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naysaltysalmon · 4 years

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Shoutout to @tiburme for tagging me~!

Rules: Name 10 favorite characters from 10 different things and then tag 10 people.

Oh, massive spoilers below btw.

1. Gon Freecss from Hunter x Hunter: My favorite shounen protagonist by far. At first you think he’s your typical happy-go-lucky bouncy boye :D who definitely doesn’t have abandonment issues or self-destructive tendencies that literally actually almost kill him later on, and then, uwu... The amount of complexity that Gon has as a protagonist who hardly ever has stand-alone development is nothing short of astounding. How during the Chimera Ant Art his characterization totally dips off to the side to become an unknowable entity even to the audience, while still retaining amazing character development regardless -- not to mention how brilliantly daring his decision to threaten Komugi is that nearly every other author with such a happy-go-lucky protagonist would shy away from in cowardice -- is absolutely surreal to me. The more I think and write about Gon, the more I fall in love with him. If I ever meet his father, and by that I mean his real father, the creator, Togashi, I have nothing else to say but,,, well done, sir.

2. Tanjirou Kamado from Demon Slayer: I’m really hoping the Demon Slayer movie comes out soon because I absolutely love this boy and how charming he is. Unlike most protagonists, not just of shounen anime but of seemingly macho story lines that involve power-ups and training in general, Tanjirou never lets go of his kind heart. (Welp, except maybe in some cases when he’s facing the Upper Moons later on -- I haven’t caught up yet -- but WE’RE GONNA IGNORE THAT for now.) From the beginning, Tanjirou’s kindness isn’t an obstacle holding back his power, though other characters pose it that way, but rather he cultivates his empathy to grant peace to the demons he faces. He smiles in the face of anyone who treats him poorly because of his cluelessness, and that’s just so heartwarming to see, and dare I say subversive to the hardened, calculating, and cocky male protagonists we so often get. Good job, Gotouge.

3. Joseph Joestar from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Giorno Giovanna was a close second, but I gotta go with Joseph. He’s the one who made me fall in love with the series, and with the later parts too. Unlike Jonathan Joestar, who was chivalrous and manly, Joseph was a riot: colorful, arrogant, funny, but also extremely clever. I absolutely loved his, “Next you’ll say...!” because at first I expected it to just be him being an overconfident asshole and eventually he’d be proven wrong at the ~Dai Pinchi Moment~ (please excuse my weeb speech, I legit didn’t know what else to call it), but then he hit the mark every time and eventually I was just waiting for when he’d pull that out and it was so hype. Also I surely can’t forget his transformation as an old dude in Part 3 -- him screaming “OOHHHH MY GAAAWDDDA!” and “HOLY SHIIIT!” murdered me every time. And of course, last but not least, the raw fucking emotion when Caeser died -- the dude actually gave a shit and wasn’t made entirely of wit and absurdity, but heart too. Joseph set the tone for what JJBA was as a whole for me (fuck off with that “but Part 3/Part 4 is the best Part” bullshit, Part 2 will always be top tier for me because of Joseph Joestar’s brilliant, bright, and beautiful absurdity -- but Part 5 was really good too). Araki really is a genius.

4. Link from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: My love for this series is a bit older than the series I’ve already mentioned, and TLoZ: TP was actually probably the first time I got seriously obsessed with a fandom. I love all the Links in their own ways, but Twilight Princess really drove home the “lone wolf chosen by the gods, fighting against the world” narrative for me. It made me feel important and strong at a time when no one cared about me. Seeing Link struggle silently through his quest with villagers who meant well but did nothing for him, and Midna who started out as a reluctant acquaintance and eventually became so much more, meant so much to me at the time I played the game. I will always love Twilight Princess the most because of what it did for me at one of the darkest times in my life, and because I felt completely and utterly immersed in every part of the story and gameplay through Link’s character, who was, and in many ways, still is, so relatable to me: Silent courage really is what I use to get through every day.

5. Greedling from Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood): For once I’m not naming the protagonist of a series! Lissen, I still smile whenever I see the slightest reference to Edward Elric, but now he’s more of my childhood love. He’s just a part of my personality already? LOL. Anyway, FMA(B) has so many good characters that choosing just one doesn’t feel right (I mean, same with HxH tho). I say Greedling because that encompasses both Ling and Greed though, two of my favorite characters from the series! Ling’s apparent childishness in constantly running away from fights, making other people pay for his food, and failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation (until Lan Fan’s arm gets cut off lol oops) is so adorable and entertaining. He’s the best kind of idiot asshole, and I especially love how he teases Ed. After him and Greed fuse, Ling’s stout heart becomes even more apparent, as he constantly eggs Greed on to remember his past life, his friends, and become someone outside of Father/the Dwarf in the Flask. Conversely, Greed’s nonchalance and (of course) avarice are nothing short of entertaining and heartbreaking. Greed’s realization at the end, when he finally admitted to himself that what he wanted all along were “friends like these,” completely crushed me the first few times I watched FMAB. And when he’s screaming in the tunnels under Central after having killed Bido, remembering his friends, and he doesn’t understand why, and later attacks Wrath/King Bradley... that shit was so entertaining and cathartic to watch. None of his development feels like forced redemption, nor like it was too little development, since it mostly happens in the background and away from the “validating eyes” of the protagonists other than Ling. And at the end, when Ling and Greed work together to take down Bradley and all the soldiers invading Central HQ... it’s so beautiful. Many have said this before but I’ll say it again: Hiromu Arakawa wrote the perfect series.

6. Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler: Another protagonist! And another older obsession of mine. Ciel remains in my mind to this day mainly for his heartlessness in relation to his age, and the fluidity with which Toboso tells his story. Normally when authors write younger characters into their serious stories, they make “child adults” of sorts, but Ciel feels totally realistic to the extent that he is both childish and adult to me. Obviously, Ciel is responsible and (normally) level-headed due to being the head of the Phantomhive household, but also from trauma. Yet, his cruelty at times is what sticks in my mind the most: You really feel that he’s someone who feels he’s been abandoned by the entire world, given his experiences, and that makes him disregard or use others sometimes in order to reach his own ends. Normally, authors would be too cowardly to let their protagonists, let alone child protagonists, go to such lengths to avenge their family, or carry out their duty as the dog of the military (looking at you, Arakawa -- she’s still a goddess tho). But Ciel is unforgiving. He lies to Snake and tells him his troupe is still alive. He murders the entire troupe because he’s triggered -- a childish decision, but driven with adult-like power due to trauma. It’s devastatingly riveting, and I cannot forget his unrelenting, contained rage to this day.

7. Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars: The Clone Wars: This one may come as a shock to most of you, because I hardly ever post Star Wars let alone Ahsoka content on here -- but it’s true. Other than the blatant, half-assedly inserted heteroromantic partner they gave Ahsoka in, like, idk season 3??, Ahsoka is a fucking goddess. From her origin as a wee baby in the earlier seasons who didn’t really know what she was doing and was a bit of a cocky brat, to how she matures and becomes wise, resourceful, and fierce in the later seasons, I just love Ahsoka’s design and character to this day. The episodes that stick in my mind aside from the obvious are when she’s possessed by the Dark Side of the Force on that Force balance planet and her arrogance becomes so exaggerated that she threatens and attacks Anakin, her teacher. It was so fucking cathartic. Normally female characters, let alone young protagonist female characters, are never allowed to show the ugly sides of themselves in fiction, since women are always portrayed as perfect beautiful majestic angels or some bullshit like that. (Or they’re cocky/sexy/slutty villain women. ‘Kay then.) Seeing Ahsoka devolve into her basal desires and come out of it like hardly anything happened and she’s still a perfectly valid character was so amazing to see on a meta level; it wasn’t about her learning a lesson or anything, it was a thing that happened like any other character and then they moved the fuck on. I also distinctly remember the episode where she was trapped on that island/planet and she had to take out the aliens that were after her all by herself. That was so fucking empowering to watch and god fucking dammit I need to rewatch this series now. And of course, let us not forget the fact that the entire time, we were all expecting Ahsoka to just be another domino in Anakin’s downfall -- and she was, but not through the refrigerator -- but through walking away from it all. That was so powerful and moving -- and heartbreaking. By the end of TCW, her character carried weight and agency in the narrative, and god, I only wish whoever wrote her could write more female characters in the future.

8. Tigress from Kung Fu Panda: Maybe another surprise, but I think she deserves this spot. Tigress is a female character who starts out as kind of an antagonist, given how she outright tells Po to leave the kung fu temple within the first day of him arriving. She’s even jealous of the fact that he’s chosen as the Dragon Warrior rather than her -- but that’s due to the backwash of years of trying to live up to the memory of Tai Lung in order to please Shifu (which means “master” in Chinese but ok I’ll shut up now), her master and mentor over the years. She never says this out loud in the movie, which is what makes her character more believable. Others even joke about how stoic she is (and not in bad taste). Her character development is definitely present for those who are looking -- but I put her on this list because I’m so happy the movie doesn’t make it some huge dramatic emotional thing, because so often in media women are depicted as being overly-emotional and here Tigress is just a hurt child trying to make her mentor happy. But, she gets over it, her and Po become allies, even friends to each other -- she and Po talk like equals in the second and third movies, and she even tells him to back out of the fight with Lord Shen and he listens (I mean he doesn’t stay put but he doesn’t undermine her opinion either lol, like most jokesy protagonists of Western media would -- looking at you, Marvel). I like Tigress because she’s an antagonist without being a bitch, she’s powerful without being overpowered, and she’s not sexualized despite being a well-trained, at times jealous, and even emotionally awkward kung fu master. And I almost forgot to mention the best part: There is never an indication of romance between her and Po, or any other character, for that matter. She’s perfectly capable, complex, and lovely on her own terms. And that’s that on THAT.

9. Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit: I wanted to include at least one character protagonist from a live-action movie/book, lol. I feel like Bilbo’s pretty self-explanatory. He doesn’t wanna go on an adventure because he likes his doilies and warm sheets, but then Gandalf seduces him with the call to the outside world and possible death (LOL), and he fucking goes for it, grumbling the entire time. Isn’t that what any of us would do if given such a proposition? I like to think so. Bilbo obviously has his own gradual, evil transformation with the One Ring, becomes murderous and uses it to disappear, and grows a strong bromance with the King Under the Mountain (which happens in both the movie and the book), but I think what I like about him is that he really feels... down-to-earth? Like even though the adventure changes him, it never feels like he’s been stretched in a way that makes his core character traits of grumbling and bluntness disappear. He gets better at the whole adventuring thing, for sure, but he remains Bilbo, at least, to me, throughout the journey. It was heartwrenching watching him try to save Thorin in The Battle of Five Armies, honestly, but Bilbo’s the kind of character that I feel like has his own story and mythology aside from The Hobbit, and maybe that’s just the result of J.R.R. Tolkien writing the lore for every aspect of his universe, but My Point Still Stands. He feels like his own man apart from the series he’s in, yet he’s still so much fun in his series.

10. Barley Lightfoot from Onward: And last, this one is because I saw Onward yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by the characterization in it -- and anyone who thinks differently can kiss my *ss. :) I was not expecting the movie to take the twist of fleshing out the “annoying” (more like adorable) overconfident nerdy big brother. Normally those characters are swiped to the side because God Forbid The Comic Relief Have Any Sadness In Them. I was expecting the movie to focus on Ian’s journey to meet his fatha and that the movie would pull something stupid at the end like “oh actually there’s another phoenix gem underneath the school” or “actually since only his legs appeared then you still have 24 hours with him” or some shit like that, but I guess this isn’t an anime so those absurdist explanations wouldn’t hold water anyway. But still, for a kid’s movie, I was NOT expecting this movie to go so hard with the characterization. For once, the main character doesn’t get what he wants at the end, and instead realizes it’s his big brother, Barley, who’s been looking out for him his entire life. Meeting his dad would betray that reality. What happens instead is that the lovable big brother never actually said goodbye to their dad before he died, because when their dad got sick, said brother ran away from the hospital room in fear of all the life-sustaining equipment. (Is this some meta thing about Chris Pratt and Guardians of the Galaxy? Off topic and call me stupid, but I didn’t realize Chris Pratt plays him until I saw everyone freaking out about it afterward on Tumblr laksjdflak.) So instead, the lovable big brother talks to the dad at the end, and unconfident younger brother grows confidence and thanks big bro for being with him his entire life. It was so touching, dude. I cry. But the moment that sticks in my mind the most was when Ian was crossing the invisible bridge... Ian needed to have confidence in himself to be able to cross over a chasm in their path, and Barley knew that if Ian didn’t believe in himself, he would fall and die. They tie a rope around Ian for good measure, and Barley encourages him the entire way, but halfway over, the rope comes loose and slips off. Barley sees this and starts panicking, but of course continues to encourage Ian so that Ian will get to the other side. What got to me wasn’t the fact that he faked it for Ian, but that there are actual tears running down his face as he’s encouraging Ian to get to the other side, because he knows otherwise Ian wouldn’t have the confidence and would fall to his death. Like dude, that raw, complex emotion in a kid’s movie?! DUDE?! I was fucking surprised. The clear anxiety and grief in Barley’s face as Ian’s totally clueless and even dancing around in the air was just too much, omfg. Of course, then it’s played off for laughs, but... I guess that makes sense for the annoying overconfident nerdy big bro character. :’)

Okay these are way longer than I anticipated and I’m sorry, but also I’m really not. Hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts on my favs!

Seems I don’t talk to that many people on here anymore: @stupidbluejay @mirycactusito @chronicstarlight

#Nay talks #a lot #i'm sorry but not sorry #TL;DR: Deku isn't on here because Tanjirou is a better boy sorry #Fullmetal Alchemist #Hunter x Hunter #The Legend of Zelda #The Hobbit #Onward #Kung Fu Panda #Star Wars: The Clone Wars #Black Butler #JoJo's Bizarre Adventure #Demon Slayer

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burnthybread · 3 years

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greed island ed used to be like my comfort song but now I can’t even think abt it without bursting into tears yoh guys should have SEEN ME last night I was so shocked that reason started playing that I just kinda stared in disbelief and sobbed for a while. MAN i live a sad sad life

#lol 😺#im talking

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zetalial · 5 years

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My top 10 favourite FMA 03 episodes

Hey, I figured I’d make a list. Everyone likes lists, right?

This was going to be just the list but then I decided to add some thoughts and add pictures so now this is a long post… I’ll be counting down from my tenth favourite.

10. Episode 23: Fullmetal Heart/Heart of Steel (whichever title you prefer)

Odd choice, much? This is only a breather episode yet for some reason it’s one of my favourites. Maybe it’s because the characterisation of everyone is just great. You’ve got Edward, Maria Ross, Hughes, Winry and Alphonse all interacting and going through all the aftermath of Lab 5 and it’s just the kind of episode that appeals to me. It’s got some moments of humour as well as the angst. I’ve already made a separate post on this episode actually.

There’s a negative in that Al’s identity crisis is present here and that’s not my favourite arc. That actually gets more focus in the next episode though. I wouldn’t exactly call it an eventful episode either unless you love intense conversations like me. (Hughes is the best, by the way.)

9. Episode 8: The Philosopher’s Stone

Better known for being the Barry the Chopper episode. It also comes immediately after Nina so a lot of it deals with the aftermath of that. Of course, where Fullmetal Heart is a breather, this is the opposite. This is where the evil writers decide to twist the knife that was the Nina incident by putting our beloved 12 year old hero through even more emotional turmoil. As a lover of angst, and exploring fallouts, I loved this episode. (I debated including the Nina episode, Night of the Chimera’s Cry, for this list but chose this one instead.) The encounter with Barry is always very striking, seeing how worked up Ed gets and how unnerved he is. Meanwhile you’ve got Al keeping a clearer head trying to move on while Ed’s not ready to yet. Meanwhile you’ve got other characters around but not able to provide comfort. Mustang, Riza, Winry, even Hughes. Seeing human Barry adds to the lab 5 arc later on too.

Negatives might be that it’s too angsty, I can see it being a turn off. Villain is very blatantly evil. I personally don’t mind that sort of thing though. Also Winry is present but doesn’t do all that much.

8. Episode 17: House of the Waiting Family.

I swear this list isn’t all Breather episodes! But, yeah, this one deals with the fallout from the Scar battle some and does a bunch of other stuff. I’ve already made a separate post about this one too. It’s an episode of recovery, and family. Ed and Al embracing the past they’ve left behind once more. You’ve got Ed visiting his mother’s grave, Winry encouraging Ed and Al to come home again, Ed almost confessing his guilt about the transmutation to Al, Winry finding Ed’s watch and the message inside, Al having trouble remembering the past, Ed and AL reflecting on their home they lost. It’s a good reflective episode. Family is one of the central themes in FMA, and this episode certainly gives that feeling. It’s a pleasant episode with only a little angst and plenty of humour and heart.

7. Episode 31: Sin

I feel like this might be another odd choice? This is the moment where they reveal the origins of the homunculi and how they do it is absolutely enthralling. Izumi explaining how she tried to bring back her unborn child. Wrath letting himself be led to the island. Izumi attempting to strangle him, but unable to do it. Wrath strangling her. Ed and Al’s horror and instinctive denial as Wrath reveals what the story has been building up to. And there’s all the other stuff that’s going on to. Sloth and Envy fighting Greed. Kimblee and Archer meeting and agreeing to work together. Lust and Gluttony in a group of refugees, intending to cause trouble. This episode is so named to focus on the Homunculi and it very much does. The scene between Envy and Wrath is absolutely enthralling. These are the stories that FMA 03 thrives on, in my opinion. It ends with Al of all people furiously attacking Wrath, so it’s hard to resist not going straight to the next episode.

6. Episode 47: Sealing the Homunculus

This one is right near the end of the series. I was sorely tempted to go with 48: Goodbye. These two are pretty equal in my mind really. This one is more exciting though. Lust is incredible, her fight with Wrath is one of my favourites, she can switch between being utterly ruthless and vulnerable in an instant. Her end completed her character arc in such a compelling way. She’s one of my favourite characters and you can see so much of it in this single episode. But she’s not alone! It’s also got Sloth and we finally get to understand her motivations and feelings while she also meets her demise. Ed and Al both go through more emotional turmoil even though it’s framed as a triumph for them. Wrath is being Wrath. And it leads so tantalisingly into the next episode.

Negatives might be how Al defending Sloth is a touch frustrating. Also Wrath is being Wrath. Yes that’s a positive and a negative.

5. Episode 13: Fullmetal vs Flame.

What’s that, a light-hearted humorous episode with only a small amount of angst? This episode is a gem. It pretty much ties up everything that came before and leads very naturally into everything that comes after. I’ve been thinking that if people wanted to watch 03 but have already seen BH, this one wouldn’t be a bad place to start if you don’t want to retread the beginning at a slower pace. (Though you do miss out on some nice episodes). Beyond that, this episode is loads of fun. The fight displays Mustang’s abilities well, shows off the relationship between him and Ed, Hughes is awesome as usual, Al has a cute cat and did I mention the scene where Mustang loves dogs? The little bit of angst mostly comes from Mustang and some trauma he has from Ishval, leading into the Scar battle next episode very well. He’s being built up great. This episode is simply awesome.

4. Episode 3: Mother

Ah, there’s the mix of darkness and family I love. I’m always mentioning this episode and I love how it explores Ed and Al’s past and shows their characters and how they decided to perform the human transmutation. At first it’s heartwarming and then it’s heartwrenching. Ed and Al have always been my favourite characters and seeing their backstory explored in such detail is wonderful. Have I mentioned the part where they walk away from their burning house while Bratja plays with Al narrating? How about Ed coldly standing at the grave swearing to bring their mother back while Alphonse is crying?

3. Episode 51: Laws and Promises

Right to the opposite end of the series. The last episode is so very striking to me. See Ed and Al sacrifice themselves for each other is spectacular. Dante’s plan so quickly unraveling and I’ve talked about how much I love Envy’s final scene before. The epilogue ties off the series fairly well while still leaving things open-ended. Mustang’s fight with Pride is awesome. His scenes with Riza are lovely. Ed’s scenes with his father are interesting. Dante’s demise. Wrath getting to live and getting automail Winry made for Ed. Izumi teaching Al more alchemy. That final speech that closes the series, where the title of this episode comes from. It’s strangely optimistic and hopeful. It’s nice.

2. Episode 28: All is One, One is All.

Another backstory episode. It features Ed and Al’s survival on Yok island with older Ed and Al reflecting on the past. I think this episode builds to its climactic point of Ed and Al coming to understand what Izumi wanted to teach them very well. I’ve made a post about this episode too. (I talk about episodes I like, okay?) The appearances of Wrath leading up to another nice cliffhanger ending are also nice. It’s another episode of reflection and I love it. Young Ed and Al are always great.

And finally:

1. Episode 22: Created Human

I loved the aftermath of Lab 5. I loved the origins of the homunculi. I love when Ed faces emotional turmoil. And I absolutely love this episode where the Lab 5 arc reaches its dreadful conclusion. Everything about it is great. The moral ambiguity, the homunculi’s goals, Ed getting pushed to the brink, physically and emotionally, just everything that Envy and Lust do, even the older Slicer brother advising Ed. Everything has been building to this moment and it’s executed brilliantly. It makes you start to feel sympathy with the homunculi when they compare themselves to Al’s own inhuman state. It makes you feel Ed’s desperation to save his brother. Al protesting but everyone ignoring him. Envy and Lust talking about equivalence. When they reveal that everyone the brother’s has been working for was leading them here. That moment at the end where the military steps in to save the brothers. Scar doing his own stuff and deciding to help them. There’s even the delightful moment where Mustang breaks the fourth wall at the beginning.

Yeah it’s my favourite.

#fma #fma 2003 #fma 03 #fun making this list.#meta #myposts

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flockofdoves · 5 years

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hxh and/or fma (for the anime ask meme)

hxh

don’t watch period| drop if not interested within 2-3 episodes| give it a go, could be your thing| 5 star recommendation

fav characters: i love all the main 4 but definitely gravitate a lot to kurapika!! for more minor characters theres so many but i love knuckle bine a lot dfkjghdfk. also i love alluka and nanika so much my daughters

least fav characters: hisoka, also palm like while i want hisoka to die i Guess i can appreciate his aesthetic far away from gon and killua and also like . i guess he can be an example of how unaccommodating towards kids hxh’s freak ancap society can be but palm just being a pedophile but played for laughs but also theres weird misogyny and ableism in her characterization and then all of a sudden we’re just gonna forget all that and she’s cool now?????? hewwo??????? i would prefer hxh if she did not exist or if a palm siberia that looked similar (again a nice aesthetic) but was entirely not the same character. like . what was gained from this oh my god.

fav relationship: gon and killua!!!!! ofc i love leorio and kurapika too but killua and gon is so blatant and i feel it could literally happen or at least just . they just Are each others first loves and they make me emotional in so many ways. non romantically just the found family in the main 4 and also killua and alluka and then killua coming to love and understand nanika too through alluka caring for her…. oh my god…. Siblings….

fav moment: omg uhhhh theres a lot?? a big one that immediately comes to mind tho is killua pulling out illumis needle ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

headcanons/theories: i think we should find a way to synthesize both the fantheory that gon was born as some . homunculus thing from the greed island pregnancy stone and the one that pariston and ging fucked and pariston is gon’s other parent for the most distressing gon origin story

unpopular opinion: i know i have some but i don’t remember atm i’ve already rambled way too much rn

how’d you find it: i literally don’t remember i gotta think about this tbh i’ve been into hxh since i was like 14?? like yeah everyone whos ever been into anime has at least heard of hxh in passing but i feel like there wass some specific prompting for me getting into it that i can’t remember anymore. almost don’t want to remember because theres a high chance it was bc of some people i get sad thinking about now but out of all the people i was around back then fortunately i think it seems most likely i got into it bc of one of the few people i still care for among the people i hung out around as a young teen

random thoughts: i’m a fake fan i’m still not caught up with the manga i love it so much but i’ve barely read any manga i care about these past couple years i just know what people are talking about through osmosis nowadays i REALLY wanna legit catch up !!!!!

fma

don’t watch period| drop if not interested within 2-3 episodes| give it a go, could be your thing| 5 star recommendation

my bolds make no sense on this one and thats because i’m a fake!!!!! i was absolutely obsessed with fmab as a tween and watched almost all of it but then netflix didnt have the last season and that was when i was dumb and the only thing i ever pirated was glee on megavideo so me and my brother watched the last season by recording it when it was airing on adult swim and i know i got so close to the end but like somewhere towards the last few episodes i’m assuming (??) my brother watched it when i wasn’t home and then my parents deleted the recording before i could watch it and then i just???????? never watched it??????

so tl;dr i watched the vast majority of fmab (and started the manga) as a tween but like. never finished it and i was in love with it then but its been so long now i don’t trust my opinions to be very accurate about it.

i really really want to actually finish it some day!!! but at this point i feel like i should just restart so thats why i keep putting it off bc thats gonna take some dedication when i barely finish shorter things even anymore

so. disclaimer the following is very much filtered through me as a 13 year old and my memories from that plus how friends who love it have influenced me since fdjkghdfkj

fav characters: back then al was my favorite character and i had a crush on izumi curtis dkfjghkdf and then i always loved scar but now i feel he’d def be my fav

least fav characters: i had dumb opinions about this back then i’m sure. i think now i’d probably dislike roy even tho i used to like him. i dont remember enough to say more

fav relationship: i wasn’t big on ships watching it as a kid but i appreciated winry and ed idk. in retrospect and from fanwork friends share i think ed and ling seems like a lot of fun?? oh wait who was that one other mechanic girl i think i shipped her with winry very casually back then??? (edit: ig she wasnt a mechanic i got confused bc she showed winry who made her automail but i meant paninya!!!) but in retrospect i stayed away from fanworks bc they made me uncomfortable with all the gross shit but i didn’t think i was justified in feeling like that :(

fav moment: back then i thought the reveal of some of the people who ended up being homunculuses was so Epic but idk now

headcanons/theories: idk enough!!!!

unpopular opinion: idk probably like ……. going in being conscious of imperialism stuff now i’m sure i’ll have more contrary opinions than i used to but idk enough yet

how’d you find it: i literally just was going through netflix like ‘oh this is a popular anime’ and put it on on a whim

random thoughts: this whole ask took me so long to answer why am i so rambly djfkghjkdfgh also god. my terrible pattern of never finishing media for the smallest of reasons. one day i will actually consume media that takes brain power to process again…… i mostly just read like. romance webcomics and fanfic nowadays rip

thank you for this!!!!

#cpost #asks #galarianlucario #hxh blogging

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fullmetalirin · 6 years

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Fullmetal Alchemist OG: Wrath’s Awakening (OG 29-31)

OG adds an arc smack in the middle of this section, so I'll cover it all at once. We're close to the divergence point, now.

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 29: "The Untainted Child"

The young boy who shadowed Edward and Alphonse on Yock Island is not only an alchemist, he is able to transmute his own body. After finding out about the scars on the boys right arm and left leg, Ed discovers that the boy is a homunculus who took his limbs during their failed attempt at human alchemy.

Ah, Ed and Al do ask why the guy attacked them. It's handwaved as Izumi telling him to toughen them up. Still feels like it goes against the point of the lesson.

Izumi walks towards Wrath, but coughs up blood. It's initially comedic, but she reverts to normal style as Al tends to her.

I'm not sure why Ed attacks Wrath.

Ed appears to try to remove the rock from Wrath's flesh, but the reaction seems to spread and turn his clothes into leaves. So I guess that's where he was getting the clothes? But why would he think to transmute them into proper clothes?

We can clearly see Wrath's arm and leg are Ed's skintone. The rest of Wrath is deathly pale, though. Shouldn't he be tanned if he's spent all his life in the wild? Or do homunculi's bodies never change? Since they don't age, maybe so.

Wrath can talk, so he must have had some human contact.

Wrath doesn't have purple eyes… but he does have blue ones. Maybe the purple comes from eating the red stones.

Winry wants to tell Izumi off for being mean to the Elrics.

Sig sleeps with his eyes open.

Ed sneaks into Wrath's room. Izumi apparently locked the door with alchemy so she'd know if the brothers broke in, so instead Ed busts a hole in the roof. Clever.

Wrath is very acrobatic. Ed turns the blanket into a rope to restrain him.

Oh, the reason Ed was weird about Wrath was because he transmuted without a circle.

Wrath gets upset trying to untie the rope, and transmutes the whole bed into his body.

Cartoon when Izumi barges in.

Ed reveals the homunculi are pursuing him.

Quick shot of Winry sleeping through everything. Haha.

Cut to Central. Sheska is playing with Elicia.

Sheska berates Mustang for not investigating Hughes' murder, and gives him the files Hughes was looking at.

Cut to Sloth calling Envy and telling him to track down the Elrics. Sloth says she's busy in Central.

Envy reveals Sloth is the youngest homunculus.

Sloth doesn't want the Elrics investigating Ishbal's Philosopher's Stone.

Ed explains everything to Izumi. He says transmuting one's own body shouldn't be possible with any alchemy.

Sig politely leaves before Izumi discusses the Gate with Ed.

This is where we get Ed's perspective for the human transmutation scene, which I already covered last post.

Ah, Ed does mention that soul-binding was one of the things he learned from the Gate. So that does explain it.

Back in Central, Breda attaches bishie sparkles to himself with wires when pretending to be Armstrong. LOL.

We get introduced to Archer, who I believe is an anime-only character? He's pursuing the Elrics, likely at the behest of the homunculi.

Al uses the radio in their room and the lamp in the bathroom to create a phone line.

Al figured out that Wrath has Ed's arm and leg. When he reveals it, Ed immediately tunnels into the bathroom to confirm for himself. Everyone looks scared and tells Ed to stay away.

Ed has a breakdown over the possibility his limb trade was not an equivalent exchange.

Ah, the scar on the arm is from the fox bite. So that was intentional. Nice.

Ed freaks out Wrath with his questioning, forcing him to run away. Ed pursues.

Izumi vomits blood when she sees a trail from her transmutation site. It's played completely seriously.

The thing that strikes me most here is how darkly Ed is portrayed. Winry looks scared of him, and everyone tells him he's wrong to be so cruel and suspicious towards this kid, which he completely ignores. We are seeing the dark side of that fiery determination so characteristic of shonen protagonists, and starting to commit to the idea that Ed ignoring all moderating influences in favor of his own obsessions is maybe not healthy behavior.

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 30: "Assault on South Headquarters"

Yoki spots Scar in a group of Ishbalans arriving at a refugee camp. He runs off to contact the military, hoping to be reinstated. Meanwhile, the military, believing the mysterious boy to be a homunculus, captures and imprisons him in South Headquarters. A chimera called Bido discovers the same and Izumi storms South Headquarters to rescue him, but she soon finds herself in a five-way fight over the boy.

Ed apologizes to Wrath while chasing him. Wrath phases through a wall by fusing himself with it.

Archer has shown up at Sig's shop asking after the Elrics.

Sig and Armstrong strip and have a hulking-out contest.

The lizard-man heard about the Elrics from Tucker.

The lizard-man can climb a sheer wall.

The arm Wrath got from Ed looks significantly larger than his other one.

Archer is using a sniper rifle just as a telescope.

Archer says there's something important on Wrath's right foot (so his natural one). You can't see it in that shot, but later we see that's where his tattoo is.

Armstrong asks what they plan to do if Wrath's limbs really are Ed's – would they rip them off and take them for their own?

Sloth promises to reinstate Yoki if he tells them Scar's whereabouts. So yes, Ed's heroics were only a temporary reprieve – this shows the whole system is rotten.

And while that happens, Greed receives his own information on Wrath. He decides Wrath is a bigger priority than the Elrics. He gives us our first mention of Pride.

Tucker and Kimblee are with Greed.

Al tells Izumi Wrath was a monster, and tells her about the other homunculi as well. Izumi says she already knew.

Izumi vomits blood. It's played seriously. Sig rushes her to the hospital, and this is where we learn about her illness. The doctor points to a diagram saying all her organs from her liver to her intenstines are gone, which doesn't seem like it should be survivable. They'd have to be only partially damaged; you can't survive without all of them. Possibly we can assume her uterus took the brunt of the damage. This is where Ed figures out she did human transmutation.

There's still dried blood on Izumi's lips when she enters the southern headquarters.

Winry bemoans everyone keeping her out of the loop. This prompts Sig to tell her their backstory over footage of Izumi's assault, which I think is a nice technique.

How does Kimblee survive his own blast? He's touching the thing that explodes with enough force to take down a wall.

Ed says that as a soldier he's bound by duty to apprehend Izumi.

Bradley appears. Ed wonders to himself why he's here, hinting that we're supposed to find that weird.

And Bradley appears to be in Central simultaneously, ordering Mustang to take out Scar. I wonder if we're supposed to think this is a flashback…? Mustang coldly decides that if Scar doesn't surrender, they will take out the entire camp.

Scar recognizes a symbol in the alchemist's house, but I don't. I presume it'll be explained later.

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 31: "Sin"

Amid the confusion inside South Headquarters, Envy, disguised as Bradley, manages to take the homunculus boy from Izumi. Kimblee and Bido came to battle for the same purpose and the boy remembered all his past after he consumed small fragments of the Philosopher's Stone.

We open with Team Mustang asking if they plan to kill the refugees. Mustang can't give an answer.

Archer is surprised to see Kimblee alive. Kimblee apparently was ordered to stop killing civilians.

When Kimblee tells them to ask Bradley, we get an internal monologue from Envy, thus showing us it's him. I don't like that, it's very tacky to shift perspectives suddenly. The writers probably thought it was funny but eh, not the time. Envy apparently didn't know why Kimblee was kept alive, also. I guess they keep him out of the loop on most things.

Envy-Bradley rushes forward to grab Wrath.

Izumi shoots a giant stone fist at Envy-Bradley, which Armstrong stops. The force shreds his shirt.

We switch to still images for the battle, because I guess they ran out of budget. It's not too clear what's going on, but apparently the force of their attacks is collapsing the building.

Kimblee taps Al and notes that he has an interesting body.

Bido not wanting to get turned into a bomb is played for comedy. Eenh.

Envy feeds Wrath a red stone. Wrath then starts eating the rest ravenously.

Envy says the red stones have several hundred human lives in them. That seems like a lot – even these low-quality ones require that much? Wrath is horrified and spits them out, but eats them again when Envy threatens to take them away.

Envy says the reason Wrath can use alchemy is because of his human limbs.

Wrath gets flashbacks to the Gate of Truth, and his eyes turn purple.

Archer offers to reinstate Kimblee.

Wrath has a new outfit with the homunculus markings. Where'd he get that? It looks very similar to Envy's outfit (short shorts and bare midriff), so possibly we can assume Envy gave it to him.

Wrath apparently eviscerated Envy after awakening.

The soldiers contacted Central and discovered Bradley wasn't supposed to be here. That seems sloppy. Did Envy do this on his own?

We get a flashback to Izumi's human transmutation. She did it at Yock Island, not an indoor location like in Brotherhood. We don't see her trip to the Gate. When she wakes up she vomits blood, and sees her baby is alive, but has become a monster. So this is pretty clear confirmation that the soul is the issue: she had a whole, intact body and it still didn't work.

Izumi tries to strangle Wrath but can't. Envy watches from a clifftop.

Ed arrives to see Wrath strangling Izumi. Izumi says she deserves it, and we complete the flashback: when she saw what she made, she gave it back to the Gate. The Gate looks much creepier here than it does in Brotherhood – it has a complete arch, like the front of a temple, and it's filigreed with strange human statues. A giant eye looks out from within. Ed says the inside of the Gate looked like truth to him, but Izumi says it looked like Hell.

The baby starts crying when it's taken away, and Izumi regrets her choice.

This is where we get explicit confirmation that homunculi are the result of human transmutation, and that they lack a soul. Ed thought they were created like chimeras.

This reveal, to me, felt so obvious and intuitive I was honestly shocked that Brotherhood did something so different and so, so much more boring. Homunculi as failed resurrections raises so many delightful questions about personhood, responsibility, and playing God that will be explored later in the series.

Wrath's personality has noticeably changed. He is extremely vulgar and hostile.

Lust and Gluttony can be seen among the refugees when Mustang's team approaches.

We see Sloth traveling through the water towards Yock Island. Wow, I guess a new homunculi is top priority for them.

Greed's arrived too, so we're in for a showdown. Envy asks him what he did with the skull – ah, there was a skull in his prison. That must have been from his human remains. So that's an early hint towards that.

Greed seems surprised that a Sloth exists. I guess they're rare? It'd be interesting to try to figure out if there's any theme to Dante's naming scheme. Envy also says that there's a full set of seven "for the first time in a while", so there has been a full set before.

Sloth namedrops Wrath for the first time.

Sloth says Envy's orders were to push Ed towards the Philosopher's Stone, not throw a wrecking ball at him. Envy just says he wanted to see Hoenheim's kid suffer. So Envy is unreliable.

Wrath says his body grew inside the Gate.

Wrath wants Ed's whole body so he can become human. Interesting that he couldn't use Al's.

Conclusion

Like the Fifth Laboratory, this probably would have benefited from being condensed into two episodes. Also like the Fifth Laboratory, I love it anyway. Where the last arc addressed the initial driving question of the Philosopher's Stone and what the Elrics would do to achieve it, this one is addressing the questions that were brought up there: What are the homunculi, what do they want, and how are they connected to human transmutation? Moreover, we are engaging with deeper questions to come: what is alchemy, and what is equivalent exchange?

We're also getting a deeper taste of the darker turn OG will take. Ed and even Al are taking questionable actions that pit them against other heroic characters. Armstrong, previously a stalwart hero, is forced against them by his duties to the military. We are engaging with a question posed at the beginning: Will Ed follow the military's orders, even if they are repugnant? He made a choice to become a tool of the military, and he can't just walk out on that when it's convenient.

#fullmetal alchemist #fma #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fma 2003 #liveblog

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greed-the-dorkalicious · 7 years

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FMA Extended Media Recommendations - Gold Tier (Second Place)

Continued from here!

The Abducted Alchemist (Novel)

This novel is a classic example of FMA’s fantastic combination of humor and seriousness. It all starts with an irritated Ed pranking Roy by pretending to be his son while Roy’s chatting up some women. Yep.

An odd series of terrorist attacks has been going on, with bombings targeting train tracks, family of military officers being targeted, and most strangely, no casualties. The public is growing increasingly hostile towards the military as they continue to fail to catch the culprits in this bizarre case. Fortunately, Roy gets a hilariously ironic lucky break when the terrorists, apparently having overheard Ed’s prank, mistake him for Roy’s actual son and kidnap him.

Upon hearing the news, Al and the soldiers at East City have a unanimous reaction of “Oh god, those poor terrorists. Maybe we should send flowers.” But there is still a mystery to be solved, and the story has a wonderful mixture of suspense, humor, and drama.

Fullmetal Alchemist Profiles (Book)

Known in Japan as “Perfect Guidebook 1″, this one one of few FMA guidebooks released in English. The reason it’s not red tier is because it’s a very old book from early on in the series, and doesn’t include characters like Ling, Olivier, or even Father. A lot of the information included is also fairly basic.

But nonetheless, it’s a great book with interesting insight into characters, fun trivia, quizzes, a look at Arakawa’s office and gossip from her assistants, bonus manga, development notes, and more. As old as it is, I actually refer to this book for trivia and fact checking all the time. It also includes an original bonus manga, the Blind Alchemist, which the OVA of the same name was based off. It’s a fantastic book that I would highly recommend to any FMA fan.

Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (Game, Playstation 2)

Broken Angel is the first of the PS2 games, and thus not as... nice-looking as the second one, but the plot is a lot more FMA-like than Crimson Elixir. Like Crimson Elixir, the gameplay is very similar to Kingdom Hearts. I haven’t played this game in a long time and I have never fully understood the plot at all, so bear with me as I try to give a summary!

After a train crash, Ed and Al arrive in the town of New Hiessgart. Ed and Al meet a girl named Armony Eiselstein, whose father is an alchemist working on developing I Can’t Believe It’s Not the Philosopher’s Stone!™. Ed and Al hope to learn more about this item, known as the Philosopher’s Catalyst, while Armony wants them to teach her alchemy behind her father’s back. But strange things are afoot, with chimeras overrunning the town, and corrupt military groups going rogue. There may be more to the Eiselstein family than even Armony knows...

My favorite part of this entire game is the hilarious recurring boss, Genz Bresslau. Genz, the Armor-Piercing Alchemist, is a corrupt military officer with an automail arm of which he is very proud. After getting totally trashed by Ed, Genz makes it his goal to prove that his automail is better. Despite having little to no bearing on the actual plot, Genz repeatedly reappears for fights with more and more automail, defying all logic, though Ed keeps trying to explain that he really just does not care about this whole automail superiority complex or Genz at all.

Prince of the Dawn (Game, Wii, Japan only)

Really, the picture says it all. Prince of the Dawn and its sequel, Daughter of the Dusk, are very zany games. If you ever happen to come across something that looks like Brotherhood official art, but seems too ridiculous to be real, it’s probably from one of the Wii games. This game takes place some time in the middle of the manga’s plot, and unlike other games, it does include later characters such as Ling and Greed. It also gives more worldbuilding information, with the first real detailed mentions of Amestris’ southern neighbor, Aerugo.

I can’t say much about the plot, because I never made it very far in the game. I know Prince Claudio Rico of Aerugo has come to Amestris to negotiate and hopefully end the ongoing border war, and a festival is held to celebrate. But it seems the homunculi are trying to frame Roy for an assassination attempt on the prince... I think? I’m really not sure. Rather than being a fighting game like most FMA games, it’s mostly a point-and-click game, with multiple choice dialogue options to try to solve a mystery. There’s also a lot of minigames that make use of the Wii’s motion controls.

Because the game is based around discussion and mystery-solving, unfortunately it’s really not for anyone who isn’t fluent in Japanese. I’ve tried to play it several times, but my Japanese isn’t good enough to really understand what’s going on, and it took me forever to figure out this one mandatory Biggoron’s Sword-esque trading sequence because I couldn’t understand what my orders were. But if you do speak Japanese, it’s a fun and ridiculous game, and great for people who might not be into fighting games.

The Tale of Teacher (OVA)

We’ve all heard about the legendary incident in which Izumi Curtis stole rations from the Briggs mountain guard for a month, but have you ever wondered why she did that? This short OVA tells the story of 18-year-old Izumi’s quest for an alchemy teacher, her harsh initiation test, and how a dead bear helped her find true love. If you thought Ed and Al’s month on Yock Island was brutal, Izumi’s apprenticeship story will make you go “Woah, she really coddled those kids.”

#FMA #FMA light novels #FMA video games #FMA OVAs

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todokori-kun · 7 years

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OMG I’m so sorry for this late reply, now you probably won’t see this until you get back ;-; I hope you have a great time, though! :D

(I’m also away from home right now- at Jeju island! The view is so beautiful <3)

And ok, ok: Remember our Saiko/Urie ship that NEEDS to somehow overpower Mutsuki/Urie? I just remembered one of the reasons I started shipping it in the first place…there was an omake where Saiko’s jokingly asking the Qs to state her ‘good points’ (this is after Shirazu’s death and I think Mutsuki was either with Torso or on their own during this period so it’s basically Saiko, Urie, and the new Qs (Hsiao, Higemaru, Aura)). Hsiao surprises everyone by commenting that Saiko is unexpectedly sexy and cute. Higemaru tells her that’s gross, which makes Saiko pouty…she then sees Urie passing by and asks him “What about you, squad leader?”

Urie just smiles this really gentle, warm smile and

“Yonebayashi’s good point…on days like today, when my work has left me exhausted, whenever I look at you I feel relieved.”

(And Saiko smiles back and she’s blushing omg)

And new chapter of TG Re and Touken just keeps getting more and more ‘WTH’. Touka just told Ken she’s pregnant? And Ken’s freaking out a bit, but guess why? Because to him, Touka’s casual attitude means that she’s given up on trying to rescue Yoriko despite the fact that she’s found out what’s happened to her (Touka’s choosing her child over her friend). I think he's hurt that Touka has been forced to make that choice.

But why is he not thinking about his mom. Or Akira. Or Arima. Or the Qs. Why is he not having traumatic flashbacks. I mean, not only has Kaneki never had a 100% healthy relationship with a parental figure, he’s never been a good parent figure himself either (admittedly he’s only ever been one to the Qs but look what he did to them). Why is the Yoriko situation the only thing he’s worried about? Why is he so cool about the kid? I feel like he should be super insecure and terrified and maybe not even want a child…is that just me?

(Also wow, Ken truly is the next Arima. Re is going to be a tragedy after all, isn’t it)

I lowkey shipped Tatara/Eto…then of course Tatara just had to go and die and Eto disappeared. Typical TG ship. As for Eto/Noro, the fandom would bash that kid so hard for being op XD (but wouldn’t it also be a bit creepy? Noro seems to have been the one who raised Eto and he must have been around Yoshimura’s age…though admittedly I’d ship that too if the whole backstory about Yoshimura giving baby Eto to Noro suddenly disappeared. The height difference is cute ok)

Running Titans are like me running from my problems. For another hilarious manga thing, have you ever read that one omake Ishida drew about the time he went to Tokyo for a party and ended up at the hospital? It just proves that Ishida is the King.

Omg? That’s actually pretty cool XD

And tysm. Seriously, it’s not just the OCs, I talk too much about everything and you always listen and answer so really, thank you.

Looking forward to our next convo :D <3

P.S:

Idk how this happened but I’ve started shipping both Tatsuo and Naomi with Shuu. Like, either Tatso and Shuu are a thing, or Tatsuo is totally not in love (MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS DO NOT HAVE HEARTS OK) so he matchmakes Shuu and Naomi to make his baby sister happy (and he is so not dying on the inside everytime he sees them together. He finally did something right for his sister but w o w does it hurt seeing Shuu look at her like that). Or they’re an OT3.

I’m sorry this is so weird. I even have headcanons for all the ships OTL what is happening XD

Think I forgot to add this but ALSO:

I’ve started Fullmetal Alchemist! :D I was planning to never actually watch or read it because I hate the process of getting into new fandoms (like, I have so much to read and watch already, do I really need another one??? That was what I told myself with YoI but then everyone was talking about it and I just couldn’t resist) but then. One of my favorite reaction channels reacts to FMAB…and after they stopped reacting to animes I know for a while, I got bored and decided to try the FMA reactions. Why not?

“I mean, it’s not really my thing and the characters don’t seem like the type I’d enjoy (Ed seems like a typical shounen protagonist and I’m probably going to dislike him), but hey, it should be good enough, right?”

12 Episode Reactions Later:

Edward Elric you are my new favorite person

Alphonse you adorable bby you remind me of my own little sister and that makes me cry

Didn’t expect to like Winry but she’s actually pretty cool

Everytime Lust appears ‘I’m too hot- HOT DAMN’ from Uptown Funk keeps playing on repeat in my head, she makes me helpless

Lowkey ‘crushing’(not quite the right word but hey) on Scar. You ship with sweethearts like Shuu then I go and swoon over wanted criminals

And finally, Hughes…I knew you were going to die because I heard a lot about FMA on tumblr and your death scene is legendary in the anime/manga world. But can I just say.

WhY diD YoU haVe tO SaY gOoDbyE

(And as for Nina, I also knew what was going to happen to her but just…let’s ignore that. Yeah.)

The channel didn’t have reactions for all the episodes though, and besides, it’s hard to hear the actual lines over the reactions sometimes, so I’m currently reading the manga from where I left off with the anime :) I’m only in the middle of volume 5 so far but it’s great!

Congratulations! After suffering from Hamilton, TG Re and the MCU, you have finally managed to drag me into a fandom!

(It’s just one success though >:^) and I’m busy thinking of a new fandom for my revenge…fear me)

FMA UPDATE: Scar is no longer my only problematic crush/fav. There’s also Greed. Not Greedling (I only just read through the real Ling’s first appearances, I’ve never seen Greedling in action before and I only know a few minor things about him), the original Greed, the guy with the cool sunglasses.

I’m sorry Queen Luna, you shipped me with a perfect pure cinnamon roll and this happens OTL

I’m really, REALLY sorry for spamming you now but hey, actually starting looking up FMA on tumblr and OOPS I’m stupid as heck OTL Why did I think Daddy Elric and Father were the same person omg (probably a mixture of similar character designs and fake spoilers I read long before I read the manga lololol)

*Waltzes into the room*

sO WHaT’d i mIsS??

Not much, apparently hahah Just Evans getting into a new fandom and coming to hunt me down. The usual, basically.

OK BUT BEFORE I PROPERLY REPLy, I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY LAST TWO WEEKs, BECAUSE THEY WERE A MIX OF HELL ON EARTH AND HEAVEN ON EARTh, LIKE DAMN

Kkkkk, so firstly a bit about the systematics of the camp (I can already tell you I’ll start ranting, sorry ^^;;;). There are 3 separate programs, Resident Cam, Teen Adventure and Teen Sailing. Resident is when you stay in the camp the whole 2 weeks and have 5 activities per day that you choose yourself. You also do other amusing stuff, mostly in the evenings. Adventure is when you go around Croatia and experience random adventures, like paintball, rock climbing, bridge jumping and so on. Sailing is when you spend 1 week in the resident camp, and you spend the whole week learning how to sail smaller boats and when that weeks is over, you board sailboats and sail around costal Croatia for a week.

I did Resident 3 times, Adventure 2 times and Sailing Once (this year). It was also my last year in the camp, since you can go there as long as you’re younger than 18. Next year, I’ll be 18.

Aaaanywho, the reason why I consider it hell on earth is because it was FULL of rich snobs and I was dying. There was this one girl in particular who seemed to hate me for absolute no reason and she was such a huge bitch. She also reeeeaally liked having the undivided attention of boys on her and would do some quite drastic things to achieve that. For example, sitting so that her elbows were pushing her bewbs up, or randomly yelling, in english ‘Oh no, my bra unclipped!!’ even tho she had friends from her country who would’ve understood her had she said it in her language.

OTHER THAN THAT, I saw dolphins and sea horses!! IT was so cute *^*

OHOHO and at one point, we went bridge jumping. And there were some guys hanging from hammocks from the bridge. I saw them, but didn’t think much of it. And then one of them got up to actually jump. My brain ‘AND I WAS LIKE DAMN BITCH YOU FINE’.

One of the most attractive guys I have seen in my entire life. Pretty much everything I (physically like). Slightly longish hair kept in a bun. Blonde. Blue eyes. Tall, but not a giant. Muscular. And as if that didn’t have me drooling, once they were done, he. Put. On. Glasses. CALL THE POLICE AND THE FIREMAN.

Seriously, literally helpless. ‘Then you walked in and my heart went boom’.

Now onto the actual reply ^^;;;;

WHAT WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN I DEMAND LINKS I NEED IT HNNNNNNNGH Ishida is pure evil. Like, he gives us that, but doesn’t make it canon??? TOUKEN IS CANON AND IT HAD AS MUCH INTERACTION AS A SEA URCHIN HAS WITH AN EAGLE OR SOMETHING.

The internet here is sucky so I haven’t caught up with everything yet =3= Soon, hopefully.

But that does seem very OOC for Kaneki :/ Is it just me, or did everything start going downhill when Touken appeared? If someone told me ‘kaneki finds out Touka is pregnant, guess his reaction’, my answer would be ‘hysterics, screaming, old traumas surfacing, potential thought of the Qs, deFINITELY NOT CALM’.

If we ever doubted Re wouldn’t be a tragedy, we were truly naive.

Tatsuo, Shuu and Naomi are the definition of Satisfied if that happens. I know my sister like I know my own mind You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind If I tell her that I love him she’d be silently resigned He’d be mine She would say, “I’m fine” She’d be lying.

Dude, if you thought FMA would be ‘just another anime’, you were NAIVE!! It’s actually the first anime I’ve ever watched (or second, depending on whether you count ATLA as anime) and it’ll always be on my top ‘to recommend’ list, because it’s an actual masterpiece. Edward is just so cute, I want to hug him, especially before his growth spurt. Al is the purest cinnamon roll, he deserves protection. Shoulda known you’d go with Scar... I must say, though, Greedling and Mustang are the top for me. Well, for FMA it really doesn’t matter a single bit if you read the manga or watch the anime. I mean, the manga is a tad bit better, because you understand some references, like Yoki’s backstory, but you can also know it from watching the older, original FMA anime.

Idk, I don’t like Greed all that much. Didn't have enough time to develop, and Greedling is a tad better imo ^^;;

Naaah, don’t worry about spamming me! I was really happy to come back to so many messages from you ^^

#evans #submission

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INSPIRATION TIME!

[ Repost and list 5 songs that inspire you to write your muse! ]

Tagged by: @airanddarkness (Airn& Zafi– I think they’re my default XD) ilu :P Tagging: @telepathandenigma; @ladywiththecoldeyes

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Airn

1. Black Sails Theme - Bear McCreary

There is no other song that brings out the pirates in my head more than this one.

2. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions

Yes, there are probably more serious storm songs I could've picked (and they're all on his inspiration spotify playlist), but this is the one that routinely makes both me and him rock out. And while those others might have more fitting lyrics, this is the one that inspires me for Airn the most, which is the meme XD

My body is burning, it starts to shout Desire is coming, it breaks out loud Lust is in cages till storm breaks loose Just have to make it with someone I choose

3. No Rest For The Wicked - Lykke Li

One day I'll have written out all of The Legend of Airn Rhymer oneshot series and this song will make others cry just as much as it does me.

My one heart hurt another So only one life can't be enough Can you give me just another For that one who got away

4. Sound of Change - Dirty Heads

This one's dedicated to Rionach XD Airn considers himself her most loyal subject (and he will fite you if you challenge this) mostly because beyond her impressive coup and what she's done for the island, she changed his life on a very personal level. She kinda woke him up, made him see what was wrong, and that he had more responsibility as a lord than throwing things at Corvan's head in meetings. Without Rionach's influence, you have mostly the same man, but a slightly more selfish one, and a slightly less hopeful one.

I can hear it now, the horns are playing The victory sound, I live in the now The sky is my home, and I live in the clouds Now or never, bound forever Making a change, making it better I live for this shit, I love the pain It's part of the journey, it's part of the game I've been alone in the dark and the rain I've seen the end and I wasn't afraid I've been in tears and I wasn't ashamed I hear a sound the sound that I'm hearing is change

5. The Way - Zack Hemsey

Admittedly, this one is more for the music than the lyrics. And the fact that I somehow seem to be listening to this particular track every time I write really intense Corv/Airn scenes. Again, might not make much sense, but for inspiration it's hella up there.

I am not a slave to greed I don't embrace your make believe I've never been for sale no matter what they think I need So let it be decreed Let this music serve the deed Let it spread like a disease Let it spawn a noble seed There's more than meets the eye There's more than meets the price If you can't see the sky there's too much artificial light

Zafi

1. In The Sea - Ingrid Michaelson

MY BOY ZAFI. His race is so naturally sensitive and empathic and he had all of his closest connections severed in a very short span of time. He could never return to his kind. He's Fomoire, whether he likes it or not.

No no don't rescue me I like the salt water sting It feels so good to feel It feels so good just to feel something In the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea

2. Sugar Rush - AKB48

Yes, this is that song from Wreck-It Ralph XD At first I loved it for being upbeat and part of a great movie, but I looked up the translated lyrics and um. Yeah. It's a Zafi song.

All roads Aren’t straight Yes, they’re windy And bumpy most likely Things can get rough from time to time We’ll keep running though Would you care for something sweet?

3. Who Will Save You Now - Les Friction

Probably the darkest song on this list and holy shit is Zafi dark. But not in a broody edgelord kind of way. More like a fucked up trauma survivor. I've kind of joked in the past that Airn Rhymer wouldn't exist without Zafi, but there's a deadly truth to that. Without Zafi's influence, Airn Rhymer would be dead a thousand times over or given up a thousand times more. He pulled a broken mess of youth and emotion into a weapon, used it to slaughter the man who killed his brothers, and then rode it all the way to the top. A lord's right hand. This fuckin silent shadow is pulling strings I don't even know about. (holy shit i linked the official music video bc GUESS WHAT IT’S OCEAN-THEMED)

Alone with this vision Alone with this sound Alone in my dreams I carry around

I will not take from you and you will not owe I will protect you from the fire below It's not in my mind It's here at my side Go tell the world that I'm still alive

4. I See Fire - Ed Sheeran

Purely because feels. Zafi lost one set of brothers and found another. And he'd die before losing these.

Oh, misty eye of the mountain below Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke Keep watching over Durin's sons

And if we should die tonight Then we should all die together Raise a glass of wine for the last time

5. Dauðalogn - Sigur Rós

This is another one that I always linked to Zafi just because of the feeling of it. And damn I've never been more convinced of music as a universal language because I just looked up these lyrics too and YUP. (btw the song title translates to “Dead Calm” my FEELINGS)

The wide expanse is passable For travelers and me A mountain hall fills Rocks cliff-paint Cliff-paints in the head Dead calm outside

Inside I think Forest lights reveal a fire One with myself Now I sit with steady land underfoot The morning appears With its calm against the storm And now the surface ripples And now we break the dead calm

#meme response #shanties #zafi #the eye of the storm

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Why do Leftists Hate White History?

Our ancestors, and indeed even much closer generations like our parents and grandparents, took it for granted that their history books were almost universally apolitical. Yes, there were some historical inaccuracies and some bias, but overall there was no attempt at completely rewriting a 3000-year-old history of the European peoples.

Left-wing historians a few decades ago wouldn’t dare deconstruct their own nation's history too much and would have criticized anyone trying to claim, for example, that the Normans were African. These days though, historical accuracy is being done away with altogether, and documentaries and films are, with each passing year, becoming more and more absurd.

The latest film depicting Elizabeth I of England and her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots features an East Asian actress playing Elizabeth Hardwick, and a black actor playing Lord Randolph. The director, Josie Rourke, claimed that she "cannot and will not direct an all-white period drama" The self-hatred she displays towards her own people’s history is now a dominant viewpoint on the political left. The film is also full of the usual politically correct idiocy which makes a mockery of the real British people who lived in the 16th century.

Within Norwegian school textbooks though, things are even worse. The Russian media site Sputnik broke a story three weeks ago which quite frankly defies belief. In one textbook, ‘cruelty and greed’ were described as the typical characteristics of white people. In another textbook, it is claimed that the Quran is ‘liberating’ for girls, and the Ottoman conquests of Constantinople and southeastern Europe were described as peaceful actions which brought ‘privileges’ to Christians.

You would have to be very naïve to take these historical inaccuracies as truths without question, but sadly a lot of people do not have the intelligence to doubt such propaganda. Also, a lot of people who grew up decades ago and were taught how things were have allowed the Left to change their mind, and they now believe that Britain was always a multicultural island. Of course, Shakespeare and other playwrights were also guilty of ridiculous historical falsehoods which have subsequently damaged the reputations of Henry V of England and others; however, he never tried or wanted, to change the race of the historical figures he was trying to portray.

The double standard though is by far the most annoying part of this. A white man quite rightly would never be allowed to play Nelson Mandela, so why should a black man be able to play an English King? The reason, of course, is because political correctness has, and always will, have an anti-white bias.

One of the latest mainstream media narratives in England is that black Africans were in England before the English. This falsehood is full of trickery and deceit. Firstly, they pretend that the Africans involved in Roman Britain were mostly black Africans when they were mostly brown Africans from the Mediterranean coast. Secondly, they state that the Angles (English) arrived in Britain after the Roman Empire, yet they conveniently forget to mention that the genetic lineage of modern day English people are descended from both the Angles and the Ancient Britons. The Ancient Britons were in Britain long before the Roman Empire, so, therefore, they were present before any black Africans could have arrived during the Roman occupation. The genetic legacy of the indigenous people of Britain stretches back millennia to the precursor civilizations of the Indo-Europeans who swept westwards from the Steppes some ten thousand years ago.

[Don't even get us started on the debacle of the "black" Cheddar Man - Ed.]

Again, you don’t need a deep knowledge of history to work this out, yet sadly a lot of people’s education is very shallow, or they are merely naïve or don’t care.

The political left’s crusade to sever our roots, and thus destroy the pride we should hold in our ancestors, is rapidly escalating. ‘White people have no culture,’ and ‘white people have no history’ used to be extreme, far left talking points in the 1980s. However, in the last 15 years, they have been brought to the forefront of politics and endorsed by numerous mainstream media outlets.

The left doesn’t just hate white people, they hate our history and our culture as well, and they will never stop until it is all gone and forgotten. One of the best things you can do for your development and the future of the European peoples is to learn history. Doing so will not only deepen your knowledge of the world today and how it came about, but will also reinforce the need to save white people from the demographic disaster which is unfolding.

The actual narrative of history is clear – without white people, this world will fall into eternal darkness.

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Everything Wrong With Orphen: Scion of Sorcery ((Spoilers!))

1. The fact that this isn’t an Atlus game. Granted, this was one of the first games to come out for the PS2 along with Tekken Tag Tournament, which were made before Persona 3, but considering the constant rumors I hear about a return for the series brings me hope for a remake of this game with them involved. I mean, I personally don’t think that Sade, Inc. did that bad of a job here considering it was their very second game they made from what I’ve looked up, but I’m sure Atlus would do a better job and even though there are some DMC elements here or there, I don’t really trust Capcom that much anymore. Why do I think this? I’ll explain later down the road. +1 2. Activision +100 3. Gotta hand it to them. The animated cutscenes are pretty damn reminiscent to the anime. You can convince someone that they were from actual moments in the show and they probably couldn’t tell the difference. It really shows that they actually put effort into this game. For that, I’ll take off 20 sins. -20 4. Casting Quinton Flynn as Orphen. -5 sins 5. Cleo Everlasting. +1 (Honestly, I don’t hate her, but I understand why other people do.) 6. Vulcan Volcano. +1 7. Cleo: “Wow, they’re already standing up.” Magnus: “I think they’re becoming immune.” I sure hope not. +1 8. Orphen: “Aww man, I’m never going to get any sleep! I sure hope this storm doesn’t get any worse.” -later- “Dortin: “Wow, it’s getting worse!” Wah wah. +1 9. Vulcan: “Hahaha!” Vulcan unintentionally somewhat inspires Laharl’s guffaw in Disgaea. +1 10. Dortin: “Hey, now that I think of it, we shouldn’t have to go out this far just to get to Arvanrama. Are you sure we’re on the right ship?” Vulcan: “Of course we’re on the right ship!” Okay, if you know that you shouldn’t have to go very far to get to your destination, then I’m pretty sure you’re on the WRONG SHIP!!!” +1 11. From the looks of it, Vulcan is puking near the wine bottles. Even though I don’t drink alcohol, I know a waste when I see it. +1 12. -Sephy’s cutscene- “Well, that came out of nowhere...” +1 13. Cleo: “Okay Magnus, you cross this line and I’ll slug you!” What line? I don’t see any line. For all we know, he already crossed it. +1 14. Cleo: “This is so unfair, why can’t I have my own cabin?” Magnus: “We only had enough to book two cabins, and master said he needed one for himself.” I agree Cleo. If Orphen’s the one who paid for it, then he should have the right to get one for himself if he wanted to. Don’t be salty that you can’t afford it yourself, which is odd considering you come from a wealthy family. +1 15. How did they manage to get into Orphen’s room without a key? +1 16. Magnus: “They’re everywhere! Hurry, come on! Let’s get off the ship!” Or you could just use your magical powers to get rid of the monsters before they damage the ship too much, but hey. +1 17. Orphen: “There’s nothing we can do. Let’s find a way out.” Wait what? Your path is seriously blocked by a bunch of wooden crates? Are wumpa fruit more tough then I imagined? +1 18. Magnus: “You know, I had a bad feeling about this trip from the very start.” Cleo: “Well then, why didn’t you tell us before?” Magnus: “I DID tell you before, but you ignored me.” And here we come to our Persona counter. The reason why I think this would have been better off as an Atlus game, is because there were certain elements in it that instantly put Persona on the mind whenever I play the game. Therefore I’m going to make a separate total for that just to get my point across. With that said, let’s begin with having our first party members constantly bicker at each other, a running gag in the persona series that’s still going on to this day now with the release of Persona 5. (Persona: +1) Granted the two do argue in both the manga and anime, but Cleo tends to argue more often against Orphen, not Magnus, so I’m counting it anyway. 19. -Orphen opens a chest-

-area gets flooded- +1 20. Orphen: “Enough! We’ve got to get out! I don’t want to die here with you guys.” Cleo: “Yeah, totally!” Then why don’t you climb up behind Sephy? +1 21. Magnus: “It looks like whoever was here is gone now.” Okay so, this was supposed to be Mar’s room, right? Why would a little kid like Mar need two beds? It’s not like Carl Clover where he’s trying to save his family member while said member is still near him, no. He is legit searching for his mother, so why book a room with two beds? +1 22. Vulcan is going nowhere fast. +1 23. Orphen: “Hey you thieving scoundrels, this is no time to be stealing!” For once, I am sort of with Vulcan on this one. Think about it, the ship is going down, everyone needs to evacuate, and once you do get onto some sort of lifeboat, you don’t know how far away you are from land, so yeah, you’re going to need as much food as you can get in order to survive. +1 24. -giant crab tosses Vulcan into the water- (+1 like, - 1 sin). 25. This is a personal pet peeve of mine, but I’m really not fond of the first opponent in a game being a boss battle. To me, bosses should be saved for when you reach the end of a level, or at least half way because, you know, mid-bosses. Even in Symphony of the Night, you start the game off by fighting smaller enemies before you re-enact the final battle in the previous game. +1 26. The elemental spirits in this game are clearly personas (Persona: +1) 27. Game tries to make use of having players time their attacks and defense be crucial, which does make sense in my opinion, but it falls just short in a few areas. Again, I will commend them in terms of effort though, unlike some other games that are tied to Activision. +1 28. Normally, I would sin the fact that you can’t use items in combat, but I do let it slide if the game has an alternative I can work with, which it does. See, if you pause the game and go to customization, you can switch out your spells to see which one would be best for the battle you’re in. Granted, you’ll have to start the fight over, but I personally think it’s a neat way to see what combinations would give better results, so I’ll give it a pass here. 29. The fact that people joke about how Orphen yells with almost each spell he uses. Granted, it’s not explained in the game, but there is a reason for it. See, sorcerers in this series use voice magic. They use their voices to make energy to form the spells you see here, and without the ability to speak, they can’t use magic at all. So having this in the game is being faithful to the source material. Just thought I’d point that out. 30. Orphen: “Now that was easy.”

+1 31. The “Left door, right door,” argument doesn’t matter since they both lead you the same location. Game pulls a minor “Telltale” on us. +1 32. -messes around with the camera- Matrix. +1 33. Sephy: “That amulet.” How does Sephy know about the amulet from the Tower of Fang? I mean, I know they’re not some sort of secret society, but I doubt lots of people know about the purpose of those amulets. +1 34. The second fight of the game is yet another boss battle. +1 35. Magnus: “Volcan put us on the wrong ship.” Orphen: “Damn, I shouldn’t have trusted that fool!” I know right? Trusting someone like him is like trusting Eddy from “Ed, Edd, and Eddy”. You should know this by now. +1 36. Orphen: “It’s time for a little forest fire.” Smokey the Bear would like to have a word with you. +1 37. Orphen: “Yell if you need help!” And how are you going to help her when you’re that far away from her? It takes a while to get up those vines, you know. +1 38. Wait, Sephy can use magic? So she’s a sorceress? Is she from the Tower of Fang too? Well, that would explain how she would know about the amulet, but it was never confirmed in the game so... +1 39. Orphen: “Sorry, but we have to find Cleo.” Sephy: “Wait, I can pay you in gold!” Magnus: “You don’t have to pay.” Orphen: -kicks Magnus- “Shut up Magnus! We’ll do it.” Greed. +1 40. Orphen: “This shouldn’t take too long.” Wah wah. +1 41. Orphen: “I’ll go on ahead and check things out. You guys, catch up later.” Spiting from the group cliche. And get used to it folks. It persists throughout a good portion of the game, so let’s give it 15 sins to be on the safe side. +15 42. Orphen: “Well, you two certainly took your time.” You’re the one who told them to stay behind asshole! +1 43. Sephy: “That must be how get get upstairs.” DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHH!!! +1 44. That monster actually managed to sneak up on Orphen, a guy trained as a top assassin with heightened senses. That is bullshit. +1 45. Orphen: “You just go over there and pull that lever!”

+1 46. Sephy: “It has the power to manipulate the time continuum.” Time travel, huh? I wonder how many holes this story’s going to suffer through. (Persona: +1) 47. Orphen: “Are we back to our own time now or what?” Sephy: “Yes.” Magnus: “Cool.” Sephy: “The egg works. It really works.” How convenient that you managed to end up in the right timeline with just a fraction of the egg and didn’t somehow go even further in the future. +1 48. Orphen: “Magnus, you go first.” Magnus: “Me? Why do I have to go first?” Orphen: “Well, there might be monsters up ahead.” Magnus: “Master, that’s exactly why don’t want to go first. Don’t you care what happens to me?” Orphen: “Sure I do, think of it as training.” He has a point. How can you expect to be a great sorcerer if you’re not exposed to any danger that lies ahead? +1 49. Sephy: “Legend has it, there is a tree somewhere on this island that blossoms once every thousand years. That must be it.” Magnus: “Wow, once every thousand years and we happen to come here at just the right time?” I know right? What are the fucking odds?! +1 50. The fact that each battle in this game is staged and not something to enter after running into an enemy. Personally I don’t have a problem with it since it doesn’t have a level up system (unlike some other games I know), but I know it might not jive well with others, so it’s still getting counted as a sin. +1 51. -Orphen steps on a crystal egg piece- Crystal egg shard, out of nowhere! And get used to it folks. This also persists throughout the game. Another 15 sins it is! +15 52. Orphen: “If we stay around here, we’ll freeze to death. I’ll go on ahead, you two catch up later.” You just said if they stay they’ll freeze to death! Why are you splitting up?! +1 53. I’m going to take off a sin because with the right timing, I can slash right through the ice while sliding around like a bad-ass. -1 54. -Magnus slips and falls again- FAIL!!! +1 55. Orphen: “Hey, no! Stop!” Why did you wait until NOW to stop Magnus from using the spell? It’s kind of too late since he already said the words. +1 56. Magnus: “When are we now?” That line. +1 57. Sephy: “The kirin tree was in bloom, that must mean we’ve returned to our own time.” No it doesn’t. It could mean you’ve made it to another point in time where the tree’s in bloom, especially since the sky was more clear before you time traveled. +1 58. Sephy: “Magnus, do you have a girlfriend?” Magnus: “Wha- me?! No, I’m...too busy with training and stuff.” I don’t know when this game takes place, but if it ends up being after Magnus was accepted into the Tower of Fang, then Eris would be so pissed. +1 59. Sephy: “I was raised to be a dancer in the royal palace. I trained everyday with no chance to make friends or even see the outside world.” Damn, and I though Rozalin had it bad in that regard. At least she had Tink. +1 60. Orphen: “Ooh, sorry to budge in on you lovebirds-” cockblocker. +1 61. Orphen: “Are you sure we’re going the right way?” Sephy: “Yes, the grave should be just over there.” Okay, how does she know where the grave is if she only has been informed of Ruffus’s death, not his burial?

+1 62. Orphen: “You know, it’ll probably only open for the right kind of person.” Magnus: “The right kind of person?” Orphen: “Yeah, a good, honest person. You know, someone like me.” Magnus: “So, why don’t you stick your hand in there and see?” Orphen: “What?! It might be dangerous! I can’t afford to get hurt.” Magnus: “But didn’t you just say that you were the right kind of person?” I love it when people call others out on their shit like this. It’s hilarious. -1 63. Magnus: “That just proves the pureness of Sephy’s heart.” Sephy: “Well, I don’t know about that.” Not so subtle foreshadowing. +1 64. I know he’s climbing down the long vine and not up and that this game came before it, but I still think this calls for the theme of-

+1 65. Orphen: “So you two finally caught up.” You weren’t gone for that long dood. +1 66. I’m going to have to subtract a sin for this riddle. It’s actually kind of clever. Check it out. Stone head: “If you look upon my form, your own form will I take. The entire world can fit inside me, yet even a child may bear my weight. What am I?” -1 67. But, I have to put that sin back because there is no option to answer the riddle right away. You have no choice but to go around for another cutscene before getting the answer. +1 68. Also, this riddle alone could stand for the reflections on others in the world, which is what the Persona series is all about, especially in terms of 4 and 5. So, I’m pretty sure that’s worth at least 3 counters. (Persona: +3) 69. Vulcan: “Na-nana-nana!” Vulcan turns into a thief from the Spyro games. +1 70. Vulcan: “It’s all his fault! If he weren’t so stupid, we would have never ended up here in the first place!” You were the one who put everyone on the wrong ship, jack-ass! +1 71. Wow, really guys? You’re just going to run and crouch at place where Orphen can easily get to instead of just jumping to the platform right below you? +1 72. Orphen:”That’s enough out of you!” -throws Vulcan- -1 73. These damn swinging blades. +1 74. Magnus: “I have a really bad feeling about this place.” I have a bad feeling about this cliche. +1 75. This horned asshole is in the wrong game. Personally, I think he would’ve been better off in Devil May Cry. +1 76. New! Persona! Acquired! (Persona:+1) 77. Not only that, but the elemental spirits can be switched out mid-battle along with your spells. Again, not in any previous Persona game until 3, but still fun to point out. (Persona: +1) 78. Orphen: “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” +1 79. Orphen: “Oh Cleo, good. You’re safe.” Cleo: “As if you care!” Eh, you’re right. +1 80. Cleo: “How could you leave a sweet, innocent girl like me all alone in this weird place?”

+1 81. Cleo: “Well, well, Orphen’s actually helping out a stranger. That’s a first.” No it’s not. +1 82. Cleo: “I’m tired and I’m hungry. I want to go home. I don’t even know this lady.” 2 things Cleo. 1, If you’re tired, then why don’t you just rest here? There ARE beds in this place you know. +1 83. and 2, You were just getting on Orphen for finally helping out a stranger and now you’re saying they should stop simply because you don’t know her? No wonder not many people like you. +1 84. Sephy: “I’m afraid that I don’t have any money with me at the moment-” Bullshit! Didn’t you say earlier that you were preparing yourself just for this trip literally after you offered him gold? Now you’re saying you can’t pay him right now?

+1 85. Orphen: “I don’t normally take “I.O.U.”s, but I suppose I have no option.” And how are you going to receive payment when you don’t know where each other live? +1 86. Zeus: “There’s more to her than what meets the eye.”

+1 87. Also, not so subtle foreshadowing. +1 88. Magnus: “Pilgrims used to send gifts to the gods to pray to them and repent for their sins. The bigger the sin, the bigger the gift.” Did they also do that while under the Red Moon? +1 89. Magnus: “Maybe we could uncover something.” Orphen: “Maybe we can find some money.” Magnus: “We’re not looking for money! We should be helping Sephy!” Then why did you bring this up Magnus?! +1 90. Cleo: “I can believe Magnus, but she’s even got you wrapped around her little finger. I mean she’s pretty and has an okay body, but still.” Orphen: “Feeling a little jealous, are we?” Cleo: “Jealous? Me? Don’t be ridiculous!” Envy. +1 91. Orphen: “As a money lender, it’s my responsibility to make sure my clients stay alive to pay me back.” Good point. I’m surprised you didn’t think of that earlier. +1 92. No game involving dungeons is complete without mimiks. +1 93. Sephy: “You’ve mistaken us for someone else.” Character mistakes someone for someone else cliche. +1 94. Sephy: “I have never been to this island before.” Again, then how do you know where Ruffus is buried?!

+1 95. These flying assholes +1 96. Orphen: “Ha! Not too shabby. I guess you’re not totally worthless after all.” What a dick. +1 97. Orphen: “That old bag locked us up in her dungeon!” Cleo: “That’s impossible! Why would she do anything like that?” Bitch, you just said her eyesight’s bad and mistook us for someone else! +1 98. Cleo: “Hey, I’m risking my life here! This place is crawling with monsters! What would happen if one found me?” Orphen: “He’d turn to stone.”

(+5 likes -5 sins) 99. Why are Magnus and Sephy going back up after they caught up with me? +1 100. How did they get ahead of me? +1 101. Rani! -2 sins 102. Orphen: “Hmm...she definitely looks older than 10. Look at that body.” Orphen’s being a creep! +1 103. How did Cleo and Jedo get down here without a scratch on them? +1 104. Jedo: “Children grow up so fast.” Orphen: “What?! Are you crazy you senile old hag?! No one grows up THAT fast.”

Uhhhhh.... +1 105. Jado: “I know what Quaris is trying to do. She’s trying to get eternal youth!” Villain looking for eternal life/beauty cliche. +1 106. Jado: “You look so much like Quaris.” Sephy: “I do?” Granted, she has poor eyesight, but no she doesn’t. +1 107. We interrupt Orphen: Scion of Sorcery to bring you “Tomb Raider”. +1 108. The rule of 3 cliche. +1 109. The treasure is guarded by skeletons cliche. +1 110. The hail of heavens. -2 111. Sephy: “Now just give me the egg and we can go back.” Orphen: “And just what do you want with the egg, Sephy?” Sephy: “Oh well, I uh...” Orphen: “You came to this island to pray for your dead fiance, right? Surely you won’t need the egg for that.” Orphen would be great for gamingsins. We ain’t falling for your bullshit dood! +1 112. Villain makes a grand entrance after obtaining what the want instead of leaving with it cliche. +1 113. Orphen uses the Shield of immunity to block Quaris’s lightning attack. Even if it did work, it should’ve hurt her instead. +1 114. The egg broke after Quaris drops it, even though it remained intact after Orphen dropped it. +1 115. Sephy’s true intentions is not very surprising. +1 116. Also, Sephy was willing to let Rani die in order to bring back Rufus. I understand that she’s grieving over a loved one, but that alone is worth 25 sins. +25. 117. Magnus: “Use us? You didn’t use us Sephy.” Uh, last I checked, she offered Orphen gold and was planning to high-tail it before paying him. I call that using. +1 118. Sephy: “Rufus said that the crystal egg even had the power to bring the dead back to life.” Orphen: “That’s impossible.” Uhh...not really since it has the power to control time itself. This capability isn’t really something to rule out dood. +1 119. Orphen: “Look, all the wishing in the world can’t put the egg back together. And even if it could, you know just as well as I do that sorcery can’t bring the dead back to life. The dead...are better off left alone. Just let them rest in peace.” We interrupt Orphen: Scion of Sorcery to bring you Fullmetal Alchemist. +1 120. Magnus: “What I think is we can use those fragments to go back in time to before the egg was broken.” You’re just NOW thinking of this? +1 121. Also, it wouldn’t matter anyway since we later find out that egg shatters after you use it, so as soon as you go back to your own time, the egg with shatter. +1 122. Oh yeah, a desert. One that’s right nearby THE FUCKING OCEAN!!! HOW BRILLIANT!!! +1 123. Damn it Sephy, did you NOT learn from last time?! +1 124. Orphen: “There must be a switch somewhere in this tower to disarm the trap. You’ll just have to find it.” Magnus: “Me? Why Me?!” Orphen: “Because you’re the only one out there, numbskull!” DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! +1 125. Orphen: “And don’t leave us here for too long, or guess what? We’ll turn into mummies!” Says this even though there is no time limit for this section of the game. +1 126. Magnus: “Aha! This must be it, but which one? Okay, I’ll just have to hit them all.” Yeah, because THAT never backfired before, now has it? +1 127. These white, swarming assholes. +1 128. Orphen: “Look at all this sand. I hope Magnus hasn’t been swept away.” Wah Wah. +1 129. Orphen: “Well, you’re in good spirits, considering you almost died.” Magnus: “I have to be, in order to be your apprentice.” Orphen: “Uh, excuse me? I’m easy to get along with.” No you’re not. +1 130. Wait, why is the egg still there after Sephy used it? +1 131. The surprise of Rufus being alive is actually a clever one. The game did follow the golden rule about dead people by mentioning that there is a grave for him on this island after he has been killed as well as Sephy’s desire to bring him back to life, so all we knew, he was indeed confirmed dead, but at the same time, there were no mentions on how he died on the island, also leaving the possibility that he could still somehow be alive. Nice job game, you actually caught me off guard. -5 132. Quaris: “Nothing can stop me now, NOTHING!!!” Every villain who have ever uttered those words have ultimately been led to their defeat, and you are no different. +1 133. Jado: “The legend of the crystal egg has been passed down in my family for generations, but I’ve never actually seen it.” If the legend has been passed down in your family, then how has no one ever told you HOW TO FUCKING USE IT?!!! +1 134. Orphen: “Sorcery?! No, it’s something different!”

+1 135. Also, you just NOW realized that Orphen? After Sephy used the egg fragments like, twice? +1 136. Rani still looks the same age as she did before. +1 137. Sephy: “You know the crystal egg could only be used once before it shattered.” Like I said, if that’s the case then how did they come back to their original time without the egg shattering? Did just going back to different time periods not take as much energy as curing an aging disease? Details dood! They ARE important! +1 138. Max Tennyson is dead, as if we don’t have enough pissed off Cartoon Network fans. +1 139. Also, romance ending in tragedy. (Persona: +1) 140. Where did this ship come from? +1 141. Sephy: “I have decided to stay here on Chaos Island. I will watch over Rufus’s grave until we meet together in the afterlife.” 2 things Sephy. 1, Don’t you have Rani there? Isn’t she the gravekeeper of the island? Why don’t you let her do her job now that she’s well again? +1 142. 2, haven’t you’ve been isolated enough already? I get it that this is your loved one we’re talking about and I mean no offense to anyone who has been through this, but are you really going to spend your whole life isolated from the outside world after dreaming so long to experience it yourself? +1 143. Sephy: “Here is my payment as promised. It’s not much, but it’s valuable to me.” Yeesh, at this rate, Orphen may as well start working for Devil May Cry. +1 144. Cleo: “Everyone knows girls are more mature than boys.” Pfft! Even my life experience says otherwise. +1 145.

“Welcome to the Velvet Room.” No seriously, Rani’s role in this game is basically that of a Velvet Room attendant. More on that later. (Persona: +1) 146. Literally the only other sword Orphen will get in the entire game. +1 147. Bad-ass mercenary Zeus is in the wrong game. I personally think he should be in either Dynasty Warriors or Sengoku Basara. +1 148. Orphen: “We have a better chance of surviving if we stick together.” Zeus: “Well said, Master Orphen.” Zeus calls Orphen “Master” even though he didn’t technically hire him. I mean, I really don’t mind it that much, I actually find it kind of cool. Still a sin though. +1 149. Having to fight the same second boss every time you start a new story arc. +1 150. Cleo: “It’s Anarchy Island or something like that.” How did you hear “Anarchy” from “Chaos”? +1 151. Orphen: “I knew it! We should have never trusted that demented idiot!” Cleo: “We”?! You’re the one who trusted him!” Uh, you trusted him too Cleo. Remember when you ignored Magnus after he told you he had a bad feeling about the trip? +1 152. Orphen: “But like you said, she might not want to see you.” Cleo: “And what makes you an expert on father-daughter relationships Orphen?” Way to remind him that he barely knew his parents before he was orphaned you bitch. +1 153. Orphen: “Can’t believe everything you read.” Tell that to the scrubs on the internet. +1 154. Cleo: “You’re right, let me help.” Orphen: “Uh, sounds like you’re a little too late.” +1 155. Cleo: “More books?! Are we ever going to get out of this library? Politics, economics, physics, but not even one romance novel.” Did I forget to mention that the person who voices Cleo in this game is Jennifer Hale, the same actress that voices Prier from La Pucelle? -laughs- Just a playful thought. 156. Cleo: “Crap?! What do you mean crap? Just because you don’t know anything about it, doesn’t make it crap.” Cleo turns into a whiny online fangirl. +1 157. How did Cleo managed to get ahead of you? +1 158. Orphen: “Cleo, why did you have to go running ahead?” Cleo: “What? It’s not my fault!” For once, I’m with Cleo. That pannel only leads to this room, so you were bound to end up here regardless who went first. +1 159. Cleo’s only method of attack in this game is to send Leki, a powerful Wolven puppy (or Deep dragon if you’re japnanese), that can instantly make entire buildings explode, to bite their enemies. If that’s not pure bullshit, then I don’t know what is. +1 160. Zeus pulls a book from the shelf that’s been covered in water and somehow haven’t been damaged enough to make it enable to read. This is especially sinful since we later find out that we’re far into the future. +1 161. This ship graveyard level is in the wrong game. Personally I think it would be better in MidEvil. +1 162. Even this game has their own “Defend your position” segment. Thankfully there’s only 2 of them, but still sinful. +2 163. Skeleton guarding treasure cliche again. +1 164. Zeus: “I’m going to make a bridge to the next ship!” Cleo: “Whaaaaaaaat?!”

+1 165. Cleo’s acting like she ran a marathon. It was only a few steps. +1 166. Fucking around with tombstones. +1 167. Zeus: “Azele must have know I would come here someday and left these here.” Oh how fucking convenient! +1 168. Cleo: “No wonder everyone thinks you’re a scary old creep!” Orphen: “Oh like I care what people think. That’s exactly your problem.” Sounds like Orphen would be great for GCN. 169. Cleo: “Get this off me!” Orphen: “It’s only a spider web.” Cleo: “I am not spider food!” Orphen: “They only eat sweet girls.” If that’s the case then Frisk really is a female...right? +1 170. Orphen: “The armor of purity!” Uhh...

+1 171. Zeus: “My daughter’s gone. I’ve come too late.” Uh, her grave’s gone so you don’t know that for sure dood. +1 172. Orphen: “Hey, I’m trying to eat here, can you be depressed somewhere else, okay?” Orphen’s a dick +1 173. Jado: “Quaris is the name of the one who swiped your daughter. In the name of science she said.” Guess she went to the same school as Mao and Dr. Insano. +1 174. Cleo: “All this time travel stuff is so confusing.” It’s actually easy to follow compared to other games like Mortal Kombat X or Kingdom Hearts. She is right though. +1 175. Magnus: “Oh Master, hello.” Orphen: “Hello”? Is that all? You haven’t seen your beloved teacher since the ship sank and all you have to say is “hello”? Couldn’t you at least pretend to be worried?” Magnus: “You’d kick me harder for pretending to be worried. Anyway, you’re way too tough to be killed.” I’m with Magnus. We both know it’s going to take more than a sinking ship to kill you off. +1 176. Zeus: “I shall not give up hope.” Orphen: “NEVER give up hope. We’ll find a way.” That actually means a lot coming from you. Kudos. -1 177. Orphen: “Although I do expect to be rewarded for my troubles.” Okay, wrap this around your head guys. Orphen is asking a MERCENARY to pay him.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!” +1 178. Magnus: “Cleo said she was too tired to walk and she seemed upset. Let me come instead. I’ll be of much more help.” That’s an understatement. +1 179. Magnus: “This is Rani. She knows the island inside and out.” Rani: “Hello.” Orphen: “She’s just a kid.” Uh, you are the last person that should underestimate a kid Orphen. I mean, look at all the shit you accomplished when you were just a kid. +1 180. Rani: “Nice to meet you, Mr. Morphen.” -laughs- Rani’s cuteness automatically subtracts 5 sins from this game. -5 181. Also,

GO GO POWER RANGERRRRRRRS!!! +1 182. Rani: “I take care of the graves on this island.” Orphen: “Aren’t you a little young to be a gravekeeper?” Again, coming from a guy who’s been training to be a sorcerer AND an assassin when he was a little kid! Your argument is invalid Orphen! Now apologize! Orphen: “Oh, I’m sorry Rani.” Rani: “No, don’t be. Not many people live here anymore. Someone has to take care of the graves.” That’s right! +1 183. Zeus: “It belonged to my daughter. Her name is Azele.” Rani: “Azele?” Zeus: “Do you know her?” Rani: “No. I uh...I asked because it was so pretty.” Zeus: “I see.” Rani: “Sorry.” Rani, I love you, but you’re full of shit. +1 184. Since there are 3 gate you got to get pass, it counts as “Rule of 3″ cliche. +1 185. Orphen: “Thanks Rani.” Rani: “You’re welcome Mr. Morphen.” Orphen: “I keep telling you, my name is “Orphen”.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!” -5 186. Way to reveal that Jado was the real mastermind in this story game. I mean, the characters in the story don’t know that yet, but due to your flashback you spoiled the surprise for the audience. +1 187. I can only speak for myself but, fuck this part. +1 188. Orphen: “No, don’t chase her! It could be a trap!”

+1 189. Orphen: “Next time, fall on someone else.” How? +1 190. Hey look, a shadow! About time we run into one in this game! (Persona: +1) 191. The smoke of pain. +1 192. Zeus channels his inner Tailed Beast and...surprisingly passes with flying colors. Seriously, look.

+1 193. Orphen: “And that’s why you can’t afford to lose your cool.” Looks who’s talking, hothead. +1 194. Cleo: “I can’t believe you guys are so incompetent! You let Zeus down how many times already?!” Uh...once, because that was the first time we’ve actually gone after Quaris. +1 195. Cleo: “You’re useless.” That doesn’t mean much coming from the weakest character in the game. +1 196. Cleo: “Magnus isn’t good at anything. You guys are gonna need me. I know how to get things done.” That’s a lie. +1 197. Yet another concept that should be in Devil May Cry instead of here. +1 198. I already explained why the surprise reveal isn’t a surprise at all. Skip! +1 199. Orphen: “Old woman, if there’s two things I hate, it’s rich undertakers and old bats with funny ideas.” So I guess Heihachi Mashima must be your worst enemy, huh? +1 200. Jado: “All my plans would have succeeded if it weren’t for your meddling strangers.” Did this bitch really just reference Scooby-Doo?! +1 201. Azele: “If the crystal egg falls into the lava, the heat will unleash the power of the egg and Chaos Island will sink under the sea!” So what, it’s the master emerald now? +1 202. Cleo: “You’ll have to go the other way!” Orphen: “Easy for you to say! There’s balls of molten lava falling from the sky over there!” Cleo: “Well it’s your fault! You’re the one that was lagging behind!” Gonna have to side with Cleo on this one dood. Why the fuck did you jump back down the bridge?! +1 203. Orphen: “How did she get to be so damn annoying?” That’s what WE wanna know! +1 204. Jado: “No one can stop me now!” Every villain that has ever uttered those words have ultimately ended in defeat, and you are no different. +1 205. Orphen: “What is she up to now?” Cleo: “Ah! Look!” Zeus: “Octopus!” Orphen: “Giant squid!” Cleo: “It’s a big snail!” Either way, scene does not contain Zone-tan. +1 206. Orphen: “Damn! The shell is too thick!” That’s what she said! +1 207. You know, during this boss fight, why didn’t Jado just drop the crystal egg into the lava and be done with it? +1 208. Zeus’s fake-out isn’t surprising at all. He clearly wasn’t on the monster when it sank into the lava. +1 209. Vulcan: “Hey, Orphen? What are you doing, sailing off without your loyal companions like that?!” Oh hey, I forgot you two were in this game. +1 210. Also, “loyal companions”? That’s a load. +1 211. Zeus: “This is the golden arrow. It’s been in my family for generations. It’ll bring you and your friends good luck.” This isn’t a weapon we can use to one-shot enemies in the game. +1 212. Orphen: “You two, are impossible! I’m leaving!”

+1 213. Orphen: Raaaaaaaar!” Orphen doesn’t fire is lazor. +1 214. Orphen: “And who are you calling lazy, Cleo?” But you ARE lazy. You even said it yourself.

“Sorcerers are notoriously lazy.” +1 215. Orphen: “Then maybe the sharks would do me a favor and eat that amiibo wannabe.” First off, how do you even know about amiibos before they exist? +1 216. Second, Orphen’s willing to make the sharks sick by eating Vulcan. +1 217. Orphen: “Maybe it’s locked. Move over, let me try.” Cleo then proceeds to keep pulling the knob until it breaks. Cleo: “Ouch, my butt!” FAIL!!! +1 218. Mar: “You’re the girl from the ship.” Wow, Tara Strong really has a habit of voicing little kids, doesn’t she? 219. Cleo: “Just leave everything up to me.” By which she means force Orphen to do all the work. +1 220. Cleo: “He came all this way just to find his mother and we are going to help, whether you like it or not Orphen!” Told you so. +1 221. Also, Cleo logic: Makes Orphen help other find their families, yet gets pissed whenever he tries to think about saving Azalie, his sister, the only person he has ever considered family. I wish I was making that up. +1 222. Mar: “I think she’s nice.” You don’t know her very well, do you? +1 223. Cleo: “Crouch down Orphen.” Orphen: “What?!” This is only a sin if you’re thinking the exact same thing that I am. +1 224. It gets even worse when you leave only the audio in this scene. Orphen: -grunts- “Would you hurry up already?” Cleo: “Stand still Orphen!” +1 225. Cleo: “It’s some kind of music box.” No Cleo, that’s clearly an organ. +1 226. Cleo: “Hey! I saw someone!” Orphen: “Where? Are you sure? I didn’t see anyone.” How is it that Cleo can notice Jedo walk by and not Orphen, the trained assassin with heightened senses? +1 227. I can only speak for myself, but fuck this part. +1 228. So wait, is the song itself enchanted or are Mar’s music instruments enchanted? I mean, we do find out later that the song itself is used as some form of demon repellent but that’s it. Details ARE important man. +1 229. Orphen: “Hey, how the heck did you do that?!” Cleo: “What does it matter?” No Cleo! Orphen is right! This is shit we need to know! +1 230. Dortin: “We always try to stick together, you know.” Much to your dismay. +1 231. Magnus: “Hay, wasn’t he on the ship?” Cleo: “He’s uh...” I’ll admit, that I’m not great with names myself, but how could you forget Mar’s name so easily? +1 232. Cleo: “Don’t you have some kind of spell to make Winter come early?” Orphen: “You can’t mess with the seasons. That’ll screw everything up.” Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons in a nutshell everybody! +1 233. Volcan: “Hey! That’s my loot! You can’t take it! I’ll hula-dance your sorry butt to death!”

+1 234. -Orphen beats the shit out of Volcan- Okay, that was funny. -2 sins. 235. Orphen: “So these are the endless stairs. What nutjob designed this?” Persona 3 in a nutshell. +1 (Persona +1) 236. Mar: “I’ll go on ahead. Follow me, okay?” Mar’s starting to take after Orphen. Normally, that would be cool, but not in this regard. +1 237. Cleo: “Maybe it has a shower I could use.” Cleo, does this LOOK like the kind of place that would have a shower?” +1 238. Mar: “It’s a crystal egg.” Oh how fucking convenient! +1 239. Yet another boss battle that would be better off in Devil May Cry. Yeah, I know this game came out before any of the DMC games, but the point is that the bosses would be better suited elsewhere. +1 240. Mar: “Hey, no fighting!”

+1 (Persona +1) 241. Cleo: “That’s enough slacking! Now go find Volcan and Dortin!” Orphen: “Oh, me slacking? And just what are you doing?!” Cleo: “I’m on break! B-R-E-A-K “break”!” In other words, you’re slacking. +1 242. This scene. Orphen: “You know, we need to find those idiots. Aha! I got it! Watch this.” -Takes out a coin and drops it on the floor.- Volcan: “Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” -Runs after the coin until Orphen kicks him- -1 243. Volcan: “Haaaahahahaha! Nice job Orphen! I, Lord Volcano Volcan from the streets of Masmatura, knew you would find the crystal egg and present it to my royal self!” Bitch, you are no Overlord Laharl! +1 244. Volcan: “Now hand it over!” Orphen: “You idiot! What are you babbling about?! Why would I give it to you?!”Orphen would be great for gamingsins. Come on Volcan, you should know by now that he’s not just going to give you some all powerful item. +1 245. Wait, why didn’t Volcan and Dortin get transported in time with them? +1 246. Oh so the managed to end up in Winter after all. How convenient. +1 247. Cleo: “Mar, it’s too dangerous.” Really Cleo? Did you forget the other times Mar handled himself? Hell, he even managed to take care of himself when he attacked by monsters while in a trance. He’s practically this game’s male version of Clementine. +1 248. Cleo: “I bet there’s something in that tower that will help us find your mother.” Uh, duh! That’s the whole reason why we came out here to begin with Cleo. +1 249. Cleo: “Maybe it’s like a wish. You need to think about WHEN you wanna be?” Orphen: “That’ll never work.” Why not? What’s the point of time travel if you can’t go to the period of time you want to get to? +1 250. On behalf of myself and all of my brothers who played this game...FUCK THIS PART!!! +1 251. Orphen: “Why do I always have to go first?!” Because you’re the one who insists upon it! +1 252. Jedo: “I-I I don’t know! Why would I know?!” Jedo, you’re full of shit! +1 253. Cleo: “I’m freezing! I am not dressed for this!” Yet you were just fine in the freezing Winter.+1 254. Cleo: “Make fire! Use your stupid spells. That’s what it’s for, right?!” Orphen: “No, that’s not what’s for, you idiot.” Yes it is! Your spells are to ensure your survival. +1 255. Orphen: “You wanna play rough, eh snake lady?!” Scene does not contain Zone-tan. +1 256. Quaris: “You there, who are you?” Cleo: “Well who are YOU?! You’re supposed to say your own name first and then ask.” Not if you’re dealing with intruders like you Cleo. +1 257. Quaris: “When the demon fully awakens, the island will fully sink beneath the waves.” Orphen: “Demons, magic songs, music machines, just who exactly are you people?” Holy shit. This really IS Devil May Cry, isn’t it? +1 258. This animated cutscene. -10 259. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the crystal egg has been used twice now. How is it still around? Doesn’t it shatter after being used once? +1 260. Cleo: “Look, there’s monsters everywhere!” Orphen: “Granny here will get waxed before she could fix the music machine.” Jedo: “The seal is almost broken. Every minute counts!” Yet the game does not have a time limit section. +1 261. Cleo: “Will they be okay alone?” Orphen: “Can you handle it Mar?” Why are you asking this?! Did you seriously forget all the crap he managed on his own? I’m pretty sure a simple escort mission isn’t too much trouble for him. +1 262. Jedo: “Only music played by a young girl could keep the music asleep.” If that’s the case, then how does the automatic organ keep it asleep since it’s not being played by anyone? +1 263. Jedo: “There have been instances when boys played the music, but they can only keep it asleep for so long. And even then, it comes at the price of his life.” What kind of sexist ritual sacrifice is this? +1 264. Jedo: “I tried to get us to leave by building this music machine, but it breaks down quite often, so we’re still trapped on this accursed island.” Ah, so there is an explanation. Now if we can get one for the other questions this game popped up. Regardless, sin retracted. -1 265. Jedo: “We didn’t make it in time! The beast broke the seal while Rani was resting.” See what I mean about a time limit? How are we supposed to know how much we got left until the seal is broken? +1 266. Dammit, we just fixed that! +1 267. Jedo: “That’s the entrance to the underground lair. That’s where the demon lies.” Orphen: “Cleo, ready to go?” Cleo: “Yup!” Yeesh, with all this Devil May Cry shit, it’s about time Orphen channels his inner Dante. That’s not a sin. It’s pretty bad-ass +1 like. 268. Cleo: “Bravo! You’re the greatest of them all, Orphen! You’re finally a hero.” Orphen: “Hey! What do you mean “Finally”?!” Orphen would be great for gamingsins +1 269. Jedo: “Oh gods, please protect my grandson.” The surprise reveal of Mar being related to this family isn’t a surprise at all. Come on guys, did you really think we didn’t notice Jedo’s and Quaris’s reactions to Mar? +1 270. Cleo: “I read it in a book. Pirates used to leave buried treasure on islands like this.” Orphen: “Those are just stories.” It’s rather rare to see Orphen not give two shits about treasure. I mean yeah, priorities come first, but still. +1 271. Cleo: “Maybe you won’t have to worry about being poor anymore, Orphen.” Wealthy bitch making fun of the poor just for being poor cliche. +1 272. Cleo: “What an ugly face you have there.” -bug comes in closer- “No shoo! Go away!” -knocks it away with one good kick- Huh, I guess Cleo really does have an inner Prier after all. +1 273. How did Cleo notice that switch? +1 274. Cleo: “Y-You can’t scare me! I-I’m not afraid.” Yet, Orphen and Mar are the only ones fighting. +1 275. Now considering this is a demon, I bet you guys are thinking that this boss would be better off in Devil May Cry right? Well actually, this a battle that I think would great there, but it’s also good here. You’ll see why in a moment. 276. Orphen: “It’s no use. It’s just no use!”

+1 277. The music changing to show Mar’s determination to weaken the demon with the song that’s killing him is definitely worth taking some sins off. -15 278. Rani: “I’m fine now, thanks to you little brother. We’re gonna have so much fun together.” Wah wah +1 279. Mar: “It was my destiny.” Orphen: “Hey, don’t talk about that silly destiny crap.” Even Orphen is aware about Destiny’s crap long before its existence. +1 280. A party member dies. (Persona: +1) 281. Bonus points if said party member happens to be pretty damn reliable. (Persona: +1) 282. Magnus: “Cleo, you’re not crying, are you?” Cleo: “Why wouldn’t I be crying If it weren’t for Mar, we’d all be at the bottom of the ocean, twerp!” I’m siding with Cleo this time. That was a dick thing to say Magnus. +1 283. Orphen: “Dumb kid. Had to go and get himself killed to save the rest of us.” You mean like you were planning to do for your sister? +1 284. Rani: “These are three souls who have fulfilled their destinies. You have received something valuable from each of the three that sleep before you. You now possess the key to unlock the truth.” Orphen: “Unlock the truth?” Rani: “To fulfill your destiny and set yourself free, you must also release us from the chains of eternity.” Orphen: “Hold on, I don’t understand.” Rani: “Have you not sensed that you too, Orphen, have become a prisoner, bound by the chains of eternity? Have you not wondered how it is you know the story of each of those that sleep before you?” Orphen: “I get it now. You’re right! Hey, just what the hell is going on here? What do you mean “chains of eternity”?” Rani: “Orphen, soon all will be clear. You will find the truth.” See what I mean about Rani being a Velvet Room attendant? She’s the one guiding Orphen through this journey so he can soon face off against the big bad that’s the cause of everything. Only Orphen can see her true self and notice something weird is going on while Magnus and Cleo only find out when it’s time for the big finale. And it’s our choice to continue playing the game that got us this far. Seriously, if you beat one of the stories and choose not to fulfill the destiny, the game simply ends right there. Rani doesn’t do anything to stop you from saying “no”. What’s the thing about the ones who sign the contract in the Velvet Room again?

“Only those who have signed the contract can enter this place. Henceforth, you shall be welcome here in the Velvet Room. You are destined to hone your unique ability, and you will require my help to do so. I only ask one thing in return, that you abide by the contract and assume responsibility for the choices you make.” Yeah, that’s exactly what I thought. (Persona: +5) 285. Discount Tri-Force. +1 286. Orphen: “They’re nothing but puppets.” Here’s a little thing that my brother picked up on while he was in Sephy’s story. If you put the game in first person view while controlling Orphen, you’ll notice that Magnus is the only one that ever blinks. Sephy’s eyes remained opened the whole time. It’s actually a clever little detail that hinted to something like this being the case. It’s not a big reveal though since one of the cutscenes did show Rani nearby other puppets, but I will admit, it’s not bad. -1 287. Rani: “They were once normal people with normal lives, but when they touched the dragon’s eye, their destiny was forever altered. They were compelled to come to this island to take on their new roles, their new life. They are now nothing more than pawns, actors in Gaia’s twisted play.�� So unlike what fans have been saying about them not being there to begin with, they actually WERE humans once years ago and came to this island for the reasons in their stories and are now trapped to repeat their events here forever thanks to Gaia. Well, sin on you fandom for not paying attention to details. (+1 fandom sin) 288. Orphen: “Emotions?” Rani: “Yes, emotions such as anger, fear, grief, and joy. You see, Gaia need these human emotions to survive.” Oh great, now we’ve reached Kingdom Hearts territory. +1 289. Orphen: “So what you’re saying is, this parasite takes ordinary people, puts them in make believe tear-jerker stories all so it can gorge on their emotions?” Youtube. +1 290. Rani: “Once their drama has come to an end, cast members remain here to sleep for all eternity.” Infinite Tsukiyomi +1 291. Orphen: “I think we got it angry.” What was your first clue? +1 292. Still one of the cheapest final bosses I’ve ever faced in gaming and that includes Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat! +1 293. Magus: “It was just a big machine?” Uh, I’m pretty sure we established that earlier.” +1 294. Gaia: “Without the master, the slave has no future.” That’s racist. +1 295. I’m going to remove a few sins because this scene actually made me cry. Rani: “I am merely a puppet of Gaia. The sole purpose of my existence is to provide the various roles that Gaia provides. When my scene ends, I die and am created anew for the next. A never ending pantomime repeated for all eternity. I wanted to put an end to it all. Gaia was right. What a fool I was...to believe that I could live without Gaia. Orphen?” Orphen: “I’m here.” Rani: “I am sorry for everything. You could not give me freedom, but at least you have released me from the chains of eternity that bound me to an eternity of sadness. Thank you. I would have loved to see your world, the real world, just once. I wanted to talk to people in the real world. Not this make believe one.” Magnus: “She’s gone.” Cleo: “Poor thing. All she wanted was to be free. How sad.” Orphen: “With all of those human tragedies she witness, at some point, she must have begun to feel human emotions herself.” I actually feel pretty bad for her. Think about it. She spent eons witnessing make-believe stories, watching human life be consumed by this machine, unable to do anything about it. Once she finally found her ticket to freedom, the chance to leave this virtual world and finally experience what reality has to offer, see the world with her own eyes, the doors get shut right in her face. She’s glad to no longer be bound to Gaia, but it’s not the freedom she really wanted. It sucks. -20 296. But still despite all of that, Rani is dead, and I am not okay with that. +1 297. Magnus: “Who in the world do you suppose would build a machine like Gaia and why?” The Kirijo Group, Kaiba Corp, Mishima Zaibatsu, either one of those. +1 298. Throwing an item in the water so no one else can use it cliche. +1 299. *sigh* There really is no escaping those two, is there? +1 300. This pose. -1

Sin Talley: 301 Persona Talley: 20 Sentence: Sealed away (until public demands your return)

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