#which i mean. it fits.

[fragmentofmemories]

(Longpost) Shining in the Darkness: Early Impressions.

I mentioned it offhand once, but I was going through Shining in the Darkness for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Just beat the first floor (I think), so I'd figured I'd talk about how I'm currently feeling about it (Tl;Dr I'm liking it).

It's the first game in Sega's Shining series, but rather than an SRPG like its more known Shining Force games, SitD is a first-person DRPG.

Meaning of course I had to go and try it. As if I don't have like 4 or 5 other DRPGs in my backlog (give me a break i just like the genre...).

And overall, I can say it's a neat game so far. Although the earlygame might put some people off.

Storywise, it's simple: You are tasked with rescuing a princess who, alongside your father, disappeared within a nearby labyrinth. I do recall the Shining series' plots becoming more complex the further you played. But if it's as simple as it looks, I can't say I mind much.

Similarly, the gameplay is pretty standard for the genre. You explore large mazes in a first person perspective along your two teammates - fitting the Fighter/Mage/Priest archetypes each.

Rather than learning multiple spells, it seems that your party members instead upgrade the few skills they do have, with the option of choosing which version of a spell you'll use.

For example: Milo, the healer, can cast a Lv2 or Lv1 Heal spell depending on which is more convenient. It's a pretty neat mechanic, which I'm pretty sure was later used in Shining Force.

So far it's good: The main character can tank hits and retaliate with normal attacks. Your priest can heal as well as equip heavy weapons. And your mage can cast ailments, debuffs and elemental spells.

The one caveat with the earlygame is that your teammates don't show up at the start.

Instead, you have to explore throughout most of the first floor on your own, up to fighting the first boss.

There is an escape item, as well as another that lets you see your current location. And by all means, the main character can survive on his own once he gains a few levels. But he learns no magic whatsoever, so the only healing available will be via items, and the only way to deal damage will be via normal attacks.

So basically, the earlygame will be spent on farming until you have enough money for better equipment. The first boss makes sure you do that, as it will kill you and receive no damage in return.

Thankfully, as soon as you beat the first boss and finally get access to your teammates, the game runs much smoother. As per usual with the genre, the mage happens to learn a sleep spell early on - making the larger encounters much more manageable.

While on the topic of encounters: apparently, the game changes what you find depending on your level.

At first, fights often had just one to two slimes. but after level 8 it was pretty common to see up to four or five of them at once - mixed in with other, more powerful enemies. It's a really cool concept, one I haven't seen in other DRPGs.

Overall I'd say the game is pretty fun so far. There's a lot of charm to the spritework, the music is great, and I would recommend it. Provided you can handle the earlygame grinding/soloing. Unlike EXP, it will take a while before you can afford better equipment.

#drpg #game post #shining in the darkness #long post #i joked that the american boxart looked like a disney film and it turns out it *was* drawn by a disney artist. #which i mean. it fits.

[u3pxx]

KIM KITSURAGI - “Is that. My kineema.”

COMPOSURE [Medium: Success] - Something in him is about to break, *big time*.

EMPATHY - And it’s not going to be pretty, do something!

- DRAMA [Formidable] - Everything is fine!

- “Sure is.”

DRAMA [Formidable: Failure] - Surely he’s aware that he’s not the *only* person in the world who owns a Kineema?

YOU - “Is it really *yours*? I mean, plenty of people have their own Kineemas, right? Like working men, government offices, uh, firefighters I guess, maybe even animal control people? Exactly! A million different people who could’ve driven it into the uh…”

DRAMA - Pause, my liege! Ixnay on the Ineemakay!

YOU - “It could even be our *mysterious* joyrider!”

KIM KITSURAGI - Your frenzied babbling falls deaf to the lieutenant's ears. Instead, he approaches the broken vehicle, sunken in the ice. He moves with a caution and gentleness you haven’t seen him display before.

INLAND EMPIRE - It must be cold and lonely down there, in the icy water. Maybe he could sense its sorrow, calling to him…

PERCEPTION (SIGHT) [Easy: Success] - His hands, which are always stiffly placed behind his back, are trembling.

ENDURANCE - This is the shuffle of a tired, tired man.

HALF LIGHT - He’s going to do something drastic because of you. Oh god, terrible! You’re a terrible liar! You can’t look at this, you just can’t!

VOLITION [Formidable: Success] - It's not *you* who drove his kineema into the sea. You have plenty of faults, but this one is decidedly not yours.

KIM KITSURAGI - He kneels down with his head bowed, casting his face in shadow. He plants a hand on the ice to stabilize himself, squinting to get a better view of the motor carriage. “Detective, it says ‘57’ on it.”

YOU - Sweat drips down your brow, and you feel a terrible headache coming. “Maybe our joyrider has an affinity for that number?”

LOGIC - He's not stupid, he knows that it's not that.

KIM KITSURAGI - “57.”

YOU - “What about 57?”, you brace yourself.

KIM KITSURAGI - “Precinct 57.”

YOU - You wince. “Kim, look-”

KIM KITSURAGI - “When I woke up in the Whirling-in-Rags with no memory of what happened during the days before, I've taken note that something of mine has gone missing.” He grits his teeth. "A very. Important. Something."

He runs his hands over his face, messing his already unkempt hair in the process. Regret creeps up on his features. “God. Fuck. They’re going to fire me over this, they’re not going to hear me out.”

EMPATHY - Desperation settles in the lieutenant's tone. Sadly, you find yourself in agreement, even if you don’t want it to be the truth.

YOU - “People are more valuable than machines, Kim.”

KIM KITSURAGI - “Not people like me.” He rasps.

YOU - “…”

KIM KITSURAGI - Before you can say anything more, you fail to notice the lieutenant carefully walking onto the edge of the ice. He looks over the frigid water, a dizzying blue that mirrors and distorts his exhausted face back to him.

YOU - “Kim?”

KIM KITSURAGI - Seconds pass as he looks to be contemplating something. Out of nowhere, he casually takes another step where the ice ends and the sea begins. It happens all too quick for the lieutenant to even voice a call for help— if he even wanted to — his body plunging into the cold water before your eyes.

YOU - “KIM!!!!”

uhhh bonus stuff? sorry i have swap au brainworms pfttt

(im not sure what skills kim has at the moment so rn he only has narration as his inner monologue ok whoops, i would like to keep harry as the guy who thinks in dialogue trees so im still figuring it out pfttt)

also, this was done bc i wanted to expand on these old scribbles of mine, just like an idea, i just think that he'd be having an even worse time wheezes

#disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #harry du bois #den's disco swap #disco elysium role swap #HI nobody look at the fact that. i am a novice writer at best DFGHJFGH #i had idea for some comic dialogue but it ended up being this instead whoops. i mean i could still draw this as a comic #anyways. i was like. trying to reverse engineer my idea of how kim can change into his bomber jacket instead of his uniform. #which. i dont think you can do with just simple convincing bc that thing is fused to him in spirit so there has to be like a good reason wh #oh it gets ruined! how? it gets like wet or smth! how'd that happened? he threw himself into the sea #also isnt it fitting that my memory problems is making me not remember the things that happen in disco elysium very well wheezes #so whoops if the characterization is a lil off lmaoooooo #but i have been trying to figure out how i want harry to be in this swap au #i dont think he's as well as he wants you to believe he is. and just the image of him pushing this 'youre allowed to be in denial about + #this' to kim about the kineema was so vivid in my head and idk if that tracks but hell. its in there now dfghdjfg #starry don't look #sunnysidedraws #sunnysidedisco

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023

#apollo don't fucking touch this one #serious post #not a shitpost #hope i forget about this post and have no reason to ever look back on it one day #fyi i'm aware that access to potable water is already a major issue in parts of the U.S. yes i know flint michigan exists #i'm saying that this issue is going to GROW unless local & federal governments work together to fix it. #so it's a matter of if we trust them to fix it. And well--do you? #what are the chances the government just denies there's a problem until the water actually turns brown #at which point it's already been common knowledge for years and people have just become resigned and that's our new normal #i'm mean come on. how many of us already believe that we're being exposed to dangerous pollutants we don't know about and can't avoid #like that's pretty much just part of being a modern consumer. accepting that companies will happily endanger your life for a few pennies #and the most you'll get is like a $50 gift card as part of a class action rebate 20 years down the line #probably the history books will look back on Flint as a warning and a harbinger that went ignored #luxury condos will advertise their built-in top-of-the-line filtration systems--live here and you can drink water straight from your tap! #watch the elite professional class putting $700 dyson water filtration systems on their wedding registry #while the rest of us figure out how to fit water delivery into our grocery budget while putting 90% of our paycheck towards rent #also eggs are $15

[wszczebrzyszynie]

turns out theres way more than 3 people who enjoy my self indulged slavic minecraft fanarts. so hm. more polish folk clothes kreatura grian

#artwork #grian #hermitcraft #i need an oc with ear wings badly otherwise ill never let owl grian rest #what hes wearing isnt a typical flower crown by the way #its specifically a wedding one. which means hes getting married! cool #theres no symbolism or thought behind it i just love bridal folk clothes #most people seeing this would not recognize it anyway #so its our little secret #(but to expand on it poppies would be an extremely weird choice for a bridal flower crown #theyre the flowers of death. but i suppose it fits him more than anything)

[invinciblerodent]

"I'll make a save here and try breaking up with Astarion, just to see the dialogue- I could see him get kinda nasty about it, but I honestly don't know what to expect so---"

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#-ke me back but that didn't fit #astarion #squirrel plays bg3 #when i tell you i reloaded so fucking fast..... #curse my curiosity #jesus fucking christ he's so RESIGNED #it's such an “ah; there it is. yeah can't say I'm surprised but it was nice while it lasted” #it sounds a bit mean but i fully thought he'd get at least a bit nasty about it #(the breakup also doesn't seem to have any options that nets disapproval???) #(which is just..... sad) #(it'd be so much less painful if he could at least hate you for it you know) #(this boy's self-esteem is -as we say in my country- beneath the miner frog's asscheeks) #(and now i need to go spend some time kneeling on the floor sobbing please do excuse me)

[mlady-magnolia]

Fontaine and its singular graveyard ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Part 2 of the Fontaine Graveyard Shenanigans

#i had the thought when i saw the arle teaser #and its fucking hilarious to think of navia and arlecchino running into each other at the graveyard and then awkwardly scooting past #to their respective gravestones #and the fact the cemetary is like tiny which means theyll just be standing next to each other the whole time #3am thoughts #arlecchino #arlecchino genshin #navia #navia genshin #genshin impact #genshin fanart #art #magnolia draws #arlecchino my beloved #navia my beloved #y’all this is such a shitpost #i made this in a delirious fit of inspiration

[legobiwan]

Apropos of nothing, here's my personal headcanon in regards to Mario and Luigi's surname.

Now, it's been generally announced and accepted that the brothers' last name is "Mario," shackling them with the somewhat awkward full names of "Mario Mario" and "Luigi Mario." My take on this is that the family's original last name was "Marianetti" (likely coming from the more common "Marinetti"). This name was changed to "Marionetti" when the boys' grandmother came over from Italy. (A common occurrence in record keeping at immigration at the time. Someone probably had bad handwriting and smudged a pencil stroke somewhere. It happened in my family for sure).

In Brooklyn, their father went by the last name "Marionetti," which ended up shortened to just "Mario," as oftentimes he would be addressed by his surname only. (Think, "Hey, Mario! Get over here!" as opposed to "Hey, Marionetti! Get over here!")

So, the boys are born and get their names. (Their father's middle name was Mario, and so our Mario, being the oldest, inherits his father's middle name as his first name. Luigi's name maybe comes from the middle name of some uncle who is long out of the picture).

So we have "Mario Marionetti" and "Luigi Marionetti." Which, their surname being a mouthful, gets shortened to "Mario" more often than not, just like their father. And thus we end up with "Mario Mario" and "Luigi Mario," culminating in the "Mario Brothers."

#hello there #this is based on zero science and mostly a way for me to explain the weird last name thing #i also came up with middle names for the boys based wholly on how i feel they sound and look written down #mario's middle name would be alphonso and luigi's would be giovanni #but i just looked up the meaning of the names and they're PERFECT for the boys #alphonso being “noble and ready to battle” #and giovanni being “gift from god” which would fit with luigi being the second younger twin #also if these definitions are off forgive me and google hahahaha #but the bros don't use those middle names in real life except to annoy each and embarrass each other #anyway enjoy that little tidbit while i go back to work

[howlsnteeth]

make it real 'cause anything's better than the way i feel right now

#hi i wanted to fuck around visually and did so <3 #cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl fanart #ascensionism by sleep token #blood #which i rarely tag but i mean this is a little more than usual #but yeah listen to that line being screamed in the song #purposefully made lamb's teeth fucked up because turning into a monster of a vessel #after a life of being a lamb #teeth that don't fit. horns that grow wrong. scars that either fade immediately or don't at all. bleeding from eyes. black bile #no wonder others saw narinder falling apart physically with that crown as a warning sign #anyway enjoy :>

[kirnmons]

#full disclosure i stole this from tiktok which means they probably stole it from tumblr so i’m completing the cursed loop in the worst way #in the most fitting way really #seinfeld #george costanza

[hypewinter]

Jazz wasn't crazy. People might argue that burning her childhood home to the ground with her parents still inside would be an indicator of insanity. But how else was she supposed to react after coming back home from college to find out her parents had brutally killed her brother via vivisection?

Dying her hair blonde wasn't crazy either before anyone asked. Plenty of girls dyed their hair when they needed a change. Besides, she could never live with herself if she kept the same hair color as that vile woman.

Admittedly Jazz would have to secede moving to Gotham had been a little crazy but it was the perfect place to start fresh and blend in despite her "quirks". She had even picked out a nice new identity for herself.

Clearly Jazz was not crazy as she had managed to land a job at Arkham Asylum as a psychiatrist. If she were really insane would they have ever hired her? No they wouldn't have.

Jazz was not crazy. She was very much sane. Just like her precious Mr. J.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #dcxdp #hyper prompts #winter's tales #not sure which one this fits under more #surprise! jazz is harley quinn #do not ask me how my brain concocted this for i truly have no idea #i was merely as vessel for my own crazy thoughts in this case #btw y'all i tried to look up whether harley was a psychologist or a psychiatrist because i couldn't remember #and i got conflicting answers #i think the general consensus is she's a psychiatrist who acts like a psychologist #because most writers don't know the difference #and by general consensus i mean i saw a total of one source that had that opinion #but it makes the most sense to me so i'm running with it #the same source (reddit) as theorized that she's a double major #which also makes sense because even in her origins she's studying psychology #but she's also going to med school!? #hello?? #you don't even need to be an expert or anything #just open a dictionary! #look it up on google! #something! #anywho #her job switches depending on the era comic run writer etc #you know basic comic book shenanigans #sorry for the rant y'all #it was just so mind boggling that it actually became a little funny #so i thought i'd share

[heybiji]

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #dnd character #dnd oc #elf #drow #warlock #dandelion treehollow #my pride and joy #missing him #his hair is the most fun to draw of all my ocs which contributes to the amount of art he has lol #he has enough money now to get clothes that actually fit him but that means i have to design a new outfit #fun fact his familiar Dizzy looks exactly like my pet rat from when i was a kid #i love rats #i also love his matching eyeliner and nail polish #sigh........ him.............

[renjunnipeikko]

dunno if this has been done yet but: airplane didn’t first become aware of peerless cucumber in the comments of pidw, he first saw peerless in the comments of a different web novel (that perhaps was one of airplane’s earlier works?) and so when initially drafting pidw he was inspired to write a villain just like cucumber bc “he’s MEAN MEAN for no reason, a literature snob, and pretends to be all high and mighty while looking down on others. also likes to kick down the little guy” and boom. sqq was born. cut to years later post-transmigration when sqh just casually drops this info with “lol i always did find it funny how much you hated the guy considering he’s literally based off you”

#and in the classic fashion of sqq AND og!sqq— this sends sy into a fit of rage #i mean… c’mon those freak outs sqq has with sqh aka the only time he ever breaks character are SO shen jiu coded no? #anyway the actually background of sj is developed later ofc to flesh his character out better and is unrelated to the og inspiration #but as we know that never ends up getting used in pidw so it didn’t matter rip #so this simultaneously makes sy and sj the same person but also NOT the same person #so in terms of bingmei vs bingge extra: why did you get the shizun you did bingge? #maybe… you weren’t a real person until the very moment you crossed over? #which means sqq wasn’t either :( sorry Buddy #idk just a hc but it IS really interesting to think about #svsss #scum villian self saving system #scum villain #scumbag system #scumbag self saving system #scumbag villain #luo binghe #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #shen jiu #og shen qingqiu #shang qinghua #airplane shooting towards the sky #peerless cucumber #pidw luo binghe #luo bingge

[anominous-user]

is this something (2)

#honkai star rail #homestuck #hsr robin #hsr sunday #aventurine #veritas ratio #acheron #hsr misha #hsr firefly #black swan #hsr sparkle #hsr gallagher #hsr jade #hsr boothill #hsr topaz #honkaistuck #starrailstuck #??? #technically this is honkaistuck but i use that tag for my hi3 homestuck au... but... #so has no one mentioned how the dream bubbles in hsr and hs both have a memory aspect #containing memories of the past #lets not dwell on that um #i kinda winged it with the horns here #which is funny cuz i did draw troll aventurine with full view of his horns and i unintentionally gave him the exact same horns as #my version of troll su #i mean it doesn't help that i made them two limebloods and they're both peacock themed.... #anyway the last three pics aren't real dreampass stickers LMAO i edited them to fit the others #if i was as fixated as i was on hsr during the luofu arc i probably would have edited something like this for the luofu cast buuuuttt.... e

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage - The World Within

#kingdom hearts 0.2 birth by sleep a fragmentary passage #kh0.2 #the world within #dwarf woodlands #realm of darkness #scenery #my gif #this world is interesting because it's so different from the rest #the sky looks like some sort of dome with triangular screens that project a broken glitchy sky #almost as if it takes place in some kind of data simulation #which i don't think is the case but it adds to the feeling of aqua's experiences here not feeling ''real'' #i mean this place hardly even resembles what the original world is supposed to look like #like it changed to match aqua's psyche. forcing her to look at her own reflection and confront her own fears; doubts; guilt; and sadness #actually now that i think about it this feels extremely fitting for this world #it's like when snow white was running through the forest and was so afraid that it made the trees around her look alive and dangerous #except aqua has to wander this broken world and face her dark thoughts that take shape by looking exactly like her #she's constantly running in and out of mirrors into rooms that make no logical sense like the endless staircase and the pillar maze #there are ghostly echoes spoken in her own voice that mock her by saying no one can save her and no one wants to. it's chilling #i can't even say for sure if the phantom aquas are actually physically there or if it's all in her head #similar to how she'd see visions of terra and ven #she's such a tragic character

[calculatorguitar]

Pavitr is so real because how can any of the other spider-people get all of that hair under that tiny, skintight mask so easily??

#across the spiderverse #pavitr prabhakar #ive been thinking about this since i was little #and im so glad theres finally a spider-man that has annoying hair representation #annoying meaning it never does what you want it to do #which in this scenerio would be fitting it under a mask #i would also like to take this moment to appreciate Pavitrs' suit #he has such a cool looking suit oh my GOD #calculator's posts #just watched the new spiderverse movie

[suikatto]

Finally, my finished Kieran design is here!! There's gonna be more of his and Cupid's shenanigans dont worry

#monster high #kieran valentine #monster high kieran valentine #mh fanart #mh valentine #he ended up kinda looking like how i draw steve harrington #which is fitting cause in my mind he had a redemption arc but is still a mean girl at heart #just like steve #and the other drawing of cupid kinda looks like nancy wheeler