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who was your first character you played as for your first playthrough, and do you tend to replay as them or as different characters?

Therion was my first, and that’s because i basically got choice paralysis looking at that first screen and just had a friend of mine tell me who to pick.

Now that i have a really good grasp on how to play the game, I’ve never started the game with the same character, if im remembering correctly, though, i’ve had files where my starters in OT1 were Therion, Alfyn, H’aanit, and Tressa. (the h’aanit file remains unfinished but. lol)

now whenever i recommend people someone to start with in OT1, i stand by the Therion recommendation. his first chapter isn’t too difficult, steal is an extremely useful path action to always have, and you’ll never get mad at not being able to get the purple chests.

as for OT2, im only on my second playthrough, but again i don’t like starting with the same guy. so. mt first run i picked Castti (because i like alfyn and was like. you know what apothecary represent, and i couldn’t think of any better reasons to make a decision) and my second run i was also like damn who should i pick, before mt roommate said and i quote “pick the gayest one” (and i already picked castti, so i had to go temenos)

i don’t have a recommendation for starting with Ot2 because of the way they changed the ch1s to all be solo so there is no random more difficult ones like ophilias and primroses lol

i also like having different parties and different subclass combos every single time, just to keep things as fun and fresh as possible. though, sometimes you end up with some interesting class combos. but that’s the best part because you get to see how well you can make literally everything work in these games

#octopath

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any unusual class combos you're a fan of?

ok i really like theif/cleric, which i think is a little bit of an usual one. i actually ran both temenos and throné in 2 as theif/cleric for the final chapter, because its just a really great supportive option with the opposing to dish out some big aebers. a fun all around set of tools. (though throne was hitting more aebers and temenos was hitting more shackles/corrosives)

i haven’t done a run in OT1 where i ran theif/cleric as the combo i mainly stick to for either therion or ophilia in 1, (though i have classes therion cleric for like. temporary fights where having reflect and heal is very useful (sorc fight lol) but i can also see ophilia’s SP hungry ass working nicely with steal sp…. fun class combo.

#octopath

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Fave inquire / scrutinize stories?

god i don’t remember nearly all of the funny shit i’ve found but it’s probably the thieves guild stuff in clockbank, you just start scrutinizing and then literally like everyone and their grandma is a master thief, and then there’s just. the one oblivious ass guard that got me so fucking bad. i literally made a like. fucking. this when i found it it was so goddamn funny

#octopath

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I think Alfyn is neat and I wish more people would explore his motivations and emotions outside of his c3 and ships! I think he probably has a lot of unresolved issues around the fact that of all of the parent figures and role models he's had that we know of, every single one of them is dead

no you are so fucking totally right because. (OK OT1 H’aanit ch4 spoilers for those following me who haven’t played and want to you have been warned) ok you know what this is the perfect fucking opportunity to talk about. the fact that because ot1 is my favorite bad game ever and doesn’t have any kind of travel banters surrounding galdera ar anything we never get ANY kind of commentary on the fact that Redeye is Graham Crossford. he also doesn’t ever talk to tressa after she finds out that he’s the author of her diary. i feel like it’s such a missed opportunity… like, this guy basically decided the trajectory of Alfyn’s life and Tressa HAS AN ACCOUNT of more of the shit he’s done. and then like, Alfyn potentially had a hand in personally being one of the people to put Redeye down (and he should be there, fuck you full party unconsciousness we sealticge + rehabilitate) to which he would not find out that that was literally the man who saved his life until the gate of finis which has to be. literally probably the most devastating thing he could possibly find out. i mean, like obviously he was too far gone to be saved but it’s alfyn, you know there’s a part of him that’s like but really, did it have to be like that? he was a person, once, and you know. there’s magic. miracle medicine. it’s the kind of dawning horror that gives you nightmares for the rest of your life, and that’s after the nightmares you’d get just from looking at redeye. not to mention the fact that garham was still at the very least, a sliver of an amount present enough to write a “kill me” message in marsalim. like hoooooooly shit this would weigh on Alfyn so much worse than anyone else. and then like, we know from his ch3 to his ch4 like… this stuff weighs on him. just because he did the best he could with the information he had at the time doesn’t mean it’s going to not affect him, even post-arc more assured alfyn. like ultimately he would come to the conclusion that he really did end up doing the right thing, but still. like you said, he’s lost his parents, his hero, just like. it’s a lot. i think in summary holy shit Alfyn man we gotta get you a therapist.

#alfyn ch3 one of my fav chapters in the game and ofc you know im alfion stan supreme but. #FUCKING aghhhh im so insane about alfyn i always am thinking abt this guy but THIS SPECIFICALLY #I WANTED THIS THREAD RESOLVED SO FICKING BAD OR AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGED #i think if ot1 had an ot2 style final chapter we would’ve got something about this though. #also i think Kit and Alfyn should be friends. also #octopath traveler spoilers #i should probably. tag spoilers for this huh

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If you could combine characters from Octopath I and II, who would you make a party out of?

ok im gonna tackle this gameplay wise, because i think basically any combination of travelers i could have fun with from a dynamic standpoint

Alfyn gets an automatic in for being my favorite guy ever

i think then id take…. Throné. because she is awesomer than therion and has the epic latent (i understand that every ot2 character gets the benefit of a latent but. in the interest of fairness i will be combining 2 and 2 from each game)

I think then I’d take tressa because runelord tressa stays the best, the brokenest, and the most iconic

then im seeing this party is missing the pure big numbers guy, ill take ochette. because i love ochette and she’s genuinely like the best gameplay wise to

then if i was gonna subclass id do something like

Alfyn-Dancer (need sealticge access in every team or i will die)

Throne - scholar (alfyn can handle aoe heals two different ways without needing a cleric which would be my second choice, so i think i’d give this team aoe spells to break stuff)

Tressa -runelord (self explanatory)

Ochette - Warrior or armsmaster. literally just give her more weapons and damage to hit with. fuck it we lionheart axe on the hunt *kills you*

#octopath

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who wanna send in octopath asks (not to draw i just want to yap)

#(in class rn so… lol)

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Doodle comic - Team HAHA

#srb #goooood morning gamers

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Doodle comic - Team HAHA

#fanart #myart #doodle time 😎 #octopath traveler #octopath traveler 2 #octopath #alfyn greengrass #agnea bristarni #hikari ku #h’aanit #genuinely got no idea what I’m doing for the last for. team. everyone who’s left idk lololol

[fulgurbugs]

started on decoras new face!

(here’s my sketch again, for reference

#i kept most of her factory paint intact to work as a guide. but i painted over basically everything but the eyelashes lol #im already so so happy with her can’t wait to work on her more. i think she’s gonna look so so good when im done. #dux doll tag #decora girlz

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Doodle comic - Team TTTT

#fanart #myart #doodle time 😎 #octopath #octopath traveler #octopath traveler 2 #tressa colzione #temenos mistral #throné anguis #therion #everything I put therion in devolves into bullying him… he deserves it tho. temenos too.

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Doodle comic - Team OOOO

#this is back to what a REAL doodle comic used to be where I didn’t clean up my sketches or anything lol. straight dookie drawings #but as long as it works #fanart #myart #doodle time 😎 #octopath #octopath traveler #octopath traveler 2 #ochette #olberic eisenberg #ophilia clement #osvald v. vanstein #spinning a TTTT one in my mind…. maybe tomorrow

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Todays “I’m avoiding my schoolwork” doodle pile

#fanart #myart #doodle time 😎 #octopath #octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler #I’m not tagging anyone I’m lazy yk how I am. so

[fulgurbugs]

Still got the post canon brainworms…

Bonus doodles

#srb #gooooood morning gamers

[fulgurbugs]

i always find it funny when people post pics of like their mh doll they’re restyling the hair on or the doll is just nude for whatever reason on the subreddit and they censor the tits/cooch. like there’s nothing there… it feels more wrong when you scribble on some censor bars or put emojis over her. like it wasn’t weird before but the censors made it weird. yk?

[fulgurbugs]

the two wolves inside of me are the be insane about octopath traveler wolf and the actually do my goddamn school work wolf. aghhh

#ok to be fair. the schoolwork i have to work on is MORE OCTOPATH #(the throne animatic) #but like. there’s the part of me that’s spring season burnt out on my last semester being like. ok but you want to draw OTHER octopath sruff #help. drawing at it isn’t enough i need a rapt audience to yap at idk idk idk idk idk #im normal. im going to draw more throne boobs

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hii!! i started getting more into monster high dolls because of your doll unboxing and i now have a good couple, but some of them (particularly monster ball clawdeen) have VERY tangled hair and i was wondering if you had any tips or links to videos that walk you through dealing with that!!

yeah, it’s definitely a problem that monster high has with any doll intended to have curly hair…. the box hair is a nightmare.

my personal, low effort method is to wash, and then, while the hair is wet, use some conditioner and then gently finger curl the hair so that it dries wavy. this won’t get you nice curls, but it will de-frizz the hair and give it a little bit of wave. did this to both my monster ball draculaura and clawdeen, and it looks something like this

so not exactly the curliest, but no longer as frizzy.

monster high dolls are tricky to re-curl because of the hair fibers they use, which are polypropylene or saran. both of these fibers, unlike nylon, which is also common in dolls, do not hold a curl easily (or in polys case, they tend to frizz even worse if they were curled in production)

both fibers require different methods to attempt a re-curl. your monster ball clawdeen has saran, so if you’re looking for a tutorial (i don’t have one off the top of my head i remember) specifically look for one that says it’s for saran hair. also, be careful with the tinsel lol. don’t wanna melt it or anything

#dux doll tag #i do wanna try and re-curl both of these girls better in the future…. it’s just that. saran is so hard to get to hold. #RH nylon… you were too good to me.

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Still got the post canon brainworms…

Bonus doodles

#fanart #myart #octopath traveler #octopath #alfyn greengrass #therion #alfion #if you opened up my skull there would just be. a hole. in my brain. that’s the brainrot.