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blocksgame · 9 months

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Tips on character voices when writing fic

This is written in mind for people writing fic in MCYT/QSMP/DSMP/Life series/etc kind of fandoms. But if anyone finds it useful for anything else, well then, hell yeah.

Character voice is big in all, uh, fiction, and mimicking it in any fanwork is big. But I think it’s especially big in these fandoms where the voices are so distinct – it’s usually how a Real Person Somewhere (the streamer) talks, versus something very scripted that you’d see in a TV show or novel. And it can be a big difference in your character sounding generic versus really feeling true to the original.

Listen to a bunch of your subject talking. If you want to write a character well, watch vods from their point of view, or episodes where they show up a bunch. Take note of what they say and how.

2. If you don’t know how to start doing that: try literally writing down what they say. Transcribe an actual exchange in fic-format. You probably won’t want to publish a literal exchange from canon, but it will give you a sense of how to physically write what they say.

3. If you do this (or just pay attention to how they talk), you will get a lot of: Stumbling, pauses, repeating words, filler words, weird sentence constructions, fragments, etc. I love em! Here’s something that comes through in improv much more than in novels or movies: Most people, even very charismatic people, are not very eloquent when they speak. Writing out conversations or sentences will give you a sense of the unique and delightful way in which your subject is not eloquent. vvvvv way more under cut vvvvv

(People use a LOT of filler/etc when they speak. It’s reasonable to cut back on this if it’s interfering with a nice-looking or readable result. I believe this is the eternal struggle of people who write transcripts – you want the transcript to be accurate, but there are also a lot of things you can obviously simplify and not lose the meaning. So you’ll end up falling somewhere on this spectrum either way. But I do think a lot of mediocre/generic fic dialogue is very stylized – it doesn’t sound like your guy because your guy literally wouldn’t say that. They would say it worse and more confusingly.)

(I’m serious, if you’ve never sat down with a short non-completely-scripted clip or real conversation or whatever and just written out exactly what was said, do it. It will make you better at writing.)

4. Wonda-cat made a really incredible list [link] of characterizing speech patterns for the Dream SMP members. But you can also do your own reconnaissance and come up with your own patterns, common phrases, etc.

5. You do not have to get EVERYTHING right. You’re not going to, like, get so deep into the speaker’s brain that you can produce “exactly what they would have said if they were somehow in your fic.” That is impossible. You’re just trying to evoke a character, and if you get a few turns of phrase to ring true, you’re doing great.

6. A lot of these people are popular because they are hilarious. Include jokes. Yes, even if your thing is angsty or serious. A lot of the most serious lore I can think of from, e.g., the Dream SMP or 3rd Life or the QSMP - the really story-defining, life-and-death moments - were absolutely hysterical. If you’re writing characters who are usually funny, then add some humor. It can heighten angst via contrast and a sense of realism. Ask yourself what a funny streamer would make jokes about if they were possessing a character in this situation.

7. Some people have the mystical ability to “hear” character voices in their head, and read things in their voice. If you can, do this with all of your dialogue during the editing process. This won’t always get you there, but sometimes it can catch things that sound wrong by invoking "that's really hard to imagine them saying". If you don’t have this power, try recruiting a friend who does.

8. So there’s dialogue and then there’s narration that’s still from a character’s point of view. I’ve mostly given you tips about dialogue, but a lot of this is also true for narration. IMO, narration is less about phrasing things the way the subject would, and more about recreating the way they think. I don’t have concrete rules on how to do this, but here is my wisdom:

You can get eloquent again - narration is more of an abstract and artistic process than dialogue.

Spend time with your subject’s source material.

Pay attention to what they notice and care about. How do you think they think?

Don’t be afraid to get weird with it.

That last one also applies to all art ever.

9. MCYT tends to give you a great boon you don’t see in other media: what the speaker says to their chat/audience when nobody else is listening. This can be incredibly characterizing even if you’re writing a story where people don’t have chats. It’s your person talking about their thought processes and feelings! Mine that shit.

10. Some questions that might help guide both characterizing narration and dialogue (that you’d get from dialogue):

How open are they about their feelings?

How often do they lie? What do they lie about?

What kind of metaphors do they use, if any?

How quickly does their mood change?

How can you tell when they’re in different moods?

What kind of things do they pay attention to?

How formal is their speech?

11. Finally, this is a little odd, but I find it’s much, much easier to write a character that sounds good if I, the author, like them and am rooting for them at least a little bit. If a character needs to be there who you don’t love, try to love them. Or at least get a sense of what other people love about them. It just makes everything else easier. I swear to god.

Happy writing out there!

#mcyt fic #fanfiction #writing advice #writing tips #fanfiction tips #qsmp fic #dsmp fic #works for whatever too I'm just not gonna try to tag everything #fanfiction advice

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mamawasatesttube · 14 days

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okay I'm going off of the assumption that you know about superman's army of personal robots that reside in the fortress of solitude that look identical to him that only show up in Some superman stories nowadays which is valid imo because it's very obviously something from a very campy but earnest era of comics that just kinda becomes creepy and uncanny in any other era

anyways. I think I might have cracked the code to make it slightly less creepy, or at least explainable outside of "he wanted an army of robots that look like him"

so the fortress in some stories has a zoo, right? full of all kinds of alien wildlife

*well* when he FIRST builds this zoo, it's fine because there's only 1 or 2 animals and he doesn't need to be around them ALL the time

but then the zoo starts growing. and he realizes, oh no, some of these animals need more constant attention and supervision than I can give them, being both a journalist and Superman

so, he builds robots to take care of them using the advanced Kryptonian technology he has. but Oh No! turns out of some these alien animals, being as skittish as they are, don't trust anything except for him, and are Not willing to be feed or groomed or cleaned after by a weird metal thing

well, the logical conclusion to *that* is to make the robots taking after them look like him. and have his voice, and even smell like him, for the animals that have a better sense of smell

this is a very straightforward and logical thought process that makes sense as he's making it, but then absolutely sounds insane to anyone he tries to explain it to. namely, Lois, the first time he takes her to the Fortress. either for an interview before she knows about his identity, or maybe just sharing more of his life after she finds out, take your pick

imagining Lois's face as she looks on to an Army of robotic superman as Clark just stands to the side looking sheepish, trying his best to explain, "well you see... I really don't know where to start with this, I'm sorry." this gives me much joy to think about

anyways if you have any comic recommendations with references to superman's zoo or anything with Lore stuff about his fortress I'd love to read them! it's stormy where I'm at right now and I'm think I'm going to pirate some superboy comics to get even more cozy

GOD. SLDKFJLDKS okay ive been sitting on this for... a day? 2 days? now and my brain has refused to come Unfried from being sick so im SO sorry i have nothing to add but this is absolutely hilarious. youre so right. this is 1000% the best explanation for the superman bots theyre just supposed to be animal caretakers

#answers #barbitchian #clark #lois #clois

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skyloftian-nutcase · 22 days

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Why do you like Skyward Sword? What do you love about it? (I just came back to it after a long time and am obsessed.)

AH there are SO many reasons I like Skyward Sword!

The aesthetic! This is such a cute game, and the pastels are so pleasant to the eye. It makes the world so magical too, like botw is breathtakingly beautiful but skyward sword is like going to a real fantasy land. Kind of adds to the whole idea that this game is so far in the past it's in mythology era too, which makes it extra fun!

Speaking of which, the lore! Like, I know some people might not like the Hylia addition but let's be real, Nintendo destroys their own lore with every new game, so I just really liked this one lol. The idea that this game is so far back in the past that it's the original Hero, the original Zelda, it's such a fascinating and fun thing! This isn't just another iteration of the pair, this is the pair. It makes it fitting that they're the Zelink couple that I adore too haha.

With it being so far back in the past, it makes the magic feel so much more alive! The goddess is within reach, the dragons talk, everything feels so alive. You know how in stories it's always like "time passes and people grow distant from the magic and can no longer hear it/experience it" and that kind of feels like the rest of the Zelda games - like there's obviously still magic and beauty in all the games, but it never quite feels as... idk, fantastical as Skyward Sword's world does. Part of that is probably also because it's from Link's POV and this is all new to him

Which is another fun thing! All the other Zelda games, Link lives in an established world. Here, Link's exploring one that's been untouched since the entire world was nearly destroyed in a devastating war and nearly everyone had died. Like it's kind of akin to botw (I remember reading somewhere that botw was designed to be like a really improved skyward sword, like sksw paved the way for it) in that regard, but Link's in a foreign land and knows nothing about it. Rather like OoT Link, but there's very little established here, you know? There's no kingdom, you run into one (1) settlement with the mogmas and that's it. The rest is ruins and wilderness.

The characters! My gosh, they're so fun! Link is the most expressive here, he's absolutely delightful and I adore his personality (the only Link who comes close to being my favorite aside from Sky is Twilight). Groose is fantastic and rightfully a fan favorite. Zelda's a freaking knight! And she has her own journey! And she's got a fantastic personality, and her story is so interesting! Ghirahim is hilarious and a fun recurring villain! Even Impa is fairly interesting as a character. Fi certainly isn't my favorite companion but she isn't terrible, and it's quite fun learning about her lore and watching her develop.

LOFTWINGS. That is all.

LIVING IN THE SKY. Their settlement is so different from anything else in any other game and I love it. Also a nice little thing because like so many Zelda games herald an ancient race coming from the skies, and it differs between the games but the fact that this time it was the Hylians is really neat and solidifies the whole "this takes place before literally everything else" idea.

The music! I love the music so much, they're all bangers. Fi's theme, especially Follow Fi, is absolutely magical, Groose's them is bombastic and fun, freaking Koloktos theme, the Ancient Cistern!! The Sand Sea!!!

SILENT REALMS MY BELOVED. Everybody else hates them, I freaking adore them, they're my favorite part of the game. I love the challenge of them and the music for them absolutely took my breath away.

The sword mechanics! I know with bad programming/buggy controllers it can be a pain, but it's so fun being able to swing Link's sword around with such control, whether it's motion control or joystick. Like, it's not just hitting a button, you gotta wait and watch and observe to figure out how you're going to attack, and it makes it pretty fun!

#you ask skye answers #lovely unexpectedstormy #skyward sword #skyward sword is awesome #my favorite game <3 #I wish some things about it were better/different but this is definitely what I love about it #the silmarillion of loz <3 #skye time travels through the queue

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dmitrigivesgoodblood · 5 days

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Nalini Chat w/ Ali Hazelwood

Some highlights from her chat today with Ali hosted by East City Bookshop.

she's currently writing the next Guild Hunter novel

Q: what is special about this book in the series for you? A: This book is really about family and I think it's been a big thing throughout the series from the beginning. it felt like the right time in the timeline for this book to happen. Prepare to be emotionally destroyed. She cried writing it. It's a book about family and who we are and those who make us and influence our lives. There is joy! Really important book int he series because it closes a lot of loops which is important to move forward.

Q: what is it like to go back to raphael and elena after writing books about other characters? A: It doesn't feel weird going back because they're always part of the books regardless of who we're focusing on. It's this massive world and we just went and visited someone else. -they're the heart of the series. No matter where else we go they exist and are part of it in some way.

Q: When you weren't writing them did you miss them? A: She does. The newsletter shorts are because she does miss them and writes for them when it's not their book. "I write my own fan fiction"

Q: Shorts in a collection? A: yeah, if there was enough desire for it. She would go ahead and do that. She'll add it to the to do list and poll people if there is a want.

Q: What does she feel about werewolves lore in general since they're closest to changelings. A: Would have been writing werewolf fan fiction had she known about it online. The only thing she didn't like was that they don't want to be werewolves.

Q: What you have written has influenced a generation of writters, how does that feel knowing you have been so impactful on the lives of so many people? A: It's weird. It's a continuous timeline and you just go book to book without realizing the passage of time. Didn't set in until she got her 20 years in the publishing industry anniversary. It's startling. Her hero is Anne Mcarthy and for someone to think of her in the same way is wild.

Q: is it difficult to write a highly anticipated character/pairing? A: She's obsessed with them already for a while before introducing them. You really have to go into your own head and block out what people are expecting. That's the only way it'll be her own.

Q: Does it ever happen that you annoy yourself with your slowburn? A: "I do and then i write it and release it 10 years later."

Q: Is Raphael's father going to come back? A: "Well, he's dead."

Q: who is your favorite young character? A: Really like writing all the kids. They're hilarious and fun to write. Really loves Izzy and wants to protect him the little baby angel. Curious to see who he'll be when he gets older with all these influences around him.

-Thought she would write a book about Elena's sisters but they appear a lot in Lineage and it closes up their stories enough that there is resolution and she won't be writing their own story.

-The series is slowly (slowly) wrapping up. It was always based around elena and raphael and it should end where it makes sense. not drag it out

-Possible she might do some novellas because there are things that can't be wrapped up in the books. Will absolutely keep writing shorts and adding them to the newsletter.

Q: Is there another series in the works for when GH is over? A: Has an idea for a book she'd like to write but won't know if it's a series until it's written.

Q: Are we getting more of Illium and Aodhan? A: It's the next book. it's a different book than Light. There's still some emotional stuff to take care of. There are also major changes in the world. get to see more of the other characters with them. The cover should match the Light one, complimentary.

#guild hunter #nalini singh #Archangel's Lineage #author interview

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mr-president · 1 year

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what is fear and hunger it looks cool

CW: gore, blood, and body horror; some spoilers for F&H 1 and Termina

It is very cool!!! Fear & Hunger is basically an indie rpg that reimagines historical “turning points” in a lovecraftian horror aesthetic. Counter to other indie rpgs (like undertale or omori), F&H revels in its ethereal, gorey beauty:

The gameplay further sells the “horror” aspect of the game by being extremely punishing—one missed line of battle text or failed coin flip, and you could be sent right back to the beginning of the game with nothing left. Not to mention, items in the game are few and far between, randomized to add that extra level of difficulty. The enemies are challenging as they are terrifying in design—everything about this game screams “horror.” If you want to learn more abt F&H’s incredible game mechanics, SuperEyepatchWolf already did a video that goes in depth abt it:

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For me, other than its mechanics, what makes F&H so good are its characters, particularly in F&H: Termina. There are 14 main characters and 8 playable characters, but each are distinct from one another and even if you don’t play as all of them, all 14 are bound to make an impact in your run.

For example, one of the biggest shocks in the game is when Tanaka, the salaryman, inevitably dies in your first run. He’s not a bad dude, in fact, he’s probably one of the kindest characters in the game. He’ll put himself in danger to give Olivia, the botanist who cannot walk), a wheelchair, and he’ll help you out if you’re an idiot and get stuck in a well.

But his sudden death (be it beheaded by bonesaw, being shot by German revolver ocelot, or transforming into a lovecraftian monster after being driven to insanity) shows how the world of F&H is indifferent or even hostile to average people. Tanaka’s death is often the first wake-up call to the legitimate cruelty of F&H; very easily his fate could be yours or another character’s.

Which makes it all the more remarkable when you somehow do keep Tanaka alive and he forms a friendship with Marcoh, the boxer, and Marcoh teaches Tanaka how to fight! And if you fight Tanaka after this, he’s legitimately stronger.

If Marcoh mutates into the Monster, Tanaka will be nearby, but rather than being kind of a pathetic little bitch, his resolve is steel and he wants to avenge Marcoh for the gods’ injustice against him.

And this all happens OFF SCREEN. Without much player input (aside from keeping Marcoh and Tanaka alive).

And there are many of these interactions (Marcoh and Olivia, Marina and Levi, etc) where the player is rewarded for keeping characters alive via unique interactions keying into their personalities/philosophies. I haven’t even discovered them all, but each party talk and playthrough reveals more and more abt these characters. And in a game where knowledge is so essential, that’s beautiful.

F&H 1 doesn’t have explicit character interactions, but what is there is fucking hilarious. Cahara the Mercenary, will ask Ragnvaldr the Outlander not to “destroy my anus with those big muscles of yours” when they fuck on a ritual circle. When you get thrown into the primordial green soup, you find Enki the Dark Priest in a random hole in the ground, and instead of acknowledging that, he just spits lore at you before rejoining your party.

Moonless, a dog that looks like this

protects the little Girl in this hellscape. This game is just as committed to its gameplay as it is the characters living through this hellscape, and that’s why I love this fucking game.

You have to be a masochist to play it, but god dammit is it worth it to see these silly little characters have their silly little interactions, being human in the face of absolute terror and starvation.

This answer is probably completely deranged and nonsensical, but hope it helps? :3

#fear and hunger #fear and hunger termina #feel free to rb with your own additions i’m bad at explaining things i like #mr president interviews

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bolithesenate · 3 months

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hi okay you could already know this but - I have a neat little fun fact for you if you don‘t. So, when I first arrived on Alderaan in SWTOR I thought the location names sounded strangely familiar. When I tried to figure out why, I remembered that Switzerland was an inspiration for Alderaan, and I happen to know a little bit about swiss geography.

So you know - I‘m sure the developers tried to make it less obvious by not naming anything the alps or something like that, but they still added the Juran Mountains and Glarus Valley.

I still can‘t get over this I find it way too funny

if I had a nickel for every time star wars writers made a planet just blatantly space switzerland, I'd have two nickels.

which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

(no, seriously, I beg you to look up the wookie page of the planet Aargau in the Zug system TT. Absolutely WILD lore)

that being said, I knew that Grindelwald served as inspo for Alderaan but I didn't know about GLARUS VALLEY

I AM PARTLY FROM GLARUS

THIS IS HILARIOUS

time to add this to my jedisona's background as well

#absolutely stoked to find out more space switzerland lore #actually it would be three nickels even tho i dont think the mandalore-switzerland similarities were on purpose #but thats another story #random boli thoughts #star wars #answering asks

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ping1n · 9 months

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Thaumcraft thoughts again but this time I'm thinking gameplay rather than lore. Comparing 4 and 6.

To start off, 6 is obviously unfinished. This alone means in a comparison w/ no addons 4 wins without a doubt.

Still, even without addons there are interesting points to make here based on what we saw in thaumcraft 6 and what we might have seen if azanor didn't fall down a well or whatever.

Fundamentals: The first tab of the 'nomicon is far more straightforward, and much less likely to give a new player an aneurysm as soon as they open the book. The only part of this I dislike is how long it takes to get to golemancy. The research system is explained on this tab, but we'll save that for last.

Auromancy: Auromancy in 6 is far more fleshed out than in 4. Plus, I personally prefer the casting gauntlet to wands. It feels much more thaumcraft, and less fairy tale magic. You're using your gauntlet to force the world to your desires. It's badass. And the modular focus system allows you to accomplish so much more. The excavate focus in 4 is a joke. It's slow, the range isn't great and it doesn't do enchants. It makes you feel sad and wet and pathetic. In 6, you make a plan silk touch excavate lvl 2 focus and you tear out 5x5 blocks of raw stone. You feel like a thaumic god, shaping the world to your desire. Is it balanced? Absolutely not. Having auromancy draw from the chunk-based vis system is hilariously broken. Vis cost doesnt matter because you move 8 blocks over and all your magic is back. But so much in thaumcraft is underpowered for the required time and effort compared to other mods, that it's nice to feel powerful for once. Ofc its limited by the small amount of effects in base tc6, but we're going to discount that for fairness.

Golemancy: The tc6 (and possibly 5? idk I never played that version) version of this mechanic is much more useful and interesting. Making golems is a pain in the ass now but theres so much more depth with the customization system. And not having to make a new golem for each task in your process makes life much easier. Though it must be said with how cheap golems were in 4 you could get a golem-based farm up and running much faster. It suffers in some areas, combat golems being pretty much useless except as bodyguards, in which case they try their best ig.

Artifice: The new arcane bore is slightly less expensive and clunky, but it's still ass. Splitting artifice and infusion was an excellent decision. The vis generator is a great addition, though it feels simultaneously underpowered and overpowered - it's basically free, but the generation is so bad you need a few to get the same power as an IE windmill and you'll burn through the aura eventually.

Infusion: Again, splitting this into it's own category is common sense. There are a few interesting new things in this tab: the verdant charms, especially the feeding one, are excellent QOL. The stabilizers and upgrades are good too, but I dislike having to purposefully destabilize an infusion to unlock the research, especially as its essential for what little endgame there is in base. I think the eldritch and void stone altars are new in this version, but they're unobtainable in base.

Alchemy: Tubes work better now. It's a fun time. The transducers are better tho, and can easily trivialize essentia organisation. Hedge alchemy I think is also new, and it adds some nice utility. Aversio is a nicer name than telum and no one liked Arbor anyway.

The Eldritch: Lol. Lmao.

And finally, Research:

NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO STOP RESEARCHING TO GO MAKE A DAYLIGHT SENSOR? OR GET A PHIAL OF AN ASPECT ONLY FOUND IN SHOES? OR WAIT FOR A SPECIFIC PHASE OF THE GODDAMN MOON?? WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT IM ACTUALLY RESEARCHING?

It's somehow simpler and infinitely more tedious than the tc4 mechanic. At least that was a minigame, albeit a tedious, frustrating game that required multiple thaumonomicon dives (or, yk, an online tool). It also doesn't make sense. Nothing I'm doing here relates to what I'm trying to learn. In 4, the research pattern often had fun nods to what you were actually doing, like having Venenum in a research about poison, or linking all the primals for a late game research. Celestial observations suck. I sleep at night I'm not gonna grab my scribing tools and paper to scribble a drawing of the moon. MC Eternal lets you buy curiosities, which just makes everything so much nicer.

Moving on.

In terms of things I would have liked to not be left behind in 4, firstly I'd like my goddamn outer lands please. Also centivis, but without nodes it really wouldn't make sense. Tbh the whole chunk based aura system is a bit meh, it breaks a lot though it is convenient.

I was going to discuss addons in this post but this is already really long and I'm tired so I'll save that for another day.

#modded minecraft #thaumcraft #thaumaturge #infodump #video games #modding

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whatwhywhowherewhen · 5 months

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This isn't a Genshin Impact blog but I have no where else to express how hilarious I find the Diluc & Kaeya situation and y'all will understand how it went on and continues to go on. Forever.

So these guys were raised together starting at anywhwre from 8-12 by Diluc's father and the original Chinese version of the game describes them as sworn brothers...

But the official english version describes them as adopted brothers

They are frequently shipped. This frequently disgusts people who view them as familial. There will never be peace because, technically, both are correct. In different languages (and as much as any non-danmei ship can be)

Their canon situation? Could be pushed as childhood friends -> inseparable brother-in-arms -> inevitable yet unimaginable betrayal -> reconciliation or tolerating with juicy & spicy tension (with lots of shipability)

Their canon situation could also be pushed as found (and legally adopted) family -> little brother follows big brother's passion -> traumatic & tragic estrangement -> reconciliation or tolerating with dramatic & heartbreaking tension

Uh oh!!

And if it hasn't already it's near reaching poor little meow meow Shen Jiu and canon Jiang Cheng levels of infandom conflict (at least among the people who care about the characters at all)

Then you have the people who ship them as formerly adopted brothers because of course (some ship after seeing them talk without knowing the lore, because there is no way to know in game without reading long the backstories, and I always feel a bit bad about the minefield they stumbled into), and those who view these sworn brothers as purely platonic. Just to add some spice.

This has become a proshipper and antishipper hill to die on in English fandom, which I think is a poor choice considering the canon situation. Like virtue signaling through harassing fans with accusations of moral depravity is bad for fan spaces, I agree. Trying to push fanon over canon as loud as possible to punish people who don't like it is bad for fan spaces, I agree. This pair is a completely different issue of fandom misunderstandings and discomfort and denials which you are adopting to fit a certain narrative, so I also disagree with it as an example

Anyway

We don't know if the translation team purposefully mistranslated for cross-cultural ease, accidentally mistranslated, or if the Chinese version considered them all-but-legally brothers and the translation is accurate

I prefer them as brothers because I think the relationship builds and better fits their interactions that way. Also the angst is thicker and more guilt ridden, just the way I like it

I ignore the romance fan works. The general fandom absolutely refuses to ignore what, to English lore reading eyes, is 100% adopted incest. The shippers defend it as they were never meant to be adopted brothers, they are not biological brothers (and they think it's cute/hot), or the familial feelings bond was destroyed and they have no blood familial bond. It depends on their native language and their shipping habits

There are 4,313 AO3 works with the tag "Diluc and Kaeya are Siblings (Genshin Impact)".

There are 6,107 AO3 works with the tag "Diluc/Kaeya", 112 including the "Diluc and Kaeya are Siblings (Genshin Impact)" tag and 336 including "Diluc and Kaeya are Not Siblings (Genshin Impact)"

Considering this is a "roll for husbandos and waifus so you make them be hot/cute" game and the focus should be rule of attention grabbing, that's a close split in quantity of fanworks

#kaeya alberich #diluc ragnvindr #genshin impact #come get your drama #kaeluc #claiming people view them as brothers because they bicker #instead of because they were raised together #and are sometimes called adopted brothers #is also apparently a take #fandom discourse #my posts

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crystalelemental · 11 months

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Lodge Adaman interactions are up, and...wow, do I have some opinions about it.

Starting with the Pokemon, I do think it's great that Grass is the standard type of the Diamond Clan given Hisuian Lilligant. I also think it's cool that he's interested in Pokemon Behavior specifically. Like it's the most interesting aspect to him, even beyond just raising Pokemon himself.

Items make sense. I think it's kinda neat that Z-Crystals are listed as points of interest. Like yeah, these things are cool. Also he likes Gym Badges. Has no idea what the fuck a gym is, but the badges are neat.

Friends check out, kinda love that Irida's there, also find it really funny that no one else in Diamond Clan is his friend. Oh god is this signaling who gets in? Oh god are they gonna add Melli? Putting that aside, he's slight friends with Dexio. ...how? Is Dexio even on the island? Elio is also an interesting pick, I don't have enough of a handle on Elio as a character to have a sense for that dynamic. Being friends with Lyra and Rosa feels like they just picked the grass starter protags, but I could definitely see Rosa getting along with him. I also like how it's all or nothing. Either he is absolute friends, or you're like a distant acquaintance, but at no point are you casually friends. Ride or die, bitch.

Hobbies. My man can cook. I also love that Time is a hobby. Like yes, I enjoy the hobby of experiencing time. Or maybe it's like contemplating time? Either way, dork. I do think it's hilarious that Space counts but only slightly, and that apparently the one modern attraction he latched on to was Ferris Wheels. Get him and N to hang out.

Fashion is whatever, not much to say.

But now I start yellin. Places. Why is Lake Verity listed? Diamond Clan is situated next to Valor, not Verity. That seems like you just copied Dawn's answer to avoid needing to make a new one. Also how does he actually know any of these specific places? Ecruteak? Melemele? Fucking Pallet? He's never been there! Why would he care? This feels weird to me. Ecruteak at least checks out because Lore, but I cannot imagine what Pallet Town is offering him. This was like the one time to have very few listed places, but for some reason they still slapped a bunch in. Also apparently he is never neutral about anything unless it's in a very specific location.

Others is packed with hilarity and frustration. First, Impatience is listed as his favorite thing. I kinda love the commitment to being this way. Second, Ninjas rank high. Guess he's a fan of Benny. Fourth, Pearl Clan is moderate favoritism, which is just kinda comical. Fifth, one of his Others interests is Fancy Lady. Cultured. But the big one. The one that drives me up a goddamned wall. Is Space-time distortion. DeNA. Listen. You can't just keep slapping region specific stuff into characters' favorite things list like that. The entire point of the distortions was that no one liked them and they caused endless problems, the fuck do you mean Adaman loves them? I'm sorry, this one just feels like complete nonsense.

On the whole, pretty fun spread, but man I really wish they'd put just a little more thought into Lodge choices. Lake Verity has borderline nothing to do with him, it should be Valor but they didn't want to add another selection so they reused Dawn's. And the Space-Time Distortion being a favorite is just them over-emphasizing "They love stuff from their region and nothing else!" It's frustrating. Just once, I want a character that's like "Yeah, my region blows, but this other region is cool." So long as it's not Kanto they're bigging up.

#trainer lodge #adaman

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Black Clover Movie thoughts and review:

The movie is a good treat to anime onlys and adds a bit of zest to the story line the manga is currently going with.

You know how Neon Genesis Evangelion has the same movies sent out with essentially the same plot but with a twist? This is what Black Clover Sword Of The Wizard King is going with.

Plot

The plot is a bit of a combination of what Lucius and Patri had going on. Lucius because this is literally some Exodus shit and Patri because it's limited entirety to the clover kingdom. This arc is a mix of Elf Arc and Spade Arc, whether you like or hate it.

It definitely gives the impression of a doomsday movie, where everything is falling apart and the characters somehow gotta survive it. The difference is that this is Black Clover, which means everything is going to be going as fast as humanly possible and survival alone does not get you a passing grade.

In a way, the plot and lore make this a bridge type of movie that connects Elf Arc with Spade Arc. I previously mentioned that Zenon is essentially Dark Timeline Yuno, and with this in mind, Conrad is Dark Timeline Asta. Lots of references back to Lemiel and the duties of Wizard kings to protect the people.

The plot does feel a bit copy pasted but because Conrad STAYED the big bad right up until the end, it gives a bit of a difference.

Conrad betraying the Clover Kingdom and THEN resurrecting the dead Wizard Kings who share his ideals is like pregaming the Lucius arc we have in the arc Currently, and likely will end up being as more fuel to the later parts of the manga arc.

I say this because in this thread, there's an active explanation on Black Clovers story line. The story was always planned to have 3 acts, Elf Arc from 1st to 222nd chapter is the first one, Spade Arc and this movie are second, and the current arc is the last one. This means there's no guarantee that the arc is gonna end with Lucius, but Lucius is a means to an end.

I say this because the story line of the movie fits in with a possible theme the third act is gonna focus on - Why have the Wizard King if all of them end up betraying the country anyway? Conrad and his doomsday plot fits on the same category as Lucius', so he ends up being a second example used against the position of Wizard king. It doesn't introduce anything new, so much as it propagates the already given themes.

Animation

The animation is absolutely killer. If nothing else, watch it for the animation. Every frame feels like it's given proper love and attention, from start to end. This is Black Clovers Neon Genesis Evangelion. Does it repeat the same tune over again? Yes, but it's got a twist to it and the animation is paired with it perfectly.

The JumpFesta that had the official release and exposition of the movie didn't hide that this movie was all about the fights and it was NOT lying. Very choreographed, lots of combination magics and stellar form.

Lore

Ngl, I was hoping for more lore on Wizard Kings and we did get it, but at the same time there was a bit of it all over the place. Nero has a job alongside Sally and Millie, which is out of left field and hilarious. It makes sense she's in a position of looking after Lemiels legacy after he's gone for real, with the development and preservation of magic tools.

We get some history of the wizard Kings and how even if you're the top dog, you still get backstabbers and prejudice. Some new stuff was introduced, like the Clover Olympics (Triumph), Imperial Sword being like an archive of all the wizard Kings and the mana veins, but it also doesn't go into depth on the history, origins or proper definitions. It's giving the audience pieces to work with but at the same time, this has been Tabata's way of work and we're kinda tired of guessing and getting crumbs to follow rather than a map.

What it DOES give the impression of picking up is that the role of the Wizard King is full of people wanting to hurt you and sacrifice. Lemiel sacrificed his life to protect the kingdom, Princia was ostracised for her insane strength and maybe sexism, Edward was trying to run churches for orphans to help them and ended up having all of that destroyed, Jester personally has seen the hellish oppression the nobles and royals dish out, Conrad had lost his ENTIRE squad and wife and ended up becoming a villain and Julius essentially lost his autonomy and freedom.

Being the Wizard King is both power and bondage and Asta's gonna have to implement some HELLA mad changes if he doesn't wanna end up the same way.

Characters

The movie is focused on repeating themes to hammer them down more, so some characters end up sorta placing in there as props or soldiers. Noelle had a good beginning run but ended up losing her magic, which made me a bit disappointed but her getting her luster back at the end and carrying the Edward fight was slay. The talk between her and Edward was giving grandfather vibes, and from Edwards flashbacks, one could almost assume that Edward is related to the Silvas somehow. The beginning of the movie had Asta and Noelle tagteaming in fights, so the movie seems to fill in the cracks of development we didn't get in the first timeskip.

If this movie has nothing, at least it has Mereos Lesbian Fighting Wedding. The current manga arc shows that Mereo is more than a fighting maniac and this movie hammers that point in. She cares about her squad, her brothers, Yami and even Asta. She fights as a way to connect to the people around her. This fucken movie loves Mereoleona more than anyone and they make it obvious.

Princia is like Dark Timeline Mereo, but instead of trying to kill each other like Zenon and Yuno or trying to get the other to switch sides like Asta and Conrad, Mereo and Princia are actively making out with their fists. The entire fight is Yaoi For Lesbians and its absolutely perfect for pride month.

Sekke, as per Tabata's Plan of The Gods as the best male runner up for Best Girl, is there. Unlike previous shows of his character in the anime and how he's currently inspired by Asta in the manga, Sekke acts as the civilian voice of reason in the movie. Sekke is a small-town boy who joined the magic Knights and is, once again, faced with a continental threat that threatens the kingdom. Naturally, the safest and SANEST way to go about this, especially for people who don't have the tools to stop it, is to run away. Evacuate and run to heart, because frankly they have better chances of doing that AND making it out alive than fighting Conrad.

Asta even actively acknowledged that that point IS the safest thing to do, for those who are aware they can't do it. It's a nice little touch up because most cowardly characters are looked down in shounen, but it's nice for it to eventually be shown as a reasonable response, even if Sekke is cowering the whole time cause what else is he supposed to do.

Yami in this movie was like the typical Yami we see, and it's nice to see how in this he always prioritises the people he cares about. Refusing Julius' orders to protect him, sending Noelle, Asta and Finral to run to the labs, even making an opening for the rest of the Knights to escape and telling Yuno to go and take care if Asta. This man is a team player and it shows.

Villains

Conrad, Conrad, Conrad. The mid-life crisis baby girl. The Miguel O'Hara of Black Clover.

When I say that this man is Dark Timeline Asta, I mean it. This man is EVEN AWARE OF IT. He sees himself in Asta and rather than hating that naive part of him, is projecting onto Asta and wants to reward him. Genuinely the first antagonist who Asta respects to a degree and vice versa. The man asks on 3 different occasions how he wants Asta to join and holds back on actively killing him until the very end.

This man became everything Asta wanted to be and ended up losing his squad, his wife and his love for the kingdom and decided to go full Lucius. Even then, he's still mentally ill enough to see the parallels and wanting Asta to become his successor. It's a way of self care through projection. He's so mentally ill. I know they had to kill him for continuity stability, which in BC is held up by glue and popsicle sticks, but if this man had lived to see Lucius pull his shit, he would've been the first to run around looking for Asta and ragging Lucius for killing him.

Princia and Edward share a but of a foil. Princia was feared and avoided to the point where she repressed all her emotions behind fighting, whereas Edward lost his entire support network and was traumatised by it. All the wizard Kings are traumatised. It begins to feel like a rite of passage.

Jester is a wild card. He talks about oppression and how uts affects people like he's seen it first hand, but he's the only dude who never gets a flashback. He's mysterious as fuck. You can't pinpoint this man's priorities.

In-Conclusion:

The movie is a fixer-upper in some cases, depending on the audience and expectations. JumpFesta made it obvious that the selling points were the fights, but the lore and little to no character interactions made it a bit lackluster. If added to canon, it feeds the anime only fans and manga fans may have an additional bullet to shoot in terms of "the final arc is gonna be about disbanding the wizard king title".

All in all, I'd give this 7.5/10. Very solid for what it promised, but super good parts either overshadow or make the bad ones stand out more. A bit flashy, but for a movie of a genre where said movies actively implement new abilities which never show up in Canon, Sword of the Wizard King sticks to what is already known and reiterates the valuable themes.

#black clover #asta black clover #black clover spoilers #black clover leaks #bc leaks #bc spoilers #black clover sword of the wizard king #black clover movie #silv writes

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Ok so I know nobody cares about empires musical anymore but I was re-watching it and here’s all the lore I could find in your old friend xornoth:

* He seems convinced that when he succeeds in world domination, the world will be his. Either this means that exor is little more than an idea and xornoth is the one truly in power here, or it’s a Darth Vader-palpatine type situation where he thinks he’s doing it for himself but it’s all going to go to exor in the end

* He refers to himself as “big daddy xorxor… or for short xorny” which is hilarious I’ll admit, but he also uses the line “that’s what they call me”. That’s what who calls you? There are two possibilities. The first is that he’s referring to the people in his life before he became the demon. However, this is unlikely because he uses call in present tense, implying that he still has contact with these people. The other option has to do with “demon high school and demon college”, which I’ll touch on later

* Here we have the lines “pour me out some ichor/fill it to the brim/blood’s getting thicker/sippin’ as I sin”. I don’t believe this has much to do with the actual lore, but it is really funny to me because it sounds like a thirteen year old who just got back from hot topic and decided that they are the most tortured soul in the universe. Does demon college have demon hot topic? A question I never thought I’d have to ask myself

* Here we also have some fun lines, “you’ll learn, I’ll never return/to the boredom I was born of” which I find funny bc it makes me imagine that the former king and queen of Rivendell got bored one day, fucked, and xornoth came out

* Ok this might be my favorite part. In Lizzies pinned comment, she says “backing vocals by Maddie”. I am going to assume that the voice we here next is this Maddie. Maddie might be the best thing ever come out of music, in my opinion. For anyone who doesn’t want to look up the lyrics or doesn’t have them memorized already, she says “Scotts in the library getting kinda wise/says he’s got a plan for xorxor’s demise/xorny doesn’t care though/says he isn’t scared so/read a book, try your luck, xorny doesn’t really give a - “.

* Now, this is far from the first time we’ve heard Maddie‘s voice in the musical. She has a very high voice and has done backing vocals throughout practically all of the songs. It almost sounds childish, making her parts exceptionally funny.

* It is worth noting that your old friend xornoth is the only time that she actually speaks any words. What makes her especially interesting is that it seems that Xornoth, unlike the rest of the cast, can hear her. Once she says her bit about the library, Xornoth seemingly replies to her with “for your information I’ve got an education/Scott never showed up to my graduation/first demon high school then demon college/where’d you think I got all of this demon knowledge/demon University top of every class/you think you can catch me in a little bit of glass”. He goes on, but after this he’s not addressing Maddie so I’m gonna ignore it for now.

* I kind of wanna mention that he says the phrase embellishing my lore here, implying that he knows that he’s part of a story, but that kind of tears down absolutely everything else I know about this universe so I’m just gonna assume it’s an Easter egg and ignore it

* Also that in the lyrics he does the thing where you use an apostrophe to put two words together I don’t know what it’s fucking called but it almost sounds like he has a southern accent and that’s kind of funny to me

* Anyways back to Maddie. Xornoth does the chorus of the song again and then Maddie fucking giggles and says “look what they’re doing now writin’ out a spell/The demon from the east is goin’ back to hell/got a list of things that’ll make xor cower/they’ve got the smarts and they’ve got more power”.

* Maddie does the almost southern apostrophe thingy

* In reply, xornoth says (while approaching the empire characters, might I add) “if you want power well Xornoth’s got some/I pack more punch than a sawn-off shotgun/i’ve got more action than die hard 2/and your little faction’s a try hard crew”. I almost want to believe that this means the in-game empire‘s characters can hear Maddie too. However, they don’t seem to react to her at all. Therefore, I think that this is just her almost telling him what to do or giving him ideas for his speech. The more I say this the more it seems that the mysterious disembodied Maddie and Xornoth are friends.

* Also I’m not sure what to do with the modern day references. Maybe the way we have fairytales about like elves and knights and shit they have fairytales about our world?

* As xornoth continues on with his chorus, Maddie starts adding in her own comments between his lines. Her words go as followed: “trap him in a cell and keep him off the streets/listen to him yell, they’re tamin’ the beast/charmed like halliwell, never be released/yeah! Headin’ back to Rivendell, cookin’ up a feast”

* It is at this point that I actually googled the lyrics and realized that Maddie does not, in fact, do Xornoth’s apostrophe thing. I am ignoring this for the sake of my own interpretation. You’ve heard of the world is your oyster? Get ready for canon is your oyster.

* I looked up halliwell here. Apparently she’s a singer from Spice Girls and under people Also ask, it said Who is the most powerful charmed one so I’m assuming this is just another modern reference

* I have never heard a Spice Girls song in my life but I think it’d be funny if they still existed in the universe except they were like from one of the kingdoms or some shit. Maybe Spice Girls is like a famous Rivendell band I don’t know. I’m just making shit up at this point btw

* Let’s get back to Maddie. I feel like saying she’s just Xornoth’s friend is a bit misleading at this point. I would almost label her as a younger sister. Due to my general lack of knowledge about her abilities, the mysteriousness around her, and the childishness of both her voice and the things that she does I almost feel the need to compare her with the collector from owl house. I wish I could fit her simply into the lore by saying that she’s xornoth‘s friend from demon high school and/or demon college, but since he has to explicitly tell her that he went there I don’t think that’s the case. She spends most of the story hanging around Lizzie, as evidenced by her appearance in the vocals of other songs. However Lizzie never mentions her, so I have to assume that Lizzie cannot hear her. Whether or not Lizzie knows that she’s in a musical is not some thing I’m willing to tackle at this point.

* I feel the need to draw comparison also to oli. He doesn’t show up in this song, but he’s present in some others. In prismarine, he almost seems like he’s asking Lizzie about this experience, or she’s telling the story to him. He also voices the prophecies. It seems odd to me that Lizzie would be able to hear him when she couldn’t hear Maddie, but perhaps there is some kind of difference between them, or they can choose who can hear them. Though I find the second point unlikely because there’s no real reason Maddie would choose to not have the other characters hear her. Perhaps they’re some kind of minor gods? We know that Lizzie is often called a goddess so it’s not unreasonable to think there might be others. I’m not entirely sure about this, but it does tickle my brain in a fun way

* Now it’s time to talk about demon college. Oh this is a fun one. I know that everybody and their mother has made jokes about this but I feel like it raises some really interesting questions. Xornoth is clearly upset that Scott didn’t show up to his graduation, but explicitly states that it’s Demon high school and demon college. As far as we know, Scott is very specifically the champion of aeor. There is no reason for him to be here. I feel like there are two possible answers here. The first is that Scott truly was set to be on the same path as his brother, but broke free. However, this doesn’t really add up with the rest of his lore.

* The second one, and the one that I like better, it’s a bit more complicated. It says that exor wanted to train his champion in a way that wasn’t too different from what he was used to as to not make the change to sudden. This could also be just to help him with his people skills so that he would be able to give dramatic villainous monologues instead of stumbling when he first sees a human being again. Therefore, I propose that exor took the existing, Rivendell, elven High school and college and made an illusion of it that instead taught things that a demon would need to know. It would assumingly we have all the same people as the real one. Therefore, our old friend xornoth could mean that the illusion Scott didn’t come to his graduation bc the real one wouldn’t to make it more realistic.

* This also implies that at some point both Scott and xornoth were college kids. Do with that what you will.

* This also brings the line of “Big daddy xorxor/that’s what they call me/or for short xorny” into question. He might be referring to Maddie and/or oli. However, it might also be a college nickname. I like these both because they’re equally funny

* Actually now I’m thinking about the top of every class line. Maybe I’m wrong, maybe actually Exor just takes a shit ton of kids every year and puts them into a school program and then the one that ends up being the best is chosen as his champion and the rest of them make like I don’t know a town of evilness. Now I wish the empires crew just randomly stumbled upon that and they were like what the fuck is going on here

* The fact that Scott didn’t show up to his graduation implies that they’re not twins btw I just realize that

* Still not sure how Maddie fits into any of this but I love her anyways

* In conclusion: holy shit I need to do this more often this was really fun

Anyway I just thought I’d share this it’s not very coherent but I like it

holy shit anon you have done. SO MUCH analysis here.

#answered #empires smp #WOOO WAY TO GET EMPIRES THE MUSICAL LORE I THINK

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callie!! and bc i dont know much about her, mina!

YIPPE MY TWO BLORBOS! First lets go Callie! I'm basing 'realistic' as in 'realistic to the tone and lore in canon'

Headcanon A: realistic - I think Callie has fallen into Fuzzy Ooze an embarrassing amount of times. While Neo is doing the kettles Marie is snipping Callie's newly grown in fur because she looked at a patch of fuzzy ooze too long and fell asleep.

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious - I think Callie is cat coded. Likes laying on Marie's lap when she's doing taxes, knocking stuff off the table, getting zoomies in the morning. That's why Callie is on team cat.

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends - Callie and Marie have a special move where Marie piggyback rides on Callie, Marie using her sniper to take out anyone with range and Callie using the roller to defend Marie from anyone trying to get close, and the fact that Callie's moving constantly negates how Marie would be helpless while charging up a shot. A week or so before Callie's disappearance (due to her movie role requiring a....certain diet) Callie and Marie play turf war for the first time in AGES. When Marie tries jumping on Callie's shoulders for their special move, Callie just collapses. it's only then that Marie really realizes how thin Callie is.

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own - not SUPER about Callie, but I think Octavio didn't immediately hypnoshade Callie because she reminded him of Craig. Whether Octavio and Craigs relationship was platonic or romantic, Octavio did miss Craig, and his silly jokes and weird ideas. And then he meets Callie, this squid with her silly jokes and weird ideas. and Mina!!

Headcanon A: realistic - MINA STIMS! This ones kinda just canon I mean look at how she moves but those movements are absolutely stimming. It's one of the reasons I first latched onto her.

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious - Mina and Izuku are half siblings. Hisashi cheated on Inko and Mina was the result. I mean, come one! Mina feels like if Izuku had a quirk - and therefore confidence - right from the get go! Attracting friends like moths to a flame (even if they are bullys), standing up for whats right, floofy hair!

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends - It is my FIRM opinion that Mina didn't get any offers after the sports festival DESPITE getting farther than several people who did because of anti-mutant discrimination. Actually, I think under that mask of a perfectly happy life, Mina has to deal with tiny microaggressions a LOT. Kirishima never noticed them, little comments about how those horns SOMEHOW are cute, comparing her to various animals - 'which one is she, every mutant is just like SOME animal' - before they settled on blobfish. Mina takes it all with a smile, because people like her and it's not like they MEAN to hurt her!

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own - Bakugo, Kirishima, and Mina are the core three members of the Bakusquad. Sero and Kaminari are kinda just add-ons. Mina grabbed Kirishima as a friend and Kirishima grabbed Bakugo and then Kaminari and Sero kinda drifted towards them.

Also I think Mina and Callie would get along SO WELL -

#ashido mina #callie cuttlefish #mha #splatoon

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Seeing Redfall get absolutely awful reviews is like watching one of your best friends get actively worse because of their possessive partner who isn’t right for them at all

Hey Anon, I'm not sure I totally get your metaphor—I think Redfall is the friend, and reviewers are the partner who "isn't right" because it's not their type of game? But yeah, it does suck to see, and I'm skeptical of a lot of them. So many having short playtimes, and/or criticisms so vague that it's unclear what their actual issue with the game is, feels a little suspicious to me.

I'm not saying the game's perfect—I've had some minor bugs myself, and sometimes when I get to a new area/run far enough it'll freeze for a second as things load—but what big game doesn't launch a bit buggy? There's too many moving parts, and too much variability in folks' computer configurations, there's always gonna be something. I do look forward to some patches to see if it fixes the freezing for me, but I find it playable enough to still enjoy until then.

I also play games for story, rather than gameplay, so that could be another differentiating factor for me. While I do generally enjoy getting story via cutscenes and don't mind loading screens, so I'd also personally have been fine if it wasn't open world, I do also like good written lore and environmental storytelling. There's been some interesting highlighted notes about what the folks in Redfall experienced, some cool in-universe fiction I know Dev's book is out there and I NEED TO FIND IT, and even some not-highlighted written stuff that adds even more to the setting. I've also seen both amusing and heartbreaking environmental storytelling.

For example, in the Shadetree Supper Club parking lot, there's a stack of boards that make a ramp up to a low barrier, with an overturned golf cart on the other side. In front of the golf cart was a bottle of vodka—so someone got drunk and tried to launch a golf cart off a ramp, which failed hilariously. But there's no blood, so they walked away from the attempt. Further on, in the building, you can find a written note (the title's something like "Don't be Afraid #1"), with two sleeping bags set up next to a large bike and a small bike. Are they okay, that adult and the kid they were trying to help not panic about the dentist? I don't know, but probably not, and it breaks my heart. Further in, at the bar, there's two dead civilians—but also a few dead cultists, which you don't see often, so those folks actually managed to hold their own for a bit when the shit hit the fan.

And that's just in that one key area. Sure, there's open space on the roads and forests, plus totally boarded up houses. Given what's been happening in the town, I find all that fitting. But if you take the time to look at the areas where there's clusters of cars, or spot something among the trees, or observe the placement of things while you're inside buildings, or read posters and notes that aren't highlighted? There was a good bit of deliberate attention put into all of that, to show what life was like over the past several weeks in Redfall. (And if you haven't yet, give a go at staring at the in-game eclipse every now and then.) Hell, even the currency is called "support," and the junk you pick up is stuff that would actually be useful for the survivors. So even some of the mechanics are arranged to underline that the point of the story is centered around trying to bolster and save Redfall's community.

There's plenty of story to absorb, and emotions that it can evoke, if you approach it the way they've presented it.

#redfall #not art #hell I took a while just absorbing each of the PCs' respective bed setups #there's a solid amount of identity in those too #Remi's got running sneakers and a water bottle nearby #Layla's got cool posters and a ton of fiction books #Dev's got hilarious/nerdy posters and medical books #Jacob's got a target practice poster over a dartboard across the room #and a box of tissues? which makes me worry his eye's infected/not healing right and gets leaky sometimes #the key NPCs also use PC names in standard greetings/goodbyes #which feels like a rarity to me especially in multi-PC games #it's just that little extra bit of connection and I like it #I'm even trying to avoid using environmental hazards in combat #to keep property damage/casualties to a minimum #because I don't want to leave the survivors a blasted-out town #I wanna get through saving them with as much intact as I can manage

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dnfao3tags · 2 years

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DNF Starter Pack

hey! I'm starting out a dnf fic recs blog because i just have way too many fics i love that i want other people to read and i dont know what to do with them. thought a good first post could be a little dnf starter pack.

if you're new to dnf and looking for which fics to start out with, here are my followers and i's recs :)

(info key: rating (Gen, Teen, Mature, Explicit or Not Rated) | completion status (wip or complete) | word count)

well you obviously have to start with the dreamland series (M | wip (2 works) | 150k+) by tbhyourelame

then you have some canon compliant/adjacent:

my favourite soulmates au - All Of Our Memories Ahead by BirbWatcher (T | comp. | 70k)

the dad!dream fic we all need - cinnamon and swirl by offday (M | complete | 83k)

if you're in the mood for some of the angstiest - The Things We Left Unsaid (I'll Say Them if You Will) by authorialintent (T | complete | 45k)

the ones with tooth rotting fluff:

this one is hilarious and just absolutely amazing - suck a dick fallacy by literaphobe (E | comp. | 122k)

the beautifully written historical aus:

oh my god you need to read this, its rivals with benefits - the sound of your teeth by didnt (E | complete | 51k)

have some classic academic rivals - pine hill by angelbeachcat (T | complete | 66k)

some great authors :D - snakeinaboyband, discountsimp, BirbWatcher, consciousness_streaming , dizzy , alisonsomething , jestbee and honestly so many more

manhunt aus: — Causing discord is a full-time occupation by YumGrapeJuice (T | wip | 56k+ | most likely abandoned) — Trapped (How It Started) by snakeinaboyband (E | complete | 12k)

lore c!dnf/dreamXD fics: — go, george, go! by primdise (gen | comp. | 5k) — Oxeye Daisy by angelbride (mature | comp. | 86k)

stan!george understands me. - flirting on the timeline by cloudfarmer (T | complete | 44k)

go read this socmed au originally posted to twitter right now - Cheater, Cheater by mangoball (NR | complete) (no explicit smut but mentions are present along with cursing)

awesome drista fics: — This is a Drista moment, let's just accept it by Qekyo (NR | complete | 8k) — drista's brother and his homosexual tendencies by vividoddity (G | complete | 6k)

you absolutely NEED to read this. for reasons. - Walls by 24notfound (M | complete | 245k)

and this one too - What a Wicked Thing to Do (To Let Me Dream of You) by snakeinaboyband (E | complete | 72k)

check out my tagnav for more trope sorted fics!

okay i am def gonna come back to this later and add in some more but for now this should be enough, hope u liked it :] <3

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Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "juurensha "?

Thanks if you want to answer....

Ooooo such a fun question.

Top 10 fics ever:

Something Borrowed by rageprufrock - the best IwaOi fic, I love it so much, the characterizations are just stellar here (is it ABO, yes, but shush, I love it)

家教 - or - Domestic Education by rageprufrock - the best Guardian fic I've ever read, and I love the Shanghai-ness of it all!

as to which may be the true by susiecarter - identity porn at its best (I was going to pick tell all the truth (but tell it slant) by susiecarter originally, because fake dating, but I've reread this one more, so I think it has to count as my favorite SuperBat fic)

Excessively Clever by astolat and Champion by astolat - I know nothing about Transformers, but astolat's fic made me absolutely adore these robots

The vates series by Lightning on the Wave (starts here ) - just because it takes the HP series world and completely blows it up and adds so much cool lore of its own. Yes, yes, all the characters are basically OC's at this point, and the Drarry gets a bit too much come Year 4, but my god, that lore.

a simple thing by iridan - lovely Mandalorian fic that gives both Din and Boba peace (and ignores the later seasons, thank god)

ships that pass in the night by beethechange - okay, okay, I know it's RPF, and let me caveat by saying, I think the real Ryan and Shane are just good friends, but I really enjoyed the hilariousness of this fic and the innate wistfulness and yearning to it as well.

it's about time that you just unwind by fuckener - idk, I just love two middle-aged snarky guys figuring out their sexualities and working out their trauma together, despite the fact that I have watched It entirely through gifsets

Lithograph by romantic_drift - the Nirvana in Fire fixit fic we all DESERVE

And now I'm going to cheat and stick a few extra under the readmore

Play It Again by metisket - all I have ever wanted is for all the Hales to be alive, so I deeply enjoyed this Sterek AU

Fealty by astolat - Person of Interest was pretty formative for me, and I love nothing more than devotion

Out of This Place by Sineala - sort of fake dating, and I do love Eagle of the Ninth so much, despite it being kind of a terrible movie

Dooku Captured, Pt 2 by DarthNickels - the Stars Wars AU we all deserved

#bakudeku by rageprufrock - it's not a BakuDeku story, its a TodoDeku story, and I love it because it's hilarious

An Unexpected Gift by Miko - an oldie but a goodie, I am still so fond of the Silver Pair from Prince of Tennis

And as for my username juurensha, this all stems from juu's weeb phase (that she never grew out of exactly, so it's actually quite fitting!) Tiny 13/14 year old juu was quite into Bleach and Naruto and was of course coming up with OC's, and specifically for Naruto, wanted to come up with a girl from a weapon's family. Googling random Japanese terms online yielded

銃連射/じゅうれんしゃ

meaning rapid weapons fire/or hail of bullets.

13/14 year old weeb juu: close enough!

So, that was my Naruto and Bleach OC's last name. Yes, and then I proceeded to use this super cringe name as my Ao3 username because I assumed that no one else would have used it yet, and here I am!

...I still really like it :DDDD

#juurensha

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