#(same goes for other games as well)

[anxiously-sidequesting]

So I don't know if it was ever revealed how Duncan felt when we killed Malistaire all three times but I'm wondering if maybe some part of him could hate us for that too. Like you hear that and you go "but why. Malistaire was terrible and even Duncan knew that(?). Why would he hate you for getting rid of him."

But like I think it's so....... interesting in a very, very, very sad way how Duncan so easily latches onto anyone who directly feeds into his delusions of grandeur. And that's no fault of his own that he was manipulated by the nasty Schism but when you think about how desperately clung to the idea that Malistaire, easily one of the greatest necromancers any of us had ever heard of (at that time), somehow actually recognized Duncan's talents (even when canon supports that Duncan wasn't all that talented, at least no more than the next necromancer) and then praised him for it so often that Duncan believed that he would be the next Death Professor is. I mean ☹️

So like with that mindset I unfortunately feel like it would be quite easy to twist even Malistaire's death as something that's horrible and awful and all our fault. ESPECIALLY if the Schism was feeding into Duncan's already broken mind and shattered ego and was constantly telling him that everything bad that ever happened to him ever in his life was Our Fault. That's like a realistic conclusion that someone like Duncan could come to

And like, at this point in time, are Malistaire's crimes even a factor in how he thinks????? Was Duncan ever able to separate Malistaire's talent and skills and prowess from the terrible and awful things he did? If Duncan wasn't able to consciously tell that distinction in the first place I can't imagine it would be any better during the years he was being manipulated and isolated and lied to

Like in Duncan's mind it probably isn't, "maybe I shouldn't idolize a national criminal, or idolize anyone at all for that matter, and aspire to be like someone so harmful when I can recognize my own talent and build from there" it's probably more like, "you (the wizard) permanently got rid of a brilliant mind, an innocent person who just made a few mistakes, and someone who believed in me no matter what just so that you could be the better than me and loved by everyone else" and that's! very sad actually!

#this is all speculation btw idk if any of this is canon. how duncan feels about all this #i know i keep saying the exact same shit over and over but.... really not a fan of how the game handled duncan! sorry! #i know wizard101 isnt supposed to be about every single character gets a satisfying ending to their arc- #-meaning not everyone in the story will face consequences and/or find a happy ending and like thats fine they dont need to #but idkkkk its just imo really sad how essentially a kid suffers frrom something he cant control by himself (his ego)- #and then instead of getting help he is instead ignored (ambrose) and then manipulated and brought up by a cult #and then when it becomes super apparent how... TERRIBLE his life really is and we defeat him he just... goes back?????? #we.... we LET him go back???? i mean we're not responsible for other people's bad decisions or mental health but bro.... #and then when we tell ambrose he's just like “oh. too bad. well anyways-” AND IM LIKE WELL THATS THE REASON!!!!! NO WONDER HE'S FUCKED UP #NONE OF THIS IS ADDRESSED. NONE OF IT. WE KICK DUNCAN'S ASS AND THEN HE.... GOES BACK TO THE CABAL #i literally just got so desolate when (wallaru spoilers) because. okay. all that for nothing i guess #this isnt me being mad btw LMAO i know the tone probably reads as angry but im not im just disappointed #and tired. what is it with wizard101 in particular and just people suffering with no end. (me as i make my main suffer with no end) #but anyways yeah duncan has been in my head for a while. he's one of the guys that i love a lot BDKSNSKAJ #he's like a son to me and HE NEEDS A HEALTHY PARENT. HE NEEDS IT #not excusing his actions btw. he still committed crimes JRKDJSIEJ #i just have a soft spot for those villains in media who are doomed from the start yknow. (stares tearfully at morganthe and gf spider) #wizard101 #wiz101 #w101 #text posts #duncan grimwater #im not normal about duncan at all he's probably the wozard oc i feel for the most other than malorn and us

[this-is-not-a-slow-burn]

So by having Astarion help Alfira with her song, and reading the song book by her, he gained the Perform skill. He can now whistle a little tune while the enemy stares at him like he's lost his gourd.

#Do I even take this game seriously #yes and no #but same goes for most other games as well #The goblins are waiting to slaughter him and he's just like “here's a little number to lift your spirits!” *do do doooo* #Cannot begin to imagine what Valoa and Shad are thinking. #BG3 #Astarion #Performer #Whistling

[designernishiki]

yknow yakuza 4 is a lot more enjoyable the less seriously you take it

#same goes for dead souls but I think (at least I HOPE) that’s a given #like the ending is overdramatic and theatrical and it’s more fun when you accept it for what it is #don’t get me wrong it’s got it’s serious moments too but just. overall. The Yakuza 4 are pretty silly #rambling #I see a lot of hate for y4 for usually reasons that are understandable (the plot being not the best and also kinda messy) #but like. idk. i don’t care that much #no shit I wouldn’t rank it high amongst other rgg games for its story. but it’s got it’s charming aspects and introduces some Major #characters- mostly doing so pretty well #I guess this is an overall thing you can apply to most games really. most of the time it’s like. not that serious

[dykedvonte]

The side of the NCR we see in New Vegas so intricately shows every side of the military industrial complex through minor and major ways/characters especially through the lens of active war and combat but none of you are ready to get into that conversation.

#I feel as if #we do not discuss the fact that the NCR is not just military #and that not every solider is just a mindless drone #and yet we critique it but only through the lens that they are taking advantage of the Mojave and not their own people as well caus uhhh #talking to some named NCR NPCs really shows oh you could of been something if you weren’t propagandasized and then made to not question ait #authority similar to the legion but having a conscious won’t get you killed #like hot take but for a game about repeating history and everyone doing the same thing to each other but insisting it’s only the other side #yall love encouraging takes that would repeat history and only taking one side #it’s a mix of character favorites and lack of reference but still #like the military is more than just fighting there is a major social aspect that goes into being in an army #and we have so many character from different backgrounds and ages that make it clear #a lot of them don’t really get what their fighting for anymore and never did and that personal reason can be generalized #I digress o need to find a time to make this post cause I’m getting restless about it #fallout #fallout new vegas #new california republic #I still don’t like them but I can’t call them villainous

[maplefield]

kinda funny in a sorta sad way how people will be calling a character trash before they're even out and then upon release when they realize the character is actually good they start comparing them to earlier units and calling THEM trash

#honkai star rail #yes this is about argenti #and now that they realized that argenti is in fact good jing yuan is getting called trash again he cant catch a break for real #but i remember people were talking shit about luocha as well before he was released #like idk maybe wait until you can actually try a character in game or smth #wish people could accept that diff characters have diff playstyles and some are harders to build then others #that doesnt mean theyre bad #normally i wouldnt care about this its just gotten too much and i had to go on a little rant #anyway my advice is ultimately just pull for and play the characters you like #hsr #my post #forgot to add and cant move tags so here it goes: when i said diff playstyles #i meant that even characters who are on the same path tend to work differently (and this is something i really like about this game) #dude im so tired i cant even convey my thoughts properly i hope this post makes sense

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

Since Taylor mentioned wanting to direct a feature film, put in the tags which song(s) of hers you would love to see adapted into a film.

#taylor swift #tag games #t*rfs this isn’t for you fuck off #does this makes sense? kinda? #I get why she wants to wait for a script to speak to her but I could definitely see her doing a script of her own down the line #scriptwriting is fun but it’s completely different than other forms of prose just in structure and how you have to write it #I think material wise tlgad would work well for a film same with the lucky one #I wouldn’t be surprised if further down the line she did some sort of movie pulling from the lucky one #if this goes nowhere it never existed

[phoenixcatch7]

If there's one thing I like more than time travel it's crossover reincarnation, so.

Botk link reincarnated as Damian Wayne.

An incredible weapon master of all types, but especially prodigious with a sword - he was beating knights at the age of 4 and with his memories as intact as they get for him I can see that goalpost moving even further (probably with traps and tricks, a 3yo doesn't exactly have great bodily control).

He's an excellent survivalist, agile, strong, durable, cunning and creative. He can move like a feather in the breeze, strike from behind with ease. His first kill, an animal, did not stir him as it did the other children. With his poise, grace, skills, obedience, he ought to be ra'as' finest assassin in the making, a jewel in the crown of the league.

Except he never speaks a word. Half his targets escape unscathed. He skates by true punishment on the merit of his skills and achievements in other missions. Testing has shown it is not a physical deformity that prevents his speech, but not even talia has been able to coaxe a word from him past his second birthday.

It is a defect ra'as is growing more and more frustrated by, as each attempt to fix these two final flaws ends in resounding failure. Less extreme solutions are running dry.

Talia fears those solutions. Her child does too, she knows. For them, there is a possible solution, more extreme than anything ra'as would tolerate.

She sends him out of the league. To his father.

To Gotham.

#'gee phoenix that sure sounds like that dp x dc you're normally rattling on about' yeah lol I steal tropes and sell them on the black market #Anyway this has been slowly rotisserie-ing in my head for a while I just like shaking canon like a magic 8 ball #I'd love to explore how link would react to Gotham and how he might see getting suddenly dumped in a found family as the youngest #And how that contrasts with both his expectations in the league and his role as the saviour last hope of a whole country #Because that kid cannot have a modern interpretation of killing. Like monsters? Kill with prejudice loot the corpses. #The yiga might have a little more hindsight understanding and he never killed them anyway but zero hesitation blowing them up #And ganon is so far removed from the concept of 'killing is bad' because a) human??? Monster??? B) literally the problem #C) he's been killing people so it'd even out d) everyone wants him dead So Bad e) been killed already like a dozen times what's one more #I get the feeling he'd assign the same role to the joker like 'widely considered the source of all evil. 'died' several times and came back #personal source of absolute misery for several heroes. Killed many' = slay the monster. Straightforward. #Like yes link always chooses kindness and has a strong morality and Opinion on killing people it's just a lot would be solved #By hitting the joker until he stopped making life miserable for everyone and if that means permanently well that's kind of link's job. #And like with Jason the bats understand that a lot better than they pretend to. But that is a 10yo who should not be thinking like that. #I think it'd be interesting to see how that'd change their reactions to 'Damian'. Like he holds a very similar opinion to og and Jason he #Just goes about it completely differently. #And I'd love to explore the differences between two fictional worlds and how they can go from pretty much the most black/white morality #To probably one of the greyest areas while still holding near identical themes and methods of dealing with that. #Found family compassion as a weapon against evil and copious amounts of weapons and cool gear lol #Also link should keep the arm he's earned it. Reincarnating with all his memories knocked a few other things loose I'd imagine #Mostly because all the loz games I've played have absolutely altered the way I view any link and also I love referencing them. #Damian with telekinesis and infinite glue would be great. A tiny 10yo sword master choosing instead to drop a dumpster on you #In between hurt comfort link beginning to bond with his family and begin to speak and learn sign language from cass #There's also the sound of explosives and a small figure clinging to a flying door as it crosses the Gotham night skies #Speaking of cass I bet her and link would be great friends in this au. #batman #batfam #bruce wayne #loz au #Loz #loz totk

[stairset]

Obviously I’m like used to voice actors not getting due respect but I think one of the most annoying variations of it is when a cartoon or video game has the voice actors play multiple characters because of limited budget (i.e. literally every cartoon and video game ever made) and people act as if that’s laziness on the creators’ part rather than a credit to the voice actor’s talents.

#like there's SO many cartoons where two characters voiced by the same person talk directly to each other #and any normie who doesn't know voice actors would NEVER guess it was the same person unless you told them #and yeah with how much time and effort that goes into making animation or video games #it's pretty ignorant to say the people involved in a well-made product are being lazy in any way #just cause they didn't get different vas to play Every Single Extra Or Side Character Who Has One Line #shut up tristan

[hecksupremechips]

Honestly though I think it’s really a bad sign when I look at Shin Tsukimi and literally feel like he’s a self insert 😩

#the klock keeps ticking #yttd #i wanna replay yttd so bad but i also like Gotta play other stuff with the time i have akskks #but yeah the brainrot this specific character has given me idk if I ever really talked about it but it was BAD #i like obsessively played the game in like 3 days and it was not a good idea lol but just like shin #i had to take like a week to recover from this guy cuz i couldnt stop thinking about him and how hes just like me fr #first off just the very inconsistent personality hes got going on that is very me he has these different personalities he wears to cope with #all the traumatic shit happening hes both so helpless its comical and so manipulative its terrifying #and idk its really interesting how like good and bad he is at being manipulative like hes very smart and can analyze weaknesses and lie so #good not even he knows the truth but hes also grasping at straws he doesnt think things through at all #like the second main game he just didnt prepare at all hes fumbling his way through everything its going so bad #he just wants to go home he wants to outdo the game makers but hes being used by them so bad he wants it to STOP #and its just the way that like. it hits so hard cuz you know hes really not a bad person not at all he doesnt want any of this hes just #being horribly manipulated and doing whatever he can to survive but its also really scary how #well hes able to lie and manipulate and claw his way through but hes also weaker than a grade schooler #and you never forget that either and as much as he cheated his way through he still failed it was all just a cheap trick in the end #and all of this hits very hard like his personality is eerily similar to mine and just the way he thinks and acts #cuz im the same like im weak and a dweeb who likes funny cats but im also emotionally detached and observant and selfish #but where it hits the hardest is his relationship with midori like oooof that one was too real just like #the first person who was ever his friend was horribly abusive and treated him like a child and didnt respect any boundaries #and he just got sick pleasure out of seeing shin be upset and he was like. a groomer #and shin was fucking relieved when he died but also kept his scarf and adopted his personality to survive #and still goes by sou after ch2 and the scene that gets me the most is when shin ai is asked about his relationship with midori #and you can just SEE how horrified shin is because his deepest shame his abuse is being shared to everyone without his consent #and hes reliving it all in that moment and literally seeing who he used to be experiencing the abuse #he just curls into himself and like covers his ears and pulls his hair thats literally what i do AAAAAA #im just so grateful for the direction they took this character kokichi ouma wishes he was shin tsukimi so bad #and yeah just like damn. its scary how similar i am to shin like damn i really am going through it huh oof #I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I WILL DEFEND HIM WITH MY LIFE HE DID ALL OF THAT STUFF YOUR HONOR BUT LISTENNNN #have you considered that hes cute and smart and weird and maybe just needs friends who arent assholes

[fourteenthz]

Here's him for reference !! If u have seen critical role campaign two NO YOU HAVENT (might change to wild magic btw not sure)

#alright alright ill admit (i say as if that wasnt the goals): #he has like STRONG caleb vibes. so fire coded but I do think his alignment is just a mesh of caleb and essek tbh ??? #HAVE NOT watched the 2 campaign btw so I might be saying stuff wrong... but I just am obsessed with the idea of caleb I have in my tiny min #so there's that. his gardian is between purple tiefling and a drown.... dont look at me. my bg3 durge my rules. #but right lets go to the romance like I narrowed down btw i pretty much have an idea of character for the other ones #and I also want these the most. MOSTLY gale tho and this SUCKS bc I'm pretty sure durge and gale don't match AT ALL #i could make him worse vs i don't think the game allows me to make him THAT MUCH WORSE and for the playthrough I'm planning #im just scared he will break up with me at some point LOL on the other side I think Shadowheart SPEC justiciar!shd is a good choice #i want to take her parents home this playthrough as well so like... it might be nice to see them... yeah. #minthara is just there bc I will have her in my party this time !! idk shit abt her so who knows i might fall in love #karlach is there for the same reason as gale. I'm fixated on her platonic love and how absolutely well written it is. i want to see how #it goes with the romance. but also I'm scared she will just break up with me at some point for manipulating ppl and all that... #i kinda want a durge that's not EVIL but he's like going from “i want the best for me” to “i want the best for us” #nd this involves them being their “best” version aka the fucked up versions :) ascended astarion/justiciar Shadowheart/god of the weave gal #etc etc. so yeah that. if anyone that knows how the romances really go and want to give me some tips I'm open for them 👉👈 #on the other hand... i have a backup character for gale already... she's competing with halsin on big half elfs in the camp :D so yeah #like ik I prefer the idea of “huge elf girl monk” x gale more than durge x gale... but also i get giggly thinking abt wizard x sorcerer SO #YOU KNOW... THERE'S THAT. my monk girl IS stunning tho I'll show yall her someday !! I'm still unsure abt alignment and personality tho #which isn't the case for my durg NOR the one I started playing already... she's a chaotic good halfling and I adore her. #she's kinda of the mom of the group but also not ?? fun aunt maybe !! bc she flirts with everybody that isn't her tadpole gang and is jusf #so fun... sorry if all my references ate critical role related but think vax before raven queen happened. that's her. #she's a ranger btw and i genuinely CANOT wait to start romancing halsin with her. NO ONE TALK ABT SIZE DIFFERENCE I'll not hear #I already care them so much. haven't even met the big guy in this playthrough and yet i can see the hcs so lively. #halsin didn't go back to the forest in my first playthrough like I heard that could happen ??? so I'm excited to see WHAT'S GOING ON THERE #until then... I'll let yall know how the romance will go.... get ready for screenshots tyty #but this was DEFINITELY NOT ABT HER OH GOD I'm just procrastinating the bad endings ill get with my durge... help... anyway. #let it be known that if gotarsh was a romance option that wouldn't be a question. alas HE ISN'T so pls help me pick pls ty #knowing how the companions end I THINK I have preference for minthara (not sure ill ever play with her again) and shadowheart #(same for her and justiciar) theres that. I CAN be convinced to play god!gale more but i also can be convinced of anything with him SOO #kelly plays bg3

[qkayoo]

[small hands by radical face starts playing]

#and if the fire in your chest goes out / I'll hold you all the same. and if you need to take this out on me / Well you know I won't complain #idrellegames #wayfarer #aeran kellis #this game broke me!!! #this moment was so. well we'll die but at least we'll do it together #god i cant with these 2... #just 2 bffs who keep a lotta secrets from each other #fanart #interactive fiction #wayfarer art

[fizzingwizard]

it's the end of 2023 and "thief king bakura had a point" isn't a hot take now anymore than it was twenty years ago when we first learned about aknadin's crimes in kul elna

#yugioh #thats what the narrative was implying you were supposed to think that #almost every yugioh dm plot arc involves abuse of power #and probably a hero/anti-hero/villain whose origin story is being a survivor of abuse #thats why we adore kaiba so much... despite his questionable extra-ness he's the guy who turned an arms manufacturer into a game company #and took over the world... with card games #and he's still messed up and extra and not all that trustworthy #but he's also a visionary #thief king bakura was much the same but much more helpless until he found zorc. or zorc found him #even atemu is a victim. he didn't cause any of this but he had to pay the price for all of it. #aknamkanon in his impotency knew it and thats why he sacrificed what he could to help his son even a small bit #i mean heck. what about kisara #point is thats the difference between thief king bakura and other abuse survivors in ygo. #he endured the unendurable but unlike kaiba there was no atemu to intermediate and help his heart grow out of zorc's reach #he becomes zorc's pawn and the battle is no longer about kul elna or bakura it's only about zorc #the person who deserved bakura's fate (as well as atemu's btw) was aknadin but like people in power are wont to he dodged accountability #yugioh was shockingly Real about some shit despite being the Card Games Are Srs Business anime #blah blah anyway it's nice to see the usual fandom wank still goes on in 2023 so i can whip out the ol' soapbox

[deepfriedtrout]

Yo. Signalis writers out there. I have a pretty funky idea I'm leaving out for you because I cannot write for the life of me

#signalis #trout talks #elster and falke duking it out is fun but the two of them looking at each other and going: #*same hat meme* hey we're in love with the same woman :) #ignore the inherent tragedy of falke getting brainwaved someone's sappy lesbian memories and pining so hard she goes insane #or not take this however direction you want #maybe a conversation of joining forces and figuring out wtf is happening in sierpinski #food is food #i don't think i can do justice to the game because well... i've really only watched a playthrough and at least five analysis videos #and i am not writing a dance scene i know i will butcher it

[s0fter-sin]

i genuinely think the lov are the most human and well written antagonists in modern media

#bnha #the league of villains #so often antagonists are presented as the final versions of themselves #already all powerful and a threat to the protagonist #but the lov are still growing into themselves #every single one of them has theyre own layered character with individual wants and desires that compliment each other #you buy that they would work together and feel their relationships change as time goes on #from being more selfishly focused to working on their joint goals #they talk to each other the same way the protagonists do #like in kamino when compress asks who can do distance and spinner says kurogiri and dabi but theyre down #theyre organically learning about each other #magnes death while abrupt leads twice down his road #twice dying for his friends isnt hollow bc you really feel that they are his friends and that he loves them bc they took the time to develop #their friendships #and his death believably sends toga into a tailspin #the anime dropped the ball with spinner and shigaraki but their relationship is also important and so well done #even when spinner is completely clouded by the quirks hes been given he still remembers and wants to help the guy he played video games with #it humanises shigaraki when hes at his most monsterous #even the way compress and spinner are surprised that dabi is touya theyre not surprised that he is theyre surprised he didnt tell them #which just goes to show how much they tell each other when we dont see them #i cant think of another set of antagonists as well written as them and i think its bc theyre treated asthe protagonists of their own stories #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #go beyond plus ultra #the lov #shigaraki tomura

[rcris123]

If you talk about the lack of critical thinking in the current media landscape - the depiction doesn't mean endoresement thing especially - and start referring to people as 'antis' I don't trust you.

#no normal person uses antis in a context like that except if they're DEEP in proshittery #depiction doesnt mean endorsement but there should be some sort of etiquette about it as well #like using periodically accurate racism #is it relevant or is it just a way for someone to put slurs in their writing tv video game etc #same goes for every other problematic thing in a fictional work #WHY its there and how tells a lot #so we definitely need more critical analysis in young people #teach them horror and make them think about what makes it horror in the first place

[chxrryrose]

Your brother is a city fan? How fun must gameweeks in your household be😭😭😭😭

yep! we kinda got raised as liverpool fans (much to his annoyance there’s pictures of him as a kid in a lvpl kit💀) but when he started high school he became a city fan whilst i stuck with liverpool.

it only works because im quite chill i don’t get as angry as he does otherwise it’d be chaos😭

#we’ve had to watch City v Liverpool games together too sat next to each other on the sofa #because my dad refuses to have 3 different tvs on all watching the same thing #that always goes well😭😭