#def one day

[nachtvale101]

Adding on to all the previous discussions of post-SAO readjustment

How did surviving SAO affect the survivor's enjoyment of full dive games as a whole?

When they log in, is their immediate instinct to check if the log out button is still there? Do they freak out when their health bar dips below half? When they kill another player, be it PVP or self defense, is there ever a moment afterwards where they believe they've killed them IRL? Worse yet, if they die in a game they're playing, does their AmuSphere trigger the safety logout due to a sharp spike in their heartbeat?

The cardinal system is something I believe all full dive games use for easier management, though to a lesser degree from the one used in SAO. Unless a game is vastly different in genre, I imagine most will feel pretty similar to SAO. ALO in particular has an extremely similar menu layout too. Just out of muscle memory, does an SAO survivor open that menu and begin scrolling through their items list, looking for something that only existed in Aincrad? or get confused when a skill they once had is no longer there? Forgetting they're a lower level than their previous avatars and as a result, picking fights with higher level monsters because they think they can take it has gotta be a common occurrence. That, or being overly conscious of their level and limiting themselves to weaker mobs, despite the fact there's no longer a real risk of death.

Also ALO has dungeons that disable its flight mechanic. I am willing to bet that SAO survivors go into these dungeons, leave, and completely forget flight is a thing until they've already walked like half the distance to the nearest settlement lmfao

On a related but also kinda seperate note, some of my favorite scenes in the anime include 1) Kirito's panic attack immediately following his first meeting with Death Gun/XaXa, and 2) his talk later on with Nurse Aki regarding his guilt over killing 3 Laughing Coffin members. They're one of the few instances we get to see the PTSD that most, if not all SAO survivors likely suffer. The reason I bring these scenes from the GGO arc up specifically is because GGO is the furthest from SAO someone can get, least before the Seed. So how many survivors flocked to GGO because of its vast differences, and how did they feel when rumors of a player able to kill someone through their avatar started sprouting up?

And speaking of the Seed, when New Aincrad was created, there had to have been some survivors deeply upset by its creation. On the other side of the coin, there had to have been survivors that felt almost too excited at the prospect of Aincrad being back. Different in a lot of ways, but still. Either way, it's kind of funny picturing some player who starts their ascent later than everyone else, goes to the very first floor boss (cause they've fought Illfang before, they know what to do), only to be absolutely gobsmacked when they encounter the floor boss that very much is not the big scaly rat they were expecting

[idontmindifuforgetme]

I love Tumblr because nothing matters here truly. There are no influencers. Having followers doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a site where people post their sporadic thoughts and rb pretty pictures. Anyone who thinks any of this matters is woefully missing the point

[dizzybizz]

i like the swords a lot

[rotomicity]

I want to remain with my hand entwined in yours

Bringing my 2020 kyosaya art to tumblr bc the sequel movie news got me by the neck and I haven't been normal since :')

[modawg]

i wish percy used his little bounce thing more often like when he jumped super far in tartarus and really high when fighting the minotaur like i want him to use a puddle as a trampoline just bc he can

like imagine he’s on one side of a ravine and there’s monsters on the other side taunting him bc there’s no way he can get over 

só percy yorker jacksons like: say i won’t come over there🤨 say it.

and the monsters are like: LMAOO literally how could you get over here little freak stay mad

and percy’s like: B E T. and literally throws himself across the distance with a running start fists already up and ready

the monsters are just standing there like 😶����🏽‍♀️accepting their fate

[raccoonnutella13]

people don’t talk about hilda (from the netflix show) enough and how absolutely insane she is. and by that i mean how she takes the Traditional Hero trope to the absolute extremes. she is filled with overwhelming whimsy; adventure is drawn to her like a goddamn magnet and absolutely NO ONE can stop her from pursuing it. and if they even try to get in her way then fuck them. this kid’s normal tuesday means possibly dying multiple times and fighting The Horrors. everyone around her is concerned for her and the unstoppable magical girl powers that she wields but she absolutely WILL be a little shit about it because she was pulled from her whimsical littol cottage in the woods where she played with trolls and forced to move to fucking Normal Non-Magic Town. turns out going to Normal Town is only a minor setback and soon she’s back on the befriending magical creatures (a GIANT TALKING RAVEN) grind. she’s so Magical Girl Protagonist that even her own mother is terrified for her.

put simply: hilda subverts the magical girl trope in such a way that makes her a threat to normal society. and i love her for that

[turrondeluxe]

something about giving your only little bro a matching set of lab glasses idk i just wanted to draw them together in the lab :]

[grimfolks]

sweater / jeans / shoes

top / jeans / ballet shoes / earrings / bracelet / rings

top / bottoms / shoes / necklace / watch (bg) / rings

hair 1 & hair 2

[lazylittledragon]

You said that with Dadstarion he coped with Dorian being pregnant surprisingly well but what about Gale?? I can see him and Cyra trying to Logic their way around the horrors of it all

i think they would’ve been fine!! probably a mix of excited and horrified.

[frenchphobe]

griddlehark modern pen pal au where they don’t know each other but are assigned as pen pals for those pen pal projects you get in middle school and it just turns into them sending each other hate mail and somehow they just keep going for several years, even though they dont rly have to

[yeehawpim]

I just assumed "High-Five Heroes" came from some hope for positivity, but Brennan talked about Kipperlilly pushing it on her group in this really cool interview and that gave it a p interesting extra dimension for me

[seventh-district]

Making Incorrect H:SR Quotes Until I Run Out of (hopefully) Original Ideas - Pt. 4 - Nuthin' but Boothill Edition

[Pt. 1] [Pt. 2] [Pt. 3] [Pt. 5] [Pt. 6]

[yeagrave]

I’d suggest firefighter sereshaw but I don’t want to summon a buddie shipper issue again 😭 So how about Hangman as a lifeguard and Rooster as a surfer?

and then they wrestled playfully in the sand :)

[iliothermia]

Playing around with head coverings and getting comfortable.. ty everyone who shared their thoughts and experiences!

[itslilacokay]

CHOSENWEEK DAY 4&5 : FESTIVAL + FLIGHT

i dunno, this was just a little what if hehe

oh im not done yet! have another combined day

CHOSENWEEK DAY 6&7 : COMFORT + FREEDOM (glitch/flashing warning)

this one ive thought of for a whiiile while! you see my vision right guys

okay see you all on finale day!

[v-poreons]

OCposting..... This is Coven :3 she's a witch who specializes in luck magic! I need to post her so I can yap about her more, she's rotating in my brain at top speed

(Also her bf belongs to @oodliedoodlies hiiii hiiiiiiii hi hi hi)