#that fuckiN SCENE BRO

[sapphire-weapon]

Resident Evil 4 Remake's story is structured like the plot of a romance novel: master post

A few months ago, I wrote up a very quick and dirty outline/explanation of how Resident Evil 4 Remake's story had been restructured from the original game to follow the story beats of a romance novel. At the time, I didn't think it was all that important to explain it super in-depth, but now that more and more people are looking at it, I figured I should probably explain what I mean with each of these beats lmao

1) Call to Adventure / The Meet Cute

All that a meet-cute actually is is the scene in which the characters that the romance is centered around meet for the first time. The intention is to show an initial spark between the characters -- they meet under bizarre/unexpected circumstances and, at some point, both characters become aware of just how significant it is, even if neither says anything about it.

Leon and Ashley's meet-cute starts with her swinging a candelabra at his head and ends with Leon holding her in his arms out in the rain for a period of time that is absolutely too long to be normal for the circumstance. They lock eyes in this moment, and it's meant to be seen as Significant.

2) Refusal of the Call / Rejection of the Relationship

This is the "I'm just imagining things" reaction to the significance of the meet-cute. Both characters treat the spark as though it never happened -- and, usually, it's because there's other external factors influencing their ability or willingness to follow the trail of that spark and see where it goes. Instead of going "Hey, you're cute, can I get your number?" both characters just jump straight to "Well, anyway --" and go back to living their own independent lives apart from each other.

After they both snap out of that weird trance they were in after Leon caught Ashley out the window of the church, he goes right back to treating her like a mission objective, and she just has absolutely no idea what to make of him at all. Ashley spends the next few sections of gameplay in shock and disbelief with lines like "Seriously, this cannot be happening." and "I just wanna go home..." Leon ignores all of her complaints, keeps her moving even when she asks for a break, and doesn't really speak much to her at all other than to bark orders at her.

3) Acceptance of the Quest / Giving the relationship a chance

Something Happens that forces both characters back into each other's lives and/or personal attention, and they both find that they do Like each other, actually -- even if that feeling of "like" isn't anything super significant. It could be something as simple as realizing that they enjoy the other's company and wanting to see/talk to the other more often.

This arguably starts when Leon and Ashley first run into the cabin and Leon puts a comforting hand on her back that he absolutely did did not have to put there -- but it's definitely in full swing after the cabin sequence is over. Personally, I would say that it's the revelation about Ashley having a plaga in her that's the Something that Happens between them. The whole mission starts to become a whole lot more personal, because now it's not just about surviving and escaping -- now it's about making sure that Ashley stays Ashley.

She starts to open up to him more, and he suddenly becomes much warmer towards her, as well. He's quick to reassure her ("I won't let that happen. I promise.") and not only responds to her when she talks, but also begins talking to her unprompted as well.

This is also the first time Leon ever tries hitting on Ashley with the "Seems this isn't your first time running from creeps" line, and it fails spectacularly.

4) Trials and Temptations / Three Dates

This one is probably the one that needed the most explaining LMAO I shouldn't have let this one go. The "three dates" don't have to/usually aren't meant to be actual, literal dates in romance novels. They're just three significant events that happen between the couple that builds and then reinforces their bond. (It also doesn't necessarily have to be three -- some stories only do two, some do five, etc. The point is that Things Are Happening that strengthen the relationship.)

That is why I said that their three "dates" are:

1) Ashley busting the window open after the Mendez boss fight, helping brush the embers off of Leon, and helping to pull him to his feet. This is the first time the two of them actually smile at each other and the first time they start to act as a team.

2) Salazar's introduction ("The girl's just fine. With me."). Leon wants so badly to be that cool guy in an 80s movie who shows up out of nowhere and puts his arm around a beautiful girl and looks at some dickhead harassing her and goes "This guy giving you a hard time, babe?" This is the closest he's ever gotten to and will ever get to being that in his life. He's not cool enough to ever actually be that guy for real.

3) The road to the Water Hall (Leon jumping across the chandeliers + this is the first time the "knight and the princess" allegory is stated) (You could also include the Garrador here, because if you take Ashley down there after the fact, there's special dialogue that happens that's... God, Leon sucks at this whole flirting thing. He just sucks, dude.)

5) Midpoint Crisis / I-need-you-but-can’t-have-you

Everything is going so well... until it isn't anymore. The three dates have given the couple a glimpse of how special and important this relationship could be, which is great -- until it becomes a problem. One of the characters gets freaked out by the intensity of the relationship and pulls back out of fear, because there's something else happening in their life that's bigger than either character and more important to be addressed.

In Leon and Ashley's case, it's Ashley's plaga. Saddler takes control of her briefly and gets a hold of Leon's knife, stabs him, and then threatens to cut her own throat. When his hold over her breaks, she's terrified. She needs Leon now more than ever because of this, but she's more afraid of hurting him than losing herself, so she runs away from him in tears.

6) The Road Back / Pulling Back Together

Basically, the plot forces the couple back together, and -- due to the raw, open vulnerability caused by the Midpoint Crisis -- their bond is stronger than ever. The feelings change from "yeah, I like them" to "I want them." Real intimacy starts to form and build here, because the interest in and attraction to each other is allowed by both characters to be acknowledged. This is usually where the sexual tension starts to really kick into high gear, and the audience is just waiting for that moment when it all breaks open.

This starts with the pep talk that Leon gives Ashley when he finds her again -- which is romantically framed and coded with its imagery and cinematography. It continues through the entire Grand Hall segment, which includes the moment in the game in which Leon is at his boldest in terms of expressing his attraction to her. This is the point in the game in which their relationship is at its most playful. They tease each other and flirt and pass compliments back and forth -- and, for a while, it feels like the two of them are unstoppable and able to take on the world together.

7) The Fall

"The fall" is the shortened version of "The moment they actually fall in love." It's the "oh god, I think I love them" moment. The two characters do not necessarily have to admit to each other that they've experienced "the fall" -- and usually, at least one of them doesn't. But they both experience that moment where it hits them.

We see Ashley "fall" at the start of her gameplay segment, where she takes Leon's earlier words to heart and draws strength from them. ("I won't run. Wait for me, Leon.") He's inspired her to strive to be more than she is, and she embraces the way that he makes her feel, in that moment.

We see Leon "fall" as soon as he catches the key that she tosses down to him. He looks up at her with stars in his eyes and offers to catch her if she jumps down. An interesting detail to note is that this is the first and one of the only times in RE4make that Nick Apostolides reverts to using the tone/voice that he used for Leon in RE2make. It's soft and sweet and gentle as he makes her an offer that has no reason to be made, just for the sake of getting to hold her in his arms again.

And, in order to drive home the point, this all happens during a scene that was framed, shot, and directed to mirror/mimic the balcony scene in Romeo & Juliet.

8) Dark moment / The Break Up

Once again, Something Happens and comes between them -- and this one is way, way worse than the Midpoint Crisis. This isn't "I'm scared to be with you" -- it's "I can't be with you." Hope for the relationship is completely lost, and both characters become overwhelmed in their individual despair.

Verdugo breaks them up physically -- not once, but twice. And that second time involves Leon being forced to watch Ashley endure Salazar's weird "ritual" and be unable to stop it or do anything to help her. He just has to sit with that failure and suffer through it until he's literally thrown away and discarded while Ashley screams his name.

When Leon finally finds Ashley again, we see him confront the one moment in the game when he honestly, truly loses hope. He sits down on the floor at Ashley's bedside, and there's nothing more that he can do than wait for her to wake up. Some part of him has already become convinced that they won't make it out of there alive -- not both of them, at least. Not together. And he's ready to commit suicide as a contingency plan.

9) The Sacrifice

This is the "do or die" moment for the relationship in a romance novel. This is the moment where the decision is made to confront not just the external force keeping them apart, but also the internal flaws that are feeding into that avoidant urge. The couple decides that their desire to be together is stronger and more important than whatever fear or force is holding them back, and though it's terrifying to do it, they stand up for the relationship in the face of opposition.

In RE4make, we see this play out through the sequence in which Leon carries Ashley to Luis's lab and how the two of them, against all physical and mental odds, manage to remove each other's plagas. This is especially emotionally significant for Leon, who says the words out loud: "This time, it has to be different..." He's openly acknowledging that his trauma from Raccoon City is what made him so ready to pull the trigger on himself back in that holding cell. Here, now, he puts his foot down, confronts that trauma, and says "No. I have to beat this."

And he does, even at great physical cost to himself. But the sacrifice was worth it, because it was for her.

10) Declaration

In a very literal sense, it's the declaration of love. It's an outward, spoken confirmation of the bond they share, now that the trial from the Sacrifice has been overcome. Traditionally in romance novels, this happens with the actual words "I love you."

But RE4make isn't a traditional romance novel, and Capcom has an entire fanbase of angry nerds who take fictional relationships too seriously to navigate through. So, instead of an explicit "I love you" what we got instead was an explicit verbal confirmation of their bonded status as a team.

"Hey... We're a team, right?"

"Keep this up? I'll be out of a job."

11) The HEA

"HEA" stands for "Happily ever after."

While I could (and did) say that Leon and Ashley literally ride off into the sunrise together, that does feel disingenuous. Even though it's true and the imagery is there, they don't really have a happily ever after. Not really. This is the only part that's missing from RE4make.

And that's because RE4make isn't just a romance on its own -- it's a fairy tale set inside of a story that's self-aware and knows that fairy tales aren't real. And so both Leon and Ashley wake up from this shared dream of a romance they've been having, as reluctantly as they do, because it's time for them to come back to reality.

Fairy tales aren't real. Romance novels aren't real.

Their feelings are real. But life doesn't work that way. Not for them.

They may not have a happily ever after, but they do have this moment to be together -- and for them, it's enough.

Because it has to be.

#resident evil 4 #leon kennedy #ashley graham #eagleone #meta analysis #THIS TOOK ME AN EMBARRASSINGLY LONG TIME TO WRITE #i thought i'd just whip this up real fast after work #BRO SHIT TOOK ME LIKE FOUR HOURS NO FOOLIES #mostly because i had to take all my fantasy mods off and then go back and re-cap all of these scenes with the defaults on #pain in my ass #so i hope ppl fuckin appreciate this!!!! #the next time someone asks you why/how eagleone is canon #just light this son of a bitch on fire and throw it at their head

[hood-ex]

The desire to have a No Capes AU where the Titans crew go to a boarding school and sneak out at night to read poetry in a cave...

#yes i just watched dead poets society again and yes it made me think some thoughts #no but i can't even think about it properly because that movie always makes me cry so much and now i've got a headache #like literally as soon as the play is over and neil heads for his dad's car--i start crying and i can't stop #and then comes the iconic ''o captain my captain'' scene at the end and i start bawling again #it's just!! so unfair!! and i fuckin love charlie bro!! this time i watched the movie--i noticed something i didn't before #and it's that when all the boys are singing at the school in remembrance of neil--all the guys from the club are singing #EXCEPT FOR CHARLIE!! #just like how when they were doing that exercise on being nonconforming--all the boys were trying to walk around in their own style #EXCEPT FOR CHARLIE! #because charlie was like hey i'm exercising my right to NOT do this exercise--and it's the same thing in the singing scene!! #he's exercising his right to not make himself sing the song when he damn well doesn't feel like it #yeeees nuwanda!!! you go king!! #No Capes AU

[akaikami-cherryblossom]

Me: I kinda want to try bald.ur’s ga.te, it looks fun

My lil bro, every time: you know that’s a SEX game right??? You can have SEX??? That’s GROSS. There are so many SEX scenes. I KNOW you don’t wanna play a SEX game!!! >:(

#bestie it is an rpg yes there are sex scenes but you have not seen the otome I’ve played #also like. you watch porn. you’ve told me. what the hell. I’m older than you. #I mostly wanna play for astarion tho he’s enamored me and I want him #even if I were to try n get it tho I don’t have the console and my bro does and he didn’t let me borrow it when I got p5 #so it’s not even worth it #long story short I wanna play b.g.3 so fuckin bad #lc screams #now censored! because I don’t want the huge fandom to find it :D #he also just thinks he knows what’s best for me and owns me I need to kill him

[moveslikekeithrichards]

#tiddytaco #dracula #zinda laash is fuckin Crazy bro #the amount of whole entire musical numbers. the dracula car chase/fist fight #the extremely long driving scene featuring a whimsical-ass version of la cucaracha #that part where the vampire lady is doing a sexy dance long as hell & aqil just stands there with his arms crossed .

[crystalline-coochie]

I just thought of something...the night Ray almost committed suicide and the whole group got together to help him feel better Chueam starts telling Ray how awesome she thinks he is and how if she wasn't a lesbian she'd go after Ray and not even a minute later here comes Boston saying that he's got all those qualities and then some and after Chueam shoots him down, we get the scene of Boston recording Ray and Mew. I'm not saying this whole thing got up and running bc Boston was butthurt his lesbian friend wouldn't be interested in him...but judging by how we know he is now....it's not implausible imo

#only friends the series #only friends #only friends ray #only friends boston #that scene is wild asf to me like bro read the fuckin room #your friend just tried to off themselves and you're still trying to get more attention??? #“bUt wHaT AbOuT ME?!!” headass fuck outta here #i need him tarred and feathered

[asshatproductions]

I want a Miss Piggy biopic about the innocent wide-eyed farm girl who moved to Hollywood and to face the hardships of sexism, classism, fatphobia, and heartbreak to be come the woman we know today

#like bro there is some sUBTEXT in the original muppets show #there’s so much to draw from #we could watch her trust in Kermit fade as he rises to fame #a pivotal scene recreating the moment where she *becomes* THE Miss Piggy #in this fuckin essay I will- #the muppets #miss piggy #kermit the frog

[ectonurites]

almost 4am can't stop thinking about the meaning of the idiom 'to have blood on [someone's] hands'—to be responsible for a person's death—combined with the fact that Zach is the one we are specifically shown with Daryl's actual blood on his hands (once for real and once in a dream)... Not Josh who had been holding the sword Daryl fell onto, but Zach who took the sword out.

#super dark times #+ part of it that's insane to me is: Josh COULD have easily ALSO gotten (literal) blood on his hands—we see him go to check for a pulse #after Zach did... but we don't see his hands during that—they're left out of the shot! we just see his face. and when we see his hands next #there's no visible blood on them (if any got on he theoretically wiped 'em off ig? similarly Zach's hands when seen AFTER the shot of him #touching Daryl ALSO don't rlly show blood anymore—we see his hands in the leaves tho so it prob went there) BUT SO there was a CHOICE made #to give us a close up shot of ZACH pulling his hand away from the wound with blood on it... but to NOT do the same/smthn similar with Josh. #and yet ZACH is the one who CAN'T ACCEPT THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN ANY OF ITTTTT!!!!!!! GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! #this post brought to you by me rewatching the Zach + Charlie on the phone scene and needing to just. stop and scream at Zach being #like 'Josh‚ or fucking somebody else‚ they went up there and if they found Daryl alive—' LIKE BRO. YOU *KNOW* HE WAS DEAD. #YOU KNOW. YOU KNOOOOW. YOU WERE THERE. YOU KNOW HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. the denial. the trying to find any fucking way that #there could be even a sliver of a possibility that it WASN'T even PARTIALLY his fault.... shifting the blame entirely onto Josh... #[plus like. the 'somebody else' only added in after Charlie was giving him shit for trying to complicate this more—at first he was #straight up saying Josh was the one that fucked with the body]... aghghghsfd he makes me INSANE #also fwiw. i'm forever a 'Josh didn't harm anyone on purpose until AFTER his fight with Zach at Zach's house' truther. that provides #at least SOME sort of motivation to push him over an edge into... the shit that happens. anything before that just fuckin' doesn't make #sense. To Me. ive already written a lot on my thoughts about all of that though [uhhh in the tags of my gifset of the fight at Zach's house #anyways. im also NOT trying to say 'ah so we should Just Blame Zach' because nah nah this whole thing was a fucked up accident. they're all #to blame. plus Josh did horrible shit at the end On His Own there's no way of getting around that—but the messiness of how Zach handled the #initial incident and how that ripples out across the whole movie is simply soooooooo... ghghGHGhghGHGhghghgh. To Me. #in conclusion: im soooooooo normal about the characters in this movie (<- lying)

[todayisafridaynight]

my copy of judgement lookin kinda crazy yall ngl

#snap chats #CRYING AT THIS #that IS takuya kimura im not just being delirious and he IS playing a prosecutor in this movie. also tsutsumi's in the back hiiii #anyway hi i just watched Hero SP :) #i tried to find Princess Toyotomi but it wasnt available on any of the sites i checked #that being said im really glad i was able to watch this movie tho !! #shit had me CACKLING #ALSO SURPRISE STAR HARUKA AYASE???? i love her... #AAND NAOKO IIJIMA ?????? #my fuckin ja dropped i loved her in kinpika... #but yeah i loved the movie- it wasnt only funny at times but it was genuinely engaging #even if i already suspected why takita committed murder it was still great watching everything go down #and it was great watching everyone interact and to see tsugaru and izumitani become more engrossed with their work #seeing tsutsumi in that fuckin fishin gear had me crying tho just the harsh cut to it #CHRIST. dont even get me started on the implication tsugaru has five of the same suit and tie at home #like bro 😭😭 #NAKAI WAS LOVELY he wasnt super in the movie but the whole confession scene had me weak brothers #that was a great scene.... everything was great UGH i love crime movies #just watching everything come together and seeing everyone work so hard #such a good movie tysm tenno for telling me about it #OK I HAVE TO GO THO I HAVE TO DRIVE HOME AND ITS DARK WEEHHHHHHH #i see the asks in my inbox and id love to sit and talk- esp bout this movie- #but i really gotta go. ill get to the asks later #for now bye byeee

[theygender]

Apparently the scene you get with Shadowheart if you get her approval all the way up and then tell her you want to get to spend time with her is the same one you're supposed to get at the tiefling party, which means if you trigger it early you may not get any scene with her at the party at all. This made things pretty confusing when I showed up expecting to advance my romance with her and instead she just gave me some generic "lol wine is good huh" dialogue meanwhile every other companion* BUT her was actively trying to jump my bones... Literally just had to beat everyone else off of my Tav with a stick and then go to bed alone 😔

*Except Lae'zel, who instead went on an unprompted rant about how she knew I wanted to fuck her sooo bad but I had Pissed Her Off by making her be Nice to People so now she would NEVER allow me the pleasure of having crazy hot githyanki sex with her. (She propositioned me a few days later anyways)

#i seem to have accidentally started a romance with lae'zel astarion AND gale in addition to shadowheart 😭 #like the next day i had a notice to talk with astarion and it was the scene where hes talking about not being able to see his reflection #and it was literally like dodging fucking bullets trying to pick an option that wasnt flirting #i ended up having to pick some mean dialogue that was like 'maybe its for the best youre not exactly aging gracefully' #bc the ONLY other two options were like 'tell him you think hes beautiful' and 'gaze lovingly into his eyes' or some shit #and i was like '...okay im picking the mean one but i mean it as a joke. maybe it can be a joke' and i picked it an he was all horrified #but then the next dialogue gave me an option to say 'lol im just kidding' and i was like PHEW #but then he just went back to being fucking flirty again and was like 'really~ well then tell me what you like about me the most' or smth #and i was like FUCK. NO #but then the next dialogue tree in addition to having the normal flirty options had three additional options #that were like 'youre fine. but lae'zel/gale/shadowheart? now theres real beauty' #and i was like. fuckin. OKAY #ill wonder wtf those other two are doing there later but for now ill pick the one where i tell him in interested in shadowheart #so i picked that option and this bitch fucking APPROVED. told me he was going to have to work harder to keep up with his competition #like SIR. what do you MEAN competition. i let you bite me ONE time bc you said you were dying of thirst and i wanted to help a bro out #and then the next morning i immediately told you i didnt like it and i never wanted it to happen again #what do you mean competition dude you arent even on my radar 😭 im a DYKE #and why were lae'zel and gale there as options too?? #the next night i got gales weave scene where he shows my character how to use magic #(my tav was pretty unimpressed as a fellow mage tbh but hes my friend and i was being polite) #and when i clicked the option to clearly say at the end that i was not interested in having an intimate moment with gale #he got all misty eyed and was like 'oh how quickly these moments fade away...' #like bro the moment didnt fade away i politely shut it down on purpose bc im not interested. what are you talking about #and THEN i got lae'zel trying to fuck me and when i turned her down she gave me the exact same dialogue #about how i would miss out on having hot githyanki sex with her. AGAIN #yall im JUST trying to romance shadowheart 😭 leave me alone #if anyone else is gonna try to trap me into flirting with them then at least let it be karlach next time please 😭🙏 #(ill come back for lae'zel on another playthrough bc being between her and shadowheart sounds like a safety hazard tbh) #rambling

[sourpatch-punkin]

Me, seeing 1 piece of trash on the ground: bruh

Me, seeing 2 pieces of trash on the ground: BRUH

Me, seeing 3+ pieces of trash on the ground: *goes back and picks up every piece of trash I see even in the middle of the road*

Take care of your planet!!!

#genuinely like #some of them were right fuckin next to a trash can #I was walking with my bro and he kept laughing about me picking up trash #it was more the nervous lighthearted laugh of “omg I can't believe you are actually picking up a buncha trash” #but like trash and taking care of our planet is no joke!! #its everyone's responsibility to keep our community clean #especially in the middle of the city. #punk #urban witchcraft #urban #eco #alt #alternative #emo #scene

[gochujangst]

I need to scream into the void about rod fuck

#does anyone have a cars discord lmao #jang rambles #anyways #very little screentime but just funny enough for me to fuckin. goddamnit man why he dead #sir your action scene was swag. your death was. also swag #its sooo ironic. they redlined you #thats so fucking funny and tragic #also i. rewatched his death scene and. you can hear him fucking groaning???? sheeesh #bro why you sl worked up about Cars 2 (2011) ITS A GREAT TRILOGY #pixar cars #rod redline

[imwritesometimes]

soooooo loving this new tumblr live button down near the activity feed that never goes away and constantly has a bubble over it. (on Android can't speak for other os)

didn't we do this once before on mobile and everyone was positively riotous?

also love that when I clicked it trying to figure out how to make it fuckin go away it's like 'welcome to tumblr live! new!' Like we haven't all known abt & loathed tumblr live for months now

I get that they need to pay the bills around here but..... idk I'm not a business major so I could be wrong but it just seems like constantly pissing off your target audience by forcing shit they hate down their throats isn't gonna make them more likely to buy stuff from you....

I will never 'go live' and quite frankly every time I inevitably hit that button instead of my activity feed it will make me want to throw a chair at someone

I'm so glad we have this and not saved tags back

#fuckin miss me with this shit tumblr #like idk bro some DENSE motherfuckers making choices behind the scenes at this place. DENSE. #erin explains it all

[toxictranny]

look how ugly my recent emojis are …

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#the point of tumblr to me was always that i could do … this! #whispering. just idk #talking behind the scenes. it was never even rly meant for other people to see it’s like if i wrote my diary entries real big in public #im not mad that ppl can see not mad at all but i . look i wanna talk during movies #not make my own fuckin movie?? ridiculous #anyway. #idk what people do on th computer this was supposed to be a way to meet people like #at least one people #a people who’s cool and queer and likes my commentary damn it #i have a full life it’s just that there’s ohhh 4-9 hours a day where i’m just. alone #nothing to do nobody to talk to i guess i could go somewhere but i don’t have cash rn plus it’s very cold here also wtf im doing. #im doing Jack Shit #i dont do well unsupervised. i have 2 bros i call occasionally but they work a lot): #tbh i thought id find a discord group immediately like i used to but eeeeeeeeee #all the ppl who have them r . annoying? #the six white trans girls who run everything #do they have jobs??? or what??? #whats that yellow flag? trivia time (idk the answer) #if you like this post im assuming u have a serious mental health issue or are in love with me .

[devilishdelights]

I played the demo and apparently vere can kill us? Not me tho I’m just 2 good 😎🔥💯

#me playing this game: omg why is everyone so flirty… why r they all blushing like damn lol…….. u good bro? #also me: forgets it’s a fucking romance game #he’d kill me for this cringe ass post tho and that’s the point!!! #I love all the chars sm… vere and ais weren’t exactly what I was expecting personality wise and I love them sm more tbh #I only did kuras’ little path for now bc my computer was on fuckin fire #the art is sooo fucking GOOD though. like fucking hell #every time a character got their big close up I was 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 like god damn #ALSO WE GOT OUR ARM FUCKIN CUT CLEAN OFF LMAOOO I WASNT EXPECTING THAT #…..how do u get him to kill u tho. asking 4 a friend. hehe #is it just when u choose the disinterested answers instead of flirting back? #now I wanna make a little intro scene like theirs w/ selias #I’m thinking of doing the uhhh. guy we drove crazy’s POV of MC possibly. or MC getting their arm sliced off LMAO #also the entire time I imagined Selias in the outfit I designed…. only for it to get decimated at the start 💔 #BUT kuras apparently lends u a black cloak w/ embroidery… win for me by luck!!!!! selias’ isn’t exactly a cloak it’s more of a coat but #I’ll run with it

[death2you]

just finished yakuza 0…

#flashing. #well not Technically. i beat the game like three times and it kept crashing at the credits so im giving up for today :thumbsup: but i saw #the post credit scene. with makoto and the watch😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 im fucking killing myself ... the fact that majima just had 2 give everything #up. literally everybody who cared or interacted with him died in some way and its like. 😟😟 bro what the fuck... #i understand why he felt some typa way toward sagawa and makoto but i feel like they could've done a little bit more with nishitani... #i liked his character though so i GUESS they've done their job but. i wouldve loved having more scenes w/ majima & nishitani before he die #yakuza 0 REALLY loves killing its characters though. nobody was fucking safe!! fuckin tachibana oda nishitani sagawa awano... FUCKING LEE.. #i LOVEDDD nishiki though. every emotional scene he was in just slayed so hard. literally stole the show.. #the scene in the forest where he tried to spare kiryu and the scene on the boat where he said that he wanted to cross the line together. #NISHIKIYAMA AKIRA YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! #the ending part where they tell everybody's futures really worried me though.. like 😟😟😟 what do you mean nishiki changes. what happened.. #when i first saw that i instantly thought about the cliche in black movies where they tell every1's future at the end 😭😭 #OVERALL. I REALLY REALLY ENJOYED THE GAME!!!! it wasnt too hard maybe a little bit easy toward the end but such a lovely cast of characters #& the substories and things you could do in sotenbori & kamurocho is really fun ^___^ #after i try and Officially beat the game i wanna try and 100% everything.. i might not do Everything but most of it i wanna do #like the five billionaires/stars storylines & stuff... but thats if i can even officially complete the game... #oh god such long tags. anyway. #canon that majima has legendary pussy #95

[snowshinobi]

I wonder if Kyojuro ever got caught up in the moment during training and pulled out a sick sword move that scared the hell outta Senjuro. Singed the sleeve of Senjuro's white haori, shocked the kid to tears. Kyojuro immediately drops the blade and wraps Senjuro in a hug and later he patches up the haori himself (canon seamster Kyo my beloved), but it weighs on him. Senjuro's a little extra jumpy around him for the next few days and it shatters Kyojuro's heart.

I just keep thinking about that regeneration technique Kyojuro rather unorthodoxly teaches Tanjiro in the very moment he needs it. I wonder how much of the training Tanjiro got builds on what Kyojuro gave his lil brother. Kyo's teaching is no less chaotic now than before, he just kinda be that way, but that emphasis on healing ... came from somewhere.

Fighting on behalf of the weak includes sewing injuries back up. It's about playing defense too, not just offense. I bet that regeneration technique is the next thing Kyojuro showed his brother how to do. "I hope you never need it. I'll make sure you never have to use it because of something I did. But I think learning this will make you feel better." And then Kyojuro slices his palm open WHICH MAKES SENJURO SCREAM but hearing Kyojuro breathe deep as the mark closes up does make Senjuro feel better. A lot better.

#demon slayer #kimetsu no yaiba #rengoku kyojuro #rengoku senjuro #Rengoku #Senjuro #sorry guys i know y'all want sun man to be perfect but i refuse to let that happen #Kyo's teaching is fuckin wack. like. idk man don't go to him for carefully planned cumulative lessons! #he has useful stuff to give you and he'll be real encouraging while also challenging you. but oh my god the chaos #bro i would die #I'm going with Shinobu instead. she'll be tough to please but she has a rhyme and reason to her lessons #I'm asking kyo about the regeneration technique thing tho. that's cool i want it #snowswords #snowfire #and yeah i was thinking of that scene from ATLA where Aang accidentally burns Katara #and then she discovers she can heal herself wuth waterbending. it's a great scene. i like imagining Kyo and Sen had a similar but #much less dire version of that #hence this post ☀️