#or you know

[its-a-fiasco-bratan]

I saw these tweets somewhere a while ago and, I think about them whenever landing a charged rail rifle shot on a moving target or skimming under enemy fire to land a kick to their mech makes my heart-rate go up a little more than it should.

#armored core #ac6 #or you know #PILEBUNKER

[deepcoraldragon]

Bitzel perfectly summing it up

Like seriously, if you still follow him after everything, what is it gonna take?

#dream neg #dream situation #discourse #even the usual defence mechanism #that no criticism is ever in good faith bc it's just antis #has to fall apart at some point? #or you know #not

[astaroth1357]

We Need To Talk About Nightbringer (the Person, Not the Game)

I'm still scratching my head over what Nightbringer's goal is here... How is MC involved? Why send them back in time? And, of course, who are they??

SPOILERS Up to Lesson 12 Below Cut

The Fuck is the Goal Here??

Sending the MC back just to form pacts makes no goddamn sense. If the MC acquiring pacts was the real aim, then that mission was already accomplished in the present-day. There's something more here.

Why send MC back to RIGHT NOW? What about making pacts AT THIS TIME is desirable to Nightbringer? Is the end game even having the pacts at all...?

I posit that Nightbringer wants war, specifically, another war between angels and demons. The imagery of scales brings to mind the fragile balance of peace that Diavolo was mentioning between the realms before. RAD isn't built yet, his goal to improve relations is still in its infancy, and the times are so tumultuous that MC risks an all out fight starting just being there. So if Nightbringer wants to make things come to blows, then this is the PERFECT time to send them to.

However...

What is this "path to happiness" all about? What does Nightbringer think will make the MC most happy...? And what about THEIR happiness is linked to his? Is he assuming that in a war of the three realms, MC would side with the demons and thus if demons win then MC will be glad? That doesn't really track with the MC as presented in game... They're generally shown as a peacemaker or bridge builder. I don't think a war would make them happy at all!

Ultimately, I don't think we can answer this question in any way that makes sense until we have a better idea of WHO Nightbringer is so....

Who is Nightbringer??

It's Barbs

This goes for any version of Barbs: past, present, future, or even an alternate self I guess. This only makes sense because we're dealing with a demon who does time travel and there's only one demon we know who fits this bill but... why?

I can't imagine any reason why Barbatos would betray Diavolo, at least the one we know. This guy is so loyal to his lord that he's the ONLY character who won't completely kowtow to MC's whims even in the OG game. His true loyalty was always to Diavolo. Not the realm, not demons, DIAVOLO. And if Diavolo seeks peace, then why on earth would Barbs want to cause a war?? Is he more bitter about things than we thought...?

If it's a different version of Barbs, then I guess this goes out the window, but even then what's an alternate Barbs care about this world specifically? What would he hope to gain? MC? Why?? The means are all here, but I just can't figure out the motive, so...

It's Not Barbs, but Connected to Barbs

You know. I've been thinking a lot about this and I've been considering how, thematically, it could be appropriate for Diavolo not to be the only one with a progenitor/parental figure out of commission. We can assume that Daddy Devil must of had an attendant like Barbatos to aid him like Dia has Barbs so...

What if Nightbringer is the old King's previous attendant? And what's more, what if they aren't Barbs but related to Barbs? Like a sibling or parent? It's important to note that Barbs' time capabilities are not INTERNAL to him. It's his room of doorways to other timelines. Presumably, anybody with sufficient knowledge could inherit that room and just take over the role of the Devildom's time lord.

I know it goes against all of our previous notions to think that Barbatos was, at some point, just an everyday demon and not some primordial, OG force of nature but none of that was canon anyway. Something to think about.

It's Michael

I know people keep offering up this one, but I'm really not buying it... Yeah, Michael has always been this looming, shady figure over the OM universe and he's canonically and non-canonically done some eyebrow raising shit, but what's the motive here? Plus, Nightbringer's thematic ties to, well, night really feel more demon than angel... The Celestial Realm is always sunny, the Devildom is always dark. I think it's just a stretch...

Michael wanting another war could be interesting, especially since we've seen far more of angels being actively antagonistic to demons than the other way around, but I don't think that makes him Nightbringer. At most, he could end up being a shadow ally in his plot to bring everything to a head once again.

It's Solomon

In truth, even I don't think Nightbringer is the Solomon we're talking to. But I still think it's suspicious that all of this plays out so perfectly for our present-day Solo-pal... Personally, I take anything this guy tells us directly with a grain of salt since we know he'll lie openly, so here are the facts we're working with:

We are interacting with our present day Solomon (or at least one with knowledge of who we are and our timeline's events).

Solomon is the only one in this current space who knows of our full history in the OG timeline.

This Solomon put himself not only in the position of being the ONLY ONE who knows us that we can interact with, but happily isolated us from the brothers and made himself our main point of contact.

And last (and perhaps most importantly) HE'S STILL TRYING TO MAKE PACTS. He approaches Lucifer about it and successfully makes a pact with Asmo centuries before he's supposed to! If my guy is really from the present, that's like, Changing the Course of History 101! What the hell???

Let me present to you a theory. He is not present-day Solomon, sent back to help MC. He is past-Solomon, caught up to MC's identity through Barbs' time powers and just playing the part of our modern-day buddy. If he's from the past, he doesn't have to worry about changing the present timeline like we do because that ain't even him we've been speaking to. It feels like he has this bet going with Nightbringer... they have some kind of wager and MC is key to it. They're the one who'll tip the scales and Solomon is trying to get us to stay on his side.

It's Not Solomon, but Connected to Solomon

There's something off about Solomon that everybody, LITERALLY everybody, makes comments on: how he doesn't seem human anymore.

The OM timeline introduced the idea that a person can become something else, no matter what they started out as. The brothers were angels, but they fell, so they became demons. Simeon violated angel rules, so he was made into a human. The idea of corruption related to Solomon has always stuck in the back of my mind... The guy has over 70 pacts, he's lived for several centuries at least, and there's just something NOT RIGHT about him...

When Solomon and Nightbringer are speaking to each other, this line stuck out to me.

I find this comment so damn weird. If Nightbringer is a demon and has always been a demon, why would Solomon feel the need to lampshade this? He's pointing it out as if it's meant to get under Nightbringer's skin... Why state the obvious?

What if Nightbringer wasn’t always a demon?

Nightbringer refers to and brings up his demonness as much as Solomon brings up his humanness. That, to me, reeks of insecurity. They may not just be fighting on the lines between demons and humanity, but fighting each other/themselves to prove who's side they're actually on.

What if Nightbringer is a fully-corrupted Solomon? Either a Solomon in the future who's fucking around with the past or a Solomon in this timeline/dimension that's trying to use MC to cause destruction for his world??

..... Okay, I do know this is a bit of a reach. As much as I would love to blame the sorcerer, Nightbringer still seems like a being who's just... been around a while. Far too long to start fucking up shit now. It's possible that if he is from the future and just hopping through time, there's nothing stopping him from going back however far he wants to, but then you could get into the "You are your own grandfather" paradox and the next thing you know we're in another installment of Kingdom Hearts where time is our worst enemy.

HOWEVER, the idea of corruption DOES bring me to my wildest theory yet.

What if Nightbringer wants MC to become a demon...?

Think about it.

It could explain why Solomon is trying so hard to make MC remember and side with their humanity.

It could explain why Nightbringer sent them there under the guise of demon to start with.

It could be why he wants them to make their pacts again. He's trying to seduce them into fully embracing the demonic world through their connection with the brothers.

Humans die, right? Why not be a demon and not have to worry about it?

Throw away the Ring of Light.

Stay by your demons' sides.

Embrace the darkness.

Join the damned.

And when that big'ol battle that he wants happens, he'll have the most powerful sorcerer/sorceress, fully demonized, fighting for his side against God himself.

..... Or that's my spec script anyway. Probably too out there, but man would it be fun...

#my money is on option two #but option five would be WILD #or you know #my trust issues are acting up again #obey me #obey me shall we date #shall-we-date-obey-me #obey me nightbringer spoilers #obey me nightbringer #obey me nightbringer theories #omn spoilers #omnb spoilers #obey me solomon #omn solomon #obey me barbatos #omn barbatos #obey me michael

[dumpster-fire-sapphic-failgirl]

*record scratch*

Suvi’s parents sent her to Grandmother Wren’s place to keep her safe

Grandmother Wren put a spell of protection on her that kept her hidden as long as she didn’t set foot on roads/the road outside the cottage, which was arguably like 13 years

Her parents were going on a dangerous mission, sure

There was an attack on the Citadel, okay

But the attack only hastened their plans

And why the hell would the Armies of Gaothmai or Rhuv give a shit about one little girl?

and if not for the armies, who amongst the denizens of the Spirit World or the magically knowledgeable folks of Umora would be foolish enough to go after the Witch of the World’s Heart in her sanctum, over the daughter of two spies?

Suvi stepped on the road in Ep 1. And Something Happened.

At first I wrote it off as heralding the arrival of The Stranger, the lord of night, the spirit of many titles. But that was brought about by the death of Wren.

So after more than a dozen years, something became aware of Suvi’s existence

And I don’t think we’ve seen the fallout of that yet

#worlds beyond number #the wizard the witch and the wild one #worlds beyond number spoilers #suvi the wizard #suvirin kedberiket #the wizard sky #suvi the… chosen one? #i need answers #like yesterday #or you know #whenever they fit in the story #maybe i’m reading too much into it #but i think there’s something there

[mypluginbaby]

Butterflies and hurricanes

now u can listen to the piano solo completely isolated

#or you know #the bass #if you're gay #multitracks #muse #musers #museblr

[spilledkaleidoscope]

If Kim used fountainpens, he’d use a Pilot Vanishing Point with Platinum Carbon Black cartridges

#or you know #a moonman A1 #I could theoretically see him using converters too but with the CON-40? never #fuck that thing #Harry would have a bunch of patterned platinum preppy with shimmer inks that he never cleans #listen this is all very important to think about #im just gonna #assume the cartridges fit #if not he refills pilot cartridges himself

[velvetcloak]

hope you get a friend who texted you like this out of nowhere

#or you know #be that friend

[nospacesapparently]

#bruce banner #henry jekyll #or you know #doctor bruce banner #and doctor jekyll #marvel #jekyll and hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde

[aaeeart]

In terms of fan art, I've got a little something on my mind. If possible, I would like a recreation of the Spirited Away scene with No-Face chasing Chihiro through the bathhouse, but with Steven Universe's Malachite as No-Face, and Steven as Chihiro?

so I read Malachite and my mind understood it as Jasper 😭 I'm absolutely gonna do another sketch with Malachite as well because this is honestly a sick idea, enjoy this in the meantime pfpfb

#steven universe #jasper #su jasper #su steven #fanart #digital art #art #my art #artists on tumblr #spirited away #request done #tysm for the request!! #and this is why reading comprehension is very important #or you know #rereading the request before starting to sketch and not going by one's faulty memory pfppdb #anywho

[teecupangel]

I've been playing AC Revelations lately, and remembered about your Ratatouille AU.

I think Desmond would be very confused, because all suspicious sounding voices should be silent in the like core of animus or whatever this place is. But he anyway hears those strange complaints about how he looked much cuter in previous parts and now he is like weathered or smth. And those simpings on old Ezio. And this comparison of Sofia and Leonardo. And intense swearing when there's no 100 percent synchronization because of THIS STUPID TEMPLAR WHO SOMEHOW MANAGED TO HIT MEE, LIKE WHAT, HE SHOULD BE LYING DEAD, BUT NOW I GOTTA RESTART THE WHOLE MISSION AGAIN WTFF (russian slurs following). Ahem. Also I feel like he would imagine that it's like his descendants or smth, so he would start to believe that he'll get out of animus very soon

The original Ratatouille AU idea

Its little brother, the “Desmond can hear us” idea

And the “I don’t know you can do that” sidestory that got sidelined by people learning that Altaïr can vault in AC1

So the idea would be the voices would suddenly be silent once Desmond wakes up in the Animus Island and he’d be confused and absolutely worried because he’s used to hearing them (especially after a lot of them suddenly showed up because [The Founder By Accident] apparently posted it or something and got a lot more people ‘playing the games’ again) so the silence was…

… worrying, to say the least.

Especially after Clay tells him where he was and what was happening to him.

And then…

Desmond started reliving Ezio’s memories…

And the moment Ezio’s voice echoed in his head “Dear Claudia…”

There’s just a cacophony of [DEAR CLAUDIA!!!!], [Best opening cinematic in the franchise <3], [Goddamn, I still get goosebumps watching this…], someone is able to actually recite the lines in Ezio’s accent as Ezio continues, and many, many more. There’s definitely a lot of them.

And Desmond could feel himself relax as he let both Ezio’s memories and their voices watch over him.

And then…

“Even if they messed up Altaïr’s actual outfit in this scene, it’s still freaking awesome.”

Ah.

[The Founder By Accident] is back.

.

Desmond immediately got used to a lot of them ‘simping’ over Ezio and the mini-debate that happened when Ezio met Sofia…

As well as the mini-debate about Suleiman being either good or opportunistic or both (and Desmond laughed at the “I can’t say anything because he has the same voice as Malik and that’s an automatic ‘yeah, he’s okay’ from me” comment from one of them).

The complaints about the ‘gameplay’ or the bugs or the synchronization requirements or… Desmond found himself being comforted even by these as these were already part of the voices’ personalities anyway.

And then…

He was back in the Animus Island and he couldn’t even focus on Clay because he’s being bombarded with voices all talking about “oh you poor boy what did they do to your face?” and “you still look good, Desmond, don’t listen to them!”.

And then…

[Play DA Everyone] goes “I know what to do!”

Clay’s eyes widened when a box suddenly appeared in front of Desmond’s feet and Desmond crouched. He opened the box and a lot of the voices went “Ooohhh” as Desmond sees it’s a vial with a message that says “Mod to Change Desmond’s Model To Be Closer To Francisco Randez” and there’s a lot of chanting of ‘drink it!’ and ‘chug chug chug’.

Desmond turned towards Clay and asked, “Do I look like I’m weathered?”

“What?” Clay looked confused by his question and Desmond simply shrugged, being used to it already.

He uncapped the vial and drank the entire thing, trusting the voices in his head as usual.

Cheers erupted all over as Desmond didn’t feel anything different.

Well…

He felt more rested than he ever had though…

And Clay could only gape as Desmond’s face changed right in front of him.

What.

The.

Fuck.

#desmond and the voices #will give clay #his own existential crisis #or you know #clay would be just #“yeah okay cool” #ask and answer #assassin's creed #desmond miles #clay kaczmarek #teecup writes/has a plot #fic idea: assassin's creed

[bleaksqueak]

Listening to music on Youtube Obscure Problem 947 like: "Just because I put on TENDER SUGAR doesn't mean I want you to autoplay into a "SILENT AND CHILL" playlist of the NARCOLEPTIC ASS DEPRESSION FEST THAT IS THE INCIDENTAL MUSIC. I love the Silent Hill OSTs but I'M WORKING NOT LAMENTING IN A RUSTING BATHTUB FOR 6 HOURS"

How many times have we been through this, old man. I tell you not to play these mixes, and you manage to find 50 more. I'm begging you, good people. Stop making Silent and Chill compilations. You're too powerful already. I have to be in the Right Mood to listen to Not Tomorrow and you can't just do this to me while I'm trying to draw some cute shit with Lyra and her ménage.

#Someday I'm going to dust off an old copy of winamp and go oldschool with it again. #I curate the Jams here #the worst is when it autoplays into a “ten hour loop” of something and you're too in the zone to realize it until you've started going nuts #or you know #the ten million compilations of silent hill's beautiful but YEARNING FOR DEATH background music #I just want to rock out to Tender Sugar and Your Rain I don't want to cry right now! #also the ballad of harry mason is fine too #good old hometown #Personally I enjoy it when it autoplays from something like Devils Never Cry to Otome no Policy #because why not #Why not indeed

[much2leite]

My horniness knows no bounds.

That's it, that's the post.

#i need me a Donna right now #or a Mizu #or you know #any of the re8 girlies #if I'm being honest #which I am #clearly #too honest in fact #there's no such thing though #donna beneviento #lady beneviento #donna x me please #bes mizu #mizu blue eye samurai #bela dimitrescu #cassandra dimitrescu #daniela dimitrescu #alcina dimitrescu #resident evil 8 #re8 #lady dimitrescu x reader #alcina x reader #mizu x reader #lesbian #wlw #lesbian memes #wlw memes #larissa weems #larissa x reader #principal weems

[unforth]

So many of my self images problems stem from being unable to avoid seeing reflections of myself. Srsly we were never meant to be constantly confronted with our own appearance, to have to reconcile that 24/7 with our mental idea of ourselves.

I wish I only ever saw myself as I am reflected in the eyes of people who love me.

#unforth rambles #or you know #vampires #lmao

[spandexinspace]

Brainiac really is DC's standard issue planetary to galaxy level big bad. Need a big, vague threat for an event or video game that lets the good guys punch a bunch of people with no consequences? Just use Brainiac.

#dc comics #who needs actual character motivation or a specific goal when you can just have him invade earth twice a month #or you know #vague gesture towards metal and convergence

[littleshopofhorrors-confessions]

Now we all know that the twinkification of Orin is a problem, but I haven’t seen anyone mention the silent twinkification of Arthur….that must be stopped.

We need to fatify skid row

#or you know #diversify at least #little shop of horrors #confession #arthur denton

[miioouu]

I’m leaving mean dbf Simon for John fuckin Price idc. Fuck that hoe.

As you should bestie!!! you deserve better! Fuck Simon! So what if he's hot and fucks you good? So is John, and at least he'll treat you right!

#or you know #you can have both of them #just saying #its your choice bbg #personal