#knowledge-based games

[endormiscat]

[adamsrcnan]

idk man i don't think people give kevin enough credit and i think he would actually be really happy for jean seeing him with jeremy. he's absolutely not stupid and he sent jean to the trojans knowing jean had a crush on jeremy and he was gently teasing jean about said long time crush when he was drunk there in california with them. he's seen jean suffer endlessly and he tried his best to protect him. and he trusts jeremy to no end, something that he himself reiterated when it seemed like jean had doubts about kevin sharing his secrets. and personally i think he was only surprised about jeremy learning french because he probably expected jean would never teach someone ever again after being punished for it in the nest. but he's seen how protective jerejean are of one another already (jeremy breaking up their fight and jean going after bryson). i don't think it would surprise kevin much at all

[mugwot]

funnyjokespunperson

[taiyo-tenebris]

My first contribution for @fyeahghosttrick‘s Ghost Swap exchange! A 14: Sissel hiding in Lynne’s bag for @Meowdyjac

Though it's also fitting prompt B 12: Lynne and Sissel hanging out together (for anonymous)

And a little bonus:

With the later including the prompt for A 73: post-canon Yomiel and Lynne friendship (for anonymous)

[graves-yard]

What is y’all’s opinions on my Silver design??

For context, I’ve only ever played the classic Sonic games as a kid (and the wii version of Unleashed) so I don’t know a lot about this guy. But his design annoys me so I wanted to try and redesign him a bit so I can stand looking at him.

[zenathezee]

I don't understand why everyone was so surprised Brennan and Katie studied without knowing they'd be doing it all again. If you just badly failed naming a basic thing on a competitive TV show, of course you'd go home and look up all the fucking pasta shapes you completely blanked on

[boyquiet]

number one rule of getting into mgs is NEVER assume mgs fans are joking or projecting about characters being gay. if you see a screenshot or a clip and it looks gay NEVER ask “is this real?” it’s always real.

[miramelindamusings]

Re-playing BG 3 with a wild magic sorceror Tav. She's a drow named Nimue, and its been a lot of fun! I thought about perhaps Halsin as her romance but, as I kept playing, Wyll really shone and was perfect for this Tav! He's so sweet and funny and I love his banter! I'm only on Act II but I've been enjoying his romance so I thought I would draw something and learn how to draw him and Nimue :)

[essektheylyss]

The other thing about living vicariously through people blogging about their playthroughs of bg3 is that it really does make the game sound like a dating sim. The most important thing I know about this game is that no matter who you're playing, everyone at the forgotten realms tadpole brain worm party desires you carnally.

[shmowder]

yk it's always something when a game borrows from middle-eastern culture, aesthetics, and mythology or just outright takes it all as the main hook, and when you check the long list of supported languages, Arabic is nowhere in sight

[arcticaquantum]

been obsessed with the 1999 sega dreamcast game Seaman lately, anyone agree #seamannation #iloveseaman #heismyson #heismygod #pleasedontdieagain

[cherriko-art]

I haven't even started Leah's romance route yet but I've already got their entire relationship and dynamic mapped out in my head.

Rambling into the void, but my female farmer OC, Mili, is basically a female himbo. I'd like to think that she doesn't really get all the passive aggressive jabs Leah makes to the farmer in the beginning of the game, and it makes Leah feel kinda bad abt it later on. As they grow more familiar with each other, I'd believe Mili's tenacious attitude eventually wears down Leah's defensive walls and she starts to grow fond of Mili and her lil' antics (much to Leah's own horror).

And since Mili is kinda airheaded but kind, she's easy to take advantage of, even if others don't exactly have any ill intentions. This would start to annoy Leah as she sees Mili running around helping everyone and their dog around town, and she starts to get kinda overprotective of Mili, and chastises her for never being able to say no to anyone (both farmer siblings are like this tbh). I kinda headcanon that Leah hates Scott bc 1. She's lowkey jealous that Mili and Scott hang out a lot in the mines (but she can't bring herself to go to there herself, its gross and dirty and also there's no reception) but mainly bc 2. She thinks Scott is absolutely full of shit with his museum that exists purely due to all the donations Mili makes to it, but he essentially takes all the credit for. Mili disagrees, but regardless, Leah and Scott don't get along.

After they start dating, Leah becomes an overprotective but proud gf who loves showing Mili off to her followers. The only thing is that she despairs over Mili's lack of fashion sense, esp since Mili's older sibling, Lu-Ran, is perfectly well-dressed themselves. So it becomes her hobby to dress Mili up in cute but practical clothes.

On Mili's end, she's just a simple girl with simple thoughts. Leah is a drop-dead gorgeous gf with a heart of gold (according to Mili, disagreed with by many others). She doesn't really get all the influencer stuff but she's supportive and likes to chat with Leah's followers on livestreams. She doesn't know that Leah's followers have basically formed a Mili Fan Club/Protection Squad.

I also like to think that Leah is a lifestyle influencer and environmental advocate. She donates the money made during livestreams and sponsorships towards environmental research and causes. My headcanon is that she's one of Ling's main sponsor (anonymous of course) for her coral research.

Overall, I'm a big fan of "opposites attract" tropes, so I am obsessed with my OC Mili and seeing how the relationship dynamic with Leah would work out. Mili would help Leah become more emotionally vulnerable and be less rigid, while Leah would be a solid rock in Mili's chaotic life who helps keep her grounded and remind her to take care of herself and not just others. Leah is a bit antisocial though, despite being an influencer, so being together with the social butterfly that Mili is would be quite interesting. With Mili as the bridge, Leah would eventually open up to other villagers too and become friends with Mili's friends too (other than Scott of course). From the get-go, Leah would get along very well with Mili's older sibling (my other farmer OC), Lu-Ran, as they're very down-to-earth, quiet and acceptably-dressed (to Leah's standards).

Anyways, if you actually read my word vomit, thank you for entertaining my 2am brain ramblings.

[marinsawakening]

I really do strongly dislike the very idea of the 'downfall' timeline. Like it can be fun to play with a version of OOT where Link up and died, there's definitely some interesting stuff to be done with that, but I really hate that the 'downfall' timeline is something I have to consider canon despite it making infinitely less sense than simply interpreting OOT as a prequel to ALTTP. No 'if Link died' qualifiers, just as is. Since OOT was very, very obviously based on the backstory explained in ALTTP and all, y'know. Not everything fits 1:1, but that's par for the course with LOZ games, and the ending of OOT very specifically sets up ALTTP.

So it's just deeply, deeply irritating to me to have the 'official' timeline say 'yeah actually that ending did not set up ALTTP. ALTTP happened in a completely different version of the ending than what you saw', like. I really despise how that paves over the history of OOT and the franchise as a whole for the sake of some remote semblance of 'timeline consistency'. Playing ALTTP and then playing OOT and realizing OOT was basing itself on the backstory from ALTTP was a really cool moment for me and it pisses me off that I'm just supposed to pretend the game I played didn't pre-date ALTTP at all and instead some nebulous parallel version that we never saw in-game was the REAL precursor to ALTTP. I don't care how much it messes up the timeline I'm not doing that.

Literally who cares if Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, and ALTTP all co-exist as wildly different OOT sequels. They can take turns. They can exist in a quantum state. Or they can exist in three different timelines the exact way they do now, I don't really care how people choose to interpret it on an individual level, I just don't like it when people treat the 'downfall timeline' as the presumed canon when, going by the actual games of OOT and ALTTP rather than the Hyrule Histoira, that makes very little sense.

[warrior-of-storms]

messing around on ao3 (looking for marvel (comics) and dc (comics) crossovers specifically) and came across the unexpected but delightful ship of Elsa Bloodstone/John Constantine. would've never thought of it on my own but consider me intrigued!!

[habunshu]

i have to keep living with hope in my heart no matter what.

[garygoldenbignaturals]

i have an idea swimming in my mind rn and i hope i dont jinx it by poasting it before really doing anything with it. a really small interactive experience-thing (i'm not really intent in calling it a game bc it's nothing too complicated) about iggy waking up from her second torpor to the year of 2004, around the events of bloodlines. it's mostly text-based, basically just a visual novel with pictures and animated scenes in the style of signalis' cutscenes, encompassing her past a bit and how she came to meet jaden, along with all the npc oc's i've made out to populate her story. it will have a dress up segment bc i enjoy playing with her fashion and it's gonna take inspo from style savvy for the ds. just a little something to explain thee ignatia vitali to people, and a project i could do to better my 3d modeling, animating, and writing skills lol