#fun fact the last one is my fave aka the one when you can't even see the face 🫠

[salsedinepicta]

Trying to figure out how I ✨ visualise ✨ Hawke with probably too many sketches.

#fun fact the last one is my fave aka the one when you can't even see the face 🫠 #i probably should have picked darker hair but I'm tired and i don't want to look at these anymore lol #clip studio paint #mixed media #dragon age #dragon age 2 #da2 #da2 hawke #da fanart

[gamequeenanya]

I may have figured out FNAF.

(Aka: "Phone Guy and the inherent tragedy of every developed FNAF character.")

Now, this isn't some deep theory post. It's just my observation watching the characters of the series and what happens to them.

FNAF is and always has been, a tragedy. (Everyone already knows this in relation to the ghost kids, but let's look deeper.)

And all this time I've been wanting more character development for my faves, I failed to realize that they already had it. But in the opposite direction as I may have liked.

You see, FNAF characters - every single one of them that even has a character to speak of - goes through a fall arc. Every single one of them (even the few who get rescued in the end, like Vanessa.)

Michael Afton has a fall arc (Bite of 83, and his gradual deterioration in the Sister Location Custom Night)

William Afton has a fall arc (his envy of Henry leads to his downfall, and then leads to himself getting Springlocked and deteriorating physically as well as mentally)

Other characters can have either a physical or mental state of getting worse as the story goes on, but many have both.

The Glamrocks get dirtier - and most of them are broken by the end. Glamrock Freddy survives but by the end, only his head is left.

There are exceptions to this rule - we don't yet know what Steel Wool is going to do with Gregory and Cassie - but for the most part this story is about everyone suffering because of FNAF, even if they start out in a relatively good place at the beginning.

Now to the part I've been waiting to tell.

All of Phone Guy's calls through the three games are about a fall arc. (Yes, even FNAF 3. It's subtle but it's there.)

He starts out as an older teen/young adult who seems really happy and excited to be a part of the Fazbear Experience. Listening to the tapes, you can hear the smile in his voice as he's reading the script.

But then, gradually, he starts smiling less and less. If you listen to the first tape and then the last tape back to back, you'll notice the fall from grace... What started out as a sweet, happy young man turns into a sad man with guilt and trauma. And even though he is telling us to "Remember to Smile!," he no longer puts any effort into even faking a smile by the end.

And it gets worse when you realize that this is someone who is bearing the burden of something he didn't do. People who are too nice often find themselves bearing the burden of other people's actions. And it feels like this is the case here. Phone Guy did not want anyone to get hurt on the job. Whether they actually listened to his tapes or muted him is not clear, but the fact is it would upset him greatly to hear someone got hurt on the job, and bear the guilt of the incidents. Phone Guy is good at hiding his emotions and pretending everything is fine, but as I'm listening close during a deep dive, it's clear his heart is affected by this.

That's not even getting into what William Afton did... Phone Guy has to pretend to be happy and smiley, but he can't help get passive aggressive when he finds out William broke the rules.

And then, listening to the less subtle ways the restaurant broke his heart... He went from a cheerful youngster wanting to work for a company that seemed like a lot of fun, to someone just trying to keep it together for the next person. By FNAF 2, he "succeeded." He's "lucky" because he gets to be paid more as a manager. But FNAF 2 contains probably the worst trauma ever for him... failing to save five children, and then dealing with the guilt. Then, (for whatever reason), he steps down from his previous position to take the night shift. Well, I have an inkling why, but it's dark. Does tumblr still allow us to say it without censoring it? I think the reason is that he's punishing himself for not being able to do more.

And then the FNAF 1 fall arc. This has all led up to the most unconvincing attempt of hiding his emotions we've seen so far. Phone Guy here is nervous. He's frazzled. He knows he's going to die. (But goshdarnit if he isn't going to talk to the nightguard he's training and try to help as much as he can.)

(And I know a lot of what Phone Guy says is just Scott trolling the player, but I can't help love it and want to analyze it nonetheless.)

And how could this be complete if I also don't analyze the trailer line:

"Hello hello? If you're hearing this, you've probably made a very poor career choice!" - If every other instance of Phone Guy lines can be dismissed as not being dark humor, I think this definitely is. But take a moment and consider: who is he really talking about here? The player is not going to have a long career at Freddy's. Nightguards at Freddy's tend to be a short time gig (for whatever reason). Whose job can safely be called a "career" then? It's Phone Guy. He's talking about himself. He regrets working here and he wants to warn you away from the job... And why would the trailer line be cut from the game? It isn't out of character. It's just something Fazbear Ent would not let him get away with saying.

Basically, this is the first instance of the FNAF fall arc, but it's a darned effective one. It's a tragic tale of a man who just wanted to have fun at a place that seemed nostalgic and happy.

#fnaf #phone guy #theory #analysis #anya's theories #anya looks too deep into things #fnaf character analysis #the fall arc #the tragedy of fnaf #phone guy as a sympathetic character

[lumilasi]

Brought another one of my OG faves into Night City parlor, this time Avara, Azul/Chester's ex/close friend. She used to be known only as Avara, but I realized she'd have the same nickname as another character of mine, Avane, so I gave her a different first name and Avara is now her surname lol. I also didn't feel like doing lineart, so I just tidied up the sketches a bit and colored those.

Bio below:

Name: Iris Avara (Avara is finnish (my native) and means "spacious/open")

Nicknames: Ms. Avara/professor (her students), Ris, starlady (Azul, Reuben)

Age: 36

Height: 163 cm

Friends: Miriam Belarose (her co-worker and closest non-childhood friend) Beatrice (A forest witch journalist who often requires her assistance with her investigations) Azul (former BF-of-sorts, and a childhood friend) Reuben (Azul's brother), Diojas (Azul's current love-interest)

Love-interest: none

Family: Avara family siblings Ilves, Kuura, Aura, and Varis (her adoptive family)

Powers:

Visions: Astral magic wielders can typically utilize many types of visions, from premonitions to ability to see into the past/see things others do not aka clairvoyance. Iris has specifically honed her skill with the last two, but does occasionally get premonitions.

Light-bending: basically light elemental magic, where she can control and manipulate light from making lasers to dispelling dark magic, though the most she uses it for is illuminate her way through dim library corridors.

Astral projection: She can project herself into the astral plane to contact others even through time or alternate timelines, or just to reach someone's dreams

Aurora Borealis spell: She has a special spell that takes the form of northern lights, which can be used as a pathway to somewhere, or a shield to protect against physical and magical attacks. She mainly uses the former trick, though.

Weaknesses:

Because her magic type is so rare, she often feels there's a lot of pressure and expectations on her to perform well, making her work way too hard sometimes, to the point of exhaustion. Her biological family - whom she has disowned - did not help with it much.

talking of her parents, they wanted to pressure her into marrying someone she didn't like, which has caused her some struggles with actually having a romantic relationship, because of her trust issues/tendency to think anything more serious might just be someone else yet again imposing their will onto her. She is somewhat aware her thinking is warped, but she can't help it.

(more tba)

Personality:

Iris is intelligent, strict but fair teacher with passion for learning more about her topics of interest, and digging deep into whatever mystery comes her way. Outside her teacher-job, she is quite playful and mischievous, and can come off very flirtatious. Given her past, she tends to not be serious about it, and typically only acts that way around those she trusts/those who know she's just teasing them.

She's generally kind of afraid of serious romantic relationships due to her trauma, which is one of the reasons why she broke it off with Azul/Chester. Outside romance though, Iris is very good at maintaining relationships, and is a very trustworthy friend to have. She's somebody who always knows a trick or two to help you out, or has some obscure piece of knowledge you've been looking for - or knows someone who has it.

She is a hard-worker to a fault, and also a very dedicated teacher who wants to make sure everyone passes her classes if she can help it.

FUN FACTS

Beatrice and Iris share the same taste in fashion, and shop in the same places. It's actually where they met.

Iris loves form-fitting retro dresses with dramatic flares included, and generally prefers dressing very feminine. She does sometimes wear pants though, retro fashion of course.

She mostly wears her hair in a small bun when at work, to keep it away from her eyes.

Iris is bisexual, though tends to prefer more masculine presenting people slightly. She finds Beatrice's girlfriend (who's more butch type) very attractive for example, as well as Azul's current boyfriend Diojas.

Her style is largely a combo of retro vibes and old school Hollywood glamour, topped with night-sky/galaxy inspired colors.

She is a fan of Azul's opera singer mother, Annabelle, and her hairstyle is somewhat inspired by her.

Her surname "Avara" was actually chosen by her as she wanted to completely distance herself from her birth family.

Caelan, a member of the protagonist family, is one of her favorite students, given how inquisitive and naturally curious he is.

Iris has 3 familiars, specifically three white wolves names Orion, Lyra, and Lupus. She's often seen walking them around town, with people wondering how on earth she can handle three massive fluffballs at once.

Lyra is the smartest of the three, whereas Lupus is the biggest. Orion is the goofiest of the bunch, often making funny faces

Sometimes she rides Lupus to work if she doesn't feel like walking (she lives close to campus)

She's one of the few people who knows Chester's real, original name is Azul Samaros. She was the first person outside his family he told it to.

While their romantic feelings have waned, her and Azul still have a strong and healthy platonic bond, something that if they were the same gender, would be called "bromance" or "sisterhood" basically.

#artists on tumblr #digital art #oc reference #oc redesign #oc illustration #lumi's chaotic creations #lumi's art scribbles #Night city parlor #Iris Avara #retro fashion #retro inspired #my oc #The mage and the mobster

[jorisjurgen]

do all of them.........................................................................................................................................

OHOHO THANK YOU

the character everyone gets wrong

OH BOYYY DO I HAVE ONE.

Asriel Dreemurr/Flowey the Flower - I don't even know what to say, when I've said it again and again and again for the last 8 years

Here's one of my unhinged rants.

a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

joris jurgen is unfuckable. he is so aromantic he repels people. he tried dating once or twice and then was like ouuugh so this is like spending time avec ma famillie but worse and fucking boring. and then he gave up 3 days into the relationship. i think he went through a comphet phase as a teenage boy but he is so aromantic he was in misery trying to hold a girl's hand.

screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

if i speak up i go to jail. undertale fandom in general though...

worst discord server and why

i think all of them are bad. the worst ones i leave immediately, and the others i tolerate until i cannot anymore.

which ship fans are the most annoying?

I no longer do shipping (lying. not lying. lying) after becoming a crepinjurgenite platonic relationships connoisseur. But anyone who harasses people because of ships is annoying to me. Or anyone who demonizes female characters about it.

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

Chara undertale. I love them but I hate them.

common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

Chara and Asriel are not siblings, and neither are Frisk and Asriel.

worst part of canon

the entirety of wakfu and everything else in that franchise that isn't THE HIT FRENCH CARTOON "Dofus : Aux Trésors de Kerubim", featuring the titular characters Kerubim Crepin and Joris Jurgen, which you can watch on Ankama Launcher, sometimes Youtube, Various Free Yet Dubiously Legal Streaming Sites, AND other sites!

worst part of fanon

undertale aus.

number of fandom-related words you've filtered

unspeakable.

the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Flowey the Flower AKA Asriel Dreemurr if this is about characters that are actively hated by the fandom (I already spoke about him so this is self explanatory) and Atcham Crepin if this is about characters nobody cares about. My whole blog is an argument to stanning Atcham. don't you love binguses. don't you love batshit insane implications of abuse and bullying.

worst blorboficiation

replied to this one with an essay.

that one thing you see in fics all the time

n/a for the most part but ehh, I think it annoys me when kh fics about roxas and axel don't have xion in them, post kh3. she is their bestie and should be included. also fics that turn flowey into asriel and it makes everything better.

that one thing you see in fanart all the time

n/a. fanart is a gift from outer gods.

you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

woobifying characters, villainizing characters, I don't know how people end up taking the opposite away from a character so often. it's not even the same character, by then.

I also don't really get oc/canon and selships, but it's not annoying, just something I literally don't get. But a lot of art with that is pretty, and I dig it, so I hope people have fun.

there should be more of this type of fic/art

flowey/asriel content about his mental health + joris jurgen fics about his mental health and family. I am on my way fellow Flowey Fan Club members, one of these days i WILL finish that one fic that's been sitting on my hard drive for like five years now.

it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

flowisk. flowey x frisk. I had been it's fan for 8 agonizing lonely years and all my mutuals have since deactivated. it's death out here.

my explaination of what i see in it, bc i don't know what to say that i hadn't yet said.

you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

IF I SPEAK UP, I WILL GO TO WAKFU FANDOM JAIL.

But people who were in my twitter circles know.

part of canon you found tedious or boring

rewatching wakfu when i could have just rewatched THE HIT FRENCH CARTOON "Dofus : Aux Trésors de Kerubim", featuring the titular characters Kerubim Crepin and Joris Jurgen, which you can watch on Ankama Launcher, sometimes Youtube, Various Free Yet Dubiously Legal Streaming Sites, AND other sites! twice instead.

part of canon you think is overhyped

wakfu because it's not THE HIT FRENCH CARTOON "Dofus : Aux Trésors de Kerubim", featuring the titular characters Kerubim Crepin and Joris Jurgen, which you can watch on Ankama Launcher, sometimes Youtube, Various Free Yet Dubiously Legal Streaming Sites, AND other sites!

your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

THE HIT FRENCH CARTOON "Dofus : Aux Trésors de Kerubim", featuring the titular characters Kerubim Crepin and Joris Jurgen, which you can watch on Ankama Launcher, sometimes Youtube, Various Free Yet Dubiously Legal Streaming Sites, AND other sites!

ship you've unwillingly come around to

i have never come around to a ship before in my life. if i had then i promptly forgot about it.

topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

shipping morality discourses.

NEVER quit the grind! you will consume that fiction in such a god honoring way, that you'll go to heaven immediately. fiction is reality makes people commit murders, break vases in search of gold, and raid ancient temples. So we should forbid burn this shit asap.

common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

people asking others to draw or write more of their favorite characters, because the character a person likes is "overrated". This was a big thing in AHIT fandom, where I was, for once, lucky enough to be the fan of the most popular character, lol.

Even if I am a little bitter hater, I square up, and draw or write about my favorite characters myself. I don't think people in fandoms owe it to you to draw your favorite character or ship.

#ro.txt #ask games

[mcrmadness]

“hi, I’m not from the US” ask set: 4,5, 7, 10, 11, 15, 18

Kiitoksia 😊

Omg that is so many!!! Kiitos tosi paljon itsellesi! ^^

4. favourite dish specific for your country? Makaronilaatikko aka macaroni casserole maybe? At least afaik it's a very Finnish dish. It's just ground beef and macaronis (as in pasta), and then a mixture of milk and eggs, and it's made in the oven. And it's eaten with ketchup usually.

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5. favourite song in your native language? Okay this is extremely difficult to answer to. I listen to several Finnish bands, and I don't really have just one favorite, I don't even have any ultimate favorite song from any of these bands! I have several faves from all of them :D But right now I can't really think about any other band than Apulanta (which is my favourite Finnish band!), and how this song is one of the tracks I go back to so often, and it's definitely one of my favorite songs from them.

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7. three words from your native language that you like the most? This kind of questions are always so difficult because when asked for a list of something, I forget about all the words in the world. But I just found one that I like:

öttömönkiäinen. It's like, from the word "ötökkä", a bug, and the verb "mönkiä", to crawl. I just think it's a fun (colloguial) word to use when talking about a random bug lmao (There's also other versions: öttiäinen and öttömöttiäinen.)

And then two more words... hmm. Okay I'm gonna say tietokone - a computer - but simply because it's a fun compound word consisting of two words: tieto, and kone. And the literal meaning of that word is "knowledge machine"! I find that a fun example of Finnish compound words that can sometimes be quite descriptive when you sit down to think about them :D

As a third I think I'm going to answer something that already kinda answers also the last question of this ask, as it's a dialect thing! The standard Finnish word for "to go" is "mennä", but my dialect keeps changing that into "männä". Idk why it's so fun to me, but it is. And also all other features about my dialect that make the words look different from the standard written Finnish. So yeah, I really like this regional word "männä" :D To say "Minä menen." (I [will] go.) in Savo dialect, you say either "Mie meen." or even: "Mie mään." I find that fun :D

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10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language? Fun fact: I don't actually swear in Finnish at all :D I use the bit milder "swearwords" to replace the others. But I think my favorite one is "helekkari", that's the Savo version of the word "helkkari". It doesn't mean anything specific, but it's quite fun to say out loud :D

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11. favourite native writer/poet? I don't like poems at all, and I have read very few books from Finnish authors. I think I'm going to answer this with: Tove Jansson. She's the creator of Moomins, and she wrote several Moomin books as well. I read a few of them as a kid, and I really should reread those one day and also finish that whole project and read all of her Moomin books. Altho, her first language was Swedish and she didn't do the Finnish translations of her books, but I'm still going to count her in because she was from Finland after all.

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15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get? "Kyllä lähtee!" altho, also this will be understood only by a specific group of Finnish. (Those who have watched a Finnish sketch comedy Kummeli! :D)

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18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language? Yes I do! I speak a Savo dialect, or one version of it that is more like a combo of several dialects around this area, but falls under Savo dialects nevertheless. I don't know what else to say, I love dialects and talking about them but... idk what else should I say about it here :D

#sotetsiraly #ask games #thank you again for sending so many questions!!! #finland #finnish

[twstmemories]

HI NARUUU I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL <33 IM BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON MY ENSTARS ADVENTURES !!

sadly couldn't get the free five star from the tour event :'))))) i didn't have enough time n strong enough cards rip BUT i did get both the four star cards + the three star ones n a bunch of resources so i'm...at peace with it.

oh yeah, i've upgraded from doing only normal difficulty songs to hard ones >:DD (expert's still outta my league tho sadge) fav songs to play rn are acanthe, mystic fragrance, n dance in the apocalypse (even tho dance in the apocalypse makes my fingers CRAMP like holy hell why are there so many things to tap–)

OH AND YOU ASKED ABT MY FAVES LAST TIME...i forgot to answer you shdjfjf i've liked rei for a while bc i've heard of him before sbdhd he talks like an old man and claims to be a vampire, aka perfection. bUT i've added a few more ppl to the roster: tsukinaga leo n izumi sena ! i think this is driven by the fact that i got their cards so i ended up searching them up to get to know them better but yes they <33

this is getting kinda long so last thing is. gacha exploits. so izumi's banner came out like...yesterday ? n i was like ok there's no harm in tryna get him since he's one of my faves tho i've heard enstars gacha is a living hell–

AND THEN GUESS WHAT ? MY FIRST TEN PULL FLASHED RAINBOW BUT I WAS LIKE IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE HIM AND THEN–

IT WAS HIM *SCREAMS INTO ABYSS* he looks so cute *sobs* he seriously took all my luck fr sbdhfjf but here's the rest of my cards so far ! (idk what's good or what's bad i've just been levelling n using cards and hoping for the best)

(LAST last thing: tysm for getting me into the game !! i've been having a blast playing the live stages hehe and it has reminded me of my love for rhythm games <33)

Under the cut since my reply ended up being pretty long!

It's fine if you don't get the 5* from the tour! Your cards will gradually grow and become stronger so there's future chances! This was also just the first tour out of 5 this year so there's plenty of chances!!

AHH LEO AND IZUMI I SENSE A KNIGHTSP IN THE MAKING !!! I myself am a ritsu and arashi producer along with mao! Knights is such a gorgeous unit and im so happy you like their newest song!! Arashi was the center for that (which i grinded the whole day for because i wanted to snag her the first day uwu)

But I'm so glad you managed to get Izumis second feature scout on your first 10 roll! Don't worry enstars have a tendency to really sike you out with it's gacha so don't be surprised if a 5* suddenly rolls by on blue lights OuO)/

And don't worry if you can't do expert stages yet! Rhythm games are mostly muscle memory and coordination which takes practice! If you want to however both full combo it and perfect combo it there are also cards that fully support those chances! Perfect comboes will give you more dias and some cards that has the ability to turn great/good notes to perfect is for example these two:

While some 5* cards that help you keep your combo are these two:

Feature scouts tend to be very powerful by themselves! Tour cards also have a very high rating that is usually everywhere between 91K-94k when fully filled even at one card!

But i see that you're already starting with the sparkle dash missions for Subaru! He's generally a very good card to have in the beginning since he's the first 5* that you can max out! The road gives you the necessity to get his percentage all the way up to 200%!

I'm glad i could make you like rhythm games again! They're very fun although stressful at times uwu I hope you continue to like it and feel free to stop by again when you have more to say or have any questions!!

#naru rambles about enstars #answered ask #can anyone see how much i like this game LMFAO