#I miss this game a bit :(

[turtleblogatlast]

I will never be over Leo’s 4D chess play in “Many Unhappy Returns”. Like, just in general it is a spectacle to see this character who we’ve seen goofing around time and time again, who’s only sometimes decided to take things seriously, only to show him making a maneuver like that.

And here’s what gets me the most about his plan against Big Mama: he comes up with it on the spot. The second he sees that Big Mama has the solution they need, he’s already in game mode.

It is so satisfying watching the episode back when you realize his plan, because he literally sets the stage entirely for a decisive victory. He sees that the champion is a kraken, and comes up with both the solution to defeating it and a reasonable excuse to get that solution into the battle with them on the fly:

“Like your champ aaand those six guys. In fact, we don’t want this over too quickly. You should armor up those rookies. The whole shebang. Especially with these pointy helmets.”

And this is why giving him teleportation powers is perfect, too. He analyzes the battlefield and makes use of all the assets, moving pieces around to guarantee a win. It is honestly so impressive to witness and one of my favorite parts of his character.

#rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #many unhappy returns #Leo is SO GOOD AT THIS PLEASE #he can be a dumb dumb but when he uses his brain he is AMAZING #I love him so much #dude has the equivalent of Fire Emblem Awakening Robin’s “see the whole battlefield” ability frfr #all of this while not letting on his real plan at ALL #please he’s so good oh my god #and this imo is why he grows into the worlds best ninja #because subterfuge is one of the main abilities one should have as one #and Leo is SO GOOD AT SUBTERFUGE #*eyes Lair Games intently* #side note too but he does a bit of it in the movie as well #‘I missed on purpose’ #it’s small but he had to make sure the Kraang didn’t suspect a thing and he SUCCEEDED #GOD I love??? this boy????? #he’s genuinely so insanely well written and has so much depth I could rant for days man #subterfuge as well so sooooo much fun to witness in action ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THE AUDIENCE IS ALSO MISLED AAA #SOMEONE MENTIONED IT IN THE TAGS TOO BUT YEAH ALSO HE HAD COMPLETE FAITH IN THE REST OF HIS FAMILY TOO #he knows them to a T and was able to accurately predict where they would be by the time he made it back to them #like that’s insane he’s so big brained and deliberately goofy about it I love him #his number one flaw is not letting his team in on his plans and that’s so interesting to me #we see it so clearly in the movie #he CAN accomplish things on his own honestly!! #he’s actually really good at it! #BUT it’s not about him - and not letting his family in on his plans can and does cause collateral damage to them #‘I’m nothing without them’ and ‘it’s not about me’ go hand in hand and can either work off each other for the better or for the Worse #could also go in on how his issues with letting his team in are constantly brought up over the series and how it ISNT just a one way street

[passive-apocalypse]

A little bit old at this point, but I am just about to finish filling out a sketchbook I've had for a while so I figured I could share some of my favorite sun and moon sketches from it! Still like this Eclipse design a lot :)

#fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf sb #fnaf security breach #fnaf #fnaf fanart #fnaf eclipse #sundrop #moondrop #sketchbook #my art #took a lot of inspiration from the balloon world arcade game for eclipses design in this #been in a bit of a funk but i miss filling out pages like this!! its nice when it happens :)

[swordmaid]

shianni doing ina’s hair for the wedding 💐

#oc: ina. #female tabris #shianni tabris #dragon age #dragon age origins #dao #mine. #oughh this is kinda rushed but i wanted to draw this hc 😔 <3 #the wedding dress is a mixture of the tabris promo art + the wedding dress u get in the game but leans more into the promo art lol #i hc that dress was passed down hence why it looks a bit tattered/worn lol #anyway shianni doing her hair like this then ina trying to recreate it when she's a warden 😭 bc she misses her oughh 😭

[ontosgold]

future vision

#xenoblade #shulk #alvis #shulk xenoblade #alvis xenoblade #bit of an older piece (its almost 2 years old i think) but i still love it a lot ^_^ #i rlly wanna post some of my xenoblade stuff on here ^_^ these games mean a lot to me #if u couldn't tell by my blog's theme #also man its been a while since I've made any new xb pieces... i kinda miss it #ontos.art #<- giggling a little using my art tag on this piece

[flonion]

Happy 8th Anniversary Splatoon!!!!!!

#HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MOST PERSONALLY IMPORTANT GAME TO ME EVER #I know its a bit belated but shush #I gave baby 3 braces because thats what I sported back then lol #splatoon #splatoon fanart #agent 3 splatoon #octo valley i miss you every day

[melveres]

letters from his Spellbinder

#chickenscratch #dyvim whitehart #wizard101 #w101 #dyvwiz #<- implied #khrysalis spoilers #he is on his government mandated break #forever funny 2 me that the spiral door never gets fixed in khrysalis. theres a room for it and everything. #and instead the wiz has to come to bastion via trap door lmaooooo poor little hero #also!! as i was gettin the screenshot for this i found out theres a gardening rank 15 quest in khrysalis!! what a pleasant surprise #thought i was seeing things or my game broke or something #zaltanna i missed uuuuu!! also loved the whole ‘restoring bastions vegitation’ plotline. my wiz oc has a whole post-spiral lore bit on that #settling down in khrysalis and spending most of her not-mortal life helping to restore the ruins and land #finding lost teachings and taking on apprentices… #if this sounds a bit like frieren then lemme tell ya i watched that show and it felt like i was watching an elf version of eurydice. crazy

[katabay]

original thief series basso & garrett :)

ngl, it's about quality over quantity for me. an npc can have a total of three minutes of screen time, but if they have a cool name, they can live rent free in my head and I'll spend several hours trying to decipher drawable features from a blurry screenshot of pixels

there is a vague hint of a story here, and that's because every time I try to play thi4f, I get incredibly frustrated with how Not Fun the game play is. like, is the story good? well. but it has a PLAGUE. that should've given it instant 'I'll replay this once a year' status in my heart, but the game play sucks so bad that I've never finished it. I can't believe Not Fun gameplay beat out my obsession with narrative plagues.

anyway, the idea is basically if the original era had a game with a plague centric narrative and some other stuff I liked out of thi4f thrown into a narrative blender, with a heavy dash of horror thrown in because some parts of the thief games were scarier to me than entire dedicated horror genre games.

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app

#if i had a laptop and the skillset i would attempt a story mod because the thief modders who create whole mission stories #are GENIUS and also somewhat terrifying. love them! xoxox #anyway im actually kind of obsessed with parts of thi4f but its also like. not at that sweet spot of almost good enough to be fun #to talk about. which. for the record. has not stopped me from talking about it at length to people #the city itself actually fucking fascinates me. its almost alive and im SO mad that not a single part of that game is actually terrifying #it should be gnarlier and instead it feels a bit like it doesn't quite want to be trapped in the story it has to tell? #but between the level that has the bodies on the meathooks #and the scene with the bodies hanging from the rafters or whatever that was and garrett living in a clock tower #because the game is very much ALMOST about changing times and authoritarian violence and capitalism #(like. by virtue of how the story sort of spins out i think it misses it's mark on a lot of stuff here #in the sense that i dont feel like it actually wants to tell that story. it wants to. go in a different direction. or at least walk on top #of those themes instead of through it) #ANYWAY between all of those things. it does kind of live in my head rent free. they did create a compelling setting #SHAME THEY DIDNT WANT TO ACTUALLY EAT ANY OF IT #unrelated but i would've given thi4f a 10/10 if they kept garrett's fucking nail polish from the concept art. cowards. unforgivable #thief the dark project #i still have no idea how to tag the game series as a whole RIP #sorry for the dedicated dark project fans. if you know what the general series tag is. please let me know #garrett thief #basso thief

[iamthedancing]

warning to to my fellow photosensitives: last night's game changer episode (deja vu) is amazing but is also full of flashing lights

please be careful and "watch" by just listening to the audio/give this one a skip/take care in whatever way makes the most sense for you and your situation!

#gamechanger #game changer #dropout #deja vu #after the first few times it happened #I realized it was just going to be a Thing this episode #and “watched” the rest with the browser window minimized #but I still got a hell of a migraine just from the bit that I did watch #so I'm hoping that this warning will get to other photosensitive fans before they find out the hard way #edit: realized this had a missing word if you saw this earlier and it didn't make sense sorry about that!

[bonetrousledbones]

so when are we gonna start appreciating undertale AUs for fueling a metric fuck ton of the creativity and longevity of the fandom because if i see one more person calling them the cringiest part of the last 8 years i might lose it

#trousled rants #been feeling a bit salty about this for a while but im letting it out now because i Can #but its insane seein ppl say “oh the fandom's mellowed out a lot its way more peaceful now” and agreeing bc it IS #and then “yeah now that AUs aren't so popular anymore its way more bearable” and its like :) okay #and if i told you that fan game you've been talking about for the past month is an au. what then #sighsghs its just like man i GET that a lot of aus are just edgy for the sake of it but shit dude!!! people were just having fun!!!!! #a lot of them were an avenue for ppl learning how to make their own stories!! even if they're not perfect or in character #making a shit ton of papyrus aus is one of the main things that helped me realize how much i love character design #and i KNOWWWW i'm not the only one and youre trying to tell me that's not awesome as hell!!!!! #yeah i probably i have nostalgia glasses but maybe i do kinda miss when everybody was a bit more insane actually . maybe i do #undertale

[lilidawnonthemoon]

#current hyperfixation is Pyramid Game & all its gayness and especially these two #what do you all know about SUJAEUN #i didn’t read the webtoon and started watching it for my girl Bona a bit reluctantly because of the intense bullying #and I'm enjoying it Bona picks her roles well & truly is a talented actress I can’t be mad even tho I miss her as an idol/ WJSN #didn’t expect so much gayness it’s not just vibes like 25 21 or implied like it’s canon with the idol trainee Yerim & her “bestie” Eunjung #and the bisexual “pervert” who joins them as the end of EP 4 lol #they’re all shippable tho like Doa why you looking at Suji like this (impressed with Seulki's acting btw its natural) #Suji is such an interesting character I love her & her dynamics with Jaeun and how they balance each other out (also CHEMISTRY) #I also really like Jaeun’s actress! #ryu dain #kim jiyeon #kdrama #pyramid game #2024 #photoshoot #bona #sujaeun #sung suji #myeong jaeun

[etaleah]

What Is the Appeal of Sonadow?

I have a lot of thoughts about this ship, what draws people to it, and why some of the criticisms of it are exaggerated or less than honest. Putting them under a cut because it’s gonna get long.

First of all, the critique of “Lol why do people ship them when they beat the shit out of each other whenever they disagree on something, they’re abusive!” is dishonest framing for two reasons. One is that it ignores the fact that Sonic and Shadow are allies far more often than they’re enemies, and even when they are enemies, it’s usually over something serious, not just a minor disagreement. The other is that it’s bad media criticism to apply real human standards to a cartoon animal universe.

When you watch the classic Looney Tunes short where Bugs and Daffy are arguing over whether it’s Rabbit Season or Duck Season and Bugs tricks Daffy into shooting himself, do you see Bugs as abusive and evil? Probably not, because the laws of physics don’t apply in cartoons and Daffy getting shot in the face doesn’t actually hurt him. He’s still completely fine afterwards because he’s a cartoon and is therefore invincible. The same is true for Sonic and Shadow. Have you ever seen either of them seriously injured after one of their fights? Has either one ever needed to go to the hospital because the other beat him up so badly? No, of course not. They groan in pain for about two seconds and then they’re fine. If the creators wanted to convey them being injured, they could show bruises or blood or have bones snapping and the characters limping, but they don’t. The fights are never meant to be taken that seriously. I find this criticism every bit as annoying and overzealous as people who insist that Pinky and the Brain are abusive because Brain bops Pinky on the head. They’re cartoons, y’all. They’re not realistic, were never meant to be realistic, and shouldn’t be treated as realistic. Different standards apply.

To the second point, Sonic and Shadow don’t actually fight that often. In all the interactions they’ve had together, it’s only been a handful of times. They’re allies in the Archie comics, Sonic ‘06, the canon ending of Shadow the Hedgehog (they’re only enemies in that game if the player wants them to be), Sonic Forces, Team Sonic Racing, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, and most of the IDW comics, along with the endings of Sonic X, Sonic Adventure 2, and Sonic Heroes. They’re allies for much of Prime as well. But hey, let’s break down the times they do fight:

Sonic Adventure 2: Shadow’s memories have been tampered with and he and Sonic are literally fighting over the fate of the world.

Sonic X: Same thing for season 2, and in season 3, they’re fighting over whether Cosmo should live or die. Sonic says killing her is wrong, Shadow says stopping the Metarex is what’s most important and if that means little Cosmo has to die, well, them’s the breaks, pal.

Sonic Prime: Sonic has broken their world, Shadow is trying desperately to save it, and Sonic is valuing the Shatterverse inhabitants over Green Hill.

IDW: Shadow says Eggman is too dangerous to leave alive and if that means Mr. Tinker has to die too, well, them’s the breaks, pal. Sonic says killing anyone is wrong no matter the reason.

You see a pattern here? Most of the time what they fight over is literally life and death. They’re not going at each other’s throats over petty bullshit like who gets the last slice of pizza or who gets to pick the film for Movie Night. They fight over serious moral differences. I would argue that Amy and Knuckles have gotten angry at Sonic for way less than what Shadow does.

Now, there are a few instances where their fights are stupid, namely Sonic Boom and Sonic Heroes. But I think it’s pretty universally agreed that Shadow is out of character in Boom, and honestly, all of the fights in Sonic Heroes are very forced. There was no reason for Team Dark or Team Rose to fight Team Chaotix; their goals don’t contradict each other in any way and it’s clearly just manufactured conflict to give the player another boss fight. And these are the exception; most of their fights are over serious ideological divides.

Those serious ideological divides are exactly what makes Sonadow so interesting. I personally prefer ships where characters can learn and grow from each other, where their differences can clash until they learn to reconcile them. I don’t find a ship like, say, Sonamy nearly as interesting because I don’t think there’s many (if any) moral stances Sonic would have that Amy wouldn’t. They already agree on the important things. I’m not bashing anyone who likes that ship; if that’s your thing, good for you. It just doesn’t appeal to me because I think Sonic and Amy already having a lot in common morally means they can’t really grow and change from interacting with each other in the same way.

Sonic can bring out the best in Shadow, teach him to trust others and lighten up and learn how to live in the moment rather than being tethered to the past. Shadow can teach Sonic how to think before he acts, to view the world more realistically, and to consider the impact that his insistence on moral purity will have on others. That setup makes for some amazing stories.

Also? These guys love fighting each other. They’re both athletes and very competitive. Look at how much they smile when they fight:

Like…they love this. It’s so much fun for them. Sonic and Shadow are both competitive athletes who love pushing themselves, but in terms of speed, no one is any competition for them except each other. No one else can beat either of them in a race. Imagine spending your whole life winning so easily that there was no accomplishment in it, and then suddenly this guy comes along who’s actually as good as you or maybe even better. Finally you have a challenge and can really enjoy the feeling of being the best. That’d be amazing. They give each other something no one else can, and to me, that’s what good romances are made of.

And all of that is combined with the fact that Sonadow offers an Odd Couple setup, which is always fertile ground for fun, comedic situations that require opposite characters to work together. Plus the Enemies/Rivals to Lovers aspect, which adds a bit of “forbidden fruit” to the mix because we all know that the most tempting and appealing relationships are the ones that are Forbidden (TM). That’s literally the premise of Romeo and Juliet, people who aren’t supposed to be together but end up wanting to be anyway.

I wouldn’t want Sonadow to be canon, but I definitely enjoy exploring it in fandom. It’s a fun ship that offers a lot for a writer or artist to work with. And while I would never force it on anyone, I wish the criticisms of it weren’t quite so shallow and disingenuous.

#it’s possible I missed a few bits because I haven’t played all the games #if so I’m sorry #it’s just not financially feasible to play all of them ya know #sonadow #sonic the hegehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonic prime #sa2 #sa2b #sonic games #shipping dynamics #sonic heroes

[mattodore]

he's waiting on a call he's planning to send straight to voicemail

#sorry matthias </3 maybe he'll pick up the next time you try calling............ <- me when i lie #river dipping #ts4 #ts4 edit #gifs #theodore doe #echthroi #hi friends and lovers hope everyone's doing well <3 #i got my old laptop to work so i have a laptop again even if the battery on it is messed up #but still #i haven't been online much bc i've started getting dizzy from staring at computer/phone screens for too long #and in particular the act of scrolling either on mobile or desktop makes my head spin and my eyes hurt :/ #but i powered through it yesterday so i could get in game with theo (and matthias) since i missed him really bad... oc plague be upon ye #i took... well. like five hundred screenshots and forty videos... i was in the soup. the mattodore soup. what can i say? #i don't like posting too much on here bc. i'm crazy (<- has avpd) so i probably won't post much from yesterday's fun here #but i'll post whatever i want on pillowfort <3 pic of jerma holding out his hand captioned let's take mattodore together #what else should i say before leaving... right my inbox... well i'll get to it eventually <- have been saying this since october sorry #but okay i've been staring at my screen too long so i need to go lay down for a bit #enjoy theo in motion!! if you’re a theo-head like myself #theodite à la jermamite? hm. its in the works. i’m workshopping. #mentioning jerma twice in these tags… busting a cyanide pill onto my tongue i’ve said too much #i have to go now mwah mwah mwah bye warmth and love to you mwah

[floydsteeth]

I fucking miss drawing this silly nerd >:3

#I'm too lazy to colour it #I'm scared I'll ruin it #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me shall we date #obey me leviathan #obey me fanart #I really miss playing om #But it's still so hard to get back into playing :P #I had to delete to game off my old phone cause storage and I just #Never got back into playing #Even though I got a new phone 5 months later #And like nightbringer came out right around then #And ooof #Getting back into om #AND getting into nb? #Plus the like 4 other otome games I play? #Naaahhh #It's already ruining my life hahaha #I'll stick to drawing the boys sometimes #And missing the game but rarely touching it #Arsons art :p #The proportion of his hand is a bit wonky #Bur ignore that! #It's fine

[jestroer]

Hello!!! IM BACK!!!

Here is a rancher duo dancin’ for today’s warm up!!!

#im frickinmg drawing boys!!!!! #god how i missed drawing i missed it so much you cannot believe #a bit of a strange anatomy in this one ngl but as a warm up i liked it! and im not gonna do anything from it lol #rancher duo #team rancher #Jimmy solidarity #solidarity gaming #tangotek #court jester's art #gosh man

[bbdoll]

Returning to our regular schedule program.

After LuElla & Payton (name change) went on their Christmas shopping excursion on Dec. 3rd, Lola Mae LaBelle was conceived after one night of a curious creator deciding to install wWhims before buying the For Rent pack. Loved very much by the curious creator, family and close relatives, no one had the will to delete in CAS or reboot without saving so Lola Mae arrived Dec. 7th, stole the entire show and took over that very save.

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #LuElla #Payton #Whimsy #Lola Mae #I miss my OG style very much... #so it's back to a tad bit larger eye...cartoony style...+ brighter gshade for me 🫶🏽 AND my quirky gameplay...sorry not sorry #maybe just maybe it will boost my mood #very proud i redid LuElla's eyes.nose. & mouth & only used a lip preset. everything else just in-game & tweaked to smithereens.

[lesbiangiratina]

Been playing strive with good graphics for the first time ever recently. Testament so cute i had no idea. Fucking clueless.

#not really sometimes i would turn on the game just to look at them with free cam #but like seeing the animations as intended is different….. okay #UMM THEYRE A BIT CUTE!!!! #i love you ps5 ILL STILL GET MY LAPTOP FIXED!! i miss modding. also playing any other non nintendo video game. #the kat goes meow #gg