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[beevean]

#lmao no one hears about crush 40 and then doesn't listen to them #anyway yes. quite a lot <3 #their non-sonic songs too <3 #in a fair world they'd be featured on the radio

[beevean]

Mr. Blue, don’t hold your head so low that you can’t see the sky.

#bojack horseman #i'm going to cry

[beevean]

Sonic Frontiers

SHARK

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic music #sonic the hedgehog music #sonic frontiers #music of the day #i dig the rave style #could have been a good cyberspace track #thanks tokoi you haven't lost your touch since forces

[beevean]

I honestly don't even think N!Juste was written as being the team's take on Bad End Juste, because that's too niche for the level of care shown by Nocturne.

They realized that Juste would still be alive but old by the time of RoB, they had the idea of turning him into Cynical Mentor X.0 for the sake of having Richter regain faith in himself by shitting on the cynical old man, and then they made a perfunctory research on the character to find out he has two partners friends and "oh, if we kill them off, we have our Tragic Backstory to explain why he's such an asshole!"

This is, after all, the same team that had N!Hector wear Hector's CoD uniform and N!Isaac wear Isaac's PtR uniform, without any rhyme or reason beyond "we found it on the wiki gallery". Zero cohesion, zero care, just a couple of references on the level of "HOW DO YOU DO FELLOW FANS SEE WE MENTIONED LYDIE AND MAXIM AREN'T WE JUST SO FANS"

... also yeah HoD simply couldn't have happened as we know it. If Dracula is still alive and enjoying his vacation, he can't have left his remains. Lol. Lmao even. I love this adaptation of a videogame series where no game has happened so far.

You know how the "Manchild" angle with N!Hector has no real basis in Hector's actual character, but there's this one manga line that *could* be taken entirely out of context, if we try to give them credit? That's how I feel about N!Juste and the "What on earth should I do with myself now...?" line from HoD's bad ending.

I feel like - trying to be as charitable as possible - they read that as meaning Juste would become entirely disaffected and checked out if his friends die. The first issue ofc is that they didn't actually adapt the bad ending - HoD requires Dracula's remains to have happened, and the bad ending is a result of Juste failing to understand Maxim, and having bad priorities. Not merely failing to stop a vampire in time because he wasn't strong enough. (In fact a significant portion of the impact comes from how Juste was strong enough, and that doesn't matter when it comes to what's important).

And the second issue, is that it ignores the rest of the context. Juste still has duty to carry on the Belmont line and train his successor, and, he's been set up as a dutiful man - again, that's part of the bad endings impact. That a bad end Juste was so focussed on his duty to defeating his enemies and complete his quest, he would miss that he was supposed to collect the remains, the differences between the two castles, and that there was still a way to get through to his friend.

This is why N!Juste's character still doesn't line up with game Juste, and feels so lazy(I mean. It was lazy. I think what actually happened is that they already wanted to write a stock Trevor 2.0 bitter sadman Juste to prop up their gutted Richter, and just saw this line as validating the idea). It's pretty clear to me that the line is actually meant to be anguish about how Juste just lost the two people who meant everything to him, not that he won't ever actually know what to do with himself. I maintain that a bad ending Juste would be more likely to throw himself even harder into his family role, since it's all he has left, and would have likely had a very direct hand on training his successors no matter which ending - which is already implied by the gameplay across series imo.

#anti netflixvania #and i bet my entire ass that the general fandom would just say “well juste didn't have any personality anyway” #just like they did with trevor :^) #anyway talking about something much better written #i didn't see the normal ending as juste forgetting to collect the remains specifically #ofc that's a way to get that ending lol #but i think the point of going into castle a is that juste refuses to face evil maxim head on #he doesn't confront his friend's darker self #and so wearing the bracelets doesn't hold the same meaning and it doesn't work

[beevean]

galaxy head 💜🩵💚

#steven universe #opal <3 #she has no right to be this pretty

[beevean]

DRACULA’S WELCOME , 2022

FOR INDESCRIBABLE HORRORS ZINE

Excerpts from Dracula, written by Bram Stoker. Chapter 2 , P 4-6 . “… the great door swung back…

“ Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere. He held in his hand an antique silver lamp, in which the flame burned without chimney or globe of any kind, throwing long quivering shadows as it flickered in the draught of the open door. The old man motioned me in with his right hand with a courtly gesture, saying in excellent English, but with a strange intonation:—

“Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!” He made no motion of stepping to meet me, but stood like a statue, as though his gesture of welcome had fixed him into stone.”

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#dracula #this looks like a fusion of book drac and cv drac and i'm in love #eating that artstyle it's so good <3

[beevean]

You can’t argue this would be out of character for Isaac

Reply: this is what N!Isaac should have been if they weren’t all a bunch of cowards

[beevean]

Notice how I said with a retooled story. Haha!

Not sure how I, personally, would redo many of the wonky story elements.

But for Sonic's I would start by not making it the world's most dragged out game of capture the flag between him and Eggman. After the whole festival attack, it would make perfect sense for the city to be on high alert and keep their princess hidden safe somewhere for the time being. But they would also see that Sonic is a trustworthy enough dude after saving their princess and let him work with Elise to figure out what exactly Eggman is up to. Maybe Eggman gives Elise his ultimatum much early on in the story, making things more urgent and piling the pressure onto Elise, and to give Sonic even more of a reason to find out what exactly Eggman is up to and stop him. Elise could relay information to Sonic on where to go and update him with new info and tips. Sonic would eventually need Elise to go with to places because it turns there certain only the powers of the pissed off sun god sealed in her can do, and she starts to get a taste of freedom by going with him doing stuff like that.

At least that's where I would start off with reworking Sonic's story. Cuts out the repetition of playing an endless game of Capture the Princess with Eggman, frees up a lot of room to give Sonic a chance to be more involved in the actual overall plot, gives Sonic and Elise a chance for more natural development with each other, and make Elise's role in story more proactive without resorting to the gurlbossification move.

I like this :)

I think Eggman himself should be more involved in the main plot, since Sonic's uselessness is also due to Eggman being almost a minor antagonist compared to Mephiles. But as a start I like that it fixes the issues of Elise being treated like a trinket and her lack of bonding with Sonic. Kudos for still not making her a #girlboss because muh badass character :P

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic 06

[beevean]

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Isaac’s jealousy was a boulder chained to Hector’s ankle that he was forced to drag uphill: heavy, impossible to discard, and completely unwarranted.

#i hate myself and my confusion so much lmao #i don't know how to organize my ideassssssss

[beevean]

"I miss when SEGA didn't play it safe." *Mephiles kills Sonic anticlimactically* "I miss when the writing was smart and mature." *Silver being an idiot* "I miss when they didn't pander so much." *Sonic running in Not-Emerald Coast* "I miss when there were no character biases." *Shadow stealing the limelight again* "I miss when they took risks." *realistic Eggman doing the chicken dance* "It's a good game guys, it just needed to be a little more good."

Not even a joke:

I'm going to say it for everything I like now. "If you look past X, X is a masterpiece :D I swear the X in my head is a work of art :D" It's so easy! Why bother finding the right words to explain my opinions on something when I can just call on my Feels?

#i don't even hate 06 lmao i don't care much about it #i can't see it as an enjoyable experience though #and i think this “it's not so bad” phase is a bit forced... :)

[beevean]

Do other writers ever get this like, hyper-specific dialogue exchange drop into their brains and you know exactly where these character are standing and what they’re doing and how they’re saying these words but that’s all you get. You don’t have much other context and this specific moment that exists only at this time in your headspace??

#writing #i try my best to give context #and then context to the context #and then i get overwhelmed and get nothing done anyway

[beevean]

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The Prince’s tone was inscrutable as always, which allowed Hector’s instinct to supply it with accusation. He couldn’t remember the last time the two had exchanged more than a nod when passing by. To say that Prince Adrian was disappointed in the Devil Forgemasters would be an understatement: when Lord Dracula still summoned him to their meetings, the cold fury radiated from the dhampir almost as palpable as his father’s scorching hatred. At the time, Hector didn’t have the time or energy to care, overwhelmed by his work as he was.

But recently, he had been feeling pulled back towards the Prince’s outrage at the Lord’s declaration of war.

Mother wouldn’t want you to kill innocents in her name.

“I… I know what day it is today, young Master, so I thought…” Hector’s voice trailed off, suddenly overcome by a wave of shame. He didn’t have the right to intrude himself upon the Prince, least of all upon a Prince who thought lowly of him. But there was something about the sight in front of him, of a young man hidden in the shadows of his mother’s grave, that compelled him to finish his proposal: “You could use some company, if it’s no trouble…”

It looked as if Prince Adrian did not hear anything of what Hector had said – or worse, chose to not dignify him with an answer. However, a second before he could excuse himself and leave him in peace, the dhampir chimed in: “Do as you wish.”

The soft words lifted a weight off of Hector’s chest.

#don't know if i want to tag this

[beevean]

If you hate the other two Succubi for disguising themselves as Sara and Lisa respectively, may I offer the terrible implication that the CoD Succubus tormented Isaac when he was a young boy, judging by how he acts around her... as if he knows exactly what she's capable of, and he wants nothing to do with her...

(it should be "Since when the lot of you are so kind?", as in plural)

And, of course, she attempts to seduce and "eat" Isaac when he couldn't be older than 15 :)

To me she's by far the nastiest of the Succubi, even more than the one in SoTN who defiled Lisa's memory to trap Alucard. Dracula's castle is not a suitable place for children...

My opinion on each succubi from Castlevania series.

Lament of Innocence

I had to admit that I like her more I love her design, especialy her tattoos on her hands. She looks almost like an aristocrat comapred to other "sisters". Only thing that angers me about her is that she disguised as Sara in front of Leon and Justine to torment Rinaldo when he went to kill his own child. I like to imagine that she is Walter's favorite and a simp for him.(Only the lost manga can explain this)

Symphony of the Night

The most iconic succubi thinks again to Symphony of the Night. Like a previous one, I hate that she disguised herself like Lisa and literally tried to torture Alucard. She lacks of clothes, and in uncensored version, her chest is visible. (I don't have much to say)

Curse of Darkness manga

Like we don't know about her except that she had a conversation with Issac and serves Dracula, like the red haired one, but the also lack of clothes (at least her breasts are covered)

#castlevania #anyway i love the design of the loi succubus #she's both sexy and adorable #she has those doe eyes and an almost demure demeanour but you can see that she's still a dangerous demon #also i love the moth motif of her wings #she's so cute and pretty and well designed and it's a shame that she had to be in loi with its terrible in-game models lmao #(also i realized that i praised lenore for the jarring contrast between her cute design and her rapist behavior) #(but lmao ofc ayami kojima beat katie silva by 17 years - a queen)

[beevean]

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“Hey. I knew you could make it—” A twinge of pain cut Trevor’s words short, drawing a hiss out of him.

“Easy there, I’m not going anywhere.”

“I know, I know… you did all that you had to do. I could feel it from here, the darkness being vanquished.” Trevor smiled at the former Forgemaster. “I’m impressed, Hector. You did what a Belmont would have done.”

They were not easy praises to utter. His mind went back to that fateful day, when he and his companions stood side by side watching the dawn over the collapsed castle.

#i think i'll have to wait a week for the revision because i am not liking this one bit but i want to finish it :(

[beevean]

It can't be understated how the atmosphere was like in the years leading up to 06. I remember fans feeling disappointed and wanting the Adventure formula back when Heroes released, and Shadow's game was not well received when it came out. Then you had all of the game "journalists" even back then ragging on anything that wasn't from the classic era. I remember when the tech demo for 06 was first shown off in 2005 and how hyped the fandom became. 06 was announced as this big grand refresh of the franchise for it's 15th anniversary, for the then-next gen consoles. And it was around $60.

There was so much riding on this game, and so many eyes on it. Even if the team wasn't split in half and they were given more time to at least make it more functional, it still wouldn't have been able to meet the expectations it set itself up to have to meet for everyone.

I would like to see it get a from-the-ground-up remake, with a retooled story. But I feel like it would just end up running into the opposite problem where it just ends up being something that plays it too safe and is constantly walking on eggshells to try and please everyone, missing the whole "it had potential" point people keep saying and end up feeling more like a soulless cashgrab in the end. It's one big damned if you, damned if you don't.

All of this. '06 was the 15th anniversary game, and the first game for the "next gen" console - ah, I still remember when I eagerly followed the development of "Sonic Next Gen", it took me years until I started to call it '06 lol.

It's a combination of factors that are hard to explain to those who are familiar with the modern fandom, sick and tired of Sonic games being "safe" and pandering to the Classics. It's like trying to explain to a newcomer today why the fandom loathed Sonic Forces when it came out - there's just a lot of context behind it.

I don't know about a remake. I think at this point a '06 remake would have to bear the weight of almost as many expectations as Sonic Adventure 3. What would you keep? Would you keep the plot of Sonic rescuing Elise over and over? Would you keep Mephiles, the way he tricked Silver, the entire time travel mess, Sonic dying for the final level? Would you keep the switching of characters mid-level, all 9 of them with all the complications that arise? Would you keep the inspirations from SA1? What would it take for '06 to be a good game without losing what made it its own game?

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic 06

[beevean]

"Who's Hotter?" Battle of the Anime Trios

*edit had to switch out the JoJo photo because possible fan art to a different definitely official image of each of them

#i voted the berserk trio out of sheer spite #how could you ignore griffith one of the prototypical bishounen #or guts the absolute beast of a man #or casca who is peak “i'm not a lesbian but”

[beevean]

to you, it’s a shitty sentence. to some random bitch 500 miles away, it’s a fire line that’ll haunt them for the next 17 years.

you don’t know how impactful your writing is because it’s been in your brain for far too long now. you’ve stared at it for hours and repeated “this sucks” over and over again to the point that you killed your capacity to feel anything about your work.

but trust me, once you get your shit out there, someone’s gonna go over that paragraph you hate and go “jesus fucking christ” and put the book down to have an existential crisis.

#writing #that would be a honor #there have been lines in fics i can still recite by memory