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destructionbomb · 8 months ago
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When you haven't played FFXV in so long, load a save, and this happens
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liketheinferno2 · 1 year ago
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few disconnected things about xvi:
The big eikon fights are all LONG like bare minimum ten minutes I think I was on titan for thirty. To make this bearable they're in checkpoint phases like xiv raids. I like it. Unfortunately I have a habit of pausing to talk to people and then completely forgetting what I was doing so left Clive in the knife edge of Zantetsuken for 2 hours.
These summons are as classic as you get for like... narrative function. I'm a huge fan of old ff summoners where they're just kind of born this way and the visual on it is the form of this god creature overtaking their entire body. Less classic when most characters only get one eikon but very effective. Jumping out of my seat about some of this stuff I love gamma ray level megaflare. Titan the size of an mountain dwarfing summons as tall as buildings. Odin's SCARY in this one man maybe it's just me... but when the guy on the other end can sever anything he perceives as capable of being severed that's the sort of thing I love to see with reality bending fantasy powers.
I'm about 90% of the way done I think... at this point it is coming back again and again to this thesis of choice and autonomy as essential to human life and worth fighting for, for yourself and others. This story has an interesting presentation where characters can be very groundedly human having literal conversations at some points and theatrical actors posed for effect at others. Not a bad thing, feels very Utena-like to me. The eikon pulling scenes too, I have to compare it to sword pulls? Like this isn't sex but it can be intimate/caring/painful/violating in a very personal way... I'm just counting on my fingers here but you see it used like 1. By accident, painful and stressful for both parties, 2. on purpose, pushing Clive fearfully into a new life like he becomes a Bigger Adult, 3. to assert dominance, bad for everybody, 4. out of caring to gain understanding of another person, 5. out of love and trust willfully given, 6. forced and violent in that weird theatrical way I was talkin about earlier.. looking back on these as a whole I feel gears turning.
Kinda shoujo kinda berserk kinda thing you have to embrace the chuuni to get into. Other thing that keeps crossing my mind is how much this feels like ff's take on a Guts and Casca. OTHER other thing is how much this feels like this team's take on ff7's Avalanche, ff15's mistakes, ff4's drama with ff14's design ethos. REMINDS ME OF A LOT OF THINGS I LOVE BUT IS ALSO DISTINCTLY IT'S OWN THING both in and outside the bounds of the rest of the series. Not really getting the GoT comparison but that was low hanging fruit for lazy critics in the first place lol.
Also really really really good at portraying gentle touches and the sense that these characters feel safe in each other's arms and I love that shit. I'll hold off for now with the pictures but almost my entire photo library for ff16 is characters holding each other or saying some gay shit or both at once. Stopping myself here but there's your thinking out loud gamer post for the week o/
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leonleonhart · 4 years ago
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mistress-light · 6 years ago
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“May you both know happiness forevermore.”
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secret-engima · 3 years ago
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This is pretty much out of the blue, but I have a question or two about your Whispers Drawing Near verse (the Ghost of Tsushima and SAO crossover). (You don't have to answer, I'm just curious)
Do Jin (?) and maybe some other people find out Nix's history with SAO? And (I'm unsure if this is something my mind came up with or if you wrote this) do they think he got caught up in a mad god's game?
(I think the idea was that a god (Kayaba) had gone mad and trapped human souls and spirits in his illusionary world to fight to the death/for his amusement and that Nix and his comrades (the other Players) found a way out. They thought Nix died stalling monsters/yokai/the mad god and helping people (specifically children) escape. And the reason Nix was bound to Jin was because his soul got lost on the way to the afterlife or something. (Please tell me you wrote that and that I didn't just blabber on about something I made up))
And what if Nix met Nyx? I know it's not a FF15 crossover, but my mind is fixated on this sort of thing for some reason. (Thing being canon character meets their alternate or someone who could be mistaken as their alternate.)
Also, if Nix gets his own body (or just shows up as a kind of spectre (a ghost ! 👻)) does Nix look like he did in real life or does he look like his SAO character (the one that was gotten rid of at the beginning of the game. I think by mirrors?)
~Chess
*stares at you*
Okay so going back through the tag I cannot find where I ever said any of that but Tumblr's tagging system is garbage so I must have???
Because yes????
I did in fact have nebulous plans for them to learn about SAO and believe/have it told to them in the context of Nix and other *children* being stolen away by some mad demon or evil god and trapped in an illusionary dream world to fight for his amusement and that after Nix died, his soul got lost and wound up in Jin's body somehow.
I have no intention of Nix meeting Nyx, sorry :P, but that is a fun thought.
Nix will end up getting his own body ... probably in the epilogue of the fic I still need to write XD. But his body will look like a mix between himself (since that's what he spent the majority of SAO looking like) and possibly a bit of Jin thrown in, since whatever magic gives him his own body would take into account how long Jin and Nix have spent living in the same body.
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sapphire-weapon · 5 years ago
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That feel when no other FF7R player realizes that the whispers/ghosts/dementor things are just an allegory for the fans/audience.
They primarily show up at times when the remake's events diverge too far from the original game's events and go "no no no, this isn't what's supposed to happen, I don't like this" and put things back on track.
That feel when no other FF7R player realizes that this whole game was a Hideaki Anno form of rebellion from Square Enix against pressures to do things a certain and particular way at all times. That this is a response to all of the hate they got over FF13 and FF15 and all the overwhelming pressure they were under at all times to not fuck up the sacred holy text of FF7.
The entire point of the final two chapters of FF7R was for Square Enix to give us all the finger and say, “We will not be bound by the original script of FF7, I hope you enjoyed the remake that you all screamed at us for for so long, because the remake is now over and we’re going to do what we want, and your precious FF7 canon is the sacrificial lamb that we will use to show you how much we stand by the direction of OUR GAMES, because they are OURS, and we will make the games WE want to make.”
That feel when no other FF7 fan realizes that this is our End of Evangelion and we did this to ourselves. The only thing that FF7R was missing was one of the characters meta-asking us, “Does it feel good?”
The more I think about this, the more respect I have for the dev team of FF7R and the game itself. Creators owe us nothing, and no one has caught more heat in the form of “STOP MAKING THINGS THAT I DON’T LIKE AND DON’T CATER TO ME SPECIFICALLY AS A PERSON” than Square Enix and Final Fantasy over the last decade.
While I did love the original Final Fantasy 13, I barely got through 13-2 and didn’t much care for Lightning returns. I out-and-out hated Final Fantasy 15. I was one of the pilers-on against that game. There’s evidence of it right here on this blog. So yes, I was/am part of the problem.
And I whole-heartedly respect Square’s decision to tell me to go fuck myself.
This in mind, I’m going to try my best to write a respectful, objective view as far removed from my personal emotions and bias as possible. Stay tuned.
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angel-bless · 8 years ago
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Um, guys???
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dearfellxwtraveler · 3 years ago
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What inspired you to make a certain character? (For three muses of your choice~)
Original Character Asks || Accepting
Ft. Varren, Ry & Vasha
Varren
For Varren...they're basically my love letter to Marvel/MCU but also a "fix it" OC. I love Marvel/MCU but there are just some plot holes or things that just don't make sense (in my head) that I want to fix. The MCU has been one of my biggest comfort movie series (the first being The Hobbit/LoTRs series)...and I want all the characters of the MCU (save for a select few) to have happy endings. Mostly the main Avengers crew and their friends.
Mostly because I had an idea brought on from one of the Thor movies (Thor: Ragnarok) where Hela says the Infinity Gauntlet that Odin has within his vault is "fake". That got me thinking "oh? is it now?" which I know that Odin didn't actually have the real gauntlet because Thanos did at that point (well, he had it long before then tbh but still). However, Marvel is known for their unique lore and characters. I mean, they've like changed the lore for the stones so they're sentient now??? So, like....I'm gonna pull a Marvel and just.....retcon shit :). I've made a Gauntlet that's....not a gauntlet at all. It's cleverly named a 'gauntlet' to throw people off the trail of this powerful relic.
I thought it'd be a really unique idea and character concept, so I made it. They've been an OC I've had for years. Originally they were a self insert that I used to self indulge in self-ships and/or an easier way for me to rewrite the MCU. I made them not a self-insert to the best of my ability.
Ry Daevon
Originally a self-insert Sorcerer/Mage Witcher OC to give my comfort with my gender identity which eventually turned into a character all their own because they decided to take life and leave me behind. They are the Yen to my other Witcher OC that's actually a Witcher that's also a self-insert to feel comfortable with my gender identity. They say women can't become a witcher and while I'm biologically female...I do not identify as female nor do I identify as male...so what would the trials for the witcher do then? How would it react to someone that just doesn't identify as either of the main genders? Like, what happens? Anyways, back to Ry...yeah they just took the "I'm dropped into the Witcher universe and have magical powers that I have no idea how or why...but I don't pay a price for it bc I'm accepted and have accepted myself for who I am". I HC'd Ry to not have to pay the price that the other mages have when using Chaos because...well, Ry's magic isn't chaos-bound. It's not a give-and-take relationship. Ry has accepted who they are and with their parent figure within Aretuza accepting it as well as keeping their secret of where their magic comes from.
Vasha Kisne
Well, she's not original in the sense of like I made the concept myself. There are many Warriors of Light. Not everyone has the same story but still. I am still very passionate about my gal Vasha though. 8 years of story to go through and the story arc we're currently on ends this Friday (Dec. 3rd - well, at least for me as I have early access but likely will finish it that weekend). She's....she's just so exhausted from all this saving the world shit. Which is why I have a FF15 and Supernatural (tv show) verse for her because those two are also all about "saving the world". I just...she's such a strong female character in both physical strength and emotionally as well. She takes on this burden of being the world's savior without agreeing to it....she's saved the world 3 times over and soon (Friday/the weekend) for the 4th time. Well, at least MAYBE for a 4th time...she might actually do full-on self-sacrifice for the greater good. I will entirely keep y'all updated on that because man...this....this gal has been so fucking close to me for 8 years now because of this story. I love her so fucking much man. I will fucking ball my eyes out this coming Friday and the weekend for her and the story. I will not recover.
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itshaejinju · 7 years ago
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“My True Love” |Lunafreya x Noctis | FF15 Fluff |
A/N: So my first canon x canon writing I believe. . .lol, first time for everything I guess. Well I have written them before but not posted and stuff ya know? I thought about this song for the two of them a few months ago and had wanted to do a fic for it but couldn’t really think of anything. This takes place after the game.
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Warnings: Fluffy loving!
Song: Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair by Nina Simone (this song is so beautiful her voice is gorgeous!)
Tagging: @stephicness @zacklover24 @neko-otaku13 @misssarahdoll @rubyphilomela @eternallydaydreaming2015 @mistressoli @cagedbycravings @blondechocobobutt @chocobabyporcelain @waifuthewhite @sheylann @mandakatt @ardyns-jabberwocky @lady-asuka @sweetchocobae @chocobropuffs @chocobroing @valkyrieofardyn @promptoargentum-is-my-husband @promptoastandbutter @nykamito @nyxswaifu @fieryfantasy @insomniacapples @insomniasix @diadyn
-Black is the color of my true loves hair. His face so soft and wondrous fair. The purest eyes, and the strongest hands. I love the ground on where he stands. I love the ground on where he stands.-
Lazing in bed, was it afternoon or morning to be even more thorough a week day or a weekend? The days have merged all in one day one glorious day with him.
‘His hair is the darkest shade of black that I have ever seen it is so silky soft I could run my fingers through it all day.’ She thought as she ran her fingers through his long hair.
Curled up on the bed with Noctis, his wife finally, Lunafreya was watching him sleep. He was exhausted from the previous nights activities, laying on his side his face towards hers. There was slight scars on his bare chest as the blanket hardly covered his torso. Long slender fingers brushing through his hair down his slender jaw line, the soft features of his face even at this age still looked boyish. It was beautiful to see, her eyes couldn’t stray from his face it was something she dreamed about. 
She would do all he asked of her, she loved him so much sacrificing all that she had for him so he could move forward with the prophecy. He needed to defeat Ardyn at all costs to bring peace back to EOS, even if that meant his life. She had foreseen it as Oracle, that his life was fated from the day he was born.
-Black is the color of my true loves hair, of my true loves hair. Of my true loves hair.-
“Your hair is darker than the night, soft as a baby’s skin so silky and perfect how is it like that? Did the all those years in Crystal make it this perfect, I swear this wasn’t like it when we were kids.” She commented in a soft whisper, though she knew she could shout and not wake him.
He was such a heavy sleeper, it gave her time to admire his features. Reaching over she placed a kiss to his cheek, to his temple and in his hair enjoying the scent of lavender shampoo.
-Oh I love my lover, and where he goes. Yes, I love the ground on where he goes.-
She recalled the previous day they had spent out walking the land, exploring coming across a fish spot. Lunafreya followed him watching each graceful step he made, the regal look on his face as he scouted the land. His smile that broke from the calm look made her smile he looked so pleased to see the fishing spot.
When he sat down on the edge of the dock looking up at her a welcoming smile for her, patting the spot beside him. It was such a small action but she felt so close to him as she walked over to him pulling off her shoes and sitting down.
“I love the very ground you walk on Noctis.”
“The ground I walk on you say?” He quipped.
“The air you breath, if you touch it I will love it.” Lunafreya said, resting her head on his shoulder closing her eyes softly.
“If I were to touch you would you love yourself?” Noctis asked, wrapping a arm around her holding her close placing a kiss on the top of her head.
“Of course, I would love myself more than I do.”
“Tonight I want all of you for myself, to touch you all over my love.”
-And still I hope, that the time will come. When he and I will be as one. When he and I will be as one.-
They had spent a night together as one, it was more than what she dreamed of. His passion was more than her body could handle, giving into the throws of passions all night locked in his arms and legs. Calling his name out over and over like it was a mantra, the only thing on her mind was pleasing him.
Her love for him knew no bounds.
The only words falling from his lips was her name in broken moans and groans. Craving her touch as if it was his life blood, what kept him alive and sane. Seeing her come undone under him was completing like nothing else he had experienced before.
His love for her knew no bounds.
-So black is the color of my true love's hair. Black is the color of my true love's hair. Black is the color of my true love's hair-
Curling up close to him she wrapped her arms around him lacing fingers in his long black hair. Sleepily Noctis nuzzled into her muttering a soft greeting to her as he pressed a kiss to her pale skin. Tracing soft patterns in her skin as he wrapped his arms around her wanting to be ever so close to her, for he worshiped the ground she walked on the air she breathed, loved everything she touched.
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the-sapphire-general · 7 years ago
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50 Random Facts About Me
1. I know I mentioned this in a previous post I made, but I might as well bring it here. Rouge the Bat is one of my favorite female Sonic character (with Cream being another character I love because bunnies are cute!). I always liked her. She knows what she wants, she's independent, and she's the reason why I gradually became interested in gems in the first place. Too bad I can never get any real ones. XD Too expensive. And contrary to popular (yet misguided belief), she's not oversexualized or objectified. Since when were her assets emphasized? Never. Sure she's sexy, but that's not a bad thing if handled correctly. One, Sega treats her as an individual just like everybody else in the Sonic games, and two, Sonic the Hedgehog is a series for all ages. If you want fan service (hopefully not too much), you won't find any in this franchise.
2. I am very emotional. It's not something I don't usually share because sometimes I can be ashamed of it, but it's true. I'm so emotional, which can range to being rather temperamental (especially if I'm not in a good mood), or being prone to crying when others yell at me. Not always, might I add. It just depends on how much they yell, what the reason is, or who the person is, which can be painful if it's a friend, a family member, or my boyfriend. I hold back my tears often, and not just when others yell at me, because I don't like crying in public. It makes me feel humiliated and it makes me feel that nobody will care if I cry, so I can be rather cold sometimes in real life. Well not cold, but calm and collected, which I am not when I'm emotionally overwhelmed. I've gotten better at controlling my emotions, but I am bound to lose it depending on the circumstances.
3. Most girls wear make-up and get dolled up and stuff, but I don't do that. I don't shop for tons of clothes for hours, and make-up is something I rarely wear, and I mean extremely rare. However, I am not a hardcore tomboy. I do like feminine stuff, so I'm between a girly girl and a tomboy, but being at a clothing store for endless hours and having to dress up all the time annoys and bores me. My family gave up convincing me to do those things because they finally got the message to just let me be myself, and they accepted me for who I am, much to my relief. I don't believe all men focus on looks first, which I can tell is the primary reason appearance is emphasized for women, even if it irritates me due to those beliefs causing my insecurities as I got older. It's also a reason why I loathe beauty pageants. Not all men focus on a woman's looks. My boyfriend didn't. He focused more on my personality. Fun fact: I haven't watched the entire Naruto series since I started it not too long ago, but he compared me to Hinata Hyuuga! From what I've seen in the anime so far, she's cute! :D She reminds me of myself. Damn, I am so shy. lol Anyway, back to the topic. Sure, I do dress up sometimes, but it's not a requirement. It doesn't help that a former friend even forced me to be super girly, and I wound up defying her. That didn't go well, and the friendship ended partly for that reason. She didn't get the message that I can't be changed by pushing me into doing things. Girls come in different shapes and sizes, so just let them be and shut up. lol
4. This is more of a confession than a simple random fact, but as a Crash Bandicoot fan, people probably think I completed the original trilogy 100%. Okay, I hate to admit this, but I never reached 100% completion on all of them. Crash Bandicoot and Cortex Strikes Back yes, but I never reached 100% (or 105%) in Warped. Back then, I was a coward who didn't want to face the challenge so I never bothered to collect everything...until now. In Crash N. Sane Trilogy, I have completed Warped 100%/105% this time. The relics were a pain, especially getting the first batch platinum relics (which I gave up and pursed gold relics), but I did it!
5. A silly fact, but this is one @cellarhapsodos will enjoy reading because she's the friend I should thank for introducing me to one of the latest video game villains in the Final Fantasy franchise. Ardyn Izunia from Final Fantasy 15. It's an amusing story. Months before FF15, I heard of him and saw a few pictures of him online. The main villain wasn't revealed at the time, but I assumed if Ardyn was the one that was claimed to beat all the previous villains before him, I would hate him. lol I know, it's stupid! As a Sephiroth fan, I found it threatening that Square Enix was trying to outdo Sephiroth. I don't give a shit about Kefka, but Sephiroth???? I haven't played a lot of Final Fantasy, so I don't know about the other villains except for their names like Kefka, Seymour, Kuja, Ultimecia, Caius, etc., but that's not the point. I'm such a Sephiroth fangirl! Anyway, fast forward to after FF15 was released, and my friend fell in love with Ardyn. Now that I knew Ardyn was the real villain, I hated him. Yeah, stupid I know, but I didn't like him despite that I didn't play the game. I had plans to buy it to actually play a Final Fantasy game as opposed to how I got into Final Fantasy 7, but I couldn't get it because I couldn't afford it at the time. So a few months passed after its release, but before I actually played it, for some reason Ardyn started to catch my attention. I acted all irritated and stuff, but the growing curiosity grew as time passed. I started to find him attractive, much to my dismay. Being shallow about it, I didn't want to like him because of Sephiroth. But in time, I surrendered to my growing feelings, which rose higher as I played the game and got to know him. I knew a little bit about him before starting it thanks to my friend considering how much she loves him to the point of roleplaying as him. So you can see how my feelings started to grow even before I started the game. His personality captured my attention, and I fell in love hard! Just like with Sephiroth, I couldn't stop thinking about him, and after finishing the game not too long ago, I can call myself an official Ardyn fan. So to sum it up, I hated Ardyn but helplessly fell in love with him. As for Ardyn beating Sephiroth by popularity, I won't like it if he did beat him. I don't even know whether or not he did. Should it even matter? I mean, it doesn't mean Ardyn beat Sephiroth in my book. I won't start hating Sephiroth. I love him too much to let him go. I even noticed that Sephiroth was inspiration for Ardyn. How could I not? The wing on his arm gave it away, they both wear black, and they are both tragic characters. lol So thank you so much @cellarhapsodos for introducing me to this sexy man of no consequence.
6. Speaking of Final Fantasy villains, my boyfriend introduced me to Sephiroth. Love at first sight struck! When I heard his voice for the first time ever, my heart fluttered like crazy. No, it wasn't Lance Bass' take on Sephiroth, and to be honest, I don't like that one. So thank goodness George Newbern took over. Anyway, I fell madly in love with Sephiroth, and did everything I could to get to know him better. I admit I got more than I bargained for, and my boyfriend was right when he told me the exact same thing. He and his friends took note of how he's my polar opposite. Correction, he's my NEAR polar opposite. They fail to see it, but Sephiroth and I do have some things in common. We're calm and collected (when not overwhelmed), intelligent, and quiet. We keep our emotions to ourselves as best as possible, can come off as cold to others, and have a few friends but they are close friends (well, Sephiroth had friends). We're both misunderstood to an extent. Others saw Sephiroth as just a cold and distant man before he became insane, so I can relate. People think I'm cold and distant until they get to know me, and it kind of hurts when they assume that or other things about me. Sephiroth is also an outcast because of what he said in Crisis Core about how he always knew he was different. That hit me hard because I feel like an outcast too, even within my own group of friends. Now he doesn't think that way anymore after the Nibelheim Incident took place. Or does he still think that way but in secret? I don't know. Finally, we were both betrayed by certain people. I was only betrayed by one, but even that managed to feel like tons of people betrayed me, so Sephiroth and I know who our "traitors" are and we hate them. Though in Sephiroth's case, it applies to those who didn't even do anything to him, but whatever. I still can't believe my real-life friends fail to see that we aren't complete polar opposites.. And I think one of them doesn't see me being paired with Sephiroth because he suggested Vincent Valentine would be a better match, which annoyed me. Vincent is pretty cool and he is another crush that I have, but Sephiroth is the fictional Final Fantasy man I love. Opposites attract! :3
7. I HATE matchmaking! This is from a past experience back in high school when my former friend decided to play matchmaker. Unfortunately, she tried to match me up with a guy who was already in a relationship. I was furious, and I wasn't sure whether or not she did it on purpose or that she didn't know, but either way she acted like a bitch when I called her out on it, another reason why our friendship died. I wound up hating matchmaking ever since because I didn't trust anyone to pair me up with someone anymore. And also because I don't enjoy people pairing me up with someone of their choice. I met my boyfriend and chose him on my own. It's my relationship, not theirs.
8. I am a feminist. Regarding this, I wish to get this off my chest. I can't stand how people have twisted feminism. Now I get that everyone has their own definition of feminism and what it means to them, but I don't like some of the things that are said. If a female character falls in love, it's bad. If they like girly stuff, it's bad. If they dress sexy, it's bad. If they get captured, it's bad. Getting captured doesn't have to necessarily be bad. As long as they aren't only known as damsels-in-distress, then they are fine. Okay, I like Princess Peach, but if you play the games besides the ones where she gets captured, she can be pretty cool. I also heard she's amazing in the old Mario comics!  
Oh! Speaking of damsels-in-distress, here's this link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2p41oh/did_you_know_the_damsel_in_distress_trope_has_a/
I know this may be debatable, but it got me thinking that tropes can be used correctly and not come off as bad. However, that doesn't mean I'll be making all my female characters damsels-in-distress! lol However, I don’t mind the trope now after watching this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rLfENrnsoQ&index=5&list=PLIYmMkCOWcQf7IN0x7iijVvZ-P5ZIm0xn&t
Anyway, not all female characters have to be absolute badasses who can fight, use weapons, or beat the crap out of enemies with their physical prowess. Whatever happened to writing interesting female characters? A strong female character means a well-written character, not just a woman who is physically strong and able to fight. What, so all female characters have to be physically strong, never get into trouble, not be girly, and never fall in love to be approved? Come on! >_< There's more to a female character than that. Women come in all shapes and sizes, with different personalities, flaws, backstories, and looks, which also includes sexy women. It's okay for a woman to be sexy, just as long as their assets aren't the only focus of their character. And what is wrong with falling in love? Yes, women don't need men to be happy, but what if a woman wants a man? Wanting a man and needing a man are two different things. In addition, what if a woman is NOT heterosexual? Is it still bad for an LGBTQ+ woman to fall in love? Not all female characters are involved in a love story, by the way, but I don't have a problem if love is involved. Romance novels are something that I love so much, for example. *sigh* One of my friends was right about the controversies regarding the dark side of feminism, and I blame the feminazis. I still consider myself a feminist, nevertheless. The point is I am more open when it comes to this sort of thing, but that doesn't mean I don't have limits regarding how women are portrayed. I have my own definition of feminism, so I'll just leave it at that.
9. I am a chocoholic! I just can't resist not having chocolate often, and I eat anything with chocolate more than other types of sweets. Don't get me wrong, I love sweets in general, but anything that contains chocolate is what I will automatically choose to eat. lol Except for Lindt's chili-flavored chocolate. I hate spicy foods, so that's the only kind of chocolatey treat I will not eat.
10. I used to be uncomfortable with doing shippings that involve my fictional crushes. I say "used to be" because it's not the case anymore...sort of. I guess you can say jealousy got in the way, or because I hate the shippings that include my favorite guys, but little by little, I'm warming up to it. For example, in private roleplays, I roleplayed as Sephiroth and he was in a relationship with another female character (won't say her name), and another roleplay was about him being with Ardyn. Yes, Ardyn Izunia! And to be honest, I have fun with those pairings. That doesn't mean I'll do whatever shipping. No way am I ever doing SonAmy! I'm sorry, but picturing myself doing a roleplay of that pairing makes me cringe. It's my least favorite Sonic shipping (next to Sonadow), and I have several more shippings from other games, shows, etc. that I hate as well. I'm taking baby steps, but I'll always have my personal limits regarding shippings. It doesn't mean I'm willing to allow shippings in my character blogs. I might change my mind but who knows.
11. I must confess this. I hate constructive criticism. Back then, I was horrible at taking it, and I have improved a lot over the years, but I still hate constructive criticism today. I know I shouldn't take it personally, but it does hurt. I can't help it. In my poetry class, everyone had to read their poems during workshops where groups of people had to listen and give feedback to each other's poems. At first I was doing okay until one of my poems received a lot of constructive criticism. One specific poem received it the most, and to me it felt like my poem was shot down. The reason it hurt a lot is because that particular poem means a lot to me. They weren't being mean, but it still bothered me. If I had chosen another poem I had for that day, it would have hurt worse because "Angel of Darkness" is even more personal. It's a love poem that I never took to any of the workshops in class. I just couldn't do it. I revised it myself instead because I wanted to make sure it stayed true to my feelings. As for the poem I took to class, my friend reviewed the same poem but I managed to handle her comments better. She was honest, but I took it better than the comments I received in class. I did learn from the feedback, however. I still struggle to not take things like this personally, but I'm trying my best to change that.
12. I was accused of cheating on a test back in elementary school. It was a ridiculous incident! Being the confused and innocent twelve-year-old, I didn't know why the teacher thought I cheated. I know better than to sneak a glance at another student's test, and when I told her I didn't cheat, she didn't listen. Even the other students agreed that I didn't cheat, but she didn't listen to them either. She then told me that she wanted to talk to my parents the next day. I was angry about the false accusation. Not once did I ever cheat my whole life, yet she believed it and even told a few more teachers, humiliating me in the process. I didn't even bother to tell my parents because I didn't do anything. There's a thing called studying. I didn't cheat, I studied for the test. What's weird is on the next day, the teacher wasn't there to ask me if I told my parents she wanted to talk to them. In fact, I never saw her again. I don't know why she did it. Maybe she hated me, I don't know. But it was uncalled for and it hurt.. Damn bitch. Hopefully she got busted over the lie and that's why she never came back. I bet she got fired for it.
13. A few years back, there were a couple of times I wondered what it would be like if I were male instead of female. I was just curious, but someone thought that I was secretly transgender, which annoyed me. It was just curiosity. I never said I wanted to change my gender or felt like I was meant to be born male. I am happy to be a female. Sheesh, people's assumptions vex me.
14. My favorite YouTube channels are Kelly Eden, HorrorStudio1, Cute Mario Bros, AnimeBroMii, JcentsignLProduction, Markiplier, Capitalist, Jacksepticeye, and Nathan Sharp. Kelly is all about cuteness and I just love watching her videos. Plus, she loves Sephiroth too! :D And for CMB and AnimeBroMii, I adore plush videos! I find them entertaining, and I don't care if others find it weird. I find them cute and fun! But SuperMarioLogan is a channel I hate, though. I don't like all plush channels. JcentsignLProduction, Markiplier, Capitalist, and Jacksepticeye make me laugh hard! XD They are hilarious and worth watching to cheer me up! And Nathan...Need I say more??? He is an amazing singer! Oh my gosh, so hot! He also sings for Sephiroth, or "Sephy", in the "Big Bad Bosses" music videos "I'm The Boss" and "Angel".
15. All my life, I've had people who bullied me for no reason. To name one, I once knew a girl in first grade that hated me for no real reason. She was snobbish, vain, and just plain rude. I think she was jealous of me because she only picked on me, or maybe she was a bully to anyone. She stopped suddenly when I told my mom about it, and the bullying never happened again. I get that people can get jealous of others. I get jealous myself, but I won't bully them because of that.
16. Is it weird that I used to be threatened by my boyfriend's gaming skills? When we met, I witnessed how he owned his friends in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. My jealousy grew when I found out he's a master at Sonic games. His friend confirmed that he played all of them. As a Sonic fan, I felt threatened and jealous. Of course, I never thought of myself as a master at Sonic games, but it made me envy him. I had the stupid assumption that I wasn't good enough, but in time I got over it and realized I'm a great gamer regardless of whether or not I perform flawless gaming sessions or ones where I make mistakes and struggle to achieve my goals.
17. My favorite childhood cartoons are Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Yin Yang Yo!, Atomic Betty, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Samurai Jack (which finally got the proper ending it deserved in May 2017. I'll miss that show.), Jackie Chan Adventures, Xiaolin Showdown, Winx Club (4kids version. Seasons 1-3. Future seasons after that are terrible.), Justice League (and Unlimited), The Powerpuff Girls (original version), Fairly OddParents (only seasons 1-9), and Kim Possible. Now that I think about it, not a lot of cartoons have been good in recent years. But I do enjoy some of the current shows and have a glimmer of hope with a an upcoming one, the DuckTales reboot. I watched several episodes of the original since my brothers grew up watching it, although I never watched the whole series. The series premiere was so cool! Adventure Time and Steven Universe are the best shows on Cartoon Network, and I'm going to miss AT very much when it's over in 2018. I hope SU still lasts a little longer. There's too many unanswered questions and still more to cover! The other current shows I like but have to catch up on are Star vs The Forces of Evil, The Amazing World of Gumball, and The Loud House. I used to watch Regular Show, but I abandoned it because it just didn't seem good to me anymore. I found CJ annoying and she's partially the reason why I stopped. I thought of her as rather abusive in a way. Glad Mordecai never married her. Oh! And I can never forget to include Sonic Boom on my list of shows I currently like and watch. It's my favorite show on CN because hello! I'm a Sonic fan! :D I even have a favorite phrase from an episode: "Faster!! Faster!!! FASTER!!! DO IT!!!"
18. My favorite anime are Sonic X (yeah deal with it, it's been part of my childhood), Black Butler, Pretty Cure, Future Diary, Descendants of Darkness, Devil May Cry, Space Dandy, Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, and Inuyasha. I'll try out new anime and return to Death Note soon because I never finished that one. No, I'm not watching the live-action movie they made. They butchered it far too much, and I'm better off watching something that's worth my time.
19. I like Bubsy Bobcat. Yes, this is a controversial fact, and I'm aware of it. I'm pretty much a new fan. I got his first two games on Steam a long time ago and thanks to the idea of installing Windows on my Mac, I managed to start playing them recently. I can see why people hate it, but I can't seem to hate it myself. Sure I died over twenty times in just the first level, for example, but I still persevere. It's mainly because I'm accepting the challenge in video games, even if there's challenge from beginning to end. Lol However, like everybody else, I HATE Bubsy 3D. And yes, I'm going to buy Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back. Don't try to stop me! XD
20. One of my middle school teachers used to be one of my favorites back in 7th grade. Then it all went downhill when he vanished. I was confused at first until it was discovered that...I honestly can't remember. He was either a pedophile or he owned child pornography. Maybe both since...yeeeeeeah. He went to jail for who knows how long, and the news was all over school. It was a shock! He seemed like a nice guy who wasn't overly strict compared to most of the teachers. It just goes to show that you can't judge a book by its cover. It still shakes me up to this day remembering that.
21. I was accused of being a lesbian several times throughout middle school. Just like with the time someone assumed I was transgender, I was irritated. They simply assumed that just because I didn't date any guys often. One, I'm not a whore. Two, I wasn't that determined to find a guy at the time. And three, guys didn't notice me at all! So when I started longing for romance, it was hard to get attention from a guy. They either turned out to be cruel, homosexual, taken, or uninterested. You have no idea how many times I got friend zoned, and it hurt every single time! :( So yeah. I get sick of stupid assumptions like this. >_< I'm not a lesbian because I'm not always dating. Correction, I'm bisexual. People really need to not jump to conclusions and think for once. I hardly dated at all because guys never noticed me until today. I have a boyfriend now, so I just proved them wrong. And no, just because I'm bisexual doesn't mean I'm confused or will act promiscuous by dating a woman while in my relationship or do threesomes or whatever dumb stereotype that's associated with bisexuality.
22. My top 5 favorite colors are below and they each have their own individual reasons:
5. Red-Violet
Red-Violet is a recent color I grew to love. You can thank Ardyn Izunia for adding his hair color on the list. It's pretty irresistible, and I wish I could dye my hair that color. XD People would start calling me Ardyn!
4. Light Blue
Light blue, a pastel version of the classic blue, is a cute color I adore and it's one of my favorites out of all the thousands of shades of blue.
3. Yellow
Originally my second favorite color, yellow is one that I adore very much, so it's nonetheless on a high rank. The color of happiness and joy, it's pretty obvious how much I love it. :)
2. Black
I was always indifferent to black until I met my boyfriend. He loves black, and surprisingly he got me into black myself. That's why it's highly ranked, and thanks to Sephiroth from FF7, it reached the second spot.
1. Blue
Blue has been my favorite color for nearly 14 years (and still counting), and it will always be my most favorite color. It's mainly because of Sonic the Hedgehog that my original favorite color pink was replaced by blue and because blue is just a great color. :D Blue rules!
23. Besides bunnies, I love all kinds of animals, but my favorite ones are hedgehogs, bats, birds, cats, and chinchillas. I find all of them cute! I always loved them, but bats are a recent addition after my friend and I did a roleplay of an alternate universe where Vincent Valentine can turn into a small, fluffy black bat. I just found Bat Vincent adorable, and so I started to like bats. And one of my FF7 characters wound up having pet bats too.
24. I have a fear of doing anything in front of an audience. Like singing. I like to sing, and not a lot of people know about it, not even my own family because I never sing in public. I did sing for my boyfriend twice, but those were very rare. I always sing in private due to my fear. Stage fright. Even thinking about singing for an audience terrifies me. I'm starting to think this is a phobia because one time I had to read poems for my class, and I was extremely nervous. I was a wreck all morning, even after class was over. My hands were trembling a little, I felt nauseous so I barely ate anything before class, and my heart beat faster once I stood in front of the whole class. Just having everyone watching me made me feel worse, it's a miracle I didn't just dash out of class and head back home. I wanted to run, but I didn't. I honestly can't do anything for an audience because of that. I get nervous, insecure, frightened, and it's just nerve-wracking. Next time I'll just make sure not to do that sort of thing. It's not worth it.
25. Like all Sonic fans, I know about Sonichu. I knew for a long time, but I never actually looked up the comic. Ever. It wasn't until I found it on a YouTube channel called CorruptedGamingShow. Those videos were a roller coaster ride. Unoriginal, unimaginative, inconsistent, downright ridiculous and disturbing, and many other things that the comic is but there's an infinite amount to list, I see why it's notorious in the Sonic fandom. I pretty much watched every single video of the guys reading this comic, and if it wasn't for their commentary, I wouldn't have made it past the first video. Also, I watched the series twice, so either I go back to them because I love the guys who host the channel or I'm secretly a masochist but I just don't know it yet. XD Oh, and I do know about an infamous comic by AkaiDalia. I may have gone through Sonichu twice, but I didn't say I was crazy to go over her content. Her fan art is enough to make me want to get brain bleach. >_<
26. Aside from chocolate, my favorite foods are chicken, ice cream, cheesecake, jelly beans, apples, tacos, and McDonald's Sausage Egg and Cheese McGriddles and Big Breakfasts. And Denny's amazing breakfast dishes! Yeah! As for my favorite beverages, they are HI-C, lemonade, Kool-Aid, Vitamin Water, Powerade, and Gatorade.
27. My favorite video games of all time are Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 15, Crash N. Sane Trilogy, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Kirby Mass Attack, Undertale, Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash, Devil May Cry 4, and Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed. Of course, the list is subject to change as I check out other games, from ones I haven't tried yet to upcoming ones that will be released in the future. :D Like Sonic Forces! I just know it will be a new favorite of mine! My character Sorina will join the resistance. My baby is all grown up! Lol
28. My birthstone is the topaz. Actually November has two. The citrine. :3 I have two birthstones!
29. This is a pretty fun fact. I didn't get into Devil May Cry until a while later after I saw a single copy of the HD Collection of the first three games for PS3. Every time I went to the store, it was just sitting there. I was curious whenever I saw it because of Dante (whom I didn't know by name yet), but I never got the game until I finally bought it after a month. Lol It was worth spending $20! Coincidentally, I discovered my boyfriend likes Devil May Cry as well. We got closer than ever! :D We are at odds because of our favorite characters. I love Dante while he likes Vergil, and finds him more powerful than Dante and blah blah blah. Dante still kicked his butt. Though I can't say the same about me beating my boyfriend when we challenged each other in Marvel vs Capcom. He pulverized me as Vergil!
30. I love Disney movies! Many people do, but I wanted to say that. It's part of my childhood, and I adore Disney princesses. :3 My favorite Disney movies are Mulan, Frozen, and Moana, and my favorite characters are Mulan, Elsa, Anna, Moana (they are the heroines in my favorite movies lol), basically all the Disney Princesses, Gaston, Kronk, and Yzma.
31. Everyone knows me as the kind and sweet woman with a love for anything cute and adorable, has a love for video games, is crazy about men (real or fictional), and is both a girly girl and a tomboy. But even I have my dark side, so if someone dares to provoke me in any way or those I care about in a way I don't like, I assure you they will regret it. If someone tries to mess with me or my friends and family, that idiot is out of here. Treat me with kindness and respect, or don't talk to me at all. lol Okay I got dark for a second! My apologies.
32. Sonic and Sephiroth are my role models since I consider them as my two sides. Sonic represents my kind, selfless, and friendly side as I do my best to put others ahead of myself. And I have a personal desire to become a hero somehow. Sephiroth represents my hidden dark side whenever I am in a very, very bad mood and my temper, and I can be too serious sometimes. And I can be cruel to those I hate, which fortunately are no longer in my life but I still loathe them. lol No I do not hate humanity, so no need to run! Sonic and Sephiroth are two of my favorite characters, and I love them very much.
33. I cosplayed once back in high school. Due to the bad memories that followed that involved my former friend, I don't have pictures, but I cosplayed as Sebastian Michaelis from Black Butler. I never cosplayed again because of her, but if I were to cosplay again, my would-be choices are Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog), Sephiroth (FF7), Dante (Devil May Cry), Princess Peach and Princess Rosalina (Mario), Ardyn Izunia (FF15), Nine Asfel (Last Rebellion), Coco Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot), Kairi and Axel (Kingdom Hearts), Mettaton (Undertale), Yuno Gasai (Future Diary), and L (Death Note).
34. Last Rebellion is one of the games that I like and own, regardless of the poor reviews. I don't love it the way it is exactly, but I do see the potential it could have had if it were handled better. It's a game for the PS3, and I think it's very rare nowadays. I first rented it on GameFly and I admit it's not an excellent game, but I do like some parts of it. I frequently imagine what could have been rather than what actually was, and the game is a bit of a guilty pleasure.
35. Several of my pet peeves include hypocrisy, others accusing me of things that are blatantly false, people mocking Sonic and Sephiroth right in front of my face, people mocking me (who wouldn't tolerate that?), control freaks, and being forced into doing things. The more someone tries to make me, say, dress provocatively, the more I rebel. True story. I was almost forced by others who wanted to give me a makeover. Sorry, but tops that are far too revealing, micro miniskirts, high heel sandals, and fake breasts aren't my thing. I want to be a beautiful woman, not a hooker.
36. My favorite book series that isn't a romance series is "Daughters of the Moon". I read them way back in high school. The series is about four teenage girls named Vanessa, Catty, Serena, and Jimena (Tiana later becomes the fifth girl) as they discover that they are goddesses, Daughters of the Moon, and must fight against evil. I won't say anything else just in case you guys want to check out the series. I honestly recommend it.. I remember how I was deeply immersed throughout all thirteen books. Also, check out the Lunar Chronicles! I finished reading the first book, "Cinder", and it's an amazing twist to Cinderella. The other books in the series include other fairy tale characters that get the Chronicles treatment. Looking forward to reading those!
37. I have a few quirks, one being that I adjust my glasses whenever I'm nervous or timid. Another quirk I have is I like to give my Sonic plushie when I'm alone in my room. Yes, I have a crush on Sonic the Hedgehog! He's been my main crush since I was a kid.  >.< Please don't judge me! My next quirk is common, I bite my nails when I'm nervous. Lately I've been improving on that because I want to start painting them.
38. I have several fears/phobias. Besides stage fright, I'm afraid of spiders (or any bug except for butterflies), heights, water (can't swim), sharp objects, and humiliating myself in public. Spiders scare the crap out of me and I can't even hold a sharp item such as a knife without feeling scared that I might accidentally stab myself and others.  
39. I'm torn over whether or not I want to have children (but lately I'm leaning more towards not having any after learning more about the process of pregnancy and so on), but IF I were to have kids, I already got names. For a boy, I would choose Dante, and for a girl, Sorina, after my Sonic character. If I had more than one or two, the other names I like are Crystalline, Christopher, Zack, Alister, Jason, Emma, Aria, and Jewel.
40. Getting out of my comfort zone isn't easy for me. Some of my friends are aware of this, and although I am trying my best on this, it's still not easy. I don't try things often because I just don't want to try them or I don't know if I'll like them or I'm just nervous. I did a few times, and I wound up hating Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, and soap operas. I would rather get out of my comfort zone at my own pace, and being forced to do things just makes it difficult. I've gotten into trouble with my former friend over this, and she didn't understand that forcing me to try things isn't what friends do. I'm not saying I'm extremely stubborn. I will try things if others recommend them. The keyword is "recommend", as in suggest them but don't drag me into them. I'll give things a chance if I want, which is what I did with LOTR, but in the end watching most of the trilogy was boring. Those who are fans of the books/movies, I'm truly sorry, but it's just not my thing. Not even Harry Potter, which was something I tried out of pure curiosity, and I was bored throughout the entire first movie. So please, let me expand my experiences at my own pace and respect that I may not like certain things. ^^; It isn't fun being forced into doing something, or else I just won't enjoy whatever it is I'm told to try.
41. I almost became a fan of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. I bought the first book after hearing that it's an erotic romance (and I'm such a kinky woman >//////<). But then I realized the abusive themes going on during the first book. I never finished it, and I got rid of the book after reading the reviews about them, and they gave me more information about the abuse between the two characters. I can't stand abuse, and I hated realizing I wasted over $10 on that kind of book. Fifty Shades of Abuse? No thank you. >.> I'll stick with Debbie Macomber's romance novels. Or any romance novel that has actual well-written romance and not toxic relationships. Basically anything but FSOG and Twilight!42. I'm going to mention Sephiroth again, but believe it or not, he's the one who got me interested in psychology a few years back. It was at a point where I wanted to get inside his head, which I can say must have been a precursor to my eventual desire to create my own Sephiroth blog. :D I took a few psychology classes to learn more about the subject, and Criminal Personalities was my favorite one, mainly because it involved the mention of criminals. We had to do a paper where we had to diagnose a criminal, either a real person or a fictional character, with one of the ten personality disorders to show how much we understood what we covered during class as opposed to actually believing the person/character actually has a disorder. I obviously chose Sephiroth for my paper, and I got an A. An A! I have never felt so happy in my entire life when it comes to this! I never got an A on a paper (I always kept getting B's or C's), so this meant a lot to me. I still have my paper online. If you're curious, I wrote that Sephiroth has the potential to have either Antisocial Personality Disorder or Schizoid Personality Disorder. But due to missing criteria considering how much of his backstory pre-Crisis Core is still vague to an extent, either diagnosis is considered unlikely. So yeah. Sephiroth got me an A! XD I also noticed some people have assumed Sephiroth may or may not have autism, but I don't know. Random fact: Even Sonic is assumed to have ADHD, but again I'm not certain. What do you think? To be honest, even if Sonic and Sephiroth actually have ADHD and autism, respectively, it won't change how I feel about them. I'll still love them. Same with L from Death Note if he's autistic. And any character that's believed to have some type of disorder. Personally, I don't see these headcanons as my own about these characters, but I respect those who do have them.
43. My favorite singers are Selena (may she rest in peace, she died so young ;_;), Bentley Jones, Hilary Duff, Ellie Goulding, and Gackt. Selena is obvious, her music was fantastic! My favorite song of hers is "I Could Fall In Love". Bentley Jones sings several Sonic songs, and my favorite song is "So Much More". Hilary Duff is a childhood singer I just adore, and I went to one of her concerts! My favoite songs from her are "I Am", "Rock This World", and "All About Me". I consider "I Am" to be my theme song. It just seems to fit me. Ellie Goulding is a singer I love, and she sings my most favorite love song of all time, "Love Me Like You Do". Gackt is my first favorite Jpop singer, and oh gosh, his voice is hot! Favorite song: "Vanilla". I would say why, but the translation of the lyrics will explain my reasons better. *blush*
44. My favorite numbers are 1 and 100. Despite my feelings of being an outcast, to me the number 1 means there is only one of me. Everybody is unique and I am beginning to accept that about myself and not feel like I don't fit in anywhere. It's still a long journey, but in time I won't feel like an outcast anymore. As for 100, I just like big numbers, and that one is my favorite of them all.
45. My nickname that my family calls me is Bunny. Another nickname I gave to myself is Jan. I love bunnies, so the first nickname is self-explanatory. lol Jan is short for my name, Janice, and it sounds cool in my opinion.
46. I was once paired up with someone in class as part of an assignment. Each pair had to create a PowerPoint of a band and present it later (and you know presentations give me major anxiety). Unlike everybody else, I didn't get a say on the subject because the stupid teacher didn't talk to me about it. I was absent when the assignment was revealed, and she didn't even talk to me about it and let my partner choose the band, which went against the other pairs that were free to talk about which band to write about and present. It also didn't help that as my freshman year of high school continued, the teacher kept giving me a bad time (even deliberately giving me average to bad grades despite doing very well in class). I have a feeling she hated me or she was racist considering that I stood out from the rest of class. I was bullied countless time by a bunch of jackasses, and the teacher did NOTHING to stop it. Hmph. Bitch.
47. I don't drink soda. No really, I don't like any kind of soda, or any kind of beverage with gas. The gas irritates me, the feeling of the gas in my mouth just annoys me, so I stay away from any fizzy beverages. Although Mountain Dew is an exception after my boyfriend introduced me to a certain kind. But other than that, no soda for me. I'll stick with my Kool-Aid, lemonade, Gatorade, basically any beverage that doesn't have gas.
48. Recently I found out that Phil Hartman died back in 1998. Okay, I never knew him outside of the movie "Jingle All the Way", but I NEVER knew he was murdered by his third wife. Ever. I found out in July when I was on YouTube and watched a video about video game mascots that got canceled for messed up reasons. One of them was Blasto, a character that was voiced by Phil Hartman, whose series never made it past the first game after the tragic death of his voice actor. I know I wondered why he never showed up in movies again, but I didn't expect this. I've watched an entire playthrough of Blasto, and I admit he was a real good actor. It's sad that he died so soon.
49. I've had a YouTube channel for years, and I didn't do much on it until now with my first ever video game playthrough, Final Fantasy 15. It's still technically ongoing due to upcoming DLC and I'm going to do post-game stuff for sure, I swear! >.< I've been busy but it will happen. So yeah, FF15 started it all on my channel and it's fun to play games and upload the videos online. More playthroughs are on the way, so FF15 and Crash N. Sane Trilogy are currently my only ones, the latter also ongoing because I have yet to collect the relics for Crash 1 and 2. I'll do it hopefully in a month. Wish me luck!
50. Finally, the last thing about me is I see Sonic the Hedgehog as my hero. Ever since I was a kid, when I first watched Sonic X, I took an instant liking to him. As time went on, I began to idolize him and to be honest, he's the reason why I managed to endure such tough times growing up. I admired to the point the where I wanted to be more like him, and despite what others have said, I succeeded. I was an entirely different person way back then, and Sonic made me into the woman I am today.
I'll make a post about Sonic and how much he influenced me and so forth because I'm aware that this post you have been reading is long enough! Thank you Kelly for inspiring me to do this! You rock! :D If I make a second part of this sort of thing, I’ll make sure to not add too much. I got pretty passionate on a lot of these.
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//Alright, time to finally answer this. This took forever to get to because i had to make gifs to prove a point, as well as get the time to reply. And this may be a long post that I will reply one part at a time. 
Main thing about this post, is just how much Regis cared about Noctis and how far he actually tried to go in just Brotherhood alone, because Kingsglaive gave a more selfish side, while here it gave a newer and rawer side of just who Regis was and his change overtime. 
1st thing first, Noctis and Regis are very much alike, and yet totally different. Their relationship was overly strained and awkward, being a King wasn’t easy for a Lucis, and neither for a son, very much when both don’t talk that much and tend to make it seem like one has to make the first open bound step. 
As for Regis specifically, we learned just how much he truly cares about his son, and how much he knows of their situation while trying so hard to work through to make the impossible happen, while trying so hard to make his son safe and happy.
Here is an example. I thought at first after hearing his point on how different their views were on fine, and then goes on but as long as you are enjoying yourself, that’s what matters. Like do you not care or what? But after a while you watch his father’s reaction, very much later in BH you learn that he get’s how shy his son is, how rare the Prince is out of the circle. Also, depending on what that scene took place and when Noctis was attack, you can argue that Noctis trying to get as much of a normal life as possible, and be as happy as he can while he himself wasn’t around. As long as studies were going, Noctis’ happiness was what truly mattered to Regis. And his being safe. 
As for fighting tooth and nail, we know the ring can do a lot to the holder, very much with the wall, we learn this in KG, but we see Regis act around it a bit strange, being he cares more for Noctis for obvious reasons, but still gave others reasons to hate him, till you see this conversation. I finally got to put some pieces together that KG and even FF15 left out, and one  very big piece. Regis knows that being King was to protect his people, using such things as the wall, and that Noctis would have to take that role if this war continues. But then he says he was going to end the war before he let that happen. He knew the strain the ring and being king had, he actually was planning to end the war as soon as he can before he died so Noctis didn’t have to use the wall, making KG all the more painful. And goes on with him trusting Ignis, knowing he can’t be there for his son if he planned to end the war in his condition, even to a point of not telling Noctis, being how emotionally strained he would be at Noctis’s reaction, as we see parts of it later. 
Then lets continue to the last part of the first massage to the top beginning. Regis supposedly knew after a point of his son’s mission, and how hard that must be, and even though that was the case, he kept fighting for his son’s safety, you see in in the whole fight in episode 5. 
First batch: We see Regis, and how furious he already is at Noctis being in danger. And how he doesn’t even hesitate to attack the daemon. What is more interesting is how he tells the others to look for survivors, while he goes one on one, either being because he had a chance and they didn’t, and or he took it seriously personal to the point of “you messed with my son, now you are going to mess with me” phase. 
Second batch: Again we see him go in rage, but we also see a rare stage of rage, silent rage. We know that there are two kinds he compare parents to, the father being the hot fury of rage and all out taste my gun, and the mother being the more silent death glare and all to calm you know you fucked up. And which anger do we tend to apply as more scary and intimidating? The silent right? The all to calm that isn’t natural why isn’t he yelling or lashing all calm. Regis is probubly too angry, the cold fire of rage that you can only see as he slowly steps, deadly calm, but as tight and tense as stone, in all honesty, that alone much be fucking terrifying and intimidating to behold. The man is at a point beyond snapping, a type of protective and parental reaction many of us fear above the typical thickskull red rage. 
Next three batches: Okay so again, the death glare of you pissed off the wrong father. But have you noticed that he never actually summoned his actual sword or weapon? We learn in the episode 4 that Regis couldn’t summon anymore, at least weapons, but we see him do his full on magic weapon round in KG, could it be even then he had trouble? We know in FF15 that the special attack drains not just magic but health, and you may say that is what happened in these scenes. 
Combine those two theories you just get more of a realization of how serious and power rage driven as a loving father Regis was, no real weapon, only his special attack, to the point he is sweating to a point of panting. But we see from the bashing of weapons and stabbing movements and the swing of the ax and coming down in a cut head like manner. A person style of fighting can say a lot about a person, may just be me, but his attacks are really anger driven and yet deadly calm but fully ruthless with a 110% intent to kiss and show no mercy. Even in Regis’ serious condition he would stop and put his very soul into his attacks. 
2nd and last before the last batches: Now hear is the killer. Regis had no intension of his son dying. Not by the war they were in nor some daemon. He wasn’t going to die and leave his son in such a life style. Not even if it means going past his breaking point, he has no interest in his own health, he goes straight in asking about Noctis, going straight to him and seeing his son in the condition that he is, we get the starting of Regis’s breaking point, of his external snapping. You can see by his yelling and expression just how panicked and worried the man was, he was worried sleep, he was freaking out and no doubt flipping out. His son was dying, his son was infected, and he wasn’t there to be there for him properly, to protect him in the very beginning, how heart wrenching it must be, for a father who truly loves and care for his only son and watch him before your very eyes starting to slip away. How horrifying and nightmarish that must be, like a nightmare come true, making the last scene of episode 5 he is in even more painful and heart felt.
Last batch: How did Regis not break is beyond him, maybe he did but kept going, the ring drained him, but we also know how emotions can be a physical strain as well. After everything, Noctis almost died, Regis pretty much did fight teeth and nails for his son’s life. And even more so, what he says in the end. 
 ~ “I won’t let anyone hurt you.” ~
Bringing this scene was very well done, but more so, bringing it in the end. you get to see just how serious Regis is, episode 3, Regis freaks about his son leaving, saying he is a prince and shouldn’t leave alone, in other words, Noctis was beyond reach for Regi to protect him more then usual, episode 4, ending the war and his trusting Ignis with Noctis to be cared for. Regis laughed at his son’s habit here and there and smiled, but was also being shown of his actions and intensions to separate Noctis from any type of danger, going beyond fleeing with him from Nifleheim, to getting him out of Insomnia.
 Regis made certain to protect his son as much and as long as he could. Screw the Oracle of his son’s early death, he was going to end it all before he let that happen. At least that can be the full theory. He was going to protect his son, even if it meant distant and physical and emotional and mental heart break and breaking. 
Regis loved Noctis and wanted him to be safe more than anything, to the point that he was king and may not have the best relationship in his position, but that wasn’t going to stop him from screwing as many enemies over as he can for Noctis’s sake. This truly brings pain when you realize how in-vain his actions were. You may even wonder if he questioned himself in the end, if all this distance and separation was really worth it in the end, if he ever thought or wished he could have actually been there for his son, actually been a good father and showed his son besides pushing away like it seems to be.  
I can go on about Regis and his relationship with his son, but hopefully I said enough for now. Sorry again for taking so long, hopefully this was worth the wait.
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mistress-light · 7 years ago
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a quick question is it possible to get a close up view of Noctis and Luna kissing in the ending scene with FF15 windows edition cause i havent seen anyone get that part just the other wedding scenes parts
Hey there!
Sadly it is not possible to get close-ups of that particular kissing scene. I’ve actually found out that the wedding scene is split in two scenes. The first is actually not quite pre-rendered (because it is loading/rendering the selected photograph the player chose. It’s quite funny as the photograph is basically a green screen in the arm of the throne.) But to come back to the point, after that scene has passed, were Noctis shows the photograph to us, the player and Luna takes it, the scene makes a brief switch to a pre-rendered cutscene. This means that I could still enter ansel out of bounds, but the characters simply disappear or take this position:
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(but then they are floating above the lower floor) They simply do not want people lurking into them smooching, shy whittle dorks xD
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enigmaphenomenon · 8 years ago
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The World of FF7 PT. 1
How well would you say you know FF7 as a whole? Not just the storyline or the characters, but the themes and symbols presented in it? 
Now that the remake has been announced, I thought of writing an essay about this subject. 
FF7 has quite a lot of Norse Mythology in it, as well as Jewish mysticism (with various other religions as well) This is only part 1...so I am going to tackle some of the Norse Mythology presented in the game that I find interesting. 
Midgar
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Let’s start with Midgar which is the starting point of FF7 and ShinRa HQ. Midgar’s name is derived from “Midgard” in Norse Mythology, which translates to “middle yard” 
It is also known as 
“World inhabited by men”  
“Earth” 
“Human world”
“Middle Earth” 
Midgard is surrounded by uninhabitable wilderness. It is surrounded by desert and endless sea. In FF7, Midgar is also surrounded by a wasteland.
 I am reminded of a scene in Crisis Core where Zack and Cloud talk about their hometowns, and say that a Mako Reactor beyond Midgar means “nothing else out there.” 
I don’t know if this was an allusion to Midgard, or them just talking about their towns being tiny and backwater. Probably the latter, but might be both? 
Midgard also has a  psychogeographical distinction between the worlds that surround it. (Midgard is one of 9 worlds) 
(Psychogeographical =  The study of the influence of geographical environment on the mind or on behavior)
And that is the concept of  innangard and utangard which was the most important concept in the ancient Germanic world view.  
Innangard means “inside the fence” is meant to be orderly, law-abiding,and civilized. 
And as you can guess, Utangard is the opposite--Chaotic,  anarchic, and wild. Utangard means “outside the fence” 
It applies to both the geographical plane and the human psyche.
I think of Professor Gast and Professor Hojo. Gast was a great scientist, but has humanity as opposed to Hojo’s lack of humanity. You could say that Gast represents innangard while Hojo represents utangard. Gast also died a man protecting his family while Hojo slipped deeper into madness and corruption. This just is my speculation and parallel. 
Since Midgard is one of the 9 worlds (thus being surrounded by 8 other worlds), FF7 shows Midgar as having 8 Sectors. 
 Oh, the use of “middle-earth” was popularized by J. R. R Tolkein. You’ve most likely heard “middle-earth” through the Lord of The Rings series. 
During Ragnarok, Midgard is destroyed. This is similar to how Midgar was destroyed during Meteor’s fall. 
Ragnarok is a series of foretold events such as a great battle which results in the death of many major figures, and an occurrence of various natural disasters. After Ragnarok the world is to resurface anew and fertile. 
In FF7 Midgar is destroyed by the impact of Meteor and Holy, and Midgar is shown at the end of the game to be overtaken by vegetation 500 years later. However, in Dirge of Cerberus we see Midgar lavish with grass and trees. 
A number of people lose their lives in FF7 as well, including President Shinra, Aerith, Sephiroth,  and the entirety of ShinRa HQ. 
In FF7, it starts out as just an organization trying to stop a tyrannical power company that is killing the planet, and then spirals into something much greater. The weapons awaken, and more and more damage is caused to the world before the conclusion. 
FF7 atmosphere is very dark and gritty, and overall has a very foreboding and apocalyptic settings, with it ending with a “rebirth” in a sense. 
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Let’s move on to FF7 planet. Gaia. 
In Greek Mythology, Gaia is the personification of Earth. 
Gaia is the ancestral mother of all life: the primal Mother Earth goddess.
Her Roman equivalent is Terra.
The word Gaia means “Earth” 
It is alternatively spelled as Gaea. 
Beliefs regarding Gaia vary, but Gaia has been believed to be the Earth to the belief that she is the spiritual embodiment of the earth, or the Goddess of the Earth.
In FF7, there are three known sentient races of the Cetra, the humans, and then Red XIII’s race. The residence of FF7′s Gaia uses the Gregorian calendar, which is the same as the one we use. 12 months, 365 days, and takes place in the year 2007. The game starts on December 9th, 2007. 
In FF7, the the planet Gaia is shown to be alive and speak to the Cetra. 
Gaia is not only the Goddess of Earth, but she was the great mother of all creation. 
There is a church in the slums, but any religion within FF7 is vague and not talked about generally. It is possible that at one point, they worshipped the planet as a whole...i.e. similar to the worship of the Greek Goddess Gaia. 
But the poem LOVELESS mentions a Goddess, and in CC...a name is mentioned. “Minerva” 
In FF7 Minerva is implied to be related to the planet’s consciousness. She is interpreted by Genesis as the Goddess in the LOVELESS poem.
Minerva is the Roman  equivalent to the Greek Goddess Athena.
Minerva is the Goddess of wisdom, war, and art. 
In FF7, Minerva seems to be the personification of the lifestream. So in FF7, it is possible the people worshiped or once worshiped the planet or the lifestream. 
Nibelheim
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Let’s move on to Nibelheim. Another incredibly important town in FF7.
Nibelheim is Tifa, Cloud, and Sephiroth’s birthplace.
The name is derived from “Niflheim” and those who have played FF15 will recognize this name. 
Niflheim is part of the same mythology as Midgard, and is also one of the 9 worlds. 
The most common way that the worlds are listed places Niflheim as the 7th world. 
This ties into FF7′s recurring 7 theme within the game and compilation. 
Now, since Nibelheim is derived from Niflheim, I’ll go into detail about it.
Niflheim is known as: 
“Mist home”
“World of fog” 
“Abode of mist” 
“Mist world” 
“Fog home”
For those World of Final Fantasy players, you may notice that Tifa talks about a town called “Mist” that existed before Nibelheim. This is the reason why Rydia is in Nibelheim in WoFF, given that both Tifa and Rydia are from a town named “mist”...in basic terms. 
Anyway, Niflheim is a world of ice and cold. It is the homeland of
primordial darkness, cold, mist, and ice.     
(Primordial -  existing at or from the beginning of time)
In early drafts, as scene in the early files of the Ultimania Omega, Nibelheim was actually called Nifelheim at one point in time. 
In German, “nebel” or the old-fashioned spelling of it “nibel” can be translated as cloud. Which would make Nibelheim also meaning “cloud-home” pointing to the protagonist Cloud, and Nibelheim being his hometown. 
The word “Niflheim” is only found in the works of Snorri and is often used interchangeably with “Niflhel,” a poetic embellishment of “Hel,” the world of the dead. In other words....the underworld.
(Hel is a sibling of Fenrir.)
In a story told by Odin, Niflheim met the flames of Muspelheim.
I’m sure you all know a big point in FF7 is the burning of Nibelheim.
(Muspelheim is the home of fire and heat)
When the cold of Niflheim met the flames of Muspelheim the “creating steam” was born when the waters of both realms mixed. 
Niflheim later became the home to Hel, a goddess daughter of Loki, and the afterlife for her subjects, those who did not die a heroic or notable death.
And while Hel may make you think of “Hell” the bad place where sinners go to be punished...”Hel” was morally neutral. The word “Hel” means hidden or concealed.
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Now let’s talk about Cloud’s motorcycle. Fenrir.
In the movie, Cloud is shown to have a wolf theme. We see a wolf appear several times throughout the movie that symbolize his guilt. We see one in the church when Tifa has fallen, we see one at Aerith’s grave, and we see one at Zack’s grave as well. 
Cloud also has a wolf emblem on his outfit, uses this same wolf as his phone wallpaper, and also has a wolf earring. To fans, this wolf is known as “cloudy wolf” but the most notable part of Cloud’s wolf motif is his motorcycle. 
Fenrir has many translations, one of such is “He Who Dwells in the Marshes” 
Fenrir is a monstrous wolf that appears in Norse Mythology. In a story, the Gods raised Fenrir to keep him under control and prevent him from wreaking havoc throughout the 9 worlds. He grew at an astonishing pace that the Gods attempted to bind him with chains. 
Fenrir broke free both times, and on the third attempt was finally bound. However, during Ragnarok he broke free. Fenrir devoured the son, killed Odin (the king of the gods), and ran his lower jaw among the ground and upper jaw in the sky, devouring everything in his path. 
Fenrir exists in many other stories as a wolf, but under a different name. One name being “Skoll” which means “mockery” 
There is some symbolism to be had between the wolf and Cloud. One is of “Skoll” which can point to Cloud’s false persona, or “mockery” of Zack within the first disc of the game. 
In Advent Children he is heavily associated with wolves. His motorcycle’s name is Fenrir, he was born in Nibelheim...see the connections? 
Part 2 will consist of: Sephiroth, Tifa, Aerith, and Barret.
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wth-am-i-writing · 8 years ago
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Title: Promise ~Part 6 Protagonists: N, Ravi, Hyuk (eventually the rest of VIXX too), BTS Warnings: Fantasy, Fighting, N/Ravi Word Count: 4365 (out of 63,000+) Summary: N couldn’t remember why he was traveling, but he had a feeling it was important. Author’s Note: There’s like 6-8 inches of snow outside @_@ I wish it’d fallen Sunday night so I’d get out of work >< This is such a short chapter, but in a way I guess it’s also kinda eventful? I haven’t been editing like I should be because I was playing FF15 (155 hours! 133 on the first game and 22 on a new game+), but I’m done with that until the DLC stuff starts to come out, so I should get my butt back into gear for this fic. Also, I like BTS but I don’t follow them closely, so I wrote their names and personalities based off what my friend who does follow them closely told me. Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy this chapter!
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 N stared down at the magic script painted on the stones lining the side of the road. They looked like they’d been there for a while considering how covered with dirt they were, but they were giving off a faint amount of energy. Ravi squatted down next to him, running his fingers across the letters.
“You wrote these?” Ravi asked the man that had brought them here--Yoongi, another acquaintance of Namjoon’s from the written spells department.
“Yes,” Yoongi answered simply. The late morning sun was causing his otherwise brown hair to glint subtle shades of red, drawing N’s attention. It was just the three of them--Hyuk had chosen to take on another job that Namjoon had proposed and was on the other side of the city.
“What is it used for?” Ravi asked.
“It’s like a trip wire, it releases a bit of the energy stored in the script anytime a demon wanders over it or materializes inside its bounds. We’ve been using them to help keep track of and confirm all demon sightings and attacks in this part of town. Sometimes people like to pass off crime as the work of demons,” Yoongi explained. “Namjoon’s been making charts.”
“The academy certainly has a well organized team of demon hunters,” Ravi said dryly, pushing up to stand.
“We’re all just trying to help with the problem in our own way,” Yoongi said. “The frequency of attacks in the region has increased, and we have to do something.”
“The script has been tripped,” N said, feeling like he’d stated the obvious.
“You can sense it,” Yoongi said, looking at N. “A lot of the spells were tripped in this area last night, but there weren’t any reports of attacks or sightings. It’s concerning.”
“So you want to track the demon down?” Ravi asked.
“The spells can’t tell us when, or if, the demon has left the area,” Yoongi said. “Namjoon said that N has a strong sense. If it’s still here, you can find it. And while Ravi beats it into submission, I’ll bind it so it’s powerless.”
“The local Semol won’t cooperate with the academy?” N asked, not quite understanding why they would need N specifically.
“I’m sure you know how fearful they are,” Yoongi sighed, shaking his head. N swallowed, dropping his gaze to the ground. He didn’t want to bring up that he really didn’t know much about the Semol.
“They turn to the temples,” Ravi said, easing the awkwardness building inside of N.
“Yes,” Yoongi said with a frown.
“Even though so many Semol live here, they’re still unwilling to help?” N asked.
“Tradition,” Yoongi said, sounding as if the word left a bad taste in his mouth.
“Then why continue to live here?” N asked.
“A hundred years ago, a plague swept through the region and a large number of Waol congregated. Several of the Semol tribes came here hoping they would have a better chance of surviving in the crowd. A lot of the orphaned children just never left when they grew up.”
“A part of the city, but not,” Ravi said.
“Most would rather watch us die than help,” Yoongi sighed. He turned to look at the alley in front of them and pointed. “This is the outer ring of tripped script. Are you ready?”
“Yeah,” N said, taking a deep breath. He stepped forward, crossing over the script. Nothing felt different on the other side, so N just continued down the alley. Yoongi slipped past N and paused at the other mouth of the alley.
“The next one is this way,” Yoongi said, motioning to the left. N followed him down the side streets weaving through a residential area, not feeling anything until they’d passed the third set of scripts. N stilled, the hair on his arms pricking at the feel of the energy in the air. It was faint, but he could feel it. Ravi stopped by N’s side, his hand hovering over the small of N’s back.
“Are you okay?” Ravi asked quietly. Yoongi had stopped a few meters down the street when he realized N and Ravi weren’t following him anymore. N swallowed, looking around at the buildings.
“There is something near by,” N said.
“The next set of triggered script is this way,” Yoongi said, motioning.
“No, I don’t think it’s that way,” N said, turning towards one of the houses. It felt like the energy was coming from there. The closer he got to the building, the stronger the feeling was. He stilled at the door, trying to concentrate on the energy. “I think this is the place you’re looking for,” N said as Ravi and Yoongi came to his side. Ravi gave N’s shoulder a reassuring squeeze and N knocked on the door. They waited quietly, but there was no answer. Ravi reached around N and knocked on the door again. When there still wasn’t an answer, Ravi turned to Yoongi.
“Would we get in trouble if we just go in under these circumstances?” Ravi asked.
“Probably,” Yoongi said. “Are you sure it’s inside the house?” he asked, turning to N.
“There’s something in there,” N said, reaching out to touch the door.
“Then I think we should chance it,” Ravi said, nudging past N to grab the doorknob. N stepped back, his stomach knotting when Ravi was unable to open the door.
“Let me,” Yoongi said, pulling out a pocket knife. Ravi stepped back, and Yoongi kneeled in front of the door. He carved a rune just over the doorknob then stood. He rattled the knob, then rammed the door with his shoulder. There was a cracking sound and the door gave way. Acrid energy spilled past the door, causing N to stumble back, his head spinning. Yoongi flinched, shoving the door open and stepping back, hand covering his nose and mouth.
“Blood,” Ravi hissed, drawing his sword.
“It smells like something died,” Yoongi wailed.
“It looks like someone died,” Ravi said stepping into the house. N stepped forward, supporting himself on the doorframe. He shook his head, clearing his head of the fog the initial wave of energy had caused. Yoongi slipped past him, following Ravi into the house. N took a deep breath, the smell of death finally hitting his lungs. He took another step forward, fighting down the urge to throw up when he saw the mess in the main room of the small house--a man and a woman mauled on the ground, the intestines of the man spilling out of his body and onto the ground, blood splattered across the floor and low on the walls. N fought down the urge to vomit and averted his eyes.
“H-how did no one report this--” Yoongi stuttered, sounding as if he was also going to be sick. Ravi slowly knelt down beside the woman and tentatively reached out to touch her arm.
“She’s cold, but it doesn’t look like this happened long ago,” Ravi said, the line of his shoulders tense. There was a flicker of shadow at the corner of one of the chests, and N moved before he could even think, closing the distance to Ravi and pulling his dagger from its sheath. The shadow was lunging towards Ravi, and N bolted for Ravi before he could even shout a warning. He was knocked into Ravi, the arm he’d thrown out to protect Ravi searing as the demon--wolf-like in appearance--bit into his arm. N cried out as the demon growled.
It lurched back, jaw still closed around N’s arm, jerking N with it. It released him after another moment and bounded back with another warning growl. N crumpled forward, clutching his arm to his chest--it burnt just as badly as contact with the demon on the ship had, but this time he could feel blood. Ravi was already to his feet, standing between N and the demon.
“Are you okay?” Ravi asked, feet scuffing on the floor as he settled into a defensive stance.
“It hurts, but yes,” N gasped.
“Yoongi, if you want this thing, get ready,” Ravi growled before taking a step towards the beast. The front door to the house slammed shut behind N and Yoongi began to chant, the words resounding in N’s head.
Lord in heaven, give me grace.
Lord in heaven, give me protection.
Lord in heaven, give me strength.
Lord in heaven, let these symbols become the rope that binds the darkness.
The wound on N’s arm throbbed and there was a piercing pain in his skull as Yoongi repeated the chant again and again. Scuffles, growls, a pained whimper from the demon, more scuffles.
Let these symbols become the rope that binds the darkness. Yoongi repeated the words, and the pain flared so much N couldn’t think. There was deep growl and a crash beside him. N looked in the direction of the crash, just barely able to keep his eyes open through the pain--Ravi had crashed to the ground, the demon on top of him, only held at bay by Ravi’s sword. Ravi’s lips were moving in silent words, the demon pressing down on him, eyes a glow. Suddenly, Ravi threw the demon off, a sick snap and clatter accompanying the thump of the demon hitting the wall. Ravi cursed and pushed himself up, and that’s when N spotted the top half of Ravi’s blade several feet to the side.
“You better be almost ready,” Ravi shouted as he got to his feet and shifted into a defensive pose. N reached for his dagger and gripped the handle. The demon lunged and Ravi deflected it, getting dragged back to the ground when the demon caught what was left of his blade in it’s mouth. Ravi released the blade and scrambled away. “Yoongi--” he called, mildly panicking. The demon recovered, dropping the sword to the ground. “Yoongi!” Ravi called again as the demon began advancing on him, and Yoongi’s chanting got faster.
N pushed himself up through the pain and threw his knife at the demon’s back. The butt of the hilt hit the demon and it flinched, it’s attention turning to N. It growled, stepping towards N. N brought his good hand to the floor, digging his nails into the wood as he met the demon’s gaze with a glare. It stilled, and if wolves could smile, N was sure it did. His heart was pounding in his chest, but he could no longer feel any pain. N started to shift into a position to lunge at the wolf, and he saw Ravi dash behind the demon to grab the dagger. The demon lunged forward, but Ravi caught it by stabbing the dagger into its back.
The demon howled and thrashed until it knocked Ravi off. Yoongi came to N’s side and chucked a ball of flat ropes at the beast. It exploded midair, the ropes snaking around the demon, effectively tying it up until it couldn’t move. It thrashed and growled, but couldn’t overpower the ropes. Ravi fell back on his ass, out of breath.
“That would have been so much easier if I could have just killed it,” Ravi panted, glaring at Yoongi. “You’re all fucking nuts. Why didn’t you have a ball like that already prepared?”
“I wasn’t expecting a hellhound!” Yoongi hissed. “I had to make stronger binds!” He dropped to his knees, hands coming to N’s shoulder. “Are you okay?”
“Y-yeah,” N stuttered, turning his attention from the thrashing demon to Yoongi.
“Let me see your arm,” Yoongi instructed as Ravi pushed himself up and scrambled over to N’s side as well. N presented his arm. Yoongi grimaced when he saw the bite, the edges of the puncture wounds burned. N was starting to be able to feel the pain again, but he tried his best to not let it show on his face.
“It’s as bad as on the boat,” Ravi mumbled, taking N’s arm. “I shouldn’t have let my guard down like I did.”
“We need to get him to Jin,” Yoongi said.
“I’m fine for the moment,” N said, attempting to tug his arm away from Ravi. Ravi refused to let go, brows knitting in disapproval. “The demon is more important.”
“I’ll send a message to the academy,” Yoongi said, standing. There was a creak to their right and everyone’s attention snapped to the source of the sound. A teenage girl poked her head out of a door on the right side of the room, eyes full of fear.
“Is--Is it safe?” she stuttered, eyes darting around the room and landing on the thrashing hellhound. Ravi’s grip on N’s arm tightened for a second before he let go of N’s arm all together and stood. N stood as well, stomach knotting the more he looked at the girl.
“It’s safe now,” Ravi said. “We’ve caught the demon.” The girl’s gaze flickered up to Ravi before falling on the man and woman. She opened the door wider and stepped out into the main room.
“Are--are they--dead?” she asked as she got closer.
“I’m sorry,” Ravi said, stepping forward to meet the girl, arms outstretched as he tried to offer her support. The door to the room she came from continued to swing open and N felt his blood run cold--a spell circle written in blood covered the floor.
“Ravi--” N warned, reaching forward and grabbing the back of Ravi’s shirt.
“Good,” the girl whispered, stilling, her eyes fixed on the man. N’s stomach flipped and Ravi tensed.
“Keep her here,” Yoongi instructed, tone strained. “I’m going to get the Academy and the nearest Temple. This whole area needs to be secured.”
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 Jin examined the bite on N’s arm carefully, pulling away moments later to jot down notes. When he was done, he applied the salve he’d brought with him on N’s arm and wrapped it in a bandage. Ravi grunted impatiently beside N, having already downed the potion for aches and pains that Jin had given him.
“The wounds should be healed by tonight with the rate you heal,” Jin said as he tied off the bandage. “Until then, avoid getting it wet.”
“Thank you,” N said, smiling up at Jin. Jin returned the smile as he stepped back.
“What’s going to happen to the girl?” Ravi asked, his expression grim.
“I don’t know, but she’ll probably be put on trial,” Jin sighed. “The academy, temple, and Lord’s guard will finish the investigation.”
“Why would she do that?” Ravi mumbled, staring down at his hands. N reached out and put his hand on Ravi’s arm in comfort. Ravi looked up at N, his other hand coming to rest atop N’s. His expression was troubled; N wished he knew how to ease it, but he was just as unnerved by what he’d seen in that house. Humans could be as twisted as demons.
“I don’t know,” Jin said, subdued, seemingly sympathetic of Ravi’s disturbance of the events. “But I’ve heard of it happening before.” Ravi tensed, squeezing his hands into fists. There was a knock at the door and it opened before Jin could move to answer it. Hyuk and another man entered the exam room, covered in thin cuts.
“What’s this I hear about you catching a hellhound?” Hyuk asked, skipping pleasantries.
“What’s up with your injuries?” Ravi asked, totally ignoring Hyuk’s question. His frown was set on his lips, but the tension in his shoulders eased visibly.
“We ran into a pair of Waol Fearies’ resting place,” the man with Hyuk offered with a grin. “They weren’t happy.”
“Can you try not getting hurt for once, Jungguk?” Jin scolded, moving to his cabinet to pull out potions for the two.
“Every man needs a few battle scars,” Jungguk quipped with a wide grin.
“Not me, thank you. I’m perfection already,” Jin quipped back, shoving a potion at Jungguk.
“The hellhound,” Hyuk insisted, taking the potion from Jin with a nod of thanks, eyes trained on Ravi.
“We caught a hellhound,” Ravi said, tone making it clear he didn’t want to talk about it.
“Alone?” Hyuk asked anyway.
“Yoongi and I helped,” N said, holding up his injured arm. Hyuk’s attention turned to N.
“What happened?” Hyuk asked, tone turned concerned as he crossed to N. Ravi leaned in close to N, his hand coming to the small of N’s back.
“I let my guard down,” Ravi said, tone heavy.
“The demon tried to jump Ravi and I got in the way,” N said, narrowing his eyes at Ravi. “It had been hiding in the shadows.”
“You’re lucky,” Hyuk said solemnly.
“Very. The hound had killed two people,” Ravi said. “It broke my blade in half.”
“It broke your sword and you still brought it in?” Jungguk asked, coming over to join them. “I wished I’d been there for that.”
“It wouldn’t have broken if I hadn’t been trying to not kill it,” Ravi said flatly.
“Right,” Jungguk said, disbelieving. “Hyuk told me stories, but I’d still like to see your skill for myself.” Ravi stiffened, brow twitching. N brushed his hand against Ravi’s thigh in an attempt to calm him. Ravi seemed to be easily riled in the aftermath of everything.
“I think his success speaks for itself,” N tried to diffuse.
“I’m not seeking glory,” Ravi said, and Jungguk’s brows raised, seemingly amused by Ravi’s reaction.
“Jungguk, leave them alone. I don’t want any fights in here,” Jin warned.
“What?” Jungguk asked, turning to Jin with raised hands.
“When are we getting paid?” Ravi asked gruffly, standing. N slid down from the exam table as well.
“Namjoon said to talk to the head of Demonology,” Hyuk answered. Ravi grunted and headed for the door.
“Get a good look over from Jin. I’ll get our pay,” Ravi instructed before ducking into the hall.
“What’s up with him?” Hyuk asked, turning on his heel when N passed him to follow Ravi. N paused in the doorway, looking back at Hyuk.
“The girl we found in the house--It looks like she summoned the demon,” N answered.
“Oh,” Hyuk said, eyes wide. N turned back to the hall and jogged to catch up with Ravi. When he reached Ravi’s side, he brushed the backs of their hands together and hooked their first two fingers together.
“Are you okay?” N asked, tone hushed. Ravi stilled, catching N’s hand and bringing him to a stop as well. N turned to him, eyes wide in question. Before he even had time to register what was happening, Ravi had stepped closer, hand on the back of N’s head, lips on N’s. N stiffened, flushed, totally unsure how to react. Ravi broke the kiss almost as quickly as he started it but didn’t move away.
“Jumping in front of that thing was stupid,” Ravi breathed out, a slight tremble to his words. “You were lucky it was just your arm--that it didn’t break your arm.” N reached up and gripped the extra fabric at the waist of Ravi’s shirt, shoulders still tense. He hated that Ravi felt guilty over N’s own decisions.
“Better my arm than your neck,” N said, voice hushed but stern. “I didn’t even think about it, my body just moved. And I don’t regret it.”  Ravi inhaled shakily. N gave Ravi a pointed stare before taking a half step forward and pulling Ravi into a hug. “And neither should you,” N murmured, squeezing Ravi tighter. After a moment Ravi let out a slow breath, returning the hug and forcing himself to relax.
“Thank you for watching my back,” Ravi murmured. N smiled, giving Ravi another squeeze.
“You’re welcome,” N said as he pulled back, hands coming to Ravi’s forearms as he looked Ravi in the eyes. The sound of a door opening down the hall followed by footsteps caused Ravi to step back, eyes averted and a faint blush on his cheeks. N swallowed, feeling a small pang of sadness at the loss of contact before his gaze flickered past Ravi down the hall and landed on Hyuk. N fought down a blush at the thought of Hyuk possibly catching them again, tongue darting across his lips.
“You’re still here?” Hyuk called, brows knit in confusion. From his periphery, N could make out Ravi’s blush deepening.
“I was just convincing him to wait for you,” N lied with a smile. Hyuk cocked an eyebrow at N like he didn’t believe him, but didn’t voice it.
“Thanks,” he said neutrally.
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 “Are you sure you don’t want a new dagger?” Hyuk asked N as they waited on Ravi to pick out a new pair of pants. “We have more than enough to get you one, and there’s still time to go back and get it.” After the Academy had paid them, they’d gone to the weapons store to replace Ravi and Hyuk’s swords. The Academy had paid them handsomely for capturing the hellhound--twice as much as they’d paid for the Waol faeries--and compensated Ravi for his broken sword. They’d left the academy with 7000 fol, putting them almost at their goal.
“I barely use it,” N insisted, pulling his eyes away from Ravi to look at Hyuk. “The steady-hand rune they added should be enough.” They’d gone to the nearest haberdasher as soon as they’d finished with the weapons shop. It hadn’t taken N long to pick out new clothes--he found the shop overwhelming, so he’d just agreed to the first things that had caught his eye. Hyuk had only taken slightly longer, seemingly having a good eye for what suited him. But Ravi--Ravi was actually trying to find something practical, affordable and fashionable. He’d been debating between three pairs of pants for at least half an hour. N just couldn’t understand it.
“Are you sure?” Hyuk asked again. “Because we can go back right now and save ourselves from death-by-boredom.”
“I can hear you, you know,” Ravi said dryly.
“Really, I don’t need a new one,” N insisted. Hyuk sighed and started picking at the lint on a display mannequin’s suit.
“I’ll take these,” Ravi said, holding up a pair of pants.
“Good choice!” the shopkeeper exclaimed.
“This better not be a repeat of the leather pants,” Hyuk said under his breath, causing N to snort.
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 N poked at the meat on his plate, resisting the urge to wrinkle his nose. One bite had been enough for him to decide that he did not want to eat the rest of the meal, but he didn’t want to be rude. Hyuk was already halfway through his plate, seemingly unable to eat it fast enough. Ravi was eating more leisurely, eyes frequently on N and making him squirm. He felt pressured to eat the food. The vegetables were long gone, leaving the sizeable meat portion.
“What is this?” N finally asked, unable to resist the question any longer.
“Pig intestines,” Hyuk said cheerfully around his food. N almost gagged, the very idea of the food sounding unappealing, and knowing what it tasted like, the texture, just made it even worse.
“Are you okay?” Ravi asked, concerned, reaching across the table for N’s hand. N nodded pushing his plate across the table.
“I’m sorry, I don’t think I can finish that,” N said. Hyuk stared at N, slacked jawed.
“How can you not like it?” Hyuk asked in mild horror.
“How can you like it? The texture and taste--” N said, cutting himself short when one of the tavernmaids walked past the table. “If you love it so much, just eat my portion too.” That seemed to placate Hyuk and he reached across the table to claim the unwanted meat.
“I don’t understand his love for it either,” Ravi said, retracting his hand. “It’s cheap commoner’s food. Ham and bacon and the belly meat taste so much better.”
“I would eat this every day if I could,” Hyuk said around another mouthful of meat. N grimaced.
“Trust me, you’d be as impartial to it as me if you did,” Ravi said dryly.
“I could never get tired of it,” Hyuk insisted, shoving more into his mouth. Ravi shook his head and reached for his mug of beer and downing it. When he put the mug down, he waved over a tavernmaid.
“Do you have anything stronger?” Ravi asked when one came to their table. N raised his brows, sitting up straighter.
“We have mead and wine,” she said with a smile.
“Mead,” Ravi said, not putting too much thought into it.
“Will that be three?” she asked, looking around the table.
“Two,” Hyuk corrected before Ravi could speak, shooting Ravi a grin.
“Then I’ll be right back,” the tavernmaid said with a smile before departing for the bar.
“Are you going to get drunk again?” Hyuk asked before shoving more meat into his mouth.
“No, I just need to take the edge off my thoughts,” Ravi sighed, slumping. N gnawed at the inside of his lip and reached across the table to place his hand on Ravi’s. “Are you?” Ravi asked, looking up at Hyuk.
“Definitely not,” Hyuk said, gaze fixed on N’s hand on Ravi’s. N swallowed, sheepishly withdrawing his hand. Being physical in public didn’t seem appropriate, at least not when sober. “I just need to loosen up enough to fit in. There’s already darts starting up over there.” Hyuk nodded towards one of the corners of the tavern.
“Should I play too?” Ravi asked, glancing over at the other table.
“You aren’t tired after your fight with the hellhound today?” Hyuk asked, raising his eyebrows. There was a hidden meaning in Hyuk’s expression that N couldn’t decipher. Ravi’s brows knit together, and N found himself looking between the two in confusion.
“I just want to help earn enough to get back on the road,” Ravi said firmly. The tavernmaid returned with the drinks, and Hyuk waited until she’d left to speak.
“We could do a double attack,” Hyuk mused aloud. “A test of brains and brawn. Though you could probably find better distractions at the inn.”
“I’m not looking for distractions,” Ravi hissed, reaching across the table and hitting Hyuk on the back of the shoulder. Hyuk broke into an amused grin, leaving N confused.
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The thrilling sequel to Throwing Noctis off High Places
Took me over an hour to pull off the v1.08 Cartanica OOB glitch, but it was oh so worth it
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