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played the prologue, it was fun !

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*you hear a distant trousle

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Splatter

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Enoch creates specters.

Japhet summons specters.

Dedan fights specters.

I got inspired to illustrate each guardians relationships with specters!

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Lets talk about some of the new changes happening with the remastered version of OFF!!! (LETS FUCKING GOOOOO!!!!!)

All this info is from the Mortis Ghost stream he made talking about the game!

There's now a respawn function! When you die, it gives you an option to start back at the room you originally died in

There's now a hint button you can press when you're unsure what to do next or if a puzzle is a little too hard

Updated animations/sprites (footstep trails! ladder animation!)

New main menu screen!

Zacharie's shop menu is also new!

New things are in the game that can't be shown yet, but here's some info we are allowed to know about;

Battle system has been reworked, more balanced and more fun

There will be more announcements in the future about the development of the game!

They no longer have the rights to the OG music + soundtrack so they have to remake it all for this version

The original game will forever be free and the original soundtrack will stay on that version too

New content including new secrets, new bosses, new areas and more!

Will release in English and French at first and will later get a Japanese version at another date

Could (probably) have Steam achievements though he's unsure

Some new lore is being added in the comic book that's only available in the Switch Collector's Edition

EDIT:

I'm a fool that didn't post the links-- Here's the stream vod! The Twitter trailer! And here's the website that talks more about the remaster, including where to wishlist it on Steam and more info on the Switch version!

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is this anything

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Your sixth most recent emoji is how your guardian angel feels about you

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i'm literally begging you to help us defend our freedom of speech. we have eight days.

please reblog this post, especially if you live outside of the philippines. please help us.

i didn't make the carrd, but it's one of the most useful links right now. #JunkTerrorBillNow needs the most urgency, but there are other issues present too.

i'm begging you all to reblog.

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LMAO

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hello I don’t want to do any of the thousand things I have to get done, so here’s some silmarillion vines

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i think it’s really important to know everyone’s favourite colour idk why some people left that in primary school

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Tolkien’s narrative didn’t treat those who suffered from great physical and mental trauma kindly. As always Tolkien's’ works are a product of the time, and the understanding of mental health in his days were hellish to say the least.  The reoccurring theme within his works of those tormented is often bleak. You’re either avoided at all cost, given a shoddy narrative, or sent away.  In some of Tolkien’s cases, torture usually entails an unfortunate ending for the victim. 

I mean think of the elves who were tormented by Morgoth, and by some chance returned to elven society. There’s Maeglin, Maedhros, and Gwindor just to name a few.  

And I mean in Maeglin’s case he was disturbed before he encountered Morgoth when he left Gondolin, and the narrative for reasons still worked against his favor.  And Maedhros ends up committing suicide in the end, so we can say he seemed “alright” when he got back from the cliff (idk how to spell the name), but obviously he wasn’t. And it can be argued that the Silmaril burning his hand caused it but we know that wasn’t the only reason.

I’m not even gonna discuss Gwindor because I mean.  Then there’s the notion that if you’re tortured or tormented, you have to be sent away. Frodo and Celebrian…to Valinor. I’m not saying that Valinor isn’t good for them, but i’m not saying it’s a utopia for those who’ve sustained great emotional, physical, and mental strain.

And in Tolkien’s time, the mentally ill were usually sent away and dealt with in places where those who weren’t dealing with mental illness didn’t have to think about them. They were put away so other people could live “normal” lives. And these places were in no way qualified to treat them, but society thought they were. They believed they were.

And then there’s Miriel. Like? I’m sorry all parties involved in that were wrong, except Miriel. I just think it’s funny how folks couldn’t wait for her to heal, especially considering they were immortal. But when she doesn’t work, they send her away. When she can’t heal faster enough and have more children, they send her away, pretend she doesn’t exist, and replace her.  And everyone who played their hand in that is guilty, everyone. Except Miriel (and Feanor). But that’s not the point of this post, but it does open the door to Feanor too, and the untreated trauma he dealt with his entire life that went unchecked and essentially threw him off the rails. 

How he was essentially expected to move on just like his mother, while they were both equally damaged. 

Also look at Turgon, who understandably sustained some form of PTSD and paranoia, considering that he balled his people up. When he crossed the ice and lost his wife, you realize why he acts the way he does.  His narrative isn’t exactly the best, because his methods of protecting his people were god awful and akin to a tyrant, and his trauma is no excuse but it’s why he did it. And that’s not good.  His trauma plays a hand in him doing very questionable things. 

It’s just concerning how the narrative treats those who suffer from trauma, especially in times of war.

And i’m sure i’m missing some people because it’s late, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about, and will probably solidify in the next week or so when I’m able to think straighter. 

And I don’t mean to offend Tolkien, who was no doubt a sufferer of PTSD himself, but  I won’t deny that he’s  a product of his time, and that his narrative reflects that in almost all areas. 

There’s just this general misunderstanding of what to do to people who suffer so much it renders them unable to “fit” in. Do we send them away to a place that’s notorious for kicking people out? Does their suffering promise them a life of hardships and even more trauma? 

And I do appreciate that this is his way of coping with what he saw in the war, but i’m not saying it’s free of criticism either. 

And honestly I didn’t intend for this to get this long, but i just find it strange how the narrative treats those who’ve suffered so badly. And i don’t actually find it strange I find it understandable given the time, but upsetting nonetheless. 

Arda really could’ve benefited from a good counselor. 

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U guys r crazy wtf….what brush sizes r u guys running im with 4-4.9 TOPS

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then again, loving yourself or loving your son is not any of the conclusions jekyll and frankenstein reached in their supposed self reflection so who’s really the buffoon