#personalized promise rings

[onedecimatedduck]

.......did miquella ever realise Radahn's type is the same as his

Radahn loves Godfrey so bloody much, that he has to wear him on his clothes, follow the same career path, and have the same build even though his heart is a lot gentler and he is a magic user from an int family. It would not surprise me if there's a secret chest full of Godfrey's pictures in Redmane castle.

There would have been a higher chance for Radahn to be on board if it was Mohg who asked him to be his consort... I am so sorry miquella

[foxingpeculiar]

Okay, so:

1) Miquella already tried to resurrect Godwyn and it didn’t work. That’s what happened at Castle Sol. What Ranni did—the way she had him killed—made that not an option.

2) Godwyn’s fate is already accounted for in Fia’s quest. Him being dead is an integral part of his character and you can’t bring him back without fucking up that whole part of the base game. Because he IS her mending rune, he is the power that drives that.

Do I think the connection between Miquella and Radahn should’ve been foreshadowed more? Yes. But Godwyn doesn’t make any more sense if you consider all the evidence from the base game.

[zephyrins]

i think people would LOVE to fight Radahn in the dlc if it was real Radahn, not Miquella's silent puppet.

Maybe Radahn could be an optional boss (like Malenia) or at least not the final boss. He could somehow break free from Miquella's influence (we can see it in the cutscene, it looks like before phase two he wants to break his charm, but Miquella arrives and stops him) and recognize us as the champion of the festival, asking for one last battle to release him from Miquella's plan and explaining how he gave the vow and why he broke it

[swordmaid]

anyway shri’iia’s epilogue outfit which is a mix of 1900s male stage costumes and also that one camp outfit mod. look at the ring hehe 🤭

[misfithive]

Im really really hoping the theory about Wille having a birthday in s3 are true because i want Simon to give him a gift SO BADLY. I want it to be something sweet and whimsical and soft bc Wille deserves whimsy in his life. Even if it is a gag gift that Wille actually ends up keeping. I really want the stuffed animal frog like i mentioned in my unhinged s3 list bc its the opposite of the snow globe with the hard (now jagged) edges. Like a soft stuffed frog (no crown) it would be so cute :(((((( But really Simon giving Wille any kind of sweet simple gift would be so cute to me.

Editing to add a picture of what i am envisioning bc i’m annoying like that! Pls just imagine it !

[ratatatastic]

"Battle of Alberta, right? It was my first game: Calgary, Edmonton. We would play them in the preseason, and you know—trying to make the team I'd always be asking him to fight in preseason, always. I'd be runnin' my mouth—like, tryna fight the biggest, baddest guys, tryna make an impression.

And he would never fight me. He'd always tell me, like If you make the team, I'll fight ya. You don't have to worry about that, but I'm not fightin' ya preseason. And I totally respect it, I'm not gonna chase him down. It is what it is. He's established—I'm looking for my chance.

So I get called up, we're playing Edmonton in Edmonton: Battle of Alberta. [He's] over there on the other side, and it's like the coolest thing ever... you know, the buildup was crazy 'cuz I knew if the opportunity presented itself—if the game went the way I hoped it would, I would get an opportunity to fight him.

I remembered in warmups tryna skate by the redline initially just kind-of gettin' a feel for it—to see if I have to say something or whatever... He's got no bucket on, his big, bald head is glarin' around, he skates by the redline with the biggest smile on his face, and just gives me the biggest wink...

At that moment I knew Okay, he remembers. It's gonna happen at some point.

We were up 1, I think it was 2-1 going into intermission or whatever—Oh, no, I think it was 1-1 and we had just scored so the position I'm like Yeah, I don't know if I can fight him now because we have the momentum and we're winning the game. I don't want to lose a fight, then we lose a game and now I'm, like, never getting a chance again.

You kind-of gotta play the game within the game like [...] there's an opportunity to fight, and there's an opportunities where you shouldn't fight. Things weren't looking good, then they score and now we need a spark. I'm like Fucking perfect.

I just skate by their bench and I'm like It's time, big boy! He jumps out, we line up, and he goes We squarin' up or we goin' right away?

I'm like I'm not fuckin' squarin' up with you right now! We're goin' right away!

Drop em, we go right away, grab each other. I know he's a lefty so he's gonna let go—let's go of my right arm before he throws one. I threw one. Big boy went down, he jumped back up pretty quick. I don't know, I tell people all the time, I'm like I would've been in the league fuckin' 2 years earlier if there was good footage of this fuckin' fight!

For some reason—For some reason, the cameras cut out. I don't know if [he] had his cousins working the cameras or something that night, or if they're in the video room or what happened.

That was my first NHL game.

It's funny 'cuz Chucky was there—Chucky's there and he knows, he saw, he always laugh when I say that I would've been in the league earlier 'cuz he knows how things like that go. You get a little bit of energy and buzz around ya, and then kind-of momentum takes you a little bit further but unfortunate[ly], I missed that opportunity but I don't regret a thing.

[...]

The opportunity was there, I just—unfortunately, for whatever reason, the Hockey Gods said not yet." (Ryan Lomberg reminiscing over his first NHL game/fight) (x)(x) (please go watch the second link to see lombos giant smile as he tells this story jfc)

and other genuinely bonkers things to say about a hockey player in your first fight... like why did this need to be said like that...what

[calamitys-child]

Bought and sold and traded so many fantastic zines this weekend and honestly my favourite interaction I had was with a very shy but very very determined kid who asked politely if I'd like to trade them one of my angry political transgender poems for some drawings they did in class. I will treasure it forever it was so cute this kid has such a fun scrappy art style and I look forward to seeing them at future zine fairs with more little drawings. Weird queer accessible inclusive art fairs you have my heart always and forever 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[arlathen]

you can lay in bed and listen to mitski while thinking about solavellan but from personal experience i cannot recommend it.

[fleetinggabi]

Anyways I think it's kinda funny how our reactions to Radhan being Miquella's consort are probably very similar to how people in the lands between felt when they heard that Radagon, the guy who stopped an invasion from Leyndell to marry into the house of the Moon because he was just that smitten with Rennala had abandoned her out of nowhere to become Marika's Elden Lord. Like yeah bet they also thought the lore sucked and this was some bullshit fanfic that the guy who broke the news in their little town had made up in a silly little act of mischievous fun.

[porekawa]

[roselleasly]

found a scrapped platinum bones sketch and redrew it

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[joyridingmp3]

so humiliating going to the local indian grocery store being half indian and white passing. just got jumpscared by the guy working there following me around asking "do you need any help? :)" I'M INDIAN I SWEAR

[youareunbearable]

I might not do anything with this BUT I've been thinking about the Shadow of Mordor games again and how FUN would it be if Sauron did that but instead of bringing back Celebrimbor he uses his necromancy magic to bring back Maedhros

An imposingly tall figure, all done up in Sauron's spikey black armor, instead of his mace there is a wicked black blade where a right hand should be. He roams at the front of the Nazgul, blade at the ready as the other holds the reigns to a monstrous horse

People are terrified, thinking that Sauron himself is roaming the wilds, he stalks the Fellowship, nothing seems to stop him only delay him. Gandalf isn't sure its Sauron himself, but something about him under all that twisted and dark and evil song sings pure, like a dull flicker of white flame, like a weak candle.

When Boromir dies, that figure is with the orcs, it isnt the one to slay Boromir, but turns away and it seems to know where the ring is. The orcs are too focused on Merry and Pipin to follow the Figure, but he walks off. He stands on the shores as Frodo and Sam shiver in the Swan boat, but it does nothing but watch them as they sail off. It makes no motion to follow them or attack their small boat, just watch transfixed. Sam makes a comment that it looks like the Figure's armor makes it almost like it has a metal collar around its neck and cuffs on its wrists

During the battle of Helm's Deep, that Figure is back again, silently leading the siege. At one point, an Elven arrow hits the Figure's helm, knocking it a little loose and from under the helm tumbles a single red lock of hair. Its so red that almost looks like a smoldering flame. Haldir, who lives with the survivors of Doriath, sees that red hair, that tall stature, the handless right wrist and pales. While he wasn't there to witness the destruction of Doriath, he has heard the tales, he knows about the red haired monster that haunts the memories of the Sindar, and he knows what that Figure is capable of. Luckily, that Figure manages to catch a glimpse of Aragorn, and Freezes once again, a single stone that cuts through the rushing current of orcs all around him. Haldir doesn't see it again, but then again, Haldir doesn't see much of anything again.

(The Figure sees Gandalf on the hill, arriving with the dawn and reinforcments and it grieves, something in it breaks all over again but the magic puppeting its moves doesn't allow it to dwell. The helm is readjusted and the hair is tucked away and the Figure turns and leaves the battlefield. Its being summonded somewhere else.)

The war rages on, the Witch King is dead, but so is King Theoden. The Figure is trapped, the right wrist is pinned under the corpse of an oliphant and Elrond's sons watch as the Figure struggles before lying still. It's clearly not dead, but realizing it's trapped.

Aragorn and Legolas and Gimli join the twins. Gimli offers to thrust his axe in its chest, Legolas insists that he can shoot through its eye from a safer distance. Aragorn, who heard Haldir's frantic pleas during his final moments, just observes the Figure.

He notices the strange collar, how it clearly has cuffs on its wrist and feet, like it used to be shackled and chained.

"Can you speak?" He asks it.

The Figure does nothing but turn its helm towards Aragorn. They stare at each other for a few tense moments.

One of the twins, Aragorn still isn't fully sure which one, approches the Figure slowly. The Figure's helm is still directed at Aragorn.

"It feels familiar." The one twin whispers, voice raw from exertion. "It has a fea, it feels warm."

"Like uncle Erestor. Or Lindir." The other twin agrees.

The Figure turns its helm towards the twins at the mention of Erestor. The twin closest to the Figure, quick as an adder, jabs a polearm at the Figure's helm.

It snaps back, the helm tumbling off the Figure's head and those smoldering red locks fan out around the head, obscuring the face from view.

Even without seeing the face it's clearly an Elf. An abused one at that if one just looks at the notches missing from it's pointed ears. The polearm is back, nudging under where a chin should be to lift the face.

First, all that is seen is scars. So many that pull the once handsome face, for even under all its marring one can tell from the bone structure that this was a face that could launch a thousand ships, into a grotesque manner. But it is the eyes, the eyes that makes everyone suck in a breath.

These eyes glow, they glow with power, with light never been seen before, or well, haven't been seen in Ages. These grey eyes glow with the reflected light of the Two Trees, long since felled.

"Oh, Maitimo," Gandalf, who had wandered up the the group, sighed with tremendous sorrow. "What has become of you?"

Maitimo, or Maedhros as those in the Third Age know him as, tries to speak. His lips move, which brings attention to the fact that they are loosely sewn together with a black cord that seems to pull and ooze blood, never letting the wounds heal. His voice croaks, dry with misuse, but he manages a sound, a breath, perphaps even a word. Each syllable like a dying wheeze. He repeats the sound, again and again, almost becoming frantic with his wheezing chants, blood spilling down his chin from the threads, until it's understandable.

"Necromancer."

[hecatombi]

thinking about how much joseph loves and will CONTINUE to love caesar for as long as he's alive.

it fucks with me how the most iconic and defining part of his design is the bandana that he gets from caesar. that imagery PERSISTS with him, up until a few years ago when araki gave him that ugly ass pilot hat and redesigned him to be utterly unrecognizable. he is always seen with that headband, posing with it or looking somber and deathly serious even though that's not NOT the attitude that part 2 joseph's known for. and honestly? even a large amount of merch for him today, he still has the bandana with him. it sticks with him in the anime openings when it shows flashes of him in pt. 3. it's on his in game models for almost every game he's in.

it's almost poetic, really, just how much caesar's death defines him. no matter where he goes, even across canon media, it will forever stick with him. it's even more tragic when you consider that he did not even keep that bandana long. and yet. it is still one of the most widely associated things to him.

everyone knows where it came from. and still, everyone associates him with that bandana nearly just as much as they do caesar. it's synonymous with his grief that he never really moves on from. it haunts him forever. it's insane how heavily this headband defines him, how iconic it is, when in canon he'd only maybe had it for an hour tops.

it's also just cruel he didn't get to keep even a little tattered piece of it, imo. but, jojo is what it is. and from the moment he put that thing on, it defined his entire self from that moment onwards, becoming far more serious and closed off, distant from his emotions than before.

he will never accept caesar's death. he can't.

[clingylilhoneybee]

I think promise rings are great for couples who aren't in a position to get married yet (too young, long-distanced, finances not in order, etc.) or for couples who don't want to get married but still want that symbol of commitment

That’s exactly my perspective on it! On the rare occasion it’s come up I’ve come to understand it’s a vvvv divisive topic though

[foxingpeculiar]

I have been fighting Radahn for about 12 total hours now. I'm not sure how many attempts that represents. It's a lot, though.

He doesn't feel impossible at this point. I can see how to do it. I just can't quite sustain long enough to make it happen. I've gotten him as low as name-health, but haven't sealed the deal yet.

I'm summoning Ansbach as a general rule. I do my best DPS with ranged magic, so having a split in aggro is basically necessary to do real damage to him, but summoning both companions makes his health bar get WAAAAY too tanky--the boost he gets from just one of them is a manageable payoff for having someone to distract him. And Ansbach can take a little more punishment than Thollier, plus his weapon causes bleed and so does mine (and by extension, the Mimic Tear's), which is a nice synergy for when I am taking punishing opportunities with melee.

The first phase isn't bad. He has that bitch-ass left swing combo that comes out of fucking nowhere, but pretty much everything else I can get through--if he gets me, it's because I got distracted, was too close to an AOE, or didn't quite manage to avoid that gravity grab spell (I can usually avoid the follow up though). If I have time for a heavy attack when he's on my tits, I'll use Transient Moonlight, otherwise just a quick peppering with R1 and then, once his combo ends try to get some distance and let either the Tear or Ansbach distract him. At which point, I can unload a barrage of Night Comet and take out like 6000 health in a single status bar's worth of attacks, if everything lands. This seems to be serving me pretty well.

But then there's phase two.

So I can get out of the giant holy-bullshit AOE most of the time at this point. And most of his moves that copy phase 1 aren't too bad, it's just a matter of watching for the extra follow up. The grab is easy to avoid and punish most of the time. And the move where he zooms off to the side and then sends a shadow forward at you for a double attack is pretty easy to slide past.

The shit that's fucking me up is when he sends the shadow copies down from the sky, whether that's the sword slam move that he follows up the meteor attack with, or the cross-slash move he follows up the gravity AOE with. Lord help me, I just can't seem to get out of the way of that shit. If I can crack that, I can get him. Cos everything else is basically doable.

Soon.