#wish i had more cards in this game!

[mokeonn]

I fucking hate the tetris effect so much. Like oooh lemme play this funnie little card game rogue-like, ooh it's so fun it's gonna be the only game I play for weeks now, oooh what do you mean I'm fucking duplicating multi-card holographic sevens in my dreams

[vynegar]

"Albie" (main story 11-21)

At the end of Episode 11 (Part 1), we find out that "Albie" is simply a name that Vyn made up on the spot when Rosa asked. He may have been inspired by his own birth name, Vilhelm Richard Albert de Haspran.

In Chinese, Vyn choose the name "阿明". "阿" is a prefix used to form nicknames, "明" can be a name but also means "bright, clear". In Vyn's Romantic Rail Getaway card "Food for Thought", he tells us the meaning of his name:

You can see the character 明 appear in the word 明亮 ("bright"), although 明 is such a common character that I wouldn't say that this Chinese text alone is enough is sufficient evidence to show the connection between the two names. It's the way that the "Albie" and "阿明" happen to coincide in the name "Albert", which made me take note of Vyn's "careless" choice in name.

If the Chinese name was intended to subtly reference "Albert", I can certainly imagine imagine this as one way to preserve that reference through translation, even if it becomes more obvious. We do have an example of the translation preserving plot-relevant wordplay in a name: Lowe Leare ("Lowly"), originally 萧仁 ("小人", both pronounced "xiao ren" but with different tones). However, there's also an incident of a plot-relevant name being missed through translation, though it was in an event (not the main story) that probably foreshadowed a distant plot point and had infamously bad translation issues.

Anyway, it remains possible that "Albie" is a coincidence. However, after Vyn and Rosa wrap up their conversation about Albie's name, the narration makes a comment on the importance of that moment:

It isn't until the whole case is settled that you are surprised to realize something... You had briefly touched on the key to cracking the case at this very moment.

...which at least gives me enough confidence to not feel silly writing up a whole post about it. We've only seen part of this case, and there's a lot of mystery still surrounding Vyn's behavior so I don't have any definitive hypotheses on why Vyn might have chosen his own name for Albie. Is there something that made Vyn seen himself in Albie? Did the delinquent's attitude remind Vyn of the cruel, stratified world that he was born in? Is he reminded of how people who have imperfections will be tossed aside and abandoned? I guess we'll see when part 2 of this episode is released.

[marblerose-rue]

all the bad dreams that you hide / show me yours, i'll show you mine

[304wv66]

10.20.2023 // gonna get bit by that thing

also bonus crop from the desktop wallpaper because i liked it, it made me happy 🥺

[russanogreenstripe]

My favorite CCG of all time just got a new kickstarter after 20 years

Magi-Nation was a mon-battling game that came out in the midst of the first Pokemon boom. And it was really good! The lore was approachable for kids but still varied and meaningful, it had a nice blend of humor and drama, and honestly feels like it predicted and preemptively skewered the modern Isekai genre's popularity.

It had a Game Boy Color game that was okay (if a little buggy), but the real good shit was the card game, Magi-Nation: Duel. The art was gorgeous and vibrant (especially as later sets came out), the flavor text and lore were full of gags and references that a kid may not get until years later, and it had a unique gameplay mechanic where your hit points, mana pool, and your creature's attack power/health were all the same resource.

The kickstarter just went live, and it's already funded. If you're interested in CCG design and have never checked out Magi-Nation Duel:, you should totally give it a look.

Magi-Nation was a mon-battling game that came out in the midst of the first Pokemon boom. And it was really good! The lore was approachable for kids but still varied and meaningful, it had a nice blend of humor and drama, and honestly feels like it predicted and preemptively skewered the modern Isekai genre's popularity.

It had a Game Boy Color game that was okay (if a little buggy), but the real good shit was the card game, Magi-Nation: Duel. The art was gorgeous and vibrant (especially as later sets came out), the flavor text and lore were full of gags and references that a kid may not get until years later, and it had a unique gameplay mechanic where your hit points, mana pool, and your creature's attack power/health were all the same resource.

The kickstarter just went live, and it's already funded. If you're interested in CCG design and have never checked out Magi-Nation Duel:, you should totally give it a look.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2illc/magi-nation-duel-the-traitors-reach?ref=thanks-copy

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Yesterday I got the chance to go on the zip line, and I'm desperately afraid of heights but I still want to do things at heights, like the climbing wall or a high ropes course. And I've tried both of those things but quit very soon or before even starting, because I can't fucking do heights. But last night I got the chance to do zip line and I really wanted to, but was incredibly terrified.

So one of my dearest friends, a woman I deeply like and love, first reassured me (I was afraid I was too heavy for the zip line) and then said "Would it help if I went with you?" And yeah, she's one of the sweetest people I've ever met and she's an incredibly comforting presence, of course I said yes.

So we walked up to the zip line platform, and this is her job so she's very good at reassuring people (usually little children, but it worked for me too) who are scared to go on the climbing wall or zip line. So as I was trying to comfort myself, she told me how it would work, and that I could just sit and the harness would hold me, so I tried that and it helped, and she told me I could just lift my legs and I'd go. So I did, and she went at the same time as me, and

My god, the anxiety and the thrill, flying through the air with her next to me, seeing her wave at me as we went, getting off at the end and her asking, "So do you want to do it again?" And wanting to do it again with her, it was one of the most amazing feelings I've ever felt. I truly felt like I could've done anything I wanted with her by my side.

[dropespeon]

thinking about the theory/essay i wanted to write about the inevitability of change re: leveling up in isat compared to the stagnancy of sasasap (despite the presence of a leveling system) pre-isat release. it aged both very well and not at all

[earl-grey-love]

Being fond of every single character in a game where you have to be really picky about who's content you go after, otherwise you'll have to spend a lot of money, is pretty frustrating at times.

[slightlytoastedbagel]

Yuka Shiraishi. btw.

[mechaseraph]

Can't wait for clear raw drop so I could marinate over these shots for like a week

[tinfoil-catholic]

Realizing that I didn't evaluate my feelings all the way and because of that I wasn't able to express them completely, or my wants. And now I have to try to not be disappointed tomorrow

[peapod20001]

I like to think that if my tumblr pals came to my house, they’d have a good time

[wetbananapeel]

First gourd (and radish) I carved in my life 31 October 2019

[heartbeatmap]

ensekai i am simply asking politely for one of the girls pls

JUST GIVE ME MIKU OR LUKA SO I CAN SPARK FOR THE OTHER ONE. I LITERALLY EARNED 30000 MORE CRYSTALS OVER THE LAST WEEK IN THE HOPES OF PULLING ONE OF THE GIRLS.

[megatron-is-a-mattereel-gurl]

So Something I've been drawing a lot recently is Cyberverse Humanformers.. as Pokemon Trainers.

Hot Rod Uses Fire Types, and Fire Types mixed with other types.

Soundwave is every pokemon player, who wants to be able to use them all (*Cough*Gotta Catch em All) but his favorite is Rookide and its Evolutions, cuz I have a Rookide that evolved in Pokemon sword and its named laserbeak-

and finally Thunderhowl. Thunderhowl took me a bit to figure out exactly what kind of Pokemon he uses, but I finally decided that he Uses Ice Types, Mythical Pokemon, and Legendary Pokemon.

[arklayraven]

I hope they hold off on the events for at least a few months in Nightbringer to let us have some time to collect points and all.

Especially the bday events if they are happening there... (but knowing how greedy they are, i bet they will drop that event like nothing)

Next month is Asmo bday...

I'm scared lol