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lovinggreeniehours · 1 year ago

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fault

↳ faruzan × arin × sethos (though this is more arin-centric than shippy)

↳ 600+ words

↳ trying to conceptualize arin's character more, and i ended up with this. now there's angst with no resolution🥳 (so far) i might rewrite this for something bigger but i wanted to get the idea out of my head first. im not sure how well people might understand this without context but. i hope there's an inkling at least?

Everything hurt. From the pounding in Arin's head to the soreness of his legs. He expected that, having only woken up several hours ago. But there he sat, late in the night, already dressed to leave. He just had one thing left to check.

Watching Faruzan wake up beside him, he imagined she was feeling somewhat similar.

"Hey, dummy."

Faruzan grimaced, cringing away from even the barest streaks of moonlight from her window. She turned left and right in confusion, hair mussing up around her head.

"Wh-What? Arin?"

Arin simply shook his head. He released a gentle wave of Cryo energy to his fingertips, ghosting his hands over her forehead and scalp to help her relax.

"We're fine, we're fine. I just wanted to see if you'd.." He paused, then shook his head. "Nevermind. Just go back to sleep."

When he was confident she had fallen back asleep, he spoke up once more, now more or less just playing with the uneven strands of hair framing her head. He retracted his hand, reaching to his side to pick up his sheathed sword.

"Sorry, Paruparo. I won't be here when you wake up, I don't think."

He caught a glimpse of the view outside the window. A city perched atop the gargantuan Divine Tree, and the rainforest that surrounded it. None of which was familiar anymore. As far as Arin could tell, everything he knew was inside this room. And he hoped she was sleeping well, despite his intrusion.

"I will return tomorrow. After they've.. told you everything." He secured his sheath to his belt, turning to leave.

—

"Hey." Someone said. Arin was too entrenched in sleep to care who, though they're only could be one person. The bitter remains of a forgotten dream clung to the recesses of his mind, ruining his mood before he could decide what it was even supposed to be. "You're burning up."

"Mmph."

Sethos's light eyeroll was audible in his tone. "Come on.."

Honestly, he was probably right. Arin did feel more exhausted than usual. Maybe warm. He wasn't sure. Wasn't it always warm in Sumeru?

"I think we need to camp out a bit longer."

That got Arin's eyes open. He shook his head as much as he was able (which was, very feebly).

"I'll be fine."

"No, no, no." Sethos held him down him by the shoulders just as he was about to get up. Sunbeams poured down over Sethos's head, resembling a halo with the soft lavender skylight of Vanarana. "No."

Arin had to squint at him to filter out the light. "I'm fine."

"No, you are most definitely not."

"We need to help Rana.." Arin groused.

"We do." Sethos nodded. "But, no offense, you're not going to be much of help to her or anyone trying to travel in your condition."

Arin could only muster a huff. To his own dismay, he already found himself too tired to continue his argument, and all too willing to slip back into slumber.

"We need to help Rana." He repeated, considerably weaker than before; more rueful than anything.

"This is just one obstacle." His companion reassured. "Just rest well. We'll be back on the road in no time."

Sethos's knuckles pressed against Arin's forehead to gauge the temperature. His skin held a soft sort of warmth.

Sethos began to mumble to himself as Arin drifted off. The words were lost on him. Something about Sumeru City being too far. Something about the sky. Something about vision.

"Sorry." Arin murmured in his drowsiness. Notably, Sethos went silent. "I did it again."

"Did what?" Sethos asked.

"Stepped.. I stepped on the pressure plate." Arin mumbled. "I hope we don't stay stuck here too long."

Sethos paused, eyebrows knitting together in thought.

"You know.. it's not your fault. For getting sick."

Arin only hummed, Sethos's voice echoing as he finally fell asleep.

#ari.writing #mine #tbd tag #s/i: arin etranger #paruparo is butterfly by the way hfsgjjfsgk in case anyone wondered #i don't exactly know which region would use that language but it would be funny if filipino was some dead natlan language. to me. it would #be funny to me hfdfkkgsgjgdg #anyway etranger's mom is a linguist was what i was trying to say. but that's kind of irrelevant. but anyway-#i had a third segment for this which was much fluffier but it didn't align with the theme and i thought it was cheap to resolve all of #etranger's issues in a 3-segment drabble i worked on for only 1 night so ill just leave him be. i have a plan for that third segment though #just you wait #anyway yeah. pov you did an oopsy and got you and this girl stuck in an ancient ruin full of puzzles for 100 years and when you get out #everyone you know and love is dead and now you carry Guilt for the rest of your life. rip #11

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letmetellyouaboutmyfeels · 1 year ago

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Another fun thing about this pairing is that the taller bigger guy canonically dislikes fighting, does not want to get into a fight please, and routinely gets his ass kicked when he is forced to fight.

The shorter one, on the other hand, once tried to fight an entire mob by himself, routinely flying tackles people, and probably should've gone into rugby instead of cricket.

#everyone looks at Winter and is like oh you think you're so tough?#and he's like I don't actually and please this is my favorite suit #meanwhile Jones once got pissed as hell because he got ONLY five guys in the jaw before the rest of the mob pinned him #one (1) time Winter got a good hit in #which was immediately negated by getting sucker punched and decked in the temple #Jones would let a suit get torn to shreds if it meant he could beat the crap out of some arrogant arse #meanwhile Winter's crying because his new shoes got ruined #this - and I CANNOT stress this enough - is all canon #ah yeah I'm using names now guess the secret is out on who Jones is getting paired with #Barnaby: I'm too old for physical fights I fight with my mind #Jones: MORE FOR ME #Winter: no wait can I fight with my mind too please?#no really one time Barnaby talks a bunch of people down from violence #while Jones is being held back and trying to bite people #CANNOT stress enough that this little koala is feral and has NOT had all his shots

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randomnameless · 6 months ago

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More artbook stuff -

Devnotes about the rest of the Elheim gang (Ithilion, Railanor, Eltrinde, Galadmir and Alcina!)

Ithilion!

Who apparently emphasises the "dark elf" and how different it is from the traditional "green" stuff the light elves wear?

"a bit of fetishism" uhh... Are we talking about the belts? It's on par with Yugi/Atem's Battle City outfit lol, but fwiw, I like the yellow/brown thing he wears, is it a cape, or just something for flair, idk.

Elven Fencers are really an... odd class, they can support and stun enemies, but tbh, I feel like I never really knew how to use them properly, save for them being a magic unit and slap them a fire/ice/whatever tome to give X conferal to an unit.

I found the "wind barrier" skill they had sort of cool though, it looks rad and while they aren't supposed to be dodge tanks, the skill is always a pain to deal with when you face some elven fencers lol.

Character wise, Ithilion has a scripted romance with a human NPC (Elina?) girl he saves in Elheim - for all the "we are isolationists and think humans are trash" Eltrinde and Rosalinde - who only became "leaders" recently - welcomed some refugees from Cornia in Elheim, but then Elheim was invaded...

Ithilion is rescued by a bunch of human NPC who refuse to sell him to Zenoiran forces, he tries to solo them/escape on his own with some edgy "I can't be with you because we are at war and I might die" stuff, but Rosalinde and Railanor tease him about it in their supports, and culminates in him taking a "break" from his duties as Rosalinde's guard (rather her kicking him out) for the next 100 years, so he can live his romance with Elina and watch over their kids - epilogue confirms they got half elves and he watches happily over them.

Cucumber point though, that I'll have to check later if it was a localisation stuff or not : in his supports with both Rosalinde and Railanor, it's implied he is younger than them - and listening to Rosalinde's stories about the outside world made him want to become a guard (even if he tried to be edgy and pretend not to be interested, Rosalinde remembers how his ears would betray his excitation!) - but then with the character ages revealed, he is actually older than her...

FWIW, Ithilion's character is a nice one, but I wasn't really fond of his class so I never used him a lot, save for adding a 5th unit in a slot...

Eltrinde!

Rosalinde's younger twin sister, who basically has a support with Lex, out of anyone lol, explaining how dark and light elves aren't on bad terms with each - other unlike other settings where both races are used - and she and her sister are the result of an interspecies romance, her dad was a light elf, and her mom was a dark elf and the previous Priestress, aka the leader of Elheim (it periodically changes, sometimes the light elf leader is the the leader of the country, some other time it's the dark elf leader).

Now...

Dev notes wise.... ugh.

Shrine maidens wearing leotards being a rule? Yeah, I don't believe it - this doesn't feel like the Cornian royal family being inspired by the previous Unicorn Knight design, but more like the devs wanted to draw ladies in leotards, and tried to give some coherence by making twins wear more or less the same clothes, but with some differences.

Pure'n'innocent figure... well yes, Eltrinde's basically, for a good part of the game, the "damsel in distress" Alain'n'Rosalinde have to save... and whose body was/would ultimately be used as a souljar by Alcina to gain a long-lived body, or access to Eltrinde's Priestress' powers.

When she's freed, there's not a lot left to do in Elheim - granted, we see her being worried and horrified when Gary wants to burn Elheim's sacred tree, and it was a welcomed surprise to see her storm and lash out at Baltro (and Alcina? I forgot) for desacrating her brethrens by basically reviving them to use them as zombies - I really liked this scene because if she had been the "demure'n'innocent'n'pure" archetype before, this scene was basically "Eltrinde is fucking pissed".

Of course we learn more about her in her rapport convos, how she loves to spend time with her sister, has a petty side (rip Scarlett's floromancy) and unorthodox passion for mushrooms which is weird for an elf - that gag is even played in the cover art for this artbook, where she basically carries a small mushroom basket :)

Too bad the way the game is structured, we couldn't have her talk more to other characters or engage with plot events from the other routes - her Alain's rapport convo, while playing again with the "romance" trope because much like her sister, she's designed to be a love interest, at least suggested that she knows humans and elves express their feelings differently and tries to adopt human customs when talking/dealing with Alain...

It's a shame it's only in this rapport conversation, because it's pointed out that Eltrinde and Rosalinde are less "insular" than, in general, the rest of the elven NPCs, but I would have liked to see more of that in her various convos.

Gameplay wise, she's more geared towards healing than attacking than her sister, but can also be deadly and with the right combination, Eltrinde can basically make sure that a random team thrown out for memetic purposes can survive at least one or two rounds and kill stuff.

(that was totally not me making a Mordon centric team and not having anyone being able to tank lol)

Galadmir's outfit is the "traditional design of the female elf archer" lol, so we can compare how different, color wise at least, Lydielle is to hers!

GG to VW to have managed to animate all the "floppy" parts when she draws her string, shoots, dodges etc etc because it sounds like a nightmare, but yep, those animations are cool.

Cucumber points for that "defeated" sprite, I mean gratuitous ass and broken spine is just... sigh. Linharagos' sprite is him being on his back, but somehow, for the female archer, she must give a view of her rear :(

Design wise though, it feels like her ears are longer than the other elves we meet, and I found it nice how the devs gave her some accessories (earrings and headdress).

As for Galadmir in herself, she's basically a mentor figure - who teaches and mentors Lydielle in her own training! - who blames herself for not being in the castle when it was overtaken by Zenoira, and when Eltrinde became possessed, but ultimately joins us, not before making sure, though, that Alain's group is trustworthy (even if Rosalinde and Eltrinde are with them...).

So she cooks some "earl grey" backstory asking the gang to help her, they do - while fighting together and when the paralogue is over, it's revealed her "earl grey" backstory was something she cooked on spot, to judge Alain's character (and Lex's lol).

Not a lot to say about her character, save that I liked how her playful side was illustrated in the cover of that artbook, with her teasing Virginia with a worm.

Ah.

Noma-san apparently loves bazongas, so the female elven fencers ended up like this.

Compared to the "cool" design the male elven fencers have this is... Well, okay, I understand dark elves and light elves are supposed to have different cultures and outfits and all, but if you put Linharagos next to Galadmir, it'd make sense to think that they're in the same class : their outfit has enough similarities to draw that link.

For elven fencers though?

It's even more ridiculous because the devs added a rapport convo (tfw Lex is basically the plot exposition guy) where it's explained that her lack of clothes is a choice, because faeries (the source of elven powers) don't like armor/clothes that's why she hangs out not wearing a lot of tissue... but then, Ithilion also uses the same fairies, and he wears pants so... Yeah :/

Even the watsonian explanation doesn't work.

As for Railanor's character, she's basically Colm but for Rosalinde (who still outwardly, at least, cares more about her than Melisandre does for her retainer!) and always dead serious when she has to deal with her liege's ideas (lampshaded in the rapport convo she has with Colm lol) - story wise she became enthralled by Zenoiran forces after creating a diversion to buy time for Rosalinde to escape, and Rosalinde herself felt so upset/horrible for what happened to her, in the map when we have to defeat possessed!Railanor, Rosalinde's seiyuu really managed to convey the feelings of desperation but also anger at the Zenoiran random who was hijacking her friend's body.

She was also the one who trained and mentored Ithilion, so character wise she's alright, but it's really her design that puts me off, or rather, I can't take her seriously lol

And we finish Elheim with a blast : Alcina!

"Strong, scary woman" okay, but the pose where she takes damages is anything but screaming "strong and scary".

"Obsessive feminity", are they talking about her hand gestures when she talks (like in her portraits?) or her animations - maybe it's me, but they're fluid (lel water magic) and it feels like she's dancing or something, instead of being static when casting.

Well, it's everything I have to say about Alcina!

Rather, everything positive I have to say lol, I wouldn't pull the sexism card with her writing (burning the world to reunite with her lost love) because Elheim basically gives us UO's version of Carlyle (I'll cover Gary later!), but I wonder if the devs' mention about "obsessive feminity"... well, betrays that, yep, Alcina's ultimate goal is due to her being an obsessed "woman"...

So yeah... Sexist writing :/

(rip Gary)

Character wise, bar the forced sad uwus, Alcina is still a major thorn in the side of the Zenoirans because she pursues her own goals - hell Baltro would have killed Alain and Eltrinde if not for her meddling, and she was the one who "didn't report" that Alain was hiding on Parevia Island for years, waiting for him to grow old enough to be suitable vessel for his grandpa!

Lore wise at least, she's a stupidly powerful mage and force to be reckoned with, so her betrayal hurt Cornia a lot (Yahna especially) and is the reason why Elheim fell, Elves trusted her with the secret formula to pass through their magic forest, and she used that trust to invade the country. We also learn that she and Gary led the campaign in Drakengard/Drakenhold, but due to the way this game was written, we can't have any Drakengardian confront her about that (was she the one who killed King Hugo? Does Aramis remember her?).

I'll maybe write something about her being a parallel to Reimann later on - in the prologue, when she was a blue unit and on Ilenia's side, she called him out for joining the rebellion due to his personal interests, but it's basically what she does after Ilenia's death. There's a mention of her siding with Ilenia because she was Gerard's daughter, and she knows using Alain as a souljar would make Gerard upset (was she aware Virginia was hiding in Drakengard when she led her campaign there? Would it have changed a thing?) but the idea that Gerard could return is worth every sacrifice so here she goes.

I wouldn't be so sour about Alcina if the game didn't... force fed us the "sad uwus" at her death, without giving any voice to Rosalinde, or hell even Eltrinde herself during her final cutscene.

Oh well.

Next : furries Reimann's kingdom!

#unicorn overlord stuff #artbook stuff #typing this about Alcina made me realise that there's a lot of stuff that could have went with the Cornian Traitors #like was she aware Renault and Hodrick were brainwashed? Gary wasn't at all #granted she learns about the brainwash/soul hijacking process later on so was she aware or not?#and about Ilenia being Galerius' host?#It's too bad that the elf leaders don't have any special cutscene with the boss of elf land #Yahna is all rest in peace master but damn #I can understand her having mixed feelings about this situation #but why not giving us any insight about how eltrinde and rosalinde feel for finally getting rid of the one who betrayed them #and ruined their country?#hopefully in Bastorias Morard will have some lines with Eligor #I wonder if the devs played or heard about Tellius when they designed Bastorias and came up with the plot lol

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oblivious-aro · 3 months ago

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Regarding that comment you made a while ago about Minecraft's music creating unfathomable rage within your soul: I just wanted you to know this used to be a more common opinion. It's gotten buried in the nostalgia, but I remember a lot of people in my childhood thinking it was really plain, and only liking maybe one of the music disks. I still don't have much attachment to the OST myself.

There used to be a popular joke video named something like 'how c418 composed the minecraft soundtrack' that I've been wanting to show you for a while now, which went something like:

play piano chord

play basic piano melody

Unfortunately I've had no luck trying to find it for the second time now, because now all of Youtube's flooded with 'what made Minecraft✨the best thing ever✨'. (honestly, thinking about it now, there's a good chance it got deleted because of backlash...)

Anyways thank you for making me rediscover an old internet rabbithole and have plenty of Thoughts. Idk, it's interesting to me how the general public's view of Minecraft has shifted over its long lifespan, and I don't think anyone ever discusses that with regard to its soundtrack specifically. Once again my mutual wins at opinions👏

That was a popular opinion back in the day? Huh, I even surprise myself with how correct I am sometimes 😎

I've never really thought about the 'why' too much since I don't play Minecraft myself, just watch other people sometimes, and it's been a minute since even that, but it genuinely made me extremely angry whenever the music came on when watching someone play, and now's as a good a time as any to ponder why exactly.

Minecraft is a more quiet methodical experience, so I think you'd want more low-key music with lots of breathing room, and yeah I remember the music being basic yet extremely obtrusive with its stream of jarring piano playing. One of the main attractions of Minecraft is that you have this big open world to explore, and that constant staccato fills in that quiet empty space in the world. Yes, the space is vacuumous in nature and does want to be filled, but the player is supposed to fill it with exploration and discovery, you know, the things you achieve by playing the game, not cacophonous literal noise.

I think that's why I get so angry. The music kills the atmosphere rather than adding to it. It seems that it's trying to add to Minecraft's sense of isolation, but it's like when an emotional thing happens in a tv show, and a character is like "wow, that sure was an emotional thing that happened, huh guys?", and you just want to punch that character. The game already spoke for itself, you're trying WAY too hard to get the point across. Rather than support it, the music is tries to speak over the gameplay, which is a cardinal fucking sin in a video game.

Grr grr grumble grumble ragum fragum...

And yeah, it doesn't help that the composition is very simple and repetitive.

I hope that video is not deleted and that I may see it someday... 😔

#hope you're having fun in the rabbit hole #minecraft music genuinely ruins my time #I don't even play the game and it exhausts and engages me so fast when it comes on #i think the track that particularly bugs me is actually called 'minecraft'#probably doesn't help that I just watched a video on how ace attorney uses rests and buildup in its soundtrack #and sure Minecraft music isn't going for the same vibe as AA #but it's really making it stand out to me how basic Minecraft OST is now that you mention it #minecraft

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thatonceandfutureprat · 11 months ago

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Me in 2021:

Me now:

I've been on a closed loop system since 2022 and it's the first thing that's actually worked to get my blood glucose down permanently.

(I use the Dexcom/Tandem T:slim system)

I gifted myself an Apple Watch last year to track my health better, but it also allows me to show my blood glucose on the screen. Which is an oddly sentimental element, because when I was 6 and first diagnosed with Type 1 my grandmother said: "One day you'll be able to see your blood glucose on a watch, you mark my words!"

It might not be quite what either of us imagined, but hey gramma, I can see it on my watch now :')

#actually diabetic #t1d #my diabetes behaves like a bouncy ball and reacts to everything an anything #trying to control it manually was exhausting and never actually...rewarding? to give it a name?#you'd get it right and OOP up we go again #this and that from age 6 to 34 #December 2022 was when I was super close to actually just...giving up. Truly giving up on ever getting it right.#my diabetes was winning from me at that point #and that same month someone said 'hey. maybe THIS system can help you. Come on. Let's get you started.'#I forget if it was a nurse or my doctor #but that was the turning point I desperately needed before I just let my body go to full ruin #my eyes already aren't well #the rest of me still seems fine though #and now I can hope it'll stay fine for a long time #because MY GOD I don't have to think about my diabetes every second of the day #my CLS does it for me and corrects for me. FIGHTS for me.#I really hope the system can help many others like me #I know in the Netherlands more and more diabetics are getting it #(fully insured)#for some of us it can be a lifesaver #for non-diabetics: 107 iS FUCKING HIGH YO #I WAS NOT FEELING GOOD 24/7 #thirsty tired and just blegh

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skywalker-swift · 9 months ago

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so i have book of the month (it's a book subscription box that you get to pick from a certain amount of titles each month, blah blah) and since I started it's def changed a lot but i follow this subreddit for it and people are like soooo upset whenever BOTM doesn't purely listen to their wants and needs, like people are so mad that they don't have more hyper specific genres or book releases, etc. it's so crazy sometimes bc all these ppl do is complain (yes, it's reddit i know but it'd gotten so bad in the last year or so). they threaten to cancel their subscriptions every month if there aren't good picks for them, but never seem to actually cancel (because why would you if you could just complain about it) and they threaten to start using the other book subscription box that is similar to botm. lately, their big thing has been hating on this free prize you get if you complete BOTM's reading challenge, which is a hat that says 'reading is sexy' and they are all freaking out that this company would give them something that says sexy on it, because 'it would just let men try to hit on me bc it says sexy on it!!' or 'i work in the town i live in and if anyone saw me wearing this i would be in trouble or *insert something similar here!*, which i am not gonna sit here and pretend that men won't do that if they really want to or that bosses won't be weird to be weird, but it's just a stupid hat and they are FREAKING OUT about it. they downvote anyone who is like ' the hat isn't that bad, and if you don't like it, just don't opt to get it. sorry the prize isn't for you, but it's gonna be okay', or anything that's similar to that. just a hellscape, anyways if you use botm and actually enjoy the service, drop an ask :)

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