#but also there are ppl ik he had beef with thats like.... ik they didnt work it out. hadnt talked in yrs friendship ended badly

[frankierohugejorts]

recently ive been scouring insta for anything resembling contact info for jude's friends but there are so many of these ppl that are like... ppl who were big in the ct scene a few years ago, or ppl who were part of the big circle of east coast frank fans around parachutes's release, and its like..... idk how close he was with a lot of these ppl, bc mutuals on ig/tumblr doesnt inherently mean friends, and even if they were actual friends who's to say when the last time they actually talked was, and also so many of these accounts have been inactive for years and idk new usernames

[clovis-enthusiast]

Hi! What are your thoughts of a child of Aphrodite trying to pursue a relationship with Clovis? I feel like Clovis would be really shy/blushes profusely whenever he’s around them or whenever they try to make a move on him and he would try to deny it but will eventually accept it (also happy to find ur blog-made me more curious about Clovis!)

hi hi!! so sorry 4 the late reply, i hardly ever check my notifs if im not on my laptop T^T

im actually a HUGE fan of exploring clovis and aphrodite cabin dynamics!! i even ship mitchell, valentina, and drew with clovis (not all together ofc but as separate ships!) :D

ok ok so on one side we have a demigod whose godly parent is the literal embodiment of love and the other side we have a demigod whose parent is the literal embodiment of sleep; i think it's a very goofy and cute dynamic!!

here we have a demigod whose godly parent is LOVE thus making their life very motivated, inspired, and directed/guided by love (of all types!), and a kid who is lucky if he even knows what year it is. imagine being someone who has had so MUCH LOVE front and center in their life and being surrounded by half-siblings that share this trait with you and then you try to flirt with clovis 💀

since clovis seems to be very "go with the flow" and more in the dreamscape than reality at any given time, i think that would make it all the more difficult to even get him to even consider the possibility that flirting is what's going on let alone someone flirting with HIM. like he went through the trouble of showing nico the counselor meeting and didnt seem to notice that gee nico is rlly rlly focused on will weird. he's so relaxed and unbothered that detecting social cues or picking up on subtleties and viewing things as anything other than neutral demigod-to-demigod interactions just isn't something he particularly excels at. why would he need to? he's usually sleeping, so that sort of stuff doesn't concern him all that much because why would anyone be interested in him romantically much less flirt with him??? that doesn't make any sense??? so it's not so much him being unconfident or hard on himself as much as it is just his "logic."

that's how he regards his interactions with people in general... now once more: this is the APHRODITE cabin. they're generally nice, and even if it is flirting, aren't they all kinda flirty by nature? (not accurate in reality ik just bear with me here)

and for a while, DREW ran the cabin. the same drew who literally called clovis "repulsive" and seems to have some beef or just general dislike for him. with her being the head counselor (and even when she steps down, she's still an older camper with influence in her cabin) and thus being who clovis might immediately associate the cabin with due to interactions as a fellow head counselor, it seems unlikely that anyone from that cabin thinks that highly of him. and if they did, could it be a form of rebellion AGAINST drew and not actual general interest? or just some sort of cruel joke or even just the easy way out of that weird old aphrodite tradition?

i also headcanon clovis as just. Chill. Unbothered. Not Aware of Social Norms in general. he's the type to hug/lean on his friends lazily, cuddle with ppl he doesn't even know all that well at the campfire bc they're comfy, offer to share his bed with someone who is having nightmares, etc. just bc he has far less experience with actual human interaction as opposed to dreams where he can control them as he wishes. who is he to say someone isn't just being friendly/polite to him or thats just how ppl act?

that all being said though, people wanting/trying to keep him up long enough to talk to him, get to know him, or hang out with him as opposed to just to get some sleep, help with dreams/nightmares, or info on gods and whatnot, IS something unusual enough for him to notice. so when a nice, pretty aphrodite camper visits him and asks to go strawberry picking or sits by him at the campfire or asks him about HIS dreams or compliments him with no hint of malice/dishonesty in their voice, THAT can be enough to catch his attention. and THAT is when the ✨️confused flustering✨️ occurs.

this eepy boy is touch-starved, friend-starved, all KINDS of starved AND honestly just taken for granted/neglected when it comes to living in a camp full of adhd kiddos with demigodly powers so when someone whose godly parent is LOVE starts showing affection and attention to him? WOWIE UHHHH WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO????? and i think that's a lot of what gets him so flustered in such new, intense interactions: the whys? and what do i do's? and even the how does this make me feels? and do i really deserve this's? getting all worked up with that sort of stuff in ur head is gonna stress ya out and stress makes ya... well... exhausted. sleepy.

i think it would def take a LOT of time and patience when it comes to anyone pursuing a child of hypnos romantically, and i think the aphrodite cabin is just the right type of ppl to take on that challenge. being experts in all sorts of different forms of love whereas clovis is mostly only ever by himself in the land of make-believe so to speak, they're the perfect types of demigods to help clovis explore uncharted waters and be gentle and kind enough to not be too pushy to make him uncomfortable but just pushy enough to make sure he knows that hey, im being flirted with, that's something that can happen and i am worthy of having happen to me, and help him figure out his love languages (while also enjoying the cute reactions during this process uwu).

and when it comes to teasing/flustering, the possibilities for silly pet names ("dreamboat/dreamboy", "sleeping beauty", "bedhead" (affectionately), etc) and cheesy pick-up lines ("you must be tired from running through my dreams all night" "I've never met someone as cute as you; pinch me i must be dreaming" "aren't you the sweetest dream I've ever had", etc.) are endless and hilarious. whether or not he actually picks up on it or it goes whoooosh over his poor sleepy widdle head, at least it's entertaining.

and in the end, i doubt there are truly many other significant others who would be as gentle, comforting, comfortable, thoughtful, and soft all the way around as the gods' eepiest soldier.

this is kinda lackluster bc im tired myself and i havent spent time actually sitting down and writing up concepts in YEARS so i might answer this question again sometime with a better response and better concepts and ideas!! my brain's all rusty lo siento T~T but thanks for the question!! I'm always down to talk abt my BOYYYYYY!!!!!

and aaaa that last part made me so happy u have no idea im always so grateful when i can remind ppl that Clovis exists or make them reconsider him as an important or special character 🥹💛

[olberic]

ok so. memories of celceta.

overall plot was pretty good, the whole “eldeel gives hints out to further humanity’s progress” was a fun concept, i liked the glimpse into the whole system there with the acolytes and leeza’s role in it, it was a fun fantasy concept that was interesting for the ys world imo. liked the standard “defy fate, write your own history” theme, if it was a bit heavyhanded. gameplay was as fun as the other ys games; as usual i played the quick piercing character and the brawler the most.

im really glad that this game continued to make me like adol. if i didnt like the protagonist for the series then i wouldnt want to play it yknow. and ik hes kept intentionally kind of generic but once again his excitable nature and love for rushing in to find more info has endeared me to him. ive only played viii and ix so it was fun to get flirty options w guys in this one too even though its an older game in comparison to those. i really liked that this is the game where he formally started considering himself an adventurer and that it was still while he was so young and early in his journey, i believe ix is rather late in the chronology so it was a fun change to go from that to this. also the parallels of the infamous adol in ix getting his list of imperial crimes read to him vs fresh faced adventurer adol in this one wandering blindly into places and getting called on things he didnt do.

HUGE fan of duren. easily my fave character in this game. i tend to like the brawler characters in jrpgs anyways but man was it a really nice touch to also have him be an info broker, a lockpick, the guy w secrets, a magic user, the type to be susceptible to compliments and doe eyes, a spy, AND the protagonist’s knight in shining armour. i always prioritized him for upgrades so he was always in my active party hehe. i do wish he got more development though after we learn his secrets, i feel like we couldve had more fun w this already great character.

i got ozma before karna (exploration wise) and i honestly liked his story. i thought the twist of the secret he set out to learn was well handled, and didnt quite follow the conventional storyline id expect for that character archetype. big fan of him being a fantasy horse girl btw. ppl mentioned animals and he was like wow… animals… and i liked how he was quiet until he had something to call someone out on. he ended up somehow way overpowered in the middle section of the game and i used him to get thru like 40% of the bosses.

karna’s story was… okay. i thought the whole siblings thing was nice, but ultimately needed more room to develop that story after the late game reveal. i played her a lotttttt and having the ranged person have throwing knives was cool. i wish she didnt suffer from “girl w terrible stats so the player has to give her every stat boosting elixir and item” syndrome but alas. she was my best character by the end of the game!

calilica was fun for her beef w duren and the “fine ill bite” scene BUT i reallyyyy wanted more of her and leeza… she didnt get much of her own storyline or any character development and i think an opportunity was missed in having her get a few extra scenes when all the eldeel stuff was going on :-(

frieda was fun to play but unfortunately lacklustre as a character. this game kind of did its women dirty in plot opportunities im not gonna lie. wouldve been nice to give her more character and backstory outside of “has an ex fiance we won’t bring up again and maybe likes duren?” since her role as an accomplished warrior and explorer and messenger and scout couldve been something to bond with adol about as. yknow. thats adol’s entire deal too. but alas at least her skills ruled and she was strong as hell

hmmm otherwise i thought the quests were good, i liked the animal interaction hehehe but im kinda peeved it needs a second playthrough to finish all the achievements. more than anything i really enjoyed it as an ys game and as a change from dragon age as the only series ive been playing for the last. guh. six months. im gonna be on my jrpg grind for a while to make up for what a slog those were.

overall my least fave of the 3 ys games ive played so far, BUT! ☝️duren’s my second fave character rn for them behind dana who i will never ever shut up about. as mentioned the blue themed characters havent missed once yet

[conspiracieys-archive]

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Thats a hell of a long time to go “missing” without ppl ever finding out bsuhbdbud But JOKES ASIDE yeah im. Mad they would do that like… ubisoft its ur own fucking game….. ik ray is in the second game isnt he around for that mission too like… He literally couldve said Something to correct them as Much as i hate to even think about him

YEAH OK SEE. yes. you only get the Rodentia Academy missions after Swelter Skelter bc he offers some bs commentary on the rat masks just kinda like ‘... what do they look like’ [explanation] ‘ah shit thats Defalt’

AND THIS.. troubles me deeply bc u bring it up... it.... doesnt seem in his character 2 kind of... disregard what happened in Bad Blood imo... like ya Ray isnt exactly the best person, he has his flaws (but lbrh the only flawless character is Jordi), but lying about someones literal death seems super out of character

unless Ub/soft is subtly implying they didnt actually kill him off

which raises a lot more questions BECAUSE i have so many complaints/questions/complaints about Defalt’s drastic change of character from what we are clearly shown in wd1 to what we are... given? in bad blood

just a lot of onions idk if u really want 2 hear rip but

Ray should have said something... ‘yeah that dude is dead. i may or may not have had something to do with it but havent we all done some shit we regret so anyway lets fuck these guys up’

and i also think Ray has a healthy respect for (some of) the dead. as much as he might hate (which is debatable but like i said, lots of onions) Defalt, he would respect him in death and i can see that as a possible motivator for him to put a stop to the Rodentia Academy like ‘dont sully this dudes memory sure me and him never got along but let the dead rest my dudes’

and anyway Defalt was never really on the darker end of the spectrum. bc wd touches on a lot of everything being Varying Shades of Very Gray, and Defalt was never on the darker end of that, never really a bad guy. him and Ray just got beef

ANYWAY SO MANY ONIONS

tl;dr: YEAH ray should have said something and its really confusing and annoying that he didnt and that there is some Canon Violations and just... why. whats going on