#yk?

[volno-pesh]

That's actually quite interesting

Bc just a few moments before Scout has a dream where Spy is his dad that let's be clear was out of nowhere-

And then, ... Everybody knows?? (And Heavy, and Sniper, and Pauling? No way others don't know) Heavy says "yea your dad disappears often" and Scout didn't even question it like "huh what are you talking about?" Like he knows he's talking about Spy

But Scout does not like that fact, he doesn't like that Spy is related to him and maybe this whole rant (the last panel) and whole Tom Jones + God scene is like,, mental self-defence and self-deception?

Everyone always focuses on that first panel but they seem to forget the next ones?????? Do you REALLY think he doesn't know??? Because, to me, that's definetely NOT the face of a guy who 100% knows his father is dead. To me, it looks like the face of a guy who knows, or can deduce, who his father is.

But he doesn't want to believe it. He doesn't want to admit what he thinks. He feels better wanting to remember a fake story. Even if he knows for a fact that it is fake.

Do you guys think about the many sleepless nights Jeremy has spent daydreaming or thinking or actually dreaming of another story?? Maybe his father was a brave soldier who had to do one final mission and he died before he could even meet him. Maybe his father was a really succesful entrepeneur who had to travel to Europe, but his plane crashed in the middle of the Atlantic, and they never found it. Maybe his father was an explorer, who disappeared while on a trip on some unknown island in Papua New Guinea.

Maybe.

Maybe.

Maybe.

But he knows.

He knows.

[d3ad-squid]

This is NOT what sky looked like, his ass does not know her at all

[eightcure]

Some Danny phantom sketches for the void

[prairieenyasblog]

i think i’m gonna go sleep and forget i made this until i wake up and see itbye now

[curiouslymyown]

Any time Regulus interacts with Effie and Monty I just want to claw out my heart and eat it

[blueskittlesart]

did u not like totk?

i LOVED totk. i think it was well-written and did its job as a sequel to botw very well. HOWEVER. i do think it suffered slightly from the commercial success of botw. as i mentioned in my last post, nintendo does this. thing. when one of their games gets popular where every game after it has to be Exactly The Same so they can make all the money in the world via comparison marketing. (and this is a problem with the wider game industry in general but also a very observable pattern in loz specifically.) I know it's been a pretty long time since botw came out, but before (and immediately following) its release there was some pushback from longtime fans who worried that the open-world and lack of traditional dungeons meant that the game had strayed too far from the classic formula that makes a game a "zelda game." this is to say, botw was EXPERIMENTAL. and the devs had no idea if what they were doing was going to be successful or not. the open-world of botw wasn't a gimmick, and it wasn't the devs jumping on the open-world bandwagon. it was what CREATED that bandwagon. the open-world was a deliberate choice made specifically for botw because it reinforced the story that botw was designed to tell. the game is about exploring a desolate world, about making connections, and rebuilding both the broken kingdom and the player character's shattered sense of self by traveling and learning and building relationships. a large open-world map with only minor quest guidelines and lots of collectibles and side quests lends itself perfectly to this specific story, which is specifically about exploration and rebirth.

the problem is, botw was. almost TOO good. it was so good that every other game company on the planet started scrambling to build giant open-world maps into their next release, regardless of how much sense that actually made narratively. and because of that, when it came time to release a sequel to botw, the devs had a lot to think about. they had HUGE shoes to fill in terms of fan reception, but they were ALSO being asked to follow up one of the best-performing games of all time, commercially. totk needed to SELL as well as botw. And, likely because nintendo was worried about that potential commercial value, totk needed to keep people comfortable. I don't know for certain, but I definitely get the feeling playing totk that the devs were specifically told not to stray too far from what made botw marketable and successful--that being the open world and the versatility of gameplay. so in order to follow that up, they made... 2 more huge open maps, and new gimmick gameplay which was explicitly super-versatile.

do i think that the extra maps and ultrahand were BAD choices? no. however, i don't think they necessarily ADDED anything to the game as a narrative whole. one of my favorite things about botw was how everything seemed to be designed AROUND the narrative, with gameplay elements slotting neatly into the story thematically. totk just. didn't really have that, imo. there wasn't a huge narrative benefit to the gigantic, completely unpopulated depths and sky maps. ultrahand was cool, but within the context of the story it meant basically nothing. in some ways, i almost think totk could have benefitted from a much more linear approach to its storytelling, a la skyward sword, because there are a lot of story beats that have to be found in chronological order in order to have the right emotional impact, but because of the nonlinear open-world it kind of became a struggle to hit all the important story points in the right order. an easy example of this is the dragon's tears in comparison to the memories--the dragon tears have a very specific set order in which they happen, and finding them out of order can make the story you're seeing in them feel confusing and disjointed. the order in which they should be found is technically displayed on the temple wall, but most players aren't going to pick up on that or follow it--more likely, they're just going to explore the geoglyphs as they come across them organically, and therefore will likely witness the story in a completely disjointed way. compare this to the botw memories, which ALSO technically have a set order--the order in which they're displayed on the sheikah slate. however, because they're largely just small moments in time, and not one continuous story, finding them out of order has a lot less of an impact on how you as the player experience the narrative, and it's not hugely detrimental to your experience of the story if you find them naturally as you explore rather than explicitly seeking them out in order. If TOTK had been allowed to deviate from the botw formula a bit, i think we may have ended up with a more cohesive game in terms of narrative beats like that. as it is, i just think the game is torn slightly between wanting to be its own new game with new gameplay and needing to be botw, if that makes sense.

[cloverstellar]

“do i look like him” and its tommy staring at his reflection in the ocean water during exile, dirt in his slightly grown out hair, the weight pulling the curls out a bit and falling over one of his eyes. And it’s a devastating, somewhat hopeful thing that he looks like his brother, that he has something to remind him of better times, but it plagues him too, that things will never be the way they were. later, “do I look like him” comes back to haunt him and it’s said with grief when he first notices they have matching white streaks in their hair

[themintman]

Matching pfps for mentally unwell siblings who crave friendship

[confessionseddie]

eddie diaz

[nyaskitten]

I can't wait for the ninja to retrieve Kai from Nether-Space and before anyone even gets a chance to welcome him back, Wyldfyre runs up to him on all fours and tackles him like she did in e20 in a big dragon hug and then the other ninja can finally react and they all run to Kai and crush him in a big bear hug.

[mcyteggs]

do you think it was second nature for subz to save zam? to be his protector yet again, after all of this time? its been years since hes done it and their relationship has changed so much— with things like betrayals, paranoia, and fighting on opposite sides ensuring they have never been what they once were.

and yet. and yet. subz still came; zam called for him at his lowest point of this season, when he needed someone the absolute most bc he was once again all alone, it was subz who saved him and protected him from the person who was hunting and killing him repeatedly— and isnt that achingly familiar?

[1mlostnow]

Okayyy I wanna do another notes thing bc it was fun last time 😝 small reach for each goal bc some of them I actually need to do.

Uhm please keep reblogs 10 and below, but no limit on comments or tags :3

So far ->

10 - I actually finish that spn episode (I never did..I tried though)

20 - I’ll try to post more on @1mfoundnow (poetry and writing…if you wanna see that, yk)

50 - I rehearse in the mornings before camp as well as at camp

100 - I sleep before midnight AND have real meals with my meds, not just half an apple

200 - I deal with *that* corner in my room

300 - weekly laundry, not just when the baskets full

400 - Bowie makeup cuz I wanna feel pretty in the guy way

500 - talk to my mom about binders

600 - I write a short fic (house md ocs :))

700 - I get up to five driving hours this week (already at three ish I’m starting drivers ed a bit late)

800 - I drive to camp next week (or the week after, depending on the timing of this)

900 - I write all of the poems that I’ve had ideas for but never followed through on. And share progress/rough drafts/accept feedback

1000 - i bake brownies :))

1500 - actually announce open commissions, though idk if they can be called that bc they’re free

2000 - find my style this year

2500 - I finish 3 long books and 2 short by November (been in a super bad reading slump)

3000…. Idk ! Give me more goals! Some ideas pertaining to..idk reading, writing, drawing, full meals, fixed sleep schedule, band/band camp, cleaning, self care, mental health, or something completely different!!!!! I doubt we’ll reach this point but it’s nice to have an idea of stuff I need to do.

[fandom-smoothie]

[mj-thrush-gxn]

gotta give the people what they want

[stardynamite]

Anyone remember that one fanart where leo gets his arm portal chopped? Because I do lmao

I forgot the artist but it inspired me to draw this, we need fics about this specific scenario because I would love it so much lmao