#hm gbc 3

[outofcontextbokumono]

[seattlesellie]

Jealous. 🎀

pairing: ellie williams x fem!reader

cw: mean dom!ellie sub!reader, jealous kinda toxic ellie, eating it through the panties, orgasm denial, spit play (literally spits down ur panties like), exhibitionism, some dude named michael.

an: pls be gentle, i haven’t written in a long time! 💗 credit to angel gbc for the mod used in the picture above <3

something we can all agree on is the importance of aftercare — right?

Ellie is big on that obviously, as she should. Caressing her slim fingers down your body, planting wanton kisses on your shoulders, running her palms across your shaky thighs, whispering words of encouragement in your ear;

“Did so good for me, babe”

“I love you, so much”

“Need anything? hm?” She’d murmur against your skin whilst cradling your body from behind.

And she always insists on cleaning you up. She consistently renders you nothing but an achy mess, dried up juices staining your wobbly jelly thighs, combined sweat on your breasts and ribs, back of your neck. The ritual of bringing a wet towel to bed, swiping it’s fabric across your inner thighs, your face, your behind — is a sacred one for her. Not solely because she loves hearing your sweet, exhausted sighs of relief as she cleans the soil away, but also not solely because she gets to see your naked body in all of its glory again.

It’s the act of taking care of what’s hers. In a way, when she wipes your cum away, she’s taking care of herself — too.

Here, lays a solid proof that she can break things apart and put them back together again. She’s not a total fucking fuckup.

The ability of making you scream and cry, then moments later have you whisper in that saccharine voice of yours an airy “love you s’much, Els…”

It’s fucking exhilarating.

She loves it every time, she does it every time.

But today… today you pissed her off. You poked the bear, for real this time.

There’s this new Michael guy in Jackson. He’s handsome, tall, has coal black curls that somehow stay soft and shiny even in this apocalyptic hellscape. He told Ellie and you where he was from, what he did, why he came. Ellie didn’t listen to a thing he was saying. It was like he turned into a fly and started loudly buzzing in her ear. He kept looking at you weird. Smiling at you, smirking, laughing at your jokes, even the ones that weren’t all that funny. She knows you have this affect on people, that damn charm, hell — you have this affect on her.

And she’s usually just playfully jealous, manages to keep it relatively tame and simple by tightening her grip on your waist.

But you just wouldn’t stop bringing him up. “Michael” this, and “Michael” that, “Michael invited us for dinner”, “Michael said this funny thing earlier”,

For all Ellie knows Michael could die in a ditch and she wouldn’t give a fuck.

You're on your way back home from the Tipsy Bison on a chilly Thursday night. Jesse was there, Dina, Maria... and Michael. She thinks of his name and it leaves a bitter taste in her mouth, tart, pungent.

"Meh, I'm more of a Tequila girl, Whiskey tastes like shit" you announced with a giggle. Michael rested his hand on your thigh, and agreed with a nod and a chuckle. For you, it meant nothing.

For Ellie, it meant everything.

Her blood pressure was usually low, steady, healthy as a bull. As of now, Ellie felt like she just ran a marathon. The blood rushed to her head and her brows furrowed without intention. She cracks her neck and moves it left and right, takes a long and burning sip out of her Whiskey and shuts her eyes. She repeats a mantra in her head; "I'm not angry, I'm not angry, It's fine."

But you're so damn intuitive.

"Els? y'tired?" you murmur towards your auburnette girlfriend. She suckles on her bottom lip and considers saying no, but she lies.

"Exhausted"

You leave the humble bar hand in hand, wrapped up in her big coat that smells of mint and wood and Ellie. She prays you won't mention his name, prays you could just go home and forget about this whole thing, but you do, innocently.

"Oh, Michael said one of the horses is sick, I'm thinking of helping out in the barn tomorrow an—"

She stops you mid sentence with a scoff and a tightening grip on your hand. "Oh, mhm, Michael said that?"

Her voice mocks your own a little.

You stop and shift your gaze towards Ellie who has her lips tucked in a tight line. Internally, she's cussing herself out. You don't deserve her anger, but she can't help herself. Your answer is an unsure hum. Her grip tightens even more, and it hurts your palm but you keep on walking side by side, quietly. Five minutes manage to pass with no words being muttered by no one. That's until she shakes her head and lets go of a husky chuckle.

"Did I do something?", you mutter doe eyed. Ellie stops in her tracks and inhales. She grabs you by your waist and walks towards you, making you have to clumsily pace backwards until your back meets a cold grey brick wall with a resounding thud. "Uhg!" You hiccup, breath catching down your throat. You even sweetly giggle, thinking in your head that this could possibly be just a sweet attack of PDA.

But her eyes are dark, gone from emerald to pine, pupils pitch black as big as a button. Her warm whiskey breath meets your nose and your top lip, you gulp. Why isn't she laughing? teasing?

"El?" your voice is still candied, always. Ellies mouth is agape, scarred eyebrows scrunched and furrowed as if she's confused, or pissed, or provoked. Her forehead meets yours so automatically, you attempt to connect your lips with a kiss but she backs away meanly. Albeit her taunting position, how intimidating and truly scary she looks whilst you're caged within her frame, your'e still smiling, you're still thinking she's just teasing.

You're not used to this, she knows, but god knows she yearns to teach you a lesson.

You don't fuck with what's hers.

She licks her bottom lip before she starts speaking.

"Take off your skirt"

Her voice nearly renders you drunk, It's huskiness, gruffness, it's depth, and really, you've only had one shot. Your cheeks heat up and your ears feel as if they're nearly burning. Her lips are so damn close to yours and she still won't let you kiss her.

"Wh... we're in public, we can't—" you stutter, eyes shifting downwards towards the knee she has shoved near your barely covered crotch. When she brings it upwards just to brush delicately on your inner thigh, you let go of a small gasp.

She responds to your gasp with a barely audible "Mhm?", her eyes sharpening with intent.

"Yes we can", she tsk's, and her voice taunts. Her eyes graze over your face, and you expect her next sentence to bite like the last one did, but her voice goes softer. "For me?", she cocks her head to the side.

And it simply pushes you over the edge.

You peel your skirt off of your body, asscheeks plastered over the brick wall as her body squeezes you further back, and you're left half naked with a piece of fabric scrunched below your knees, resting on your shoes. She eyes your body up and down, meeting your pleading and still confused eyes — and for a moment, thinks of just carrying you home and taking care of business once you get there. No jealousy, none of that.

But it's still bitter down her throat, and she can still picture his disgusting hand meeting your soft thigh, her soft thigh — as your body is hers, so that thought is ever so fleeting. It's either now or now.

Her cold as ice finger traces faint circles on your lower tummy, making the fine hairs of your body rise like soldiers. You whimper quietly as her finger snaps the elastic band of your panties and lets it smack down your pelvis. You rub your thighs together, but you're ever so pliant as she makes your legs spread wide with a boot covered foot opening up your calves like a gate.

She whispers in your ear. "Are you wet?", it makes you shiver.

"M'cold" you whine.

She scoffs.

She kneads your bra cup with her palm, squeezing an erect nipple with her thumb and middle finger. "Didn't ask that"

Her eyes meet your gaze and again she reconsiders this whole thing — because you truly look so needy, and your lips are so pouty and sweet and red with cold, you look as if you'd die if she didn't kiss you right now so how can she even be worried, let alone be jealous?

She knows how much you love her, how much you yearn for nobody but her, how her touch leaves you speechless time and time again.

But it's like something takes over, a dark figure, a figure that's thirsty and starving and wants to prove a thing it already knows.

It's an internal struggle, she doesn't want to be possessive,

She can't help it.

Your panties are striped with pink and white, and she looks at them as if they're the most expensive lace in the whole entire world. Her breathing gets heavier as she curls her fingers inside the cotton fabric, pupils darkening when she notices a sweet clear string of your arousal clinging from the entrance of your cunt to the bottom of your underwear.

She chuckles, followed by a sigh of relief that you notice. You are wet, right in the middle of the street where an innocent soul could catch you at any given moment. "Didn't answer cause you're shy?" She knows you so well. You bite your lip and nod, butterflies fighting in the pits of your stomach. A chaste kiss on the lips is all you get from her, and you deeply whine into the air. "At least kiss me!" you beg, — god, you're so cute when you're pissed.

Before landing on her knees, Ellie looks from side to side in order to check that there's truly nobody around, and no — not because she's scared to get caught, but because she'd die before she let someone see her girlfriend half naked with her skirt down her thighs.

Ellie is face to face with your quivering, pantie covered cunt. A wet patch greets her — a fuckin' pleasure, one she can't help but swipe her tongue across. Your choked up, terrified sound of a moan is a symphony to her hears, fuck Mozart. Her eager muscle of a tongue is so warm against your pussy you nearly forget it started snowing yesterday.

You buck your hips inwards, she groans. "No moving", she warns — simply to assert a dominance that has already been asserted. She kisses your little clit, coo's at the way it slightly pokes out of the fabric, erect and pumping on her tongue. "Ellie... Ellie... Ellie", you babble like a prayer, which she nods to. "S'my name, that's fuckin' right", she groans as her husky voice is muffled by your soaked panties.

"Ellie..." you repeat, thighs beginning to ache as you try and spread them further apart, almost sitting on her face.

Ellie, not Michael.

She smiles, greedy, triumphant.

She flicks her tongue on your clit, once, twice, three times before biting on your meaty pussy lips. You bite your knuckles in order to keep your voice down, but she glares up at you. "Do that again n'I swear to god I'm stopping" she growls.

You're not used to this side of her at all, but her voice makes your hole leak a small stream from deep inside. She feels it's wetness on her tongue, eyes closing in ecstasy as she audibly suckles your sweet, tangy, heavenly juices from the now sheer fabric. Her own spit runs down her chin, she doesn't even bother to wipe it off. All you can hear are your breathy, whiney moans, tiny begs of "take 'em off, please", regarding your panties, and Ellie's throaty groans. You're so wet from your own juices and her saliva it nearly gets uncomfortable, but then again you're so goddamn close to cumming.

You try taking matters to your own hands, attempting to peel off your panties from your waist with a shaky hand but she snarls and slaps your wrist away.

"Nuh uh, pussy's fuckin' mine, don't touch it"

With relentless sucking on your drenched clit, and soiled panties, she opens her eyes to merely glare at you again with a warning look. "When you're close, you let me know" she bites.

You don't respond.

A stinging slap meets your pussy, which makes your thighs shake, whole body jolt, and throat ache with a high pitched yelp.

"You're not listening" Ellie warns.

"You listen when I talk" she warns again. Her tongue meets your clit and it pushes it further and further up. You shake, eyesight gone blurry, you're close, you know it by the way the coil down your stomach threatens to snap, and by the way it tickles down there so damn bad.

"M'close" you brokenly wail.

She grunts deeply and stops completely. your heart nearly breaks, no no no no no. "Ellie, Ellie, Els, no!" You try and buck your hips forward but she holds you in place with an iron like grip. You buck them again and she peels off the fabric of your underwear, slightly rising up as she stares inside at the mess she made of you. There's a devilish smirk that creeps up from her lips, apple of one cheek rising. You let out a sigh of relief, thinking that perhaps she'll actually fucking eat you out properly instead of letting you suffer inside a warm, wet material of a mess that truly doesn't look like something wearable anymore. Instead, she audibly spits inside with a "Ptu'", letting the band snap shut. Her saliva mixes with your warm sleek. You're so confused she nearly feels bad, but she's such a cunt that she really doesn't.

"Were going back inside," she murmurs so casually as if she didn't just fuck you up in the middle of the street, as if her chin isn't shiny with your precum. "N'if Michael puts his hand on you again, I'm eating it in front of him"

[raredrop]

its that time again, time for me to talk about another pokemon rom hack!!!!

the newest darling of the community, Pokemon Emerald Seaglass!

play as either ethan or lyra

a style closer to the gbc (while it does say complete overhaul, somethings haven't been changed such as cutscenes, certain moves, ect...also the music)

exp share in the style of recent games

two difficulties (normal and hard) which can be toggled in your room as well as a toggle for a soft level cap

cheat codes to use at the gamecube in your room (u can find a list of these online)

gens 1-3 with cross gen evolutions (and some later gen surprises)

tweaks to "bad" pokemon to make them more interesting (such as some type changes, example altaria is now dragon/fairy always)

a more updated battle system (the split, fairy, ect)

mini games (diving and pinball, ways to get alolan eggs)

the wishing well a gacha/wondertrade feature in rustboro that allows you to toss wishing pieces in to get a random first stage pokemon (no legendaries in there) to make early game interesting

HMs dont need to be taught to be used, but you do need a pokemon in your team that could learn it to use it

following pokemon

and mooore :3

[tomyo]

Summer Backlog Game Plans:

Harvest Moon A New Beginning

Story of Seasons Trio of Towns

Harvest Moon Animal Parade

Zelda Minish Cap

Harvest Moon GBC 3

Nintendoland

Pokemon Channel

Waku Waku Sweets

Wrap Ups:

HM My Little Shop

Wild World

Kinectimals

Eye Play

Just Dance 4

Sword of Hope

Quick Plays:

Love Hero

Sky Peace

Fairune

Fairune 2

Legend of the Dark Witch

Legend of the Dark Witch 2

Potentials??:

Space Channel 5

Sonic Adventure

Sonic Free Riders

Sonic 06

Sonic Rush

[zoeythebee]

MY NEXT GAME

Hi, so I'm postponing my previous platformer because I'm tired of thinking about physics.

So I want to make a farming game.

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, I dont like Stardew Valley. It's not a bad game, but when it comes to farming games, it's not my cup of tea.

I feel like what most people are looking for in their farming games is more of a life sim type game, which to be fair Harvest Moon has been since the start.

But my favorite farming sim game is Harvest Moon for the Gameboy Color. I played it via the virtual console on the 3ds and I loved it.

First off the limited hardware meant they had to cut a lot of stuff. They managed to still include marriage and children, but I never worked out how to interact with those mechanics. And I didnt need to because I was too busy FARMIIIIING.

Harvest Moon for the GBC was the fundamental farming mechanics distilled down, and it's all you did.

Also in this harvest moon game, the shipping guy who buys your stuff showes up at 5pm. About 3/4ths the way through the day.

Meaning when your crops were done growing you had to HUSTLE to get them put into the shipping box inorder to maximize your profit, and the ammount of crops you can grow the next day.

And that rush of getting your crops put away was incredible fun. Fast paced action to cap off a long stretch of repetitive, yet satisfying, gameplay

So many farming games try to make the planting and growing process easier, by making you able to walk on plants or with sprinklers and stuff. But I want the opposite. I want my game to be all about space and time management.

First off I am thinking of having the delivery guy pickup crops twice or maybe once a week. Forcing you to plan ahead, or store them somewhere.

I also want everything to be done one at a time. Harvesting, watering, etc. In HM GBC you could only hold one item at a time, causing you to run back and forth between your crops and the shipping box. I kinda liked this because it meant you had to layout your farm in such a way that allowed you to move through it efficiently.

Something I want to introduce is CRATES which can hold 8 items of the same type. And they have to be pushed around, kinda like sokoban boxes. I might toy with this a little, maybe allow you to pull them as well. This will make it so you have to be clever with your farm and storage layouts. And to minimize you running back and forward between the farm and the shipping box.

And instead of a shipping box I want an area you can place down crates. And possibly stack them? Again I want to force the player to be clever with how they store their goods. My biggest issue with this is I dont want to limit the ammount of produce you can sell. If you get your shit to the delivery spot in time you get your money.

On top of that I have ideas for crops that require certain configurations inorder to grow. Special soil types that promote the growth of certain crops and harms others. Machines that process crops into higher value products, but take up a lot of space. Maybe special orders to challenge you to grow a certain amount of crops in a period of time.

I gots ideas basically. Right now I've got a video in the works breaking down my progress so far. Super early technical stuff. Expect it soon!

All in all I'm excited to dive into this project. And we'll see what happens, if things go well I may finish it. If not I'll postpone it and work on ThreeEye again.

And as for the tech I'm using, I'm working in C again. Currently I'm using SDL but I may swap the graphics out with Sokol or BGFX in the future.

[durotoswrites]

Bill/Sara (HMGB2) For the ship game please?

Thank you very much for your patience on this one.  I rewatched some of the cutscenes in the game and read some of the official comics, since it’s been a while since I played the GBC games.  Bill was always one of my favorite villagers, and I think him and Sara together are pretty cute.

 Bill x Sara

SEND ME A SHIP and I’ll tell you:

Who said “I love you” first

Sara - I always imagine her as pretty outgoing, and she’s written that way in the comics.  Bill seems a little shy, but I think Sara would have some idea of how he feels about her before confessing her love.

Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background

Bill.  As a guy who is into technology, I can picture him looking at the phone wallpaper often.  I imagine it being a playful, cute picture, maybe one taken during the snowball fight in the game.

Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror

Bill, who would then prompt Sara into doing the same thing.  Their notes would get longer and more complicated as their relationship progresses.

Who buys the other cheesy gifts

Both - Sara would literally give cheese, and Bill might add some custom parts to her cheese maker, hehe.  But I think that they would both give matching sweaters or scarves - the image is really cute to me. ^-^

Who initiated the first kiss

Sara can be a bit impulsive, making hasty decisions in farming. Bill strikes me as the more levelheaded of the twins, and I feel like he thinks things through a little more than Will does.  As for the kiss, I like to think Sara decided to just go for it as Bill finally decided to give her a smooch and they ended up colliding.  Thankfully there were no injuries or casualties, but they had to give that first kiss a second try, haha.

Who kisses the other awake in the morning

Sara, as she is the first one to wake.  I headcanon that Bill has a tendency to stay up late looking at blueprints and working on his projects and he’s so groggy when she kisses him in the morning that it takes him a moment to realize she’s done it.

Who starts tickle fights

Bill - he was quick to throw a snowball at Sara’s face, so I think that he’d show that playful side of him more often if they were in a relationship.

Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower

Sara might cheekily ask Bill who is nervous but thrilled, and his attitude leaves her flustered.

Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch

Sara would be the one who brings lunches.  Bill would have a tendency to get wrapped up in his inventions and forget to eat otherwise.

Who was nervous and shy on the first date

I think Bill would be more nervous and shy and Sara being the one to ask him out first.  He might be a little unsure of how he should act and might be a little clumsy, but Sara finds it endearing.

Who kills/takes out the spiders

I’d imagine Sara hates spiders and Bill has invented something to carry them outside safely. 

Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk Bill.  He’s a bit quieter of the two, but if he’s had a little to drink I can imagine him going on about his sweetheart, and perhaps even being a bit of a flirt.

Thank you so much for the ask!  Again, I appreciate your patience.  I hope that you have an awesome day! <3

[satoshi-mochida]

Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition - Co-Op Gameplay

[norree]

All of the protagonists of Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, in chronological order! I couldn't help but wonder though, why have they never had a main character with black hair?? In terms of the default look, they're usually brunet, every now and then blond. Mysterious... Row 1: Pete (HM), Sara (HM GBC), Pete (FOMT), Toy (STH), Claire (MFOMT/HMDS) Row 2: Mark (AWL), Pony (AnWL), Amanda (MM), Life Grain (IL), Mark (IoH/SI) Row 3: Chelsea (IoH/SI), Hansel (GrB), Gretel (GrB), Philip (ToTT), Lillian (ToTT) Row 4: Kevin (ToT/AP), Angela (ToT/AP), Kasey (AP), Molly (AP), Cory (MLS) Row 5: Connie (MLS), Henry (AnB/Trio), Johnny (SoS), Annie (SoS), Claire (TLV) Row 6: Henry (Trio), Holly (Trio), Sabrina (SV/LoH), Naomi (SOS:FOMT), Yuto (SOS:FOMT) Happy Farming! 

[love-bokumono-fics]

in your opinion, which harvest moon or sos games are worth playing and which are not? Are the older titles worth it?

So I have to confess, I have played relatively few HM/SoS games to completion. "Completion" meaning: over a year in-game played, got married, had a kid, and/or completed whatever story there is to be done. I am also of the mind that if something makes me happy, regardless of how old, or objectively "bad" it might be considered, it's worth playing. It makes me happy, it's time well spent.

So if you're looking for an actual critical, and well thought out review of the games, I am not the blog to ask. There are lots of other people out there who have given more thought to the matter than I have.

For the record, the games I have played are: Back to Nature, HM 3 GBC, (More) Friends of Mineral Town, Island of Happiness, Save the Homeland, SoS1, Trio of Towns, SoS Friends of Mineral Town, and I'm working my way through Pioneers of Olive Town.

I've played a little bit of Tale of Two Towns, and A New Beginning, but I didn't get very far in either of those before getting distracted with other things. I enjoyed them while I was playing, but also neither of them captured my attention enough to stay invested long term. Make of that what you will.

I never played any of the titles that were released on Game Cube or Wii, and I basically didn't play anything between 2007 and 2014. Which some people will say is when the best games came out, and I missed out on the best titles, but I never played them so I can't offer an opinion on them. And I haven't played any of the Harvest Moon titles since the split.

So of the ~25 games that we have under the Hm/SoS umbrella, I've played 10, and 4 of them are technically the same game remade on different consoles so let's say 6. Several of the games I played as a literal child, and when I upgraded to the next technology generation, I lost my ability to play them. Others I picked up again as an adult and thoroughly enjoyed my time playing.

As for the "worth" of the game, it really depends on what you, personally, want from your game. I've already given you my definition of "worth". I realize it is not Everyone's definition of "worth". Nonny, I suspect, that since you're asking me in the first place, "it makes me happy" isn't the only reason you want/need to invest time and effort into playing a game. I cannot tell you which games you think will be "worth it."

I think each game has it's own value. It offers something that other's don't. Different characters, different farming mechanics, different stories, and I think each one, in its own way has some value to impart on the players.

My long-time favorite game has been the Mineral Town games, ever since we got BTN in 2000 I fell in love with the premise, the characters, the setting. I bought the gameboy versions when they hit stores, and they are the games I most consistently return to when I want something comfortable.

Compared to recent games though, the Mineral Town ones are Really Basic. And while I love the games for their nostalgia, I know some people will be bored to tears by them of they go from playing the more recent games to that. Even when FoMT hit the switch last sumer I had a bit of whiplash going "oh, there's so little on the calendar, and I only have how many different crops to grow? nothing grows in winter? okay." because I had just come off from playing Trio of Towns.

If you want to be busy and have 100 goals to meet, stick to the newer games. If you just wanna chill and do whatever, try some of the older games if you can.

I think, if you have the time/ability to go back and play the old games, and you want to do it, then by all means, go for it!

A lot of them are only available to play on technology that a lot of people don't have floating around their homes anymore. If they didn't get a next gen port to an easily accessible console, so unless you still have a functioning PS2 or GBA, you're not going to have the chance to play them. Yeah, emulators are out there and they work, but in my experience they're also annoying and buggy, and not an ideal way to play the games. If you have the consoles, but not the games, getting your hands on copies can be very expensive.

You are already prone to play the old games. You're gonna play them regardless of my opinions on them. You're gonna shell out the cash or set up the emulator, or dust off the Wii and pray it still works, and i hope you enjoy your time playing!

These games have been coming out over 20+ years at this point, and while many of them are just remakes/reskins/girl versions, that's still so much time covered in video game technology. And comparing the earliest games to the most recent ones is more of an exercise in frustration and futility. You're never going to find the right answer.

(I also don't know what your personal gauge for 'old' is, Nonny. Because Old for me are games that are 20 years old. Old for you might be games that are 5 years old, which was like... last week from my perspective, so...)

All this to say, I guess I'll give a brief opinion on the games I have played, and y'all can make your decisions as you please from there.

Back to Nature/Mineral Town Games: My OG game. Always holds a dear spot in my heart for nostalgia. Love the town, love the characters, love the music, can do no wrong, a very enjoyable, if basic, farming game. Easy to play for a bit, set down for a while, and pick up and play again without feeling like you've forgotten you were in the middle of something important.

HM GBC 3: Pretty sure I was 10 last time I played it, so grain of salt. I found it more boring than the MT games, the town and maps were smaller, none of the characters had portraits, I didn't really get all of the details to make the farm work. I'm sure if I went back now as an adult I would have a better time, but I have no desire to emulate it. If you want to emulate it, go for it, but be warned that if you play as a girl, the game ends after you get married. Doesn't do that if you play as a boy so...

Save the Homeland: I kept going back to replay this game for years. I thought the premise was fun, and I always wanted to try and get all of the endings, but never did. I would buy it again in a heartbeat if it got remastered. Different from other games tho, in that you only get one year to play and get an ending, and once you do, the game restarts you at Spring 1 and nobody knows who you are again. You get to keep your animals and house upgrades, but there's no dating and marriage.

Island of Happiness: I love the setting and the characters, but god FUCK that weather system. Can't get shit to grow unless you obsessively track if it rains and how sunny it is and it completely ruined the game for me. I tried playing it again a couple years back and couldn't be bothered to keep tracking stuff. I never once unlocked all of the crops or livestock on any of my playthroughs. Did manage to play long enough to get married once.

SoS1: The game that convinced me to go back to buying new stuff after IoH kind of put me off new HM games for the better part of a decade (I had FoMT to replay it was fine). Liked it well enough, thought some of the characters were a bit bland, but still enjoyable enough to get married and have a kid. Unlocking all the vendors is a bitch though, and I still haven't gotten them all. A fine game, but if you're only going to play One 3DS game, I wouldn't suggest this one.

Trio of Towns: This one ties with FoMT as my favorite game! I love everything about it. The Characters, the setting and premise, the music, the depth of events. There's so much to do, there's never a boring day, but that can also feel overwhelming if you're the kind if person who tries to do everything at once. Not as easy to pick up and put down as some of the more basic games, but it's very replayable in my book and I keep coming back to it.

Pioneers of Olive Town: It's a middling game for me. Like SoS1, it's fine, but unlike SoS1, there's very little to do in the game. I completed the "main story" in less than a year without putting in much effort to complete things in a timely manner. The characters and the game had So Much Potential, particularly after 3oT, and all of it fell flat in my expectations. Plus some of the technical issues we all experienced at launch. Now, I'm still playing it, I don't hate the game, and the updates have made things better. But with the story done and all of the characters feeling a bit Flat, I'm biding my time between DLC updates to see if I want to marry any of the special candidates instead of the base game characters. I'll probably keep playing long enough to get married and probably unlock everything on the farm, but beyond that I'm not super invested.

My final verdict is, if you have a 3DS, get Trio of Towns, if you only have a Switch, get Friends of Mineral Town. If you want to put forth the time and effort into acquiring the old games, or emulating them, by all means go for it.

[ao3feed-keithshiro]

to your sharp and glorious thorn

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2F3s2b3

by xerampelinae

“This item,” Kolivan says, pulling it out of a hidden pocket, “is what is called a ‘spirit box.’ If the disembodied spirits of the dead are able to manipulate energy as is historically posited among humans, and such spirits are present, then they may manipulate the randomly-assigned chatter of the device into cohesive communication.”

Antok shuffles closer obligingly as Kolivan activates the spirit box. It immediately begins chattering loudly, cycling up and down various radio frequencies.

“Hm,” Kolivan says drily. “It it as irksome as the annals suggest.”

Antok nods stiffly and pauses, raising a single ponderous finger.

The spirit box suddenly shouts--in a pair of men’s voices, one after the other and almost fluidly pieced together--”Fuck you too, man.”

-

Paranormal investigations, the red carpet, accusations of vampirism and other events linked to the launch of a new GBC pilot.

Words: 7270, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of the thrill of knowing how alone (known) we are

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), paladin ensemble, Blade of Marmora ensemble

Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt & Pidge | Katie Holt

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Paranormal Investigators, multiverse resonance

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2F3s2b3

[redinkofshame]

Harvest Moon Nerd Cont.

Part 1 // Part 2

I made a second one. Again, most of it will be under the cut, because I tend to go on. 

These girls can be seen in the N64 version, Back to Nature, Back to Nature- for Girl (Japan only), Friends of Mineral Town, and More Friends of Mineral Town. You can also unlock them in the DS version. BtN was my first Harvest Moon game, and will always be nearest and dearest to my heart. I was addicted, and promptly got all my friends addicted as well. The cover art alone is enough to make me swoon. Anyway here they are, in descending order of my preferred bride (as if I'd ever marry anyone but Karen). Some spoilers. (link to collection)

Oh Karen... <3 My first HM love. Daughter of the couple that runs the shop, she speaks her mind, enjoys hiking, and loves the ocean. She's most known, however, for her love of wine... A bit too much love. After you've been married for sometime, shes comes home drunk one night and, as she sobers up, decides that she's very happy as your wife and no longer needs to keep drinking so much. So that's nice.

Unlike the other 2nd gen girls, my Karen is 100% not a reincarnation. In the N64 version her parents own the winery, not the shop.

About the set- This is the first set that I made, no surprise. I'm a big fan of her quilted hiking boots, and that shirt is the one that made me decide to give all the girls Hearts (I was originally only going to do the feathers). Her Blue Feathers are on her woodsy earrings. The yellow gold and emerald bracelet is supposed to represent her bright eyes and the streaks in her hair. I wasn't originally going to give her socks, but they I saw the wine socks and couldn't resist.

Fan favorite Ann, the outdoorsy tomboy works at her father's inn and is a fantastic chef.  She's cheerful but blunt, and her father can't wait to marry her off.

Reincarnation of her own namesake. In the N64 version her father has a ranch instead.

About the set- I had no idea they made so many different overalls for grown woman. I thought I'd have a much harder time finding a good pair. I'm particularly fond of the shoes I found for her. Her heart is obvious, and her Blue Feather looks like a good keychain for a hiker.

Elli is a nurse, and works with the Doctor in the clinic almost every day. She's very motherly, both in that she takes care of the sick and her little brother Stu, but also in that she's a stern disciplinarian and will lecture you when you don't take care of your health.

She may be a reincarnation of Ellen, but they don't seem much alike other than name and looks. She's a baker in the N64 version.

About the set- I cheated a bit with the necklace, but she seems like the type to add an antique brooch to a bow, anyway. Her shoes don't show, so I made them brown to match her hair. Nurses aren't supposed to wear dangle-y jewelry because patients might grab at it, so I gave her small Blue Feather studs and a purse for her Heart.

Mary is kind, trusting, and very shy. She is a librarian, and an aspiring author, though she's too embarrassed to let anyone see her work.

Reincarnation of Maria, her first appearance is actually in HM3 for GBC, a bit earlier than the other 2nd gen girls (though she is not a marriage option in that game). She goes by Maria in the N64 version. She's always a librarian.

About the set- I wish I had this sweater, and I couldn't resist the hipster glasses necklace. Her Heart is on her  cute little socks, and I gave her a quill as her Blue Feather to inspire her writing career.

Popuri is a very cheerful girl, simple, and childlike at times. Her family runs a chicken farm.

In the N64 version her family runs a flower shop, like her predecessor Nina.

About the set- The corset looks brownish in that picture but it's black, promise. It was hard to find a corset style top that I thought would be wearable over the white shirt. The red skirt a bit shorter than I prefer, but I like the pattern. The shrug and heels are to represent her bright hair, of course. Her heart is on a charm bracelet, and her Blue Feather necklace is made from cruelty-free chicken feathers I'd bet.

[awwishfulthinking]

Okay, quick question since the eShop sale is ending soon.

Is Story of Seasons a good game to get for someone who’s been kind of “ehhh” about the Harvest Moon series? Granted, I only ever played HM 3 (for the GBC) as a little kid and I didn’t entirely understand the mechanics or the goal of the game at the time.

I have played Rune Factory 4, but I didn’t spend much time farming. I also have played Stardew Valley and I really enjoyed that game. Comments/suggestions would be appreciated as the game is still a little pricey even with the sale going on.

(this is about the first SoS game, btw; not Trio of Towns)

[harvestmoonconfessionsv2]

Full Confession:

As an European, a lot of the games didn’t release in my country, including Harvest Moon 64, Save the Homeland, the Game Cube Version of Magical Melody, HM GBC 3 and the girl versions. Currently I am in the state of waiting and hoping for a release of Story of Seasons Trio of Towns.

Now that the people in the US don’t know if they get the DLC for SOS Trio of Towns, I can’t help but thinking: “Now you know how this feels.”

[ao3feed--sheith]

to your sharp and glorious thorn

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2F3s2b3

by xerampelinae

“This item,” Kolivan says, pulling it out of a hidden pocket, “is what is called a ‘spirit box.’ If the disembodied spirits of the dead are able to manipulate energy as is historically posited among humans, and such spirits are present, then they may manipulate the randomly-assigned chatter of the device into cohesive communication.”

Antok shuffles closer obligingly as Kolivan activates the spirit box. It immediately begins chattering loudly, cycling up and down various radio frequencies.

“Hm,” Kolivan says drily. “It it as irksome as the annals suggest.”

Antok nods stiffly and pauses, raising a single ponderous finger.

The spirit box suddenly shouts--in a pair of men’s voices, one after the other and almost fluidly pieced together--”Fuck you too, man.”

-

Paranormal investigations, the red carpet, accusations of vampirism and other events linked to the launch of a new GBC pilot.

Words: 7270, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of the thrill of knowing how alone (known) we are

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), paladin ensemble, Blade of Marmora ensemble

Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt & Pidge | Katie Holt

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Paranormal Investigators, multiverse resonance

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2F3s2b3

[ao3feed-voltronlegendarydefender]

to your sharp and glorious thorn

read it on the AO3 at to your sharp and glorious thorn

by xerampelinae

“This item,” Kolivan says, pulling it out of a hidden pocket, “is what is called a ‘spirit box.’ If the disembodied spirits of the dead are able to manipulate energy as is historically posited among humans, and such spirits are present, then they may manipulate the randomly-assigned chatter of the device into cohesive communication.”

Antok shuffles closer obligingly as Kolivan activates the spirit box. It immediately begins chattering loudly, cycling up and down various radio frequencies.

“Hm,” Kolivan says drily. “It it as irksome as the annals suggest.”

Antok nods stiffly and pauses, raising a single ponderous finger.

The spirit box suddenly shouts--in a pair of men’s voices, one after the other and almost fluidly pieced together--”Fuck you too, man.”

-

Paranormal investigations, the red carpet, accusations of vampirism and other events linked to the launch of a new GBC pilot.

Words: 7270, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of the thrill of knowing how alone (known) we are

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), paladin ensemble, Blade of Marmora ensemble

Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt & Pidge | Katie Holt

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Paranormal Investigators, multiverse resonance

read it on the AO3 at to your sharp and glorious thorn

[durotoswrites]

Can you do a character breakdown for any of the GB2 characters?

Thank you so much for your patience on this ask!  It’s been ages since I’ve played this game, and the things that stuck out most when I reminisced playing it are the interesting mechanics that were added after the SNES edition of Harvest Moon.  It gave me those same nostalgic vibes that I loved from the original, and the addition of Sara as a playable character was so awesome.

Because marriage wasn’t a part of this game, there are no heart events, and I feel like the cast in general could have used a lot more development.  That’s not to say that I didn’t have my favorite villagers.  Visiting the shops and buildings in town gave us more detailed artwork of the characters, and I quickly found my eyes drawn toward Daisy, the keeper of the seed shop.

How I feel about this character:

I always thought that Daisy was really attractive - not overly feminine, but rather sporting an edgier/sporty look (by early Harvest Moon standards).  She seemed to have a very cool, laid-back personality that I enjoyed, yet she still managed to be very playful.  Visiting her shop, I always felt that she would be the type to read magazines behind the counter when no one was there.

Her casual demeanor and appearance both remind me a lot of Nami.  And since A Wonderful Life wouldn’t be released for another couple of years, I can’t help but wonder if Daisy’s design inspired Nami’s.

Daisy is more outgoing than Nami, enlisting you to join a snowball fight complete with heckling, and inviting you to the hot springs to hang out.  Her body language is also a lot warmer.  She leans on the counter toward you when speaking, and I think it’s really cute. <3

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Daisy x Farmer - I was always a little miffed (but also conflicted?) that we couldn’t marry the townsfolk in the game.  Daisy would’ve been a top choice for me.  I feel that her knowledge of growing things would mesh well with living on the farm and helping the farmer live a happy, cozy life there.

That being said, I do think it’s neat that we get to attend a wedding between two NPCs instead.  It’s kind of refreshing. But…

Daisy x Chet - I feel like Chet would be a really good match for Daisy.  I get the impression that Chet is very serious about his work, but he still likes to have fun.  I feel like Daisy’s more relaxed, playful attitude would be a good balance for them.  That, combined with their passions for different aspects of farming would make them a cute couple.  To be honest, I kinda shipped them and was really surprised when Chet ended up marrying Rosie instead.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I love the little random events like the snowball fight.  I can definitely see this tight-knit village all being friends with one another.  I do like to imagine that Daisy is closer to Chocola, Chet, and the twins, Bill and Will.

My unpopular opinion about this character

Are there any unpopular opinions on this character?  She’s a little obscure.  I guess it would be unpopular with the developers of the game, but I thought it would be cool to marry her.  At the same time, I think it’s neat that the game doesn’t focus as much on marriage.  

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I would’ve liked more events with all of the characters in general.  The dialogue is limited at best, but I do still have a soft spot for this cast.  I really feel like they set up the foundation of what the series was going to become.  They interacted more with each other than the villagers in Rosebud Village in HM SNES, and I really liked that.  We later see the townspeople have their own friendships with others, and even characters that don’t get along as well.  

But, in all, I’d just have to say I wished there was more content and dialogue and ways to interact with the characters in HM GBC 2.  It is a really fun and under-appreciated game, though.

Thank you so much for the ask!  I’m tempted to pull out my 3DS and start playing my copy of the game now. :)  I hope you have a great day!