#like if they hate a character i'll hate the character that kind of thing

[deikshen]

... So, let's just say I was craving dessert and cooked something. Will I post it soon? Who knows. BUT I'M DEFINITELY HAVING FUN WRITING THIS LMAO

If he had to defend himself with a normal person, Luo Binghe would swear that he had never heard of or known of the existence of the infamous novel Pride Immortal Demon Way.

In fact, on many occasions, he had to keep his face serene bordering on irritation when people looked at him, laughed and asked for his real name, as if Luo Binghe were lying to their faces. If it were up to him, Luo Binghe would pretend that disgusting porn novel was just another weird thing from the world of those chronically online that he had never encountered before.

Unfortunately, he had a proper name that matched the protagonist's, and enough internet to know at least a summary of that story.

He had to change the privacy of all his social media once that infamous shit stallion character became popular! Suddenly, there were people sending him messages, thinking he was some kind of RP account, commenting him things ranging from respectful “good morning, Junshang” to “this meimei doesn’t have a horse but she could ride on your **** horse.”

Fuck them all! Luo Binghe might have an unusual name, but it was the name he was given at birth! He wasn't stealing some shitty character's name! Besides, ladies, what the hell with that language!? His own mother followed him on social media! What if she saw those kinds of comments!? What would she think of him if she happened to see Luo Binghe allowing anonymous ladies to comment on his photos like that? Ugh!

A.k.a. Luo Binghe hates PIDW and transmigrates there after a death he doesn't remember — He doesn't even have a clue about it!!! Now it's, oh big surprise, the protagonist who stole his name!! Fuck!! He'll have to put up with the scum villain and all that shit!!!

Except for the fact that the scumbag villain gives him medicine? And doesn't torture him? And he's... kind? ... What fucking canonical divergence is he in?! What the hell will he do now?!

Luo Binghe's POV is always fun to write, but I feel like sometimes it's EVEN funnier. Heheheh

Tags I'll probably use : # Transmigrant Luo Binghe ; # System (is a bitch) ; # Luo Binghe is a mama's boy ; # there is no Luo Binghe who does not love a kind Shen Qingqiu ; # Luo Binghe roasting Airplane ; # The strange friendship between a writer and his OC ; # Su Xiyan's ass-breaking rights

[muffinrecord]

I need to go to bed, but initial thoughts:

I like Magia Record a lot more. I'm having fun but I admit that I feel a little disappointed. I'm going to stick with it but I don't think I'll need to worry about whaling too much on this game.

The combat is growing on me. I prefer Magia Record's combat but I can see how Magidora is going to have more intricate stuff going on that won't just devolve into magia spam/blast spam. Maybe. I dunno? But it's fun and that's good enough. I do like the speed element of it over random disc selection, I think.

I don't really like the 3d bits but I can live with it. Folks keep saying how good the graphics look and to me it looks kinda ugly, but no one ever said I have good taste.

I don't particularly like how exploring labyrinths work. You're not even really exploring, just moving in a straight line looking for the occasional shiny. The labyrinth parts feel like an awkward in-between the content that matters, aka story and combat. I think I'd rather move between menu screens.

Uhhhh story wise.... Hmm. I think one problem I have is that the main story is literally just pmmm but an inferior visual novel version. If I want to read the pmmm story then I can go watch the anime or the movies or even the horrible comics. This doesn't really do it for me.

I'm also a little worried about upcoming event stories for spinoff girls. I straight up hated the Tart events in MR because a lot of them were an extended boring rehash of the manga and if I want to experience the story, I'd rather read the fucking manga, you know? For all the upcoming spinoffs: are they going to do their own thing with new stories like magia record did? Or are they going to be another visual novel version of the comics? Because god I don't really want to go through that???

It was also kind of depressing to get old characters I love, excitedly go to their magical girl stories, and then realize they're probably going to be rehashing what we already know. I mean, they're not copies of the originals and I can see how they might provide new context that we didn't have before, but something about it just makes me really sad.

I also REALLY miss having a homescreen character. There is so much charm in having a character on the homescreen, selecting their outfit, getting excited over new poke quotes. And being able to change your homescreen in general. Getting a new character in magia record wasn't just exciting cause new character but also because you got to put them on the homescreen and see what they were about, you know? Like these are their poke quotes, here are their outfits, look at all their lil animations! I miss it so much. Getting a new character does not feel that exciting to me at all ;_;

Something I never thought about before, but I hate how dark all the menu screens are. MagiReco menus had a lot of color and variations and they weren't just the same dark gray background repeated over and over.

Like look at this. Where's the color? I feel sad looking at this OTL

I think all of this kind of culminates in: it feels like some of my favorite aspects of magireco were taken away, mainly the character-focused nature of it. I'm not going to say Magireco was the pinnacle of writing but it was what drew me to the story in the first place and it's not here.

Last negative thought-- I have absolutely no idea how a person who doesn't know anything about Madoka Magica would feel about the game. The presentation feels kind of weird-- I feel like we're already meant to know who everyone is based on all the videos you see before loading in but then the story kind of treats us like we're brand new and that Mami is supposed to be some sort of surprise.

All of that said, it's early access and we're not even a whole day into it-- I'm not done with the main story so it's possible I'm missing stuff too. Maybe I'll be more into it once I start watching more Magical Girl Stories. The event story is kind of boring so far but it's also pmmm girlies and I love them but-- you know.

I think my greatest fear for the game is that it doesn't bring anything new and it just summarizes stories we already know. I know you have to strike a balance between presenting content that old fans and new fans alike are going to find interesting-- and new fans need to know what's the deal with characters they are unfamiliar with too. But I really hope it gives us new stories, new characters, new things in general.

There are elements I like, I swear that it's not just all negative. It looks like we'll spend a lot of time developing our characters and I like long projects which reward you for patient investment. Again, the combat is growing on me and I'm starting to enjoy it more.

Actually trying to write out the positives makes me think of more things i dislike aklfjsaklfasjfkkasfja

Which is weird, because I'm not not having fun. I am! I dunno.

I don't want to be a huge bummer so I won't put this in the tag. We'll see how I feel about the game in like a week.

At the very least this game looks like it'll be a fun way to waste some time and good god I've been needing something like that lately so if anything, thank the stars for that

[wyllzel]

get to know your tumblr mutuals tag!

i was tagged by @nfly5, thank you laura!! :))

1. what's the origin of your username?

i think wyll ravengard of bg3 fame and lae'zel also of bg3 fame should kiss and fall in love and ride dragons into the sunset (or, rather, the astral plane) together :)

2. otps + shipname

wyllzel 🥰 and vivwall (vivienne x blackwall dai) at the moment for sure!

i'm trying to think of more, but honestly i'm p easygoing when it comes to ships haha i'll take a peek at almost anything that seems compelling 🫣

3. song stuck in my head

"purple lace bra" by tate mcrae for uhhh no reason 🤫 and "feel it" by d4vd for also no reason LOL (🎶 you told me once that i was crazy i said babygirl i knooooowww but i can't let you gooo (away!) 🎶)

4. weirdest trait/habit

i have a growing aversion to cold drinks lol it's starting to feel odd drinking something that isn't hot... that's not that weird though, i think i'm just becoming a grandma LOL

5. hobbies

photoshop!! i like making gifs and edits and such :) i've also been writing a lot more recently which is crazy, i haven't felt this inspired or productive in forever :'D thank you DA lol 🩷

i am also v much a webtoon enjoyer (my all-time fave is "trash belongs in the trash can!" but i'm currently v invested in "nevermore," "i'm the queen in this life," "sisters at war," and "momfluencer"!), but i'll read manga (tatsuki fujimoto my GOAT) and comics (invincible also my GOAT)

6. if you work, what's your profession?

i write internal software documentation which means it's architectural, high-level design stuff... not so much code-specific, but the reasoning behind why software components are organized the way they are. it's not very fun, mostly mind-melting... i work closely w engineers and it's kind of a toss-up whether they'll be nice/patient or think i'm stupid lol

but my brain now contains so many company secrets :^) if you ever have any questions about data storage/virtualization i can possibly help lol

7. if you could have any job you wish, what would you have?

funny story—i applied for grad school, and i've been accepted to an english m.a. program that starts this fall!!! 🥹 we'll see where i go w that, but i'll likely enter education!

8. something you're good at?

uhh i suppose BG3 LOL i beat honor mode twice! 🎉 (i'm still trying to figure out how DA works 🤔 DA2 hard mode is chill idk if i'd ever do nightmare tho 😬)

9. something you hate?

ok it's not rly a "hate" thing but it does irk me when i see fandom claims/arguments that don't cite specific quotes/screenshots/instances lol (the english major in me activates and i am consumed by the thought "🚨‼️ where do you see this in the text 👁️👁️🫵" LOL)

10. something you forget?

the grief 😂🖐️ it creeps up on me! almost cried in my cubicle multiple times this week. haha.

11. your love language?

receiving is probably words of affirmation? giving is probably gifts, i like making silly things for my bestie (eg. fenris keychain lol) and finding weird stickers for my brother 🤡

12. favorite movies/shows?

my letterboxd top 4 are:

everything everywhere all at once (2022) (saw it twice in theaters and sobbed thru both times)

nope (2022) (BRILLIANT movie, so smart)

challengers (2024) (so fascinating!)

lust, caution (2007) (i need to rewatch this one expeditiously)

as for shows, i love succession (2018-23), invincible (2021-), and the twilight zone (1959-64)!

13. what were you like as a child?

apparently very friendly, outgoing, and extroverted! i would just run up to my fellow kids and yap at them?! i do nooot do that anymore lol

14. favorite subject in school?

english/literature!!

15. least favorite subject?

oh man, i was so bad at science, especially biology/chemistry... i could scrape by in physics bc i was decent at math, but it was still awful...

16. what's your best/worst character trait?

worst...??? according to my last annual review, i need to be more confident in the workplace LOL 💀 + sometimes i let my anxiety get the better of me... i think that's just a lifelong struggle thing though, but i know i can improve to be a better friend and such 💪

best... multiple reviews from mom-aged women say that i am a "nice" and "sweet" person so hopefully at least that means i can leave a good first impression haha

17. if you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be?

i'm not a huge fan of what-if-ing personally, but i do wish i were on vacation 😆

18. if you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?

i'm currently very curious about my paternal grandparents... it's hard for me to conceptualize why they got married... and how my dad grew up... i guess i would want to witness some of that??

tagging: hello again haha!! @creaking-skull @andrewknightley @coolseabird @genderdotcom @bladeweave @grey-wardens @maironsbigboobs no pressure again :))

[astrolotte]

augh . this show

[camellcat]

it confuses me when people say they like willow or xander and then get all uncomfortable and condemning about, like... major parts about them. you don't like that they're wildly possessive of which often leads them to acting irrational and awful...... which is like one of their biggest traits? oh, and you hate that they're not fantastic friends to buffy............. which is also like. how they are. pretty much the entire time we know them. okay!

wow, you find xander to be annoying bc he's a dumb dude who seriously needs to unlearn some ideals and really outta treat his girlfriends nicer. I'm dismayed at his typical guy-ness. bummer, we don't enjoy that willow is like totally abusive when it comes to exerting whatever power can get over people. that sure is a bad thing she does.

I just. I like them BECAUSE of these things idk how the hell you could possibly separate these things from them and still enjoy these characters it boggles my mind

[cephalofrog]

13h in, finishing for the day

thoughts so far: this DLC is so huge man. strong basegame vibes in that you're kinda just wandering and trying to figure out what's happening. definitely has one big downside next to the basegame though for me right now though, which is the non-connected world - you don't have the ability to form a picture of the world when you're travelling around between places (and possible time periods?) by portals. it causes the more similar zones to kind of blend in together imo, and makes it really hard to navigate through zones cause you can't orient yourself by thinking "well this region is in this vague direction so I'll head that way". it also makes every zone contextless - the top part of the pink zone is beautiful, arguably more so than any base-game screen, but it's also completely unexplained. we don't even know if the structures were built by the benefactors who built the iterators or some other civilisation (though I'd guess the benefactors since it seems weird to have the same creatures across such a long timeframe). maybe this will be resolved, but I don't see how - there are no lore pearls in any region so idk how you'd ever learn anything specific about any of them.

I guess they probably don't let you know which zones will have an echo to encourage thorough exploration of every zone, but since you can't passage, it does seem like something that's just gonna cause a ton of annoying backtracking for the average player. maybe there's a tell I haven't noticed

I still have no clue what is happening with the story. that's rain world I guess. fun to have a running kinda antagonist character though, oaoaoaoa - they mentioned walking around so sadly my sliver theory has probably been disproved

most zones are fine so far. unfortunate evolution sticks out for obvious regions (I've never been so scared in my life), I like the pink signal one and cold storage quite a lot (even though I hate the wind mechanic), I absolutely despise the badlands and its badly explained locusts mechanic (I still don't know how to get to the left side of the region and either I hate it cause it's impossible or I hate it cause it's badly explained)

my favourite new creature is the moths, they're peak. my least favourite new creature is the coral bug things, they suck and are terrible

watcher spoilers

do not meet echoes u guys. worst mistake of my life

impressions after an hour of playing: wow the contrast between the kinda fanmade interpretation of "what would happen next" of "well obviously the iterators attempt to make amends and eventually collapse and it's sad but bittersweet" vs. the original devs going "there is a plague. everything goes gross. rot gets everywhere."

[kumakuma-circus]

follow-up to this post with an important amendment: eevee wild cards.

persona q more like persona v(ee)-

[torchickentacos]

The pokemon anime subreddit fascinates and frustrates me on equally deep levels

[bettertwin1]

Not to sound lame but sometimes I feel obligated to answer certain asks, but the asks really hurt to answer. I'm not sure how to vocalise it or ask you all to stop or how to say which ones hurt but yeah.

[asterdeer]

should i do the kill a character bingo for 2025 with richard. should i try to kill richard maxwell at least 25 times next year. much to consider

[bedlamsbard]

when I am queen-empress of the world my third act will be making sandwiches at catered lunches illegal.

(my first act will be outlawing back zippers and my second act will be fixing hotel showers.)

[icewindandboringhorror]

Various images of things

[picory]

i'm never beating the cozy children's book art style allegations Lol

[aromanticasterisms]

so no furina story quest 2 :((

[itzphynix]

I changed my mind. Hater behavior is undeserved, when it comes to works, & idgaf about holding creators accountable when their games are mid, anymore.

[volivolition]

what's the theme you're fucking going for here voliiii!!! what are you fucking getting at!!! what are you trying to say, what's the point??