#reverie reviews

[wolfofcelestia]

My ratings for Zayne's secret times ❄️

I'm basing this off of his JP dub because Rei is my Zayne 🩵 I'm at affinity 139 with him, so I'll only be rating the ones I have

Main things I got from listening to all of these is that I wish the writers would give us more intimate moments with Zayne. I'm not even talking about suggestive stuff, although that would be great. I'm talking about just... letting us be together when he's not suffering??

Pls... let my boy be happy 😭😭😭 Maybe it's just leftover stuff from before they started letting him be more affectionate, but I'm kinda dying here from lack of Zayne love

These will all contain spoilers so they are all under the cut

[Sylus version here]

Silent Poem ★★★★★

You knew it had to be first 🤭 As good as a non-explicit audio drama can get and SatoTaku delivers like a pro 🙏🙏🙏 I'm so glad we got to hear Zayne take the initiative so naturally and smoothly. His kissing sounds? His... That one insertion grunt? Jfc... The way he tells you directly, right at the very beginning what he wants from you. He's straight forward in what he wants and he doesn't hide it. 5/5 Dom Zayne can get it as much as he wants

Beginning ★★★★★

On my knees for Foreseer holy shit 🙏🙏🙏 When I first listened to this, I fucking screamed. And I'm trying so hard to keep a straight face while listening to this right now. Foreseer's stern and strict voice just summons my sub side out instantly. His seiyuu's work with the dummyhead mic here is perfect. The way his voice sounds when he walks around you just oozes Foreseer's strength, confidence, and elegance

A Sudden Rain ★★★★★

This is almost a perfect secret times scenario for me. I love rain and I love road trips. We get to see how MC has become such an integral part of Zayne's life and how he takes care of her too. Very atmospheric and cozy, to feel like you can rely on him. Makes it feel like it's just you and him in the world. I just wish we had a full version of this where you just hear the rain and engine as he drives for hours and hours, occasionally talking to you

A Long Night ★★★☆☆

A moment of peace with Foreseer. It's nice but I wish it were longer because it's such an important scene and probably the one moment of pure fluff we got with him. Hopefully he keeps his promise because I'm not done with him yet.

Sanctuary ★★★☆☆☆

It's fine. Nothing exciting, but it didn't do much for me so I'm giving it a really middle of the road rating. It's not bad but it's nothing special for me

Within Reach ★★★☆☆☆

Same deal with this one. I guess they're still early in their relationship here. There are some interesting parts but I just left feeling disappointed tbh

Forest's Slumber ★★☆☆☆

A softer side of Master of Fate and we see how his MC is with him. We get close proximity and a bit of plot, but nothing too exciting. I know some people are into the whole tickling thing but it's... not a kink for me?

Unexpected Dinner ★★☆☆☆

Ok I think the biggest mystery here is why Zayne is able to tell the crabs apart

This one was fine but nothing really exciting. I feel like they wrote this when they weren't sure how strict to make Zayne so he was still kinda... not soft here. Honestly, it feels a little OOC now that they've allowed him to be more affectionate and I don't particularly like this side of Zayne where he's like "move, let me do it"

Warm Heartbeat ★★☆☆☆

We get to have him rely on us here, but it's not like a... haha fun little secret times asmr. He's literally in pain for half of this entire thing and it's not something I want to listen to when I want to feel like I'm spending time with him? It's good for his character development, but where's our fluff? The last half is more in line with what I'm expecting (touching, kissing, him being close, etc) but like... I don't want him to be in pain for this to happen?? Really, the only lines that matter are the last few lines:

Destiny ★★☆☆☆

Similar to Warm Heartbeat, Foreseer is in pain for most of this secret times and I'm not into hearing him suffer for fun. This is a milder version of Warm Heartbeat and it makes us understand the extent of his pain, but this... Isn't necessary. And in my case, it's not wanted. This is just torturing him for the sake of it, with only minimal plot as an excuse and I'm not sadistic enough to enjoy this

Sleep Science ★★☆☆☆

I liked the first part of this since it sounds like an actual drama cd scenario, but I really didn't like the counting thing. I thought it was just a joke at first, but when they actually made him count, it got old really fast.

Forest's Breeze ★☆☆☆☆

Honestly, such a waste of a secret times for Master of Fate? There are some parts where his seiyuu makes things more interesting by talking right in your ear, but the whole script was really boring

[seregios-seer]

Monster Review: Dalamadur

So, it's been a good while, but I'm back and starting off big! Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate was my first ever game in the series, and young me didn't get much further than the single player campaign, and that is frankly a tragedy because if I'd encountered this thing when I was 10 it would have shattered my kid brain. The presentation behind Dalamadur is exactly what an end game monster deserves, right on par with World's cutscenes for the black dragons. I kid you not I had shivers entering this fight for the first time because of how badass the cutscene was. The design for this monster is top tier by far, taking an incredibly simple creature, and giving it a unique scale ridge and arms is such an easy change but also so famn memorable. I actively have to try and keep this intro short because I could (and probably will) rant about Dalamadur and how much I love it for several stand alone posts. When I first beat this fight, with well under 5 minutes left and no clue if I was even close, I sat there for literal minutes, staring at my ceiling and wrote quite literally a full (I think 2-3k word) essay to my friends about how incredible this capstone fight is.

4u (IG): It's gonna be hard to keep this to a purely mechanical review, but I'll damn well try. The first thing to talk about is just how fighting this colossus even works, which is where one of biggest strengths and weakness of this fight both come into play. The ability to climb on Dalamadur, jumping on and off at the bottom and top of a massive rock spire is a surreal experience, and gives great, and in most fights the only, access to body parts for breaking. Being able to leap onto Dalamadur's head from so high up really sells the massive size of the monster, and it's just incredible. There is however a pressing issue with Dalamadur's size, and that would be the tedium in running around the map after it. This fight is incredible, and certainly feels it, but it's also consistently about 40-50 minutes, and over that time, there's a good deal where you'll just be running from end to end trying to get a hit in before Dalamadur moves again. It's a notable gripe, but ultimatley won't hurt Dalamadur's rating because of just how amazing the rest of the fight is. For Dalamadur's actual attacks, the majority being physical is both fitting and terrifying. During the periods where Dalamadur sits on the upper left and right of the arena, not coiled around the spire, it can swing its arms in just a casual sweep, and that attack hits like a truck. It's not impossible to dodge, and is rarely followed up quick enought to set a kill, but it can come damn close. Dalamadur's sliding across the stage is perhaps its weakest attack, only dealing a small amount of damage, if it even connects, but this attack does run interferance for a move I'll discuss later. I was actually unaware of this, as it had never come up in any of my fights, but apparently standing too close to the head risks paralysis from Dalamadur's tongue, which I can't evaluate without personal experience, but that sounds terrifying. The tail also poses a threat, but really only if you are actively attacking it, which can honestly be an infuriating process when farming for drops due to how much it moves. But the tail attacks in much the same way as the arms, with a sweep that deals less damage, but is certainly nothing to scoff at. The last physical attack worth talking about is the scariest by far, Dalamadur's bite rush. Dalamadur sets its head, coils, and springs forward, twisting to the side as it goes, slamming its jaws on anything so unfortunate to get in the way. This attack is massive, incredibly fast after the windup period, and almost certain death. With armor from well into G Rank I would routinely be carted if I was hit by this attack unless I was at peak health. This attack is awe inspiring, grandiose, and among my favorite attacks in the full game. It doesn't feel unfair, it feels balanced in all the right ways while also being the peak threat of the entire fight. Dalamadur is not, however, fully physical, and has a host of incredible energy attacks, foremost being the meteor swarm. The meteors Dalamadur summons will rain in droves during several periods of the fight, and give a kind of white shrinking display to show where they'll fall, with some tracking the hunter, forcing them to stay moving. These meteors are terrifying if you're unprepared, but if you stay moving, you should escape unscathed. This is where Dalamadur's movement becoems a threat, as that's typically when most meteors fall, and being stumbled into the path of a meteor is a considerable threat, so avoid the snake's body. Dalamadur is also capable of producing fireballs (that I don't think are actually elemental) that it aims at hunters from its mouth. These blasts are, in my experience, wildly inaccurate in my experience, and hardly much of a threat, more a spectacle than anything. Dalamadur's chest can also give off a heat barrier, much like Teostra when the snake is enraged, which deals slow, constant damage. This barrier isn't much a threat on its own, but when it prepares a stronger attack, the damage taken from ignoring this flame aura can be just enough to send you packing to base camp.

Rating: 10/10

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[hardcoregamer]

Review: Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

Blending an absorbing tale across worlds, with a novel but mechanically-engaging interpretation of player-choice, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie sets a new standard for Don’t Nod with what might be their best, most rewarding work to date. A narrative chock full of interesting characters and equally-interesting curve-balls to manage — with truly great performances from its cast to match. A game that spends as much time on the smaller moments as it does the grandiose ones, what truly gives Harmony that cutting edge, is its puzzle-like subversion on offering choice to its player.

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[emachinescat]

A Year in (Book) Review: My 2024 Reading Journey 📚

#78 - Reverie by Ryan La Sala

Fantasy / LGBTQIA+ / 420 pages / Published 2019 / Finished Sep. 30

One Sentence Review: Reverie hooked me from the first chapter, and I couldn't put it down, especially at first - there is so much mystery at the beginning, so much to discover about the world, and it's such a fun and original world - but after a while, the main character really started to irritate me because he never seemed to learn from his mistakes and kept doing stupid things (I'm all for character development, but I'd like some before the last few chapters).

Favorite Quotes

"That's the thing about having a big imagination. It's hard to belong anywhere when you can always imagine something better."

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"Dreams can be parasites we sacrifice ourselves to. Dreams can be monstrous, beautiful things incubated in misery and hatched by spite. Or dreams can be artifacts we excavate to discover who we really are."

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"...when people tell stories about the dead, they create life in reverse. What's remembered about a person becomes what's real about them after they're gone."

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"What's scarier to the world of men than a woman limited only by her imagination?"

My Rating: 3/5

[maepolzine]

My Thoughts on Once the Skies Fade (Immortal Reveries, Book 2) by Vanessa Rasanen

Sharing my thoughts on Once the Skies Fade, the second installment of Immortal Reveries by Vanessa Rasanen.

Once the Skies Fade by Vanessa Rasanen is the second book in an interconnected series called Immortal Reveries. Each book focuses on a couple who are fated mates as they navigate a magical war-torn world where humans and fae are at odds with each other. This book is coming out on March 14, 2025. I was lucky enough to receive this book early as an Advanced Reader’s Copy. I was looking forward to…

[laughingblue12]

Debussy Reverie

Some Sunday thoughts require the right music. Some Sunday thoughts actually are music. rev·er·ie /ˈrev(ə)rē/ noun 1.a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream:”a knock on the door broke her reverie“ Powered by Oxford Dictionaries I had originally thought to call this post “A Walk with God.” But that would probably offend my Christian friends and alienate my Jehovah’s…

[makhonkit]

Starfavor REVERIE Grand Digital Piano Review by Ray Mak

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Harmony The Fall of Reverie PS5 gameplay 4K - prime impressioni

Bello ma vecchio

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-Xanthe

[reverie2020]

Change my mind:

You should only leave a review if you've actually tried the thing, not if you "can't wait to try it!".

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body work - melissa febos

"there is no pain in my life that has not been given value by the alchemy of creative attention." i finished this book a full three days ago; curled up on a couch at a community thanksgiving potluck, i tore through the pages and found myself spilling tears into the sparkling cider. and still, i come back three days later, hoping to have found adequate words, and instead still finding myself at a loss, a crossroads. i don't think the profound emotions of this book will be digested within me until i finally write what i have been meaning to write my whole life; and i don't know when that will be, so it is safe to assume, for now, that this book will stay with me for a long, long time. i do not know how to express my love and admiration for the revelation that is this book. i don't think it's worth it for me to try. it's not necessary; everything that needed to be said about my feelings on this subject have somehow been condensed and distilled into this thin tome. i found myself with a bounty of answers to questions i did not yet have the words for but whose gravity had been making my head—and thus my words—tilt askew since i first learned to pick up a pen (or, more accurately, open up a blank google doc).

as someone who writes but is not yet a "writer" in the colloquial sense of the word, i sometimes struggle to articulate why i must write. why the traumas, the travails that my characters go through on the page are not gratuitous, not commercialized. why it is necessary to write about certain things, even though popular culture would like to have us believe that they are overdone, that we have nothing more to add, that certain topics do not make for good literature. but what historically has been considered "good literature" is but a narrow spectrum of the human existence, and our mission should not be to contort ourselves so that we can find some distorted version of our essences in that trick mirror, but expand our repertoire so that we can see ourselves reflected in the skies.

and this is what melissa febos is arguing for; that we create a literature so representative that nobody has to question if their story holds value, if it is worth telling. thank you, melissa febos. thank you. 5 stars.

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Bookworm Will Review 2023 (#32)

Title: 'Reverie'

Author: Ryan La Sala

Rating: 4/5

Review: (MILD SPOILERS)

I did not realize what kind of trip I would be taking when I got on, but lord did I not want to get off.

The DEPTHS this story goes into putting together a multiverse hoping adventure surroundings dreams was mind boggling! The way La Sala uses metaphors and the themes of 'things aren't what they seem' is truly impressive. The lessons the characters take away from their interactions thus far comes together so perfectly in the end you can tell a lot of this was thought through. From the each character's power stemming from insecurities to this intrinsic dialogue about the dangers of escapism and its moderation like this book was thought so painstakingly through. It was incredible.

Also, hello??? A fabulous non-binary villain???? YES PLEASE.

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the heating pad I spent $25 on doesn’t even get warm on it’s highest setting I’m going to scream