#halo eu

[short-wooloo]

Ok so, clearly I have a thing for 7 ft Cyborg Supersoldier Sniper Women, because every time there's a Spartan team with one they end up being my favorite character of the group

August-099

Linda-058

Kai-125

[nekoprankster218]

okay so was anyone gonna tell me that Halo released a short story about a Sangheili telling a little girl the story of Fal 'Chavamee while protecting her only to be like "actually this ending is depressing how about you make one up with your toys"

or was I supposed to just find a random comment, wonder wtf they were talking about and thought they meant Oasis from Halo: Fractures, google "halo story shard", and find out there's a whole part of canon that I've just completely never heard about???

[mx-matched-knickknacks]

Joostober Day 8 >:3

[daddy-ul]

this halo on fire

Paris, France - 20/05/23

[ficuscircus]

HPI rewatch: 205, "De mille feuk"

[legends-expo]

Panel Announcement: Storytelling in a Shared Universe

Authors Jason Fry, Barbara Hambly, Michael Kogge and Sean Stewart discuss the highs and lows of the creative process in writing stories as a team within a shared franchise. This panel will be on Sunday.

Buy tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/legends-consortium-2023-tickets-541786186067

[felassan]

Post on the Dragon Age website:

"Journal #2 The Voices of the Veilguard Get acquainted with some of the voice actors and join us for our upcoming character panel at SDCC! --- Hey everyone, We're packing our bags and heading down to SDCC this week and alongside that comes more Dragon Age: The Veilguard reveals! Today, we're excited to reveal some of the voice actors who bring our characters to life - a few of whom will be joining us for our character-focused panel at the convention. ICYMI, our SDCC panel "Dragon Age - Meet The Heroic Companions of Thedas” will feature Creative Director John Epler and Creative Performance Director Ashley Barlow as they discuss bringing the cast of Dragon Age: The Veilguard to life. Moderated by Lucy James, host and video producer at GameSpot, panel attendees will hear from Neve, Emmrich, Harding, and Lucanis’ voice actors as they discuss their motivations and inspirations that have lit up the personalities and uniqueness of each companion. The panel will be held on Friday, July 26 from 3:15PM - 4:15PM in Room 6BCF.  If the panel isn't enough to satisfy your Dragon Age cravings and you'll be at SDCC in person, join us at the Dark Horse Comics booth (#2615) where we will have swag to give away as well as talent & developer signings. Keep an eye on our social channels for more information on this. Discord members who drop by the booth and show us that they're a part of the server will receive a Romancer pin while supplies last. For those of you who will be keeping an eye on SDCC coverage from home, we'll have the full panel video available at a later date. Stay tuned. With that said, let’s get into our cast."

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"Four Rooks are Better than One Featuring the most comprehensive character creator in Dragon Age yet, your character, nicknamed Rook, debuts with four different voice overs to make this story truly your own. Rook is Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s leader in the making who has to bring the Veilguard together to take down the threats on Thedas. Immerse yourself even further by picking your voice, with two options from US/North American personalities and two from the United Kingdom/EU.  Rook’s voices have been provided by iconic television, film and video game personalities Alex Jordan (Cyberpunk 2077, The Amazing World of Gumball), Bryony Corrigan (Baldur’s Gate 3, Good Omens), Erika Ishii (Apex Legends, Destiny 2), and Jeff Berg (Battlefield 1, NCIS). What even is Dragon Age: The Veilguard without the Veilguard? These 7 companions stand ready to join the fight to restore order to Thedas. We're happy to announce that our cast of companions includes: - Ali Hillis (Mass Effect 3, Naruto), returns to the fray as Harding, the dwarven scout, a Dragon Age: Inquisition hero with a big heart, a positive outlook, and a ready bow – as well as unexpected magical powers. - Ike Amadi (Mass Effect 3, Halo 5: Guardians, Insomniac's Spider-Man) as Davrin, a bold and charming Grey Warden who has made a name for himself as a monster hunter. - Jee Young Han (Perry Mason, Unprisoned) as Bellara, a creative and romantic Veil Jumper obsessed with uncovering ancient secrets. - Jessica Clark (True Blood, Pocket Listing) as Neve, a cynic fighting for a better future, both as a private detective and a member of Tevinter's rebellious Shadow Dragons.  - Jin Maley (Star Trek: Picard, Silicon Valley) as Taash, a dragon hunter allied with the Lords of Fortune who lives for adventure and doesn't mind taking risks.  - Nick Boraine (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Black Sails) as Emmrich, a necromancer of Nevarra's Mourn Watch who comes complete with a skeletal assistant, Manfred, voiced by Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Fallout 4). - Zach Mendez (Horizon Forbidden West, Married Alive) as Lucanis, a poised & pragmatic assassin who descends from the bloodline of the House of Crows, a criminal organization renowned throughout Thedas.  Last but not least, we’re excited to let you know Gareth David-Lloyd is returning as Solas, and Brian Bloom as Varric. We have so many more people to introduce you to, including some returning characters, but we’re not quite ready to reveal all those yet, because of you know - story spoilers.  While that’s all we have for now, we’re eager to meet those of you attending SDCC and to continue our summer filled with reveals from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Talk soon. — The Dragon Age Team"

[source] [Twitter post]

[thornowl]

Halo Pack (4 accessories, T-EU)

Unfortunately, they have nothing to do with the hit FPS game by Bungie.

Unisex, teen-elder (might convert for toddlers and children if there's demand for it).

All 4 accessories include proper handmade (not decimated) LODs (halo4 LOD3 is 272 tris, for example).

Original meshes. 32px textures. Technically CASTable, but they weren't meant to be, so patterns appear tiny.

The glowing effect is thanks to basic Sims 3 bloom. If you have disabled it, the accessory will appear as a silhouette.

Custom CAS thumbnails.

Download (SFS):

Install only one version!

Dental category — get this one if you're unsure.

Left garter category — alternative version for sims who are already using a dental accessory. Camera zooms in to a sim's thighs when CASTing the accessory.

[unadulteratedpiratepizza]

The "Wait no, the PS3 isn't retro" List

Have you ever said "The Wii isn't old, that came out when I was in High School"? Do you remember getting an N64 for Christmas? Did you play Halo 3 on Xbox Live with your friends while complaining about your math class? Then get ready to be destroyed by the ages of your childhood game systems (As of 2023)! Just remember that an age of 15 years makes it retro.

Famicom/NES: 1983(JP)/1985(US) Age: 40/38

Mega Drive/Genesis: 1988(JP)/1989(US) Age: 35/34

Super Famicom/SNES: 1990(JP)/1991(US) Age: 33/32

Sega Saturn: 1994(JP)/1995(US) Age: 29/28

PlayStation: 1994(JP)/1995(US) Age: 29/28

Nintendo 64: 1996 Age: 27

Sega Dreamcast: 1998(JP)/1999(US) Age: 25/24

PlayStation 2: 2000 Age: 23

GameCube: 2001 Age: 22

Xbox: 2001(US)/2002(JP,EU) Age: 22/21

Xbox 360: 2005 Age: 18

PlayStation 3: 2006 Age: 17

Nintendo Wii: 2006 Age: 17

Nintendo Wii U: 2012 Age: 11

PlayStation 4: 2013 Age: 10

Xbox One: 2013 Age: 10

[helix-enterprises117]

What is an "Ultimate Universe?"

In my psychotic and incoherent ramblings about an AU that I've kept FAR TOO LONG to myself, I'm sure you all have occasionally seen me use "Ultimate Universe" as a means of describing my AU; hell, it's literally on on the summary paragraph for my AU's series on Ao3.

That's begs the question, a question no-one asked: What's an Ultimate Universe?

To put it simply, for those who don't know: An Ultimate Universe is an alternate-continuity reboot of an older IP that's meant draw in the general audience (who know little of the source-material) to this new work so that they can become new fans of both the work itself AND the franchise at large.

The term was coined by Marvel Comics, who created the "Ultimate Comics" line-up (a series of graphic-novels that can be found on store-shelves anywhere) in the Turn Of The Millennium to draw in new fans with their "Hip, Trendy, Edgy, New Wave and Experimental" alternate-universe take on classic Marvel. It worked. So well, in fact, that just last year... they rebooted the Ultimate Comics, reusing the name but doing everything in a completely different way.

Other examples beyond Marvel include:

The Kelvin-Timeline Star Trek films by JJ Abrams.

The Dark Knight Trilogy and Smallville were this for both Batman and Superman respectively.

The recent Planet Of The Apes films by Matt Reeves.

The Legends EU became a retroactive inverted example after Disney rebooted the main-universe.

And most appropriately, Paramount+'s Halo The Series is basically this for the Halo franchise.

That last example is more or less why I made this post. Basically, I saw what the show was trying to do and decided that I wanted to follow the same concept, but do it my way.

Halo Reloaded, aka 'The Reloaded!AU,' is MY attempt at an 'Ultimate Universe' for Halo.

Hopefully, that clears things up. Thank you for coming to me TED Talk.

[vixenmaggie]

Fecioara de fier

06.05.2024

Care sunt țepușele înfipte în tine, a mea fecioară?

Să fie oare păcatele noastre care-ncep să te doară?

Și de ce nu iese sânge cald din rănile tale...

Ci e doar baltă rece de lacrimi, jos la poale?

Dragă copilă, de ce ai luat chinurile noastre,

În suprema fecioară de fier, în loc de suflete-ncăperi sihastre?

De ce ne ștropești cu plânset și ne șoptești rugăciune:

Că suntem mai mult decât praful din străvechile astre, cu gura ta, mică minune?

Cum putem permite lumea-a te tortura,

Lăsând în noi să crească, spre cunună de spini, ura?

Cum facem din mărăcini, o rană pentru tine...?

Și din neghină, sursă de viitură de lacrimi, care nouă nu ne vine?

Fecioara noastră, cum lovim cu trestia capul tău, cu nimb sfânt,

Dar te uităm închisă în sicriul de metal, clopot fără cânt...

Lasă-mă să iau o clipă durerea ta...

Și să-ți alin cristalele din ochii roșii-ndurerați... un ghimpe de trandafir spre-a reteza.

Închisă în instrumentul de durere al lumii, trădare a ideii de fecioară,

Trebuie să prevenim, cu orice preț, ca acest crin să moară...

Dulce milostivă fecioară, cum putem percepe și începe-a înțelege

Sacrificiul tău suprem... sfărâmarea crudă-a trupului tău, prin lege?

Iartă-ne pe toți, pe noi, cei care binele îl regretăm...

Iartă-ne că încă-un spin, ca țepușă-adăugăm!

Cer atâta doar, să ai un loc alături, pentru mine...

Un loc în fecioara de fier, împreună cu tine.

Aflu că-n fecioară eram și eu... De la început am fost eu,

Dar undeva mult prea departe, veghea și Dumnezeu.

~Stefan

My friend wrote a poem in Romanian and I wanted to draw illustration for it. I will leave original and translation with his permission lower. But perhaps the rhythm and structure will be lost in translation. Hope you'll like it.

Translate:

Iron Maiden

06.05.2024

Which are the spikes that entered into you, my maiden?

Are they those of our sin, that have started hurting you?

And why is no warm blood flowing from your wounds...

But a cool pool of tears is amassing, by your lap?

Dear child, why did you take our trials

To the supreme Iron Maiden, instead of the empty soul-rooms?

Why do you sprinkle your weeping and whisper your prayers:

”That we are more than the dust from ancient stars”, with heavy heart, my little wonder?

How can we allow the world to torture you,

Leaving inside us, to grow, a crown of thorns that becomes hatred?

Why do we create a wound for you, from briar?

And from the tares, a source for the flooding of tears that eludes us?

Our maiden, how can we hit your haloed holy head with spite,

But we forget you locked inside your metal coffin, bell with no sound...?

Let me take away your pain for a moment...

And let me wipe away the crystals in your reddened-pain filled eyes... a thorn on the rose to let wither and die.

Locked away in the instrument of the world’s pain, betrayal of the idea of maiden,

We must prevent, no matter the cost, this lily to be cut and cast aside...

Sweet merciful maiden, how can we begin to understand and perceive

Your supreme sacrifice... the savage crushing of your body, by the law?

Forgive us all, us, those who regret the good we did...

Forgive us, for every thorn we add, but turned to spike!

I ask only of this, to save a place for me, together,

A place inside the Iron Maiden, by your side.

Now I find, that I was there, inside the maiden... From the start, it was me...

But somewhere much too far away, God watched.

[short-wooloo]

According to a new Halo Waypoint Canon Fodder update, the Silver Team Spartans now officially exist in the Prime Halo universe, and actually appear in Halo Wars no less

See in the Halo Wars mission Arcadia Outskirts you encounter Omega Team, a six-Spartan unit, half of Omega Team was established in Halo Wars 2 DLCs to be August-099, Leon-011, and Robert-025, but the other half was left unnamed, until now

[lady-ree]

Se o sol, a lua e as estrelas continuarem iguais, eu nunca te deixarei.

- The Villain’s White Lotus Halo

[letsjuststoprightthere]

[POEM] PROFANE by Ashe Vernon

- translated in french; for my once-lover

The first time he calls you holy,

La première fois qu'il te dit saint(e),

you laugh it back so hard your sides hurt.

tu ris si fort que tes côtes te font mal.

The second time,

La seconde fois,

you moan gospel around his fingers

tu gémis du gospel autour de ses doigts

between your teeth.

entre tes dents.

He has always surprised

Il t'as toujours surpris(e)

you into surprising yourself.

en te faisant te surprendre toi-même.

Because he’s an angel hiding his halo

Car il est un ange cachant son auréole

behind his back and

derrière son dos et

nothing has ever felt so filthy

rien n'a jamais été aussi sale

as plucking the wings from his shoulders—

que cueillir les ailes de ses épaules—

undressing his softness

déshabiller sa douceur

one feather at a time.

une plume à la fois.

God, if you’re out there,

Dieu, si tu es là,

if you’re listening,

si tu écoutes,

he fucks like a seraphim,

il baise comme un séraphin,

and there’s no part of scripture

et il n'y a aucune écriture

that ever prepared you for his hands.

qui t'ai jamais préparé à ses mains.

Hands that map a communion

Des mains qui dessinent une communion

in the cradle of your hips.

dans le berceau de tes hanches.

Hands that kiss hymns up your sides.

Des mains qui embrassent des hymnes sur tes côtes.

He confesses how long he’s looked

Il confesse combien de temps il a cherché

for a place to worship and,

un endroit pour vénérer et,

oh,

oh,

you put him on his knees.

tu le mets à genoux.

When he sinks to the floor and moans

Quand il glisse au sol et gémis

like he can’t help himself,

comme si il ne pouvait s'en empêcher,

you wonder if the other angels

tu te demandes si les autres anges

fell so sweet.

sont tombé si doucement.

He says his prayers between your thighs

Il dit ses prières entre tes cuisses

and you dig your heels into the base of his spine

et tu enfonce tes chevilles à la base de son dos

until he blushes the color of your filthy tongue.

jusqu'à ce qu'il rougisse de la couleur de ta langue sale.

You will ruin him and he will thank you;

Tu le détruira et il te remerciera;

he will say please.

il dira s'il te plaît.

No damnation ever looked as cozy as this,

Aucune damnation n'a jamais eu l'air aussi comfortable que cela,

but you fit over his hips like they

mais tu tiens sur ses hanches comme si elles

were made for you.

étaient faites pour toi.

You fit, you fit, you fit.

Tu tiens, tu tiens, tu tiens.

On top of him, you are an ancient god

Au dessus de lui, tu es un ancien dieu

that only he remembers and he

dont il est le seul à se souvenir et il

offers up his skin.

t'offre sa peau.

And you take it.

Et tu la prends.

Who knew sacrifice was so profane?

Qui aurait su qu'un sacrifice était si profane?

And once you’ve taught him how to hold

Et quand tu lui auras appris comment tenir

your throat in one hand

ta gorge dans une main

and your heart in the other,

et ton cœur dans l'autre,

you will have forgotten every other word,

tu auras oublié tous les autres mots,

except his name.

excepté son nom.

[argentumcor]

Part of the problem with expanded universes in this the era of slow IP suicide is that, when you like a part of the EU, you find yourself waiting years to see those characters again. Whoever owns the IP is always, always like "we need new characters" and you're like "no! first, my favs need to have another hug at least! oh no please not more characters." And you get two books a year at best and chances are they're about some kids you don't care about.

Like the people reading your Halo novels want the end of the stories they already got before we get "new heroes". You can do dart board characters all you want but there will be no readers brought in by it. Please stop. Just give me more of the part I love, please. I am a fan, service me, I will pay you.

[magnetarbeam]

Obviously I'm known for my Star Wars hyperfocus, but I have had other obsessions in my life that I still sometimes want to talk about.

James S.A. Corey's The Expanse books were absolutely revolutionary for me. The theme of that series - all the bloodshed and hatred and suffering in history is doomed to repeat itself as long as our species lives, but between the lines of that summary, there is still plenty of room for kindness and compassion and selflessness - gave me a way to make the world make sense, and the message itself is pretty important too.

I gave up Halo a few months after Infinite's so-called launch, but I sometimes think of going back to that EU just so I can tell people that "This is what Troy Denning's writing looks like with actual management, otherwise you'd have to read Yanme'e orgies and Gravemind tentacles going into people's mouths and Parangosky as president of the UEG."