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#the siblings dynamic in this game really gets me
perenlop · 4 months
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me: oh i gotta finish my novella and work more on my pmd fic and world and also work on that wc rewrite loose outline and oh i wanna get back to my sonic one eventually
also me: omg what if i made an anthro pokemon world based on the main series but the main gym leaders and protags are all replaced by their pokemon (not to be confused with pmd, this is just the main series but the humans are gone)
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skiddlecat · 5 months
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hecksupremechips · 7 months
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We talk about the potential of aoilight but never the chaotic potential of akane x clover...
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THERES NO SHOT TEACHER IN THE DUB HAS THE SAME VA AS THAT ONE GUY IN FOOD WARS DEADASS????
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gnawing on corrin fire emblem
#ramblings#oh corrin. if only your game was good.#someone who grew up as sheltered as corrin did ending up witnessing the worst humanity has to offer could be so interesting#HELL. CORRIN WITNESSING THE HORRORS AND STILL THINKING THOSE COMMITTING THE HORRORS CAN BE HELPED#ALWAYS BELIEVING PEOPLE ARE GOOD#a person sticking to their ideals so strongly until they truly do make the world a better place is compelling#its just that fates doesnt know what character development is#or character depth. could you imagine corrin losing someone close to them on the battlefield#being dragged away kicking and screaming. unwilling to believe they actually lost someone#having to live with the fact that EVERYONE in that army. is basically sworn to die for them should the need arise#their siblings? nieces/nephews? friends caretakers their fucking spouse ANYONE. would die before them#because theyre the main character. if you play on classic corrin dying is a gameover#theyre at the heart of the army and they barely even know how war works#corrin hardening over time but still sticking to their ideals. no matter what#sorry im writing fates fic to fill the niles-shaped hole in my heart and the dynamic of hopeful idealist/pessimistic realist#is getting to me#something really fun about corrin breaking and making characters like niles attempt to comfort them#their supports are mostly just 'tell me ur sad backstory' 'lol sure' BUT NEVER THE OTHER WAY AROUND PROPERLY#forcing niles into being a character instead of a caricature since 2016. jesus fucking christ hes gonna be on my mind forever#niles struggling with a genuine relationship. because he cant really comprehend unconditional kindness. but trying. bc he loves them#these two are on my mind again i love them (the version of them in my head)
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amberautumnfaebrooke · 9 months
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i think i could design a better death arena for children than those hunger games amateurs.
the whole premise of the games is all pageantry. every year you get a crop of 24 candidates around whom the entire state media apparatus dedicates an entire year to building celebrity narratives. this candidate is the younger sibling of last year's winner - these candidates are young lovers forced to compete - he's smart - she's fast - root for them, care about them, watch them, form opinions on them, bet on them. and then they stick them all in an arena to kill each other, which is a great entertainment premise, except that they make the arenas themselves really boring and generic. ooo, they're in...a forest.
it's not even an interestingly designed forest. imagine if the game designers treated their arena like an actual video game designer treats level design. discrete zones with multiple paths between each room, creative use of lighting to guide players to points of interest, points of interest scattered across the map, discoverable resources hidden to encourage exploration. instead they just have a generic outdoors location and if you get too close to the edge they throw a random fireball at you.
the 75th games are especially bad about this. the arena is laid out radially into 12 wedges, and each hour one wedge becomes especially dangerous in a 12-hour loop. as a mechanic, this is genius. it forces everyone to keep moving, making "survival by hiding" an engaging and tense viewing experience instead of someone sitting in a tree for three days. plus, it encourages players to return to the center of the arena, where travel time between wedges is short, which creates a high-value zone for players to regularly return to and conflict over. in other words, it's a mechanic which incentives players to adopt dramatic, dynamic, exciting behaviors which are entertaining to watch (not to mention it communicates geography to the audience well). but it only incentives those behaviors if the players understand what's happening, and they go out of their way not to tell the players anything! when they figure out what's going on, the showrunners spin the arena to disorient the players, like they're intentionally trying to get them to just. randomly wander the jungle instead.
this isn't even to mention how often they create undramatic, boring deaths. they plant poison berries around the arena. they supply no fresh water and no way to get it. they roll poison clouds over sleeping victims. these happen to work out in the books themselves but you have to imagine that extremely often these just result in players dying unexciting deaths.
the cardinal sin though, of course, is that nothing is done to personalize the arena for the crop of contestants that year. if i'm designing the 75th hunger games and two of my most beloved contestants famously had to cancel their wedding because of a return to the games, i would OBVIOUSLY give them a trail of, i don't know, wild game which conveniently leads directly past a well defended wedding chapel. will they hole up there for a while? hold a mock ceremony for themselves? do or receive ironic violence here? stare wistfully and move on? any of it is better television than getting attacked by generic attack monkeys. you should have a dozen of these things on the map for every single candidate. but the game makers are more interested in doing the same thing every other game has done than in telling a compelling story.
it makes me second guess enjoying the children's murder arenas at all.
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setsobsessions · 1 year
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No you don’t understand, the fact that Katniss cannot FATHOM the idea of Peeta actually having a crush on her and immediately accuses him of lying is  funny but soo accurate to their characters.
Katniss is literally only focused on her family’s survival in District 12 after the loss of her father. She steps up as the family’s main provider when her mother succumbs to grief becoming unable to properly take care of herself or her kids. Katniss probably paid 0 attention to her classmates, or really school in general, instead focusing on where/how she’d get her next meal.She absolutely has zero awareness of boys, she is solely focused on making sure her sister is provided for. Gale is like a brother to her and she only thinks about marrying him cause its literally just another way to survive (reference to the quote about possibly marrying him and having kids). Like half of their interactions are when they are hunting for game to eat or sell, she does not have time or energy for bs flirting. Of course Katniss would assume anyone who said they liked her is lying, she never tried to warrant any attention.
Peeta on the other hand, has an abusive mother, a seemingly distant father, and shitty siblings. The boy is a smooth talker, probably due to constantly having to be in tune with his family’s emotions. He has built a mask of the smooth, charming boy in class. But you KNOW that creative boy was sitting in class, creating fantasies about approaching Katniss, the quiet girl who does not give a shit about classroom dynamics. You cannot convince me that he did not notice Katniss’s love and dedication towards her sister. We know that boy was WEAK for connection and the strongest connection of love he’s witnessed is between Prim and Katniss. How can be NOT be attracted to her?? Katniss is always herself and loved for it, Peeta must act a part to get attention/praise/care. 
Their entire arc so satisfying yet heartbreaking and I am going to babble about it until I die. 
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on one hand I should probably branch out and not pair azura up with jakob for my nth playthru of fates rev on the other I simply cannot resist slightly messy but ride or die shigure + dwyer sibling bond
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drunkhazed · 17 days
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teaser- continuum (l. hs, s. jy)
paring. alpha heeseung x female omega reader x alpha jake
genre. fiancés younger brother AU, abo, infidelity, pwp, M/F, one shot. minors DNI.
warnings. profanity, cheating(and getting away with it sorry), smut, alpha/omega dynamics, y/n written very feminine + somewhat traditional, high sex drive, peeping, aged up Heeseung(26-27), older(than Jake) y/n, smut warnings to come.
teaser wc. 1000+
est wc. 15-20k
posting. AFTER Heaven & Back: meaning pls do not inbox me screaming abt when I will post!🩷
taglist. OPEN!
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・ ⋆ ・ ⠄⠂⋆ ・ ⠄⠂⋆ ・ ⠄⠂⋆ ・ ⠄⠂⋆ ・ ⠄⠂⋆ ・ ⋆ ・ ・ ⠄⠂ “I know I know.” Heeseung’s attempting to prepare you for what’s about to happen, despite reminding you everyday since dropping the news. “It’s not ideal, but it’s temporary. Jake’s not the type to take advantage of me, I trust him. It’s just a tight situation for him right now.”
“I know Hee, you’ve explained a thousand times over by now.” You groan, reaching for his waist. “Doesn’t change the fact that I’m not thrilled to lose my privacy for the next month. I don’t care if that makes me sound selfish either.”
He smirks, pulling you in closer to rub up and down your back. “You? Selfish? Never.” 
“Funny, hah hah. You knew what you were getting into when you decided to commit to me.”
“Absolutely princess, my life’s purpose is only to serve you.”
“Serve me and cater to whatever your family demands of you.. as if you’re not a fully grown adult.” Maybe it’s pushing it, but knowing that your soon-to-be house guest is on the way has you on edge. Ready to lose your patience at the next loud sound or out of place item. 
You’re being a brat(what’s new), and by the way your fiancé looks at you, you know that he’s biting his tongue to stop himself from reminding you that he is actually the one in charge here.
“Hey you know what, this will be a good time to get to know Jake.” He shrugs, clasping your shoulders. “If he really plans to move out here for university then I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him. Plus when we start having kids, I can remind him of this favor whenever we need to get away and have to find a last minute babysitter.”
The mention of kids has your jaw tightening, grinding the backs of your teeth. Much like any other time he persists on mentioning your future children, you decide to brush it off, change the subject. “I’m sure your younger brother isn’t exactly someone I’d trust with that job.”
“Jakey’s great with kids, you know, he’s basically a kid himself. Really into sports, gaming, super playful like a pup.” Heeseung reassures, dragging his palms down to your waist. “He’ll make a great uncle.”
He’s touching your stomach the same way he does whenever you’re in bed, or the shower, the couch, the kitchen as of late. Any flat surface he can pump you full of cum on, rambling on and on about how good you’re going to look carrying his pup. Slowly you take a hold of his hands, smiling to hide how tense you feel. It’s because his brother should be here soon, and you spent all of yesterday cleaning, yelling at Heeseung that he owes you a long back massage for this. Yeah, that’s why..
“Any last warnings?” You ask jokingly, swinging your hands back and forth. “Other than the high chances of finding him raiding our snack pantry at 3am?”
Heeseung shrugs, lifting your knuckles to his lips. “Honestly Jakey’s a great little brother. Maybe my only complaint is that he can be shy sometimes, at least when we were teenagers. Don’t know where I got this confidence from cause it definitely didn’t pass onto him.”
“Being the younger sibling is hard, I would know..” 
“Hey! I did my best to hype him, not my fault he’s a late bloomer.”
“Two Alphas, your poor mother.” You grimace, unable to imagine raising a kid that could turn out to be anything like his father. 
“I’ll have you know my mother couldn’t be happier.” He corrects, pulling you in again to squeeze your hips. “Besides, you have the perfect body for birthing Alphas. Imagine those little pups running around in the backyard, splashing in the pool during summer? Shoot, if they’re anything like me they’ll be flipping off the high dive in no time.”
“Sounds like a panicked car drive to the hospital waiting to happen.”
Heeseung laughs, tapping the tip of his nose against yours. “Promise me that you’ll play nice.”
Play nice.
Another way of asking you to control your attitude, tone down your quick tongue. “What? Think your brother can’t handle his feisty soon to be sister-in-law?”
Sliding down to knead your bottom, he gives you a teasing growl, nipping your upper lip. “You’re already making me jealous. You know that’s reserved for me.”
“Oh?” Batting your eyes, you start to play with his collar, ironing the fabric between your fingers. “Is that a little sibling rivalry I’m picking up on?”
“Not to talk a big game, but I have nothing to worry about.” He states cockily, firmly palming your ass. “Maybe you’re right, Jake’s always had to live in my skyscraper sized spotlight.”
“Pftt, what happened to hyping him up? That’s not very exemplementary big brother of you.”
“Oh you want exemplementary huh? I’ll show you—“
Knock. Knock. Knock.
“Ah, that must be him.” You sigh, removing his groping hands. “Well, his timing is already getting on my nerves.”
“Behave.” Looking over his shoulder, he nods to follow him, jogging to the door with a large smile. 
“JAKEY!”
“Hyung!”
From behind you can’t see his face yet, the two caught in a deep embrace patting each other on the back rather aggressively. “Holy shit man, look at you!” Heeseung backs away, clasping his younger brother’s neck in awe, laughing and shaking his head. “That growth spurt hit you hard, huh?”
“Ahh, really? I’m still not as tall as you man.”
“Hyung.”
“Right right, my bad.” Jake pulls away first, duffle bag slipping from his shoulder. “Bro, your house!”
Heeseung ruffles his styled hair, messing up his bangs. “Hard work pays off.”
Jake nods to agree, peering up to find you standing there awkwardly waiting to be introduced. “Oh.. and this must be the future Mrs. Lee.”
He smiles warmly, large white teeth on full display resembling a wolf assessing its prey before licking his lips. 
Wrapping around the younger’s shoulders, Heeseung holds out a hand toward you. “My entire world right there.”
“Ahh, stop.” You take a step closer, waving shyly. “Nice to meet you.”
“Wow.” Jake’s eyebrows lift, mouth opening up surprised. “Now, how exactly did my brother manage to impress you?”
“Heyyy you little shit.” Heeseung shoves him before he can extend a hand to you. “I’ll have you know that she hit on me first.”
“I asked you for a pen to borrow.”
“To write your number on my hand!”
“Pftt, don’t lie.”
Jake smiles between the two of you, catching your eye before bowing. “The pleasures all mine, thank you so much for inviting me into your home.”
“See, Jakey’s so polite.” Heeseung scoffs, using the younger’s vulnerable position to put him in a headlock. “Who taught you how to have manners!”
Gasping, you take a step back, unfamiliar with this side of your fiancé. The two land on the ground beginning to tussle with huge smiles, throwing a ‘missed you’ and giggled screams out between their harmless fight.
You can’t help but frown and want to stop them as they roll too close to your decor, bumping into the vase at the entrance of the hallway. Alphas will be Alphas.. 
You can’t help but scrunching your nose disgusted at the thought that you sound like your mother, holding yourself back from shouting at them.
This should be an interesting few weeks.
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memesomething · 2 months
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their team is their family.
(these could be said to a muse outside of the family, or to a muse inside the family! there are no rules. currently amused by the thought of 'muses overhearing other people say 'let me finish winning' abt their game' though)
the family.
"Stop i- sto- get OFF! It's mine!"
"Give us a sec, he's/she's/they're not finished losing."
"Wait, let me finish losing to (name)."
"You know I can hear you, right?"
"Absolutely not."
"No way we're leaving you behind."
"There's no way (name) would do that."
"Yes, (name), you're very handsome/pretty and everyone should be in love with you."
"My mistake. You're handsome and pretty and everyone is in love with you."
"I'm pretty cute, though."
"Don't listen to them. These guys love me."
"We tolerate you."
"Oh, we're not friends."
"Nice of you to show up."
"Glad to see you're making yourself at home."
"Make yourself maybe a little bit less at home, huh?"
"(Name) really likes you, you know."
"I care about them. You hurt them, you answer to me."
"They're a pain in the ass. Not 'my' pain in the ass. Just a pain."
"(Name) is a good kid. Be nice to them."
"No, if (name) says we jump, we jump."
"Do you trust them?" / "You have no idea."
"Don't listen to 'em. They're just jealous."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"You like him/her/them?"
"I'll take a look."
"Sit down."
"You need someone to check you out, you're not gonna do better than (name)."
observer.
"Are you guys always like this?"
"These are the people you hang out with... on purpose?"
"So are you the 'annoying little sibling' or the 'drowned kitten' in this dynamic?"
"Seem like good people."
"These are your guys?"
"So (name)'s good for it?"
"You vouching for them?"
"I can see what you mean about them."
"If (name) told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?"
"You guys love each other."
"Oh, so you won't mind if I ask (name) their opinion, then?"
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pleaseESEE tell me Eveline is as protective of Rosemary as she is of Ethan 😭😭😭
i really like thinking about the family dynamics with eveline... first of all, i think she would totally be a brat
like no doubt
she would totally be a brat thats mean to literally anyone other than her family for the pettiest reasons
"why did u stick ur tongue out at him?"
"i dont like his hair"
i also think that she would be bossy and a bit controlling when playing games
i dont think that ethan adopting her into the family and raising her with love and affection will automatically make her the most well behaved, mannered child, she would get jealous and throw fits and be rude to other people 😭
this is coming from someone who was a bit of a bossy bratty kid especially when playing with my little sibling
kids r jerks sometimes and eveline would defiently be one imo 😭
that being said i do think she would care for rosemary and be protective of her
BUUT, she would defiently be a jealous child, especially when rosemary is a baby and needs more attention
i think she would need a lot of assurance and care from ethan and view rosemary as competition for awhile because of her jealousy/fear of being replaced
though after awhile i think she would grow to be protective over rosemary, i like to think if that rose was raised by ethan and like. not a military squad. that she would have been a very sweet well mannered child �� i think eveline and rose would be able to get along better because of it just because rose is so sweet 😭 she just wants to play dolls with her big sister and shes ok with eveline bossing around 😭
also hc that eveline grows to be taller than ethan because i think its funny and cute
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linkedin-offficial · 4 months
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is this anything . sky:cotl au
details (aka my rambling) under the cut
mostly set upon the whole idea that caine came from eden and tries to help everyone gain their wings (albeit doing a terrible job the entire time)
bubble keeps the name bubble!
they r a mantatee :3 suprisingly chaotic for a light creature and sort of has the "eat light and puff out candles" personality that caine should have but doesn't
i contemplated caine being called "the creature" just for shits and giggles (and eventually went with it) since im absolutely certain everyone who ever meets him ever would be terrified for a little bit until they realize hes sentient; he doesn't understand that the name is supposed to be sort of derogatory
caine is the only one with wings because hes the only one who can canonically fly/float!
(and yes his head is supposed to be a dark plant . i like to think im big brain for this)
the reason why his dark plant head is tinted red btw . my thought process was basically "ah yes. red = good bcus eden :]" even though thats convoluted since everyone hates eden but that makes it better in a way. i think
zooble > mismatched worksmith
"bows" given to them by ragatha as an identifier; not like theyd need one though ..
constantly making their own prosthetics due to growing boredom with their previous ones (autism™) and also carved the designs into their mask themself
kinger > reluctant royalty
same old kinger as usual .. when asked what he rules he doesnt particularly remember nor have an answer so hes usually treated with respect out of pity for being old and senile
second tallest behind jax , also the oldest (if you dont count caine i guess? whos sort of. ageless)
ragatha > plush friendfinder
matching bow with jax :3 sibling moment! (yes i like the ragatha + jax sibling dynamic . its amazing to me)
right eye does not glow and actually looks like a hollow hole if you get close enough to her face! also clothing making buddies with zooble :] she taught them how to sew without pricking themself
gangle > wrapped up theatre-goer (i had such a hard time thinking of a name .. and to be honest?? im not solid on this but WHAGEVER.)
shortest. obviously
likes to write plays in her spare time and reads them to zooble while they work
clothes are sectioned and Very flowy, and has a few (cracked and broken) masks she likes to use for play improv (and also uses for herself sometimes if she has a hard time expressing a certain emotion)
jax > towering tease (it sounds stupid but THIS is so fucking funny.i cannot resist this)
tallest OBVIOUSLY. like stupidly tall . has its advantages and disadvantages (like being able to steal things from gangle with no consequences . on the other hand. doorframes)
him being tall and having that be the only thing hes got going for him is absolutely hilarious to me and im leaning into that hard
he has a tail also, but its small and not visible from the chart
pomni > jittery jester (i had to look up "other words for anxious" for this.my intelligence is showing)
pretty much the only one i referenced real in game clothing for, which sort of fits! protag moment
this was all i really had, since other established things like their personalities and relationships arent really changed much. but this was fun to think about :3 input is appreciated !
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kraviolis · 10 months
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i told y’all. i told y’all i was gonna go crazy over this post made by @gummy-goat-galaxy​
full disclosure i drew literally all of this before looking into the details of the AU so this is 70% my interpretation of his original post but i need to explain my thought process so. here’s the post explaining the details of the actual AU!!! and below is what my brain made up on the spot
ok so belos finds tiny child luz and is like “fuck everyone. this is mine now” and treats her like a goddamn princess. to him, she is a Gift From God to remind him to stay on his Righteous Path. an innocent little girl who is just so bubbly and always tries to see the good in everything, including him. she is a reminder of how Pure and Good humanity is, and seeing as though she’s the literal only human he’s had any contact with besides caleb in 400 fucking years, he is never letting the demon realm corrupt her like it did to him.
she’s basically his Lamb and he the Shepherd, and because he’s so desperate to keep her “““pure”““ he strictly keeps her within the castle and even then not all of the castle is available to her. he keeps her contact with witches to an absolute bare minimum.
he entrusts her protection specifically to hunter, despite the fact he’s only 2 years older. his reasoning is “caleb did a pretty good job raising me so this’ll be fine probably.” when belos himself cannot keep an eye on her, it’s hunter’s job. luz and hunter end up being raised in a sorta similar situation to catra & adora from she-ra but they are actually siblings and not just best friends.
(if u havent seen she-ra, basically its their abusive caretaker creating a golden child + scapegoat dynamic, where one kid can do absolutely no wrong (which doesnt mean they cant still be abused/manipulated!!) while the other kid is blamed for literally everything that goes wrong. the caretaker also regularly pits them against each other to encourage competition & keep the all power in the caretaker’s hands.)
similar to catra & adora, the whole competition thing doesnt really work. luz is just too damn kind and too damn good for hunter to ever resent her, and she’s all he really has. because hunter is the scapegoat, he grows wise to belos’s manipulations WAY sooner. it’s easier to figure out when you’re being mistreated when you literally watch ur guardian treating ur sibling so much better than how they treat u.
unfortunately, because luz cannot help but see the good in absolutely everyone and can be empathetic to a fault, she doesnt realize belos’s game until she ends up sneaking out of the castle. she actually really loves belos and is thankful for him taking her in for a long time. she calls him uncle like hunter, despite belos nudging her towards seeing him as a father bcus he sees her as a pseudo-daughter. (but luz remembers her dad, and has no desire to replace him with someone else no matter how much she cares for belos)
belos does love & adore luz, he would do almost anything to keep her happy and “innocent” and “pure”, but not to the extent that he could still end up redeemed. he still manipulates & subtly emotionally abuses her to keep her in line, but it’s only when she sneaks out and meets eda the owl lady does she start getting clued into this. and once luz learns what belos has done to hunter it’s all fucking over.
hunter loves luz. she is his sister and always will be. but while he’s stuck to belos because of his duties as golden guard, she sees how green the grass is on the other side and doesn’t even hesitate to hop over there. watching her slowly grow more and more distant while she keeps sneaking out to visit with her new friends (eda, king, willow, gus, amity, etc.) is one of the most painful things hunter has had to deal with.
he feels betrayed at first, as if luz is replacing him with other people who arent broken like he is, and when luz actually leaves for good- belos lies to the public and says she was kidnapped- hunter is the one who leads the hunt to find her and bring her back home safely. when they confront each other, luz tries to do her whole dramatic speech about how wrong belos is and how he’s been lying their whole lives, but hunter already knows. the only reason he stayed was for luz, but she couldnt even stay from him? it fuckin hurts man.
they end up on opposite sides for a minute. hunter gains no satisfaction from trying to ruin this new life she’s found for herself but goddamnit, he has a job to do. he cant just defect. and then he defects after watching belos try to kill luz because she’s let herself become corrupted by the witches.
thats about all my brain got for this so far. TL;DR basically just listen to the “first time in forever” and “mother knows best reprise” and “broken crown” by mumford & sons and thats pretty much the gist of it.
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gloryofdawn · 6 months
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Pretty much everybody on Tumblr seems to look at Garrus and be like, "Hm, yes, the optimal love interest." And that's fair! Garrus is great. Date him if you want.
But goddamn, have I just always had brainrot for Shepard and Garrus platonically. Their dynamic is just so flawless. I have never believed a game more when it has told me "These two people are best friends." They are the most found family siblings I've ever seen.
Every party member in Mass Effect 1 (who lives) goes on to achieve greatness above and beyond pretty much any party member introduced in subsequent games (except that I do specifically think the human party members are outstripped by Mordin), but you get to watch it happen with Garrus and Tali because they never leave you. Garrus starts off as "That loose cannon cop who signed on to help get Saren." After Shepard dies, he decides he's just going to casually end organized crime and is alarmingly successful. When Shepard shows up again, Garrus' reaction is to fucking shoot them and then joke about it when they finally make it to him. Shepard deflects Garrus' near death experience by calling him ugly. During his loyalty mission, you have the opportunity to have some absolutely raw conversations with him about ethics and morality that you don't really ever see with another companion except Jack, and she basically completely ignores everything you say until you see her in 3. With Garrus, he'll resist what you're saying, but you can see him trying to find the line between justice and revenge, law and chaos. If you put him in charge of the second team during the suicide mission, you can see how much he's grown with you as he effortlessly coordinates his team with yours. And all that is just in Mass Effect 2.
Once you get to 3, you really start seeing it. Garrus has made his way up in the Hierarchy and is leading their efforts against the Reapers, just like Shepard. When you ask him about it, he immediately starts talking about it as the shared work you've had since the first game. No other companion identifies themselves with you through this struggle. Sure, other companions will mention the previous games and what you did with them, but there's always something else. Liara is the Shadow Broker now. Tali has the Geth to worry about. The Virmire Survivor is bound up in the Alliance and becoming a Spectre. Wrex has the Krogan. But Garrus? Garrus is here with you. He's standing right next to you, giving the Reapers his full attention. And as you go throughout the game, he's consistently the one there for you. When you're struggling to get the Council Races to work together, he's there. When things go tits up on Thessia, he's there. Even you're going into the final run, he's there. When the two of you die, if Turian heaven is the same as human heaven, he'll meet you at the bar.
There is no Vakarian without Shepard. There is no Shepard without Vakarian. These two soldiers are bound together with blood, sweat, and the sheer Terminator-grade determination to save the galaxy, no matter how much it kicks and screams. There is no fire they won't jump into for the other one, and they'll make fun of each other the whole way. There's no other relationship like it.
I'm Glory of Dawn, and this is my favorite platonic ship on the Citadel.
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heytherecentaurs · 4 months
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Burrow's End is an absolute masterpiece.
In the span of ten episodes Aabria and Co. weave an exciting and emotional adventure story about a family of sentient stoats. It delivers huge laughs, interesting societal criticism, remarkably emotional and well-acted scenes and concludes with a series of epilogue scenes that feel appropriate for each character, some heartfelt and subdued and others bigger than life and all the funnier for it.
Siobhan and Izzy play the perfect pair of siblings. They fight and argue but they also love each other. Jaysohn (Siobhan) looks up to Lila (Izzy) and believes she's the smartest stoat in the world (and by the end she probably is) and Lila hypes up her little brother's athletic skills. They both fully embodied these kids and I could watch them do fun stuff for more episodes. Give me a version of Saved by the Bell with them. Stoat by the Bell.
Brennan and Rashawn, playing sisters, also knock it outta the park, showing a more mature sibling dynamic. Brennan portrays Tula as the quintessential overtired single mother of excitable kids, and Rashawn as younger sister Viola straddles a very interesting line of being intimidating to outsiders but very much more naive and looking to her older sister when she starts a family.
Jasper as Thorn, a guy everyone just lets be a cult leader because he really wanted to, is fantastic. His is a difficult role as the only non-blood relative. Jasper plays Thorn with such real humanity of a guy in over his head and letting his ambition wife call the shots, but also one who agrees with her goal, really loves her and has moments of real menace. He has some very funny scenes, his big speech is perfect, and I just enjoy him.
Erika is wonderful. They play the epitome of generational trauma as many have said but as much trauma as Ava has, she is also loving and willing to learn. The fact Erika took this adversarial role is incredible. The tense dramatic scene primarily between Ava, Tula and Viola is amazing. They act their asses off and make hard choices that I imagine are difficult even for such an experienced player.
Aabria's DMing always feels fun. She doesn't get bogged down in the rules. She knows them. She plays by them. But as a master, she knows how and when to break them too. Her seasons on Dimension 20 have all had a tenseness, a particular edge to them that can give me anxiety during dramatic scenes between two characters. It always feel like one of her NPCs may say something devastating and the tension between characters reaches really thrilling heights. This is present in other seasons, but I don't think anyone does it as well as she does. The first season of hers to have battle maps, Aabria really swung for the fences and gave us some of the wildest maps to date.
Shout out to Carlos Luna's voice acting. He did an incredible job. And shout out to the whole crew who have put together one of the best seasons of D20. They keep finding ways to build on what's come before and they should be commended for it.
Dimension 20 is most successful when the concept is very streamlined. They don't do huge 100 episode campaigns capable of handling huge winding complex narrative, but short focused D&D stories, which is why many of the Side Quests have been so fantastic. They embody this philosophy most clearly, but it's apparent in the most beloved Intrepid Heroes seasons as well—John Hughes/High Fantasy, Game of Thrones/Candyland, Retrofuturism, Film Noir but in a Brain... Burrow's End fits this perfectly. It's streamlined concept paired with great storytellers and great chemistry sets it up to be a smash hit before it begins. And goddamn does it deliver.
Thanks Stupendous Stoats!
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gummilutt · 2 months
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250 followers Custom Memory Bonanza
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It's finally time! To thank all you lovely people for your support, I have been working hard to get this ready for upload and here we are. Today I am sharing my custom memory object, and my library of a whopping 201 custom memories. Based on the wonderful Tattered Diary by DiLight over on MTS, and the tutorial she shared of how to make your own custom memories.
I've always cared a lot about memories, to me they tell the story of the Sims life. Some of you from MTS may recall when I did the whole several year rebuild of my hood, replicating every last detail of the original. I'm memory crazy, okay? And when DiLight gave me the power to make my own, I may have gone a tad overboard. Or just the right amount, you get to decide :P DiLight taught me most of what I know about making custom memories, and the base BHAVs are from her, but as I've learned more I've added some bells and whistles that I hope you will enjoy. It's a new clone and separate GUID from the original tutorial object set up by DiLight, so if you have your own you can have mine too without issues :) Found in misc/misc, costs 1 simoleon.
Download on simfileshare
Features - Brand new form, created by me. Resized BV photo album with new mapping and new texture (seen above, in game pictures at the end of this post). I wanted something that was uniquely mine, and that you don't necessarily have to hide away in the attic or under the foundation. If you don't like it, you also have some additional model forms you can switch between through the pie menu. - Adaptable dynamic menu. Thanks to a really neat trick from @picknmixsims the menu reflects the memories you put in your downloads. If no file with the correct guid is found, the option for it won't show. Which means that although I am crazy enough to have 201, you can go ahead and only pick your favorite ones and the object will automatically detect and adapt the menu to that selection. - Memories all have a custom icon, that's made from game icons from TS2 or TS3. Some I am quite proud of, some are admittedly not great. Not everything is easy to convey through game icons, but I've tried my best, I hope the effort shows. 5 memories have icons that are not from the game, but I tried to match them to the aesthetic as best I could. - Memory subject menu shows only relevant age groups. For example, if the memory is about having a baby, only baby/toddler Sims will show as options. Goal being to keep menu as concise as possible. If you wish to assign memories retroactively, please see jonasn's excellent Memory Commander object, which has support to add my custom memories without age limitations. As well as a whole lot of other useful memory-related stuff. - Extensive documentation detailing everything you may need to know about the memories (text, icon, background, who can get it, who they can get it about, repeatability, where to find it on the object) to help you select the ones you want for your game, and familiarize yourself with them. - English and Swedish translations of memories, and object menu. If someone wants to add their language, that would be great but it's a lot of work so I don't expect it. You are welcome to share your translated versions directly if you wish, or you can send them to me for me to update files shared here :) If you want to learn how to translate the files directly, Episims has a great tutorial found here.
Examples of types of custom memories included - Extended family members memories (got cousin, got aunt/uncle, got sibling, got twin sibling, got great grandchild, got stepparent, got stepchild) - Birth related memories (pregnancy, becoming parent, late in life parent, had multiples birth, premature baby) - Marriage related memories (divorce, parental divorce, custody things, alimony) - Relationship related memories (fighting, breakups, additional love memories) - Woohoo related (memories for specific woohoo locations, repeatable generic woohoo/public woohoo) - University degree related (declared major memories, got a minor degree memories, got a major degree memories, for remembering having studied multiple things and being able to see what major your Sim chose without looking at their diploma) - Loan related, for remembering taking and paying off loans of different types - Moving memories (first apartment, child moves out, various memories for sims moving in with others) - Kids related (child's first day in school, got their own pet, nursery rhyme, giving up for adoption, living at orphanage)
Mods automating delivery of my CC memories (more to come) Learned nursery rhyme from - Found here, by me Wrote restaurant guide - Found here, part of jonasn "Novel Writing Improvements" mod
Credits: DiLight, @picknmixsims, @morepopcorn, @latmosims, @joplayingthesims, maxon, @keoni-chan. For detailed info on how they all impacted the creation of this, see readme :) Policy: Give credit to DiLight, beyond that, totally open. Enjoy!
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