okay Citizen Sleeper is a lot but I do really like it
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I feel very called about, after finishing In Other Waters and checking the other games by that dev, seeing Emphis in the promos and going “You. Husband.“
And then THE VERY FIRST QUEST that you get when you meet Emphis is “Get Closer To Emphis“
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I have a feeling that Sanji and Zoro’s death pact will be properly resolved in Elbaf, as it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re done with it. And while Elbaf is gearing up to be very Usopp-centric (and I can not overstate how hyped I am to see him take the spotlight again, finally), let’s not forget that this all ties back to Little Garden, the arc that properly introduced Zoro and Sanji’s rivalry by paralleling them with two rival giants who fought each other every day for over a century, but who also lost themselves in their grief when one thought the other death. The parallel isn’t even subtle, Little Garden’s biggest landmarks are the remnants of Dorry and Brogy’s dinosaur hunting competition. You know. The very same competition Zoro and Sanji posed to each other at the start of the arc?
But here’s the thing. I’m a little worried about how it’s going to be resolved. Because. Despite how readily Zoro agreed to kill Sanji if need be, he must have known that the crew would never forgive him. Zoro is Luffy’s specialest guy but Luffy would not accept any excuse as to why Sanji had to die. Nor anyone else in the crew. But. Does Sanji realize that?
Does he know that killing him would literally be the hardest thing Zoro would ever do, because it would mean literally betraying his Captain and crew? Luffy said he can’t become Pirate King without Sanji, and Zoro and Luffy swore they’d commit fucking ritualistic suicide if they got in the way of each other’s dreams, so does Sanji know where that would leave the swordsman in this case? With no Captain, no crew, and yet another dead rival and best friend (who, mind you, began to live in fear of his own biology betraying him right before dying. but the parallels between Kuina and Sanji and how they relate to Zoro could be a long ass post for another day).
I think he doesn’t know. But he can’t find out how Zoro would mourn him unless the pact actually follows through. But still, I don’t think Oda would kill Sanji, cause that’s no way to resolve this issue. So here’s my speculation about how I think it could potentially play out, following that initial line of thinking of the death pact’s resolution being set in Elbaf, specifically because of Sanji and Zoro’s parallels to Dorry and Brogy.
Like Brogy, Zoro would have to believe that he killed Sanji. That he won their final duel. He’d have to believe that Sanji has fallen and, also like Brogy, have to face that grief and hurt all alone. But in the end, like Dorry, Sanji would survive, having never actually been hurt. Because their edges have dulled after fighting for so long, no longer as capable of landing killing blows as they thought. “Not even the blades of Elbaf could endure two giants fighting for 100 years”? Something of the sort. And maybe this line of speculation is simplistic or optimistic, but the chances of it playing out like this aren’t zero, so just in case, I would want to be able to say that I called it.
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Man i missed drawing this nerd so heres a bunch of doodles of them in different drips
I hc that iterators that has major religious roles to their colony would be given an ancient mask as a sign of 'equality'. [Continued hc rambles below the cut]
Ancients would consider iterators their creations, therefore beneath them in a way, so giving them masks means they are seen as equal to Ancients. Because only someone of higher standing would take such influencial role.
Both Sliver and Suns took the role of priests to their colony so they have their own masks and ceremonial robes.
Suns in their early days as a young iterator almost leaned fully to the role of a singular religious leader until Omni stepped in. They still served as a priest though not as... intensely as before.
By the time younger gen iterators were made, Suns has considerably mellowed down and would only wear their mask and ceremonial robes when necessary. Now with the Ancients gone they don't really acknowledge it.
Pines seems to enjoy the fact that with the mask on, they and parent can match!
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IT’S FINISHED!!
Happy (extremely) belated Father’s Day to three of these guys!!!
Yep that’s right I said three! Ink’s a dad too ya know! Especially on this blog, hehehe…. It’s his turn to be celebrated too!
A double celebration across two generations!
Even though Splatter and her Ink are The father/daughter duo for me, I couldn’t leave out the Dadsters, they are essential.
Ink and Aster (Zephyrtale Gaster) are created by the wonderful @comyet
Undertop Gaster is created by @under-top
And little Splatter is of course created by Me!!
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hey as someone that understands jack shit about the vault hunters and also the god stuff you mentioned????? I've been watching hcvh bc i like watching interactions would you please elaborate on your recent post?
SO! the vault gods! as a system, it’s changed multiple times over the history of vault hunters; in its current state the gods are probably at one of their least “distinct” from each other mechanically so it’s understandable if you haven’t picked up much of that. but.
vault hunters is watched over by the four vault gods: idona the malevolent, tenos the omniscient, velara the benevolent, and wendarr the timekeeper. they are the red one, the blue one, the green one, and the yellow one, respectively. idona watches over damage/killing/blood, tenos watches over looting/greed/knowledge, velara watches over healing/health/nature, and wendarr over mana/magic/time. throughout vault hunters, they have a presence in the world. they also, as of the version the hermits play, can grant players to a custom vault known as the “divine paradox”, and it appears they have something to do with the final boss as well…
during gameplay, you will come across altars in the vault. by clicking them, you get a challenge. completing an altar is how you show respect to a given god, and if you complete one, you get a benefit for the rest of the vault that depends on the god and a chance to earn favor with that god. if you fail, however, you get a very harsh penalty. you can only have up to 25 favor with the gods total; once you start to go over that total, gaining favor with one god randomly removes it from another.
so, with that knowledge: it’s interesting to me that iskall got a full 25 points of favor with velara, which is to say in flavor terms, he showed almost complete and total preference to honor velara over any other god, enough velara rewarded him with special armor. (he’s currently 2/0/23/0, at least as of his last episode.)
meanwhile, for contrast: etho also has 25 points of favor, but spread evenly as 6/7/6/6, with the 7 being towards tenos. he shows equal deference to every god.
false is at 2/10/4/2, showing a very clear favor towards respecting tenos. wels is 5/2/5/4, showing he is probably somewhat even with his worship but disfavors tenos for one reason or another. and stress is 1/0/0/0, showing that she didn’t have much time to get favor from the gods, but her worship has caught the attention of idona specifically. no one else has any favor at all; this is a system that favors players that go out of their way to include themselves in it, and not everyone has the time or desire to worship the gods.
and like. I don’t know. THIS IS FUN TO THINK ABOUT IN A CHARACTER SENSE, RIGHT,
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