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reversecreek · 3 years

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ziggy strutting up to me like this gif as i hold up a crucifix n say begone begone vile beast BEGONE from my vicinity i will NOT buy u a happy meal wretched little boy...... some live action rp to start this off..... and SCENE. takes my bow. his pinterest is here n his playlist is here.

* dylan minnette, cis male + he/him | you know ziggy benson, right? they’re twenty-four, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, all of his life? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to hand crushed by a mallet by 100 gecs like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole glitching televisions impaled by remotes, nonchalantly texting the babes as a stove fire ravages your kitchen & cartoons turned up so loud it fries your eardrums thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is november 24th, so they’re a sagittarius, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( nai, 24, gmt she/her )

HISTORY;

from the second ziggy ws born he didnt stop screaming. within the first hours of his life he gave his father an ear splitting headache tht prompted him to say “that uncooked chicken’s fucking demonic” n joke abt popping “it” in the oven to roast. when this understandably received disgusted glances frm the nursing staff he ws all like “jeez alright alright i’m kiddin i’m kiddin can’t a guy have a joke around here?” n i feel like that sets up their dynamic so nice n sweetly <3 (sarcasm) (lips pursed)

frm day one he ws just honestly a rly hyperactive child. when he laughed he’d shriek it out at the absolute top of his lungs bc he’d just get this huge giddy surge of energy all the way to the very tips of his toes n it’d hit him like a shock from a fork in a plug socket. their parenting style ws rly just lazy tbh.... they didn’t have much time for disciplining him. ziggy’s mum wld halfheartedly be like “ziggy quiet now....” n then go bk to nuking whatever vegetables she’d defrosted until they tasted like dinosaur bones..... this wld not make any difference in ziggy’s behaviour

his father rly just took the stance that it ws ziggy’s mum’s job to discipline him or raise him in general which is. 🔪 please enter the 20th century sir.... get ur noggin sorted..... needless to say he wsn’t much involved in ziggy’s life n honestly generally jst didn’t like him. ziggy was a responsibility he didn’t want (accidental prregnancy) n in his literal words once said (blatantly while ziggy ws watching cartoons on the sofa) tht ziggy just “harshes my fucking vibe a lil bit”.

he wound up leaving when ziggy was six ish.... ziggy watched thru a crack in the blinds as his mum tried to grab at his jacket to make him stay as he lugged out his suitcase..... she even tried to physically cling onto him so he cldn’t get in his ride bt the door wound up slamming n she sat on her knees watching the lights pull out the drive n even long after they were gone. ziggy didn’t rly kno what to do abt this (emotions hd never been smthn he particularly understood, his own or how to handle other people’s) so after watching her fr 5 minutes he went out n gently shook her shoulder n was like. mom come inside u look weird out here. FKGHSFHGSFHKGFHKSGSFGHK. this was him trying to show love <3

ziggy’s mum is like.... rly relationship dependent. she gets all her self worth n validation frm whtever man she’s dating.... so she went on this like.... wild rampage of jst. dating a very large string of men. they ranged frm dreadfully boring to downright awful n were always below her standards. ziggy quite literally hated. all of them. every last one. even one that tried to b nice to him by offering to help him do his math homework when he ws 13 (bc ziggy was struggling a lot w this) n in response ziggy loudly barked until the man gt scared n stumbled backwards into a dining chair on his way out of the room. KGHFHKSJHFJGSHKFG

while him n his mum hv a kind of strained situation (there’s a great deal of resentment from her end n kind of. blaming him fr “driving his father away” n it’s never spoken abt bt it’s very much Present in their relationship n honestly ziggy kind of resents her too fr bringing some of the men into their lives tht she did) there is. love there...... sometimes she’ll like. reach out to cup the back of his head n he’ll duck his head away n be like wtf are u doing checking me for lice? n she’ll jst smile like :)...... knowing that’s how he loves. KHSFGKJGHKSFGFHKGSHF. ugh we love men who know how to process their emotions yesssss king give us nothing <3

(abuse n violence tw) idk i won’t go into it too much bt even tho ziggy’s constantly like 🙄 when his mum shows him affection he wld quite literally. kill fr her n almost did one time.......... narrowly avoided getting charged w assault when one of her bfs was drunk n evil n he went into protective mode.... idk he. has gone thru a lot n seen a lot n so has his mum. they look after each other the best they kno how despite the negatives in their relationship.... it’s complex <3

literally got in trouble so. often. at school. he ws always hyperactive (undiagnosed adhd n also probably not helped by the fact he ws jst allowed to eat sm junk food w 459729457952 sugar percentage all hours of the day) bt when his dad left n like. dealing w acting out so severely at home where his mum’s bfs were concerned it rly escalated..... i jst think he ws like. literally a terror. probably got suspended so many times. maybe even was permanently expelled before he cld get his diploma honestly. set off a firework in school hallway. smthn absolutely reckless n stupid.

hs hd a bunch of jobs mostly in the service industry...... usually ends up getting fired.... worked at mcdonald’s fr a while n then one day he went in rly high n ate three cheeseburgers in front of a weeping child who hd ordered one.... promptly gt fired bt he ws like yo fuck this place i’m quitting n threw off his apron n was like who’s with me??? who’s joining the union??????? to the rest of the staff n they were all mostly like >_> <_< before security approached to forcibly remove him n he grabbed a cookie n crammed it into his mouth in rebellion mid frantic n frankly possessed escape.....

in terms of wht’s going on to this day w his living situation i honestly think he still lives w his mum. i can just see this. KHGFSKGHSFGKSFGH. in like. a ramshackle bungalow in delphinus heights.... having said tht she probably isn’t. there tht often nw she’s dating her latest man (jonas, somehow always sweaty no matter the weather, wears too many gold rings n smells like shoe cleaner) who owns a car dealership n thinks he’s a kingpin for it. still home sometimes tho.

PERSONALITY:

ziggy spends his days working shifts at an ice cream parlour (one he got fired from once bc he broke in high n ate sm ice cream he was lay on the floor in the bk pants unbuttoned stomach bulging sm calling himself garfield saying he had too much lasagna. they hired him bk tho bc he has a harem of middle aged women who lust after him n it brings customers....) or like. cruising parties...... setting off fireworks.... skateboarding...... breaking into abandoned buildings.... filming stupid jackass type tricks....... playing guitar hero...... getting drunk at the arcade..... sometimes busking fr cash in a tossed dwn hat (very badly) (thinks he’s sick at it however)........ or alternatively...... fucking chicks aha...... fuck.......... not exclusive to chicks tho just had to sound despicable bt :smirk: he’s bi Baby....

i won’t lie he’s kind of an asshole................ never rly was taught properly how to empathise with ppl so like he struggles w that....... sometimes he’ll say smthn tht’s genuinely just quite mean n doesn’t need to be said but he doesn’t rly realise it’s like bad. n he’s like. what’s the deal haha why are u mad......

fuckboy. genuinely jst. rly summarises it well. insatiable. sleeps around wildly. will say he’ll call u back n then will not call u back. lies like oh babe i’m moving to france tomorrow fuckkkkkkkkk sucks so bad that we can only have one night but let’s make it special yeah? tits? n then they’ll see him casually skating past them on the street a week later n be like well clearly he’s not in france. ziggy doesn’t care.

calls himself a “genius inventor” bc he once gutted a vintage analog television n made it into a fish tank. it literally leaked water a bit. still convinced he is a literal visionary never seen before never done again. he’s like i’m on the brink of greatness. i’m the next einstein.

has a bit of a god complex where he thinks he’s the sexiest person in any given room n it’s kind of funny bc like dylan minnette’s sexy to me bt tht isn’t a widespread opinion n ur being a bit bold ziggy...... regardless has confidence thru the roof tht isn’t rly deterred by anything or anyone.....

dyes his hair 49729572459752 colours every colour under the sun. sometimes all at once jst different patches. wears lots of tie dye tshirts n basketball shorts even tho he doesn’t play basketball. rly colourful sneakers. just lots of loud colours tbh. often wears a paper clip in his ear as an earring. pierced it himself. someone probably recorded him doing it fr his insta story. probably was drunk.

drives a vespa around tht is baby blue with pastel yellow polka dots. it has lots of tin cans attached to the back by string like on those cars when u just got married. he did not just get married. u can hear him arriving frm over a street away.

almost never pays fr anything bt is always like “yo it’s my treat” n then either dine n dashes or u have to pay

his idea of romance is nuking a hot pocket as breakfast in bed n then complaining he’s hungry n eating half

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

fuckboy antics: he’s insatiable. rabid. notorious. mayb they fkd n he didn’t call........ jst completely ghosted........ mayb they were genuinely into him n he honestly built up kind of false pretences abt them having a connection n then jst dipped..... cld b good fr angst n drama <3 someone please egg his house he deserves it <3

high skl heathens: locals tht were equally chaotic in hs..... just picture him having this group of misfits tht were like so loud n always getting up to no good doing god knows what god knows where.... probably gt arrested together breaking into an old abandoned hospital one time........... rly just doing the absolute most at all times............. probably so loud........... drinking n smoking far too much.....

an attempted teenage relationship: i’m like. tentative to even put this one bc i just feel like ziggy wld be a shit bf. KJHGFSHGFHGSFHGFKGHFKSG. but. maybe it ended in drama.....i’d say this wld probably be a girl bc in hs he probably ws less open w his sexuality... maybe ziggy cheated on her or she cheated on him................ angst........ strife.... we love it we love it........ i crash my car into the bridge... i don’t care... i love it... sudden icona pop moment me stood on stage singing karaoke.... it’s just gone 7am as i write this so i apologise if this is losing any. coherency. smiles so sexy....

last adolescent plot i swear: i picture when ziggy was expelled he somehow amassed a large group to protest w signs outside the school fr him to be accepted back. it didn’t work. he threw a party when he received news he hadn’t got back in anyway. maybe ur muse was involved or helped organise this or was violently opposed.

enemies: ppl who just. don’t like ziggy bc like honestly that’s so fair n valid. KJHGFKGHKSFGHSGKHSFHG..... mayb he like. exploded their mailbox one time when they were younger. mayb he skated over their toes. mayb he fucked their bitch aha fuck................. (joking btw) (don’t condone misogyny) (hashtag feminism). cld be fun to play around w

fwb: probably hs a few of these......... mayb they’re cool w things being no strings attached n lax n at ease w ziggy being the mess tht he is in general..... mayb they want more bt ziggy cannot provide...... mayb they literally don’t get on at all n this is their only mutual ground n they keep coming bk to each other.... :smirk:..... whatever u Farncy....

maybe ziggy’s mum dated ur muse’s dad at one point???? we can discuss this if u think it fits..... cld be fun to play around w............

coworkers: past or present r fun..... mayb they were like WTFFF is this guy fking ONNN at a past job (he’s had a few in the food service industry so pretty open in tht area)... mayb they work w him at the ice cream parlour now..... cn discuss the dynamic probably wld be dependent on the muse involved fr like. how he’d act n stuff.... :yum:

#irvingintro #abuse tw #violence tw #believe tht's all....

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lost-kinn · 5 years

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i forgot that i love to talk shop so here’s a bunch of talking shop about hollow knight

for reference i was, at one point in my life, a competitive golfer--not in the sense that i am a competitive person, but that i competed at tournaments, and talking shop about minute details about a 9.5 degree driver vs a 10 degree driver, mallet vs blade head putters, interlocked vs overlapping grip--all that shit was my jam

and imo in reflection, i play hollow knight a lot like i played golf: i was never a player that did fancy tricks or pulled off long drives or cut corners on dogleg holes, pulling off incredible eagles or birdies, but i just hit in the fairway over, and over, and over, and did it slowly, methodically, with my very short drive and my short wood and iron shots, and got myself a par

imma be real with you: i’m not a good hollow knight player. i learn the moveset, i figure out what to do in response. that’s why nightmare king grimm, in my save file, is cleared on ascended (and probably soon to be radiant), but not someone like god tamer or the watcher knights: NKG will do the same moves, precisely and predictably, with a clear telegraph of what it is he’s going to do, and i can guarantee to you that i won’t be hit by the firebats attack if i dont do anything stupid. mantis lords are the same kind of methodical, clockwork type of fight--basically exactly what grimm talks about when he refers to fights being a dance. a series of steps, you learn the steps, you do the steps with your partner. meanwhile, with the watcher knights, there’s not a really reliable way of accommodating for two enemies acting independently; you just have to use your head and your judgment in the midst of fast battle, and i’m just not on that level, my dudes.

the thing with PV is that--well, for context, i’ve had the same charms practically welded to my player knight’s body for... basically the entire godmaster DLC?? i don’t change charms at the rest bench; i’ve used the same build for the entirety of pantheons 1, 2, 3, and 4, and it’s (usually in this order): unbreakable strength, unbreakable heart, quick focus, sharp shadow, and sprintmaster. heal fast, be fast, dash fast, and hit hard. if that build isn’t working for me, that’s on me, not on my charm build; it should be me as a player who’s getting better

one of the reasons is that i basically married sharp shadow the moment i got it. most of the fights i go through involve me sharp-shadowing through a boss’s attack. traitor lord in particular requires it; lost kin i could do without it, but probably not well. i’m a simple person: i see boss attacking me, i sharp shadow through them.

another thing is that because i’ve been using this charm build for so long, i’ve come to expect certain things: i know when in the routine i have the opportunity to heal, but it requires quick focus; you can’t reliably heal during NKG’s cape-spike attack unless you’ve got it. (like, you could do it, but not reliably.) i expect the protag to move at the 20%+ speed with sprintmaster; you can actually outrun lost kin’s homing jump at that speed. and sharp shadow in particular makes your dash longer; that, too, i’ve come to rely on; when i dash through NKG’s firebats attack, i dash through it with the assumption that sharp shadow has made the dash slightly longer than it is without sharp shadow, and i’ve accomodated to stand a little further back so i dont dash right into NKG’s face

WHICH BRINGS ME TO PV, because here’s the thing: when they teleport around the room, their teleportation time is set up just perfectly so that you can reliably sharp shadow through them. when they lunge, sharp shadow. when they do the three-swipe combo, sharp shadow. when they do the dagger summon, you can sharp shadow right through that one, too. PV is a perfect fight to sharp shadow through, which is basically what i did with the original hollow knight fight anyway, and most bosses with similar movesets to PV’s (hiveknight, false knight, lost kin, any other knight bosses i’m forgetting, sometimes hornet depending on the attack--i sharp shadow through her needle when she throws it, and then nail pogoing off her head while she reels the needle back in)

so you go through the entire fight with a pretty clear idea: PV teleports somewhere, and in almost every case, you can dash right at them. if they teleport above you, dash to the side (and then move back towards PV just a step, because sharp shadow will make you overshoot the safe zone between the blades). when they teleport and start doing the radiant light circle, there’s a pretty clear pose they strike that telegraphs that it’s a separate attack, and it’s easy to then run in the opposite direction.

the problem comes when PV hits 25% health, and starts using the void attacks, because they strike the exact same pose as when they’re about to do the light daggers. and because of the way the light daggers attack is set up, if you hesitate before reacting, you’ll get hit by those fuckers, so you’re trained to not think and just dash towards them. but if you dash towards PV when they’re doing the void tentacle attack, you’re going to get fucked, because there isn’t a safe zone right in front of them. you can’t like, get really close to them and avoid the tentacles; the only way to avoid the tentacles is to be above them, far far away from PV, or just behind PV altogether.

if you watch let’s players doing the fight, you’ll see that most of them actually counter PV’s attacks by automatically jumping, enabling them to nail pogo off PV’s head, and it makes sense because automatically jumping will set you up to avoid the void tentacles, alongside just about every other attack they can do. you’ll see them start to jump even for attacks that you don’t need to jump to avoid, because they’ve engrained into themselves that when you see the guy about to attack, don’t think, just fucking jump.

it’s if you go with sharp shadow as your method of avoidance that you wind up with a bad habit of rushing directly at them, leaving you to get fucked. the one upside is that then you can just start whaling on the dude since you just got hit anyway.

what i’m saying is that i can beat this dude on attuned, but only with coming out with a significant loss to my health. and knowing that their fight is not the last fight of the pantheon of hallownest means that i can’t afford to walk out of their fight half-beat up. so like????? i dont fucking know, my dudes. feels like the solution is to gid gud, tho.

#personal.txt #talk

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