#dark falz luther

[patchwork-crow-writes]

New Gender discovered: Uncanny bird-like creatures

(Clockwise from top-left: Crow Demon, Dark Souls; Dark Falz Loser, Phantasy Star Online 2; Galarian Articuno, Pokemon; Nightcloak Malfestio, Monster Hunter; Grandfather Rook, A Heart Frozen In Time; Death Rite Bird, Elden Ring)

(full disclosure - Grandfather Rook is my own character from a Deltarune Fanfic I wrote a couple years ago. Artwork drawn by @dawnthefluffyduck)

[celeine]

Intertwined Fates

[slicedcheesegremlin]

Not sure if anyone still cares about PSO2 Classic, but I took this picture a while back when I got the Oracle Bathtub. funniest shit i've ever seen.

That pointy-eared dumbfuck Luther has been stalking Xion for thousands of years, to the point where she raises you to kill her just to stay away from him. Meanwhile, I have an entire fucking tub of Xion bathwater that the stupid elf will never ever get his hands on lmao

[ryunumber]

Dark Falz Loser from Phantasy Star Online 2

Luther has a (Standard) Ryu Number of 2.

(clarification below)

At least if I understand correctly, I believe Toro and Kuro were platform exclusives? Which is a weird concept for an MMO that has been ongoing for about 7+ years, but I think this holds, at least.

[tekabecca114]

Let me indulge in my edgy OC ideas

Anyways sega you should totally let me design stuff for new genesis i'm definitely within budget

PSO2 Episode 5 would have gone crazy hard if Dark Blasts turned you into fucked up Falz/Guardian Fusions instead.

[rasmot-corner]

Rant about the story in PSO2:NGS

As you can gather from the title, this is going to be a fairly long rant about the story and current state of things in "Phantasy Star Online 2 : New Genesis". Because I have a lot of thoughts after going through the main "plot" of things about three different times.

I will preface this by saying that I am not a long-time player. Many people have played the original "base" version of the game for a lot longer than I have. I jumped in when it finally released for the west via Steam. However I did play through most of the story of the base version of the game. So I do know what I am talking about when I can draw comparisons between the two.

Now, I'm not the only one who thinks the story of NGS is bad. In fact I am certain that there are a LOT of people out there who despise the story with every fiber of their being. And I can honestly see why. To be fairly honest the story of NGS is absolutely boggling in how barren it is.

With the base game you went through several unique locations, had various characters at play, and had more of a concise idea of the "plan" behind certain villains.

You get none of that with NGS.

In fact the most you get is roughly a handful of characters that you sometimes bounce around from, and maybe a sort of "villain" that is literally there to be a punching bag. I am not even joking about that. That is literally the point of the main "enemy" in the game's story. They are there for you to literally beat up as a form of "training". And the game tells us this has been going on for AT LEAST 500 years.

Mind you you only learn about this in the last story mission of the fifth "chapter" of the game. Like you are literally given an exposition dump after defeating a "villain"-ish type of character. And then just suddenly introduced to a new type of enemy that is literally a different version of the same enemies you have been fighting. I am not making any of this up.

Like say what you will about Luther or the Falz spawn or any of the Dark Falz of the base game. At least you had a more basic understanding of what in the flying hell was going on.

Like I wish I could say that NGS is some sort of fever-dream type of scenario. But I sadly cannot because it sadly is the reality of what we're having to deal with. Literally all of what has been done thus far in the NGS story could literally be just one whole "Episode" in the base game. That is a staggering feat of underdevelopment. You can't even say that it's "raw" because it hasn't even been cooked. The player base has been constantly drip-fed content, that even the Fremen would say is torture.

So with all of that in the open, how can we fix this? How can we take what is, for the most part, a fundamentally broken story and make it better? Well, let me do this in two ways. The first version is how to fix what we already have and make it "better" in a sense. The second version will be my day-dream of what NGS should have been from the very start.

So let's dive in, shall we?

--Fixing NGS--

Alright, so let's start by fixing what is already there. For now we'll ignore "chapter" 6, of what is probably meant to be the first Episode, for the time being. And instead we'll do something to radically change the game's story. First we'll start with introducing either a new, or maybe "old", character into the game. One that PSO2 fans will immediately go absolutely nuts about.

Matoi.

Now how will we introduce Matoi? Do it via the sort of "Meteorn" type of playbook? Well to that I say it can be a bit of a "yes and no" situation. Sure she would drop down to the planet like any other Meteorn but in a different type of pod. Like something that looks like a familiar type of pod from base PSO2, or maybe via a drop-ship.

I kind of like the second idea to be honest.

Make it to where suddenly it isn't one planet against the odds with a seemingly existential threat. Introduce the idea of one of the old ARKs ships coming to Halpha or having been in the neighborhood but got alerted by the presence of the new enemies, the Starless.

Hell, let's even expand it outwards. Make it to where multiple towns and places have a sudden influx of various people from across the region of space near Halpha, or part of the expedition team to Halpha. Introduce more races other than varying shades of "Human". Show off all the new and unique designs and character creator parts with all of these different peoples and races. Literally use this as a way to show players that "Hey, new customization options are on the way!" and integrate it into the story.

In short, don't make Halpha the literal "center" of the universe and expand the scope of the story at the same time. Make it to where the old guard of ARKs is being thawed out for renewed combat. Essentially add back in the "Star" to Phantasy Star. That way the next "chapter" or "episode" or what have you, is about exploring certain planets. Make it to where you have a starter "free roam" area on certain planets before fleshing them out. Take this ground-pounders war to the stars.

Either that or have one of the ARKs ships of old crash into the Halphan sea and allow us to explore the interior of the ship like all of the other zones thus far. Turn it into it's own island of sorts. Allow us to help the people of the ARKs ship get things back up and running and introduce a number of new features for players.

That would be the easier/cop-out way of doing it, but still would be a good way to reintroduce the "Phantasy" of being able to go into space again.

--The Daydream--

Some of this day-dream is going to sound familiar to those who have played Phantasy Star Universe. Because I love the idea of a central "station" of sorts and it honestly fits really well. So that is going to be my first "big" change. Instead of just one singular planet, you are going to several of them.

Now they don't have to be planets from the base game. In fact it doesn't need to be anywhere that you may have seen before. Instead why not make it to where they are uniquely themed planets, sort of similar to the zones you find on Halpha but radically different. Like say take the idea of Stia in NGS and make it to where it is a large planet with a balance of Geo-thermal activity and lush greenery.

Or hell, go crazy with it! Like think of a planet where all the foliage is made out of crystals that you can harvest. Or a planet that is filled to the brim of mushrooms of all types and kinds. Maybe have an ocean planet where you are constantly walking on the sea-floor. Or even have our characters go to a moon!

And all of these planets will come with their own unique race. It doesn't have to be specifically races that we've come to know and enjoy from other titles. But instead ones that are unique to these planets. And each one of these planets has their own town that is run by the race of that planet, but also has a bunch of characters from the station visiting as well.

Now how do we tie these planets together? Well if we must, then let us keep the idea of the Starless. A Malevolent, seemingly bio-mechanical, foe of sorts. And these planets that you go to happen to be on a sort of "defensive line" between the Starless and the rest of the galaxy proper. But as you go on, you start to discover ruins and facilities that seem to suggest at a far far FAR older civilization and how these Starless came to be.

And in the midst of all of this, have some sort of inner conflict brewing between people in ARKs. Make it to where there are multiple species working together but they each have their own way of "dealing" with the situation. Or hell, throw in a terrorist faction of some kind. Make it to where there is more than just one foe going on that is creating a unique struggle.

I'm not saying to make it exactly like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, or Babylon 5 . . . but y'know, it wouldn't be the worst idea to follow. Either way I feel that this, with a whole slew of other ideas and mechanics, can make a far better game than we have. Just kinda getting a little tired of the "Sci-Fi" aspect of the game not really being put to the forefront.

--Conclusion--

This has probably been a long winded rant that may make sense in some areas, but not all of them. But I wanted to put all of this out there because the game is frustrating me to no end. And I simply do not like that it IS doing that.

I just want a nice space themed MMORPG where I can traverse planets and meet new and exciting species to either converse or fight with. Something that doesn't make me frustrated or question why in the hell am I still playing the damned game.

Thanks for reading if you did.

[lordtheodorexiii]

I miss the adrenaline rush of a 15-star item's rare drop sound. I miss winning with a double down Black Nyack during a pursuit round. I miss the bosses whose attack animations I memorized. I miss using the SH Trident I spent months grinding for. I miss taking lethal damage and healing all my lost HP back with lifesteal. I miss zooming around maps with Guren-tessen/Flash of the Lotus. I miss narrowly winning mining base defense, and seeing everyone rejoice when we do. I miss listening to the free quest music that references older games' music. I miss the sudden appearances of characters from older games in random trials. I miss the long and difficult Dark Falz Luther fight, enhanced by Billy Kametz's performance. I miss randomly being attacked by guest enemies like Odin, Elzelion, Knight Gear, and Cougar NX. I miss sitting in the gateship, or campship. I miss bickering with new players over what things are called, since I kept using the terms from the days of old. I miss the shop area's nigh-unused side areas. I miss gunblades being a viable weapon. I miss Franka's cafe. I miss being overwhelmed in a +50 super hard advance quest. I miss Wopal's coast. I miss the sheer volume of exp from bonus quests. I miss the parallel areas. I miss my personalized room in the tundra. I miss coming home after work and doing my daily quests.

I miss you Phantasy Star Online 2.

[euclyta]

I really like your pso2 oc! I think she's a cutie! Can you give me an info dump about her? If you want to, you don't gotta

i had to write this three times bc tumblr kept deleting everything i wrote orz. u get mey's condensed pso2 lore (i still have close to nothing for her ngs lore aaa)

meyneth is the incarnation of the great light, born together with the universe and the primordial darkness!

ten years before the story of pso2 begins, she is almost a casualty from the attack on the arks ship by dark falz apprentice, and is saved in the nick of time by a pair of newman siblings. her body is mechanized from the inside to save her life. after these events, she decides that she’s going to find the two siblings that rescued her and give them a proper thank you

years later, she joins arks and befriends afin on her first day on the job. they become besties and are never seen far from the other. mey is extremely proficient with light element techniques and is a very fearsome force/techter (she gets a lot of comments about her power being blinding like the sun itself)

the story is largely the same as the one in canon, except for after when matoi is taken by the profound darkness; mey goes to see euclyta, because her case gives her hope, and no matter how many times shes told its futile, she returns over and over; not just to talk about saving matoi, but because she genuinely likes being around her and they become very close friends. she doesnt want to say anything, but the truth is that mey developed a huge crush on euclyta along the way. she’s content with keeping quiet until xiao asks her to undergo cryosleep to cleanse her body from f-factor. the night before she has to go, euclyta steps up and confesses she’s also got feelings for her. they promise they’ll be together once mey comes back.

two years pass, she wakes up, and reunites with her friends.

episode 4 as it is in the game doesnt exist in this story because i dont like it so the way i retconned it is an arc focused on defeating falspawn across the planets in preparation for the primordial darkness’ return, like xiao had said at the end of episode 3. there is a lot of focus on mey reconnecting with her friends and catching up on the two years they missed out on, and her developing relationship with euclyta.

when the primordial darkness returns, mey harnesses her innate light and manages to separate persona from it, creating omega in the process. episode 5 continues as normal, except that when euclyta and aurora are brought to epyk, they refuse to go back to oracle and stick together with mey (largely because eucie doesnt wanna leave her alone on a strange medieval fantasy isekai, like if you found out your girlfriend was fighting REAL firebreathing dragons, golems, and shit you’d be terrified for her wellbeing too) (she got a very cool epyk disguise because otherwise margareta wouldnt let them go)

when episode 5 ends theres another divergence from canon, in which mey is too kind for her own good and saves elmir from dying and forces him into the falz sitcom headspace together with luther, gettemhart and co. she has to constantly tell them to not lay a finger on him. also he refuses to admit he does like her. she gets a very cool masquerade dark blast form!

in the small timeframe between the end of ep5 and before shiva overtakes the mothership in ep 6, mey obtains a cosmogenic arm of her own in the form of lightstream xion, after fighting the requiem of the specters grudge (the dark falz persona raid).

the war against shiva goes the same, but when it comes to the finale you might be asking who the third heroine is if i wrote hitsugi out of existence. its euclyta :D because i can and because i believe in the power of love skjdhsj

after the end of the story, things go quiet and they try to resume life and live in peace. meyneth and euclyta get married a few years later. i am still ironing out how i want this ending to connect to ngs bc we still have so little lore on the meteorn but i’ll make it work. i now realize this was supposed to be about mey and i somehow still ended up rambling a bit about euciemey in the process whoops. anyway .

theres the mey lore i hope u enjoy pls subscribe and hit the little bell icon for more

[jesuisceleine]

LUTHER. all odd numbered questions. go. :]

i had to ruminate on this not because it was hard but because if i didn't control myself this post would be unending

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

first, there is not one thing i dislike about him but there are things i dislike about the spin-off adaptations that the writers did to him. second, there is so much i like about him but more than anything i like that beyond the initial impression, beyond being a puppet of a dark falz, beyond his snark and wit, he cares. he cares a lot. he cares for his sister, he cares for humanity, he cares so much that it's his strength and weakness. the whole reason he became a perfect target for dark falz is because he loved harriet so deeply that losing her broke his spirit.

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

again there isn't much in canon (besides spin-offs) that i dislike and what there is TO dislike is just by proxy because he's related to it story-wise so i'd have to say the only thing i dislike is his obsession with xion because the fans warp it into romance which is just... not? the case? it's very obvious he only saw her as nothing more than a font of knowledge, not as a person. of course, this is all only while he's under loser's control which further makes the romance angle even more uncomfortable!

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

this is hard.. there's so many... i won't cheat by linking my LUTHER PLAYLIST COUGH HACK but i will do my part by picking the best one of it so i'll go with Send Them Off! by Bastille

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

i'm gonna pick two-ish? (it's not cheating) i love when fan artists draw him with angel's wings and/or his little winged babies. the amount of art i saw of luther with little tyraludas surrounding him tickles me to no end.. after that though i adore making him the antagonistic goober troll to anyone whose anyone because he really and truly is just here to be contrarian and then leave

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

purely platonic roommates... ? uh.. no.................

11. Would you date this character?

YEP

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

i like to use 🧪📔 for him! as far as emojis... i don't think he's the type to really use them honestly.

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

him x his beautiful wife alasondria rue reyna cuent aka the definitely canon and real ship luthaly

17. What's a ship for this character you don't hate but it's not your favorite that you're fine with?

this is going to be funny and contradictory but luther/xion. i don't HATE it but i don't view it romantically because of the above statements. it has potential! but it's not for me.

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

it's not even a relationship because their interactions are nonexistent to the point the one time they did 'interact' luther told him to go to hell while blasting him with a death laser but uh... luther/elmir

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

i love to get inside his head. i think he's a deeply fascinating character and because pso2 doesn't often do introspection for its cast members i find it to be the most exciting area to explore for fan content. i'm not sure i understand the concept of something i wouldn't like to write because i probably just won't write it...? LOL

23. Favorite picture of this character?

unfair. mean. rude. terrible to ask me to only use one.

anyways i like this one.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

i thought he was just the same old god-complex 'i want all the knowledge in the world' villain (not in a bad way mind you!) but after episode 3 when he shows the PC and matoi around double's inner universe and i got to witness the 'human' side of him i realized he was far more than that and i was further smitten by him... episode 5 did not help this!!!

in conclusion luther pso2

[nememachine]

funny elf man :^)

EP2 version:

[ageha-sds]

ARKS PIECE OF TRASH

[patchwork-crow-writes]

Okay wait I have another one:

Roses are red, Existence is pain, The solution tells me That you struggle in vain

[celeine]

adventure

[arsenyx1]

if phantasy star online 2 got bigger fanbase there’s a huge chance of Luther aka Dark falz Loser to became tumblr sexyman

[shel-bits]

found an old-ish AUther I still like!!!

[tekabecca114]

I absolutely had to draw this one sorry

PSO2 episode 5 is so funny. There's this whole serious fantasy plot happening meanwhile you just have all the evil guys from episodes 1-3 in your head now, but it's okay because they need you to stop the bigger evil guy so they're a little less homicidal.