#npc tag anthony

[halfwaydeepunofficial]

DROP THE ANTHONY LORE I DONT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM

oh my god okay

i love how obsessed you are with sebastian’s family. they’re literally all horrible.

anthony olivier is sebastian’s father. he’s american (as opposed to sandrine, who’s french). he’s a charming, hedonistic asshole who’s violent towards everyone in his life except sebastian, who he basically turned into a mini-him. he was probably the worst kind of frat boy. also he’s rich enough to own a huge penthouse in manhattan.

he and sandrine met in paris when they were both college-aged. their relationship started out as purely sexual and self serving and… didn’t exactly improve. they had a shotgun wedding a couple years later and both lived in paris for a few years before separating around when sebastian was in kindergarten. (they didn’t divorce, but anthony moved back to the us and sandrine moved back to her family home in bordeaux. sandrine took sebastian with her.) they didn’t see each other often after that, it was probably once every few months to once a year. also, they both cheated on each other a LOT. like a lot. even while they were living together they were cheating on each other and once they were in completely separate countries it was so over. also yeah if it wasn’t obvious anthony is physically and sexually abusive towards sandrine.

when sebastian was around 13, he moved to the us to live with anthony. anthony was a pretty corrupting influence. sandrine taught sebastian cruelty and general elitism, but it was somewhat self-contained and reactive - not that sebastian never went out of his way to cause harm, he was always something of a bully and definitely salted slugs as a kid, but the combination of puberty hitting and him going to live with a guy whose idea of father-son bonding was teaching him to shoot and buying him magazines of conventionally attractive women was NOT good for him. it made him so much worse and so much more proactive about it.

anthony died when sebastian was 15. sandrine may or may not have killed him.

[fant-asm4]

Ok, i’ll say it: when are we finally getting a d20 campaign for the freaks?

And why have i just created the perfect table?

System: Monsterhearts 2

DM: Ify Nwadiwe - allowed dropout to air the list of the # of times he and Em fucked each month, posts videos of himself crushing watermelons between his thighs when baited, includes Polysecure on his list of campaign essentials

Aabria Iyengar - #1 Monsterfucker, instigated the first in-game threesome in CR history, created A Court of Fey and Flowers

Erika Ishii - #2 Monsterfucker, seduced every PC and most NPC’s in the CR Monsterhearts one shot, created an enchanted cock ring for a villager in her first scene in WWWO

Brennan Lee Mulligan - will match anyone’s freak at any table, created Plug Strutt

Rekha Shankar - known big ass cartoon-lover, pulled that move (spoilers in the tags) in the Of Mice & Murder finale, every table of freaks needs one person who is this level of wild card

Grant O’Brien - “Hello, I’m…FIFTY?!” literally just watch any of the True Facts About Grant Anthony O’Brien episodes of Breaking News

Ally Beardsley - would somehow be the grounding force in the season, no one plays uncomfortable and horny like they do, 69 for healing

[ponett]

ah! srry if youve already posted this before, but is there any SLARPG concept art you would be willing to show? like charcter desgien stuff and what-not?

We've shared concept art here and there. Some of Anthony's initial sketches for various NPCs in the game can be seen in the NPCs tag over on the SLARPG blog, for example. I've also shared concept art for characters I designed in several of my behind the scenes writeups for my $1+ supporters on Patreon, like this one about the creation of the Novas - though the Novas don't really have much in the way of proper "concept art" since they were designed as sprites first

I'd definitely like to compile this stuff in some kind of art book someday, but that's a project for another time

[swiftllama]

September Compliments ☀️🔍

[Compliments Masterlist]

Hey guys! Back for another month! A month of a lot of small compliments sprinkled throughout this time around, but we still got quite a few full-on great complimentary moments. One in particular was very special 🥰

So let's get into it...

September 2023

Thinking OUTSIDE The Box (Herd Mentality)

Right off the bat, first day of the month, we got a Games video, and this video actually started off a theme throughout this month. The boys were in quite a few videos where they were playing games this month and were either competing against or working as a team so we got a lot of them complimenting each other on a job well down, plus the bestie-ism was shining through :-

Q: 'Name a brand beginning with an A’

Anthony: "I went to clothing for some reason."

lan: "Oh then I know what you did then."

Anthony: "Do you?'

lan: "You went to clothing.”

~

Anthony: "I put American Eagle. I'm thinking mall culture."

lan: [nodding] “I was thinking- I actually thought you'd either put American Eagle or All Saints."

-

Q: 'Name an animal beginning with a P’

lan: "I'm giggling [at his answer]."

Anthony: "I think I know why you're giggling.”

~

lan: "I put p**sy!"

Anthony: "I knnnew."

-

Anthony: "Did you [lan] just win?"

lan: "Oh!'

Anthony: "That's a win!" [cheering and clapping] "Yoooo! Because the nose [lan's answer for that round] knows!'

-

Q: 'Out of all the animals in the world, which is the cutest?'

lan: "I said cat."

Anthony: "I said kitten."

[everyone debating whether it counts as the same animal]

Anthony: "Also Ian," [shows him his card] "I wrote cat and crossed it out. I almost wrote it."

-

Q: 'Who is the toughest Disney princess?'

lan: "I did, I think her name is Merida?"

Anthony: "I put the one from Brave."

lan: "Oh!"

Anthony: "Yeah!"

I actually made a post of this moment because it was so cute! How excited they were they had the same answer and also Anthony's little tap dance when he realises 😊

l also loved Angela pointing it out :-

Angela: "Wait, that was so cool that you both said that really random one."

Chanse: "That is fun. Yeah."

Anthony: "Yeah."

lan: "She's tough."

Anthony: "But isn't she- she's like an archer."

Angela: "Sure, but like nobody talks about that movie."

Jackie: "I thought of it too, but I was like 'That's too much of a deep cut.'"

What did I say about the bestie-ism shining through? 🥰

-

lan: "Hey everybody. Here's a good one, Anthony I feel like you and I are gonna be aligned on this one."

Q: 'Name a rapper'

~

lan: "I said Drake."

Anthony: "I wrote Snoop Dogg."

So obviously not the same answer but very cute how lan thought they would be on the same wavelength and he gives the reason as to why he thought that :-

lan: "So Anthony and I played a, we played a fun little game yesterday, where we went on Spotify and we were trying to guess who were the top artists, because it ranks them-"

Literally awing out loud! the fact they were just playing that game together, it wasn't for a video or anything, just something they were doing together in their free time 🥹

Bonus - HELP! I became an NPC!

So this next moment doesn't really fall under the 'compliment' umbrella, but it is something that has become a sub-genre of these posts - is the 'daddy’ thing. Yep, you guessed it folks, Anthony was at it once again. Although, like in the 'You Posted That' episode, he's switching it up and now he's referring to himself as 'daddy’ :-

Anthony: [face appearing as if through a phone screen like in the main sketch]

lan: [pretends to put his fingers up Anthony's nose and then into his mouth]

Anthony: "Ooooh, daddy like."

Why are they like this 🤦‍♀️

Also I think @lilac-hecox & @only-frann summed up a perfect description of this Compliments Series :-

Hope you guys don't mind me tagging you, but this is literally what this series is 😄

Anyways, that was just a jokey little one, but as I said, it's now a 'thing' of these posts so I couldn't not include it.

Moving on...

We Already Regret This Embarrassing Photoshoot ft. Smosh

The boys went back on Good Mythical Morning for the first time in almost 8 years, and although this time around we didn't get any frosting foot massages or Titanic re-enactments there was a few compliment-adjacent moments :-

Link: [talking about the photo they had to re-create] "And lan, I gotta give it to you, man. You remembered a lot."

Anthony: "He did! The glasses. The shirt."

-

Anthony: "I'm feeling good about that one [their photo]."

lan: "I'm feeling good."

And then we got one of their high-five/hand-grip moments that they do a lot.

-

[lan and Anthony announced as the winners]

Anthony: "Yeeeah!'

Another high-five, of course

Anthony: "Yeah! Let's go!'

They just absolutely live for congratulating each other on anything and everything now and it's very sweet. And there's more to come!

Food Battle 2011 - Flashback w/ Smosh

As they're rewatching Food Battle 2011, lan points out in one of the shots how his cross-country team photo can be seen in the background :-

Anthony: "That's you lined up with all the cross-country... pals.

Oop was that jealous!anthony shining through a little there 🫢

lan: [laughs] "Pals."

Anthony: "Backlit. Looking epic."

So again, just another small little compliment, but lan's cross-country/running is brought up again and praised/complimented by Anthony in...

HELP! I became an NPC! Watch Party

[discussing how American sports are confusing]

Anthony: "I feel like Smosh and sports just don't mix in my brain."

lan: [laughs] “What sport do you think that aligns the most with Smosh?"

They go through multiple silly suggestions between the two of them and ones they read from the chat, before lan suggests :-

lan: “I feel like, and it's probably just because I did it, but cross-country. Smosh is cross-country."

Anthony: "Just cause you're part of Smosh and you did it?"

lan: "And you just keep going, and you just keep going. Just keep running."

Anthony: "Is that how you felt doing Smosh even when I left?"

lan: “Yeah. Like just gotta keep going. Just one more mile. One more mile."

Oh lan 🥺 I just had to pause to react to that before I get to the complimentary part of this conversation, but that's so sad. But also a perfect description of what I imagine it was like for him during those times when Anthony was gone. Having to remind himself to just keep going and pushing forward regardless.

Anthony: "What was your longest run?"

lan: "I did a marathon."

Anthony: “Yeah, I remember you ran past my street and I woke up bright and early, and I was like [pretends to be half asleep and waves].”

lan: [smiling] “Yeah, yeah I did."

Anthony: "How long was that run?"

lan: "26.2 miles."

Anthony: "Daaaamm, I didn't know [the] marathon was 26.2 miles, shiiiit.”

lan: “Yeah, and I averaged a little under an 8 minute mile.”

Anthony: “That is not bad. For 20 times 26?! That's good!"

So couple things to cover here!

1. Anthony waking up early to catch lan run by his street so he could wave to him CAN YOU HEAR ME CRYING 😭 that's the cutest thing ever!

2. Anthony saying how good of a time lan got in the marathon is so sweet. I live for Anthony bigging him up 🥹

Anthony's Birthday

This next lot I'd call complimentary-by-extension. Anthony's birthday rolled around and in typical lan fashion this was the birthday tweet we got from him :-

Oh lan, wouldn't expect anything else from you 😅

Thought that was going to be it but then Mr. Padilla came through for us! And this was the particularly special moment I mentioned in the beginning of this post. He made the post linked in the main header of this section, thanking everyone for the birthday wishes and said how it had been Mykie and his anniversary the week previous and how she took him to the Grand Canyon. The post was all photos of the two of them, but in amongst it all, he included this gem :-

lan 💛

Isn't this just the softest thing.

I mean...

1. We finally get to see lan interacting with Anthony's dogs 🙌 Also the fact you can tell how comfortable they must be around him given the fact she's laying on his chest quite content which means lan is around them often enough to have that bond with them 🥹

2. The fact they spent Anthony's birthday together after so many years of birthdays unshared & it also makes Ian's tweet funnier, like him being next to Anthony, realising people are probably expecting him to publicly wish him 'happy birthday’, him writing the most basic tweet with a low-quality gif, posting it, and then going right back to hanging out with Anthony 😆

Aaaaand…...

3. Probably the softest thing about this, and where I'm going to get a bit emotional writing/thinking about it because I have a lot of feelings about it, is the fact Anthony included that photo of lan within his birthday/anniversary post. It's just so unbelievably soft. I cannot get over it. There was was no mention of lan in the caption or anywhere else, it was all photos of Anthony and Mykie, but within it, this one little candid shot of lan. It's so special. And says a lot without explicitly saying anything at all. It's just like, 'here's a post of things that matter to me.’ I like to imagine Anthony choosing the photos for that post, and even with it being a birthday/anniversary post, he still made the conscious decision to include that photo of lan. Something he didn't need to do, the photo wasn't relevant to the post, and yet, he included it anyways. He wants people to know that's how he spent his birthday, with the people he loves most - he couldn't not include that photo of lan. And I think it comes back around to the fact he's just so happy to have lan in his life again and he'll take every opportunity to say/show it. I can picture him sitting there looking at lan laying on his floor across from him, his dog on lan's chest, and his heart just feeling so full and happy at the fact he has his best friend with him again when a year ago he didn't think this would ever be a reality for him again. It's just so, so special ❤️

Finishing off Anthony's birthday was something that came a few days after :-

Anthony's response to lan's birthday tweet ☺️

What I also love about this, is the fact that lan never tagged Anthony in his tweet and given it was a few days later that Anthony responded and by that point the tweet would have been buried in his timeline, and also that Anthony barely uses Twitter. Knowing all these things it's very likely that Anthony searched for lan's account for him to see that tweet 🥰

POKEMON ROOMMATE BATTLE Watch Party

In the BTS for the POKEMON ROOMMATE BATTLE sketch lan keeps getting distracted playing Pokémon for the whole shoot, eventually getting the gameboy taken off of him by Erin 😅 In this livestream they're watching the sketch and Anthony says :-

[scene where 'lazy lan' is sitting in the beanbag playing Pokémon not wanting to move]

Anthony: “This is actually what you were like on set that day cause you were just playing Pokémon the whole day."

lan: "Oh yeah, so we rented that prop from like a prop house."

Anthony: “The gameboy."

lan: "The gameboy. And it was working - it was full battery, Pokémon Red was in it, and I booted it up and was like ‘There's no way. No. No’. and I was just straight up playing Pokémon on and it was-"

Anthony: "Was it everything you remembered?"

lan: "It was sick, dude. It was fun. I was having fun. I was getting really distracted and it was not good for the shoot. But I think I got my Charmander to like level 11 or 12."

Anthony: "Yeah, you nailed it."

Just a cute little compliment I felt should be included 🙂 But sticking with the Pokémon theme, it leads me on to the next compliment...

‘I Choose You' Smosh Hat

Anthony posted this Instagram promoting the Smosh Pokémon-style hat they released as merch, but what stood out to a lot of us is his choice of the first photo + the caption :-

THE IMPLICATIONS! Him crowning lan with the hat and him saying ‘I choose you' 🥹 It reminds me of something I covered in my first Compliments post - the section covering the Smoshcast with Anthony and Shayne saying how they came back together and "choose to be best friends again" 💛🖤

Our Actual Worst Puns (Puns of Anarchy)

Another round of games and compliment-adjacent moments :-

Ian: [handing the cards out]

Anthony: "Oh, look at you. You're providing for your family.”

Just found this moment cute, Anthony referring to them as a family 🥹

[Jackie chooses Anthony's card and he reveals it's his]

Jackie: "I take it back."

Anthony: “I'm also 'Hand Solo' though, so [the other card Jackie was going to pick]?

Arasha: "I'm so pissed [because Anthony is winning]."

Ian: "Wow. Anthony's cleaning up” [claps]

-

[Round Category: Baby Boomers]

Ian's card -' A Whole New World' changed to 'A new video of an old, white person freaking out’

Anthony: [picks Jackie's card] “That was good. Although, I will say, I know this was yours, lan [from his handwriting]. That was an adventure, man. I appreciate that."

This isn't the only time the handwriting thing is brought up in the video :-

Keith: "Dude, where's my car?' turns into, 'Dude, where's my car? Oh wait, I can't drive?’ By far the best one, lan. And I know this came from you."

Anthony: "I know it came from lan too, cause I can see the handwriting."

Why is Anthony being able recognise Ian's handwriting so cute. He just knows him so well ☺️

One other moment I loved from this video was something I already made a post about here. Of Jackie referring to them as 'best friends' and Anthony laughing the hardest at his answer firing shots at lan, again, bestie-ism shining through 😄

Joycon HIDE AND SEEK (Everybody 1, 2, Switch)

Last one of the month! This video was full of so many great moments - two lanthony piggybacks, so many bestie moments, and them just being overly cute the whole time 🥰

And also many moments of them complimenting each other on doing well in the games. So many that I decided to compile a little video. Enjoy! :-

And that was it for September!

Hope you all enjoyed and I shall see you next time ❤️

[aurorabayrpg]

EVENT 005 {JUNE 2ND- JUNE 6TH} AURORA BAY FIRE

It's been about two months since the storm hit Aurora Bay and the town has been cleaned of debris, homes are re-inhabited, and any damage to businesses and homes is completely repaired. And with the flower festival having come and gone and summer just on the horizon, life feels pretty normal in Aurora Bay once more.

However, there has been talk around town recently about what may have happened to the money that was donated to Town Hall to help out the residents of Aurora Bay during the storm.

Some are concerned that not all the money was put to use and a journalist recently put out a report given by an anonymous source that the some of the money has disappeared and informed that this has not been the first time money has mysteriously gone missing. This has caused some residents to wonder just what this money is being used for.

Many have voiced their concerns, plenty of news outlets have written about it, but the Mayor of Aurora Bay, Raymond Ellis, continues to gloss over the issue--even as more records of money for the town seemingly disappearing continues coming to light and have started to have ties to the mayor himself.

Someone in town has had enough of this political corruption and hypocrisy though and has planned an attack on town hall. On FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd at 9PM a fire has been set in Ocean Crest Apartments from the inside, making it look like an accident on the 10th floor. All residents must evacuate the premises. While police and the Aurora Bay Fire Department will be busy trying to tame the fire in the apartment building, Town Hall will be raided by the culprit where they will find documents that prove Mayor Raymond Ellis has been stealing money from the town for himself.

Town Hall will then be set on fire with the Mayor trapped inside, effectively killing him.

An investigation will begin soon after to find out who is behind all this.

OOC Info under the cut:

This will be the second fire Aurora Bay has encountered. The first having been an accident in one of the abandoned buildings during the town's expansion five years ago. That fire had taken the life of Knox Ridley, an eighteen year old boy who had recently graduated from Aurora Bay High School. The survivors of that fire were Evelyn Watson, Blake Dixon, recently-released convict Jameson Cassidy, and Chief of Police's daughter, Darcy Anthony. No one but those names listed above knows Darcy was actually the one to begin the fire since her father covered up any evidence that led the fire back to her.

Darcy, Blake, Evie, and Jameson are not responsible for this fire at Ocean Crest but since they all live in the apartments and were in the first fire, some may assume it was them.

If you want any of your characters to be suspects you may message the main and let us know. Keep in mind, the people behind this are NPCs only, so your characters and the characters listed in the event are not actually guilty.

If you want one of your characters to get hurt, you may message the main and let us know who will get hurt and how and we will approve or deny based on our discretion. ANY SEVERE INJURIES POSTED ABOUT WITHOUT ADMIN APPROVAL WILL BE ASKED TO BE CHANGED.

Any firefighters in game can play major roles in this event since it will be all hands on deck for this. If you have a firefighter and you don't want to be involved directly with the fire, let us know!

Any detectives or police officers in game can also speak to us admins as far of investigation plots go!

Ocean Crest will need serious repairs after this, so feel free to have characters stay with friends or families in other neighborhoods! There will also be shelters created in the gymnasiums of the schools in town, just like we did with the storm event.

all starters must be tagged with aurorabay.fire. three starters can be done right off the bat before they need to be replied to first for more.

all non-event threads must be tagged pre-event

while in game the fire is at 9pm Friday, the dash will be open for event threads as of 11am EST.

[thekatebridgerton]

Love the Bridgerton DND AU! But can you imagine the spouse party just being very casual about the amount of times they’ve almost died, while the Bridgertons are freaking out. That’s when the Bridgertons realize that marriage is the only way to ensure their spouses aren’t heading off every other month on some dangerous quest or fighting another god!

Oh I would love that. And I can see it happening. Nothing like an adventurer who marries an NPC that just wants to keep them from dying. The fun part is that almost all the spouses have some sort of healing experience and they always keep saying 'tis just a flesh wound' or 'nothing a necromancer amulet can't fix darling' and it's just so stupidly infuriating.

So to elaborate on what happened when I wrote about the Bridgerton DND au. I just had this idea of Modern Bridgerton au where the spouses are huge DND nerds who have weekly sessions and have like a whole DND themed room where they gather every Friday to play together and Mrs Danbury from next door is their designated DM so of course she's always over at their place. They get really excited and go to DND themed ren faires as a group. Genenvive does their costumes, Theo, Edwina and Felicity occasionally tags along, it's a whole thing ok.

The thing is that modern Bridgertons don't understand what's so great about DND, they are clueless about what's so fun for their spouses. So one day Mrs Danbury decides to help them out a bit and tells them to just join in as spectators by creating their own NPCs to give their spouses some good side quests.

It goes as well as can be expected... With the Bridgertons rapidly going feral.

So it would have been a very Meta fanfic. Where Modern Bridgertons are trying to learn and get into DND, meanwhile the seasoned players are kinda losing it because the game is not going into the direction they expected. And DM Mrs Danbury is having the time of her life anytime Penelope or Simon have a bad roll. Simon's rolls during his duel with NPC Anthony fail so miserably his character has to beg for a rematch, and Penelope rolls well, anytime except when she's with NPC Colin, she can't seem to get a good roll when she's with him. Kate has so many good rolls that modern Anthony is convinced she's cheating and watches her like a hawk.

DM Danbury has no mercy and the spouses love her for that. But also, it gets chaotic really fast.

and that's the tea

[dndads-confessions]

Hermie becoming a flanderisation is what made me deeply dislike him as a character. He's just "the guy who wants to be all the batman villains" now and it sucks. What intrigued me the most was him at the dance - he was actually a human being, talking about shit teens talk about, actually having a personality when talking and interacting with the cast.

I've seen people say that he's becoming the new Paeden of the group - the character they just randomly take with them on the adventure. And while Paeden also always got forgotten (it worked for him bc him keeping quiet ment he could tag along) he actually had a charming personality. He was this 8 year old boy who liked fighting and stabbing shit, he was adored by the cast and characters. Hermie has just become so boring that half the cast don't even care if they forget about him, honestly i think only Will and maybe Anthony care about it.

This also goes into the whole ordeal i have where i think Anthony doesn't rly care about the NPCs he creates (him barely giving anyone a proper personality and killing off characters with no warning just for the shock factor). But more on my problems with Anthony for another day and for a different confession

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[halfwaydeepunofficial]

found this meme that nic made awhile ago. thought i’d share <3

[ao3feed-kathony]

True Hate's Kiss

read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/59148748 by Rkpeace Kate Sharma, a top-tier player in the online game Shadow Syndicate, pulls off an extraordinary feat by defeating an NPC long thought to be invincible. This NPC, notorious for being arrogant and boastful, had crushed many before Kate, cementing its dominance in the game. But with Kate’s skill and relentless strategy, the unthinkable happens. What consequences will she have to face now . Or Reverse Prompt: The True Hate’s Kiss – Kanthony Version. Words: 6997, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Anthony Bridgerton, Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma Relationships: Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma Additional Tags: Tumblr: reverseprompts | Reverse Prompt Challenge, Romantic Comedy, Modern Era, Gaming read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/59148748

[corruptedforce]

REPOST NOT REBLOG

Name / Alias: Tanya

Are you over 18? Yes / No

Is your muse(s) over 18? Yes / No / Depends on the verse

blog established? I established Anakin on my multi in June 2022, and I think we moved in October of 2022, or so.

– W R I T I N G –

Are you selective about who you write with? No (anyone) / Semi (most people) / Yes (some people) / Highly (few people) / Private (mutuals only).

I always say, if it's mutuals or not. Sometimes, I'm super busy and can only do mutuals, because of time. Homework consumes most of my time, of late.

Are you selective about who you follow? No (anyone) / Semi (most people) / Yes (some people) / Highly (few people).

I follow on Anakin for not only Anakin, but my multi @crowsandmurder and my other two sideblogs @aelfred and @louisleroisoleil. I don't really follow personals, but I follow stuff related to any of them, oh and Anthony Rizzo.

If your muse is canon, how much do you adhere to canon? Not at all / A little / Some / Mostly / Strictly / Not Applicable.

Unless it's something specific, I have with someone like a ship, I am VERY canon based. I despise AU's where Anakin doesn't fall, because it was all supposed to happen and taking the tragedy out of it, is a complete disservice. Is it sad? Sure. But, it's even sadder to do a disservice to it. I do have a shirtless Vader verse, so I will do some canon divergence, but I am picky with AU's. There are ways to have other things that happened not happen, and him still fall. When people expect me to adapt to fix-its, it can make me lose motivation for days at a time. Going on 5 days now.

What post lengths do you write? One-Liners / Single-Para / Multi-Para / Novella / All of the aforementioned.

Lengthier on Tumblr. I occasionally do one paragraph, but for the most part, I am shorter on Discord and longer on Tumblr.

Do you use icons and/or GIFS? No / Gifs / Icons / Yes / Sometimes.

I have tons of icons, I don't mind small to medium gifs. I can go iconless.

Do you write on other platforms? No / Yes

Discord, mutuals are welcomed to ask for it &lt;;3

What level of plots do you write? Unplotted / Open-Ended Plots / Semi-Plotted / Fully Plotted Epics / All of the aforementioned

I have a huge preference for plotted stuff. Knowing the course of events and my partner’s muse makes things a lot easier for me, and overall it is a lot more enjoyable to me. I am not a big fan of winging things.

How quickly do you usually respond to threads? Very Slow (more than a month) / Slow (3-4 weeks) / Average (1-2 weeks) / Fast (less than one week) / Very Fast (less than three days)

What types of themes do you like? Adventure / Romance / Fluff / ANGST / Violence / Tragedy / Domestic / Family / All of the aforementioned

I'm fickle about fluff. I don't love it in general, although I have ships on my multi that do have a lot of it. I don't mind it mixed in with an angst thing. But, it's not my favorite.

WHAT GENRES DO YOU LIKE? ( Feel free to add! ) High Fantasy / Supernatural / Science Fiction / Historical / Horror / Comedy / Romantic / Drama / Action / Smut / Adventure / Espionage / All of the aforementioned

Are there any themes you’re uncomfortable writing on your blog? (Not triggers) No / Yes / Sometimes

I will not write Anakin/Obi-Wan as a ship, no matter what. Also, any AU in which, Vader is the consulate and Padme is the Empress, because it doesn't make sense. Vader would be the Emperor. Just, most flat out AU's.

Do you have any triggers? How do you request it tagged?

Do asshole Yankee fans who don't understand when a player has a slump count?

I don't really have any. I believe we create our own safe environment. Some ships are triggering lol. But, I use the resources tumblr gives us.

– S H I P P I N G –

What types of relationships are you open to?

Romantic / Platonic / Familial / All of the aforementioned

Family is a up in the air thing. I only accept Luke and Leia as his children. There is one NPC child that he has with someone, but I'm not open to anyone else, and the father thing doesn't work, nor sibling.

What types of pre-established relationships are you open to? Romantic / Platonic / Familial / All of the aforementioned

See the answer above. So long as we have managed to come up with something that works well for both muses, it’s all good for me.

Do you have OTPs? No / Chemistry Only / Yes

I do, yes! It becomes pretty evident pretty quickly.

Do you have NOTPS? No / Yes

Obikin, Obianidala, anyone who would be abusing Anakin, like Palpatine did.

What is your muse’s sexual orientation? Heterosexual / Heteroflexible / Bisexual / Pansexual / Homoflexible / Homosexual / Demisexual / Sapiosexual / Asexual / Still trying to figure it out / Heterorexual.

What is your muse’s romantic orientation? Heteroromantic / Heteroflexible / Biromantic / Homoflexible / Homoromantic / Panromantic / Demiromantic / Sapioromantic / Aromantic / Still trying to figure it out /

Are you comfortable writing smut? No / Selectively / Yes

How early in a relationship do you ship romantically? Autoship / During plotting / After a couple IC interactions / Several IC interactions / Slow burn / Chemistry dependent / Never

Man it just happens.

Are you open to toxic ships? No / Selectively / Yes / I am not sure

Are you open to problematic ships?

No / Selectively / Yes / I am not sure

Yes, but what's really problematic, honestly? Is something problematic because X says it is? Decide for yourself. Don't be a sheep.

Are you open to polyshipping? No / Selectively / Yes / I am not sure

It's not me that's not open to it. It's him. He could never handle it. People would die.

Are you an exclusive shipper? Never / Sometimes / Yes / I would be open to discuss it

I only have I think one person that I couldn't picture Anakin or more so Vader ever shipping with another version of their character.

Does crack shipping ever happen? Nope / Yes / depends / although they gradually become normal ships

[300iqprower]

@jakfeaster So, the TLDR of the Anthony Burch thing is that the gamergate mob (correctly) saw him as an easy target. He's a self proclaimed progressive and feminist despite having lots of phobic writing in his works, and was terminally on twitter leading up to the hate-campaign sharing lots of details about his personal life that someone well adjusted would not share.

The irreverence thing is how BL as a series but especially BL2, really wants you to think it's funny and subversive. I'd argue it at least somewhat succeeds in BL1 and Pre Sequel, not at all in BL2 and 3. Anthony Burch didn't have anything to do with BL1 but from 2 onwards has been heavily involved with the series (even if he left between TPS and BL3's release) which is mainly evident from 2 being when it started having "Well THAT just happened" style dialogue. Ya know, the usual thing a certain critic once wonderfully described as "A Whedonesque misunderstanding of wit."

And lastly and mainly, the mean-spirited thing is how despite clearly thinking it's progressive and charming, Borderlands 2 is an extremely reductive and sadistically written game. Without being in any way comprehensive, here are some examples:

There is an entire character that very obviously thinks it's "empowering" fat people but the character in question is very obviously meant to mock fat people, with their outward independence being treated as an unspoken punchline.

"Virtue signaling" is a very rarely correctly used term, but it absolutely applies to borderlands 2, a game that touts feminism and progressive views of sexual/gender identity, while also having a quest that explicitly shames a lady for not sleeping with a hillbilly Nice-Guy, and uses physical disability as a punchline near-constantly.

The game on several occasions gives a pretty depressing, no-one-wins sort of backstory to a character/location, the best example of this being the mines. The "comedy" game will then have a character remark on how depressing it is as a sort of non-punchline. Rather than make it multi-layered though, it just makes the tone of the game wildly inconsistent at best and at worst seems to think the cruelty itself is a punchline.

Claptrap's annoying nature is a joke explicitly at the player's expense.

The game goes out of its way to portray all the characters from Borderlands 1 (Aka the ones Anthony Burch did not come up with) as washed up has-beens and idiots who, despite the last game ending with the playable characters fighting an ancient eldritch horror and winning unscathed, are utterly helpless without your plot armored help. The game can't go five minutes without talking about how powerful you the player are and how "you are the only one who can defeat Jack". The most egregious of this is obviously Wilhelm's whole deal (which itself is a walking plothole).

Continuing from what i mean by that, the game's main use of npcs from BL1 is to tell you how Handsome Jack killed and/or tortured them prior to BL2, and every playable character from the first game has about 100 times more dialogue yet somehow an even shallower personality.

Lilith has gone from a sadistic take-no-shit fatale to a plot device drugged up jerkass.

Brick is no longer a violently unstable mad max style bandit king with a moral code, just an random background idiot with no impulse control.

Mordecai, like Lilith, still gets to be a competent fighter but is now also a drunk whose best friend is killed because he is now also an idiot, and also his girlfriend left him for the main villain (which is incidentally an admitted fetish for Anthony Burch).

Roland is not some disgruntled ex-soldier turned stoic mercenary, but a naive, oblivious, incompetent rag tag leader who can't handle common bandits.

There's a series of echo logs that shows Lilith and Roland's relationship is built on toxic passive-aggression and this is treated as a "gotcha"/ explicitly good thing.

Again, this isn't remotely comprehensive.

It's kinda incredible how, despite trying so hard to be irreverant, Borderlands 2 is one of the most bitter and mean spirited games i've ever played.

Mind you, this isn't even the one where you're supposed to be playing as insane will-be villains. And yet.

[hotheadhero]

Get to Know the Blogger

(No, I look nothing like this IRL. This is my Latias gijinka, Yuna Minami. Her Latios twin doesn’t have a 3D model.)

1. name: Nintendraw 2. strange fact about yourself: I’ve installed or repaired two HVAC (Nest control units), one 3-way light switch, and a car bumper. Almost a sink. Where’s my mechanic’s license? (pls don’t give me one lmao) 3. top 3 physical things you find attractive on a person: Why can’t I name non-physical things? Honestly, anatomy classes have desensitized me to this sort of thing, but I suppose pecs, abs, and warm hands are nice in addition to the face. 4. a food you could eat forever and not get bored of: Any Asian-style soup. Pho, Taiwainese, ramen, tom yum, chao (rice porridge), canh (leafy greens + ground pork soup), bun rieu (spicy tomato-/crab-based noodle soup with pork and cabbage), bun thang (rice noodle with shredded egg, chicken, and cha/Viet sausage)... 5. a food you hate: Pineapples (mostly was traumatized by receiving it when it wasn’t expected) 6. guilty pleasure: Romance novels? Also video games or wasting time following whatever rabbit hole. 7. what do you sleep in: tbh, anything not formal wear (or later, gunked with body fluids/pathogens). Usually some shirt and some pants; idc about sleeve/leg length. If I’m tired enough, I’ll sleep in jeans too... 8. serious relationships or flings: Serious only, if only because anything else is likely to get (mis)read by me as friend. 9. if you could go back in the past and change one thing about your life, what would it be: Learn Vietnamese sooner. Get my shiz in gear quicker academically (how Asian). 10. are you an affectionate person: Once I get to know you, or nearly anywhere online? I like to think I’m nice, but have come off as arrogant IRL before... 11. a movie you could watch over and over again: Haven’t watched many movies recently (aka the past up to 3-4 years), but perhaps Dr. Strange. Or Pokemon movies 1 (Mewtwo), 2 (Lugia), or Heroes (Lati@s). Or Star Wars. 12. favorite book: I’ll be hard-pressed to name just one, but some favorites I can quickly recall include Wielding a Red Sword by Piers Anthony (also On a Pale Horse by the same) and Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler. The latter’s writing miiight not be the best anymore (it’s been years since I read), but some aspects of the main male character stuck with me potently enough to partially inform my oldest OC, himself an angel. 13. you have the opportunity to keep any animal as a pet, what would you choose: If domestic only, Welsh Corgis or (particularly if I could maintain the floof) Pomeranians/Huskies. If exotic are allowed, a red panda or red fox would be pretty neat. Or a tame cuddly dragon, if fictional animals are allowed too. :O 14. top 5 fictional ships: Camus x Nyna (I realize this is in direct conflict with Ree lmao) = Steven x May = Zack x Aerith > Nero x Kirie = Link x Zelda or Geralt x Triss (the last one until I get more in-game interaction with Yennefer) 15. pie or cake: Cake, 100%. 16. favorite scent: Mint, chai, beach/ocean, birthday cake/vanilla... 17. celebrity crush: Tbh, I don’t pay enough attention to celebrities to have one... I suppose I really liked Derek Hough when he first showed up on Dancing with the Stars. 18. if you could travel anywhere, where would you go: Valencia and/or Madrid, Spain (the former for their version of Smithsonian); Akihabara, Japan (0/10 wasn’t allowed to buy otaku last time); Vienna, Austria (music capital of the classical music world imo!!); back to the Smithsonian... 19. introvert or extrovert: Introvert 20. do you scare easily: I can be easily startled... Otherwise, I tend to be pretty unflappable in professional situations where I have some kind of response, even a framework, ahead of time. Unpreparedness is the devil, though. 21. iphone or android: Android 100%. By now, I’m kinda entrenched (whoops); and there’s more freedom of customization (e.g. root, different apps) 22. do you play any video games: Honestly, I’d be surprised if anyone in this group doesn’t XD I own mostly RPG or puzzle games, e.g. Pokemon/Zelda/Fire Emblem, Stella Glow, Radiant Historia, Valkyria Chronicles, etc. 23. dream job: At present? Cutting people open to save them. Dunno whether I like the idea of doing it with cool tech/robots or bare hands better; I am pretty dexterous, but... See Dr. Strange. 24. what would you do with a million dollars: Since Azzie reminded me to invest in something valuable like gold, I’d probably put 70% of the million into that/investments/emergency fund and use the remainder to give my parents a first-class vacation, pay off my loans, give myself a vacation (given the anticipated high stress of my career), and increase my souvenir budget for the next couple trips. 25. fictional characters you hate: Hate is a strong word, but other than the assorted slimeball NPCs you get to hunt down in Witcher 3, most characters I dislike tend to be as a result of being anti-OTP or poorly written. I suppose I dislike the protagonist of The Road, a small group of RPers from previous RPing sites/eras, and Ebony Raven Darkness Dementia Way. (All of those are here because writing style XD) 26. fandom that you used to be part of: Do Devil May Cry and Lucifer count? I come back to them occasionally, but only really engaged in either by watching a Let’s Play and reading fanfics respectively.

tagged by: tagging: Have at it, y’all XD

[shieldedsouls]

disclaimer

This blog is canon-divergent, headcanon-heavy and includes a master timeline that holds information of all the individual muses on this blog. 

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mutliverse

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OC-friendly

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Here for Funsies 

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Content Warnings

 THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION AND USAGE OF DID ( dissociative identity disorder ) IN REGARDS TO BUCKY AND JAMES ( THE WINTER SOLDIER ) ON THIS BLOG.

    I do not have this diagnosis personally, and learning about it is a work in progress. If I pick up a non-medically-supported harmful stereotype please gently inform me in private and I will correct the error. If this simply existing causes you discomfort, I am not the Bucky or Winter Soldier blog for you and advise checking out some of the other great blogs out there.

It is not yet a diagnosis Bucky has officially received, nor has James been designated as an alter, but it is their shared state and I will not hide or erase that. They do not refer to each other with terms such as ‘alter’ nor do they necessarily consider themselves one system, but they are at a point of acknowledging the frustrations and limitations of sharing a body without actively shutting the other down mostly. Any asks for either that talk about medicating or actively trying to murder the other to have their body to themselves will be ignored and deleted.

  Due to themes of the original canon, both film and comic, as well as general history, there will be at least mentions of violence, sex, and abuse on this blog. I will tag all visuals as necessary, and text will be a case-by-case basis. Any muns or muses under the age of 18 I will not write that content with, no exceptions.

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   Most of the icons/gifs/gif icons are from the respective tags on here, or from Hollow-Art. 

 All Peggy icons are from the [ hayley atwell icons ] or [ peggy carter icons ] tags on this website, mostly from @forgedcosmos​ 

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My very lovely and fancy graphic headers for Sam, Bucky, and James were made by Smudge !!! You can find them at : @thisforgottenlore​

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All ship tags will have a fancy name & what they are & common ship name ( if there is one ), for the sake of blacklisting. If I need to tag more or differently, please let me know !

   Any ships with the Winter Soldier listed are going have James listed ( noted exception being my duplicate verse with @facemypast ) and any ships with Bucky listed are for, clearly, Bucky. Common names will be used for both just for the sake of making it easier to filter, but the two do not interact with S/Os the same way so please don’t expect them to!!

I’m a meticulous tagger and will tag the following:

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Asks

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I often put in additional commentary in my tags, be it ‘ohhh nice’, a keysmash or two, or elaboration of thought in direct relation to the post’s contents. Replying/Commenting to extra tags is never a requirement but can certainly make for some entertaining moments!

The rules and info posts are the ones most likely to change in the future, so just keep an eye on those and you’ll be fine!! If you’ve made it through all the reading, then congrats and welcome to my blog :D

[ghostmartyr]

Pokémon FireRed Nuzlocke [Part 1]

-claps hands together- Okay, this one’s going to be a little different. My primary goal when I first started the Nuzlocke thing was to replay games with some more variety in the choices. The Nuzlocke element was more about limiting the chaos of the Randomizer than really doing a proper Nuzlocke.

This, though, is going back to the basics. It should be very fun.

Rules:

After possessing poke balls, only the first pokemon of any route is eligible for catch.

Barring duplicates. Waiting until an unregistered pokemon appears is valid.

Any pokemon that faints will be considered dead, and go into a specified box.

Each pokemon must be nicknamed.

Starter pokemon is determined by Trainer ID number.

Team wipe means the run’s over.

Plus one extra special one:

Only battling Trainers is allowed.

No grinding. The only smudge line is that if I can’t run away from a pokemon, I am allowed to defeat it. I’m not going to be locked into a situation where a wild pokemon ends everything because it’s too fast and I’m not allowed to attack it.

My expectation is that I’m going to fail at least a few times. So the part tag on these posts isn’t going to necessarily match where I’m at in the game. I’m just going to keep on until the Elite Four is beaten.

Hopefully this is as exciting as I’m wanting it to be!

Heyo prof.

Geez, the moments before you have the option to adjust the text speed are the worst.

In the spirit of having fun, I’m not going to go with my standard. For this game, I shall be... Coin. Only in caps, because I think gen three is still a gen where all of the names of stuff come in caps. Gotta make sure I fit in.

I love video games.

Rival names are always so difficult. You can be Turq. Also in screamy caps.

First thing’s first, after changing the text speed. Into my computer for a Potion. Which I never knew about until I started watching people play these games on the internet.

Second thing is...

ID number.

Bulbapedia says 4-6 is Fire. Yoooo.

Who knows if we’ll even have a chance to watch that play out. We have to make it through the rival fight first, and that’s pretty much RNG.

Charmander, your name shall be Heero.

First fight of the game.

Scratch, Tackle, Scratch, Tackle, Scratch, Tackle...

Yay, we get to continue forward!

Heero is level 6 now.

One day, this stat chart might be of interest to me.

Heero is a Calm female Charmander. She knows Scratch and Growl.

Up to Viridian, grabbing Oak’s Parcel, down to Pallet, delivering Oak’s Parcel... Pokedex get, and we have five poke balls! Plus vague instructions to visit our rival’s sister for a Town Map.

Route 1 reentered, and our first available catch appears.

What I’m dying to know is if I get exp for catching in this gen. I can’t remember.

Yay!

Nope on the exp, though.

Rattata’s name is going to be Cat.

Cat is going in the box. The experiment of this first run is going to be how far Heero can push. I have a limited amount of exp to harvest, and I want to have it go to something I’m planning on using for a while. Who knows how this will turn out.

Route 22 is going to be briefly examined for our next partner. We’ll be back later to fight Turq, but right now he would eat us alive.

First thing is Rattata. Nope.

FUCK YES.

Maybe. This is still complicated.

Caught!

Going with a theme here... Allenby.

Old dude int town teaches us how to catch stuff, he gives us the Teachy TV which I don’t think I’ve ever touched except by accident, yay, we move forward.

Into Route 2. I walk through the grass without getting anything, and you know what, for now that’s fine. Into Viridian Forest we go, and that means it’s finally time for trainers.

Allenby is going to be in front for as much as I can keep her. As much as I like the possibility of just training Heero into the invincible Charmander that laughs in the face of Brock... lol.

Bug Catcher Rick is our first fight outside Turq! He has a level 6 Weedle. ...This is already uncomfortable. Yep, Poison Sting poisons Allenby. But Allenby wins and grows to level 5.

Rick also has a Caterpie.

...I have Potions. I should have bought Antidotes, but I forget how low the HP is early on, and also that walking probably does damage. But Allenby should be able to take on a Caterpie. Maybe.

With the help of a Potion.

And when we’re running around trying to find an Antidote, a Caterpie appears.

Her name can be Rain.

Now I have the delightful project of looking at the menu every few seconds to check if it’s time to give Allenby a Potion. I... think it’s fewer steps to one of the Antidotes hidden in the forest than the Pokemon Center or Mart.

The exciting challenges of early gens.

...Fuck it, I don’t know where the Antidote is. I’m going to try out rushing to the Center.

One more Potion.

Made it.

Rain, into the box.

I’m buying ten Antidotes. Three more Poke Balls, and five Potions.

Back in Route 2, a Pidgey wants to join the box squad.

...

And I wasn’t going to use it anytime soon anyway, but I turned my brain off and didn’t nickname it. Sigh. Uh, for future reference, the Pidgey’s name is Ren. I don’t think I can change it until Lavender Town, but that’s its name.

Fight number two.

Opening with a level 7 Weedle.

Allenby makes it to 6 beating it. Allenby learns Low Kick!

Another level 7 Weedle follows.

Allenby is finally poisoned. After a lot of good luck. Needs a Potion before I can use an Antidote, because the Weedle’s probably going to use Poison Sting again, and if I use an Antidote, Allenby’s health is low enough that a Poison Sting + poison would be an issue.

Nope, it uses String Shot.

Allenby makes it to level 7.

And Doug’s last thing is Kakuna. Well, this will take forever, but that’s fine. Doug down.

I realized I didn’t do this for her. So here. Have a timely picture. And I finally found the Antidote. It was just in the middle of the path.

Missed the name. Don’t ask why. But Allenby faces a level 7 Caterpie. Allenby wins and is now level 8 (also the dude’s name is Anthony). Level 8 Caterpie comes out to pick up the slack.

Bug Catcher Charlie is next, and yay, Metapod. Allenby is level 9. A Caterpie and Metapod later, Charlie’s out.

Next up, Bug Catcher Sammy. He’s got a level 9 Weedle. Ick. But it’s gone now, even though Allenby is poisoned. Congrats on level 10, btw. Antidote time.

That’s all we have available before Brock, and that means we’re going back to Route 22 to fight Turq. If memory serves, he has two. His starter, and... I want to say Pidgey? With the Pidgey out front?

So Allenby gets to play second fiddle to Heero for a little bit. Hopefully Heero will survive long enough to get some exp before post-Brock, since she won’t have any participation points for that fight.

Happy fun times with rival.

Hey, I got it right!

He has his. level 9 Pidgey. Oh geez.

Yeah, Heero can’t handle this. Allenby? Save her?

Allenby succeeds. Heero grows to level 7. And learns Ember!

Squirtle comes out, and it’s level 9 too.

Allenby wins. Nice.

Brock time, I guess.

Iconic.

Camper Liam sends out a level 10 Geodude for Allenby to hopefully eat. Allenby does, and reaches level 11. Even better, Allenby learns Karate Chop! Liam sends out a level 11 Sandshrew. Allenby beats it and all that’s left to the gym is Brock.

Don’t worry, kid, we still love you.

Back to the Center to heal, then. Brock.

Hi. I’m Coin. I’m on a path of destruction.

Level 12 Geodude is my first opponent.

Aaaaand it’s gone. Allenby gets to live to level 12.

Level 14 Onix.

Allenby wins!

First badge get. Heero gets to go back into the first slot for switch training. Then Running Shoes for me! Yay!

Right we go, and Bug Catcher Colton is our first post-Brock opponent. He has a level 10 Caterpie. Heero handles it, and reaches level 8. Level 10 Weedle up next. Heero wins again, and level 9 she hits. Another level 10 Caterpie. That’s enough to get Heero up to 10! It costs and Antidote, but whatever.

Lass Janice is up next. She has a level 9 Pidgey. Then surprise, she has another. Heero hits 11.

This isn’t especially important I just wanted to break up the wall of text.

She has a level 10 Rattata.

She also has a level 10 female Nidoran. It poisons Allenby, who has to go in after Heero is nearly felled by two Tail Whips worth of Quick Attack. Allenby is level 13, and I’m about to be down another Antidote.

Trip to the Pokemon Center, and then it’s Bug Catcher Greg. He’s got a level 9 Weedle. Thankfully Heero can nail those in one shot, and is now level 12. Level 9 Kakuna. Level 9 Caterpie. Wait, let me guess, level 9 Metapod? Yep.

Yay Heero. Heero now knows Metal Claw. Double yay.

Next up is Bug Catcher James. He’s got a level 11 Caterpie. He’s also got a level 11 Metapod. Heero thanks them for the exp.

Lass Robin follows with her Jigglypuff. It is level 14, so I think I will let Allenby help out after Heero gets a nom in. I also think it’s time for Allenby to be up front again, if only for a little while. I’m still getting a feel for how to distribute the exp. In this case, I let Heero handle all the Bug Catchers, and intended for Allenby to get all the other trainers. Lass Robin moves, so I wasn’t sure if she was a trainer NPC or standard NPC.

Youngster Calvin! What’s on your agenda?

A level 14 Spearow.

I’m going to let Allenby stay in for a hit. Tune in to see how much I am filled with regret.

Peck is unpleasant, but Karate Chop can finish it in two, so that’s how we’re gonna do.

Same, my man.

Youngster Ben. With the level 11 Rattata. And the level 11 Ekans. With Intimidate. Ugh. And Wrap. More ugh. But Allenby makes it to level 14 through Ben’s contributions.

So there’s grass on this here route. Time to see if we’re getting another one for the box, or maybe adding someone to the team.

Box buddy. Hm. You can be... Herine.

The dude selling the Magikarp in front of Mt. Moon is technically in Route 4, so that Magikarp could conceivably count, but Magikarp needs loads of experience to level up to something usable. Efficiency demands we not add it.

The art they’ve added into these is really pretty. I like it a lot.

Mt. Moon gives us a level 7 female Zubat. Another for the box. Her name’s Dini.

Now for the long, long, long trek through a cave where I can’t attack any of the constantly spawning creatures. Yaay.

Bug Catcher Kent wants to spice it up with a battle. He has a level 11 Weedle. Allenby takes that, Heero nabs the level 11 Kakuna.

Lass Iris is also here. She has a Clefairy, and since Fairy Type doesn’t exist yet, tear it up Allenby.

I have no memory of what Type theme you have in this gen. I want to say Magnemite...? Yeah, level 11 Magnemite. Followed by a level 11 Voltorb.

Allenby grows to level 15!

There looks to be a Bug Catcher for Heero around the corner. Bug Catcher Robby. He’s got a level 10 Caterpie.

On a related note, Heero is level 15 now!

Hm. I think I want to check something really fast. Because I don’t have a ban on guides in this Nuzlocke. Eh, okay, that’s not going to work. I wondered if maybe exp needed to reach the next level changed when a pokemon evolved. It looks like no after a brief thing. Species line determines it, not present form. Moves are affected, but that’s a different...

I should look that up.

Okay, for my current team, I think I don’t want to delay evolution for anything. Risk is high, benefit is nil.

Anyway, Robby has a level 10 Metapod. Followed by a level 10 Caterpie.

I pick up a Rare Candy.

I haven’t decided how I feel about Rare Candy on this run.

She has a level 11 Oddish, making me happy I got lazy with switching Heero out of first position. Allenby can tackle her level 11 Bellsprout. No I’m not assigning EV preference that would be a level of insanity beyond anything I could manage shut up.

...I took a break to talk to a friend and I think I’m lost.

Youngster Josh wants to battle! Youngster Josh bringing it with the level 11 Rattata! Youngster Josh bringing it with the level 10 Rattata! Youngster Josh bringing it with the level 10 Zubat!

Heero can eat that one.

Heero hits level 16, and I think I know what that means!

She’s a good girl.

Hiker Marcos wants to fight now. He has a level 10 Geodude. And another one. And a level 10 Onix.

Allenby is level 16 now. Yay.

Um. Okay. I’m going to try to unlost myself. I think the ladder furthest from the entrance is the one that goes forward, but even more than usual, I want to be sure I explore everywhere.

This is how the most popular game franchise in the world starts.

No, Sandshrew should never be made to do evil. A curse upon you, grunt. It’s level 11. A baby.

The Rattata’s on-brand, though.

Congrats on level 17, Allenby. Heero can take the level 11 Zubat. She even does.

Another ladder, another Grunt. Another level 11 Zubat. A new addition of a level 11 Ekans. It is not match for our fierce team.

A different grunt has a level 13 Rattata. Allenby is not impressed. Also a level 13 Sandshrew. I am not impressed. This other Grunt also has a level 13 Rattata. Allenby is level 18. Heero gets the level 13 Zubat.

You don’t need to tell me that.

Super Nerd Miguel has a Grimer. It knows Poison Gas.

I forgot how much I hate poison. Level 12 Koffing is next. I need to spend two turns on Antidote and Potion. Heero gets the level 12 Voltorb since Allenby has kind of taken a beating from the poison. Because poison is awful.

Welcome to level 17, Heero.

I take the Dome Fossil, since the plot makes you take stuff from the poor guy.

I use an Escape Rope to get back to the Pokemon Center. I think this is the last stretch of Mt. Moon and there are some trainers outside. I’d rather everyone be healed to the brim before we go through them.

We made it! To the outside world!

Stopping point!

[thefelinefox]

Hmmm, that’s a hard one. Shadow’s companion is Simone- they had the same major, they helped eachother, and hey! She decided to tag along! Shadow thinks she’s really smart, and the robot stuff is cool too. She’s great to have around!

Clyde doesn’t really.. have a companion? Maybe he’s talked to Obie, or stares curiously at the bronze statue in the chemicals building but… when all is said and done, he’s not really and adventurer or well.. he wasn’t made with ‘protag’ in mind

honestly I made him with NPC in mind. Maybe he’d be a companion, or a smart talking NPC. Shows up in the speakeasy if you’re a chemicals major and you do something for him. Maybe that’s how he becomes a companion, you do his homework for him lol

Anthony End is a whole other bag of worms. On top of the fact that I’ve barely developed them??? They’d probably be a shadow-taint companion or NPC that you find at SIT, doing what, forbidden physics? He’s just like that fr fr

WEEK 4 QUESTIONS - COMPANIONS

Hey guys it's another week and things have been a little crazy maybe lol... Here we go for this week's question though! Companion centered!

Why do your characters travel with their companions? If not limited to the game events, how would their first meetings have gone?

As a bonus question, what events would need to happen if your character were a recruitable companion?

Bonus bonus: Do you have any OCs that could be companions? Tell us about them!