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captainlunaxmen · 4 months

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The Lady and the Lord

Chapter 2

Eddie munson x fem!reader

This is a repost since the old blog doesn't work anymore. 🥰

Chapter summary: they have one mission: find Eddie.

Chapter warnings: spoiler season 4, violence description.

"And then Vicki laughed. And it wasn't like a cheap, fake laugh either. It was like... it was a real genuine laugh." Robin tells us as Steve put some vhs on the shelfs and I hold some to help them. I don't work here, but I like to help instead of sitting at home doing nothing.

"Of course. It's my Muppet joke. It's hilarious" Steve says very proudly, and I roll my eyes.

"My point is that Vicki laughed and everything was just like...it was perfect" she keeps going with a dreamy voice.

She's so cute.

"But?" I ask, knowing something's up.

"But I'm having this problem where it's like, I should stop talking." She explains "I have said everything I need to say.but then I guess I get nervous and the words keep spilling out, and it's like my.. my brain is moving faster than my mouth, or rather my.. my mouth is moving faster than my brain. And it's like I'm digging this hole for myself, and I want to stop digging, I'm trying to stop, but I can't. And I'm doing it right now, aren't I?"

She finally turns around to look at us after her babbling.

"Yeah, you are" Steve says and I nod with a half smile.

She exhales deeply and move backwards to rest against the wall.

"I'm hopeless" she says.

Steve follows her against the wall. "We both are"

I roll my eyes at their pessimism.

"If only we could just, like, combine." Robin suddenly says, I look at her confused.

"Combine?" Steve's confused too.

"No. Think about it. I know exactly what I want, and I've found the girl of my dreams, but I can't get the courage to ask her out. Meanwhile, you go on, like, a million dates, and you have no idea what you want. So if we just combine, all our problems would be solved."

Steve lets out an understanding "Oohh"

"Because, I mean, alone let's face it..."

"We totally suck." Steve finishes for her.

"Totally and utterly"

"C'mon, you guys are the most amazing persons that I know... just have hope" I look at Steve "and some courage" I look at Robin "and everything will be fine"

"Oh yeah?" Steve sends me a very sceptical look.

"Ooh, I think I found our morning movie" Robin gasps, running to a shelf and grabbing a vhs. "Doctor Zhivago"

"Ugh, you know I don't do double vhs" Steve groans shaking his hands in the air.

"But it's about doomed love" she tries.

"That's relatable" Steve agrees, and we both follow Robing behind the counter.

"Exactly. Also Julie Christie is b-b-bonkers hot in this. Like seriously the most beautiful creature I've ever seen in my life" she turn the TV on.

"I gotta agree on that" I declare.

"We're in the Forest Hills trailer park on East Roane County." The reporter's voice says loud and clear "we don't have a lot of details now, but we can confirm that the body kd a Hawkins High student was discovered early this morning. Police have not released the name although we are told they're currently in the process of notifying the family"

Oh shit.. as if alternate dimensions creature's weren't enough.

"Holy shit" Steve whispers beside me.

"Who could that be?" I ask worried.

"I don't know.." Robin replies.

"Isn't it where Max lives?" I ask again looking at them.

They just nods.

Oh shit.

We spent the morning watching the news and organising the store to keep ourselves busy.

All of a sudden the door bell rings and Dustin and Max come in.

"Hey Steve" he says, he looks visibly agitated.

"You guys see this?" Steve asks them.

"How many phones do you have?" Dustin asks, completely ignoring Steve's question.

Robin and I share a confused look

"Someone was murdered"

"How many phones fo you have?" He repeats more firmly.

"Two. Why?" He answers

"Technically three if you count Keith's in the back" Robins specifies.

Max and Dustin look at each other.

"Yeah, thee works" Max says.

So Dustin take off his backpack as Steve asks "what are you doing?" And, again, ignoring his question Dustin throw the backpack on the other side of the counter and climbs on top of it to get through.

All this while earning very annoyed reactions from both Robin and Steve.

Ignoring both of them Dustin positions himself in fron of the computer.

"What are you doing?" Steve asks.

"Setting up base of operation here." He simply answers.

"Base of operation?" I ask. "Why?"

Steve tries to get Dustin off of the computer, but with no use.

"What do you need it for? Dustin?" I ask, getting more and more confused.

"Eddie's friends' phone numbers" he answers and I look at Steve.

"Oh Eddie, your new best friend who just is cooler because he plays your nerdy game?" Steve asks, sounding quite jealous, I gotta say.

"I never said that" Dustin defends himself from Steve's accusatory tone.

"Seriously, you guys, maybe know a Monday you can play around like toddlers, but it's Saturday. It's our busiest day" Robin tells them, putting the tapes back on the counter.

"Robin, look, I empathise, but this cannot wait until Monday" Dustin firmly says.

"Calling Eddie's friends is an emergency?" She asks back.

"Correct" Dustin shouts, like that was the most obvious thing.

"Why? What happened?" I ask, now getting more worried. "Did something happen to Eddie?... Dustin?"

"Can you just fill them in while I do this?" Dustin asks Max.

"Fill us in on what?" Robin is definitely annoyed.

We all look at Max waiting for her to explain what happened.

We found ourselves calling so many different numbers, trying to find a lead to where Eddie might've gone.

I type down the numbers while Robin, Max and Dustin call them, and Steve flirts with every girls he can, pretending he's just working.

"Hey, guys. I might have a lead" Max calls pur attention.

"Seriously?" Dustin turns to her, hopefully.

"Yeah, apparently, Eddie gets his drugs from come guy names Reefer Rick, and sometimes Eddie crashes there." She explains.

"That's promising" I comment.

"Where does this Reefer Rick live?" Robin asks.

"See that's the thing. No one knows. He's more of a.. a legend than someone that people actually know." Max explains.

"And.. what about a last name?" I ask.

"I don't know that either" She answers.

"Less promising" I shake my head.

"Bet the cops knows the last name" Steve intervenes.

We turn all to him.

"What?"

"Cops. I mean listen if this Reefer Rick is actually a drug dealer, I guarantee you he's been busted at some point. Means he's in the system" he explains like he found the perfect solution to all our problems.

"The cops? Really, Steve? That's your suggestion?" Dustin asks incredulous.

"I mean, I just think they should be filled on on what we know, what's going on" he says simply.

"You think Eddie's guilty, don't you?" Dustin accuses.

"Whoa. I believe in innocent until proven guilty, all that constitutional shit." Steve defends himself " I just, you know, don't think that we can rule it out"

"That's precisely what we're trying to do here, Steve." Max says annoyed.

"And maybe we'd have a little bit more luck if you spent less time trying to find a girlfriend and more time trying to find Eddie"

"He' not wrong here, Stevie" I agree with Dustin.

"Oh well somebody has to attend to the customers" Steve says, again, to defend himself, and I roll my eyes scoffing.

"Especially if they're babes, right?" Robin teases with a wink.

"Hey, not fair, okay?" Steve points his finger st her "I attend to all customers equally, babes and non-babes alike. We've got a very big selection in here. It can be super overwhelming for people"

"Yeah it can be" Robin says, I can tell she thought something to actually help us so I quickly follow her to the computer.

"What are you doing?" Max asks.

"Maybe we don't need a last name" she answers.

She type on the keyboard, Rick's name and a list of Ricks appears on the screen.

"Twelve Ricks have accounts here" she tells us.

"That's a lots of Ricks" Max comments.

"You're a genius, Robin" I tell her.

"I know. Now, let's narrow it down, uh? Rick Alderman's latest rentals are Annie and Dumbo...what are the chances our drug dealer has a family?" She asks.

"Not likely"

"All right, Rick Conroy. Sixteen candles, Teen Wolf, Romancing the stone." She move to the next Rick.

"No"

"Okay, Rick Joiner, Mask, Footloose, and Grease"

"Nah"

"Rick Kimbrough. The Blue Lagoon, and Splash."

"Definitely no"

"Okay. Rick Lipton. Fast Times at Ridgermont High, Cheech & Chong's next movie. Cheech & Chong's nice dreams. Cheech & Chong' up in smoke."

"Bingo" Dustin chuckles.

"Lipton?"

"Spelled like the tea. 2131 Holland Road" Robin reads.

"That's out by Lovers Lake" Dustin says.

"Middle of nowhere" I comment.

"It's a perfect place to hide" Robin agrees.

That being said we all head out to Steve's car and to this Reefer Rick's house.

And hopefully to Eddie.

We all grab a torch each and get out of the car to walk to this Reefer Rick's house.

The lights are out, which could mean that no one's home or... Eddie's hiding.

Dustin repeatedly tries to ring the bell, but to no use.

"Okay. Well, that's settled. I guess he's not here." Steve says, trying to make Dustin stop.

But Dustin just start to shout for Eddie to come out and tries again with the door bell.

Me and Max move to the side of the house with our torch, seeing what looks like a boathouse. Maybe Eddie's in there.

"Hey guys!" Max calls.

"Well let's go" I say already walking towards the small building.

Robin is the first one to enter.

"Hello? Is anyone home?" She tries.

We all enter and start to look around.

"What a dump" Steve comments

The place is far from clean, there garbage everywhere and, as expected, a boat in the middle filled with something covered by a tarp.

I spot Steve grabbing an oar as a weapon and starts to poke the boat multiple times.

"What are you doing?" Dustin asks.

Steve just doesn't answer so Dustin repeats the question, more shocked.

"He might be in here." Steve simply replies.

"So take the tarp off." Dustin tells him.

"If you're so brave, you take the tarp off" he basically challenges.

"Stop bickering, you two." I say.

Steve just keeps hitting on top of the tarp covered boat.

"Hey, look over here" Max tells us. She points our attention to some food envelopes.

"Someone was here." I try.

"Maybe he heard us. Got spooked and ran" Robin suggests.

"Don't worry. Steve will get him with his oar" Dustin says sarcastically.

"Oh I know you think you're being funny, Henderson, but considering everyone in this room has nearly died about a hundred times, personally, I don't find it funny in the slight-"

Steve is cut off by a loud scream and Eddie jumping from under the tarp and pushing him against the wall, a broken bottle in his hand.

We all gather as close as possible, trying to not scare him further for Eddie to react too badly.

"Whoa whoa whoa Eddie! Eddie! Stop!" Dustin says, holding his arms out to stop us from getting further closer.

Eddie turns to look at Dustin, not moving the broken glass away from Steve's neck yet.

"It's me. It's Dustin" Dustin tries to stay calm while getting Eddie's attention. "This is Steve. He's not going to hurt you, right, Steve?"

"Right, yeah" Steve agrees, quite agitated.

"Steve, c'mon.. drop the oar, will you?" I say, as calmly as possible.

Steve does as I say, dropping the oar away, but that just startles Eddie more pointing the glass back at Steve's neck.

"He's cool, he's cool" Dustin says.

"What are you doing here?" Eddie says, voice breaking.

"We're looking for you" Dustin replies

"We're here to help, Eddie" I add.

Eddie turns his head again to us, listening carefully.

"Eddie, these are my friends. You know Robin, from band. This is my friend Max. The one who never wants to play D&D. You know Y/n too. The quiet girl you always stare at, at lunch. Eddie. We're on your side. I swear on my mother. Right guys?"

"Yeah yeah we swear"

"Yeah on Dustin's mother"

"Yeah, Dustin's.. mother"

We say no more, tense as never before, but at the end Eddie lets Steve go and moves to the side sitting down.

Steve just come to us, I check his neck in case the broken bottle accidentally cut him but he's fine.

I turn to look at Eddie, Dustin kneels in front of him and I slowly follow.

He looks... terrified.

"Eddie...we just want to talk" Dustin very slowly tries to grab the bottle in Eddie's hand, but as soon as he gets to close he flinches grabbing the glass harder.

"Eddie... we just wanna know what happened. " I tell him.

"You won't believe me" he tells us.

"Try us" Max says.

Eddie told us everything that happened, about Chrissy coming to him to buy drugs, and how she died, right in front of him.

"Her body just lifted up into the air and.. and she just like, hung there. In the air. And her bones.. she.. her bones starter to snap"

He struggling to tell us what happened, all I want to do is grabbing his hand and reassure him...

"Her eyes, man" he continues "it was like.. there was something, inside her head, pulling. I.. I didn't know what to do so.. I.. I ran away. I left her there." He sounds so ashamed... he couldn't do anything for her.

Poor girl, she was really one of the sweetest person in Hawkins.

Fuck.

Eddie looks up to us, only to turn his head away quickly, scoffing.

"You all think I'm crazy right?"

"No. We don't think you're crazy" Dustin tries to reassure him.

"Don't bullshit me, man! I know how this sounds" Eddie snaps.

"We're not bullshiting you" Max intervenes.

"We believe you" Robin says and Eddie just scoffs, still not believing us.

"Look, what I'm about to tell you might be a little.. difficult to take." Dustin starts "you know how people say Hawkins is...cursed? They're not way off. There's another world.a words hidden beneath Hawkins. Sometimes it bleeds into ours." Dustin explains.

"Like ghosts and shit?" Eddie asks.

"There are... there are some things worst than ghosts" I tell him.

"These monsters from this other world, we thought they were gone. But they've come back before. That's why we needed to find you."

"If they're back again, we need to know" Max says.

"That night, did you see anything?" Robin asks.

"Dark particles, maybe"

Eddie just shakes his head no.

"It would almost look like dust, swirling dust." Dustin specifies.

"No, man, there was nothing you could see or.. touch" Eddie explains.

I look at Steve who, now, looks more worried than before, full attention on Eddie.

"You know, I tried to wake her, man. She couldn't move. It was like she.. she was in a trance or something." Eddie explains and we all listen carefully.

"Or under a spell" Dustin points out.

"A curse."

"Vecna's curse" Dustin realises.

"Who's Vecna?" Steve asks

"And undead creature of great power" Dustin answers.

"A spell caster" I say, earning a confused look from Steve.

"A dark Wizard" Dustin finishes.

This might be worse than all the ones before...

Fuck.

We decided we have to go and get some food for Eddie.

"We'll be right back, man, I promise" Dustin says.

As we all walk to the door.

Steve and Dustin turn to me stopping me in my tracks.

"Why don't you... uh... stay here and keep him company?" Dustin asks.

"What? Why me?" Now I'm confused.

"Because you're the sweetest and he clearly has a thing for you" Steve replies as the most simple thing ever.

"He does not" I tell him sternly.

"Either way you're the best choice. You're calmer and... easier to be around than the rest of us" Steve convinces me.

"Y/n, trust me. He needs someone like you now. Please, I don't think he should be alone now" Dustin says looking me in the eyes.

"Fine" I tell him nodding "yeah, I'll stay with him. But you better stay out of trouble"

"As always" Steve shrugs.

I give him a warning look and just sigh. Watching them driving away.

I get back to the boathouse and see Eddie's figure watching nothing on the boat.

"Hey" I say quietly.

He seems to snap out of trance and looks at me surprised.

"I thought you all went" he says, with a small smile.

"Yeah well... we didn't.. uh... Dustin didn't want you to be alone right now" I tell him, fidgeting with my rings again.

"Thanks.. I guess he's right" he says.

I nod, walking a bit closer, but not too much.

"So..." he starts.

"So..." I mimic him, earning a laugh from him.

"You knew about the spell caster" he implies.

"Yeah... a-and?"

"You know about D&D..?" He asks.

"Yeah.." I say nervously.

"No way!" He whisper shouts.

"It's true!" I tell him, with a small chuckle.

"How come didn't you join Hellfire?" He asks, genuinely curious.

"I.. well.. I just..." I stutter.

"Hey.. I'm not judging, m'lady" he assures me, with a smile.

"I'm just too shy, I think.. also I'm not very good at playing" I laugh quietly.

"I could've taught you" he says.

"I... I'm not very good with people" I honestly tell him.

"What do you mean?"

"I.. I'm not very good at talking to people, I get nervous and stutter the whole time. And just... I just shut up so I don't bother anyone" I explain.

"You're not stuttering with me" he shrugs.

"I.." I stops realising it's true.

With him it feels easier, somehow..

"No need to worry about a freak's opinion, i guess." he lower his eyes, almost disappointed.

"No! Not at all!" I quickly say.

He look at me, searching my eyes to see if I'm messing with him.

"I... listen, I don't understand why people always call you that, but I personally always saw you as someone... cool" I say, getting shy as I finish my sentence.

"Really?" He says, he tries to hold back a smile, but he fails.

"Yeah.." I look away from him. "You always walk around like you don't care about anything. You have your ideas and you're not ashamed, and of course you shouldn't be ashamed of them. You're like smarter than any of those dickheads from the basketball team"

"Wow" he blushes... he blushes?

Did I make Eddie Munson blush?

"Are you blushing, my lord?" I gather some courage and make a joke.

"Oh... 'my lord' uh?" He looks at me with a smirk, that makes me instantly lower my eyes with my cheeks warming up.

"I.. yeah.. I mean, you keep calling me-"

"M'lady? Yeah, so I'd say 'my lord' fits perfectly" he sweetly smiles at me.

We stay silent for a while.

It's a comfortable silence, the kind you don't have to talk to fill it. We just need each other company to be okay.

I watch him fidgeting with his own hands.

He's getting nervous.

Instinctively I reach out for his hands and he turns to me, surprised, but he doesn't retreat his hands.

"It's gonna be okay" I tell him. "I know it sounds like a shitty cliché.. trust me I know." I let out a small chuckle "we've been through this shit a few times.. the point is, we're with you on this. We're gonna solve this."

He holds my hands in his.

"I want to believe you" he says looking me in the eyes.

"Good" I say.

He starts to stroke my knuckles gently.

"I'm glad you're the one to stay here, m'lady" he says.

"Apparently I'm the easiest to be around" I tell him with a shrug.

He's still not letting go my hands.

"Maybe... but that's not the only reason, but yeah" he says, a playful smile on his face.

"Then... w-why?" I say, feeling my cheeks warming up again.

"Well.. that's an answer for another time, uh?" He winks and I'm just speechless.

All of a sudden we hear noises from outside.

I grab the oar Steve used earlier and move to the door.

"Stay there" I tell Eddie.

I get closer and closer to the door, that suddenly opens reveling Robin, Dustin, Max and Steve holding some bags full of food and drinks.

"Fuck sake!" I exclaim as they enter with apologetic looks.

"delivery service" Dustin announces.

I look at Eddie who look just as startled, heavy breathing and all that.

I just exhale deeply and grab one of the bags they carried inside.

#stranger things x reader #stranger things fic #stranger things imagine #stranger things #stranger things x y/n #eddie munson x y/n #eddie munson imagine #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson #eddie munson fluff

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galactic-glamour-girl-posts · 1 year

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Things I'd like to see in season 3

Slight Spoilers Ahead!

--A callback to "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" in "How The Brain Thieved Christmas". Nothing too big, I want the two-parter to do it's own thing and not be a rehash, but it's hard to imagine that there wouldn't be a reference to it given that the reboot often references events that happened in the first show and the PatB spinoff. Maybe reveal that Brain still has the globe keychain, something like that.

--If Slappy does indeed return (and it seems like she will), for Slappy not to be softened. Not that I think it will happen, but this is their first time writing for Slappy in the reboot, so I expect her characterisation will be at least a little different. Which I'm fine with as long as they don't change her morality. I say this mostly because the last time she had dialogue was Wakko's Wish, but she felt a bit too mellow in that. She's not like the Warners who, while I won't deny often act in self interest, do tend to help people in their own zany, annoying way ("La La Law", "Hooked on a Ceiling", "Magna Cartoon", etc). Slappy, on the other hand, only really looks out for herself and Skippy, and can be way harsher because she lacks their moral code ("The Sound of Warners"). This is the same woman who tried to blow up up a critic's house whilst she thought he was inside all because he didn't think she was funny and threatened to blow up a jury if they didn't vote her not-guilty on a crime she technically did commit...and then when they did she blew them up anyway. Not that she's never justified, she keeps to herself often only does this type of thing in retaliation (the previously mentioned jury were clearly biased against her), but still, let her be mean and violent!

--Assuming Slappy comes back, for them to include Skippy. He was already in "Good Warner Hunting" and was shown to still be a kid, so aging him up isn't an option, meaning he's either gotta be left out or be re-casted. I'm really hoping they just recast him, there's no need to write him out just because his original voice actor is no longer a child. I don't like it when characters are written off or killed off just because their original voice actor can no longer do the voice, it feels unnecessary to me. If Slappy is on her own then fine (because let's be honest she's the one we watch her segments for), but Skippy brings out the best in her, I think he should be there.

--More Scratchansniff in general, but specifically him acting like a father towards the Warners (in more than one episode). Nothing too cutesy, the Warners will always find ways to stress him out, but I much prefer it when he's attempting to take care of them.

--Hopefully a satisfying ending to Julia's story, but given that they didn't know season 3 would be the last when writing this season, it's not likely. Not their fault if this one doesn't happen, I'd be happy enough to see her return.

--A FULL WAKKO SONG. Multiple Wakko songs actually, that would be great. I do prefer the other two Warners over him but they each have multiple songs in the reboot whereas Wakko only has one so far-"Gruesome Ol' Gruel"...and it's like 50 seconds long. I think he deserves more (Yakko got four in season 2 alone!) Scratchansniff has more songs than Wakko in the reboot so far. Granted, he didn't sing much in the original series so it's great that he sings more here, but him getting more new songs than a main character is kinda weird. Well, I guess you could count "Hot Washed Buns", but I don't (that one's even shorter than "Gruesome Ol' Gruel" anyway). I think this one is likely, season 1 focused a lot on Dot and season 2 focused a lot on Yakko, so maybe season 3 will do the same for Wakko!

#animaniacs #animaniacs reboot #animaniacs 2020 #animaniacs season 3 #yakko wakko and dot #the warner brothers #the warner sister #the warner siblings #pinky and the brain #a pinky and the brain christmas #julia animaniacs #julia patb #slappy squirrel #skippy squirrel #slappy and skippy #dr scratchansniff #animaniacs spoilers

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fedorasaurus · 1 month

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Deus Ex SPOILERS

Some of my thoughts about the Lebedev Airfield mission 'cause this video game is still stuck in my head lately.

So like, I figured doing a non-lethal run means nobody dies and everyone is happy with me (yes technically Gunther prefers if you go in guns blazing or otherwise let him fight people on Liberty Island, but if you KO all the enemies first, he won't have anyone to fight and he's still happy with you as long as you gave him a weapon), but it turns out it's not so simple.

Sure, you don't have to kill Lebedev (he's an unarmed prisoner who peacefully surrendered, after all), but Anna will. I tried so many things to stop her. I locked the door behind me, I blasted her with pepper spray, zapped her with the prod, slapped her in the head with the baton, even tried getting her health down with explosives first to make sure I could finish her off with nonlethal weapons, but as it turns out? She's immune to nonlethal damage.

You can't talk to her, you can't move Lebedev away from her, you can't knock her out, you can't knock Lebedev out (I mean you CAN and the game shows him as unconscious, but everyone's dialogue acts like you killed him and apparently it counts as a lethal takedown despite the description box showing "Unconscious"). The only way to save Lebedev (which is probably the most morally correct move) is to kill Anna first. Which means at that point you're not doing a nonlethal run. You can't play this game in a way that everyone lives and everyone is happy. You CAN be nonlethal, if your conscience can handle letting an innocent man get killed right in front of you. You couldn't stop Walton from killing prisoners earlier, but NOW you have a chance to do something. If you're willing to kill for it.

To JC's credit, he DOES talk back to Manderley about the situation, not that it was especially effective, but this is sort of the first time in the game that JC is really starting to question authority and worry about who he can trust. As a sidenote, Karen Rohan's performance of Lay-D Denton is SO GOOD here. She sounds so tired (sad?) when confiding to Carter, I really loved that. JC taking a tiny moment to speak openly and vulnerably about how things just don't feel right at UNATCO.

I haven't decided if I want to reload my save and kill Anna yet. I ultimately didn't because I knew that would piss off Gunther, and I was holding out hope that he would trust JC enough at some point to defect. Wishful thinking, I guess.

Even if you take down Lebedev yourself (I did this nonlethally, but it still counted as a kill), Gunther doesn't sound impressed when he congratulates JC. It's more of a reluctant "oh, congratulations," because even if he approved of you helping him at Liberty Island, he's (from my interpretation) STILL bitter about these brand new agents with Nanotech taking all the important missions while he, who has had years of experience and tons of expensive/invasive mechanical upgrades, gets put on basic security duties. Yet for some reason I keep trying. As I mentioned in a previous post, he's SO CLOSE to understanding the truth of things. Is this how Paul feels trying desperately to get JC to come to his side?

If you let Anna kill Lebedev, by the way, Gunther is disappointed that he didn't contribute, sure, but he sounds WAY more enthusiastic about congratulating her.

It's a neat thing about this game, the tiny details that change depending on how you play it. It really gets me immersed, and TERRIBLY emotional!

#Deus Ex #spoilers #thoughts #I have more to say but this post is long enough auuuuvhhhhh

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luukka · 1 month

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I watched Wish recently, and regarding what people had said, it wasn't bad.

It wasn't good either but it wasn't bad it was... meh.

(Might be spoilers but yeah, if you didn't/don't want to watch it my little analysis won't really interest you)

Now as a Disney and animation fan, I must talk about it because I watched it very late and still manage to bear my own opinion even if no one asked for it so here it is yoohoo

Did I laugh ? Yes two are three times (and no joke, I was the only one cause I'm an easy-laughter); did I smile ? Sure; did I find some music interesting ? Kinda; were the colors pretty ? Yes; the animation for a disney ? Err... m'k.

I get people that like it, there are things that are interesting, it... passes the time, you can show it to toddlers, but yeah, I mostly get people that didn't because I was kinda disappointed. If you take one thing apart from the other, it's quite awful, and when you put it all together it's a "hell no", especially because it's supposed to be the 100th Disney classic. I mean, I get the point of foreshadowing old classics, but some were really messed up like- some characters are just carbon copies of old design ? Asha's best friend is Snow white if she was a disabled four-eyed girl, the tired guy looks like the rich guy in Big Hero 6 and Bambi ? Little John ?? Can't you do that any clearer, we're fucking blind here.... I mean, ok I laughed when I heard that but I don't count I'm an easy laughter, wtf was that, like- I couldn't help but look at my brother like "did you see the same shit I just saw ? And you forced me to come and pay for that ?" and I was mostly laughing out of embarrassment because I WAS ALONE GIGGLING TEARS OF WTF-NESS

Some things were cool I guess, like the mirror effects when Magnifico sings I think ? And at the end when he elsa'd his castle to take the star. The Jafar effect wasn't bad either, but because it's Jafar effect and Jafar is a fucking badass, same with Elsa-ying the castle, because this scene in frozen was very cool

I felt bad at first but I must say, the songs are very disappointing. Like I wasn't expecting much, and it sure stuck in the head easily but that doesn't mean it's nice. The ones I appreciated were the song about the wishes (the clip is pretty) and maybe the revolution song (but the clip was urgh and why the hell they look so lifeless ???) I get why people said it was made by AI lol

In terms of character, except the Queen and grandpa, I didn't like any of them. Like usually I can't hate or dislike a Disney character, but here ? None of them was fine to me. Actually, I felt nothing from them. The villain was erh... basic I guess, he could be nice like the woman in The Rescuers but no he was, well basic "I'm perfect they should be grateful but they are not so let's become an asshole !" So yeah. Disappointed. He was a better villain than Hans, tho, maybe because Hans wasn't supposed to be a villain at first and that Magnifico was like Jafar, Evil Queen and Scar had a baby. Also, it seems to me like they didn't have a few or any -like ANY- personality, like- I CALLED THE TREASON OUT THE MOMENT I SAW THE LIFELESS BIG BOY COMON'

Now, I'm coming to people saying all the kids love it and I'm too old for that: no. No, I'm not too old for that, Disney is for everyone. No, not all the kids will love it, kids get easily bored, and this movie isn't very attractive. I bet if I show this to my nieces and nephews and siblings, they wouldn't care less - and they already don't very much care about movies in general when you put one for them. There were at least four kids in the theater and none laughed, or sounded interested, one preferred to play on his daddy's phone ??? well, I know all kids aren't like that, but really, this movie wasn't made to content the kids, it was made to content the fans clearly, that is why the movie isn't good.

Anyways, if you enjoyed it good for you ! The colors are pretty and the technic used is interesting, the chara design of Asha and the Queen are pretty, I can't say anything for the rest, tho, because the bg design is just resuming the old (and new *cough* encanto *cough*) classics anyway, but less good at guess... but really, if you like it, good for you, and say why, so I don't have a bad souvenir of it forever lol

#disney #disney wish #wish opinion #disney classics #disappointed #disappointing

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witch-sweets · 4 months

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the goober from your pfp i forgor the name of

The Snatcher From A Hat in Time aka "the SnickerDoodle Pool Noodle that consumes my every thought-" anyways allow me to go feral for a minute- 1:this is a bit hard cuz i adore everything but most likely either his voice or his backstory the voice is iconic and i like it when characters have really recognizable voices (another example of a blorbo with a recognizable voice is Cyn) BUT THE BACKSTORY IS A GUTPUNCH HOLY COW-

2:this is really hard but i guess he can be overshadowed by Vanessa a few times (specifically when it comes to overall spook factor Snatcher is a bit harder to take seriously in some moments whereas Vanessa has this overwhelming presence when your in her manor but this is a minor thing that is easy to overlook especially when death wish is taken account for) 3, 4, and 5:i don't ship him with anyone

6:he hates the cold (for obvious reasons...)

7:him being the fandoms favorite isn't that bad just because most artist like him more than say the mafia doesn't mean nobody likes the mafia i understand it can be annoying if you don't like the character as much as everyone else but there's always a small group of people who like the same character you like please let the fandom agree that the purple pool noodle is neat 8:SCAPEG♾AT by Ghost and pals, Terrible Things by Axie, The whole being dead thing from BeetleJuice the musical, The mind electric from miracle musical, Cupid by Jack Stuaber, SAD by Lemon Demon, Amnesia was her name also by Lemon Demon, Rät by Penelope scott, cabinet man by once again Lemon Demon, THE LIST GOES ON FAR TOO LONG-

9:no idea if this counts but here's a screenshot i took of me being a menace in a modded level

(putting it under a cut cuz it technically counts as spoilers)

#ask games r fun i need 2 do them more #>:3

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Considering the status of Trip, I think that means Classic Eggman is still secure as the big, bad man.

Don't take this as the absolute truth, it might hail from Fake News Zone, but...

(spoilers below)

I've been hearing from multiple places that the dragon shown in the Trio of Trouble mural is the final-final boss, which is pretty much what I wearily expected would happen the moment it was shown. Because these things are very predictable.

However, I've also been hearing that it's more like the Nega-Mother Wisp from Colours DS, where it doesn't really do anything to Eggman that undermines him per say, and he's not forced to team up with Sonic either.

IF all this is true, then... I guess I can accept it? Like yeah, it's not ideal - I'm always gonna pick an Eggman true final boss over a Not Eggman true final boss - but compared to all the shite in Frontiers and IDW, I suppose I can let this slide if it's done in the way that's suggested, and as long as Eggman has a good showing otherwise and still technically counts as the overall main villain ala SA1? But of course, I'll only know what to make of it for sure once I get to actually have a proper look at the whole routine for myself.

#Crusher's Asks #Opinion #Dr. Eggman #Sonic Superstars #Spoilers

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32, your choice

32. If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?

I'mma just go down a mental list of OCs for this as I go. XD

Let's see, well right off the bat...

John/Kilroy would be theft, obvs- though with the amount of times he's stolen stuff AND the combined value of it all would probably be well into felony territory by now. XD ; That said he's committed tons of petty theft as well, it's just an impulse for him- if the opportunity's there, he just takes it.

Echo has also stolen plenty of things when they were alive, and they help John steal things now, so... <XD Probably also in felony territory for them, but it doesn't really matter since you can't really arrest a ghost by normal means. I guess they've been punished enough by being trapped in a cursed mirror for a long time, though...

Mera... Trespassing, probably. If there's a mystery afoot she's gonna follow wherever the clues take her, even if it's private property. XD ;

As for ST1X, probably also trespassing, 100% because of Mera. (Semi-spoiler, but not that bad of one that I feel a need not to say it: in the comic she later fixes him up and he helps her out with stuff.)

Note is trying to deal with being a tutorial character living in a broken game, so I imagine he's done a ton of stuff he technically shouldn't be doing in order to navigate that, if you count the game's code as 'law'.

Chester does whatever the heck he wants.

Robo-N and R. Bunny are generally on the up-and-up, but they aren't officially law enforcement so by fighting bad guys, that would probs net a vigilante charge of some kind.

Same with canon Charlie, he's probably knocked a few skulls around and always dips before the cops arrive. As for cryptids AU... stealing food. Lots of it.

#asks #oc asks #character asks #myOCs #Kilroy (comic)#john #echo #mera #ST1X #Note #Chester #R. Bunny #Robo-N #Charlie

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joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh · 7 months

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Okay, I finished The Final Horizon. Spoilers following.

Thoughts specific to the stuff I didn't mention yesterday are that the final tower climb was a lil bit easier than I expected given how much time I spent on one of the ones before it, but still good stuff. The final trial is very mediocre. I think a boss rush kinda just feels shitty to have in the main game knowing that like 2 updates ago we already added a boss rush mode to begin with. The extra stipulations to make it more challenging are certainly something - you have a fully level 1 Sonic who can't get rings back and whose ring count carries over between fights, so you're on a timer for all 400 of those rings to do three titans in a row, even cylooping doesn't give you more. That part's neat, adds a lot of tension and asks that you're able to take these bosses out efficiently. The shit part is that they changed how the parry worked to give Sonic the "perfect parry", which is a linear downgrade from the normal parry lmao. Way it works is it's the parry but you need to time it. On paper a good thing! In the first place the parry window being uhhhhhh infinite was criticised quite a bit at release, and they've found a roundabout way to address it in this update. But that brings the obvious problem of now you've got to time a parry that you have never practiced with, and your training room are boss fights with a lengthy restart period if you fail, and that's coupled with the fact that the boss hitboxes really don't match their animations well at all. So the perfect parry - instead of bandaging the parry problems - just rubs salt in the wound instead. Ouch.

Once you've done that tower climb and trial, you get to go for the final boss - a fight against regular Supreme from the regular vanilla game. Very much of two minds about this because of how The Final Horizon's content is implemented into the game to begin with. Since it's just a portal on Ouranos that takes you to Ouranos but we're doing this story instead on an optional save file and stuff, it makes sense to have the exact same Supreme fight since like holistically if someone is playing the complete version of the game for their first time then hey they should see this fight, right? But on the other hand what this means is if you either beat the game before this update, or if you're playing it for the first time now and decide to go for I suppose both endings, you will at two different points in the story have to do the same Supreme fight. Feels bizarre. Also strange thing but base The End, if you fail you just start at the start of that fight, but in The Final Horizon if you fail that new version of The End you gotta refight Supreme. That's tedious and inconsistent, not really a fan.

As for the new fight against The End, it's another thing I'm of two minds about, although I'm leaning more positive probably. The goods are the setpiece elements of this - cool as absolute fuck and I guess Cyber Super Sonic or whatever it officially ends up being called? Shit's fucking awesome, plays mostly the same but dude his attack animations are so over the top shounen badass and he does awesome poses and like shot of the back while one eye looks down at the camera, I felt like I was watching Nazo Unleashed for the first time again. Moreover the nature of this take on the story is such that every other character is significantly involved and gets to do a lot more, even if they are still ultimately spectators but like hey they're more there than they were before. Also just as a game design thing, hey it's another Super Sonic fight. Awesome. This is a long established formula within the game by now and it's far more logical to end the game on than a schmup out of largely nowhere. Good improvement. The bad though is kinda twofold. For one we're doubling down on perfect parry, which like hey technically they've introduced it to us by now so it's less of a jumpscare, buuut it's still shitty and the animations don't feel like they match up and it's just a bizarre difficulty spike in control that would really need a ground-up different approach to really fix. The other thing is I think this fight has like, pretty bad conveyance, I guess? You're told quite directly that "attacking The End head-on won't work, find something else to do", but that feels like a bizarre thing to ask of the player when they're by now already conditioned towards "super sonic = press attack buttons". Moreover the cyloop just never seems to really accomplish anything either. See what you actually need to do is attack higher up on Supreme End's body and then do specifically a quick cyloop - at which point you can deal damage. From here you do uhhhh, I don't really know? I kinda just did stuff until it was over and wasn't really confident until I hit a quicktime event. Was that fade to black a quick time event animation? Did I die? Is the fight about to be over? I never really felt like I knew. I think the fight is a cooler setpiece than vanilla The End and certainly the game "earns it more" but it seems like regardless of which one you do, the final boss of Sonic Frontiers is just kinda shitty lol.

Was a bit disappointed to see that on completing the file, you don't get to take the new playable characters back to old islands or use them in Cyberspace. Would just be a really fun and rewarding thing is all. As it stands you can use them in the same Ouranos island you can already use them in by going to a character swapper that's pretty far away from lots of stuff on the map. One of those things where I suppose implementing them into the rest of the game is a tall order, but it is a bit sad is all. Unless this is some reward for finishing all the new cyberspace levels which uhhhh I still haven't done lol. They're fuckin hard okay!!!

Overall though, I think Final Horizon is interesting - largely good (last post goes into more of the detail surrounding that), but it will change the overall conversation surrounding Frontiers quite a bit. I think updates 1 and 2 did great legwork to making Frontiers feel a lot more "complete" as a game, whereas Final Horizon kinda feels like a more standalone expansion that's perhaps so standalone that suddenly the game feels actually less complete. Like by itself this needs more updates to fit in with the rest of the game better, or something. Put another way, updates 1 and 2 are linear upgrades to base Frontiers, while Final Horizon is a good-to-mixed addition to a game that hey, tbf, was already good-to-mixed anyway, right? Hope that makes sense lol.

But I think more than anything else though I can't help but respect the hell out of this update existing. Kishimoto and the team actually taking feedback, addressing complaints, and adding new stuff to the game for fucking free is insane in this day and age, even comparing it to other Sonic titles like Origins Plus or Superstars with digital deluxe and preorder and retailer exclusive downloads and shit. The precedent that these updates set for future Sonic titles as well is also insanely exciting - lots of Frontiers' problems were addressed across the updates anyway, with some of the core fundamental parts already in the game being left as is by necessity (I'm talking like lots of the puzzle design and stuff). I think if Frontiers is to be seen as a stepping stone towards something greater then these updates really will help along that journey. And it downright goes without saying, but holy shit I'm so glad to see solo sonica die. Tails and Knuckles are back, and even Amy is on the core team. I don't strictly think every game going forward needs these exact playable characters in this exact playstyle but the general idea of how they play and how they feel compared to Sonic is perfect - that's what I want more of going forward. Perhaps in the long term this'll make Frontiers somewhat eclipsed by its successors - a game that's spoken about for what future titles did based off of it, rather than getting to fully stand on its own years down the line. There's an insanely complicated conversation to be had about that subject, and about making games for that purpose, but for a series like Sonic I think that's a worthwhile thing to aim to be and if the experiment pays off then hey, shit's all the greater.

For now though, I need to work on those cyberspace stages lmao.

#sonic #30.9.23 #sonic frontiers spoilers #sonic frontiers #the final horizon #again i hope that's good enough for most people's blacklists or whatever

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web-novel-polls · 6 months

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Web Novel Weapon Tournament Submissions

FORMERLY THE "CULTIVATION WEAPON TOURNAMENT"

Submissions Closed

Rules:

One weapon per submission. If you'd like to submit multiple weapons, please do so in separate responses

If the weapon doesn't have a specific name, please use however it's usually identified (ex: Character A's sword)

Any type of weapons are allowed! If it was created to be a weapon, essentially a weapon, or memorably used as a weapon, it counts! Have fun with it

Tournament Tag: #web novel weapon tournament

Current Submissions & Dealer's Choice under the cut

(CWs: spoilers, suggestive language, object insertion, suicide, self harm, character death)

[Last Updated: March 1st, 2024]

Submissions

Xuan Su - Yue Qingyuan’s sword (SVSSS)

Mod Propaganda: Xuan Su is Yue Qingyuan’s iconic sword that is only drawn twice after he suffers from a qi deviation bonding his life force to Xuan Su.

Zheng Yang - Luo Binghe’s sword (SVSSS)

Submission: Something about a childhood sword that was broken, then preserved, then restored, and in the end was the one that remained, instead of the more powerful one that brought only misery.

Bichen - Lan Wangji’s sword (MDZS)

Submission:

this sword has been through a lot...

Cursed Knowledge Link

Mod Propaganda

Yes, this is the sword Wei Wuxian stuck up his ass in the Incense Burner Extra. It’s also Lan Wangji’s main weapon that was included in the iconic “Lan Wangji calling Wei Wuxian his scene” where Wei Wuxian believes he’s pointing toward Bichen (Chapter 31). It’s a legend, and I would be doing a disservice to Jin Guangyao (who Bichen defeated in the first round of the Danmei Character Tournament) if I did not include it.

Jiangzai - Xue Yang’s sword (MDZS)

Submission:

i don't know shit about swords but jiangzai can split into two swords and that's Very Cool methinks

E-ming - Hua Cheng’s cursed scimitar (TGCF)

Wiki Link

Submission:

E-ming is the best boy. Hua Cheng forged his saber when he was defending humans who got caught in the middle of a big ghost battle for dominance, essentially. He dug out his cursed red eye and created E-ming from it. So his eye is on the pommel of the sword, right in the center above the handle, and it emotes!! When its happy, the eye curves into a crescent and it vibrates!!! It cries when Hua Cheng is mean to it in a fucked up sense of self loathing since his sword is born from him!! E-ming grows bigger when Xie Lian(Hua Cheng's god and eventual husband) kisses the blade, because silly erection joke! But also it begs Xie Lian for praise and attention because its BEST. BOY. Oh and I guess also the entirety of the heavens fears the cursed blade E-ming, which has the power to reopen any wounds its made an on an individual before. Just the thought of E-ming makes gods shake in their boots. But more importantly, he's best boy.

Ruoye - Xie Lian’s spiritual device (TGCF)

Wiki Link

Submission:

Ruoye is technically a demonic weapon or whatever as it doesn't need spiritual power to control, but that also might just be because it's sentient and has a will of it's own but is deeply loyal to Xie Lian obviously. Ruoye can extend REALLY far!!! And he can form protection barriers, and decapitate zombies, and chop vegetables. There's nothing this good bandage baby can't do!! Peak performance! AND it'll pretend to do a snake dance while Xie Lian plays an instrument while busking!! Isn't that adorable! Xie Lian wears it on his wrists usually, and sometimes Ruoye will like tighten or rub his wrists to express fear or comfort Xie Lian and its so cute. Ruoye is so good. Personally I think despite Ruoyes background being like. Horribly tragic, thats what makes it so Good. All that pain and suffering made this thing that ended up protecting Xie Lian all these 800 years. But I left it last in case it's too much. (tw suicide mention) Ruoye was created after being soaked in Xie Lian's blood when it was used to tie him up while various people stabbed him with a sword a hundred times. Then when he was able to return home, it was used by his parents to kill themselves for a variety of reasons we won't get into. Then, upon finding them, he tried to kill himself too. But his cursed shackles prevented his mortal body from dying, so when he died he just came back; he came back to a silk bandage that after taking the life of 2 royals, and being soaked in the blood of a royal and former god and stuff, it came to life!! With resentment technically. But he's a good boy.

Xin Mo - Luo Binghe’s sword (Ver. 2: Electric Boogaloo - SVSSS)

Submission:

it is literally The web novel weapon??? like it’s the demon emperor’s golden finger that he found in the eternal abyss? it has fanon continuity points as well if you believe that the metal rod wei wuxian (MDZS) touches in the mouth of the turtle is either a previous or later form of xin mo. Xin Mo is soooooooo good that it had to fight itself at one point! XIN MO SUPREMACY !!!!!!!

Cheng Luan - Liu Qingge’s sword (SVSSS)

Submission:

It is very large and is obviously enough to carry Liu Qingge and company. The sword is the size of his ego…

Little Palace Mistress’s Whip (SVSSS)

Submission:

Shen Qingqiu is whipped, and not just for Luo Binghe?

Wind Master Fan (TGCF)

Owner: Shi Qingxuan

[No Propaganda Submitted]

Wiki Link

Shuoyue - Lan Xichen's sword (MDZS)

Submission: The sword that stabbed through Lan Xichen's best friend, Jin Guangyao. Tragic sword.

Wiki Link

Chenqing - Wei Wuxian's dizi (MDZS)

Wiki Link

A Rock from LCF

Owner: Cale Henituse

Submission:

[spoilers for chapters 700+]

Listen there's nothing quite like having a scene where the protagonist straight up beats the main villain with a rock. A regular, averagely sized rock. And then also chucks the same rock into the face of a literal deity. It was glorious. It was therapeutic. #rocksweep

Dealer's Choice

(Submit these to make sure they get in & to add propaganda)

Jiangui / Ah! What the Hell from 2ha

“There is only one person in this world who can open Ever-Yearning. This person is extremely important in your life; you must love this person dearly, and this person must also love you in return, and be wholly devoted to you.” - Ji Baihua regarding the Ever-Yearning box containing Jiangui

Mo Ran’s Holy weapon in his second life, Jiangui - which translates to “Ah! What the hell” due to Mo Ran accidentally exclaiming this when opening the Ever-Yearning box.

Bu’gui [“No Return”] / Guilai [“To Return”] from 2ha

“No Return… Affairs of the past upon vermillion bridge in emerald green; Another year goes but still you do not return.” - Chapter 81

Bu’gui was Mo Ran’s sword in the original timeline that he received by bringing a plum blossom branch to an old dragon named Wangyue. He had Chu Wanning seal it until he could think of a name for it, and it was only named “No Return” after Chu Wanning’s death.

In the second lifetime, he received Jiangui instead, but Bu’gui appeared once more at Xuanyuan Pavilion and was auctioned off to the Rufeng Sect for 5 million; this time it was referred to as Guilai or “To Return.”

Longcheng / Dragon City - Xue Meng’s sword from 2ha

Since Xue Meng could not receive a holy weapon from Jincheng Lake, he used Longcheng, a high-quality scimitar from Taxue Palace. From what I remember, Mo Ran gifted him the Wangshu Crystal from the Carp Essence that was requested by Song Qiutong to help him cultivate/add to his sword, making it something similar to a “heavenly weapon.”

Xue Zhengyong’s fan

While this fan is never named, Xue Zhengyong’s fan is well-known due to the writing on it - “Xue is beautiful” (which faces others) and “others are ugly” (which faces him). It really is iconic

“Xue is beautiful, others are ugly.” - Chapter 31

Suibian - Wei Wuxian's sword (MDZS)

Suibian is Wei Wuxian’s sword that sealed itself after his death. Its name translates to “Whatever” due to Wei Wuxian’s inability to think of a suitable name and telling Jiang Fengmian to name it “whatever.” This is, in my opinion, the funniest thing Jiang Fengmian has ever done in his life

Zidian - Jiang Cheng/Madam Yu's whip (MDZS)

Wiki Link

The Jiang Clan’s family heirloom that transforms from a ring into a whip. It was originally used by Madam Yu until her death when she (and separately her husband) used it to bind and protect Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian from the invading Wens.

A symbol of family and honor given from Madam Yu to Jiang Cheng, Zidian’s owner can allow others to use it, as shown by Jiang Fengmian realizing Zidian recognized him before his and Madam Yu’s death and Jiang Cheng leaving Zidian with Jin Ling.

Taerang - Alberu Crossman's divine item (LCF)

Wiki Link

Fantasy gun rights

Undecided / Other

CWN's weapons - Tianwen, Jiu’ge, Huaisha (2ha)

TGCF Final battle sword

The sword of several gods put together to fight the final Boss of TGCF

Hong Jing (TGCF)

Mod Propaganda: Snitch

Wiki Link

Yan Zhen (TGCF)

Wiki Link

Jun Wu’s Virgin Detector sword

#web novel weapon tournament #submissions #not a poll #tumblr tournaments #my submissions

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whyyouacknsocraycray · 2 years

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Dutch is a terrible gang leader who shouldn't do jobs!

Like... he should not be in charge of the gang based on this track record alone! His plans do not go right, he has terrible management skills, and thinks way too much. Spoilers underneath.

The ones that go okay (I guess... Arthur makes it go okay):

Old Friends: no one dies and they get the robbery plans from Colm, BUT Dutch's insistence on not killing Colm when they have the chance causes problems later.

Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?: again, technically successful, but puts Cornwall on their tail. Though, does it really count as Dutch's mission if he stole the plans from Colm?

The New South: impromptu, which means Dutch couldn't overthink things or make it too over the top. Trelawny got out of jail, so that's a win.

Goodbye, Dear Friend: (grumbles) the disguises worked.

Our Best Selves: does it go wrong? Yes. Should Dutch have bailed? Probably, but the job itself is still successful. Dutch leaving John to die was spontaneous.

The ones that show Dutch's poor decision making:

The Sheep and the Goats: Dutch apparently decides then that the gang doesn't run away from danger and pushes a wagon down the main street to kill as many Cornwall men as possible.

A Strange Kindness: yes, let's listen to Micah's idea of a camp and have Arthur scare people away from a dried up creek bed out in the open.

American Distillation: without even going into the mess that is making Arthur work with both families while being deputized, when the Lemoyne Raiders show up and attack, Dutch does nothing??? He just stands by the liquor wagon with Archibald!

Angelo Bronte, Man of Honor (also, The Gilded Cage): Ah, sure Dutch, you are just going to walk in to this new city, find the criminal in charge, and charm him. You could have left after getting Jack back, but you had to go the party, didn't you?

The ones where Dutch is just stupid:

Urban Pleasures: Sir, did you really think Angelo Bronte would just be cool with you robbing the trolley station? Really?

Country Pursuits: Why did Dutch need a boat from Lagras to navigate the swamps? Angelo Bronte's house is like right on the river they could have rowed their themselves.

Banking, the Old American Art: going through with the bank job after the whole mess was a terrible idea, but it goes in this category because Hosea was also pushing for it. But also robbing a bank in a city without a good escape plan? Come on, Dutch! And I saw you steal Charles' chair.

The ones that BOIL MY BLOOD:

Blessed are the Peacemakers: DID YOU REALLY AGREE TO MEET ARTHUR AT THE CROSSROADS AND THEN WHAT? NOT REALIZE SOMETHING WAS WRONG? OR DID YOU LEAVE HIM BEHIND ON PURPOSE???

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Eaten: Dutch, you could have ransomed the man and not even needed the bank job but you had to get your stupid revenge, didn't you?

Guarma: Why are you sending Arthur to both rescue Javier and the workers, you have two other men with you! Make Micah and Bill work for once. Especially Micah, since you think he's sooooo amazing!

Just a Social Call: SURE, DUTCH! JUST LIE TO ARTHUR AND SAY IT'S JUST A TALK WHEN YOU CLEARLY WERE PLANNING ON KILLING HIM THE WHOLE TIME!

A Rage Unleashed: NO! DO NOT USE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN COMPLICATED PROBLEMS FOR YOUR STUPID PLANS!

Favored Sons: BECAUSE THE ARMY WAS JUST GOING TO LET THEMSELVES GET TARRED AND FEATHERED. YOU KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!

My Last Boy: Dutch COULD HAVE HAD ARTHUR SNEAK INTO THE FACTORY LIKE BEFORE INSTEAD OF GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE WAPITI JUST FOR THOSE DUMB BONDS! UGH, this is why you should involve Arthur in planning he knows things! Not to mention leaving Arthur to die, but again, spontaneous decision and not a planned job.

(Honorable Mention) Money Lending and Other Sins: if you wait too long to start that mission, Dutch orders Arthur to do it EVEN THOUGH ARTHUR SAYS HE'S BEEN WORKING HARD, IS A SENIOR GUN, AND SHOULDN'T BE DOING SUCH A BASIC TASK IN THE FIRST PLACE! POOR MANAGEMENT SKILLS, DUTCH!

#rdr2 #rdr2 spoilers #dutch van der linde #arthur morgan #red dead redemption 2

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chill-vibes-but-rainbow-panic · 8 months

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I still haven't convinced myself to write the fic, so I am going on an Almost-Middle-Of-The-Night-Rant/Ramble about the scene in my head instead:

(This is about School for Little Vampires; just fyi, for my followers/moots who aren't into that show)

So you guys know the (according to the wiki) Season 4 episode "So Long Klott" (Spoilers btw), where the Count decides Klott is too young to go to a regular school, because he keeps fumbling his tests, and ends up making him leave with Dr. Ironfang?

Yeah, imagine, you're Alarich. Your students are all mentally in shambles, because not only did they lose their friend, they probably feel like they've failed with helping him study. And your teachers were also technically heavily against sending Klott away. So now, you have to go and hope that Ironfang hasn't driven across the country by now, so you can swiftly bring the boy back.

Well, you find the doctor's car, except not only is there no one inside (except maybe the driver? idk how my guy's car works), but it has stopped in front of what is very obviously a trap.

But you probably don't worry too much. Dr. Ironfang is a decently competent - only occasionally off his rockers - vampire, who probably took the boy with him, as to not leave him alone at the very obvious trap.

You follow the footsteps in the snow, or the bait, or whatever, and what do you find? DR. IRONFANG IN A GODDAMN CAGE.

This is somewhat more worrying. You go and free him, probably isn't too hard, because nobody's around, and you learn what happened with Pollidori.

But then, looking around, you do a double take and realize that there was no Klott in the cage.

'Cause guess what? He was forced to escape into the forest, where he is currently actively being chased, by Pollidori, the vampire hunter.

Klott, the probably 5 vampire-year old boy (I'm really bad with guessing ages tbh), who

Doesn't know squat about anything (at least theory wise, as he proves his knowledge in the eps) and

Is literally not tall enough to bite somebody's neck

is alone, in the forest, in the snow, with Pollidori, who may be kind of an idiot, but has also managed to capture you around three or four times now. He is also actively planning to murder you, and your staff, and your students, every night.

I can imagine the time between that, and him and Dr. Ironfang finding Klott, were probably not a nice five to ten minutes.

I mean, maybe I'm also exaggerating. After all, Alarich (at least imo) is not know for being very expressive. But dude does care for his students, that is obvious.

It's just that thinking further about it, while we of course knew he was going to be fine, Klott was technically in incredible danger in this episode.

This concludes the rant/ramble

Feel free to add your thoughts :)

#This came to me when I rewatched the scene where Alarich and Ironfang clap to congratulate him #And I ended up falling down a rabbit hole in my mind thinking:#“Wait if they're here they probably went searching. So Ironfang told him what was up. Oh yeah Klott was ALONE during all this-”#die schule der kleinen vampire #school for little vampires #school for vampires #So Long Klott #klot tratzum #alarich von horrificus #dr ironfang #ramblings #long post

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A Marvellous Light ("Terato" Book Review)

You can thank my fiancé for me reading this one, because this really isn't my usual cup of tea when it comes to literature! It's not "terato," not even exactly "exophilia" either, however I think its general themes might appeal to some people of those communities- even I was a bit shocked and impressed by it.

The first half has vague spoilers, such as descriptions of sex and if there was a happy end or not. Under the cut you’ll find a longer review with detailed spoilers.

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske has a simple plot at its core. Robert "Robin" Blyth is a typical well-to-do Edwardian jock who, due to a clerical error, is introduced to the secret world of magic. He meets Edwin Courcey, an icy and bookish magician with subdued powers- something Edwin's family looks down on him and teases him for. When Robin is attacked and cursed because of his accidental introduction to the magical world, Edwin feels responsible for him and does everything he can to find out how to remove that curse, with plans to remove Robin's memories after. Along the way a terrible magic conspiracy is revealed that the two become slowly more involved in. While also becoming quite "involved" with each other.

Pros and cons time! But.. I don't particularly have a lot of cons.

PROS ★ ★ ★

If I wanted to describe it in fanfiction tropes or tags, I would say: slow burn, magic kink, jock/nerd. Fun combinations.

Marske is really well spoken with her prose, and pacing seems to be a strong suit. Despite being her first published book, she really has mastered the craft of storytelling!

Highly romantic. Sexual content itself is built upon a strong foundation of slow built romance.

Multiple gay sex scenes, with some veeery interesting usage of magic as a kink. Something I've never seen before (but I've never been in any fandoms with magic, so maybe it's common in those?).

Because Robin is non-magical and Edwin is, it can sorta feel like that human/non-human gay relationship you might be craving. However, since they are both still technically humans, it doesn't really count as terato or exophilia explicitly.

A very rich magical world intertwined with the Edwardian period. It feels really unique, and the magic itself has rules and limitations, meaning magic isn't the end-all-be-all when it comes to power. Which... plays right into the underlying plot.

Themes of the rich (and rich men) being idiots and ignoring the importance of domestic magic and the magic of women. Marske is writing a period piece- and I appreciate her desire for accuracy while also clearly trying to find ways around it.

Ends on a happy note with potential for the next book and the main characters do not die.

CONS ★ ★ ★

The biggest turn off for some readers might be the prose. Yes, it's well written and well paced for what it wants to accomplish, but it is an Edwardian period piece that can still be pretty wordy. I don't think it's overly flowery, but someone else might find it harder to read if they don't really want to know what happens next.

While probably realistic for a bunch of rich white English gentlemen of that period, a large part of the book tends to feel like they're just piddling about reading books, chatting, and eating breakfast. That might be boring for some readers.

Somehow, the main villain should have both been obvious and was too obvious at the same time. I don't know if that is genius or lame. I guess it depends on what perspective you take.

This is a very "relationship" based plot; character relationships take the forefront over plot or action, as you'd expect with slowburn. If you go into it more interested in the romance and sex you might have a better time than if you go into it wanting to devour something plot heavy- it truly is just not plot heavy, unless you consider their romance the actual main plot.

★ ★ ★ WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO TERATO FANS?

Yeah! If you like magic stories! If you don't care for magic- or don't care for Edwardian period pieces- then maybe not for you. But if you do, then this is a darn good read. Marske is extremely competent in her craft, the romance builds slowly and the sex scenes feel both loving and exotically satisfying.

Just because magic stories aren't exactly my thing I might personally not read book 2, but I absolutely know my fiancé will because they adore this book and could not put it down. In their words, they believe it is one of the most romantic books they've ever read.

★ ★ ★ FINAL RATINGS:

Monsterousness: 0/10 Eroticism: 10/10 Story: 7/10 Characters: 10/10

MY FINAL SCORE: 9/10 (Not my favorite genre, but really good!!)

Heavier spoiler time!

I initially wasn't sure how I felt about the characters, I think ultimately the beginning is the story's weakest part. I feel that these are characters you grow to love more over the story's length, and when you are first learning who they are and getting that early exposition on magic it's sorta "eh" compared to the meat of the book... i.e. the rest of their relationship. Because yes, it's really their relationship that carries it. And that's not a bad thing! I actually prefer character-driven stories. But I think that's just something to keep in mind about this book (and probably the series), that relationships heavily take the forefront and the underlying plot is second to that. In this book, Edwin's past relationships and icy personality melting for Robin are more important than actually doing footwork to discover what happened to Reggie, the missing person, for example.

About 40% through the book however, I did have the realization that nothing was really happening or moving forward. It was a lot of playing little games, chatting over breakfast, and reading books. Sure, all this leisure is likely pretty realistic for their social status, but it does not necessarily make it an engaging read. Luckily, I think watching Robin and Edwin slowly fall for reach other to have encouraged me enough to keep reading to see them get even closer, but I do think that this might be a detriment to others.

It's not completely explicit, but rather something the reader needs to make a conscious effort to notice, that women and domesticity play a large part of this book's universe. By that I mean no one is going to beat you over the head to say "PAY ATTENTION TO THE SERVENTS AND LADIES" but they do play very important roles, in spite of accurate world views from the men that the women are too dumb to be taught. It is a domestic spell which allows Edwin to remove the curse from Robin's arm. It is a group of women- ignored by their misogynistic male magician counterparts- who discover the Last Contract and realize its potential for misuse. It is a pair of intelligent sisters who aid Robin and Edwin when the two are lacking friends. If you are a shallow reader you might take characters' opinions (including main characters) on women at face value, but their opinions compared to the actual actions and personalities of the women and servants is meant to show how wrong these spoiled Edwardian men are.

I really don't have much else to say! I thought the slowburn romance was great and using magic as a kink unique, especially the kind of magic they used. Overall it was a good book.

#a marvellous light #book review #review #magic #terato #but not really

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