#they probably wanted to make everything in one chaoter but not like this really

[the-blossica-fan]

Busy today, woah, what even is living

Either way, I was playing 2.2 and to be honest, it's not as bad as I expected. I must have lowered my standards after everyone else had their fair share of insulting it, but to me, it felt like home. I'm not Brazilian however, so that's not what I'm going to talk about.

I want to ramble a little bit about an Nala Hari, Anjo Nala, or better known as Ms. Kimberly. I'm not good at talking about representation or anything, but I kinda wanna talk about 2.0-2.1-2.2

Anjo Nala's character is a difficult one to catch. Back in 2.0, we viewed her as irredeemably evil, a demon that stood in the way of our loved characters, killed a fellow friend and almost killed a fan favorite. Back then, she was pure evil to us.

In 2.1, we view her as weak. She lives trembling, talking about eating, food and hunger, she looks weaker and doesn't possess even the slightest of threat to us, like a completely different character. This naturally surprises us, but then, she turns, and we view her again as evil.

In 2.2, she is redeemed, but we don't really know how or why. She simply tags along, saved Vertin's life and we even learn more about her as we go. Now, that's a thing to talk about after I finish her story. What I mean to say is:

She's been in three patches, is her build up properly made?

Not really.

In 2.0, she's an antagonist. For my taste, a boring one as well. We didn't know much of her back then, but the fact that we didn't fight the building threat but a new one didn't sit me right. I thought her appearance was sudden, but I could push past that.

In 2.1, I was glad to see her again, but without being such a boring antagonist and a more compelling, interesting character. I loved her appearance here, playing with that soft face of hers, the way she spoke and how genuine words and falsity could be hardly discerned in her words. To me, this paper suited her much more, I knew she wasn't that evil anyway.

My problem with her lies on her introduction trailer. Anjo Nala's trailer, Code Name: Kimberly.

For those who haven't played 2.0 and 2.1, the shocking reveal that Anjo Nala is Ms Kimberly is nothing. They didn't have that confusion or mixed feelings from her appearance at the beginning, they just see Anjo, they never met Kimberly.

Her introduction trailer is a mess too. If you didn't know who she was before, then her trailer is slightly confused. Are you supposed to know her? If you saw the 2.1 trailer, you certainly know her, but you don't know her introduction, and her character relies heavily on 2.0 and 2.1 to be endearing.

Without knowing 2.0, how would you know why she appeared? Without knowing 2.1, how would you know why Vertin and Anjo know each other?

2.0 may not be that important, but 2.1 is. Only if we played through that event we know why we're in Sao Paulo. We met Barbara on Tuesday's Motel, she told us about Urd's last connection in Sao Paulo, and we went to Sao Paulo. From 1.9 back in the island to 2.2 in Sao Paulo, there is a missing piece in between filled by 2.1, but 2.1 is an event that isn't obligatory to play.

Those who didn't play it have a big gap between the two.

My problem isn't really with the representation, I'm not Brazilian and it stuck close to my own home so I don't have many problems with it. My problem also doesn't rely on the messy story, I can eat that. My problem relies on the fact that it's not a smooth sailing like chapter 5.

We know from chapter 4 to chapter 5 why we went to the island. We need to find Urd, and we need to know about the mysterious island written in a report, and our first encounter is a flashback on how we got to the island. That connects the dots.

In chapter 8, however, we just appear. There is no introductory scene on why we're here, nor a ride to Sao Paulo, nor are we saying goodbye to Barbara. Nothing. We appear in Sao Paulo and that's it.

And I may be a little picky, this problem doesn't affect me, I'm no new player, but it bothers me a little. There is nothing connecting chapter 7 to chapter 8, just event 2.1, you can't make an event be the knot connecting two entirely different stories if it's not going to be permanent.

I love love LOVE the idea of the main story directly affecting the events like 2.0, but I don't like the idea of events directly affecting the main story. They should be separated unless there is a way to connect them, or else, you create gaps in the main story.

[bepisbee]

yoo :3 <3

1. how many works on ao3?

57

2. total ao3 word count?

183,672 wooooof

3. top 5 fics by kudos

#1 the gang meets shadow with 625

(four swords)

the lu chain meet shadow in fours era but hes a little shit (affectionate) and is shape shifted as a cat. vidow focused

#2 Missing Me with 172

(south park)

mostly a vent fic about self harm and familial abuse from parents. ship focus: creek

#3 Reader x Craig with 165

(south park)

this was just a crack taken seriosuly reader smut with tenta dick after i finished reading homestuck. its one of the worst mature fics ive ever wrotten lmao

#4 Scars with 160

cute short about lu talks about their scars and where they got them. Vio has one from shadow biting him becuase monster boyfriend nsfw implied. silly shenanigans about it

#5 Storms with 131

fun fact this was actually one of my very first vidow fics back on devient art (iluvshadowlink if anyonecs ancient like me and were on there) cute fluff about the first time shadow experienced a thunder storm. I have a re-write of this somewhere on ao3 too

I was surprised about the south park but I know my creek stuff got a huge hit up when south park had the whole manga fangirls creek episodes going on lol.

4. What fandoms do you write for?

right now? soley legend of zelda and zelda related things (like linked universe) but i used to do: south park, tokyo mew mew, tmnt, death note, fruits basket, ouran high school host club and inuyasha

5. Do you reapond to comments?

not as much anymore i feel awkward and i dont wanna come across as insincere or have tone taken wrong becuase its a big fear of mine

6. fic with the angstiest ending

for noooooow its what i had to but not to spoil buuutt there might be some hardcore feelings in store for the last chapters of no longer you

7. fic with the happiest ending?

till death do us part i literally make them get married

8. do you get hate?

no, but i did get this really weird dm awhile ago about my robot ai au (V10137) someone wanted to adopt it and called it underdeveloped while i was still active on that fic (im still working on it just slowly its not abandoned. i made some major story change decisions and have to rewrite 3 chaoters now and im procrastinating it). and i know i shouldnt but i took it really personally. at the time it was my longest word per chapters fic and i was super proud and it bummed me out of writing for awhile.

9. do you write smut?

thats probably MOST of my fics ngl lmao i love me some vidow smut. im also in the middle of male puberty (hrt) so that doesnt help XD

10. Do you write crossovers?

not really? not in the tradtional worls meets world but i habe used worlds as aus (like bnha but four swords no characters from bnha but all the four swords are in that word).

11. ever had a fic stolen?

not that im aware of?? im nowhere near THAT popular lmao

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

nope

13. have you ever cowritten a fic?

yes and no? my rp partner for many years (about sp) and i used our rps for story ideas all the time but idk if tbat counts as "cowriting" exactly.

14. OTPPP

VIDOOOOOW baby vio x shadow

15. WIPS you wanna finish but doubt you ever will?

triforce valley (four swords stardew valley), the mafia au (vio is a mob boss) too many ideas on that one in my head i cant decide a cannon. Magical Hearts (shadow is vio's demon college roomate au) im stuck it started as oh my god they were roomates and funny prompt about a roomate a sage/cleaning the dorm room and roomate b a literal demon getting sick or not able to cross tbe threshold anymore. I was going to turn it into a fucked up unreality where vio was in a magical coma from trying to revive shadow and shadows real soul was reseructed from the event and so was a cleansed vaati he was interacting with their conciosnesses the whole time. eventually they escape amd shadow and vaati are revived but good. all 3 remeber everything that happened in the dream. vio wakes up still having the tatttoos he got in the dream and it ends like inception, with the reader never knowing what was real and what wasnt. did the magic kickback infuse the circle and ritual onto his skin, or was this another level on subconcious they are stuck in forever?

16. Writing strengths?

autistic huperfocus + maladaptice daydreaming =fics fics fics ideas! wuooo!

17. Writing weaknesses?

autistic hyoerfocus. lol sometimes i get a scene stuck in my brain and struggle to work around it or expand how to get from point a to the stuck point to point c. and having spurts of "i want to write everything" and going for 8 hours and then not writing for two weeks.

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

I love it IF there's a translation offered in the notes or in the story context what was said (example "Words here!" character yelled, cursing their bad luck with a line of swears. "You kiss your mother with that mouth?" you dont know exactly tbe translation, but obviously it was jist cuss words ya know? like that) if it's a language not selected as the fic language. I feel left out otherwise and it can be confusing.

19. first fandom you wrote for?

ah geez. I'd have to guess for that honestly. its very likely it was legend of zelda though. oot ish ive been writing between friends and i since like 4th or 5th? hell it could techncially be warrior cats actually LMAO

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

Missing Me was the first multi-chapter fic I actually finished and I was so proud of that. Content wise though is the android ai au

thanks for the tag @lizzable <3<3

i taaaaaaagggg @spadeprincesss @singingvio @frostedshadow @blupeeblep @twink-between-worlds @bokettochild *throws this at you with snacks*

im so sorry for spelling and grammar im on mobile rn and its 215am

I have been tagged by @batrogers!!

1. How many works on AO3? 241

2. Total AO3 word count? 1.25mil. Almost to my 3rd AO3 anniversary :D (that's around 1,170 words every day for three years, not counting nonpublished words! Proud of that rate, even if it's slowing.)

3. Top 5 fics by kudos:

Status? about Four. I think this one hits the sweet spot for a lot of people: not too long, a bit angsty, but sweet.

so i admit that the mud didn't do much for me, about Hyrule. Actually the first fic I ever posted on this account, it's silly and I'm surprised to see it so high

incandescently happy, a post-LU happy ending. Posted little chapters every day for like a month which kept it in people's feeds so I think that's why it's so high

what is a stump supposed to do, a random Hyrule & Four one, honestly baffled why it's up here

Rise and Shine and Fall, my successful (by that I mean actually wrote and posted every day on schedule) Whumptober 2022 extravaganza compilation. I posted it all in one work, so it's higher than most other whump fics of mine, but there's a lot in it!

4. What fandoms do you write for? Zelda. In the past I wrote a tiny bit of Danny Phantom and a fair amount of FE3H!

5. Do you respond to comments? Always!! I admit to being SO VERY BEHIND right now, a couple months' worth. I'm trying to keep up on new ones, but I've had some beautiful wonderful readers going through my catalog and I can't always keep up!! XD

6. Fic with the angstiest ending: I don't write a lot of negative endings, so I think this badge goes to Counterbalance, my LU Darks AU. I'm actually fully in love with this fic, it's probably the best mix of silly and angsty I've ever written. It's full of what are essentially OCs but they're all my babies and I love them.

7. Fic with the happiest ending: incandescently happy, post-LU. The whole fic is essentially a fix-it ending, though LU doesn't have an ending yet. XD

8. Do you get hate? A couple silly comments trying to tell me I'm doing things wrong, but not really no! Oh, also can't forget the ask I got that was "Remember that Jesus is your first reader." I think that was meant to be passive aggressive but there's a chance it was meant like, genuinely? Not sure.

9. Do you write smut? Nah. And I don't plan to. Not my thing! Closest I get are vampire bites XD

10. Do you write crossovers? I swear I've done more but the only ones on my AO3 are a Vidow fic done in an original world (Nothing New Under the Sun (crystals, dumplings, jewelry)), and Blood-Sucker's Guide to High School, a Vidow retelling of a very fun vampire novel.

11. Ever had a fic stolen? Nope, but I did have one of my Vidow fake fic book covers stolen for someone's fake fiverr listing. Got it taken down with a DMCA but I was like, why

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Not to my knowledge.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic? Oh plenty. @enrolio and I spent most of 2020-21 lockdowns and beyond cowriting, mostly original stories (1.7mil) but a lot of fic, too (nothing published, but almost 400k worth.) We're currently in the process of working on a big epic original fantasy series, though that's a long-term project. @batrogers and I have done a few alt-POV-type projects too, which have been super duper fun!! Hope to do more.

In that vein too, I feel like the Bad End Links kind of qualify here—so much of the characters and their stories were brainstormed collaboratively and so many friends have contributed details and fics and art, it feels like a fun group project! I've really enjoyed working on it. :D (the encouragement and hype for it also helps a lot!! I'm really hoping to finish this big project out!)

14. All-time favorite ship? Ahhhh a harder question than you'd think, tbh, even if you're limiting it to fic. I've written the most for Vidow, and they're definitely up there (same with Fourdow though I've done less with them.) I do have to admit that Linhardt/Byleth might take the cake, though. They were the first ship I was ever actually obsessed with, and the first romantic pairing I wrote in fic.

I just really adore Linny in general, and I love how the pairing continues and closes off some of the themes in the Crimson Flower route of FE3H. That's the only route where Byleth doesn't become archbishop-slash-dictator, and I think choosing to live life in a small cottage, not particularly contributing too much to the government, builds nicely upon the themes of becoming human and choosing your own destiny, themes that are really missing from the other routes.

15. WIPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will? My old AO3 account (a couple FE3H fics and not much else) has a series where I wrote the beginning of a fic and then had several different endings planned, each a different ship with Linhardt, but I only ever wrote one. I'd love to read the rest but I have too many other fics calling my name!

16. Writing strengths? Um... Volume and speed? Also AUs. I think I can call myself good at fitting characters into new settings. Also fight scenes are fun and I think I do them well.

17. Writing weaknesses? I feel somewhat weak in the plotting and style realms.

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue? You can't count on a reader to know not-tagged languages, so that has to be accounted for in the text.

19. First fandom you wrote for? Danny Phantom, in high school or maybe just after. That's late for a lot of fic writers but... there are reasons for that, and a different discussion!!

20. Favorite fic you've ever written? This is an extremely rude question, because I love so many for different reasons. I write things I want to read!! Counterbalance (for the tone) and Blood-Sucker's Guide (for the finished novel plot) are up there but I linked them above, so I'll take the chance to call out a different few—Marvelous Misadventures is way up there, a Wind-focused modern with magic AU. I promise I'm still working on that last chapter (and the epilogue), I just gotta throw everything else aside one month and buckle down. Maybe June, I don't have any fic events planned and 06/23 was the last update. I think some earlier chapters need a refresh as well, once I have the ending written.

I'll also toss White Walls (medwhump, "non consensual body modification: the fic") into this category for how long it is and how proud I am to have finished even a collection this long, and a long walk, a Linked Nexus fic where I did so much math and had so much fun with it. :D

Tagging: @silvrash-797 @toyouhellohowareyou @nopenototdaysatan @skyward-floored :)

[ackermanshoe]

Edited lmao: warning this is kinda pointless and alot of farfetched theory and a veryyy long post please read at your own risk 🤡

Edit again: my analysis when I started it 1 month ago: 👩‍💼🖨️📇✒️🖋️✏️

My post now: 🤡🤡🤡🕯️🕯️🤡

Edit: I started writing this like ages ago but I don't see my own point with this writting and I'm editing it after reading @nini14 's Ackerman breaking the cycle analysis and I feel like both of these go hand in hand. So without further ado:

Triangles

Let's see as we all are made aware that aot significantly revolves around trios of friends such as the following :

Although these are the main trios that is noticeable, other trios can be made out by taking some characters from their original trios to make trios based on looks / character and dynamics. And this is where my argument comes in with this trio:

Their dynamic has always been mother father and son. Now let me explain, idk if anyone has heard about the drama triangle but here

These terms can be applied to MLE trio, Levi being the persecutor, Mikasa is the rescuer and the victim being Eren. In the first 3 seasons at least, Eren was being taken away and his decisions constently put him in danger, Levi being the persecutor who always gives Eren what he deserves for being a pain the ass and Mikasa being the rescuer always siding with Eren and protecting him no matter what. Do you see it?

This is Mikasa to a T.

The following is an example of the dad being the rescuer and the son "junior" being a victim, and much like Eren, could possibly refuse the hand that is helping him.

So that being said now that we have an understanding of their dynamics in the relationship, let's get back to understanding a triangle. Did you know triangles are one of the strongest shape because it has three sides that rely on each other hence shifting their energies on to each side and it makes the perfect shape for a bridge, architectures favourite. Why am I tell you this?

Because these dynamics that every trio is made up of in aot is because they have strong relationships.

Someone mentioned isayama loves putting move triangles and I couldn't help but agree, look at how many times he has placed Eren historia and an angry Mikasa? And subtly he has always ( to me at least) hinted the love triangle between Levi Mikasa and Eren, outside of their father-mother-son dynamic. Personally this makes sense to me the most, fueled by mikasa's dream. A choice was there to make and she unknowingly chose Levi.

Now this brings me to the death of all the trios Levi has been part of, from Isabel & Farlan to hanjo & Erwin to where we are now. Our situation before S4 was EMA+Levi = 4 people but we all know that a square isn't as strong as a triangle so something shifted. Eren, even with him in it Armin and him were more connected as for Levi and Mikasa as a pair it was more obvious. Especially in the conversation EMA had in that stare place as depicted on @gilly-bj 's analysis on similarities between rivamika and Mika's parents. Not only was Mikasa placed directly next to Levi although being feets apart in reality but her lines "another conversation only you two understand" it. Visually and verbally divided Mikasa from Eren and Armin and connected her to Levi. Both alone.

Yet another triangle placed by isayama intentionally or not is Armin Mikasa and Levi.

Because a triangle represents the process of recycle and reuse it also represent the cycle of life, an on going thing that doesn't stop, a history that repeats itself. And going back to Ackerman finally breaking this cycle of tragic fate, will they?

The fact that the whole manga series start at chapter 0 is very suspicious in it self. Why does it isyamaa? A 0, a circle that comes back around? A 0 which represents both the ending and the beginning? Why is the 1st chapter called "to you, 2000 years from now"? ( That's such a fucking impactful chapter name gives me chills )

Before my theory start I just wanna add that the story started from a narrative perspective makes me wanna believe in rivamika even more. Did eldians share the same fate in 2000 years? Who knows, but I know for sure Erens and mikasa's dynamic as the impulsive hotheaded doer and their protective calm but strong friend thinker will continue forever just like the never ending triangles.

I forgot all these ppls names on chaoter 0 so PLS bare with me.

The main dude who heavily resembles Mikasa even tho he is a man, has a incredible power just like the Ackerman's as a human AND he can shift into a titan???? Last time I checked weren't Ackerman's the bio product of titans? Remember is science is on a ongoing journey and forever progressing towards the impossible ;)

Hmmm

The little girl who resembles Gabi, who has the same dynamic as Eren, the girl also looks up to his inhumanly powers, a little too much alike Eren's idolisation of Levi ( and looking up to Mikasa's strength I think )?

Lastly, chapter 0 makes me believe it was set in the future. Look at the buildings, 2 story buildings I don't remember seeing buildings like this in the pre time skip era have you? I could be wrong tho.

If Isayama is as smart as we think he is then he might have related this chapter to the whole plot of aot. 🤷 Or it could mean something. And here's where my theory comes in and it may not be the most favourable for eldians. Let me start with the good part tho, the guy who looked like Mikasa is could be a descendant from the Ackerman clan, but he isn't half and half like Mikasa and Levi, he's full blooded. Which might be why he has the power to shift ( idk this kinda don't make sense since Mikasa and Levi can't buy hush )

So let's say rivamika got married had a family they always wanted and had the peaceful life and 2000 years from then this guy^ existed. Oddly familiar to great great great grammakasa 💀💀.

The cycle never ended for eldians, the whole world could still be mad at them for Erens action and has the prejudice against them for a long time. And the fact that they can shift is never going to change even 2000 years in the future. And the guy ( omg I keep calling him the guy cause I literally can not be bothered figuring out his name ) who lives in a far more developed society with richer civilization within the wall. It could be possible that Ymir or someone erased the eldians memories ONCE AGAIN after the rumbling ended. Because Mikasa levi weren't effected they probably were excused and got to live as they pleased. This dude is also the reason why I believe isayama does not consider the Ackerman's as side characters at all. In the end the story might have actually started with them, alluding to "the ending is just the beginning" as said by kingsama himself. ( Wtf am I saying lol )

So yeah in conclusion as I said yes story is weirdly really influenced by a large amount of triangles and loops. And yes ackerman probably would break the cycle of death after all living through hell fighting hell all for what? If not recreating into a heaven, giving it new life. I do believe in rivamika living the life they are destined for with each other but eldians fate might just be too tragic for me to see them as truly free people who gets to roam around outside the walls as they please.

I guess my point is that everything that goes around will come around, that will bring good karma for the Ackerman's and maybe a repeation of the past for the rest of the world. 😩😩 I think I fully somehow believe Eren is gone for good. Unless isayama draws him waking up from a long dream on his bed then 💀👀👀 I will throw myself away.

Thank you for reading 💞 once again I'm so sorry this post isn't as good as I'd like it to be I am sleep deprived right now and it isn't worded as well as of like it to be. But hope my delulu ness was enjoyable at least. ✌️💀

[battlemaiden13]

Dis is based off the kadt chaoter cause curious: How would each skele (+mafia if ya don't mind) be at Cuphead and how long would it take for them to beat it?

13: the asker here is referring to chapter 52 of my fanfic HND where reader and Classic Sans play some cuphead to try and cheer the skeleton up. 

Sans -He’s very good at the game. He is extremely good at dodging and if he was playing by himself he could absolutely speed run the thing. Playing with other people he tends to take it a bit slower and help out his partner, or turn on them in an epic top ten anime betrayal depending on if he likes teasing you or not. 

Papyrus -it’s not really his style of games. He enjoys the patterns in it but Papyrus prefers puzzle games. He might finish it if he was playing through it with someone else but it wouldn’t be a game he’d finish on his own. 

Red -He finds cuphead to be very rage inducing. It’s a game he’ll pick up every now and again and play until he rage quits. It's the concentrating on everything at once that he finds the hardest but he still thinks it’s a good game and he’s better than the average player. He is very animated while playing. 

Edge -He doesn’t like games at all so he probably wouldn’t play it. If by some miracle you do manage to talk him into playing he won’t play for long. He finds the difficulty of the game to be just a tad annoying, he will still make it past the first isle though he probably wouldn’t pick the game up after one session. 

Blue -will only play the game if he has someone else to play with. He really enjoys how challenging the game is but he’s not very good at it. That won’t stop him from finishing it though it will take longer than average for him to do it, even if he is working with someone more skilled than him. 

Orange -It really depends if he’s playing it by himself or with another person. If he’s doing it by himself than he would beat it pretty quickly. He’s good at dodging games and gunners are his MO. However if he’s playing with someone else he will drag it out as long as possible just to try and get his partner to rage quit. He’s a little shit about the whole thing and although you will eventually beat the game with him it will take a long ass time. 

Berry -honestly he couldn’t even get past the tutorial. He could get the hand of the parry which is a big part of the game. Instead of persisting he’ll just give up. He doesn’t like video games any way and he wasn’t going to waste his time on something that was clearly rigged. 

Syrup -is neither good nor bad at the game, just average. He’s pretty good at the dodging for the most part but often will make stupid mistakes, slipping up and gaining the game over screen. He will eventually finish the game, if he continues to play it, but he will finish it in average time and the game itself doesn’t really interest him. 

Roulette -He likes the game’s aesthetic more than the actual game itself. It’s not something he’d go out of his way to play though he’s happy to join others if they want a player two. He’s extremely good at dodging and rescuing his partner from death. You don’t think you’ve ever seen him get hit. 

Sniper -is pretty average at the game. He has more difficulty with the controller than anything else, he’s not good with video games having hardly played them so it takes him a few moments to translate what he wants to do to actions. He would eventually manage to finish the game though.