#idk if you guys like the colored dialogue or not but i think it's cool

[campbell-rose]

Alastor Redesign

Omg there’s like over 70 people following me – guys I'm o///O flattered and flabbergasted. 

Anyway, onto today’s main event, Alastor. I hate Alastor’s og design, I hate his twig waist and his shoulder pads and the way you can’t see his antlers next to his ears, and his bow tie ugh viv please and his HAIR what even is that??? Not even mentioning that nothing about his design is really like a focal point. There’s no one thing that’s particularly interesting. At least before this he had that cathedral window looking cross on his undershirt that I found interesting. Nothing about his says he’s from the 1930’s other than dialogue. 

I wanted him to be in greyscale because that’s the coolest aesthetic, and colored photos weren’t a thing until way after the 30s. Recently I saw jjk, and Jogo’s teeth threw me because at some points I thought he was just straight up toothless. But then when I started this design, that colored tooth look spoke to me. Initially his teeth were yellow to look gross like he never brushes them, but then I was like ‘ayo wait, he’s literally a cannibal’, thus his vibrant red teeth to really pop against his greyscale. Initially his undershirt was white, but I feel like that was too much contrast and white is typically innocence, so by instead having a deep red it shows he’s just straight up bloodthirsty underneath his formal appearance. I also considered it being black, but then he looked like a pastor, and I wasn’t too much of a fan of it. The idea of the red on his design is that it leads your eye down his design to take it all in, with his face being the focus. I gave him glasses because I like the way it obscures his eyes a bit and I imagine they do the anime thing where they glow and hide his eyes. I liked Viv’s idea of sinners having marks where they died, and I slicked his hair back to show it off very prominently. His antlers are larger, I gave him cute lil deer ears. Also, under his suit he is lowkey buff. I feel like a serial killer should at least look physically capable of taking someone down not whatever the fuck viv’s nasty twig men can do. Like, in that comic with the cute sheep girl, when Alastor goes demon mode his body looks so snappable I just wanna like grab his waist in my hands and break it like a twig. I also tried to keep his design simple as if this were for animation, I know pinstripes are complicated and so are antlers but other than that I tried to keep his design basic. 

If I were to rewrite him based solely on the pilot, I honestly wouldn’t change a thing. Alastor is a decent character, his voice actor gives him life, the radio filter is cool, and nothing he did made me want to break my screen (ANGELDUST). The only thing I'd change would be his position in hell. Like, viv’s hell is so wack and I hate it, she’s got the princes, then the goetia and the overlords and then sinners and blah blah, it’s a lot to keep track of, not even mentioning the rings and circles thing. I think Alastor should have had dealings with hell as a human, maybe he routinely did sacrifices or something, and he made a deal with the archdemon Alastor and when he died like... uuhhhhhhh. Maybe through connections he’s gained more power? Idk, I just know I hate the idea of his dying and then having like the bestest most powerful demon powers despite not being hellborn. It’s got this mary sue stench. I’ll figure it out, maybe, who knows. 

I’m not gonna start rewriting since there’s nothing to go off of and alter yet, so that’s gonna have to wait until the show actually drops before anything concrete happens lol. 

Also the sheep girl is a sinner that reoccurs in the show now so sorry I don’t make the rules, you can’t give me a cute sheep girl and try to take her away, I’m gonna redesign her and shove her into the plot as someone looking for redemption at the hotel

[critterbitter]

I finally got all my brain ducks into enough of a row to send this! I just wanted to say that Tumblr recommended your art to me on a whim, and I am actually OBSESSED now lol. I had no prior investment in Submas or anything tangentially related to it prior to this (aside from liking Pokémon generally lol), but I couldn’t help but tear through everything you’ve drawn for these silly little rat children and I love them so much now!!! I wanna pick them up and shake him around like little action figures! The shenanigans and the heartfelt moments are just,, UGH so good! I have no words! Thank you for the food I am going FERAL over them <3

Your art is also high key goals for me now tbh. I absolutely ADORE your coloring and rendering style, and also they way you draw Pokémon in general?? Very animalistic but still recognizably Pokémon?? Literally galaxy brained. I’m going to SCREAM. I know you already posted a bit of your art process, but I’d love to know if you’ve got any rendering tips and/or how you get that clean but sketchy look. It looks so good I want to eat it lol.

(Also I really love the way you’ve been formatting Elesa’s dialog, with the extra lines around the letters. It really gives the vibe that her grasp on Galarian is currently shaky at best and idk, I like that you’ve managed to find a way to convey that over text. I think that’s pretty cool :D)

I SAW YOU REBLOG A WHOLE BUNCH AND IM,,, (throwing hearts at you)

Thank you so so much! I’m glad you love these terrible little guys wandering Unova just as much as I do, haha!

As a treat, lemme pull out some drafting for the mini illustrations. I usually start every snapshot with a run down of what I remember from the area, possible shenanigans encountered, and then a doodle of ideas to come.

From there, it’s a SUPER rough sketch, followed by lineart and rough color, and then cleanup!

(More thumbs and their finals below!)

At the end of the day, all my lines are VERY sketchy. I’m a lot stronger when it comes to mashing colors. That, and if you set your line layer from normal to multiply, the lines will always be automatically darker then whatever layer is placed underneath. It’s a trick used quite a bit for placing cel shadows in animation, but it’s useful for lineart in a pinch.

For colors, I like to stick to a limited pallet and branch out only after setting my primary colors. This entire series has been very experimental for me though, as you can probably tell.

As for the last bit— YES… YOU GET IT! As Elesa grows, the lines in her dialogue will start appearing less and less. It’s the little things that map the span of time for these guys.

Yippee!

[yogurtlid10000]

Recently I read Transformers: Skybound FINALLy!!! it was fantastic, cant wait for the next issue

Highly recommend reading it tho, its a greattt comic and has super awesome art

Spoilers incoming ofc

Everyone's already talked about this but wow Optimus is portrayed so well!!! I love the dialogue when he describes Cybertron. Also love the pink backgrounds i some panels!! Anyway the interaction with him and Spike feels good and authentic. nice

The fight scenes. SO good to me, I think the art is super dynamic and the way the sound effects are written give great impact. The artist knew what they were doing for sure. I love how they use the comic media to its fullest. With those different shaped slanted box panels, and the smear lines when somethings moving fast idk

I also looove the shading in these comics!! and the linework like on their faces really helps the atmosphere. once again i love the sound effects (especially that big TONG) when starscream gets hit lol it just looks like all the fonts were designed or drawn by the artists yk?? and the variety of camera angles throughout is cool too.

Also love the relationship between optimus and the humans. It feels... better than how other transformers media has handled it (imo). I think its sweet

again great comic art the lighting.. the EVERYTHING idk i just admire this artist a lot (i think his name is daniel warren johnson, although it switches to Jorge Corona later) one thing i love in particular is how the lines are like... a little messy and sometimes a little all over the place-to depict their wear and grime. cool!

Next. Cant talk about skybound without talkingabout THE DECEPTICONS. oh my god. starscream is a spawn of hell. what a bitch. like actually he might be at his worst here hes so diabolical. Anyway even though hes very evil hes still enjoyable to watch because its just idk pure villain. Soundwaves care for his cassettes is sweet as usual. PUNTING Ravage is crazy. cannibalizing Skywarp is crazy. FGELP IDEK WHAT TO SAY except i like the art a lot here as usual its great very comic-y again. SOundwave stays a favorite character.

THIS is an iconic and great moment of skybound, i love it, i lvoe that optimus is willing to use this cannon to further the battle yk also looks badass

Gotta say these are two of my favorite pages throughout the whole series. Love the color and camera angles.

I know starscreams the big bad villain or whatever (for now) but he still makes me laugh

These panels... THE YELLOW BACKGROUND. THE LOUD SOUND EFFECTS. THE POSE. THE "YOU KNOW THE SONG" perfect. 10/10 for me. the artist has got the touch. (theyre referencing The Touch right?)

These three phenomenal moments with devastator. the art.... its just too cool. very dynamic. i like starscream getting squished. Once again the fight scene art DELIVERS.

This too. I love how soundwaves punches feel really weighted. also YAY starscreams getting the beating he deserved

....remember that PUNT to ravage earlier? welp. bye starscream. Things only get worse for the autobots here tho.... because with soundwave as leader the decepticons can actually function and be more deadly....

...when i saw this i knew we were fucked. we are fucked. wave and wave partnership? optimus is screwed. AND MEGATRON HASNT EVEN BEEN ADDED TO THE MIX YET. oh god.

The newest chapter has some gorgeous panels. plus beachcomber!

Local deadly robot scientist discovers whales and the beauty of earth. Big fan of transformers discovering earth stuff.

GUYS. ultra magnus!! hes one of my favorite transformers im so glad hes in this series.....i wish he was in better shape because-WE ARE SUPER FUCKED RATCHETS DEAD. no medic-HOW IS ANYONE GONNA GET REPAIRED.

ok fr what are we gonna do

poor wheeljack.

anyway the issue ends with shockwaves insane evil plan to bring cybertron to earth working so idk whats gonna happen next but im excited to see more.

also jazz this whole comic has been really cool, hes always helpful btu then he like gets beat up or captured but HES ALWAYS POSITIVE and he only speaks in music puns too. ONLY.

ultra magnus save us... idk bro we need a miracle... maybe jetfire will be useful again soon, maybe beachcomber will come in clutch. maybe new autobots will join. if yes, i hope we see springer again hes cool

anyway yes ik i barely talked about any faults of the comic, im trying to be super open and see it with like no bias or comparing it to other comics and stuff. personally i like it a lot. the humans arent even dislikable imo. the characters are nice. one thing is that MAN a lot of characters are dying. kinda sad. no ratchet is crazy. also when will megatron awaken? and how?

[snellyfish]

Why is Angie your favourite character?

This is really funny I just got off call with Glownary and was talking about how much I don't miss Danganronpa discourse. Anyway I hope someone finds a way to get mad at me in this post!

((Admittedly I'd probably actually place Korekiyo above her because he ACTUALLY has a relevant and specified canon story,,, but, y'kno))

Plain and simple, she just has a handful of design and character tropes I super adore in characters! As a base, I'm usually not super into,,, well-adjusted, well-liked , reasonable, and rational characters. LMAO. They're fine but I live for exaggeration. I LOVE when they're little freaks and not watered down at all for the viewers sake/comfort, I love when they (both the writers and the written) just keep twisting the knife for no good reason other than the bit despite how unconventional it may be.

One could argue that her not being watered down and being as shitty to the other players as she is is a trauma response, or just a mentally ill person being mentally ill. It can be neat to think of her that way sometimes! It's of my opinion that almost all Danganronpa characters are super open-ended lore/personality-wise and we as fans are just making up canon as we go because it's FUCKING FUN, and, as such, all the ways that Angie can be interpreted is very interesting to me-- EVEN if that's seen as "the irredeemable annoying religion-force-feeding zealot antagonist." Which is, of course, an objectively awful way to view anyone REGARDLESS of media illiteracy, but, you know! I like weird freaks so this "flaw" they see is simply more food for me. Yippee!!

Whether I think she's canonically A) genuinely malicious and sadistic, B) traumatized from an abusive religious sect, C) honestly caring about the other players, and/or D) none/all of the above? I'll never tell! Oops all bangers!

Tropes I enjoy, whether or not I found myself enjoying them BECAUSE of Angie herself;;

Religion, especially if it's horrifying and...bad! (Most of my own characters deal heavily with religion and religious trauma, I think it's cool to play with, whether or not it's a fantasy religion like I think Angie's is)

CULTS! Cult behavior! Let's live in a commune!! (GUYS I LOVE MIDSOMMAR)

Dark skin / light hair contrast color combo goes hard!!!

+ The pansexual flag palette is literally my favorite color combo ever!!!!

Manipulative little shits!!!!!

Small scary women!!!!!!

Islander stuff, it's very nostalgic to me and I just have a deep love and appreciation for the beach and ocean!!!!!!!

Piercings!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cutesy sunshine character who could and would stab you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDK HOW THIS WASN'T MY FIRST POINT!!!!!!!!!!

AND SHE'S JUST FUCKING SILLY!!!!!!!! SHE'S GENUINELY SO FUNNY AND CUTE ESPECIALLY IN HER INTERACTIONS WITH SHUICHI!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER SO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She was an IMMEDIATE favorite when I played V3 and when I found out that, like, everyone fucking HATED her and she's probably the least liked character in the entire class by the fans, my brain immediately went the contrarian route to find reasons to like her even MORE. I tend to do this a lot, but when it's a character I already enjoy, it's even worse, dude.

ummmmm obligatory Shinnaga mention sorry but I frequently tend to appreciate a character a lot more based on potential dynamics alone. Ships, romantic or not, have legitimately gotten me to enjoy characters I hated before, based on interesting interactions unique to them alone. So while Kiyo and Angie's (they're making out btw) ingame dynamic and dialogues aren't REALLY what my sick and twisted mind views them as, it's worth noting that my honest belief and interpretation of the two of them could even give me a sliver of that dynamic being possible .......... means she's fuckin slay ............ it means love wins..... It means Vote For Yonaga 2024

[goldensunset]

What's your opinion on Nomura saying he wants KH4 to be kind of like a reboot of the series? I'm personally a bit worried about what that means for the graphics and gameplay, but like, I'm probably always going to be mourning the loss of the old modeling style so I don't think I should be taken seriously on that front. Graphics change aside, it seems like most of the information we've gotten on KH4 boils down to "Yes it's in Tokyo" and "Guys it's not gonna be a crossover with TWEWY, Please Stop Asking". Really not sure what to make of it so far.

i really have no clue what he means by that... honestly i'm fine with the new style although i do see the concerns with kinda making it seem more generically anime prettyboy final fantasy-esque but like. we've only seen two characters so far and that was two and a half years ago and we already know they're planning on changing some things so who knows what the final product will look like. idk.

my one concern- and i say this as someone who personally likes simpler and more realistic designs, as well as like serious hardcore worldbuilding and dark stuff- is that kh will lose its weird, goofy, disney positivity charm. sora's design just needs slightly more color to it, nothing too drastic. the city of quadratum being hyperrealistic in a direct jarring contrast to everything else we've ever seen in the series is SO cool i just hope the final version has some unique charm to it. obviously i hope it's still kinda bleak bc i think that's the point of the story here but y'know? i hope they tell the story they're trying to tell while also making it feel magical in some way

see while i can't say i personally have any interest in the disney aspect of things (i understand that's what the series was supposed to be all along but me personally i'm in it for the original story side of things) i also never want kh to totally leave that dimension. i think they need to get better at implementing it into the story- akin to how it originally was in the first game, or in khdr, bc both of those were amazing. like prove to me that this disney crossover is the best way to tell your story bc i know you can do it. it shouldn't feel like two separate games, one of which can be entirely filtered out with almost no bearing on the plot

the other thing is like the collaboration with disney is a limitation- but it's a limitation that breeds creativity. if we let nomura do whatever he wanted he might run off the rails and make it too gritty. but having to keep the family-friendly positivity at the core honestly makes it way more interesting imo. and i think he knows that- i think he has a heartfelt story about connection and humanity and love and memories etc to tell and he's gonna tell it. i have faith in him (maybe not faith to write every single game's dialogue and scenario lol but like. in terms of general plot direction he knows what he's doing)

truthfully, as long as the series never stops being ultimately an uplifting tale of hope? i don't care what they do with it. i hope they keep adding dark and serious and weird stuff to it and i hope they keep coming back to the joyful refrain over and over again. that's the ideal story to me- one that takes you so, so low, but brings you back up at the end. that's what kh has been like all along and that's like the main draw imo

they've been leaning more into the possibility of sad endings without perfect resolutions lately (i mean i truthfully don't see how the khux crew is gonna reunite on this mortal plane without more ghost shenanigans.) but like. a bittersweet ending of fondly remembering someone lost to you is incredibly heartfelt and you can make peace with that. i like that more than the idea that you'll always get everything you want and things can always go back to how they were. i think that's what nomura was getting at with kh3, how the destiny trio can't get their innocent childhood back but that doesn't mean their bond is gone. it doesn't have to be a classic disney fairytale ending to be an uplifting one and honestly it hits my HEART. bittersweet ending supremacy. kh is about losing things and finding new things and being connected etc etc i'm repeating myself but i'm insane about this series and long story short as long as the love is there i'm not going to complain

if we're talking about kh4 specifically? really no idea what to make of it... the big question is as follows- is sora's predicament going to be resolved in this game or is that for another game. if it's for another game it's going to have to be a numerical kh5 and i kind of don't have confidence in the team to uh. um. finish more than one new numerical game at this point lol. plus just assuming there would be a gap period with other games in the middle there then sora would be away from home for a lonnnnng time. it could happen but it would require his best friends to reach him there too and get stuck and like oh man how is anyone getting home now. is the series ever gonna end

like maybe kh4 being a reboot would quite genuinely mean shifting the entire overall setting of the series to unreality for the time being. we've discussed the nature of the heart and human connection in this whimsical childhood fairytale world, now let's put these philosophical debates in the real adult world now! who knows. it honestly all depends on how much nomura thinks he has left in him. or if he does plan to retire whether he's gonna pass it off to someone else or just end it somewhere randomly. like truly we're getting kinda mixed messages here like simultaneously he's talking about retiring someday while also saying he's introducing a new phase to the series. ok but how long will that phase be bestie

[badly-drawn-pigeon]

Idk unpopular opinion it is, but I'm really disappointed by how bland of a villain Phobos ended up being. The hype up in the comics is done really well, where even letting the reader learn about his very existence is a gradual process. His first in-person appearance felt exciting to me... but the more time I spent with him as a character, the more frustrated I'd become.

[rant from the pov of low media literacy incoming]

Thing is, he just... doesn't seem to have any depth as a villain, or generally as a character. There doesn't seem to be this much going on for him aside from being this Very Evil Person. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he needs to be in any way sympathetic (although him being essentially a victim of systemic gender discrimination is a great plot point that the narrative completely flushes down the drain in the line of "yay girls power, we've shown that nasty male his place" message), but if you want to have this evil af bad guy, being evil in itself is not enough to make them a compelling character.

You can make your villain charismatic - which Phobos isn't, because he acts like a noisy, entitled, perpetually pissed teenage brat at almost all times. Sure, he's pretty, but looks alone can carry you only this far. And it's especially frustrating when you see that he can be charismatic if the authors are trying. His first appearances are sort of cool in both arcs he shows up in. Heck, the "you're not like Yan Lin, you're like Nerissa" dialogue was one of the coldest things anyone said in the entire comics series (imo). So the wasted potential adds fuel to fire.

You can also make your villain entertaining - which again, Phobos isn't. His very identity is a magical tyrant prince and the narrative doesn't try hard to make it any less generic, although having these evil flower minions and evil flower powers was a nice step in that direction. His relationship with Elyon feels emotionally lacking compared to that between Elyon and Cedric. His relationship with Cedric is straight up frustrating, because it's a never ending circle of Cedric messing up, getting punished, begging for one last chance and being reluctantly granted it. Just let the narrative acknowledge that Phobos has hots for Cedric at this point, because otherwise it's incomprehensible to me how a guy who turns people into poisoned plants for the tiniest offences would be able to put so much trust in a jobber of this caliber. Alas, their potential romance is never canonically expanded on, and it's a shame, because this could actually make Phobos entertaining by showing a more human side of him. For completeness, let me also mention that he doesn't get any humor going on for him either.

Finally, you can make your villain straight up intimidating - when again, Phobos isn't. If I recall correctly, we don't really see him hurt any meaningful character permanently (or am I wrong?), although that scene with Elyon's clone gets messed up in hindsight, when we learn more about how astral drops work. He doesn't honestly feel like a great horror villain candidate either, and I also don't find him really relatable to real world evils (Thomas Vandom is great at this) - even his manipulation of Elyon feels barebone, with Cedric doing all the interesting work.

Oh, and don't get me started on the cartoon. He still doesn't have any personality outside of being a hissy asshat, but now he also has an evil looking Shadow the Hedgehog color palette and an evil looking castle. So you don't have any doubts that he's, you know, evil.

[memoryoflooping]

siffrin is having the most awesome time in the timeloop guys

loop 27 - -oh my god i have to check all those damn holes fuck this gay earth -oh my fucking god . i knew it. there would be one hidden via perspective i was checking bc i was sure i'd checked them all. its not even the right one and i still got it -FOUND IT -"he probably can't help having a crush on you. poor him, he deserves better" SIFFRIN . -wait i didn't even realize it earlier… i saw red! i saw red!!! a color!!!! not greyscale!!! -lets stop fighting???? siffrin???? -the universe leads, we can only follow -king knows we're in a timeloop -wish craft??? is the sweet smell??? -oh my god he grabbed bonnie. he's killing them for sure . ah fuck. loop 28 - -act 4 babeyyyyyyy -how many acts does this game have . 36 hours in the timeloop -YES i get to do so much snooping now. i'm reading every book -omg i can sit down with loop for a while… thats nice… i'll try and remember to do this every time i see them -SIFFRIN RIP AND TEAR THAT FUCKING LEAF -new option when talking to isa? is this here for everyone to stay silent??? -"you'll need to remember to laugh next time" uh oh. -silent option is here for everyone… huh! what the hell is this for -"you want to crush them all" siffrin i believe in you you can crush the stars and you should def start with loop -he's thinking of everyone like they're characters in a play. he's so fucked. -oooh wish craft essay in the storage room! -ooh siffrin's pop in art for (just attack) is cool -finally opened this cool door. woahhhhh so much shit in here -someone used wish craft to craft another of themself… woah… -crisis in the bathroom hour! -did that ghost very briefly have collision when i ran into it. help -siffrien scared of the king :-( sad! well i'll have to buff him loop 29 -he forgot to laugh fuck this gay earth -YESSS my flower persistance is working!!!!! -yesss i can read this fucking wish craft book finally. -hmmm "maybe they'd both get to win somehow" hmmmm… interesting considering the king's wish… -a wish is trapping siffrin in the timeloop… hm -the spreadsheet………. hey wait a minute…….. is that bad. wouldn't bitches wish for saving the country…. -UH OH. SIFFRIN…….. you wished to keep traveling with them… "to visit more places with mirabelle…" -oh siffrin didn't do the clap method of wishing, right????? -no one knew how to wish correctly… but doesn't it still kinda work without a ritual… and wouldn't that count?? -collective action. we wish to be unionized. yeah siffrin's fucked huh, the people of vaugarde accidentally trapped his ass in the loop -THE SPREADSHEET. THE TIME. HAS COME -ooooh odile finally noticed siffrin is weird… have i finally done it…? -siffrin used to styled someone's kinky hair… -I'VE DONE IT -siffrin acts out of it, almost bored, looked at the rock trap calmly, knew exactly where the keys were -siffrin doesn't want odile to help him??? oh bc they think everyone will hate him -"maybe teehee????" he's been teehee-ing so much recently… loop 30 - -i don't think i'm getting any more new dialogue for doing everyone's quests… maybe i should not do them all… like once like i did with a bonnie-only completed one… but i fucking love isa's skill fuck this gay earth. idk.

[fictionfixations]

dan heng & malleus

idk im bored.

Im pretty sure this characters a walking spoiler LMFAO but also twst cards that relate to the main story count as spoilers too i think so

(THIS is like the .the the 5 star dan heng)

also major book 7 spoilers (of twst. book 7 is like the last book. i think.)

twst is twisted wonderland. its disney. but anime villain boys.

redownloaded honkai star rail (on the pc this time) since i have a genshin shaped hole in my storage lol (if you dont know, i ran out of space so i didnt get to play arlecchino quest). havent been following the story at all nor do i intend to now (theres so much to catch up on...). i just like it because auto battles are a godsend. and haha anime characters.

since there might be some hsr players here who stumble on this post, here's malleus (this is his dorm uniform. instead of pulling for like weapons? i think that's the equivalent of light cones. my brain is very genshin-coded. so instead of that, or just the character with its one set outfit, you pull for different cards, which come in different outfits. that's it, although pulls dont save over banners after they end.)

(also apparently his dorm uniform card art is a spoiler. but i dont know how so im not gonna touch it with a ten foot pole.)

i have malleus brainrot ever since book 7 so im just listening to this imagining him (i was listening to it because i realized i had eng and jp va downloaded so was trying to figure who i preferred. i like the jp ones better.) so these lines kinda remind me of him.

maybe especially overblot. ('do not be afraid' makes me think of 'Why do you look so afraid? A great future awaits you' or something like that)

'i wish not to use this strength' probably being like… not liking that ppl are intimidated by him. bruh just wants friends.

'you are flawed' OW ???

Dragon malleus form where -- /hj

'do not fret' idk malleus gets hurt. we worry. and hes just li.ke 'dont worry. im fine lol' snaps back his 300K HEALTH back to full i am NOT over that malleus what the fuck. i know that battle was meant to be unwinnable but you fucking…

'the consequences are mine to bear' angsty malleus

anyway i just thought it was cool i had this guy with his little fae-like ears and horns. bro i forgot everything that happened in the main story. i tried to pay attention to dan heng's thing but i forgot everything. i think he's like some sort of reincarnation of like. dan feng..>??????? I FORGOR.

ignore the dialogue thing LMFAO

my bruh looks so majestic

i just realized his phone is so plain

edit: i dont know the difference between quests nor their names (although the colors are telling)

but i think this might be dan hengs story quest... ? i think?

???

so thats why hes trial here. anyway i just noticed he floats in battle

which if we look at malleus (i dont have him, reusing from this post) (also slight main story card spoiler LMFAO. we have imbibitor lunae and general lilia cameo as characters belonging to main story and thus spoiler go brr)

[princesstarfire1234]

Are you still into RMA?? If so, which season do you like the best and which season do you think is the most lackluster? For me, I genuinely love Season 1. It got me a few giggles and it has one of the most tragic yet sympathetic villains that I adore. Season 2 for me is sort of... Meh, the first part is decent but I don't like the second part. Especially with the designs, Paru/Taru and Rose are one of my least favorite designs (Paru just looks messy while Rose just looks too plain) But it also brought one of the most strongest designs in the series, and that's Lefnardo!

Hello, ooohh haven't gotten an RMA ask in a while! It's more of a dormant interest these days

I absolutely ADORE S1 as well!! I think it's by far the strongest season. The plot feels well planned and fleshed out and the filler episodes mostly stay for the first half. The more you watch it, the more it actually feels like something is up and the characters are slowly finding out about it. Like, I can guarantee you that once you basically pass the Red Eyed Beast episode, you're basically set and its getting REAL.

Season 2 Part 1 for the most part was... alright to me. It's definitely no season 1 though. Same goes for Part 2 but it felt... infinitely worse? Not the most horrible way the show could've ended up but it just felt very... lackluster from what I've seen. Granted, I haven't gotten to watch the enter part of the season in English unfortunately (there's an existing English dub out there now on YouTube and it's been saved to sources like gdrive but I just haven't gotten the time lmao).

The story is one thing, season 2 could just never be season 1. It lacked the GRIT, idk how to explain it... Like it felt too light? RMA is not by any means a crazy dark show lmao but S1 had this vibe of 'oh! Funny animals playing games whose relationships with each other develop overtime and it's all cool and awesome blah blah blah!' while also being a little fucked up? As soon as the DV7 show up, things get really fuckin real and the latter part of that season remains my fave. S2 had Akong being a little crazy but I felt they never used him to his full potential, y'know? Not to mention the awkward cut off between S1 Part 1 and 2. I still never understood as to why they had two completely different stories conjoined in one season... It made part 1 feel rushed and part 2 just coming outta nowhere.

Small gripe as well, I didn't like how episode 25 of season 2 made us think we were gonna see the DV7 having prominent roles in part 2 (like how I've seen fans yearn for for years lmao) and then they only stay to get beaten up and only Rema gets to do anything substantial lmao. I think the could've acted as guys reintroducing and getting the running men more caught up with whats happening in Tree City. Maybe they've fought the Leo's Valiants multiple times than we thought and they train the RunningMen?? Idk man give my guys atleast SOMETHING lol, they were one of the most interesting aspects of S1 but the show seems adamant on never touching up on them again.

Another thing S1 had over S2, I felt like a lot of the voice acting and dialogue (especially for the English dubs) were... worse in season 2?? Idk what happened, if they got a different voice director or smthn but everyone retains their voice actors afaik, yet they all sound flatter? I'm not sure if this is just me being crazy or if anyone's noticed it too lol.

What I will give to S2 though is the character designs, I get you didn't like Paru or Rose but I thought they fit in pretty well with the rest of the Leo's Valiants (I do think Paru's head is a little too big for her body though and it messes up her proportions a lot lmfao). And the entire style and vibe of Old City (Pullulu place/dimension/whatever it is) is WONDERFUL. I fuck so hard with the vibe of that place, so colorful and fun, but the city sectors are littered with booby traps and are incredibly deadly like THATS COOL!! Also the Guardians (or whatever they were called, Ensemble & Hurricane, Vivache, and the red guy soz I forgot bro's name) were neat and silly! I liked em and the gimmick of giving powers to the team's watches!

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Anyways this is getting a bit long so I'll cut it off here but hopefully this summed up MOST of my thoughts lmao. Might be a bit disorganized and missing a few things I just can't be bothered to think abt rn but ehhhh

I haven't watched Revengers yet (I do have the English dub saved on gdrive tho) but I'm sure I'll get to it one daaayyyyy ahshs

Thank you for the question anon!!

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gonna go on a little mini tangent about nimona movie adaptation. it's gonna include lots of spoilers for the graphic novel so if you haven't read it yet (and you should!!) you can just scroll past spoiler free <3 anyways,

first off i am SO fucking pumped up about the nimona movie this is doing things to my middle school heart you have no idea <3 <3 <3 they're definitely branding it in the area of that kind of edgy but family friendly movie vibe that's been popular with certain projects lately (low key some parts of the trailer were giving me mitchells versus the machines while others were giving me the same energy as the bad guys, which is an interesting mix imo they're both good animated movies from the recent past but at the same time they're both tonally different in many ways not to mention very different tonally from the original nimona comic imo) and basically where i'm going with this is i hope they keep the original tone of the comic. the graphic novel does a really great job of shifting between lighthearted comedy and the complex emotions of the characters really well, especially with the twist at the end where we find out that nimona has been lying about her past the entire time (OGH that ending is SO GOOD it gives me chills just remembering the panel where we find out the story about the dragonslayer going after the shapeshifter and the rumors that the shapeshifter TOOK THE DRAGONSLAYERS PLACE??? AUGH those panels are burned into my mind forever). basically i am a little worried because of the marketing that they might soften the darkness associated with nimona's past/backstory or even change it entirely, but of course that's all speculation bc they could literally just be doing what the comic did which was market itself as really upbeat and silly modern fairytale twist and then turn around and make everything really fucking dark as the novel approaches the end of the second act and the beginning of the first act.

also when it comes to the character designs i am OBSESSED with blackheart and goldenloin the designs are SO!!!! not to mention the setting itself, they're definitely leaning into the futuristic aspect but i hope they keep a lot of the down to earth fantasy elements from the comic as well, i feel like nate did a really great job creating a world that is such a unique blend of ren fair fantasy tropes (for lack of a better term) and magical high tech inventions and it's something that i really hope doesn't get lost in the translation to the screen. obviously i can imagine that the show-y-ness of a cyberpunk-esque world is very visually appealing and also probably pretty fun to animate but i'm hoping they're teasing a lot of those dystopian sci fi visuals for the trailer because they get ppls attention and then they bring in a similar mix of the ren fair fantasy elements from the comic.

i hope they maintain nimona's whole gender vibe as the same sort of fluid energy that i got from her in the book, idk if it was just me but nimona reads as not only gnc but as a very nonbinary/genderfluid character and i always thought it was really cool how ready she was to shapeshift to different gender presentations in the comic.

this is more just on the curious musings side but i also wonder if they'll do the little bit where she dyes her hair purple?? its such a weird little moment in the comic i could see them deciding not to put it on screen but i think it'd be a cute nod to the book. or maybe they do a little bit of dialogue where she mentions to blackheart that she's thinking about changing her hair color and mentions purple, it'd just be cute i think <3

uhhh yeah i guess my biggest wonder about the movie rn is just how dark they're willing to take it, tonally? because the book gets DARK and ofc it's also aimed kinda at middle grade, just like the movie is, but what's allowed in middle grade books is very different from what's marketable in a middle grade family friend film. i really do hope they do the whole dark underbelly of the kingdom reveal, though, and the second act arc where nimona's true violent and chaotic nature starts to spiral out of ballister's control, and of course the unethical experimentation and the legend of the shapeshifter and nimona's entire story to ballister being a lie.....

AUGH i am going to get so emotional about this movie but yeah <3

basically. NIMONA MOVIE AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for answering my ask......If you don't mind me asking (again), what are your top 10 (or top 7) favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series)? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....

lol hello again, ty for asking me this! I promise I'll give you more than 7 answers this time lol

Tian Guan Ci Fu/tgcf (book series, donghua) - I stumbled upon this randomly back in 2021 through its brand new donghua and I've loved it ever since. I adore the characters and the plot is both extremely complex and absolutely wild. it's roughly 750,000 words but I was able to read it in a week despite having school because I was so invested in it!

Moriarty the Patriot/mtp (manga, anime)- I think this is funny bc I tried watching bbc sherlock once and did NOT like it, so I just thought I wasn't into the sherlock holmes stuff. WRONG! I just had to discover this. I call this the "best sherlock holmes adaptation" for a reason (check my current pinned post, you'll find many reasons why I love mtp; I don't want to sound like a broken record so I don't plan to repeat them). I can't wait for when (or if) the manga comes out of its break/hiatus

Good Omens (book, show) - both the book and the miniseries/show are so near and dear to my heart. I always have a soft spot for watching supernatural entities fall in love (with each other and) the world around them. also, it's funny as hell

Promare (movie) - goooood I love Promare it's so neat; love the colors and the shapes and the plot is fun despite its simplicity. I could rewatch this movie every day for a month straight and not get tired of it

Arc of a Scythe trilogy (book series) - this is not something I've talked about a love, but this is one of my favorite book series! found it back around the same time I did tgcf; it's fucking insane I loooove the worldbuilding and the main cast, and by the second book every other page was like a plot twist gutting me in the best way possible; it's made me ponder about life and death on more than one occasion too

Matched trilogy (book series) - I started reading this in either 5th/6th grade but didn't really get it so I kinda forgot about it until around 2021-2022 (what? I actually had time to READ that year!) and managed to reread it and it was like a third eye opened. I really enjoyed the mystery unfolding in the trilogy! it's pretty cool imo, even tho I think (?) it was meant for teenagers to read

Not So Shoujo Love Story (webcomic) - this webcomic is so fucking funny AND it's wlw! I've been a fan for years it's so good

Bee and Puppycat/Bee and Puppycat: Lazy in Space (show) - a comfort show of mine (one of many); I'm in love with the atmosphere of the show and how awkwardly real the dialogue tends to be (plus I've been slowly rewatching it with my gf with is always a plus <3); I love both the og and its "reboot" equally, and would recommend people watch both

Snow White with the Red Hair (anime) - I haven't read the manga for this one, but I've seen the anime and it's another comfort show of mine. It's so sweet and cozy and the entire cast is lovable; even the "bad guy" in the first season is someone you grow to root for by the end of the second season. it's great!

Supernatural (show) - even tho I haven't finished the show and idk when/if I ever will, I still consider it a favorite media of mine. not bc I think it's great (it's good in most places, lacking in other), but bc I pretty much grew up with it. I have a core memory of watching the first handful of episodes when I was younger with my dad on the couch with the first time and being hooked on this strange show about supernatural creatures (I was that kid that enjoyed the supernatural! I read ghost story books, I binged every Goosebumps book I could get my hands on in fourth grade, I had a creepypasta phase, etc); even now in 2024 I've been sitting down with my dad to rewatch it with him before I go back to my college dorm and start back up classes. it's less so one of my favorite medias because I think it's good but because I associate it with my family <3

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kazuichi for the ask game please!! :) 💖

Hello hello!!! Sorry for the late!! I wanted to put my mind into this instead of rushing it, so now I finally can!! Here we go for Kazuichi :DD -

Favorite thing about them: I think he's such a goofball!! I love to see him passionate about his talent, it's so adorable!! I really like his design (in the game) to be honest, I mean, more specifically how the colors mix together, the pink and yellow, and also his hair!! I also really enjoyed his FTEs, they were some of my favourites to do, I sadly completely glossed over Kazuichi in my first playthrough, like i barely payed any attention to him and I'm sad I didn't at least give him a chance with one FTE, bc I feel like right the first one would have made me notice him more, he's a bro type of character which I like and even though he's very insecure and doesn't trust others, his moments with Hajime are my favourites, they are so funny together. Also I thought he was very sweet in his introduction, it was one of my favourites, and I tell you, I was really almost doing at least one FTE with him in the first chapter, but the waifus were too many 😔 bros before hoes did not work. And then it's like I said, I glossed over him after that. -

Least favorite thing about them: As a character, definitely the lack of development. I was hopeful at least by the end of the game he'd accept for once he can't be with Sonia, or that he deserves better, or idk, just something? Just a little line of dialogue?! But that didn't happen and I was so disappointed. Also I feel like his character was used so much for comedy relief a lot of other things he does or that he's capable of get completely overshadowed by it, he deserved better. Now more into Kazuichi himself, I have to say I don't like characters which blindly accuse others of committing a crime with no proof, which is mostly why past chapter 1 I stopped paying attention to him due to how he behaved during the first investigation and trial. It's actually triggering for me when a character accuses another without proof, so it's very personal. It's not like I hate him bc of that, there's many characters that do that and I like them bc there's just more to them or there's even development, growth or something, but I feel like Kazuichi lacked that, and that's why I have to bring it up :( Also let's not forget Kazuichi is a pervert. Not just with Sonia but the other girls too, and it's not like I'm against a guy complimenting a girl's looks, the things that bother me are the fact he's shown to stalk a lot, be very stubborn and victimises himself whenever he doesn't get what he wants, and that's just not cool. -

Favorite line: When he gives Hajime his uhmm swimsuit, and then when Hajime refuses to wear those, Kazuichi says "What is it then?! Are you telling me you don't wanna match with me?!" I thought that was funny. Oh and in his last FTE, if we pick the option "date" and he answers with "That's right. Two people having fun at the beach will eventually get close to each other, and then... ...Wait, you and me!? What'll happen if I dream about that tonight!?". Well like I said, his interactions with Hajime like these are my favs, he's funny. -

BrOTP: Ibuki!! I feel like he and Ibuki could be such good friends, actually best friends!! Ibuki helping Kazuichi relax, be more confident, and also they'd totally talk about girls together!! But Ibuki would totally teach Kazuichi about personal space and respect towards girls. They'd support each other so much I just see it. I like to picture Kazuichi in Hajime's place for Ibuki's 4th FTE where they just swing their heads back and forth. I feel like they'd have fun together! Anddd of course I said I like Kazuichi as BrOTP with Kaito on Kaito's ask, so I have to mention Kaito here as well. Actually I discovered something new, I totally did not remember that Kazuichi said he liked rocket ships in his FTE, omg I thought that was a headcanon by the people that made those fanarts and comics of Kazuichi and Kaito together, omg it's so sweet!!!!!!!!!!!! They'd get along for sure now!!!! Awwww!!! -

OTP: Don't really have a very strong ship with Kazuichi which to call "OTP", I'm not crazy for any ships with him, but I do like a few, like for example with Hajime or Fuyuhiko. I could also see him with Chiaki, but I didn't actually analyse their dynamic at all, I just love Chiaki a lot and I think she'd be good with anyone. And..... Nagito! I was not a fan of Soumaeda until the anime, I'm sorry but I freaking love them there. In the game not so much really, but in the anime I do enjoy Soumaeda. -

NOTP: Well obviously Sounia. For so many reasons, but in summary: Sonia doesn't like him, he can't respect it, he likes and admires her, but doesn't actually get her at all and is constantly making her feel uncomfortable. Also, I don't know how I feel about Soudham. Like, I never imagined they'd be such a popular ship in the fandom and a very sweet one actually. I do not like them in canon, but the way the fandom portrays them actually makes me see the potential!! I like the fanarts and I really don't mind reading about them, but I'm talking about Soudham here under the "NOTP" section instead of the "OTP" bc really it would not be a first choice for me. I think they are sweet in the fandom, but no, I don't actually like them together in canon. -

Random headcanon: Uhhh hmmm ahhh ehh ahh hmm he makes some mechanic toys or things, or idk what to call it, but like the little robot Nekomaru for example, for his friends, it's his way of saying "I consider you my friend, I trust you". ALSO I GOTTA ADD (added after posting: Him making a cute rocket ship toy for Kaito when he begins considering him a friend and trusting him!!!!!!!!! YAHHHH) -

Unpopular opinion: I don't know if I have any unpopular opinion on him, hmmm well I think a lot of people like to reduce him to a simp, and sure he is one, but I think he deserved development and deserved better from the writers, 'cause I feel like his character could be so interesting? No actually now that I think about it, his character really had so much potential, I hate how they reduced him to comedy relief. -

Song i associate with them: I don't have any songs that remind me of him, but actually I never really thought of him when listening to any song or getting inspiration for my videos, maybe I'd have to listen more closely, bc I feel like it shouldn't be too hard to find a song to associate with him. But yeah sorry I don't have any at the moment :(( -

Favorite picture of them:

HE'S SO CUTE IN THIS PICTURE LIKE I'M SERIOUS, MAKES ME WANT TO LOVE HIM SO MUCH;;;

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ok ok khml beta spoilers (part one of whatever this is going to be idk i'm just gonna ramble about my thoughts and observations)

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh wah awa wahhhhhh i want this game now i won't lie to you this looks really cool i can't believe it's real. or a mobile game for that matter. imagine this as a full console game. imagine khux and khdr as this. insane

remus... nice!!! can we like. see him in full lighting though so i could get a good sense of his color scheme. ok i like this guy already i like his casual/rude vibes and the way he talks

i hope he has a brother named romulus and i hope romulus kills him it needs to happen sorry. idc whether it's shock value or something very narratively heavy i need fratricide in this game idc

so they're doing the good old 'every other character in the cutscene is gonna be voiced except the protagonist whose dialogue just shows up silently but their mouth still moves' thing huh. can't wait to see how this plays out. looks like player is still gonna have limited dialogue overall so that works. but like man i kinda wish they'd just give player a canon voice or two or three. imagine that being something you could choose

i'm gonna read too deeply into player's amnesia including their name but not including their fighting ability. like they could've had you type in a name during the character creation screen and had player respond to the question later but nope we specifically establish that they don't remember and have to make one up on the spot. you know what they do remember though? combat. weapons. carrying out their missions as a keyblade wielder, all they were ever meant to do. gonna be normal about this for sure

the scala world card... DUDE...

so after multiple joke posts we finally have a real freya... i don't know why i'm surprised. dunno if i vibe with her full outfit yet (i think the red jacket uniform is kinda overbearing and might get old fast if both she and remus and probably at least 20 other characters will have it but in a cleaner or more stylized render i'd love it probably) but like dude the cat ear accessories... were those there last time? did i not notice them last time? those are perfect

literally ALL of this music is so cheerful... the dearly beloved is super upbeat, the new field theme for scala and the astral plane and combat and the tutorial menus etc etc... it's so strange. i KNOW they're hiding the absolute tragedy from us. goth aesthetic combined with whimsical peaceful tunes. what's happening here

the. the pit... that's their portal?? when you wanna go to the astral plane you jump in The Machinery Hell Pit? absolutely not you would never convince me to do that

so begins the gacha/microtransaction hell. i sure hope it's easy enough to get whatever ingame currency there is through other means

i'm actually loving the amount of customization options dude that's so cool

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If requests are still open,

La Squadra accidentally saying "love you" at the end of a phone call with their crush?

a/n: ooh!! this is so cute 😭 italics is reader dialogue, bold is LS dialogue

Genre/Warnings: Fluff, accidental confessions, modern au

Risotto would realize what he was about to say before it even left his mouth completely, but it was a little too late for him to try and brush it off as nothing so all he did was stay silent. Good thing you felt the same <3

"Just stay out of the target's view, keep safe. I love y-"

"Yeah, I'll be careful. Love you too, Riz"

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Prosciutto would just own up to it. He already said it, there's really no reason to deny his feelings. If you don't feel the same he'll take the rejection on the chin; but you definitely do, so there's no reason for him to worry

"I'm in charge of dinner tonight so don't waste your money on takeaway. See you in a bit, I love you."

"Aww, I love you too Prosciutto!! You could've taken me on a date first, though"

"Shut up."

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Pesci would start apologizing immediately after he realized what he just told you. What if you didn't feel the same? Were you going to mock him? Were you going to tell Prosciutto about his carelessness? All of those intrusive thoughts were expelled when he heard you return his affections

"I already finished the report for our last mission, so you won't have to worry about filling any of it out! Ciao Y/N!! I love you!......I DID NOT MEAN TO SAY THAT PLEASE DON'T TELL PROSCIUTTO-"

"Calm down Pesci! I love you too, geez!!"

"...wait really?!"

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Formaggio wouldn't realize he said it until after he already hung up on you. Sometimes he honestly forgets you guys aren't already married with children living lavish in the Italian countryside ('maggio gets caught up in daydreams a lot). After he does register what happened, he'll call you back immediately

"Yeah, yeah I know, don't leave the grocery list in the car again I get it, I get it. You've got nothin' to worry about hun, see you in a bit. Love ya!"

"Wait what-"

...

"SORRY I HUNG UP ON YOU IT DIDN'T REGISTER I STILL LOVE YOU THOUGHHH!!!"

"Love you too Maggi, you don't have to yell, but seriously do NOT forget the list."

(he ended up forgetting the grocery list)

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Illuso, ever the prideful one, won't admit what he said. Him? Saying that he loves you? Where did you get that from?? Are you hearing things? Surely you must be hearing things

"Touch my leftovers and you're dead Illuso. I am one hundred percent serious this time; I'll tie your hair to your bed frame."

"Oh, hush, when have I ever done that sort of thing to you? Now, if you don't mind me setting my attention elsewhere, I'm trying to catch up on 90 Day Fiance. Goodbye for now, darling, I love you."

"....you what?"

"I SAID I LOVE 90 DAY YOU MUST HAVE MISHEARD ME SHUT UP BYE."

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Ghiaccio also didn't realize that he had just confessed to you until much later in the day. Then, he'd stay up thinking about it all night until he just couldn't take it anymore and he had to call you back.

"And this time, at least try to go to the right hotel. The last time you fucked up the reservation it cost us nearly double what it should have, dumbass."

"Thanks, I'll try. See you next week Ghia."

"Yeah, whatever. Be safe, I love you."

.......

"Okay listen, I just realized what I said earlier and I did NOT mean to say that I'm very sorry I don't know what-"

"Ghiaccio it is three in the morning. I love you too, stupid, now go to sleep."

"You- I...uh...yeahI'lldothatbye."

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Melone, well...he's Melone. Honestly it's surprising that he doesn't end phone calls saying "i love you" to everybody already. He didn't really mind that he let his feelings slip, it was gonna happen eventually. But he was surprised that you didn't pick up on it sooner

"Ghiaccio is letting me borrow his car while my bike is in the shop; do you want to go speed around the city with me, cara/caro?"

"Oh jesus...sure why not? Just don't crash into anything this time I don't feel like getting bitched out by Ghia today."

"Why would I ever put you in danger, darling? I'll pick you up in 5, see you soon! I love you!!"

"Yeah, see you in a bit- Wait you love me?"

"I thought it was obvious..."

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Sorbet and Gelato knew exactly what they were doing when they ended their phone call with you. Though you did think they were just saying that to each other, it was meant for you

"You know you're always welcome in our home when Melone has...guests over."

"Yeah, and don't try telling him to shut up it'll make it worse. Just come over here!!"

"I don't want to intrude, but I also can't deal with him anymore. I'll be over within an hour, see you guys later!"

"Wonderful choice, darling. We'll see you soon, love you."

"Love you!!!"

"You guys are too perfect for each other, see ya!!"

"Wait no that was meant for you-"

.....

"They hung up on us."

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Ok, but be warned, each one is at least 5 paragraphs long.

Oh and for context I put my user flair in the Tumblr subreddit as "don't ask me about my favorite Undertale character" so when people inevitably brought it up I made a long-ass comment explaining why I love Asgore (idk if essay is the right word though English is confusing)

[TW: Death and suicide mentions, the triggering parts are in strikethrough text]

Essay 1:

Asgore is such a fucking cool dude, and I absolutely adore him. He's a great father, who loves and supports his children, a spectacular king, that did everything in his power to balance his own morals and keeping of hope for his kingdom, and seemed to be a great husband, as he and Toriel complemented eachother very well and were really affectionate, and their separation only happened due ti circumstancesout of their control.

I also love the way he's set up in Undertale, with the buildup of expectations of Toriel and Undyne warning about him initially, only for Papyrus and later Undyne again to disprove those allegations by talking about how he really is!

His battle is really well-done, with challenging attack patterns and a great and iconic moment right at the start, a really off-putting challenge if you're on Pacifist, and simple, but interesting ways of reducing challenge if necessary with the Pie and Talking while LV1; not to mention, his post-battle dialogue and the results of sparing him in certain scenarios are absolutely devastating to watch, whether that be for Flowey to kill him or for him to do it himself.

But wait! I've been almost exclusively talking about Undertale! He's also in Deltarune and that's where half of my love for him came from!

In Deltarune, he is absolutely miserable, after a mysterious divorce and removal from post of chief of police, but still manages to show how much he loves Kris by respecting their dislike for physical touch, is a sweetheart that is almost going homeless due to how much he expresses his love for people, as he gives flowers away instead of selling them, manages to emotionally support Rudy more than his own wife, and is trying to reconnect with his children despite the issues with the divorce. All in all, a great guy who did not deserve suffering as much as he did.

Also I think he is kinda hot but that's beside the point

Essay 2:

RANT START!

Asgore! I love most aspects of his writing and character design, with only a single aspect of his Deltarune characterization annoying me for a purely out of universe reason.

His character design is really interesting for a few reasons, mainly the color scheme and general anatomy; the goat-like anatomy, along with the trident, give him the silllhouette of a demon, fitting with the initial traits given by Toriel, while simultaneously showing that he is not actually antagonistic by giving him the appearance of a herbivore and a neat little flower detail on the trident. His color scheme is comprised of gold and purple, two colors heeavily associated with royalty, white, associated with good and a good neutral color to balance the palette out, and red, associated with blood and death (and other stuff but come on it's on his trident). Given what the player has seen so far, these colors will most likely lead them to relate Asgore to Toriel, Flowey and Alphys, with the first two being his family members and the third one being a bit of a clue on Flowey's origins and nature, which is like the biggest mystery in the game when you first fight him.

His fight is pretty good, basically being Toriel But Hard with the added element of the trident being a final test on orange/blue attack mechanics; actually having to hurt someone is a weird thing for many pacifist players, which can make the battle much more challenging, but it's balanced out by use of the Pie, which is hinted at in New Home, and proper ACTing, which also serves as a bit of a lore tidbit by showing players that Asgore is aware of resets, though what exactly that means hasn't been made clear by anyone so idk what to say about it.

His buildup along the game is really well done, with Toriel, Papyrus, Undyne and Alphys all offering different views on him, from a total hottie to an absolute pushover to a menacing murderer to a goofball with a big heart, which makes it so that people have completely different views on him upon reaching the throne room, and can feel really conflicted about killing him to escape. New Home's placement also helps to muddy the waters a bit, by showing what his family life was like and giving glimpses of his personality with things such as the "Mr. Dad Guy" sweater and the pies in the garbage can.

His actual personality is really cute too, he absolutely loves and cares for his children, he puts a ton of effort into making sure his kingdom isn't losing hope, and he's generally a very selfless guy to the point of sacrificing his mental and physical health for the sake of the kingdom.

The only things I dislike about him are the possible cheating in Deltarune, though that's unconfirmed and doesn't seem likely at all [edit: poly relationships seem completely acceptable in the DR world considering some Addison quotes so this is most likely not an issue], and the fact that he's a cop (🤢) there, which I can absolutely overlook as the police force's characterization in general seems to be completely disconnected from its real life issues.

Essay 3 (this one is a full-on conversation so I'll add some parts of the other person's comments. Their text will be in italics):

Just because a character did bad things doesn't mean they're a bad person and doesn't mean I'm a bad person for liking them.

This comment is brought to you by the Undertale fandom, which will call you a child murderer if you like Asgore and a manipulator if you like Alphys

"As someone who has never undertaled personally, can I ask you about your favourite undertale character?"

Yup! As my comment may have suggested, he's a bit controversial in the fandom due to Doing Bad Things, so you probably haven't heard a lot about him, but Asgore is an absolutely wonderfully written character and I love him dearly

He's the king of the Underground, who has lived through the war of the humans and monsters, been sealed in the Underground, and lived through several hundred years since. While in there, he and Toriel had a child, Asriel, and another fell in, that being Chara. They lived with Asriel for a while, became his best friend, and gave hope for the Monsters, until disaster struck. Chara died, and gave their Soul to Asriel, so that he would go to surface, get 6 more Souls, shatter the barrier, and wipe humanity out. Asriel, knowing that murdering the humans was not the best thing to do, got attacked by them, and didn't defend himself. He then returned to the Underground, collapsing and dying on the Throne Room, right in front of his parents. Asgore and Toriel had vastly different reactions to this, with the former declaring that he would kill six humans to gather their sould and destroy humanity, and the latter thinking that further violence would not solve anything, deciding to exile herself to the Ruins.

Thing is, he didn't want to kill anyone. He knows that another war would be awful, but decided to declare it anyway to get the Monsters' hope up because everyone was completely depressed after several hundred years of imprisonment and the two royal children dying on the same day, and he managed to keep it up for a very long time before the main character fell down. As such, he prioritized his people's wellbeing over his own morals, to the point where he killed six children just to give them hope. He knows that it's wrong, though, and worked with both Royal Scientists to manage to circumvent the issue, which kinda worked, as Asriel broke the barrier without killing a seventh human.

And that's why I like him so much! He's a truly selfless man, who did everything in his power to decrease the suffering of othewrs and ended up being the one to suffer the most because of it. That's also, I think, what is being done in Deltarune (Undertale's sequel), where instead of being the king of monsters he's the owner of a flower shop, which is almost going out of business because he can't bring himself to sell flowers instead of giving them away, and is trying to keep a healthy relationthip with his child despite being divorced and berated by Toriel. He's absolutely miserable, but tries to make sure no one else is.

There's like 5 more paragraphs of rant that I could make, but this comment is already long enough lol, sorry for rambling

"So there's clearly bound to be a loooot of context I'm missing here, but what exactly does breaking the barrier entail here? Does breaking the barrier inherently start some apocalyptic event or just free the monsters from the underground and allow them to kill humanity?

I don't see killing 6 kids as that big of a deal, if it were me I'd just find kids who were about to die anyway, but that's just me trying to rationalize a story I lack any context for lol"

Oh, sorry, I forgot to give that part of the context! Basically, there was a war between the humans and the monsters. The humans won, and sealed the monsters underground with a barrier that could only be broken with the power of seven human Souls. However, that's a massive amount of power, and a monster with even a single human Soul (which is enough to cross the barrier) would be the strongest being in the world, so if the monsters managed to destroy the barrier and had the intent of killing humanity they very much could.

And the killing six kids thing is the main issue. Because of the barrier, the only way for the monsters to reach humans is if someone falls into the Underground, and once there they can only exit after murdering either Asgore or Toriel because of their monster Souls, so six different children fell down, went through the Underground, and either were murdered before reaching Asgore or directly by him while trying to get his Soul. It's awful for both Asgore and Toriel because they have to relive the trauma they suffered from losing their children, and because Asgore does not really like to kill people and Toriel doesn't like for people who she tries to care about to die, however her perspective is much more prominent in the game because she's interacted with way more, so a lot of players had a massive amount of bias when first fighting Asgore, and didn't bother to learn who he is

Any more questions? I hope I made everything clear but I could have missed something lol

"Alright I think I'm getting the hang of it now, and yeah even I know who Toriel is but hadn't heard much about Asgore before other than the name. Sounds like nobody here really wants to be doing much killing or dying, so what's the supposed big deal over him being a "bad" guy exactly?

I recently replayed the first Metal Gear Solid game and one part I found really funny is how the game tries to insist on Solid Snake being a bad person because he's done some killing, but literally everyone you kill during the game are terrorists trying to activate a nuclear weapon."

Well, Toriel is met at the very start of the game, where she saves the player and takes care of them, and she's the first one to say anything about Asgore, in which she says he, and all other monsters, will mercilessly kill the player, and while that perspective is instantly disproved for all other monsters as soon as you leave The Ruins, as the first one that is met is pretty much instantly friendly, but the player doesn't get much time to directly interact with Asgore and get that disproven; It's only seen through other monsters' opinions of him and random objects in his home, none of which as more instantly trustworthy than Toriel's view so they can be easily dismissed.

It also doesn't help that he, at first glance, killed innocent children. Unlike Snake, who killed terrorists, and was clearly reluctant and regretful of the act, Asgore declared war on an entire race and killed kids of that race. Of course, he is regretful, but when the seemingly most reliable person on the entire Underground is his bitter ex who hates his guts it's hard to realize that

I am very normal about this character

As an Asgore fan who has written three separate essays on why I like him, yes liking him does count as freak shit

i need to see these essays NOW

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I had a weird, completely incoherent Deltarune dream. (Omg am I one of the cool kids now?)

So I have a hard time remembering stuff that happens in my dreams so bear with me here. Theres only bits and pieces. I remember that the chapter played out more like a TV show than a video game, and I started watching about halfway through so I missed a lot of context and build up.

The thing i remember most is that the TV head guy that everyone keeps drawing was there. He was big and wide, and wore a purpleish pinstripe suit. Also his name wasn't Mike and everyone was pissed about it. It was Barry.

Spamton was there for some reason. Which is weird because I dont think about Spamton all too often. (I'm sad because Ralsei and Susie were nowhere to be found in my dream?? Whaddahell.) I think this was put into my brain by some cool fanart I saw yesterday. Anyways he and Barry were totally coworkers if you catch my drift. Roommates even.

It was Kris's birthday at some point. And they spent it with Spamton and Barry in this subway station for some reason? They took this subway train there that was really colorful and had lots of quirky characters that I cant remember but they didnt talk to anyway so whatever. It was very reminiscent of the splatoon octo expansion.

(Where the fuck are ralsei and susie???)

Um I think at one point Barry and Spamton went off on their own to explore this abandoned part of the station. And something happened that I cant remember but it caused Spamton to go all weird and fucked up again like during the neo fight. (He was really really big, and grey. But other than that I cant remember the design. But it was Fucked Up and Evil)

Barry said something like "Why did I show you this..." Which I cant even begin to explain. Okay um maybe they found another robot or something like in queens basement? Dude idk dream brains are weird. I think this part was also influenced by that fanart I saw.

But instead of like, fighting or whatever, Spamton just dips. Like he just dies. In the dream it had vibes of like, sacrificing himself or something, but he really just dies for no reason actually. It made Barry sad though =( (Even though Spamton almost crushed him to death) There was a lot of emotional and important dialogue that I just cant remember for the life of me.

I also cant remember anything that happens in the dark world after this. Feel free to make shit up to fill in the blanks idk.

But the chapter ends with a birthday party for Kris in the light world. A decent amount of people were there but the only ones that stood out were Toriel Noelle and Asgore. And for some reason it wasnt at Toriel's house. Actually now that I think about it I think it was at the same apartment type place that I started WATCHING the chapter at. On tv. Dream logic is wack. (I think maybe I was Kris at this point)

Also right at the end Asgore comes in late and everyone just ATTACKS him and he dies and respawns like a minecraft player. I think my brain was just deteriorating at this point. Wtf. Anyways I woke up after that. (I LIKE ASGORE. WHY DID THAT HAPPEN)