#kid/zulf

[blue-unifox]

Zulf maybe needs to be slapped on his arm but also a hug and kiss on a cheek maybe

[lesbian-ashe]

finally took pics in our completed Bastion cosplays!!

[trisshawkeye]

What'll it take for Zulf and the Kid to see eye-to-eye?

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Here's my Yuletide fic for this year! (10k words, G, The Kid & Zulf) I didn't have the energy for a bunch of treats this time round, but I did manage to create this giant, temporally complex exploration of The Kid and Zulf in Bastion. I really enjoyed revisiting this game (for like the fifth time) and gaining a zillion more thoughts about prejudice, communication, and the sunk cost fallacy.

[tsundere-isopods]

The Bastion/Radio Nowhere AU has absolutely taken over my life. I'm not allowed to focus on anything else. Pray for me.

[a-couple-of-notes]

I’m considering writing a longer piece on this, but I’m so curious and excited about what Hades 2’s endgame is going to be. Hades 1 is unique in that it virtually has no end; the story content may stop but the narrative supports infinite replayability, as Zagreus has reconciled everyone and turned it into a slice of life. Thematically, it works: life amidst death, the fact that Zagreus meshes his joy in fighting with his responsibilities.

But this isn’t gonna work with Melinoë. The Crossroads isn’t a home, it’s a war camp. Mel doesn’t like fighting, she’s a soldier with a duty. The narrative of Hades 2 as it stands is shaping up to be a lot like the previous Supergiant titles in its interest with war, revenge, and systemic critique.

And the power in previous Supergiant endings has always come from putting down the weapons.

(Or, well, thematically at least. Sorry, Red.)

It’s choosing to live in the Transistor with Red’s sword boyfriend instead of remaking a corrupted society. It’s standing aside and letting Oralech have a chance at his freedom. And, of course, it’s choosing to put aside the Battering Ram to save Zulf.

In truth, Mel as a character reminds me a lot of the Kid—raised from a young age to do a hard task, no real parents, a sense of responsibility and duty. And like the Kid, I think the most satisfying ending for her would be to stop fighting. I definitely don’t see her incorporating fighting into her post-Chronos world like Zagreus—at least not healthily.

So I wonder what they’ll do here. I guess what I’m thinking right now is that you’ll be able to play as long as you want after the final bosses but won’t be able to gain the true ending till you make the decision to stop entirely. It might present like Bastion’s final choice, like you can go back and keep playing or stop and finish the narrative.

Either way, I’m thoroughly enjoying Hades 2, and the return to some narrative themes that the first game didn’t deal with. I suppose we’ll see in time…

[bastionbabble]

Hi Babs! I'm sending a message because I've been thinking about Bastoion again and I have nobody else to yell at about the fact that if you kill every single enemy, "the mercy" vigil is completed the first time you kill an Ura, and my first playthrough I had to take a break from the game to contemplate my life coices.

Supergiant did not have to do that.

Also, in Kid's first dream sequence about the Calamity which has you replaying the intro to the game, if you fall off like I did bc I'm an idiot, Rucks says "Kid can't fall, no matter how hard he tries" and Supergiant didn't have to do that either.

ALSO also, theories on the girl with the barrette who is mentioned exactly once?

hullo hullo! tbh a lot of bastion is "sgg didn't have to do this but they did." which is why i think bastion is the most tragic of all the games; there's no winning. you kill and kill and kill and no matter what, not everyone will be happy. suffering is inevitable no matter what you choose.

fucked up.

also the barrette girl, it's been a hot minute since i last played, but i think her name is nacie, and we never really learned anything about her. i think rucks said the kid fancied her, but beyond the kid asking rucks and zulf about it, i don't think you get much. i always kinda viewed it as like, someone the kid really liked, but never quite got up the courage to admit he liked her. like she was one of the few people who made an effort with him and he was always too scared to say anything and then the calamity happened and she was dead and the that chance was gone forever.

[dravencore]

@eomma-jpeg my immediate move would be to make vash the kid, wolfwood zulf, meryl zia, and roberto as the narrator

but then it'll be very tristamp flavored and where the hell is milly!

then i thought more and i think it would make a lot of sense narratively to make zulf and zia knives and vash respectively and then make wolfwood the kid. perhaps i can split the narrator into roberto, meryl, and milly

i don't want anyone to be left out but bastion doesn't have a lot of characters :(((

[denizenhardwick]

p5 bastion au with sojiro as rucks, joker as the kid, futaba as zia, and akechi as zulf. goddddd.

[gumiboomy]

1ST actual post... #fictionalcharactersexymanlist

I've managed to compile a list of all the fictional characters I actively go feral for..... And it's still growing ummm yea.

Fictional people I simp for (not ranked).

Dante Limbus Company

Master Chief

Any halo Spartan with their mask on

Konig MW2

Keagan COD

Choso JJK

Geto JJK

Samus

Power CSM

Aphrodite HADES

Geto JJK

Mahito JJK

Nobara JJK

Megumi JJK

DoomGuy

Venom

Sidon BOTW

Welt Yang HSR

Denji OW

Mcree OW

Risk AL

Inhaus AL

Queue A AL

Wesley BAPC

Crispín BAPC

Howl BAPC

Howl HMC

Kaoru OHSC

Mori OHSC

Kyoya OHSC

Spider-Man

Spider Gwen

Viktor Humphries

Callie Splatoon

Marie Splatoon

Marina Splatoon

Spyke Splatoon

Toast BAPC

ANY STUDIO GHIBLI MOM

Rose Quartz SU

Mercy OW

Widowmaker OW

Sniper TF2 (genuinely, yes)

Scout TF2

Mei OW

Yumeko KG

Nana from NANA

Majima Yakuza 0

Kiryu Yakuza 0

Skyler Gabicito

Ren mati

Wheatley PORTAL

Zagreus HADES

Dionysus HADES

Protagonist of DeadCells

Rosalina

The main character of DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER

Snatcher AHIT

MetaKnight

Gabriel Ultrakill

V1 Ultrakill

Minos Prime Ultrakill

Valentine SkullGirls

Sol Badguy GUILTYGEAR

Zuke NSR

EVE NSR

Vergil DMC

Dante DMC

Lady DMC hehe based

Zulf Bastion

The Kid Bastion

Calculester MP

Damien MP

Cute ghost boy MP

Zoey MP

Polly MP

Joshua Graham

GladOS

Kyoya OHSC

Witch Doctor Terraria

Megurine Luka

The Zoologist Terraria

SpiderPunk ITSV

Tex Red VS Blue

Weiss RWBY

Shockwave Transformers

StarScream transformers

Allen Smiling Friends

Jorge HALO

Church Red VS Blue

sorry not sorry...... heh... toodles!!!!!!!!!111111

[ricenudles]

heres kid and zulf sharing a drink together for @starmakesart! i had a lot of fun working on this, and im glad that i was able to participate in the secret santa that @supergiantsecretsanta put together! hope you enjoy!

[starmakesart]

Kid and Zulf sharing clothes (among other things) for the Supergiant Secret Santa exchange by @supergiantsecretsanta! My recipient is @balugyoza and since I always thought of Zulf and Kid being opposites, I tried to incorporate that into a sun and moon drawing o(^◇^)o

[blue-unifox]

A rough doodle of the main three, being all cuddly <3

[ran196242]

The Calamity took everything away from him.

A redraw of a sketch I didn't know how to finish back in 2017.

[trisshawkeye]

Happy 10 Year Anniversary Bastion!

[lokh]

doodle i finished last stream of the kid =0! more bastion doodles to come probably

[bluumey]

smiles come with the sailing