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blueskittlesart · 2 years

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what do you think about all the theories everywhere that Zelda is dead in totk? Personally I’d like to have a little more faith in the writers to not do something so lazy

every time a new game comes out there will always be edgelords who become convinced with little to no evidence that a beloved character is going to kick the bucket and because the internet thrives on mass hysteria everyone just decides that they're obviously right without even stopping to think about how little sense that choice would make thematically. if this was a twilight princess sequel i might not put it past them to randomly kill a character but breath of the wild is and was incredibly meticulously planned and well-written to the point that almost any miniscule detail can be connected back to the overarching lore or themes of the narrative. I genuinely can't imagine that a game that ALREADY has that legacy to live up to, and which has been in development for at least three years now, would make a writing decision that seems so at odds with the preestablished narrative. I can't see a way that killing zelda would fit thematically into the overarching narrative of botw/totk and quite frankly i am choosing to trust that the developers know what they're doing here, considering what they gave us with breath of the wild. Call me crazy but breath of the wild was one of the best-written video games ive ever played and i think that with that standard of writing as their base the totk devs are unlikely to make stupid decisions for shock value alone, which is imo what killing zelda would be. like. tldr i think people are content farming via controversy. theorists who want views know that people will be upset if zelda dies, so if they suggest that zelda will die they're going to get people to watch and engage with their content out of fear or anger. this is social media 101

#like. not to compare loz to genshin fucking impact but. this happens with every new genshin patch too #theorists who want engagement will decide that this is the patch where xiao dies or this is the patch where lisa dies or WHATEVER #and fans with no critical thinking skills will latch on hard. and genshin isnt even well written. loz is above this fr #like. i havent posted about it but i and my bestie megan yikes-zone have been going through the trailer these last couple days #and pieces of mechanics for totk appear to ALREADY BE IN THE BOTW MAP. this game was PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING i truly dont think theyre #making any stupid decisions here #asks

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pepprs · 1 year

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life would be so much better if i wasn’t so absolutely fucking depleted and exhausted all the time lol

#or afraid of getting covid #purrs #like life is passing me by i think. i am very small and i have nothing to say. i cannot sustain all the ways im being stretched. i am #not capable of deep thoughts or lifechanging insights or rocking chair conversations or warm eyes. i will not be getting my learners permit #when i said i would because im just too fucking tired. i will proceed to spend the week sleeping until 1pm and playing video games all day a #and barely moving at all and letting life live me instead of living it myself. i just do not have any energy at all ever. i don’t even have #spoons at this point i have like.. metal scraps. CONSTANTLY. the mortifying ordeal of knowing i am wasting my life and not living to the #fullest or making a meaningful contribution to the world or creating magic and love and change in relationships with other people and the mo #mortifying ordeal of no longer having the bandwith / strength / wherewithal to care much less do anything about it 😍😍😍#like omg. i have never gotten covid and god fucking willing i never will but the psychological damage this pandemic has had on meeeeee. the #fact that we haven’t taken like a solid week as a society to process it all. the fact that i am socially mentally emotionally stunted in #ways i will never recover from no matter how hard i try. gotta love it 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍#delete later #<- it’s not just bc of covid obviously bc everything at home and at work is in massive transition and i do not do well w instability. i #would like at least one area of my life to be stable please. i don’t think that’s such a big as #*ask lol #im just depressed bc im tired and this week has been insane and my dyshydr*sis is flaring up HORRIBLY rn but also the overwhelming excruciat #excruciating awareness that i am a nothing girl living a nothing life and i did that to myself as a survival mechanism except survijlving =#scraping myself along the ground in every fathomable area of my life. awesome

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crescentmp3 · 2 years

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speaking of which i think all of my mutuals should percieve one of the cats are liquid games . at least once

#its a 2D platformer u play as a little blob cat #except its so angsty and filled to the brim with theories u can make and theres more and more tragedy the more u think about it #so much space for fan content too #the gameplay can get hard ( especially in the second game ) but its still fun and doesnt take away from the story #9.5 / 10 half a point taken due to the limited features of the editor but its literally so beautiful i love it #🌙rambling #EDIT forgot to mention the absolutely fun mechanics #that cat can do so much u dont even know #let me add te powers u can get in cal : alits to cal : abp . um #ten . i think #maybe more maybe less i have no clue . i counted from memory #very very fun pls check it out so i wont feel bad about it when i shove the cal content in your face

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june-again · 1 year

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i just realized that i mained yanfei FROM HER RELEASE. i did not know that she was new to the game cause i started playing in 1.5 but i think she was one of my first 4*s along with noelle and i have started out with both of them on my starter teams on all three accounts.

#june shines #i also wanted zhongli from day 1 #kinda crazy #still want him #(i mean i have him but YKWIM)#AND THEN I DIDNT MEET KAZUHA UNTIL JUST AFTER HIS BANNER ENDED AND I WAS SO HEARTBROKEN #fell in love with this dude #so wait i was writing my kazuha fic.... like. months after i started playing #that fic goes so hard #idk man im just thinking about how time passes and how much this game has meant to me #like forget about the gacha aspects and just talking the companionship aspects #spending that much time with characters #getting to know the game mechanics. learning about crit 😭#artifact farming for the first time when i found out abt tartaglia's rerun last fall #help 💀#my ass used wanderer's and glad for all my characters for a YEAR #cringe #OH AND WHEN I DECIDED TO BUILD HEIZOU AND KUKI #and thoma too when i c6'd him #i love my november team <3 #ive been playing this game for 2 years. 23 months. just LOVING it.#never has a game captured my imagination as WELL as my gamer instinct as WELL as my Simp Behaviour #genshin got it all #PLUS IT'S F2P #anyways that's enough rambling i love genshin impact to bits and i have to write an exam today OOPS #juneshin impact

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alynnl · 1 year

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Live A Live Remake: Thoughts

It’s been roughly three weeks since I played through all of the Live A Live remake for the Switch. It was a fun little game, just way shorter than what I’m used to. I’m going to give my thoughts on all the different eras, as well as the final area. Spoilers ahead, as I will be talking about all chapters and endgame! I will be talking about every era in terms of gameplay and story.

Prehistory: Out of all of them, this one plays the most like a standard fantasy RPG. You fight monsters to get healing items and materials to forge better weapons. You have a party with their strengths and weaknesses, and of course a final boss showdown at the end of the chapter.

Story-wise it’s also pretty typical of RPGs. Boy meets girl, girl has problems, boy tries helping girl and also gets into problems, girl gets captured, boy saves her, boy and his friends fight big monster, and they live happily ever after. The twist to prehistory is that all of this is told without words and dialogue, so the story is instead told by emotes and gestures. I thought that was a great creative decision, and it makes me believe that this is a time before words as we know them. Pogo as a character is kind of endearing, but not gonna lie, he’s also thirsty if ya know what I mean.

Imperial China: Gameplay wise, this one also has more of a JRPG flavor. You have your main character, you have three others who can join your party at first, and then you have encounters that you can avoid, and items to gather. It also plays on the “duel” mechanic some RPGs have, where there are one-on-one fights against opponents.

This one plays on a lot of kung fu movie tropes from what I can see. You have the wise mentor and then the promising disciples, and the whole idea of what it means to be a martial artist. There are people who use their kung fu for good reasons and bad, it all depends on the heart of the person. The plot twist of only one disciple surviving an attack from a rival dojo (really, a gang if you think about it) was handled really well, and it’s interesting that the player has a choice and the survivor is not scripted for later replays. The Earthen Heart Shifu himself is not portrayed as perfect and he makes mistakes, but overall he is a man who just wants his style of martial arts to live on.

The Twilight of Edo Japan: The gameplay mechanics in this one are very interesting. It’s a mix between RPG combat and stealth, and you really have the option to pick your battles, so to say. Then there’s a counter showing how many lives you’ve taken in battle, and even when you’re forced into a fight, there’s the option to run away. One can do a “kill ‘em all” run, a pacifist run, or a neutral run.

Story-wise we’re given all the trappings of any Japanese fantasy. There’s clans fighting one another, ninjas, and samurai. (Although it’s pretty cool that the playable samurai in this one also has a gun, which is accurate for the time period!) It’s a story about shaping Japan’s future. Whether it’s a new dawn or storm clouds are on the horizon is up to you. Either way, Oboromaru takes his role as a shinobi seriously and he’s determined to see his mission through.

The Wild West: I wanted to like this chapter. I wanted to love this chapter. But gameplay wise it was very difficult for a first-time player. Because right after you see the cutscenes and you're introduced to the characters and the town, you have a timed mission. That’s right, a timed mission to set traps before the boss and his cronies come, and if you don’t set enough traps correctly, you will have a monster of a boss fight on your hands. I will be up front and say I used a guide because sometimes, that’s how you have to get things done.

Story-wise I did like this chapter though. That’s what it’s got going for it, despite the difficulty curve. Sundown doesn’t know any of the people in the town of Success, but he’s still willing to stop there and lend a hand and help them deal with a band of outlaws that have been terrorizing them. There’s some back and forth between him and his rival, Mad Dog that I really enjoy, and there’s a choice you can make in the ending (to flee the last duel and spare Mad Dog) that makes it just worth it to replay at least one more time.

Present Day: Gameplay wise, Present day is like a fighting game. Think Street Fighter, or Tekken but with the twist that you get to learn your opponents’ techniques if they use them on you. I like how you get unlimited tries to do this, so that you can learn every skill your rivals have to offer (I know I wanted to get them all.) The boss at the end is challenging enough to make it interesting, but if you picked up all the skills, he’s not unbeatable.

Story-wise, it’s fairly simple. Masaru wants to be the strongest warrior, so he challenges masters of various martial arts to learn from them and use their techniques. It’s implied that he’s always going to be fighting for this title of The Strongest, as he faces another challenger immediately after the boss. I think I get what the story was going for. Being the best is a constant struggle, and sooner or later, someone else is going to rise to the top.

The Near Future: This one reminded me a bit of modern day Golden Sun! You have different elemental powers that you use in battle, and you’re also able to read others’ minds and find out different flavor text from them. There’s also a hint of Magitek gameplay when you get control of the Steel Titan later on. All around solid, easy to pick up gameplay that sometimes makes you feel really powerful.

Plot-wise, I really enjoyed this story. But that’s only because I love mecha in general and it fills me with a lot of nostalgia. At first Akira isn’t sure what to do with his life and he’s sort of an outcast for the whole “reading minds” deal, but then he’s able to prove himself a hero when he finally takes control of the Steel Titan and goes to smack a corrupted God back into oblivion. Imagine conspiring to bring back a mad god, only to have a mouthy mind-reading punk pound it with mecha. Amazing.

The Distant Future: Gameplay wise it’s a lot of dialogue, looking for clues, and later, running. Essentially it plays like a futuristic survival horror. There’s a conspiracy and it’s up to you to find clues to uncover it, all while being chased by a monster that will meet you with instant death if it touches you. You have no weapons, just places to hide.

Story wise I swear it felt like Space Odyssey: 2001 the video game. You have a crew who go in and out of cryo-sleep, you have inventors and you have an AI gone rogue. There is discord among the crew and a sort of whodunit plot, and it all culminates in a confrontation with the computer OD-10, that decides it was going to murder people because they weren’t working in perfect harmony. Cube has to fight for their life, and the lives of the two remaining survivors: their creator Kato and the soldier Darthe (who despised Cube at first but opens up to them later.) Ultimately Cube’s story values the robot’s kindness over any physical strength or violence.

The Medieval Era: Gameplay wise you couldn’t get more standard of an RPG at first. You’re in a fantasy medieval setting, with your main character Oersted being a knight who goes on a quest to rescue the princess Alethea from a demon lord that was defeated by a great hero in the past. There is the “epic quest” aspect of the gameplay, traveling the world, finding party members and fighting random encounters. Even after the plot happens and the party members dwindle, the swords and sorcery gameplay remains.

Story wise, I got spoiled. But I was still in awe to actually see it on screen. What I expected was a happy Dragon Quest like fantasy, where the hero saved the princess with the help of his friends and everyone lived happily ever after. What I got instead was a Shakespearean tragedy. In the course of the story, everyone important to Oersted either betrays him or dies, sometimes both at the same time. All of the loss, hatred and pain leads Oersted, once champion of his realm into becoming the Lord of Dark himself, lashing out against everyone who wronged him with newfound dark power. It is heartbreaking to see his attempts to do the right thing at every turn just backfire against him, making it almost understandable that he is driven to villainy (although hermit life could’ve also been an option and I’ll stand by that as an AU possibility.)

The Final Chapter: Plot-wise and gameplay wise, it feels very open world. The protagonists from the different eras are brought together in the Dominion of Hate, which is just Oersted’s former kingdom brought to ruin. Technically the only place you have to go is the dark mountain to face off against Odio (who’s completely taken over Oersted by now.) But the different areas of the ruined kingdom and all the different trials your seven protagonists can take on really put me in mind of Ocarina of time and the Sages’ temples. Every trial you take on gives you an ultimate weapon for that character, which is crucial to the ending. And whoever you choose to lead the finale will personally confront Oersted after you do the true final boss battle. There are so many different ways the final chapter could go, and each one is worth exploring.

#Live a Live #spoilers #thoughts #Lynn Plays Video Games #Lynn rambles about video games #Live A Live gets a solid 8/10 from me #good music #interesting story #but some mechanics are hard to pick up if you're new #I still recommend it #I think about Oersted's story the normal amount #And Sundown's story too

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tracfone · 2 years

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I have seen no less than two (2) instances of people calling chelldos abusive today and i want to make a post or essay or whatever rebuking/speaking my mind about it but is it really worth it is the question

#canonically…..hrmmmmmmmm #canonically glados has a one-sided obsession with you this much is irrefutable #she says a lot of not nice things to you about as much or more than she is kind #and you know what i totally get it but like #you kind of have to look beyond just what the games give you at surface value #and look at how these two characters and their traits interact #is it a bit toxic? yeah. does it have to be completely? hell no #i think there is basis there for an (eventually) more healthy relationship but these things take time #for reasons. emotional repression spiky exterior as a defense mechanism blah blab #it’s too hard to organize my thoughts coherently anyways so perhaps it is for the best #[falls over in a puddle of mud]

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none-of-your-biscuits · 2 years

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Send me asks if u want I'm going back to shiny hunting I don't want to do the arceus fight and I'd rather be mildly bored than frustrated

#if theres one think i fucking hate about this game (which like is one of my all time favorite games) its the fucking noble fights #gamefreak learn what a difficulty setting is challenge #the games are either way too easy or too hard and this one just fucking throws reaction time and hand eye coordination gameplay at you #which i hate #i like pokemon because its strategy and just general knowledge of game mechanics #literally everything else is fine but the boss fights are way too much of a jump in difficulty bc you just #dont use the dodging mechanics after awhile theres nothing easier you can do or like idk A DIFFICULTY SETTING NOT THAT FUCKING HARD #i am fine i am calm

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foone · 1 year

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I see a lot of people joking about the adhd thing of "I have a appointment/phone call at 3pm, guess I won't do anything all day!"

But no one seems to make the connection that it's a time blindness thing. One of the symptoms of ADHD is not having a good and accurate sense of time. And not doing stuff prior to an event with a hard deadline is an obvious coping mechanism for that.

Can I go to the store? It's 10am and the appointment is at 3pm. How long does going to the store take? An hour? Three hours? Five hours? I DON'T KNOW!

I get anxious trying to do things before appointments because I'm aware that I don't know how long those things take, and that if I think I do, I may be very wrong. Too often I've been like "hey I can walk to the corner store and grab a drink, that'll take like 15 minutes!" and then an hour later I get back and whoops my rice has burnt.

Plus there's also the fact that ADHD people know that motivation and focus is a two-edged sword.

Like, let's say you decide to play a video game. You've got time, you can pause/save whenever, so this should be a perfect fit to make good use of your waiting-time. So you start playing and WHOOPS you get really focused for some reason today (because people with ADHD do not get to pick when their brain decides to focus) and the next time you look at the clock it's 2:49 and you haven't showered or dressed and the appointment is 30 minutes away. Fuck. (you could have set an alarm, but now you're asking people with the forgetting-things-and-time-ignoring condition to remember it set alarms)

And with motivation, it can be almost worse. Instead of playing a game, you so something useful or creative. You clean your room or fix your plumbing or write a story or draw a picture. And suddenly it's great. Your brain is firing on all cylinders. You've got all the motivation you can ask for, and you are FLYING. the ideas are brilliant, your hands are nimble, you're getting stuff done you've been putting off for weeks or months. And then the alarm goes off. Time to go to your appointment. Fuck.

You drive there, your brain still full of ideas and plans. But by the time you get back, the motivation is gone. You may still have the ideas but you don't have the drive to write them down. You can't force yourself to do it. Your sink is still in pieces. Your room is half-cleaned, and you have to shove all the sorted clothes into one big bin just so you have somewhere to sleep. You've left things half finished again, in a cycle that has been repeating your whole fucking life. It seems sometimes that nothing ever gets finished.

So next time you don't even start. There's not time. You've been burnt too many times. Why add another half-completed project to your pile of shame?

My point is that people seem to be going "lol I can't do anything all day if I have an appointment at 3pm" like this is a quirky "oh I'm so scatterbrained!" weirdness they alone have, and not a major complication of a disabling mental illness.

(and that's not even getting into the secondary effects. If you know that having an appointment ruins your whole damn day, you're going to avoid them. Even when it's things like "going to that party" or "meeting your friends for a drink/game" or "going to a movie with that cute girl from your math class". Things you should enjoy. Things that'd help you be social. Things that make you feel human.)

#ADHD

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silverselfshippingchaos · 5 months

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why does he say this like i don't have him

#OKAY THAT WAS SO CHEESY AKSJAJDHS #ash rambles 💚#say what you will about this game (hell even i talk crap about it sometimes) but. BUT THE ROMANCE MECHANIC..#it was my first f.ire e.mblem too... the kissing mechanic... the petting... the way you had to blow into the mic of your 3ds..#you can bet your ass that ash as a little kid was blowing so fucking hard into that thing #UGH AND THE KISSING LINES... WKEHSJDHWJDHQ... peak romance is still the awakening confessions though #tbh i blame the child units for why i have so many fankids now #anyways where was i #ah yes. something beautiful. i think he's something beautiful #he's such a sweet lover aksjaks makes me sad that so many people kill him instead of recruiting him #the way he gets all pouty whenever you wake him up from a nap but then smiles once he sees it's the player #or this line #or. um. 'i'm not gonna steal a kiss i want you to give me one'#coming from a thief that means a lot 😳😳

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celibibratty · 7 months

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Ngl, would be kinda cool to imagine an idea of lis2 sifu AU(but this game(lis2) is so suck that It won't let It work😒specially on aspect of the villans idk who can be💦),(sigh), okay, lets think, the main characters I not even need to say who will be, do I?, this yang, his our main characters big brother...sooo It all points to sean(but its kinda weird taking in consideration we also have a "sean" in the game, tho sean doesn't look like neither of them, tho "I tired of this shit"(this a dialogue of this sean(sifu)) is a very sean(lis2 sean) thing to say😒, and the older version of this yang doesn't combine with the older version of sean(that could be him from bb I guess?), It doesn't need to be coherent to the original characters, lets pretend sean being this yang so It makes more sense with Daniel, the vengeance, like, Daniel would be avenging who? Because in the logic of the game, the main characters are avenging their father's death, so Daniel would be avenging...Esteban?😒(spongebob hawaiian cocktail playing in background), sorry!! I just don't like esteban(I respect him as sean and daniel's father, but I don't care about him), I mean this one kind makes sense, the problem is that I DON'T LIKE ESTEBAN💦(and the visual gets me too, our main characters father is an old man, I mean esteban is an old man too, but our main characters father looks like a grandpa and Esteban looks like "a daddy😩👌"or dilf(I don't like much this word), tho playing the opening again ngl I found the old man kinda good looking, he's an old man of respect, I prefer the old man than Esteban😒), this fajar, this one is easy, for me super combine to be the gangster/short dude that got fucked up both in bb and lw(cuz I feel this dude have a tension with daniel, the same way our main characters have a tension with this fajar because he is the one that killed them, so they have this fear, but also this hate/rage towards him), actually all the three First bosses could be portrayed by the gang members If you want, the short dude would be this fajar, the big bald dude this sean and the girl could be this kuroki, this one makes sense cuz those are characters I could Cleary see daniel messing with, its just funny cuz they are very random, okay, but if you want some important characters, this fajar for me super combines this dude, this sean unfortunaly idk, this kuroki if you want It could be lyla😒(the problem is that daniel likes this bitch and y'know... our main characters kill them!, so daniel would never😩👌, although daniel in the beggining also liked cassidy and then he almost killed her, so I kinda don't doubt It🙄, one of the things that make lyla combine with this kuroki for me, its that both of them combine with the word "bitch", I feeling kinda bad to associate this kuroki with this word 😅but it kinda combines with her, but ofc way more to lyla, ugh, I don't like this girl), the old lady I mean this jinfeng, tsc, its very obvious who combine to be, lisbeth!, even the way our main characters kill this jinfeng is exactly alike the way Daniel kills lisbeth and I never notice that, I mean I founded similar when I saw it, but its more similar than I thought(i always thought that our main characters killed this jinfeng by hanging her, but playing again and again now I see that they actually break/crack her neck, thats what kills her, which exactly what daniel's do when he kills lisbeth, and both deaths/scenes are kinda creppy, our main characters is a cool creppy, daniel's to me its a bad creppy(I have a trauma with this scene/episode 4 in general💦), but I will accept for the sake of coherence😓(jokes asides, what makes lyla have something in common with this kuroki is that both have some sadness/mental problem(like depression!? idk what this kuroki have, but she has/had something and lisbeth and this jinfeng are both very gredy old ladies)

#coitada dessa kuroki ser interpretada pela lyla(hmph se o Esteban fosse pra ser o velho essa mina já ia querer é dá o cú pra ele😒💢 isso sim #It's true what Marina said maybe this Sean can be this brett dude(its kinda random char too) yeah but just like in s1fu...#You can add some characters from daniel's past that combines to him have a grudge/go after #In nutshell characters that daniel would have a reason to kill☠️(yeah sean is one of those)#I forget that there is also the talisman mechanic (it's just that nowadays I play it so well that I don't even age our characters anymore)#at 25 years old Daniel transforms into him from R(that would totally be a game that I would try hard not to die💦(roman holiday playing))#but I'll be honest I don't believe BB Daniel would become him from R at 25...#I think BB Daniel would remain the same actually #Let's just focus on the Young look💦 (although I can really visualize BB Daniel wearing the 40's jacket(would be cute)#this idea its not even about lore😅it's more a visual aspect #i just think would be cool/neat see daniel as the main characters in sifu style #cuz i can cleary imagine a redraw of some of the scenes but with daniel #i can imagine the scene that they kill this fajar #i can imagine the rain scene of this yang fight(even tho i said older sean don't combine with this older yang visual #But now i can kinda see a BB sean using a tradicional clothe like this yang #Who wish I could draw this op💧#lis2 discussion #about s1fu

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littlemuppetmonsters · 1 year

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Also after playing origins i understand more of the criticisms people have for odyssey though i do think they addressed a lot of that in valhalla. And i still don't think it's bad that they tried something new after like 10 games but i can see how parts of it feel out of place from the rest of the series

#My assassins creed video essay coming soon to a computer screen near you #Not really I'd have to play the rest of the games first #Sorry i just like talking about these games #Like after playing origins i do get frustrated with how hard assassination is in odyssey #I like having a melee option too #But i miss poisoning kills and the better stealth mechanics #Idk i still think its good #I think im gonna replay it actually #With fresh eyes #Have to finish atlantis first tho #I should be a streamer omg

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vivwritesfics · 3 months

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🥹❤️👹👹

So I pretty please want one where the reader finds out that they were a bet?

But I do kinda want some flashbacks to thier whole relationship for the last maybe two years??

The drivers have obviously fallen for her at this point Nd have completely forgotten about

Maybe even thinking about proposing??

Let's say a mechanic accidentally or on purpose reveled the whole thing

You can make it as angsty as you want

Jaut please include smut ❤️👹👹👹

Thinking maybe lance,lando or maybe even mark???

Idk, you decide. I trust you 🫶🫶♥️♥️

warnings: smut, angst

"What the fuck did you just say?"

Lando fiddled with the ring box in his pocket. In just three days they were meant to go to dinner, and he was going to propose. But now, it seemed unlikely.

"Y/N," he said as he stepped towards her. Shaking her head she walked away. Lando knew better than to chase after her. He looked to Max, fury in his eyes, and then back to where she disappeared. He was well and truly fucked.

She returned to their apartment and bolted the door shut. There was no way she was letting Lando in. Whether he tried, she didn't know. She was in their bed, crying too hard to hear anything else.

They'd been together for two years. Two fucking years and it had been a lie. Did he ever really love her? She'd given up so much for him, completely turned her life around to try and be there for him. She'd left her family and moved out to fucking Monaco. And for what? For a fucking bet.

When the words had left Max's mouth she hadn't wanted to believe it. He had to be mistaken. But then Lando confirmed it and her heart snapped in two.

She could still remember the day they met. It was a club. The lights were flashing, the bass booming, and floor vibrating with the movement. Lando saw her. He stared for a moment, debating whether to go and talk to her.

"I dare you to go talk to her," Max (Fewtrell) shouted over the music. It wasn't a bad dare, his way of getting Lando to talk to a pretty girl.

She didn't know this, of course. What she knew was that an incredibly attractive man was approaching her. Whatever he was saying to her, she couldn't hear. They still danced the night away.

They went on proper dates after that. Hooked up before they made it official.

He'd taken her to dinner. After she'd had the brilliant idea to get drinks in a bar.

Fuelled by alcohol, Lando took her back to his place. Their kisses were a mess of tongue and teeth clashing together, but they didn't care. They barely pulled away from each other to pull their clothes off, leaving a trail of them from the apartment door to the bedroom.

He had her pushed up against the table as he gripped her ass. Her arms were wound around his neck, grinding against him. But Lando couldn't wait much longer. He pulled her into the bedroom, laid her down onto the bed, and fucked her like an animal.

The next morning his back was covered in scratches. Goddamn he loved the feel of them when he stretched up. "Be mine," he whispered as they laid together in the morning light, his fingers touching her bare skin.

That was two years ago. They'd been so in love for the last two years. She'd travelled with him to as many races as she could, sat with him while he streamed because they couldn't stand being apart. They went on holiday together, skiing and getting away to the sun.

He tried to teach her to play golf and how to game. She taught him about her passions. They became each others best friends and their partners.

And he'd thrown it all away.

When her crying stopped, Y/N finally heard him knocking on the apartment door, begging to be let in. She stood, wiped her tears, and marched towards the front door.

When she pulled it open, there he was. On his knees Lando held the ring box open, holding it towards her. "Will you marry me?"

With her arms folded over her chest she stared at him. "You're a fucking idiot, you know that?" She spat and Lando nodded his head. Still, he held the ring box towards her.

She sucked in a breath and looked down the corridor, trying to distract herself. "I think you should stay somewhere else tonight," she said quietly, unable to look into his eyes.

"Y/N, please-"

"We can talk tomorrow. Just give me some space. Please."

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Scarring Passion 10.03.2024

Kaveh was an immediate favorite of mine when we learned about him in the game. It dawned on me pretty fast afterwards that the favoritism was stemming partly from feeling reflected in him, which is sweet and emotional but also a tough realization. Kaveh is an idealist and too empathetic for his own good, a creative soul and big heart whose life experiences have irredeemably affected his mental health. Will Stetson's Writing on the wall is an amazing approach to Kaveh's character, the song was on a loop multiple times while I drew this piece. It's hard to put into words just how much this character's existence means to me, since, despite of the blows life's thrown at him, he still continues to be his own form of soft. I feel like he makes me realize that I, too, have remained my own form of soft, but that the inherent guilt of not being the soft I think I should be has made it difficult to show up for myself sometimes and it derives into unhealthy coping mechanisms (although I'm not an alcoholic but gaming and oversleeping are their own form of worrisome escapism lmao). He reminds me of the passion for the craft and the world itself overpowerng the instinct of preserving oneself. Kaveh lacks boundaries because he doesn't respect himself over the benefit of others, and at least, thankfully, I've started to learn that lol. I think the character personality design team did a wondeful work with him. There's a lot of nuance in genshin characters, hoyoverse in general for that matter, and I truly appreciate that we get to enjoy these fictional character's lives and find the light they so beautifully keep in themselves, maybe to be able to find it in ourselves as well.

Ah man, too many things I'd say as well but I'd express myself better in Spanish and even then it would be a bunch of rambling because mind goes faster than hands lol

I really loved doing this artpiece. I've wanted to draw Kaveh for months and started two other drawings before this that I didnt really like and scrapped. I hope I draw him again in the furute 💖

#wassermoth #illustration #artists on tumblr #kaveh #portrait #fernandamaya #female illustrators #symbolism #digital art #genshin kaveh #genshin impact #palace of alcazarzaray #genshin fanart

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