#voice of the flinching

[wysteriaisapenguin]

You know, since I mentioned demo voices already, here’s what I imagine what might have happened to them

Voice of the Doubting -> Voice of the Skeptic: Intelligent and blunt with a dry sense of humor, but his growing cynicism has made him more harsh and emotionally closed off.

Voice of the Meek -> Voice of the Paranoid: Plain and unassuming with moderate anxiety, but overtime she feels like she can no longer feel safe at any given moment, thus becoming an easy target.

Voice of the Obsessed -> Voice of the Stubborn and Voice of the Hunted: Originally a single voice, but their nature was deemed too “destructive” so they were split into two. If Stubborn and Hunted were to ever fuse again, Obsessed would come back.

Voice of the Flinching -> Voice of the Cheated: Initially as jumpy and cautious as Meek/Paranoid, but the more she keeps getting screwed over, the more frustrated she becomes and decides to take no shit from anything or anyone.

[thesteamhunk]

Finding The Flinching’s voice lines makes me yearn like a wife whose husband is off at war.

He’s still the foil of The Razor…. In my heart…

[strixcattus]

Felt like dropping the demo Voices into my TTRPG AU so here they are (with designs made in Heroforge), under the cut:

Flinching is a sorcerer from birth who naturally attracts strange occurrences and otherworldly beings—his powerful innate abilities have the same effect on them as artificial light has on moths. Literally—his presence drowns out the natural background magic that spirits use to navigate and to understand the outlines of their domain, in addition to drawing attention from beings outside the natural world. Flinching generally sees them as dangerous annoyances and has made an art of evading involvement with them. He helped Cheated figure out the mechanics of his pact shortly after he first entered it—he'd already had a bit of past experience with the patron in question, but hadn't fallen into her trap like Cheated did.

Doubting is a fairly well-known magical dabbler and magic items collector. His magic isn't particularly powerful, but he knows a few tricks from just about every class's playbook, and his extensive collection of magical equipment means he and his party are guaranteed to have the right tool for anything they may encounter. He was the previous keeper of Skeptic's tavern, but not for long—it made a good base of operations for a while, but he was looking for somewhere more private, and handed over ownership to Skeptic when he found a better place.

Obsessed is something between a fighter and a ranger, and is famous for both his skill in combat and his uncooperative personality. The only people he seems to be capable of working with are his current party, though he still tends to go off on his own. He's come into contact with Stubborn a few times. Killed him a few times, never really got as well as he gave. Stubborn is still chasing after him, trying to scrape out a victory. It's probably good they both have this enrichment.

Meek's outward tough-guy appearance... doesn't even last past appearances, really. He's generally overcautious and does his best to stick with a group, even when he isn't actively on a quest. Despite dressing like some sort of shadow or fire mage, most of his magic circles around defensive spells, with very little real firepower in his arsenal. He gets along with most people he meets, and those who know him would say there's only one person he genuinely dislikes—his junior student, Paranoid, whom he speaks of with equal measures hatred and fear.

[minotaur-asterion]

I’ll keep it short because I’m tired

I would’ve included the Doubting design but it’s hot garbage so let me workshop it first. These guys are a separate party from the rest, including Wild, who’s looking for her progenitor (whatever that means)

[blackenblush]

GUYS.. GUYS!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?

THIS MEANS VOICE OF THE FLINCHING IS NO LONGER LOST MEDIA!!!! YAYY!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

so while the princess is infinite and has infinite versions of herself outside of what we can see, is The Long Quiet limited to the same eleven guys, considering they're all he gets in MOC and Razor?

is the princess limited to the 26 iterations of her you can find in the game?

[normalbrothershow]

i wasnt paying attention and when i looked back i thought sams shiny inner ear was a hearing aid. i think sam shouldve had an hearing aid post cage

[milestonekestrel]

Some voice doodles i've been doing recently (mostly broken and hunted)

[tai-janai]

I would looove to see the demo voices meet their "replacements" with your designs 🙏

they dont all fit ~perfectly~ but its pretty snug

(conty is actually in the demos but meek is also definitely part contrarian and broken.)

[odeliba]

NICOOOOO

WAIT THE SPRINT RACE IS THE FIRST F1 THING IVE WATCHED THIS RACE WEEKEND BC IVE BEEN BUSY WAS NO ONE GONNA TELL ME ABOUT NICO?! NICO ROSBERG?! THE MAN WHO BEAT LEWIS HAMILTON IN EQUAL MACHINERY?! THE LOVE OF MY LIFE?! THE MAN WHO I BOTH HATE AND LOVE IN EQUAL MEASURE?!?!

[aliendxde]

rhys is a strange little creature to me personally.

yes, they did learn color theory through youtube for makeup. no, they don't know how much a gallon of milk costs. yes, of course, they'll help you with fixing your costume before intermission is over. yes, of course they hand-sew it. no, they never learned to tie their shoes. yes, they can play several different instruments. no, don't ask them how to read sheet music. no, she doesn't have any concept of what counts as 'hanging out' and what do you mean committing misdemeanors isn't 'hanging out'?

anyways someone please properly socialize this sheltered girl- guys what are you doing. stop encouraging her. guys. guys.

[james--murray]

James?...

,.,

[lovecolibri]

WOOF this scene with Pinocchio and his dad is ROUGH 😭😭😭😭 As GOOD as Brennan is with the gentle parental moments, he also hits like a fucking TRAIN when he does his angry parent moments.

[anthropwashere]

Man, I'm replaying Stormblood on a casual alt and the Lyse-Wuk Lamat comparisons absolutely SHIT on Lyse???

Like Stormblood was absolutely Lyse's Story but even at it's most egregious it didn't come anywhere near as In Your Face as Wuk's Story in Dawntrail?? Which is frickin' wild???

Like for real my biggest Stormblood Main Character Complaint is Lyse's first outfit design. Legit all I think about when she's on-screen is how unsupportive her white-ass bra is, and how likely she's dealing with wedgies with her white-ass booty shorts. Fucking for realsies, the rest of her OG outfit is great! But her "I'm 12 and unsure how to deal with puberty" undies-vibes drive me fuckin' nuts.

At least the recent graphic update saved Hien and Gosetsu's outfits? To the point that I'm probably gonna buy Hien's samurai outfit for my Xaela dude who hasn't even unlocked samurai??

Anyway outfit aside, Stormblood MSQ Lyse isn't HALF as frustrating as Dawntrail MSQ Wuk Lamat is, good christ can we stop shitting on Lyse for 5 dang minutes

[minotaur-asterion]

Sigh. Anyway I saw the transmasc Damsel headcanon and decided to do that today, along with the voices from the demos

[strnza]

i’m  not  saying  that  it  takes  eliza  a  long  time  to  move  on  from  the  physical  repercussions  of  the  mental,  physical  and  emotional  abuse  /  neglect  that  she  endured,  but  …  that’s  kinda  exactly  what  i’m  saying.

[jackmkelly]

joey and dans jacks r so special to me tired of them being so wildly ignored