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leina-reads-homestuck · 5 years

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Let’s slay Undertool part.6

I think it’s the 6 ? And, also, let’s kicc some metallic butts. ( è è)

So I’m at the top of the Core and I’m kinda STUCK.

On my left, a path with monsters I can’t defeat.

On my right... HIM.

I flipped his switch and he transformed into Bishônen Mettaton. (aka Mettaton EX). He also confirmed my suspicion about Alphys.

She wasn’t really helping me, more like manipulating me so she could intervene in my story and feel better about herself. :I Well at least, it wasn’t boring.

I simply... CANNOT defeat Sexyboi Mettaton. There are three difficulties here.

- I have to dodge his attacks, and most of them are almost impossible to dodge. Even if I try to be careful, I GET damage.

- I have to shoot at his core, at his robots AND escape his projectiles at the same time, and to top it all,

- I have to be super swift when I pick an action in order to not see my ratings decrease. It’s only once they’re high enough that I’ll be able to spare Mettaton. How high, you ask me ?

10 000.

(Even 12 000 for some people, apparently.) If I use the wrong action, or eat junk food that I didn’t buy at the MIT Glamburger Emporium (the store with the nervous cat guy in the inn), I lose points. All of this while having to be hypervigilant.

At a moment, I thought I had won. His arms and legs were gone, and at this point, the battle is supposed to be interrupted. But I didn’t have enough points, so he just kept attacking me until I ran short of HP items !

It’s just.

Impossible. ( O ___O) I would need unlimited HP, or a weapon like a bomb, or Undyne’s capacity of butt-kicking. I’m not Undyne.

Bai.

I’m gonna take a break and come back once I gathered other players’ info about this boss. And also see if I can find Temmie Village, that had I completely missed (I only got its emplacement when I searched for a solution to spare Mettaton).

I also drop a visit to Papyrus and Undyne at Snowdin, but as I mentioned, nothing really happens, they’re just waiting to turn into icicles in front of Papyrus’s house.

To hell with murderbots. I need me some chill time, even if the Tems aren’t the most chill. They all say the same thing. “Hoi ! I’m Temmie !!”

Okay, almost all of them...

Yaya !!

I’ll have to visit Tem village again later to get rid of some junk that fills my box and be able to buy what I’ll need (I have a strategy). Apparently I could have sold them my Stick, but I threw it before fighting Mad Dummy to get hold of the Astronaut food. The Tems sell Temmie Flakes that cost nothing and also heal nothing. They also don’t give a lot for most of the items I have. Grunt.

The seller seems ready to give me more gold than they initially offered for my Dog Residue, but as soon as I try to sell it for more than 4G, they’re like... “You’re gonna regret it...” And won’t buy it for more than 1G. Blar.

Look at this smugface.

When you refuse to buy a thing, the Tem says...

And once you bid goodbye...

Oh, no ! One of the Tems is allergic to itself !

(The pimples made squeaky sounds...) Hold on, who’s this mushroom guy ?

Oh. Sorry, dude...

So yeah. After I watched videos, read tutorials & advice from players and traveled here and there to gather items, I... THINK I am ready to defeat Mettaton.

So here’s my strategy. (°^°)

First, get as many food from the hamburger store as you can. An inventory filled with glamburgers and starfaits is already a good thing (I was too broke to get the mettaton steak but if you can grab it...)

You’ll need to put in your inventory an armor that you never wore during the battle before. Don’t use it just now. I used the Cloudy Glasses, but I guess any armor is good ? I went back to Waterfall to buy em to the turtle guy.

- As soon as the battle begins, FIGHT Mettaton’s ass. That’ll give you 300 points.

-For every other turn, it’s better to POSE - it even gives you more points if you’re low on HP. Don’t spare, don’t check. Apparently using FIGHT won’t give you as much points the next times.

- Are you hella good at dodging ? You can use BOAST. You pretend you won’t get touched, and if you effectively avoid all the projectiles and bombs, you’ll get points. Problem is, if you get hit ONE time, you’ll lose 100 points. I picked BOAST before the attacks with the disco ball, which are by far the easiest to dodge (shoot the ball when you see a white line coming to you - the blue ones won’t harm ya).

-Are you, like me, as effective as dodging as a paralyzed snail ? Use TURN HEELS. It’ll make the public hate you because you scoffed at them and each time you get hit, you’ll win points. Trust me, it’s very easy to get hit during this fight.

- The correct answer to his essay is Legs. There are other good responses, but this is the one that gives the most points. Apparently, if you tell him to go heck himself or other swear words, it’ll apparently remove points because this is a family-friendly show, fudge !!

-Nomch a glamburger or other food item each time you get a bit too low on HP. Once you get close to a high rating and the guy has lost its limbs, jump on the armor piece. That’ll give your ratings a hell of a boost (+1500).

Now, even on Level 1 (as I am), you should be done with him.

I also highly recommand to watch videos before, otherwise you’ll have a hella hard time identifying which items you’re supposed to shoot and which ones it’s frankly better to avoid shooting, though at some times you won’t have a choice. Or at least, I would have had a hard time. I couldn’t have won without the videos. Plain and simple.

Because, yes, I’ve made through it.

Mettaton, or what was left of him, stopped the fight and started to receive calls from his fans, Napstablook among others (who tells him his show gave meaning to his life).

According to some comments I’ve read, the end of the fight is quite emotional. Some players cried. I was sure that the only tears I would shed would be tears of joy over the end of the combat.

But...

Uh.......

Ye ? (He still calls me like that, but it doesn’t sound as creepy anymore.)

He explains that he can’t leave now, because his fans need him. (He wanted my soul to go through the barrier at first).

Wowie ! (I’m quite proud, actually. I’ve been sweating on this fight, literally. And I thought I would be stuck on it for days.)

Muh !!

Oh. Phew.

He says me nice and encouraging things, if I recall well, like how I’ll be able to fight the King and go back home, stuff like that. Wait, wait, hold on, I’m not supposed to find you sympathetic !! ( o o)

A !! ( ; u ;)

O.... kay, it’s official, I joined the Mettaton fan-club.

So weird to be back into the silence, after the intensity of this fight.

Oh hey, look who’s here. ( < <)

I was expecting her to ask me if I am fine, as she always did until now, but as soon as she sees Mettaton motionless, Alphys runs to check on him, worry painted over her face. It seems that these two are closer than I thought...

She’s relieved to see that he only ran out of batteries. I didn’t think I would end up giving a damn about Mettaton. At first he was just this creep obsessed with making a show of himself, but he actually cares about his audience. I’m glad I didn’t have to kill him.

It’s impossible to be mad at Alphys, either. I’m not sure yet if she’s my ally or my enemy, but still.

I walk away, but she runs after me. I expect her to apologize for the trouble she had put me into (even if it was lots of fun, from the player’s viewpoint). Instead, she awkwardly chats about how happy I must be that my journey is almost over.

Am I ?

If I was the kid, I would NOT want to go back home and leave my new friends behind. Are there even dancing mushrooms and squeaky flowers where I come from ? It’s just so cool and appeasing here !

Alphys finally apologizes for lying to me. I’ll need a monster soul to cross the barrier. I’ll have to kill Asgore if I want to go back home. Hey, no worries ! I have 0 intent of harming Fluffybuns. So that means I can stay here, right ? :D

She scampers away. I decide to follow her back to her lab, but the door is locked. I also got lost many times while trying to find it...

But hey, at least I’ve got to see - and hear - the Core again.

Wow.

(Next step, Asgore’s castle ! ( ° °))

#undertale

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heroesofscienceandfandoms · 4 years

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Game of Thrones rewatch - season one, episode five

G'day to whoever is actually reading this and welcome to another GoT episode rewatch. Still stuck at home (thanks to the virus being a bitch), the first episode on today's schedule is no five of season one. Starting with an outdoors shot and a corpse of a rather forgettable guy. Did we even have outside shots in later seasons or was that a season one only thing for kings landing? I mean, we have plenty of scenes taking place outside later, but it's always either in the streets of flea bottom or, if not, more fancy areas. And once again, Robert's back at insulting my boy Gilbart erh Lancel. To be fair, I still like the scene in general thanks to Ned and Robert just being old friends. I definitely need more of this. Not to mention the grim reminder that Robert doesn't really seem like he wants to be king if he can't just do what he wants. We're back at the jousting grounds... with old Mountain vs Loras Tyrell this time. If I hadn't read the books before watching for the first time, I would've laughed at the suggestion that Loras could ever become one of my favourite characters. That guy really needs someone to wipe the arrogance off his face. I'm fine with his cheating though as it's not really cheating. Also, Renly still really reminds me of some guy named Steve. Guess I'll start giving everyone nicknames from now on to make the show easier to watch. Gregor you cunt, you can't just kill that horse! Well,at least we have the not-knight in not-shining armor jump in to save the the life of Ser Smugface Tyrell.

Tyrion and Cat need their own show just wandering through Westeros to meet old friends and relatives and argue along the way. And, in Tyrions case, to make new friends as well. Can someone explain me why everyone hates Catelyn Stark so much? She's always been behaving rather reasonable even towards her enemies. Is it because we know Tyrion's innocent? Because ffs, there's no reason Cat should know or suspect anything else. Or is it because we now have Bran complaining, despite having an adult who's practically family to explain why she had to go to both us as the watchers as well as to the boy? Miracles happen, one of the very few scenes of male full frontal nudity. A hint of fanservice at last. That's not how you catch a cat Arya. Just pretend to not care and it'll come right after you to catch you. Seventeen years actually? I thought it was just sixteen in the show. Do we really need that conversation between Varys and Littlefinger? Don't think so. Especially not with the "joke" included. They could've cut half the scene and it would've been much better. Arya really does look like someone who's not even remotely part of the upper class. Boy, though? Maybe if you've met long-haired boys looking prettier than her. Still wanting to see someone punch those guards though. Despite not being a good father by modern standards, Ned surely is one by his times' standards, or at least one with good intentions trying his best. Oh, Arya, the day when you'll stop insisting to reveal who and what you are sadly will come. Half of it being reasonable and half of it being bad writing because there's not always a reason to keep it a secret either. Of course Tyrion doesn't look like a prisoner because there was both good reason to untie his hands as well as nowhere for him to run. As sad as it may be, big old Bobby B is damn right about honour being rather useless compared to fear. Ours is the fury indeed. OTOH, Ned is right regarding the Dothraki and their horses not riding over water. Yet.

Every moment with Lysa Arryn should be on a list of "the top N creepiest scenes". That's all there is to say about it. And maybe that we, once again, have a reminder that Cat's way nicer and more reasonable than almost everyone would like to think. Why does that shaving scene even exist? It's cliche, annoying and neither of them is pleasant to look at. Especially shaved. Ser Smugface doesn't even look strong enough to wear any type of armor. Guess magic must be alive and well if that guy manages to be good at jousting. At least Not-Steve doesn't have sticks for arms. Regards to anyone who manages to get that joke, fetch me a message to get a fancy price badge. Damn... I do understand why some people were confused about how explicit this scene was. Doesn't change that, despite it not really being in there books, the relationship was at least hinted at. Why is everyone except King Bobby B right, even the people I can't stand? It is rather irritating to see Cersei being reasonable. Worse, having two being right in some way at the same time... if only anyone knew that it's not always all black and white but the truth being grey and somewhere inbetween. Never thought I'd feel sorry for Cersei, at least not while rewatching this scene. Or any other. Don't get me wrong, I still don't like her. Doesn't mean I can't feel at least a bit sorry. Despite all his talk about honour, Ned's definitely not above talking to a lowly whore the same way he'd talk to anyone else... guess that could be seen as rather honorable in its own way. Modern AU Ned would not only be nice to the waiter but also tipping them rather generously. Seeing Jaime still having both hands and being able to fight is such a strange sight. Not so strange is the first glimpse of him being much more honourable than everyone else considers him to be. After a lot of blah about honour, we're done with episode five... better than the one before, let's see if that'll continue in the next episode after a short break.

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