#especially if MC doesn’t choose Xavier

[deathofafangirl01]

If the game goes down the path where all 4 LIs meet and “fight” for MC and the game makes MC choose one of them then the other 3 are really going to be like Pearl from Steven Universe (specifically It’s Over Isn’t It)

[hirayaea]

i love this! i was just playing savage a few mins ago haha

additional thoughts/lads boys as ffxiv raiders:

xavier is naturally good at games, so he’s your party flexer. he prefers being tank but he can play it all—melee, ranged, caster, healer (in that order of preference). doesn’t care much about glam but tries to match the set mc is wearing. he’s the type not to watch guides before a raid but understands mechanics innately and learns quickly. spaces out when a raid goes on for too long and will come back and ask “wait was it stack or spread???” will always reserve skills like ‘cover’ and ‘the blackest night’ for mc.

zayne likes playing games but has no time for it. he’s good at one class—sage—and has that class optimized. he likes using the artifact gear sets cause they look appropriate for the class. studies before a raid, prepares the macro, sets the waymarks. does the correct call outs in the voice chat. saves ‘haima’ for mc even if she doesn’t need it. will always use ‘rescue’ on mc if she’s in the wrong position.

rafayel enjoys playing games and is in it for fun. likes switching between classes he feels are fun to play, like viper, ninja, and dancer. sometimes will try out red mage and astrologian. loves dressing his character up and grinds for glam. changes hairstyles frequently and has used more than 1 fanta bottle. studies for a raid but sometimes makes the wrong call outs over voice call. will put ‘dance partner’ on mc no matter what class she is. likes choosing the class that will be paired with mc in pair mechanics.

sylus didn’t understand what was so fun about games until mc introduced him to it. likes doing big damage, and has researched the classes that produce big numbers—especially prefers being melee dps. occasionally will play tank if needed. pretends he doesn’t care about the glam but mc has seen him purchasing black dye from the marketboard. studies for a raid and actively practices his rotation on the striking dummy. does call outs only for mc. will always use the limit break.

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thank you for this! ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

A break away from dem angst of the previous WIP posting 😂 (sorry but not really) brain decided (instead of doing the art I'm SUPPOSED to) what if the LaDS boys were playing/in FF14, what'll be their race and jobs

[robertodacosta]

do you have any favorite new mutants or x-men comics? or even just really good ones with samberto moments

I got you on all three counts. I hope this is helpful! if it is and you have further questions, lmk! if it’s unhelpful and you’re confused, lmk what’s not working for you, and I can try and help.

NEW MUTANTS

New Mutants (1983)- i personally enjoy the Claremont run the most, and am lukewarm on Simonson’s and Liefeld’s runs, but it’s the Definitive nm title]

X-Force (1991)- skip the first 11 or so Liefeld issues, but absolutely start before #17, as its one of Sam’s best issues, full stop, and its an issue that explains to you how X-Force aren’t what the New Mutants once were, and aren’t what the X-Men are now. X-Force isn’t a NM book, but Sam, Roberto, and Dani are mainstays of this team at various parts of the book, Rictor, Tabitha and Jimmy aren’t part of the classic NM roster but they were all on the team/adjacent to the team before the formation of X-Force, and honestly, the lines blur together, XF and NM are 2 different teams, but it’s the same generation of X-Men. the child’s play arc and #75 are also great Xi’an cameos.

X-MEN UNLIMITED #43- reunion issue babey!!! it’s the o5 New Mutants solving a case together, with that sweet, sweet sienkiewicz art

New Mutants Forever (2011)- 5 issue mini set around the time of Fallen Angels, so Roberto and Warlock are referenced, but not in this book. it’s a good nm story, but no samberto, because no Roberto

New Mutants (2001) #13- the rest of the book has good Dani and Xi’an stuff, but this reunion issue is really nice for bringing the surviving team back together

New Mutants (2009) #1-25, 28- Zeb Wells run is great, #28 is a good issue because it actually acknowledges the massive amount of trauma this team has been subjected to, but the rest of Abnett’s run doesn’t do it for me, particularly the replacement of Sam, Xi’an, and Illyana with Nate and Blink. I like Dani leading the team outside of the context of the X-Men, but it’s a neat idea with boring execution imo

X-MEN

so honestly, when it comes to x-men comic recs, I’m of the opinion that it all comes down to personal preference. I gravitate towards runs that feature my favorite characters, so that’s reflected here. my best, most earnest reading rec for X-Men is to figure out which characters you vibe with, and to just read their appearances. if you’re overwhelmed with where to start, feel free to send me an ask at any point with any x-man, and I will give you recs to start with, because I have a shortlist for pretty much any 616 x-men.

but here are my arbitrarily chosen favorites.

X-Men Grand Design by Ed Piskor- I cannot recommend this enough as an entry x-comic. There are three books, two-issues each, that survey about 20 years of x-men history. the first two, X-Men Grand Design and X-Men Grand Design: Second Genesis, with the third releasing its first issue the final Wednesday in May.

Uncanny X-Men (1983) #214-252- everybody has a favorite run of uncanny. my favorite run is the australian outback x-men, because i’m a clown who likes Dazzler and Longshot. it’s a fun run, but you’ve just got to roll with the Maddie thing, and accept you skipped everyone recognizing she’s identical to Jean and choosing to ignore it. i also like the utopia run of uncanny, from #500 onwards.

X-Men (1991) #188-204- this is my FAVORITE run of x-men, both because it’s like, the second comic i ever read...........went and picked up the first x-men trade i could find at my local public library at age 17 after finishing whedon’s astonishing run, and I didn’t have a clue what was going on, but this team is so balls to the walls uncontained CHAOS that its still my favorite x-men run after rereading it in context.  it’s rogue’s proactive team of x-men, with a roster of cannonball, iceman, MYSTIQUE?, cable, sabretooth......., lady mastermind???????, and omega sentinel. some weird shit goes down and i don’t love the mystique writing, but it’s fun. its a good sam run that falls between his time on x-treme and leading the new mutants again, when he’s coping with jay’s death. thanks, mike carey. the run continues for 3 issues after 204, as part of the Messiah Complex arc. I like MC well enough, but not everyone does, and reading the 3 issues of this run out of context won’t be that interesting.

Storm (2014)- greg pak’s run, this is a really good solo and a good x-men book.

Longshot (1985) and Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe (2014)-these are both REALLY FUN BOOKS, especially if you like Longshot (I do). i reread them last night to rank all of Longshot’s appearances by how hot his glowing eye was, and both absolutely lived up to my own hype.

X-Treme X-Men (2013)- Dazzler leads x-men of the multiverse to kill evil Xaviers. she wears a cowboy hat. it’s only 13 issues. this concept sells itself.

SAMBERTO

Marvel Graphic Novel #4 to see how they meet

I’d rec reading all the way through New Mutants (1983) and at least Fallen Angels #1 to see their friendship develop as students!

X-Force (1991)- particularly #15, 17, 44

Young X-Men #1-6

Astonishing Tales (2009), the ‘Bobby and Sam Go to Mojoworld’ story. this story is uh. has some stuff going on. not my favorite hickman writing. can’t really recommend it on good conscience as a comic, but if you want samberto recs, it’s literally a book about Roberto having Sam come to his home so they can vacation together,  and ending up in Mojoworld. 

Avengers (2013)- start with #2 for Roberto and Sam on vacation together AGAIN getting recruited for the Avengers, and just read the entire run, because it’s hard to skip around in. also, I don’t remember which issues have good samberto moments, but it’s really fun to see them be the Avengers resident dumb bros.

Avengers World #9- this is non-negotiable. this issue is the new testament of the samberto bible. the things they say to each other in this issue sound like personalized wedding vows.

New Avengers (2016) #10-18- Sam commutes through space weekly to be on Roberto’s team. his two priorities in life are his wife and son, and Roberto. buddy...............it’s time to self-reflect.

US Avengers-it’s like 12 issues, the first issue is really sweet, and then there’s a whole arc about Roberto and the US Avengers having to go to space to rescue Sam when he’s assumed dead. it’s fun!

[killcountooc]

Which character is your favorite?

Aaaa that’s kinda like making someone choose between their kids!!!

I feel bad for it- but my favorite character would have to be Jack, considering he’s the main character and I’ve spent more than an entire year coming up with how he works and what his backstory is.

I don’t think of him as a self insert- he has multiple qualities and traits that I would never associate with myself, but I have put a lot of myself into him, and I have also used him as a punching bag and vent character way more than I should, haha.

I’ve spent so much of my time thinking about his thought processes, how his body language works, everything. Most of it seems easy, especially since he has a rather black and white sense of thinking, but it’s really hard for me, an indecisive and bad under pressure person to write him, due to the fact that he’s very VERY impulsive. However, we are similar in the fact that we both have short tempers and a LOT of passion.

Besides Jack, Xavier would be the next character I’ve put the most work in. Not only that, but he’s just genuinely a very optimistic contrast to Jack, which nice, because writing them in the same scene compliments them both and also gives me breaks from a certain mindset. Xavier is also just a huge sweetheart and doesn’t deserve anything bad in life ever.

I also have a large amount of love for Harrison and Yunlian. In the first draft of Kill Count, Yunlian didn’t get much time for me to write him, but I was always building him as a character in my mind and wishing he had more of a chance, so I ended up rewriting him in to stay because he’s just so fun! And Harrison is your local supportive bear, who I’m very much hoping doesn’t come off as “the best friend who’s life runs around the MC”, because I’ve been trying to flesh him out plenty as well!!

Oh, I also really enjoy Pam. She’s a lot like a way less jaded and more optimistic version of Jack, but she’s still very impulsive. However, she’s a just sweetheart and despite the fact that she will scream something like “GET REKT” when beating someone in Mario Kart, she’s very feminine and loves picking flowers and just all in all a wonderful gal.

Also Sully is my guilty pleasure character. He’s cynical, blind, a huge dick, but really secretly does care about people. He just likes to call everyone a cunt when they give him pity.

Oops, I rambled. Sorry!! But I do love getting questions like this so keep em coming!!