#h'aanit is so funny ;_;

[ninakoll]

nobody in octopath is flirting like them. i think about their ch2 and ch3 banters so often, its been years........!!!!

[calico-strawberry]

So, gay people in my brain. I guess I have some headcanons, though they're not all Tressa/Noa but mostly are related.

-in this Octopath with 100% more yuri, since in my mind Tressa's chapter 4 is (among) one of the first chapter 4's done, Tressa starts sending letters to Noa while on her adventure with the rest of the chapter 4's (honestly potentially even before some chapter 3's but you're not gonna get a chapter timeline out of me or anything). Though she definitely far more enjoys the few opportunities she gets to see her on the off chance they visit Grandport.

-because of this Tressa getting a crush becomes Orsterra's worsey kept secret to the rest of the travelers, because she'd only sent letters to her parents a couple of times and no one else so the sudden increase in letters immediately after her chapter 4 is telling. They don't tell her this for a while.

-except for Cyrus, "they're quite wonderful friends aren't they?", Also taking the Aroace Cyrus headcanons for myself.

-speaking of being ace, Tressa is also ace.

-actually thinking about it I think it'd be funny if Primrose's chapter 4 was right before Tressa's because it makes that bizarre "you'll find a man one day" travel banter actually funny instead of solely being completely random and confusing.

-i guess while this post is mostly about relationships and gay people, I guess I'll throw that I like H'aanit/Primrose and Therion/Alfyn even if I'm not like. Invested in them too much.

I guess that's it? Honestly I'd like some asks about what I think on things in Octopath, because I want to ramble more but I need more of a basis to talk on

[beantothemax]

Hey lentils. I mean bean.

Modern au with magic. Also it's horror.

Starts with Z'aanta out hunting the redeye and he gets turned to stone. Hägen is killed too and yadda yadda, Hägen thinks he's Z'aanta.

The redeye had been wandering around a part of a city for a while but finally made a nest in the hospital, so the hospital is blocked off while the knights ardante try to figure out a solution. Between Z'aanta getting turned to stone and the hospital getting blocked off, it's like a week so Hägen has really had some time to stew in his thoughts n theories.

Also the redeye drags all its victims to its nest so Z'aanta is in the hospital too. There's one particular room where it keeps all its little guys.

Anyway, after a while, the knights ardante conclude that the only way to kill the redeye is to demolish and explode the hospital ontop of it. They can't get the stone people out cause whenever they try, each rescue team just gets turned to stone too.

So they announce that they're demolishing the hospital and giving up on saving the stoned people. Obviously, H'aanit is livid. The night before they start the demolition, she sneaks in with Linde.

The knights ardante figure out that someone snuck in so they send Eliza to get H'aanit tf out. Also, I'll find any excuse to have more characters in fics so Ophilia is there too. Initially, she does not enter the hospital but she goes in on a whim because Eliza found evidence of second person sneaking in around the same time as H'aanit.

So! H'aanit is in the hospital looking for the nest while Eliza is following her and elsewhere, Ophilia is tracking down this mysterious second intruder, all while everyone keeps dying either because of the redeye, the other monsters that have started appearing or because of a... third thing.

As the night goes on and Hägen tries to "save himself" from being completely destroyed, he's also somewhat curious about this second party.

In one room, he finds the horrible mutilated corpse of a young man. Hägen saves him and finds out this man is called Kit! When asked why he's in the hospital at all, Kit says he's looking for something. Whatever. Hägen doesn't really care, he just wants to save his body so he leaves.

I'm not entirely sure how it'd get to this, but near the end, H'aanit, Eliza, Ophilia and Kit have been turned to stone and Hägen realizes he isn't Z'aanta. Linde is dead and they talk and he remembers he's just a doggy.

While they're talking and trying to figure out a solution, the redeye looks directly at them. It screams and asks why it can't turn them into stone.

Ok so they can't 4 minutes before death stone people cause they're not *really* dead. BUT. Graham is like. ough. horrid. And Hägen realizes Graham has a core and 4 minutes before deaths him.

This 4 minutes before death is Lyblac trying to turn Graham into a Galdera vessel so Hägen and Linde have to disrupt and mess up the ritual as much as possible. Lyblac can vaguely sense them so they've gotta do it without her noticing :3

The Yomiel stuff is kinda split between Lyblac and Redeye.

Anyway!! They do. New future has Z'aanta and Graham laughing over beers. H'aanit, Eliza, Kit and Ophilia are playing board games while Hägen and Linde are curled up on the floor fast asleep. Lyblac is rotting in prison as she deserves <3

BWAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! REALLY COOL!!!!!!!

redeye collecting people statues like little figurines is extremely funny to me. his touys.

AND!!!!!! 4 MINUTES BEFORE GRAHAM’S DEATH!!!!!!!!!!! THATS SUCH A GOOD FUCKING CONCEPT GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[crabknight]

Thoughts on the losers

Chrom: okayish, unfortunately voiced by M*tt

Robin, whom I have named Hildegard: she's silly, I made her very pretty :]

Lissa: benched in favor of Maribelle sorry

Frederick: LOVE HE very serious. Decided on a whim he should be with Maribelle and not Sully cause I like his supports with Mari

Sully: AMAZING LOVELY SO COOL I am normal about her C support with Miriel (gonna write a fic about it later when I get the B and A support)

Virion: FRENCH JUMPSCARE no like I didn't think he'd actually have a French accent in the voice acting. He's so cool I love him

Vaike: WHORE I wanna know why he acts like that, I wanna study him under a microscope

Mirial: MY SPECIAL LADY HOW I LOVE YOU SO she's a mage and also her C support with Sully is very good

Sumia: no strong opinions, ended up benching her in favor of Cordelia. I don't really need her anymore cause she's already served her purpose of being Chrom's wife

Maribelle: THE!!!!! THE HER!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER SO VERY MUCH. SHE'S SO PERFECT!!!!!! AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST A LITTLE RUDE AND BOSSY BUT THEN HER C SUPPORT WITH FREDERICK!!! GIRL IS NOT LAZY, SHE'S WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK!!!!!!

Panne: lovely lady, adore her. I like her introduction with Emmeryn :]

Gaius: I don't use him a lot but he's poggers. I like his intro with him just wanting candy, what a mood

Cordelia: neat :] I love her intro with Phila and how horrible she feels about the other ladies dying. Just. Ough. I hope she gets a big hug or smth

Gregor: the ideal man honestly, 10/10

Nowi: I don't hate her as much as I thought I would. Aside from her design, she's great

Libra: boy man totally. Lovely design, lovely intro, very excited about his VA because I really love her as H'aanit

Tharja: did not expect to like her at all but she's good. I like her intro

Flavia: SO AWESOME I LOVE HER

Basilio: Patrick Seitz moment fr!!!

Emmeryn: blood guts horror forever. Crying 1 billion tears. Don't speak her name! amirite

Chrom: Yeah I've never been a big fan of him tbh

Hildegard: OMGGG VERY PRETTY INAUSGFIUANSDGF great design for your robin

Lissa: Yeah I mean that's fair, I have a habit it using the first healer I get as the healer for the rest of the game so I use Lissa a lot, also because I love Owain too much to not use. Don't really have anything to say about her personality

Frederik: I mean, how can you not love him, he is great, you should see his supports with chrom, I find them funny

Sully: Yeah she slaps, definitly my favorite of the two cavs

Virion: Virion is pretty fun I cannot lie, and I will say, I was fully expecting him to be french

Vaike: YESSS YOU UNDERSTAND HE'S JUST MY DUMB FUCKING LOSER JOCK

Miriel: me when big words, she is very cool I also like her, important question here, who will marry her?

Sumia: Yeah I have no strong opinion either

Maribelle: I'm very happy for you that you love maribelle this much, it's great to see

Panne: Yeah she's pretty cool, I like her supports with Virion and her kid can become pretty strong

Gaius: There really isn't that much more to him than candy puns in my experience, but he can become pretty good

Cordelia: Yes very true, her intro is definitly one of the best

Gregor: MY MAN GREGOR HOW I LOVE YOU SO YOU ARE MY HUSBAND AND I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER fun fact I married him in my most recent playthrough

Nowi: yeah that's fair, I still hate her tho I am not a fan of her personality and everything, shame that her kid is so cool tho

Libra: the man ever what can i say

Tharja: yeah honestly, behind the sexualisation of her outfit and in everything happening outside of the game, I honestly quite like her, her personality is actually pretty fun and I like her supports

Flavia: YESSSS VERY AWESOME HELLO FLAVIA

Basilio: me when seitz

Emmeryn: sorry I suppose I just spoke her name

[captwaddledoo]

Someone probably asked this before so I'm sorry if I missed it but who are your ot2 faves besides the obvious two and why?

Oh gosh besides the obvious it's like. Anyone's game. Probably Temenos and Castti? Temenos is just, funny and also his story is very... "sure there's no protagonist of Octopath 2" and Castti's just a badass with a great bedside manner

But I also love Osvald a lot? Like his final boss fight was a highlight of OT2 for me and he is also very funny when he's not being heartbreaking.

It's very weird usually I like the women more in a given media but it's the opposite in OT2 and I have no idea why. Probably because no woman can live up to H'aanit, that was an unrealistic expectation for women

[da-millerrrrr]

Partitio - 195 - 6'5

He's the tallest ot2 traveler and I think he's earned the right to be the tallest traveler :]

H'aanit - 193 - 6'4

Bear woman 🐻💃

Osvald - 187 - 6'2

Olberic - 185 6'1

Ophilia - 182 - 6'0

Huge fan of the idea of not only a gentle giant, but a gentle giant who feels she doesn't fit in because she's so big and feels almost clunky in a "delicate" church setting. I also have a hc that Olberic teaches her to use a sword and spear and she loves it and it works better if she's tall :)

Alfyn - 180 - 5'11

Throné - 176 - 5'9

Cyrus - 173 5'8

Primrose - 170 - 5'7

Castti - 167 - 5'6

Hikari - 165 - 5'5

I love the idea of the strong and beloved prince of Ku just being absolutely tiny.

Therion - 163 - 5'4

In attack on titan, the explanation for why Levi is tiny is because he was malnourished as a kid and I don't care for that anime anymore BUT my brain did actually latch onto that.. Also I like the idea of Theri being shorter than his ot2 counterpart.

Agnea - 160 - 5'3

Temenos - 158 - 5'2

I hate Temenos and thought it would be funny to make him my height

Tressa - 155 - 5'1

Ochette - 147 - 4'10

Itty bitty

pie how does it feel to be correct about everything

[smilepebble]

12, 20 and 25 for primrose? :]

this one got long so it's going under a cut

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

a cute headcanon i have about her is that she and tressa pick out all the different class outfits together! well, except for one. cyrus was very excited about getting the sorcerer job so primrose let him pick the outfit. she then never let cyrus pick out a class outfit ever again.

a second, less cute headcanon less having to do with her and more just having to do with her story is that the moment in chapter 3 when she was stabbed and nearly died was a moment that made the rest of the travelers stop and reconsider a lot of things. they realized that they hadn't been doing enough to make sure everyone's safe and vowed to take better care of each other.

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

i can't narrow it down to just one. i really truly can't. she's such a fun character and i love her interactions with so many characters

her and tressa are probably my favorite primrose dynamic, i think they're very close and have a sisterly relationship. primrose's way of teasing people is really funny to me, and tressa always has an equally funny reaction. i also think that tressa was especially broken up about what happened in primrose's ch3.

i also love primrose, ophilia, and h'aanit's dynamics. im sure they have a ship name but i personally like to call it "whatever dykey thing these three have going on"

i also like her dynamics with olberic and therion. it seems like primrose and therion have an understanding of sorts at the beginning because they're both pretty standoffish characters. although as their characters develop i do think an actual friendship forms between them. with olberic they both start out in pretty similar places, spurred into a journey of revenge due to traumatic events in their pasts. and what's interesting to me is that while olberic's goals in his journey change and he ends up gaining a new purpose in life, primrose stays true to her goals and ends up feeling empty and lost (although i do think she finds her purpose again thanks to the friends she's made along the way). also they're demo buddies!!

i think primrose would also get along with the octopath 2 cast really well. primrose would LOVE agnea. she would be so happy that her successor got to live a relatively happy life :')... i think she and throné would get along really well too, and i imagine her dynamic with temenos could be really funny.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

she's a pretty well known character, so i recognized her when i saw her on the character select screen. i was so so worried that she wasn't gonna be handled well and be reduced to just. sexy girl character. so i was very pleasantly surprised when i realized she was actually handled relatively well! which isn't to say she's handled well 100% of the time, i will say im not a fan of how she's written in some travel banters, but for the most part she's a really well written character. laura post's performance of her is fantastic, especially in her chapter 4. primrose is definitely up there in my favorites now :)

[larnax]

4 & 12 hatergame for octopath 1

what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

someone made a "joke" comic riffing on a tressa/primrose banter(primroses ch2 youll understand why if you see it) where they replaced primrose with therion

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

i had another one but thats spoilers so instead i'll say odette. she gets hit pretty hard by the sexism beam but she's still so cool and i could fix her. she just quit her job and decided to go do her own research in the cliftlands(good taste that's the second best region), her design is really good for a white woman, she's silly she's smart she's mean she's invested in her town despite being a weird hermit she's funny and she's one of like ten women in all of orsterra who wears pants including h'aanit, the butch in stillsnow, eliza, and i think that's literally it.

^ her.

[dualdeixis]

[Image description: Digital drawings featuring Therion, Alfyn, H’aanit, and Ophilia. There are full descriptions of all images under the cut. End image description.]

gamer who is like visibly trying not to cry and teary-eyed and sniffling and drawing shaky breaths and hands trembling and constantly wiping his nose on his sleeves but he’s winning the boss battle

[Image description: First is an illustration of Starseer Therion, Runelord Alfyn, Warmaster H’aanit, and Sorcerer Ophilia, with some outfit details differing from canon. For example, Therion’s dress, cap, and armor are colored silver and white. He wields a wavy blue dagger and smiles widely, with tears dripping down his cheek. His left eye shows through his hair, oozing black with a blue, star-shaped pupil. Alfyn’s outfit is predominately teal with darker, flourishing embroidery, and he wears a gold circlet with wings sprouting from the sides. He wields a golden axe and sticks out his pointer fingers with a confident grin. H’aanit’s outfit is predominately dark magenta, and she wears silver sword-shaped earrings, two gold rings on a necklace, and a thick white rope around her waist. She wields a bow with a snapped string in one hand and a polearm in the other, and has a determined glare on her face. Ophilia wears a long, indigo mantle with cream lining and flourishing orange embroidery, a black dress with red highlights, and a bronze belt with a violet jewel. She also wears a long cream headscarf, pinned into place by a violet jewel, and a red underscarf. She wields her staff and smirks with half-lidded eyes.

Second is a sketched comic. Alfyn and Therion sit together, drinking at a tavern. While Therion is sipping from his cup, Alfyn holds his own cup aloft with a grin and says, “Honestly, I’ve never much been able to connect with my patron god... I mean, Dohter? I hardly KNOW ’er!” Therion, just barely smiling, goes, “...Heh...” His smile widens a bit and he brings his other hand up as if to cover it, going, “Heehee...” Finally, he’s overtaken by a full laugh: “WAHAHAHA!!” Alfyn, dumbstruck and flushed, thinks to himself (in all caps), “He laughed? At such a stupid joke?! And he’s... CUTE?!?” Therion, having calmed down, sips his drink again and thinks sheepishly, “...What’s gotten into me?” Alfyn trembles and clutches at his chest with a wobbly, blushing smile, thinking, “The HELLS has gotten into me?!” H’aanit looks awkwardly at the table with a bead of sweat on her cheek and thinks, “What in the name of... N-nay, I shan’t say it...” Ophilia looks down at her glass of water with a demure smile and thinks, “What in the holy, lofty, FUCKING name of Aelfric—blessed be he, and may his Sacred Flame burn eternally!—has gotten into those two”

Last is a doodle of Therion walking off with his fist clenched in anger. He says, “I swear, scholars have to be some of the most PIGHEADED—” He cuts himself off as he’s suddenly poofed into a scholar outfit. Sweating, he says (in all caps), “Wh—Alephan?! Listen I didn’t mean it ok!” Beneath that is a doodled chart of the relationships between Therion, Alfyn, H’aanit, and Ophilia. Alfyn toward Therion: “t4t bi4bi.” Toward H’aanit: “admires her knowledge and harmony with nature.” Toward Ophilia: “lil sis.” Therion toward Alfyn: “t4t bi4bi repressed edition.” Toward H’aanit: “coolest person he’s ever met.” Toward Ophilia: “nun.” Ophilia toward Alfyn: “big bro.” Toward Therion: “big bro’s annoying bestie.” Toward H’aanit: “baby lesbian crush.” H’aanit toward Therion: “like a housecat.” Toward Alfyn: “like a lynx.” Toward Ophilia: “like a snow leopard cub.” End image description.]

[namoart]

I’m replaying Octopath in Japanese and the noise Therion makes when he’s pretending to be a merchant is just

[valliass]

Tbh the funniest thing about octopath fanart is that nobody can agree on what h'aanit's hair color is

[letten-us-hunt]

@lonewolfthief ★

SEND ME A SYMBOL AND I’LL BOLD WHAT APPLIES TO YOUR MUSE

@lonewolfthief‘s Therion

I like you / I hate you / I dislike you/ I love you / You are family / I would take a bullet for you / I would shoot you / I would lie to your face / I would say something cruel to you on purpose / I would say something cruel to you accidentally ��/ I would cheat on you / I would physically hurt you / You annoy me/ You amuse me / I’d laugh at you / I’d laugh with you / I’d manipulate you / You scare me / You confuse me / I wish I knew you better / I trust you / I don’t trust you / You inspire me / I consider you an equal / You are beneath me / You’re better than me / I would trust you with my life / I think you’re mean / I think you’re petty / I think you’re childish / I think you’re smart / I think you’re stupid / I think you’re a bad person / I think you’re a good person / I’m not sure what kind of person you are / I wish you would listen to me / I want to make you proud / I wish you would notice me / I want to impress you / I would hurt other people for you / I’m not sure how to make you happy / I’m a bad influence on you / You deserve better than me / We make a great team / I’d have a one night stand with you / I’d have a relationship with you / I would marry you / I fantasize about our life together / I would trust you with my most treasured belonging / I would tell you my darkest secrets / You disgust me / You intimidate me / I hope I intimidate you / I’d hug you / I’d let you hug me  / I’m scared of losing you / I don’t think you like me / I want to be better for you / I respect you / I don’t respect you / You’re my mentor / You’re my friend / You’re my best friend / I have a crush on you / I could easily watch you die / I’d get drunk with you / I’d party with you / I’d comfort you / I’d prank you / I’d spike your drink / I’d act behind your back / I’d abandon you / I’d hurt you to get what I want / I would choose my happiness over yours / I would choose your happiness over mine / I despise how much I care for you / I need you / I’m dependent on you / I don’t know what I’d do without you / I’m scared of you leaving me / I’d give my life for you / You frustrate me / I’d call for you in a time of need / I would protect you / I’d visit you in hospital / I’d carry you if you were hurt / I’d feel guilty if I hurt you / I’d let you be near me when I am vulnerable / I’d ignore a phone call from you / I’d call you at 3am / I’d break you out of jail / I’d get angry at you / I would shout at you / You’re too loud / You’re too quiet / You’re too sensitive / You can’t take a joke / You embarrass me / I feel nothing for you / You’re reckless / You’re bossy / You bore me / I would ask your advice / I would blame you for something I did / I would cry in your arms / You have the power to hurt me more than anyone else /

[goineedsleep]

this is just as bad, if not worse, than my previous idea

-olberic is a soldier of... what do i call it... goshdang it i'm just calling it atlasrule, and he does it really well

-erhardt and he are excellent at it, but they prefer sticking to one area: olberics hometown of... i'm calling it hornburgia(that's an awful name, i know)

-they're called to the capital for a meeting, and they aren't very happy about it but they accept anyways

-olberic just wants to pet his cat, goddamnit

-and they go there to complete mayhem

-nobles are out on the streets, screeching about how their rivals are dirty liars! That they never betrayed the capital, and that everyone who claims so is a "dirty fool who hasn't seen money once before in their lives"!

-olberic and erhardt: -_-

-they head towards the meeting location and are yelled at by those people. it's one hell of a saturday

-they ask the guard captain what in the name of jesus christ is going on -he heard that a group of nobles conspired against prince cyrus after he came out of the closet, and they didn't manage to take him out. -olberic and erhardt, bisexual disaster besties they are, are like "...well they had it comin" and move on to what they're needed for

-they need to be the bodyguards for prince cyrus because he's being attacked

-erhardt declines because he wants to protect hornburgia. olberic accepts because he can

-and so he meets the prince of atlasrule. and happens to get along with him very well

-they accidentally match clothes one day and the king just stared at them like

-and over the course of a month they start crushin HARD

-it's a problem for no one but the kings advisor, werner

-he's constantly reminding the prince that he needs to focus on his studies, no matter what emotions he may face

-olberic literally has to carry cyrus out bridal style from the library a few times a week, which allows the maids of the house to flip the hell out every time he has to ensure cyrus doesn't sleep on a desk

-the things he does for his crush, am i right?

-then olberic finds out that the attack on cyrus for coming out of the closet was orchestrated by a person still in the castles service, and rightfully freaks the fork out

-he alerts cyrus, and tells him to keep it a secret. they need to know who it is before exacting their revenge on this perpetrator

-cyrus lets werner know about this mysterious perpetrator, having trusted him for years

-cyrus is kidnapped the following week

-olberic starts investigating like. all the time -even on weekends

-boi is stressed as hell, and is out of a job

-he follows the advice of cyrus to go ahead and look for the master sword

-he goes to the water kingdom for their key to the sword first -alfyn, an amateur doctor, shows olberic where to find the key: inside the stomach of their queen, who has been incredibly unwell for the past few months -he's analyzed the causes again and again, and can find only one cure: an herb only found in Bolderfall, where the Gorons live -olberic agrees to go there- there's another key to the sword in the region anyways

-they get to Bolderfall, and things are in a royal mess -the people there are sick too, but from a completely different ailment -alfyn's able to treat it, and he goes around helping people all day -he's incredibly tired, and olberic pays for his inn stay for once

-the next day, they wake up to alfyns bag being stolen -olberic and alfyn track down the thief, who is attempting to treat some of their accomplices -alfyn properly takes care of these individuals, and questions the thief as to why he stole the bag -thief was trying to take care of these people, since no one's even bothering with their own family and there's no apothecary that'd dare take care of the low income portions of the city -alfyn insists otherwise and makes conversation with the guy while olberic gets his first key

-the next day, they head back to clearzoras domain, with the thief named therion in tow -he's tagging along because he wants to, he claims. they don't want to push their luck, so they aren't prying -they save the queen in the brink of time, so she regurgitates the key and olberic's off to find the last one -alfyn and therion accompany him- alfyn to travel the world and help more people out, therion for undisclosed reasons -on their way to the forest, they encounter primrose -she travels with the rest of the group because she is heading that way anyways

-the third area is not in trouble until primrose stabs someone and werner chooses violence at the same time -one of his underlings, a naive fool called darius, lead the charge of an assault on the entirety of atlasrule -werner's attempting to take over the kingdom after imprisoning both the king and his son -they're to be killed once werners conquest is done and over with -therion interrupts darius's monologue with a very violent kick to the nuts -and then therion wins in combat against a darius on a horse -olberic grabs the third key with the assistance of a huntress known as h'aanit in the middle of the commotion

-therion explains that darius was an old friend, and he heard from rumors that he can not only kick him in the nuts, but also destroy everything he's ever worked for. after what he's done to therion, it's only fair at this point -alfyn and co. learn about therions trauma and alfyn becomes a lot more protective over therion -it makes olberic chuckle a little bit- reminds him of his own crush on cyrus

-primrose describes her own dilemma with avenging her father, and is now accompanied by haanit wherever she goes -she doesn't mind it, either

-olberic unlocks the master sword, and now the group can challenge werner and tressa, the spirit of the sword, is constantly talking to olberic in his head -he wants this to be over ASAP- he is terrified for cyrus's life -he and the rest of the group storm through the castle, fight redeye, cassandra(is that tressa ch4 boss or is my brain f-cking with me), simeon, lucia... all those fellas, and then they fudge werner up -it all goes off without a hitch- cyrus is freed from his prison cell and fights with the rest of them as well -fudging werner up is a successful mission

-following the events of this, olberic and cyrus get together -they get married in the far, far future, but they do start dating after werners insurrection -they get the countries shit back together, and say gay and trans rights -a few months after the insurrection alfion occurs

and yeah this is something i wrote impulsively

i couldn't even be funny with erhardt going to femboy hooters. this is truly humorless

i am going to bed now tho, so enjoy it i guess

[beantothemax]

MAMA H'AANIT

H'aanit was hired by Alpione to investigate wtf is wrong with the big animal trio right. And when H'aanit is in Conning, Ochette is too. They team up and do Ochette's story together. H'aanit is a mentor to Ochette. It takes place 5 years after ot1. Also Cyrus is there too because he is married go H'aanit. They're a package deal.

Tressa and Alfyn are also exploring Solistia so they run into the gang sometimes.

Therion, Ophilia and Primrose are doing normal stuff back home. Olberic lives in Wellspring with Erhardt. Also he has the shadow like Hikari does. Halfway through the story, he decides to go to solista and he meets Ochette and H'aanit and Cyrus and Hikari and the other Solistians.

Hikari is scared of Olberic because he doesn't want to be like that.

Olberic gets possessed by his shadow multiple times a week, he has very little control because he's so sad and emotionally weak :(

Not the point though!!!!

H'aanit is like a mother to Ochette :] she beats Juvah's ass and teaches her how to get better at hunting and she kills racists. And Cyrus thinks Ochette is so so cool and asks about beastlings a lot :]

ochette and h’aanit are soso important

and olberic just gets cursed because it’s funny

[nintendowife]

The year is nearly over and it's time for my personal game of the year picks again. Finished a record amount of games this year (53, full list of games at the end of the post). COVID-19 pandemic didn't really cause an increase in my gaming, the main contributing factor was Xbox Game Pass for PC which allows me to easily pick up and try out a variety of games. As a "blast from the past" I finally beat a Nintendo 64 game Blast Corps together with husbando, a game I had been stuck in in the 90s. Like usual, I didn't play many games released in the current year so most of my picks are older games. But without further ado, here are the best of the best. 

1st place: Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PC, also available on PS4, Xbox One)

Thrilling and serious crime drama featuring the legendary ex-yakuza Kiryu who finds himself in absurdly hilarious situations at every turn. This is a game you don't want to miss, but playing Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami prior to this is recommended. 

+ Amazing story with various charismatic and memorable characters + Some incredibly funny side quests and entertaining minigames + Gorgeously detailed environments in 4K + Cool soundtrack and superb voice acting + Majima Saga is a nice continuation to events of Yakuza 0 + Well-made PC port with no issues besides occasional amusing ragdolling - Lack of different fighting styles make battles a bit repetitive - No Ansel support 

See my posts about Yakuza Kiwami 2

2nd place: Octopath Traveler (Switch, also available on PC)

Classic JRPG of modern times with quality of life improvements and gorgeous presentation. Each characters' stories, the game's engaging turn-based battle system and mechanics kept me glued to the screen for over 125 hours.

+ Fun and rewarding battle system with a good amount of team customization and strategy with subclasses and skills + Beautiful visuals mixing old-school sprite graphics with modern lighting effects + Splendid soundtrack, dual audio option and great Japanese voice acting  + Likeable characters with their own individual stories and engrossing overarching story that lets you find the connections of the characters  + Quality localization with rich language. I learned many new words and H'aanit's old manner of speaking added a new layer of immersion. + Nice quality of life features like fast travel and seemingly unlimited inventory space - Random encounters (they didn't actually bother me much in this game as the battle system was engaging) - Sudden crazy difficulty spike when encountering the real final boss 

See my posts about Octopath Traveler

3rd place: Portal 2 (PC, also available on PS3, Xbox 360)

Immersive sci-fi first-person puzzle game with fascinating game mechanics and tons of great humor. Portal 2 lives up to the universal praise it has gotten.

+ Interesting premise and great writing + Well designed physics-based puzzles + Difficulty is just right, not too hard and not too easy + Super good voice acting and soundtrack that fits the environments spot on + Great humor right from the starting tutorial + The first-person camera immersed me into the game - Some issues like autosaving at unfortunate moments 

See my posts about Portal 2

Honorable mention: Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)

Sci-fi action JRPG with a surprising twist in its story and a peculiar setting where the player isn't really the protagonist. Battle system is fun and rewarding once you get a hang of it.

+ Impressive world that made me go "woah!" and "ooohh!" + Cool sci-fi story + Great use of Wii U GamePad + Skells (flying mech suits) make traversing the vast world pleasant + Online multiplayer is still active - Tedious fetch quests (wiki/guide recommended) - Soundtrack isn't consistently good

See my posts about Xenoblade Chronicles X

Honorable mention: Ruiner (PS4 & Switch, also available on PC, Xbox One)

I'm in love with this game. I've played it on 4 platforms already and I'm waiting for my Switch physical copy. Ruiner was in my top 3 games last year so I'll just give it a honorable mention now.

+ Amazing world-building and atmosphere + Great soundtrack + Fast-paced action gameplay that stays fun even after multiple playthroughs - Some glitches in PS4 version, Switch version aiming doesn't feel as accurate as on other platforms

See my posts about Ruiner

Honorable mention: Death Coming (PC, also available on PS4, Switch, mobile)

Kind of like a point and click isometric Hitman game. Humorous game where you need to figure out how to reap as many souls as possible, causing fatal accidents with the environments.

+ Fun assassination gameplay with well-designed, wildly imaginative levels + Charming graphics and presentation + Hilarious ways to kill targets - More levels would have been welcome 

Nominees for my personal Game of the Year 2020

Only games I have finished in 2020 have been included.

A Plague Tale: Innocence (PC)  ACA NeoGeo: Metal Slug X (PC)  Bayonetta (PC)  Blast Corps (N64)  Carrion (PC)  Cat Quest (Switch)  Costume Quest + Grubbins on Ice DLC (PC)  Death Coming (PC)  Doki Doki Literature Club (PC)  Etrian Mystery Dungeon (3DS)  Final Fantasy XV + DLC episodes (PC)  Gears 5 (PC)  Gris (PC)  Helltaker (PC)  Her Story (PC)  Hypnospace Outlaw (PC)  Katana Zero (PC)  Kirby: Triple Deluxe (3DS)  Lonely Mountains: Downhill (PC)  Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)  Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (PC)  Mr. DRILLER DrillLand (Switch)  My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3DS)  Observation (PC)  Octopath Traveler (Switch)  Paper Mario: The Origami King (Switch)  Pikmin 3 (Wii U)  PictoQuest: The Cursed Grids (Switch)  Pikuniku (PC)  Pokémon Shield (Switch)  Portal 2 (PC)  Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (3DS)  Rainy Season (PC)  Ruiner (PS4)  Ruiner (Switch)  Star Fox 64 3D (3DS)  Stella Glow (3DS)  Streets of Rage 4 (PC)  Super Bomberman R (Switch)  Super Mario 64 (N64)  Super Mario 64 (Switch)  Super Mario Sunshine (Switch)  Tacoma (PC)  Tetris Effect: Connected (PC)  The Gardens Between (PC)  The Messenger (PC)  The Touryst (PC)  Thimbleweed Park (PC)  Watch_Dogs 2 (PC)  Wilmot's Warehouse (PC)  Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)  Yakuza Kiwami (PC)  Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PC) 

Wishing you all a safe journey to a brave new year 2021! May it be blessed with plenty of quality gaming.

[broomballkraken]

Hi, have this silly Cyrus/H’aanit one-shot I wrote for Valentine’s Day!

“This ist not funny.”

“Pft! S-sorry...”

If looks could kill, Cyrus would have been turned into dust by the incredibly venomous glare that H'aanit was giving him. Instead, he was trying and failing to stifle his laughter at the predicament that she had gotten herself into.

H'aanit continued to glower down at her lover, wishing that she could just erase herself from existence instead of having to endure this embarrassment. She was currently hanging upside down, suspended from a rope that was wrapped securely around her ankles, with the other end thrown over a tree branch and wrapped around the base of the same tree, keeping her securely swaying in the air.

Well, this was certainly a first for her, getting caught in one of her own animal traps. When she had been about to leave the camp to check if the traps had been tripped overnight, Cyrus had eagerly asked to accompany her, and he had lectured the entire walk through the woods about the various hunting practices that he had studied, taking notes when H'aanit interjected with her own firsthand knowledge. Unfortunately for her, she had been so distracted by Cyrus' stupidly alluring charm that she failed to notice when they arrived at her traps, and she had stepped right into one of them, leading to her current awkward position.

“I must say, this is a rather unforeseen turn of events. Perhaps I should take detailed notes of the occasion. What do you think, Linde?” Cyrus said, laughing again as he turned to the snow leopard, who was sitting beside him and licking her paw. She purred and then looked up at H'aanit, tilting her head.

“Thou ist enjoying this too much. Maybe thou wouldst liken to sleep outside tonight?” H'aanit grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest as she glowered down at Cyrus.

“I am truly sorry, my dear. It's just that, normally I'm the one who ends up in these kinds of silly situations and you have to rescue me. Oh, how the tables have turned.” Cyrus said, clearing his throat to keep himself from laughing again, “I must take advantage of this rare occurrence while I can.” H'aanit just rolled her eyes.

“Whatever. Can thou getten me down now, if thou ist done making fun of me.” she said, her annoyance subsiding a bit as he smiled up at her. She had to admit, he was right. Normally it was her saving him from his own clumsiness, like when he had somehow set fire to the meat he had tried to cook the other night, or when he was so engrossed in a book he was reading one day that he almost walked right off of a bridge and into a raging river. She would let him have this moment.

“Alright, no need to worry. I will have you out of there shortly.” Cyrus said, looking around the base of the tree. “Ah, there's the end of the rope, I'll just go over there and-”

“Cyrus, wait! Doest not walken there-” H'aanit tried to warn him, but she was too late, and she could only watch helplessly as Cyrus stepped right into another trap. He yelped as the trap triggered and the rope snapped tight around his legs, yanking him up into the air. He struggled about frantically, trying to free himself, but H'aanit was apparently too good at making traps, and he only succeeded in getting himself tangled in his coat. When he swung close enough to her, she reached out and grabbed him so that he stopped flailing about. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself, and then his eyes met H'aanit's, and he could only chuckle nervously as her unamused gaze bore into him.

“Whaten was thou juste saying about turned tables?” H'aanit asked as she tugged on his coat to make sure it wasn't wrapped around his neck. Cyrus' face flushed as he averted his gaze.

“Ah, well, it was amusing while it lasted?” Cyrus said lamely, sighing as he let his arms drop over his head in defeat. H'aanit stared at him for a few moments, and she smiled before bursting into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Cyrus quickly grabbed her arms to steady her as her grip on him loosened, and his own laughter soon joined hers. When she managed to compose herself, she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him closer, until their noses were barely touching, and she grinned as Cyrus' face flushed.

“Thou ist hopeless, Cyrus. Howen ist someone as intelligent as you so ditsy at the same time?” she teased, and he just chuckled and nuzzled his nose against hers.

“I'm not sure, my dear. The gods must have put too much emphasis on my charisma and intelligence and not enough on my common sense.” he said as he cupped her cheek with his hand. “It is why you are a good match for me, my darling H'aanit. You have enough common sense for the both of us. Well, most of the time anyway.” H'aanit playfully swatted at him, and they both dissolved into laughter again. Her green eyes met his dark ones and they slowly moved their faces closer and closer, until their lips met. H'aanit never imagined that she would ever be kissing Cyrus while suspended upside down, but she decided it wasn't too bad. She was starting to get a little lightheaded though...

“You two look a little busy up there. Should I come back later?”

Cyrus and H'aanit quickly pulled apart, blushing as they looked down at Olberic, a knowing smile on his face. Linde was standing next to him, gazing up at her partner. H'aanit didn't even notice that Linde had left to find help.

“Please getten us down.” H'aanit said, and soon she and Cyrus were finally back upright and on solid ground. Cyrus stretched and sighed with relief.

“Thank you Olberic. And you two, Linde. What would we do without such a smart feline like you watching over us?” Cyrus said, chuckling as he scratched Linde behind her ears. Purring happily, the snow leopard rubbed up against Cyrus' legs, and then against H'aanit's.

“Well, shall we head back to camp then? Everyone else has lunch set up already.” Olberic said as he turned and started walking back towards the camp. H'aanit nodded and looked at Cyrus, who smiled and held out his hand. Without a moment of hesitation, she placed her hand in his and their fingers entwined automatically. They moved to follow Olberic, with Linde following close behind.

“H'aanit?” Cyrus asked, and she glanced at him out of the corner of her eye.

“Yes?” Cyrus leaned down and placed a kiss on her cheek, and she turned to look at him, an eyebrow raised.

“I love you, my dear.” he whispered, and H'aanit's breath caught in her throat at the immense admiration glimmering in his eyes as he looked at her. “And thank you for always putting up with my blunders.” H'aanit smiled as she cocked her head at him.

“I loveth you too. Thou puts up withen my blunders as well, so letten us call it even.” she said, giving his hand a squeeze. He chuckled, lifting her hand to his lips so that he could place a light kiss on her knuckles.

“Of course, my dear.”