#I long for ‘team no healers’

[c-duceusclay]

Were Ashton, Laudna, and Orym ever real??? Did we all just collectively imagine them?? Did Marisha, Liam, and Talisen ever even sit at the table??

#I long for ‘team no healers’ #AS MUCH AS I LOVE EVERYONE ELSE #I miss my emotional support halfling 🥺🥺 #critical role #criticalrole #critrole #crit role #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #cr c3e56

[rintoki]

genuinely wondering why some players play genshin if not for fun… like it’s literally a game it’s not that serious….

#for context #sometimes i coop the azdaha domain for fun #and like most times people play like … normally ? i guess you can say #but sometimes you run into those AR 60 long time players or those like east asian whales #u know what i mean #and like they’re obviously cooping this domain for fun like do u rlly think they need help ☠️ #so sometimes they bring low level characters ir even lvl 1 characters #bc why the fuck not u play every character in the game enough times they get boring so u play a character u never play #even if it’s like lvl 1 #which is besides the point #bc this persons level c6 diluc has better stats than like 70% of the genshin playerbase #like i went to check this person diluc #has 2k atk 60/160~% cr/cdmg #like also even if the diluc has ASS dmg #it doesn’t matter bc there’s literally 3 other people in a coop domain #you telling me you’re not confident enough in your builds to solo this giant lizard #me personally i know any of my dps’s solo this domain any day #unless i’m playing healer or support #idc if the whole fucking team dies bc i know i can do it myself #this girl rlly was like ‘level 1 diluc’ #and just holding us hostage in character select #like BRUH JUST STFU AND PLAY DUDE #so i reply why does it matter this is for fun #and she goes #do you think this is fun? #THIS IS A GAME ???????? #WHY ARE YOU PLAYING IF NOT FOR FUN 😭😭😭 #even if we fail the challenge we can just play again??? #i fucking swear genshin players (derogatory) #delete later

[ettadunham]

the raphael fight is so dramatic with the music, but as a bard mc, i feel like it should have been my god-given right to battle him in the arena of catchy music and not just murder

#mse's playing baldur's gate 3 #this was surprisingly easy but it was especially satisfying to have wyll counterspell half of raphael's shenanigans lmao #maybe i should keep this party i've been avoiding putting lae'zel and karlach together but as long as there's a healer it works out fine #i could even swap in minthara for the ultimate tank team

[oh-meow-swirls]

my team in my main file in 3 is so hilarious to me. they're just a buncha lil guys. i refuse to evolve komasan and komajiro-

#puppy rambles #yo-kai watch #yw3 #the one problem is that it means it is probably going to take. so long. for me to beat the tower of zenlightenment #might swap mee 2 out for fukurokuju or whatever when i try next. idk why he's apparently so amazing his wiki page is very incomplete #but i know he's supposedly like the best healer in the game. i know his soul gem's one of the best too #for the record it taking so long will be because i wanna try to get all my yo-kai up to s-rank first #getting a d-rank yo-kai up that many ranks is obviously harder #than getting an a-rank yo-kai up to that- #the only one of my team members i've gotten to ranking up at all is jibanyan #i didn't even remember i ever got any of the treasures you need for that tbh-

[moonilit]

ranting: I have this long post that is just ranting about Jean, now that furina brought healers back in front i have been having so much fun exterminating with all of them and comparing between them (including jean), so that post just keep growing and growing, if i publish the jean post which have like two versions and both not good enough (keep editing) let me tell you it been in my drafts since sumeru was going gedjknfc

#Not sure when but really long time ago #I got one for rosaria too i think i lost it in my drafts hedujg #Its just some thousands words to just say i love jean #Which i do but let me drunkenly tell you how amazing she is and make it ur problem #Honestly shockingly she isn’t my favorite Furina healer… probably because i main her #Or maybe not shockingly #I still get full stats with furina like no issue #There is dome issue with furina-dps jean team idk what exactly but the performance is underwhelming #Anyway thanks for reading if u are here lol #Have a good day #genshin impact #jean gunnhildr

[paraderain]

Naruto Mixed Teams AU

So the teams in Naruto are broke as fuck and seem to have no reasoning outside of Asuma with InoShikaCho which they partially threw away in Boruto anyways so… I’m changing the teams and lots of other stuff but most notably is probably the teams.

In this AU Iruka as there home room or main instructor in the academy chooses team composition and their team leaders. Iruka is given a dossier of the available team leaders and chooses the teams each one will have.

First is Team 7: Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Kakashi Hatake as sensei. I think Iruka’s reasoning here is grouping all the prodigies together to challenge each other and to try and survive Kakashi’s no pass rate (and his shitty teaching, sorry not sorry). Shino is counted as a prodigy because he’s never lost a fight and I refuse to believe that kinda skill wasn’t noticed.

Next is Team 8: Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, and Kurenai Yuhi as sensei. These guys are not as well balanced but I couldn’t take Hinata from Kurenai. The reasoning here is that Ino and Hinata need the companionship and Kiba needs to learn some tact and a bit more empathy. Ino needs a non competitive gal pal again to chill out and learn teamwork. Hinata needs the confidence from both teamates and her sensei to rub off on her. Ino’s temper and Hinata’s soft spoken personality will force Kiba to learn some tact and respect in trial by fire basically.

*I know none of the kids can get much from a genjutsu specialist except Sasuke or Sakura but it was the same in the show. Also I wanted to keep all the sensei with their favorite students and I had plans for Sakura.

Next we have Team 10: Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, Tenten, and Asuma Sarutobi as their sensei. I think Shikamaru and Naruto work well to counter each other well. Levelheadedness and well thought out plans are all well and good but sometimes energy and spontaneity is what a situation needs. Also Naruto and Tenten can account for the human element of planning since Shika is a logic boy. Plus (although we see very little of her) Tenten seems like a good middle ground, excitable but mission focused. Plus Shika and Tenten seemed not to have their minds made up and predujiced against Naruto like some of their classmates so it’d make sense for Iruka to take that into account when deciding team dynamics. Also Asuma uses chakra infused weapons which could aid Tenten and help teach Naruto better control.

Lastly we have Team Guy: Choji Akimichi, Rock Lee, Sakura Haruno, and Might Guy as sensei. I think Iruka would see the spirit displayed when not pandering to her crush on Sasuke and throw her to Guy right away. She has the same energy without the “youth” obsession. And throw Choji in with those 3 to try and motivate him a bit more too and also give him some hype men. Guy and Lee would never call him fatso and might even indulge in eating competition with him after training since they see the “spirit of youth” in everything. Also all the guys, after getting to know each other, would definitely call Sakura out on her less than stellar motivations to be a ninja and her attitude towards Naruto and to a lesser degree everyone not Sasuke.

In this AU the original Team Guy members are still all a year older than the others but were in the academy at the same time. Lee and Tenten took the extra year to train ‘cause of there limited skill set and Neji wasn’t allowed to attend ahead of Hinata.

Also in this Naruto still has the moniker of “Knucklehead Ninja” but he’s not an idiot. It never made sense that Naruto as much as he said he wanted respect and acknowledgment couldn’t do anything at the beginning from what we could see. So my thoughts are he already learn Shadow clone and some other probably a bit common big chakra ninjutsu but things that require finer control are hard cause of just how much chakra he has to deal with. I think in this AU the moniker was mostly unjustly assigned due to prejudice and quick judgements.

Also he and Sasuke have a silent respect for each other already. I think right after the massacre Sasuke would be tired of the pitying looks or even praise over his genius so he wanders looking for a place to be alone and finds Naruto. From then on they have companionable silence together every now and then. Naruto just glad someone’s willing to be around him and Sasuke likes that at least one person just doesn’t care to worship him or walk on egg shells. Also Naruto doesn’t like Sakura here. He’s just not in a good enough headspace yet for romance when platonic love isn’t even in view yet. Sakura still likes Sasuke but mostly cause that was most of her character before so I’m using that crush for character growth on her end.

Lastly, episodes 1 and 2 basically don’t happen. I always thought 1 was like an original pilot pitch that never got adjusted in terms of how it actually fit in the show and 2 just seemed fully unnecessary. Basically everything before the Chunin Exam is getting gone or condensed and lots of training and team bonding is getting added since the exam supposedly starts 6 months from the beginning of the show.

#Naruto #mixed teams au #long post #maybe #Brawler Sakura #Healer Naruto #Sasuke goes through gifted child syndrome #all that praise did go to his head a bit #put on a team with people just as good or better really messes with him #I’m ignoring things I didn’t think made sense in canon #or things that made me mad like how the female characters were used/treated

[multishipper-baby]

Having weird cringefail thoughts tonight.

#mpreg #tmpreg #you've been warned #anyway. been thinking about spamton being pregnant in my au and everything that would entail #I think he would take a while to realize because he's dealing with the whole... freezing stuff #he's got frostbite so bad he can't stand and he's unable to feel his fingers. it's pretty fucking bad #it's so bad that when he does eventually hear that he might be pregnant he doesn't believe it #because if he's this unhealthy and his body is wrecked clearly there's no way there's a baby in there. how could a fetus even survive? #it quickly becomes apparent that he is in fact expecting though. and he takes it very poorly (which makes sense) #he cries. then he rages. then cries. tries to fistfight the lightners despite barely being able to move. then gets heavily depressed #it doesn't help that the pregnancy rolls back on a lot of the progress he was making towards healing #because his body is so small for an addison he feels every symptom tenfold and it pretty much leaves him completely disabled again #ralsei takes care of him the most since he's the healer of the team and the one spamton hates the least #kris sometimes visits but they're generally banned from seeing him since he's so upset at them #he's upset at noelle too but she doesn't want to visit him either so no conflicts there. susie also ignores him #he gets his own room in the castle that's designed after the one he had in his big shot days. it helps calm him a lil but not that much #jevil sometimes visits. they usually just bicker but spamton generally likes having a familiar face around #not for long periods of time though. jevil is very energetic and spamton is too exhausted to keep up with him for long #almost everything sucks until the kid gets there. and then it slowly gets better #it's worse at the start because he's weak and tired and the newborn keeps demanding his attention #but eventually it calms down and his body finally manages to ragain some strength so he can do something other than be depressed #yay I guess?

[mxthtea]

how the hell am i gonna organize my main team when scara, tighnari, and cyno gets released.

#i need a healer so diona cant leave #lumine i dont want to leave bc thats my main team and i've been maining her since i started since oct #venti i dont want to leave. #ei cant leave. that's my wife. #i feel in love with her before her design got released. #bugz ramblez #but i've been waitinf ro scara since. ell since nov. #tighnari is everything i've wanted in a genshin character #cyno i have been waiting for. for so long

[orcelito]

Experienced biiiig big plot twist things in tales of arise. I am fucking Reeling. That was so good but also so. So much. Oh my God...

#speculation nation #doesnt help that this came after probably the hardest boss of this game so far djfkshkfbd #i was fucking BLAZING through my items trying to keep up with how many people were dropping #and i made it. but having three team members down while the only one standing is pretty low on health #is VERY nerve wracking hdkshckd #i managed to turn the tides but hoooly shit lmfao. man. #and. GOD this plot twist is just. oh my godddd #im only level THIRTY WHAT DO YOU MEAN GAME CHANGING PLOT TWISTS ARE HAPPENING RN #I HAVENT EVEN REACHED THE LEVEL OF THE GIANT BUG IN THE FIRST MAP (level 40 ish) #hfkshfjdjjdfb i need to look up how long this game is bc this feels very endgame like but i am only level 30 😭😭😭😭😭 #am i underleveled??!????! i was defeating the normal enemies with ease so i figured i was a comfortable level #but after that boss battle im not so sure... hfkshfkdb #and now i have to go without my primary healer for ??? amount of time #dear dohalim you have been promoted from secondary healer to primary healer. dont fuck this up. #yelling screaming crying i meant to go to bed an Hour ago but that really threw me for a loop #this game. this fucking game. hoooly fucking shit lmfao

[teleport-warning]

Day 9: Cat

Genshin Impact chibis 14/?

#genshin impact fanart #genshin impact #genshin diona #drawtober #the prompt was cat so i drew a catgirl this makes perfect sense #good time to add diona to my genshin chibi collection anyway #i ignored her for a long time but i ended up with her c6 so i figured i might as well use her #she is my other favorite healer now thanks diona for keeping my team alive #teleport warning genshin chibis #teleport warning draws

[gryphonablaze]

my favorites dps in genshin are aloy, kuki, qiqi, sayu and jean <3

#aka all my dps are repurposed healers #except for aloy lmao #I have like two and a half suuuuper built gladiator sets and I just shuffle the pieces around between the last three #depending on which team I'm using lmao #sayu usually gets all the em things. sometimes I switch it out with the phys damage goblet #but If Im using jean she ALWays gets the phys damage goblet #because kuki has an electro damage goblet just for herself #there's also a healing bonus hat and an EM hat and a crit rate hat #that any of the three of them get any of those depending on what stupid meta I wanna run around with today #then there are two really good flowers and two really good feathers that the three of them all share #yeah so long story short I play genshin like I play most other games #I play healers and then I also dps with them #oh，the number of widowmakers I've killed as mercy.... #oh and qiqi's setup is totally static. sacrificial sword and full five star sea foam set #her normal and charged attack damage is lowkey shit but it's more than made up for by the fact that the sea foam set's damage counts overflo #w healing and that her skill attack heals affect the entire party. now I'm f2p so anything in the five figures of damage is a big deal for m #and I get five figures of damage almost every time with the bubble #that's 20，000 damage per three seconds #but I usually only use her as a backup damage dealer if the rest of the party is low on health and all

[rubys-domain]

do i really need kokomi... i could probably get away with just using barbara if i build her...

#⇢₊˚⊹ 🩷∥ruby∥yo，ide yo !! #the wet status is a massive pain in the ass. but it's not like i'll be using my razor hyperbloom team against cryo enemies #i doubt i'll be able to drum up enough primos to get kokomi this rerun #mostly because i'm on a 50/50. part of me regrets pulling on the eula banner for that，but at the same time i was interested in getting her #my main has baizhu so i'm not exactly pressed for a good healer on there. it's the alt i'm worried about #though it'd be still nice to have her anyway cuz i've wanted her for so long #even tho i want albedo and venti，i'm kinda focusing on getting strong supports atm #i don't want all that many 5 stars anyway so it'll only be a matter of time before i can focus on saving primos for them specifically #assuming i don't get lucky and get them before then #hopefully by the time i get albedo there'll be a non-event-locked def sword. even if it's a 5 star it's fine i can deal with that

[oh-meow-swirls]

something weird i noticed: if you have jibanyan b as one of your other team members in blasters, his blasters house dialogue correctly has his verbal tic as "nyan"/"nya" but literally EVERY OTHER DIALOGUE LINE IN THE GAME has it as "meow," including for other cat yo-kai. that mistranslation frustrates me so much honestly because of tomnyan's verbal tic being "meow" n it also baffles me, did they not reference the other games???

#puppy rambles #yo-kai watch #ywb #jibanyan b #my team in blasters is now usapyon (w/ invader chip) jibanyan b high gnomey and furdinand #not usapyon b because usapyon b is actually garbage compared to regular usapyon #especially when he's in invader mode compared to regular usapyon's invader mode #his default attack doesn't make as many bullets n his charge shot doesn't have as long of a range #so if you do use him you at the very least can't just use the same moveset as regular usapyon- #which personally i have charge shot n hail as his x and y moves respectively #also i only discovered the other day that while playing as a healer you can use the d-pad buttons to swap your healing target #i don't play as a healer very much i honestly thought if you were playing as one you could just. only heal one yo-kai #n the ai just had a natural advantage since they can swap-

[senlinyu]

I'm excited to announce that I have signed a book deal with Del Rey at Penguin Random House in the US and Michael Joseph in the UK for my debut novel, Alchemised, a standalone dark fantasy set in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy, in which a healer with amnesia is taken as a prisoner of war and must fight to protect her lost memories and the secrets hidden among them. It will grapple with themes of trauma and survival, legacy, and the way that love can drive one to extreme darkness, and it is, as you may be able to tell, a reimagined version of Manacled.

I know I’ve been rather quiet about my publishing journey, and a lot of that has been because I didn’t want to spark any concerns or worry that I might be abruptly taking away a story that is such a deep part of myself and that I know has meant so much to so many people. This process has unfolded very slowly and quietly because I have tried to be mindful as I could be in every step of the way. 

As most of you know, I have been a reader in fandom long before I ever began to write. Fanfiction is incredibly special to me, and I have tried to do my best not to undermine its legal protection or allow my works to do so either. During the last several years, there has been a growing issue with illegal sales of Manacled, putting both me and the incredible community that shares fanfiction freely in legal jeopardy. 

After consulting with the OTW as well as other lawyers, it has grown clear that as a transformative writer I have limited options in protecting my stories from this kind of exploitation, but I wasn’t sure what to do; I didn’t want to just take the story down, in part because I worried that might only exacerbate the issue, but I didn’t know what other options I had. Then I suddenly had this idea of alchemy, which was peculiarly appropriate; an academic world filled with unique transmutational abilities, and a necromantic war against people who had discovered the secrets of immortality, and I could see a path to reimagining the story while still holding on to as much of the original spirit of Manacled as possible. 

I began redrafting the concept privately around Christmas 2022, and then as if the universe had aligned, just as I was finishing, Caitlin Mahony and Rivka Bergman of WME reached out to me and were delightfully enthusiastic about concepts and ideas for my new alchemical world and the ways I had reimagined the story. 

I'm thrilled to be working with Emily Archbold, my visionary editor at Del Rey, along with Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph in the UK, to polish this novel for publication in Fall 2025. I feel uniquely privileged that both my publishing teams are familiar with Manacled and understand how special it is to so many people, and how important it is that this reimagining captures the same spirit while also having its own wings. 

Manacled is not going anywhere at present. It will remain online throughout 2024, at which point it will, if you’ll pardon the pun, alchemise for 2025 and be removed from AO3. 

I'm so thankful to all of you who've enjoyed my works, and I hope that I can continue to rely on your support as I take my next steps as an author.

#manacled story #alchemised

[coldnutparadise]

there’s something abt playing lucio that makes me a feral hound;  twice ive ended up on a healer vs healer engagement and i run out of ammo and i just start punching, i throw hands hyperaggressively, they cannot hit me, i keep throwing hands, but they keep healing themselves and it is a chase that begins to become comical and for all my best efforts, i am still killed

#coldnutparadise plays overwatch #coldnutparadise.txt #not that i neglect healing my team but sometimes u and the enemy healer get separated from the team fight and #i suck at aiming so when i run out of bullet i know that his reload animation's just gonna take too long #both times it was funny - im a tiny short man on rollerblades and i am running after you with a vengeance #its also funny as hell when ur a tiny short man and u deal the final blow on the tank w a punch

[noctswife]

I have No idea how granblue team building works. There’s too many variables this shit makes no sense im not a rocket scientist

#Grid theory sort of makes sense to me. It’s like a straightforward math equation #However for team building I throw in a healer and whatever characters are higher tier and pray it works #Also I have been using Asparas for so long I am scared to change to a more useful class #If I change from asparagus… how will my team multiattack