#just replayed the demo bc reasons

[gothasmo]

If Ais potentially finds MC at the beginning and brings them to Kuras, I wonder if Kuras directs patients that are beyond his abilities to the Seaspring as a last resort as their final choice...

[sage-nebula]

My current tier list of the Ace Attorney games. In case it's hard to see which is which (+ also for screen readers):

S Tier: PWAA A Tier: AAI2, DD, JFA B Tier: AJAA, AAI C Tier: T&T D Tier: SoJ Haven't Played Yet: TGAA 1+2 No: PLvsPW

I really need to replay the sequel trilogy, because I know for a fact I only played DD and SoJ once each when they first released (and so much more time has elapsed since then than I realized, oof), and while I feel like I started an AJAA replay awhile ago, I can't remember when that was + I think I stopped on the fourth case for some reason. (Not because of the video recording of the concert, lol. I honestly think there was another reason. My memory is really fuzzy though, so I'm just not sure what that reason was. But I don't think it had anything to do with the game, I think it was a real life reason.)

Anyway, once I replay those games I'll be able to place them more firmly on this tier list. This is just where my feelings about them are at right now -- that I loved DD despite whatever flaws it has, I'm pretty sure I was really vibing with AJAA a lot on my replay before I stopped, and the only life preservers that saved SoJ from getting an F tier created for it were "The Magical Turnabout" and Rayfa. :) But we'll see how I feel when I get around to replaying them.

And then of course, the TGAA duology will be played at some point as well. I'm just not in as much of a hurry to get to that because I don't know those characters (yet) beyond the very brief interactions I had with the characters in the first case of the first TGAA, so I'm less motivated. But I'll get there eventually.

And I think I pushed Layton and his game into the harbor or something idk idk who he is.

[spotlight-if]

ROHIE HOLY SHIT return of the king this demo made me fall the fuck out i have adored your writing since literal 2016 when we were in the cog forum trenches.. cotg remains one of the ifs of all time (yes even though its unfinished its that iconic) and spotlight is already impeccable - i'm in the industry and it was really nice to see little details included that aid in that suspension of disbelief like being 'paid in exposure', the casting website, and an audition room full of people on laptops who barely look at you lmao, also i know you will inevitably have people begging you to make them an RO but i so appreciate kendall staying firmly as a friend it's so nice on a meta level and in the story for mc to have dependable people and actually my favourite moment of the demo was dave being sick with nerves for mc it was very cute, i'm already so enamoured with the entire cast of characters (lex i am gunning for you lets make this a hostile work environment for everyone else :*) - the dialogue perfectly toes the line between realistic + grounded and silly + quippy, the pacing is already really tight and engaging i am Hooked -- only potential advice as a reader would be that lots of people are going to miss out on C i fear bc it's quite a big choice but its made to feel pretty innocuous so i just wonder if there's a way of highlighting it.. but ANYWAY headlines are: so horrified that its been 8 years and alarmed by the inescapable nature of time passing But so happy to see you!

CotG praise makes my day 😭 thank you so much it’s been a loooong journey my friend! Also yes the C choice is very innocuous…on purpose! They’re like a little surprise treat. No but seriously I think choosing to be “in a relationship” is a good indicator that a character will be introduced, and players who choose that are desiring that early romance/angst regardless of who it is, I feel. When people replay the game I want there to be a crazy amount of storylines that they may have missed the first time—even more reason to replay over and over again mwuahahha

[brightest-stars-if]

if may i ask for one favor (that i ask with no sense of entitlement and that you may feel completely free to refuse), should you ever want to edit the demo:

i really love picking the culturally significant names you provided (Calista and Basil are my favorite, respectively). would it be possible to come up with one more cultural name but have it be unisex, and then have that one name be put in both the m!MC and f!MC name options?

overall, i think it could just be interesting to see whay a unisex name looks like from this world that is so heavily gendered. and i also think it could be of comfort to any players outside of the binary who, while willing to play a character within one of those said binaries, may feel a unisex name option of in-game cultural significance as a salve (i say that as a they/them who leans moreso towards one gender end of the spectrum than anything else)

but if you want to hear why i specifically ask for this indulgance, it is a bit convoluted. usually only come up with one MC per i.f. game, and i think it'd be really fun to have this "one MC" have an alternate universe as a male and as a female. and normally, if i felt that inkling, i would just fucking do it lmao BUT i usually also feel no connection or drive to pick one of the pre-suggested names. so then i just pick a unisex name that fits within the game in question and manually type it in per replay. BUT i so love when fantasy games (especially i.f. as i so rarely see it done) gift the player names that have a cultural significance to the world they are in. so i wanted to ask if that could be coded in for selfish reasons too (tho i do genuinely believe in the former reasonings as valid; i just also dont project my they/them gender identity into my MC within this game, so im personally not upset this world doesn't have a Genderless Child MC option. and a huge part of this is thanks to your well-polished craftsmanship in how one of its main focuses of this story seems to very well be, in fact, the arbitrary futility of the binary with characters assigned in these two (semi-)strict gender roles. so like. i am being selfish in this favor request being for indulging my interest in "play one MC but switch the genders and see how the story impacts this specific personality as things go on + haa a culturally significant in-universe unisex name", but yeah, also, i do think it could be a comfort to other fellow nonbinary people and i do think seeing how this heavily gendered fantasy world would construct/react to a unisex name would be fascinating from a world-building/character-reactive perspective. bc it doesnt seem unusex names are too common, apart from Lux themself's name. and as an example of a character-reactive perspective, i bet m!Lux was worried about [unisex named m!MC] being a possible girl until informed otherwise that [unisex named m!MC] was another boy. ans, in a world-building sense, i also wonder if Lux and [a unisex named MC] would be treated differently bc of the seeming unpopularity of unisex names; but Lux has the protection of their father as king, whereas [a unisex named MC] has, though many protections, less than Lux and may be more often given the proverbial "a boy named Sue"/"a girl named Freddie"/"the initial elusivity of a child named Sam" treatment of others' distaste/mocking of their name, especially if it is or is not a true 50♀️/50♂️ unisex name. tho, again, i am only asking for one unisex name and to have that one unisex name be in both m!MC and f!MC's name options, im just saying not all unisex names are regarded with the same reputations of "unisex". but if youd like to add multiple unisex names of varying "it's unisex but tends to more often be a girls's name/it's unisex but tends to more often by a boy's name/it's unisex and perfectly divided between both genders in popularity" i would never step in to stop you lol)

but yeah, again, no expectations of entitlement towards this and you have every right to refuse, as it is your game 🤷 i just thought "eh. worse that'll happen is a 'no' lmao so whats the harm in asking??"

regardless: thank you for reading this far, i know i rambled a bit towards the end there. im a name-nerd, and so i LOVE it when authors say "this pre-suggested name has meaning in-game 👀", and the differing reputations of unisex names being dependent got me excited lol but i digress. thanks for the excellently fun game!! have a great day! 💗💕

So I read through this, and then I thought about it. And I figured yeah, I absolutely don't mind including a gender-neutral name option for the MC!If it makes people feel more comfortable, I don't see why not. And it's just a good option to include regardless. It will appear in the naming options after chapter 2 is uploaded.

Regarding Lux's name, honestly them having the ONLY gender neutral name was not intentional. It's just that if I'd named then Lucius/Lucia, for example, then I would have had to just call them L, and the thought of that didn't appeal to me. And besides, the meaning of their name is an important connection to the game. So that was my reasoning for Lux's name.

Every other character I named was off of meanings I'd found, pure vibes, and/or both. So the lack of gender neutral names was not intended to create a social bias against them, it was just a coincidence.

For the gender-neutral name I'm adding, however, I'll probably add some flavor text. If you choose it, then the MC's namesake is a woman. And so reactions to the MC being named after her will, occasionally, vary due to that. So it's sort of "a boy named Sue" situation, but not exactly.

TL;DR: yes, I'll add at least one gender-neutral option.

[n--n]

One last touchstarved theory thingy bc I’ve almost purged my brief obsession!! It’s mentioned by both Leander and Vere that the one running the Senobium- and thus its shady policies- is someone called The Abbess. An Abbess is a nun in charge of the nunnery, so I can only assume she is gonna have some sort of religious symbolism related to her like Kuras and Mhin do. Unfortunately the literal one-sentence blink and you’ll miss it lines are all we have to go off for her, but I’m excited to see what she’s really like in game! (From the attitude both Vere and Leander have in those one-off lines, it’s clear she’s almost certainly a villain).

Some misc, tinfoil-hat theories:

- Elyon, as a powerful noble, likely works with but opposes the Abbess. He owns most of the brothels in Lowtown apparently so he has incentive to keep the divide between hightown and lowtown, but as someone with power he probably chafes at the control the Senobium has over hightown

- Sen, from her one-sentence descriptor, is a revived warden seeking her own death. Almost certainly one of the Senobium’s experiments, not sure what a warden in the context of the touchstarved universe is but probably a Fancy Jailer for the Senobium like the word usually implies. Maybe the experiments left her with such a painful condition she’d rather die? Or it could be more supernatural, in that she can not Rest until her unfinished business in Eridia is Taken Care Of.

-The Abbess could be the one that initiated the changes at the Senobium in the first place a generation ago, since immortality is confirmed to exist in-universe (see Vere being chained “Centuries Ago”)

-I think Leander is meant as the sort of “starter LI”, since the demo and supplementary info give us the most info about him while at the same time holding back just enough as to be intriguing (see: the countless Leander-specific theory posts that started this post lmao) I imagine his route will tell us the most about lowtown, fogfall and Eridia at large, whereas Vere/Mhin/Kuras will tell us most about the Senobium, and Ais will tell us most about the overall world, magic (fogfall again), monsters (like the soulless), and of course Ais’s boss/“friend” Ocudeus and the Seaspring

Other thots:

- I’m most excited for Leander’s route for obvious reasons (hot + will get to meat of story + I want to see What’s Really Wrong With Him so bad) but also know that will make me more disappointed if he turns out to be Just Some Asshole. I want him to be a monster bc he commits atrocities like the rest of them, not because he’s a reminder of the shittier guys I’ve met. That being said I know I’ll probably still really like the character if they do go that route, since the overall writing from the demo is super engaging and solid in quality- which bodes well for the final product

-Speaking of writing, I’m loving that different backstories actually have weight in the narrative. I love when the player is actually rewarded with info for making a choice, instead of it just being one or two flavor text things. Choosing different backstories affects your red dialogue options (the romance-y choices) and gives you different attitudes towards events in the story, making replay ability high

-I’m worried by how successful the kickstarter is since I Have Been Burned last times I backed videogame Kickstarters (Blue Omen Operation, Homestuck Game) 😭 The team seems experienced and competent, since most seem to have come from Nix Hydra/other successful otome games that got killed by poor management. But like, still really worries me since it’s their first game and all. The demo was so good but so was Blue Omen Operations and look where that landed me ($15 less in my pocket from backing years ago 🥲)

-On a lighter note, this game is clearly a passion project and I’ve loved what I’ve seen so far- if I have enough money to spare before the Kickstarter is over, maybe I’ll get it just to support the devs

-getting so obsessed w the demo even if only for a week or so has reminded me Oh Yeah, I Forgot I Love Gothic Horror. If by some miracle you’re still reading this drop a recommendation pls

[orion-my-rion]

ok it's time to share a mere fraction of my insane thoughts about beastieball and the preview.

for starters, kichik was my favorite from the beginning but now having seen the first metamorphosis for all three starters i am even more partial to them. ostrisigh is by far my favorite of the three (by a Much larger margin than kichik was my favorite of the initial starters), although i don't rock with the name as much as i enjoy the names hopsong and handicoot. frankly i'm not immune to "cool" designs, and i also like when parts of a design are explained by the description (the fact that their leg feathers and talons overgrow bc of a refusal to use their super strong legs for anything, and they look grumpy bc of constant headaches from relying on their heads instead, is an Awesome concept). i also like the play style over the other two as i'm big on having dedicated hard-hitters and saving support roles for my other beasties.

speaking of other beasties I MISS SKIBBLE!!!! does anyone else miss skibble? it's going to kill me WHY aren't they available in the playtest?? i understand they probably moved their spawn area to the caves or something but that's literally my friend. they're soooo cute i could cry. put them back.

i've also fallen in love with a few of the newly revealed/available beasties :) the collarva line is absolutely WICKED and i love the raremorph for them. really really cool design and play style, although the defense drop at full maturity is a bit of a bummer (but understandable for balance reasons. and also that's a bug).

we saw diggum in the demo but being able to play with them has changed my entire life. i can't imagine Not using diggum in the full release. i love them. my raremorph is named tiramisu <3 my friend had a hell of a time knocking them down in pvp LOL my fluffy brown self-healing tank.

humflit is SOOOO CUTE and also surprisingly very versatile?? the defender/avenger abilities are super cool and useful (having a wiped beastie in your team raises their defense/power, respectively, by 1.5x) and the moves they learn are super good for how i play And the design and colors and alt colors are so so so cute. i cannot wait for the full set of sprites to be finished.

i also love servitt!!!! much like with kichik i looove a dedicated damage beastie and even tho its weakness to mind damage is a little scary this is fairly easily played around with strategic movement, tactical tag-ins and tag-outs, and other beasties' abilities to redirect attacks or raise defenses :) not to mention the power of healing. and also they're a little kitty cat btw if you even care.

besides the beasties and the strategies i enjoy in the actual beastieball portion of the game, i also LOVE the newly introduced characters. kaz is my favorite and basically my actual best friend (and also Extremely reminiscent of my real friend jasper? which also happens to be the name of kaz's home town?? hello? greg???). i would do anything for him. i wish the volley minigame could be replayed forever i wish you could hit him up on speed dial and meet up to play at any time. i also wish you could do exhibition rematches bc i miss his team and music. he's so awesome.

speaking of music THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD. all the new tracks are SICK i love each and every one of them. the sports king theme is especially good. kaz's themes are both excellent. riven's themes are cool. reese's theme is charming and fitting. the new town themes are cute. lena raine is just so so so incredible.

one last thing: starting the marlin fight while replaying the tutorial for stream and seeing that unidentified CREATURE looming behind his original team was the biggest jumpscare. ma there's a weird fuckin cat on the court. looks like some sort of gigantic BEAST. i really like yamyth's design and concept art but they did Not need to scare me like that lol

okay i think that's all :) play beastieball. talk to me about beastieball. i'm very regular about this game please. thank you goodnight <3

[soulmatesinc-if]

i didn’t realize we weren’t forced to play beets n dungeons to matchmake vivi and selma (bc you bet your ass i’m picking it every time!!!) until going through the blog and reading about a supposed party…. and man, i replayed so quick to do the art gallery route 😤

the gamer in me still prefers the bnd branch (and wyatt naming our shared character after mc 🤭) but what a nice surprise to get so much freedom in approaching our job! i really enjoyed this update 🫶 temporary black-haired wyatt was a treat hehe

i didn’t realize we weren’t forced to play beets n dungeons to matchmake vivi and selma

And I think that one is on me! I forgot to set a variable correctly in the first demo drop and it even showed an incorrect line of text because of that. Sadly, since it was just one line, it slipped through the playtesting checks. This is the reason I emphasized the need to start from the beginning so that you will be correctly put on the art event path if you pick it in the conversation with Wyatt.

the gamer in me still prefers the bnd branch (and wyatt naming our shared character after mc 🤭)

Gamer to gamer, it was a treat to write! Plus if MC really enjoyed it, the game is slated to come back in later scenes...

temporary black-haired wyatt was a treat hehe

They dress and dye to impress 😎

Thank you for this lovely message!

[mythvoiced]

this time, the text from wendy comes in the middle of the day, though it's still being sent from lí chényǔ's phone.

[ text / 徐文哲 ]: winnie-gege ! its wendy on chenchen's phone. guess what !

[ text / 徐文哲 ]: it was "bring your hero to school day" and chenchen actually took a couple hrs off work to do a demo for my class. he wasnt gonna but then i cried and he felt guilty :(

[ text / 徐文哲 ]: look ! its chenchen ! [ tap to view video. ]

in the video, lí chényǔ wields a wooden staff as if it were an extension of himself; he leaps and spins effortlessly, dark hair tumbling into his eyes --- and even smiles briefly when a few of wendy's classmates squeal in awe as the staff swishes through in a graceful, controlled arc. at the end, the children and teachers alike erupt into applause, and lí chényǔ instantly turns tomato-red, holding up his hands as if he means to wave off any compliments, coupled with a shy and sweet, "aiya ... zhēn de ma ? shì ma ? bùxíng, bùxíng ... "

[ text / 徐文哲 ]: incase u wanted to see bc i know he doesnt show off much or at all, hes so shy lol. did u know he trained at shaolin temple before him and mama left china ??? im pretty sure he was there for awhile too. he doesnt talk about it much tho at least to me. but maybe for u he would ???

[ text / 徐文哲 ]: ok gotta go ! have a good day winnie-gege !

[ for wenzhe, from lí chényǔ / @xiianxias ! ]

@xinxiins | ending my life tbh

It's taking him far too long to start adding numbers again.

His last phone had seen its untimely demise at his own hands. He'd enjoyed the practice in a way human only does when it provides catharsis. Most modern phones don't break from falling alone, oh no. They need to be worked to shatter. You need to put in the effort, the belief, you need to have as much pent up something and everything as Wenzhe had and does, to truly make it unusable.

So he had.

Cathartic indeed.

But this... this is something else.

He doesn't know how to describe it. He's never been a man of words, after all, they stay as firmly lodged in his throat as they do in his mind. It's not an easy feat, describing all the different ways whatever lives inside him overwhelms him.

As he stares at his phone, lips parted around the bite from his crepe he's forgetting to take, he fails. He watches, and he fails. It builds up from within. It's warm and enough to make his chest rise. He's smiling before he can tell he is and feels creepy for it moments later.

No amount of trying to drag the corners of his lips back down helps, though, they keep twitching up, keep trying to lift themselves like a man climbing out of quicksand, over a fence, to run across a plain sea of sand and into his lover's arms.

He flinches at the first crack echoing through the room displayed on his phone screen, and laughs in pure delight. He flinches at that, too.

He crouches down on the floor, aborts the attempt to put his wrapped crepe on the ground a few more times before he finally connects with the reality that he should not abandon food he intends to eat on cement, but he'd so very much like to hold the device with both hands.

Drag it closer to his face.

Make it wider, maybe.

Is that creepy? Is he allowed? Is it okay? Especially considering the slight frown dragging his eyebrows together, all while having no significant impact on his smile whatsoever. He's trying to reconcile the Lí Chényǔ he knows with the one performing here.

They're the same, yet just different enough. The sight of him mirrors what Wenzhe hopes to see occasionally, something prouder than what Lí Chényǔ seemingly allows himself to be. There's pride to be had here, even beyond the video, which somehow Wenzhe replays a few more times before he realizes he should reply.

Lí Chényǔ has so many fucking reasons to be proud. His strength, his bravery, all the many things he shouldn't have to be proud of solely because their existence implies the cough, and the way his hand would fit so easily around his wrist, the dismissal and the sickly skin, the long hours and the bags - under eyes and on shoulders both.

But there is pride. He fights, he thrives, he wins even if the world keeps punishing him for it, even if the world says, good job, you made it out alive yet another day, why don't you do that again, so we can all feast upon the sight and feel better about ourselves?

Judge you from our golden thrones?

The crepe tastes stale, suddenly. He's lost his appetite.

But he watches and listens to the crack, and the video always ends on that same sheepish note, and it twists uncomfortably in Wenzhe's guts.

If Lí Chényǔ found out Wendy'd sent him this, would he instinctively wonder if Wenzhe liked it, or would he instinctively wonder if he found it odd?

Wenzhe doesn't flinch at the crack cracking through the room anymore, but he winces and smiles, grows cold and warm when his mother's tongue rolls off Lí Chényǔ's in notes of embarrassment of, 'gosh' and 'undeserving' and all the ways he thinks dying every day is all right because it's better than Wendy and Michael dying for a second only.

He hovers.

His thumb over the first few letters of his reply, his other hand over the bin. He can't throw the crepe away. It'll clank like coins on a golden throne.

[ text to | 😖😵‍💫🥺 ] thank you for sending me this, Wendy! i loved it, it looks amazing, your brother is very cool

What should he say? What should he ask?

Can I see more? Is it okay to ask? Does he miss it? Is it still home for him? How can I make it better?

But maybe for you he would?

Wenzhe sighs, warm and cold, full and empty. He's in so much trouble.

[ text to | 😖😵‍💫🥺 ] i'm gonna ask him about it. i want to know more. your brother is an incredible person. i know it's not my place to say this, but thank you for bringing him as your hero

He chews on his bottom lip, then on a minuscule bite of his crepe. If he's tearing up, and thinking about brushing some of those black strands out of his face, that's his own business.

[ text to | 😖😵‍💫🥺 ] sorry if i'm speaking out of line. thank you, though. really.

...

[ text to | 😖😵‍💫🥺 ] do you guys like crepes? they're french pastry. you can fill them with chocolate, strawberries, more flavors i don't know probably haha.

[ text to | 😖😵‍💫🥺 ] if you like them i'd like to treat you guys to some. maybe soon if you have time? or we could surprise your brother at his corner, what do you think? hope you're still getting this. have a lovely day.

...

[ text to | 😖😵‍💫🥺 ] thank you again

[inourselveswetrust]

The latest editions to the demo were SO GOOD! I liked it when August took charge but also loved having more options bc something about them begging was..... wow. Your writing is amazing and so evocative- I don't usually replay and pick all the options (I tend to pick a route/personality and stick to it- boring I know!), but every scenario is so beautifully crafted, I had to play out each one.

I really hope August had a good reason for betraying MC bc I've put on my clown costume and joined the circus for them. If not well... the other ROs (especially Blair!) are also super compelling and I can't wait to go through their routes! Thank you for creating this wonderful game. Do you have a Kofi/Patreon? I'd love to contribute!

Anon woke up and decided to make me cry today 🥺❤️

I'm so happy you enjoyed the new update! Thank you so much for your support; I can't even begin to tell you how much it means to me.

I do not currently have a Kofi/Patreon. I've considered it, but I would only feel comfortable doing so if I was publishing extra/additional content for subscribers/patrons. Right now, I'm just not in a position to produce anything beyond IOWT. I appreciate your willingness though 💙💙

[un-pearable]

Hi! Uh, I want to get into Sonic. Any shows/games you would reccomend starting with? An order? Also!! What's your favorite iteration of sonic (if you have one)

i think this might be THE question every sonic fan is dying to be asked. that is to say, hell yeah it would be my pleasure to make some recommendations >:] 

best things to try as a very first introduction to the hedgehog and friends (that are still relatively bitesized or accessible): 

the official animations for sonic mania, team sonic racing, chao in space, sonic colors, and most recently sonic frontiers. personal favorites are chao in space bc its adorable and frontiers for… obvious (knuckles) reasons (it’s about knuckles). these are short and sweet and absolutely adorable so they’re always some of the first things i recommend :] check ‘em out if you can - you won’t regret it. 

on that topic, Sonic Frontiers is a solid place to start with the games! it’s the most recent release so there’s currently a demo available on switch and it’s also on sale on steam right now (until Feb 13th!). few of the games directly lead into each other so picking specific games to start with is more down to personal taste, i’ll go into more detail if you’d like but for an introduction to the series? frontiers has been very well received and many consider it a return to form after the last few games, so it’s a good place to pick up the series! EDIT: I FORGOT ABOUT GENERATIONS. sonic generations is basically a Best-Of compilation of sonic’s most well known stages and it’s also perfect for a first time player. it was MY first game. how on earth did i forget about it. anyway it’s also on steam and it kicks ass!!!

alternately, much of the franchise was codified in the adventure games, so if you prefer starting at the beginning, they’re big recommendations as well! both Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 are on steam and MANY playthroughs are online. SA2 was also the first of the sonic fandubs, so if you’ve seen any of those memes that’s where they’re from. 

also, if you’re into zelda games you’ll probably love frontiers. but if you prefer 2D/pixel art games, Sonic Origins just came out last summer and contains rereleases of the first four sonic games and Mania is always a fun option! alternately, try here for a taste of sonic 2 :] 

comics!! comics!!!!! the IDW Sonic The Hedgehog comics are killing it lately and double as canon and ridiculously fun. the first arc is issues 1-12 and if that won’t sell you on this funky little guy, well, there’s a lot more options too! you can find the IDW run here - but support your local comic shop if you can! 

for a little more bite-sized try the recent miniseries scrapnik island! it’s standalone from the main storyline and considering you’re a ninjago fan i think you’ll enjoy a fun story about morally complex robots :D 

the Archie series is amazing at times and so bad it’s funny at others - but what isn’t? while i am a HUGE fan it does require quite a bit of time and investment. other recommendations from the 300 issue+ legacy of sonic comics are available on request (i do not know how to shut up <3) 

tv shows!! Sonic Prime just released on Netflix and it slaps. not the most traditional sonic but it’s fun as hell and ongoing - we’re only ⅓ into the first season and there’s at least two guaranteed. the animation is astounding and it’s coincidentally produced by wildbrain just like current ninjago. i edited one of it’s kickass fight scenes here 

this is almost certainly far more than you need but i love talking about this series so thanks for humoring me :] i hope you enjoy them!! hmmm… they’ve all got their own appeal to me but lately i’ve been watching a lot of playthroughs while drawing (and i eagerly await the frontiers dlc so i have an excuse to replay it) and i think atm game sonic’s my favorite! the comics are delightful and the shows always have their own twists but i love good ‘ol game sonic… the others are more than just facets of his character and have their own great stories, but there’s something special about the original. this message brought to you by how absolutely astounding his characterization is in Sonic Unleashed. we missed you big guy. hope you have fun!! 

[nerice]

winter 2023 anime opinions so far

ars no kyojuu: STUPIDLY INVESTED IN THIS human experimentation is fine but i draw the line at stepping on the baby octopus in the opening shot. evil ppl. cast is fun & i desperately need a wacky fantasy fight show <3 also adopting that cat girls speech pattern for rini immediately lol

trigun stampede: I MISSED TRIGUN vash baby you're doing so well <3 i have zero gripes with this being a reimagine reboot EXCEPT THAT NEW GUY he's annoying. not only can i not forgive them for taking out milly IF they're going this road the least they could have done is let meryl be the experienced journalist and not the rookie who doesn't know shit. she deserves better. envision this: older meryl design, her mentoring some over-eager newbie instead, still w/ her straightlaced paladin mentality 100000/10 i am right studio orange hire me bc rn it just looks like u didn't know what to do w/ the top tier female characters the original series gave u. SALT

nier automata ani: soundtraaaack ;uuuuuuu; genuinely zero thoughts i know every single note of every single song by heart. six yrs ago i played that opening chapter as demo and im feeling Some Sorta Way abt it (the way is NEED TO REPLAY AUTO TOMATO IMMEDIATELY) we all knew putting this into animation would be mid at best n sacrifices were made but they're doing a great job w it all things considered! also DYING that we're getting the extra endings as skits.. when's the fish

revenger: mfw the 利便/revenger word play clicked god i love japanese!!!! extremely good character design & execution excited 2 learn more abt what's wrong w all these people lol

tokyo revengers s2: the other revenge one w. same gripes as last time with the pacing n Reasons For Shit Happen but i have enough distance that i can go into this less annoyed and more intrigued by what kisaki's deal is etc etc.

buddy daddies: the kid's the weakest part of this comedy and every part of it (gun action, accidental dad, stupid comedy) is done better by some other show this season + they gave away that cat so for now that show's on thin ice but im sticking around for a few eps

sugar apple fairy tale: IT'S SO PRETTY!!!!! slow fairy prince shoujo anime exactly as advertised thank u

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guitar hero headcanons | eddie munson

guitar hero + eddie brainrot??? i’ll take it ! anyway this is an expansion to my shitpost abt eddie liking guitar hero

pairing(s): eddie munson X reader at the end

warning(s): modern-ish headcanons but eddie still likes the bands he canonically enjoys

✰ forewarning i’m setting aside the fact master of puppets is “Eddie’s song” so he’s not bias towards Guitar Hero Metallica

✰ his favorite games are GHIII: Legends of Rock, GH Warriors of Rock, GH Encore: Rocks the 80s, and GH Smash Hits

✰ enjoys LoR because, like most of the world, it was the game that got him into the franchise plus likes their diversity of songs along with enjoying the boss battles in career mode (his favorite is Slash; it would be Lou’s but he HATES it after having to replay it so much in order to get anywhere near an FC [full combo/perfect play through])

✰ doesn’t have a main in GHIII because he thinks all the characters are sick asf or attractive, but the first time he played the game he chose Casey Lynch

✰ is able to play the intro the through the fire & flames on expert perfectly but is a bit sloppy on the other parts

✰ WoR is specifically rock & metal & punk songs, what’s not to love about it as a metalhead? the game took him the longest to FC but only by a week or so because of how many songs there were + complexity (learned most of them on his guitar just so he could practice his finger movements)

✰ thinks the character-specific powers they added to the game are cool but a bit unnecessary, but will still happily main Warrior Axel in quickplay because he looks similar to Iron Maiden’s Eddie

✰ personal hc: his favorite song in the game is Bloodlines by Dethklok and that’s how he discovered his appreciation for GHII because the demo song Thunderhorse is on it and he had to play through the game to get to it & how he go into the show Metalocalypse [this is just my personal hc idc if you disagree or say he wouldn’t like the show]

✰ Rocks the 80s has a DIO song on it, of course he’s gonna like the game even if some of the other songs are meh to him; grows to like the other songs and shockingly the songs Lonely is the Night & Turning Japanese become two of his top 5 favorite songs for the game

✰ mains Izzy Sparks in GH, GHII, & the 80s for two reasons: he reminds him of Vince Neil + Dee Snider & thinks Izzy in his GH outfit has some level of sex appeal; also thinks that Izzy’s guitar highway is cool

✰ Eddie probably ends up getting GH5 because Lonely is the Night is on it along with more songs/bands he likes (Iron Maiden & Mötley Crüe mostly) plus he likes that they programmed more singers into the game and playable characters

✰ shitpost hc: makes a band of all Kurt Cobain on GH5 and makes him do comedic songs like YMCA when Dustin is over so they can have a good laugh (Dustin becomes a fan of the games bc of Eddie js)

✰ probably only likes Smash Hits because it made up for GHII having to use covers on certain songs (he was sad they had to use a cover of Shout at the Devil, it didn’t hit the same) and since he’d played all the songs before the game was pretty easy to FC in a short amount of time

✰ mains Axel Steel since he reminds Eddie of himself and looks good in the game compared to some of the other games

✰ Eddie enjoys the atmosphere of Smash Hits over some of the original games but also thinks you can’t beat GHIII in any sort of way (however, he likes they used the non-radio edit of Killing in the Name)

✰ was slightly disappointed they didn’t feature Thunderhorse on Smash Hits but understood why

✰ expanded his music taste because of these games and probably learned a few songs on bass because he was experimenting with the games by playing the different instruments available and thought it was cool

✰ the first time he gets 1st place on a song on the leaderboards he takes a picture after freaking out and being proud of himself for a good ten minutes, anytime after that he sees the achievement as one of his greatest and talks about it for the rest of his life

✰ has the full band set of controllers (how he experimented w/ the other playable instruments) because Corroded Coffin plays when they need to practice but don’t want to

✰ likes what they did with GH Aerosmith, GH Metallica, and GH Van Halen since they’re all deemed pioneers of rock & metal and feels they deserved their own games, but also thought GH could’ve possibly done more bands like Iron Maiden or DIO but that’s just his opinion

✰ gives you his copy of GH Metallica (or another game if you’re not that into Metallica) and tells you to keep playing till you’ve FC’d it fully so you guys can have a guitar battle as a date

✰ don’t even speak of GH Live around him, he could go on and on for days about how it ruined & killed the franchise (same)

other stranger things works.

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[gensuta]

GAMES WITH TRANS/NONBINARY REP!!

Happy pride month!! I love playing video games so I thought it'd be neat to share the many many games I've played with nonbinary and trans characters >:3

Sorry in advanced I’m copying and pasting stuff from twitter ;v; Also know that many of these games ARE on consoles, but if you buy them on pc/mac use itch.io if it exists. It gives devs more money!!

VALIDATE!!  There's a demo on Steam and Itch.io that you can play RIGHT NOW and also a patreon you can support and I highly suggest it ^o^ It's a lovely VN with several playable characters and rlly good writing

Extreme Meatpunks forever is so SO good omg. It's a VN/mech brawler where u be gay and fight fascists!!! Trans and nonbiney ppl are out here being badass af. The game has cws/tws built into the game ( which i love sm ) Also there's a ttrpg on Kickstarter RIGHT NOW!! 

Another game with nonbinary characters is an rpg called Ikenfell! It was one of my favorite games to play last year and the music and just everything? Honestly so good I'm def replaying it this year. It also has tons of good accessibility features!

ok but i wanna geek abt ikenfell just a smidge more  U DON'T UNDERSTAND 3 OF THE PLAYABLE CHARACTERS ARE NONBINARY <333 The strongest playable character also uses ze/zir pronouns and I think that's pretty epic

Ok so like literally every game I've played by @analgesicprod I've loved 100% And Anodyne 2? Everyone should go play it and I will keep saying it until everyone does. And yes there's a trans character in it <3 Drem my beloved <3  Go check it out!!

Another game studio I love is @pillowfightio !!! They worked on Later Alligator, We Know the Devil, and Heaven Will Be Mine. I highly recc all of them but esp. Later Alligator cuz like just look at Joanie. They're so cool.  

In the game Everhood gender doesn't exist <3 Literally multiple characters are referred to with they/them pronouns and the gameplay is very enjoyable 

 CW LOTS of flashing lights and I feel like there should maybe be more cws but I'm not sure what else to add :l I guess a warning is that Everhood gets into more serious stuff and I'll be honest when the game first came out I had to put it down for several days b/c I just wasn't ready for a lot of that stuff, but I honestly liked the game a lot!

I was debating on adding this bc while I love this game there's some issues. So Gnosia is like werewolf ( or among us if you will ) but more narrative focused with time loops etc. There's two wonderful nonbinary characters and you can be nonbinary HOWEVER ( minor gnosia spoilers. skip past if you want to avoid it) . . . For some reason finding out the AGAB of one of the characters is mandatory and I fucking hate that. It's so unnecessary esp for the world building that's been done. Also tws for the game: sexual abuse / assault, gore ( in only one scene ) (spoilers end) but yeah I still added it because the characters are so neat and strong for the type of game it is and without that bit I wouldn’t feel so :/ abt recommending it. It’s pretty fun ngl

Wandersong!!! The main character is nonbiney and I love them <33 It's such a lovely little musical adventure with such a nice narrative and!! Some of the devs just released Chicory ( which I haven't gotten to play yet ;v; ) but check that out too!!

Bravery Network Online is super fun!! It's a turn based rpg that feels really good and has two characters that use they/them pronouns ( Fel and Reed ) the character designs are sooo good and the game is currently in early access!

I never thought I'd see a claymation point and click musical featuring a nonbinary detective but Dominique Pamplemousse is just that Need I say more?

A personal fav I think about every now and then is Dad fighter 30XX!! Like who doesn't wanna beat up their friend's shitty dad in the parking lot of a dennys?? Also the win music is my FAV

SPIRIT SWAP!!! By @SoftNotWeak !!!! Super chill and pretty game by lovely people with a demo you can play right NOW!! This game makes me want to become a strong magical thembo

More games I’ve played, but am too lazy to ramble about

ROM:2064 ( game is amazing but i got mixed feelings tho bc the og devs aren't getting paid for it I think :/ )

A Year of Springs

Secret Little Haven 

A normal lost phone

Calico 

Celeste

Hollow Knight

Undertale

Deltarune

Monster Prom / Monster Camp

Hades ( all of supergiants games slap btw )

If Found

Here’s games I haven’t played but have heard about

Bugsnax

Diaries of a spaceport janitor

Hustle Cat

Tell Me Why

Our Life

Last Minute Love

Black Tarot

Apex Legends

World of Warcraft has trans npcs :0

Dragon Age Inquisition

Sky, Children of the Light

TemTem

Battletech

Death and Taxes :0

Flicker :0 ( roblox games do count! It’s always cool to see what ppl make in it )

Assassins Creed Syndicate has a trans npc

Verdant Skies

Wandering Wolf Trick ( I love nomnomnami’s games sm but haven’t played this one. Highly reccommend her stuff )

If you have any games you wanna add to this PLEASE please do and I'll add them!! And while you're here please support the Queer Games Bundle going on itch rn to support tons LGBTQ+ game devs financially (including me ) <3 Last little edit for now: I’d def suggest trying to find cws/tws for these games just in case I haven’t covered everything for the ones I did talk about <3

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hello!!! i love your game sosososo much ive replayed the demo like. a million times now probably lol. will you be updating the cscript demo while working on the twine one? just asking bc im curious! 🧡

I will. And I hope that I can find something for twine (currently porting to sugarcube from harlowe) that's more screenreader friendly.

What I worry is that at some point CS won't work anymore due to changes to the engine that are nonsensical, but pushed by self-proclaimed 'real coders'. so another hope is that someone makes something akin to CS that's as beginner friendly, screenreader friendly, but without all the aloofness from CoG (things like 'we are not adding in a build-in save function because that is NOT how the games are *meant* to be played and people would only complain there are too few savestats if we do' (yeah, that's seriously their reason)

/ramble over.

But yeah, the CS version will stay up till the game is released, and is usually the first version to be updated (as writing in CS is easier than in twine)

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「 KIANA LEDÉ, FEMALE, 24, RIHANNA. 」┈ did you read that latest viral gossip issue on AYANNA? SHE is one of my favorite R&B/POP artists. they’ve been releasing music for NINE YEARS now, but viral gossip has only been talking about them for the last FIVE YEARS. get this, i think i heard SHE PLAGIARIZED THE SONG THAT MADE HER FAMOUS. they’re known as the AESTHETE of the music industry, since they have a rep for being RITZY but TENACIOUS, but who knows. maybe that will change once they become #1.

what’s up freaks and geeks ? i’m sam. i’m 20 and i’m so hyped to be here/apart of the rp! i’m gonna keep this bit short and jump right on in but if you want to plot or even talk (i’m a **** for memes and random convos), my discord is ronstoppable#5458 and i also have this and a skype, if needed! an-knee-ways, let’s get on about ayanna!

naaliah webb, more famously known as ayanna, was born and raised in brooklyn, new york.

her parents are as blue collar as they come. literally, her parents could work themselves to death and still be working in the afterlife to give their kids a better life than they had. which definitely explains this girl’s work ethic because she really doesn’t play around when she has her mind on something.

okay so kids right ... plural. she’s the youngest of two but never really had to worry about being in the spotlight or anything like because her older brother was the definite golden child. the dude could do everything and then some so she just grew accustomed to that.

meaning that she really just did what was asked of her and remained in the background. she found herself absolutely loving school, pretty much excelling in every subject and dreading the moments after it was over. honestly, i can’t blame her.

she discovered her passion for music at a young age since whenever it came to sunday cleanups, a bunch of icons became her inspirations (whitney, janet, madonna, aaliyah, etc) and some of their songs happened to be the reason she wanted to pursue music or even have a chance at it.

it really took off when she was friends with two other girls and formed a group at like fourteen going on fifteen (does that make them 14 and a half who knows) and they really thought they were about to pull some destiny’s child kind of stunt.

talent shows were their thing and so they really had a few under the belt before this producer discovered them and wanted to record a demo.

the group did their thing but the producer wasn’t really interested in the trio. just one person and of course it was her. she auditioned for him privately and he realized with a lil work, she could actually be something worthwhile in the industry.

definitely caught her parents’ attention and they were more than happy to let her pursue music, just as long as she finished high school in the process.

so like you can imagine a 15 year old with no real knowledge about this kinda thing being thrown in for a demo that actually led to her first album. she was still managing to keep up with how demanding it was and how impersonal the music was too.

like singing about love and boys and sunshine and all that was nothing she experienced before but ya know it’s the image™️ and she just went with it bc she couldn’t say no.

another thing was her stage name which if you ask her, she still has no clue about so she’s always said it’s one of the names her parents wanted to name her but really that’s a lie.

which brings me to her secret that’s kinda like ‘how dumb could you be’ but in all honesty she didn’t know that one of the bops of all time wasn’t original. i mean pon de replay is truly a club anthem but sIS really didn’t know it wasn’t her song until legal papers slapped her in the face

ofc it was handled and dealt with but don’t ask her about ever singing the song or even like mention it bc it definitely leaves a bad aftertaste in her mouth. like when you brush your teeth and drink orange juice bad.

but that was the beginning of her career also known as the ‘little miss sunshine’ days.

and then it led to other phases that really explored what was going through her mind and personal life the media speculated about... a lot.

but presently and for a long time (like six years) just exploring different sounds and things that make her feel good. hello, creative control we love you dearly

overall, she’s just a really a good person who loves the beauty behind things. like she loves glitz and glam of the life but she also enjoys the opposite which is kinda seedy and makes others uncomfortable but tbh that’s where the best stuff is. in her opinion at least.

she likes what and who she likes and isn’t afraid to put that forward because she’s just trying to live her best life™️

i’m not exactly sure if there’s anything else to know but if there is, it’ll definitely be mentioned once i actually write her bio (tragic backstory? maybe who knows!) but if you enjoyed the gist of her essence and it wasn’t too long bc i ramble a lot, give this post a like and i’ll send you an im or vice versa! 💛