#especially and specifically to THE PLAYER

[katboykirby]

Responding to a very old post, sorry.

I'm also not a fan of when stories (not specifically OM, just in general) establish a character trait or piece of lore, then never reference said trait or lore again.

In this case though, it's due to two things:

Devilgrams are side stories separate from the main campaign, and most players will never actually read them. The people who read Beel's Devilgrams will typically just be Beel fans, and even then not every player has access to every card. So if an aspect of a character is established in a Devilgram, it's a lot less likely to appear in the Main Story because so few players will have read the Devilgram and it would be a continuity error/plot hole from their perspective. Generally, only plot beats from the Main Story will be considered "hard" canon and appear multiple times.

The second reason is that OM has different teams composed of multiple writers - including writers from early on who have since left the company, and newer writers who joined the OM Team several years after the game was released. With so many writers being regularly rotated around, not every writer will have 100% perfect knowledge of what every other writer has worked on. They also sometimes bring on guest writers from outside the studio, and those guest writers will have even less knowledge of OM's lore and canon. So if a character trait is established in a Devilgram from 2021, a Main Story chapter from 2024 written by completely different team members very likely won't call back to those years-old character traits. Different writers aren't going to follow continuity that was written by other people months or even years ago. Especially if, like I said before, those traits only ever appeared in optional side stories that relatively few players even read. Of course once you add in the fact that all of the scripts are written in Japanese originally, and then translated and localized into other languages, that just adds another barrier between the different writers.

Beelzebub's hobbies that the game refuses to use cause the devs don't know shit

I did a smaller post like this on twitter a few months ago but I wanna do it cause everyone deserves to hear me rant about Beel.

Especially that he is so underutilized by the devs! Not only does he got plenty of interests that are only mentioned in devilgrams, but he insists on teaching MC about them EVERY TIME so they could share interests and spend time together.

Example 1:

In this devilgram we are showed not only how good Beelzebub is at surfing, fact that is never brought up in the story or events(as far as I know) he teaches MC how to surf too!

Even if MC is nervous about it he just reassures them and tries to teach them and does a really good job cause in the same day MC is able to surf

Example 2:

Beel is good at snowboarding too! Not only that, he is one of the top 5 snowboarders in the Devildom. If he didn't quit he could have made it to top 3! And again in this Devilgram Beel insists of teaching MC how to snowboard as a way to share his hobbies. And once again, a pretty good fucking teacher since MC learns how to do it in one day. Sure they nearly fall once but Beel is there to catch them.

Example 3:

Beel is not only good at various sports but he is good at playing the sax too!

He didn't touch the god damn instrument in 200 years and he was still good. And he gets back at his past level really fast too. And again he teaches MC how to play the saxophone

Not only does he teach them how to play it, he even makes them participate on a show with him, and both him and MC are loved by the public.

Beel has so many interests that are never used despite them being right there! I know it's because they are in Devilgrams but still! A small mention of them wouldn't hurt.

And another important fact, let's not forget how Beel insists on always including MC in his interests so they could spend more quality time together. This devilgrams lowkey confirm how both quality time and acts of service are his main love languages!

The only interest that the devs keep on mentioning is the one he has for Devilcat which makes an appearance in 2-3 devilgrams and his 2023 birthday event. While it's sweet they at least use that interest the other 3 should also be used! And I can bet all of my money that he is good at even more sports.

[fatcopia]

The ghouls!!!

I'll be drawing the ghoulettes next!

Some hcs under the cut, some NSFW (op is a fetish/nsfw blog please be advised!!)

General:

-They dont really *have* genders/sexes in the human way but ones that live on earth and adopt human traits do generally present masc or fem or both or neither etc etc. They're shapeshifters too so its really fluid overall. This is my horny author way of going "anybody can have whatever junk is best for the time and anybody can get pregnant"

-Theyre shape shifters but they do have like a limit to that. Like theyre not gonna turn into animals or objects but they can change things about their appearances.

-Fire ghouls are generally leaders of their packs with serious demeanors.

-Quints all have a white streak in their hair and are generally caretakers of their packs, ranges from parental, to brotherly/sisterly, to body guard-like.

-Multis are simultaneously "combos" of other elements and their own thing. They're the least frequent type of ghoul. They can have multiples of body parts but its generally smaller parts (i.e. multiple eyes, horns, tail tips, but its exceptionally rare for them to have multiple sets of arms, legs, full 2nd tails, or heads or something)

-Multi ghouls are the rarest type of ghoul but end up in the modern band lineup the most for their versatile musical abilities and their beautiful voices :)

-Earth ghouls are the only ones that have "fur" to me, but its not long or anything. Its a very velvety soft peach fuzz that covers their body. It makes them slightly waterproof. The other elements have normal body hair patterns and textures.

-Earth ghouls can be inclined more towards plants or more towards rocks. Some are purely planty and love gardens and tea making, some are purely rocky and love crystals and hiking.

-Water ghouls are smooth like sharks and tend to have big floppy ears and tails that function like fins would. Genitalia can be more mammalian or more tentacle like depending on whatevers hottest to me at the time.

-Ghouls mostly wear monochrome colors, primarily black or grey

-There are exceptions to literally everything I said these are all just stereotypes and what's "typical" of a given element

-I AM A HORNS AND TAIL PIERCINGS BELIEVER

(Side note genuinely can you guys believe i was never ever a homestuck fan. You'd think I was with this design pattern of "Grey, color coded, only wears black, unique horn shapes".)

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Dew

Arthritic, uses a cane sometimes especially after breaking his foot and especially if its cold outside

3rd oldest (behind Aether and Mountain). Was summoned in the 1800s. Doesn't remember what he originally did.

Very classic cartoon devil shapes to his features i.e. short pointed horns, arrow shaped tail, a mustache he occasionally styles, sharp cheekbones, etc

Falls into "pack leader fire" stereotype. Big tsundere also. Pretends to be annoyed with his pack but would be so lost without them.

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Phantom

His "caretaker" type as a Quint is more akin to brotherly versus parental

Youngest. Summoned in the 2010s as a guitar tech and took over Aether's role after his retirement.

Hypermobile, uses braces on his elbows, knees and fingers

Very small and skinny for a quintessence since he's still really young. Will grow up to be shaped more like Omega and Aether :)

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Rain

Most gender fluid of the "male" ghouls, presents androgynously

2nd youngest, summoned in the 2010s specifically to be the bass player during Copia's reign.

Secret troublemaker. Comes off as the calmest and most level headed but enables Phantom and Dew in their stupidity. Never gets in trouble for it because he's smarter than them and gets away with things.

His horn piercings were a gift from the girls for his summoning anniversary, theyre a long chain of sapphires and diamonds meant to look like rain over his head. Usually only worn for rituals.

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Swiss

Combo of earth and quintessence. Got the protective nature and white streak(s. Plural. Because multi) of a quint and a connection with crystals/rocks of an earth.

Changes his hair often! Generally likes to keep it long but loves to experiment.

Multiple horns and tail tips. When Phantom was first summoned the other ghouls would fuck with him and tell him Swiss had 2 dicks and 2 assholes. (Dicks thing was true. The assholes thing was not.)

4th oldest (behind Aether, Mountain, and Dew), summoned in the late 1960s as a ghoul writer. Wrote some stuff for Nihil that unfortunately never ended up on a studio recording. Left touring to go back to writing.

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Aether

His "caretaker" type as a quint is more parental

Excellent cook, hoards snacks in hidden locations to give them to other ghouls and papa on the spot. Did it very often on tour but the habit never left.

Oldest, was summoned a LOOOOONG time ago. Thousands of years old (he thinks. Hes lost track of time by this point.)

Ghouls dont have siblings but he and Omega consider eachother brothers.

Retired and went back to kitchen work, does some guitar tech stuff still as well.

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Mountain

Weird girl. Big giant round eyeballs like a scared deer that never seem to blink. Not based on a deer though. He's more like a goat if anything.

Half planty earth ghoul half rocky earth ghoul. Loves collecting rocks and crystals but also keeps plants.

His velvety earth ghoul fur is mostly on his ears. Dew used to rub the fur between his fingers to soothe himself when he was first summoned and still does when hes in distress.

2nd oldest right behind Aether, was summoned several hundreds of years ago for, you guessed it, landscaping.

[glassmitu]

Heeellooo !! If its possible ,, could you perhaps write some hcs for 1×4 x hero ! reader ,,,,,, , , or like , more specifically , blocktales player ! reader ?

i jist really like thinking of the possible dynamic with these two eheheh

alsasososo could i be 🪞🎀 / 🩹💌anon ? :DD

Masterlist — Forsaken

Request — 1x1x1x1 x blocktales player!Reader, headcanons,,

⭑𓂃 ⌗ Staff — This is honestly good request bc i am getting into blocktales rn heheh, also hai anon <33

1x1x1x1

𖣠 Somehow, you gotten teleported into other realm to say at least.

𖣠 And whenever 1x were the killer, they were little interested by you, how you seems to do anything on your own, also not to mention your little selfless facade that you put.

𖣠 They could feel something deep from you, a negative feeling that they oh so know dearly, hatred

𖣠 That being said, you two somehow met in the forest, it wasn't round really. You just wanted to walk around to clear your mind.

𖣠 That time, 1x and you eventually talked somehow, and you two had little common things, especially your hatreds that is.

𖣠 Also 1x talked trash about shedletsky, while you listened to him, it seemed like this version of shedletsky were really that bad.

© GLASSMITU ─── all of my works belong me alone! do not copy, steal, plagiarize, or spread any of my works in any other social media platform. these have only been reloaded on my own account on tumblr

[codeword-art]

I don't want this to come off as judgemental or like I'm personally attacking anyone that thinks differently about this specific scene, but I'm not going to lie and say I won't be a bit dramatic/harsh in these statements either. Ultimately I can sort of understand why some may think this is funny or humorous given similar jokes and scenes in other media, but to me personally, I don't. When Henry rescues Hans at Maleshov, and they're discussing the secret passageway and how Hans refuses to take it because of his claustrophobia, I don't think its funny to then physically assault Hans and drag him unconscious through the passageway anyway. Is it easier as a game mechanic, sure. If people are having a hard time getting through this quest the other way, I can understand simply making this option to just move on.

However, to me, that option is not acceptable under any other circumstance when RPing a good or neutral Henry. It'd be one thing if this scene was played humorously, like so many questlines in KCD and KCD2 are, but its not. If Henry presses Hans about not going through the passageway, he damn near has a panic attack, it's actually awful to watch. Hans is dead ass serious about his phobia, says the idea makes him nauseous, and he'd rather take his chances at the front gate. He is damn near close to crying here, while trying to make Henry understand. He is not doing well.

I understand this is frustrating, I'm not saying I wasn't frustrated at first either, from both a players and Henry's POV, but phobias are irrational fears that cannot be controlled, especially in 15th century Bohemia where therapy wasn't even a science yet. Hans has a good reason to be scared, he already was uncomfortable in tight spaces, and his fear was exacerbated during the "Finger of God" quest, and he hasn't really had any time to process what happened. He was immediately kidnapped and thrown into a tiny room with Brabant, of all people.

So to have Hans express this fear, lightly or seriously if pressed further by Henry, and then to think I'd immediately turn around and betray his trust and bodily autonomy to just make my quest objective easier, it's just gross to me. Hans is allowed to make that decision, no matter how annoying it is in the moment.

Also Henry is already weirdly written out of character here anyway, in my opinion. The non-romance options are just weird.

If it was the only choice to make, or if the second option had worse negative outcomes that'd be one thing, but it's just a little more sneaking around a subjectively easy area with light patrol.

Now again, I understand this is just my opinion. I don't think people are monsters for taking this option towards a fictional video game character. I know people like to play evil Henry, or depending on the conversation you have with Hans, some players may not even realize how serious Hans in being here, and surface level it's an objectively easier choice to make. If you're just trying to get through the quest, doing a speedrun, mistakenly misinterpret the scene, or whatever that's fine. We all play differently, I just don't think the choice itself overall is a funny, "Ha-ha, jokes on you Hans."

Also, I think this should lock Henry out of his romance. If I relayed a fear to a dear friend or partner and they actively force me through that fear, especially by choking me out? Yeah, were done. Relationship is over. Hans is far better than I am in that circumstance.

[sharkie-shifts]

SOTM spoilers (specifically for the 3rd ending, MOON.EXE)

I don't think Moon or Sun as an animatronic was ever AT Fallfest- like you said, Moon has always been a stand in for Edwin, and the Sun for Fiona in a representative/symbolic sense. The minigames in Help Wanted 2 were a mixture of actual tasks the Fazbear Mechanic (player) fixed (Freddy in the Freezer, probably things like Bonk-a-Bon, etc. That are feasibly located in a Fazbear location) and pieced together memories of the Mimic program that has assumedly corrupted the mask the technician wears.

These Fallfest scenes being the mimic's memories could explain why Moon in his Security Breach form is there - the technician is used to working with the modern version of the character, and his mind is melding with the memories imposed on him by the Mimic, who remembers Edwin as "the Moon", and this portrays him as such in it's memories. This explains why 1) Such a modern animatronic that has no references made to it's design anywhere before Security Breach, and 2) why Moon is so aggressive and holds such a targeted anger for the technician (as their POV would be that of the Mimic in it's memory) -- The only way that the Mimic remembers Edwin -The Moon- is aggressive, and upset that the M1 and M2 programs were able to "live" while Fiona and David weren't (an explanation for the "What makes you so special" lines).

The "You rebuilt yourself, but now you are split in two. Moon and Sun, Destruction and Life." is a direct explanation of the Mimic : "You rebuilt yourself" - The Mimic rebuilding himself after Edwin destroys him ("Speaking of legs, I just finished mine") -- "But now you are split in two. Moon and Sun" - The 'Mimic' being an aggressive, violent creature, having picked up Edwin's destruction, as that's the only real interaction it's ever really had with him- and 'David' being his mother's son, just a child. A 'life', that truly believes he's a kid.

I called it from the beginning of the game, but especially after having seen the 'MOON.EXE' ending, where the Mimic is placated by the bedtime story and David is able to take control again, I'm certain that the M2 program is running on two different personalities: The Moon (Mimicking Edwin) and The Sun (The Sun's SON, David)

Idrk what my main goal is to this rant tbh; just-

The Moon in the Fallfest minigame is a symbolic manifestation of Edwin from a combination of the Mimic's memory and the technician's experience with the DCA -- the reason the Moon and Sun are in the PizzaPlex is because they're characters Edwin (MCM) owned, and as we know, Fazbear scraped every inch of what they could from MCM, so it makes sense they stole the characters, too.

The line about being "Split in two" doesn't have anything to do with Eclipse from the PizzaPlex, but in the split in M2's personality between the violence of the Mimic and the childlike mindset of David.

At least that's my theory- I'm grasping at straws here, but what's new with that and FNAF theories 🤷‍♂️

sotm spoilers !!!

chat what the fuck does this mean

*i mean ik what it means in relation to the mimic and fiona and david etc. but what does it mean for my dca boys....

We know fallfest burned down and og Fiona died there, and most parts of the Moon.exe game use Sun as a representative figure for Fiona and aren't actually about Sun as a character himself.

like, I get that the "this is where the Sun left, leaving them behind" line when handing over a fallfest ticket is very clearly about Fiona and not actually Sun, but i wonder if the reason they chose Sun to represent her was because he too was destroyed there, and that thats supposed to signify a parallel of Edwin losing Fiona/Moon losing Sun?

we know from help wanted that the dca was at fall fest, and this bit about rebuilding Moon as split/plural, specifically highlighting that he's only now like that after being rebuilt, makes me wonder if that was a decision made after Sun was destroyed in the fallfest incident?

(disregarding that the fallfest minigame dca appears in is in fact Moon fronting while everything is on fire, meaning that if they were separate then they were both there- or if they were combined then their being rebuilt as one happened before fallfest, and doesnt quite fit with the "oh they used Sun to represent Fiona because they both died there and left their other halves behind" theory. idkkkk how to fit these two game lores together </3. also dont know how canon help wanted is supposed to be) i feel like this choice in storytelling is very deliberate and significant somehow, but it very well could be "lets add sun/moon in somewhere because the fans are crazy about them" without deeper lore implications. (*as of writing this op has not looked at the new help wanted update they heard rumors about dropping this month)

EDIT

someone pointed out that while sun and moon represent fiona/edwin, and the baby owl as david, and we the player character put on the owl(david) mask to make moon(edwin) cry- we're supposed to be playing as the mimic in moon.exe

and after fixing the more modern-Moon statue, helpy refers to it as us, saying we fixed ourselves, (nod to the mimic fixing its legs?) but also implying we, as the mimic, are now both sun and moon.

Because the mimic is mimicking both the late Fiona and Edwin now, and learned positive and negative traits from the both of them.

as far as the real Sun and Moon that we know in sb, i'm not sure if this is all just metaphorical and they're being used to showcase parallels or simply tell a story (they are made for theater after all, storytelling is their thing)-

or, if taken a tad more literally, if its trying to hint that they're a mimic. (but not the mimic, as that one is locked beneath the plex for Ruin. But we know there were other attempts at trying to make more?)

anyways idk how literal we can take Moon.exe in regards to dca-specific lore, since the pair's involvement is very much just used as stand-ins to represent other characters. but by god am i desperate for crumbs with these two

[thecourtscorkboard]

A Brief Insight into Miles Edgeworth's Philosophy

Note: Unlike my case reviews, this will not be spoiler-free. Spoilers for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney in this writeup.

Heya, all! The 3-5 review is coming along, it's just a super long case. I'm working on it, I promise!

In the meantime, let's talk about Miles Edgeworth. Since this is a trilogy blog right now this is obviously going to be talking about his role and thoughts in the trilogy, specifically throughout PW:AA and JfA.

So.

What makes that autopsy report being outdated so special?

And so a million memes were born...

No, I'm serious. Why is this scene in particular so well-remembered and held in such high regard? This isn't a rhetorical question, take your time to answer.

I think it can really come down to two things here. First and foremost, this is the first time a prosecutor gets a leg up over us. It is the first moment in the entire series where the momentum suddenly shifts away from the defense, and while it's expected and maybe a little formulaic in later cases this one in particular hits the player like a broadside. Compare Edgeworth's performance when he says this to Payne's performance throughout 1-1. It's a massive step up in competency! The prosecution is not just the guy on the other side of the courtroom anymore: with this, Edgeworth becomes an active threat very early. It's also important that this is Mia's autopsy we're talking about: she was our mentor for the first case and now she's just another piece of evidence to be updated.

But it also serves a second reason. Until well into the franchise's lifespan, this was the first time we see Edgeworth performing his dirty tricks: and for a long time the autopsy report was meant to be forged. Hell, Phoenix outright says it in 1-4. The first time we see any of Edgeworth's tricks or skills in court is when he presents a phony piece of evidence to secure a phony conviction. It makes his sudden (although it's not so sudden, but we'll get into that later) turnaround in 1-3 when it comes to nailing Vasquez more impactful, and it makes our defense of him in 1-4 more meaningful: Edgeworth can forge evidence and gun for fake convictions, but he changes over the course of the game. Once he's put in the defendant's seat, he's forced to face phony evidence and phony witnesses himself while his father figure attempts to secure his own phony conviction.

And then 1-5 came along and decided to make this scene a million times better.

"I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!"

Ace Attorney loves mirrors, both literally and metaphorically. In this case, I'm referring to the latter: a lot of characters mirror each other, especially antagonists and protagonists. One of the most obvious is Phoenix and Kristoph. Both are defense attorneys, both serve as mentor figures to Apollo, they even have the same color scheme: but Kristoph is a narcissistic sociopathic manchild, an attempted triple-murderer, and an active abuser and gaslighter. Phoenix, meanwhile, puts others before himself very often, puts his own life in danger for others, and only ever manipulates criminals into confessing (or witnesses into giving him more information, but hush hush we're not talking about that right now). They're both manipulators, defense attorneys, and mentors, but Kristoph's traits are inherently opposites of Phoenix's: Kristoph is abusive and Phoenix sacrifices his own well-being for others; Kristoph is a murderer and Phoenix brings them to justice; Kristoph places himself above the law and Phoenix knows that the law shapes who he is. They are fundamentally mirrors of each other. The same in many ways, but warped.

I think the same idea applies with Edgeworth and Gant. Gant is intentionally meant to be the logical conclusion of Edgeworth's philosophy by 1-5, that a conviction should be reached by any means necessary. Gant genuinely believes that criminals should be punished and that what he's doing is just for the world. In fact, by the end of 1-5 he's outright praising both Edgeworth and Phoenix. Gant is a believer in criminal justice, but not necessarily the criminal justice system. He takes matter into his own hands to ensure that Darke is convicted for the murders he committed, and he does so by faking another murder with forged evidence and a convenient martyr.

And Edgeworth is disgusted by this. When he learns that he convicted an innocent man (innocent of the murder of Neil Marshall, at least), he is distraught. It's here, in the middle of 1-5, that Edgeworth completely dissociates "Miles Edgeworth" with "Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth", I think: and this dissociation can be summed up in just five words. "Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth chooses death."

Is this Edgeworth being a dramatic bitch? Yes. But it also does something so much more: it makes a distinct disconnect from "Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth" and simply "Miles Edgeworth".

Forging evidence was just a line that couldn't be crossed: prosecutors have to do everything within their power to get a guilty verdict. Deliberately creating false evidence to get a desired verdict is unethical because it's not within the purviews and powers of the prosecution, unlike, say, submitting evidence to the court or preparing witnesses. What, you thought witnesses didn't practice their testimony? Early Trilogy Edgeworth is a man of loopholes, not necessarily a man of lies. Franziska does the same thing in 2-2 when she shows the picture of Mia to the judge, but doesn't present it as evidence since it would be illegal (which Phoenix then repeats in 4-1 with making sure Kristoph sees the poker card). If Edgeworth did something explicitly illegal like forging evidence that would make him a criminal, which are the worst kind of people in his mind: especially after he's already mentally separated the demon prosecutor from the child who killed his own father.

Like Damon Gant, Edgeworth is a strict adherent to the law. Unlike Gant, however, Edgeworth doesn't let his ambition cloud his judgement: he does the best he can and seeks the truth in every circumstance, it's just that his idea of "truth" has changed over the years; from "every defendant is guilty" to "every victim deserves justice", I feel. It's the same energy, serving the same purpose, but channeled through different motivations. This is why his turnaround in 1-3 is so impactful: Miles Edgeworth has realized that his idea of the truth, that all defendants are criminals, has been broken not once, but twice now. This is not a fluke anymore. He's been forced to question his own philosophy, and not too long after this case he's in the defendant's seat himself. Would his philosophy and personality have evolved so dramatically without his acting on that initial kernel of doubt in 1-3, that the truth isn't as simple as he wants it to be? I don't know.

So, let's circle back to that original question. Why does the autopsy report being updated matter so much? Well, it's everything I said explained in just one scene. Edgeworth went to lengths to make sure his information was as accurate as possible: that there was no room for doubt when it came to the truth. He did not distort the truth or create his own to do so. Maybe he was a bit of a dick for not telling us about the updated autopsy report, sure, but the truth matters more than courtesy when it comes to the Demon Prosecutor: and, as 2-4 shows, Miles Edgeworth.

Fascinating guy.

[denksology]

↺➸INSTA SPAM ➸↻

❀ summary: your choice of music on your birthday spam led to … this?

❀ AN: hey.. first post kinda nervy... ! based off "Birthday Sex" by Jeremih .

❀ an absolute must anytime it’s a close friends birthday for you was a little story spam and a splash of more appreciation at the end ! Today was the one and only, Mr. short circuit's birthday, Denki!

@Y/nblahblah “Oops and here is a little appreciation for lwk exposing you ...”

❀ this last post had a small paragraph, cute or whatever, but there was something else to it. the mini record player spinning in the corner played a rather … suggestive song ?

♫“We grinding with passion, 'cause it's yo' birthday”. ♫

❀ the lyrics playing by fast but not fast enough. Maximizing his volume and playing back the specific story as he heard just what he thought he did. a stupid smile spread on his face. red at the tip ears contrasting his confident grin. finger pressing the icon checking exactly what fuckass song this was. 'Birthday Sex' by Jeremih was plastered on his screen.

❀ it felt like you just shut off your phone when your inbox.

ping “What’s this?” ping “I didn’t know you were like that ?” ping “Or you’re just an idiot” ironic. ping ping ping-

❀ message after message. screen not getting a chance to go dark as his handle continued to jump on your screen. the number next to it increased to show just how many it was. before it suddenly stopped. you sighed relieved slowly opening the inbox, another ping, omg? more? the light tap of your screen seemed to echo for a moment as the words stared back at you.

@skibidisparky “up to do what the lyrics said or what?”

❀ you stared at your screen blankly. not expecting him to respond, especially not like that on his PUBLIC. now you see who really has balls… wink winkk

-ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ-

❀ before anyone knew it he was on top of you doing exactly what the song said. giving him his “birthday reward” as he called it for weeks after.

❀ ♫“Deep, until I know I pleased that body”.♫ he grins, breath hot, every push further than the last. soft coos leave his mouth, mixing right with the contrasting loud noises that followed from you two. both hands gripping either side of your hips as if letting go was a sin...

❀ and to think this all started from a little birthday spam.❀

[haunting-heroes-creative-games]

Guess That Artist: Inspired by Poetry Masterpost

We recently finished up another round of Guess That Artist (GTA) on HHd server hosted by @noir-renard , this time with the theme of creating art inspired by poetry. Each player picked a specific poem, with responses ranging from classics like Dickenson's "Because I could not stop for death", to tumblr original poetry like "Hope is a Weapon". We all had a ton of fun presenting beloved poems and sharing our art—trying to guess who made which piece is always a blast, especially when some try to disguise their art style!

Below is a collection of some of the responses to this round of GTA, though if you want to see them all, you need to join our server!

@clockwayswrites poem: While I Wash My Face I Ask Impossible Questions of Myself and Everyone Who Loves Me, by Charif Shanahan; link to art

@file-n0t-found poem: The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allen Poe; link to art

@noir-renard poem: 10 legs, 8 broken by user68519586(tiktok) ; link to art

@sugar-goat poem: The Tiger by Nael, age 6; link to art

@taro-pdf poem: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas; link to art

@tourettesdog poem: The Tiger by Nael, age 6, from "They're Singing a Song in Their Rocket"; link to art

This post may be updated as artists share their art outside the server; follow our blog to see future updates as well as more posts like this!

[dragonagedidiot]

Solas has never and will never stop lying

Even at the end of the game, he lies and lies and lies

That doesn't mean everything he says doesn't have some truth tho

[puddingbrainscientist]

i think the master would be fixed if they could just host game changer

all of that chaos and mindfuckery but with no actual harm done

au where the next incarnation of the master is sam reich and he’s been here the whole time

[huidol]

What a deceptive use of the word "you."

uncovered version under the cut

[nikkashidashipper]

man, this game has everything

fleury missing the puck on the first/second shot of his very first mens world championship game,

crosby starting shit and punching an opponents helmet off, looney tunes style, and getting a penalty before even having scored a goal in the tournament,

latvian goalie putting out some fleury-style moves and just generally standing on his head in the net,

fights and skirmishes, with sid involved in the majority of them,

players randomly falling over both in the middle of the ice and over each other,

certified flower acrobatics,

flower showing off with some glove action,

questionable boarding situations,

so many goddamn sticks broken and/or just left lying on the ice,

fleury having himself a venture past the puck drop circles to play a puck,

squidney escalating shit again,

certified flower poke-check action,

a lat player randomly keeling over seconds after a random third period puck drop,

canada scoring while a man down but unable to put one past on a powerplay,

canada scoring a goal but the bench, refs, fans and at the very last the lat goalie realising they did lmao,

squidney starting shit yet again and getting put in timeout again,

the myth of Goalie Interference making an appearance,

aww and flower getting the best player of the game for team canada.. thats really nice

(also quite funny of them cause they picked him and the only lat guy who scored the goal on him, having them take a photo together and shake hands lmao)

and generally just an interesting, fun, fast paced game

also i love the commentators of the broadcast im watching appreciate and discuss flowers play/performance but also his antics/personality

[twinktosterone]

the definition of “twink” has been so diluted that i call a guy out for calling a football player a twink and everyone looks at me like im crazy

[corvusalbus93]

Oh, I remember us touching on this conversation after Astarion’s siblings vanish, in some posts a while back.

As a player I was disappointed and annoyed, because of the character development so far, especially in the second half of Act 2. Of course, taking a step back, like you said OP, it makes perfect sense he’s regressing at this point in the story, for all the reasons you’ve listed.

Of course any Tav, doesn’t quite have the luxury of taking the cosy outsider’s view, looking at everything and every possible dialogue tree at their own pace, so I pictured Nizana specifically, as the Tav romancing him, quite frustrated. Angry even. Deeply hurt above all perhaps that he would use her and her feelings for him like this.

This is not a happy Nizana:

I figured she sees him not only falling back into old patterns, but actively trying to manipulate, guilt-tripping her into doing something that goes against her very nature. Sacrificing souls to a devil, not limited to, but including the spawns. Astarion only ever speaks of his siblings, but Raphael very clearly said “including”. We and our characters (should) already know it’s more than seven.

I honestly can’t say which dialogue branch is the worst; he comes across as manipulative in all.

Astation: You're not getting sentimental, are you? I thought you were with me on this. Tav: I just want you to be happy.

Astarion: Then you help me in this. Nothing would make me happier.

Back when I first played this, I wasn’t sure how his questline would continue, I had seen some context-less clips here and there, but was mostly blind. At that point, my thoughts were: “This is going to strain their relationship so much... I think they might break up.” I was seriously considering to roleplay a break up, if I felt the relationship didn’t make sense anymore. It really depended on how things continued.

And let’s imagine for a moment Astarion could have done the rite without help. Like even if turning into a full vampire didn’t bring out the worst in him and amplify it, if Astarion’s personality hadn’t changed at all afterwards – I still think Nizana would have broken up with him for doing something so morally abhorrent.

Even as players, getting to Rivington & BG can be a bit overwhelming with all the quests vying for your attention, everyone reminding you of how there is little time until the brain breaks free and I figured it wouldn’t be better for a Tav unaware of a player’s quicksave-powers.

After all, this conflict isn’t happening in a vacuum; there is so much else going on simultaneously that Tav has so manage... and look, Lae’zel/(insert alternative party member) just got kidnapped by Orin. So, my interpretation of this and the later post spawn-attack dialogue was that it was make-or-break for their relationship, with both on edge & stressed, both sides desperate to sway the other. Juicy, narrative drama – heartbreaking to roleplay.

This moment in the conversation they had after meeting Pale Petras and Dalyria at Fraygo's Flophouse was very frustrating for me, to be honest.

Not in a bad way, more like: “ohh what are you doing?!” ٩(๑`^´๑)۶

Last time I played I probably didn’t check all the lines, but now that I found this branch I need to vent a little.

If you suggest Astarion to just run away he (understandably) argues he doesn’t want to spend eternity as a fugitive, constantly fearing the shadows. And this ritual might allow him to walk under the sun, even after they deal with the tadpoles. But then…

Astarion: And you want what’s best for me, surely.

Just look at his eyes. He is being so obviously manipulative with this line it feels like a stab, especially after everything they’ve been through.

And yes, he says something similar in other branches, too. But this particular phrase sounded the worst to me, especially with that look in his eyes.

Look at her face – she’s not having it too.

But here… I think he understands this as well.

But he can’t help falling into safety of the familiar patterns he’s been using for so long. He is back in the city where everything remind him of his life before. He has just had to face his siblings. And his old self reflected in them. He is back under Cazador’s suffocating presence. The inevitable final confrontation is right ahead.

And the pressure he’s under is immense. He wants to be safe, to be powerful and free. Maybe even to be able to give something back to the person he loves.

He has barely started his path to the healing, but this all is too much too soon.

It hurts to see him like that. Maybe I should be angry. And yet – I just can’t hold it against him. Not when I see where it’s coming from.

I’m sure Roanael knows that too, and she’ll just keep being there and asking the right questions, gently reminding Astarion that there’s another path – the one that leads to light, not darkness.

[jojo-schmo]

What if I wanted to break out my tenor sax and play in the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest, too!?

Plus, the outfits the Kirby crew wear are PEAK, look at them!!

[lambda-core]

I am way too tired/jetlagged to make this post right now, but the reason Armada Starscream is so specifically well done to me actually isn't just the way he's got more depth than just wanting to take over Megatron. It's the way he falls back on this image he has of himself as someone who is solely focused on Megatron. And he is obsessed with Megatron, but the disconnect between Starscream and his image of himself is what gives him actual depth.

The reason this is so cool to me is like, that self-image--that he is single-mindedly obsessed with Megatron and will sacrifice everything else for that goal, no matter who gets hurt--is pretty close to what every other Starscream is. (The selfishness you associate with Starscream is a little more subtle, but it's there in the "no matter who gets hurt" clause imo.)

So if you go into this as a Transformers fan, you're already expecting Starscream to betray Megatron and try to best him and rule the Decepticons. But so does Starscream, even when he's demonstrably proven to both his peers and the audience that he's more than that. It's almost like his past incarnations--or the audience's expectation of him--haunt him. It turns his own internal man-versus-self conflict into this really cool man-versus-narrative conflict.

And what's crazy about this is, through the last moments of this arc, Starscream does grow beyond the narrative we'd expect from other Starscreams! But he never admits that to himself, because it's easier for him to cling to the idea that he's laser-focused on his hatred of Megatron. Every time he helps the minicons--every time he helps the humans--even in his last words, he LIES to himself and everyone around him that everything he did was always about Megatron. Because it's easier to simplify himself than to grasp that he might be a complex character. Because he's a person and he has all the messy conflicts that come with that. He falls back on the same ideas every single other Starscream did, and THAT is his undoing. Not that he is self-centered because he's Starscream. Not that he is obsessed with Megatron because he's Starscream. That he THINKS he is all of those things and he will not LET himself be anything else.

I would argue that that's a bigger theme in Armada, as well. Optimus and Megatron more or less spend their final fight coming to terms with their story roles in Transformers. I really feel like if you sneezed on them, they would realize they do this in every universe and in every timeline. Starscream's is the most interesting example to me, though, because he's such a departure from other versions of Starscream; hell, he acts (and looks, lol) a lot more like some incarnations of Thundercracker. But he's still got classic Starscream in him in this roundabout meta reference. He's like an homage to his namesake. It's so cool! And it works perfectly with the story he's a part of.