#need more analysis in this fandom

[sinkableruby]

i love being the ougi person but its also kinda sad bc like. theres no like, hachikuji person. posting in depth analyses of the snail and squeeing and going insane. that's so sad

[mr-jack-letterman]

We need more young stan content out here.

And nah I ain't talking about 12 year old Stanley or 30 year old mullet Stan, I'm talking 17 year old, slicked back hair, acne riddled Stan pines.

Yeah that one.

I am so happy mullet Stan is so popular because his fit slaps ngl and the angst is so potent I can't not respect it. But teenage Stan has so much potential it's driving me insane.

There is a line dividing the 17 years of relative happiness Stan had with Ford and the 10+ years of depression and crime he had on the streets, and teenage Stan uses that line as a goddamn jump rope.

Seriously, depending on how you look at it dude is either living his best life or is fighting for said life in the trenches of homelessness and poverty.

I see a lot of content regarding Stan on the streets but it only ever focuses on 30ish Stan in his later years of homelessness where he's already a hardened adult after years of dealing with this bullshit. But Stan didn't just drive away and then magically turn 30. There were times in those first few months after Stan got kicked out where he was in his car, trying to sleep, probably starving, while still being fundamentally a child.

Hell, compared to the 30ish age of mullet Stan and the 60+ year old con man he'd later become, teenage Stan is damn near a baby. There's a certain brightness about him, a sort of warm naive optimism that still clings to him because he's straight up just too young to know any better.

He's still fully convinced he's gonna make it rich and go back to his family in a few years. He still believes wholeheartedly that even if shit sucks right now, eventually everything is gonna be okay. It has to be. But it's not gonna be okay. It's not gonna be okay for a long time. And some parts are just never gonna be okay.

Seeing a happy and oblivious teenage Stan feels like watching a baby lamb walk into a slaughter house.

The next 10-something years are going to tear him apart limb from limb. In 40 years he's going to wake up on a boat during a bout of amnesia thinking he's in Columbian prison, or he's locked in the trunk of a car and about to drown, or his shoulder is on fire and his brother is gone, or it's the end of the world and everyone he ever dared to give a shit about is about to die in front of him and it's all his fault because he was too weak to stop it.

At some point, a young Stanley is going to get into his first true life or death fight. He doesn't even have to be involved with crime yet for it to happen. He's probably bruised and bleeding, with not nearly enough money to afford a doctor. He's sitting in the driver's seat of his El Diablo having a complete and utter break down because he almost died and suddenly everything is real.

Nothing is okay, absolutely nothing is going to be okay and whatever is left of his teenage innocence, naivety, and warmth dies in that car and it never comes back.

The next 10+ years are going to fundamentally change Stanley as a person and he's never going to be the same ever again. But teenage Stan doesn't know that, he's still a kid trying to sleep in the back of his car, ignoring hunger pangs and finding comfort in the half baked business ideas his mind cooks up because he doesn't understand how utterly done for he is.

12 year old Stanley I believe is so appealing because of his bright rambunctious spirit. He's still just a kid playing on the beach with his brother, but so was teenage Stan. I just wish the wholesomeness that comes with that and the subsequent hurt that follows as that spirit is broken over and over again by the world was explored more.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

[videogamelover99]

Ok ok, my other Tangled hot take is that Cass's villain arc was... good. It was good. Yes, there was some back and forth in S3 between her and Rapunzel that felt stagnant, but so many people like to shit on Cass and her character and completely misunderstand where she is coming from. It's not about the moonstone, or power, or whatever. Cass has a very big hole that she tries to fill by being useful, by being relied on, and that directly clashes with Raps, who has all her life been seen as a tool, as a thing of value, not her own person.

But Cass WANTS to be that tool. What does she say to Eugene in S1? Her father taught her how to earn her keep. So she gives everything to feel useful to Rapunzel and her journey, and is still pushed aside. So when she sees the vision of Gothel, she doesn't think "Oh wow what a shitty mother I had" she thinks "How can I PROVE that I have value as a person?" And despite thinking she's proving it to herself, who she's actually proving it to IS Gothel, the dead woman who abandoned her. If she was powerful enough, strong enough, capable enough, Gothel would have kept her.

And who takes Gothel's place as a manipulative demon on her shoulder.

[random-dragon-exe]

Ok so can we talk about poor Cricket?

The poor guy was mortified when he found out Chip was alive and was coming for him.

And that's putting it lightly. He flat out gets paranoid that if he doesn't do his best to hide, Chip will kill him and his family.

Now to be honest, I thought a paranoid role like this was going to go to Bill.

I thought that Bill's hinted anxiety would come to the surface and that he'll be paranoid because he wants to protect his family.

But no, instead they gave it to Cricket. (Which BTW, I'm not complaining, I like the angle they're going for, because angst)

I mean of course Cricket would be terrified of Chip coming back, the last time he saw him, Chip was literally about to do him and his family in with a helicopter. Twice.

It even gets to the point that he begins seeing things that aren't there.

I also find it interesting because at first, we're led to believe that Cricket wasn't that affected by Chip since in Chipped Off we see him literally dance in relief knowing he's dead on TV. But no, they brought it to attention that deep down he's terrified of Chip because at the end of the day, he's still a kid.

Like I never thought I'd say this, but I think Cricket needs to join the traumatized children's corner with Hunter, Luz, Marcy, Dipper, and Mabel. Then go to therapy with Sasha.

[langdon-apologist]

listen. many of you hate santos and i get it. she’s mean but like so is everyone else? langdon is mean as shit. robby is taking it out on everyone and snapping all the damn time.

like yes. she’s kinda mean but so is everyone else??? you cannot say “i love langdon and his personality” and “i hate santos for her personality” because they are the same person. santos is just a woman.

and i’ll be honest - i really didn’t like santos at first but then i did some reflection and while yes she’s mean and combative and hard to work with, so is langdon!!!

and sure langdon has his reasons - high on drugs, failing marriage, triggered by the child drowning, etc.

but so does santos - it’s her first day in a completely new, very stressful job with completely new people!!! she encounters a very triggering case on her first shift where a dad is molesting his kid!!! but more than that she’s young!!! she does not have the experience and self control to act “properly”.

she and langdon are the same person - they are both incredibly impulsive and cocky and self centered but the difference is that langdon has had the time to rein in those attributes while santos hasn’t. plus he gets more slack for it with robby bc he’s a bit of a misogynist.

and yes they are fictional characters but our interpretation of them greatly informs our understanding of real life and vice versa. for a lot of people this is a subconscious bias that they aren’t even aware they have. i too am a product of this society. but it is important to discuss these biases and how they effect our perception of media and real life.

what i’m saying is that while santos is annoying and bitchy so is langdon and you should look deeper into what makes you hate santos but love langdon.

[createserenity]

Does Crowley stay at the bookshop all night?

I'm just putting it out there that I don't think this is talked about enough:

This might not have been filmed, but it's right there in the scriptbook. Crowley leaves Aziraphale's bookshop right before Gabriel and Sandalphon arrive. I'm sure it's implied they are visiting fairly early on Thursday morning, since it's the first scene labelled as Thursday and later on Aziraphale and Crowley have time to drive all the way to Oxford and mess about there. So what? Well the scene before this is Aziraphale and Crowley drinking in the bookshop after Warlock's birthday party on the Wednesday. It must be fairly late in the day by this point because the hell hound was supposed to arrive at 3pm and this scene is happening sometime later. So Aziraphale and Crowley are in the bookshop drinking presumably into the evening on Wednesday whilst Crowley goes on about how he knows what Aziraphale smells like and they both think that the world is about to end in a matter of days. Then the next morning Crowley is noted as leaving the bookshop and has clearly been in there for enough time that Sandalphon can still smell his presence. Are we supposed to buy into the idea that he leaves late Wednesday night, comes back for an unspecified reason really early on Thursday, leaves again when the angels turn up and then comes back later for the trip to Oxford? Well, I'm not buying it. So what were they doing in the bookshop all night? (And also Aziraphale takes the angels into his back room to buy "pornography" - the back room where he was with Crowley not that long before - and frankly Aziraphale loves feeling like he's got one over on the Archangels, especially Gabriel, so yeah, there's that too.) ...just saying.

[miss-goodie-2shoes]

How do you think Tom from WoL is misunderstood in the fandom? Love ur art! ❤️

Okay let's talk about how misunderstood Tom is in the win or lose fandom

(And tysm! <3)

Personally, I just think he's misunderstood in the fandom because it seems like everyone thinks it's Tom's fault Yuwen and Taylor broke up when that's not the case at all. NO tom was not flirting with Taylor he was simply just asking for help from a friend, and yeah, it may have seemed like that when you watch the scene play out, but a lot of people seem to forget that this show is based on POV. Yuwen saw Taylor being super flirty with tom. But we don't know for sure that's what actually happened, I'm pretty sure yuwen was just over exaggerating some parts because of his insecurities

And it Seems that both Taylor and Tom are really close friends. Even before Tom picked up Taylor's phone he asked her before "Heyy Tay, study after school?" Indicating that they do that often. I honestly just think people keep forgetting that this is about people's perspectives, and some parts are over exaggerated for some people. But this does not mean that Tom is completely innocent. I will say it is wrong that he basically pressured Rochelle into cheating on a test for him so he can pass. And then of course Kai gets involved and she gets in trouble too.

but the reason I think he did that is because from what it seems like, he has a very strict family, and really doesn't want to fail, so he became desperate like really really desperate. (strict parents raise the sneaky kids I've heard someone say once)

But I don't think he really intended for it to affect Rochelle as it did. Like how he says in Vanessa's episode 'pickle' where she confronts him about 'corrupting' Rochelle he says "oh I did?.. OH nooooo...."

Like I think that's the moment he realized he messed up. And yes it's bad what he did. But it just seems people think that one mistake instantly makes Tom a bad person. Which is definitely not the case. Sure, he made ONE bad stupid mistake. It's a mistake he can grow from it, and mind, you he's still in middle school he's bound to make plenty of more stupid mistakes guys, some may be even worse than this one.

In conclusion: Tom did NOT make Yuwen and Taylor break up. It was Yuwen's insecurities,Tom isn't a Bad guy And KIDS are allowed to make mistakes.

[sha-brytols]

I love the fact that someone else also plays non mage red hawke. People kept telling me I was playing it wrong because I wasn't romancing fenris with a mage hawke and romanced him with a red hawke warrior. I just don't enjoy following canon lmao, since the canon hawke is a male mage sarcastic hawke, I did the exact opposite. People also kept telling me that the only way to play fenris' romance is with a mage purple hawke so i thought you know what im gonna do the exact opposite and i really enjoyed their dynamic in the end. Did the same thing with dao people kept saying best way to romance morrigan was with mahariel so i romanced her with a brosca dwarf warden.🤣🤣

Currently doing a da2 replay and I will be romancing anders and isabela in the next run though. I love them both and couldn't decide so I thought what better way to romance them than with the poly mod and do it all at once. 😂

dude i had the exact same logic 😭 i love purple hawke and i love carver (i say carver and not mage hawke because i really really hate playing mages .) but i feel like That Specific Playthrough is so oversaturated by fandom that it kind of destroys the novelty after awhile. like it starts getting a bit irritating when every post about hawke treats them like an established entity. mage hawke is one thing and in a way i think it does make a sort of sense that That's the fan consensus because of how the story plays out with mages in the game. but the way purple garrett is like seemingly universally treated like the definitive version of that character is obnoxious LOL

[xjackjackx]

An Analysis of Chosen and Dark's "Friendship" (And Why I Don't Like ChoDark)

This is frankly something I've felt and wanted to talk about for a long time, so here it is: my ramblings about Cho and Dark's relationship (based off pure canon on-screen) and why ChoDark is, in my opinion, a pretty bad and uncomfortable ship.

The biggest issue with ChoDark is that a lot of the foundation for their relationship is either outdated or straight-up false. Whether it be that they were friends rampaging for seven full years before Chosen got remorse halfway through, or that Dark wanted to impress Chosen or anything.

AVA 11 kinda threw that out of the window by revealing Newgrounds was in 2011. At most two months since they met.

The first thing to note is that Cho and Dark's friendship was formed strictly out of Chosen's sympathy and Dark's opportunism. Chosen has always held more mercy for stick figures (except AIM cause fuck that guy apparently), so when he saw Dark begging for mercy he gave him a chance at friendship. Dark - who, as we see later, is a coward prioritizing himself above others - immediately jumps at the opportunity without a second thought (which, in hindsight, should've warned Chosen about the man's loyalty to others). Their whole relationship began with Dark using Chosen's kindness for himself. The first thing they do together is to start destroying everything in their sight; whether it was Chosen or Dark who started it, it doesn't matter.

That's where most of us thought they spent all the seven years rampaging together with Cho taking a while before he grew a conscience. But then AVA 11 revealed that Newground was in 2011. In what was at most two months, Dark became a maniac focused on destruction while Cho began to feel sorry for what he was done and wanted to stop. It's implied he mostly stuck around and didn't stop Dark because he had poor social skills/was afraid of Dark, as he seems pretty uncomfortable around him (Flashback implies he tried to plead and reason with Dark, but that was most likely Cho twisting around his memories to make himself look better; not the first time he would've been selfish). Meaning it was seven years of Chosen alone with a guy he didn't actually like who, as we learn later, never knew the real Chosen.

Then comes S2, where Dark plans to destroy everything and everyone with the ViraBots. This is what finally gets Chosen to stand up to Dark and try to stop him. While he has to get physical, nothing seems to imply he wants to outright harm Dark until he gets an entire fireball thrown at him. Which is another thing I want to point out: I've seen many people accuse Chosen of "betraying" Dark, but... he tried to talk things down, used small physical action (when you take in the fact both of these guys are gods, being thrown on the ground is basically nothing) and didn't even seem to actively hurt Dark, just make him stop. Dark tried to fucking kill Chosen with that fireball, or at least heavily injure him. Dark was clearly the traitor between the two and I frankly won't be hearing otherwise, especially since this lines up with his earlier characterization of immediately selling out Alan and later info about his wristband, we get to that in a minute. Cho is a morally gray person but he's fully in the right and the victim in this specific moment.

But regardless, the two continue to throw hands. The big thing here is the Vira-Band. It's not just a generic power-up, it specifically grants Dark immunity to laser beams.

This is way too specific of an ability to be brushed off. Dark specifically created a weapon against Chosen. And unless we're arguing he made something so powerful in the 10-ish minutes that Chosen was gone, he had it made in advance. Combine that with Dark quickly turning on Alan and how he easily he decided Chosen needs to go, it becomes clear that Dark was actively planning to betray and kill Chosen. Or that, at the bare minimum, he was ready to kill Chosen if they ever turn on each other.

So, combining all their screentime and knowledge together, we get this:

Chosen spared Dark out of the genuine kindness in heart, but very quickly changed his mind upon calming down following his post-Alan rage and realising Dark's fucking demented. Despite this, he never made any attempts to stop Dark, the implication being that he either still saw good in Dark or was too afraid of him to stand up. And when he did, he put in all he had to stop him, and currently little implies he misses the guy.,

Dark first joined Chosen out of personal convenience, and thought of him as an ally he can destroy with... while apparently planning to betray and kill him. This is admittedly a bit contradictory, but given all the information we have, it's safe to say Dark saw Chosen as more of an extension of himself, someone who shares all his beliefs, and when Chosen proved independent he got angry and tried to remove him from the equation to continue uninterrupted.

And this is where my main issue with ChoDark lays (ignoring the possibility they're siblings since hollowhead relationships are confusing af). To clarify, I'm far from being against Foe Yay/shipping enemies together together. The issue is that a lot of what I heard about ChoDark just... isn't there. It's, for me, a ship built primarily out of outdated interpretations that are contradicted by the release of AVA 11, and fanon moreso than canon. They didn't spend seven years destroying as friends, Chosen spent seven years together with a man he was uncomfortable around and couldn't stand up to despite seemingly wanting to, to the point his likely-false memories show him pleading with an ignorant Dark. Dark didn't want what's best to Chosen/to help him, he wanted to spread personal destruction for himself and tried to kill Cho the moment he stepped out of line; hell, he was seemingly planning this for a while given the Viraband's existence. Chosen, at least from the very limited information of his post-Showdown, doesn't seem to miss Dark all that much. And why would he? It seems like he never liked the guy, at least not anymore. There is nothing to miss, at least from the actual canon content.

A lot of the content for ChoDark revolves around ignoring what's seemingly their canonical characterizations and dynamic for a fan-made one, which also involves frankly ignoring Dark's canon personality for a fan-made one... at which point are you shipping Chosen with Dark, or an OC with Dark's name and face? That's moving past the argument ChoDark is glorifying a toxic relationship, as there really is no other way to describe "Guy hangs around with friend he's uncomfortable around because he can't stand up/has no one else, and said friend is only using him".

So yeah. This is my personal analysis of Chosen and Dark's relationship/"friendship" and why I'm personally very uncomfortable with ChoDark as a pairing, platonic and especially romantic. Their canon friendship, based off what I see at least, was based off Chosen being too kind/submissive for his own good and Dark exploiting that while preparing for the moment Chosen stops being fun. Something that makes for an awful and fake friendship, let alone romance.

KingCho is superior anyway and deserves its own post btw

[princessofghosts-posts]

do u think Nico is more powerful or Percy? cuz it's been a debate in the fandom for a long time and u discuss both Nico and Percy in ur posts so what is ur opinion??

THIS is a really good question.

Before starting this analysis I would like to remember you all that even tho I bias Nico heavily (he is my ult favorite character ever),I'm actually pretty objective when it came to him and Percy level of powers. I mostly blame the writing of the power-scaling (I already discussed about this in another post) and Rick's decision to give them certain powers. But I already yapped enough about this,let's move on with the actual question.

We need to consider a couple of things when we talk about Percy and Nico powers and how people perceives them.

They are Big Three children,so they will always be extremely powerful in their own rights and elements.

They are on a whole different League when it cames to demigods's nature,so they will always be more powerful and skilled than any other demigod,since they are superior in their nature.

They both have self-esteem issues that doesn't give them the full vision of how much powerful they really are.

Those are factors that are involved in the narrative,because outside of it there are other things to take in consideration,but we will talk about them later.

First thing first,they are both sons of the greeks Big Three Gods. There are already singled out from having a normal demigod standard experience by just their fathers. The Greek pantheon is much older than the Roman one,since Ancient Greece's time was between 1000 a.C. and 146 a.C.,when the Romans conquered the territory. So,this put Nico,Thalia and Percy on their own league that's even different from Hazel and Jason levels,because their source of power is more ancient than the roman's one. They are also more in tune with their powers too and can use them in some versatile way,especially Nico. So,we start at the base that Percy and Nico are extremely powerful by default.

Then we have their differences with the other demigods and how normal demigods see them. As I stated before,since they are children of the Elders Gods,they are the most powerful ones. No ifs,no buts and no "but what about-". No,it doesn't matter who,it will always be them,there is no one else who can reach their levels of power. It's like a default starting. Every demigods can be powerful in their own right,especially if they put effort in it,but they will always be seconds to children of the Big Three no matter how good they try. Cue the campers view of them. There is a pattern here we need to follow: Percy forced isolation after Poseidon claimed him; Thalia being put under pression after she come back from being a vegetable,leading to her feeling alone on her own; Nico's mistreatment by everyone and his isolation being a direct consequences of both CHB and Bianca. You think that's a coincidence that every child of the Big Three got mistreatment? No. It isn't. Campers put too many pressure on them since they are the most powerful ones. Their fathers are leaders in their own domains (and Zeus being literally the King of the Gods),so they expect the same from them. But that aspect is more a roman thing,here is more about how irresponsable everyone is when it cames to fix a situation,and probably a bit of envy too since they will never match their abilities.

Percy and Nico view of themselves doesn't help in this case. They recognize the other as a powerful individual,but they don't see themselves as powerful too. Like,if you ask Percy who is the more powerful person between him and Annabeth,the dude is capable of saying Annabeth when she has no powers at all (her brain doesn't count,everyone have that). And for Nico? We are talking about a guy that doesn't see value in living,you think he has a good analysis skill for his own power? That guy barely think he is powerful. That's why they are both unreliable narrators. And while we as readers should know how much powerful they are,their PoVs can alterate this conception. Yes,I'm talking about people that are like "But Percy/Nico said that X character was more [insert something positive] than him" when it came to prove something. Percy and Nico narratives aren't good ones to hold on when we needs to confirm power levels.

Now,I said all of this because at the end of MoA,Nico told the Seven that Percy is the most powerful demigod he knew. That's canon nd something that has been said by everyone that met him. Canonically Percy Jackson is the most powerful demigod of the modern century.

BUT!

We needs to take in consideration that Nico's powers usually are steps ahead of Percy's,and are more versatile and development than his. Nico himself has more endurance than Percy (maybe not physical,but 100% mental) and that's canon too.

What I'm trying to say is that while Percy strength is in the raw force of his powers,Nico strength lies in the versatility of its powers.

For the books' plots to work they need Nico to actually be more powerful and acknowledged than Percy,since most of the times it's him that take the initiative to save the day. He helped Percy out in the Labyrinth,he helped him escape from Kronus outing himself to their enemy,he found out about Luke living situation,he made a plan to give Percy indestructibility,went out of his way to help him win the war and fighting Kronos with a dead army,brought Hazel back to life,traveled thought Tartarus to find the doors,helped them to travel to their destination,got the scepter from Cupid (fuck him),was the Seven trivia and guide in the second-half of their quest,gave them informations about things they needed to know,actively taking part into fights while extremely weak but could still use his powers (HOW?),took the statue with him and took the weight of helping the Seven to save the world,fought during the travel,turned Bryce into a ghost,summoned a couple of skeletons and zombies,put mortals to sleep and still continued to fight once arrived at camp.

I would like to focus on the "statue point". Nico's travel with the statue is talked about a lot but I never saw the full thought behind what was really happening here. Nico di Angelo wasn't recovered yet from his captivity and was still in an extremely bad shape when he starte his travel. He had to transport the Athena Parthenos,that already had a lot of ancient magic inside,with 2 other people. And it takes a lot of strength for doing this. And if we consider all the things that went down on their trip..... it's really impressive how Nico got that far in his physical condition,before Hedge brought him help. He needed to draw on a lot of powers to accomplish this mission. And he did,while still able to function well enough,and be able to use some of the minor abilities he has.

Nico is extremely powerful,and even tho canonically Percy is in the first place of the classification,the books needs Nico to be more powerful than Percy. So,outside of the narrative,Nico is more powerful.

They are both the most powerful one if we look at the same situation but from a different angle,and all of this if we only focus on the BOOKS NARRATIVE.

Now,if we take an outside look and focus on the writing: Nico is more powerful than Percy with the way his powers operate.

Death is everywhere and part of everyone,it touch and reach whatever you want it to have. It's a universal event. Only for this reason he should be more powerful than Percy. He can instant kill with just a touch or a command,or even trap someone's soul in his sword if he feel like it. That's OP and it's only a little part of things he is able to do.

Pawer-scaling here is a mess because Riordan has the format of "MC is the most powerful character ever" while he adds more and more to Nico's powers. I made a post where I talked about this more in the details,so I won't delve thet much here.

We all know that Riordan favor Percy in any way possible and made him extremely powerful. While I don't mind him having control over poisons (still liquids so it's totally fair) I don't like how he can controll the Underworld Rivers,since they are in the Underworld,Hades's domain. But that's something more about my preference,really.

Other than making Percy OP he also made sure every other child of the Big Three (this times the romans too) couldn't stand out to him. That's the whole reason Jason is this way and Nico has so many downsides in the use of his powers. But even with this,Riordan himself added more and more to Nico's powers,things so unique that even Percy can't do. Which I never understood since he both add and subtract to Nico's powers levels. Riordan can be really weird and indecisive with him,one moment he is bashing someone in the Underworld,the next he is dying in the sun. He needs to decide.

So,we actually have 2 ways to see this:

Canonically Percy Jackson is the most powerful demigod of this century;

Narratively (and outside of it) Nico di Angelo is the most powerful demigod of this time;

And strange enough (knowing Riordan favoritism it is strange),Nico is also the most powerful one when it came to Riordan's writing.

But of course,we need to remember they are BOTH extremely powerful for everyone else in the Riordanverse too,in their own ways.

Now,if only Rick could finally stop nerfing Nico and making Percy not appear as an idiot.....

[anakinh]

arcane characters dnd classes

because im bored and hyperfixating

Vi: Monk. Pit Fighter Vi is Way of the Drunken Master. Drunken Master monks fight hand-to-hand 'mimicking the style of a drunkard'. Technically you don't have to be drunk to be a Drunken Master monk so maybe she still uses those techniques while sobered up later. I think she starts out as a Way of the Open Hand monk, which is just a monk that is Very Good at Punching. The gauntlets are a magical item.

Jinx: Artillerist Artificer. Very straightforward. Makes bombs and cannons. Can use magic (referring to her use of hextech as bombs)

Ekko: Scout Rogue/Chronurgy Wizard multiclass. Scout rogues are very mobile so I think it fits him. Later on he takes two levels in Chronurgy Wizard, which gives him chronal shift. This lets him rewind time briefly to change the outcome of an action - fits pretty well, I think. He only needs two levels wizard to mimic his rewind ability and that multiclass makes him fast.

Viktor*: Transmutation Wizard. In the DnD world, both Viktor and Jayce (and Ekko!) would be wizards because they can just study magic instead of trying to harness it via technology. At level 14 the Transmutation Wizard can use their 'Transmuter's Stone' to create a panacea - a cure to all ills (plus restore youth and raise the dead. sounds familiar). Luckily, I think Transmutation Wizard fits Arcane-Viktor as well (especially once he creates the hexcore, which could be his Transmuter's Stone).

Commune Viktor is an NPC with a three-phase boss fight. The first phase is so simple you know there are other phases. I'd probably add in a mechanic where you try to talk him down in the third phase.

(Alternatively commune Viktor as we know him does not exist because the spell Revivify exists and Jayce shouldn't have to turn to unlicensed necromancy to get Viktor back**. Speaking of...)

Jayce*: Hexblade Warlock/Paladin (Oath of the Watchers)***. Again, if left to his own devices in a DnD world, Jayce would be a wizard. I'd say Abjuration (tanky wizard with protective shields) because he wants to protect people (and he's tanky), Order of Scribes (if he's focused on learning/harnessing all magic). Divination to pun on the 'Man of Progress' thing or if you interpret his glitches in s2 as visions of another world/seeing the truth of the commune members/arcane spidey-sense, which tbh really works

However, If I wanted to create Arcane-Jayce in DnD, I would make a Hexblade Warlock/Paladin multiclass. Hexblade warlocks get magic from a weapon, so it can be flavoured as Jayce using his hammer to do/cast magic. The hammer blasts can be very easily flavoured as eldritch blasts. Paladin is added narratively after the post-apocalypse world but not needed if you just wanted to mimic abilities. I'd go for Oath of the Watchers because they literally protect the realm from extraplanar threats. I've seen some people go for Devotion. That's fair, but it's a bit too Knight in Shining Armour for me.

Mel: Divine Soul Sorcerer. Also pretty easy - sorcerers come by their magic naturally, divine soul sorcerers get their power from a connection with the divine + has the gold/light/shielding imagery/spells. Hell, she's probably an aasimar? I don't know enough league lore to tell.

However, she only got her powers later. I think before that she was an Eloquence Bard or a Mastermind Rogue. Mastermind Rogues are more insightful. Both are incredibly persuasive - the bard moreso. The bard has magic - could be reflavoured as manipulation or as her sorcerer powers poking out before she knew about it. Later you could even multiclass her with sorcerer - works better with Eloquence Bard, but it's still not the most optimal multiclass (that's Jayce's). It's not bad, though, and if you only make optimal multiclasses in dnd you're going to get bored. I'd honestly go bard, only two levels in divine soul sorcerer for sorcery points, get metamagic adept feat for metamagic, it'll be fine. Divine Soul sorcerers get wings and healing at higher levels but if she's an aasimar she already has those.

Caitlyn: Inquisitive Rogue/Battlemaster Fighter multiclass. If you want to play a gunslinger in DnD the general advice is 'battlemaster with a gun'. She probably has the sharpshooter feat (she should have the sharpshooter feat). Inquisitive rogues are intelligent and focus on investigating, unravelling secrets. Rogue/Fighter multiclasses are very good - you only need three levels in fighter (edit: but maybe go for five for extra attack.) (She should also pick up the observant and martial adept feats if she can.)

Bonuses:

Vander: Vander is a bartender NPC at the tavern all our players meet up at during the first session. He's a retired high-level monk. Way of the Open Hand, of course. Just like he taught Vi.

Mylo and Claggor: I only added this because I re-watched the first episode and Mylo was apparently the only one who could pick locks. So Mylo is a Thief Rogue and Claggor is, idk, a fighter? (funnily enough both the artificer and the monk would be good picks for resident lock-picker. Not as good as rogue, but not bad)

Silco: Honestly, Silco would be an NPC with a commoner statblock, but I give him ridiculous bonuses to insight, perception, intimidation, and deception. That said, he did fight Vander, so maybe also Mastermind Rogue? With expertise in intimidation? (Still goes badly for him, though. Do not 1v1 a monk in dnd).

Singed: NPC combo necromancy wizard/alchemist artificer, focusing on the alchemy. I'd probably stick some Spores Druid/Death domain cleric stuff in just to be fun since NPCs can be whatever you want. Honestly, in the average DnD world he could just pay someone to resurrect his daughter and we'd solve half of our problems right there. He's originally from Piltover, right? He can afford it.

Ambessa Medarda: NPC Battlemaster Fighter and she has Rictus' anti-magic item that all your players hate.

Footnotes

* Jayce and Viktor cast 'spells' with hextech that reverses gravity, creates lightning, teleports - but, in the immortal words of Ms. Aabria Iyengar, "anyone can cast fireball teleport." Those are conjuration/evocation spells but you don't have to be a conjurer or evoker. Sometimes I see people think of enchantment wizards as 'wizards who enchant magic items' so maybe we'd put Jayce and Viktor there, but actually enchantment wizards do mind control. And, like I said, commune Viktor is an NPC with a three-phase boss fight. Transmutation wizards are the only wizards who can resurrect without making undead and they do it using their transmuter's stone. Although I'd argue that Viktor's commune members are undead... but anyone can cast the Animate Dead spell. And he's an NPC at that point so his abilities are whatever the DM wants.

** UNLESS you assume the hexcore is Viktor's transmuter's stone (which is how he casts the spells panacea/raise dead that I mentioned). It got corrupted as Viktor created it and when Jayce uses it to cast Raise Dead it goes wrong. (Despite its name the Raise Dead spell is supposed to be a normal, safe resurrection spell AND it cures all nonmagical diseases.) Anyway, we're getting into fanfiction now

*** My problem with the Jayce hexadin class is that it's optimized for charisma. Jayce is very charismatic, but his main characteristic is his smarts. A somewhat popular homebrew is to make warlocks int casters so you could go with that. In that case I might multiclass him with abjuration wizard for the extra tankiness. It's still not as good as the original hexadin multiclass so as a DM i'd allow it. Or just keep paladin, ability-wise you only need it for smites and his charisma should be high anyway. Probably your DM shouldn't allow all three on an int warlock.

On the other hand hexadin Jayce's high charisma makes him well suited for the 'talking down Viktor' mechanism in his third phase bossfight, which ... tracks.

[oddly-casual]

Puzzlematsu Another One Overanalysis (Pt.2)

Im back with the rest of the brothers! If you want the breakdown of the three eldest you can read that here.

ESP Kitty is always with Ichimatsu and I love him for that. I also love how ESP Kitty just hangs there like a sock full of peanut butter, look at him.

As for the location, I’m not sure why Ichimatsu is on the balcony. I can’t think of any distinct call backs that have Ichimatsu on the balcony- except maybe Campaign, but Ichimatsu slept on the roof, not the balcony.

My educated guess is that Ichimatsu can people watch and be invested in other people while comfortably staying in his home.

We see Ichimatsu watch people from afar and wait around like he’s waiting to be invited, but will jump away like an alley cat the minute they get close to him

We also see this in the Angel & Devil set, where Ichimatsu watches from a distance while other people have fun. So it makes sense that a time of self reflection would pop up when he’s just people watching.

Off rip, I love how the cracks in the shadow’s mask look like cat whiskers. They stay giving Ichimatsu every cat theme ever and I think its adorable. Everything in this final image is cat related and it just proves that Ichimatsu really is just a simple creature.

On a real, I love how ESP Kitty was ready to throw hands with the shadow self until he realized they were cool. The inner self is actively happier and has the most in tact mask.

I think his inner self is someone Ichimatsu is aware of and has accepted, but often refuses to show. Ichimatsu has admitted before that he wants a ton of friends, and to lie about doing fun and adventurous stuff for the attention- and he didn't sound so ashamed of it from season 2 onwards.

I like how the background is split in terms of color. The Inner self has more warm tones and an open field, where as the Ichimatsu we know has cooler tones with the background bending around him like its trying to protect him- which is very Ichimatsu.

(and maybe I’m rustling my straight jacket with this one, but the upper right corner suspiciously looks like Karamatsu’s shattered glasses. Which could mean any number of things, but I think it’s just suspiciously shaped crystal breaks-What would I know)

They keep referencing Homra but they wont give her back to us.

Jyushimatsu being by the same beach he met Homura in would be prime for some self reflection. It also hints that he thinks about her more often than not. So she was definitely more than just another person to him. Not much I can say about the first two panels.

It’s pretty self explanatory, and I think Jyushimatsu’s inner self just walking next to him is such a Jyushimatsu thing to do.

This final image is full of so much playful and weird imagery and it is so very in character. Its basically a collage of references, so speed round!

It has his favorite sport, baseball. Which of course his inner self would like.

Jyushimatsu’s is also the only set that has his ego inside of it. The bubble he sits in that is so far away from earth- which is also why I think the earth is in there at all. It’s related to his weirdness and his out of this world energy, which I feel is an important part of his character.

As for why Saturn is also there, Saturn as a planet represents responsibility, structure, the passage of time, limitations, etc. So the reason as to why its the only broken planet by something Jyushimatsu loves, is probably because he wants to destroy those expectations.

There is also the daisies. Representing innocence, freedom, youth, cheerfulness, and happiness. All of which feel like they would belong to someone like Jyushimatsu.

The crescent moon to me just feels like a nice aesthetic choice, a nod to the sleeping moon in children’s books. While crescent moons are representative of new beginnings and change, there’s nothing else inside the image that I feel would really tie into that meaning.

His background is also the most warped one. While it still has the rough edges, its smooth and wavy on its sides. Which remind me a lot of Jyushimatsu’s tentacle arms.

Jyushimatsu and his inner self sitting back to back feels like a vocaloid cover, but I feel it also shows that they do live in co existence. Jyshimatsu doesn’t fully understand his inner self judging by the expression on his face- but he lives with it. Probably even indulges in it the most.

Todomatsu is very about the times…kind of. I feel like a lot of Todomatsu’s wants come in the form of what will elevate him in social standing. It affects a lot of aspects of his character. Him getting a part time job was to be close to women and posting on social media to gain attention, are a few examples- but the biggest one comes in the form of how he dresses.

I bet your ass he’s never even been to New York, he just struts the tote around because its trendy. He drinks a white girl Starbucks, and shops at the most trendy stores.

Much like Karamatsu, Todomatsu’s shadow comes at a time of literal reflection. The shadow self reaches through the glass like a horror movie. One that reached directly for Todomatsu, instead of offering a hand or even just not touching him at all.

All the inner selves have some sort of contact, but Todomatsu’s just looks like pure curiosity. The kind you see in paintings when two other worldly concepts come together to understand one another. Todomatsu actively listens to his inner self, and doesn’t try doesn’t try to force it away.

There’s not a lot I can pick apart from the mask, just that it could be the way his inner self is. Happy despite all the social pressure he puts on himself.

The background is interesting to me, mostly because I cant really figure out what it means or what it’s referring to.

I think the phone being shattered definitely means something. It is most likely where Todomatsu gets most of his attention and validation from, as well as how he connects with most people. It being shattered means he only has himself to look to, and look for that validation.

Everything else? It feels like an inner fun land. Like a party or a street parade. It could be a celebration of the self, or the want to have fun in a more innocent time. There is also a lot of pink and more of a feminine lean with the pink bows, but that’s more standard with Todomatsu since he is the Matsu most featured in a feminine lens.

This has been super fun for me, and maybe if I missed something or someone has a different interpretation of the set I’d love to hear it.

[whatsjulietslastname]

There’s something so very utterly tragic about the way that one of Max character’s main trait is that she’s been feeling constantly homesick since she was thirteen years old and that she had to let go of her home somehow in both ending (Arcadia Bay in the bae ending, Chloe in the bay one) meaning that no matter how much she tries to go back and clings to the past it’s never enough, in this essay I will—

[angelsdean]

don't know how people multi-fandom. dipped my toe into another one and immediately backed out bc everyone there was insufferable.

[ghostkingdoesstuff]

Y'all ever just think about the fact that Luke has younger siblings, and like not by a huge gap from when he was born. Can't figure out how old Chris Rodriquezs actor is (Andrew Alvarez most mysterious man on this planet, apparently, if you know do share) but like if we're assuming he's the same age as Clarrise/Dior then bros 18 at Luke's 19 meaning atleast in show cannon, maybe 17 at the time of release, but regardless ughhhh yeah Hermes moved on from May Castellan QUICK, possibly while like was like only a few months old. I'm just saying YEAH bro was busy doing God stuff and GETTING LAYED AND YOU'RE SLEEPING NEXT TO THE PROOF??? While you grew up fatherless and fending for yourself against you very mentally ill with no meds or some kinda assisted living situation mother, your dad had moved on with his life completely and had several other kids, AND NOW YOU'RE EXPECTING TO BE ROOMATES??? from Luke's pov FUCK LIN MANUEL MIRANDA!!!

[callmrmorrow]

i can’t stand the markeve set up in the invincible show, and i don’t think i’m alone on it. i don’t even have a lot of in-depth reasons to cite other than the fact that it is like… so fucking dull

and to some extent, i agree, that’s what they both need: a little stability, plain-old college-student love story. eve’s character as a whole is grossly misused, from her personality to her combat to her overall plot utility (and i also understand that’s necessary because w/o limitations, she solos the verse), but her relationship with mark is one of the saddest ways i’ve seen her character done.

note: i do not know how they get together in the comics in comparison to the show, but i’m sincerely hoping that it doesn’t involve a future version of eve telling mark “confess your love to me or reject me so i don’t spend the next 20 years languishing over how much i love you.” i essentially skipped the section of the comics that is now s2-s3 and early s4 so that i can have some stuff saved in suspense, but i’ve pretty much read the entire ending of the comics. i don’t mind where they went with their relationship, i suppose — not everyone can be toxic and evil and full of yearning — but how it’s going in the show rn is very contrived

eve’s contributions to the plot are solely to push mark’s character development to prep for the season finale. she doesn’t really disagree with him at all from what i can remember, which is like… BORING as hell. she should have her own opinions that clash with mark’s, especially since she had her little “i’m gonna help people in my own way” arc and understands the value of not being just a plain hero brawler. given her backstory with the government, she should have a more fundamental understanding of how morally grey the GDA’s situation is, and she should either abhor it or tell mark to actually think it through. you don’t understand how much i dislike female characters who only exist to agree with male characters and fight with flashy powers (while being super strong but never getting a chance to really impact the plot) and skin-tight suits. i don’t like when they get injured/killed just to further a man’s development or send him flying into the rage that he needs in order to defeat the next big villain.

never reduce your female characters to this! you can have a stable, loving relationship between two college students without making the woman 2D. the show writers are already so loose with the plot that i feel it would be okay to have eve try and rejoin the guardians only for the whole fiasco to take off. given her more involvement, show her a little love, make her more than just mark’s gf. i know they can do this because debbie grayson exists, and even amber exists.

eve has always wanted to do something that “matters” and even the writers can’t even give that to her. (funny irony on “matter” though, for someone who can manipulate it)

i’ll probably revise this post once i get further into my rewatch and further into the middle part of the comics that i skipped. if any info’s inaccurate (i seem to have a habit), it will be fixed.