#me: HECK YEAH DUDE—

[moeblob]

Impulsively shoving a guy's hand in your mouth after having the thought "oh just like when my little sister used to prick herself on a rose thorn" and then immediately being treated like a pet who ate something they shouldn't have? Wonderful. Thank you, Thane.

(also not pictured is Thane apparently trying to scrape your tongue with his hand BEFORE pouring the holy water down your throat because NO. BAD.)

[mad-hunts]

alright, i don't know about y'all, but i think motorcycle rides at night are superior — and honestly — going on one with barton? it's fun, but also dangerous. like you're weaving between cars sometimes, and also, he will leave people in the dust who may attempt to race him for... whatever odd reason dangerous, lmao

[fruitsofhell]

[still talking about this but i feel like this would be lost if it was just a reblog addendum]

For real my greatest regret with my time in this fandom is not finding enough people who talk about Kirby STORIES nor doing that enough myself. Like its always kinda just between "ah my adorable and/or tragic blorbos" and "MOST FUCKED UP KIRBY LORE!" as I've complained about 100 billion times now, but I really wanna talk about the evolution of the series' storytelling under Kumazaki's direction more and how you can really feel them finding their footing on What Kirby "Lore" Means.

Ever since Robobot the games have tackled more direct themes and science fantasy tropes and it's also when it's really started coming into it's own. Return to Dreamland and Triple Deluxe and wonderful but you can see where the team holding back on detail and leaning into more cliche platformer-y things didn't let them reach full potential. Robobot and KatFL on the other hand excel at the more sci-fi themeing because they really let that more out there stuff absorb into the fabric of the gameplay and visuals, and while I've touched on KSA not being as lush as those other two, it makes up for it with sheer volume of content in the end. Evil cults are more fantasy than sci-fi so it didn't have ideas as extreme as those other two to latch onto, but it could still be more purposeful with the levels in the middle yknow. But still, the writing of the Jamba and the design of Void Termina have a lot packed into them that make it work once you unpack it.

RTDL and Tripluxe you can maybe say theres like a theme of greed in a nebulous sense, but it is genuinely fluffy platformer fair with an interesting villain thrown in at the end, Robobot, KSA, and KatFL are like actual great sci-fantasy stories wrapped up in fairytale-like bow. RTDL and Tripluxe become good when you fill in blanks*, but the last 3 just Are Good, Straight Up*.

*I know some of you people out there think pause screens are supplementary but it is literally The Game's Text, so I mean good with the pause screens.

Like Kirby "Lore" HAS gone from What If There Was A Platformer Villain But Really Fucked Up to actual really cool commentaries on imperialism/industrialization, bonds and religion, and life. I think its really fucking cool and what actually has kept me a Kirby fan. I can find a platformer that gets really complicated the more you look into it's flavor text, or one with cute character designs, or sad moments, but you don't find one so often that like cares. That really cares about the characters and the world and stuff, but about saying something confidently. Kirby storytelling may not come off as confident to people because it's not overt, but the confidence is in the details that surround and support those ideas that in any other series would just be pedantic "lore".

Like Robobot doesn't have "lore" about Susie and Haltmann, it has a backstory complimenting a power struggle in the plot's climax that ties into the idea of imperialism being a cannibalistic pursuit. Star Allies doesnt have "lore" about doomsday cults and gods, it has a story about how real bonds and connections can form even in dark places and its important to cherish those and not let circumstances corrupt them (or something, it has been a whilehgjh). And KatFL doesnt have "lore" about ooooo all the humans are dead this IS THE DAHKEST KIRBY GAME!! Its fucking aboyut how animals and joy and whimsy will reinherit the earth!

im justfuskdgs WHOS DOING THE KIRBY LITERARY ANALYSIS?? Where are they? They have to be out there im so fr ghsf

[bbqhooligan]

Do-Yeong is playing in deep thought like hes confused abt something, glare, pan into Yeo-Jeong owlish creepy ass stare set on him smiles and asks him if his play style reminds him of someone. why is that scene so raw lmao

[freebooter4ever]

"i just really think this is funny"

[cinnatwo]

AAAA help I'm obsessed with these templates

This set was made by @pokemon-ash-aus

These height differences are still killing me

[answrs]

today on "answrs very quickly loses their mind over an antelop.e"

(length & caps warning. and pics of animal skull/tanned pelt but that's expected in this tag so...)

you know, I knew elan.ds were big. much bigger than the typical antelop.e in fact! i have a dang hartebees.t and such, i get it!

except APPARENTLY!

i

was

NOT

PREPARED!

HOW IS ↑THIS↑ THING ALMOST AS LONG AS A FUCKIN GEMSBO.K??????? LIKE THAT'S A GEMSBO.K'S WHOLE *DEAL* IS THAT THEY HAVE THE BIG HORNS. THIS HORN IS BIGGER AROUND THAN MY WRIST UNTIL LITERALLY THE TOP FIVE INCHES OF IT WHAT THE F U C K.

oh yeah. and there's more.

because i didn't get just the skull either. no, no! this thing came with its own pelt too!

Sir?

SIR?

SIR?????? SIR HOW ARE YOU STILL GOING!!!!!!! DID YOU ACCIDENTALLY PACK YOUR ENTIRE BODY IN THERE???????

SIR!!!!????? YOUR B U S T IS OVER FIVE-FRICKIN-FEET TALL!!!!!?????? SIR HOW THE FUCK-

SO YEAH. I GUESS THIS IS A THING I HAVE NOW

[deus-ex-mona]

w. when the guy does t h e embarrased side glance—

[ancientmyrddin]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dark Souls (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Artorias the Abysswalker/Dragon Slayer Ornstein, Artorias the Abysswalker & Dragon Slayer Ornstein, Past Nameless King/Dragon Slayer Ornstein Characters: Artorias the Abysswalker, Dragon Slayer Ornstein Additional Tags: Flashbacks, Friendship, Shapeshifting, POV Second Person, Past Relationship(s), Banishment, Prompt Fill, Faraam is the Nameless King, High Fantasy, Dragon Ornstein, No Dialogue, Touch-Starved Series: Part 2 of at the precipice of some unknown ordeal Summary:

Faraam does not leave Anor Londo quietly after his banishment, rending his bonds wherever he has built them.

Ornstein, who forsook his fellow dragons to be with him, struggles under the sudden weight of his departure.

---

When you sleep, in your cold and empty bed, you dream of the skies. You feel your wings touching the clouds; your great and powerful legs propel you from the side of the mountain where you all once lived, and you take to the skies. You feel no cold, you feel no heat, you see no light nor dark. You cannot conceive of Faraam or Lord Gwyn or of anything beyond this flight. You see your family; you hear their roars echoing inside your head. When you wake up, they still echo.

[slimslamflimflam]

RAHHHHHH HERE’S PROOF I’M ALIVE

CRINGETOBER WIP GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[finalfroevo]

Dillon pokemon collaboration thoughts?

High life would be a Mystery Dungeon or polished Legends Arceus style game with Dillon elements, playing as a shiny Sandslash or as the other rangers as Pokemon, and having the option to put tower defense set ups around the maps.

And/or have the Pokemon get accessories like Sandslash wearing Dillon's cowboy get up or have rock fellows like Boldore and Gigalith get different types like the Grocks in the games (like a part Fire for example)

Added bonus, would totally get Pokemon cards with the Rolling Western or Dead-Heat Breakers art style since it's hecka cool

Have Sandslash get the Ancient Belt buckle that grants the Arma-mode ability where you get an extra boosted attack for a brief moment

OH and the engines from DHB would be obtainable items. I imagine it would give the holder an added boost on speed or attack depending on which stat is higher

oh and throw in some plushies of Pokemon with Rolling Western gear or something cus I would be so down for official Dillon merchandise

In another timeline or something the Dillon and Pokemon collab would happen to promote DRW finally getting into the switch with a new game and what better to advertise with than Pokemon

[kakusu-shipping]

another N self-shipper? *licks my own lips sloppily and winks with both eyes*

You 🤝 N 🤝 Me

Babie squad

[mrfoox]

Being genderflud for me is always a mess

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

sometimes u need to show up late for a play bc ur not needed for the first half and listen to the audio of the stage while sitting in the break room until break starts and u can get to ur place and realise that u can perfectly visualise all the scenes. and then u need to lose ur mind bc they still keep shifting minor details and u need to see everything and why can't u quote all three hours of complicated play yet and oh fuck those scenes STILL slap

[theodore-sallis]

“Tower of the Satyr!” Man-Thing (Vol. 1/1974), #14.

Writer: Steve Gerber; Penciler and Inker: Alfredo Alcala; Colorist: Glynis Wein; Letterer: Marcos Pelayo

[andyridgeley]

two dudes said they loved my orville peck shirt at the grocery store