#musings / nier.

[psychopomp-namine]

I should archive my own lore notes as well, since I have the power of tumblr's tag system at my fingertips (makes posts easier to find and archive).

important world building concepts to understand wuthering waves lore:

frequencies: everything in wuwa is made of sound waves, and all world building stems from this concept. weapons are sound waves, people are sound waves, even concepts like fear and war are convertible to sound waves. everything is sound waves, also called frequencies. all frequencies can be transformed or distorted. frequencies also decay over time (ending in silence) and are usually not stable for long. this is why waveplates deplete over time, and why we use crystal solvents to stabilize.

resonators: some humans can directly manipulate vibrating frequencies (create "reverberations"), which gives them special powers that alter reality. for example: havoc rover can transform literal sound into feather blades, or gather them into an attack.

the lament: there is an ongoing calamity known as "the lament" (literally: music about grief) which causes destructive reverberations and other phenomena. the lament is what changed solaris-3 and reduced everything to sound-based physics, as well as brought waveworn phenomena like the etheric sea and tacet discord outbreaks.

remnant energy: holds "memories" but it's probably more likely that they are "stable" frequencies that haven't decayed or lost information or been distorted. aalto in act v: "various events across space and time from every dimension are recorded in the form of remnant energy." retroact rain is condensed remnant energy from the etheric sea. with these in mind, we can now think of reverberations as frequencies that have started the process of decaying, or frequencies that are no longer stable.

frequencies are data: frequencies can linger and be stored or act as data. frequencies are information. when tacet discords are defeated, their lingering frequencies create "echoes" of themselves. everyone except rover will store this as data in the gourd, and are able to use echoes in battle by simulating that data. this concept also allows us to simulate environments and events from memories. interaction with retroact rain and sonoro spheres can simulate the past because they contain the data and we "resonate" with them. when retroact rain happens over a large area, illusions pulled from the memories of multiple people can manifest at once. aalto explains that this is similar to how resonators "resonate" with the world as well. another example is the tower of adversity, which is a man-made sonoro sphere meant for simulating battles for the purposes of training.

frequencies can combine/converge: for example, rover can absorb echoes (others just store them in the gourd). tacet discords feed on other frequencies to keep themselves stable — hence why they attack us or even each other. they can also learn to mimic the frequencies they absorb often. ovathrax absorbs weapon frequencies from the norfall barren. from here, we can see why threnodians are more powerful than normal tacet discords. "if civilizations represent mankind's collective will, the threnodians embody our fears and struggles." threnodians can feed on the collapsed will of humanity (remember, everything is made of frequencies, and I really mean everything), and crownless and dreamless (ovathrax) fed on frequencies of "war" which is always abundant especially since the lament started

tacet fields: where tacet discords originate. longer dormant periods mean that the tacet discords are weaker. tacet fields connect to an "unknown space" through a white resonance cord, and feature a tacet mark and the etheric sea. now, who else do we know came from an unknown space with a tacet mark and "fell" (was pushed by a goddess) from the etheric sea?

convenes: I also think it's interesting that the way convenes works is that we created a white resonance cord and pull someone from the etheric sea. if you fight the crownless, you have interact with the resonance cord as well. really makes you wonder if threnodians and tacet discords are really any different from resonators. they both resonate with other frequencies. but what makes a resonator's own frequency more stable than a tacet discord, who has to keep feeding on others to be stable?

[tipsy-scales]

Finished a little guy!

This doll is pose able & is intended as a sample for bringing more felt dolls to my commission options & my shop 😁

There’s a lot of characters I’d like to make so I think I’ll do a wheel & pick randomly 😅

I’d like to put him up fs but he’s also a cute doll for my mini 2B ahaha. Sometimes it’s hard to decide if I should keep something or not.

But! I’d like to make stickers too.

[aparticularbandit]

Games I'm debating getting on the current Black Friday sales:

Nier Automata

Ni No Kuni

Those two I'm looking at the most. I'm just debating whether Switch or PS.

Stray Gods - not on sale on PS, but given the set up, I think Dad would maybe enjoy it? I'm not sure.

Another Crab's Treasure - I've been wanting to play a Soulslike, and this is not only Baby's First Soulslike, but it also gives me options to make it less Soulslike if that ends up not being something I like (notably, there's an easy mode with a gun, which is probably like easy mode in UDG when you can just play as Jack the entire time); I've seen the first area and bits of the second and it's SUPER cute. I'm just...debating.

But also like. I still have Stein's;Gate that I've barely touched and TWEWY 2 that I haven't touched and the rest of Sonic X Shadow and like. Why am I buying more games.

[gu6chan]

The writing of women in Drakengard is rlly amazing where YT is at the helm bc in DOD1 you have them making all the right decisions with the themes, story, etc. and them going "oh that was fucking AWFUL, we're never doing that again wtf were we thinking lol" and then they're like "this is how you make a REAL videogame woman" and pull shit from a horses ass

[why-raven]

YORHA NO.3 TYPE B — SORA AMARIYO

“I never thought I would return to the place where it all began. It is here that I was born—created, from methods that humanity viewed as vile. For countless days and nights I endured the monotony of destruction. I was given life without meaning or purpose… until the seed of will grew in this empty vessel and filled my body with the power to break free from the shackles of fate. I may have rewritten my destiny, but I cannot erase my past. It is a burden I must continue to shoulder… even as I journey into Norvrandt’s everlasting light.”

[amorinie]

"Oh! Nier..!"

The seasons had changed since their last run-in with the girl, so Cherie felt immediate relief upon seeing her again; taking gentle strides to eventually bridge the distance between them. Though their meetings had been brief, they were some the cupid had not stopped thinking about since; their smile crinkling the corners of their eyes as they pulled their hands close to their chest.

"It's so wonderful to see you again.. I'm so sorry that it's been so long. Have you been well? Ah.. were you able to give the bouquet you made to the person you wanted to speak to?"

  –  ( ♡*; @deathreversed )

[alchemagiks]

grumble grumble… do I remake kain.é? … grumble grumble

[dorminchu]

I've also got a twilight princess/nier protagonist swap AU in concept, but no idea what to do with it other than, "wouldn't the respective boss fights/power switches be sick? would the power of the fused shadows replace the shadowlord? etc."

absolutely reckless abandon for canon. it's just cool. to me :)

[oc-menagerie-archived]

Roleplay Starter Call for Nier Automata OC, 10B!

Commissioned Art by ShrimpHeby! My Nier Automata OC who is a Battle unit Android that expresses far more emotions than most androids. Is flirty, a little mischievous, and loves to call people “Darling.” Is protective of humans and androids alike and despises machines. In fact she gets a bit of a joy killing them.

If she becomes very attached to someone she can turn a little Yandere and become over protective. Thinks humans are super fragile and should never fight anything unless she is there.

Like or reblog if you wish to be tagged in a starter with her. Doesn’t have to be a Nier Automata rp, crossovers are great! :D

[gcldfanged]

Listen to his tale- He alone rushed into his enemies to save his homeland Listen to his tale- He ran destroying whatever he touched Listen to his tale, listen to his heart He gives hope to all- To me, as well A horror unleashed to all, he gave me A terror, for three whole days, did plague us Alone, he stayed behind with his men Whose ranks were filled with the elderly and the dying His ferocity will brighten even the darkest of battlefields We all bore witness to your dishonor We give to you, the return of our God He is reborn from this side of the burning world Rend open my heart endowed with the flesh of the dead Return to us, your children- His heart knows how worthless is the strength of men I pray to reach you through the gate We strive to devour- As you strive to devour us The winds tore at us- So swallow the force of the winds He is the enemy of life- So sever the pulse of the womb We all called out from this side of the gate He forbids us to rest

[psychopomp-namine]

I actually have a fic idea but lc is a show that's like. you will never ever have all the information and context until the end. and I am a writer who writes best and more confidently when I have all the info and context at my fingertips. so now I'm just like 🧍‍♂️

anyway. ramble in the tags

[thesoulshyperrealaslacreatura]

feel so sad, just want her back (bloby guy from the nier church)

[shxxtteredfantasy]

👚 + for Velvet as Kainé (from NIER)

"Can't exactly say I hate it. Not sure I'd stick with this outfit, though."

[aparticularbandit]

NieR reacts under cut!

I FOUND DIDNEY WORL.

It was not the happiest place on Earth.

That boss fight SUCKED.

Also I feel severely underleveled because like. My first attempts at that boss I was level 8 to its 15, and with the Jerkass training stuff, those are all level 20, and I'm like. wut.

I did a lot of chip fusing, though, so I have SIGNIFICANTLY more health and some attack buffs. (I know myself well enough. I should actually be maxing out HP and Defense so I can tank, because I'm not good at video games and need to be able to have 2B take a lot of hits.)

But also.

THE MACHINE VILLAGE MUSIC IS SO GOOD.

THE MUSIC BOX MUSIC IS SO GOOD.

This soundtrack is hopefully available somewhere because ugh, some of these songs.

(Also I feel justified in my Machines Aren't Evil theory now. SOME of them are. But not all of them! And when 2B went to Didney Worl and was going towards the boss, there was even a machine right there who seriously says the machine equivalent of DANGER. BROKEN. JUNK. DO NOT THE THING. It's so cute.)

But also like.

You're in a war against the machines but also you are engaged in commerce with the machines which means clearly you don't feel the need to kill ALL the machines so. what gives.

[gu6chan]

im so glad i have the common sense not to dip a toe near ANYTHING persona related because i deadass just saw this person get jumped for saying its writing is majorly conservative leaning politically and every single comment and qrt was some variation of "um, you literally take down the government in persona 5 :/" like overthrowing the government is solely a left leaning thing 😭 like it would just be a bad argument if it were one or two people but it was the fact that literally EVERY single comment and qrt was saying some variation of that exact thing i fear for what the hell could be in that series to draw not only such insane defensiveness and vitriol over its writing (which just from what little I've heard about, op was dead on) but people with such a severe lack of braincells to begin with bc that's not even critical thinking skills to know not to use something like "overthrowing the government" as proof something is left-leaning. that's literally just basic common sense

[why-raven]

DOMINANT OF HER INFLORESCENCE — WARDEN OF PARADOX

“Descended from the heavens, and endowed with bountiful gifts believed to bring peace and tranquility in this accursed world… They were once worshiped as a benevolent goddess, bestowed with the responsibility to guide humanity to salvation. Yet with every life they breathe into earth, more must be taken away to sate their growing hunger… Their desire to enslave every being under their wings, and return the world to nothingness as a punishment for mankind’s uncountable sins.”