#at the end of the day; they are all anime pngs

[darabeatha]

ANYWAYS- I don't have much energy in general but I just wanted to drop by and say I had a thought in regards to the rather unique shape of the scar on his forehead in his fate design (which is a reference to the oftentimes more commonly known version of his story that recounts the motif of his death being by dying from his people throwing rocks at him which is the version f.ate seems to have followed) that it's not just there to represent this version of the story but could also be a reference to an iconographic pre-Hispanic attribute from Tezcatlipoca itself that is called the Ezpitzal, which is this:

(though in this piece, Tezca is shown under the guise of Tepeyollotl, it's still tezca) The Ezpitzal is often shown as a stream of blood that emanates from Tezcatlipoca's head. Professor Batalla pointed out that this term also relates to the Nahuatl concept of expressing anger

'it’s worth remembering that Tezcatlipoca was a god notorious for sowing discord and deceit'

So I just thought of how fitting it would be for Montezuma to have this and how similar it looks to his scar (or well, how fitting it would be to a fictional stylized version of course) as Moctezuma's name is basically a compound of the noun 'lord' and the verb that means 'to frown in anger' which altogether gets interpreted as 'he who frowns like a lord' or 'he who is angry in a noble manner' and well, how this ties back to the Ezpitzal as a symbol that expresses anger

NOW IT COULD just be the shape of his scar and there's no deep meaning behind it but I still think it would be a nice little detail about his design if that was the case (if not then its just me overthinking symbolisms again), not to mention that even after the Spanish conquest took place and how as a consequence, a lot of characteristic traits and symbolisms were lost in regards to images, even then the Ezpitzal was still depicted (though barely there) with these protruding rounded edges

#;about #about #;m.octezuma ii #i am once again going insane about him and about symbolisms and character design #f.go fans about his clothes: lol he's just f.ate's black panther #me: WRONG! WRATH OF HISTORY CULTURE AND SYMBOLISM BUT PORTRAYED IN A MODERN FICTIONALIZED ANIME VERSION OF IMPORTANT FICTIONAL AND HISTO- #-HISTORICAL FIGURES #always important to note that f.ate is fictional interpretation and doesnt seek to portray history or mythology in a 100% historically- #accurate version #at the end of the day; they are all anime pngs #but as a writer and character design enjoyer i just really enjoy putting pieces together and formulating theories #maybe there is no meaning behind it! but as an rp writer its fun; that's really it #also i understand the black panther memes dwdw; being silly rq his outfit does kinda look like a big feline (mask included) #me not being able to shut up ever: WHICH JAGUARS ARE TIED TO TEZCATLIPOCA AND THE COLOR BLACK BEING ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKE AND OBSIDIAN AND- #its just; people complaining that some servants look really random but then its about the subtle details that u would normally not look at #in a general quick glance #I MEAN; sometimes they are just silly like that; but then there's other times where it is there -nods- #do u see my vision- #its like the ends of his scar has these rounded ends like the ezpitzal #they are almost 6 ends as well; let's pretend there are 6 #;headcanons #headcanons

[adobe-outdesign]

I occasionally see people expressing surprise that there's battling on Neopets so let me explain the Battledome(TM) real quick:

There is PvP on Neopets

You can also unlock and fight various NPC challengers

There have historically been literal war events where the main goal is to defeat as many challengers as possible

Sometimes at the end of plots TNT will toss an obscenely hard boss bottle at the players where the main objective is to loose as many times as possible

You don't increase your stats by battling, but instead giving rocks to a guy on an island

You can only increase 1 stat at a time, and only about 1 stat per day if you're far enough in your pet's training

You do damage by equipping weapons, which can do damage via icons or block icons for defense

There are thousands of weapons on the site

About 5% of the weapons are decent

Two of the top-rated weapons are peas

The peas cost upward of 100 mil a piece

The attack animation consists of sliding a png of your Neopet across the screen

There's a new weapon called the Power of Friendship

You can now defeat your enemies on Neopets with the Power of Friendship

People either take the Battledome entirely too seriously or not at all, there's no in-between

There's a punching bag that you can beat up at any time because it doesn't fight back

Back in ye olden days the punching bag would sometimes be replaced with a slightly different punching bag that not only fought back but was one of the stronger opponents

There's two items that you can use in PvP that change the species and color of your opponent's Neopet because this site thrives on chaos

#neopets #neotag #outdesign posts things #unironically kind of love the bd when it comes to plots #yes!! let me engage in violence

[eddiediaaz]

Hey!! I just wanted to say that your recent speak now gif set is sooo stunning. I was wondering how you managed to create that cassette tape effect if it isn’t any trouble? It’s really so pretty.

Have a great day! ✨

ahhh thank you so so much! first of all, i cannot take any credit for this effect, as it was greatly inspired by this amazing yellowjacket gifset by @thewintersoldier!!

but here's how i recreated the effect, from a cassette png (found on pngwing here), to this animated cassette effect (as seen in my speak now set):

psst: i usually always create in photoshop cs5, but for this effect you need a recent version of photoshop because it's using transform keyframes (i think cs5 doesn't let you do that, or i just don't know how to lol). i used cc 2019 for this.

sorry if this is lengthy or has too much or too little details haha, but i hope it's comprehensible! english is not my first language so i also apologize in advance for any mistakes!

I. PREPARING THE CASSETTE

so, starting with the png here:

i removing everything i didn't want on the cassette png with the brush tool by just drawing the right color over the unwanted text. for the color, i then went to image > adjustments > hue/saturation and in the red tab, i played with the hue slider to get that purple color. finally, i added some text to my liking, and this is what i ended up with:

(not necessary but: i also selected the white lines on each side with the magic wand tool because i wanted these lines to be transparent. once your selection is done, go right click > layer via cut. it will create a new layer of the cutout you just made. you just need to disable or delete the layer to make the selection (lines) transparent.)

at this point you want to have only 2 layers: the revamped cassette and the text layer. you can remove the text layer actually, and just add the title back at the end, as it is not necessary for this effect. i just like to have the visual.

if you have multiple layers, you need to select all of them (except the song title layer), right click on the png layer and click on merge layers. this will create one layer with all the editing you made on the cassette. if you think you will need to edit this later though, i would save the file as a psd before merging the layers.

II. THE EFFECT

okay, so now that you have your cassette, make sure your video timeline is activated, not frame animation, and you are ready to go.

first, you want to create a perfect circle shape around one of the reel with the elliptical marquee tool (hold shift while dragging the circle). make sure it covers the entire area that will later be rotated. make sure this circle is perfectly centered around the reel or otherwise the animation will be a bit lopsided.

then right click on this selection and go "layer via copy". this will create a layer of only that circle selection. important step: right click on that new layer and go "convert to smart object". the layer should look like that, i've renamed mine:

now if you go to your timeline and open that new smart object layer, you will see that you have 3 keyframe options. we only need the transform one.

go to the start of the timeline and activate the transform animation by clicking on the stopwatch button. a keyframe will be created automatically.

to create the actual animation, move the position of the cursor on the timeline further, i put mine at the 01:00f mark so it's easier to create the right timing.

then what you want to do is select the reel smart object layer and hit ctrl + T. a box will appear and this is how you will make the reel rotate.

to rotate the reel shape, move your cursor near the blue box on your canvas and drag it until you have rotated the shape halfway through and hit enter. another keyframe will be created and if you play your animation, the reel should rotate on itself for half a turn

move your position on the timeline to 02:00f and do the same thing: select the left reel smart object, hit ctrl + T, rotate for another half turn, and hit enter. this third keyframe should be the last one needed for the animation and you should have a full animated rotation of the reel.

play your animation, and adjust the speed to your liking by dragging the keyframes on the timeline (but make sure they stay within the same distance from each other). the closer the keyframes are, the faster the animation are, and the further they are, the slower it'll be.

then you can just trim the smart object to your animation's length, and duplicate (right click the smart object > duplicate layer) this layer the amount of times needed (i find this less finicky than duplicating keyframes), and placing them one after the other. three full turns should be enough. this is what my timeline looks like right now:

and my animation for the left side looks like this:

as you can see, we can see the little "dents" peeking through behind the animation. we don't want that! to remove it, select the revamped cassette layer (that should be under the reel smart object), and create another perfect circle around it with the marquee tool. this time make sure it's smaller than the previous one, it just needs to cover these dents.

then right click on this selection on your canvas and go "layer via cut". this will create a new layer with that selection, and all you need to do is to disable it. this is removing the information in that circle.

once you are happy and the animation works, you can just delete that cut layer. now the animation is done and looks like this:

III. SECOND ANIMATION

one you have done it on the left side, you just gotta do the same thing on the right side. you can also try duplicating it, but i found it finicky for some reason (or maybe i'm just not used to the controls of this 2019 photoshop version?).

this is what i have once i've done the same thing on the right reel:

once i am happy with the speed and everything, i want to have only one layer so it's easier to use on gifs. first, i will save this animation as a psd file, in case i want to reuse it. then i am removing the song title layer and will be flattening everything and creating frames from this animation. to do so i am using the "save" action from here.

i'm not sure why it does that, but it's creating a couple of frames where the reels are a bit offset from their position everytime there's a full circle done, so i just delete these 5-6 frames. you can also change the speed here, but by default it should be 0.05.

once you are happy with it, just turn these frames into a smart object with the video timeline again (convert frame animation to video timeline and select all the frame layers > right click > convert to smart object)

now you have a smart object that is ready to be used anywhere!

IV. FINAL TOUCHES

for my particular speak now gifset, i have multiple layers of the animated cassette on each gif:

1, bottom one - cassette layer set to the blending mode "hard light" and set to opacity 86%:

2, middle - this same cassette layer set to hard light, but with the opacity at 100%, AND with a layer mask so it's only applied to the animated reels (i wanted them to show up more):

3, top one - and finally a third layer with another layer mask because i wanted the white label and speak now area to be less see through. it's set to the normal blending mode and the opacity is at 75%

and then i just added the song title on top at 100% opacity and normal blending mode, and added some drop shadows, and tada!

there we have it, i hope this was helpful <3

#alie replies #Anonymous #photoshop #tutorial #*ps help #completeresources #allresources #resourcemarket #userrobin #userraffa #userpjo #usertreena #tuservaleria #tuserheidi #userdean #userrainbow #usersalty #userzaynab #usernik #swearphil

[dystopicjumpsuit]

DJ's Power's Back Party!!!!

Y'ALL. My power is FINALLY back on! To celebrate, for the next two days I'm taking requests for...

CUSTOM BANNERS!

I will make you a set of two matching dividers (one "Reblog" divider and one "MDNI" divider) in the color(s) and vibe of your choice, and all you have to do is ask!

Rules:

Submit an Ask with your request. Please include up to two of your favorite colors, whether you prefer a static PNG or an animated GIF, and what kind of vibe you want (e.g., neon, fairies/fae, dragons, cottagecore, witchy, outrun/retro, outer space, fantasy, princesscore, or anything else). If you want specific iconography (for example, jaig eyes or the Bad Batch skull insignia), please also be sure to include that information.

Please be patient with me! My internet is still not back and I've had to switch providers because my ISP wouldn't send anyone to fix the line.

I'll answer your Ask with your personalized dividers AFTER the event ends.

The event will run through Tuesday, January 30, at 11:59 PM Pacific. I do reserve the right to ignore requests that I deem inappropriate (pls be nice to me; I'm a delicate kriffin' flower).

Please don't take someone else's banners unless they give you permission; if you want your own, submit an ask!

Here's a few examples of my work (you can see more on my masterlist and nearly all of my fics; I love creating custom headers, dividers, and banners to fit each story):

Taglist below

@secondaryrealm @sev-on-kamino spicy-clones @wings-and-beskar @523rdrebel @merkitty49 @anxiouspineapple99 @sinfulsalutations @arcsimper5 @starrylothcat @clio3kantarella @cloneloverrrrr @goblininawig @ladytano420 @arctrooper69 @sunshinesdaydream @mandos-mind-trick @littlemissmanga @stunkbiggu @starqueensthings @clonemedickix @marierg @idontgetanysleep @moonlightwarriorqueen @dudewhynotthis @sleepycreativewriter @tcwmatchmakingau @littlemissbshine @multi-fan-dom-madness @heavenseed76 @wizardofrozz @bobaprint @sweetcream-coldfoam @banksys-rat @skellymom @pickleprickle @trixie2023 @mythical-illustrator @dickarchivist @cw80831 @kimiheartblade @meredithroseg @flyiingsly @lightwise @swcowgal @reader6898 @cdblake1565 @epicy0n

#celebration #banners #dividers #dystopicjumpsuit designs

[drunkenskunk]

One of these days, I'm going to actually learn how to play Dwarf Fortress.

I was never able to quite get into the "proper" version that you can play for free, and I've been very occasionally fucking around in the Steam version.

Specifically: there is a world I made in the first month of its release, the Realm of Enchanting. Every so often, I'll peruse the Legends mode, or use the embark screen to take billions of screenshots in an attempt to stitch together a massive fucking map of the world without ever actually creating a fortress.

I'm still trying to stitch together the zoomed in version, but I'm not sure I have the patience, attention span, or - let's be honest - disk space for a PNG that fucking enormous.

You may be asking yourself: why don't I just make a fortress in the world? Because the last time I tried to play the game "properly" I ended up wasting a literal year of game time because I forgot to hit pause while trying to figure out how farming works, barely making any progress mining into the mountain so all my dwarfs were in a barely functional communal living area, and all of the animals that came with the caravan died of exposure due to my incompetence.

All that took place in a different world save, and I'm terrified of screwing something up in this one. Like I said, I've been perusing the Legends mode, and I have become strangely invested in a lot of the characters I've been reading about.

Nevermind that the character that first caught my eye and got me going down this pseudo-wikiwalk rabbithole and which made me strangely invested in this particular world save was a necromancer, we'll just gloss over that.

I feel like I'll vibe more with Adventure Mode when it eventually comes to Steam. I'll only have one dwarf to wrangle there instead of Many, and that seems less panic attack inducing on my part.

And besides, if I understand what that game mode is actually like, Adventure Mode will let me explore the forts created by the NPCs, and that might help me figure out how to construct my own forts.

If I ever get around to figuring out how farms work.

#dwarf fortress

[gigittamic]

🐩 my favorite animal and idol winners 🐩

Here gigittamic! It makes me very happy to announce who the winners of my event "my favorite animal and idol" are, but before doing so I want to thank you for the support and love towards my event and towards me, thank you very much.

I don't want you to feel bad or hate me if you didn't win, I will do many more events in the future.

Everyone did a great job and it really hurt me to choose the winners because they were all so beautiful. (ᴗ_ ᴗ。)

୨┈ 🍙 . ♡ㅤ ° ｡ㅤㅤWINNERS ! ˚ ㅤ ୨ৎ

♡ first place: @i08wony ( entry )

I absolutely loved it, the colors, the editing and the kittens are so cute! really deserved.

Thank you very much for participating and congratulations!

♡ second place: @fairytopea ( entry )

oh... this is seriously so cute, the colors, the images are beautiful.

Thank you very much for participating and congratulations!

♡ third place: @tookio ( entry )

I love the way it combine so well! I love that it is so simple but so beautiful.

Thank you very much for participating and congratulations!

♡ star moodboard: @p-oisn ( entry )

I really like the way she manages to combine the images, very nice.

Thank you very much for participating and congratulations!

THEY DIDN'T WIN BUT PERSONALLY I LIKED

♡ THEM A LOT ♡

Here are moodboards that didn't win but I really like them ( personally ).

♡ @bambicito ( entry ). ♡ @fuckici ( entry ).

♡ @vg-k ( entry ). ♡ @i04rei ( entry ).

♡ @i4tkoo ( entry ). ♡ @7hyein ( entry).

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

PARTICIPATING TO:

@poeticore @vg-k @bambicito @fuckici @i04rei @i4tkoo @7hyein @p-oisn @tookio @fairytopea @i08wony @wonbuni @w-onyoo @obrigados @jazzitos @7o2317 @haenxn @ha-erins @yeossemble @mnzanitia @aiirene @pjsblr-s @sugiieop ♡ sorry if anyone was missing, there are so many people...

☆ PRIZES !

🤍 1st place: 100 reblogs on my second account @/dllttagi + I will follow you on your blog + 4 moodboards of the idol you want with the aesthetics you want + 4 dividers with the png's you want + users of whatever you want + a pack of symbols + and bios.

🤍 2nd place: 60 reblogs on my second account @/dllttagi + I will follow you on your blog + 3 moodboards of the idol you want with the aesthetics you want + 3 dividers with the png's you want + users of whatever you want + a pack of symbols + and bios.

🤍 3rd place: 40 reblogs on my second account @/dllttagi + I will follow you on your blog + 2 moodboards of the idol you want with the aesthetics you want + 2 dividers with the png's you want + users of whatever you want + a pack of symbols + and bios.

🤍 star moodboard: it is a moodboard that did not end up in position 1, 2 or 3, it is that moodboard that although it did not "win" I thought it deserved its award because of how beautiful it turned out.

I clarify that this does not mean that its name "star moodboard" is better than the one in position 1, 2 or 3.

Therefore, the star moodboard wins a personalized moodboard of the idol you want with the aesthetics you want.

🤍 others: 20 reblogs.

VERY IMPORTANT; HOW TO CLAIM PRIZES

AND HOW THEY WILL BE DELIVERED!

I will contact the winners privately and ask them how and from whom ( idol, images and aesthetics ) they want their things.

I want the winners to keep something in mind: I am a human being and I don't have 4 hands so it will take me a few days but, rest assured, I will give you your prizes.

I also want you to read carefully what you earned according to your position, so as not to have misunderstandings.

ILYSM (づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

Thank you very much for everything, I really appreciate your support and love towards me and my blog.

#gigi: fav animal & idol ♡ WINNERS ! #divider by me. #congratsss!! #thank u sm ♡

[ryuichirou]

Replies

Some replies! Starting with one about our Prison AU, but then going into a slightly more cursed territory…

No headcanons today, sorry.

Anonymous asked:

I know it's been awhile since prison au has been last talk. But have ever wondered what Vil and Ortho be like in that au? Both being guards while also Vil being a prisoner and Ortho as a guard.

It really has! I think about it from time to time though, revisiting this AU is always fun. I’m glad you like it, Anon!

Whether Vil is a guard or a prisoner, the dynamic between him and Ortho is going to stay relatively the same: Ortho is his little sunshine in this hellhole lol If both of them are guards, Vil probably uses Ortho’s robot functions more than any other guard (except for Idia, obviously). While some of the other guards are either neutral or even a bit distrustful towards Ortho (because he is a robot + because the Shrouds are very detached from the rest of the guards), Vil makes it a point to treat Ortho as an equal. Or at least as a promising protégé who deserves all the praise for his hard work. Whenever he actually works and not just hangs out with Idia at their booth, of course.

If Vil is a prisoner, he really enjoys the days when it’s Ortho’s turn to patrol. Because Ortho always says hi to everyone and stops to chat with Vil specifically for a minute or two. Maybe it’s the fact that Ortho’s views on morality are so weird and his emotional development is at a very awkward stage, but Vil is very drawn to him, so their little chats are highlights of his days. Ortho enjoys it a lot too – he learns a lot from Vil, especially considering the fact that Ortho is into movies and Vil is an actor with a very turbulent life. So yeah, Ortho is probably one of the few people who make Vil smile in this AU.

Anonymous asked:

This is such a cursed thought, but imagine Sebek and Greenhill having a screaming match, lol.

Oh god, they’ll break so many windows with their yelling, these loud blokes lol I wonder who’s louder…

Anonymous asked:

Women Azul pegs idia for sure

Even better, she tentacles Idia 🥰 even if it’s a f/m situation

Anonymous asked:

I’m probably gonna regret this but what cringey stuff does Lilia bully Idia into yelling?

It depends, Lilia is kind of a menace and sometimes demands his lovers to say things that make no sense and that aren’t even that sexy, just weird. Like animal noises and stuff, but fortunately he didn’t ask Idia to do something like that yet… well. Maybe he told him to meow once. Maybe twice.

Sometimes Lilia goes the classic route and demands his lover to beg to let him cum or forces him to pick between two equally embarrassing options, but it makes Idia so overwhelmed and nervous that he ends up getting hiccups and barely being able to make any coherent sound. It’s always a blur for both of them, because Lilia just says shit without thinking about it, and by the time this happens Idia’s brain is a complete mush oops. I’m so vague with this reply...

Anonymous asked:

You mentioned in a headcanons post for Lilia and Idia that Lilia will degrade but that he’s done much much worse? You can’t tease us like that and not spill the deets, yk.

Damn I was kinda hoping I’d get away with it (headscratch png)

Well, compared to what Lilia used to do when he was younger, some degradation is really kind of vanilla… he really mellowed down with age, that Lilia.

Some of the shit that Lilia used to do: physical and emotional torture that lasted for days, public humiliation, orchestrating gangbangs/orgies and participating in them, desecration of his wounded enemies’ bodies, brainwashing, insane and intense kinks, scaring the fuck out of his enemies and haunting them, etc etc etc. It didn’t happen every single time of course, but at his worst Lilia used to be quite scary. Debauchery was his middle name… Lilia Debauchery Vanrouge.

#replies #prison warden au #our aus #oruvil #lilidia

[theheirofthesharingan]

Hi, same anon as before. After looking all day I found the panel in original Japanese version

http://blog-imgs-45.fc2.com/y/a/m/yamaharbx6jm/moblog_7d893b7f.jpg

And Itachi says exactly "もうこの世界に 未練はない", which, according to Google Translate means "There are no regrets in this world anymore". So, I know an online translator is not to be trusted blindly, but it does not seem to look like Itachi meant "I regret nothing, bitches, deal with it" as people seem to interpret. He either means "I saved Konoha, so I don't have to regret the suffering this war may have led to" or "I did my job saving Konoha, there is no point with me staying here and suffering for the things I did". Or he feels somehow responsible for the 4rth Ninja War because he worked in Akatsuki, helped collect the tailed beasts and also led Sasuke to do so, so he is like "I put an end to the war in the end, so I have no more regrets". But regrets about that, not about all he did wrong to Sasuke.

Those are the only things that make sense if we take into account Itachi was answering Sasuke when he asks "then you will leave too?" as Itachi was dispelling the Endo Tensei. It makes no sense he would just say something so hurtful to Sasuke after being remorseful for the whole fight and then go back to being sorry again and telling him he will love him always. I also checked French and Spanish translations and all them them translate that panel as "I have no further links to this world" and I even found an English translation that goes like this too here https://64.media.tumblr.com/58f88f0e4e3a0fe1512a61eeec7fdade/tumblr_inline_nwbrtoz58T1tthc3o_500.png

Not sure if all these are official translations or fanmade, though. Anyway, Itachi very obviously and painfully regretted what he did, I think you have to be blind to not get that.

Thank you so much for providing the penal in the original language. I checked the translation in several other translation tools and none of them leave it barely at "I have no more regrets". Makes me wonder why the English sub and dub as well as manga translation did this. And if I've been cursing Kishimoto for no reason because what he wanted to say was different from what got translated in English. Since most of the audience we interact are English speaking this spread like wildfire and hate for Itachi is quite paramount on this website it only worked as a catalyst for people to justify their hate.

Anyway, one of the tools I checked into translated this:

There is no more unfinished business in this world.

This is how it translates into my own mother-tongue as well. It's also closer to the ones that you've mentioned. These are the translated words that most tools translated when I checked.

The second translation was this:

I have no more regrets, no more regrets for this world.

(italicized emphasis is mine)

It does translate to 'I have no more regrets' but there's more to it, too. The context of both the phrases is quite similar.

He either means "I saved Konoha, so I don't have to regret the suffering this war may have led to" or "I did my job saving Konoha, there is no point with me staying here and suffering for the things I did". Or he feels somehow responsible for the 4rth Ninja War because he worked in Akatsuki, helped collect the tailed beasts and also led Sasuke to do so, so he is like "I put an end to the war in the end, so I have no more regrets". But regrets about that, not about all he did wrong to Sasuke.

Given the new translation and the context it seems plausible that this is exactly what he meant. Translation into one language from another usually loses a lot of depth and nuance and this seems to be one of those instances. Quite like Itachi's final words before his first death in English were translated as only 'this is it' but the better translation is 'this is the end' or 'it ends with this'. 'This is it' loses the poetry of the moment, though it still is just as heartbreaking. But again both manga and anime in English go with these words.

True, Itachi bitterly regretted what he put Sasuke through. I've said this many times before - Itachi wasn't deluded about his actions or what he was doing to Sasuke. He didn't have the 'oh, I messed up so bad' moment because what he did was precisely his intent. His actions are morally wrong when you look at them objectively but characters in a story never react in accordance with the objectivity and morality audience applies depending upon its own experiences and biases on fiction. Just like all other characters, who reacted to the horrible circumstances in a violent way, Itachi did too. He was also shaped by his own life. And at the end of the day, he owned up to all he'd done rather than looking for excuses or wanting to justify himself.

It takes a lot more than just guilt to fuel the willpower he required to prolonge his life when he was terminally ill. No one regretted the things they did more than Itachi did. Some of it was his own doing and most of it was the circumstances he was pushed into. He never needed to be told he was wrong. He may or may not have acted differently from how he did, because of his experiences, but he never made excuses for them and lived and died with the same resolution.

#itachi #anon #ask #itachi uchiha #uchiha itachi

[heatherevergreencd]

I WISH

The LIST of my humble opinions on the new Disney’s animated movie «Wish" that we watched this Friday with my friend. Shout out to @owllooker! Just some random thoughts here, hehe.

Goods

1. I liked the villain, even despite the fact that his character arc felt like it was written by two different people. In the first half of the movie, he felt more like an anti-hero, and in the second, turned into a more classic villain. I WISH they committed to one option.

2. The music I enjoyed too, especially the song “At all costs”. It appeared in a weird moment and sounded purely like a love ballad, but it was such a lovely and warm song with charming lyrics. I WISH it was the king and queen's love song, and I WISH their relationship were developed differently.

Not so goods

1. Asha, being the protagonist, had no character development whatsoever. She was right, and then she was right, and then the end. No fun in that. King Magnifico had a more protagonist journey.

2. The visuals were boring. Plastic 3D animation, that wasn’t decorated with its main advantage - details.

3. The town looked like an empty version of Lord Farquaad’s castle.

4. All the character designs were boring. Apart from the king and queen - they looked like beautiful porcelain figurines.

5. I really don’t like modern words in fantasy writing. But it’s a personal thing.

6. That scene on the boat:

Asha’s mother: going through a terrible feeling of grief after literally losing a part of her soul.

Asha: let me make this about ME and make everyone comfort ME.

Not cool, Asha.

7. The moment at the end with the dress transformation that didn’t happen. Like, how dare you!?

8. They didn’t even make an effort to create beautiful final credits. It was a 100 years celebration with PNGs on a black background.

Anywaaay... At the end, I think it’s not a big deal that the movie turned out meh. If anything, it’s a very relatable moment when everything goes wrong on an important day. I WISH Disney all the best, and King Magnifico and «At all costs» were kind of worth it.

LY

#disney wish #wish 2023 #wish movie #wish disney #queen amaya #king magnifico #asha wish #star wish

[tamaruaart]

Hi :)

₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊

Questions:

About me:

I mostly go by Rua or Tam but I'm also 100% okay with any nicknames! (Tamarua, Tamari, Tama, Tamachi, Ruma, Ru etc.) I'm a digital & traditional artist and I mostly draw my OCs or characters I like. I'm in A LOT of fandoms (lmk, jttw, jjk, kny, greek myth, Hamilton...). This blog respects and supports the LGBTQ+ community :> (WHERE ALL MY ARO/ACE BUDDIES AT??-). I'm catholic but I prefer not to talk about religion a lot, I just like it that way. My preferred pronouns are She/her but I don't mind if you refer to me as a they/them or he/him. I don't usually get mad, and my humor is very... Uh, what's the word? Stupid? Yea, very stupid. I speak English, Croatian and I know a tincy-tiny bit of Italian.

What art program do I use?:

I use Clip Studio Paint and Ibis Paint, in Ibis I mostly use the default brushes and in Clip studio I use the defaults as well as Artemus pencil pack and Artemus chalk pack (both of the packs are free btw)

Where else can you find me?:

I'm on Twitter (@TamaRuaArt), Pixiv (@Tamachi), Reddit (@TamaRuaArt "Tam & Rua✩") and tiktok! (@tamaruaart "Tam✩") (but I don't post anywhere else soo)

What are the rules for my blog?:

-No offensive/hurtful comments on sertant groups of people

-No nsfw topics

-No politics

-Please keep your comments relative to the post

-Please no heavy-religion based topics

-No racism

-No sexism (idc if towards men, women or ANY gender identity)

-No homophobia or transphobia (nor to any other sexuality)

What do I mostly use this blog for?:

Well, I mostly use it to talk about my jttw/lmk OC Zhaoyan (or just Zhao is fine). Zhao is a sorceress who was brought to the journey as a healer for Tripitaka. Basically, she has the power to heal any wound, illness, disease etc.

Where can I find out more about your oc?:

For now my tumblr blog is the only place. I do 100% plan to write an AO3 fanfic regards her one day (because she honestly has so much lore that isn't even jttw/lmk related). But not any time soon, I'm very busy with school and I still have to work her whole character out before I start writing. When I do publish the story I'll announce it here :D

What sort of art do I do?:

I do character art/character design, backgrounds, cartoony styles, semi-realism, rendered pieces, short comics, templates, coloring pages, buildings, creature designs and plants (I suck ass at animals tho >:'( )

Is this blog R18?:

Not really, I do swear quite a bit and I do bring up a bit more serious topics from time to time. But besides that I don't deal with any nsfw things and I don't really talk about any drama going on in the world rn. At the end of the day this is just a silly little blog for me to talk about my interests :)

Do I do suggestions/requests?:

Yeh, just don't expect a masterpiece. I'll probably draw your suggestion as long as it's a character, also just a heads up but if I don't feel like it I can always decline. (you can suggest someone threw my in-box)

Do I do coms?:

No

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yes

My Playlists:

Zhaoyan but as a ✨Playlist✨:

An introduction to my characters and some extras:

Free chibi OC commission (closed):

And that's basically all you need to know about me

ba-bye 👋

#monkie kid #lmk oc #lego monkie kid #jttw #journey to the west #jttw oc #lmk #lego monkie kid oc #monkie kid oc #oc #lmk oc; zhao #jttw oc; zhao #blog info #oc playlist #Spotify #lmk oc; yueliang #lmk oc; quanshuǐ

[texasthoughtsaboutnothing]

Weird Question.

What does a good Limbus Company Tier List look like?

[Warning: Long]

Gacha games are, at least in part, games about optimizing limited resources. There is a daily stamina limit, and weeklies and dailies that you need to feed that stamina into. In turn, you receive an amount of rewards that need to be spent to acquire and upgrade units. Limited rewards. And you need so many just to upgrade one unit. Decisions need to made, resources allocated. You only have so much, you want to get and use the right stuff without wasting anything on someone you find out is trash 90 levels in. Right?

This is an aspect of Gacha that is often missed in discourse about pngs of anime waifus: the emotional and intellectual labor of investing into a unit, the constant worrying about if you are making the most optimal choices, and the satisfaction of planning well. How a lot of attachment to a character can stem not from their design or personality but just because they're all you had that countered this boss node and lord almighty they clutched out the win with 0.1% HP after you dumped all you had into raising them. I could talk about it all day, it' super interesting to me. But to refocus, the major consequence of this kind of game design are tier lists.

Tier lists will tell you, at a glance, what units are worth investing in and what's worth avoiding. Good tier lists will provide comprehensive explanations and guides for each unit to contextualize their placement. Bad tier lists won't. They can be the combined knowledge of an entire community for a game, they can also be an edict laid down without compassion or transparency. Again, absolutely interesting. And again, to refocus, Limbus doesn't really have one.

Ok, there are Limbus tier lists. Esgoo has great tier lists on which IDs and EGO you should prioritize when considering Uptie 4. Obviously those are his opinion, all Tier Lists are at the end of the day, but he has a whole hour of discussion covering the why's and hows of each category. There is a Prydwen tier list for units, but its rarely shown to new players in any of the PM communities I'm in and is instead largely chastised to my knowledge. I've seen Sinner tier lists, meme tier lists, so on and so forth. None of these are the Tier List.

Maybe its just a sign of the times, but I remember when Gachas had the Tier List. Community vetted, moderator approved, above any all all others. Offered freely to newcomers and watched feverishly by veterans after a new unit is released. Nowadays I feel like I rarely see them.

Limbus doesn't have the tier list. You may wonder if it even needs one and I think you'd have a point. Boiling an entire ID's value to a letter grade might seem unnecessary, especially as Limbus is a bit different as a Gacha. IDs are easy to get, and though the level cap continues to raise (in a way many others find alarming and I'm inclined to agree) it's still less than a week's effort to max one out. I've played games where it took a month of currency to get a single Unit useable. THere just isn't as much drive to worry about leveling the wrong things, investing incorrectly because basically anything works.

However.

There still are obvious differences in the strengths of each character ID. True, most if not all are "useable", but you're probably better off leveling Pequod Yi Sang than Seven Yi Sang. You are definitely better off leveling Pequod Ishmael than Sloshing Ishmael. Its fair to want a quick cheat sheet to communicate those ideas at a glance, with explanations for those who want to delve a little deeper.

But I ask again, what would it even look like?

By what categories and traits do we subdivide these IDs? How can you convey that W Ryoshu is a self sufficient DPS monster tahat requires no synergy to be good while Maid Ryoshu has AoE built into her kit as well as strong poise gen that also does good damage at a glance? Put one in an AoE group and the other in DPS? Is that truly accurate when part of attack weight is that it's great against Abnormalities, the most common type of one-on-one encounter?

I ask the question "what would it look like" because I truly don't know. Limbus is a complicated, evolving game. I don't think that makes it special or standout in any particular way, but for an example it could be that Seven IDs are top tier next event because of temporary buffs and that throws a whole tier list on its head. I don't know of many Gacha that do stuff like that.

That's kinda the end of the thought. The best I can come up with is a list consisting of three tiers: "great, good with the right team comp, and don't. Further explanation available upon request." That's not very helpful, is it?

#limbus company #project moon #clear all cathy #wow i wrote too much about a random thought i had

[the-travelling-witch]

𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐘 𝐌𝐄!

love/healing potions= fluff, antidotes= comfort, poisons= angst, aphrodisiacs= smut, felix felicis= shitposts/ edits, custom potions= my oc; ༊*·˚= personal favourite

Love Potions:

Gamer Boyfriend: Leviathan || 890 || Drabble

⇢ ˗ˏˋ levi ࿐ྂ

Character Class: Comfort Gamer Profile: Levi understands how exhausting life can be, especially in this household. So he’s really glad you can find comfort in bingeing anime or TSL and playing games with him for however long you want. Still, Levi’s convinced you’re some kind of angel for listening to his long-winded ramblings and if you ask him literally anything about the plot or characters he has half a mind to marry you right then and there.

Kiss me more || 2k || Multi-Character || ༊*·˚

⇢ ˗ˏˋ demon brothers + barbatos ⋆ˎˊ˗

summary: the types of kisses the demons like to give and receive warnings: i totally never play favourites ever

Hold me close || 1.1k || Multi-Character

⇢ ˗ˏˋ mammon, belphie, barbatos, dantalion, valefar ⋆ˎˊ˗

summary: just some short and sweet cuddling headcanons warnings: only me playing favourites again ♡ + one teeny tiny allusion to lesson 16

Hollysm: Day Two [Event] || 940 || Drabble

⇢ ˗ˏˋ barbatos ࿐ྂ

event prompt: baking

Nighttime Routine Drabble || 800 || Drabble || ༊*·˚

⇢ ˗ˏˋ mammon ࿐ྂ

summary: a pouty demon has become part of your nighttime routine warnings: fluff with mentions of insecurities (skin/appearance related)

Catherine Crossover || Blurb/ Hc

⇢ ˗ˏˋ ft. demon brothers but more so belphie ࿐ྂ

Antidotes:

Bloody Hell || 3.3k || Multi-Character || ༊*·˚

⇢ ˗ˏˋ mammon, belphegor, barbatos ⋆ˎˊ˗

summary: having your period is already stressful enough and being in the devildom doesn't make it any better; luckily, these demons are here to help warnings: period-having reader (gn pronouns), blood, mild cramps

Poisons:

⇢ ˗ˏˋ no potions brewed yet ࿐ྂ

Aphrodisiacs: [Nsfw, minors dni]

Gamer Boyfriend: Leviathan [NSFW] || 3k || One-Shot

⇢ ˗ˏˋ levi ࿐ྂ

Stats: nsfw/ minors dni, jealous/ possessive! levi, cream pies, monster/tail fucking, mean dom! levi, levi with two cocks, degradation/ name calling, marking, double penetration, unprotected sex (stay safe everyone!), hint of/ alllusion to exhibitionism towards the end Profile: It’s not fair! Why do his stupid brothers get to hog your attention all the time? He’ll make sure you’ll pay attention to him and only him. You’re not leaving his room for quite a while; there’s lots of fun stuff Levi wants to try with you. And when you do limp out of his room, his brothers will certainly get the message.

Sinful Indulgence || 5.8k || One-Shot || ༊*·˚

⇢ ˗ˏˋ asmo ࿐ྂ

summary: losing your virginity can be daunting, even more so when you’re dating the avatar of lust; luckily, asmo is only interested in making this as comfortable for you as possible warnings: nsfw/ minors dni, slightly angsty (insecurities) but with comfort, porn with a hint of plot, loss of virginity, corruption kink, use of toys (vibrator), fingering, asmo being a demon+ demon form! asmo, soft!asmo, consent king asmo,  cream pie/ unprotected sex, use of petnames (sweetheart, darling, love, hon/honey), marking

A tricky treat || 5.7k || One-Shot

⇢ ˗ˏˋ dragon! barbatos ࿐ྂ

summary: the plan was to spend a chill movie night at the castle but when was the last time anything went according to plan in the devildom? warnings: nsfw/ minors dni, dragon! barbatos, dom! barbs , aphrodisiac spit (idc if i made it up, deal with it), double penetration, two cocks, monster + tail fucking, breeding kink, oviposition, cream pie, pool sex, marking, a little bit of possessiveness (as a treat)

Felix Felicis:

Exchange Student Diaries ༊*·˚

The Devil Demon Wears Prada ༊*·˚

Behold, The Avatar of Pride

Belphie NB icons/pngs

Custom Potions:

Dantalion, Owner of Majolish ༊*·˚

Valefar, Casino Owner ༊*·˚

Stolas, Popular Streamer ༊*·˚

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[f4nggzz]

ALL MY FANG AUs TO THE ACTUAL MOMENT

Jet:

Jet the Jerboa is basically the Fang that's in the Fleetway comics, following the events of team chaotix until he's revealed as a villain, I didn't made many things about him, I just like to draw him, maybe one day I'll make more things about him

Flake:

Flake also follows the Fleetway comics lore, he's a hybrid in this AU, and because of that he has a medical condition that causes him a loss of melanine, making his body have a kind of albinism that evolves with time, and because of that, he's extremely insecure and makes many impulsive actions

BFang:

Buried Fang is basically a creepypasta from Sonic Triple Trouble, me and @hmmmzin always found creepy that Fang was "Buried alive" and then I had the idea of making a horror fangame related to this event, I'm not on the hype to do it now, but who knows? X3

EFang:

This Fang is part of an AMV series that I think on doing from the Vocaloid Saga of Evil (Daughter of Evil, Servent of Evil and all...) Where Fang would be Len and Nic would be Rin, at the time I even made art of Fang and Nic as Len and Rin, one day I'll do it, I was animating it but my phone broke so AAAAAAAAAAA

Nack:

This Fang follows the majority of the events from Archie comics, however it has some changes!! Nack's family was part of the Royal family where obviously Nack suffered from a kind of psychologic pression caused by his parents of being the best in everything, and that made Nack end up as someone very paranoid when it comes of committing errors and giving him a very self destructive vision of himself, Nack kinda went against his parents because of the pression, and he decided to enter in a bounty hunter life, until his adulthood, when he accepts his parents offer to clear his criminal record and live a "normal" life, what ends up with him isolating himself

Asir:

Yea, this little guy originated Andy :3 he's a Fang that I've created in 2014, all of his backstories are:

2014: originally he were a Fang from another dimension, where he is one of the main villains that fights against another sonic series corresponding heroes (considering that in the time I thought that putting hair on a sonic png was considered as making a new OC XD)

So after some more adventures he decides to explore new universes until he finds the original universe

2015: he's apparently the younger brother from Fang and Nic, his change of color is because he was beaten up (I had 10 in the time I wrote this :'3) and in that time he was extremely evil, however after some time he turned to good XD

Another lores that I remember: at the time when I wrote comics (unfortunately I can't show because my parents threw it away :c) he was a character extremely unlucky and misfortunate XD he's also had a younger brother called "Léu", who he had a rivality with (Léu was on the side of the heroes and Asir was on the side of the villains), the most recent story was related to racism against weasels (it was 2018 and I didn't knew that Fang wasn't a weasel) about how it had some kind of racism against weasels because of the "representative" being a villain

(Asir and Andy are NOT the same character, it means that Andy is not an alternative version of Fang!!)

And that's what I can remember of him (9 YEARS OF HISTORY WITH HIM HHHHHHH)

Aaannd yep, that's it (poor hmmmzin that had to translate everything aaaaaaa TwT)

#fang the hunter #fang the sniper #nack the weasel #fang au #sonic au #sonic #sth #sonic fanart #sonic fandom #drawing #ibispaintx #asir adopted 3 children #he is officially a dad KSJWDKSKSMD #I literally frequently make Nack related arts #I think about making a comic about him one day #if I have the patience #Flakes needs a hug!!! #EFang needs a hug too #Jet needs a patpat #BFang needs a patpat too ^^“ #Asir needs a high five!! #Nack needs a big punch in the face/j #no ideas for tags yet #I'm sorry if I make any mistakes in English :“3 #I'm going to sleep now it's 5 am

[vex-cti]

[LONGPOST] I just finished... Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

I wanna write down all my thoughts before I delve into more in-depth online opinions. I'm writing this on the same day as having done the last two chapters of the game, so I may have not had time to process the story completely. However, I've been playing this game for the entire month and I got a lot to say. Obvious spoilers ahead, but I'll still try to keep some things vague enough.

Okay Square Enix, you win, I'll use photo mode

Graphics in video games are like how attractive a dessert looks, it doesn't dictate how it will taste, but it makes you want to try it. Rebirth feels like one of those games that is finally showing what the PS5 is capable of, with environments extremely rich in detail, superb lightning that's both colorful and conveys the right emotion for each scene, this is the prettiest Final Fantasy has ever looked, even compared to 16 which had some optimization issues and dull lightning in some areas, specially towards endgame. No single location in Rebirth feels half-baked, what used to be single screens and flat textures in the original have been completely re-imagined to have their own identity. I will talk about more about the open environments when I talk about gameplay and exploration.

Reliving the moments: Going above and beyond

The cutscene direction for this game is absolutely phenomenal, I love that they have amped up the campiness of the original 7, while also being faithful to the serious and emotional moments. What shines even more in Remake is the excellent writing when it comes to the characters, their performances are full of charisma, and it made it clear to me why the cast of seven ended up becoming so iconic to gaming as a whole. Every scene with these characters interacting, no matter if it was the dullest of sidequests, made everything entertaining. But the best part of Rebirth, like its predecessor, it's when it brings back the iconic moments we all wanted to see. The Junon Parade, Costa del Sol, Red XIII and Cosmo Canyon, Barret and Corel, and many more of these moments have barely altered from how they happened originally, reliving these moments feels like watching a high production TV Series based on a book you loved as a kid. If you love the original FFVII but have no intentions of playing the remake due to how things change, I at least recommend you look up the scenes that do stay faithful.

Some things left me wanting

Still, Rebirth only covers up to the end of Disc 1 section of the story, and has some blatant teases from trailers and the game itself that left me wanting. The Planet's weapons are mentioned and different versions appear, but there's no Diamond or Ruby weapon superboss yet. Both Cid and Vincent make their debuts near the final chapters, but are not playable for now, which left me a little disappointed. And this lets me segway perfectly into the other best part of Rebirth...

Can I just say I love the portraits in this game? Love me some PNGs

When I first played Part 1 of the Remake saga, I felt like I had no idea of what I was doing with the combat, I found the action-hybrid system too complicated and visually cluttered I felt like I was brute forcing every fight and not really enjoying myself. I finished the game and didn't come back to it until early this year where I decided to do Hard Mode for the Platinum, and this time I had a way better time, now understanding the combat system and each fight better. It makes for a flashy, semi tactical game with very visceral and satisfying animations, powers, character building thanks to materia, the importance of positioning, blocking, switching aggro, it felt like the realization of what games like FF12 and 13 aimed to be.

So imagine my surprise when Rebirth made it even better. Fundamentals are still the same, new skills were to be expected, but my favorite new addition are synergy skills. Not only do you get special commands you can perform with your partners in the party with extremely satisfying animations, you also have synergy real time action commands which reward you for being more reactive and agressive, now adding perfect blocks and counters, now every time you play with a different team composition you're gonna feel the difference of having Barret or Red or Yuffie as your partner, as you get access to different skills.

They also help you build ATB for characters not actively controlled at any given time, which is an excellent quality of life improvement. My only nitpick is that despite the menus allowing you to have 3 different party compositions and even allowing you to set the leader for each, Cloud is mandatory. Cloud is of course good at everything, so it's not the worst thing, but it does suck that I can't play as a team of Barret, Red, and Yuffie at any time in the open world. Though you can do that at virtual combat challenges or the colliseum. This feels like an oversight.

Fortunately, this meant I was playing around different characters all the time, because they're all great, and it feels super satisfying to set the right materia for each one according to what you envision them to be and complement their abbilities. Some are obvious: give Yuffie the steal materia, give Aerith healing materia. But who gets to be the mage, the debuffer, the buffer, the tank, that's up to you. I found Red XIII + Darkside materia works extremely well thanks to his Reaper Claw abbility and his health regeneration, sort of like a bestial Dark Knight, great crowd control and support all around. Cait Sith takes some work to get used to, and requires lots of setup, but his luck based gameplay can have some serious benefits, I'm sure he will come in handy in hard mode. Yuffie plays almost identically to her DLC, and she is excellent for handling boss fights with multiple parts or different weaknesses.

Exploring will either be fun or tedious, depends on who you ask

I feel like the other primary component of the gameplay, which is the exploration and traversal, will be a bit more divisive. It takes tropes from standard open world games like towers, points of interest, fast travel, loot locations, hunts, there is nothing new or original about it. However, that doesn't mean it can't be fun. Completing areas feels like I'm playing a collect-a-thon akin to Sonic Frontiers, where while it may not be the most exciting thing in the world, it is very relaxing for me, as I take in the sights and look for ways to get to new areas and find the next rare fiend. What I enjoy about the world design is that areas are not large, but are very packed and designed in such a way where you can't get everywhere by just looking at markers on the map, sometimes you do have to look for clues on the environment to get to where you need to, meaning you're looking at where you're going more than your tracker, which is great, but you still get the benefits of one. So it's a nice compromise, not as open ended as BoTW or Elden Ring, but not as braindead as a Ubisoft game. However, completing these areas can take a while, and if you're like me and plan to do all of them, don't be surprised when each area can take you up to 10 hours if you want to do everything.

"No seriously Cloud, I'm still waiting!" -Sephiroth, 100 hours into your game file

If you remember FF16 (I love that game too btw), you might remember how universally hated the sidequests were, not so much for their stories, but for their large amount and lack of variety. It seems like Rebirth is an active effort to avoid those same mistakes. Most sidequests in this game has you doing something different, have an entertaining story or character development attached to them, or even have you doing something dumb like bringing chickens back to their sweet innocent mother, or following an Ex Shinra employee in some brutal gold saucer challenges. I won't say every sidequest is a winner, at the end of the day, they're still busywork, and never will a game make you feel good saying "Congratulations on your progress, you have unlocked even more sidequests to do!". Still, I have to commend them, they do not bombard you with them, you can do a few at a time and be good for the next area, and the rewards allow your party to access more skills.

They have some of the most fun music too

The sidequest also introduce an excuse to have you do more of the minigames and take on their harder difficulties. And BOY did they add soooo many minigames, I could not believe I was encountering a new one what feels like every hour. There's something both horrifying and admirable about the devs commitment to bring back the spirit of a ps1 classic in this way. Have you noticed that triple AAA games basicly don't do minigames anymore? Yea fishing games are still around I guess, but Rebirth is not ashamed to harken to those videogamey roots and sheer goofiness. Red football, Fort Condor (love the reinterpretation), Super Dolphin Sunshine, and so many more. Enjoy youself with these minigames, and pick your least favorites too because there will be at least one that will make you want to break your controller. Contenders for me are Glide de Chocobo for it's terrible camera, and Gears & Gambits for having an overwhelming amount of Gambits for such a simple minigame (even FF12 had you start with a small amount). Still, there is more bad than good here. What I was not expecting was a brand new card game, akin to Triple Triad in 8 and 14: Queen's Blood.

*Insert Yugioh abridged reference here*

Not only did I not expect a new card game 2 hours into the game, I did not expect it to be so good, and have me thinking about different deck builds, deck synergy, strategies, and ways to one up your opponent with some smart plays. Queen's Blood is an extremely fun time sink and nice break from all the combat and normal exploration. It can be overwhelming at first, and having so many different cards with effects each is a hassle I've seen many not even wanting to bother with, finding some of its rules to be too confusing. I will say that if you're not constantly updating your deck with better cards you won't be making much progress, but you also won't know what cards are better if you don't play enough to get what your objective is, so it's best to start getting into it the sooner you start the game. Do make sure you take note of some of the later puzzles and challenges, as they can teach you strategies to make comebacks on hard duels.Screw the survival challenges, though.

But the journey isn't quite the same, after all

Perhaps the stuff I have the least things to say about, are the new elements to the story, which are more prevalent during the beginning and ending sequences of the game. I was honestly intrigued at the start, the tension and anxiety felt in this unknown timeline Zack has walked into, and the mystery surrounding the true fate of our protagonists, as it shows you bits and pieces of more information the further you progress, I was curious to where things were going. Unfortunately, the ending provided even more questions than answers, and I still feel like it's not as emotionally impactful as perhaps it intends to be, maybe due to the lack of clear information. I understand it wants to keep itself vague with the idea of multiple timelines and universes colliding, or what Sephirot's actual plan is. But it does make things like the Whispers feel even more pointless than when they showed up in Remake, but at least their presence has been reduced, as expected. Areas where changes to the story were most effective were when they were not pointed out to be a product of a split timeline, like the conclusion to the Junon festival, or the Gongaga reactor sections.

But of course, what most people were more curious about, was how was the ending going to change, we all knew it was going to be different no matter what. And while I feel like these convoluted elements do take off some of the emotion of the original scene, there is one element which does seem to align these new events with the emotions of the original: Cloud himself. For he experiences the events of the ending differently from the rest, and it's left unclear how reliable is his perspective. Add Sephiroth's manipulation of Cloud's emotions and he becomes this genuinely creepy and ruthless shell of himself. This new problem does not completely go away by the end, as Cloud is not fully aware of it yet. But with how the new version of the ending has unfolded, it left me with these feeling of doubt and... hollowness, confusion, not sure if to be sad, or hopeful. Which I feel is exactly how Cloud feels as well, as his human nature is questioned.

Despite thinking a faithful story remake would have been more satisfying, I can't deny these new events had me thinking about the story of FInal Fantasy 7 in ways I could connect emotionally to it even more. Perhaps, what this game truly achieved for me, is remind me just how much I love this franchise, for its extremely creative worlds and creatures, to its unique stories and unforgettable characters. Rebirth is a celebration of Final Fantasy, a joy to look and play, to relive and to guess. It's got one more part to prove if these changes to the narrative were really worth it, nonetheless. And honestly, I hope they don't keep relying on vagueness as much.

But when they are not being vague, I promise you, every moment, old or new, will feel exciting.

#final fantasy vii #ff7 rebirth #ff7 rebirth review #review #iranted #now when someone asks me what i thought about the game i can just copy paste this #no but wait then they would find my blog #i did not think this throuuuuuuuugh #i wonder if babyboi will want to ever do a final fantasy marathon with me hmmm i got so much to say about all games #i should also mention the towns in this game are WONDERFUL #and the gold saucer date had me internally sobbing

[blackered]

my journey in DST modding: day 7

yes, today is the final day for art. the "Tale of Tails" didnt end exactly how i wanted it to, but it was the best i could do with what i had. . first thing i did was tackle the ghost part: i cut her horns from the headbase, resized the ghost pngs and pasted them on there. with a few adjustments. but of course resizing the fucking file means i have to edit the eye placement. . my first try vs messing with the pivot point in under a minute:

a good start already. . i changed some minor stuff in the other files (added the modicon, silho, swap icon, etc), but now im proud to say that i have a working, fully animated demon girl:

obviously she doesnt look perfect, but at least it's decent.

. some problems that i havent been able to fix: the scale. she looks fine next to wilson, but hats still look fucked up on her.

the fact that some things STILL move out of place. the back view is the worst of all three because there are too many things moving all the time. as much as i tried to camouflage the tail into the coat, it still moves on its own cause thats how it's animated. (would be awesome if yall just ignored it)

she can't wear any skins. all the parts are too dependant on each other for that to work, especially the tail. . these are her final looks (changed some info in the select screen):

. i can't believe this is finally over. it's been one hell of a week. we are still not done, but now it's out of my hands and into my friend's. ill keep you posted of anything that happens. . thanks for reading!

#don't starve together #don't starve together mod #dst mod #dst modding #dst oc #original character #oc #oc art #sunny speaking

[musashi]

Here's a few questions! 1) What are some of your favorite memories around Ace Attorney? 2) What are some other topics you've thought about doing video essays on? 3) If you haven't already done this before, what Pokemon teams would you give Franziska and Maya?

thank you!

What are some of your favorite memories around Ace Attorney?

chief of them all is how i got into it, the "who is this mans" saga. here is the abridged version:

uquiz on my dash, "what white haired anime boy are you"

take it, because i love uquizzes

manfred von karma

desc just says: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

post about it on tumblr

"who is this mans"

a bunch of scattered responses: thats the antagonist from the first ace attorney game

me: i know, but like, whats his deal, whats his personality, can someone tell me who this guy actually is beyond his role in the story

everyone: no. he doesn't matter. look up his daughter right now, you are kin with her.

literally, i got anywhere from 10-20 asks where people were PASSIONATELY assigning me franziska. ive never been furiously kin assigned before. people will say, like, hey wendy, this character seems like someone you'd be kin with. i felt like people were ANGRY that i didn't know i was franziska.

look her up

mean anime lady with a whip dot png

i am so sad about how i am perceived. delete all the asks. ignore this. go back to watching pokemon.

2 years pass

join zelda server

admin: uhhh if i played ace attorney. would anyone want to watch

me: the uquiz said i am manfred von karma

admin: WHAT

everyone else in the server: WHAT

some brave soul: wait, do you know about fr--

me: franziska yeah whatever im her and everyone wants me to know about i--

server, in harmonious gregorian unison: FRANZISKA! FRANZISKA! FRANZISKA!

me: fuck's sake

server: PROSECUTORIAL PRODIGY FRANZISKA VON KARMA GRACES US WITH HER PRESENCE

me: fuck off for real. sure i'll come watch

[does that]

[wakes up after blacking out and there's an 8 foot bullwhip in my house now]

fuck you

it is to this day the funniest fucking sequence of events that have ever brought me to a fandom. i was planning on just enjoying ace attorney casually i had NO idea how amazing it was.

some other faves... i got to voice manfred when we played goodbyes and i didn't know anything about him, my friends just forced me to and i 100% winged it and ended up having the TIME OF MY LIFE. the only thing i remember was being off my shits and at multiple points bellowing 'PISS YOUR PANTS BOY' at half the cast. every day i regret not recording it.

the way we started voicing characters was, initially rin was voicing all of them but when we got to samurai they were like 'im not going to even try with oldbag because i've never seen anyone be able to keep up with her dialogue except like one streamer' and i don't know how to leave challenges alone so i said 'ill do it' and then i DID but no one told me what her first name was so as soon as she took the stand i LOST IT just howling and almost flubbed my lines. then we all started claiming characters to voice and it turned into a whole thing.

the day we started JFA i was really nervous and i just wandered around my apartment alone talking at objects in the worst german accent imaginable. i was so nervous. i was so scared. and then the second court started i felt this incredible rush go through me like i was meant to do that voice forever. and all my friends were cheering. and it was paradise.

i went into 2-4 completely unspoiled and played the airport scene without having any idea what it entailed. i was in tears by the end of it and all my friends were like mu your voice acting <3 and i was sobbing on mute like NOT ACTING BABES <3 the next day i again wandered around my apartment feeling like my chest was full of glowing light.

oh can't forget about this

OR THIS

What are some other topics you've thought about doing video essays on?

rrrright now i really want to make one thats just a passionate defense of JFA and why i think it deserves way more credit than it's given.

i tend to overthink pokemon teams and stress myself out about them so i am politely skipping this last question fgfdhgf~

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