#andre the blacksmith

[feartheoldblog]

HOTTEST FROMSOFT GILF???

(least voted gilf is kicked out)

[daily-souls]

mlp au andre the blacksmith (took quite a bit of fiddling around but finally got him to somewhere im happy with) 305/365 - 07/08/24

[biggestpball]

souls ii & iii

[feartheoldblog]

REAL SHIT

ANDRE FOR HOTTEST FROMSOFT GILF ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

Vote Andre for hottest gilf. Do it for his bestie, Giant Blacksmith.

Do it for the old bugger.

[guiding-moonlight]

[i-mustache-your-opinion]

PRELIMINARIES - GROUP D3

Top 3 will Advance to Join the Bracket

[curiosityschild]

My gender is 1980's children's educational videos about library research and literacy with scifi/fantasy storylines that are unnecessarily unsettling

[thegreatmousebafoon]

Thought Id share some quotes for my merlin OC’s, with the main characters

Andred- royal Gardner ( unpaid therapist )

Andrea- female knight, lotta lore here but I won’t go into it.

Fabron- blacksmith, employed after Gwen’s father died.

Lynn- Fabrons little sister.

Arthur: You're really campaigning for asshole of the year, aren't you?

Morgana: As defending champion, you nervous?

Merlin: *leans over to whisper to Andred* is there a flower for that?

Andred: *whispering as well* Hyacinth. Want me to make a bouquet?

Merlin: Yup.

Arthur: I can excuse mass genocide. But I draw the line at homophobia.

Andrea: you can excuse mass genocide?!

Merlin: *whistles and looks anywhere but at the group*

Andred: *sees someone crying* *brings flowers*

Fabron: flowers can’t solve everything, Andred….

Andred: *throws flowers* *gives them a croissant*

Uther: You’ve all proven yourselves as allies in the fight against magi-

Fabron: *profuse sweating*

Merlin: *trying not to laugh*

Andred: pffft-

Andrea: *knows about it too* *talks over Andred wheezing* yeah… very good allies…

Uther: don't use magic. *under his breath* or you'll get pregnant and die..

Arthur:.. wait what-?

Merlin: *looks down at his stomach, panicked* *looks to Gaius*

Gaius: oh hush merlin your not gonna get pregnant.

Fabron: *does the same thing and looks at Andred*

Andred, who saw: I hope the baby’s ginger.

Fabron: YOURE GINGER THOUGH-

Arthur: your ears are huge.

Merlin: so is your ego.

Andred and Andrea: so is the crush you have on each other.

Arthur:….

Merlin:…

Andred and Andrea: *fist bump*

Gwen: just be yourself! Be nice!

Morgana: we’ll which one is it, Gwen? I can’t be both.

Andrea: please be mean to me.

Morgana: …..

Gwen: …. Seek help Andy.

Gaius: If you're looking for someone to save you, look in the mirror.

Andrea: Bloody Mary finally coming in clutch.

Fabron: Andrea no-

Andred: y’know there’s a flower for that.

Lancelot: i will die for merlin

Percival : no i will die for merlin

Gwaine : absolutely not it will be me who dies for merlin

Leon : as the oldest, it should be me who dies for merlin

Elyan : he saved my life it will be me who dies for merlin

Arthur : as king it is my right to die for merlin

Merlin: guys i'm right here, i'm fine. Why are you pointing swords at eacn other?

Andred: because they’re idiots.

Andrea: I can concur

Lynn: CONQUUEEERRE

Fabron: we need to stop letting her hang out with Morgana.

[house-foxglove]

Working on my own Soulsborne setting I've been able to jot down a number of tropes and archetypes that are repeated throughout the games.

Warcrime Woman who embraces a dark power she is proficient with yet rejected in order to protect a person, ideal, or secret: Lady maria, malenia, Sister Elfriede

Old Woman: Eileen, Lady Butterfly

Heroine (sometimes is a profession that is pursued but is always a position considered noble and somber in its weight of responsibility): maiden in Black, Emerald Herald, Fire Keeper, Finger maidens, The Plain Doll, Roderika

butcher cannibal woman: maneater mildred, Anastasia

Animal Covenant Leader: Wolf of Farron, Forest Hunter

woman of rebirth: Rosaria, Rennala

Cynical Soldier: Hawkwood, Crestfallen Soldier

Blacksmith/Weaponsmaster: Andre, Hewg, Boldwin

Washed up man (Typically Old) who has perpetuated a dying and empirical cycle but can still whip ass: Gwyn, Gehrman, Radagon

Patches: Hyena, Untethered, Unbreakable, Spider

Chosen One maiden: Irina of Carim, Ranni

Her Knight bound by Duty: Eygon, Blaidd, Vilhelm, Rogier

Forsaken Woman who is rlly nice: Karla, Fia, Arianna, Yuria the Witch

Yellow headwrap invader: Yellowfinger Heysel, King Jeremiah, Old Monk

Just a good fucking guy and warrior: Siegward, Solaire, Alexander

Wizard mentor who presents "hard" but is a softie: Sellen, Orbeck.

Servitors of the "good" gods and their will: Frampt, Two Fingers

Their direct opposites: Kaathe, Three Fingers

master of the Dead: Nito, Godwyn

REALLY FERVENT AND DEVOUT CHURCH GOER: D, Alfred,

If there are any others pls let me know there's something about seeing the parallels between these characters in these amazing series.

[tyrantisterror]

Since the comments section of the latest session gave me an excuse politely asked for it, here's the artwork for the major NPCs we've met in Currents of War so far (barring those I haven't drawn main pics of yet):

Andromalius (aka Andre Melious when disguised as a human), the devil the party met who's in a bind 'cause he's way behind and is willing to make a deal.

Johanna duPrix, Midgaheim's equivalent of Joan of Arc.

Philippe Talbot, the veteran hunter of man-eating beasts.

Dame Sangren, a newly anointed knight who wants to do right by her people.

Cretien Detrois, a highly principled blacksmith.

Pierre Rancine, a nice merchant.

Ross Weber, a less-nice merchant.

General George Garston II, leader of the Bretonch Goblin Slayer Army, and the main antagonist of the campaign.

George "Junior" Garston III, a dragon-slayer who'd rather not be in this big goblin war his father is so hot on spear-heading.

Sir Bruenor Gresley, former apprentice of George Garstion II and now his faithful second-in-command.

Two Redcaps...

And a silly little guy!

[feartheoldblog]

HOTTEST FROMSOFT GILF???

[udretlnea]

The Divine City: Some Slices of Life

Part 1 \ Part 2 \ Part 3 (here) \ Part 4

It wasn’t my fault. So no, you can’t blame me. I didn’t know anything and thus didn’t know what to expect. It hadn't even been an hour when there came a loud crash where I organized the swords to realize something was wrong. Very wrong.

Oh no, here it comes- the blacksmith apprentice mentally braced himself.

“Andre! Git over here!” A thick, deep voice yelled from several rooms over.

The teen opened his mouth. “Yes sir!”

He stepped quickly into the front desk of the store. To his left were several silver swords lying on the ground. Andre wasted no time picking them up carefully and replaced them on the shelves. With a polite bow, he retreated to the forge as quickly as he entered.

The apprentice sat back in front of the anvil. His gaze leveled at the furnace as he watched with observant eyes. Currently, his job was to maintain the fire and make sure it wouldn’t go out. Andre silently reminisced while observing the flames. 

“Come here boy,” Master Hugh beckoned him over to the furnace. A young Andre grimaced as the temperature increased when he stepped closer. The kid pulled out a chair and leaned forward to watch.

Master Hugh picked up a pair of tongs. With dexterity that contrasted with his bulky, towering form he picked up a white hot rectangular piece of metal and placed it on the anvil. He got to hammering immediately. It got flatter with every swing until it was practically flat as paper.

Then, the blacksmith picked it up again and dunked it in a bucket of water. Steam hissed as the metal was cooled almost immediately. After several seconds, Hugh inserted it back into the furnace. The process repeated itself several times over until it produced a sharp blade piece for a sword.

Master Hugh picked up an empty grip and laid it out. He carefully inserted it into a slot and proudly held it in the light.

Andre sighed. That memory was one of many that he cherished. A part of him thought it was childish, but it couldn’t deny that that was what gave him a reason to get out of bed every morning.

He wordlessly got up to pump more air into the fire to prevent it from going out. Andrew was about to sit down when he heard footsteps approaching.

Master Hugh’s wide body took up the whole door frame. Light brown eyes zeroed in on the apprentice. 

“Andre. I need to go meet a potential client over by the commerce district,” said the stocky man. He walked around the teen to hang his apron on the wall before grabbing a plain brown cloak. “I need you to watch the store for a while.”

“You want me to…man the store?” He repeated with wide eyes.

“Aye. And don’t worry about customers because the lunch rush has ended. I imagine people will be busy preparing for Volksfest and all that. But still, try not to mess it up like ya did with the sword display, eh?” The blacksmith smirked.

Andre distantly felt his ears grow red. In lieu of a response he simply nodded. Without another word, Master Hugh walked out of the room. The distant sound of a door opening and closing told Andre he was now alone.

Andre let himself forget about maintaining the furnace. He went to his room where he examined his appearance. Using his fingers to comb his short black hair back, he did his best to look appropriate. At least, as appropriate as a teenager in an apron and plain clothes could in a highly respectable shop.

Still, managing the store shouldn’t be terribly difficult. I’ve seen Master Hugh do it enough times that it’s practically embedded in memory! He thought as he went to the counter with a chair in hand. 

Andre rested his hands on both cheeks as he stared out the window. Behind the glass, scores of people were walking past. He absentmindedly began counting the number of people who were merchants or civilians as if determined to make some kind of mental record.

The count had gone up to 201 civilians and 99 merchants when the door opened. 

Andre automatically put on a smile and recited a line almost robotically. “Welcome! Feel free to browse our wares. Claymores are in the back by the way.”

The customer that entered was a young lady - probably a teenager judging from her looks - with blonde hair and red eyes. She wore a simple green dress under a plain tan coat. Not exactly what Andre would call “loaded with money,” but he wasn’t complaining. 

She blinked at him as if registering who just greeted her. Andre saw confusion in her eyes before it settled on acceptance. He sat up straight when she made her way to him.

“Do you have any knives?” the girl asked, crossing her arms with what Andre thought was a guarded expression.

What kind of ominous sounding question is that? He thought bemusedly. Andre nodded. “Yeah!”

He pointed to a shelf in the far corner where they usually kept the more general supplies.

The girl nodded as thanks. She came back with a single knife, then fished out a small pouch of Mora. “Thank you for having these in stock. This was literally the the third place I stopped at. I can’t believe that no other shops here sell-”

She paused as if she suddenly realized she was talking out loud. “Er, anyway. I appreciate the good service here.”

Andre thought she was embarrassed since she sputtered that out quickly. The girl turned and left as quickly as she entered. 

The apprentice made a mental note of the vent before returning to idle mode. Hours passed into the evening and Andre just switched the sign’s shop to closed when he heard the back door open. Heavy footsteps made their way to the front.

“Welcome back Master-” Andre turned to see his teacher covered head to toe in…white powder? “Uh…did everything go okay?”

The man simply grunted in response. He disappeared into the hallway.

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A/N: Andre...Andre. He's definitely one of the simpler characters I've ever written. Dude wants to follow in his master's footsteps. I'm 110% sure that point was made, but it's pleasing enough to me.

Last one before stuff hits the fan and things can really get going. I can't wait to shake things up!

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"Sir": Hm. Apart from the drawing lacing texture I'd say this chapter was a success.

P-34: Indeed. And Andre seems like a reliable fellow.

"Sir": The thing about blacksmiths is that you can rely on them to make a good weapon. Usually.

P-34: Speaking of, did ya see what happened with Hugh back there?

"Sir": Bro, how can I not? I can't believe we got that on camera!

P-34: I know-huh? Keyboard clicking That's...odd.

"Sir": What's wrong?

P-34: I'm getting readings. From the vault? But it's been dormant for years...

"Sir": I'll go check it out. Stay here and keep monitoring for energy signatures. Hopefully it's just a false alarm.

[sillyandquiteawkward]

Is Andres one of those guys with muscles but the muscles are just for show and he can’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag

hed never use them to hurt others, hes into the act of creation, not destruction! he used to be a blacksmith before pivoting into glass and lenses.

hes a bit of a pacifist, but will defend himself in needed, usually with a gun rather than melee options. but the muscles arent just for show they are real.

[goddamnmuses]

GodDamnMenu

Mostly making this post because I thought up Goddamnmenu and I'm annoyed I've not used it anywhere... but Under the cut I'm gonna showcase all my potential muses.. and if anyone wants a thing from one of them either reply and let me know or send an ask being like "(muse name here) PLS!" and I'll write up a short thing. You can also just request one of my main muses too.

My main muses you can find here!

Potential Muses list:

Ken - Fandom: Barbie.

Benjamin Tennyson - Fandom: Ben 10

Kevin Levin - Fandom: Ben 10

OC: Diego Dynamic - Fandom: Cyberpunk

John Constantine - Fandom: DC

The Joker - Fandom: DC - FC not decided yet. Help welcome.

Nanaue aka King Shark - Fandom: DC - FC: King Shark.

Ted Kord aka Blue Beetle - Fandom: DC

Tim Drake aka Robin - Fandom: DC

Max Goof - Fandom: Disney - No live action FC yet.

OC: The Blacksmith - Fandom: Doctor Who - FC: Various (Depends on regeneration)

Rodrik Forrester - Fandom: Game of Thrones

Sandor Clegane - Fandom: Game of Thrones

Tyrion Lannister - Fandom: Game of Thrones

Andre Anderson - Fandom: Gen V / The Boys

Luigi - Fandom: Mario - No Live Action FC yet (Possibly Charlie Day)

Bowser - Fandom: Mario - No Live Action FC Yet (Possibly Jack Black)

Akihiro aka Daken aka Wolverine sometimes - Fandom: Marvel

OC: Benjy Parker (Alternate universe son of Peter) - Fandom: Marvel

Brian Braddock aka Captain Britain - Fandom: Marvel

Cloak of Levitation aka Levi - Fandom: Marvel

Franklin Richards - Fandom: Marvel

Marcus Milton aka Hyperion - Fandom: Marvel

Skaar - Fandom: Marvel

Katsuki Bakugo aka Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight - Fandom: My Hero Academia - No Live Action FC Yet

Shoto Todoroki - Fandom: My Hero Academia - No Live Action FC Yet

Vinsmoke Sanji - Fandom: One Piece (Netflix.. Still working my way through the anime.. will take me years)

Monkey D. Luffy - Fandom: One Piece (Netflix.. Still working my way through the anime.. will take me years)

Roronoa Zoro - Fandom: One Piece (Netflix.. Still working my way through the anime.. will take me years)

Saitama aka Caped Baldy - Fandom: One Punch Man - No Live Action FC Yet

Ren Amimya aka Joker - Fandom: Persona 5

Sly Cooper - Fandom: Sly Cooper - No Live Action FC Yet

Loid Forger - Fandom: Spy x Family

OC: B1-NG aka Bing - Fandom: Star Wars - FC: Generic B1 Battle Droids

Cal Kestis - Fandom: Star Wars

C1-10P aka Chopper - Fandom: Star Wars - FC: Chopper.

OC: CT-7473 aka Bunker - Fandom: Star Wars

Darth Maul - Fandom: Star Wars - FC: Maul (Maybe Sam Witwer too?)

Savage Opress - Fandom: Star Wars

OC: Grey - Fandom: Supernatural

OC: Ryan Thompson - Fandom: The Last of us

Geralt of Rivia - Fandom: Witcher

Laszlo Cravensworth - Fandom: What we do in the shadows.

OC: Death (Personification of Death) - Fandom: None - FC: Varies but primarily : Adam Driver. OC: Pan (Greek God / Ancient Being / Inspired by Peter Pan / Some Horror-esc vibes) - Fandom: None - FC: Varies but primarily: Daniel Radcliffe

[eurofox]

Yakuza Ishin! review

Finished as much of this as I'm bothered with. Spoilers btw

Ok story wise this has to be one of weakest. I get that it's meant to be somewhat rooted in historical fact so it was limited in that way but it's just not great IMO. It takes forever to get going and when it finally does get interesting it's too near the end and a lot of shite is just dumped in the final cutscene. At least they didn't make us fight Jingu The whole 2 Ryoma thing got confusing and the reason behind it all felt flimsy. The great fire of Kyoto ended up being no big deal with most minimal damage ever? like wtf. I liked the historical setting but it felt undercooked overall tbh. Also I can buy bare knuckle Kiryu somehow never killing people, but Ryoma is straight up canonically using a sword, so it started feeling silly. I honestly appreciated the fact that he did just start killing near the end.

It was nice to see Mine again, but he felt underused. I don't care for Baba so I'm alright with Zhao. Having Ryoma's bro played by a former villain was pretty much a spoiler from the get go, could see betrayal coming a mile off. They did Daigo so dirty, making him the bald Shogun that gets almost no screentime :( . Also kinda disappointed Andre Richardson/Glover didn't do his asshole move of refusing to speak Japanese despite understanding but he did get his cool theme. Ryoma was interesting and felt different enough from Kiryu personality wise. I'm glad they kept Haruka as a side character so it wasn't retreading the same old stuff

Combat is stiffer than what I was expecting, but this is an old game I guess and I last played lost judgement which is very smooth so that didn't help. Brawler did so little damage and every enemy is armed so I stopped using it early on. Gunplay was a nice change, and so was wild dancer but both didn't really do much damage either. Stuck with sword most of the time but it got old after awhile, again it felt very stiff. Avoiding combat was a nightmare in this game, enemies were always waiting in that same narrow street The long battles are usually my favourite part of any game but they were rare and not done well here. Aside from storming Daigo's castle, which was ok. Way too many boss fights and most of them felt spongy as hell, like, if I'm setting a TIGER on you why is it doing so little damage? I actually didn't mind the trooper cards though overall, added a bit of variety. The blacksmith requires far too much grinding in an already grindy game so I made one ok gun and never looked back. Most weapons you find seem to be better anyway.

There was a few interesting substories, like the bathhouse and Sumo brothel but way less than other games. And fucking hell the amount of friendship bonds was out of control and boring as all fuck, just repetitive fetch quests and sob stories. One or two were funny but the rest I could not give less of a shit about.

Karaoke and dancing are fine, I just suck at them but it was cool seeing it in the historical setting. The brothel games got dull fast and chicken racing sucks. Never liked gambling anyway. The Farm simulator was an ok distraction and so was the cooking but very simple and I didn't find myself going back to them much. Fuck those prize ticket machines though, turning a wheel over and over to win like 40 scraps of paper.

Graphics wise it was ok, especially main cutscenes which are actually pretty good. You can see every stitch in the haoris But still looks very dated otherwise and the amount of pop in was crazy. I could be halfway down the street before textures loaded.

Soundtrack is ok. Nothing really stood out aside from the remixed themes though.

Everything feels so sloooow. Scrolling menus especially. And talking to people. And going into fights or entering buildings. other yakuza games are like this but only older ones.

I did enjoy it and played til the end, but far from my favourite Yakuza title. I'll admit a lot of the issues are probably because it's a remake of a 10 year old game so of course it's going to feel clunky, so I'm glad I didn't pay full price for this.

Stuff I liked:

Historical setting

Guns and trooper cards could be fun

Some of the sidequests

Mine getting some time to shine (even if it's only a little)

Ryoma himself is pretty cool

Story cutscenes look great

Stuff I didn't like:

Awful pop in and slow menus

friendship bonds with every other clown in the streets of Kyo

Meh story

Poor damage output making battles way too long, with brawler being straight up useless

Too much steam in bathhouse fight

Bald Daigo

Blacksmithing

[moonlight-eternal]

ok. so. hear me out. you mentioned that crystal lizards in your world are made of a material used to forge arms and weapons. I heard of this really cool blacksmith named andre I think he'd be honored to have a not-quite-crystal lizard named after him :)

To name this creature after a blacksmith... hm. Certainly a more dignified proposition than anything those at the pokemon center came up with.

I am not familiar with any blacksmith named Andre, only the smith in Anor Londo who did forge my sorcery catalysts from tin and brass... and it seems ill-fitting to bestow the name of a giant upon one so small.

Well. I hardly have other options, and thy suggestion is not objectionable to me. Andre, then. That shall be this tiny creature's name.