#ratchet & clank tod

[cosmicgesture]

literally anyone: okay, let's try that again

me: night of the living squishies, act three, scene four. Ready ON SET?!

[thesulliedone]

ngl, this felt very much like a fluke...

[pipmcmayhem]

I’m writing this really cringe fanfic and I’m trying to draw one art piece per chapter. So here’s the art for the first 5 chapters lol. If you’re interested in reading for some reason, here it is

Don’t know if I’ll finish this fic or the art before the hyperfixation fades out (spoiler alert: it’s highly unlikely) but I can damn well try lmao. If I don’t I’ll probably just pick up where I left off in a couple of years since that seems to be how this ship works with my brain lmfao. Anyway hope y’all like my filth hdmhdkhdkhdkhdkd

[nmtltlz]

UGHRRR MAN. I LOVE THEM BOTH. SO SO SO MUCH. But I gotta go Dipper & Mabel. Just the way that they ARE (very playful and supportive and loving of each other) being the setup of episodes likes Not What He Seems during the portal scene, Dipper & Mabel vs.the Future, and the reconciliation scene during Weirdmageddon Pt 2. They go from being two kids who love each other to being two siblings who understand each other. They become two confident, mindful, powerful fucking kids by the end of the summer, by the time they get on that bus.

“This book said theres no one in Gravity Falls I can trust, but when you battle 100 gnomes side by side with someone, you realize they probably always have your back”

“Grunkle Stan… /I trust you!/“

“I dont know what the future holds, but you wont have to fear because we’ll do it together, we traveled to Hell and back to get you and we’re going back together!”

“Awkward sibling hug?” “/Sincere/ sibling hug”

Fucking. “Are you ready?” “No. Lets do it!”

The absolute faith this girl has in her Great Uncle despite all the cards stacked against him. The maturity of this child as he consoles his sister, realizing she needed him to understand her, and that would help /her/ understand /him/. He gestures for a hug and she uses it as an opportunity to say how much she loves him in their own way. SCREAMS. The way they go from two kids to two teens so fucking aware of how little they know but still having the brave to go into the unknown. Knowing that no matter what, someone always has their back. Gravity Falls is ABOUT Dipper and Mabel and /Dipper & Mabel/, and how they develop as their own individuals and how they better each other. The big bad of the show is built around these two, the way he wins is if they bicker, fight, succumb to each of their own flaws. They beat the shit out of him by overcoming their flaws. The Sonic franchise functions differently (and I like it that way)

I love Sonic and Tails sm (I have been. Binging so much Sonic & Tails centric fics the past month) and if they won it would be a worthy battle. But Dipper & Mabel man. I love Sonic and Tails so much for different reasons, and I adore Sonic /&/ Tails as a unit, but I love Dipper and Mabel as characters /and/ I am in awe of them as a unit. It crushes me to pick one but I would never have made a different decision (Imagine me whimpering at 11 pm while saying this)

TOURNAMENT FINALE

[kickabytes]

Hey Hey! I’m awake ya couch goblins! Playin some Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction tonight! One of my favorite games on the PS3 and my first Ratchet and Clank game! Let the nostalgia fueled fun begin!

[commenter2]

What if Talwyn Apogee was in other R&C games

Talwyn is a loved character, yet Insomniac Games hasn't had her in many games though hopefully that comes to an end by having her in the Lombax Dimension game.

Still over the years I have thought about what games would be like if Talwyn had been in there and I wanted to talk about them.

In A Crack in Time Ratchet was with a NPC character for most of his gameplay whether it be with Captain Qwark or Azimuth, yet in Tools of Destruction he could have up to 3 NPCs at once and with Quest for Booty looking like Talwyn was going to join him only for her to leave in between the events of QFB and ACIT I felt like they could have added her into the game as another NPC. I could have seen Talwyn doing things like helping Ratchet in space combat and maybe had a moment where she doesn't take Dr. Nefarious as a serious threat but after a confrontation wiht him she realizes how dangerous he is but knows Ratchet could beat him. One big role I could see her having in ACIT is that she would noticed how obsessive Azimuth is about the Great Clock and thoughout the game Talwyn would warn Ratchet that Azimuth is becoming a bit unstable and that they shouldn't let him get near the Clock esepucally if it could ruin the timeline including how Ratchet not only met Clank but also their meeting, as the two would show more romantic chemistry between each other.

In All 4 One I could have seen her taking Dr. Nefarious' spot if IG had gone in a different direction. Sure we wouldn't have gotten to see Nefarious slowly show signs of wanting to change we could have gotten more of Talwyn. I could have seen All 4 One being about how recent events have made Ratchet, Clank, Qwark, and Talwyn angry or annoyed with each other for some reason, in Talwyn's case she is a little angry and disappointed about Ratchet and Clank (especially Ratchet) wanting to retire as even though she understands why, she says the universe needs heroes like them to help prevent bad things like people losing loved ones from happen and they seem to be giving up too easily. This could lead to some tension between her and Ratchet thoughout the game, but they make amends at the end before Ratchet even wants to go out of retirement.

Full Frontal Assault originally was going to have Talwyn as seen in some art in the R&C Art Book and she should have been. I could have seen her being the team's intel gather and map coordinator, as in she would be the one to figure out what Zurgo is doing in a certain area and come up with plans on how to stop him by telling Ratchet and co. where to go. I actually did a rewrite of FFA years ago that has her in it and you can read that HERE

Into the Nexus does have Talwyn but I bet if it was longer we could have gotten more of Talwyn, like she and Vendra got into a fight before Vendra was taken captive, thus explaining why Talwyn was so nervous about Ratchet and Clank taking her to jail. We also could have seen her deal with her feelings about losing Cronk and Zephyr more, but thanks to Ratchet and Clank (mostly Ratchet) we see her get over it, and of course we could have gotten more Ratchet X Talwyn moments as they were confirmed to be dating around the events of Full Frontal Assault. I also did a rewrite for this game which you can read HERE

And finally she definitely should have been in Rift Apart, as personally that game needed at least 2 more levels anyway. I could have seen her at the parade on a TOD themed platform where she would explain important things bout the Lombaxes and the Dimensionator which the game never went over. I also could have seen her helping Ratchet and Clank try and capture Nefarious before he got away. We also could have seen an AU version of her in Rivet's Dimension, who I picture being named Talon and hates Lombaxes because of personal reasons. I could have seen Ratchet having to work with her and feeling awkward about working with what is basically his girlfriend who hates him.

Do you agree in that Talwyn Apogee should have been in any of these games?

[theygotlost]

i just randomly remembered these 2 little exchanges from the apogee space station in tod that have been lodged in my brain for years. say what you will about the future games having too much distracting or annoying in game dialogue but when done right it really adds something imo. bestie vibes <3

clank: curious. that generator must be powering a sigma-3 gravity simulator with protomorphic ionization synthesizers!

ratchet: you are SUCH a NERD. 🙄

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clank: (mischevious giggle) (condescendingly) laser grids.

ratchet: I know. they never learn! 😹

[apple-pecan]

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004)

i beat this game when i was 11 but this is my first time beating it without cheats so :P

this was the first R&C i played as a kid and yep, still my favorite. the gameplay is extremely fun with tons of powerful and wacky weapons to use and the writing is silly as hell. dr. nefarious isnt the deepest villain at all but he sure is funny, and his robot butler lawrence is the perfect foil.

there's less emphasis on minigames this time around but the ones that are here like the hacker minigame and the tyhrraguise pseudo-rhythm minigame are pretty fun and not that frustrating compared to the shit in Going Commando. actually this whole game is quite a bit easier than it's predecessor but it's not a total cakewalk either. pro-tip: lock strafe is your friend.

overall it was fun and nostalgic to go back to and it felt good to finally beat it on the game's own terms this time. i guess deadlocked and tools of destruction are next; hopefully ToD works well in rpcsx3 or whatever because i dont have a ps3 anymore XD

9/10

CLOSING NOTE: dr. nefarious shares the same VA as andrew ryan from bioshock. now that's pretty fucked up

[kauriheart]

I finished a crack in time today. I thought it was very fun the story was good. BUT. I do have some very minor issues with the end part of the story.

Ratchet's death was too hurried. He dies then there's two seconds of platforming then clank brings him back. Make it longer!!! I understand that they probably didn't wanna have the main character be dead for too long because. Kids. But then why do that in the first place. (There's probably some reason behind this one though idk it)

What happened to azimuth's body. Did the zoni take it away? They fixed the clock what did they do with him?

Where's orvus? He just disappeared. Whadda hell. (This one feels like something they'll address in a later game though so not a huge complaint. Though I don't remember him being mentioned a ton in rift apart?)

This one's entirely personal preference but I kinda wish there were more time puzzles. I loved those.

Also personal preference and I understand they had to end it on a positive note but I kinda wish ratchet got some lines about what azimuth meant to him. Though I'm not really sure when they'd put this in and it might break the flow of story. Insomniac hire me.

Also. Also. Where's the boost jump. once you get clank back there's no gameplay change at all (apart from the time bombs but I literally never used them.) Going from tod to acit you really feel the absence of the boost jump and I like that. Immersion. But when you get him back there's no change. (This is such a minor detail it's like. Ridiculous to complain about.)

[starryem0461]

You're so right about ratchet and clank!! Ratchet is in no way neurotypical cause the intro scene in ToD gives off heavy info dumping energy. He's so excited about that bike 😭

whats your favorite top 5 autism vs adhd rap battles

top 1: 🥇

sam vs max

top 2: 🥈

badboyhalo vs skeppy

top 3: 🥉

dipper vs mabel

top 4: 🏅

craig vs tweek

top 5: 🎖️

clank vs ratchet

(ik clank is a robot and that's very stereotypical but LEAVE ME BE I WANT TO INCLUDE THEM BC THEY'RE LITERALLY THE ASD AND ADHD DISORDERS IF THEY WERE LIVING CREATURES)

extras/honorable mentions: 🏵️

• MOONDUO VS SUNDUO 💪

• sonic vs shadow

• sonic vs tails

• whisper vs tangle

• gary prince vs marshall lee

• spiderman vs deadpool

• tara jones vs darcy olsson

• donnatello va michelangelo

• red guy vs yellow guy

• goemon vs fujiko mine

• entrapta vs scorpia

• launchpad vs zé carioca (change my mind.)

• yakko vs wakko

• badtzmaru vs keroppi

[r0b0t1me]

some cutesy lovey stuff

[space-r0bot]

Images from funny space platformer game that makes your heart hurt.

(Feel free to add more)

[thesulliedone]

This one wasn't as much of a fluke, but I still got kinda lucky considering how panicked i was tryna find a good weapon for the fight.

The Toxic Swarmers put in the work tho...

[pipmcmayhem]

So since I’m hyperfixating on this ship again I picked up the comic strips I was making 2 years ago that I had been working on based on a scene from the drabble I read that changed my brain forever. This is one of 2 strips broken up to fit tumblr. (And here is the link to the drabble!)

I’ll reblog this with part 2!

[spinslash165]

Piece I did for Halloween this year. Very Ratchet themed.

[kickabytes]

Instead of working on my model I played Ratchet and Clank: ToD instead. Now that cheered me up. I’m still a bit out of it but I should be up for streaming unless something happens at work.

Howdy hey folks, there will be no stream tonight as something was revealed to me and it resultantly killed my mood tremendously and set my mental state off balance.

I don’t think I can give it my all and give you guys good content with my current mood and mental state.

I’ll hopefully have sorted my thoughts out and stabilized my mental state tomorrow before the next stream. I’m just gonna take the time tonight to fix my mood and work on my model.