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redrobemerle · 6 months

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when the remake trailer with vincent first dropped, i saw a surprising number of people complain about the length of vincents hair? (not a lot, but enough to be noticeable and memorable)

and dont get me wrong, i also feel like vincents hair should be longer, but i didnt expect it to be in the remake, because its been roughly this length in every official installment of ffvii?

as you can see here, even in the original official art, his hair really isnt even that long in the OG, he just has. kinda weird proportions? i think people may have just been conflating vincent and sephiroth sharing a base model with them sharing hair length, which both ignores both the software limitations that existed in the game and also that most peoples hair does actually have a limit to how long it will grow (also I just noticed hes not practicing proper trigger discipline here. bad vincent!)

okay rrm, but thats just the og! they changed his design for Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus!

true, they did! but here he is in Advent Children:

still working with about the same length here

and Dirge of Cerberus:

which is not only the same length, but finally adds something to the design-- texture and character.

in every other iteration, his hair has been very straight and smooth, but in DoC, its got flyaways, and the bottom of his hair has slight curls. the way they stylized the flyaways to be all spiky to represent chaos living in vincents body wouldnt really....work? with the hyperealistic style that they're going for with the remake? but he could still have them. and the specific way the hair is wavy at the bottom really makes it feel like its been tangled together because he was sleeping for 30 years and therefore not brushing his fucking hair

i dunno. it just feels like they made a really strong character decision with his hair for Dirge of Cerberus and then they walked it back for the remake. and i dont know that I like that they did. so its bonkers to me that the length is what some people were complaining about

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#rrm.txt #ffvii #vincent valentine #ff7 #final fantasy vii #final fantasy 7 #ff7 rebirth spoilers #i guess??#anyway typing all this up while being at work and also having Annabelle Has A Doll from dolls of new albion stuck in my head was hard #that said why does he look better in the 2005 animated movie than he does now in 2023. why did they spike his hair on the side like that #he looks more 'anime' than 'dracula expy' here. im hoping his bangs look better from the front because stars above it feels Off

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redrobemerle · 1 year

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i think the ace attorney fandom forgets how temperamental phoenix is

this is not a judgement! i also forgot this until my friend said that phoenix felt out of character during the trial that got him disbarred and i had to think about it and....hes really not?

like, yeah, it feels like hes being a jerk to klavier (and he kind of is) but think about it from a different perspective: klavier is the first prosecutor whos gone against phoenix that weve seen who has less legal experience than him (godot.....we dont know how long diego armando was a defense lawyer. and like, hes been in a coma for a few years, but that doesnt negate his previous experience) and also more than half of said prosecutors caused him physical harm (edgeworth and payne are the only ones that dont. and manfred von karma is the only one to only hurt him outside of the courtroom.) of course phoenix is coming across as a jerk when he usually doesnt-- hes using his normal processes against someone who isnt actively attacking him (hes called the turnabout terror for a reason!).

also klaviers being super hoity-toity and phoenix wants to knock him down a peg its fine

but like!! hes not actually a golden retriever of a person out of the courtroom either? redd white mayve called assault charges against phoenix in order to frame him for mias murder but i firmly believe phoenix wouldve punched him if it wouldntve hurt his case. you can try to present the dl-6 crime scene photo to edgeworth in 1-4 and maya has to stop you. phoenix can slap lotta in 2-2 for talking shit about maya. he lashes out at maya for asking about edgeworth in big top. (i havent played through T&T yet and hes a lot more passive in the anime so i dont have specific examples from that one yet but) like. he has a temper! his impulsivity doesnt apply to just bluffing and that one time he ate evidence

phoenix wears his heart on his sleeve for a very long time, and thats not always positive emotions. its just that hes usually juxtaposed with people who are a lot more aggressive, so when he does end up going against someone whos...not, not really, he comes across as 5 times ruder.

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #turnabout succession #rrm.txt

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redrobemerle · 1 month

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just listened to casino car 2 and tl;dr: What The Fuck (/positive)

vague liveblogging spoilers under the cut:

#rrm.txt #interstitial infinity #genuine chills!! this episode fuckin HITS yall!!!!!

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redrobemerle · 1 month

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So did anyone at any point say “wfa isn’t canon to its own canon”? Y’know since you need everything stated explicitly in big bold letters? Funny how you couldn’t pick up on one thing *oh but somehow you were able to (mis) understand what people were actually subtly saying when it’s suits what you wanted to see.*

* This last part has a bit of sarcasm in it just so you know.

sar·casm

noun

the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

since apparently you only bothered to process my third bulletpoint, here's something you might want to brush up on first if you decide for some reason you want to go back and reread my full response to your original ask :)

also like. i told you to block me. you choosing to continue getting upset with me about this is 100% on you. honestly im finding this more funny than anything <3

#rrm.txt #anonymous #since you've immediately jumped to insulting me i'm going to assume you're not asking in good faith. but in case you are. here's your answe #its not 'reading into something' when. yes. in fact. i have seen people. full-stop. say that wfa isn't canon.#even though i've never seen someone say the golden age comics aren't canon without giving the caveat of 'modern canon'#or arkhamverse or btas or anything else without the caveat of 'comics canon'#wfa is the only batman media i've seen get this treatment. and i see it get this treatment basically any time i go into any character tags #i'm not just pulling this misunderstanding out of my ass.#honestly i hope you're a kid because if you're a grown-ass adult and you're acting like this? frankly that's embarrassing for you #anon hate #???? technically. for blacklist purposes. i guess

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redrobemerle · 1 year

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okay but genuinely imagine how much more powerful rise from the ashes would have been as the penultimate case of justice for all. wed have to get rid of big top but im sure most of the fanbase would not be upset with this

this being the case where edgeworths "death" is revealed and then him being just. permanently present essentially as a spectre over the whole case because he was the prosecutor for the SL-9 incident. gumshoe saying something that, on your second playthrough, is obviously about edgeworth being overseas, but when youre playing through the first time, blind, sounds like a kinda tactless thing to say (and it kind of still is, because nobody else knows hes alive)

this giving franziska the kickstart into her character development arc that we really only got the smallest hint of in farewell my turnabout. both her father and her brother being responsible for the deaths of innocents (okay, darke wasnt innocent by any means, but he wasnt responsible for the crime he was sentenced to death for), and whos to say shes any different? the case would have to be cut down so its not 8-12 fucking hours long, but it would still be a longer one, and that would give franziska a lot more screen time and development that otherwise she doesnt really get until investigations

also, things that werent our original reasons for proposing this change but are definite bonuses: ema and maya interactions. edgeworth not getting immediately retraumatized right after the resolution of DL-6. gets rid of that weird bit at the beginning where phoenix says he just hasnt been taking cases bc mayas gone (YOU HAVE RENT TO PAY, WRIGHT). the potential of gant calling franziska "franny".

some bits would obviously have to be changed, and other parts removed entirely, but genuinely it has the potential to be a really good case if it was recontextualized.

(once again thank you to @spacetrashpile for sitting with me on call for 10 hours while i played through rfta and for bouncing around ideas with me about this rewrite)

#rrm.txt #ace attorney #rise from the ashes #jfa rfta au #ace attorney rise from the ashes

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redrobemerle · 1 month

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your “um akshually everything is canon” tags were so unnecessary ngl like you bro we know that elseworld stories are canon to that specific elseworld, everyone else was very obviously talking about main canon

first off, i was only being pedantic bc op was speaking in a way that sounded very much like one of the many people ive seen say wfa just straight up isnt canon at all just because its not earth prime/that the only people who like wfa only like it because theyve never read the "actual" comics. so yeah, maybe i was feeling a little defensive. wild concept, i know /s

second of all imagine getting so worked up about a stranger rambling in the tags of a post that you feel the need to send them an ask about it. i wasnt going into op's inbox to be like "well actually", so allow me the same courtesy. better yet, just???? block me if you dont like my opinions????? thats why that feature exists you dont need a moral reason to block someone and i think both you and i would be happier if you did :)

3rd of all "everyone else was OBVIOUSLY talking about MAIN CANON" uh huh? yeah? was it obvious? to me, an autistic person who has trouble recognizing implicit meanings? was it?

#rrm.txt #anonymous #gods this is so funny. ive been on this site for over a decade and ive officially gotten my first anon hate <3

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redrobemerle · 2 years

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the more i think about jimmys ep today the more genuinely upset i get with c!jimmy (like hell yeah i think jimmy deserves a villain arc. go feral my dude. BUT)

like! he was enamored with the idea of hermes when he only knew they were sausages kid, but the moment he found out joel was their other parent, he couldnt care less.

and its like. hes acting as though hermes is just an extension of their dads, rather than their own person?? (which is. technically true ooc but in-universe theyre an Actual Kid)

AND LIKE. THE DEAL W THE TOY. he couldve told sausage, "hey that toys existence makes me genuinely uncomfortable, if i give you something else to give hermes will you destroy/get rid of that one?" im SURE sausage wouldve been significantly more okay with the situation!!

i am growling and gnashing my teeth

i love him as a character i love him as a character i love him as a character but by the stars do i want to tear him limb from limb

(also like. joels not wrong. "disrespecting the Sheriff" being against the Law is corrupt as hell)

#rrm.txt #empires smp #empires jimmy #empires spoilers #empires s2 #it was such a good and strong character choice and im not even 100% he fully realized the implications!#at least not in the moment!! like. he was saying 'i dont care about your son' bc he meant Thats Not The Issue Im Talking About #but considering the other ways he acted about him!! i dont think it was untrue just bc it was said out of anger and frustration!!#solidaritygaming #empires solidarity

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redrobemerle · 6 months

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hey what if i made an ffvii au based around a very niche musical i enjoy. woe dolls of ffvii be upon ye

the narrator : the Planet itself (tells the story, also tries to warn people about the consequences of their actions but cannot be heard by the rest of the cast) the gambler and the monk : JENOVA and a cetra (maybe ifalna, maybe just a random one. its not like theyre mentioned by name anyway) jasper : grimoire valentine (this is mainly bc annabel had to be lucrecia) annabel : lucrecia (she canonically sort of brought vincent back from the dead. sort of. she probably wouldve brought grimoire back if she could have. its also lowkey implied that she may have had a crush on grimoire?)

((now heres where the roles go off the rails in regards to what their original relationships were))

edgar : hojo fay : vincent (THATS RIGHT BAY BEE IF JASPER IS GRIMOIRE VINCENT HAS TO BE FAY. whos the guy vincent leaves hojo for when he realizes Oh This Guys Fucked Up Actually? probably cid or reeve. i dont really ship vincent with anyone so like. as long as its not one of the Kids. anyway also thinks about how grimoires last words in canon are "tell vincent im sorry". thinks about "i took the liberty of bringing your dear old dad back. you can talk to him again! but only if you come back and marry me". thinks) byron : sephiroth (let sephiroth be an anarchist lmao) amelia : angeal ("amelia"s shitty dad is hollander obvs) priscilla : aerith (the obvious choice, but also im always thinking about the similarities between aerith and vincent (vincents similarities with cloud are far more obvious, but listen to me. aerith and vincent have their parallels too). priscilla reminding jasper of fay (aerith reminding grimoire of vincent)) soldier 7285 : theres so many people it could be but im leaning towards zack or cloud? everyone else gets to be voodoopunks

BUT TUMBLR USER REDROBEMERLE NONE OF US IN THE FF7 FANDOM HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT DOLLS OF NEW ALBION IS! YOU ADMITTED IT'S NICHE AS HELL!

fear not, for i have typed up a summary of the musical under the cut! if you read the summary and get upset about the way ive fucked with the relationships from the game for the sake of this au, please refer to this post <3

CONTENT WARNINGS: offstage but explicitly mentioned suicide, also very brief but explicitly mentioned parental abuse, immolation mentions (sort of), execution by a militaristic police state (near the end)

The Dolls of New Albion: a Steampunk Opera is a folk opera by Paul Shapera

the opera is split up into four acts, each following a generation of a single family. each act has a narrator telling you about the world as time passes. while not all of it is directly relevant to the story at hand, it tells you something interesting about the world. however, there is a recurring motif of a gambler and a monk who played a never-ending card game. this is important later. the city of new albion was built around them by the people who came to watch them play. but more importantly, in the Now, annabel(/annabelle/annabella. the script cant decide how its spelled) mcalistair is raising up the dead

okay so basically. annabel had a big ol crush on a guy in school. they had never talked until one day they talked and kissed and they became friends for a little bit. but then annabel was expelled for stealing cadavers for her own research. and she became a shut-in and he got married then died young. and she's figured out how to call his soul down into a doll she has built!

the doll is very lifelike but cant really move and cannot talk but he can play the radio! isnt he great? look at annabels doll everyone! she can go anywhere now bc hes proof that shes brilliant! shes conquered life and death! but not everything you love loves you in return. and when she realizes that he cannot, will not ever love her back or speak to her, he doesnt want to be back, she destroys the doll. and throws all of her notes in an old trunk in the attic.

and so passes the first generation.

the narrator informs us that annabel gets married and has a son named edgar at some point. edgar grows up and falls in love, as people often do, with a woman named fay, and on the night he was planning to propose to her, she tells him that while she loves him and she really tried to make the relationship work, hes got Issues and so she leaves him for another man.

in his anger, when edgar goes through the old trunk in the attic and finds annabels notes on necromancy, he makes a business out of it! he summons back the souls of the dead for anyone who asks and pays, and when his business becomes successful enough he uses the money and influence he has to run the business of fays new partner into the ground.

he goes and finds fay and is like. "look. i have a very successful business. the man that you say you love is ruined and poor and I know you cant live like that. and whats more than that, you know your dead dad who you loved so dearly? yeah i brought him back for you, but the only way you can talk to him is if you come back and get married to me. :)" and fay does but shes also like "what the fuck. i actually loved you once why did you end up like this this is why i left you in the first place" also the person whose soul edgar brought back is jasper, the same man annabel brought back originally.

and so passes the second generation.

edgar and fay have a son named byron. now, byron becomes a voodoopunk. voodoopunk is one part religious movement, one part political party, one part punk subculture. yes i know voodoo is a closed practice i dont know that the person who wrote this does and yeah.

so basically his whole plan is to run jasper for mayor? and theres this girl named amelia whos also running with the voodoopunks. it is unclear how old she is, but she is referred to as "a girl" rather than "a woman", so it is likely she's either a teenager or a young adult.

but jasper has figured something out. jasper has figured out how to string together songs on the radio to finally speak for himself. and byron is like "here listen to our doll give you a speech and prove that the dead can run this country better than any of the vultures that are politicians in any part of the political spectrum!"

and jasper sings.

and he sings about how he did not want to be brought back. death was peaceful and he did not want to be here.

and amelia heard this. and she had no friends. and she lived only with her father who was abusive (presumably both verbally and physically? it is never elaborated upon but we do know its at least verbal.)

and she kills herself with only the words of the song jasper sang as her note.

at which point theres public outcry bc ALL the dolls have been singing this song. in the publics eyes, the dolls killed amelia. and so people start rounding up the dolls -- who there are more of than living people in new albion by now -- and burning them alive (for a given definition of alive? its really more of releasing their souls again but really violently) byron manages to "save" jasper though.

and so ends the third generation.

we revisit the card game. the gambler died of a heart attack during the final hand, and cursed with his dying breath that the game was not yet finished, promising the two would come back to finish it one day.

and so begins the fourth generation.

New Albion has become a military police state, killing anyone with any sort of memorabilia of the dead. we see priscilla, byrons daughter, hiding in a basement and playing a never-ending game of cards with jasper. (YEP THATS RIGHT ITS KINDA IMPLIED THAT JASPER AND PRISCILLA ARE THE REINCARNATIONS OF THE MONK AND THE GAMBLER, and even if theyre not, theyre still the ones continuing the game they started).

we also see soldier 7285 join the police.

priscilla loves her great grandfather jasper dearly -- and he loves her back. she reminds him of fay, when fay was younger and more innocent, and jasper lets slip during their card game that he still wants to die but he is willing to stay because he wants priscilla to live even more. because if theyre found, they both die.

priscilla is like what the fuck thats not? fair??? why should you have to sacrifice your death for my life??? and she thinks about it. and decides that a life of hiding isnt much of a life at all.

and she calls the cops on herself.

a firing squad happens, despite jasper doing all he can to prevent it because her life for his death isnt fair to her, either.

but soldier 7285 doesnt fire.

he is court martialled and stripped of his duties/rank for it. soldier 7285 thinks about how priscilla loved jasper so much she was willing to die if it meant his freedom, and goes. hey what the fuck sort of country do i serve that thinks caring about the people we loved past their deaths is punishable by death??? im going to tear this country down and rebuild it on the graves of the people who decided this, and if i die in the process, at least i can be a martyr and inspire people to finish what i started the way she inspired me.

and thats the dolls of new albion!

#rrm.txt #the dolls of ffvii #not maintagging this bc this post is not like. polished at all and i am FULLY aware im butchering character dynamics for this #but also if i dont post it it wont leave me alone #also lmao this au does mean both hojo and vincent are sephiroths dad #sticking my middle finger up both at canon AND the ppl who try insisting vincent is actually sephs dad despite it being confirmed otherwise

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