#oopsie doopsie big ramble

[obsessedwithkirby]

Ough, yeah, I feel like it’s really hard to get people into the story. Like, I get *why* the game’s a mobile gacha game, it probably wouldn’t be able to be what it is if wasn’t so financially successful, but I feel like most people looking for a fulfilling story experience from a video game are probably going to overlook a game like that. At the same time, I feel like people up for playing a gacha game are probably much more interested in the gacha aspect, and at best the gameplay, rather than anything else. I also find it hard to recommend to my friends because I feel like I always have to be like, “the story and gameplay and music are amazing trust me, but also the game uses a mobile energy system and you get characters by gambling”. Like, I’ve managed to get a full experience myself without spending money, but it takes a huge time commitment that I don’t think is reasonable to ask of most people.

Adding on, I personally happened to get into the game because someone I was following for kirby art started posting about it, and even then I kind of just expected it to be something I put down in a couple weeks. It wasn’t until skimming through the story in chapter 3 and darknights memoir that I realized the story was more than just the filler of most other gacha games. And I think that’s really the best the game has going for it in terms of outreach. Like, from what I’ve seen of the ads they’re all the same mobile game ad garbage, but there are some pretty nice small communities around the game that I feel like are doing most of the actual legwork in telling people it’s something worth playing. Oh and also the music. The music gets a lot of people’s attention and rightfully so because it’s great.

This is a bit off-topic, but since I’m already typing I do want to say something about the gameplay and music because I think both are also notable strengths that the game has. I don’t know how much of this was intentional, but the gameplay really complements the story well. The tower defense gameplay of formulating a defense against an almost mindless horde of enemies suits both Rhodes Island and Reunion (and several of the later antagonists) very well. Rhodes is a pharmaceutical company first and foremost, so its role is strictly defense, even in combat scenarios. This responsibility later extends to protecting civilians that might be caught in the crossfire. Reunion on the other hand is described at several points in the early story to mainly be an uncoordinated mob of hopeless people who aim for little more than to release their anger before they die, and the gameplay reflects this with waves of enemies that break themselves against your defenses, doing little more than attacking the nearest person and moving down the one path they see open to them, though this does change and complicate as the game goes on.

Actually, I want to talk about the bishop of sal viento as an interesting subversion of the typical gameplay that better suits the particular story told in under tides. The bishop, rather than an advancing threat, is an unmoving monster thrashing against the walls of the cave he trapped himself in, and the player attacks him while he’s vulnerable, which I think more appropriately reflects the situation in under tides. The perspective at that point is from the abyssal hunters who are lunging upon their prey for the kill while it’s stuck itself in a corner.

The music, apart from just being generally very good, really does a lot to support the mood of the story. I’m a huge fan of drift personally when it comes to the background music used in cutscenes, but there are also some really impactful pieces used throughout the game like during the mephisto the singer fight where the song shifts to lullabye during the second phase, making the fight appropriately tragic and somber. Some of the songs featured outside of the game are also great for enhancing and expanding on characters in the story. I think Ständchen and Sentenced for example add a lot to how I feel about Ebenholz and Penance respectively as characters.

tags from @obsessedwithkirby on one of my posts

Glad you liked my analysis! I totally agree, it's a shame that a lot of people skip the story. I've been feeling the pain of convincing someone to play arknights only to have him skip all the story; at least I got him to try the anime.

I do enjoy the gameplay and aesthetics of arknights, but the writing and worldbuilding are what really have their hooks in me. I'm continually impressed by the breadth of the worldbuilding and variety of subjects the game touches on. Critiques and commentaries on heavy, real-life issues that take care to express the complexity of the subject without oversimplifying it or providing an unrealistic happy ending solution.

[bucket-of-amethyst]

hkjskjs yeah i def made my canvas too big oopsie doopsie do :(( i'm a krita user (n no, not a tablet) hjksjks ty for the tips!! quite useful <3

Lskdkdkd it happens!! I used to do that a lot when drawing pics with large backgrounds so i had to teach myself to dial it back to avoid uploading problems

And no problem!! Glad the rambling was understandable rlly Skjdkd :D

[brandedwing]

At this point I need to make an official drunk tag for myself

[thefantasygirl3]

Sleep Deprived Regrets. Chapter 2: Trevor

genre/warnings: Hurt/comfort, Healing.

Words: 2 927

Summary: Once more, Habit is out and about in the habitat, this time after having sleep-walked. This time he finds himself having to cheer up a sad little werewolf.

Notes: Second chapter out. Not sure when I’ll be putting up another one. But I will try my best to make it, as this one proved to be a little bit of a challenge.  

The dentist gave away a big, relaxed sigh as he opened his eyes and let them meet with the sight of a clear blue sky. A sky that had a beautiful sun shining down onto him as he was laying down on something rather soft and comfy. Confusion finally washed Habit’s mind as he tried to recall when he had gone outside. Wondering where he even was, the man sat up from the ground and let his gaze move downward. He saw… a field? He was sitting in rather tall grass, tickling up against his own green fingers as he ran them across the gentle thin blades. Now even more befuddled than before, his tired confusion turned into a slight panic as he started darting his head around, trying to figure out where exactly he had ended up. Doing so, Boris could see… all of his Habiticians. They were all there too! They were sitting in the grass in small groups and were smiling and talking to each other, enjoying themselves in this beautiful sunny field. They were all looking so happy, handing out flower crowns to each other and trying them on rather gleefully. 

Habit was staring in shock at this sight, not able to believe what was happening. But his amazement was cut very short as he heard the grass beside him starting to rustle. Glancing to the side, he saw his ex-assistant walking over towards him with a wide smile on his face, casually settling himself down beside the taller green man. “Hey! Boris! I’m so glad to see you here! We were missing another person!” Kamal greeted his old boss as he gave him a welcoming smile, shifting giddily in the grass beside him while gripping another flower crown in his hands. Habit stared quietly at his old friend as he was so warmly spoken to, finding it rather confusing considering how they left of in a rather… unfriendly way. But despite that, he felt his cheeks starting to redden and a small smile growing on his face.  “Thank u, Kamal. Im verie habby to “be” hear with you! What hav u got der?” he giggled cheerily as he looked down curiously at the little thing the shorter man got in his little mitts. Giggling right back at him, Kamal reacher up and placed the pretty flower crown on the top of his head. Habit gasped and smiled brightly, laughing along with his friend as he took it off so he could take a whiff of that sweet flora smell.

Taking a deep breath in, he felt himself starting to cough gently. It didn’t smell sweet at all! It almost had a kind of heavy metallic smell. Continuing to cough harder, he threw the flowers away and tried to get a word out to the chuckling black haired man. As soon as his coughing fit was over, he opened his eyes and saw the flowers were now withering while producing some sort of gas out of them. Looking over to Kamal instead for help, Boris suddenly yelped and pulled himself away from the man who now had a toothbrush for a head, still laughing like a mad man.

Scrambling to get back up on his feet, he could now see that the air around him was full of that same gas. A gas he could easily recognize from his profession. And through the clouds he could see all the other Habiticians with their heads looking like various other objects, laughing just like Kamal was and starting to approach the scared man who was backing away from them in his pyjamas, which he didn't remember wearing earlier. Continuing to back away from them, he was suddenly met with a concrete wall and was now forced to meet with all the laughing object heads that were coming closer and closer. “No! Please don’t! Stay back! PLEASE! I'M SORRY! I'M SO SORRY!” he yelled at them all as he closed his eyes tightly in fear.

Habit’s eyes suddenly shot open as he stumbled backwards and landed on his butt, sitting suddenly in somewhat more familiar grass. Shaking off the shock, he took a moment to take in the surroundings of the carnival he now was in. “What the heck? Why am I down here again?” he asked himself perplexed as he remembered how he had left his room last night when he was unable to sleep. All he could do was assume that he had sleep walked down there again after having gone to bed. Yeah. That made sense to him. As he started to rise to his feet, his thoughts started swirling with the dream he had while wandering through the facility in his slumber. 

Wow that was weird! It all started off so great and happy! But… why would it turn so sinister and scary even though everyone were still enjoying themselves? "W-well it was just a dremm! Dreabs are silly and make kno sense!" Habit tried to tell himself nervously, not really sure how to handle the kind of emotions that dream stirred up in him. It made him feel a little bit unsettled and he just wanted to stop thinking about it. That's when an idea hit him. Last time he went out wandering like this, he found someone else awake and talked to them for a bit. Nat seemed to really appreciate that! Maybe, if he went out again around the apartments, he could do the same that night. 

Yeah. Yeah! That sounded fantastic! The perfect distraction! Feeling satisfied with his great idea, the brunette hurriedly rushed over to the gates of the carnival and made a sharp turn towards the staircase, almost losing his balance as he was running up into the apartments.

Finally he reached the top of the stairs and took a short moment to catch his breath. Maybe he was a little too excited to be talking to someone. He didn't do that a lot on the daily, so it was kind of understandable. But thinking to himself that he needs to calm down, the green man took another deep huff and started looking around the hallway with numbered doors. First thing coming to mind was Nat, since he had talked to her the night prior. Maybe she, just like him, was awake this night too! Reaching her door, he took a moment to hold his ear to the door to make sure she was awake, so he wouldn’t be waking her by knocking or something.

…

Nope. Nothing. Complete silence.

Letting out a disappointed sigh, Habit just turned away and headed down the turn leading towards the rest of the rooms he hadn’t passed. While he was passing a few more rooms, something finally caught his attention. He swore that he could hear the sound of a dog whining, which shouldn’t be the case. “A… dog???” Boris questioned to himself as he moved his ear around from door to door, trying to determine where exactly the pitiful cries were coming from. And soon enough, he could tell precisely where it was coming from and who was making that sound.

“Ah… Trevor Garbo, huh?” he muttered softly to himself as he thought over this current situation. “So, I’m outside the room of a whining teen who thinks he’s a werewolf. At night. After sleepwalking my way here… yeah, that’s about as normal as my usual life” the dentist concluded to himself as he kept hearing the young boy quietly howling inside his room in despair. Deciding this was now his problem, Habit reached out and gently gave his door a knock, trying to not chicken out and run back downstairs. He got a scared yip in response and heard the sound of a small thud. Oopsie doopsie!

He waited patiently for the boy inside to come and open the door for him, which happened after about a minute of shuffling around. Trevor looked up at the person that stood outside his room. He looked absolutely horrified at first, hiding behind the door as he muttered something panicked to himself about “Vampires” and “Smiling dead”. Habit peeked inside concerned as the boy kept mumbling about whatever it was that worried him. As his eyes shifted to the side to meet with the taller one’s, his fear seemed to turn more into sorrow as he became more quiet. After a few seconds of staring, he finally mumbled “... or it’s just Dr. Habit… Checking in on me or something”. He walked back inside his room, tiredly hanging and dragging himself towards the bed as he sat himself back on it. 

Right… Habit almost forgot that he’s not exactly a fan favorite in the habitat. Not sure what else he expected. “Why are you here?” The wolf boy asked the man who slowly entered the room cautiously while he wrapped his arms around his own legs, burying his face between his knees. The smile doctor froze for a moment, feeling unsure over how to respond to that question without sounding weird. 

“Well… I seem to be unable to sleep… and found myself wandering around the habitat. But I thought I heard you crying or something and I got worried. Is… Everything ok with you, Trevor?” he asked him nervously while continuing over to the boy and taking a seat on the bed beside him, looking genuinely concerned for him. 

Looking up at Habit slightly, he gave him this sad pout and just turned towards the window, staring up at the moon. “... no. It’s not! It’s not ok! Because apparently I’m not a real werewolf! I’m just “acting out” and “going through a phase”! Well then I guess all my other factual theories are all false too and EVERYTHING I’VE COME UP WITH IS ALL STUPID NOTHING AND A WASTE!” Trevor started rambling loudly, releasing his legs so that he could angrily shake his hand in front of his face. Now really worried because of the yelling, the older man waved his hands worriedly and stuttered something incoherent in an attempt to calm the boy.

Holy moley! Habit had at least expected him to be somewhat stand-offish or just say "fine" without any elaboration. He wasn't ready for an emotional explosion! It really stunned him, he had no idea what to say at all! He just kept sputtering random “W-well now-” and “No! No! Not at all!”, trying to make Trevor stop whining and growling loudly. The boy, after rambling in a small temper tantrum, finally let out an elongated whine while curled up into a ball on the bed, laying on his side. “Everyone is so ignorant. I am a werewolf. I just… can’t seem to transform, no matter how hard I try or how mad I get. Ugh! And they doubt my theories too! It’s like they believe I’m lying or that I’m delusional! I’m NOT! I’m… I’m…” Trevor started whimpering as his voice trailed off, looking more and more sad as his eyes drifted over towards the window to gaze up at the moon. He then continued on as he regained his voice again before the other guy could think up something to say. “... Maybe… maybe I am wrong. All my theories aren’t… factual”.

Boris gasped and covered his mouth in shock, not able to believe that he had just heard that coming from TREVOR, the biggest conspiracy theorist he had ever met! He would never expect the wolf boy to be completely dismissing all of his theories that he had come up with. It didn’t sound like him at all. Geez. He felt so bad for the poor sad boy, he wished that he could figure out a way to cheer him up. Inconsiderate people, talking down on his interests and ruining his fun! 

“... Wait… hmm…” thinking about it a few seconds, something actually hit him. Maybe, just maybe, if Habit could appeal to his special interests, he could encourage the boy to not give up on himself. Clearing his throat, he tried his best to think up his next response. “Ah… That doesn’t sound like you at all! You… Y-you would never give up on a lead! You’d find a way to work around it and figure out the real truth!” he started with as he reached a hand out and placed it on the boy’s back. Trevor just slapped it away and sat up on the bed, turning towards Boris to give him a glare. “Well I am! I’m giving up and waiting till this “phase” is over!” he barked at the tall green man and just sat angrily beside him, glaring him down with tearful eyes.

Darn! That didn’t seem to work very well! He was still acting all off! “Wait! He’s acting off!” Habit thought to himself as he now was struck with exactly what he should say! 

“You would never say that! Which means… something is… w-wrong! I think… you are b-being… uuuh… ma-manipulated!” he tried to sound confident while telling this to the now confused looking boy, obviously looking unsure over how he would receive the claim. He continued anyways, he had already committed. “I-I mean! Listen! You are a very good theorist and you… come up with such amazing ideas! And I remember the one you were talking to me about! About the… vampires and whatnot! So I think you are being made to doubt yourself by… the vampires?” Habit stumbles his way through the conversation, trying to convince the boy that there might be something more at play. 

Obviously it wasn’t true. But it seemed to at least get Trevor thinking a bit. “Hm… i must have… gotten too close to the truth… so that gartner orchestrated this whole charade to make me doubt myself!” he said as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully, earning a relieved sigh from the doctor beside him. But the boys mood was quickly ruined again as he looked out at the moon again. “But still… I’m not able to turn into a werewolf. There is no way the vampire could have caused that”.

Again, Habit started stuttering nervously as he tried to come up with yet another theory to cheer the wolf boy up again. How could he explain that?! He wasn’t a werewolf expert! But he had to say something! Come on, Boris! Just Bullcrap something up! “Um! Uh! W-well maybe it wasn't a vampire! I mean- Maybe there are more people at play here than Trencil!” he chuckled nervously as his brain started going into overdrive, thinking of several things at once to come up with his theory. 

Trevor looked up at Dr. Habit and tilted his head, looking both curious and unsure as he seemed to be all ears at this point. “What do you mean? Are you saying the vampire… has an accomplice?” he asked as he moved on the bed to sit on his knees, facing the other man. Ha! It’s working! He’s intrigued again! “Well… considering that the moon is the source of a werewolves transformation, I think, and vampires aren't able to survive in space… I think that the accomplice is… AN ALIEN!” the big green man exclaimed confidently as he raised his hand and pointed it at the moon, grinning assuredly. 

Trevor gasped and put his hands to his cheeks staring up at the moon too as he was now fully aboard this theory. “OF COURSE! Aliens would have all sorts of technology! Who’s to say they wouldn’t have a machine to disable the moons werewolf properties! I even bet that my self doubt was because of some sort of mind-altering rays!” the wolf boy started rambling as he was waving his arms up and down excitedly in front of him, having stars in his eyes as he did so.

Habit grinned as he saw Trevor getting so excited about this new theory of his. He wanted to keep this hype train going! “Yeah! That would make sense! Maybe those rays might have side effects! I woke up after having sleep-walked just before! I don’t usually do that, so maybe that is proof of your theory!” he continued adding on as he was also starting to move around his hands in enjoyment of the others joy. 

“Oh my god! Yes! That is definite proof of the rays! Now we have to find some way to protect ourselves against the mind control! I’ve heard things made of gold will reflect rays of all sorts!” the werewolf boy said confidently. Habit wasn’t sure where he had heard that, but it seemed to make him happy, so he just smiled and nodded. Then he looked out the window and realized the sky was starting to brighten up slightly, making him realize how long he had been there with Trevor. 

“Oh dear! I need to go back to bed! And so do you! I’m sorry I kept you up for so long!” he laughed softly and stood up off the bed quickly. “Aw… do you need to?” Trevor asked sadly as he sat up on the bed and pouted at him. “Yeah. Sorry… but hey” the man said softly, earning a curious head tilt. “... I’ll be sure to bring you something out of gold… for protection” he said with a small grin before heading over to the door, opening it and taking a pause in the doorway to look back at the boy. 

“Thank you, Dr. Habit. Goodnight” Trevor said softly as he waved a little at him. Habit smiled and waved back, saying “Goodnight” before closing the door behind him.

[memes-in-a-half-shell]

Just to further state that I'm not dead 🙋‍♀️ I'm just having some insane fun with my current playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 with my OCs Etnar and Maelon.

I'm also shitposting my brainrot on twitter, if anyone wants to see me go full "UWU teehee ✨" about my characters.

That is all 🏃‍♀️

MAELON, NO!!!!! 😂💀

[rileycoolwig]

Because unlike you, I have a brain. I've listened to guys like you ramble on and on about how we're all being controlled by the big bad people and aliens are real and this animal that lives in my wall totally can talk and some guy is dead because another guy who knew him said so despite multiple sources proving otherwise, and oopsie doopsie he's just appeared in public, looks like he got REVIVED OR SOMETHING

What the hell is going on, first day on tumblr and some random person is sending me weird ass images and this Telly guy is losing his marbles

[saltysalmonkid]

hey guyss.. guess who did it... this is for the two people who asked but mostly its for me anyway full essay(??) under the cut its a longun

the lyrics in {} brackets are just lyrics i didnt think had any particular significance to them or already explained previously! anyway here enjoy the ramblings of a madman with too much time

{We gather here, we line up

Weepin' in a sunlit room, and

If I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too}

"Even on my worst day, did I deserve, babe/ All the hell you gave me?/ 'Cause I loved you, I swear I loved you/ 'Till my dying day" yes, Guillermo has hurt Nandor in the past, that much is true. However, it was always in reaction to Nandor's terrible behaviour towards him and he always came back to Nandor in the end. Nothing he did to Nandor was deserving of the mistreatment he's endured from him.

"I didn't have it in myself to go with grace/ And you're the hero flying around, saving face" this parallels the second time Guillermo left the manor (I think writing a not that says "sorry" on it constitutes as him not going with grace lol) and Nandor acts like he doesn't care and is in fact having a great time without Guillermo (see: him asking Colin Robinson to send Guillermo a picture of him enjoying himself without him). It's albeit quite a sorry attempt at saving his own face but Nandor is just a pathetic little meow meow like that I suppose.

"And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?/ Cursing my name, wishing I stayed/ Look at how my tears ricochet" again! Nandor is so ready to let Guillermo go the first time because he is an emotionally constipated twat and acts like it isn't a big deal that Guillermo wants to leave him. But he quickly realises his mistake and goes to visit Guillermo at Celeste's house and asks Celeste to take good care of him when he fails to win him back ("if i'm dead to you why are you at the wake": the "wake" being Celeste's apartment, "cursing my name, wishing i stayed": the "cursing" being Nandor still being very confrontational towards Guillermo when he goes to visit him)

"We gather stones, never knowing what they'll mean/ Some to throw, some to make a diamond ring" this could be a bit of a stretch, but the theme of carrying something that could be a gift or a weapon very much reminds me of how Guillermo has battled with his Vampire Slayer instincts in regards to Nandor specifically, in the way that there have been many instances that Guillermo has come close to killing him (in the pilot episode, when he thinks about leaving the curtains open and letting the sun fry Nandor alive, and again in "The Return" when he almost stakes Nandor in the heart). That being said, Guillermo has also on many occasions used his Slayer powers to protect Nandor. The dual meaning of the "stones" here ties in quite nicely with Guillermo's stakes in that regard.

"You know I didn't want to have to haunt you/ But what a ghostly scene" this is also a personal headcanon but! I do think Guillermo genuinely set out his familiarship just wanting to be turned but oopsie doopsie, he fell in love with Nandor and now won't leave his side (thus the haunting)

{You wear the same jewels that I gave you

As you bury me}

"I didn't have it in myself to go with grace/ 'Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I was brave" think of the times when Guillermo passionately contested Nandor, notably in "Citizenship" and in "The Escape". Both those times Nandor was inspired by Guillermo's outbursts. I'm also expecting this line to be pretty thematic for the finale bc of the teaser we got.

{And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?

Cursing my name, wishing I stayed

Look at how my tears ricochet}

"And I can go anywhere I want/ Anywhere I want, just not home" the times Guillermo left the manor, he was free to do anything, go anywhere he wanted- but deep down he knew he would always consider the manor his home but he knew (or rather, thought) that that was the one place he could never return to.

"And you can aim for my heart, go for blood/ But you would still miss me in your bones" Nandor often reacts to the hurt Guillermo causes him with anger, i.e, he tends to "aim for (Guillermo's) heart", but in the end he will always miss Guillermo (see especially: his behavior after Guillermo left the first time)

{And I still talk to you [when I'm screaming at the sky]

And when you can't sleep at night [you hear my stolen lullabies]

I didn't have it in myself to go with grace

And so the battleships will sink beneath the waves}

"You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same" this one's pretty straight-forward, Nandor often feels guilt when he realises that he's hurt Guillermo.

"Cursing my name, wishing I stayed/ You turned into your worst fears" i.e Nandor's current identity crisis and his hatred of his vampirism, his own body becoming his worst fear.

"And you're tossing out blame, drunk on this pain/ Crossing out the good years" this mirrors Nandor's comments each time Guillermo has left him (And you're tossing out blame- "Fuck that guy for making me think I should have been more aloof!" Crossing out the good years- "he wasn't that great of a familiar anyway")

{And you're cursing my name, wishing I stayed

Look at how my tears ricochet}

Me typing out a 50k word essay on why my tears ricochet by taylor swift is literally about guillermo's feelings for nandor