#anyhoo mostly talking to talk lol

[babacontainsmultitudes]

“august has arrived and again I swallow my bones in the burning sun” actually it's been a bit cold if I'm being honest.

[luckycharms1701]

Howdy Hon! I hope you’re having a fantastic day and just want to send all the love and holiday well wishes!

Just wondering if I might make a super duper self indulgent request? If you’re not feeling it, that’s totally ok hon. Please please take care of yourself first!

But if it’s not too much I was wondering on how you would think the boys (either Rise or Bayverse you can pick) would react to a having SO who was like “strong independent women who needs no man” AKA she’s been taking care of herself and others for so long that she doesn’t know the first thing about receiving care back. As such she gets defensive and tries to “out take care of someone”

AnYhOo, no stress no worries if you’re not in the mood. If so, I heard you like flowers? Here’s a Buttercup for you then! All the loves 🧡🌼

howdy!! thank you for the love and holiday wishes anon-chan! sending them back to you!!

i really love this request! sorry it’s taken me so long to get to it, i wanted to give it the thought it deserved and i’ve been a bit busy with real life lol

thank you so much for the buttercup! ☺️🌼 i love buttercups!! i’m starting to amass a small flower collection from y’all lol i love it

doing bayverse mostly because the thought of bay leo dealing with this cracks me up

Leonardo

Speaking of our boy in blue, oh does he get testy about it. He’s the type who wants to wait on his partner hand and foot, so the fact that you won’t let him? It drives him insane. What do you mean you don’t want him to do everything for you?

He pulls out a chair for you? You sit elsewhere. He asks what’s wrong when he knows you’re upset? You tell him it’s nothing. He brings you flowers? You start handing them out to his brothers?????

Leo tries to be reasonable, he does. But when he brings it up you are dismissive. This is how you’ve always operated, you don’t see the problem. What does he mean, you’re not supposed to give and give and give until there’s nothing left?

It’s driving him up a wall. So he makes a plan. If talking to you about it isn’t going to help you see the problem, then he’ll just have to show you.

Suddenly every time you try to do something for Leo he deflects or ignores or dismisses it.

You go to make his favorite tea? He pulls the box out of your hands and makes it himself. You bring him his favorite cookies, handmade? He doesn’t touch them, Mikey eats most of them. You try to give him a post-workout massage? He walks off.

You are upset and confused, until the next time he pulls out a chair for you. You almost sit elsewhere, but the resigned look on his face hits you like a ton of bricks, and you suddenly get what’s been happening.

You sit in the chair he pulled out. Later, when you’re alone, the two of you talk it out and there are many hugs and some tears. You make more of an effort to let him do things for you, and he makes more of an effort to let you do some things yourself. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

Raphael

Contrary to his brother’s opinion, Raph’s brains are not in his biceps. He’s quite perceptive, and he sees what’s going on. He is not quite sure of what to do about it though. That frustrates him a bit.

Talking to you is right out. He just knows he won't get the words out right and he'll upset you somehow. Besides, he's a man of action.

Funnily enough, his campaign starts out with words. Nicknames, specifically. Princess. Babygirl. Nicknames that are cute, yes, and also suggest someone who gets taken care of rather than doing the care. He also really likes them. Unfortunately, you don't notice what he's trying to do because, again, he hasn't talked to you.

He tries taking a page from (eugghhh) his older brother's book and being gentlemanly and shit. He has about as much success. The less that's said about the time he held the door for you, the better. His frustration level is rising.

Maybe you think he can't provide or care for you? He supposes you aren't that far off when it comes to providing, unless it's protection. If being a gentleman won't work, perhaps being a bodyguard would?

Suddenly he's shadowing you all. the. time. You even catch glimpses of him when the sun is up. It's driving you a little crazy, the lack of privacy. He even follows you around in the lair. Your frustration level is rising.

It all comes to a head the day you find him in your apartment when you arrive home from work. The downstairs neighbor starts banging on the ceiling after ten minutes because of how loud the yelling is. The two of you silently agree to continue the argument in the lair.

When you get there though, Raph just pins you to his bed, and the words finally come to him. About how he wants to help you, be there for you, the way you are for him. He buries his face in your neck and lets it all out.

It doesn't fix everything. But it's the step in the right direction that the two of you need. You come out of his room stronger, together.

Donatello

Donnie is glad you're self sufficient, as it means you don't mind all the time he spends in the lab. You even make sure he eats and has coffee, what more could he want?

At least, until he makes you a little something in appreciation and you smile and tell him that you're thankful but it's okay, you don't need anything from him.

He is absolutely taken aback. You don't need anything from him? At all? That can't be right. He immediately sets to figuring out this problem. After all, how can you be partners without an equal push and pull? You're supposed to be the positron to his electron.

He sees you. He sees how you give and give and give. How you not only never get anything in return, but outright refuse anything offered. This observation does not sit well with him.

He has to fix this. But how? Donnie starts spending more time out of the lab and with you, trying to figure out the best way of approaching this. You notice this change in his behavior.

It’s when you come to him, worried about his behavior of all things, that he sees an opportunity to speak to you. He tries to be as objective and logical as possible.

At least until the end of his observations. Then he hesitates, giving you a small self-deprecating smile as he tells you that he would understand, if this was your way of telling him that you didn’t think he could be an equal partner. That you think him incapable of caring for you the way you care for him.

That, if nothing else, gets your attention. You had never intended to make him feel that way, and you quickly go about assuring him of that. You ask him to help you learn how to be cared for, as you don’t know that you know how to do that. You’ll never forget the way he smiles as he threads his fingers through yours and promises to do just that.

Michelangelo

Sweet boy. Innocent soul. Pure dumbass. He is so upset and he’s not sure what to do. He just wants to love you properly and you won’t let him! Even worse, you take care of him like he is your little brother, not your lover.

He does what he’s always done first: looks to his brothers. However, they aren’t that much help. Leo and Donnie just say to talk to you, but they aren’t exactly clear on what to say. Raph just kind of grunts and glares at him. Perhaps Mikey shouldn’t have asked mid-workout.

Okay. So he needs to talk to you. That should be easy, right? He talks to you all the time. No problem.

His first attempt leaves both of you confused and a little frustrated. He rambles on and on about caring for people and brothers and just makes no sense at all. You tell him to try again when he wants to make sense and walk away.

So for his second attempt he gets serious. Writes down a speech and everything. But when he tries to talk to you, his nerves get the better of him. He stumbles through half the speech before you stop him and just grab the paper and read it.

So now you understand the problem. Unfortunately you don’t think it’s a problem. You’re dismissive of his concerns, and that just kills Mikey. So he turns to art. He picks up his paints and pours all of his frustration, his fears, and his love into his work.

He doesn’t show you the piece. What would be the point? You’ve already dismissed him twice. But his brothers are, as always, looking out for him. Nobody messes with Mikey, especially his partner. So they show you what he’s created.

You don’t necessarily understand fully what is going on in the piece, but the emotions with which it was painted are clear. You realize that this is something that is very important to Mikey, and you dismissed it out of hand like it was nothing.

So you go to Mikey. You tell him that you’ve seen the piece, and you apologize profusely for dismissing what he had to say. You are ready to listen now.

And you do. He is so hesitant at first that it breaks your heart, but as you continue to listen and encourage him he gains confidence. The two of you work together to come up with ways to resolve this issue. And when you’re done, you have your crazy, silly, loving Mikey back.

[novelcain]

ANON ARA IS HERE AGAIN AND I RAN LIKE A CHEETAH WHEN THE ASK BOX ARE OPEN AGAIN AND IM

Okay I'm calm

BUT ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE IDEA OF TIRED HACKER READER WHO WANTS TO GO HOME..

Imagine if Macaque ask swk to take the reader in the team and when that happens, they gonna bump into each other a lot. Mostly Macaque bump into the reader on purpose bcs he wants to tease her but then they became friends and talk about each other interest

Okay now I'm thinking, the Jessica reader got kidnapped and swk is like in rage.

But what would happen of this hacker reader got kidnapped then. Swk follows Macaque to find the reader and beat up those guys but the role swap, Swk watches while Macaque literally went mad to those who hurt hacker y/n

Lmaooo you did run here hella fuckin fast Ara anon. I felt bad cause you were the first to send in an ask but I had no energy to answer it at the time to answer it but here's a gold star for having fast legs. Boop! *puts gold star sticker on your forehead* ⭐Good job, hun.😊

Anyhoo~

I'm glad we were on the same page with the idea of Hacker!Reader getting surprise adopted by Wukong's triad hehehehe. Lol I'm just imagining Macaque returning to Wukong and it goes:

Macaque: *surfaces out of shadow in front of Wukong's desk*

Wukong: So did you find the little weasel causing so much trouble? *sips on coffee*

Macaque: Yeah *pulls out hacker!reader from behind him by the scruff* can I keep it?

Wukong:

YoU bRoUgHt It BaCk!?!?!?!??!?!?!

Edit: Sorry ara anon I totally forgot about the last part of that ask could you send the last paragraph again so I can give it its own post? :)

[allpainnogain99]

Time to screech about Sonic Prime S3E1

Alrighty. Having taken a while to screech about the first episode to myself...now I’m gonna screech about it here LOL I’ve got a LOT I could say about it, soooo here goes. Enjoy my random musings and mostly just me reiterating what happened in the episode lmao

Starting off with Nine. He says that the Grim could have been everything Sonic ever wanted. He and Sonic have the tendency to talk past each other in a way, and they were both inadvertantly using each other. Neither is entirely in the right OR wrong here (which I will absolutely go into more depth about).

Gotta take a second to talk about the fortress Nine creates. I absolutely love the symbolism of it (well, what I’m choosing to take as symbolism, anyhoo). He could very easily have just created a simple lab for himself, like he used to have (and like Tails had), but he didn’t. He created a giant, elaborate fortress. Why? Well, for the obvious reason of “someone might come after me, I need protection”, but I like to think there’s more than that. It’s about power (this will also get brought up again). Nine is more than capable of protecting himself, which is how he has managed to survive for so long on his own. But now? It’s not just about protecting himself. It’s about showing that he can protect himself. It’s a physical manifestation of everything he has had to hold inside for his entire life. All of the mental strength he has, all for the world (or lack thereof, as the case may be) to see. He doesn’t have to hide anymore, and he wants everyone to know.

Then we switch over to the two hedgies, and oh boy is there a lot to talk about here.

It hurts seeing Sonic so lost and confused as to why Nine would have left, “betraying” him in the process. Seeing it from Sonic’s point of view, he doesn’t understand why Nine would want to leave behind what he believed would be the perfect chance to make everything right. Despite being told all the way back in season 1 that Nine wanted to start “our new life” over in the Grim, Sonic failed to see how much the idea of them staying together meant to Nine, as just the two of them. He doesn’t see how much he hurt Nine by not seeing him as his own person. No matter how much he tried to deny it, he was somewhat using Nine as a stand-in for Tails. Do I believe Sonic was being malicious and purposefully stringing Nine along? No. Of course not. That’s not in Sonic’s nature. He was just desperate to have his friends back, and failed to realize how much his words and actions were hurting Nine. Which of course is still wrong and something he needs to realize and understand.

And then there’s Shadow. While many people headcanoned that Shadow would just up and punch Sonic the moment he stepped foot inside the cave, I was pleasantly surprised that he did not. Granted, it was because their lives were literally on the line, but still. Shadow took one moment to say “I toldya so”, and left it at that, prioritizing their escape. He didn’t constantly berate Sonic as they were running, either. The insane amount of character growth that shows just makes me so happy.

And can we just talk about the escape scene? (both parts LOL but in due time). The way they both looked out for each other as they ran, and the fact that Shadow risked falling behind to make sure that Sonic made it to the ground safely??? I just...golly I can’t screech about that enough. (Also this brief frame of Shadow going from being on guard to being annoyed about Sonic’s rough landing is absolutely hilarious and it will live rent-free in my head...forever.)

The ghost scene. Shadow doesn’t berate Sonic for stopping, he’s calm and even tries to reach out to Sonic.

He understands how much it hurts Sonic to see the illusions, a major turnaround from how he acted in season 2 (granted, Shadow had more time to come to terms with the ghosts, seeing as how he had been in and out of Ghost Hill before, but I digress.). He does try to get Sonic to move on, but in the end gives him his chance to grieve and reflect, which Sonic has not had a chance to properly do this entire time. I love how caring Shadow is in this moment. (Also SEGA LET SHADOW SAY “OUR FRIENDS” YOU COWARDS! ROUGE IS SHADOW’S FRIEND, DAMNIT).

And Sonic. How he had gone from hopeful in season 2 that he could save them because he had all the shards, to now being emotionally scarred by the idea of not being able to fix it if they can’t get the shards back from Nine...and watching literal manifestations of specters of your friends being drawn into oblivion...damn it hurts. But I’m glad he was able to snap out of it enough to follow Shadow out.

Escape pt 2: Hedgie Boogaloo. These two are so in sync, they barely have to exchange any words at all, they know exactly what the other is going to be doing, and I love it. I mean, look at this.

Shadow reaching out his hand and Sonic instinctually grabbing it to pull each other forward? Hell yeah!!! And here, all it takes is one glance and they both had the same exact plan. I cannot get over how much I love seeing Sonic and Shadow work together like this.

Nine making his own Metal Sonic. This means soooo much. Nine feels like Sonic betrayed him, but he can’t bring himself to entirely give up the idea of having Sonic by his side. The solution? Create a robotic version, of course. But also, the tiny bit of malicious tone when Nine says “Hello...friend” just gave me the shivers, I love it.

“If there’s anything knowing you has taught me, it’s that there’s always another way”. This line made me screech out loud, I love it so much. Shadow being willing to admit that Sonic not only taught him something, but that Sonic taught him to think outside the box, that things could have more than one solution, that there’s no such thing as giving up. I was grinning like an idiot at this, because yay character development!!!

(ALSO fduoghdfoighdf my grumpy baby being annoyed I can’t oh my golly look how adorable gahhhhh)

ALSO THEY BOTH GET TO ENTER ANOTHER SHATTERSPACE TOGETHER WOOOHOOO!!!!

It was all about power (remember that earlier? XD). In a way, Shadow knows what Nine is feeling. Feeling like the entire world has betrayed you, and having the chance to get back at them? Sound familiar? Granted they went about it two different ways (Shadow trying to destroy everything vs Nine trying to literally create a new world, to an extent), but they both went off the deep end when offered a chance at an ultimate power. Neither one cared what was happening around them, all that mattered was that they got what they wanted. But of course Shadow won’t admit to seeing himself in Nine’s actions, instead opting to just be like “OK yeah this kid is a menace, gotta destroy him”. Do I wish Shadow would be more willing to give Nine a chance? Absolutely. Is he going to? Probably not, that’s more Sonic’s shtick.

Was Sonic in the wrong for wanting to get his friends back? Nope, not in the slightest. That’s what he wanted all along. He spent so long trying to do that, after all. Was he wrong in seeing Nine as a stand-in for Tails? Absolutely. Again, he may not see it that way, but both his actions and words make it clear that he at the very least had a hard time seeing Nine as his own person. Even now, with the words “this isn’t you, Nine”, shows that Sonic doesn’t truly know Nine, because yes, this is Nine. Has been from the very beginning. A broken, distrustful, lost child who just wants a home and safety, friends or no friends.

As for Nine? Was he wrong for wanting safety and a home? Of course not. Everybody deserves safety and a home. Is he wrong for not caring what happens to New Yoke? Ehh...thin ice there. Wrong for not caring what happens to any Shatterspace? Yeah, there the line is crossed. At least in Ghost Hill there wasn’t any living beings (sure, the ghosts/illusions were there, but keyword there is living), but what about the others? Nine could end up having the lives of entire universes on his hands, even his own if he’s not careful.

Grim Sonic. And the fight against Grim Sonic. Have I ever mentioned how much I love seeing these two work in sync? Just that one little nod, and off they both go. It’s such a treat to see, and I will never stop loving it.

(Also Nine just casually making a robotic copy of Birdie is hilarious to me. Like, “Yeah, I made copies of Sonic’s friends, but also the bird is cool, so I just copied her too ‘cause why not?”)

“At least I can trust them!”. Nine is willing to spend his entire life with just robots for friends, and why? Because he can program them however he wants, to be whoever he wants. Nine is eerily similar to the original Eggman in that regard. He’s done with dealing with people, because people are inferior and betray you. Robots can be reprogrammed if anything goes wrong (Sonic Heroes, anyone?). Part of me is curious to see just how close to Eggman that Nine will end up becoming.

Talking about rebuilding the prism. This whole scene. What takes literally the span of just a few seconds, says so much, without even using a single word. Sure, Nine said he would need one missing thing, but after that? It’s all spoken through body language. Nine looks down to Sonic’s hands and shoes. It’s subtle, but he’s trying to show Sonic what he means.

Of course, Sonic doesn’t figure it out, he doesn’t see where Nine is looking. but you know who does? That’s right. Shadow. His face says it all. He doesn’t even have to say “I know what you’re up to”, it’s entirely unspoken, and I love that.

And Nine? He responds in kind. Look at this.

It’s a challenge. “Oh, you think you have me figured out? Then try to stop me”. Again, no words need to be said. He’s calm, confident, smug even. He thinks he has Sonic and Shadow right where he wants them. He doesn’t see any way that they’ll win, and he, again, wants them to know it.

But he didn’t account for how ready Shadow is for war.

Being entirely willing to take on all the Grim robots in order to keep Sonic safe? Sure, it’s for the good of the entire universe, but also because as much as he doesn’t say it, he cares. I mean, listen to what he says as he’s carrying Sonic away. He doesn’t say “This is to save the universe” or “we’re all dead if he catches you”, he says “this is for your own good”. Someone who doesn’t care wouldn’t say that. He’s getting so much good characterization in just this one episode alone, and I hope it keeps up, even if he ends up being seen in small amounts (I swear if he only appears in the finale I will cry).

Aaaand yeah. That’s the end of the episode. I honestly can’t wait to see what happens when the rest of the season drops. I am soooo not ready for it to end, but I’m excited to see how it ends.

TL;DR I screeched like crazy about how much I love this episode LOL

[gemsgamegems]

okay this was the cutest fucking thing ever, I adore Katie oh my goodnessss

(it's me realizing after the fact that I do not have a SINGLE screenshot of Dart zkgjkfdh 🤣 I love the punk, mostly, but my MC is set on antagonizing his ass and who am I to stop her???)

Back when I first stumbled upon Herotome, I wasn't making games. I was just trying to play them. Anyhoo, I'd seen the CG of Warden floating around and having a slight....thing...for blondes--my childhood friends are somewhere reading me for filth I just know it--I was like YEAH!!! Hero romance GAME!!! Hot fictional MAN!!! Lessgo!!!

Fast forward, and I'm a Mia girl who remembers she has two hands and would love to offer that free one to Jade whenever she's ready to accept it SKJJFDFHF 🤧😭💛 (don't talk to me, I'm still emotional over A. catching the bird with Jade and B. being levitated home by Jade and C. all the interactions in between those two events)

Oh, and I'm also like to add that my chicken ass decided not to play it safe and picked the Heroic Mode because sometimes I like to inflict pain in my relaxing time LOL! But it's okay!!! I didn't fail!!! And tbh, given my sights were on getting Mia to love me, I wasn't stressed about getting it right with the others just made sure not to be a dick because I cannot be a cruel person in games to save my life. Mean?? yes. Cruel?? Nopeeee.

Not really sure where I was going with this, hence the tag being 'rambling' but just know that I love this little demo, I know it's going to be a fucking amazing game, the music slaps, the animation slaps, the friendships between the LIs slaps, witty/sarcastic/strangely vunerable/Katie loving MC slaps, like??? How else do I convince you to play???

[a-libra-writes]

hurrmmm so odd question, would anyone be interested if I posted a download link to a visual novel project of mine?

its something ive worked on for many years, on and off. Ive actually had to rewrite and recode it at least once bc I lost files haha.... pain

Plot! You play as Mena Caro (name changeable, personality kinda changeable, appearance not), a young woman whose worked with her father to help cure widespread infertility that was caused by a plague outbreak. Their progress has taken decades and has halted bc turns out, doing medical research is tough in a war-torn continent whose population was mostly wiped out thru sickness or warfare. A mysterious organization comes to their aid, with the odd caveat that she and her father must be separated from each other, and the village she grew up in.

The general aesthetic and technology level is dieselpunk inspired. It is very sapphic, has six love interests (I wouldve liked more, bc yall know me, but I had to cut it down!) and is generally a more dramatic story about women, queerness, family, war, corrupt power structures and imperialism. There's still a lot of light-hearted stuff (especially in the beginning) so like its not all a depressing angstfest bc i cant write that LOL

Its about ~40k+ words, and uh. Yall know me so thats just the "first" chapter, ive got like. Gosh, 50k more written that I never coded? And LOTS more outlined because I cant control myself. Anyhoo its got the music, the backgrounds etc I just never got to the character art bc Im kinda insecure in sharing my art with the world! (If youre familiar with visual novels, there's usually characters on the screen while u talk with them).

I'll do my best to put together a full content warning list if I post it ~

[ruakichan]

I waited a thousand years for this.

Shaking the screen is 👀. His head tapping is a bit moe, though not as much as Kagutsuchi's.

He's mostly built. Just some tweaking some sigils and working on warp levels. I did try for SSS, but only got one more extra copy besides the one in the shop since I failed the 50/50 after first getting him. Since Anubis is releasing soon and Flame Tyr a bit after, I had to stop. (I don't fund this game lol.)

Anyhoo. Heart Links 3-5, which talks about why he adopted Enlil and how he's actually a disaster tsundere lol. Also he's a sad artist cause of his dead bf friendo, I guess lol. He's pretty old; he just changes form a lot to keep people from suspecting his true nature (this is mentioned in Heart Link 1).

Most importantly though, he is so fun to play! I have to get used to not having Zero Time trigger on dodge but goddamn he's so FUN!

Edit: oh my god reading enlil's heart links lol what is this like the man can't even dress enlil has to do it for him

[dirtyoldmanhole]

part two of rev ch25!

i realized last night, something else that twigged me about the 'predatory vibes' of that jumpscare of the last scene -- is that if nintendo meant gunter to strictly be read as wholesome, there's been similar scenes in the series where the rescuer/mentor will be seen arriving on the scene, and immediately shaking the protagonist awake. pretty hard to read any malicious vibes in those scenes.

here? we don't know how long gunter/(anankos) has been there with corrin. it's the unknown that keeps us guessing.

though it also does beg the question: why didn't anankos take the chance to kill corrin while she was totally vulnerable and unconscious for [who knows how long]? is gunter still that much in the driver's seat to at least keep the killing blow from happening?

it's clear that there's "more" of gunter consistently than, say, possessed!mikoto/scarlet/arete. he's had plenty of chances to kill corrin, if he was truly as far gone as they were.

it's honestly why I think a better interpretation is aaaaaaall of this (save the literal two "ENTOMBED GOD" lines that were anankos) was actually, pretty much 100% gunter in the driver's seat. he does have the motivation to lead a, heh, "mostly royals' party down into the bowels of anankos' castle to get slaughtered, and i do actually think the man's willing to shed that much blood on his hands.

he's done. he's laying all of his cards on the table and wanting to go out with a bang. he knows he's not walking back outside from that castle alive.

...which still makes for some deliciously skeezy implications in that last scene ahem

food for thought! anyhoo.

this chunk's a little more conversation-heavy than badhotwrongvibes heavy, lol.

still absurdly fascinating, when you realize that this is actually a three-way conversation of sorts, and not just corrin + gunter thinking out loud companionably. he's not a separate entity from anankos, but there's that tangible sense of him trying to suss out exactly how much corrin suspects and what he can get away with.

you know, i have to say it's bananas how well he's, hm, masked everything the whole time?

it's not just us being unable to tell "gunter" from "possessed!gunter" -- corrin's known him her own life, and the betrayal takes her even more by surprise than it does us. granted, she's not as suspicious as say, xander/takumi, but still.

Gunter: Then...this same attacker is trying to catch you while you are separated from everyone. Did he or she somehow know that we'd split up? Our original suspicion may be correct, Lady Corrin. Your attacker could be part of our group. Corrin: I know—you and Ryoma both said so before, but we can't be hasty. Scarlet would have hated for us to turn on each other for no reason. Gunter: Scarlet ... You're right, milady. Gunter: The sight of her with that flower pinned to her chest just before the jump... Gunter: I do not wish you to meet the same fate, milady.

bullshit.

i'm kind of loling in a terribly tasteless way at how lowkey annoyed he seems by the scarlet mentions. 'ah yes i kill one (1) person and you still harp on it'

remember when I was mentioning how gunter very clearly jumped down the bottomless canyon before scarlet/corrin? gunter's goddamn talented about masking / keeping a general eye on the details of not slipping for two freaking decades.

but, uh oh! dearie me, you slipped up there! that's about to get important.

anyway, those two decide enough talk, more action and so they roll up those stairs from the last scene only to run into ... azura.

possessed!gunter's thinking 'fuck yes, i can pin this on her'.

Azura: Is that you, Corrin? Corrin: Azura? I didn't realize you were near… Azura: Corrin, you look pale. You as well, Gunter. Is everything OK? Gunter: What are you doing here, Lady Azura? The only way to get here is by coming down that corridor. I saw no other way… Corrin: Gunter, don't tell me that you think… You believe Azura is the one who… Azura: What are you talking about? What happened?

pause for a second: i want to take a note here about how interesting is it that we're really starting to see him crack in terms of not giving a single shit about his companions, and actively sabotaging the campaign in the open.

up until literally one scene ago, Gunter was always the one mentor figure that could be counted on keeping a tight ship, bringing Corrin useful advice, useful weaponry to dispense to everyone, being an emotionally stable presence, amicably interacting with everyone at base camp and even in the pre-battle conversations (like with Ryoma), grieving along with everyone.

what changed?

as mentioned above, i really, really do think he's preparing himself to drop all the cards on the table and go out with a bang. he's emotionally, actively severing every connection he could with the others. if he never cared about people to begin with, he wouldn't have this psychological tension of abruptly changing and stepping away.

put bluntly: these are not the actions of a man who plans to live out the day.

in pretty much every fates path (including this one), he dies (heavily implied he offs himself) except for the one conquest married path with corrin.

we're very close to finding out exactly why.

...

very conveniently, enemies warp in.

but the battle doesn't start quite yet until after this last revealing conversation. corrin tells azura to call in everyone else for the fight, and for the first time you see gunter come as close to rejecting her orders as he's ever come.

this sounds neurotic, but pay attention to the ellipses (...). Treehouse as a rule doesn't really sprinkle a lot of ellipses in the EN script, so when they are applied... usually the character's going under some kind of turmoil.

this conversation is lowkey emotionally eviscerating when you know what's coming up.

he specifically throws that line back at her ("you can't stop believing in people") viciously in the next chapter as part of his betrayal, intensely enough that I really believe that's a hell of a raw wound for him, especially with how he words it here in a way that sounds remarkably bitter.

...

anyway, among the enemies that warped in -- remember that cloaked attacker all the way back in the chapter that Mikoto got killed?

turns out her old possessed hubby killed her, and we get treated to this awesome still of possessed!Sumeragi.

(dude your shark teeth are whack and i kinda want them lmao)

and theeeen the battle starts in earnest!

nothing with gunter happens until after the next level, so next time we pick up? it'll be chapter 26, the vallite king. :')

dysfunction junction and a fuckton of feels, here we come.

[venjamin-kingdomhearts]

yo this is completely random, but i just want you to know, i happened to see the post about writing a ventus and roxas fic and hi, im the author or AAR, i would 1000% leave a like a long comment on such a fic. it's 1 am and im very reminiscent on things rn, just thought id pass this along <3

oh my gosh! hi! this is so so sweet, AAR was SUCH a huge inspiration for me when it came out. it's actually the whole reason i started an a03, aaaand i think it might've been what encouraged me to start writing on my tumblr! oh man, i remember back in 2019, writing a roxas and ventus fic after reading AAR. BOY is it old, eheh... aaand i definitely see ven and roxas differently from then, not really into the whole "they see each other as brothers" angle anymore. anyhoo, im, like, SO honored you popped in to say hi?? this is like. SO sweet. i definitely need to re-read AAR again. oooh man apologies that this reply gets long, i'm just a bit excited! i love talking to people about these two...

the post you mentioned stumbling across is actually pretty old, eheh. i've written quite a bit since then!

Here's my ao3. You might notice i have a few Ventus and Roxas ship fics, which i TOTALLY understand isn't for everyone. i mostly write non-shippy stuff about them, anyways. I usually tag friendship posts about Ventus and Roxas . I even write headcanons about their friendship from time to time! heh, i'm kinda sitting on this unfinished ven and rox friendship fic right now. i'm definitely gonna finish it *eventually*-- but hell, maybe i'll just link the wip here lol

I hope i'm linking these correctly, but here are some ventus and roxas (and xion) thoughts i've written. and!!! i can totally recommend some of my favorite roxas and ventus friendship fics + blogs, too! just gimme the word and i'll compile some recommendations.

and, hey, it's been ages since i've started this fic and i haven't really gotten anywhere... but i'll share the work in progress here for anyone to see! here's chapter 5 of "five is company", if anyone wants to check it out. eheh, sorry this kinda turned into a self-advertisement. i just figured it'd be a good idea to compile some of my stuff here in case you were in the mood to read some ventus and roxas content! anyhoo, thank you so much for stopping by! it's... so very, very sweet of you to say hello to me. AAR really did inspire me a lot back in the day, and i hope life's been treating you well since the last update. it's awesome to see more posts from you, and definitely let me know if you want some recommendations for roxas and ventus fics.

[mindlessteen50]

Get to know me

( ik this is longgggg over due but whatever)

Hello! I’m mindless, I take she/her they/them pronouns, and I mostly post vents and fanfics ( I’m mentally unstable hahahaha-) I hope you enjoy my blog and find something ya like, I’m apart of a few fandoms bsd, hq, csm, Danganropa, etc

I’m a huge simp for a lot of people within these fandoms and I give no apologies for it

I’d love to connect with more people here so please, if you wanna talk I’d be very happy too :]]

this song describes me best rn ( prepare for song updates lol)

anyhoo, thanks for being here and liking my dumb shit :D

[unragazzovero]

🖥🎮

MUNDAY  ASKS !

🖥 — favorite platform besides tumblr?

Honestly... I'm not sure. Does discord count? LOL. Otherwise RP-wise uh... I'm cool with writing on discord too. Don't gotta worry about aesthetics much or people probably silently judging us.

I'm hoping like if tumblr seriously goes downhill (like twotter did), maybe there will be an alternative to this hell site and we'll be able to customize our text posts much easier like back in the old days where tumblargh did not fuck everything up. Maybe people will be able to post pronz again lolololol.

🎮 — favorite video game(s)?

There's quite a lot. I don't really have an all time favorite, but if I had to list maybe a top 10 (in no particular order) that comes from the top of my head, I'd say...

Nier Replicant - IDC if this game was not the greatest to Automata players or even the people who played this before Automata. I fucking love the "Drakenier" lore. The designs are amazing. The songs are also fucking beautiful and amazing. The timelines can be kinda confusing, but you really don't have to play any of the Nier or Drakengard games in order to understand anything.

Lies of P (despite it being soulslike, which are games I kinda hate cuz I'm more of a casual gamer and I don't like being burnt out so much to where I'd avoid playing for a few weeks or so)

Tales of Destiny - A classic. Honestly the story is kinda cheesy. Basically you find a legendary sword that can talk to you, and then you meet other fellow "swordian" holders. And then someone tries to destroy the world, so you, your fellow "swordian" holding friends, and other friends have a goal to stop the dude trying to destroy the world. This has always been my favorite Tales game though and always will be. The manga is good too. I also actually liked the sidequests of this game~

Final Fantasy VI - Though I never beat it, but I love this game to death. I also love how the main villain is just merely a psycho maniac. He's practically the Joker (NOT THE ONE FORM PERSONA 5!!!!!) of this game. There is also a character in this game that shares my alias: Celes~

Final Fantasy IX - I kid you not, I hardly ever cry over games, but maaaaaaaannnnnn. There was a part in this game that legit made me cry.

Resonance of Fate- Also never beat this cuz I'm still fucking stuck at that stupid "statue escort" mission. I am also damn out of practice with this game. Like I forgot how the combat system works, and the last I played this game, yeah... I forgot everything LOL. The combat system for this game is definitely kinda tricky)

Eternal Sonata - Give this game a remake or remaster, damn it!!!!! I never beat this game either, but everything I saw of it omg I fucking love it. Beautiful story and characters. Honestly this game is mostly about Frederic Chopin but anime LOL. Still a great game tho, and I think you might like it too if they were to ever at least remaster this game and port it

South Park the Stick of Truth - ...You know this game LOL. But honestly when I first heard of SOT and FBW, I thought they wouldn't be good cuz usually games based off TV shoes or movies that got made into games tended to be shitty. SOT was great though and I felt I was watching the show! I also loved their medieval aspect ehe. I just loved they were making fun of medieval times, and the 4th wall breaking never gets old, especially from South Park. This game brought me back into my love for South Park and its legendary comedy.

South Park the Fractured But Whole - You know this one too LOL. Also ehe. "But Whole"... :smirk: Anyhoo, this game got me writing Craig and fucking loving Craig LOL. I also love this game was making fun of Marvel and DC Comics, basically LOL. I still have hope that South Park Studios will make more games like SOT or FBW. I know their latest game Snow Day was a shit show, but I also get they wanted to try something new, so I try not to like judge 'em too much for it ehe.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - The remake of the second fire emblem game (Gaiden). I fucking adore the art. The art was also drawn by Hidari. I think he was known to have drawn most of the art for Sound Horizon (which is my favorite JP theatrical band btw that people may now also know as Linked Horizon). Story-telling was great. I also loved the new add ons and the new characters that were never in the original game. I wish some of these new characters were not done so dirty though, but aside from that FE Echoes is mmmmmmm good shit.

Kliff is the best boy btw.

[beneath-her-soul]

Last night was such a perfect date with Mr Husband. 🥹 He woke me up from my nap at 5pm and told me to get ready “We’re going out!” i just love it whenever he says that bcs I GET TO DRESS UP 😂 Guys pls excuse me. Eversince we got married, the only time we dress up is when we go out. It was so fun back when we were dating and I always look forward to pick my outfit to match with H. And plus we’re mostly in our uniforms so that’s another reason to it.

Anyhoo, Mr Husband made reservations at TMC the Esplanade outlet and it was our first time dining there. Normally we’ll go to the one located at Arab street but both of us are trying to avoid that area as it gets kinda boring to us. It’s always crowded.

I had the Beef sirloin while H had Beef Wellington for the main course. Scallops and truffle fries for starters & ondeh2 cake for dessert. We get to catch up on each other’s week & talked about work & family since he’s in camp on the weekdays. After dinner we went to catch a live performance at the outdoor theatre & it was so so fun! Love it when the Gen Z played songs that were popular back in the 80s & 90s. We were grooving to the beat and it just feels so nice to be alive.

I just, missed the times where I used to do all these back in my 20s going to live performances, taking a walk along the Esplanade and just… not think about work. I mean, I’m grateful for what I have right now and having all these specializations on doing smth that is beyond what I can imagine. It can be quite overwhelming and challenging learning something new & keeping up with new transitions at work. Everything is moving so fast. In technology. And now I totally get it how my parents felt when it was them back 10-20 years ago trying to learn a new skill of computer. It wasn’t easy for them and here I am trying to pick up AI, data analytics or wtv you call it and the new windows 11? Is it? Lol. I can’t believe I’m actually struggling to use microsoft excel when doing roster for work. It was easy back then during schooling days as I was on the computer often.

Too much side track. Mr hubs went back to camp and it’s back to reality again for me. I have another 3days course at OWC and I dread to go for this course as it requires me to interact with other officers and just thinking about it makes me have feel anxious. Like I don’t know why I’m starting to feel this way now that I entered my 30s? Like I just prefer to be alone or people whom I already know. Being with unfamiliar people just exhaust me.

[protokirby]

So I had some kind of insane dream

First, a dream I had yesterday but forgot to talk about. It's also an insane one but way shorter.

There was a village of alligator people living in the sewers and at the end of the sewer tunnel the exit led to a beach. The beach was at an angle where it was a downwards hill to get to the ocean.

A giant Piers was rising from the sea about to terrorize the alligator people. Normal sized Piers was trying to fight the giant Piers alongside the alligator people.

Drayton was also there and he put a little effort into defending the alligator people. He picked up an inverted-color version of himself by the arms and spun him around to toss him.

Drayton was intending to make the inverted-color version of himself land on the giant Piers but he couldn't throw him that far and the inverted-color Drayton was just cartoonishly rolling down the hill of the beach.

Now for the recent dream

The dream starts out very self-aware with Carmine going to Drayton. She says the following to him: "You and Crispin are all buddy-buddy with the dreamer, right? Crispin is out somewhere and I need help from someone with experience." Drayton just silently stares at her like she's crazy from where he's sitting. Carmine adds: "Don't act all oblivious. I know all of that exists and you regularly get involved. Kieran fell into some other world and you're the only one I know who might be able to help."

Drayton then grins and stands up and I appear next to him, startling Carmine. Then I teleport us all to the world Kieran was trapped in. It was mostly jungle-like with beautiful plants and stuff but something about it felt like some kind of post-nuclear explosion wasteland somehow. Not really sure how else to describe it.

I don't remember a lot of what happened in between but at some point Carmine was under the spell of something and being aggressive in a vicious monster way because of it and Drayton was walking oddly. Like one foot was broken. I don't remember at all if those two things are connected though. So anyway I was helping Drayton walk for a little while before he just couldn't go on and he had to lie down on the ground. I just kinda stood next to him looking down for a little while having thoughts reminiscent of being an angst enjoyer and then shortly feeling bad about it at because in this case the fictional guy is suffering right in front of me and I'm…. Amused by it??! Like bruh keep that to the daydreams. Not to the actual imaginary friends. Well anyways I did come to my senses in the dream, albeit too many seconds later. I decided to teleport with him to a dream world like a replica of where I live irl.

It was a shed but for some reason the floor was all covered in water. It was still safer than the monster world. But Carmine unexpectedly ran through the portal I opened and the moment she touched water she transformed into a mermaid and I said "What, did you stand in the dang moon pool or somethin?!" I can't recall if I ever referenced something in a dream before like that. But anyhoo it was making a lot of noise and I didn't want my dream family knowing I can travel to other universes so I quickly picked up Drayton bridal style and kicked Carmine into a fresh portal back to the monster world before jumping in the portal myself.

After getting back to the monster world, Carmine was no longer a mermaid but she was still going berserk from whatever got in her head and she sprinted off somewhere out of sight while I was left alone with Drayton again. I regained some almost-awake level smarts long enough to manipulate the dream into restoring Drayton's broken leg but immediately after that I became my usual dumb dream-self again. Instead of going to help Carmine find Kieran, I chose to continue carrying Drayton bridal style while whimsically prancing around the landscape. I think Drayton was having fun lol.

The dream showed me what Carmine got up to after she sprinted away. She made it to where the king of the monsters was. The monsters in that world were all evil, though they could be reasoned with. Carmine snapped out of her trance and demanded that the king tell her where Kieran is. The king thought her boldness was amusing and offered to help her find Kieran.

She was told that he might be with one of his subordinates who all individually rule over something in the monster world. All those monster people who were the king's subordinates had names similar to what they ruled over. The only one I remember is one whose name was Madison who had a mansion. That's where they were checking first. But before that, the king wanted Carmine to dig up a crystal skull out of the ground. It was the king's car keys. They were going to the mansion by car.

I woke up before they got there.

tldr: I bring Drayton on a fun trip around a jungle/wasteland and Carmine gets demon possessed while attempting to de-isekai Kieran

[chaotic-alternate-multiverse]

Hi hi hello!

I am Reaper. I'm known by an assortment of other names too, such as small chaotic floating guy, master of chaos, spirit of coincidence, ...and many others!

I would very much like to interact with all you wonderful people so come on and say hi!!

I have many friends you can talk to as well, if you know of them!

Responses to asks will be from whoever feels like talking unless you address anyone specific!

(ooc down below)

Yo what's up? It's Protokirby.

This blog mostly will be with my favorite au Hop, Reaper, but there will be anyone else from any of my AUs too. If you want, I can reply as a different au character such as beast au Drayton or even tiefling au Leon (Dandelost). And many more.

Reaper acts wildly different than canon Hop and lives in a wildly different universe than canon. (Doesn't even live in a universe where anyone catches pokemon- though he isn't against visiting universes where catching pokemon is a thing. In fact he's done that and even has some pokemon of his own that he's caught in his travels around the multiverse.)

If you want to know stuff about him (or anyone else) or just want to say other kinds of stuff to him (or anyone else), go on ahead. That's how we're doing things here anyway. Might randomly post stuff without being prompted to by any ask, but that will be rare so please ask/say stuff.

Will respond to things in character, but honestly-- I tend to mimic plenty of the mannerisms I give to Reaper. (for instance, saying 'weh' and 'anyhoo' are a couple of things he does a lot. then I started doing that after awhile lol)

So that's about all I want to say here for now. Might add to this later if I realize I forgot something

[coolfire333]

Woke up randomly in the wee hours needing to pee and I can't get back to sleep lol. Had a dream about kissing my boyfriend though so that made me really happy. I say this all the time when I'm not visiting him but I miss him, he is so good to me and we are so in love with each other <3

I haven't talked about myself in a while on here, mostly because I've been doing fine. Been doing some crochet and am about halfway done with a blanket now. It's fun stuff, I'm surprised I've been enjoying it this much and have stuck with it this long because my adhd sometimes makes me pick up and immediately permanently drop new hobbies (I did drop crochet a month or so ago after doing it for a few weeks but we're back baby!!)

Also been job searching with two of my good friends since we're all graduated from college now. I won't get into details for personal reasons but I really have my eye on this one job that's been the only one so far to actually not reject me immediately, I had an interview and had to send a lot of info over to them and everything, I'm trying to be realistic with my expectations since I've never had a job before so I'm not getting my hopes up too high that I'll get hired but my god I want the position so badly

Anyhoo, I'm going to try to fall back asleep now. I hope you guys have been doing well, even if we don't talk directly on here I think about you all a lot! :)

[lifewithoutmeds]

December 1, 2022

Thursday. 5:18 p.m.

Work has been slow. I’m a bit bored. I work a little, see if I have any emails, or particularly, email RESPONSES to things i’ve asked, particularly, my supervisor, and upon not seeing any, usually will rework something I’ve already done before or review something I’ve already looked at, seeing if i’ll catch anything new this time, before going through and checking off an item or so on my to do list.

My to do lists still consist of simple household chores like the dishes, running the vacuum, checking the mail, and making the bed. with lorena’s anticipated arrival i’ve added a few more: cleaning the bathroom countertop, an extra vacuum and dry swiffer session, some windexing of mirrors.

i try to get in a 30-45 minute walk daily, and when i end work around 4 or 5, most of the chores are already done and it’s already dark outside so i find myself a bit .... bored. i’ve been able to “catch up” on a lot of things, like finally getting the garage door fixed (springs replaced), dropping off donations at the local thrift store, the occasional coin op car wash, etc., but things are starting to feel mundane and i find myself really looking forward to social outings and this pismo camping trip that’s upcoming.

i’m also fairly excited for lorena to be here because it’ll just be another person to see and talk to and hang out with, though i know it might be a bit different this time since she’ll be job hunting/job going, and seeing the girl she’s “seeing” more regularly.

i’m trying to make the most of this time. i don’t want to sound ungrateful by complaining now that i don’t have to work as hard or as much or be on the road in traffic for as long, and so i’m really genuinely trying to eat at home more and tidy things more. like the pile of stuff on my desk has diminished and the pile of fishing stuff behind my sofa has been put away, so i’m making progress, but i guess it’s hard just to feel constantly motivated when life feels mundane and just a checklist of the same things to do everyday, all the time.

lorena’s driving now, and is about 7-8 hours away. she’ll likely spend the night in rancho cucamonga with her mom at her mom’s friend’s house, and she’ll likely be arriving in glendale/LA tomorrow, as she’s got a date tomorrow night lol. so i’ll be seeing her soon enough. people are “warning” me about her, that she might take “advantage” of the situation, or they don’t see what i get out of it, etc., and i have a hard time convincing people that she’s fast become one of my best and closest friends and i don’t see the problem in being able to get to spend a ton more time with her.

i guess they’re all adults who think people should be self sufficient, and think it’s odd that she doesn’t have firm plans or deadlines, but that’s just how she is.

anyhoo.

tonight: another dinner with grace h, grace y, and amy l, as grace h rescheduled her flight back to new york after plane issues, so it’ll be nice to see them, though we already mostly caught up last week.