#character poem game

[ryal-is-reading]

“put ur Spotify on shuffle and write down the first lyric of the first ten songs that come on, post the poem that results” (character playlist edition)

I was tagged by the lovely @rainbowcarousels ! I think this actually worked pretty well! (The amount of Hozier on my favorites list certainly didn't hurt lol).

Crowley -

I call you one time, two time, three time

I've been watching you for some time

Oh father tell me, do we get what we deserve

I know you moved onto someone new

You're broken down and tired

We used to be giants, when did we stop

I came in from the outside

Her hair is Harlow gold

We were so close to something right

All along the western front

Tagging @fellshish @lostcauses-noregrets and @qqueenofhades in case they're interested. Absolutely zero pressure 💛

#character poem game #crowley #good omens #yes I'm too lazy to tag all the songs #I'm swipe typing all this on my phone in bed

[evol-astraea]

Riveder le stelle.

Inspired by Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXXIV, line 139.

#ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #gabriel ultrakill #gabv1el #evolarts #it took a month and half to get this done (from a rough sketch on paper to the real deal but digital) but it's here at last! #that line from the original poem? it struck me so much #it's powerful and hopeful #and brain proceeded to go full 'you know...it kinda fits with ultrakill somehow' #because of obvious reasons #I mean..the events in the game the setting the direction the characters are heading to... #it doesn't leave much room (if none AT ALL) for hope #so...no matter how the end of the game will be #somewhere in non-canon land these two idiots (affectionate) somehow make it out of Hell #both alive #and with a whole world and lifetime to explore and cherish #together #ntw gabe's lacking both halo and wings...bc I forgot! #in hindsight though...eh I don't really mind XD

[macaulaytwins]

“A Primer for the Small Weird Loves”, Richard Siken // The Sunshine Court, Nora Sakavic

#will I ever stop comparing tragic characters to this poem? no #tsc #the sunshine court #jean moreau #jerejean #internalized homophobia #richard siken #web weave #aftg #all for the game #all for the gay #a primer for the small weird loves #web weaving #parallels #poetry #quotes #kevjean #I haven’t even read tsc yet and it’s making me so so insane

[dawnsbreaking]

Transcription: Zayne's ST "Beginning"

i transcribed Zayne's ST story for meta purposes and thought I would put the transcription here for others to have it if they haven't unlocked it yet/to have it more accessible than it is in game

everything with "Foreseer:" is Zayne speaking directly, anything not attributed is the poem. i did it this way to make it easier to read the poem on its own, since that's what i hope to analyze in the future <3

Foreseer: Shift your gaze elsewhere. Foreseer: Your expression shall not even earn an ounce of my pity. Foreseer: Though it seems a night in the throne room was not enough. Foreseer: Perhaps you desire to be frozen with the wall as your paltry confessional? [Ice SFX] Foreseer: Better to yield now than later. [Page turning SFX] Foreseer: Could you still be interested in what I’m currently reading? Foreseer: …Certainly, ’tis a poem related to Astra. Its descriptions suit you. Foreseer: Would you like to hear it? - A great distance beyond, …. north of ice and snow, Atop the Divine Mountain, When Light pierces through howling blizzards, The divine sing of Destiny’s crest My Emissary devout, Will thou be lost in these celestial halls? Will thou have the courage to wait for Mine words? To unveil thy fate predetermined. - Foreseer: You appear to be fascinated. Foreseer: [Laugh?] Hmph, then don’t speak. - With the frozen kingdom awakened, Greedy ants fall into eternal slumber. The divine rest upon their thrones, Yet hidden daggers lie beneath their robes. Brazen trespasser, Arcticyons sing of thy requiem. Dost thou know where thy stands, Upon white, gleaming bones? - Foreseer: I don’t mind repeating this verse. Consider it a prophesy of your future. Foreseer: Are you frightened? Foreseer: If this is all your courage is capable of, you best forget about the Creatio Protocore. [Page turning SFX] - Traces of destiny like shimmering starlight, Bind people who have never met… - Foreseer: I’ll stop here. The last verse is rather strange. Foreseer: Do you truly wish to strike a deal? Foreseer: You ask far too many questions. [Ice SFX] Foreseer: Must your wild curiosity be satiated? - Celestial Savior, Is thou prepared? To save him from darkness? To be his sanctuary amidst rime and gale, To allow the descent… of miracles once again? - [END] here is the poem in its entirety without interjections just to make it easier to read:

A great distance beyond, …. north of ice and snow, Atop the Divine Mountain, When Light pierces through howling blizzards, The divine sing of Destiny’s crest My Emissary devout, Will thou be lost in these celestial halls? Will thou have the courage to wait for Mine words? To unveil thy fate predetermined. With the frozen kingdom awakened, Greedy ants fall into eternal slumber. The divine rest upon their thrones, Yet hidden daggers lie beneath their robes. Brazen trespasser, Arcticyons sing of thy requiem. Dost thou know where thy stands, Upon white, gleaming bones? Traces of destiny like shimmering starlight, Bind people who have never met… Celestial Savior, Is thou prepared? To save him from darkness? To be his sanctuary amidst rime and gale, To allow the descent… of miracles once again?

#i'm so obsessed with this scene that i'm kind of pacing the floors of my apartment thinking about it constantly #i think that it is one of those things we will look back on and think #'wow they foreshadowed this entire zayne plot here thats crazy' #i have some crazy theories i fear #but i think ultimately this scene is very cool in that astra is speaking directly to mc via zayne #and... perhaps i am insane! but. i think that zayne's myth is what starts the entire cycle of death and rebirth #also thinking about that john keats poem they used to introduce zayne #before the game's release btw. insane #but i think this idea of cycles and death and rebirth are really central to his character Somehow #there is also something to be said about mc Not dying in zaynes myth #as opposed to the other two #i think zayne breaks the cycle only to start a new one #getting out my red string but i promise im onto something #anyway um #love and deepspace #lads #lads zayne #zayne love and deepspace #li shen #love and deepspace zayne #foreseer zayne

[denizenhardwick]

natsuki is gay and was forced by the game to fall in love with the protagonist, i'm literally so serious about this.

#ddlc #it's implied all the characters were forced by the game to fall in love with the protagonist #and natsuki. wrote a poem about homophobia. LIKE? #i know she said it's supposed to be able to apply to anything but the rhetoric is so specific and charged #ahh i really loved that poem i want to analyze it om nom

[eyrieofsynapses]

good evening, all. it is May the 25th. our lilacs are blooming, just as the ones at the Watch House did. and I am thinking about remembrance of the fallen, and GNU, and the love in commemoration.

y'know, I read Night Watch… oh, maybe a year ago and some months ago. and the lilac symbolism, the remembrance of the Watch, has always struck me with the depth of the emotion of it, the tangibility of it in the flowers. but I wasn't aware that today was the day until I saw commemorative posts, all that gorgeous artwork and more, on my dash.

I was also not aware, until now, that fans commemorated the day not only because of the book reference, but in support of Terry Pratchett and of those with Alzheimer's. which knocked me over a bit because of course, of course the group that would use GNU to honor him would do that. and… I've been thinking about GNU a lot, lately, and this caught me again.

I read Going Postal a bit ago, and reread it recently. both times, the parts about GNU made me tear up. this idea of the names, the memories, the lives of the clacks workers who dedicated themselves to ensuring that people heard each other's voices—all those names spoken again and again and again by that which they poured their souls into, winging along in the air as they could not, an eternal reminder that they were loved—how could that not touch a person's heart?

when I found out that fans online used it to memorialize him, I damn well cried. hell, I still tear up just thinking about it. do you know, there's a code for an HTTP header "X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett" written by Reddit users to put in webpages, where it goes unseen by the average user? and in 2015, when Netcraft took a survey, there were eighty-four thousand websites using it? it's eight years later—how many thousands upon thousands of websites have this now, do you think? how many little cables of light has his name flown along, now? how many times?

that alone is absurdly and unimaginably lovely in its own right, but… there's something else to it. there's something about remembering with the lilac sprigs every year, just as Vimes and those who were there remembered their dead. something about how, when we take up our lilac sprigs, we carry a little piece of the characters in our hearts, too. I kept trying to put my finger on why that makes me tear up the way it does. the conclusion I came to is this:

what greater way to honor a writer is there, but to honor them the way they did the characters they poured their heart and soul into? what better way to say we know you and you are not forgotten and your work and words and gifts to the world are held in our hearts forever than to remember them by their own words, their own vision? how else could we say you embodied all the good you believed in and wished to see in the world, but to memorialize them after the little pieces of their soul they wrapped in ink and put upon the page?

it is a knowing of the writer, to remember them in their way. it is not a worn-out faceless platitude, but a reminder that their work has been read and will continue to be, that the characters and world they loved enough to bring to life last just as their name does. such remembrance is warm and loving and delights in their memory even as it grieves.

and now Pratchett's name has been written in his tradition, over and over and over, across the vast plane of the Internet, where it will—with any luck—continue to fly for generations to come.

there is no way to truly express the beauty of that… but perhaps we can catch a glimpse of it in the lilacs, both ours and the Watch's.

#the glorious 25th of may #night watch #gnu terry pratchett #discworld #I cannot express how much I love that our lilacs bloom at the same time as they do in the books #also I dearly wanted to include this little fact in my accidental monologue but it didn't fit. so in the tags it goes: #GNU Terry Pratchett is ALSO a Minecraft splash text #which is just. aaaaaaaaaaah of course a game with something like the End Poem would do that but aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah #I have many feelings on this and a decent summary of a lot of them is about the beauty of how humanity remembers and loves our dead #and also just... the love. the love that can be held for someone you never met #but whose writing and words can pierce your heart in the best of ways #and the love for characters--for the best of them are these little shards of the writer's soul that they decided to share #because that's really the nature of writing. baring your soul and your self to others in those persons you breathe to life on the page #and then sharing it with others just in hopes that it might ring true and inspire them #give them insight #help them in ways no one else could because only YOU could write that character and share that part of yourself #and by gods if Pratchett isn't among the best at that then I don't know who is #anyway. I have feelings and I accidentally turned them into a monologue whoo #have a good evening all

[candlelightkissess]

The sea sings a song

To remind her where home is

But salty air stings

#annie cresta #hunger games #comfort character #poetry #poem #writeblr #writers of tumblr #writing #writer #writing community #moodboard #moodboard writing

[theglamour-theterror]

[haymitch centric, from alex's pov]

and still, the blaring stage light

on your

back,

couldn't hide that smirk you

wore.

belittled, your spark trampled

you're more than just a memoir.

so

look here,

eyes up, quell's victor

i offer you

your fire.

#the hunger games oc #oc x canon #the hunger games #haymitch abernathy #alexandrite mitchell #original character #my art #thg oc #oc art #my writing #thg #oc #oc x character #poems on tumblr

[the-shy-artisan]

Not going to show you guys anything too spoilery, but have yet another deadpanned Kratos interaction lol

#god of war #god of war ragnarok spoilers #god of war ragnarok #i love the amount of character building we're getting for Kratos~ #so far we've learned that he can play an instrument; has a favorite poem; and has a craving for olives #paige's vids #this game feels so alive; in more ways than one #i've been having such a great time; i don't want it to end #def gonna 100% this one too

[muscatos]

A Comparison: Edgar Allen Poe's and his works to All for the Game

This is a dramatic and unnecessary comparison, one that I'm not entirely certain Nora did purposefully (though I remain hopeful), but nevertheless we have come to a conclusion.

An initial first look would instantly have me foaming at the mouth to mention that Edgar Allen Poe and Neil Josten (read - Nathaniel Wesninski) have the same birthday, alluding to the idea that Nathaniel had been and would always be intrinsically tied to Edgar Allen University, Riko, and the Ravens until Nathaniel is officially buried in baltimore and Neil is born legally in the FBI database and assuming a new birthday that is entirely his own, therefor cutting ties once and for all with Edgar Allen University and the trauma that it holds, in relation to both Riko and his Father. This is semi ironic as while Nathaniel died in baltimore and rose again as Neil ( “leave Nathaniel buried in baltimore” Andrew said,) Edgar Allen Poe also died in the same city under ‘mysterious circumstances,’ of which is where I like to think that Nora got her location inspiration, (both that and Baltimore having one of the highest rates of corrupt law enforcement, but that's neither here nor there.) These links only continue as Poe watched his mother die before living and being educated in numerous places around the US, England, and France, of which similarly seems to mirror Neil’s own childhood.

Edgar Allen Poe wrote his infamous ‘The Raven’ while in West Virginia, likely being the reason that Edgar Allen university is located there in All For The Game and the decision for the exy team to be titled The Ravens as a result, a particular point of interest as the contents of the ‘The Raven’ represent the madness someone descends into once their love is lost; this mimics the relationship between Riko and Kevin, with the formers sanity spiralling from his control once Kevin is lost, (with it also notable to point out that Riko and Kevin were originally written to be lovers, furthering this mirroring to the poem.) The symbolism for the Ravens represent a ‘bird of ill omen’ and seem to foreshadow the downfall of Poe's character as he was surrounded by them, as well as Rikos’ by being in the nest, with Poe also stating that the character is “distorted by his obsessive attachment.” Both Jean and Kevin escaping these ravens and having a promising ending reinforces this intention by Nora.

The idea of these Ravens that Poe writes about seem to also mirror Neil’s relationship to the nest, with the ravens in the poem coming to “Bellow for Revenge” on a “Drear-Nighted December.” A startling similarity to Riko forcing Neil to go to the nest over Christmas. The Nest being entirely painted black seems to also reference Poe’s poem in which the speaker enters the door into “darkness there and nothing more,” such as Neil would have done upon entering the Nest at the beginning of December, once again referenced almost directly as Jean tells Neil to look at the sky one final time as he wouldn’t see it again throughout Christmas.

This choice of a raven, in all, is chosen by Poe and seemingly Nora to symbolically represent the personification of death and the Narrator's impending fate, in this case being Neil’s knowledge that he will die by the hands of his father.

Edgar Allen Poe also coined the terms Evermore and Nevermore, with Evermore meaning that loss will always be apart of life, fitting as the characters in All For The Game all seem to go the Castle Evermore upon losing somebody and therefor unable to grieve, such as Jean losing his Family, Kevin loosing his mother, and even Riko losing his birth family, with only Kevin and Jean able to overcome that grief once leaving the Castle Evermore. Nevermore, however, means that one can never hold onto what they have, with the Narrator of Poe’s poem chanting the word once succumbing to madness from the loss of his partner, implicating the idea in All For The Game that no matter the circumstances, Riko never would have managed to keep Kevin in the long run, always ensuing the same fate.

I’m sure that there are mountains more connections that I’m yet to explore, with vague links to addiction regarding Andrew that even I know is a stretch at best, yet I see so little people talking about the random horrifying literature references sprinkled throughout the series that I had to do it myself. Sue me.

#if there are spelling mistakes it’s because I refuse to read this back #because I know I’ll sound crazy and I’m living in denial #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #Neil josten #Andrew minyard #analysis #character analysis #literary analysis #essay writing #essay #edgar allen poe #Riko moriyama #edgar allen ravens #Kevin Day #comparitive essay #the foxes #the raven poem #meta #discourse

[thebarontheabyss]

Our helpful raven has the soul of a true poet with a strong fondness for the macabre. It is a poem that truly rings true these days.

#choice of games #if game #if wip #choicescript #dating sim #hosted games #hosted game #cog #interactive fiction #thebarontheabyss #original poem #poetry #og character #original characters

[ehilikeshoney]

Since I'm basically starting a new chapter of my life (aka college life), I decided to talk about something that hasn't changed since the beginning of middle school: my obsession over Alex.

So here is a small poem I wrote (alongside fitting drawings) which illustrates my experience with him and what effect this whole obsession has had on me over the years.

I'm posting this because I rlly wanna know if I'm the only one who feels like this or sees their comfort character as something somewhat negative for their mental health and social life.

(This is not an analysis of Alex's character btw.)

Also, I'm pretty much an amateur when it comes to writing poems, so yeah...

#criminal case #criminal case game #criminal case grimsborough #criminal case the conspiracy #alex turner #drawing #doodle #poem #comfort character

[writtennotsaid]

The covenanting of love, this distracting desire, is a sickness for comfort denied by a lifetime of revulsion, hidden behind a smile painted by the sanguine art of performative wantonness and sweet words that are spoken with rehearsed fluidity, all for a cruel purpose of luring the unaware to their final sunrise.

#spilled ink #poetry #poems #poems on tumblr #spilled words #Poetry based off video games #baulders gate 3 #astarion #There's something about Neil Newbon voiced characters #poets on tumblr #poem #poetry on tumblr

[starfiresky]

Memories from the overhead skies/

The snow like images from my past demise/

Plagued with thoughts of a distant past/

Footprints marked my twisted path/

I lost myself to the bitter wind/

Of loneliness and wars I couldn’t win/

Years later the battle is silent/

My thoughts no longer feel violent/

Before I could see only the storm/

But now the cold feels lovely and warm/

I see the world for the beauty within/

And find the strength to begin again.

- original poem

#kingdom hearts #art #poem #original poem #powerful #Riku’s character arc #kh #kh Riku #snow #Christmas time #Christmas #night sky #cool #digital art #gaming #riku #fan art #artistic release #my art

[oliveraiku]

Sae!

“ITOSHI SAE” - Memories of a Perfect Childhood.

Suzanne Rivecca - “Ugly, Bitter, and True” / Franz Wright, from God's Silence; - "Father Roger Goes for a Walk" / Mary Oliver - “Dogfish” / Anna Akhmatova - “The Sentence” / Rita Dove - “Primer For The Nuclear Age”.

#i lied <3 #this was not a poem… #but these are the first ones I associate with Sae that I could find #so mh yeah #blue lock web weaving #blue lock #bllk #blue lock manga #bllk manga #blue lock anime #bllk anime #itoshi sae #web weaving #poetry #ask game! #send me characters and i’ll gove you a poem!

[pythonscrypt]

the minecraft end poem is one of the rawest most hard hitting evocative pieces of writing of this century i swear to god. every now and then i will recall a random line from it and i'll get goosebumps and my eyes will become a bit watery. it's seriously just so beautiful and resonant god bless the person who wrote it truly

#b.txt #just thinking and. i have a non zero chance of tearing up when the line #'and the universe said everything you need is within you' #presents itself within my mind #i don't know why but it just gives me a lot of hope. and genuinely makes me feel better and more optimistic when i need it the most #there was that one post of empires s1 characters drawn with lines from the end poem and i saw it while going through a tough time #and i stg i almost bawled #sorry if this is too much emotion for block game poem. but also im Not sorry bc have you seen that shit