#trust me bros she has a LOT of lore

[asmrbrainrot]

So I noticed my recent fic, The Gator Boys & The Moon Witch, was getting a bit of attention. (Wow, you post stuff and people see it? That’s crazy!)

I was considering doing a character blurb on Esther (my oc the fic is centered around), but I didn’t wanna get into too many spoilers~

So as of now the ask box is open to questions about Esther! (Or any of my OCs really:)

[zoey-withay]

Ok I'm actually going to blow a fuse over just how BADLY Dark Pit gets mischaracterized within fandom works (specifically in relation to Smash Bros)

Like I get from a basic look at his character design and name, obviously you're going to think he's an evil version/an opposite of Pit (think Dark Samus or Dark Sonic for example) but I think even the Kid Icarus fandom tends to forget how his whole existence and by extension his personality works.

Dark Pit came from the Mirror of Truth, which doesn't create an opposite version of the person who goes through it, but it reflects their true feelings and emotions (it's called the Mirror of Truth, what do you think it's going to reflect)

Dark Pit is the personification of Pit's repressed emotions, so whatever Pit feels deep down, is what Dark Pit puts on display, so the opposite could also be said, that the way Pit acts is how Dark Pit truly feels (they're opposites in that regard)

Dark Pit isn't some villainous asshole, because that would mean Pit is too. And Pit isn't some completely innocent little cinnamon roll, because that would mean Dark Pit is too. They are more similar than they and a lot of other people would like to admit. They are two sides of the same coin.

But I feel like this mischaracterization mostly comes from the Smash Bros community, which in all fairness to them, simply don't know Kid Icarus' lore. Which I'd totally understand if Nintendo wasn't feeding them this 'Dark Pit is a villain' propaganda (I use the term propaganda very loosely, can you tell I'm angered?)

Because if my memory serves me correctly, there have been multiple times where there will be those 'heroes vs villains' online Smash tournaments, and Pit and Dark Pit are always put as the 'hero vs villain.' And yes, I know that Dark Pit is an anti-hero in Uprising, but there is a clear difference between an anti-hero and villain (anti-hero -> good thing, bad reason ; villain -> bad thing, bad reason)

Not to mention that Uprising is about seven hours long, and Dark Pit is only in it for about three hours total, which honestly is not a lot of screentime for him. But in those three-ish hours, he has done more heroic things than any of the other villains/anti-heroes in Smash and I'd argue some of the heroes too have ever done. His good deeds outweigh his bad ones (he swallows his own pride to help Pit save Palutena, he puts his differences with Palutena aside to work together to save Pit's life by going to the Rewind Swing, he saves Pit from Hades' stomach, he once again puts his differences aside with Palutena to join Pit after Hades' defeat since she's the one who grants him the Power of Flight. And I would also like to mention that he did not instigate the fight throughout Chapter 6, Palutena and Pit started that)

Dark Pit acts the way he does because that's what people expect of him. They see him as a lesser version of Pit, so he's a kid who's gonna try and prove them wrong. He only picks fights with Pit because the first thing Palutena (who Pit openly loves and admires, which means Dark Pit deep down also still loves and admires her) says about him is that "he's fundamentally wicked and destructive and needs to be eliminated." Can you imagine the person you love, look up to and trust with your life say that about you? Sure, it might be another version of you, but it's still you. That's one reason why Dark Pit doesn't like Palutena (but that is a rant for another day where we bring the Pittoo nickname into play)

But I get it. It's easier to paint Dark Pit as a jerk and asshole character than exploring a complicated character with complex emotions and feelings that everyone disregards because it's just a bit too similar to how real people are in real life.

It's easier to say he's an edgy clone.

[jywllkr]

DR S3 P2 LEAKS

a long analysis about Jay's character. w/pictures

this is going to be a bit messy cuz english isn't my first language,,, but fuck thattt.

what irks me about that last Jaya scene from the leaks is when Nya told Jay she thought she saw his old self—and that she was wrong

knowing the fact she doesn’t even know what happened to him after the Merge, or what he went through before he shattered whatever was left of his goodness, all while dealing with amnesia alone

we can all agree on how the way the ninja, Nya and Lloyd in this case, keep trying to shove the image of who Jay used to be onto someone who’s clearly not himself anymore,,,it's just a bad move overall

We still don’t know why Jay left the Administration. he didn’t just leave, he escaped

the thing about the Administration is that;

the Administration knew who Jay is on a personal level (they were searching for him specifically)

Jay doesn’t want anyone there knowing he’s the elemental master of lightning

and then he was clearly upset with the Administration right after he wasn't involved with them too

Jay is absolutely sure that the Administration, the one he naively trusted at first, lied about something. lied to such a degree that he was visibly upset. and another thing we know about his state during his time there, according to Bonzle, is that his heart just wasn’t really in it

that already tells us a lot about Jay’s position here. remember, he still had his goodness during all of this. the fact that he left must mean he found out the Administration was doing something seriously wrong, and he didn’t want to be a part of it

then Ras came along, again, during the time Jay still had his goodness. Jay genuinely thought Ras was a good guy and ended up believing the Ninja weren’t thanks to his manipulation

now that he left Ras shattered and betrayed, he probably stopped believing there’s any good in people at all. add some major trust issues into the mix

and as far as the lore of this franchise goes, one of Jay’s core traits is that he dislike lying—especially after Season 6. bro literally judged Nya for telling a white lie to Arin’s parents.

I’m kinda guessing here, but Jay’s probably testing the waters with Nya and the rest of the ninja, trying to figure out whether they’re actually safe to trust or not

So far, he’s been extremely blunt about what he thinks,,,he doesn’t exactly lie to the ninja. despite how mean sounding most of them are, Jay is just being bluntly honest

It’s sad to see this “silly” scene on its own, because Jay genuinely believes he never had any goodness to begin with

probably because his first memory was working in the Administration, a place he ended up escaping from for some unknown or bad reason, and he was stuck there for who knows how long

and also because he trusted Ras. the guy he thought was a good person/better than the administration

So, a little conclusion: the obvious reason why Jay only thinks about himself and not others right now is because this kind of thing has happened to him way too often

If he’s going to lean on other people, he needs to see two things

that they’re being truthful

that they’re not trying to force him into being someone he’s not

and as of now, the ninja fail both of those checks—so Jay’s nowhere near ready to believe in them

a little thing I wanted to point out too,,,,Jay left the group right after they were at the Spectral Land’s Monastery. It’s pretty odd because he could’ve left when they were waiting for Sora and Arin to come back from the junkyard. but he didn’t

the reason he probably stayed with them was just to make sure they arrived there safely, knowing how dangerous that place is. and why he wants to go there willingly?

he probably wants to see some truth from the ninja themselves when he’s not involved with them (since we’re all guessing this is Jay following Nya in this scene)

and he might be picking Nya because he’s drawn to her the most, even if he realize it or not

last but not least

I couldn’t stop thinking about this one scene from episode 3 because it went straight to Jay’s picture (who ironically enough is the only one smiling in the picture) when she explained the main core of the ninja. being selfless and caring about people

it was all now shown in the series that Jay’s core personality is still there despite being shattered. being absolutely terrible at jokes and playing video games are two of them

so the question is,,, is there more to Jay that we haven’t seen yet?

POINTS THE OBVIOUS 👆

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oh also. this part??? I bet you is a foreshadow

anyways yea,,, sorry if my writing's hard to digest. I'm no writer or whatever, but I need to yap about this

[saberma]

Fine I'll yap about devious

First of all. I love Spokeishere. What a creature oh my god. I loove trying to figure out what the hell is this guy up to That conversation with Minute was soooo… I have no idea what Spoke actually has planned, but that convo really felt like a Start of something. Spoke definetly didn't tell Minute much, just enough to hint at the idea of what's going to happen. Also, he probably used an orbital cannon as an example specifically for Minute… I love his sick and twisted mind

Anyway, devious. Sometimes I think about how Spoke is the only person Mapicc ever fully betrayed his teammate for (Ro in s4). And he did it after the dupe war, after knowing how much Spoke lied to him. Because Spoke gave him something to do. Spoke made him feel useful, and like he was part of something. And even if Mapicc felt betrayed by Spoke still caring about Vitalasy at the end he still would want to do something like wormhole with Spoke again.

I don't really know how to explain the fucked up sence of trust they have but it's. Something. Mapicc still trusts Spoke so much, and he loveees to bring him around in situations where he doesn't feel too comfortable (usually lore talk, him dragging Spoke in as his professional yapper for his talk with Kab is a good example, but he used to do it in s4 as well. The amount of times Spoke was just his emotional support while him and Zam were fighting is so funny). They're just such peak friendship. Everytime they have a conversation I feel like a third wheel cause they're always saying something incomprehensible (bro, what the hell is a parrot folder).

And I can't say Spoke fully trusts anyone, but i think he values Mapicc and his trust a lot (sometimes for evil purposes but still) I don't really remember the exact quote but Mapicc mentioned that Spoke is basically the person he'll go to when everything is going horribly wrong. And yeaaaah. The fact that Spoke showed Mapicc that one shot exploit (yeah that probably wasn't a hack client), specifically to reassure Mapicc that he still would have options even if there's 6 maces on the server. That Mapicc trusted him with the mace he worked so hard for in the first place, and didn't really question it too much. The fact that he still never told anyone about it. Ughhghhg they

So that's why I'm not really surprised that Mapicc is conflicted on the whole thing. Even before Mapicc joined or said anything I thought he would definetly not wanna oppose Spoke immedietly. And then the first thing he says after joining is that he needs to talk to Spoke before making any decisions. Still says that Spoke is his teammate and that he wants to know his reasoning, that he doesn't wanna fight him.

"I wanna be on the side that actually gives me meaning"

Like. Mapicc is such a perfect person for Spoke to try to get on his side. He's been feeling directionless the entire season. If Spoke offers him a chance to permanently change the server, and do something that will be remembered instead of chasing after a Flame kill again and again. Cause Spoke understands Mapicc so much, he knows his strengths and what he finds fun on lifesteal and he's *extremely* good at talking.

"I love Spoke's game more than i love saving spawn".

Mapicc already kinda agrees with a lot of Spoke's morals (or lack of them). He doesn't really care about spawn and he's so tired of fights he can't win.

Mapicc's only condition for working with Spoke would be that Mane and Flame aren't involved. (which.. can I say I really don't think they are. like I don't think spoke or focus actually need them for their plans. and maybe it's the devious bias but spoke would prefer to work with mapicc over them).

I don't think he'd immedietly betray cause he cares a lot about the people opposing Spoke (minute and zam, and hannah probably cause I can't imagine she would wanna be involved in what spoke is doing).

But it won't be an easy choice.

So yeah I am so excited for their talk tomorrow....

[memphishing]

Lowkey I wanna see more of you’re little cringe fail of an oc. I love him :D

being asked about my oc, I MAY DIE OF HAPPINESS

idk where to start… he’s been an entity in rp with my closest friends for like… six years…

OK SO

Chima Satsujin/Connor Sirelis

Age 17

SHSL Orthodontist

Very on edge and bitchy most of the time. He has intense trust issues and often has a ‘I need to get them before they get me’ mentality. Hides his low self confidence by pretending to be super confident, snarky and sarcastic. Unlike most of my ocs, who are evil or at least dubious, he has a heart of gold and will try to help people in need while maintaining his standoffish persona. He has no friends and acts like that doesn’t bother him, but is actually horrendously lonely. he’s the SHSL orthodontist, a position that was secured for him via recommendation from his mentor, the person who he’s interned under for years. His relationship with his mentor can seem… oddly close, at times.

TW SUICIDE

Chima’s older brother, Okuda, was always the life of the party. Silly, funny, always bright and happy. He was his best friend and confidant, and he relied heavily upon him. One day, when Chima was 14, he walked in on him in a suicide attempt. They couldn’t save him. Shocked and feeling hollow from that, he shut himself away from society nearly immediately and developed a paranoia of people lying to him… ‘acting’ a way they don’t truly feel.

He has been interning for his mentor for years, graduated years ago, and is slated to finish college at 18 years old.

(ALL OF THIS ART IS LIKE 2 Y/O. VERY OUTDATED. i didn’t make the second one and the tearful one is from a base)

Explanation of that last pics: Chima and two of my other OCs (SHSL Prince, SHSL photographer) were made from the same original beta oc, so I drew them all hanging out as beta bros!

His mom deserves a section too! Taylor Sirelis.. She’s… jovial. Very happy, aloof, loving, yet irresponsible. This basically made her a shitty parent. Despite her surface love, she really couldn’t be a PARENT for either of her sons. In the wake of losing one, she’s trying to be more present for Chima.

She’s in my antag kg!

Given, her way of coping is a little….

Yeah this is very much a sparknotes version of Chima/his lore. I have a 20k word backstory doc for him so there’s a LOT i skipped over here… also lots of art frends have made of him that i can’t add bc image limit :(

now, anyone who’s read this far knows of one of the ~50 of my DR ocs >:)

[infinityinakiss]

things i've said to, or about, ronan lynch:

the raven boys:

not ronan looking at his trauma and the stagnation of his emotional growth and thinking "you know what this needs? a bird. specifically, a raven, the cuntiest of birds."

that man could not lie if his life depended on it.

the secret was you, oh my fucking god.

oh, baby.

is this flirting?

someone's jelly.

babe, no, driving is a terrible first date idea.

you know what, if parrish wasn't the true love of your life, you could've married gansey and be miserable and rich together, ronan.

there is nothing kinder than a creature who holds their heart in their hands, something that vulnerable must trust everything it meets.

he really said "noah, point and i'll fucking shoot, gimme a sec lemme dream up an ar 15."

jealously looks… scary on you, babe.

HELL YEAH, RONAN BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR BOYFRIEND'S ABUSIVE ASSHOLE DAD, it's okay, gansey'll pay the bail.

jesus christ, bro's in love enough to study.

ronan you are fucking insane and so am i, cause i laughed too.

ronan you little shit (fucking with blue in order to get her to break up with your bf is not the answer) (but also slay)

oh, my loverboy.

*laughs* you're fucking insane, ronan lynch.

the dream thieves:

me, stares at adam parrish, who works as a mechanic and then stares back at ronan lynch, who is obsessed with the taste of gasoline and is not subtle: well that's a coincidence

10/10 line, ronan.

he's just a good old fashioned loverboy.

gayyyy

actually so older sibling of you.

something, something, snake imagery, the bible, ronan's relationship to his faith, ronan's love for a boy named adam.

gotta love the catholic guilt.

kavinsky's right, bro, gansey would never kill his first husband.

i was wrong, gansey's gonna kill you, babe.

this is what makes you different from kavinsky.

blue lily, lily blue:

cabeswater: we love all ronans and non-ronans alike.

ronan lore goes crazy I FORGOT HE USED TO COMPETE IRISH JIG MUSIC.

ronan, you're going to make me cry.

oh, he def wants you, lynch.

ronan, you sweetheart. it's funny, it's the people who seem to care the least that loves the hardest, loves so loudly you can feel it under your skin even if you can't hear it.

of course ronan is a chaotic shopper, he's literally just choosing things based on vibes.

pushing your crush in a shopping cart at a grocery store parking lot is some a+ flirting, lynch.

you know what's the perfect second date? dreaming up the body of a child so you can frame the man who killed your dad as a kid killer.

ronan: cabeswater won't dare to let my bf get hurt, we're besties.

ronan lynch, collecting beings to worship.

ronan and blue are lovers in the same way, loud, undeniable, blades made to protect, but blades nonetheless.

it makes sense, though. a dreamer should be a little scared of the dark.

the raven king:

oh, baby. oh, my baby.

time for dad ronan and little shit opal.

SHE'S LITERALLY YOUR KID.

i love gay to the point of religious devotion.

jesus, he's better at latin than the rest of you, y'all gotta lay off ronan's latin.

he's so DAD what do you mean you put your daughter in boots that were hard to walk in to slow her down and make her easier to keep an eye on.

drama queen, i love him.

oh, i understand you so much right now, ronan lynch (i've been so much, all i want is to rest. let the sun set.)

THE OCEAN IS ON FIRE AND THE SKY HAS FALLEN.

i'm gonna cry.

i am losing my mind, i am actually losing it, cause what do you mean ronan sitting there, stuck in some kind of purgatory, waiting for orders from his king and adam won't leave him alone in his grief?

i'm dying, ronan lynch. you've taken something from me.

oh, my lovely.

is this like a kink thing? if so, you just gotta let me know.

JUST KILL ME WHY DON'T YOU.

your kid. just accept it already.

this dread, it's so strong. how can god die?

YEAH HE FUCKING FOUGHT.

kill me, kill me please, he's dying or something worse than dying and he's dreaming of flowers, of blue flowers, their flowers, kill me now.

this is what kings do. they ask. and they hope.

greywaren, maker, lover

[thingsidrawgohere]

I just finished my first run of DA4 and let me say- I probably got my money's worth. If one wants to view the experience via a purely mercantile lens. I found many bits of cheese and touched the insides of many angry creatures. But if one wishes to frame the thing as Art- Hell, if one wants to solely discuss it as the Fourth in a series of lore-dense, narrative RPGs, then, Cousin, We've Got Problems. Three interconnected niggling ideas that kinda all lead to the conclusion- for me, at least- that modern design practices simply do not trust the player. News flash, right?

Anyways, I think I'm going to have some thoughts on this subject to avoid other thoughts, thank you.

Full-Throated Spoilers Beyond. And a lot of them. It's long.

Idea 1: DA2 is my favorite of the series. That's not the problem; it's the setup. I know what I'm about and it's interesting characters interacting over time. Flawed characters. Abrasive, opinionated, STUPID ASS ANDERS characters. The story was scaled well for a handful of total losers and it was political. The most humanly political of all the games, I think. That's a very low bar, particularly for AAA, but it felt better to stand in a street, to be personally effected by events, than to look at a literal map of icons and notes and distant decisions as in DA3. It's important, I think, for DA to be about Being, Getting Dirty. You aren't a king. You shouldn't be.

Side Note 1: DA2 is a fucking miracle. The old gag that FO New Vegas, blessed be, was made in 18 months is trotted out to display Can-Do Attitude and DEEPLY unethical labor practices. DA2 got less time, fewer reusable assets (due to a different art style), and had to rebuild most of the engine. A. Miracle.

DA4, on the other hand, has a series of supportive, well-adapted people who have all worked very hard on themselves in therapy and know all the fucking right words to say. They chat with one another with kindness and sober fondness. In the One Instance of interpersonal friction, it is resolved with grace and speed. I find this Horrid. They fucking forgot to give these people negative traits. It's likability slurry. They experience no hard growth, hold no horseshit ideas, suffer no lingering doubts. It's not only unnatural but it's lifeless. It becomes Written. I can see the fucking author waving at me. I've got a note from my run that reads 'Rook told the man who is forcibly living inside his head "Thank you sharing that" and I want to scream.'

And that would be bad enough except the ideas are there. You've got a reluctant father story. Someone trapped between two cultures. A older man, already terrified of aging, of death, taking a Much Younger lover. That's Fucking Meat. I can see the writers straining against something but what they deliver is still person-shaped missed opportunities that repeat, that repeat, that repeat. It's So Frustrating. There's flashes of Good Writing. Of good character beats. But Also- from my notes, a character had just held her brother as he died, inexplicably for a second time, and Rook gives her a little pep talk that ends with him asking "You good?"

And the fucking woman says "I'm good" in response. She seemed to mean it.

How does one- react to that as a viewer? I told a man who wanted to be a lich more than anything to Not and he was cool with it. He never brought up being a lich again. He wasn't even upset. I let a man's city die and he's like I Get It, Bro. No Harsh Vibes. It rings hollow.

Talking over Solas' memories, collectively pulling out the meaning behind them- that was some of the best characters-interacting writing in the whole thing. And it's HOURS into the game. A shame.

Side Note 2: A lot of a loved-one death as motivation in this old refrigerator. If you get a name and one line, Oh Boy Brother, you are prolly gonna die bad. Lazy.

If I'm going to talk about Emmrich, let's talk about his romance. I honestly thought it was bugged. I Am playing through another run as a comparative but Wow. Larian and BG3 absolutely reconfigured what's acceptable in these types of story beats. This particular romance felt regressive, in a sense. Like a last minute addition. The very definition of love coins. No charisma or honest affection between the characters. Nothing allowed to percolate (more on that in a second). Just- now you are ROMANCED. Which means on the Blue Moon instance he has anything to say regarding being in a relationship, the best you can get is a 'dearest' at the end of a sentence. I was Excited by the idea of Emmrich really struggling with a May/December situation but he Doesn't. He has a few lines implying that he Could but it leads nowhere.

And they fuck in a coffin (???) and it's not even hot (!!!). Unforgivable. Double Unforgivable. I heard there was spice in this game? This is baking soda.

Related, a few lines awkwardly dodged the question of Emmrich's previous relationships and I have an inkling, without experiencing the other romances, that this is the world's largest case of gun-shy after the backlash with DA3's non-playersexual romances. This man can not be confirmed to be Anything but Into Rook, whatever they might be. There was also a throwaway line with Taash how she prefers women and that's as much as I saw of explicit preferences. I don't envy anyone trying to address the rabidity of fandom but it feels like unnecessary acrobatics.

Side Oh No: It's so bad that I'm honestly thinking of doing a fixit fic regarding the romance/character writing. And God, I can't right now. I have to finish my other project first.

Idea 2: The pacing. That's what ruins so much. There was a scene of a gnarled, fucked-up gate, torn from its hinges. And my guy says "Something Big must have torn apart that gate" all ominous, building a sense of- Nope. The very big darkspawn is standing ten feet away on the other side. I hadn't even swung the camera around the hall to see it before my guy goes "That big darkspawn must have torn apart the gate!"

Yes, I know there's an issue in open world games these days wherein devs are allergic to a player's millisecond of not knowing where to go but this feels applicable across the whole game. A problem isn't allowed to fester. It is brought to attention and then swiftly dealt with. If there's a locked door, a difficult decision, a feeling beyond Protestant determination, it will be dealt with, Post Fucking Haste. It's like the game doesn't trust the player to hold tension.

This happens not just in barks or small set pieces. Whole arcs work this way. Like Harding's longterm personal quest. She gets a handful of lines about feeling vaguely angry or perhaps thinking she Should be More angry about Lore Dump Retcon and then at her culmination, she's fighting her own anger. A vicious, hot, searing thing- and it wasn't earned. At all. There was room to telegraph this theme, bury it in the dirt to let grow roots. They didn't. One Line was given about her people pleasing tendencies And she's not really shown to be people pleasing to her own detriment. This is Chekhov's Gun in running shoes. It doesn't work. It feels like it comes out of left field.

Hell, there was a mission that was like SURVIVE IF YOU CAN and it was like- literally a long hallway. The Pacing is all Off.

Idea 3: I don't like that I must do this but DA4 doesn't understand its own flavor. The One Thing you Cannot Do is have Minrathous, the city of slaves and blood mages, seem nice. Particularly in the poor parts of town. You Cannot have the Crows be a lovely dovey band of scamps. You Cannot have the Blight be reversible. You Cannot CANNOT say "elves have it pretty good" as my Elvish Rook said with his face flaps. No. NO. You Cannot side-step the politics of this setting. These are the bones on which these characters are hung. To lessen the world is to lessen, to decomplexify them.

You know what my elf didn't hear in the town that canonically trades in bodies that look his? Knife ear. Eh to fantasy slurs but my point is no one said a cross word to my guy. The Qunari living in the town that had been warring with the Qunari for Centuries seemed totes fine. There were no alienages. There were no proper templars- even from other regions. No Mage Circles. No mage issues at all. Hardly anything whatsoever regarding the Chantry or Andrastianism, even as the game takes place in the Super Anti-Pope town. I had a literal demon-possessed man in my party and the world did not react.

I had a friend describe this Thedas as feeling smoothed out and Yeah. It feels like all the nasty bumps have been deemed undesirable. I don't know what to make of it. Is this simply taking the world in a different direction? Is it a mandate to tone down the unpleasantness, for sales? A shift in design ethos? Is this a sign of a very troubled project as it was with Andromeda?

I don't know. Is this still a Dragon Age game without its politics? There's enough here for me to wonder if Bioware is even Bioware anymore. There's a TREMENDOUS amount of work, of skill in DA4. Just Absurd. The environments are thick, Thicc. But work alone is not a virtue. Have we ship of Theseus'd so far that the people- the real people, not the logos- who have interests aligned with what made DA1 special are no longer there? Something went wrong with this project, narratively. Something I don't know how to fix without addressing basement level assumptions I'm clearly not privy to. I hope they can.

Final Thoughts: Game development is a fucking hole into which one pours one's relationships, time, and health, physical, mental both. It gives satisfaction very rarely. They shipped. In that way, huge success. It's not even, fundamentally, a 'bad game'. But it is a victim of a modern philosophy of pre-chewed ideas and player distrust. VGs are ultimately a business and, in these last few years, there's been a unimaginable devastation to the workers in the industry- even as the money flows ever upward. The desire to sell well has morphed into a NEED to sell well, even among the 'kept' studios. Big studios, Grand Dame Studios sitting on top of past critical and financial successes, been killed by their overlords recently. No one is safe. It's suddenly quite dangerous for large studios to make anything remotely niche, remotely unclear and Bioware has both Andromeda And Anthem under its belt. They're probably feeling the pinch. They needed a hit and hits, these days, are increasingly smooth. And DA4 is very smooth.

That's just my feeling on the matter. I'll see what a second run yields.

Smaller thoughts:

I don't care about the combat but that was- odd. The illusion of depth with all the skill trees and types of damage and subsystems of attack- all boiling down to a one button push. It's odd. I played rogue on PC so perhaps it's different for other classes, on console. But I pressed the button at the man and when I got a halo, I pressed another button and then pressed the first button again. No matter where I was on the skill tree, it never changed, never felt different. I don't know. It felt. Odd?

There was a Honest To God "It's quiet- Too quiet" and it just Happened. I would have pulled out every one of my teeth to avoid that. I get the jokey-okey but fuck, man.

Where's the chest hair? WHERE? Body hair? ANYTHING? Davrin has plastic chest. It's freaky.

Gloom Howler Gloom Howler Gloom Howler. Frankly, that whole storyline had a large gulg of the farcical. I laughed my ass entirely off when, upon her defeat, the Gloom Howler said "I'm sorry" and took a nap so hard that the scene wiped to 'some time later'. That was insane editing. PACING. And- naming. Gloom Howler. Gloom. Howler.

Teeth. Dear God, the teeth.

The devs were in a real pickle here, no doubt. My great sympathies. There's an Overwhelming abundance of world states that DA3 could have left on the board and I understand the balancing act between acknowledging the events of older games and staying generic enough DA4 could apply to All of them. Is Cassandra the White Divine? Or is Leliana? It's a nightmare of choices. Any of the people that Could be Divine can not be mentioned without lore issues. Who's on the throne in Orlais? Ferelden? Where's beloved so-and-so? Dorian canonically did return to Minrathous so he can 'safely' appear in game- but he fucking can't talk about Iron Bull, who may or may not be alive. Isabela canonically goes back to piracy but she can't talk about events in Kirkwall because she may not have been there for them. Oof. That's not a lot you are Allowed to acknowledge. The Poor Bastards.

Watched a braid slip off a person's shoulder, organically, as they were talking. Started at the bottom and look where we're at, technologically. And speaking on the technical, a lot of textures didn't load right. For the entire game, my guy's left shoulder armour thing had a much lower rez texture than the rest. Three hard crashes, which isn't the worst. One Wonderful mission wherein Lucanis' hair and his knives were the only bits of him to render.

I'm not touching the non-binary storyline. It was clunky, for sure, but the greatest sin was using Our words. There is canonical words for NGC/NB people in fiction and to not use them shows a fundamental distrust towards the source material and the players both. It's the linguistic version of the quest marker or the barks telling you where to go.

I still don't know how I feel about the dead Varric twist. Feels goofball but he got to hang out in his little pajamas. I wish I was in little pajamas.

Solas was pretty fucking tight but I think a lot of that was due to his VA. Something about the voice direction, in general, felt- flat? But old Solas was doing it good.

Ending. God, I get it. People are tired and satisfying endings are hard. And DLC exists, more cynically. But Hells Bells, I'm getting to the point wherein even the slideshow is annoying. Give me a fucking Ending to the Choice Game. Don't you fucking 'Spider-Man Will Return' at me, you bastard. I'm a child of fucking god.

Yes, I got the secret ending. I know. That was Also bullshit.

I feel better getting that all out of my system. Thank you for sharing that.

[night-market-if]

just binge-read TNM and your writing has finally gotten me back into reading (and spending!) on interactive fiction again :) i have a couple of Thoughts™️ ...... i have too many feelings to express how much i am OBSESSED with your lore and worldbuilding and characters .... i love them all so much (even milo, that little rat) and i want to put all of them in my pocket to keep them safe <3 i have a couple of questions if you don't mind !!! no pressure

Do your characters have any special meanings of their names? i ask because of my best bro Caliban; my first thought was linking him to Shakespeare and "You taught me language, and my profit on’t / Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you / For learning me your language!"

How would the characters feel if the MC was religious? Would anyone either be interested or wary or uncomfortable?

And now I gotta talk about my girl, my best baby, the love of my life, my girlboss, my reason for existing: bella <3 i find her as a character soooo fascinating. as THE biggest lesbian you'll meat, usually i find strictly dominant characters a turn-off, especially male characters, but that's a personal thing ofc! that being said, bella is just .... *chef's kiss* she is 100% in control, but ... she's not cold. i almost would describe her as "warm," for she dazzles as the brightest light in every room, her flirting and smirks easily given away. but of course, that's her persona, how could we forget the murder plans hello??? BUT with the MC? those touches 👀 those feelings 👀 how can a woman be so cold yet so warm?

will we ever see our beloved bella in a submissive role? or the better question is: what does she consider to be a submissive role? like, I'm not even referring to the bedroom, would she allow the MC, either now or in some distant future, to take care of her—acts of service, physical touch, words of affirmation, etc. is her dominance an intrinsic part of her nature, or is it caused by her past trauma (because i know miss girl has a lot)? is it just one and the same? to her, is receiving love and affection the same as being submissive? because to me it sure isn't! 🤔 i think I'll stop this essay here lol, but just wanted to say i love your writing and the complexities of figuring out your place in life <333

I'm sorry this has taken so long to answer! Thank you so much for such cool questions.

You are right in thinking of Shakespeare for Caliban. Though, that character is far more dickish in the Tempest than what my inspiration is for him. I read a book in college called Prospero's Daughter. It is a phenomenal book that is a retelling of the Tempest. That was more of where the obsession for the name came.

As for the characters of the Night Market, they don't actually have any special meaning. The name Belladonna was rolling around my head for a while because I love the idea of a poisonous flower. But, it wasn't something I pulled from somewhere. Milo's true name does have meaning but that has only been mentioned once on a specific path in Book 2. Gabriel is a little bit of a nod to the more Christian angels but only loosely. Because I do associate the name Gabriel with a Supernatural character and the two of them are nothing alike. LOL

2. If the MC was religious, Milo and Malcolm would be wary as fuck. Milo's father was a very religious man and hid behind his religion. And Malcolm has seen a lot of duplicity in the world of religion before and has not had a lot of good experiences. Both would be incredibly hesitant to trust a religious MC. It doesn't mean they can't, it just might take time.

Gabriel would of course be on board, as long as it was to the Knowing. Another religion would cause him some turmoil due to the Knowing being the only true god in his mind.

Belladonna would be fine with it. She is an incredibly religious woman at heart and she would be open to a lot of discussions with it.

Hazel would be more curious than anything else. She would want to know why the MC believed and what it entailed. She may or may not agree.

Pen would just laugh.

3. So for Bella, I had a very specific idea in mind when I started her characterization. I want her in control and I want her to be someone who has her shit together, but I wanted it to stem from confidence. Not trauma. I think we see a lot of cold characters being cold due to their past shaping them into that. I wanted Bella to just know her self worth and go from there. Hence the warmth to her but the ability to ice out anyone that pisses her off.

Submission for Bella is complicated. I don't think she ever sees herself being submissive but she would use it to describe clients in the past. I don't think she would use it to describe MC. But, you will be able to see her in roles where she has to lean on someone else for help. It is not that Belladonna doesn't want to show that side to anyone. It is more that she assumes that she can take care of it. Even while sick, she believes herself above it all. That she can do this herself. When she can't, I think it comes as more of a shock to her.

But, for a romanced MC, there are some moments coming up that I think will speak of this. I am very excited to write them.

[krispykreme1997]

my unorganized deltarune chapters 3 + 4 thoughts (MAJOR spoilers)

i thought Tenna was actually cool, i liked that he was in a different style and how dramatic he was

soooo... MettaTenna is going to be shipped to hell.

but also METTATON MENTIONED I MISS MY BLORBO TOBY MAKE HIM A BIGGER CHARACTER AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

holy fucking shit rudy you're telling me you MARRIED that bitch???

okay okay i know people said the knight has a katana but to me it looks like a baseball and a bat so maybe i'm crazy but JUST CONSIDER IT

All the outfits were peak and beautiful, i especially loved Kris's cooking one

speaking of Kris hey so i think they need therapy

like a lot

like now

sans's shenanigans were amazing

drunk Toriel? in MY deltarune?

NOT a fan of the mayor everything about her is bad. i hate how she looks, i hate how she talks to her daughter, i hate how she talks to Susie, i hate this bitch and that's honestly a good thing, we haven't had a really terrible character up til now so it's kind of nice to have someone to throw knives of hatred at.

gerson being in the dark world has a lot of implications that i'm not going to get into.

i did love undyne coming in at the very end of chapter 3, from what little we saw she looks awesome.

TENNA YOU CAN'T JUST FUCKING NAME DROP DESS LIKE THAT WHAT THE HELL

love dess's room, she seems incredibly cool

NOELLE EMO PHASE CONFIRMED? EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY FOR CATTI'S ALBUM THING

so many cool new sprites no wonder this game took so goddamn long (not to mention the minigames)

Susie and Kris's friendship moments in this were so adorable

YES we get to see Noelle's house, and goddamn she's rich as FUCK

chapter 4 dark world was so eery i was on edge the whole time

i fucking LOVE Jack if you don't you can fight me

Susie still hasn't said fuck #letsusiesayfuck

Rouxls and Starwalker are bi and poly icons

i feel bad for Ralsei but at the same time i don't fully trust him, like damn bro sorry you're depressed but quit withholding information

also i was really expected Berdly's whole "you. me. festival." to be more impactful but i guess it makes sense that they wouldn't just show it to us early if it were important

Asgore my guy what are you doing hiding in those bushes

still can't believe Among Us is canon to the Deltarune universe

SUSIE LORE???? just small pieces but i eating that shit UP

Kris Kris hey buddy it's gonna be okay please stop ominously making chocolate milk

the scene where Kris plays the piano on their own was beautiful, nothing to add it was fucking stellar

i also love how extra they were this chapter, like whaaaat pirouettes during the cooking segment AND more posing?? still them just standing there while important things are happening is always so funny to me

yeah that's about it for now! really enjoyed this chapters they were awesome, i'm sure i missed a bunch of stuff but it's still perfection ^^

[damnbtway]

kind of live spoilers 4 new bvz cause im insane

theyre already setting off alarms bro PLEASE. oh god oh god albus is asking abt karmors time shit TO HIPSWITCH FUCK oh my god mahatma thank the lord …. karmor saying he doesnt wanna sit with hipswitch and switch sounds so taken aback crow will fucking pay for what he did to karmor last episode

(i know its just an effect put on the audio track but hipswitch’s voice being heard from another room sounds supah cool) hell naw let go of albus. ANOTHER HIT TO KARMOR CAN U LAY OFF HIS HIPSWITCH YEARNING ASS BRO idk how to feel abt zariya shes either a slightly likeable villian or a weird but hearts in the right place ally im kind of leaning towards the former? depends on this trevor guy

“yes. whos the twink” clocked 🫡🫡 i dont like this person eitherrrr i like this albus lore were getting tho hipswitch has a plan but i feel steadily impending doom & i agree it feels like a very big job 2 give them of all people DOG LINGO? KYS NOW

omg hi mahatma i love u i love u i love u who hired a pregnant woman. skum is a scum who ever knew!!!!!!!! KARMOR DO NOT FUCKING TELL HIM ABOUT YOUR WET DREAM WHAT ARE YOY DOING ok yeah mayb the crow part and im glad hes not saying who it was about but jesus christ man. i know ur going through a lot and this is not making it any better but like

also dont like that "whenever u change it were always friends! wonder why" WHAT R U PLANNING GBA...... i will try my best to behave around hipswitch THEYRE AWKWARD AGAIN RELEASE ME FROM MY ENCLOSURE i am scared and hipswitch is terrible at hiding his fear i am FREAKED oh god its so awkward

karmor sneaky asf lmfao oh dude i feel so guilty and sad 4 him UGHHH on another note the groups banter is rly nice to hear WHATWAS THAT "oh no im dead weaough" HELLO? nvm im a badass look at me go CORPSE HUMPER LMAO bastards. oh i fucked up

skum u are mean as hell BRO IDK ABT YOU MAD CROW WHYARE U HERE a bargain perchance...... i cant stand his bitching either that was not a gift (well. not plot wise) sybau WHO IS THEM

ok i got: Hey. I know you've been here a little while now. You've struggled to adjust and no one here holds that against you. I don't know if it helps but... your parents came by. They wanted to give you something. No. You can't see them. Why? You know why. Please just take it. IS THAT MAD CROW CRYING WHAT GOES ON Please let go of me. You know what will happen. HAS IT BEEN TALKING TO CROW? games emergency button reach the button ohhhhhh ok i see it "cut ur throat" sounds suspiciously like something someone did to karmor idk playing to win oh fuck

ok karmor killed the skum guy definitely not another fuck up on top of the ever growing list but hey it was lowk deserved im not mad! hipswitch playing detectiveee hello lady again i dont trust u at all oh shit oh shit OK YEAH I FUCKING KNEW IT BROTHER

something happened im scared PUT THE GUN DOWN HELO? DONT FUCKIGN SHOOT HIM? "fuck me i need a safeword" is so funny sorry OH MY GOD WHAT IS GOING ON dont leave them alone maybe thats kind of a bad idea mahatma HIPSWITCH DONT SAY THAT albus u OH HO faithful mention OH FAITHFUL FUCK

crow was right abt it being a bargain i see or at least i think i do but now hes also given karmor an even bigger problem namely hipswitch kind of hating albus' guts and now he and doc are stuck in the middle of it and were throwin faithful into the mix Brother

[electrixx]

Okay, I know I don't post much, BUT I'm feeling festive so y'all get my Billy Lenz HC (remade cause my phone deleted the one i had for 3-4 YEARS and I'm salty abt it >:(.), so William Edward Lenz, or Billy Lenz is a grown man, we know this, he has a sister, Agnes Lenz, now, during my little tedtalk of my favorite stabby boy, I'm gonna sprinkle a bit of the 2006 Billy lore in here, but it's mainly 1974. Personally, with how sexual Billy is, I think that, like in the 2006 ver, his mother was s/a'ing Billy, resulting in the birth of Agnes. His mother was a drunkard and neglectful in my own opinion, but Billy did try and make her happy, craving his mother's love. I like to think his mother never wanted Billy or a baby boy in general, but his father (again like the 2006 ver.), loved Billy a lot, but left him when he was about 10-13 (?) years old, thus why in the scene when the taxi driver angrily drives off after Ms. Mac doesn't come out, he flips his lid, because his father left after a heated argument with his mother only to never return. Now I don't think he's yellow by any means, nor does he have a liver disease, but from research and my own observation, Billy has some form of DID, probably stemming from his childhood trauma, resulting in the very obscene and crazy phone calls. For his mother and father, I'm going to go with the 2006 names, Frank and Constance Lenz, now here I'm just gonna say, that since this is the 1974 ver., Billy's father is not dead, just gone from the picture, (and divorced from his psycho wife), and that's when the S/A of Billy started, resulting in more trauma for Billy. Do I think Billy loves his sister/daughter? No, no I don't, the reason is, after his sister was born Billy got locked away, barely being fed unless he snuck down for food, and even then, what he did eat was nothing but junk because he can’t cook, (DON'T TRUST THIS MAN IN THE KITCHEN, YO HOUSE WILL BE BURT TO THE GYATT DAYM GROUND), and again, she's a result of what his mother, of all people, did to him. Think of that, you're locked away while your mother plays happy family with your sister/daughter, while you're trapped in a cold attic, and starving, that would make anyone crazy (crazy? I was crazy once. They put me in a room, a rubber room, a rubber room with rats, the rats made me crazy) Now, for my own headcanons for Billy himself, I think he's English and German, due to the name William having English roots, and Lenz is a German surname (Thx Google!), I think he has pastey ahh skin, due to being locked away in an attic, but if he got out, he'd have a more of a limestone skin tone

Like in the picture above, now Billy, Billy is skinny, but he is strong, more in theory that before the events of Black Christmas he was skinner cause he didn't have much muscle mass due to not eating much, but since the sorority girls were there (and he was probably in a mental institution, getting three meals a day), he stole food from the fridge n sweets. Now Billy, my personal opinion, loves sweets, bby boi gotta big sweet tooth (🍪🍪). I think Barb and Jess are the main ones Billy is stalking after, but he kills the others cause he's kinda... Snapped?? (Bro def. Escapes an asylum every year fr) Barb reminds him more of his mother with her drinking problem. Clare and Jess probably reminds him of Agnes due to her innocent nature and looks. Now I think Billy killed his mother, Agnes was asleep so no harm was done to her, Billy wouldn't harm kids (personal opinion, then again, most of this is my personal opinion jabdmshdjd), I think Billy doesn't mind the cold much, noting that this movie took place in Canada, so Billy grew used to the cold temperatures. I also rlly love the idea that Billy wears a green sweater, tho in the movie it's black, now in the 1974 film, Billy says to Jess "don't tell them what we did, Agnes", maybe he woke his sister up to hide his mom's body or smt, don't have to be sexual in anyway. So this will be the end of my mutterings, it's 1 am rn, I'm tired, posting this when I wake up, goodnight, merry Christmas, thank you for reading my craziness

[shades-potions-n-baseball]

unordered restart headcanon list

I will do the other characters one day trust me bro also get tagged @milkyandtwiz and see this weird amalgamation of my thoughts

Chase Ambrose:

bi (prefers boys)

CHASEDAN FOREVEERRR🦅🦅🦅🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

has a broken electric guitar in the corner of his room

is horrible at those ‘guess the song’ karaoke games

has kinda worse hearing after the fall

has holes in his walls (bro was a white guy who punched drywall😭😭😭)

Brendan Espinoza:

gay gay homosexual gay for chase

knows all the fnaf lore

once made a slideshow about all the fnaf lore and showed it to video club

very goofy n silly 😜 (canon)

wants to be a voice actor when he grows up (i think I just am brendan)

american mexican (from milkyandtwiz)

Shoshanna Weber

lesbian!! ❤️🧡🤍💗💖 (from milkyandtwiz)

is very nitpicky about everything

rarely speaks german except when she is in pain or shocked

has no style at all (same)

overreacts a lot (canon)

this is for both webers but they moved from germany at like six

Joel Weber

aroace (from milkyandtwiz)

started putting all his notes in german when he was at melton so he would be more connected to his family 

emo as hell 🖤🖤 (from milkyandtwiz)

tried dying his hair brown so it would fit his style (he did it horribly)

fidget necklaces!!

wants to become an alt music artist

they/he pronoun haver (from milkyandtwiz)

Aaron Hakimian

aroallo kinda stuff I see here

pyromaniac (from milkyandtwiz)

wears spiky wristbands and stabs people with them (for bullying or for leverage in football)

has biker gloves and never takes them off

his singing consists of creaky whines and rough screams (aka he would not be good for much except metal music [no offense])

evil ass motherfucker

Bear Bratsky

likes sharks (from milkyandtwiz)

has a necklace of shark teeth painted his favorite color (green)

does grafitti🎨

every restaurant in the area has some signature of him being there

has sunglasses on always (from milkyandtwiz)

has permanent bandages cause aaron keeps on stabbing him with the spiky wristbands

Kimberly Tooley

when she hears about autism and overstimulation she’s like “why wouldn’t you like large crowds and loud things?? that stuff’s awesome!” and never really get it

does not know she likes women before shoshanna shows up

has taylor swift and sabrina carpenter on repeat

is very into fashion

is more chill than expected for a cheerleader girl (as in, not a petty bitch like some of the others)

[illusivewritings]

distanced - yoru x reader

chapter 1.5: have you heard?

distanced masterlist | ch1 | ch1.5 | ch2

synopsis: just a filler chapter, kinda? i mean there is lore... ahaha. mostly in format of the characters texting, regular writing format later on. the friends talk amongst themselves about their newcomer, and what could possibly be of speculation?

warnings: fem!reader, artist!reader, modern au, college au, cursing, mutual pining, yearning, yoru may be ooc, maybe everyone is ooc tbh, nerds yapping, heartbreak mention, eventual 18+ content, long distance relationship, online setting, intentionally lowercase

a/n: i wrote half of this this while at work… i have yoru brainrot… also if u can guess who y/n’s ex is i’ll give u a cookie :p hint: he’s a fairly popular agent, i think. has great fashion sense too ;3 anyway, i hope u lovelies enjoy!!!

## fic below the cut! ##

cloverfly

hey, jett? reckon we can have a chat about your little friend?

jettstorm

yea sure what’s up

don’t tell me u get bad vibes from her i’ll burst into tears vro

she’s my best friend clove i promise she’s awesome

cloverfly

XD what? no not at all!

i find her quite charming, her skye and i were in the art channel showing each other our stuff last night

jettstorm

oh, phew okay 😅😅 i’m glad to hear that!!!

so then what’s up??

cloverfly

i just wanted to kinda ask if you could… idk, give star a heads up about yoru?

especially after the fiasco between him and skye?

she and i had talked about it in private, and decided i’d dm you

jettstorm

oh yeah

bro can i be honest

skye coming out as a lesbian fr saved her because WHAT was bro thinking cheating on her like that 😭😭

LIKE SKYE IS GORGEOUS???

i love the guy as a friend but wow is he a shitty partner

even if skye and him ended on ok-ish terms…

as okay as it can be for her to come out as gay and boom it turned out he cheated anyway 💀

cloverfly

that’s exactly why i want you to warn star

i was lowkey doing some stalking last night because i’m nosy

jettstorm

wtf do u mean 🥀

cloverfly

ohh you knoowww…

i just saw on val they were in a party together until… like really late last night in ur timezones i think

jettstorm

what ! 😀

cloverfly

yeah, look at his alt’s career history and hers 😭 they were playing for a good while

again, maybe he was just teaching her but

idk i just don’t trust the guy, esp with a new girl

i mean, also considering his background

jettstorm

yeah ur right :/

i’m gonna go msg her rn then

boutta interrogate the fuck outta her!!!!

bcs no MAN is gonna break my girl’s heart!!!!!

cloverfly

speaking of men and relationships

how are u and phoenix? :3

jettstorm

damn that’s my cue to go

my couch needs to be watered and walked brb

cloverfly

JETT.

OMG CMONNN U ALWAYS DO THISSSIIS 😭😭

jettstorm

meow :3

my fault.

i’ll leave.

cloverfly

yeah ok LFMAOAO 😭

————

jettstorm

y/n

y/n

wakey wakey my lovely y/n it’s 12:30 in the afternoon

Y/NNNN

oooo you wanna answer me soooo baaddd ooooo

omg you rly did hang w him for that long didn’t you

you never wake up after 9 am even on weekends u granny

WAKE UUUPPP

starphire

omg

i’n awake whag do yuo want from me

jettstorm

good morning sunshine!!!!!

what did you do last night 😇

starphire

nothing much tbh

i played valture with yoru and we watched anime together

jettstorm

😀!?

starphire

what?

jettstorm

we need to call. like

right now

starphire

uh

okay give me a sec to go to my pc

jettstorm

okkk :3

————

isolated

who’s the new girl in the server?

y0ru

jett’s childhood friend or something

wanna q comp?

isolated

don’t think i can with you

dropped down to asc 2 since i’m washed

y0ru

how the fuck did you go from radiant to asc2 in a week

isolated

finals are kicking my ass and i haven’t been performing well either

ever since i got wrist surgery i’m total ass

y0ru

maybe if you let it heal first before you grind comp

isolated

you’re right but i got greedy since i was going to hit rank 200

also have been playing league a lot instead

y0ru

ew

isolated

anyway did you meet her?

y0ru

jett’s friend?

isolated

yeah

y0ru

yea us three queued up swifts together last night

after jett got off it was just her and i

isolated

oh wow, alone? that’s impressive, moving on

y0ru

?

isolated

you know, from skye

y0ru

i don’t even think about skye like that

we both made mistakes, what’s done is done, we’re chill now

even if, i’m not looking for someone rn

isolated

uh huh, yeah

so you hanging out with jett’s friend for hours on end is totally not suspicious considering your track record with girls

y0ru

we hung out and i taught her stuff on val

literally nothing happened, i’m not some freak

isolated

whatever you say

just know phoenix is gonna grill you on this when he hears abt it

y0ru

wdym by that? ‘hears about it’?

isolated

clove may or may not have told me about this entire thing

they stalked your career profile, along with the new girl’s

and you know how they are about yapping… can’t keep a thing to themselves lol

y0ru

for fucks sake

————

starphire

hey

i wanted to thank you for hanging out with me last night :) i had fun!

joining the server was really nerve-wracking, to be honest, but you were cool

y0ru

it’s no problem

lmk if you want to continue jjk or q val whenever

starphire

i will! :D

gtg now since sunnie’s callin :P byee

y0ru

alr

————

neonbluu

i bet my bank account phoenix and jett are together already

gekkonekko

you don’t even have to bet if it’s so obvious 🥀

cloverfly

ok how about this

you both owe me money if they already met up behind our backs

if they haven’t before the end of the month, i owe you two money

neonbluu

oh hell yeah

gekkonekko

ok but it’s so obvious they have something… 😑

who else would be fun to bet on…

cloverfly

if i say who i’m thinking of i’d get jumped 👼

neonbluu

was gonna say harbor and astra but aren’t they literally married… like irl…?

gekkonekko

yeah they’re married

cloverfly

they literally met us a week after their marriage you dummy

neonbluu

ok MY BAD for being human bro

gekkonekko

what about iso and star?

neonbluu

?????????????

cloverfly

have they even interacted… at all…

like ur delusional i think

gekkonekko

i kinda am because i want him to myself i just want to make sure 😓

cloverfly

gekko make a move challenge impossible

gekkonekko

alr bro

neonbluu

if anything i’d say yoru and star

cloverfly

no fr!!!!

they literally spent like 5 hrs together first day meeting like are we serious rn!!!! yoru never hangs w any of us after three hrs at most 😭

neonbluu

FIVE? oh i didn’t know it was that bad ☹️

gekkonekko

FIVE?????

oh nah

this fool is gonna break that girl’s heart 🥀

neonbluu

pretty sure clove told jett to warn her anyway

i’d never wish yoru to be anyone’s partner considering his history w them … 😕

even if skye forgave him because she ended up finding out she wasn’t into guys and broke it off, cheating is still a grimey thing to do

cloverfly

no fr

let’s just hope we’re reaching

anyway, dnd session anyone? 😝

neonbluu

yes wait let me get iselin and hazal

@ us in the dnd channel in the server

gekkonekko

god i hope i don’t roll a 1 every turn i get again 🙁

________

“so, yeah, that’s what happened.” sunwoo finishes her lore dump. you’re left to sit in the boiling pot she brewed for you— it was a lot to digest. yoru, someone who you had believed to be a new potential close friend, was a playboy who you have to now be careful of… why? it’s not like you two did anything last night. hell, you forgot you were watching anime with him because of how quiet he was. it was only until he asked if you wanted to hop back on the game that you remembered you in fact weren’t alone.

“you know i’m not looking for a partner, sunnie, right?” you deadpan. “especially not after…” your voice dies in your throat, your heart aching at the thought of your most recent heartbreak. you never let it show to anyone, but even if it was almost three months ago, your wounds were still healing. every time you spoke of anything regarding relationships, it would always make your heart bleed a little bit. your ex’s fingers were intertwined within your soul; getting rid of his impact would be as if you are trying to breathe under water.

so, you tried to let time heal you. sunwoo had tried getting you to confide in her, but it was no use. after trying and trying she’d realized you will come to her about it in due time. she just wished for you to be okay from all of it, from him.

“i know—“ she interjects, already knowing who and what you were going to mention. “i just, i know you get attached easily. i just want you to be careful, n/n.”

sunwoo only ever mentions your nickname in serious conversations. her voice was still as energetic as ever, the worry easy to miss, but you knew her. you knew your sunwoo, and she knew her y/n. she was right, to an extent. but who was she kidding? you’d never be that desperate or lonely enough to fall for a guy online. you knew you were better than that. after your last breakup, you don’t think you can move on— not for a long while.

“alright,” you nod, a heavy sigh following afterwards. “but like i said, i promise nothing sketchy happened last night. he seemed cool.”

sunwoo laughs at your statement. “i cannot believe my ears. ‘yoru’ and ‘cool’ in the same sentence is actually insane!”

you let out a soft giggle. the two of you sat in a comfortable silence until you heard a ping notification coming from sunwoo’s server.

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cloverfly

@/starphire ay babes what’s your insta? i’ve got some art reels i want to show ya!! 🥳

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“they’re probably going to also commission you art of their dnd character,” sunwoo commented cheerfully. “told you you’d get good customers when you join here!”

you scoffed playfully at her statement. “oh please, i’d draw anything for this group for free,”

“free! ha!” sunwoo laughed again, though this time it sounded sarcastic. “good luck with that! they’ll never except art for free.”

you smiled at that, knowing there would be people who genuinely want to support you whole enjoying your art. it’s a blissful thing to encounter, and if sunwoo’s right, you couldn’t be more happy to have joined her friend group.

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starphire

@/cloverfly my ig is sapphirestarzz but i just post myself, my life, etc </3

i’ve been too nervous to actually make an art account tbh

cloverfly

wait let me in even MORE omg

IS THAT YOU IN YOUR ICON?

UR KIDDING

starphire

what do you mean? 🥲 of course that’s me

jettstorm

IM SAYIJINNGGGG

Y/N IS GORGUYS

GORJUS

GORGEOUS

cloverfly

nah i’m like actually stunned, you’re so pretty star

i requesteddd 😝 LET ME IIINNN 💥💥💥

starphire

i accepted you! and ahh ur so sweet clove, thank you :( <3

cloverfly

ofcc 🤭💞

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“they’re so nice,” you voice as you accept & return clove’s follow request on instagram. sunwoo agrees and starts talking about how she met clove— but that was all drained out when you saw another two follow requests right after.

one was ‘n3onbluues’, who you’d obviously assumed to be neon. the other by the username of ‘y0rukai.’

you’d swiftly accepted neon’s follow request without hesitation and requested to follow back.your thumb hovered over the second user, already knowing who it is. tapping on the username, you noticed that the page was public. it had very few photos; only three. all followed that dark blue nightly aesthetic; it was pleasing to look at. one was a photo of the night sky with the stars shining bright. another was two stray cats he was petting and feeding on a dark city street. one particular photo you found quite pleasing to stare at was a photo of who you’d assume was the owner of the account.

it was a selfie illuminated by the city lights that hovered over him within the dark path of the night. his hair was messy, worn completely down with a vibrant blue streak mixed along the soft sea of black. his eyes tired and squinting at the camera, brows furrowed slightly but not entirely to be a scowl. his ears pierced with silver studs, and two others can be found that framed his left brow’s arch perfectly. he adorned a scarf and a leather jacket, a dark blue shirt underneath. the only thing you would complain about is the black mask covering half of his face, a mystery yet to uncover. a scratch that needed to be itched— you wanted to see the rest of the photo— the rest of him.

his eyes are so pretty, you thought to yourself.

“y/n?” sunwoo asked, snapping you out of your gaze.

“yeah? sorry, what did you say?” you asked, still looking at your phone. you knew you’d just promised her to be careful with yoru, yeah. and you were— hell, how bad could it be to let him follow you on instagram? it’s harmless, no? friends do that. clove and neon followed you, why can’t yoru?

you accepted yoru’s follow request and followed him back, completing the mutual. you placed your phone face down on your desk next to your keyboard.

“did you wanna play some val with iso, yoru, phoenix and i? we can five stack!” she proposed excitedly.

you smiled and accepted, swiftly prompting you two to move to the server’s main voice channel.

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a/n: hihiii thank u sm for reading this little filler-ish chapter ily <3 i hope you enjoyed!! i’ll try and post the next chapter later this week bcs i want. to write yoru yearning so bad…!!! sighs dreamily… anyway, have a good day!! <3

[made-of-galaxies]

A more dedicated post for Molly Mantis with her original photo I made :>

SO! Who is Molly? Well she’s a bouncer like animatronic made for the west arcade! Idea is that due to break ins from teens or what not, graffitiing the DJ or causing a general ruckus in the arcade, they decide to make a bot to scare em out. Why don’t they have a security guard instead? Well I don’t know but in my mind that’s something fazbear entertainment would do lmao. Spend a bunch of money on an animatronic rather than pay another human.

Her arms are built to act as a metal detector, the dots flashing to show if the person is all clear or not. She also has a pair of of mandibles that extend from her mouth and have electricity flow through, using them to zap intruders like a taser. (That probably would cause a lawsuit irl but it’s FNAF logic trust me bro)

The au i have in my head is one where the glamrocks + DJ and the DCA are my sapient, and have formed their own individual identities, but that’s been after a while of running. So when Molly is first built she strictly follows her code. Her directive to protect the arcade (and the DJ) are her main priority and it’s hard to get her to fault from that. Her personality falling more in line of what you’d think of a bouncer I guess? No nonsense, very blunt and cold, kind of a stickler for rules? As her own code grows and changes, she gets freaked out by her own mind changing, and actively hides how sentient she really is, but due to being in the arcade every night with DJ Music Man, it isn’t kept from him very long. Even with sapience, her personality is mostly the same, but with a lot of subtle differences. She becomes softer and more relaxed, but mostly after dark. She’s got a strong sense of justice and will hold a grudge for a long time (she’s got that photographic memory after all)

One of the defining moments I have in my head, is kinda when after DJ realizes Molly knows more then what she lets on. It’s late at night after his sets, and Molly returns from her walk around the arcade (just the first floor? I still am unsure how she’d get to the other levels, as she wouldn’t be able to maneuver through the tunnels the same way DJ can)

He would start to talk to her casually like normal, but when she seems to have her guard down, he asks her to dance. She would freeze up. Everything telling her to say no. That it would serve no purpose, that they both should rather be working instead (even though they both have nothing to do all things considered) But she doesn’t say no. She extends her limb out to him. He would play one of his songs over the speaker, taking her out to the dance floor, and the silly big robots would dance :> after that it kinda becomes their thing.

Sorry I know this is a weird post but I wanted to rant about her because she’s one of my favorite ocs 😭 the description is a little haphazard because I had to take all the lore from my soup brain and try to put into words

[probablysimpledreams]

TOUYA AND CAM APARTMENT WITH A BUNNYYYYYY🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

hehehe YESSSSSS💗💗💗💗

It takes a year to finally convince him we should get a pet (I spent everyday since we moved in asking him for one trust) and on that one year anniversary of us living together he surprised me with a bunny!!!! And her and Touya constantly have diva offs omg not only does one get mad when the other gets my attention but she also never listens to him lmao like she's always getting under his feet or trying to chew on his bass strings or on his boot laces they're constantly fighting you can always hear her thump when he talks to her haha. He calls her princess (not her actual name, the actual name is still tbd lol) but that's also what he calls me when we're arguing/when he's annoyed with me so I'll be in the kitchen hearing him yell out "what the fuck princess" in the bedroom and just storm in being like "TF YOU ACCUSING ME OF" just to see him holding up his now chewed up headphones lmaoooo. But but don't let their fighting fool you oh they're obsessed with each other!!! Touya hand feeds her dinner EVERY night and brushes her fur before bed (while doing so he updates her on the latest family or lov band drama). She follows him around the entire apartment (hence how she's always getting under his feet). He diys toys for her to chew up so she doesn't get bored and she sleeps on his clothes when he leaves them on the floor, oh he loves her even though he claims she's such a pain<333

But the bunny's true fav person? Oh that's Shoto loll. Some side Toucam lore->we met in college and then our senior year got an apartment together. In my lil au Rei has divorced Enji so Rei and all the Todosiblings live together (until Touya moves out and we get our place together). We purposely got a two bedroom so his siblings could visit whenever they want. Me and Fuyumi have sleepover nights where we watch cheesy movies and drink wine <33 Natsuo likes to crash here vs the house after drinking with his friends (Rei doesn't like seeing him drunk) and then Shoto visits the most bc he misses his big bro back at home and overall likes how cozy the apartment is!! We also host a lot like his bandmates will come over, I like having dinner parties, etc etc. And the bunny LOVES all the attention hehe again she's very attached to Shoto like he walks through the door and she's THERE and follows him around all night and will lay by his shoes. Next to me and Touya, Shoto is the only person she allows to hand feed her too. She also loves Tomura but he's so nervous around her because she's so fragile if she sits near him he just stays as still as possible (one time she ate a blueberry out of his hand it was so precious<33 Touya was kinda mad bc he wanted to give her the blueberry acting like he doesn't get to everyday🙄 LOL)

One thing is for sure -> she is ALWAYS getting spoiled (and as she should!!)

[sabrondabrainrot]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN???

@peachyfnaf your reposts are so OMINOUS

WHY ARE YOU SO OMINOUS

What do you MEAN you're looking at me with your big ol' sad eyes??? What's gonna happen????

I just paused my current progression to go back and watch the laes eps I missed and BRUH I'm in SUSPENSE

MOON GLAZER???

Rants on lore for TSAMS and LAES below spoilers beware!

I'm at the part when he had a really confusing nightmare and now he's spiraling. Old Moon said some really messed up stuff to him too and that's helping his spiral. I really didn't like how Old Moon told New Moon to die for his family. Old Moon also said Sun would try to die for the family but Sun doesn't really act like he has a death wish? Like I think a lot of ppl don't understand Sun. Also, Old Moon.... technically speaking not only is New Moon your legacy but he's in a way like your wish child? You wished to be a better brother and in a way New Moon inherited that. Idk I also feel like that dark Sun fellow is really targeting New Moon?

I am also sad at the lack of Sun. He shows up every now and again but he's barely present in the 3 shows I'm currently watching. Where's my boy?

With LAES lore I'm now at the part when Earth is kind of having to decide if the Creator is a liar. I think it's actually so understandable that Earth is struggling to accept the fact her dad is a chump. Lunar getting frustrated by the training and getting no answers is also neat. The episode where Solar and Lunar made a device to help Lunar with his mind power was so sad and so sweet. I didn't expect Solar's mind to look like the tv kid moment from the Tim Burton Willy Wonka (I love that movie and knew right away).

I feel like Solar himself is in a lot of weird denial. Like, is it just me to be bugged by how he describes his Sun and how little he mentions his moon? Isn't it canon that he watched his Moon basically die twice? (When he met Lunar way back when he told Lunar about his Moon disintegrating from removing KC?) but back to his Sun..."he knew the consequences" bro that's all you have to say? A homie died for you and you can't even say one nice thing about him? I think it's just Solar avoiding his grief like 1000% but I swear it's so disrespectful. You love him and he loved you just say something nice about him.

It's so odd to watch old episodes to get caught up to the eps I'm at in the other shows cause I know Solar dies and I know what Ruin does, so it is bittersweet to see one alive and the other one sinless respectively. Puppet on site kidnapping Ruin for their podcast was so funny.

I'm still on the fence with Earth giving people 'Therapy'... Like on one hand she's giving her family a place to be more open and vulnerable free of judgement but I'm also just like not sure if she should be the one to do it? Like, her therapy protocols as far as we know are ones the Creator taught her 'on a whim'. Can we even trust the things she was taught were legit?

Also Sun 6th sense looking right at invisible Lunar was the funniest thing ever. I love him he's the biggest brother ever.

Should I keep making posts overanalyzing the quirked up YouTube show? Too bad, I will keep going. You can't stop me.