#eden mrraps

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half of the dungeon meshi anime experience for me has been that one "and zendaya is meechee" video because i know like half of the people on the cast

#eden mrraps #damien from smosh is laios. prozd is senshi. (same tone as the zandaya is meeche) AND CASEY MONGILO IS CHILCHUCK #anyway just booted it up and. is that the narrator for BLACK CLOVER!???!?! AND MAYBE FAIRY TAIL!?!??!?!

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music asks!!!! 1, 2, 19, 23 :D

1: A song you like with a color in the title: In Blue by Declan McKenna. god... the moomin soundtrack is so damn pretty,,,

2: A song you like with a number in the title Out Like A Light 2 by Th Honeysticks [this one was so hard... good lorddd]

19: A song that makes you think about life Basically any Oh Hellos song but. Specifically Dear Wormwood by the band... god it just has me sitting at the end there... i know who you are now and i name you my enemy...

23: A song that you think everybody should listen to oh my god...any song by axie and when i was done dying by dan deacon...

#eden mrraps #tetris awesome sauce tag #mewtuals #asks #ask games

[archivist-the-knight]

oh my god... spoilers under the cut but i need to talk about here for sweethearts

this is the first arcadekitt game i've played [not the first ive seen!! i saw my neighbor enid in a playthrough format and decided to check out the author's other work.] and??? best one i could've chosen i loved the experience.

first off even without the plot twist the game is really good. its so sweet and genuine, all of the characters are super nice and the dialogue feels natural. each character is likeable, and you have equal reasons to like and dislike each of them. their flaws are balanced out as equally as their pros. also?? the pride flags were really cleverly incorporated into the designs. especially acanthibar... the others are cool i love em but acanthibar... he takes the cake. the aro sleeves... the trans sash... he's giving it his all dude highest respect for my frog guy. also, i do like how the pride flags kinda matched with each of the characters personalities if it made sense? there's more to be said about that but biggest example i can draw from is vatilis and crowven... vatilis, try as they might, wears their heart on their sleeve and has a hard time keeping their emotions down, so theirs is a sweater that compliments the rest of the outfit, but you can still see it. crowven is casual about it, if you bring it up he'll confirm it with pride and isn't as scared of hiding his emotions. his main alt sprite is him itching hsi nose with the pride bracelet hand...

also mary... the fact that until we see her most of what we've heard about her is the fact that she's "scary" and weird from netina, and that she doesn't like being called that from crowven. and when we actually meet her... she's so kind, out of everyone in the game she has the most decorated, personality-filled room, and is generally just a big sweetheart. also points. she and reggie are autism4autism ace4ace they're literally adorable together... who gave them the riiight oh my goddd /pos

anyway!!! :-3 i really like games that subvert your expectations both narratively and aesthetically. which sucks, because i don't see it done often. but??? oh my god here for sweethearts filled that niche perfectly... the genuine suprise i felt hearing them mention "hunger" until i realized... the protagonist never mentioned anything beyond "i'd feel nice" to why they wanted that connection... and then i was pleasantly surprised by the twist that the protag was here to feed off of the heartbreak ooooh my god... genuinely everything i had building up for the dance stopped in the best way possible.

like the signs were pointing towards natina being the secret killer, but... reginald being the supposed killer the ghost saw was actually the first witness of the crime, and twyla actually being the one to commit the murder? and how, once you realize this, it's already too late?

and twyla being onto us the whole time... asking us if we eat in our room at all, having gunther distract us when she literally said she just needed him out of the way for a little bit to get his keys, which she could have easily done without us. once you get that information, so many events prior make so much sense! hell, some of the incorrect dialogue makes sense! of course we'd accidentally slip up, we're hungry and desperate!! its just .... ooo eated. pun intented.

anyway the only real con i had about this game was that there wasn't a seperation between how you presented and what pronouns people used for you. but even then i'm fine with that!! theres only like two moments that i encountered it, its fairly casual and ultimately didn't take away from the experience. + i know it would've been hard to code... the game already has so much going for it in that department so i get it!! and plus... they were all conveniently terms i'm okay with being used for me so there's that hehe [oh they also all still use they/them for you no matter what. its just like a few instances of them calling you pretty so again; its okay and in fact im fine with it being kept that way tbh]

regardless!! i had so much fun with this game, please play it on itch.io its free and really entertaining. it takes a while to complete, it took me an entire afternoon, so keep that in mind. but i personally really liked it!!

bonus... the player character looks exactly like me/one of my sonas. HELP...

#eden mrraps #here for sweethearts #arcadekitten games #ask to tag #spoilers

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this is related to cadaver but im posting it here. anyway its so hard to post about my own ocs to people that aren't my dear friend tetris because these guys have been in my brain for so long + im planning on making games about them

#eden mrraps #like. i love them so much i need to infect people with knowlege #but executive dysfunction is preventing me...

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whats this i hear about a new jrwi campaign

#eden mrraps #im actually crazy excited about this i've never like listened to a podcast as it released #so this'll be a first for me im so eggcited :-3 #also from what ive heard. if i become obsessed with this and pump out fanart like an alien girl dont even worry about it

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i honestly thought that new warriors was a reboot of the new guardians 80s comic because they oddly have a lot in common?

both sucked ass.

both tried to be progressive but failed, ending up being offensive to the groups they were trying to represent.

both had a very silly in concept, fun in execution character who, while appearing once, was later re-used in DC material due to being so iconic.

[begin id: image one is b-negative, holding a book, smiling and saying "I was positive we'd never see each other again." image two is Snowflame stepping outside of his car, saying "As I live and breathe-- its the cat herself, Selena Kyle." It cuts to him fully out of the car, taking his glasses off. He's now saying "Your personal chauffer is here, baby. The one, the only-- Snowflame." His name is in shiny impact font for "snow," and sharp, hot pink font for "flame." /end description]

#eden mrraps #dc posting #like?? i cannot be the only one who sees the resemblance #charming. kinda sweet once you get to know them. at the end of the day dorks due to the nature of their power. #and its a little interesting to see how both of their respective series were offensive but in different ways at the time. #the guardians tried to be progressive but due to being from the 80s it. failed. and while iconic still had a lot of weird things about #people with aids and people of color. the warriors tried to be progressive but ended up mocking the people they tried to represent. #both of them prevailed against all odds...

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[id: a simple drawing of a person with curly hair and headphones sitting at a computer, hand on the keyboard. They're smiling as they say "i haven't a clue what's going on, but i'll act like i do :-D" /End description]

this is what its like clicking on a random smp video with little to no context

#eden mrraps #im loving content smp but im only just now starting to watch rat's pov in full because i already watched two out of order 😭 #regardless... its so fun so far even though im just starting to watch it in order. silly sillies. #amalgam arts

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please lord give me a bountiful harvest or something

#eden mrraps. #ok 2 reblog #slimecicle bg3 #bg3 slimecicle #queued post #save me xiv tal klip and rai.... xiv tal klip and rai save me..... please xi

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also a good way to go into fantasy society worldbuilding or just worldbuilding in general is just to remember "no animal is inheritly evil, no human is inheritly cruel and deserving of punishment for being alive, and no species is deserving of a death penalty simply for how they look. no matter what."

like. if you have a species that say. is being ruled by an evil overlord and as such rules under a very violent society. however if person of that species is taken outside of this society, they can become a better person and learn from their misdeeds. if a member of the species isn't raised inside the walls of this violent society, they'll turn out just how their parents raise them, not how the society expects them to act.

but if you have a society where the species inside of it is "inheritly" seen as evil or stupid, where even raising a child out of this environment they are still mean no matter what. stop. that does not make sense. that gives off a very weird message. it's way more compelling and thoughtful if you state that its an upbringing, or a society, that makes someone who they are, not that its "inherit." holds up hands. back away from the stage a little. no one is inherently evil no matter what even if you dont like them. and especially even if you dont find them pretty or "cool."

#eden mrraps. #it is all about the upbringing about the society and about the culture!!!! #thats why goblins and orcs are so weird. why is an entire culture of people seen as ugly dumb and brutish huh??? #yes i understand they're supposed to be seen as just something you can pit your party against if you need a fight #but... why? why couldn't it be beastly hounds. why did they have to put into the lore that they're inheritly evil so its okay #when even with magic involved that makes zero sense!!! nothing is inheritly terrible dude!!! #there is also the fact that goblins and orcs more often than not are depicted with garb and outfits similar to indigenous especially native #american tribes in a distinct “racist all indigenous people are brutish” way. which i need to bring up because thats why its so fucking #weird. its because it usually kinda reads as racist. #racism cw #ask to tag

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emizel: soda youve been with me through thick and thin. you saw me at my homestuck phase dude

#eden mrraps. #the suckening #is this anything

[archivist-the-knight]

hi. xiv analysis. i'm putting some stuff under the cut because that's all things relating to spoilers for the later half of the video jic.

firstly, xiv is a tiefling, but the exact tiefling subrace isn't specified in the video. i'd assume they're a Mephistopheles tiefling, given their appearance in game and the fact that meph tieflings are proficient in arcane magic. they're also known for being in more colder climates. i'll bring this up later.

they're a wild magic sorcerer, which is, in my opinion, super important to know to understand about their character. there's a multitude of ways I can describe it, but I think dnd 5e does a good job as it corresponds with Xiv's story. (link)

[Your innate magic comes from the wild forces of chaos that underlie the order of creation. You might have endured exposure to some form of raw magic, perhaps through a planar portal leading to Limbo, the Elemental Planes, or the mysterious Far Realm. Perhaps you were blessed by a powerful fey creature or marked by a demon. Or your magic could be a fluke of your birth, with no apparent cause or reason. However it came to be, this chaotic magic churns within you, waiting for any outlet.]

now. the spoilery content ^_^. also because this post is going to be like so long every kid with autism. [also very big warning for in-depth discussion of child abuse, particularly from a father, and the affects that has on said child. if you don't wanna read that part you don't have to]

xiv's father, even with the 13 other arcane batteries, is a very powerful man. he's a meph tiefling, giving him proficiency with arcane magic, and is probably a sorcerer like xiv. so, given that... the most logical explanation of xiv gaining the wild aspect of their magic is through enduring exposure to raw magic. Sure, it could potentially be "marked by a demon" given the fact they're a tiefling, but... Xiv's father isn't the best person.

bringing back the meph tieflings living in cold climates thing!! xiv mentioned they lived in a tower of sorts, far enough away where their father could keep them secluded. judging by the usage of negative space and scene layouts in their background animatic, we can retain the information that besides their father, they basically knew very little about the outside world growing up.

^^ tldr abt that. the animatic noticably gets more detailed as xiv both gets older and starts to doubt their father, and has its most detail when they have the wild magic explosion, and when they're escaping only to be put on the mindflayer ship ^_^.

anyway. with all of this to say, xiv's father is not a good man at all. he's done this 13 other times before getting to xiv, and didn't even give them an actual name. just the roman designation of it. he gave xiv a false, hopeful promise about how if they "honed their power, they could leave the tower", but fully intended to keep them there. it is slightly implied that their father got more abusive, more impatient and violent towards Xiv the more they messed up the more their magic lashed out even though it was wild by nature.

this is not good fatherly behavior!! telling them something that would never come true, especially basing it on their skill, they must have the worst damned imposter syndrome known to man!! second guessing themselves, thinking they're never good enough or having to check with the man who made that rule to see if anything they do is good... that isn't healthy!! that isn't a good thing to teach to your child!!

now back to xiv. that one "sex book" throwaway thing is brief but it says. so much about how xiv's father raised them?? i do not care if im looking too much into it but it literally implies that xiv just. doesn't know a lot about things beyond what their father's told them or what were in the books he probably gave them as a kid. combine that with the fact that they immeadily "push out" the mournful thoughts about rai's death to deal with "more important matters"... oh my god... they call me mx head of the xiv emotional support group... the ceo if you will...

and now... another important stepping stone to understanding xiv... rai's death.

first off xiv shapeshifting in the middle of the fight and going "no, not now, goddamnit-" its said in such a tone thats just so... not only is it because it's during such an important moment while they're fighting someone they consider a friend. it's almost as if they've been conditioned to believe that aspect of them isn't good. even though its what helps distract Rai so Tal can attack him. it's like they view it as something that needs to stop instead of something they can't control. which is. probably what their father saw it as! something that xiv needed to stop doing instead of honing to their abilities!

secondly... xiv is a sorcerer. you might be asking "eden!! weren't we just over this?" yeah but. rai... is also a sorcerer. he has the power to harness the storm. the first thing xiv says to rai during the fight is "you see, this is exactly why sorcerers shouldn't learn how to read! you always acted like you're so much better than me; we never should have trusted you!"

and that line in general. it's so. it's the last thing xiv says before rai dies. how did rai act like he was better than xiv? did they tell him this beforehand? is it something they kept locked up, never expressing until this moment? was it on purpose, or was it accidental? was it xiv, seeing rai do things they never learned how to do, and feeling jealous, angry, that he had a chance and they didn't? that rai got the joy of not knowing his parents, while xiv knew their father all too well?

and the sorcerer part... it's not only a dig at rai but themselves. they should've never learned how to read. they shouldn'tve been forced to spend ages in that library, learning spells and incantations instead of just trying to be a little kid. its so subtle yet it speaks so much about how xiv views themselves.

okay. that is basically it for canon stuff. this next part is headcanons/theories that i think are important for the discussion but aren't canon but. i still wanna yap <3

I think the tower/castle xiv grew up in is like, in a snowy mountain close to baldur's gate. it's quite the hike to get there and back but you can kind of see it through certain higher areas of the city. the tower is either positioned behind or to the side of the mountain. the side would be so evil because xiv seeing only a glimpse of the city...

i have this theory that xiv's father was a general or colonel for a war that tal was involved in, with tal's mother being a general as well. thus, i think xiv's only contact with people is either the other generals of this war, or their potential children that were brought over during the occasional meeting or dinner party. very vauge but regardless. smirks.

finally i think xiv was allowed out only on very slim occasions, usually when they begged their father hands and knees or when they did good on training. they were allowed to go with their father into the town of baldur's gate, but if they strayed from him they would be punished. severely. xiv usually went to bed that night hungry, in pain, but happy^_^

ok thats it for real. love peace and joy have a wonderful day <333

#eden mrraps. #nerdy tag #writing tag #slimecicle bg3 #slimecicle xiv #slimecicle bg3 xiv #xiv slimecicle #child abuse cw #fatherly abuse cw #abuse cw #long post #character analysis

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making this its own post bc i dont wanna bother the op of that post but oh my gosh. the way falin is treated vs the way laios is treated despite them having similar personality traits/the same kind of autism, all because laios presents more masculine and is much more energetic than her sister, and falin is much more softspoken than laios is

#eden mrraps. #like. they are both weird as shit and this is not a bad thing. they both are very passionate and kind #and both are very interested in 'weird' things. but the way shuro sees falin's interest in bugs as fascinating and her honesty and bluntnes #as cute whilst seeing laios's interest in monsters as annoying and her bluntness and honesty as her being bothersome and annoying #the way shuro distains laios but praises falin for the same exact traits all because falin's a cute girl he likes #and this is literally reflective in other characters!! laios is constantly regarded as weird or too blunt in comparison to very similar #characters like marcille. the manga does a GREAT job at showing how laios is mistreated whilst the other woman around her are infantilized #for showing the exact same traits and shows that hey!!! this is not good!! these characters are weird for having double standards!!!! #its even more insane when you bring laios being trans into the equation bc 💥 ooooh my gosh. girl thjis comic contains multitudes #btw if you ever see me use she/her for laios that is not a mistype. laios is a trans woman

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afk journey has some nerve showing me constant ads about berial during my silly evil trickster blorbo era. for shame /lh

#eden mrraps. #i dont think ill get the game but good god.... berial.... hi there...

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love how the entire slimecicle bg3 gang is like really smart they're also all just. actually im exploring this

xiv is very smart. not only are they an arcane battery, their father likely gave them plenty of books to read about spell-casting. so they're a big thinker. but what stops them from reaching their true potential is the fact that they likely don't allow themselves to properly process their more negative emotions, like rai's death and whatnot. and they're... literally going through this entire adventure after escaping an incredibly toxic and neglectful environment. they're probably trying to push back how their father was a piece of shit as well and its not working because their dream visitor IS their father!! so they know their way around a book but don't know how to deal with their father screaming from the other room :-3

tal i think is very aware of others feelings, and partially emotionally intelligent for himself. he tries to talk rai down before he's forced to kill him, being kind to him in rai's final moments of lucidity. he understand's something wrong with xiv, that there's something they aren't telling the rest of the group, but he doesn't wanna pry. in terms of more "intellectual intelligence" i think he is smart but just... doesn't know how to articulate it. he can do it, but unlike xiv he literally cannot explain it to you. it's like how he mispronounced monotonous; he knows of it, he just forgot the pronunciation. basically him and xiv are kind of inverses of each other; xiv is smart and can explain it, but can't deal with their emotions. tal can recongize his and others emotions, and while being a bit smart he can't explain it like xiv can and forgets the information sometime. another thing i think they have in common is accidentally lashing out in anger. tal doesn't know why (not a violent dog; doesn't know why he bites) and xiv knows but wishes they didnt (violent dog; wishes they didn't know why they bite.)

klip. i'm gonna be honest i think he's the most normal in the group and that is genuinely saying something. he's about average in terms of emotional and intelectual intelligence, but. the way he reacts to rai being weird is touching the book thats glowing ominously, but at the same time checking to see if he's okay. it's like he's barely passed the skillcheck, and thus while it's good, there are aspects of it he's missing. its not the fact that he can't read the room, its the fact that he can read parts of it. the rest of it he realizes depending on the person's reaction. im 50/50 on whether or not he harbors a bit of guilt from not actually defeating that goblin camp but this again. is klip we're talking about. surprisingly the most well adjusted of the group despite the squidfucking.

now rai... i think rai. thinks he's well adjusted but oh. isn't. i think its the book that makes him realize he craves a family more than anything. but its really too late to change anything is it. and just god... rai's death was so fucked man. he didn't even get to learn anything about his parents, we didnt get to learn anything about his parents, before he died. its so... goddd its fucked. anyway yeah. rai thinks he is. the book reminds him so coldly and cruelly that he isnt <333

all of that to say. just because they're dumbasses does not mean they're stupid. also @flammablefaerie the bread is here

#eden mrraps. #also i know discussing intelligence can be finnicky so if i accidentally sound ableist let me know please <3 #slimecicle bg3

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Have a booptastic day!!!! :O

[id: two simple drawings of a puppet like person, eden, and a bug like person, faerie. in the first, faerie is booping eden with a mischevious look, and eden has their eyes closed, looking amused. the second is eden booping faerie, with faerie giggling and eden having the same expression as before. end id.]

you as well... a boopalicous day even

#eden mrraps. #amalgam arts #i've been sketching all day checked tumblr saw this notification and went. eh why not draw somethin for it i have csp open already

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that one ricky when i catch you ricky video is literally how i feel whenever charlie slimecicle does something crazy with his characters. charlie when i catch you charlie.

#eden mrraps. #slimecicle #charlie slimecicle #<- yeah ill maintag that #anyway im too tired to add anything funny other than the main caption. charlie when i get you charlie