#Aloy’s face gets me every time lol

[thebunniesgrim]

I'm gonna talk about blizto again (its negative and my opinion)  

In my last Blizto post (shameless plug. Also, I was kinda right about Fizz forgiving him. I'm a prophet ) I listed why I didn’t like blizto but now... 

I feel no sympathy towards Blizto  

nothing!  

Is it just me?   

Frankly I feel nothing towards him  

(you know I visibly frown when he shows up screen sometimes and I have to like catch myself like hey he's the main character dumb dumb he’s going to be on screen lol)  

Now this could because bilzto isn't my type of character you know? When I was younger, I always avoided mean characters or main characters I've always picked side characters or other side main Characters over the main important character for instance I never liked Steven from Steven Universe, but I liked Garnet and Peridot. I hated Twilight (mlp) as kid and don’t get younger me started when she became a princess, I was so unhappy. I wanted Rarity or Fluttershy to become a princess not her. I never cared for Bloom from Winx's club, but I did like Aisha and Stella.  

And to be fair when I got past my hate boner, I grew to tolerate them, but I’ve never rolled my eyes as much as I do with blizto  

And it’s not like I don’t like mean characters I'm a villain girly all the way I like Loona’s bully in Queen Bee Vicky.

I like striker, and I also think Stella is the tiniest bit funny (I don’t condone what she does obviously but like you know when she's on screen I'm not bored) when I was obsessed with Danganronpa I loved Byakuya, Nagito, and Kokichi I also liked Celestia, Mondo, Fuyuhiko, Hiyoko, yada yada. When I was over the moon about black butler I love Alois, Claude, William and so on. I love a good mean character  

but that being said

I don’t care about him at all and I like Stolas (sometimes) I feel bad for him (sometimes) but anytime Blizto has his sad woe is me moments (I mean Stolas does this too and I have my grievance with him of course but like this isn't about him lol) like him crying on the couch at the end of Ozzie's, him crying on the couch at the end of Queen Bee, his trip in Truth Seekers, his mom dying, or his sister hating him. My face is bone dry but helluva has never made me cry so...  

I also think that the reason I have a hard time sympathizing with him is because of how blizto (and stolas) never really have a moment where they’re forced to face the consequences of their actions every problem is solved, forgotten or put on the back burners to be solved through text.  

No, I'm not letting that go screw you >:( 

Stolas literally gets hospitalized and is fine an episode later yeah, no that’s fine. No need to look into that. No need to really sit and let that stew for minute. That’s not important or anything. No need to get Biltzo’s view on this or anything    

It's like that "Sunny meets Twilight" video on YouTube 

“Every villain converted, every problem friendshiped within a half hour. it got so peaceful we were literally making up fake friendship problems just to not go fucking insane”  

Not to mention most of his sad feel bad for me moments are like his own fault. There's self-sabotage and then there's this:  

like him being sad that Barbie doesn’t want him in her life and him being all ‘:(’ and I was like yeah, no shit idiot. She most likely has told him to leave her alone more than once, the rehab nurse said not look for her, didn’t tell you she left rehab, and she was hard to find online obviously she doesn’t want you in her life what’s not clicking smart guy?  

No honestly what did he expect to happen? Her to just well up with tears and hug him? Not to mention she lost her job because of him granted she would have lost it regardless because her plug was a target by IMP but still. That also added salt to the wound.  

Blitzo is like wow my feeling are hurt in ways I could have avoided how could this have happened?  

His whole thing at Ozzie's. he could have just said nothing and let Moxxie get picked on. You know I don’t even know why he stood up for them in the first place. Is that not out of character or him? Like he will take almost any opportunity to shit on moxxie what changed now? and it isn't like a ‘only I can pick on him thing’ he lets Loona make fun of him, let striker, and Millies family pick on him I mean come on he even joins in. What changed that made him want to stick up for the M&Ms? Other than narrative push also he knows Versoiska and Fizzarolli are in Ozzie’s 2 people he hates 2 people he has beef with why are you speaking? He could have saved his little crying session if he didn’t say anything. (This also goes for Queen bee as well. Honestly the whole queen bee problem could have been avoided if blitzo kept his mouth shut)  

Also how did he and stolas even get in? Moxxie had to wait for almost a year or so for seats to Ozzie’s because it’s always booked... also it must cost a little money to go realistically speaking and it's not like Stolas paid or even got them seats because Stolas didn’t even know they were at Ozzie's to being with. This whole episode shouldn’t have even happened from a continuity standpoint because Stolas and Blizto shouldn’t have been able to get into Ozzie's in the first place! Lol

Blitzo when something goes wrong after he literally caused it or could have avoided it by shutting up for 5 minuets:  

His trip and his mom dying are stuff that aren't completely his fault as mom dying was an accident and his trip was just his inner dialog  

so like 1st of all this mom dying thing didn’t work like Moxxie's did we didn’t get to see a flashback of her being motherly or whatever like we did with Moxxie's mom we saw Moxxie's mom being protective, and caring for him and all that jazz 

all we know is just that yup that’s a mom and she’s dead now.  :D

Speaking of dead moms. I'm about to get really heartless

Honestly the fact that Blizto made Fizz’s back story about him really irked me. Fizz is like yo, you almost ruined my life and Biltzo is like yeah that’s sad and all, but my mom died :/  

Ok? Like? Fizz lost all his arms, legs, and horns and could have had his whole career as an entertainer ripped from him but yeah, your mommy died so sad  

I understand it was to show his perspective but felt kind of one up-ish, no?  

“I lost my arms and legs in a fire you started”  

“Yeah, but my mom died” –looks around for validation-  

Like yeah apologize for starting the fire but like what does your mom have to do about this? This isn't about her, ok? You nearly killed him! Focused on that babe  

Im sorry but can you imagine you losing your limbs in a freak accident you though was orchestrated by an ex best friend. Then when confronted by it they're like "yeah but my mom died" 

I'm sorry if I sound cruel or whatever but like really?  

This isn't about her. I'm sorry... I don’t know if you’ve noticed but one of us here has robotic attachments to help them function after a fire one of us caused (albeit on accident but I don’t know that yet)  

Yeah, no I was just nearly burned alive and had to endure the feeling of my skin melting off my bones for however long it took for someone to find me and take me to the hospital on my birthday. Go through whatever surgeries, and physical therapy to get better, get robotic attachments so I could still perform and function better, and get use to not having my limbs and coming to terms with my new normal and the fact that my old best friend started this whole thing in the first place (albeit on accident but I don’t know that yet) and didn’t visit me or apologize in 15ish years because of an unknown 3rd party

But yeah, your mom died  

So sorry about that  

What? This isn't about her! Why are you bringing this up? I'm sorry your mom and my limbs can't be here today but what does your mom have to do with my limbs getting seared off? Nothing? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Way to use your mom to soften the blow of you being the literal cause that I am now an amputee (albeit on accident but I don’t know that yet)  

Nice going dude real nice  

like this not the way of the platypus

Other than the fact that imps aren't immune to hell fire in the first place doesn’t make any sense to me but that’s not important at the end of the day now, is it? No, it's not  

Um...  

heh

Anyways...  

His trip was just eh for me I really didn’t care  

Also why didn’t Barbie show up in blizto’s trip or even a cameo or something? Like I know some people are gonna be like ‘well those were romantic and sexual relationships’ and yeah sure.  

That's it. I don’t have a comeback for that lol  

To be fair a good amount of Helluva boss characters are unsympathetic but there are characters I sympathize with even if said characters that don’t necessarily have a lot to sympathize with like Asmodeus I feel bad that Fizzarolli wakes him up with an air horn sometimes  

The only time I've sympathized with Blizto was when he was getting the shit kicked out of him by Loona and that’s only because the only character, I dislike more than Blizto is Loona  

(a lot of people who are critical of Loona are like “Blizto deserves better” or “Loona doesn’t deserve Bilzto” and honestly, I kinda agree but at the same time it seems like they deserve each other lol)  

Everyone is like complaining that Loona isn't getting lines or any screen time but I'm over here like 

Uh  

But yeah, that’s all :) 

[melusine0811]

"The Space Between the Stars" -chapter 18 excerpt

It has been quite a few weeks since I updated "The Space Between the Stars" so I wanted to let readers know that I am still working on the next chapter. I'm a French teacher, at the beginning of the school year in a building that is completely new to me and I am all of a sudden very busy. I am also a mom. I can't spend nearly as much time writing as I wish I could right now, but I know that things will start calming down soon and before long I will be spending my prep periods probably writing once again (LOL). Here's an excerpt, hopefully I will be able to get this chapter out of my hair this weekend.

So here's some soft Seyloy love. Let me know if you're still out there! ________

She tastes like ocean wind, Seyka. Like the sky. Like the morning when the birds wake, as she has been projecting pure light into Aloy’s life since the moment they met.

Seyka’s kisses become more desperate as she begins pulling and grasping at Aloy’s clothes, hands dragging up and down her sides as Aloy glides the tip of her tongue across Seyka’s bottom lip as it becomes even more frenzied, her hot breath scorching Aloy’s mouth. Each time their mouths separate and reconnect they unravel further. Their tongues meet, heat searing, sliding along one another as Aloy makes a whimpering sound she’s unaware she’s even let out until it’s suddenly hanging in the air.

It…does something to Seyka, who finally pulls back slightly, breathless, attempting to choke out words onto Aloy’s parted lips. She punctuates every few words with kisses.

“Didn’t…you say there are showers somewhere…I mean…we both kind of could use freshening up before we spend time with everyone, don’t you think…?”

Aloy smiles against Seyka’s mouth as she’s already kissing her again. But she pushes her back momentarily.

“Agreed. See that door over there?”

Seyka looks at the small door that looks like a storage closet, and she nods, punctuating Aloy’s words with her own kisses.

“I have a private shower.”

It only takes that for Seyka to pick Aloy up off the desk, and waddle with her straight into the bathroom.

Seyka sets her on her feet as Aloy fumbles with the water temperature. Seyka is stripping down, and once she’s out of her own clothes, she starts pulling off Aloy’s. 

Suddenly, Seyka freezes and looks around, one eyebrow arched.

“Is that steam? …It’s hot water?”

“Yes, it’s adjustable.”

She shakes her head.

“Ancestors, the Old Ones were spoiled. I was expecting cold mountain stream water as usual, and then insisting that you warm me back up in bed…”

“Who says I can’t still do that? Only with a bit less suffering in the cold…”

She beams at Seyka through her tears, kissing her, pressing her forehead to her. Seyka pulls away, and with that, she climbs in. Aloy hears a relieved sigh emit from Seyka’s mouth, and she joins her. The shower is narrow, but the two of them fit just fine, and they just stand there, allowing the water to soak them. 

Aloy allows the water pressure to draw her into a lull as every muscle in her body begins to relax, the heat sinking in, and they wrap their arms around each other, Aloy tucking her face back into Seyka’s neck.Seyka just rocks her…slow. Savoring the press of their wet skin together.

Eventually, Seyka grabs the bar of soap nearby, and begins gently scrubbing down Aloy’s body, stopping every minute or so to place her hand on her jaw and kiss her, and whisper words of love. Of reassurance.

Then she stops speaking altogether, letting her hands do the talking, her soft lips on Aloy’s cheeks saying all she needs to say. She pulls the beads out of Aloy’s hair, setting them aside on a soap tray, and she undoes her braids. Then she busies herself with the considerable task of washing Aloy’s very thick hair.

She is usually the one who washes it anyway, these days, now very used to the texture, although how it feels under hot water is something new altogether. Seyka’s fingers scratch lightly across her scalp, and Aloy melts into her touch, a cathartic sigh rushing from her lungs. 

She then takes the soap from Seyka’s hands, and begins washing Seyka’s silky black hair…something she loves to do beyond measure. The way her fingers can effortlessly sift through Seyka’s hair is something she’s both jealous of and also appreciates more than she can say.

They both could spend all day doing this. Soft fingers sliding through hair, warm water rinsing the suds away, rolling down their bodies as they sway together and breathe.

Finally, Aloy speaks, her voice low.

“Do you remember…the last time we were like this? It was much colder…but under the fall of water?”

Seyka’s answer comes immediately.

“Mmm. In the rain, under that crumbling highway. I’ll never forget that moment as long as I live…”

Aloy suddenly brings her in and kisses her hard, the ghost of that memory seizing her heart and threatening to spill over. Her hand goes directly to Seyka’s jaw as her thumb slides across her cheek. One kiss leads to another, then another…but then Aloy draws back again, whispering, almost fierce.

“Do you remember…what I said to you, in that moment?”

Seyka is taken aback, swallowing heavily, and she nods as Aloy wraps one arm around Seyka’s waist, then cradles the back of her neck as she arches Seyka back, wasting no time in licking the water droplets from between her breasts, then sliding her parted lips across her skin, taking her nipple into the wet heat of her mouth as Seyka’s hips give a jerk and she gasps as Aloy cups the other breast.

She groans as Aloy’s mouth roves over her.

Finally she’s able to choke out in a half whisper, “You said…”

She breathes, bringing Aloy back up and pressing the bridge of her nose to the Nora’s, attempting to harness her emotions before they spill over to the point where she’s unable to speak.

“You said you were in love with me.”

Aloy nods, sliding her hand immediately down in between Seyka’s legs, finding that Seyka has apparently been thinking of this for quite some time, judging by how easily Aloy’s two fingers slide into her, achingly slowly as Seyka vocalizes, voice wobbly and breaking.

Aloy sets up a rhythm, and whispers in her ear, rasping.

“…and do you believe it?”

Seyka can’t speak, she just nods as her hips roll against the pressure of Aloy’s touch.

“Say it, Seyka…please…I need to hear you…I need to know that you know.”

“I know. I feel it every single day. And I love…”

Aloy’s voice is heavy, deep with the weight of what she really needs to say but can’t ever manage to express verbally.

“No, not now…this is about you. This is about me being so in love with you that my entire chest cavity feels like it’s caving in…”

Seyka stops her, bringing Aloy’s hands back up to her waist, framing her face with her hands, looking her in the eye.

“No, you listen to me. This is about me, too…because we are the same. This is one love. Your ache is my ache. Your sorrow is mine. Your joy is mine. The breath in your lungs, Aloy…it opens my own. Every palpitation of your heart fuels mine. Every day we become more connected, more one with each other while simultaneously being our own separate person.”

Aloy listens, transfixed, to the words pouring from Seyka’s mouth.

“Aloy…I haven’t known how to go about this. But I have been thinking about it for a long time. I already know that I will spend the rest of my life at your side, we established that relatively early on. I did some digging, and I have even talked with GAIA over my Focus. I know that the concept doesn’t exist in Nora culture, as it doesn’t in some other cultures as well. But I want it to exist, between us…”

Her eyes dart around as she frames Aloy’s face with her hands, searching for the words as though they could be dangling from the ceiling. 

“I want to do something with you…binding us together…spiritually. And within the laws of my tribe.”

Aloy looks at her, dumbstruck, steam still rising around them and their words echoing off the shower walls.

She knows exactly what Seyka is asking. And she’s wanted it every moment she’s spent with her. She squeezes her, stroking her cheek with her thumb.

“Seyka, whatever it is that exists in your culture, whatever you call it…I want it. I don’t even know what it is, and I want it.”

Seyka is crying, now, hand covering her mouth as she dissolves in tears of joy.

Aloy draws her in, and they press their foreheads together as Aloy’s own tears are flowing again.

And as one, at the exact same moment, they both whisper.

“Marry me.”

[mehoymalloy]

20 questions for fic writers

Thanks for the tag, @mr-jaybird! No tags for me, but please feel free to steal and tag me if ya like!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

22

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

237,427

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Critical Role, Horizon, and Stray Gods!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Prometheus Bound (Horizon; Aloy/Tilda), Sing for Me (Stray Gods; Grace/Persephone), and then my oldest series (Fine Art and Forgeries), which are all takes on canon scenes from Tilda's POV, coincidentally by order of publication: Study of a Young Woman, A Scene from Two Views, and The Gallant Conversation.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do! I genuinely appreciate every one, and if someone takes the time to say something to me, I like to return that gesture in kind (though I think I fell behind in the chaos of Stray Gods Prompt Week, I'll have to go chapter by chapter and see lol).

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Prometheus Bound, by a long shot.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

What's a happy ending? (I'm joking, that would likely go to Radiance (Horizon; Regalla/Nasadi).

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not to my face lol.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do! I enjoy writing fucked up people fuck each other (though Sing for Me's the exception to that, and I do have some healthier smut on the way in the form of Liliana/Otohan and Grace/Athena).

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Nope!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope (I hope)!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope (not that I'm aware)!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not yet, but a friend and I are planning to co-write a couple fics in the future!

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

I truthfully don't read much fanfic anymore, and while I'm tempted to say Imogen/Otohan as that's what's had me in a chokehold for the past nine months, that's also a more recent development. So if we're talking all time, I'd say my most read ship was (and I'm dating myself here) Hermione/Bellatrix. Can you tell I've always enjoyed enemies to lovers as a trope?

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I don't have any I don't intend to finish!

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm pretty good at describing settings and imagery as well and introspection.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

DIALOGUE.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

It's something I would likely never attempt.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Horizon, specifically Forbidden West!

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

God that's a hard question... From a technical standpoint, I think A Dance With Danger is the one I'm most proud of. It really challenged me in many ways (altering a canon scene in one BIG way, writing lots of dialogue that still managed to flow well in a relatively short time, and most of all, writing an Imogen/Otohan first meeting in canon context, and early on in the campaign at that).

Runner ups would likely be Prometheus Bound, Let Me Lay Waste to Thee (Critical Role; Imogen/Otohan, THEE fic that started everything lol), and When the Darkness Comes (Horizon; Silga & Untalla aka MY GIRLS).

[dany36]

i did it!!! after 62 hours (162 in total), i completed new game+ in ultra hard!! wow, i didn't think I was going to be able to do it cus of what I had been hearing about it (plus i thought the game in normal was way harder than zero dawn in normal), but well, it's been done!!! and i'm really proud that i did it without using any of the legendary weapons. i didn't really wanna use them cus upgrading them was gonna be such a hassle (ESPECIALLY in ultra hard are you kidding me) and it uses so many sludges that i would rather keep for my new favorite weapon which got me through this ultra hard mode...the spike thrower!!! <3

i don't ever bother with "ultra hard" modes or 100%ing achievements, but i love the horizon games so much that i just can't help myself. overall i enjoyed this second playthrough just as much as the first one. knowing what was coming and being able to appreciate the cutscenes while recognizing the songs that would play from the OST (LIKE HELLO TILDA SAYING "YES, A SECOND CHANCE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT" TO ALOY TWICE AND--OMG--THAT'S THE NAME OF THE SONG FOR THE FINAL BATTLE ALSDKJFLASDJFSDF) just made me love the game even more.

anyway, more random junk thoughts below

first time through i really didn't see the whole tilda-being-evil coming. i mean the game hints at it right before leaving to the zenith base but i really liked her character (plus carrie-anne moss plays her, hello) and i was really wishing that she was helping aloy and her friends because she really wanted to make up for her past. PLUS when aloy tells her that lis regretted how things ended between them, how tilda reacts is so LASKJDFLASKJDFLASKJDF like IMAGINE tilda regretting for 1000 years how their last conversation ended and then aloy's like "yeah lis was sad about it too" like i would personally just go insane (well i guess tilda did actually lol). so in the end when she reveals she actually just wants aloy i was like damn...why are u like this. oh well...thanks for saving aloy from the zeniths even if it was for a super selfish purpose i guess. ;(

THEN AGAIN i also totally missed the implied relationship between tilda and lis until aloy spelled it out for me. i was seriously like WAIT WHAT, I thought they were just seriously gals being pals!!!! so i mean i am not the brightest at picking up hints, so i certainly wasn't gonna pick up on the fact that tilda was going to be, in fact, evil and not doing it out of the pure goodness of her heart.

why did they make erend's dialogue to the zenith base so whiny. i was like omg erend plz stop. especially the part where he's like "you know, there's one thing i'm gonna regret about all of this" and i was like oh crap something deep is coming and even aloy's "what is it" sounded annoyed, so when erend says "all this climbing we had to do" i was like sir....please. you're not helping.

i love sylens's character so much. i swear every cutscene he was in i would just have the goofiest grin on my face. the way he expresses himself is just so damn entertaining to listen to. the banter and remarks between him and aloy are just the best. when sylens finally arrives at the base and teases aloy about the company she keeps, "are you going to actually ask a question or are you still playing catch-up", "stop waxing useless nostalgia and get back to the task at hand", like oh my god i think next time i play (once i FINALLY get a ps5) i'm going to have to record my favorite cutscenes/lines of him. i loved how aloy actually ASKS him to stay since they could really use his help against nemesis and then HE DOES STAY ALKDSJFLASKJDFLJAS hell yes!!! no i do NOT ship them like some people do but i REALLY love their....weird-ass-friendship-or-whatever-the-hell-they-got-going-on and i'm so glad we'll get to see more of sylens!!!

alva is hands down my favorite character from the second game (silga is close but alas she's just a sidequest character ;( ). like holy crap her voice actress really did such a fantastic job at making her so damn adorable, charming, and relatable. i would always look forward to any new interactions with her back at the base, and it's so cute how protective aloy is of her whenever you're on a mission with alva since she knows alva is not exactly a fighter. if alva didn't already have a gf i'd definitely be on the aloyxalva ship.

also i realized alva's theme song is "The Eye that Reveals" and just ugh that just made me love her character even more because that's one of my favorite songs from the OST even though it's so short alsdkjflsdkjflaskjdf 😭

although i'm extremely sad that talanah and petra didn't have more involvement in the main plot, i'm glad they at least didn't get the nil treatment. i honestly didn't even know he was in hfw until i finished the game and i started browsing the tag and saw people mentioning him. i was like WHAT the hell?? i avoided the racing game like the plague since i had zero interest in it so then there i went, racing with machines so i could watch the cutscene. i'm not a nil fan by any means but i was really curious as to how he would explain his change in career lol.

ultra hard mode in hfw was definitely harder than hzd ultra hard mode. despite this, i definitely died way less than when i played it in normal mode (i like to think i improved lol). the purple-level spike thrower became a must against any big machine cus i mean, that thing can knock down ANYTHING, even specter prime!! plus the explosive ones do some incredible damage. really glad i discovered its usefulness cus otherwise with just a normal bow+arrow i would have been done for, especially since they nerfed the ropecaster so much in this game.

i was doing most of the sidequests+errands in new game+ cus i thought there was going to be more use for the campion's tokens but...i got all the weapons, dyes, and face paints and still have like 30+ tokens with me PLUS i didn't do like 5 or so sidequests+errands so there's still definitely more i could get but...it looks like they give you more than you really need...

anyway, enough babbling about hfw for now. time to put this game to rest until dlc comes out. i'm kind of anxious at how the third game will wrap things up--for the second game i was really looking forward to it, but for this one i'm scared that they'll screw it up. oh well, hopefully the dlc for forbidden west will be just as amazing and fulfilling as frozen wilds was!!

[a-pale-azure-moon]

Midnight Plays Azure Gleam: Chapter 2

Finally, a chance to play a character other than Shez. No prizes for guessing who I immediately switched to when the battle started.

Edelgard meeting with Jeritza. Nothing suspicious here at all, nope.

Seriously, it makes no sense to me why Seteth is suspicious of Byleth in 3H but apparently trusts Jeritza implicitly here. I know he's been working at Garreg Mach awhile but it's still weird AF.

Jeritza: "We'll follow the blood scent." (Yes, he actually says this. Teacher of the year, everyone.)

I mean, I don't want to harp on this but it was barely believable in 3H that this guy was hired as a weapons instructor. To have him as a professor pretty much breaks all plausibility.

Good on Sylvain, Dedue and Dimitri suspecting a trap.

Not much to do on the battle prep, because it forces you to take Shez, Dedue, Ashe and Dimitri. Jeritza's also a green unit.

Aw, Ashe admits he can lockpick but isn't proud of it. Don't feel bad, Ashe. It's a valuable skill and I made use of it many, many times in 3H. xD

Monica?! As in Monica Monica or Kronya Monica?

Initial impression is that Dimitri feels very strong, even at level 1 with a basic Iron Lance. He's slower than Shez, but I'm guessing that's just because it's early game. (It'd better be at least.)

...And his crest activated the first time I tried a combat art. Now his weapon's almost broken but it sure did delete every enemy in range, lol.

OK, I guess this is the real Monica since a bunch of dark mages showed up and mentioned Kronya by name.

Escort mission, yay! Every gamer's favorite!

...Does Dimitri recognize the mages?

Still getting frequent pop-up windows. It's very disruptive to the flow of the game.

And here's the actual Kronya. And she goes down pretty easily.

And now we get to face a Demonic Beast. This should be fun.

Its attacks are pretty simple to dodge, but breaking the armor is less straightforward, since it requires using different weapons (and therefore, different classes). Getting Umbral Steel is going to suck in this game if this is the only way to get it.

Somehow I S-Ranked that. I figured I took too long to meet the time limit, but nope. And Dimitri wins MVP honors for the first time. Definitely won't be the last.

Alois! I'm a bit disappointed Dimitri didn't laugh at his pun, TBH.

Dimitri immediately susses out that the mages were the real ones in charge, not the bandits.

Monica outs Tomas as her kidnapper. Jeritza pretends like he hasn't a clue.

Arval says he "felt things" upon meeting Kronya. Not kinship or malice, he says, just pure emotion, whatever that means. Sorry writers, you aren't being anywhere near as cagey as you think.

Interesting. Annette speculates that "Tomas" might be trying to damage the church's reputation. I'm glad someone actually says it, since that was only implied in 3H.

Sylvain says the church should do a better job vetting their employees (hard agree). Ashe is about to respond when we get interrupted by a cutscene.

Solon appears! And then immediately poofs away. Not that I expected to battle him right away, but that was still pretty anti-climatic.

[cclightroast]

Hey guys! Back with another Kotallo/Reader lmaooo this was an add on to the last one I wrote that was requested by @labyrinth-of-thoughts and thanks to the wonder detail she keeps giving me, I’m able to keep pumping these out lol. I kept the ending open for yet another part, so fingers crossed all goes well and I’m able to add on. Also if anyone has any idea for a title pls let a homie know XD 

Aloy waltzed into the base with a perturbed expression adorning her face. She immediately made her way to Erend and plopped down beside him on the couch.

“We’ve got an issue.” She began, running her hands over her face.

“What’s the problem? Is it something my hammer can fix?” he knocked back another pint of his ale and leaned forward to give the red head his attention.

She leaned back in her seat and crossed her arms over her chest. “We will need a little more finesse than that to start with.” At that moment the door to the war room opened up and out walked Y/N and Kotallo. “Another fierce match indeed. I believe we are once again at a stalemate.”

The Veera warrior had a smile pulling at her lips, and anyone looking at them could tell that she had won. “I’ve had a great teacher. Won’t be much longer before I’m beating you in every match.”

“Hm,” his lips quirked up and he shook his head, stopping to see Aloy in slight distress. ���Aloy, what is wrong?”

The Nora stood from her spot, slightly relieved to be in the presence of the top two strategists of the group. “I came across a nasty rebel camp. They’re holding some Tenakth prisoners and have the entire camp covered with tripwires and dangerous machines. Big ones.”

“What kind of machines?” She could see the cogs already turning in the warrior’s heads, and Aloy knew that she was going to get the advice she needed. “While I was surveying, I saw Bristleback mounts and ravagers patrolling the perimeter.”

“Dangerous, but manageable.” Y/N responded with a nod. “They also have a fireclaw in the center of the camp.” Kotallo and his companion shared a look. “Can you share the data from the camp to us?”

With a raised eyebrow, Aloy slid past the group and headed back into the war room; everyone on her toes. She swiped through the data on her focus and sent it to the hologram where Kotallo and Y/N practiced.

“This is the layout.” Kotallo stepped forward with a hum and stared intently at the data. “They have a good formation, but there’s a lot of cover.” Leaning next to the Tenakth, the Veera pointed at the environment surrounding the rebels. “Look,” she began. “They’ve got canisters lying around that could be used against the fireclaw.”

“You could pick off the rebels from the grass, save the fireclaw for last with these. They leave enough room between patrols to be stealthy.” Aloy nodded in agreement while Kotallo turned towards the Nora.

“Do you need our blades?”

Chuckling, the Nora shook her head. “I think I’ve got a better idea on how to tackle this camp. I’ll be fine. Thank you for your help.” She left not long after that to go put an end to one more rebel camp and everything inside the base went back to normal. Varl and Zo were standing across from each other at the counter, whispering lovingly to one another, Erend was going through the data on his focus while nursing his ale. Y/N had walked over to Zo and interjected herself between the couple, deciding to ask more about their tribe’s history while she sat herself on the table.

She had been intently listening, asking questions when they popped up, eyes focused on whichever was speaking at the time. That was, until Kotallo walks by the trio with his usual stern expression. He carried his spear on his back so either he was going to train, or he was going to hunt.

The voices of her companions turned muffled in her ears until all she was focused on was raking her eyes up and down his form, paying close attention to the muscles in his arm and back before moving down to see how his legs flex with each step.

She really didn’t know long she watched him until she zoned back in, only to hear Zo sniggering under her breath, elbowing Varl. “You like what you see?” she joked, her breathless giggles turning into a full-blown laugh when Y/N’s cheeks heat up slightly before she leans in slightly and whispers, “have you SEEN him, Zo? Of course I like what I see.”

Her whispering wasn’t as quiet as she thought. The Tenakth had slowed down after hearing Zo’s bolstering laugh, curious to hear what was so funny; once he heard Y/N’s statement, his back straightened further. His painted lips pulled to a smirk as he continued walking towards the exit, his ego greatly boosted from her compliment.

“All right, can we stop drooling over Kotallo and get back to having a normal conversation?” Varl shook his head, an amused expression giving away what he really felt.

“Hey,” Y/N looked offended. “I wasn’t drooling… yet.” Zo had doubled over again, causing a chain reaction and soon enough the trio were laughing with Erend looking so incredibly lost.

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The group had been hard at work the next few weeks. Aloy had been out trying to collect Gaia’s subordinate functions, and between the group going out to do their own thing and staying at the base for training everyone had grown remarkably closer. Even Kotallo had opened up more about become more talkative with everyone, Y/N included.

They dedicated one day a week for everyone to join in a group training session, Aloy thought it would be a good idea for them to spar with different people to learn how to fight against different styles. Today Erend and Kotallo were starting the training off. He started off strong against the Tenakth but with how slow he moves with his training hammer he was only able to hold Kotallo off for so long. “OW! Dammit!” Erend was gasping for air, slapping his hand against the floor. “I give! I give! By the forge…”

“I don’t think any of us could beat you.” He sighed, accepting Kotallo’s hand while the other congratulated him for holding out for so long.

“I’d like to challenge that.” Kotallo raised an eyebrow, watching as the Veera warrior stepped forward with her training spear. “Are you sure you want to have your ego bruised so early in the day?” Y/N laughed, “I believe I should be saying that to you.”

Without another word the two stood across from each other, lowering themselves into fighting position. It took only a second before they met in the middle, the training spears knocking against each other in quick motions, the woman seeming to dance around the Tenakth.

He was noticeably stronger than her, but what she lacked in strength she made up in agility. She knew she wouldn’t win against the marshal head on, so she focused on staying on the defensive. Her arms were burning from the sheer force of the hits she was blocking, so the next time he raised his spear she rolled out of the way and circled behind him, knocking him in the back to catch him off-balance before jabbing at him again.

He caught on to her movements rather quick, and as she moved to circle him to jab at his back, he turned and swiped his foot under hers, closing the distance so that as she hit the floor his spear immediately pressed against her throat.

Time seemingly stood still in that moment. They were breathing heavily, the puffs fanning over each other’s faces; the hot air mingling together. If Kotallo wanted to, he could move forward briefly and have their lips brush like their noses are.

He zoned back into her breathless giggles filling his ears, causing him to furrow his brows. “You’re smiling a little too much for a dead woman.”

Her smile widened and only then did he register the feeling of her hand against his chest, “A little arrogant when I’ve already gut you.” He glances down to see her weapon pressed against his lower abdomen.

“Well, damn,” he huffed, raking his eyes back to hold hers. He was impressed, but the heat he felt growing in him was keeping him from thinking… pure thoughts.

Kotallo finally got to his feet and pulled Y/N up with him, keeping her about as close as they were on the floor. “You’re very skilled indeed, it’s no wonder you’re a marshal.” She smirked, the adrenaline pumping through her veins giving her the confidence to act on the heat she’s feeling.

“I’d love to see those skills being used in a more… interesting scenario.” She watches as the Tenakth’s eyes narrow slightly, his grip on her hand tightening, causing heat to pool in her stomach.

“Can everyone PLEASE stop acting like they’re going to climb each other like a damn tree.” Erend cut through the tension with a groan, heading towards the door while grumbling under his breath.

After that moment things have shifted between the two and though both flirted in their own way, neither of them acted on anything other than that. Kotallo was attracted to Y/N, if the fantasies he has about her at night is anything to go by, but every time he looked at where his left arm should be, he curses.

He may be coming to terms with the loss of his arm, but he still doesn’t want to hold her back from having someone… whole. Aloy had found him on top of the mountains where he was surrounded by destroyed Sunwings.

“This was a little too violent to be just for training.” Kotallo turned to the red head with heavy breaths. “I’ve just got a lot on my mind.” Sitting down on a nearby rock, she gave the Tenakth a friendly smile. “You wanna talk about it?”

He came and sat beside her with a sigh. “I’m usually so confident in what I do, but now I’m unsure.”

“Is this about Y/N?”

Kotallo’s head snapped to hers in question, but before he could ask, she was already speaking again. “You guys are very obvious in your feelings for each other. So,” she continued. “This lack of confidence. That’s why you haven’t made a move?”

He nodded, “It’s more than that. She’s a Veera. It’s virtually unheard of for Tenakth to… mate… outside our tribe.” Aloy rolled her eyes. “And I’m sure the Veera’s don’t mate outside theirs either, but it doesn’t seem like she cares.”

“I admire that about her.” The two stayed silent as Aloy looked at him. “That’s not all.” He looked down to his arm, and that was all she needed to see. “What would she have of me? I’m maimed so what if I’m unable to protect?”

Leaning forward, she shot him a gentle smile. “She doesn’t care. You could be missing both of your arms and I’m sure she would still feel the same.”

“On a serious note.” She began, “you saw how she held her own against you, and you’ve heard how she took down a Thunderjaw by herself. She doesn’t need protecting, and if she ever does. I know you’ll fight til your last breath for her.”

He nodded, “If I die protecting her, it would be an honorable death.”

“It doesn’t matter about your arm, and it doesn’t matter about the tribes you come from. It’s obvious you both care for each other. Act on it.” Kotallo laughed at her blunt response and stood from the rock. “Thank you, Aloy. I owe you yet again.”

“If we are going to be saving the world, might as well be happy while doing so.” Shaking her head, she bid him farewell and headed back down the mountain, leaving him to his thoughts.

More time had passed, and Y/N had decided to up her game. She was determined to get him bothered enough before dragging him to her room to get his feelings out. She knew he felt something, but she wanted to make sure the feelings were as genuine as hers were.

She had set up training dummies around the sparring area while Erend and Kotallo were playing Strike in the main room. Erend paid no mind to her but whenever Kotallo was waiting for his turn he would glance over to her.

Soon enough she had begun training with the dummies, making sure to put her all into it to garner Kotallo’s attention. She had made sure to wear less than she usually did while sparring so that most of her shoulders and back were showing and glistening with sweat due to the vigorous training.

All the while Kotallo was still stealing glances at her between turns, but they gradually got longer and longer until he was more focused on her than the match. He would halfheartedly move his pieces just so he could look back to her. His imagination was running rampant, from him having her pinned against the wall to him on his knees, hands around her thighs as she shook above him.

“Finally! I beat you… By the forge not again.” Erend’s excitement turned into annoyance at the faraway look on the marshal’s face. “Will you just go kiss the woman already? I’m so tired of seeing you beat around the bush.”

“Kotallo,” he hadn’t even heard Y/N walk up to them, but there she was in all her sweaty glory. He cleared his throat at her presence, “Could you come with me?”

[misstalwyn]

Okay Thebes, what the FUCK

cut again bc I just need to vibrate on this shit

It was so much exactly like what I thought and exactly the opposite of what I wanted

I hated being right about the goddamn tomb décor but it’s nice to see that narcissism at work ig lol

Like, damn, on one hand I wanted to see Thebes, and it looked more like the Thebes I could see in my head than I thought they’d do! (I really thought he’d just jump out of a sarcophagus tbh)

On the other hand, I had two BIG wants on two conditions

If Ted is alive, we get to fight/kill him

If he’s dead, it had to have been ironic/funny and we get to spit on his grave

So you can maybe see why I’m just ticked all the way off now 😤

DO YOU KNOW HOW NEAT IT WAS FOR A SPLIT SECOND TO THINK THAT TED WENT FULL RESIDENT EVIL AND THAT WE COULD FIGHT HIM LIKE NEMESIS??

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SICK!! WHY WOULD YOU ROB US OF THAT, GUERRILLA??

It’s a little disappointing that because of the way they went about using it, Thebes & Ted feel like a footnote in this game’s narrative? And the series as a whole? Am I alone in feeling like that??

I mean, Ted is the reason all this shit even started, he was the Big Bad and they deliberately left all these threads hanging in ZD just to wrap them up way too neatly in a plot where he’s not even the antagonist anymore?? WHY

I JUST WANTED TO KICK HIS ASS, MAN

Don’t get me wrong, I think the zeniths are interesting enough as villains, but doesn’t it feel a little odd that they were more successful just by being stupidly rich people who happened to pick the venture that worked, rather than Ted, who was smart enough to have Omega Clearance done under Elisabet’s nose, become functionally immortal, and kill the alphas?

AND THE ZENITHS EVEN GOT CAUGHT. BUT THEY STILL GOT WHAT THEY WANTED? JUST BECAUSE??

I can’t believe I’m even defending Ted at all but when you spend a whole 100+ hour game’s worth of lore building this guy up and then don’t even show his gross, resident evil mutation IN THE GAME ABOUT FIGHTING GROSS, COOL MONSTERS, I’m gonna be a little disappointed, k?

I hate to think it was because they thought Ted was too easy to hate? They really thought “let’s undercut every little thing he ever did and even when we DO deliver what you’d expect, we’re gonna kill him passively so players don’t even get the satisfaction of kicking his ass”

I expected this whole scenario at the end of a trilogy, hence why I wrote that fic as vaguely as I did—bc I really didn’t think they’d just go and do it now! I thought I had to leave space for a whole ass sequel! And they just,,, went and did it,

It feels especially cowardly now bc it’s clear in all his datapoints that he never came remotely CLOSE to realizing exactly what he did/was doing. And then they just let him die with that mindset! Half the reason I wanted to confront him (and why I’m so glad I wrote the fic when I did lol) was so he could see, if not realize, how wrong he was!

Aloy just really deserved a chance to give Ted a piece of her mind tbh, and I would have LOVED to see the look on his face when he realized who/what she was. 😤

I guess the zeniths could fill in on that narrative thread, but it’s just not gonna feel as satisfying, especially bc I still don’t know who they are!!

Tilda knew Lis? Okay, that’s a total retcon, but w/e.

Erik and Peter? Whomst?!

Verbena died instantly and then I found the datapoint from her SEVENTEENTH ENGAGEMENT? DID THEY REALLY JUST LET SOME RANDOM IT GIRL ONTO THEIR ADVANCED COLONY SHIP?? OKAY LOL

I feel a wayyyy more intriguing tie to Regalla than any of those chumps, bc I love the Tenakth so much and her shit has really divided them and brought them closer together at the same time in a long, consistent manner. It’s great! I wanna fight her more!

The zeniths? Eh, I guess I just wanna break their stuff more than them rn lol

Plus, Regalla’s motivation/conflict ties into the first game and extended lore so well! Ofc it makes sense a segment of the Tenakth wouldn’t be capable of forgiving the Carja! That shit was fucked up!! No amount of smiles and gifts from Avad could ever “fix” that! (Sorry, my sun-king 😭)

All this to say you could’ve just had this game be Aloy’s long quest to repair GAIA, feat. All these new cool tribes and people. Regalla was already your shadow carja equivalent, and just finding the subfunctions while she’s running around fucking shit up would’ve been challenge enough. Didn’t need the space people at all, tbh! But, I’m not a game writer! (Yet!!)

[indigowallbreaker]

for the kiss prompt, could you do #4 for (post timeskip) yuri x m!byleth? :)

(think this is the first one from Byleth’s pov? took a while to get to this point lol also thank you for your support! i always see you in my notifications~)

4: Awkward kiss

Byleth pointed his training sword at Yuri’s throat. Despite having just landed flat on his back, Yuri smirked up at Byleth, barely out of breath. “Much as I hate losing, I could get use to this angle, friend.”

All their sparing sessions seemed to turn out this way. Byleth won each and every time, but Yuri always had something to say. Something that would fluster Byleth internally and try to crack his stoic expression. He never gave Yuri the satisfaction.

Byleth stepped away, turning his back on Yuri completely. “I win. Get some lunch.”

“Not even a helping hand up? You wound me.”

Ignoring him, Byleth replaced his sword on the weapon rack and left the training grounds. The image of Yuri-- hair disheveled, trickster outfit askew and flecked with dirt, cocky smile aimed up the broad side of Byleth’s sword-- was sitting at the forefront of his mind and awaiting the proper attention. 

Byleth let out a sigh, which caused a few passersby to give him a wide berth. Such a display was rare from the army’s leader. Why was Yuri the one to elect these emotions from him? Why did he try? Did he just like messing with everyone or was Byleth a favored toy?

Every time Byleth tried to think logically on it the image of Yuri, defeated but grinning, came to mind and distracted him. The comments, the teasing, the way Yuri said ‘friend’ as if he meant a different word...

It took a loop around Garreg Mach for Byleth to form a plan. He refused to be the only one flustered and frustrated. Time to give Yuri a taste of his own medicine. 

Byleth marched into the dining hall like he was leading troops. Some people turned, expecting serious news, but turned away again once they saw his expression and who it was aimed at. Yuri was still at a table, plate empty and talking to Constance and Alois. Unaware.

Without breaking his stride, Byleth marched over. He grabbed Yuri by the shoulder, turned him around, and kissed him. 

Byleth pulled back almost immediately. There was something sticky on Yuri’s lips and crumbs were now stuck to the corners of Byleth’s mouth. It was then he noticed Yuri holding some kind of confection in his hand. The table went silent as Alois and Constance stared. Yuri himself got over his shock rather quickly and let out a laugh. “If you wanted to try some all you had to do was ask, friend.”

“Be quiet,” Byleth said, rubbing the honey and sugar off his lips. Constance and Alois were laughing now. Blushing was something that happened to other people but Byleth felt his face grow warm anyway. Plan failed. It was tempting to use a Pulse. 

“May I ask what that was about?” Yuri pressed, that cocky smirk back in full force. He held Byleth’s gaze as he took another slow bite of the treat. Honey oozed from the corner of his lip and he quirked an eyebrow.

Byleth didn’t answer. He turned and stalked out of the hall again, mentally begging the Empire to attack the monetary so he could win back some dignity. 

(Give me all the kiss prompts, i want them all)

[ilikedetectives]

Why you like Kassandra that much?

Short Answer:

If you want the long answer, click to read below

I’ve been playing video games before I could speak full sentences (my Dad told me one of the few words that I knew when I was little was the Vietnamese word for “fox”, referring to “Crash Bandicoot”). During those early years, I never really thought about relating to a character in a single-player game; I would just play whatever games my Dad bought for himself and went back to do homework or help out with family business after that. They were fun cartoon games and I enjoyed playing, but none really GOT me, let alone a character. 

Fast forward to middle school when MMORPGs started to get popular, I always chose a male character because all the female character options were grossly sexualized with no personality, meanwhile, the male characters got all the cool armors that I wanted. I was in the MMORPGs craze for about 4 years and then I stopped playing video games altogether to focus on school. Again, I never thought twice about, “I wish there was an option to choose a female character that has a cool armor”. My mindset whenever I started an new MMORPG back then was, “Oh! Here we go again, male character it is!” I guess I kinda accepted the reality that there would be no option for female players like me to choose the avatar that could represent my personality (and armor preferences). 

10 years passed and I recently come back to console gaming. Besides feeling the shock of amazing advancements in graphics, now there are video games out there that has female protagonists who aren’t sexualized. Let me be clear, I don’t hate video games with male leads, they are great games and I enjoy every bit of those games. The thing is: I’ve been playing as male characters in video games since forever and it’s nothing new to me personally, so to me, they are all “this is just another typical game I see before I could speak a complete sentence” (I’m only talking about the character aspects of video games here, not storytelling, gameplay, music, etc.). I can pick up those games and thoroughly enjoy them, but I won’t start a NG+. Also, if I want to play as a badass male character in another game, I can just go to a game store, close my eyes and grab one at random.

Before AC: Odyssey, I played two other games with female protagonists (Horizon: Zero Dawn and Uncharted: Lost Legacy), who are badass, clever, and sarcastic (though Chloe is probably more playful than Aloy). I love these two as well and I can relate to their sarcasm, but they didn’t GET me. Then, here comes Kassandra. All these years playing games as male characters, I never once thought about what would my ideal female character be like until now. Kassandra is literally a character that I never knew I needed in a video game and probably, someone I always wanted to be when I grow up. And here’s a list of what I love about her as a video game character:

- She’s sarcastic at times, but most of the time, she’ll just straight up call you a malaka in your face and probably, punch you in the face too as a follow-up (I wish I could do that irl. Chloe and Aloy are sarcastic too, but they won’t punch someone in the face and make fun of them by mimicking a goat’s mehhhh)

- She’s still soft and kind, especially when it comes to kids (I have the “fortune” to be the eldest kid in my entire family, so I’m like Kassandra when it comes to little kids)

- She understands the world differently from everyone else and refuses to follow the “norms”

- She’s responsible and sees the bigger picture

- She’s willing to go far beyond her comfort zone (I love to travel and try new things)

- She’s badass and she kicks ass (obviously)

- She can rock any male armor set

- She commands a ship, a SHIP!!!

- Have you seen her muscles and SCARS??? (it’s so rare in video games that female characters have muscles and scars, especially facial scars)

- The way she flirts (I mean, have you SEEN the videos? lol)

- The way she sits

- And despite all that, she is still a human who feels grief and anger (Melissanthi did a fantastic job in this regard)

I understand that you get these same things when you play as Alexios too; however, it means A LOT to me to have a female character like Kassandra to look up to. Also, I haven’t found another female character like her. There might be, but I haven’t caught up with my decade-worth of backlogs and photomode isn’t going to make it easier to do so. Growing up being told that girls don’t need to be active because exercising makes them look too buff for social standards, or girls don’t need to study STEM because they won’t need it later in life, having a video game character like Kassandra means the world to me. I guess all those years of missing out on a badass female character have translated into my obsession with Kassandra.

[thearcanapositivity]

s and w please! 💛

Thank you for asking! I just answered s, so here’s w: 5 fav characters from 5 fandoms

The Arcana - Julian

I *try* to make this blog not lean towards one character, because I want it to be fun for every one not just people who love Julian, but Julian really is my favourite character in the game.

Besides always loving a story of someone troubled finding a better way to be (see next fav), I just think the portrayal of Julian’s issues is very genuine. It doesn’t come across as it often does, where mental issues are used to either make someone just a timid little flower you need to fix, or someone who is bad and you should disregard. His issues feel real and his struggle feels honest.

I also love how he’s just a giant dork, he’s clumsy, doesn’t always know how to form sentences, is always up for some fun, isn’t bashful when it comes to drawing a crowds attention, but is incredibly easily flustered when it comes to genuine emotions.

Dragon Age - Fenris

Look, DA2 has its flaws, and I could probably write a whole essay on it, but it gets right the one thing I play Bioware games for: its characters and their relationships and journeys throughout the story.

I’m already a sucker for found family stories, and I love stories of people who have gone through hell but found a good life after it, so of course this game and Fenris in particular, was going to speak to me.

Seeing him grow throughout the game, and slowly come out of his shell, finding friendship (and possibly) love, is just amazing.

I also love the fenris/hawke romance, it is my favourite Bioware romance (and that’s hard because I love almost all of them). Just because it’s paced really nicely, and I think the fact that he retreats after that first night and it takes 3 years for them to actually get together makes complete sense.

I also just love Fenris’ personality, I love his calm nature, I love his humour, I love how he isn’t afraid to say what he thinks, but is also willing to reconsider his opinions. I also love that at times he has outbursts, because it makes sense considering what he’s been through, but he apologizes for them, because he doesn’t want to treat people badly (undeservedly).

Horizon Zero Dawn - Aloy

I LOVE HZD so much. So, so much. You have no idea how many hours I’ve put into this game. I love the world, the gameplay, the characters. It’s clear how much love went into this project and I am so happy it paid off for the people involved in it.

I love Aloy because first off, she just looks like a woman, she’s pretty, but not in the way a lot of women in games are - the same kind of polished look that doesn’t so much resemble a real life woman as a doll, there’s nothing inherently wrong with that BUT it is pretty bad that seeing someone like Aloy is such an exception.

I love her character, I love how she will tell you what she thinks, I love how she criticizes the groups she comes across, even when faced with powerful people. I love that she grew up as an outsider and you can see how that hurt her, and how she still carries that with her, but she also uses that to see the world from a different viewpoint.

I also love that in the story she isn’t setting out to be the hero. Her motivation is to find out where her mother is, and whether she’s still alive. All the fancy words around her journey, he dismisses, she just wants to know the truth. Sure she ends up saving the world, but that was more something that she did ‘as well’  lol

Also if any of you ship aloy/avad, please come talk to me.

The Witcher - Yennefer

I love Yennefer because she doesn’t compromise herself for anyone. She is herself, she says what she needs to say, she does what she needs to do and if you dislike her for it, so be it.

She’s cool and collected, but it’s so obvious that she loves Geralt and Ciri with all her heart.

She does horrible things, but she knows that they have to be done to save Ciri, and so she doesn’t make excuses for them.

I love her relationship with Geralt. (btw their romance is one of the most convincing romances I’ve seen in any game) And I love seeing her love for Ciri.

Dishonored - The Outsider (well mainly how he’s portrayed in the first game, and really not how he’s portrayed in the Death of the Outsider)

Ignoring what the writer later thought up for him, in Dishonored 1 I really liked the Outsider. I just liked this kind of uncaring, godlike creature who just gave out his powers to whoever would use them in the most interesting way. He isn’t evil and he isn’t good, he just wants to see what will happen. I actually saw him as the personification of the void, and never really considered him to be a man.

I just thought a character that wasn’t human, and didn’t necessarily have sympathy for humans was pretty interesting. Many prayed to him, but he only gave power to people who’d make interesting stories with them.

The fact that they then, in the second game, turned him into a 15 year old boy who had been forced to become the Outsider and seemed consumed by his emotions, just bored me to tears. We’ve seen that a thousand times before. And the dlc Death of the Outsider, was so bad. Not only did it get rid of the defining mechanics of the series, but it turned the Outsider’s story even more cliché. So I’m just sticking to the Outsider as he was in Dishonored 1, and THAT character is still one of my favourites.

[thatstraygurl]

Fiction Tag :)

Tagged by the awesome @dat-hawkass

Fictional characters you relate most to?

Midoriya Izuku (sort of). I relate to him wanting very badly to ‘be somebody’

Atsushi Nakajima, because he wants to do good things and help people.

Book you can read over and over without getting tired of it?

Any book in the series In Death by J.D Robb (Nora Roberts) or the Insignia Trilogy by S.J Kincaid. I have so many more.

What’s your favorite comfort show/movie?

Noragami, Yuri! On Ice, Free!, and  My Hero Academia for anime.

Young Justice, Avatar The Last Airbender/ Legend of Korra and Gravity Falls for western animation.

For movies, The Avengers (watched it at least fifty times), Suicide Squad (I love Margot Robbie, alright) and Focus (more Margot Robbie).

Which fictional character are you most defensive over?

Alois Trancy- Kuroshitsuji(listen….actually no. Do NOT get me started)

Yato- Noragami

Yuri Plisetsky- Yuri! On Ice

Bart Allen/Impulse- Young Justice

And so many more it’s ridiculous.

Bonus: Ryo Asuka from Devilman Crybaby..even though he is an evil shit face.

Show you fell out of love with?

Naruto. It was the first anime I really, really got into after knowing what anime was. It’s just so much. I do, however, still check in on the new show every now and again.

Show you’re most excited for?

Young Justice season three!!! So ready.

What’s your aesthetic?

Being a weird dork with barely any friends outside of the internet?

Favorite fanfic tropes?

Enemies to friends to lovers, two characters crushing on each other but being obvious to the other’s crush, childhood friends falling in love, so many more..lol

Tagging…anyone who wants to do this?

[thequeensfakedog]

do you have any cielois headcanons? I would love to hear them!!!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH I EAT SLEEP AND BREATHE CIELOIS, HOLY FUCK, /YES/I could take the time to ask you what in particular you'd like to hear, but I'll just list a bunch, lol. Tell me if you'd like more!! •Alois may be very touchy and cling off of him a lot, but Ciel is almost always the one to holf Alois, not the other way around. The blonde nuzzles off of him and closes his eyes in order to achieve Maximum Relaxation and Comfort •Alois always gives Ciel cheek, lip, or forehead kisses before meetings, and while the younger may groan or try and act indifferent, he's actually deeply endeared and always blushes•Speaking of blushes, Alois finds deep satisfaction knowing he's the only person who can consistently make the other blush•Alois likes to take off Ciel's eyepatch and rub his thumb over and around his eyelid, giving it soft kisses every so often•Ciel love love /loves/ to touch Alois's hair, and when they're in private Ciel almost constantly has his fingers coursing through the elder's hair•Alois loves animals and always excitedly points at them as a child would do, and while Ciel finds no appealing qualities in animals and groans at his boyfriend, he finds the blonde's excitement adorable•Alois is capable of dressing himself since he had to as a child, so he often playfully teases Ciel for "not being able to do things for himself"•Adding on to that last one, Alois tells Sebastian to back off some mornings and wakes/dresses Ciel himself •Alois is far too impatient to play chess, but he tries his best to do so for the sake of Ciel•Mistaking his impatience for not knowing how to play, Ciel describes and explains chess in depth to Alois, who is far too focused on the sound of his voice and his face to actually comprehend what the boy's saying •Ever since Ciel admitted to having a dead twin, Alois slips reminders to him surreptitiously to tell the teen that he's wanted, that he's built a wonderful life for himself, and that he's not just his brother's spare•Both boys have comforted each other over the absence of their brothers•"Those who fake togerher stay together" -Alois after realizing both he and Ciel are fakes •Alois playfully calls Ciel things like "bitch" and "little shit", and Ciel counters by calling him a "bastard" (variations of this include "bloody bastard" and "beautiful bastard")•The INSTANT Ciel coughs when they're outside and it's cold, Alois marches him back to the carriage against his will and makes Sebastian take them back home so he doesn't get sick•When he does manage to get sick though, Alois is constantly at his side and usually crying from how worried he is, and Ciel pats his head and tried to reassure Alois that he's okay (though his voice would be weak and scratchy)•Ciel is always reprimanding Alois for his terrible table manners •If they have business dinners Alois is always trying to fluster Ciel, either by touching him under the table or by sharing embarrassing stories about the earl to their guests•Ciel is always very tired due to all the stress his job demands, so Alois often makes him leave his office to take naps or go to sleep for the night•If Ciel falls asleep at his desk, Alois has Sebastian carry him to the bed and then he gets in bed with his boyfriend and cuddles him until he can sleep too •Alois often sings loudly and wildly dances around the room, and whenever Ciel friends or grumbles at him he grabs the boy by the hands and forces him to dance too (leading Ciel to become extremely embarrassed)•In an aged up au, Alois is bratty and stubborn but extremely submissive, and Ciel is very dominant. No matter if they have soft sex or rough sex, they always cuddle afterwards. Ciel makes a comment on Alois's beauty AT LEAST once while they do things. He also offers a ton of reassurance to Alois, since he can often get scared due to Earl Trancy's sexual abuse towards him •Alois always accompanies Ciel on his missions, which makes the younger boy become extremely protective and almost motherly towards him•Alois makes Ciel go to the kitchen and helps him cook a meal from time to time (as stated above, he always teases Ciel for not being able to complete simple tasks on his own)•Alois used to self harm before he moved in to the Phantomhive (Phantomhive-Trancy) Manor. He hasn't hurt himself since moving in, but Ciel kisses his scars almost daily•Alois is scared of thunderstorms so Ciel puts a blanket around both of them and hides under it with Alois to try and soothe him •Though Ciel is obviously not a visibly emotional person and usually looks down on those who cry, Alois cries quite often and Ciel is always there to comfort him and make everything better for Alois. The blonde is the one person he doesn't judge for being so emotional.•Ciel eventually grows to be a bit taller than Alois•They both love each other deeply and would never cheat on each other or break up. They accept each other for their faults, know every aspect of each other, and value each other's lives. Both benefit greatly from each other and are deeply in love.Thank you so much for this ask!! I hope these were the kind of headcanons you were thinking about /.\

[blackbutler-readerinsertsandjunk]

Could we see a list of the requests you got? Would that be okay?

Yeah, of course! Better to do that to make sure people can resend if their asks get eaten. c:

I’m actually super excited because I’m loving all the diversity, there’s some characters here I haven’t actually formally written yet!!

Ciel and reader having a prank war – whoever wins has to do whatever the other wants and reader wants Ciel to be her butler

college AU – Agni is a foreign exchange student and reader is his tutor

super sweet drabble of William meeting his S/O in the hospital – fluffy, angsty, or suggestive (or all three knowing me lol)

reader and delinquent (but gone soft) Ronald

scenario – Agni confessing to his crush

scenario – Gregory’s S/O likes to talk a lot but Gregory doesn’t mind

scenario – Wolfram’s first kiss

spicy Grell (fem pronouns) x Reaper!Reader – long day at the office and Grell is in the mood to play

fem Reader taking care of Gregory after the Music Hall debacle and they end up confessing to each other – super fluffy

pre-P4 Gregory with an overbearing but goodhearted older sister who encourages him to make friends at a school he’s dreading to go to

scenario – Lau confessing to his crush

scenario – Reaper!Undertaker falls in love with a woman he has to reap

Charles Grey, Cheslock, and Edgar with a really shy S/O

drunk reader (fem pronouns) questions Grell’s (male pronouns) love for her because he’s always flirting with every handsome guy he sees

Ash finding out his S/O is an angel, asking why she didn’t tell him earlier – she reveals a broken wing; he helps her tend to it and pesters her about what happened, she tells him it was a demon whose face she didn’t see

Reader comforting Soma after Agni’s death

headcanons – Alois and Soma trying to prove that their weird S/O is an alien

headcanons – Cheslock having a crush and confessing to them

Vincent arranges a marriage between Diedrich and his sister (reader) – at first they don’t like each other but then they fall in love

Herman with a S/O who did something similar to what he did for similar reasons

Joker x Reader – him doing reader’s makeup before their first show; reader’s nervous about performing so he gives them a pep talk

interaction with Mey Rin in the first day of her service, she hasn’t shaken her dark side yet

scenario – Undertaker and his S/O on Halloween

Soma’s lover telling him they’re pregnant

scenario – Edgar falling in love with a girl of a lower social class (maybe a maid?)

headcanons – relationship of Snake and a very quiet fellow ex-circus performer/Phantomhive servant

reader cooking with Agni and him trying to teach her how to make Indian dishes

scenario – Gregory’s S/O is a demon and she’s confessing it to him

headcanons (and possibly pics) – selfies with Ciel, Gregory, Sebastian, and Snake

Ash meeting his human S/O who’s very pure and caring

scenario – Soma’s S/O tries to comfort him after Agni’s death

scenario – Soma and his S/O naming their first child after Agni

headcanons – fluffy relationship with Agni and Soma

scenario – Soma seeing his S/O wearing his clothes (fluffy)

reactions – Beast, Hannah, and Mey Rin telling their male S/O they’re pregnant

Agni not knowing what French kissing is and the reader having to “demonstrate”

audio – Sebastian finds out his S/O is ticklish and teases them about it

first kiss (fluffy or spicy) with Cheslock, Edward, and Snake

audio – Grell finding out their S/O got seriously injured

headcanons – Edgar with a S/O who likes poetry and romance

Agni just after arriving in England, going to the marketplace with S/O who shows him around

audio – Undertaker and his S/O having a romantic cuddly day and he shows his eyes for the first time

scenario – Cheslock finds out a rebellious girl disguised herself as a boy in his dorm

audio – Charles Grey being calm and affectionate

scenario – Undertaker taking a bath with his chubby!S/O

scenario – Sebastian comes back to the manor after a long investigation with Ciel, is greeted by a tight hug from his S/O who’s become thinner and paler because she couldn’t sleep or eat while he was gone due to being so worried about him

Undertaker caught cheating on his S/O

Undertaker being nervous on his wedding day

reader with Stockholm Syndrome towards Aleister after having been kidnapped

reactions – Bravat, Cheslock, and Gregory with a S/O who gets snarky when she’s nervous and uncomfortable

reader doing something reckless and Agni getting worried, scolding them for it, leads to quiet, heartfelt angst

scenario – Soma and his S/O taking a bath together

headcanons – Charles Grey, Edward, and Soma with a S/O from Norway

Arthur Conan Doyle and sister!reader who wants to be a writer like him and frequently asks him for advice

audio – Finny talking to his baby in the middle of the night

audio – Soma asking and trying to convince his S/O to travel back to India to live with him

Sieglinde meeting the reader – an actual witch – who becomes her big sister; hilarity ensues when reader’s magic and Sieglinde’s science clash

Ronald with a S/O who’s William’s daughter

Alan, Eric, Grell, Othello, William, and Undertaker with children

Cheslock, Clayton, Edgar, Edward, Gregory, Herman, Joanne, Lawrence, and Soma taking care of their babies

scenario – poly relationship with Diedrich and Vincent

audio – S/O waking Snake up in the middle of the night because there are snakes all over the bed

reaction – Alan, Eric, Grell, Othello, William, and Undertaker finding out they have a teenage daughter who’s a goofball and a menace

reaction – Snake with a hybrid S/O (possibly human-Wendigo hybrid)

reaction – Claude and Sebastian finding out they have a teenage daughter from a human woman

reader comforting Herman because he feels guilty about what happened with Derrick and the other prefects

Joker with a shapeshifter S/O who changes into other humans which is their circus act

scenario – William finds out his S/O has terminal cancer that she’s kept hidden for almost a year and by the time she tells him, she only has a few weeks to live

fluffy Finny audio

Bard, Finny, Mey Rin, Sebastian, and Snake telling their S/O that they love them

Undertaker having a bad day and reader comforting him

platonic reader and Sebastian fawning over cats

spicy Vincent

Undertaker – enemies to lovers

Agni and Soma with their children

reaction – Agni with a S/O who got separated from him when he was going to be executed, when they reunite years later S/O has had Agni’s child, they’ve both changed but still love each other and just have to deal with the changes, their child, and dangers in London

scenario – Undertaker’s S/O is walking home at night and gets attacked, Undertaker steps in to protect her

Sebastian and William accidentally making the reader cry

audio – William and a stressed/upset/anxious listener

audio – Ciel getting angry, yells at listener without meaning to and apologizes

Sieglinde and Lizzie becoming best friends

reaction – after becoming a Reaper, Sascha seeing their best friend attempting suicide

Bard x reader being reckless with fireworks on the 4th of July

scenario – Soma proposing to his female S/O and a bit of the wedding day

scenario – Mey Rin teaching her S/O how to shoot a gun

depressed reader witnesses Undertaker reaping someone, finds him beautiful and fascinating – meets him again and again, and he becomes a reason to live because they’ve fallen in love with him

headcanons – Bard as a single parent

Claude and a really stubborn S/O

modern AU – Agni isn’t a good fighter and gets cornered by xenophobic thugs, is saved by badass reader

modern AU – Agni was adopted by Soma’s family and goes on a journey to discover his heritage, ends up meeting the reader on the way who’s running away from her “pure blood” status

Agni survived the attack at the manor but has PTSD from it, one day has a bad panic attack and is comforted by reader

AU – Agni is a well-liked kindergarten teacher who’s married to the reader, a wealthy genius, and was ridiculed for not being “good enough” for her; he keeps it hidden until reader finds him crying one day and tries to get revenge on the culprits

modern college/university AU – Soma is Agni’s adopted brother/wingman and tries to push shy Agni to “just confess already!” to reader at a loud house party; reader ends up saving Agni from doing something embarrassing

Soma x reader – going sledding/sledging with Agni, Wolfram, and Sieglinde tagging along

funny (??) story with favorite OC (probably will be something with Nadya and Alois)

reaction – Sebastian’s S/O (not knowing he’s a demon) is REALLY excited for Halloween

comforting the reader after a death in the family – Sebastian and Undertaker

happy Knox family fluff w/ Ronnie still alive

any canon x OC story (this is like a blank check to me and y’all gonna regret it hAH)

Charles Grey noticing his crush at a ball and asking her to dance

headcanons – Edward, Finny, Snake, and Soma having a nightmare about losing their S/O

Agni and Soma with their new families visiting India again

Frances and child reader – reader looks up to her as a role model and wants to be like her in the future

Grell x depressed!reader – reader covers up their depression w/ sarcastic and self-deprecating comments

William x fem!Reaper!reader – reader had an abusive childhood before becoming a Reaper, she’s paranoid about other people and always defends herself w/ harsh remarks; William sometimes has to calm her down and reassure her that everyone’s not out to get her

Grell x reader – reader is a wallflower who hates big gatherings and social interaction

Alois, Ciel, Claude, Sebastian, and Undertaker’s favorite lingerie on their S/O

Agni w/ a badass S/O (and bonus tender moments)

headcanons – Sebastian discovers his S/O is an angel sent to protect Ciel’s soul

Grell x fem!Reaper!reader – reader hasn’t gotten sleep in ages b/c of overtime and paperwork

William and S/O having their first child

Sebastian having a love-hate relationship with his S/O

AU – Agni is selectively mute after a trauma and communicates w/ assisting devices and sign language; Soma drags him to a party where a famous singer falls for him, then helps him get access to better therapy so he can talk again; the singer is known to be cold and badass and them doing that is completely out of character

scenario – Soma’s S/O seeing him in his Funtom Five outfit for the first time

AU – Agni survives but the blood loss caused severe brain damage, leaving him aphasic and unable to perform a lot of basic daily functions, he has to be cared for by his S/O and needs assistance w/ simple things; one day has a frustrated breakdown after realizing he can’t hold a spoon steady and is comforted by S/O and Soma

modern AU – Agni is kidnapped and finds out that his lazy S/O is a feared ex Special Forces agent; they’re shorter than he is but can literally lift a car

AU with Agni being sensitive to spicy food while his S/O can eat it without a sweat; they try to convince him to do a spice challenge with them b/c they think his reactions are cute

Agni’s S/O recently passed away and he discovers she was a powerful sorceress b/c their daughter shows magical powers and the magical council comes to take her away to their world

scenario – Vincent and Diedrich encounter a sassy servant during a party and mistake her for a boy

Agni’s S/O became depressed after his death and saw his spirit who talked to her about missing her and Soma but promised to always protect them

Agni dealing w/ his one-year-old daughter who woke up her (tired, sleep-deprived, grumpy) mother – Agni has to keep both sides calm

vegetarian/vegan Agni trying to fool his hunter and carnivore S/O into eating fake meat and fails despite his cooking skill

Agni on a date w/ a S/O who’s the epitome of cold and calculating – at the end of the date, they sing to him in their beautiful voice a song about how he is like the sun

Agni has a kindergarten teacher

Agni being taken out by a S/O who’s wealthy and doesn’t know he grew up poor; he gets flustered and almost panics at being in such a high-end place, S/O eventually realizes, then apologizes and takes him to a more humble place

headcanons – poly ship w/ Beast and Joker

Agni w/ badass S/O

headcanons – relationship w/ Doll

Grell x Irene Diaz

Soma w/ badass S/O

Doll x reader – dancing

reader saves the circus members and nurses them back to health

Harathi and younger Agni

headcanons – Alois and Soma w/ their S/O who turns out to actually be an alien

modern AU – Harathi is alive and is one day visited by Agni’s S/O to ask for permission to marry Agni, bringing w/ them a sizable dowry; Agni is later proposed to w/ Harathi and Soma dancing happily in the background

Agni meets his betrothed, who he’s had a crush on since he saw her being badass and backflipping from a mango tree – he’s tall, awkward, flustered, while she’s small and chill

[the-madame21]

wip tag game

I was tagged by @trashytacosan and I am supposed to talk about my WIP projects. I had a lot more than I thought lmao.

Champagne and Chicanery- Written for the Diabolik Lovers fandom but it takes place within my Masks AU. It’s the third and final piece of my little trilogy I had going, which consisted of Masks of Glass and The Pyres of Arcadia. What is does it really tie together all the other pieces and we get to see things like why Reina’s mother was the way she was, what the hell happened to her father, and what in the actual fuck was Shin’s problem with Sampson in the first place lol. The main purpose was supposed to be Karlheinz’s backstory, but as I kept planning it out it just fit in really well into my Masks AU so I decided to go with that. Currently on chapter 4 out of probably 25 or around there. Each chapter has a title, which is pretty rare for me, but it fit so I did it. Not that anyone comments on it though because no one seems to pick up anything XD But flowers have a shitton of meanings to them you know~ Might even give away an entire chapter before you even start reading. But yeah. Karlheinz. Cuz he doesn’t have enough love. And he’s actually not such a bad guy. 

Something Like Us- Written for the Haikyuu!! fandom, where the main/probably only pairing is IwaOi. It’s an omegaverse because let’s face it, I’m in deep with the whole alpha/omega dynamics and goddamn it just works out so well with a pairing like Iwa and Oikawa XD Currently on chapter 2 out of probably 5 I don’t intend on making this one too long since I was hoping to have a relatively chill summer lol. And honestly like while I like angst I kinda just need them to love each other. So the pain won’t be very much or very intense. Sorry to anyone who wanted their hearts ripped out Xp

Just for the Week- Written for the Haikyuu!! fandom, main pairings include Iwaoi, BokuAka, and KuroTsukki. Honestly it’s the chapter everyone’s been waiting for lol. Part of my Control! Omegaverse Series, it’s the absolute end, the actual end this time I swear, and it deals with the couple’s children (or lack thereof) and just pure self indulgent crap I didn’t get to do the rest of the series lol. Only the first chapter is up right now, but it’ll include Iwa’s rut, Bokuto’s heat, and Tetsu and Tsukki trying to deal with 4 children in their apartment for a week, one of which is a baby lmao. So yeah. Fun for everyone XD

Her Undertaker, Beautiful- Written for the Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji fandom, this features a pairing between Undertaker and my OC Astrid. Astrid works as the Phantomhive Head Maid and meets Undertaker under rather exciting conditions lol. This is the story everyone forgets about because I only update like once every three months. As a result, the only reviews I get are ‘wish you’d update sooner’ but ya know, whatever lol. It’s sort of weird because inspiration for this story is so spazzy but Undertaker is one of my favorite characters. So idk. Lol if I knew how to speed up updates I would’ve done it a long time ago. Anyway, all that said this is probably one of my favorite WIP with the exception of Champagne and Chicanery. Currently on chapter 13 out of a shitton more. Honestly I have the story outlined in my head and I feel like a lot more has to happen. And I haven’t given up yet, so please look forward to it ^^

The Trancy Mistress- Written for the Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji fandom,  this features Alois Trancy and my OC Iris. Iris is a former prostitute bought by Alois and brought to serve as his personal sex slave. Currently on chapter 3 out of probably 5 or something which is super depressing because I haven’t updated since over a year ago. I really do wanna finish this it’s just every time I try for an ending it doesn’t feel right. So what can ya do. 

And a Splash of Crazy- Written for the Harry Potter fandom, this features Dramione as the main pairing, and is a Sequel to “A Sip of Tea.” It basically deals with how Hermione and Draco are handling becoming a couple and dealing with the backlash they receive from everyone. It’ll soon be a year since I last updated but I haven’t abandoned it, I promise, as much as it might seem like that. As my name might suggest, Draco will always remain one of my most favorite characters to write for, even if the inspiration happened to drift away from me. Currently on chapter 9 out of about 15 or so. So there really isn’t much more to go to wrap it all up. Maybe one of these days.