#and he's like the last real dragon

[paradife-loft]

Knight Artorias continues to be one of my absolute favorite boss fights

"victim of the Abyss" is the sexiest description one can read on a soul in this entire game by far

decided midway through fighting him that I wanted to go for a no-healing kill, mostly to prolong the experience and see if I could, and: success!! I can and did!

#dork souls tag #James liveblogs video games #yes this is what I've been doing lately instead of socmed #like listen. normal Artorias? sure; he's fine I guess. not really that interesting personally #but on the other hand: corrupted/screaming/broken arm/dripping Abyss sludge and trying to impale me!Artorias? yes. yes please. #I am but a simple human; I merely like to see a knight of the gods struggle and suffer and be metaphysically consumed by darkness :) #......ANyways. #I remember also liking the Kalameet fight mechanically quite a bit too #but the problem with him is. he reminds me of a cat. and also he's really done nothing wrong in-game; he's just chilling #and he's like the last real dragon #it simply seems sad/rude/unprovoked to go injuring his wing and then murdering him like that :( #there's something that's... really striking and stuck in my brain about the fact that one of if not the best way to learn about the world #about the PEOPLE in the world #is mechanically via murdering them #the inherent fact of curiosity and violence being linked together in playing #you want to understand this person better? the way to do it is to extinguish their life and take their signifiers into you #.... why do I feel like this game is going to join Star Wars and Tolkien as one of my cyclical dormant Obsessions #that I lose my shit over anew every several years even if it's been a while in between #I mean. people will simply have to deal.

[evilkitten3]

was fucking around on google images and i ended up stumbling on a reddit post from three yrs ago with a picture of iroh grabbing azula during a fight scene...

this is the only time i can think of when azula seems completely terrified.

he grabs her and she's scared shitless

but he just redirects her lightning and she's just bewildered.

i wonder what she was thinking there

#atla #avatar the last airbender #azula #azulaposting #iroh #like my first instinct is to read into her relationship with iroh and/or ozai #but if we're being real it could just be a ''wtf is that allowed????'' moment #iroh may have fucked up ba sing se but like. he killed a dragon #or. pretended to have #people thought he did anyway #i just think it's interesting #trope-wise azula is ''the dragon'' of the cast #and iroh is a helluva lot kinder to the real dragons than he is to her #did she think he was going to kill her? or just seriously kick the shit out of her #idk it just looks like azula was expecting something significantly worse to happen

[blueskittlesart]

do you have any thoughts on zelda not staying as a dragon? me personally I like it and am very cool with it mostly because I think zelda should get to be happy forever (and because I'm smart enough to know she changed back because of recall and not some ambiguous power of love lmao) but a lot of people seem to dislike that it made the draconification inconsequential?

i think there's like. some valid concerns surrounding inconsequentiality/"curing" the physical problems characters have as a way of giving them a "happy ending" but I think those concerns don't necessarily apply to totk in the way people seem to be applying them, especially irt zelda's draconification and link's arm.

most of the time when the criticism of this "magic cure" trope is applied to media, it's because the trope is used as a cure-all to erase a character's suffering or trauma and make them "normal" again, and often ignores the character development or themes of the story in favor of giving the character a happy ending. I don't think that applies to totk, though, because the "curing" link and zelda experience is both within the realm of possibility given the worldbuilding present in the game (recall could easily have done it, as you mentioned) AND thematically consistent with the rest of the game. One of if not the most important central themes of totk is the idea of failure and second chances. we see a hyrule that has been given a second chance after link's initial failure with the calamity brought it to the brink of destruction. we see characters who were deeply unhappy and entrenched in the shame of their precalamity mistakes like purah and zelda become active, beloved members of their communities. we see the people of lurelin village take back and rebuild their destroyed home. we watch this kingdom and its people make an unprecedented comeback after a century of struggle and ruin.

Similarly, totk's gameplay is LINK's second chance, his comeback from the initial mistake of losing zelda, of specifically being unable to reach her with his injured hand when they fell. The consequences of that--the master sword's corruption, the loss of his arm, and zelda's draconification, are all supposed to SEEM irreversible, because that's how LINK initially sees them. he believes that he doomed both himself and zelda all because of that SINGLE moment in which he wasn't enough, a viewpoint which is obviously left over from the pressure he experienced to perform to an impossible standard of perfection pre-calamity. The story of totk is about deconstructing that belief and proving it wrong. the mistake he made caused harm, but it's never too late to repair things. he can fix the regional phenomena ganondorf causes and rebuild those communities. he can revitalize the master sword. he can GET ZELDA BACK, with his own arm, uninjured and able to reach her this time. no matter how impossible those things may initially seem, no matter the perceived finality of his mistakes and their consequences, there is always hope. there is always a second chance. no one person's single mistake can doom an entire kingdom for eternity. the fate of hyrule was NEVER resting on link's shoulders alone. he was never their final hope. there was always going to be an after. the whole POINT of the draconification and the loss of link's arm is that they AREN'T final. they ARE inconsequential, because they were born of one mistake and ONE MISTAKE IS NOT THE END ALL.

#like. think about the message the game sends if zelda stays a dragon. we are saying that link CAN'T come back from this mistake. #that one single split-second moment in which he made the wrong move because he had no way of knowing what to do #means that the one person who understands and supports him above all else. the one person who shares his experience and his trauma #the woman he LOVES. is gone forever with no hope of return ever and it's 100% his fault. #that's not true to the themes of botw OR totk. these games are about growth and healing and second chances. #this game was link learning that he gets a second chance. that no move he makes is the final be-all-end-all fuckup. #it removes the pressure and that's the POINT. for a character like link whose life has been DEFINED by pressure #who was taught from a horrifically young age that any wrong move on his part would KILL EVERYONE HE KNEW AND LOVED #this is such an important lesson to learn. removing that pressure/showing him that it was never actually real in the first place #is a crucial step towards healing for him. #asks #zelda analysis #totk spoilers #like i like the idea of lasting consequences dont get me wrong. <draconic features zelda enjoyer #but like. making link keep the fucking rauru arm rubs me the wrong way. the whole point is that he caught her with his own hand in the end #ugh. anyway. you get the idea

[shima-draws]

HELLO?? HTTYD AKA THE GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME IS GETTING A LIVE ACTION REMAKE????

#HTTYD #How To Train Your Dragon #I ACTUALLY found out about this last night but I forgot to mention it #Also I was worried for a bit but then I realized it’s being directed and produced by the original producer. So that’s REALLY good #STILL THO. HOLY SHIT. #Part of me is like. They should really let it go. It’s time to move on #But another part of me is like. OOFODJFJDHDH TOOTHLESS REAL…… #Sits and waits impatiently for 2025 #Also wondering if they’ll get Jay Baruchel to play Hiccup. Wouldn’t that be absolutely fucking hilarious #I MEAN HE IS AN ACTOR. AN ACTUAL ACTOR #We’d get OG Hiccup in the live action. CAN YOU IMAGINE #Anyway god hearing about this just fuckin. Blasted me with HTTYD nostalgia again #Time to go through all my posts and WIP fics <33333 #Shima speaks

[four-white-trees]

ngl Kiryu's cancer reveal is hittin a little too hard

#lost my mom and my uncle to cancer in the last year #obv kiryu isnt real but he's my funny fictional man #ya girl needs some therapy i guess lol #yakuza #like a dragon infinite wealth

[kaltacore]

that scene in the last straw after the explosion and before choosing anders' fate when everyone fights alongside hawke except for anders is so silly. there's an actual bloodbath going on and he's just standing here probably wondering if hawke will get mad if he joins the battle like nothing happened. man that must be awkward

#i just laughed out loud when i got here the last time and spotted him here standing like 🧍🧍🧍. be fr #i guess it makes more sense if you choose templars and therefore fight mages #so he doesn't want to slaughter his own people nor attack hawke & the gang but if you're going full pro-mage this is so embarrassing #pick up your staff and get into the fucking fight anders. we're surrounded by templars who are actively trying to kill us what the fuck man #there's also like. an endless potential for angst here. dude could have died from anxiety even before anyone suggested killing him #which is pathetic but also very real #anders #dragon age

[moongothic]

I just

Where the fuck is the Cross Guild plotline going

Like Crocodile and Mihawk allowed Buggy to do his thing until now because getting rid of him wasn't nececary, but we've gotten to the point where Buggy has straight up riled up his men who are all behind him, not Crocodile and Mihawk, to go get One Piece, and while the two could easily wipe the floor with them, it just seems like it'd be a waste of everyone's time

I just can not imagine the two being at all willing to go along with Buggy on the quest for One Piece, not in a million years, since the other two's interests are literally the opposite, but with the way the men are riled up it's not like they'd be able to unconvince them to follow Crocodile instead

But also Buggy does have that ship ready

And didn't they imply the three remaining Seraphim have been sent to Empteebluffs???

What if the Seraphim do show up and it's up to the only two capable fighters in Cross Guild to deal with them and Buggy just flees with whatever crew he can muster while no one is looking because god knows it's his last chance???

But even if Crocodile and Mihawk abusing Buggy until he grew a spine was a required event to get Buggy to join the race for One Piece, it'd still be strange for Oda to make Cross Guild A Thing if it only gets disbanded soon after without anything else coming from it?? (Like if they get disbanded immidiately then why did they need to be established to begin with, if Crocodile and Mihawk have somewhere else to be/end up in some other situation then surely Oda could've skipped the Cross Guild-part)

So are Croco and Mihawk just going to go along with Buggy's plans because they can't be bothered to put up a fight (and if they're stuck on the ship with him and Buggy's crew it will be like two (three if you include Daz) against hundreds- again, the two could easily kill them all, but is it worth the effort???)

I just. Where the fuck is this plot thread going man

#Moon posting #OP Spoilers #Maybe I'm just saying this because I don't WANT Croco and Mihawk to join the race for One Piece??? #Like??? Between Shanks Luffy and Blackbeard I think that's enough people??? Buggy too if he skedaddles?? #I'd also suggest Law and Kid but they both got just nuked so IDK if they're even in the race anymore #I just want Croco and Mihawk to do their own different thing???????????????? #But also like. Like there's so much emotional weight between Luffy reuniting with Shanks and eventually encountering Blackbeard #Buggy reuniting with Shanks too would make for a great moment regardless of how it'd go down #And while Mihawk and Zoro seeing each other again would be great IDK if it's The Time for it #And I just. There is no reason for Crocodile to be there #Like I love my blorbo but he is a washed up loser and I don't want him to become someone Luffy needs to defeat AGAIN #Like sure becoming Pirate King was Croc's dream and him having a middle aged moment giving it one last chance could be cute #But we know he won't make it #So there's no reason on an emotional level for him to be there #Unless Crocodad Real but there's an 0.01% of that happening at this fucking point #IDK I'd just love it probably if Buggy skedaddles and if Moria is still alive and escaped Fullalead then he'd join Croc and Mihawk #Cute reunion with Perona and Mihawk and the Former Shichibukai Club would get another member #Alternatively the Seraphim kick Croc and Mihawk's asses and the two flee only to end up captured by Blackbeard or something #I do want to know if Crocodile DOES have some beef with the Revolutionary Army so that's another option too #(Since he knew Iva-chan) (And god knows if Crocodile has beef with Dragon then that could make for a good 2-for-1 flashback) #(Since we still know like fuck all about Dragon too) #I dunno man I don't want to get my hopes up lest Crocodile does want to join the race for OP #But it really is the one storydirection I don't want to see happen #But I feel like I'm jinxing it by just writing this #God the next chapter can't come fast enough #I am loving the Kuma backstory mind you #Tho at this point considdering the whole ''Xebec got betrayed by his crew'' thing I wouldn't be surprised if Crocodile was like Xebec's son #(Since he would've been like 8 at the time of the God Valley Incident) (Like if he was there on Xebec's ship he'd know what happened etc) #(Also would add to his grudge against Whitebeard) (Also Xebec wanted to be King of the World so. Like father like son) #And if Xebec is alive like some people are speculating (and is the one with the final Poneglyph) that would actually tie Croc into this mes

[solasan]

heroes of thedas + significant others (as of 9:52 dragon)

(x)

#gonna be real with yall i cant tell if this is ugly or not??? #DONT look at my alistair fancast. i mostly just threw my hands up in despair and said 'he will do' #anyway. im still not like. here. i'm very anxious and stressed and tired. BUT! #i've been replaying da in my spare time for the last couple weeks n im thinking bout Them #pls u dont have to rb this i feel very bad abt missing all of my mutuals content i mostly just wanted to do something not work related in ps #im gonna dip again now but mwah i miss u all xx #* #ch: cedany amell #ch: adelheid hawke #ch: mirae lavellan #dragon age

[msommers]

to consider: aleksi finds out about jorina's feelings and has the time to process his own but by the time he approaches her about a relationship she's spent too long in her head and has coped her way into fully believing "it would be so unprofessional" so now he has to spend the next few weeks trying to convince her to take a chance on them

#like. it'd be 50/50 on this or her immediately being suckered in by that face #but this is just real funny and the goofs of it got me thru the last half hour of work #jorina trying to live her life of extreme denial & he keeps trying to ruin it w nightly offers of date activities #update: this has been in the drafts for like 3 days and i found it again. still funny #aleksi: this is your weekly reminder that we'd put any other couple in skyhold to shame. just btw #jorina: i'm literally. trying to path our way around a high dragon right now. is this really the time #r: jorina & aleksi

[raayllum]

So one of the things I appreciated about S4 was that Claudia and co. reach the Uncharted Forest (hence the Soren and Claudia reunion) a few days behind at least compared to the Dragang. This makes sense, given that the kids were able to fly straight there with Zubeia give or take, but I appreciate it all the same because S2 really made the trio get distance through flight and then boat travel and they still wind up at the same town as Soren and Claudia basically a day apart. So... travel time is a bit more realistic now?

#listen i spent. so much time thinking about where the fuck soren and claudia's horses were/are at the Moon Nexus in early s2 #for 'if heaven and hell deicde' #bc they have the horses in 1x09 but not on the mountain (understandably) #then they attack rayla on foot in 2x02 #we don't see the horses again #but then in 2x07 they have 'em while still being slowed down by corvus having to walk by default #me looking at s4's clear cut seven day timeline where they works out for everyone's placement(s): oh thank fuck #text post #tag ramble #dragons rambles #me: weird that ezran didn't ask rayla any questions #me remembering that opeli never asked ezran any questions when he showed up in katolis: touche #this post: dedicated to like the 3 ppl in the last week who discovered and lovingly binge read / reviewed 'if heave and hell decide' #yall are real ones

[solvicrafts]

BTW if you guys wanna see who the coffin actually belongs to...

I finally finished my remake plushie of one of my drow OCs, Kalanven!

He is a follower of Vhaeraun, Chaotic Neutral, and was likely going to be turned into a vampire in the last campaign I played with him. DM left it up to me whether or not to allow it (I technically have time to reverse it per a special item in our campaign, but it has to be used FAST and comes with some other conditions), and we haven't picked up the campaign since so I've been mulling it over. I think I'm gonna go for it, though, since IDK what Vhaeraun's stance on vampires is and I feel like it'd be a fun opportunity.

Also, I found one of my original Loki dolls and thought I'd put them side-by-side for a size comparison:

#felted dragon shop #Kalanven also has 6 kids with one of my retired OCs with their 7th and last on the way... #SO THIS IS GONNA GET INTERESTING REAL QUICK #which is why I'm gonna order /another/ coffin on my next paycheck :D #also while Kalanven's plushie is finished I still have more accents I want to add #like actual armor pieces to his robe #he wears it partly as mockery of his former station in Lolthite society #and partly because I just really love that damn material and wanted to use it

[wyrmflight]

🖤 nessa

send 🖤 and my character will answer about yours.

attractiveness:

repulsive / hideous / ugly / not attractive / unappealing / not unattractive / meh / no preference / ok / mildly attractive / nice looking / cute / adorable / attractive / [ pleasant on the eyes ] / [ good looking ] / hot / sexy / beautiful / gorgeous / hot damn / would tap that / perfect / godlike / holy fuck there are no words.

personality:

grating / irritating / frustrating / boring / confusing at best / awkward / unreasonable / psychotic / disturbing / [ interesting ] / [ engaging ] / affectionate / aggressive / ambitious / anxious / artistic / bad tempered / bossy / [ charismatic ] / appealing / unappealing / creative / courageous / dependable / unreliable / [ unpredictable ] / predictable / devious / dim / extroverted / introverted / egotistical / gregarious / fabulous / [ impulsive ] / intelligent / sympathetic / [ talkative ] / up beat / peaceful / calming / badass / flexible.

how likely they would have sex with them:

not if they were the last person on earth and the world was ending / fuck no! / [ never (because i am a lesbian) (i might if i wasn't gay, though) (someone else will for sure though bro and i support you in that) ]/ no way / not likely / not sure / indifferent / I’m asexual / maybe / probably / it depends / fairly likely / likely / yeah sure / yes / would tap that / hell yes / fuck yes! / wishing that could happen right now / as many times as possible / we are already having sex.

level of friendship:

never in a million years / worst of enemies / enemies / rivals / indifferent / neutral / acquaintance / [ friendly toward each other ] / [ casual friends ] / [ friends ] / [ sorcerer buddies (important thing to have) ] / good friends / best friends / fuck buddies / bosom buddies / practically the same person / would die for them / true friends / my only friend.

first impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / [ they’re weird ] / I’m indifferent / meh / [ they seem alright ] / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / [ I’m not sure if I trust them ] / I trust them / [ they’re cool ] / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

current impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / [ I like them ] / [ I’m not sure if I trust them ] / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / [ I think we’re going to get along ] / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

#⟦ 🜂 ' last dragon ( nessa're ). ⟧ #⟦ 🜂 ' inbox games. ⟧ #don't be offended by the no trust thing says nessa. she doesn't trust hardly anyone #perhaps that could change though she mostly just thinks hes funny and interesting #she likes him because she connects with other sorcerers real fast though. ness says its a squad we stand by each other

[ragnars-tooth]

They are siblings your honour

This is some au where the timeline continues after Isenfier and everyone is happy and only mildly traumatised. Also I guess David continues to use his old room as an “office” so he has an excuse to keep paying Liz (she deserves it after he skimped out on rent for 5 years, how dare he 🙄)

#the last dragon chronicles #tldc #lucy pennykettle #david rain #liz pennykettle #elizabeth pennykettle #still did not decide on one or the other ig lmao #ragnar art #side note I think lucy would just call herself a lesbian actually but sapphic worked better for the sibyl joke #just pretend it’s not a massive reach lmao #I miss when david was just dumb as hell <3 #the real uni student representation we needed xx #I flipflop between david being one of 30 combinations of queer and finding it he’s bi when he gets a hot professor in uni #he is just so *far away screaming* #also idk if it comes across in the like 3 visible pixels but Lucy is wearing one of David’s college sweaters bc that image #sticks with me always #if I think too hard about Lucy and what her childhood was I’ll implode #her therapy must be so expensive #I’d apologise for sticking this in the main tag but I’m apologising to like… 5 people max im gonna say

[blujaydoodles]

I actually can’t believe I’ve never done this before but please look at my Small Characters next to human children that are about the same heights that they are, which is to say, a statistically average three, four, and five year old

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #gnome #halfling #character art #in other news I can't believe I spaced out my gnomes' heights to almost correspond exactly with how much the average preschooler grows/ year #this is so funny to me oh my god. it's one thing to know in GENERAL that even most children are bigger than Idri or whomever #it's another thing to be like 'oh the last time humans are about that size is when they're still literally toddlers' sfdkgjdfkg #Elyss' niece is five and now I wanna draw Eldryn with her real bad hahaha #Belial's niece and Jermaine's sister are both also about the same age but I dunno how much Eldryn's interacted with them....? #ON THE OTHER HAND..... BABIES PLAYDATE AND ALSO ELDRYN IS THERE BECAUSE I LOVE HIM.... HM #lmao now I'm on a tangent oops #Aubree also kind of adopted a little boy who's like six-- he's a full head taller than she is but I did already know that lol #'how tall is Seth' is different than 'how old would a kid that's this specific height be' #my OCs #Melliwyk #Idri #Aubree #Felix #dungeons and doodles

[escapaldi]

It's OPLA Day! Get ready for the internet to be even more obnoxious than it already is about what might end up being one of the few good live-action adaptations of anime, let alone out of many of the cartoon-to-live-action adaptations that have happened over the past 15 years even though the anime was already an adaptation, but i digress.

I, however, won't be extra-obnoxious until at least Monday, since that's when things align so I can watch it. Anything involving it (at least at first) is going to be tagged with OPLA as well as One Piece, so use that tag blocker if you gotta.

#in other news: I got the fiancé through Arlong Park and he doesn't seem to want to slow down so good news we're going to continue watching #bad news is that it means that I'm sitting there wanting to metadump on him and I can't #the show keeps mentioning Sanji's humanity and Mihawk keeps popping up AND I NEED HIM TO KNOW HOW ZORO MEETS HIM AGAIN #but i can't not yet bc if I got to learn about that on my own so does he as much as possible #like... he's watched Films Strong World and Z and Gold and Red so he... you know... knows things #and I just explained Fish-man genetics and that we haven't seen the last of the abject racism #he mentioned how there's probably someone who would want to eat Fish-men and I had to stop myself after saying it'd be really expensive #bc let's be real here: Celestial Dragons would. some of them anyhow #and I keep stating that 'Sanji is not normal'... so yeah. it's a wild ride so far #...ah shit warship island is coming up FILLER AHOY #about me

[kaijudyke]

what's your favorite song from galavant and if it's not galavant recap why are you wrong

#talk tag #the plot is gaining steam! so back to this old theme! here's what's been happening on galavant! #when we saw izzy last this guy had been outcast he vowed revenge and fled to madalena #he brought to her palais the dark dark evil way gareth's against it but the queen's insaner #will she use it and go overboard not if the man who wields this sword stands tall the hero that they call the one true king of all #which brings us back to galavant AND #our hero plows ahead his army's kind of dead and yet his energy is far from flagging #king richard rides with gal bringing his lizard pal which may or may not be a real live dragon #plus he's got the sword which you'll recall means he's the king who'll rule them all #and so to war three armies go one evil one so-so one dead and led by galavant #will richard kill his former best friend who stole queen and crown and made him look buffoony? #can gal still win back the princess again? true they're more than likely through unless he can redo that really awful smoocharoni #and sid is who knows where him and his awesome hair seeking redemption for a little while and #roberta's said goodbye since richard's sure to die and now she's on her way to spinster island #gosh! so much to dump upon your doormat in a half-hour sitcom format #still those plot holes we must fill and though i doubt we will we're gonna try on galavant!