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elkian · 6 months ago

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Rookie here with some thoughts, #1 being oh you put it into words

For clarity, I am about 75% done (I think) with HW's story quest. I am absolutely not an authority lol.

I think the way the classes work in this game reinforces this idea?

And I'm sure some of that is carryover from 1.0 but like

First, I'm hard-pressed to think of a game that lets you switch classes as freely as FF14. If I've unlocked it, and I'm not in combat, a cutscene, or a special story instance of some kind, I can change classes. That's it. I don't have to go to a special job trainer every time, I don't have to pony up gil (or real world money), nothing. Once I have it, I have it. If I want to switch from my level 61 Black Mage to a Level 1 Fisher in the middle of Heavensward, I can. It's not a good idea, but I can.

So, armor. Classes are defined by their weapons - even grimoires start diverging later on, I've noticed as I work on both SCH and SMN - but there's a lot of armor that can be worn by "Any class", "Disciples of War" (phys attackers), "Disciples of Magic" (mages), and then later on becoming a bit more specific. But I can put on something as, say, a Warrior, and notice it has four or five other abbreviations on it - I could potentially wear it as a Dark Knight, for instance.

Aside from reinforcing the idea of connection and giving players more options, it kind of makes me curious. Heck, the reason I picked up the Conjurer and Arcanist lines on my main file (aside from role flexibility) is so I could clear low-level magic gear out of my armory chest. Sometimes, when I do a quest, a job trainer will acknowledge that I've done their class quest even when the quest I'm doing is specifically a different class. It's a small touch, but the fact that somebody put that thought into it does elevate the game. It's related to how NPCs will occasionally textually acknowledge that your character is a big deal in the world. It's just rare enough to make me go "yeah, that's me, I did that! :3" when it comes up.

Gathering and Crafting classes are naturally related, but there being more than twice as many of the latter than the former means the interrelation gets a bit more complex. Miner is crucial to all the metal classes of course, but I need Fisher to snag the coral necessary to certain Goldsmith recipes. Ingots are an ingredient in a lot of Weaver recipes, Botanists gather not only edible plants but also wood and branches, etc. And getting good at a Crafting class means potentially securing some really good gear for your main combat class well ahead of the curve without shelling out a bunch of cash in the process.

And job trainers and class NPCs will come up in other quests, even quests of completely different job line types. By the time I've reached where I am in HW, I can recognize some NPCs by name and more, because I've interacted with them on non-MSQ quest lines. Lots of little details like that make the world feel interconnected and alive.

Even when the core thrust of the story is a bit Fantasy Orthodox, the way it's written, characters' unique viewpoints and a decent understanding of how people think and talk (makes me think of Sir Terry's works tbh) can enhance even some pretty basic story beats. Even the slogs can have some constructive output, be it gil and experience or an understanding of the lore or foreshadowing for a quest made by a better writer with more resources down the line.

It's not All Gold Standard All The Time, there are still some mediocre or even bad points, but it feels like a story that someone -a lot of someones- put some real time and effort and emotion into, and it's really enjoyable to experience for the most part.

IDK if I'm describing this well, it's just a surprisingly coherent and complex game.

p.s. it's been said a hundred times but apparently always needs to be said again: you're free to think ARR is bad (If You Actually Played It) but omg don't go around presenting it like it's the be-all, end-all, undisputed, unbiased, objective truth.

I'm forever glad I played when it came out and didn't have to deal with that shit because I can't imagine what it's like to be told over and over 'the game starts bad but just keep going'.

If people hadn't absolutely loved ARR we wouldn't be here now.

#elk text #elk plays ff14 #also the number of story/side story beats that involve 'don't believe govt-written history books without critical thought'#is surprisingly high.#learning BLM made me better at timing and positioning in general #(it's the abbreviation for Black Mage. like canonically.)#getting good at SCH means I understand how SCH healers work and can use that when playing other classes #playing WAR and MNK gives me a feel for how to handle those classes when healing #so on and so forth

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goji-pilled · 2 years ago

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MK-S: Dark souls update.

Did some research on the dragon. If I recall correctly, breath attack is both magic and fire; given the color, I thought it was some form of unique poison.

And he just levitated me into the air. This must be that “take double damage” thing I read about…well, that wasn’t too bad. You’d think he just eat me while I’m floating. Apparently you can cut his tail off, but he rarely brings it down low enough…I’m going to try it for a bit.

Screw it. It’s been five minutes and it seems the only opening is when he’s swinging the darn thing…there is a VERY pleasant upside to this though: my str and dex are both 25, so I’m not going to wield that weapon soon regardless, but the better news is a clarification on that time I gave. Not five minutes of attempts. Five minutes of the battle. I’m getting good at reading his attack patterns. In fact, if anyone is ever stuck on any boss in any game, I recommend the following: take a few attempts, not to try to win, but merely to survive. Learn their patterns, break bad habits, etc. Applies to Dark Souls, Sekiro, Hollow Knight, etc.

Got him down by about a quarter or a little less. Mask of the child helps with stamina regen. And I’ve gotten good at reading at of his attacks. But he’s keeping a few up his sleeve; found the rear tail slam attack. That one is the opportunity for hitting his tail with the CGS (to recap, an abbreviation of cursed Artorias sword). Going to check something: how much damage would a regular soul arrow do against him with Manus Catalyst? Increased strength, but halves spell uses; but if it does alright or even just chip damage, and even halved, I still have a bunch, then it may be usable.

Little over a quarter of the way that time. Lasted quite a few minutes that battle did. Definitely need to re-equip a wand; if I’m not close enough for melee, I’d like to be able to punish at least some openings.

Remember how I lost to Pinwheel? I think I have redeemed myself:

Believe it or not, I actually timed this fight. I figured it would be a good metric to use. Didn’t think I’d win this run. I think this attempt three or four for today, no idea how many other times I’ve tried in days prior. But for context, this fight took 10 minutes and 41 seconds. I did not get his tail, he doesn’t like to be facing away from me. But I got REALLY good at reading his attacks. Only consumed 10 estus flasks, but there were several points I lucked out and he did some attack I could easily dodge. In this dance, if I missed my “turn” I’d have to forgo a heal until he attacked and my turn rolled around. But now the ring of take more damage from everything is mine.

Heh…I kinda feel almost hollow, no pun intended…alright, a little intended, but not by much. This journey is starting to come to a close.

When, because it will eventually be a when not an if, I buy Dark Souls 2 and 3, would you like similar updates on progress for those? (Or if you’d like I can put my experiences through the frame a a “Candeloro plays video game journal” sort of work. That may be fun.)

Here’s hoping I can resist buying them Before they go on sale. I can afford them, but if I can muster the will to wait for a sale, I could afford them AND…well, literally anything else, the advantage of saving money when you can. I always was tempted to buy them, but always took them out of my Steam Cart, under a motto of “play the first one, before you buy the series.”

I’m gonna farm a bit. Then I gotta kill the daughter of chaos for her soul, kill the hybrid in the painted world, maybe make sure I upgrade as much of my stuff as I can, etc.

oh, apparently the kiln knights drop what I’m looking for. Off to there I go!

I will never get used to this place. Is this…wait, I can reach this place without the serpent by just jumping in a hole and then…something softens the fall. So it is just down. But then where the heck is this place? Is it not just time that has been torn asunder in Lordran, but space as well? …actually, that could make sense; Gwyn linking the fire did Something, and such an act could alter local space-time.

These broken pillars and bridge supports look almost…organic. Like they’re fossilized remains of something once alive, trying to look like a building. Almost looks like I’m entering a giant rib cage…and if I am, the heart is where the fire’s at…

Oh there’s a Ornstein statue by the Anor Lando Bonfire. Cool.

Think I’ll get my head infected with parasites. There’s some final pyromancy I want to buy but I need to be infected first.

My character has an itchy head…so do I come think of it. You guys hear that chittering sou- wait no, this is a message, not a live chat.

Oh my head is an egg now.

Got the cure, bought more and currently grinding for souls and white ore.

Finally figured out how to intentionally backstab; I have to be behind and at WALKING speed. Good to know. Hadn’t realized it consciously before.

“Pardon me Black Knights, I must shove this Greatsword up your bums and out your lungs…or heart, but whatever it came out of was probably important…actually, it’s more in through the back around the second to last vertebrae, but you’re turning to dust so it doesn’t really matter anymore.”

Alright, time to kill percilla then a fire keeper, then Gwyn. Then on to new game plus. (Let me know if you’d like new game plus updates as well.)

Off to kill percilla.

That was easy: she turned invisible before I could cut her tail off. Oh well, One Chaos Storm killed her stone dead. Oh, and I have all pyromancies now.

I am now level one hundred. It’s time. I’ll kill the daughter of Chaos, consume her soul…then kill the firelink shrine firekeeper too; I won’t be leaving that place…no, I feel bad about killing the spider…actually no, I’ve had no interaction with the firelink shrine firekeeper this playthrough since I skipped the quest that restores her tongue; something to look forward to for next playthrough. But the spider one, even though I had no talk with her for most of the relationship, I at least interacted with. Her I feel bad for; but the firekeeper of firelink is just a gameplay mechanic. Though I love how I’m feeling guilt over a fictional character. I deliberately wore the witch ring to tug at my own heartstrings, put some real regrets into my action. Her butler’s last words were to try to warn his lady. And he invented several swamp pyromancies.

Scratch that, I guess I can’t kill her.

I want to be human for this.

Pha-haha! A black knight bounced off my shield then fell to his death.

Oh, a Solare summon sign. Sure, why not?

Well, he’s apparently got a laser. But now…

Time for the last fog gate. At level 100.

…well that was fast. I think im a bit over leveled for this. Just three or four Manus Catalyst Soul Spears. Solaire helped when I realized I forgot to equip a catalyst by distracting Gwyn while I fumbled around in the menu.

That was fun. Definitely one of my new favorite games of all time.

And thank you Kechi, for being the place that finally got me to give this game another go.

New game plus. Let’s go. Oh yep, you can see stray demon walking about. Manus catalyst is a powerful melee weapon. Oh, while my gear carried over, I did not get a refresh on my used spells. So no soul spear for the demon. Never mind there’s a bonfire before him. Time for a nostalgic beat down. And look who’s up on the roof….that photo came out really well too; could act as a nice poster.

Three hits. I am over leveled. He didn’t even get to react. And I can hear stray demons footsteps. Love how I initially had thought those were asylum demons.

Ah, time to put my +10 divine gargoyle halberd to good use, and my old trusty shortsword is now a +5 occult shortsword. (Does that inflect curse on enemies?)

Found out how to kill one skeleton without divine weapons: knock him off a cliff.

Well, I’m off to bed now. Have a good day everyone! I hope you all enjoyed this…series, I suppose.

Well congrats on beating the game! Now you play through NG+ until you get to number 7 and get the hardest difficulty

Also yes, Gwyn was a suprisingly easy bossfight he first time, especially with Solaire.

It was harder in NG+ and without the sun boy around

#felix answers #also if you do get dark souls 2&3 id prefer if you dont do these uupdates #as i havent played the games myself and dont want spoilers until i someday can :)

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rbbalmung · 4 years ago

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Pokemon SwSh GPL AU: Get to know ______ P3

It’s time for THE BOYS. My biggest conclusion from putting this together is that while Raihan enjoys pushing everyone else’s buttons, Leon is the only person that can fluster the hell out of him. Please enjoy.

Get to Know: Leon x Raihan (TrueRivalShipping)

1: Who spends almost all their money on the other? Leon. He feels like the type of person whose love language is gift giving (ex. giving Hop Wooloo and Grookey, giving Gloria Scorbunny, Yamper, and Charmander, ect.). That being said, he’s terrible at getting gifts. He can tell exactly what type of Pokemon a person would want and catch it, but presents? He once got Raihan a charmander watch made for kids without even considering it wouldn’t fit him.

2: Who sleeps in the other’s lap? Leon. They’re both tall, but Lee’s the smaller of the two.

3: Who walks around the house half-naked and who yells at them to put on some clothes? Raihan would definitely strut around just to get a reaction out of Leon. Half the time his intentions are to get him into bed, but the other half? Embarrass Leon when he’s on Rotom calls with his mum (don’t worry, he wears pants for those instances).

4: Which one tells the other not to stay up all night and which one stays up all night anyway? They’re both night owls. They stay up either playing video games or watching Netflix (or whatever the pokemon equivalent to that is). They had to invest in a bigger couch due to how often they have passed out on it. (When I say bigger couch, I definitely mean a futon. They just straight up by the closest thing they can to another bed).

5: Which one tries to make food for the other but burns it all by accident and which one tells them that it’s okay and makes them both cookies? Hop inherited their mum’s cooking skills. Since Leon spent most of his young adult life as a champion who never really had time to stay at home and cook a real meal, it is up to Raihan to provide. Lee was permanently designated to cleanup duty after nearly burning the apartment down.

6: Which one reads OTP prompts and says “Oh that’s us!” and which one goes “Eh, not really”? Leon would say,” Oh, that’s us!” and Raihan would say,” Eh, not really?” just to spite him. There is a lot of teasing and playful banter in their relationship.

7: Which one constantly wears the other’s clothes? Raihan, but only because he would literally murder Leon if he borrowed one of his designer sweatshirts. There’s also the added benefit that Lee’s clothes are a lot comfier.

8: Which one spends all day running errands and which one says “You remembered [thing], right?” Leon isn’t allowed to run errands by himself because he’d get lost, so Raihan is usually the grocery-getter. Raihan will be in the checkout line and almost always get a last minute text from Leon asking for one more item. It drives Raihan bonkers.

9: Which one drives the car and which one gives them directions? Leon is the driver, and Raihan is the “direction giver” (let’s be real, he’s more focused on what song they play next than getting them to their destination). If it’s a group road trip, neither of them are allowed in the front because they’ll just end up getting everyone lost.

10: Which one does the posing while the other one draws? Ok, so I don’t really think one of them would draw the other. They’re much more of an “active, sporty couple” than an “artsy couple”. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened, though. During one of their dates, they decided to doodle each other on their napkins to help pass the time. They were both terrible and it got really heated when the waitress chose Leon’s drawing as “slightly less worse”.

11: If they were about to rob a museum, which one does backflips through lasers and which one is strolling behind with a bag of chips? Are you kidding? They’d both try to out-do each other. Both backflippers.

12: Which one of your OTP overdoes it on the alcohol and which one makes the other stop drinking? I feel like even though Leon has more body mass than Raihan, he’d be the lightweight of the two. Both have been in the League since they were in their late teens, but Leon’s public image had a lot more specifications than Raihan’s. That meant Raihan got to go to a lot more college parties on his nights off and build up his tolerance. Leon’s public relations manager didn’t let him even look at alcohol until he stepped down as champion. He had to “set a good example for his young fans”. (Sufficed to say, Gloria quickly got a new PR manager when she filled his role).

14: Which one keeps accidentally using the other’s last name instead of their own? Raihan learned that if he used Leon’s last name, he could get special treatment. It’s an abuse of power! Especially when they’re having dinner at the Hoffman house and Raihan casually slips in that he’s planning on taking Lee’s last name once they marry. Leon’s convinced his grandparents like Raihan better than they like him at this point.

15: Which one screams about the spider and which one brings the spider outside? Raihan, though he’ll go to an early grave before admitting that. He just doesn’t want them getting webbing on his new shoes! Yeah...that’s it.

16: Which one gives the other their jacket? Leon. It was mentioned above, but Raihan has to be in a really good mood in order to let Leon borrow his stuff. It isn’t that big of a deal, thankfully: The Hoffman boys are like personal heaters.

17: Who keeps getting threatened by the other’s overprotective older sibling? Ok, ok, ok: Raihan is slightly intimidated by Hop. He just wants the best for his big bro! If that means calling Raihan out of his shit from time to time to keep him in line, so be it. Raihan can’t fight back either, because that’s his boyfriend’s little brother! One of the only things Leon gets testy over is people bullying Hop, so Raihan has to do it when he isn’t around.

18: Who’s the first one to admit they have feelings for the other? Leon. It wasn’t one of those things where they’ve always liked each other, but after being friends for so long, their feelings blossomed into something new. Lee is a big flirt and never officially came out, so Raihan just figured he didn’t mean it whenever he complimented him. Leon literally confessed to Raihan at least five time before it sank in that he was serious.

19: How good would your OTP be at parenting? I think they’d actually be pretty good! Leon helped raise Hop and he definitely has the dad act down, so adopting children would be something he’d be super interested in. Raihan may struggle a little bit at first (especially with where the line of what he could and couldn’t post on social media was), but he has a big heart. They would always be there for their kids. If Gloria and Hop are the cool parents, Leon and Raihan are the embarrassing ones. Would tease their kid lovingly.

20: Which one types with perfect grammar and which one types using numbers as letters? Leon has sent a lot of professional texts because of his former position as champion, so he’d win by default. If they’re texting each other, it is all in numbers, emojis, and abbreviations. Sonia, Piers, and Nessa hate being in group chats with them.

21: Who gets attacked by a bully and who protects them? Lee is the more protective of the two, especially when it comes to people bullying Raihan online. Raihan tries to tell him that he doesn't have to do it, but he’s secretly very flattered.

22: Who makes the bad puns and who makes a pained smile every time the other makes a pun? Leon makes the worst dad jokes in the world. Sometimes he does it just to embarrass Raihan.

23: Who comes home from work to see that the other one bought a puppy? They take turns. Raihan will catch a Hakamo-o to beat Lee’s Aegislash, only for Lee to catch an Azumarill from the Isle of Armor a week later. It’s a never ending game of trying to one up the other.

24: Which one gives the other a piggyback ride when they’re tired? Leon. He’s pretty buff, so carrying Raihan around is nothing. He usually does it without asking if his boyfriend looks tired and flusters the heck out of him.

25: Which one competes in some sort of activity and which one does the overzealous cheering? Ever since Leon left he league, he makes it a priority to go to every one of Raihan’s matches. He often dons ridiculous disguises in order to not get recognised, but he always gets recognised. There is an online forum just made up of pictures of him in different, weird attire. He might’ve even been able to slip by public notice if not for the fact that he tries to make AS MUCH NOISE AS POSSIBLE to cheer his boyfriend on.

26: Who takes a selfie when the other one falls asleep on their shoulder? Is there even a possible different answer than Raihan? The man takes selfies as a living. You better believe he has 8 different folders of pictures of Leon.

27: Which one would give the other a makeover if they asked? Raihan. Leon is so close to having style, but then he’ll throw on his signature snapback and a cape and ruin everything. You know the cape isn’t even a requirement for the champion to wear? Yeah, Lee just chose to wear it. He counts it as a small victory whenever Leon decides to buy something at one of Rai’s favourite stores.

28: Which one owns a pet that the other is absolutely terrified of? Raihan tries not to get between Leon and Charizard. It’s a similar situation to the Hop one: Charizard is Lee’s baby, which means Raihan isn’t allowed to tease them.

29: Which one holds the umbrella over both of them when it rains? Raihan, but he purposely will move the umbrella out from above Leon to get him soaked. It’s payback for all the other stuff he does.

30: If your OTP went on vacation, where would they go and what would they do? Who would take the pictures? Like Gloria and Hop, I think they’d travel to all the regions. They’d have to do it on off seasons and couldn't stay long due to their duties in Galar, but they like seeing the new types of pokemon. Once again, Rai would take millions of pictures. He has a photo album per vacation, not just vacation in general.

#GPL AU #pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon au #pokemon swsh #swsh #swsh leon #pokemon leon #champion leon #swsh raihan #pokemon raihan #gym leader raihan #leon x raihan #truerivalshipping #The banter between these two would be unbeatable #half the time people aren't sure if they even like each other #best boyfriends ever

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djgamek1ng · 4 years ago

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My thoughts about the Endwalker/6.0 announcement stream

I had originally posted this on Twitter in a TwitLonger tweet, but I’ll also put it here. This also contains the follow up “thread” about the pure healer/barrier healer balancing (which is at the end, so if you are only interested in that, skip to where it starts with “So... I was”). OKAY, SO I'M REALLY DAMNED HYPED ABOUT THIS EXPANSION. I'm going to go point by point for things they talked about, in as much of the order they talked about things. - The trailer is really freaking cool! Personally, it is arguably my favorite trailer now and we haven't gotten the full version, though depending on the full version the Shadowbringers trailer might still win it out. The music is great, bit less rocking than the Shadowbringers one, but still fantastic. The WoL as a PLD is everything I've ever wanted from this game. It is also a FF4 reference with Cecil going from a Dark Knight to a Paladin. Seeing the twins in CG finally is also amazing. Endwalker, great freaking name ruined by its unfortunate abbreviation: EW. - Okay, so the new jobs. One is a melee DPS. Honestly, didn't expect that. Was expecting a caster, but this does silence the whole "they are going to balance the choices to be 4 each and then we might no longer get any jooooobs!!!!11!" discussion that I've seen happen, so honestly I'm okay with this. The other is our new healer, Sage. Alphinaud also job changed to it, so that is nice. - Specifically, about Sage, they made it a barrier/shield healer and will be shifting over AST to be a "pure" (regen) healer. The actions they showed look cool enough, but it is hard to judge. It is also very very very interesting that they are looking to make the raid finder actually distinguish between barrier healers (so Sage and SCH) and pure healers (WHM and AST). I will get to this point in another post, since I think it is very interesting that they are doing this. - 6.0 being the end of the major Hydaelyn vs Zodiark arc. VERY interesting that it is specifically 6.0 that is going to be the end of that and not 6.3, makes me think that 6.0 is going to be a slightly bigger patch than normal expansion launch patches in terms of story. - Higher level cap! ...I'm only mentioning it because they did. Okay, to be fair, we do see some of the new AFs and DRK's looks great, WHM's looks good, SAM's is awesome and BLM's is nice. - Finally going to Thavnair and Garlemald. Bit of a shame we are only going to Garlemald when it has been entirely destroyed, but it was to be expected I guess lol. Oh, also, new beast tribe. Matanga, the big elephant people. They look pretty cool and I'm honestly intimidated by them as a Lalafell ^-^" - Anima confirmed! Is it going to be a Terminus beast similar to the enemies we saw in the Amaurot dungeon, just as a trial instead? If so, that is really really cool. Regardless, a long overdue enemy to see arrive here! - "Challenging" new dungeons. I'm... sorry to be skeptical, but I'm guessing these are not going to be that challenging. I really hope I'm wrong and that they will provide a decent challenge, but I just doubt it. The art does look pretty though! - New 8 man raids, the Pandaemonium raids. Ascian inspired with Lahabrea of all of them being the one we supposedly see in the art. Very very interesting and I'm glad that they are moving to more FFXIV original stuff, though Pandaemonium isn't a new thing in the FF series for sure. - New 24 man raid series. Not title said, just said that it will be FFXIV original. All I gotta say: thank GOD. Sorry to all Nier fans, but I just could not care about Yorha: Dark Apocalypse. It very much feels like it is the continuation of NieR: Automata in FFXIV with little to no relevance for the FFXIV side of things (such as world building as such). Hoping the 5.5 one can make me feel different though. - New small scale PvP mode. Apparently going to be approachable by casuals? Seems like a good direction for FFXIV's PvP at the moment, since you currently need too many people to have a PvP match. - Role quests are returning. Also, ranged is now split up into physical ranged and casters. I'm... divided on this. If it means again only 1 job quest at the level cap, that is going to be disappointing tbh. If it doesn't, then I will be very glad. Also gatherer and crafting quests... uh... *stares at him only having one of each unlocked and neither are even at level 50*. Also, WAR, MNK and RDM AF art. WAR looks pretty good, MNK looks nice and RDM looks pretty neat! - Estinien in the trust system. Yup, that makes perfect sense since Estinien is basically a honorary member of the Scions at this point. Also since we have no more melee DPS in that spot, since Ryne isn't with us anymore. I will miss Ryne in the MSQ. Hopefully they have more quests for us on the First that involve her :( - Island Sanctuary. Stardew Valley FFXIV edition? I mean, I'm down for it. Especially if we can customize the place. If I'm able to get a training dummy there and teleport to that place, it will basically just be my new house and I might actually consider getting my current house demolished. - As literally everyone expected, Ishgard housing. Makes perfect sense after the Ishgard Restoration. Not personally jumping on it, as I remember the bloodbath that was Shirogane housing *shudders* - Stat squish. I'm perfectly fine with this, since smaller numbers feel more impactful for me. I'm 100% a person that sees a 61389 damage Confiteor crit and just feels nothing towards the 3 numbers on the right. They mean nothing. Smaller numbers makes smaller increases more substantial - Removing belts. Nomura's worst nightmare... Honestly, I'm just glad about the extra inventory space for main weapons arms and rings. That is the good stuff! :) - Data center travel. UH. How in the heck is this going to work? Is it only in the regions or can I go from Chaos to Primal, for example? If the latter, that is amazing and removes the need to have alts for friends in other datacenters by quite a bit! - PS5 version. Yeah, that makes sense. - Digital Fan Fest 15th and 16th of May (14th and 15th for the NA folks). Looking forward to it and to seeing the new melee DPS job being revealed! Plus a live concert by the Primals is sick! So... I was gonna make a post about the whole barrier healer/pure healer thing and how that is weird compared to what they did with tanks in ShB and how it might impact tanks in End (I don't like EW as acronym), but an interview happened and they have already confirmed tanks are not getting balanced for main tank/off tank. So I'll just sum up what I had about healers: it is a very interesting direction that I honestly think is more healthy for the game. It diversifies and focuses the healers into their type of healing, a problem AST had since it came out, where the only pieces of identity it had were its cards and the fact it could be a WHM-lite or a SCH-lite, where the second part isn't really an identity. It also confirmed that the healers aren't getting split in 2 categories in the game (like the DPS are split between melee, physical ranged and magical ranged). Just for balancing, which is good since queues would otherwise be a pain for no real reason. Also, he confirmed that content will be easier with one pure healer and barrier healer, not required.

TL;DR: I think this is a change for the better. AST will (hopefully) get a real identity outside of “it can be either like WHM or like SCH!” and their cards.

#FFXIV #ffxiv endwalker #ffxiv 6.0 #just my thoughts

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elwinged · 5 years ago

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narnia analysis

so i’m just gathering here all of the analysis i’ve read about narnia so far?? I think it’s pretty cool ngl

a note: i’m not going to hecking mention the v obvious and already explained christian allegory with aslan being jesus and edmund representing humanity and the witch being satan and all that jazz.

DISCLAIMER: absolutely none of this belongs to me except for the odd bit of prose in the edmund section

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first up, names! credit for this goes to @thoughtfox72 (you can find the original post here)

- peter means rock, which ties in well as he’s the “rock” of the family. It’s also a reference to good ol’ st. peter- in matthew 16:18 (the bible), peter is called “the rock upon which my church was founded”.

- edmund means protector, which again ties in well with his actions against the witch, but it also ties into shakespeare’s king lear. in king lear, edmund is the bastard son of the duke of glouchester, who betrays his entire family to gain power. sound familiar? yeah, i thought so too. shakespeare’s edmund is never redeemed, however, but it is a direct parallel to narnia’s edmund.

- lucy means light, and it’s pretty obvious that she’s the light of her family, illuminating the path to aslan.

- susan, however, means lily and it’s pretty hard to figure out why that’s so important. like yeah, lilies are typically used at funerals (which, um, pretty dark bit of foreshadowing there, mr. lewis) but like?? compared to the others, that doesn’t seem deep enough. and that’s when you realise- at the end of vodt, what does the dawn treader have to sail past to get to aslan’s country? a sea. of. hecking. lilies.

- and so the flower that susan is named for is the ones that grow on the path to aslan’s country, which is a pretty strong hint about her eventually returning to aslan’s country.

- also, if you look at the points of the compass, aslan’s country (and therefore the sea of lilies) are in the east. it’s implied that susan beginning to forget narnia started when she went to america (heading west). this is really paying a lot of attention to direction, which brings me to my next point…

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direction, and points of the compass! credit for this goes partly to @thoughtfox72 (because of the above point) but mostly to @elecktrum , from the most noble order of the table from the sword and shield, jewel and song series.

- so as was stated above, susan’s journey away from aslan’s starts with her going west, but the flowers that she’s named for are in the east, near aslan’s country, thus signifying that she will probably return.

- as well as that, aslan gives edmund and peter the west and north (“to the great western woods, king edmund the just” and “and to the clear northern sky, i give you king peter the magnificent”), respectively, while susan and lucy receive the south and east (“to the radiant southern sun, queen susan the gentle” and “to the glistening eastern sea, i give you queen lucy the valiant”).

- edmund and peter have the directions of their enemies (to the north are the wild lands of the north, where the giants live, and to the west are the western wilds and telmar).

- susan and lucy get narnia’s “allies” and protection (i put allies in quotation marks as calormen isn’t really an ally, but it isn’t quite an enemy either)- archenland, calormen and the eastern sea.

- this highlights that the brothers are the ones who protect, and the sisters gather allies and friends (a teensy bit sexist, don’t you think?).

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there’s also a bit of character analysis!

i’ll start with Peter (credit for this goes to @thoughtfox72 ) (post found here)

- so like loads of people have said that peter is boring, because he doesn’t have complexity, and the heart of this boils down to the fact that c.s. lewis keeps us at a distance from peter. we don’t get to see what he thinks or feels, whereas we do with the younger siblings.

- also, and this is connected to the point above, peter seemingly rushes into things without any warning (e.g. the duel with miraz, pc book canon). but honestly, it’s not that he rushes into things, it’s that we don’t see his reasons for doing it. an example of this is in the prince caspian book- peter is the only one to realise that they’re in cair paravel and he actually numbers his goddamn reasons, like it’s a slideshow or something. this, of course, tells us that he’s been thinking about it for a while, but just hasn’t chosen to share it. peter keeps things close to his chest.

- peter doesn’t share things that much- this even shows in his title. valiant, gentle- heck, even just are quite descriptive and specific. magnificent, on the other hand is like “??? what does it mean?" this is done on purpose, as it’s an effective way to maintain awe. he’ll always meet an individual’s sense of what a great king should be because he’s left to the imagination. “High King Peter the Magnificent is more an idea than a person, like King Arthur.”

- but peter is a person. he’s a good king, but still a person. examples: when they have to vote on which way to go (book pc), he doesn’t want to vote until trumpkin says that it’s his duty. basically the first thing he says to caspian (again, book) is “i haven’t come to take your place, you know, but to put you in it”. though he’s the one in charge, it’s his duty, not something he seeks.

- this is also shown during acts of violence. think about it- most of peter’s most famous acts (save the last battle) are to do with violence- killing the wolf, fighting the witch, duelling with miraz. this all emotionally affects him- he cries after killing maugrim, it’s shown that he’s pale and drawn after fighting the witch... i could go on. although he’s good at this stuff, he doesn’t like it- it’s not easy for him. this ties in well with the whole series’ idea of kingship- “For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack, and last in every desperate retreat.”- and c.s. lewis knew this. lewis had fought in the war and knew how bad it got, but he had peter do it anyway, because he’s the high king, and the hardest tasks fall to him. this, matched with peter liking to keep things to himself, is a lonely task.

- as well as that, it’s more than likely that peter would’ve served in the war back in england as well- the timelines do match up.

- and peter has a super strong sense of duty and responsibility as well- why, at the end of prince caspian (book. again.), he tells aslan that he was leading them wrong, even though he was being pulled in opposite directions by both his sisters. he’s trying to take everything that’s wrong onto himself, including his siblings’ faults.

- tldr; peter is good at being a king but that doesn’t mean he has to like it. he’s a good warrior and a good person but he’s been given really hard tasks and he’s trying to keep it together. he only looks perfect and boring on the surface because he’s not very open and is kept at a distance from the reader. his job is lonely, because he’s high king and that’s what it means.

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okay. peter’s done. hopefully that make sense.

onto the problem of susan (credit for this goes to @ncfan-1 ) (find the original post here)

- to start off, here’s a reference:

“Sir,” said Tirian, when he had greeted all these. “If I have read the chronicles aright, there should be another. Has not your Majesty two sisters? Where is Queen Susan?”

“My sister Susan,” answered Peter shortly and gravely, “is no longer a friend of Narnia.”

“Yes,” said Eustace, “and whenever you’ve tried to get her to come and talk about Narnia or do anything about Narnia, she says ‘What wonderful memories you have! Fancy you still thinking about all those funny games we used to play when we were children.’ ”

“Oh Susan!” said Jill. “She’s interested in nothing nowadays except nylons and lipstick and invitations. She always was a jolly sight too keen on being grow-up.”

“Grown-up, indeed,” said the Lady Polly. “I wish she would grow up. She wasted all her school time wanting to be the age she is now, and she’ll waste all the rest of her life trying to stay that age. Her whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one’s life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can.”

“Well, don’t let’s talk about that now,” said Peter. “Look! Here are lovely fruit trees. Let us taste them.”

–The Last Battle, page 135

- please notice who speaks. tirian asks, peter gives a very tense, very abbreviated explanation (which probably means he doesn’t intend to take it further than that). however, eustace, polly and jill jump in and defame her to tirian, despite the fact that what she’s been doing on earth is very clearly none of their business. lucy, edmund and digory don’t speak at all.

- i’d like to point out that the four people who knew her best contributed nothing to her defamation, and that three of them are pointedly silent.

- now, onto the three that did talk.

- how well did they know susan? there’s no canon evidence (book, movie, or otherwise) that any of them interacted with her.

- eustace was susan’s cousin, yes, but up until vodt she thought he was an annoying brat and we only know that he made friends with edmund and lucy- it’s not sure if he made friends with the rest of the pevensies as well.

- polly was digory’s friend, but we don’t know when she was introduced to the pevensies- if it was before susan “forgot” narnia, or after. it was possibly and probably after, given that there was no mention of her at all pre-prince caspian (save the magician’s nephew, but that’s not the point)

- and we know for a fact that jill and eustace didn’t meet until a few years after pc. we don’t even know if susan and jill ever met, or if jill just knew of her.

- so there are a few questions raised. how well did eustace, polly and jill know susan? were any of them even close to her? how reliable a judge are they?

- well, eustace, jill and polly are shown to be the kind of people who, when they know that susan has received the new that they’re dead and is being asked to identify their bodies, instead of expressing sympathy for her (she has to bury them, bury them, and they can’t even express sympathy? talk about heartless), they just talk about how silly and vain she is- so no, they’re probably not the best judges of susan pevensie.

- what this tells us is that none of the three were really interested in knowing susan. none of them really wanted to get to know her side of the story. if they treat her like that when she isn’t even around to defend herself, imagine what they were like to her in person! small wonder that susan pevensie didn’t confide in them.

- let’s look at the other four, the four who knew her best. her siblings and digory, who would have known her better. while none of them express sympathy for her (seriously, guys? not good), none of them gossip about her either. as mentioned above, peter gives a short explanation that is obviously meant to wrap it up and also cuts off the three gossips. also mentioned above is that the other three who knew her best say nothing. absolutely nothing.

- that might suggest they agree with the others, or, perhaps more likely, that there was a lot more going on with susan that eustace, polly and jill didn’t know about.

- there’s a continuation of this, as well. everything pre-the last battle suggests that when aslan sent them back to earth for good, he wanted them to live their lives there. we’re not completely sure what aslan said to susan and peter at the end of prince caspian, but it’s probably somewhat similar to what he said to edmund and lucy (vodt):

“Dearest, said Aslan very gently, “you and your brother will never come back to Narnia.”

“Oh, Aslan!” said Edmund and Lucy both together in despairing voices.

“You are too old, children,” said Aslan, “and you must begin to come close to your own world now.”

“It isn’t Narnia, you know,” sobbed Lucy. “It’s you. We shan’t meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?”

“But you shall meet me, dear one,” said Aslan.

“Are—are you there too, Sir?” said Edmund.

“I am,” said Aslan. “But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”

–Voyage of the Dawn Treader, pages 215-216

- everyone who was brought to narnia, and then sent back, had a super specific purpose. aslan wanted them to live on earth, and find meaning in their lives there. he wanted them to look for him there.

- we don’t know if susan tried to look for aslan on earth. we only have eustace, jill and polly’s word for that, and as stated above, they are unreliable.

- susan did live on earth, and she tried to make a life for herself, and she made it her home and “[came] close” to it. she probably missed narnia, despite what she said to the three gossips. but she didn’t spend her life pining after something she could never have.

- aslan told the others to live lives in their own world, and to look for him there. and what did they do? spent the rest of there lives wanting nothing more but to go back to narnia.

- aslan told them to look for him on earth, and they didn’t do that. their eyes were focused on another world.

- now aslan was responsible for pulling them back to narnia one last time, but it probably wasn’t meant as a reward. they were pulled back to narnia because they failed. they were brought back because aslan realised that they were never going to do what he wanted them to do, they were never going to look for him there, and so he just “bit the bullet and gave them what they wanted”.

- in the end, it looks less like susan deserted narnia, and more like she was the only one of them who did what aslan wanted her to do.

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and edmund! credit goes to @softlyblues , from weeds spring high, and @quecksilvereyes , from Putting the Gentle Queen Back Into Her Own Narrative, A Suggestion In Ten Parts

- this analysis is directed at the viewpoint that “edmund is a traitor and betrayed them all for sweets”, and while that is true (to a certain extent), there are some certain points made (below)

“I’m not a very good person,” Edmund says, looking up at the clouds.

(He’s thirteen at this point.)

“You’re thirteen,” Susan says sensibly. Sensible Susan with her sensible shoes.

Edmund does that snotty breath that young boys are often wont to do when they think they might cry, breathing a whole cloud of stuff in through his nose. “Father Christmas didn’t give me a gift,” he says, all wet and damp. “You got two. Luce got - you know. Peter got Rhindon. I got to be Edmund the Betrayer.”

“You were eleven,” Susan says. Sensibly.

Her brother looks to the sky and she can see how shiny his eyes are. His cheeks have freckled in the summer. “I’m not anymore and I don’t feel any different to how I did then. What if I’m not any better? What if we go back and I do the same thing again?”

But privately, Susan thinks there isn’t much wrong with being cold and trusting a woman who says she will warm you up, who offers you treats to eat and drink and makes sure your fingers won’t freeze of frostbite. Susan thinks there isn’t much wrong with being eleven and upset that you’ve been sent away from your home, away from your parents. Not much wrong with being eleven and wondering if you’ll still have a house left to come back to.

Aslan used to be someone you couldn’t help but disappoint.

–weeds spring high, by softlyblue on ao3

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VII. Perhaps then, finally, I can look at the lion and tell it what I think of its inaction in the face of genocide, its inaction in the face of its people starving and dying away. Maybe then I can tell it that a nine year old boy who misses his parents like the food he’s starving for, who hasn’t had sweets in a year didn’t deserve to be called a traitor because he was upset and hurt and a Witch spelled him.

–Putting the Gentle Queen Back Into Her Own Narrative, A Suggestion In Ten Parts, by Quecksilver_Eyes on ao3

- i’m not sure i even have to say much after those two excerpts, but i will say this

-imagine this. you’re lonely. you’re tired. you’ve been sent away from your parents, and you miss them you miss them you miss them. you’re surviving on war rations. you’re criticized by your siblings. when you enter this new world, you’re all alone. you’re cold. your sister, who went in with you, is gone. you’ve been left alone. again.

- and then, a woman. a kind, gentle, beautiful woman. she gives you food to eat and a warm drink. you’re warm. finally. you haven’t had anything this nice to eat since before the war. you barely remember that.

- in the end, it all comes down to this: you’re cold and hungry and tired and you miss your parents so much it hurts and there’s a kind woman who offers you food and drink and warmth and love, and so of course you accept, because what else would you do?

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on numbers (credit to @nothinggold13 ) (post found here):

- in the bible, the number 7 means completion. this has direct parallels in the bible and narnia: 7 churches, 7 lampstands (bible) and in narnia, 7 books (although out of world rather than in-world) and the 7 friends of narnia. and so 7 is completion.

- but that leads you to think- what about susan?

- with susan, the 7 friends of narnia would have become 8.

- and do you know what the number 8 means in the bible? do you?

- new beginnings. resurrection. regeneration. new life.

- susan is the 8th. there is a hope and a plan for her.

- “Yes, the Seven stand in completion, but after the end, God makes all things new.”

that's all, folks! will update if i spot any more analysis!

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courage-a-word-of-justice · 5 years ago

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BnHA 80 - 81 | Uchitama 6 | Iruma 21

BnHA 80

I feel like Todoroki would be good with children…given some experience, that is.

Bakugo is Tsundere…Act 1(…?)

I know Horikoshi was trying to make this light-hearted because of the serious nature of the last arc, but I’ve seen people lose faith in the series because the dude doesn’t have much skill in humour. His previous series were all axed and fairly serious, so I can see why he never needed to until now.

Ohmygosh, I can’t believe Shouto is capable of acting like Bakugo to his dad! Not that there’s zero precedent…it’s just that this is the most Bakugo-like he’s ever become, I think, and that includes the tournament.

Integrals? I’m stumped with the humble modulo! (Since that’s based on division anyway, it should be possible to learn that during secondary education.)

I think I remember there was this meme…the “[X] is the traitor” meme…and Aoyama was one of the top suspects. What they’re a traitor for I wouldn’t know since I’m not that far ahead, but I wonder if the reason for this meme will show up soon.

“…sometimes my…”

Financier…? What? What does this have to do with financ-oh…right.

BnHA 81

Wow…I sure didn’t miss this intro, huh?

This is the Culture Festival, specifically.

So “gappoi!” is short for (ryakugo, meaning “abbreviation”) gakkouppoi (school-like).

Well, with the new OP and the hints Kaminari dropped, it’s no surprise what 1-A will do.

There’s even a “Boo?” option…

“The Lexington Dance Band live at Festival Pluse” (give or take capitalisation and a few letters)…wow, Todoroki must wanna go to Glastonbury or something…

“[T]he hiphop” in the background, LOL.

Ooh, Gentle…I saw his name in the ANN stuff, so I know what he looks like (roughly).

The video got encoded funny again…

“The school festival is a festival that takes place at our school.” – Yeah, and people die when they are killed…(<-This is a carryover from Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works’s notes, if you didn’t know. It means the obvious thing is obvious.)

Mirio’s hand gestures look like he’s suggesting boobs or hips, LOL. That’s far too lewd for a show like this, but perfectly in line for a teenage boy.

Date, huh? Ohhhhhh…wait…I thought it was cute, then I realised Eri is probably younger than 10 (update: she’s 6) and Mirio is 18. Mirio is thrice her age!!! No! I am not shipping that in any way but a puppy-dog-love way!

Wha-What was that?! Gentle is so stupid!!!

“Funnest”? I’m no grammar police, but heck! You just wanna piss me off, don’t you, BnHA?!

Uchitama 6

Notice how the chome is highlighted in red behind the cats. That’s not a street…that’s a frickin’ suburb!

Is it just the subs, or are these guys seriously doing a HypMic parody…?

I can’t seem to be invested in this turf war. I mean, we know basically nothing about Waka right now, aside from his haughtiness…

Hmm? Bull’s face is on the titlecard this time.

Meowster is probably Twitter, but it reminds me of Napster (an older music service) more…I never used Napster anyway, I just know it from old logo games.

I was just about to ask that, Gon: is Nora a cat or a wolf with a title like that…?

Yup…listening to Nora’s lines and even the music, it’s clearly a HypMic (or other rap battle) parody.

“My whiskers were twitching.” – Considering in human form you don’t have any whiskers, Nora…LOL.

Well, at least this brings new meaning to “fighting like cats and dogs”, huh?

Huh? So Waka looks like that in dog form, huh?

Momo’s face is on the titlecard now.

Yotsukoshi = parody of Mitsukoshi, a classy Japanese department store.

They’re all doing the “sheeeeeeh!” pose from Osomatsu-kun. Just…no legs.

Non-caffeinated barley tea…that’s a very Gon drink for you.

I noticed Tama’s lost poster on the left side of the bar…plus one of the pictures on the TV is a dog. A small furry brown-haired breed (which I don’t know the exact name for, but I think it’s a Pomeranian).

I just realised that Nora seems to have makeup around his eyes in human form because he has a marking around one eye.

Iruma 21

Makuhari Messe/Metlife Dome.

That’s a strangely rational explanation for idols…for this world, that is.

Oh. It’s akushukai (“shake hands meeting”) but it’s akushukai (“take evil meeting”), hence “meet and grate”.

Kami taiou (“godly answers”, basically the responses people get from entertainers which don’t say much because they’re restricted by business but people go gaga for them anyway) but then switching out the “god” for “hair” (different kanji, but also “kami”). That’s why it’s “cuticle” vs “cute”.

Aw, Kuromu is kinda cute after all. Very relatable.

Mal- = bad in some languages.

Ohh! So this is how Iruma (spoilers for a future episode) becomes a Devidol! Possibly Asmodeus too!

#simulcast commentary #mairimashita! iruma kun #Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun #uchitama?! have you seen my tama?#Boku no Hero Academia #My Hero Academia #Chesarka watches MI-k #Chesarka watches Uchitama #Chesarka watches BnHA

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Scorpia and Sea Hawk finally arrive on Beast Island and are met on the dock by Micah.

From far away, it looked like a pile of colossal-sized animal skeletons rising up out of the ocean. Far larger than the skeleton Scorpia saw in the Crimson Wastes. Beast Island truly looked as… beastly as the stories portrayed it.

But as the Dragon’s Daughter Five drew closer, she could see that it was not several skeletons piled on top of each other. It was cliffs and ridges curving down to the water line. Covered by low-hanging and dropping vines from the jungle that gave the illusion of ribs and spine. It was not a pile of bones climbing out of the sea. It was just normal bedrock and earth.

“The Horde’s prison is supposed to be on the other side.” Sea Hawk was saying. “We can either find a safe place to drop anchor and cross the jungle to the compound, or sail right up to the prison’s harbor. You used to be pretty high up in the Horde. What would you suggest?”

Scorpia looked back at the island. She didn’t know much about the jungles of Beast Island. Only that they were filled with man-eating beasts, and savage natives that hunted them. She did not know how to navigate the jungle and she wasn’t sure she could guide herself and Sea Hawk through it and still be in any sort of condition to actually stage a rescue. Shaking her head in resignation, she turned back to her companion.

“We’ll have to pull into the compound’s harbor.” She told him. “I don’t have my Force Captain badge anymore-“ because she cut it in half to pay Sea Hawk “-but we can do the thing that you did in the Fright Zone. We’ll say we’re inspectors. Here for an inspection. Inspector Pirate, and Inspector… uh… Lynda. I’ll be Inspector Lynda.”

He would have thought she’d pick a more dramatic name, but okay. Sea Hawk steered the ship around the island so that they would come up directly in front of the prison compound and pull into their harbor as if they belonged. “Adventure!”

…

As much as Micah just wanted to go the heck home already, he also had a responsibility to the prisoners he freed. He had to make sure they got off the island safely and were on their way to their own homelands and territories before he could leave and go to his own home and family. That was the burden of leadership. A leader had to take care of those he lead before he took care of himself.

He hadn’t seen Angella or Glimmer in ten years, he could wait another day while he sorted escapees onto the boats in the captured Horde harbor.

One prisoner shook his hand as he was about to climb onto the gangplank. “Listen, man…” Micah recognized his voice as the rude one from two cells over from his. “I’m sorry about mocking you for missing your family. I never expected to get out of there, and your irrational hope was just making things worse for me. But it looks like maybe you were right all along.”

Micah had no idea what to say to that. So he just shook the other man’s hand back and did not comment.

“I’m from the Fallen Star Mountains.” Said the prisoner. “It’s on the other side of Brightmoon. I have to pass through to get home. I’ll tell that Queen of yours that you’re not dead and you’re coming home to her.”

“Tell her I never stopped thinking about her.” Micah asked. “There’s just a few more things I have to do here. But we’ve taken over the Horde’s Beast Island base, and the native Jungle Tribe is willing to join the Alliance –assuming there even still is an Alliance anymore.”

“The Fallen Star Mountains are ruled by the Star Sisters.” The other man informed him. “I’ll see if I can’t urge them to join your Alliance too.”

Now Micah held his hand more firmly, shaking with more enthusiasm. “I would be thankful if you did! The Star Sisters would be powerful allies!”

“I’m Sirius, by the way.” He said.

“Serious by nature, and Sirius by name.” Micah smiled. He needed to get back on his pun-game if he planned on being a Dad to his daughter. Gosh! He hadn’t made a dad-joke in ten years!

“Sure. Let’s go with that.” Sirius pulled his hand out of the sorcerer’s grip and climbed the gangplank onto the ship.

Feeling irrationally optimistic –or, perhaps perfectly rational to be optimistic- Micah turned back to the rest of the freed prisoners, still waiting on the dock. There were only four ships in the harbor, but they were big ships and could carry all the prisoners. The difficult part was figuring out who needed to get on which one. Micah spent the majority of the night after the Great Beast had left pouring over a map of Etheria and trying to decide which were the four best ports to send the ships to, to get everyone home. Then trying to figure out where ‘home’ was for each prisoner and sort them onto the ships accordingly.

Other prisoners expressed similar sentiments as they bit their farewells to Micah and boarded the ships. Not promises to visit Brightmoon and speak to Queen Angella about him. But to speak to their own Princesses or Queens about joining the Alliance.

“I was captain of the guard for Queen Peekablue’s daughter.” One woman informed him. “I had the Queen’s trust and the Queen’s ear before I was captured. I’ll speak to her about the Princess Alliance. She didn’t want to join originally because she knew it would fail-“ Peekablue’s magic was the gift of foresight, when she knew something, she knew it “-perhaps she’ll See differently now.”

A man getting on the same ship as Peekablue’s former captain of the guard stopped to inform him, “I was a soldier of Sweet Bee’s hive.” He placed a fist to his chest and Micah assumed it was meant as a salute. “My Queen rarely does anything without seeking Peekablue’s council. She values the other Queen’s insight –among other reasons- but I will urge her to join the Alliance all the same.”

“Thank you.” Perhaps Micah was a little more passionate than he needed to be. But after spending ten years doing nothing but sitting in the cell, if felt amazing to finally be accomplishing things again. Within the space of a few days, he had escaped from prison, met new allies, gone back to the prison and freed the remaining prisoners, and now was being given promises of possible new allies for their Alliance and Rebellion. Micah was feeling just a little giddy. High off optimism.

He was still optimistic and –for lack of a better word- high, as he watched the four ships pull away from the docks. Waving goodbye as if parting ways after an extended vacation, and smiling like a fool.

Micah stood there until the boats were almost out of sight. Disappearing beyond the horizon.

He was about to turn and go back inside. See how Entrapta was doing inside the compound. But then something else caught his eye.

At first he was concerned that there was something wrong with one of the ships that caused them to turn around and come back. Engine trouble, or spoiled provisions, tainted water, sickness, or any other number of problems that could occur on a large vessel like the ones employed by the Horde.

But as he squinted at the tiny dot on the horizon, he realized that it wasn’t one of the commandeered and repurposed Horde ships coming towards them.

This vessel was smaller. An open deck design. Raised off the water like a hydrofoil. With white sails. Definitely, definitely not a Horde vessel. No Horde boat in all of Etheria would have white sails. Black, red, brown, violet, or gray; yes. But not white. As it came closer, the name on the side of the vessel became readable, identifying it as the Dragon’s Daughter Five, and ‘five’ was spelled out in letters, not abbreviated as V or with a numeral.

Micah was still gawking, confused, when the Dragon’s Daughter Five pulled right up to the dock he was standing on and a man wearing a jewel-tone blue jacket over a white shirt (also, not Horde colors or uniform) threw a rope over the side.

“Hey, tie that off for me, will ya?” He said.

Blinking, moving more on auto-pilot as opposed to making any conscious decision, Micah did as he was asked. Tying off the boat that was most definitely not a Horde boat to the dock. He tugged on the line a couple times just to make sure it was secure. He lived on land almost his whole life and knew very little about the appropriate knots for securing watercraft.

He must have done alright, because the sailor seemed satisfied enough to jump off the boat to the accompanying cry of, “Adventure!”

Up close, Micah could see that he was actually quite young. With a youthful face and demeanor that implied late teens, but a thick and well groomed mustache that implied early twenties. He offered a hand to someone else in the boat.

The man’s traveling companion definitely, definitely looked like she could have been Horde. Dressed all in red armor. A Horde color. But there was no insignia on the armor. No winged sigil of the Horde. No badges identifying her as a soldier of their army. She was just wearing red.

Micah stood there, staring.

Upon really taking note of him, the pair also paused. Staring at an equal loss as to what to do.

“You don’t look like a Horde soldier.” Said the woman.

“You don’t look like Horde soldiers either.” Micah shot back. Except, she kinda did look exactly like a Horde soldier, just without the trademark Horde insignia.

The man cleared his throat awkwardly, and in a voice that was noticeably deeper than when he asked if Micah could tie off the boat said, “That’s because we’re not Horde soldiers. We’re Inspectors. Yes. And we’re here for the inspection.”

“Inspection?” He echoed, not believing it for a second.

It would have to be one incredible coincidence that there was an inspection scheduled –literally- the day after a mass prison break in which the prison was taken over by the island’s natives. As a practitioner of magic, Micah knew such absurd coincidences did happen, but not very often. Besides, their vessel was not a Horde vessel, the man was not dressed like a member of the Horde at all, and the woman who was dressed like a Horde was missing all the important identifying insignia. These kids –and, yes, Micah was calling them kids now, they could not have been much older than his own daughter- these kids were not members of the Evil Horde.

“Yes.” Nodded the man. “The inspection. I am Inspector Pirate, and this here is my associate, Inspector Lynda.”

“Lynda?” Micah echoed, the name sparking some long ago and half-buried memory. He took another look at the woman that was dressed as a Horde. Tall, easily the tallest one of the three of them. And thick-built too. With snow-white hair and dark eyes. Pincer claws in place of hands, and behind her a scorpion tail swayed nervously. The red armor wasn’t Horde armor, it was an exoskeleton. The exoskeleton of a scorpion. And she said her name was ‘Lynda’…? “You can’t be. You’re too young to be Lynda D’Ream!”

Her daughter maybe?

Micah was still a student in Mysticor when the Queendom of Scorpiones was taken over by the Horde and their Runestone given to Hordak in exchange for the life of the Queen and her daughter. Scorpiones fell under Horde control and became the Fright Zone, and Queen Lynda D’Ream became a political hostage to keep those loyal to her under control.

At least, that was what Micah heard. He was only just a child at the time and nobody ever really told him much about the terrible things that happened below their floating magical island. Nobody except Light Spinner, but that was a childhood trauma for another flashback.

Micah knew the Queen of Scorpiones had a daughter. She would have only been a year old when she lost her Queendom and was taken from her mother.

“How do you know- ?“ The scorpion woman began, then cut herself off abruptly.

Her companion looked at her, the slightest bit of concern seeping into his expression.

Then she straightened, regaining composure and clearing her throat. The scorpion woman, ‘Lynda’, fixed Micah with a critical glare. “That is not a standard issue uniform.” She informed the sorcerer. “Are you an officer? If not, we’ll have to dock points for a uniform violation.”

“I am an officer, actually.” Micah grinned at her. He had already come to a conclusion about this pair that had pulled into the harbor in a shit that was definitely not a Horde ship, dressed in clothes that were not Horde uniforms, with a flimsy story that did not hold up to scrutiny. “A pretty high ranking officer. In fact, I’m not just an officer. I’m a King, and Leader of the Rebellion.”

For half a second, the two stared at him, dumbfounded. But only for half of one second.

Then they both snorted. As if he were funny. As if he’d just made a joke. As if they didn’t believe him.

“No you’re not.” Said ‘Lynda’. “The leader of the Rebellion is Princess Glimmer of Brightmoon.”

At the mention of his daughter’s name, it felt like a current of lightning ripped through Micah. Glimmer, his Glimmer, was leader of the Rebellion? But she was so young! Sure she would have grown up a bit in the ten years he was trapped on Beast Island –in his mind, Micah was still imagining a toddler- but she still had to be in her mid-teens. Fifteen. Maybe sixteen if he was being generous. But certainly not old enough to be in charge of a massive military organization like the Princess Alliance.

“I’ve met Glimmer.” Added Inspector Pirate. “And she’s definitely not you.” A pause. “Although, you do look a little like her.”

Micah sputtered for a moment.

He stared at the pair. They met Glimmer. They knew his daughter. Where they friends? Were they also members of the Princess Alliance? If the scorpion woman really was the daughter of Lynda D’Ream then she was definitely a Princess. Had she joined the Alliance to avenge her mother and take back her Queendom? Did the Alliance send them? Was this a prison break? Were they here to rescue him? Did Glimmer send them?

“Are you with the Alliance?” He finally managed to ask.

There was another pause.

The two looked at each other, suddenly unsure.

“Of course not!” Insisted Inspector Pirate. “We’re Inspectors. We’re here for the inspection.”

“Yes.” Agreed ‘Lynda’. “Beast Island is overdue for an inspection.”

“Really?” Micah crossed his arms over his chest and giving these young people –these children- a Look. “You’re gonna stand here and try to convince me that you’re Horde. After I just told you I’m King Micah of the Rebellion.”

“Listen, guy, for all we know, you’re just some crazy dude who lives on the island.” Inspector Pirate informed him. “I’ve run into crazy island-dwelling hermits more often than you’d think.”

“Also, it’s a widely-believed fact that King Micah died ten years ago.” ‘Lynda’ added.

Okay, Micah was getting real tired of this back and forth real quick. Drawing a new sigil in the air, he cast a spell on both of them. His truth spells were some of the strongest in all of Etheria. No one could resist it. No one could lie while under it.

The pair blinked after the sigil passed through them. Unsure of what he just did. They had enough experience around magic to recognize it when they saw it, but not what kind of magic it was.

“Alright, let’s start again.” Micah announced. “What are your names?”

“I’m Scorpia.”

“Sea Hawk.”

Micah nodded. He never knew the name of Queen Lynda’s daughter, but ‘Scorpia’ seemed to fit. Sea Hawk was slightly less stupid than ‘Inspector Pirate’, but only slightly.

“And why are you here?” Was the obvious follow-up question.

“I’m just her ride.” Announced Sea Hawk. Then, without prompting, followed it up with, “I’m always just the ride. That’s all anyone ever wants from me. Nobody’ll ever love me and I’m gonna die alone.”

That was a lot to unpack right there, and Micah did not have the time for it. He turned his attention to Scorpia.

“I-“ She hesitated. Was she trying to fight the truth spell? Or was the hesitation for other reasons? “I need to rescue a friend. She- we were both betrayed by someone- by someone we both thought was our friend. I- I should have realized it sooner, but I was so smitten. You know when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses all the red flags just look like flags. I was naïve and Entrapta paid the price for it. I need to fix it.”

“Entrapta?” Echoed Micah. “You’re here to rescue Entrapta?”

“Yes.” Scorpia answered truthfully –not just because she was under a truth spell.

Micah’s expression softened. Who would have thought that Queen Ensnarea’s daughter would formed friendships that motivated them to storm Beast Island to rescue her. It was endearing. But more importantly, it was reassuring of the next generation of Princesses. “I’ll take you to her.”

Sea Hawk and Scorpia exchanged a look.

“We don’t actually know he is who he says he is.” Sea Hawk reminded her.

“And we just confessed to a bunch of stuff any member of the Horde should totally execute us for.” Scorpia agreed. “But I think if he was gonna attack us he would have done it by now.”

“Worse comes to worse we can get Entrapta’s robot to rescue us.” Sea Hawk decided. He turned back to the boat and shouted. “Hey, Emily! You up to pointing your weapons at someone other than me?”

Turning his head unnecessarily slowly, Micah looked back at the ship to see what looked like a Horde bot try and climb over the railing. Only to teeter unsteadily on one stuck leg, then move back, trying to regain its balance on the deck.

“Hang on, I’ll help you.” Scorpia went back to the boat. Pulling on the line, she scraped the side of the boat right up against the dock, then put one foot up on the railing, pressing that side down into the water. “Try and roll out.”

Tucking its legs under it, the Horde bot did as it was told. Rolling on the deck, bouncing a little bit as it passed over the boat’s railing and onto the dock. Regaining its footing, the bot gave a pleased little trill of appreciation.

Micah just blinked. “Sorry, did you say that’s Entrapta’s robot?”

“Yeah.” Scorpia smiled, as if there wasn’t anything wrong with a Princess having her own personal Horde robot as a pet. “She found her in the Fright Zone and reprogrammed her.”

Oh. Well, that was alright then. Micah relaxed. “I’ll take you to Entrapta.”

He led them inside. Sea Hawk and Scorpia falling into step behind him, still looking suspicious and unsure. The reprogrammed Horde bot, Emily, hobbling along behind them with one leg that seemed stuck and immobile. It made a loud THUNK, THUNK, THUNK sound with every step. But it seemed to reassure the other two.

Leading the pair through the uneven and twisting corridors of the compound, Micah did have to admit that Entrapta did have a point. The construction of this place really was counter intuitive and nothing at all like normal Horde construction.

There was a tense pause when they got to the lift and all of them looked at each other suspicious that the others would try and attack them in the enclosed space of the elevator cabin. But then the lift opened up again and they all stepped out onto the Command floor and both Scorpia and Sea Hawk paused for an entirely different reason.

Both of them froze, staring at the artistic depicting of the two planets flanking the door, with an infinity wrapped around them.

“That looks like-“ Gasped Sea Hawk.

“-First Ones writing.” Scorpia finished for him.

“Like from the Northern Reach.” The sea captain looked suddenly concerned. “You don’t think there are bug-like First Ones tech monsters here too, do you?”

Scorpia bit her bottom lip. “I mean… even if there are, we should be alright so long as Entrapta didn’t fix that First Ones virus disk. Right?”

“You two can read that?” Micah asked, impressed.

“No.” Both of them informed him in perfect unison.

“The only people on Etheria who can read First Ones writing are scholars who’ve spent their whole lives studying it –and they’re not even very good.” Sea Hawk explained. “And She-Ra.”

“She-Ra!” Micah almost tripped over his own feet.

He fell against the wall, landing on the door release for the Command room. The door slid open and a mass of lavender hair shifted at the sound. Twin-tails twisting, lifting out of the wait to reveal a familiar welding mask. There was the heartbeat of a pause, then one thin tendril of hair moved to lift the mask, revealing the familiar but confused face of Princess Entrapta.

“Scorpia?” She asked. “What are you doing here?”

Before she knew what she was doing, the other woman rushed into the room. Scooping Entrapta up into her arms, she wrapped Entrapta up in a crushing hug.

“I’m so glad you’re okay!” Scorpia sobbed into that mass of thick lavender locks. “I’m so sorry I just stood there and did nothing when you needed me. But I’m here now. I came to rescue you!”

Pulling away, as much as she could still held by the larger woman’s iron grip, Entrapta blinked at her. “You came to rescue me?”

No one had ever come to rescue her before. Not even the Princess Alliance, the self-proclaimed champions of ‘Good’. Not Glimmer and Bow who claimed to be her friends. Not Adora who lead the charge into the Fright Zone to rescue Glimmer. But Scorpia came to rescue her from Beast Island. Tears welled up in her eyes and for once, Entrpata did not lower her welding mask down to cover them.

“You’re my best friend!” And she hugged back. With her arms. Not her hair.

#spop #She-Ra #fan fiction #Entrapta #scorpia #king micah #sea hawk #beast island #rescue #Micah still thinks Entrapta was with the Alliance #he also thinks Scorpia is with the Princess Alliance #Micah is a little naive #Scorpia is Entrapta's best friend #you can't change my mind #female friendship #ao3 #RenkonNairu

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hobbitsetal · 6 years ago

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1, 3, 11, and 21 of the angsty asks for Lesa?

i’m going with the questions i used for Cahan, which is an abbreviated version of the actual oc ask game…since, y’know, i just picked out all the angsty questions. 1. What would break your OC beyond repair? Has it happened?one could argue that being kicked out of her tribe by her father did severe damage…i think seeing Ifan marry someone else would be the killer blow, though, and THAT hasn’t happened.at least partly because Ifan is a self-absorbed jackwagon who has yet to con a woman into marrying him.

3. Does your OC have nightmares? What do they contain?i don’t think so, or at least not regularly. her bad dreams would either consist of lovely existential stuff like being alone and forsaken, or of being chased by a giant swordfish that inexplicably sprouts wings and talons. depends on what she ate before bed, really.

11. To what extent would your OC go to survive?stealing and conning are part of life for her; i think she’d stop short of murder and prostitution, but she’d consider both.

21. Who does your OC hate most?oof, probably depends on the day…her father for sure, when she isn’t longing desperately for his affection and approval. probably Ifan, when she isn’t daydreaming about kissing the heck out of him. possibly some nebulous, impersonal hatred toward Priya for breaking Ifan’s heart. Lesa would rather forget about people, though.

thanks, lovely!

#Lesa #the Trio #my ocs #poor Lesa #she needs love #and morals #and standards

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diamond-song42 · 6 years ago

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Card Shark 39: Tender Taps, Sharing the Stage

Happy Red Nose Day, everyone! Welcome to a special edition of Card Shark! I love watching and supporting Red Nose Day every year and wanted to commemorate it with a Shark. I chose to feature a Pink/White Friend because today is all about generosity and laughter! So join me as I take a look at “Tender Taps, Sharing the Stage!”

TBH, I’m not sure what Bubbles & Buck are referring to but I’m probably the only one who doesn’t get it. Tender has a lot working for him and is a pretty good card in his own right. The cost balance is reasonable, with 3 AT and the necessary color req nabbing you 3 Pink/White power and Eccentric 2 (a trait I’ve started to see on more White Friends as a whole recently). When you do play him, you get to retrieve a cheap Friend from your discard pile to put into play! He’s almost like Fancy Pants, Respected Aristocrat, except partially Pink and a little more Eccentric. But there’s one other thing he does that I quite like: He also allows you to snag a cheap Friend should you flip him during a Faceoff. All in all, not bad for an Uncommon! He’s easy to play if you have a flipped Mane and any Singing Barrels/Motivational Speeches/Trading Traditions/Fires of Friendship you want. He’s straight-up “when you play this card,” so he doesn’t become as broken as Respected Aristocrat once was. He has Eccentric 2, which is something that I’ve seen can totally shift games. And look at that smile! How can you not feel just a little happier inside when you look at him?

With that glowing review, you’re probably asking yourself, “How can there be any bad parts?” Well... here’s the thing. Tender is easy to play if you have the right color req. But you can get unlucky and just not encounter any of the color req you need (depending on your Mane Character). Heck, it’s happened to one of my mono-color decks! I’m also contractually obligated to note that he truly is a “when you play this card” card, so you can’t take another Friend out of your discard pile and put it into play should you Interdimensional Portal this guy. That being said... I honestly couldn’t find many bad things about this card. I think his cost, both AT- and color-wise, is nicely balanced. Respected Aristocrat showed the game developers that making a card like this a “when this card enters play” card can get really stupid, so they kept him as a “when you play this card” card. (I gotta come up with some abbreviated version of those terms.) He’s legal for both Core and Block formats at the moment. I guess the point I’m trying to make here is USE THIS GUY! Seriously, if you have a Pink/White deck, this guy should not be passed up for usage.

Here’s some other cards that can perform a nice duet with this card:

*Pinkie Pie, Everypony’s PFF. This is a list of cards I’d like to call, “Good Cards to Yank Out of Your Discard With Tender Taps.” And the first subject is the Element of Laughter herself: Tender is played, he brings PFF into play, then PFF lets you go into your deck and pull out another Friend. No, that Friend can’t immediately enter play, but it’s still a nice boost that your opponent can’t stop.

*Hoops, Peer Pressurer. Another icon of many Pink (or partially Pink) decks I’ve seen, Hoops shares the same play requirements as PFF. But this one is more dependent on when you play it. Do everything at the right time and you could be stealing yourself an opponent’s Friend until the end of the Score Phase! This is especially nasty if paired with cards like Unplanned Guests or Drinking Buddies, but I’ll get into the intricacies of those in another column. For Taps, I’m mostly concerned that you get Hoops into play period and not what you do after that.

*Aloe, Magic Touch. The cheapest card on this suggestion list, Aloe is... not always nice. This can grant a nice boost of power in a pinch and then some (I know some players that are especially passionate about this one). Not much more to say besides that except... Aloe is not colorless. She fits nicely with Tender’s White half. Change my mind.

*Method Mares, Convincing Act. Similar to Hoops, the Method Mares can earn you control of an opposing Friend. Unlike Hoops, however, you have to play 2 AT and retire the Method Mares to rope in the Friend. ALSO unlike Hoops, you get to keep that Friend as long as you want. Most cards like this I see don’t allow you to keep the Friend permanently and aren’t as cheap as this card. Tender and the Mares can essentially create a small loop of stealing Friends (that is, if you get all your copies of Tender in your hand and can keep the Method Mares in the discard long enough). Basically, this is my favorite card on this list.

*Matilda, Full of Hope. This card can be really crazy. By recycling Matildas from your discard with Tender, you can gain more and more points. Sure, you have to time it so your opponent always has more points than you, but if you’re squaring off against a deck with cards like Daybreaker and Overpowering, it shouldn’t be that hard. Seriously, I’m surprised how many pre-Core Friends fit the bill as “decent Friend to be reactivated by Tender Taps.”

Thanks for reading this extra addition to Card Shark! If you want to support Red Nose Day, you can head to your local Walgreens and buy a red nose - every dollar goes to kids in poverty! Or if you’d like to donate directly, you can go here: https://rednoseday.org/home ! My next Ultra Rare Shark is next week, along with a Shark to celebrate Vinyl/Octavia Day! Make sure you come back to see what I have in store! Diamond out!

#my little pony #mlp:fim #my little pony friendship is magic #tender taps #mlpccg #ccg #mlp #mlp:ccg #friend #defenders of equestria #red nose day

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alterlifes-a · 7 years ago

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✱ HC DUMP . ┊ tooru & technology

tooru has two phones ! one is an i/phone , to keep with the times and the unfortunate downfall of the flip phone , and also to ... admittedly , download some more games . the other is a flip phone , because it usually gets the work done when he has to focus on his studies ( he’ll bring it to school , for example , because it has enough games to pass the time when he’s commuting , but isn’t enough of a distraction so as to waste his time paying attention to it , and not to his studies / classes ) . he has since given the latter to hikaru , however . [ x ] [ x ]

he has no idea how newer technology works , mostly because japanese culture ( and , arguably , most of east asian culture ) is very “ don’t rock the boat ” - esque . hence , if it isn’t broken , then don’t fix it . as such , he’s often behind on what is in or out of fashion in terms of technology . like, he’s probably only now gotten into f.lappy bird and p.okemon go . however , once he learns about the ins and outs of something new , he hangs onto it really quickly . you may have just introduced him to p.okemon go 2 weeks ago , but he’s already the top player in his area ! [ x ]

some of the things he enjoys most while riding the train to school or his kyudojo is playing games , or reading mobile novels ( basically like fanfiction ) . as an avid author and poet , tooru really enjoys seeing the writing styles of people he sees online . however , he also likes to read things ironically , especially when it comes to s/lash fiction portrayed terribly wrong . it makes him laugh , because he’s part of the lgbt community , and thus can tell when a story has been written by someone who is cishet and knows nothing about being queer whatsoever . [ x ]

his phone cases are usually decorated in maki - e inspired designs ! he likes simplistic designs , and while he is definitely into “ cute ” culture ( pastels , s.anrio , stars / milk boxes / whatever with little faces on them , just ... cute things in general ) , he finds decoden waaay too cluttered for his tastes . also , his fingers can never properly grasp onto decoden cases . he’s broken way too many of his old ones from when he was 14 to ever look back at them . however , his n.intendo 3.ds is covered in a decoden design at the top , since he has less of a problem with it . [ x ]

the maki - e design is a reference not only to tooru’s more minimalistic sense of aesthetic ( he’s also into wabisabi , aka beauty in imperfection ) , but also represents how in his first life , as sakai korekiyo , he was born into a family of retainers to the tokugawa shogunate , marking his status as former nobility in another life , as maki - e symbols were usually used to represent houses of great status [ x ] [ x ]

in accordance to him occasionally indulging in “ cute ” culture , tooru has lil stickers on his phone , and has set endearing ring tones / text tones . if you’re close to him , he has personalized ring tones / text tones for you .

hikaru’s is a recording from a video tooru took , where hikaru sneezed at the end . he clipped it so it’s just the sneeze .

imani ( @/gumpops ) is whatever song she’s recently gotten him hooked to . it’s also sometimes b.ubblegum kk from the a.nimal c.rossing soundtrack

reece ( @/munchingmuff ) is a baby bear , probably from an anime , going “ gau ” , because reece reminds tooru of a big teddy bear

tyler ( @/viperfang ) is a snake hissing . tooru doesn’t even know about tyler’s story , or his affinity towards snakes , but he just has this weird feeling that attributes him to them , so he kind of just ... goes with it .

aomine ( @/powerforwards ) is a choir of angels singing because 1. aomine is a cute angel , and that’s just the truth ^_^ also 2. it’s literally a miracle if tooru can get that guy to text him , or text back , and even then , it’s usually “ what ” . he still treasures the texts he gets from him , though .

link ( @/hylaen ) is ... the sound of bowls hitting each other . don’t ask why , only res and i know why .

nines ( @/hisrust ) is birds chirping because tooru cherishes the day they went out to go meet some sparrows in the park .

his 3.ds is decorated with mint and brown colours . unlike a lot of decoden , which he finds to be cluttered , his is symmetrical and consists of a simple colour palette , as opposed to putting stuff all over the place . he also has those 2000s popup stickers on the inside of his system .

he doesn’t play the 3.ds often . he plays pokemon , but he isn’t a super avid fan that knows everything about the series . he can’t even name a majority of them , he just knows the ones that he likes .

he also enjoys playing h.arvest moon / s.tory of s.easons games

o.tomes are his secret passion , but he can never find any that he really likes . it’s the same with the mobile novel thing , he enjoys visual novels because the writing is really good when you’re working with certain ones , but others are just a mishmash of awful tropes that he absolutely hates . he wishes there were more queer o.tome games , or just queer visual novels , in general . he knows of english ones , but would rather wait until somebody comes out with a fan - translation , since his english isn’t the best .

tooru tends to adhere to cellphone etiquette . he finds it really rude when people talk loudly on their phones in public , but also given his benefit - of - the - doubt nature , he usually gives the person a pass if it sounds like they’re on their phone due to an emergency of some sort . he keeps his cellphone off if he’s standing next to the priority seating ( this is due to the belief that cellphone radiation interferes with medical instruments such as pacemakers ; he doesn’t really believe this to be true , but better safe than sorry , he supposes ) . when he’s sitting or standing away from those seats , however , he just browses the internet , reads up on news , plays games , etc. he usually keeps his cellphone on silent / manner mode , even when he’s at home , however . he doesn’t have many friends , and the ones he does have aren’t wont to randomly call him , anyway , so it’s not like he needs to have his ringtone and text message noises blaring all the time . [ x ]

spams kaomoji while texting like there’s no tomorrow

also really into shorthand writing . will use old as heck abbreviations like 4-6-4-9 ( yo - ro - shi - ku / hello / regards ) or 8-8-9-1-9 ( ha - ya - ku - i - ku / hurry up ) . also likes to use www , which is often seen as the japanese equivalent of “ lol ” , because www can sound like wa - wa - wa , in which ‘ wara ’ means “ to laugh ” . he spams www to the point where it gets a bit annoying , kind of like how we tend to use lol as punctuation at this point .

really humble , almost takes no selfies at all . if you went through his photo gallery , it would just be scenery photos of stuff like the sunset , and also photos of his friends .

has both the kana and the romaji keyboards . the latter just helps him out when he’s learning english , or trying to get used to the english keyboard .

likes to hang out on online forums and talk about stuff . he usually sticks to lgbt - related forums . it’s actually how he realized he was trans ! he had become aware of the lgbt community when he was pretty young , but it wasn’t until he was old enough to go on the internet and look up definitions , terms , discussions , and articles , that he started to figure out more about his identity . this also helped him link the feelings he had within him to internalized queerphobia . embracing his identity and helping teens his age is what he enjoys doing most . he isn’t an expert on these issues , but he still likes to act like a big brother figure to 12-13 year olds who may also be struggling with the same issues that he had at that age .

had a neopets account for like 2 weeks , but he had no idea where to change the language settings , so he quit .

#hc .#long post /#THIS IS LONGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HNSDJOFLKSM;LDSVS

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caithyra · 4 years ago

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Review: The Hanover Square Affair (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries #1) by Ashley Gardner

So, I’m binging on historical fiction and thought that maybe I’ll make a few reviews. This particular review came about because the author trained the readers to read a certain way and then did not realize the implications when the a reader would read the whole book that way and not just the scenes the author wanted them to read like that.

I am of course talking about the character of Louisa Brandon, who is, according to the summary of the fifth book in this series, Captain Lacey’s good friend even after five books, even though he should have cut her out his life years before the this book and at least have cursed her out and never talked to her again halfway through this book. Yeah.

Quick Spoiler-free Review: 4/10. First Person POV but with little interior life of the POV character beyond complaints. The mystery ended up being of secondary concern to the Louisa annoyance for me in the end. All the characters and the narrative cannot stop praising Louisa Brandon when they should hate her. The first two chapters are basically filler because the characters speak in cryptic remarks instead of like normal people... You get the idea.

But let me rant a bit about Louisa Brandon. And I will do so in a way that’ll hopefully be helpful for other writers who might make the same mistake.

SPOILERS AHOY (But not of the mystery’s conclusion, because that’s got nothing to do with it)!

Basically, we are told to read more into what the characters say/write than what they say at face value, which is a given in mystery stories, but in this particular story, doing such means understanding the solution of several parts of the mystery (a maid obviously being infatuated with her murdered master while claiming she was not; a missing girl’s letters to a friend mentioning something in a previous letter yet the previous letter does not contain it, suggesting that her friend left a letter between out to hide this something, but the friend refuses to admit it).

Now, for some backstory about Captain Gabriel Lacey, Louisa Brandon, Aloysius Brandon and Janet Clarke. This is a very abbreviated, as close to spoiler-free version, I could get:

Basically, Louisa is married to Aloysius Brandon. Aloysius, Lacey’s commander, took Lacey under his wing during the wars in the army and they became the best of friends (Lacey continually thinks about how they loved, yes, using that word, each other). Janet was the wife of a lower ranked soldier who died, and became Lacey’s lover, and they were happy. At some point, Louisa’s honor was threatened, Lacey did some calling out, Aloysius became jealous and sent Lacey on a suicide mission, Janet (some point before the suicide mission, I think, I was sort of glazing over by this time) went home to take care of a sick sister (no promises made between her and Lacey) and married Clarke (who died before the start of this book), Lacey now hates Aloysius but could not take him down without ruining Louisa as well so he now lives on half-pay and most of his thoughts are about how much everything costs and how depressed he is and how his temper gets away from him (he’s been traumatized, betrayed and discarded, basically, by the Brandons).

Also, Louisa continues to hound Lacey to forgive her husband so that everything can go back to the way it were before when Lacey loved her husband and her.

Anyway, in this book, Lacey runs into Janet, who is being courted by another former soldier from his troops, and they rekindle their relationship. Lacey is happy when he is with Janet, and he talks to Janet about everything and she cheers him up when he’s depressed and whatnot (like, sex with her literally brings him out of his melancholic spells, and she apparently always had this ability and did it back in the army days too).

Then, some chapters later, we get this scene which begins with Janet and Lacey making love and then Janet breaking up with him:

She looked down and away. “Mrs. Brandon told me what you have become. I can’t be a burden around your neck, Gabriel. I won’t. You have burdens enough of your own.”

I stilled, anger filling me. “What I have become? Dear God, what the devil did she tell you?”

“That you are hurt. That you were broken.”

And then Lacey’s anger and pride takes over and yadda, yadda and then his female neighbor (who eavesdropped) who steals from him (even when she’s come into a larger amount of money, which he arranged for her) says that Louisa Brandon was right, that Janet was just using him (hello pot, calling someone a kettle when Janet’s not a kettle) and being a burden and whatnot (even though this is never, ever shown in the text. All Janet is shown to want in the text is a happy relationship with a husband who cherishes her, which Lacey most certainly does. It’s everyone else who says that she wants something Lacey can’t give, not Janet nor her behaviour at any point in the book).

But look at that scene and read it with the knowledge that what isn’t said, but implied, is just as important as it is with the letters and maid.

So... The wife of a superior officer of Janet’s late husband/future husband/lover, who is also richer and of higher social status, basically tells Janet to abandon her lover because he’s too broken to carry the burden of Janet (who happens to be the only good woman in this entire book who unreservedly made Lacey happy).

How, may I ask, did the topic even arise to discuss between the two of them? Like, how? The only reason why anything pertaining to such a thing would come up is if they discussed Lacey and Janet hinted that she rekindled their relationship, and then Louisa went ham on breaking them up, uncaring as to what their relationship truly is (at this point, it has only been shown as positive to Lacey, with the only negative being the period they were broken up), since there’s no way Janet could (or would) tell anyone but her most intimate friend details, and Louisa is not that friend.

Louisa really, really don’t want any other woman in Lacey’s life, is what I got from that scene. And it is reinforced as instead of comforting himself with Janet and talking to Janet, Lacey then derives comfort and talks to Louisa. Who is married, and not showing any inclination to leave her husband, not even temporarily, for an affair.

And then the last scene of the book compares Louisa’s forgiveness of Lacey with God’s forgiveness as she kisses his brow (still being married and in love with the man who tried to kill Lacey in a fit of jealousy and sent Lacey into a life of half-poverty). Both by Louisa and Lacey.

And it hit me that Louisa is just like those Female Best Friends (tm) of boyfriends who are totes friends with the girlfriends, they just try to monopolize the boyfriend’s time, suggest to one or the other that they are incompatible/better/worse than the other/spread rumors in social circles and so on. Heck, Louisa might be a full blown narcissist forcing her husband and Lacey to play pick-me games (hence why she wants them to reconcile; it is easier to play them against one another if they actually interact).

Basically, by the end, I believed that Louisa Brandon loves having Lacey and her husband fight over her as an ego boost, and she doesn’t care how she must ruin Lacey’s life to keep it that way (after all, being obsessed in a one-way infatuation with her is better than being in a loving relationship with any other [lesser] woman, in Louisa’s opinion, according to my read on the situation).

I went online to read reviews to see if anyone else caught it.

And then I found out that in the fifth book’s summary, Louisa is still Lacey’s good friend.

Wat.

So, apparently I read the book wrong, then? After following the instructions in the supposed main plot of the mystery? Or this is a “slow burn romance” in which Louisa systematically depriving Lacey of options over a period of many books is considered romantic, and that I should somehow root for their relationship?

Or maybe the author just didn’t realize what she wrote, when she wrote the Janet break up scene and the comparison between Louisa and God by Louisa herself, and with Louisa coming out on top (giving the forgiveness Lacey worries God will deny him). Also, there was very little hints (if any, I don’t remember any except exclaimations) that Lacey had any religious leanings until he went to GodLouisa for forgiveness.

And that, I think, is where other writers can learn from the mistake of trying to take the expedient option (Janet referring to Louisa as an authority on what poor, broken Lacey needs), which implies things that the author never meant, instead of actually doing the work to show what was meant (showing that Janet uses Lacey, have Janet break up with Lacey in favor of her future husband because she was just having a bit of fun or something, actually have Janet tell Lacey that he can’t give her what she needs in a husband, et cetera. There are so many other options than “Louisa, who is a third-party whom we never tell our intimate details to yet somehow is an expert on you and our relationship told me to break up with you!”).

Also, the way the female characters were written (except Saint Louisa) was... Yeah, it wasn’t great.

Also, a sixteen year old street prostitute is not practically elderly in her profession, OMG! Plenty of women in their 40s and 50s walked the streets! I do not know any sex work history in which the workers that walked public streets were considered old at sixteen!

And that was one of many other iffy, ahistorical things in this book (chiefly, because it was so unnecessary, being that Janet wouldn’t tell Louisa any pertinent details to make Louisa’s meddling justified and not just a fit of possessive jealousy. Like, imagine telling your late spouse’s boss’ wife the intimate relationship you have with a former employee of her husband’s that quit after the husband abused him, and then going “alright!” when she tells you to break up with him).

#books #random reviews #historical fiction #regency mystery #mystery fiction #the hanover square affair #writing #random review ramble #though it is also a bit of a rant #because seriously how?#how did the topic come up between janet and louisa?#and go so far that louisa could tell janet to break up with lacey #without janet refusing in a fit of pique?#also that louisa is so much higher ranked than janet and lacey...#and this whole mystery was about people abusing authority too!

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mrspookyfox · 7 years ago

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A summary of weird things that live in my shop (long post)

As some of you might already know, I work in a kiosk, selling newspapers, candy and other assorted stuff. It's not a pathway to riches, nor a particularly exciting job, but at least is easy enough and I get to meet some nice people. There are, however, some quirks about my workplace that I'd like to share with you.

See, this locale is located in an old building, a relic from the town's Modernist period, restored and remodeled time after time. The kiosk itself has been open and working since before I was born, passing from one owner to the next along the years.

There has also been a couple of unhappy incidents in its past, but I'm not going to talk about them out of respect for the previous owners.

It seems that these kind of places with a long history behind them, where many visitors leave their impression, are prone to attracting certain kinds of phenomena. The person that worked here before me warned me about a couple of them, and I've discovered the others during the time I've spent here.

Before listing them, let me describe the place a bit; it will help you figuring out where and how each manifestation works, so bear with me for a while.

The kiosk itself, where I meet my customers, is a pretty big, square room. To the right, there is a shelf lined with magazines, a tobacco vending machine leaning against a pillar, and more shelves for school supplies, books and small toys. In the left wall you have a fridge with cold drinks, and racks crammed with bags of chips, candy, and assorted trash food. The key to a healthy lifestyle!

The front wall where the entry is located, is basically a big window, so the place is pretty well-lit during most of the day, and in the opposite wall, behind the counter, there are two doorways. One leads to the storage room, a small, cramped space where the lights only work half the time, and the other to a small office connected to the bathroom. Both are covered by those cheap curtains made of chains that hang to the floor. Those get caught everywhere and are a real pain to cross if you are carrying something big, but they are there for a reason you will see later.

Enough description! These are the... Beings that I have to deal with:

- The goblin: the previous owner told me about this one. It seems to be partially invisible most of the time, but I've managed to see his shadow a couple of times, and his hands once. It (he?) takes the shape of a child or a very small humanoid, around [1 m.] tall. He has a hole in the left hand, but it doesn't seem to affect its functionality. Other than that, you know he's around because of his muffled giggling or the effects of his pranks

The goblin usually manifests in the office, but sometimes also appears in the storage, or causes mischief in the shop at night, after I've left. He loves misplacing stuff (usually important stuff, like bills, or my keys) knocking things off their place, cutting the base of candy bags so the contents will spread everywhere when I grab them, and other assorted dickery. He's more mischievous than openly malignant, tho, and the previous tenant taught me a way to counter him: If he's being too obnoxious, toss a handful of something small (candies, paperclips, whatever you have lying around) to the floor and say something like "Count those, do something useful!" He will snatch them into his current hiding place and you will hear how they are dropped to the floor one by one, I guess because they fall through the hole in his hand as he tries to count them. After a while, he'll throw a small tantrum and remain unheard of for some days.

He also loves it when people swear, and if he's too active and there are no customers, I tend to let out a long stream of profanities as creative as I can manage. He seems to enjoy that enormously, giggling in his raspy voice, and behave for the rest of the day.

-The stuff in the bathroom: On rainy days, the bathroom is invaded by a moldy, damp smell (which is something quite mundane) and the sound of whimpers and chattering teeth coming from every drain ( which is definitely not)

-The mold woman: this is the other phenomenon that the old owner told me about, and he was absolutely TERRIFIED of her, although I haven't seen her manifest fully, so I can only count on his description.

She usually appears late, when it's dark, as a wet stain in the office wall, at face height. The stain grows slowly, but noticeably, dripping towards the floor and sprouting a blackish mold, until it starts taking the shape and dimensions of a tall, emaciated woman. If one gets close enough, a faint breathing can be heard. Supposedly, shortly after that, something will emerge from that stain, and my predecessor made me swear that I'll stay away from it at any costs. I couldn't make him tell me why. What he told me is that the thing cannot cross the chain curtains, for some reason; it is confined to the area of the office.

As I said, it appears after sunset, so most of the time I close before it even has time of manifesting fully. However, some specially busy winter days, when I had to stay later than my usual closing hours, I've sometimes heard that breathing coming from the darkened office, getting harsher. It's my cue to hurry up, close the shop, and run home without looking back.

- The tobacco lady: At first I thought this was a normal customer until I noticed that she never seems to use the door. She just pops into existence in front of the counter whenever I'm not looking. She appears as a middle aged woman with a tired expression. Her hair, teeth and clothes are the same shade of dirty yellow. She comes once or twice a week, very early in the morning, when it's still dark, and asks me to activate the tobacco machine for her. Then, she stays next to it, stroking it tenderly and moving her lips, as if whispering something. If I try to interact with her, or if somebody is about to enter and see her, she vanishes into thin air.

- Toothy : This one dwells in the storage room, and I have only caught glimpses of its face, so I don't know much about its appearance or if it has a body properly.

That face is like an abyssal creature, all eyes and teeth, and radiates a faint whiteish glow. Despite that appearance, it seems to be quite shy and curious, preferring to hide among a pile of empty boxes that I keep on the far side of the storage. Sometimes it cooes excitedly if I bring new stuff in to store.

-The moths: Some Tuesdays I arrive to the kiosk to find a perfect circle of dead moths right in front of the fridge. So now I leave the broom by the door before closing every Monday night.

-That Asshole: He has a real name, and I think I've figured it out, but I'm gonna call him That Asshole because I'm petty like that.

Like the Tobbaco Lady, he looks like a regular patron, more so in that sometimes I saw him through the window, walking down the street to enter the kiosk. However, when I asked the owners of other shops near mine (avoiding the spooky details, of course) none of them recogniced him. It seems that he only comes to visit me, so I guess he is just another of those beings linked to the kiosk.

He always takes the shape of a man, but other than that, his appearance, age, voice, or behaviour will be totally different from one visit to another, so it takes some time to recognize him for what he is. His goal is always the same, though: to get money from me.

Until now, he has never used violence to meet his goals. He poses as a homeless man asking for some coins, a salesman, a boy selling lottery... And he tries to trick me to give him money, usually a small quantity. He is a very good actor, convincing, and very, very persistent. It's almost impossible to make him leave without what he wants. And if he gets it...

If I pay him, he'll smile smugly, as if to let me know that he has tricked me, and leave. After that, if I check the cash register, any money I paid him will be back in there, and any stuff I bought from him will have become a pile of ashes. But worst of all: small wounds, like round, coin sized abrasions, will appear on my skin few minutes after his departure, usually on my hands and tights. The more money he got, the more wounds will appear. They are gone after a day, but itch like hell.

He started appearing seldomly, once a month or so, but his visits got slowly more frequent, until one week where he was coming every day, and sometimes twice a day, so the new wounds covered the old ones in my skin. Luckily, it was then when I finally found the way to outsmart him, and since then his visits are rarer, though he still tricks me from time to time.

See, he changes his shape every time he comes, but there are always some tells:

+His name will always be composed of certain syllabes rearranged differently, as if it was an acronym or an abbreviation of his true name. I'm trying to discover what that is, but for now I only know that is long as heck

+Similarly, any number that he identifies himself with (ID numbers, phone numbers, numbers printed in whatever he tries to sell) will be mostly combinations of the numbers 3, 9, and 27.

+Any knot that appears in his person (shoelaces, ties, braids, even patterns printed on his clothes) will be impossibly convoluted, even making one dizzy after looking at them for too long

+He has a slight limp on his right foot. Always. But he is very good at hiding it.

It took me a long time catching on these, but identifying him is only half the battle. Confrfronting him about his nature wont work, as he'll remain firmly in character and deny everything. However, what does work marvellously is shouting at him and chasing him off, preferibly with a blunt object at hand.

With time, I'm getting better at catching him in his games, trusting my senses to identify him without mistake.

Well... Almost. But that Avon salesman was kind enough to not sue me...

#creepypasta #I guess #just a collection of weird atuff #creepy #horror #fantasy #short story #horror story #tw: body horror

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thecupcakeconsumer · 7 years ago

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Random Virals Headcanons

One time Ben called Hi “Bye” for a week when he was annoyed at him. The only reason he stopped was because Hi found N’SYNC’s song Bye Bye Bye and played it nonstop for the next hour

Hi says “Jesus Christ” a lot

Actually he’s just constantly forgetting he’s supposed to be Jewish in general

Shelton is the tech L O R D but Tory owns his ass in video games

She just owns them in general honestly

One time when teasing Tory and Ben about their future kids Hi said, “Yeah, and me and Shelton will be their gay uncles!” and nobody mentioned it at the time but Shelton couldn’t stop thinking about it for weeks

I really feel as though Shelton is on the aro/ace spectrum omg does anyone else get demiromantic vibes?

Whitney cornered Ben about Tory once and she called Tory her daughter by accident

When Ben mentioned it in passing to Tory she was super embarrassed

(He was actually really scared)

But during that conversation Whitney learned Ben’s favorite food

Which Tory didn’t know at the time

So she was really insistent that Tory learn the recipe

And they cooked together and then she’s like “oh there’s too much why don’t you take some over to that boyfriend of yours?”

Whitney is not dumb don’t even think for a minute she is

Ben jokingly asks Tory to marry him

Hi has proposed to Tory more than once and one time she said yes and Ben just threw something at the two of them

(her apology to Ben was a really hot make out session after until she mentioned Hi which was n o t a good move)

Madison has a secret Tumblr that nobody knows about and she and Tory are mutuals

One time she posts a super artsy picture of Tory from the back and Tory recognizes it

Madison 200% is a good photographer I mean she was part of the Tri-Pod (get it that was a really bad pun)

There’s no mention of it after but for Madison’s birthday Tory and Ella pitch in to get her a digital camera

(because Ella and Madison eventually become friends honestly Tory needs all the girlfriends she can get)

Jason is bisexual

Morris Island is pretty much only accessible by boat which is super inconvenient but also leads to a hell of a lot of texting

But also if Tory hangs out with Ella or Madison after school it morphs into a sleepover

One time she forgets to remind Kit though and he calls her but she left her phone like downstairs or something and doesn’t pick up

He goes to Ben like ??? is she here???

Ben’s like “what no it’s a sleepover”

Super awkward exchange honestly

Like Kit is like oh right I forgot

(wait why did I think she’d be sleeping over at Ben’s house what was I thinking OH MY GOD WHAT IF SOMEDAY SHE SAYS SHE’S GOING TO ELLA’S BUT SPENDS THE NIGHT WITH BEN)

Awkward father 11/10

After that he resolves that it’s a better idea to check with Hi or Shelton

Remember how in Code they mention that there’s like 6 Tumblrs devoted to the trial with the Gamemaster?

Well Tory follows all of them and one of them starts shipping her and Ben and she just sends in an anonymous ask like why? and gets like an MLA formatted 10 source 15 paragraph research paper

(not actually but it’s a super long list of reasons)

She sees one of them that she hadn’t considered and the next time she meets Ben she becomes hyper aware it’s super awkward and then she finally tells him

(another hot make out session until she mentions that the Tumblr account would love to see it and b a m bad move Tory is the queen of killing the moment)

One time the Trinity and the pack are talking and Will says something and Shelton just is like, “Will Speckman, what the heck, man?” and that becomes a meme

M E M E S

Hi is the king of memes

He is the meme lord

He threatens to wear a dat boi costume to some event

Just honestly man what a dude

Ben is secretly a Buzzfeed addict

Like you know that thing where it’s like “What are you looking at?” “[taking a Buzzfeed quiz to find out what candle I am] Porn.”

That’s him

Conspiracy t h e o r i e s

Nobody knows about their new flaring abilities which is really annoying

But at the same time it leaves a lotta room for headcanon

Like I’ve headcanoned them before but I will again it’s most certainly not Terminal but it makes things weird

Because they’re trying to make sure they don’t get bloodwork or anything

ANYWAY super fast forward to years in the future

And they can’t go see doctors for normal problems

They get used to it but like

P r e g n a n c y

But because of this I feel like Shelton would totes go through med school

‘Cause you know our man is way smart and can do it

Like can you imagine going to the doctor

“Shelton I think she’s in labor” “It’s Braxton-Hicks go away I’m busy Ben”

Anyway Kit texts his daughter, y’know, a reasonable amount

Hi decides to teach him some abbreviations

Except he teaches him them wrong

Like he tells Kit that “smh” stands for “so much hate” and not “shaking my head”

Kit uses one for the first time and Tory replies with something like “no dad that’s wrong smh”

“Smh? You hate me?”

“Who taught you text speak???”

He never trusts Hi again

The guys have a group chat without Tory and it’s all well and good but they name it weird things

One day Tory is sending herself a message from Ben’s phone and she accidentally exits and she’s like ??? why is there a chat labelled “Ben can’t satisfy in bed” and why did the name just change to “Ben can’t even get a girl to bed” and why is the most recent message “lol true”?

She tentatively opens it up and when she does the next message pops up “Maybe that’s why Tory’s so grumpy all the time”

She never tells Ben she read it but she makes an off-hand remark and Shelton just turns to her, aghast, and is like “Please say you didn’t read all of the messages.”

She’s like what the hell have they talked about on there?

The entire group chat is just guys being dudes

But the part Shelton doesn’t want her to read is where he said he kind of wanted to be a gynecologist and 2 hours later he still hadn’t heard the end of it

HI/BEN/SHELTON GROUP CHAT SOMEONE WRITE A FIC ON THAT

I would kill for that honestly

This list is so long I hate you Kathy and Brendan Reichs for leaving so much out of the books

But hOnEsTlY give me a sequel or give me death

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southie-dakotie · 7 years ago

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uh.. all of the s.o. questions.. blease. (if u think this ask is from dex ur WRONG and also u have no PROOF so get fuckd. my identity remains a secret)

you’re right i have an xkit extension so therefore all anons are Ryuko Matoi so how about YOU get fuckd, Not Dex?

gonna put under a read more cause...Long

1) Describe them in 3 words

memes, RvB (abbreviations count as one word fuck u), and... was gonna say Bodily Possession since it seems all his favourite characters have something to do with that, but that’s 2 words gfkgjhdf. Whatever

2) Their favourite style of clothing

maN this boi sure loves his fuckin minion pajamas dont he

I can never describe styles? but I know he likes his blue plaid shirt and his jean vest so. that’s his style

3) What mannerisms do they have?

I know! he has shaky hands! I Hold Themn

his mannerisms change depending on the mood tho so gkjfhdgfjk

4) Do they play an instrument?

I know he wants to play a guitar!! but he doesn’t have one ;/

5) How did you meet/become introduced to them?

I technically met them through Jeff. which is hilarious cause when I first saw them on here I thought ‘these guys are way too cool for me’ but little did I know. they cry over fucking Peepo

6) Favourite thing they’ve ever said/texted/messaged?

I have screenshots that I cant post cause gkjghdj Laptop BUT it was probably when he messaged me at 2 in the morning ranting about Greeds fashion sense and his shitty glasses

7) What do you like doing with them?

well, with it being long distance, we can’t do much. but watching his favourite movies is Good because he gets so happy!!! I may not understand half of the movie but he gets excited so its Good

8) Their favourite colour

PURPLE i know that much

9) Do they keep up to date on pop culture?

he’s up to date on Memes and RvB so

10) Sweetest thing they’ve done for you?

he’s flirted with DnD terminology before and honestly I’ve never been more gay

11) Have you dreamed about them?

I? Think so! I dont remember half my dreams tho gkjfhfdjgkf

12) Have they dreamed about you? (if you know)

I... Don’t remember. he’d have to answer that

13) Can they dance?

PFFT PROBABLY NOT?? sorry babe I feel like u dance like a Fool which is fine cause I do too

14) What does hugging them feel like?

OOF I bet really good!! my sof squish boy he giv Strong Hugs

15) Your favourite thing about them?

He’s very imaginitive!! it’s so fun to talk about headcannons with him omg

16) Their favourite thing about you?

I.... Don’t know??? he seems to enjoy every tiny thing about me im aaaaa

17) Best memory of you together?

Im from the future best memory is of me flyin out there to see his dumb butt

18) What are they like when they’re tired?

oh god. Very cute. he’s funny when he talks I love talking to him when he’s slepy

19) Could you imagine growing old together with them?

tbh I dont think either of us can imagine living older than like 25 but! yeah I guess so!!!

20) Could they imagine growing old together with you?

idk! ask himn! gkfjdhgf!

21) What would an ideal date with them be?

anywhere between walking through gardens or something to screaming at mariokart

22) Are they competitive?

he’s a filthy red of course he’s competitive

23) What do you do together?

we do as much as we can with the distance!! video games, movies, random skype calls and stuff

24) Which smells remind you of them?

idk :/ I dont usually associate smells with people so gkfjhjkdfh

25) Do they remind you of any music?

literally when I think Dex+Music I think of Man Man and Muse so

26) Could you tell them your biggest secret?

yeah!! We’re both really open with each other I think

27) Could they tell you their biggest secret?

I would think so? we’ve opened up to each other a lot I think

28) How do you greet each other?

I wake up before him because Timezones so when he wakes up and messages me he’s kinda jsut ‘hhey im Unfortunately Awake’ and I almost always respond with some variation of ‘!!!!! Helo!!!! Aaaaaa!!!!!’

I am bvery excited to talk to my boi

29) What makes you blush that they do?

gjhj any compliments? I dont think it’s very hard to make me blush

30) What makes them blush that you do?

LLAUGHS HE’D KILL ME IF I SAID THAT PUBLICLY

31) Would you say you love them?

Heck ye!

32) Would they say they love you?

HECK YE!

#Kyri Speaks #marblehornetz #you aren't very good at hiding urself in anons babe #Anonymous

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