#fictif roadkill

[adventures-in-re]

its definitely a work in progress but im gonna go ahead and share the link to the folder of love letters/postcards/official digital merch i've collected for the arcana/fictif so far for preservation. some folders are empty right now but i'll update it as i collect more stuff.

shoutsout to rubinaitoart for the arcana love letters and mothacabra for scans of the postcards and sage's love letter!

[agender-wolfie]

I miss Tess 💙🪻 😢

[dreamtydraw]

Hello from the Fishbowl!

Oh I’m so glad you and plant anon agree with me on my vn red flags/icks! Like I said a lot of the red flags and icks I tend to have are really subjective so I get that some people will love what I kinda hate but it’s nice to see I’m not alone on stuff :)

Also, is it bad that I kinda wanna hear more about Heir to Love and Lie? I’ve never played any Fictif games but this sounds like some hot gossip I want in on, tell me more about how bad of a game it is lol. From an outsider perspective I think it’s kinda funny how it’s like “Yes the Fictif app has a bunch of great and fun stories with a ton of good content- NO DONT LOOK AT THAT STORY ITS HIDEOUS-” I know the stories are probably made by different teams so it makes sense that there’s differences in quality but still

Last Legacy and now Roadkill have peaked my interest since I’ve seen you talk about it here (I had never heard of Fictif at all before) but I’ve been a little hesitant to give the games a try because they’re mobile games and frankly I’m not the biggest fan of playing vn style games on mobile, I used to all the time but the grinding for stuff like story keys just to get content that may or may not be good kinda grated on me so I stopped and haven’t looked back. But idk maybe I’ll decide to give Fictif a chance when I have the time, your love for the games are definitely convincing me to give it a shot :)

Also I hope you get better soon and you’re not sick with anything too serious! Take care of yourself!

-🐟

( ok i’ll do proganda about the good game of fictif ask me about htlal on another ask )

Ok so i’ll start by saying that you should def play roadkil, last legacy and monster manor on the fictif app, WITH A CRACKED VERSION! If you have an Android play with a mod app and you won’t have to pay for the special choice ( you still have to wait for keys tho but it’s manageable) I personally use Modyolo. With the mod there is no grind, you just wait for your keys to regenerate to play the chapters.

Why you should play last legacy ? Last legacy is a really well written fantasy romance made by queers, for queers with good queers characters. The narrative is limited but realize that fans of this game haven’t had update in 2 years and we all still love this, that how good the game is for us. What I really appreciate is the approach of the romance, the well-written worldbuilding, and the interesting plot and evolution of the li throughout the story + bonus points the art is really pretty + the music is awesome

This is an otome where you feel the passion of the dev because of all the details and care they put into the characters. It sad that we’ll never get an ending but just because it’s my second favorite otome after Our life i really recomand.

Now another wonderful story on the app is Monster manor. It’s a reviseted tale of beauty and the beast where mc is a reparator that come helps the resident of the manor to fix the place and also fix their issue. Again it’s very well written and although you can get subtile subtext on romance this one is very axed on exploring the character's mental health and their story of self-improvement. ALSO IT HAS A CANON TRANS DRAGON CREATURE WHO’S THE SWEETEST I LOVE HIM HE’S SO WHOLESOME-

Bonus the music is so good i even added it on my spotify- and good art

Monster Manor is one of those stories that leave a very specific feeling in you. I don't know how to describe it but it just has a lot of wholesomeness and character going troughs sad but relatable problems that you see get better and makes you happy that they're healing.

now.... my guilty pleasure.... Roadkil !

THE BROMANCE OF THIS GAME IS SO GOOD I swear

Objectively: This game feels like a wild mess of fan fiction with random scenario after scenario and cliché horror moments, but oh man the ambiance. The best trio of Li, they are close friends, and in the 3 routes the group is just such an amazing friend group. The characters are lovely and it's like reading a bad yet good wattpad fanfic : well written ? no ? But the ideas ? good !

Like i said, this game is based on cliché of horror movies but also on american culture ( which I learned trought this game lol ). It has longer chapters than the other two games (except Tess but Tess got hit by the sexism of a greedy company that wants shirtless men in dating sim to attract gurls ) BUT they all shine.

Poe's route had me ugly crying in the end, Howie's ending is AWFULL but I had a great time, Tess is actually a superbe F Li even whith the dev having to cut her short and ruin her ending, she shine very britgh in the other routes and her own ( for ex she's the one with a shotgun and the one that won you and howie a teddy bear )

I really need more people to play roadkill because it's an underated banger in my opinion and it has many great scenes in the mess of scenarios ( the intro is really good for ecxemple )

Like, when I say not all game needs to be well written? That's what I'm talking about, this one is a hot delightful mess

ANYWAY! My rambling was long but I hope it was interessing !

[lithopsy]

thinking about how batshit i thought howie’s amnesia ending was before i played poe’s route… looking back, it’s still crazy but it’s not, like, “my uncle that got turned into a poodle by an evil magician has decided to remain a poodle in the afterlife because he likes it actually” crazy

[chaotic-kitty]

I made a discord server almost a year ago for The Arcana/Fictif fans to hang out. It's gotten kind of quiet since as I haven't had the energy to maintain it. I plan on reviving it now. So I thought I'd drop the new link in case anyone is interested.

I'm also thinking of expanding to new fandoms such as Obey Me.

It is a very small and quiet space. But the people there are lovely and welcoming. It's also a safe space for queer and neurodivergent folk too.

We currently only have two mods, and are looking for more if anyone is interested after they've established themselves.

There are places to also talk about games, writing, and share art all outside of the games too.

But we'd love to have you come and hang out if you're interested. 💖✨😎

This is meant to be a safe space. Anyone looking to cause drama or to talk about your toxic view of the characters/games or to talk about Dorian, please do not join. We don't need more toxic drama filled spaces. Thank you.

[oldestmakkapakkafan]

I thought tumblr was THE place for small fandoms, why can't I see 50+ fan arts of howie immediately after checking the tag mmmhh???!!!!

[kailoweenie2]

Poe shouldn't have died in his own route, I rest my fucking case.

No but like, I still like his route. At least casually reading it but ughhh it makes me so sad and upset that in Howie and Tess routes he at least gets to live happily in the end but in his own route he couldn't have the life he wanted and had to die because his bitch ass nerd of a roommate had to get revenge or whatever.

Idk I just think it's a bit unfair that (from what I've noticed from the other stories I've read) no one else dies in their own romance route except for Poe(granted...all of them died but still)

He should've had a proper happy ending where he and MC get to LA and break the cycle of the whole "their wishes that they worded badly came true!" Because the fact he wished he was loved one day before he died SHOULD NOT HAVE COME TRUE. JUST SO THAT IT PROVED THE WHOLE THING CAN STOP/END.

Ugh, idk, I know it adds drama to the story and ya know, the angst or whatever but I still think it's stupid. He deserves to be happy in his OWN route, if not for MC then for himself. To be that writer he always wanted to be, to write stories and live on for his parents, for his aunt and uncle, for him and MC.

Ugh I have so many thoughts but can't word them properly but let's just say I hate that he's dead.

He's very much alive in my version of his route 😁

[cam3ll0]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

whoever made that Poe Colestead fanfic in like 2021 about Poe and Y/N being rivals in college and they went on a date to a coffee shop. I’m begging on my hands and knees. Groveling at your feet. PLEASE FINISH IT ITS BEEN TWO YEARS I CAN’T TAKE THIS

[synergysilhouette]

I miss Fictif, but it was far from flawless

I actually got into this series because of "The Arcana" (plus romance games don't often let you play as anything other than a female lead), but I found that even though I liked it's potential, it fell short a lot of the time, either romantically or story-wise. I'm obviously disappointed that I can't customize my character's appearence, but I think I'm in the minority with that one. Allow me to list my grievances and nit-picks with the app.

In general--Female routes are short and underdeveloped. I don't even romance women IRL, but this was just sad. Anika, Tess, Valentina, and Celia are the only female love interests to have solo routes while the rest are in one-route stories--and Valentina didn't even get a route before Dorian took over and effectively stopped updating the app!

"Two Against the World"--As much as I love Nicky, this story turned me off as a gay male player. The writing feels female-coded, and no acknowledgement of the stigma of two men being in a relationship in 1920s New York is ever mentioned. It'd make more sense if the setting was INSPIRED by 1920s New York, but in reality was a completely different location--but that wasn't the case. It felt like a big mifire in storytelling.

"Heir to Love & Lies"--I cannot overstate how much of a disappointment this story was. In both Sergio and Chava's route, Chava starts off very friendly and sweet before becoming aggressive and secretive. This doesn't really make any sense since he's your childhood best friend and (spoiler) he doesn't kill La Dama Rosa in either route. Plus in Chava's route, Aurora becomes very cruel and blames us for getting her family (re)involved with the cartel, even though in actuality she involved us--a point Chava tells us to let go, and then we apologize. For what?! And the end of Sergio's route is confusing, as you go through a dream sequence where he either kills you and takes your money or you get him arrested for killing La Dama Rosa. I think it's supposed to represent your fears and mistrust of him and symbolize how you need to let your concerns go if you wanna marry him, but it feels uncomfortable since it's not explained well at all. It felt like we just saw the future and we said "I don't care." Plus he asks us stuff about kids, our wedding, and where we'd live, and he took NONE of my decisions into account for the final chapter.

"Roadkill"--I was SO confused on what was the result of the wish and what wasn't. Did Douglas' wish create werewolves, vampires, and witches along with zombies? Or did they already exist before the zombie wish? If it's the latter, there's no need to involve zombies. Plus Howie's amnesia arc in the last chapter was rushed and unnecessary, while Poe came off as judgmental and snarky and Tess' route was short and rushed.

"Catch Me in Miami"--I couldn't get into Miguel because he was so obviously a bad boy and I don't do bad boys. Maybe if he was more coy about it like Nicky than being obvious about it, I'd be into him.

"For the Love of Gods"--Great potential, but rushed and I DESPISE how we're forced to romance everyone. Why can't I just choose how many people I'm interested in?

"Ghosted"--Probably my least favorite story. Jesse's ghost story does sound interesting, but his personality and how rushed it was ruined it for me.

"Hollywoodland"--Rushed, but it had great potential.

"Snow Falling in Love"--It felt like a waste not to tie this with "Roadkill" due to Sawyer's involvement, and Elise was CRAZY obsessed with us.

"Courting the Crown"--Beautiful Potential, but again, rushed, rushed, rushed.

"The Last Legacy"--Probably the best plot of them all, but Felix and Sage weren't my type physically or personality-wise; I'd rather go for Felix's dads.

I didn't include other stories because they either weren't finished or I didn't complete them.

[adventures-in-re]

the part of me that wants to collect all the arcana/fictif love letter pdfs for preservation purposes vs the part of me that doesnt want to give dorian any money: FIGHT

[dreamtydraw]

Hi from fishbowl this isn’t a red flag but I just thought of another ick I get from otome games/vn’s that I wanted to share and ramble about!!

When the male love interests all have the same stupid washboard abs, SPECIFICALLY AND ESPECIALLY when it makes no sense for the character to be built like that. Like, I know a lot of people find abs hot, but I always lowkey hate it when I see it. Unless it makes total sense for the character to be built with a six pack I’m just like immediately no </3

Idk what it is but there’s something about abs that just… doesn’t attract me, in fact it kinda deters me lmao. It is kinda funny though since there will be times where there’s a scene where the guy’s shirtless or something with his abs all out in the open and it’s obvious that the game is trying to get you to be like “Ooh la la~” meanwhile I’m sitting there like “Oh… Mmkay……” (I have a specific game in mind when I’m saying this cause there was a game that I played a while back that I remember did this all the goddamn time and it would immediately take me out of my immersion so it’s like personal beef at this point lol)

Sorry this doesn’t really align with your question at all I just spontaneously thought of the ick and wanted to share-

-🐟

Hello again fishy !

I think what I dislike about this trope is how shallow it is.

Usually giving M Li abs when they shouldn't have is a result of unnecessary fanservice that sometimes goes directly against characterization and for me ruins the narrative experience. Also usualy since they want to have abs but not too many muscles most of the LI with abs looks like they are behond deshydrated.

I think the only game where shirtless fanservice abs worked for me was Roadkill which btw is funny because they did it right for one of the Li and totally ruined their good writing by giving them second M li also abs...

But why does Howie's fanservice work on me ? Because it make sense.

The game gives you a reason as to why he has abs: He did sports with the only goal to have a musculature that would make people stop picking on him for being a theater kid.

the game's use of fanservice is a part of the story: Roadkill is a big love letter to horror movies and the entire premise is that your life turns into a horror movie that is cliché. The fact this guy undress in the middle of a snowy road to give you his shirt ( is not only cute- ) but also understandable because HE'S THE CHARICATURE OF A HIMBO !

That a good way to impliment fanservice in my opinion. I know it's not a must, not all game needs to have perfect writing but it would be nice if it became a standard that fanservice (both for men and women ) was written in a way that makes sense to the story and dosen't feel like a pity grab of attention for horniness.

Also as an ace folk having a game that doesn't force you into fanservice is always a nice touch. LET ME CHOOSE IF I WANT TO SEE BOOBS OR NOT !

Anyway live, life, laugh, and play roadkill I swear it's a funny game.

[notroadkiller]

Fandoms

!!+I WRITE ORIGINAL WORK!!

VIDEOGAMEZ

Little Misfortune

Deltarune

Undertale

The Arcana

Obey Me One Master To Rule Them All

Blush Blush

Stardew Valley

Fictif (currently only Roadkill)

The Big Con

Five Nights at Freddy's

Fire Emblem: Engage + Three Houses

SHOWZ

Kids Next Door

Powerpuff Girls

The Amazing World Of Gumball

MOVIEZ

Coraline

Willy Wonka (original+2005)

BOOKZ

MISC

Cryptids/Mythology/etc.

[anonymous-kero]

𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕞𝕤

The fandoms I'm in!

—★

🐾:: not played/watched/read yet

🦢:: completed

Almost My Floor (prologue 🦢)

Baldi's Basics

Blush Blush

Ballads At Midnight 🦢

Bingus My Beloved

Crush Crush

Calico 🦢

Cattails

Cattails Wildwood Story

Circadian City

Cooking Companions

Cornucopia

Deltarune 🦢

DDLC 🦢

Doodle Date 🦢

Emily is Away (1, too, <3) 🦢

Fictif (Roadkill, For The Love Of Gods 🦢, Monster Manor 🦢)

Fire Emblem (Three houses, Engage)

Five Nights at Freddy's (1, Pizzeria Simulator, Security Breach)

Furquest

Geneforge Mutagen

Harvest Town

Hello Charlotte

Kirby (The Forgotten Land)

Little Misfortune

Monster Prom Series (Prom, Camp, Road Trip)

MetaWare Highschool (demo) 🦢

Major/Minor

Obey Me (One Master To Rule Them All, Nightbringer)

Omori

Pokémon (Sword, Violet, Brilliant Diamond remastered, Shining Pearl remastered)

Rune Factory (4 special, a tiny bit of 5)

Road 96

Stardew Valley

Super Mario (Origami King, Bros U. Deluxe)

Superliminal

The Arcana

The Big Con 🦢

The Henry Stickmin Collection 🦢

There Is No Game (jam, paid) 🦢

Trapped With Jester 🦢

The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe

Undertale 🦢

Winds Of Change

World's Dawn

Zelda

A Series Of Unfortunate Events 🦢

Craig Of The Creek

Kids Next Door 🦢

Phineas & Ferb 🦢

Powerpuff Girls (original) 🦢

The Amazing World Of Gumball 🦢

Coraline 🦢

Willy Wonka (original, 2005) 🦢

Wings Of Fire

Sisters

Conan Gray

Jazmin Bean

Markiplier

Melanie Martinez

Cryptids/Mythology/Folklore/etc.

Sanrio

Slashers 🐾

[oldestmakkapakkafan]

How sad is it that I'm literally the only person making shitpost memes of my favorite character 😭

[dawnsbreaking]

and before you ask ask, “have you forgotten about poe colestead?”: i literally named my cat after him dw

i’ve unfortunately rebranded

lucolestead -> dawnsbreaking

[chaotic-kitty]

I may not have actually romanced Rime but, a girl can dream! …………..*intensely questions sexuality*

EDIT: I FORGOT ASRA IS NB!!! So sorry bout that!! So it’s actually all of the men plus Asra that I’ve romanced <3