#def smth to talk abt

[mariniacipher]

okay, that was. an unexpected antisemitism moment yesterday.

cw for discussion of antisemitism and attempted murder of a Jewish person mentioned in wap 1.2.2

but yeah, the fact that Dólokhov apparently “almost killed a Jew” and that it’s only seen as a showcase of his capriciousness and not as a Bad Thing and a reason to dismiss or at least discipline him…

like, it shows that the soldiers are given a lot of leeway, i suppose, in how they can treat civilians, and i dont know a lot abt military history but it does fit into the little i do know?

but yeah, that line still really shocked me-

like, i feel like tolstoy so far has been really good at portraying characters realistically. and generally i think that’s to the book’s advantage since it, e.g., allows the female characters to have depth even even if they live in a deeply sexist society.

but it also shows that Dólokhov, a soldier who is popular and beloved but just parties a bit too wildly, is antisemitic to the point of attempted manslaughter. and apparently no one minds it all that much

like, i think it does put into perspective that we’re looking into the lives of a lot of v privileged and bigoted characters. And that our protagonist are not Good People, even if they are drawn as sympathetic

(altho it is also telling that this was just dropped in one line and nothing more, as the audience is apparently meant to also not mind)

tldr: this book sure does reflect the time it writes abt

#war and peace (& emails) #id love to discuss this more #like #im culturally christian so this just took me by surprise #and i do think it was a wake-up call as ti the time frame of the book #but i also feel like this can make it way harder to relate to someone like dolokhov #but yeah #def smth to talk abt #hope this all makes sense

[puppydoggraham]

HANNIGRAM AT 9 IN 2023. I KNOW THATS RIGHT

#Coincidence that I joined the fandom this year and it’s that high up? I think not #I talk abt them so fucking much LOL #hannigram #hannibal #nbc hannibal #BRO IT MOVED UP TWO #ITS BECAUSE PARTLY OF ME I STG I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL #no bc it def has smth to do with me #I live in the hannigram tag AKQKQJWJDHD

[demons-i-get]

WAIT BIG BRAINED THOUGHT:

Sam does smth stupid hoping Dean won't find out.

Someone rats Sam out to Dean.

Sam gets in trouble and a lecture from Dean (bc Dean is a parent and he is Sam's parent I will not accept criticism on this matter).

Later, Sam makes a group chat consisting of everyone who could have told on him to Dean and just sends this video:

#supernatural #spn #dean winchester #sam winchester #dean winchester is sam winchester's parent #and i will be accepting NO criticism on this matter!!!! #dean raised sam and in my heart i just know that its smth they dont really talk abt but they both 100% know and acknowledge it #and sam (the annoying little brother/kid) that he is to dean definitely calls dean 'mom' sometimes especially when hes being a little shit #but sam also loves his big brother and appreciates everything deans done and given up for him #so every year dean gets a pie and a little homemade card on mother's day and father's day from sam #when they were younger sam would give dean the card and actually say 'happy mother's/father's day dean' but once theyre older sam starts #sneaking the pie and card into dean's room or leaving them somewhere he knows dean will find them and neither of them say anything but dean #always gives sam a soft smile and usually a hug too before they continue w/ their day like its any other #the year dean spends w/ lisa and ben while sam's in hell/running around soulless ben makes dean a father's day card and dean gets all teary #and thanks him but then later when hes alone he just breaks down sobbing bc it just remimds him that sammy is gone #even when sam was at stanford and not really talking to dean he still sent dean a short message (text email voicemail whatever) on mother's #and father's day but now hes gone and dean wont even get that #btw dean def saves all of the cards sam's made him over the years and once theyre in the bunker he keeps them all in a special box that he #hides under his bed and he'll pull it out and look through them when hes having a bad day alongside the box of pictures <3 #i did not mean to go insane in the tags here but oh well #enjoy my silly post and unhinged rambling ig

[drainbangle]

wait omg i’m curious about your unpopular thoughts about temenos writing wise.. i love when people discuss octopath writing it’s really enriching to see what we all have to say about certain story elements. plus you’re like a temenos representative to me. your thoughts about temenos make me go “so true!”

Aw, thank you! It took a while for me to decide on what to write here, since honestly I could go on for… frankly any aspect of this guy, especially in regards to treatment in fanon. But for now, I'll focus on my thoughts regarding how people treat tragedy in Temenos' story— namely, Crick's death— and why I personally dislike it as a writing decision and why I disagree with the idea that it is necessary.

Note: Goes without saying, but this is my personal opinion. If you believe otherwise, then that's all good. I'm not writing this to say that any one person is wrong, just to talk about an issue I have with the game's writing itself.

To start, I'll say that my main reason for disliking Crick's death in SH route is a matter of practicality. Killing him off causes Temenos to lose the main person that he had a fantastic relationship and banter with, and in my opinion, Temenos works best when he's bouncing off another person; not unlike most under the Sherlock-archetype.

Also, genuinely? It works wonders to keep Crick alive, if just because it provides a fantastic avenue to explore Temenos' institutional trauma. Having a character that's lived a different experience but within the same harmful institution opens up ways to explore the scope of its harm. And yes, this is for Crick specifically; not Ort, not the travelers, but Crick.

I think it really adds something that Temenos was raised by the church while Crick converted as a teenager during a really difficult time in his life. These two are good for each other. Crick sure as hell makes it a lot easier to write Temenos in fic.

(If you have a different experience, again, that's cool. I'm glad for you. I, however, will never fail to take the easy way out.)

(This is a lie, I'm over here making up fantasy church law for fic stuff but that's not related to this answer.)

I won't pretend that disliking Crick's death is an unpopular opinion. I mean, "Stormhail Fix-it" is an entire genre of fic on the OT2 Ao3 tag. What I do feel tends to go unaddressed though, is the fact that the idea that Crick's death is canon, therefore it is necessary, therefore it is the best decision; an idea that I wholeheartedly disagree with.

Within the text itself, Crick is killed off in order to give Temenos a personal reason to pursue Kaldena, thus putting him at odds with Kaldena's motivations being driven by her ideology and worldview that, "because humans committed the massacre, it was the gods' mistake to put us here". I also won't pretend that Kaldena's writing here isn't fucking awful, because Crick's death is also a device to make the player want Kaldena defeated even though she is just as much as a victim of the church; and that's to say nothing of her portrayal as an indigenous and dark-skinned woman.

These decisions are ones I disagree with. Killing Crick off was unnecessary to give Temenos reason to pursue the culprit, because Temenos already had someone close to him killed; and that's Pontiff Jörg. He raised Temenos from infancy, but due to the lack of focus on him outside of banter conversations, it's never relevant to his motivations outside of the desire for truth because a crime was committed. 

We also didn't need to kill Crick off to show that the church was a terrible institution, because Roi already went missing in action. The Sacred Guard is the main body of law within Eastern Solistia, it's not unreasonable to think that the reason why Temenos dislikes them is because they clearly didn't do shit to investigate his disappearance.

However, one thing I really don't agree with is the idea that Crick's death is necessary because Temenos' story is a tragedy. And if you asked me why, I'd ask this in turn: why is death the only form of tragedy? Furthermore, why must a tragedy contain only tragic events? That in mind, what gives anything value in a tragedy, then?

Pretend we cannot completely rewrite Temenos' story. Even then, changing Crick's death to a permanent injury, a coma, or whatever is still a tragic event; and that's nothing to say of living with the consequences. Isn't losing your faith a tragedy? Isn't losing something you worked for years to do a tragedy?

Similarly, I'd still argue that it's more valuable to make Stormhail a near-death experience because not only does it show Temenos succeeding in making someone question the church but also the terror that is feeling like you're doomed to repeat tragedy. Even if you really aren't, it's hard to dismiss that feeling; especially when it has to do with being victimized by institutions.

And before someone says, "but bad things happen to good people in real life", I'm not treating these characters as living, breathing people who are subject to things like gravity, hunger, and exhaustion. I'm treating them as choices, and choices made that I disagree with. 

It's why I make different choices. I choose to make Crick have to deal with chronic pain onwards. I choose to make Temenos realize change is still possible. I choose to let them both leave Stormhail alive. Are these better choices? I don't know. But I'll never stop questioning the ones made by the writers regardless; much less stop disagreeing with them.

So, in summary: I dislike Crick's death. I dislike Temenos having to spend the rest of the story without someone he can talk to so easily because Crick's absence weakens a lot of his scenes in Temenos 4. But more than that, I dislike the idea that tragedy is necessary on top of the idea that it is superior. Tragedy's good, I adore the genre; but written in mindful doses and all that.

#ty sm for the ask!! i'm sorry it took so long to get to but i really wanted to like. get my thoughts sorted since there's sm i'd talk abt #i had fun writing this out. it also really helped to get my feelings on SH down on paper bc *man* i got thoughts on the last half of #temenos' story. along w/ how it does hurt his writing that it's not even fully resolved till endgame #um. again if anyone disagrees then cool. but this is just my thoughts on the matter and all that #also i did get kinda... harsh towards the game near the end but it goes w/o saying i say all that bc i love the game sm #i absolutely would not dedicate this much energy to smth i didn't care about and i'm glad for the opportunity to talk abt it haha #bestomato #telegram #8path tag #octopath 2 spoilers #also i def have more to say abt dena but again we'd be here Forever if i did. head full of thoughts on temenos' story OTL

[toastsnaffler]

in a hilarious turn of events my flatmate didn't even know I use any pronouns....

#i thought when she was talking abt how her parents thought i was gonna come out as trans and kept checking my name/pronouns- #that the joke was that im ALREADY trans but in ways they dont know abt.... but nope she genuinely didnt know 🤭 #to be fair. i dont rly let anyone in on my gender business unless we're close enough to be dating or its an anonymous online space #like im legally cis and thats fine. idc abt ppl using my name + she/her bc thats not my gender identity its just AN identity that i use- #to navigate the world without ppl being fucking nosy bc i pass as + am sociopolitically treated as a woman (if butch lol) #to ppl who are friends ill joke that my gender is dyke (true) and to friends whose gender falls on a similar spectrum- #or who are transmasc ill talk a little more honestly abt it bc theyre usually able to understand better than anyone else #other butch dykes w a weird gender going on are the only motherfuckers who actually Get It but theyre hard to come by tbh #to be frank i dont fucking know whats going on w my gender. and i dont rly care enough to do the introspection to figure it out rn #i have so many other problems in my life and im lucky that most of my beef w gender can be solved by presenting butch + binding #and using any pronouns around other queer ppl. its actually incredibly funny to me when ppl she/her me bc its like tch. this chump hasnt #unlocked my level of gender yet. pronouns and names in general are so far disconnected from the way i exist in the world... #its just smth thats fun for me to play around with + makes me feel weird sometimes but in ways i havent distilled yet yknow #and this has been my approach to gender for like?? 4-5 years now??? and likely will continue to be for a long while.. #anyway. its not actually that surprising my flatmate doesnt know bc shes cis so ive never felt compelled to have a deeper conversation #abt gender with her. but also i could sweeaaar its been mentioned bc almost all our other friends are trans lol #and also ive been introducing myself at queer sports socials w any pronouns and i swear i talked abt that w her..... whatever #and my pronouns are on discord and shes def seen my tumblr before but maybe i didnt have them in my bio at the time... i digress #i kind of prefer cis ppl she/hering me tbh. theyre not able to they them or he him or whatever else me in a way that matters..... #altho i do find it fascinating when she or other ppl elect to use neutral or masculine terms for me. raising an eyebrow and taking notes #like when she got a job and joked abt me being her househusband.. pulling up the fem/masc tally chart and chalking a line up #a la nona the ninth.... ive been trying to figure out whos inhabiting this body my entire fucking life with no luck girl #ANYWAY just smth to think abt. im so tired i think my brain is gonna start seeping out my eyeballs #im gonna watch some more pluto and read and then -> 🛌 #another 6:30 start tomorrow woohoo #.diaries #zzzzz

[silenthillbunni]

❄️🐇❕

#i feel like im going insane and tonight it's esp bad so i need to.... vent :$ #some time ago i had the fortune of a very very wonderful person entering my life. and since day one BOOM i think of them every single day #im not even exaggerating.. like every single day i just think and daydream of them. i've had sm extra inabiloty to focus - #bc i just need to constantly stop and think of them..... #there is so much abt them to adore and admire. so much!!!! i didnt know someone like them could exist.. #i love talking to them and i just wanna kno everything there is to know abt them!!! everything regarding interests me #there's also the aspect of how i feel talking to them. i know they dont judge the same way as other ppl do so it's easier to talk to them #tho i still have avpd so i often start over explaining myself and get insecure etc etc. i need to get out of my head!!!! #idk.. idk... it has never been like this for me. so im also scared #what do i do.. how do i navigate this? i've never been here before and i feel lost even if it's def not a bad place to be in #every single day... i just wish that i could be with them more and more. this wish never calms down it just gets bigger #but. how? how do i break this loop and make it into reality? is it only gonna stay as a desire and a daydream? :(( i rlly dont want that #im scared too. bc what if i want and can make it my reality but it just wont happen? what if it just wont #im also not the only one in this equation that decides. what if... i have to face rejection.. what if im a disappointment. what if what if #i dont know!! i only know that i think of them all day every day. it gets more nd more intense each day. #i also get more sure that it's what i want... #anywayyyy. im actually.. driving myself insane with how obsessively i think of this #i cant quite put it into words but i had to get at least some of it off my chest #like how. do i express my feelings to them. how do i turn it into reality. how do i face that fear of the unknown and smth i've never done #but also how do i face that fear and prepare for the fact that even if i want smth dreams made into reality cant be certain. #there r so many life things that decide what happens too.... not just my will and desire #but as well as.. how do i prqepare myself to deal with the potential oh whoops maybe im the only one who rlly want this. #maybe this is onesided maybe my feelings just flew out of control nd idk how to reel them back in whoops. #like i dont know at all what could happen.. all i know is what i wish.. hmm gosh this is all just making my head spin every day.

[uminoiru]

(1/?) @infamous-if mcs <3 Arthur De Luna (they/them) Performer at heart. They have a deep love for Arthurian legends and have since taken to playing as the risen king. They enjoy cosplaying and are barely seen out of it when onstage or in front of a camera. Off stage and away from public view Arthur, or Artie, is much more quiet compared to their onstage persona. The band, Resurrect, takes inspiration from: Queen, Ghost, Siouxsie and the Banshees, & Echo and the Bunnymen. (playlist)

LINK TO PICREW !!

more stuff abt arthur cause i got excited-

rapid fire:

most def has wrote a song (or two) about Guinevere. they would never reveal who Guinevere is but long time fans and those close to them could probably connect the dots that its about Seven. song(s) would've been written after their break-up.

most notable cosplays that get recycled the most include: Ghostface, Luke Skywalker, Beast Boy, Grelle Sutcliff, Tuxedo Mask, & Howl ~ (attire)

wears white colored contacts for performing and when in front of a camera. no reason for it they just think it looks sick lol.

would most def refer to their fans/fandom as the knights of round. or knights of resurrect. would also create a whole "knighting" thing where'd they pick a random person to be "officially knighted". (maya would def be knighted).

#“deep love” but my knowledge is short to bbc merlin SJKBNDSJDKS #ill imagine that theyre just more knowledgeable than me LOL #arthur would def play into each roless #like i can imagine them doing the “thats my girl” MASKCNKBVSDJFKBWJEFNWEFEWF #not added to the rapid fire but def still pining !! #a part of their gwen songs thats killing me is thinking of them just. refusing to answer any question about it. #if anyone asked they would just talk abt smth else LOL #anyways #this made me want to post my other mcs now #but also arthur brainrot is strong... #tempted to draw them in their cosplays now #but we'll see #if mcs #ocs #???? #infamous #idk what else to tag for myself whoops #infamous if

[kuiinncedes]

hehe

#me def not being good director w regard to one specific weird little subset of our club #but then also being reminded that #no one ever fucking responds to me in those discord channels ;-; #i wanna ask smth but like i asked it a while ago and they just . ignore the message ;-; #but still no i did like .... do rly bad there bc i just kinda let it be #and now we're coming up on show #and we're not Unprepared #but we're not ...... incredibly prepared lol just regarding this one thing but we have some time #but #i just want to stop like mentally beating myself up over it lol #and like i need to let myself ask stupid shit rn #but i've also been thinking abt it like the entireeeee afternoon and havent done shit so #😀😀😀😀 #jeanne talks #SENTTTTTT the message #i also keep telling myself like fuck u for not doing very well w it like all of last semester/this one so far lmfao but #u can try to do more now ;-; even if they hate u and r judging u for it 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 #which there is absolutely no evidence of except in my imagination c: <3 #bro (me) shut the fuck up ;-; #can i get OUTTA MY HEADDDDDDD BRO #doesnt help that they haven't responded LOLLL altho it has only been a couple hours . but #also lowkey . i should probably just give up on work at thihs point based on my productivity the entire evening #and go to sleep early #but i probably wont lmfao #also bc my cat is just like on my back rn and i dont want her to move #i'm laying on my stomach on the couch and she's on my back lol #c: #i feel like having my roommate .. be here would help lmfao #so im not just 100% in my head alone all the time #but ya know cant wish for the impossible <3

[sushisocks]

ohh wow i passed 1k followers on here while i wasnt looking, how very fun!! thank u all for hanging out ur all the very best <3<3<3

#teki talks #also gained a v recent mutual whom i am ECSTATIC to realize followed me back a few days ago!! hellooooo heehoo<3<3 #ive really been busy lately so ive not looked at my activity stuff in a while and i was like 'woah!!' #also ive been getting notifs abt my posts making the rounds like 'oh 4k reblogs 10k reblogs' etc etc #but NOTHING on 1k followers which def FEELS LIKE SMTH I SHOULDVE BEEN NOTIFIED ON?? #anyway yall are SO COOL and i love hanging out and whatnot #very grateful so many of u have joined me for the cowboy posting or magic boy posting or space boy posting or gay posting #there's a lot of different kinds of posting going on here but knowing people enjoy enough to follow is a LOT of fun!! #im sorry ive not been as active lately i got a job and im tryina write and all that good stuff!! but ur all always welc to reach out!! #tumblr is a platform where numbers mean fuckall but im thinking about having a thousand people in my house and that does make me feel smth #so thank you!!!!

[reanimatedgh0ul]

ok but i can't this image out of my head of one of the days when jenny and danny decide to hang out it going like this lol

jenny: so danny what you thinking abt doing today :D danny (who has been plotting the hypothetical scenario where jenny uses one of her myriad of built in weapons on him to do d.i.y top surgery): oh i have an idea :)

#LIKE I'M SORRY SMTH ABT THIS IS JUST SO FUCKING FUNNY TO ME #also yk jenny would be like WHAT DANNY NO #danny would be like AW CMON I'LL BE FINE I SURE IT WON'T HURT *THAT* BAD WHEN WE DO THE OPERATION #and jenny like IDC WE'RE NOT DOING THAT #danny's gets all petty like WOW OK SM FOR YOU SUPPORTING ME AS A FRIEND 😠 #and jenny's like DANNY WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABT I DO SUPPORT YOU I JUST DON'T SUPPORT YOU MAKING DUMB DECISIONS #i will def draw this out later #things to draw #when worlds collide #robi rambles

[lemongogo]

a random OC ask for you (for zaihala): what is your OC's favorite memory?

also: if they were dropped in a random city for a day with a pouch full of gold/relevant currency and no obligations whatsoever, what would they be doing?

aah omg this is so sweet ehehe, thank you for the qs :3c

i like to imagine that zaihala is an avid stonemason and mosaicist .. i think she is enraptured by the idea of taking something so resilient in nature and molding it under the guide of mallet and chisel . she's a humanist intrigued by the natural world, by geology.. by the incredible craftsmanship that goes into such a trade .

if she were to be dropped into some random city with the freedom of both time and money, i think you could find her in the market , sourcing materials or tesserae she couldnt otherwise acquire at her local workshop. . glass, shells, ceramics etc from vendors or acquainting herself with quarry tradesmen in order 2 procure the stone that best fits her vision.its an obsession..u literally have to pull her away or she'll be there all day

as for her FAVORITE MEMORY!!! omg.. i keep picturing her as this fresh face in baldurs gate, having just moved there on her own , sworn to independence but feeling like maybee she made a mistake. . maybe she was too impulsive, chasing her desire to pursue stonework on a whim, not having thought abt the consequences or the finances or what have u .. but she takes the chance to meet up with some local artists on an outing just outside the city .and its just sooo .. reaffirming to her in that moment. to be surrounded by people who are drunk on wine & laughter and to see the sprawling city just before her as the sun is setting..and the wind is warm..gentle...and it leaves her feeling so content..like a feeling of peace that swells up within her and lets her know tht she made the right choice. that it will be OKAYYU!!!!!!!!!! i think that's gotta be in one of her top ten.. perhaps.

#hmm.i just rly love her. #she wld def haave one of those like. dude idk anything abt stones or gems or literally anything that i talked ab here #but she would have those like.gem inspection kits :sob: like smone tries to bullshit her on the quality or identity of smth #and shes like the nerd emoji as she pulls out thse sujper magnifying glassses or watevr and the forceps and shes like. #YKWIMM HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH #also i just love the idea of her being sooo independent. not from the get go but as a sort of character evolution #and not independent in a deleterious 'i dont need anyone' way but as someone who knows themselves in&out.comfortably. #bc i always make ocs that r soo.. insistent on deriving worth from their interaction w others.how are they perceived 'are they liked 'so on #but for her..i rly want 2 make someone who is self assured in their own abilities & worth.she knows what shes capable of ! #doesnt need outside validation or outside influence to choose/act on her behalf. #shes a big community / friends / family person when it comes to like.social support . #very fun. shes a paladin for me.loveee divine smite.. love radiance #ik i modeled my one off k n y oc on berninis ecstasy of st teresa but sry its zaihalas now.those gold rays of light.LITERALLY HER COREEE #zaihala #ocs #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #asktag #inaconstantstateofchange

[meistoshi]

rewatching journeys from the start & yeah i KNEW they said this line in-universe before horizons

#admittedly i cant remember other times that a Character has said this; it's usually been the narrator #but YEAH. EVERYONE IN UNIVERSE JUST CALLS EM POKEMON AS SHORTHAND #theres def ppl that Dont know that pkmn is short for smth but THEY CALL EM POCKET MONSTERS #this is diving into Old talk but skdgfjhdf YEAH #IT'S NEVER A BAD TIME TO TALK ABT PKMN LIKE THE MONSTROSITIES (affectionate & factual) THAT THEY ARE #ooc. pkmn is autistic culture. #rewatch.

[constantvariations]

Not me forgetting the Unicorn of War video on the White Fang 🙃🙃🙃

#rwde #so far there's not a lot of overlap and any similar points we have we go abt differently so thank fuck for that #im p sure every video around adam/white fang only focuses on the show and watsonian story #which is weird bc the music comics manga ect have so much to add to the conversation #and i feel its important to touch on why people are so adamant (ha) abt hating adam #to the point where a guy whose entire gig is media analysis brushes by him w/o a second thought #the real damage this depiction can and has caused should be talked abt imo #anyway I'll def shout out to their video bc it does cover a lot of similar things and uses different sources for civil rights talk #most of mine are books lol #plus their talk abt why they initially defended adams fate is smth I talk abt in the abuse section so i might nab that portion as proof #video essays yeehaw

[robotpussy]

i'll watch a bit of the first episode and see if i like it or not

#considering that nobody talked abt this show and its been cancelled and ppl don't like it. i don't think i will either..... #they def didnt promote kindred on purpise because i didn't even know they adapted it until that one time in like august or smth when i was #getting into octavia butler again and i saw NOTHING for it in December 😭

[volfoss]

how serviceable is the machine translation for volfoss? it seems like you’re able to understand the plot fairly well using it if i’m right. and what is the gameplay like? i’m more interested in playing it from your posts, i’ve always wanted to but never got around to it

FUCK YESSS ok so. A few things. I am pretty used to working with machine translation and kind of working with how stilted it can be. I've translated comics this way and it can be a massive pain at times. From the last time I tried to do this with a game -> now (maybe 8 months or so?) Google translate has really upped their game with getting more accurate/good translations. I use a mix of Google translate and Yandex, and then match it with checking a Japanese to English dictionary when I need to (sometimes Google and Yandex completely disagree on something, so using a dictionary helps a lot in those cases). Volfoss itself is kind of a peculiar beast with translation solely because of names. The machine translation does not play nice with names because they are spelled odd. For example, an enemy called Iron Meiden will NEVER get translated with the proper spelling. The protagonist, Shalvas, gets translated as MANY different names, so it's kind of a pain to work with that. Places have the same issue. Where a machine translation might put Korel as Kolel or anything in that range, it rarely gets it right. One of the major locations, Caldealand, gets spelled 5 different ways and there is never any reason for it. Thankfully, the in game gallery has the English names for creatures and characters, and the map I just got has the proper English for the places. This is probably not like. A big issue for most people but it's something that I'm pretty anal about because I don't want the translations to be super bad and inaccurate. In the guide I'm working on, I have a massive glossary for the names and places due to how finicky this is.

All of that to be said, I definitely do understand the plot with this, but there are a LOT of frustrating things when you're first getting used to it. I can send you the guide as it is right now if that would help, as I think the long list of characters and the summary of the first route I've nearly completed could be helpful :) I'm also here to help anytime.

As for gameplay, it's a trpg, so you move your characters from tile to tile and choose attacks. It's kind of hard to explain but from what I understand it's similar to fire emblem (haven't ever played it but my friend who has says it's similar). It's honestly not too bad after you get used to the combat, there's just a LOT of story crammed in there if you're bothering to translate all of it. There's a lot of specific systems that from what I can tell are pretty unique to volfoss (you get gems and can make combos with them, and that's how you can make your attacks/defense have certain attributes. Not explaining that well at all but. There's a lot of weird stuff to it I think. There's also a system for getting enemies to join your team both temporarily and permanently and just a lot of other stuff that can make it complex to give a short summary of gameplay).

Tldr: machine translation is definitely viable, however, when it comes to proper nouns it is a VERY scary experience. This was my first trpg and I got used to it pretty easily so I wouldn't say it's too bad?

#asks #SORRY THIS IS SO LONG. theres been a lot of like. complications to put it lightly. with this but i would be down to add u on discord or smth #and then help u from there :) it's super fun and def worth playing imo. i also just love to complain bc the translation can be a big pain #sometimes but its not too bad #ive like. scoured pretty much every source online for it and that is why im kind of making this massive guide. because the info is scattered #and no one cared abt it enough to like. actually scan manuals or maps or ANYTHING. #this is also super disjointed sorry theres a lot of info there. but i plan on starting work on a website that keeps all of this stuff in one #place to make it easier. please feel free to reach out tho :) i can give u my discord and help walk u thru it :) #long post #jic sorry i LOVE to talk and ramble and theres been a lot of thought w working w this in the first place so. again im here to help and here #for anyone that wants to play it :)

[violentlydefending]

the fucking MILLISECOND that i understand how mahjong works is the millisecond that i reread the minefield mahjong arc in kaiji

#and also the rest of akagi #i asked my parents about it once and they used a marching band metaphor to try and explain it to me and i MOSTLY got it i think but #the nuances of it were def lost on me. like idk anything abt the different symbols or the different kinds of winning hands or anything #i just need to find like. a youtuber that talks about mahjong the same way tcg youtubers talk about tcgs or smth. #contra.txt #kaiji