#If the Games Were Real People

[amberultramarine]

the dunmeshi gang heading down to get falin while zagreus is on his way out

#art #fan art #digital art #my art #hades game #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #is it ethical to eat anything in the underworld?? they're all souls of real people vs just being monsters/animals #hell if they know #zagreus: huh. how was asterius & theseus? don't think they would've just let you guys down here. wait gods you didn't EAT asterius did you #laios: oh nah marcille wouldn't let us. also they were pretty nice at least we had a conversation before they tried to kill us

[xenonsdoodles]

#fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #bernadetta von varley #this post brought to you by A True Story. Kind Of #the irl context was my friends' own battle of the eagle and lion which was fought with foam weapons and one nerf crossbow #crossbow being limited to the porch with our friend in a wheelchair. which was the only reason it wasn't an automatic game winner #anyway they shot me in the leg and I put the dart in my pocket #and then we were the only two people left and I had to stagger one-legged up the steps while they frantically tried to unjam the crossbow #the tension was REAL #I ended up winning. narrowly. #and then I did exactly this #their team ended up winning in the end but it was hard fought on all sides #anyway. here's this

[icewindandboringhorror]

I know this is just a silly bad quality random screencap of a screencap that I found on facebook lol, BUT it's a succinct enough image to easily describe the concept in a quick/accessible way hopefully :

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(and of course, feel free to elaborate in tags, etc.! (especially elaborating about other senses as well.. can you "hear" in your mind just as well as you can "see"? taste? etc.) It's an interesting topic to me, as someone who's like a 4.5 at MOST lol. I'm curious what option will be the most common :0c )

#tumblr polls #hrmm... a little poll perhaps.. about a subject I find interesting.. since this image came across my facebook today #still really not feeling that well. no longer shaking violently and such but I still feel weird and weak much more than usual #They did say my markers for like infection or inflammation were elevated but that they werent sure of the cause so hopefully #it's nothing too serious. they did also say a lot of different things can cause that thing to be higher than normal but didn't go into spec #fics of what. maybe some of them are relatively benign or something. I still havent felt much back to normal since #I got really sick that one time though. I feel fine on and off but then little bouts of feeling weird and sick happen. hrmmm #ANYWAY.. looking for small ways to be productive. such as little doodles on evil ipad or editing game videos #or posting polls or cat pictures or some other like not very labor intensive things #I WISH I COULD FOCUS on writing HHRGGhh... I need to finish my game.. it would be so freeing.. a project that's been looming #over my head for like 5 years even though througouht that 5yrs I've probably spent a total of 3 months working on it lo.. ANYWAY #I still partially really cannot beleive that people CAN see stuff in their heads. There's always part of me that's thinking like. well mayb #e everyone DOES see the same exact thing but we just describe/conceptualize it so differently that we think we're talking about #different things when we're really not. But I have been assured by people I've talked to about it that they can GENUINELY really see #stuff in their heads like as vivid as an actual picture in real life or something. And the other senses are neat too. Like for exmaple I #can hear in my head much better than I can see imagery. I still CANNOT hear vividly like as if I were listening to actual music out loud.. #but I think it's developed more than my sight. AND interesting how this varies the creative process. a friend I was talking to on the phone #said they write by literally just watching stuff play before them like a movie. where my process is COMPLETELY different. AND that affects #the content/what details we focus on as well as our individual styles of writing have differences that can be traced back to that.. hrmm

[arthursfuckinghat]

There needs to be a scientific study done on how Rockstar Games' Arthur Morgan is able to provoke the most earth shattering emotions I didn't even know I had in me

#you guys get me right #like you feel it deep in your chest #the joy the anguish the grief #it feels like words aren't enough #and I don't mean it as in “sad moment in video game makes you sad” #I mean it as in “a deep and well written moment that has been slowly building is fleshed out in a video game and I think about for weeks” #when I say I lose sleep over this game I really mean it #I spend hours just laying in bed thinking about everything that happens in arthur morgan's life #it eats at me #I'm not ashamed of how much I have cried over this game #it fucking gets to me #playing rdr2 is the best form of escapism until the story hits you like a stab in the chest but the blade just pushes in further and further #until you're left with a gaping wound #“wow michael I didn't know you were so emotional over pixels on a screen” #except those pixels were acted out and performed by real people and voiced by real people and designed to look like real people #the game's main target was historic realism emphasis on REALISM #to provoke emotions through amazing storytelling #it's okay to feel strongly about things!! #this game man #this game #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #mick squeaks #mick thinks #arthur morgan #red dead redemption 2 spoilers

[child-of-hurin]

Part of what charms and compels me in Jeyne Poole's arc is her reaction to her predicament. All the female POVs in this book are dealing with a lot of gendered violence, and they all deal in different but dignified forms... Jeyne is not a POV character and she is absolutely not dignified lol. She cries and begs, she is utterly helpless. But unlike most women in this book who are utterly helpless, she survives. It's frustrating how fans refuse to celebrate that, simply because there is no glory in it.

#Sometimes I wonder if that's part of why fandom is so uncharitable towards her #like if she had some self-sacrificing sense of dignity maybe people would like her more... if she were resourceful or proud #boo! #she's perfect #i also think the absurd notion of arya 'mercy killing' her stems from this too? tbh #like - you think this woman is too pathetic to live? that even if she escaped bluebeard's castle her life is better over? #people will call grrm a grimdark author but this shit you see in fandom is 100000% more cruel than anything this man wrote #her pain is too real to her for games of honor to hold any meaning! she tears the veil she ruins the veneer #she has no noble bearing no honor no ambition no wolf no lover no knight she will not rise from this taller and wiser #none of the ways in which she'll change will be for the better and her pain will only reward her with more pain - the pain is worthless! #here is a child-bride suffering and nothing about that suffering can be made beautiful or meaningful- besides her escape #which theon instantly romanticizes.... what a moment #we flew! #i can't wait to read about her again #jeyne poole

[rhxorb]

#off mortis ghost #off game #off the game #zacharie #god i wish spanish people were real

[kassperkade]

me and gang

hi i love 8:11 🍽️

#i wish gay people were real #i see them more than my family #PLEAE I LOVE #811 game #811 fanart #811 juliek #811 ryker #811 vittorino #811 accardi

[thatstroubling]

(not) moving on

based on a post-game idea: how strange would it be for the survivors of V3 to live in a world where their friends' entire in-game lives had been perfectly captured and preserved forever, always avaliable for endless rewatching? and more importantly, would the guilt of having to type 'danganronpa V3 best moments' into the google search bar be worth getting to hear their friends' voices again? on bad nights, the answer would probably be yes

#its like clinging to an old voicemail #the survivors know that they cant forget but have to move on #its just not always easy #drv3 #drv3 spoilers #ndrv3 #ndrv3 spoilers #post game #shuichi saihara #kaito momota #danganronpa #yes this works with the idea that the killings were completely real #Im sorry #I would like to thank shinji ikari for posing for this one #💜 #txt #people usually have videos and old voicemails and photos and trinkets left after their loved ones #the survivors only have TV footage and voice clip compilations and concept art and merch #art

[eddiesshovel]

Some photos of Garry because I love him a lot and you guys deserve Garry photos

these photos are from the art book!!

#ib game #ib #ib garry #garry ib #i love garry #i wish gay people were real #i also wish trans people were real #im the biggest garry fan ever #Despite the fact I have no merch of him #i know he likes opening and closing the lighter lid!!!

[francy-sketches]

They would be besties 💛 (context)

#joffrey baratheon #aegon ii targaryen #house of the dragon #game of thrones #got #hotd #my art #they were so real for this. yes my horrible meow meows would be besties so true kings #i thot about this since ep6 i was like. damn aegon is so joffreycore. they could be besties #that coronation scene where hes like :o the people like me??? joffrey vibes in that one scene with marg #dont they talk about aegon and rhaenyra like 5 minute before that too #where he spoils [redacted]

[melonthesprigatito]

I don't know what rock these people are living under but Pokémon spinoffs definitely haven't gone anywhere

This post is an appreciation post for all the good recent spinoff games that don't get attention <3

#pokémon #pokemon mystery dungeon #pokemon mystery dungeon gates to infinity #pokemon super mystery dungeon #pokemon mystery dungeon rescue team dx #pokemon rumble #pokemon rumble world #pokemon rumble blast #new pokemon snap #pokemon art academy #magikarp jump #pokemon shuffle #pokken tournament #detective pikachu #detective pikachu returns #didn't mention the mobile games because they're the first ones people turn on when they say that spinoffs are declining #so i included the post DS era non mobile game spinoffs to show that spinoffs aren't exclusively mobile like some people think #Included Magikarp Jump because it's genuinely a fun charming experience and it doesn't require ANY microtransactions to 100% complete #sure microtransactions make it go faster but I still beat all 8 leagues and the Elite 4/ Champion without any real cash #I feel like JPRPoketrainer98 is especially bad because PMD RTDX and New Pokémon Snap were already released when that video came out #If spinoffs were in decline then would they really remake the first PMD game and make a sequel people have been waiting for for two decades

[cherry-bomb1985]

I keep thinking about Hell's words: "This is the only way it should have ended."

Should. Not could. *Should*.

Like V1 should have been mass produced, obliterated all the Earth Movers, and then the next machine should have come along to counter it in turn and continue the war. Like all that fighting and the cycle of violence should have been perpetuated.

Like Mankind should never have finally gotten their act together, and tried to continue on even in the absence of divinity and in the face of total climate collapse.

There's a notable difference between 'could' and 'should', and the fact that those words are spoken by the only one who would've been *extremely disappointed* by this outcome has me raising eyebrows.

#ULTRAKILL #fuck it I'm putting this in the main tag #something else I don't really see talked about much (or at all really) is all the shit that happened leading up to The Great War #Yeah some guy getting shot in the head was the spark that lit the powder keg #but nobody ever mentions the fact that all that tension coming close to boiling over had been primarily because of /imperialism/ #which as we all know--and are seeing LITERALLY IN REAL TIME--profoundly benefits from war and violence #Just like there were “suits” with something to gain from digging into Hell and sending people there #oh I bet it was /delighted/ when that happened #Anyways I refuse to take the words of a superorganism who gets its jollies from the spectacle of cruelty and violence as** #**the end all be all meaning of the game #The themes here might be nihilistic but they're sure as fuck not doomerist

[towards-toramunda]

What bothers me most about 'Orym is the reason Laudna killed Bor'dor' is iirc in the episode Marisha pretty clearly states Laudna didn't even really notice the nod? She didn't notice much of anything because she was fixated on that one objective, and nothing was going to get in her way. But of course, it still becomes 'Ashton and Orym were horrible for not stopping her.'

Yeah tbh I’ve seen a lot of people bring up that in 4sd Marisha said she was looking to orym and Ashton and Liam said that he wasn’t gonna let bordor leave that scene alive and he knew in that moment she might bring Delilah back but that Orym thought they might need Delilah for this fight and… Like… yes we can acknowledge the enabling, but I’ve seen so many people act like enabling someone to do something he would’ve done either way makes Orym an irredeemable person. I truly believe that the nod didn’t change anything and she would’ve killed bordor regardless. I remember while I was watching the episode thinking the nod felt almost like an act of tragic kindness in the moment. Like Liam/Orym could see how hurt and emotional Marisha/Laudna was in this moment and nodded to let her know that “its okay. I agree with you.” Almost as a way to attempt to lift the burden from her and let her know that she wasn’t alone despite how awful the situation was.

I think it’d be interesting for the story if Laudna was gonna kill him either way but was so traumatized by it all that she began viewing Orym’s nod as “the reason she did it” so she could deflect accountability for it all, BUT I really think she was gonna do it either way.

And like… everyone angry that “he is the reason she leaned back into her addiction” I mean since then Laudna and Imogen have talked about leaning into their dark side with each other and harnessing that power for the mission and nobody in the fandom seems angry at either of them for enabling each other. It feels hypocritical to be so upset with orym still after all this time because he… nodded in agreement with her killing a guy he was going to kill either way and thought they might need Delilah. (For the record I’m messy and I like drama so I’m always gonna support PCs enabling other PCs to do morally questionable things for the sake of the story like Imogen and laudna are doing with each other and like Orym did with the nod. Like yeah push that big red button what’s it gonna do? I’m curious and like messy stories)

#cr discourse #critical role #also this is a dnd game. if we were talking about real people enabling addiction thats bad but this is a dnd game. #like how many people have they killed this campaign alone and we’re acting like this is a murder most foul I mean… this is a dnd game #man… I already regret joining the discourse

[zombie-bait]

‘The Lowly Magistrate’ by Unknown Artist

Currently imagining the party wandering through some antique shops in Baldur’s Gate and Astarion stumbling onto one of his old portraits from his younger magistrate days. Both the artist and subject are no longer known to the shopkeeper, whose family has just been passing it on for who knows how long.

(also included a quick brunette variant cuz I thought it was kinda funny (it’s giving frat boy Lestat de Lioncourt) and I choose to ignore the fact that high elves can just naturally have white hair. Something about pre-vampire Astarion being almost unrecognizable compared to the man he is now fascinates me)

((also here are some lil detail shots that make me happy))

#astarion #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #baldurs gate astarion #astarion fanart #bg3 fanart #fanart #video game #dungeons and dragons #vampire #my art #astarion ancunin #The unknown artist is just me lmao #Ive been looking at a lot of historic paintings #And the ones titled ‘young man’ by unknown artist really get me #Like these were just real people #Who loved and created and are now long dead #Digital art #i tried so hard to make it look like a painting lol #Honestly very fun to make

[handsomejack-ingoff]

hey man. if youre complaining about the actors in the borderlands movie being "too old" for the roles. i wanna remind you that in the trailer alone, for a bl1 based movie, hyperion is branded yellow and white instead of red and black, tina is the same age shes supposed to be in 2, krieg has escaped hyperion when jack isnt even supposed to be ruling yet, and fuckin. mouthpiece from bl3 was there. just off the top of my head. i could find more lore inconsistencies if i tried

frankly i think the only issue with the casting is how many of them are zionists and the fact that theyre trying to make roland a comedic character played by kevin hart when hes supposed to be the straight man. like. come on. roland is the only even slightly normal one out of the first games vault hunters (i really dont care that much at the end of the day, thats just my main gripe besides the zionism)

#borderlands #daring to main tag this #i just think its stupid to complain about the ages of the actors when. theyre already fucking the lore up severely anyway #besides. jamie lee curtis seems like she plays tannis REALLY well #id gladly take actors who are too old for their roles than too young #and imma be real. ill take lilith looking like anything other than a generic video game girl im sorry #also imma be real if you ever expected a borderlands movie to be good youre delusional #the games writing has always been pretty bad #mr anthony bitch and dameon clarke were what carried so much of the story people remember #and they arent helping in this movie at all #this isnt about anyone in specific btw ive just seem multiple people complaining about it #and i think its stupid

[twigstick9]

I’m like so obsessed with this man it’s becoming unhealthy. He’s just TOO silly.

#punch out #punch out wii #glass joe #he’s in every game I played that has a character creator #I wish french people were real