#anyways. she’s an ilf. because

[anthyies]

caroline

[myfaveisfuckable]

Rants under the read more

narcistoru/secretoru: Yeah i can gurantee this is the only submission for them for Some Reason. Because no one ships them. Like i have searched the internet far and wide and turn up with like. Close to literal zero. And here's the thing, this is entirely illogical. They work together in this evil group and their deals are essentially that they're. Unhappy people. At first you think they're just annoying but actually they're annoying snd Extremely Miserable. In silly ways, they are such losers and so cringefail. I could write an essay on both of them individually, but basically i love how their focus isn't on being better people, it is on being happier. Individually.

The show is divided into clear parts of who is the main antagonist at the time which really makes you FEEL how unhappy they each are. They're a group but they're also not bc they choose to be unhappy ad get on each other's nerves about it and that's a prime focus of their characters. Anyway, these two make me insane, they spend a lot of time together during the middle part of the show, bc the first villain is gone so now it's just the two of them and their leader who isn't doing much yet. After this part, one of them, narcistoru, is defeated so he's gone for the time being. But these two, they hate each other SOOOOOOOO much it's insane. This is because Narcistoru is an annoying bitch and Secretoru hates that. And they're both generally insane people with dumb beliefs and issues that they view wrongly. It's just so glorious to see them annoy each other so much. Post Narcistoru's main screen time, he gets his conclusion episode. He escapes from prison and Secretoru is supposed to retrieve him. But like not because they need him, in fact, they absolutely did not care that he was arrested because none of these people give a flying fuck about each other. It's just that he wasn't supposed to be a risk. Secretoru and Narcistoru have a rather petty and hilarious fight. Because you see. Now they don't have to get along. They are not on the same side. So the hostility is really thriving here. In fact, she manages to capture him, and while fighting the pretty cures (magical girls), hensays some annoying shit and she goes "actually i changed my mind" and shoves him off this rock in order for the monster (they always summon one) to fucking kill him. Like she tries to murder him in cold blood soley because he's annoying and this was entirely inevitable actually. She wants that twink obliterated. They don't bring this up again in the finale when they're both in prison. They just. Kind of hang out now. They've reached a level of tolerance.

And you may think "why do you ship this" LOOK. THEIR INTERACTIONS. ARE SO FUNNY. IT'S JUST. A VERY FUN SHIP. BECAUSE THEY'RE HILARIOUS. The hostility is so great and i think it would be neat if they had some t4t hatesex. It would solve nothing. They mske each other so much worse. But it would be very hot. Also secretoru has a general "can you shut the fuck up" attitude towards him. I don't even technically ship it but i ENJOY the ship.

And yet. I am so alone in this which is insane because i definitely expected ship content for them even before i actually wanted it myself.

But no, of course people ship Narcistoru with actual fifteen year olds. Like so much. And there is ZERO content for the ship with the other Actual Adult that he interacts with on a regular basis and who he has a fantastic and entertaining and INTERESTING dynamic with. So basically, i am not just sad, i am also SO SALTY. They are so insanely rarepair despite being an absolute epic duo. Awesome crackship, 10/10, literally comedy

Tsume/orochimaru: Scary jock milf x scarier nerd snilf (snake ilf). They'd be so awful. Can you imagine what they'd put kiba through lmao... Kiba Anko Hana sibling supremacy they'd be on a watch list 100%... Even funnier when Kiba becomes a cop. But back to the ship itself I think Orochimaru needs pegged to calm down and I think Tsume can't use technology at ALL so they both provide a needed service. Like I don't think they're in a steady relationship more like consistent hook up slightly divorced bi4bi violence. Yeah. Anyway I think Tsume could and should destroy his snussy

(tsume orochimaru is my (the poll King 👑) ship and I don't know if I can vote against that amazing narcistoru secretoru rant tbh 👑)

[darkplaceblankface]

Hi darkplaceblankface I hope you're well! I loved your old novel on AO3 and was sad to see it go! Why did you decide to remove it and redo the series?😊

Thank you for asking! There were a few reasons:

I will primarily say it's because I wanted to change the path I was on.

ILE was started when I was in an extremely dark place in my life. I was facing health issues, isolation, etc. It informed how much I wrote. I could knock out about 20k words in one night. I got a lot out of the validation-kudos and comments on Ao3. I know and have learned not to expect guaranteed interaction. However, I was fraying at the seams, refreshing and refreshing my email, for the bits of serotonin I could get from responding to comments. Writing took over my life, it affected my work, my mental health, but I had no other outlet.

To that, Indie, Whisperer, Nicky became worse and more tragic characters over time. I actually have several ideas regarding an ending for the story, but I was writing myself into a corner. There seemed to be no way to have a good ending. I wanted a hard reset but felt we were in too deep. 

When I took down ILE in March during the middle of the Blitzkrieg, (sorry) I was focused on getting a new job and moving to a new apartment while also balancing that 5+ POV rollercoaster we were on. Not to mention, at that time, I had no beta reader and was solely doing all the writing, editing, and planning for the story. The subplots, arcs, and motifs took up all of my thoughts. It was too much.

The final straw was when I'd done hours of research on tornadoes while also juggling the changing factors in my life. I'd felt guilty for not uploading as fast as usual, but then it was dead silence on the other end when I posted 56. 56 had:

-Lee and her dad in Hell meeting Elena in Hell,

-end of IndievAya battle where she knocks Lee into Indie and says the funniest thing

-Braxon death & Braxon's POV about Indie and Nicky's relationship

-Max's backstory and why he hates Lee/was recruited by Aya

-Aya's kinda... real power reveal

- Mark's boyfriend reveal

-The beginning of IndievLee KFC breakup -> how Martha and Josie got their First Class designation-> how Alisha got kicked out of Indie's battalion

What was also written and never posted: Kay vs. Charlotte and Nate, Elijah vs. Etril, Josie and Lana vs. Max and Kate, and more I won't spoil.

KvC&N was extreme, and I asked myself, "What are we doing, bro?"

A snippet:

Kay is suddenly at Nate's side, whispering in his ear. "You know... sometimes, he asks for you."

Charlotte whips a solid sheet of light toward her but Kay sends an even brighter ball of golden fire, sizzling it away.

Then she's ahead of them, grinning with fangs, tongue sticking out.

"The faces he makes. God, he's so good at making me believe he wants it. I wonder what it means. Is it because he's a slut? Why are you even trying? He belongs to me."

Focus turns to blind and red.

"He's very sensitive. Right here," Kay comments casually, tapping a finger at Charlotte's backside as she cuts across their view, zooming backward for a moment to create distance between them. "He remembers how you taste. Thighs like two ripe pears. Cheeky babe, Charlotte. You're a peach."

Anyways....

I had just received a new job offer, my dream apartment was almost set up, and I was going to see friends I hadn't seen in years. I should have been happy. But I was spiraling. I had to detach, or I wouldn't be able to focus on my real life.

I'm in a better place and want to make a more morally grey Indie. She was too evil, y'all. I also want more rebel presence and more South China Sea conflict. ILE was also hella long and needed to split up. It's become something of a whumpy epic/saga thing, that I'm open to other people writing stuff for. I have an excellent beta reader now, but we both work and might want to outsource a bit especially during Whumptober. I'm definitely comfortable sharing more of ILF, the new version, because of the tone-down we've done. Let me know which parts you guys really like/miss, and I will take feedback. I'm on the fence about keeping "the hunger in their eyes" and the "zugzwang" stories as intense as they were.

[dykesymmetry]

yesterday i made a poll asking people which dsmp characters were dilfs/milfs, and proceeded to get way too many anons with very strong opinions. anyway results from the poll under the cut because this one’s a long one boys

obligatory reminder that these are all jokes about the characters. don’t take it too seriously it’s all for the hahas

captain sparkles

results:

comments:

response: oh so now you fuckers wanna play the dad card. for months now i’ve been saying “stop calling philza minecraft a dilf he is my father” and you all laughed at me. and now you want my sympathy? fuck you. god may forgive your sins but i will not.

conclusion: yes, captain sparkles is a dilf

awesamdude

results:

comments:

response: i agree with both of these. same would be a milf but does not have any -ilf status on account of him being a cop. maybe you should think about that next time before sanctioning torture in your prison and chopping off your boyfriend’s arm sam.

conclusion: no, awesamdude is not a milf

foolish

results:

comments:

response: gonna be honest, this one really surprised me. i thought y’all would jump on dilf foolish but apparently being a himbo overrules that. i’m inclined to agree, but he might grow into the dilf title someday. you never know.

conclusion: no, foolish is not a dilf (yet)

captain puffy

results:

comments:

response: antfrost’s death aka top 10 girlboss moments on the dsmp

conclusion: yes, captain puffy is a dilf

wilbur soot

results:

comments:

response: this one was fun to watch because it’s been hovering around 50-50 for the entire time the poll was open. definitely the most controversial option here, and the comments just make it more confusing. this one might come down to personal taste tbh

conclusion: wilbur is the dsmp’s sluttiest absent father. up to you personally to decide whether that qualifies as dilfhood

jschlatt

results:

comments:

response: i feel the need to remind y’all that while dadschlatt may be a very popular au, it is not canon. schlatt has no kids and is simply a slutty republican (derogatory).

conclusion: no, schlatt is not a dilf

quackity

results:

comments:

response: very interesting anecdote here, but i agree with the first comment. much like schlatt, quackity only has kids in dadschlatt aus, and therefore does not qualify for milfhood.

conclusion: no, quackity is only a milf in spirit

skeppy

results:

comments:

response: not sure why eating doritos disqualifies you from milfhood, but there seems to be a pretty clear conclusion here. good job on agreeing on something for once

conclusion: no, skeppy is not a milf

badboyhalo

results:

comments:

response: nice tits demonboy

conclusion: yes, badboyhalo is a milf

niki nihachu

results:

comments:

response: the last comment here really puts into words why i was a bit reluctant to include her in this poll. while technically a step-mom to foolish, if the puffychu engagement is considered, she’s not motherly in the slightest and should be allowed to commit arson as she wishes.

conclusion: no, niki is not a milf, but she is very hot

eret

results:

comments:

response: eret deserves everything, up to and including milf status. their red banquet dress really solidified this in my opinion. have fun with foolish hope you get your memories back <3

conclusion: yes, eret is a milf

mumza/kristin/goddess of death

results:

comments:

response: gonna be honest, the only reason i included mumza is because y’all came banging on my door at 8 in the fucking morning demanding i add her to this discourse. but if hades proves anything, it’s that goddesses of death seem predisposed towards milfhood.

conclusion: yes, the goddess of death is a milf

technoblade

results:

comments:

response: ok i’ll be honest here. i did rig this question simply because i think pigboy is hot. an argument can be made, between both ranboo and wilbur, but i’m not quite motivated enough to start that. i am fascinated by the implication that you cannot be both a milf and an anarchist i’m not entirely sure that’s how that works.

conclusion: no, techno is not a milf. but he is hot

philza minecraft

results:

comments:

response: :)

conclusion: no, philza minecraft is not a dilf

final conclusion:

dilfs: captain sparkles, puffy

milfs: badboyhalo, eret

just hot: niki, technoblade

favorite comments:

[boobiemom]

So assuming tumblr doesn’t flag this for the obvious reasons shown-

Here we have most of my OCs who makeup the primary cast of my world, funny enough named Amatsudoria! YEAH I FINALLY FOUND A USE FOR THAT WORLD!!! Anyway, here’s a rundown.

Nagisa Hayami (Any Pronouns): An ancient male oni who became more motherly over time after she found an abandoned infant human and adopted them as her son. Said son, named Ushio, follows suit and becomes a SUPER milfy cow-oni. Nagisa is a very gentle person despite being so huge. She was inspired by Synechdoche’s Oga-san, FGO Shuten Douji, and the artist Mogiki Hayami (surname is taken from them), and started as a joke idea, the infamous “Oni(i)-chan”.

Meiko-sensei (She/her): Meiko is a kitsune librarian who owns and runs a massive magical library, one so big, it’d make Patchouli Knowledge become Parsee (Wow Touhou refs). She’s amazingly adept in perception and reality altering magic. Meiko was refined into an actual character after my own Onee-sama saw her, liked her, and helped me flesh her out as my first legit OC for this whole thing.

Shirayuki-sensei (She/her): Aka Yuki, she is a magical scientist who owns a magitek and pharmaceutical company called VXN (Vixen) that was eventually absorbed into our next titular character’s company, called B♂I, aka “Boi”, a massive fashion and cosmetics industry. Yuki, however, is also known to partake in some more... “unofficial” experimentation, as she has officially transformed people into various things for fun or punishment. (She makes appearances in my commissioned stories.) Fun fact: Yuki and Meiko were once part of a band, called Megitsune, with Haru’s father, Airi, who is also a very sexy femboy M(ale)ILF type. 

And finally, Haru Katou: (He/Him): Haru is founder and CEO of “B♂I”, the company mentioned above, that deals in various things; clothing that expands with bodily changes, hair highlights and dyes that can change colour on the fly when you want them to, but most notably the invention of “Real Sensation” breast forms and body augments, which he himself wears pretty much every fucking day, as well as “size adjustable implants”. He swaps between which he wants, but often has the forms because “the faker they look, the sexier it is” in his personal opinion. Haru is a very happy, adorable, cutesy type, think like every depiction of Astolfo basically. Haru’s surname comes from Katou Jun, a doujin artist that I absolutely love, and Haru’s idea started as a cute tiddyboy shota version of myself whenever I play Pokemon Gold and Silver. “If I’m gonna be a boy, I’m gonna be the cutest, girliest, biggest tiddy boy ever”. Enter Haru-kun. Haru is also married to a Korean nail artist named Soelyoo, whom he met one day when he dropped his phone into a gutter, but his tits were too big that day and he couldn’t edit their size and Soelyoo got it for him. They started dating soon after this.~

Artists are as follows! Minila (Nagisa and Meiko’s dual outfit pics), Franktonius (Nagisa’s debut pinup), Cloneydew (Shirayuki’s debut pinup), and Sealguy (Haru’s debut pinup)!

[benisasoftboi]

Unorganised thoughts on Trails of Cold Steel I:

So I did like it overall, but I have a lot more criticisms of it than I did of the previous games 

Which also means I have way more to say!

Tl;dr - Rean Schwarzer, Estelle Bright you are not

Also, spoiler warning for both this game and the previous ones

So... the pacing in this was weird. Like I loved all the field study segments, they were SO fun, but there’s also the Trista segments between which very boring and felt like filler

I think it’s meant to make the ending feel more important, since you’re defending the school, but it kind of backfired because being forced to run around Thors (which is not a very interestingly designed location, by the way) over and over and over again actually made me kind of resent it. To a point where I low key wanted the ILF to destroy the school. Oops

Like I cared about Liberl and Crossbell because they were interesting, and big, so I never really got tired of them. I got tired of Trista very quickly

Also having everyone in school uniform made their designs less interesting :/

The other places were all super interesting, though! I think if I had to pick a favourite I’d say Bareahard, but they’re all contenders really 

Oh also the other issue with the structure was that everyone had to be mad at someone at all times, and it was almost comical how systematic it was - Rean and Alisa don’t get on, that’s resolved, now let’s focus on how Machias and Jusis don’t get on, that’s resolved, IMMEDIATELY we’ll replace that with Fie and Laura, then the moment that’s resolved it’s Jusis and Milliam...

Like, be a little less formulaic in your character conflict

Anyway, characters!

I do not like the thing where the character’s name appears in front of them before they say it. It was irritating

Elliot: The one I would have been in love with when I was eleven. Elliot is good and sweet and did nothing wrong ever. Holy Song is the most useful craft in the whole goddamn game. He also has easily the best S-Craft in a game where most of the S-Crafts are *decidedly* lackluster, aesthetically speaking. I like Elliot. His friendship with Gaius is also very nice

Jusis: The one I would have been in love with when I was fourteen. So, the moment I saw Jusis, my immediate first thought was ‘oh, this guy is one half of a gay ship’. I had no clue who the other guy was going to be, but I knew there was absolutely no way that Anime Draco Malfoy wasn’t getting shipped with a man. 

And then Machias opened his mouth, and... every franchise, no matter what, has its gay OTP (its homoTP, if you will) - that one, usually M/M, but sometimes F/F, ship that’s practically got a whole side-fandom just for itself. Up until now, I assumed Trails’ was going to be Olivier/Mueller - but while I haven’t checked, because I don’t want spoilers, I will be shocked if these guys aren’t actually it. They have every making - opposites attract, enemies to lovers, they sing together, other characters make jokes about it...

Like, this was deliberate, surely? Surely?

yes i ship it but like, against my will and resentfully and semi-ironically, because I hate myself for instinctively taking the bait >:(

Something something ‘Turbo-Gehenna’ joke

Anyway, I like Jusis. I think he’s a fun character, easily the most interesting of the boys, and I really enjoyed his development. He has a cute smile

I also thought he had the best voice acting in Class VII, so I looked it up and Ben Diskin! I love Ben Diskin! I couldn’t even tell, I had no idea his range was that great, wow!

I did think it was extremely weird that if you invite him to the Stella Garten, he says he wants to date a woman who is ‘like his mother’. Okay, Jusis.

Machias: The one I would have been in love with when I was seventeen. You ever meet someone who’s like... always right, really, but in such an obnoxious way that you wish they weren’t. Machias. He would have been way more interesting if he was just a really politically minded teen who needed to learn tact, rather than yet another member of the Trails Dead Family Member Club (the fact that it was revealed right after Elliot’s Dead Family Member Club story did not help). Still, he really did grow on me in the end. He’s a little dork

Gaius: The one I would be in love with now, if not for the fact that he’s only seventeen and thus a little baby in my eyes. I do love his design the most. Can he say even one line that’s not about the wind, though? I also like that he’s one of very few characters in this franchise to not have a tragic backstory, was very refreshing. 

I can only assume, therefore, that Nord will undergo ethnic cleansing in Cold Steel II

Crow: oh boy Crow hahahahahaha. I don’t know how I feel now. Uhhhh... what did ‘the things I do for love mean’? I am curious

Alisa: I don’t like tsunderes much, and I found her ‘being mad at Rean for something that was absolutely not his fault’ thing very, very stupid and it did not endear me to her at all (also, like, if you had to have that - a better way would have been for him to accidentally injure her, rather than... ugh, look, I am a woman with large breasts - accidents really do happen irl. There’s no point in getting that mad about it. There just isn’t. I have no patience for this kind of plot). It also bothered me how possessive of Rean she got, I swear I picked Towa over her half out of spite. I don’t hate her, though, to be clear - I loved her plot with her mother and that scene in Nord. And her relationship with Ferris! She’s great when she’s not talking about Rean, basically

I don’t buy her as Rean’s love interest, honestly. Rean consistently shows more attraction to Emma, and has more (mandatory/canon) moments with Towa. It only felt one-sided to me 

Laura: I like Laura a lot. I don’t really have anything to say about her, just that she was consistently good, and I appreciated her maturity and self awareness, I love her and Rean being sword bros, she’s just great

Fie: I think Fie was designed to appeal to exactly me personally. Tiny snarky badass girl with a great design? That’s everything I love and aspire to be! Best girl in the game (didn’t date her though because she’s fifteen and I refuse to date anyone who is younger than the protagonist when I play games set in high schools. Feels weird enough dating teens the same age as my character. Also she had 0 romantic chemistry with Rean)

Millium: She’s fine, good voice acting, want to know more about Lammy, no strong feelings

Towa: I wasn’t going to date anyone, but changed my mind because I really liked Towa... and then I looked at her, and saw a tiny girl with long, light brown hair and soft voice, and realised I just want to date myself

I checked, and according to Playstation Trophies, at least, she’s the least picked girl? The only characters picked less than her are the non-Crow boys (Machias is the least popular, which... I feel a little mean for finding hilarious lol)

Emma: I like Emma herself just fine. Don’t get me wrong. But she’s infuriating as a mystery character, because she’s the worst kind of mystery - the kind that relies on the other characters to NEVER AT ANY POINT ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT A NORMAL HUMAN WOULD ASK

Estelle would have asked

Rean has multiple opportunities to ask her to explain herself, and he doesn’t! One time, she straight up ASKS HIM TO ASK, and he doesn’t! That’s not mysterious anymore! That’s just incredibly annoying!

Lloyd would have asked

And no one else asks either! Some of them, fine - I can understand say, Elliot or Gaius or Millium - but Jusis!? Jusis, who has been there for pretty much all of her mysterious vague magic, and has repeatedly shown himself to be willing to be kind of rude, and may not be that interested in other people but certainly isn’t stupid - while they’re in the Schoolhouse Depths, Jusis isn’t going to grab Emma by the shoulders and demand she explain what she knows? He’s just going to go with it as she refuses to elaborate on things? 

Really?

Kevin would have - actually, no, Kevin would have already known because Kevin Knows All, but he would have told everyone else, so same outcome 

Rean: And that brings me to Rean. Rean... is a JRPG Protagonist. He is good, and noble, and he gives Inspiring Speeches, and he can date all the girls (which means we don’t really get any interesting opposite-gender friendships, because oh no, a threat to the harem!), and he is so, so boring. My god

Hey remember how I praised Sky for how great it was to have Estelle be an actual person with flaws and personality? No you don’t, no one’s reading all of these, but yeah - Estelle is just as colourful and full of life as the rest of Sky, while Rean is the least interesting character in Cold Steel no contest

Oh he has a super powered dark side, oh, well, that’s a game changer, never seen that before except in every 2000s shounen anime. Also we never actually learn the Super Rean rules, so that dramatic moment where he’s thinking about transforming to fight Scarlet isn’t actually that dramatic because I had never realised it could kill him until he said so in that moment

Oh except he’s also an awakener and can summon a Persona giant mecha suit! Because he’s the most special boy to be very special? I have never seen that in a JRPG before except in all of them

In Sky, Estelle wasn’t special. Except she was, but it wasn’t because she had super awesome secret awesome powers and all the boys liked her best. It was because she was flawed, but always trying, and because she was incredibly brave and optimistic no matter what, and because she was the kind of person who told a god summoning evil mastermind ‘lol no’ and then beat him with a stick, and because she really, believably loved her friends. She loved them. And they loved her. Not the player she was the avatar of. Estelle herself

Estelle Bright has ruined me for all other JRPG protagonists, is what I’m saying

Oh also Rean has that whole speech about how they can’t cancel the festival to protect people from an unknown threat, that’s not fair to meeeeee, and as someone who has lived through the year 2020 -  go to Gehenna, Rean 

Olivier is back!!! And yeah I’m going to keep calling him that, that’s who I know him as, and also Olivert is a silly name

Even more importantly, Mueller is back!!! And he and Olivier still have the best comedy dynamic in the series, joyous day! THAT is love and peace, baby!

Sara really, really grew on me :) I want to see her interact with Schera so bad

I didn’t really like Sharon up until I worked out OH SHE’S OUROBOROS, because yessssss more of them! Also, yessss, guessed it!

Angie... predatory lesbian stereotype aside, Angie’s super interesting and I want to see more of her yes please

George is like, the most inoffensive character I’ve ever seen, but apparently he has haters? What!?

What is with these games and naming characters/things French words, and then PRONOUNCING THEM WRONG

I do not care that the official pronunciation is ‘Blue Blanc’. I will continue to pronounce it ‘Bleu Blanc’. Because that’s what you guys actually wrote, Christ alive

I have a French GCSE and I will use it for something, goddamnit

I took Jusis on the bike trip and he looked so adorably goofy in the little sidecar. Best moment of the whole damn game for me

I’m trying to imagine what it would be like to have played this game first, as I know a lot of people did. Specifically in regards to Olivier (or Olivert, I guess)

Like... imagine meeting this guy for the first time as a fairly serious leader of an important faction, participating in vital political machinations. Imagine meeting him here and not knowing about the Grand Chardonnay incident. Imagine not knowing about that time he stopped a riot by riding up in a boat and singing. Imagine not knowing he has a rivalry of aesthetics with a terrorist. Imagine not knowing what I was referring to when I said ‘that’s love and peace, baby’ just now

Incomprehensible

Side note, if you had told me, on one of those warm August days when I was first playing Sky FC, that the silly man in the white coat was actually one of the most important characters in the franchise, I would not have believed you for a second 

But on that subject, I was also trying to work out who a first time player would be siding with... like, I’ve played Sky and experienced Zero (currently working way through Azure as well), which means that my immediate reaction to all of Erebonia’s politics was ‘trust whatever Olivier and the bracers say, don’t trust anyone else’. But someone starting with Cold Steel has no reason to have loyalties to those factions, so I’m curious 

Side note, having played the previous games also massively impacted how I viewed the ILF - I’m very confident that I would have just taken them being evil for granted if I’d played this first, but considering they hate Osbourne... and Olivier does not like Osbourne... that kind of made me a lot more suspicious of who I was really meant to side with

I really liked most of the NPCs in this. I especially became weirdly fond of Beryl

However, I do now also have characters I actively dislike, a series first! Gwyn (creepy old man), Neithardt (sexist jerk, kick his arse Beatrix), and Dorothee (...could write a whole essay on the myriad reasons I do not like that particular archetype) get in the bin

Good god, every interaction between Rean, Emma and Dorothee made me want to smack the lot of them with my controller, Dorothee for being an absolute creep, and Rean and Emma for overcorrecting into low key homophobia (seriously Rean, you’re friends with a lesbian, the idea of the existence of gay men should not shock you this much)

Re: Elise... I heard the words ‘non-blood related younger sister’ and my eyes rolled so far back in my head I was afraid they wouldn’t come back down

Took me a while to figure out, but ideal team is Elliot, Jusis, Machias, with Laura and Fie as back-up

I would like to find whoever’s idea it was to make the S-Crafts unlock as the game progresses rather than just be there when you get the character, and shake them until they apologise. Have them evolve with the story, sure, but not having them at all wrecks the battle flow so much. Emma was unusable to me until chapter-goddamn-FIVE

I loved the Annabelle subplot, and the punchline that the person her family wanted to marry her off to was a Lakelord... I actually yelled

The concert was so hyped, and then there weren’t even any real songs (aside from the re-use of the end credit song from Sky, which made me very happy. And Olivier singing along made me laugh out loud)

TOVAL IS TOBY!?!?! 

Man I’m so mad at myself for not reading Carnelia in/after FC (read it in 3rd), but still - what a reveal!

AND WHAT AN ENDING

I mean. At first

They did such a good job building the tension, and then-

The Crow twist, my GOD, when I tell you I freaked the fuck out... I was totally convinced that it was Claire. Or possibly Campanella on stilts. I completely overlooked that there was another major character with a C name, and honestly I’m glad I did because I have not been this shocked by a reveal in a while

And then I stopped taking it seriously when I saw the robots with heelys 

It was all.. we had a very final boss-y final boss, right? Excellent final boss fight, very fun, very satisfying. And then the game just... kept going. I accidentally stayed up until 4 AM because I thought I was at the end and it just didn’t stop

And then it did. Very, very abruptly 

(no seriously I was making some snarky comment about how goofy the flying robot suits look and then the game just ENDED, what)

(also worst *actual* final boss I’ve ever seen. the fact that they managed to make a battle between two giant robots, one of which was controlled by a traitorous former friend, feel like an anticlimax... that was impressive, honestly)

So Cold Steel I is... easily my least favourite Trails game so far. Again, I did like it, but like I say... Rean isn’t Estelle Bright. And that’s pretty much my main problem, in the end

Sorry, Class VII

OH MY GOD they never explained why it’s Class VII and not Class VI! My theory is that it’s either something about the Sept-Terrions, or the Seventh Division, since Olivier’s specifically connected to them. Or maybe both

Well - I’m excited to find out!

[gleeandshame]

Love Victor 2x06 Semi-liveblogging

You know the drill, spoilers, bulleted thoughts. Just for myself, but it's chill if you're here

Oh uh tw, cw religious trauma, homophobia, mental illness, I guess

Rahim!

Lol, no one would right "Dear Victor" at the start of an ig message. Probably... I know it's just in theme with the show

Before anything he says, I hope he's pan or bi. This is just me wanting that. Okay. Time to watch. I'm so slow at watching

Okay, he's gay just closeted.

These children just dancing at work, for social media, lol okay sure that's plausible.

I have not been in that position like, the internet was more chill when i was growing up, lol

Another gay Muslim, we love to see it? Let's see how the writing is. After I watch the season I'll also look at the writers room, methinks

Oh to be a gay mentor

Never been there but, seems nice

Oh... Adrian is there for the church talk, WOOF

Also it sucks his little bro can't know he has a bf? Unless it's gonna happen now

Isa, Kids can be Gay. Anyway they write him as socially conscious, or "woke"

Isa, Come On.

Straight ppl aren't inherently innocent vs Gay ppl, I'm gonna scream

Oh no. Georgina, also that is the perfect stuck up white lady name to me? Also they're in Georgia so a little on the nose

"the girls swing raw" - lol

They would Not Open their homes to someone in that state

But they need to make it obvious she was snooping.

Okay M(to be)ILF, don't call a teen "hot"? Ew. Someone stop the writer's room from being creepy

Mia... I mean fair, she has walls up after feeling left out for so long

Isa is going to be nicer to a random gay than her son because it doesn't affect her life, that's my prediction

Oh, well I guess I'm glad Felix isn't mad.

"I will pay fifty dollars to make this stop"

This Isa speech is supposed to make Victor empathize with her?

Boohoo, you don't know everything about your kid.

My parent new I was a mystery, but they seemed surprised. Haaa...

My dad was f*cking weird tho before and sussed out I was talking to a girl like 24/7 a few months before i came out

Benji, call that sh*t out!!!

Okay, well Mia mentioned the hot thing. Yeah, ya freak

The baby wanted out of that convo, lol

Hello, Felix's family life is making me cry again

Oh... baby attachment and BF walls up parallel a bit awkward, but.... okay

This f*cking Father is talking to Victor, before he starts something can I just punch him in the face?

OH f*ck gay religious trauma, he's out

I've walked out, they were talking the f*cking slippery slope of gayness to b**stiality at my church in my college town, I was so pissed.

Oh to be brought up in a homophobic society, imagine how it is for Victor, Isa

Promises promises... better than nothing I guess

okay the dachshund joke was a good palate cleanser.

I didn't mention Felix's mom earlier but that was predictable and painful

Oh yes, gotta say it once per episode, I love Mia and want good things for her.

Woof. The system is probably not great for mental illness, but also, you'r floundering here Felix... it's... it sucks! I don't know the solution and haven't been in that situation

Yeah, so it did end...

Darn, they're making Benji the bad guy again? I guess he should have been optimistic or kept it to himself though.

This Episode is so Angsty besides Mia

Okay real crying now gosh dang it

wtf, but i guess 6th episode is a good time to hit us with this

[romelis]

Uncensored. 3.9.17 “Life After Death changed my life and I wasn’t supposed to hear it.”

I remember twenty years ago this day. I woke up at my Grandmother’s house to the sound of my Aunt Priscilla crying hysterically, screaming “I cant believe it, this can’t be real.” I fell asleep in front of the entertainment system the night before, so the first sight of March 9th 1997 was a side profile picture of Christopher Wallace with the numbers under the picture (1972-1997) I remember calculating the numbers to sum he was 25 years old at that moment, later to find out his birthday was May 21 and he was actually 24. Its twenty years old and the most recent memory I have as a Notorious fan, was an artist under the age of 24 calling this pioneer “overrated” I didn’t come to defend Mr. Wallace’s permanent position at the top of hip hop, top 3 top 5 dead or alive, wherever he may be placed. What I did come to do is just pay my respect to a person who reminds me of myself as a lyricist. An artist who made street corner poetry with a smooth cadence that never was broken by a changed subject. In the earlier years of my ilfe, I didn’t listen to “Ready to Die” biggie. I listened to “Big Poppa, One More Chance, Juicy,” you know, the songs that were commercialized and a breath of fresh air for the older generation who needed something to help cope with this drug infested era of the 90s and the effects on the community. It was around the time of his death he resurfaced with a higher tempo track called “Hypnotize.” which was the single for his upcoming album coincidentally titled “Life After Death.” At that time, I didn’t understand the process of recording and was like wow, “he’s releasing a CD after he died, this is amazing” I was eight years old, sadly to say.. This attracted me to the Notorious one as an artist. The rapper who went head to head with Tupac Shakur died and released an album after his death, called Life After Death. Next clear thing I can actually remember is my Godfather visiting from Maryland, asking my father did he hear about the new “biggie album” It hadn’t been released yet but the reviews were out of course because this the biggest promotion an album could get at the time. You know, “dead rappers get better promotion.” My dad replied and said he hadn’t heard much about it. My Godfather proceeded to tell him “Do Not Let Romelis LISTEN TO IT!” Man, I didnt even care to listen to him that much before he died and I was recommended to be banned from the new music that would be the last music from him , ever. Somewhere in the 20s of the march later that month. “Life After Death” releases, do you know I lived in a real “hood”  my family came from real struggles. My parents were about the same age I am now, “in the trap.” That being said, do you know Everybody i ever met knew or seen was playing this album. My father was so popular in the community, The whole area knew I wasn’t allowed to listen to this project. They would cut it off as soon as they seen me coming. But then there was my aunt… My aunt was Big’s biggest fan that I knew, for sure. She still cries today listening to Ready to Die and the only other rap cd she will ever listen to is the the blueprints by Jay-z. Anyhow, she asked me had i heard the cd yet. I express to her my dad will not let me listen to this cd at all. She said, well when your with me, you’ll be listening to Biggie’s new cd all the time, “He’s dead and thats my boy, your dad wont know nothing if you dont tell him.” I was still scared so Im just going to play it safe and listen to Bone Thugs n Harmony, nobody understands what their saying anyway. Did she put in disc 2 and “Lets Ride, and get high” (Notorious Thugs") came on immediately? Yes. I can identify Bizzy Bone’s voice seven miles away in the middle of a thunderstorm. I never had heard biggie rap like this, then Bone came on. Instant favorite song, I then realized sometimes you gotta take a risk and listen to this man, who later became one of the best rappers of all time. “Armed and Dangerous , aint too many can bang wit us, straight up weed no angel dust, label us, notorious.” Those words alone stamped my decision that I would also be a great lyricist one day, just like him. Twenty years later I realized man, he was 24 years old. Im 28 years old right now and the youth today don’t have the ruth to be another biggie. That being said, this is why he reamins in the top spots of all time, the style could never be duplicated, though it has been attempted, more than once. Life After Death changed my life, and I never was supposed to hear it. R.I.P. Chris Wallace “Frank White” you set a standard in New York and them hustlers got hip and got rich behind your blueprint. You’re a God to the Game hope your resting peacefully in Heaven. Bless.