#paladin: oh ill just take all these guys like a tank

[pocketramblr]

dndhat movie is fun but i'll admit a good 30% of my fun was pointing at the screen like "wait i have a character/party member who does that too! :0!!"

[hag-darling]

so last night i made it to zandalar on the beta (i would have progressed further if my game hadn’t crashed a couple of times, but hey thats beta for ya). im about to make a long LONG post so ill put it under a cut :) first part of the post has no spoilers in it as its about gameplay, the second part DOES have spoilers for battle for lordaeron, and the third part has spoilers for the scenario after that.

the gcd changes made things really weird for me, im so used to always pressing buttons but on beta there are times where im sitting there like “COME ON.... COME OOOOOOOOOOOOOON”. and thats me as a ret pally, which is apparently one of the classes least effected by the gcd changes. im sure that once we get some gear with decent levels of haste itll feel much better though

im not a fan of the choices we need to make in our talents as a ret pally. the lv 75 row is particularly frustrating for me, as it has a couple of talents that I’m able to choose both of on live (and do) and also a talent that was once an ability that was baked into our artifact that was so incredibly useful to just have (reducing the cooldowns of our OH SHIT buttons by 30% is no joke)

these are of course my personal opinions on the matter, and im a casual player so my opinions dont hold that much water but! yeah! those are my feelings on gameplay changes

after getting used to the gcd changes on a training dummy, i went on to do the battle for lordaeron scenario (horde-side). and hoo boy.

first of all, i was expecting it to be a solo scenario. turns out its a 5-player scenario (at least for now)! i was genuinely surprised by that. it allows any assortment of dps/tank/healer to be in it, and my group was all dps and we did just fine. in fact, one of my group members DC’d and it didn’t hinder us at all, i almost didn’t notice

it was a very fun scenario. i always love seeing and fighting with/against the big dogs, and it really felt like we were in a REAL battle with REAL armies, and not just a skirmish. the visuals were great, it didnt feel like a slog to play through...

as for the... horde.... tactics? um. im not a real fan of the whole “LET’S SPREAD THE PLAGUE” thing, speaking as a paladin. especially on our own troops. we had the choice to either only heal our own troops or heal the troops AND/OR spread plague, and i only ran around and healed while the rest of my group went wild. while i appreciate having the choice of this, it doesnt stop sylvanas from raising the dead and just spreading more plague throughout the rest of the scenario

the only character on horde-side who seems to be upset by this is saurfang. meanwhile baine seems unconcerned (outside of wondering where saurfang went), and lor’themar seems almost happy to follow orders. which i feel is... pretty out of character for them both. i felt uncomfortable with this. i dont mind being the bad guy in a game, but having characters act very differently just to reinforce that kinda sucks a lot. i play a paladin, i started out in thrall’s horde, i have no forsaken characters to speak of. so going through the scenario and acting as if my character is totally okay with whats going on is jarring

“if you dont like it play alliance!” i play both sides, thank you. my main IS a blood elf paladin though, i have been developing her character since wrath, and all of my friends main horde, so im not about to switch.

in any case, the scenario was still fun, and im sure the ones who relish being the villains will find even more joy playing through this.

onto the next horde scenario. in beta it happens RIGHT after the battle for lordaeron, unsure if that will be the case later on. i guess it depends on whether they release the battle for lordaeron before or after expansion release, since this scenario takes you directly to zandalar afterwards.

storming stormwind, thats our mission! and oh man, this was a FUN scenario. super fun. super... long. it was long. good lord. maybe it just felt like that because we couldn’t just run through it with guns blazing and had to sneak through a large portion of it (and NOT at your own pace, mind you, you had to stand on top of rokhan the entire time as he moves). but it was FUN!

i love the characters we got to hang out with. the voice acting was great.  the atmosphere after leaving the stockades was amazing. it felt long but you were ALWAYS doing something and you had to be on your toes.

youre given a potion of instant death at the beginning for some reason? it can be used whenever and it wont incur any penalty to use, but i dont see... why you would need it..... maybe if you get caught you get put in a cell and the only way out is to die? i have actually no idea. maybe its for flavor, i dont know.

i loved this scenario. loved it. my game crashed halfway through this scenario and i didnt even mind starting over. and based on the length of it, im sure that they will put in a way for you to skip it after you do it once, just like with the scenario at the beginning of legion. (and if not thats fine with me) some mobs felt like they took forever to kill, but i didnt really mind that, and maybe the gear i was using had a lot to do with it.

All in all, I’m pretty happy so far with what I’ve seen. It’s not perfect, and I never expected it to be, but so far everything has been super fun. AND I’ve already sent a few bug reports, one of them being pretty major and funny, so I really feel like I’m contributing instead of just being a tourist!

[nightmaretyrantvantas]

Love sick- A Heith oneshot( Keith x Harvey) from my voltron au

So before I begin this I wanted to say I'm writing this partly to help me feel better and partly because I feel sick. This is a fluffy oneshot from my unposted voltron au and the main ship is Keith x Harvey (my trans male oc) If you don't like it then please dont read it, I'm writing this to help my mental state as well as to share a little bit of my Voltron au with my followers because I'll be posting drawings for it soon. Other than that enjoy!

Harvey groaned lowly as he slowly woke up, his head throbbing and his vision a little blurry. But he brushed it off as tiredness from all the training he’s done lately and sat up on wobbly arms. As soon as he was up the world spun as he was hit with a strong dizzy spell. He cried out weakly and fell back onto his bed, panting. Harvey squeezed his eyes shut and laid still for a few moments, waiting for the spell to pass. Once it did he heaved himself back up slowly, and stood on shaky legs. Miraculous he managed to get dressed in his wrap and binder, his normal black tank top, his t-shirt, and his jeans. He didn’t really look in a mirror, just brushed his hair with his fingers as he stumbled through the castle to where everyone was likely eating. His headache felt like it was getting worse and the edges of his vision were blurry and he still felt weak and dizzy, but he forced it away and smiled the best he could as he entered the dining room.

    “ H-hey guys...”

Pidge was the first to notice, and stood up as Harvey shuffled over.

    “ Harvey are you ok?” She asked concerned, though Harvey only nodded in response and gave a strained smile.

     “ Are you sure? You don’t look too good Har...” Hunk piped up as he set some plates of space food on the long table. Harvey nodded again and sat down, grabbing a plate.

     “ Y-yeah im sure...I’m fine...Just hungry.” He tried to ignore the disbelieving looks from the others and ate with them, his voice getting more and more strained and softened the more they all talked. When he finished Harvey stood up and gripped the table to keep the dizziness that hit him hard from knocking him back into the chair. He already worried them so much lately...He could work through this.

      “ I think...I-i’m going to go train a little...” He said weakly and started walking to the door. He was stopped by Shiro gently placing a hand on his shoulder. Harvey looked up at the older human, seeing his concerned expression then starting to see two and three of the Black Paladin moving back and forth in his vision, worsening his headache. There was a dull ring in his ears and he barely heard Shiro’s question.

      “ s-sorry Shiro....W-what did you say...?” His eyebrows furrowed in worry.

      “ I said that maybe you shouldn’t train today Harvey. You aren’t looking too good...” Harvey gently shrugged his hand off and tried to smile, opening his mouth to assure him and the others he was just fine, but suddenly he felt the floor shift and tilt under his bare feet, and he barely heard his friend’s shouts as he pitched to the side and blacked out as the floor rushed forward to greet him...

     “ HARVEY!”

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Shiro just barely managed to catch the Hylaeric boy as he collasped before he hit the floor, his body completely limp and his normally dull bronze skin paled to a sickly coppery shade, his cheeks a feverish looking pale red. Pidge and Hunk rushed over followed by Lance and Keith, all looking worried.

    “ Oh jeez is he ok?? Is he dying? Someone please tell me he isn’t dying!” Lance patted Hunk’s shoulder.

    “ He’s not dying Hunk. I think he’s just sick...” Coran walked over to Shiro’s other side and looked the alien ex-prince over before looking at shiro.

    “ Alright everyone calm down! Shiro take Harvey back to his room and lay him down. Make sure to wear your helmet and give me a visual. Once hes settled I need you to help me figure out all his symptoms and I’ll run them through the database of what we know on the Hylaeric people and find out what’s happening, alright?” Shiro nodded and carefully scooped up the smaller boy in his arms and with Keith’s help getting his helmet on carried Harvey back to his room. Meanwhile the others gathered around Coran as he pulled up multiple databases in Altean.

    “ Alright Coran I got him in bed. What do I look for?” Next to the database a live feed from Shiro’s helmet appeared, showing Harvey laying under his covers with Shiro beside him. Coran scanned the database before clearing his throat.

     “ Alright, first remove your glove and check his forehead for a fever.” There was a pause as Shiro took off his glove and on the screen Shiro’s hand gently laid against the boy’s forehead before almost immediately pulling away.

      “ He’s definitely has a fever, a strong fever too.” Coran nodded and typed something quickly.

     “ I see I see....Alright now, has his skin paled at all, and has any odd color come to his face?” There was a moment before Shiro comfirmed that his face had paled quite a bit and that there was pale red color in his face that didn’t look normal. They continued doing this until something came up in Altean, flashing a few times. Both Coran and Allura furrowed their eyebrows at whatever it displayed.

     “ What is it? What’s wrong with him??” Lance asked, breaking the silence. Coran didn’t answer for a moment before facing Lance with a smile.

     “ Oh well, Hylaerian to Altean is hard enough to translate so I’m afraid it doesn’t translate to English! But not to worry it’s a simple Hylaeric flu he should recover if given enough rest and medicine!”They all shared a slightly confused look but nodded. 

      “ Now, Hunk, Lance, why don’t you two go to the kitchen and make something easy for him to eat once he wakes up! Keith, Pidge, you two go and help Shiro keep an eye on his fever!” Coran shooed them off and they reluctantly left, but as pidge left she heard them talking and stopped.

      “ Coran...tell me the truth. What’s really wrong with Harvey?” The two Alteans looked at Pidge, then each other, before they sighed. Pidge walked back over to them looking determined to get the truth. 

      “ Well Pidge...to be honest, Harvey has come down with a Hylaerian illness roughly translated to “Love Sickness.” Allura said softly, looking at the screen with concern. Pidge furrowed her eyebrows.

      “ Love...sicknesss?” She repeated slowly, looking at Allura with an expression that said she didn’t understand. Coran cleared his throat.

      “ Well, you see Pidge, the Hylae are a very emotion based species. Its part of what has helped them thrive for so long. They’re very emotional by nature, and they create impossibly strong emotional bonds with each other and others. You know theres an old war phrase “ A angry Hylae is a lethal one”. Anyway, because they are such an emotion driven species, they have downfalls such as this illness known roughly as Love Sickness. Its a rather seriously taken sickness among the people.” Allura continued for him, sighing softly.

      “ If a Hylae holds and bottles up strong feelings of love, especially unrequitted or love that hasn’t been confessed, for too long it physically effects them, causing this sickness.” Pidge blinked once then got an even more worried look.

     “ ....Harvey has been crushing on Keith for a long time...but he’s been refusing to tell Keith how he feels....” The two Alteans shared another look.

     “ Yep, that’ll do it. Pidge we need you to do something very important.” Coran put a hand on her shoulder.

    “ We need you to keep a close eye on Harvey--and Keith. And it would be best if they weren’t alone together unless absolutely nessecary. Alright?” Pidge nodded and hurried off to Harvey’s room.

Meanwhile in Harvey’s room....

Keith walked in and nodded in greeting to Shiro, who was sitting beside Harvey’s bedside. The Red Paladin looked over his friend’s condition and frowned, The red flush to his cheeks seemed to grow darker and his skin seemed to pale even more. 

       “ Do we have any medicine?” Keith asked after a moment of silence. Shiro stood and patted Keith on the shoulder.

     “ I’ll go check. You keep an eye on him alright?” Keith nodded and took Shiro’s spot as the older Padalin left, leaving the two alone. After a few moments of silence Harvey groaned and weakly opened his eyes, looking at Keith. His amber eyes were hazy and had an abnormal pink tint to them. Harvey blinked slowly, his vision blurry for everything except the human beside him. ‘ So close...close...need...closer...too hot...dizzy...’ Harvey’s thoughts were slow and too quiet for him to full process. Keith got up and stood right next to Harvey when the ex-prince reached out weakly but desperately for him, grabbing his jacket sleeve tightly.

     “ K-keith....Keith...” Harvey whined out almost deleriously, looking up at the half galra and tugging his sleeve.

     “ T-too...hot...” He whined out, starting to pant from speaking. Keith nodded and pulled the blankets off and carefully helped Harvey out of his t-shirt before pulling the blanket over him again.

     “ Better Harvey?” Harvey simply tugged Keith’s sleeve again, this time more urgently. ‘ Need....closer...need...keith...need keith....’ his thoughts began repeating that one need over and over. He whined desperately.

     “ ...c-closer...” He got out. Keith smiled softly and sat on the bed, just slightly against his ribcage. Harvey immediately reached out with his free hand and gripped Keith’s shirt tightly, tugging weakly.

‘...n-need....k-keith....k-keith...need...’  He whined softly but was silent for a few moments, just staring at Keith. The red paladin reached forward and brushed some bangs from his face.

    “ What do you need Harvey? Water? Please tell me...” Harvey watched him almost entranced and his mouth and instincts took over his brain.

    “...k-kiss me...”

Keith blinked, his mouth falling open slightly and his cheeks reddening. He stuttered a few times before he managed to speak.

     “ w-what?? Why--” The Hylae tightened his grip on Keith and tugged desperately, his face filled with delirious pleading.

     “ P-please Keith...k-kiss...p-please...” Keith bit his lip and thought it over.

Then he leaned down and pressed his forehead against Harvey’s feverish one.

     “ Are you sure?” He asked softly, making sure it was ok with the other boy. Harvey nodded the best he could, whining out another plead. With a soft smile Keith leaned closer and gently pecked Harvey on the lips. As soon as he did Harvey tangled his hands into Keith’s mullet and pulled him even closer, kissing him more. ‘ Keith’s hair....so soft...im...kissing keith....holy quiznak...h-he’s kissing back...’ Harvey let out a happy hum from deep in his throat, the sound almost like a low purr. After a few moments Keith pulled away, blushing and smiling. Harvey opened his mouth when his instincts took over again.

       “ I love you...Keith....” Keith blinked then smiled wide, kissing the boy’s forehead.

       “ I love you too Harvey....now get some sleep...” Harvey felt his entire body relax instantly, the feverish heat already starting to fade. He tugged Keith’s hair gently and removed his hands, patting the spot next to him.

     “ stay....with me?” Keith chuckled and pulled off his jackets and boots.

     “ Always Har.” 

By the time pidge got to Harvey’s room, she had met up with Shiro and explained the full situation. They had hurried with some sleeping medicine, but stopped and smiled when the door opened.

Keith was laying with Harvey under the covers, his arm draped protectively over the Hylaeric boy and Harvey snuggled contently into Keith’s chest. Both of them were fast asleep and Harvey’s fever was visibly fading, a happy smile on both of their sleeping faces. Shiro motioned for Pidge to stay quiet and turned off the lights, shutting the door behind them while softly telling her “ Everything seems fine now, we should let them sleep.” 

Harvey was completely recovered by the next day, holding Keith’s hand as they headed to the control room to face any threats that came their way

End.

Well there you guys go. I finished.

I will probably edit this later to add a cover picture that I’m still working on.

But other than that I hope you guys enjoy it, I worked really hard on this.

@phantommoonpeople

@canadas-googlesearchhistory

tagging the people Ive been babbling about this to

[strikingouttogod]

System rebooting. Initializing hunter, Paladin back online.Gabe came back online first thing seeing he was held down by two other hunters in a makeshift court room. Normally Mavericks are executed on site but this was a special occasion. Mach Pachyderm presiding over the ex-hunter Paladin.

“Due to your service I figured Id owe you atleast a chance to explain yourself and provide information on whats about to happen next from the Hikari. Give us something and your execution shall be swift. ”

But Gabriel wasnt even listening, more going over what happened. There was a fight, his memory circuits starting to cycle through, the team was ambushed hard by someone in the Hikari. Close to how Salem was  but far more dangerous and went by the name of Midus, more so probably to be funny than anything. The attack happened swiftly as Mach went over the details of the situation.

“Going over the report your group from the wreckers were investigating some Hikari disturbances as they were ambushed over in the warehous district, thanks to your help most of the squad was wiped out along with more attacks against civilian targets to help your cohorts escape away with whatever information they were looking for.” As if to seal the deal, muffled explosions reverberated through hunter hq as the fighting over the city intensified.

But That wasnt the case Gabe thought but didnt speak they wouldnt believe him. the evidence was overwhelming, plus along with the virus…no the attack did happen, Gabe and the others were separated but he was ordered to help the civies out. Then he ran into that Hell reploid…Looking around the room seeing the different hunters for this wondrous occasion he. Emerald wasnt there maybe a mission or didnt want to show but Excalibur was there. He opened up a private com to him using some codes that were given. “Flamingo please I need you to listen to me!” Gabe pleaded “I should make sure the codes are changed after they are done with you so no other traitors use them” Flamingo stated as Gabe continued “You know me I wouldnt betray my team like this, Its a set up and I need help they are in trouble!” “Ha I used to know you, to think I would consider you a friend… and here you are just like sam…” “Flame please you were there during the sigma betrayal youve been there countless times you know I would never do this and if I dont get out of here my friends and others will die please I need your help.” Gabe practically begging at this point staring down Flamingo seeing him shift to his other leg “Say I want to believe you, say that what your saying is true.” “Excalibur I swear to you on my core if whatever I say is a lie ill lay down and let you kill me, but please my friend please…” Flamingo took a moment shifting from foot to foot as he stared Gabriel in the eyes trying to find the lie. “Im going to regret this… you have five mins before I change my mind..” “I only need two.” The link went dead and Mach was finishing up his speech. Gabriel went thru his  systems. VAS systems. Armor statues Buster -24% Berserker 34% Burst 12% Strike 10% Sword 35% Shield 20% BeastG 48% correction 52%, correction 55%

All other armors destroyed. Vwes system at 50%, Weapon 40%, Limbo ready. “Silence gets you no where Paladin” Mach spoke up glaring at Gabe. “Seems  to me then your loyalty then has changed. Maverick.” The acid from his tone could of melted Voltairs armor. To everyone in the room Gabe looked to be defiant but Flame was watching intently, reading Gabes lips as he mumbled. “System override Dr. X code 0117836 safety disengage of Core,VAS, Weapons and Vwes system. Confirmation code Kingslayer….Sorry Dad, forgive me but I need to save my friends,” Gabes systems shifted into Last Man Standing mode, experimental limiter removal  for his systems. He had five minutes before his core gave out. “Ex-hunter Paladin  do you have any words before we execute you?” Mach Pachyderm said as Gabe looked up defiant but smiling. “Yeah I do, style change, Buster form.” In a flash Paladins armor shifted into buster armor as two buster shots blasted back the two hunters beside him, as he turned toward the wall and bore a hole through it escaping from the makeshift court room bolting through the hallways of Hunter Hq. The alarm rang off as Gabriel heard Pachyderm screaming or his blood. “If im going to get blamed for it..” setting his busters to low any new hunter that rounded the corner got a quick burst to knock them back. Making his was down low thankful Veronica wasnt at the desk, tho Flamemingo was waiting for him as Paladin rushed him “You cant beat me in that armor “Friend” give it up.” “Your right buddy but Mach isnt the only one with CQC busters” Excal smirked as the two met, Rising phoenix against fulled charged Plasma shot. The smoke cleared as Flame saw the buster armor fall to pieces, then boots sprinting away from him. Catching a glimpse of burst armor rounding the HQ entrance, “I hope my faith isnt misplaced Gabriel.” As Flamemingo reported the prisoner escaping towards the back. Paladin ran, boosters at max rushing back towards the warehouse district passing by destroyed buildings, hearing the shots of blaster rifles and buster ring through out the city.  Again the warzone it became as hikari’s plans began to come to fruition. He felt it before he heard it just as the round exploded near him shattering the remains of his burst armor, Thanks to his vwes and some luck Gabe rounding the corner back in base form breathing heavy of that near death shot as he spotted a hunter tank rounding the corner. “I really dont have time for this” was all he managed as the tank tracked back onto him and fired. As the round exploded demolishing the corner to bits, the tank crew was about to report a successful kill till the smoke cleared revealing a barrier and a for the most part unhurt Paladin in Shield form. As the barrier lowered they lost sight of him. “Payback!” Gabe shouted as he activated his vwes jumping high into the air and punching the tank with his shield completely destroying the gun and smashing the front armor completely. Tho his slight repereive was short lived as 3 more rounded the corner along with more Hunter support. Hopping off the side taking cover and switching to Bereserker armor Paladin gave a savage kick to the crippled tank sending it sliding towards his ex comrades. They chased him hard through out the war torn city crossing different combat zones, if it wasnt for strike vanish and the teleportation Gabe was sure he’d be dead by now. Making it back to the last location of what he remembered the warehouse they were sent too came into view, then the road exploded. Phasing out barely to safety, Gabe cursed himself for being reckless as the strike armor shattered off of him.  He heard the click of the coms as Mach screamed into his ear. “Maverick give yourself up or I swear on my…that you will…and I will…” But then his voice was replaced through the static as Gabe continued on his way in. “Good to see your still alive Paladin would of hated to see you taken out by such low class hunters.” “Im going to help my friends out Midas then Im coming for you.” “Tick Tock my friend or yours wont be around much longer” The line went dead as Gabriel marched on through hearing the fighting intensify as he got closer. “ Im coming to help guys,” As Paladin shifted into sword form lifting Limbo up feeling it ready to cleave through whoever was in the way. Cleaving is way into the warehouse surprising some hikari that decided to move to late, he heard the team fighting below as more goons came pouring in swarming where they were hold out. “Ah you finally came Paladin, just in time too” Gabe spun around just in time bringing the blade up in time as Midus attack his beam saber meeting limbo sparking plasma off. “Not even a hello Paladin? how rude” As Gabe growled and swung viciously. They traded blows. Sword to sword they fought as each cut shredded the sword form but limbo scored gashes into Midius armor.Breathing heavy as they pushed each other back, “Well now lets see if your worth it.” Midus stepped back as his appearance changed  seeing One of the Hell beast armors covering him instead of the normal, before he could react Felt his core almost crack as he was sent flying crashing through walls before landing in a heap. “A shame really, you had so much potential, gaining all this power to do what protect the weak like the Knight you think you are?” Midus laughed as Gabe attempted to stand. “To think all this planing, all this setting up to see you come up short…” With a roar Gabe shifted the beast armor of Gregor Roaring with him as he attacked Midus full force feeling the rage build within him while he tried to tear Midus apart. Each hit caused the already damaged building to crumble more. They traded claw for claw, shot for shot each viciously striking, Midas toying with Gabe while he did his damnedest to rip out Midas’s core “Is this all you have? its sad.really.” Midas commented as he swatted to the side as he caught himself. Gabe just smirked seeing the timer count down before his core would give out.

“You know what Ill give that to you. You set me up pretty dammed well, fuck if I ever will be accepted back, and the virus…hell either im lucky or just to stupid to infect anyone else but your going to get your dam wish.“ As Gabe dropped the beast armor causing Midas to pause “Oh giving up so soon?” “No Midas i have one more trick, and im glad for once none of my friends are around for after the ordeal we went through to kill this thing…Im sure they would hate me to have this, but Ill give you the show of the life time and its going to be your last.” “Lets see what you got Paladin!” Midas Rushed forward just as the timer for Gabes core ticked to the one minute mark. (Thanks Dad, I know why you made this to give us a chance to deal with the bullshit assholes like this throw at us, but I hope you can forgive me for snooping around and know that im using this armor for the right reasons. And to my friends…) As he switched to Comms hearing everyone call out wondering if he was alright and able to assist. “You guys are my family and thank you” He clicked off the comms before rushing Midas himself. “STYLE CHANGE! GRAVE ARMOR, VANISHING WORLD!” For the briefest moment Midas felt raw power spike up to unbearable levels only to be condensed into one point, Feeling Paladins energy spike as his fist connected detonating our in a single direction, All Gabriel caught before the world went white was a smile from Midas as he felt his own energy reserves blow out sending him tumbling down…down…down…