#badassitude

[istadris]

Time for another take on Mario vs Bowuigi !

What everyone (including Luigi) thinks : Mario and Bowser hate each other. Despise each other. Mario would throw a fit at the very idea of Luigi dating his dreaded nemesis. Bowser has nothing but contempt for his boyfriend's brother.

The truth : Mario and Bowser are BFF. Yes, they started off hating each other but over the years, the hatred morphed into familiar rivalry then playful banter then long lasting spicy friendship. They kept up the act of hating each other because :

1) Bowser wants his troops to respect him and Mario gives him the perfect outlet for his badassitude

2) Mario doesn't want people to brand him a traitor when all he does is rough housing with his buddy

3) it's a freaking hilarious private joke.

When Bowser took an interest in Luigi, Mario was HYPED. "Go for it, Big Guy ! My bro deserves nothing less!" And Bowser was hyped too because "Your brother is so cute ??" "I know right??! Hey, let's boost up his confidence, I'll be out of commission for your next invasion so he'll get to beat you !" "Great idea ! Nothing wrong can come out of it!"

But.

Through a serie of misunderstanding, mistiming and misfiring, neither have been able to confess the truth about their friendship to Luigi. Who is TERRIFIED at the idea of Mario "finding out".

Bowser tries to warm up Luigi to the idea of Mario and him being friends : "Look, Pistachio, I'm sure he wouldn't take it that badly, I can tell him myself if you wan-" "NO NO NO he will hate me, he hates you enough already, I don't want you two to maul each other to death, you don't have to pretend you don't want to just for me 😭"

Mario tries to nudge Luigi into confessing the truth on his own without forcing him : "hey bro, you've been out a lot lately, anything going on~?" "NOTHING AT ALL I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE YES LUIGI SINGLE FOREVER (oh shit shit shit does he suspect something ???)"

Both Bowser and Mario feel bad about Luigi stressing out so much but everytime they try to confess the truth, Luigi either can't hear them or is convinced they're pretending for his own good.

So. Many. Shenanigans. Ensue.

[lumi-klovstad-games]

I have a powerful need for Malum Caedo to be referenced, and referenced a LOT, in future Warhammer 40K material.

I need this man to be spoken of in hushed tones by other Space Marines. I want the Black Legion to hiss at the utterance of his name. I want Guilliman and Marneus fucking Calgar to fucking honor this guy in a public square on Macragge.

Malum Caedo is a Space Marine who has basically pulled off, single handedly, the kind of battlefield prowess it was once thought only Primarchs or the Emperor His-Goddamn-Self could have accomplished.

Give that Marine a 50 foot tall solid gold statue. Devote a whole ass library to his legendary badassitude.

Make Caedo unforgettable, a legendary hero of the Imperium, a memory to inspire every Marine, from every chapter, who comes after him.

And when he dies, he better die in single combat with a Chaos God or something -- pretty sure nobody else could take him down.

[weatherman667]

Headcanon about Malum Caedo

Lacks leadership skills, and makes up for it with badassitude.  Pretty much all of his special allowances are simply because he’s good enough to pull it off.

Has a habit of picking up unused weapons on the battlefield, (i.e. their operator has died), which is why he only ever shows up on the battlefield with his standard Boltgun.  Since he is “responding to the demands of a changing battlefield”, he is following the Codex word for word.

Refuses to use a Special-Issue Boltgun.  He doesn’t need the optics, and it’s easier for him to get resupplied with standard Godwyn bolts, rather then the ones used in the Special-Issue Boltgun.  The Codex clearly outlines that logistical concerns can not just help support, but justify alternate kit outs.

Refuses to wear Terminator Armour, as it would just slow him down.  A large part of his effectiveness is his ability to dodge nearly any shot, and Terminator Armour would just be a burden for him.  It’s also a lot easier to get surrounded in Terminator Armour.

Classified as a one-man squad, which allows him to swap out his Bolt Pistol for a Chainsword, despite not being a Sergeant.

Refuses to carry double front line ammunition for any individual weapon. This is a break from standard practices, but front line ammunition levels are outlined in the Codex.

Once his Battle Brothers realized that he doesn’t go berserk, despite appearances, he’s allowed to do his own thing, weaving in and out of the battlefield.  Everyone knows he’s not going to go Blood Angels on them.

[twofoursixohjuan]

look I know I made a post detailing the badassitude of the Danish covers for the Hurog duology already but I need everybody to stop and reflect on the French covers as well

like what the fuck. these are brilliant why are the English covers just Some Guy Standing There

[rosesandalfazemas]

More about my Pirate AU with @greengreekeyes25.

This is a colored doodled concept I've got for my own reference in roleplaying. Since some of you asked me why my Arthur has stripes as tats, here is the explanation. This is basically the type of body he would have. I've read so many historical things for this RPG that I couldn't do as generally the fandom did. He has his clothes and so his attitude and badassitude )? but his body is something like this.

Imagine if he is like this, how his brothers are~

Hope you like it anyway~

I even wrote an "academic" essay about these characters, how when and why they died, in a form of a historical research. This Au went out of control, my gosh.

[cyberpawn]

VOICE HC / MEME

bold what applies to your muse, italicize situational ones. feel free to add your own suggestions and carry it on.

► ACCENT  

“country” │ “backwoods” │ “sailor” │ “upper class” │ “city slicker” | foreign speaker │ refined  

► ELOQUENCE

educated │self-taught | uneducated | doesn’t use conjunctions │ shortens words | omits entire words on occasion | mixes up words │ just makes up their own words! │ archaic english │ dependent on mood or setting | doesn’t use contractions

► TONE

loud │ soft │ room volume │ high pitched │ low pitched │seductive │velvety │ speech impediment │ abrasive │ gruff │ shrill │ booming │ matter-of-fact │ toneless │ husky │gravelly │ breathy │ nasal │ barking │ chatty │ condescending │ musical │ suave │ world-weary │ brash │ authoritative

► HABITS

refers to self in third person│ incorporates different languages/terms/sayings │ uses gender-specific terms │ adapts to audience │ changes pitch around animals or children │ shifts tone when lying │ gives others nicknames │ uses terms of respect towards others

► OTHER BITS

It takes a lot of effort for Vale to be quiet, so they're shouting a lot without even knowing it. They speak!!! Like everything!! Is really important!!!! And!!! THIS!!!!

Vale loves making shit up!! They'll make up words to use, like "badassitude", "buttfuckingest", "gobbledygook", etc!

Vale shortens most o' their words 'f they can! S'kinda also a lot of slurrin' words together cuz' they talk fast so at times it can turn into somethin' likethiswhich'sreallyhardt'follow.

Vale can speak multiple languages, so sometimes they'll incorporate multicultural amounts of swears into a situation if Vale deems it necessary.

They project a lot, so they're talking with their chest voice (or at least trying to!)

Growing up in Night City (LA in their Modern Verse), it's almost expected that Vale would pick up the local accent, but!! That's a fun reminder that Vale scripted most of their dialect after kaiju movies, cartoons, and fast-paced rock'n'roll music! Vale talks fast because pretty much everything they took in as a kid WAS FAST!!!

You're honestly very unlikely to hear Vale call someone Sir or Ma'am/Madam.

► VOICE CLAIM REFERENCE:

If you've got tenure here at cyberpawn.tumblr.com, something you may know is that I pretty much just grab a lot of random voice clips that sound like Vale and point at it and go "THAT'S VALE", so there's not a solid voice claim for Vale. BUT!!! Max Mittelman's performance as Red XIII hits hard and it's so funny to hear the energy!! That's Vale!!!!!

tagged by: @prvtocol tagging: BE GAY DO CRIME SPEAK STEAL THIS

[borderlands-addict]

slight borderland 2 spoilers ig? (not really exept a few details)

ok but genuinely

moxxi is such a interesting and fun character,

she is just so deep ya know? shes 50 and sexy! 4 kids, a cool as hell thunderdome (before jack destroyed it but whatever), her roots with those hodunk bastards and getting her kids the hell out of there,(a hidden accent too :0)

its a absolute joy whenever she is on screen (or on a echo) (whatever).

girlie is everything and everywhere, having a thing with Mordecai and then cheating on him with jack, the badassitude DLC where she was your sponsor (also scooter was there).

yeah shes kinda cool ya know? i can’t wait to play more borderlands games and see what they do with her (also in the movie but i already hate that thing) (no way they can fuck up her right??)

[castielheartless]

La badassitude de la Shinra

[neitherabaron]

Hey, quick reminder that Sam’s away, so we’re taking a little break from Metroid and Twitch tonight.

BUT! There’s still something new to watch this week!

We’ve prerecorded a bonus episode of us playing SpiderHeck. It’s a chaotic, physics-based, co-op brawler with spiders, lightsabers and enough neon to make Tron sick with envy.

(Also, this was genuinely one of my favourite sessions we’ve ever done and it was so cool to go from flailing wildly to something like badassitude over the two hours we played.)

You should watch it! It’s gonna go out on our YouTube tonight.

Here’s the link (vid will be available from 7pm BST on 26.06.23):

[aliakim-the-okay]

New crack fic idea:

(Barney from HIMYM and Dennis from Always Sunny meet each other for the first time in Paddy’s Pub (where Barney shows up after being separated from Ted during their eventful trip to Philly.))

There, he witnesses Dennis Reynolds hitting on a generic blonde hottie and just has to intervene. Dennis’s moves are wayyyy too underdeveloped and frankly archaic. He needs something more legend- (wait for it) -dary to be able to pick up the gorgeous and elusive species known as “women.”

Dennis gawks in offense as he watches Barney woo the blondie with his suave expertise.

As Barney walks the total baddie away, he throws a cheeky wink in Dennis’s direction as the newfound couple make their way towards the door.

Filled with rage, Dennis approaches dangerously and shoves Barney hard. Barney turns around in shock, disgusted that his designer suit had been touched by one of those filthy Phillidelphians.

Dennis makes a loud ruckus in the bar. He shouts far too loud about how that girl was his for the night and that he almost had her. All the while Dee continued cleaning a glass over and over again in the corner, pretending not to hear as Dennis continued his adult tantrum.

Barney shooed the broad away as he straightened out his suit. He slung an arm over Dennis’s shoulder as waved his hand towards the sky. He said that if Dennis really needed help picking up hot chicks that badly, Barney was there to teach Dennis how to live.

Dennis slapped Barney’s hands away from him in disgust. Dennis claimed he knew very well how to live and that he could pick up any girl he wanted. He didn’t need some rando asshole in a fancy suit to teach him anything.

Barney smiled…

This called for a competition.

A competition to see who was the suavest, hottest, and downright godliest of bachelors in this particular corner of Philly.

The objective? The first to go home (or at least out the front door) with a Philadelphian woman would be crowned the winner.

The trophy? Forever bragging rights along with the metaphorical crown of badassitude.

Oh man, are the others gonna love this… They thought at the same time.

As the clock struck 8:30pm, the poor excuse for a rush hour hit the bar. Ones (singular) of people all came in, all entering the bar in a matter of several minutes. All while Barney and Dennis stared each other down with a fire of competition in their eyes.

Suddenly, at the same time, the two nodded before scrambling away to opposite sides of the bar.

Dennis ran to the nearest woman he could find, grabbed her by the shoulders, and spun her around to look at her face. He winced and made a sound before moving on.

Barney slid against the weirdly wet floor and into the view of another woman on the other side of the room. He faltered at her below average looks before taking note of her huge badonkers and promptly smiling.

Barney asked how she was doing, where she grew up, what her relationship with her dad is like, and other non-intrusive questions.

Meanwhile Dennis slicked his over-greased hair back. He acted cool in front of a woman who looked just hot enough for him. She happily rattled on about her day as Dennis grew impatient. He rolled his eyes and checked his watch as he took glances at Barney’s progress. He couldn’t lose this.

As Barney could practically feel the sexual attraction radiating off the woman in front of him, he couldn’t help but notice his competition across the bar.

Dennis’s target woman was ranting all too loudly about her secret. She entered with a fake ID (that no one checked anyways) and was actually 16. Dennis’s hand slowly reached for her shoulder as he admitted that it was close enough for him and they should go back to his place for some… “video games.”

Barney’s head snapped towards Dennis in shock. He silently told Ms. Huge Badonkers to wait a minute as he quickly approached Dennis and wound up. Dennis turned with a shitty grin just in time to be decked directly in the face.

Dennis slid across the dirty floor as he held his bloody nose. He whined and grunted on the floor like a little baby. Suddenly, Dee “accidentally” spilled a drink on his face with a triumphant smile before walking away.

Barney shook his hand before grabbing a napkin to wipe his bloody knuckles. He readjusted his suit and approached the teenager. He shook his head disapprovingly and pointed a thumb towards the door. She hung her head sadly and left the bar.

Barney gave one last look at the pitiful man on the floor. He scoffed to himself before putting his arm around the huge-boobed lady’s waist and exited the bar.

Mac and Charlie rushed to Dennis’s side and helped him up. Mac yelled at Barney that he’ll pay for what he did to his bro, but Barney simply said that if Dennis was their bro, Mac and Charlie needed a better one.

After Barney was done making insane love to this big-boobied beast, he’d have to tell Ted all about tonight and it was absolutely legend- (wait for it…)

-dary!

[bootsofhellband]

The Demo is out! 15 minutes of sheer badassitude.

[le-panda-chocovore]

Okay j'ai un peu plus de compréhension pour le perso de Mai, un peu plus d'empathie. Je comprends sa rage et comment elle en est arrivée là. Pour autant, je crois que je ne l'apprécie toujours pas. J'aime vraiment pas la manière dont elle est représentée et son attitude envers les exorcistes de Tokyo. Mais, je la comprends, et son développemement est plutôt pas mal.

MAKI PAR CONTRE KFNIQSJDIOZDJAZIOJD Putain mais épouse moi t'es parfaite !!! Chaque jour elle gagne en badassitude, mais sérieux c'est pas possible d'être aussi COOL ! Je l'aime fort.

[goodlawman]

➰💭

Harvey Specter from Suits - he was surrounded by superheroes and the supernatural and didn't miss a single beat maintaining his badassitude.

Tally Craven from Motherland: Fort Salem - I love the show's different take on magic and alternate history. Tally has my heart though. Empathy is her strength and she grows as both witch and warrior, always trying to do and fighting for what's right. Also she can be awkward af in social situations sometimes and same, Tally, same.

[weatherman667]

40K is too good to use, Astartes Edition

I made a rant about how 40k introduces a bunch of really cool things, and then never lets you use them.  It also purposes avoids creating rules for more practical alternatives, so you are left with overpriced cool, or nothing.

https://weatherman667.tumblr.com/post/703617157092851712/40k-is-too-good-to-use

But this doesn’t just apply to weapons and vehicles, this applies to the Astartes themselves.

You have three basic types of Astares:

Tactical:  Officially the masters-of-none Ultrasmurfs that everyone wants to be.  They carry the iconic 0.998″ Bolter.

Devastator:  In most militaries, the heavy weapons specialists are typically the most experienced of the non-NCOs.  No, Devastators are baby Space Marines, taking their first steps.

Assault Marines:  The constantly maligned close-quarters specialists.  They typically carry the iconic Chainsaw Sword.  And maybe a jetpack that is apparently free, but they wonder why you would take it?  Captain Titus implies it’s because Jump Packs have extremely limited fuel, which makes sense, as if you ignore the Space Magic, 40k is a surprisingly hard Sci-Fi verse.  Most OTT battles only involve a handful of rounds.

Bikers:  Technically, Bikers are just Assault Marines that traded their jump packs in for bikes.  If you are the White Scars, and specialize in Biker raids, you are not allowed to have any more Assault Marines, because Codex.  Bikers have twin-boltguns, (boltguns, but 2), but no chainsword.  They have to trade their bolt pistol out for their chainsword, despite the fact that Astartes are allowed to stow their primary weapons in order to use their bolt pistols.

Aside from the 3 (4) basic Marines, there are a number of SUPPORT Marines.  Did I say Support?  I meant uber-powerful mary sue marines that are designed to completely dominate the enemy’s forces.  The average Marine costs 18 points and is WS:3+, BS:3+, S:4, T:4, W:2, A:1, LD:7, Sv:3+.  Veterans cost one or two points more, get another attack, and maybe a super special boltgun.  Melee veterans don’t have an equivalent upgrades.  Because everyone wants to be a Tactical Marines, so sayeth the Codex.

Apothecary: The healers and medics for the Astartes.  How much do they cost?  75 points, 90 if you want a Sanguinary Priest, who, no, doesn’t get the Spiritual Leader Aura, despite the fluff..  Why do your medics cost so much?  WS:3+/2+, BS:3+, S:4, T:4, W:4, A:3.  They are twice as tough, and have two more attacks.

Techmarine:  The engineers of the Astartes chapters.  They maintain their vehicles and setup their defences.  70 points, WS:32+, BS:2+, S:4, T:4, W:4, A:3, Sv:2+ (the best in the game), along with a LOT of weapons.

Chaplain:  The spritual leaders of most Codex-compliant chapters.  Blood Angels are the only “codex-compliant” chapter willing to tell them to fuck off.  80 points.  Same stats, this with with a 4+ invulnerability save.  Sanguinary Priests don’t get an invulnerability save.  To be fair, in the fluff Chaplains are chosen for their badassitude, and not say spiritual leadership.

Librarian:  Psychic Sensitive marines that run the Librarium, (records / interstellar communication).  90 points, including weapons that literally break the rules of reality.  In theory, there are plenty of non-mary sue Librarians, but there are only rules for the HQ version.  It should be noted that most chapters will NOT let Librarians have command positions.

In the fluff, most of them have less versions, but there are no rules for them.

Their annoying Dispatch rules have battlefield role slots, and explicitly state that support roles don’t take up battlefield role slots.  So, in theory, there is potentially an unlimited amount of them.

There is also potentially an unlimited supply of combat role marines, but they are suppose to chapterize them when they get too many built up.

While we’re at it, the 1,000 strength is probably completely inaccurate, as that’s not how any military works.

The Codex fanout has 4 fighting companies, which would represent a modern infantry platoon.

But wait, there’s more!

Aside from the Veteran Company, which, sure, if we can to give Astartes their own Special Forces, (which, of course they should have), there are a full 4 companies of reserves, along with a scouting  company.  We also have to point at that ALL veterans are given the Crux Terminatus, so should all have 4+ invul saves.

This means that half of a chapter’s forces are not combat ready.  Yes, it’s good to have a reserve, but having half of your forces sitting around, doing nothing is not a good idea.  It’s also incredibly idiotic to assume that Astartes cannot easily move between roles.  Okay, yes, Americans only train their soldiers for one job, but when you are dealing with magic space knights that have incredibly gruelling trials just to get to novice, aren’t cross trained.  When they are explicitly cross-trained, like most modern militaries do.

They finally realize that his is maybe not a good idea with 9th, and then only let Primaris Marines be in charge of the dispatches.

The companies are companies of knights, and so should be able to operate on their own for extended periods.  Each company should have it’s own reserves, it’s own motor pool, and it’s own support units.  This way, if a company deploys, they don’t have to worry about being too specialized to do anything.

I mean, seriously, if you need to dispatch another company, are you going to completely reorg your reserves?  Every single time?

*head desk*

They seem to be aiming for an imitation of modern military fanouts, only to fail miserably.  Most combat squads have 5-10, so let’s say 10 so we can deal with consistent sizes.

Squad(ron) (10):  5-10 Astartes.  This is the equivalent of modern military fighting sections, which seems to be the ideal size for modern warfare.

Platoon (40):  3-4 squads.  They are space knights, so we could go with Troop, (which is the Cavalry equivalent of a Platoon).  It should be noted that the fourth is likely a weapons detachment.

Company (160):  3-4 Platoons, plus Head Quarters.  Rather than meaning super-badass mary-sue, it typically means those that are strategy minded, along with the motorpool, armoury, mess.

Chapter (960):  6 Companies.

This would have (almost) 1,000 Astartes, makes sense with all of the companies being combat capable, and DOESN’T INCLUDE SUPPORT MARINES.  Each Troop would also be able to be relatively independent.  Each Company would have it’s own Librarians, (which don’t have to be super-mary-sue Librarians, but Marines capable to communicating).

Wait, what about Scouts?  SCOUTS DON’T COUNT TO YOUR UNIT TOTAL.  We’re only including fighting sections/squads/squadrons.

[mrtcrgue]

WELCOME, BADASSES

#MRTCRGUE: indie, private, selective portrayal of MR. TORGUE of BORDERLANDS

abhorred by brit (she/they, 34) follows from svndrenched

18+ only

very much a WIP

carrd | promo | interest tracker

[onwardmotley]

i expected ff7 to be overrated and it kind of makes me mad how good it is, it uses the ambiguity of ps1 lego-man 3d models incredibly well, when you're playing through the beginning the game just lets you assume the group dynamics are because cloud is Badass Mercenary Man, and barrett is pissed at him for being egotistical and ex-shinra and tifa is smoothing things over because she's the nice childhood friend, and cloud is doing this as a favor to her, but then you get to the later reveals and you realize no, this dude spent years in a tank of mako in a lab and then an extended coma, he's wearing a uniform off a dead man that he crawled through a battlefield and passed out in the street in, he looks like a strung-out trash fire and he blanked out in the middle of the mission, barrett has EVERY reason not to trust him, and tifa's trying to keep him close not so much because 'oh you're so cool i like you so much please stay with us we need your Badassitude', as because he's clearly extremely not okay and completely unaware that he's not okay, since he's convinced he's a strong independent mercenary the only way she can keep an eye on him is to play to that, and in the end if it wasn't for tifa he probably would have ended up as just another black cloak, muttering incoherently about reunion and shambling toward the north pole, and if he didn't get roped into a jrpg party i can't imagine there would have been anything left to pull out of the lifestream. (via downtroddendeity)

still thinking about how FF7 opens with cloud doing a mission with avalanche like a badass and then like 20 hours of game later you get tifa’s pov to see how he actually reunited with her and started working with them and it turns out he was on the street. cloud was homeless. he was a dude lying in the rain next to the train station clutching a sword and mumbling nonsense over and over when tifa found him. 

the contrast in that is so striking. we’re introduced to cloud as this cool snarky warrior and seeing how broken he was when tifa found him a mere week? month? before the start of the game really drives home how that was all a mask he put on to hide his real self from the world.