#that’s a theme for the game itself

[eastgaysian]

the specific frustration with dungeon meshi is that there's been a very distinct shift in fan content and a very clear reason for it. it was one of the rare cases of a decently popular work where the vast majority of fan content you saw was gen or f/f; m/m ships existed but they were not anywhere near as overwhelming as in other fan spaces, and people who heard about dunmeshi by word of mouth often came in knowing about farcille. the anime started airing after the manga was completed and is a pretty faithful adaptation, it's not as if it added any more fanservice/sexualization/shipping fodder. the only difference is that it made dunmeshi more mainstream/popular, and that's when the focus started shifting towards m/m ships and away from gen and f/f. for the people who enjoyed being in a fan space that unlike 99% of fandoms wasn't m/m focused, that fucking sucks, and there's nothing you can do about it because you are always flat out outnumbered

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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[aroaceleovaldez]

it was a thing for awhile in the fandom (and still is) to focus on one demographic a character is a part of while ignoring others like they can only exist one at a time (primarily being erasing disability traits or experiences the characters describe, usually by taking a trait meant to indicate one thing and claiming it can only indicate a separate thing and never anything else)

but the absolute biggest offender will always be when Rick and Mark Oshiro just fully did that in The Sun And The Star. like. oh okay. this is what we're doing now. and fully said it too. "Nico only likes Mythomagic to look at the hot men on the cards" ah yes of course it's definitely not because. he has adhd (and autism coding) and Mythomagic is his hyperfixation/special interest. nah that couldn't be it. Because of course Nico's only trait is "Gay" and that's the only thing that can inform his character Ever. How could i be so silly as to think otherwise? (sarcasm sarcasm)

anyways the fandom could really stand to learn about intersectionality that'd be great. rick too probably. also just remember disability exists in general and is kind of very central to the series and nearly every character. thanks.

[katabay]

original thief series basso & garrett :)

ngl, it's about quality over quantity for me. an npc can have a total of three minutes of screen time, but if they have a cool name, they can live rent free in my head and I'll spend several hours trying to decipher drawable features from a blurry screenshot of pixels

there is a vague hint of a story here, and that's because every time I try to play thi4f, I get incredibly frustrated with how Not Fun the game play is. like, is the story good? well. but it has a PLAGUE. that should've given it instant 'I'll replay this once a year' status in my heart, but the game play sucks so bad that I've never finished it. I can't believe Not Fun gameplay beat out my obsession with narrative plagues.

anyway, the idea is basically if the original era had a game with a plague centric narrative and some other stuff I liked out of thi4f thrown into a narrative blender, with a heavy dash of horror thrown in because some parts of the thief games were scarier to me than entire dedicated horror genre games.

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app

[borgialucrezia]

"There is that final embrace that I think helps with letting his brother go in a way. Juan has been the one who drove Cesare to become what he is now, and I think Cesare is building walls around his heart. You do get colder and less sentimental when you take that path. He has to go on and he can't mourn him forever, especially since he's responsible for his death. He's not making excuses for what he is anymore, and what he wants to be. He ultimately feels that it's the right thing for himself. It's something that he focused on and I think he can control his mind into having no second thoughts. And that's the only way you can rule in that era, really." — FRANÇOIS ARNAUD

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

Veilguard vaguing:

It's not automatically a good thing, actually, that the game de-emphasizes or even outright removes racism against elves, and bigotry against other groups, from the story

[goldensunset]

‘the children yearn for the mines’ is a little too real to me bc when i was a kid and my older siblings were trying to get me into pokémon i really never cared to try playing. BUT. i was obsessed with the underground mining minigame in dppt. i used to beg my sister to let me take a turn playing and set it up for me bc i didn’t know how to so i could go mine for gems nonstop until i cleared that entire cave section of glittering wall spots which always made me so sad bc i was having such a great time. i didn’t even understand the significance of what i was doing but 7 year old me was high off of it

[befooremoonrisee]

look, i know that the news about an asoiaf movie adaptation are scary, but hear me out a harrenhal horror flick in the style of guillermo del toro's crimson peak . or if you wanna go all guillermo del toro's thematic interest in monster fucking the story of the night king and queen and add the haunted house element by basing it in the nightfort

[curetapwater]

Can people stop tagging fandom posts with every conceivable fandom/character tag regardless of whether it's relevant?? It doesn't give your blog "reach" it just makes me dislike your post for clogging tags with irrelevant stuff. You're not "working the algorithm" you're creating spam. If I look up a certain topic I expect to find posts about that topic. Tumblr search is broken as it is, please don't make it harder by diluting the decent tagging function.

[tsunael]

What poisonous, flowering plant are you? DOLL'S EYES.

This is the poison of unchecked vices. You slip into hallucinations. You are wracked with convulsions. The delirium threatens to overwhelm you. What are you running from? You look in every direction, wild-eyed at every turn, seeking some reprieve from what torments you. Each vice brings new consequences, and the price of escape seems too great, and yet you cannot seem to face things head on. If you aren't running from yourself, I hope you find a true way to freedom soon. And if you are running from yourself, perhaps you would do well to realize your pain is not something you can simply escape by avoidance. You deserve healing just as much as the ones you love. Someday, soon I hope, you will know this and feel it and reach inward to grant yourself all the kindnesses you offer others. That is the only true way to peace for ones like us. Oh, and if the pain of it seems too great? I hope that you realize you don't have to do it alone.

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[wasabikitcat]

I had this realization a few days ago when reviewing what we know about Gaster while theorizing about the mysterious Valentine from the newsletter and idk if other people have pointed this out yet, but I haven't seen anyone else talk about it:

I don't think Gaster's disappearance has anything to do with Core.

The Core is only mentioned in relation to Gaster once, in this dialogue from one of the Gaster followers:

This dialogue is why most theories and fanon built around the idea that Gaster fell into the Core, which for reasons unknown to us erased him from existence. But I'm now pretty convinced that this is a red herring, because it doesn't actually say Gaster fell into the Core. It says he made the Core, and that he fell into his creation.

It does not say that this creation is the Core.

The dialogue is written in a way that leads you to assume the creation he fell into was the Core, but that doesn't really make much sense considering the rest of the dialogue.

The dialogue says "they say he created the Core," which implies this is second hand knowledge, but then says with certainty "One day, he fell into his creation." Why do they know for sure he fell into "his creation," but only knows he created the core from what others say?

If you talk to the follower again, they say "Will Alphys end up the same way?" Why would Alphys also fall into the Core? As far as we know, Alphys doesn't maintain the Core; if I remember correctly, a few monsters at Mettaton's hotel are stated to work in the Core, so wouldn't this follower be more concerned that those monsters will end up like Gaster and not Alphys?

And another question that I think fanon has just ignored due to the assumption it was something we don't yet know about, but I am now wondering about: Why would falling into the Core erase Gaster from time? When traveling through Hotland and viewing the Core in the distance, Alphys says this:

And while this dialogue may at first seem indicative that the Core is more mysterious than a normal geothermal power generator (and it is in some ways), remember: Alphys didn't build the Core. Alphys doesn't understand how the Core works, not because it has some unnatural property that could erase people from space time, but because she didn't build it. Not only does this mean that the Core is likely just a power generator that utilizes the lava in Hotland to produce geothermal energy and convert it to electricity, it also means that Alphys doesn't work on the Core, because she doesn't know how it works. So why would the Gaster follower worry about Alphys ending up like Gaster if she doesn't have any involvement with the Core?

Additionally, that Gaster follower is the only one to mention the Core in relation to Gaster. In fact, one of the other followers says something that could be interpreted as actively contradicting his erasure being caused by the Core:

This follower says "his experiments went wrong," and doesn't mention the Core. Why would Gaster be experimenting with the Core? And if he was, we don't know anything about it.

But you know what experiments we do know Gaster was working on, because it's literally one of the only pieces of dialogue we have from him?

And do you know what other creation was presumably made by Gaster, as Alphys is unfamiliar with it's operation? That is also a creation that was actively being used in experiments, which Alphys is continuing to perform herself? Experiments that are directly involved with something we already know can alter time and space? A creation that is located in one of the most mysterious areas in the game with several oddities in it that are straight up never explained, multiple fourth wall breaking moments, and a couple explicit references to things we believe are associated with Gaster? A creation that suspiciously resembles in appearance the form of a character who canonically can alter time and space, not to mention resembling the thing that's literally called a GASTER BLASTER???

[justkillingthyme]

What is Clive like in your future Layton au?

Well for one he doesn’t kill a whole bunch of people.

Clive does investigative journalism, and while Hershel wasn’t subtle about investigating the incident, Clive very much was, thus flying under the radar. He finds out about the assault, ends up talking and trauma bonding with Hershel, they start working together to expose Bill Hawks.

Also around that point, Dimitri starts work on the Time Machine, enlists Hershel’s help, who brings Clive along. Clive suggests the mobile battle fortress, Hershel is quick to shut that down.

Hershel ends up fabricating a bit of evidence to really get him, Hawks goes to jail. But after a few years of repeated failure on progress, Clive decides that it’s not going to work, and that he needs his revenge. He assassinates Bill Hawks, Hershel testifies against him to get his ass in jail.

Flora needs all the help she can get, and she needs a safe place to create a portal. Perhaps an ex-ally of the professor could help? Clive’s only condition is that he’s owed a favor, before offering Cogg and Spring’s shop. Turns out it’s quite the perfect place for a wormhole.

Clive’s favor is to be broken out of jail, and he stays with Cogg and Spring in the clock shop.

[exchangersilverr]

Honestly I think what is more upsetting about these results is just how many people thought it was going to be more even than it was. I fell for it too! The sneak peek looked so close, the half time report even closer, but then...

...it kinda stings, y'know? It shouldn't have been like that. All the games I played, it felt even. I played just as much against Big Man, I thought. It definitely didn't feel like we were such a small cohort. It didn't feel like there were 55% Shiver. It felt genuinely equal and to find out it was nowhere near is soul-crushing.

[lizardinkart]

With the heavy caveat that I know people put their heart and soul into this show, having watched 6 seasons of this shit now, The Dragon Prince is just this to me

I root for this show as if it was my child’s little league team playing against the Dodgers. Like, they have the spirit, certainly. Can they actually hit a fastball going over 100mph? I think not.

[anew-flame]

Since she can’t be romanced by a woman, I figured next best thing was to make a handsome, older Lavellan mage OC just for Cass. I am a sucker for an opposites attract trope.

He is a history nerd who just wants to uncover the real truth about everything. And boy is he gonna discover there are at least two sides to every story and it’s all messed up. Luckily for the world, he’s devoted to fixing it.

Anyway, I may be biased, but I think he looks a little bit like someone she’d find on the cover of a romance novel, and I love that for her 😌

Get swooned, Cass!

[lycankeyy]

hi!! i'm interested in reading your FNF + pico's school fanfic because i love your other work (i think about amanita the paras every day and i am a huge semicolon enjoyer), but i don't know very much about either piece of media. is there a baseline level of knowledge about the sources that i need to read your fics? if so, do you have any recommendations on learning more about the games and/or your characters and universe?

Hi Hayes what if I cried what then /silly

So as you probably know considering you read Semicolon is that my approach to sandbox-style media is "take everything we know, try to find unique ways to interpret it, and have fun with all the leftover space". In a funny way, PS and FNF are about as good for this as creepypastas (probably why the fanbases have such insane overlap).

Additional good thing - being browser games, these games are short. You can breeze through the entire Pico's School catalogue in, like, an hour and a half, provided you're decent at old flash "point to shoot gun" style games. If not it's easy to find playthroughs of each on YouTube. FNF is a rhythm game and presently a demo, so it's equally quick to go through.

In true sandbox fashion, though, these games don't have a lot of lore themselves. Most of That is revealed through word of god. Thankfully those are meticulously documented on their respective wikis. Honestly I think half of what got me into these games is how fun it is to read the character trivia LMAO

As for Funkycule specifically, I don't think there's a lot you need to know outside the baseline knowledge about both source materials (basic plot and characters of Pico, characters and original plot of FNF). I have admittedly gone Off The Rails at this point with stuff I have added we are approaching critical mass of "these are basically my ocs but I'm too autistic and hyperfixated to make them my ocs" JDKQJDK. I do my best to put important posts in the funkycule tag

Hopefully that covers anything you might want to know?? Tbh I've been high-key considering making a commentary video playing through the Pico series for people who don't want to play it (for understandable reasons) while also giving explanations for word of god lore. If enough people are interested I might make that NDKQJSKS