#ruined and obliterated

[stratosbeans]

my hottest jrwi shipping take is that braaxi isnt my favorite br’aad ship and fnc isnt my favorite gillion ship

[pastelchad]

I know it’s common for RE fans to lament the fact that Leon never got to live his dream of being a cop but I feel like he was going to have a severely rude awakening resulting in the loss of his innocence either way. His chief of police was a serial rapist and murderer who liked to taxidermy his victims’ bodies. In an AU where umbrella never existed and there’s no zombies he most likely would have been harassed/threatened off the force bc he tried to expose Irons.

[unicornpopcorn14]

Ada r... *wheeze* r-reunion... when...

[possessionisamyth]

4AM Ramblings: RE4 ruined the Resident Evil franchise flow by making the story a male dominated narrative.

The closest we get to the OG trilogy of choosing who you want to play as, gender included, is the spin off series Revelations. Yet, even then it's not a go through the whole game format as one character, but go back and forth through the story between two characters. RE4 said let's make that 70% Men/30% Women dichotomy a reality for the main line games and it's only gotten worse from there. No wonder the main story genre went from horror to action.

RE5 tried to meet people in the middle by giving players the choice of who they want to play as, but they also wanted to repeat the critical success of RE4 via copying the game formula. Which means you just go through the same story as your partner character with no real different experiences for the sake of couch co-op.

RE6 tried meeting people in the middle even harder with the choice to see different sides of the story AND play as who you want, gender included. Unfortunately the strange shift in game mechanics, bloated cast, and certain story decisions many labeled as character assassination uuhhh, well, didn't come off great. The money was made but the reputation induced a hiatus.

RE7 has it's Mia segment, but they give you Chris DLC on top of all the other DLC with mainly men as if to apologize for subjecting you to it. RE8 gives you a Chris segment after Ethan's. No Mia segment where she can escape which might've helped unravel the mystery of what tf was going on. Just COD Chris and guns. There's the Rose DLC, but again, public response to a smaller copycat version of the full game meant we didn't get any other DLCs. Listen. RE8 desperately needed at least half as many DLCs as RE7 had considering all the places you could go that just weren't used for very long in game.

So now we have the Remakes, and we've left the OG trilogy era with the RE4R debut. We don't know if Claire will even get a remake for her game despite it being extremely important to the main story, as it reintroduces Wesker to Chris as alive after his death in RE1. And in Code Veronica you play as Claire for a little over half of the game. Not as a short segment. Not as a DLC. Not as a character you can swap out to see the story from a different perspective. It is honestly Claire's game. The question is, will we even get the luxury to experience it remade while keeping her as the focus with gamer bros and leon girlies having so much fun in their sausage party?

[aleksanderscult]

Why do you hate Mal?

(TW!: verbal abuse! slut shaming! alcoholism!)

Well, long story short, he's a huge dick.

I could write three long metas about his toxicity and why I dislike him but I don't want to tire my fingers for him. 😑

Maybe because of his slut-shaming behaviour?

Oh and what is this? Ah yes, Mal being angry that Alina found happiness away from him:

I'm so sorry Mal that Alina wasn't tortured so you could feel okay. I'm so sorry that she didn't feel insecure enough to run back in your arms, needing you and depending on you like you always wanted for her.

You know, that's the thing with Mal. He did nothing to Alina.

Not when his "friend" was mocking her appearance (and yes this is serious for me because I too have a very thin body and people from my own family have mocked me for it. So it's no joke).

Not when she was apparently sad that he fucked around girls knowing that she knew.

He did literally nothing until Alina wanted to fuck the Darkling and showed interest for him.

(slut shaming her even here)

From then on he ✨magically✨ noticed her out of nowhere and he said that "now I see you".

BULLSHIT!!

According to Mal, it's okay if he fucks girls every other night but it's not okay when Alina wants to do it with a man that....I don't know. Supported her power and abilities maybe?

And he seems constantly so concerned that she has fucked him that he apparently doesn't care if she's truly okay.

What a normal person would say to Alina: "Are you okay? Did he hurt you? I'm sorry you had to go through this."

What Mal said to Alina: "FUCK TORTURE! DID HE FUCK YOU BY ANY CHANCE?!?!"

He's so unserious FR

That's his only concern. If Alina likes or fucked the Darkling (sometimes I wish she had done the latter just so I could see Mal's face after it).

Also! He's an extraordinary bad influence for Alina and her confidence! 😍

A few minutes ago, Alina decided to return to the Little Palace to lead. To do the right thing and stand in this war.

And now we have Mal threaten her: "If you go, I might not follow!!"

And that shattered Alina's confidence. Now she feels ashamed ("maybe he doesn't want me", "maybe he'll leave me") and after that passage when Mal exits the tent, Alina starts thinking "What am I doing? I'm no soldier, or Saint. How will I make it?"

Mal is an influence that constantly wears her down emotionally by making her doubt herself, making her have guilts and making her thoughts come back to him constantly ('cause he's always "What about me?? Think of me!! Look at how shit I feel!!").

Again, he makes the whole matter revolve around him.

There is a civil war ongoing and Mal is like "Okay, but what about me, Alina??!!?!"

LIKE BRO NOBODY GIVES TWO SHITS ABOUT YOU!! THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING HERE!!

And another toxic trait of his. Apparently, if a woman says "no" to him, it's unacceptable:

(The first passage is when Mal tried to kiss her but Alina saw the Darkling behind his back and the second one is when Alina saw Mal kissing Zoya, btw)

He gets angry for the fact that Alina withdrew from his attempted kiss. And apparently he "knows what that means" because every girl he had ever kissed was willing to him.

I'm sorry, Mal, for the fact that a girl changed her mind at the last minute.

If a girl changes her mind, then you must respect that. Not shout at her. NO MEANS NO, MAL.

Mal is that type of guy that throws you in bed, you kiss him and all, and at the last minute when you change your mind and don't want to go for it (for whatever reason the girl might have of course) he gets angry and says "BUT YOU SAID "YES" TWO MINUTES AGO!!!"

He gives me the ick for real, guys.

And, of course, his fury for Alina's power and status. Because, since she gained them, she's no longer depended on him.

Yes, people. Mal wanted to take out a piece of her soul essentially, so he could have her! Romantic!! 🤩🤩

Also, the fact that he was constantly looking like shit in S&S because he was drunk every night is also selfish of him. Mal was Alina's personal guard and protector. One of her three closest ones. By doing this, by having this behaviour, he gives a VERY bad image to Alina.

Imagine what the nobles would think if they saw him this way. The power of image is everything. Nikolai knew it. The Darkling knew it. Even Alina came to know it. By having one of your protectors drinking heavily all night, get into fights and look like shit makes Alina feel embarrassed for the image she gives to the other people. And she was actually in a very delicate position at that time, because she had to gain the trust of the King, his counselors and nobles. Mal should know better than embarrassing her.

Imagine if you were in a high position for the first time in your life, trying to make an impression so everything could go alright and, in the meanwhile, your guardian walks around drunk.

This is not good. In today's world, they fire such people from their work.

And all these bullshit from him in R&R saying "I told stories of you from your childhood so they could see the real Alina" is also bullshit. Bitch, if you wanted to do something good, look respectable for the part. If you want to cry and drink kvas 24/7 then resign, lock yourself up and do it. Don't embarrass your boss.

Also, Bardugo had said that after S&S she received a lot of negative comments about Mal's character. So it's no wonder she made him suddenly all "good" in R&R. She wanted to give reasons to the readers to like him and support his eventual marriage with Alina.

Anyways, I know people will say that the Darkling was no better but, guys...

This is not a competition. Of who is better or worse.

And just like another person had once said in this fandom "The Darkling represents a fairytale character while Mal reminds you of every jerk you've met in your life"

And it's a perfect quote to describe them.

The Darkling is the type of guy we all fall in love in fiction. A fantastical character that does bad deeds but still you swoon over.

While Mal is that asshole you met in high school treating you like shit. That boy you were seeing in corridors flirting with every girl he saw and being a fuckboy. That relationship you had that undermined your value.

Mal is a character that hits very close at home for the readers (with his actions and personality).

This post about him and M*lina explains my thoughts perfectly.

Go read it when you can, guys. It's an incredible mini meta.

[lookbotsfollowmeyay]

[Translation:

Don't strike the face～ It'll get ruined～

...... {Zhang Liao, XiaHou Dun, Zhang He}

[Transcription:

別打臉～會毀容～

⋯⋯ ｛張遼、夏候惇、張郃｝

[doverstar]

I hate that Disney has Doctor Who now. I hate that.

[growling]

God I hate even attempting to draw Seth's stupid fucking rain cape I will forever just keep on finding ways to not include it. Fucking bastard. I wish I could will myself back into Kanai Ward just so I could apprehend that fucker in a back alley and rip that shit off him while screaming at him and calling him a stupid fucking piece of shit the entire time and then once I'm done throw that fuckinv shit over on the ground and stomp on it and then spit in his face and choke him until he cries so he fucking learns to just get a fucking umbrella next. Or actually nevermind that shit, this is Kanai Ward for fucks sake we rawdog that rain like real men if you're scawwed of getting your head wet then you are a failed homunculus and will never survive the winter. I hate him. I hate this stupid fucking asshole

[imogenkol]

anyway nvm y’all don’t watch andor actually

[captain-flint]

ed's little moan during that kiss what the fuck do i do with this WHAT DO I DO

[kindaeccentric]

My two brain cells, vagueflirting, because it's illegal to be gay in Gotenhafen and on public tv, so a thought has slim chances of occurring

[soulflatter]

seaofimaginarysins Meimei she's fucking dying-

"But Patchouli-sama feels good~" Plap plap plap

[maddiemuu]

god joss whedon's writing style is so grating to me nowadays lol. it's a little sad bc i did used to like some of his stuff when i was much younger but now most of it is just unwatchable to me ':[

[sobredunia]

HOLY

SHIT

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO SO FUCKING HARD GOD DAMN.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAA. VIOLENCE VIOLENCE VIOLENCE VIOLENCE. GET HER ASS

[tigerbears]

Thoughts on the Obliteration route of Deltatraveler from someone who's only played the pacifist run.

Just finished the Deltatraveler pacifist route. Pretty much liked it. Does have this weird tone where it goes from serious to "Ralsei is smoking weed and Goku is on the riverperson's boat with UT!Noelle and Dess"

But seeing as the inspiration for this game was literally the "GOD DAMMIT KRIS WHERE HE HELL ARE WE" meme, I guess memes are expected.

However, I don't think I'm going to play and Obliteration Route (just going to watch some vids on it). Note this is coming from someone who both finished the snowgrave route, and all but finished the geno route (because I don't want a tainted save file so I just reset after sans.)

Reason is a hot take, I don't see it within Susie's character to go through with an Obliteration/Snowgrave esk route.

Like, Deltarune has already established that Susie is the most resistant to the players commands. We've already seen in the Lancer fight her realizing that she doesn't want to kill him, so I don't see her being cool with killing after that.

I very much believe that once the whole Snowgrave crap is revealed, Susie's very much going to turn coat (especially when she learns that Noelle of all people was hurt by the player.)

Only thing I can see is maybe the first few monsters in the Ruins dying because Susie expects them to run away and NOT turn to dust. (Because y'know, in Deltarune (outside of the snowgrave route) there's a kill count of exactly zero. Fighting doesn't kill people in Deltarune.)

Susie's reaction to Napstablook's death in the Obliteration route wouldn't just be confusion. Susie would genuinely be pissed. After THAT at least I see her almost refusing to fight/finishing off enemies in an almost reverse of herself in Chapter 1.

Even in Chapter 1 when she joins the party for real, she leaves the caveat of "don't tell me [to do] anything STUPID, Or I'll go back to smashing heads, alright!?" Susie would defiantly consider "being told to MURDER everything in her sight" under the "something stupid" category.

At most, maybe a pre/mid-chapter 1 or pre-character growth Susie would go along with it (seeing as she was still on the "attack anything on sight" thing). But after the Lancer fight? hell nah.

[fruixtii]

YOU’RE KIDDING ME. I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS FUCKING ROLLO FLAMME