#major spoilers for game 5

[luxiapoof42]

One of the things about Sumire that Atlus should've done was change her phantom thief outfit when she had her true Awakening. Like. Yes, Sumire's whole character arc and confidant ranks 6-10 are about her trying to find/regain her identity as Sumire Yoshizawa when she's been (unintentionally) masquerading as Kasumi for like 1-2 years, and that's fine (except for the fact that it's horribly integrated into the story up until the third semester, and even in the third semester she takes a backseat to Maruki's character development). But her Violet fit only makes sense while she thinks she's Kasumi because she's pretending to be someone else and will continue to pretend to be other people instead of embracing herself for who she is. When she awakened for realsies in Maruki's palace, she should've gotten a completely new and unique fit to show that she's coming into herself and accepting her identity as her own. Akechi got a sick costume change when he decided to show the thieves who he really was. Why can't Sumire get the same treatment??

Anyway, Atlus should hire me

#persona 5 #Lux babbles #persona 5 spoilers #major spoilers #like seriously #don't look if you're not done with the third semester/basically the whole game #i have many thoughts about this #i want to like Yoshizawa soooo bad #but Atlus went Tonya Harding on like half the characters' arcs #and that includes Yoshizawa #I'm sorry queen you deserved so much better #all of Tumblr can write her better than what Atlus did #shame on them 😤 #kasumi yoshizawa #sumire yoshizawa #p5 violet

[danidoesathing]

learning about the lore is something else

#WHY DO HEXCORE HAVE VOID IN IT #ive never played the games and never will but #learning about league lore is wild because now I get to pick up on things in the show #and then theres major plot points like the fucking hexcore maybe being void or vander possibly being a werewolf #arcane magic + blood + drugs = the incarnation of the absence of reality?? #which might also be alive??? #viktor what the FUCK #also apparently the runes on the hexcore are 4 of the 5 master runes. the only one missing is the inspiration ruin #*rune #WHICH. YALL REMEMBER WHAT SKY SAID ABOUT VIKTOR RIGHT. #BEFORE SHE GOT VAPORIZED #YEAH #Arcane #arcane spoilers #arcane: league of legends #arcane league of legends #hexcore #arcane viktor #arcane league of legends spoilers #first arcane post heyo #new hyperfixation unfortunately #sorry followers #dani speaks

[odessa-castle]

Saejima's storyline in Yakuza 5 is...........so much

He astral projects into a karaoke lounge. He's doing erotic roleplay with one of his cellmates, while the other two presumably look on. He learns the rules of evidence so he can get his Phoenix Wright on and exonerate his twink for assault and battery because every Saejima story needs a) a jailbreak and b) a duplicitous twink I guess. He fistfights a giant bear. He's now learning the ways of survival sims from Japanese Captain Ahab.

I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going to happen next. It's amazing.

#yakuza #yakuza 5 spoilers #taiga saejima #saejima taiga #rgg #i'm broadly spoiled for 5's major plot beats but not as much for the individual stories before everything comes together #is 5 a good game? i literally couldn't tell you #can you make kiryu's taxi drift when his section of the game turns into initial d? yes #(is it the highest degree of bullshit that they didn't bring sayama back for this game? also yes) #so that's all something #i have several in-depth meta posts i've spent hours on and snippets of things that might turn into fic so naturally i post this instead

[mortellanarts]

🎶Now Playing: 3. Chill and Rigor

chill (n.) :

an unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere or the body; equanimity, a lack of warmth and cordiality, unfriendliness

rigor (n.) :

the quality of being extremely thorough, exhaustive, or strict; demanding, difficult, or extreme conditions

@999week

#999 week #999 spoilers #9 hours 9 persons 9 doors #chill and rigor plays very few times throughout the game #it plays briefly as door 5 opens to reveal the Ninth man's body for example #but by far the most notable is while Santa monologues on the incinerator about why they're really there #and I just really thought the title was cool with his character! I like to associate him with the cold to contrast Akane #also I made. a bunch of versions and ended up posting. not the correct one #nothing major tho qwq

[prommytheus]

that one video essay about kazuma changed my brain chemistry btw. he really was the main character speaking through ryu the whole time. even after we know hes alive ryu is still trying to live up to the legacy of the kazuma he thought he knew. and it isnt until the very end he realizes that the version of kazuma he was trying to be like never truly existed and he has to do things his own way, not kazumas (the real kazuma or not) its just so insane and i want to explode. 2-5 is like a wife to me

#tgaa spoilers #2-5 #this is a game about self worth and identity and how you affect the people around you with what you think of yourself #im going to explode #the essay points out that a major theme is deception. nothing is ever surface level. and that applies to both the crimes and the ppl involve

[ooc-miqojak]

Welp, time to go blacklist Baldur's Gate 3 as a tag, I guess, since people are spoiling the hell out of it left and right. Alas! I was enjoying people's character shots, but people can't restrain themselves from immediately posting late game spoilers to social media, so now I guess I don't get to see any BG3 content for a while (because if I just block the spoilers tag, people will just not tag their spoilers and I'll still find out things about characters I would rather discover on my own). The advent of social media was a curse, for things like shows/movies/games with stories to tell... people can't just talk to their friends privately about things anymore, and have to spoil the secrets of something that just came out for people en masse.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate #yeah I'm a bit salty from being spoiled on two HUGE story things in the last 5 minutes from 2 different blogs #Just go join a discord or fan group to share major spoilers in! Scream about it privately with friends for the first month or so #openly posting spoilers on social media is the shitties thing you could do - even tagged as spoilers #I'm ADHD so I'm forgetful as fuck and didn't even think to block the BG3 spoilers ahead of time and now major plot points are spoiled for m #once a game is spoiled for me I just...don't want to play it anymore bc I already know the story #I've always been that way (RIP Mass Effect and watching my ex bf play it...then never wanting to play it myself bc I knew what happened)

[undertaletwo]

the (former) identities of the remaining die hards were confirmed today during a Q&A!

#only 1/5/6 are confirmed ingame btw. very exciting! i love lore #major spoilers #game stuff #lore

[fluffleforce-mysdrym]

The ending had it's flaws, but I liked it overall.

#bg3 spoilers #like MAJOR spoilers #like last 5 seconds of the game spoilers #for anyone who still needs the spoilers tag

[wizardclown]

I had such a weird dream last night

#my.txt #dream logs #my dreams #just recalling it all before i forget #dreamed i had a friend named Garp and we were making a game and we hired a anotber dude named Garp from Toronto to work with us #and then he hired a friend? who had no name #the game was like horror multiplay4r i guess #5 characters that could be played 1 of which is the slasher/ghost??? #and it skips to like drama and i guess Toronto Garp wasn't paying his friend so friend Garp was like move to our city #and we will pay u #so he does #cut to the 4 of us on a panel for our game?? #its popular i guess #we play the game and that's how my dream ends #wtf #ive been listening to too much drama vids sknwkaneoajw #and TOO much one piece slsksie GARP of all characters???? i guess??? becausr ive read major spoilers but STILL

[hiraganasakura]

I'm being so normal over Osvald's Chapter 3 guys I totally wasn't about to tear up over it at all [sarcastic]

#original post #NO BUT LISTEN #(*major* spoiler talk in tags ahead) #osvald returned to his house sfter 5 years to find that it was still cinders. no one managed it. no one cared for it. #*after #it remains as ash and as ash it shall remain #he used to be so happy and so loved but it was all taken from him in a heartbeat. blames his 'bad habit' of TAKING A WALK for what happened #and yet he still can't help but say ''i'm home'' as he walks into the remains of his house. just as his family would expect him to #clarissa telling him that vengeance will bring nothing and that she forgives her husband's murderer as an act of love for her husband #and i was expecting osvald to shoot back by saying that he was seeking vengeance as *his* way of showing love #i was nOT EXPECTING HIM TO HIT ME WITH THE LINE ''I FORGOT WHAT LOVE FELT LIKE LONG AGO'' #AND LIKE! HE MUST KNOW! HE KNOWS! HE KNOWS THAT VENGEANCE WILL BE A HOLLOW POINTLESS VICTORY #THAT IT WON'T SOLVE HIS PROBLEMS OR SOOTHE HIS PAIN OR EASE HIS GRIEF OR RETURN HIS FAMILY TO HIM #AND HE *DOESN'T CARE* #HE DOESN'T CARE BCUS FRIGIT ISLE FROZE HIS HEART OVER STRIPPED HIM OF HIS VOICE AND LEFT HIM TO LANGUISH IN HIS GRIEF AND RAGE FOR YEARS #NO WONDER HE'S SO BENT ON VENGEANCE BCUS ANGER IS ALL HE KNOWS NOW #and it just. it gets to me bcus he used to be so much kinder and warmer #harvey rly did take everything from osvald. not just his family his home his research and his reputation. but his very self too #osvald died in the fire that day too #all bcus osvald was smarter than harvey and harvey was so butthurt about it that he decided to make a cruel game out of osvald's life #do you get me? do you understand? do you know why my hyperempathy is kicking in over him? #octopath traveler #octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler ii #octopath 2 spoilers #osvald v. vanstein #tw caps #tw caps lock #ask to tag

[mannequinentity]

Finished playing Omori and-

Got the true ending on first blind playthrough. You know, i had a keen feeling, because the game gave hints that Basil had to do something with Mari’s death. I was kinda close, but those pictures were dark as fuck. It gave me goosebumps in the end game.

But overall, excellent game. Will go back to get some of the endings. So far though, definitely inspired me in a way as a writer.

Huge applauds

#Major spoilers #been playing for 5 hours straight. i'm tired now but godamm good game

[walter-johnathan-bernhard]

Just found out some random character in some thing died by opening the tumblr for you.

Sorry for your loss I guess but I'm just living lavish regardless.

#i have absolutely no idea who it is or where he's from and knowing my luck it's probably a major spoiler #don't play guessing games there's a lot of dead fictonal characters #tumblr for you #is a scary feature #this isn't a haiku #because it goes 4-6-5

[gonkaccino]

fun thing I just realized! now that I have a tumblr account, I can post my dumb joker stairs videos and maybe someone will actually appreciate them this time

#cyberpunk 2077 #florence + the machine #moderation #look I finished this playthrough over a year ago and I still haven't finished the last video #maybe now I'll actually do it #200 GB devoted to this one playthrough #200 GB being wasted on this one specific V #oh yeah major spoilers lmao don't watch this if you're still playing for the first time #cyberpunk is the best game to go into blind #fun fact this was my SECOND run with my SECOND version of the SAME NOMAD V #currently on iteration 5 or 6 of her #i can't remember anymore I have to make her perfect

[daisynik7]

Give You Blue Masterlist

When your sky is grey, I will give you blue.

Pairing: Eren x f!reader, Reiner x f!reader (past relationship)

Rating: Explicit - MINORS DO NOT INTERACT

Genre: college au

cw: explicit sexual content, language, angst, hurt/comfort, comedy, fluff - specific content warnings will be provided for each chapter

Summary: You and Reiner, childhood friends and high-school sweethearts, break-up in your sophomore year of college. This is the story about how you pick up the pieces of your heartbreak, with the help of your friends and especially your new RA, Eren Jaeger. A story where there are no villains or heroes, just normal people navigating through life and love, one day at a time.  

Author's Notes: Another college au series, yay! I hope you all like this one! All characters are college aged (19-22 years old). Likes, reblogs, and/or comments are always appreciated, thank you for reading!

Give You Blue Taglist | Give You Blue Playlist

Chapter Title and Summary (spoiler-free):

Chapter 1: How It Ends - Reiner breaks up with you the night before the new semester begins. With his car packed with both of your belongings, the hour long ride to campus the next day offers some clarity.

Chapter 2: First Impressions - You move into your new dorm with your best friend and roommate, Annie, where you update her on your current relationship status. That night, you meet Eren Jaeger, your new Resident Assistant.

Chapter 3: Umbrella - With your classes as a distraction, you manage to survive a month into your breakup. However, you hit a wall when you run into your ex for the first time since the start of the semester. And, as if it couldn't get any worse, you forget to bring an umbrella on a day with heavy rainfall. Luckily, someone comes to your rescue.

Chapter 4: Alone Together - You and Annie attend a dinner at the Mu Phi sorority house on campus. Reiner, on his way out of Delta Delta, ambushes you on the walk back to your dorm for a less than pleasant conversation. Later that week, RA Eren hosts a game-night for his fellow residents. But, with it being on a Friday right after midterms, he's disappointed when it flops. Fortunately, someone comes to his rescue.

Chapter 5: Dreams - Your friendship with Eren is taken to the next level. You have a sweet dream that turns into a nightmare. Eren tells his parents that he is considering changing his major.

Chapter 6: Gravity - You attend a party with Annie, only to run into Reiner unexpectedly. Mistakes are made and Eren is once again to the rescue, more than ever before.

Chapter 7: Electric - You and Eren share an intimate moment together, one that the both of you wish could last forever. 

Chapter 8: How It Begins - The conclusion of the series Give You Blue.

Epilogue: A little bonus chapter for our couple.

#eren jaeger #eren smut #reiner braun #reiner smut #eren x you #eren x reader #eren x y/n #eren fluff #reiner x reader #reiner x you #reiner x y/n #eren jaeger smut #series #give you blue #attack on titan #attack on titan smut #aot smut #aot fanfiction

[thebirthofvenusfly]

okay but i like thinking about the events of ISAT/siffrin's struggles not as them going from a party of normal people with normal struggles to "everyone essentially now has to help Sif heal from That," but as, "everyone in the party has had their own immense, long-term struggles, and this happens to be Siffrin's." like, siffrin is not just a, "problem child," or the standalone outlier in terms of angst

here me out

[major ISAT spoilers, especially for acts 3-5 btw]

siffrin doesn't know all these things in act 1, but:

Odile has had a life-long struggle with identity. Her mother abandoned her family at a young age, her father (presumably heartbroken and betrayed) has never kept any mementos or photos or stories of her and likely avoided speaking of her at any and all opportunities. For the most part, Odile loves her culture but admits she was an outlier in Ka Bue and always stood out from the texture of her hair and eyebrows. She's tried to settle before for the peace of just letting it be, but after meeting that travelling merchant, she realizes how badly she does want to bridge that gap in her identity and has now spent years travelling--all only to find that it didn't quite fix her problem and she hasn't been able to find herself entirely in Vaugarde either. She doesn't dwell too much on her mother, but I feel there is a part of her that could never forgive the hole her mother left behind.

Mirabelle has similarly struggled, though in terms of religion and sexuality. She holds herself to a very high standard of Changing and being a, "good," Housemaiden, and has gone to great lengths to learn as much as she can in efforts to reinvent herself and Change, as she feels she, "should," do, because that's what Housemaidens and diligent followers of the House of Change, "should," do. She is so adamant about this that even prior to the game, even prior to the King's reign--which was several months-a full year before ISAT begins--she is forcing herself to look into relationships to potentially date, bond, and even have children with someone and she doesn't want to do any of that it. She is distraught because she doesn't want to change that aspect. She doesn't want to become what she's not, or try to force herself to feel things she doesn't and can't feel, but she isn't being a good Housemaiden or a good member of her society if she stagnates.

Bonnie's plight primarily comes in with the King's reign, which again, has been for a few months now. They live with their older sister who loves them and cares for them tirelessly, but she is taken by the King's Curse and frozen in time--an event which presumably happens in front of Bonnie, who is encouraged by their sister's last words to just run from the village as far as they can to safety. If that isn't terrifying enough, this leads to them wandering the wilderness for days, exhausted, dehydrated, presumably starved/ill-fed, and lonely, and likely scared out of their mind. Their only saving grace is Siffrin, who happens to find them and save them. The comfort they feel with Sif is called into question when they have to watch Siffrin take a permanent, debilitating injury to the eye to protect them. While the incident seems to roll off Siffrin's worries pretty seamlessly, this is a lot for Bonnie, who by now, has recognized a pattern of the people they love being permanently hurt or altered in some way all just to protect them. They're convinced they're a recurring problem, and after the death ritual talk in the House, has to prepare themselves for the haunting reality that they might really lose everyone they love (and, again, this is a lot. Especially for a child).

Isabeau has tried Changing before, and while it did help him make leaps and bounds, he is still in a constant struggle to love himself fully. Let's be honest here: Isabeau is easily the most emotionally put-together party member, and most equipped to handle the stresses of the party in terms of feelings. This does not make him immune, however, to his own negative feelings. He even cites as wanting to become someone that Siffrin wouldn't be, "ashamed," to know. He also mentions that he is remorseful of the new image he's given himself, as an air-headed, jock type of person, which often leads people into genuinely believing he's stupid and thus treating him that way. Not to mention, as the emotional mediator of the party, I'm sure he occasionally gets stretched thin between helping everyone else manage their problems and altercations.

all this is to say: everyone in the party has their problems, and a good sum of these are not all instantly solved by the end of the story. all of them, siffrin included, are left in a space where they have plenty of healing to do but can confidently and comfortably still rely on one another.

ISAT is just siffrin's chapter of major emotional plight, and everyone else's is presumed prior to the narrative (i can also acknowledge that siffrin definitely got the worst of it though LMAO)

#isat #in stars and time #isat spoilers #in stars and time spoilers #mirabelle #isabeau #odile #bonnie #siffrin

[abby-howard]

Scarlet Hollow decision tree

People occasionally ask to see a decision tree for Scarlet Hollow, so a while back I put one together for episodes 1-4! It’s not comprehensive, as most scenes at this point have at least some variation due to any number of tracked variables, but it accounts for most of the really major deviations.

For those who don’t want spoilers but would like to hear about how we kinda structure the game: I like to talk about it as more of a braid than a tree, which is not a new concept or anything, but I feel like it helps other narrative designers understand how to limit the absolute vastness that you can get with branching structures. The narrative branches off at decision nodes, but instead of continuing down significantly different routes, it comes back together at key moments. So there’s a single narrative throughline to the game-- events unfold in the town and you witness them in some capacity, but your perspective on them, who you’re with, the options available to you, all these are impacted by other choices you’ve made along the way, including the character traits you chose at the start of the game.

It’s not necessarily easier than doing routes, since it means Tony and I have to keep track of a ridiculous number of little variations including one-off dialogue choices players have made AND steering players to the important narrative moments can be tricky, but I think it makes for an interesting player experience! People get so excited when, say, a line at the end of Episode 4 calls back to something they said when they first met Tabitha at the beginning of Episode 1.

ANYWAY, HUGE SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT, do not proceed if you don’t want to know about basically everything that’s currently in the game!

Things start to get a little hard to read from here on out....

Episode four had to be broken into four images and looks like spaghetti

I’ll make another one of these for Episode 5 after it comes out sometime next year! (I know that’s a bit of a wait but it’ll be worth it >:D)

#scarlet hollow #spoilers #visual novel decision tree #narrative structure #video game narrative #we don't use trees like this while we're in development #we tend to just remember all this stuff #or reference the game files if we need calrification! #i made this as a resource for people who don't necessarily read the discord religiously #and wanna know how to get certain outcomes #and to see if a map could be drawn without being too impossible to read #getting there with the episode four stuff.......