kinessie

[kinessie]

hi im back for 5 minutes bcs kinessa is like 5 seconds away from being confirmed gay WE WON KINESSABROS IT TOOK US FOUR YEARS BUT WE WON

#gayspeak

[kinessie]

Newer player here (tarted last year). What's your opinion on the current state of the game's lore?

i’ve always had mixed feelings about how they handle the lore, but i assume most of that is nostalgia from the time where there wasnt any lore at all and the community made their own connections, those were the good days!

this is gonna get very long so i’ll put it under a readmore

the game has been notorious for ignoring the lore of older champions and instead focusing on the stories which fuel the main story going forward, which is both a good and a bad thing.

its a bad thing because me and many other players have favourite characters who were added to the game during its beta and alpha stages really havent gotten much spotlight or exploration of their part of the story, and personally it leaves me pretty indifferent towards the new champions. if i had it my way there would be events about certain past events, or comics, or short videos, literally anything to give background to the world and characters theyve already created. i feel that the lack of this has made the worldbuilding in paladins quite poor? the best thing that happened in regards to the lore was the ‘a realm divided’ video which gave us that background, but it kinda ended there.

theres a lot of questions to be answered that i think would benefit the worldbuilding, such as more info on a lot of the nonhuman characters, the stallaga, the vulpin, the summer court. to be honest a good handful of champions mention nature as a big source of power but that just hasnt been touched on yet?

a problem that i’ve talked about for years is the way they haphazardly throw random, and sometimes quite important pieces of lore, at us on places like twitter or discord. only a few weeks ago was mal’damba revealled to be a ska’drin in a reply to a tweet by the community manager, which now that we know that, is a major piece of his character. other examples include buck being confirmed a past member of the thousand hand guild in a lore question on twitter. as someone whos been following paladins for years, the only place i trust to get all the paladins lore knowledge i need is myself, because i’ve kept up to date with everything from everywhere, and there isnt really a place where its all accurately recorded. and thats a major problem.

in regards to the current continuing story, it feels to me that conflicts and storylines are never really resolved? we jump to one threat to another without any real conclusion. gods and incredibly powerful keep coming to the mortal realm and you’d think that would be a major thing but it seems to happen so fucking often that nobody bats an eyelid. hell, corvus summoned raum who is a literal destructive demon from hell and...... then what? we just jumped to story about the darkness. from a marketing standpoint, this continuting story and constant conflict is good for the game because it gets new players interested in the next big action packed event, but honestly its really overwhelming.

octavia’s addition has been a momentary breath of relief because shes the first champion in a year who hasnt been associated with a god or a higher power, shes just a woman with a gun, and i missed that so much. i think if the game’s story continued with the conflict brought on by the crystal war then it would have been beneficial to the worldbuilding, older characters, and story as a whole. presenting the resistance and magistrate as both morally grey sides in the debate would make for a very interesting point of exploration (if you want a story that handles grey morality of opposing factions fantastically, i recommend picking up arknights).

overall, i understand why the lore is like this. they need to release these big, powerful, crazy looking characters because at the end of the day paladins is a free-to-play game that needs engagement and characters like the huge abyss worm yagorath bring that engagement. i get it. but viewing the lore as it is, it is messy, poorly handled, and the only reason i’m still indulging in it is because i’ve been here too long and i want to see how it ends.

sorry this got so long! i didnt know how many problems i had with the lore until i started writing lol. tumblr user kinessie is not dead she is here and will always be here even if i dont post as much as i used to.

#answer #Anonymous

[kinessie]

in case anyone isnt on twitter, romanova randomly confirmed yesterday that mal’damba was ska’drin? im as confused as you all it came out so suddenly

#gayspeak

[kinessie]

AND IT BEING CANON THAT NUVIK IS THE SON OF OUR VIKTOR I CANNOT STAND THIS GAME

2021 already insane inara/terminus has been confirmed canon

[kinessie]

2021 already insane inara/terminus has been confirmed canon

#gayspeak

[kinessie]

nooooo don’t nerf Koga again he’s so sexy haha…. 

#HE LOOKS SO GOOD!! #koga

[kinessie]

mr. corvus paladins I have feelings for you, sir

#this is fuckin awesome #corvus

[kinessie]

In The Woods Somewhere

The aftermath of a hunt, and a bond forged in the dark. A Striktor mythical au inspired by Speck’s posts here and here. 

A/N: I wrote this two years ago, forgot about it, then dusted it off and decided to finish it just in time for halloween!! Gosh I miss writing these two. 

Please like/reblog if you enjoyed!

AO3 link here!

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The thirst was the first thing Strix was aware of - it ached in his throat and stomach, carving out something hollow. His tongue darted out and licked dry lips, and he swallowed, trying to wet his mouth. 

Keep reading

#this was SO good omg #strix #viktor #striktor

[kinessie]

I’ve been enjoying the current Radiant Stars Paladins update so much!

Just had to draw my best girl Imani in her space buns buhu!

#the way you did her hair is gorgeous!! #imani

[kinessie]

*wakes up in the paladins fandom* what did i miss

#tumblr user kinessie surprisingly still alive! #gayspeak

[kinessie]

Sketch and colors from Drawpile with friends

#your colours are always so gorgous... #mal'damba

[kinessie]

here she is like i said

#!!!!!! SHE IS GORGEOUS!!!!!! #<3333 #imani

[kinessie]

ying!!! love her

#! what a gorgeous piece!! #ying

[kinessie]

𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 ミ☆

#these skins are SO good #im in love with imanis freckles #io #seris #imani #inara

[kinessie]

Thank you!

#i ADORE these looks!!!!!!!!! #seris is rocking that so well #kinessa #seris

[kinessie]

i like them 

#oh they would be good friends #evie #bomb king

[kinessie]

hey im currently running a paladins popularity poll over on my twitter! so if you wanna go vote in that it’ll be open until this time on sunday. details and results are over on my twt! https://twitter.com/kinessie/status/1276591180566933508?s=20

#paladins #pcotr #gayspeak