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Febhyurary 15 NPC.
#febhyurary 2025#/The Worn Edge/Memories#there's a lot of lookalike npcs out there#i like to think everyone's run into him at least once :)#how many lives can you lead before it all bleeds together
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Could I pretty please ask for any Haru stuff you found? 🥺 I've been afflicted with the Haru simp disease and only information/content of him can cure me 🛐
HARU'S CHANGED MY FEELINGS ON HIM not that i disliked him at all before but like. . .you know how he acts like the team mom? His voicelines make this worse. I thought he was more like a meddlesome but chill guy with a lot of energy. The truth is this poor man is a single mother with two unruly kids, a house full of animals, and VIRTUALLY NO HELP BESIDES YOU. No wonder he drinks nearly every fucking night. I get why Jabberwock doesn't have ordinary students but jesus christ please get some helpers in here. My man is overworked.
I ended up putting almost all of them in because. . .he is struggling poor boy. I have officially edited this to contain all of Haru's voicelines! Sorry for the wait!!
Hello: (the first time the game is opened after that character is set as home screen NPC. Only happens once per day, unless the character is switched out and back.)
"Hey, nice timing! One sec, I've just gotta finish feeding everyone."
You've Got Mail: (whenever there's something in the inbox, usually Arena rewards)
"You've got some letters! Better open them before that goat lookalike makes a meal out of them!"
Default: (requires no affinity, has no time constraints)
"Folks are going wild over the Anomalous Animal Back To Nature Tour, and this is your chance to experience it at a discount rate! C'mon, help me hand out these fliers!"
"Everyone stuffs up sometimes. Don't let it get to you—just think of it as a funny story you can pull out later and laugh at! Gahaha!"
the only way he knows how to cope with his pain is to laugh at it. . .my therapist told me that was good actually! he's well adjusted! disregard the nightly drinking.
"You sure are fond of {PC}, aren't you, Peekaboo? You did nothing but bite me for the first three days after we met."
tbf you were from another house and it was probably fresh after the clash. . . .
"You reckon I work hard? Nah, this is nothing to write home about. All right, let's head to the next zone!"
"Hey, nice work out there today! Let's knock a few more jobs off the list then take a break, hey?"
oh my god you take breaks? or are you telling the player to take a break while you keep overdoing it. . . .
Affinity 1: (between 5am and 11am)
"Morning! Let's get this show on the road!"
Affinity 2: (between 11am and 4pm)
"Hey, {PC}! What a coinkydink! I just finished my rounds."
Affinity 3: (between 4pm and 8pm)
"Ren? He's working at that whacky restaurant again. I'll have to go pick him up later."
Affinity 4: (between 8pm and 5am)
"Towa's off to that hill again? I was gonna ask him to hold down the fort... Guess I'll have to stay put tonight."
Affinity 5: (between 8pm and 5am)
"Am I tired? Nah, don't worry, if there's two things I have confidence in it's my stamina and my bad luck!"
Affinity 6: (between 4pm and 8pm)
"The Sinostra folks are causing a kerfuffle again... I don't need any of that! You should take care not to get dragged into their mess too, you hear?"
Affinity 7: (between 11am and 4pm)
"You wanna know how to get the animals to like you? You just gotta show how much you love them, like this— Ow! Don't bite me, Peekaboo!"
Affinity 8: (between 4pm and 8pm)
"None of our critters have warmed to Ren at all, even though he spends all day with them... Guess that handsome face only works on humans."
Affinity 9: (between 8pm and 5am)
"Phew, time for a bre— Hm? That sounded like the Capybus! I'm gonna go check on her, watch Peekaboo for me!"
Affinity 10: (between 10pm and midnight)
"All right, the kids are all in bed. I'll just ask those two to hold down the fort, then I'll head out for a little walk..."
Affinity 11: (between 5am and 11am)
"I went to wake that sleepyhead Ren up this morning, but it was like he couldn't see me even though he was looking straight at me. Reckon his eyesight's bad?"
Affinity 12: (between 11am and 4pm)
"Course I eat, don't worry about that! Just earlier I pinched some of Peekaboo's veggies when I was making his lunch and had them with a piece of bread!"
Please eat food. . . .
Affinity 13: (between 4pm and 8pm)
"So much to do... Gotta take in the washing and get the shopping done... Argh! There's not enough hours in the day!"
Affinity 14: (between 5am and 11am)
"This? It's an energy drink. Don't feel like the day's started till I have one. (gulp) (gulp) Pwaaah!"
PLEASE EAT FOOD AND SLEEP. . . . . . . . .
Affinity 15: (between 5am and 11am)
"Ah man, there's soap all over the walls again! You're so good at playing with the animals Towa, if you could just learn how to clean up after you'd get full marks..."
Towa i love you but please help your mother boyfriend captain. . . .
Affinity 16: (between 11am and 4pm)
"Ah! I can't do dogs! How'd you get in here?! Towa!! Come here!! No!! Don't bite me!!"
He is terrified of dogs????? Towa absolutely electrocuted the shit out of that dog. Rip in pieces. That dog truly fucked around and found out. It will never go in the dorm again.
Affinity 17: (between 10pm and midnight)
"Thanks for helping out again today, you're a real lifesaver. Sorry I can't walk you back..."
Affinity 18: (between 8pm and 5am)
"You reckon I look like an acrobat when I'm using my stigma? Gahaha! Maybe I'll practice balancing on a ball then!"
Baby no you are not a clown please what if you break something again--
Affinity 19: (between 10pm and midnight)
"...(gasp) Crap, I fell asleep... Did you put this blanket on me? Cheers... Maybe I'll grab a few more minutes..."
Affinity 20: (between 5am and 11am)
"I swore I'd take responsibility for protecting all the lives in this park. I can't let anyone die on my watch."
Affinity 21: (between 11am and 4pm)
"I don't know where I'd be without all the critters in this place if I'm honest with you. Well, gotta be my animal magnetism that's keeping them here anyway! Gahaha!"
Affinity 22: (between 4pm and 8pm)
"Hm? There's some critters whose nails were getting dangerously long so I was giving them a clip. Come here, I'll do yours too if you want!"
Affinity 23: (between 8pm and 5am)
"Oh, off for a cheeky night out? Gahaha! I know a good place, want me to take you?"
get wasted with him and give him somebody to talk to!! he needs someone besides romeo and rui to listen to him rant sometimes!
Affinity 24: (between 10pm and midnight)
"A soft bed to lie down in and someone to chat with till I drift off... I'm really living the high life here."
He's a simple man. . .it's easy to imagine him holding your hand here while he dozes off. . . .
Affinity 25(max): (no time constraints)
"Really learned the ropes here, haven't you? Once we have a little cash to spare, I'll buy you your own Jabberwock uniform!"
they must be expensive if it takes until Affinity 25 to get you one! He's so conscious about his finances(disregard all of the stuff he buys and never uses--) that being given a purchased gift is surely the highest tier of affection from him haha. But also. . .he treats the anomalous animals and oftentimes even the other ghouls in Jabberwock like they're his kids. This is his way of saying 'you're part of this family too.' Which is very sweet.
Spring: (March-May) (between 5am and 11am)
"Today's shearing day for the fluffy squad! It's actually a pretty hefty task, so I've gotta hop to it if I want to be done before summer..."
(between 11am and 4pm)
"Bucket, check. Trowel, check. Me and Towa are heading to the mountains to pick some veggies. You wanna come?"
(between 4pm and 8pm)
"We've been getting a lot of balmy days lately, and the sun's up longer. Can't help but dilly-dally when I'm working..."
(between 8pm and 5am)
"I've gotta clean out all the sparrow nests soon or they won't be able to look after their kiddos properly. Looks like there's... 61 nests total..."
Summer: (June-August) (between 5am and 11am)
"A lot of customers have been saying they wanna stay cool in the summer so I changed up the course. Now we have a special summer-only waterside tour!"
(between 11am and 4pm)
"It's hot so I invited Ren to go fishing, but his face screwed up like a prune and he yelled at me. What's he got against fish?"
Probably the same thing you have against dogs. . . .
(between 4pm and 8pm)
"Phew... Finally finished harvesting all the feed crops for the day... Everyone's health is dependent on their quality, so now's the time to do it right."
(between 8pm and 5am)
"Lotta bugs around this time of year... But they're important for the food chain, so I've gotta take care of them... Argh!! Give it a rest with the buzzing!"
Autumn: (September-November) (between 5am and 11am)
"Hey, nice timing! I'm about to make a fire with the dead leaves I collected so I can bake some potatoes, take a seat!"
(between 11am and 4pm)
"I like the Jabberwock uniforms. They're made out of high-performance fabric that keeps you warm when it's cold out and safe when you're handling venomous critters!"
(between 4pm and 8pm)
"The hibernation squad's gonna start eating us out of house and home this month... The food bill's gonna be rough... Eeek!"
(between 8pm and 5am)
"You reckon that's a rabbit on the moon? No way, it's a toad! C'mon, look closer!"
apparently the pareidolic toad in the moon is a Chinese myth! I wonder if they mean to suggest Haru is actually Chinese.
Winter: (December-February) (between 5am and 11am)
"Rounds are quicker in winter since some of the critters hibernate. Makes things a little easie— Why's the kitchen on fire?!"
(between 11am and 4pm)
"Brr... Can't help but get green-eyed looking at the furry critters when it's this cold..."
(between 4pm and 8pm)
"Nice and toasty... Hm? I'm talking about Peekaboo! He's better than a hot water bottle in this weather!"
Haru putting Peekaboo on your tummy when you're having cramps or just in pain in general is a cute mental image, especially since Peekaboo likes you lol
(between 8pm and 5am)
"It's cold outside so some of the critters have been sneaking into our rooms at night. You heard Ren scream just now, right?"
His birthday: (September 20th)
"It's my birthday?! Oops, totally slipped my mind... Thanks for remembering!"
Your birthday:
"Happy birthday. The Capybus is all yours today—I've got a custom birthday tour all planned out for you!"
New Years: (January 1st)
"Happy New Year! How'd I ring it in? I was milking the cow and when I looked up I'd totally missed the first sunrise! Gahaha!"
Valentine's Day: (February 14th)
"You're kidding, I can really have this?! They say a little sugar helps sweeten a tired day! Thanks a million, this'll keep me going a while!"
White Day: (March 14th)
"Ta-da! I bought you some hand cream, for the chocolate you got me last month. Thanks for everything you do here."
hand cream when you do all of that manual labor and probably have to wash your hands a lot is a really practical gift actually, gg haru
April Fool's Day: (April 1st)
"Can you believe this? Ren got up early, and Towa fed everyone for me! ...Tried to make a joke for April Fools but it just made me feel empty inside..."
Halloween: (October 31st)
"Check it out! The pumpkin Capybus, in town for three days only! I sacrificed sleep and some of our budget to get her ready!"
If it's painted I really hope that paint is waterproof. . .never know when Towa's gonna make it rain. . . .
Christmas: (December 25th)
"Merry Christmas! This is a reindeer, she lives up in the mountains! And I'm Sagara Claus! Gahaha!"
just don't let romeo see it lolol
Idle: (about 20 seconds without interacting with the game) (below 13 affinity)
"Hey there, miss! Looking gorgeous as ever! ...Wait, I was kidding! Come back!"
(13 affinity and above)
"You seem pretty flat out today... Nothing for it, I'll get a few other things out of the way while I wait for you to get back."
Absent: (logging in for the first time in 2 or more days?)
"Phew, that's a relief... I was worried one of ours ate you... Glad to see you back."
Once again. . .an absolute sweetheart. And a single mother who is desperately in need of some help around the house. That April Fool's line really got me lolol poor guy. All of his have a lot of energy to them so i feel like i posted more than Haku, who's kind of a more low key guy lol. . . .
#haru sagara#tokyo debunker#tokyo debunker spoilers#datamining cw#danie yells with anons#danie yells at tokyo debunker#danie yells answers#oops it's midnight gotta finish dailies before it's too late
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I got this idea after watching your series, so I decided to share with you. What if our dear farmer accidentally found a Pokémon on their farm that they and the townspeople thought was an animal just a new species? My current ideas are:
1 - Wooloo - It's literally a sheep just cuter (in my opinion).
2 - Rowlet + Most of the first-stage/maybe second-stage bird Pokémon: They do look a lot like real birds with some quirks and I have a soft spot for Rowlet, who can also pass off as an owl so long as they don't use any moves.
4 - Mudbray line - Horse/Mule Lookalike
5 - Zorua - Illusions, need I say more?
We do appreciate the farmer finding a Pokémon question, however in terms of the base mod itself.
It is just something that won't really happen. For one it would be a technical nightmare for Thylak to code in. (We already have to worry about 10+ Pokémon NPC's.)
I think a Joltik or two is enough... I might add more Pokemon as custom animals (in a seperate mod, like Joltik's) later down the line and have a mini event of submas pointing out how odd it is but aside from that... I have enough work to do! I'm terribly behind schedule on the main expansion as is! We're approaching a year since starting and I haven't finished implementing the station repair bundles yet!
Plus in terms of story and lore - Wild Pokémon aren't really a thing in the Ferngill Republic, so finding a wild Pokémon is basically the odds of old school shiny hunting.
However, despite what we bring to the table story wise there are Pokémon reskin mods out there that you can freely use! We just won't be doing that ourselves since well... We got a lot of Pokémon to implement as is.
(We still have to do all of their events.)
There are quite a few mods out there that add or reskin animals to be Pokemon. (I do know the person who helped with Garbodor's sprites is currently working on a subtle, townspeople-wouldn't-suspect-anything-off cosmetic mod replacing all the animals and creatures which I intend to make compatibility for!)
Even aside from the workload, I want to avoid having a monopoly of sorts on Pokemon mods... While we do have a bit of worldbuilding and story surrounding how Pokemon were mostly removed from the Ferngill Republic, I don't want to squash creativity with our expansion. We've been trying to avoid giving the farmer too much character outside of basic gameplay (farming... going out of their way to befriend people... dying in the mines every so often...) because... the farmer is just a role! That's your self-insert character or OC. You should be able to interpret your own experience and imagine your own story when playing. I know a few people have strong opinions as to what Pokemon they would have if any, and I wouldn't want to force everyone to have a Mudbray. If it's not related to submas, we'll stay behind the yellow line.
Just with our mod; you'll be able to adopt the Joltik that has been with Emmet since arriving in the valley since that is part of the story.
◁ Station Stewardess Kade
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Additional thoughts on Live A Live
The medley of everyone's chapter themes during the end credits owns.
I like how the T. Rex sprite has similar chonky proportions to the budgie god. My reasons for liking this are many, and although I'm pretty sure the reason for the way Odo looks is so that they could fit him in the boss box, it's delightful nonetheless.
According to my friend who played the original, the cowboy's jerky used to be cigars. I actually kind of prefer them as a food item because snarfing three servings of dried meat in combat makes more sense to me than somehow speed-smoking cigars. I'd have liked to have had the molotovs though.
I doubt the old-lady's crochet was the same thing in the original either, but I think it's far funnier having the punk running around in that, clashing with his other clothes than whatever underwear it probably used to be. I'm imagining a (admittedly very nice before the washer got to it) shawl my mother once made that goes just around the shoulders and doesn't close in front, but in pink. I think he'd rock that over the jacket, with the handbag worn saddle-bag style. Very little says IDGAF better than clearly stolen clothing.
Speaking of the Mazinger chapter - throughout the whole beginning all the little kids do is ask me for food before I've had the chance to acquire any. But as soon as I did the taiyaki stand minigame and came back, the game auto-advanced the plot, and I never got to give them the snacks I had acquired. Not going to lie, I'm a little bit disappointed there isn't another opportunity to hand those off once you can get into the lab and no one is in any immediate danger.
I will concede to liking a stylistic choice the devs made in one respect: Having Hoersted's dialogue be in Iambic kicks ass. Having the NPCs in his chapter speak like that... not so much (it made the king sound like he was having a stroke at times).
Yes I put an H in font of Oersted's name to mock him. I was a little concerned I wasn't going to be rewarded with some Chrono Trigger cast call for completing the game. It turned out he earns the scorn for other reasons. No way in hell I'm playing his chapter again so it stays.
I'm amused by how much funnier the joke I was making while watching the balcony scene became thanks to where the plot went. I was being an ass and supplementing the dialogue with something along the lines of:
"Look, princess, I think we both know based on your reaction that you aren't having it, so I have some good news: I'm not either. We're headed to beard city over here so you should probably start thinking about who you want to cheat on me with now so I can cover for- ah shit of course she just got kidnapped."
Damn the little player character sprites are adorable. I want a lanyard or something with my favorites on it (mainly because if I got a little keychain I'd actually have to get three; one of the dirtbag ninja, one of the smartass psychic, and one of the Domon-lookalike. Also, they all have a few different poses that are really cute).
I swear I'm calling the ninja a dirtbag as an affectionate term; part of it is due to how much I liked the AOE and debuff on his dust veil move and so I had the poor guy doing his best chinchilla impression at the start of a lot of battles in his chapter. The other reason is that there are just a bunch of ways to be a dick in his chapter and I decided to roll with the interpretation.
Taeko's Furious Fist has got to be my favorite weapon in the game just because of the flavor text and how you get it. It's not a tangible object. The guy just rolls with the vibe. I was a little bit sad when I had to unequip it to make room for more powerful gear.
I still think the names I picked are better than the default ones with the exception of the one I couldn't come up with any decent alternative for (the kung-fu style) and for the MMA guy (a blatant reference). The rest I had to think about before committing, and I think the only one I'd change is I'd lengthen the psychic's name to Vulcan (from Vul) because it looks better next to the length of the others. Admittedly, the one I chose for the robot is also a blatant reference but honestly anything I put in there would have been an improvement over Cube.
#Live A Live#Live A Live spoilers#jrpgs#video games#rpgs#tragically I found out in the final chapter that the JPN noises for the caveman were even more annoying than the English ones#I only bothered to find the option to change the dub language once there was language to be had :P
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tell us more about meliss dtr pls pls
aight!
not sure where to start tbh… uhh basically she’s an alternate version of Elisa. She is a version that is much more bloodthirsty and a lot more ballsy. Aka, Elisa if she had snapped and killed everyone in her original universe.
I’ve posted about Elisa’s original universe, where she is basically an NPC who’s aware that she’s an NPC. Melisa’s original universe is like that as well, but in hers Melisa lost it and went on a killing spree. And I mean everyone surrounding the area that melisa lives is dead, and due to that universe being especially reliant on its main characters with everything and everyone else having no impact other than set dressing, Melisa effectively neutered that universe. Murder is so drastic for a universe that is literally just a trashy tv series that it practically malfunctions, and despite status quo usually restoring after every episode, Melisa’s actions were so unexpected and unprepared for that everything didn’t just go back to normal. The characters were built for love triangles and homecoming court, not serial killers. So the people Melisa killed cannot come back and more cannot just show up because no one was supposed to hurt them. They can’t recover from death because they were never supposed to have their lives threatened like that, ever. So Melisa is alone.
One thing about Elisa is a desire for control and power, because they never had that. Melisa is the same, and gets that control and power from murder. So while Melisa has gotten all the control she wants, she has no one to talk to and nothing to do. So, when a portal appears, and a bunch of people tumble out of it, she’s excited.
of course, since she lost her mind and isolation didn’t do her any favors, she is uh. Not Normal About Anything. She doesn’t even think twice about murder. And in all honesty, she’s afraid to lose her control, even though the control she has is over a dead world. So she’s scared to talk to these people.
Lucky for her, the exiting of this portal was particularly intense, and scattered most of the people going through it. And, what do you know? One of em looks just like Melisa (except for slightly different clothes, Melisa having sharper teeth and slightly longer hair, and the slash direction of her facial scar is flipped). And after leaving the portal with force comparable to being shot out of a cannon, this lookalike is unconscious. Cue the one-sided non-consensual princess and the pauper/parent trap.
As for why everyone else didn’t catch on, this takes place in Season 2 of DTR, and it’s been 2 years since most of the Troupe (<- group name for the main ensemble of DTR) have seen Elisa, and they only reunited with them recently before landing in Mel’s universe. So while the prominent facial scar being flipped is hard to excuse (and Elisa’s main gripe at the troupe for not noticing), everything else was kinda probable. Longer hair? Elisa grew it out. Sharper teeth? Her teeth must grow sharper over time. Ripped up clothes? Force of being launched out of the portal ripped it. Missing Roberta la mochila? Lost it when exiting portal.
Melisa does a great job at impersonating Elisa, mainly through staying quiet and going with what others say about her. The Troupe ends up assuming any weird behavior is due to a concussion, and grief over Roberta.
Elisa manages to catch up to the Troupe while they’re in a pirate-centric universe. In fact, she ends up in a parallel pirate universe with alternate versions of the Troupe, and the alternate Troupe and pirates sail into the other pirate universe to help Elisa. Elisa reveals Melisa’s scheme dramatically, and Melisa freaks and stabs Elisa. But Elisa gets stabbed where her appendix would be, and she got her appendix removed a while back, so other than the actual stab wound itself (which wasn’t that deep due to the onslaught of people who were able to intervene on the ship), Elisa ended up mostly okay, no organ damage or anything.
As for Melisa, they get locked up in the brig. But Elisa finds herself intrigued by this alternate version of themself. They basically say, “I want to study you” and convinces the Troupe to try to rehabilitate her. Eventually, much much much later, Mel and El do become close enough to consider each other siblings!
also, Melisa is not her birth name. She has the same name as Elisa, but kinda dissociated herself from the name because she didn’t really need a name after being completely alone in her world. So when Elisa calls her “murder-lisa” then finally “Melisa,” she actually accepts it.
Soooo ye! :P
#melisa (dtr)#thats just overview stuff and her introduction in the story lol#btw the gay loser she reverse adopts into being her dad is julian chimante
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rules
This is going to be a long post, and I apologise for that. However I do not apologise for putting my boundaries as clear as possible, and will not apologise for doing so. All of the rules below exist for a reason, and I have them for my own comfort.
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Hate, anon or otherwise, will be reported and deleted. Users will be blocked.
There may be an occasional mention that I do this if there’s some kind of repeat, but I will not place the content itself on the dash.
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More in the < Asks & Memes & Messaging > section
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If I cannot find that information I am unlikely to follow, and I will not write that content with you, as it’s safer to err on the side of caution.
It takes time for me to check through all my followers, so please don’t ask if I haven’t followed back right away or unfollow, unless I post very specifically about dumblr fucking things up.
There’s any number of reasons I may do either, but the more we happily interact and talk the more likely I am to follow or re-follow.
With rare exception, I will not interact with any blogs that contain digits in them.
Please, please, use regularly accepted punctuation within threads.
Please.
Do NOT spam-reblog from me, which is reblogging 3+ posts in rapid succession. It messes up my notifications and I lose other things.
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ALL PERSONALS WILL BE BLOCKED
unless I can tell with a glance that there are RP sideblogs attached to them
I love my ships and will not stop writing them for someone else’s sake. I tag all visual content, but if there’s a short tag or something to be added, give me a quick little heads-up and I’ll happily tack it on. Everyone wins!
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Formatting
this little section is for what to expect from me and my writing preferences, but it is a flexible section!
I do both regular capitalization and zero capitalization for threads, depending on partner and length of the thread
memes and asks will be done in whichever I’m feeling
I do small text ONCE for aesthetic, but will leave text regular size if asked
Headlines will be done in subtext size, again mostly for aesthetic
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I will @ the url of the person who sent the ask or is part of the thread
thread partner urls may also have their muse’s name listed after a slash for further clarity
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all icons are 100x100
I enjoy using bold, italics, and strikethrough, but that’s about the extent of my text formatting and I try not to overdo them too much
Asks & Memes & Messaging
Asks are open to everyone!
IMs are ooc and mutuals only.
If a meme is shippy or nsfw, it is mutuals only and will require previous interaction.
All others are freebies!!
for the time being I’m putting a graphic in the direct reply to an ask, adding a blockquote for tagging the sender, additional commentary, and the source meme if there is one
Any reply to an ask MUST be in a new post. Reblogged asks will be ignored.
Any messages saying ‘wanna rp?’ or asking for an IM will be deleted. I’m far more receptive to being approached with ideas to work with
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I often have a mix of platonic, general, and nsfw/shippy memes at my disposal, but feel free to improv something from the gist or edit sentences to suit our muses better!! Creative fun is why we’re here <3
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Information must be easy to navigate and read, same as for canons/single muse blogs!
Sideblogs, please list somewhere OBVIOUS what the main blog is called so I know what to look out for.
Mumus, I love you and your dedication, but I am most selective with you. Yes, even as a mumu myself.
The more fandoms covered and more muses included, the less likely I am to hop on board mostly because I prefer a clean dash.
If we’re close friends ooc I’ll likely be far more lenient
OCs with a main spn-canon faceclaim will not be accepted unless the muse has been around longer than the canon being cast or if they look/act markedly different than the canon ( Karen Gillan with all her hair vs as Nebula, for example ).
more in the < canons & fcs > section
Unless plotted otherwise, they will not know my muses, but they can know OF my muses
Second-Gens ( kids of the original set(s) of main canons ) make me uncomfortable for a number of reasons, and so will be interacted with on a case-by-case basis.
I am unlikely to follow unless we know each other very well ooc
Canons & FCs
Again, OCs with main spn-canon faceclaims will not be interacted with unless they meet at least one of the two criteria listed above.
However, if I pick a FC for someone related to this blog that isn’t canon, it’ll likely be shrugged off as uncanny lookalike, or we can otherwise plot around it.
Animated FCs are welcome, but I’ll admit that specifically anime blogs are unlikely to be interacted with. Sorry
If a canon has an alternate faceclaim: cool! Just have it listed somewhere obvious, please
FCs I will NOT interact with: Mark Sheppard, Selena Gomez, Mads Mikkelsen, Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Sara Bareilles, Andrew Scott, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Dormer. The list may be periodically updated; yes, it is okay to ask me about specific names and why these ones are listed.
Shipping
There will be a good deal of F/F, F/M, and M/M on this blog both in visual and text.
May ( read: probably will ) include three+somes.
Implication and mention to graphically clear are likely, and will be tagged.
Brady/Sam is not a ship I expect but Brady (the demon) is at least borderline obsessed with Sam even if he doesn’t actively seek the other out
Wi.nce.st will very likely be present on this blog. If this is content that makes you uncomfortable please do not follow me.
By default, ALL my muses are single unless plotted otherwise.
Please don’t assume there will be a ship between your muse and mine without plotting first, positively or negatively !!
I WILL NOT be ship-exclusive with any blogs
I will have mains but it’s on unofficial terms
For all my writing partners: I will happily plot ships, and details! But I won’t have an assumed prior romantic/sexual history between our muses.
Again, I know this bit is particularly long !! But it’s very necessary for my comfort and yours as a baseline of whether we might get along or not. Thank you again for pulling through all the reading; if you’re staying, awesome !! If you’re not, I’m sorry to see you go but I hope you find the writing happiness you want <3
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Making NPCs Look Like Playables
We are so used to seeing NPCs behind the counters and such that we hardly notice them, but I really wanted my hood to look more integrated, and I love this method! It looks so much more “real” to me if it’s my playables working the counters and such. However, I don’t actually want to go to the trouble of hiring Ginger Newson in an owned General Store and all that (I don’t have fun running the businesses), so I just want it to look like she works there when other playables visit. I experimented till I figured out how to do this with SimSurgery in SimPE.
Here’s how:
Before we start, there are some good tutorials that describe a slightly different and longer process using SimSurgery, because they are cloning, modifying, etc. But, they create a new sim. We don’t want that. What we are doing is much easier. First set up your community lot with a cashier or hire your maid or whatever as usual, then make sure you know the NPC that is generated by name. For example, if I build a bar, I let the bartender spawn, and note what the name is. It's best if the NPC and the playable you want it to look like are the same lifestage, but gender does not matter. You can change gender, if you want to, with just one more step. This is good, because it can take a lot of tries to get a certain gender to randomly spawn as an NPC.
Before you start messing about, please backup your hood.
Then...
Load SimPE and, if you’re not familiar with SimSurgery, look at the tutorial above for pictures of the screens you need: 1) open SimPE and load the hood with the sims you want to change 2) open SimSurgery 3) find the NPC by name and make it the patient, click USE 4) find the playable and make it the Archetype, click USE
For this, don't click any of the other options, you're going to change everything...
5) Click surgery.

It's done. Now to tidy up... 6) You may want to go to the NPC, who now looks like the playable, in the plugin window, and change its name to something else. I change mine to "nicknames" so I can easily see they are different... like Ginger Newson goes by G.G. Newson at work (she thinks it's sophisticated). Some say that it's best not to change the name in Overview, but, instead, to use More/Character File/Catalog Description and change it there. I’ve done both, and haven’t seen a difference, but if you want to be “safer” go the Catalog way.
7) If you changed gender, then you probably want to change that in the plugin view under Overview/Treat As and you may want to change their gender attraction, too.
8) Back in the game, I ban the "real" playable sim from the lot where the NPC works with Visitor Controller, for aesthetic reasons, but I don't worry about them just walking around town and meeting others.

9) Clothes
The NPC/playable lookalike will generally appear in uniforms behind counters and such, so if that's what you want, it's done. But, I wanted them to wear the same clothes as the playable’s everyday, so I used this older mod that lets NPCs wear casual clothes, and Christianlov's clothing rack to summon the NPC to a residential lot and let Neighbor Buy clothes to change the NPC’s clothes if I need to. Works great! Technical Note As said above, it's best if the NPC and playable are the same lifestage because they can get borky if they aren’t, but I did notice that putting a teen playable on an adult NPC worked fine and had the advantage of making the uniform disappear and use the teen everyday clothes, but now that I know the mod above, I think it's better to use the mod and Christianlov's rack to change their clothes.
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rules
This is going to be a long post, and I apologise for that. However I do not apologise for putting my boundaries as clear as possible, and will not apologise for doing so. All of the rules below exist for a reason, and I have them for my own comfort.
It is okay if you don’t agree with them but it’s not okay to ignore them. If you think you cannot follow the posted rules, then do not follow this blog. Thank you !!
General
These are the basics, a re-hash of rules that almost everyone has but that I like to cover anyway just in case!
Read ALL important pages: rules, disclaimer, muse list & info for the muse(s) you want to interact with
Use proper punctuation and spellings to the best of your abilities
Mark clearly whether an ask is IC or OOC
No godmodding
No maiming, killing, etc. of my muses without my permission
No choosing of thoughts or big actions of my muses without my permission
Hate, anon or otherwise, will be reported and deleted. Users will be blocked.
There may be an occasional mention that I do this if there’s some kind of repeat, but I will not place the content itself on the dash.
Asks and IMs are always welcome!!
More in the < Asks & Memes & Messaging > section
tracked tag is SHIELDEDSOULS and is the best chance of getting me to see a post. @’ing me will also work, but please be sure to use my url tag on top that! please also put somewhere which of my muse(s) the post is for.
Specifics
These are some of the rules that have been established over time for my own sake, and to make everyone’s time on here a lot easier!
Your age must be listed somewhere I can easily find it! I’m not comfortable writing some content with muns or muses who are under 18
If I cannot find that information I am unlikely to follow, and I will not write that content with you, as it’s safer to err on the side of caution.
If you are not comfortable with discussion and usage of DID ( dissociative identity disorder ) please do not follow as it ties heavily into my portrayal of Bucky Barnes and James ( the Winter Soldier ).
It takes time for me to check through all my followers, so please don’t ask if I haven’t followed back right away or unfollow, unless I post very specifically about dumblr fucking things up.
There’s any number of reasons I may do either, but the more we happily interact and talk the more likely I am to follow or re-follow.
With rare exception, I will not interact with any blogs that contain digits in them.
Please, please, use regularly accepted punctuation within threads.
Please.
Do not spam-reblog from me, which is reblogging 3+ posts in rapid succession. It messes up my notifications and I lose other things.
Mark clearly between IC/OOC, and which muse or npc a message is for.
ALL PERSONALS WILL BE BLOCKED
unless I can tell with a glance that there are RP sideblogs attached to them
I love my ships and will not stop writing them for someone else’s sake. I tag all visual content, but if there’s a short tag or something to be added, give me a quick little heads-up and I’ll happily tack it on. Everyone wins!
If I cannot easily navigate a blog for information, I will not follow back
easy navigation includes:
rules page
disclaimer/ooc page of some kind
tagging system
cut posts
Formatting
this little section is for what to expect from me and my writing preferences, but it is a flexible section!
I do both regular capitalization and zero capitalization for threads, depending on partner and length of the thread
memes and asks will be done in whichever I’m feeling
I do small text ONCE for aesthetic, but will leave text regular size if asked
Headlines will be done in subtext size, again mostly for aesthetic
Parentheses and brackets will be bolded and italicized, on the whole
I will @ the url of the person who sent the ask or is part of the thread
thread partner urls will also have their muse’s name listed after a slash for further clarity
I occasionally use icons, but mostly for asks, dash commentary, or silly things
all icons are 100x100
I enjoy using bold, italics, and strikethrough, but that’s about the extent of my text formatting and I try not to overdo them too much
Asks & Memes & Messaging
Asks are open to everyone!
IMs are ooc and mutuals only.
If a meme is shippy or nsfw, it is mutuals only and will require previous interaction.
All others are freebies!!
due to asks being fucked for formatting: i will tag the url of the sender on a new post, have a header to show which muse is answering, and tag the user within the post. i will also link it and privately answer the original ask where possible, to help ensure responses are seen.
for the time being I’m putting a graphic in the direct reply to an ask, adding a blockquote for tagging the sender, additional commentary, and the source meme if there is one
Any reply to an ask must be in a new post. Reblogged asks will be ignored.
Any messages saying ‘wanna rp?’ or asking for an IM will be deleted. I’m far more receptive to being approached with ideas to work with
Any messages that do no specify a muse will be deleted.
While not explicitly reblog karma, I am not a meme source and will talk to you if you always take memes from me but never send anything in or talk to me. Sometimes a meme doesn’t work and that’s fine, but there’s no excuse to never interact with me.
I often have a mix of platonic, general, and nsfw/shippy memes at my disposal, but feel free to improv something from the gist or edit sentences to suit our muses better!! Creative fun is why we’re here <3
OCS & Sideblogs & MuMus & Second-Gens
Information must be easy to navigate and read, same as for canons/single muse blogs!
Sideblogs, please list somewhere OBVIOUS what the main blog is called so I know what to look out for.
Mumus, I love you and your dedication, but I am most selective with you. Yes, even as a mumu myself.
The more fandoms covered and more muses included, the less likely I am to hop on board mostly because I prefer a clean dash.
If we’re close friends ooc I’ll likely be far more lenient
OCs with an mcu-canon faceclaim will not be accepted unless the muse has been around longer than the canon being cast or if they look markedly different than the canon ( Karen Gillan with all her hair vs as Nebula, for example ).
more in the < canons & fcs > section
Unless plotted otherwise, they will not know my muses, but they can know of my muses
Second-Gens ( kids of the original set(s) of main canons ) make me uncomfortable for a number of reasons, and so will be interacted with on a case-by-case basis.
I am unlikely to follow unless we know each other very well ooc
Canons & FCs
Again, OCs with mcu-canon faceclaims will not be interacted with unless they meet at least one of the two criteria listed above.
However, if I pick a FC for someone related to this blog that isn’t canon, it’ll likely be shrugged off as uncanny lookalike, or we can otherwise plot around it.
Animated FCs are welcome, but I’ll admit that specifically anime blogs are unlikely to be interacted with. Sorry
If a canon has an alternate faceclaim: cool! Just have it listed somewhere obvious, please
FCs I will not interact with: Mark Sheppard, Selena Gomez, Mads Mikkelsen, Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Sara Bareilles, Andrew Scott, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Dormer. The list may be periodically updated; yes, it is okay to ask me about specific names and why these ones are listed.
Shipping
There will be a good deal of F/F, F/M, and M/M on this blog both in visual and text.
May ( read: probably will ) include three+somes.
Implication and mention to graphically clear are likely, and will be tagged.
By default, ALL my muses are single, with the noted exceptions of Frigga ( until Odin chooses to pass ) Dugan and Peggy if it’s circa 1952-after, and Sam who is widowed and single post-2012, unless plotted otherwise.
Please don’t assume there will be a ship between your muse and mine without plotting first, positively or negatively !!
Specific to Peggys: don’t be alarmed by my above warning, Dugan/Peg is my muses only and not something I expect to be followed. I will also not expect a ship with Steve.
specific to Steves: I will not expect a ship with Peggy, Bucky, or Sharon
However, Bucky loves Steve, bordering on obsessively. Whether it’s platonic, romantic, or completely one-sided pining is up to plotting and muse chemistry.
if we are writing stucky, Bucky is the one who will be in it first.
James is incredibly anxious about dealing with Steve for many reasons, and more anxious about the possibility of infringing on Bucky’s territory.
It is one of few ships that will require Bucky’s active participation if you want James involved, because James will refuse Steve otherwise.
if we are writing steggy, it will not be eg-canon compliant
Specific to Peppers: Tony cares ( depending on point in time, deeply ) for her, but I will not expect a ship and it must be plotted out.
They could be exes, almosts, currently dating, platonically attached, whatever we would like! But it must be plotted.
specifically for Janes: I do not automatically lead with fosterson! My default is somewhere between slow burn infatuation or mutual, friendly separation. Thor adores her in any type of relationship though, and supports her endeavors and enthusiasms
For Bucky and James, dating one of them does not mean you have to be dating the other.
It would be marginally easier depending on time and verse tho
Specifically for Natashas: I include the generality of James being at the Red Room, but we must plot about including the affair or not. It is not my default canon.
if we are defaulting to winterwidow, James is the one most familiar with her, not Bucky. James was the fronting personality when they originally met, and Bucky’s recollection of events will be hazy if present at all.
If you want to ship Nat with Bucky, it must be plotted and must account for the prior/continuing relationship with James
For Sharon, she has no romantic interest in men ( yes including Steve ).
if she ends up with a comics-inclined verse this may change but will still require heavy plotting.
I will not be ship-exclusive with any blogs
I will have mains but it’s on unofficial terms
For all my writing partners: I will happily plot ships, and details! But I won’t have an assumed prior romantic/sexual history between our muses.
Again, I know this bit is particularly long !! But it’s very necessary for my comfort and yours as a baseline of whether we might get along or not. Thank you again for pulling through all the reading; if you’re staying, awesome !! If you’re not, I’m sorry to see you go but I hope you find the writing happiness you want <3
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[ cisfemale ] if you’re wondering who the madelaine petsch lookalike is, don’t even bother. that’s just winter anderson who likes to take in stray cats and pretend that it’s good for her. winnie celebrated her twenty-second birthday this year and asked for a new life – like that’s possible here, right? i mean honestly, she’s been making money by being a pick pocket and i’m supposed to be giving gifts? well, she’s been in the southside for fifteen years and we all remember when she mugged a few tourists. but no matter what, i’ve got her back – after all, we’re all southsiders and nobody fucks with the southside.
hi hello! my name is blondie, i’m twenty-four and my birthday is coming up on the 13th! i’ve spent my life in a mitten… so my timezone is est. madelaine petsch and joe keery are the loves of my life. i read a lot of young adult series/novels (pls don’t judge me). i can’t go a day without listening to little mix because they are my girls. i have two kitty cats (sirius and lupin) and a pitbull (nox). if you ever wanna see cute pictures hit me up i got so many of my babies. but that’s enough about me! this is my little cinnamon roll, winnie.
full name: winter may anderson
age: twenty-two
sexuality: lesbian
favorite color: pink
favorite movie:
favorite food: strawberries
traits: +intelligent, +compassionate, +optimistic, +understanding. -gullible, -altruistic, -scatterbrained, -anxious
aesthetic: sparkly hair pins, fuzzy sweaters, over packed bookshelves, strawberry soft serve, bunny slippers, friends marathons
celebrity crush: tessa thompson
winnie was born on october 24th 1995, to sarah anderson (a pretty popular exotic dancer) in detroit. her mother never really wanted anything to do with her, because of all the things she was supposed to stop doing. dancing went on hold, but drinking and doing drugs did not.. winnie was born addicted to heroin. she was taken out of her mothers custody and her grandmother was given sole custody.
while her grand mother fought for custody of her as a baby, she never really treated winnie all that great. she grew up fending for herself at a young age. it wasn’t strange for winnie to get herself off to school and home, seeing as her grand mother preferred to day drink and pass out on the couch before five in the afternoon. winnie was 8 when her grand mother died of a stroke. winnie was put in foster care until she turned 18.
winnie was quickly taken in by a family on the south side of chicago. they had several foster children and they were basically using the children for checks. winnie spent most of her time at friends houses, just to get out of the environment. when she turned 18, she was kicked out of the home. she spent two years living at a womens shelter in down town chicago, before she met her best friend (okay so my wanted connection is for this npc’s sibling so yeah) and quickly moved in with her and their older sibling.
winnie dropped out of high school when she had turned 16, and her foster “parents” really didn’t care. she began working odd jobs (bar tending with a fake ID, waitress, working at a hotel as a maid, etc). winnie’s bubbly personality makes it easy for her to go from job to job. she is currently unemployed, and picks pockets for her cash and spending money.
about two and a half weeks ago, winnie and her best friend had been walking home from a house party, when a drive by occurred. rival gangs and all that. while winnie was shot in the shoulder and injured, she survived. her best friend however did not. winnie lost one of the only people in her corner, and she took it hard. and her best friend’s older sibling blamed winnie as much as she blamed herself. her friends older sibling proceeded to kick winnie out. shes back on the streets and at the shelter now that she was released from the hospital about a week ago. and that bill was not a pretty one.
winnie feels lost and alone right know, but she knows the southside takes care of their own.
#「▴ ▿ ▴ intro. ✧ 」#ss!intro#homelessness tw#drug addiction tw#gun violence tw#hit me up here or in the ooc discord so we can plot!!#her connections page is @ /c
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There’s a line removed from the Japanese that states that the unrest in the Empire regarding Edelgard’s war is settling down thanks to an “information campaign.” That’s kinda a big deal, when you really get down to it.
Like, that whole conversation is meant to be foreboding. It’s meant to tell you that something is off. That people aren’t on board with Edelgard’s war within the Empire. They’re against it initially, and we do see this. I mean, sure, we have the dancer battalion of members of the opera company and their fans who can join you when you take Enbarr which should tell you something. But then we have Ferdinand’s paralogue.
That paralogue, which is unavailable in CF, lines up nicely with what that NPC said. That there is unrest in the region by people against the war. People who are being conscripted to fight against their will, and being killed if they refuse. Likewise, they’re told that this was done by Duke Aegir. Aegir, someone who Edelgard stripped of power five years prior and put Arundel/Thales in charge of the region. Aegir is being blamed for things he didn’t do.
And this is where you start digging. The idea that Aegir was behind the experiments on Edelgard and her siblings just doesn’t make sense. The Insurrection was fought to prevent the Emperor from having total control of the Empire after Edelgard’s father tried to consolidate power (while also having to give out power to families he took concubines from) and wiped out House Hymr. You know, the same family that used to run the region we see in Ferdinand’s paralogue. They wanted to prevent an Emperor with with absolute power, so why would they experiment on the Imperial family to create one? What’s more is that the devs confirmed that Silver Snow was what the story the worldbuilding supported, so saying Aegir wasn’t a monster has a lot more weight than Edelgard saying he was.
Sure, it’s a translation issue. How that line is suspiciously absent and all. But there’s more than enough in the game to tell a player not to trust her. How she makes people opposing her to be evil, like how she says Claude’s leadership has thrown the Alliance into chaos. Funny thing, if you talk to Hubert that month the Tommy Wiseau-lookalike says that the Empire has begun attacking the Alliance recently, how there are Houses that want to surrender and how Claude is using internal politics to keep the Alliance together. Claude is anti-Empire, sure, but that ignores the fact Edelgard attacked him first before you came back.
Edelgard uses propaganda, so of course her endings aren’t going to make her look bad. She goes out of her way to present herself as the good guy, denying any culplability in any atrocities done for her benefit while demonizing everyone else. But at the same time, the character endings contradict each other which a CF NPC outright says is a sign history is being censored. Censored by a state that spies on it’s citizens and quietly kills them when they don’t want to be ruled by Edelgard any more.
That’s not freedom, that’s North Korea.
So if it is MEANT to be a villain route...Why are the villanous actions NEVER ADDRESSED by ANY of the characters outside of "Huh. I wonder if there was a better way to do this."
Why did they have Rhea go insane and torch a city? Why make potray Rhea as a villain when you could potray her as the hero whos genuinely trying to do good? Why have a majority of the characters still be able to be recruited regardless of if it makes sense? Why have the ending narration mostly be possible? WHY have Edelgard succeed and somehow turn her tyranny into a society that "ensures a free and independent society fot all."
If it's REALLY a villain route, why is there not a single character ending mentioning things like rebellions and conflict? Hell, the ending narration shows not a hint of villainy and potrays its ending as heroic.
"Embracing her newfound power, Edelgard could at last set about destroying Fódlan's entrenched system of nobility and rebuild a world free from the tyranny of Crests and status."
Again, if it was TRULY meant to be the villain route, it would have been POTRAYED as such. Instead of a villain route, we got "A route where one of the villains is made the protagonist and her views and villainous actions are never questioned OR addressed and outside of the conquest and starting the war, everyone is mostly happy."
Alright so this is going to seem like a nonserious answer, but I'm 100% serious when posting this image as part of a genuine answer to this question:

On CF, your actions are never addressed because of ignorance. On the surface, your actions seem like they've helped Fodlan, but as soon as the player looks any deeper it starts to become evident that something isn't right.
If Edelgard made a free and independent society for all, why are the people spied on in Hubert's ending with Dorothea? Why are rebellions secretly being put down in his ending with Shamir? That's not free, in a general sense or from specifically tyranny. That's a direct contradiction from two of the characters that can only be played on CF, and this is only found on CF.
Rhea is portrayed as a villain because she is Nabatean, and Edelgard hates Nabateans, and you are playing a route that emphasizes her ideals - which include wiping out all of the inhuman, bestial, vile, cruel Nabateans that have been plaguing humanity’s world. Rhea goes insane on CF because unlike all of the other routes, where the player and the lord never go out of their way to trample and spit on their enemies' trauma, that's what you are doing the entire time you play CF to Rhea - for months once Byleth returns, and that’s being extremely generous and not counting the entire war. You help drive Rhea and the other Nabateans away from their homes when taking over Garreg Mach - like Nemesis did to Rhea after the Red Canyon Massacre! You're helping someone try to kill off the rest of her people - like Nemesis did at Zanado! You're trying to kill Rhea with the Sword of the Creator, her mother's mutilated corpse - like Nemesis did! You're doing so with the descendent of Wilheim - spitting on the legacy of the one human Rhea could trust during the War of Heroes! You're literally recreating the single worst moment of Rhea's life, all so that you can help the one who views her as less than human.
Portraying Rhea as "the hero who's genuinely trying to do good" goes against Edelgard's viewpoint of all Nabateans being evil, and you're never meant to question Edelgard or make her change her beliefs. You as the player are actively discouraged from talking back to Edelgard, as she will noticeably get upset whenever you do - many times you will even lose support points with her, and this is especially bad for specifically Edelgard because you have to get to a certain support level with her to enter her route, with you having less chapters to do so because she won't talk to you until after Byleth achieves the Sword of the Creator in Chapter 4.
Look at how Rhea, Dimitri, and Claude are portrayed on CF. Rhea and Dimitri are demonized, while Claude is given some leeway from Edelgard. Now notice who of the three of them always speak their minds over Edelgard's villainy to her face, and which of the three of them bends to Edelgard's view of them as the bad guy. Dimitri and Rhea never allow themselves to bend to Edelgard - they call her out and call her actions evil. Claude, on the other hand, will remove himself from Fodlan and then afterwards make himself out to be a bad guy whom Edelgard managed to take down. He puffs up her ego, and he gets to live, while the two that don't must die. Edelgard is the one always out for the kill, and only by submitting to her is anyone allowed to live - which, I don’t think needs to be said, isn’t very heroic of her.
I've had my fair share of complaints over the characters that can be recruited over to CF, but even with those complaints... look at how those characters behave on CF. None of them are Felix levels of negative character development, but they all act noticeably worse on CF vs how they are on the other routes. To name some notable examples: Ignatz goes from wanting to paint Garreg Mach as it stood five years before to preserve its beauty to wanting to paint the violent downfall of the Alliance, Lysithea wants to abandon House Ordelia, which is in direct contrast to her core character motivation, Ingrid is willing to throw away her lifelong dream of being a knight of Faerghus, which she herself says is her spitting on her dead betrothed’s dreams, Leonie works with Jeralt’s killers, etc. etc.. And mind, CF is the route that locks out the most units - there's the obvious ones like Dedue and Gilbert who were already route exclusive, but then there's Seteth and Flayn, Catherine, Cyril, and Hilda. CF is the only route to have even non-exclusive units be completely unavailable no matter what.
Edelgard doesn't make a society that is "free," like I said above - having a secret police monitor the people's actions, or is ready to put down anyone who tries to rise up against her, is literally the opposite of free. Edelgard can and will ban plays she doesn't like - not free. Edelgard only allows state-sanctioned religion, if she does allow it - not free.
CF is a route that wants to make the player believe the lie that you're not the villain, because you are playing from the perspective of someone who herself doesn't think she's the villain, but like. Look at what you're doing. You're invading two countries for the express, explicit purpose of taking them over and making them your own. You're working with someone who's been trying to reunite Fodlan back under Adrestia as early as the prologue when she tried to have Dimitri and Claude assassinated. You're helping TWS. Your Imperial presence makes Church people flee - which, given that Edelgard wants Rhea and those involved with the Church dead, I don't blame them. You're working with someone who is starving her people so that she can carry on with her war.
CF lies to the player - Edelgard lies, constantly. She says she's willing to let Rhea live, but literally the scene before she says she seeks to fuckin' Exodia Rhea. She lies about Arianrhod. She lies - or is flat-out wrong, which isn't much better - about the Church hoarding wealth and about the Church splitting up the Empire. She lies about not knowing about TWS pre-ts. She helps spread the lie of Duscur being the ones who killed Lambert. She lied about not knowing where Flayn was when she was kidnapped. She lies to her people by making them believe she’s making the orders during the war, not Byleth. There's a student who doubts all of what Edelgard says right before the timeskip happens and who isn't sure about his decision to stay, and then there’s a man who calls Edelgard “a tricksy one” on the last explore section for lying about attacking the Kingdom capitol. She’s wrong about the history of Nemesis and Seiros, calling Nemesis killing all of Rhea’s family a “simple dispute.” She lies to her people about an entire war against a group who just a little bit ago were her allies. Lies and ignorance are staple points to CF as a route, it’s baked into it, so the idea of the CF going “oh no you totally are the good guys” literally as the city burns down around the players doesn’t come from nowhere.
And like... the ending narration “shows not a hint of villainy?” Um.
Her stepping on the flags of the Alliance and Church? Her recreating a painting of Napoleon - that little known imperialist - down to the hand of justice? Her denouncing gods constantly and then being ushered in by a statue with heavy resemblance to Nike, Goddess of victory? Hubert plotting away from the sight of the rejoicing people? Yeah, there’s a lot of hints to villainy.
Again, CF isn’t “portrayed” as a villain route because it’s you falling for the lies of Edelgard. You have a wool over your eyes. You accept everything Edelgard says as fact, even when she actively contradicts herself - sometimes as radically as in back-to-back scenes. You view yourself as a savior to humanity, even when you plunge it into darkness. You don’t think you’re the villain, so your actions aren’t going to be put in an explicitly villainous light - at least, not by anyone on your side.
This post showcases the difference between non-recruited characters fighting non-CF!Byleth vs CF!Byleth. Characters are mostly saddened by having to fight Byleth in the former, while they are mostly betrayed on CF. Byleth is very clearly seen as being wrong for having sided with Edelgard on CF by the non-recruited characters - Edelgard’s actions may not be directly criticized (save for by Dimitri and a few others), but it makes no sense for these characters to be this shocked and betrayed by Byleth siding with her if her actions were so good. Leonie deadass calls you a traitor to Jeralt, Ingrid says that you are not fit to rule Fodlan specifically for siding with Edelgard and the Empire after all she and they have done, and Dimitri questions you as to why you chose Edelgard and her “savage, bloody path,” just to name a few notable examples. You, as the player, are being criticized for siding with Edelgard. You say that the villainous actions are “NEVER ADDRESSED by ANY of the characters,” but what else are these reactions but characters addressing your villainous actions?
And like... “a route where one of the villains is the protagonist” bro that’s a villain route. Like. I’m not trying to be mean, but I am genuinely confused as to what you were trying to get at here.
Like. In a vacuum? I might can get the idea of CF not being a villain route a little better, were it the only route available (though even that is a very big stretch). But you have three whole other routes where there’s no conquest, there’s no working with TWS, there’s no using Demonic Beasts, there’s no killing/exiling the remaining (immediately known) Nabateans, there’s no continuous and long-standing lies that never get outed, the lords never stay flat out wrong about the events of the game, non-recruited characters aren’t shooting Byleth up the ass with accusations of being a traitorous lemming who’d follow Edelgard off a cliff... and they achieve peace. Those endings, with Dimitri Claude and “Rhea” (SS ain’t really her route even though it should’ve been but ye), lack the following in any of their endings:
Censorship

Spying on the people

Constantly putting down rebels in secret

State-sanctioned religion

(mind, this last one is in direct contradiction to CF’s ending narration that says that Church is destroyed)
None of this happens on AM, VW, and SS. They all have peaceful endings. They all have Fodlan see the light of dawn, and that is never contradicted in their endings. CF is the only route to have all of these things happen in it - I think that’s enough for it to be considered a villain route lol
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so i had an elaborate narrative of a villainous dream last night
it was pretty fucking great and i'm gonna try to jot down a list of salient points from my subconscious before i forget too much of it. this actually occurred across several sleep cycles as i distinctly remember waking up in the middle because a puppy was licking me a couple of times, but as long as i don't wake up too much in betweensies i have semi lucid dreams and redirect it back to what was happening if i'm liking the experience.
i spent my dream half of the time as flug and half of the time as... flug's... sister???? somebody my sleepbrain made up anyways, she looks like a lot like a mixture of sugar and zacharie from off
flug's sister is into girls and has a bangin gf with blue hair
i'm just gonna call sister person sugar for ease of referral
first half of dream i was sugar and hanging out in a spooky haunted house with several random npcs
it was kind of like saw 2 but instead of jigsaw it was black hat doing all sorts of torturey shit to kill off the group
i get the sense that this was sometime between bh taking over the world the first time and forming his brand and line of villain products, so i guess he hadn't quite gotten tired of just trolling around doing bad guy stuff yet
sugar ended up escaping and leading bh on a merry chase through my standard dreamtime cityscape (my dreams reuse a lot of scenery)
eventually the chase ended up at the wild west section of an amusement park
i believe sugar got away on a train and fled back into a more militarized section of the city
at this point the narrative thread gets a little fuzzy
but eventually i end up as part of a large crowd in a theater who are all apparently competing to be bh's sidekick for his new villain company
i'm also kind of jumping pov between sugar and flug now
nothing to do with the story persay but bh definitely has a black leather vest that he wears sometimes that he was in for part of this while looking at a security cam screen and godDAMN does he look good in it
(also he has hips for days when he so chooses)
idk where this last one came into my brain from but i also have several other subconscious bh headcanons from this shitshow of a dream
like the fact that he has a bottomless hell pit somewhere in bh hq
and he totally does have hair sometimes, it's just a wig type thing so also technically a hat
sometimes the hair is different colors (perhaps he hadn't settled squarely on the bh brand appearance and logo yet?)
i guess the true hc here is that he shapeshifts all the gd time to mess with people
so at this point bh has given a speech about wtf all us aspiring sidekicks are doing here and pov settles on flug
crowd is advised to go to the bathroom beforehand
we have a view of the outside of the public restroom in bh hq and it's unisex, i guess bh is progressive
so anyhow there's a wild gauntlet of deadly challenges to pick a sidekick, most of the others are super extra dead
this isn't regular ded
this is ADVANCED ded
flug makes it though
one of the final challenges is some sort of evil game show with inscrutable rules known only to bh (who is the host obv)
flug does very well using the power of SCIENCE(tm) to determine the identity of an explosive substance and how it can best be used
also the other two game show competitors end up being sugar and a 5.0.5 lookalike
there's another wacky chase scene through the warehouse (of evil) where this is taking place
flug has gunshoes to go faster (but made of test tubes). they serve the same purpose. i'm calling them gunshoes.
the three reach the end of the and find that the ultimate prize is not being a sidekick to bh, but just escaping with your life
but bh drops some kind of vague hint about being persistent
it was very disappointing and the three wander off to commiserate
they wind up in a bathroom
because my subconscious is apparently bathroom-centric??????
and while flug (still me btw) is poopin he has an epiphany
(the best ideas sometimes come while poopin after all)
and inadvertently tells the other two that if only they go back again to show their persistence, maybe they will actually be chosen
flug feels like a dumbass because the other two immediately run back to the hq, while he is stuck mid poo
he sadly washes his hands (personal hygiene is important) and meanders back to hq feeling sorry for himself
when he gets outside the door he sees sugar leave and run off with her gf so clearly something went wrong
then goes inside and finds that the 5.0.5 was actually a dude in a bear suit and he's gone absolutely batshit crazy in the past few minutes since they parted ways
it seems that bh was waiting there and does some horrifying eldritch shit with his face
and flug is just like "neat"
so i guess the job description includes not going insane and/or tossing one's cookies whenever bh does something truly cthuloid
which let's be real is like a regular tuesday for him
so hey! flug gets the jorb
also as an afterthought/series of observations that have been semipresent in the subtext for a while now but can't get across without directly addressing them
i have the sense that bh definitely does not do "personal space"
particularly when either angry (often) or very excited/hyperfocused on something (not often)
so poor little nerdling flug
whose main source of social contact is ranting at people who are wrong on the internet
and whose main source of PHYSICAL contact is various lab animals
(and who already has a great deal of professional supervillain admiration for bh)
has promptly developed an unhealthy crush
which bh tolerates only because flug is aro as heck and there's no gross attempts at a display of affection
so yeah flug is mmmmmdefinitely into that
Bad Shit
#villainous#sort of#rambling ridiculousness#headcanons#paperhat#i don't even know what to tag here because wtf sleepbrain#dreams
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So, I've finally played Mass Effect: Andromeda
I must say, it's not as bad as some people are make it out.
The CC, of course, is total shit. I barely have any control over my character's appearance, and there are nowhere near enough hairstyles to satisfy me( plus, the hairline is too low most of the times IMO). I attempted to make my character a Triss Merigold lookalike, just for the sake of seeing if I can recreate a pretty female character using what I have. I used the short haired black preset because I thought it was the most proportional one( most of the presets looked outright fugly without any tweaking and had disproportionally huge lips as if they artificially used whatever celebrities use to make their lips bigger). I ended up with a red headed latino/mixed race - looking Ryder who, while not the fugliest chara out there, had a perpetual frown on her face that ruined her appearance in a lot of ways and at times made her look more like an angry teenager rather than a mature adult( I don't know if making the characters look younger was intentional, but Ryder is 20-something, not 15, having such expressions looks plain silly.). The animations really are bad( at least they were before they patched it, I still have a cracked, unpatched version), but it's been discussed so many times I don't want to come back to it.
I left the default Scott because my grandma was upset I still wasn't asleep at the time, so I had to quickly wrap up the customization, and I didn't want to leave him customized because my attempts to customize them ended up with him looking either like a socially awkward school student( I would have kept him this way if I was doing a gag playtrough, but that's for later) or like an angry mobster, so I haven't looked around the male character creator as much. I really wish that they actually spent more time developing a more versatile character creator, with more attention to facial shape, rather than adding crazy ass options like purple hair( come at me speshul snowflakes XD), red eyes( I didn't know vampires existed in the ME universe), some really silly tattoos( not that they all are silly, but some really are), and other elements of the SJW fashion that only 14-year-olds and players who don't take their characters seriously would choose, which weren't present on any NPCs in the original trilogy but for some reason are present here. because I've seen fanmade character creators that can do a lot more *side-eyes Skyrim's RaceMenu* . But enough of this.
The chunk of the story I played was... okayish, I guess? I've seen worse, I've sen better. But I don't think, its the "average" okayish, but instead "hopping between good and incredibly silly" okayish. Some moments I really liked, were dramatic, and I would even say they're well done, but there are also incredibly cringy moments there and there.
Also, the cliches. First it was the *SPOILER* "offing the parents in the beginning" trope. Am I the only one who is getting more and more fed up by it? Like, let them make it at least until the middle of the story, so their death could have had an impact( remember when they killed off the player's spouse in the first 20 minutes of Fallout 4, and as a result, nobody cared)? Or let them not die at all, because let's face it, while parents dying is a source of drama, losing one of them is not nice, with "not nice" being a scandalous understatement. Alec Ryder seems like he could have been an interesting character, but they had to kill him off so that the player character could be special. Which brings me to the next trope that is IMO very overused.
I don't know what's this with storytellers in media, but making the main character special seems like a big deal( and it's always been a big deal for BioWare games). As I wrote earlier, Ryder's father dies, after which Ryder is promoted to a Pathfinder, with a kinda thin argumentation that other people wanted it, despite your character having less experience than the other people around. Then, suddenly, everyone looks up to you and see you as the solution to their problems, again, despite you most likely still not wrapping your head around what's happening. And the more I play, the more the game starts to feel like a Space Jesus simulator( not that the original trilogy didn't give such vibes, but it wasn't anywhere near Andromeda's level of Space Jesusing, unless you take the shitty endings of ME3, which most players ignore anyway, into account).In one mome t you become the beacon of hope to everything and everyone.
I know that players love feeling special. Still, not every character gets to or should be the Saviour of All. There are smaller, less remarkable characters, whose stories happen to be just as, if not as engaging as the stories about the Chosen Ones. I mean, take the Witcher 3. Geralt is a witcher. Sure, he gets himself into different kinds of stuff thourought 7 books and 3 games, he does different things, which gets him different kinds of fame, but that doesn't make him the Chosen One, or the saviour, or something like that. That role is given to his ward/ adopted daughter, and his search for her is what kicks the main quest off. During he sidequests, other than dealing with monsters, he also has to deal with peasants and townsfolk who are not that special or outstanding. Yet, somehow most of TW3 quests are more dramatic, interesting and touching than the ones I've seen in Andromeda. Again, like I said, you can make a story about a character who isn't the Chosen One that is still interesting.
Back to Andromeda. While I haven't gotten particularly attached to them like I did to the original trilogy characters, they do seem likeable. Liam is goofy at times and it kind of amuses me, but he seems like a good buddy. Cora seems kinda badass, the cool, experienced character to Ryder's young and curious. Haven't settled for a romance yet, if I romance anyone, I'll probably go for Jaal( I'm a dirty alien fucker and I'm not sorry XD) , but. I. Want. Turians. Quarians. And. Drell. Why aren't there any options of them( yeah, they said Drell and Quarians will be late, but a male Turian flirt option would be nice).
I've noticed that they removed the Paragon/Renegade conversation choices, and while I am happy they removed an unnecesary karma meter that forced you between picking two flairs of dialogue, I still don't know if they kept the interrupts. No need to label them Paragon/Renegade, just the interrupts. They were fun. I haven't seen them yet, but I hope they kept them. As for the tone system, I haven't played far enough yet to see what effects it has on your experience of the game.
I like combat. It seems challenging( at least on Hardcore, which I chose for my playtrough), and at the same time more versatile than the one we used to have. Really an improvement over the original trilogy on this department. Bravo, BioWare.
I hope nobody takes this as a negative review( post? whatever?). With me trashing CC and discussing the story tropes, it might seem like I am hating on ME:A, but I'm not. It's an okay game. Not as good as the original ME trilogy, but not the worst thing I've ever played either. Overall, I think your opinion might depend on your expectations of the game. Still haven't played far enough to consider the game a win or a disappointment, but I don't think it's as terrible as some people made it out to be. Anyway, you may not agree with me. You play - you find out.
#Mass Effect#mass effect andromeda#mass effect: andromeda#mea#me: a#mass effect andromeda spoilers#mass effect: andromeda spoilers#mea spoilers#me: a spoilers#fallout 4 spoilers#Fo4 spoilers#kinda review#my opinion#scott ryder#sara ryder#alec ryder#liam kosta#cora harper
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it me again, same stuff applies to sterling jst like this Bad Girl if u wanna plot!!
( cismale ) haven’t seen STERLING HARLOW around in a while. the DANIEL SHARMAN lookalike has been known to be INTUITIVE & INTELLECTUAL, but HE can also be ANXIOUS & IGNORANT. The 24 year old is a SENIOR majoring in BIO-MED. I believe they’re living in POTENTAS but I popped by earlier and no one answered the door.
fr those of u who haven’t met sterling yet he is basically jst a tall anxious ball of awkward who means well bt it never quite works out fr him sdohgdg
he grew up the reasonable older brother of a hectic n Wildt little sister so he never rly got a lot of attention at home, his parents always thought he was fine n cld take care of himself
bc of this he grew up Painfully Awkward, the only friend he rly had fr most of his life was a friend from home named caleb (shout out to nai he’s her npc)
bt once caleb was drafted fr war n came back different it kinda messed sterling up and destroyed wtvr confidence caleb helped him achieve it was Depressing as Fok……..
he’d always taken medication fr anxiety bt he became extremely depressed during the time he didn’t have caleb and then esp when caleb returned different so he takes medication fr tht now too
literally can’t leave the house if he doesn’t take his medication, he’s kind of addicted to it now and uses it as a clutch to frankly? jst function, it’s Bad, he doesn’t even remember wht he was like before his medication
can come across as rude?? he doesn’t mean to he’s jst not good w social cues n is too blunt fr his own gd sometimes
A Virgo
bicurious bc u kno wht? i can’t play a straight to save my life n thts jst the tea
he didn’t kno tatiana TOO well, they were study buddies n he kinda had a lowkey crush on her bc she used to say nice things to him abt how she had a soft spot fr him n that he was her favourite guy etc.
WANTED PLOTS: maybe some friends who realize he’s incredibly awkward n try to force themselves on him to Expand his Boundaries, unrequited crushes, him on them or vice versa, study buddies??, an ex (i picture he’s only ever had one serious gf), a bad influence friend!! fr drama purposes…………., someone he doesn’t get along w bc they think he’s a Loser n he thinks they’re a Hooligan n frankly? anything tbh
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Lucy-May Miller Accepted! We’re excited to see what she’ll do in Mystic Falls. You know what to do, bb!
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Name: Lucy-May Miller Birthday: 4th March 1995 (24) Species: Human Lookalike: Elizabeth Gillies Availability: Taken
Personality:
Growing up in the hunter life gave Lucy a thick skin from a young age. She was exposed to the monsters of the world and because of it became well guarded. Whilst she’s openly playful and friendly her attitude can change at the drop of a dime. She’s tough, smart and when she needs to be she can be cruel. There’s a lot of pain and grief in her heart but much like her brother, she hates to show it. Lucy will always hide behind the mask she wears so well, most likely even if she trusts you. She doesn’t like to appear weak through fear of being exposed and made vulnerable.
Past:
Lucy was born in Ireland to a happily married hunter couple. She, along with her older brother, Riley, were unplanned but absolutely wanted and loved unconditionally. They were raised in the hunting life and spent a lot of time on the road. Their parents are decent people but given their job, Riley basically raised Lucy himself, despite only being a few years older. The child of a hunter is never really a child, after all. Because of it though, she and Riley are thick as thieves and twice as smart. There isn’t anything she wouldn’t do for her brother so when tragedy struck? Lucy was a hot mess. A vampire had killed their Uncle and put Riley on life support for three months. Luckily he recovered but when he woke it was Lucy who had to tell him Linc had died. The day still haunts her because it was also the first time she had ever seen her brother cry. Lucy was only 16 at the time and she was so traumatized by the events that she’s the main reason their parents quit hunting to live a normal life. Their father didn’t take any convincing, the loss of his brother paired with almost losing Riley did a number on him and al he wanted was his family safe and alive. So, they all returned to Ireland and became permanent residents once again. It was the apple pie life, for a while.
Much like her brother, Lucy became restless. She had no idea what direction to take her life in or even how to channel all her grief and anger. She joined a boxing gym and it was there that she met her first boyfriend. He introduced her to the races and being quite the adrenalin junkie, Lucy was absolutely sold. Much to her families dismay, she had decided to be a rally driver. Her relationship with her first love lasted a couple of years before she found out he had been cheating on her the whole time. Rather than cry about it, it only made her more career focused and she completed the NASCAR driving course to qualify and build her reputation in the field. She studied the mechanics, competed in some local races until she got noticed by a professional who took her under his wing. Lucy has spent the last five years working with and for him, earning her money on the track as much as in the garage creating the perfect race cars for the local competitors.
She’s completed various courses in racing, mechanics and just recently, qualified to be a driving instructor. What her family doesn’t know is that her boss is a crook. He sets up illegal races for big bucks and uses Lucy as his main driver because of her skills. She’s yet to lose a race. The thrill of it is what she loves the most and obviously, the money. She has a secret intimate relationship with her boss, even though he’s 15 years older and married with two kids. It doesn’t bother her like it should but she keeps it a secret to avoid the judgement of her family, especially her brother. Unbeknown to everyone, Lucy still trains to keep fit and occasionally hunts when she’s feeling angry and can’t find another way to calm down.
Present:
After her bosses wife found out about their affair, she made sure to set him up good and called the police to tip them off about the location of one of his less than legal races. Lucy managed to get away but her boss wasn’t so lucky. Her parents were obviously mortified and though she wanted to come clean about everything she knew she couldn’t. It would hurt them too much to know she willingly participated and so, she lied through her teeth and pretended to know nothing about it. Needing a break from it all, she packed a bag hit the road, heading straight for Mystic Falls to surprise her brother, who, she knew would have his own questions. But at least he wouldn’t judge her like she secretly feels her parents doing.
The Winchesters, The Browns, The Maddox’s - Knows them through the hunting life, considers them all family and trustworthy.
Belle Taylor - Is curious about her garage and plans on asking if she can help out whilst she’s in town.
Hattie Brent - Finds the girl quite odd yet weirdly charming, too.
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Name: Jasper Birthday: Unknown (26/351) Species: Demon Lookalike: Charlie Cox Availability: NPC
Personality
For a Demon, Jasper is unusually quiet and likes to work alone despite having multiple alliances to other demons. A lot of talking annoys him as he needs to hear his own voice clearly in mind and when he speaks, his words are so carefully chosen. His brain is very particular and smart and he would generally argue his brain works way different to others. He’s a perfectionist and likes to have a million back up plans in case of failure. To the outside world, he can put on the perfect facade, he’s your average charming, funny, handsome estate agent but Jasper is way too smart to play dumb. Every demon knows once Jasper starts on a mission, he’s relentless to get it done and not only done but done to the best of his ability. He’s efficiently clean, but his methods are particularly cruel and rough. Tiny, tiny fragments of his old human life remain but he ignores them.
Past
Jasper was born in early 1656 to parents to a married couple, Edmund and Helen born in a very small house in London England. His parents were far from rich, in fact, they were only just keeping up with payments so they could live in the house, let alone take care of a kid but they’d really wanted to be parents since their marriage began. Having a kid at this time was hard and not many children survived the past infancy. Jasper was the last of his siblings and he came fighting. His older brother had died during birth and sister hadn’t gotten very sick at the age of three. He was the only survivor which made his parents seriously overprotective of him the only child that grew up normal.
He didn’t get along with other kids. He liked his own company and as their neighbourhoods housing was all very tightly connected, Jasper and his parents knew everyone. Jasper just never cared for anyone other than his parents.
Then cue the Great Fire of London to a time where all ten-year-old Jasper saw in the midst of night were the burning fires of houses on house on houses of fires on fire. It was terrifying but he couldn’t help but see a little beauty in it. He knew nobody would understand him but how could such destruction not be deemed as beautiful in everyone’s minds but he kept it to himself. The idea of upsetting his parents, the only people he did care about in his life was something he never ever wanted to do. The first night, the flames hadn’t reached their home but by the second it certainly had so he’d had to run with his parents. That and his entire street so in the end, he got separated from them. A young boy, alone. No parents until he saw them on the ground burning. He didn’t cry. He was hurt but god, the flames were beautiful it had distracted him but what was he supposed to do now an orphan. The day he saw the world his world on fire was the day a side of him was born.
One of his neighbours found him and raised him for a while being a friend of his parents and not a mother herself, Lily took care of him and even sent him off to school where he’d learn skills that’d help him. Reading, writing, counting.
As he grew up, he realized he had too much pent up frustration to he had to take it out on someone. So who? The first boy that tried too hard to befriend him was the first. He punched him once. Then twice. A third time. Then a constantly ground not stopping until a teaching had to hold him back. Jasper got into fights with other for even just a dirty look and the last straw obvious got him kicked out of school. Well - he ran away. A boy had annoyed him so by the pond, he’d drown him. He’d left his head submerged in water, had his stuff and he left the school but before, he set a match and let the school start to burn as he walked away.
Then a man on his own, he’d heard about mythical people able to grant him anything his heart desires. Eventually finding out how he summoned a crossroad demon and after she explains to him on how it worked, a simple nod came from the now man. He’d travelled so far on his own, changing his name a few times so people wouldn’t be on his trail. Jasper was fascinated by this all. So what did he want? He simply said. “I want to pay my respects to my parents. The only way to do that is by having the world die as they did. In fire. I want to see the world burn. That’d be beautiful.” He nodded. He then wished his parents would be back to life and he hugged them but Hell fascinated him more and more so he even volunteered for his soul collection to be taken much earlier than the crossroad demons plan. She’d never met anyone like him, who just volunteered. So he died, committing suicide to excited for his ride to hell.
He was tortured in Hell for many, many years. Stripping him from his memories and his humanity further and further but after away, he even started to enjoy it. It was strange but he wanted to prove himself to Lucifer he was the best of the best.
Present
So, he picked out his meat suit of a business man who had been having a mental breakdown until Jasper had saved him. Or well, let him take the backseat while he took the front. That was years ago, Jasper is comfortable in his skin now. If not really proud because he could act. Getting a job as a local estate agent in Mystic Falls would be a good cover, especially knowing Lucifer is around for him to prove himself as well as many other demons, and humans he could have his fun with. Raise a little hell? What could go wrong?
Connections
Dante
Most demons annoy Jasper beyond belief but Dante seems to be the exception. He’s actually someone he looks up to, who he considers his brother. He’s probably the only person Jasper truly cares about anymore.
Genevieve Angeli
They’ve met. They know each other. Jasper used to think she was much cooler but apparently, all it takes is a Winchester to make you weak. Maybe he’d set her free and exterminate them. He’d love to be the guy who takes the crown of killing a Winchester.
Dominic Lawrence
He’s done his research though wants to know more. So befriending him in the act of a nice guy local estate agent who could be his best friend would be sweet when he stabs him in the back.
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Name: Aila King Birthday: May 12th (18) Species: Werewolf Lookalike: Marie Avgeropoulos Availability: NPC
Personality
Feisty and reckless, Aila King isn’t a follower. But, she isn’t much of a leader either. She acts on her own, a true lone wolf. That’s not to say she’s stupid. She’s actually quite genius, knowing how to get herself out of tough spots with her cunning mind and skills she learned from living out in the mountains. Trusting, she is not. Not because she is afraid, but because she knows better. She’s learned that there are few people in life that she can truly depend on and doesn’t waste her time believing in people she doesn’t have to. If she can survive on her own, she will. If she has to use people to do so, she’ll do that too. Life has set her on the track to self-preservation and she knows just how to maneuver it. It takes a lot to make her open up and she puts her faith in few. If someone finds themselves in her good graces they must have truly earned it. She’s brash and says it like it is, zero sugar-coating. She doesn’t believe in making things seem better than they are, that just hurts you in the long run.
Past
Born into the Appalachian Mountains Pack, Aila had a sturdy upbringing with parents, her older sister, Astrid, and a pack of werewolves who were devoted to one another. They were a tight knit group, always having each other’s backs through thick and thin, no matter what, no exceptions. For the first nine years, Aila knew peace, her family teaching her the ways of the pack. She grew alongside them, made friends, formed everlasting bonds. However, she didn’t know how soon those bonds would be tested.
Shortly after her ninth birthday, a group of hunters found their way to the mountains in search of the pack. They had caught wind of humans ending up missing in the area and jumped to conclusions, assuming that the Appalachian Mountains Pack had something to do with the disappearances. Who could trust the big bad wolves, right? Without warning, the hunters arrived and reeked havoc amongst the group. Before Aila knew what was happening, she found herself captured, along with her parents, her sister, and a few of the other prominent figures in the pack. The harshness of the world was becoming a reality right before her very eyes.
Fading in and out of consciousness, Aila struggled to take in her surroundings. She was chained up, as was everyone else. She looked to her left and her mother was already gone, the first that the hunter’s had killed. She began to cry. As little one with such a close attachment to her mother, could she be blamed? Tired of her wails, one of the hunters knocked her out again. While she was unconscious, she didn’t know her family was being met with an ultimatum. The hunter who was in charge of the group, a truly twisted man, approached Aila’s sister, Astrid, who was 16 at the time, and told her that she had to kill her father, the alpha of their pack, or they would all be killed instead. One more sacrifice for the good of the many. Their father pleaded with her to go through with it, wanting to protect his pack, and his daughters. If a sacrifice was demanded, he could handle being the one to make it. After much hesitation due to the weighty decision that laid before her, Astrid went through with it at her father’s request, protecting the pack, and her little sister at all costs, which in turned, triggered the curse for her. The hunter, realizing that there was now one more scorned werewolf in the world, went back on his word and went to kill her and the rest of those they had captured. First going towards Aila, Astrid realized this and killed him in an instant, not allowing any harm to come to her sister, especially after everything that had already happened. A blood bath ensued between werewolf and hunter, casualties resulting left and right. It was at this time that Aila began to wake up again, fighting at her chains. Her sister came to her side and released her, dragging her out of the warzone, Aila kicking and screaming the whole way. Her parents were dead and those she loved were falling all around her.
Finally, Astrid and Aila returned to the rest of the pack, those of which had not been captured, and told them all that had occurred. Sadly none of those who had been captured survived but the two sisters. With their father dead, a new alpha was chosen out of the pack and they moved further into the mountains, hoping it would allow for further protection from any others who came to do harm. Aila was left with her eyes opened. Innocence was stripped away and she could feel her heart growing cold. On top of that, she knew her sister was keeping something from her, something they didn’t speak of. She assumed her sister had triggered her curse by killing one of the hunters. Of course her sister held from her the truth. This would begin to etch out a rift that would exist between the sisters for many years to come.
Fast forward two years, the pack was met with visitors when Aila was eleven. Hayley Marshall and Tyler Lockwood to be exact. A werewolf and a hybrid, the latter of which was set on breaking the sire bond that connected to him to Niklaus Mikaelson, a name that was infamous to all. The Appalachian Mountains Pack gave Hayley a home for the time being and they aided her in helping Tyler break his bond as they, more than any pack, were strong in resisting the forces that pulled at them. They believed that a curse didn’t have to be a curse unless you let it be. During this time, Aila became intrigued by their two new temporary pack members. They were from a world so different than the one she was raised in and she would have been lying if she claimed she wasn’t fascinated by them and the stories they had to share. They left an imprint on her mind that she wouldn’t soon forget, especially Hayley whom she could relate to, both having to live their lives without parents to guide them.
However, their time with the pack wasn’t forever, and soon enough both Hayley and Tyler moved on, forming their own pack elsewhere with other hybrids who wanted to break their sire bond with Klaus just like Tyler had. It was some time after this that Astrid decided to leave the pack in search of the same power that Tyler possessed, having caught wind that human blood from the remaining doppelganger still existed. Although Astrid argued that becoming hybrids would keep them safe, there was no way Aila was going to leave the pack. They were her family, and no promise of safety, no matter how great, was going to separate her from them. This caused the rift between Aila and her sister to grow, a fight breaking out between them. With Aila’s devotion to her pack blinding her, she couldn’t understand that her sister’s actions were solely about Astrid’s devotion to her. Aila grew colder, feeling abandoned by her sister and the choice she had made. It wasn’t something she would soon forget. Astrid did return to the pack once in hopes of having Aila leave with her now that she was a hybrid. However, just as before, Aila refused. With blood in limited supply in the mountains, Astrid had no choice but to leave Aila behind once more.
Years later with memories of her sister so far in Aila’s past, a new foe threatened the pack in the form of Lucien Castle. His motives were unclear to those who he and a few of his ancient followers attacked, but the motives were far less important than his actions. Swiftly he and his companions wiped out the pack, leaving behind only a few survivors who managed to escape. Aila, however, wasn’t going to let them take down her family without a fight. The warrior that she was raised to be came out and she took down several of the vamps, finally triggering her werewolf curse. She and the very few remaining pack members scattered, leaving her to fend for herself, utterly alone, for the first time. Her heart grew even colder still. In her eyes, her sister left her behind to die.
Present
It has been two years since the annihilation of Appalachian Mountains Pack. Two years since Aila began life as a werewolf, alone, figuring out how to handle it all in her own way. Recently she’s made her way to Mystic Falls, tracking down those who have caused such destruction in her life, seeking revenge. Little does she know that there she’ll also find her sister.
Connections
Astrid King
Older sister. Aila has hard feelings against her sister. She feels abandoned by her and knows that she’s kept secrets from her. It’s going to take a lot to bring the two back together.
Tyler Lockwood & Hayley Marshall
Aila looked up to them for guidance during the time that they were with the pack and bonded with Hayley quite well over the things that they had in common.
Klaus Mikaelson
Aila wants to know more about the man who created the hybrids, especially since his name was always spoken about so infamously during her youth.
Lucien Castle
Aila wants to see him dead for what he did.
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