#thank u respawn very neat

[goldstandrd]

the way it took me 10 minutes and at least like 3 rereads to be able to understand what the fuck was going on in that comic

#thank u respawn very neat #formatting is awful #❝ girl behind the thief ❞ — ooc. #anyways! anita ur so valid but loba cares about u so much can u listen to her #and stay put maybe <3

[sparxwrites]

for the headcanon thing, would love to hear your takes on martyn and/or ren (3rd or last life, whichever u prefer)

Third life! Since I haven’t watched Martyn’s last life pov yet. It’s on my to-do list...

Ren:

Headcanon A:  realistic

Werewoof Ren real! But it's a subtle kind of woofing - it's less that he turns into a whole-ass wolf on the full moon, and more that his wolf-y traits wax and wane with the phases of the moon. Longer claws and sharper teeth and pointier ears at the full moon, a little less body hair and less unsettling eyes and slightly less hunger for raw steak at the new moon.

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious

Between the general ambivalence about eating raw meat, and the fact that carrots are easy to eat raw, Ren kept forgetting that Martyn needed his food cooked. There were several awkward silences when Ren handed Martyn raw meat and was like "enjoy!" and Martyn was just. stood there holding it. Getting blood all over his hands.

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends

The reason Ren let Martyn keep Red Winter Is Coming was because it frightened him. He'd meant to take it back, brandish it as a symbol of his power - but when he saw it, after respawning, there was a kickback of nausea-panic-fear that even being red couldn't dampen. He couldn't bring himself to so much as take it, let alone wield it. He left it with Martyn.

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own.

Ren darns his own socks - kind of an essential skill to acquire when you sometimes have claws on your feet. One of the first things he does when he employs Martyn, and realises Martyn does not darn his own socks, is fix them for him.

Martyn:

Headcanon A:  realistic

He liked being part of Dogwarts because it gave him a sense of purpose. He liked feeling part of something. Liked not having to make quite as many decisions as he might have, otherwise. Liked having friends to help tend to his wounds, share food with, trade gifts with. Liked having a voice or two of common sense when he got carried away with his anger and put himself in danger on the attack. It's part of why he got so reckless, towards the end - no one to hold him back. (But also: nothing left to live for.)

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious

He's mildly allergic to dogs. There was a lot of sneezing going on in Dogwarts. This was especially funny because, when he first joined, it was a new moon and so Ren didn't look particularly wolfy. It took him a while to work out where the allergies were coming from...

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends

Those little voices, that talk to him every time he dies? They leave a ringing in his ears. It gets worse every time he dies, every time he hears them. He figures it's just a losing-a-life thing, just part of sliding towards red; he never mentions it to anyone else, and therefore never finds out he's wrong. By the end, it's almost hard to hear anything over the ringing.

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own.

Martyn is very capable of darning his own socks, thank you very much. He just likes it when Ren does it. No biggie. Nothing to read into there, no siree. It's fine. Ren never needs to know, and Martyn feels oddly warmed every time he sees the neat little stitches when he puts his socks on, and it's fine. Shh.

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[xaeneron]

On A Bug in the System

I have been (and continue to be) stupidly busy, so sometime I’ll post something, I swear.  I’m sorry, I’m not dead ;-; (I think).

I did spend some time on the new release, and overall I enjoyed it quite a bit.  Sandswept Isles are beautiful and have a bunch of new things to take a look at and tidbits to find, which is super neat.  I think I find it actually more engaging than Domain of Istan, which I kind of floated through on nostalgia and then never came back to after Palawadan farming became a thing.  I had a lot of fun with the story, and breaking the story (completely on accident).  

As usual, bullet points beneath the cut :>

On General Updates:

The new branded mounts are so pretty.  Still tempted to buy them.  But I also have a lot of other mount skins ;-;

The Claw of the Khan-Ur is a pretty legit dagger.  Besides the fact that I’m just not generally a fan of the shape, it’s detailed, it’s clean, it’s not overly flashy, but it’s still distinct - definitely things I dig about (legendary) weapons.  I know some people think it’s boring, but I like it.  Unfortunately I probably won’t make it since I have the Incinerator :V

The fractal instability shuffle is...interesting.  I think it’s a neat concept and could mix up fractals week by week.  I’m glad that they’re monitoring it and seeing if things work well, but some of these combinations look downright silly.  Like add-heavy fights with toxic trails, last laugh, and afflicted.  Eew.

Chubby health bars :3

On Sandswept Isles:

I actually really like Sandswept Isles a lot.  The first view of Rata Primus during the story was legit, and the zone itself feels...I’m not sure, interesting, distinct.  There’s a lot of different things going on, and the divide between the Olmakhan lands and the shitshow of Rata Primus is an interesting way to present the zone.  I like it quite a bit, although I wish there were just one more waypoint.

I never get tired of exploring a zone for the first time.  We were running around shouting about suspicious bushes and falling off cliffs.  Exploring fresh new maps and finding all the little nooks and crannies will always be one of my favorite pastimes.

I know the “Surprise! Tricked by Joko!” bounty mechanic was a thing in Istan, but we never really got around to bounty training Istan because we all kind of got tired of the zone in about a week.  That being said, it’s a stupid mechanic as currently implemented.  If it still spawned the bounty or immediately put it back up on the board instead of resetting its respawn timer, or spawned the awakened during the bounty or something, that would be a lot more interesting.  As it is it just makes us not want to do bounties because it’s depressingly common how often it happens.

I don’t think that lowering the spawn rate of these is the solution, Anet. :V

The specimen chamber meta event is easily farmable, very quick, and very easy.  I find that I like it quite a bit for whatever reason, and the champs (at least for now) are more funny than they are annoying.  I also appreciate that things aren’t scaled to hell like they have been in the past.

This was kind of what killed Istan for me honestly.  Palawadan farm is long, annoying, and completely dominates the zone.  I was never a fan of it, and despite the nostalgia goggles I had for Istan, it kind of ruined the zone for me.

The special action key boost skill on the skimmer race is really entertaining.  I want it back.

The bag collection with Efi was super sweet.  I really enjoyed Efi and the cultural aspects, and that the collection wasn’t supremely bugged.

I need to know more about Zohaqan and Rakis pls.

IG-6417 is ridiculous. xD

Bugged event is bugged. I want to get rid of these recordings taking up a bag of my inventory pls ;-;

On A Bug in the System:

I enjoyed sneaking in the first instance.  Although doing it with friends just makes it broken easy.

No for real. Although people got stuck accidentally and then things went south and it was quite funny.

I really like the Olmakhan.  It’s interesting to see a completely different set of charr from the legions, and listening to Rox interact with them (including being completely aghast at the idea of raising children instead of using fahrars) was an interesting contrast.

We bugged the golem fight at the end of A Kindness Repaid quite hard - the elder’s bubble stayed up, and the golem didn’t lose stacks, so we just...hit it for a very long time and thought the fight was exceedingly boring. 

Also when everyone was mourning said elder, we were confused because he was standing upright still in casting position.

Thank you Anet for not making doing the hearts mandatory for the main story.  Although I did them all anyway before finishing :V

I hate the special ley-lines in one of the labs. REEEEE stop sending me into walls

RIP Lonai.

I do love that these heroes from GW1 keep popping up.  It’s a nice touch for people who do remember their names.

The surprise teleports to DR and Frostgorge and Mount Maelstrom were pretty silly, but pretty amusing.

THAT AWKWARD TALK WITH BRAHAM. Boi. Boi pls. 

We managed to hear male sylvari, male charr, and female human, and I’m still a huge fan of the male sylvari delivery of “Oh thank the Pale Mother.” It was beautifully sassy and relieved and precisely the tone Ive would have. 

I do like that Braham is seeing some character development here (and to a lesser extent Rox). This release had him facing the greater consequences of fighting Elder Dragons, and seeing the impact of things outside of just that.  He’s still an angry brat, but he’s learning more about the world around him and understanding that he’s not seeing the whole picture.  There’s also the whole fact that it’s kind of problematic for him to not be able to kill Jormag since Taimi and the PC sent it back into hibernation, but ayyyy

Ive is still mad at him though.  More tired of him than anything, but Ive is tired of everyone these days and takes shit from no one.

I feel like we’re being set up to ship Taimi x Blish.  Blish is adorable so I don’t really have complaints, but gee that was blatant, Anet.

I am quite interested in Taimi’s progression.  I do want to see how she deals with all this pressure, and how she’s going to work moving forward.

Also those FMA feels with Gorrik and Blish.  If a golem or something named Nina shows up I’m done.

S C A R A B  P L A G U E.  I’m interested that this is the direction they’ve chosen to go in, but if Joko wants to kill everyone and resurrect them as his undead minions around the world, I guess the Scarab Plague is a pretty efficient way to do it.

I think he might still be a bit salty over being left in the Domain of the Lost.

No, no praise Joko.

#guild wars 2 #gw2 #a bug in the system #living world season 4 #living world season 4 spoilers #even though it's been a couple weeks #xD #hi friends #just babbling again #don't mind me #I'll post sketches someday #;-; #busy busy #S C A R A B P L A G U E