#this is gonna be a good banner and I guess I have a summoning video to make again!

[childofaura]

SACRED STONES BANNER?! SACRED STONES BANNER!!!

1. GILLIAM. YESSSS. MY BEEFCAKE.

2. Syrene... I don’t think I remember her? That’s weird.

3. Vanessa, fucking finally! But that voice... I don’t quite know how to feel about it. It’s... fine.

4. Tana.

Who asked for Re-Armed Tana. Like she’s already had so many alts.

5. Vigarde, ohhhhh shit. That’s gonna be FUCKED up.

Overall, I’m happy that Gilliam and Vanessa are finally in! I honestly cannot remember Syrene for some reason though... maybe she was part of Ephraim’s route? Either that or I’m just the worst Sacred Stones fan.

[halcyon-writings]

this isn’t a request but more like a concept but just the idea of childe whaling for your banner is very funny

��� i love how this was meant to be just a small snippet but now i have written more for it

good luck to whoever is pulling for childe in his banner rerun!!

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so let’s set the scene, Childe’s definitely a popular streamer for 2 reasons

He’s pretty and he knows it, his viewers know it, everyone does

He spends so much money on this game it’s not even funny. And people are either jealous of all the gear he’s gotten or just in plain awe of it all

this mf probably has fancams made of him every stream, so he purposefully poses, a popular pose is the lip bite

he usually doesn’t get so hyped over a lot of characters, except for maybe the geo archon, but that all changes when your character trailer drops. like, literally everyone can tell the difference. and it’s really funny and also just scary bc everyone knows this man spends too much on this game and they’re just guessing how much he’ll spend.

as soon as he’s able he starts the grind for everything.

from talent materials, ascension materials, artifacts, even to your weapon’s ascension materials. man is on a mission to make you the strongest character he has.

even if you’re some form of a support/healer, guess what; you’re now a dps. and you’re gonna be a damn good one if childe’s got anything to say about it. he’s a very unorthodox player, he would build barbara as a dps if he could.

“Man is dedicated,” One comment reads on his stream.

Childe looks up at the camera with a grin, “You bet I am.”

The particularly clip is a popular one with all the fancams for weeks.

He will also preemptively buy whatever the summoning materials are, and a lot of them. It’s at this point where he now is getting many questions as to where his money comes from. sure he gets a good amount from streams, but where tf is he getting the rest. but no one gets an answer. it’s better that way.

literally when you’re banner drops, everyone is waiting with bated breathes for his steam. and when he does, he’s got a whole audience.

first it’s a bit of normal playing to catch up with the viewers, and then he does a few single pulls. a four star but then mostly threes. he does a multi.

a gold light.

the chat is going wild.

it’s a different 5* from the pool. That means you’re guaranteed for him right?

wrong

he pulls again, 3 stars.

again, a 4 star weapon. again, all 3 star weapons. again, a 4 star character.

but no gold.

“We are not losing hope yet folks,” He says, a day later, “____’s coming home, I just know it.”

But the same happens again. Only 3-4 stars.

and again.

Man is spending so much that he could at this point be the main reason why you’re banner is at one of the top spots of who’s spending the most on which banner. It’s all him.

But imagine you’re banner is the shorter runs, so now he’s getting desperate. He does every little ritual he can think of. From sacrificing characters to waiting until a certain time. But nothing.

And then it’s the last day. If it were possible every single character that he could get has arrived. But not you.

“Folks if it’s not meant to be i’m quitting.” And he does one last single pull for the hell of it. He won’t actually quit but still. It’ll hurt a lot. And the feelsbadman emotes he’s getting only add salt to the wound.

Gold.

He’s awed.

And then your splash art appears.

The comments are going wild and Childe is just sitting back, head in hands like “finally.”

He gets you all the artifacts he set aside for you, your weapon. By the time the stream is over you’re at full ascension. And with really good stats.

“We’ve had a miracle on this day.” Childe says. You can see the joy in his eyes.

And literally the rest of the video is him just listening to the voice lines he’s got so far, doing different domains and whatever he can to get your friendship higher. Man’s has you as his icon, a quote from your voice lines as his signature, the whole shebang.

Makes his twitter bio “Whaled for _____. Worth it.” and it does not change.

[murasaki-murasame]

I probably shouldn’t have, but I decided to summon for Ayaha and Otoha because they look really fun and I already have other dream summon targets to worry about.

So here’s how that went.

I got them after 20 summons, lol.

I still don’t have Gala Agni, but I have Gala Leonidas and all the other good flame dragons already, so I’m just gonna quit while I’m ahead.

This was definitely very risky and stupid since I would have needed to go through most of my unread stories if I needed to actually spark them, but thankfully it all worked out in the end.

I’d accepted that this would mean skipping New Years, but I guess now I can probably still spark then if I really want to. I’d still have to go through a lot of my unread stories, but we’re getting like four events added to the compendium this month, along with the Kaleidoscape mode, and the New Years event itself, so that should help build up my stash. I think right now I have like 140-ish summons since I already got everything from the new event rerun, so the upcoming events should hopefully get me to around 200 summons. We also might get some random Christmas/New Years rewards, and maybe a free summon event, but we’ll see.

The annoying thing is that if it’s anything like last year, we’re probably getting two separate zodiac banners again with the new units spread across them, so i’d probably have to skip one of them anyway. But at the moment we don’t have any info on what to expect from that, so who knows how that’ll go. Going by the teaser epilogue we got from Mitsuhide’s event, which we now know was teasing at Izumo’s design, we’re probably gonna see the big dude as the tiger zodiac, and the person with the eyepatch as the off-schedule zodiac that’ll probably be on a separate banner.

Anyway, I haven’t had the time to mess around with them yet, but from all the videos and stuff I’ve seen showcasing them, I think AO are extremely good, and I’m kinda shocked that they’re permanent, since they have the level of power and utility that you’d expect from a gala unit.

Even though they’re [on paper] a staff unit, it seems like the best way to use them is to build them as a shapeshift spamming DPS unit, but even then, their healing actually seems good enough for most endgame content. H-Lowen might still be more consistent, but one upside to using a shapeshift build on them [especially with Mars] is that you get to also spam their healing skills a lot, which helps make up for them being relatively weak heals.

I’m not sure about all the exact numbers, but their dragon form seems extremely powerful. Maybe not as much as something like Nyx, but the combination of burn/scorchrend res down, stun/scorchrend affliction, a map-wide AoE skill, and a large AoE dragon strike seems extremely useful for most endgame flame content. They also have a dragon damage co-ability, which is really nice in general, and their combo = buff time chain co-ability also seems useful. 

Funnily enough I think Laxi is one of their best partners, since her high hit count can ramp up Leonidas’ dragon battery chain co-ability, and her team 3 strength amp can enable AO to fairly easily reach that on their own, since on top of everything else they do, they also have fast ramping team strength amps.

In general they do basically everything you could possibly want from a flame unit nowadays except for dispel, but you can have other characters cover that, or you can just give them a dispel shared skill or something, so that’s not a huge deal.

H-Lowen and Y-Cassandra will probably still have their niches [especially H-Lowen], but for the most part I think AO is going to be the dominant flame healer because of the sheer amount of buffs and utility she brings in addition to her heals.

Now I’m curious to see if we’ll get the other Agito bosses as adventurers, and how they’ll work, since AO’s entire kit is really heavily themed around the mechanics of their boss fight, which I think is really neat. I at least hope Volk doesn’t just get relegated to being a dragon, since I like his design a lot, and we already have his lance skin. Though on the other hand I also wonder if we’ll get Beast AO as a gala dragon in the future.

Also, I was wondering how they’d handle it if they ever made AO into adventurers, but I like the way that you swap between them in combat. I wish their win animation used both of them, but it’s kinda neat that it changes based on which one you’re using at the end of the fight. They also have a unique animation for when you summon them, which has both of them dropping down at the same time.

So yeah, I really don’t think I deserved to get this lucky considering how bad I’ve been at resisting the urge to summon recently, but here we are, lol. At least now I don’t have to worry about using a dream summon on them later. I think my next one will probably go to either Sandalphon, S-Leonidas, or S-Chelle, but we’ll see.

[timetravellingshinigami]

Warning! I've Watched The Movie!Endgame Spoilers ahead!!

I'm putting This warning because some of ya'll are mean saying "If you leak spoilers you deserve no rights!" F off!! If you read these spoilers and then get mad you deserve no rights!!!

Endgame review and rant starts from here.... Don't mind it starts out as a rant....

You would think!!!...

reading Endgame spoilers, writing Endgame essays and then watching the movie, would lessen the shock factor. Nah! You wrong af!....I watched the cam version of the movie today and when I saw Thor i was like..

And the worse! thing is he ain't fat because he was depressed. NO! He is fat because The Russos! wanted him to be funny! That was the only purpose for Chubby Thor!

Even in that video i could hear the audience laughing!!!! The little kids found it hilarious and i was sitting here at home and crying!!!!

You could see Thor's pain and anger when Banner said Thanos name but...

The Camera focused on his belly so much like "LOOK AT IT ITS FUNNY!!"

and I'm in floods of tears going "😭😭😭😭😭 NO it's not!!! Leave me alone please! 😭😭😭" It was painful!!! How could that they do this to him!

And he gives a little speech that he's fine and that he has no wish to be involved in helping the Avengers and he tells Rocket and Prof. Hulk to leave...but then Rocket says "there's beer on the ship" and Thor ups and goes with them????? Huuuuuuhhhhh!??????

And then for most of the movie the focus is on his beer belly and making him sound like an idiot!!!

Should Thor be depressed? of course!!! After everything he's gone through of course!! Should he gain weight being depressed? Yes! I GAIN WEIGHT WHEN I'M DEPRESSED!!! Being depressed and using junk food, alcohol, playing games all day will have this effect on you. But is him gaining weight!!! Something to laugh at??? NO!!!!

And Valkyrie???? In Ragnarok she went through the same situation Thor is in now. She was depressed and drowned her sadness in Alcohol. And then Thor came along and gave her her purpose back. Made her realise she can do so much more than wasting away on the Trash Planet.

And now Thor is in the same situation as her and...what? Valkyrie has been helping the Asgardians settle in Tonnsberg while Thor was drinking and eating junk food and worried about cable!!

But you know what Thor was never a dumbass!!! After what happened in the first Thor movie he was everything a good king would be. The reason he didn't want the Throne of Asgard on TDW was because he felt he could protect the nine realms better when he's not sitting on the Throne of Asgard. But when peace reigns he will gladly take care of his people.

What was all that character development in Thor 2011 and Thor: The Dark World and even in shitty Ragnarok all about?!!!! Actually i blame partly Ragnarok for Thor ending up.like this. Ragnarok was what started Thor as a comical character. The Russo just went "Its free real estate" and renovated on it and gave us Chubby Thor who couldn't even speak a complete sentence properly.

And that's not even it, what bothers me is that in the 5 years no one was helping Thor get better. Korg and Meik were pretty much enablers. Looking at things Valkyrie most probably tried to talk to him but he didn't bother to listen. And after a while she let him be hoping he comes out of his grief on his own. But, You know what pre Ragnarok Thor would listen to her. Pre Ragnarok Thor would not hide away and pretend nothing happened! Pre Ragnarok Thor would be grateful that he has people who care about him. He would do his best for the Asgardians he has with him now. Valkyrie and Korg and Miek are his closest people and he has their shoulder to cry on!! Especially Val. She does understand! and the entire time he was shutting himself away from the world, she helps the Asgardians get used to this new place. She also has hopes Thor will heal in time. She hasn't given up hope. I mean when all the Avengers were giving Thor looks of "oh, that is sad", she in the end has confidence in him. The movie never showed her thinking Thor is lesser of a man and king than he was before. She actually hopes for him to finally do right by his people.

What pisses me off is that Thor just goes off onto another adventure leaving Valkyrie with more responsibility than she already has (considering that now the whole human population is back and recovering from the IW events you can guarantee a whole host of problems are going to arise for the Asgardians. Considering how humans are you can bet on that.) The only way I can forgive Thor is if they give us a Thor 4 where he comes back to Earth with the remaining Asgardians (Hulk does say "we can bring them back") and finally decides to do some good for his people. Helps them have a better life, navigating human culture, learning new skills.

The Russos make Thor's grieve look like a joke! LIKE THOR DOESN'T EVEN CARE!!! RESPONSIBILITY??? NOPE THOR DOESN'T KNOW ANY OF THAT! you don't even feel sorry anymore or sympathise with Thor. You just feel ANGRY!! At the Russos and at Thor himself!!

Other things that hurt me...

Tony's death. It hurts just thinking about it! I feel it was unnecessary. There's no need for him to die. The Russos with all their imagination should have given him a happy ending! Natasha's death broke me first! Yeah you're gonna be a weeping mess after this. Steve was...*sigh*!!! It was sad and bittersweet. Did i like that ending for him? Not really 😢

Wanda doesn't get back Vision. Recently Elizabeth Olsen gave hints that the WandaVision series will be set in 1950s. I don't even know how that works out 😐

And Loki!!! You know how we thought he was ooc in Ragnarok? Nah! The Loki we see in Endgames New York 2012 is competing side by side with Ragnarok Loki on who is more ooc . I mean! He actually shape-shifted into Steve to mock him. He waved bye bye at the Hulk!! What??!! And then he just disappears and you're sitting there like "what the hell happen???"

What was good about Endgame?....

The rest of the movie was good. The humour was great when it didn't involve Thor. I'll never get over Scott in ant size sticking his ass out and saying "Flick me" at Tony😂 There were a lot of ass jokes. But it was find. Rocket and Prof. Hulk are my faves.

Thor meeting his mother was very emotional. Since she's a witch she immediately knew he was from the future. She doesn't judge him at all. She's just happy to see him.Their reunion was very sweet. A lot of tears and hugs. 😢In the end Frigga gives him a hug just before he leaves tells him in her sweet motherly voice "eat a salad" 😂😂 The only thing that was irritating here is Thor calling her "mom" 😕

For those who have been asking, there's a reason Thor had to sneak pass Loki 'cause of the time travel thing he can't allow himself to be seen by anyone. And Loki would definitely know this is Thor from the future. That would mess things up a lot.

Thor looked sort of better at the end when he was fighting Thanos. It would seem him summoning his armour, Mjolnier and the lighting also took care of his beard and hair. It's still long but braided 😕 He fought good. He was cool at the end.

Gamora is alive (Gamora from the past entered the 2018 timeline because of Thanos) !! 😄 And Quill is looking for her (He gotta make her fall in love with him all over)

And of course the fighting was epic as is expected. Cap wielding Mjolnier! When everybody showed up through Strange's portal!, Steve's "Avengers Assemble", Tony and Pepper fighting together!!! Wanda!! The Ladies of Marvel!! Captain Marvel!! 10/10(Tbh, Carol does look a little impatient the few times she was in the movie. Like she needed to be somewhere. I guess she has priorities. Other planets to protect. The moment she was sure Earth was safe she was gone.)

Not gonna lie, Endgame is epic and it is brilliant and amazing even with its flaws.

What's interesting is according to the Ancient One, if you move the stones from their proper place in the timeline it would result in a parallel reality being created. And of all the stone only the Space Stone has been moved from its place..by Loki. So that could mean a new alternate reality/universe has been created. And you know what.....That is actually scary. I wonder if the present universe Thor even knows that this other reality even exists where Loki is most probably alive. But even if he knows he wouldn't be able to do anything anyway.

Watching the movie, and seeing everybody fight together side by side, makes me miss Loki. It's like that scene where he takes the Space Stone and vanished sealed his fate somewhat. He's no longer connected to the timeline or universe we know. A new story exists for him. He's completely separated. And He's different now. He's probably still somewhat a villain with no redemption. He was never meant to fight side by side with the Avengers in this universe at least. Who knows how he turns out in the other universe. As matter of fact i wonder how everyone in the other universe turns out.

Looking at things i feel if Loki had been alive after IW, he will never be able to just settle down on Earth. And now Thor is the same too. They will probably just up and leave and travel. 'Cause for Loki especially, he's never going to be able to adjust with humans. The restrictions on him would be huge. I see him as the type who would leave through a hidden portal to other worlds.

I do feel like everybody's story hasn't really ended. Especially for Thor. He calls himself and Quills team as "Asgardians of The Galaxy" and if I'm not wrong there's a comic book of that name. Aside from that he, Quill and the team need to find Gamora and other Asgardians and return to Earth. And there better be a movie for that.

*Insert The Avengers theme song by Alan Silvestri*

[shadowtarot]

The White Raven: Emergence

Well I said that blog exclusive fics would start to come out! And well here she be. This is an AU....sorta. Takes place Post P5 and this will be separated into parts each with their own subtitles. Spoilers abound!

Day two of Spring Break. Normally, this would be a relaxed day for high schoolers. Go to work, catch a movie, hang out with friends. Something. But, for those of who had experienced that other world? It’s hard to shake the feeling of being watched. Not just being watched by Shido’s left over cronies but metaphorically by the expecting public. After a full year of going in and out of the cognitive world, The Phantom Thieves just can’t get used to being your average teen or young adult. Talk of their exploits can be heard now and again as Ryuji Sakomoto, formerly known as Skull, walks though Shibuya on the way to the local arcade.

“Were you there when that big calling card hit? That was like...the coolest of the cool!”

“The Phantom Thief leader testified against Shido right? But they never showed his face on TV!”

“Uh, but we saw his face on the video card? ...although there was a mask...”

Typical talk. As to be expected, no one recalled the true final heist the group had done. In which Ren, formerly known as Joker, saved the world from Ruin with the power granted to him by the public.

“SAKAMOTO!”

Well...a few did remember...

Running at almost top speed, Yuki Mishima, the proud admin of the Phan-site and author of the in progress Phantom Thieves Documentary, reached Ryuji who was just a few steps from entering the Arcade building. Panting, Mishima looks up to his friend with a grin. “I...need to...tell you..something. It’s big.”

“Geez dude, you don’t need to run at me like that. It’s spring break. Relax!” Ryuji laughs. “But if it’s important, let’s go into Big Bang.” With that, the blond boy leads Mishima into the nearby Big Bang Burger.

After placing an order and sitting down, Mishima takes out his cellphone and unlocks it. Without looking up from his screen, he begins to talk. “So I decided to look up what was currently trending on web searches right? Basic stuff I do when I get bored. Well...the top search for japan is: The White Raven.”

“The...what?” Ryuji blinks, confusion all over his face. “Is...it some chickflick you want to go to or..”

“NO! It’s nothing like that. But I did have a similar reaction. So I looked it up. Apparently it’s a handle of a new hacker. They’ve been leaking a lot of data on Shido connected individuals and posting them where the world can see.”

“This fast? Or...has it been going on for a while?”

Mishima shakes his head. “It’s been going on since February, but only got big after whole web pages got corrupted and altered with the supposed mark of this hacker.” He pulls up one such page, which is littered with information about the dark deeds done by the group with a Raven holding a knife in it’s beak spread across the page.

“Not very clean work. It’s like the desk of a middle schooler.” Ryuji laughs. “But this really is ‘effed up. Are you trying to imply that this...Raven chick is inspired by us?”

“Well...no one knows if the Raven is a guy or girl at this point. They are anonymous after all. But unlike Medjed it is a single person.” Mishima bounces in his seat. “So...you think you guys could unmask them? It would be cool and-”

“Mishima, you know what my answer is going to be. Our group disbanded, and if we acted without the consent of every person who has ties to the name we’d just end up hurting them.”

The blue haired boy hangs his head. “I...I know. I just thought it’d be cool is all.”

A couple a few seats down starts to talk.

“Say, I’ve always wondered why that Phantom Thief kid had to testify. Didn’t another name come up during the trial?”

“Well, the name was never publicly stated, just the gender and the general mention that he was a big figure for the three years that made up Shido’s big rise up.”

Ryuji winces hearing the statement. He knew who it was...and why he couldn’t testify.

“Sakamoto? I didn’t offend you did I?” Mishima asks, snapping Ryuji back to reality.

“Oh uh....no! I’m cool, no worries.” He laughs it off, regaining his former composure. “But, yeah sorry we can’t really stab at it like you want us to. We could do independent looks, but nothing under our old banner m’kay?”

Mishima nods rapidly. “Yes sir! Uh...Sakamoto?”

Ryuji laughs. “Dude, you don’t have to be so formal anymore. Just call me Ryuji.”

“Yeah yet you call me by my last name still so...”

“...I guess we should both change that then huh, Yuki?” He snickers, trying his best to lighten the mood. Mishima thankfully laughs with him.

“Right, Ryuji.” The Admin nods, a smile reappearing on his face.

“Anyhow, what were you gonna say?” Ryuji tilts his head in questioning, much like a dog would tilt it’s head to listen more closely.

“Oh! There’s someone in a hood staring at us.” Mishima states way too casually for what just came out of his mouth.

At this hour, the sun had set just enough that it was starting to get dark. A chill running up his spine, Ryuji slowly turned to look out the window his back was facing. And once it was in full view...like Mishima had said there was a hooded figure in a worn hoodie staring at them. Due to the spring rain and the general crowd, it was hard to make out the person’s facail features. Just the worn hoodie and the tattered jeans.

But just as quickly as this person was seen, did they vanish into the mess of the crowd. It felt like a scene from a horror film. And Ryuji was not okay with this at all. But in his tense state, he had seemingly been prepared to summon his Persona. Which of course, isn’t possible anymore.

“Uh...Ryuji? You okay? You looked ready to cast something just now.” Yuki laughs, covering his mouth. “I thought you said what you guys did to kill that huge god thing can’t be done since he was the source or whatever.”

Red starts to form on Ryuji’s cheeks. “R-Right.. It’s just....when you’ve been on high alert for so long and you’ve been used to doing shit like that...the habits don’t just go away overnight. I mean just last week you got upset when we didn’t fulfill any requests even though you know full ‘n well we can’t do ‘em anymore.”

“True, true. I guess we just gotta work on helping people the normal boring way huh?” He smiles

Their food soon comes, and the serious meeting turns into a casual conversation about School and life in general. But the thought about the hooded figure...and this White Raven, lingered in Ryuji’s head.

That night, Ryuji lies in his bed and takes out his cellphone. He had promised Mishima that he and the others would at least poke around and see what they can dig up. The logical person to contact first is Futaba. But knowing Ryuji, there’s someone else he’d much rather tell first.

Ryuji: Hey man, did you hear about this crazy new hacker?

Ren: Another hacker? You sure this one is legit?

Ryuji: Totally. It’s a single guy...or uh...girl.

Ren: Any more...relevant information?

Ryuji: Well they’ve been exposing Shido followers left and right

Ren: Good. The trial didn’t let names go public when it was reported on just on the sheer amount of companies and public offices that were involved.

Ryuji: So...you’re not worried? Like...at all?

Ren: Not at the moment. They’re a new “Hacker of Justice” or whatever. But I know what ‘re gonna ask.

Ryuji: I want to keep tabs

Ren: You want to keep tabs

Ren:  See? Knew it. It’s just the Thief instinct kicking up I bet. Just poke Futaba and she can probably do what’s needed.

Ryuji: I will I will. Just wanted to touch base and all.

Futaba: Touch base. He hasn’t even been gone a full 24 hours, Ryuji.

Ren: Futaba..

Futaba: I know I know, I’ll leave.

Ryuji laughs, well at least now he doesn’t need to message Futaba about if if she’s already seen it.

“The White Raven huh? ...what a weird name.” Ryuji laughs as he turns his phone off for the night and goes to sleep.

[buckys-other-punk]

Say (All I Need) Jealous Part 6.1

Bucky x Reader, (slight) Steve x Reader

Warnings: angst (if you call it that), jealousy, cuss words, mentions of smut (not really but ehh) and idk what else

Word Count: 3806 (w/o lyrics)

Song inspiration: “Say (All I Need)” One Republic (wow finally not a NJ song) I also re-ordered the lyrics to make it flow better with the story.

A/N: Finally Part 6! I liked @lostinthoughtsandfeelings’ comment where she suggested to show a bit more backstory of how the reader chose Bucky over Steve and why (kinda..not really sorry). So part 6 is gonna have 2 parts as you can tell from the title. This part is the Reader’s POV and the second is going to be Steve’s. Don’t mind any of my mistakes this took a while to write and I really don’t wanna look over this lol. If you wanna be tagged let me know and feedback is very much appreciated! Hope its good and you guys like it!

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=============================================== *Flashback to 5 years ago*

Do you know where your heart is?

Do you think you can find it?

Or did you trade it for something

Somewhere better just to have it?

You and Bucky have been dating for about 3 months now. Nothing that serious you thought, since your relationship with Bucky was still fresh…well besides the 24 hour sex. You’ve been working on a mission with Nat and Clint for about a month and just arrived back to the tower. Bucky was with Bruce to make improvements for his arm.

“Hey F.R.I.D.A.Y., Do you know where Bucky is?” you asked aloud.

“Yes Ms. (Y/L/N), Bucky is in the lab with Dr. Banner. Would you like me yo summon him for you?” F.R.I.D.A.Y asked.

“No it’s fine F.R.I.D.A.Y. I’ll just go there.” you replied. As you walked near the lab you heard voices talking. Entering the lab Bucky was on an exam table and Bruce looking over his metal arm. They were video chatting with Tony about whatever. Tony was the first to notice you entrance.

“Agent (Y/L/N).” Tony said calmly looking your way. The other two both turned in your direction.

Do you know what your fate is?

And are you trying to shake it?

You’re doing your best dance,

Your best look

You’re praying that you make it

“(Y/N), I have to talk to you.” Bucky said sternly. You were taken back by his tone and your small smile went away. You nodded as he directed you to the living room area.

“What’s wrong Bucky? You’re scaring me.” you said quietly.

“I have to go on a mission (Y/N).” he said sadly.

“Ok, how long are you going to be gone for?” you asked.

“That’s the thing, (Y/N). Umm…I’m going to be gone for 9 months.” he paused. “Tony said he wanted me and Banner to go with him to England to get some leads on HYDRA.”

“Well, why can’t I go with you guys?” you asked.

“I’m sorry (Y/N). Tony said he just wanted us three to go.” he sighed. “(Y/N), I don’t know if I could do a long distance relationship. I know we’ve been dating for 3 months and it has been great, but…” Bucky hesitated, “I think we just need a break.” he avoided eye contact through his whole plea. “I’m sorry, (Y/N). I gotta get packing.” he sighed as he rushed out of the lab.

Well, bless my soul

You’re a lonely soul

‘Cause you won’t let go

Of anything you hold

Bucky began to pack up for the mission. He felt guilty for putting an end to your guys’ relationship. When he finished packing up his stuff and exited his room. As he began to walk away from his room he passed your door. He set down his suitcase and stood at the closed door. He looked a the door and raised his hand about to knock. He paused and though “Maybe she’s mad at me…I shouldn’t say anything to hurt her even more.” He stepped away from your door and began to walk towards the elevators.

Meanwhile, you sat in your room thinking as tears began to fall down your face. “Why the hell are you feeling sad (Y/N). It was bound to happen. You are a strong independent woman, fuck him for ending your relationship.” you said to yourself as you took a deep breath and wiped away the tears. You exited your room seeing the elevator doors close.

Well, all I need

Is the air I breathe

And a place to rest my head

About 2 months Bucky left you were trying to forget about the whole breakup situation and trained to keep your mind out of the gutter. You were throwing punches at a punching bag while Sam held the back of it to keep it from moving around.

“So, (Y/N) I heard you are single again.” he said with a devilish smirk. You happily scoffed at his remark and nodded yes. “I was wondering if you wanna go out sometime?” he asked.

“I’m very flattered Sam, but I’m just trying to recover and find myself.” you said kindly. He nodded understanding and his shoulder slumped a bit. “But hey, we could go and get a drink sometime. Maybe find you a girl.” you said winking at Sam.

He laughed. “Yeah, I like that. Hey who knows you could probably be a better wingman than Steve and Bucky combined. I mean your a woman and you know how other women think.” he said happily. You both finished your training and began to exit the gym. As you left you waved Sam goodbye as you headed to the kitchen to get a snack. When you walked into the kitchen Steve was there making breakfast. It looked like he just came back from a jog.

“Hey soldier. What you making there?” you asked Steve. He turned around smiling at you showing you his breakfast.

“Hey (Y/N), oh, I uh got some fruit from the farmers market that’s near here and decided they would go good with some yogurt. I still got some leftover fruits. You want me to make you some?” he asked you politely.

You shook your head no and said “Nah, its fine I’ll just take some of yours.” You smiled as you got a spoon and dipped it into his yogurt bowl. He looked at you in shock like you kicked a innocent dog or cat. You were always super friendly with Steve. You also sorta kinda had a small crush on him when you first started working with the Avengers, but your crush on him dialed down when you began to date Bucky. Now that Bucky ended his relationship a few months ago you’ve began to notice how kind Steve was to you. As you ate your spoonful of yogurt and fruit Steve copied you and began to eat.

“So, (Y/N), how was training with Sam?” he asked you.

You chuckled and said “He’s ok, but I think I’m gonna ask Nat to spar with me again. I feel bad for kicking Sam’s ass for the past couple of days.”

“Well, I’m kinda glad I get my jogging buddy back.” he laughed. You chuckled at his comment and put your spoon in the sink. “You know I was wondering if you wanted to hang out sometime. I feel like I never see you during the day, you’re always so busy.” he said as you walked to the fridge to get a bottle of water.

“Yeah, I’d like that Steve.” you said smiling.

Well, bless my soul

You’re a lonely soul

'Cause you won’t let go

Of anything you hold

*Later that evening*

You walked up to Steve’s room and knocked on his door. He opened his door slightly and realizing that it was you he open his door wide. “(Y/N)? What are you doing here?” he asked you and looking at what you were wearing. “What are you wearing? I-I mean it’s beautiful and you look gorgeous and-” you cut Steve off by holding you hand up.

“Steve, you said you wanted to go out…So why not now? We could go get some food from that one fancy restaurant that Tony always bugs us all about. I also swiped Tony’s mastercard from him before he left.” you said with a smile. Steve chuckled at your comment and motioned for you to enter his room.

“I’ll get dressed. You can wait in here.” he said. You looked around his room and everything was tidy and clean. Walking to his desk and seeing a small notepad with a list of things. As you read over the list you smiled taking note that one day you would binge watch Star Wars with Steve. Steve came out of his bathroom with his matching navy blue suit. You stared at Steve for what felt like the longest time. “Is this ok?” he asked you shyly.

“Oh my god! Steve you look awesome!” you said happily. “Let’s go and spend Tony’s money” you laughed.

“Alright let’s go.” Steve said happily.

*Later at the restaurant*

After you and Steve were close to finishing your food you suggested something. “So Steve, why don’t we go the the club around the corner. You know find yourself a girl. We could bring Sam with us too, apparently I’m his wingwoman.” you chuckled as you “paid” for the food.

Steve nodded and pulled out his phone. “I guess I should call Sam then.” he laughed.

The waiter returned with Tony’s card and asked “I’ve noticed that Mr. Stark isn’t here. May I ask why or how you have his card or should I call over my manager?” You shook your head no.

“Oh, no I’m sorry. I’m Tony’s daughter (Y/N) and he gave me his card for the weekend. So I decided to go out to dinner with my boyfriend.” you lied sounding fake concerned. “Please don’t call your manager over, my dad would kill me if he knew I’m dating someone who he doesn’t know. My dad is very strict.” you added to the lie. The waiter nodded.

“I’m sorry miss. I didn’t know Mr. Stark had a daughter. Let me get you our speciality chocolate cake of course on the house.” he apologized scurrying to the kitchen. You looked over at Steve smiling.

“Well, Ms. Stark I’m glad to be your unknown boyfriend.” he chuckled.

“Hey, at least we got free dessert!” you said giddy. The waiter came back with the cake and two forks. You and Steve shared the cake and once you finished you both exited the restaurant with you arms linked. “Oh is Sam going to be joining us?” you asked Steve and he nodded yes. As the two of you arrived at the club Sam was already in the line waiting for you guys. He waved over at you and Steve. “Hey Sam, I guess your wingwoman came to the rescue afterall.” you laughed and so did he.

“Yeah, I’m actually happy that you are gonna help me out. Seeing that you are busy with someone else.” he whispered at you so Steve wouldn’t hear. You shoved him away. “Hey, you know it’s true. The only thing is I wish this fucking line would move.” he yelled over the crowd. You and Steve laughed at him. You looked at the bounce of the club recognizing the face.

“Follow me guys.” you said leading the two gentlemen to the front of the line. “Henry? Is that you? Oh my god it is!!” you smiled and so did the bouncer.

“(Y/N) (Y/L/N) as I like and breathe! Long time no see girl!” he replied in a friendly tone. Henry was a super buff guy (like most bouncers of the bouncers that worked there), but he was a very nice person when you get to know him. “Who do you got here? Getting into trouble again I suppose?” he added and you blushed.

“Oh no, these two are my friends. I’m their wingwoman for the night.” you said. “Do you think you could let an old friend in?” you asked.

“Uhhh,” he paused looking at you, but you gave him your best puppy dog eyes and he sighed, “yeah you can go in. Just don’t tell my boss.” he winked at you pulling moving aside to let you guys in. You smiled and kissed his cheek and you lead both Steve and Sam into the club and up to the bar.

“What just happened?” Sam asked and Steve nodded in agreement. You waved the bartender over ordering a whiskey.

“Oh you mean Henry?” you asked the pair and the nodded. “Well we use to work together.” you said calmly.

“Umm, where?” Sam asked.

“Here.” you said and the two had a questioned look. “I was the person who would kick people out if they became to rowdy and if they would decline or ever so much as touch me I would beat their ass (a/n: basically like Ronda Rousey in Expendables 3).” you said confidently smirking as the bartender gave you your drink and you downed it. You ordered another and they two men looked at you.

“Huh, that kinda explains your aggressiveness.” Steve said quietly, but you heard him and shoved him.

“HEY! I am not aggressive!” you yelled and the two laughed at your assertiveness. “Whatever! Sam did you find some poor girl that has to listen to you talk about how great you are?” you asked for friend.

“Ouch, but yeah that girl over there with the black dress.” he pointed at a table near the bodies of dancing people. You nodded taking note and downing your second drink, you stood up from your chair and began to walk near the girl. Sam and Steve saw you talking to the girl. “She better do me right.” Sam said to Steve and he chuckled. As you were talking to the girl the guys both ordered drinks from the bartender. You began to walk back you winked at Sam. Then the girl looked over and began to walk towards Sam. “Hello there.” Sam said confidently and she giggled. She took his hand and brought him to the other dancing bodies.

“What did you say to her?” Steve asked as he sipped his drink.

“Oh I just said he was an Avenger and saves the world.” you replied smiling ordering yet another drink. The rest of the night was a blur, but you knew that you went home with someone.

*Early in the Morning*

You woke up with an excruciating headache. You groaned you felt something heavy around your small frame. As you turned you saw the person who was next to you. Steve Fucking Rogers. You were mentally screaming. Slowly moving his hand off your stomach you got of his bed and tried to find you clothes. They were scattered everywhere. “Damn, I guess we had a good time.” you said in your mind. Even though you didn’t really remember the sex all, you remembered was how much you liked it and being with Steve. Right when you got your dress off of the ground Steve noticed the absence of your presence in the bed.

“Rushing to get out of here?” Steve asked quietly and ashamed. You looked up at him and sighed.

“I’m sorry I’m rushing, but I just got out of a relationship and it’s your best friend for fucks sake. I just need some time to think. I’m sorry Steve.” you said sadly as you walked up to him and kissed his cheek. You quickly got your belongings and rushed out of his room running into your room. You dropped everything as you closed your door and with your back against the door you slid down into a sitting position. “What the fuck did I just do.” you said to yourself.

Do you know where your love is?

Do you think that you lost it?

You felt it so strong, but

Nothing’s turned out how you wanted

*Later that Afternoon*

“Maria, I need  to clear my head. Can you please help me?” you sighed. She nodded at you a concerning look.

“What’s wrong (Y/N)?” she asked. “And what are you wearing!?!” she added pointing at your sweater. You looked down at your sweater.

“What? This? My nephew made this for me so back up.” you defended the ugly-ish sweater. “But I need your help.” You loved Maria she was your mentor when you first became an avenger and then the two of you became close friends.

“What is it?” she demanded and you sighed.

“I slept with Steve.” you said cowering a bit.

“Wait what? Nat owes me $20?” she snickered and you slapped her hand.

“Maria! Ugh, help me!!” you exclaimed and she laughed.

“Fine. How did this happen?” she asked you.

“We got drunk at a club and you know one thing led to another.” you replied.

“Damn, I wish that would happen to me.” she said silently so you wouldn’t hear, but you did. “Well what are your feelings towards Steve?” she asked another question.

“Steve is a sweetheart and is always nice to me.” you replied.

Maria nodded, “Ok, how do you feel about Bucky or should I say did you feel?” she asked you.

“When we were together he was great as well, but there was something different about him. Like good different. Even though he broke up with me which was stupid and I don’t understand why he did that still.” you said.

“Well then, who do you have more feelings for?” Maria asked you.

“I don’t know. They are both great guys, but I can’t choose.” you said sighing putting your head on the table with defeat.

“Well, I believe that you will make the right choice.” Maria said patting you shoulder. “Now let’s order you some food because I know that will cheer your up.” she added and you laughed agreeing.

Do you think you can find it?

Do you think you can find it?

Do you think you can find it?

Better than you had it

You’ve been avoid Steve for days. You felt bad, but you were trying to escape the awkwardness. You’ve locked yourself in your room just thinking about what you should do. You sighed loudly and exited your room and walked to Steve’s room. You paused for a moment and right when you were about to knock on the door it opened quickly.

“Oh, (Y/N). Hi.” Steve said avoiding eye contact.

“Hey Steve.” you said. “We need to talk.” you continued walking past him and sitting on his make bed. He closed the door behind him and followed in your footsteps.

“You’re gonna talk about that night, right?” he asked you. As you looked at him you were about to cry, but you tried to keep it together.

“Yeah, I don’t think we should tell Bucky. I mean he’s your best friend for fucks sake, Steve.” you said keeping your calm and he nodded as he walked closer to you.

“Please tell you felt something when we were together for that short amount of time. Please (Y/N).” he said looking at you.

“I’m really sorry Steve, but I didn’t feel anything.” you lied. Of course you felt something. Steve was so sweet to you the entire night, but you felt like you cheated with Bucky (a/n: even tho he broke up witchu…i’m sorry for interrupting but like asdfghjkl).

“(Y/N), look into my eyes and say you didn’t feel anything.” he said grabbing you face forcing you to look at him.

“I didn’t feel anything.” you said sternly looking into the stupid, beautiful eyes. Steve has tears forming in his eyes and tried to hold yours back. You took his hands off of your face and slowly exited his room. “Just know Steve if something happened that night you met me things would be different.” you said as he exited his room closing the door. You had tears running down your face and walked to Maria’s room. She saw your state and hugged you as you sobbed into her shoulder.

(say) all I need

Is the air I breathe

And a place to rest my head  

*4 Months later*

Ever since your talk with Steve both of you were avoiding one another and everyone noticed, but didn’t say a word. It was hard to try and avoid one another, but whenever you did bump into one another you would have small talk. Both of you were slowly beginning to talk to one another, trying not to make it awkward.

Both you and Steve were talking in the kitchen as you both were eating lunch. Out of nowhere you both heard the elevator ding. You both looked to the doors opening an you saw the one and only James ‘Bucky’ Barnes. He exited the elevator, looked at the two of you and walked straight to his room. Both you and Steve looked at each other questionably. You got up walking to Bucky’s room and Steve was behind you. His door was closed. You knocked on it hoping he would open the door and luckily he did.

“Can we come in?” you asked and Steve behind you. He looked at the two of you and closed the door. Right when you were going to knock on the door again Steve stopped you.

“Let’s let him rest. He’s probably tired.” Steve said quietly and you nodded walking away.

*5 weeks later*

Bucky had been avoiding both you and Steve for the past weeks. You were on the couch binging some New Girl when Bucky came into the living room. He sat on the other side of the couch and began to watch with you. You looked over at him and he with you.

“We need to talk (Y/N).” he said. ‘That was never a good sign.’ you said to yourself. Your turned off the TV and showed Bucky your full attention. “I thought about what happened between us when I left for my mission.” he started and looked at your blank face nodding for him to continue. “I wanna tell you that I met someone in England and one thing led to another and we slept together.” he added.

“Why are you telling my this Bucky? You’re the one who broke up with me.” you said in reply.

“I know, but I wanted to tell you because a part of me felt like I cheated on you and it felt like I was being weighed down by all this guilt.” he paused. “And I kinda sorta said your name during sex with that girl.” he said looking down and you just laughed.

“Oh my god! That poor girl.” you said laughing. Bucky laughed at your comment as well.

“Yes well that didn’t last for long, but that wasn’t what I was thinking about for the past months.” he said and you nodded for him to continue. “I want to get back together with you. I know, I know before you stop me, I was wrong. I was stupid to break things up between us. We were great together and I regret everything. I missed you, I missed being with you, making you laugh and smile. I feel like I lost a part of me when I left you. I’m sorry (Y/N). Just know that I still love you and I’m sorry for what I did.” he finished sighing and about to get up from his seat. You stopped him and grabbed his face with you hands and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. Looking at his shocked blue-ish grey eyes, you smiled.

“I forgive you, Bucky.But I have to think before I give you my answer.” you said quietly and he nodded as he got up from his seat and exiting the living room.

“What the fuck am I going to do now?” you said to yourself with some tears in your eyes.

Do you know where the end is?

Do you think you can see it?

Well, until you get there

Go on, go ahead and scream it

Just say…

End of part 6!! I AM SORRY THIS TOOK FOREVER!!I hoped you guys liked it and it wasn’t a let down. Also part 6.2 will be very interesting. Like always let me know what you want to see next, any suggestions and if you wanna be tagged in anything!

[murasaki-murasame]

Oh boy that sure was a whole lotta stuff going on in the 1.5-year anniversary digest video, huh?

I was hoping to post some of my predictions and hopes for it beforehand but life stuff got in the way so here we are, lol.

Anyway there’s a lot I wanna talk about across the board so it’ll go under a cut.

When I saw that this digest was like 20 minutes long I figured it’d be padded out, but lol it’s actually even more dense with material than the last one we got. This really makes up for the recent drought of news and content.

Firstly, they immediately showed off Gala Alex, since she’s a given at this point and we all knew it was gonna happen. Funnily enough she actually seems like she might more or less be bait for the banner happening afterward, which also seems to be a shadow element banner.

In general Gala Alex is a weird and complicated character and I’m not sure what to make of her. At first glance she doesn’t seem super essential or game-breaking, but she has poison infliction and buff dispel, so I’d probably benefit from getting her since I don’t really have good units with that sort of utility in my shadow team yet. But I’m not gonna bother doing more than the free daily tenfold summons on this gala, since as a whole she doesn’t interest me much and I think I could live without her.

On top of her weird skill chain mechanic which I’m struggling to wrap my head around, she also introduces the chain co-ability feature, but I’ll get to that later since it’s a whole big thing.

Hopefully she’ll at least let people start accepting sword units into eKai, lol. That fight has a very open and accepting meta, unless you’re a sword unit in which case you’re fucked because there’s currently no meta shadow sword units people want for that fight.

We’re also getting two separate platinum summons for this gala that cover the past gala units, which is honestly kinda tempting to me since I still don’t have Gala Elly, but I’d just have a 1/3 chance of getting her instead of the other two gala units on her platinum summon, who I already have, so it wouldn’t be worth it.

Then there’s a whole bunch of free summons and wyrmite from new endeavors and co-op rewards getting reset. Which will be helpful in building my stash back up, but I’m probably still gonna avoid spending any resources on this gala.

I’m happy that this gala seems like one I can skip, since I went all in to get Tobias, and I didn’t want to end up regretting that.

Anyway, we also got a look at the next raid event, which will start at the end of this month. It looks like it’s another shadow element one, which just reminds me even more how much we need another wind element raid event, but it looks cool. Aldred has a fun, edgy design. I hope he’s actually worth using. As a shadow unit, he’ll at least be competing with the most stacked element in the game. It also looks like the event’s story is gonna involve the Syndicate, which we’ve actually known about via wyrmprint lore since the game came out, but they’ve never come up until now, so that’s interesting.

They also showed off the banner units, who look cool, but it’d take a lot for me to want to summon for them since I have so many good shadow units as it is. They also said it’ll be another two-part banner, which is getting really annoying.

We’re also getting a rerun of the FEH collab event, along with some sort of a new part two event for it, so that’s cool. I started playing the game at the tail end of the FEH collab originally, but I didn’t actually take part in it since I had performance anxiety about doing any of the co-op stuff, lol. So this means i’ll at least finally be able to get Alfonse.

I think the part two event is probably gonna involve more Fire Emblem characters who’ll be on their own banner, but like with the existing FE units, i don’t really have any attachment to that franchise so I probably wouldn’t be interested in pulling for them.

Though on that note, they did say that all of the four existing FEH units will get mana spirals, which might be interesting. But since I already have Euden and Xainfried at 70MC, as well as Gleo, I don’t think I’d be interested in pulling for Marth, Fjorm, or Veronica, lol. It’s at least interesting to set up this precedent, though. I guess we can assume that if Megaman ever gets rerun, he’ll get a mana spiral too.

If we get new FEH units in a part two banner for the event, I feel like they might end up being a bit underwhelming, since they probably won’t come with mana spirals built into their kits, but we’ll see how it goes.

We also got teasers for the next three main story chapters, which isn’t what I expected at all. We already knew when they’d be coming out since they’re on a fixed schedule now, but I didn’t expect actual teasers of the story content in them. Though tbh the thing that intrigues me the most is the gameplay clips of chapter 14 that involve unique maps based around the Alberian capital. I didn’t think we’d get to actually do stuff there, so that’s cool.

Also, them teasing at Leif showing up in chapter 13 is making me think that either he’ll be the next gala unit, or a welfare unit. Hopefully the latter, since he’s obviously a light sword unit and we already have Gala Euden as a light sword. If he’s a welfare unit, though, I hope he’s not super weak like Laxi.

We’re also getting the event replay feature, but sadly it seems like there won’t be any raid events in it at first, and the facility events included from the start are ones that have gotten reruns relatively recently. So that’s a bit lame. I’m glad they said that they plan on adding raid events to it, though. It looks like you can at least get the facilities from the facility events, so I hope we can also get the welfare units from raid events.

With the new version update they’re also apparently introducing a new currency called fafnir medals which can, to some degree or another, be exchanged for different materials. There’s a whole list of them, but let’s be honest here. The only one that actually matters is the gold testaments, lmao. Unless there’s a really rigid cap on how many of them you can trade for each week/month, that’ll probably be the main thing people trade for. Hopefully it can help address the need for more testaments [especially now that co-abilities are a bit more important]

Then there’s a few bits and pieces to the 1.18 update that they didn’t even mention in the digest. Like how there’ll be adjustments to daily endeavors, the addition of normal endeavors related to using skip tickets on your daily stages, and the ability to check your summon history. But the biggest deal they didn’t mention is how they’re standardizing drop rates in e/mHDTs, and adding horns to the weekly bonus chests for eHDTs. Which is basically exactly what people had been asking for.

We’re also eventually gonna get our encyclopedia feature, which will be nice, especially since it apparently comes with rewards based on how much stuff you have. Which will probably provide a huge batch of rewards to old players right off the bat.

They also showed off two more Agito bosses, who will probably be the next two ones. They didn’t say which would come out next, exactly, but we at least got their names and full designs, which also spells out what elements they are. I can’t actually remember their names at the moment, but the Sylvan lady is water, while the twins are flame. Since wind units have been getting some attention lately, I think the Sylvan lady will be next, and then the flame twins afterward, but we’ll see. One way or another I think the final Agito is gonna be the shadow element one. Which is a bit lame, since my light team really needs a boost. Oh well.

Oh, and they also teased at the Agito, or at least Volk, being formally introduced in chapter 14 of the main campaign, so that’s interesting.

And of course one of the biggest things in this whole update is the huge changes to co-abilities in general. Chain co-abilities are the main thing, but I’m also really intrigued by how in co-op matches, you’ll now take on the effects of your own team’s co-abilities, rather than the co-abilities of the main units your team-mates are using. On the one hand it means you can more comfortably run multiple units of the same weapon type in co-op without feeling like it’s a waste, but I feel like it’s also gonna introduce new ways to cheese some fights, like how 4-Gleo comps can now benefit from stuff like defensive co-abilities from AI units. I think that sort of situation was an intentional choice on Cygames’ part, though. It seems like their way of helping to make end-game content easier and more accessible. It also means that you have to depend less on your team-mates if you need stuff like defensive coabilities to survive an opening blast or something. So you can control that yourself and not worry about what co-op room you end up in.

But the real star of the show, whether or not it ends up being more game-changing than the change to how co-abilities are applied in general, is the chain co-ability feature. Which basically just seems to be a straight up second co-ability that every unit gets, but with the unique quality that they can stack with each other. I don’t actually know how often you’d bother stacking them, though. I looked through all the units I own and what chain co-abilities they have, and it seems like in each element, it’s usually units of the same weapon type that have overlapping chain co-abilities [like Mitsuhide and Fritz getting combo time]. So most of the time I don’t think you’d bother. It also looks like they’re kinda under-tuned, stat-wise, probably to compensate for them being stackable, so I think they might ultimately not be a huge deal, but hey, it’s just a straight up bonus set of stats on top of everything else, lol.

It’s a bit overwhelming since literally EVERY character has a chain co-ability now, and there’s way more variety in them than with regular co-abilities, but there are a few that stick out to me.

-Water seems to be the only element with units that have buff time chain co-abilities, from what I can tell, with Renee, S-Estelle, and Cibella having it. I think this might make S-Estelle a more valued AI team-mate for water teams, since buff time is a pretty big deal, and she also brings the skill damage coability.

-Light seems like one of the main cases where you might stack chain co-abilities, since S-Luca, Annelie, and Fritz have the same one that gives a strength buff whenever you get an energy stack [with a cooldown]. Which I think has a lot of potential, depending on how exactly it works.

-On a similar note, Lucretia has one that gives her a chance to get inspiration stacks when she gets energy stacks [I forget if it applies to just her or the whole team, though], which is interesting. I had a feeling they’d start adding inspiration mechanics to light to complement the amount of energy mechanics going on with them.

-OG Xainfried gets Dragon Claws VI, which seems like it’ll probably be a pretty huge deal for him. Pipple also gets about 18% dragon haste when he’s maxed out, which seems like it’d complement really nicely with Xainfried’s kit.

-Mitsuhide and Fritz’s combo time chain co-ability is gonna be REALLY nice for Gala Luca, since he kinda struggles to keep a high combo, but part of his kit relies on it.

-There’s a whole lot of units who get defensive chain co-abilities which will probably help people get by in HDTs even more. Including units with offensive co-abilities like Mikoto and Valerio.

All in all it seems like a really overwhelming and potentially game-changing mechanic. I also think it’s gonna be just about impossible to properly reflect the implications of it in the DPS sims, lol. This introduces way too many variables. And even then, the DPS sims won’t account for any of the more defensive ones, which have their own value.

Since the chain co-abilities seem to be tied to the regular co-abilities with how they get upgraded, it sounds like this is gonna incentivize getting more people’s co-ability nodes, which will also involve more use of testaments.

The chain co-abilities are one thing, but there’s also some interesting uses for how you benefit from your own AI members’ co-abilities in co-op. Mainly for characters with unique co-abilities like Tobias, H-Mym, and V-Melody. I think Ezelith is gonna basically always want to have an H-Mym on her team, Lin You is gonna want V-Melody on her team, and any wind buffer other than Tobias is gonna want a Tobias on the team to give them more buff-time.

Oh, and I almost forgot that they also casually mentioned that they’re gonna be bringing back defensive battle event types in the future. They didn’t go into much detail about it, but I assume it means that we’ll get more random events once in a while with the same sort of format as the FEH one. Hopefully that’d help alleviate the feeling of stagnation that comes with constantly alternating between raid and facility events endlessly. Since I didn’t actually participate in the FEH event I don’t know what that whole event type entails, though.

I’m probably forgetting lots of stuff they talked about, but they talked about a LOT of stuff, lol. It’s hard to keep track of it all. I wasn’t expecting such a substantial update for the 1.5-year anniversary, but I’m happy with it.

[murasaki-murasame]

Now that we’re less than a day away from the Dragalia Digest that’ll spell out the contents of 1.12 and all of the anniversary events for the game, I may as well lay out all my last-minute speculation for it now so that I can either look really smart or really stupid tomorrow :)

Anyway I’ll just put it under a cut since it ended up getting way longer than it needed to be.

[This got way too long so here’s my TL;DR of the basic things I expect if you don’t wanna read my detailed thoughts on it all:

-New gala unit [Probably Euden, maybe someone like Leif or Luca or even Zethia]

-Anniversary event/banner announcement [maybe a Leif/Patia banner]

-Announcement for a collab event we’ll get in a month or so [maybe with Granblue Fantasy, Persona 5 Royal, Fire Emblem Three Houses, or King’s Raid as my pipe dream wish]

-New endgame content mode announcement [Dungeon-crawling mode? Something like the FEH event defense game mode? Who even knows]

-New character progression system announcement tied to said endgame content mode [Some sort of 6-star/transcendence/etc system]

-Some assorted balance changes, quality of life stuff, UI adjustments, etc.

-Maybe a surprise announcement of a Switch port or a spin-off game or an anime announcement or something.]

Some of the stuff I’m thinking of might not necessarily happen during the anniversary, but at least in the near future. But either way, to start off with, the announcement for the new digest video said that it’ll go over the contents of the 1.12 update [which will be available to download soon after the digest], and whatever things they have in store for the anniversary, so that’s the bare minimum we’ll get out of this digest. Although I think we’ll probably also get a blog post separately that goes over the new update in more detail.

They didn’t specifically mention it in the announcement, but they’ll almost definitely announce the new gala adventurer we’ll get for the anniversary, since that’ll be starting in a few days. And the last digest video we got also announced Gala Ranzal, so there’s that.

I’m still betting on Gala Euden being the most likely option, but there’s also a chance that we’ll get him as a free unit from the anniversary event, if they don’t want him to be a gacha unit you have to summon. If he’s not the new gala unit, I think instead we’ll probably get another light-element gala unit like Leif, Zethia, Luca, or Jupiter. Leif seems pretty likely but I think they’re gonna eventually do a banner with him and Patia on it, rather than him being a gala unit. Luca will almost certainly get a gala unit since they’ll probably give one to all the free story units, and we’re due for a light element gala unit, but I dunno if they’d have him be the anniversary one. And Jupiter’s a bit more of a pipe dream of mine, but I just really want them to eventually release all of the high dragons as gala units, especially after they teased at Jupiter’s human form a while ago.

One way or another if we get a Euden alt I think he’d probably just be a light sword unit, but they might do something like having him be a ‘neutral element’ unit who changes his element based on what dragon he has equipped.

I think we’ll probably get some sort of a free unit from the anniversary event, assuming that it isn’t going to just be a facility event, which would be kinda lame.

Personally I’d really love to get Alberius as the anniversary gala unit after we got to see him in chapter 10, but given that he’s, y’know, dead, that might not happen. Especially since he might be too similar to whatever Euden alt we’ll inevitably get.

I’m guessing that the anniversary event will be the same sort of game mode as the FEH collab one, assuming that we do get an actual ‘anniversary event’ of some kind. We know it won’t be a raid event since we have an astral raid starting next weekend, but I also don’t want it to be a facility event instead, so it being like the FEH event would be nice. Or maybe we’d get a whole new type of event altogether for the anniversary. Or it might be more like the Valentine’s event, but I think that’d also be a bit disappointing.

I thought at first we might get a collab event for the anniversary, but I forgot that the FEH collab didn’t actually happen until a month after the half-year anniversary, and that it got announced a month in advance, so I guess we probably won’t be getting a completely out of nowhere collab event for the anniversary, lol. I think they’ll probably announce one during/soon after the digest, and that it’ll be planned for somewhere in October or November.

There’s a lot of options for things they could collab with, but if they do it around the end of October, it’d be fitting to do a Persona 5 Royal collab since that’s when that game comes out in Japan. Personally I wouldn’t really care for it if they did it, but it’s possible.

Other than that, I think the two most likely collab options would be Granblue Fantasy and Fire Emblem Three Houses. A GBF one seems inevitable at this point since we already have straight-up GBF characters in the main cast of this game, and our first collab event was a Fire Emblem one so them doing a collab with the new game in that series would make sense. And Three Houses would fit pretty nicely into the template of one free unit and three banner units.

It’s a lot less likely, but I think the only collab event we might get that’d actually seriously tempt me to pull on it would be a King’s Raid one, since I’ve been getting into that game recently. At the very least I think it’d fit very nicely with DL, since it’s another western fantasy-style sword and sorcery gacha game, and the main four characters would fit really nicely into DL’s weapon/element options [and the ‘one free unit + three banner units’ format], with Kasel being a light sword, Frey being a light [or maybe wind or water] staff, Cleo being a fire wand, and Roi being a shadow dagger. I think it’d at least feel like a more ‘natural’ collaboration than something like Persona 5, lol. Although that sort of thing hasn’t really stopped gacha game collabs in the past, considering how GBF just recently had a Love Live collab.

Also the thought of DL doing a collab with a game that also has a character called Cleo is just really funny to me, lmao.

Anyway, if we get a proper anniversary event, I wonder if we’ll get a banner for it that’ll run along with the gala, or if the gala will be the only banner running for the end of the month. I guess it depends on what the event is, and if there’s units that’d make sense to put on some kind of anniversary banner separate to the gala. Maybe this will be where we get something like a Leif/Patia banner.

It’s also possible we might get more than one new gala unit for the anniversary, but that seems kinda unlikely. Who knows, though.

We should also be getting a dream summon for the anniversary, since we got one for the half-year anniversary. It might just be a regular dream summon, but maybe for the anniversary it’ll be a special one that contains all of the units in the game, rather than just the non-limited ones. Though they’d probably still limit it to everyone up to around the Victor/Noelle or Emma/Lea banner.

I think it’s probably more likely that we’d get a regular dream summon for free rather than one that includes limited units, but I dunno.

I also have a feeling that they might finally update the 5-star voucher pool to include all the 5-stars in the game up to one of the recent banners, and if they do we might get a 5-star voucher for free.

Similarly, if it’s anything like the half-year anniversary, we’ll probably get a log-in bonus event that’ll give us at least 3 tenfold summon vouchers and probably 2k+ wyrmite. Though maybe instead of that [or in addition to that], I think we might get a week or so of free daily tenfold summons. The fact that we got that one bug in a recent version update where people got to do a free tenfold summon with their daily deal makes me think that was an accidental leak of this sort of free summon event for the anniversary. A week of free daily tenfolds would be a lot more generous than what the half-year anniversary gave us, but it seems like a pretty typical thing for gacha games to do for their anniversaries anyway, and if it’s done like the recent free daily summon events, then you can’t just hoard those pulls for future banners like you could if we got summon vouchers or wyrmite instead. So it balances out.

They might not be generous enough to do something like that during a gala when all of the 5-star rates are up, but it’s possible. I think it’s a complete pipe dream to expect something like the roulette in GBF, though. We don’t have nearly as big of a pool of characters to make that worthwhile.

If we get an anniversary banner separate to the gala that also has limited units on it, we’d probably also get a platinum summon to go along with it.

Anyway, as for the 1.12 update, I’m a lot less sure what it might contain, but I have a lot of random ideas for it. I at least think it’ll be a substantial enough update to warrant announcing in a digest, especially with how much longer this one’s gonna be than the last one.

Since we just got our final high dragon trial, and the last of the void dragons that are paired with the high dragon trials, it makes me think they’ll probably announce an entirely new form of endgame content. But I dunno what exactly that might be. I think we’ll get a new tier of dragon trials based around Euden’s siblings, but I think that’ll only start happening when chapter 11 comes out, so I don’t think it’d be part of the 1.12 update.

Other than that, I’d really like some sort of endgame mode based around wave content that lets more defensive characters shine. Astral raids are good for that, but they’re very sporadic and come in small bursts, especially since you can just spend all your astral pieces in one go now. I’d like something more permanently available that has a similar feel to it. I’d really like some sort of dungeon-crawling or tower-climbing mode where you go through a series of levels that are laid out like the Avenue maps or the main campaign levels.

One of the main concerns with new endgame modes is how to manage the resources you spend to access them, and the rewards you get from them, though. If too much stuff uses stamina/getherwings then it’d be hard to do all of it, and it might be a problem if we get something like ‘High Imperial Onslaught’ or whatever that gives a higher amount of the same type of rewards and leads to everyone abandoning IO and making it hard for weaker players to do co-op in it.

I don’t think we really need another source of the rewards that IO gives out, especially with the recent boosts to rewards from it, although IO’s it’s own whole thing that probably needs to be revamped a bit.

There’s still a few types of augments that I think we basically haven’t had access to at all, but I think they’ll just stick to keeping those as astral raid rewards. I hope they expand the astral raid store to include all of the augment types, though.

So I think it might be best if any new endgame content we get provides an entirely new set of rewards so that it doesn’t invalidate any of the other content in the game. So maybe it’d be tied to some sort of new endgame progression system.

And on that note, I think it’s very likely that we’re at some point going to get something equivalent to a 6-star system or transcendence or whatever you want to call it, to give characters a boost even after they’ve gotten to 5 stars. It seems like a pretty easy way of giving people more room to strengthen their units, at least, and it’d make it easier for them to make endgame content that’s even harder than the high dragon trials without it being completely impenetrable.

At the very least, I think this sort of system would involve us being able to raise adventurers to a maximum of level 100. It’s always seemed odd to me that weapons, wyrmprints, and dragons all go up to level 100,  but adventurers cap out at level 80. Raising it to 100 would be a pretty easy way of raising the overall stat ceiling for units. They also might give us another tier or more of mana circles, although it’s hard enough to get more than a handful of units to 50MC at the moment that unless they completely revamp the requirements for it, it’d kinda suck to lock additional progression behind that.

And on a similar note it’d be nice if they reworked some of the mana node stuff a bit, if only to do stuff like letting 3-star units and free 4-star units get to 100% status resistance, since that’s just an annoying hindrance more than anything.

If we get this sort of system, rather than it just being about raw stat increases, which is what augments are already for, it’d be interesting if they give units access to a third regular skill, and a fourth ability. It’d be a lot more interesting than just raw stat boosts, and it’d also give them a chance to potentially buff some weaker units by giving them new skills/abilities that expand their kits. Though I also think that a lot of units, mainly 3-star ones, need to have their kits entirely revamped from the ground up.

Also, with how DL’s UI works, with the character icons in menus and stuff, I think a good way to visually represent the idea of boosting a unit beyond a 5-star level would be to give their icon a rainbow border, like what legendary drops look like now. Unlike a lot of gacha games, there aren’t, like, actual pictures of stars on the character icons, and it wouldn’t really look nice to add a ‘+1′ to it since that’s already how augments are displayed.

It’d probably work pretty nicely if the resources to get units to that stage are locked behind whatever endgame content we might get for the anniversary. Anything that’s not the typical gacha set-up of fusing duplicates together would be great, lol.

I’ve seen people speculate about them introducing a new element or weapon type, but that seems very unlikely. At least the idea of them introducing a new element type. They can’t really interfere with the fire-water-wind type triangle, or the light-shadow pair, without really messing stuff up and needing to rework a lot of things. And having an element that exists outside of all that might end up being really game-breaking and bad.

This probably isn’t gonna be part of the anniversary, but when chapter 11 comes out, they might introduce a system where you can farm up resources to manually craft android units that might have their own unique type, and maybe their own unique weapons. I’ve heard that GBF has it’s own endgame units that you craft with resources, and it’d make a fair bit of sense to implement that in DL in the form of androids. But that’s probably further down the track, if that’s even how the android characters are going to tie into things when they show up.

I at least think it’d make sense to have any new element/weapon types be exclusive to those sorts of units who’d be in their own category separate to regular units you summon, but who knows.

I dunno if they’d do this for the anniversary, but I really want them at some point to re-balance 5-star dragons a bit so that they at least get a partial boost to their abilities when you get them to a 2UB level, rather than it only happening when you MUB them. I just don’t really like the current system where most non-MUB 5-star dragons are outclassed by MUB 4-star dragons [which are way easier to obtain overall]. I also think it’d be nice if they release more 4-star dragons to fill certain niches, like having 4-star skill damage or crit-based dragons, or so on. Also I think shadow still needs a dedicated 4-star HP dragon. But that’s a different sorta situation to me wanting them to rework 5-star dragons.

I’ve also been wondering if we might get something like the Unique Weapon system in King’s Raid where each unit has their own specific weapon that has more specialized attributes than regular weapons, but is more of an endgame grind to obtain and fully unbind. But that sorta thing might be hard to implement, since either it’d be better in basically all situations than 5t3s and void weapons, or it’d be worse in all situations than 5t3s and void weapons. It’d be hard to find a middle ground between them. Void weapons already kinda suffer from mostly being invalidated by core weapons as it is.

I also think it’s extremely likely that the anniversary update will let us get the next two halidom levels and their facility spaces, since we know those are already in the game and waiting to be unlocked, and day one players are already hitting the point where they’d start running out of room for facilities soon. So it seems like a pretty obvious addition to make to avoid that whole potential headache.

They also might raise the max player level again, and they might reset the co-op wyrmite bonuses, which would be really nice all around.

This is one of my more out-there pipe dreams, but it’d be really nice if they expanded the English voice-acting so that everything that has Japanese voice-acting is also done in English. It’s always been a shame that the English voice acting is a lot more limited than the Japanese. But there’s a whole lot of reasons why this might never happen.

This is also a bit out-there, though maybe not as much, but I really want them to release a port of the game on the Switch. But that’s mostly just me being biased by the fact that I’m planning to get a Switch Lite soon, lol. I think DL would work really well on the Switch, though. And it’s not exactly impossible. For one thing it’s a first-party Nintendo title, and we’ve also got stuff like Another Eden which is getting a Switch port eventually. They’d have to rework the UI a fair bit, but it wouldn’t be very hard.

Maybe eventually we’ll get a spin-off game on the Switch like GBF is getting, but I feel like that’d be harder to make than a simple port of the main game.

I think it’s very likely that we’ll eventually get a DL anime adaptation, but I think it’s a bit too early for them to announce one. I just don’t think the main campaign story is far along enough to justify doing one. Although it’d also be kinda boring if they did an adaptation that only followed the main story since the event stories and the character stories are a lot more interesting.

ANYWAY, I think that’s about all of my speculation. Which really just makes it clear that I should brace myself for disappointment since even with the digest being three times longer than the last one, it’s not like they’re gonna be able to announce ALL the things I’ve been thinking about, lmao.

Honestly I’d just be happy with finally being able to splurge on the anniversary gala since there’s still a bunch of random 5-stars I want to get.