#which the game NEVER assigns but which you naturally gravitate to due to the results of your exploration!

[pagesofkenna]

I finally played Firewatch the other day and it wasn't what I expected but I still enjoyed it, and I felt a little conflicted at the end but ultimately decided I liked what it was doing even if I think it didn't do it perfectly

and then when I was looking up an answer to a plot question I had I kept finding people whining and groaning about it being a bad game, and two things

why is it that when I don't like a short indie game for specific reasons I cannot find anyone who seems to share that opinion with me, but when I do enjoy a short indie game all the gamerbro reviewers are climbing out of the weeds to explain their specific reason for not enjoying it??

one of the negative comments I saw said something to the effect that it 'did not give [them] any reason to explore around' and i just-. i dont-. i need gamer bros to understand that if they're not naturally curious, if they're not naturally driven to explore the spaces around them, maybe stop playing games that use exploration and natural curiosity as one of the main driving mechanics

[anime-matchmaker-blog]

Hello. Could I request a male Fire Emblem, Drrr!! and BSD matchup please? I'm a ISTP Leo female. I usually came across as an enigma and quiet person, but that's only because I'm a rational person and rarely express my emotions. People usually praise me as an independent and cool person. I'm also a good secret keeper, hence why a lot of people like to confide in me. They also told me that my appearance doesn't match with my personality. [1/4]

Due to my perceptive nature as well as my intellect, pranks and deception rarely work on me. On the other hand I’m not good at lying, and I rarely compromise with others. I also hold grudges. I’m very stubborn too. I usually keep my distant because I don’t like socializing. I’m very blunt too, so I won’t sugar-coat my words. I also have strong likes and dislikes, and I’m only courteous towards people that I’m on good/neutral terms with. [2/4]

I like reading, mostly manga, fashion magazine, classic literature and news. I am fond of extreme sports and martial arts. I really like video games, and I spend most of my free time gaming. I have a sweet tooth and I can’t stand bitter food/drinks. Recently I took a liking to cooking, been trying to improve my skills and as a result prefer my own cooking over someone else. [¾]

I don’t like misogynist, especially if they are female themselves. Even though I like animals, the same can’t be said for amphibians and reptiles. I really hate people who badmouth and make fun of people with illness (physical and mental). My strength is my creativity, and it is my dream to become a writer and be able to publish the creative ideas inside me into written works. I hope that day will come soon. [4/4]

Hey, Anon-san! I hope you enjoy your match-ups! ^^ Thank you for waiting!

I hope your dream comes true

Lon’qu (FE: Awakening) -

As the only unit in the army who cannot talk to women, you can’t help but feel it has something to do with him being misogynistic. You watch him from afar but it does little to confirm your suspicions as he’s always interacting with the other men. The women don’t particularly mind because he does his job well and he doesn’t make them uncomfortable. You interacted with him once and he snapped at you, telling you to back off and leave him alone. If he’s misogynistic, fine. You can avoid him. Until you can’t.

Chrom, having had noticed your poor sword fighting skills, decides to assign you to train with Lon’qu. There are far better swordsmen who can teach you, you argue, but Chrom argues back Lon’qu is a better teacher than all of them and can be spared from time to time to help you. You can’t argue - he’s the crown prince, after all. Lon’qu follows orders no matter what they are but even he can’t help but behave awkwardly around you. His interactions with you are kept minimal and his instructions don’t make much sense. Eventually, you tell him outright he isn’t helping and being around him makes you uncomfortable. Lon’qu surprises you by apologizing and that he’ll do his best to teach you. He’s dedicated to his sword-fighting skills, that’s for sure.

Slowly but surely, he adopts a teaching method that’s effective. Your swordplay improves gradually and reaches the point you can hold your ground against him in a fight. You surprise him with your martial arts skills and you learn he isn’t competent in hand-to-hand at all, but learning from you is the last thing he wants. The two of you rarely talk outside of training sessions and he has a reserved personality that makes him quiet and awkward. You do see him helping out in the kitchen often, usually peeling potatoes. The two of you sometimes work together to cook for the rest of the army but even during times like those, he hardly opens up to you.

Once on the battlefield, Lon’qu acts like he was never uncomfortable around you. The two of you fight together, working in sync to eliminate enemies and ensuring Chrom’s safety. He’s a completely different person once in battle and he admits to you his fear for women disappears once placed in front of an enemy. This is news to you and he realizes a second later he revealed something he shouldn’t have. Unable to turn back, he continues on to admit he’s taken a liking to you, admires your determination, straight-forwardness, and ability to improve. He finds you pleasant to be around and he apologizes for his actions from the past. Now you finally understand it was a fear that made him awkward around women, nothing else. He has come to trust you, and that’s a step in the right direction.

Kida Masaomi (Durarara!!) - Neither you nor Masaomi look like how you act, which is one reason why the two of you gravitate toward each other. At first, Masaomi talks to you the way he does with everyone. That’s fine with you since you’d rather stay by yourself. There’s no reason for him to interact with you any more than necessary - but when you see him on the streets, it becomes a different story. No one would peg him as a gang leader and while it isn’t a secret, it’s something not many people know. When he notices you while out with his entourage, he approaches you the next day to keep what you saw to yourself. His tone shifted and his eyes gleamed with an emotion you wouldn’t expect him to express. You tell him his secret is safe with you.

It isn’t a secret that you have a fondness for extreme sports and martial arts and when Masaomi catches wind of this, he decides to take advantage of your skills. He doesn’t try to flatter you or manipulate his words when he asks you outright to act as his bodyguard. You refuse, partly because of your introverted nature and dislike for socializing, but mostly because he must have a ton of others capable of protecting him. He doesn’t trust any of them, he admits, doesn’t trust many people in his gang. He trusts you, however, and it isn’t like you’ll actually protect him. He has his own fighting skills but what he doesn’t have is someone to confide to. He wants you to be that person for him. So long he doesn’t rope you into anything dangerous or illegal, you agree to take him on.

As a result of this arrangement, the two of you spend a lot more time together - both at school and outside of it. When both of you are wearing your school uniforms, the air is pleasant and light-hearted. He loves indulging your sweet tooth and passion for video games, gaming with you whenever possible. During lunch, he makes it a mission to snatch bits of your lunch every day to the point you start making food for him. On the streets, though, the relationship between you two is strictly professional, but thanks to your creative mind, you also act as a tactician at times.

The two relationships you share with Masaomi remain parallel to each other until they gradually blur. He no longer calls you his bodyguard nor a member of the Blue Squares. When you ask him about this, he’s come to realized that it’s his duty to protect you. He can’t let you go or let you go to the front lines when needed. He knows you aren’t helpless but the thought of you getting injured because of him is one of his fears. He wants to protect the happy memories the two of you share and you feel the same way.

Tanizaki Junichirou (Bungou Stray Dogs) - Tanizaki gets along with everyone so his interactions with you are friendly and inviting. Naomi is usually with him and she befriends all women who may come to work for the ADA. Because of this, the three of you are often together eating at the cafe downstairs, or working on cases. Naomi tags along whenever she can but most of the time, she stays back to let the two of you wreck some stuff. His ability works well with your combat skills but you also compliment the other ability users in the ADA. Tanizaki gravitates toward you most of the time though, so the two of you are often working together.

Both of you match each other in terms of intellect and fighting prowess. As a result, each of you examines the case at different angles to reach the same conclusion. Sometimes, when he’s stuck, he asks you for help (asking Ranpo takes too much time) and he marvels at the creative ways you tackle the problem. Since he was a student, his academic skills are lacking, but he provides you as much help as possible when it comes to your writing endeavors.

In your down time, you and Tanizaki eat out, indulging each other’s cravings. You aren’t a fan of other people’s cooking so you treat him to homemade meals more often than you accept his. He isn’t much of a reader but he does enjoy the recommendations you give him. When it comes to video games, he prefers watching you and Dazai duke it out so he can cheer for you. He rarely plays himself since he’s terrible at them.

The blur between friendship and lovers is difficult to distinguish and Naomi is first to realize something has changed between you and her brother. She doesn’t call you out for it or threaten you - instead, she’s happy. She’s happy her brother has found someone to love and that you’re the one who’ll be by his side for years to come.