#pirate! sid (ace)

[sidwilsonsbitch]

sid aus as bananyas because i can pt.1 <3

☆ cowboy! sid - roper ,, sheriff bananya ☆

☆ pirate! sid - ace ,, pirate bananya ☆

☆ soldier! sid - bullet ,, mackerel bananya ☆

☆ teen! sid - rat ,, munchkin bananya ☆

☆ college! sid - dj ,, bananya ☆

[dymond-dynamo]

it's truly wild to me that there's still no proper successor to Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life. it's one of my favorite games of all time, and would *absolutely* work in the modern games landscape, and yet nobody has really done it. there have been other good pirate games (I think the one that's come closest is still AC Black Flag, which I love, but which is very much an assassin's creed game first and a pirate game second), but nothing doing the same thing SMP! is doing, and I think that's a fucking shame. and if Firaxis just wants to make a new one, that'd be great! it doesn't have to be them, but if anyone's gonna do it, no reason it shouldn't be the people with the license lol

[khtrinityftw]

"How does the original story connect to Disney?" is a question that has often been asked about Kingdom Hearts...and it ought to be asked more often, as the answer shows how the series lost its way.

In the first Kingdom Hearts, the original story is about the Keyblade Master trying to find his lost friends while saving the worlds of the universe from being consumed by a mass invasion of dark creatures, the Heartless, whose evil master ultimately seeks to conclude the invasion by absorbing the Heart of All Worlds assembled through each world's destruction hidden within the Realm of Darkness.

How Disney fits in is pretty obvious. Not only are the worlds in question largely Disney-based, but Donald and Goofy are the Keyblade Master's companions, Mickey Mouse is the leader of a resistance effort who operates the home base where refugees of lost worlds which includes some noteworthy Disney characters take shelter, until he can take physical form the Heartless' master's henchmen leading the invasion are a group of Disney villains that manipulates the Keyblade Master's male friend to the side of evil, and the magical beings who hold the power to unlock the way to the Heart of All Worlds are a group of Disney heroines with the Keyblade Master's female friend being among their ranks! What's more, the original iconography of hearts, keys and keyholes, "gummi" blocks, a money system called "munny", a majestic castle where villains hold maidens captive, and dark creatures with glowing yellow eyes all fit perfectly with Disney's usual sensibilities like an oversized glove.

At first glance, Chain of Memories doesn't seem like it does things as well, since beyond having Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy Cricket as companions for Sora and Mickey Mouse as companion for Riku, whom also has an important moment with Maleficent, the Disney worlds are just memory-based filler episodes in between the main plot progressing. However, said main plot is all about, yet again, a majestic castle where villains hold a maiden captive, the sort of archetypal fairy tale situation that Disney has always engaged with. Yes it's a dark and twisted take on it, but Disney also hasn't been afraid to go dark when necessary. Even the theme of memory is another fitting one for Disney, which has a hold on so many people's childhood memories. It still legitimately feels like a Disney RPG...heck, it feels like a Disney video game, a very specific one at that!

Kingdom Hearts II is about the Keyblade Master's journey continuing (and ultimately concluding) as a new group of villains conspires to destroy the universe through the spread of Heartless and acquire Kingdom Hearts, this time via the Heart of All Beings assembled through the Keyblade freeing captive hearts from the Heartless.

While this story pushes the Square Enix side more heavily, the end result is the perfect balance between it and Disney, which is still being considered. The important Disney characters from the original game remain important plus we get new important characters like Yen Sid, Pete and Scrooge McDuck, a plot point about a virtual world inside a computer at the start is echoed with the new home base world being heavily tied to the world of Disney's Tron, the main villains are spooky cursed beings exactly like the villains in the world of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, and above all the core threat will matter more to players who are Disney fans because it is primarily hearts of beings from the worlds of Disney that the villains are sacrificing for their evil objective. And even if you're not a Disney fan, Sora is friends with all these Disney characters, regardless of how plot-relevant they or visits to their worlds may be, which adds a highly personal stake in the story.

So the KH Trinity aces this test. Moving on to the series beyond...

358/2 Days: If the 1.5 cutscene movie having no actual cutscenes with Disney characters beyond one with Mickey that has literally nothing to do with the story and is only there as set-up for KH2 didn't clue you in, this game doesn't do too well with Disney connecting to the original story. The situations in the Disney worlds are good, bridging the gap of what went down between KH and KH2 quite nicely, but the main characters seldom get involved or interact with any of the locals. The only important thing they do is destroy Heartless to form Kingdom Hearts. It is purely thanks to KH2 and the heavy lifting it did that allows it to feel natural for this story, a direct prequel, to have Disney worlds as settings at all, since otherwise you could place the action in original worlds and nothing would feel off.

Birth by Sleep: This is a true half-and-half situation. Because on the one hand, you get Disney worlds that all connect with the KH Trinity, characters like Mickey, Yen Sid, and Maleficent all being important, the Disney Princess group of the first KH being relevant again, important plot progression happening in said Princesses' worlds, and an "old-school Disney" sort of vibe that even the main enemy creatures get in on with their rubber hose style movements. Even the original plot being a Star Wars knock-off is fitting in retrospect now that Disney owns Star Wars. But on the other hand, the original iconography that once fit Disney so well back in the first KH is now being treated so seriously and less whimsically that it feels like Square Enix is just completely taking it over, with the Keyblade concept in particular turning into something far less unique and magical than it had been before. Also, while the main characters certainly interact with the Disney worlds and characters more than the ones of Days did, it always feels like they're leaving no real lasting impact on them. Maybe that's by design since otherwise they can't be as impacted by Sora and the original elements in KH, but it still sets an uncomfortable precedent to be repeated going forward.

Coded: Give this game one thing, Disney certainly matters to its story, given that it's kind of all about goings-on at Disney Castle with Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Chip and Dale, Maleficent and Pete, and of course Jiminy Cricket and his journal. It's a shame that none of that ends up mattering since the only part of the story that's important to the series narrative happens at the end and, aside from Mickey, is all about a bunch of original characters. But hey, it's still better than....

Dream Drop Distance: You put Disney in a game that's centered around dreams, and somehow make it feel like it doesn't matter aside from Mickey and Yen Sid. Just....how? How do you do that? The visits to the five Disney-based worlds don't matter and neither Sora or Riku have any real impact on any of what transpires there, a random excursion to Disney Castle to face Maleficent and Pete goes nowhere, and the original concepts have officially gone full Square Enix to the point of no longer gelling with Disney. Time travel with complicated rules and consequences whereas before it was just a whimsical door to the black-and-white past. A villain whose master plan is so omnipotent that it renders all the heroes' past victories meaningless and leaves them with no solid way of winning in the future. Clones of characters all over the place. Inception-style dream-within-dream mind screws. The literal cast of The World Ends With You playing the literal Reaper's Game. And a light, optimistic hero dumbed down, trivialized and ultimately deemed a failure all to prop up the dark, angsty hero. Also, I guess Pokémon are a thing now.

X/UX: All the Disney stuff is fake and unimportant. With that said, the fairy tale storybook framing of the main story in the original game / "season" did give off a decent Disney vibe. A shame the second "season" totally ruined that by making it all about Keyblade wielders inside another goddamn datascape, with more fucking time travel!

0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage: Mickey and Yen Sid are important characters and we see some destroyed Disney worlds.

Kingdom Hearts III: This story is about Sora and his friends preparing to fight Xehanort and his minions at a desert wasteland, and then they do. That's it. None of the visits to Disney Worlds have anything to do with that or impact it in any way; there's not even any crisis going on in the universe motivating the visits in the first place. Mickey, Yen Sid, Donald and Goofy, Jiminy Cricket, Scrooge McDuck, Remy and Merlin all get to be important to certain degrees, and the game itself is certainly full of Disney goodness for fans...it's just a shame that the original elements feel so divorced from it now. Everything that used to fit in with Disney - Keyblades and magic Keyholes, villains in black coats and the enemy creatures under their command, Kingdom Hearts itself, etc. - have so little interaction, intersection or interest with the Disney stuff that they've taken on their own, far less interesting identity. Even the new Disney worlds feel less like new incarnations of Disney properties set in an RPG universe and more like just....well, those Disney properties.

Melody of Memory: All the Disney stuff is fake and unimportant.

Dark Road: The main character's disgust at the actions of some Disney villains is used to justify him....becoming a villain himself. Because if there's one thing Disney is known for, it's stories where villainy is totally justified if done to keep other villains in line! Wait...

Missing Link: All the Disney stuff is fake and....

Kingdom Hearts IV: FINAL FANTASY VERSUS XIII!

Sigh....Is it any wonder I'm like this?

[jaketrains]

PAW Patrol: 10 Year: Characters (2023)

Characters

Ryder

Chase

Rubble

Marshall

Rocky

Zuma

Skye

Robo-Dog

Everest

Tracker

Tuck and Ella

Rex

(Cat Pack)

Wild

Rory

Leo

Shade

Liberty

Al

Coral

(Rubble & Crew)

Charger (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Mix (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Wheeler (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Motor (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Auntie Crane (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Grandpa Gravel (Debut in PAW Patrol)

(Junior Patrollers)

Mini

Tot

Nano

Mayor Goodway

Chicketta

Julia Goodway

Julius Goodway

Gustavo Goodway

Uncle Otis Goodway

Mayor Greatway (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Mr. Ducky-Doo (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Mr. Porter

Alex Porter

Mr. Hudson

Katie

Cali

Cap’n Turbot

Francisco Turbot

Tilly Turbot

Dr. Tammy Turbot

Taylor Turbot

Codi Gizmody

Elly-Dee

Cassie

Eddie and Emmy

Mayor Humdinger

Kitten Catastrophe Crew

Meow-Meow (Hench-Cat)

Harold Humdinger

Cheetah Humdinger

Helga Humdinger

Farmer Yumi

Farmer Al

Ms. Marjorie

Maynard

Hurricane Harrigan

Adventure Bay Cameraman

Cletus

Adventure Bay Residents

Ladybird

Sweetie

Busby

Princess of Barkibgburg

Earl of Barkingburg

Butler of Barkingburg Castle

Henry and Elizabeth

Duke of Flappington

Jean-Claude

Claw

Sparks the Dragon

Henry

Luke Stars

Traveling Travis

Mr. Wingnut

Mrs. Wingnut

Cowgirl Beryl

Tough Guy (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Carmen (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Marty Muckraker (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Adventure City Camerawoman (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Butch and Ruben (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Window Washer (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Kendra Wilson (Debut in PAW Patrol

Tony (Debut in PAW Patrol)

Carols

Jake

Cora Colors

Mother Mer-Pup

Baby Mer-Pup

Kelp

Moby

McSquidly

Victoria Vance

Flight Controller

Captain Gordy

Hailey Daily

The Copycat (Mr. Nibbles)

Big Hairy

Little Hairy

(Ruff Ruff Pack)

Hubcap

Gasket

Dwayne

Speed Meister

Mr. McTurtle

Lily

Lucas

Omar

Juniper

Camila (Truck Driver and Pilot Airplane)

Grocer Gabriel

Cafe Carl (Ice Cream Shop and Popcorn’s Cafe)

Shopkeeper Shelley (Bike Shop and Toys Shop)

Sierra Sparkle

Farmer Zoe

Park Ranger Rose

River

Builder Cove Residents

Precious Owner

Precious Owner’s Father

Precious Owner’s Mother

The Great Wendini

Ace Sorensen

Daring Danny X

Diredre

Arrby

Sid the Swashbuckler the Pirate

Shaw

Sarah

Raimundo

Cake Judge

Chili and Pizza Judge

Spud

Little Boy

[linuxgamenews]

Unleash Your Strategy in The Sid Meier Collection Game Bundle

The Sid Meier Collection game bundle comes with outstanding releases for Linux and Steam Deck due to also play via Windows PC. Thanks to the Humble Bundle team for bringing their creativity to this collection. Which is also out now as a pay what you want deal. Ready to build the ultimate empire? Dive into the epic worlds of the Sid Meier Collection game bundle. Also full of some of the greatest quests around. Topping the list is Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, where you’ll lead a civilization from scratch. While guiding your people through centuries of growth, conflict, and prosperity. You get to pick your leaders, explore unique strategies, and also watch your empire rise above the rest. This is Civ at its finest on Linux and Steam Deck.

This deal also offers support

And that’s just the beginning — there are tons of expansions and extras in this deal, too. Since you’ll get the Leader Pass, the New Frontier Pass, and even Beyond Earth – The Collection. These aren’t just little add-ons; they take these releases to a whole new level. Want more leaders to play as? The Leader Pass has you covered. So, are you ready for new challenges and some futuristic vibes? The New Frontier Pass and Beyond Earth bring fresh changes and bold scenarios that keep the title exciting every time you jump in The Sid Meier Collection game bundle. Here’s the best part: normally, this whole collection would set you back about $397 USD. But with Humble Bundle, you choose your price and make the deal that works for you! Since you can start for as little as $5 to get Steam keys for this epic lineup of releases. And if you feel like supporting a good cause, you can bump up your payment. It’s all about playing, saving, all due to make a difference.

The Sid Meier Collection game bundle Tiers:

$5 USD for these 5 items

Civilization III: Complete (with Proton)

Starships (with Proton)

Railroads! (with Proton)

Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies (Verified with Proton)

Ace Patrol (with Proton)

$9 USD for these 10 items

Civilization VI

Civilization: Beyond Earth™ - The Collection

Civilization V: The Complete Edition

Pirates! (with Proton)

Civilization® IV: The Complete Edition

$12 USD for The Sid Meier Collection game bundle 18 items

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall

Civilization VI - Vikings Scenario Pack

Civilization VI - Poland Civilization & Scenario Pack

Civilization VI - Australia Civilization & Scenario Pack

Civilization VI - Persia and Macedon Civilization & Scenario Pack

Civilization VI - Nubia Civilization & Scenario Pack

Civilization VI - Khmer & Indonesia Double Civilization & Scenario Pack

$18 USD for these 20 items

Sid Meiers Civilization VI: Leader Pass

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

All The Sid Meier Collection game bundle title are redeemable on Steam. They work on Linux natively or via steam play with Windows PC, some also available on Mac. So whatever your setup is, chances are you’re covered. Just check the full system support before making a purchase. Plus, there’s a big reason to feel extra good about this deal — it also supports two great charities: Covenant House and The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Covenant House helps provide shelter and support for homeless youth, and The Michael J. Fox Foundation is all about finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease. So every dollar you put down not only lands you fantastic titles but also goes toward making a positive impact. Oh, and one more thing: if you like what the Humble Team are doing, you can leave a tip to show your support. Your contribution gets split between the developers, the charities, and Humble itself, so you’re helping everyone involved. So if you’re a Civ fan or just love getting lost in incredible strategy quests, The Sid Meier Collection game bundle is for you. Grab it, play it, and let’s help make the world a little better together. Start building your empire and make a difference while you’re at it. Due to buy now as a pay what you want deal. Along with support for Linux and Steam Deck with steam play, with Windows PC.

[simpleratattack]

10 Random Facts About Me

First off, thank you @venriliz for tagging me, I literally do not know what to say, but I'll try to come up with 10.

No 1. I was born November 17, but was supposed to be born on November 29th. I turned in a way that meant I would have come out feet first. No 2. I identify as non-binary, but I use She/He/They pronouns. Sid isn't my legal name, nor do I plan on legally changing it anytime soon, but I just identify with Sid more than my real name (I also just don't want my real name anywhere online) No 3. I have a ceramics and jewellery degree, only honors tho because the thought of staying another couple of years in schooling made me wanna gouge my eyeballs out. No 4. Much like Ven, I do not want children. I might change my mind in the future, but right now, no. I can barely take care of myself, why on earth would I bring a poor human who would also rely on me onto this planet.

No 5. Used to be Christian (was christaned and everything), but that was mainly because my mum's religious. Just started to not believe in it fully, but I also don't fully disagree with it. So that was just a winded way of saying I'm agnostic. No 6. My first Sim's game wasn't a mainline series, but was actually My Sims, for the Wii! (the worst version, PC is better). I played a few of the other games in the series, but nothing (NOTHING!) beats My SIms Agents. (EA, bring back My Sims, or port it to a console, I'm BEGGING! No 7. Since I post a lot more about Fashion Dreamer than Sims (1 post, 1 sims post), I have been playing the Syn Sophia games (the Style Boutiques games at least) since the original one on DS. (Syn Sophia, if you're able, post those games to the switch too! Or remake the first one!) I first owned a totally legal, not at all pirated, copy of it that totally didn't stop me from going past a certain point, hahaha🏴‍☠️ No 8. Outside of the Sims and Fashion Dreamer, games I enjoy playing are Ace Attorney, Persona, Detective Grimoire, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and whatever indie game I can get my grubby little hands on. No 9. My user name was actually inspired by @/early-gape (I have had so many iterations of this user name of this god forsaken hell site/app), but I made it rat. Used to have a side blog called distressed-posum, cannot for the life of me remember what I reblogged there, but I'm fairly certain it was fanfic related. No 10. I'm Welsh! ...Nothing else to add really, just that I'm Welsh.

So some of those facts were a bit of a reach, but we're here, and it's over, I can go to bed (code for stay up until 12 watching funny videos on my phone.)

If you've got this far, then guess what, you've been tagged (code for I'm too tired to tag anyone it is 22:22pm, I have been at work all afternoon, it is hot as hell outside and our air conditioning is shit).

🍉 If you don't want to do it, then you know what you can do for me, is go here, click, and you can help save someone's life. 🍉

[adhdgays]

[Image Description: Collage titled "Sun Wukong Sunday 2024" containing media depicting Sun Wukong. Media includes:

2008 Olympics Monkey Movie, 21st Century Journey to the West, 300 Heroes, Ace of Arenas, Adventures from China: Monkey King, AFK Arena, Age of Mythology, American Born Chinese, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Arena of Valor, Awesomenauts, Black Myth: Wukong, Blades of Brim, Bloons Monkey City, Cards, the Universe and Everything, Cloud Master, Dark Matter Particle Explorer, DC “Monkey Prince” and “Monkey King,” Destiny of Thrones, Diablo III, Digimon, Dislyte, DotA 2, Dragon Ball, Dragon Power, Dungeon Boss, Dungeon Hunter Champions, Empire Warriors: Tower Defense, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Ether Saga Odyssey, Evertale, Fate/Grand Order, Final Fantasy “Zidane,” Final Fantasy XIV, Fire Ball (2005), For Honor, Fortnite, Free Fire, Genshin Impact, Girl Giant and the Monkey King, God Game, GO Titans, Heroes Arena, Heroes Evolved, Heroes of Newerth, Heroes of the Storm, Honor of Kings, Into the Badlands, Jackie Chan Adventures, Journey to the West, Kamihime Project, Kirby, Kung Fu Chaos, Kung Fu Monkey King, Kung Fu Panda: Paws of Destiny, League of Legends, League of Masters: Auto Chess, Legend of Ace, Legend of Wukong, Legends Summarized: The Monkey King, LEGO Brawls, LEGO Fortnite, Lo Scimmiotto, Lost Empire, Love, Hina, Magic Thousand Character, Marvel “Monkey King | Sun Wukong” and “Sun Wukong (Deity) | Monkey King,” Marvel vs Capcom 2, Mega Man: The Wily Wars, Megami Tensei, Michael and the Monkey King, Minecraft: Chinese Mythology Mash-Up, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Mobile Legends, Monkey: Journey to the West, Monkey, Monkey Around, Monkey Goes West, Monkey King: Myth of the Skull, Monkey King, Monkey King, Monkey King and the Imps, Monkey King, Monkey King Idle: AFK RPG, Monkey King The Bottomless Hole, Monkey King The Legend Begins, Monkey King the One and Only, Monkey King Unparalleled, Monkey Magic, Monkey Magic, Monkey Twins, Monkey Typhoon, Monkey VS Er Lang Shen, Monkey with 72 Magic, Monster Land, Monster Legends Competitive, Monty the Magic Monkey, My Hero Academia, Myth: Monkey King, Nagurikomi Son Goku, Naruto, Nevermore-W: Idle Immortal RPG, New Pilgrims to the West, Ohabare Son Goku, One Piece, The Monkey Sun, The Tale of the True Monkey and the False Monkey, Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Oriental Legend, Osomatsu kun, Overwatch, Paragon, Pirate 101, Pocket Knights 2: Dragon Impact, Pokémon, Princess Iron Fan, Princess Iron Fan, Project X Zone,

Puzzles & Dragons, Rabbids: Party of Legends, RAID: Shadow Legends, RaiRai Gokuu, Ravenswatch, Return of Wukong, Revival of the Monkey King, RWBY, Saiyuki: Journey West, Saiyuki, Saiyuki, SD Gundam World Heroes, Sealed Demon Tower, Secret Journey, Seven Fights with Nine Tail Fox, Seven Fights with Nine Tail Fox, Seven Knights Idle Adventure, Shaceng Diary, Shen Yun Production of Journey to the West, Shinzo, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Six Eared Macaque, SMITE, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonson, Spaceketeers, Spark: A Space Tail, Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio, Strife, Subway Surfers, Summoners War Sky Arena, Sun, Sun Wukong vs Robot, Super Monkey Returns, Tang Monk Love Story, Tears of No Regret, The Adventures of Sun Wukong, The Fallen Hero, The Fantastic Magic Baby, The Four Monkeys The Return of Sun Wukong, The Great Sage Heaven’s Equal, The Karma Saiyuki, The Librarians, The Magic Cudgel, The Magic Journey to the West 2: Conquering the Demons, The Monkey and the Banshee, The Monkey King, The Monkey King, The Monkey King, The Monkey King, The Monkey King Demon City, The Monkey King’s Daughter, The Needle of the Sea Goddess, The New Legends of Monkey, The Player, The Rising Sun Saga, The True Monkey King, The Year Of Rice And Salt, Till We Meet Again, Tokyo Afterschool Summoners, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, True and False Monkey King, Tsûzoku Saiyûki, Unmatched, Unruly Heroes, Warframe, War Song, West Adventure, West Tour Diary and Wukong Biography, Westward Journey Online II, Wu Cheng’En and Journey to the West, Wukong-Chinese & Math, Wukong Fight, Xin, The God of High School, Fly Superboard, New Journey to the West, Omniscient Reader, The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower, A Korean Odyssey, “Light of the Sun (Sun Wukong),” “Sun Wukong (Asian Trap Beat Mix),” “Sun Wukong (Battle),” “Sun Wukong (Monkey King),” “Sun Wukong Intro,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Sun Wukong,” “Super,” “Sun Wu Kong,” Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West, Famicom Mukashibanashi: Yūyūki, Enoken no Son Goku: Zenpen, Carddass, Force of Will, Monster Strike, Lupin the Third Part II, Surprise, Unexpectedness, The Daily Life of the Immortal King, Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken, The Legends of Changing Destiny, War Sovereign Soaring The Heavens, The Forbidden Kingdom, Great Sage, Marshal Tian Peng, Dream Journey, Journey to the West The Five Elements Mountains, Great God Monkey 1: Xiang Yao Pian, Great God Monkey, Saint, Journey to the West, A Chinese Odyssey, A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity, A Chinese Odyssey, Journey to the West: The Supreme Treasure, Buddies in India, Havoc in Heaven, The Monkey King 1: Havoc In Heaven’s Palace, Heavenly Legend, Journey to the West Children’s Edition, Legend of Tian Peng, Yokai Watch, Battles with the Red Boy, The Monkey King Stormed the Sea Palace, Journey to the West, Adventures of Wukong, Wu Kong, Legend of Sun Wukong, LEGO Monkie Kid, A Chinese Tall Story, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, New Gods: Nezha Reborn, Smile Pretty Cure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book!, Dark Journey to the West: God of Destruction, Saiyuki, Warriors Orochi 2, InuYasha, White Dragon Horse, Monkey King Reincarnation, Cave of the Silken Web, Cave of the Silken Web, Taste of Love, Journey to the West: A Duel on the Faith, The Land of Many Perfumes, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, Journey to the West Legends of the Monkey King, The Monkey King Reborn, Monkey King: Hero is Back, Monkey King Myth, Journey to the West Afterstory, Journey to the West Bi Qiu Kingdom, Journey to the West Demon’s Child, Journey to the West: The Legend of the Mermaid, Journey to the West 1: Conquering the Demons, Westward Journey Kungfu Monkey God and Demon Battle, Saiyukiden Dieno, Alakazam the Great, Journey to the West, Journey to the West, Monkey, Saiyuuki, Pigsy's Marriage, The Monkey King Quest For The Sutra, The Monkey King: The Five Fingers Group, Big Trouble in Dragon Palace, 19th century illustration of the Monkey King.

Under the cut includes sixteen screenshots of text documents detailing all of the media including Sun Wukong.]

Happy Sunday to The Most Guy In Anything!

[a-wondering-nomad]

Wether it's playing AC Black Flag and Sid Meyer's Pirates, or listening to Colm R. McGuinness' music, or watching Pirates of the Caribbean and recently Our Flag Means Death - it would seem I am obsessed with pirate media!~

So it's only fitting I made some pirate oc's! To start, here’s the ship’s captain! I imagine he’s a spirited jokester, who takes the lead in singing the shanties that keep the crew working!

I might’ve went a lil’ overboard on his oversized jacket, but the captain has to stand out a little ehehehe

Hope you enjoy!

[sidwilsonsbitch]

Sid Au Ships

Firedoll - Fireball/Babydoll

Bomb Trio - Bullet/Ace/Roper

Moving Parts - Dj Starscream/S1d (platonic)

Princess and the Snake - V/Fae

Fluff duo - Bug/Bubbs (platonic)

Danger Zone - Ratboy/0

Darkside - Sidney/Daemon

Bubbles and Blood Sib/Count/Goat

[ronon-gallagher-writes]

Writeblr Intro!

hello! i’m Ronon (he/him), i’m pretty new to writeblr so i thought i’d make a little intro for myself and my WIPs. i’m really looking forward to getting to know you all and learning about your writing!

ABOUT ME

21 years old

uni student in the uk

bisexual & genderqueer

favourite genres to read & write include sci-fi, fantasy, and books with queer rep 

MY WIPs

these are the WIPs i’m currently working on, but i constantly have new ideas. this page (currently a work in progress itself) is a kind of masterpost of every WIP i’m willing to talk about & will be updated semi-regularly

1. Return to Avalon - intro post - sci-fi, queer & poc main characters. Arthur- Captain of the Excalibur- must chase down the hired guns that attacked her planet, find the power behind the attack, and retrieve the tech stolen during the battle, all while trying to find a way to bring her best friend home. Meanwhile, unsure who survived the Mars attack and stranded in a time before real technology, Merlin must scavenge parts in hopes of returning to his home.

2. The Civil War of the Sea - urban fantasy, modern time period, queer & poc main characters. I’m currently re-plotting this so there’s no summary as of yet. However, the 3 main characters are Peter (Human, white, he/him, bi transman), Sid (Goblin Warlock, he/they/xe, pansexual, genderqueer), and Medea (Human Witch, black, she/they, ace lesbian). 

3. The Unsettled Sea - urban fantasy, golden age of pirating era, queer & poc main characters. Set in the same universe as the above, but hundreds of years before. The plot has yet to be nailed down but this book follows the adventures of Captain Mordud (Valkyrie, she/her, aroace) and her pirate crew. 

4. Boys Will Be Boys - friendship, romance, coming of age, 1940s to 1950s, queer main characters. Set in an English boarding school towards the end of WW2, this story follows a group of teenage boys (and their families) as they try to make the most of their final years at school, featuring shenanigans and secret gay love. 

[thecomet-and-themeteor]

I got two likes on this post so I'm sharing.

I feel like it'd go like this:

OVs who run their own part of the Isle

Other OVs

Leaders of the more powerful gangs

VKs who are set to inherit parts of the Isle and the closest circle of the more powerful gangs's leaders

Main henchmen of OVs and less powerful gang leaders

Everyone else

"What do you mean by OVs who run their own parts of the Isle?" I'm glad you asked! I was thinking about how Auradon is run (a bunch of kingdoms joined together and run separately while all also following the rule of a Higher Ruler) and started to wonder how that same system could be applied to the Isle of the Lost and how it would be different if it was. I came to the conclusion that, despite there being certain villains that everyone fears and/or respects more than others, there wouldn't be a Higher Ruler*. Instead, the Isle is split up into different Districts or Sectors, each of which is run by different villains.

This is my first draft of the idea. Yen Sid and The Horned King don't technically have control over any parts of the Isle, they're just highly protected of the area immediately surrounding their homes, but I counted them anyway.

The reason why the Isle of the Doomed is complicated is because the land itself is controlled by Hades but the buildings on it are run by Facilier.

Most villains do have control over their own buildings, e.g. Frollo laying claim to all of the Churches on the Isle and Gaston laying claim to a handful of bars, but they're not as powerful as those that run their own districts.

Additionally, Ruling OVs have territory in Districts that aren't their's. For example, Facilier is under Hades's protection, so his shop is considered his territory even with it's located in Lady Tremaine's.

Neutral ground is the Pirate's Bay since that's where Auradon's ships of trash usually land and all of the schools.

Black Ice District - Snow Queen

Maleficent's District ('Maleficent's) - Maleficent

Forest of Misery ('The Miserables') - Evil Queen

The Deck - Queen of Hearts

Sour Sugar Sector ('The S.S.S.'/'Triple S') - King Candy/Turbo

The Southern Isle - Prince Hans

??? - Lady Tremaine

??? - Prince John

??? - Yzma

A small social circle of Ruling OVs and their kids (and grandkids in Lady Tremaine's case) form as a result.

Oh and here's how I think Scar and Hades split the catacombs:

And then there's the gangs on the Isle. Most people on the Isle know of six, even though they really only bother to care about two.

Once again, this is the first draft of the concept.

The Rotten - Core Four's gang (canon)

The Renegades - Sea Three's gang (canon)

The Nightshades - Mad Maddy's gang (canon)

The Red Spades - Ace of Diamond's gang (non-canon)

The Wharf Rats - Jason & Harold Badun's gang (non-canon)

The Land Sharks - Son of Monstro's gang (non-canon)

The gangs run things on the Isle on a more personal level. Some have allied themselves with certain District owners, and it is at this point in writing the post that I realize I should probably mention that I've never read or watched the Hunger Games, most notably the Renegades with the Black Ice District and the Rottens with Maleficent's District and The Miserables. It's a mutually beneficial relationship in that gangs aren't required to abide by the interpersonal relationships between the Ruling OVs so the rulers they ally with can get more done through them and the gangs get more power and influence over people as well as more security over their territory. However, it puts the gangs at direct mercy of the Ruling OV in question rather than at indirect mercy, which can be a bit of a struggle for the gang leader(s).

*I can see certain people on the Isle deciding to stay on the Isle post-D3 because it's become their home, including some Ruling OVs, and I think at that point it starts to function closer to how Auradon functions since Uma takes up the role of figuring out how to get what everyone wants done. She gets more and more kids out, she partners with Ben to make an OV rehabilitation course, and when people who hold a lot of power on the Isle leave, she gets involved to make sure what they left in their wake is redistributed and overtaken before any problems can break out because of it. She becomes the unofficial Queen of the Isle for a long time before the Ruling OVs that chose to stay on the Isle grant her the title officially.

(Also, the Ruling OVs that chose to stay get their titles [back] once Uma starts making efforts to get the Isle recognized as its own kingdom state because I can do what I want.)

Tl;dr: Some villains split up parts of the Isle as though they're mini-kingdoms which take care of the Isle on a broader level while the main gangs really care of the Isle on a smaller, personal level. This highly affects the Isle's social hierarchy system.

Creating your own fanon what you can't entirely tell whether it's "fuck canon," "adding to canon," or "I'm completely making up my own canon" is actually so important

[libertineangel]

I know it's very much not a new frustration but man if Ubisoft wasn't afraid to just let Assassin's Creed die we could have some really great games.

Obviously the new trilogy are barely AC games, but Black Flag remains the best pirate game since Sid Meier's and they really shoulda let it become its own series, because the actual AC plotline didn't do much for it and Edward Kenway had a real good character arc that would've been pretty much unchanged without it, and if it was its own series we could have more.

I'd love a Black Flag 2 following a Barbary Corsair, or a member of Ching Shih's confederation, and considering the popularity of the first I'd imagine plenty of others would as well, but I doubt we ever will.

[annalyticall]

hi! given your life for pirate stuff, have you ever played assassin's creed black flag? i had fun playing it, but then again i know nothing about pirates or assassins. if you did it would be really cool to hear your opinion!!

I actually only played the first few hours but I wasn't able to get through it because 1) my computer at the time couldn't really handle it and 2) it was my first and only assassin's creed game so I kind of got stuck on some of the more assassin-type missions I wasn't familiar with like trailing. Until that point nothing really caught my interest other than the music maybe.

I'm sure I'll probably like it more once I geta better computer and try it again, but from what I've seen of it so far I think it leans a little too far into 'assassin' when I really want it to lean into 'pirate' but perhaps that's wishful thinking from an ac game lol. Until then my pirate genre game of choice will always be Sid Meier's Pirates! (The exclamation point is part of the title) as outdated as it is now.

[ooffoonoo]

Favourite Male Characters

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001. Fred Weasley - Harry Potter 002. Joffrey Baratheon - Game Of Thrones 003. Iron Bull - Dragon Age 004. Chongyun - Genshin Impact 005. Eustass Kid - One Piece 006. Kakuzu - Naruto 007. Katsuki Bakugo - Boku No Hero Academia 008. Kenny Ackermann - Attack on Titan 009. Sal Fisher - Sally Face 010. Sidon - Zelda Breath Of The Wild 011. Samatoki Aohitsugi - Hypnosis Mic 012. Giriko - Soul Eater 013. JJ Jones - Skins UK 014. Sokka - Avatar The Last Airbender 015. Cole Mackenzie - Anne With An E 016. Roy - Pokemon Sword/Shield 017. Ginti - Death Parade 018. Shuu Tsukiyama - Tokyo Ghoul 019. Shu Sakamaki - Diabolik Lovers 020. Takanobu Aone - Haikyuu! 021. Howl - Howls Moving Castle 022. Shanks - One Piece 023. Papyrus - Undertale 024. Wrench - Watch Dogs 2 025. Eddie Gluskin - Outlast Whistleblower 026. Karl Heisenberg - Resident Evil 8 027. Craig Tucker - South Park 028. Miles Edgeworth - Ace Attorney 029. Sebastian - Stardew Valley 030. Rufus - Deponia 031. Pino - Fantasy Life 032. Azusa Mukami - Diabolik Lovers 033. Knuckles the Echidna - Sonic 034. Shad - Zelda Twilight Princess 035. Deidara - Naruto 036. Billy Hargrove - Stranger Things 037. Christian Varela Expósito - Elite 038. Raphael - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 039. Bennett - Genshin Impact 040. Klaus Hargreeves - Umbrella Academy 041. Tenya Iida - Boku No Hero Academia 042. James - Pokemon 043. Desna - Legend of Korra 044. Black Star - Soul Eater 045. Sigurd Ragnarson - Vikings 046. Vinsmoke Sanji - One Piece 047. Kuko Harai - Hypnosis Mic 048. Varric Tethras - Dragon Age 049. Rodrick Heffley - Diary of a Wimpy Kid 050. Hizashi Yamada/Present Mic - Boku No Hero Academia 051. Milo Thatch - Atlantis The Lost Empire 052. Sid Jenkins - Skins UK 053. Mike Zacharias - Attack on Titan 054. Dorian Pavus - Dragon Age 055. Lars Barriga - Steven Universe 056. Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones 057. Reiner Braun - Attack on Titan 058. Edmund Tolleson - Ratched 059. Bolin - Legend of Korra 060. Frank Bowers - Life is Strange 061. Gimli - Lord of The Rings 062. Trafalgar D Water Law - One Piece 063. Omar Shanaa - Elite 064. Finn McNamara - Life is Strange 2 065. Kei Tsukishima - Haikyuu! 066. Shikamaru Nara - Naruto 067. Tombo Kopori - Kikis Delivery Service 068. Crow Master - Dragon Prince 069. Ghirahim - Zelda Skyward Sword 070. Laurits Seier - Ragnarök 071. Frank Stein - Soul Eater 072. Shane - Stardew Valley 073. Tartaglia/Childe - Genshin Impact 074. Kenny McCormick - South Park 075. Yarro - Pokemon Sword/Shield 076. Portgas D Ace - One Piece 077. Five Hargeeves - Umbrella Academy 078. Neville Longbottom - Harry Potter 079. Reese Wilkerson - Malcolm In The Middle 080. Desi Piscatella - Orange Is The New Black 081. Severus Snape - Harry Potter 082. Choji Akimichi - Naruto 083. Patrick Hockstetter - IT 084. Lucas Baker - Resident Evil 7 085. Hitoshi Shinso - Boku No Hero Academia 086. Subaru Sakamaki - Diabolik Lovers 087. Gonzo Gonzales - Die Wilden Kerle 088. Shadow the Hedgehog - Sonic 089. Rich Hardbeck - Skins UK 090. Rock Lee - Naruto 091. Huan - Legend of Korra 092. Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean 093. Rick Sanchez - Rick and Morty 094. Sandor Clegane - Game of Thrones 095. Ambrose Spellman - Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina 096. Robbie Shapiro - Victorious 097. Hiro - Soul Eater 098. Ryunosuke Tanaka - Haikyuu! 099. Lorenor/Roronoa Zorro - One Piece 100. Wade Wilson/Deadpool - Deadpool

[dpurut]

thanks for the tag!!

1) ace attorney. i think this is obvious. especially aa4!!! ive literally molded my entire identity around this game. my name is ace because of this

2) disco elysium..... op i still cannot stress enough how excited i was when i saw you in your kim cosplay from our stand. i freaked Out . sorry for yelling���

3) persona 4. theres just something special about the Fourth Game in a Series. i should make four my lucky number.

4) sid meier's pirates! my dad used to have a psp that was Sadly Lost due to an Uncle Related Accident and we would play it together. still play it on the computer tho

5) bioshock :) i spent my childhood staring at the cd cover for the game its so special to me. also bioshock 2... its so underrated i love it so much people are just little haters about it. bioshock is the game that made me pursue a career in game design and art btw. the catalyst

6) the sims 2!!!! theres something unmatched about that game. i lost my whole save file a while back im still rebuilding :(

7) fallout 3 and new vegas! played these as a kid with my dad as well. he used to toggle god mode on and let me go ham on things

tagging: @scamguy @theocoeur @fastidious-and-a-mess @krynutsreal or anybody else that wants to!

inspired by the 7 comfort movies tag post i decided i wanted to make one for video games! tag 7 people and list 7 comfort video games!

1) disco elysium (there is something so comforting about seeing me and my best friend in two middle aged miserable pixelated dudes having a supernatural detective adventure)

2) the witcher 3 (but also the whole series i just like the third one better)

3) stardew valley

4) uncharted series

5) yakuza series in its entirety but especially 0

6) red dead redemption 2

7) civilization 6

tagging: @kulemii @kuukigajan @kylorens @dontymon @all-sanity-is-now-beyond-me @dpurut @luis-serras but everyone who wants to do is greatly encouraged the tag list is a formality lmao

[linuxgamenews]

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