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eatabledogy · 1 year
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Genuinely sososo unwell at that season 26 preview with cthulhu you don't understand how much I fucking love Kenny and have yearned for seeing a proper backstory for him since the ending of the superhero trilogy where Mint-Berry-Fucking-Crunch took his spotlight like Jesus fuck pleasepleaseplease let there be more story for him i'm begging i'm on my knees and i'm begging you Matt and Trey
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follerys-trash-blog · 11 months
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fight, collaborate, fight again
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greggorylee · 8 months
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Do you have a screenshot of his responses? Also what year was this?
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its not the entire emails since there are parts not relevant, like me mentioning unrelated things or complimenting him, etc. the 2nd point i brought up to him but omitted was about the weebish elements of the game that my korean sibling expressed distaste with, and toby seemed receptive to.
my email:
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"On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:33 AM
Hey there Toby,
Another Tobi here. I'd like to start off by congratulating you on the 1 year anniversary of your truly incredible game. It changed mine and many, many other's lives. However, it hasn't been all for the good.
I simply wanted to address the matter of some decisions you made in creating the game that have expanded in the fanbase and, well, have hurt and are hurting many people."
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"-- Firstly, I have no idea what design choices led you to create Frisk's sprite in such a manner, or whether or not you did this purposefully, but they are (intentionally or not) a harmful stereotype of east asians called yellowface. Which is...very, extremely racist. This has been spoken about by east asian people for a long, long time."
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"-- Thirdly, and this may seem small, but the incest joke. Incest is a very real and damaging thing and should not be taken lightly. It's rather insensitive to joke about the situations that have caused people (mostly children) severe trauma. Similar to joking about rape. You just don't do it.
I bring these things up because your decisions affect others. Is that not what Undertale is about? The effect of your decisions? Unfortunately the effect that yours have made within the fanbase are quite damaging.
Because Frisk's sprite is the way it is, hundreds of either ignorant/uneducated or young artists are now drawing yellowface. This is horribly harmful and spreading a racist stereotype."
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"I'm not trying to hold you accountable for all the harmful behaviors the Undertale fabase make... By no means would that be fair. I just want you to understand that your choices made a ripple effect, and when people are hurt by this and speak up about it, it's important to not, you know, absolutely dismiss them."
toby's response:
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"From: Undertale . <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 6:01:40 AM
1. This was not my intention. In order to make the character design less "normal," I gave them yellow skin like in "The Simpsons." Also, by making the skin color unrealistic, allows fans to have more of an interpretation regarding how to draw it.
In the future, if I make more media, I definitely won't create a character design like this. My apologies."
(i find this last sentence interesting since kris is also yellow skinned and it felt like toby just hid their eyes to avoid controversy?)
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"3. Huh? There was no incest joke in the game? OK, seriously, what the hell are you talking about? Please link me to whatever you are talking about. That would be a real issue.
Regarding the tweet, it's real, but I made it in poor taste 3 years ago and deleted it. I definitely would not have made it even 2 years ago and am sorry if I offended anyone with it. I have definitely changed since then and would never make a tweet like that now."
(the tweet in question is an old tweet Toby made joking about fontcest. i also find toby's first reply interesting because he seems to have forgotten about the incest joke written between dogamy and dogaressa post-pacifist. i dont blame him after writing thousands of lines of dialogue, however, when i replied providing him evidence of the "real issue" and asked if he could consider removing it, he did not reply nor address it anywhere else. it makes the claim that he's changed past thinking incest is funny seem less genuine.)
my reply (that was ignored):
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[ screenshot attachments of the dogi incest joke, email sent 9/20/2016 ]
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"1. I very well understand what you mean by the intent behind Frisk's character sprite. Specifically it was the skin color and the shape of the eyes that just unfortunately happened to align with a stereotype, and I'm very glad you understand that."
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"3. I included screenshots of the jokes. When one of the Dogi mention that being married to one's sister is normal for dogs. I'm sorry if it seems nitpicking, and I know that the joke was likely just a joke about how dogs are prone to incest, but it was still in basics a joke with incest as the punchline. I did not try to scare you by the mention of the attempted suicide. The person's alive and okay, my only intention was to provide an example of how serious incest will affect survivors. Perhaps that wasn't the best example to use, and I'm terribly sorry. Again I wasn't trying to imply anything was your fault, just that incest is not an appropriate thing to take lightly, that's all.
About the tweet; it's good to hear, thank you for addressing that. I've definitely said my fair share of tasteless things in the past that I've also grown from."
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"The only thing I ask is that perhaps if you were able, if you could address some of these issues publicly. I'm not trying to pressure you, but I really do think it could make a difference in the behavior of the fanbase. Many, MANY people consider your word as law, and I understand that might be overwhelming, but if you mentioned that Frisk's sprite wasn't meant to be a stereotype and that incest shouldn't be glorified or joked about, etc, it could change some people's minds for the better. For example, a friend of mine who's an incest survivor has to deal with a lot of Undertale fans who create incest content -- he's had to block at least 2,000 people, and that list is growing because more and more are put in public tags on tumblr which put him and other survivors at risk, he's gotten endless attacks and death threats and hate messages for saying "incest porn is bad", and this is a struggle he deals with daily. A lot of those people won't change, but with your word some might, and it would at least give us leverage when arguing for the safety of others."
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"And again I'm not trying to imply any of this nasty behavior is your fault. It seems that you really didn't have any idea, and I'm REALLY sorry to have to bring up the ugly side of your fanbase, I know it's an unfun and uncomfortable time, but the unfortunate truth is that fiction affects reality and how people treat each other, which you've found from the messages you say you've gotten from people saying Undertale has inspired them and made them try to act nicer. I hope it doesn't seem like I'm making an unreasonable demand, I just thought it wouldn't hurt to give that idea a shot. You'd be surprised how much difference your word could make."
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"Thank you once again for listening, it really does honestly mean the world. Your game really did touch my life--and that's the reason I was ever compelled to email you. I am certain that you only meant good and fun when you made the game, and I hope it hasn't seemed like I was accusing you of intentional bigotry. I simply wanted a chance to offer insight so that an artist like yourself can go on to create art that has less and less harmful content, because hey, we all have to comb that stuff out of our own art and mindsets. We're kindof raised on bigoted stuff, so we all gotta grow from it, and we all sometimes need to be made aware of ourselves. I hope that all makes sense, I do hope you understand, and that nothing came off weirdly."
... and that's where i was left, 6 years ago or so. i cannot for the life of me find his follow up email claiming how he didnt want his work to come off racist, but its clear in my memory when mentioning it to friends at the time.
personally i dont think toby is a horrible person or whatever, like i mentioned in my first post i think he just simply doesnt want to face the results of taking public responsibility for the problems in his own game, or even backlash in response to him denouncing parts of the fanbase, etc. but like i also mentioned, it's cowardly to to nothing at all about things you're very aware about. i just feel like if he really was concerned about what i brought to his attention, something wouldve been done in the past half decade. not that he owes me or any of us anything personally, but i just find it disappointing all the same after being given the impression that our feelings and safety matter
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kittlesandbugs · 1 year
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Just training (AO3 link) Pairing: Some hints of complicated Chargestep Warnings: None Word Count: 1060 Prompt: from @sidestepping, POV switch: rewrite / riff on a canon scene from Rebirth or Retribution, but from the perspective of another character present rather than through Sidestep's eyes. Summary: A re-write of the scene in Rebirth where Ortega first meets the puppet, from his perspective.  Dialogue and scene flow cribbed directly from the book to match, everything else is me lol.
I can't believe my luck when I step out of the changing room for my usual session and catch a glimpse of familiar auburn curls in the corner. Familiar short, curvy form accentuated by the white belt cinching the dogi tight at her waist. 
Why is she here now? 
Making contact is something I've been chewing on for a while. Doing it at Joes is too suspicious. Can't randomly accost her on the street, that's just creepy. Especially for a woman of her stature. Training at the same dojo presented opportunity, and I’ve been building my cover as a regular member, but the opposite sessions presented a challenge: I almost never make it to the afternoon class. Just showing up there late and approaching seemed too suspicious. 
This is the chance I've been waiting for. She's the one out of the ordinary here. My curiosity over a stranger is only natural. It's a perfect cover. 
I watch quietly from the corner of the side mats as she practices forms in the mirror. Her motions are jagged, tight, frustration clear in every step, every movement. Light glances off her cheeks, is she crying? 
She is.
I almost feel bad for this. But it needs to be done. I've stalled long enough. Things are moving and I need to find out what, no one works with Mortum for fun. 
She steps off the mat, buries her face in a towel, and I take the opportunity to approach. Just a concerned stranger, that's all I am. Wait until she's calm, starting to collect herself and… 
"Are you alright, miss?"
She startles, looks up with wide bottle green eyes. This is the closest I've ever gotten to her. Even red and messy from crying, she's beautiful, soft round face, a button nose with a smattering of freckles dusted across her pale complexion. 
"I'm not sure," she says, low voice wet and uneasy. "Just stress, I think."
Something going wrong on the job? Work the angle, maybe I can get something. Put on a charming, disarming smile. 
"Are you new here? I've never seen you before," she asks, answering my smile. Dimpled cheeks, perfect straight white teeth, a tilt to her hips, she's good at working the same angles. She has to be in her line of work. 
"I'm a member."  No lying here, too easy to expose and blow me out of the water. Keep circling. "I usually attend the early sessions. Need to wake up somehow. Coffee rarely does the trick anymore."
"Ah, that's it then." Slightest tremor in her voice. Nervousness? Relief? I can't be sure. "I'm not usually here this early, but I needed to get some frustration out. Bad night."
Did something happen last night? Shit. Should've been working, but I still couldn't believe Riley—  No, focus, idiot. Turn on the charm, widen that smile, work the angle. Riley isn't here. She is. 
"Well, let's hope your bad night comes with a silver lining." I pause for effect, widen my smile, a little wink. "Or does that only work for clouds?" 
"Mixing metaphors already?" Her smile turns cold, voice hardening. "Aren't you supposed to be drunk for that?" 
Wrong move, maybe flirting wasn't the way to go. Might be something used with her too often with those looks. Better pull back. 
"I suppose you've got a point."  Let my gaze fall, show some vulnerability. I'm not a threat, not a creep, just a sympathetic stranger having a conversation. "Not that I would mind a drink. Got enough problems already."
"Oh?" A shift in her stance, green eyes widening, inviting me to open up, and damn, I can see why she's so good at her job.  Building that veneer of trust and openness. 
"It's nothing, really."
"Try talking about it. It's better than a drink this time of day, trust me."
As much as I would like to talk about my problems, talk about Riley, Chen would make a much better ear. This is definitely not the person to give any kind of ammunition to. 
I shrug. "It's just that a friend ended up in some trouble, and I'm trying to work out how to fix things."
"You one of the good guys then? To care that much about your friend?" 
Put my smile back on, don't let it show that I noticed that choice of words. Does she know who I am? It wouldn't be out of the question, I am what amounts to a celebrity in this town, but why keep the dance up? Does she suspect something? 
Turn it back on her, throw her off balance. This is no different than being on the mat or in a fight. "You don't have friends who do?" 
She scowls, bullseye. "I work too much for close relationships."
Something I can more than sympathize with. "That kind of ambition can be stressful.  Sometimes it's nice to have friends, even if it's just someone to fight who can't counter your every move." 
I flick my gaze meaningfully to the mirror behind her.  It lands and she laughs, relaxes a little. 
"Reflections do have their disadvantages, I suppose."
And there, there's my opening. 
"Want to train together, then?"  Hesitation wars with a yes in her eyes and the stark difference in our size and rank catches up with me. Not to even mention my mods, if she's aware of them.  I don't want to scare her off. "I'll be gentle."
Her eyes narrow, gaze turns challenging. Not so easy to scare off then. "Sure, if you think you're up for it."
"Wouldn't have asked otherwise." Give her a grin, challenge accepted. "I'm Ortega by the way. Ricardo Ortega." 
No flash of recognition at the name. Only anticipation, some fire in her eyes as she answers back, "Jolene." 
Ha! Flaming locks of auburn hair, eyes of emerald green. What an obvious alias. She either knows who I am already and is daring me to say something about it, or isn't aware of my identity as a Ranger at all. I'll keep the play at normalcy until she proves otherwise, if she does. Help her with training. Get her to want to come back for more. I can build on that, play the long con. 
Maybe have a little fun in the meantime, too. 
"Let me just find us a spot on the mat, then."
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kuroimarzipan · 1 year
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To return the ask I was unable to answer for you: I'd love to hear your Kingmaker thoughts! Or Wrath, if you'd prefer.
HELP I MISCLICKED BEFORE I WROTE ANYTHING AND HAD TO EDIT THE POST LMFAO anyway im gonna answer for kingmaker only tonight cause i gotta go to bed and i spent too long writing shit out but i might reblog this and add answers for wotr on after work tomorrow lol
Favorite Male Character okay so i could be normal about this. i could. or i could let everyone here know that i mentally put together multiple AUs where esteem got together with dragn after witnessing like three lines of dialogue. yea the smith guy. the one without a portrait even.
BUT if i had to be more normal about it then its gotta be ekun. i just want that guy to be happy and i really enjoy how weirdly well he gets along with esteem. also he's like. the most ruthless good character ive seen in a while which i really find interesting. makes a great minister too. he just has this reassuring presence in your party like hes got your back you dont have to worry. also: dogy :^)
Favorite Female Character
okay so i went into this game assuming kanerah would be my fave and i was like. ready to finally not have to headcanon a romance and shit. and then this bitch named valerie came along. and oh my god she's such a piece of work. so principled. so hypocritical. so abrasive and easy to rile up. she's loyal because she's decided to be loyal. she turns on you for wanting to kill a guy early in act 2 and then turns BACK on him because he hits on her. she doesnt even realise shes gay. ever since she killed fredero because esteem pushed her to do it ive been thinking about it. ive not read the dialogue for her canon straight romance or whatever because honestly i dont care whatever the fuck im doing to her in my head is way more interesting to me. ive done all the stuff for her hellknight ending and im very excited heehee.
Least Favorite Character
kingmaker is interesting in that i had a really poor first impression of a LOT of the companions, but after having gotten to know them, i... honestly dont rlly hate any of them?? there's still a few companions that end up benchwarming for me bc i just like others more, but its really not been like wotr where the party lineup was so polarising for me lmao
WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED JHOD. fuck that guy. i dont even have a particular actually good reason either. i just think his vibes are rancid
Favorite Ship
specifically that moment when hegend drew his weapon and went to attack valerie and the moment combat initiated esteem hit him with the chains of light which was followed by a maximised empowered magma blast from kanerah which one shot him. that felt good
aside from that i kinda wanna see amiri and nilak reconcile at some point??
Favorite Friendship
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i like that ekun the complete and utter loner was the person that taught esteem how to actually have friends instead of just manipulating people into appreciating her. i like to think he figured that out by the time his last quest rolled around. they have this kinda silent trust.
Favorite Quote
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this was such a good moment to me specifically because of the circumstances of esteem having been chased out of its home because of what it is and then having tartuk tell it that it would never understand?? it was COLD AS ICE telling him that before dealing the killing blow and taking his crown. defining moments tbh
Worst Character Death (if any)
i have a feeling this is yet to come for me 🙃
This made me so happy you have no idea Moment
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maybe its silly but thee loyalty these two have hehehe
Saddest Moment
TBH another thing i think is yet to come for me.... i know that last act is gonna hit hard
Favorite Location
the swamp witch's hut... i actually really love the old beldame and all the lil storylines going on in that map so so much it rlly helped me solidify a bunch of important things abt esteem's backstory too lol
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rakumel · 10 months
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Raku Plays Her Faves, Ys VIII: Chapter 1, Part 3
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Last part of Chapter 1 today. We made it!
So last time, we kicked that dino’s ass with the help of...
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...this guy. Meet your third playable character, a fisherman named Sahad Nautilus. He’s a powerful character with a big smashy makeshift weapon. (And no, I don’t know how you accidentally hit a big-ass dinosaur in the face with a broken boat anchor.) Controlling him takes a little getting used to, as he’s slower than the other two, and his special moves take longer to come out. (I’ll get into the difference between regular combos, special moves, and extra skill moves later.) 
But personality-wise, I like this guy. He starts off as kind of the comic relief - he belches and farts, is upbeat almost to a fault, is portrayed as dumb in certain situations. As the game goes on though, even though Sahad basically stays a simple guy, we learn he’s that way for good reason. Someone put some thought into him; he’s not just the goofy dude with the comical “bwuh?” reactions to the weird stuff that happens, although he will do that a lot. And if he gives off Big Dad Energy, well, there’s a reason for that too, which we’ll learn fairly soon.
Back to the story, Sahad believes the dinosaur is dead, and gives it a “we sure showed that thing!” pat on its scaly hide.
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NO NO NO NO OH FUCK YOU WOKE IT UP WHY DID YOU TOUCH-
Luckily, this time the dinosaur decides not to mess with them, and just stomps away. Thank fuck. I did NOT feel like fighting that thing again immediately.
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Adol and Laxia bring Sahad back to their meeting spot, where it seems the captain has also found another person.
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WALLCRUSHER IN THE HOUSE, BABYYYYY
Yep, Dogi is also alive, well, and still rockin’ those purple glam rock pants. He good-naturedly ribs Adol for always dragging him into these life-threatening kinds of adventures.
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I just had to leave these dialogue choices in. You’re welcome, shippers.
Actually, now seems about as good a time as any to explain about Adol’s dialogue choices across the entire game. In short: they don’t matter much. The game does say something about Adol’s actions determining the course of the story, and he does have an approval rating that the game keeps track of, but choosing what he says doesn’t affect that. Even though Adol’s the main character of all the Ys games, he doesn’t have much of a personality aside from being a hero and having chronic wanderlust. So you can play him straight, noble, rude, or dumbass as much as the game allows.
Adol’s approval rating does determine what game ending you’ll ultimately get; the highest range gets you the true ending. It’s very easy to do, though, and you shouldn’t sweat it - you have to deliberately ignore everyone and do the absolute bare minimum to get the other two endings. The first time I played through this game, I made a very big mistake, and still managed to get the true ending.
Speaking of the castaways, and getting back to the story, it’s been a long day for all of them. It’s getting late, so they build a fire, rest, and compare notes.
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After some discussion, it’s decided that Adol, Laxia, and Sahad will continue to explore the island and search for any more survivors of the Lombardia. Meanwhile, Dogi and Captain Barbaros will stay and work on turning this rocky area into a proper base to collect supplies and serve as a meeting point for both the people who have been found so far, and anyone else they rescue. As the captain says in the screenshot, they’ll also be making barriers and other fortifications to defend against any beast attacks. (Spoiler: that’s going to become a thing.) 
This nicely sets up your goals for a majority of the game. In fact, one of the things I love most about Ys VIII is that the storytelling and gameplay wonderfully complement each other. The game evolves naturally from events that happen in the story, as well as from your actions.
For example, I don’t think it’s any great spoiler to say that you’ll be spending a lot of time finding other castaways to rescue. It makes sense to do so for story reasons - it’s difficult to see nowadays, but humans have always grouped together for survival, and besides, our characters so far aren’t complete assholes, so of course they want to find and help out as many survivors as they can. But it’s also how the game gradually introduces its mechanics without either feeling shoehorned in or piling too much information on you at once. 
Most of the castaways that you bring back also give you an in-game benefit. You can forge better weapons, for example. Or bring back seeds for another castaway to plant and grow while you’re away. Or make accessories to equip that raise defense or protect against poison. You get the idea.
The search for the castaways itself is also how you explore and map new areas of the island. Some areas of the island are blocked off by natural debris like a large tree or a landslide until you rescue a certain number of people to help clear it, which feels way more natural than just an invisible barrier that says “You must be Level 29 to go here”.
It’s a great system, and a good way to get used to playing the game, because Chapter 2 is when both the game and the story get a lot more complex. So yeah, stay tuned for that!
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vriskaserbet · 1 year
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random dialogue bit from ch2 of family combo that makes me chuckle as i edit the draft
“...WELL, IF YOU MUST KNOW, MY REAL NAME IS—”
“YOU CAN TALK!?” Dogi shouted over him. People around her flinched at the sheer volume. 
“...YES.” Spamton’s eyes twitched. “I CAN TALK.”
“That’s soooo cool!!” her mood switched instantly. “How come you talk?!”
“I AM…” Spamton cleared his throat. He returned to his usual confident smirk. “I’M AN [[Advanced Artifical Intelligence]]. ONE OF A - ONE OF A KIND! [[Equiped with Smart Technologie]] [[Patent pending]]!”
She held him higher in the air as she squealed excitedly. “Can you connect to the Internet!? Play songs!? Or do any funny dances!?
“UH… I CAN STEAL [[Private Credit Card Information]] AND [[Social Security Number]] W1TH EASE!!”
Dogi giggled. Her tail wagged excitedly. “You’re funny!! Do you have a real name, Mr. Dolly Stink Boy?”
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dcviated · 2 years
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@nettoyantfleuri​ sent:  would dogi like a tiny fluffy puppy lady to play with honestly
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“Oh yeah sure, I love playing with dogs. If it’s a puppy I’ll have to be careful you know, of course, but... wait. Hold on, did you say...” There we go, there’s the click! Now he’s getting it!
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“A puppy lady? Now that might be a little different. Not that I’m saying no, but I tend to get into some pretty dangerous stuff. It would be ... ungentlemanly of me to get someone involved like that!” Unless she’s a fighter, it wouldn’t be the first time he’s proved wrong.
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boozye · 3 years
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Dogi Maji Revenge
I don’t have time or energy to make another few pages comic for one of my absurd ideas right now. And I’ve been meaning to write more, so that I can get more comfortable doing it. So I thought I’d get 2 birds with one stone this way. This one is cheesy compared to the goofy comics I made, but it is a direct continuation from the last one (Dogi Maji 4) and also the last in the “series”.
You will notice it features the actual dialogues from the game in some parts, cause I have fun writting and thinking around that. I guess this could be considered my 2nd rewrite of some sort.
Thanks for sticking around for my shitposts 💖
FanMCDaniel(they/them) x Satan (either platonic or romantic, it is up for interpretation)
Warnings: None.
Words: 1307
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Mammon: “Wait... this is serious! They clipped through a wall?! Can they even come back from there?”
Leviathan: “Oh, nah, no need to worry. We all get relocated by the entrance when a new day starts. And the day is almost over so, they don't have much time to mess with anything.
Besides, we are in the late game. They can't sabotage our progress unless they somehow get into the save file...”
Satan: “Hmm. So how do you know they won't get to it?”
Leviathan: “Because I've been keeping it safe! Heheheh!”
He proudly takes out something from under his desk, it's a device similar to a tablet with a hot pink case adorned with hearts.  
Levi: “Ta-da! And we can check our progress on it too! See?”
He taps on the device and brings up a screen with 4 bars, next to which is each of the player demon's faces. Each bar is only barely filled. But some are fuller than others. Mammon steps forward, and grabs it to get a closer look.
Mammon: “Hey uh... aren't these all very low?”
Levi's grin doesn't falter.
Levi: “Yeah, but I'm the highest.”
Lucifer, who with Satan looked at the screen over Mammon's shoulder, chipped in.
Lucifer: “Are you sure about that?”
Levi blinks, and yanks the tablet back.
Levi: “What are you talking about? I was the highest this morning when I checked!! BUT NOW YOUR PROGRESS DOUBLED SINCE THEN?? How did you do that?!”
The eldest looks smug, but for a brief second averts his eyes.
Lucifer: “It was probably because I helped them with something they wanted.”  
Satan: “How ridiculous.”
Then the bickering started, with Levi yelling about haxx and Mammon having assumed too much, trying to pry over what his older brother did exactly.
Quietly, unnoticed, Satan stepped back, and left the room. He was not in the mood to join their banter right now. Instead, heading to the library. Thankfully, there weren't any active NPC's there at this time of the day. So noone would bother him.
Sitting there for a while, he rumminated. It was a surprise how much it bothered him, but the image was clear in his recent memory. His bar was the lowest of all four.  
He told himself.
Satan: “It's just game stats and progress. Whoever they choose, we'll be out of this in a few days. They'll probably go with whoever comes first. I know they want to get out of here too.”
The daytime gradient in the sky gave way to the sunset one. Soon the day was over. As Leviathan said, Daniel showed up the next day, unscathed. During lunch, they bemoaned the little time they had to explore. But overall seemed more content, like they'd finally had some fun for the first time in their playtime.
Not long after, the last day of the game was upon them. The day before graduation. They all gathered in a classroom for a chat before the days end.
Lucifer: “Dani, no matter who you choose, you shouldn't have any regrets about it. In the end, this is only a game after all. So relax and pick whomever you like.”
Daniel just sighed and nodded, with a weary smile.  
Mammon: “... Lucifer, you're bein weirdly nice to Dani. What gives?”
Lucifer: “I want to get this idiotic game over with as soon as possible so we can get back to the real world.”
Leviathan: “You SAY that, sure, but perhaps it's all part of your plan to raise your intimacy score?"
Lucifer: “Think whatever you want.”
Satan: “...Dani. Do you have a second?”
And with that, they were about ready to greet the days end. Daniel, left the classroom, no doubt heading for one of their last walks on the premises, but stopped in their tracks.
Satan, who left the room close behind, had called them.
Daniel shrugged lazily.
Daniel: “Sure.”
Satan: “I feel bad, and I'm sorry.”
The human's eyes widened and met with the demon's.  
Daniel: “About what?”
Satan: “Lucifer and I are the reason you got caught up in all of this weird business. And before we go back to the real world, I just wanted to apologize for that. Well, see ya- “
He turned to let them be. But their voice chimmed from behind, with a tone he hadn't heard before, asking him to wait. They asked him to come have a chat one on one.
The two sat outside. Satan was thinking about when would be the next time he'd see them again under the "sunset" like this. But his thoughts were interrupted by his own curiosity.
Satan: “Did you have something you wanted to say?”
Daniel pursed their lips. And then talked. With a rarely seen earnestness.
Daniel: “You don't have to force yourself to like someone you don't, Satan. Lucifer doesn't see you as a child as much as you think. We both know he only wants to look good in front of Diavolo as his N°2, right?”
They are showing honest concern? A demon couldn' help himself.
Satan: “...Pff, what do you know, human?”  
Their eyes fell again briefly.
Satan: “...I'm kidding. Sorry, I just wanted to say that.”
Daniel smiled and snorted, leaning back on the bench.
They nodded and smiled.
Satan: “You're saying Lucifer doesn't think of me as a child? And he only acts like that because he doesn't want Diavolo to think less of him? I can't say I agree with you there, personally. But even so, you also said that I don't need to force myself to like someone I don't. Hmm...
That's a refreshing point of view. You are the first person who's ever said anything like that to me.
Hmph. And here you are, just a human... Thanks.”
Daniel: “Anytime. Thank you for listening.
I'll go on my walk now, okay? See you tomorrow.”  
Leviatan: “SATAN!! WHAT DID YOU DO?! YOU CHEATER!”
Daniel got up and waved for a bit as they walked away, without turning back. Satan thought he'd like to join. But he knew they'd been around people all day, and he had noticed how much it tired them. They probably needed the break. This would be the last time for a long time they’d be able to go on a walk by themself, once they all returned to the normal life in HoL.
He got up and headed back inside the building. A ruckus could be heard from the classroom they had left. Right as he was aproaching, it's door flew open. And out stomped Leviathan, looking grim. He noticed Satan standing there and yelled.
The blond blinked in surprise.
Satan: “Levi, what are you talking about?"
Envy incarnate lifted the save file device to his face, where all the progress bars had been before. He had completely forgotten about it by now.
Satan: “What's wrong with the file?”  
Leviathan tapped the screen exhasperated.
Leviathan: “DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME, LOOK!! YOUR BAR JUST TRIPPLED.”
He read the screen this time. The four bars were there like before. But now the one bar next to his face was the fullest.
His heart lept, but his mind and words focused on getting his older brother to stop screaming and not start breaking walls trying to attack him. Lucifer and Mammon dragged Levi back into the classroom to calm him down. They asked Satan to leave them for a minute, since his presence was clearly upsetting Leviathan right now. He gladly obliged and headed to the library for his last few minutes before the game's day cycle began anew.
Satan: Acknowledgement, and an apology. That was all you wanted, huh?
He sat there with a canned tea. Drinks weren't allowed in the library, but there is no need to worry about penalties right before the game ends.
He muttered to himself.
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a-snow-decahedron · 3 years
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Learn to Dodge
Ok but imagine being Frisk and sucking at dodging bullets
it's 3 am im not apologizing for this.
warning for Frisk cursing a lot, because they deserve it and also because it's really funny to think the only reason they don't have dialogue is because it would change the rating of the game
sans: haven't i done a great job protecting you?
sans: i mean, look at yourself, you haven't died a single time
sans: hey, what's that look supposed to mean? am i wrong?
Frisk: That's such bullshit.
sans: language, bucko.
Frisk: No you shut up! I died so many times i can't count and you didn't do shit a single time.
sans: you did what-
Frisk: yeah you fucking heard me. I get to swear all i want after that.
sans: *realization hitting him like a brick* look, kid, there's a lot to unpack here. but first, when did u die?
Frisk: Oh now you care, don't you? Pretty much everyone's killed me at least once. I died like 10 times to Undyne alone and you were fucking napping!
sans: *lowkey feeling regret at his words* wait... everyone? even my bro?
Frisk: nah, Papyrus' cool. Still scared the crap out of me the first time he captured me. He's a little lost about humans but he's got the spirit.
sans: the dogi?
Frisk: 3 times
sans: Greater dog?
Frisk: twice
sans: alright, i guess that's valid. but i can't think of anyone else that could do some serious damage kid. seriously, did ya die to some teens? to jerry? to a woshua?
Frisk: Say that last name again and i'm throwing a chair.
sans: oh boy, how much didja die...
Frisk: Sans, look at me in the eyes. I'm opening them wide for you. Look at me, at my armor.
sans: what about it.
Frisk: you know temmie village?
sans: yeah
Frisk: Tem sells this armor for so much money you could pay your tab at Grillby's
sans: did u pick up a fight to get the money. come on kiddo, of course you got hurt doing that.
Frisk: I'm not done yet. So outside the village there's this dark as fuck maze and it's filled with Woshues and Moldbyggs and all. But every time I died, Sans. Every time you let my soul break into little tiny pieces. Temmie sold the armor for cheaper.
sans: how the he...ck would temmie know how many times you died?
sans, to himself: i could visit the village for research, bet they know something i don't
Frisk: Hey bonehead, wanna know how much it cost?
sans: sure, go ahead
Frisk: it started at like 4500 G. I already died a few times beforehand so it was probably more expensive than that. But that fucking maze is worse than my old neighborhood in the surface, man. I died so much the price got to 1400G I think.
sans: holy crap.
Frisk: it was still too much yknow, every time I died I lost my progress so I had to keep saving every penny I got. Anyways, see what I'm wearing? How much do you think it cost?
sans: uh... 500G
Frisk: close enough, 750, it didn't go lower than that. Before you ask: no, I did not die on purpose to find out.
sans: ...
sans: how many HP do humans have?
Frisk: I learnt what HP was like yesterday, I don't think I can tell you. I have 20.
sans: ok yeah that's low. i figured you'd have like 200 at least
Frisk: I know that if I kill people it somehow increases but that's awful so next time I came back to life after dying I was back to before I murdered someone. I chose to do as much as possible to never kill again on purpose or by accident.
sans: wow, kid. you really are, uh, determined.
sans: hold on, so you can travel back in time
Frisk: *shrugs* I guess? Still hurts a fucking lot when it happens after I die. but I think I can try at will.
sans: buddy, let's do something. you can come back to a few minutes on the past right?
Frisk: Yeah
sans: ok, so hear me out. i made a codeword some time ago, so if someone tells it to me i know they're a time traveler. get closer (whisper, whisper)
Frisk: Sans what the fuck.
sans: i hope you come back and tell it to me.
--one loaded SAVE later--
Frisk: hey you told me to tell you this and if it's a fucking joke i'm going feral.
sans: language, bucko.
Frisk: (whisper, whisper)
sans: who told you this? what a liar. *Frisk's eye twitches* but yeah that's a codeword. come closer, to really gain my trust you need another code (whimsper, whimsper).
Frisk: Oh for fuck's sake.
--Another loaded SAVE file later--
sans: hey, kiddo what's with that look
Frisk: This better be the last fucking codeword or I'm going insane
sans: language, bucko.
Frisk: *says the codeword*
sans: oh, so that's what you meant. It kinda explains a lot.
Frisk: Sans listen, I'm so fucking done of doing this. Let's just go eat, ok? Time traveling doesn't help wtih my hunger, and I reaally need to take my time to just explain what just happened because I know you got questions.
sans: *mentally preparing* here we go
-- some eplanations later --
sans: wow, kid. i'm impressed. for one thing i believe you. you knew what i was about to do before i did it.
sans: and, uh, guess i can't really make the past go away for you even if i don't remember that happening but... i'll do better, ok?
Frisk: Can I really trust you?
sans: you said your stats were low, mine are even worse so it's not like i can defend u without dusting myself in the process... but we can practice dodging, until you get better. and that armor's gonna help a lot too.
Frisk: For real?
sans: yeah, i made a promise after all. i gotta do a better job at keeping it.
sans: hey, buddy... you have not told this to anyone right? you haven't told the door lady.
Frisk: No fucking way. She also killed me once, telling her would destroy her. And I think she was trying not to hurt me too but somehow I managed to walk into her flames.
sans: ... why do you trust her?
Frisk: I don't know... it's complicated. She has good intentions. Better than some people on the Surface, anyways.
sans: you are a special kid, you know that? alright buddy, we can keep talking outside. let's take a breath and then do some training. even folks with low HP like us can find a way to survive. howzabout that?
Frisk: I guess... that's alright. Yeah, that can work.
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tsukihimeyfan · 3 years
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How long did Flowey’s RESET shenanigans/murder spree last?
I did some numbers recently because I was REALLY curious: how long would it take for Flowey to go through every possibility like he claimed he did? How long would it take for him to try every possible variation of killing and saving the monsters in the Underground?
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Well, the only real answer is: it depends on what Flowey decided was “100% completion” 
Players who finish a Genocide run only ever run into and kill a total of 104 monsters according to the wiki, but if we use Mettaton’s ratings as a basis we know that there must be at least 12000 monsters underground.  
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Realistically I don’t believe Flowey would’ve gone through the trouble of killing “nobodies” in varying ways, since it wouldn’t “change the ending” much. He probably would’ve gotten bored LONG before he managed to go through every possible murder combination for 12000 people. Maybe he would’ve killed them first in groups of ten, then by the hundreds then by the thousands though. Just to see if anything changed.
In that case, if we count only people whose deaths would either affect a significant portion of the population or produce changes in dialogue of the “main characters” as the ones Flowey would’ve fully “experimented” with, then we are left with only 13 people who meet the criteria, which are mostly comprised by the bosses and minibosses of the game: 
Toriel, Asgore, Papyrus, Doggo, Lesser Dog, Greater Dog, the Dogi (since it’s impossible to kill one without also killing the other, I count them as one), Grillby, Shyren, Undyne, Alphys, Muffet and Mettaton
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*Note: I’m not counting Napstablook or Mad Dummy because as ghosts they’d be near impossible to kill, and I didn’t count Sans since I don’t think Flowey ever got past him. Grillby and Alphys, while not being bosses of any kind, would definitely count because Flowey could most likely stealthily and easily approach them and kill them via burrowing under ground and because their deaths would definitely affect both a large swath of the population and a main character; Snowdin residents & Sans for the former and Hotland residents & Undyne for the latter. Also RG 01 and 02 I’m doubtful about because even though their deaths would affect Undyne and probably a lot of Hotland residents, in-game you only see any changes in dialogue/endings if you’ve previously befriended Undyne, and it’s the same with literally any other monster that you kill after befriending her. Another person I’m not sure about is Snowdrake, since he is not a miniboss and his death would affect dialogue for Undyne, Chilldrake and his father, but ONLY them. Would that be enough for Flowey to count him as experiment material? Idk, probably...
In the end, by using this equation: 
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and adding up every possible combination (i.e. I went from r=1 individual killed per RESET to all 13 individuals killed and added up how many different ways he could make up groups of people to kill), I found that Flowey could make 8191 different murder combinations with those 13 people, and if it took him say 3 days between RESETs it would’ve taken him at least 67 years in total to complete all of them.
Also if we were to count Snowdrake as well as a 14th “object” then that number increases to 16383 resets or 134 years, and adding RG01&02 gets the total to 32767 resets or 269 years
Imagine if he did that kind of experimenting with literally every monster in the Underground, or even just the 104 we kill during a Genocide run. Imagine. 
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And that’s not even taking into account time spent on reLOADs or Pacifist run variations or even killing in different orders. 
Luckily, most monsters remember nothing except for a vague sense of deja-vu, but then there’s Sans...
Even if we assume that Sans remembers nothing about the Resets, we have to consider the fact that Sans knows at all times precisely how many LOADs there have been, and is even capable of keeping track of events across RESETs. For example, when you reset after having killed Papyrus, his pre-Papyrus-battle warning changes to this:
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We also know for sure that he has a way to keep reminders and evidence safe from timeline changes, 
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so even if he doesn’t remember anything at all, even if he stopped keeping track at some point, it must have been AGONY, especially in the beginning, to realize that his loved ones were being killed over and over and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
And if he does remember, I can’t even fathom how much accumulated trauma he deals with on a daily basis. I don’t understand how someone could survive living with something like that, much less function enough to keep Papyrus happy. No wonder he’s so despondent. No wonder he only puts the bare minimum of effort required into anything.
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For anyone interested in fics that tackle this: talkingsoup on AO3 has a wonderful series exploring Sans’ origin and her latest fic in the series, How to SAVE the World, explores Sans’ trauma and how the whole thing with the RESETs would screw with Sans’ sense of time and memory recall. It’s absolutely wonderful and I highly recommended to anyone who enjoys intricate storytelling, deeply nuanced characters&motivations and believable and wholesome relationship dynamics (especially between the skelebros) 😊👌
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eatabledogy · 1 year
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So I watched the new episode and an observation was made
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greetingsfromuranus · 3 years
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that scene where sakaki pets the dog for 2 minutes straight no dialogue no camera angle shift just dogy
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ambitionsource · 4 years
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S2 Rewatch - Maggie’s Take [ 201 ]
guess who’s back! back again! it’s that time of year fellas!
Favorite scene
There are two that jump out at me, one comedic and one dramatic. The comedic one is without a doubt Lucas’s return to AAA with his voodoo diorama of the A class -- it’s just something I can visualize so well, and has so many tiny details in the dialogue and such that I love. I would kill to see what that prop looks like in action... the Maggie who lives in AAA verse is so lucky... then the other scene is the one in the prop loft between Zay and Riley. I think it’s a very much needed soft beat in the episode, and highlights a friendship that I’m super fond of and how good they are to each other. It’ll be fun to see how they shift and support one another in the coming season!!
Favorite performance
A lot of fun options here... the raw power of Riley’s “Reason Why” is a strong contender, but so is the bop cred of “Sue Me.” I’m super partial to the concept of Farkle’s “Dancing With Myself,” where he’s dancing around his frozen classmates and then the lights go out one by one... but I think I have to go with “Opening: I Hope I Get It.” Sometimes a musical number is exactly what you need, and this one fit so perfectly in the context of the episode. It’s fun to imagine all the montages and intense dancing that play throughout it, and genuinely it’s true when it says that the dancing and performing etc. seems to have kicked up a notch this season. I still feel that! Mainly, though, it wins because of the Charlie of it all. I’m feeling very soft towards him working on S3 + having written Cruel Summer, and his solo at the end there is just... whew. It sets him up for the season in a way I don’t think many people expected, like just how much his character would become, so I just... be loving him.
Favorite character (within context of the episode)
This one is difficult, because there’s no obvious stand out to me. Like, everyone is pretty evenly spread, and premieres are tough to write (believe me... God not excited to do that again) because you just have to get back in that... vibe again. But I think I will gift this one to Zay, because the moment we open with him and “New Shoes” I just get that warm and fuzzy feeling, the way you feel when your favorite show comes back from hiatus. Honorable mention to Farkle in his depression sweats, and Dogi with their exclusives.
Favorite line(s)
“It’s David and Goliath! Welcome back, AAA thotties, to the thunderdome.” –Dave Williams
“Anne Marie. Oh. Two names for the price of one, huh? Good deal!” –Eric Matthews
“Oh my God, you made little voodoo dolls.” –Nigel Chey
An underrated moment
The episodes are so long now that anything could be underrated LMAO but I’m going to go with Zay and Charlie’s “reveal” (which is no longer a reveal to us rewatchers, but sure was back at the time), and their exchange of “Are you shading my romantic prowess? Or do you just really love dance.” “I think I just really love dance...”
First impression vs your reread impression
It’s genuinely surreal to be rereading this season with y’all. Like when we started S1, this felt like a fever dream, so being on S3 is something else. But like S2 had so many iconic moments, so clear and vivid in my head, that I remember how exciting and cathartic writing these episodes felt. To get them out to y’all, so you could experience them too, was so crazy and fun and I can’t wait for the same to be true for S3. That feels true rereading the premiere, because, like I said, premieres... hard. Very hard. But this reads better than I remember after writing it, and I’m still really fond of some of the performances and concepts we played with. It’s also really fun to see all the plants from CS (Lucas’s wrist brace, the Charlie and Zay of it all, Riley and Dasher’s tempered friendship along with Maya and Isa’s loud new camaraderie). It’s also quite cool to see how much Es and I have grown from outlining this season versus working on S3, like how S3 just feels... bigger and bolder in so many ways. Which is crazy, because I remember when we got to this episode, THIS felt like so much bigger than S1. I guess, though, that’s just part of creating a show that lives and breathes and grows with us... it’s so special. I said to my friends as I settled in to reread that AAA just brings me such a sense of joy and peace, and I hope that’s true for y’all too. Looking forward to this reread and getting closer and closer to S3. <3
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Ninja Turtles, 5 things you may not know about the 90s animated series
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They returned to the cinema in 2014 and then two years later with new live-action films produced by Michael Bay: but if the Ninja Turtles are a saga still very popular among audiences of all ages, the credit is definitely due to the animated series that, debuting 30 years ago in this very period, definitively sanctioned their success. Created in 1984 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in the comics at Mirage Studios, the Turtles were adapted into a cartoon whose first five episodes were broadcast in the United States in December 1987.
The goal was, as was often the case at the time, to market a line of toys. But their comics were too niche to be commercially appealing, so they tried their hand at animation, introducing many comic characters and passions that kids could identify with, like pizza or skateboarding. The goal was soon achieved, with spin-offs, merchandising, vhs and commercial deals that flocked right from the start. Here are some of the features that contribute to making it a memorable animated series.
1. It changed a lot of details compared to comics
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In their first comic book incarnation, the Turtles were born as parodies of the most popular titles of the time, such as Daredevil, New Mutants and Ronin: hence the gloomy settings, the high sense of drama and the rather edgy characters. Aiming at a commercial target, the animated series had to radically change its approach, introducing many innovations that eventually entered the official canon of the saga. Each protagonist, for example, is characterized by the mask of a particular color and a particular weapon, while in the comic book they generically had a red bandage: Leonardo has the blue mask and the katanas; Donatello viola and the stick; Raffaello rossa and the daggers sai; Michelangelo - also characterized as the most joker of the four - orange and the nunchaku.
Some details of the original story were also modified: Yoshi is the head of the Foot Clan but is overthrown by the evil Shredder and exiled to New York; if in the comics and other versions it is his domestic mouse who becomes the master Splinter, in this cartoon it is Yoshi himself who changes. Moreover, this is the only incarnation in which the mutation makes the Turtles become adolescents, while in other stories their dogi grows and trains them from an early age. In this series the dispersion of the mutant agent is the work of the Shredder himself, in an attempt to eliminate Splinter for good.
2. It had a huge success
To measure the unprecedented success of the animated series of Ninja Turtles, just think that it aired for ten seasons, until 1996: a completely unprecedented duration for American morning cartoons, which usually amounted to two or three seasons. But the series managed to make the characters so popular that they landed at the cinema in 1990 with the live-action version Tartarughe Ninja to the rescue (and then with the next two sequels).
The cartoon contributed to the excellent result of the film (still the most successful independent film in the world), but it was also somehow enlivened: some of the seasons of the early nineties, in fact, began to contain live scenes, taken from the film. Different discourse, instead, for the final seasons: from the eighth cycle of episodes, in fact, began the so-called Red Sky era, because of the red color given to the sky to add drama; some darker elements of the original comics were recovered and comedy was greatly reduced, in an attempt to conquer an evolved audience. But the series had now run its own course.
3. It was quite censored
Since its debut in the UK, in fact, the title of the series passed from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, eliminating even in the dialogues all references to ninjas, considered too violent a model for young viewers. Many fight scenes were reduced and in particular all the moments in which Michelangelo uses his nunchaku were removed, replaced with other clips (actually episodes later in the seasons) in which the same turtle uses a grappling hook.
The sweetened version of the Turtles was thus shown in many other European countries, especially those that showed the British dubbing simply by adding subtitles (such as Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland).
4. It had rivals
The unparalleled success of the animated series of Ninja Turtles contributed a lot to change the panorama of children's programming in the nineties, especially by imposing two distinctive elements taken from many later productions that tried to reproduce its success: the use of anthropomorphic animals and the reference to adult scenarios. In Biker Mice from Mars, for example, the protagonists are humanized mice from Mars, who are mechanics, ride motorcycles and fight the evil Plutarchians. In Street Sharks and their spin-off Extreme Dinosaurs, the anthropomorphic characters are sharks and dinosaurs respectively.
But if these were imitations, there was also an attempt to create a series that could rival its success. We're talking about the Battletoads, or toads aliens and also humanized as warriors, who are the protagonists of a series of video games born precisely to respond to the success of the Turtles (they are also mentioned in the recent trailer for Ready Player One). They also arrived on television, with a half-hour animated special in 1992, but they didn't have such a response that they became a real series.
5. Waiting for a Comeback
After the animated series of the 1990s and the three films, between 1997 and 1998 the Turtles were also the protagonists of the live-action series Ninja Turtle: The Next Mutation, in which, among other things, the first female protagonist, Venus, was introduced. It took about ten years before the Turtles were back in vogue, after Nickelodeon acquired the rights from Mirage: since 2003 two different animated series were produced, the last of which, made in 3d, ended in November 2017.
It has already been announced, however, that a new animated series, entitled Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is in production, which should return to 2d animation and rediscover some of the spirit of the original series, abandoned in recent decades for a more modern and adolescent approach. Although it will be difficult to reverse the mutation that has occurred in recent years.
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omegacrystalmaiden · 4 years
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I don't really think Geis and Aisha belong together. I mean, I get the point. It's kinda about a love-hate relationship between a tsundere princess who loves to snuck out of the palace and a moody mercenary who snucks into the palace. They got chemistry and their interaction in Ys vs Sora no Kiseki shows it. It's honestly adorable. But the problem is, they don't have any real interaction in Ys Seven, the real game. They got interactions in Ys vs Sora no Kiseki, sure... But, knowing that they don't even talk to each other in more than 5 dialogues in the real series, it felt forced. Even it looks kinda weird when they are walking next to each other in Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen.
I honestly think that Aisha is better off with Dogi, since they do get along really well in the real series. They got the kind of love-hate relationship as well. Dogi deserves to get a girlfriend who doesn't invest her time in Adol anyway lol
Well, it's just an opinion! It's not like Geis and Aisha are canon anyway xD
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