#and it's fun to explore and feel like tge character i play as and be able to protect alot on said character

[notsodailycake]

Ok so, last week, i was finally able to get my hands on my long awaited nitendo switch lite! Something I've been wanting for a very long time, primarily back when i first found out about splatoon, the first version

And along my switch, i bought splatoon 3, obviously! And I've been having a blast!!....but I'm having one stupid issue

Now, bc of reasons, i couldn't really get a switch so early on, nor get my hands in splatoon in general (no one i knew played splatoon so not even by that), and i wasn't and still am not the type to sit and watch gameplays unless they can really captivate me (even if i do like the game itself, i just dont have the attention span for it), and i was hyperfixated on stuff and games i could get my hands on. So most of splatoon lore was lost to me, i only occasionally checked the stuff out, and hoped i could join the hype one day

But with all that, it comes to the conclusion that, i never got the chance to feel attched to certain characters. And here's what I've been having an issue with:

Story mode, specifically, the agents, even more specifically, Agent 3/Captain

What i like is that, i feel like a genuine new soul, the new agent 3 is as clueless as me. And that is also the problem

I keep seeing all this cute ass content of ships and personal interpretation of agent 3 that i love! Yet hate how i wasn't able to be part of that, and now idk how

Idk how the fandom js, idk what the rules are, heck at this point imma just go watch the damn gameplays bc i wanna know who agent 3 and the rest are. I wanna get attched to them! (More then i already am lol)

I guess my main gripe is how i missed out on alot, and it's no use to try and get the previous games by now, i dont think it be a good use of my money, especially bc I'm already wasting enough with current shit

And i also just kinda, wanna know if anyone who did play the games, and are acquainted with who the agents are, have anything to share about it? Idk, some input i guess

It's fucken late tho, midnight, and i just left from playing splatoon and am tired, so idk how much sense this post is making

I guess i just wanted to rant

Although i will say, i am acquainted with general main lore of the game and its story what happened and all that, did my homework on that

I'm more talking about ther intimate/personal aspects of it with the characters u play as

Tldr: I missed out on alot of splatoon and am trying to catch up, making me feel upset about missing out on it. Would like some input to try and get to know more about the agents from anyone who's more acquainted with lore ( ówò);;

#honestly I'm taling a big risk for not even checking out how the fandom is #but i will nievely trust that it's safe lol #and i jusg really wanted to rant #hell maybe I'm not alone in this and someone might find comfort with this idk #i am still quite enjoying the current game and story tho #and it's fun to explore and feel like tge character i play as and be able to protect alot on said character #they're as clueless as i am to all this bs XD #cake talks #rant #splatoon #splatoon 3

[itsjustalark]

@seeingteacupsindragons

" I hope you don't mind me breaking that ask up into smaller chunks to respond to instead of actually answering the ask in my inbox. Sometimes people send me really long things, and then I know having it on my blog and then having to read my probably accordingly long answer is not going to happen, and I just. Feel bad about it."

Mind? Hell no. I'm honoured that you've decided to give me the time of the day at all. It is completely fine with me and thank you for letting me konw. Next time ill make sure to post on my blog and just tag you.

"Tiadane's not actually a boy; this is made clear relatively early on, and he's not picky about pronouns because his home doesn't have a good concept of things like "gender" and "lots of gendered pronouns." I tend to alternate what I use for him when not in the book, and even in the book he shrugs off a couple "she's." And there's actually not any romance in that one; Tiadane and my deuteragonist's relationship is platonically weird in that one. I don't always like writing romance, but I usually have a deuteragonist running around because I just like paired character dynamics a lot."

I'm really sorry for just asssuming Tiadane to be a guy. On the other hand I love when fantasy worlds explore cultures that dont have the same understanding of gender as us. I feel it isnt done enough and where it is atempted its never done with the enough care.

Also when I said 'relationships' I didn't mean them as explicit romantic ones. I'm a big fan of interesting dynamics and I dont believe they always have to be romantic to get me interested. There are so many ways humans interact with one another. That is whats most facinating to me.

"I'm actually not super great at worldbuilding, either. I tend to do it as little as possible and only when I need to; a lot of my current revisions are fleshing the worldbuilding out. And now that I'm focusing on, a lot of the results are good, but it's often just sort of not really the most fun focus for me. "

I'm also not an intricate world builder and cant even imagine going to the flora and fauna level of detail. My points of interest in world building is societities. How they function different from our and how they effect the people living in it accordingly. I build my worlds around my characters becaude i also feel that a fleshed out world only gives more depth to the characters.

Glad to know your world building is going well. I cant even imagine the revisions i have to make one i finish first draft as ive completely given up ingraining the magic system as part of the characters perspective and how it effects their thing cause it was gettjng to complicated. So i will now have to add all of that stuff later on.

"What I shared was actually the query; queries and synopses are different in the publishing word. Basically, my query is supposed to sell people on making it sound interesting, so I'm glad it's working for those functions for now. It still needs to be edited some more later. "

Oh I didnt know that. Still new to all the publishing jargon but always happy to learn more.

"Tiadane's book originally came from playing too much Smash Bros and staring at Pit for too many hours in a row. And then I just typed some random shit to get some words out when I was stuck revising something and not having fun, and started writing this introduction to his world."

I love how we writers get ideas from the most rediculous of senarios.

"I am a very character-focused writer and have had recurring problems with getting a plot to attach correctly over the years. I think Tiadane's book is the first time I didn't have (too) many issues with one by the time I sent to to a CP, and I'm still ripping a lot out to replace it with something better. "

I also write character focused works. Characters are why i read books. I dont reallyenjoy plot heavy books. Every aspect of plot, fleshing out the world or magic i enjoy because it makes tge characters feel more real and elps highlights the themes if the book.

"Each of my fantasy worlds (I also write sci-fi sometimes, and some stuff just...set in our world) has its own magic system. I don't know how writers just have The One for tons of stories. Large universes to play in can be fun, but so is making up new stuff every time."

Also, would you mind telling me about your magic systems? I love that stumm. It facinates me how maging systems ingrain themselves into a story. When i was first materializing my story it was set in a normal world but my mund was like: no no no this story need a magic system and an exploration of the chosen one narrative even though back then it didnt have anything to do with the main plot. But thats me cause i love over complicating thing for myself.

#reply #writing