#cave updates? fucking incredible

[chadima]

Not to sound deep or anything but every time I play Minecraft I legitimately adore being alive. I can’t tell you what exactly it does to alter my brain chemistry like that but it makes me appreciate time to myself unlike any other game fr it’s just so fucking huge and I get so invested in my own little journey but if I do end up dying it’s so easy for me to put myself back together ugh game of the year free therapy

[shuugumi]

❥ 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑

𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬: you surprise your boyfriend with a lingerie set for the first time.

𝐰����𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: nsfw (17+), established relationship, creampie, unprotected sex, squirting, pussy spanking, gojo x fem!reader, asfab, 736wc, rough fucking(?)

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: had this in the drafts for so long and i finally got the motivation to finish it!!! i also didn't really read through it all so don't mind if there's any errors lol! 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧!

“that lingerie is working on you…” satoru says as he licks his lips, glistening crystal blue iris following your every movement as you get closer to the man who once rested peacefully on the king size mattress.

“you think so?” you question, standing in front of the mirror as you inspect the lingerie you had on. “of course i do, it looks too damn sexy on you!”

he stares at you like a pervert would, scanning your body. analyzing everything. it was like: satoru being a application that had to go through an updating system. he had to update the document of your body in his brain when he saw you in that white lacey lingerie.

you laugh at his comment, “mmm, if you say so…i was planning on returning it…” sighing as you played with the extra ruffles on the straps.

“well don’t return it!” satoru urges, getting up from the bed and quickly stands behind you. he looked at you from your physical body, to the body reflecting in the mirror. “baby” he coos while rubbing the curve of your waist, “you look like pile of swans…so sexy.” he whispers, guiding his hands down your curves and stopping at your hip dips. placing kisses around your shoulders.

“is that a good thing?” you ask softley, turning to the side slightly as you gained a view of your behind. “of course it’s a good thing.” satoru cajoled as he ran one his hands around one of your ass checks and then softley spanking it a few times.

“toru~” you whined, grabbing his free arm and giving him the eyes of want and need. the eyes that he could never not comply to.

the eyes that made him cave in so, so so easily…

"gonna ah, fuck you 'till you see yourself like how i- ahh fuckking do." his words spewing out in between grunts as he stuffs your tight pussy full. "ruu! goin' too fast!" you whine, moving your hand down to right above his pelvis, trying to slow him down.

"want me to sl-slow down?" he smirks, and you viciously nod, "yes please, s'too much!"

he does what you say but his thrusts become incredibly slow. hitting your sweet spot with every harsh and slow moving thrust that he gave to you. whimpering, you wrap your legs around his waist, heels of your feet resting on his gluteus medius. trying to use all your strength to force him forward quicker.

"thought you, wanted me to go slower hmm?" he questions, his pace still slow, hitting your cervix every few thrusts. "hmm not-not that slow." you grumbled and he laughed in your face. "make up your dumb mind. want me to go fast or slow." he says roughly grabbing your chin with one of his hands, looking down at where the two of you were connected as he thrusted into you.

"faster, please. wan' want to squirt on yuu." you babble and he quickened his pace. he stands straight, grabbing your legs as he starts to pound into you. hitting your cervix every time with every hard thrust.

your moans turning louder and the squelching sounds of your pussy filled satoru's ears. "rub your clit baby fuck--yeah just like that." his hands dragging from your legs to the lower part of your back, arching your back just the slightest but just enough that the tip of his cock repeatedly poked at your gummy spot.

"cumming satorruuu!!" you shout as your legs tremble and clear liquid sprayed all over satoru's pelvis, dampening his skin and the hair that layed. "atta girl--that's it. fuck gonna fill your pretty pussy up. ah fuck fuck fuck fuck, squeezing me so damn ti--aghh!" his white locks sticking to his sweaty forehead as he bites down his tongue.

"cum in me toru! need your cum in my pussy." you whine, grabbing onto his forearm and leaving crescent moon marks into them as his pace stutters, becoming more rigged and sloppy.

he cums and paints your gummy walls with his creamy white cum. giving you a few slow strokes before pulling out.

"that's slap a slap good slap pussy." he says, slapping your sensitive pussy with the tip of his cock. sliding the tip up through your folds and sinking the head into your entrance, teasing as he caught his breath.

"should...should wear lingerie more often...fucked--ah fucked me good, toru~" you say, rubbing circles on his back.

"think that's a good idea, baby."

who knew seeing you in lingerie for the first time would turn gojo satoru feral.

🩰 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝

© 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐢 ; do not translate, copy, plagiarize or upload elsewhere!! all content is owned by me unless stated otherwise.

[callofdudes]

I made more because... Because! @aidenlydia again, this is their au but I'm eating it like fish sticks on a plate of mac 'n cheese. Getting this scene out of my head because I love them and I have nothing else to do waiting for dinner.

More Viking SoapGhost.

Ghost watched, his eyes unmoving as John wrote with his charcoal wood pen on some old pages. Geez it must have been four pages with three drawings and eight life updates.

Finally John signed the bottom of the pages and rolled them up with a string.

"You done??" Ghost asked flatly when He finished.

"Yes, now I need these delivered back to Roach."

"You say that like I'm going to do it."

John looks at him, nodding. "You are."

Ghost sighs and groans. "I'm not your dumb messenger bird." He grumbles, shifting closer and standing. John pulls his cloak tighter and chuckles softly. "Actually, you are."

He holds out the folded papers to a pouty Simon. "Go on, shouldn't be long now if you get to it." John encouraged.

"Fine, but I'm bringing back a tab worth my while for it." He grumbled, looking up at the big man.

"Mhm, and I'll happily pay."

Ghost shifted, black wings flapping in the air, snatching the papers between his talons. He squawked at John, who could only smile softly, barely noticable.

And watched him head off. Simon didn't actually mind doing errands for John. If anything the combined stretching of his wings and the inevitable praise he was going to get for completing the assignment would be worth it.

Oh yes indeed.

John kept the fire lit, watching the open snowy land as Ghost's small form had left his sight. He poked the fire, watching the embers flock to the wind of the cave mouth, then over at Ghosts bedroll.

He sighed softly, placing his hand on it, noticing a stray feather stuck to the inside. He chuckled softly, picking it up and twirling it around.

"Be safe, Ghost."

Ghost did as he promised, he made the incredible eight hour journey in the shitty weather back to their small village. Fucking between houses to the main hall.

Stopping at the doors, his feet hit the ground, heading up the stairs and pushing the knocker open.

The large door swing, creaking when he entered. A head poked up, followed by a little smile. "Well well well, hunting season is barely started and you're already back."

Simon rolled his eyes softly, coming over and dropping the roll of papers. "From MacTavish."

"What is it??" Roach asked, undoing the twine.

"Hell if I know, I may be a crow but I do not snoop."

Roach gave him a look, and Simon sighed. "Ok not this time. But I was damn curious."

Roach chuckled softly. "Alright, I'll look these over, you go get some rest. Probably had a long trip."

"Well I got permission to run up a tab so I'm gonna go get my arse drunker than a bat in honey." He flipped the end of his cloth mask back over his shoulder to keep it secure. Heading back to the door and out to go get absolutely hammered.

And you don't want to see a shifter drunk, it's not always pretty. But Ghost has been starting to learn that eighteen drinks is when John has to cradle the poor crow with his talons straight out and wings a mess as he takes him home.

And of course, by the time Ghost had slept off the drunken night Roach had something new written up for him. Returning to the hall and taking the papers.

"Will you be alright to fly?? You look a little..."

"Mmm I'll be fine!" Ghost mumbled, heading from the hall and taking off again. Damn messenger bird. John better congratulate him at least or he's never running him these stupid errands ever again.

It was late when he returned, but he saw the familiar smoke and a crackling fire. Flapping his wings and stretching out his talons when he saw a dark figure among the casting, wobbling shadows.

He latched onto John's arm guard, crooning his neck and fluffing his feathers before tucking them in.

John noticed the letters and gently took them, noticing the scratchy pen writing of Roach.

"Thank you Ghost, you've done very well."

Simon melted, making a little noise and hopping up his arm, craning his head to peck at John's beard.

"Yes, good work." John put the papers down to run his large, calloused thumb over Simon's small head, gently smoothing the feathers down.

Oooh yeah, this is so worth it.

He fluffs his feathers, nipping at his hand when he attempted to pull away. "Alright then, if you insist... Get comfy."

Simon cawed at him. He wouldn't be getting comfortable. Hopping onto the ground and shifting, noticing his bedroll slightly closer.

"You miss me or something?"

"Only warming the place where my cold heart will go after I see that tab." He mumbles as he turns his attention mostly onto the letters.

Simon smiles a tad, laying down and getting comfy. He looks around, then at the fire, watching the flames dance. His head slowly coming down, resting against John's thigh.

It was hesitant, but then again peaceful. The silence only filled by the crackling fire. Simon's head feeling a mess from the last of the alcohol and the flight until Johns hand gently touched his head.

He didn't react, keeping himself stiff as Johns thumb absentmindedly stroked his hair. Eyes still glued on the letters, reading them through.

Simon relented to relaxing, curling up and pulling John's cloak over him slightly. His eyelids felt heavy, and the soothing warmth of John's hand slowly had him coming undone.

Letting himself fall asleep there, letting out soft breaths.

John's gaze finally flickered over to his partner, humming softly. "Good work, Simon. Can always count on you."

He put the papers aside and leaned back, watching the entrance of their camp as Simon slept. He would keep watch, he'd gotten enough of his own rest for now.

It's shorter but hell that first photo had me in a coma. Yes, I am insane, yes, I will make more, respectfully if I'm allowed to keep gobbling up these meals...

[kaleldobrev]

Shiny New Toy (5) - Finale

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Fem!Reader

Summary: After everything that happened, how will your relationship change with Dean? Will it be for better or for worse?

Word Count: 2.3k

Warnings: Age Gap (a “warning” that I kept forgetting to put on these fics but have been updated now), Cursing (9x), Mentions of kinks (pain, degradation & praise), Sad Dean, Self-Blaming Behavior, Smut (P in V - unprotected)

Authors Note: Okay gang! Here is the 5th and final part of my Demon!Dean mini-series! I just want to thank everyone who has read, commented & shared this. Originally when I posted part one, I wasn’t sure how well this was going to be received, but it was received incredibly well and I’m honestly in awe. Thank you for coming on this little journey with me. This may be the end of “Shiny New Toy” but this won’t be the end of Demon!Dean content from me (I love the man too damn much) | 18+ Only Please | MDNI | If you liked this, don’t forget to like & reblog. I really appreciate it! Feedback is always welcome ♡

Shiny New Toy Masterlist

You were lying in bed completely under the sheets as if in a cave. All the lights were off, and the door was closed. Despite the hallway light always being on, Sam had turned it off for you so it could be completely dark — and for that you were grateful. Complete and utter silence filled the room, and it amazed you how quiet the Bunker truly was despite what was happening down the hall from you. Sam was in the dungeon with Dean finally curing him. It took Sam two weeks to find you and Dean, and during those two weeks it was day after day of Dean using you as if you were this shiny new toy. After the first day you expected the novelty of you being a virgin to wear off, but it didn’t. You remembered something that he said to you during one of those long days (you honestly lost track after day three or four). “You’re mine, no one else’s,” he whispered aggressively in your ear as he came deep inside of you.

There was a part of you that strangely enjoyed the sex that Dean and you had. It was the kind of sex you never expected you’d ever have (let alone with Dean). It was rough, needy, almost animalistic in nature. There was a certain type of pleasure that you seemed to have when slight pain or degradation was involved — something you never found yourself ever gravitating towards previously.

When Sam had finally found the two of you it must of been an absolute sight for him to see. His older brother balls deep inside their best friend, someone Sam considered a sister. You remembered the evil type of laugh that exited Dean, how amused he was when Sam walked in. "Want to try her out? She's a good fuck, loves it real rough too," Dean had said. The worst part of it? You remember clenching around him and almost came at his words, which only caused his smirk to grow wider.

You didn't know what you were going to say when you ultimately faced Dean again. What even was there to say? Would he remember doing any of those things to you or would he go about his business like nothing ever happened? To be honest, you weren't sure what you had wanted more: for him to remember or to forget.

Dean found himself in his room again after months of being away and it was in the exact same condition as when he had left it, besides the note he had left for you and Sam. Turning on the light he stared at the empty bed before him and there were two thoughts in his mind. The first was how much he just wanted to lay down and fall asleep for the next couple of months (the tiredness was now starting to hit him); the second was to just find you and apologize. Well, more like beg for your forgiveness.

He remembered everything, everything that he did to you over the course of the two weeks that he had you down in Hell. He remembered all of the degrading things he said to you, called you. He remembered all of the things he made you do, did to you. Despite everything that happened between the two of you during those two long weeks there was something that he was having trouble with: the way you reacted to his touch and how it changed over the course of the two weeks. On the first day he had you, the way you acted wasn't unreasonable, you were afraid and you had every right to be — there was no telling what he would do to you. But throughout the first day, he started to notice small changes in your behavior, in your reactions when he touched you; but he wasn't entirely sure if he was just misremembering or not (a lot happened in those two weeks). But, he could have sworn that you were actually enjoying it, enjoying the way he was speaking to you, essentially using you for his own pleasure. "It's not about you," he told you — and it wasn't. That's what he was struggling with, he was unsure if you were actually enjoying it or just pretending: he could see cases for both.

Dean walked over to his closet and pushed some clothes aside, his whiskey stash was still intact. Picking up the still full bottle, he held it in his hands and contemplated if he was even going to bother to get a glass or not. "Fuck it," he said, unscrewing the cap and taking a giant swig from the bottle. He stood there for a moment in front of the closet taking a few sips before settling down on his bed, the bottle practically glued to his hand.

As he attempted to relax, he reached for the remote but before he could there was a subtle knock at the door. "What?" He said, far too aggressively.

"Sorry I'll...I'll come back later," it was you and you sounded disappointed, sad. Within seconds he heard you walking away down the hallway, and he was mentally kicking himself to responding the way he did. As soon as he heard your door close he placed the bottle of whiskey on his bedside table and got up from his bed.

Once closing your door you sat down in front of it hugging your knees close to your chest. You heard footsteps outside your door and a soft sigh before someone knocked — it was probably Dean. "Hey, it's...it's me," he said, his voice sounding relatively more calm than it did not even two minutes ago.

"What?" You responded back, your voice matching what his sounded like previously.

"I deserve that," he mumbled, "and a lot worse..." he trailed off. "I uh, did you want to talk or...I didn't mean to snap like that, I thought you were Sam."

"Even if it was Sam you shouldn't have snapped like that," you said, Dean couldn't help but agree. "But I'll let it slide given the situation." From the way your voice sounded, it was like you were the one apologizing — something that you shouldn't be doing.

"Can I come in? Or did you want to talk through the door?" He asked, his tone was serious. "I'm fine with either I just...whatever you're comfortable with Sweetheart." The way he said Sweetheart had almost sounded as if he was actually struggling to say the nickname, like he felt bad saying it.

"Yeah you can...you can come in," you said, your voice low as you started to get up from in front of the door. As you opened the door you heard Dean step back a few feet in order to give you space. Upon opening it he was leaning back against the wall, his hands in the pockets of his pants. "Hey," you slightly mumbled.

"Hey," he replied back. You stood off to the side and looked at him, gesturing him to come inside your bedroom. At first the look on his face was hesitant, unsure if he had actually wanted to come in even though that's all he had wanted to do. After a moment of exchanging looks and a reassuring smile from you, he slowly made his way past you into your room, making sure he didn't touch you.

"You can sit down on my bed if you want to," you stated as you started to close the door behind you.

"Are you sure?" His tone hesitant.

"Of course," you reassured him.

"Okay," he nodded and sat down on the edge of your bed. Despite how comfortable your bed was, Dean somehow looked extremely uncomfortable sitting there. "If you want to keep the door open you can."

"Why would I want to keep the door open? Closing the door is more private," his comment confused you slightly.

"I just want you to feel safe," his voice low.

"I always feel safe with you," your voice matching his, but yours sounded more confident. He scoffed at your comment, "What?"

"After everything I did, I should be the last person you should feel safe around," the usual warmness he had in his voice wasn’t there, his voice sounded hard, cold, with slight amusement. Like he sounded genuinely surprised that you stated you still felt safe around him.

"You're not a demon anymore Dean, so there's really no reason for me not to feel unsafe. I mean, you're not planning on...hurting me right?" You hated asking that, but you had to prove a point to him.

He scoffed again. "Of course not. I would ne—" he didn't bother to finish his sentence, he just looked down at the ground no longer making eye contact with you. "Hurting you is the last thing I'd want to do," he sighed, mumbling his words. "And look how that turned out."

"It wasn't entirely your fault Dean. You weren't completely yourself," you said. "You were a demon, and you became one against your will, it was something that was out of your control."

"Don't try and justify the way I treated you Y/N," he sounded so hurt, and you felt your heart breaking again. "What I did to you was beyond fucked."

"Then I guess I'm the fucked up one because I enjoyed 95% of it," your eyes grew wide, you didn't mean for those words to come out but they did. You felt your heart starting to sink now, and you felt your cheeks start to get hot — they were probably bright pink with embarrassment.

Dean looked at you, trying to process the sentence that you just said. Your statement had confirmed his suspicions, well, more like confirmed what he was trying to remember. "You weren't faking it?" He asked, trying to make sure he understood.

"No," you let out a deep breath. "At first I didn't enjoy it but after a while I don't know I just..." you felt slightly embarrassed saying it, but it was the truth, you knew how fucked up it sounded. "The only thing I pretended was you not being a demon during it."

"Sweetheart, I don't mean to make light of the situation but I do have a slight question," he said.

"What's your question?" You asked.

"Do you have a, again, I'm not trying to make light of the situation but, I just need to clarify to make sure I'm understanding what you're telling me." He got up from the bed and started making his way toward you, your back was still leaning up against the door. "Do you have a pain and degradation kink?"

"It sounds so simple when you put it that way," you stated. "But uh...I guess I do."

"Huh," was all he said. "Don't take this the wrong way but, I never pegged you as someone into that kind of thing," his voice sounding slightly amused.

"I'm just as surprised as you are," you let out a breathy type of laugh, almost embarrassed. "But um...I do want to experience normal sex."

Dean's lips turned into a grin. His once sad self-blaming face turning into the complete opposite now; it now radiated a certain smugness or amusement. "Normal sex uh?"

Six Months Later...

You were lying on your back underneath Dean, one of your legs over his shoulder as he slowly moved in and out of you, hitting the exact right spot each and every time. Letting out a tiny moan you shut your eyes, and you moved your hands so they were now gripping the headboard behind you. "So fucking beautiful," Dean slightly whispered kissing your inner thigh; his slight scruff feeling nice against your skin. He felt you starting to clench around him, and the smirk that he had on his face had started to grow. "So good for me," he praised, slightly whispering again.

"Dean..." you moaned softly, almost a whimper.

"Yeah Sweetheart?" He asked, kissing your inner thigh again.

"Can I..." you started to say, but your thoughts got quickly interrupted when Dean completely pulled himself out of you before practically slamming himself back inside of you, "Fuck," you said a bit louder than you were expecting.

"Sweetheart I am in the middle of fucking you," you could hear the smirk on his lips.

"Sm-smartass," your voice coming out as a slight moan. "Can I...can I please cum?"

"Well since you asked so nicely..." his voice trailed off, his movements picking up their pace. Based on the speed and the way his hips were moving, you could tell that he was starting to get close too. He took your other leg and draped it over his other shoulder, which caused him to feel even deeper than he had been before. "You may."

With a few more thrusts and praises from him, you felt yourself starting to let go, coming around his cock, your orgasm hitting you harder than you had expected it to. "Fuckk," you threw your head back, shutting your eyes.

"That's it Sweetheart," he praised again. You couldn't help but curse again, a long string of profanities leaving your mouth. They almost didn't even sound like curses; more like whimpers and moans mixed with words that didn't even sound like anything. Dean was close behind you, the sounds that had escaped you had gotten him to a point where he was moments away from coming. He heard you say his name, and upon hearing you moan it he started to cum deep inside of you, his own orgasm hitting harder than he had thought, similar to how yours was.

Once both of you had come down from your highs, Dean laid down next to you on his side propping himself up with his elbow as he looked at you, breathing slightly heavy next to him still on your back. Your legs and arms were completely flat, almost as if you were afraid to move. "You okay Sweetheart?" He asked, giving your bare shoulder a kiss.

You turned to him, giving him a soft smile, "More than okay," you replied. "Round three in ten?"

He chuckled at your question. "How about thirty?" He asked, and your face dropped. "We need to refuel baby," he explained, his hand patting your thigh.

"Fine," you said, your voice slightly stubborn.

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[ladyofthebookcase]

ok here's my review of the watcher so far! spoilers for both endings probably.

I LOVE IT. it has its flaws but it's literally impossible to make a bad rain world game + the inclusion of the original team on this one absolutely knocks it out of the park. i ADORE that we got more lore and elaborations on things from vanilla-- like, the signal spires iterators?!?! hello??? that's so sick. also, the threads of reality stuff is really really cool and i'll be rattling it around in my brain for a while i think. it's very cool that they gave us a sort-of explanation for the cycles, or at least a way to explain it ourselves. also, what tumblr user iteratorsex has been doing with color symbolism and analysis of the rot-- i agree with all of that and im rotating it in my brain at immense speeds.

i think gameplay is probably the least polished, but again, this is the first release, they gave it to us early, and considering that, i'm more than happy with what we have. future updates will hopefully polish it up and they seem to be actively collecting feedback on that and listening to the community about accessibility fixes, so i have really no complaints. common videocult W. my only real gripe with gameplay is that i fucking hate aether ridge and would really rather they'd done a badlands and just completely redone it but like eh. it's fine that they didn't ig. i also wish, conversely, that they'd kept old badlands-- the new one is fine, but it really seems like it could be something completely different. they could've added it as a subregion onto badlands 1 or sumn. but i digress. i love that they added modded regions at all: some of those are absolute BANGERS like coral caves and im glad they got the recognition they deserve!

the portaling mechanic is a bit janky right now as well, but again, i expect it'll be improved on in the future. knowing that you can just use existing portals and don't need to keep making your own ones is very nice actually and i'm just glad i figured that out at all-- i'm not upset that they don't tell you that ingame, i like having to figure stuff out on my own. yeah it was frustrating but that's rain world <3

in terms of the story. waow. they hit it out of the park. i love the watcher soooo much they're so AUUUUUGHHHHH. they have so much personality and lore to them and it's shown to us so well through cutscenes and just in general the choices the story forces you to make (i.e. infecting all the regions with rot is the path you have to take to get the ending, but from a story perspective, it's also what watcher decides to do in order to be friends with the prince. same thing with following oaoa around! i love how games will imply things about the player character through narrative options like this auuugh it's so good.) the watcher is my baby and i would like to care for them and cherish them. the lack of normal iterators is honestly refreshing-- i love those guys, but downpour gave us enough of them i think, and it's nice to explore other aspects of the lore like ancients, echoes, and the rot this time around. i especially love learning more about the ancients-- ancient urban is probably my favourite region of the entire game, and was even before i found the upper part with the ancients in it.

sorry im jumping between tangents like crazy but i want to cover all my bases here as i think of them. this campaign was HORRIFYING. like. the devs have really gotten good at making things scary and building a slow sense of increasing and terrible dread god damn. when i first entered the prince's room i was so freaked out by just the lack of anything in there besides the giant rot bulb and the singular karma flower, tiny in comparison. the presence of karma flowers at all in such a heavily rotted and decaying place as the throne is incredibly ominous and i love how they're able to make something that's normally so benign and welcome into something scary. when i first saw the prince move i immediately paused the game and tabbed out because i got so scared. this game is SO FUCKING GOOD AT BEING SCARY and i love it. even just when you're stuck in vanilla regions and the rot is slowly spreading and the lizards are starting to get infected, you get this slow and growing horror of "what the fuck is happening" that i feel is absent from both vanilla and downpour and it's amazing. exploring station annex for the first time, discovering the rotted vanilla regions, finding the throne... it's just so fucking good. i fear replays will never live up to the experience of going through it the first time but i'll really cherish that nonetheless.

also can we talk about the first ending. because that made me cry. finding oaoa in their childhood bedroom.... learning they were a child and seeing them move on... returning to their room to find their toys and getting to play with them and have the watcher reclaim some of their childhood joy... what a beautiful story GOOD LORD. and the art elevates it so much. the cutscenes are gorgeous but also can we talk about how much the background art has improved??? like god damn. the drills in outer rim look so insanely detailed and good like that really stood out to me. also their use of vibrant and bright colors in regions like signal spires and verdant waterways... AUGH. and the insane detail in ancient urban... the subtle colors there and the use of negative space... it's so damn good. i could go on for hours about the background art alone like vanilla rain world is already gorgeous and the watcher takes that to another level.

in conclusion. watcher is amazingly good and well crafted and you can clearly tell that so much love and care went into every part of this game. i haven't even talked about the creatures here GOD the creatures are so good. the creativity on display here. they got so weird with it and i love that soooo much. I <3 RAIN WORLD

[dalekofchaos]

The untapped potential of Undead Nightmare 2

I think of Undead Nightmare 2 and I scream at how Rockstar chose greed instead of creativity. And to make matters worse, they abandoned RDO and won't even import the fucking Navy Revolver into story mode.

Undead Nightmare was so much fun and RDR2 added so man possibilities. But no, instead of actually giving the fans what they want, we get trash.

Could you imagine an Undead Nightmare sequel in the atmosphere of RDR2? The night folk are scary enough, Imagine wandering around the swamp at night with zombies everywhere. It would feel like a genuine horror game.

Rockstar missed a MASSIVE opportunity by not making an undead nightmare DLC, imagine how incredible it would be with this games atmosphere. The game on its own can already be pretty terrifying when you wander around the swamp or deep forest at night or have encounters with gangs like the night folk and Murfree brood.

Imagine an outbreak of Vampires in Saint Denis and Blackwater. The rich and powerful are quite literally sucking the life out of the poor and working class.

Vampires in the south and Zombies in the west! And maybe some serial killers for good measure.

Voodoo Zombies in the Bayou

Werewolves in Tall Trees and around Pronghorn ranch area, maybe in that cave with the white cougar mission

Witches in Big Valley

Yeti and Sasquatches in the Grizzlies

Undead Del Lobo gunslingers in New Austin

Tumbleweed is actually haunted by ghosts with the Sherriff as a Poltergeist

And even Aliens in all areas of the frontier once the plague is taken care of.

Like first expansion

Undead Nightmare 2

Second expansion. Supernatural Frontier.

Third and final expansion. Cowboys & Aliens

Storywise. Arthur could either be saved by the vampire of Saint Denis or even abducted and cured by aliens and once Arthur wakes up, he sees the world plagued by monsters and decides to hunt them down, while also planning revenge on Dutch and Micah.

Arthur would not be alone. Charles, Sadie and John would be there to back him up

Imagine how brutal and satisfying it would be to mow down zombies with this games gore system, and how much fun it would be to hold out for as long as you can against endless hordes of zombies. The game also already contains mild survival elements so maybe they could also make it so eating is mandatory and you must scavenge/hunt to survive. Think of all of the cool side missions and random encounters they could add. They could even add zombie animals like in the first game, imagine fighting off zombie gators in the swamp or zombie bears in the woods.

This DLC could have been fucking insane, I guarantee it would have sold like crazy. Instead all we got was an online Wild West dress up and nature simulator, designed to take your money through micro transactions.

Like seriously….they could update it like every Halloween. Add something new each year.

Zombies

Vampires

Werewolves

Witches

Wendigo

Giants

Aliens

Stuff I just thought of. Everyone who turned bad could turn into a monster

Micah becomes a Werewolf lord

Javier becomes a El Chupacabra

Bill becomes a Wendigo

Dutch becomes a Vampire

and the final boss? The Strange Man.

Arthur could be like a Wild Western Van Helsing. Hunting the monsters down. Such wasted potential.

[kindlingkeen]

i'm enjoying Echoes very much even though I sorely miss Asymmetrical Jason (and Carlos hehe). are they just chillin for now while you torture a different Jason with cosmic bullshit?

Hey, anon, I’m glad you’re enjoying my fics! Torturing Jason with cosmic bullshit is a great description of Echoes of Future Past.

I needed to take a little break from Asymmetrical Warfare. The series really is my love letter to Jason, and it’s so important to me to tell it in a way that gives him the story I think he deserves. Even though it’s not always a happy story, until the last few months, the act of writing it has always been incredibly joyful for me. The upside of choosing to write the series in a non-linear fashion, with multiple ongoing fics with interwoven plots, is that it gives me an enormous amount of flexibility in story telling. The downside is that it requires an equally enormous amount of planning and attention to detail. I got so stressed out trying to get the story written to my ridiculously exacting standards, it was no longer in any way joyful to write it. The series is so near and dear to my heart, I’m definitely not giving up on it, just taking a breather. Feel free to imagine an intermission of the ninja and Carlos going train surfing while Dick takes Babs out to dinner and Bruce has a solid brooding session in the cave.

In the meantime, I sort of fell into writing Echoes, and since the words were flowing incredibly easily with it, I decided to capitalize on that.

In the next couple of months, I think you’ll see updates on Echoes slow down (writing Bruce is fucking hard, people. I have so much respect for Bruce-centric writers), semi-regular updates on Asymmetrical Warfare resume, and some other things sprinkled in here and there.

Thanks for the ask, anon! 🩵

[playitagainmyjohnny]

picture only tangentially related ( and also i love hakon ), but venting / complaining about my frustrations and sadness with the recent dying light news under the cut, so please consider if that's something you want to see before clicking ( and don't say i didn't warn you after if you do decide to click it and then don't like what you read lol )

am i excited ? yes am i also frustrated and, honestly, kind of hurt ? yes every time i go anywhere that isn't tumblr that has any fandom for this series, all i ever see is " dying light 2 is trash " in various forms . every fucking time . and i'm tired . i'm so . fucking . tired . i wish they had just made this new dlc-turned-game as dl2 in the first place instead of wasting all of our time ( and theirs ) with the original dying light 2 . because honestly, what is even the point ? it has always felt like the majority of the ( vocal ) fanbase just wanted dl1 - 2 !, and the updates they push out for dl2 have often felt like they're trying to make dl2 more and more like dl1 - 2 !, and now with this " oh well the second dlc we were making grew legs and now is gonna be its own game featuring everyone's favorite kyle crane again actually, and no more dlc for dl2 " it's just like . why didn't they just do this in the first place ? why didn't they just make this as dl2, instead of making the original dl2 ? like what's the fucking point man . what's the fucking point . and tbh one of the most heart-breaking parts for me is that i'm excited for it still anyway - because i want to see more of the universe, because i love zombie stuff, because this series is so incredibly fun to play to me ( i have a lot of time in the two games together ), because i'm so excited to see the new parkour we'll get to do and the weapons and the scenery and because because because ! but it just feels like ... idk . you made this new game, these new characters, all this stuff and .... you just throw it away ? maybe there will be cameos, or we'll see aiden ( and maybe like . hakon ? maybe ? depending i guess on what ending is the " canon " ending for dl2 that they'll carry forward ) and get to interact with him or something but like . you don't even carry aiden forward as the protagonist ? just sorry we're done with him now, here's kyle again, remember him, you love him right ? right ? lol * heavy sighing * idk it just . it really bums me out . i know the fandom loves kyle, i get that . but i'm sad that the characters and everything in dl2 are just ... it feels like it's all just so disposable . it feels like techland doesn't care, or they caved to the vocal part of the fandom that just spends all their days bitching about how dl2 is the worst thing to ever exist, or idek and i'm sad . i'm just . i'm just fucking sad .

[accidentallyoccidental]

ok so i havent done a liveblog update in a hot minute and oh boy do i have a lot to say now

SO. first of all!

went to farm arrays, was normal aside from the rot

luckily i only had the outskirts gate to go off of so it was easy to reach

echo man was close, so i talked to him

anyway, long story short, he PULLED ME INTO A PORTAL and sent me to CORAL CAVES??? so that was interesting and also my karma got turned into something Weird

coral caves definitely had a glowup, but god fucking damn it i HATE the coral crab guys(though luckily i found an easy way to dispose of them)

there was also this worm thing that turned me green and i think poisoned me

anyway i eventually stumbled upon a Ripple thing in a cave somewhere, but i didnt find anything interesting around it

eventually, wandering around lead to what looked like a hole in the fabric of spacetime and when i strayed too close it warped me to aether ridge

ive never actually been to aether ridge so it was a cool experience seeing an entirely new region! the moths looked like i should be hitting them with a nail instead of a spear(hehe reference) and there were vats of Evil Milk that i had to avoid but it was pretty good

eventually after some more fumbling around and fucking up(and learning that slugcats are fireproof outside of the depths) i ended up taking another portal to shrouded coast!

there wasnt too much to note there and i didnt wander around much but i DID find a really weird scavenger toll and Echo Guy

at the scav room, there were two or three weird golden scavs with weird gold masks and capes and they kept emitting a pulsing that i was emitting in response, but i had no clue what to do so i took a golden rock thing and left

eventually i went to echo guy, who gave me another addition to my new karmic ladder, and he teleported me to an area that looked like drainage system or pipeyard but with a ton of rot(and the lizards were even MORE cancerous)

i quickly stumbled upon a shellter that was behind another portal that i went through(unwillingly but we ball) and then quite possibly the most terrifying fucking thing i have ever witnessed in this game occurred

i ended up in a grey, mega-rotted version of unfortunate development that was luckily mostly uninhabited

it had constant 0g so i was able to get around pretty easily but while i was floating around i looked through a hole to see a BIG FUCKING ROT LEVIATHAN ZOOMING BY.

anyway as i kept going upwards, it kept going by and not leaving, and i ended up floating through this HUGE empty void of twisted metallic struts that just stretched off into the darkness and the void worm rumble played every time the leviathan came by and it filled me with such incredible dread

i ended up in the memory conflux area but it was in the same condition as everywhere else and i fell into a portal that brought me to a big dark sandy area that was in some weird sandstorm and the sand was glittering green and i kept wandering there until the end-of-cycle got me

so yeah that was a lot to unpack. woah

[ru5t]

Zones Specific Whump Wheel.

Some of the items are more generic than others but all are incredibly encounterable or even common in the zones. I may continue updating this but there's a good number on there already. There are a handful of star* marked words that are zone specific, their definitions are below:

boxing ring — a one-on-one firefight between two members of rival gangs; most common between leaders or their 'champions' to settle disagreements without mass casualties

crow raid — when the S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W unit send a raid out into the desert with the intent of killing and/or capturing groups of killjoys. usually heavily armed; full post about S/C/A/RE/C/R/O/W division here

dracs — low level S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W employees who are very violent but not necessarily very organized. or smart. usually not very well armed beyond hand held ray guns.

DESTROYA — dubbed a 'phenomenon' by the doubtful, a deity by the superstitious/religious, but very real either way; characterized by voices on the radio and/or auditory hallucinations in which voices encourage a person's negative thoughts and impulses, driving them to fear, paranoia, isolation,and sometimes worse; the driving force behind these things can cause a person to have nightmares about their fears and other ambient horrors

the Fuck You!!!! House — a venue where, in short, people beat each other up for fun, it's not always lethal but there's not a lot (if any) rules of sportsmanship there; sometimes fights with crows are arranged, fight being a generous word for the crow's side of things; sometimes the arranged fights expand beyond the ''official'' arrangments and the whole house becomes one big brawl

gunsick — illness due to being shot by or otherwise exposed excessively to ray gun fire, which resembles anything from flulike symptoms to mimicing radiation poisoning in severe cases; typically mild (because you can only get hit so many times before someone hits a lucky shot), there is medicine for it commonly carried by crows but it's not publicly produced and somewhat hard to get hold of (the demand in the zones outweighs the level of in-city production and it can only source from S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W employees, it cannot be bought by civilians)

howlers — a cult of DESTROYA fanatics who spread chaos and violence, attacking killjoys neutrals and city employees indiscriminately throughout the zones; also like to burn shrines and torture followers of the other deities for fun

ray gun — Better Living produced weaponry that fires bolts of energy as opposed to physical amunition; contact with the bolts leaves burns (mild to severe depending on range) and causes numbness around the location or in extremeties for a few hours (after which they just hurt); full post about them here

sandburn — common on heavily windy days, in sandstorms, and by driving without facial protection, caused by repeated abrasion from airborn sand, dirt, and other small particulates; similar to friction burns or, in severe cases, a scraped knee/elbow/etc. (or, in really severe cases, road rash); can also give you a nasty cough

smiler — a predator genetically engineered by the city, intensely territorial and some packs hunt people for sustenance; densely muscular and difficult (but not impossible!) to kill; full post about them here

zonesick — illness due to being exposed to the zones' radiation hotspots; mild cases can look flulike, severe cases are. bad ♥; the gunsick treatments can be used to help combat mild cases, but only do so much for moderate cases; the city has solutions for severe cases but they are not publicly available and require specialized equipment

zone 07 — is a mysterious location/entity in the zones near the former coast, getting too close induces the desire to enter the zone to the exclusion of all else, paranoia and desperation, hallucinations are common; caving to the compulsion is a 99.9% guaranteed death, with the .1% being promised "came back wrong", going in is not a casual whump a character can shrug off they will either die or be Something Else afterwards (how close one has to be to be "in" though is, of course, a grey area)

[abalonetea]

Hello! Update the second! They’re going HOW FAR into the cave????) (the drone is exploring the depths and I am claustrophobic just reading about it)

(Fuck yeah I’m loving this)

Ahhhh these are amazing to get! Yeah, writing about the tunnels was so fun. There are definitely some very tight spaces in this one. I watched some incredibly unnerving YouTube videos about drones doing the same thing as part of my research and some of those videos are just! Shudder-worthy!

[lych33dragoncookie]

*slams hands on table* what are your thoughts on Squid Ink or Sorbet Shark?

Taking in a deep, deep breath. Cracking my knuckles.

I've been waiting for this one. I'm picking the shark.

But before I do that? I have something that's prerequisite reading. This. Specific. Post. Completely mandatory reading to not make everything I'm about to say incredibly weird. This Readmore shall only be clicked once you've observed it.

Alright, so now that we've established that I do NOT believe this is a child and that any indication of the sort in CRK is retconwork that is not to be taken even remotely seriously, let's do this. Dear god I hope this doesn't destroy my followerbase. Consider this me going public about the fact that @sharkpedia is me and that this blog is pretty much most of the reason that one has gone inactive. Oh, and if you still prefer seeing them as a child, that's totally fine, I don't think it's bad to do so from a media literacy perspective or anything, but it's definitely not my preference.

Sexuality Headcanon: Incredibly bisexual, though there's a particular weakness for big women. Gender Headcanon: Masc-presenting NB, they/them strictly though. I call this thing a guy but without any of the bearing of actual gender.

Ship: Okay. I was very, very, VERY wary of this one at first but the more I thought about it the more I was like well none of this makes sense at all so I might as well take it. Black Pearl. Weakness to big women comes in here, they follow her around like a lost puppy in an extremely gay manner. Worth noting here, the reason I was hesitant at first is that Black Pearl seems intrinsically tied to the idea CRK tries to shove down your throat that this is a child, right? But then I thought, wait, not even that makes sense. The Duskgloom Sea and Soda Islands are like an entire continent apart, so there's absolutely no way in hell they could have went from the Soda Islands, to BP's cave, then back to the Soda Islands THAT fast to make the Soda Islands story be bale to happen. It makes no sense. I get that they're trying to imply it, but they did it so haphazardly and in a way that makes so little sense that I find it hard to take seriously. So, yeah, BP is my pick here. BP is transfem here btw just noting that BROTP: Considering Peppermint? But idk I don't find their dynamic THAT fun. They're friends tho. Pirate meanwhile, that's a whole other story. I think Pirate and Sorbet have a dumb little petty cartoon villain and incompetent henchman dynamic going on. NOTP: Peppermint. Sorry, but considering I do not see Sorbet as a child at all, Peppermint x Sorbet is... Just a lil uncomfortable for me. Again, no judgement, specially if you do prefer your shark to be a child, but it's completely off-limits for me.

Random headcanon: Not present in the design but I think it'd be rly cool if they kept a shark tooth necklace from a young age. Like they shed a fang and throw it away but in that moment remember that "oh wait i've seen land cookies wearing these before!! and they look super cool!!!" and they frantically go back to get it, which they do, and they've been rocking with it ever since. They've also probably got a similar build to Alchemist, just a little thicker with a tasteful amount of buffness behind it. Like just a tiny bit. Wider than you'd expect, but not ripped by any means. Oh and I guess the entire age situation goes here too LOL, this is a short king to me (until they're in shark form at which point HOLY SHIT, BIG)

General opinion: Yeah I'm not normal. I have a history and a half with this little fucker. I was gay as hell at first sight and within the update I had NO reason to believe this wasn't a child, but at some point presumably due to a lack of any high degree of media literacy I grew kinda weary and decided to not touch that. And then years later during the events this year of me getting back into Cookie Run, a lot wiser, I went "hey wait a fucking minute" and realized that the "canon" statements of them being a kid hold absolutely no weight and contradict previous material and were clearly just done to boost the dude's marketability. And since then I've felt vindicated regaining access to my cute little shark person and allowing myself to be abnormal <3 cute, fun, attractive, he instills a somewhat similar feeling in me as Pure Vanilla does. ... Worth noting that any content the shark has in Kingdom holds 0 weight to me. Pretty much everything I think about regarding them comes from Ovenbreak. Specially because their personality hasn't been so brightly on display since their debut, specially not in CRK where they're so much more passive and woobified to hell and back.

Also their costumes peaked at Pirate Overlord it has not gotten any better since then.

[ninebaalart]

What are some other forgotten Marvel characters that you like? (I understand if it's hard to choose, since there are so many forgotten Marvel characters...)

I love Galacta, daughter of Galactus, def need to draw her in the near future... Addy Brock aka VEN#M is a tragic one but a fucking incredible and dark addition to Peni Parker's story... I know Tempest has gotten like a pretty sizable role in Hickman's run but its more of a "she has a very op power that I can use" thing for his run from what I understand...

There are a lot of Inhumans that didn't really pick up like Kamala that seem pretty cool too. Auran, Xiaoyi Chen, Ren Kimura, Sheath... they are very unlikely to go to the Inhumans well anytime soon so that def sort of sucks.

I've always really liked Doppelganger's design from Spider-Man but he has a figure and was one of the million cameos in Across the Spider-Verse so I don't know if he's really forgotten, lol.

Scorn is a really fun symbiote user, a really unique one in that she utilizes technology along with the symbiote. Earth-65 Black Cat was a really fun addition that they didn't do a lot with in the original Spider-Gwen run as most things with Gwen's relationship with the band tend to kind of be...

Toni Ho rules too. Iron Patriot armor is a little gaudy but "lesbian daughter of the guy Tony Stark was stuck in a cave with" is a fucking excellent premise for a character and it is such a huge shame that she never was capitalized on.

Barbara McDevitt aka Quickfire is sort of an interesting one- I like time-based superpowers and she sort of was labelled as a agent who didn't necessarily need or use her powers before she underwent a "second terrigenesis" that made her into a monster that can infect other inhumans with similar effects. She reminds me of Rachael Foley from Resident Evil Revelations in that way who's also a character I feel could have been executed better but there's interesting premises to both characters in that they show someone who is skilled and overconfident becoming incredibly powerful and dangerous creatures- false otherwise-protagonists who set the stakes as something our characters could face that is worse than death.

Lastly want to shout out Red Widow Ava Orlova. I don't understand if they forgot she existed or if the other Red Widow existed but her story was set up and then they just never went anywhere with it, it seems? She has a cool design but like unless she's just severely underdocumented she never even got a chance to be a real character.

Oh god. I actually just remembered Black Cat's ex-girlfriend Tamara Blake. I knew about her before she was revealed to be Iron Cat and like the moment of reloading her page because I had her tab open for like a couple months (I'm very bad at cleaning my tabs) and seeing it update to Iron Cat was such a unforgettable way to find out that reveal.

[shalpilot]

Hello! It's been a while since I asked you something

So, i'm not really into ffxiv stuff (like, plot, game itself, etc) but I'm extremely curious about your oc Kiril. Due to this i came up with some questions (they're so basic, because i need to know at least something to ask a proper question)

1. Can we get a lil' bit of Kiril's backstory (other than running away from home). As far as i understood, he ran away with his sister/friend Yesui and something bad happened to her. So, maybe now you can give some extra details on their runaway and her death (if it was death, obviously)?

2. What about Kiril's parents? I didn't get the thing about forehead scales (maybe, it's described in ffxiv wiki or smth, idk) and who were they? Some sort of a ruler? Just soldiers?

3. Not really important but how do you pronounce Kiril and Yesui's names (full, of course)?

So, I'm glad to write again and being eager to wait for your new answers

Probably, if it doesn't bother you, i'd ask more questions in future about Kiril

edit: question one ain’t canon anymore LOLOLOL. yesui still dies in coerthas but it’s related 2 the herectics now. idk how bc I like. just stared heavensward but. we will see.

1) I actually rolled Kiril’s last name and ended up getting one of the tribes with canon lore which is GREAT for me bc it helped me mold his backstory more. I’m not at the part where I actually get to learn about ‘em in-game cuz i only started playing like a month ago but to boil down what I know, the Dotharl tribe believes in reincarnation & as a whole the Xaela- pausing. Kiril is an Au Ra (race), a Xaela Au Ra (black scales; nomadic), and a Dotharl (tribe). hope that makes sense lol. anyways as a whole the Xaela are pretty unwelcoming to outsiders and even Xaela from other tribes. Every year they have a Naadam which is battle where the victor “claims dominion” over the Azim Steppe (homeland) for the year. The Dotharl emphasize not fearing death and not being a fucking pussy

all of that is setup LOL. Anyways, Kiril was born shortly after the death of a notable warrior (also named Kiriltugh) and so he was set on the path of becoming a warrior since essentially day one. thing is, he a.) hated it and b.) was shit at it. he struggled to pick up even the most basic parts of fighting and suffered a lot of berating due to it. at the same time, an older girl in the tribe was making strides and becoming a veritable golden child in the eyes of the adults. that was Yesui! she was incredibly strong for her age and seemed to have a natural gift for battle. but very importantly, she was also understanding of Kiril’s struggles & helped train him even after plenty of other people had declared him a lost cause. eventually though, despite her best efforts (and Kiril’s improvements! turns out a mentor who doesn’t yell at you is a lot more effective) Kiril made up his mind to just. leave. when he told Yesui about his plan, she insisted on coming with him. even with Kiril protesting (you’re doing fine here; don’t ruin your life by coming along!) she wasn’t going to let a 10 year-old leave on his own.

They travel together for an undecided amount of time- left vague so I can update it when i get to later expansions (heehee) until they eventually end up in Coerthas, a snowy region. To my understanding this is pretty fucking far away so I think they must’ve argued their way into an adventuring party or several to make it all that way. they didn’t exactly have a plan; it was just “keep going until we feel like it.”

(a realm reborn spoilers until the next question.)

in Coerthas, things take a pretty sharp nosedive for the two of them and they end up alone and very, very lost. their adventuring party was attacked by a beast tribe and the materials they were carrying were ran off with. They manage to find a cave which offers them a small amount of shelter. Yesui leaves Kiril there while she goes to look for any kind of settlement they might be able to hole up in. she’s gone for ages. and when she comes back, excitedly promising Kiril she’s found someplace safe, she seems… off. she’s holding his hand a little too tight, moving a little too fast. she assures Kiril that where they’re going is safe, warm, and “beautiful”, but the storm raging around them only seems to be getting worse.

…i’m gonna get a little more technical from here because i want to make the rest of this into a comic rather than writing it out.

what’s happened to Yesui is she’s become enthralled by a primal god. Garuda, the resident primal of the region, is in the process of being summoned by the same beast tribe that attacked them, with the items they were transporting (large quantities of crystals). the more followers a primal accrues, the more powerful they become, and something in the region has caught her attention.

Kiril.

so, using Yesui as means to draw him to her, she means to take control of him as well. unbeknownst to either of them, Kiril is under the protection of Hydaelyn, a different (benevolent) goddess who grants Kiril immunity to the thrall of primals. in shielding him, She also ends up shattering the crystals being used in the ritual, causing it to fail. in the ensuing chaos, Kiril escapes with Yesui and manages to find an actual settlement. he begs for help for him and his closest friend- who has remained enthralled even after the disruption of the ritual.

the thing about those who become enthralled is that there is no helping them. what’s more, every follower is another source of strength for a primal.

she cannot be allowed to live.

despite his desperate pleas, despite his promises that she’ll never hurt anyone, Yesui is put to death.

he is far, far from home, and he’s never been more alone in his life.

….then some stuff happens and he becomes an adventurer. i don’t wanna fill in everything just yet, haha.

2.) His mom is a goldsmith and his dad’s a hunter! His mom’s forehead scales are just a trait female Au Ra have. men don’t tend to have as many/any scales there.

3.) Key-rill-too (full name is Kiriltugh) and Yesui is like. yeh-sooey. kinda :?

Kiril doesn’t tend to go by his full name because he feels he hasn’t earned it. this is more so a thing before he saved the entire realm; now it’s more of an affectionate nickname from friends.

[autoplaysdigimon]

Another game I've been playing on and off recently is a fangame called Pokemon Insurgence.

There are two big draws for this game. One is that it has a "dark" storyline, though later updates added an option to tone back the edginess. And that's fair enough, whether you're put off by Pokemon games having murder, violence and sacrificial cults in them, or whether it feels 2edgy4me. Seriously, there's multiple things before you even get your starter that feel very "look at how DARK and GRITTY this game is!! This ain't your pappy's Nintendos!!!!" and it really reminds me of the stuff I wrote in high school when I thought that I was so adult for subverting the cutesy Pokemon image. YMMV, though.

The other big draw is a feature from the official card game. In it, there used to be cards of Pokemon that were Delta Species, which had a different type than usual. For example, Psychic Cyndaquil or Dark Meowth.

...because that's not a feature that would ever come up in the official games, surely.

Yeah, this game came out in Gen 6, juuuust before regional variants became a real thing in the series. Whoops! Still, it's neat to see their take on them. Delta Pokemon in Insurgence are treated like their own different thing, and they can't even breed with regular Pokemon, only Delta Ditto. (Which I think is near the end of the game, which kinda sucks, but hey.)

The starters are Delta versions of Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle, or you can pick a regular Eevee. There are no additional Eeveelutions or anything, but there is a Mega evolution for Eevee itself, so if you keep it unevolved for the entire game, you can mega evolve an Eevee! How awesome! I picked Bulbasaur because fuck that.

Look at her, she's so cute. She's Fairy/Psychic! I think Bulbasaur might be the only Delta Pokemon with gender differences.

It's kinda neat, but female cuter :3

Charmander is a Ghost/Dragon, and it looks fucking sick as hell. Squirtle is a Dark/Fighting and it looks like a ninja turtle, which is pretty rad.

For being all about the Delta Pokemon, there have been very few so far. There's the starter, and the rival's if you pick one of the Delta ones. Then you don't see any others until, potentially, just before the first gym. Which doesn't sound like much, but it's actually quite a way there. To get there, you have to go through three seperate caves.

Three. Seperate. Caves.

THREE CAVES.

That's not counting the ruins you go into to stop some villain action, or the optional one that leads to a small hidden area, or the one that you have to go through right after the gym.

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CAVES.

Anyway here's the other Delta Pokemon I've encountered. Sandy sandy boy.

What I'm finding is that the wild Pokemon are very high level, to the point where it's pretty hard to grind. I'm watching some others play this game (albiet an earlier beta version) and they're doing a Nuzlocke and it looks roouuuuuugh. Grinding is both incredibly necessary and ridiculously tedious.

But! This is a fun game, and the designs are pretty fuckin neato. From other times I've played this (and quit bc attention span is no) I know there's a Delta Aipom coming up soonish, and I'm excited to catch the lil guy :)

You can download the game here :)

[racke7]

Me vs Disgaea

So, a while back I finally beat D5 Carnage Baal (0*), and so a while after that I finally caved and picked up Disgaea 4.

The story was... mostly pretty interesting? Actually? I liked it. The various personalities and disjointed goals of the main protagonists was entertaining.

Then I hit post-game and started paging through how I was supposed to do things, and... I got very frustrated very quickly?

The Character-World works on Reincarnation, which is fine (it's actually a neat way to force players to actually use the Reincarnation-feature, which isn't really as much of a thing in D5).

The Character-World is also basically just an extension of the Item-World, with some added features to make it even more obnoxious. This is very much NOT fine.

The Item-World is... not something I'm looking forward to at all, because I miss my Sage and Comet-Asagi very blatantly, and it seems like it operates somehow differently to D5, and I feel like I'm staring at a learning-curve that I really don't want to touch.

EXP feels... hindered? I guess this is what happens when you can't simply have a character chug potions from lvl 1 to 9,999. But it's a bit annoying, and I'm not super-thrilled about it.

There are magic-skills going all the way up to Peta, instead of ending at Tera (like in D5), but outside of very specific Classes (as in, not even "Skull", but "Fire Skull" vs "Wind Skull") they can't learn anything higher than Omega? What the fuck? That's so obnoxious.

Upgrading the Skill also ties into its range and AOE? Which is a little bit annoying? Not the worst system, but I prefer D5's where range was "trained", and AOE and Power were separate.

The weird Cam-Pain map was... very frustrating? I'm very much missing the ease-of-use of the D5's Squads.

The Character-World and Cam-Pain being required for teaching others Skills, instead of just putting them in the Skill-Squad, or grabbing a Scroll from the Character-World to teach it to anyone at all? Also not great, in comparison.

Weapon-Mastery not being a thing that you can train, but instead an inherent trait in a character? Cursed. So fucking cursed. But okay, whatever, it's just going to make the Item-World so much worse (because I'd have to max-out more weapons), and that already sounds hellish.

But the Evilities man. Where are they? Why do I have this single slot for picking hundreds of fucking Evilities? How am I supposed to create incredible and interesting synergies with two fucking slots?

Which is why I picked up my D5-excel-sheet again, just to be able to min-max something.

And like... I'm kind of really annoyed at myself? Because for some reason my "15x Shamans"-build doesn't actually hold up? I don't know what the hell I had active at the time, but I can't get the numbers to be even vaguely competitive with Skull/Valkyrie/Pirate/Magic-Knight.

See, according to my damage-calculations, Shamans clock-in at around 48B dmg. The other generic build mentioned clocks-in at 54B dmg, and Zetta with an updated build clocks-in at 55B.

(Adell in Revenge-Mode blows literally everything else out of the water with 77B dmg, but that's because +200% ATK is bullshit.)

Somewhat disappointingly, I played around with some other unique-characters and:

Red Magnus + Goldion (Revenge-Mode): 52B

Rozalin (Revenge-Mode): 49B

Zeroken: 49B

Seraphina (with Killia, and attacking a male): 49B

Asagi (original, and attacking an "Overlord"): 48B

Etna: 44B

NISA: 43B

Girl Laharl: 42B

Fuka: 41B

Flonne (Revenge-Mode) + Salvatore (with gun): 40B

Interestingly? Bodyguards is required in only a few of these builds, which means that for a lot of them, they only care about the stat-boost from the Foot-Soldier Squad (they need 70% stat-boost, and can get 50% through Evilities).

Which of course made me rethink the whole set-up I've had with the Squads so far, as well as reconsider Salvatore and Goldion as surprisingly useful if you've clogged the Foot-Soldier Squad with better units. (Though why the fuck you'd need more than 20 dmg-dealers, when only 15 can fit on a map, I couldn't tell you.)

However, all of that thinking made me start looking at how I've built my Comet-Asagi, and... I feel like it kind of depends?

Like, Generic-Asagi gets +30% stats from the Asagi-Squad being filled, but that doesn't really matter long-term (aka, when they're already geared to max) because they'd still need an Evility to get up to 70% (the Squads only give 20%/25% respectively), and wouldn't get better stats if higher than that.

Also, there's the matter of Star-resistance in the enemies.

With 0% resistance, the builds shake out to:

Asagi-Generic: 33B (without Elemental-Force), 30B (with Elemental-Force), and 35B (with Elemental-Force and Star-resistance Curry)

Sage/Magic-Knight: 36B, and 41B (with Star-resistance Curry)

Which is... blatantly in favor of the Sage and Magic-Knight, holy shit.

And those same builds but with 25% Star-resistance in enemies:

Asagi-Generic: 33B -> 25B

Sage: 36B -> 27B

So, using the anti-resist Evility:

Asagi-Generic: 25B (without Elemental-Force), 24B (with Elemental-Force), 28B (with Elemental-Force + Curry)

Sage: 28B, and 33B (with Curry)

So... Sage (or Magic-Knight) wins basically every single time. As long as you have the stats/gear for it.

But obviously, you need the Asagi in order to get the gear that you want, so that's a bit... hmm...

(A Sage using Land-Decimator clocked in at 12B/atk and 3x attacks without extra-aid from Sage+Maid.)

And none of those stats are really truthful if you start using Angel-Leadership and other Support-Evilities on the map.

But, all-in-all, I can say that I'm honestly kind of disappointed in a lot of the things that I thought would be a lot stronger than they turned out to be.

(Like, who cares if a Unique-Character can almost match the Best-Generic-Build? Why do I need one of those, when I can have 15 of the generics?)

So, I went from "I finished D5, let's play D4" to "I finished the story of D4 and fuck these game-mechanics" to "let's see if we can min-max even more stuff in D5" to "I should rethink my entire collection of characters in D5".

As for Disgaea 6? Not touching that one. And Disgaea 7? Hmm... I'll wait for a sale, for now.