#the first boss is nothing much

[little-lanterns]

oh fuck is4 is coming soon

#i don't like that it uses is2 prospective investment system #but i am curious about the new mechanic so i'll take a look #not much to do in ak anyway #late game wise #i don't like replaying is2-3 as there are no more reward to collect #i do want to try some niche squad run but it is way too easy with is3 survivor's contract #while is2 lacks increasingly difficulty level is3 has #is1-2 hard mode has always been bullshit #all i know is is4 looks much harder #the first boss is nothing much #the elafia man looks impossible to defeat unless i have prepared mostima in advance #i don't like the third boss at all #the strat is obvious but it doesn't make it less annoying

[comixandco]

there’s an alternate universe out there where when you reach the sanctum in totk when “zelda” does her little cutscene she ends it by throwing a dagger at you and it whistles just past link’s head as he reacts in shock before readying himself for battle and then you regain control of him as a boss bar appears at the top of the screen that reads “Puppet Zelda, Twisted Memory”

and Link is forced to fight the one he swore he would protect and has been chasing after the entire game, and instead of a sage offering him warnings or encouragement the Zelda belittles him and accuses him of abandoning her and failing her and leaving her to die

and her attacks at the beginning of the fight are those bursts of bright light and the daggers but as you whittle down her health and begin stage two the facade begins to slip and the light bursts are replaced with darkness and she oozes gloom wherever she moves and her movements become more stiff and skeletal and broken

and then once you’ve defeated her she rises into the air all broken and limp but still looking at you and says that it doesn’t matter that she wasn’t zelda because zelda is still gone, trapped in the past with no way to come home she could be burried anywhere in hyrule, and she summons a dark bow of light and draws it back as a red-purple bulging mass begins to form at the arrow tip

and that’s when the sages turn up, sidon unleashing a wave that pushes the bow aside, tulin firing an arrow that riju uses to cast down lightning, and yunobo at link’s side, and they all have their own line of dialogue that boils down to ‘don’t worry link, there’s no way that’s zelda, she would never say those horrible things, and we know she’s still out there because you heard her true voice, so don’t lose hope!’

and then zelda dissolves into gloom with a fit of that uncanny laughter and that’s when that megamind-style ganondorf head appears and makes his whole speech about how they have no idea who he is or was and you get his memory and that he has waited all his imprisonment to battle against link and prove that he is the strongest in hyrule, ‘and then you will fall, link, as rauru and zelda did, knowing that hyrule falls with you. Come to the Depths beneath this wretched castle, and meet your fate, o destined hero.’

and then the zelda-gloom melts away into a heart, and the sages have that post-battle talk about re-grouping at lookout landing, and tell link not to do anything rash because they will find the real zelda together

#totk spoilers #totk #i just. we were robbed of a puppet zelda fight imo #don’t spend all that time building up a creepy ganon-controlled zelda and then get me right where she wants me then give me some phantoms #i can fight phantom ganons whenever i want they’re in set locations with gloom hands!!! Give me a unique boss battle that sets up ganon’s #final plans and properly wraps up the first arc of the game where ganon is leading you as zelda to collect the spiritual stones #so that he can take them from everybody’s corpses when he defeats you and gain even more power #at least. that’s what i want his plan to be bc it makes the most sense i haven’t exactly gone to fight him yet >-< #and like. this doesn’t solve the problem of act two being nothing if you’ve done actions out of order or that the tears spell out the entir #mystery of where zelda is which ruins the main quests of the game because everybody’s like ‘where’s zelda????’ and you’re just like 🙄👆🐉 #but you aren’t given that dialogue option ever BUT it would have been much more forgivable if the obvious not-zelda #had culminated in a super fun angsty puppet fight like in tp or st

[narwhalandchill]

No way they had to actually nerf aventurines story boss fight 😭😭

#SPACE CAPITALIST FOUL LEGACY FACES THE FATE OF THE ORIGINAL 😭😭 #listen im the first one to call out how the omgggggg its hsr childe O___o shit with aven is just. dumb (& if anything hes hsr komaeda lmao) #but this is just so fucking funny 💀💀 poetic irony #(yap alert) n yes yes sure ik they do share some memeworthy similarities in the narrative roles they serve and some surface level aspects #such as. to stay on topic. the powered up form featured in a now-nerfed story fight threatens big population in attempt to draw out someone #thing. but as characters they rly couldnt be further apart. motivations and skillsets and worldviews and personality its . nothing lol. #like. they rhyme at times but thats not the same as rly being alike much at all and im tired of seeing it #but anuway yeah its. its so funny the boss fights for both got the fateful nerf i cannot believe this 💀💀 #i kind of get why tho like. aventurine had hands. i did double sustain jic and was fine bc fx blocked the CC enough but ya #hsr #hsr spoilers #2.1 spoilers #rambles #name a more iconic duo than me and not fucking keeping it curt and on topic in the tags

[getvalentined]

Can I gush for a second about the use of pokeballs in Pokemon Scarlet/Violet to indicate characterization? I'm sure this has been brought up many times before by people more dedicated to the series as a whole than me, but I'm really delighted by this particular detail, so: let's talk about Team Star.

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Mela is only seen with a quick ball, which works better when used immediately during an encounter with a wild pokemon. It's what you use if you want to get it over with. Mela is hotheaded, impatient, and prone to jumping the gun. She likes to gets things over with fast so she can get back to he own life before she gets too annoyed.

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Atticus is seen using a repeat ball, which works best on pokemon that have been caught by the trainer multiple times before. This is for people who like to have make sure that they have the best pokemon for a given situation, perfecting their choice over time through a combination of training and selection. Atticus is patient and detail-oriented, and he works in the design and creation of clothing, which requires dozens of mockups and modifications to get right. He'll go through a hundred shirt designs that aren't quite right before finally producing the one that is.

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Ortega is shown with a luxury ball, which is extremely expensive but immediately increases the friendship of any pokemon caught with it. This is for people that like to work with the "hard customers" of the pokedex without necessarily having to go through all the hard work to get those pokemon to like them. Ortega is extremely wealthy, but he very clearly values his friends more than his position: he's not a classic spoiled brat, using what he has to make things easier for the people he cares about. If I had to guess, I'd say his love language is gift giving.

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Giacomo uses a timer ball, which works better the more turns have elapsed in a given encounter. This is for trainers that don't give up when they want to catch a specific monster, those who are willing to wait take their time if it means they get what they want. Giacomo is patient, has an excellent concept of strategy, and is willing to take as long as he has to in order to get where he wants to be.

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Eri uses a heal ball, which instantly heals any pokemon put in it. This is for trainers that focus really heavily on the health of their pokemon, those who want to make sure that they're always at their best. Eri is fiercely protective of the people she cares about, to the point of standing guard at the gate of her base herself so that none of her people are put in danger. Her biggest concern is the health and safety of the people around her, regardless of the toll protecting that might take on her own.

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In contrast to these five, the Big Boss of Team Star uses normal pokeballs. Because they're nothing special, and at first glance the boss isn't either—but when it all comes down to it, this is a character that is dedicated, steadfast and reliable, the one that started everything for Team Star and the one that everyone comes back to in the end. Out of context, them using normal pokeballs doesn't seem to mean anything, but when put against the backdrop of the rest of the team, it's as indicative of character as all the rest.

#pokemon scarlet violet #pkmn #fandom ramble #eri using a heal ball literally gave me the wibbles #I love these stupid kids #I mean I use 'kids' lightly here #the academy has students in their fifties #but all these folks are definitely much younger than me #so KIDS IT IS #also YES this applies to the final boss too! #who ONLY uses master balls #because they leave nothing to chance #and they know best how to handle any obstacle #they have to have control #because they know best #and what matters to them is the only thing #that should matter to anyone #(note: not talking about the actual character) #(but rather the protocol and programming that controls them) #(and the person who arranged it in the first place)

[linguenuvolose]

I do a lot of translation in my job and I've started enjoying it so much more since I started letting myself be a bit more free in my translations. Communicating the message and the vibe is more important than the phrase structure or wording being exactly the same.

#it also improves the quality of the texts because they actually make sense #sometimes these Italians love to put 40000 words that mean nothing and the same thing in a sentence and it's like #girl we don't have to do all that #in the sense that Italian and Swedish text conventions are different and what sounds fine in Italian risks sounding v formal in Swedish #also sometimes I sit there with an Italian origin text that I first have to edit and it's like do I not understand what this says because #1. my Italian isn't good enough in this field #2. this is a complicated field #3. these people don't know how to write #and sometimes when I'm done editing the Italian text and go to do the translation I'm like oh I have no idea what they're trying to say #and think to myself hmm maybe I should've done more editing but oh well eccoci qua #I mean this is like translation 101 but I have done exactly one very bad translation course 5 years ago #that made me go I never want to do this for a job #but my increased freedom now is just I don't care as much about it being exactly the way my boss envisioned #like everything we publish has to go by him first which puts a certain pressure on the text #so when I first arrived at this job I was like uuh the Swedish has to be as similar as possible #but now I'm like man it's more important that it sounds Swedish and not Italian than it being exactly the same #and my boss also doesn't speak Swedish in any case so what does he know #snicksnack #comunque sì queste le riflessioni della serata #domani ho preso il giorno libero perché i miei colleghi mi hanno un po' rotto er cazzo sinceramente so :))

[monocaelia]

me not having a clue what’s happening in totk because the soundtrack is so beautiful im distracted by it

#didi talks #link getting pummeled in the wind temple boss fight because i LOVED the theme so much #I LOVE RITO VILLAGE’S THEME IN BOTW WAH #and hearing the motif in the boss fight with the horns made me CRY #imagine doing that boss fight while in tears #tulin watching link get beat up because i can’t see the screen through my tears #there’s a yt video where they talk about how amazing the sound design in botw is #and I’m going to rewatch that because oh my GOD #the thought and care and detail they put in this game #botw and totk stay on top for my favorite games ever GRA #i rlly wish I could experience botw for the first time again because honestly. #nothing beats that magical feeling #okay. enough zelda talk LOL #i just love this game so much… TT

[allyouneediskilly]

dragons dogma 2 is really missing the job board feature from the first game. having a reason to go out and explore beyond finishing a quest felt so good for self directed play in dd1. don’t want to advance the story just yet? Go to the job board and pick up a job that’s just like “kill a griffin,” that’s a tangible task that requires me to go find one, explore areas I’ve spotted griffins in before, and finally take one down for a tangible reward. in dd2 if you run out of quests you really do have no choice but to wonder around aimlessly or advance the plot

#and like the first game the plot is kind of nothing so it’s not much of an incentive #I spent so many hours in the first game just wondering around killing boss creatures but it still felt meaningful #like I was helping making the towns safer #now some boss creatures just feel like obstacles on the way to a mini map marker #you never need anything they drop so why bother? #dragons dogma #dragons dogma 2

[constantvariations]

gimme your top 5 hot takes about rwby

I'm afraid I don’t have an accurate gauge of what qualifies as a “hot take” (or even what it actually is. Is it merely a controversial opinion?) so if any of these are ice cold I apologize

Adam and the Rose family should be connected in some way. Visual cues are important and there's so much spicy potential, especially if the dynamic originated with Summer

For Roman, the best and longest standing villain of the show, to be one of the few on-screen Grimm deaths is borderline parody. Personally, I think Ruby should’ve had a more active role in his death, even if by accident or setting up circumstances like she did Neo

Ozma’s situation is far more horrifying and sympathetic than Salem’s. The gods proved that they could bring Ozma back to life in his own body, but instead he’s forced to be a body snatcher? That’s fucked up in so many ways. She may be able to die again and again, but I think it’s way worse to die knowing you’re dooming several people at once

May Marigold isn’t that great of trans rep. She’s so unmemorable and inconsequential to the plot that the only reason I remember her at all is because she’s The Trans One. Like, glad they made her trans, and the reveal was respectful and clear and not even plot-relevant!, but maybe make her a good character first?

If we’re going by the show’s queer golden rule of blushing = romantic feelings, then Ruby had a crush on Emerald in V3 and it should have been explored way more for angst purposes

#rwde #thanks for asking #i will never shut up abt adam/rose family connections and theres nothing you can do abt it #blake or weiss being the one to take down roman would also be interesting but i think the most effective dynamic is ruby and roman #honestly you could make a sitcom w those two and id watch the shit out of it #'my roommate is a mob boss' #(depending on how old Roman actually is. RWBY isnt great at depicting ages unless youre on an extreme end) #(idk age them up for college lmao) #also i 100% hc ruby as a trans lesbian #qrow took her to get her first dose of E #trans solidarity babeyyyyy #this is a completely different topic but yangs existence in canon makes way more sense if both tai and raven are trans as well #canon raven does Not seem the type to allow herself to be in a long term relationship much less get pregnant #or if she did she'd take the child to raise as a protege. a true heir to the branwen name #not leave the kid behind for... reasons #why did raven run again? i think the show ended on 'she was scared' or smth. or didnt trust oz bc... bird #idk the show was dumb abt the whole thing #anyway i'll happily explain if anyone wants more elaboration ^w^

[jazbell]

nvm we arent eating shit its so over

#on the other hand ehehehehhee pearlina :3 #do NOT fucking read any more bc im spoiling all of side order ok #FUCK #it was good #the music was so so so cool #the final boss theme was lacking but only bc its another remix of ebb & flow #i was just expecting a different song #its still good though :) #i still havent seen all the dev logs but the first one was sooo cute #also they took 8 on the tour?? they mustve been so excited to see the whole world #at this point oth really are the double income no children lebian aunts huh #also acht just makes me very happy #theyre so cool!!!! #and theyre nb!!!!!!!!! #though i do wish agent 4 was here :( #theyre so underrated i love them so much #their pallette hyped me up for nothing lmao

[steelycunt]

aus where r/s have a kid are a little strange to me sorry. because well s okay i sort of get it but r? what about that man makes you think he would a) want a child b) be a good father to one. be real

#when i say aus i also mean the child she made him father in the canon material. which never shouldve happened #teddy lupin means nothing to me. those are just words. there is no residual fondness left over from my affection for his father #sorry but even if they got married. i dont think theyre having kids. that seems like such a strange next move for them i cannot imagine the #wanting that #r endangered every child in hogwarts incuding his dead best friends son so as not to damage his reputation with the big boss. and now you #have to understand i dont see that as any sort of crime because i dont give a shit about any of those kids if it was up to me #he wouldve eaten harry when he got the chance. but the principle of it does not scream to me 'man who should have a child :-(' #as much as i HATE to acknowledge the existence of hjp. he was kid enough for s i think and i grant you he was a good parental figure to him #but like. for him and his loser boyfriend to go out of their way to have a child. feels unlikely ill level with you. but this might all jus #be my disinterest in kidfic showing. i think im right though #like its one thing to take h in as the orphan son of ur dead friend in canon. but like in aus...hm. #its the same as i feel about them proposing to each other. said it b4 but i cannot imagine either of them planning some big heavily #orchestrated candles and roses down on one knee proposal. that is not them its just not. if they DO get married its because they are #brushing their teeth together and one of them goes we should get married and the other one goes what? and the first one says we should #get married again and the other one goes take your toothbrush out of your mouth i cant understand what youre saying like that. and the #first one takes their toothbrush out and repeats i SAID we should get MARRIED and the other one goes oh okay. if you'd like #anyway. this post got away from me no one is reading these tags are they jeez #r/s

[castielafflicted]

using my fucking youtube music library instead of spotify because my roommate and I are halfway through my 8.5 hour long playlist on shuffle and I refuse to have to reshuffle the playlist.

#zeph posting #i didnt expect them to enjoy it so much but every song is something i can vibe to or sing mindlessly and is at least somewhat upbeat or fast #or something like that. and so its been great background for baking #they did get to hear a performance of both tight pants body rolls and also cvnt which are incredibly different songs #but i have them both memorized. the first one is like a fucking sleeper agent for me #i made the playlist for when i was trying to get an achievement in batman arkham city that i kept fucking up to lmao #it was uh. beat a boss and basically take no damage. and i just needed nothing slow or unfamiliar in the background

[4giorno]

my character looks very condescending all. of. the. time (affectionate). but this part was truly the most sincere he looked in this whole game

#getting emotional in the middle of being pushed down by his vampire bf bc he rlly loves him so much #i have no refrence so idk if the other face models look as condescending lmao im just commenting on my own experiences #omg i haaate everyone on reddit. making me nervous for no reason 😑 #i rlly loved the ending i got for this quest. like yeah nothing is ever gonna be perfect #but it rlly gave a feeling of making something out of a shitty situation and giving something to strive for and hold onto #omg the boss fight. rlly goes to show that misty step is the best spell in this game hdkfbfkfkfk #just misty step away from the middle to the stairs and hunger of hadar to the bottom of the stairs and no one will ever reach you ⚰️ #also i had a scroll of sunbeam for shad0wheart so yeah. get absolutely cheesed cazad0r #one day i will do it with astari0n actually coming down to do the dialogue but in this playthrough as in my first ever #i had NOT picked spells for my characters that make it possible to resist the sleep spell and get to the other side before dying #now my dad and i are brainstorming how im gonna get through this fight against orin lmao

[ghostabocky]

thinking about kh3/khux/khdr and wondering if there’s any iconography or characters who have the potential for the same sort of intrigue as lingering will/the mysterious figures/the kh2 secret ending

#angel.txt #i mean this in like... how we hear ''the disappeared'' when fighting the kh1 enigmatic man #and then we hear it again in kh2 when we fight xemnas for the first time #how we know nothing abt who or wat lingering will is until we hear motifs from rage awakened come back in terra's theme #and finally see the conclusion of his story #the entire kh2 secret ending and it's blatant recreation at the end of bbs #things that are like. very much different from theories being proven true‚ like the luxu-xigbar reveal #bc we didn't know anything abt xemans in kh1 or terra in kh2 or young xehanort in bbs! #and im looking at like... ok there's yozora #but we know his face even if he says its not what he ''really looks like'' #so it already isn't going to have the same sort of intrigue as the mysterious figure/enigmatic man/lingering will #and there's also dark inferno but the music that plays during that boss is. the same as like half the kh3 bosses #there's nothing to look forward to in that regard #kh3/khux also have secret endings that play around with concepts we're familiar with to a certain degree #so im like. i think im just 👀 at sigurd rn #faceless and also confirmed to be the person narrating in the kh4 teaser? hmm? #now give me smth in missing link that'll HIT DIFFERENT in kh4 #sorry im probably making no sense lmao #i just think that sort of subtle excitement has been missing from recent kh stuff #that moment of realization as you recognize a musical motif‚ or the satisfaction of an answer at the end of a long story #im not really here for like. *who* the MoM is unless its like. oh shit we've heard this theme before. oh god oh fuck

[isfjmel-phleg]

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#random personal stuff #boss: I need you to do X #me: sure I can do that! #but while I'm shifting into gear for that task #(which has a lot of steps) #boss: and then I need you to do this and this and this and let me explain to you exactly how you need to do this step and... #me. still processing the first task: *blank stare because nothing is making sense* #I could sense her getting impatient with me #because what she was describing was hypothetically a simple thing #but I just...too much at once #and it's embarrassing. I should be more on it. this shouldn't be hard. #this isn't the first time and I worry she thinks I'm some kind of idiot #anyway good morning! I am ready to go back to bed

[whentherewerebicycles]

oh the essay mentioned in that earlier article is also very good but such a bummer. this is great though:

#the story about the TA’s antiracist workshops #it gave me flashbacks to this protracted conflict I had with the first student we ever ‘fired’ from our program #that was a much smaller/more contained situation but #a similar level of: I have nothing to learn from any of you #for I hold all the answers #and if you ask or expect me to participate in collective discussion/work/whatever #you are harming me #godddd that was such a stressful period of time #my old boss was so good about stepping in and being like absolutely not no one gets to treat other people that way