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[elis-corner]

I think in Rings of Power S2 they should have the rest of the Rings forged and Celebrimbor captured, and the season ending with his demise.

[flagwars]

Video Game Flag Wars: Prelims

Submissions for the tournament have closed, and the prelims will begin tomorrow! Flags from 82 different video game series were submitted. These prelims will decide the best flag from each video game series, so the final tournament will only feature one flag per series. Thus, there will be 82 flags in Round 1. For any series that only has one flag submitted to the tournament, the flag will automatically make it into the first round.

These are the flags that will automatically go through:

Rescue Corps Flag (Pikmin 4)

Courland (Empire: Total War)

Tropico (Tropico)

Mawkin Flag (Metroid: Dread)

King Dedede’s Flag (Kirby: Triple Deluxe)

Fortnite (Fortnite)

Sons of Liberty (Metal Gear Solid 2)

Federation of the Americas (Call of Duty: Ghosts)

Novistrana (Republic: The Revolution)

Flag of the Crown (Cult of the Lamb)

Assassin Jolly Roger (Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag)

Yartar (Baldur’s Gate 3)

Columbia (Bioshock Infinite)

Alliance of Galactic Travelers (No Man’s Sky)

Outer Wilds Ventures (Outer Wilds)

Arstotzka (Papers, Please)

Hurons (American Conquest)

Joker Banner (Balatro)

Warbanner (Risk of Rain 2)

Victory Flag (Fall Guys)

Deep Hollow Valley (Night in the Woods)

Super Earth (Helldivers)

Republic of America (Dustborn)

Eusan Nation (Signalis)

Antarctica (3D Atlas (1996))

Crimson Cult Banner (Thaumcraft)

Generic Flag (Roblox)

Standing Flag (Dragon Blade RPG (Roblox))

Fillydelphia Contingent (Balefire Blues)

Great Lakes Government (Kalterkrieg: Shadow of the Weltkrieg)

Middle Eastern Alliance (Squad)

Columbia (Crimson Skies)

Castle Siege (Super Smash Bros.)

These games and franchises have multiple submissions and will receive preliminary polls:

Mario

The Legend of Zelda

Animal Crossing

Overwatch

Fallout

Kaiserreich

The New Order: Last Days of Europe

Ace Combat

Arma

Far Cry

Age of Empires

Homestar Runner

Minecraft

Splatoon

Fire Emblem

Donkey Kong

Grand Theft Auto

Halo

Ace Attorney

Just Cause

Final Fantasy

Command and Conquer

Pokémon

Suzerain

Persona 5

Sea of Thieves

Sonic

Skyrim

Dragon Age

Disco Elysium

Palia

LEGO City Undercover

Red World

WarioWare

Slime Rancher

Cyberpunk 2077

Rise of Nations (Roblox)

Dead Ahead (Roblox)

World of Warcraft

League of Legends

Spyro the Dragon

Pax Britannica

Equestria at War

Kaiserredux

Extremis Ultimis

Red Flood

Judgement Day: Aftermath of the Red Flood

Twilight of the Anthropocene

Valkyria Chronicles

Fable

Some series have enough submissions that it will take multiple preliminary polls to decide the best flag. For the polls, I am counting fan games and mods as separate from their series of origin.

Thank you to everyone for your submissions!

[farewell-superiors]

I’m having so many thoughts about @ammstify’s persona 6 idea for it being about nature and being based on Arthurian legend but as more of a spin-off but I’m in the “pacing while brainstorming” phase which means that I have too much energy to sit down and actually write down my ideas so I may as well start a post that’s like… just a bunch of ramblings about ideas. Have so at least it’s WRITTEN DOWN and I won’t forget anything. If I think enough I might even make a fanfic in the style of steal the truth (which you should absolutely read btw it’s genuinely one of the best video game adaptations with how well it integrates persona’s calendar mechanic and social links into its story structure) but that would require a lot of foresight and planning (hence why u want to WRITE SHIT DOWN)

Anyway here goes. Spoilers for something that I just made up but might make into an actual thing in the future I guess lol

The themes are about growth (there's LOTS of plant imagery), moving on, and how it gets better (the sun will always rise, darkest before dawn, etc. (there's a lot of day/night imagery as well)), and it looks at the relationship between humans and the environment.

The setting will probably be Kyoto, or at least some city, but I'm undecided about whether the characters are high school or uni students. Both have their pros and cons and I just have to figure them out. I'm leaning towards Uni?

The actual persona elements take place in the sea of souls, although it's more accurate to say the field of souls, as it's an undending field of grass, flowers, and the odd tree/hill, with every bit of flora representing a life. Select people will travel to the sea of souls in their sleep, but sleeping in the sea of souls won't get you out, so if someone is there without a way out, it looks like they're in a coma. If they happen to die in there (haven't completely figured out shadow mechanics yet, don't know if day/night cycles in the sos would be over a few weeks (to represent the collective unconscious) or over a characters journey (because it's cool imagery)) the body will start growing vines and leaves as their pulse slowly fades.

One way to get out is through the velvet room: In the sea of souls there is a battlefield, with velvet blue warbanners rising amongst the bloodstained foliage, and in the centre is a familiar long nosed man sitting on a particularly comfy looking rock, with a warrior clad in a deep blue leather armour brandishing a spear and shield. As neither protagonist is a wild card (whoops spoiler) Igor doesn't act as the guy who fuses your personas, he's like a guide both through your journey and on your way back to the real world. Maybe belladonna and nameless are also there, who knows.

Persona users have a body part wrapped in foliage, vines, flowers, and the like (the location can be thematic, it’s as if wrapped in chains), and when summoned the foliage chains break and rapidly grow into the summoned persona.

Protag A (who I shall refer to as Sun because that’s their arcana) is a kind young man who was diagnosed with cancer. This diagnosis comes shortly after moving to a new city to start university, so he rightly is in a lot of turmoil and feeling alone. One of the way he copes is by having a fairly dark cynical sense of humour, contrasting with his kind and caring personality. I’m not set on a subject he does, I’m thinking natural sciences, it’s got a wide range of topics and, most importantly, MATHS (this isn’t a joke). His starting persona is Arthur, his second awakening is Arturus Rex, both of the sun arcana, and his ultimate persona is Excalibur, of the world arcana.

Protag B (who I shall refer to as Moon) is a standoffish young woman in the year above sun. An abuse survivor, her father (her only living relative) recently was jailed for what he did, but she still holds a deep contempt for humanity who she thinks has failed her. Initially forced to interact with sun because of a scheme where second years help first years, she stays with him because of a shared goal once they enter the sea of souls. Her story arc is about growing to care for others, learning to see the good in people, and stopping seeking revenge. Her starting persona is Lancelot, who evolves into white knight, both of the moon arcana, and her ultimate persona is Galahad of the world arcana (I’m intentionally hiding some things but oh well lol. The personas are thought out, I’ll tell you that).

I’ve not settled on social links or party members, I’ve got a few ideas, like Sun’s maths professor (who would either be magician or hierophant) and the Lovers arcana, but nothing concrete.

Getting into real endgame spoilers now, the premise is that two gods, Pendragon and Morgan le Fay, are arguing over whether humanity should suffer or not. Pendragon thinks they're a stain on the world and should be wiped out, while Morgan le Fay thinks they should live in eternal bliss. Given that the themes are about moving on and growing, neither is very good, or rather, life is a combination of the two. They're represented by the moon and the sun in the sea of souls, when Pendragon is "winning" it's night, when Morgan is "winning" it's day. towards the end of the story the party beats Pendragon without realising that now Morgan le Fay is able to act unchecked and so the regular course of life grinds to a halt. During the course of the story each protagonist holds one in themself, Moon with her contempt for humanity holds pendragon, and Sun with his wish to live with his friends forever holds Morgan, but once Moon starts to see the good in humanity her mind boots out pendragon (hence why they fight him), and once Sun accepts that a life in stagnation isn't a life living at all, his mind boots out Morgan (hence why they fight her). Basically, I really really really like the ideas of third semester and am doing something similar lol.

At the start Sun and Moon are visited by a Doctor informing him of his cancer diagnosis and a chief prosecutor "congratulating" her about her father's loss in court respectively. Both talk about their fascination with/contempt of humanity, and end with "do you agree?", a cloaked agreement to a contract that makes them their champion, for these are Morgan le Fay and Pendragon in human forms. A side effect of tricking them into agreeing to a contract, however, is letting them into the velvet room, a mistake that would lead to both of the gods' downfall.

Ah shit I haven't even tackled how dungeons and stuff work. I know at least the last one is gonna be called Avalon.

I think I'm just gonna go ahead and post this for now, I might edit it later so uhhh stay tuned I guess

[godseeker-yharim]

tell me why i'm feeling for raethe. what's motivating her, btw?

You're feeling for Raethe because she's fun and cool and I'm forcing her to feel things. As for her motivations, I guess the depends on what you mean. In the playthrough? It's an entirely hypothetical scenario in which she inadvertently became the next Big Damn Hero while keeping an ear to the ground in case her lout of a lord decides to get off his glorious golden arse and back to the fight (her world is literally named "While I Waited"). Non-canon, of course, but it does give me an excuse to play as her and flesh out her character as I go through the game in her headspace. Otherwise? Her motivation is that she's the single most pro-Yharim character I've got. She hates the gods, and feels as if she owes him for waking her up to the fact that the world doesn't have to be as terrible as it is, and still sees him as the best shot for lasting positive change--as messy and awful as progress towards that has been and may continue to be. Her ideal path forward is Yharim picking up the warbanner again and getting back to eliminating the rest of the gods and she aids him best as she can. She will settle for "well at least he's not dead", though. Like Yharim, she's a shit person. Unlike Yharim, she doesn't have much by way of a conscience. I love her, though. She'll be formally introduced in the next chapter and join the main cast from there.

[bonnicula]

We're about to break 800 on Twitch!! Rally to the warbanner, minibosses! The Dark Queen is on the march!!

[thedennysmanager]

Monstertober Day 2: Sprite (+Tattoo)

Unlike their cousins, the pixies, sprites readily take up their archfey's warbanner when called to fight evil. While a sprite may earn the trophies and adornment of their lord, often very little of the original sprite returns home...

Day 2 of 31 complete so I'm basically done now right?

[gowithplana]

The glaive is placed in honor over the mantle that holds candles and a small altar to Primus. He is glad maintenance could come so quickly to install a new shelf unit. Here the ceremonial sword goes in its case, open to display the beautiful weapon, warbanner hung above it where it belongs once more. The gifts in his habsuite make it look... like his. Like he truly belongs here. The flowers and incense, the weapons and new tech. The treats and the bottles of high grade in the display cabinet.

[warsofasoiaf]

A Message from LeMay to His Successor: Fuck off and die you human cockroach.--TBH

LeMay really should just execute Hall or Yockey and cause a game over as the presidential transition. We may have lost Glenn, and so LeMay must carry the warbanner of the based.

-SLAL

[jasmineleeplays]

We finally have a closer look at the Prize Armor, a Famed level artifact that Raingarda inherited from her father Count Gisulf II who won it as a tournament prize from Pope Alexander II "Strongarm"'s Grand Tournament. This Melee contest prize boosts prowess by a whooping +8!

The Pisan Warbanner we took earlier has transformed into a Famed Large Wall Ornament shining with a pristine aura after being blessed at the Holy Site of Vaticano by the Vaticano realm-priest.

Despite being unable to join Countess Hedwig of Gottingen's Grand Tournament (there is no option to click join on the Activities tab), Queen Matilda is still able to don chain mail and armor to train for Tournament with the rest of her knights.

Queen Matilda creates the Kingdom of Sardinia in order to vassalise the remaining counties still not under her rule. The Kingdom of Sardinia changes to the "Kingdom of Sardegna e Corsica".

Meanwhile, Prince Goffredo's Genius wife, Countess Tatyana of Bouillon gives birth to a Beautiful baby boy. They name him Goffredo as well. It seems he has developed the new congenital trait of Beautiful instead of inheriting his mother's Genius trait.

Queen Matilda takes him in as a Ward together with his elder sister Anna.

[jouste]

The Bannermin! A banner of the Crowned Fist that was so inspirational that it transformed into the morale-boosting Bannermin! Flapping in the breeze with massive motivation, this encouraging object can lead even a handful of soldiers to their greatest victory!

[voidwulv]

[thebloopixie]

Our “Jolly Pixie Roger” Warbanner has begun!!! Having so much fun with this project !!! This banner will be coming with us to events everywhere once it’s completed. Thanks to everyone for coming over and hanging out you guys are awesome!!! #thebloopixiestudios #handstitched #embroidery #warbanner #textileartistsofinstagram #embroideryartistsoninstagram #reenactment #cosplay #props #puppetry #accessories #pirates #pixiepirate

[devctiion]

( The Gorou muse on this blog is officially canon divergent. He is not a dog/shiba, he's an Earth Kitsune, and his skills and power levels are at that level. Consider this the 5 star version of the character l m a o . . . )

[lovelyirony]

For your consideration: rhodeybruce boyfriends

bruce and rhodey are the biggest nerds who get into sass wars and can roast anyone in a three mile radius. 

they also wear nerdy, oversized sweaters and decorate for the holidays and argue over the music playlists 

“You are not playing jackson 5!” 

“Yes the fuck I am! It’s classic Christmas!” 

“Yeah for trash.” 

“BRUCE--” 

Rhodey and Bruce have the best back-and-forth conversation. Like it reads like a movie script and it’s so entertaining Peter records it for Twitter 

They take dance classes and the way they can ballroom dance makes Tony cry 

science puns >>>> genuine affection 

roasting each other >>>> genuine affection 

rhodey spends an embarrassing amount of time bragging about his boyfriend 

[dontcallmejoel]

[[ one day the pornbots will stop following me ]]

[adversaryss]

@frcsthearted:

This feeling was ... New. Though she told herself time and time again she needed to remain calm at work, it was hard sometimes when a few particular members of the Fatui - lower down the totem pole, so to speak - seemed to love pressing their luck by trying to get close to a particular Harbinger.

As soon as she caught sight of one trying to get closer than normal ... She couldn't take it. Stack of papers were shoved onto her desk before the agent stormed her way over, wasting no time in latching on to his arm with usually soft features hardening into a threatening glare toward the offender.

" Tartaglia , I need you for a while , if you don't mind . " Yulia almost growled as she gave a small tug, trying to urge him along. " Just you . "

One would think that with Yulia's transfer to his jurisdiction, she might feel more at ease be able to see him more often. And yet. With the days that pass, Aias has noticed a certain restlessness to her. Whether that's always been there- or perhaps he's only just noticing now that they have more time to spend together- has yet to be seen.

Perhaps he should have addressed it earlier... but isn't it more interesting to see what might happen?

There's a faint sense of anticipation that rises, little by little, like a kettle slowly building to a boil. Heat and pressure. A pair of golden eyes that seem to burn holes in the back of his head every time a Fatuus leans a little too close to speak to him. With the waves of bloodlust coming this way, one would think he was in the middle of an active battlefield and not a mere office.

Tension finally gives with a snap. The furious gait of heels clattering against tile comes thundering his direction. He turns his head to look just as Yulia latches onto him, pink ponytail waving behind her like a warbanner, painted nails digging in with a perhaps unintentionally tight grip. It sends a faint twinge of pain of his arm, but nothing he can't handle.

Aias grins with delight.

"But of course, Agent Volkov~" he answers coyly, using her own professional name- as if they aren't the worst kept secret in both Snezhnaya and Liyue now. He offers his conversation partner a barely apologetic nod. "Excuse us, this seems rather urgent."

Nearly half his size and yet he still lets her tug him where she will, just to see where this is going.