#worst time to be a borderlands fan i think

[soggydoggydisco]

Chat im fixated on the borderlands. Sorry. It will be like this for at least 3 weeks.

[doubledeadstudio]

Hello, happy holidaysヾ(＾∇＾) I apologize for this being a long question but I've been thinking for a long time and I really have to ask if you would ask the RH crew (Mars, Abel and Fleur too if that's okay) for book and/or movie recommendations, what would they give ? If it's not a spoiler, what media inspired their depiction, if any? I want to practice English so I find new things I like, and I hope my words make meaning when I use translation. Have a happy holiday (づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

Happy Holidays! This is so sweet. Good luck on your language journey.

Recommendations:

Crux Hertz - The Ritual (2017) or Bones and All (2022) (movie), Siddharta by Hermann Hesse or No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (books)

Black Lumaban - Mad Max: Fury Road (movie), The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin (book)

Vincenzo Fontana - Possession (1981) (movie), The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde or Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (book)

Florentin Blanchett - The Substance (2024) or Dead Ringers (1988) (movie), Stiff by Mary Roach (book)

Abel Valencia - American Psycho (2000) or Wolf of Wall Street (2013), no books because he's stupid but I will give a TV show... Desperate Housewives

Inspirations:

So, the thing about this is really complicated because I'm an avid art fan and I consume all sorts of media, from books to movies to tv shows and music. Generally, I get a concept then my brain starts piecing things together. (Crux is the hardest to explain because he originally started off as the child of two of me and my husband's oldest OCs... and he became a whole separate beast on his own.)

But I can give characters that really remind me of them!

Crux - Sans (Undertale), Gojo (JJK), Loki (Marvel), Shawn Spencer (Psych) (This is the worst list of all time), also Markus (Red Embrace:Hollywood), and Lee (Bones and All). Hozier and Will Wood remind me of his aesthetic.

Black - Guts (Berserk), Lio Fotia (Promare), Fenris (Dragon Age), Warren Peace (Sky High), Bigby (Wolf Among Us), Juri (Utena). For music, grandson has his vibes.

Vincenzo - Lestat (Interview with a Vampire), Orin (Baldur's Gate 3), Gilbert (Kaze to Ki no Uta), Mahito (JJK), Alois Trancy (Black Butler), Ryo Asuka (Devilman Crybaby). His storyline was largely inspired by HP Lovecraft's Dreams of Witch House. For music, near everything by Emilie Autumn and Mindless Self Indulgence.

Abel - Ashley (The Boys), Rhys (Tales from the Borderlands), Nathan (Life is Strange). (I won't lie, a huge part of him is directly inspired to parody Right Wing pundits lolol) For music, no lie, Laufey and Lana del Rey, LMAO.

Florentin - Griffith (Berserk), Viktor Frankenstein, Dr Herbert West (Re-Animator).

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For Mars:

Hello, Clovis here, creator of Mars! Thank you for the interest! Mars likes classic films with lots of sexuality and violence. Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Chicago (he loves a good musical if it isn't too sugary-sweet). He'll go for the stereotypical Dad Movies too as long as he thinks they're suave enough, like James Bond and Indiana Jones. For books, he reads a lot more than you'd think and enjoys being well-read, but let's say A Song of Ice and Fire, because there's political drama and everyone's suffering. (Their misfortune and crushed innocence amuses him.)

Mars is inspired heavily from the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood depiction of Greed. While not a direct inspiration (I've had the character for years), Sukuna from Jujutsu Kaisen is hilariously similar to him. Vintage mafia movies are where a lot of his aesthetic comes from. If you like crime thrillers, I would highly recommend the television show Fargo for bastard men that you love to hate, are scary as hell, and are darkly comedic. — Clovis @VileFable

[dragonotaku-justineverything]

So I’ve been thinking about this for a month or so now, about whether or not I want to voice my opinion on this. I try to keep my personal opinions off of here as I don’t want to throw them at others who never asked and I don't want the trouble that might come from doing so. However, I’m going to say what I think anyways because I can't help but feel really strongly about this...

If any of you were thinking about seeing the Borderlands movie…

DON’T.

I will NEVER recommend it to someone who is a fan of the series. I don't really recommend it as something to watch even if you’ve never played a single game in the franchise either.

Slight spoilers below

It has very few actual gun fights (which are a staple to the Borderlands franchise). Most of the fights devolve into shaky cam fist fights. The twists are obvious and aren't subtle at all. The producers/actors absoulutely miss casted and poorly portrayed the characters and the relationships between them. It 100% feels like they spent every cent of the budget they could on hiring the biggest name actors and actresses they could to try to sell the movie and it was NOT worth it. Those are just a few of my grievences.

Jack Black voicing Claptrap was about the only decent thing in the movie as he seemed to be the only one that cared about being in the movie. Scenes with him were the only time I got a chuckle out of the film.

Overall, I agree with the ratings that it is one of the worst movies made this year, possibly one of the worst movie adaptations ever really.

Just really wanted to share this to hopefully save some other fans of the franchise some time.

[lutethebodies]

Your OC's Personality: Olini Cuel

Tagged by @trappedinafantasy37 (whose OC post on this is here). I'll open this up for whomever wants to do it after me. I think I'm gonna switch up from always doing these about my bard to one about the half-drow horizon walker ranger I'm currently playing (and screenshot-dumping): Olinitza "Olini" Cuel. For the basics, see her Tav Tuesday entry, mood board, Minthara's judgement of her, or her character tag. Since I haven't gone long on this gal for a bit, I'm gonna do that right now, but leave it under the cut. Buckle up!

How would you describe their personality?

Olini is the type of loner who doesn't think she needs other people until she's at wits' end and utterly company-starved, but who also sees no reason to admit this to anyone. However, she's absolutely loyal to important people in life—lovers, friends, family; in BG3 she romanced Shadowheart, and even ended up on the farm with the cleric's infirm parents and a stable of animals.

She is focused, intense, and meticulous on good days but overtly surly, brusque and irritable on bad days. Whether a day is "good" or "bad" in Olini's opinion usually depends on how much useful progress she's made in whatever current task is atop her list and if she's made time to run a few miles.

Olini's dogged intensity can get single-minded to the point of recklessness; her 5e incarnation has held one particular personal grudge for over 20 years, and she can run roughshod over rules or procedures in her pursuit of facts (her background is a mix of soldier and investigator, and she once had to re-infiltrate an old unit to expose them for war crimes).

Conversely she has little patience for subtlety or half-measures when danger rears its ugly head; the only time she almost died in 5e (indeed the only time any of my characters has almost died) was while distracting a mega-demon so her party could solve a prison-escape puzzle.

What brings your character joy?

Olini is a dedicated runner. She finds endurance-based exercise invigorating for body and mind—flushing her brain of distractions to think through a case while her feet beat a steady rhythm on solid ground. As a child and teen, sprinting across the semi-arid stretches of wilderness surrounding her home town tested her athleticism. As a solider on the frontier, running over the vast distances of open steppe solidified her stamina.

So much time under a big open sky has made her a consummate explorer. There's always another route to try, always another direction of the compass to follow, always another horizon to cross. When she gained the ability to travel the planes (in 5e homebrew, that meant flitting between various realities and/or simulations), she jumped in with both feet.

Straddling the ephemeral borderlands of life means that, unlike other rangers, she's not much of a domestic-pet person, but she respects animals as much as people, and enjoys their company while they're around. That usually means more wild creatures than tame ones, because she's away from "home" for great gobs of time and doesn't always have the patience to care for pets every day. Thankfully Shadowheart does.

What does your character strongly dislike?

Olini will get righteously angry about the abuse of power. She hates bullies. She's also not a big fan of obfuscation, double-talk, and the other sometimes-required communication styles of stolid bureaucracies and institutional power—because of how those techniques can be abused too. She's thus wary of exceeding her own remit as far as using her own powers to their maximal potential.

This is sort of an across-the-board thing for her, to the point where she can get excessively suspicious of any powerful individual or institution. Olini's unchecked investigatory impulse might see conspiracies everywhere, and at her worst she's a knee-jerk cynic whose reactive, reductive skepticism has scuttled more than a few of her own investigations.

The various quests and side-quests of BG3 that involved breaking or defeating powerful figures—especially deities—were right up her alley. Along those lines, Olini also had no time whatsoever for slippery characters like Raphael or the Emperor or Mizora. She straight-up loathes Gortash on sight.

Is your OC scared of anything?

Olini might be the only one of my characters who, for better and worse, actually fears nothing. I say "might" because she usually knows better than to charge into combat recklessly (she kept her cool when brainwashed-Minthara got bigoted about half-elves) but that's happened when she's been provoked sorely enough.

She doesn't fear failure, danger, or even death if it means doing what feels right in any given situation, and especially if it helps take down a powerful predator of any type. She's experienced death of family, friends, loved ones, and fellow soldiers—so she isn't afraid of that unless it happens for unjust reasons.

What is their alignment?

I think Olini might be textbook Chaotic Good. I mean, doesn't all of the above read like that? I certainly hope so. She seems to align best, values-wise, with someone like Karlach or Jaheira. In other posts I've described how she will grind away at the thankless task of pestering authority for justice. Indeed in BG3 she was snapped up by the Nautiloid while on her way to find Grand Duke Ravengard to expose the Fist's amoral follies she witnessed in Chult.

She's also traveled widely enough to learn that laws are only as just as those who wield them, so working around or outside of such laws is often the best way to be truly honest. Shadowheart told her that's admirable but also a laughable cliché. Olini's fine with that.

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #1268: Worst. Movie Premiere Night. EVER (SSBU X Persona 5)

Last Year, Out on the Entrance of the Smash Movie Theater

New Reporter: (Standing Outside the Theater, Holding a Microphone While Smiling at the News Camera in Front of Him) Hi, I'm Chris J. Koopa from Smash News Channel, and we are standing in front of theaters this evening, speaking to the fans, old and new, who has been waiting patiently and has now took the time out of their regular schedules to watch the brand new live action adaptation of one of the most beloved series in gaming, Borderlands. And uh- ('Heh') Truth be told, this is my very first ever movie interview, so- (Crosses his Fingers Together) Finger crossed with that going well in the long-

???: Does it look like we care?

The cameraman turns the camera to Roy Koopa standing the background eating the rest of his popcorn before turning it back to Chris Koopa.

Chris: Uhh...Ooh! Speaking of which- (Turns his Attention to Futaba, Yusuke, and Omega Walking Out of the Theater Before Stopping Them For an Interview) Joining us right now is three of the many fans that has just finished watching the movie for the very first time. (Brings the Microphone Up to Omega's Face on hus Tippy Toes) Would you like to share your thoughts, Omega, is it?

Omega: (Takes a Very....Very Deep Breath Before Speaking) ......My disappointment has been increasingly immeasurable and my evening is now in ruins.

Yusuke: (Gently Pats on Omega's Arm). We sincerely feel your immense pain, my friend.

Futaba: (Hugs Omega's Other Arm) Yeah, big guy, it's okay. (Turns to the Camera in Front of Her as the Mircophone Lowers Down to Her) In case any of you lovely people at home hasn't catch on yet- (Puts on an Angry Look on her Face) We think this movie Frickin' SUCKS!-

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Kyoko: (Gets Interviewed Along with her Love Partners Pitto and Misako) Yeah, it was kinda bad.....

Misako: ('Scoffs')."Kinda?" That movie sucked ass!

Dark Pit: (Shakes his Head in Immense Disappointment) The biggest waste of time and money we've spent yet.

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Wave: (Sighs While Being Interviewed with Funky Nodding in Agreement) It was so bad......

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Ludwig: (Being Interviewed Along with Kumatora) Abysmal even.

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Ryuji: (Pissed Off While Being Interviewed with his Girlfriend, Haru, Standing Next to Him) God awful, that what it was!!

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Sage: (Being Interviewed Along with Jr.) I don't think we like it all that much.

Jr: (Already Has his Thumb Down While Blowing a Raspberry)

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Zelda: (Pinches the Bridge of her Nose in Utter Disappointment with her Boyfriend, Owain, Happily Waving at the Camera in Front of Them)....We should've watched that new Deadpool and Wolverine movie instead.

The news channel begins to play bits of the movie's trailer before coming back to the seperate interviews shortly after.

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Funky: (Rubbing the Back of his Head Back and Forth While Letting Out a Slightly Disappointed Sounding Sigh) Yeah, man...I've seen my fair share of bad movies over the years, but they're not nearly as painful to watch through as that one.

Wave: (Shakes her Head) It's on a league of it own in the garbage department....

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Chris Koopa: (Interviews Yoshi and Wolf) So tell me, what exactly about this movie ypu didn't like in particular?

Yoshi: (Sighs While Scratching the Side of his Head) God, I don't even know where to begin from here....

Wolf: It felt half-ass to look at for one thing.

Yoshi: (Simply Nodded in Agreement) Oh yeah. They weren't even trying at all on this one.

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Ludwig: The movie looked so rushed and half-baked that the problems piling up, started becoming more and more apparent by the minute.

Kumatora: And with little to no shame whatsoever. First comes the entire look of the film-

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Yusuke: Dull and repulsive. Has little to no life or meaning whatsoever.

Omega: None.

Futuba: (Simply Nodded) Mmhmm.

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Kumatora: Then there's cookie cutter plot-

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Wave: It was just as boring and predictable as any other low budget action movie.

Funky: I don't even think it was based on the games' story in any way. Oh and speaking of the action-

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Misako: Abysmal to watch. Like what reason is there for the movieto keep shaking the camera like a washing machine whenever a slight hint of combat comes it's way- (Place her Hand Beside her Face While Whispering to the Crew) Which that itself also sucks by the way.

Dark Pit: (Pinches the Bridge of his Nose) And the weapons they used aren't from any if the games at all! They're just regular looking guns and snipers.

Misako: Right!?

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Lavenza: (Standing Next to Morgana as They're Being Interviewed) Mona-Chan and I have seen countless of beautifully crafted arsenals Futaba has shown us in the games. ('Sigh') It's truly a shame that none of them in the film looks half as impressive in comparison.

Morgana: Makes it even sadder when they don't use them in a cool fashion.

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Kumatora: Then there's the comedy.

Ludwig: ('Scoffs') If you want to call it that.

Kumatora: (Shakes her Head) Didn't make us chuckle. Not even a little bit.

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Zelda: It was so unfunny and on par with how badly written the story is. Unbelievably painful!

Owain: Well, I did find that tiny talking robot amusing to look at.

Zelda: (Turns to her Boyfriend While Nodding) You know what? I agree with you on that one, Owain. (Turns Back to the Camera) Claptrap was the ONLY good thing about this film and it's not even close.

Owain: Ahhh so that's what his name was! (Grabs his Chin While Thinking) I wonder why I didn't catch sooner.....

Zelda: (Smiles Sheepishly at her Boyfriend) Probably because you fell asleep midway through the movie....

Owain: (Chuckles Lightly and Slightly Awkwardly While Rubbing the Back of his Head Back and Forth) Ohoho yeah...I forgot I've done that. My apologies.

Zelda: (Giggles Softly as She Hugs Owain Lovingly) No worries~ I would've done the same if the movie didn't catch my complete attention. We'll both take a nap together as soon we get back home, okay?

Owain: (Smiles Brightly While Hugging his Princess Back) Sounds like a marvelous plan to me!

Chris: Young Love of the making, ladies and gentlemen!~

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Wolf: (Crosses his Arms While Sighing).Claptrap. the only saving grace in the movie and never bothered crediting the people that made him.

Yoshi: (Turns to Wolf with a Genuine Surprised Look on his Face) Wait, seriously?

Chris: Oh wow, is that true?

Wolf: Yeah, you should look it up sometime. They've been at the movie director's throat over this for a good while now.

Yoshi: (Facepalms Himself While Groaning) How come this movie keep making our night more dreadful by the minute?....

Wolf: (Shrugs) Your guess is as good as mines at this point, kiddo.

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Futaba: And you know, I'm not usually the harsh kinda gal here. I could forgive all of this in an instant so long as the characters stay true to what they were in the games (Leans Closer to the Camera) Guess what else this movie screwed up at?

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Ryuji: ('Groans Very Heavily')

Haru: (Gently Rubs Ryuji's Upper Back to Help Calm Him Down) Easy, dear. I don't want you to get yourself a migraine over this.

Ryuji: (Lets Put a Long, Exhausted Sigh) I know, it's just.....pissing me off so bad. Like, Christ on a sesame stick, dude. I know the games has funny moments at time, but can someone PLEASE tell me who idea was it to have Roland, probably one of the most serious characters in the first game, be played by FREAKING COMEDIAN!!?

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Futaba: I can tell for a fact no one played the games, because how in the world of freshly brewed coffee that they've made him more of a comic relief than frickin' CLAPTRAP of all things!?

Yusuke: An unfunny one at that.

Futaba: EXACTLY! They didn't succeed in doing that right!! (Walks Over and Plants Her Face Onto her Boyfriend's Chest as She Cries) I am so over this movieheeheeheeheeeee......eeeee.....

Yusuke: (Gives Futuba a Reassuring Hug) The worst is over now, my dear. We've all fought well to get this far.

Omega: You know.

Chris: Hm? (Moves the Microphone Back to Omega)

Omega: I used to despise Claptrap with an infernal passion, but now, this movie made me tolerate him now.

Chris: Oh! (Smiles a Bit) T-That's good to hear at least.

Omega: ..........Where do I purchase the movie's merchandises?

Chris: (Points Omega to the Theater's Mini Goft Shop) Right over to the mini gift sh-Aaand now he's off.

The camera shows Omega stomping off to the gift shop alone.

Chris: .......Why do I feel like I won't like where this is going?

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Misako: (Starts Walking Around in a Short Circle in Frustration) It's so stupid! A-And as if that wasn't even more baffling enough, nearly the rest of the cast were just as bad amd misplaced as he was!

Dark Pit: Exactly. Hell, I could do a better job at playing their roles than all of them combined and I don't even care about this movie acting crap!

Misako: Same! (Stops Walking for a Second) You know what we should? (Walks Over to Pitto) We make our own movie of the game or show 'em how it's really done!

Dark Pit: Sounds like a lot work and trouble, but I'M TOO ANGRY TO CARE! LET'S DO IT!

Misako: YEEEEEEAH! (Shares a Manly High Five with her Boyfriend)

Chris: (Watches Misako and Dark Pit Rambling on in the Background) That...gotta be the most angriest determination I've seen yet. (Turns to Kyoko Standing Next to Him) How come you're not joining them in this?

Kyoko: (Shrugs) Eh. I'm not as big of a Borderlands fan as those two are. (Happily Clasps her Hands Together) Even still, they're so cute whenever they're nerding out!~

Chris: (Nothing about them screams nerdy....)

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Funky: And that's all she wrote from there. It's kinda tragic how it came crashing down in the end, you know?

Wave: ('Sigh') Yeah, but I shouldn't be too surprised about the outcome in all honesty. Can't believe I'm saying this, but I feel more bad about Coco if anything. Saw her and Tails storming out of the room halfway through the movie and after it was over, we then saw the hat of her Tiny Tina costume sitting on top of the trash!

Chris: Where is this friend of yours now at the moment?

Wave and Funky points to Coco sitting on sidewalk with Tails, in distraught and tears.

Coco: ('Sniff') I can't believe I've wasted months of allowance on THIS!! ('Sniff') (Turns to Tails with Teary Eyes) I'm sorry i wasted our time tonight, Tails!~ (Starts Crying her Eyes Out)

Tails: (Pulls Coco into a One Arm Hug) Hey, Hey, there's no need apologize. I'm just glad we get to spend time together at all. (Guves Coco a Small, Reassuring Smile on his Face) How about we our own move night back in my house for rest of the night? I'll let you all the movie pickings~

Coco: ('Sniff') (Lays the Side of her Head onto Tails' Shoulder with her Eyes Now Sparkling) Can I snuggle on your talls while we movies together?~

Tails: (Giggles Softly) Sure thing. (Lays his Head on Top of Coco's) You're always welcome to hugging them, Coco.

Wave: ('Ugh') Even when they're sad, they end up being adorable......

Funky: (Chuckles Lightly) Hey, that's the power of friendship for ya, mama! 'Could get even the lowest to feel a lot better these days.

Wave: Mmmhm.

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Kumatora: ('Sigh') It's times like this that it made me miss taking all those PSI Exams I had to take grounding. As boring as they were, they're not nearly painful to sir through than this movie.

Ludwig: We could've spent those hours at home, wrapped in each other's arm instead if we knew this movie would be this much of a disaster.

Kumatora: (Gives Ludwig a Seductive Smirk on her Face) Hmm~ That could still be arranged later tonight~

Ludwig: (Starts Blushing on Cue) O-Oh! Is that so? I-I wouldn't want you to have the risk of becoming exhausted after a long night.

Kumatora: (Giggles Softly) Oh please!~ (Gently Places her Hands on Both of her Luddy's Cheeks) As if I could ever get tired of kissing that cute face of yours~

Ludwig: (Smirks Back at Kuma) Well, you're more than welcome to is me now, if you truly desire~

Kumatora: (Eyes Widened in a Mocking Surprise) On live, national television? (Holds Ludwig Down in a Dip Like Fashion as her Smirk Grew Wider) Don't mind if I do~

Kuma leans down and gives her prince a kiss on the lips.

Roy: ('Ugh') (Seen Walking by in the Background, Carrying his Popcorn Bucket) Get a room already, you love nerds! 'Starting to make me lose my lunch here....

Kumatora: (Comically Glares at Roy) Hey! We were having a moment here, you ass!

Ludwig: ('Sigh') Ignore him, Kuma.....

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Chris: Okay, I'm gonna go on the limp here and guess that none of you liked the movie either, huh?

The camera then turn it's attention towards the rest of the younger members of the Smash Family participating in the interview as well.

Smash Family: NOOOOOO! IT SUCKS!!

Jr.: SHIT!

Smash Family: ('GASPS')

Haru: (Eyes Widened in Genuine Horror and Shock as She Struggles to Maintain her Balamce Thanks to Jr's Sudden Use of Profanity) Ooooh no...I'm getting dizzy- I'm so dizzy- ohh...

Ryuji: I got ya, babe! (Immediately Catches Haru From Fall Right on Time)

Zelda: (Appalled by What Jr Just Said) JUNIOR!!

The camera then turns to Wolf, the only full fledge adult present in the interview.

Wolf: (Immediately Raises his Hands Up in Defense) I have nothing to do with this. Never taught that kid how to swear in my whole life.

Roy: (Reveals Himself From the Crowd) But I did! (Burst Out Laughing as He Slaps his Knee Before Turning to his Baby Brother) You made me proud tonight, lil bro. Up top!

Jr: (Jumps Up and Gives Roy a High Five) Yeah! (Joins in on the Laughing Fest.....Only For it to Died Down Once He Sees Sage Pouting at Him in Silence)

Kumatora: (Looks at a Laughing Roy in an Annoyed, Deadpinned State) And he calls US embarrassing?

Ludwig: (Facepalms Himself) I knew we should've left him at home when we gad the chance.

Camera then turns back to the news reporter.

Chris: And there you have it, folks!....They hate it. Again, this has been Chris J. Koopa from Smash News Channel, and I will see you- ('Sighs Heavily') Tomorrow morning. I'm too tired for this crap.......

As Chris J Koopa finally walks out of the shot, the camera is now showing Futaba happily hugging Omega's arm as the two are now currently watching all the movies' merchandise Omega paid for set to blaze, all while Yusuke is seen carefully circling around, trying to picture a potential painting to wants to create back home.

Bonus

Chris: (Turns to Haru) I almost didn't notice you there, ma'am. What did you think of the movie?

Haru: (Simply Shrugs) Hm. It was okay.

Chris: (Eyes Begins to Widened) Wait, really?

Haru: (Immediately Goves Chris and the News Team a Sudden, Darkened Glare on her Face) No. This was the worst movie I have ever had the displeasure of watching. In all my years of living, I have NEVER seen such a piss poor attempt of a live adaptation of a beloved series. A series that I grew up on!

Chris: ..........S-So.....I guess that means you don't like it, th-

Haru: NO! I HATE IT! I hate how it looks, I hate it's action scenes, I hate it's comedy, I hate how Claptrap is the only tolerable character in this film, I hate how made me friends upset, I hate how it makde my Ryuji upset, I hate how it made ME upset!

Haru continues to rant on how much she really.....REALLY hates the movie to an already terrified Chris J Koopa, while Ryuji and the camera director watches it all unfolds in the background

Director: No offense, kid, but that girlfriend of yours is scary.

Ryuji: ('Sigh') Yeah....She always been the most terrifying member of our friend group. (Turns to the Director Next to Him) Hey, you think it's weird if I say that makes me more attracted to her than I ever was before?

Director: (Forms a Impressed Grin on his Face Wjile Shaking his Head) Not at all, my dude. You got yourself a real keeper.

Ryuji: (Smiles Softly) Thanks. I think so too.

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[hellyeahfanthings]

I have many mixed feeling about adaptations. Maybe it's because I easily satisfied, but I usually enjoy many things people in a fandom think are shit. Well, at least until they make thing so senseless you can't enjoy it.

I write this because I've seen many people complaining about the things they like and how they destroy them when adapted to other media: newest case Devil May Cry by Nexflix, but I'm old enought to have watched real actor Super Mario movie on cinema. I think I've watched almost all comic and videogame film adaptacions, and there's always someone who says it's garbage. But the thing is many times that garbage makes people enter a fandom and discover the original is much much better than the adaptation, as is happening with Devil May Cry right now.

In my case, this is true. I was never a fan of Marvel comics, I was more of a manga fan, but I started watching Marvel film, liking some characters, I started reading some issues Marvel fans told me were good, until I saw Venom film: were they good? No. Funny? Yes. Homoerotic? Yes. And I say: is this character really like that on the comic. Nah, they were worst (in a good way), so I started reading, and even bought the issues I liked. Damn, never expected Eddie saying "we are going to have a baby now" (he and Venom LOL).

This happened with Sonic, too. I've never been a Sonic fan, but I got interested after watching the movies. I'm playing all the games my friend lend me from their Steam library (they is a huge fan since the begining), and I'm enjoying then. Maybe the films are not good for game fans, but these can make others get interested in the games.

About DMC, I enjoyed the show, as AU, what I didn't like, I wrote on another post (and all the things I read about the creator, which is another story, oof, everything's wrong). But, the thing is, I'm really enjoying watching people discover the game, playing it, seeing all faces of Dante and how cool and interesting as a character Lady is.

On the other hand, there are other things, in my opinion, and many people would agree with me, that are so bad you can save anything from them, or could be considered good if they had another name.

I think about Resident Evil. Man, being a Resident Evil fans are getting the worst adaptations ever, in my opinion: first film was OK, could be considered a another side, another story, but the rest? Damn. Then the Netflix series: so many good ideas, but the story is soooo bad; so sorry... And the other film... Yeah, I watched it too, I told you I watched almost all adaptations.

Then, there are these with nice ideas, but not the ideas of the official source, like Borderlands. When I watched Borderland, I hated it as an adaptation, but the story looked nice; they could have sold it with another name and it could be good.

And Monster Hunter, OMG, Monster Hunter. I never played Monster Hunter, and it was so bad my own brain erased it from my head; Morbius level of bad. Or worst; at least in Morbius I laughted of embarrasement.

Well, after all of these, what I wanted to say is I don't hate bad adaptations, even when the people in charge don't know what they are doing, because they can bring new fans to a fandom they could never be interested otherwise; we can enjoy bad shit. But I feel like these bad adaptations harm the original source, too, and that's why I have mixed feelings. Should I not enjoy them because they are bad? I have to admit this is a difficult topic to me.

[oktobearfest]

full thoughts on the borderlands movie

yeah the reviews weren't exaggerating this movie is fucking awful. probably one of the worst video game movies in recent memory. pretty much everything about it is horrible. don't know where to begin so i'll just list off my random thoughts about the movie

the visual effects are terrible. this movie visually looks like the VFX team didn't have a budget or didn't have any time to make this movie look even remotely competent. like some of the things in this movie look like a PS2 cutscene. i will say as a positive that claptrap consistently looked great and was thing i thought looked good. that positive is automatically retracted when i learned that the people that worked on claptrap specifically were not credited for their work

i know everyone is saying it but everyone in this is hilariously miscast. kevin hart as roland was ridiculous but honestly he didn't bother me that much in the actual movie. cate blanchett as lilith and jamie lee curtis as tannis were WAY worse. they're both too old for these roles especially given that in the movie tannis is supposed to be like, 30 ish years older than lilith. bitch these two characters don't look that far apart in age??? jack black as claptrap was annoying as fuck. just sounded like he was doing a bad impression of the original VA. another positive is that i thought the guy playing marcus was pretty good. he looked and sounded like the character but he's in like. 2 scenes and then you forget he exists. also i dont see a lot of people talking about this so it may just be me but moxy looked really old for the role as well. she's literally in 1 scene and thats it so it doesn't matter that much but it did stand out to me.

movie is insanely unfunny. nothing else to say. the attempts at "jokes" here were embarrassing

very confused as to who this movie was made for as it doesn't respect the source material in any way but also has a ton of references to the games that non fans would not understand.

not sure if this is true but this movie felt like it was originally rated R but it was trimmed down to be a PG-13 rating. why is a movie based off of a franchise with rated M games PG-13??????

every scene felt super rushed and you never get to know any of these characters or care about them. the writing and character development were very hollow and superficial. i know the borderlands games are not peak fiction when it comes to writing but you still come to like and care about these characters. in this movie, im like damn i dislike all of you lol

this entire movie has "was in development hell for almost 10 years" vibes all over it. it permeates throughout the entire thing. i couldn't stop thinking about how it took almost a decade for this movie to be shit out onto the big screen

w. w. why did they change tiny tina's backstory and why is it 100000000000% pointless.

WHERE ARE MORDECAI AND BRICK. WHERE ARE THEY

[dayurno]

kevin has such a….je ne sais quoi….something about him that makes me want to see him be a final girl in a horror movie. here we are again talking about him getting chased in the woods . anyways.

FORRRRR REALLLLLLL aftg has so little horror fics or even suspense really and its very sad because the foxes are the perfect cast ensemble for a death game scenario or something like bodies bodies bodies… i mentioned this earlier in the week i think but i watched the menu with anya taylor joy and it was like the quintessential dayurno bait re: horror movie tropes so i desperately need to see the foxes surviving a similar situation. either that or maybe an alice in borderland au which i also loved….. sorry but can you imagine? if the infighting wasnt bad enough try being in the shoes of someone who has to go against andrew minyard and his protegees in a death game

i think this kind of horror has great potential to exacerbate and amplify the worst parts of a character’s personality and the foxes would absolutely break under the pressure. i don’t know if they would kill each other per se (besides andrew) but i think there’d be some pretty rough scuffles. anyway i need final girl kevin and horror movie kevin in general because i want to twirl my hair and kick my feet every time someone protects him. i’m a normal well adjusted fan like that

also re: bodies bodies bodies when i was watching it i thought the idea of the trojans murdering each other like that was kind of really fun so i’m tossing the idea of an au where kevin and jean go to meet their boyfriend’s rich friends at someone’s vacation home and people start murdering each other like crazy

[tigraira]

I just watched the Borderlands movie and it was… not good. I want to call it horrifyingly bad however my non-video gamer parents found the movie watchable. But they also liked the Emoji Movie, so half a point for the movie.

I was biased when the movie was announced as I was super disappointed that Mordecai and Brick were not going to be in it. I admittedly wasn’t a big fan of the games due to me not really playing many shooters at the time but I did play the second game a couple of times with my sibling when they first released. I was more into the characters, concepts of the games, and the dumb humor.

I do not completely hate the cast choices in theory. I liked the actor for Tina and Krieg in terms of design. Their jokes however almost never landed. For the others, don’t really mind them making Lilith and Tannis older compared to in the games if they used a better script. Roland could have worked with a better script, but I do think another actor would have had an easier time portraying the character compared to Kevin.

I do think the majority of the issues I had with this movie is the script and editing. The jokes rarely landed (which I can only give them a half a point as my mother did laugh a singular time during the entire movie). Jack Black seemed to try with the jokes. The jokes with Claptrap were boring at best and agonizing at worst. Tina’s actor seemed to try really hard to get the jokes to land, but the timing of many of them seemed too long between the setup and the punchline. Krieg had similar issues as his “one-liners” were awkward in timing as they were set too late in scenes. Lilith seemed too preoccupied in defending the choice of having the character being older rather than actually being a character (ex. Having Lilith continuously complaining about being old). Roland really tried to come off as serious which could have possibly worked if the world surrounding the character was more “borderlands-esque”. However, due to the rest of the cast and environments being as “bland”, there was not enough of a contrast to be fun. Tannis’s acting was odd. It was almost over-the-top enough to be decent, but again was held back by the script.

Not a good movie, .5/10.

[kitsumidori]

I finally got motivation to make another fanfic.

I was playing Borderlands 3, but then I got to the Rampager and the bad scene that is never canon because Borderlands 3 story isn't canon anti it's all Claptraps nightmare.........

Anyway I made this to make myself feel better

BUT FIRST: this isn't the full fic and I'm planning on making it longer (either a long one shot or have multiple chapters, I'm still debating) also while in my rewrite, Maya stays on Pandora and Ava meets Maya a little earlier, here this takes place during the main story with some elements of my rewrite in it, mainly that the Calypso's were never siren's and are vault touched instead.

Lastly (spoilers) TROY FUCKING DIES EARLIER, R.I.P BOZO.

This all seems too easy……..or at least that's how Moze feels……..

She and her comrades had just defeated the Rampager and are now inside the vault to grab whatever in it. While Zane, Amara and Fl4k were admiring their loot, Moze can't help but feel uneasy.

Call it a gut feeling, but she feels like something really bad is about to happen. She wasn't surprised that Ava followed them to the vault. She kinda grew a soft spot for the kid, seeing a little of herself in Ava.

"It's going to be Darzaran Bay all over again" Moze thought to herself.

Her mind starts to wander. Would the Calypso's pop in and kill them both? Would they also bring their followers to fight? Fearing the worst, she heads out of the vault, just out of curiosity.

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Moze was eternally glad that she listened to her gut because as soon as she stepped out, not only did the Calypso's show up, not only did Tyreen drain the dead Rampager, but are attacking after Ava taunted them. It all culminated in Tyreen holding Ava hostage and Maya doing the same to Troy.

But before anyone could act, Troy grew an evil smirk and used his free hand on Maya, and started to drain her powers.

Time stopped for Moze, her hands started to sweat, her breathing was picking up and the memories were flooding her head. That rat faced bastard knows what he's doing and at that moment Moze has to act, FAST! Or it'll be like with Lilith all over again, or worst, Darzaran Bay…….

Without thinking, she pulled out her gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

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Maya felt intense pain all over her body, like if her life is being drained and is about to turn to dust. Everything slowed down as her entire life flashed before her eyes. She then reflects on her time in Pandora, her teammates, Axton, Gaige, Salvador, Zer0 and…..Krieg…….she promised him that she'll come back when she goes back to Athenas and that's now a promise that she'll never make.

Why did she even go back to Athenas? Why did she drop everything to be the protector of the same people that used her? Why did she rejoin The Order even though she hates them? Why didn't she just take Ava with her and go back to Pandora sooner?

All these questions kept running in her head, waiting for death…………

Until she heard a gunshot………

And a shriek………

"TROY!!!!!!!!"

Maya's eyes shot open, the pain was gone, everything was coming back to her, tattoos still intact and Troy's grip started to loosen. His body then slumped over and revealed a gunshot wound on his head and blood pouring out of both the wound and his mouth.

Troy Calypso, the self proclaimed God King, probably the only male siren……is dead….

Her vision starts to clear up as she notices Moze standing by the vault entrance, pistol out, breathing heavily and shaking violently.

With no breathing time, Tyreen let go of Ava and teleported to Moze, grabbing her by the neck.

"You think you're so clever, huh Super Fan, taking out my brother just to one up me!" Tyreen said in a bitter voice while trying to keep her smile. Moze then noticed that she's changing, her face and hands are showing this weird purple rash, her eyes are purple and glowing, but the most shocking surprise is that……her siren tattoo's….. they started to flake off?!?!?!

"What the fu-" before Moze could finish, Tyreen threw her to the wall, hard. Tyreen then approaches Moze, but before she could do anything, Maya phaselock her and threw Tyreen to the other side of the room.

At that moment, Amara, Zane and Fl4k were coming out of that vault to witness the reveal.

"What the?" Zane said in a shock.

Fl4k then spoke up "So wait, she's…"

Amara then cuts them off by answering"A false siren."

Tyreen looked at the, the jig is up and she doesn't have an excuse. She just walked over, grabbed Troy's body, now showing the same rash around his eyes and hand and shouted "THIS. ISN'T. OVER!!!!!!!!!" and with that, they both disappeared.

Without a beat, Amara went to help Moze up, while Zane and Fl4k helped Maya. Maya then winced at the pain and noticed a bruise and some make up on her wrist, likely from Troy trying to drain her as well as having a strong grip on her.

Maya then asked Amara "Wait, you said false siren, right?"

Amara simply nods and explains "A lot of women would try to make fake tattoos and claim to be siren's, there have been multiple cases but all got off with a warning since they only did it for attention."

Zane then asked "But, what about the eyes and her hands, is that something they have as well?"

"That might be more of a Tannis question." Amara answered.

Moze, after regaining her footing spoke up "We should definitely ask her, when that bitch grabbed me, I can feel her powers teetering on leeching me or not!"

Everyone can see that Moze still has a slight panic in her eyes, Amara puts her arm on her shoulder, trying to reassure her vault hunting teammate. This did cause Moze to blush but was able to calm down.

But then Maya's attention turns to Ava, who is sitting, holding her legs to her chest, and is still crying. This causes Maya to go into her mother hen mode.

"Hey….Ava….." Maya tries to talk to her, only for Ava to turn her head away in an attempt to ignore her. Maya took a deep breath and told her "Look I'm past the point of being mad, right now I'm relieved that you're safe. How about we just put this all behind now and head back to the ship, sounds good?"

Ava then looked up and the first thing she saw was Maya's warm smile. This caused the dam of tears to break, giving Maya a death grip of a bear hug and buried her face into her chest. Maya returned the hug and started to pet her head.

An idea then popped up and Maya asked her apprentice "Hey, once this whole C.O.V bullshits over, how about I take you to Pandora, we can raid bandit camps, steal their loot, I can even introduce you to my team. I've been telling them about you and they want to see you as soon as they can, would that be fun?"

Ava didn't speak, she just looked up and nodded yes.

Zane then spoke up and asked "So, should we get back to the ship?"

"Yeah, we should, Lilith is going to freak out with what happened." Maya answered. As everyone head's back, Zane notices Moze staring off into space. He then asked her "Think you're going to be ok lass?"

All Moze could answer was "I don't know old man…….I don't know………"

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If I ever do a finished version, I'll post it on AO3.

[rainydaze-rhys]

Do all 25 for borderlands. Yknow. For funsies.

There will be a readmore line here somehow because on god I’m about to say so much. let me preface: all my hot takes on the matter are a solid 4 years old at minimum, I do not keep up to date on the blands fandom, my enjoyment of the series exists exclusively in isolation these days, etc., etc., if things have changed then I simply do not know about it

1. the character everyone gets wrong

Handsome Jack. He is not a good dad. He is also not in his 30s. That man has an adult daughter and has been married twice. I refuse to believe he was anything under 50 during BL2.

2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

DHKDGDJSHDJDJ I sure did forget this was one of the questions. Um. My faves are all verse and no one would refuse to do one thing or another.

3. description of the worst take you’ve seen on tumblr

I saved this for last and then still couldn’t bring myself to remember anything so this doesn’t get an answer because I simply do not want to remind myself of those takes

4. what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

Back in my borderlands days I was afraid of blocking people so I simply did not do it. Took me until only a couple years ago to finally realize “Oh this rules and significantly improves my online experience” and now I block all the time, but this is an entirely separate blog from my borderlands one so it doesn’t have any crossover

5. worst discord server and why?

This one I can’t answer. Discord wasn’t a thing for my original dive into borderlands. We all were just on tumblr constantly and then me and a few friends also talked on Skype

6. which ship fans are the most annoying?

Handsome jack/Rhys. I mean I was there. I was in the thick of it. I could see it. But oh my god the braindead takes on it and the aggressive insistence that it was basically canon! The number of people who actively harassed people who liked the actual in-game love interests! The amount of times I saw people say “I don’t personally like this so I’d rather people not discuss it around me” only to be bombarded with dozens of responses discussing it in detail! Wretched! One of the all-time worst collective cases of people insisting the biggest and most popular ship was effectively canon and getting mad at anyone saying otherwise

7. what character did you begin to hate because not because of canon but because of how the fandom acts about them?

Handsome Jack. lol. lmao.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

Handsome Jack is a dogshit father and every single fluff piece or “Happy father’s day lol” post or headcanon about him being a good dad to Angel is dead wrong to an astounding degree. He put her in a cage and used her as a computer for her entire life and frankly she should have gotten to kill him

9. worst part of canon

Borderlands 3.

I was going to say “I kid” but I don’t. It has its moments, but god, it sucks so bad. Killing Maya, replacing Angel with Tannis, writing off Lilith, doing what they did with Aurelia (she would NOT fuck that man), flanderizing the characters from TftBL (Vaughn’s… whole situation…), and— god I just remembered mid-sentence that New Tales exists. That one was actually worse than BL3 somehow.

10. worst part of fanon

Handsome Jack. I’m just gonna keep saying this for basically every question that asks about the bad parts of fandom because literally… him and the people rabidly defending him. (<- he is my favorite character and also I think he deserved worse than he got. these are not mutually exclusive)

11, number of fandom-related words you’ve filtered

See above re: blocking people, I didn’t filter things at the time and on this blog I follow almost no one who posts borderlands content

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Fiona is weirdly unpopular given that she’s literally a protagonist. The same with Lilith, actually, now that I think about it; people seem to either be “meh” about her or frothing-at-the-mouth enraged about her. And they’re wrong! Fiona is a great character who deserved to actually fucking exist in bl3, and Lilith is really well written as understandably arrogant and capable! Also, Nakayama and Vasquez. I can’t take credit for being into those two because other people with extremely good taste did it first and influenced me, but it remains true. And ELLIE. I know “unpopular” isn’t strictly true of her because I think most people would say they like her, but Ellie is a gold star across every game she’s in and I wish there was even more of her and I wish people appreciated her more. Love Ellie.

13. worst blorbofication

. handsome jack.

14. that one thing you see in fics all the time

So many borderlands fics are a/b/o. Mpreg is like the DEFAULT. It boggles the mind. “Rhys Borderlands is Handsome Jack’s PA and then he goes into heat in his boss’s office and Jack is such a ruggedly masculine alpha he takes suuuuch good care of him!” Gives me the ick. One thing they don’t tell you about naming yourself after a video game character is the rammys when you try to read a fic and see Your Own Name in those situations.

15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time

I actually don’t really remember the fanart well enough to say about this. I vaguely remember a lot of art of Rhys Borderlands strung up like a puppet controlled by Jack, but beyond that, I’unno

16. you can’t understand why so many people like this thing

Can I be very fully and entirely honest. I don’t love Tim. I don’t hate Tim! And I’ve turned around on him a lot, his appearance in the Handsome Jackpot DLC in bl3 is phenomenal and he’s a great character! And it’s a super interesting concept! I just still don’t love him.

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

I want more fics where Angel survives and gets out from under Jack’s influence. Let the Crimson Raiders be her new parents. I want her to be Maya’s best friend and I want her to date Gaige and I want her to be there in person to kick Jack in the dick when he loses badly and then dies.

18. it’s absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on…

The Pre-Sequel. The Pre-Sequel. The Pre-Sequel. YES the gameplay can be tedious at times. However. I love the Pre-Sequel so much. Love the writing. Adore the plot. Cherish the individual Vault Hunters. The Claptastic DLC remains one of my favorite DLCs. Love Elpis. Fucking love Janey Springs. Hate the way they left so many loose ends to be tied up plot-wise and then just kinda went “lol nvm all that” in the next game.

19. you’re mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like…

IYKYK ;)

20. part of canon you found tedious or boring

A lot of the Pre-Sequel is going back and forth across very large open areas using Stingrays which are a vehicle I do not love. A lot of BL3 is also going back and forth across very large open areas using vehicles which control like the Stingrays. There are so many quests that are just “drive around and kill 30 guys and pick up 8 items then drive here and kill 30 animals and pick up 8 more items then drive back and kill 30 guys and give me the items.”

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

I don’t really think there are overhyped things unless BL3 entirely counts as overhyped, which… not anymore. Honestly most of the stuff that’s hyped is fairly understandable. The most popular DLCs are inevitably the ones which are the most well-written with interesting mechanics.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

I already said the Pre-Sequel. Uh, if “everyone else” includes the writers, then TftBL, because they absolutely just threw all of that except Rhys and Vaughn in the trash and then ran those two through a meat grinder.

23. ship you’ve unwillingly come around to

No “unwilling” about ‘em, I’m usually pretty much open to whatever, but I also don’t even poke my head into the tags these days so I haven’t experienWAIT no I just remembered Zer0/Rhys is a thing. I used to not like it. I do now. Silly goofy.

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

“Is it okay to like Handsome Jack?” I will not be elaborating because thinking too much about the endless debates gives me hives

25. common fandom complaint that you’re sick of hearing

Once again I am too disconnected from the greater fandom these days to actually know and be annoyed by what people are complaining about.

[magnuficentwo]

1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12 for Borderlands

[From this !] Thank u for the ask now I get to practice my VIOLENCE

1- The character everyone gets wrong

Hate hate hate hate hate how so many people write Rhys. Rhys is a character who's whole appeal {personally} is that he is very much Just Some Fucking Guy. Before the stories of Tales happened, Rhys was just some random dude who wanted to make it big, and afterwards, when he gets the opportunity to, he's still Majorly not his own person. He's influenced by the player in a meta sense, but also by Ugly John. This guy's identity is based off what the situation demands and what other people expect of him, and yet no one ever seems to acknowledge it, favoring instead his fucked up relationship with H.J as the sole atribute of his character [and this WILL pop up later trust me].

The guy has potential and the game acknowledges it (by the games own words, he rebuilt Atlas, became the CEO and even invented some cool new tech along the way), but he is NOT ALL THAT and I'm TIRED of people acting like there is that much substance to him. Just say you want the white men to kiss, stop putting on different hats on this guy and acting like hes all that

4- What was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

Moxxi slander. I swear, anyone who says Mad Moxxi is "annoying" or "a bitch" is 20% of the time a misogynist and 80% of the time a Handsome Jack sympathizer who thinks that she should've had some pity on The Active Space War Criminal. And this person did exactly that so yk how it is

6- Which ship fans are most annoying ?

Rhack shippers. No doubt. Partly because of my own personal gripes with how this dude is characterized {see: number 1}, but also because it's genuinely just so boring 😭 you can write this ship a thousand different ways but ultimately it boils down to "We need these white men to kiss" and nothing else. Also the whole "this guy manipulated this other guy for the entire time they interacted and then tried to kill him" thing.

8- Common fandom opinion everyone is wrong about.

There's nobody who is good in this game I'm sorry to all apologists out there but all these guys suck ass. This isn't a competition about who's most morally correct it's about who your favorite criminal is ok

9- Worst part of canon.

The way they don't expand on lore, not even a little 😔 Please just tell me how ancient eridian people got their hands on an Atlas gun all of a sudden. Or at least tell me something about Sirens. How does the magic in this universe even happen. For the love of God HOW did Pandora GET LIKE THAT how is anyone there LIVING. PLEASE just CRUMBS OF INFORMATION you can't have me guessing everything you're presenting !!

+ How they don't expand on characters. Like come on let me hang out with these guys they're so cool :(

12- The Unpopular character you actually like and why more people should like them.

Tannis Tannis Tannis I love you cringe fail autistic woman. I don't see nearly enough appreciation for her. Matter of fact, I see a lot of people hating on my girl like :[ Leave her alone. Here's my comprehensive list of reasons why you should actually like Patricia Tannis.

1- So smart. She seems to be one of the only 5 people who know anything about the setting and who actively tell you about related history. She's one of the only sources of knowledge on Eridian culture we have in-game, which means this also extends over to Sirens, magic and the vaults. Relevant stuff yk !!! /// 2- She's COOL LOOKING okay. Her design is more down to earth and restrained compared to other characters, and it makes her stick out a little more imo. It's also just wonderfully practical which fits for her being a researcher and scientist. /// 2.5- Girl... pretty... /// 3- This woman is so autistic have I mentioned that yet. Because she is. She unfortunately does fall in some pitfalls in terms of stereotypes {I.E: nerdy personality with tendencies to be rude to people, the whole facts and logic thing, etc} but also damn she is so relatable. I too feel nauseous at the thought of a social interaction but still actively crave to have conversations with other people. I also struggle coming up with words at the time of most need. I too have like 3 people who actively take me places and make me feel comfortable (SEE: Roland, Lilith, the VH in some cases). I too humanize objects and talk to them because of loneliness. That's so true. She's so real for that.

[blazehedgehog]

Do you have any studios or developers you refuse to purchase games from?

Voidpoint, for their handling of Ion Fury. It looks like an extremely good build engine shooter, but a mapper hid some bigoted humor in a level and Voidpoint dug in their heels and stood up "against SJW censorship." Big red flags. They don't deserve my business.

I struggle to care about anything Gearbox has been doing, exclusively because of Randy Pitchford. He's an incredibly suspicious dude -- there's claims he stole money from Aliens: Colonial Marines to bankroll Borderlands 2, there's the whole bizarre "magic trick on a flash drive" gaffe, the fact he "rescued" the Duke Nukem franchise and has left it to rot with increasingly worse ports and remasters of Duke Nukem 3D (and only Duke Nukem 3D)... Randy announced he was leaving Gearbox just a few days ago to pursue a movie production career, but also, the more Gearbox does with the "humor" in Borderlands, the more I groan at how much it sucks. Randy Pitchford or not, I don't want to buy or play anything from Gearbox, at least for a while.

THQ Nordic hosted an AMA on 8chan, a website known for hosting illegal pornography and being the heart of Qanon. They tried to make a series of weak apologies, but not a single one of them came off as sincere, because they were all full of misdirection and excuses about how they "didn't know" what 8chan was. I don't believe them for a second. People all the way up the Nordic ladder seemed to be in on it. Unsurprisingly, right after that disaster, they announced a suite of long-requested, fan-favorite remasters for games like Battle for Bikini Bottom and Destroy All Humans. It was blatantly transparent they were trying to smooth things over and hope people forget about the 8chan thing. I certainly won't.

I'm also going to start avoiding anything associated with Tommy Tallarico. He always came off as kind of a goober on Electric Playground, but it sounds increasingly like he's a toxic weirdo and a diva. It's harder to cite this one because it sounds like Tallarico is trying to get out in front of it and keep it quiet, but there are rumblings from people who met him that he's a loudmouthed jerk. He's been known to crack a lot of "snowflake sjw needs a safe space?" type jokes, and he followed a lot of the right wing brainworm types on twitter. He's also spearheading the whole "Earthworm Jim 4" project, which involves "getting all the original developers back together" -- including the ones who have willingly outed themselves as angry bigots. Despite claims that the bad eggs aren't really involved, their work is still being co-promoted. Tallarico is ignorant at best, and actively toxic at worst. Art cannot be separated from artist as long as money is involved.

There's probably more, but those are the four strongest examples I can think of right now. I'd maybe put Ubisoft in there, but mostly that's because I'm very bored with Ubisoft's output and have been for a long time, irregardless of what's wrong with their company culture.

Similar thing happened with Blizzard. I've never played World of Warcraft, I haven't played Diablo III for more than an hour, I stopped caring about Overwatch, etc. It was almost convenient when they started to self-destruct because of their company culture, because it really wasn't very hard at all to stop caring about their games.

[thekntard]

KATHNIEL AS ICONIC SERIES🎬

A VISUAL FAN CONCEPT | PART 2

ALICE IN BORDERLAND

"In this world with only one despair, how do you live?"

GOSSIP GIRL

"You know you love me. xoxo, gossip girl"

GREY'S ANATOMY

"It's a beautiful day to save lives"

YOU

"You know, the first step to fixing something is to know no matter how destroyed it seems, it can always be saved"

THE 100

"The blood of our enemies is your armor"

TEEN WOLF

"Scared people will do things that you wouldn't believe"

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

"The worst day of loving someone is the day that you lose them"

EUPHORIA

"Every time I feel good, I think it'll last forever, but it doesn't"

GAME OF THRONES

"Winter is coming"

PEAKY BLINDERS

"Whisky's good proofing water. Tells you who's real and who isn't"

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[repentantsky]

5 People Who Should Not Be in The Gaming industry

Our choice of entertainment, when we choose video games has nearly endless potential, with works that are inspiring from varying genre’s, to varying resources, and many people who work on these games are as inspiring as they are instrumental to the industry’s continued growth and success, these 5 people, here are none of these things, and are nothing short of a detriment to it. Whether it’s because they broke the law, multiple times, clearly don’t care about the people who work under them, or are simply unable to tell their fans the truth, here are 5 people, who simply should not be here. Be warned, I may trigger you one way or the other depending on where you stand, and I’m not sorry about it if you want to defend these losers. Oh and, one final note, my lists aren’t usually ranked by how important an entry is, or in this case, how messed up they are, but rather by how much I want to talk about them, so do keep that in mind. 

5. David Cage. 

David might be the least unworthy person on this list, depending on how you look at it, (I think he’s one of the worst people here, but you do you) but he’s also possibly the biggest A-hole. Running the company Quantic Dream, most regarded for their game Detroit: Become Human, the company, Cage, and another key member have been under investigation for years, for mistreating their employees, and violating contracts. Most famously with Elliot Page, back before when he was known as Ellen Page, as the game Beyond: Two Souls, did have a fully nude model that for a time could be hacked to be visible in the game, which was a violation of the contract Elliot had signed at that time. Other accusations include, bullying, anti-woman rights shown in the work place, and harassment of employees, namely of the female variety. This isn’t mere speculation either, as Quantic Dream did a few years back, lose a case against a former employee in court, and if one thing most people have learned about abuse or mistreatment of others these days, is that if there’s one case, there’s probably more. While things have been quiet on this front in light of COVID-19, the investigation, is still on-going. 

4. Randy Pitchford. 

The laundry list of offenses this man has committed should have seen him end up in jail, but money talks, and he settled his crimes out of court. What crimes did he commit you ask? Let me see if I can remember everything. He, supposedly had child pornography on a flash drive, for which he was acquitted, with that never being shown in a way that can be confirmed or denied, he refused to work with Troy Baker on Borderlands 3 who played Rhys in Tales from the Borderlands, because Troy has joined the closest thing to a union within voice acting, which meant Pitchford would have had to follow certain guidelines, that he wasn’t willing to, he stole 12 million dollars meant to be bonuses for employees of Take Two after completing Borderlands 2, and the opening funds for Borderlands 3, which he seemingly used to pay off his court case, he assaulted Claptrap’s original VA when they were still working together, and refused to bring him back in Borderlands 3 because he wouldn’t do the voice for free after leaving like he had before, he refused to pay a musician for work done on Duke Nukem Forever, and while not nearly as heinous as the rest of these, refuses to acknowledge that any criticism against Alien: Colonel Marines is legitimate. So yeah, complete A-whole. Kind of makes you wonder how people like this stay in the industry, instead of in jail where they belong.

3. Todd Howard.

Todd Howard, is to put it lightly, a habitual liar, and often tries to play up his good guy persona while lying through his teeth. Fallout 76 is a key example of how he can lie, as just about everything he said about the game when it was announced, was untrue, though he’s used to that as he also lied about Skyrim, Fallout 4, Elder Scrolls Blades, Elder Scrolls online, seemingly favoring single player games while 76 was still not known to the public, the list goes on. Todd Howard, for as bad as his voice is for it, is basically the hype man for everything major Bethesda does, and usually seems to be in charge for finding a fall guy when his lies don’t come to fruition. It’s not really shocking per-say that he lies, but man, it would be nice if he could just tell the truth, if anyone could believe anything he says. Never, have I heard so many untrue things said about a game from one man, and yet, you literally have to question everything that comes out of his mouth, and assume all of it is overplayed nonsense, because Bethesda seemingly pays him to try and make us believe that he can say anything of factual value. But alas, he can’t, he even lied about the paid mods controversies Bethesda tried to pull, both times they did it, and nothing came of it. Someone who cannot seem to tell the truth, should not be in this industry.   

2.  Marcin Iwinski. 

This may not be a name instantly recognizable to many, but Marcin is co-founder of CD Projekt Red, and is it’s most prolific liar. Unlike other CEO’s who have people below them spread lies so fans go after them instead of the guy at the top, Marcin has been Cyberpunk 2077′s voice in a manner of speaking, as he was the one told all of us the lies surrounding the game. He tells people what to say about the game, so he’s responsible for the lies made to retailers, fans, and of course Sony and Microsoft, and he even tried to get ahead of a piece written by Jason Schreier, with a non-apology that was actually more damage control for the horrible release of Cyberpunk 2077. While he’s by no means the only person who has committed these sorts of acts in this industry, his recent example of what a CEO will do to save face for his company, regardless of much BS there is within, makes him a prime target for fans to show those who run massive game companies, that lying to people for years, be it about how a game is running, or how it’s being made, shout out to all those people he said weren’t crunching, and then trying to downplay it when we found out, is not okay. Letting people like that go, only incites more to do the same. 

1. Andrew Wilson. 

Yet another name you might not know off the top of your head, Andrew Wilson is the CEO of EA, a company that is so corrupt under his watch, that they tried to break Belgium gambling laws because they just...thought they were above it? I don’t know the whole story there, but I do know that EA, under his run as CEO, clearly thinks it can do anything it wants, and feels like they can lie about whatever they choose, regardless of how poorly it reflects on the industry, or how it hurts smaller developers just trying to turn their passion into a career. Killing off beloved studios like Visceral games, Black Box Studios, Origin, and Playfish to name just a few, EA has become the killer of studios, and every time Andrew Wilson’s face is on screen, smart people began to worry. Mr. Surprise Mechanics himself may not have committed any crimes that we know of (aside from again, breaking Belgium law because he thought he could get away with it), nor has he lied his way to success in the public, but killing off studios loved by all in order to force everyone under his employ to mainly focus on games as a service, a move that is more harmful than good in the industry, is cause enough for him to be forced out. 

And that’s my list, what did you think? It’s not often someone actually calls people out in this industry, and I honestly think more people need to do it so there’s some of that. Let me know if you can think of anyone else who deserves being a swift kick out the door, reblog this if it interested you, and feel free to leave a note. 

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So in response to that 75 gaming asks post, I hope you don't mind random followers hopping in with something of a list! Could we get answers to 5, 18, 20, 24, 25, 33, 51, 52, 57, 63, and 73?

yeah of course no problem, I just have to put on my thinking cap and see if I can remember any of my opinions about video games

5. Game with the best soundtrack?

the sound tracks Darren Korb gives Supergaint games are all fantastic, but I'd lean slightly towards Hades

18. Worst game you’ve played?

that's an interesting question because I really do try to go out of my way to play games I think I'll like, so worst probably isn't something actually bad, just a mechanic I didn't like or found annoying oh wait never-mind Bioshock Infinite had a stupid enough story that I'll put it here

20. Favorite publisher and/or developer?

I'm a big fan of the grand strategy games Paradox puts out especially Crusader Kings, so let's say them for Devs

24. Ever cried because of a video game? Which one(s)?

the most recent example I can think of would be BOTW, some those memory spots really got me

25. Proudest accomplishment in gaming?

Some achievement with a really low attach rate? doing good in any game with ranking? nothing really springs to mind rn

33. Favorite female npc?

Kreia is iconic, so lets go with her or I could choose Edelgard for a more recent girlboss that would make even more people think I have bad taste

51. First character you’ve had a crush on?

nothing I can recall for a first video game crush, I literally have no clue who it would be

52. A game you will always stand behind, and support no matter what?

KOTOR2, it's the best piece of Star Wars media out there full stop. "oh but look at all the cut content it can't be good" don't care, Obsidian absolutely killed it with the time given

57. What is an overrated game you’ve played?

Borderlands 2? It's good but I think it got over-hyped and didn't learn some of the lessons it should have from the first game

63. What’s a game that has inspired you?

Terraria inspires me to try and build cool bases every time I play it

73. A game with the best fandom?

gamers are some of the most annoying people out there so this is probably a low bar but like gacha games in general with how helpful they are in terms of guide writing