#it's part of the unfolding story

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

The one thing I REALLY want to from Welcome Home is an actually episode from the show! Or maybe just a cut of it or somthing along thos lines!!! But I doubt that will ever come true...

What about you? What do you REALLY wanna see from WH?

i'd enjoy and appreciate Anything we're given! i'm not picky!

#more audios or animated clips or scripts or art or- #i have no preference tbh! #all i Really want to see is how the story unfolds and What The Fuck Is Going On #which is a given! so! yeah! #rambles from the bog #you never know whats in the future.... #& clown's latest kofi preview has part of an image from what is most likely a Storyboard #so i think its most definitely Well Within the realm of possibility that something animated is in the works #or maybe its just a storyboard! #i say 'just' as if the mere prospect doesnt have me clawing at the walls

[akimojo]

people love to use ffxiii’s messy development as a reason to completely shit on the game but honestly the fact they managed to sneak in so many little details in the gameplay in a way that reflects the characters and story despite all the miscommunication between the dev sections is just impressive to me

#was xiii horribly planned out and missed out on a lot of important feedback because of the poor time management? absolutely #does that mean you cant be impressed with what the game achieved regardless of whether you liked it or not? fuck no #also the fact theres next to no bugs (not counting the pc port because... yeah) is amazing all things considered #and the graphics still hold up to this day #the linearity is everyones main issue with the game but look at x dude #x was linear as hell too but it makes sense bc yuna had a pilgrimage to follow #just as how it makes sense for the xiii cast to not have time to stop and explore cocoon while they were being hunted by the government #thats why you have so much more freedom to explore when youre on pulse #theres not even anything objectively wrong with having a game be linear in the first place #and the people complaining about the story being ''incoherent'' are just... wrong? #they give you enough hints within the dialogue to piece the story together yourself while also not leaning on exposition dumps to tell it #and if you cant do that then the datalogs are right THERE #games have relied on ''notes'' to tell parts of their story for ages now and i dont understand why its suddenly bad when xiii does it #i dont like sitting through exposition dumps and i like being able to analyse and theorize about a plot WHILE im experiencing it #and a lot of other people feel the same way so its not an objectively bad aspect of the game's storytelling #you just need to pay attention and be patient and wait for the story to unfold #i went off the rails but ANYWAY #aki stfu #final fantasy xiii

[myuzucompendium]

"Now, stay down!" Ann commanded during a normal battle within Mementos. She had just taken down an enemy and was about to go after another, when unfortunately, something very bad happened. This enemy happened to have the brainwash spell, and cast it on her. It succeeded, and her eyes turned colors, and she turned towards one of her teammates, whip out. "Yes, I think one of you will be excellent to use my whip on..."

#Crepes and Modelling (Ann Takamaki Musing) #The Fiery Fashionista (Ann Takamaki IC) #A Story Unfolding (Ann Takamaki RP) #Part Time Modeler/Thief (During Persona 5/Royal) #open rp #open starter

[blueboyluca]

#papillon #Marceline #feeling some kinda way about still being here #7 years later #so many people have disappeared #so many dogs have died #lots of relationship breakdowns #different cliques #blocked by different people #blocking others #making new friends #seeing stories unfold #seeing stories end #the longest I’ve been part of a community I think #still checking in #still coming back #despite how much it changes year to year #I’ve been on tumblr since I was 17 #I’ll be 31 next month #started this blog when I was 23 #I have no profound insights or conclusions #time just keeps going

[lonestardust]

via @randr_updates on twitter

#911 lone star #rafeal silva #SIR wedding angst is big no sorry no damage happening on their day #destroy carlos post wedding <3 i'm here for it sjksks #AND YES TO CARLOS BEGINS #yes to having carlos background story (a 3x08 but obviously less gnarly) #there is just so much to unfold in carlos life and i don't even know from where to begin. his relationships with his family his love life #prior tk. his coming out and joining apd struggles with family #SO MUCH to see!!!!! #.... i'm with rafa on the detective part #carlos as a patrol officer serves the plot so much and keeps all parties connected and i highly doubt the writers have a diff perspective #carlos reyes #judd ryder #tk strand #tarlos #ronen rubinstein

[starlene]

Having a chat about the Barbie movie with @neroushalvaus helped me to put something that bothers me about the movie to words.

At the end of the movie, when Barbie becomes a human, we see her dressed in beige, sensible clothing. Symbolically, she has grown up into a woman – and as a woman, she no longer wears the bright, pink, girly clothing she used to wear earlier.

Meanwhile, in our reality, women come to watch this movie all dolled up in their best pinks and glitters – a movie that ends with Barbie, a world-famous emblem of femininity, leaving neon pink behind her and choosing to wear muted colours instead.

Somehow, in this regard, I feel like the real-life response to the movie is more uplifting than the movie itself. In real life, adult women are celebrating the movie by wearing girly clothing, and they’re feeling happy and confident while doing so. If bright, girlish aesthetic makes you feel good, growing up doesn’t mean you have to leave it behind.

The costume design makes sense for Barbie’s character arc, sure, but on a symbolic level... I don’t really like what it says about the relationship between girlish/hyper-feminine aesthetic and adulthood, and I guess it just makes me a little bit sad how that part of the story and the real-life response to the movie clash.

#actually the whole movie makes sense on a character level but starts to fall apart when you really look at the symbolic level #I really like Barbie the character and Ken the character and enjoyed watching their stories unfold #but the more I think about it the more I feel that on a symbolic level their stories actually take away from each other #also I want to clarify I'm not a girly girl myself and will choose beige over Barbie pink every time #but having lived through all that nonsense ‘‘not like other girls’‘ discourse I really like seeing girliness celebrated and uplifted #anyway! this is not my number one problem with the movie... far from it actually #I'm just trying to get to the bottom of why the ending left me feeling disappointed and I think this is a part of it #just an observation! #Barbie #Barbie spoilers

[bananasareupsidedown]

#absolutely insane development lol #one smile permanently BRAIN DAMAGES local girl #momo is a great character #arguably the most human and well rounded #saved by one person's kindness #menou and momo have a great relationship #and momo is genuinely the highlight of anything she's a part in #love love love this character #so honest and flawed and genuine #and very funny #need to take a moment to say how much i love these books #it's so clear the author loves spies and magic and mecha fiction #and it's all combined here so neatly #such an unabashedly geeky series that clearly has a love of female characters #the way the story and lore unfolds and never contradicts itself is so impressive #nothing feels like a retcon and reading old books i often wonder “....was this planned this far back!?” #ty executioner for reminding me why i love reading #shokei shoujo no virgin road #the executioner #the executioner and her way of life

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Hilarious that The Guardian published this and then like a week later the film was on the verge of completely dropping out of Netflix's top ten and it's audience score on RT sunk to 59%.

#“it's no 1 on netflix so it must be liked” #guys netflix counts like watching a minute as a full view #topping their charts is virtually meaningless #and it is really bad if a film then can't stay in the top ten after just two weeks of release #like all snyder's films this will generate a lot of talk online #because they are just catnip for clickbait sites #but the majority of people who watched it clearly just didn't like it and likely switched off before it finished #this is not going to be the start of some new mega popular fictional universe #which is partly why it failed #snyder and netflix clearly deluded themselves into think this was going to be some ip cash cow #and put so much focus on worldbuilding at the expense of what limited story they already had #its like making a new hope but three times as long so you shove in all the back story from the prequels #unsurprisingly that didn't click with audiences #the reason the first star wars worked so well is because it didn't get bogged down in lore and worldbuilding #and remained focused on the central plot and the character pulled into it #the story came first #the worldbuilding came later as the story unfolded #but like with the dceu there was a rush here to get to franchise asap #and as before it has clearly backfired #i doubt the second part will be any better #nor will the extended cuts make everyone massively re-evaluate these films

[mrmallard]

I'm gonna keep FF13posting for a while.

I decided to replay the game a while ago, saving it for when my PS3 was set back up. I didn't think I would enjoy it - and even now I'm plodding through it - but the reason why I'm playing it anyway is because back when the PSN store closure was going to happen, I bought Lightning Returns in the hopes of finally following up 13-2, which is a game I really enjoy.

The FF13 trilogy seems to be made up of very disparate games; the first game was standalone in regards to story - it shares the Fabula Nova Crystallis framing as Type-0 and the original incarnation of XV, sort of like a vague series like how every numbered FF game is disconnected from each other - and every new game set in the XIIIverse is a radical departure from the last.

I say that the first game is standalone because the creative team had to break the ending of the first game to provide a reason for the second game to exist. Like they legitimately cracked it open like a coconut. And from what I understand, the third game is radically different in its setting, tone, everything.

But they're still the same characters who I enjoyed seeing in the first game, so I wanna see them ride out their story even if I think the progression from game to game is kind of ridiculous. I'm not playing Lightning Returns over eight years since my one and only 13 playthrough without freshening up on the game.

#final fantasy 13 #honestly the first sequel (13-2) improves everything from the first game except for what that game did right. which it fumbles a little #the good news is that what it improves from the first game is almost everything. like legit near goddamn everything #the two downsides. TWO DOWNSIDES. it has over 13 is that the visuals aren't as good and the end of ff13 is one of the best parts of it #it's a hard-fought experience and the ending is genuinely rewarding. i like ff13's ending. it's legit the best thing about the game #next to the great visuals #the 13-2 opening is such a blatant retcon - and granted; why the retcon happened in-universe is the central mystery #but it still openly and brazenly fucks over one of the only things that I think 13 did absolutely perfectly #those are the only two complaints. the game is fun. it's open. there's a lot of great combat and enemy variety and freedom #there's a regular ending and there are a bunch of time paradox endings which are non-canon but they're really fun and well done #the story is very focused even if the villain is a bit one-note - don't @ me they're totally fine I'm just not big on how it all unfolds #superb game. might be an 8/10. i didn't plat the game but I frigging tried #and I want to take that to its ultimate conclusion #i want to see how it all ends for better or worse

[rhysnolastname]

one day i would like to maybe dm i think it would be fun and im taking notes on all these great dms

#the most important thing to me is these personal stories #it’s so wonderful to see matt giving them room to grow and develop and build their characters and reveal themselves to each other #he’s sooooo good at being quiet and listening and letting the scene unfold its the best part of watching this

[cigarette-room]

Today I'm thinking about how much better Inglourious Basterds would've been if Zoller wasn't there

#nothing against Daniel Brühl he's a cool guy I just think his character brings absolutely nothing to the story #go girl give us nothing not a cent #he's not an effective antagonist bc the film already has Landa #he's not a protagonist in any sense #he's not a love interest. Shosanna doesn't love him she loves Marcel. He doesn't progress her storyline #instead he repeatedly hinders and interrupts it #every time a scene with her starts he has to jump in and avert her parts of the film from her #if he had stayed a rumor and a topic of conversation NOTHING would have been different in the film #except Shosanna would actually live to see her plan unfolding #there is no narrative value to a character who can be comfortably taken out of a story and nothing would be different #but even outside of a plot #Zoller simply does not hold up as a character of any value #I hate his presence in the film because he's a walking Clean Wehrmacht myth #and the way Tarantino talks about him and his biggest crime being 'loving Shosanna' and not being a nazi and bestie with Goebbels is #concerning #disgusting to be precise #inglourious basterds #frederick zoller

[alteredphoenix]

This is probably the first time in a while that I’ve read a manga chapter, especially MHA, where I’ve gone Wait, that’s it? not out of anticipation (or, you know, the chapter going by too fast because Action Scenes) but because it’s very clear it got chopped in half to make the workload easier on an author who’s breaking his back just to make it to the deadline.

Like, it is very clear Horikoshi - or WSJ, or both - is just dragging his way toward the finish line like a starved and dehydrated man. I would say he needs way more than two weeks to recuperate and take care of his health, but then we’d have to wonder if the break would even matter considering we’re (arguably) watching the reverse play out with JJK where Gege is flooring the gas pedal as far as he can make it go just so he can blast through the finish line so he can make that idol manga I guess idk.

Personally I just find it sad to watch what might possibly be an author (and his assistants) struggling to keep up in real-time. And not even just an author, but one who’s done two other manga in the past that didn’t have anywhere near the same level of success MHA has garnered and was pretty much on his last strike with getting a successful story out the door for WSJ.

I think about what MHA Could Have Been if he’d just stuck to his guns with some of the original intents he had for the story (e.g. the UA Traitor reveal being done in the Summer Camp Arc, humanizing the LoV, making the world Darker and Edgier as time goes on, etc.), but this is not that kind of industry where you can let your story breathe and take its time anymore, and so we’re given the hand we’re dealt with.

#bnha spoilers #it's part of the reason why i more or less dropped the manga #like it's just *shambling* its way toward the end. and that's depressing as hell to think about #not just BNHA but every other manga that's been in the game longer than it should be #and any other story that doesn't get the chance to flesh out the world at its own pace and its own accord #instead being forced to rush and get its foot in the door so as to avoid an early cancellation a'la joining the U19 club #the state of the industry today simply won't allow it #it can even be argued that it was never made w/ the intention to go at your own pace at all to begin with #i think also another reason it's being dragged out #is b/c it's ending soon #and so are jjk and BC #and it'll be at least five years before OP is done too #most of the manga that serialize in WSJ are more often than not going to be cancelled within 30 chapters at the most #so they HAVE to scramble and figure out what to do when three of their flagship titles wrap up #it's still very rough to watch it all unfold though

[eaglefairy]

Back to the game again tonight and I've exhausted the side content I actually want to do right now. It's time to go to the Cliffs of Morytha, which is a place where I'm sure absolutely nothing bad has ever happened ever and never will happen, either. And then I'll stop playing this game for the next 20 hours and switch to Torna.

#alrestposting #yeah I'm playing it between chapters 7 and 8 #supposedly that's where it's supposed to be played in terms of the story unfolding #and people say that torna is the best part of xc2 so I'm hoping it'll bring my emotional investment in this story back from the war

[cuntstable]

literally media understander has logged on

#the ’i bet he would actually go to hell’ bit is so fascibating. do they think the whole heaven thing is LITERAL?? #stone ocean reading comprehension test results are NOT looking bright #if u asked me (as um. a pucci fan) to explain why hes so appealing id say that a big part of it is specifically how complex his motives are #and more than that how fun it is to try and figure them out and to see them slowly unfold and become clear through the course of the story #like you get him being dios mentee/prodigy + then his backstory + then finally his stated goal of saving humanity from despair and grief. #its like a fun puzzle to put together. sad! if people dont get that 😔 #also this person forgot about his funny

[aristocraticvision]

Chapter 322: Digging for Clues (Pt. 1)

It was early afternoon before Stephanie and Theresa arrived at the dig site. Having flown south into Luxor on the east bank of the Nile, Stephanie and Theresa quickly found themselves ushered into a ministry SUV and ferried across the river and into the deep desert.

Finally, in a rocky basin at the Eastern edge of the Valley of the Kings, they stopped at an encampment next to a large excavation.

“Wow,” Stephanie said as they stepped out of the vehicle. “This is amazing. And to think you grew up coming on these digs.”

“It’s not as glamorous as it sounds,” Theresa said, wrinkling her nose in distaste. “Living in a tent in 100-plus-degree temperatures, no running water, scorpions everywhere – I hated every minute. But I loved being with my mom, so I put up with it.”

Faisal Hassan of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, came round the car to stand next to them as a large man approached.

“Uncle Sullah?” Theresa asked, launching herself into the big man’s arms. “It IS you!”

“Theresa! It has been much too long,” the man cried, embracing her. “I’m sorry that our reunion must be so ….”

Theresa’s eyes dropped and she reached for Sullah’s hands.

“What happened here, uncle?” she asked.

The man’s expression darkened.

“I don’t know, Theresa,” he replied. “I’ve been working with the authorities, but I don’t have any idea what happened to your mother. One moment, she was here – the next, she was just … gone.”

“Where was she when she disappeared?” Stephanie asked.

Sullah looked at her, blankly, for a moment.

“Oh, I’m sorry, uncle,” Theresa said. “This is my best friend, Princess Stephanie of Weston.”

Sullah bowed.

“Your highness,” he said. “Please come this way. I’ll show you the dig where Mrs. Matthews was working.”

Leading them down a steep ramp, they found themselves in the remains of an ancient courtyard. What had once been a fountain stood in the center, surrounded by columns.

“Your mother suspected this structure extended several hundred feet further back into the dunes, but this is all she had uncovered so far," Sullah said. "I halted all work once we knew she’d disappeared, so things are pretty much the same as she left them.”

Theresa walked slowly around the pool edge when she stopped suddenly and dropped to her knees.

“That’s one of my mom’s tools, I’m sure of it,” she said. “Mom never left her tools laying about – you know that, Sullah.”

“Please don’t touch that, Mrs. Vanderhall,” Inspector Valsan said, approaching. “This is a crime scene, after all.”

“She wouldn’t have left it just laying here,” Theresa said. “She was always so careful with her tools, and ….”

She leapt to her feet.

“Oh my God … is that what I think it is? Is that BLOOD?”

“We don’t know, Mrs. Vanderhall,” Valsan replied. “It’s still being tested, so it’s unwise to jump to conclusions. It could be ….”

“Just stop,” Theresa said, angrily. “We both know what it is, and what it means. Stop trying to make me feel better, because it’s not working.”

CHAPTER 1 | BEGINNING OF PART 4 | PREV | NEXT

Continent of Oceana | History of Weston | History of Corwyn | History of Torenth | History of Allycia

#ts4 royalty #ts4 royal simblr #ts4 royal legacy #ts4 simblr #ts4 story #exploring the dig site #Lady Theresa Vanderhall #Princess Stephanie of Weston #the mystery unfolds #disappearance in Egypt #Chapter 322 part 1 #Digging for Clues #Oceana stories

[straykits]

i may have set myself up for future emotional complexities that i'm not yet prepared to write

#i saw an opportunity in this part for Some Shit and i took it #and now i just realised that when things unfold in the later parts of the story #i will need to take into account all that i've laid down in this part #oops