#wavelengths dlc

[autisticwriterblog]

[fagryanlucan]

never noticed her email being "goblinchild @ gingrich . net"

[sapphicslut777]

🖤come join ur fav sapphic stoner as they become a cozy DJ in the Life is Strange: True Colors DLC🦋

[eaglefairy]

Not sure why but pokemon sv, area zero, and terapagos are kind of hitting the part of my brain that likes horror right now (That's a lie I absolutely know why it's pinging off the horror side of my brain. Possibility for weird creatures created by Terapagos + the professors being driven mad with obsession by Terapagos + the idea of crystals growing where they aren't supposed to be (human body))

[artbyblastweave]

And unrelated, but how do you think Fallout handles the occasional supernatural elements? Do you think they should stay as occasional homages to the pulp serial roots, or would they withstand being integrated more firmly into the setting?

Despite my intense affection for that entire side of things I think it's in a similar spot to their occasional forays into the superhero stuff- it objectively fits within the setting, it's no weirder than anything else we're supposed to take seriously, but there's a risk that if they take it too seriously it'll completely eat the worldbuilding- and worse, mainlining the Ug-Qualtoth plot would result in the Ug-Qualtoth plot being handled by whoever it is that writes the main plots for these games. A lot of the genuinely solid writing at Bethesda happens in the margins because it's in the margins- everything interesting about the supernatural wouldn't survive the sterilizing wavelength of the main quest spotlight. That said, if they're ever dumb enough to let me write a Fallout game, you are going, and this is non-negotiable, you are going to run into a small band of amicable Zetan worker drones who escaped to earth in the aftermath of the Mothership Zeta DLC, all of whom worship the Lone Wanderer as a Messianic figure for murdering their bosses, decorating their lair with vault 101 iconography and shrines and whatnot. There will be no quest directly associated with them but they will be unavoidably, undeniably canon, there will be no escape from it, there will be no wild wasteland figleaf. They will trade energy weapons and other tinkerwork to the nearby settlements like militant Keebler elves. It will permanently alter the dialogue options available to you if you're asked if you believe in aliens. Knowing about them will open up orthogonal solutions to other side quests. You will communicate with them primarily through SPECIAL-gated pantomime in a way that limits actual concrete expansion of the Zetan lore in a deliberately frustrating way. It will wrap around the rest of the game like a strangler vine and people who hate fun will fold in on themselves in a singularity of aesthetic distaste

[tangent101]

The truth about Deck Nine's Max Caulfield

Deck Nine loves their original character Steph Gingrich so much that they turned Max Caulfield into a Steph clone.

and

Both characters now have cat-related DLC (Wavelengths had a huge part of its story being where Steph was trying to capture a stray cat and finally succeeds in doing so).

Oh, and don't think I didn't notice that Deck Nine once again decided to play up their old playbook of throwing characters under a bus. We all remember in Before the Storm when D9 altered the timeline by having Max having talked to Chloe for over a year before finally "ghosting" Chloe? Chloe states in LiS that "You were happy to wait five years without a call, or even a text." But Deck Nine had to go and try to drive a wedge between Max and Chloe so they could push the Amberprice narrative.

And what the fuck happens with Double Exposure?

Spoilers (that are already out in the wild so you possibly already heard this) will be below the cut. You've been warned.

Many folks may already have heard this but Chloe Price ends up being too much of a "free spirit" to stay with Max. They out-and-out state that they were more than friends but that Chloe moved on... and apparently Max does as well as in her backstory Max already has dated another woman (named Amanda, I think?) and it didn't work out for Max.

Deck Nine is pushing a wedge between Max and Chloe once more, so that they can push their new ship with this Safi girl that Max once again is saving. Seriously, if they wanted to have a ship, they could have had a poly ship in the Chloe Lives timeline where Chloe also finds Safi really cute and the three girls end up in a romantic relationship together. But no. Deck Nine so hates Pricefield they have to destroy it every chance they get.

Well, not only are they not getting my money? I won't play the game even if it's free. I'm washing my hands of this shitstorm. I'll play the original Life is Strange again, gladly. I'll even play True Colors again because it was a quaint story even if it didn't have the impact or depth of the original Life is Strange. But I'm not touching BtS or DE. And I'll ignore any future LiS works by Deck Nine.

[modeus-the-misanthrope]

Modeus being bitter towards Bethesda and Toxic Programmer culture rant, incoming.

I will never forgive the Skyrim writers for putting in their 11/10 work into a character, and then saying "No you cannot romance her. Why? Because who would want to date a girl that got raped she is traumatized by the ritual she went through to become a Vampire."

Like, I love and respect all the Ace/Aro headcanons for Serana, but I refuse to think a group of programmer dude-bro's were on yall's wavelength. They were most likely either unwilling to put in the extra effort that making a romancable dlc character would take on the programming side of the project, (Gestures to how generic most of the in game companions are, then gestures to how unlike skyrim the only cinematic kills in Fallout 4 are on humanoid enemies, then gestures to them reusing the same engine for 6 games, then gestures to the entirety of Starfield.) or just didn't expect anyone to want to romance her after you learn her backstory. Because as a trans woman...I grew up hearing "Locker room/guy talk" and I know exactly how a bunch of men feel about dating a woman who was that kind of victim.

Tldr: Ace/Aro Serana headcanons are extra valid, but I am not giving the Bethesda writers credit I don't feel they don't deserve.

[ellieisbored3537]

I JUST FINISHED LIFE IS STRANGE TRUE COLORS AND OH MY GOD I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS

Tw: Life Is Strange true colors spoilers

Tw: Yap alert

First of all I started playing this a few months ago and I fell in love with the game. I finished the first 2 chapters but literally played the rest today because I was tired with school and stuff and I kinda forgot about it and started watching a ton of shows.

So first episode I literally sat and listened to the entirety of Scott Street (Like 5 times) I fell in love with the town. The record store was awesome I love it so much.

Colorado is an amazing state and this game gave me a lot of nostalgia from the town to the mountains.

The Black Lantern was amazing. I'd love to have a place like that like I loved the whole set up and I have like ideas of how to make it like my dream place or something idk. Like instead of a bar it would be like a cozy cafe and in like the other room it would be a library and like queer flags everywhere. And like I'd keep the arcade things there and I'd make them free to play. Then there would be like music in the background and people could always like reccomend music and I'd add it to queue and it would just be an awesome hang spot. Then the middle floor where Alex's home is already has an awesome set up like I love it and I'd add all kinds of decorations and add like my favorite artists albums to the record stand so I can just blast them forever AND THE ROOF BALCONY OH MY GOD ID KEEP IT BASICALLY THE SAME BECAUSE WHO DOESNT LOVE A FLOWER GARDEN ON YOUR VERY OWN ROOF. Like I'm literally gonna make a whole layout of it because why not just cuz I'm bored.

Anywho. I WAS NOT EXPECTING GABE TO DIE THAT WAS SUCH A SHOCK LIKE WHAT I THOUGHT HE WAS A MAIN CHARACTER

Also I love Ryan and Stephs dynamic so much like the lesbian and her himbo. (I chose the adventure with steph ending and I saw Ryan standing alone and I had so many regrets because that's Stephs himbo so now he just lost his best friend, dad, and crush 😭 but like I like the idea that Steph and Alex got to tour the world together cuz I feel like that's what's best for them (if it were me I would've stayed and renovated the black lantern)

Also I went back in the game and now I'm listening to Scott Street on life is strange on repeat so when I look up from my phone it's just life is strange and scott street because phoebe bridgers ❤️

Also on tiktok I got a few spoilers about Jed being a bad guy BUT I WASNT EXPECTING HIM TO FUCKING SHOOT HER SO SHE'D FALL LIKE A MILLION FOOT DROP.

Also I may have not forgiven him (He literally killed Alex's dad and brother and like 6 other people and tried to kill alex)

Also everyone believed me except elanor (I told Riley she had alzhiemers so she ended up having to stay here (sorry) and she said that Alex was crazy and needs help 😭)

About to add stephs wavelengths onto this let me just play it first >:) -10:23pm

I'm so getting steph fired I suck at this

I just took all the pride decor down :( (it's already 11:51pm plz help). "People are always afraid to take the ones chloe made," Chloe? CHLOE PRICE YIPPEE!!! CHLOES VOICE OMG OMG OMG HI!!!! What the hell am I doing here? LIFE IS STRANGE TRUE COLORS ALEX CHEN SINGING CREEP REFRENCE???

😭😭😭 She was having storm flashbacks on October 11th that's why she was being so avoident.

The flashback with Rachel and Chloe was priceless chloe would say that

I like how Steph and Mikey talked on that day and got through the day.

She's so me for having a million different things at her desk to keep her occupied

I love how it ended with the start of the actual game.

Also I love how all 3 dlcs had a scavenger hunt

Yippeee

[areyouintogirlsorwhat]

I absolutely love how the Life is Strange comics and true colors go perfectly hand in hand.

[very mild spoilers for the Life is Strange comics and 'Steph's story' ahead!] For example, in true colors on the rooftop with Steph, she says 'I still have friends in Seattle who book shows...' referring to her friends, Pixie, Tammi, Dex and Dwight from 'the high seas' band in Seattle who were prominent in the Life is Strange 1 comics! (And of course Steph herself appears in the comics as a stage manager for them.) As well as in Steph's book (Life is Strange: Steph's story) where the high seas (more prominently Pixie!) also make an appearance!

While the Life is Strange comics are not canonical, I love the story and how they capture the little details, as well as how perfectly thought out Steph's lore is as it translates from 'Life is strange: before the storm', to 'Life is strange: true colors', to 'Steph's story' and within the comics.

P.s, can we talk about how Steph has more individual features within official life is strange media than LITERAL MAX CAULFIELD? Crazy.

Steph features in:

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Life is Strange: True colours

Life is Strange: Wavelengths (DLC)

Life is Strange: Steph's story

Life is Strange: Heatwaves

Life is Strange: Forget-me-not (comics)

Life is Strange comics (by Emma Vieceli)

Max features in:

Life is Strange

Life is Strange: before the storm (bonus episode: Farewell)

Life is Strange 2 (Reference not appearance)

Life is Strange comics by Emma Vieceli

Life is Strange: Double Exposure

Life is Strange: Welcome to Blackwell Academy

(please correct me if I'm wrong or there is more officially released content including Max or steph, excluding merchandise. I could be 100% wrong this is just a shower thought I wanted to share. Right sorry I'll stop yapping now lols)

[spiribia]

people who have called themselves empaths have always been consistently inaccurate at reading me, which is not to say they don't have emotional intelligence - i do believe they are probably good at being on some peoples' wavelength & that their perception likely rises out of something, and they do often seem to have a desire to make other people feel happy and / or included, even if their assumptions are a little misguided. for $40 you can buy the spiribia DLC

[autisticwriterblog]

This is so sweet.

[fagryanlucan]

I feel like I'm the only person who'll be like "I need to find proof of this game moment" or "I need a pic of this specific scene" and will search the entire internet only to end up with fucking nothing because 90% of the details of these games go undocumented online. anyways. more screenshots.

I cannot believe that in the age of easily accessible internet piracy, this bitch stole from a public library. you have a smartphone! USE IT!

[onyx-archer]

A Timey-Whimey (Shit)Storm: A Critical Look at Life is Strange 1's Ending.

It's been a hot minute since I did one of these essay type posts, and I know that the title is may suggest some kind of dislike of the game or something, and incite the ire of fans, but at least hear me out a little before getting mad. I actually enjoy these games, along with the comics, so I'm coming at this from a place of love. I especially have a soft spot for the original Life is Strange, I've just had this on my mind for a while.

Obviously, there will be spoilers for "Life is Strange," but I will also briefly cover spoilers from the Life is Strange comic series, and a brief, albeit minor spoiler of Life is Strange 2's 5th episode, and some stuff from Life is Strange: True Colors' "Wavelengths" DLC. If that ain't your bag, then you've been warned. All of it will be under the cut anyway. Before that though, I have some other house keeping to get out of the way.

I want to make it abundantly clear up front what my stance on the game being covered is, so there's no room for misunderstanding. I quite like the original Life is Strange. It's probably my favorite game of it's type (narrative adventure game in the Telltale style). I don't like Before the Storm or Life is Strange 2 though, but both of those will eventually get their own posts. I do like True Colors though.

I also want to make it clear that I am 100% on the side of "Pricefield," but I'm not really making this post from the place of a Pricefield bias or whatever, so I want to head that off at the pass.

With that, the rest is under the cut. Again, hella spoilers inbound, you've been warned.

Life is Strange is the kind of game that I have a pretty lukewarm opinion of genre wise, but manages to keep me engaged through the way it unfolds. I'm not especially fond of the narrative adventure game genre that was popularized with Season 1 of Telltale's The Walking Dead, despite having played quite a few of them. I like a few, sure, but it's generally not something I'm fond of. If not for the fact that Chloe's character design appealed to me (you'd know why if you've seen my original characters), I'd have never even touched it.

I have fond memories of playing the original Life is Strange with my best friend back when it was still being released, and how we'd actually hash out our thoughts on what decisions made the most sense in the moment while playing. I initially remember hating the ending of the original making my choices feel meaningless (as by the time "Polarized" came out, my friend and I weren't able to play together due to us living in 2 different cities at the time), and it was only after letting it marinate for a while that I came to the conclusion that I liked one of the two possible endings, and disliked the other.

I'm (rather obviously) on team "Bae," as far as the endings to the original are concerned. To me, this is the only ending that actually makes sense unless you want to argue that the whole point of the story is some fatalist, deterministic experience at it's core (which I've certainly seen argued multiple times), but I don't think that ideology is even remotely interesting to think about, and is flawed as hell. That's beside the point though. The part of this post that is dedicated to the first game is, primarily, about the reason why that ending is the only one that makes sense to me.

Throughout the game, Max (and by extension, we, the players) use her time travel powers to ultimately solve a few puzzles, and to otherwise scope out minor multiple decisions we make during the story. The moment we see Max use her powers for the first time is when Chloe (whom she doesn't recognize at the time) is shot in the girl's washroom at Blackwell. However, before she does this, she sees the vision of the Storm, and is jolted awake by it in the middle of class.

From here, the game tries to heavily imply that Max using her powers to save Chloe from being shot is what ultimately made the Storm come to pass, and drops mentions of the concept of Chaos Theory multiple times. I'm not going to bother explain what that means, but it does at least make some kind of sense. Max using her powers can alter the course of things, and create an untold amount of diverging timelines. We see this obviously through the "Bay" ending, as Chloe's death happens, and no storm comes. This is clearly to enforce the idea that Chloe not dying does something that causes the storm.

However, where this concept begins to eat shit like a skateboarder failing to bail properly from a bad Tre Flip is when Max goes back in time via a photo for the first time. She prevents the death of another person, Chloe's father, William. As we all know, this action has the consequence of Chloe eventually getting into a car accident and becoming quadriplegic, and is doomed to die when her respiratory system gives out due to the nature of the injury.

Now, this specific timeline brings with it questions, and the game doesn't really bother to answer them, despite it being a big hole in the whole "Chloe's death prevents the storm" idea.

The main question is "why didn't William not dying yield a storm?" If the idea of preventing a person from dying has far reaching consequences, and can lead to a storm, then why did William's survival not lead to a storm? Wouldn't that be a bigger shift to the "natural order of things" that Max saving Chloe did?

The cop-out answers I've heard to this are things like "she wouldn't have done it if she didn't save Chloe first to begin with" and "she didn't over-use her powers during the period of William's accident, so the storm wouldn't have been bad." I've even heard the idea that Chloe's accident is the universe saying "fuck you" to Max saving William, and while that is certainly believable, it ultimately makes you wonder "why are the dead whales even a thing in the 'William Lives' timeline?"

The second time I was left wondering is "in the timeline where Max is taken to the Dark Room, Chloe is very dead, so how is it that the storm happens at all if Chloe's survival is the reason it happens?"

Naturally, people will say "the act of saving Chloe sets things into motion, so it's too late to stop the storm by that point." It's here where I call bullshit, because it then makes you ask the question I brought up earlier: "why didn't the timeline where William lives have a storm after he was saved?" If the universe is pissed that Chloe lived, then her dying should prevent the storm, right? But if the universe is pissed at her living, then why isn't it pissed about William cheating death due to Max's intervention?

If it was just the timelines where William died but Chloe lived, I'd be like "alright, sure, Chloe cheating death caused the problem." But Willian's death being prevented doesn't do the same, so it's inconsistent reasoning at best.

Again, by the logic of the "Chloe being alive causes the storm" viewpoint, William should lead to that happening 5 years prior if he survives the day he's supposed to die, but that doesn't happen. If the storm is caused by Chloe being alive, then what does it matter which day she dies, so long as she dies before the storm is scheduled to happen? Unless you want to argue some divine punishment is occurring via a pissed off God, which would make the whole thing feel worse, then there is no logical consistency with the idea of "Chloe Alive = Storm, but William Alive =/= Storm."

It's by this logic that I think that the storm is tied to Max using her powers, rather than specifically the act of saving Chloe. This is then later reinforced, at least in part, by the sequel comics. Now, I know people will argue aren't canon, but they offer a look into a post "Bae" ending, and answer some questions about it in an official capacity, even if it's just meant to be a single view as to what could happen.

In those comics, Max's powers are tied to the storm, and are tied to her flickering between different realities, which lead her to a universe where Chloe and Rachel are alive and in LA for 2 years. She is later forced to confront another storm, and is able to prevent it from doing any damage, and then uses it to power a leap back to her original reality, albeit with the help of a guy who has the power to travel between dimensions, Tristian.

So in short, official media confirms that the powers are connected to the storm, and not necessarily Chloe's life. Max first uses her powers to save Chloe, sure, but the storm isn't linked to Chloe's fate by itself.

However, this is merely part of the justification I have for what I ultimately think is the "better" ending. The other is a simple question: how do they know that Max preventing herself from saving Chloe will stop the storm

Yes, we as the player, the outsider looking in, know that Max preventing herself from saving Chloe will lead to a Storm-less timeline, but in the scene where they decide that is what they have to do to stop the storm from happening, Max says that she caused the storm, and basically says it's due to her fucking with time. So how do they come to the conclusion her using her powers, the thing that caused the storm in the first place, to fix one more thing suddenly prevent the storm? Why would she even think that's a good idea when the consequences of her meddling with time are literally barreling toward Arcadia Bay?

In short, the metatextual element of this scene causes the internal logic of the choice to make no sense. If the use of powers causes the storm, then why would they even think using them again would fix things? If it's Chloe being alive, then William being alive should have done the same thing.

Basically, I think the issue with the ending isn't inherently the choice itself, but the logic for why the characters would even think a Hail Mary play like "go back in time and prevent yourself from saving Chloe in the first place" would even remotely work, given that they have two running ideas of the cause of the storm, and only one of them actually makes sense outside of a passing thought.

The issue with the "Bay" ending is that it leaves you with questions that have no good answers, but the "Bae" ending's questions are easier to answer.

In the "Bay" ending, if the photo jump is to the past where Max knows she can rewind time, even if only barely, then what's stopping that Max from abusing her rewind anyway? If the powers are the cause of the storm, then leaving her with the knowledge of it even being a thing is dangerous for the week leading up to Post-Photo-Jump Max's return, where that Max knows to not abuse her powers. Heck, if past-Max doesn't know of the rewind yet, and Photo-Jump Max knows that, then she can still save Chloe, and past her wouldn't know about the idea of time travel, so she'd not abuse the ability. Sure, there'd likely still be some kind of repercussions for messing with things, but it'd be significantly lessened if her powers are the cause of the storm, and not Chloe surviving.

So again, if Chloe's death has to be the thing that prevents the storm, why didn't saving William cause a storm? Why didn't Chloe dying to Jefferson at the end of Episode 4 stop the storm? If it's not Max's abuse of her powers that causes the storm, then what's stopping her from abusing the power in a Chloe-less world? We know thanks to the comics that she retains the ability to time travel after the week is done. Hell, if the "leaks" of an alleged Max-focused sequel game being in development are true, then it also confirms Max keeps her powers in a more concrete way than the comics did, so what's stopping her from abusing them outside of a sense of grief over losing Chloe?

I ask those questions because the act of letting Arcadia Bay get destroyed in the "Bae" ending doesn't highlight the issues with explaining how the storm came to be in the first place, and it ultimately could be either Chloe surviving when she should have died, or a consequence of Max abusing her powers during the week. It ultimately says "this is the cost of saving your friend. You made this bed, now lay in it."

The "Bae" ending reinforces the idea that Max shouldn't mess with time, and it shows the active consequences of doing so. It actively makes the "your choices will have consequences" thing the game shoves in your face at the beginning of every episode actively mean something, but in a way that isn't inherently obvious from the jump. From a metatextual standpoint, it's honestly really smart to have the idea of "choices and their consequences" be more of a theme rather than just a mechanic. Max ultimately has to live with the fact that her selfish desire to save her friend cost hundreds of people their lives, and she's not the only one who knows about that burden, because Chloe will have to spend a long time coming to terms with the fact that Max chose her over the lives of others when push came to shove. It ultimately feels like the journey meant something in the long term.

Conversely, the "Bay" ending just leaves me like "so there's no real consequences for anything, because this is how things would have played out if Max didn't have powers." Sure, Max has to live knowing her friend is dead because she wasn't allowed to save her, but she'd at least live knowing she did it for the greater good. It tries to say "this is the right choice" but fumbles because it ultimately just leaves people like me poking holes in the time travel logic. So long as she doesn't try to prevent someone's death again, she's free to use and abuse her powers however she wants. It doesn't reinforce the idea of "messing with things has consequences," it just lets Max have the ultimate do-over, where the only consequence that matters is her best friend is dead. She has to live knowing she let her friend die. At most, it's a tragic thing that will affect a few people, and that's it. To me, it just feels incredibly hollow.

Even if you like the "Bay" ending, I think you have to admit that the "Bae" ending has the time travel feel less problematic from a narrative logic standpoint. It, at the very least, doesn't require the answer to the question of "what caused the storm in the first place?" unlike the "Bay" ending, where it's left up in the air if it was Max's powers or Chloe's life that was behind it. From here, I'm going to basically go into some minor points as to why I think the "Bae" ending makes the most sense as the "canon" one for the series after the first game. These are not as important to the broader point, but still. If you wanna dip from the post now (assuming you made it this far) then cool, hope to see you when I talk about why I hate Before The Storm, cause that may interest people.

Some people like to suggest that the "Bay" ending has more potential for expansion, but I strongly disagree. That ending's future story potential, at least as far as Max is concerned, is just "Max has to learn to deal with the grief of losing her best friend" and otherwise has no real direction. If she meets Steph or something in a future game, for example, it ultimately will be a bit awkward for Max, and that's it. In the "Bae" ending, there's actual potential for drama if Max interacts with a former resident of Arcadia Bay, knowing she let it burn for the sake of one girl.

We can see how each ending effects David via the 5th Episode of Life is Strange 2. We know that regardless of Chloe's fate (at least as far as the two timelines that branch off from the first game's ending are concerned), David ends up in Away. David and Joyce split in the timeline where Chloe dies, and obviously Joyce died in the storm in the timeline where Chloe lives. We see how this effects David, but even then, there's more of a story to be told with Chloe surviving vs dying, at least in my view. Chloe and David being able to set aside their past issues and becoming the family Joyce had longed for them to become is a far more interesting story than David trying to reconnect with Joyce after Chloe's death split them apart. I'm not trying to suggest David is a great character or anything, but it's notable that Chloe and David's relationship is more interesting to explore in a post-Storm world, because he actually has a reason to become a better person in a Joyce-less world vs a Chloe-less one. It ultimately makes more sense for him to end up in Away because of Joyce's death rather than Chloe's. We see he really wants to be there for Chloe when he saves Max from the Dark Room, and we see how much Chloe's death affects him in that timeline, so I'm not saying he wouldn't relocate because of it if she died in the bathroom... but the drastic change he undergoes between Life is Strange and Life is Strange 2 really only makes sense in a world where he lost Joyce, and has to be better for Chloe's sake.

Steph is another character where it only makes sense to have Arcadia Bay get demolished, rather than have Chloe die. Sure, Steph is a very emotional character at her core, and runs from things that make her uncomfortable, no matter how good her life is going outside of that... but I honestly think it makes more sense for her to run from the past in a world where her hometown got levelled, because she'd have some kind of survivor's guilt because of the fact that she lived and her mom didn't. Yeah, she could still have survivor's guilt after learning both Chloe and Rachel died, but I'd argue it'd make more sense that she'd be running from Mikey in a world where the scars of Arcadia Bay run deep, rather than what happened to Chloe and Rachel. What reason would she have to avoid Mikey, her best friend, in a world where she doesn't have to feel bad that Mikey's family (presumably) died in the storm? In a world where her survivor's guilt would make talking to others from Arcadia Bay more painful and awkward for her? You could argue that, yeah, Chloe's death could hit her hard because they were good friends, and that because of Chloe being friends with Mikey too, that she'd avoid Mikey for that... but I just think it's more believable that she'd cut herself off from her past in a world where Arcadia Bay was destroyed.

Either way, this post and the time it took to write it got away from me, and I may have to refine it later when I eventually turn these essay type posts I've made into videos. For now though, hopefully this was an interesting read, and hopefully I've conveyed my views on the ending of Life is Strange's first entry at least somewhat succinctly.

[f0xgl0v3]

Octavian’s Pokemon team Hc

I bought the Pokemon Scarlet DLC and now I’ve decided that every pjo character I like now needs pokemon teams. With explanations

Octavian’s team I think came the most naturally. I’ll probably also be including like fully evolved teams and stuff but the first team I thought of (probably like baby Octavian’s team) would be,

Stufful, Poocheyna, furret, snivy, pidove, and evee.

(The pokemon in question from left to right,)

Why these little guys specifically for his like first team? Well Stufful is a stuffed animal and that’s the Octavian thing (I was tempted to put pancham on here for the joke but no-) poochyena just gives me Octavian vibes, feel like he’s on their wavelength and thinks their cute. Furret also just, feels like Octavian. That is my justification. Snivy is here mostly for the evo and how snooty it was in the anime, probably a family tradition pokemon, also its final evo is Octavian vibes. Pidove is there purely because of Auguries and because I believe Octavian thinks it looks funky and cute. Eevee is there partially because I just like eevee and a shorthand to show Octavian’s pokemon treatment in the future and like pokemon stuff, he probably wants it to become an umbreon.

Now Octavian’s final team in my head ends up being Bewear, mighteyna, serperior, unfeazant, meowstic, sylveon. (Sadly not pictured due to tumblr app restrictions on 10 pics per post.)

Bewear is Stufful’s evolved form, known for being absolutely massive, wanting friends, and then accidentally crushing people. I wanted to keep the Stufful on and I thought it’d like fit with Octavian because of his like constant push and pull in the pseudo-taking into account of canon in my mind of the character. Mighteyna is Poochyena’s evolved form. Octavian just got attached to it and it’s a dog/hyena/sort of wolf canine esque creature and Rome dog parallels. Serperior is Snivy’s evolved form and if you only look up one pokemon from this post look up Serperior because it actually is just Octavian’s pokemon. But it’s regal. Unfeazant, he evolved his little pidove. Just there for his Augury stuff and maybe even the Haruspex nature (a Pheasant is close enough to a chicken or something-). Meowstic is there for its wild psychic abilities, like future telling and stuff. Sylveon is a guilty pleasure because it’s one of my all time favorite pokemon (like many of these are) and it’s showing his dedication to his pokemon and passion and love for like New Rome.

I didn’t add Falinks just because I’d rather give it to other people (Michael Kahale or Reyna). But if it’s definitely a honorable mention along with crobat.

[rryeongchaes]

ROCK ITZY??? BLONDE RYEONG IN THE MV??? they arent playing with this comeback at all...

chaeryeong was so cutesy in the trailer, sobbing. (as a chaerlia bias, i understand you comepletely with the blonderyeong brainrot, she's constantly on my mind.. AND LIA'S REDDISH BROWNISH HAIR??? im sat.)

lowk (high key) lost it when lia appeared she's literally glowing..

also you answered the ask like we were on the same wavelength, kinda scared!! like you captured the energy i was attempting to describe,, yeji constantly calling ryeong princess, and ryujin, not as intense as yeji, but still frequently touching... like theyre FASCINATEDDD.

thank you, btw!!! i woke up at 9am after passing out shortly after i sent that ask 😭 had breakfast and drank a lot of water 😋

I'm so excited, the cb's in a week, the girls are glowing, the tracks sound incredible - rock itzy like we've dreamed for, our lia has red-brown hair looking so so SO good. I've missed her voice so much, hearing it on that teaser made me so happy. We've made it. :D

I probably think about dlc way too much so it's easy to understand! Depending on how long Chaeryeong decides to keep her blonde hair, the deeper my obsession will grow and by extension dlc ryeji's fascination lol

(Glad to see you're not too drained from that all nighter, here's some lia!)

[prideandperdition]

I'm so glad to finally have the long weekend!! So now it's time for a drink and a show, finishing the wavelengths dlc, and maybe crochet a cat