#the lost town

[chestnutroan]

The Thang

[mother-lee]

pink

[bixels]

In the past, people in the Animal Crossing community would make fun of Tom Nook as a sleazy landlord. Since then, he's really rehabilitated his image as this 'heart of gold' businessman (he's the one who puts bells and furniture in trees for you to find! he adopted orphans! he donates to charity!), but New Horizons genuinely paints the most devious version of him.

He's successfully privatized settler colonialism: you pay HIM to move to a "deserted island" (which apparently the oceans in the AC world are just full of) and start a colony that he is directly invested in. At best he's running a weird vacation package scam (you arrive on the island with no money and in debt for "using his services"). At worst, he's using you to set up company towns. For god's sake, he literally has his own fake currency that he forces you to use to pay off your debt. But don't worry, he's repackaged it in a way that definitely doesn't sound like an MLM scam: the Nook Mileage Program!

You're no longer just his tenant or his temporary part-timer, you're his business lackey. The entire tutorial section of the game has you spending actual weeks running around completing tasks and doing hard labor to set up his colony. You're even tasked with preparing his properties and finding buyers for them. No, you aren't a tenant anymore. You work for the landlord. You are directly responsible for finding tenants for him. And he doesn't even fucking pay you. Not for setting up town hall and museum, or his nephew's shop –– which is the ONLY store on the entire island that sells necessities –– or bringing KK Slider to town, or helping populate his town. Not a single cent. No, actually, you have to pay HIM to BUY infrastructure like bridges and stairs and park benches. And all the while, he's telling you're the "resident representative"; you get to call the shots! That the reward is the community's progress. That what you're doing is in everyone's best interest (but most importantly, his).

Since NH's release, people have done a lot of legwork to say that Tom Nook isn't a capitalist while the game shows him at his very worst. He owns the only general store in town. You're forced to use a phone that he modified and branded as his own. Buy Nook-branded furniture and merchandise at the self-serve kiosk in the town hall, a governmental building! There's no conflict of interest here!

But hey, if you're tired of being the landlord/business mogul's goon, you can also find work as a deluxe resort home designer for a company that also pays you in their special company currency that can only be used to buy their products instead of a real salary! Because that's what the Animal Crossing franchise needs! More vacation homes!!!

[lolsureha]

The Lost Town Incorrect Quotes

[lizzybeeee]

"So, how was your time in the south?"

"...eventful."

[mysteryshoptls]

R Malleus Draconia - Nightmare Suit Voice Lines

Nightmare Suit Malleus does not have a Vignette.

Summon: This is Halloween! What strange magic, and what a strange place... I find it astonishing that I could be taken so aback.

Groovification: If you wish to avoid the horror, avert your eyes... From every single thing that lurks in the darkness.

Home: Instead of a blessing, I shall bestow fear.

Home Transition 1: I often find myself in situations where I dress in black outfits, yes... However I am not accustomed to wearing designs that look stitched up like patchwork.

Home Transition 2: I saw Leech humming away. He seems to be rather relaxed despite having come to an unknown town.

Home Transition 3: So, Graves had also come to the secondhand book market. It's not often you'll find someone with an interest in antique books. I think I would enjoy finding topics to speak to him about.

Home Transition - Login: As I was walking through the graveyard, I saw the ground past the hill start to move by itself. Is the land sentient in this town?

Home Tap 1: Rosehearts was helping to re-wrap a bandaged-up townsfolk after it came undone. As always, he sure is a punctilious young man.

Home Tap 2: I must admit, I was startled when Finkelstein itched his brain with his fingers directly. My, aren't the denizens of this town utterly fascinating?

Home Tap 3: I was not expecting the spider on the mayor's collar to move... Schoenheit also mentioned that he thought it was mere decoration. It's amazingly camouflaged, indeed.

Home Tap 4: Skellington is close and amiable with his subjects. Despite being called their king, it seems it differs wildly here from what is expected of the Draconia family.

Home Tap 5: ...Were you attempting to play a trick on me? How amusing that you think you could surprise me. As a testament to your bravery, I'll overlook that bit of impertinence.

Requested by Anonymous.

[shushmal]

i love the idea of steddie getting out of hawkins, having these big lives and chasing big dreams.

but in a more real, vindictive way, i LOVE the idea of steddie staying hawkins and having a bunch of kids that absolutely terrorize the entire town because they have both munson and harrington traits in the absolute worst ways

[budgieflitter]

WELCOME TO PLEASANTOWN

PART 1 part 2!!! this took much more thinking than the previous one but i hope it turned out just as engaging :) i'll likely make another post with more details also big thanks to al-pomegranate-seeds for the ideas you sent me earlier, it really helped! the descriptions are below 🔽

GRUNT = DREAMER Professor Buzz Grunt is a respected researcher in his field, as well as an aspiring history novel author. However, after the unfortunate fire accident and the loss of his wife it became harder to provide proper education to his sons. Can his golden child Tank prove his worth to this demanding dad? Is he really ready to make a commitment to the new Specter heiress for the sake of the family?

SMITH = PLEASANT

Jenny always knew that there will be difficulties with cross-cultural relationships, but between juggling family and career problems, her way too secretive husband is just too much to keep track of. What is he hiding? Will Johnny be able to fit in and reconcile with his little sister? SPECTER = GOTH

When the head of Specter Industries was about to retire and pass the business to her son, he disappeared without a trace. Is there a possibility that this is the doing of someone with eyes set on her fortune? Can Olive really entrust the inheritance to her niece Ophelia?

CURIOUS = BROKE

Economy is tough and passion for science is expensive, so the Curious brothers have to share the living space to get by. After the birth of Tycho things have become especially challenging. While Lazlo is invested in dubious hacking activity, and with Vidcund eager to fund another one of his “secret science projects”, can Pascal cope with his new role as a cosmic parent? And what about the rumor that the Specter heir was last seen scaling the deck of their house?

SINGLES = CALIENTE

Lola and Chloe arrived to Pleasantown to reconnect with their roots, or so they claim. Have they really been missing the fatherly affection, or do they have ulterior, fiscal motives?

LOSTE = LOTHARIO

Kristen doesn’t particularly care for Pleasantown, but she has to admit that people here are quite the attraction. She is committed to her dream of becoming a world famous sports champion. Is her commitment to Erin Beaker just as genuine?

BEAKER = BURB

After graduating from college, Erin moved in with her brother and his wife while she’s trying to adjust to adult life. While Loki is being hospitable, Circe is growing tired of tarot readings and psychic seances. Can Erin’s newfound love help out before Circe turns her into a makeup testing animal?

💬 i hope there is enough drama to make this work hahaha i'm also planning to post a couple of other characters and notable townies swapped separately

[chlobody]

exploring bandos [ shot by @ohseephotography ]

[charbroiledchicken]

'ekko's hair accessory' this, 'timebomb painting on each others clothes that', why has nobody noticed that the lyrics in paint the town blue - "crush got a crush" - are basically ekko's voice lines from the game.

don't tell me those lyrics aren't a reference to "i had a crush, until you started talking to the gun".

anyways i'm placing good money on paint the town blue being the timebomb collab's theme song.

[kodachrome-net]

Village Theater, Chicago, 1990

[mother-lee]

[lightningbig]

sorry twilight princess will always be eating holes in my brain. constantly and forever. I cannot ever be normal about it.

it's such a haunted game. you are a dead thing going through a dead world. you are something in between. you can go back but it will never be the same. you will never be the same. you are walking, constantly, through ghosts of what came before. you are exploring places long forgotten. you are the only one on this path because there is no one else that can walk it. you were just a farm boy. you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. right place at the wrong time? wrong place at the right time? you were just supposed to deliver a sword.

[canisalbus]

You should plan on doing a meet and greet one day!

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[lolsureha]

Incorrect Quotes from The Lost Town (Part 1)

[hypogryffin]

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