#phoenix & the blizzards

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Snow in the forecast in X-Men #115 by John Byrne and Terry Austin

[gildedflames]

( rain, she/her, 35+, PDT ) woah! was that JOSHUA ROSFIELD walking down main street? i heard they’re not actually from ivy cove but come from FINAL FANTASY 16. they’re 28 and live in RADIAN HILLS but watch out because they can be RUDE + OVERPROTECTIVE but are actually CARING + POLITE. despite them HAVING memories, you’ll always think of A CRACKLING FIRE, THE SMELL OF WOOD SMOKE, AND THE SENSATION OF PHOENIX FEATHERS BRUSHING OVER YOUR SKIN when imagining them. / ross lynch, he/him

Point in canon he's from: Near endgame, just after the Echoes of the Fallen DLC but before the Rising Tide DLC.

[overwatchfanskinarchive]

Old Concept Outfit Pharah by phoenix (gayviator_) 

(original concept from Blizzard)

[thejosiebird]

So I’ve decided to do something brave and start posting my art here on this hellsite. And I figured a good place to start would be to post the prompts I did for Inktober before it became dead to me a few days ago.

Happy Halloween!

[cupidclovs]

watching cheap pirate homemade horror movies with the bestie

[fourteenbatsstapledtogether]

I wish I lived somewhere that didn’t make me feel like I’m dying three quarters of the year

[biglisbonnews]

Reward offered for return of 15-foot-tall spoon stolen from Phoenix Dairy Queen I saw this story on April 1, and it took a little research to determine whether Dairy Queen was playing an April Fool joke on us. Turns out, it's real. Last week in Phoenix, someone stole a 15-foot-tall sculpture made to look like those red plastic spoons that Dairy Queen serves with its Blizzards and other frozen treats. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/04/03/reward-offered-for-return-of-15-foot-tall-spoon-stolen-from-phoenix-dairy-queen.html

[fatehbaz]

Some updates from the past twelve-ish months:

-- Late 2022: Portland and its mayor (Wheeler) started a major push to ban "street camping". Headlines in major media outlets also described "Portland's first sanctioned mass homeless camp" and how "Portland moves forward with $27 million plan to build mass shelters". In December 2022, Portland-area authorities used the so-called "aggressive landscaping" tactic, installing hundreds of hostile architecture boulders to prevent sitting/sleeping. Also in December, homeless advocates and Disability Rights Washington advocates attempted to halt Spokane's (Washington) clearing of a major camp for hundreds of people, and a federal judge sided with advocates to put a temporary restraining order on the sweep.

-- January 2023: Even in the immediate aftermath of historic cold as far south as Miami and Monterrey, sub-freezing temperatures across the Deep South, and sub-zero-Fahrenheit blizzards sweeping North America for a week or longer around Solstice/Christmas 2022, convenience stores "in Texas, California, New York use classical music to shoo homeless".

-- By March 2023: "Portland Mayor Wheeler unveils first location for city-run homeless camp".

-- April 2023: San Francisco and Mayor Brand announce a major "five-year plan" costing over 600 million dollars "to cut the number of unsheltered homeless in half". (Not a plan to put people in homes or find stable housing, but just to technically put them under the roof of shelter, keeping them out of sight, therefore qualifying them for the strange designation of "the sheltered homeless".) At the same time, San Francisco opened a "long-term homeless shelter on Treasure Island", pushing homeless people onto an isolated island mostly composed of concrete and asphalt.

-- Summer 2023: In May, the city of Phoenix (Arizona) began its project to clear and eliminate its largest homeless camp, known as the Zone, a refuge for hundreds of people. During the record-breaking heat of the summer of 2023, Phoenix cleared the camp systematically, block by block. At the beginning of September 2023, as "Phoenix breaks heat record as city hits 110F [110 degrees Fahrenheit] for the 54th consecutive day", the city cleared the block of the camp where most seniors and the elderly lived.

-- January 2024: About one week ahead of winter holidays (Solstice/Christmas), the City of Edmonton pursued plans to sweep 130 homeless encampments as part of what has been described as a "shocking" eviction plan. In January, the city was clearing camps amidst sustained deadly severe weather, during a polar vortex event with temperatures of negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit and daytime highs of negative 25F. When a court case presented by Coalition for Justice and Human Rights tried to slow the sweeps, a judge sided with them and shut down the evictions.

-- March 2024: Florida's governor signs a new law. NPR describes: "law that seeks to move unhoused people off public property altogether and into government-run encampments".

-- April 2024: The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing a case from Grants Pass (Oregon) with major implications and potential to incite nationwide "banishment race" and "homelessness crackdown". Lower courts have previously said that city policies (like Grants Pass, Boise, and others) were "cruel and unusual" for fining and/or jailing people for sleeping on public land if no adequate accessible shelter is available. But now?

[shankss-magnificent-ass]

Imagine the Whitebeard pirates having to use Ace and Marco to keep warm

On a Winter Island

Ace: Pops, how much further!

Whitebeard: I swear to god, boy, if you don't stop asking that I will leave you here. I'll fucking do it.

You: Pops! Can you carry me?

Whitebeard: No, I will not carry you, you have legs.

You: Legs don't work when you're hip deep in snow.

Whitebeard: *sighs and pulls your tired form from the snow and lets you sit on his shoulder*

Marco: Uh, Pops.

Whitebeard: for the love of, What what!

Marco: *points at the large clouds rolling* A blizzard is barreling towards them, we need to get to shelter.

Thatch: There is a cave over there!

Whitebeard: Everyone, get to the caves!

The crew: *makes a mad dash for the cave, as the strong winds blast past them, and pelts them with debris*

Ace: *narrowly dodges being impaled by a very long and sharp branch*

After the crew piles into the caves

Rakuyo: *shivering* this place is freezing.

Vista: oi, Marco, Ace can we get a fire going in here

Thatch: Yeah, I'm freezing my balls off.

Marco: *chuckles and turns into his phoenix form*

Ace: *staring wide-eyed at the wall*

Izou: *nudges him* light it up.

Ace: I nearly died

Izou: but you didn't, so be a dear and give us some fire.

Ace: *tries and fails to use his powers*

Marco: You're really shaken up.

Ace: I'm sorry, but I don't think I can use my fire for a while.

You: *slides off of Whitebeard's shoulder and toddles over to him* Can I try something?

Ace: I don't think it'll help but sure.

You: *climbs into his lap and kisses him on the lips*

Ace: *His head immediately combusts in his embarrassment*

The crew: *laughs at how cute he is*

Ace: *looks down at you in surprise* what?

You: *plants more kisses on him*

Ace: *very quickly consumed by fire*

Three hours later

Ace: *his fire is going out*

Thatch: oi, it's still cold, we're not done with you

Ace: give me a break will ya?

Izou: do we need to get the newbie back over here?

Ace: no

Izou: *stares at him for a second before shaking you awake* oi, he needs some motivation*

You: *blinks up at him blearily, before crawling into Ace's lap and going back to sleep*

Ace: *erupts into flames again*

Izou: that's what I thought

Thatch: careful not to burn them.

Ace: Yeah yeah I know *shifts your weight making your face presses against his throat.*

[clowncontroldev]

Field Report: Raptorian - Supplemental

Raptorians Overview

This is a supplemental document from Dr. Doppler's Field Report. Mature researchers only.

What can be said about Raptorians that hasn’t been said in works such as Mimicry and Me: So Your Voice Has Been Stolen?, Out of this World Fashion and the controversial One Flew Over The Raptorian’s Nest? Hailing from Raptoria, they entered the galactic fold a decade after the establishment of NOX and the end of the Military Age, citing “We weren’t sure about all the war, but if you’re going to relax now we’ll talk.”

While some might call the general disposition of raptorians “cocky” and “vain,” they prefer “proud” and “worth it.” Xenosapients that are easily overwhelmed by colors and loud sounds should stay clear of Raptorian territory. If that doesn’t describe you, however, it is highly recommended to visit during any of their festivals and celebrations for a rich sensory experience. As long as it isn’t Ovumtide. 

Homeworld - Raptoria

Called the gem of the Garuda system, Raptoria is a temperate planet that orbits an A-class star. Dominated by oceans, waterways, and marshes, its extreme habitats are limited to its polar ice caps and deep ocean trenches.

The planet’s rings are important to the raptorian people, not just as an awe-inspiring skymark that makes afternoon walks more pleasant, but religiously too. The predominant religion believes that the rings are remnants of the Egg Mother when she hatched from her own shell. We now know it to be the leftovers of what used to be Raptoria’s only moon. 

Colony - Raptova

Called the diamond in the rough of the Phoenix system, Raptova by contrast is an arid mono-continental planet that orbits a similar blue main sequence star as Raptoria. It’s shared with the Scorpian people who live in the inland deserts. The settlement was brokered by NOX, to allow separatist Raptorians a safe place to self-govern.

Biology

Raptorians are warm-blooded, feathered bipeds. On top of their heads are erectile feathers that act as a way to focus in on sound, like a satellite dish. Their limbs end with black scaly webbed claws, the webbing having receded as they evolved to inland life. In their thick necks is an incredibly developed syrinx that allows unparalleled mimicry. 

A selection of different raptorian phenotypes.

It’s believed that raptorians originated as coastal predators, before gradually moving inland. They retained the slight webbing between their claws and their waterproof feathers, which doubled as an important way to retain heat during the cold months, which were extreme. 

Ancient Raptoria’s weather wasn’t the only cycle that shaped raptorian evolution. An aspect that’s unique to Raptorians are their estrous cycles. While xenos that go into heat will have these cycles last a week or three, Raptorians let loose for only one night of the year. The short window to breed causes Raptorians to endure a massive influx of hormones. While not as bad as the Kovlins, who go into self-described “sex madness” when in heat, Raptorians are on the lower end of the spectrum of lucidity during their cycle. 

But why go about breeding like this? If we look at the daily life of an ancient raptorian, it becomes clearer. Half of the year an ancient raptorian had to stay clear of cyclones and lightning, and the other half blizzards and hail.  The hostile weather conditions of the past only allowed for a very narrow time of the year in which looking for mates wasn’t a death sentence. For the rest of the year they only had a limited amount of time during the day where they could safely hunt. 

But raptorians weren’t the only ones hunting. Other environmental factors such as ancient predators trying to off any competition in gathering scarce resources could have had an impact on when ancient Raptorians felt it was safe to breed. 

However, none of this explains why multiple partners are encouraged during ovumtide. Were they promiscuous? And why is their fertility rate so low? Were they shooting blanks? The answer to both of those may lie in a retrovirus that seemed to have plagued Raptorians at the time. Whatever mutations it introduced were combated by this new way of breeding and raptorian researchers believe genetic variety was the only thing that could ensure the safety of their species, and mating annually.  

And as one can expect from a species only able to have sex once a year, they party like their lives depend on it. Multiple partners are expected in what most of the galaxy calls “the largest communal orgy in the Milky Way.” The Raptorians named that night Ovumtide, and it remains their most important spiritual and social event. 

Other than the pomp and circumstance, Ovumtide has the usual mating ritual aspects, such as decorating your breeding grounds and flaunting your assets, but also includes something Raptorians hold dear even today; pageantry. 

A flume dressed for Ovumtide

Pigmentation and feather patterns can be drastically different after centuries of intercontinental movement and different habitats. Raptorians are able to change the color of their feathers either with topical dyes, or a diet focused on certain compounds, such as the carotenoids in their seafood heavy diets. Blue and pink shrimps are popular choices for their wide range of hues, and due to the effort of committing to a diet for an entire year, are considered the classier choice. For the raptorian that wants to impress a mate during Ovumtide, a concentrated effort must be put into eating a singular natural pigment, so that their coat can coordinate with their Ovumtide outfit.

And like last year's fashion, they molt their feathers once Ovumtide ends, to begin styling for next year’s festivities.

Gender

Raptorians have two genders, flume and auct, which roughly translates to egg layer and soul giver respectively. However, despite the etymology, sex has been decoupled from gender for most of Raptorian history. Sapients that hail from cultures with a male/female gender binary often make the mistake of assuming aucts are men and flumes are women, mostly due to universal translators giving them masculine and feminine pronouns. Rather, it relates to their relationship with community and society at large.

Put simply: aucts top, and flumes bottom.

A typical auct.

Raptorian society is heavily influenced by dyads. The shell and the yolk, the feather and the talon, and so on. Balance between flumes and aucts is a crucial aspect to a functioning raptorian community. 

Work is divided by “talon” and “nest” and is defined by what is being manipulated. If a physical object is manipulated then its “talon” work, like moving cargo, crafting incubators, or repairing power lines. If what’s being manipulated isn’t real, like keeping ledgers, coding programs, or reading the voltage outputs on factory machines, then it’s “nest” work. The balance of this work is meticulously maintained, and if there aren’t enough flumes, aucts will change to better help the group in nest work. Likewise, if there aren’t enough aucts, flumes will do more heavy lifting. These expectations aren’t just societal, but biological as well. 

In a form of phenotypic plasticity, a lack of aucts or flumes will cause some from the majority to undergo hormonal changes. Muscle mass is gained when filling the role of an auct, while pattern recognition and eyesight improves for those that become flumes. What triggers these changes isn’t well known, but well documented. In one case study a group of aucts were sent to a research outpost in the polar ammonia lakes.  Due to unforeseen events, the all-auct team was forced to bunker down at the outpost for a year. Half of them lost 40% of muscle mass without a negative impact on their health, and gained improved hand eye coordination. During ovumtide they were accommodating. 

Another instance of this phenomenon occurred in a production town that specialized in leather and steel crafts. The assignment computer glitched out and filled the town with primarily flumes. In a short amount of time nearly half of them traded their stored fat for a high amount of muscle bulk in their arms and chest. Ovumtide wasn’t an issue for the town residents thanks to production tool crafting access. 

Because of this biological phenomenon, Raptoria’s governments and religions believe in what the body says rather than the mind piloting it. This became the cause for the mass exodus to Raptova—the belief that gender shouldn’t exist for the purposes of society, but rather the individual. 

The separatists believed that just because someone was physically an auct didn’t mean they wanted to do manual labor all day, or fill someone during ovumtide. Some were physically flumes, but spiritually aucts, and even without the added muscle mass could help their community like any ‘Talon Man’.

An ovumarch. They have went through the muscle loss of an auct turning into a flume.

On the separatist colony world of Raptova, a third unnamed gender arose. It was reserved for the Ovumarch, the leaders and guides of this new world. They act as both auct and flume as a way to say all forms of identity were welcome, as well as a way to see from the perspective of both sides. Physically, their bodies will still undergo the changes that will occur naturally. 

WARNING: AUTHORIZATION STATUS [18+]

If you have clearance with the above security check, you can learn more about Raptorians in Dr. Doppler’s Field Report.

[reptileenthusiastt]

Finally posting about some of my wof ocs

I'll male individual refs for them all at some point, but for now y'all can just have a bunch of headshots

More info under cut

(In order from left to right)

"Protagonists"

Frostburn - he/him, Skywing/Icewing, travels around the continent looking for things to do

Clarity - she/her, Nightwing, functions as a detective in the Night kingdom

Atlas - they/them, Silkwing, currently on the run after escaping from their adoptive mother's clutches

Charming - he/him, Rainwing, works at a club in possibility owned by his father, often neglected in favor of his brothers

Elk - she/her, Icewing, no one really knows what her deal is, and no one is brave enough to ask

Other characters

Dauntless - she/her, Nightwing, had a very one-sided relationship with Clarity, currently in prison

Queen Brilliant - she/her, Rainwing/Nightwing, Atlas's adoptive mother, current queen of the rainforest kingdom

Blizzard - he/him, Icewing, Frostburn's father, hasn't quite been the same since his partner passed shortly before their son was born

Phoenix - he/they, Skywing, a friend of Atlas's, helped them escape from Queen Brilliant, also a firescale

Omen - he/they, Nightwing, a prophet from the rainforest kingdom, hasn't been seen since he delivered his last prophecy

Aracari - she/her, Rainwing, used to be the boldest Rainwing in possibility, but after the event that caused her old location to have to close permanently, she's become somewhat of a recluse, Charming's great aunt

I'll go into more detail about their story/stories at a later date

Edit: more info on basic story here

[cloverrr8]

Malachi was a prince before he died. He lived with his parents in a castle, surrounded by a small, cheery village. Monsters, hunger, and sickness were never problems there, and the land had been blessed by Irene herself.

Malachi was only a toddler when he discovered his magick ability; the power to show others their worst fears. His parents saw this as a curse, believing a demon was inhabiting their son’s body. They isolated him from the outside world to protect the family’s reputation. Malachi begged to explore the village and to play with the other, but he was forbidden. The parents sent out word that they needed a priest, monk, anybody, to ‘fix’ their son. Whoever could successfully do this would receive a large fortune.

Hundreds of people gathered in the kingdom, hoping to receive the payment. But nothing worked. Malachi’s parents became impatient. As their frustrations grew, so did Malachi’s power. People outside the castle were plagued with horrible visions of their worst nightmares. Merchants stopped trading with the kingdom, and villagers began to move out of fear.

Malachi’s parents began to execute anyone who failed to heal their son. Less and less people inhabited the kingdom, and they had become desperate to stay in power. So, as any logical parent would do, they kill Malachi to save some face (I lied about the logical part. Wtf that’s messed up).

This didn’t really work, and eventually everyone, including Malachi’s parents, abandoned the kingdom and moved on. The pain and negative energy emanating from the village caused the dead involved in the incident to become spirits, including Malachi. Enraged by the unfair treatment of his parents, he became a dark, benevolent spirit, tormenting the other ones as well as any travelers who happen to pass by and enter the castle.

This is exactly what happens to Dante. He’s shown Gene standing over him, ready to kill him. Realizing the spirit’s magicks, Dante snaps out of it and escapes the castle, into the village. This is where he meets Nicole and Aphmau.

They decide to seek shelter in the castle, the only building in the ruins left standing, because of an awful blizzard outside. Each person takes on a different one’s fear (Dante sees Aphmau’s, Aphmau sees Nicole’s, Nicole sees Dante’s). This distracts the spirit, but when Laurance and Garroth enter the castle it shows them their worst fears as well. In the midsts of their visions, Aohmau shakes them both, pleading for them back to reality. Malachi realizes what he is doing and stops, revealing his true identity; a lonely child.

Aphmau offers to bring him back home to Phoenix Drop, where he can have a family again. Malachi is afraid to leave the castle, as he hadn’t done so in hundreds of years, but with the encouragement from the rest of the group he leaves and they continue their adventure after the blizzard calms down.

[bestest-dead-best-friend-bracket]

New Bracket Announcement!

This one is kind of huge compared to what I usually do, and it’s probably going to be a bit before there’s another one this big.

As such, I’ve divided it into four Blocks, which will each run separately before the winners of each block participate in the semifinals.

The theme this time is

Ambiguously Dead Friends

Since there are so many this time, the lineup will be below the cut, but I encourage you to see if anyone you know is there! Please reblog to spread the news and to remind yourself to come vote!

Round One of Block A starts this Monday.

Dead Best Friend Bracket

Block A

KK (Ghostwire Tokyo) vs Alma Karma (D.Gray Man)

Makise Kurisu (Steins;Gate) vs Kokonose Haruka (Kagerou Project)

Kofune Ushio (Summertime Rendering) vs Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) vs Iris Sagan (AI: The Somnium Files)

Marnie (When Marnie was There) vs Cassim (Magi)

The Snatcher (A Hat in Time) vs Professor Turo (Pokémon: Violet)

Asriel Dreemurr (Undertale) vs Sakurane Shoka (NEO: The World Ends with You)

Hayakawa Aki (Chainsaw Man) vs Fubuki Atsuya (Inazuma Eleven: Blizzard)

Block B

Audric (Dragalia Lost) vs Komikado Harumichi (Ohayou, Ibarahime)

Mondo Owada (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc) vs Brook (One Piece)

Kite (Hunter x Hunter) vs Yukine (Noragami)

Naruse Kakeru (Orange) vs Polterpup (Luigi’s Mansion)

Alear (Fire Emblem: Engage) vs Lief (Bug Fables)

Hoshino Ruby (Oshi no Ko) vs Lyman Banner (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)

Shizu (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) vs Zera (Fairy Tail)

Acht (Splatoon 3) vs Honma Meiko (Anohana)

Block C

Gugu (To Your Eternity) vs Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi)

Mia Fey (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) vs Natsuki Subaru (Re: Zero)

Tikal (Sonic Adventure) vs Hinazuki Kayo (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi)

Mari (OMORI) vs Sunny (Pokémon)

Sabito (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) vs Indou Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died)

Excellen Browning (Super Robot Wars) vs Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)

Daruk (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) vs Maria (Silent Hill 2)

Claire Foley (Professor Layton and the Unwound Future) vs Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)

Block D

Lemiel Silvamillion Clover (Black Clover) vs Hanako-kun (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun)

Pandoria (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) vs Brown (Rule of Rose)

Queen Sectonia (Kirby: Triple Deluxe) vs Joe Tazuna (Your Turn to Die)

Reginald Kastle (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) vs Missile (Ghost Trick)

Shuu (Inazuma Eleven: GO) vs Yokomizo (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Sothis (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) vs Vanilla (World’s End Club)

Shirakumo Oboro (My Hero Academia) vs Auron (Final Fantasy X)

Dhurke Sahdmadhi (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice) vs Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club)

[gravitywonagain]

Fresh Powder in the Pine Trees Masterlist

Welcome to Cloud Recesses

Junior's Club

Insult to Injury

Jack of All Trades: Ski Patrol - Hot Chocolate - Rentals

Shotski

Mountain Immortal

Follow Me Under the Rope

Teach Me

Chairlift Confessional

The Nurse is NOT a Drug Dealer

House Party

Sake and Cider at Sunrise

Ski/Skate Week

Hot Tub Burn Out

Cabin in the Woods

Sluffed Off

Gaper Day

The Long Chair: Gusu Express - Phoenix Mountain Express

Blizzards During Blizzards

Alpenglow Winter Series Presents: Xiao Xingchen

Meeting the Boss (Reprise)

Naked Run

Post Season:

On the Flats

Helicopters

Two Weddings in the Mountains

Halloween Snow

[flowers-for-the-grave]

New Life Superhero/Villain AU!

My ideas for (some) of the creators in New Life as heroes or villains.

Heroes:

Jimmy - 'Cold Guy'

Gem - 'Inferno'

Sausage - 'Phoenix'

Owen/Sparrow - 'Copper'

Jimmy can manipulate ice to obtain super speed as well as create icy barriers to shield himself and others. Some joke that his abilities and Martyn''s are so similar that they could be siblings, but Jimmy refuses to divulge whether or not he was born with his powers.

Gem can control and manipulate fire. She accidentally burned fWhip with it when they were children and has never forgiven herself for it since. She believes he is dead.

Sausage can also manipulate fire, but unlike Gem, he can use it to fly as well as being able to heal people in a close radius to him. As a result, he chooses to fight long-range to avoid accidentally healing the villains he's fighting.

Sparrow is more durable and can fight longer than the others, as well as needing less rest and food. He tends to go on nightly patrols because of this. He stays away from Scott as they were friends as children.

Villains:

Scott - 'Mycellium'

Martyn - 'Blizzard'

Pearl - 'Golem'

fWhip - 'Trickster'

Scott has the power to summon and control fungi, and can grow them on people and animals to control them. In the past he used his ability on Jimmy, and Jimmy now has a scar on his chest from it.

Martyn can control ice to make himself impervious to attacks. He, like Jimmy, refuses to reveal how he got his powers, but for very different reasons. Martyn has scars all over his body and only Scott knows the reason for them.

Pearl has the same abilities as Sparrow and uses them so that she can carry out the harder work with less risk (e.g: bigger heists with higher risk of injury, taking on cops/vigilantes whilst the others continue what they're doing). She refuses to fight Sausage, but can't recall or explain why.

fWhip can shrink himself and uses this ability for breaking and entering, as well as stealing. Gem believes he died, but in truth he just shrank himself and ran away. He hasn't told her the truth, but holds nothing against her.

So what do you think? Who else could be a hero/villain? Any interesting backstory ideas?

[tillywunderwing]

🎙️, 🤝, and 🧨 for the ask game.,,,.,

OKAY. LISTEN. this ask has been sitting in my drafts forfuckingever because I couldn't attach the audio file for the first question on my phone, and I thought 'well okay I'll just answer it on my laptop later'

I proceeded to Forget. ANYWAY. Totally hinged rambling under the cut

🎙️ What’s your favourite (used or unused) voice line in the games?

okay this is SUCH a specific pick but I’m personally really fond of THIS unused line for when you equip the winter gloves in I3YTD:

"I can't say I approve of you wearing any kind of Zoraxis branding on your clothing, but I do approve of you not catching a cold. Care comes first!"

it's just... i just... RRRGH he's so SILLY and it's like, such a simple little quote that kind of perfectly captures everything I love about his character. Like, you know, he's opinionated, but he's also kind of goofy and so softhearted, he cares so much about the player and their health... and for similar reasons I'm also going to shout out this line (that DOES get used in I3YTD) from Cold Shoulder (this one even comes with gameplay!):

“I don’t think that gondola is blizzard-certified, Agent... Those winds are too much! AGENT—!”

Just, the panic in his voice. The terror. So many of the deaths in these games are kind of, blink-and-it's-over, but this one... he can see it's about to happen. He has enough time to realise he's about to watch his favourite agent die. And you can hear that in his voice I think... the way it builds in pitch, and even the progressing certainty in what he's saying, 'I don't think' to 'those winds are'. We are listening to this man realise he's about to lose someone he cares about a lot. And that someone is us. Don't look at me DUDE DON'T LOOK AT MEEEE

(Can you tell the Handler is my favourite character? Because the Handler is my favourite character.) ahem I'm normal I promise I am

Now this probably could bring us to our next point... "🤝"... however I do actually have ANOTHER neglected ask in my inbox that asks the same question. And I think I am going to save the inevitable essay for its own post there LMAOOO so I will answer this question but. elsewhere. Soon

so instead all this talk of my favourite character will bring us to our other next point:

🧨If you put your two favourite characters in a room for five minutes how many people would die?

Hm. Okay. This is. A difficult question because it means I definitively have to pick a second favourite character. Reggie is a given--

I'm gonna let Ollie be the other one, because I like his voice, and I like his attitude, and I like him. Him and Reggie would get along famously if you put them in a room together, I don't think there's any question about that. Perhaps too famously, though. I think they would get too caught up in gossip over tea, and lose track of all time and obligations. So, to answer 'how many people would die', first I would need to know how many people are in the building(s) Phoenix sets fire to while nobody responsible is looking.