#but i like the 4 main leads

[x-phonehome-x]

somethings off to me about mcr fans who don’t like fob much but are SUPER into petekey

#i think it’s why a lot of fob mains get resentful of petekey jokes real quickly #of course you think every songs about your bassist you only listen to 4 fall out boy songs #but also it leads them to ignore the actually really funny parts of the lore #like all of the stuff that has to do with waterparks (band) is much funnier than anything from the summer itself #(the amazing nm sunset post is rumoured to be the origin of waterparks band name and mikey was at r&l 2016 bc he was filling in for geoff) #but yeah. it’s. a thing i’m not fond of #fall out boy #my chemical romance #petekey

[icewindandboringhorror]

Hrmm... Revising my game and I feel like there's still sooo much writing left to do, for something that probably won't even amount to much, so.. I do want to narrow my focus more (especially given my health problems seeming to get worse/less energy the past few years), but I'm not sure how would be best to...

I currently have 5 characters as the Main ones with full planned questlines and such, with each character having 6 quests you can do for them. But I haven't really started the writing for the 5th main character. So then I was thinking, if I were going to write 6 full quests worth of content anyway... is it better to allocate that time on just doing a Complete 6 Quests for ONE single character, OR would it be better to do something like.. choose THREE side characters and do 2 quests for each of them? So that people have a wider variety to interact with and sort of sample around (of course with the idea that, once the first version of the game is released, IF people actually care about it enough to make it worth the effort, I would then add additional content to complete those 3 characters stories as well)

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SO... If you were playing an interactive fiction sort of game centered around talking to & doing quests for a cast of characters (like there's no larger plot, more it's just about interacting with people, every character kind of has a self contained story, the focus is just learning about them and the world and exploring the area) --- Which would you rather have?

(and of course it would be stated up front which characters have only partial questlines, so people don't expect them to have full quests like the others and then get disappointed, or etc. etc.)

Basically, is it better to just focus in specifically on having one fully complete questline? Or for there to be a few stories that are not complete yet, but have more initial options available?

#I guess I just feel weird about investing too much into characters if possibly nobody will like them. so the idea of being able to sample #around a wider variety opens up the option of like 'hey even if neither of these 4 are your favorite - you have 3 other options soon too!' #or whatever. BUT I also am very anti-the trend of releasing half finished games or shit like that where people preorder and then #the game sucks on actual release and isn't fully playable or good until 5 updates later #HOWEVER.. those are giant companies with hundreds of employees and millions in funding. I feel like it's different for someone #if they're just like ''hey I am getting zero money for this and doing it entirely on my own in my free time and before I do like 50+ hours #of work on top of the 100+ hours of work that I already did - I would like maybe to at least see some proof #people are interested in this - so I'm releasing the game with like a small amount of the originally intended content removed #that I still have planned out and hope to add later and the game is still entirely done and completely functional #except for just a few quests I might add later.. sorry'' etc. etc. ??? like I think that's different. but maybe some people dont see #it that way and would still be like 'grrr.. how dare there be unfinished options..>:V" idk #And the nature of the quests is such that it's not weird to have it be partial like.. again.there's no major plot. it's not like the quests #are leading up to some dramatic thing and having them half done would make it feel like a cliffhanger. It's meant to be very casual just #chilling and doing little tasks and such. And last thing to clarify I guess - by 'side character' I don't mean taking some unimportant bac #ground character and forcing them to have quests. I mean like.. originally the game had 8 full characters and I thought that was #too much so I cut it down to 5. So I still had everything planned for all the side characters too. Id' just be like.. re-giving them #quests and focuses that were already planned from the beginning but that I got rid of.. former main characters banished to the side lol.. #ANYWAY... hrmm... hard to decide... It's just so niche I think. I feel more and more like I should just get it to a 'proof #of concept' state and get it out there to interest check rather than invest in it soooo much for nothing. Because I really do not have the #tastes other people do or interact with games or have interest in things in the same way. A lot of the stuff that I love (slow. character #focused things with basicaly no action or plot where its' just about getting to explore a world and learn about #people in a casual low stakes setting but ALSO not romance) I think people find very boring so... lol... #This year as I try to pick the project back up again after abandoning it for like 3 years I keep looking at stuff and going.. ough... #yeah... cut this maybe.. I should cut that too.. I should make them a side character.. remove this.. blah blah.. #Though I did ADD a journal and inventory system and other things that like People Expect Games To Have so.. maybe #that will count for something.. hey..you can collect items.. it's not just 'talking to elves for 600 hours simulator'.. are you #entertained yet? lol.... When I was making my other tiny game for that pet website and I gave it to the play testers and someone was like #''it should have achievements so I feel I'm working towards something concrete'' I was literally so blindsided like..??... people WANT that #in games..? is the goal not simply to wander aimlessly &fixate on world/character lore& make your own silly pointless personal goals? I did #do them though because it IS fun to make up little achievement names and such but.. i fear i am out of touch so bad lol..

[yess1re]

band kids!au

idk this has been sitting in my drafts for a while - thought i might as well put it out into the world. 

#ts4 #ts4 edit #simblr #the sims 4 #ts4 edits #*a #*da #*s #day 0 of trying to not use noise #ah well #i didn't know how to make this look any better #and i was meant to fix(?) it to make it something i liked but ah #welp might as well share it xoxo #also headcanon is - dani is main vocalist + guitarist #andrea is lead vocals + bass #sora is drums

[starlooove]

Never gonna forgive season 1-3 bloom haters

#season 4 and on sure #but actually I’ve been meaning to talk about how the difference between season 1 and 4 bloom is what so many fandoms do to women in general #especially black and brown women #see Aisha and Flora lol #but main point of THIS post is #Bloom was fun as hell early on #And I usually say season 2 bc everyone gets pissed about enchantix #but that was fine to me #like the concept of blooms half tranformation through willpower and the dragon alone is neat #and shes the main character #but i enjoyed the fact that she didn’t get a full enchantix so she didn’t get full enchantix powers #now where they could’ve should’ve didn’t go from there is diff #but the concept of it is not the same as her being lead singer when musa is right there #like It’s main character shit but also she literally has her verses gods powers bro. #like that wasnt as far fetched as y’all act like it was and it was cute in the way there’s even missions she physically couldn’t go on since #she didn’t get a proper #full tranformation #but #anyways #season 1-3 bloom isn’t a pick me y’all just hate passion and think apathy makes u cool

[maddy-ferguson]

i feel like the fact that barely anyone who watches the show thinks of will as the main character might be indicative of the fact that he isn't

#and like i say: brf slt #just realized i said the fact twice. this was worded differently at first #i'm very sorry #(not about the the fact thing about the will mc thing) #if you ask anyone who the main character is after seasons 3 and 4 they'll say el #it's not the el show and will is just as if not more important to the supernatural plotline like obviously nothing would've happened if he #hadn't gone missing and he has a connection to vecna no one else has and #everyone's love for him is basically what makes all of s1 happen #but he's literally not there. i've seen people watch the show for the first time recently and guess who was the main character to them #while they were watching the first two seasons? mike! literally elliott in E.T and the YA protagonist in the middle of a love triangle why #does everyone take his main boy status away from him...we first meet the characters at HIS house in HIS basement we see HIS family first #it's HIM we follow all throughout season 1 in the kids part of the show basically like idk #yes he's not el and he's not will in terms of connection to the supernatural but like #in seasons 3 and especially in season 4 you don't really think of him as the main character anymore but literally no one but bylers think #of will as the main character like i'm just saying. i don't think trying to pick a definite main character makes sense anyway because #there's kind of a shift around season 3 where it becomes...the el show. even if it doesn't not really. but it's not like people are crazy #and Media Illiterate for thinking that the biggest character on the posters whose actress is the biggest star and who gets paid the most is #the main character. don't people complain 24/7 about how little screentime will got in seasons 3 and 4 like obviously that would lead to #people...not seeing him as the main character #anyway. to me in seasons 1 and 2 it's between mike and el honestly and if you add seasons 3 and 4 then el #even though will is just as important like i said. it's just very different #but honestly in season 1 it's totally mike to me it's only in season 2 that i would start to hesitate #there's also joyce but i don't think anyone's saying joyce is the main character but yk i don't know if you know this but it's an ensemble #show... #it's definitely the willel show in a sense but... #mike is the protagonistest protagonist in season 1 how do people forget that #having to fight for your life to convince people that will is the main character kind of proves that he isn't😭 #and i still think he's the most important which doesn't make sense i know but idk it makes sense to me

[madeinchinataiwanhk-blbambeyond]

MADE IN TAIWAN

HSU KAI

TARO LIN

AN JUN PENG

#MADE IN TAIWAN #TAIWANESE BL SERIES #KISEKI: DEAR TO ME #MAIN LEADS PLUS SUPPORT ACTOR #From My Main Blog: BL-BAM-BEYOND #SUPPORT ACTOR FROM MY LEAST FAVORITE HISTORY SERIES #I JUST DID NOT LIKE HISTORY 4 #My GIFS #MYGIFSET #MY-GIF-EDIT #BL-BAM-BEYOND FAMILY OF BLOGS

[ikosburneraccount]

the lunar chronicles shouldve been like eight books we didnt get enough down time moments with these characters

#the lunar chronicles #mine #mostly im thinking about how much time we lost during each book of the leading couple when it wasnt their book anymore #like every time the main couple of each book ends the following book theyre separated #cinder and kai #wolf and scarlet #cress and thorne after cress gets stuck in the palace in book 4 #jacinter was reversed they were separated for the first three books and came back together for book four #but yeah. maybe i want a little ‘lost moments on the rampion’ novella marissa. maybe i wanna see wolf outside of his use as convenient #okay maybe not EIGHT. but FIVE wouldve helped

[feralnumberfive]

John Powell you are so cruel for 4:24-5:26 in As Long As He's Safe. What the actual fuck.

#in this scene Hiccup says goodbye to Toothless and lets him go free to lead all the dragons and this parallels the scene in HTTYD 2 of #Hiccup ''finding'' Toothless and telling him how much he loves and appreciates him as Hiccup frees Toothless from Drago to save #their home and all of the dragons. 4:47-5:26 of ''As Long As He's Safe'' is specifically a repeat of 1:28-1:51 in ''Toothless Found'' #and it just absolutely fucking kills me I can't even emphasize how much emotional damage I get from this 1:28-1:51 of #''Toothless Found'' is my favorite part and the strongest you hear the main thematic melody of HTTYD 2 #there's another part from 00:42-00:57 that is the same melody that also reflects HTTYD 2 where Hiccup is taken off of Toothless #and Toothless falls into the icy ocean trying to desperately get back to save Hiccup #This plays in 2:12-2:44 of ''Toothless Lost'' and in the HTTYD:THW scene where Hiccup sacrifices himself and falls off of the Light Fury #so that she can save Toothless #so that's just another parallel where John Powell mercilessly ripped my heart out 👍👍👍👍 #I could seriously write an entire essay for the parallels of ''Toothless Found'' and ''As Long As He's Safe'' and cry like a little baby #I've said it once and I'll say it again ''Toothless Found'' is my favorite soundtrack piece in the entire world and more people need to- #appreciate the HTTYD 2 and HTTYD:THW soundtracks they are as equally good as the first once and each one incorporates the- #other main melodic themes of the others and it's just so incredible and emotional to hear #I'm in a music mood tonight if you couldn't tell #John powell #httyd thw soundtrack #httyd thw #httyd soundtrack

[junkh3ad]

If I post a snippet of what ive been working on the last two weeks for my OC lore would you guys promise not to make fun of me 👉👈

#metalocalypse #dethklok #mtl oc #mtl ocs #she’s very dear to me but the lore for her at least in what i’m writing rn is not very fun she does not have a good start #it’s like a 4 chapter fic that i’m planning rn and the last chapter leads into the main storyline with her >:3 #i might work on her younger years also idk it depends on how motivated i am #🌧️ rainy talks

[themyscirah]

I apologize sincerely for the person I am about to become here

#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ABEIAIDJADJWIDJEJDURFHSJEIFHSH #im two pages in and have seen like 5 simon (judt simon!) panels and am already feeling it getting bad like GUYS!!!!!! GUYS!!!!!!!!! #oh my ogddddddddddddd #anyways we are officially on the green lanterns section of the simonjess full readthrough #it has taken me like 2 months and around a hundred new 52 comics to get here #so needless to say im kind of abt to lose it #“but wait swishy havent you already read this book” yeah. in early 2021 as one of my first comics ever. now im coming in with encyclopedic #characterization knowledge and like 600+ more comic issues under my belt #the last 100 or so (i had a few detours + distractions) leading up to this #anyways this is your warning. a code red (green?) is being activated in swishytown usa like take cover if you want to survive #currently dealing with the emotional realization that they have their own comic (despite already knowing that) like guys..... they get to be #the main characters..... 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #ive just read WAY too many cameos today bc i wanted to wrap up the new52 for good (with maybe like 4 or 5 missed cameos bc i couldnt take it #anymore) #so yeah. im here. we are rereading. #blah #swishy liveblogs

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

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#good omens spoilers #the way GO managed to do a convincing love story in almost 15 minutes than TL did for Rebecca #ofc Rebecca is a main lead and the guy was a guest star basically and they had one night and it was creepy #while beelz and gabriel were secondary characters we'd seen and they took 4 years and it was wholesome! #and a crack pairing at that #TL were cowards with their crack pairing #plus NG will do parallels and not be afraid of showing love and just commit to it #NG like ALL THE SHIPS AND ALL THE PARALLELS AND YES ANGST BUT YOU CAN TRUST ME BECAUSE I LOVE LOVE #sorry JS he managed to do all that with romance refs and committed to it #plus the rep

[falled-over]

very autistic media day

#watched im a virgo and some of pushing daisies #both incredibly autistic #and with the most disparate opinions on policing possible. lmao #im a virgo was good. interesting idea pretty well played out and clearly well considered #the metaphors were very cleanly drawn in a way that didnt feel heavy handed. #it is the 4th piece of media championing a young black person living the black experience in america that does a lot of hand holding about #systemic oppression that has come and come to my attention in the past 4 or so years. 3 of them coming out in the last 2 #this one beat out wendall and wilde for the title of heaviest handed #it had a scene at the end in which the main antagonist had systemic oppression explained to him and he just. quit being evil after that. ig #implying that education will lead to action because no one wants to be evil. which is a choice. maybe im misinterpreting #but i think it was better executed than that film. certainly more fun to watch #i would recommend it! and i would like to see what the creators make in the future #when i say 'black american experience' i would like 2 emphasise that i know there is no singular experience nor is it an experience exclusi #to either black people or american people. but the genre is by and about people who want to highlight that experience #the others in the genre are they cloned tyrone and sorry to bother you. obviously. #ik live named peele's 'us' in correlation with this genre before but i have to kick it out because its too much of its own thing(compliment

[princeanxious]

Im not saying I picked up stardew valley on my switch the day i learned i could play that on it buuuuuuut...

Its been barely a week to the day that i got it and i have like 34 and a half hours on my first save file already.......... And this is while also working a full time job 👉👈

(Add this to the list o' adhd reasons why i dont often pick up games for myself, bc I have so little self restraint in not hyperfixating on them for weeks at a time fisnfjsk)

On a side note.. Now i rly wanna draw my farm character chilling with Sebastian. So theres that. Dunno if ill draw it tho. Even if i do i doubt I'll post it cause it ain't sanders sides djfnfjf

#luka rambles #for context: i have this game on steam on my laptop but obvi playing so constantly w/ mouse and keyboard is not ideal #so my body would force me to pace myself and then id get sore & set it down for a while and start again and have no clue where id left off #which lead to like 3-4 aborted save files with like 6-10 hours put in them as i switched computers and 1 main save file with like 108 hours #except the main file was my first and i didnt know how to optimize shit in that file so all that time was half-wasted bc i was v bad @ #-@ farming and stuff. i got rly good at fishing tho. #playing on the switchlite is so much easier and has made the game so much more fun and ive made so much more progress on my- #-current save file with literally a third of the time spent comparitively to the old one???

[qqchurch]

something very trans about forsaking not only your divinely ordained role, but also what's essentially your subconscious impulses due to knowing about your intended role since you were young

#finished that LN about living a slow life after being banished from the hero party #all 4 volumes so far lol #in about uhhh #12 hours. yeag. #the main lead and the romance was ehhh ok #i was more invested in the hero sister and her awkward assassin gf #who has a pet sentient jumping spider named Mister Cwaly Wawly #the little details about the sister's Hero role essentially stripping her of her humanity #because of all the immunities she's getting like Immunity to Fear #that was very oof #the fact that the 'new class' she gets is named New Truth was woag

[onceuponastarryeye]

watched liverleaf (2018) yesterday and i have thoughts.

#mostly also thinking to myself it was a bad bad idea to watch it after dinner #also on how the first half of the film we're lead to believe the bullies leader is evil when she was actually kinda okay??? #like still a bully but a bully in love i guess #and the boy was nice??? nope a psychopath too #also it makes so much more sense when i found out it was based on a manga series #anyways i liked it #4/5 stars #the main actress was PERFECT #liverleaf #bea talks

[leatherbookmark]

ah do people really think jgy went “stay and die with me” in the novel... he didn’t... he led lxc towards the coffin, and when he saw that nmj was about to attack lxc too, he pushed him away. this all happened without a single word exchanged between them!

#i have many feelings abt this moment... it can be used as proof that jgy Evil (good for censorship) but zzj's delivery makes it clear that #it just Isn't! it's a very emotionally complicated moment that i have more things to say (especially with my extreme wordiness lol) #but it was not in the novel! and it's Not that cql decided to make jgy's death more xi/yao-flavoured because jgy leading lxc to the #coffin was imo about something Completely different #shrimp thoughts #also i am 😤 because i checked the jgy death sfx both in cn and in jpn and the results mostly said it's a coughing sfx BUT this time i #decided to just throw it with 声 into ggl images and it was all about joints/knees clicking. SO I WAS WRONG #onomatopoeias are Difficult ( ￣︿￣) #i hope the final book coming out in english will make more fans like... read it and Understand. because iirc volume 4 doesn't have #the guanyin temple chapters yet? which is kinda wild. i have a feeling they'd be done with the main novel in 4 volumes #if not for the coughcough Appendices but. whatever