#reyn rambles

[damselyang]

the psychological damage he causes me…

[murdermeadow]

thinking about hc designs for the xc1 crew. Fiora is bottom heavy, Reyn is top heavy, Shulk is. nothing heavy

[glumbucket]

[c-chai]

I just saw the cover for the 6th duskwalker bride series and it's gonna be an MM storyyyy. Oh I gotta go and read the 5th book before it releases

[kodzue-ken]

Every time dunban says something brotherly to shulk and reyn I start crying okay?????? after battle when he says something about staying on your guard and shulk and reyn go “yessir!” Or “you got it!” I lose my mind

[isehne]

I finished the Tawny Man trilogy!! It was wonderful and devastating and beautiful. I don't know how much I've cried throughout this series. I'm so very in love with Hobb's worldbuilding, it's so immersive. Nettle was the coolest character. I need her and Malta to be friends. They'd be terrifying together.

Few random rambles under cut

The whole sequence of Fitz finding the Fool (he would hate to be left in the cold!!) and carrying him away and healing him and staying with him and his sheer tenderness with him and not wanting to part from him was sooooo stunning. Their separation was devastating until the final paragraph of the epilogue that tells us Fitz expects to see him again (which is why he accepted the parting easily in the end). That Poem though. Ow. It is really such a beautiful relationship that transcends language.

I love Nettle. I love Patience. I love Tintaglia. I love the Fool (brave brave Fool). I love Thick. I'm very proud of Hap. Dutiful is a very good boy. I love that Nettle and Tintaglia are besties now (I love that Tintaglia clearly likes humans and hates it).

I had to take a break between Fool's Errand and Golden Fool because God Nighteyes death was devastating. I thought he'd be with us until the end (I guess he is, if not physically).

I'm certain there were parallels between Elliania and Malta and Malta/Reyn and Elliania/Dutiful. I suppose that was for the dragon freeing?

I am very interested to learn why the Fool is 'out of his time' and who or what that is in the skill stream. When Fitz and Dutiful first got pulled back together I assumed it was a dragon but then I was like no.. Tintaglia would not be so kind lmao.

Also I apparently wrote 7.5k notes during this reading. I hyperfocused so intensely I now need a break before Rain Wild Chronicles. I know there's new characters but Please let me see Malta at some point (and maybe the Fool in some way..?) ... I love you world of ROTE.......

[rainyreyn9]

Welcome curious wanderers!

The name's Reyn, a random person in the wild who likes to draw their interests! Mostly the ship lacenet from HK!!

I like to think I'm quite friendly :] Though I will bite back if you start being a jerk on purpose!! I finna go into war to defend my people here 🔪

Current project:

By my side - MD OCs fic

Futuristic & Reincarnation HK au

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I've a sona if you're interested!

I've carrd where most info about me are :3

(I'm a speedy person so I tend to respond fast if I hear a notification went off on my phone, just warning ya (unless I'm sleeping then that's a completely different story))

--- Something to note ---

I've still got school and I'm in my 4th year of learning ICT and things often get busy so I'll be slowing down arts by a whole lot cuz my schedule of sleeping and going to school is kinda fcked so... Yeah 🫠

Expect some sketches from time to time if I feel like sharing them!!

--- Art & Write ---

Art tag: #rainycreation

Animation tag: #ranimate

Writing tag: #ao3yn

Art from others: #rygift

Friend's OC everyday: #dreweveryday

--- AU tags! ---

Futuristic au: #futuristichkau

--- Messy ---

Sketches and doodles tag: #sketchyrain

WIP tag: #rainywip

--- Other ---

Asks tag: #curiousrain

Ramble tag: #rymbles

[sebdoeswords]

10 characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags

how to play: name 10 characters from 10 fandoms and tag (ideally) 10 people to do the same

tagged by @basil-der-blumenfreund

Not in any particular order. Also I couldn't choose so you're getting 13.

Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy (The Witcher)

Thorfinn Thorsson (Vinland Saga)

Legolas Thranduillion (The Lord of the Rings)

Erwin Smith (Attack on Titan)

Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler)

Howl Pendragon (Howl's Moving Castle)

Phichit Chulanont (Yuri!!! On Ice)

Dmitri Antonov (Stranger Things)

Malroth (Dragon Quest Builders 2)

Tom Lucitor (Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Arash Shirazi (Switchcraft)

Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Honourable mentions go to Sans Undertale and Taako Adventure Zone.

Tagging @bitter-witcher-bitcher @spinchboli @k-phoenix @bookcalanthedaily @deacf-coffee-is-a-sin @konkubus @what-the-hell-mate @justleaf @jays-useless-ramblings @boeperhaps

[wavetapper]

Hi reyn, one quastion! If you don't mind sharing, what's your VSRG recommendation? I've mainly played osu!mania and while I love its accessibility and its community-created charts, I want to try something more curated. I don't mind either way if there are leaderboards/internet connectivity (it might be nice to not have to connect actually), and key count doesn't really matter to me—I've played 4k and 7k in osu. Are there any games on PC you think I should try? Thanks!

HI SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO ANSWR i lost the original essaypost so here is a slightly quicker and less thought out one

tl;dr djmax respect v and ez2on reboot r are good paid options, though they're sadly both always-online for some reason. musynx is a decent third, which iirc doesn't require an internet connection and is a fair bit cheaper even with the full dlc pack, but the timing window situation is ridiculous (normal greats being way too loose, and pgreats being genuinely inhumanly tight) so i hesitate to give it a full recommendation. more people should get into bms so check out bemuse.ninja for an in-browser bms player (free), or get beatoraja for an objectively better experience (also free)

more ramblings under the cut if you want to know my thots on each game individually (FLASHING LIGHT WARNING FOR ALL VIDEOS. They're youtube so they shouldnt autoplay but still)

DJMAX RESPECT V is probably the easiest rhythm game to recommend to anyone. it's got a good balance of difficulty (timing window is fairly wide, but not overly generous) and the soundtrack is really good. there are 4k, 5k, 6k, and an "8k" mode which is still 6 lanes but with two extra buttons (kinda like the fx notes in sdvx if you have any experience with that game), which all also involve this side-track mechanic (two extra buttons only used for holds at certain points in the song)

it also has a ladder match and competitive seasons, if youre into that sort of thing. ladder matches make me grind my teeth to dust they get so close sometimes but thats a skill issue on my part, they are fun. plus you can do open matches with your friends for something more casual and party game :) yay

downsides are it has to be online for it to run, theres a lot of songs locked behind paid dlc (although the dlc does go on sale fairly often, as does the base game), and there's a weird difficulty spike between regular charts (normal, hard, maximum) and sc charts (sc)- sc charts use a different scale nowadays but i guess just keep in mind that an sc1 is equivalent to like.... mx11ish, nothing lower. also theres NO EARLY/LATE DISPLAY!!!! i have no idea why they didnt include one!!!!

moderate/hard difficulty for reference

and a high-level sc chart if you wanna see how this game charts something difficult

EZ2ON REBOOT : R broke into my house and put my wrists in a saw trap and they never fully recovered from them. i will admit the main thing i have to say about this one is its like djmax but harder in just about every way. It also has 4k, 5k, and 6k modes, but their 8k mode actually has 8 lanes which makes it a lot more challenging. The timing window is also much tighter (a KOOL is about twice as tight as a MAX100%) and i might be making this up but i feel like the health drain is also a bit tougher. theres also a basic mode which widens the timing window if you want, but scores are saved separately.

there is no scaling difference between hard and super hard, which is a point in its favour, and the scale goes from 1-20 rather than 1-15 which means it can get a lot more granular. the charts can also get stupid hard, with a lot of stuff even in the 18~19 range making the highest-tier djmax sc charts look tame. its also charted in a different way which you can only really tell if youve played both games but like idk it feels a lot more arcadey.

theres online multiplayer in this one, but afaik they don't have the same competitive season thing as djmax does. you can do open lobbies though.

downsides are always online (again), song list is a bit more hit or miss imo but thats a personal taste thing, and its a lot harder to get into than something like djmax because the difficulty can get a bit silly sometimes

hard/moderate 8k chart

upper level 4k chart. one of very few 4k charts to be rated 20

MUSYNX can be a little bonus interlude here. The charting is mid and the timing window is stupid, but it's priced fairly and the soundtrack is fucking insane if you like bms. So many good licenses in there.

(spongebob pointing .png) look they have upshift i love upshift

as for BMS, i answered an ask about it here and I would HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU CHECK IT OUT...

tl;dr on bms, it's a community-led rhythm game with entirely original music created by and for the players. a lot of bms songs get licensed for other games (conflict is probably the most famous example), and they have yearly music contest events where a bunch of cool new music and videos and charts get released- its worth keeping up with those, even if you dont click with the game itself

you can try out some bms songs IN YOUR BROWSER RIGHT NOW on bemuse.ninja (although the player is a little janky imo), or check out the beatoraja english guide and set up beatoraja to play charts that way. beatoraja is what i use, and the player is super customisable with custom skins and stuff. i edited a little tbh creature as my lane cover :)

heres someone playing new york back raise which is a banger song with a banger music video and a banger lv11 chart which i cant clear yet

[idolapollo]

Dedicated DEV LOG #1

hey!! it's apollo/nyarl!! this'll be a first in a series of posts that are basically indie game development logs filled with a shit ton of rambling

i'll maybe try and post these monthly or bi-monthly, but it's mostly for me to motivate myself to make progress to have something to show off and to archive the process of making a game!

this month's dev log is dedicated to—well—"Dedicated To..."

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(i may keep saying this for future projects and games so bear with me) "Dedicated To..." (abbreviated as DT from now on) originally was an idea i had in middle school!

it was really edgy tho and i'd honestly kms if it ever got leaked to the public but it was essentially an angst piece for when i was discovering my own sexuality as a gay cis man

staying somewhat true to its gay angst origins, this game is a story based psychological horror rpg maker game! maybe you can add it's a story based gay psychological horror rpg maker game lmao

it won't be a long game, and it'll have 4 routes determined by one early game choice and 5 endings!! the 5th one is considered a secret dont tell anyone

i did change the protagonist's name and design bc it was literally just a self insert for me lmao even had clothes i often wore fucking lame

BUT ANYWAYS!!!!! you'll play as tybalt, a college student majoring in english literature or something as he struggles to create a fairy tale as his capstone (don't think about it too much)

here's a preview of his full art and draft of his portrait as thanks for listening to me ramble so far i will continue to ramble!! (i have yet to turn it into pixel art and plan different expressions)

i really wanted to make a gay character with these kinda cat eyes whatever you call em lol

and the man he'll be pinning for is reyn!! i didnt give him a major bc it doesnt matter in the grand scheme of things!!! he's probably a finance major!!!!

also idk why i named him reyn, it was something i kept from the original middle school stories

ig it was because i was watching chugga's lets play of xenoblade lmao

i've taken some time with working with rpg maker mz before since i had the chance to use it in a game dev class (after splurging most of my financial aid on plugins lmao), but unless i can figure out javascript on my own and break the engine, i'll be focusing on using rpg maker vx ace since it has more plugins!

for now, i'm still focusing on the story and full body character art before diving into programming and learning how to make pixel art _(:3」∠)_

btw i forgot to mention that part. yeah i'm an absolute newbie when it comes to pixel art so i have to learn that too cries

even though i'm making it in rpg maker vx ace, i'm aiming to recreate the feel of rpg maker 2000/2003 because i was SUUUUUUPER inspired by end roll, okegom's games, and specifically for this game charon's works!! so now i gotta bust out the pixels

there will be 4 routes with 5 endings! there was another route + ending but i scrapped it because i only had an idea of the ending (more on that in the future) and nothing else lol

so far i've drafted 3 of the 4 routes! even though there is no canon ending, the 4th one is the one that has the 5th ending and can branch off into other works (once again more on that in the future lmao)

i'm starting to write the dialogue for the 1st route and it's going okay!! tbh i wish i worked on it more over summer break while my college classes aren't gonna kill my ass and classes start next week (´；ω；`)

but i spent a majority of summer break testing out medication for my adhd, and i still am!! it was a really rough process and i'm glad i didn't go through mania-like symptoms while classes were going on _(´ཀ`」 ∠)_

i'm better now tho and i say i'm at a semi good spot!! now time to treat my horrid anxiety lol

i'll end it here for now before it gets too long!! sorry and thanks to listening to me ramble! i'll leave you with a snippet of the intro!

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[pqrachel]

So I came across @spicymancer's "Rumble after Dark" fighting game OCs and it kind of inspired me to think about a fighting game AU featuring a bunch of my OCs from different universes. (Mine wouldn't be as NSFW but maybe a little never hurt, since it's just for art anyways...)

None of this obviously would be canon but just thinking about the fighting game archetypes as a method of character exploration has been fun. And most of my fighting game experience comes from platform fighters so my archetype knowledge is a little whack but if you'll excuse that then,

My initial castings are these: (Long-ass ramble with multiple OCs and no sketches yet.)

Blanksford Series: -Gabby (Would be a Hit & Run Mix Up character. Using their teleportation and skateboarding to move around in a unique way. Might have a playstyle similar to Bridget Guilty Gear.) -Madi (While she's doesn't have any powers in-universe and wouldn't be much of a fighter on her own, her TTRPG char KyoVee would be a fun ranged zoner character. Definitely a lil shit, think Pac-Man / Pichu from Smash.) -Taylor (Give him a bit of gym time and training and he could be a well-rounded rushdown type of fighter, nothing too gimmicky prob my most standard fighter on the list. To make him more unique he could double as the announcer because that'd be super in character.) -Aeri (Even though she has powers in-universe she avoids conflict at all costs, so instead her TTRPG char (who doesn't have a name yet) would be an excellent grappler. A big orc with an axe. In my head I'm thinking of that scene in Drawtective where Gyorik put the bad guy in arm jail, mixed with Loxodont from Rivals 2.) -Artemis (Might take her off this list as I do sketches but for now she's a ranged zoner. Using her bow to keep distance, might play similar to Green Arrow from Injustice, idk) -Ultra-Dude (Of course I had to feature this dude as a heavy. He'd just be great for it. And it's not like I've been using him in-universe for anything other than that asshole with the strength and healing powers.)

Colostle: -Correll [Pirate Arc] (I think Correll would be a fun mid-range zoner. Using her spear to keep distance and her ice magic as a fun gimmick to make her a bit more unique. -Ivy Reyne (Definitely a fast and fun rushdown character. Like imagine Maypul from Rivals but grounded. She's agile AF and hits harder than you'd expect.) -Gratt & Tic Tac (I thought this would be a fun duo-fighter. Since Aanya's not my own OC I wanted to keep my Colostle reps pre-Tic Tac's death as far as timelines go but Tic alone wouldn't be enough. I didn't want to pair him with Correll cuz I thought that'd be a little hard and honestly the thought of leaving Gratt out felt bad, and with Tic Tac's help they could actually stand a chance.)

Mystic Mysteries: -Emra Corvus (The OG MysMys character. While I haven't focused on her a lot in-universe lately, I think she could be fun here. Using different elemental magic as stances. Like a mix of Robin and Shulk from Smash.) -Tehl (My biggest OC excluding actual gods and monsters. Xe'd easily be a heavy. Probably with a playstyle similar to Sylvanos from Rivals, instead of forest powers though xe'd used alien tech to backup xir playstyle.) -Dawn Ronik (I think she'd be a pretty well-rounded fighter. Again borrowing some of Tehl's alien tech for support but mostly just beign agile and powerful. Nothing too strong in any category but very hard to take advantage of.)

And my random OC to finish it off: -Syble (She was originally design as a rivals workshop character before I realized how much effort making an actual workshop character really was. She'd play kind of similar to Maypul or Shiek but with her own teleportation gimmicks. I've talked about these when I designed her and I think they're still on my tumblr somewhere though you might have to check back a bit to find them.) -pqkR6 (Easily a fighting game character, it'd be a robotic shoto fighter. Agile and able to take hits but also quick enough to get in its own damage.) -Hackphlegm (As a goblin sorcerer, he'd be a fun ranged hit&run/zoner type fighter. Might be too similar to Emra in playstyle would have to differentiate them somehow but other than that he's a solid inclusion.) -Darcy (Not a character I thought I'd bring back but looking at the archetypes I thought I needed more heavies. Darcy's werewolf form would be a grappler who's pretty big and would be weird to design around but fits really well into a fighting game.) -And also I might need one or two new OCs to tie it all together. (Off the top of my head I think one archetype I'm missing is the enby with a scythe archetype. You know characters like Thanatos, Testament, & Sawyer.) -And for another... (I'm also somehow missing a swordie. Like where's my over-inclusion of Fire Emblem characters. Like I have bladed weapons but they're mostly daggers. Gabby's skateboard maybe could be used like a sword but they wouldn't be a "swordie". Again Aanya's not my OC even though she's in my stories so I don't want to use her. Maybe make a few origin changes and my Terrarian could fit this role. Or Drake is an OC I haven't touched since I removed him from Blanksford canon years ago, he might fit here.)

[kadoodles-on-ao3]

So uh... How do you feel about Nikol's existence?

I technically shouldn't know who that is yet but... I do. And. Well. You can probably guess by how you worded this ask hahaha.

Not surprised at all, if you like them as a couple then good for you and hope you're enjoying the DLC, you don't need me on your side because they're canon so that can satisfy you content-wise plus my opinions are silly and don't matter, etc etc, all I've said before applies here.

Honestly, if anything, the only unique thing I have to add here* is how his design really demonstrates how much Shulk and Fiora look like siblings lmao. There's even a (really cool!) fan mod to alter Fiora's hair and skin color to look more like her (actual) brother, so I'm not alone in seeing this haha.

So, Nikol. He sure does exist. Dude looks just like Shulk because his dad and mom both look like Shulk so what else could he look like. That's about all the thoughts I have haha (at least until I actually play more of 3 and see what he's like).

Non-ask-related ramblings under the cut because it's me, of course I rambled haha.

As I really don't like to nor want to rain on anyone's parade, as well as enjoy talking about the ship I like (because of course), I've made an effort to mentally retrack my train of thought (? idk how else to describe it lol) whenever my NOTP comes up by converting it into an opportunity to talk about my OTP instead of complaining. (See also my comment on What If We Kissed In The Weapons Development Lab where I mentioned going back into my fic and adding more details of Shulk being enamored by Melia whenever I came across Shiora while writing it lol.)

So, Shulkelia kids! I'm personally not one for creating OCs, in general or for media I like. Not that I dislike them or even the thought/process of making them! It just doesn't come to me as easily or interest me as much as digging into canon details and playing around with them. But I did come up with a couple rough concepts for what they might look like and how their parents might decide on their names... if they even would want to have kids in the first place, that is, I'm still unsure about that haha. But fanfiction can be whatever you want it to be and that's the fun of it, so maybe sometime I'll try developing those small ideas into something more (especially if it's something people are interested in reading)! If anything I'm most attached to my little blurbs I wrote about how they and their kids would interact with Reyn and Sharla and their kids, lots of cute potential there :)

(*Well, I can add something more, and I originally was going to do it! Not to contradict my whole don't-like-raining-on-anyone's-parade point, but again I want to stress, my intention with this is I just really enjoy analyzing details and understanding why I react to things in the way that I do. But I did mention to a previous ask that I have in-game writing reasons for why I dislike Shiora, it's not just personal experience from my life outside of the fandom or in observing it. In fact on my first playthrough of the game I was all for it and even saved a bunch of fanart of the two together on my phone, I see it when scrolling through my gallery all the time! It really fascinates me how drastically my perspective shifted after just one small moment at the very end of the game, and then on replaying it everything fell apart like a house of cards to me, wild stuff I can't compare the experience to anything else haha. Anyway if anyone's interested in seeing my take on that aspect of their writing, once again, feel free to send me an ask about it!)

[mistymonster]

I know reyn kind of lets go of protecting shulk around the fallen arm section but it’s believable to me that he might go back to it bc like. shulk DOES get seriously hurt not long after he decides he doesn’t need to protect him anymore. like it might just confirm his anxieties. I think shulk is maybe not the best at talking reyn out of his self worth issues, and he’s definitely not able to use therapy speak, but he can at least assure reyn that he always wanted him, even when reyn felt like he was useless.

i think reyn and fiora’s drive to protect shulk is a really interesting part of the story and has the potential to get them into trouble (unhealthy territory) bc there’s that scene where they’re even arguing about whether or not shulk can go to tephra cave right in front of him and fiora is willing to limit his agency to keep him safer. idk as someone who’s autistic the balance between support needs and independence is a real thing i have to deal with every day and it can be frustrating to admit i need help especially when people are being coddling (or when i try to be more independent and ultimately struggle with or fail whatever i was trying to do). im rambling now but. it really is an aspect of the game i always come back to. ough.

caving and posting my shulkreyn fic. goodnight

[azurezfiction]

Since XC3 is right around the corner I’m gonna post this:

XC1 party as Blades

Dunban: Dark

Reyn: Earth

Melia: Electric

Riki: Water

Sharla: Ice

Kallain: Light

[peopleofmechonis]

I booted up another XCDE save and I'm still getting the goosebumps at the Mechon raid in ch 2.

Its probably one of the best chapters in the earlygame imo. Ch 1 is peaceful and you get plenty of time to learn the game somewhat, do some sidequests etc.

Fiora's comment on wishing days were this peaceful forever gives off a foreboding feeling but dunno what.

And boom! The Mechon raid pops up. NPCs are killed off and eaten brutally. Dunban tries and fails to wield the Monado, and Shulk picks it up in an amazingly executed way.

Only to conclude with introducing an invincible Mechon who promptly kills one of the party members you grew attached to...

I remember going holy fuck at these reveals during my first run, and it's still spine-chilling the fourth time around.

Holy damn. This game doesn't play around.

Boy do I wish I could just erase my memory of this game and play it blind again.