#choices: stories you play

[pixelbitch]

choices be like: 'make a grand entrance with this stunning outfit AND impress your li!' and then it's the ugliest outfit you've ever seen

#playchoices #play choices #choices #choices: stories you play #pixelberry

[choices-and-voices]

Quotes from Kieran that straight-up sound like Shakespearean love poetry: a comprehensive list

‘None may touch me. None but you.’

‘What is left of my heart belongs to you. When you leave, it will shatter anew.’

‘Tell me I did not hurt you.’

‘How am I expected to pass another century without the taste of you on my tongue?’

‘After so many decades spent hating each sunset, knowing nightfall would take my freedom from me... I began to yearn for the moonrise instead of cursing it. Because dreams of you might be waiting on the other side.’

‘I would rather be cursed to roam the wilds as a beast every night than live endless lifetimes without you.’

‘Wherever it is that souls may go, you will find mine waiting for you at the end of all things.’

‘You shall pay dearly for every spilled drop of her blood.’

‘I was not lying. Were you?’

‘Just this once, beloved... I wish you could not lie.’

‘You hold all of my heart, beloved. Now, and always.’

‘I would make and unmake the world for you, beloved.’

‘Believe me when I say I want every part of you. Every version. Now and future.’

‘Look, beloved. Your skin is a canvas covered in stars.’

‘If I were you, I would begin by thanking her and throw yourself on her continued mercy. Because you’ll get none from me.’

‘What would be the point of immortality without you?’

‘No magic. Like an everyday mortal.’

‘Insult her again, and I will carve my refusal into your flesh, so that you may never forget it.’

‘I don’t care what your title is. Every breath, every beat of my heart belongs to you. You are mine for life.’

‘Thank you… for sharing the sky with me.’

‘If you lay a single hand on her, there will be nothing left of this place but a hole in the ground.’

‘Let us live in this moment long enough that I may love you the way you deserve.’

‘I will let nothing separate us… I shall always find you. Your heart calls to mine in a language beyond words.’

‘For you I would set worlds aflame, tear the sun and moon from the sky. I did not live before I met you.’

‘Perhaps you are the most courageous of all, for choosing to live among us. A mortal among gods.’

‘Welcome home, beloved.’

‘You helped me find peace in my grief. I will always help you find peace in yours.’

‘You sacrifice too much for me, beloved.’

‘I cannot give you my heart. It already belongs to someone else.’

‘There will always be tasks vying for our attention. But you are more important to me than any of them.’

‘I like being in here. I always want you to have the freedom of a place to call your own… and it means everything, that you welcome me in.’

(And finally, BONUS: Quotes from *other* characters in The Cursed Heart that straight-up sound like Shakespearean poetry, because the writers of this book just do. not. rest.)

‘I know you. I’m not afraid.’

‘I love him so terribly, it hurts.’

‘You are so much stronger than you know. And a love as strong as this is worth fighting for.’

‘Even if you kill me, I’m glad I met you. Because you deserve to be happy. You deserve to be loved. And I will love you until my very last breath.’

‘The world is rarely gentle to those who are so kind. It is you who must be the strongest of all.’

‘What do you want with that cursed thing?’ / ‘To cut the Sun and the Moon from the sky.’

‘Anything here that wishes to eat me had best prepare to choke.’

‘I know you. And I love you. Both your darkness and your light.’

‘You are everything I want. Just you. Just like this.’

‘If love could forestall death, we would all be immortal.’

‘All stories end. Even ours. That’s what makes them beautiful.’

‘I don’t care where I sleep, so long as it’s beside you.’

#UPDATE: the series is finished and so is this list #and i am so so sad to say goodbye to it #but what a journey it’s been #playchoices #choices: stories you play #the cursed heart #kieran x mc #prince kieran #fandom essay #original post #prev tags: #i went back through every screenshot i’ve ever posted to make this list #and i will continue to review every screenshot i ever take #and it was and will continue to be worth every minute #this book deserves an award

[hotchocolatelovesyou]

Okay, but like, you're not. And you better have a mental breakdown at one point or I'll make you have one.

#there shall be so much angst #even more tears than when MC and LI broke up in the Senior #the freshman series #oof that brought up some memories #playchoices #choices #choices: stories you play #pixelberry #pb choices #choices stories you play #blades of light and shadow 2 #blades of light and shadow #bolas 2 #bolas #bolas choices #choices bolas 2 #choices bolas #blades of light and shadow choices #choices blades of light and shadow #choices blades #blades 2 #BUT #they acknowledged that mc does not have time to fully react #so I'll give them time #BUT SOMEONE BETTER HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN AT ONE POINT #bolas mc

[heauxplesslydevoted]

THIS. THIS is why I’m so picky and choosy and bitchy about the quality of work Pixelberry has been pumping out over the past year and a half. Because I know how good they can be. The storytelling, the meticulous lore and world building, the action, the drama, the cliffhangers, the friendship and romance, this is what people have been begging and pleading so loudly for!

The first chapter of BoLaS was excellent and exceeded all my expectations for where the story would take us. Bravo.

#I know popcorn smut keeps the lights on #but it’s hard to enjoy when you actually experience quality storytelling #playchoices #choices: stories you play #bolas #bolas 2 #blades of light and shadow

[kinda-iconic]

Mal had some fantastic dialogue in yesterday’s chapter, but nothing…and I mean NOTHING (apart from maybe the declaration of love) beats the turkey leg scene for me. It’s just so random and I love it!

#choices: stories you play #playchoices #choices blades #blades of light and shadow #mal volari

[myautumnrose]

Happy Halloween!!🎃

I’ve decided to redo my Lily Ortiz costume from last year! I’m proud of this one because I have more curlier hair and I added a fox patch! The only 2 reasons I’m using a bat is just to be funny and we had it in the house! I also edited one of the pictures to make it look like I’m with Redfield! I hope you like it!

#playchoices #choices stories you play #choices: stories you play #choicesgame #pb choices #choices it lives in the woods #choices ilitw #it lives in the woods #lily ortiz #playchoices cosplay #ilitw mc #ILITW

[chaoticdazefire-new]

I just really wanna know who at PB decided to make Aerin an official LI in book 2 & also decided to make him run away for most of the book cause I know they are laughing their ASSES off at Aerinmancers every week

#aerin valleros #aerin x mc #bolas #bolas 2 #blades of light and shadow 2 #blades of light and shadow #choices: stories you play #pixelberry

[thebenvoliobrit]

PB don't understand the marriage pact trope AT ALL, you don't make one with someone you have feelings for and they obviously have feelings for you too when you're 20 and marry at 30.

You make that pact when you're a moody, broody little teenager with your equally moody, broody best friend you don't have feelings for/don't realise you have feelings for and AT LEAST 20 years later realise/develop feelings and fall in love. Or keep it platonic and reap the benefits of getting married.

It'd not that hard.

#playchoices #choices stories you play #choices: stories you play #choices first comes love #first comes love #choices fcl

[uselessgay10101]

~Dance under the rainbow~

#i know pb said she was bi #but like... #sure but not my hc #but whatever its a whole thing #hana deserved to explore her sexuality #mc totally takes her to a pride parade #this deserves a fanfic #i love them #mc x hana #hana lee #choices: stories you play #choices #trr #the royal romance

[monaownsmyass]

These… are the exact same covers

#i hate it here #where’s the flavor #ship of dreams #alpha choices #what even are these title names #choices #choices: stories you play #pb #pixelberry #playchoices

[bri1234]

And then, suddenly... you feel... Nothing.

Something I wish PB would have explored more is MC's curse. So naturally I made a mood board lol

#choices tch #the cursed heart #the cursed heart 2 #choices mood board #mood board #playchoices #choices: stories you play #choices fandom #pixelberry

[pixelbitch]

pixelberry team will be like 'and we hope you enjoyed playing this as much as we did making it!' about the best choices book you've ever read and then never make a sequel

#so many good books that deserve a sequel #like the og most wanted #playchoices #play choices #choices #pixelberry #choices: stories you play #and I realise this is my second 'choices be like' but this game really be like that yk what I'm saying

[choices-and-voices]

Okay, so I know I’ve already made literally forty posts about The Cursed Heart Book 1, but. There’s one more scene that I really want to talk about before I move on. To me, it’s the scene that explains what the entire book is about –

See, back when The Cursed Heart Book 1 was being released, I remember that Tumblr was overflowing with criticism of the MC. Every second post was about how ‘it’s so annoying to always be playing the fish out of water’, or ‘it’s so boring to always be playing nice’, or ‘it’s so frustrating to always be playing naïve.’ And yeah, those criticisms are valid for a lot of Choices books, but… they’re not really valid for The Cursed Heart. Because the MC being like that is the entire point of the story. The Cursed Heart is a fairytale, and a key characteristic of fairytales is that they have a moral, and the moral of The Cursed Heart is one of the most classic in the genre: that kindness and love conquer all. MC is an innocent outsider because they are meant to contrast the scheming culture of the Fae. MC is sweet and gentle because they are meant to demonstrate how goodness can be a strength. MC is ridiculously trusting because they represent a world where people don’t hurt one another. And literally the essence of the plot is that Kieran has been hurt in that way, has been ‘cursed’ by their heartbreak to become lonely and manipulative and cruel, and MC is the symbol of a better world that restores their hope and finally brings them back from the brink. Yes, it’s a sappy, tropey story, and yes, nobody is obligated to like it. But also, nobody can say that it would be a better story if MC was different, because if MC was different then it literally wouldn’t be the same story at all. For once, the MC has been written with a distinctive personality that serves a narrative purpose, rather than just being a blank slate whose sole characteristic seems to be be horniness, *glares at every other current MC except the Blades one*. And I don’t know about you, but – I find that really, really cool.

#it’s my personal opinion that TCH is criminally underrated #and I could bring up way more arguments than this one but I figure we can take it slow 😅 #playchoices #choices: stories you play #the cursed heart #fandom essay #screenshots #original post

[hotchocolatelovesyou]

MC needs help, Mal needs therapy, Nia was so mentally exhausted that we had Shadow!Nia, Tyril had his world rocked upside down, Imatura just lost her mom and is immediately back on the quest of saving the world.

When everything ends, they should be rewarded with very good therapists.

#what even is glory if we all have depression #playchoices #choices #choices: stories you play #pixelberry #pb choices #choices stories you play #blades of light and shadow 2 #blades of light and shadow #bolas 2 #choices bolas 2 #choices bolas #bolas choices #blades of light and shadow choices #choices blades of light and shadow #choices blades #blades 2 #don't even let me start with valax and aerin

[heauxplesslydevoted]

Choices dropping holiday stories again would boost my morale by 200% 😁

#it’s never too late for my open heart Christmas special #or mother of the year #I don’t ask for much #choices: stories you play #playchoices

[kinda-iconic]

Remember when we were all talking about this for WEEKS?!

#choices: stories you play #playchoices #choices bb #bloodbound ii