#it's a realm i think most objects can change into other :3

[dendixia]

Oh, y'know. Playing a tubular tune with your Partner in Rhyme <3

[ckret2]

please more evil ford please i stare with my puppy eyes for this i am obbsessed

Yeah all right, I've been working on some art. (For context, we're talking about this Evil Ford.)

Evil Ford is Evil as in "cheerfully works with Bill even after learning his full plot" and "is totally ready to conquer and/or destroy the world." But other than the shocking lack of basic ethics and the supervillain objective he's mostly the same guy—which means he still cares about his family. He's hoping to get them to join in on the world conquest plan.

Forty-odd years ago he went off to college promising someday he'd be a big shot scientist who changes the world and he'd make his family a fortune. If taking over reality doesn't qualify he doesn't know what does. The family can join him and his buddy Bill and rule the universe together. Pines Pines Pines Pines!

Unfortunately for him, the rest of the family still has normal moral compasses. And also they've met Bill.

Bill can't currently possess Ford due to Reasons; but even though he can't get in the driver's seat he still has permission to ride shotgun at any time. Ford talks to him pretty regularly. He HAS been caught doing this. Stan thinks he's just gone a little nutty from thirty years of isolation.

Naturally, since he was always on Bill's side, Ford's perception of events during Weirdmageddon is a bit different:

I finally made an official Evil Ford New Costume Character Design, check out his exciting totally different brand new look:

I decided that, since Ford is still basically the same person aside from his terrible life goals, he'd probably have the same fashion sense. And so... nothing changes except two tiny details lmao.

But he DOES have tattoos:

I traced a canon character model and took off its top to get a base to slap tattoos on, and then went dang... they gave him a big head and arms. He looks goofy. Anyway,

His forearms have less incriminating tattoos—just a birch tree and a sunrise. (The sunrise looks like the Journal 3 "The Muse Has Spoken" page.) The red text is the "triangulum entangulum" ritual; if anyone asks he'll go "it's uhh an ancient Sumerian poem about how great science is." It's not until he's topless that it's like "oh so he's a CULTIST cultist." The one exception is an unconcealed Eye of Providence on his right palm—but it's in an ink that's only visible in certain lighting. It's there so at any time he can point his hand at something and go "Bill are you seeing this BS?"

Of course, he still has the "hey now, you're an all star" neck tattoo. I didn't have room to draw it.

As you can see, he's made being Bill's right hand man a core part of his personality. Rather than spending 30 years scrabbling around the multiverse desperately searching for a way to destroy Bill, he spent 30 years chilling in the Quadrangle of Qonfusion as Bill's specialest favoritest Henchmaniac, and only scrabbling around the multiverse occasionally for fun & profit.

Here's a photo Bill & Ford took at a Nightmare Realm house party like fifteen years ago, three minutes before Bill started an argument and set the house on fire.

Most people have their wild party years in college, Ford has his in his 40s.

[lestcat-de-lioncourt]

Thank you so much @rebel-revenant for tagging me so I can share my 9 books I plan to read in 2025, and share with you all a little bit about what kinds of literature interests me, deeply, queerly, and wholeheartedly.

My 9 books of 2025

The Vampire Chronicles hosting Interview With The Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and my beloved Queen of the Damned, out of the book series.

Well, need I explain? I think most of you know what these are about.

I'm going to be unfair and count this as 1 book, but technically, it is 3 books. I'll post my own of this one, I'm so proud of it! I own all these books also, though too.

Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Quin

The world of Earthsea is one of sea and islands: a vast archipelago of hundreds of islands surrounded by mostly uncharted ocean. Earthsea contains no large continents.

Magic is a central part of life in most of Earthsea; the exception being the Kargish lands, where it is forbidden. There are weather workers on ships, fixers who repair boats and buildings, entertainers, and court sorcerers. Magic is an inborn talent which can be refined with training. The most gifted are sent to the school on Roke, where, if their skill and discipline prove sufficient, they can become staff-carrying wizards.

Le Guin has stated that the idea of the Dry Land came from the "Greco-Roman idea of Hades' realm.

Dragons dragons dragons.

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

18-year-old Sophie Hatter is the eldest of three sisters living in Market Chipping, a town in the magical kingdom of Ingary, where fairytale tropes are accepted ways of life, including that the eldest of three will never be successful.

As the eldest, Sophie is resigned to a dull future running the family hat shop. Unbeknownst to her, she is able to talk life into objects. When the powerful Witch of the Waste considers her a threat and turns her into an old crone, Sophie leaves the shop and finds work as a cleaning lady for the notorious wizard Howl. She strikes a bargain with Howl's fire demon, Calcifer: if she can break the contract between Howl and Calcifer, then Calcifer will return her to her original youthful form. Part of the contract, however, stipulates that neither Howl nor Calcifer can disclose the main clause, leaving Sophie to figure it out on her own.

Sophie learns that Howl, a rather self-absorbed and fickle but ultimately good-natured person, spreads malicious rumours about himself to avoid work and responsibility. The door to his castle is actually a portal that opens onto four places: Market Chipping, the seaside city of Porthaven, the royal capital of Kingsbury, and Howl's boyhood home in modern day Wales where he was named Howell Jenkins. Howl's apprentice Michael Fisher runs most of the day-to-day affairs of Howl's business, while Howl chases his ever-changing paramours.

Also, you may not know this, but Howl owns his own Welsh Rugby shirt aside from all the other magical clothes he is known to wear, a personal funny of mine I discovered the first time I read it.

Castle In The Air by Diana Wynne Jones

Castle in the Air follows the adventures of Abdullah, a handsome young carpet salesman from Zanzib, who daydreams constantly about being a stolen prince. One day a strange traveler comes to his stand to sell a magic carpet.

The carpet takes them up to Howl's castle, where they meet abducted princesses and plot with them to escape the flying moving castle. Led by Abdullah, they overpower the two Djinn, freeing Hasruel, who banishes his brother. Flower-in-the-Night had by then wished the Genie free, who turned out to be Sophie's husband and little Morgan's father, the topmost-level wizard Howl Pendragon.

House Of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

When Charmain is caught up in an intense royal search to remedy the kingdom's financial troubles, she encounters Sophie Pendragon, her son Morgan, a beautiful child named Twinkle, and their fire demon Calcifer. One of the messes Twinkle gets Charmain into results in Twinkle climbing onto the roof of the Royal Mansion. She is soon involved in curing the kingdom of its ills and rediscovering the long-lost mystical Elfgift.

Brother to the Sun King: Philippe duc d'Orléans by Nancy Nichols Barker

"In battle, he fought with legendary valour . . . At court, dressed in silks and ribbons, he openly favoured his male lovers . . . Despised but feared by his brother, he was the perpetual loser in a lifelong sibling rivalry . . . "Philippe, brother of Louis XIV, might have been a prince of great renown in the service of the king―had the king only shown him his faith and trust. . . . This is an excellent book. I congratulate the author on a work that is objective and of high quality." Henry, Count of Paris

Robert Sheehan: Disappearing Act

Informed by the author's peripatetic life, Disappearing Act reflects on the absurdity of human behaviour. Sheehan delves deep into his characters' streams of self-talk and self-imposed delusions, exploring the dark impulses that lurk below the shiny surfaces of many outwardly normal lives.

Spooky North Carolina retold by S. E. Schlosser

The spirit of a railroad flagman shines his lantern along the tracks near Maco, where he lost his head in a train accident. The ghost of a girl haunts the grave robbers who stole her corpse to use in a college medical department. And in a swamp outside Smithfield, a grisly mass hanging is re-created on dark nights. All this and much more!

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And because one of my cats was very cute to this particular book, I'll share another photo as it was near enough for me to just grab:

Blood and Gold by Anne Rice

Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, kidnapped and made a blood god by the Druids, Marius becomes the embittered protector of Akasha and Enkil, Queen and King of the vampires, in whom the core of the supernatural race resides. We follow him through his heartbreaking abandonment of the vampire Pandora.

No pressure tags: @heroinecomplication @bitchywillgraham @lestatmonamour @sarcastic-clapping @gnc-lestat @lestatmonamour @xxdrowninglessonsxx @capricornsun-queen @monsterfucker-molloy @lestatbratposting @lestats-groupie @louisdulac @devilsminionworlddomination

[dykekarkat]

hey I’ve seated myself on your couch PLEASE tell me more of your ghost andreil au it is beautiful and Oscar worthy to me

omg hi yes pls be seated im sorry this got slightly long and also took a bit!! also unsure if this even makes sense or is smth u will like but alas, i just kinda went wild. anyway thank you so much for the ask :)

i love getting a chance to talk about any and all of my aus. ghost andreil came about bcus im not a huge fan of the ghost x human relationship trope thing so i thought what if instead they were both ghosts...love beyond living is just so perfect for andreil...anyway long ramble ahead so ill put it under the cut <3

basic world building in my head is that ghosts are basically humans who are living on the Wrong Layer of the universe because they refuse to let go of their lives or have some unfinished business (normal ghost things). the supernatural isn't widely known about or believed in but there are ppl aware (like renee for instance). ghosts can touch other ghosts but not humans (duh) bcus i want andreil to fist fight and also to eventually have a physical relationship bcus it is important to me. too much interaction w physical objects depletes their energy, but the more will a ghost has the more energy they have (and by god are andreil willful little assholes).

renee and jean are both mediums! renee's been involved w the spiritual realm forever (gang related) while jean just thinks he's losing his mind slowly ^-^ renee is on a quest to help andrew move on (he hates this) but theyre still besties. meanwhile neil is desperately trying to prove that no he's not a hallucination (lol) and no jean should Not kill himself to join him. tbh idk if i want the moriyamas to be in the know or not, heavily debating over whether neil should be able to escape them through death or if he's forever cursed to be in debt to the mafia (depending on how angsty i want this to get).

NOW ON TO THE RELATIONSHIPS AKA THE FUN PART

- aaron is NOT having a good time in the beginning of this au. actively going through hell after losing a brother he just found and his mother. he's getting high most of the time, barely going to school, fully given up on himself, and Super Fucking Angry at Andrew. To Be Clear andrew didn't commit suicide but his normal canon i dont care about what happens to me attitude led to him dying while killing tilda. aaron DOES NOT KNOW that andrew killed her on purpose, but he's suspicious and angry as fuck anyway because andrew broke the deal (of staying together for high school). nicky still takes aaron in but nicky hadnt met andrew before his death so the tragedy for him is that andrew never rlly got a chance. andrew himself doesnt mind being dead (in his opinion its the same monotonous apathetic existence as he had living. which changes once he meets neil) but he's Pissed bcus he thinks aaron is throwing away his life. which in Andrew's opinion he did the hard part by getting rid of tilda (the problem). so andrew takes to haunting him by hiding his drugs and being a general nuisance to try and get him to school. i have not quite figured out how to get aaron to kick the drugs and get on palmetto w/o andrew ngl ^-^

- neil dies at the same time kevin broke his hand. riko snapped and neil pushed his buttons and refused to agree that riko was the best, so riko basically beats him to death and kevin gets his hand broken trying to stop it. a very tragic skiing accident indeed :(. kevin feels Extremely guilty over neil's death and jean practically forces him out of the nest, jean himself is basically resigned to joining his partner in death (smth neil is Not About). at this point andrew's been dead for two years? ish? and aaron is on the foxes as a freshman. neil splits his death time between trying to make things easier for jean and keep him from dying, and thwart kevin's attempts to go back to the nest in increasingly comical ways. meanwhile andrew is pissed about kevin bringing danger to aaron, so andreil are Fighting, i mean full on ghost fights where shit is levitating and lights are flickering and ppl are screaming because andrew wants kevon gone. eventually they do that line drawn across the center of the room to try and stay civil.

- eventually kevaaron start bonding and processing their grief over the loss of their brothers and fall in love at the same time, while andreil are also falling in love through asshole ghost mating rituals. major plot point would be renee using her séance powers to make kevaaron aware of their ghost protectors and a lot of drama unfolds from there (andrew reveals the murder stuff, aaron gets more pissed he died, aaron wants to banish him exorcise him in anger etc etc). the catalyst to andreils romantic relationship occurs bcus riko brings drake into the picture to hurt aaron(similar to canon), and neil basically almost ghost kills himself stopping him (expends too much energy in a short period of time) --> their relationship still doesnt start until a few months after this but it is the turning point for andrew being able to trust neil.

other small things:

lola is a contracted demon to nathan (unsure if moriyamas are aware).

nathan kills riko for killing neil (its a pride thing) and basically starts a war within the moriyamas. that neil Really does not know how to feel about, still terrified his father will be able to hurt him due to his knowledge of the occult (which may or may not be reasonable)

mary died trying to escape w neil so he went to the nest at 10 as planned. when he died and realized he was a ghost he looked for her immediately but she had moved on. it was probably more crushing to see that she could've stayed and watched over him and didnt than to witness her actual death.

tilda and mary moved on immediately after death (does heaven exist in this world??? hell?? dont ask me idk either)

pre andreil reveal nicky starts a channel to document their haunted college dorm. its one of the first things andreil bond over bcus they love starting shit nicky is so reactive. post andreil reveal nicky stops posting on it bcus it feels too weird to him, until neil is like hey i wanted to spell dick with the ouija board again :( and then nicky brings it back with gusto

[hugecaniac]

hi, im new to the hurricanes. curious from a fandom pov: who are the best friends in the room? are there any like bigger ships? i want to know your little guys so bad so they can be MY little guys too!! any lore for any of the guys that i should know, or just do you know of any intro to the canes primers?

First of all, HELLO & WELCOME!!!!! It gets a little silly in caniac land but I've only ever had great experiences with other canes fans here and irl, and I hope you'll come to love our little community as well <3

unfortunately, you have come in at a tragic time for carolina hurricanes frienships, as our hot boy best friend squad was recently decimated with the rantanen/necas/drury trade - neci & svech were probably the closest we had to a dynamic duo type :(

we did lose teuvo teravainen during the last offseason(TRAGIC), who was good friends with sebastian aho - he and Seth Jarvis apparently tore it up at aho's wedding this summer. We did keep our finn numbers up with the rantanen aquisition, so our honorary finn jarvy can keep his citizenship.

other good friends are svech & kochetkov who are both younger guys on the team & share the russian bond - svech was his translator when he was first called up & kooch didn't speak much english, here they are being cute as hell about kooch accidentally cursing in an interview. kooch's english has gotten much better this season & he's done a couple of solo interviews with our favorite chaotic color commentator Tripp Tracy (arguably one of the larger personalities in the canes lb)

I'm not really into any shippy stuff with the canes - I think Svech/Kochetkov has some traction, but its definitely not in the realm of the bigger hrpf ships, and I don't personally ship it. If you want to go the historical route, there's always Jeff Skinner/Eric Staal which was HUGE in the early days of hrpf

no canes introduction would be complete without mentioning the seth jarvis phenomenon, either! just today he posted the world's goofiest video from a nascar race with staal, martinook & chatfield. If you're looking for adorable goober, personality extraordinaire, look no further. He is never beating the just a little guy allegations. he does hops with svech as part of his pregame warmup (very adorable)

Also, in a completely objective statement of fact, we have one of the greatest d-men in the league, Jaccob Slavin. He saves us the game practically every time he's on the ice, and he's an absolute angel with some of the lowest penalty minutes in the league consistently. if he ever leaves i will be doing something drastic

and finally, for a primer, I think the most recent one is here from the start of the 23-24 season by @pyotrkochetkov & @smileysvech. It's mostly accurate for team lore, but you'll see as you go through just how much our team has changed over the course of this season & last year! We lost a ton of our d-core over the summer when their contracts were up, and our new GM has been making some BOLD moves with trades & contracts, which is exciting to see from a team perspective but sucks so fucking bad when its your guys leaving :((((((

anyways i hope this was informative & you learned a little bit about the team & why we love them so much! they're truly such a fun group to watch & i hope you think so too <3 we'd love to see you in the lb anytime, and feel free to reach out if you want to know more!

as a bonus, i'll tag some of my favorite canes blogs if you want to follow some others - in addition to the authors of the primer above, i love following @andreisvechnikov @poke-checked @sethjarvy @turbolainen and @captainmcbabygirl for lb/canes content, just off the top of my head!

[nikox400x]

Kung Fu Panda 4-All the budget went to the animation (spoilers)

Hey all, its me, the guy who everyday make a tour around this site but almost never talk. How are ya?

Two days ago something arrived to the cinema's screens, something that me and everyone were waiting for since 2018, the fourth film and the begginig of the new kung fu panda triology.

You know? When I sat on that theather seat with my friends to see what Dreamworks had prepared for us, I told myself; "Maybe that post I made a while ago throwing shit at what seemed like Kfp 4 was going to be was a bit hard, I hope I can come out regretting what I said that time"

And as soon as the credits ended, it was clear to me, I dont regret a shit. Maybe it was a little exaggerated, compared to what a megamind fan would think about the terrible sequel they made, but still: the film is crappy and boring most of the time. But why?

I'm going to explain some points.

1- Po? Is that you?

I don't know you guys, but i don't think the panda we knew in the end of the third film is the same as this one. Seriously, he share more comparisons with the Po from the legend of awessonless than the one from the films, maybe its a personal thing but it feels that way. At least in the beggining of the film feel like that.

And I don't know what he was thinking about when he decided to follow a thief he doesn't know at all and who tried to steal in his own palace, and that suspiciously know who is the chameleon, whose were her plans, her past, where she lived, where exacly they had to pass through avoiding all the guard inside her home, why the others thiefs of the city hate her so much... With Po's experience with criminals this is like a chef throwing water on a pan with boiling oil, it's obvious what is going to happen.

2- Zheng- Female Nick Wilde but without charisma or half of his intelligence.

I knew it from the first moment I saw Zheng's desing, the people who know me can corroborate that; her facial expressions, her tone while she talk, her animal race, her position as thief, her final when she is part of the justice same as the protagonist... it's clearer than water I think.

Everyone could say this is forgivable if she's smart, but surprise, she's not. This character is just an absurd try of this company for """"conect with infant audience""""(I don't know in what sense, I supose for the cute design, idk). But the point is, the supposed objective of the hollywood companies is give the new generetions better things than we got at their age, but what I see is laziness for write a decent scrip only for take an advantage of a known IP and make easy money. Even the children have quality standars, this is not the dragon warrior and of course this is not kung fu panda.

And talking about the dragon warrior, having our deep and lovely Tigress with her magnific development or Tai Lung back from the spirit realm... why in the hell this character exists?! Oh yeah, for being trending topic in twitter for three days. Yay...

3- The furious five and Shifu, for us : our pretty boys, and for Dreamworks: living jokes.

What made Kung Fu Panda what it is, is not the fucking panda, it's them. They're the inspiration for Po, their allies, the royale representation of kung fu and the ones which everything started with.

Po's a comic relief, and his mission is show his development in part using his humor, but the humor in this film barely works because of the lazy script. Something that even the talented Jack Black himself can't fix, beacuse his only role there is dublin his character, unlike the rest of the residents of the Jade Palace except Dustin Hoffman.

Seth Rogen (Mantis) himself even said that he wasn't even contact by Dreamworks in the first place, only for make a scream in the credits, that's sad beacause he really wanted to see Mantis on the screen. And I know and I understand that the five are expensive, but cmon, they could just simply change the voice actors and offset it with a good script but that's not the case of course. Their role in the film is being a counter for Po's constant jokes, for not to saturate the spectator with jokes, now that's not in there anymore, thank you Dreamworks.

4-The chameleoooohhn and her "motivation".

I can't say much, basically because out of her design she's nonsense. She says that because of her size, she was reyected for being a kung fu warrior.

Yeah of course but only one little thing, what about Shifu? Viper, a warrior without tips? Mantis, literally a dawn insect? Master Oogway, a TURTLE? The masters goose? C'mon even there's a fucking master chicken! Don't talk shit chameleon!

Her importance for the plot? Its almost a lie, the others villains had links to important characters; Tai Lung (with his link to Shifu's past), Shen (with his link to Po's past) or Kai (with his link to Oogway's past), all of them related to important characters. And her? To zheng's past and present I guess? But again, anyone know this character. She's like a villain from a Disney show, you know the type of villain who say a lot of things but at the end, she don't support nothing to the lore.

And her personality is like a mix of all the previous villains, and this sounds good right? HAHAH nope. Do you remember when as a child you mixed all the plasticines of all the colors to create the final color and you ended up with a color similar to poop? well that's exacly how her personality feels like.

5- Po's dads; the only reason they're there is because they ran out of characters to make the film.

The tittle itself tell everything, they don't do anything for the script in all the film, and their objective could be done since the start.

The script of the film except for the final looks like a draft which they didn't know how to complete, everyone who watch it can see it perfecly. The animation, the music and the backgrounds are the only things notable here.

6- Tai Lung and the cheapness nostalgia.

Fan service is not necesarry bad, above all if is used in a good way, they sold us Tai Lung as a miracle but his importance for the plot feels just like a Stan Lee cameo, I like Tai Lung I can say that. But this is too weak, Shen and Kai are only characters in the background who don't do nothing except being defeated or make facial expressions (I don't even joke that Shen would show respect to Po considering what we saw in the second movie, and Kai wasn't supposed to be destroyed as a spirit, what the hell is he doing here again? *sign* I'll to stop trying to make sense of this).

By the way, anyone else think that the dragon warrior role is understimated? I mean Shifu obligated Po to transfers the role to another one just because yes, i mean he only has been the dragon warrior for less than 5 years and now they want to replace him with a random. Everything just for at the end, he choosed a thief with at least 30 crimes registred and who was a traitor during the 75% of the movie.

7- The """""""""humor"""""""", except they forgot the parts where I must to laugh.

Seeing nonsense hits only beacuse yes stopped of being funny a long time ago, and no, I don't want to talk about the bunnies of the portrait because I would get sick. I had to go to the cinema drunk to endure the filler that the movie had, no joke, it was the only way to laugh at those jokes.

So I think about applying the same method as in any movie with bad jokes, ignoring the jokes. I tried to do the same thing but with the pace that the film managed, such a thing was impossible, the pace of the movie seems to be made for Tiktoker children with attention deficit. From the chaos in the quarry until Po takes the bitc... uhg fox out of prison, only 10 fucking minutes pass, all of that for what? So that you feel like the baseless information and the nonsensical plot that they tell us is of any use? they could simply make a non-canonical short and that's it, but no, yes or they were going to tell us a story written by rotten old men who spend the entire day watching Tik Tok. It's not going to be that the child who sees this doesn't get bored, we know that much today's children don't have many neurons as they say, but even to make movies for them you have to have a certain talent.

In some point at the beguining Po make a joke about the ausence of the furious five saying that at least he had them in cardboard posters, and this would be a good joke. Only if the stupid film could be prove that the franquise can do something memorable without the furious five, but again, that's not the case.

Don't have any respect for this movie, look what it had with you. I understand that it is enjoyable because of the animation but it does not go beyond that line, it destroys important things about the canon and spoils its teaching about the need for change by treating it in a terrible way.

Coclusion: KFP 4 is just another Po's adventure as Shifu says, it won't tell nothing to you or make you feel different, it's a shame but after Megamind 2 I imagined something like this. It's a dark era for film, expecially the animated one so like Scar said; Be prepare, there're worse things waiting for us.

Do you want something with real quality? You don't even need kung fu panda 1,2 or 3, for make it easy to this film let's take this marvelous example; kung fu panda: secrets of the scroll (2016). You'll say; "An animated short, this is not like-" Shhh Just watch it, you won't regret it.

If you think I'm wrong in something, just rewatch the film. And if still you aren't agreed with me, well, I respect you and I'm happy you like it. I wish I could love it as you do, but that doesn't mean that the movie isn't bad, because if you watch it with your brain on or remembering the previous movies it's terrible.

. Me? I've to write a story, I love you all. Except you, Dreamworks, I'm mad with you, expecially when you do this at the same day as Akira Toriyama's death :(

[zinphandel]

22, A million- Bon Iver

hi guys!!! today we are listening to 22, a million by bon iver. this is VERY EXCITING for me cos i fucking LOOOOOVE bon iver. rosyln (from the twilight soundtrack lol) is in my top 5 songs of all time. also EVERY SINGLE SONG from for emma, forever ago was in my spotify wrapped 2024 top songs im a big bon iver bitch basically!

Initial thoughts?

if u had given me 1 million pounds i would have bet it on dan howell including this on his favourites of 2016. like of COURSE he did! Justin Vernon goes into this album straight off the back of producing with Kanye (he did loads of production and vocal work on mbdtf, and YEEZUS) (my favourite kanye albums!) and changes up the style we are so used with bon iver (acoustic, folky) to a fun, new electronic and hip hop inspired project. it’s SUCH a fun progression and feels like the perfect direction for bon iver to move in to!

Is this a first-time full album listen-through?

no! however i’m not actually as familiar with this album as other bon iver albums. which is WEIRD bc this is when they went electronicy which is SO up my street like thinking about it on paper this should be my favourite bon iver album. but i actually don’t think ive listened in YEARS!

Listen through:

• firstly let’s talk about the fucking SONG names oh my lord they are so annoying

• 22 (OVER S∞∞N) feels like a really nice transition song between the folky stuff i’m used to with bon iver and their new more electronica inspired style it marries the styles up well and blends them- which serves as a great intro into the album

• 10 d E A T h b R E a s T has GORGE production. obviously i knew what i was in for with the production on this album it’s sooooo sexy and nice

• justin vernons voice gives me the most gorgeous chills ever. i really enjoy how he plays with with pitch and tone and vocal modulation for this album. it’s a new, interesting outlook and fits the aesthetic of the album. he has one of the most interesting and unique voices ever and i loooove how he utilises it differently for different projects

• i’m a massive whore for blending genres and i’m in love with how it’s pulled off on this album! it still FEELS like a bon iver album but feels like a natural progression forward

• i bet this would fucking slap live

• this album is strange, experimental and existential and literally makes you feel like you are ascending to a different realm

• feels very reminiscent of the radiohead trajectory- like the bends- ok computer- kid a etc

• god i bet this was a critical darling it feels like catnip for critics lol

• this album is SO special because although you can hear lots of music that is sonically similar ( the kanye stuff he produced, certain radiohead tracks, lots of frank ocean and james blake) it still feels insanely unique- nothing sounds and evokes the feels that this album does. such a special project!

Favourite song(s)?

715 - CR��ΣKS, 21 M♢♢N WATER, 33 ‘GOD’

Least favourite song?

29 #Strafford APTS

Would i listen again?

for emma, forever ago is still my favourite bon iver project but this is still fantastic. 100% gonna relisten!!

Do i recommend?

yes!!!! so unique and fun. this album is truly brilliant. it’s probably bon ivers best (objectively) please give this a listen!

What would I rank it out of 10?

8/10

thanks danny boy. another fabulous pick :3 see u tomorrow for another one

read my 2015 reviews here

read the rest of my 2016 reviews here

listen to the playlist of highlights from dans favourite albums here

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hi hi hi i wanna know about your oc elysia and her lore please 🙏🙏🙏

SOBBINGSOBBING SOBBING SOBBING EWAHAAJHGHJG :((((((((( IM SO HONOURED SOMEONE WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS LIL GUY'S STORY :(((((((

Ive explained a condensed version of her lore in one my my post's tags

and theres also this post where I gave a bit more about her :3

if you think Elysia and pink have connections then You Arent Wrong :) I'll say That much :)))

some clarifications/intricacies about the type of person she is:

Knows a fuck ton about Tensura lore, ins and outs of the system (like how to gain skills, how different elements interact with each other, the such) and abuses it to her advantage in battles because, despite having stolen less than a quarter of The primordial red's base power, she is STILL considered on the weaker side of the primordials.

Magicule wise, she's also not at all worth looking at.

But, she makes it up in other ways. Her computional speed is a FUCK ton faster than ANY of the primordials. Instant casts of spells (think something like barely any wind up), analysation of weaknesses, and counter measures againts an opponent's advantage over her. All possible with her special sort of "mind acceleration" <3

How? Her skill, of course! Unique skill: Fount of Knowledge; grants the user the ability to always correctly recall pieces of information they had discovered once before, and process data in it's most basic and rawest form.

She's a researcher at heart and had loved the Tensura world and it's rules long before she had been reincarnated. Due to this, it was only natural she was able to gain such a skill <3

You might be thinking: whoah! shes a LOT like dazai. do you have something to say for yourself? and i am HERE TO TELL YOU THAT NOOO shes NOT

i swear.

She's Smart but not THAT smart . She's not the first person you'd think of when manipulation comes to mind but she DOES change the tides of battle easily with a few words here and there <3

The honest plan is to evolve the skill to "Knowledge King: Raphael" to give Gy a hard time <3 GIGGLES MADLY. (Novel spoilers :3333 the ones in the know will Know whats goin down LOLOLOLOL)

Does that impede on Rimuru's own Raphael? Nah. His is Wisdom while Ely's Knowledge.

. Fuck it im just gonna go off

Since knowledge king wasnt really explored in the novels or at all anywhere, im just gonna adapt it into my own thing. It's a library. A massive ass fucking library of ALL the world's knowledge. It kinda gave Ely a headache when she first got the skill due to information overload . lol.

It's kinda like a seperate realm and I imagine it to be more . Matrix like. And completely self indulgent: to access the place you gotta be a data entity and ANYTHING data is COMPLETELY susceptible to any sort of malipulation by Ely herself <3 you come into the library to find the truth of the world and when you come out your hair is infinitely wet. You ask to find some ancient knowledge, granted entry, and then you come out looking like a boar. Everything has a price yada yada.

GOING OFF MODE TURNING OFF.

When she first met Gy it's more like. Mass amounts of fear. This bitch can kill me- scratch that. This bitch WILL kill me. how long can I stretch "me being alive and well" out.

It started off with Gy asking about this feeling of a puzzle piece being lost and found, completely disregarding Ely as a person and talks to her as more of an object to be regained. She answers by playing into it while also saying something along the lines of "I know a whole lot more than I am letting on. Letting me live will be more beneficial for you."

Gy "asked" for a fight. Ely could only say yes. She gets her ass beat in 20 seconds top but manages to at LEAST show Gy that she had correctly countered, dodged, and blocked his attacks. If she had the same power level as he, she might've been able to fight back. Huh!

Note: I like to think the Tensura world is a whole lot more intricate than what we were given tbh

Anyways, they talk and Ely ended up arguing for her life in exchange of acting as a super computer. Loyalty sworn, she gets absorbed, and haunts his ass. Regrets were had.

"This was NOT what I was thinking. What the FUck❓"

"TRUST ME. THIS IS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION."

"HAH????"

"Source: Me."

"Get out." "nuh uh." "fym nuh uh."

Audacity runs in the family.

ANYWAYS TIME SKIP AND GY HAD TO ADMIT THAT ITS PRETTY CONVENIENT TO HAVE SOMEONE JUST. MANAGE SHIT INTERNALLY.

And you might be thinking: POP. WHY DOES GY TRUST ELY SO MUCH SO EARLY ON?? He fucken thought she was just a piece of him that fucked off somewhere for whatever reason and chased after it, blaming the ancient spirit of darkness for having made a blunder but its whatever. Plus Ely kinda just jumped wagon without warning lol <3

They're so silly your honour <3

OKAY TIME SKIP FR AND NOW WE'RE IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

Yada yada she fought tooth and nail to be let out, shaking the cage every other day. Gy is unrelenting tho ^-^. No. Nope. Nuh uh. "fym nuh uh"

One day tho, in a festival of some unknown town, Gy was enjoying the music and the other two primordials were busy with their own stuff, Ely once again asked to be let out.

A no is a No.

She begs.

"...for what."

"I want to show you something cool."

Gy looks around, places a barrier, and gives her a body. It will only last for an hour.

Ely takes it, and bows infront of him before begining with a note. A type of instrument appears in her arms via material creation and its something no one had ever seen before, singing and playing a song no one had ever heard before.

The songs keep coming and she eventually leads the festival into an all time high, Gy watches all this and even decided to join in, matching any songs' energy with equal vigor or melancholy.

The body lasts until dawn.

Somewhen, in the middle of the night, the barrier had dissapated. Everyone that had deemed it important, acknowledged it, and moved on with the festivities.

That was the first time she had enjoyed anything from the material world properly. The world that she oh so loved, properly.

She'll get out time and time again, the intervals between each freedom shortens and when Gy eventually "gets sick" of her insistant whining,

"FINE. Get outta here already, damn. You're so annoying."

"..wait fr?"

"YES."

"YIPPIE" "you're so fucken weird you know that."

This is all before Velzard btw. Is it before Veldanava tho? No idea! Gotta think of the implications first lol <3

I'll leave shit at here for now. The thing is getting too long and the thing legit lags when I wanted to add more bullet points LMFAO

Why is she afraid of dying when she's a "primordial"? Do you really think anyone with common fucken sense and was Raised human would Risk Death that Easily . Nah. No. Dear was probably also traumatised <3 lol <3

[horizon-verizon]

Hotd is the trenches of white feminism because why else is it that most of the time when I see someone who actually understands why trying to change it to a story where both sides are wrong is actually both irresponsible and impossible, they so often turn out to be a bipoc woman? Why are we the ones out here having to defend white women and even the men around them from other white women who so often claim to be feminists and why is this also true in real life? I'm tired.

When the ASoIaF fandom itself is entrenched in white feminism with no real public acknoledgement of how/why people got the conclusions they did bc everyone wants to avoid being honest and just be either sexist/racist OR deny such things motivating some of the writers' decisions or other fans' feelings abt such and such...

the next fandom for the next TV/film adaptation will inevitably follow. And worse bc HotD is the hub of male gaze and misogynoir-baked-into-the-writing that reinforces it all.

I have had to explain how male gaze is different from "female gaze", how it has always been about trying to make subordinate a woman's true perspective AND agency for male-viewer excitement and confidence. To make the female subject no longer subject or actor as the male. How it constructs a pleasure in seeing female subjects subordinated, that that is its inherent purpose and function.

ANOTHER LINK

Not about "who is hot", or "looking with disrespect", or "what makes men attracted to women" like female gaze is supposed to be about "what makes women attracted to men" or gets them hyped or whatever. This, what I just described people have done/said about male gaze vs female gaze, is a complete misunderstanding AND attempt to redefine what male gaze is/what it has always really been about to distort the unnatural desire to see female objectification as "natural".

Something that neoliberal capitalism has tricked many people, inclu women, into believing like it has tricked girls into thinking sex work isn't as dangerous and "a big deal" bc you're making money being a commercial product of a patriarchal society.

I will repeat: male gaze, as a theory/application/criticism/observation of patriarchy in film/media was about how & why women are agency-less/mitigated objects for the male-centered or male-as-the-actor/subject story.

In the male gaze, the "woman" is not "the maker of meaning", but the "bearer of meaning".

And Laura Mulvey was a white, "mid" class woman...and other white women can't even get this shit in their fucking brains for more than three seconds.

I, too, am tired.

Now, of course we can understand how both sides went into a war that ravaged an entire realm in under 3 years. how it lead to the end of dragons before Daenerys. How we can seem to chalk it up to noble people being typically selfish nobles...however, what makes this unique is the fact that it could have been entirely prevented if sexism itself did not exist. That Rhaenyra was a woman mattered and defined the entire trajectory of the greens' moves & motivations & confidence into usurping her in the first place. This is just basic fact. Not even Maegor's war w/his own nephew (Aegon the Uncrowned) was this devastating!

(LINK#1 & LINK#2, both by zaldrizer-sovesi) The Blackfyres came from xenophobic, [likely] ableist, desires for self-aggrandizement and have a lot to do with ideas of masculinity and power: bastard given a ruler's sword by the past one vs nonmilitant legitimate ruler who invites the "Other" into his court--using such things already in the society for one's one advancement. If we can acknowledge that, why can't we acknowledge the same for Rhaenyra/the Dance and sexism?!

Why do we need to subordinate that under "both sides bad", instead of the other way around? Again, Condal and many HotD "neutrals" have argued that "both sides bad" is the "point" of the war...which, it it actually were, then what is the goddamn point of it if it can be subsumed under "oridinary" nobles' wars?!! What is the point of the Dance or even adapting it at all? bfr!

[spoodlebat]

DAY 5 - REDESIGNED

Day 5 - Redesigned OC Still playing catchup; no further forward but no further back aha. At least I'm staying consistently far behind :'D Cmon spuddy, these were meant to be simple...!

Rather than like last year where, for this prompt, I took an old character and updated them, I chose to interpret it as being a character that has changed physically over time. With it being relevant to their species and lore as a whole, I think Knoop fits this bill quite well.

Character ramblings, as well as their other forms, below the cut <3

Knoop's species (known as voidlings) can reformat their bodies in times of dire need, ejecting their inner core from the outer shell and laying dormant until danger passes. By then absorbing biomass from the surroundings, voidlings can forge a new, armour-like hollow construct that the darkness within then operates to move around. It's an instinctive process that occurs whilst unconscious; shaped by the sleeping mind within, these forms tend to grow more complex as a voidling ages and matures, reflecting their worldly experience as well as one's own character traits.

Knoop themselves has reformed many times in their long life, but they have had 3 main forms over the course of their story.

Their first form predates their original 'death' and subsequent entanglement with the Divines; its main traits were dexterity and resiliance, useful in their role as a Galactic Federation Patrol officer.

Following their Divine Quest, Knoop was rewarded with knowledge of their origins, and a planet to call their homeworld. Despite the comfort of Elysium, however, something called them back into adventure. Attacked by creatures of darkness, their reformation was poorly supplied and woefully incomplete; Knoop's physical shell was corrupted by raw void, and their fragmented soul was irreversibly altered. With exposed flesh, unintentionally-embedded objects, and weakened armour, this form was made for desperate survival above all else. It took a great length of time for them to learn how best to use its unique strengths, as well as to become numb to its chronic pain.

The final form Knoop took before their eventual death, this shell is a great many things; a much overdue understanding, the relief of long-awaited completeness, a thousand years worth of forgiveness. Above all else, it is a physical manifestation of the love they now hold for themselves. A being now of two halves, those that call themselves Well and Scribe now co-exist within Knoop's body and mind, wrapped endlessly in the sheer joy that is their own existence.

Their core is no longer hidden away, burning brightly through the raw void that makes up parts of their body. Knoop can now repair themselves at a level far surpassing that of their fellow voidlings, able to manipulate the very matter that makes up most of reality, in order to break it down into material for their body. This power also grants them several abilities, such as manifesting hardlight digits or weaponry on command, as well as energy attacks and shadow tendrils.

And, just for fun ;w;

After their death, Knoop ascends to the Divine Realms. They finally shed their shell, free to exist as they truly are. Their form is typically quite nebulous, light and dark orbitting their core. However, they can take on a slightly more humanoid form if desired. Regardless of their shape, their two halves are ever winding around one another~

[ultimate-sword-showdown]

Round 3, Match 7: Nightblood vs. Mayalaran

Nightblood

From: Cosmere/Warbreaker

Wielder: Vasher

Nightblood is a pure black sword that bleeds black smoke when drawn. If a wielder unsheathes it for too long, they will die. When it was forged, it was given the command to “destroy evil,” but it doesn’t actually understand what evil is (to quote one of my submittors, it “approaches this with all the enthusiasm and moral nuance of a golden retriever”). It is very chipper and thrives on approval, wanting to be praised for all the evil people it has killed. The sword can possess evil people, causing them to kill the evil people around them and then usually commit suicide. It can communicate telepathically with others. Finally, it is canonically “fascinated by gender, and trying to figure it out.”

Mayalaran

From: The Stormlight Archive

Wielder: Adolin Kholin

Mayalaran is a Shardblade; a type of blade that can be magically summoned or dismissed and can cut through any physical object. She is wielded by Adolin Kholin, who nicknamed her Maya. Prior to learning her name, he refused to give her a name of his choosing, musing that that would be rude. Adolin often speaks to her even though she does not respond. Much of the lore surrounding Mayalaran gets into spoiler territory, so I will place more details under the cut if you are interested in learning more and don’t think you will read the books!

Mayalaran is a true spren, meaning that she had sentience in the cognitive realm (realm of the mind) and appeared as a humanoid (as opposed to lesser spren, which appear as animal- or spirit-like creatures in the cognitive realm and do not have sapience). However, she has been killed and now manifests as a deadeye, giving her once lively grassy hair a brown, wilting look and rendering her eyes black and scratched out. She was once bonded to a Radiant Knight through a Nahel bond (formed by stating Oaths), but when the Radiant she was bonded to broke their Oaths, she was killed and turned into a deadeye. Because of this, she cannot speak and only screeches, and wanders in the cognitive realm following her corpse (the sword, her physical form). Living Shardblades are able to communicate with the person they are bonded to, and are able to shape and manipulate their physical form. They can also be summoned instantaneously. However, as a deadeye, Maya’s form is static and cannot change, and she requires ten heartbeats to be summoned.

Most likely due to the unique way that Adolin interacts with Maya, she has been partially revived and is capable of greater sapience than before. She told Adolin her name, and has spoken on at least one other occasion. Once she moved to protect Adolin from attack by a Fused (in simple terms, an hostile entity) of her own volition, something deadeyes are not known to do. Once, she was summoned in only seven heartbeats instead of ten. After being partially revived, she is able to speak and converse, although her speech is slow or off. It is possible that she may be revived further as the series continues!

[tilseptemberends]

Do you wanna talk about your book or is that on lock and key (wouldn’t blame you if it was)

No locks or keys here! At least not for the most part. Obviously, I can't give you the full details plotwise but I'm super down to talk about it.

Sorrow and Storm (working title, I'll probably change it by the time I'm done) is the first planned story in a faerie romantasy-style series. It starts in a human village just outside the Woodlands Between, which is the forest separating the human kingdoms from the faeries of the Seelie and Unseelie realms. The main characters are named Evelynne (usually just called Eve), Soleil, and Acacia. They're my sweeties and I love them all dearly.

Eve is Soleil's older sister and the one who brought Soleil to the village after they left their former home. Soleil is a gifted healer. Magic is a trait that it already very rare in humans and healing magic is even more difficult to find even among the fae which makes her a difficult loss for her parents to take. And because of Acacia's fae ancestry she's able to go hunting the Woodlands without being lost to the everchanging forest protecting the faerie realms.

I'm still pretty early in drafting but I am looking into where to publish just as an ebook or something. Snippet below the cut <3

--- (from Ch. 2)

Eve soon found herself helping her sister load up her mostly empty cart with crates of healing tinctures and salves. As well as Soleil's leftover ingredients. Soleil lingered by the bench in the back of the cart, securing the crates so they wouldn't break on the short trip to the apothecary. Eve passed up the last crate and Soleil found it a spot with the others. She moved to hop out but looked down like she'd hit something. 

“What is it?” Eve approached the side of the cart and watched as her sister picked up an old looking book. The leather cover looked rather light, a soft brown that worked well with the shining gold lettering on the front and matched the thread in the binding. Soleil half sat on the edge of the cart and flipped the thing open. Frowning, she flipped a few more pages. 

“Is this yours Eve? I don't recognize any of this…” Soleil offered the book to Eve and she was surprised by the tome's light weight. She flipped through a few pages as Soleil had and pretty soon she was frowning at the pages too. It certainly wasn't common. Or any of the languages of the human kingdoms. The characters were completely foreign but patterns were frequent enough to imply that this was indeed a different language. “Hey? Acacia? You mind taking a peek at this?” Eve called over to the front of their home where their friend had stopped to tighten the buckles on her boots. She'd changed into trousers and light tunic, her quiver at her hip as it was most days.

Acacia slung her bow over a shoulder and made her way over to the cart. 

“What is it?” She asked and Eve offered her the book.

“Do you know what language this might be?” Acacia took the book a thumbed through for a minute before handing it back. “It's not a human language. But I can't tell if its Seelie or Unseelie. I don't know enough of either to be sure.” She flipped back to the cover and considered the title.

“Can you tell what the title is?” Soleil asked and Acacia grimaced slightly, “I think so..?” She chewed her lip for a moment, “The Book of… Requirement maybe? Or Provision… Provision sounds more right.” She handed the book back to Eve. “Where did you get that?” Eve slipped the book into the bag slung over her shoulder, “I must have gotten  it in town while I was making trades at the market. I can't remember who exactly must have given it to me though.” Soleil lightly bumped Eve's arm with the side of her foot, “Maybe it's some pretentious noble's diary. Or a book of faerie curses.” Eve batted at her sister's ankle, “Don't joke about that. We live too close to their lands to be making jokes about curses.” The book felt a bit heavier in her bag as she considered what manner of object she might have brought to her home. Maybe she should throw it in a river just to be rid of it… “I don't think it's curses. If I'm right about that last word being Provision then it might be something as mundane as an inventory record.” Acacia interjected before long. Eve wasn't sure it was something so inconsequential but she took the opportunity to think about anything else.

[det2x-fanfic-dump]

SATAN'S HC Bio:

Headcanon of Obey Me! Satan's character Bio: [Repost from AO3 + Descriptions cuz why not] This Bio is basically as reference in the fanfic. Series Link is found at the end of this post.

Warning: Most of them are based on the game and actual general info about demonology stuff// I didn't look into much

Name: Satan             

Human Name: Samuel

[A normal sound name instead of Samael which is another call for Satan]

Nickname:

Note: Satan is called Samuel mostly by people and Tan-tan as a cat)

Tan-tan [Just like in the canon]

Samuel [ By those who don't want to call him 'Satan' cuz demon name]

Cata-nya [In the fanfic, he transform into a cat most of the time]

Powers and Abilities:

Satan heavily depends on his magic skills rather than strength. He mostly do magic even without chants and incantations except for curses because there should be conditions.

[Note to self: Levels are based on how big of a power they will need... For example: Level 01- a passive skill...no magic required means they can do skills without use of magic energy. Level 02 - Magic power is needed but less use Level 03- Full magic source is needed ; Needs a host if necessary.]

1. A Little bit of Every Elemental magic but has the highest Affinity for Pyrokinesis (Level 2)

[Satan can do a bit of everything his brothers can do element-wise . For example: He can make rocks out of thin air or shoot offensive elemental spells.

However since fire in mostly inclined to very strong emotions and destruction, fire magic is his strong suit.]

Reason: In real life, Satan is the universal name to refer a demon so I think it's nice to have him the same power as the rest of his brothers. Imagine that his elemental magic is a basic version of what his brothers can do. This is also a reference that he is created from Lucifer so that means he's just like Lucifer.

2. Elemental Powers/ Natural Calamity (Level 3)

[This is just the stronger version of the first ability with the condition that he's mad. Satan can manipulate the elements found in Earth or can conjure natural calamities if given that he is very mad. For example: He can make thunderstorms, tornadoes, Floods, etc.]

Reason: He is the Avatar of Wrath so of course, natural disasters is his motif. Causing Natural disasters is one way to express his madness.

3. A Master of Curses (but mostly cat-related curses) (Level 2)

[He is an expert of curses. He knows a lot of incantations and curses such as changing physical appearance or make you do stuff. It's self-explanatory that most of his curses are cat-based anyway cuz he likes cats]

Reason: He always read grimoires and magic books in the canon game.

4. Telekinesis (Based in Obey me wiki) (Level 2)

[He can control every objects or any individuals. Imagine Sans from Undertale lol]

Reason: Based on the Obey Me Wiki and I think it's pretty unique too so I added it.

Powers and Abilities with Limitation:

Reason why there's Limitations: This is a reference on the general information about demons in real life. These abilities shows how demons can affect humans and how they interact with humans.

5. Control a Human's Anger and Wrath (Lv. 1)

[Satan can influence a human or mortal's emotions whenever and whatever mood he has. He can make someone angry for no reason or take away their wrathful energy if he so chooses. ]

[Limitation: This only works in the Human World and to mortal beings such as Humans and animals. Fellow demons and angels are not allowed. ]

Reason: He's the demon of Wrath.

6. Possession (Lv. 1)

[Just like any other demon, he has the ability to possess a human or animal and control them against their will. Demons can go in and out whenever.]

[Limitation: The human or mortal must have no magic affinity and must not be blessed by angels or in a holy sacred land connected to heaven/ celestial realm.

If the human have magic affinity, this will serve as protection.

A human with magical that has made a pact with a demon have the option to be possessed since this is also a way to borrow magic or strength.]

Reason: It is a reference to real life exorcism and demonic possession. Reason/Limitation why MC cannot be possessed.

MC has magical affinity...they can do magic like in the canon game.

They're surrounded or protected by angels like Luke and Simeon.

Unless given consent, they can either be possessed or use Karasu (Like in game gacha--idk how to add this to my fanfic//crai)

Unless MC loses their magic or has no celestial beings in their presence. They can be possessed.

In TWST x Obey Me Fanfic: Yuki in a Twisted Wonderland Series

Link:

https://archiveofourown.org/series/3813811

For some reason, upon arriving in Twisted Wonderland, Satan cannot be able to do magic and was turned into a cat at anyplace except Heartslabyul.

Given that he's the fourth born, he requires to depend a host for magic needs in the human world.

Dormitory: Unofficial Member of Heartslabyul

[He stays in that dorm instead with MC ]

Title in Night Raven (Until Heartslabyul): The Cat-warden of Heartslabyul  and Riddle Rosehearts' cat.

[alderaphid]

YOU!

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND YOUR ACCOUNT FOR AGES NOW. THE LINK FROM AO3 DIDN'T LEAD HERE BUT LED TO THE FRONT PAGE OF TUMBLR INSTEAD, AND I FULLY BELIEVED YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY I CAN CONTACT YOU ON, I WAS DEVASTED.

Anyway I recently read your Welcome Home fic Rotten Apple of My Eye and I absolutely LOVED IT! I actually read the standalone chapter 3 (Coffee Consernation) first and got interested that way, did you intentionally make it so that it can be read regardless of order? As in, I didn't need to read the first two to understand what was going on! Because I really liked that!

So okay, now that I'm here. I REALLY REALLY love how you write the Mob, they feel so alive in the world, the way they're just so natural in their wicked ways is such a delight to see, not to mention the bonus after-chapter character scenes! I love the way you write the interactions of the mob with each other! And their thoughts feel really natural to come to. I think those scenes are the ones I find myself looking forward to the most! I think the after-chapter scene of Coffee Consernation was what got me even more interested to see what else you wrote, aside from your already captivating writing style!

And the world! Yes you only talk about the Mob's interactions with both the reader and each other, but even then you still manage to make the world feel so alive! The reader feels so much like a person that has their own life outside of the story, until the Mob steals them away like a Raven that spotted a really nice shiny object.

I just HAD to come here to tell you how much I love reading your fic, it actually also gave me the boost I needed to get out of my writers block! So thank you thank you thank YOU for writing such a wonderful piece of writing! I am patiently waiting for the next chapter with barely contained excitement!

Ah! Me!

Thank you so much for your wonderful ask! You made me realize I hadn't changed the link on my profile after changing my Tumblr username! It's fixed now :]

I did start writing the series in a standalone way, yes! It was originally intended to be loosely-connected oneshots exploring the AU. I just ended up with more of a tight-knit plot than I bargained for. Such is writing; the characters have minds of their own, sometimes, and I am but a lowly conduit for their machinations.

The after character scenes have definitely been my favourite to write. The dynamics in the AU are so very interesting! I've never really written stuff outside of reader-insert, as I've never been confident in writing character-to-character interactions, so hearing that you like the parts that are supplemental/outside that realm is so lovely to hear!

Worldbuilding my beloved... There's something so harrowing about a fully fledged human being in a world of many possibilities being forcefully pidgeon-holed into one role, and I've tried my best to really construct a place that sort of horror can be explored. The Raven will be successful in dragging that shiny into its nest, that's the best part about this series :]

Wow! I'm so pleased my writing could help you out of writer's block! Thank you for reading! I hope to continue to deliver a delightfully dreadful next chapter :]

[fulgursmediaanalysisdrama]

After collecting more side quests and items that seemed like side quests but weren't I finished Ikana Castle and moved on to Stone Tower

There's no place for me to progress though, not even using the bunny mask for longer jumps. On the third floor I'm just stuck, I can reach only two platforms neither of which have any buttons or anything to interact with except for one hookshot pillar used to traverse between said platforms. It clearly is the only place to progress though, as the game had the rare instance of directly stating where to progress. And like, you generally being locked out of story relevant areas completely unless you have the tools to advance, and I don't think there be another tool I need other than the song.

What would suck is if I need to call back the plaforms I used to reach the third floor in a specific order in order to build a bridge to the fourth floor

The reason this would suck is that no matter where you fall from on the first or second floor you get send back to the entrance, but now I did get send back to the third floor after being knocked off the hookshot pillar (by something I couldn't see, but I was standing on top of it and all enemies are generally out of reach? There's only a few bats that don't even spot you), so I'd assume that I can always continue on from floor 3. Unless it wants me to manually go back to floor 1, as I can't reach floor 2 from 3.

Unrelated, but I do have sidequests left over that I'm 100% aware of. They have the usual problem of unclear objectives huge time waste by waiting or both. There's a lot of redoing in this, some of which is sped up, but I thought the appeal of this game was resetting cycles and doing things differently to achieve different things.

Not redoing the same things in the same way, with it not even speeding up and getting repetitive/boring (especially since most "challenges" are just annoying, in the sonic locking the player out of having control way, and don't provide any meaningful challenge to interact with in a way that can really be practiced. Everything that can be practiced is boringly trivial once you figure out how the mechanics work, if it wasn't spelled out to you), a number of times only to then time skip/wait and do one or two things before resetting and redoing again.

Sure at some point you have done everything and there's not that many things you need to redo any given thing for but in fact it's really annoying. Like at least make rechallenging the bosses worth something and keep the swamp healthy, the mountain thawed (you'd still get a reward upon replaying if you finish the temple quickly and gain the gold dust, since you don't need the sword for the dungeon), etc etc.

Shit like making me recollect the Zora Eggs because I didn't want to recollect the fairies is garbage btw, but at least more understandable. Now I just wish I had done the band side quest before the dungeon as the new wave bossa nova is permanent at least. What pains me still is that this is a remake and they fixed none of the errors of the first version, the quality of life changes that do exist hurt the immersion more than anything I have listed in this post of my big thread imo.

They were lazy quality of life changes too, bare minimum effort. But this is the way of this company, remakes as nintended. Money good, putting effort for money bad.

It's even more shocking as good remakes are 100% possible (ie a link between worlds), and what I'm asking is in the realm of a remaster. This is a remaster, I shouldn't have been calling it a remake my bad.

Anyways: tears of the kingdom is just a breath of the wild remaster and neither game is particularly good, botw is excusable as an interesting experiment that had good ideas with often poor execution. No one but Nintendo fans was impressed by this open world title, and no one should have been. Totk is an insult and should make it clear that botw wasn't bad because of lack of experience or anything but because of a lack of effort and care. The same bad designs got repeated uncritically even in the face of criticism, the reasons why botw was popular and sold well weren't examined and no growth took place, no improvements were made.

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Black Myth Wukong Guide

In Black Myth Wukong Guide we expect to play one of the most promising RPGs in 2024. Amazing graphic or graphic roots and engaging gameplay make Black Myth Wukong stand as a huge game that is based on the book Journey to the West written in China. To get down to business EU, whether you are a newbie or a pro, let’s review the basics of role-play games and give you more information for your future as the Monkey King. In this article, let’s look at some basic general guidelines, the basic system, and fun to dominate Black Myth Wukong. 🎮

Starting Black Myth Wukong Guide: Essential Tips for Beginners

As most of you have noticed, Black Myth Wukong has stunning locations and fights with bosses so here’s the advice for new players. Don't worry, though; below is a summary of the things you should pay attention to when you first enter this fantastical realm: 1. Master the Combat System 🏹 As it has been discovered, Black Myth Wukong is solely centered on combat. You are also likely to find that it is somewhat unpredictable with a fluctuating climate than some of the other countries. Here we have a complex fighter named Wukong, with transformation ability, spell-casting ability, and speedy staff fighting style. To effectively accomplish the gameplay in this type of fight, you need to be able to strike as well as defend, parry, and counter your opponent.

GameInfoX Pro Tip: Even during boss bouts you can always have a shot at assaulting the boss for a while. Some bosses have a strong hit point attack which hits fairly quickly but leaves them open. The best thing one can do is to strike a casting blow and do as much damage as possible. 👉 Check out the latest update and news on Black Myth Wukong 2. Use Wukong's Transformations 🐲 Black Myth Wukong being a shape-shifting character is one of the best action role-playing games that are being developed today. All of these changes are necessary for either combat or solving numerous kinds of puzzles. Would you rather slide right by your opponents or just worm your way past them? Of course, the change always means some transition is taking place! It refers to these forms to be used to counter the opposition in battle and coordinate maneuvers in the surroundings. 3. Explore the Environment 🌳 Black Myth Wukong has a very similar and completely open world and I think there is much more to explore in the game. This is the location of upgrades, new types of enemies, and bonuses in the game’s mandatory-to-explore mode. Contrary to this, just stroll, but do it intentionally, consciously with a purpose to observe all the surroundings meticulously. In general, there are often some areas that will have strong objects or skills that will help facilitate your travels considerably.

Key Features of Black Myth Wukong Guide

You must become acquainted with Black Myth Wukong's main elements if you want to succeed in the game: A. Stamina Management 💪 In warfare, it was important to sustain such a vitality level. Wukong even uses stamina to block and to perform any move in his repertoire as the case may be. When the caches are exhausted, hostile forces get a clear window through which they can wipe out the caches. There is a Stamina bar to look at, patience needed, and proper balance between healing and attacking. B. Upgrading Your Gear and Abilities 🛠️ In this game to progress in the story, a player needs to gather upgrade parts for tools or powers of your characters. Don't ignore this part! As the game advances, the abovementioned factors will act as weaponry and ability class part of game challenges and difficulty levels of later opponents. 👉 Interested in knowing more about this game? Check out Black Myth: Wukong’s features here.

GameInfoX C. Boss Battles 🐉 Yes, there will be huge super battles only those resulting from henchmen fights, and a few parts out of the game where henchmen will fight in packs. Each boss has a set of attributes, abilities, and special attacks so it is clear that to defeat each of them the player needs to use a different approach. Find out what they like to do, look at their shortcomings, and strike only when it’ll be most effective. If you think that it is too hard to manage your employer use earlier tasks, enhance your abilities or information, and attempt it once more. 👉 Check out the complete Tier List for Black Myth: Wukong

Explore Wukong Powers and Abilities

Wukong has several techniques and is capable of using magic in a general sense in several fashions. Even though they may possess huge authority, as it will be raised, it will greatly affect the battlefield. Here are a few important abilities you can acquire: - Spells of Fire and Ice 🔥❄️ Allow them to heat as basic magic to find out its rules. Ice is great for freezing or slowing a character or anything that rapidly moves or for knocking it back and Fire does area-of-effect non-elemental damage. - Form-Shifting Skills 🐦🦋 Because he can transform into other animals such as birds and even insects Wukong fights in many forms and angles out different aspects of an issue. When one wants to perform what he or she normally cannot, or when one wants to overcome what he or she cannot usually overcome, make these changes purposively. - The Ruyi Jingu Bang (Wukong’s Staff) 💥 The flail is another weapon that is the main tool of Wukong in battle and this character differs from others by his staff. It may be opened and closed to allow you to safely engage multiple antagonists at the same time, or to launch a ranged attack on your enemies. To try and increase the damage done by the staff take a few moments to use a couple of different staff talents.

Meet the Developers Behind Black Myth Wukong

This game was developed by Game Science Studio, a team of enthusiastic developers who devoted some years of manpower and research to it. What was their objective? to wrap the readers’ understanding of Chinese mythology into the cuddliest and the shiniest bow possible. The well-known heroes and mythological creatures have been carefully and fast reconstructed by the developers, expanding the specter of an action role-playing genre.

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FAQs About Black Myth Wukong

Q-1 Can Wukong launch all his abilities right now?A-1 However, many of Wukong’s abilities are earned as one progresses through the game since the character evolves as you progress.Q-2 Is Black Myth Wukong an online game? Is Black Myth Wukong multiplayer?A-2 For now, Black Myth Wukong is developed as a single-player game that will emphasize the narrative aspects and playability.Q-3 How hard is Black Myth Wukong?A-3 Despite the high level of difficulty, especially in boss battles, every gamer should comprehend the system of fighting, so the game is suitable for everyone.Q-4 On which platform will Black Myth Wukong be released?A-4 It will come out to play on PS5, XSX, S, and PC.

Conclusion

Black Myth Wukong, distinguished by dramatic graphics, unique combat, and obvious reference to the Chinese legend, is set to become one of the best action RPGs of 2024. What makes it more fun to play this game is that exploring the area, gaining new abilities, and confronting gigantic enemies all fall into that category. Are you trying to become the Monkey King? follow Black Myth Wukong Guide💫 Words: 756 Read the full article