#tda boxed set

[perpetualprocrastinationisme]

Ty and Livvy were the last to come to say good-bye to Jules; Livvy embraced him fiercely, and Ty gave him a soft, shy smile. ... "I've got something for you," Ty said. He held out a box, which Julian took with some surprise. Ty was absolutely punctual about Christmas and birthday presents, but he rarely gave gifts spontaneously. Curious, Julian popped open the top of the box to find a set of colored pencils. He didn't know the brand, but they looked pristine and unused. "Where did you get these?" "Fleet Street," said Ty. "I went out early this morning."

First off, this is one of my favorite Ty moments from TDA. Second off, we can infer from this that gift giving is one of Ty's ways of showing love. So, what if he makes a point of giving Kit his favorite candy or giving him a weapon or stele while they're on their roadtrip? These subtle gestures of love that really convey Ty's true feelings.

(Sidenote: Ty's love language being gift giving is even more apparent to me when I think of how he gave Tavvy's his headphones when the older people were talking about scary stuff in QOAAD and when he gave Dru Church to pet outside the cave while he and Kit went in to meet with Shade/Ragnor.)

[doom-nerdo-666]

I wonder if people have theories for what the Baron will look like in TDA.

Imps look more like their classic design, meaning they have different animations while Hellknights look different but still use the "format" set by 2016.

I also expect a different look from either 2016 and DE.

Maybe they'd use something from concept art but still retaining the animations and size.

There's at least a version of the modern Baron in concept art where they look fleshy but have glowy bits, like a middleground between 2016 and DE, sort of.

There's also unused designs with different horns and without eyes.

Or maybe they could make them a bit more classic, therefore using something from the DE Gladiator.

Or even base them on the red demons with yellow horns from the classic Doom cover box art.

I'm on the camp of "give it another unique/new design but make them bleed green this time".

[pikidotexe-ask]

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𝑪̲̅𝒉̲̅𝒂̲̅𝒓̲̅𝒂̲̅𝒄̲̅𝒕̲̅𝒆̲̅𝒓̲̅ 𝑳̲̅𝒐̲̅𝒓̲̅𝒆̲̅

*Main Characters*

🎙️フカセ [​Fᴜᴋᴀsᴇ]

🤡Mɪᴋɪ's ʀᴇʙᴇʟʟɪᴏᴜs ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛᴇᴅ sᴏɴ

•Pʟᴀʏs ɢᴜɪᴛᴀʀ﹠ʙᴀss

•Hᴀᴛᴇs ᴏᴡɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ɪᴛᴇᴍs, ᴘᴜᴛs ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ꜰɪʀsᴛ

•ジョーカーデレ "ᴊᴏᴋᴇʀ⁻ᴅᴇʀᴇ"：Cʜᴀᴏᴛɪᴄ ᴇxᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ, ᴄᴀʟᴄᴜʟᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴇᴛ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ

•Age: 21

💬 Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, Eɴɢʟɪsʜ ꜰʟᴜᴇɴᴛ

🎙️フラワ（花）[V⁻Fʟᴏᴡᴇʀ​]

🎻Vɪᴏʟɪɴɪsᴛ ﹠ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴠᴏᴄᴀʟɪsᴛ

•Mɪᴋɪ's ʙᴀss student﹠Fᴜᴋᴀsᴇ's ᴄʟᴀssᴍᴀᴛᴇ

•Vᴇʀʏ ᴍɪsᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴏᴏᴅ﹔ sʜᴇ ɪs ɪɴʜᴇʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴘᴀssɪᴏɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴀᴍᴇs ʜᴇʀ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅs

•クーデレ "ᴋᴜᴜᴅᴇʀᴇ"：ᴄᴏᴏʟ ᴇxᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ, ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ

•Age: 20

💬 ​Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇs��� ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ Eɴɢʟɪsʜ

🎙️(𝚂𝙵-𝙰𝟸開発コード) ミキ [​Mɪᴋɪ​]

🍒​Cʏʙᴏʀɢ ʙᴀssɪsᴛ

•Sᴘᴀᴄᴇsʜɪᴘ ᴘɪʟᴏᴛ, ᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ᴄʟᴀss ᴅʀɪᴠᴇʀ, sᴄɪ⁻ꜰɪ ᴘɪɴ⁻ᴜᴘ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʟ

•Sᴛᴀɢᴇ ꜰʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛs ʜᴇʀ ᴘɪᴛᴄʜ ᴀᴛ ꜰɪʀsᴛ, ᴀ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ sᴛʀᴏɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴇ��ɴᴀʟ ɪɴsᴛɪɴᴄᴛ

•Lᴏᴠᴇs ᴄʜᴇʀʀɪᴇs, ᴀʟᴘᴀᴄᴀs, ᴜᴘʟɪꜰᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs

•Age: 23

💬 ​Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴘᴏᴏʀ Eɴɢʟɪsʜ

🎙️(𝙺𝚂𝚁𝚆-𝟷開発コード) 歌手音ピコ [Uᴛᴀᴛᴀɴᴇ Pɪᴋᴏ​]

🍛​Cʏʙᴏʀɢ ɢᴜɪᴛᴀʀɪsᴛ

•Sᴘᴀᴄᴇsʜɪᴘ Nᴀᴠɪɢᴀᴛᴏʀ, CʏʙᴇʀSᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ Gᴜᴀʀᴅ, ᴄᴏᴅɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇssᴏʀ

•Hᴀs ᴀ ᴅᴜᴀʟ ᴠᴏᴄᴀʟ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ, sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs sɪɴɢs ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ

•Cʜᴇᴇᴋʏ sᴇɴsᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴜᴍᴏᴜʀ, Oꜰᴛᴇɴ sʟᴇᴇᴘʏ, ꜰᴏᴏᴅ, sᴇxʏ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏɢs ᴀʀᴇ ʜɪs ᴡᴇᴀᴋɴᴇssᴇs

•Age: 24

💬Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴠᴇʀʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ Eɴɢʟɪsʜ

🎙️オリバー [Oʟɪᴠᴇʀ​]

🐤Pɪᴋᴏ's ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛᴇᴅ sᴏɴ

•Pᴇᴀᴄᴇꜰᴜʟ ᴜɴʟᴇss ᴀɴɢᴇʀᴇᴅ, ʜᴀᴛᴇs ᴡᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ sʜᴏᴇs, ʟᴏᴠᴇs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴅᴅʟᴇᴅ

•Hᴀs ᴀ ʏᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ʙɪʀᴅ ɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ Jᴀᴍᴇs

•​Sʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴄʟᴜᴍsʏ, ᴅᴏᴇs ʜɪs ʙᴇsᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠᴇ

•Age: 13

💬 Eɴɢʟɪsʜ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴘᴏᴏʀ Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ

Note: ﹡Vᴏᴄᴀʟᴏɪᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅʀᴏɪᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ sᴏᴜʟs ᴡʜᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇʟʏ.

﹡Cʏʙᴏʀɢs ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴsᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɪɴsᴛᴀʟʟ ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴜᴘɢʀᴀᴅᴇs ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʙᴏᴅɪᴇs. Tʜɪs ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs ᴀɴ ᴇxᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ʟɪꜰᴇsᴘᴀɴ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴅʀᴏɪᴅs.

>Japanese post will be made upon request.

Happy tuning!

[crstairs-blog]

MY TDA BOX SET JUST CAME IN THE MAILLL!!!! ITS SO PRETTY!!! IM SO EXCITED !!!!!!

[vietnameseshadowhunters]

Customized tda boxed set by myself

[dotthings]

1x06 of Alaska Daily was heartbreaking and scathing. The ep addressed systemic inequalities in searches for missing white women are treated vs how searches for missing Indigenous women, after a white woman falls overboard from an Alaska cruise ship and an Indigenous woman goes missing in the woods.

Stanley and Roz’s deadpan exchange where Stanley (the paper’s editor in chief) is required to do an obligatory reprimand of Roz after she raises questions about the inequalities at a press conference and says he is “talking” to Roz about her “behavior” was gold.

“Are you done ‘talking’ to me?”

“Yeah. Good chat.”

And then Stanley heads out to the woods to join Roz in the search for Jade. I appreciate Stanley.

The gala having Indigenous performers while a million dollars is being spent on the search for one white woman and almost nothing spent on the missing Indigenous woman — Jade’s search gets done by the community, not official forces. A gala attended by the wealthy who are profiting off the governor’s puff PR “task force” where most of the money is spent on PR not resources.

The rapid-fire dialogue and the wry or deadpan humor of the team of reporters and the friendships among the reporters at TDA is enjoyable and the show finds humor while being raw about a range of issues from corruption to inequalities. I also liked that this ep developed Stanley and Roz’s friendship, the mutual respect, Stanley being a mentor and ally.

It’s interesting how the show depicts Roz, Eileen, and Stanley’s different kinds of angers. Roz’s anger is deep and quiet and stirred higher by being not listened to, not heeded, being overlooked. Trying to get people to listen. Eileen’s is sometimes a bulldozer and at times, well-intended white liberal crusader but she doesn’t always stop to think about the real personal impacts, she latches onto causes, but genuinely cares. Stanely’s anger is a tired anger. He knows how broken the system is. He’s given almost no budget to run the paper. He believes in the power the press has to bring about change, uncover truths, so Stanley tries to push and encourage his team to do work past the external limits set on them. Stanley and Roz in different ways both live in frustration, boxed in, but they know where the hidden cracks in the walls are and how to apply pressure to get them to crumble. While Eileen rams her her way head-on at every wall.

The whole cast is stong, and Hillary Swank, Grace Dove, and Jeff Perry (who plays Stanely) deserve a ton of critical attention of their roles in this. The show itself deserves a lot more attention. I hope it gets a S2.

Don’t sleep on Alaska Daily.

[total-drama-disaster-gays]

any filming headcanons? i remember that canonically, chris and camera two guy have a prank war in tda, and beth suggests that stuff happens on set/on days off that aren't aired. what other shenanigans do you headcanon happening on set?

You always come up with interesting asks for me, I haven’t seen many headcanons about this!

So you know how everyone in TDI looks like a fashion disaster? They didn’t actually choose those outfits themselves. They all showed up in something similar to their final designs and the producers made them change into their current outfits so they would all stand out and look more flashy to the viewers.

On every season, they have one free day a week while filming where they can wear whatever they want and they won’t use the footage as long as they’re not in their film clothes. If they’re in pajamas or their bathing suits, they can still be filmed though. (Chris opposed this but the producers said “for fucks sake McClean, you torture the poor kids enough let them have a day”).

During season 1 interns had a weekly card game night that usually falls on the previously mentioned free day. Duncan and Geoff accidentally found their game night once and the interns let them join after Duncan pulled out a wad of gambling money. Though Duncan normally runs his own card games and gambling rings in the Killer Bass cabin, he and Geoff will still crash the interns’ game just for the hell of it.

Most of the interns that were brought on the show were teenagers and college students that didn’t make the cut for the show and the film crew is made up of mostly older and experienced camera people and editors. The film crew does their best to look after the kids since they know how Chris’s temper can get. There have been multiple occasions where someone on the film crew saw an intern getting chewed out and they stepped in to take the blame.

In World Tour, the cast and crew were usually stopped in one location for a few days at a time. One free day for the cast to explore the city, as long as they weren’t wearing film clothes and weren’t recognizable. Getting challenges set up and cleared in each location also took a couple days and the challenges and eliminations took place on the last day they were in the country.

Yes, everyone sang in World Tour themselves. Some were a little more auto tuned than others. And yes, every one had to sing when the bell went off, but because the teams were often in different places when the bell went off, there were at least two different songs recorded in the same episode with different lyrics but the same backing track. The producers liked the way Team Amazon sounded better so their songs made it on air in those instances. “Oui My Friend” is the one instance where team Amazon and team Chris had sung two different songs but they were both featured in the same episode.

The interns will sometimes take pity on the cast and leave some pizza boxes or giant bags of McDonald’s in their rooms after a challenge day. The film crew didn’t film them eating so that way no one would get caught.

Everyone plays pranks off camera on the show, but the film crew are the reigning champions especially when it comes to Chris. Some of their greatest feats include filling his tanning bed with hotdogs, bribing Chris’s hairstylist to dye his hair gray, hiding pictures of him from “Fametown” around his trailer, and replacing all of his hair gel for bacon grease.

Thank you so much for the ask and once again, sorry it took so long. I hope you enjoy and let me know if you want more headcanons like these!

[merry-thieves]

I'm curious, is anybody here thinking about buying the LitJoy TMI box set or Fairy Loots TDA box set?

(I know they’re both hella expensive, but I would be able to get one of these boxes as a birthday present. Although, I don’t think I will wish for the TMI set. Of course, the TMI set has more “exclusive” things about it and CoB is signed, but I just don’t love TMI as much as the other series...)

[orangeseaside]

more random tda/tda special  things

“nothing sharpens my dog collar more than a girl with a ton of attitude” - duncan

harold fills duncan’s mattress with rocks in the space episode

“i hate that gross hairy creature. and his pet spider too” - courtney

harold considers leshawna and heather to be part of his harem

courtney: scruffy’s in a better place now

also courtney: YEAH, anywhere but here. now maybe duncan will focus on someone with slightly less hairy legs. ME

“i too love a good cat fight, but one with real cats who wear tiny boxing gloves” - harold

“dude, scruffy was a bug” - owen

courtney used to have an overbite

the cast would sneak outside food onto set (courtney snuck an ice cream into the bathroom)

izzy was in the sound of music

tyler wore a fake baby bump for a reality show

gwen wants a 67 mustang 

sierra: we are rooting for you! we know your eating habits, your hopes, your fears, YOUR DENTAL RECORDS!

heather: stalker

gwen: maybe we should let duncan drive

courtney: not helping gwen

heather: she’s just sticking up for her boyfriend. wait, duncan’s YOUR boyfriend. my mistake.

blainely: have you ever seen anything so underhanded?

chris: nothing as depraved as this *wipes a tear*--> when the td cast catapault chocolate onto the dirtbags’ windshield with leshawna’s bra

geoff: why didn’t you dummies open the door ?!

trent: uh, dude, those ARE dummies

chris wears 32 x 31 pants and only buys them at struddy’s pants and jewllers

chris has 3 dogs

[perpetualprocrastinationisme]

Will Ty Call on God Himself to Defeat Lucifer and Release Livvy in TWP?

Bringing back the dead, Johnny Rook had always said, warped the fabric of life, the same way making humans immortal did. Invite in death, and it would stay. Could anyone bring back the dead and have it work? Kit had asked him once. Even the most powerful magician? God, Johnny had said, after a long, long pause. God could do that. And those who raise the dead may think they are God, but soon enough they will find out the lie they have believed. - Lord of Shadows

When reading this excerpt from Lord of Shadows, it makes me consider what consequences Ty will have to suffer in TWP for bringing back Livvy. Invite in death and it would stay. We know that Magnus can sense dark magic on Ty like it's a cloud around him and that there's something like a necromantical string of magic that connects Ty to Livvy. He's literally "warped the fabric of life."

From TDA, we know that it can take extremely drastic measures to remove strong bonds of Magic. To remove Emma and Julian's parabatai bond one of them would have had to be stripped of their marks or they would have had to destroy all the parabatai bonds that existed. Only an act from heaven itself (turning into actual Nephilim) spared them from having to choose between those two options. Similarly, we see that the only way that Clary was able to bring Jace back from the dead is by the help of Raziel himself, a supreme heavenly being. When Johnny says that only God could bring someone back, he was being truthful. So, it seems that the only way for Ty to truly heal or undo the damage he has wrought by raising Livvy is to get Heaven itself to intervene.

TWP will call the whole fate of the Shadowhunting world into question and will change their world forever. I know their fate is most likely called into question because of Janus and whatever he sets in motion. Ash even hints at this in SOBH in a letter to Janus. But what if it's also because of the intervention that Ty will have to receive to solve his necromancy issue? If we think about the villain the TWP gang will be facing, Lucifer himself, then we have to also consider who is archenemy has always been: God. We also know that Cassie has already stated that TWP will turn on pieces of Biblical Mythology and that TWP is set up to be the ultimate closer to the Shadowhunter Chronicles. Well, when looking at the Bible and the Book of Revelation (the last book of the Bible that depicts the ultimate final battle between God and Lucifer), we see God seal Lucifer up in hell with his demons for good in the Battle of Armageddon, epically defeating him.

So, what if Ty calls God Himself down to finally defeat Lucifer and Janus which in turn burns up the necromantical bond he shares with Livvy because of being in the presence of God, the purest and most holy being that exists? We know that Ty has a way of summoning people (like how he did with Annabel) and getting things done that should be altogether impossible (raising Livvy). We also know that being in such close proximity to Heavenly power can destroy things like with Emma and Julian's parabatai bond. It would also check the boxes of turning on Biblical mythology by directly paralleling the book of Revelation and would very effectively change the Shadowhunters' world forever. If Lucifer is banished with his demons by God then Shadowhunters no longer have the one thing that defines their entire life: fighting demons. (I honestly hope that just Princes of Hell get banished and not all the demons. I think it would be an incredibly awful way to end TSC if Shadowhunters just lost their entire purpose for existing.)

I'm quite positive this would release Livvy to the afterlife and I believe that both her and Ty will be aware of this if/when they do call on God. I can very much see this as the moment that Ty comes to fully accept that Livvy is truly gone, that this is what must be done. I also believe this will serve as the moment where Livvy finally gets to take control of her situation as a ghost because I believe they will mutually agree to do this. She'll finally get to be that protector that she's always wanted to be. Plus, they'll actually get to properly say goodbye this time.

I believe that towards the end of TWP, Ty will be a pariah in the Shadowhunting universe for raising Livvy. This could be his moment of redemption in their eyes, could finally give Livvy peace, and would save the entire world in the process. It would also be the most powerful ending the TSC universe has ever seen, which would be fitting for its final one.

(I know this probably seems incredibly out there, but I would really love to see what any of you think of this theory. I also think that they would more likely call on Raziel instead, since he created them if I’m remembering correctly.)

Art at the top: @rowan.artt on Instagram

[doom-nerdo-666]

It's interesting how the Doom box art has this red demon with yellow horns.

They exist to be generic enough, vaguely resembling some ingame designs at best (Barons or Cybies) and are a result of Don Ivan Punchatz not being as familiar with the material as the actual devs (Also, lots of games were like this at that time).

It also makes Doom a simple concept where some designs could just be good enough to indicate its intention.

There's also the aspect of "making the game's universe seem bigger" because there's stuff about the setting outside the actual game.

But since 2016 and DE have illustrations with this design, i wonder if TDA will officially make this red demon an actual enemy.

[bytheangell]

Happy friday friends! and Happy New Year! <3  I’m putting this week’s ‘life/reading/writing’ update under a read more for some mentions of pet illness/death in case anyone wants/needs to avoid that. <3 

It’s been an extremely rough week for me. My roommate had to put one of her cats down on Tuesday after she got sick very suddenly, and it both of us very hard. I don’t think I’ve ever been this upset over the loss of a pet, I loved that cat so much <3 <3 Definitely not the end of the year either of us wanted or were hoping for. Outside of that, the rest of the past week was alright. Work is going pretty well, I bought and set up a bullet journal for the year, and we had a junk removal company come to get rid of some stuff we’ve been hoarding and not dealing with (a broken microwave and entertainment center, a rug we recently replaced, and a few other random things) which has already made the apartment look a million times nicer already. I also got a lovely gift from a friend last night (because the post office took forever and a half to ship it), but I think that was a bit of fate as well, because I certainly needed the pick-me-up this week more than last week <3 

Reading-wise: I FINISHED THE DARK ARTIFICES. I have SO MANY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND AHHHHHHH because I powered through those three books so fast the past month, determined to finish them before the new year. So if anyone wants to yell about them at me or with me, please feel free. Related: I CAN NOW WRITE FICS WITH TDA CHARACTERS. (and I’ve already started because I have no self control). It’s really nice to finally finish all the books to know I can pull info or characters from any of them now <3 <3 

Writing-wise, I finally wrapped up Dreaming Wide Awake, and and got a few ask prompts finished and posted as well! I didn’t get to all of them but I’m making decent progress! I didn’t get as much writing done this week as I hoped, between the holiday weekend being busy at work and then the other events of the week leaving me entirely unable to focus on my day off, certainly not enough to write. But it’s a new year and we’re going to start it off right, hopefully with a TON of writing productivity this upcoming week! I really want to clear my inbox prompts, so we’ll see how much of that goal I get done. 

I’m thankful for the small victories of the past week, but it sure is one that I’m glad to have behind me. A rough end to an already difficult year, but I’m a firm believer of the ‘every second is a second chance’ stance of time moving on and things having the possibility of improving, so I’m definitely leaning into this landmark point of ‘moving forward’ even more than usual.  

I hope you’re all doing well, and that you all had a wonderful New Year’s Eve and start to your year today! I hope you’re all as safe and happy and healthy as you can be, and that whatever goals and wishes and dreams you have for the upcoming months come true <3 As always, my ask box and messages are always open for anything from Shadowhunters/TSC chat and prompts, to music and movies and other random interests you might want to share or talk about! <3 

[1m-meows-morales]

Bitches be buying the TDA box set because the spines match (and also because they wanna re read it) and then having a mental breakdown because the spine is black but also white and it won't fit in with their colourful spines bookshelf. It's me, I'm bitches.

[dangermousie]

Oh, Cassandra Clare! I don’t mind cliche or crazy melo but I can’t stand boring

Sorry, gotta rant about Queen of Air and Darkness.

Perhaps I should have known this book would not work for me since I barely made it through Lord of Shadows and my resounding feeling about that work was a giant meh. But still - I loved all six books of the Mortal Instruments series, with all its delicious overwrought melodrama (fakecest! evil parents! mortal illnesses! love pentagons!) and enjoyed the Infernal Devices one. And the first book in this series worked for me.

But now, somehow, it's as if the switch flipped off. I'd say I am getting older, except I was not the target audience even with the earlier books and I enjoy plenty of other YA fantasy even now. I think it's because Clare has one idea/situation she writes over and over and over and it's beginning to wear thin.

So, problems:

1. The plot. It's all over the place and nothing in it is particularly interesting or compelling. That would be fine if there were characters/ships I adored as I've read many a poorly plotted novel because the characters, separately or together, were compelling. Alas, that brings me to the next problem:

2. The characters are boring and paper thin. It doesn't help that the book has seemingly 7561 POVs - that results in clutter and repetition without getting to truly know anyone.

3. The OTPs. Good God. They are divided into two categories - characters from other series and original TDA characters - neither draws you in.

a. Look, I love me some Clary x Jace. I read six freaking books about their never-ending tribulations. But enough is enough. Retire them, Clare. Clare strikes me as someone who had a shiny new toy and still keeps playing with it even though it's ratty and worn out now. That's fine if you are a Velveteen Rabbit, not so much if you are a YA author. At this point, I am mildly puzzled she didn't invent a time machine for the sheer purpose of sticking them into the Infernal Devices somehow. Be done. Let Leather Pants Draco and AU Ginny live in peace.

b. Alec x Magnus and Tessa x Jem. Same. They are awesome, they are cool, they deserve to be happy, THEY SHOULD BE LEFT IN THEIR OWN SERIES ENOOOOOOOUGH!!!!

c. Julian x Emma. I do not care. They are nice people so I suppose I wanted them to get a happy ending in an abstract "they are nice and nice people deserve nice things" kind of way. But my emotional involvement was nil because they pretty much got lost in the shuffle of the bazillion other characters and because I felt I knew them less/could feel them less than characters in some 200 page novel.

d. Mark x Christina x Kieran. SIGH. It's not enough to write a poly relationship in a cursory fashion, say "I am super progressive," and call it a day. I want to have a reason to care whether these people are happy together or not. I have no particular interest in OT3s in fiction or in real life so there is no inherent appeal to me in the situation where I like the trope so much, I don't even care how well it's written. I could probably go for it if I cared about the characters (I have cared about many a pairing/situation that is not normally my thing because of loving and/or understanding the characters) but the writing failed to make me care for any of these three separately or together.

e. All the other ships. Whatever. If Clare didn't bother to develop the main couples, would she really bother with the secondary ones? Nope.

4. If one were feeling uncharitable (and oh, I was, after reading this mess of a book), one would think that the author thought bringing back popular characters from other series, sticking in every possible romantic set-up she could come up with, throwing in a lot of purple prose, and checking a number of "I am so woke" boxes (I have a trans character! And a poly relationship! And my bad guys are bigots! And one of the faves is autistic!) would be enough that she would not have to develop either compelling characters or an interesting plot.

I think this is the last Clare book I read. It's not you, it's me. Or maybe it's not me, it's you. Either way, I am out.

[u-stupid-nephilim]

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[doom-nerdo-666]

What could be an ideal Doom 64 sequel?

I see people refer to 2016 or even TDA as a sequel to D64 but with videogames, i always think a game sequel is more than just story.

Like how Eternal builds up on most of 2016's gameplay mechanics or how D2 is literally D1 but with more.

And there's also stuff like the new levels in the D64 release or that cancelled multiplayer only sequel, but i had some ideas on what a closer D64 sequel could be.

So anyway, what i think could work for an ideal D64 2, even if most of this is just restoring cut stuff but:

Box art

Finally use that one with Doomguy fighting demons, specially because i want the "double" Cybie to be used.

Levels (themes)

They had ideas of exploring different themes and cultural versions of Hell, hence the screenshots of the Mayan level(s?) and some video footage of a seemingly Egypt themed level.

Level features

One thing is using more of the moving floors that were used a few times, another is if they took some things from games like Heretic, Hexen or Strife.

Like if there's an ice level and slippery ice floors were a thing.

Or even an attempt at jump pads or hazards like out of ROTT.

Weapons

The earlier sprites of the "laser gun" (in that one magazine screenshot and some prototype released) make it look like a flamethrower (both the first person sprite and pickup sprite).

So that could be new and treated like a simple flamethrower, on pair with the ones we see in ROTT and Strife, compared to the more specific Flame Belch from Eternal.

I guess this could mean fuel as ammo and a "burning" effect on demons.

Enemies

One thing is the missing D2 enemies, another is the new ones planned for D64

Hellhound? I always saw them as being faster but less health than Pinkies. I think BD64 gave them a flamethrower attack? An idea for an abilitiy would be the Hellhound feeding off enemy corpses to get some buff like more health or i guess speed.

Double Cybie? Basically, combine the classic Mancubus firing pattern with the classic Cybie rockets. Please, don't increase its health. Maybe when it dies, it does explodes in a way that harms anyone.

HR Giger lady? Maybe do make her the Arch-vile but with some differences. For example, the iconic fire pillar doesn't explode on you but instead, it creates these flames on the floor as you move and then said flames (Could be like 4/5 of them at a time) start continuously exploding for a whole second before they vanish (Yes, using Supercharge/MetaDoom here).

Also, maybe totally new types like a blue armored Zombieman with Plasma Rifle or a Gargoyle (middleground between Imp and Caco) whose design is based off one of the Gargoygle statues from D64

Power ups?

One thing is the Light Amp Visor being rarely used.

But i wonder if one could give it a new power up.

Boss?

I guess the potential IOS would need a new design and maybe a different type of level puzzle fight, using some new-ish features to set it apart from D2 and be less unfun.

At least i can see the Mother Demon being used more than once.

Anyway, these are just some ideas for an alternate timeline.