#twst Im calling hacks no no no

[justanotherfanfolks]

Y'aaaaaaaalllllll, what IS THIS?!

[twistedtavern]

P5 SELF AWARE AU POLL

I've been debating on what costume/theming to give Mishima in my self aware au! I have way too many concepts for him 😭 Here are the themes I'm most set with

Propaganda (Mild spoilers under cut):

Yes, I know that a Persona and Palace are huge parts that are connected to a character's personality and story, but HEAR ME OUT I am actually flexible with this

Bug: YES THE BUGGABOY!! I love him. I gave him kusarigama because bug. Also, due to bug, I can adequately give him the fighting style that is yeeting himself directly at you. I also think that the overall rot/decay theming is very fitting for the absolute atrocities that will occur there if I manage to not switch the plot around. Also, AM being his Persona really fits because of his arc revolving around spite and hatred, AND it has the added benefit of being able to spit out the skill cards Mishima hacks into his possession because computer. Idk I just really like bug Mishi, but I'm just not sure how to design him. Also heehee hoohoo computer bug hacker boy, pun intended and noted on his part

Pierrot: I KNOW I KNOWWWW I'M OBSESSED WITH UNWELL CLOWNBOYS AND I'VE SNORTED SAILOR MOON SEASON 4 LIKE ITS CRACK COCAINE SINCE CHILDHOOD I KNOWW!!!! But. I am incredibly attached to this one and I have drawn him like twice. Also, Joker parallels! And I get to make him tell this joke: "What do you call a flat detective?? A PANCAKE!" before trying to bonk Akechi to actual death. I'd need to find a proper Persona for him, most preferably clown-adjacent or from a black and white movie. NO I'M NOT USING STEAMBOAT WILLY (though maybe I SHOULD search old cartoons 👀)

Teddy Bear: I listened to way too much Psycho Teddy and then this creature came into existence. Really not sure about this one, frankly, because I can only imagine him with a full mask on like a mascot head and just straight up paws and that stands out a bit too much for me. He's cute though,, plus he and Player can be plushie friends!

Knight: Ah yes, back to basics. This was one of the first concepts I had for him, and frankly I just wanted to put this here for posterity. However, upon further inspection, this SCREAMS spite towards Akechi. 10/10 teammate behavior. ALSO THE SYMBOLISM GOES CRAZY? A prince, a knight, a dark lord, a king, and a strange creature,,, all on one team. This genuinely slaps I am NUTS over this after pondering it a bit

Not related, but WAGH im sorry I never got to posting about twst and p5 players im all over the place atm but!! I am trying to come back!

[alpacahat67]

Why Idia Shroud’s Overblot Was the Most Justified (and Effective) ((in My Personal Opinion)) - An Infodump

<i emerge from my hole in the ground, holding anime boy versions of disney villains hades> i come bearing a little guy. anyways yeah you read the title im switching on Serious Mode, enjoy proper grammar **TRIGGER WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF DEATH AND SEWER SLIDE** BEYOND THIS POINT IS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DISNEY TWISTED WONDERLAND! LIKE ALL BOOKS! btw i am NOT explaining blot or overblot nor how it works because i am lazy. [begin infodump] As we know, within TWST one character in each book does an oops and overblots, and we get to see this buildup occur and exactly HOW they overblot.  Riddle’s overblot is caused by frustration regarding his students refusing to listen to him and follow the rules, furthered by his strict upbringing and mindset that rules are always correct. Leona’s overblot is caused by always being second place, and nothing he does ever mattering because he would never succeed, furthered by the fact that his brother was always favored just because he was born first, and Leona would never be king. Azul’s overblot is caused by his facade breaking, and him feeling as if he had returned to the powerlessness he felt as a child. Jamil’s overblot was caused by resentment, hating the person he was forced to serve, and wanting nothing more than to be his own person, seperate from Kalim. Vil overblotted because he was so jealous of Neige LeBlanche’s beauty and how he always received more heroic roles, and eventually his envy consumed him after a failed attempt to poison Neige. Of course, all of the OB victims had their own stories, their own reasons for overblotting. But at the end of the day, most of their issues could be fixed with a conversation. If they had opened up and not bottled their emotions, if they had rested a little bit, all would be alright. And I say most because Jamil’s doesn’t follow these, and I feel his is the second most justified. But there’s one person I’ve failed to mention, aside from Malleus whose book isn’t out yet. Idia Shroud. How did he overblot?  Idia’s overblot should not have even been possible. His family is cursed to burn blot as fast as they can generate it, resulting in them never being able to overblot. This kept them to the underground, forced to watch over the phantoms who have consumed overblotted mages. Where they were surrounded by blot, to prevent the curse from eating away at their magic. It leaves you perplexed, to say the least. How did he even end up in such a situation? Well, we see it after his overblot has subsided, in the flashback sequence. When he was young, Ortho was alive. Real, his actual little brother and not a robot. Ortho innocently suggested going on an adventure like heroes do before Idia grew up and inherited his parents’ lab. They wandered through S.T.Y.X., and Idia hacked into its security system in order to gain access to a vehicle.  It was just an innocent adventure. If only Idia knew which security system was which, then Tartarus wouldn’t have opened. If only Idia was a little stronger, he could’ve protected his brother, he could’ve prevented his death. If only he didn’t admire heroes so much, then Ortho would still be here. If only it were Idia and not Ortho. Then, Idia got an idea.  If he couldn’t have Ortho back, he’d just remake him.  And so he did, creating the Ortho we know today. It was a way to fill the hole his brother, his only friend, had left. A way to cope. People shunned him for recreating his brother as a robot, calling it taboo. But now, Ortho was stronger than those phantoms, with or without a soul. He wouldn’t be destroyed so easily. Idia has dealt with a huge loss in his life, one that he witnessed, his brother being killed and dragged to the underworld with the other phantoms. It wasn’t something that he could deal with at such a young age, and I can assume his parents didn’t take it well either. So, he jumped into escapism to help cope. He recreated his brother, he locked himself in his room and ignored the world, he turned to video games and the internet and technology. So, he never fully grieved. And when the overblot victims (or problematic children) were taken to S.T.Y.X. to study as they eventually would be, considering the concerning amount of overblots in one place, something-- or someone-- hacked into the lab’s technology. Only the Shrouds could get into them, and Idia and his parents couldn’t have been doing it. The only answer was Ortho.  Idia rushed down to the bottom of Tartarus, where the gate to the underworld was, and opened the gate. He jumped in, risking his life for the opportunity to see his brother just one more time. He knew what would happen. Eight years in the underworld turned his brother into a phantom, much bigger than any other. As soon as he came in contact with Ortho, he would overblot. He knew this, and he didn’t care. He let it happen.  And that is how he overblotted. Idia’s overblot was a s-icide mission. He knew jumping into the underworld was an act that would likely kill him, but he was blinded by a grief that had lasted eight long years, and he didn’t quite care. Through his entire overblot, he seems weirdly excited. Happy. As if the overblot was exhilarating, as if it brought him a thrill he had longed for. But above all, he wanted to be with his brother, and he wanted to leave this rotten world that had brought him nothing but pain.  And the only thing that could change his mind, that could make him believe he had a reason to stay, a purpose in this world, was Ortho himself. After the overblot victims, Rook, Epel, and Yuu killed Phantom Ortho, ending Idia’s overblot and sending him and Grim falling into the underworld, we see a conversation between Idia and Ortho. This conversation is really where we get the concept of the entire book set in stone, where it’s finalized that Idia overblotted on purpose out of grief, and Ortho tells him that he need not wish for death or continue grieving. That he can continue his life, that he needs to keep fighting even if it may be tiring. And then he’s gone.  His overblot was a horrible, terrifying mix of grief and love for his little brother. It wasn’t something he could shake off or just talk about.  Book 6 is one of the most emotional books out of the entire game due to its nature. Grief is something everyone experiences at some point in their lives, and so it is easily to relate to Idia’s thought process and understand why he is the way he is and why he does the things he did in book 6. Not to mention, Yana Toboso’s writing of his and Ortho’s characters are wonderfully done and the amount of emotion captured in Idia and Ortho’s voices through all stages of this book add to it so, so much.  [end infodump]

[faeryarchives]

HI AERIE!!!!!! how’ve you been? sorry for disappearing a combination of family stuff and school left me with almost 0 time for other things😅 anyways you’ve probably already played sumeru and i have to say that sumeru is one of the best regions released so far (if you ignore the desert)! the fun little slingshots, the scenery, the variety of animals to kidnap take home to my teapot, and the aranara are all really fun and nice! the desert meanwhile… (flashbacks to confusion of teleport waypoints and the brains for the puzzles)

going to twist, idk if you’ve played it but have you played the halloween event (both the first and the second)? the story for both of them was really good and you get to see some mash of character’s dynamics with each other, plus i really like the concept of a stamp reward thingy (im too lazy to search what’s it called😅)!

if i had a penny for every time my favorite chara in a game became a werewolf i would have two pennies which isn’t alot but it’s weird that it happened twice *cough* *cough* halloween luke and kalim *cough* *cough*

also i have tried to pull for nahida and new year kalim and got the grass fox and dissapontment ;-;

btw are you still doing the genshin character like request? cause i have an idea for dori and a dorm (if you can guess what dorm ill give you a potato (not for eating))

anyways sorry for rambling i got a little too carried away 😅

(p.s. life hack nobody needed - if theres a construction murdering you ears put on music (preferably lofi) and it become a bit bareable)

-your favorite potato

OMG POTATO HI 🐳 i am doing well actually i am currently trying to set my priorities straight by making a daily routine 😭 its ok i understand i also disappeared for a long time no pressure i'll still return and stay

sumeru is so pretty like no joke?? the world quests and the archon quest in this region is AMAZING except for the fact that its hard to differentiate whether the waypoints are above or underground 😭 omg what server do you play on maybe i can add u

abt twst I REALLY WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH THEM IN TIME 😭 but i played that in twst jp so more or less i got to experience it BUT THE HALLOWEEN IN TOT I WAS NOT ABLE TO BC I FORGOT ABT IT 😭 i did get vil and silver's halloween cards though they are so pretty 🤍

gimme ur tighnari 👹 i want my bbg and i will take ur disappointment and replace it with luv 😘

as for requests i may open them again around late february or march ?? my sched for next month is kinda full bc of events 🥸 until that time i'll try to create more scenarios

i don't mind the rambling though i am glad i got to have a talk with u again mwah i hope u are doing well and stay safe always 🤍 and remember that life hacks guys