#there are actually zero thoughts in here

[burningcheese-merchant]

okay enough with the ship discourse! let's lighten the mood with some season 10 discussions! I'm really really excited to see the latter half of the story, and I'm super curious how this will going into next months update too! chocolate bark, and whatever second cookie that'll come in july, I cannot wait to see how things play out, the dragons have some of the most interesting lore in all of CR history (second only to the Novas hehehe my awesome space super sentai family ����)

Absolutely, my friend! No more dumb discourse, only good and silly vibes

I actually meant to make a separate post talking about my thoughts on Season 10 of Ovenbreak, but I was always too busy to do so. Your ask gives me an excuse lol

I have LOVED this update so far. It's so great. The story is so great. Longan Dragon being 1000000000000 kilometers long and looking like an eldritch horror? Basically being Jörmungandr from Norse myth? Peak. Longan Dragon trapping everyone in some kind of mind prison and forcing them to endure constant pyschological assault? Peak. More dragon family lore? Peak. Chocolate Bark? Peak, I love him, he's so handsome and perfect, if only he was in Kingdom too

I think what I've enjoyed most so far is:

Dark Choco and Chocolate Bark backstory. I really enjoy their little mentor/student bond. CB is such a fun dude. He's tough but he's lighthearted and has a sense of humor. The way he speaks to DC is so charming, he's like a older brother or uncle almost

I think Dark Choco really needed someone like this in his life, you know? It's a big shame he left, even if it was for an important mission. It makes me wonder how differently things would've turned out if he'd stayed.

Also...

"My father" this, "my father" that. #SayHisName, Devsis lol

It's cool to get official confirmation that the Dark Cacao Kingdom exists (existed?) in Ovenbreak as well. And by extension, Dark Cacao himself exists (existed?) there too. And... he's not the most affectionate dad still lol. It's ok, he's still my favorite Ancient and Kingdom character. I am begging and pleading Devsis for more lore on this, hell give us a whole update focusing on Dark Choco PLEASE, he's been so neglected in OB and it's been a huge shame because he gets more attention in Kingdom. I love Dark Choco, I love how tragic he is, I love his redemption arc. (It's admittedly... less compelling here than it is in CRK, but that can be fixed with a Dark Choco-focused update imo)

I just really, really adore seeing the dragons interact with each other. I love their dynamic SO much, they're my favorite group in this whole series. I'm nutso about them individually and as a family/clan. It's been awesome learning more about Lychee and Longan especially; I love Lychee's unwilling attachment to Rambutan and her apparent longing for proper attention from/bonding with Longan, I love the way the Pitaya-Ananas-Lotus trio bicker and banter, THE LONGAN CHARACTER STUDY‼️‼️‼️ Pitaya may be my favorite dragon but Longan is the most complex and interesting one by far. The warped affection he feels for his family. The need to protect and govern them. The way he perceives time and the world at large. His sociopathic desire for absolute control and revenge for perceived injustices. The way he tries to manipulate the others into agreeing with him and going along with his plans (those scenes in the Dark Realm are fucking crazy. The way he warps and weaponizes their emotions and memories is actual textbook abuser/cult brainwashing shit)

What the actual fuck dude. Ok, Charles Manson lol. And I thought Shadow Milk was bad. (No lie I find Longan Dragon 10x more intimidating than Shadow Milk. He exudes an aura that SM simply does not. THIS is power. THIS is boundless knowledge sharpened into a blade and held against your throat. Shadow Milk may be a god but Longan Dragon is above even godhood. I'm way more scared of Longan than any of the Beasts)

Biggest scene for me though?

WHAT??? LAST SURVIVOR OF THE FLOWER DRAGONS??? WHAT???????????

In hindsight... yeah it was kind of obvious something was up with Lotus Dragon lol. The one flower in a group of fruits. Pretty on the nose. But it's still crazy to think about, you know? What happened to the other Flower Dragons? Why is Lotus the only one left? How did the other Fruit Dragons feel about taking her in? How did SHE feel about that, essentially being adopted by a rival clan? What if they had something to do with the Flower Dragons' demise? They better address this in the next half of the story istg. I will lose it. I WILL write a sternly worded email to Devsisters. I WILL cry

What this says about Longan's character is also quite interesting. It appears that his respect and affection for dragons actually does extend beyond his own immediate family. Enough to take in an orphan. This capacity for compassion and generosity is so unlike how Longan normally behaves. It makes for a really fascinating pivot from his usual modus operandi and adds a lot of depth to his thinking and character

(honestly, this makes me want and hope for Longan Dragon's surrender even more. I've always thought that Longan willingly standing down and ceding victory to the other dragons would be more impactful than him simply being beaten the normal way, aka through the Power of Friendship and Punching Stuff. I want Longan's love for his family to win in the end. I want him to come to realize that he really would have no choice but to eradicate his family in order to achieve his goals, and then forfeit because he could never bring himself to do it. They're the reason why he's doing any of this in the first place. I don't want him to change his mind about mortals or anything, he can stay a genocidal race supremacist lol. I just think it would be more interesting if he willingly stopped what he was doing just because he can't let go of his kin. Perhaps he truly is only clinging to an idyllic past long dead. It would hurt. Hurt his pride, his ego. But their preservation would require the destruction of his clan and he cannot stand for that. THEY are his mission. THEY are his dream. Yes, Longan will forever mourn this loss as he shall forever mourn the past itself. But at least he'll still have those four afterwards. Even if they hate him.)

The dragons make me so ill. I need to pelt them with rocks. Gonna call the Stone Dragons Pitaya was beefing with in prehistoric times and ask them for a favor

[maximax-x]

Art © me

[astrobbie]

“this show is making me like the men more” when the shows literally been setting this up from ep1. they literally eat people did you think they WERENT going to lose their morals more and more as the show progresses? did you think the hunting scene in season 2 was the worst it got and not the beginning of their descent into violence and horror? i feel like i’ve entered some alternate universe because half the complaints about season 3 make no sense to me and i just think a lot of you need to stop watching the show and just stick to reading fanfic or something because a lot of the complaints just sound like you dont like the season bc its not going the way you made up in your head

[phoenixwithapencil]

Here’s an evil thought: a version of ffxv where all the foundational bits are the same.

Except

There is no decade long reflection.

I think a decade of darkness, a decade of Noct being all but dead, a decade of being curled up in the void with naught but endless blue and Bahamut and memories as company, at the end of which everyone walks into the capital chin up and dressed to the nines to go kick ass knowing the ending and accepting it- makes the whole thing feel very fair, very regal. It’s all very just, don’t you think?

But without it, Noct is twenty and he touches the crystal and gets its powers-

And then he gets the truth.

Does that feel just?

You’re going to fight Ardyn, Bahamut will inform Noctis, and you must not die before you defeat him. And then you will die afterwards. To save the world, of course.

Does that feel just?

Noctis ascends the throne at twenty, bruised and battered and wearing raiment that feels like dressing up in his father’s clothes. He says goodbye to his friends, who at most a month ago believed their journey had reached a happy end with a wedding in Altissia. Their friend will die and the world will keep spinning for it and time will march on for it. Noct’s voice wavers, cracks, as he tells his friends to walk tall.

And then he’s gone.

Does that feel just?

Anywho thanks for listening to the nth reason for ‘why Bahamut is actually just a vile trickster masquerading as an arbiter of justice and is the true BBEG of ffxv’ (because without that decade timeout corner no one would be remotely as chill about the ending as they end up being)

[subwaylesbians]

thinking about a light or somethin’ and vulnerability. specifically that we see more intentional vulnerability from swan in about a minute than we see from mercy in the entire album… except it’s being used defensively. she’s trying to skip straight to what she sees as the inevitable outcome - if mercy’s going to leave once she gets to know her, why not just get through that right now? it’ll hurt less.

and mercy, on the other hand… I don’t think she’s intentionally putting herself on the back foot, here, but “what do you see in me? what was it about me that made you stand up for a complete stranger?” is a hell of a vulnerable question to be asking someone you’ve just met. I think she’s used to a very specific form of transactional relationship, and she’s thrown by swan very clearly not expecting that. so she’s desperately trying to figure out what the parameters of this new dynamic are, and tentatively hopeful that swan might have seen something in her beyond physical attractiveness - might have seen her the way she wants to be seen, as someone brave and capable, who has a place within the warriors.

[claitea]

i was working on something else and out of nowhere i thought about zero, got Really annoyed about his outfit which i've always disliked, and couldnt work on the first thing without doing this alteration first. pay no attention to the top right side nothing is there its just infi

[wacktroid]

controversial opinion maybe, but i don't think ridley should be the main threat or leading antagonist to a metroid game. I love ridley (obviously) and i definitely would want to see ridley as the main villain in a game, but at the same time, I dont think it would narratively hold as much value. Ridley is always at most, usually a secondary threat, and that's really important. It's obvious how highly Ridley thinks of himself, shown with the creation of mecha ridley, his entire lair in Norfair, his characterization in the manga, and of course, his title of "Cunning God of Death." im 100% sure ridley is delusional enough to genuinely believe he is a god, its not just a title to him imo, and he's just clearly over his head and like insane lmao. So having him never be the main threat shows that its nothing but his own delusion. He believes himself to be so great, yet he is always overshadowed by someone else. Ridley is not a god, he's not special, the reality is he is never the main villain. Keeping Ridley as a secondary threat is like the series' way of saying "fuck you" to ridley.

[misspickman]

Kicks a rock how come no one in this fandom actually likes narancia as a character

[hetheymerrill]

Kinda fascinated by the way dragon age uses the term "witch" tbh

[cactusisconfused]

SPOILERS FOR THE GHOST MOVIE (Rite Here Rite Now) BELOW

IM SERIOUS DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED IT!!!!

I have a theory,

In the end, introducing the new papa, that has to be terzo. Has to be.

The new papa was visibly wearing the papa robes, which if this new papa is going through the same process copia did, then the new papa would yet to have the papa get up.

Plus, Tobias said he wanted to do something different. So, while not killing off copia is different, bringing in a whole new papa would still be mostly the same. Additionally, there’s no one else in the bloodline. So if they were still following the lineage rule, then it would be a previous papa. One that has been speculated to still potentially really be alive or at least reanimated and who still has his papa robes.

So, am I working off loose threads and adrenaline for it having been less than an hour since I watched the movie? Yes.

Do I care? No, that bitch was Terzo.

(Also why did it have to leave off on a cliff hangerrrr 😭)

[machinafulmen]

Poking around with ideas ig i have no idea how big master xs gummy shark ass should be.

JUST HEADCANON BTW IM IGNORING CANON PER USUAL :D

[t-u-i-t-c]

Giftober 2024 │ Day 6: Brands

ZAIA Spec

[lizardlicks]

I feel like all of tumblr needs a crash course in "people go on the internet and tell lies" rn

[zlobonessa]

hm. i feel like I'm not unhinged enough for the past few days. here's my old-but-reworked omegaverse headcanon tier list.

[wanderingmind867]

One of the kids on my bus has a girlfriend? And like… seriously? Kids date when they're in Grade 10? Huh. Maybe I am aromantic (or at least somewhere on that spectrum). I'm approaching 20 (I turn 20 in 10 days), and not once have I ever felt romantic attraction. Not once ever. I've enjoyed romantic movies, i've loved romance stories in fanfiction and in books, but i have never felt romantic love in any real, tangible way before.

So.. yeah, i'm probably aromantic. But if that's true, then now I have to know. How young do kids start dating!? If they're dating by Grade 10, when does it all.begin? Grade 9? Grade 7? Grade 5!? I don't even know, and I am thoroughly baffled and confused.

[of-nyon]

Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: Rockman X | Mega Man X Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: X/Zero (Rockman), Vile/Dynamo, Axl & Zero Characters: Zero (Rockman), X (Rockman), Kyubey, VAVA | Vile, Axl (Rockman), Sigma (Rockman), Dynamo (Rockman) Additional Tags: Puella Magi Madoka Magica AU, Magical Girls, Genderswap, Alternate Universe - Always a Different Sex, God help you if this is what your magical girl squad looks like Summary:

Magical girls fight for love and justice, to protect innocents with a smile.

X has that covered, so Zero's just going to be cynical and bitter about everything, thanks.

(Or: How to make your doomed babies even more doomed: Madoka AUs)