#just look at kratos bro he's just so....

[mel-kusanagi]

okay imagine Kratos making Freya blush or 'excited' (whether accidentally or intentionally) and Freya's valkyrie wings just start popping up as her flustered reaction 👀

naurrrr 💀😭 i can imagine her wings popping out like

[idkwatthehec]

I am having AU brainrot and I must share it.

So it’s bedrock bros God of War basically. Obviously Kratos is Techno and Atreus is Tommy and the plot is pretty similar but there are some things that are different that changes some things.

First off, Tommy was given to Techno by the goddess of Death (Kristen) not his (technically) biological son. (Although this is kind of obsolete because of Reasons, Tommy is Basically his bio son without him having actually…created him)

Secondly, Techno named Tommy Theseus, but the woman who raised him gave him the nickname of Tommy. The woman who raised him is Not Technos wife, but just a woman he trusted to take care of Tommy, named Clara. She dies, obviously, leaving Techno to come pick up the kid he should’ve been raising.

Techno, instead of having the title of God of War, instead has the title of God of Blood. Instead of his skin being stained white by the ashes of his family, his hair was stained red by the blood of the innocent he slaughtered. As this story is later in the future, his hair has lightened to more of a pink color :)

Also, instead of Realms, it’s dimensions, of course the ones we know and love, Overworld, Nether, and End, but there will be a couple ones that might also be familiar that I won’t spoil :)))))

Anyways, Technos home dimension is the nether, because he was born piglin and the ‘gods’ that he killed there were all the leaders/rulers of the respective mobs of the nether, including his own father.

One of the most crucial things that is different is of course the Voices. Sticking with the popular headcanon, the voices in Technos head are people who have died/he has killed or caused the deaths for. These voices can send him into a rage where he goes blind with bloodlust and kills everything around him. Despite the fact that this has not happened in many many years and the fact that he has much more control over them, he is still deathly afraid of losing himself to them once more. So that’s why, instead of raising the son he was given, he instead gives him away, believing that anywhere would be safer than by his side.

There’s a bunch more subtle and huge changes I have planned, but I really need to start writing this shit down and legitimately planning before I can spoil anymore lol.

Look out for when the first chapter comes out, I already have it completely planned but I want to plan a couple more chapters (at least 5-6) before I start really getting into the writing of it. Hopefully, by doing so, I can bring out a more fully fleshed out story that will be much more enjoyable to read.

If you’ve read this far you are a real one and probably interested so make sure to follow 👍

[baronaliswritingcorner]

Tales of Symphonia Stray Thoughts #11: Meltokio Sewer/Sybak Again/Gaoracchia Forest

-Zelos: ..."Well, in the end, we're of the same lot, really.

Genis: What do you mean?

Zelos: No one wanted us to be born."

There's so much to be said here. Despite having a hand in every faction, Zelos is clearly apathetic in whoever's the winning side so long as they serve his interests -- enough to even swallow his own prejudices. Cynicism born from four millennia-long theocracies will do that to you.

-Those knights at the gate are real bros.

-“I used these to sneak back home.”

...hmm, but Meltokio's a gated community. Where was he sneaking back from? I know we all use our headcanons to imaigne towns and inns populated across the landscape, but "sex clubs littered across Tethe'alla" is territory I'd rather not traverse.

-Colette stop casting judgement on those snakes. they're snakes. save that tp.

Also listen to those low-quality hissing effects HISSISHSISHSISSHSISHISS

-“…I guess so.” Isn’t a very Presea line.

-“Now I can do this and that without anyone finding out it’s me…”

Sexual harassment! Also another one of those weird vague, low-context lines they don't bother cleaning up for silent dialogue.

-man it sure is convenient how those spider webs keep popping up just in time to help solve the block puzzle huh gang

-sneaking into the mouse holes while you're tiny is a clever gimmick but uh

who's stuffing these weapons into tiny bags and shoving them into mouse holes

-That shot with the group's feet is good. Tales of Symphonia is hardly known for its chorography, but there's some good shots now and then.

-Any digs at Zelloyd aside, Zelos’s queer-coding is pretty, well, evident. You got the pink outfit, Masaya Onosaka's flamboyant performance in the JP version, annnnnd him randomly hugging Lloyd at random intervals (As seen here.)

Combined with all the women hungry for his status and good looks, and you got a classic recipe for repressed homosexuality. Not exactly a wonder that's Symphonia's most popular boy's love pairing.

-Regal’s theme is gooooooooood. Listen to that sax. Damn!

-Love how nonchalant Sebastian is about everything -- guy just doesn't give a fuq his master's wanted. Almost like that's not the first time. (Hmm...)

I channeled this quality for my Colloyd Week 2024 fic to fun results.

-Speaking of queer-coding, “bud” is good localization for “hunny.”

-"You’re pr-pr-pretty." is peak relatable. Poor Genis!

Well, then again, I guess most of us haven't tried to put the moves on victims of Exsphere parasitism.

-This is where the game does this weird habit of pointless gags/scenes with Colette, although her crickking her neck in her sleep's pretty funny.

-Man-made summon spirits…geez don’t tell me they ended with up eldritch FMA abominations lol. "Shee...na..."

-Geez, the half-elves're stuck down there too. There’s a door in the side of the lobby – at least they have beds there, right? Right? Racist bastards.

-“I thought Kuchinawa had talked to you about it, but I guess he didn’t.”

lol don’t tell me he tried to steal the freakin' EC

-Okay wait did he lock the gate at the bridge too lol that’s like the pettiest plan ever. “Yeah this’ll stop them!”

-“Are those decoration things Exspheres?”

how do these things even work. Are they like containers or something. namco pls

-Raine says the EC was a land vehicle but I dunno how that could be anything but a boat. Sheena and Zelos complain about it too but, I dunno, it looks like

-So do wing packs work like hoipoi capsules in Dragon Ball? At any rate, love the Sylvarant teen trio losing their minds over it. Such child-like innocence.

-I've mentioned before how the HD ports remove ellipses, but Presea's "...Professor?" here has the "professor" removed as opposed to said ellipses. Weird.

-The EC music is so purty. Trying to remember why I’d always get stuck here though since the port’s straight ahead LOL

-So you know those optional cutscenes where Kratos's travelling around Tethe'alla to find ingredients for the Eternal Ring? I know I've seen the Ozette one numerous times before, but while the script/descriptions for the others sound familiar, I'm not sure I ever watched them in-game? Hmm.

Anyway, uh, interesting they just had a broken machine from the Ancient War lying around the academy.

-“It seems monsters existed in the prehistoric era too”

yo then why’d you imply cruxis made them

The guy’s second line here references criminals – I could’ve found out more if I talked to him sooner. I'm dying for some lore here, man!

-“Was the warrant put out for you because you were using strange chemicals?”

what

-“Don’t misunderstand me. I’m talking about rune bottles.”

what

-“It’s not a mistake for humans, who are unable to use magic, to pursue magitechnology.”

This guy repeating history aside, they never explicitly mention magic works in the main story, do they? As in, the whole "Kratos and Zelos can only use magic thanks to Aionis" deal. You'd thiiiiiiiiiiiink that'd catch attention sooner.

“If we capture some of the monsters that have reappeared and force them to continuously use magic, we may be able to confirm the effects of pushing the limits of magic-usage”

lady

chill

-Zelos: "Hello, hunny."

Girl: “Hehe, here you go.” GIVES ME EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS.

...y'know, as fun as this gag is, I wonder if it's aged well, lol.

-The Gaoracchia Forest opens with...Colette apologizing for being too cheery. Um, okay.

-“Zelos, you are in the way of the pope.”

“Heh, I’ve known that since I was a kid.”

Hmm, how so? I demand to know the history here.

-THE BOXER IRIIIIIIIS

I could discuss Tales of Symphonia's enemy variety, but I know some of you are curious about this particular baddie following my Colloyd Week fic -- as it happens, I never had any particular affinity for them until recently when @frayed-symphony's illustration of all the Gaoracchia Forest monsters was reposted before Colloyd Week.

Somehow, my eyes fell upon the Boxer Iris with its big weepy eyeball and bulbous boppers and I just went, "...you know, that's a really fun enemy design. I gotta use that critter somehow." How that morphed into "non-verbal mugger", I dunno, but it became one of my favorite details. Now I feel kinda bad slicing it up.

Anyway, she's now living happily with Fred in one of those thorn bushes, I'm sure. They'll be back.

-Ugh I swear shining the light on those bushes drives me crazy. Y'all know what I'm talking about? why you gotta come at them from different direction

-Colette’s one-armed strength…is that how angelic senses work? Housework must be a breeze for her -- imagine her just lifting furniture around. There's a fic here!

-Ya’ll, have I ever mentioned how much I love the Recover/Resurrection sound. So heavenly. Mmm.

...Oh yeah, I didn't discuss any of the Presea and Regal stuff, huh? We'll get to that next time. Lots of ground to cover.

[thedailybullshit]

So I started Ragnarok last night; here are my thoughts:

I love love LOVE how much closer Kratos & Atreus are instantly shown to be. There’s a huge contrast between their distance in the last game & their easy familiarity in this one.

I’m calling it now but the sled dogs (wolves) are gonna be Skol & Hati.

RIGHT into it w/ Freya to let us know this has been happening for years. I thought it would be the most obvious that bc Kratos killed her son, Freya’s gonna try to kill Atreus. I wasn’t sure she would do that tho, but immediately in her 1st attack she punches Atreus in the face, throws him off the sled, & I think she tried to stab him? It was going really fast so I couldn’t tell but it looked like she tried? So now I’m even less sure. Combat btw is fast paced & engaging.

We didn’t need to start w/ the dog (wolf) dying but okay. Love Kratos trying to help Atreus through his grief in his own way, even if it doesn’t come out quite right.

Also fairly certain that Fenrir was buried instead of burned so they can bring him back intact later on, if that is supposed to be the real Fenrir. Either w/ time travel junk like Jorm or Hel’s death magic.

FAYE?!??! O my god?!??! I’m in love?!?!? Her constantly teasing Kratos IMMEDIATELY after we meet her is just shehfjddjdjdzk?!!?! “Grumbles” duuuude “Am I meant to decipher your grunting?” no I’m definitely in love. It’s so clear that Atreus’s nature as Loki is all her (emphasized by her wearing yellow) & I love it. Also love the callback to the first hunt in the last game when Kratos tells Faye “This is your hunt.” Also can I point out that Kratos saw Faye - same height as him at 7 foot something - perform the same godlike feats of strength as him w/ the same ease & instead of thinking, “Hey I don’t think this woman’s mortal,” thought instead, “Damn, Scandinavian women are built differently.” BRO SHE LIFTED A TREE & then spooky shit happens.

OH SO WE’RE IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSING KRATOS DEAD ON THE WALL, OKAY

“Why won’t this bear fucking die?”

“HOLY SHIT IT’S ATREUS NO”

“Oh he can heal, it’s okay. Also HE CAN SHAPESHIFT THE LOKI POWERS ARE COMING IN YES”

“Kratos was seconds away from killing his other child.”

Speaking of which, Atreus has gotta find out at some point in the game that Kratos had a whole other family. Idk if it’ll come from Kratos but there’s a huge possibility that it won’t. Clearly the Aesir know the gist but if they know he killed his family then Atreus could find out this terrible info from a terrible source at a terrible time.

Speaking of the Aesir, I somehow missed Thor’s height. I thought Tyr was tall but holy shit, Thor’s gotta be like 9 feet. Love everything about this version btw; design, voice, characterization are all on point.

Odin was a bit underwhelming, he kinda looked like a Pope, but I think that’s the point. Odin in Norse myths has a habit of going out in disguise to get people off their guard so it makes sense that this Odin wouldn’t be an imposing figure. Few outside the Aesir would get to see that.

Atreus is looking for Tyr & pretty close to finding him too, nice. Not so nice that Odin & Thor know about it.

HOLY SHIT THE SCRIPTED DEATH THAT TOOK YOU TO A MENU & THE RESURRECTION?!?! What a mindfuck. I’m not ready for the rest of this game.

I don’t think Atreus declined Odin’s invitation to Asgard. Not a good thing given Thor saying that Odin’s got plans for him, those plans likely being execution bc Ragnarok doesn’t happen w/out Loki. What else are you hiding Boy?

Atreus taught Kratos how to read runes & I just think that’s sweet.

Kratos & Mimir really are just coparenting huh.

I thought that what turned out to be called a stalker was gonna be a full on character, not just a regular baddie. Little disappointed. She looked cool tho.

God I missed the dwarves. Sindri tryna act like he hasn’t been helping Atreus, then cowering from Kratos when the truth comes out & Atreus having to get between them (fairly certain that Kratos was partially fucking w/ him tho). & Brok saying to Atreus “What’s that doing in my workshop?” & KRATOS NOT GETTING THE JOKE “That is my son.” THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THESE 5 ARE GOLD & I’M SO GLAD KRATOS ATREUS & MIMIR ARE BEING PUT UP W/ THEM.

We’re less than 2 hours into the game & most of the stuff in the trailers has been shown or referenced already. So as stated above, I’m not ready for the rest of this game.

[ultimatefartwizard]

Agonies of a Late Homestuck Reader Pt.3

Wiz is here for the hell that is this work, and now we start off with Act 2, we begin with a mysterious vagabond wandering a desert. He like... finds this underground bunker type thing with a lid that has the same symbol as the cruxtruder? Quite interesting!

Jumping back to John, since he seems to now be in like floating purgatory type situation yet alive and well.... as well as a just now 13 year old boy can be after just nearly dying from a meteor hurdling towards him and his father's house.

Am I insane and used RPGmaker XP too much? Or does the wind sound in it sound like one of the wind effects RPGmaker XP use (specifically using it as an example as I've never used other rpgmaker programs)

I downloaded Ruffle (a in-browser flash player replacement) to circumnavigate the "flash player no longer supported" issue since I wanted a true genuine experience as it was intended, and thankfully it works! For those wanting Ruffle, you can find it -HERE-

I played the segment with John looking around his house, and was amused by this sort of omnipotent narrator type character (soon revealed to be the vagabond, having gone down into the bunker and is using a computer to communicate) that would order commands at him and just call him "BOY."

Various Vagabond antics; makes me think of how Kratos calls his son "boy" continually in Ragnarok.

As I further mucked about, John's father seems to be missing and some sort of oil substance is everywhere. I originally thought his father got whole ass slaughtered and had him bleed out like a pig, thankfully not... maybe? I haven't read far enough yet.

I immediately thought of John Kramer talking through Billy the puppet when I read this clicking on the cabinet. And considering the species of "Cherub" in Homestuck is based on the puppet, I wouldn't put it past Hussie to make a (slightly butchered) reference.

John talks to Dave, and.... well I won't show the image of the exact things he says when he starts rapping cuz 1. I can't put a clickable censor on images and 2. not comfortable posting that but OH MY GOD. HUSSIE... HUSSIE! NO STOP HUSSIE DONT WRITE THAT YOU ARE WHITE OH MY GODDD.... DON'T MAKE THAT CHILD SAY SUCH THINGS AND MAKE MORE WEIRD AND BORDERLINE RACIST COMMENTS.... Why are you obsessed. Why are you especially obsessed with black presidents and, in conjunction, Obama??? Do you have some sort of weird crush on this man because you think about him too much. (joking around with myself to save my sanity, im dying here, also note i feel these negative ramblings are important especially when looking at this piece of media in a critical light)

Please I pray the comments like this calm down... though knowing the later stuff ik Hussie doesn't stop being weird or finds new ways to be gross and weird. I also made the mistake of reading the "sweet bro and hella jeff" comic Hussie linked on Dave's segment and my god this explains the later incident with..... a certain Homestuck 2 character. DO NOT READ THAT FOR YOUR SANITY BTW.

Back onto the story itself, watching Dave manage his sylladex and how his captchalogues/uncaptchalogues stuff makes me realize how stupidly complex his is, and it's the most complex thus far. I still don't understand it but that's for another time for rambles. Also rather curious out of the three revealed human children so far he's the only one who's not apprehensive to his family member's collection of themed stuff; in this case, it's his brother's puppet collection. I swear to god there's got to be some sort of underlying reason for these, there's no way that these are all presented to the reader and somehow don't have any strong significance or meaning.

It cuts over to Rose again, who's trying to get out to the generator in the rain so she can boot up her computer to pair up with John again and escape certain doom due to a meteor shower hitting the forest she lives in and is engulfed in flames. She seems to have a lot of contempt for her mother, not sure if it's the same back towards her but they are noted to have some sort of one-uping competitions. Both John and Rose seem to compete with their parents while Dave nods and seeminly respects his brother's stuff, which is interesting and definitely will try to investigate this phenomenon as I read.

I leave off on page 374, certainly to return later for more reading! -Wiz

[screechthemighty]

Hello God of War enjoyers, Sindri enjoyers, and "Kratos being a good bro" enjoyers, I have returned with part 2/3! If you missed part one, you can check the tag "fic: the balance of life is in the ripe and ruin" on my blog OR you can check out the AO3 link in a reblog!

the balance of life is in the ripe and ruin: part 2/3

content warnings: depictions of OCD including anxiety spirals and compulsions; grief due to family loss; brief dissociation; major spoilers for ragnarok. (also sindri's coping methods aren't necessarily how you're supposed to deal with OCD, but therapy doesn't exist so he's working with what he's got here)

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The wolves weren’t so bad, as it turned out. Speki and Svanna slept outside and pretty much left Sindri alone when Kratos told them to. Getting used to Mimir took less time than Sindri had expected. On top of that, Kratos was tidier than Sindri expected and he didn’t get visitors often. Mostly it was just Freya and Angrboda, both of whom gave him some space. It was peaceful out in the Wildwoods; for a few days, Sindri felt like he could breathe.

Then, of course, the thoughts of the house came creeping back. The house and the floorboards. The urge to go back and start scrubbing came. He tried to ignore it, distract himself until the thoughts went away, but it was only a temporary solution. The more it happened, the more his fear started turning to frustration.

I don’t want to live like this. I can’t live like this.

“I am this close to just replacing the fucking floors,” Sindri said one night over dinner. It was the first thing either of them had said; Kratos was back from some lengthy expedition to Vanaheim, and Sindri had spent most the day with one foot in a panic attack. That didn’t exactly make for sparkling dinner conversation. “I don’t want to look at them anymore.”

Kratos nodded contemplatively. It took him a minute to look up from his stew, as if he were digesting what Sindri had said along with the food. “We could do it.”

“Do what?”

“Replace the floors.”

He was being completely serious. And suddenly, the idea seemed like much less of a bitter joke.

.

Of course, it took Sindri barely any time to regret agreeing to it. Being back at the house set the fear and racing thoughts loose again, so badly that he froze in the doorway and couldn’t move. He was scared to turn around and look at Kratos. He couldn’t handle seeing that oh so he’s crazy-crazy look on the god’s face. “Uhm.” Sindri took a deep breath. “It’s. It’s fine. I can do this.”

No, he couldn’t.

“I’m sorry…”

“We still have to find suitable materials,” Kratos pointed out calmly. “If you remember what you used last time, we do not have to enter.”

Right. Yeah. “I think I do,” Sindri said. He tried to be businesslike about it. Right, yeah, of course, they’d have to source the materials for the sealant, talk to Ratatoskr about digging into the branch again, consider sourcing stone or wood or something and bringing it there. This is the logical next step. Definitely not avoiding anything. “I can figure it out.”

Kratos grunted and reached over Sindri’s head to close the door–slowly at first, then more definitively when Sindri didn’t try to stop him. “Come.”

SIndri didn’t feel like he could breathe again until they were back in the Wildwoods, but at least Kratos wasn’t looking at him like he was a lunatic.

.

Figuring out and gathering everything they’d need took longer than it had last time, probably because Kratos was constantly being dragged off to help with some problem or another. The delay had mixed results. Some days still brought the panic and racing thoughts; most of the time, though, Sindri knew that even those panicked moments were better than what he’d face when the floor did come up.

You’ll have to face it one day,

Maybe, but he was content to put that day off for a little while longer.

.

He finally saw Lúnda again during the material gathering process. Sindri knew it was unavoidable, but after last time, he wasn’t looking forward to the conversation.

“You, uh…” Lúnda sucked on her teeth and examined him carefully. “You get your head back on straight?”

Sindri laughed bitterly. “My head’s never been on straight,” he said. “Didn’t Brok tell you that?”

The scurrying of paw steps interrupted the conversation. Both wolves came running over–one with a ball in her mouth, the other desperately trying to steal it. Both froze a safe distance away when the ball hit the ground, their eyes fixing on Sindri. “Okay, okay…” Sindri unhooked a took from his belt–a modified scoop with a long handle–and used it to pick up the ball. “Do you guys ever get tired?”

Speki and Svanna’s eager whines answered the question. Sindri rolled his eyes and flung the ball. “Go on, get!”

And they were off again, nearly knocking each other over as they ran. “Smart,” Lúnda said.

“Yeah, you should see the distance Kratos gets with it.” Sindri slipped the tool back in place. “I’m not…delusional, all right? I just…” He couldn’t look at her as he spoke. “I get these thoughts in my head and if I don’t do something about them, they don’t go away. Even when I do, they don’t always go away for good.” They never did, really, but he was sure this already sounded bad and nonsensical. No sense in making it worse. “So I know. I know he’s gone.” Saying it still made him feel sick, but at least he could say it. “It was just…either the floors or I lose my mind.”

“...Wow. That sounds…”

“Hard? Terrifying? Yeah, welcome to my life. It’s not so bad now. I think I just needed to get out of that house.” He finally looked at her. Lúnda’s eyes were sympathetic, not confused or repulsed. He’d take that, but first… “I’m sorry I yelled at you.”

Lúnda shrugged. “It’s all right. I’m just glad to see you doing a little better is all.”

Was he?

Sindri pondered it as the wolves raced back over. “Well.” He scooped the ball back up and threw it again. “I’m sure not doing worse.”

And that was definitely better than nothing.

.

The day finally came. They had everything they needed. All they had to do was start.

One small problem: Sindri couldn’t get through the door again.

He’d let Kratos in first this time, which was already wreaking havoc on his nerves. The war god had avoided the Spot so far without being asked, but…no, no, Sindri hated this. He hated all of it.

“We still have to move the furniture,” Kratos said. Then, a bit more forcefully, “Sindri.”

“Huh? What?”

“One chair.” Kratos’s tone was firm, but shockingly patient. “You can move it, or I can. Or we can go home.”

One chair. Just the one. He could do that, right?

“Uhm. Okay. Yeah, you…you can…” He swallowed nervously and gestured outside. “Y-yeah.”

Kratos nodded. He picked up the armchair from the corner, only moving it outside when Sindri didn’t object. He set the chair down. “How do you feel?”

“...scale of fine to worst day of my life? Uh.” Sindri glanced back inside the house. He couldn’t make his legs move. “Probably that time you were asking about Mimir’s eye?”

“Do you want to go home?”

“I…” Yes, but he also didn’t want to draw this out too long. “...one more? Let’s do one more.”

He could handle one more, right?

They got three chairs out before Sindri had to call it quits. No one was more surprised by that than he was.

Weirdly, even that small start made the return trip seem less terrifying.

.

By the time Kratos got all the big furniture out, Sindri’s panic hadn’t risen past mild discomfort. It’s not that bad, see? Don’t be a chickenshit.

He took a deep breath and stepped inside.

Okay. Okay, don’t overthink it, just go. One thing at a time.

He kept moving, focusing on the list of smaller items that needed moving so they wouldn’t get dirty. One item. Then the next. Then the next.

Just don’t think! Brok told him that all the time. You thinkin’ so much, that’s the problem. You know what you’ve gotta do, so just do it.

It was never that simple for Sindri, but he tried. He really tried.

He was successful right up until he had to cross to the right side of the room. Near the Spot.

Be careful, don’t step on it, be careful, you’ll hurt him, be careful!

The panic got so bad, he ended up leaving the house. He stood outside and took deep, desperate breaths. Something about the air on the World Tree was…different. Crisp like mountain air, but not so thin. He tried to focus on that instead of his racing thoughts.

They stopped a lot faster this time.

See? Toldja. You think too damn much.

The sound of Kratos clearing his throat caught Sindri’s attention. “We can stop…”

“No,” Sindri blurted. “No, I can do it. I need to do this.”

“...hmm.” Did he look impressed? Was that an impressed look on his face? “Very well.”

Sindri took one last breath before going back in.

He still gave the spot a wide berth, but every item got moved. Sindri knew it was probably a bad idea to start believing in omens, but he really hoped that was a good one.

.

They started on the edges of the room and worked their way in.

Some days they made good progress. Some days, barely anything got done. It wasn’t always the irrational anxiety that slowed him, either. Sometimes it was grief. It’d hit him all over again, the sorrow and anger so fresh he felt like he might drown in them.

“I hate him,” Sindri said one day. He felt like a geyser with a pressure cap over it; his body wanted to cry, but for some reason he just couldn’t. “I hate him so much, but there’s nothing I can do about it now.” He’d smashed that stupid marble. Odin was gone. It just wasn’t enough. Maybe nothing would’ve been enough. “I don’t know what to do with it. It’s just…there now.”

Maybe that was why he’d been so angry at Kratos and Atreus after it happened. All that rage and nothing to do with it…it had to go somewhere. They were close by, easy targets, culpable in his eyes. If he couldn’t make Odin hurt, he could make them hurt.

Right. Because that’s fair.

Kratos hummed. His hands traced over the scars on his forearms. They didn’t seem so…stark as they had before. Sindri remembered how red and inflamed they could look over Fimbulwinter, seeming to re-open and heal at random. They hadn’t been that bad in months. “It will fade,” he said. “You can turn it into other things. Just…do not let it turn back on yourself.”

“Or anyone who doesn’t deserve it.”

“You don’t have to apologize to me again.”

“I know.” Sindri stared out over the swirling voids above them. Sometimes they looked beautiful. Some days they just looked cold. He wasn’t sure what today was like. “Any word…?”

Kratos shook his head. “He has far to travel. The coming winter may slow him…” His voice trailed off. When Sindri glanced his way, the war god was staring down at his hands, his face hard to read again. He didn’t seem distressed, though.

“He will return,” Kratos finished finally, with that same quiet certainty he’d displayed before. “Do you think you can continue today?”

Sindri glanced back over his shoulder. The inside of the house looked cold, unwelcoming. “...no” he said finally. “No, I think I’m done for today.”

Kratos was right: he should channel all that anger into something else. Usually, it was the floor. He’d started easing back into smithing work, too, picking up projects late in the evening when he was sure he would be left alone. It helped, most of the time, but something told him that wouldn’t work today. The load was too much.

Time to go home and hope the next day would be better.

.

They dug up the Spot last.

Sindri insisted on burning the flooring. It was the best compromise he could think of: he couldn’t keep it there, but if he treated it as an extension of Brok by giving it a burial…it’d be gone, right? Nothing else to worry about. And it worked, in a way. His mind didn’t rebel against the idea the way it did stepping on the wood.

It also backfired spectacularly, because suddenly he was burying his brother for a second time. And somehow, it hurt more than the first.

He burned the pieces alone. He’d been worried he’d break down, and he wasn’t sure he wanted an audience for that. He didn’t, though. It wasn’t the numb feeling that had overtaken him at the first funeral. The world felt stretched out, thin, unreal. It was like his soul had come untethered, watching what happened from a distance.

How many times am I going to lose him?

Funny thing: he could imagine Brok’s response so clearly. Just the one time, you idiot. I ain’t gonna be more gone than I was before. It’s all in your head.

“Yes, dumbass,” Sindri muttered. The sound of his own voice drew him back, even if only a little. “That’s where your thoughts usually are.”

For a moment, the only sound was the crackling of the fire. Sindri closed his eyes and tried to focus on that sound. He just needed one thing to be real. Even if the realest thing was…

You’ll be all right.

He didn’t believe it, not really.

But if he imagined it in Brok’s voice, he could get close.

.

Fall turned to winter, one that seemed far less harsh after three years of cold.

He started going out into the world more. Worked alongside Lúnda. Did repairs for Kratos and Freya’s armor. He and Agrboda collaborated on a piece. She really was a talented artist. She seemed sure Atreus was safe, too. (Sindri felt like there was a story with them, but he decided not to pry. Not his place, not his business, though he was pretty sure he knew what was happening there.)

The floor slowly filled itself in. By the end of winter, only the Spot was left. And that was where the work stalled.

He spent more time in the house, even sleeping there some nights. He went longer and longer stretches of time without breaking down. But he couldn’t bring himself to finish.

It just didn’t feel like the right time.

[faint-kitten]

So I was listening to someone talk about Idris Elba vs Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk tonight...

by Faint_Kitten

Was watching LordBalvin on twitch play Cyberpunk 2077 and he made the comment that Idris Elba might be turning in the best performance in the game, and while saying he had no problem with Reeves performance me and a couple others in chat agreed there was something not quite right about Keanu being cast in Cyberpunk. I think I put my finger on it.

I say this as someone who recently discovered I was autistic, and struggle to convey what I'm feeling through my tone of voice: Keanu has kind of one speed, vocally.

Like emotionally his voice doesn't seem to convey a lot as an actor, he's kind of got this whispering surfer dude voice. Which is fine when he's confused as Neo and people are info dumping on him, and he just has to pose and do fight scenes. It's fine when he's trying to be mysterious or a badass know it all as Constantine, or when he's trying to be a badass as John Wick, but with the perf cap there's always a sort of robotic nature to performances in games because like…people can't touch things. And (a lot of people don't know this) studios go back in and RE-ANIMATE a stuff by hand ALL the time for cut scenes. Some actors aren't physically proportioned to their characters (things get slightly stylized all the time) and as a result Performance Capture in video games can be a little...stiff. Watch Christopher Judge at the begining of Ragnarock when he's in the cave: he's stroking the bag that held his wifes ashes andyou can kind oftell he's not touching anything. Maybe it's because he's not physically holding anything, maybe it's because they also got to big up his hands in after it's captured to "scale" him to Krato's proportions (kratos got big hands). So performances tend to get a bit disconnected? Robotic? There's this weird not QUITE uncanny valley thing where people have to be both stiff, and try to be expressive, and ontop of that, even when you Performance capture, Animators have to go BACK IN and adjust the performance, expresions are re-animated by hand. Which they don't do a lot of? You see Jeremy davis as Baulder, and he does odd flailing things with his arms and I can never tell if it's the actors trying to give the performance more life, or what but you'll see a lot of odd, finger spread arm waving as actors try to inject energy or movement into their performances that doesn't quite translate from the IRL performance to their animated counter part. So motion capture in games is...as I said. A bit stiff and janky sometimes. And again, motion capture isn't a one and done, animators and vfx people still go in and manipulate the character's face afterward to get the right expressions all the time.

People in cyberpunk, are well designed they're textured gorgeous, but their faces don't express any more emotion than Outerworlds or Fallout 4. I think, I feel like, actors who rely on their face struggle in voice acting. Especially if they're not LOOKING at anyone.

Look at Mark Hammil, bro gets up and throws his hands around playing the joker. So the energy comes out. Actors like Reeves and Peter Dinklage and Ryan Gosling sort of rely on subtle movements, and long quiet pauses like 90% of Ryan Gosling's acting is him not saying SHIT. Watch Drive, watch Blade Runner again, a lot of his acting is just STARING. Hiring him for a game would be a terrible idea.

When you combine this sort of robotic animation Cyberpunk has, with Keanu's natural voice... You don't quite get Peter dinklage, or Megan Fox, but it's still not quite right? I don't know if it was a good fit for him? A good avenue? It's so fucking close, but he doesn't quite pull it together? A smirk, or a cute face helps sell what Reeves does when he's acting in films, and he doesn't get that. So he has to be this sort of big bombastic dude he isn't? So it just seems like he doesn't fit. Maybe Reeves makes sense as Johnny in live action? But in game I don't think so.

By the same token, I don't know who the fuck you get to play this role. I can't see anyone but him in it now.

[perfectharmonyloveschaos]

Bro I came from your ao3 and finally I found someone who is also hyperfixating on ragnarok!!! The impact of the “what do I call you” line, the recurring theme of “remember our promise” and nature vs form, the hype when Kratos blows gjallarhorn, the way Odin was so good at manipulation I almost started believing him, the music, the way thor got merked the second he decided to change for the better, the last look that Atreus gives Kratos at the very end before leaving, the CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT MY GOD. And the way Kratos and Atreus are represented by a bear and a wolf respectively and those are the animals Atreus turns into.

My only issue is that Atreus wasn’t at Brok funeral cause that dude loved the dwarves so I rlly feel like he should’ve been there. And that it’s not rlly explained where odin’s rift came from, unless I missed something in the game.

Do you think Atreus and Kratos will reunite in the next game? Do you think there’ll even be a next game?

Sorry for sending you this giant block of text, no one I know enjoys the game like I do :’)

Nooo I am so sorry I'm replying to this amazing ask so late!! I'm awful when it comes to looking at things and then getting distracted and completely forgetting about messages once the notification is gone 😫 Also, never apologise for a "giant block of text" I LOVE these and send them ALL the time, it just means more to reply to and more of your thoughts I get to hear!

My entire thought process about the ending is that while some parts of it felt very rushed, it made sense for what they needed to do. Atreus needed to be sent off, that was the entire point of the ending and the whole story up to that point; Kratos letting Atreus go. How they handled Kratos and Atreus' relationship throughout the game was everything I wanted, the fact they both make one another better and the growing foil they provided for Odin and Thor's abusive relationship.

I interpreted Atreus not going to Brok's funeral to be less about him not caring about Brok and more about him being afraid to go and still feeling guilty for Brok's death. He was afraid to face Sindri again and I wouldn't be surprised if it takes them years to eventually confront one another again. Atreus was both guilt-ridden and also felt slightly betrayed by Sindri so quickly pushing them away, even saying himself (and during his time with Angrboda when he called the Huldra brothers his "uncles") that they were Sindri's family too.

As for the rift, I think that was purposefully left vague but will be brought back in as something very important later on similar to Pandora's box from the original trilogy of games. I have two theories about the rift and what it could mean for the future of the series, but I won't go rambling here 😅

I definitely think they'll make more games, they have built up such a strong, loyal audience and reputation that it would be a stupid move in my opinion to leave it at Ragnarok. And with how they established Atreus with his own gameplay and now have feedback on what people liked and how to improve his character based on the segments we got in Ragnarok, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled an Uncharted and made a spin-off for Atreus similar to Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

I'd love to see Atreus get an entire spin-off to himself to help build him up to be more equal to Kratos, so that if we get another main Kratos game then he can learn his father needs help and go help him. I feel like the not ruin the impact of Atreus leaving, they'd need Kratos to be on his own for a bit before reuniting with his son. So, I kinda don't want them to reunite in the next game but that depends on what sort of game (Atreus or Kratos) they decide to go for.

Again, so sorry for leaving this ask so long! I love to chat though and seem to have made my own block of text so we can be as bad as each other 😂❤

[vendettavalor]

@sonorous-eisfyl said: 🔥

⚔️ Munday Unpopular Opinions // CLOSED ⚔️

// The Halo TV series is not as terrible as people think it is. It’s not good. Not by a long shot. But I do think people hate it for all the wrong reasons.

// Supposedly, the working theory is that it was originally going to be a TV series spinoff of Mass Effect, which does explain the romantic subplot and overall plot of the first season in general. But they weren’t able to acquire the rights and so they tried reskinning it using Master Chief and Halo and the result was uh… not good. But while a lot of people touch on the romantic subplot as being shoehorned in, and Cortana looking like… that… the other main issue I’ve heard a lot of people say they have with the show is the fact that “Master Chief talks about his feelings and that’s wrong.” Which tbh, is the only part of the show that I actually enjoy. It’s not done in the best way possible, but the fact that he begins to question himself and the purpose/effects of a chip that literally inhibits his ability to feel is a great plot that I felt they could have done more off and made an epic storyline out of. I mean, poster boy of the Space Marines realizes that what was done to him is actually unethical and the whole system is jank and begins leading a rebellion to overthrow the corrupt system while also fighting aliens? That would’ve been a banger.

// My main issue is this attitude of ignoring legitimate criticisms in favor of the toxic “my character isn’t badass anymore bc he had feelings” mentality. Because it’s not just with Master Chief and Halo TV. It’s a recurring issue. I’ve seen it with Agent 47 in Absolution/WoA, I’ve seen it with Doomslayer, I’ve seen it with Kratos from GoW, I’ve seen it with Boba Fett from Star Wars. Every time, people get so angry because they feel that their big, scary, badass character somehow has less value if he expresses some sort of independent thought about his actions or some kind of emotional response. Even worse, when these characters progress through very normal arcs that involve growth or change relating to their feelings about experiences, people are so quick to write them off as ruined.

// And I know what the root of it is. When you have a big, strong, silent type of character that’s perceived as badass and cool, people (especially the toxic gamer bros) tend to get attached to the point of projecting onto that character, especially if they don’t have an extensive history or backstory to delve into. So the second that these characters develop an actual personality or show some sort of growth, these people that have attached their identity to these characters take it as a personal attack. Because they have no initiative of their own to change or be better. Of course, this is also bolstered by the societal mentality of toxic masculinity and associating feelings in men with weakness and shortcomings worthy of ridicule. So the easier thing to do instead of looking within and challenging these notions, is to write off the character as “ruined” by their growth or “inherently flawed” by their emotions and no longer the pillar of badassery they were used to using to prop up their own ego and identity with.

// Growth in a character is natural. If a character changing through a story makes you genuinely upset, then that means you connected with that character enough that the change has probably hit something within you as well. Instead of rejecting it, it might be better to try looking closer at just why it makes you upset instead of just rejecting this opportunity to learn something about yourself. That’s the purpose of art after all.

[the-broken-truth]

Bro I'm fucking obsessed with yan Kratos and Atreus.(I made a whole ass playlist)I also love when he's adopted by the Thors. It can be the bear au or normal, but what do you think would happen if Kratos or Atreus are trying to drag him back and he lands a hit? Like gets them with a weapon, magic, or even his hands or feet. I can imagine Atreus just being in shock that you'd actually hurt him like anyone else he's fought. I don't know how Kratos would react though. But I imagine after hitting them he either runs or just keeps going till he knows they'll stay down.(maybe not killing them but just kicking their ass) And Björn wouldn't give a shit about hurting them either(maybe I'm projecting but if I was him I don't think I'd give a fuck. I'm the exact opposite of the "forgive and forget" type. I'll hold a grudge till the day I die bro.) Like I imagine he's just so tired from all of their shit that he just doesn't really care anymore. He just misses Faye and wants his "father" and "brother" to leave him alone.

(As you can tell I'm a fan of angst lol)

Broken Truth (Reads the ask): Björn is exactly the same - he is not the type to 'forgive and forget' his 'father' and 'brother', he hates them and will never forgive them for his entire immortal life. As for hitting them, Björn has the power of lightning and uses it with his weapons and fists. Now, let the words weave together.

[Midgard - Near Astrid's Village]

The Great Bear looked from his perch by the Great Bear Shrine of Astrid's Village - it had been about 3 months since Astrid became his champion and he was looking over the village, watching as the people did their tasks with his arms folded and smile on his face when the wind blew and 2 familiar scents hit him in the nose: The Ghost and the Jotunn and they were heading in this direction, they must have known that he was in this village and they were going to cause trouble for the people in this place - Björn wasn't going to let that happen.

Closing his eyes, Björn locked on to the scents and teleported to the location it was coming from and appeared before the Ghost and the Jotunn - Kratos and Loki - who both looked at him with shock in their eyes before they calmed down and looked upon Björn, who glared at them as he slowly began to float to the ground.

"You two have been harassing the people in the Great Bear Village for the longest time and I want you to leave them alone; they have nothing to do with your obsession with me." Björn growled as he reached over and placed his hand on Magni's Sword before pulling it out, ready to use it before they had the chance to touch him.

"We are done with your defiance, Little Brother, you are coming home with us; now, drop the sword." Loki demanded as he walked over to the Great Bear God and grabbed his wrist before pulling him near him, but Björn didn't move; Loki however did move when the Great Bear used his hand to place the sword back on his back and used his fist to sock Loki in the face, causing the Jotunn to crash to the ground and skip back to his father, who grabbed him and stopped him from sliding any further.

"Touch me again and I'll do much worse to you. For the last time - I hate you and your father, Loki, you both have cost me so much pain and agony when I wanted to become a warrior. Now I have a family that understands me and I shall not give that up for anything. Come near me again and I shall make you both suffer." Björn said as he held his hand up to the sky and lightning struck him, teleporting him to the heavens of Asgard; leaving Kratos and Loki there, tending to the wound on Loki's face.

[x1702x]

TIME TO RANT!! YAYIPEE!

Alectryon as a whole character is just a guy trying to grow dependent after many years of serving a god at his fullest and being overshadowed by him. He had no other will but to serve Ares and move his chariot around, being his little butler at times but it was all just loyalty and servitude.

Which brings in the very implied lover situation thats talked about in mythology. The thing is, Alectryon in mythology was super toots with Ares, hell they even drank together and they had the best relationship, but if we take in account how dark the GOW rendition of Ares is, this is kinda shady. The power dynamic is horrible, not only to count Alectryon was taken by Ares pretty young (Around the same age as Deimos did, which I will get onto later but you get it) which at first he was trained as a soldier would, he was already in training but well, Ares was like yeah hes the one and took him away.

When this young lad grew, Ares saw him useful for the tasks ive mentioned. And now the horrible comes in. You know, shits dark. Not only cause we all know Ares has caused so much pain to many, but the fact that if we take the last things in account AND mythology, this makes a very dark rendition of the whole "I hold hands with my charioteer buddy-bro". Was this a good relationship? Fuck no! It was pretty much just a "You owe me many things, I trained you, gave you shelter among the gods, gave you inmortality, I gave you my affections... yadda yadda." Which made Alectryon be pressured to be loyal and obedient to the mighty Ares for the bare minimum.

If we go on a positive side of this Alectryon found comfort around Helios, who was on the kinder side by a lot, comparing him to Ares. He saw a friend and someone to rely on. After all that dark and grim moments with Ares, some light from the sun himself will do good. (This is VERY tied to the fact Helios deadass has roosters as his sacred animal, homies never let homies down, and he had poor Alectryon on a pedestal)

Which gave him some hopes! Yay! But the happyness ends here and we go serious again cause we cant have nice things for too long if we are talking about my ocs (Sorry to yall).

So, with Ares dead, what does he have? What is his purpose? What are his ambitions? None. He was a hollow shell without Ares and that took a while to sink in for him. The god that gave him many misfortunes was somehow what made him, *him*. In the sense of purpose. His purpose was serving Ares, and without him around, what was left?

He couldn't take it and refused to let go of his purpose. Thats where his intervention in the events of the 3rd game come in hand.

With Kratos mid Olympus-destroying and god-slaughtering, Alectryon found himself undecided on what was left to do. He had to do something. He defended the place that became his home unwillingly so long ago he can barely remember, that was his new purpose. And so he tried to intervene Kratos.

Now, Kratos definitely cant see Ares' taskboy as a potential threat considering how he hid under Ares' robes at any minor inconvenience or trouble. Which wasn't a good choice but, what could he do other than hide from the world? So Kratos pretty much brushed him off, not wasting his time until it was finally it.

The encounter. Alectryon was decided to stop Kratos for Ares' sake. He was blinded completely, he was just acting how Ares expected him to, a loyal servant at his will and mercy. Kratos was smart enough to look through this pretty manipulated guy and think how useless killing him would be. But Alectryon was adamant on a fight ocurring and so Kratos complied to his wishes, after a fistfight, Kratos showed him mercy after trying to knock some sense in him (On a literal way). Alectryon was resentful, thinking that Kratos pitied him for being Ares' shadow or even considering him weak, but he was wrong. Kratos thought he was strong for enduring so many years with Ares and atleast having some sense of his own, even though he was uncertain of what he was going to do on an upcoming future that was seemingly dark.

After some thinking, realization and perhaps some crying and traumadumping to the guy thats going to FUCKING destroy Olympus on what can be interpreted as a very "poor little meow meow" way which is kind of just laying on a pile of rubble all bloodied up and wounded, Alectryon just realized how much he lost thanks to Ares. None of the gods guaranteed him a sense of safety except Helios (Who he later found out was dead, he def bawled about it) and saw Kratos as less of an enemy but an equal, which Kratos saw aswell.

And this is more of me going omfg! What if... But consider Kratos and him having a Pandora type part, just them collabing. Yk more gay courtship steps/j It would definitely make them close.

But he canonically lived and made it out of the place alive, where is he? What did he do?

He just tried to find comfort in trying to live the life he was supposed to have, a normal life among other mortals, travelling around, meeting people, actually developing social skills that he couldve never got to while he was under Ares' training and service. He was just a regular guy:tm: until he met Kratos once again.

This would be pretty much in the 2018 GOW, Atreus and Kratos just finding this seemingly normal man that knew about the fall of Olympus, that later on turned out to be the one an only, Alectryon, Ex-Charioteer of Ares. A friend.

Im not decided on his role on the norse part of the lore, but I see him as just a companion, he hangs around, talks about the """good""" old days and just recconects with Kratos and leaves his past away, building a new self just like Kratos did.

And a not very long skip to GOWR, he would have the same thing as above, but hes now a new man and hes just very happy about himself, forgetting all the horrors that haunted him for so many years, leaving behind the trauma Ares left in him, healing all the scars and finding peace.

(Lil shotout to @medievildead for becoming an Alectryon lover 🙏)

[tatarthekaiju-blog]

I think if there was a marriage between Kratos and Heimdall then it would go something like this:

Tyr has a very long speech about how he is proud of his brother and is glad to see them happy

Thor is just there to make fun of his baby brother, saying that he would probably make a bad spouse.

Freya gives Heimdall a few blessings and wishes him a long happy life with Kratos before hugging him.

Atreus is just having fun with his buddies, but he tries really hard to make Heimdall join in.

Sindri and Brok still question Kratos's choice in partner, but mostly as a joke since they grew to tolerate and even befriend the young god.

Their wedding would be a small group and private ( I like to think Heimdall would like being away from crowd or be with less people) Kratos might grunt at what Thor said to them but he will understand it's just a joke lol. (But Heimdall still dislike what his big bro said anyway. Kratos will calm his hubby down. I like to imagine Heim will look like a cat ) In my hc, Týr is like big brother to Heimdall. Calm and kind. So it suit him for doing something like that :) Freya would be glad for her step-son. For her and him finally were free from Odin's sakes. This is what Heimdall could feel it too.

Heimdall might refuse Atreus because of what he is (dislike being around many people) But he would be pleased for little giant's invitation.

Brok Absolutely keep mockering Heimdall with some dirty joke (Since he had felt something between him and the war god lol) Sindri will try to stop his brother but he can't.

[mannatea]

Predictably asking for Symphonia for the fandom meme!

I stan. 🙏

the first character i ever fell in love with: Raine. Even as a teenager she was my favorite and I loved her immediately.

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: I actually think I used to really like Zelos and found him hilarious when I was a teenager myself, and now I'm like 😨 about half of what he does and says. Yikes, bro. It actually makes me wonder how differently he would be written if the game was coming out for the first time now, because a lot of the stuff in the game just would NEVER fly these days.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: Ah. Behold, my personal cringe: I used to ship Kratos/Raine. It didn't last very long because my fellow shippers in 2004 made me abandon ship entirely & do a heelturn toward my current OTP out of pure spite. If I'm being honest I was only shipping it because they were the only two adults in the party for a while, anyway, so it wasn't a serious attachment. 🙄 But like, it should be noted that this happened while I was in the middle of writing a love triangle fic. (My other personal cringe, shh.)

my ultimate favorite character™: RAINE, MY BELOVED. 🤍 I literally love every single thing about her.

prettiest character: You thought I was going to say Raine didn't you? WRONG. It's Yuan, actually. Look at him.

my most hated character: RODYLE. He's just so hateful.

my OTP: Regal/Raine. I will die on this hill, actually. (And have been quietly since late 2004.) This is the only ship I just won't compromise on. What can I say about it? Their dynamic just hits on a lot of notes that work exceedingly well for me personally. I won't write a manifesto here (you may thank me for holding back for your benefit) but I love both of them so much and think their personalities balance one another out incredibly well, which is a lot of fun to write.

my NOTP: Basically any Raine ship that isn't my OTP is a NOTP for me, though I do have two in particular I would consider NOTPs. IYKYK.

favorite episode skit: The My Sister skit. IT GETS ME EVERY TIME.

saddest death: Marble. SHE'S AN OLD WOMAN. PLEASE.

favorite season side plot/scene: Virginia, honestly. It messes me up every time. The doll haunts me to this day. Also, that they so INTENTIONALLY made Raine look exactly like her. Poor Raine just can't escape. And the trauma?? AHHHH.

least favorite season side plot/scene: That buffoonish Peeping Tom thing at the hot springs. I wanted more meaningful conversation with my girls and I had to deal with that instead. NO WAIT I HATE THE SCENE IN SYBAK LOOKING FOR THE LITTLE BOY'S MOM SO MUCH MORE. ZELOS'S BOOTSTRAPS SPEECH WAS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF READING, not because it wasn't 100% in character for him (HILARIOUSLY IT IS VERY IN CHARACTER 🤣) but because I feel like nobody else in the scene was written in a believable way—not Regal, not Colette, and not Lloyd. WTF WAS THAT SCENE?

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate am lukewarm about: Hate is a strong word here so I toned it down. I feel very lukewarm about Kratos. In fact, I'd go so far as to say his potential was a bit wasted just because they didn't bother to do enough with him.

my ‘you’re a piece of trash, but you’re still a fave well-liked’ fave: This is a hard one, because the trash characters are still trash to me. I'll maybe go with Kate or George for this. They both did terrible things but I still find them interesting and compelling as characters.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: Colette, always. Also? Presea.

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: I don't have one because you'll never see me shipping something like this. It's not my cuppa.

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: This is a hard one. Maybe Genis/Presea for this? I think they are good for one another but they're both too young BY A LOT to really be thinking that deeply about things. However, their respect for one another and their compassion/understanding of what the other has been through could lead to something nice later in life. I'm not over those adorable skits where Genis asks for advice from others on what present to get for her and they all collectively give him the worst advice imaginable and he ends up buying her a whetstone because he KNOWS HER AS A PERSON and she LOVES THE GIFT. This is what peak performance looks like in a person, actually.

Thanks! ♥

[ogcrazylizard]

Reminder of what he claims to be but isn't at all. BDSM? "Not for me." That's a lie.

Various moments and examples. Most than likely wanted something from me when I wanted to kill myself and said what he said because he still needed me alive and purely just for that.

Harsh? Yeah. Making this up? I wish I was. The end of the world. In emergency room. Sitting on a chair in the hallway. The push to get me paranoid. Then a constant yelling of "Just kill yourself." Repeatedly told in my head by DJ. As did actually try and find a way to kill myself. There's nothing around. Then I saw the elevator. I could just jump off. Get caught by a nurse. Take the needle out of my arm and walk out of the emergency room. Get home still it hasn't ended. Like I said my mom and dad cold shoulder. I intentionally grab a bottle of pills in front of them and go to the bathroom.

The yelling between the two fucktards. Award to the biggest idiot in history of man goes to Donald Moncur. Felipe has on the spectrum excuse. What's yours?

Shitty connections.

Privileges. Do not worry. Like Pennywise the clown said I sing you the bro hym, bro.

Clowns to much. I don't. Gets way too obsessed. You thought I was being obsessive. Check out DJ. You might miss him since he's on the shorter side.

Narc, narc or narc. Yes

Loyalty to what to who? Only himself.

I am more white supremacist/Nazi than white Donald DJ. Does it upset you a Mexican saw all this and you didn't. Wasted money on useless tech. Useless advice on hired advisors. I really did want to tell you all this but we never got a chance to be alone. When we were I had already gone through years of working for months. So I would forget.

Cop narc, narco, and a narcissist, or a flying monkey. Yes.

Narco stuff I have no idea. Didn't care to help you out there. I've come to accept shit happens.

I die. I die. Whatever. My whole story and my work is out there.

I'm a fucking War Boy X

I live. I die. I live again.

Do tweakers and gossipers ever stop gossiping?

From what I saw no. Fuck your lives are boring as fuck. No wonder you people are constantly in problems. Only talking about others. There a lot of solutions to your problems in a lot of stories out there.

Go and watch Godzilla Minus One. My movie of the year for 2023. Survivors guilt. Many of you need to stop this bullshit.

"You fucken coward. You were supposed to die. Because of you my children died."

Heavy shit. A change of heart in the Japanese younger generation. Not so much the older generation.

https://youtu.be/r7DqccP1Q_4?si=1-94cYpZ2SeM1IIq

You all failed as parents. No one else's fault. Not the drugs, not the dealer, not the friends, not their partner, not God, not society. You both as parents failed your child. You are leaders. It's always the leaders fault if anything goes wrong. Of course use your fucken head and know when to recognize and realize some things are out your and other people's control. Still not living your happiness starts breeding bad energy not just in you but also the feeling of resentment in your family. That attracts the universe to certain disasters since whatever is in that area is not adapting and changing.

"I rather get wounded by a friend than to get a kiss from the enemy"

https://youtu.be/ymZ0d5j-e3k?si=VJnY7Xb6anca-VUC

[Side note: Kratos powers derives of Dynosis Tragedy. Mimir and Freya here are both partially lying to Kratos. It was just an emotional outburst. To something else. Perhaps just reliving a nightmare.

Kratos did have a hand in his illness but also later in the game their connection grew stronger. When Freya shows up again they both go into a defensive stance.]

Oh yeah back to DJ.

What do you look for in a sexual partner? Can you do the same for the sexual partner.

No.

Most of my dating profile says

"chill guy here. Go with the flow. Enjoy watching and jerking off to porn." Usually a welcome surprise.

He wants someone laid back. He isn't laid. Constantly on guard. Comes and goes quick. Non pushy just means someone who he can easily manipulate.

"Open minded but comfortable with who they are sexually."

That's a bit redundant.

Sucks. That I fit all these things he looks for in a sexual partner.

Feels like he was not attracted to me. Feels super weird just sitting there. Hardly anyone ever talked to me.

Watching the time go by. Into hours. Seeing him on cam4 early on was fun. Then it just fed into my insecurities. Why does he never do any of that with me?

Then it was just me breaking down in the bathroom. Again from the start I knew he was on cam4, seen him many times with other people, knew he enjoyed fucking around. It never hurt back then.

I hate how I have these flashes of memories of what I would do if we were in a relationship. So I write. That's all i can do. Living this fantasy. Because you were my little dreamer.

The right moment was forever long ago. I say that I am gone.

This next part I had already written in my journal.

The End Pearl Jam

We never had dreams. We never made plans. We never promised to be more than friends. For we have come and gone. We, well I've changed as does everything. Whether we notice it or not. I still want to grow old. I have. I have lived well beyond my mortal years in dreams And fantasies. Always finding myself in that well of hopeless nights. Spotless/Shy Prince by Zack Bryan/Lumineers/Lizandro Corazon.

Turn on the TV (The American Dream )

Act like you don't see me (I believe in you)

Tell me everything is okay

(I believe in me I believe in us)

My mother is a saint (Mother always a sinner)

And told me if I wait (Telling me I ain't a saint)

Everything meant to be will stay

Well I'm a believer

Let me walk this road alone

Call me a sinner

Just means I'm a believer

Fuck her prayers only filled me with aggression

I pray this lonely road stays

I aint spotless neither is you

For once in my life

I'm gonna see it through

If you want spotless ill always win

I want love lover I want the lie

All this time and all these lives just for him?!

Praying our Angels would come every hopeless night

Your heart knows deeper seasons than my eyes will ever know

I'm a self destructive land slide if you want to be the hill

(Just remember where i stood)

I aint spotless neither is you

For once In my life I'm gonna see it through

If you want to stay that's fine by me

Everything meant to be is bound to stay

Remember jumping in the pool when we was fully clothed in august

We were soaking choking smoking in my old shitty apartment

Well I'm a believer

Let me walk this road alone

Call me a sinner

Just means I'm a believer

I aint spotless neither is you

For once In my life

I'm going to see it through

If you want spotless, I'll always win

You gave me your love lover you gave me the lie

I was alone you were betting on a winner

I was calling your white lie

You held everyone to their word never to your own words

I can't stop this neither can you

For once in my life I'm down to see it through

If you want spotless I'll always win

You gave me your love lover you gave me the lie

Maybe there is no mistakes.

[troofless]

alright here's my current tales of protagonist rankings.

Can't get more based than Yuri, the guy with highest ship potential, sick sounding VA, sick moves, king of witty remarks, backflips and RESOUNDING CRY OF VICTORY in his victory quotes, adopted a dog with his boyfriend... yeah

Ludger's comedic potential hits the roofs. Hit me with that 'I'm not wearing clothes in my Chromatus outfit' and Nova confession to Julius reveal shocked sprite. His design is amazing I love the tie and suspenders and the black highlights because his dumb ass thought it would look cool. Loves to backflip, especially in that one skit to distract Jude. Unfortunately he's placed into a world where he has to dating sim the Xillia 1 cast lmao like a separate game for the Xillia 1 epilogue and his story would have been better (though his story sure has fillers with the Waymarker collections...). You know what, his story could have been a gacha game. Isn't it literally FGO?

Jude lives in an unfortunate world where he, as an illegally practising doctor without a medical license, is 15. HOW. I swear he's at least mentally 18. Immediate simpery for this girl he just met with an incredibly thin waistline aside, he really said THESE HANDS and went to punch the living daylights out of god. Also the way he trusts Alvin when Alvin spends every 5 minutes betraying them is so fucking funny like yeah he sure would hook up with a guy like Alvin. Also he hits on everyone. He's the harem king. Milla, Elize, Leia, Muzet, Aska, Ludger, he has them all.

Idk what you're talking about if you don't say Lloyd isn't cool. Man wields two swords in battle because he thinks they have twice the power and renders Kratos (the GOAT) speechless, flips his swords up and down in his victory pose, dude tries to feed a grandma and gets kicked out of the village because of it, the tries to scam Colette into giving her hot/cold/hot coffee, etc. etc...

Luke gets the most points for having the most memorable scenes. 'It's not my fault!' 'I don't want to die!' 'Now is all I have' like bro how could you not hug him and tell him it's alright? His personal struggle as a clone and how he grows to face Asch is the most fascinating thing to see in Abyss. (Also Tear is a jerk and Natalia is mid and Anise shouldn't exist and Ion fucking sucks and Guy and Jade are GOATS...)

Sorey is just a regular guy. Just a good guy. Really outstanding pure vessel. Go save the world, with your boyfriend and your other ghost friends, boy.

Unnaturally thin waist aside, Milla is a character that sets out to do what she has to do and doesn't look back, and as the unwavering pillar of the cast she does her job perfectly. But like that's all you can say about her.

Velvet is edgy and her whole character arc is about making you feel sorry for her and wanting to hug her 👍 I haven't finished playing the game but that's the vibes I got. At least she did what she set out to do, which is to kill the inheritor of Savage Wolf Fury.

[angstandhappiness]

DUDE very nice

@user1286 #BRRROOOOO OMGGGG#TH THISSS#TH I S S#T H IS. S S#I Hope they all live wonderful happy lives as a normal functional family#they hurt me (╥_╥)

@valcorybs #NO BECAUSE THE WAY ZEUS RIPPED EVERYTHING FROM THESE PEOPLE#the more i think about it the more i wanna chew through glass#idc kratos was justified in killing zeus idc idc#that bitch had his dumbass son kidnap his other son and traumatized his OTHER son for the rest of his life#forced callisto to not tell either of her kids who their father was#then proceeded to curse her the moment she DID tell Kratos#WHICH FORCED THAT POOR FUCKING MAN TO KILL HIS OWN MOTHER#AFTER HE HAD ALREADY KILLED HIS WIFE AND CHILD#like bro#zeus did everything in his power to be the most killable person in Kratos' life and had the mfing AUDACITY to taunt him multiple times#and look i know Kratos did a lot of terrible things. but.#zeus had it coming

@rhubarbspring #ooough i love them. they all deserved better#they deserved a vacation to crete and laugh and play and eat delicious food ;-;#deimos is just a little baby 🥺 looks so much like atreus#kratos is a strong & protective child and tries to shoulder lots of responsibility - he does so for his family. but he's still a kid 😢#callisto is 🎶A SINGLE MOM WHO WORKS TWO JOBS WHO LOVES HER KIDS AND NEVER STOPS#WITH GENTLE HANDS AND A HEART OF A FIGHTEEER 🎶

@kraptos #FAMILY.

@lokis-wager #haha nothign bad is gonna happen to them :) :) :)#these 2 bois are gonna be best friends forever#they are going to make it throug life safe and happy#*screams and cries and sobs and throws up and shakes*

@dr-carbomb #and then nothing bad happened ever

@supercityboys #then they lived totally normal happy lives#nothing happened to Deimos Castillo Kratos Atreus Lysandra or Calliope#everything horrible and bad did happen to Zeus tho

@conkeybong #what a nice happy family i’m sure absolutely nothing bad will happen to any of them :)

@metallica-requiem #family…

@fahrennheit #little guys!!!!

@dreadfuldevotee #and everyone is happy :)))

@ace-memelord #on my knees begging. scratching under your door for more callisto content

@glados-apologist #aww what a lovely family portrait#surely nothing awful will befall them

@agaygoutguy

Someone get little kratos some shoes!

deimos, callisto, and kratos