#id5 wilding

[salthien]

11, 12, and 15

these are going a cut because spoilers! (also they got a little long oops)

answers for the ISAT ask game!

11- any character headcanons?

give Isabeau a few years, and I think he'd settle into being a Vaugardian version of being genderfluid. I remember reading Word of God somewhere that his Change wasn't really focused on any sort of gender or body dysphoria, and more focused on "well, what do I picture when I think of the kind of person I want to be?" and that just happened to be a big, boisterous man - the opposite of everything he was currently, everything he disliked about himself. (also - "No. Not right now." on the 'which of the cast is a woman' image.) like, don't get me wrong! he's still very obviously trans, dysphoria is not necessary for transness!! I just think that once he's more comfortable with all aspects of himself, that he'd settle on something a little less rigid. I think it would be good for him! isabeau Ultimate Transgender.

i also have a (bad) habit of just tossing little idiosyncrasies of mine onto sif whenever i think of them since there's already a ridiculous amount of overlap, down to the stupid fucking breathing thing (/aff). he doesn't like windy weather because it gives him headaches, especially postgame without his hat. he's a cat person. he'll save his favorite food on a plate for last as a treat. just silly little things

12- what got you interested in the game?

this AU made me go "hmm. that looks cute." -> look at the steam page -> "haha main character looks like me bait. they're cute. yknow, fuck it. i don't have anything going on right now. i'm going to play this." -> SMASH CUT to me, one week later, sitting at my desk at 3am, having just reached credits and feeling like I just got hit by a train. whatever i was expecting it was Not That.

15 - anything you’d change about the game? be it game mechanics, a new feature, a change in plot, etc

Honestly… not really? like I sat and thought about this for A While because while there were things that frustrated me (Loop's hints sometimes being extremely vague, forgetting where a particular book/plot point advance was and having to scour the whole House for it, etc.) like. the frustration is Part Of It. the frustration is ludonarrative harmony. you are at your Most Sifbrained when you're going "I HAVE TO GO BACK TO DORMONT AGAIN?" or "wait what am I even trying to do right now." or "shit, was the latest issue of Chateau Castle 56 or did I actually find 84? or did I just hallucinate that?" so. I wouldn't change any of the stuff that frustrated me. it's necessary. everyone comparing it to Pathologic or Funger has very obviously never played either of those fucking games lol.

And then all of the unanswered questions - about the Forgotten Country, about the King, about the world in general or postcanon - I wouldn't add anything for either! think that id5 hit the perfect level of "giving us just enough to make fanfiction/theories/fanart go WILD without stifling creativity" - I love and support adrienne's stance when it comes to fan content tbh.

I WOULD love to see the dancing event that id5 keeps hinting that they wanted to add but couldn't, so. I'll say that. I wish they'd been able to add that :(

[hatreds-og-imagedescriptions]

[ID1: tweet by Roo 🥨 @ wetpretzel_:

"when fics mention size difference this is what my brain pictures", with an attached image showing a shot from Beauty and the Beast in which Belle holds the beast's hand, but her hand is so much smaller than his to the point where she holds his finger instead.

bobbi hosts The Afternoon S... (cutoff) replies:

"Personally, Belle was not fooling me or anyone. When the Beast changed into a human, I saw that look on her face. That was DISAPPOINTMENT."

ID2: fox 🌹 in the vineyard @panhopticon replies:

"So is anyone going to say the title of this anime?"

@ wetpretzel_ replies:

"....it's disneys beauty and the beast ��"

ID3 and 4: the 3rd image is a tweet and the 4th is the full attached image. Tweet by Brian @lxbran:

"She truly lost everything when he became human."

The attached image shows a screenshotted tumblr post. An image shows a bust of the beast with arrows labelling different body parts: he has the Mane of a lion, Beard and head of a buffalo, Brow of a gorilla, Eyes of a human, Tusks of a wild boar, Body of a bear, and Legs and tail of a wolf.

lolzpicx: "The anatomy of the Beast".

conquerorwurm: "I definitely thought that last arrow was headed somewhere else."

pretzelscavenger reblogs with the previous image of the beast, but it's zoomed in on his smiling face.

wuffinarts: "cock of a HORSE".

shifting-motives: "i FUCKING HIT MY HEA DON THE DESK BECAUSE OF LAUGHING SO HARD AT THAT LAST BIT".

ID5: "tweet by Atom Heart @AtomHearte:

"A great scholar of art and wisdom shows us that just a few little tweaks could have saved the hearts of thousands of young girls".

An attached image shows a screenshotted tumblr post by maariamph, with a drawing of the original human beast design where he is white, hairless and has long light brown hair, vs a redesign where he has darker skin and dark brown hair and a mustache and beard.

Caption: "Hot take: Beast's human form isn't ugly at all— og beast's design is just so striking a mere human can't live up to it

However I propose that we make him hairier with a darker color palette to bridge the gap".

ID6 to 11: a series of tags:

"#me too girly im sorry you lost the monster dick"

"#like she didn't even get to try out that beast dick once what an absolute tragedy"

"#the end of la belle et la bete where he goes 'it almost seems like you miss my ugliness' and she's like hahahah what. noooooo"

"#like i get itttt #smaller no beard no chest hair no more deep gravelly voice smaller hands"

"#on the one hand everyone is turned human again #on the other hand EVERYONE is turned human again"

Tags by lizard-rustler: "may have been raining around her but she turned dry asf"

ID12: belle, an animated white woman, looking disappointed and disgusted. End of ID.]

[in-stars-and-time]

id5 spoiled outer wilds for me and then put all the other, NOT spoiler game recommendations under a readmore. can we cancel them

[pkmacabre-shadow]

Happy Birthday Murro

[janitorbot]

Twitter doodles of very specific IDV struggles

[idvnsfwconfession]

murro would absolutely fuck, but i headcannon he has to move his boar away so it doesnt see :) hes very gentle and loving during sex tho...like he kisses u so much and tells u how good you make him feel and how beautiful u are

AWWWWW

[salthien]

for the isat ask game

4, 5, 16

you're cool by the way!

thank you anon! I feel like a massive dork, but glad my 'oh christ what if I say a stupid thing on my blog and everybody hates me' anxiety comes across as Cool DJDHGSSGJK

4 - Favorite memory

Mechanically, Memory of Sadnesses is so fucking convenient and I wish I'd gotten it a lot sooner (got it at the tail end of act 4, so it was only useful briefly)

From a purely flavor/story standpoint? Take a wild guess.

5 - Favorite optional event

Okay I can't talk about Bad Touch again that would be a cop out.

It's hard to pick though, I didn't get most of them in my playthrough. I'm very fond of the conversation with the change god (id5 voicing them in the special Jello stream was so perfect), the call to Loop when Sif forgets his party's names, and the little breakdown Sif can have about their coat in act 4 when Isa immediately picks up on them being off and distracts the rest of the party from looking at their face. Because he knows Sif wouldn't want that. Augh. We love an emotionally intelligent and caring man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

16 - Your craft type?

I feel like paper is the artist's cop out, but I don't think I'm cool enough for scissors and I'm not grounded enough for rock. Can I pick wish craft. Is that too specialboy of me. presenting my "still looks for four leaf clovers/shooting stars/has paper cranes on my desk at work/has a superstitious favorite number that Feels Right" credentials for the jury to inspect

[janitorbot]

Bane vs Petting Zoo Squad

There’s some Survs you can tell don’t deserve this.

[janitorbot]

WHY DOES YOUR LOVE MAKE YOU STRONGER BUT IN ALL THE WRONG WAYS

[idvnsfwconfession]

I feel like Murro and Leo would both be the kings of aftercare! They just want to make sure that their partner is pleased and comfortable

Yes yes 100%!

[idvnsfwconfession]

Murro wouldn't be that keen on blow job's when his S/O suggests it but once he got one he is obsessed with them

I love that for him 🥺

[idvnsfwconfession]

Where's the murro appreciation on this blog? Because I know Murro wouldn't like confined spaced like the bedroom or bathrooms. He prefers being outdoors with his S/O making love

Aww but also oh my 😳