#tlozypaka-tina

[honnojis]

Who composed the battle victory theme :0? Was it you?

it's part of the heartbender remix from glitchxcity!

[fiannalover]

is the .5 the cat

. What cat. Tina whAT CAT

[tears-of-taelia]

First of all hi!!

And regarding your last post omg I been fearing for Ren's life the *moment* we learned Madame X can get rid of grunts who fail too much remotely. Like- like????? They have his body in HQ???? His soul in a mechanical body????? She can so *so much harm* whenever she pleases I'm so scared for the raid-

Nastasia's protection can only get so far hhhh-

omg hi! it's nice to meet you, i'm Sophie :)

(i see on your blog that you're infj and taurus! i'm intj and capricorn! earth introverts rise up!)

i got excited answering this and went off on a couple of spoiler-filled tangents, so I included the rest under the cut.

I 10000000% agree, especially about the upcoming raid! Team Xen grunts literally sign away their bodies and souls when they join, so it's no wonder why seemingly redeemable characters like Eli and Sharon are forced to stay on.

[aside: I'm pretty sure that Team Xen "recruitment" in general follows a standard format where people in life-threatening or easily manipulable situations are offered either a second chance at their own life or the chance to save the life of a loved one. I mean, there's Neved with Francesca, Madelis with Lisbeth, Keta with Aelita. I mean, there's a grave marked "Eli" at Carotos Peak and I don't think that's a coincidence. Why else would all these people fight (presumably) for the destruction of the world? All those fires in Aevium's past (like the lab fire with Jenner, Maddie (prob Madelis), and Cas (prob Cassandra)), could in part be a massive recruitment effort.]

Anyway, I think the only hope for Ren in the upcoming raid is what I mentioned before, about how he is somehow integral to Team Xen's overarching plans, as per renegade 13.5. My best guess is that these plans include using the energy emitted from a Xenpurgis rampage in GDC to fulfill the dark prophecy, using "the four shadows" mentioned on the Absol Statue back in Blacksteeple to bring back Storm-9.

The shadows that shade the earth shall be known in the end. The one of raw evil, the one of obsession, the one of betrayal, and the one of greed. These four shall see the world be lost forever.

We don't have enough information to definitively say who the one of raw evil, obsession, or greed could be. But betrayal? It fits Ren. In the scene where he is first "hired" or whatever and meets Madame X, I feel like this idea is pretty spoon-fed to us.

MADAME X: Have you brought him? The one I've detailed. NASTASIA: Yes. Please, come forth. Introduce yourself. REN: …Hello, Ma'am. My name is Ren. NASTASIA: Ren used to be comrades with [player] and the rest. But based on what he's told me, if accurate, would display the attributes of the one we're looking for. MADAME X: And just why would one of [player]'s comrades want to betray them?

I mean, the word "betray" is explicitly used here.

On Nastasia: Yes. Absolutely. She's strong as hell, but she can't stand up alone to Madame X. Like you said, her powers can only go so far. After all, presumably, her body and soul are in the control of Madame X as well.

In general, Nastasia is an absolutely fascinating character imo... and I have a feeling the Ren might not be the only double agent working for Xen. Nastasia is "the woman who sacrificed everything for the one who loved her." I think we can say with 99.999999% certainty that she is the grown up version of little Anastasia, Katsu's daughter. Out of all the Execs, she seems to be the most devoted to Madame X. That tracks if Madame X is somehow tied to Maria, or is Maria herself. Is Anastasia, by working for her, possibly trying to save Madame X/Maria from herself? Is Madame X/Maria perhaps even being controlled by a darker force, and "unbound soul" like Vitus? In that way, is Nastasia still the little girl trying to reach her best friend?

All this to say I think Nastasia may be more on our side than we think. She is seemingly the most devoted Xen Exec, yet she has gone on multiple dangerous, rogue missions--including one that really did nothing but aid our side--helping Aelita get to the Spring of Rejuvenation and saving the lives of Venam, Erin, Allen, and Alice. She clearly knows that Ren is a double agent, and she hasn't ratted him out (or, possibly, she has ratted him out and Madame X simply does not care, because with Xen having completely control over his soul and body, he can still be used to fulfill his purpose, regardless). There's the fact that Nastasia, an apparent wunderkind with machines and technology, "missed" the fact that the Sigils in Blacksteeple were being sabotaged by Nancy (something Melia immediately noticed). And there's the fact that she clearly trusts and loves Ren (in a maternal way, I think), cheering him up, helping him sneak out of HQ in his actual body. You know, usual mother-son activities. But yeah, I guess the point I'm getting at here is that I could see Nastasia doing her darndest to protect Ren, maybe even sacrificing herself to do so, but I don't think that would be enough to save him, with the level of control Xen has over the both of them at this point.

Back to Ren, there's another things that's been bothering me: the whole twin prophecy with Reina. I have... thoughts... about this. I def could see it playing out exactly how Reina expects: one twin (Ren) fights for the destruction of the world (likely against his will), and the other (Reina) fights to save it. But another part of me (that's read way too many thrillers) feels like this is too cut and dry, and that this presumption is going to be flipped on its head. Let's say Ren does die in the upcoming raid, and he dies fighting to save the world. What if... destroying the world, following Madame X's plan, would undo his death somehow? What if it would save him, or bring him back? We know that souls get recycled in this universe, after all. Would Reina consider switching sides to bring him back? That would be a betrayal, for sure. And that would also play into the whole Life is Strange moral quandary pervasive throughout the game--save the one you love, or the lives of millions? This would also fulfill the prophecy, but in a way that we do not necessarily expect. Because otherwise, I feel like this prophecy is pretty superfluous. By the time we hear it, we already know that Ren is Xen [hehe], so what new information does it really present?

Anyway, yeah, um, thank you so much for the ask! Sorry for the long winded response. There's way too many theories about this game bouncing around in my brain and it's nice to have an outlet for it. Thank you for your support on my art, it really means the world to me! Particularly since you're so talented yourself<3

[spar-kie]

That New Melia Design

Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Rejuvenation Brainrot

So! People are dissecting the new Rejuv 13.5 trailer and I would like to add my bit to the fray on account of I have terminal illness of Melia, she is my all time favorite. And the new design she's got has raised my eyebrows.

And a lot of credit to @tlozypaka-tina bc their post really got me thinking more in depth about this design rather than just thinking it just a new design for the new version.

So first, that new design! Let's take a peek at it!

(Bear with me on the resolution being bad, it's a screenshot of a small part of a YouTube video)

And before we continue, let's just compare all of Melia's previous designs (plus throwing Emma in there for kicks)

Now, something important to note for all of Melia's designs (except for the Terajuma design) is that the primary color on them is white. Her first, fourth, and fifth designs all have white shirts, and her second design in Emma wears a white robe with a white bow. Her previous Terajuma design had her shirt be grey but there was a bit around the collar that was white.

Though it would take more time to say what this symbolism this has for Melia (if any, and this isn't just a motif for character design), we can contrast it to the new design shown off in the trailer, which (despite the monochromatic color filter) we can tell that she's wearing a darker shirt. It almost looks like a darker version of her first outfit given the design of the shirt and the exposed bra/tank top straps. Though of course her hair is too long for it to be a re-do of that design. Not to mention the eye shadow, which is something none of Melia's current designs have. It seems to be the same shade as her shirt too.

Also worth noting is that the expression looks far more smug and self assured than any of the expressions of Melia's other designs. And while on this blog we support girlbosses and women who know how capable they are, this is something worth noting. Going back to tlozypaka-tina's post their friend Vance notes that the expression here is similar to that on Melanie's vs sprite.

So, what's the thesis of this post?

Honestly this is a jokey way of putting it but I think it puts it best, between the smug look (being similar to Melanie's vs sprite) and the darker colors of the design, I think we're getting some kind of evil Melia, for lack of a better term.

EDIT: Everything below this point is based on speculation that happened due to me straight up missing Melia's powered up design. I have no good reason for this, I checked the Chapter 12 folder where it is. But I'm keeping it in the post just bc I don't like deleting stuff.

Now, to get into some baseless speculation here, I can already hear some people going "Hey wait, you forgot Melia's powered up design!".

And I'm glad you noticed dear reader, I sure as hell did. When I was gathering the different Melia designs I snagged them from the DeviantArt stash where Zumi posts all the character designs. I didn't grab powered up Melia because she wasn't there (I grabbed the pic above from the Fandom Wiki).

Now I would normally chalk this up to there being dozens of pieces of art in Rejuv and it's easy to forget to upload one, except for the fact that I swear this used to be there! I could be remembering wrong, or... there could be plans for this design when 13.5 drops that involve a redesign that will only be revealed when it's out. Related to the design of Melia we saw in the trailer? I dunno, but it's worth noting since I found it.

[fangod9624]

Some memes if my World Protest's famous fictional characters were on Pokémon Horizons.

Shoutout to @tlozypaka-tina for making this template. I have my world in my head where fictional characters are real while creatures are humans. And also experience IRL tasks's perfectly lol.

[kiromori]

Show 4 characters with the same MBTI as you! Find characters’ MBTI types here. (The Personality Database)

tagged by @tlozypaka-tina​, again :D

INFP:

I literally just copied the version I did on Twitter because I’m lazy, but I do remember it was hard to choose because there were a lot of characters I knew and liked.

But also, when I saw Doofenshmirtz on the list, I was like “Oh, Hell Yeah”

Now I tag, whoever want to do this!

[paneritas]

Top 5 OC's!

I’ll do mine yeee

Claire 

Xander

Capucine

Mattia

Aconita

[tasteofantasy]

I hope you and your friends have fun!! Hopefully the tsun won't be too noticeable *pats*

Hopefully there'll be enough fans to camouflage it (?)

Thanks btw! Been willing to do something for a while now and is overdue time I stop being an anxious coward!

[pixs-pinings]

🌹🌹🌹 (The first ones you think about!)

1. Inigo teaches Pix other dance forms! Due to this, after Pix picks up the skill enough, the two actually serve as a front for their mercenary band as a dance troupe going through town, and those aren’t ever harmful! (pix hides her blades in her dress and tomes are excused as fancy show magic)

2. Hana Mizuno and Pix often love to cuddle up to each other, swaddled in blankets. Mai makes an excuse that they were feeling stressed so they get alone time.

3. Mozu actually does manage to get pix to eat some veggies! She did it by mixing in the veggies into a tasteful sauce and... well, a few other mashing things. But she was able to get pix to eat veggies! Yay!

[pixxyofice]

🌠

(THREE THINGS~)

Azura

Piplup

Friendly Friend who is a Good Friend (Pure)

[honnojis]

Now that such a huge overhaul has been done in rejuv.....what would you consider takes the longest to do? To remake old parts of the game or to create new events (post v13 chapter 15 content)?

From what I can tell, remakes take the longest, primarily because it takes a lot more thought about how to improve something existing while also keeping a lot of the technical details in mind like variables needing to match up w/ stuff on other maps, switches needing to be triggered in a few places in order to trigger something else in existing content, etc.

We've definitely noticed with bugfixing that not everything was caught and that it has hindered the progress of some people, so that's arguably more work.

You'd think new content is harder to make, but honestly working on new exciting stuff gives a lot more energy than having to revisit old content, hahaha... Honestly I think all of us are very ready to move on to V14 at this point.

[fiannalover]

*bangs pots and pans*

WAKE UP, WAKE UP!

Thanks to @mountainashfae , you get to look at some of my fav characters, boy (gender neutral) (meme structure)

prompt: post a poll with five of your favorite characters and let your followers choose their favorite.

Thanks for having me~!

Also, tagging @dinojisan , @alexirno @avicebro and @tlozypaka-tina

[stinkiedinkiedoodles]

4. Top 5 Favourite songs at this moment

Alli Fitz - Disease

Diamond Jack

Kimbra - “Settle Down”

Alli Flitz - Fill the Void

Ally Hills - Wrong

:D send me more music asks

[disappointment-fegroup]

I tell myself to save orbs for future banners, yet i waste them right away and get only 3* ((and i need the feathers to promote my main team :'D Someboby stop me from wasting my free orbs))

‮

[hobo-phoenix-wright]

Can you tell us some of these ideas? We can tweek them around and make them unexpected if we want!

Okay, but I dislike both of the stories.

First one: A guy that is obsessed with a dating simulator girl, he has his room full of posters and figures of her, all the merchandising you can think of, and he just bought the latest game. As he plays, he types in "I wish we could be together", and suddenly the girl comes out of the monitor and they dance happily and when they are about to kiss, reality Strikes Back, and it's just him kissing a pillow with her drawing on it. He cries.

Second one: A knight wakes up in a dungeon, not really sure where he is, he looks around and sees a message in blood that says run, and a dead body with a sword. He picks up the sword, looks great, and then he hears something coming from behind, he turns around and gets in a fighting stand. The enemy is revealed, is twice his size, and as soon as the enemy sees the knight, he rushes and tries to hit him, but the knight dodges it and hits the enemy with the sword. The sword breaks, and now the enemy delivers the final blow. A game over screen appears, and it's revealed that it was just a girl playing a video game. She turns it off.

[kiromori]

“This or That” Tagged by @tlozypaka-tina

stars or clouds / tony stark or steve rogers / buzzfeed unsolved or buzzfeed worth it (Never checked them out) / lavender or rose / chocolate or vanilla / coffee or tea/ police procedural shows or hospital shows (literally the only one I watch is B99)/ fast zombies or slow zombies (I don’t want the zombies from my dreams) / modern films or classic films (I either like a film or not, that’s it) / musicals or plays / hamilton or in the heights (haven’t check them out either) / blue lightsaber or green lightsaber / hats or headbands / queen or elton john / multicolored lights or white lights / pastels or neons / flowers or succulents / log cabin or hotel / sprinkles or cookie crumbs / ghosts or aliens / single book or book series / brunch or dinner / snow or leaves (I’ve been to snow like... once)/ jean jacket or leather jacket / tea cup or mug / galaxies or constellations

I guess I’ll tag... @husband-of-lucoa and @madam-starfall (only if you want)