#me talkies

[bugtrotter]

hdfhfhdjk, could y'all send more asks I actually like them alot, fun to doodle them 👉👈

[repl1c4nt]

kkiez. finished dawntrail ⬇️(imagine i posted this months ago 7.1 & 7.2 spoilers now too )

Well! it was definitely an expansion. the rite of succession was FINE as an arc underwhelming but ultimately unoffensive each trial was really repetitive and heavy handed to the point it was honestly a little insulting im not 10 i can read between the lines sometimes it reminded me a lot of the 6. patch cycle where every single patch ended with the same friendship is magic lesson for zero. i think we get it, admittedly the rite of succession arc was my favorite, as i felt the worldbuilding and characters worked best for me in Yok Tural. I was pretty invested in the direction the story was going to take in 6.55, honestly really prepared for my adventure in tural far more excited than i was at its initial announcement trailer, i was left mostly confused by that haha. The soundtrack as per usual blew me away and i honestly never doubted soken anyway- i was also particularly impressed by the new areas in yok tural. they were so beautifully crafted i felt really inclined to just wander around and experience them up to shaaloani the areas felt so beautiful and intentional. a serious step up from previous expansions. though the narrative i felt was far too interested in rewarding wuk lamat over allowing her to grow into the role of vow of resolve. this is not wuk lamat hate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get out of here if you hate her..... I love that cat she was easily a highlight for me in dawntrail. though i just wish her arc felt more like a proper character arc. I really dont mind but she’s always right and everyone else is always wrong and that’s fine ok peace is good but like fundamentally her platform is maintaining how tural already is right? like it’s upholding the status quo **the working status quo ok i’m not accusing wuk lamat of conservative politics but what i’m saying is we see these very brief sped past moments of the status quo not upholding peace and prosperity for Everyone. merchants are having trouble because of poorly maintained infrastructure people are suffering financially regardless and the game never ever wants to address how in any way at all tural could improve to support its people besides maintaining the peace it’s always bad like this is so boring.... it just makes such an uninterestung, unfulling story. i dont feel like im watching someone grow i feel like im watching one cat girl 2 comically evil villians and also koana whos just there really. i cant help but laugh at the scene with gulool ja where he’s like my daughter… shes naive and not ready and it’s like dude i cant stress enough she’s the only person here the narrative treats as capable. overall the rite of succession clearly had enough ideas to make its own compelling expansion and ill alwahs be upset it wasn’t............ thats right it isnt the entire expansion. Something Happens. I need to talk about Solution 9 & my absolute dislike for everything that happens from here on out. Literally exploding into the story completely unprompted were introduced to the true villian and second arc of the story. Zoraal ja was set up to be the villian at this point, Krile very immediately calling out- and i shit you not- the extreme darkness she senses in his heart arousing suspicion pretty early on. even while bakool ja is acting cartoonishly villainous and setting everyone back zoraal jas wicked vibes are supposed to stick with you. but heres Sphene cute and unassuming and i would be so on board for sphene as an acting antagonist if it werent for what happens in 7.1 & .2 but im getting ahead of myself. Frankly, I find Solution 9 and alexandria as a whole to be ugly to look at, uninteresting in every way, and ultimately disappointing. Now im a pretty big final fantasy 9 fan, but dawntrail wants you to think of ff9 in my opinion, to distract from the sloppy writing and disjointed narrative. now it seems tumblr recently implemented a character limit so i guess i have to wrap it up. which ive never had to do for a tumblr post before:

sphene, like wuk lamat is attempting to maintain the working status quo of her people, despite the sacrifices it takes and like tural, despite the people who end up left behind. to the two of them the system is unflawed and should upheld because of the ill that will befall their respective people should it not be. it is sooo interesting that sphenes system can only exist at the expense of others and wuk lamat well there’s just nothing there… because the rite of succession arc was frankly rather rushed and the game would much rather you think wuk lamat is the correct choice, despite it being obvious by the other options being incompetent and evil. and koana is there btw. in case you forgot again. sphene as an ultimate twist villain, beholden only to the duty she was created for was, in my opinion, the best thing about her. its a shame it was squandered (in my opinion) by reintroducing her as placid and nonthreatening as humanly possible with the 'real sphene' reveal in 7.1. How absolutely boring and in my opinion, insulting to reintroduce the same woman as completely caring, mild, and toothless. 7.2 was to me a much better patch but Calyx as an antagonist is such a strange choice. i will try to be hopeful as i do think he is interesting as of right now, but im not forgetting the character youve chosen to represent the idea that humanity needs to transcend the confines of their flesh prisons is disabled. But that isnt to say I entirely hated dawntrail. the content for me was very easily some of the best in the series so far. the dungeons were mechanically incredibly fun, fast paced, and i very much so welcomed the challenge. and i havent forgotten what is to me the best thing to come out of solution 9: the arcadion. Where im honestly tired of everything else happening in the ninth shard im tuned in to my fantasy WWE melodrama. Mechanically fun like the rest of the content in DT the arcadion has what no other aspect of alexandria does; characters and a story im deeply invested in. Im incredibly excited for epic highs and lows of high school wrestling. If the cast of the first tier wasnt fun enough, the second tier really stepped it up flashy, fun, and incredibly impressive. Potentially my favorite series of the game if it sticks the landing as well as it rocked the introduction. Admittedly, I'm no ultimate raider, but FRU was incredibly impressive (to watch haha) I can only hope to be good enough in 5 years when its time to lock in for the arcadion ultimate

[skunkes]

did anyone post this here yet bc literalmente

[freakcliff]

many things about the chronicles of Narnia made me irrevocably insane at the small age of six years old but one of the big ones was the bit in prince Caspian where caspian blows susan's horn to try and summon help and it summons the pevensie kids like. that's crazy ok. that's insane. imagine at 12 years old you're given a horn thats purpose is basically summoning divine intervention & then years later someone blows it and summons YOU . I'm crazy !

[evilhorribleratmoster]

made a new blog fuck you teehee

[nenoname]

"Do you always carry that calendar in your pocket?" "...Yes."

[mbohjeezart]

Hermit a Day May: Day 20, Gem, Personification of Luck!

And here's her full portrait without the text and background:

[lexiene]

Fragile....they're fragile 😔💓

[fishfingersandscarves]

dulcinea cosplay!!

[repl1c4nt]

ok well its not elaboration.. but ECs official twt just openly describes reeve's 'inspire' ability which is kind of crazy...... inspire materia reveal for ever crisis? inspire materia to use a lulu / iris style plush in combat? dare i even say... a mr mew esque weapon? square enix feel free to hire me,

ok but seriously surreal tweet haha, prior to that i got smacked in the inspire face when @shinraarch actually mentioned it days after my tumblr post and i was like oh! were doing this again! anyway i still hold onto post cait sith reeve, although i think i dont remember if this was in my initial post but "black mage" reeve who fights with cait sith a la lulu.. can you tell lulu and shiki are my favorites......... maybe im just a weird freak whos looking for excuses to see him again but i really dont get why never stops using cait sith even when he doesnt need to conceal his identity... although cait sith being treated as his own silly guy even after the party is fully aware is cute to me xD

[skunkes]

Cant stop thinking about this comment under a video about stardew valley rabbits foot drops

[freakcliff]

currently imagining the version of Peter pevensie who gets to live out his life in england. I think he's a very insane and fun sort of guy. he has a sword license and he carries that sword around Everywhere. he's in some really niche field of academia & he teaches classes at a university where there's a rumor that if you can beat him in a sword fight he'll give you an A for the whole term. which isn't true but if you ask him he WILL agree to it because there is not a college student in the world who can beat Peter pevensie in a duel. he's the type of guy who will die on any hill and starts climbing on furniture when he gets really into making a point as if standing on this table will make what he says more correct

[deadlysoupy]

it is actually insanely funny to me how many ships there are with tfe bee now. everyone wants a piece of that thang. and for what. yeah he's pretty, snatched even, even while being usually half their size, but do the bots just forget he's a loser?? he sucks???? his jokes aren't funny and he sings stupid songs while he's bored?? he objectively sucks but mechs just cling to him. he needs to studied under a microscope. the rizz master but oblivious to it. collecting autobots and decepticons and humans like a weirdo magnet

[cyancherub]

the ghosts in my room watching me beat off for the fifth time in one day:

[thesinglesock]

not to sound like an immortal but 1925 should NOT be 100 years ago next year. wtf. that's the year Buster Keaton's "Seven Chances" and "Go West", Charlie Chaplin's "Gold Rush", AND Harold Lloyd's "the Freshman" came out. When you say "100 year old film" I'm thinking about those "moving pictures" that were essentially postcard illustrations projected onto the silver screen. But you're trying to tell me Sherlock Jr., a movie with a solid plot, interesting cinematography, and PEAK comedic timing is a century old??? shut up stop lying to me.

[morriemonnie]

eaaeaeaeaeeaeeee

one word.

flustered sprout.

he's a little shy