#unironically that was so fucking cool. i love video games

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save button briefly remapped to dialog advancer in climactic scene of visual novel. 10 dead 30 injured

[noildoof]

Hello Ive seen that ur into a lot of like "obscure" media and was wondering what anime, cartoons and comics u were into or what u'd recommend , Im very curious , love your art!!!!!

There's a lot, tbh I'm not even sure where to start, but let's see...

Angel's Egg isn't really that obscure anymore, but at the time I first watched it and got obsessed, it was. I still consider it to be a masterpiece and my favorite movie of all time, tied with Alien.

If you're over 18, I highly recommend Malice@Doll. It's a surreal, disturbing 3D anime that moves a lot like stop-motion. It has a lot of parallels to the Biblical story of the garden of Eden, with humans in the role of an absent God and machines doing the same things they've always done because... well, that's what they were made to do. They don't have free will. There's a lot of really interesting stuff to think about - the tradeoff of innocence for knowledge, trading an immortal mechanical body that can't feel for a flesh one that can feel pleasure but also pain. Again though, this anime gets pretty disturbing, and although it's not meant to be arousing it does have sexual content. It's not appropriate for minors.

My favorite bad anime is The Humanoid. It's very campy and one of the most 80's anime I've ever seen. The characters (mostly Alan) talk a lot about coffee, for some reason. Enough that you can make a drinking game out of it. The soundtrack is actually really good, I have it on vinyl.

Go watch Chargeman Ken right now. I mean it. Each episode is only 5 minutes long, so you have no excuse not to. You'll understand why I'm recommending this anime once you've watched it, it simply has to be seen to be believed. My favorite episodes are Dynamite in the Brain and When the Cuckoo Clock Strikes 3.

A lot of people seem to hate Bounty Dog, but I will unironically defend this anime to the death. I think it's good, or at least perfectly serviceable for a 90's direct-to-video anime. It has a weird piss-yellow color palette though, and it's not a filter - those are the actual colors used in the paint, I would know having cels from this.

This is very particular to my tastes (people who know me will understand why), but I binged Brigadoon not long ago and loved it. It's a very strange series in a way that's kind of hard to describe. Fundamentally, it's about a relationship between a girl and a mecha that develops into a romance, so I guess it's shoujo. But it's also an action series. And a comedy series. And a drama series. And a horror series at times. It defies genre categorization in a way I don't see very often. The closest thing I can compare it to is The Ancient Magus's Bride, as the relationship between Marin and Melan is pretty similar. With Dr. Seuss and Evangelion thrown into a blender.

Cool World is... not a good movie. At all. But damn, are those backgrounds nice. It has a particular "look" to it that is awesome as fuck, I just wish the actual story wasn't so stupid. I implore the people who say dumb shit like "Hazbin Hotel is just "SEX! LAUGH NOW!"" to watch Cool World, because that is literally what Cool World is. It's pretty to look at, but the entire plot and all the jokes are just "Don't have sex with cartoon characters---- OHHHH he just had sex with the cartoon character." But if you can get past the painfully unfunny "comedy" and stupid nonsensical plot, it's very nice to look at and has a great soundtrack.

... that got really long-winded, damn. Here's some other recommendations:

Anime:

Weathering Continent (also an untranslated light novel series) Laughing Target (also a manga) Mermaid Forest (also a manga) Mermaid's Scar (also a manga) Curse of Kazuo Umezu (also a manga, untranslated) California Crisis Twinkle Nora Rock Me (so bad it's amazing, also an untranslated manga) Nayuta (also a manga, untranslated) King of Thorn (also a manga) Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage (also a manga, but not fully translated) Dragon's Heaven (also a manga, untranslated) Lily-C.A.T. Magnetic Rose (not really that obscure but it's a masterpiece) They Were 11 (also a manga, dunno if it was translated) E.Y.E.S. of Mars Iblard Time Venus Wars (also a manga)

Manga:

Eko Eko Azarak (haven't seen much of it but I like what I've seen) Any of Rumiko Takahashi's short stories Black Jack (definitely not obscure if you're an oldtaku like me) Anything by Kazuo Umezu, especially Drifting Classroom

Movies:

The Banshee Chapter Space Mutiny (watch the Mystery Science Theater version) Yellow Brick Road

Misc:

Mary (Scissor Sisters music video) Daicon IV (anime Electric Light Orchestra music video) Apollo 20 hoax videos Cybersix (Argentine animated series) Skydoll (Italian comic, adult-only) Yoko Tsuno (Belgian comic)

[ragecndybars]

Keeping the sees train rolling; what kind of video games is each member's favorite you think?

ohohoho >:3 thank you for asking because i have Opinions on this matter

minato: hm once again a slight cop out answer because of the hermit social link, but i do think he's an MMO player. despite having fully convinced himself that he's antisocial, he in fact loves playing with other people, but like, for long periods of time not just in short online matches yknow? though he would run his party like he runs his team in tartarus and would probably scare off some players who are a little less intense than he is ahsflkjhsdf, but once he found his People they would love this funky little guy who treats the game like its a real life fight to the death

kotone: open world adventure games!! particularly the ones that have lots going on in their worlds, rather than just, yknow. large maps without much going on. i think she'd love running around just collecting sidequests and weird items and getting super attached to various unimportant side characters who have like 5 lines of dialogue total and 3 of them are just "howdy there", "what's up?" and "until next time."

yukari: i don't see her as one to sit down and play for a really long period of time or play religiously every day, so i think more ""casual"" games that she can play with friends are her faves. not just party games but games like minecraft that she can just hang out and mess around in with her buddies (disclaimer i havent played minecraft for more than like an hour sorry if its actually super hard and i just dont know)

junpei: i think he plays pretty widely but has a particular fondness for RPGs. he definitely likes a game that's not too hard or demanding, but makes him feel super cool and gives him a big dopamine hit. probably not a huge fan of most multiplayer games because he's a bit of a sore loser? but he likes super casual party-type games like mario kart and stuff bc its hard to get mad playing them.

akihiko: soulsborne-like games. i know many many games get compared to soulsborne games but what i mean here is: games with a very high skill ceiling that reward your practice and composure by making you feel like the bossest bitch alive when you finally succeed. i think he'd get really sucked into them. but i think he would prefer singleplayer games like dark souls over, say, fighting games

mitsuru: the game needs to have some kind of tangible measure of success because she is going to fucking Succeed in it. she is going to get One Million Billion points. she is going to rack up All The Gold. she is going to get Every Item. i actually think she likes "casual" style games like yukari does, but she does not play them in a casual manner At Fucking All. if she's playing minecraft she has fifty chests full of diamonds while everyone else is still building dirt houses

fuuka: rhythm game fan spotted. someone walks in while she's about to full combo a hard song on sadistic difficulty and she makes the absolute most angry sound anyone has ever heard her make (an insistent "SHHHH!") and then ten seconds later after she's won the song she doesn't even apologize, she was so in the zone she didn't even realize she was acting in a way that would usually mortify her. its the autism btw

aigis: i wanna say she likes visual novels and strategy games. i think she would be absolutely enraptured by a good enough visual novel (although she would be a bit perplexed by them at first), and a strategy game i think would tickle her brain in the right way to make her feel satisfied without becoming monotonous or a slog (which i think would be her experience with action games--they would be very rote and unfun to her because fighting is like Baked Into Her Code so they don't really feel like recreation).

ken: call of duty player. KIDDING i see him as a fan of older arcade style games. he probably unironically says he was born in the wrong generation bc he prefers galaga to cod or whatever. he likes games where you can rack up a big high score. kind of similar to mitsuru in that regard.

shinjiro: probably not a huge player but kotone introduces him to simulation games (farming sims and animal crossing in particular) and he gets obsessed with them. but he absolutely refuses to admit it to most people because he has a reputation to uphold dammit. the only people who get to know are the protags (they're nosy af), akihiko (also nosy and also they're kind of attached at the hip so it was inevitable), ken (shinji can't lie to him), and aigis (koromaru is a snitch)

[sol-consort]

(Can I be called blue anon? I'm the one that sent in those kaidan asks)

I started playing Andromeda (it's been in my library forever and I finally got around to downloading it) and the amount of unfuckable npcs I want to fuck is insane. Turians with sexy voices strike again.

Never should have developed that voice kink, ruining my thoughts over here. I want to unironically fuck almost everyone with a nice voice and semi-nice attitude (although tbf that applies to evry other game I have ever played). Ugh. Maybe in my next life, I can reborn as Shepard's pretty little friend to be the Normandy's... relief officer. Or something.

Anways, how are you doing?

I took so long to answer this because I wanted to finish Kaidan romance and compile my favourite lines. Since we are talking about voices because his is phenomenal my god.

God Turians and the slight vibration in their voice sends me- does it glitch when they moan? I'd love to test that out.

Idk how to add audio files so here is a blank video of my favourite Kaidan lines.

His voice actor is phenomenal, there is something about how his voice cracks sometimes or becomes hoarse that just adds so much personality to him. It's like he is almost nervous talking to Shepard all of the time and he tries to play it cool.

The constant "uh. Ehm." and pause befor every "....Ma'am" sends me into orbit. He gripped my heart and squeezed it into mush.

I could talk about Kaidan's voice for hours.

And I will.

I am on MY KNEES.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT I HEARD? (I assume you are listening to the video) OH MY GOD.

why is every line so smitten? Why does every word hold so much weight like he's ready to gift the moon to us, like he's constantly trying to impress us and present himself as this composed 30ish man who got his shit together but he can't for the life of him stop being earnest and nice.

He'd probably stutter if you tease him enough. Trip over his own words and gets stuck in an endless "uhhhhh-" the more you make the wires in his brain cross.

He is also probably the talkative type in bed but 90% of his words are unintelligible because his tongue is too thick in his mouth and the pleasure is overwhelming his brain while the happiness at finally being with you is making his heart melt.

Because he states he isn't the type to sleep with others lightly, he genuinely is in it to romance you. He is talking about shore leave immediately after flirting with him because he's probably in his sleep pod all night imagining you two living together and being a hopeless romantic.

And when his voice gets low? A little more hoarse? A little smoother as he becomes more confident in himself and his flirting? Realising he has a chance and wants you? Oh my god.

And the cute way he laughs after you flirt with him, trying to play off his frustration as he admits defeat and composes himself.

His voice is genuinely one of my favourites in this game.

[ask-the-observatory-gang]

==> INTRODUCTION POST <==

Meet all the guys that you can ask questions, and who will be role-playing them in responses!

(All copy pasted from discord, everything under cut!)

Violet(Vi, V):

-Draws well (I had to)

-Adhd, maybe autism, CHEWS AND GNAWS ON EVERYTHING

-Actually wears her glasses

-Very silly, acts like normal V but sometimes actually genuinely happy and nice

-Totally isn’t the cause behind the bite marks on the landing pod chairs

-Aroace & lesbian flag

-Does the Dino arm thing

-Basically just a fucking cat (purrs, meows, and all that jazz)

-A broken headlight cause yummy yummy (same with crack in tail Vial and screen)

-Acts like a silly cat

-Most of the time unaware of surroundings

-She/her

==> @conniewoof

:!Stars intro!:

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- half snow leopard (somehow)

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- slightly talker than the average drone

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- workaholic

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- thinks her scars r cool

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- their pawpads and ear stars r rlly squishy :3 and if u squish her ear stars they make a squeak sound GEHE

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- she's practically a nightlight coz of how glowy they are.. but whenever she goes to sleep they stop glowing lolz

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- rlly likes bugs and studys them nonstop

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- loves analog horror n scary stuff in general,, they just find the concept of it all rlly interesting

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- gets distracted by anything cats would💀

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- rlly likes video games and can defo kick ass in them

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- has a scary ass zombie drone/solver form

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- her nose twitches when she cries shrug emoji

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- her tail (elliot) is actually pretty sentient, meaning he can communicate with beeps and boops (even though star can only understand them clearly)

==> @strbrypancakesxd

《☆ Nathan ☆》

<-- ADHD -->

☆▪︎▪︎ Pansexual, Transmasc ▪︎▪︎☆

==> This little man PURRS. He is a dog at heart but he PURRS.(his favorite thing to do)

==> Hehe silly feathered wings(that could still kill a man)

==> Would unironically bark at someone if they annoyed him somehow

==> Is the sweetest guy but oh my goodness does he hold a grudge

==> "Haha oh biscuts that knife right by my heart really hurts- Do you want that back?"

==> PUZZLES. Do not give this man a puzzle he will try to solve it for the next week and no-one will see him

==> Took the nanite acid out of his tail at one point(it hurt like a bitch) and now has a empty stinger as a tail tip instead

==> OBSESSED with keeping his wings clean and nice looking, he literally will put aside any other responsibilities until they're perfect

Silly little Alaskan Malamute inspired guy :3

==> @staruzi002

❦ Revel ❦

❦ Pansexual lil guy

❦ Has a weird hyperfixation on ducks, specifically lil tiny yellow ones and really loves to make random duck comments to fill a conversation.

❦ Anything that might be yellow is going to be gone in approximately 5 seconds of him spotting it

❦ Outgoing with a passion for fashion (OUJI-) and design, has a bit of sass if you by chance try to question his fashion choices. He also uses "girl" and "sis" unironically

❦ Usually passes away at the slightest compliment and will ascend with his wings into the stratosphere to hide himself

❦ Ribbons. Ribbons are the best.

❦ Don't give him any bells or things that squeak, he will indefinitely be playing with them until they break somehow and he'll go into sad lil guy mode for a week on average

❦ “Autobots! Roll out!” *rolls down an ongoing avalanche*

❦ Deathly afraid of spiders but will disintegrate an entire colony

==> @bonkadonkss

☆▪︎▪︎☆

In a mysterious alternate version of Copper-9, this fun little group all met eachother! And now they're here to answer your questions!

So ask away folks!

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RULES --

- No NSFW. For the love of God please none.

- Be nice to the sillies(and the roleplayers) we're just here to have fun!

- These are characters that are from an active rp server, so things might change about them as we go!

- Expect text for most of the answers(unless whoevers answering feels up to doing a doodle), that'll be how they're put most of the time!

[crystalelemental]

So I guess you don’t have much positive to say about Stranger of Paradise, particularly it amounting to the Garland backstory no one asked for. Also, if you don’t like 7, which I understand as being one of the most loved games in Final Fantasy, then is there ANY Final Fantasy you would define as “good?”

Oh man. Stranger of Paradise fucking rules. I haven't played it, but I watched a playthrough of it after seeing the Bullshit scene and reading a synopsis and thinking this would be the most cringe shit ever and telling my wife we absolutely had to watch this, and for most of the game it definitely pushes into an earnest "this is so goofy I can't hate it but it's certainly not quality," but then you hit the pivot and it's like am I having feelings about fucking Astos the dark elf right now? That game exceeded every expectation. Jack Garland is unironically cool as hell.

Anyway, there are others, but more under the cut because unfortunately I am in a chatty mood today.

I think part of my answer to this has to come with the caveat of "I've mostly played re-released that made the games substantially more accessible, so if you're asking whether I think any are good it's like...yes but also no."

I think Final Fantasy XII is the best one. I think the story is fantastic, I love the cast, I think Vaan is out of the way enough to not really be a problem, I think the world itself is really neat, I think the concepts for Gambits are a lot of fun to set up and see run. I also think if I tried to play a version of it that isn't The Zodiac Age and had to deal with everyone having the same grid and no speed up function I would stab myself, and even with the updates all the weird MMO-esque low drop rates for certain items in chests is extremely intolerable, into a really poorly designed superboss fight in Yiazmat. Though the phrase "poorly designed superboss" applies to like. Every Final Fantasy superboss.

Except 5's, which I think are legitimately fun and interesting. Five is probably the one I consider the highest quality. Despite being goofy, it's honestly got a really poignant narrative, and an extremely endearing cast. The class system is divine, and I love the creativity available in its systems. I hated it as a kid when I sucked at video games because holy shit is this game kinda hard, but now it's an easy favorite.

I really respect 3. Not the DS version so much, but the pixel remaster actually made me fall in love with the game. It's less refined than 5, and I think it very strongly railroads you into like five actually useful class options, but it's a really fun and very streamlined experience, and the transition from the initial overworld to the Boundless Ocean just really impacted me personally, I think that's a great reveal.

I like four, but I don't think it's good, that's just pure nostalgia. I really latched on to Rydia as a kid, and I thought Cecil having to fight his Dark Knight self and winning only by refusing to fight while the Dark Knight used its HP sacrifice move until it KO'd itself was peak ludonarrative. It's still really good. I just also have to be honest that a lot did not favor it as I aged.

FF1 is pure neutral, because it's not really doing much to have a strong feeling in any particular direction. It's fine. Pixel remaster is the best iteration because you can turn off encounters, turn on 4x EXP and gold, and just boss run the entire game, improving it immensely.

FF2 sucks, but I will admit some story beats are, in my opinion, wildly under-appreciated. You kill the emperor and he conquers hell and comes back. That rules.

FF6 and FF7, the beloveds of the series, are lukewarm for me. FF7 I haven't played recently enough to fully articulate why, I just can't remember anything interesting going on from when I played it way back when, and I am personally less invested in SciFi, which is what that game feels like to me more than fantasy. My wife would probably tell me it's urban fantasy, but the point remains: I want my fantasy to be vaguely old timey. FF6 is a very well crafted narrative that I think takes zero risks on anything. I think it's so well loved because it didn't really push anyone to consider anything they didn't already believe, which is why people think it's super powerful that Celes and Terra, the only two adult women in a cast of 14 playable characters, start to understand their human heart by finding the most boring hetero romance partner or adopting children. Also everything Kefka is about what Exdeath was about, but Exdeath is cooler. "Oh but Kefka doesn't have any kind of sympathetic backstory to-" he kinda does, they explain he was subject to Cid's experiments and that broke his mind. Even if you don't count it, Exdeath doesn't even get that, he's just evil for its own sake. I don't think either of these are bad, only that I don't remember enjoying 7 much, and having recently replayed 6, was not as dazzled as most seem to be.

Listen. I cannot tell you about FF8's plot. I just think about the word "junctioning" and start convulsing. I hate that system so much. I hate that levels scale to Squall's level, so the best way to play is to never kill anything but convert them to cards for the stupid minigame, then use good cards to earn more good cards to convert to spells to junction to stats. I couldn't beat the final boss when I played normally and reached level cap, because I didn't junction all the best spells at 100 uses. I had to restart and play to the junctioning in the slowest, worse grind I've ever known. There's probably a midpoint somewhere that makes the game tolerable but I do not know it. It's the only one I legitimately don't know how people can enjoy. Even 2 has some nonsense going for it, but 8 I cannot remember a single positive memory of.

FF9 was fine, I actually remember liking the general story (apparently I have an affinity for "kinda goofy but very sincere"), but as mentioned, that game solidified my general stance of "Do not ever split the party on me I will kill you." Because they took Garnet at a critical moment, leaving me with no healer, relying on Potions when we barely had money because you can't sell equipment because it has unique skills to pass on, but you can't really grind money either because you'd take damage negating what you earned anyway, until you can push far enough without issue to get Quina and figure out how to learn White Wind, and I hated that entire section so much. Maybe it's not as bad now that I'm older and can take it. But the memory burns within me.

FF10 is really fun to play for the main campaign despite being best described as "immature" on a story level. It's a shame about postgame being the most extreme and tedious grind-fest out there with completely shitty superbosses.

I never played past 12. My step-brothers had a PS2 so I got 10 and 12, with 10 kinda being my entry point, but when the console upgrades happened we didn't get the PS3, so I didn't keep up with 13 onward. I have seen tidbits of 16 and am not impressed. I could not tell you a singular detail about 15 despite knowing I've seen things. No one ever had a positive thing to say when 13 came out, but recently I hear a lot of defense for it but couldn't tell you why.

Anyway, call it contrarian, because I am severely so, but I don't think something qualifies as "good" because popular consensus says so. I think even the games I don't like have merit, and there's a reason that they resonate with people, but I'm not about to defend something that I don't enjoy or find as profound. There are a few Final Fantasy games I consider really good, but they are...definitely not the ones most people agree on.

[sapphire-weapon]

i think that's why i enjoy your meta so much as a baby RE enjoyer!! like, personally i don't think anyone needs to know the full extent of RE lore to be a fan and it's dumb when older fans gatekeep the series like that (def not saying you do! just speaking generally), but it's just as dumb for new fans to act like they know better than people who have literally grown up with the series. i don't think my first impression of leon was wrong, but it's been really interesting seeing leon through the lens of a long-time fan, reading your meta on the evolution of his character and how it's influenced his portrayal in the remake, etc.

I don't think your first impression of him is wrong, either. Now that you've said it and I've been thinking about it, I think that's exactly what Capcom was going for. I think they wanted new players to see Leon the way that my generation saw Leon when OG first came out. We unironically thought Leon was cool for a long, long time. It wasn't until Chris punched a boulder into a volcano in RE5 that we all sort of looked back on RE4 and went "that was some silly bullshit."

But there was no one in video games who was quite like Leon at the time OG came out -- with the exception of Dante, who literally had been Leon originally. RE4 OG was kind of the genesis of the hypermasculine, wise-cracking video game protagonist that dominated the 360/PS3 era. Nathan Drake owes a lot to Leon Kennedy.

But because Leon's personality archetype became such a played-out trope in modern video games, Capcom had to do something different with him in order to capture that same sort of "wow, there's no one quite like him" feeling for the new generation.

And for them to do it in such a way that it was not only successful with new players, but also multi-layered for old fans is kind of fucking genius, and I have to tip my hat to the writing staff at Capcom for pulling something like that off.

And that's why I love talking to you new folks. You're teachin me stuff, too.

[its-to-the-death]

Bracket E thoughts:

"Brand New Day" and "Alive" are both very good, but I'm a sucker for Anthony Warlow's Hyde. He just sounds so happy to unleash his inner evil! :)

"Philistine" fucking slaps, and as much as I love "Snuff Out the Light," I want to make everyone appreciate this rockin' number as much as I do. She spends the entire song ripping Travis apart, pointing out how his vengeance doesn't make him noble, his anger doesn't make him cool, and he's a pervy otaku. She rhymes aeternum with sternum. Having listened to both versions, I think the English version is better in the vocals because they're clearer, but the Japanese version has a kickass climax at 3:15.

I'm a perpetual fan of GLaDOS' songs, and I really enjoy the thinly veiled spite in "Still Alive."

"Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" is a fun song, but I am a self-admitted sucker for Joey Richter being a hammy villain in "Wagon on Fire".

Further research has indicated "Grand Ceremony" is indicative of the pompousness and fakeness of Manley, who is universally regarded as a prick. I don't know this game, but I can definitely get that vibe from this one.

"In the Dark of the Night" is always a classic, but I voted for "A Million Gruesome Ways to Die" because it's hilarious to me that Barnaby is threatening to kill the player in all sorts of gruesome ways the same way you'd offer a bunch of options to a really picky customer at a restaurant. He's just trying to be helpful, he's so enthusiastic about it!

Dawn M Bennett my beloved makes this modern-day hypocritical dirty cowgirl seem unironically cool every time she sings. Also the Banzai Blasters apparently just fucking shot her parents to death which is some fucking whiplash from "Great at Crime," to say the least. Anyway go listen to Zora's surprise musical backstory.

This might just be because I'm not an Ace Attorney fan, but I didn't really get a lot out of Distant Traces of Beauty" in terms of villainy? Like from what I've read it makes sense in context but it just doesn't give me the villain vibes I was hoping for. Also I have to give points to "I'm a Professional" for being made up entirely on the spot.

SO PREPARE FOR THE COUP OF THE CENTURY! BE PREPARED FOR THE MURKIEST SCAM--

Holy shit that's Captain Marvel's actress? How and why the fuck is she rocking that song so well??? Anyway vote for "Black Sheep," a.k.a the much-needed "fuck you Scott" song.

Ok I submitted "Grandpa's Going to Sue the Pants Off of Santa," but...it's not a good song. It's really not. And even without knowing Les Mis that well, Alun Armstrong is doing such a good job of getting across who Thénardier is by being such a delightful scumbag.

I already can tell "Slipping" is going to win, which is fair, but I needed to vote for "What You Feel" because it is a bop.

As several people have pointed out, "That's Not How the Story Goes" is not really a villain song so much as a song lamenting the horror of the world they live in which happens to feature Count Olaf. Since the villain is listed as Olaf and not The Narrative Itself, I voted for "The Whole Being Dead Thing," which is also a very good song in a completely opposite direction from its opponent.

Holy fuck, why is "Where There's A Whip, There's A Way" so good. Why do the orcs harmonize so well. What the shit.

Have I mentioned that I love Queen Latifah's singing? Because I love her singing. She is having so much fun here.

"Open Up Your Eyes" is a pretty good villain song in an unfortunately mediocre movie that tells me a lot about who the villain is and why she villains, while "You Will Remember" veered kind of too hard into generic rock song territory. Like, I know it's supposed to be an allusion to Ember's backstory, but that backstory wasn't even in the show itself...

Oh yeah and also the person who uploaded that video apparently committed a shooting, which isn't relevant to this bracket, but was a big surprise when I scrolled down to the comments.

Some good opinions 👍

[ilaiyayaya]

The Anti-Big Oof, Some May Even Say "The Small Foo"

Just played The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog today, a dumb, goofy little visual novel made for April Fool's Day a few months ago. It's really cute, it took me waaaay longer to get to it than I expected, I originally was going to read it the day it released, but uhhh i forgor💀 but now that I have actually finally read it, it's so good and was definitely worth reading. It's not very long, and there's not a ton to it, but it was created by a team of really dedicated Sonic fans including a few of the writers for the IDW comics and it is so incredibly obvious, it is absolutely filled with obscure little references to the series as a whole that only weird obsessive freaks like me would ever even notice. The number of times I went "WAOW✨" was immeasurable, the Knuckles OVA hat, "Big Oof" (classic), I think they even indirectly referenced the fucking Shadow pissing on Eggman's wife video, not 100% sure on that tho, may just be reading into it too much, but in my headcanon they're 100% referencing Shadow pissing on Eggman's wife frfr. It's crazy how the writing teams for every Sonic related thing now, the games, the comics, even the social media is just made up of a bunch people that are just as obsessed with Sonic as even the most insane fans, like the last 10 years of Sonic media has pretty much just been a collection of officially licensed fan passion projects and I'm all for it. Like obviously there's been the typical corporate made stuff that was obviously just rushed out for money and had no love behind it too, just like any franchise, but like, I'm not here to talk about that, I don't want to talk about that, I'm here to talk about PURE, RAW, UNFILTERED PASSION AND HOW FUCKING COOL IT IS!!!

The Sonic community in general is just insane in how passionate they are, like what other community has multiple entire expos dedicated to fangames, that have been recognized by major members of the official Sonic development team? (If you can't tell I am very excited for SAGE and SHC, the next 2 months are gonna be so pog >:)).

It's so exceptionally fun experiencing any kind of work in general that's so clearly made with a ton of passion put into it. Like art that you can just sense the passion oozing out of has got to be like, peak art, always, no matter the actual thing itself, if it's been made with a ton of love, it's peak, no question. It's why there's a lot of specific artists and communities that I just resonate with so hard, like when an artist or community just loves what they make, that's just like, so cool this is my excuse to mention Trigger/Gainax I love Trinax I love it when they have to make the final episode of an anime black and white and at 2fps not only for stylistic reasons but because they just HAD to put their entire budget into the 2 minute big robot scene like how could they resist and I mean this entirely unironically I fucking LOVE that they know exactly where their talents and passions lie and are willing to put everything into what they want to make at the expense of other parts that they don't want to make. Remember when in Promare Galo starts ranting about like ancient firefighters or some shit in the middle of a fight and it was basically just a stand-in for the writers wanting to rant about ancient firefighters or some shit? yea, that was cool. Remember when in Promare they kis-

Also I don't know where to put this but I want to say it because I thought of it, but references aren't just cool because you get the reference they're making, references are cool because they can show a clear love of the thing they're referencing, and that's why Sonic is cool ok bye :)

The fact that this game is the 2nd time they've referenced the Peter Griffin death pose in official Sonic media is honestly very concerning.

[mickstart]

Oh my god please drop more cod lore if you want to this is so interesting i didn't even know it had a plot i thought you just shot people this is actually extremely cool

I am unironically having a panic attack bc I want to do a cod lore deep dive video SO badly but it's setting off every single one of my insecurities about Creating and What I Want To Do With My Life anyway it's funny you say this bc cod games DID used to just be "shoot people" and this was actually why medal of honour was beating its ass because medal of honour had like storytelling. And then call of duty 4 modern warfare dropped and it had a PLOT it had CHARACTERS it took you on a CHARACTER ARC it had a whole mini-level where you don't shoot anyone and just wander the aftermath of a nuclear explosion.

And then modern warfare 2 said "hold my beer" and made a plot that was absolutely off the fucking shits in terms of scale, drama, and emotion. MW2 is partially so well remembered and beloved because the plot twist in the 3rd to last mission is so fucking BATSHIT for a franchise that up until that moment had no idea what storytelling was. (It also has. Uh. No Russian. Which is... well... No Russian. Possibly the most controversial video game level in history, but also very effective as a narrative device.)

Anyway, because of this FPS games and ESECIALLY cod games changed. A lot. Story was the exception not the norm in fps prior to mw1. Every cod game after that had plot. Black Ops - the next cod title after modern warfare 2 - had an even BETTER plot twist imo I LOVE what black ops does where it literally uses your expectations of a call of duty game against you to craft a mindfuck narrative. I still enjoy the mw2 narrative more just because it's very Hollywood, it's more emotional, and the violence is very removed from reality whereas black ops begins the trend of Realism And Torture. Like I think black ops has a better plot twist, but modern warfare has the better overall story

[kkat-astrophic]

Spotify Wrapped 2020 - present

Okay let's judge my spotify wrappeds one at a time, I started Spotify in 2020, so I'll start there ig... I was just a kid and had some cringe ass music on my roster... thanks roblox/minecraft/social media influence in general!!!

Okay 2020...

Dua Lipa - I was totally a big fan of that song help idk why???

NOT THE PERCY JACKSON PHASE *crying*

Spice girls... *sobbing into my pillow - I GREW UP ON MY MUMS MUSIC TASTE ALRIGHT? -

Heart Attack - This song gives me a heart attack every time it's played...

ROXANNE IS A BANGER STILL, IDC IT'S STILL A BANGER!

Pitch Perfect? I was a very silly kid :3

No fuck fuck fuck the evidence is there I'm so scared

I used to unironically listen to Not Your Barbie Girl by Ava Max because of Tiktok POVS and stuff...

9. Sorry Not Sorry - Erm okay girlboss???

10. Don't Call me Up - It's actually a pretty good song tbh like ngl...

11. ... I WASN'T EVEN A HARRY POTTER FAN? HOW DID THIS GET ON HERE?!

12. No why are the Pitch Perfect songs still here...

13. Same as last, save me...

14. OOH EDGY BILLIE EILISH OMG SHIVER ME TIMBAS SCAWWYY!

15. I.. used to listen to this unironically... and vibe to it... never gonna give you *gets fucking shot on site*

16. I HATE THIS STUPID SONG, I AM NOT A SUCKER FOR IT EW WHAT THE FU-

17. "I PUT YOU INNNN PUT YOU INNN PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE!!!" *headboppable backing track plays*

Erm okay so I've seen enough because there's 100 songs here what the sigma flip.

2021!

How is this my top song I CANNOT STAND IT HELP OMFG DRIVERS LISCENCE I HATE THE SONG???

Random Maretu song insert? Oh my god I had just started watching anime around then too...

I HATE THAT STUPID SHUT UP AND DANCE SONG THAT STUPID LADY IN THE STUPID MUSIC VIDEO WAS PROBABLY MY GAY AWAKENING (<- I'm straight at the moment but was once very indecisive about my sexuality)

4. Billie Eilish again, okay edgy girl...

5. I USED TO CRY TO THIS SONG BECAUSE OF THE ADOPT ME POVS??? "Loving you is a losing game!!!" <- *jumps off adopt me bridge because her pet ran away or smth*

6. Okay I actually enjoyed Melanie Martinez as a kid??? That's actually cool. BIG FLEX!!!

7. Why was I so edgy... Roar? OH MY GOD THIS SONG GIVES ME WAR FLASHBACKS I CAN SING ALL OF IT- I GET TIRED AND I GET SICK AND I LOSE THE STRENGTH TO MOVE I CAN'T HANDLE CHANGE I CAN'T HANDLE CHANGE

8. Lady Gaga is an icon stfu if you don't think so she devours every tiktok trend her song becomes.

SPECIAL MENTION TO THE CRANBERRIES FOR MAKING IT ON THE LIST!!! And the Imposter Interceptible song "I found a body beside the reactor"

Gacha kid confirmed moment.

WRAP ME IN PLASTIC AND MAKE ME SHINE!!! I was a victim of those ROBLOX Piggy edits...

AIGHT 2022!!!

I think this song is fire but I listened to it too much... Kinneret ILYSM ur so cool babes

MITSKI OMG I LOVE MITSKI!!!

Girl in Red... oh my god *sobs uncontrollably* I still love this song tbh.

BA-BA-BACK STABBER!!! Yeah gacha kid from 2018 and I'm admitting it...

GIRL IN RED AGAIN???

Oh my god... MICHELLLEEEE MICHELLLLEE YOU ARE A MONSTER FROM HEEEE-EEE-EEELLL!

Augh clairo my beloved ur so cool

I know all the words to this song guys...

AND NOW TO MY 2022 GACHA PHASE, RIP I NEVER MISSED YOU

I'm not getting into this shit bro...

2023!

So the only reason some of these songs are here... because I made this like, one hour playlist that I had on loop every single day for a couple of weeks. RIP-

I LISTENED TO I WANNA BE YOURS 57 TIMES LAST YEAR WHAT THE FU-

I loved this song sm, I love you Lana.

I had an MM2 playlist, and I played to these songs

same as last...

VOID! Augh this song was so special to me...

Lady gaga makes a comeback on my wrapped?

LANA MY BELOVED LANA! I love this song sm as well!

Special mention to this one minute song of Mondo's execution making it to 71st, beating 3 of my favourite bands, and my favourite Lana song. That's fucking crazy bro...

Present Day:

For your information, my music taste changes every 5 minutes... so I don't listen to all of these songs anymore. I was a cringe kid with minecraft parody songs making it to the top 100... yikes.

For your information, these are my more current liked songs... yes I listen to Kanye... no I do not support his actions... can I just say special mention to Ayesha Erotica, I did listen to her music and have since 2021. (I know that specifically because Literal Legend connected from my headphones to the family care bluetooth on an 8 hour roadtrip with my parents and sister... #original experience?)

Yeah that's all bye :3

[psyoniks]

i got bored and doodled 1/4 of my fan kids on my notes app. finally made more kids so cody and cain aren't just homestuck inserts. might actually draw them asp

casy garcia and sean ashley

weird creepy pasta kid and annoying theater kid

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cody dreams on derse and is a mage of mind and sean dreams on prospit and is a maid of heart

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fun facts/random stuff:

cody constantly draws operator symbols on his arm because its fucking cool.

he will spam everyone at 3am in the pestergroup chat to show his shitty proof of mothman. he didn't sleep for 72 hours and was running on coffee. it was just a moth on his window.

speaking of, he's terrified of moths. they're the devil incarnate.

stole his name from the best creepypasta x virus

gets genuinely anxious at the idea of aliens existing. he's going to have a hell of a breakdown at some point.

never shuts up about Pokémon. ever.

most likely nonbianry or smth but he ain't got time to figure that out

likes glam rock, screamo and vocaloid

makes short horror films and likes bringing his cam recorder into the woods next to his house to try(and unsuccessfully)find evidence of the supernatural.

makes multiple dnd character sheets because its fun but never uses them. and because he's a nerd and has no one to play with irl.

plays the electric guitar but he's extremely bad at it.

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he watches way too many shitty romcoms

sean wants to visit paris to have a main character love story moment.

people think he's annoying because he likes to be dramatic for the fun of it and is very theatrical. so he tries to tone it down when he's not alone, but it's pretty hard for him.

he's the type to read a book or write in a journal at a concert to seem 'mysterious' and by the off chance his favorite band invites him backstage to have a tour or some shit(he's so real).

in the theater club at his school, hasn't gotten a lead yet but he will eventually!(he won't)

sean actually has terrible stage freight, but still has a passion the preforming arts, so he joined the club in the spur of the moment to try and get over it

tripped over his own foot during opening night for a musical and ended up starting a fire somehow.

likes high-school musical and glee.

actually plays a sport, soccer.

pretends to know french because it thinks it makes him seem more sophisticated. He does not know french.

hates coffee but drinks it anyways. thinks its 'romantic' since coffee shop love stories are all rage.

reads old boring books that you'd read in english class like the great gabsty because he thinks it make him seem more mature.

he's actually very happy to help out his friends anytime they need something

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cody and sean like to discuss about the conspiracy theories about the cult theater people, the mystery of hamlet curse, superstitions and of the incredibly specific scenario if aliens were to infect humans to sing and dance(tgwdlm real). other than that they like to play video games, though their tastes are wildly different. cody likes horror while sean likes those really bad visual novels, which cody makes fun of. they also both unironically like twilight. cody is team jacob and sean is team edward and they do argue about it.

[fulgursmediaanalysisdrama]

No hate to the creator of this summary

But I love watching videos like this sometimes even though I disagree with most everything

Because it's obviously made by some maybe misogynistic dudebro with clear biases that get into the way of whatever media literacy he has, and dillutes or distorts whatever interesting observations and analysis he makes

Like I'm sorry, you can't just say nothing happens in the books that mostly cover Ciris perspective because they don't cover Geralts perspective much, and then even worse talk at length about all the stuff that happens. Like??? Hahaha

It also reeks of not understanding themes and core messages, something that's pretty apparent from the way he talked about the short stories (though there definitely are issues with them, no way to denie) and for example when he says that the books make a big deal out of Angouleme looking like Ciri but it not mattering. (Because he views Yennefer as Ciris mother more than Geralt as Ciris father)

There's also some factually wrong stuff, mostly inconsequential details like Reiges giving Milva a pill when he made her a potion, but also claiming that Reiges isn't dead because only higher Vampires can kill higher Vampires (nothing like that is ever said, and there's no reason to doubt that the single most powerful individual in Vilgefortz can't kill Reiges when it's textual not even literal that his molten down remains fused together with stone/marble)

Speaking of Vilgefort, he says Geralt gets wounded by him when in other instances he had no issues calling Geralt severely wounded or such. Which obviously is a massive fucking understatement, Geralt gets owned and almost dies. And, again purely textual, Geralt becomes permanently disabled as a result of the magical treatment that saved his life, but also because his hand can't recover full functionality anymore.

Then there's weird stuff like calling him one and also comparing Dandelion to faggots. But near the end of the video making fun of people who listen to right wing talking points too much. And that last one was what truly broke me, I needed to share all of this.

There's so much in here, I can't remember everything, you'll guaranteed find stuff I missed or overheard. This is art to me.

And yeah, dude said stuff like "wow no wonder a story is much more interesting when you follow the main character" when he switches to book 3 I believe. Because he can't stop complaining about Ciri being important in books 2 and 4, or rather getting more page time than Geralt does. Because he just likes Geralt more and it's awesome because something always happens and there's epic action and stuff. (Anyone else things he's horny for Geralt?)

Idk it's a beautiful mess of incompetence and predetermined judgements and I can't even be mad. But saying that CD Project Red wrote better stories with the games than Sapkowski did with the books, something he actually said in the video completely unironically, is pretty fucking wild. Immmagine. Dude doesn't even understand why Sapkowski wrote the book the way he did, any messaging is lost, hates 70% of the story because it doesn't show off how cool his big bad crush Geralt is. It's hilarious

I'll stop, no more

[cpopnatural]

12x10 Notes

-girlcas time…….

-angel addicted to video games what won’t this show come up with

-the fact she whips up two angel blades is so funny to me

-we should’ve gotten an ep in Atlanta

-poor Sam in the middle of their lover’s spats

-the thing w Cas and Dean is. They’re both like. You fucking idiot why would you do that stupid thing and put yourself in danger. And the answer is. I did it for you, you goddamn idiot

-the angel wings…Cas losing his cool…

-Ishim intro is also this ep?????

-Dean worried boyfriend look…

-Cas’ annoyed Dean

-Mirabel has such a slay coat it’s a shame she’s about to die

-Dean is about to punch Ishim in the face for insulting Cas :(

-“how could one not love them” pans to CAS

-the conflict this ep is so much more nuanced like I’m crying this shit so juicy

-this shit is CRAZY like woahhhh

-Jesus Christ man…

-when was the last time Dean and Sam had their values challenged like this

-SOULLESS SAM TIE IN

-I’M GONNA CURE YOU OF YOUR HUMAN WEAKNESS THE SAME WAY I CURED MY OWN

-scenes that literally don’t make any sense unless you accept that Dean and Cas are in fucking love

-AND CAS GETS TBH E KILLL

-Ca ssays I can’t understand the pain of having a dead child and then they. They gave him a son a nephilim son and he loved him

Oh my god this was an incredible episode. So it actually pits each of Team Free Will against their own values and forces them to challenge them. Even though it was “technically” a filler ep, it felt extremely fleshed out and added to the world that it inhabits. Which is really all you want out of a filler episode. On top of the fantastic conflicts and nuanced storytelling, there’s some iconic lines and great Destiel moments. And it’s so good at showing and not telling. Like it’s unironically just a great episode of television that takes full advantage of the growth and history behind these characters that we’ve seen for 12 seasons 10/10

[duty-calls-for-booty]

The 141 and their Splatoon playing S/O

This can be read as either Monogamous!141 x GN!Reader OR Poly!141 x GN!Reader

Simon “Ghost” Riley:

This man is a consummate backseat gamer. He might pretend that he’s not interested in what you’re playing, but he is lying. He is absolutely going to come watch you play, and he might start out silent, but it’s not gonna last long.

I am firmly subscribed to the headcanon that this man’s special interest is weapons and he just retains information like a sponge. For this reason, he has memorized all of the weapon load-outs, yes all of them. “Watch out for the Z+F Splat Charger, that Triple Inkstrike is mean.”

For you, he’s the helpful kind of backseat gamer. (Although that may not keep you from getting irritated at him if you start getting frustrated. Seriously, fuck Bloblobbers.) 

“Watch your six, the Tri-Stringer’s flanking.”

“Tentamissile incoming.”

“Drop your Wave Breaker”

But he’s not just telling you what to do, he’s also commiserating with you and yelling at your opponents/teammates too. “That was bullshite, you had him!”, “Wish this guy would Ink Base for fuck’s sake!”

He’s helpful, but he might bully your clothing choices a little if you’re the type to choose form over function (or if you’re like me and don’t understand half of the game’s functions…): 

Ghost: “What’re you using that hat for?” 

Reader: “Uh, it’s cute?” 

Ghost: “Those abilities are garbage, you need to scrub your slots.”

Reader: “Cool…how do I do that?”

Or if you’re the kind of player who gets really into customizing your Gear Abilities, Ghost is absolutely discussing the pros and cons of things like Ink Saver Up vs. Ink Recovery Up with you. 

He’s also going to suggest changes to your load-out based on your playstyle, or vice versa. 

“If you’re gonna keep rushing mid like that, love, you might want to try the…”

“If you’re gonna play Octobrush you’re gonna have to actually get in the action to get any kills.”

Conversely, Johnny and Gaz are getting relentlessly bullied:

“He was 3 feet in front of you, ye muppet!”

“I can’t believe you got caught by a slow-ass Dynamo Roller.”

“Wasted that special, Twit.”

If you can ever convince him to play, he’ll end up Hyperfixating on the game and just going to town. This man is playing Ranked Battles and he’s making children cry. 

Loadout: I can see him playing the Aerospray RG (Sprinkler+Booyah Bomb), Forge Splattershot Pro (Suction Bomb+Booyah Bomb) or maybe the N-ZAP ‘85 (Suction Bomb+Tacticooler). 

Abilities: He feels kind of like a Quick Super Jump, Quick Respawn, Ninja Squid kinda guy to me. If he’s feeling particularly mean, he might bust out the Respawn Punisher and Haunt.

Outfit: This man is absolutely torn between wearing the Skull Bandana and the Stealth Goggles. For his top, I feel like he’s a Black Inky Rider or a Hero Jacket Replica. He’s definitely wearing the Punk Nights, but an argument can be made for the Punk Cherries.

Ghost has completed the Story Mode and he has beaten the Secret Kettle Stage, but he refuses to wear the bear ears, no matter how much you, Soap or Gaz beg him to.

Once you convince Ghost to play, the four of you become unstoppable.

P.S. He is unironically delighted by the many many puns.

Johnny "Soap" MacTavish & Kyle “Gaz” Garrick:

(This is not necessarily intended to be Poly!Soap x Gaz x Reader, but can absolutely read that way!)

Soap and Gaz have always felt like the kind of guys to play video games to me, especially when they were teenagers. 

These boys are showing their younger siblings/niblings/cousins how it’s done! 

It would probably be more convenient to have a handheld device to take from base to base than an XBOX or Playstation, so…

Soap has a Switch. He probably still has his 3DS XL in a footlocker somewhere. (If it's held together with duct tape and paperclips, that's nobody's business but his.) The Switch isn't quite as discreetly portable as the 3DS was, but it fits better in his big hands and he can hook it up to any screen with a HDMI port to play with Gaz, so it's a decent tradeoff. 

Gaz is probably still rocking his 3DS. Who cares if he’s beaten these games a hundred times already, or if the device is obsolete, it fits in his pocket and he enjoys a good comfort replay.

Soap’s got a customized Pro-Controller. He’s also bought one for Gaz as a birthday/Christmas present. If you don’t already have one yourself? Guess what you’re getting for your birthday! If Ghost finally gets convinced to play, Soap’s getting him one too!

When it comes to you playing Splatoon with the boys, it goes one of several ways: 

Either they are super excited to learn that you also enjoy playing Splatoon and can’t wait to get you to join their team,

or when you introduce it to them they’re very excited to try something that you enjoy. In this case, you may walk them through getting started, but as soon as they get the hang of it, they’re off like a shot.

Or maybe you guys discover it together. Depending on how long you’ve known each other you very well could have been playing together since Splatoon 1.

Either way, these are your hype men! When you win they’re celebrating with you, and when you lose they’re not letting morale fall. “It’s alright, we’ll get em’ in the next match!”

Many a giggle has been had, playing Hide and Seek in Private matches.

Johnny plays Splatoon more than Gaz, I feel like he enjoys fast-paced online/co-op games, especially if there’s voice chat. Johnny has not finished the Story Mode or even unlocked the Secret Kettle stage.

Gaz probably plays single-player games on his 3DS more and prefers to play Splatoon when he’s playing with you and/or Johnny. Gaz has completed the Story Mode and found all of the collectibles. He is weeping over the Secret Kettle stage.

Johnny’s Loadout: He feels like a man who changes mains often and gets really good at them. Chargers, Tenta Brellas, Buckets, you never know what he’s going to use next, but rest assured he will use it with brutal efficiency.

Johnny's Abilities: When it comes to games, he wants to get places fast, so Soap’s rocking things like Opening Gambit, Ink Resistance Up, Run/Swim Speed Up, etc.

Johnny's Outfit: Johnny “Soap” MacTavish is wearing the Chaos Set from the Smallfry Amiibo, I do not make the rules. Alternately he might bust out the Party Hard Hat, Annaki Polpo-Pic Tank, and the Skipjack Work Boots. 

Gaz’s Loadout: I can see Gaz playing support. He’s the guy that’s inking base, setting down Tacticoolers and Big Bubblers. But he’s also the Roller who gets tired of his team rushing mid just be killed over and over and decides to show them how it’s done. You ever seen a Roller get a wipeout? The disrespect is abundant and the satisfaction is immeasurable.

Gaz’s Abilities: Special Charge Up, Special Power Up, Ink Saver/Ink Recovery Up.

Gaz’s Outfit: My man is either strutting in his matching Dustcloud Set or he’s working the Lightweight Cap, Baseball Jersey, and Red Work Boots. In fact, I fully believe Gaz has a bit of Fashionista in him, his outfits are always on point.

With Johnny being the wildcard, and Gaz on support you have a lot of options in how you play your game. If you’re a mid-rusher, Johnny can take long-range. If you’re more of a support class, Gaz can come in with a heavy hitter. Any combination of the 2 or 3 of you is fairly flexible team, and once you reach your stride you’re a force to be reckoned with.

P.S. You, Johnny, and Gaz giggled about Humpback Pump Track for days. 

Captain John Price:

He may not be interested in playing the game with you, or even watching you play, but that doesn’t mean he’s not involved in your interest. The two of you are engaging in Parallel Play!

He’s in his chair, cigar in hand, glass full of amber liquid on the side table, reading a book or a mission report. Or he’s leaning against the arm of the couch with you between his legs while you play in handheld mode. If he’s got a lot of paperwork he might take it to the dinner table. No matter what though, he’s in the same room as you, enjoying the noise and life that you bring into his space. 

He cares about what you care about. When you talk about how excited you are for the new season, and the maps that are being added, he is listening and asking thoughtful questions. 

If you record a clip of yourself getting a 4-kill/Wipeout, he is suitably proud of you. “Give em’ hell, sweetheart.”

That being said, sometimes the sentences that come out of your mouth when you and the boys are talking about Splatoon throw him for a loop. I mean come on, with words like Bloblobber, Squiffer, Squelcher, Sploosh-o-matic, and Glooga? The first time he heard Ghost say Bamboozler out loud he nearly swallowed his cigar. He will be compelled to make faces, he may even choke on a laugh or two.

P.S. He was very happy when you and the boys finally stopped saying Humpback Pump Track every five minutes. 

Congratulations on your new Sugar Daddy by the way!:

When he hears you fawn over Soap’s custom pro controller, there’s one coming in the mail within the week in your favorite colors. 

If Splatoon is your favorite Switch game, congrats, you’re the new owner of a Splatoon 3 Edition OLED Switch. (BTW I have this Switch, it glows under Black/UV light, it’s so cool, 10/10, highly recommend.) 

Are you excited about the DLC coming out, but you’ve got to wait for your paycheck to come in to pre-order it? Say no more, he’s got it covered. 

Amiibos give you special in-game outfits and you’re missing a few? Not anymore you’re not.

If you’re in voice chat with Soap and Gaz, you also get to wield Price to your advantage:

Reader: “John, can you please tell your subordinates to quit rushing mid when I’m literally fighting for my life in base?” 

Price: “Boys…”

Soap & Gaz: “...yes sir…”

Also, fear not! Just because John doesn’t play the game, doesn’t mean you and the boys haven’t picked out his hypothetical outfits! Safari Hat, Khaki Ranger Vest, Tan Work Boots, or maybe the Short Beanie, the Annaki Flannel Hoodie, and the Hunting Boots/Trail Boots. Other Hat options include: Special Forces Beret, Jungle Hat, Wharfside Cap, Treasure Hunter, and Classic Bowler.

BONUS Mario Kart:

Soap and Gaz absolutely play Mario Kart, and they have no compunctions about wrecking your shit. You will be bullied. You might cry. You can absolutely leverage this to get Ghost or Price to smack them in the back of the head.

Ghost is no longer allowed to talk while the sergeants are playing Mario Kart. He’s not just a bully: “Why would you pick Rainbow Road if you can’t even stay on the fuckin’ track?”  He’s also stirring the pot: “You gonna let Gaz disrespect you with a Green Shell like that, Johnny?” Price has 100% had to step in to keep things from coming to blows.

This is relevant to exactly 2 people...here's to Me and You, Anon!

this might be a long shot but..simon or cod men with a s/o who is a huge splatoon fan

(definitely not a splatoon fan myself)

i'm really sorry anon but i have nae knowledge on the game and actually had to look up what i was. so i can't write anything about it, im so sorry (ㅠ﹏ㅠ)

[flowersandbirdsflyingfree]

IronPetals General Headcanons

*I am lucky to be on his soft side. He’s a total sweetheart and there’s not one day that goes by where we remind each other how much we’re in love

*Big time cuddles. Always wants to have me resting on his chest or being the bigger spoon. “Hey, I’m a big, strong man. Big strong man is the big strong spoon.” I told him we could take turns but I’ve lost that battle. It feels nice being held by him though

*He teases me with banter every now and then. But he keeps it lighthearted. I’ve learned kissing Dempsey is the best way to make him stop. He then just quietly grumbles in defeat and I swear he’s blushing a bit.

*I can’t help but hide behind my hands and giggle after every time we kiss. It just makes my heart have butterflies. “Awww. Am I too hot to handle, cupcake?”

*Can men purr? Because it sounds like he does whenever I rub his head for him when he’s stressed. I just let him rest on one of my shoulders and try to tenderly get the bad thoughts out myself

*Hardcore metal fans GO!!! We both love the genre! But he also likes classic rock, new wave and some dance stuff. I am always the one who has to rescue him from starting shit in the mosh pit.

*Songs that remind me of us:

Volbeat- I Only Wanna Be With You

Volbeat- Radio Girl (my name was said in it 😳)

Metallica- Nothing Else Matters (first wedding dance song btw)

Seether- Tonight

Only Forever- Bing Crosby

*Although I usually cook for the most part, he can at least do a phenomenal breakfast! He makes the best pancakes I’ve ever had in my life. He once tried to make heart shaped eggs and corned beef hash for me by using cookie cutters for the eggs to shape in.

*I have been making scrapbooks since I was young. I asked him to help me with my 3rd book. So no matter where we go, I’m taking pictures and taking his suggestions of what to decorate it for.

*You really think he’s going to give up his love for firearms so easily? Hell no! We usually go to the shooting range on Sundays after church (talk about contrast). He’s angry that a veteran can’t own an M16 for target practice but he’d rather be faithful to the harsh laws in our state

*Our sense of humor does share in chaos/slapstick, so when I show him my Gmod video stuff, we end up spending an hour nearly busting our lungs over stupid shit.

*He loves cats and I want him to be happy too. So I get us a Samoyed first since I’m experienced raising dogs and it’s cat friendly. We then get a calico cat to be a friendly sibling to the dog. Their names are Sammie and Clover

*We do plan to eventually raise a kid or two. But not until we enjoy some more time together just the two of us. It ends up one boy and one girl. It’s no surprise our daughter is more like her father and the son like me.

*Video games are fun but once again, zombies is left untouched. We love Mario Kart and some Nintendo games. But he appreciates boomer shooters and some puzzle games. Nothing hard though, it’s easy stuff like Peggle. He tried doing a jigsaw puzzle, took one good look at the 3 pieces he put together and said “Fuck this!”

*I have to help him cool down often if he decides to play online. Dempsey doesn’t handle the multiplayer lobbies well. With the exception of how nice TF2’s is, he’s potty mouth to the max. He’s unironically recited the navy seal copypasta (marine edition). I often have to help soothe him after feeling heated. How do I soothe him? Well that’s a bit suggestive aHEM- I’ll be bed ridden for a day or two

Overall, I’d say we are blessed to have each other and I wouldn’t want it any other way. After all we’ve fought through, he’s worth it. And I hope he’s happy knowing I’m always going to be there for him too