#bc there is a previous story to go with this

[smuttyaf]

the one shot i’m writing is mafia harry >.<

#teehee🤭 #harry is very manipulative & talks way too much #well bc he’s italian in the fic but lool #but i hope you like it #i think this will kinda be like a mini series #bc there is a previous story to go with this #but who knows 🤭 #cierra little rants <3

[actualbird]

[spoilers up to tot main story 11.2] thinking about jerome adams makes me feel like im experiencing a fever dream. prior to main story 11, i was under the impression that he was immensely unnerving, definitely among the game's Big Bads, would probably experiment on children with a ^_^ expression on his face and whatnot. but now AFTER main story 11 im like.....HUH??? im now wondering if hes a Big Bad or if hes instead a lower level antagonist under the thumb of even Bigger Bads (what with how wilson sorge talked about him in such a controlling manner), im wondering if hes just as much of a puppet as all the matters and issues hes got his fingers in, im wondering even if hes being played just as much as he seems to be playing with the nxx investigation team. but, above all, i am struck by

how hes HONESTLY A HILARIOUS GUY IN THIS CHAPTER. like, hes still VERY unnerving and still has disconcertingly ambiguous motives and actions but also like. man lives in a mid apartment that wouldnt feel out of place in the "bitch, you live like this?" meme. he has encyclopedic knowledge about discount promos and vouchers and will happily ramble about it all to unsuspecting strangers and mc (much to her paranoid and stressed displeasure). he got arrested and then released because he was the one being reverse-robbed (????).

hes baffling. im thoroughly baffled. i need to put jerome adams under a microscope and study him like a bug. what is your DEAL

#me in previous main stories: GET JEROME AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND THE VULNERABLE #me after ch11: WH. WHAT. STILL KEEP HIM AWAY BUT I WANNA SEE MORE OF HIM BC HES SO BAFFLING #tears of themis #tot spoilers #jerome adams #tot jerome #jerome be the type of man to go ''tee hee''

[caluupin]

neuvi is meeting his peepaw rn

#genshin impact #caluutalks #4.6 spoilers #genshin spoilers #so...... arlecchino's story huh... #god she's so cool and complex and interesting and I LOVE HER STORY QUEST #def one of (if not) the best atm. her bossfight is so cool. I'll ramble more abt her later when i post art of her (i swear im finishing it) #back to scylla n neuvi #so. yeah. we got confirmation that scylla's the prev hydro dragon. ain't that cool. [refer to edit at the bottom] #also i read on the hoyo web prior to 4.6 that he's gonna function as our remurian taxi and i was vv excited for scylla every since #bc it tickles me SO MUCH that the previous hydro dragon that we're gonna meet soon IS GOING TO BE OUR PERSONAL TAXI #also like at the end of the quest we're buddy buddy with him and calling him big guy. I fucking love that. we besties fr #plus scylla did say that he plans to meet neuvillette sometime after the events of the quest so.. #so I might be drawing that too for funsies. #anw i'll be doing exploration and later finish the arlecchino art. cya my dear fellows! #edit: apparently I misread and it seems like scylla isn't the prev hydro dragon?? and that he's a powerful vishap (smth of the sort). #either way I'm still probs gonna draw the idea of neuvi and scylla meeting but ig somethings will change. #either way. sorry for the confusion folks.

[chirpsythismorning]

I finally got around to watching @lesbianmindflayer’s Top Ten Hints Mike is Gay video… The Snow Ball one added a whole other layer of context to those scenes that didn’t really click for me until now—

#byler #mike wheeler #it was the dustin/nancy parallels to mike/el #like it was something that on the surface I noticed and I heard ppl talk about and was like duh #but hearing the set up of it in s1… #that was something I also was aware of but seeing them side by side was a little too visceral #you can tell that a writer put those scenes next to each other and was making them with each other in mind when they made all those choices #and then how both dustin and mike were sad that the person they liked was dancing with someone else… #and then ended up dancing with someone that more so fits a platonic/sister bond… #you got me crying baby baby please playing right before mike and el kiss… #more like you’ve got me crying baby baby please get me out of here #like what kind of lyric choice is that bro?????? #and then to overlap it with the crypticness of the mindflayer watching over them? #once this is a five part story… it’s gonna be hard to see these scenes as romantic #bc we’re gonna be seeing all of these parallels in very close proximity.. #s5 is really going to be the thing that changes how people are going to be able to understand the previous seasons #it’s gonna be quite the spectacle

[starlooove]

No bc fuck tim but it really really bothers me how people ignore his growth like he used to be an asshole and I’ll give tim Stans one thing: now he’s so so so stale but what I disagree with is that this staleness is bc nobody likes him like it’s in fact the exact opposite where everyone likes him so much they dont want to do anything. Even when it’s him surface level challenging Bruce it’s when everyone else is doing it too; but he’s still the backbone of the fam! Etc. and it’s so irritating bc him gaining more compassion and empathy even for people he doesn’t fw is so fun to watch and that’s why the captain boomerang thing was so out of character! (Not in a from the author way but in a tim wouldn’t do that and he and Bruce both knew it which is why it went down like it did. Same way dick killing joker was ooc; not in fanon sense but in a he would hate himself forever for this sense) and speaking of that it’s such an interesting mirror to Bruce who genuinely believes that everyone can grow vs Tim’s it doesn’t matter if they grow it’s not my decision to make like it’s the same but it’s not AND WITH CASS’ IT DOESNT MATTER IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO GROW I WONT DO IT! like ugh. And anyways even when people acknowledge it they boil it down to “Janet and Jack taught him that the capitalist pigs that they are” like no. This is who tim was. Tim was the kind of guy who’d blame a dead kid for dying. That’s ok. Also Janet and Jack? Please reread anything involving them that’s not a fic like Jack had anger issues and they were both aloof at worst like relax.

#the Jack and Janet thing is both an understatement and an exaggeration but I don’t think anyone reads enough to care #some tim stan might get all pissy and be like ‘no look this is everytime jack yelled at him and boarding schools are abusive’ to which #and its like narratively that means nothing bc the tim you made up to justify the Drake parents you made up by blowing shit out of #proportion is also made up and if all of that was abusive there’d be smth to show for it besides ur homophobic Jack #too girlboss to care but still terrible Janet bc god forbid a woman have a personality from ur fics #anyways that’s also the reason I’m ignoring the council of spiders #well two reasons #first is that was just a moment to make tim look cool and did absolutely nothing for him or his character moving on #like at all #I’d say it fucked with his previous established dislike of killing for his own reasons #and while that COULD be interesting it’s not bc they didn’t do shit with it #and fanon doesn’t do fun shit with it either #nothing about how tim in his most manic state did shit he doesn’t want to remember shit he’d HATE other ppl for #just “’remember what I did to ur base Ra’s? mess with me again and see what I do next 😼’ #like ok can you be real and genuine? #anyways I think #AND NOT IN A HATER WAY #Tim would benefit from being humbled #like genuinely I detest the world can’t move without tim running it but the idea that tim thinks that way is so good to me #and #I think next step being him realizing that’s not true would be a BIG push for his character #bc like I said tim Stans are right in the fact that he’s stale as hell rn #but that’s bc there’s nothing to say bc there’s nowhere to go! y’all want a tim action story where he shows off how badass he is reread #the Bruce quest and maybe it’ll remind you he’s not ceo lmao but anyways there’s nothing internal to say about him atp bc nobody wants to #say anything that’s not propping him up. same with Bruce! Gotham war was such a copout but it’s like ppl are saying he’s stale and it’s bc #god forbid he makes a lasting fumble. and I’m not under the illusion this is new I’m just saying it’s weird that fandoms not clocking it #anywayyys I really do like thinking about the No killing rule and how different it manifests for each perosn #like the way each distinct difference tells u so much about them #UGH ONLY SLIGHTLY RELATED BUT DUUUUUKE BEING LIKE IDGAF ABOUT GUNS LIKE UR SO REAAAL #anyways enough tim positivity for today FUCK THAT NIGGA!

[soldier-poet-king]

I also read and crafted and got a lil wine drunk at a party for my aunt's bday + end of her chemo treatments and it's like??? Maybe sometimes things are good and I can spend a few hours without wanting to murder my family and without them saying something egregiously offensive or hurtful and it can be a decent conclusion to a weirdly emotional but kinda healing week?? Or at least. Peaceful? Tentatively????

#franposting #anyway idk what im saying and i still have sunday scaries bc mass tmrw #and maybe those dont ever go away #but weirdly despite everything this week was . ok? #the weird meltdown spiral on wednesday was like. oh. maybe im even slightly more at peace with it all now #art and stories and the divine and why we exist and its beautiful and wonderful and terrible #and YES im a lil drunk. but i meant it all the days previous this week too when i was sober #so im just. idk what im saying. but i know i mean it and i mean it with love #now if my hormones would just get in line Everything would be fine #once again. uterus to a good home. dont want this. can it get on schedule PLEASE #why is it always the megavirgins missing months and worrying about being the next Mary #THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS #but anyway. even despite the PMDD. im well??? im well. im well.

[lobotomyladylives]

people often assume when we all go out together that I'm my half brothers mom (I'm 20 years older than him) & that his parents are his grandparents & it's so funny bc I know it bothers them. old ass idiots

#my dad was 49 & his wife was 45 when they had him #the story behind his birth is actually extremely fucked up like everything else about their relationship #so my dad left her like a million times to try to go back to my mom (who kept telling him no unless he sorted out his issues) then he #would always run right back to her & she always took him back. anyways i guess he said smth along the lines of #''my wife (he was still married to my mom) will always be the love of my life bc shes the mother of my kids'' #and...she went off bc & on fertility treatments without telling him. then shes pregnant & he is still saying he wants to come back to us #so she said he will never see their kid & her son from a previous marraige THREATENED MY DAD AT GUNPOINT #and said if you ever leave my mom again ill fucking kill yoi #so then the divorce was finalized & they got married & my half brother was born. rest is history #for the record i dont feel sorry for my dad at all it was his fault too. the fucking hypocrite was having sex before marriage #and he knew she was nuts & far too attached to her #what a fucking idiot. all he had to do was get on meds & in therapy & admit he was wrong & he could have stayed with us #but he needed constant validation & to be in charge of everything & thats what his new wife gives him. she converted to his cult & now they #raise my brother in it. and she just does whatever my dad wants & lets him treat her like shit. i would actually feel sorry for her if sh #if she werent such a fucking awful person. and she tries to be all nicey nice w/us despite being a literal homewrecker. #and doing things like telling my dad he cant spend more than 50 dollars per year on each of us #while having him buy her a third car & a 1500 dollar fur coat. lol #theyre so much better off financially than us that its unreal. my mom doesnt get a penny despite how much we are struggling #but if i want a relationship with my half brother i just have to pretend none of this is weird or wrong. #anyways i just hope he never finds out the circumstances of his birth bc god can you fucking imagine

[lameow-l]

so wait… furina is the name of the archon role that “furina” had to play

wouldn’t make more sense narrative wise to give her a name of her own?? like scara gets his own epic chapter about him ridding himself of his past and adopting a new name then proceed to ignore said name in favor of “hat guy” but the actress playing “furina” doesn’t get to be known for her own name?

like people of fontain (partly maybe) know the truth so why not let her free? let her enjoy the simple human life she so so longed for? even the other furina wouldn’t want this

#i think her story is a better use of the (give character name) mechanic that wasn’t really needed in scara’s arc imo #like yeah it’s cool and all but we literally saw him throw the actual physical manifestation of his past into the fucking void!!! #i personally think it was kind of wasted on him on top of me thinking that idea was entirely stupid to begin with and hyv keeps proving tha #no one actually refers to him as wanderer or by the name they choose online.. its just scara #thats both bad marketing and confusing burying the character away from new players #and like the amount of shit u have to go through as a new player just to name ur weird huge hat angry little dude is just.. #but imagine how impactful such a mechanic would be for ‘furina’ who spent all her live acting a role she wasn’t #at the end of all that agony do u think she could endure hearing people call her by that name?? #unlike scara she did that for the people every moment of those 500 years knowing that the fate of every person is mere a breakdown away #there was nothing in that for her or for a reward she thought deserved.. just suffering on her own #it just makes more sense for her to want a different name a different identity that has nothing to do with that role #and again i think that mechanic is stupid anyway but if it had to happen i’d loved it more with ‘furina’ #or idk give her like a clueless friend she gets to meet that keeps calling her a different name for reasons and her liking the name or smth #maybe give her a different role she gets to play.. or have neuvillette give her a name #same with scara i think it would have been a lot better if he went by a name he choose when all his previous names were chosen for him #i dont see how the entirety of genshin writers and devs agreed to this mechanic being implemented honestly #like traveler is literally there waiting for a single soul to address them by their actual name (the one we choose) but every time it’s jus #traveler traveler.. even their most beloved companion calls them traveler #like that alone should've changed the writers minds bc such a name would 1. either not ever be used or replaced by a nickname #2. the hell devs had to go through to not allow certain phrases and names and 3. the hell both teams will suffer should they add a new char #tl;dr stupid dumb mechanic but they should still give furina a new name #genshin impact #furina #fontaine archon quest #scaramouche

[dragonbleps]

Heart of Stone

You wake.

Stars still twinkle overhead, and the crickets chirping around you promise several more hours before dawn. Soft breaths and the occasional snore from your various companions puts you at ease. No excitement for tonight.

Heard even over the sounds of the nightly insects is the grating rhythm of stone against grit. Dalamus works at his tent, grinding a piece of agate into a cabochon. Unlike the others, Dalamus had set up his tent far from the center, presumably to have a full view of the camp, either out of protectiveness or distrust. You presume the latter. He never left the tent for long, not even to sleep. Do Drow sleep?

Astarion is awake, as well, yet remains at his own tent, implying that nocturnal camaraderie is not the reason for his and Dalamus' overlapping watch. Why, then, waste sleeping hours? A generous onlooker might interpret their tandem watchfulness as an overabundance of caution, having backup should a problem arise. The occasional annoyed glance from Astarion in Dalamus' direction pushes the thought from your mind.

Sounds of grinding stone and crunching sand stop as Dalamus inspects his gem for scratches and inclusions. He takes a moment to observe his surroundings, red eyes scanning the campsite and beyond for any signs of disturbance. For your protection? Or his own? You cannot say for certain. His eyes meet yours, and for a moment your pulse quickens, filling with apprehension from a source unknown and unwanted. Unfortunately, you cannot say it is wholly unwarranted, either.

Dalamus' gaze leaves your face and he returns to his task, allowing you the chance to breathe. If any would-be attackers felt half of the apprehension you had in the gaze of your supposed companion, none would dare approach. Dalamus cleans his work station with some water and lays out the next level of grit, wets the agate, and begins grinding once more.

There is a groan of exasperation from Astarion, followed by him complaining about the grating noise. Dalamus is unfazed and, decidedly unwilling to give the High Elf the courtesy of eye contact, responds lowly in Drowic. "Dosst ssivah jaaele mzildur."

Astarion makes a scandalized huff. Whether he understands Drowic or simply assumes insult, you do not know. Either way, he settles back into his tent with a sour expression, arms crossed, and you cannot help the amusement that tugs at the corners of your mouth.

You roll onto your back and stare up at the stars again, closing your eyes. It takes a moment for Dalamus' red eyes to fade from your memory, but you force yourself to relax. You should be safe at least for tonight.

Chips Away

You wake.

Clouds obscure the stars, but the moon's glowing silhouette directly overhead assures you there is still plenty of time to sleep. Most of your companions doze quietly around you. One person turns from their back onto their side, but does not wake. It is peaceful.

The steady rhythm of stone against stone tells you Dalamus is polishing yet again tonight. Something green, judging by the flashes in the torchlight. His tent remains far from the center where everyone else has gathered, but you suspect it is to prevent disturbing the others' sleep. Perhaps.

Except for Astarion, also awake, reading a book at his tent. Or trying. It seems he and Dalamus are both night owls, and refuse to give up their nocturnal quiet time to the other. You suppose, in the end, two pairs of eyes are better than one for keeping watch in the dark.

Sudden silence, as Dalamus picks up his stone and cleans it of grit to determine his progress. He peers up from his work to survey the grounds, making sure his focus on his hobby does not blind him to dangers. His eyes come to rest on your face, and he tilts his head slightly, perhaps wondering why you are awake. If only you had an answer for him. Instead, you smile.

Dalamus' pointed ears prick upwards ever so slightly, but he looks away, unsure how to respond. His attention returns to the stone in front of him, but not before you catch him glancing furtively in your direction once. And then again. He scrubs the grit from his stone with a small brush and some water, resetting his work station to begin the next stage of polishing. It might be a trick of the light, but you could swear his shoulders are not as stiff as before.

Astarion pushes himself to his feet and asks how much longer the accursed screeching will last. Dalamus regards him with a mild scowl, but answers. "An hour at most. You will survive."

The High Elf drags a hand down his face and begins walking off, mumbling about getting something to eat. Now that he mentions it, hunger is beginning to gnaw at your stomach, as well. But the call of sleep is stronger.

You wriggle yourself into a comfortable position on your side and close your eyes, trying to imagine what shape the stone will take when Dalamus is done. The sound of stone polishing is far from melodic, yet it is familiar, and therefore comforting. It means he is awake, and watching. And you feel safe.

To Reveal Gold

You wake.

The stars are bright in the sky, and the moon full enough to light the camp without the need for fire. Grasses sway and trees rustle in the cool midnight breeze. The only thing punctuating the relative silence is the soft snore of a companion opposite the snuffed campfire from you. It is too quiet.

You sit up and wipe the sleep from your eyes. Gone is the grinding noise which you had begun to find comfort in. Dalamus' tent is set up, and his stone polishing materials are out, but the Drow himself is nowhere to be seen. The only thing keeping you from fearing the worst is Astarion, awake and relaxed at his own tent.

The sound of faint crunching reaches your ears, of dirt and grass under boots, and you look over your shoulder to find Dalamus approaching. At his side is a small waterskin still dripping from immersion in the nearby river. He stops once he notices you, red eyes scanning your face. "Is something the matter?" he asks, possibly the first time you have heard him express explicit concern for another outside of injury in combat.

"I'm fine," you assure. "I'm so used to hearing you work, that when I awoke to silence I became worried. I didn't know where you had gone, is all."

Dalamus appears surprised at your concern. After all, there are plenty of others in camp. Astarion is awake to keep watch. He knows you are capable of defending yourself.

"I am here," he says finally, but confusion colors his tone, as if he has never considered his presence might be desirable. Not in a genuine sense, anyway. Useful, perhaps, with his darkvision and heightened hearing. But this is not that. He senses it. And he does not know what to do with it.

"I'm glad you're here. Goodnight, Dalamus."

His eyes widen and his pointed ears swivel away. Rather than say anything and risk revealing emotions he has no name for, Dalamus nods and begins towards his tent.

You lay down on your back and close your eyes, listening. He is at the final stage of polishing for tonight's stone; no more harsh grinding. But it is enough to know that he is there.

You hear a teasing comment from Astarion, followed by an exclamation of pain and a clatter from something small Dalamus has thrown at him. You smile. You are safe.

......

You wake.

It is the early hours of dawn. The moon and stars have almost disappeared entirely, but the sun is not yet risen and neither have your companions. The birds are beginning their calls as the air begins to warm.

A glint of light catches your eye and you turn your head to find a brilliantly polished opal cabochon beside your bedroll. A gift. Even more astounding, Dalamus sleeps facing you but a few feet away. You have never seen him sleep until now. Sleep meant vulnerability, and Dalamus trusts almost no one.

Except you.

You dare not touch him for fear of breaking this trust. Perhaps when he wakes he will distance himself again. But for now, he is here, and he is safe.

#I wanted to experiment with the 2nd-person point of view like the narration of BG3 #so here's a story about an unspecified character observing Dalamus throughout a period of.. idk. weeks? #going from stranger (Heart of Stone) to friend (Chips Away) to close (To Reveal Gold) #the general repetition is purposeful to highlight the subtle changing of Dal's behavior #i have to keep the setting/timeline vague bc.. i haven't gone past the Emerald Grove yet :'D #missy rambles #missy writing #my oc #dalamus drow #drowamus #i guess i could use his (previous) full name so that i have an official tag for him. even though he doesnt have the surname anymore #dalamus strighym #bg3 #OH. and as for what Dal said to Astarion in the first part: ''Your voice grates more'' lmao

[brokenhardies]

The Fifteenth Doctor and Jane Smith VI

"Just wondering... Maybe we're the bad luck?" "Tch, where would you get that idea? Here we are, having just saved a stranger from being eaten alive and your first thought is 'maybe we're bad luck'."

Taglist

@darth-caillic​ @sterling-writes​ @wonderguards​ @reirvival​ @arrthurpendragon​ @foxesandmagic @eddysocs @superspookyjanelle (want to be added or removed? send an ask or a dm!)

#ocappreciation #ocapp #ochub #queerocs #OC: Jane #story: life on mars #doctor who oc #janebug and theatre kid!!!!! #theyre both so sweet i love them so much #like keep in mind unlike their previous incarnations #theyre not running away from their problems #if anything theyre running towards new and exciting problems! #like finding out their newest companion has a very similar background to them! #three foundlings in the tardis whatever shall they do? #*jane cv* so you moped for about three minutes then went into the wardrobe and changed bc you knew she was going to show up?

[grgie]

the older i get (not that im that old really) the more glad i am that i ignore most film critics reviews of films because i used to take those people and what they said to heart and i used to be sad that i thought i liked these films that were so obviously terrible and the fact that i enjoyed them shows i dont know anything about real cinema. ough i dont care. if i liked looking at the film, if it made me laugh or filled me with whimsy and joy, then i dont care. if i came away from the film feeling lighter for having witnessed astory, then that was enough for me. if i go to an art gallery and look at a critically aclaimed piece of art its because it happens to look nice. im sure the brushwork or use of light and metaphors is good but also it looks nice. and thats enough for me.

#basically i need to not look at reviews on letterboxd bc they bum me out #'oh this is his weakest work yet blah blah etc' have you considered that not everything has to be perfect? #not everything is going to be an improvement on the previous #helena talks to the void #this is abt asteroid city btw #wes anderson is an aesthetic filmmaker first and story second #wdym the story lacked substance its wes anderson #like ugh i hate film bros and cinemasins #all my homies hate cinemasins

[crybabydraws]

Doodles of my Dreamtale AU (first mentioned here but I have lots more updated art posted) because it has a hold on me again and I just scrapped practically the entire story lol.

Also here's a possible adult Papyrus design. If Sans gets extra appendages and a fucked up eye, so does Papyrus. I don't make the rules lmao.

This au's story got so big and so messy and I really haven't been able to find a way to put it all together in a way I'm satisfied with, so the story is going to be much closer to the og undertale story with a lot of stuff reworked in the setting and with certain characters' stories and whatnot.

#Now that I'm looking at Sans' design again those shoes look goofy as hell. #It's fitting with his character but I'm most likely going to change that now that I've noticed it. #It is a shame that the other story is such a mess that I have no idea how to clean up. I had some good stuff in there #One idea I was particularly proud of was Papyrus using an army of whoopie cushions to get Sans to remember his humor after he's “corrupted” #That was actually the idea that led to the “Gaster = Fart Master” discovery. I even have a timestamp of the realization bc I stopped typing #Then I didn't come back to that doc for like a week LMAO #Another involved Papyrus carrying the Annoying Dog with him into battle. I was laughing so hard writing the details of that one down #Maybe I'll make the previous story a secondary au or smth if I can figure out how to make it all fit the way I want it to #idk what I'll do with it but maybe I'll figure smth out #To give you a hint of how big it got. that story has multiple google docs. One of them is 20 pages single spaced #That's not even mentioning the notes app and the fact that I didn't even write all of it down. #I wish I was joking. I tismed so hard. Trust me. It was too much lmao #doodles #dreamtale au #dreamtale #nightmare sans #papyrus #undertale #utdr art #undertale au #toriel #frisk #chara #asriel #flowey #my au #my art #mine

[gloriousmonsters]

yknow i dislike so much of totk's story and framing and zelda's inclusion in the past and etc but... the very basic storyline of 'Ganondorf had an incarnation at the start of Hyrule who refused to acknowledge their authority, had a bit of war with them, then tried to fuck them up via murdering someone for magic about it'? just feels SO right if you just end it with him getting killed, not sealed away. both from 'this would play great w/get corrupted into part of the narrative of the Gerudo not heeding the gods and refusing to humble themselves to partake in divine gifts etc' perspective and as something that could inform koume and kotake and ganondorf from OoT.

(obv you'd have to make either hyrule's history way shorter or koume and kotake's lives way longer (or change the time to not the founding of hyrule, but some sort of re-formulation/new royal line establishing?)

but the idea that koume and kotake saw their king die trying to defy Hyrule, while SOME PEOPLE (the sage of lightning) pathetically grovelled for their lives (tried to do desperate damage control) explains like, so much about them, and OoT Ganondorf's plan scans perfectly as 'I'm going to make up for that defeat by doing it better'. He's willing to play a longer game with fake fealty, be more crafty. He'll use any tools at his disposal--except the Gerudo, who he'll keep at arms' length (no endangering them on the battlefield like old days, he's such a good king, ignore all the other ways he's endangering them). And despite the kingdom's weakened state, he's not going to go half-assed about the magic he grabs, no, he is going for the TRIFORCE. hyrule won't have a chance to take him down because he'll have won from the moment he touches it. suck it, ganondorf the first

#'he's a previous version of you' 'the 'suck it' still stands' #totk ganondorf musing that he might not be able to defeat hyrule after all and a magic message rips through time #to appear in front of him just saying 'SKILL ISSUE' #just love the idea of koume and kotake talking about their awesome king who was betrayed and killed unfairly and etc #and bb ganondorf is just absorbing 'ok so he Failed and i can't do that' #I'm still foggy on some bits of totk bc. i don't like it enough to really dig in #i'm pretty sure that ganondorf just tries throwing some monsters at them sneakily b4 going in #but even if that's the case i feel like a bit of open conflict makes more sense for the story I'd like #(is all this justification for cramming a hacked apart sewed back together totk type backstory #into 'allow the ground'? Maybe So) #it's an old song and we're gonna sing it again #vic talks

[the-maladjustedjester]

The inherent eroticism between a condemned and their executioner

#I’ve been playing raging loop nonstop for the past four days #god I fucking love mysteries #I love going through a story over and over with new information every time #learning from each previous loop and seeing things I hadn’t seen before #I fucking love mysteries !!!!!!!! #I love murder mysteries I love supernatural mysteries I love horror mysteries #I love being introduced to a religion and then getting every. single. detail. about the belief system #I love putting pieces together and having the main character realize it ten minutes later #I LOVE MAIN CHARACTERS WITH FLAVOR #I love main characters who aren’t blank reader-inserts #I love when they have unseemly traits that make them human #I love the tropey stuck-up anime man with glasses who gets his shit handed to him in the most devastatingly development ways possible #i love characters whose secrets don’t fully come to light for FOREVER constantly teasing you with info just out of reach #tfw the tags contain the real post #I just needed to rant about this game bc my gf wants to play spoiler-free #which is fair but I NEED TO GUSH ABOUT IT

[4giorno]

okay im enjoying getting these dialogues i previously missed so much. literally astarion when you ask what? will you miss me: "HA!

why not!!!"

#yea dont look at me i started a new character and felt like shit going through all the stuff that i just walked past on my beloved character #so i just made my og character the exact same again and im doing the exact same route with him again VDKFJDJDJDKF #but now im gonna actually do all the stuff in the game bc before i didnt understand the game so i missed so much #i was gonna explain everything i felt but it got way too long so ill just say this instead: #im already getting so much fuller of an experience and i couldnt be happier #and i wanna play my new character (who i like) when i dont feel misersble doing it #im not someone whos precious abt their games like when its over thats it thats the canon story so this way works for me #i build it meticulously until im satisfied! #im still gonna make the same decisions. hes still gonna be the same deceitful little rat with delusions of grandeur #but now i just play out all the massive amounts of stuff i didnt know existed bc i didnt understand how to navigate the game #its gonna be tough to eat the tadpoles again and be cool to the dream visitor bc i HATE the emperor hdjdjdjf #but like i said first time around its absolutely what he would do bc hes convinced he can control it #to get back to the post itself LMAO im obv so happy to get all the astari0n dialogue i missed bc just with this one dialogue i missed #(bc i didnt know how to long rest well) im getting a much more fleshed out picture of his manipulation and its so great #im on tactician now so im hoping it will force me to long rest more so i miss less camp dialogue #anyway can you believe my previous attempt at these tags was even longer? lmao bye im off to enjoy the game however i please!

[sonny-whorezik]

how it feels waking up before 7:30AM to my cat slapping things and eating my hair

#tryign to go back to bed bc im Incredibly sleep deprived from previous week and he wis just smacking his lips and eating my hair #cant have shit #.jpg #atticus #story