#i waited an eternity for this game

[plinchy]

My Tav (Ellie) and I are down bad for Shadowheart.

She saw Legalt (other player) kiss Wyll after dancing once

Ellie had the same exact date with Shadowheart twice but nothing's official

[claitea]

az and floette :)

[val-of-the-north]

My friend @katyspersonal made an interesting observation about the flowers that were once found on the path to Midra's Mense. Here's her post on the matter for reference [x].

The flower connection seems way too meaningful to be accidental, especially since the two people in charge of the Mense are not Hornsent at all...

Now, we can't know for sure whether Midra, Nanaya, or both were Shamans or at least related, but the connection IS there, which I doubt was placed randomly.

But yeah, speaking of Hornsent, they were indeed punished for associating with Midra. As my friend pointed out in an earlier post [x], this dialogue wouldn't fit if it was simply due to the Flame of Frenzy business going on there, especially since the ghost that welcomes us is very well aware of the madness.

It's also worth pointing out that the Madding Hand's face resembles that of the other Hornsent who use player models, meaning his fellows are probably other Hornsent too.

Whoever this group of Hornsent was, it's clear they did not care about his lack of horns and simply served Midra, possibly due to him being wise and knowledgeable...

Either that, or there are ways for people without horns to get privileges and benefits even in Hornsent society. Maybe it is still due to his vast array of knowledge, but it wouldn't be too outlandish to think Midra found ways to be productive to the Hornsent and was thus rewarded for his efforts. Until they grew suspicious of him, of course. But his Hornsent attendants seem rather loyal to him despite that.

Which leads me to a different point regarding Marika herself...

The two Hornsent NPCs that we can actually interact with both mention some sort of betrayal from Marika.

To be betrayed means that there was some semblance of trust between them and her that she broke, which would seem odd at first glance, but we must take into consideration what she did to attain godhood. She had to have reached the Gates of Divinity (as shown in the cinematic trailer), which are found in the holiest, most guarded part of Belurat's tower: Enir-Ilim.

And this must have happened BEFORE the Crusade and Messmer, as evidenced by a few things:

1) The Hornsent mention the Erdtree a bunch, which we know was established after a few different conflicts. At the very least, the war against the Giants must have happened before the Crusade, as the Age of the Erdtree began then.

Marika was also already considered a god at the time, she had a consort in Godfrey, and the Crucible was yet to be seen as heretical due to their employment of Crucible Knights. There's also the very likely possibility that Radagon was spawned from that conflict as a curse of the Giants inflicted upon Marika, which would work to explain where the red hair came from.

It might also tell us WHEN Messmer was born in that case, and speaking of...

2) Messmer's condition, or rather, all the things Marika had done for his sake, seem to have happened AFTER the establishment of the Erdtree, as they feature heavy gold and tree motifs. To have control of Grace so great that she could create the rune she most likely gave to Messmer strongly hints at her having already become a god.

The Blessing of Marika also fits the criteria of a thing she had to have made after her ascension to godhood because of its heavy arboreal theme and the fact that two Tree Sentinels (who defend her home village) are holding onto them as well, further hinting at the existence of the Erdtree by this point in time.

Both of these items relate to Messmer and both of their descriptions already identify Marika as a Queen. I wonder if this means Marika returned to her home one last time after she became a god as opposed to when she started her journey toward divinity. Her last acknowledgment of her past before leaving it behind forever.

3) Messmer was also friends with Gaius, who studied with Radahn, and they were both like older brothers to him.

This means the Crusade and Messmer's banishment could not have happened earlier than many years AFTER the Liurnian wars, as evidenced by the presence of the Carian kids. This point is also strengthened by Rellana being close to Messmer and having to prove her loyalty to the Erdtree in ritual combat.

This means that Marika reaching the Gates of Divinity and the Crusade happened at two different points in time, which seems to align with how the Hornsent word things. She betrayed them, then set them ablaze.

What's left to wonder is HOW it happened. I think it was either:

A) She waged a first war against them with the aid of Hoarax Loux (not Godfrey yet, as there was no reason to conduct himself as a lord), his clan, and the Crucible Knights to consolidate her godhood. Maliketh could have also been involved. The Hornsent, then, simply see being supplanted as a betrayal regardless of whether they knew about Marika or not, or...

B) She found a sneakier way to get there through careful planning and climbing the social ladder of Hornsent society, maybe with contact and guidance from the Two Fingers. If the latter is true, I assume she still had Maliketh's support and Hoarax Loux on speed dial for whenever the chance to claim divinity arrived, as she would still need a consort for that and we know he was her first husband.

Both ideas are compelling to me and make sense in their own right. Still, the thought that she could have actually infiltrated their society and made them trust her just to usurp and double-cross them feels very fascinating, especially since the Hornsent specifically mention Marika betraying them. It makes me wonder what Tower society is really like to non-horned people since some Hornsent can even become very loyal to those with an explicit lack of horns.

Marika's betrayal could also explain why the Inquisition would later turn on Midra despite him seemingly having enjoyed some levity or respect in the past. Perhaps they believed he'd pull a similar stunt to Marika's (or maybe they acted that way because he was directly related to her? idk honestly)... though their preventive actions inadvertently caused even more problems by having the resulting despair attract the Three Fingers to what would become the Abyssal Woods.

Of course, it's unclear if the Mense's downfall happened before, after, or concurrently with Marika's path to divinity, but I think it's worth considering as an option at least!

[sofiadoingart]

SHE'S ADORABLE 😭😭💖💖💖 she looks like a big woman— like, her body is bigger than the other females we've had so far

OUUUUGGHHHH!!! MY GOD SHE'S GORGEOUS✨✨

PLS PLS PLSSSSS LILITH GAMES MAKE MORE FEMALE CHARACTERS WITH THIS BODY TYPE I'M BEGGING 😭😭🙏🙏

Also, on another note

"Frozen Paw" Ey?

Looks like Lord bunny ears have made himself some new friends and a small team

Here's hoping we'll be apart of it, even for just a while 🤞🤞

Also hoping that all these characters will be playable, they all look good 😌

[magicalgirlsandcerulean]

YouTube short time: "We're Trying Our Best, So You Should Too" from the OVA.

Exclusive movie prizes (keihin) will be available via Taito crane games. There are 2 different types of prizes available from 14th Feb. 2025 at 00:00 (all times/dates JST) - a fluffy 10th anniversary vers. Wombat plushie (1 kind) and Wombat soft toy mascots (5 kinds). More details will be announced on Feb. 12th 2025.

The movie is having a collab with karaoke facility Karaoke no Tetsujin in March 2025. Here's the page where more details will appear later on.

The Animage March issue (sale date: Feb. 10th 2025) has a pinup - based on the name "Money and a Host", it looks like it's going to be focussed on Io and Ryuu - plus an article on the movie.

[demi-rxndxm-stxff]

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY-

GUYS I'M SCREAMINGGGG OH MY GODDDDDD

[bg3-dyes]

mutilated carapace dyes? 😚👉👈

didn't know it was called that

[naitfall]

reaper au. Maybe it's long after Levi's death, maybe it's a sort of reincarnation au. Levi's a REAPER. The most despised kind of all angels— it's in his nature, to take the lives of those meant to die, else they'd wonder endlessly the world of living. It's his job to reap, to convince, or to force the ones close to death to follow him. He was human once. He has no memory of who he once was. No recollection of a name, or loved ones. Until, in his path appear a familiar face. He doesn't remember. They seem to recognize him. His name was Levi.

[cabesswtaer]

every day I wake up and then I realize that tsc2 is not out yet and my day is ruined

[arolesbianism]

Been finally getting around to resuming my second isat playthrough and just noticed smth. During act two. After you get past the door that needs the key from floor two. If you call loop in the two following what next dialogues Siffrin doesn't say anything and it just occurred to me it's probably because he's feeling the dread™ of the rapidly approaching end. Head in hands.

[eruscreaminginthedistance]

[lunnefisk]

playing a ye olde fromsoft horror game called kuon and i adore how long they've stuck to their guns that nobody needs to move their mouth while they speak

they're nothing if not consistent

[roarrrgame]

Was watching the Skill Up review on Avowed and saw a comment about “woke shite” and Googled… Lmao looks like I'm not the only one confused. Turns out one of the designers is apprearly an “anti-white racist” or something… No wonder they needed a woke game spreadsheet, who can keep track of this

[the-ebonarm]

Stealing clothes from cute wizards is slowly becoming tradition

[lunillum]

Girl, be real

[sun-marie]

preferring the first poe1 game to Deadfire is perfectly valid but preferring it bc it has better pacing is wild to me ngl