#hi i like this game i promise

[girlbob-boypants]

1-21-25 for uh Guild Wars? or whatever you want

You know what yeah let's be violent about my beloved game. Oh okay this was a lot more than I expected uh lets put that under the cut

1. The character everyone gets wrong

You think I'd say my precious baby boy BUT its Caithe. She's an incredibly interesting character who is denied the actual on screen depth and arcs she needs. It's an interesting case where the people who hate her are missing the points and the people who stan her talk like she's actually given an arc instead of simply plopped into the story with a "she's better now." The key example being the fact that she doesn't show up in s4 until THE END OF EPISODE FOUR??? That's hardly her fault cause for whatever reason THATS when she's allowed to actually give a fuck about the daughter she loves so much that the moment that daughter cared about the fact that WE WERE BEING MURDERED she ignored Aurene for fuck knows how long?? And then admitting that is enough for them to ignore the psychic connection Aurene canonically has with the Commander so they can just. Set Caithe to post therapy with no real story. The people who hate her act like she's personally the cause of every single problem in the game and that setting her on fire and replacing her with a man will fix everything. Meanwhile the people who stan her claim her story was sooooo good and 100% justified and didn't fuck with things or have problems. She's a brilliant concept that post HoT is executed in a parking lot. And while her parts in EoD are perfectly fine and logical it's just...ugh. She's barely there and exists purely to limit Aurene's screentime with the Commander. Which sucks cause I love both of them.

21. Part of canon you think is overhyped

All of EoD. I am going to pick at a certain part, actually. Rama as a character and especially the entire story with the cop father he has was TRASH. Not as in it's a bad idea but in that it's so terribly done. The lack of build up, the fact that it's the ONLY RATIONAL PERSON WITH A PROBLEM WITH JOON'S MONOPOLY OF TECH who turns out to be King Fascist, the way they just don't explore Li's whole being Kurzick like Rama (or at least I think that's what was being implied? It was literally just Rama saying his Secret Name in front of us and then not addressing it). It all goes nowhere and means very little beyond the strike mission. Like no we aren't going to explore this corruption of the cops, we aren't going to discuss why the society of Cantha would cultivate a minority joining a supremacist group, and we're ESPECIALLY not going to explore Rama's feelings about it for longer than a minute or two. Didn't you know his entire story is that he has a crush on a cop? Don't ask for depth, don't ask why the only people who have an issue with forest polluting tech monopolies are fascists and ecofascists, and don't ask us to give Rama lines that aren't mcu zingers. Take what you get and go make really fucking questionable jokes mocking his hat without expecting more of the expac that brutally murdered Icebrood Saga and gave us CHAMPIONS.

Not too fond, really.

Also the beast races but that's not really controversial to say it's just true. But I hate the Kodan, Grawl, and Centaurs especially. Whoever wrote their parts in s2 and s3 should be hit with a bat and robbed.

25. Common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

This one I'm actually having trouble with rn. The obvious answer is character hate and, no, I don't mean character criticism. I mean things like 'i hate Trahearne cause he sucks his voice is annoying and he's overhyped' and the many, many death wishes. This feels like a cop out but I barely scroll the tag anymore cause the game is in a weird space in my heart so I only really engage with it as I see fit for myself. Which is mostly nostalgia tinted thoughts about past seasons and expacs but hey. Better than being a rage filled ball of spite and bad faith readings like I've been in the past with things I've fallen out of love with.

I'd also say I got tired of the weird relationship gw2 has with strikes and raids both from newbies AND vets alike? This game kinda sucks at making the endgame accessible for everyone and I'm vividly aware of that but vets complain that it's stale while gatekeeping to the point of intimidation and newbies all sit and stare at the training LFG without doing anything like these groups are a match made in hell and if anet just learned how to make something like the ff14 duty finder it'd probably be a lot easier but that would require work and admitting that having some kind of role system would make class and party designs easier.

#girlbob.txt #anonymous #gw2 #hi i like this game i promise #it's really cool and fun and also [eldritch screaming]

[haunted-xander]

The punchline was originally just gonna be the last panel, but I thought it'd be funnier if he didn't even realize it for a long time lolol

#rikus character acr summarized aka teenage gay crisis #i dont think riku would ever actually confess on his own bc hes like 'sora would never like me like that he likes kairi' #meanwhile sora went through two entire games looking for him even disregarding his promise to kairi to come back #like he couldve at least visited her at the islands in kh2 after he found out its been a WHOLE ASS YEAR #anyway #sora #riku #soriku #kingdom hearts #kh #art #my art #xanders art #digital art #fan art

[basilthymee]

Unexpected friends in an unforgiving world.

#art thyme #rain world #rw downpour #rain world downpour #rw rivulet #rain world rivulet #lttm #looks to the moon #rw moon #THE RIVULET CAMPAIGN GOT TO ME OKAY #GRAAH its one of my favourite endings like.... #pebbles knows he cant fix things #but the least he can do is try and help his only remaining friend #AND LIKE AT THE END #WHEN SHE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM #TO TELL HER THAT SHE JUST WANTS TO HELP #ooh #im normal about this game i promise

[juniemunie]

If we're not giving up, don't give up wherever you are.

That's a promise.

#im not even sure if you can see whats going on clearly on that last pic but i give up im too tired #scenario: we get to interact with the lost soul. cuz its not like he can see us.... but he would definitely know its not frisk though #considering deltarune noelle can hear our voice wHY NOT HUH?? HUH??? WHY NOT US WITH SANS #IM THROWING THAT LINE BACK AT YOU SANS #whats gonna happen after this? he probably wont remember. everyone canonically only remembers flowey and then a flash of white after. #but we will keep that moment close in our hearts hehe #IF HE WERE TO REMEMBER THE VOICE? id say it would become his lil own personal motivation. remembering it brightens his mood on bad days. #it still makes me lose my mind #that THAT PROMISE LINE #is in the code #but is never directly seen in game #BUT ITS THERE #AND THE IMPLICATIONS #makes me so damn emotional #anyways this scene is going to my delusional fanfic that im debating on whether im even going to post it or not #we shall see #sansnomaly #sans x reader #sans x self insert #sans undertale #junie art post

[molinaesque]

It won't be long before I come knocking on your door. Ta-ta... for now. - Raphael

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 raphael #raphael #raphael bg3 #raphael baldur's gate 3 #games #bg3gifs #i LOVE how depending on if you took his deal earlier or not his words can be coloured VERY differently #if you are completely on team raphael since sharess - this is basically like “oh i'll make good on that wine and dine promise i made” #you're now and in his own words “allies - partnes - friends” #but if you took it late then... this is WAY more ominous

[pensymbols]

ah yes the brook/franky/robin/jimbei polycule also known as the babysitters also known as monkey d luffys biggest enablers

#robin does it bcz she thinks everything he does is amusing #brook opperates on the same vein but also knows he cant stop luffy #franky opperates on this is what he deserves and also knowing damn well he cant stop luffy even if he tried to #jimbei actively thinks luffy deserves the best and only the best #like hell stop luffy from doing absolutely insane crazy ass shit thatll get him killed for sure but like everything else is fair game #thinking abt the scene where bege was like we need to focus on the plan he cant be asleep and jimbei was like he needs his rest 🤨🤨 #hes just a boy and hes sleepy let luffy rest ill wake him up 🤨🤨🤨 #also that scene in dressrosa when franky was like luffy you can join the torunament ONLY if you hide ur identity promise me that #anyways i love them #nico robin #jimbei #jinbei #jinbe #franky #soul king brook #brook one piece #one piece #frobin #jinbrook #jimbrook #ill be so honest guys idk what the others ship names are im sorry #paradise polycule

[jahiera]

one of the things that hits really nicely for me with Astarion's romance is that he never really encourages or wants you to be some kind of "protector." there are several instances where you can offer him that; protection, swear to him you'll kill cazador, or after his personal quest--I don't have the screencaps on hand, but you can directly say to him that he'll never have to need something like the ritual, because you'll protect him, and HE says back something along the lines of "It would be nice to not need you as my grand protector.... but I appreciate the thought." -- there's tinges here early in act 1 maybe of distrust of faulty promises yes, and considering Tav naive / not comprehending the power of cazador and therefore unhelpful, but even as you proceed, he's never interested in trading a lack of protection for a dependency on a protector.

in fact, the only time he's like "I'm doing it for US... to keep US safe <3" is when he's trying to manipulate/convince Tav into letting him do the ritual. "You want whats best for me right <3333" is the thing he actively uses to try and sway you over to his side, because he knows that's an emotional string to pull on.

there's an insistence of preferring equality in the subtext there; that protection or a skewed imbalance is not what Astarion wants, at his core. he doesn't want a nurse, or to be pitied, or be beholden to anyone. to try and pity him invites his irritation, even outrage. trying to swear to protect him at best gets a fond "I appreciate the Thought" and at worst a "don't be a fucking idiot." it would be veeeeery easy for the narrative to slip into something generic about being able to fix him, but it insists on someone to depend on as equals. give and take in true partnership. and in the post-ritual ending you can really feel the lack of equality there too--only now, he's in the position of both """"protector"""", and more so than that, obsessive beholder of Tav, and he exercises it in overt fashion; of course he'll protect you, your future, your life, is his after all. (and there's a LOT about that that's very interesting to me, and equally as complex & intricate as the no-ritual route in which two people meet on equal footing.) the game never shames this approach of wanting to protect him either, it acknowledges the good intent, and simply shows in Astarion's reactions that there's more here to it than that.

#bg3 meta #bg3 spoilers #like one thing I wanted to avoid throughout my playthrough was winding up in a position where #Tav/Emrys is babying him or putting him down as someone who needed to be Protected and Defended #in my specific playthrough anyways Emrys is noooot interested in being someone's nurse #since it's the kind of trope that can be easily fallen into; but the game doesn't really allow it #Astarion doesn't really allow it #he's just Not interested in that. he doesn't think you can protect him and even at the very end #when you PROVE you can #he isn't interested in that dynamic. he's interested in a partnership of equals #vs the ritual ending where there's no equality; there's possession and desire in its place #both are so interesting & so quick to subvert the expectations of the narrative #like they knew it would be possible to push the I'll Protect You With My Life button and it's never the thing #he's most receptive to #even at the beginning. 'i'll watch your back if you watch mine' hits better for him than promising his safety #because you can't... promise that. not really. #anyways. babygirl. #astarion

[svtskneecaps]

see everyone worried and fretted and panicked and yet quesadilla island looked at pepito and went

#qsmp #qsmp pepito #this post is not about roier's parenting i PROMISE you don't need to defend your cubito #this is literally about pepito being bobbled between caretakers #bad etoiles foolish forever bagi pac and more that i just haven't seen #just. people who have shown an interest and desire to hang out with pepito and keep pepito safe #pepito went to find parents and look!! look!!! #listen. listen. to me the qsmp is about love. not mystery not roleplay not drama not plot. #the qsmp is at its ABSOLUTE best when it is People Talking To Each Other #purgatory was AMAZING for me as a bolas viewer bc if bolas was in the server THEY WERE IN A CALL they were CONSTANTLY talking and i THRIVED #people adopting each other into their fake families in the most middle school childlike wondrous form of love there is #when you like your friend so much they're your fake spouse. your fake child. your fake parent. your fake sibling. #eggs and parents that's LOVE tubbo and fred that's LOVE tazercraft and walter bob that's LOVE; cellbit and roier; phil and missa #baghera and bad and forever; bad and bagi; pierre and maxo; maxo and EVERYTHING his son his daughter his partner the theory bros #favela six that's LOVE LOOK AT THIS FUCKING SERVER EVEN ELENA WHO WE'VE KNOWN FOR AN HOUR IS ABOUT LOVE. HER PARTNER IS HER DRIVE. #jaiden's story is driven by LOVE the hole from the love of her son and chasing cucurucho's 'love' in return it's LOVE it's UNDERSTANDING #there's so much love and i'm biased to my povs but holy shit i will repeat it until y'all roll your eyes seeing me on the dash #like NOT THIS ANIME POWER OF FRIENDSHIP BULLSHIT AGAIN no i'm right u can't fight me #block game brainrot #shut up vic

[chamomileteainabuttercup]

happy for the people enjoying punk Steve lately and genuinely not criticising them, only expressing a different thought in parallel (I hate how saying "genuinely not criticising" can make it sound even more passive-aggressive but I'm genuinely genuinely not criticising! I'm not suggesting other people are liking my favourite character wrong that would be so douchey)

I just always like the idea that Steve isn't, like, repressing a secret desire to be unconventional and join some kind of counterculture and one day start showing his true, wilder self in his fashion and grooming choices

that the way he looks is literally just what he's like

you could give him total freedom of choice and tell him to go hog wild and he'd still be chumping around in polos and light-wash jeans

they're comfortable and he likes how he looks

he likes sports and cars and his favourite Star Wars movie remains the one with the teddy bears

any "unconventional" stuff he does is very subtle and minor like he was indeed wearing a touch of strawberry lip gloss in the summer of 1985 because he needed a little cheer-me-up and he felt like the blue uniform washed him out, he's a warm autumn for god's sake he shouldn't be wearing blue

he would get, like, one ear pierced and wear a small plain gold stud and he'd feel very special about it

Eddie: gradually filling up his whole skin with increasingly elaborate tattoos

Steve: got a little heart with "E+S" in it on his inside forearm where it's not conspicuous but he can take a look at it and smile to himself any time he wants

he's not holding back this is just what he needs (and he thinks Eddie's tattoos and hair and jewellery and et cetera et cetera are badass and beautiful)

#steve harrington #steddie #this is closely aligned to steve 'boring queer' harrington #this also tends to lead to early misunderstandings with eddie's friends because steve doesn't LOOK or SOUND like someone who would #be nice to them or respect what they're doing or anything #(whether that's metal friends gaming friends queer friends or whatever combination thereof) #they're naturally wary and defensive at first #the thing is steve gets why so he's patient about it #telling them isn't going to work like showing them so he just quietly concentrates on showing them #eventually he just becomes known within whatever local community there is and newcomers are told about him #not like 'watch out for that guy' like 'you don't need to worry about that guy' #'yes he IS sitting there with his legs crossed reading Sports Illustrated but I promise you he's okay'

[crescentfool]

graduation day 🌸

#persona 3 #minato arisato #makoto yuki #lizzy does art #HELLO EVERYONE... i humbly offer a minato in these trying times... are you all prepared for the wave of march 5th art bc aha! im sure not #i looked at the promised day tag on twitter and GAAAH THE WORKS ARE ALL SOOO BEAUTIFUL #truly it touches my heart that soo many people are still drawing fan art for this important day even 16 years after the game has released #this is my second time celebrating it! and i couldn't be more grateful to have met minato and see his story.... #genuinely though his growth throughout p3 is sooooo loooovely and it's rlly hard to put in words. but like. god. i love my wife #dont look @ me for calling him that. i have seen other ppl call him wife material in the tags. they're right btw #oh and uh if u want u can look at my art for last year its smwhere in my art tag.... i like to think i hav improved... LOL #anyway thats all i have to say... i will rb and cry and sing to kimi no kioku tmrw since its still the 4th where i live. take care everyon!

[gildedlead]

Shout out to Gotham knights for having some the most mind numbing gameplay, with some of the best Batfam dialogue known to man to balance it out. It also has Jason with this fuckass haircut.

#Jason looks ROUGH in this game but I do like his passive :〉expression #The voice acting is pretty great too #‘you promised we’d have dinner together as a familyyyy’ #plus it’s got some ‘good father bruce Wayne’ and I eat that shit up with a spoon #chatterbox behavior #gotham knights #jason todd #dick grayson #tim drake #barbara gordon #alfred pennyworth

[whereporygon]

The other day I was talking to @vaultureculture about Kuras' having a bit of owl in his design and that made me look for his 'biblically' accurate form because my memory was fuzzy, but my brain had been cooking for a while already and I needed answers.

After looking at his real form, I have to wonder: are angels in this world really this grotesque, or is it just Kuras?

screenshot by @sweet-milky-tea705

If so, is this disfigurement a punishment given before he, willfully, decided to ostricize himself, or is it the effect of him being away from his 'exalted origins' for so long?

His real body seems to stand between rotting corpse and an alien figure - a carcass well-past rigor mortis of an otherwordly creature, yet somehow this thing feels oddly... alive, almost if it were an empty exoskeleton clinging to life out of sheer will or even spite. Or perhaps it is meant to mirror the very essence of this world of decay in it's full, blunt, raw glory.

Maybe it's the effect of his immeasurable guilt, corroding his very essence. Just what did this angel do, or perhaps did not do, to deserve eternal purgatory? What is necessary for a divine being to decide for themselves that they deserve such fate?

Was it even his idea? What if it's somebody else's will that Kuras is carrying out as his own, ever true and loyal to his role as a messenger to the very end? How much of all of this is something he actually wants and thinks by himself he ought to do in order to purge whatever wrongdoing of his?

A MC with The Unnamed background seems to know Kuras (or at least seems to be in tune with a being like him), and a familiarity between the two is hinted at in the demo. Is Kuras always this open with everybody, or is it just with MC? Why was he so familiar with us, to the point he even laughs and MC reacts to his touch like they remember it? Does he just feel that much at ease around us or do we actually know each other, somehow?

What is going on with Kuras?

Is his body decaying due to heavy shame and guilt, or is it just like that, a horrifyingly indecipherable view to anything mundane?

Or is it standing in between worlds, in the limbo between holy and corrupt, never forgetting the past but also never looking forward to the future, that is pulling him apart?

#touchstarved game #touchstarved kuras #There is a set of crying eyes on his side… #I'm sorry if all of this seems jumbled up #but I just had thoughts I needed to share about Kuras lmao #I am very excited to see what are they going to do with him bc it looks *promising* #and like they are going to rip our heart out with this one #also I sort of hope they don't use the word 'sin' to describe whatever he did #it would be a bit on the nose methinks & would take us out of the experience #nothing big tho just a little peeve if anything

[momentomori24]

I SWEAR THIS MAN JUST LOOKS LIKE A NEW PERSON EVERY TIME HE APPEARS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM AT FIRST

Like, did I really have to scroll through Twitter to find out that this random all knowing dude living behind the pearly gates, heavily implied to possess all the lore and answers to mysteries Matpat has been aiming to solve for years is goddamn SCOTT CAWTHON????

#goodbye matpat #matpat #scott cawthon #i swear last time i checked he did not look like this #i was so busy being emotional that seeing this random guy show up at the ending made me so confused #and then i find out it's literally mat's ages long arch nemesis in the flesh i can't believe it #on a less bewildert note it's really sweet he actually went out of his way to be a part of this video #you owe him that fnaf lore scott he won't tell a soul i promise #game theory

[egophiliac]

hi!! first of all, i just wanted to say i love your art <3 i was in the twst fandom for a while and i'm currently into toku, so it's a nice surprise to see you like both! this is kinda dumb but, out of curiosity, how have you been making your ride kamens predictions? i.e. what hints are you referring to to make your guesses? i saw some jp artists making their guesses as well so i feel like i'm missing something

p.s. i also want a meteor/fourze-inspired character but that's probably not happening lol

thank you! :> glad to see there are more of us with excellent taste out there (characters being idiots = the best).

I think we're all just working off of the silhouettes? there's the ones that are in the PV, and then the full-body ones from this tweet (plus a couple of as-yet-unreleased character logos on the bottom); if there's been any other info released, I haven't seen it. so...mostly it's just speculation and wild guesses!

based on the ones we've gotten so far, it's going to be literally impossible to tell who anyone is before they're revealed, but it's still pretty fun to guess! I'm still holding out a tender hope that maybe Fourze or Meteor is hidden in there...somewhere...😔

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business #they're in my heart even if they aren't in the game #the spam will stop soon i promise! there's only a few more daily reveals left :') #down to just four more let's gooooo #i'm still absolutely set on that one guy being gaim but everyone else? no idea #i could say anything and it would all be equally likely #let's say...the one with the smoke coming out of his head is g but also he turns into a mermaid when splashed with water #none of this is a complaint btw i am SO delighted to have a game i can say this about #(also i would LOVE if g were in this. what a way to bring him back)

[scoliosisgoblin]

I'm in hell.

#guys guys I know this game is problematic BUT HE'D NEVER DO TAHT #he never kiled anyone I PROMISE #he was with me and he told me he'd never so he didn't #but seriously though idk it's fictional so it's not taht bad imo.. #Jay in this universe would be kinda out of place #he'd be 29 just living with a 21-25 y/o working 2 jobs #he has a kid but she lives with his brother #he's also a murderer but we don't talk about that #he'd really enjoy having Peter around tbh #he'd be oblivious to Tk's flirting. Don and him would hang out at bars a bunch. and Lucy would be like a little sister to him #also Peter waited a month before inviting Jay to his house #it was more so because Jay seemed to be happier living there with Peter around #but then something happens dun dun duuuun #my art #Jacob and Peter would be so obsessed with each other too... they'd be happy though so it's fine #your boyfriend #yb game #yb fanart #yb peter #your boyfriend peter

[emry-stars-art]

*banging my hands on the table* WE GOTTA PUT THE CATS IN THE ROYAL AU

(once again thank you to @jtl-fics for like, most of these ideas and for the scene at the end)

The kitchen has two cats that hang around regularly, who are both unofficially adopted by Andrew. He likes them simply because he’s a cat person as we all know, he likes giving them treats and scratches etc. Obviously this means Abram takes a liking to them as well

Andrew names one King, she’s not the brightest bulb in the toolbox but she’s real good at sniffing out mice so the kitchen staff like her. Andrew makes the distinction between her and his brother by calling them “King” and “human king” respectively. Aaron hates this. Mostly because when Andrew is talking about the cat he doesn’t care to specify that, and certainly not when talking to Abram or Aaron. Part of the joke straight up is to act like the cat is the real king. Which means that sometimes someone will overhear a bit of gossip or unfortunate news about “King”, straight from the prince’s mouth, in passing. The most memorable of those being the one time Andrew made a comment to Abram about King being pregnant again (“King’s rather been sleeping around, don’t you think?” “Surely it isn’t my place to say, prince. How many children do you think by now, though?” “Oh, a dozen, at the very least.”) and a passing gardener missed any and all context about it. I don’t know how it gets cleared up but Andrew doesn’t let it go for a very long time, it’s hilarious to everyone in the royal family’s circle because they all know how faithful and monogamous Aaron actually is. I guess hilarious to everyone but Aaron, sorry Your Majesty

Abram calls the other one Sir because of his temperament, Sir is very hissy. Instead of Aaron, though, Abram gets to torment Day. Day hates this cat’s name, he pretends to hate the cat, too, firstly because Abram is supposed to call him “sir” because of how far Day outranks him. Until now Day didn’t actually mind Abram using his name (better than Abram calling him “my Lord” or even being too scared to address him at all, which is how they started out) but then this cat comes along and Abram addresses it with the utmost respect and formality. Specifically when Day is around, just to piss him off. Secondly because then when there’s official people/dignitaries/etc around, like for meetings or summits, and Abram actually does have to use Day’s title? Day gets so confused because Abram is saying “sir” a lot, so that damn cat must be around, and there CANNOT be a cat in this room during this meeting

Abram goes “You’re looking a little pale, sir, perhaps you should step out for some fresh air?” And Day almost strangles him in front of their oversea trade partners

And lastly because sometimes Abram will do things like this:

(Find the royal au writing masterpost here 💕)

#Kevin was shocked #doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have taken a compliment on his new coat gdi abram #someone give this man compliments 😤 #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #kevin day #king #sir #royal au #chibi #comic #promise I didn’t mean to make it look like Abram teleports into the room #I forgot to have him halfway in the door/on his way by #and then it was too late 😔 #lol