I'd recommend you:
1. Grab a Weapon/connections as soon as you can
2. Run Away
It's not just to replicate struggle, but also being hunted. You're likely to do better if you grab what friends/items you need and fuck off immediately. Don't be afraid to spend years, you have 77 of those.
I'd also remind you that Wounds are GREAT sources of Winter for Vaults and that you should prioritize leveling your Edge because it works damn near everywhere.
it's good to know that the tactics I was already leaning towards match up with this advice- good game design encourages you into the mode of play the game intends!
unfortunately in my attempt just now, the Moment I managed to grab a weapon it instantly got yoinked off me by the reckoners so that fuckin sucked. I guess accepting the heavy lean on rng would help me not Explode with rage but hoo boi
also I seem to remember the first several times I played, I like. ended up running out of places to run away to almost every time. Maybe that is on purpose, maybe I leant a bit too hard into Running Away? who knows anyway good to know I could technically go back to where I left off and it not automatically be a loss
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dear big sister,
your birthday was this month. i didn't say happy birthday. i don't know how to reach out to you. i don't know how to talk to you. i don't remember the last time you said happy birthday to me. i don't know if you remember when it is. i don't want to assume that you don't but i can't think of a single reason to believe that you do.
dear big sister,
i have two little siblings. i don't know if i should say that i have two little siblings or if i should say that we have two little siblings. one of them is nine and the other is five. neither of them recognize your name when i say it. they are my entire world. they give me reason. grandma called them my kids when i was visiting her last week. i helped raise them as much as i could before moving out and continue to do what i can while going to see them as often as possible. i call. i chaperone field trips. i show up.
dear big sister,
i wish you had shown up. when i was twelve my entire life fell apart and all i wanted was something familiar. you were still familiar despite having moved out two years prior and me hardly seeing you since. i wanted you there, even if it was just to pick me up and take me away for a few hours. i would have loved those hours with you.
dear big sister,
i almost died when i was fourteen. i know you know this. i know dad told you. i know he said no to visitors because i was in the ICU and it was scary and touch-and-go and his intentions were good, he didn't want to overwhelm me or himself or my (our?) little sister, who wasn't even a year old at the time and couldn't understand why she wasn't allowed to lay in bed with me like i always let her do at home. i know you made a post on facebook. i left the hospital. that post was the only thing i got from you.
dear big sister,
i am the big sister now and it is the best thing that has ever happened to me. i love them with every single piece of who i am. i would do anything in the world to make them feel happy and loved.
dear big sister,
i find it hard not to wonder why you don't love me like that.
dear big sister,
congratulations on getting married. i'm sorry i'm only saying this now. i'm sorry that i'm not saying it to you directly. i didn't know you were getting married until after it already happened.
dear big sister,
i still remember you calling me my senior year of high school and saying you would love to go to my graduation. it was the first time i had spoken to you in at least a year or two. when the call ended, i sat down and i cried because i was so happy. why didn't you call again to tell me you couldn't make it? you had my number. it would have sucked to hear after getting so excited, but i would have understood, and i would have preferred to know ahead of time, even if it would have hurt.
dear big sister,
i can't imagine not going to my (our?) little siblings graduations. i can't imagine not seeing them on their birthdays. i can't imagine spending the holidays without them. going more than a week without seeing them makes me anxious.
dear big sister,
is it me? is that why you never felt like this? is it my fault that you don't love me like i love them? did i do something wrong?
dear big sister,
i don't know when (or if) i'll get married, but i will invite you even though i don't know if you'd actually come. i want you to be there.
dear big sister,
i wanted you to be at my graduation, too.
dear big sister,
i told my therapist that i want to process my traumas and get better, and then i told her that i was scared, too. when she asked me why, i told her that i'm afraid that part of getting better means having conversations i'm afraid to have, conversations that could put strain on my relationships. that i'm scared to track down your number and give you a call and try to explain all of this and have you get angry, get upset, or, worst of all, confirm my worst fears of you having never seen me as a sister at all. my therapist told me that i don't need to have those conversations. she said that i need closure and that there are ways to find closure that don't involve that confrontation.
dear big sister,
i am writing this to you and i hope you never see it. i am trying to find closure to this constant gnawing resentment that only serves to make me feel guilty for being angry. i do not want to be angry. i do not want to resent you.
dear big sister,
happy late birthday.
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I FINISHED FOURTH WING AND I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS!!!
Spoilerssssss 😭🤯
It’s basically how to train your dragon x Harry Potter (no complaints)
Also giving such vampire academy vibes (which was my first love. Adrian was the first book boyfriend IYKYK)
Heartbroken over Dain being the biggest traitor in the end - I knew something was sus when his dad gave Xaden the posting he’d mentioned to Violet
Why did it take my girl so long to figure out killing the venin = killing the wyvern??? I assumed as much when she first mentioned the fable
Liam 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Her powers are so badass ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE BRENNAN IN THE END, as soon as the healer’s name was omitted I just knew
Tairn is such a grumpy thing I love him
Andarna is THE CUTEST I love her so much
The banter between the dragons is so great, I love that they are basically big cats
And the way friendships are written 🥹🫶🏻 love love love
LIAM 😭😭😭
DAIN 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️
Can’t wait for Xaden to GROVEL. Get on your knees son
It’s just so fucking good, I can’t believe I have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to start the next one 😭
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i really hope i actually wrote it down somewhere.. back when i was really into the clan au i had an idea for an offshoot where giyuu goes on a escort/guard mission for a high-profile merchant that was passing thru their southern valley & ended up coming home w more shinobi than he left with
something something he was idly chatting with one of the caravan workers & instinctually launched out to catch a lady who was about to break her face on the ground. that lady was suma. cue the grateful waterworks that immediately turns to complaining about why she was running so fast she tripped, very quickly stopped when she noticed how soft the fur on his cloak was and started complimenting him on that before makio eventually showed up and dragged her off. Very Confused Giyuu left in their wake
later on a big buff guy stopped by to talk to him, tengen thanking him for helping one of his wives out that turned into a neat little conversation & an invitation to chat w the whole group sometime when hes free. giyuu ended up making friends with the quartet and found that they were Uzuis who fled their clan because they disliked the harsh training practices & what it meant for their future, so he ended up offering a spot in his clan for them. they accepted and once his mission was over they follow him back to the tomioka clan compound & yadda yadda bam theyre Tomiokas now, new clan ensemble and whatnot
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