#random voicelines are cool

[assassinhomecreedstuck]

omg laswell has a wife.... good for her, hope she stops smoking

[fatuismooches]

omg omg how would fragile reader use foxtorre in gameplay? idk why the first thing i thought of is reader throwing it at their enemies but they wouldnt do that 😭 im suddenly thinking how their gameplay would be like, their vision, their idles, etc... IF YOU COULD PLEASE MAKE VOICELINES FOR THEM I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL

Fragile reader throws the creature onto the field to do the work for them! Depending on whether their skill is held or tapped, Foxttore will summon multiple little Puffttores that will attack enemies to heal the team or do damage, based on reader’s current HP. Using the skill also consumes a set amount of fragile reader's HP. But using their burst will let them recover HP, as they will steal a certain percentage of HP from their fellow party members. All they want to be is healthy, they can be a little selfish, no? But fragile reader isn’t that mean, they’ll grant the party members who they stole HP from a random buff (ATK, crit rate/dmg, EM, etc) so they can sit back and relax as the others fight for them. And no, they won’t steal HP from Dottore or another Harbinger on the team, that’s their beloved and their friends after all! But they can’t do elemental reactions, they don’t want that horrid thing from Celestia and even if they got one they would refuse to use it. (But I still have hope another element will be added, I cannot see Dottore using a Vision HE BETTER NOT he’s stronger than that 😞)

Their idles include pulling out Foxttore and squeezing it really tightly, and then they suddenly pause for a few seconds as they feel something fuzzy moving inside of their shirt... and then a few small Puffttores jump out of their clothes making them laugh :) Another one, i imagine they carry around a small bag to hold their necessary items (such as medication) but also to bring around a scrapbook they've made with all their memories. Lots of photos and journal entries spanning many years. They pull it out and flip through it, before sighing almost sadly and putting it away again. Their BIS weapon is the same one from centuries ago, Dottore had preserved it for all those years so they could use it once again (not really though because they wobble all over the place if you use their normal attacks)

Hello: "I am [Name]. I doubt I'll be much help to you, but I'm here now. By the way, I won't do anything I don't want to. If you have a problem with that, you can take it up with Dottore."

About the Archons: "... Do not mention them in front of me... it makes me sick to my stomach, thinking about the divine. However, there is one exception - the Tsaritsa of course. She is truly the epitome of what a God should be, benevolent and kind. I may not be able to help much, but I will support her until the end. When you meet her, Traveler, I hope you will understand her goals."

About the Illness: "Ah, my sickness... it has plagued me for countless years, laying a horrible curse upon my body and mind. It's... it's been quite difficult sometimes... er, forgive me. It's hard to speak about."

"Oh... to be honest, Paimon always thought you were faking it for the Fatui's goals to some extent."

"... this is why I only confide in Dottore."

About Dottore: "My one and only... words cannot express my tenderness and love toward him. Not once has he given up on me, despite the times I've given up on myself. And he has always taken care of me, not once faltering in over four hundred years. I- I don't know what to do sometimes when faced with that information. I wish I could be... less of a burden on him... *sigh*"

About the Akademiya: "Say, does anything good come out of that school anymore? Hm? You say a brilliant mage graduated from there and is now a librarian? Well, good for her. Who would want to be associated with them anyway? And there's also a doctor who's very sick, searching for the answer to immortality? Well now... how interesting."

About the Past: "You wish to know about my past? Well, there's not too much to say. I was a regular student in the Akademiya before I met Dottore, and we fell in love... we did many things together before I... It's not like it matters anymore, being the way I am now..."

Chat - The Body: “One’s body is extremely important, yet many take it for granted. Please, make sure to treasure and love your body. It does more for you than you could ever imagine.”

Chat - Walks: "I love taking walks. It seems so normal to you but, it brings me great happiness. Especially now... I have not felt the sun caress my body or the soft breeze sweep through my hair for a long, long time. Hm? I don't mind if you come with, but... Dottore will be joining me shortly. Would you like to see him? No? Hehe."

When it Rains: "Oh no... do you have an umbrella? Dottore's going to- a-achoo!- get mad at me for not taking care of myself properly..."

Likes - Dancing: "O-oh. You saw me just now? I was just... practicing. I'm not very good at it, but dancing with Dottore as he twirls me around makes me... happy. I just need to stop tripping and falling over his feet all the time."

Nahida - About You: "You've met the Doctor's spouse? Please, would you enlighten me about them some more? I have always been extremely curious about the kind of person who would capture his attention. Hmm... I see. Still sick, are they? Perhaps Dottore sees something in them that the rest of us cannot. Though, I have to commend their spirit. Being able to wake up every day and face what's in front of them while being afflicted with such a condition... takes a strong will."

[texasthoughtsaboutnothing]

Actual thoughts on Canto VI, the most convoluted Wuthering Heights Fix-it Fic of all time.

There's almost too much I want to say. So... bullet points random thoughts.

Distortion Heathcliff being over with so quickly was initially a little disappointing but on top of being a sick design, I think it both sets up how Distortion is firmly on the table and is a perfect representation of Heath's image of himself: a storm of anger and destruction that ends almost immediately but leaves so much pain in its wake. Sad he didn't manifest it as an Effloresced EGO, but maybe someday we'll get Berserk armor Heath wrapped in barbed wire.

Nelly being a traitor seemed pretty obvious, but I'm happy with her reasons. She just an employee at the end of the day, and the examination of the consequences of Mirror tech did a lot to explain how she could end up doing what she did. Also, Mirrors seem terrifying.

Heath and Cathy being a relationship I care about in current year was not on my bingo list but I'll take it. I feel like a resolution to their story is a long ways off but PM is actually big on happy endings so I want to believe he can get her back.

So the Golden Boughs are just fucking magic I guess. Literally containing the "power of possibilities" by which they mean "they grant fucking wishes like a god damn genie." I actually like this development, establishing all the ways this Sci-Fi setting is actually magic is cool.

Erlking Heath is... a lot. Entwinning him with Germanic myth is an interesting choice, I've seen some talk about how it specifically ties into Faust by way of Goethe. Better-read people than me will properly analyze that. He's the obvious candidate for a Heathcliff ID, yet how could such a thing be? Erlcliff has no reason to hunt when there's no Heath's killing no Cathy's because there are no Cathy's to kill. I'm sure they could come up with a reason, but he's also so integral to Canto VI's story is a way that even including him might be a spoiler? Maybe we see something like in FGO where voicelines and ID story are locked until you beat the correct story section.

Called it with the Guest Character, wasn't expecting Verglius. I hope this causes less people to ask for Color IDs so early, but I doubt it. Surprised they showed his EGO, but in doing so I think they've actually set a power ceiling to aspire to in gameplay terms, not just cutscene wins.

I'm sure there's more thoughts to share, but for now I'm looking forward to the new MD and the next event.

[ajxrn-archive]

Random Paimon theory, I've been thinking about genshin lore a lot so why not post this? I need to look further into lore as someone wanting to be a lore player, and don't know too deep lore regarding the gods and stuff atm so forgive any mistakes.

Long theory ramble underneath the cut!

I just watched a YouTube video mentioning the meaning behind the triquetra in genshin. Normally, it stands for a trinity of something, often the holy trinity. The guy mentioned the moon sisters theory, but I’m setting that one aside because I don’t know about the moon sisters and seelie story very well and the theory doesn’t hold as well imo.

On paimons outfit, there is a reverse triquetra. This usually signifies the opposite of whatever the normal triquetra means. The guy in the video mentions that we don’t know what the triquetra in this case would be, unless we look at the Genius invokation TCG game. There seems to be something called an Omni-element, which uses the symbol of the triquetra on it. It’s a combination of all elements, and is meant to be a sort of “light” element in genshin.

So if the triquetra stands for light in genshin, what would the opposite of that be? Darkness, or, the abyss. This ties into my own observation I made about Paimon. Now we all think she has ties to the heavenly principles & unknown god (asmoday), but what if Paimon isn’t a light being from celestia? What if she has closer ties to the abyss? So how does this hold up?

First, her name. Paimon. Paimon was a demon king who had close ties to Lucifer. Why would she have a demon name? The archons as well as the unknown god (asmoday sounds like asmodeus) have demon like names as well, which makes it even more compelling.

(^taken from Wikipedia)

Now let’s look at Paimon’s eyes. We all know what the abyss looks like now, having seen it various times. Why do Paimon’s eyes look eerily similar to the abyss? Why does nobody talk about that, actually? It’s really intriguing. She definitely has something going on and I’m curious about it. What conflicts this theory is the fact Paimon looks insanely similar to the unknown god as well. She definitely has ties to celestia, but why the abyss symbolism? Was she banished? Perhaps she sinned?

I haven’t ever seen anyone mention this and I think it’s really cool :( Paimons eyes look eerily similar to the abyss and it makes me question a lot of stuff, hence this theory post in the first place.

Another addition to this is Mona’s voiceline about Paimon, stating how she just can’t get any information about her, just like how Mona can’t get information about traveler, but this is because they aren’t from teyvat. However, Paimon IS from Teyvat, as her memories were wiped by Irminsul like everyone else’s during the Sumeru quests. 

(It sort of leads me to think something similar is going on with the Abyss sibling, since they apparently are from Teyvat, despite actually being an outsider, making them not be one of the descenders?)

Oh you know what’s weirder? The Chinese name for Genshin: 原神 (Yuán shén) means original god, like I mentioned earlier. However, if you flip the characters with eachother, it’s spelt: 神原 (Shén yuán) which HAPPENS to mean abyss in Chinese? Interesting…

Something is definitely going on with Paimon and I am really interested in finding out. Honestly, I really hate the Paimon = unknown god theory, but I do believe Paimon has a connection to her or is maybe a former god/deity herself? Especially because of the whole “original god” and “abyss” name thing, which sort of ties into genshins logo having Paimons circlet/halo on it. (Which could just be because she’s the mascot but shh let me have this)

anyways! What do you guys think? (Please be nice about this Ive only been playing since April last year and idk too much in-depth lore stuff!! This is just a fun theory I thought over. A GAME THEORY)

[newvegascowboy]

Relating to the whole body-sharing thing, how do you feel about Nick x Kellogg's Ghost?

I have a billion plot threads about the two learning to share Nick’s skull, with the common factor being Kellogg Does Not want to take revenge, hurt Nick or Sole, or delete Nick / get a new body. He's in emtional Limbo as well as physical, not sure where he wants to go from here. The Lounger woke him up once, then Amari said he would fade away... And he just didn't.

Nick believes he means no harm because he was pretty unobtrusive and managed to hide in a shadowed corner of his mind for a couple months, just watching through Nick’s eyes and reflecting on his life. The only reason he would actually possess Nick and take him hostage was if someone tried to delete him before he's ready to face death again.

And from there they become friends and/or lovers while not telling anyone Kellogg’s still technically alive.

I feel like the Kellogg's Ghost thing is kind of a hot button issue in fandom where there's 2 camps. You either fall into "it was stupid and im glad they didnt do anything with it" or "they shouldn't have brought it up only to do nothing with it". I tend to fall more into the latter camp. I think it could have been a really fucking cool thing but. Alas!

I agree with you that I don't think Kellogg would necessarily want revenge. I feel he would be in a mindset of "well you beat me, fair and square." His surprise at not being dead effectively overrides any murderous impulse for a while. I think he would be more interested in hanging out undetected in Nick's head for a while, potentially trying to learn things about sole and their companions (there could have been some perception checks or something to see if your character notices anything off with Nick while Kellogg is piloting).

I think it would have been a lot of fun to occasionally get Kellogg's insights while traveling with Nick. Random voicelines while you're walking around, maybe some combat lines where Nick is effectively talking to himself ("You're welcome for the help" / "I didn't ask").

Given Nick's personal themes of autonomy and Who Am I, Really, I don't think he would want a passenger who occasionally takes the wheels. I think his priority would be to get Kellogg out of his head. There could have been some interesting resolutions to his quest, like either you kill Kellogg once and for all, kill Nick and have him take his place, or get Kellogg out into his own new synth body.

I think he could have had some particularly interesting insights if he's around during your final fight with the Institute, like providing an extra edge in the battle or accompanying you to help.

[venaue]

" Eeh..? A celebration? For me? Hah..? Ah- Kyehehe, what a surprise. "

Happy Birthday Mace !! (31/08/24)

um . i really don't know how these things work but i rly rly wanted to do it so !!! happy (late now for me) birthday to the silliest silly !!!

um if you wanna like interact rp style or sm you can send in ask form at @nrc-asteryn-crew !!

or um idk any other interactions can go here idm !!

(am i tooting my own horn a little ... maybe ... but idc rn ill feel embarrased in the morning LMAO)

random voicelines + slightly cropped ver of pic under cut <3

Voicelines:

(pls note i wrote majority of these in class and some others jst now so they arent that proof read 😭)

" Boo! Kyehehe, did I getcha? 'Kay wait- jus cuz' I'm in this preppy lil' outfit don't mean I ain't scary-! "

" Haappy birthdayyy to meeee! Happy birth- ack- hey- 'scuse you! I'm the birthday boy, ya'know. Ya can't shut me up today! Kyehehe."

" Lilia and Cater were fawnin' all over me today... Ghk... Don't they get that I'm not a little baby or somethin'..? Hey- yes I did mind! And no I was not smilin'! Shut it!"

" Kyaaa! Seriously, Ortho's the frickin' best. Look what he 'n Idia made me! Look look! Ain't it cool?! "

" I can't believe Aros made me fix up my hair! He was practically groomin' me like a little dog! That's supposed to be Anchor's thing, not mine... My hair looked fine. Hmph. "

" Oh my god. Ya should've seen it- I was walkin' to the cafeteria, right? And outta nowhere- Yuuto just- appears, and hands me a canvas with a whole self portrait of myself on it?! I literally had to go back to Ignihyde to put it in my dorm... Like- great sevens-..."

" ...Aha- I guess this wasn't so bad... Thanks. But don'tcha know? I'm a busy person-..! Hey- ack- stop draggin' me around for seven's sake-! "

"...Maybe I should go 'n say somethin' to Anchor... Ah- I dunno... Nevermind, I guess. Maybe I should just enjoy this while it's happenin'. "

" Kyehehe, Anchor looked so unsure of 'imself today- It was almost funny. ...Almost. "

" Birthdays, hm? What's one more year of livin' to someone who's already dead..? Aha- nevermind nevermind- ... "

" Ya'know, back when I was real young, there used to be tons'a people at the birthday parties I had. Even though I barely had any family, Anchor's was always there with us! It was always me 'n him, together... Ahah... "

Duo:

Mace: " Woah-! I ain't had a cake this good in forever! "

Kiyuu: " Hehe, 'course not. This one was made with love~! "

cropped img !! ☆

[gaemms-chamois]

random unorganized darknights trio + paprika musings bc sometimes i'm hit with like a pang of Brief Worry that i'm completely misinterpreted blabla that usually doesn't last too long bc i then go back to my state of I'm Just Vibing but ig at some point i just gotta let it out publicly once and be done with it lol

this is messily written Please Understand this isn't meant to be a grand thought piece

fuuuck ok well this is like very specifically abt the w, ines & paprika part now

like don't get me wrong on this. i joke abt wines moms and stuff but i dont genuinely mean it in the way of wahh wow littol family for reals kinda deal?

less on wines 'adopting' paprika, moreso paprika imprinting on them like a duckling after she was saved by them. paprika adopted them lmao. i cannot possibly interpret either w or ines as Maternal in such a way.

it's moreso that i think it's nice that this little sarkaz merc became part of the story, a girl who all her life since she was infected at a young age, was presented with becoming a mercenary being basically the only option for her.

and then, as annoying as w can be, being shown that she does have different options.

i just think it's sweet that paprika, judging by her voicelines, clearly looks up to w and ines. which is just amplified by the fact that w and ines are notoriously not the most popular people on rhodes lol. and she calls w annoying but still keeps knitting stuff and wanting to gift food to her. like if she often seeks out w and ines to tell them how well she did on something, when they are on the ship, etc. that'd at least indicate that those two humor her.

ALSO IT'S UNOFFICIAL BUT SHOUTOUT TO THAT LITTLE CHUZENJI ART WITH PAPRIKA AND W, INES & TOTTER WEARING KNITTED HATS SO CUTE

OKAY WOO DARKNIGHTS MERCENARY TRIO AND STUFF

cool yeah obviously i fucking love them. i'm not very good at words though and i tend to keep my more elaborate thoughts to just discussions between friends who know how i tick djsfhdfs

just the other day i was smiling to myself during a walk bc holy shit all three are actually playable now and that's not just wishful thinking anymore. anyway chapter 13 also happened and more stuff with the trio happened and Cool Lots of things Happening and my brain is full

they're so found family to me, like in an utterly unconventional way. i mean c'mon with how they act sometimes like- ykno. but like have y'all seen the new furniture set and descriptions that came with hoederer's release it made me go insanse.

but i think especially in ines' case it just kinda highlights that best. considering ines' arts can figure people out (putting that in rather vague terms), it truly means something when someone with her capabilities and temperament has people she chooses to stick by and actually trust. even if she pretends she doesn't by verbally denying it.

like waugh Okay they have a lot to unpack and shit but with them being reunited (take that, W file that said W needs companionship but her friends aren't around anymore) and having a COMPARATIVELY more ""relaxed"" life than before (that one Hoederer file where he just has rather regular days on rhodes), it's just nice to imagine they can finally have something better and figure stuff out. as complicated as the three of them are.

with that said i think it's a given that i despise a nuclear family treatment of the three (aka mom ines, dad hoederer, daughter w).

for one with me being highly doubtful w was a kid/teen at the start of darknights (young? sure, but not that young), which just seems like such a...widespread belief that i really do not get? arknights always put a LOT of emphasis on when a character's story was about them being a kid, 0 of that with w. like something about her expression and big cloak just gave people some different impression, even though she literally keeps looking the same aside from a change of clothes. only instance of w being called a kid during that time i can think of is that one boiler worker in her files but that seems way more like any typical old guy calling anyone on the younger side a kid. hell, even hoederer was called young in darknights, like in a sarkaz's lifespan i can believe that.

and also...hoederer had somewhat of a mentor-like role for w, but if anyone tries to tell me ines ever acted maternal towards w i will chew through your walls. read through darknights memoir and actually pay attention to ines, both w AND ines were pettyass women and they made that so very clear. cannot fathom how anyone can see ines as having been motherly towards w

seriously just feels like a case of Well there is man and there is woman....and this other character so clearly these are mom, dad and kid.

that's not even me being biased towards w/ines, just how i objectively see it. hell, i even ENJOY ines/hoederer, but my enjoyment of it is limited bc for some reason ppl like to make it weird by shoving w in as some daughter. i promise it's completely possible to like ines/hoederer without trying to fit in w as a kid figure

anyways yeah like cool i like these characters I Guess. Look at them

[welcometoteyvat]

random but have you thought abt gaming and hutao?

funny story anon, when I was writing ga-ming's fake voicelines and needed to give him more characters to talk about, I was considering adding a hu tao voiceline, but decided against it because I didn't really see a reason for them to meet (besides via friends (new liyue 6ang addition?!?!?!)). lowkey I now feel validated bc they don't have any in-game voicelines abt each other, but this would be a very boring ask if it just stopped here lol.

there's something to be said about gaming and hu tao's family baggage vs their cheerful external demeanor vs both doing a job that isn't super well received (?) by people in liyue harbor. but hu tao leans into her eccentricities a lot more while gaming is on the 'likeable by everyone' grind LOL also the dad similarities might increase if we ever get 76th funeral parlor director lore: hu tao's parents have been conspicuously missing forever, where did genshin put them? an interesting possibility would be if the 76th somehow split off from the family trade and subsequently got wiped from the family tree bc of ideological diffs (like ht's beef with baizhu), which could increase gaming and hu tao's possible shared father(?) troubles. but besides that I feel like there's not too much similarity there. They're both enthusiastic outward facing individuals, but idk if they'd have an interesting dynamic if they met.*

Although, you know that voiceline where hu tao does a magic trick and makes a butterfly of fire? and also how she plays with those lion statues outside the ministry of civil affairs? those two things would be straight up gamings alley ngl like he'd be so down for that kind of whimsy and playfulness. also hu tao would be a good candidate for a 2nd lion dance partner. she'd be completely down for doing odd jobs and this is absolutely a fun odd job, at least until she gets tired of it or has to focus on official business lol. idt she's the type to work hard at it; she's just there to try it out because it looked cool but gaming appreciates the enthusiasm regardless. would request to be the lions head in order to lunge at people and also pick greens. also there's potential for a gaming yun jin xingqiu hu tao tea appreciation club

oh also i think smth underrated abt hu tao is how shes like cheery and eccentric but takes her job seriously and has unidentifiable but occasionally present baggage .... which i already mentioned before is similar to how 75% of gm's voicelines are cheery, and then the other 25% is emotional conflict. idk! maybe under the right conditions, they could open up to each other and sympathize

*addendum: imo, hu tao has mostly moved on from her grief over her grandfather's death, and she doesn't have any regrets about the state of their relationship when he passed away, since they were pretty close and never on bad terms. My personal hc is that she still has some things she wished she said, ie. sincere thoughts and feelings from the heart that she usually avoids talking about (she would say "nice speech, but that kind of killed the mood" if someone made one of those anime protag power of friendship monologues). in my head, her grandpa taught her everything about death and funeral customs, played with her/listened to her poetry, pretended to go along w her pranks, and was in general a very loving person, but I don't think hu tao ever explicitly told him "I love you" before he died. she canonically tried to find him right after he passed away but knew that he wouldn't be there. by now i think she's made peace with his death, but still has a certain wistfulness about things she didn't think of saying. and then on the flip side, if ga-ming could see his mom again, he'd probably spend a whole day talking to her i think. he's also not someone to get drunk on grief or regrets, but i don't think he's quite gotten over it completely, and his rocky relationship with his father (before lantern rite 2024) makes this more emotional idk. not sure where I'm going with this, but maybe hu tao would be able to talk him through a bit of this messiness and urge him to simply continue with his own life. or show him that his mother was not at the border, perhaps never lingered there, because she didnt think there was any unfinished business with him or his father that she needed to worry about. the annoying thing about death is that even if the dead person was free of regrets, those who are still living will still miss them. maybe both gaming and hu tao would be able to understand that and/or sympathize with it. or maybe they'd just be silly together who knows, up to you

edit: it'd also be so funny to have gaming call hu tao "boss hu" 胡老板～～～～～～～

[no-shxme]

i have MANY thoughts about the new sett skin so i'm gonna get into it ok

for reference here's the skin spotlight and the voice lines. and here's the skin bio for sett:

Radiant Serpent Sett: A descendant of the Ivory Serpent, Sett is an action movie star who uses his ancestral gifts to wow audiences and give his Ma the good life she deserves. When his hometown is threatened by a crime syndicate, it's time for Sett to play the hero real, too--but will his story star a fame-seeking hotshot, or a humble protector?

my first impression of the skin is that he's hot but like, when is that not the case. and WOW HIS MA IS THERE that's awesome good for her, howEVER. i think this skin is very much a case of 'good execution,' but not 'best execution.'

ive said this before but whenever i write or edit my writing i dont look at what's 'good' vs 'not good' i think about it in a 'this is good' vs 'this is better' way. so i look for the BEST fit. (this is definitely not always successful...)

that being said, the skin is.. FINE/GOOD, but not the BEST. not fine for the price point, obv, but the fact is that literally no virtual cosmetic will ever be worth 250+ usd so im not really gonna factor in price here. the splash is hot and and he's got his mam there which is nice, and he's got three different forms which is cool.

WRITING-WISE, i think the writing is.... not that good. i listened to all the voice lines and i understand that his vo can lean cheesy simply bc of his theme (action movie star) but like, there needs to be a balance and i dont think this vo really struck it. like being so cheesy here kinda ends up as a cop-out in order to not write actual good lines?? also it's a paltry amount of vo compared to jinx's exalted skin, only half as long, 9 minutes instead of 18, and i think he REALLY could've used more lines because he needs more to talk about? it's kinda weird because while the voicelines talking about his ma are cool,, it becomes kinda one note when the ONLY thing he talks about is his ma and like, being strong/protecting his village. It reads very much like 'cardboard cutout' not 'complex character' as you'd want him to be. they've flanderized him which is an utter DISSERVICE.

as a positive note though, i'm glad he didn't have a line with aphelios like I was expecting. not bc i utterly detest s*ttphel or anything, but i dont like the idea of riot constantly bowing to fanservice and i miss when they used to throw in random skinline relationships to stir the pot. AND sett has a line with high noon skins so i can imagine that as a talon interaction flksdjldf

my biggest problem however is with the theme. i think the theme itself is a miss. i understand the theming of him as a snake in LNY mythology, bc yeah he DOES fit. he goes from fire snake to water snake to gold snake and he does fit those traits.

so like, respect to making that fit, thats cool. HOWEVER. i just think the theme just isn't that good. Here's the bio for the skinline as a whole.

Radiant Serpent Sett is part of a skin line called Modern Mythos. Skin line bio: Myths and legends happened long ago, but their echoes are still felt to this day. Beneath the surface of the mundane world, mythical power uplifts a new generation of heroes.

This is totally fine in isolation, but in practice i think its so fucking messy. Sett is a fighter, he's also a movie star, he's also related to a folk hero (voice lines) he's also got the magical power of a serpent, he's also trying to save his hometown from a whole ass crime syndicate. we're throwing too many elements in here and we dont really... need them. so many league skinlines are about having that 'special power,' or being a chosen one like a power ranger. even sett already has obsidian dragon, where a dragon chooses him and bestows power on him. sett does perfectly well with skins where he's just a guy (pool party, heartsteel) he doesn't need eleventeen modifiers to make him interesting. he is ALREADY INTERESTING. (or he would be, if his voice lines didnt paint him so ONE NOTE and reduce him) i think if they just made him a movie star that'd be good enough. sometimes less is more. as it is, this skin thematic doesn't necessarily add anything new. he's already famous in heartsteel. he's already magic and chosen in obsidian dragon.

THAT BEING SAID i think a much better execution of a form changing skin for sett would have been an actual professional fighting skin (modern au), where the three forms are different costumes but at various stages in his career. one fit for when he's just starting out and maybe angrier, one where he's in the thick of it, and one where he's 'made it,' renowned as the best fighter on the circuit and fully providing for his ma. that would give more room for voice line variation and provide a story in itself within the forms, beginning middle and end, instead of the unfinished premise the current sett skin lays out. (radiant serpent sett keeps saying 'stay away from my town' or whatever but we dont know how its resolved or even really who's involved.)

ofc thats just my personal bias. the skin im suggesting also isn't 'crazy innovative' or anything, considering soul fighter and heartsteel still both exist with similar theming, but i think getting to see sett BEFORE he became the boss is a really cool concept for a line, and lends a lot to being a multiform skin.

anyway im out of words now i just really wanted to ramble about it bc to me its kinda a wasted opportunity, even if he's handsome and cool looking. :')

(although, i do find it funny that sett is just collecting animals in various skinlines. pls, talon next)

thanks if you read all this.

[theloathsometwinkeater]

ranking random soulsborne (mostly elden ring) bosses based on how much i like them but my takes are kinda bad

uhh 30 least liked and number 1 is my favorite

30. godskin duo

nuff said tbh. terribly designed boss. from had no idea how to make it hard so they just chucked two enemies in the dumbass room

29. the monkeys from sekiro

boring copy and paste of guardian ape

28. elden beast

elden beast is probably one of my least favorite fights in elden ring. for some reason torrent isnt available in its arena so you have to go chasing after it every time it runs away 😭😭 average int build fight

you could literally give me melania spamming scarlet aeonia, maliketh with 3x his normal health, and the double crucible knights all in the same tiny cramped room and i would still probably like it more than elden beast

the execution leaves much to be desired; especially for a final boss. give me cool insane bloodborne esque attacks not penis dragon spamming elden stars

27. fire giant

i dont like the fire giant fight. yeah im probably gonna get a lot of 'git guds' for this one but he always gmfu. WHEN HE GETS STUCK ON THE FUCKING TERRAIN I START TWEAKING ITS SO ANNOYING

26. ornstein and smough

smoughs fatass ruins the fight for me i srsly cant take him srsly with that goofy ass giggle

25. death rite bird

design is cool but i really dont like the fight

24. night's calvary

:-( this boss couldve been really cool. its so glitchy in game tho

the altus plateau calvary glitch is really funny tho. if youve never seen it essentially it bugs out if you stray too far from its locked spawn point and gets stuck and stops attacking

23. renalla

ehhhh. i hate int builds. plus i think her fight is kind of boring. maybe im biased

22. magma wyrm makar

hes just annoying. i dont like his design. the lore is cool!!

21. orphan of kos

cool bossfight but i still need to git gud so he ranks low bc i keep dying

20. radagon

ugh. first, hes ginger. second, his attacks are insane. third, hes ginger

19. friede & ariandel (i think thats how you spell it)

fun boss in design but the three phases is insane

18. astel

ehhh. i like astel for the design but the fight reminds me of elden beast. lots of running away for like no reason

at least astel has a somewhat enjoyable fight

17. red wolf

i like the dog bc i think its funny it can do fucking magic and wield a sword but the fight is kind of annoying especially if ur strength build

16. mergos wet nurse

very fun lore wise but the fight is so eh

15. sif :(

such a tragic fight. i think it was well designed tbh but since all ds1 bosses are easy as shit he doesnt place as high on my list of liked bosses

14. godrick

godrick is probably one of my favorite fights due to how fucking dumb he is. he literally crawls toward you and throws wind at you. he has to attach a dragon to his arm to beat you and still fucking loses. all those limbs he grafted to give him power just weigh him down and i think thats really funny

13. margit

margit is a very fun first story boss. his moveset is pretty cool and i have his voice line engrained into my skull

12. moon presence

i love this boss mostly bc of the cutscene since the fight is kind of underwhelming

11. divine dragon

i love the music plus the fight is cool. i like the genre of souls bosses that are very sad and pathetic looking

10. mohg

mohg is one of my favorite fights. i love his voice. i love his music. he gets major points for being a lolicon tho #freemiquella #mohglordofbloodisoverparty

9. artorias

I LOVE THIS FIGHT. whole game you hear about this dude and the fight doesnt disappoint imo. i wish they kept his voicelines

8. maria of the astral clocktower

shes so cool. i love her sm

7. LUDWIG

amazing fight

amazing music

amazing lore

what more could you want points off for being british

6. isshin

isshin is VERY cool. i havent played sekiro in a while but i remember enjoying the fight

5. maliketh

his first phase is eh but his second phase is insane

the attacks are so cool and the fact he bounces off his own fucking attack is insane. what the fuck hes so cool

4. midir

very fun fight. yes its hard but you can really feel how angry and sad he is

3. malenia

honestly one of my favorite fights in ER. yes its hard as shit but her design is so cool and her lore is tragic

points off for nuking radahn

2. fortissax

i love the ost and i love just how... sad and tragic the whole fight feels? hes clearly suffering from the deathblight and the fact hes been fighting it off is so cool. even an immortal dragon cant fight off the deathroot which is insane.

radahn

i love radahn so much

seriously it might be my favorite fight in the series

his attacks are cool. his design is cool. his lore is fucking cool. his fight is so cool-- leading an army into battle and charging radahn is my favorite moment. plus the fact he fucking holds back the STARS is fucking awesome what the fuck hes insane

the tragedy of that accidental patch will never not be funny to me. pre-patch radahn wasnt even that fucking hard 😭😭😭 git gud you fuckign loser. pushed fromsoft so hard they accidentally nerfed him

honorable mentions that include some normal enemies (dislikes):

crucible knight duo

god i fucking hate this fight. crucible knights are annoying on their own but this is a whole new level. dungeon isnt even worth it

rykard

hes... fine... but his pool of lava is annoying plus the magic spam

fia's champions

how the fuck is this an actual boss

valiant gargoyles

FUCKKK THIS BOSS.

agheel

his lore is cool and i like that the dragonburnt ruins hollows like... worship him? its kind of cool. but his fight is either just cheesing or chasing him around. plus his moveset is shared by like every dragon in the game

erdtree avatar

literally just asylum demon

castle sol knight

iykyk. fuck this guy

gideon

FUCK YOUUU

rune bears

what the actual fuck. my first playthrough they absolutely clapped my cheeks

black blade kindred

nuff said

godefroy

literally just a copy and paste of godrick

istvan

weirdly hard? his attacks are insane

pets from dark souls 2

ew

ulcerated tree spirit

the fact that its attack is just flailing around in the tiny ass spaces theyre always put in is so annoying. the one in caelid is insane

honorable mentions that i actually liked

ekzykes, borealis and adula

i think theyre cool. yeah they essentially share the same model as agheel but like... magic dragons

plus i feel bad for ekzykes

placidusax

very cool boss. love him

[lonestarss]

uhh i saw someone else do something similar to this so random alhaitham headcanon time!!

if alhaitham actually did have some connection to king deshret, he would probably just be like "ugh, with this shit again?" or he just wouldn't care unless he had to.

he wears the noise-cancelling headphones because he's very sensitive to sound. also:

sensory-avoidant and autistic. do not have more than one conversation at once in front of this man, he will murder you in cold blood.

i feel like he stims by pacing or bouncing his leg. totally not projecting here...

kaveh tells him to stop/shoves his leg down so it stays in place and alhaitham just. vibrates in the chair like that one meme.

he has a habit of thinking out loud most of the time, and since he has his headphones on, he can't tell how loud he's really being.

his love languages are acts of service and quality time. he doesn't know how to show physical affection without it being awkward for him or for the other person.

he draws a lot of small, geometric patterns while he thinks/when he's bored. sometimes, it gets to the point where he fills entire pages with nothing but the same symbol drawn over and over again, with the only variant being each symbol's size. once again, not projection i swear.

he has a passive appreciation for cats, but he doesn't care to ever own one as a pet.

he's generally weird about gender as a concept. he isn't nonbinary/gender nonconforming, but he doesn't care about what he's perceived as or what is or isn't "manly." he's gender apathetic, i guess?

along with that, he has a strange fascination with kaveh's gender expression.

if he ever had a ~realization~ or whatever, he would just be like "oh cool" and then stay the exact same. no transitioning, he just vibes.

he actually has a few tattoos, but he never mentions them. to him, they're just small mistakes he made when he was freshly 18; he doesn't regret getting them, but he wouldn't miss them if they suddenly disappeared tomorrow morning.

i think he'd enjoy psychological horror. he doesn't read/watch it too often, but he finds the concept of pushing the human psyche to its limits (or even past them) extremely fascinating.

he falls asleep really easily, and is probably the type to pass out as soon as his head hits the pillow. that's why he asks if he can take naps in his voicelines, and why he was napping in his birthday art. he's just a very eepy guy.

[tunabesimpin]

random thought cuz of my post on minecraf earlier... i wanna make a mc server for my twst pals out there... thatd be so fun!!! i mean idk how it could be twst themed since i haven't seen any mod packs like that, but maybe medieval mod would be enough & some quality of life mods.

maybe i could recreate the twst school and grounds and dorms n shi and like you still gotta mine and can collect ur own things as you please. Have like lots for if you wanna make ur own house instead of staying in a dorm? and battle grounds for those that wanna test their skills/ equipment and have rewards for the winner. i wonder how hard it would be to make a mod with like the characters walking around and they can say like voicelines and you can give them gifts or something for friendship and they give u something back ??? idk man thatd be cool. i have big brain ideas but no idea how to execute LMAOOOO

i mostly just wanna combine my two fav things rn... minecratf and twst lololol

...maybe someday or in a dream LOLOLOL

[archivalofsins]

Hmm, for the ask game: Amane: 5, 11, 12!

I've answered one of these questions in other asks~ So, I'm going to do something really fun! I'm going to pull up a random number generator and generate one new number for this to give you a unique non repetitive answer along with putting the answers I've given before here.

Thanks for asking!

milgram character ask game ! send the character + the questions

Momose, Amane/ Amane Momose

5. favorite voice drama line/moment?

My favorite voice drama/voiceline moments are when she points out that what's going on here is technically a crime but she won't judge us, when she says emotions and logic are two different things, and when she tells Es to get up in her second voice drama and calls them out for using we as well.

11. what are your favorite points about their story and the narrative surrounding them?

I really love the aspects of adultification around Amane along with how her mother's parental abuse was handled over the course of the story. I also enjoy how she's shown to be a consistent and comforting presence withi the prison just as Mahiru is. Having her consistently talk people through their emotional issues. It really highlights how older people have children due a great deal of emotional labor in their social interractions with them.

It was also cool to see her try to get help with studying from the other prisoners over the couse of trial one and see her land on just having casualy discussions with Mikoto and learning that way.

12. what do you wish would be discussed more often about them in the fandom?

I wish that people would highlight the care and consideration Amane displays towards the other prisoners whenever they're having a hard time regardless of what's going on with her. I think people greatly overlook how considerate Amane is.

21. do you have any similarities with them/relate to something in them?

I grew up with an abusive mother even though my relationship with her is alright now. The only reason that happened is because my grandfather died (her father) and I anted to go to his wake and you can't really keep avoiding someone under those circumstances.

So, I greatly sympathize with her circumstances and her reaction to them is a bit cathartic to me. Especially since many people react to abuse by either putting the blame on the child for doing something that would pprovoke the parent into acting that way regardless of how out of line their parents reaction is or just don't want to address at all. I especially sympathize with the consistent pressure for her as the person victimized to let it go and be reasonable not stoop to their level and be the bigger person or be viewed as just as bad as them.

Which is super funny considering no one wanted to say what her mom was doing was bad but suddenly when she behaves that way to defend herself people can see the many problems with that sort of behavior. It's just that illustration of what a lose/lose situation being a victim of parental neglect actually is because most societies go suck it up think of your abusers feelings and circumstances far before ever saying that's a shit thing that person did to you.

It's always yeah but why did you make the situation worse and to put it simply she made it worse because no one else stepped in to make it better. Yet, it's really dififuclt for people who don't really have those experiences to come to terms with that sort of thing.

[yumeyumeappleo]

where's your username from, like why/how'd u make it??

tHANK YOU SO MUCH 🙏🙏

HOKT SHIT I JUST REAKIZED HOW LONG IT IS ..STORY TIME I GUESS????

ahem, here we go:

ok history behind the name

sooooo before i used to change names like 24/7

then when i got into genshin, i went to the genshin amino, (where i was originally Lloyd, because, reasons.) and i got invited to a chat, and i didnt want to keep changing name so they could recognize me easily.

then on a random day i was watching videos on like characters voicelines and i was watching one on venti, as he was my favorite character back then(maybe he still is? i relate to him a lot).

So when i heard this part of this voice line: “Celestia... I'm not sure even I could fly that far. In any case, the water there tastes foul and the fruit is bland” i got an idea for a username- since his favorite food is apples, and it’s a fruit and the “fruit is bland” in celestia i thought of a perfect name:

“Apples from celestia taste ew” (i was about to criticize it on being long, but then remembered that my present name is long too)

so there i was, chilling in the chatroom when someone called me “Apples” for short, and like that was cool and i wanted to include other names of characters in my name but it was too long, so i asked them all, “hey would you guys still recognize me if i was just APPLES?” and they said yes so i was just apples for a while

(well like, variations of apples is [characters name]) then i changed it to Apples-Sirin (almost went with Apple.S) because i really liked a character named sirin, so more variations of Apples-sirin is [character name] came along.

eventually i grew out of the genshin phase a bit so i changed my name to just “Apples”

after a long while i changed my name to wade, since most people from the chat weren’t online anymore (ALSO IT GOT FUCKING DELETED IM STILL PISSED ABT THAT) and the two major people i made friends with knew me and we were in our own small group chat.

so people called me Wade, obviously, and that prompted me to changing my name on other platforms to “AppleWade”, since i liked the name wade quite a bit. then after another while i decided to remove the wade from my name,

and add “YumeYume” in the front instead, i got it from like a game event (project sekai, of course) because “yume” meant “dream” and i guess i have dreams, and “yumeyume” means something, i forgot ..but it also can mean “effort” when you spell it in like..kanji i think. and i want to put effort in my work, i guess.

oh and then in the the genshin amino thing i changed my name to leo because..,leo of course. and then while spelling Yumeyumeapple, i wanted to include “leo” in it because yeah and then i realized:

“apple” take away “app” you have “le” just add an o and it’s “leo” so appleo. apple leo. yumeyumeappleo. Tada.

[atomicfroot]

(x enjoyer anon) they WILL get along and i think amber (what i call my x) will remind your x of argalia 😭

(for context here's some of the voicelines i did for him)

I’ll teach you how to squeeze out every last drop of value from a person. :)

That’s all? Alright. Now, now, don’t think of running off without paying me.

(he's a fixer /pos)

I initially thought your x would prolly get a bit scared of amber because amber is unpredictable to a degree, and he gets more moody as my au's story goes on,,, but tbh amber will be very nice to your x, and altho amber's curious about your x's personality he won't ask any questions (which is something he never does btw) so i dont think your x would be afraid of him but probably most likely confused

as a gift for listening to this very random ramble have some other voicelines for him that i've done /pos

Stop giving me gifts or trying to spend time with me. It’s fruitless.

It’s better to give this to someone else if you don’t want it to cycle back to you.

Roolaaand~? This isn’t something you’d normally do~

Hey, give them both a break, Angelica. Things got really tough without you, y'know?~ Me? ... Well, I didn't have any time to be sad if I wanted all of us to be in one piece. The world will keep going without waiting for anyone, so I have to pick up the pace. Don't worry, it's been quite a while anyways. What matters is the present.

You know, Argalia, if you still have issues even now which I’m sure you do, we can just all talk it out and compromise; not try to team up with me against Roland and Angelica.

Prey… There’s nowhere to run! NOWHERE TO RUN! Hahaha! HAHAHAHA!

AAAAAAAAA I LOVE AMBER ALREADY!! :DD he sounds so interesting!!! I’d love to know more whenever you wanna share!!

To be honest, X would probably be kind of confused if amber treated him mean at first but he would get over it and be friendly with him anyway!! X is friendly with everybody he comes across which also means that he is quite..dumb when it comes to sensing danger. (Accidental danger magnet) X is known for his dumb luck (He wins the game by his phD in bullshit!!! /j )

Although he can act a bittt clingy with everyone he meets, he’ll try not to annoy amber as much (he would worry if he annoyed him..)

To be honest, X finds fixers so cool (then again he finds everyone so cool LMAO) so X would try and ask what amber does on his jobs!!

X is kinddd of quiet when it comes to details about his past but then you would get a random jumpscare when X says random concerning lore drops in the middle of nowhere like it’s no big deal

“Haha y’know this reminds me of when I was a kid, my parents locked me out of the house when it was curfew and I had to hide from the sweepers the whole night till they would let me back at home in the morning!” * is happily eating ice cream * - X

“ I- WHAT?????” - anybody beside him

Also thank you SO MUCH FOR THE VOICELINES AMBER SOUNDS SOO COOL!!!!!!

[dkniade]

Klee. If you don't like that one, then Lisa.

I’ll do both!

KLEE

favorite thing about them

Her hat! I like how the shape looks on her and the big feathers on the side are fun to draw. The clover motif in her attacks is cute too!

least favorite thing about them

Come to think of it, her hair colour is kinda close to her skin colour so with all the bangs around her (small) face and her ears poking out, it’s hard to differentiate which parts are her hair and which are her face and ears (when drawing her)🤔

favorite line

“Sucrose is the best! This one time she asked me if I wanted a Jumpy Dumpty that can run as well as jump. Tee-hee, well duh! Of course I do, I want hundreds of them! I wanna put them on every street, every staircase, and every square in Mondstadt!”

—About Sucrose

Simply for the image of Jumpy Dumpty with legs. Sucrose’s skills can be used for something fun and kinda cursed

brOTP

Klee and Albedo and Kaeya! (Ah, most of my platonic pairs are with Kaeya huh)

OTP

None.

nOTP

Any sort of romantic pairing with her, really.

random headcanon

She likes Puppy-Paw Hash Brown! (I wonder if it’s ‘cause I like hash browns too…)

unpopular opinion

Seeing her wield a book as a catalyst is kinda funny haha

song i associate with them

Her character theme, “Let’s Go, Crimson Knight!”. A very silly and fun song that fits her!

favorite picture of them

From her character PV, yep :)

——

LISA

My main!

favorite thing about them

It’s a bunch of little things, but I like how calm and relaxed she is, and her idle animation with the rose is pretty… It’s very fun to do overload reactions with her in-game (yeah Catalysts!). But lore-wise I like the bit in her story about her Vision. (What is it with me liking starter characters and their Visions. Man it’s happened twice already haha)

least favorite thing about them

Her outfit is a little too revealing for me, haha. Also cooldown for holding her Skill is long wow

favorite line

With the aid of her Vision, Lisa acquired the knowledge that she sought. But she also sensed the deep secret hidden in the shadows of that knowledge.

For whatever reason, the gods gave humans the key to changing everything, but they did not explain the cost involved. Lisa grew fearful of the truth.

The Vision that hung from her neck became to her a bottomless pit filled with sweet delights, lingering at the back of her mind.

—Character Story: Vision

Ah arcane horror…. I gotta explore this bit some more. Though, what exactly was the price she paid that made her so scared of the truth?

brOTP

I’m sure Lisa and Kaeya would know a lot of gossip and can get information from opponents using many methods, be it verbal or by force… They’re the brains in my main team. Speaking of, Lisa and Kaeya drinking tea/wine as they watch Bennett and Tartaglia sparring in the distance would be a nice scene…

OTP

I don’t really ship her with anyone romantically but Jean and Lisa being cool on the battlefield is a very close thing. Their colour schemes look nice together.

nOTP

…Lisa and Kaeya? I just like them as buddies haha

random headcanon

She lets Albedo use her workshop and they discuss magic and alchemy together. She eventually grows uneasy around Albedo who possesses vast ancient knowledge, and is worried he would lose control one day. But this is where she takes a page from Kaeya and hides all of it.

unpopular opinion

…I like her flirtatious voicelines..?.? But at the same time I like how she’s like a older sister to the Traveler.

song i associate with them

I don’t really associate any song in particular with her. Uhh since she’s usually on the field for me, Mondstadt battle OSTs?

favorite picture of them

I like how she looks in the manga here in Chapter 6. The cell-shading and colours work with her design well <3