#smt recommends

[songmingisthighs]

can't believe i was tagged twice it means so much to me to have my works considered ❣️❣️

ofc for writing i had to thank the person who most likely don't know inspired me to write which is @latte-fairytaekwoon whose work i still binge to this day. after being so long on tumblr, i have accumulated constant reads and so i'm thanking and tagging all these blogs for constantly providing quality binge worthy works esp to me personally :

@kitten4sannie @k-hotchoisan @bro-atz @luvt0kki @makeitmingi @baekhvuns @written-in-flowers @vent-stink @honeyhotteoks @seulrinnie-rinrin @hwaslayer @smileysuh @sunniques @everyonewooeverywhere @crimsonbubble @03jyh23 @nateezfics @hongthoven @starskq @byuntrash101 @holybibly @cheollipop and more i can't think off of the top of my teeny tiny brain ❣️

nothing will ever amaze me the way fanfiction authors do. like, you wrote silly little stories about my favorite little guys? and i can read them?? for free??? that’s fucking wild.

you poured your heart and soul and very being into your writing and then put it out there for anyone to read? insane.

you spend a truly incredible amount of time writing novel-length, high quality stories, again, FOR FREE, that anyone can read, again, FOR FREE??

shoutout to every single fic author in existence, you guys are fucking incredible and i love all of you so much

[stiffyck]

I should be allowed to get a "skip pointless and stupidly forced romance" button in everything I watch ever

[prokopetz]

if you feel like doing any more game rec requests, got anything for "pokemon, but harder"? that is, actually needing to stop and think about next moves rather than just spamming my strongest move ("FLOWER TRICK! GO!"). despite how influential pokemon is, i tend to have a lotta trouble finding games in the "monster collector fight em all" genre that arent even more pared down! I still have fun w those oc, but other times i want a lil challenge ya kno?

For example, one i have found myself that was at least a lil bit more challenging was monster hunter stories 2, a game where ironically the story is one of the weaker points.

while I wouldnt call it incredibly difficult, the battles are designed to be at least SLIGHTLY longer so that you need to plan at least a lil more long term, unlike pokemon which seems to end up with a TON of 2 hit K.O. battles even for the late game and sorta makes non-damage moves feel like a waste (though i would wanna avoid st with the "long battles automatically equal harder", just. 5 turns avg is a lot more time to strategize than 2 turns!) and the battle system is designed to encourage switching up moves (its got a sorta rock-paper-scissors system)

It really depends on what your tolerance level for edgy neo-gothic bullshit and monsters that look like giant dicks is. The Shin Megami Tensei franchise is basically the gold standard for monster-collecting games that a. actually provide interesting tactical choices, and b. try to kick the player's ass all up and down the street. However, most of the games are also edgy to the point of self-parody, which isn't everybody's cup of tea.

[dailydemonspotlight]

Mokoi - Day 80

Race: Night

Arcana: Death

Alignment: Neutral-Chaos

July 26th, 2024

During my research about this topic, I found myself finding out about an ongoing health crisis relating to the yolngu people, and this post is dedicated to spreading awareness. Please remember to treat all of these topics with respect.

Aboriginal folklore is very separated from itself, oddly enough- In spite of Australia being the smallest continent, several beliefs are spread throughout in specific areas, making for a colorful tapestry where you can never be sure what the next area will believe in, in spite of the general overarching themes of Dreamtime. Case in point, the Yolngu people residing in northeastern Arnhem Land, an aboriginal tribe living in the Northern Territory who believe in systems of kinship and a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Important to this culture as well is conceptions of magic, and, more importantly, what to avoid- the deep, dark underbelly of said world of magic. If one is to partake in the dark arts, after all, they would meet with a fate most undeserving- to be cursed by today's Demon of the Day, Mokoi.

As with a lot of Aboriginal folklore, Mokoi are relatively obscure in many respects. Most of the time, sources only state a line or two going over this monster, whose name literally translates to 'Evil Spirit,' describing it as a monster who would eat naughty children and devour sorcerers who dared to step into the realm of the dark. This is strange, though, as Mokoi appear to be an incredibly important fixture in Yolngu tradition, being described as the main source of death throughout the people-group... so today's gonna be another deep dive. And so soon after Arahabaki, too... ah, well. Thank you again to @eirikrjs for providing a very good rundown on this demon in this post. How do you keep coming through for me in the most random ways? Whatever, let's get into this.

As attested to in the 1970 article Myth as Language in Aboriginal Arnhem Land, the book Mortuary customs of northeast Arnhem Land, as well as... an Australian tonic blog, no I'm not kidding, an ancient tradition of the Yolngu people states that there are two different parts of the soul- one of the good, another of the bad. These parts of the soul are referred to as Birrimbirr and Mokuy, and when someone within the tribe passes away, their soul may take either of these forms based on their actions in life. However, while a birrimbirr will typically head back to its place of origin and pass peacefully, a mokuy will stick around, generally being a nuisance with asocial and unpredictable behaviors while haunting the deceased's belongings. This plays into a common tradition in Yolngu folklore, that being of the avoidance of uttering the deceased's name- not only will saying the name of a dead person possibly bring more grief to their family members and friends, but it may also bring their spirit back restlessly into the form of none other than a Mokoi, which appears to be an alternate spelling of Mokuy.

The Mokoi are dangerous spirits that appear frequently as a sort of boogeyman, attacking those who don't go out of their way to avoid them. It's to the point that the Yolngu people frequently make sculptures of the Mokoi, likely to alleviate the threat of them getting upset with them (or maybe they just wanted to sculpt them, I dunno). These spirits attack any who defile their graves, or even get too close to said graves, and those who do so or invoke the name of the dead long after their death may risk a sort of 'Spiritual Pollution' wherein they and their family suffer illness and eventual death. The consequences of speaking the names of the dead will lead to eventual death of oneself, after all. It's said, though I can't find a direct source for it so take this with a pinch of salt, that more people in Yolngu culture die of a Mokoi's attack than old age.

The importance of the mokuy and the birrimbirr cannot go understated, as well as the love and respect the Yolngu people feel for the dead. It's to the point that mentioning the name of a deceased person, even if one isn't afraid of an attack by the mokuy, is still frowned upon, and honestly, I find that beautiful. The amount of love and importance these people put on their ancestors is incredibly high and the love and respect everyone in their community shows that they are still people, deserving of love and respect. With that, though, how does a Japanese franchise portray a being from a completely different and closed-off tribe? Well, it's mixed.

Mokoi doesn't seem to take much inspiration from the Mokuy sculptures that typically depict it, though I can see them being hard to adapt.

Instead, it seems to primarily base itself off of the patterning of the sculptures, looking more like a green being loosely based on them carved out of wood and carrying with it a kylie to likely tie it even more with Australia, given that, well, boomerangs are the Australian stereotype. It's a bit stereotypical as a result of that, but I still do enjoy how it looks, being a funky and iconic design for a demon that still seems to carry some weight behind it.

However, through my research I came to learn that a lot of the yolngu people are in need of help, and I'd like to take a moment to rectify a mistake I made in my lwa analysis and actually speak on this. I don't have much room to actually speak on a still thriving community of people that I'm not a part of, but the yolngu people are currently going through a health crisis and I'd like to use this post as a way to spread awareness about this. As a still living people-group who are experiencing damages, and had their areas of worship ruined by various policy changes in Australia, I'd like to ask you to try and help them in any way that you can. While I'm not sure if this one has been vetted, please try to use any charity possible to assist these people in need, as they have gone through a lot.

[sushisketching]

it's him yall, it's john persona...

[llycaons]

WOULD modern au ishmael be a good natural science student or would he fucking go off the rails. like he's very smart and all but he did ignore well-known facts of the day to declare. that whale is a fish. much to ponder. mutuals feel free to jump in

[fyeahnix]

I don't think I've talked about it here much but I got sucked into Metaphor: ReFantazio the last couple of weeks and the game is SO FUCKING GOOD. I grew up playing JRPGs but haven't played any except Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth in the last many years as I've perused the land of western RPGs. I also have never played any Atlus games. I was not expecting to get sucked into this and it's absolutely the reason why I still haven't finished Horizon Forbidden West and am not as hyped about the Wilds demo. This game just has all my attention atm.

I had zero plans of caring about this game but kept seeing Twitter mutuals talk about how great it was so I started asking people about it. Then I found out it had a demo. Played the demo and knew the shit was right up my alley about 2 hours into it.

SIGH GOD IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER TOO

[troythecatfish]

[skzoologist]

Anyway if anyone wants to read some Reader content, go to ihatedtoadmit

I uploaded the other things I've written half a year ago (when uni was kicking my ass and deluluness completely consumed me). So no, I did not write on my hiatus, before anyone thinks that.

[pickled-flowers]

Sometimes a girl is just a lil guy u know?

[punchy-mchurtyfist]

Not for nothing but if you've played the metaphor demo and you're really jonesing for some more smt but can't wait two weeks soul hackers 2 is right there and it's incredible 👍

[banghwa]

STICKING HIS ARM RIGJT INTO THE WOODCHIPPER CLARK KENT I LOVE U INSANE GIRL????????

[crispymcswell]

yagami but raidou

[the---hermit]

The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown

I got this graphic novel without knowing anything about it or the author. I have mixed feelings about it, because I think it had a lot of potential, but the book overall fell kinda flat for me.

This graphic novel has an historical setting, in particular it takes place in a freak show, and it focuses on two conjoined twins. The catalyst of the story approaching the two sisters telling them he can totally operate them to separate them. Clearly things go wrong and only one of the sisters sturvives. What happens is that instead of having phantom limb sindrome, which is what happens to a lot of amputees who seem to still be feeling the limb they lost, she has her own sister as a phantom still attached to her. I explained this terribly, but it's a genious concept in my opinion. They had a somewhat conflicting relationship and with this base concept things could have gone really dark really interestingly. I feel like it was a bit washed out in the end. As I said the idea is cool, and the setting too, but a lot of things were missed. The opportunity of using a freak show as a setting could be exploring found family, which is very lightly touched in the book and could have definitely been explored a bit more. Overall I feel like this book had a lot of great oportunities that it missed, which is a bit of a shame. The illustrations were nice, nothing revolutionary, but I liked them, and the colour palette was also very fitting. I don't know I was expecting something more from this concept.

[seijorhi]

hello rhii!! youve probably been asked this before, but how do you come up with the titles for your fics?? i've researched some i didnt know off the top of my head (namely invidia) and theyre so fitting. do you come up with the titles first and then the story or vice versa? or is it whatever comes to mind first?

Thank you!!

Tbh I absolutely hate coming up with fic titles. 99% of the time it is the very last thing I have to do before throwing it up on tumblr to share, so it’s usually me at 3/4am, sleep deprived, desperate to try and think of something that kinda fits so I can post and go to sleep lol

Every once in a while a title comes to me mid way through a fic – shelter from the storm just happened to be one of those exceptions

[rustyvanburace]

For awhile I’ve been holding out for one last Atlus sale before the 3DS eshop shuts. But in light of Atlus Japan cancelling their final sale for apparently no reason, I lost hope of that.

Tonight I caved and got Devil Survivor 1. And unless there still is another last minute sale, that’ll probably be my last Atlus 3DS purchase.