#i used the dp one bc it was the most recent one before this btw thats how jarring this is

[vaugarde]

I liked sm120 a lot :3 hearing the full Primarina song was so nice and ofc Primarina herself was so amazing in this one. I liked that they actually decided to have Kyogre show up in SM after it was used as an exaggerated joke for a long time.

thing is tho im sad brionne got the short end of the stick in this show (it was only a brionne for like 17 episodes and it was boxed for most of them) and why did they yassify the misty lure

such a downgrade

[carminite-wyrm]

Its an Empires SMP + Wynncraft crossover AU I guess

So, I’ve been playing a lot of Wynncraft recently, and man, the Wynncraft lore sure is wild. Halfway through doing a quest I suddenly remembered that hey, nether corruption sure is a thing over here, and isn’t there Also an invading corruption storyline going on over in Empires?

Anyways so here I am with yet another niche AU idea lmao (though also with the latest videos from Pix and Gem I...kind of already am thinking of a variant on this one lmao)

- Some indeterminable point in time in the future, the Empires gang are having the final fight against Xornoth, ready to take out the demon and cleanse their world of the corruption that had been taking hold of their kingdoms.

- Its down to the final few blows, with the Kings and Queens coming together, despite their grievances with one another, despite all the differences that had once been between them, to finally strike down the demon.

- Naturally, of course, it goes a little sideways.

- The final blow lands, and the hellish arena disappears in a flash of unholy light.

- When the heroes awaken, they find themselves in a spider-infested patch of woodland.

- Upon fighting/running their way out, they quickly realise that yeah, this sure isn’t the Empires SMP anymore.

- There are some shenanigans, probably, upon that realisation, but eventually, the group makes their way to the nearby city of Detlas, severely disconcerted by the clear presence of corruption in the land around them.

- They’re fairly certain that they saved their own land, only to land right in another world also beset by corruption.

- Their various communicators also seem to be displaying a different HUD from what they’re used to, including an actual mana bar along with their health, and more equipment slots and most baffling of all: the option to level up and increase a variety of skills.

- Also, there’s magic, though a different magic than what they’re used to

Added to that, the monsters are far more different to what they’ve encountered in their home world. Zombies, fairly standard, even if the ones in this strange land seem somehow more powerful than theirs. Spiders, easy. And then Joey stumbles across a flaming horse rocketing straight at him at roughly 40kmph, screeching demonically all the while. It narrowly misses pummelling him in the face with its hooves and oh, looks like this isn’t a standard world after all.

Character classes and more thoughts under the cut!

Character classes! (Wynncraft currently has 5 classes people can choose from!)

Warriors (uses polearms/hammers, generally the dps/tank build)

Scott – He has a pink battleaxe, yes of course he’s the heavy-weapon-using class. Also, bc I think it’d be really amusing to see this elf dude w/ an antler crown charging straight at someone with a massive axe/hammer/polearm.

Fwhip – King of the Grimlands, projecting an image of strength even as the corruption ran rampant and clashed with the inherent darkness of his own kingdom.

Lizzie – Ocean Queen w/ a Trident, enough said. Sure, there might not be any axolotls in this world for some reason, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have the powers that made her one of the most powerful Empires back home. Probably mains thunder elemental magic, bc sending chain lightning at enemies is very cool.

Mages (Magic staff goes brr. Also they can heal)

Gem! – I imagine she’d be highly adept at hitting enemies with the regular attack spell, and then suddenly casting a meteor and crystalline ice to obliterate her foes as the rest of the party watches on.

Katherine – Teleporting + fast attacks = magic menace. Also bc I think it’d look cool for her, and honestly that’s the majority of my decision-making here w/ the class selections

Pixl – Idk, something about the vigil and the whole candle thing makes me think he’d make a pretty damn good healer. Calm, collected, and the most unshakeable amongst the chaos of the Empires gang. (This AU idea was written like, a week before the latest video lmao so we're just gonna...gloss over the most recent plot developments for a bit until I can figure out how to make it make sense in the AU)

Assassins (Stabby stabby DPS)

Joel – Look I just think the imagery of Joel + Lizzie absolutely wrecking shit together on a battlefield is too good to pass up on.

Sausage – Man literally ran an assassin guild back in their home world, of course he’s an assassin here in this one. Probably has several sets of daggers hidden up his sleeves, and probably ends up with a life steal build.

Pearl – Pearl with knives would be terrifying and amazing to behold. On the other hand, I was considering either Mage or Shaman but we already have like three Mages, and I don't really have any ideas for how Pearl would utilise the Shaman abilities atm.

Archers (Ranged DPS or support)

Jimmy! – Swamp boi deserves to pop off and what better way than to be able to cause arrows to rain from the sky. And also to backflip out of danger. I imagine navigating a swamp has given him an actual dexterity or agility score.

Shaman (Buffs + support)

Shubble – Honestly I think she’d really vibe with the nature-y vibes this class kind of gives me, what with her mushroom kingdom vibes and the magic. Also, one of the most complex classes, but considering Shubble and her whole researching the corruption thing, I think it’d fit.

Joey – I’m gonna be honest, I don’t know much about his POV beyond ‘wants to court the demon’ at the moment, so contributions welcome here.

- Gem and Shubble’s initial investigations (because they absolutely hit the first library or archive they could find) whilst the others explored/adventured around the area eventually lead them to determining that in order to return to their own world, they’ll have to make their way to the most dangerous region of the Wynn region: The Silent Expanse.

Defeating whatever entity is chilling deep in that eldritch hellzone that’s pinging off Gem and Shubble’s (w/ machinery assistance from Pixl) cobbled-together ‘machine for detecting their world’s own magic’ should be enough to trigger the same event that sent them to this world. They think. Its enough for them all to hope, at any rate.

- Its an odd feeling, being at the height of their powers only to be thrust into a world where a tap from an armoured skeleton can take them down to a third of their health in one hit, at their current ability level.

- The party starts off at roughly level 5-7 btw, because I’ve had to do the tutorial quest and Enzan’s Brother quest like six times and I want to skip that here thanks.

- Eventually, the group does have to split into smaller parties for efficiency, though they’re understandably hesitant to be separate from everyone else in an unfamiliar world.

- Obviously, the parties do shuffle around a bit depending on what quests they end up undertaking, to play for each of their strengths and to cover for their weaknesses.

- Because they’re the Kings and Queens of the Empires SMP, they climb up the levels fairly rapidly, racing through quests in Ragni, Detlas, Nemract, Almuj, before finally venturing across the ocean to the province of Gavel.

- They’re well aware that something rather bad is going on in this world, something that looks and feels so similar to the corruption back home, but yet not.

- Their first encounter with the Parasites in the Dark Forest has those more in tune with the currents of magic, or the natural world, recoiling from the feeling of ‘wrong wrong that should not be in this world-‘

After that harrowing encounter, they are very, very glad, that in their world, the source of the corruption was clearly from a pesky demon, and not the result of warring planar powers.

One would think that, as the resident swamp dweller of their motley group, Jimmy would have been a tad more relaxed in the Olux Swamp. And yet, the magic from his Empire has him on edge throughout their travels in that area, the lingering sense of foreign magic, of what the locals refer to as the Decay, worrying away at the familiar scent of the swamp.

[dawndestroyer]

ANYWAY in an effort for me to use this tumblr to talk on more I’m gonna use it as a place to talk about the dragon gacha game I have lately been in love with for the past week as well as do some recon on my team as I progress/get pulls

so this is the girl I’ve been spoiling the most. I really wish you could name dragons in this game bc I would call her athena for obvious reasons. I pulled her successfully in the current banner! anyway as much as she’s been spoiled, she is defintiely underperforming as a tank compared to my power dragon and I’m not sure if I should change her runes up or something to compensate for that. in all fairness she does have a stun skill that is better in pvp than pve bosses but eh

here’s said power dragon btw! you can see the difference in stats with how much this one excells in hp and defense while my knight dragon has more points alloted in attacking. plus my power dragon is able to regenerate hp on top of that which is so hard to compete with tbh. I forgot how I got him?? I think I got lucky when pulling, and boy did I get lucky

aaaaaaaaaaand starter dragon which is a healer! tbh I’d rather use my earth teddy dragon I’m slowly developing as a healer, but because I get rewarded for growing up my starter, this doesn’t hurt. solid through and through anyway! nonetheless I’d love to get a fire smart dragon instead because I love the look lol

my cupid dragon!! I believe I got him out of my day 3 legendary egg login gift. his look has grown on  me eventually and he’s been by far the dragon I’ve relied on the MOST of my whole team, since the bleed status effect is so powerful on bosses and he increases mana recovery rate so fast. this little one has mowed through bosses I really had no right to beat at the time (which idk if I could have managed if he was any other element). an excellent kiddo

and this solar dragon!! who despite being at junior level at this moment is going to stay looking like a baby even as an adult SO I GUESS MY FIRE TEAM IS BY BABY TEAM. anyway this baby is by far my most powerful dragon damage wise at this moment raining destruction with gigantic AOE damage so I love this one

that wraps up my main team and the dragons I know the most but I’ve got a couple more I’ve been trying to raise up so! here

my earth sura dragon which I pulled pretty early on?? though I can’t remember as much since they’re a natural 4 star, but has definitely been my primary damage dealer before I got my solar dragon. I’m trying to raise them up again because I REALLY need a strong single-target attacker and my solar dragon doing all of the dps lately hasn’t been totally cutting it against certain situations. really good anyway. I think the earth evolution material day is either tomorrow or the day after which is good because I want to evolve them since they look EXTREMELY COOL as an adult. anyway while they are not TECHNICALLY part of my current main team I’ve been slowly trying to figure out a place for them so hopefully that will be soon

my light spine dragon I got real lucky hatching recently! I can’t say much for their performance yet tbh because I got them so recently and they are only a nat 3 star, but I’ve already got them ranked up to 5 stars AND fully evolved into an adult, and since I hear good reviews I really want to make them work!! I don’t have a light-elemental attacker after all. plus light-element spine is the best spine because those glowy horns don’t show up on the other spine elements. the lovely soft yellow and purple combination is great too

my water elemental marshmallow dragon which is currently my backup healer for my smart dragon and something to help with my very weak water elemental presence in my team. also water elemental marshmallow is the best element marshmallow because it heals more than the other elements (I don’t know why??) a cute baby that is a part of baby team forever, and hopefully as I level them up I may even rely on them more than my smart dragon!

water volt “”dragon”” which I admit I wasn’t going to use much until he got buffed like one or two days after getting him, so I wanted to try him out and see how he goes! plus I DESPERATELY need water element dragons right now and am suffering horrendously in this department, so an attacker is good

a fire hell ghast dragon I got literally last night by luck from a random egg drop! I have no idea how she will perform and is unlike anything I have had up to this point since apparently she is an offensive healer?? which sounds super intersting and she’s got good reviews (though every person complaining that they don’t like her design because she looks too much like a bird can bug off. complain about the dragons that look like awful mlp ponies instead)

lastly I’ve got these two sisters... both of them natural 3stars but I really want to make them work, and so far they are doing some good damage! their main purpose though is to help make up for my lack of support in certain elements, like water (which I have complained about) and dark, which you notice I have NOT posted a dark elemental dragon until right now. THATS HOW MUCH I NEED A DARK DRAGON..... anyway these babies will look awesome as adults so I can’t wait until I can get there at least

anyway so thats it for my active team members! I can talk about more, such as which dragons are on my wish list or what dragons in my inventory I am musing to raise otherwise, but this post is long enough for now. I think I’ll talk about all that other stuff laaaaaaaaaater