#this makes no sense lore wise I just think that would be cool

[cemeterylight]

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what steve would see every morning if eddie woke up first (eddie is never up before 9am)

[haemosexuality]

fuck it fnaf tierlist

[bluerosesburnblue]

I feel like I already know the answer to this, probably (LOL), but if you could add any other Square Enix series to Kingdom Hearts, what would it be and why? Bravely Default, Dragon Quest, NieR, The Bouncer, Parasite Eve, Forspoken, the Mana series, Xenoblade Chronicles, Valkyrie Profile, Fullmetal Alchemist, Soul Eater? Something else I didn't list here? (You can cheat and choose more than one, if you want:))

Actually, I don't know if I would add any other series. Don't get me wrong, I love the characters from a lot of these, but for me it's a question of how well they could fit into KH without losing the things about them that make them unique, you know?

I love the cast of NieR and NieR: Automata, but those games are SO dark, and a lot of the appeal of those games is the uniquely bleak and hopeless atmosphere, and I can't see them being added to KH without scrubbing away any of the traits that made people like them in the first place. Parasite Eve, too, falls into this category. I mean, The 3rd Birthday kinda already proved why wackier JRPG plots don't work with that cast, they're far too grounded for it. At best you could hope for some of them as background NPCs in an Enchanted NYC, but they'd basically have to be the equivalent of Setzer's KH2 appearance and at that point it just feels kinda cheap

Characters from The Bouncer could make decent cameo appearances in a KH-exclusive world like Twilight Town, since that game is obscure enough that I doubt anyone would get super offended if they were represented weirdly or relegated to just a cameo. But that would also run into the same issue as the Parasite Eve example, where the cameo doesn't really do much other than go "oooooh, look, CHARACTER" (which is my main issue with the use of some of the FF characters in KH already). Alas, this one will probably only ever be referenced as Pence's Dog Street shirt and that's probably for the best given how weird that game is

And then there's just a ton of games that I don't know enough about to say. Forspoken, Octopath Traveler, and Triangle Strategy all come to mind

If they had to bring other properties in, then Bravely Default would work the best for me, at least of the properties you listed that are actually Square Enix owned-and-produced and not just Square Enix published and/or affiliated. Not only is Bravely Default meant to evoke classic Final Fantasy, so it's not too far off from what's already in the game, but the characters already have a lot of "modernisms" in their speech and behaviors that would make them very adaptable to a lot of different worlds in KH and the tone of the games overall. Not to mention that the classical fantasy setting of the games could be pretty reminiscent of some of the more fantasy-focused Disney films, allowing them to blend together. I'm imagining, like... an Edea cameo in Arendelle, not unlike Auron in Olympus. That all being said, I've never played Bravely Default II, so I can't say how well that one would hold up. I'm only thinking of Bravely Default and Bravely Second's casts

And while I do like Xenoblade Chronicles, I would never call them Square Enix series. That's not even close to accurate. Those games are produced by Monolith Soft, and while the company was founded by an ex-Square game director and a lot of the initial employees there were ex-Square employees who brought a lot of those same sensibilities over, the company itself really has nothing to do with them. Would I like it if Nomura's guest designed characters from Xenoblade 2 showed up? Sure, I think having Jin and Lauriam interact could be funny. Or Mikhail and Demyx. But it's not going to happen, because those aren't Square Enix characters. Sora's just gonna have to hang out with Shulk, Pyra, and Mythra in Super Smash Bros. and leave it at that

[mohgreal]

I looked into a few spoilers and watched a fight with Radahn/Miquella and I gotta say that Mohg didn't deserved to be used as a husk for any of this

Like all of this doesn't make sense to me lore wise, story wise and the final fight itself looks like a reused asset...

I may be wrong of course, because there is not enough information about Miquella's plan fully, but for now I'm just extremely confused

Gonna go cope now by drawing Mohg's and Malenia's fanarts where everything is well and fine😔

Anyway sorry about the rambling, just wanted to talk about the dlc thing with someone and since we are mutuals I thought you wouldn't mind

U can ignore and delete this ask if you want, sorry for bothering, hope you have a good day!!

First of all, never apologise for yapping to me thats the entire point of my account sdiwbfjx

And yeah, the so called so called "plot twist" being a popular theory sucks. Like what did Mohg do ?? Have a cool outfit?? Honestly I would rather suffer through the "mohglester" and slander then this. It does make him more sympathetic, but also kinda boring.

The fight really does feel like it was made a day before, someone on reddit thats a game dev made a whole long ass reply of how theyre certain thats what happened.

Anyway I dont really have the *full* scoop of lore info since I havent played the DLC yet because my laptop broke, I do still think it's a shitty way to end both Miquella's arc, Mohg's arc, Radahn's arc that was supposed to be finished, and as well as a shitty way to end the dlc. I know fromsoftware simps will just tell me to cope but like, its so bad. Im not sorry because it makes zero sense, looks bad, and the fight feels reused and boring.

I do think we should all collectively cope, (mostly me and the pre dlc miquella enjoyers) which i plan to do by writing whatever. I want to play something else to get my mind off all the sote issues but im too hyperfixated and once again I don't have the laptop to play anything on whoops

conclusion always ramble to mohgreal

[solargeist]

an angel doesn't necessarily have to be religious. typically yeah they are, but we're talking fantasy. you could make angels some sort of rare hybridization between different bird like hybrids.

though, if you WANTED to keep with the Catholic/religious theme. there was stuff written about humans and angels (or demons) having offspring. it would in the angels case result in them falling, BUT their offspring would have exaggerated features or even powers.

an angel here could be what happens if you spliced watcher/listener DNA with some other species. in skizz's case it could just be human, but you could probably make cool cases for others.

Yesss you are right, there is a story abt angels breeding with humans and creating giants, angels also taught magic and astrology to humans. (i think this is also what led to the whole flooding thing, which, boooo, let angels be freaky 2024)

I take some inspiration from Catholicism, but don't follow it exactly for Watchers. The Watchers are just that world's version of Catholicism, the people made a religion out of them, how they appear at times to guide and protect, sometimes taking people, and they're always been around. Grian grew up around Watcher religion as a child, he's got catholic guilt as an adult. (his Watcher mum--Aether, also grew up around Watcher religion)

Tho the difference--they don't have a Jesus-like figure, its just tiers of angels, the universe, that sort of thing, but who knows, maybe theres different Watcher branches amongst people as well, there are enchantment dialect differences.

Maybe Skizz just comes from a line of different enchantments, not Watcher based, but it's why he looks like that without being a hybrid. (the protestant joke rly does work here, they don't believe/pray to saints or angels or other figures beyond the main guy LOlol)

Listeners are fallen Watchers, treated much like demons, in the sense that they have to be stomped out, they'll lead humans astray.

Another difference, Watchers are infertile, so they do not breed with themselves or others, they just adopt and use enchantments to change the person, its how they continue, an endless source of Saints.

I do treat it more fantasy style, not super bible-accurate, but the lore inspiration is still heavily tied into it

Their domaines are much like convents, strict and confined.

I call them angels, but.... Watchers are "angels" in the way that they watch people, they bring information and guidance, they're skilled warriors who possess magic, but they don't serve a "God" or "Heaven", this is all of their own interest. (and also humans are cute, they can't help but interact.) Appearance wise they resemble birds, crows and owls, growing feathers and fur, claws and wings, multiple eyes on their face and "spiritually" (the floating eyes they conjure) They dress in flowing fabrics and hoods, they're very modest, but this is just most comfortable for all the feathers and wings, and allows them to blend into the dark and hide their forms. Nothing to do with the purity idea.

Bonus, they're like this meme but both at the same time

[itsjustcaroline]

Alright, I thought long and hard about what we might see in Arcane Season 2, what the Machine Herald is going to look like, who else we might see, and so on.

Also, this post does not contain any leaks, I have seen one picture, which doesn't even make sense (lucky me). If you spoil anything under this post, you are going to be blocked. I will talk about bout the trailers, though.

So, let me get my thoughts in some order:

- if Viktor was the hooded person in the trailer or wears a mask, then it's probably more because of his side in this war: he's not a Piltovan, but also not really a Zaunite anymore. We don't know when he moved from the Undercity to Piltover, but from his concept art, it was most likely during his early teens.

He's slightly younger than in S1 Arc1, but already wearing the Academy's uniform (though it seems a bit too big for him, and his pants are more rigged).

So: Viktor is going to be a Pariah and he is going to need to hide his identity, which makes a Collab with Jinx unlikely since she's on the run from everyone. Singed might be there in the direct aftermath after he got blown up, but they're probably going to fall out again since lore-wise Singed is going to team up with Noxus.

- In League of Legends Heimerdinger is a mage (shooketh, I know), and there's already a scene in S1 alluding to this: when Viktor and Heimerdinger are in Heimerdinger's office, Viktor goes through Jayce's notes and is intrigued. He asks Heimerdinger, whether he could do it (magic) and Heimerdinger hesitates a tell-tale second before he declines. Now, Heimerdinger might be a mage, but he relies mostly on his inventions. But wouldn't a fight between Viktor and Heimerdinger be cool? First, they throw ideologies at each other, then they fight. I think, I'd love this even more than Viktor vs. Jayce. Kinda like Obi-Wan vs. Anakin.

- I think, that Caitlyn is going to shoot Vi. Everyone I read so far thinks that it's the other way around, but that would be too predictable in my opinion. But maybe it is that way.

- Just stating that everyone is going to be contrary than they were in S1 and going from there falls a bit short. I think, that there's more to this quote.

- Divorce Era, because Jayce does, in fact, not understand. I am going to cry.

- The Hexcore will save Viktor's life in the aftermath of the explosion, and there are three ways I can see that happening:

(1) Viktor does it himself, maybe with the help from Singed.

(2) Jayce does it, thus breaking his promise to destroy it. I am going to cry

(3) The Hexcore, which is now connected to Viktor will sense his doom and burst to him. That might also be the shine, that Heimerdinger saw in the trailer.

- That brings me to another point, to the connection towards the Void: I don't think there's much to it and that the Hexcrystals are not shards of the brakken. However, I think the Hexcore is sentient due to Sky. Think about it: it changed its form after it disintegrated (or absorbed) Sky. Then it hurt Viktor (honestly, same. You think, you can walk away after accidentally dusting me and threatening to destroy my new essence? I'd be pissed). It might be interesting, if the Hexcore/Sky talks to Viktor in his head, furthering his spiral into madness. I'm here for it.

- Ekko will learn how to manipulate time and he will use it to try and save somebody. Be it somebody from the Firelights, their hideout or Jinx. Maybe it will go in the same direction like in the Convergence-Comic (which is, I repeat, outside of any lore), maybe not.

- Well then, what Viktor might look like: my favourite head-canon would be just as described in The Pulse of the Machine by bringthekaos on AO3. Mechanical eyes? Voice modulator can be shut off? Emotional suppressor has a switch? Rawrs in cyber-engineering. As it stands, I imagine it more to be like Battle Angel Alita (the manga, NOT the film!) or like a Borg from Star Trek. Definitely NOT like a Cyberman from Doctor Who.

- Who else do I want to see in S2:

Swain, just give me the Noxian General and heal my Daddy issues.

Renata, just give me the Chem-Baronness and heal my Mommy issues.

Jhin, Arcane should take place around the same time when Jhin was in Zaun. But that is a far shot (pun intended)

Camille, she exploits Hextech to become a weapon and I think she is kind of contrary to Viktor, who only ever wanted to help (others, himself, though with sometimes dubious means

I don't see that Orianna is Singed's daughter. That would fuck her beautiful lore. Don't do that to me.

Stuff, I'd also like to see:

- Viktor's apartment in Piltover

- Viktor's parents (flashback)

- Jayce's father (flashback)

- Jayce and Viktor fighting but unable to do so properly

- Mel and Sevika together

Thanks for coming to my Arcane-Talk.

[tauruscookie]

Day 28: Found Family

“There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on”

(I think it would be cool if they adopted her given how, lore wise, I made her Osiris student so it would make sense for Saint to just also take her in 😭🥹)

[nalyra-dreaming]

Regarding Daniel’s vampire eyes: The boring and even frustrating - but what I think is the most likely - reason for Daniel’s vampire eyes 1) being revealed as they were and 2) being the same color as Armand’s - is probably…

1. That they came up with a more fun/in-character reveal with the sunglasses for Daniel after the script was written. And that due to this ”new reveal” Daniel’s eyes were meant to look ‘normal’ through his shaded glasses (the glas in the glasses working as colored contacts) and then his vampire eyes were going to be dramatically revealed as he took them off. But when they looked back at it during editing, they wanted to make it clearer (or more visually dramatic) that his eye color was different, so they used ”movie magic” to make Daniel’s eyes appear his ”normal” blue/green for a second longer than they should have - making the change more evident (and dramatic!). Alternatively possibly EB struggled with the colored contacts (I think some people are allergic?) and it was all movie magic - and a goof. However I don’t find this latter scenario very plausible, EB put out a photo of his new colored contacts expressing excitement about wearing them. I’m pretty sure the decision was motivated by the wish too make the reveal as visually interesting as possible, which is a bit annoying since it doesn’t make any sense lore-wise.

2. Regarding the color - the script specifics that they are yellow right? Possibly Rolin’s simply chose yellow since that is a strong color, which would have differentiated Daniel from the rest of the main vampires (at the writing stage at least)? But then Santiago’s eyes (and Madeleine’s I think?) ended up being yellow - and/or yellow simply didn’t look good on EB/Daniel - so they went with something else. I’m pretty relieved they didn’t go with yellow, but it frustrates me that EVERY vampire(?) except Louis and Lestat have yellow or red. It is a bit uninspired, and dull, no? I also know a lot of Daniel fans want his eyes to be violet (like in the books), which definitely might have been better. Possibly violet might have ended up looking too strange though… Louis’ and Lestat’s vampiric eyes are still an unworldly version of ”normal” colors. And the same is basically true for Armand and Claudia. I don’t know, I kinda like vampire Daniel’s eye color but I feel a bit annoyed at the overuse of yellow/red - and the reveal in which Daniel’s eye color definitely changes - for seemingly no real reason - is a bit annoying if it is just a one-off. Would have been more interesting with a dark green possibly or violet/purple.

I don’t think Daniel has been body-snatched by Raglan here simply because Daniel is too much himself - if that makes sense? I don’t think Raglan could act so much like him. I’m convinced Daniel was changed in Dubai as well, which would not really give Raglan an opportunity to steal his body before Armand turned him. However to be fair - there is the unresolved plot of the ’reciprocation’… But in the teaser for S3 I also find it hard to believe that it isn’t the real Daniel we are hearing. And I don’t think the S3 teaser takes place before Daniel’s telepathic phone call with Louis. He is pitching writing another book there - and I’m pretty sure he went to do a documentary with Lestat after doing that, not before. What do you think about all of this? What is the most likely motivation do you think? Thank you!

Hey!

Sooo... first off, I don't think Daniel has been body snatched either. But he might be willing to... "host", let's put it that way. Because, yes, what exactly is "reciprocation" :))) But if he is we'll likely only hear about it much later.

As per your theories:

Maybe. Maybe they just thought it cool. Absolutely possible. If so I want to shake my proverbial fist at them :)))

Yeah, but... no. I mean.... Louis and Lestat, yes, and Marius, and Gabrielle, and so on. They won't give them yellow eyes either. Of that I'm fairly sure.^^ And if that is the case then why did they not give Daniel "his" color? It just doesn't make sense to me. Daniel is one of the few characters that have a very specific book canon eye color. The eyes are not described for every character. His are. I just don't see him with yellow, tbh. They must have a reason for that. *shrugs* Else they could have done Louis' yellow as well.

Ahhh, it's an... unsolvable mystery right now^^. Do come back and discuss it with me again when we know?^^

[kimbap-r0ll]

This is for twisted wonderland. So how about s/o (female preferable) who is the avatar? Has the ability to bend all four elements and go into the avatar state despite only being a freshman.

I like if you could do the dorm leaders in one and the vice dorm leaders in another. Head cannons are fine but if you get hit with inspiration, you can do something else, I’m giving you free reign! Can’t wait to see what you do with this if you do it!

Hi, thank you for the ask! I'll stick with just the dorm leaders for now. I've actually never seen the full avatar series so I'll just go with element usage for now (I only know the lore vaguely haha). Also, I pictured this with a more platonic approach. Hope you enjoy!

Dorm leaders and an reader who is like the avatar

Riddle

I think he would first get confused as to why you don't need to use a magic pen or so for doing any form of what looks like spells. You'd have to explain to him that it's not necessarily the same kind of magic, more like "element bending." There's another thing you have to define now since he'll be asking about that

I think he wouldn't really ask you to do things related to your abilities for him, but he might appreciate it from time to time (ie lighting fire). He will, however, not like it if you were to set the garden on fire by accident haha

I feel like because of how different the power system from perhaps the world you came from (if you got isekai'd basically) he wouldn't really question it. However, let's say this was your magic ability. THEN he has a lot of questions!

You'd be known as a really gifted student at NRC, so I wouldn't be surprised if you two got along just out of the fact that you guys excel in magic.

Leona

Probably (as a joke) tried to challenge you to a duel and almost got his ass given to him by you. Are you strong physically? Maybe. But magic-wise you do have an upper-hand with the ability to use four elements.

He probably thought you were an upperclassmen with your skills but was like "no you look like a child" even if you guys are only a few years apart (he thinks anyone younger than him is just a kid haha)

I think he would like your water or wind abilities the most. The reason? Nothing particular, he just likes things that can help him cool off. He might ask you to use your abilities from time to time

Whether or not you are an avatar though he probably doesn't really understand it very much if you got isekai'd to their world. He'll try his best to understand, perhaps just lend an ear for you if you need to rant about your role. If you didn't, he would have a lot of respect for you and your abilities.

Azul

He's a bit different from the other two in the sense that he will be asking you for help if you two have a partnership. Your elemental abilities might come in handy to him, so he's like "hey let's make a deal :D"

He likes your abilities A LOT. I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to steal them at some point, but he won't. He has a lot of respect for you and what you are capable of.

More than your power to control the elements though, I think he would've fallen in love with you because of your personality. The avatar part just happens to be a nice quirk that he likes. Oh, he likes the water ability the most basically because he thinks it's similar to home. Don't drench him in water though, he might get upset ;-;

As for if you got isekai'd or not, if you did then he would love learning about your world and the kinds of responsibilities you have as an avatar. He hopes you take care of yourself! Then there's the case where you're just a regular resident of Twisted Wonderland. He's just shocked, like damn a freshman with these kinds of abilities?! Will respect you a lot as well

Kalim

Thinks you guys are almost twins since you both have an ability to control water (somewhat for Kalim, though he's more like creating water). He might be the most open to seeing you use a variety of different abilities to control the elements.

For example, he might have asked if you can make the carpet ride you two were on a bit more exciting by using wind. The two of you got an earful from Jamil afterwards but Kalim whispered to you "it was so worth it!" afterwards

I think he would want you to take care of yourself the most though. While he likes seeing you use your abilities, he also doesn't want to see you get stressed out while using them. Will make sure to give you a snack when you look stressed haha

If you got isekai'd he will want to listen to all the things you have to say about your world and your responsibilities as an avatar. He'll have a lot of questions and show that he really is interested in knowing more about you. If you weren't isekai'd, I feel like he would think you're the coolest freshman out there haha

Vil

He thought you were joking at first when you said you could control the elements. As a freshman? You had to be joking, there was no way you were able to use magic that powerful.

Well, he was proven wrong when you showed up one day being able to shift some of the earth into a small mound about your height and then lift it from the ground. He was definitely surprised but more in a "this student must be a genius" sort of way haha

I think that you two probably got closer because of similar interests more than your abilities. Vil also doesn't really want you to use them unless needed out of the fear that you may do unnecessary damage to yourself. He likes your wind ability a lot though, perhaps you used it in a theater production as a stage effect once or twice!

If you happened to have been isekai'd I think he would want to help you out. If this means just listening to you or helping you find a way back home then he will do just that. He likes listening to your tales of home a lot. If you're just a regular freshman though then he really thinks your a gifted student. Lots of respect!

Idia

He probably heard about you through Ortho since you two were sharing a class together. He didn't know what to think of you though since he thought you were joking when you said you could bend the elements.

He likes your fire ability since it sort of reminds him of his hair. He probably wants to see you go all out just out of curiosity but at the same time knows that would probably really bad for your health so he's always like "take care of yourself"

I feel like because he's more of a tech guy you two don't have a lot in common in terms of magic usage or so, but he does like seeing what you can do. You two get along mostly because of similar interests like in the case of Vil.

If you were isekai'd then he would want to learn more about your world and your thoughts on both Twisted Wonderland and back where you came from. If you happen to be a TW resident then he just thinks you're a genius (like him lol). Will definitely be there to help you if you need anything too btw!

Malleus

He's an extremely strong magic user, so to hear of a freshman that could bend elements was new to him. He met you by accident when you guys were just in the same abandoned area of the school.

He doesn't really ask if you can pull off controlling four different elements since he just trusts that you can. He did get to see it a bit when you were showing him your use of fire. Thinks it's pretty cool, you guys are probably the best magic users in the school!

It's nice that there's someone who isn't really scared of him or just wants to be friends with him because of his status, so he likes your company a lot. Will often find him next to you or you two just hanging out in the school courtyard.

If you are indeed an avatar I think he would understand a bit of what the pressure could be like. He's there to help out if you need anything. Also, he's curious about your world, so be sure to info dump him since he loves listening to you!

[piltover-sharpshooter]

Caitlyn's arc as shown by her outfits

Something I think is very interesting from a design perspective is how Caitlyn's story is shown through the outfits we see her wear in Arcane, and what I think each represent meta-wise.

Her first outfit is simple, both in universe and story wise, because it's the uniform of the enforcers while they work in Piltover, and despite being incredibly capable she's stuck as a basic security guard. You can see the hints of what would be her outfit in the end, but as it is it feels incomplete, at that point Caitlyn lacks experience mirrored in how her outfit lacks complexity.

Then we get her second outfit. Story-wise it's just some clothes Vi stole from a random person, to her it has no emotional value (she might not even wear this type of clothes if she'd choose) but narratively it fits her better, doesn't it? It looks less formal than the first one, more casual, a bit more approachable perhaps. It represents how she's gone back to basics, this is not 'Caitlyn the enforcer' this is Caitlyn Kiramman, bit naive yes, but also quick to hug, open to listening, and genuinely wanting to do good.

Which leads to outfit three, now we don't know what happened (Though I can guess, RIP Cassandra, you will be missed) but this is Caitlyn going in the completely different direction. If outfit two Cait was casual and approachable, this one is much more determined and serious, this is a woman with a job and she'll see it through, don't get in her way. And narratively it'd make sense for her to go this way too, she tried being kind, she tried to follow her ideals and she didn't succeed, worse she might blame herself for (probably) getting her mother killed. Again, because it isn't out, we don't know the full story, but if I had to guess her storyline would be about pulling back from her warpath, to find a happy medium between her duty and her genuine empathy.

And at the end we arrive at her Sheriff outfit, which is the one she wears in-game and current lore, and notice how it takes the best aspects of each of the ones that came before.

It's a more complex outfit than the first she wore, that's because she's now the sheriff, she has the experience.

It's a bit more relaxed than outfit three, she still looks like a woman who means business, but also quite less intimidating and unapproachable.

But the most important part for me is that it's purple, like her second outfit. Almost as if she were to remind herself that she needs to keep that empathic self, narratively it's the color associated with Caitlyn at her best.

Mind you, this is all my opinion, and it has quite a bit of speculation on my part, but I think what the design of each outfit means tells an important part of Caitlyn's story, and I think that's super cool.

[thewebcomicsreview]

Oh hey, Hamsteak 2. Looks like Vriska's...back in Alternia? In a dreambubble?

they sent the thief here in search of power; the power to escape the containment i so painstakingly set up for them

Al confirmed as the Candy narrator. Also confirmed that the black hole is "containment" for the dreambubbles and non-canon worlds, and that all the ghosts falling in wasn't an accident of fighting Lord English.

the black hole could only ever shelter them for so long, and in their haste to shrug off my protection they have opened the door to something far, far hungrier.

This panel is a callback to Karkat about to open the door to the New Universe. Where there were interrupted by Jack Noir. Vriska is interrupted by-

Yoo! It's Davepeta! Who feel into the black hole and has been conspicuously absent ever since. They're the only Ultimate who is not connected to Dirk, and in some ways the only "true" Ultimate. Interesting that Al considers them such a threat, when Davepeta has never been anything but benevolent.

Looks like it's all the sprites, in fact. Why...are there two Nannasprites? Oh god, I'm being pushed to the endless limits of my ability to remember Homestuck Lore. Is one of them pre-retcon? I do not remember.

ERISOLSPRITE: wwe'vve been here for liike a miilliion fuckiin 2wweep2. DAVEPETASPRITE^2: B33 < actually we just got here DAVEPETASPRITE^2: B33 < this place didnt even exist until she popped in ERISOLSPRITE: gue22 ii'll fuck my2elf.

It didn't exist until a character arrived, at which point it retroactively existed the whole time, like how a planet works.

DAVEPETASPRITE^2: B33 < does that not sound insane to you fefeta? FEFETASPRITE: 3833 < 383

What? How are Davepeta and Fefeta coexisting? That definitely doesn't make sense.

Well, logic be damned, it's apparently time for a Vriska training arc.

Gah! Talksprites! Also, Vriska enters "Hell" on page 666 of Homestuck 2, which is I think the first time this comic has aimed at any kind of Meaningful Number.

God, we are full on visual novel here. I didn't know Ren'Py could export to web, but I guess it shouldn't surprise me. I presume/hope the save option is default and won't be needed here, it's 1:30am.

Tavros is here and, much more oddly, alive. I suddenly understand jack shit.

I have no memory of Tavros ever forgiving Vriska for anything...or, for that matter, Vriska even being aware she did anything that needed to be forgiven. I presume she's just lying here, though.

This line combined with this pose is the essence of Vriska

So, Vriska's being forced to "grow as a person" and her big idea to finish her character arc is to atone for her sins by getting Tavros to take revenge on her. Vriska thinks that the secret to gaining power is getting Tavros to kill her.

I wonder where she got that idea.

But that time she refused to mind control Tavros into killing her, she wanted him to grow from it, too. Now we're past that.

I felt smart for remembering the K8LL ME bit but we're being really obvious about it now so I guess they just assumed everyone would and I'm not special :(

Oh shit. Erisol wasn't kidding.

Davepeta roleplaying being a cat who dies horribly is kind of the perfect synthesis of Dave and Nepeta. What is this music. It's very toot-y.

Oh hey a text log. How convenient. So we're trapped in a time loop, then, explicitly recreating Groundhog Day. I guess that explains the infinity hourglass on the Plot Point machine.

Vriska's having a bad couple of years.

Davepeta is "countless" cool dudes and kitty girls, which I think is the first explicit confirmation they're an Ultimate Self, though that was pretty strongly implied at least. The only Ultimate to do so without Dirk's involvement.

Stop letting me intuit things and then immediately making them clear! I don't care if it's good writing, it's making my liveblog bad!

It's so weird to compare this Davepeta to the one in Homestuck OG. There Davepeta was presented as this wise sage mentor figure who'd achieved enlightenment, and here they're much more of "Dave + Nepeta's combined silliness as one character". It's a subtle difference, but go back and read Davepeta giving this same kind of talk to Jade back in Homestuck 1. I guess that's the difficulty of a character with so little screentime in the original, they're either very limited or they feel slightly off.

Oh my fucking god, a to-be-continued select screen. Shit, that takes me back in an unexpected way.

Also, from the associated news update, "the big flash" is apparently several months away (10/25?), and I have to say they might want to be careful about overhyping it, if they have small flashes and now Ren'Py novels that are just preludes. If it's anything less than a Cascade after months and months of hype it could fall flat where a surprise [S] Enter would've popped the fanbase hard.

[afalconfromalcyoneus]

WOF Dragon Taxonomy

I was kind of thinking of doing a semi rewrite of the WoF backstory / lore. No new species would look as different as Wof dragons do in that short amount of time (come on drastically different dragons in roughly 5k years?). For my rewrite I'd say the scorching was actually at least 1 million years before the first book starts. Probably still not enough for the drastic changes, though since the different tribes can still breed with each other (hybrids exist after all) I would say they're either still the same species (or subspecies) or closely enough related because breeding (with fertile offspring) is still possible.

I'd also say Nightwing, Icewings, and Skywings existed in some form when the scorching happened since I believe they're the "common ancestors" for most of the other tribes.

Since I believe the dragons are subspecies of an "original" species of dragon that existed way before the scorching here are some hypothetical scientific names! The basic scientific name for all of them would be Draco Sapien (The Wise Dragon). Here is the list:

Nightwings: Draco Sapien Noctis (Wise Dragon of the Night)

Icewings: Draco Sapien Nivis (Wise Dragon of the Snow)

Skywings: Draco Sapien Caeli (Wise Dragon of Heaven, just thought this sounded cool)

Mudwings: Draco Sapien Terrae (Wise Dragon of the Earth)

Sandwings: Draco Sapien Solis (Wise Dragon of the Sun) or Draco Sapien Desertum (Wise Dragon of the Desert) Couldn't choose between the two.

Rainwings: Draco Sapien Silvae (Wise Dragon of the Forest)

Seawings: Draco Sapien Maris (Wise Dragon of the Sea)

Hivewings: Draco Sapien Wasp (Wise Wasp Dragon, since they kinda look like wasps)

Silkwings: Draco Sapien Serico (Wise Silk Dragon)

Leafwings: Draco Sapien Folium (Wise Leaf Dragon)

Wow, that was a lot. I'm not exactly a professional in species names, but I tried my best. I would say the WOF dragons would be most closely related to Birds! They're definitely reptiles, and I think it makes the most sense for them to be related to Birds. So WOF dragons would be part of the Archosauria (Ruling Reptiles) Clade which in the real world is made up of Birds and Crocodiles. For extinct members, it also includes Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, and extinct Croc species. In my opinion, the WOF dragons would technically be more closely related to Dinosaurs, but their closest living relative would be birds (which are dinosaurs technically).

Did Dinosaurs even exist in the WOF universe? I mean, birds are a thing so I'm guessing that's the case.

[conkreetmonkey]

On one hand, it makes absolutely no sense lore-wise for fuzzification to give anyone anything but grizzly bear traits. It's very explicitly made from Mr. Grizz's DNA, and that alone, no other mammal material in the mix.

On the other hand, it's so cool to think about what characters would become what animals if the ooze DID just mammal-ify you without it specifically being bear-based...

Possible justification for the latter I came up with while writing this post: the Alterna mind crystals picked up on Mr. Grizz's desire to re-mammal the world, and as such "carries out" this "command" by "rearranging" the avaliable bear genes in different ways to mimic different animals Grizz remembers from his pre-WWV life as a normal bear and his time on the Ark Polaris. It can't apply a trait that Mr. Grizz doesn't have the preexisting genetics for, but it CAN use them selectively.

For instance, let's say Mr. Grizz has the code for a few different tones of grizzly brown fur within his DNA, expressed on different parts of his body or buried as unexpressed recessive genes. The ooze can perhaps cause these colours to be expressed in spots or stripes. If you want to really stretch things, you could say that he's a carrier for recessive albino or melanistic colouration, to get white or black fur respectively, although on second thought you could just say the ooze fucked with the melanin production genes itself... regardless, many fur colours such as orange and grey probably couldn't be found at all, but you have wiggle room with how far you want to push this, at least. Or perhaps the ooze can just yoink pigment production genes from the Mollusk Era host themselves!

Perhaps the ooze could apply the hefty muscle and fat growth of a bear to certain individuals, to mimic certain species (such as, uh, bears). Or some could get just muscle (for primates, bovids, canines, idfk), and some just fat (maybe for seals, pigs and cetaceans), and maybe some would just gain larger skeletal frames but no additional bulk (moose??giraffe?? maybe??).

Then you've got selective application of teeth/claws, diet/taste, instincts such as aggression, protectiveness and hibernation, vocal stuff, mannerisms... you could probably cobble together most large mammals from bear traits. It's just a shame there can't be horns, antlers or unique ears...

[emmkitt]

funy thing (LET ME RXPLAIN MY ANSWERRS

a few of these were really hard cause its bad for me to hate things anyways.

fav character; floory. of course. hes awesome

liked by everyone but me; balloon. i just think hes boring and a bit of a bitch sometimes. also annoying. very annoying. but i know a lot of people like him. which is fine. i just. dont all that much.

didnt like at first; i used to be mephone4’s biggest hater, not even kidding. my friends introduced me to ii by saying mephone was basically the fandom sexyman and i was like ‚what. that is a phone’. so i kinda hated him out of spite. but now. Now i understand.

would like to know more about: mephone again. i want more meeple lore.

least favorite character: fuck steve cobs i wanna turn him into popcorn

like the design, dislike the character: okay this one was HARD because i really dont. hate that many ii characters. and the ones i DO hate (toilet, trophy, blueberry,) dont really have super cool designs. so. i did a loophole of sorts. i picked Paper because i havent really watched s1 and therefore know nothing about him. so i dont think i can really say i dislike him. but im a sucker for red + blue color pallets. so THERE.

like the character, dislike the design: i picked groscer because. i like her design. i really do. but man i wish the like trophy bit of her was more cool shape. i mean i understand simplicity but shes built like a cylinder 😭 (DR FIZZ IS DIFFERENT-

similar personality: paintbrush cause i like art and have anger issues. also nonbinary but thars not really a personality thing. i love paintbrush theyre so cool. this is akso probably wrong cause according to my mbti i am most similar to test tube personality wise. ugly sobs

fav ship: floory x dr fizz x mephone4. it may sound like it wouldnt work. and it probably wouldnt. but hear me out

least fav ship: i didnt put anything mainly cause the only ships i really do hate are illegal ones )and i didnt wanna draw that). i mean. theres ships i dont like. but theres not a ship i hate more than any other. if that makes sense

would befriend irl: floory just seems like a friendly guy. theyd do no harm

wouldnt befriend irl: I HATE BLUEBERRY HE SUCKS

okay thats it

[homestuckreplay]

Ditch The Clowns, Get The Crown

(page 627-636)

9/11/2009 Wheel Spin: Sburb Lore Verdict: YES! YES! YES!!!!

9/13/2009 Wheel Spin: being silly :3c Verdict: The Prankster’s Hammer Emerges :3c

John was pretty smart about how he got all those new cards into his sylladex. And now that he has twelve cards, does he even need a ‘detect collisions’? I’m sure he’ll be absolutely fine and there will be absolutely no throwing things off a cliff from here on out. Right????

Two huge things happen in these pages: we get a peek into Harry Anderson: Wise Guy by Mike Caveney, and John creates the pogo hammer, unlocking uncountable new possibilities with alchemy. They’re both super important, but my Wise Guy analysis will be a separate post because I found some weird and cool trivia, so here I’m just discussing the alchemy.

Alchemy is, historically, right at the intersection of science and magic. In that way it’s very cool that John has his breakthrough while reading about magic tricks, considering that up til now the process of punching cards has focused on the mathematics and data storage of it all. Stage magic, however, doesn’t create ‘real’ effects, only its impact on people is real. Alchemy seems entirely real – there’s no trickery, and John sure is holding that hammer. Taking the unreal (video games, the effects of manipulating the mouse and keyboard) and making them real continues to be Sburb’s whole deal, and right now I think Skaia’s power can be best phrased as ‘turning stories into reality’ – encompassing both meanings of creation/creativity at once.

Above are the totems for the hammer and pogo ride individually (p.618 – see bottom right of picture) and for the pogo hammer (p.632). They do all look similar, with a thicker part at the top and another thick section jutting out in the lower half. It’s not identical – the pogo hammer has some crisper edges compared to the smooth curves of the pogo ride – but the pogo hammer totem looks more similar to the pogo alone than to the hammer alone. This suggests that – from an alchemy mechanics perspective - the pogo is the base item, and the hammer is the combinatory or modifying item. It further suggests the idea of a ‘hammer pogo,’ which I imagine as a giant, rideable hammerhead mounted on a spring instead of a handle, one that John could ride to victory just like on p.496, but where his steed itself can bash the imps and John only has to worry about guiding it around. This might be slightly less dangerous than using the pogo itself, as he’d at least be able to hold on, and it would deal more damage. It could be created by punching the hole patterns for both items into a single card, creating more holes instead of less.

The pogo hammer is significantly more expensive than the pogo ride and hammer as individual items. The pogo ride alone costs 5 grist and 1 shale, the hammer alone costs 2 grist, and the pogo hammer is all the way up at 10 grist and 16 shale – the most expensive item we’ve seen so far. The rocket pack with its multiple insertions was technically a more complex item, but was cheaper on grist, maybe because it’s absolutely useless. It makes sense that the grist cost wouldn’t just refer to the components, but to how useful the output will be in the game, so that players can’t get access to gamebreakingly powerful items too early on. I would guess that the rocket pack on its own would be more expensive than the merged item, possibly requiring a grist type that John and Rose don’t have yet.

John is truly acting on whims here. Not long ago he was furious about the imps using his pogo ride, swearing that no-one but him risks injury on the pogo ride (p.476) – but now he barely notices an imp bouncing on the balcony, getting the new one all messy with oil too. He’s got something new to feel overly passionate about, and it is HIS FIRST CUSTOM WEAPON. And not a moment too soon, given that the giant imp has presumably climbed up into John’s yard by now. Lots of combat-based games make it necessary to either upgrade your weapon with additional damage and special moves, or obtain new and more powerful weapons, in order to fight tougher enemies. Players are often able to choose what properties they’d like to imbue their weapons with, or will collect multiple and decide which one to use. In this case, John’s chosen the Bounce property, which allows for the weapon’s attack to ‘jump’ to a second target on a successful hit, stacking an unlimited number of times so long as the attacks continue to land. The imp on p.636 looks understandably scared about this.

The alchemiter, we’ve seen, can be used by either Rose, John, or the imps – I assume they’re the ones who made a whole bunch of regular hammers. John should definitely take the pogo hammer totem and stash it away somewhere, both so that he’s the only one who can use the upgraded weapon, and so that the imps don’t waste all his hard earned grist making a hundred pogo hammers. The imps are mischievous creatures due to the harlequin prototyping, but I’d actually guess this tendency is programmed into the base NPC, pre-prototyping. As well as directly attacking the players, enemies trying to deplete grist resources so that players can’t progress further in the game fits with Sburb’s punishing learning curve, and gives players another task to balance – protecting their carved totems and their alchemiter.

The cosmetic upgrade to the weapon is important too. Instead of a plain, uncolored hammer, the pogo hammer has a green rubber grip and a miniature green Slimer on top of the head, perfectly matching the one on John’s shirt. I know that I will choose a weapon that looks sick as hell over one that does a little more damage but has a boring design, because you gotta have an aesthetic when playing a video game and you gotta stick to it even more strictly than you stick to a mechanical build. John’s whole aesthetic being based around green slime (and perhaps magic, thinking back to his CLEVER DISGUISE) means this weapon is for him and him alone, and with that in mind, it’s poetic that he made it all by himself.

John is really, really excited about his creation, as he should be. He DID ‘make something totally sweet’ as he says to Rose, and I’m really happy to see him proud of himself for this. Rose is really good at this game, and it can be hard to play games with a friend who is a lot better than you, so it feels really good as a reader and a big John fan to see him get this moment of success.

[lilli-the-bear]

i’m getting back into anime again after a break due to dying of time.

i’ve also been rlly obsessed with BNHA again, never liked the toxic fandom BUT HEAR ME OUT

ITS OC TIME

basically had an oc for forever ever since i got into the show so YEARS ago and changed her design 100000000x… i had her quirk, her backstory and everything sorted with her lore figured out with her relationships and everything, but now im doubting its uniqueness and actual capabilities and idk if its actually enjoyable for anyone but me and my silly daydreams. so my goobers please help me.

i love her and wanna make her cool as hell

🎶 either i stick with her original quick of Acoustokinesis - basically manipulating sound and having sonic screams, i use to think she would sing and scream it at people but a lil impractical- the only problem is i want to give her some capabilities outside of just haha silly scream

i know i want her quirk to be linked to her emotions for ✨LORE✨ reasons (i can expand if ppl wanna hear) maybe with misophonia having emotional triggers to sound as she is a very apathetic character at the beginning due to this factor

it would also make some sense lore wise since it is a like President Mic (can expand later on) although lacks that uniqueness in that sense unlike other ocs

OR

🩸some sort of blood quirk where she can formulate plasma into weapons (key problem with the original is i wanna give her pretty weapons BUT could just have Mei make them…since they’re gay for eachother 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩) but she’d be like tugging on ‘heart strings’ stopping people’s blood flow causing crushing pains and when hitting opponents using their blood in attacks like water benders.

this would also make some sense as in my au toga is her childhood best friend and ends up at UA with them. so something in common?? but it just feels overdone

but i need her quirk to be useful having good capabilities she also doesn’t use it to begin with being underestimated by her fellow classmates as well as a fear of hurting fellow classmates with her volatile emotions which works well with unexpected screams of raw emotion

LIL BIT OF LORE

so they’re name is Aspen Yumiyai, she had a really fucked up childhood until the age of 7, (but shes my bbg) her father being on the run ever since, yet she continues to wake up in the night the fluorescent white lights and white tiled walls flashing in her vision as she was pushed on a stretcher down the corridor REDACTED. she has two metal robotic legs with a sarcastic demeanour and a bit of a hater and judged but hey who isn’t. she’s your favourite queer persons favourite queer person. she was sent to a hero training school due to her mothers worries about her quirk where she met Himiko Toga, the two becoming very close friends very quickly. Aspen has extremely strong physical fighting style using her legs to take an offensive stance but limits herself sometimes by not using her quirk only using her physical body and upper body strength to take on opponents yet struggles against offensive and long range quirks otherwise. furthermore, they were recommended to UA by REDACTED the pro hero being highly commendable within her fighting style and overall ability as a hero especially when she uses her quirk having a full scholarship. but oh the weight it places on her, the weight of being a hero, the weight of the unknown

so please let this blow up id explode, sorry for being a little secretive about the lore but gotta keep you guessing. but id love the input so please share like and comment any ideas for her quirk or to make her any cooler <3