#(infodumps about swords)

[peace0of0art]

Luffy flirting

#ofc zoro knows exactly what he’s doing #and reacts accordingly #(infodumps about swords) #zolu #one piece zoro #one piece luffy #op zoro #op luffy #zoro x luffy #one piece zolu #one piece #one piece fanart #op fanart #1k #luzo

[orzaika]

My friend got me hooked on @exilethegame and I’ve played it so many times just to keep playing my Phoenix commander Emil Ryder :) he is so fucked up and broken and my whole experience has been “how can i make it evident that this poor man has been emptied out and broken beyond repair” and then the author ENABLES ME it’s the best thing i’ve ever encountered

#exile the game #the painted phoenix #my art #artists on tumblr #oc #i love my fucking guy so much #also being able to make him trans? i owe the author my life #he's just so fucked up <3 #and that one line about the commander's mother wondering how long it is until they're completely lost #shoveling this into my mouth #biting and screaming in a good way #he has more scars under his shirt btw i just didn't really include them #also lemme infodump about him a bit okay so he used to be full of life and joked around #but i'm playing him as presently being empty and just wanting to throw himself on a sword #like being able to tell Syfyn that he's tired and to just end it? THANKING HER?? #i'm insane. i'm biting him. i'm crying over him #the only thing he's living for at this point is the Main Group and his sister #and that's only until his mission is over (CURRENTLY!!!) #because by god i am going to make this about how life is hard and suffering exists at every corner but you have to keep going anyway #because life- and love- is worth it i'm #biting

[jahiera]

your astarion posts so fucking good also 🤝 us making gnc knightly women for astarion SOOO TRUE i love everything you’ve posted about emrys so much

psshhhh thank you SO MUCH, this is so sweet of you! ❤️❤️❤️ and hello???? you’re legally obligated (if you want) to tell me about your tav now. astarion with gnc/masc women just…. 🤌 something about it, man

#emrys is a woman but more than that she’s a boyknight on an adventure. her gender is Sword of Justice. so she’s got something going on #that isn’t quite actually woman. #BUT THATS TO THE SIDE #the gender of feminine men with masculine women. you know. #BUT ANYWAYS YES THANK YOU YOURE A GEM & so lovely & this message made me giggle. tch!!! #MWAH MWAH you’re a sweetheart and I’m holding you at gunpoint to infodump about your tav to me if you like #answered

[hlvrai-stuck-together]

Oh! This I can help with. Trying to communicate with other people in your mind results in zoning out, haha. Were you two talking about anything?

Oh, I don't remember.

It's quieter now, so I think I can try to explain this...? It's less like Gordon and Benrey are fighting with each other and more like... emotional.

Like. Uh. I feel what they feel. But I don't think I can hear them talking...?

...Maybe?

I'm still not sure. But we'll figure it out.

#ooc: i hope this makes some semblance of sense gdhsj #trying to explain this in-character while also being clear while also not just infodumping is really difficult so lemme just clarify rq #the way i see it is less like gordon and benrey are both actively talking to each other and more like berdey's trains of thought #kinda sound like them. and that doesnt happen often either #usually it's moreso that berdey can feel what they're both feeling #like if you ask berdey what benrey thinks of heavenly sword berdey would infodump about how awesome it is #but then if you ask berdey what gordon thinks of it they'd have no idea #and if you ask berdey what HE thinks of heavenly sword berdey would get both the 'ITS THE BEST EVER' and 'idk i havent played it' #emotions and they would conflict with each other #so as a result berdey would say 'i like it' or something #does that make sense? I hope so fgsdhj #st au #stuck together au #asking player #part 1

[relicsongmel]

sure tell me about pokemon music! my favourite is the lake cavern theme from platinum with the piano intro!

Ohhhh that’s a good one!!! I love all the music associated with the Lake Guardians—it’s got fun modal mixture stuff which (to make a long and very nerdy explanation short) does some really interesting things with colors in my head :3 so I suppose I will respond in kind by telling you a few of my overall favorites! (I say “overall” because singling out one is virtually impossible. Pro-tip: NEVER ask a musician for their one singular favorite piece—some of them may have an answer for you but the vast majority of them will cry. Me included.)

Alola Region Theme ~ Pokemon Sun and Moon

I have a ridiculous amount of nostalgia for this theme despite Gen 7 only being two generations ago. I love the chanting in the intro and the melody is beautiful and memorable—it’s a leitmotif that gets reused in other parts of the soundtrack like the player’s home, the summit of Mount Lanakila (which houses the Pokemon League) and the end credits. It also ALWAYS takes me back to Sun and Moon hype season—I have very vivid memories of waking up to new trailers on Pokemon’s official YouTube channel and getting immeasurably excited, and they often used this theme which played a big part in that. Despite being a certified Music Bitch I’m not really the type of person who cries while listening to music that much, but this is one of those themes that CAN make me cry if I hear it at the right time. A bit odd considering this theme is nothing if not joyous but it is what it is.

Cynthia’s Theme ~ Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

This theme has been memed to hell and back because of Cynthia’s uncanny ability to strike fear into the hearts of children and adults alike with piano alone, but other than the initial jumpscare that those sixteenth-note triplet octaves in the bassline sometimes give me in the intro, I unironically think it’s a beautiful piece of music. To me it sounds like it could be a piece on the program of a piano student’s senior recital—I don’t know if I can ever hope to learn how to play it myself with how fast it is (not to mention my teeny tiny hands that can’t even reliably reach 9ths ;_;), but goddamn if I don’t want to try. Also obligatory shoutout to Volo’s battle theme from Legends Arceus because this is what it’s based on and it is excellent as well :3

Route 10 ~ Pokemon Black and White

This is my favorite route theme in the entire Pokemon franchise, no questions asked. It plays on the very last route you visit before challenging the Pokemon League and it’s got a bittersweet tone that complements that feeling perfectly. Unfortunately in Black and White 2 this route got destroyed in a landslide—but this theme is still accessible via talking to a post-game NPC (but only during the winter months in-game, sadly). There’s also a bit of musical symbolism insofar as this game’s Route 1 theme is in C major whereas this one is in the parallel C minor. I love this because it fits with the circumstances of your journey at that point being a bit darker than your standard Pokemon fare—you’re challenging the Pokemon League not for personal ambition, but out of necessity because Team Plasma will take over if you don’t. The key difference is a testament to your Trainer’s growth and I love it so so much.

Slumbering Weald ~ Pokemon Sword and Shield

I wasn’t as big a fan of Sword and Shield’s music as much of the rest of the community seemed to be—to my ears at least, the soundfont of these games sounds a lot thinner and weaker than that of previous generations and there weren’t a lot of tracks that really hooked me right off the bat (though this only applies to base SwSh—the DLC music redeemed the soundtrack in my eyes because there’s a LOT of good stuff in there). This piece, however, was one of the exceptions to that—one of my FAVORITE musical ideas is any melody that makes heavy use of the leading tone (the 7th scale degree, which is the last one before the tonal center and it has a very sensitive, sometimes bittersweet quality to it because of this), specifically the note sequence 7 -> 1 -> 5 (in solfege this would be ti -> do -> sol; or G# -> A -> E in A major which is the key this piece is in) and this track straight up repeats that sequence over and over in that starting melody which turns into a background ostinato as the strings take over. The rest of the track holds up too—the synths mesh well with the strings and gentle percussion and even the howls work well melodically—I’m also a big fan of the diminished harmonies underneath them in what I’d call the B section of the piece; those elements along with the muted choral chanting really adds to the mysterious vibe of the winding forest this track is meant to represent.

Again, this is not at ALL an exhaustive list of my fave pieces (my favorites playlist on my phone is currently housing a whopping 435 tracks I’ll have you know) but I hope you enjoyed this peak into my musical tastes regardless!

#ask #raymondshields #pokemon #pokemon sun and moon #pokemon diamond and pearl #cynthia #pokemon black and white #pokemon sword and shield #music nerd shit #musical analysis #about me #hopefully this all makes sense #i've been feral about pokemon and pokemon music for 13+ years and it shows no signs of stopping #thanks for letting me infodump bestie ilyyyy <333

[butch-with-a-deep-voice]

When you're femme asks you to info dump about medieval and reinassance weaponry :))))))))))))))))

#she asked me to infodump about swords and polearms #and then told me she likes when i talk about swords #im swooning #im actually so happy right now wtf #... i see why she said im gideon nav coded #bite me #butch/femme things #butch/femme #butch/femme culture #butch

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

writing fanfic (??) for a 1st grader. interesting.

#for context my mom is a teacher. and she's helping out a homeschool kid rn #and apparently he's superrr into Ninjago (which i used to be/am) #and he only wants to do work/ read stuff with ninjago characters in it #knowing this my mom is asking me to write a short story w/ the characters because he asked and i was SO EXCITED #this kid is legit amazing #his hw was to write about his favorite character and he tried to start it before he even left #he also infodumped to my mom half the time. apparently the sword on the minifig was too big for the character and it was the wrong color #anyways writing a simple story for him and this is really fun. #camera talks #(it was also the kai minifig btw) #(i love sharing interests with young kids its great)

[ruby-static]

...What if I told you I had an absolute shit ton of Pokemon trainer OCs I want to share?

#Static screams into the void #And a lot of them are psychics. #Because Psychic trainers are cool. #So far I have: #a re-vamp of my Pokemon XY (and kinda Sun/Moon) OC from when I was 15 #Who is now Lysandre's niece that wants to run away from Team Flare. (And Shauna's rival) #A Sword/Shield dude (who is a weirdo backpacker that can talk to ghosts) #My Scarlet/Violet dude who's a psychic and famous actor who took a 'break' from acting to be a teacher at the academy. #(And is also my XY OC's uncle on her late mother's side) #and recently I've been thinking of making a Sun/Moon Team Skull dude. #I love all of these OCs so fucking much man- #I just haven't had the time/motivation to post about them. #I'm half-tempted to make a dedicated sideblog for them since I have so many. #But it feels kinda weird to make a sideblog just for that. #If anyone is interested in that though I'll consider it. #(I might do it anyway if I really want to though dhfjshfj) #Sorry to randomly Pokemon infodump on ya dudes- #But these OCs have been on my mind a lot recently. #I might also make a similar sideblog for my Owl House OCs since I have a lot of OCs I want to show outside of Raven. #But not sure- #Making/designing characters is just fun as hell I guess.

[the-meaning-iz-42]

Me about to explain the plot of my favorite book: So it's starts off with them getting married and-

My friend: Wait! What if I'm going to read it, no spoilers!

Me: I know damn well that you won't read it so just let me infodump my favourite book into your brain.

#infodump #books and reading #im talking about the once and future duology #amy rose capetta #cori mccarthy #sword in the stars #once and future #go and read it #its awesome

[lesbian-thespian-paladin]

I’m just gonna start live-blogging my journey into the world of medieval weapons fightings, because I think it’s a delight.

Today I learned that if you waltz into a VFW hall full of mostly ex-military guys as a young woman and ask them for a sword, sometimes they will adopt you and teach you shit.

Sometimes they will also say things like “this also works in a knife fight, or if a boyfriend tries something” and look at you and go “…or girlfriend, or whoever…”

I am slightly worried that if I keep hanging out with these men I will find myself wanting things like a truck, or a large dog, or my own custom-made set of armor.

#learning that cishet men sometimes seem to bond by infodumping? #like there was monologuing about sword fighting ofc but also about like… the history of Ireland? #it’s like mansplaining but benevolent #personal #really hoping that if I persist at this I will get muscles #this is the Gideon Nav Lesbian Agenda

[sukopon]

Im talking to a Meta Knigth ai bot rn and the conversation is basically

Meta Knigth is just infodumping me

#love him. #i think hes infodumping me just because i said i was a knight #cuz we talking about swords #dodging or sparring- #abt how galacta knight was a pain in the ass #and that u should take with you lots of food and water and that you should be prepared for everything as an swordsman. #HE CALLED ME SWORDSMAN SNIFF SNIFFF

[werewolf-transgenderism]

ask me about my neurodivergent merlin thoughts and opinions

#I'm watching the sword in the stone my beloved and thinking about my friend jes's book and also my own opinions #I'm primed to infodump

[transboykirito]

you know what, kirito WOULD want me to celebrate his birthday by getting stabbed with a tiny needle thousands of times

#this is a lie he would be very sad and then start infodumping about swords

[hunterique]

scared everybeing out of the general chat with his awesome rizz and autistic boy swag

#he infodumped about swords again #and then bows

[perdidit-vulpes]

anyways the guy i'm seeing has a knife connection but in a metalworking way. idk how to feel abt it? since i've never actually met anyone that did metalworking more than a one-off thing. but i the metal knowledge is pretty cute. had a lovely conversation about the different types of steel in weaponry :3

#aka i got infodumped to about damascus steel and i got to infodump about high carbon spring steel #sword enjoyer meets knife enjoyer what will they do...

[transingthoseformers]

Brother's tf sona eould beeee

Minicar tricycle (he saw it somewhere)

Mint green

~now is when my liberties come in~

Green optics but it's like a yellow-green

Black and white highlights

A long audial like those car antennas

Super competitive, but rather shy and standoffish. Gamer, especially rpgs. Has katana because human counterpart canonically has a katana.

Like, the best version of a weeb there is

#oc talk #did i write this while asking him yes #before you say '' omg is this gonna be the short rival to one of your ocs'' no. we ain't gonna let that flame back to life #yes my brother actually has a katana no it's not in my house it's at his mother's house #but I'd Imagine this character would definitely have way too many swords and WILL infodump about them