ve failed in this regard. To be fair here, writing the introduction for your character is often the hardest if they are an OC, as you never truly learn everything about your character often until years later. A tip to help you is starting your character off from the midpoint of their lives, often when you create the conception of a muse; they are ever hardly at the beginning of their journey as, they are usually adults or slightly older. Use this to your advantage, flesh out the basic conception of your character from this time frame, before delving in further and exploring their past and future. You will truly see your muse flourish when you put the time in to flesh them out in this regard. 2. A plan This kind of extends into my prior point, you need to construct a plan for your character to follow down. This can be formed in many ways, i.e. Perhaps you have a number of interesting events in your mind, these events may represent part of your OC’s past; or where they end up, towards the end of their lives. Write them down, figure out what is going to be the motivations of your characters. How their past have effected them, and how they can grow through the events laid out in their future. Fill them up with new ideas and interactions, this is your time to get creative as not every idea you come up with will turn out well; you will most likely change these as time goes on. Still its important to write them down, as to observe the progression of your muse; it also gives you a backlog to their history and references that maybe relevant at a later date. Always keep record in a plan! 3. The perfect character to write for, is often one filled with imperfections Now this is the most important, remember when I said earlier, just because your character is a god; that doesn’t make them a compelling character? Yeah this is the point I was alluding to. Now one of my favorite characters of all time, is none other than Ayane from DOA... (Specifically 1-4... She was mishandled in Dimensions/5/6) But my point is Ayane is awesome. She’s beautiful, she has an attitude that I can get behind, she oozes confidence wherever she goes; needless to say if I could marry Ayane I would. That isn’t why I love her so much, the reason why I adore her to this extent. Is due to the authenticity of her character; stemming from the challenges she has to face and overcome throughout the series. So Ayane is a member of the Mugen Tenshin Clan, her father raped her mother which led to her conception. Unwilling to harm the child, her uncle Shiden sent her to live with Genra so she was not raised in the same household as her siblings. Ayane grew up in this village, getting shat on by the vast majority of people. Whilst her sister Kasumi was raised like a princess, she did not come to find out why until many years later, and when she did; came to resent Kasumi and the life she never had. Now does Ayane’s backstory make her compelling on its own? No, in fact if your muses backstory is too edgy, that can be a detriment to them as characters. You want to entice the readers, not make them cringe. However a good backstory can allow your muse to be relatable if their evolution and emotions are handled in a humane manner. For Ayane (Before Dimensions fucked everything up plot wise.) this is successful. Her feelings of resentment and jealousy toward Kasumi are justified in this case, she was born into a world where most people treated her like shit; for an event she had literally no control over. Meanwhile being an outcast as her Sister lived happily with their family; at this point in time Ayane is around 14-16 years old... So the emotions she encapsulates in this moment are believable and authentic given this fact. What really makes Ayane an amazing character, is her growth beyond this resentment. (Again, before Dimensions fucked everything up plot wise; what I will be explaining got retconned in that game and I don’t acknowledge it.) So for the first two games, she’s pretty much trying to Kill Kasumi, as per orders from Shiden. So in those 2 iterations, she’s basically an antagonist; it wasn’t until DOA 3 where Ayane’s growth really started taking off, when her foster father Genra is manipulated by DOATEC and becomes Omega. (In Dimensions they retconned this, and Genra joined them willingly. I hate this as it diminishes Ayane’s resolve and ending in 3, forcing Hayate and Hayabusa in there for the sake of it.) Now Ayane is torn emotionally, she has loyalty to the Mugen Tenshin Clan and Hayate, thus she wants to be the one to kill her foster father. Even going as far as beating the absolute shite out of Hayate; to prevent him from interfering in her own personal mission. In that same token, she also has emotional loyalty to Genra. The man to raise her and being the only person to really sort of treat her like a human being in the first place, at the age of 16 she is forced into an unfavorable position forcing her to mature as she made her decision to kill her father... You see this in her confrontation with Kasumi, opting not to kill her so she can go and see Hayate, as she had bigger fish to fry. Whilst she still held these feelings of resentment within her, slowly Ayane grew to overcome them in the face of something far more important to her. When Ayane defeats Genra. (On her own, Dimensions didn’t happen.) This serves to wrap up most of her character arc, at this point she knows who she is and what she has to do going forward; going into 4 she has mellowed out considerably. Still seeing Kasumi as a traitor, now it was more along the lines of a rivalry rather than needing to kill her (even though it was still her orders iirc.) When the opportunity arises to allow Kasumi to die, running back into the burning DOATEC building at the end of 4. Ayane stopped her, she still wasn’t on the best terms with Kasumi; however considering where she started off from such an action was significant to her growth as a person. My whole gush over Ayane was to emphasize this point: An imperfect character is often the best character to write for. You will succeed in creating awesome muses if you can understand that growth, is the prospect that will dictate whether your muse is truly compelling. Nobody likes a know it all, nobody likes a Mary Sue... What people enjoy are characters they can relate to on a fundamental level, this is why often times characters other than the main in anime and manga such as Vegeta; tend to be the most well written in the grand scheme of things. They have flaws, a ton of flaws; however they grow from them and overcome them. Failure builds character, imperfection promotes growth. Don’t be afraid to make a character with flaws, if your character doesn’t have any flaws then that is more concerning as a reader; if I cannot see your character evolve overtime why would I be compelled to follow them? Whew... That was a ramble...

#RP #RP Topics #What makes an interesting character?#Assessment #critique #Opinion Piece #Ayane is best girl #I had to gush over her to prove my point #Sorry #I want to portray Ayane at some point...

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totallypathet · 5 years ago

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Episode Six

Okay first of all, massive spoiler warning!!

Snaaaaaaatch gaaaaaaame!!! I love snatch game. It's such a good opportunity to shine, and be hilarious, and show us what you can do! It's also the challenge queens have the most time to prepare for, so it's always interesting to see who actually comes prepared...

Also, the runway this week was incredible! I think it's been the best week so far for runway looks, so many of them were sooooo stunning! Who knew that a Frozen theme would bring out the best of the season so far??

Okay, let's get into the breakdown.

1. Aiden Zhane

Oh my god. I am so so so so so so so so glad to see Aiden finally fucking LEEEEEEAVE. It's been a journey guys, but we got here. I am so excited not to have to see that little black wig anymore. Honestly, there was nothing good about her performance this week. I was actually really excited to see someone do Patricia Quinn, it's cool seeing people do references that I hadn't even thought of and salute older parts of LGBTQ history. The reality, though, made me want to jump off a building. It was sooo cringy and sad. There was nothing Patricia about it, she didn't even bother doing the accent. How are you gonna stand in the work room and say "oh I know her, I had lunch with her" and deliver a performance like that?? And also, every question she was just like "I don't even know where I am am!" And it's like... dementia isn't funny. It was just hard to watch.

Her runway was, I think, the best she's ever looked. The wig was still shaky af, but her makeup was really pretty, and her padding was really good. The dress was lovely, but it wasn't very...creative. It was just a blue dress, and the yeti concept was only done from the neck up. It kind of felt like she went to the competition with just the dress, then she saw what everyone else was putting on and was like "oh damn I've got to make a concept out of this somehow!"

Also that lipsync though... it was like watching Vivienne Pinay and Honey Mahogany again, let's just say that.

Tl;dr: she deserved to go, and I'm glad to see her go.

2. Brita

Brita, Brita, Brita. Still bitter af. All she does is talk shit on other people and like...maybe if you stayed in your lane and focused on what you were doing, you wouldn't be in the bottom all the time? Just a thought. Shes another one where it felt like she just didn't do enough research on her character. It's so disappointing, and kinda inexcusable - you know what's coming, you have so much time to prepare and you still don't bother? I don't care for that kind of attitude. Also if she mentions that she won Entertainer of the Year one more time I'm gonna lose my mind. I don't care that you won it! Show me why you won it! Show me why you deserve to win this! I just haven't seen anything from Brita that I've enjoyed. I'm disappointed and underwhelmed.

Her look on the runway was also a bit underwhelming, it was a pretty gown, but it was almost and exact copy of Eureka's glitter look. That comparison has been made already, but it's true. We've seen it, why would you bring a copy of a gown from just 2 seasons ago? Underwhelming.

Her lipsync was also not that good, but she was against Aiden, so of course she won. Excited to see her go next week though!

3. Crystal Methyd

Whew, Crystal was a rollercoaster this week! Poppy was a really tough choice. I didn't know who she was at all, but I looked up a few videos of her after the episode and now I get what Crystal was going for. She actually did a fairly good job of what she was going for, but it just wasn't the right character for snatch game. We all know RuPaul has very simple humour, anything big, slapstick, edgy, all that stuff. The humour Crystal was going for could have been really funny (if I knew more about Poppy, that's on me), but RuPaul was never going to get it. And also, she was trying to do a robotic character like 2 seats down from Gigi, who was also doing a robotic character and killing it, so that's an extra level of difficulty.

Having said all of that. Crystal. Was the best. On. The. Runway. That outfit was incredible! And her makeup was so stunning! And the hair was perfect with it! She absolutely killed that runway, and I was gagged by it. Crystal has turned out so many looks, and I Love It. That runway 100% saved her from the bottom 2 and I could not be happier about it. So proud of her.

One other thing though, I am so bored of the El DeBarge thing. Move on, Ru. Crystal is far far more than a mullet.

4. Gigi Goode

Gigi is an absolute powerhouse this season. Her choice to play a robot was bold, but I live a queen with confidence. And she was confident, she knew what she was doing, she did her research, and she killed the snatch game. I'm so proud of her. One thing I will say, I swear they called the robot Maria, but I thought that human looking AI robot was called Sophia? Maybe there was a copyright issue. Anyway, her performance was so hilarious! The struggling with the cards, the calling everyone a bitch, the mispronouniation of vagina, I loved it all. She came with references, she came prepared, and I stan.

Her look was really great, but I almost feel like it was a little repetitive? I don't know, I just feel like I wasn't surprised by it. It was cute, it was perfectly fitted, there were really gorgeous little details about it, but it was the shape and style I expected from her. Maybe it's because she's set the bar so high leading up to this point, I was just a bit "meh" with her look this week.

She still fully deserved to win, and she did a fantastic job this week.

4. Heidi N Closet

Heidi also did a good job this week. Her Leslie Jones was a safe performance, she made me laugh, she had the look down, I was not at all mad at it. Was it perfect? No. Was it good? Absolutely. I enjoyed it. I'm glad she didn't do Phaedra Parkes. I really don't enjoy when Ru tries to change their characters in the walk through. They've brought information, and references, and preparation (most of them); and you want them to throw all that away and do someone else just because you think so? No. I will grant that sometimes Ru points them in the right direction when they're choosing between 2 characters - but I don't like when he just pulls a character out of nowhere for them.

Heidi's look was also really great; she was giving me 2018 Met Gala Rihanna but in Winter. Her makeup was stunning, she looked so pretty. The only thing I didn't love was the shoes. I kind of wish she'd just gone for a white or silver pump. The fur was too much for me.

Good week for Heidi, definitely a safe performance, I'm glad for her.

5. Jacki Cox

Jackie 👏 came 👏 prepared 👏 I have never watched Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, I was only vaguely aware of Lisa Rinna nefore the snatch game, but I still found her performance so funny! She looked just like her, she sold me who Lisa Rinna was really quickly, so I was able to laugh at the rest of her jokes. I didn't specifically know Lisa Rinna, but we all know a woman like that, so I could still get the humour. I might not have caught all the references, but it was still funny. That's how you play snatch game. You need to be able to make people laugh even if they don't know who you're actually portraying. I absolutely loved Jackie this week.

Her runway look was also stunning! I loved the snowflake, I loved her makeup, and I adored her hair. Jackie is so good at serving something so different every week but still sticking to her brand and her signature. I love Jackie.

6. Jaida Essence Hall

Jaida's Cardi B was really good! She looked just like her, sounded just like her, had her humour down... absolutely solid performance from Jaida.

Her look this week was also soooo beautiful! She's such am absolutely stunning queen, her makeup skills are incredible, she knows her body, she knows what suits her, and she rocks it every week.

The only thing for me with Jaida is I feel almost a little...disconnected from her. I just don't feel like I've seen the vulnerability from her like we've seen from Heidi, or Jackie. And that doesn't mean I want her to tell some horrific story from childhood, I just mean that when we see her she's always on, yknow? And I get that it's a tv show, and a competition show at that; I just wish we could see her humanity a little bit. Having said that, I totally get that queens of colour (and particularly black queens) get so much hatred from the drag race fandom, and I completely understand that it would be difficult to open up and be vulnerable after seeing what other black queens have been through during and after the show.

Nevertheless, she is utterly incredible and so deserving of a top spot. She's a real contender for winner of season 12.

7. Jan

I love Jan. I love her so much. Shes so excited to be there, she's working so hard, and I appreciate it so much. Her Bernadette Peters was not great. Or maybe it was, I have no idea who she is. And she didn't sell me, like Jackie did. It was kind of a shame. I feel like Jan has the talent to have done almost anyone, and she just picked someone that I feel like took too much explaining. Still a solid performance - for me she was on a level with Heidi. Solid performance, solid runway, good week.

I did like Jan's runway look more than Heidi's though, I loved the concept. Jan is another one who has pulled out something very different every week, but still stays distinctly Jan. I love her makeup as well! Jan doesn't get enough recognition for her makeup skills, she's really talented, she paints beautiful faces, and is not afraid to get artistic and high fashion.

8. Widow Von Du

I love Widow so much, but everything she did this week was just slightly off. I thought her Ike & Tina performance was actually a bit of a shame, I think she focused too much on having a gimmick that her performance suffered. The thing about switching characters in snatch game is that both characters have to be really good (and equally good), otherwise it just feels a little messy. Her performances just weren't quite there this week. I wish she'd just picked one and spent a little more time perfecting it.

Her runway also wasn't quite there. I loved the concept, she did something so different from everyone else, and I love when queens pull off a standout look. Her makeup and the ice on her face was also incredible, she honestly has the most beautiful face. I just wish that dress had hit the floor. I wish the skirt had been a little more full (maybe more petticoats?), and it had hit the floor. Widow does have this awful habit of wearing ugly shoes - and if the gowns hit the floor it just wouldn't matter. It was a shame.

Still a solid week and a decent performance, don't get me wrong; I just keep wishing for her to really pull it out and succeed, and she's just slightly missing the mark for me at the moment.

Okay, now I'm gonna say something kind of controversial about this season; I wish Jan, Jackie, and Widow weren't on it. I wish they were on next season. I'm saying that because I think they're all so incredible, and I think they all could potentially win a season - if they weren't on with Gigi Goode and Sh***y P**. Gigi has been so unstoppable, and I love her, but she's kind of overpowering, and I really want to see someone other than her (or Sh***y P**) win a challenge. I mean, it's no secret that Sh***y P** was pre selected to be top 4, and this season has been geared towards her, so of course she's been winning challenges. It just has almost become like a 2 person competition, and it's a shame! Because there's so many other queens who deserve wins, and deserve recognition, and they're not getting it because the top 2 is like always those 2. I'm not mad at Gigi, bc she's slaying the competition and she's working really hard; I just feel like there's been seasons where Jackie, Jan, or Widow would have absolutely killed it and won, but this season they're just not getting the recognition they deserve. Just my opinion!

#drag race #drag race spoilers #rpdr12 #rpdr spoilers #aiden zhane #brita #crystal methyd #gigi goode #jackie cox #jaida essence hall #Jan #jan sport #widow von du

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Can you post photos of the stuffed animals? 🥺 Or at least your favorites?

bro you’re in luck you get to see ALL OF THEM(or at least everything i can see without getting out of bed yet). this is gonna be EXTENSIVE. names if applicable and lore will be under the photos :)

simba!! this dudes 10 years older than me but he’s just vibing, this dudes probably the oldest stuffed animal i have and like the longest time ive had one but it never occurred to me til now!

i’ll go left to right top to bottom here.

1. batman aka the only dude i ever won at an amusement park. it was six flags and that game where you spray water at the target by the way

2. you can’t see him but he’s a panda my friend got me two years ago, he doesn’t have a name yet because im bad at names. you wouldn’t think he’s newer though because i hug that one a lot so he’s been very loved :)

3. this dude’s name is applefur :’) i’ll just leave it at i lowkey had a warrior cats phase as a kid. he’s one of the dudes i had back when like. i was a kid playing with toys,, he has a very happy personality i love him very much

4. (first on bottom) patti, a mysterious friend of mysterious origins. no seriously i can’t remember where i got them. a thrift store maybe????? they’re a friend though. what i like about beanie babies (and certain webkinz like applefur) is that they can fit in a big pocket so you can take them on adventures :)

5. bucky!!! we went on vacation to new hampshire one year, everybody hated it except me! i’d pick new england mountains over any fuckin beach any day. i love it. anyway that being said his name was in honor of a different vacation moment. last summer we went to virginia, this specific place was like crawling with deer (which was wonderful!!! the only thing i liked!! well ok the arcade too but..) and i had a moment getting really close to a deer. like within a few feet.. i heard someone yell and thought i was in trouble but the dude gave me a carrot. this deer’s name was bucky and he was a regular, people just fed the dude. of course i had to put it on the ground for him to pick up but it was still super nice :) bucky is a good friend

6. i don’t think this dude has a name?? i’m pretty sure he too was a thrift friend. mysterious lad but another pocket adventurer if i’m wearing my super big denim jacket :)

same arrangement as last?? i guess??

1. i’ll sometimes call this dude mumble like in happy feet but i don’t think any name’s specifically stuck?? they’re such a joyful penguin though.. :) 🖤

2. i. i don’t know their name. an insurance company gave my middle school a bunch of stuffed dogs with their logo on it so i just. got two? i don’t know where the other dude went.. :( my edgy “i hate everything and i don’t respect stuffed animals” phase was in 7th/8th grade and i am not fucking proud of it. he’ll turn up though..

3. ehh since they’re so tall LOLA! my slightly possessed friend here makes an excellent pocket buddy and they’re v soft like a lil kitten and sometimes i will just. deadass talk to them as i go through my thought processes which is fun.. i love lola :)

4. this friend i believe was a gift from my gramma, she’s got a big hole near her foot though so i need to patch that up :(

5. he doesn’t have a name either (y’all are welcome to suggest names for my nameless friends by the way!!!) but was a gift from my sister a few years back :)

6. tracker! i literally do NOT know where he came from he just turned up in the house one day and nobody claimed him so of course i adopted the lad,, sometimes i still wonder though,,,,,

this is a really bad picture but everybody was falling!!!

1. sammy! like samson because the wild was a movie i really liked growing up, i’m,,,,using him like a pillow as i do this :’)

2. (horse friend) i think i started calling him rusty because of this horse i met who was lovely handsome and stepped on my foot once?? wait shit my writing teacher named him....oh fuck i forgot the name i’ll get back to this......this dude was totally my stuffed unicorns boyfriend.. where is that unicorn i gotta find them so they can reunite 🖤

3. beagle hidden behind everyone! i sometimes would call her jessie because growing up i had a beagle named jessie and she was like a mama dog,, she’d always look out for me. but like i don’t think they should have the same names so bear with me and offer suggestions if you want I guess??

4. chip! a lovely cat friend with those ghibli cat ears ☺️ i can almost guarantee she’s a thrift friend

5. (polar bear 1) fritz! my writing teacher named him, he’s just vibing out man,, v good pocket friend as well

6. (polar bear 2?) never named them, they got a heart they’re holding though and were a gift in a middle school secret santa from a friend who i guess might have liked me?????? we were weird kids who knows

7. scooby doo but you can’t see him :’) his origin is another mystery on our hands

8. (another horse friend) i guess his names oklahoma?? my dad used to go on a lot of business trips so would sometimes get souvenirs for us. this dude was mine,, he held my phone while watching the g interview yesterday, he’s nice :)

9. cinders! fell in love w him at a fair once and couldn’t leave without him his face is the epitome of joy!!!!

(pardon my homosexual posters)

easily we got cheer bear, who was collectors edition but too soft to keep in the box, and funshine! funshine here was based off this movie which in retrospect was slightly traumatizing, he can still sing a song from the movie if i turn his box thing on though! it’s called “all i wanna do is make ‘em laugh” or something like that!! the full movies on youtube if you want that experience

the owl doesn’t have a name, i’ve only had them for like 5 months (short time when the days fly by ok??) but they’re a generous defender. then there’s swiftheart rabbit but they’re my mom’s and i don’t want to damage them even though it hurts :( oh! also g masterfully displaying his creation— jumba style!!!

this pug friend doesn’t have a name, he was also a gift from my sister though! he barks if you squeeze him! it’s given me many heart attacks at night. and then this reindeer lad.. his name miiight be dasher which is a nod to my emotional support gerard way song??? but i can’t remember and don’t wanna guess..

OH also rainbow dash :)

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anyway that’s everyone i can see right now but i hope you weren’t bored to death i enjoyed this almost hour talking about these friends and will proceed to actually get up now :D thank you for asking!!!!!!

#anyone: h #me: NGJCDIWKKCNFKWKJS*infodumps*#long post

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