#he was helping me with the quests

[melveres]

letters from his Spellbinder

#chickenscratch #dyvim whitehart #wizard101 #w101 #dyvwiz #<- implied #khrysalis spoilers #he is on his government mandated break #forever funny 2 me that the spiral door never gets fixed in khrysalis. theres a room for it and everything. #and instead the wiz has to come to bastion via trap door lmaooooo poor little hero #also!! as i was gettin the screenshot for this i found out theres a gardening rank 15 quest in khrysalis!! what a pleasant surprise #thought i was seeing things or my game broke or something #zaltanna i missed uuuuu!! also loved the whole ‘restoring bastions vegitation’ plotline. my wiz oc has a whole post-spiral lore bit on that #settling down in khrysalis and spending most of her not-mortal life helping to restore the ruins and land #finding lost teachings and taking on apprentices… #if this sounds a bit like frieren then lemme tell ya i watched that show and it felt like i was watching an elf version of eurydice. crazy

[introspectivememories]

obsessed with the idea of nico still being a practicing catholic. like they try to invite him somewhere on like a sunday and he's like "can't. gotta go to mass, sorry" and he shadow travels to the vatican

#they sit him down and are like 'nico. we're greek. why are you still catholic? your dad literally collects the souls of the dead' #and nico is like 'first of all that's thanatos. second the gods might help you on your quests but whose helping you reach heaven' #he unironically wear one of those wwjd bracelets #this is so amusing to me #the idea that they're like 'skip just one day nico!' #and he shrugs and is like 'cant. sundays are obligatory days' #nico di angelo #pjo #hoo #book.rambles #1k

[hellspawnmotel]

terranigma, a cool game

#terranigma #terranigma ark #terranigma elle #terranigma meilin #art tag #im going to write a little review in the tags bear with me #first the negative: #the magic system is weird to use and basically useless apart from one boss thats almost impossible without magic #it has some weird racism like most old games where you travel around the world. a little more egregious since its supposed to be real earth #i found the main character to be slightly insufferable for about 3/4ths of the game. i came around on him by the end tho. he grows up a lot #and i found whats by far the largest section of the game (chapter 3) to be the least interesting #im not really into helping cities develop and trade quests tho so it might just be me #oh also it is STUPID easy to permanently lock yourself out of like 15 sidequests #and theres a lot of mandatory things that are really hard to figure out. you need to use a walkthrough for this #anyway thats what i didnt like #what i DID like tho. i dont want to get into too much detail but #its a genuinely beautiful game for so much of it #there were so many moments that left me speechless #its high-concept and thoughtful and fun to play #you dont really need to do much grinding either #at its worst its obtuse and cliche but at its best its breathtaking #and i really recommend more people check it out #special shoutout to my friend seona who modded my 3DS and downloaded a bunch of roms including this one #so in conclusion. terranigma is an underrated gem. play it if youre a 90s jrpg junkie like me #just have a walkthrough open also lol

[tinybro]

jasico server was chatting about the cupid scene and jason getting nico's memories blasted straight into his brain and how jason being shot with one of cupid's arrows while with nico and this was just never brought up in canon again and now i'm thinking like...what if that's just how cupid's arrows work? not by magically manifesting love for someone out of nothing, but by giving someone the perspective that'd make them fall in love naturally? jason gets a front row seat to nico's memories and instantly understands him intimately and can trust him completely without any doubt or suspicion

so what if jason, after slowly realizing he's totally in love with nico, just thought back to the arrow incident and it made him second-guess everything? because maybe he's only feeling this way because cupid hit him with an arrow with only nico was around and it's no different than any other god messing with his love life

#i live for anything that drags out the pining/pre-relationship period as long as possible okay #give me the drama of jason frustrated about constantly being manipulated by gods #in love with nico but convinced it's just cupid fucking with him and not wanting nico to get dragged into it #maybe telling nico eventually because he's having trouble hiding his feelings and he doesn't wanna hurt nico by confusing him #which is of course an emotional rollercoaster for nico #hearing jason say he's in love with him only to then immediately hear that it's just godly fuckery #nico agreeing to help jason find cupid to get it reversed because he knows how much it sucks having feelings for someone unwillingly #and he doesn't want jason stuck mooning over someone like him just because he was unkucky enough to be with nico for the cupid incident #whole quest in which nico develops feelings in return and angsts because he's sure jason only feels that way because of the arrow #maybe a slip-up in the middle somewhere with nico accidentally revealing he likes jason back before backpedaling wildly #so now jason has hope despite himself because he'd never really thought it was possible anyway given nico's feelings for percy #and he doesn't like being manipulated by gods but he doesn't mind the idea of being in love with nico #and what if he just gave up on the hunt for cupid entirely and let it happen #while nico feels guilty since clearly it's just cupid arrow magic fucking with jason and he's enabling it #and then of course when they finally find cupid he explains how his arrows work and that he can't just FORCE someone to be in love #no more than hera could with jason and piper by fucking with their memories to push them together #cupid's methods are just way more effective #my tag babble ended up longer than the actual post oh my god #pjo #jasico #my dumb headcanons

[dizzybizz]

coming out as an official aventurine enjoyer. how embarrassing and predictable for me wow.

#the way 2.0 had me laughing at him n his gay little mannerisms all 'hahaha twink...' #n 2.1 kicked me down a flight of stairs with a muddy puddle at the end that i faceplant in #sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #he like. flicked one of his chips n it flew n hit me in the eyeball. im the duck in that one dhmis scene #i got kicked inthe gut this quest took everything out of me. i could sleep for 24h now i bet #honkai star rail #sona #hieicore ass sona drawing that first one help #hes hsrs kaeya sorta. a little. they both got the peacock coin flicker wiped out civilization thing going on. flirty voices too. #even eyes unique to that civillazation... goddammit #only the surface level aesthetic had me turning away like “nononononon not another one nuh uh” #hmmnghg

[hitokiri-izou]

The effect of the harmony on aventurine is what I'm assuming caused his hallucinations but it isn't directly said what they are. I believe his 'future' self is a manifestation of his own self hatred and his 'past' self is a manifestation of, well, his childhood and who he was before he was aventurine.

His future self mocked and put him down but interestingly enough, this just reinforced aventurine's love and gentleness toward his child self. Once he realized the child he saw was himself, he treated him with such care and kindness. This is his expression of self love in a way, treating his child self the way he felt he deserved.

Towards the end of his journey with them, i think he rediscovered bits of himself he felt he could love. He he was able to reconcile his self hatred and self love. However he also didn't know how to move forward and this lead him to nihility. If he can treat his past self kindly, why wasn't he shown that same kindness as a child? Was it his fate as a child of gaiathra tricliops to be blessed to survive? To suffer and continue suffering but live nonetheless? What meaning was there for him then?

But acheron, an emanator of nihility, told him that there is a meaning. You can't see what meaning your life has until the end of it, the meaning of life is what you make it. His gamble isn't over yet, she tells him, and wishes him good luck.

This conversation was very important in solidifying his will to continue living, this time with his newfound sense of self love. What better way to show his determination to live than to fight through nihility back to reality?

#the quests with his other 2 selves was a whole therapy session. he broke himself down in the process but acheron helped build him back up #god i hope they have more conversations i love their dynamic #2.1 is driving me crazy #honkai star rail #aventurine #hsr spoilers #hsr 2.1 spoilers #honkai star rail spoilers #nanjya.txt

[clown-alchemist]

There's something to the fact that Focalors and Zhongli gave up their role as archons in wildly different ways.

Zhongli fakes his own death, meaning he chooses to give up his authority, not necessarily his power. Once he's given up his authority and role as archon (and traded the gnosis), Zhongli no longer helps his people. The Adepti and the Qixing defeat Osial and his wife entirely without his help. Arguably, that's fair. If he's no longer acting as the archon of Liyue, it is no longer his responsibility to defend Liyue, any more than it's any citizen's responsibility. But again, Zhongli has given up his position and his gnoses, but not his power as an archon. For all his talk about letting the people of Liyue govern themselves, Zhongli does nothing to prevent another geo archon from taking his place or to shield his people from Celestia.

Focalors, on the other hand, completely surrenders her power and divinity. She makes the decision to sacrifice her own wishes, life, and power for the good of Fontaine. When Focalors gives up her power, she well and truly gives it up. She doesn't cling to it and fade into the background, leaving any future problems for the citizens to deal with- she ensures that the people of Fontaine have a guardian who loves them with the necessary power to protect them. It comes at a tremendous cost to both parts of herself, Furina and Focalors, but she doesn't hesitate. And even though we know Furina is exhausted, lonely, terrified, and would step down in a second if it was possible, the thought never crosses her mind. If her suffering was weighted against all of Fontaine's there's no question which way the scales would tip. Focalors gives up her archonhood as an act of sacrifice, a completely selfless decision to protect Fontaine and return the hydro archon's power to its rightful owner. When Zhongli gives up his archonhood, the geo archon's throne is still fully intact. Zhongli's choice is partially to let the people of Liyue rule themselves, sure, but it's also because he's tired of doing it himself. So when Zhongli gives up his archonhood, he takes his power and leaves his people to deal with the fallout.

Focalors sacrifices herself for a "sin" her predecessor committed, while Zhongli lets his people deal with the consequences of his rise to power. I think it's a really interesting comparison between justice and law/contracts and the different ways they would tackle the same problem. To me, the quest really cemented the issue I had with Zhongli's character and the way he's discussed. Basically, if he was acting selflessly, with the people of Liyue's best interests in mind, he would have carried out his "death" more like Focalors', with a proper successor ready and waiting (or at least the government informed), all of his remaining duties handled, no giant vortex monsters waiting to jump out at his people. Focalors made sure her people were protected and the head of government was (to the best of her ability) informed, and she was under way more pressure than Zhongli. There isn't a particular point to this, I just think it's really interesting how differently Focalors and Zhongli handled giving up their positions.

#this isn't even getting into how much older Zhongli is #and how he was around before the archon war #and probably around for the dragon situation #or at least some of the fallout #the law and justice are different I guess is what I'm getting at #always thought something was just a little off with Zhongli's whole deal #thank you focalors for helping me put my finger on it #focalors #furina #zhongli #fontaine #4.2 archon quest #genshin lore #genshin rambles #liyue #archon quest #genshin impact

[welcome-to-the-shit-library]

i want that twink obliterated

#genshin impact #charlie's rants #lyney #lyney genshin #if some event or quest doesn’t give me Lyney fucking losing it I don’t want it #do u hear me. I want SOBBING. I want him to BREAK #I want that boy to CRACK #I want his mask to fall I want something to happen thats completely out of his control #I want him to realize his 'fathers' effect on him I want him to stand on a stage and SCREAM. ok #I want him to realize people dont know what he looks like off a stage I want him to realize HE doesn't know what he looks like off a stage #I want him to beg people to just look at him please someone save him someone help get this mask off his face please anyone

[keepin-it-on-the-d-l]

Can’t wait to see Terry Jr’s reaction to Nick having officiated his teen daughter’s marriage

#Terri pointing at Nick: Hey dad guess what? This guy was nice enough to help me marry my husbands! #Terry Jr already holding a gun: he fucking what. #dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndaddies #dndads s2 #dndads season 2 #dndads quest #terry jr #terry stampler #terri marlowe #terry marlowe #scary marlowe #nick foster #nicky foster

[ultimateinferno]

Will I ever expect Nintendo writing a Ganondorf who's trying to break the curse and end the cycle? No. I simply think their faithful adherence to the nature of fairytales about the knight rising up to face evil and save the princess is simply that strong. It's a classic (in the most literal sense cite Perseus and Andromeda). It's why I don't believe in a playable Zelda until I see it with my own eyes.

While the earnest nature of providing interesting spins on this millennia old formula is rather endearing, I would welcome earnest breaks in turn as well. Yet until I see it, I simply won't be holding my breath for when it comes.

#no slight to anyone wanting either thing in totk but 35 years of narrative precedence is pretty strong #that being said if you ask me my ''dream Zelda game'' much of the plot involves something regarding either one #i think a zelda game where the king of hyrule is zelda's elder brother. a game where link and zelda have long since been married #and the main villain isnt ganon but say an invader of another kind. #but ganondorf is present. a young traveling mercenary informed of his fate to become the king of evil and trying for a cure from that fate #zelda is not taken but an active participant; frequently joining link traveling around hyrule or breaking off to buy more equipment #and do some scouting of her own #it has botws exploration but maybe some linearized pieces of development like a dungeon thats a fortress wall blocking off parts of the map #random encounters against Ganondorf who's time is running out and desperately trying to find zelda #until the two of you are travelling and he ambushes you. #you can lose and must rescue her from his lair. you can fend him off. or you can defeat him and track him down #the first has minimal changes to the ending of the game. the second has a surprise ganon fight. and the third reveals a quest #one where he explains his plight and help break his curse #and in the end the three of you face the villain side by side #i think that would be a cool game #zelda #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk #loz

[kaitcake1289]

you are watching mythic quest season 3. i am watching the mythic quest season in my mind where cws death has an actual effect on most of the characters that prompts their development. we are not the same

#someone ask me to elaborate (PLEASE) #jk i’ll do it anyways #i just think that. for me death is something that is very emotional and to see it unutilised here is disappointing to say the least #like the fear of death coping with loss is something i KNOW these fuckers aren’t equipped to handle #and it doesn’t effect all of them and it’s not cw all centric #ian has a midlife crisis rachel loses her creative mentor david starts thinking about death and how people will #remember him (s2ep8 callback) we even saw brad moved at that bit to stay close to your friends! #poppy is too shunned to care dana is too emotionally healthy and doesn’t know cw that well jo. jo #david being in this state can also help brad show jo he’s weak (seeds of doubt in david’s leadership) #and ALSO dana not having an emotional reaction to cws death can also create #more of a rift between her and ian because it’s something she just can’t relate to #ian also mourning in silence also would’ve been so much fucking sadder after sarian knowing the two parental figures that admired and #inspired his creativity are gone #god #this show is evil anyways #also i have a long sad letter cw would write rachel from the grave would y’all like to see that #mythic quest #kaitlinshottakes #poppy li #brad bakshi #ian grimm #cw longbottom #jo mythic quest #rachel mythic quest #dana mythic quest

[tea-cat-arts]

The traveler will be like "wah, I don't wanna do work! I don't wanna keep helping all these random people and getting into trouble! I've done enough" and then dig their heels in and refuse to even explore the easiest option

#genshin impact #genshin memes #vent post #hi- have i mentioned that I'm the Traveler's number one hater? #(for those who dont know me: no. this is not a recent development. I've been a hater since Liyue) #I'm going insane because this questline only unlocks after you finish the fontain archon quest right? #so like- we know Wriothesley! we know he's trustworthy and helpful #we could've just walked up to him and gone “hey man- i think this little girl is here by mistake” #and he would've been like “oh shit- let me fix that” #why are we here #why wouldn't the traveler tell someone like Wriothesley or Neuvillette that they're off to go investigate an obvious demon child? #*shakes the traveler* this is why you keep getting locked in cages like an idiot

[lululeighsworld]

NOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOO I TAKE IT BACK NOOOOOOOOO

#I SCREAMED SO MANY TIMES TONIGHT FOR ONLY PLAYING TWO ELPIS QUESTS #when you tell him 'um actually never mind' AND HE FUCKING LUNGES AT YOU. ACTUALLY SCARED ME. #AND THE QUEST WHERE THEY LITERALLY MAKE YOU PLEAD TO HIM FOR HELP!!!!!!! *laughing nervously* IM IN DANGER #he is just a tsun. if enough people make a pleading face at him he'll easily break #also 'azem's antics irritate him to no end but much of his grumbling stems from genuine concern' LIIIIIIIIIIIIKE..........THANK U FOR THE #PERFECT EMETWOL SET UP #leigh is endwalking #leigh plays ffxiv #ffxiv #ffxiv endwalker #ffxiv endwalker spoilers #emet selch #emetwol #kalyna orben

[csphire]

Okay, I'll say it. I don't like the idea that post epilogue, Dammon is just banging away at his forge alone, still holding a torch for Karlach. This isn't some comment made in jealousy at all, but one meant to say Dammon deserves better than to be some kind of thirst joke afterthought.

At the epilogue party, the game makes it pretty clear she's with Wyll if alive and not romancing the player.

In a DLC, Dammon is the perfect candidate to become an Artificer companion-hells maybe even become an origin option too! But most of us would settle for him to be simply a companion and romanceable like Halsin and Minthara or just a romanceable NPC that's not some one-time fling. He's someone we can visit on the daily most of the time, so yes, it can work.

But why? Because he deserves to be wooed and romanced by Karlach, Tav, one of the other companions, or hells all three at once. To say he can't be romanceable because he would lose his mystery is pure bullshit. Sorry Frazier, but it's true.

Gaw! It's so frustrating when a solution and an opportunity are all right there, and it's overlooked or ignored. He can be BOTH romanceable and mysterious when all that's needed is to write him in a way that leaves the player yet not Tav or Durge in the dark.

Dammon could even be written in a way where the player questions if our fav blacksmith could be up to no good. Let the fandom sweat over and argue about whether or not we should help him with some mysterious mission. Have him outright refuse to elaborate on it. Let him be equally tight-lipped about all he was forced to do or willingly did to survive in the hells when working on infernal machinery. This way, Frazier can play what he loves to play the most, and that is at least a potential bad guy. Well, not mean to the player but instead a character some might find almost as sketchy as Astarion is viewed would be fine.

*sighs* Why does he need to be romancable to everyone too? The simple answer, all of us could use a little bit more sunshine.

If I could say one thing to Frazier, it would be, "Karlach is not the only touch or affection-starved character out there. There are so many real people who need a Dammon in some form in their lives, even if it's only fictional. Karlach and Dammon's story is important to us. A Dammon and Tav/Durge story is just as important, too. These stories of love and friendship all need to be shown and celebrated. Plus, Dammon comes off as warm, thoughtful, and supportive, and so many of us out there really desperately need that-the more the better. We need it to feed our hopes to keep trying and open up our hearts again. So let him help fix heal more than just one heart, please. We all want to see him grow just a little more because he's such a fantastic character so far."

#i will die on this hill #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #dammon #dammon deseves more love #pardon me #I just need to yell a little #just frustrated over such potential of a wonderful character going to waste #he's got so much wonderful potential #bg3 dammon #baldur’s gate 3 #baldur’s gate 3 DLC #artificer class #battle smith #In BG3 EA Dammon was about the first NPC I overheard expressing his problems and with zero thought of a reward I just wanted to help. #no mission or quest given #I don't normally do any kind of roleplay in games. #But when I overheard him say he needed better tools I made my own damn side quest to give him every one I could find for free. #zero pity for him just felt oddly compelled to help his dreams come true with every hammer or anything blacksmith might need I plucked up #Hoped he would make it even though I was certain he'd end up dead in a ditch. That's what happens to most NPCs that pluck the heartstrings. #felt very protective over him in EA and still now #A tiny crush I fought tooth and nail because I was convinced we would find him dead in act 2 or 3 or never see again #it bloomed up to full-on love finding him again at the Last Light Inn at the full release of the game. #“Yah! I'm so happy to see you again! You're still alive!” #“But it’s not safe here! Oh nos!” #“You're here!” Happy and Excited #“You're here!” Fearful and Worried #Then that fucking ox! #“It's dead and oh here are a dozen hammers my love” #“That’s four times I've saved you. At least once directly. Wanna go out? What? Saving someone repeatedly IS a love language.”

[atalante241]

Do people genuinely forget that the Traveler had had zero intimate/purely positive interactions with Furina before the whole execution thing? Because I feel like they do. The Traveler became semi-friends / acquaintances with her during her story quest and that became more cemented during the 4.3 event

#THIS IS NO HATE TOWARDS THE CHARACTER JUST ME BEING ANNOYED ABT THE FANDOM #and the whole ‘omg they didn’t respect her boundaries!!’ thing everybody goes on about #they literally did??. #when she says no to acting they ask her if she knows anyone. she again says no and then they ask her if she’s completely sure #this causing her to snap at them. they understand why and leave it at that and go help the acting troupe #Furina comes to the guild all on her own with the intention of seeing how things are and maybe helping #the traveler notices them and drags them ot and then the story quest starts off #Furina could leave whenever she wanted. nobody was stopping her #also about the whole pulling Furina thing. I can guarantee that if it was animated like an anime you would’ve all laughed your amasses off #just imagine it for a sec. it was clearly meant as humorous. Genshin dialogue cutscenes just aren’t the most animated meaning they had— #limited options to work with #and like. about Paimon’s line about her house. I completely get where she comes from #Furina literally lives under a bridge while her previous living arengment was the aplaca Mer Onia (I can’t spell). of course Paimon’s gonna #especially when neuvillet said that he was gonna make sure she had everything she needed #genshin impact #furina #furina genshin impact #furina story quest

[deerlisteners]

thinking abt felix being protective of areadbhar and feeling entirely normal about it actually

#deertalking #feposting #few3h #ITS SO. LIKE THE WAY HES DEPICTED IN THIS GAME DRIVES ME CRAZY #like i haven’t thought this through i don’t have a point here exactly #i’m just thinking abt the screencaps here from the king awakens & him giving ingrid glenn’s spur & his support w mercedes & the cat #where mercie points out the cat likes him & he goes ‘well i can’t keep it. It’s practically a kitten what if it has parents that miss it’ #not to even mention wildflowers for the future!!!! #like. ROLLS ON THE GROUND #it’s abt ‘i’m not immune to emotions you know’ it’s about it’s about #it’s abt how he feels like his emotions were disregarded since childhood (esp after duscur) so he pushed away the #sentimentality because he’s seen where it got his friends (revenge quests & death wishes) #but he can’t help but follow his friends down those paths anyway because he loves them so much!!!!!!! #like him acknowledging the spear’s importance to dimitri bc it’s all that’s left of lambert but ALSO #in that moment it’s all FELIX has left of DIMITRI. ykwim #like felix babygirl my beloved y do u think it makes u sick to see areadbhar in the enemy’s possession…….. #he is just so hypocritical i adore him. he might be the character of all time to me #bro is trying so hard to b a lone wolf but was NOT built for that he was built to be loved and cherished by his friends #and so he shall be. thank you #um anyway idk what my point here was. i just like thinking abt how much felix loves everybody #someday i will make a coherent felix post. today is not that day #dmlxposting #dimilix #yknow what yeah.