#side story 3

[ying-doodles]

// novel spoilers (side story 3 / chp 406)

... okay yes charlotte is cute. lloyd influencing her into making contracts for everything was very him and him setting cheek kisses as the reward for the "contract" was very sweet- :>

... but how the fck did charlotte also get the system?? "... as though it was fated." what part of fate needs to be more involved in making what's soon to be the world's most overpowered child who's not even 7 yet??

like they already said she has her mom's swordfighting capabilities and her dad's wit and intellect, not to mention also having fcking javier the grandmaster as her mentor- I don't think she needs the system's help??

and all that for just a special summon for her birthday gift?? that's wild. (I'm not saying it's a bad thing but like. for why-)

#ying talks about tged #the greatest estate developer #tged #tged liveblog #tged spoilers #side story 3 #chp 406 #also lloyd saying he's not progressing in his swordmaster journey because he has his /wife/ to protect him... ugh. #WHAT DO YOU MEAN WIFE YOU HAD A FCKING GRANDMASTER AS YOUR PERSONAL KNIGHT?? #... sorry i'm still mad about the ending. #also now that i think about it they barely mention her in cpsm apart from being 'the greatest ruler of all time' #i would've liked to see more about her growing up outside of this side story #how did she rule? how did she make the kingdom prosper into an empire?

[sunflowercider]

See- I just- BK Moon, I see what youre trying to go for. I really do. You love your mischievous forms of affection. And honestly, I liked Lloyd's speech! He's a bit of a dick but very earnest! And making Alicia face the fact that she should take care of herself in the face of someone who apparently cares for her is a good personality exploration! Love it, love my little scraps here! But dude. The Title. You literally needed the Title for this to happen. The compatibility between these two is just so... yikes.

#and personally lloyd ending up with someone who makes his life hard when it doesnt need to be is just. :C #tged liveblog #side story 3 #ch 405

[justn0t]

#side order #agent 4 #splatoon 3 #splatoon #splatoon story mode #splatoon side order

[treasureplcnet]

(lia voice) rolan you're 26. you should be at the pub

#i love them so dearly. the idea of rolan having a soft spot for kids bc it reminds him of his siblings #only thing that could pry rolan away from protecting them in the shadowlands would be seeing children at risk i think #and even that is a reminder of their childhood . anyone else have two younger siblings and weeping over him/this tiny side story or just me #rolan #lia #cal #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #my art #also i dont actually know how old rolan is . 26 is a guess because they all seem to be 20-ish with cal being early 20s

[t4twailingstar]

this was funnier in my head 😭😭 (original image under the cut)

#dj octavio #capn cuttlefish #cuttlefish #octavio #smollusk #splatoon #splatoon 3 #splat3 #side order #side order splatoon #side order splatoon 3 #story mode splatoon #story mode splatoon 3 #brah tried to fit in #art #my art #digital art #story mode spoilers? #side order spoilers

[bemorekleinman]

me listening to a musical about the most terrible heartwrenching tragic fucked up shit to ever exist

#masterfully drawn by yours truly <3 #what are some examples of this #hmm #falsettos #dear evan hansen #hadestown #what else made me cry…… #oh #hamilton #death note the musical #west side story #I’m sure I’ll think of more #feel free to add on in the tags!! #musicals #musical theater #musical theatre #theater kid #theatre kid #broadway memes

[bixels]

Splatoon 3: Side Order is good, but not great. I still highly recommend it, but if you care about the story, you're going to be disappointed. Quick review: spoilers ahead.

Side Order was the devs experimenting with Splatoon's gameplay loop. The campaign is a rogue-like, and it works amazingly well. Super fun, super challenging, building my deck and fighting through challenges with the stakes of resetting really scratched an itch in my brain. They did a great job with it.

Unfortunately, I feel like priority went to game design rather than story. Much of the mysterious artwork we saw in the first teaser trailer was completely unused; turns out, all of that was just concept art that never made it into the final product. Side Order failed to make me care about what was happening. I don't know why the protagonist had to be Agent 8; it could've been anyone else and the story would've worked the same.

Octo Expansion was the absolute peak of meshing story and gameplay. The campaign's hook is insanely strong; we immediately empathize with Agent 8 because we know from previous lore that octolings like her have been trapped underground for all their lives. We care about her fight to the surface because it's a fundamentally ideological fight for freedom. The plot stuff about Tartar and the Thangs is just nice set dressing; 8's fight for freedom is the real story.

There's none of that in Side Order. I don't particularly care about Marina's metaverse, even if it's tied to Octo Expansion's story. I don't know why Acht is there other than backstory stuff. It really feels like 8 is just told to do something and she does it because she's the protagonist; she has zero personal stakes or motivations in the conflict. This is a story blunder the devs did in Splatoon 3's default campaign––forgetting to give the protagonist a personal reason to fight––that I hoped would be fixed here, but alas.

What makes it worse is that the gameplay and story progression are completely out of sync. I beat the entire game on my third run in 4 hours. With each run, you get up to two keys to potentially unlock bits of story. That means you'll get about one piece of the story every two runs. There are twelve pieces of the story; I got the first and then beat the whole damn game. Now I have to go back and grind to see the remaining story when I've already beaten the final boss and resolved the conflict. I missed the entire story because I never had to reset because I blazed through the gameplay! It's just a real shame that I experienced everything without knowing... why it's happening. The final boss had me asking myself what the hell is going on because I don't know the backstory at all.

Again, I still really recommend. The devs did a great job, but Side Order remains in the shadow of Octo Expansion's incredible success. Like the default singleplayer campaign, there's just a lot of lost story potential here that, while not necessary, would have really elevated this DLC into something amazing.

#long #personal #rant #splatoon #side order #it's a shame too because I got SO FUCKING HYPED at the title drop #when I realized that the entire first 30 minutes of the game was JUST THE OPENING TUTORIAL and they hit you with the music #and the “nintendo presents” and the title drop to a slow mo explosion. I thought “holy shit this is gonna be huge” #alas it wasn't because it turns out i'm better at roguelikes than the devs anticipated so i beat it in 3 hours lol #octo expansion was a cultural reset. it did something to my brain. the entire rising action part of the story; the reveals the twists the #boss fights the upward climb. it was so incredibly hype and just upped the stakes over and over. nothing's come close

[calista-222]

ok brb gonna play Splatoon 1's story mode for the first time <- has the game but barely played it

#my art #splatoon #splatoon 3 #side order #splatoon 3 dlc #splatoon 3 side order #agent 8 #maybe?? #I have splatoon 3 and all the theories about the dlc are making me want to know more about the lore of the other games #good thing I already have the first game #I'm not sure if it would be worth it to buy splatoon 2 just to play the story mode though #anyways I'm excited for the dlc!! #It probably won't be cheap but one can dream....

[bluewaterhigh2005]

no other game in the world is laced with anything nearly as addictive as whatever the fuck dragon age 2 is laced with. kirkwall is a shitty evil flop city and i will never ever leave it

#doing act 3 rn demanding they make me viscount at every opportunity. i couldn't fix this place but i'd have fun making it worse #first time not siding with the mages and it feels BAD #but anyway. hey girls did you know that ummm you die or i die either way the story's done #liljana.txt

[bakcyl]

Pierrot lunaire

#this is my offering to the gacha gods please give me the circus set early ;_; #the balloons here are a reference to ruis 3* side story iykyk ^_^ #if only i could remove that weight....oooohhh im sick #every time i post i can see that the colours are different no matter the platform..idk how to fix it eh #anyway #tsukasa tenma #prsk fa #procreate #pjsk tsukasa #mr showtime #pierrot #project sekai #tsukasa pjsekai

[nobigneil]

#s: instagram story #He has an astonishing side profile #neil newbon #Best performer #The games awards 2023 #The games awards #astarion #astarion ancunin #baldurs gate 3 #astarion baldurs gate #nobigneil #keep it neil #bg3 #larian studios #the pale elf #no big neil

[ying-doodles]

// novel spoilers (side story 3 / chp 407)

wait hold up. charlotte ate the sunflower seeds and nothing happened to her?? then why do they have such a strong side effect in crown prince sells medicine?? ... is it just cause she's that overpowered? (・_・;)

also goddamn, 530,000 rp is fcking insane. good lord..

#ying talks about tged #the greatest estate developer #tged #tged liveblog #tged spoilers #side story 3 #chp 407 #one chapter left sadge.. #unless they do plan to translate the new content but again who knows

[sunflowercider]

FSDHDHDHHDJSHDDGDHHD

NEVERMIND THIS CHAPTER IS HILARIOUS. HE USES URGENT FORESIGHT FOR FUCKING ROCK PAPER SCISSORS????? THE POWER THAT ONLY ENDED UP BEING USED IN THE MAIN NOVEL IN THE FAMOUS FINAL BATTLE????

#okay thats pretty funny lmaoooooooooo #tged liveblog #side story 3 #ch 405

[vyph2001]

「If I could be born again, I hope it's not Kim Dokja at least.」

— [ORV side story] C.615 - Ep.12. □□ (6)

singNsong wrote a chapter from 49%'s perspective during the rescue of the "Real Kim Dokja." The chapter sheds light on Kim Dokja's hidden thoughts and feelings that were never revealed in the 551 chapters of ORV.

This is a thread about 49% Kim Dokja and has side story's spoilers. Read at your own risk.

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A kid-ified Kim Dokja.

Kim Dokja, who was also losing his memory. But the moment he saw that Kim Dokja, he realized: that Kim Dokja was the 'real Kim Dokja'.

「Ah... Ah, I'm...」

Like a satellite attracted by the gravitation of a star, his body moved toward Kim Dokja. The memories he had were breaking into small pieces and being sucked into Kim Dokja. Feeling the disappearing flesh, he thought.

Who was I, then?

「Dokja-ssi!」

He was Kim Dokja.

「Kim Dokja!」

However, he wasn't the Kim Dokja this world wanted.

「Kim Dok...!」

The last moment before his consciousness disappeared, he thought.

「If I could be born again!」

As the party said, a delusion of the 'Real Kim Dokja'.

「I hope it's not Kim Dokja at least.」

He imagined a very distant universe that could never be reached by this world, an unknown being born in that universe.

A creature that no one in <Kim Dokja's Company> recognized and has nothing to do with Kim Dokja.

「I want to have my story, too.」

There was the sound of something exploding, and the next moment his consciousness was broken into small pieces and scattered in space.

But the biggest part of the consciousness that formed his core did not completely disperse and became a meteor.

— [ORV side story] C.615 - Ep.12. □□ (6)

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Q: Why is Lee Hakhyun the reincarnation of 49%, but not 49% itself?

The meteor that carried 49%'s soul broke into many tiny pieces that flew to a planet far away from Kim Dokja's worldline.

The largerst piece entered the body of a newborn child named Lee Hakhyun.

Many other smaller pieces also entered the bodies of dozens of different people, including Killer King and Yerin (siblings), Dansu and Jiyoon (father and daughter) and even some who have crushes on each other.

As a result, there are over 10 characters who are reincarnations of 49%.

All of these reincarnated fragments of 49% have taken on new lives of their own. So if you consider Lee Hakhyun to be 49%, then you should also consider the others as 49% as well!

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Q: Why are there 2 portals to different endings, one where Kim Dokja wakes up and one where he doesn't wake up?

In my opinion, it's because 49% Kim Dokja is the one who doesn't want to come back to his companions the most.

Why do you insist Kim Dokja wants to return to his companions and have a happy ending?

We only get to see the inner thoughts of 51% who longs for his companions day and night. But 49% wanted nothing to do with returning to his companions and we only learned his true feelings in the side story. After reading his story and learning his wish was fulfilled, do you still want a 100% Kim Dokja like KIMCOM would?

#TY Snail for ur help <3 #orv spoilers #orv side story #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kim dokja #lee hakhyun

[oifaaa]

No joke I honestly think Mei Chang is one of the best characters in fma like this girl at the age of 11 with nothing but a small panda and the clothes on her back crossed a deadly desert that's stated alot of grown adults find difficult to cross, found a serial killer and his weird weasly little sidekick and went yep these are the guys I want to travel with from now on I will also defend this serial killer like im his professional bodyguard despite me being a tenth of his size, finds a sentient suit of armour and proceeds to fall deeply in love with him and later when he asks her to help sacrifice him to get his brothers arm back she does not hesitate and all that's on top of her being an outstanding fighter, alkahester and a princess

#fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fma #fmab #mei chang #she is everything to me #also just side note #find it hilarious when people will say they dont like her and als relationship #bc they have a age gap #like i dont know friend #i dont think 3 years counts as a age gap #atleast not the one we need to side eye #with Hohenheim and trisha standing over there #and even roy and riza who only have a 4 year gap #but he is her boss #sooo #but anyway got side tracked there #this is just my mei appreciation post #i hope after the story ends she still goes to visit scar and yoki

[coern-art-very-cool-and-nice]

try again?

#in case you didn't realize these are redraws of each other's game over screens!!! #God do I wanna maintag these #sure #splatoon 3 side order #in stars and time #isat #side order fanart #isat siffrin #so it turns out side order is NOT a great story to start right after finishing act 3 #ive had this idea in my head for a WHILE #like i had literally JUST finished act 3 I cannot stress this enough #y'know the act that ends in...the red.....y'know....... #and went like #'okay I'll cool down and start side order!' #bad idea. bad bad idea #quote from pearl after you get kicked down the first time 'Whats it's beef with change anyway?!' #my art #anyways