#but idk there's just something missing this doesnt feel like a dragon age game to me

[pentaghast]

hey you just spent 60 to 70 hours getting to know these characters and possibly romancing them? well lets throw in a suicide mission for them where at LEAST one of them dies! teehee this is goooood gaming folks love a shock value death

[macklives]

hey so this is gonna be a long-ish one. ive decided its been far too long since i did a session, and we did so many i can often forget what happened. i started in july and im pretty sure its been more than half a year now since this whole blog happened. and in that time, we’ve gone through 88 sessions and i want to know if i remember the relevant plot points and what we got up to in the last few sessions. a refresh/reminder if you would.

so i hereby commence my own little recap of act 5 because yeah no, its too much to do a recap of everything and i have andrew for that after every few acts. but i wanna refresh my mind on act 5 for now. so here we go.

1. alternia.. fucked up place. but its a place the trolls live on so what are we gonna do about it? overthrow the government? seems about right, lets do that with the next troll that gets introduced and if its not kanaya idk what andrew is doing by not having introduced the best troll yet. why the long wait? it was the second introduced? i honestly expected it to go in order when i first read act 5, because first we had karkat talk to jade which was the first new piece dialogue in the comic besides the main kids, but then we had kanaya with rose, which was followed by tavros, then terezi (iirc). so id assume we were following that order but nope karkat got fully introduced, then this random fucking juggalo called gamzee made its way into the comic. imagine my surprise.

2. theres been terminology throughout act 5, that i do not fucking know and will not remember and probably never will. like tf is a perigee again? i made a doc somewhere ill probably find it.

3. karkat’s introduction... short but very sweet. and by sweet i mean we got to know the depths of the angry edge lord. and by depths i mean karkat got angry at gamzee for typing in a way that he didnt like so he yapped like a chihuahua. nah, but seriously, i do like karkat tho, hes growing on me but only bc hes a bitch baby and his whole personality makes me want to mock him so thats the reason im not that annoyed and think hes funny, and the most harmless troll. even more so than tavros. and thats saying something. 7.5/10 bc im generous.

4. then gamzee... the high juggalo troll who has the worst typing quirk imo, i cannot for the life of me read it. but hes chill, i actually really like gamzee. hes funny and the least problematic as of right now. 8.5/10.

5. terezi’s introduction next i think. she likes playing as a lawyer with her stuffed dragons, ie by roleplay, shes blind, can see through licking, and she likes eating chalk, maybe its even nutritious. shes good. 9/10. 

6. uhh in the process of these intros, there are teams being made? karkat joins gamzee and terezi in, i THINK, the red team?? bc terezi likes red?? could be wrong, i dont remember the teams except that its red/blue to represent sollux’s duality in those colors. terezi then tries recruiting AC but AC is like lol sorry i have to ask this friend of mine who has authority over me for some goddamn reason and terezi goes yuck tf i hate that guy................... yeah thats all we have on the teams. pretty sure sollux had smth to do with karkat about the making of the leaders, and they did the “i hate me” and the “no i hate me more than u hate u” or whatever the fuck that was. they got embarrassed afterwards and deleted their messages. im pretty sure they have no messages because everything ends up being mutually deleted so their logs are actually empty. ngl, kinda enjoyed their convos, made me appreciate their characters. i hope we get more because its good content. i also dont know what order this whole thing is in, who contacted who first? couldnt tell you. ill remember later on. and since im basing this off from memory alone, gotta deal with what i remember. uhhhh so yeah. we havent met all characters yet so the teams have not been officially decided but we got the bases, which is that.

7. god i found it, and the only thing im looking at right now is the terminology list i made and what the fuck?? what the fuck?? you miss a few weeks and suddenly the word nubslurping comes up and you forget what the fuck youre reading.

8. im PRETTY SURE aradia is seen after that whole team fiasco?? or its sollux... maybe. wait. its sollux, right. i just knew someone gets introduced mid way through is all. actually, someone gets introduced after every 20 pages. i have no idea. but ik aradia and sollux go hand in hand.

9. oh shit. OH SHIT! RIGHT! I REMEMBER! so this occurs in the latest session i did, and not the beginning of act 5, but AG and aradia team up, right?? and sollux fucking gets manipulated by them and ??? idk??? they make him find the game, reprogram it and then make him believe its going to end the world (which in hindsight is true, but anyways) so he refuses to play it which was AG’s plan all along so she steps up and becomes leader in his place. but aradia says sollux will still play the game no matter what, but she never went through with the plan for AG but it was apart of a prophecy? that sollux wouldnt be the leader at all? that he’d still play? but it had to go according to plan so it could succeed??? we just dont know why yet. anyways, point being, she still cares for sollux since she did it for him rather than for AG. and thats what i recall. god tf i forgot about that whole drama until writing down “sollux and aradia go hand in hand” which gave me violent flashbacks to the memory.

10. oh and id give aradia 9/10 and sollux 7/10. i do like sollux but if i put him higher than karkat, id get crucified. so im keeping them around the same.

11. man i really like sollux and aradia tho, i may have put him at 7, but i really like their dynamic and i really hope they make up and aradia explains herself about AG. because from one side it looks shitty. and while sollux is rude and never makes up his mind, he apologized to aradia after going off, and that was the only time ive seen him be sincere, so im pretty sure he cares for her to some extent. and i think its somewhat mutual? considering the whole “did it for him” thing. man, i see potential because i actually like both their characters. theyre well written. may not have the best personalities, but i appreciate well written characters and homestuck has the best ones ive seen in a while.

12. oh shit, hell yeah, the more i write, the more im connecting the dots and remembering. however, the more i write, the more i want to just make an analogy post but thats not for now. jesus christ its not all about analogies, mack, this is a recap. but.. how does andrew do it? to not go off track??? hard. telling ya.

13. anyways, didnt we break the fourth wall at some point and have the demon gods or whatever the fuck speak to us in third person for the first time in the comic, after having only gone into second person narrative, right after we were introduced to sollux and his “virus”? the uh, the phrase “the demon was already here” was said, or something along those lines. first line in homestuck to give me the creeps ngl and i appreciate it bc it gives me motivation to know what the fuck its about. its cool bc you have no idea where its going and it sure doesnt have anything to do with the current plot, since the trolls’ session/game doesnt have fucking demons so im curious as to what the fuck that was about. and if i really have to make a theory, i feel it has something to do with aradia’s voices in her head which also connect to the gods rose heard when she started disregarding rules and told dave to look at derse without listening to music bc it was as if he was purposely blocking away their calls. like holy shit, that gave me the shivers. while i do want to know more about wtf happens after act 4, trolls are taking priority right now. just like we did with the intermission. no discussing the kids unless necessary. treat this as its own separate comic. and THEN we can connect.

14. ANYWAYS, tavros’ intro???? that comes afterwards?? with the fiduspawn that made me gag a little on the inside? yep. remember that. fuck that lol. -1/10 but tavros himself is MAYBE a 6/10? i wish we explored his character more in his intro bc right now he just looks like a character made only to be a victim rather than have any depth and i feel thats robbing someone of their full potential. give me more personality andrew, rather than a quivering boy who falls prey to bitches. im expecting more throughout the comic honestly and i hope he gets growth so hes not looked as a “victim” but rather his own character. he is still sweet, and i like him because i want to protect him, but id rather have more info, you know what i mean?

15. oh hell. kanaya had a chainsaw at some point. that made me happy. and didnt she cut off tavros’ legs?? and he got robot ones? and some creepy dude was looking and we called him saggy tits bc hes sagittarius? right? neat. that did happen. pretty sure saggy tits is ACs friend that tells her what to do. the more u know. OH and they all have colored blood similar to their text colors lol. that i remember... so tavros has brown, terezi has blueish green, um. karkat has grey the loser. and apparently it forms a rainbow which is nice. rainbow is good.

16. i dont remember anything else actually

17. wait no i do. AG appeared. shes a petty bully. idk what to say about her. we didnt get that much, except that she hates tavros but is okay with aradia. she also looks like a bottle opener. actually, i think she teamed with aradia to gain leadership rather than to “be friends”. and while that is similar to how karkat did it, meaning the gain, the motivation and how they earned it is entirely different. kinda seeing a trend tho. the leaders of the red/blue teams are both characters who wanted the role, but never had it to begin with. only to win their way into the position. but rather than ask non-stop like karkat did, AG manipulated others so she could be successful. not too sure if she also used aradia for that, or is actually motivated to become friends since they were “past enemies” and she needed a rebound. pretty sure its somewhat both. while AG did mostly use aradia to speak with sollux, what she doesnt know is that aradia is a bad bitch who never even thought about AG and only followed through with the plan bc she had a plan of her own. i guess we’ll look into that later. i lowkey want to know their history.

18. OH AC!!! she appeared for a second as well. love her. shes amazing. 9.5/10. and you may ask yourself, why am i saying “i love this character” but none of them are 10/10?? weellllll its because, and i cant stress this enough, 10/10 belongs to kanaya, i dont make the rules. im waiting for her introduction, shes my favorite and its obvious. sorry.

19. oh huh seems i forgot about the term “lusus”. which.. is.. their parents but not really, its these fucking weird ass creatures that the trolls fought in a cave or something as a child. i dont fucking know. terezi hatched hers and it died? gamzee’s also died but his goat sea dad was never really there to begin with so while it is sad, its more sad that gamzee never saw him? um.. karkat killed his own by exploding his computer bc sollux said dont run the virus and karkat said u cant tell me what to do and did it anyways. so thats on him. but apparently theyre supposed to die, to become prototyped during the game, right? yeah. i remember now.

20. thats.. about it? idk anything else, nothing is coming back to me apart from the shit above. huh.... im surprised how quickly things do come back to you the moment you rant about the plot tho.... handy trick.

cool. neat. fun. this took me too long. but im glad i remember a little bit.

[someobscurereference]

I don’t really see why everyone is so upset but the possible student/teacher(i’m assuming all the ‘students’ will be 18+ imo)it’s not like anybody pointed out any other power dynamics? Like any royal/General+any of their soldiers is as bad as teacher-student power dynamics wise if not worse. Your teacher doesn’t hold *that* much power over you meanwhile a royals could for sure have you executed if you don’t reciprocate? But everyone’s fine with those? Idk this might just be me missing something

I guess it’s just a sticky situation all around. Traditionally teacher/student relationships aren’t very good because there’s usually a significant power imbalance in terms of both age difference and the teacher being able to inflict some sort of payback on the student should things go badly. Which, for the student, can usually impact your future at the school quite negatively. Also, the student is then focusing on their romantic relationship with the teacher and not their studies. It’s a distraction. The fact Byleth seems to be the same age as everyone else (and presumably they’re all 18+ like you said, though I guess we’ll have to see) does help with at least part of it. But in any kind of educational setting, you definitely want your teacher to be unbiased. Romantic stuff means that they’re not being very unbiased in a pass/fail and favoritism sense, usually. Also they’re not a very good teacher if they’re mixing their job and personal life. (Again, speaking strictly from a “they’re all adults in the same age range” POV). (Also IRL, most of the time if you hear about student/teacher relationships, that situation often ends with the teacher needing to lose their job or be in jail, usually rightfully so. Granted, this is a video game and not real life, but a situation did happen in my hometown just recently that makes my gut reaction go “yikes” when I think of that sort of thing.) 

I think most of the “yikes” factor so far is we just don’t know the ages of everybody, and the school setting gives things more of a “high school” than “college” vibe at this point. If we can say definitively that nobody is underage when the game is released, that’s probably going to avert most of my “uh-oh” feelings about it. But from a realistic standpoint that’s still a conflict of interest. Which is usually against the rules for a reason.

I guess we’ll just have to see how the game handles it? I don’t want to get worked up about anything when I don’t actually know how the game is going to play out at this point. And yeah, you’re right that a General/Soldier dynamic does have the same kind of vibe! And those are often banned irl for similar reasons! I think because the FE games have always taken place in an army setting and they’ve been handled (usually) well, we the audience feel good about them in FE games. If those weren’t allowed, we usually wouldn’t have any S Ranks at all in FE. Also, sometimes your underling soldier is a dragon. So things are a little different in that context, lol. In contrast, we’ve never seen the school setting before, and students are usually at a huge disadvantage against teachers irl. (And again, usually the age thing, but we’ll see if that’s a factor here. Otherwise it’s just unprofessional). So that makes a lot of us wary at the prospect at this point.

tl;dr it’s the inherent power imbalance

Sidenote: I don’t really want to get into a debate with people or let my inbox become a space for this kind of debate/different people’s opinions to be posted nonstop, so if I get any other asks pertaining to this aspect of the game, I’ll probably just delete them automatically regardless of if I like what you have to say or not. Sorry! I just don’t want anything getting out of hand. And if the game handles S Ranks tastefully and well, I’ll be excited! I’m just a little wary right now but staying on the positive side. We won’t know until we know.

[chipsahoyforyaboi]

My first guild application at 13..

1. Name/Character name "Example" Brian, aka Nudist

 Taylor, aka Tyrrlin

2. Age

 13

3. Sex

 Female, im a girl

4. Current/Home Servers

 Eredar

5. Do you have any alts? If so, list them here.

A  Tyrlinne 85 frost dk

A Drizzie 85 survival hunter

A Tialii 85 disc priest

 H Nazuglo 85 fire mage

A Kixaria 78 prot warrior

A Zeldinkara 62 sub rogue

A Supercute 30 ret pally

6. When did you start playing?

 bc, i played on your account lol

7. Do you PvP/like to do so?

 Yes, I pvp all the time, i suck though, its fun when you win <333

8. What content have you experienced?

 Dragon Soul 6/8 heroic

9. What can you bring to Game Over?

 Boss ass dps

10. What is your overall philosophy on raiding?

Raiding is fun, but not when people are derps

11.Please acknowledge that we dont tolerate babies loot whores drama queens or any other varied attention whore within guild.

 Im an attention whore

12. What do you do in order to prepare for a raid/raid night?

 I SOMETIMES look up the fight, but i always have pots, and a back up flask

13. What are your feelings on reforging/enchanting/regemming/respecing for raid benefit half-way through a run? ( please acknowledge the fact you might need to do so depending on class/needs )

 If its for the raid, im down

14. Do you have any real life/ In-game friends on wow?

 Alot of guildies are my friends, no none of my friends play WoW that im aware of

15. Tell us a little about yourself that this application hasn't covered.

 Im super duper annoying

16. What are your plans for leveling/raiding in MOP?

 I will probably play, but not as much as i am playing now during cata

17. What is your exact current DS experience?

 6/8 heroic :D

18. Is the character your applying to your main? If not currently list previous alt-main swaps.

 Yes Tyrrlin is my main

19. Do you do RBG'S in any form? Do you do arenas ( serperate from general pvp )

 I would like to but no one wants a 13 year old girl to pvp

20. What kind of raid attendence do you keep? (With a more casual raiding schedule, we expect good attendence, however acknowledge the fact that real life happens, and unexplained weeks away from the game do as well, all that is asked is to be let known in some way shape or form if you're going to be on hiatis, or late/missing to a raid or raids ).   I have shown up late a few times, but never missed a raid 

21. Do you have Ventrilo?

 Yep

22. What are your computers specs?

 idk its your computer silly

23. Our raid times are Tue/Thurs 7:30-12:00 EST, please acknowledge your capability to make times, as well as the fact you're aware due to our casual schedule higher attendence is a must.

 I can attend, you could break my legs irl if i didn't show xD

24. If your computer was to break mid-raid night during progression, what would your reaction/solution be?

 I'd be like OMG WTF, then i'd let you know its broke, and try to get it fixed that night or before next raid

25. What methods of contacting you are available?

 I live with you, ummm yeah...

26. Do you play any other games aside from WoW?

 Xbox and Gamecube, no other online games, i would like to play LoL again

27. What is your view on hardcore progression nights?

 We get down 1 or more bosses we didn't have down before,

28. If needed or asked to prepare to a higher degree on a raid night, What is your solution?

 Go over numbers, get my flasks/pots ready, and try my best :)

29. What forms of theorycrafting do you use? ( Where and how do you determine what your top spec, geming, reforging, and overall class perspectives are? )

 I confer with my officer "Minilok" and i also know alot of my base stats, Spec i did what seemed best, and i seem to know a bit about my class :)

30. Please Understand, all the crying and whining from people gkicked from Game Over aside, we're a family and like to keep it that way, and the mentality of this being your home is as important for anyone coming in, as it is to feel welcome and wanted after being invited.

There are assholes where ever you go, and some people don't understand that, but most people i get along well with

31. Our trial period in-game is 2 weeks. What are you used to?

 I've never raided with anyone else ;)

32. Do you have any leadership experience?

 I lead some 5 man regular pvp bgs sometimes

33. Do you stand in fire?

 Not going to lie, i have in the past. Its down to about 1/10 times now though :D

34. If asked to sit on a progression fight due to one reason or another ( generally being lack of dps or a required certain spec/class to ease a situation ) what is your reaction?

 Okay, thats fine, shit happens ^.^

35. How do you take criticism?

 I don't take it well, but i know its needed so i get over it

36. Are you thin skinned? our vent is comprised of cock and fart jokes often, and can have the competitive feel, its not uncommon to be direct when talking to someone having a hard time on content to figure out what the issue might be, while it doesnt go as far as generally insulting the person, it definately will question a significant issue if the content is destroying said persons capability to do the fight.

I can take a joke and im not too thin skinned anymore

37. Nudist does yell if someone dies repeatedly to something stupid, how do you feel about this?

 They shouldn't die to the same thing over and over, 1 time oh okay it happens, 2 times umm okay?, 3 wtf

38. Do you use keybinds?

 Not really

39. What do you keybind?

 Just have the normal spells that are dots and incinerate for my rotation

40. Give us a screenshot of your UI.

 You can lean over and look at my screen lol

41. What key mods do you use to your game?

 idk what that means ^

42. With everything said and done with this application, is there anything you'd like to add?

 Im already in the guild but i feel we should have an archive of guild apps, so i'd like to be the first to submit

43. Angedechu is NOT a jedi, although mentally he could possibly be one. Are you a jedi?

L M F A O  Angedechu can do anything if he says "I CAN DO EEEET" <3 lmfao love you ange, and yes im a super jedi, no im not i've never see the start wars movies

[weretigerkun]

Tag Games, 2 in 1

long post under the cut

Rules: Answer all questions, add one question of your own and tag as many people as there are questions. 

Tagged by @nekojimaxosamew and @looking-for-stray-dogs ahhh, thank you ;w; 1. coke or pepsi: i dislike both but coke is better 2. disney or dreamworks: disney? 3. coffee or tea: tea!! 4. books or movies: books 5. windows or mac: windows. if u make me use mac i get so confused. i dont even know how to scroll down lol 6. dc or marvel: marvel 7. x-box or playstation: i dont play video games so i really dont know... 8. dragon age or mass effect: ... pls see above answer 9. night owl or early riser: night owl, absolutely. 10. cards or chess: cards 11. chocolate or vanilla: vanilla! 12. vans or converse: converse bc they are the COMFIEST thing 13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: ????? lavellan sounds pretty. like lavender 14. fluff or angst: reading fluff but writing angst 15. beach or forest: forest! 16. dogs or cats: cats! who would i be if i chose otherwise 17. clear skies or rain: can it just be cloudy lol 18. cooking or eating out: cooking is healthier and cheaper but i enjoy eating out bc ... yeah its fun 19. spicy food or mild food: mild 20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: christmas 21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: a little too cold, bc i'd rather be always chilly than always angry :---) 22. if you could have any superpower, what would it be?: does mind control count just so i can conveniently get through life lol... if it doesnt, teleportation! 23. animation or live action: this... is difficult 24. paragon or renegade: ??? 25. baths or showers: showers 26. team cap or team ironman: team cap ;w; 27: fantasy or sci-fi: sci-fi 28. do you have three or four favorite quotes, if so what are they: this is... difficult... i dont usually have favorite quotes. let me update this when i hve access to all my books again

29. netflix or youtube: youtube 30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: harry potter! i’ve never read any rick riordan books lol 31. when you feel accomplished: ....um, finishing something and actually being proud of it maybe 32. star wars or star trek: never watched star trek 33. paperback or hardback: paperback bc hardback is so heavy 34. horror or rom-com: horror, esp psychological~ i hate pointless gore films but im not a romcom fan either (bc so rarely is it done well, but as a fanfic author you know i still love romance lol) 35: Tv shows or movies: movies (unless anime counts lol) 36. spotify or pandora: spotify. rip 8tracks 37. zootopia or inside out: ZOOTOPIA IS MY DAMN JAM OKAY NOW WHEN WILL THEY MAKE MARXISM FOR KIDS THE MOVIE 38. dragons or unicorns: DRAGONS omg i loved dragons as a kid i even had a book about dragons and wanted to be a knight when i grew up lmao 

i’m not tagging anyone for this bc look at how long that is... also everyone’s done it already i think :D

YES THIS NEXT ONE IS A GOOD ONE I LOVE HEARING THESE THINGS ABOUT OTHERS AND SHARING THEM TOO

tagged by the dear @pengwenno

1. Are you named after someone?

no. my parents just really liked the name and thought it was pretty ;w; frankie isnt my full name of course

2. When’s the last time you cried?

oh damn.... early this week AHAHAH

you know that zodiac meme post that goes “virgo: pretends theyre not affeced but will cry at night” thats me bitch

3. Do you like your handwriting?

i think i do :D it’s very messy and sometimes hard to decipher but other people say it’s nice 

4. What’s your favorite lunch meat?

mmmhmhm everything give me all the protein 

5. Do you have kids?

no and i dont plan to ... do you honestly trust me with raising another human being? also, imagine saving all that money to go on trips abroad and travel and buy stuff aaaah

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with yourself?

no bc that bitch needs to get herself together

7. Do you use sarcasm?

i use it a lot and even when im being very quiet and polite in front of older people or authority sometimes it slips out too :---)

8. Do you still have your tonsils?

yes

9. Would you bungee jump?

no bc im a scaredy cat who would probably cry

10. What’s your favorite kind of cereal?

the ones with mixed nuts

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

only if im really in a rush

12. Do you think you’re a strong person?

no i am the weakest

13. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?

vanilla, matcha, avocado... i cant choose 

14. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

clothes usually (and i have eye contact problems kajdf; i promise i dont mean to be rude i just hate making unnecessary eye contact bc it makes me so uncomfortable)

15: Red or pink?

red especially burgundy~ but pink is cute too, as long as its light or pastel

16. What’s the least favorite physical thing you like about yourself?

EDIT: oh wait PHYSICAL THING omg i misread

maybe my gross baby hands like theyre so small and chubby... not cute or feminine at all :(

17. What color pants and shoes are you wearing now?

purple pajamas and no shoes bc I SHOULD BE GETTING READY TO LEAVE BUT INSTEAD IM ANSWERING THIS THING 

18. What’s the last thing you ate?

buchi for dessert 

19. What are you listening to right now?

white noise of construction

20. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

maybe dark blue

21. Favorite smell?

???? idek. bread.

22. Who’s the last person you spoke to on the phone?

i dont remember

23. Favorite game?

alice: madness returns

24. Hair color?

dark dark brown

25. Eye color?

whoops you guessed it: brown

26. Do you wear contacts?

no, my eyes are too dry for them

27. Favorite food to eat?

barbecue... sushi... japanese sweets.... bread

28. Scary movies or comedy?

comedy

29: Last movie you watched?

oh fuck i dont remember either.....

30. What color shirt are you wearing?

gray

31. Summer or winter?

i hate summer with a passion okay and i would probs die in winter but winter

32. Hugs or kisses?

hugs ;w; 

33. What book are you currently reading?

the haunting of hill house

34. Who do you miss right now?

mmm lets not answer this question

35. What’s on your mouse pad?

no mouse pad

36. What’s the last TV show you watched?

jimi ni sugoi

37. What’s the best sound?

soft rain, soft conversation, tinkling of glasses

38. YouTube mashups or ambient noise?

ambient noise

39. What’s the farthest you have ever traveled?

london

40. Do you have a special talent?

i can move my ears ahahha

41. Where were you born?

metro manila

42. People you’d like to participate in this survey?

@magicalgirlmafu (idk if u have answered thsi huhuhu it seems different from the other one) @nekojimaxosamew @shiori-reiko @lunajpg @empathique @chazuketiger (if you’re comfortable with these things?) @looking-for-stray-dogs

no pressure to answer okay!!