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Every response where you say "I like it when people pay attention" I think to myself "I pay attention!"
And then you catch my lacking every time sans one.
I'm very proud of that one time, granted, so I can't wait for that reveal, but every single time something appears that I feel like I shoulda noticed, I just...
Keeping me humble, Akane!
On a related note, I wonder if those flowers will have any relevance (or if we've already seen them), tho at the same time it feels fitting for them to be red (and every other color, harhar) herrings...
I mean it's easy to oversee the details or just forget them, since the comic updates only once per week. I've had MANY people ask me if they missed something, since they didn't remember the Knight reveal from page 80. Or didn't understand the reason why Susie and Kris thought that Asgore made the Dark Fountain and then later assumed Toriel was the culprit. There are lines I SPECIFICALLY put in there that are hints to these things.
"That... came from your father's flower store, Kris..." "Opening Dark Fountains seems to run in your family, huh Kris?" "Your mother and him (Asgore) were heading to his store." "This looks EXACTLY like the start of the RUINS." "Wait a second... You met MOM in this RUINS place???" "So like... did you teach your mom how to make Dark Fountains, or something?
The whole Dark World hints towards it being Flowey. It partially looks like the Ruins, the place you first meet Flowey. The flower dragon is a representation of how he views himself. The vines look like the heart-shaped locket associated with Asriel and Chara. The Dark World is based on Acient Greece, which was BIG on their pantheon of gods, and Flowey does have a thing for becoming god-like. During their walk through the Not-Ruins they talk about Chara and Asriel's backstory. Lesslo says their knight has an "interesting sense of humor" and goes off how this Dark World is basically falling apart because of Flowey. And lastly Lesslo drops the "best friend forever" line, which CEMENTS that the Knight is Flowey.
Typically it should be easier to grasp during a full read-through.
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Can you rant about Morgana?
I think I should apologise in advance I'm very hyperfixated. I'm halfway through writing this and I have no idea if any of it makes sense. I've just finished writing it you don't have to read all this if you don't want to it's a bit incoherent but yeah here you go!!
Omg my girl Morgana. I love Morgana and I don't think what she did was right by any means but I completely understand why she did it. Like can you imagine your dad being the leader of an opressive group, regularly killing members of the oppressed group, and constantly showing mistrust and distain towards them. Only to then find out you are one of them. I would be terrified. She had to watch as people of magic where killed or hunted knowing that was her. Knowing that that could one day be her fate. Also you cannot convince me season 2 Morgana was running of nearly enough sleep, she was having regular prophetic nightmares about her brother dying. Anyway speaking of Arthur I kinda get why she didn't go to him for help when her powers first appeared. If we're using the magic is gay idea then I know how scary it is to come out to people even if I know there supportive. It's still terrifying. I can't imagine that fear but somewhere where being gay is illegal. Knowing your coming out to someone supportive but knowing that if that information got out you could be killed or imprisoned. If you had a falling out they could use that information against you and basically ruin your life. Saying the words I am gay (or in Morgana's case I have magic) in an environment like that must be so scary. It's not Arthur's fault at all but just something I was thinking. I also do think Uther would have punished her in some way for having magic. We've seen through the first two seasons he's ok with imprisoning her and grabbing her by the neck so I don't think it's to fare fetched to say he would have reacted badly. ANYWAY Morgause, I wish we had seen more of her and Morgana between seasons 2 and 3. Her manipulation. I feel like it wouldn't have been hard to do Morgana was probably quite scared and lonely "I don't want to be brave, I just want to be myself. I don't want to be alone anymore." Which would have made things easy for Morgause. I'd still loved to have seen it tho, like are the mandrake theory's true? But all that aside by the time of season 3 those seeds of mistrust and resentment have been planted. I loved Morgana and merlin in season 3 tho they where so funny.
Ok I'm thinking to make this less of a massive block of text new paragraph!! So I feel like I don't have to much to say on season 3 Morgana other than omg I need her wardrobe. It was painful though seeing one of the first things she does as queen is execute people (which I think can be used as a parallel to Uther but I feel like we don't know enough about Uther to be 100% sure). Tbf tho she could have got that follow me or die mentality from Uther or Morgause. Season 4 Morgana again not much to say. I feel really bad for her in the opening scenes when she kills Morgause. She didn't look happy about it to say the least. And can you imagine how she felt after the plan didn't even work?? Also this is where emrys is first mentioned to her. Anyway she spends most of the season alone with growing fears about emrys. But she does meat Aithusa. I love her and Aithusa's friendship!! I think it also shows that the old Morgana is not dead, not completely anyway. In S5 ep8 Arthur is having dinner with the Sarrum and he says the only reason Morgana didn't use magic against him was due to Aithusa. Morgana loved the dragon so much she would let herself suffer for years just to keep her safe. I think the quote was something like "her love for the creature cause her more suffering than she could have imagined". I think this was important to mention because it shows she is still capable of love. Despite everything that has happened her old self is still there. But her capture definitely plays massively into her character in season 5. She was held in a old well, hands manacled above her head in complete darkness. No wonder she went mad. Can you imagine being left alone with only your thoughts for just under 3 years? Then she meets Mordred again and she is so happy. Finally the person she loved like a son, the one person alive who should understand her and her motive, who has also suffered due to Camelot. But she has changed. She is angry and bitter and this drives him away. She drove him right to the people she hated. Her face in the scene where Mordred stabs her breaks my heart omg. (Not blaming Mordred but it's something I wanted to mention.) I would get into the dark tower episode with Gwen as well as there parallels to Morgause and Morgana in the early seasons but this post is already so long I might do it in another. But yeah her death broken my heart. She ruined herself for nothing. She failed at all her goals and died alone and hated by everyone that once loved her. And yes I did cry at the final episode my incredibly smart mind decided the best thing to do after watching it was listen to mitski, this did not end well.
Tysm for the ask!! I'm so sorry this post is so long I have a lot of thoughts about her.
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combining my bg3 nerdism with my punchout obsession
all of them would be monks in some way bc. panching. but theyd be multiclassed and use it during their fight, with the exceptions of glass joe and sandman as i think it makes more sense for them to just be monks as first and last bosses
i made this a while ago and dont remember most of my reasoning for the subclasses. just go with it. OH and i wanted only one for each multiclass, so no repeats.
if i fucked up dnd lore look AWAY im a bg3 and d20 boy im not hardcore
this is super lazy
glass joe- monk (way of mercy)
like i said, hes just a monk with no multiclass since hes the starting/warmup boss. he hasnt got enough exp yet
von kaiser- monk (way of the sun soul) & fighter (battle master)
i mean, with his soldier-y theme, both in appearance and voice, i feel him being a fighter is just the obvious choice. plus it feels like an easy jump from solo monk to fighter-monk
disco kid- monk (way of the shadow) & bard (college of valour)
hes groovin, and his dance theme is more prominent than flamenco's so it feels more appropriate to give it to disco. plus his headphones. enough about bards who play music give me interpretive dance bards
king hippo- monk (way of the ascendant dragon) & wizard (transmutation)
okay king hippo was the last one i chose a multiclass for and wizard was the last free class. ig he could be artificier but wizard felt more regal, like royal wizard. not too much reasoning for this one tho sorry lol
piston hondo- monk (way of the long death) & paladin (devotion)
another one i feel is relatively obvious. hes dedicated to what he does and seems to do nothing but train according to cutscenes. idk what to say hes just. paladin
bear hugger- monk (way of the sun soul) & druid (circle of the land)
i mean dudes best friend is a bear and he brings a squirrel into the ring. hes already a bear in two senses of the word, why not add a third and make it more literal? sure hed love to chill with mrs bear
great tiger- monk (way of the four elements) & sorcerer (wild magic)
i remember my subclass reasoning and it was just. three clones and him in his cutscene equals four. and they seem to have different "elements" associated with each. that said sorcerer feels like The Most obvious choice of the lot. he uses his magic naturally and deftly, but his knockout cutscene betrays a sort of lack of control he may have, so i went with wild magic. i could just as easily see draconic though and give him some cool tiger-like face scales.
don flamenco- monk (way of the open hand) & ranger (beast master)
hes a toreador and punts a bull into space, a class with an advantage over animals is the easy choice. plus based on vibes alone, rangers feel patient and wait for prey like he does in his fight
aran ryan- monk (way of the kensei) & rogue (arcane trickster)
honestly all the rogue subclasseses work with aran but i went with tricksger bc i felt more general. i dont think hed actually kill someone and theif was too specific for the general mayhem he causes. plus hed absolutely use illegal magicks in the ring.
soda popinski- monk (way of the drunken master) & cleric (war domain)
obvious subclass is obvious. cleric bc he heals himself in battle by drinking soda. war domain bc none of the others rlly fitt
bald bull- monk (way of the long death) & barbarian (wildheart)
okay a *lot* of the boxers could be barbarians but i feel like bull is the one with the most obvious "rage" mechanic, being his charge. wildheart bc bull theme
super macho man- monk (way of the astral self) & warlock (the archfiend)
i think smm was another one i did last but him selling his soul to be a rich and famous pro boxer feels fitting. i dont remember my reasoning for his astral subclass but i remember i really liked it so take my word
mr sandman- monk (way of the open hand)
again as i said before, i wanted him to be a "back to basics" sort of fighter. taking what mac should know most intimately and putting him through a ringer of all the typical "monk" things. open hand also feels like the most "basic" but powerful monk Thing so.
also. mac would be a monk but his multiclass would be up to the player, if they multiclassed him at all, and doc would be a way of mercy monk and a knowledge domain cleric, bc hes macs mentor, was a champion so he knows a lot. and heals mac if needed. (also a folk hero. dodnt do backgrounds for other characters but thar u go)
#punch out#don flamenco#glass joe#aran ryan#mr sandman#super macho man#von kaiser#bald bull#great tiger#piston hondo#king hippo#disco kid#bear hugger#soda popinski#punch out au#idk man im jus ramblign#also i dornt know super panch out v well so didnt do them
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KYAAAHHH a T&B ask game!!! 😍😍😍
Could I please ask 1, 2 and 5? 💚
Of course thank you for asking!
1. My favourite character is Kotetsu! I really like how he has a big heart and is well intentioned and wants to help people but he does mess up/ causes more problems sometimes. He loves his daughter but he’s not around. I just really like how he is not perfect but still cares. He’s always funny.
2. My top three are Kotetsu, Ryan, and Rose. I liked Ryan since his first appearance but I’ll admit a part of that was because he reminded me of booster gold and I really like booster gold. But latter a started liking him because he cared about everyone and loves Molly a whole lot. He becomes a good partner to Rose and isn’t afraid to open up and tell her it’s because of her his nightmares have gotten better. He’s funny at times and he’s loyal and he just really wants to find a connection with someone (mainly in his field of work) who won’t betray him. He can also be quite sweet at times. I really like Rose because she didn’t initially become a hero to help people. She had her own goal of becoming a singer and she was willing to do what she had to to achieve that. She’s cool and can handle her self well later on. She is good at what she does both hero work and singing and is dedicated. She is a good partner and when her work doesn’t get in the way a good friend. She supports the other girls especially in the movie when Nathan, dragon kid, and her fight that old guy. She wants to be able to support her friends and she does care about others. She wants to be able to visit sick fans in the hospital and I like that she takes Kaede under her wing a bit and offers to help her.
5. My favourite Villain is Fugan and Mugan. I know thats two but they go together. Some of their endings in the last bit in the episodes were funny. The main reason tho is because of the family that they have with brow and how it is why they are fighting the heroes. They want to protect and help the man that took them in and raised them and Who did his best to protect them. They were just kids who had a rough life and wanted to keep the man who made it better safe.
That was fun thank you :)
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i'll also say before i finally, finally dive into my drafts and put the topic to rest, i did want to talk about how i'd personally love to have seen the plot unfold tho, so here's my take on some restructuring & reordering.
PROLOGUE:
START IN YOUR PLAYABLE FACTION
i stand by the fact that veilguard would've worked best if it had started before rook had met varric. if we're working within the framework of this game, where rook is a static character who players cannot shape in any meaningful way, this also lets us get attached to this character as we get to see their life and circumstances.
MINGLE WITH NPCS & EXPLORE THE CITY
We get to know the people in our faction by actually interacting with them.
I'm using Rook!Crow as an example here, but we open with Viago anxiously running Rook through some combat training because they're about to take on whatever test would make them a full Crow.
We spent some time with the de Riva faction and learn that they are a new kind of Crow. We also get to talk about the process to become a Crow - Rook very casually drops that their training was 'torture' in banter, which we know is true from previous games. Maybe we establish that the reason why the de Riva's are so different is because Teia and Viago are trying to break generational trauma. Maybe Viago is worried he's been too soft on Rook, and Rook could very well die, but it's hard when pain is baked into their traditions.
This also then sets up things with Lucanis' story.
We get introduced to the Antaam problem as well as the shit with the governor.
Rook kills the contract. They are then promoted to a full Crow.
MEETING VARRIC
Rook isn't a full crow for long. They cross paths with Varric. I think their meeting in this origin was Varric being captured by slavers? They rescue Varric who is impressed with what they've done, but they piss off the other crows because jumping in compromised a much larger operation other crows were running.
Here we are also introduced to Solas for the first time. If we want to draw from scrapped concepts, we can draw upon the Agents of Fen'Harel acting to protect the elves of the city and were also working to dismantle the slavery ring. Maybe Solas spares a word of praise for Varric for investigating and acting quickly, thinking he'd managed it on his own. Solas disappears without ever having seen Rook.
Realizing that Rook is such a wildcard Solas hadn't even taken note of them, Varric offers Rook a contract.
Teia & Viago insist that Rook leave with Varric to protect themselves from the wrath of the crows they piss off.
END PROLOGUE.
ACT ONE: THE GANG FORMS A TEAM.
Varric and Harding have a short-list of people whose skills they are in dire need of in order to stop Solas. Act one is all about forming that famed team to stop Solas, with hints of the elven gods woven in.
It's also about ensuring we get to know all of the companions and also understand that regardless of what Solas is doing, the veil is weakening and the elven god's influence is seeping out. We establish that the new darkspawn we see has been appearing since the breach began but people had been blaming it on demons. Now they're suspecting it has something to do with Solas' plans and he is causing it.
MEETING NEVE:
Minrathous still ends up being the first stop and also the first base, as Varric uses his connection to Dorian and the Shadow Dragons to carve out a place to stay. We genuinely need to track down this Neve Gallus because Solas is elusive and they need the best to track him.
Neve says she doesn't like to be away from Dock Town for too long and so does not join the party immediately. Instead she offers to do what she does best - chase a lead.
RECRUITING BELLARA:
Merrill (conditional) or Neria (if Merrill is dead) have contacted Varric to ask for help in Arlathan Forest. The magic appears to be growing more and more unstable, and this feels like a good indication that Solas is there.
You meet Bellara much the same way you do in-game, she's been missing for a few days in an area the magic is particularly unstable. She mentions that there was a man here who knew more about the magic and technology than even she did and he took something that made it unstable. Once you stabilize things, you tell her that Fen'Harel really does walk among the people and that you need her help to stop him.
This makes her uneasy for some reason. In my ideal version of this story, it's because Bellara found the mask and Anaris has been whispering to her. She'd been ignoring it, thinking maybe it was the grief from recently losing her brother, but now she's not so sure.
In another idea, Bellara had met Cyrian who was babbling about the gods being real and being among them. Maybe instead of Anaris, Elgar'nan had managed to sink his hooks into him because the Veil in Arlathan Forest is so thin he can punch through.
Bellara requests to join the team and you agree.
RECRUITING LUCANIS:
They need a mage killer! So they're going to go get a mage killer. Lucanis' quest plays out pretty much exactly as it did in the game. You go into the jail, you come out with an abomination. Except the Spite-Lucanis fusion is new and they have not worked out the balance between them yet.
Varric is around to have feelings about this abomination. But he has some experience with them! So he is able to provide Lucanis some guidance - not enough to prevent the problems that occur down the line, but enough so he and Spite can function. Lucanis suggests he makes a contract with Spite, and Spite agrees.
But Lucanis is still actively repressing spite.
RECRUITING TAASH:
Isabela is the one who lets Varric know that she's got a promising young dragon hunter just itching for an adventure who can serve as their muscle and help combat any dragons they might encounter, which is historically at least some. Much as the Lords of Fortune don't want to part with them and their skills, Solas dumping demons on their head is considerably worse.
Taash is Taash. Not a lot needs to change from the start of their quest, honestly.
Recruiting Taash is the first time we actually encounter these new darkspawn. Given the danger that darkspawn blood poses, the party agrees that they need a Grey Warden.
We see Solas watching the party with a growing interest. Difficult to say if he's interested or annoyed.
RECRUITING DAVRIN:
Davrin is recruited without Assan. Assan comes in later, after the destruction of Weisshaupt. Depending on what your Inquisitor did (IN A WORLD WHERE BANISHING THE WARDENS MATTERED) they are either friendly to Varric's cause or are telling him to go fuck himself. We focus more heavily on the First Warden's policies on staying uninvolved and give a better foundation why in the fuck he says no.
The First Warden doesn't believe that Elven Gods were responsible for the Blights, he doesn't believe that they're associated with the dragons, he thinks this is all fucking nonsense and you're just wasting his time.
Regardless of the outcome, Davrin is a Dalish Elf and he's in the room when this is being discussed because he's a fairly high ranking warden. When he hears that they're hunting the fucking Dread Wolf he starts asking questions.
So he catches up with the party in the aftermath and offers his services.
My biggest complaint about Davrin is I do not feel that we got a good sense of who he is without Assan and it made connecting to his struggles to bond with Assan a lot harder.
So we get Davrin alone. We talk to Davrin about how he likes lone-wolfing it. We also get to talk to him about how the Wardens 'aren't what he thought' and how he 'believes in doing what's right regardless of politics'.
( AND WE CAN ALSO DELVE INTO WHY HE LEFT HIS CLAN BC THE DALISH WAYS OF JUST SITTING AND WATCHING BOTHERED HIM )
BUILDING TENSION:
After the recruitment there is a cutscene where the elves note that something feels off. The human & qunari don't get it. Varric introduces the audience to the idea that elves are more sensitive to the Fade than humans, and if they're starting to feel a change, that means they're running out of time.
RECRUITING EMMRICH:
Given that they are dealing with the imminent threat of the Fade and physical world rejoining, they still need a Fade expert. A call from Dorian points them to Nevarra, he says he's already secured their Fade Expert and they just need to go say hello.
Nevarra is in a fucking state though. We would have heard bits and pieces of this argument in Rivain, but because we were dealing with the Lords & Taash it wasn't at the forefront.
The Spirits can't seem to agree on whether they agree with Solas' plan or not. Solas has spoken to them and requested their help in minimizing the damages, so they do know a great deal about what it is he intends to do (and this is where we actually understand what the consequences for the Fade and Mortal realms rejoining would be - imo it's more than just magic coming back into the world, it would be shifting landscapes bc the two worlds have diverged considerably since the Veil came up).
It's a pretty clean split. There are some loud voices that argue that it would be better to restore the world as it was and some loud voices that say that they chose to live in the world as it is.
Emmrich is torn on the matter. That level of change brings so much risk, and his fear of death is so great that he prefers to stick with what he knows. Still, he agrees to join us in the hopes of understanding it better, and of researching his quest for immortality and lichdom.
AND IN THIS VERSION OF THE STORY, LICHES ARE NOT AN ALREADY A KNOWN & EXISTING THING. This is something Emmrich would have to research on his own, and doing so would carry intense risk because it is a form of fucking blood magic AND THE CHANTRIES OF BOTH NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN THEDAS WOULD BE FLIPPING OUT ABOUT THIS.
RECRUITING NEVE:
We return to Minrathous. Neve has found where the ritual is meant to take place and is formally joining the party. We get to spend some time around Dock Town with her and understand a new side of Minrathous and magic, and we also see confirmation of all the bad we've been told.
But we're with the people who experience that bad. And Neve talks about her love for her city and her desire to make it better.
D'METAS CROSSING:
This happens in Act 1 to establish how the Gods operate.
With their prison so weak, their influence has been snaking out. This is what the elves have been feeling, not the restoration of magic. But they have absolutely no way of knowing that. The go to D'Metas Crossing at the behest of the Veil Jumpers and find what they do in the original game.
There are some hints here that what tempted the mayor was the Architect. He just keeps saying that 'they tempted me, you don't understand, you won't understand until they're in your head'.
He's been driven mad by something and the speculation is that it was the magic. The strange new Blight that consumed the town is also blamed on the magic.
We get one last cutscene of Solas in D'Meta's Crossing after the party leaves, finding all of his agents stationed here are now infected. He apologizes that his poor choices lead to this and mercy kills all of them.
ONE LAST MEETING:
The party has a discussion as a whole about the Veil and the state of the world, since we've visited several places now where spirits and humans live in harmony. We've also seen some sidequests with demonic possession that has not gone as well as Lucanis and Spite's cohabiting...... which honestly is still messy but less messy than Anders and Justice.
Morrigan and the Inquisitor make their appearance here as well. If the Inquisitor drank from the well, they say that they physically cannot raise a hand against Solas. Nor can they get near him. this could be one of two things - one, the theft of mythal's power gave Solas the ability to keep the Inquisitor away from him so they couldn't dissuade him themselves.
Or two, the Mythal bit in Morrigan is not allowing either of them to use her power or the knowledge she has given them against him. But their geas allows them to talk and answer questions, even if they cannot provide all of the details they know.
The party reviews all of the details we possess. Rook can have some feelings on the whole thing.
This is where the choice to support VARRIC'S ATTEMPT TO TALK TO SOLAS or TRY TO DISSUADE HIM comes in.
We note it's been about a year since this whole thing started.
THE RITUAL:
The ritual kicks off shortly after the party arrives in Arlathan forest using Morrigan's eluvian.
It plays out much like it does in the game, however in the end only Varric and Rook make it to Solas. Varric insists he's going to try to talk him down.
If you SUPPORTED VARRIC'S DECISION TO TALK TO SOLAS, Rook can also make a plea to him.
If you did not, Rook stands at the ready behind him in case something goes wrong. This ratchets up the tension and makes Solas even more curt.
And obviously it does.
The difference here is really just Rook's stance towards Solas determines how much information you get from him about what he's doing and his motivations. Choosing to talk to him shows he's willing to talk though he seems distracted and keeps insisting now is not the time for this argument. Choosing aggression is met with aggression.
Because you interrupted him during the resealing ritual and Solas, being Solas, does not elaborate on why he needs to finish this. He says something cryptic about how he's just preventing something far worse from coming to pass.
So shit goes sideways. Varric gets stabbed. Elgar'nan and Ghila'nain get out.
All of the party members end up thrown into the Crossroads, and the Caretaker steps in to collect them.
Rook has their first prison visit with Solas. Solas explains what they have just done.
If you picked aggression, Solas is more hostile.
If you picked trying to talk, Solas is somewhat remorseful that he did not consider speaking to them before attempting it. He did not think they would listen.
Either way, he will talk about how he's been watching Rook and Varric was right. Rook was the one element he never saw coming. And he can only hope it helps them against the Evanuris.
END OF ACT 1.
other misc things - you'd be able to flirt with companions in Act 1 and get some 'getting to know you' romance scenes. Even with Neve since you would be making frequent visits to Minrathous for sidequests and the like.
party member banter & act 1 quests would also acknowledge their personal flaws, their own struggles, and we would get a very solid basis as to why the second half of Act 2 is all about getting to know them as people and fix their shit.
because we have gods who are brainwashing & capitalizing on people's fears, doubts, and greatest wants. and if you go into the final battle with these personal issues unaddressed, elgar'nan will take advantage of it and turn them against you.
ACT 2.
I'm running out of steam but Act 2 would start with Rook waking up and having that conversation with brain ghost Varric. The party member with the highest approval would be the one to check on Rook and express they were glad they finally woke up.
Rook says they were, "just talking to Varric" and gestures to the bed, where we see Varric.
But what we don't know is it's just Bianca on that bed.
I'd want there to be a little more doubt about whether or not Varric was alive. So, in lieu of people never acknowledging him (which was my immediate tipoff), everyone does what Rook does and talks to Bianca like Varric is still there. The only time Varric isn't acknowledged is in group conversations. Which at this point isn't unusual, as Varric's quips tended to go unaddressed and Varric had been ceding more control over the mission to Rook & Harding.
In Act 2, you would be hitting the ground running picking between Minrathous (where you would meet Elgar'nan) and Treviso (where you would meet Ghili'nain). Whichever you visit weakens the God's hold on it. The other isn't destroyed, but it's population is blighted and honestly that's so much worse.
The big plot points previously in act 1 are moved here. You would have met all of the factions briefly in recruitment & side quests but this is where they really matter.
Picking Minrathous locks you out of Lucanis' romance and hardens him, picking Treviso locks you out of Neve's romance and hardens her.
This immediately makes tension within the party that builds and builds up to Weisshaupt. Weishaupt would happen at about the mid-way point of the game and would remain the same, but your choices would determine whether the little girl and her father lived or died.
Weishaupt is also where Assan is introduced. Davrin saves him from the Gloom Howler who........ i think i need to read her book before i make any calls on what i'd tweak there.
The last half of Act 2 is a lot of personal quests, but these personal quests are paced with more investigation and plot progression. They also feature a much heavier focus on the character's internal struggles and the external stressors are given less weight.
If you go into the final battle there are absolutely some (not all, it has to make sense for them as characters) party members will turn on you bc Elgar'nan's mind control is able to take root.
ACT 3 ends up being completely restructured lmfafjkahfkja i've run out of steam but maybe i'll revisit this
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forgive me if I sent this before sdfg But I sorta have this headcanon about the Gerudo? Gender is fucking weird to me anyways, so my brain looks at "they only have a man every 100 years and he's destined to be king" and i'm like 'but why tho'. I like to think their view of gender just doesn't translate well into Hyrulian/a language with gender binary. There are technically trans* people born into the Gerudo (*everyone is assigned 'female' at birth) so they are able to sustain themselves just fine. But the role of like, champion or king or whatever you want to call it, there's a distinction from the average person. Ganondorf isn't special because of his, err, equipment or anything. But this nuance is lost on Hylians, and centuries of misunderstanding contributed to this idea of "ah gerudo only have 1 man" (always did find it backwards that divinity is feminine in this series, yet it's almost always Zelda's father The King who is in charge and gets to be a character)
Ohhh the famed question of Gender Among Gerudo!!!
Okay, so. I think I'm a little weird in that regard. First, I think I need to be a little transparent about how I write, because it changes the way I go about this sort of things. I tend to be the sort of person that kind of gravitates around fictional cultures with really weird gender components and pressure points and then want to scratch at them and push them to their breaking point, because it interests me to see characters struggling to make sense of their identity in these contexts.
Again, all of this is about my own approach/my own creative curiosity and not at all a rebuttal of any other approach!! I'm super interested to see gerudos interpreted across the fandom, it's always so endlessly fascinating!!
(I'm putting it under the cut because I don't know if my own approach interests you, so just in case!)
So. While I think that it would also make sense for gerudo to think of gender in way that are radically different than hylians, I'm personally interested to take the claims at face value and see what sort of people that would create --for better and for worse. I am a big fan of the gerudos, but I also see gender (and especially masculinity) as one of their messiest pressure points.
The reason why that interests me is that an enormous part of Descant's subtext is Ganondorf being completely overwhelmed by the notion of masculinity and its expectations. Having no real blueprint to even understand what being a man is even supposed to imply beyond old legends about kings long dead, more myth than people, the contradictory, vague and messy expectations of the gerudos women who hardly know any better than him (but might say that they do, right Koume&Kotake), and hylian men who are literal threats to his life, actively hated by his people and who get imprisonned/killed if they ever get inside gerudo lands... How in the world are you expected to construct a stable perception of yourself in a context like this? And that's excluding the differences between hylian and gerudo perception of masculinity, or the insane stuff that hylians do project upon him based on their own understanding of gender and gender dynamics. In the end (in Descant), it's Darunia who does the most for him in that regard, though pretty much without realizing it nor the importance that it holds for Ganondorf, and then uhhh everything goes well forever and nobody's people gets eaten by a reanimated dragon very importantly.
I am taking a rather dark interpretation of the gerudos in OoT by taking their situation so literally, buuut I'm that kind of writer unfortunately for everybody involved. :((( This makes their relationship with hylians and their own brithrates very very dire in a war context, makes Ganondorf's appearance in the equation all the more important --but also very... questionable in a lot of ways. Extreme arbitrary gendered power combined with absolutely crushing gender expectations you can't really run away from, and expectations that are far from neutral (that's some wild shit to project onto a literal newborn is all I'll say). I think a Ganondorf raised in such a context might try to do anything for his people, buuut a part of him might also cultivate some resentment for the role bestowed upon him and the fact that he can't just be. This would have uhh implications once he gets a whiff that divine power (so self-definition at its most absolute) is a goal he can strive for.
What can I say, I'm interested in the mess!!!
But I also think trans gerudos are completely fair game, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a social space for trans gerudo to exist without this kind of pressure, especially when, culturally, masculinity is also a function --but I also think sheikahs might be much, much better at the whole gender thing than gerudos are as a culture tbh.
And as far as Goddesses being feminine while Zelda not holding actual power... I agree that it feels weird. I decided to handle this as hylians using it as an excuse to have the Goddesses relegated as religious passivity --blessed symbols of balance-- while having the concrete messiness of down-to-earth power be the domain of men; less pure and heavenly, but also, by definition, more power.
(I think this also changes a lot across Hyrule's history, but again I'm talking OoT era)
Thank you so much for your ask!! I hope I didn't overspill with my own headcanons haha
#asks#thoughts#ganondorf#tloz#oot#descant of greatness#gerudos#the gender thing#unhallowed vespers#descant is full of defused gender angst#much more than I anticipated#but then everything I write always has much more gender angst than I anticipated#HMMMM#thank you for the ask!! I hope I didn't answer besides the point
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TCF Prompt 25
38 year old Kim Rok Soo has lived a hard, tiring life on earth, all he wants to do with the rest of his life is to slack and live a comfortable life.
So when he awakens in a new body(and name), in a forest next to a beautiful field, with a system and some elementals by his side he takes it surprisingly in stride. There was nothing left for him on earth after all, but perhaps with this he can finally achieve his dream! Especially with how well his goods, etc eventually sell for.
Is what he thought. He should have known it was a giant red flag when things started off so well. Now he is suddenly a guardian to 3 kids(2 cats and a dragon he somehow saved), has a persistent protective knight/ex-hero(who also transmigrated here, and isn't that a story in itself...A old hero forgotten for 100 years who defeated a man known as the white star), a ex-assassin and his son who is a chef who moved themselves in without asking, a crown prince who is insistent on forming a contract with for his wares(hello golden plaque), along with many others.
Aigoo, his poor life.
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He goes by "Cale Thames" at first, he is not blood related to the Henituse's. But when Deruth meets him when he goes to set up his farm, etc, he believes him to be his old friend Jours son, so has him put under his protection, etc. And he becomes Cale Henituse if wanted.
Choi Han defeated the White Star when he first transmigrated, however he never seemed to age and eventually left normal society and soon became nothing more but a old tale for children. One day he had fallen and hurt his foot after saving two kittens from the Cat Tribe, which eventually lead them to Cale.(He does find out Cale was formally Kim Rok Soo. He is both happy and sad, as he was friends with his nephew who had passed).
The AP's are the elementals/cheats Cale was given. The System was created by GoD.
Cale still has his 'adventures', but there's no big war he has to fight(tho somehow he helps the civil wars with Toonka and the Whales, ugh). He still overworks himself and coughs up blood and makes himself sick on occasion much to the worry of everyone around him.
He doesn't know why Ron and Beacrox suddenly appeared and moved in to help, but they are not leaving anytime soon..at least he has delicious food...the lemons..not so much and he could do without. But...it's..kind of nice..to be taken care of in such a way...
Cale is still adopted by Eruhaben, Ron and Fredo(and Henituse fam).
Cale and Alberu are sibling and scammer team goals.
Lots of fluff, hurt/comfort, and of everyone finally finding a family and a place to call home(and if they happen to all slowly heal from all their past traumas along the way, then even the better).
....Cloeph still somehow tries to start a religion for whatever reason. Cale is not impressed.
#prompt#fic prompt#tcf#lcf#trash of the count's family#cale henituse#kim rok soo#fantasy farm au#choi han#raon miru#on#hong#ron molan#beacrox molan#alberu crossman#everyone really#protective everyone#oblivious cale henituse#hurt cale#ancient powers#tcf god of death#found family#healing#hurt/comfort#family feels#henituse family#no white star or hunters here#but will Cale still get his slackers life?#comedy
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a little context for smth, the Astral Express Crew is this train of ppl, not really many ppl keep that in mind (ha, mind), that travels on the path of The Hunt, but the path they travel on isn't important, but they are following in the path of this Aeon (basically like, gods in the game but they're also not gods ?) who had died (I personally believe that the Aeon of The Trailblaze, the one they're following the path of didn't die, because there is nobody who knows how they died, it's unknown if it was at the hands of another Aeon even tho thats a popular theory in game, or if it was killed by a human or what) and they're just following in that guy's path and stopping at worlds when they can't pass, usually bc of a stellaron (cancer of all worlds) on the planets, and they help those planets and continue on their path
Mind (March and Dan Heng)
Mind would be March because of more like her backstory, she was found floating through space in a block of six-phased ice (I believe it was that or it was some 'eternal ice' but I am p sure it was six-phased) which Welt spent ages to get her out of, and I did get my facts a little wrong when I was being autism in dms earlier, her name is March 7th because that's the day the Astral Express Crew (which at the time I believe consisted of Himeko, Welt, and pom-pom (? for Pom-pom)) freed her from the ice, and she didn't even know who she was, so they took to calling her March 7th since that was the date, she canonically puts out this happy, bubbly, personality to cover up this like anxiety and sadness I believe is what Himeko says when you ask about March, but she puts on that personality and smile to cover up those feelings
and Dan Heng because he's smart.. and he also has things in his past that he's running from, he's generally a mysterious kinda guy (HELP IM REACHING DISCORD LIMIT ALR,, THE PRICE OF TYPING THIS ORIGINALL ON DISCORD WTF) theres not many lore rooted reasons that I'm saying Dan Heng for, though he does live in the file room (I think it was called.. words aren't wording but it is like 8:34 at night) and keeps things nice and filed n stuff for the express, he knows a lot about it, he also joined it because he was running from people from his past life / past (I say past life because even though he normally looks human, he's from this dragon looking species I can't spell the name of for the life of me who goes through this rebirth process) and he refuses to really talk to anyone about it, and if you in game ask Himeko about him she doesn't give you much information
Heart (Kafka)
I won't go deep into lore because I don't think we know much of Kafka's lore or she doesn't have too much to go into ig, but Kafka is one of these Stellaron hunters who's goal (you'll never guess it) is to get stellarons, Kafka can appear as this nice person but really she's kinda violent and slightly manipulative (though it is kind of for the 'greater good' in some sense depending on where your morals lie when it comes to lore of the entire game) also she uses a gun canonically when you use her ultimate.. enough proof there /silly
Soul as Himeko or the Trailblazer
tbh I'd mainly say Himeko, we don't really know too much about Himeko, only what you can get from asking Welt, but she found the express when she was a kid blah blah that's not imporant to why Soul would be her, she was there from the start, she knows like everything about everyone on the express, at least all there really is to know, she's the real owner of it, but she is generally who keeps things kinda calm on the express, she's who you trust (which when you put hms as pathos, logos, and ethos, we know who is what, Heart is Pathos, Mind is Logos, and Soul would be Ethos, and if you were to characterize Himeko as one of those, she'd be Ethos because you know you can trust her) + she has red hair
I'd say Soul as the Trailblazer (the Main Character) because that is also the only character you can be 100% sure of in the whole story, also I can kind of draw a connection from the Stellaron that is inside of the Trailblazer (they are generally supposed to just be a storage for it, we don't know why yet because that lore isn't rlly out yet) to the void seen on Soul in like the videos, they both have something that can like 'take over' them in some sense
and Whole as Welt
Welt is someone who also knows a lot about people on the express (not as much as Himeko though) but he generally is like this character that is like the 'dad' of the express, at least in my eyes (that I totally have shh I'm not a Heart fictive what) this is smth you can argue that Welt would be Soul for but he is in and out of the Astral Express this like peace keeper, there is a lot more of lore to Welt because he is a reoccuring in like another Honkai game (I think there is only one other ? but if not he's in the two others, but I cannot remember how mant there is) and I remember seeing something about a comic, but basically if you were to put a face on the express it'd probably be Welt or Himeko, Himeko because she is the actual owner but Welt because he is this powerful figure that has this cohesive story if any of my reasoning for Whole as Welt makes sense
Boom autism explosion pt 2, now I’m very sleeby so goodnight !! -💕
this is unironically the direct reason i got into honkai: star rail
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What have I been up to?
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Rigorous twink drawing, that's what.
This guy's chosen name is Solon and he's 50% a dragon. I've been enjoying my micron pens
And I've also been enjoying scanning from my sketch book it's really fulfilling I do recommend
So!!!!!
Here's a little bit about him bc I'm feeling silly and want to ramble. Ik my original content doesn't get as many notes but I really don't have much motivation for otherwise rn and I don't want to shut up about him. (Anon in my drafts your ask will be answered soon)
Also since I've been feeling demon slayer a lot he will be in my crossover au, particularly with doma bc tbh I kind of ship that guy with most of my ocs these days.... May make a doma x ryūshi!reader soon so watch out for that or whatever..... I still ship kokudouma tho............
He but honestly not him!
He was born of a dragon father and a human mother. The father was a deadbeat just like mine. 💀 He was also the one who gave Solon the name "solon," but upon literally fucking leaving he was left with a western-seeming given name and a Japanese last name because dad never got married to mom. But mom calls him ryūshi (龍子) which means "child of a dragon" or "dragon child"
Which... He is. But he kinda hates it. Hates the meaning and hates the bullying he received for having "demon-like" features...which are literally just traits he inherited from dragons in my ou (Who wouldn't?)
So he goes by his father's name and tells anyone he meets of his western name instead. Which weirds people out when they realize that yeah, he is Japanese lmao! But he usually explains it by saying he studied abroad for a period of time and adopted a western name as a result.
That aside... What traits does he have?
Claws.
Fangs.
Eyes. (Heterochromic, his right eye a direct juxtaposition to his left eye. One is draconic and the other is... Normal 💀)
Bioluminescent marks. Dont ask how.
Carnivorous tendencies. All he'll eat is anything with meat this guy is a vegan's worst nightmare
And he hides all of these to the best of his ability!
Noticeably sharp teeth? Yeah I think I'll just not speak often. Let's throw on a mask to boot and never open my mouth wide when I don't have one.
Carnivorous tendencies? My bad bro I'm just a meat lover (both kinds)
As for his marks, they tend to fizzle out for most of the year, and reappear around the same time his birthday month is right around the corner... Or already there.
He can't control the glow so he kinda just goes into solitary confinement and when he isn't doing that he's bundling up to cover said glow 💀
He's also at his strongest around the time the marks appear. Stronger than he can manage. There's a lot of money spending around those times because if he does literally anything too hard his possessions can and will shatter to pieces.
As far as like, the KNY universe is concerned and his involvement with it?
Mightve considered becoming a slayer, but he instead chose against it because the occupation seemed very risky. You know. In spite of his unusually high endurance. And general hardiness.
He has no reason to become involved with a battle for others when he's battling himself ig
But that's not to say he hasn't bounced around the option.
He's only encountered a demon once and that demon mistook him for another demon. They never saw each other again.
But he has come across slayers plenty of times, and he admires their resolve to protect those around them.
Not exactly sure why nobody knows about them. But he doesn't have the courage to inform, lest he sound more insane than he already looks.
Oh yeah, he has really bad self esteem. And even worse self perception.
His mom wasn't exactly cruel to him all the time, but she was cruel about giving him the name ryūshi given he literally is one.
Although he isn't a doormat and will fight back, he is afraid to most of the time—not necessarily out of kindness (although he doesn't really want to hurt anyone too badly) but rather fear of being reprimanded for self defense. He can't exactly control how strong he is yet.
But dear God, does he hope he'll be able to soon. 💀
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Okay. Um. I'll probably post a few more parts to this since he's relatively new and I'm still figuring him out but so far I'm loving him! Hope y'all do too, idk. ☠️
#artists on tumblr#my art#oc#art#eev rambles#oc rambling#eev oc posting#oc drabbles#kny#kny crossover
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Finally watched the entirety of The Monkey King 2023 and I have opinions/thoughts/theories. Spoilers below.
Thoughts:
Voice acting amazing. Jimmy O Yang really gave this Monkey a heart and vunerability. Also loved Bowen Yang as the Dragon King. Did not expect the Buddha to be Dr Henry Wu (BD Wong) but it felt right.
Art amazing, esp the 2d sequence and the fight scenes. Loved Monkey and the Dragon King's designs. Not so much for the gods tho; They looked too much like Illumination characters at times - tho it did give them a little uncanniness you'd expect from a celestial.
This version of Wangmu is def the Jade Emperor's mom or something, and not his wife. The Queen Mother of the West deserves an absolutely show-stoppingly regal design, not a cartoony witch vibe.
From the poisoned peach scene I can confirm; this SWK is a flirty drunk and has the worst pickup lines. "You must be from the Dang Dynasty!" anyone? X3
No Master Subodhi, Stalwart Generals, Brotherhood, Erlang, or the Furnace in this version sadly, but I have my theories below. Monkey does mark/pee on the Buddha's hand tho so they kept that part in. XD
Theories + future character ideas below read more >;3
The four baby monkeys we see at the beginning listening to the Elder are the Stalwart Generals. It was their childhood group name and sometimes they even included Monkey/Shihou (Monkey would die for them for this brief act of kindness). The one that got taken by the Demon of Havoc either got away/was saved, or is tied to the idea that "Marshal Liu = Liu'er Mihou/Six Eared Macaque", potientially giving Netflix Macaque a personal grudge against his Monkey King (he indirectly ruined/ended his life).
Lin is 100% a Golden Cicada incarnation. Girl was personally chosen at the to act as the Buddha's voice to the Monkey King. Plus her being the last face Monkey sees before the mountain is sealed mirroring how Tripitaka is the first to greet him 500 years later?
Hc that Monkey did have a Brotherhood of demons during his 100 Demon slaying binge, but it fell apart badly like a rock band. Hence why he's seen defeating his DBK in the 2d sequence.
The reason why we don't see Master Subodhi, is because this Monkey needs to have his "awakening to nothingness" while on the Journey, and not before. Hence why he's never called Sun Wukong (atleast in the english version), since "Sun Wukong" literally means = "monkey awakened to nothingness". It's likely this Tripitaka will be the one to name Monkey, if Subodhi doesn't appear in any hypothetical sequel that is.
I fear that it might mean that the Furnace and Erlang may play a huge role in Monkey's future character arc if they ever makes an appearance. We do see a similar looking cauldron in Wangmu's lab (I guess they gave her Lao Tzu's job), so hopefully its not a red herring.
Someone pointed out that Netflix Monkey's hair looks like a Prince Rupert Drop (aka an extremely hard tadpole/tear shaped drop of molten glass that distintergrates if the tail is damaged) and thats such a cool character design thing. From this, his LEM counterpart def should have an obsidian (sharp, hard, but brittle quickly cooling lava) theme going on to both contrast and compare to Monkey's glass. I love me the rock imagery in the film.
Bajie's brief appearance looked pretty young/piglet-esque. I hear that there's an upcoming Xiyouji film about Bajie, so maybe this form is still currently a young recently-reincarnated piglet instead of a whole hog.
I would love for a reappearance of Red Girl in the future. Let this baby go Samadhi Fire on a monkey.
I hope for a hypothetical Netflix version of Ao Lie/Bai Longma that is an actual character, and not just a pretty prop. Maybe tie in his connection to the Dragon King (maybe he's Ao Lie's uncle or dad) in the film?
I am obsessing now.
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TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GHOSTBUR DESIGN
ANYTHING FOR YOU, BELOVED MUTUAL CUP o7
okay so as i have previously established, in my au / hc c!wilbur's origins are kinda scuffed. she hatched out of the dragon egg on phil's hardcore world n b/c of that, has the ability to mimic.... whatever au puts aur mind to, really. (granted, he doesn't shift At All during the various arcs of the dsmp but i Have A Reason For That. n will elaborate at............ a later date.)
now!! how does this tie into ghostbur? simple!!
while not being All of wilbur, ghostbur is still Part of him, n given that death mechanics on the server are. More Than A Little Fucked, we'll say, she leans more into the glitchiness that wilbur wasn't able to tap into while being alive. vo is a sort of shadow figure that tends to glitch a lot n doesn't have much control over that mimic ability, so their appearance will usually mimic whatever hu's thinking about at that moment. so, in my recent drawing, ghostbur is thinking about her blue, n is starting to uh. well. become it. just a little bit. that's why the glitching effect on his lower half is blue, n why the arm holding the handful of blue is sticking to itself ever so slightly. au is becoming more of a sticky consistency in that moment n will probably become a bit more fluid-like in a couple more moments!! tho none of this shifting hurts, mind you- honestly i think it'd hurt to Not shift- it's just mildly inconvenient when gi is hanging out w/ dear old dad n suddenly sprouts almost-wings when phil. well. doesn't have them anymore. (awkward.)
#paq.qna#cupsmp#honeyverse#ty for asking about ghostbur btw i owe you my life#oh also i Did give vo a mouth but when i went to color everything the ink bled too much n it didn't look right so i just filled it in#it would've looked like the partially stuck together bit on their arm but y'know. mouth-like
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Just finished episode 3, and me and my friends are shipping Morg and Michael hard right now-
Really hoping that "brother" morg threw in there was a camaraderie brother and not them being actually siblings-
That one blind demon was also kinda adorable to me, especially how he got a little worried when Michael got quiet when he attacked-
I have an overwhelming urge to grab the blind demon by the scruff of his wrinkly neck and carry him off that island.
The Teen Aged Starting Puberty Shreck (TASPS as I will now call that imp) while annoying, is starting to grow on me. I also find it interesting that in this show demons are actually given a chance to join heaven's forces. Most teachings I was used to growing up was "You go to hell, you stay in hell! Forgive everyone but never forgive yourself!" Type of deal. Little me watching Bible man wished the demons would get a chance to not be defeated and be redeemed, so Angel Wars gave 7 year old me some peace with that.
As much as me and my friends make fun of the art style (mainly for the lighting and the explosions being better than the actual animation at times) this is a gem of a show.
Still questioning if morg ate Satan himself tho, bc I think the lord might have been satan-
No. The demon Morg is a different entity called Krak. Satan is referred to as "The Dragon." He never makes a physical appearance.
I like Jaza his backstory is interesting. Honestly that scene makes me wonder if there's a tiny part of him that still has humanity left, or maybe he was just stunned he actually took down an archangel. I wish he appeared in more episodes.
I also like how demons are given a second chance. It's makes the fallen Angel parallels more deep and show that bad people can be redeemed if they CHOOSE it. That's what made Morg's death all the more meaningful. It wasn't a tragic "ne realizes he did do but just as he does he slips by accident" or giving up his life because he genuinely feels it's too late so he lets go as last repentance to give michael a chance to escape. No he flat out rejects Michael's peace offering! We love to talk how heroes can't save everyone but rarely do we point out how some folks don't want to be saved. But that don't mean we can't save anyone at all
I think more Christian shows could greatly improved on redeeming some of their villains. Even in the bible you had figures who were soldiers, thieves, prostitutes, adulterers, tax collectors etc who were able to rebuild their life. Bible even made a point that refusing to give someone a chance/playing the moral high ground is wrong. Ofc those people also had to choose to reinvent themselves. Even the first bibleman was a Capitalist Pig before his switch so would it make sense for him to also try to help antagonists like him? Cuz now I think about them most of them come off as emotionally immature adults who need a lot of guidance.
I dunno, everyone talks about how they miss a good unambiguously unrepentant villain, that's fair. I love a good villain. But at the same time we can't write off EVERY single one as irredeemable. Some ppl need help and a 2nd chance. So that's one of many reasons why i like Angel Wars so much.
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3, 15, or 18 for erm thae witcher
oh i am about to be the biggest hater known to man im so sorry
to preface. i avoid the witcher tags for the most part because its me and my 3 witcher mutuals against the world and everyone has bad takes all the time otherwise. so i do not have a TON of experience w fanon there but i have explored it a few times.
3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr
surprising amt of geralt is a nepo baby fanfics last time i checked the tag. i stay blissfully unaware a lot of the time w stuff. ACTUALLY. netflix witcher exclusive. when people are constantly talking about how geralt is such a good dad there when he has interacted w ciri maybe 3 times because they removed the really good bonding scenes from the books. i have to be a hater about it bc i think every other adaptation has handled their relationship better and i dont see the appeal of ohhh their found family (with geralt yennefer and ciri) in the shows. in the books yeah. but thats because they actually get time to spend together there. and they didnt make geralt suck as a character. also not on tumblr but the fucking team yenn team triss people on reddit. are we really going to ignore what triss did to that man?????
15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time
i dodge the tags like as much as i can but i feel a big thing is u can TELL what someone is consuming to be into this series because all netflix fanarts have been very um. weird about jaskier in a fetishizing gay men way (how they hc him not how i do etc). also sick of seeing 20 million fanarts where they completely erase every scar the characters have. if u draw geralt or ciri or even TRISS without their scars that are yk. supposed to be defining parts of their faces/character appearances i am blowing you up. stop yassifying grandpa please.
18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...
there are two things that apply here imo:
1. the hexer adaptations. you guys just hate fun. in what world is an early 2000s short tv series that has the worst dragon cg due to a very small budget. it is one of the best adaptations of the first 2 books in terms of characters being in character and how they handle the source material. also outside of the one polish comic (the Betrayal/Zdrada issue of Prószyński i S-ka) it is the only adaptation to show geralt's past. it is also really fun with costuming too! they have a lot of clear inspiration but also like. objectively w their budget sometimes it looks bad. its charming to me tho and im SO sick of the netflix witcher hype. sorry #1 henry cavill hater for the role.
2. my BEST FRIEND angouleme. yeah she was only in 2 books but she is one of the characters of all time. to me she is such a good example of both geralts tendency to save people when he does not need to and how they will just let kids be so comfortable and safe around him. she is also just so fucking cool man and again w her being book only (for good reason but im dreading when those get adapted and people are weird about her) character i get why she doesn't get much hype but STILL. she is so fun she will see an insanely old vampire and be like hmm. nickname time for him. yes he could kill me but i stay silly about it.
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6 7 and 12 for blue bones !
Character asks!
6. What was the thought process behind their appearance? Did you go mostly for the aesthetic or are there other reasons they look the way they do?
There was certainly some aesthetic reasoning to her design and her 'blue bones' especially! I liked how vivid they were against her dark hair and scales (the latter which I made purple bc it's a pretty colour to me :> ) and I can make them pop further with dark and light blues.
Her armour was also very aesthetic-driven, as well as giving me an excuse to work with a dark green colour as I'm not the biggest fan of it so I wanted a reason to use it and like it! Plus I just really really really love gold trim (no surprise there!)
I also decided to give her a big fuck-off 'gator tail and facial markings because of how well I felt they worked on her, as well as making her very tall and muscular because she makes my heart go ❤️🔥✨💥
(Also, it probably goes without saying lmao but I worked on story reasons for her appearance as well, so she's not purely aesthetic-only. It works tho!)
7. What is an aspect of their appearance that you like the most?
Honestly, I don't think I can really say; I love all aspects and features about her! She's my number one favourite girlie through and through 💖
12. Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why?
I do but some are a little spoilery so I'll go with a few that aren't as bad haha:
Saint Bernard - Lincoln
(Associated mostly for the religious imagery present in the song as Blue Bones' kind: Drakes, are seen as a mockery of the beloved Dragon Gods and struggle to form bonds with others because of how they are seen as bad omens.)
Foley - Patricia Taxxon || In The End - Snow Patrol
(Both songs are associated with her 'blue bones', mostly regarding how she feels about them, how she got them and why she chose to name herself after them.
It's hard to get into without spoilers lol but whilst she does indeed appreciate and adore her prosthetics, the how and why she has them at all is something she does think about quite a lot.)
#thank u hope!! 💖✨#asks#blue bones#blue bones universe#blue bones book#trying to put the last question into words was tricky lmao
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so I have been thinking that maybe the reason why they were close was because those three appear in yjh’s sponsor selection (wait does he still get sponsor selection past 0th turn since he already has one tho?) and continue watching him til end, just like how they do on kdj.
on 0th turn only black flame dragon appeared but I guess as he went with other method to clear first scenario, other constellation start to take notice of him.
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Love that the big four were friends in 1863
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also it make this scene funnier
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35 but can i request ur rambling bc about your hardcore phil. i want to know more about him always
you Can :D!!! i love rambling abt this guy.. i’ve got so much just sitting in my notes app about Him. also i was getting ready for work while writing this so it took a Minute :P
so My hardcore phil.. hes my pathetic and fucked up cat who is dunked in milk daily❤️ okay haha! i’ll actually ramble about the beginnings of his story bc i think it provides the best Insight abt Him..
so when i was on vacation w my family i was like “hrmmm i want an excuse to write ender and phil interacting.” and it just Snowballed from there. bc i had to find my way through Why they would interact and how to characterize ender.
the idea was that phil is entirely new to a hardcore style world (in the logistics where players can choose the type of server they enter ehhh it’s best not to worry abt this part tbh). he’s good at surviving, he’s good at being alone (he claims). but he keeps stumbling upon structures that were clearly built By someone (cough cough it was the gods). and he’s like “haha Weird” bc sometimes he’s a bit of an idiot and thinks nothing of it… he just keeps on exploring and progressing, working on his base and all that stuff.
aaaand he’s finds his way into the nether, and manages to Stumble upon the blaze empress. and they just Don’t get along. so he gets and bad first impression of the deities (since she’s the first deity he actually Talks to). it’s not rlly the empress’ fault, she’s just Stressed bc ender has always been a little bitch, and she doesn’t trust this random guy who claims he just stumbled into her domain (even tho that’s fr what happened).
but like Whatever.. he’s like “okay fine jeez i’ll fucking leave.” and decides to take it Personally that she doesn’t like him, and tries his best to avoid the nether all together after that. luckily he’s got most of what he needs already.. since his goal IS to earn wings in this world which you usually get from going to the end and killing the dragon. soooo he’s just an entirely human dude for most of this. literally just a Guy
and eventually he finds himself in the end. and it’s .. Wrong. he knows it is. he stands in the center of all the pillars for what feels like hours and no dragon appears. it’s just overwhelmingly Silent…….. and then the fucking bitch bastard, ender, appears. and he can very clearly Tell that he’s a god, and is immediately like “before you say anything, i’m Trying to leave but i fucking can’t yet. so shut up. i get it.” but ender just smiles and phil, the idiot, takes it as a good thing that ender appears to be polite and isn’t yelling at him to leave his realm.
there’s a strange lingering feeling around ender but he just takes it as general weirdness from a god. but he ends up talking to ender because the god seems curious as to why phil is There. when phil tells him he’s trying to earn wings (which you usually get from killing the dragon lmao) ender offers for him to stay. it’s not like phil can exactly Leave since he doesn’t really have a way to get out, but the offer is nice. so he takes it :)
aaanddddd that’s the beginning of Him and his time in his hardcore world. very fun very good,, he’s not in danger at all. and it’s not like he’s Stupid, i mean he’s surviving hardcore, he just hasn’t interacted with a lot of people in general. so he’s not.. Great at knowing when someone is just using him. plus he can be pretty stubborn in his opinions of people, so he’s like.. always weary of the blaze empress even later when he needs her help. the same stubbornness is also what makes it Hard for him later once he finally knows ender better. smile.
#there’s a Reason why the dragon does not appear tho#phil just doesn’t know why and decides that it’s just something funny going on#he thinks the dragon will appear eventually#philza#philza hardcore#my baby boy…. i love phil.. he’s like an oc to me….#rat got mail#hhhmellohi#ty for the ask btw :3!#u can ask specifics about this Too bc i’m sure there is confusing bits in there#also i start writing this Before phil gave us more abt Rose.. so like. i have to find a way to make it all Work#🐀
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