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teeto-peteto · 7 months

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Modern AU adaptation of Ruined King is just the words most unlikely friend group going on a road trip.

my internet has been dead so thats why i havent been responding asks :) but here we are now.

How to put it, yes, you're absolutely right. They would be terrible.

Depends of the roadtrip. I separate it in two possibilites.

Highschool type of roadtrip where there is more people/classmates: Classic bus, they had to wake up early to come. Ahri had to wake up extra early so she can walk her dog before leaving. They dont even need to discuss who are they gonna sit with. Ahri goes with Yasuo, Illaoi with Miss Fortune and Pyke with Braum. No doubts. Ahri and Yasuo fell asleep during the travel resting over each other, Sarah took a pic of them with her phone while Illaoi smiled and laughed with her, resting on her shoulder. Pyke would be looking through the window probably listening to music until Braum decides to talk to him about any of his stories or anecdotes because he felt like Pyke was getting sappy and wanted to cheer him up, it worked. If the trip is long, they would eventually create another groupchat or use the one they have already and play stupid games, like writing a word or a phrase and let the keyboard suggested words complete the rest of the message, they would laugh over it out loud in the bus.

Car roadtrip, just the 6 of them: See, this is more wacky. Lets say that Ahri has a bigger car, or someone from her family let her borrow it, or that we can magically fit 6 people in a car for script convenience. Ahri is the one that drives, our girlie is the taxi driver of the group, she always picks and drops people and honestly she doesnt really mind. Yasuo goes on the front seat because boyfriend privilege, he would be taking care of the map but 99% of posibilites he will mess up and they end up driving the wrong way. Sarah would be the one taking pics and friendly annoying everyone. She would put her phone right in front of Yasuo's face from the back seat to take a messy pic of him and write 'this fucker got us lost lol' and post it. Pics of her holding hands with Illaoi with cute emojis, pics of Pyke asleep captioning 'mf fell asleep' and cute pics of braum counting cows/horses looking at the window. Illaoi would be the one saying '...I think this is the wrong way...' and argues with Yasuo because none of them understands the map, but she is also the one chewing constantly on gums cause she gets dizzy on the car, often downing the window for fresh air. Braum LOVES roadtrips, he loves the car ride the most, he really likes the ambience of being stuck with friends on a car and sharing stories or laughing around, he would keep everyone entertained and point at random things he sees from the window like cows, horses, farms, etc. He actually gets sad when the car ride is over but is quickly replaced with hapiness knowing he is going to have a great time with friends. Pyke would be the one sitting on the middle with Sarah (composition from left to right would be Illaoi, Sarah, Pyke, and Braum) and he feels uncomfortable between them but he has a messed up sleep schedule and needs a depression nap so ends up falling asleep on the car to everyone's surprise. Bonus points if he sleeps in 'dad' position with his arms crossed, but even more bonus points for my pykebraum shippers if he falls asleep accidentally on Braum's shoulder and he tries not to move not to wake him up.

#ruined king #ruined king au #this is cute actually #thanks for the ask #i love my babies #miss fortune #ahri #illaoi #pyke #braum #yasuo #headcanon #au #this post... has a lot of memories on it #a lot is based on personal experience #i vividly remember those groupchats playing silly games...#my friends falling asleep on the bus...#haha

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homoeroticvillain · 2 days

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got annoyed at not actually being good in anything that requires skill so ive decided to get really good at rhythm games

#already decent at them so ive decided to take that and ruin my hands in the process #been playing a lot of muse dash 👍#and now im doing my mobile ones again #which is mostly d4dj #tried proseka again but i just dont love the rhythm game layout idk #i should set up beatsaber again also #and i should do more ddr #if anyone has rhythm game recs btw send em my way #klepto talks to himself

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suchscary · 2 years

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Does it not bother you that almost everyone you meet on your journey knows more about you than yourself, Salaar?

#my art #disciples #disciples 3 #salaar #/#this drawing took me a surprisingly little amount of time #yeah dis3 is crap and it's unbalanced and it completely ruins the lore and dis2 is much better and still plays well to this day etc etc etc #however I enjoyed the undead hordes compaign a normal amount. but only because I always love the undead in fantasy settings #because you know. skellies and such #and I liked Salaar a lot. even though him and Amina were done so fucking dirty and the ending left me butthurt.#bruh broh #I wish I had someone to discuss strategy games with. I have a lot to say

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dancing-with-stars · 2 months

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guys. guys !!!!

#vanu is rambling #ok idk this is gonna b a happy post but i think there are lots of people who love me in this world. or at least enjoy my presence.#like i always always always ALWAYS doubt if my friends or family like me and in my head they all secretly hate me #but like for these past couple months things have been different.#i don’t feel so left out (like i usually do in groups) or alone.#like my friends genuinely want me there like they always ask me to go places with them. and i almost always say no because im so busy or #i just cant but they still ask me everytime. yesterday the whole group was calling and playing a game and i got a bunch of texts like hey #where are you u shud join the call it’s rly fun ! but i just couldn’t bring myself to talk to anyone at that moment.#today they were rly happy when i joined the call and idk it made me feel like. oh. maybe my friends do like me #and also i have two moods: i’m either super talkative or i go into my little shell and don’t say anything/add to a convo. and like during #those moments they’ll be like hey u ok? or they’ll just listen to me talk about ceramics and how fun it is or how much i hate eating pears #and like. we laugh so much together. like i have so much fun with all of them i love every single one of them omg #and scary thing is we might not even be friends after we start college. but yk what? that’s okay i don’t wanna think about that.#because like who cares? i’m not gonna let my fears ab the future ruin my friendships. i’ll always love them anyways. and we’ll always call.#i’m glad i met them. they’re all such beautiful and funny and amazing strong willed-people. they are my friends.#it’s just so crazy to me that they willingly want to spend time w me and are sad when i can’t. and they’re so understanding at the same time #they don’t get mad about it. and like they have mad eng last year in high school so much more enjoyable.#someone told me that this is ur last year do things so when you look back you don’t regret anything- so you can be proud of what you did #and my friends helped me with that. and like i still feel lonely the majority of the class because despite this there’s like a permanent #stain of sadness right there at the bottom of my heart. but they make the hard days more manageable.#like i’ve been on call with these people until ungodly hours at night just laughing and i go to sleep feeling a bit lighter.#they introduced me to the tech side of theater which i never thought i’d get into but here i am. they teach me silly facts and words in asl.#they taught me dances- knowing full well i SUCK at it- because we all had fun with it. theyve taught me it’s OKAY to be vulnerable in #friendships and that sometimes being open/yourself is quite literally the best thing you can do for your own soul and others. they’re cool #people really. really cool people

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whumpy-wyrms · 2 months

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basement is flooding 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 :(((

#my most favorite magical amazing silliest place in the universe (my room) is in the basement :(#it’s not like Actually flooding but Someone (we don’t know who. might be our new neighbor.) turned on the hose outside and just. left it on #and the water leaked into our basement and into the walls and shit. there was a huge pool of water in the furnace room or whatever it’s #called and. there water literally underneath the floor. like literally water is leaking through the floor boards and i found out when i sat #on my rug and realized i was getting all wet. like i literally walked across my room and water was seeping through the cracks of the floor #water was EVERYWHERE #in like over half the basement. the floor of the main area is ruined i think and holy shit apparently like the inside of the walls or #foundation or whatever is so like wet and soggy that we might have to take out the entire wall that separates my room and the furnace room #and if we have to do that my stepdad says he’ll just remodel the entire basement while we’re at it. which means my room would basically be #gone. this is so fucking stupid #all because some idiot left the hose on. and we don’t even know who it is either. i think it’s our new neighbor because he kinda just #comes to our house a lot and talks to us or just hangs out in our yard. and sometimes he shows up when none of us are home #idk it’s stupid apparently there’s a shit ton of damage and that’s freaking me out because i literally love my room so much it’s my favorit #place to be ever and all my friends call it the autism room because it’s filled with all my favorite things #like my walls are bright neon lime green i got collections and shit i’ve got minecraft posters and like a million plushies everywhere #my room is literally so autism coded #ANYWAY. probably nothing will happen but yeah #side note i have a shit ton of asks to answer and tag games to catch up on and stories to read but i’ve had literally zero spoons lately #i’m gonna play minecrafttttt (in the process of building a pc so soon i’ll be able to get mc java!!! excited about that!!!!)#wyrms says stuff

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sibyl-of-space · 3 months

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In an effort to be slightly less of an insufferable shithead on the internet today I redirected my elitist "P3R looks like the vibes are completely off and is not doing it for me" energy to just booting up FES for the first time in like 8 months and playing it for 12 hours straight. This worked until I went back on the internet after I was done and immediately saw a P3R screenshot which, after having 12 hours of FES imprinted on my eyeballs, was so jarringly ugly that it immediately got me writing five-part threads on the private Twitter about how ugly it is. Win some lose some. Sometimes you just can't help but be an insufferable shithead on the internet

#listen everybody knows that I am a tacky bitch so in most cases I love bright tacky colors and over designed UI #but for this game specifically the vibes are so completely ruined #where the hell is the darkness and the creepiness and the somberness man #shits GONE #anyway it's ugly and I don't like it #however unlike other gamers on the internet who are also complaining about it I'm not buying it #I'll never understand why people buy remakes that they then bitch about #I have my issues with portable but I respect portable a lot more #even though it ruined the balance by letting you control party members when that was literally the entire point of the game #WHATEVER #anyway #fes i love you and my backwards compatible ps3

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hiddenobject-fanblog · 3 months

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I've been reading some old reviews on the Big Fish Games site for Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome, and I found a few recurring points that I...disagree with?

A common complaint was that (spoilers ahead, here) the protagonist loses to the villain, and people want to play games that have 'good endings', and not 'disappointments'. Call me a Villain Sympathizer or whatever (because I am), but I find it's much rarer to have a story where the villain actually wins, and to see that in a Hidden Object game of all things is extremely hard to come by.

-There is a plot hole worth mentioning in Oscar's framing of Sam that's been pointed out before -- the fact that Sam is actively carrying and using a voice recorder on his person, which you can revisit all of Oscar's dialogue with. All he would have to do is play the recordings to the authorities where Oscar confesses to the crimes, and he would be free to go, wouldn't he?

...Still, I love the surprise ending where Oscar frames Sam and succeeds in doing it. It's a complete turnaround from typical HOPAs where you're the hero and you effortlessly save a town/people/etc. But in Dorian Gray Syndrome, you get to see the protagonist face an unjustly ending despite doing everything right. It really is a 'Villain wins in the end' story, and I wish there were more like it, just to break from the usual story cliches of Hidden Object games.

#brink of consciousness: dorian gray syndrome #brink of consciousness dorian gray syndrome #big fish games #spoilers #oscar #sam #hidden object #hidden object game #hopa #i get good endings are just what some people prefer so they may be disappointed in playing this game without that warning #which is fair! you're totally allowed to not like it #but this is just my opinion and it's why i love dorian gray syndrome so much #it has a lot of twists and goes in a direction you don't really expect #i have more i will post about these reviews i've found but this one was in a lot of them #i like to think sam was the only one who managed to challenge oscar and win against him. he uncovered his crime scene #and ruined everything oscar had dedicated his life to #oscar was probably super pissed and dedicated himself to screwing sam over before he finished his 'final piece'#and. well. in canon. he gets away with it. i just love the pettiness there. the spite oscar must have.

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ingoodjesst · 3 months

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seeking the permission to be weak: on the themes of goro akechi’s arc

vulnerability, isolation versus connection, resentment, emotional immaturity, sunk cost fallacy, constructing and confronting oneself, and what it means to be acknowledged.

for context, these are my semi-connected thoughts after playing through the game’s seventh palace for the first time. it left me feeling like i'd been hit by a goddamn truck, and suddenly all these damn words erupted from me. haven't actually finished the game yet, but i needed to get these feelings off my chest before i could keep going LOL [late-game spoilers for persona 5]

the akechi confrontation in shido’s palace has earned its right to reside in my head rent-free forever. i mean, it’s mechanically brilliant. all i’m looking for was a place to SAVE like normal after a mini-boss; instead i am ambushed by a boy who, frankly, could’ve used someone to save him. which is to say, i enter this fight fuckin bedraggled because i haven’t even healed up from that last encounter. three of my current party members are under 100 hp, and only a third of joker’s sp remains. it’s looking kinda ugly.

and yet, even though akechi had all the preparation on his side and demonstrated three full phases of power… he still loses. purely on the basis that mechanically, joker has so many powerful abilities gained through his confidants and all of his phantom thief friends fighting by his side–friends who could tap in when the others were exhausted. it’s entirely because of those bonds between joker and his party that they could beat the sole, sad akechi.

i LOVE how thematically resonant that is. for all his talents that even the phantom thieves begrudgingly admire, akechi still comes up short. not because he himself is deficient, but because he has no one else to rely on once he’s given his all.

when it comes to the thieves, this is the sorest part for him. akechi mocks their friendship, calling them “pieces of shit… who lick each other’s wounds…!” but what he really resents is that they help each other when they’re weak. growing up, when he was scared and lacking, he had no comfort but himself. it kills him to see them supporting one another because deep down, he’s always longed for the permission to be weak, yet still looked after.

this resentment is especially interesting when you examine how much akechi’s circumstances reflect those of the phantom thieves. having your life turned upside down by masayoshi shido. enduring the superficial judgment of your peers. betrayed by your father figure and haunted by your mother's death. performing perfection and compliance at the expense of your ideals. believing you have no choice but to obey your dad's orders while holding out for any shred of remaining affection. even being orphaned and hiding yourself from the world, feeling as though you have no power to escape your pain on your own. akechi and each of the phantom thieves have all been victimized by cruel adults and ostracized by corrupt systems. society had deprived all of them of a place to belong. but only akechi remained disconnected from other people, and only akechi took irrevocable actions that anyone would rightfully revile.

yet despite what could reasonably be expected from anyone, the thieves still choose to sympathize and plead with him to join their cause, properly this time. even futaba and haru, who have both been most directly harmed by akechi’s actions, try to acknowledge him and the isolation he’s felt all his life. it’s kindness he may not even deserve. but maybe it’s because, within akechi, they catch a glimpse of a much lonelier path that they might’ve stumbled down if it weren’t for their fellow outcasts… particularly joker.

joker is the foil that slices deeply into akechi’s pride and sense of self. just look at what they share: their unjust treatment by adults, their insightfulness, their quick wits, their charm, their competitive drive, their metaverse powers, their thief personas. hell–they’re even the same height. but despite their common ground, joker is stronger than akechi. which forces akechi to admit that his counterpart might have something special that he lacks. there’s something missing from his life, a void he’s never been able to fill but others can. and though there are material ways in which joker was simply luckier than akechi, the most important thematic difference between them is the strength and number of joker's bonds–things that akechi never learned to nurture and thus could never rival.

so akechi hates him. he hates him because joker and his friends stoke his sense of inferiority. joker isn't an empty phony. joker became acknowledged and supported without sacrificing his justice–in fact because he upheld it. joker found a way out of the misery when he couldn't. maybe worst of all, akechi hates joker because joker could've changed the course of his entire life, if only they'd met a few years earlier.

which makes it ever more tragic that in the present, akechi refuses the thieves’ extraordinary kindness. perhaps he doesn’t believe their show of grace to be genuine, rankling under sympathy that he mistakes for pity; perhaps he cannot fathom being equals in a non-transactional relationship; perhaps he just no longer considers himself worthy after all the awful things he’s done. whatever it is, he rejects what’s possibly his last chance to desert his path of self-destruction and embrace the camaraderie that has always escaped him. he thinks them fools, believing they should just get rid of him, because that's the only thing you can do with people who get in the way, right? it’s in this manner that his inability to move past his pain condemns him yet again.

the thing is, despite the cruelty he inflicted on the world through his childish temper tantrum, it's hard not to mourn the fact that akechi got here largely because he didn’t know how to grow up. if love is a safe space to be vulnerable–to mess up and mature–then with so little of it in his life, no wonder he got stuck stewing in his lies and hatred. that’s why he ends up standing before you as a kid burdened by trauma and loneliness from a young age. a kid whose parental figures abandoned him to bounce from foster home to foster home. a kid given great power yet no one to steer him away from his bad choices. a kid manipulated and molded into a mentally unstable weapon. a kid who committed to a rotten path until he felt he could do nothing else but continue tearing down it. i mean, by then, who was gonna want the real him? who was gonna save him? who was even gonna help him?

by the time he could feel the regret sink in, it was already too late. if only he’d been given the necessary love and direction beforehand, if only he’d met joker and the phantom thieves sooner… his mistakes are still his to own, but no one stepped in to show him how to wield his powers responsibly, how to rely on others, or hell–just how to make friends. when left alone to fend for himself with hardly any resources, he doubled down with the cards he was dealt. how surprised can we be?

instead this “undesirable child” grew desperate to become someone others could rely on–someone so undeniably special that even a person with a blackened heart like shido would have to acknowledge him. with such demanding standards to toil under, he could never be anything less than perfect; he could never entrust his whole broken self to anyone.

ironically, while freezing everyone else out, he grew dependent on external validation. he sought academic honors because it was an “objective” measure of his worth. he sought fame because he craved even the most mercurial of affections. he sought shido’s praise, not just because he thought he could take revenge on him one day, but also because deep down, he was a wounded kid who just wanted love from the father who should’ve loved him from the start.

his life became ruled by an immature revenge fantasy, leading him down the most counterproductive path possible. he worked so hard to construct an ideal version of himself. yet inevitably, every trait of his that others came to envy, every trait that made him “special”–his academics, his celebrity, his charisma, his strength in the cognitive world–is utterly wasted on a man who would never appreciate any of it. like akechi, shido never trusted a soul either, and he never hesitated to crush a pawn whose utility was used up–even if it was his own son.

if only subconsciously, maybe akechi already understood some of these realities. but it isn't until he is confronted by shido's cognitive akechi that the full weight finally sets in. in that moment, filtered through the eyes of the man he hates most, he experiences a reflection: an akechi who is twisted by self-serving logic, who quite literally hates himself, who would mindlessly self-annihilate for shido in a heartbeat. now it's clear: in the process of seeking futile validation, akechi has thrown away his immense potential and, ultimately, his sense of self.

the truth is, akechi admitting that he ever needed or wanted teammates would be admitting that all the suffering he endured and all the blood he spilled–things he defined himself by for lack of anything else–weren’t necessary. it would be admitting that he didn't have to be a perfect prince. he was worthy of acceptance–weaknesses and all–this whole time. that's why, after all the time and energy he's squandered, he can't do it. not even in the face of the phantom thieves’ exceptional compassion.

maybe he could’ve admitted it earlier, if he had just found real friends or familial figures to accept him. he never should have had to be “special” to deserve love. nor did he have to be an honors student, nor an ace detective, nor shido’s puppet. he just had to be akechi.

he just had to open his heart to other people long enough to realize. he just had to put his faith in those who–against all odds and beyond all reasonable expectations–still wanted to save him. but he couldn’t. the myriad complexes guarding his heart wouldn't let him. so even at the very fucking end, although he helps them escape, akechi still closes himself off–metaphorically and physically–from the phantom thieves.

not all is lost, though. at last he makes a choice in defiance of the pathetic self who shaped his entire life around shido’s will. by claiming this agency, akechi may well have elected to destroy both versions of himself: the shadow self that shido cast and the real self that he finally asserted. yet with this pyrrhic action… at least he would die not as his father’s miserable puppet, but as his own person.

if that were the end of akechi's story, it might be bittersweet enough. but before slipping away, joker extends him one last kind gesture: a reminder of akechi’s promise. his promise–perhaps the epitome of how, despite insisting that he hated joker, akechi consciously and unconsciously offered so much of himself in joker's presence. with just a few words, joker recognizes everything akechi has shared with him. perhaps it's notable that there is no sympathy expressed. he just acknowledges who akechi is to him. a rival. a phantom thief. a friend.

finally, this is the unconditional acceptance akechi has been seeking all his goddamned life. and even if he can't comprehend why on earth joker would offer him this… for once, an unguarded smile slips onto his face.

#my jessays #goro akechi #persona 5 spoilers #p5 spoilers #p5r spoilers #akechi goro #persona 5 #persona 5 royal #yeah this shit is long and even tho i stewed over these 1.8k ish words for like over 48h it's still pretty damn disorganized WHHOOPSS #akechi ruined my life (affectionate) exactly as i expected going into this game #this analysis is unfortunately v serious and doesn't even get into how silly and melodramatic he is #but like listen. he's an awful fucked up little guy. and that's endearing. i love him anyway.#once upon a time he needed a hug. now he needs loads of therapy and a lot of atonement.#persona 5 analysis #akechi analysis #edit 3/1/24: rearranging some sentences and rephrasing a few things

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arklay · 2 years

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tagged by @denerims @florbelles @risingsh0t @leviiackrman @shellibisshe & @fenharel to do this quiz for some of my ocs – thank you all so much ily! ♡

tagging: @aartyom @aelyosos @brujah @calenhads @celticwoman @cultistbase @faarkas @girlbosselrond @narshadda @nocticulas @noonfaerie @nuclearstorms @reaperkiller @risingsh0t @shadowglens @steelport @stormveils @swordcoasts @voerman @windupcharibert @wrymbloods & anyone else who would like to do this! no pressure as always, and if you'd prefer i didn't tag you in these things, just let me know ♡

WHAT'S AT YOUR OC'S CORE?

— rippling sunset.

you're the nicest person i'll ever meet, probably. with an undying passion to protect those who can't protect themselves, you're energetic and bubbly to a fault. it's cute, watching you run around trying to tie up loose ends. i feel bad for you — out of everyone you know, you probably have some of the deepest trauma, more than anyone's aware of. this isn't something that you want attention for at all, and you'd really just rather forget it exists at all… even then, it seems like you can never escape it. i wish you a pleasant rest of your life, full of rippling sunsets and free of prying eyes.

— fractured glass.

no amount of orchestrated class is ever going to hide the fact that you're doomed to be alone. you're a puppet, you're a weapon, but most importantly? you're a fraud. your facade isn't malicious, but that doesn't change a thing. everything in your life is in your control now, and you chose to let yourself become stiff and distant. you're guilty of everything you blame yourself for, and your misfortune is the fault of nobody but yourself. your selfish nature forges you into a man-made monster, so quick to blame and so desperate to escape consequence. i hope that you can become someone you’re proud of soon.

— acerbic wit.

you're a mentor — an old scarred wolf, an injured soldier, a disgraced paladin. your teachings read as shamelessly pretentious, speaking in rhymes and biting down hard into anyone stupid enough to make the wrong move. this isn't your first life, nor your second, nor your sixth — you'll make the most of your time shackled to this world, no matter how many loops it takes to get it right. with every defeat, you reincarnate; a little smarter, a little quicker, crueler and nastier. will you choose to be brutal, equalizing, that final strike in the face of your enemies? will you go soft, become tender and domesticated? the choice is yours. it's not like i can stop you.

— silent admission.

in tarot, the fool is numbered 0 – the number of unlimited potential. as the protagonist, he is ever present and therefore needs no number as well as no introduction. the world revolves around you in ways that i can't begin to describe, though you'd shrug it off if i were to begin to explain. i need you to know that time is running out. if you want to get this done, you need to start now. sloth is your greatest enemy in this world, and you can only run so far from the opposition when you start with such a disadvantage. keep your head high, yeah? the kid you were is still in there somewhere. you need to show him that it was worth it.

#tag games.#oc: dani #oc: diana #oc: ithrenil #oc: reina #so. this quiz was fucked up actually <3 tore my heart out and just stomped on it whadda hell... like i'm sobbing and screaming and wailing #i'm not even joking when i say i teared up over some of these like pLEASE i can't do this!!! like. oh my god. there's so much i could say #about all of these but like omg oughgh like dani's actually made me cry rip i love her so much i love them all so much but something about #that ruined me like she deserves so much aaaaaaaa she's like the most genuine just good out of these guys i'd say. like we know diana is #evil lmao but she's got a lot going on that makes me cry also. ithrenil is like trying so hard to be good but doesn't know how to which #really hurts me. cause after so long of being just. idk. like all survival and self preservation but so much Killing. so much hunting...#ough. the hunter becomes the hunter is their story huh... but reina too like. omg she's just. very much not a good person but still not #evil but also she lichrally kills people and runs a gang to an empire that is very not good lmao idk i have many thoughts i'm oughgugggh

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