#Echo 2017

[crescentsandcrossthreads]

UltraUltra's 2017 game Echo had a weapon called the Vermilliono Phase Driver and the characteristics made me imagine a sort of Asimovian Intelligence Take on what an appropriate weapon should be.

It is absolutely lethal. it doesn't matter where it hits. But its range is limited to exactly 50 meters. It initially has one shot, and it slowly recharges. Not the sort of thing you could wage war or massacre with.

Most vitally, without an AI's authorization to use it, the thing's a paperweight.

Just loved the concept of it and reverse thinking how it must have come about since the big AIs are thought of as benevolent gods. They see that sometimes violence may ultimately be necessary, but they have limited the access and sort that can be performed.

So y’all know the classic edge trope of “my blade cannot be sheathed until it has tasted blood”? What if a magic sword that has that requirement, except it’s sort of inverted. A sword that, instead of being inhabited by an evil spirit which once awakened cannot be lulled back to sleep except by blood sacrifice, was inhabited by a benevolent spirit who would not allow the sword to be drawn unless bloodshed were the only possible solution. A sword whose power could never be misused because it would only allow itself to be used in situations where it was justified. What about a Paladin who spends their entire journey fighting with a sheathed sword, incapacitating but never killing or maiming. The party believes that the Paladin has taken an oath of no killing, until they face the big villain. And it is in that moment, and that moment alone, that the sword will allow itself to be drawn.

Idk, this image set my mindwheels a-turning.

But do y’all see the vision?

[hotstreak2k3]

As we are getting closer to the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, let’s take take a minute to appreciate how amazing the Switch era was. Absolutely one of the best Nintendo eras we ever have!

[anxious-omnipotence]

Happy autism awareness day to the many fictional characters I project my autism onto

[twisting-echo]

I really only ship Scrooge with Goldie. I feel he loves her but lusts money, there’s a difference.

Wow! Hi Crunchy! It's been a hot minute. That's totally valid.

As for Scrooge, I'm looking for characters within the Disney Mirrorverse canon to ship with him. Disney Mirrorverse has provided a canvas for me to think of so many scenarios and relationship dynamics. Since their source worlds have changed, that means their romantic and platonic relationships can change too!

But I will always support Scrooge x Goldie {Scroldie} and his lust for money!

Thanks for the ask, Crunchy. It was nice to hear from you~

[quietfounder]

Ferdie: Well, geez, I don't know Louie. *picks up harpy mask* I don't think people were gonna be rushing to buy these things when they were paying you to get rid of the actual ones. Now, if you sold these as a costume mask in stores you would probably get like money from royalties and stuff.

Ferdie: And okay I can see how selling lemonade would have gotten repetitive but it really depends on the time of year you sold it. For example, lemonade, just like ice cream, are more likely to be in high demand during the summer. And instead of selling lemonade and ice cream, what about trying the opposite? Like selling hot chocolate and baked goods but in the winter?

Ferdie: Though, that's only if you're the one out there who's doing the selling. However, if you did that, you could even make use of those limited-time offers, forcing people to buy whatever it is you're offering right away.

Ferdie: *shrugs* At least, those are my thoughts about the whole thing.

Louie: ...

Louie: How would you feel about being a consultant for Louie Inc.?

I mentioned before that I liked Louie and Ferdie being friends and here I have it where Louie just bounces ideas off of Ferdie until it gets workshopped into something more polished as part of their relationship.

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In a Silver Garden with You // Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

[feelingsofaithless]

📷 Olaf Heine Studio

[muchi14kitty]

Gift for @alextydaisuda123

I made a soundtrack for Echo, I didn't give it a name because I decided that you should give it a name.

[acircusfullofdemons]

misc paracosms // the ones who lived

The Ones Who Lived was the last paracosm I had before discovering MaDD. Heavily inspired by The Walking Dead Game by TellTale, it followed Echo, who was 6 when the zombie apocalypse started. There was no real "plot", just having Echo and co run around, trying to survive. Unfortunately, he died before a cure was made.

I daydreamed about this one a lot. Nearly everyone had a playlist, I drew the paras a lot, I even roleplayed them! But that ended up being my downfall, as I had to break off my friendship with my RP partner due to drama going on. It was a really bad time for me and I ended up forcing myself to scrap this paracosm in order to move on.

Every so often I think about this paracosm. About bringing it back in some way. I feel sad. They meant so much to me, and I thought that they'd forever be tainted by that experience. idk. The apocalypse does happen in Eternal Labyrinth so it's possible they're running around somewhere.

[rabbitcruiser]

Five hundred Mormons left Iowa City for the Mormon Trail on June 9, 1856.

[oktaviaslabyrinth]

Twilight of the Gods // Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017)

[sonnet18s]

stuff i watched in june ^_^

[velvet-vox]

Oropo; the ideology of power behind being god: Part 2

One of the things that frustrates me the most about Wakfu (or Tot to be more specific) is his shameless, unconsidered, unprofessional misuse of pantsie writing. Now, don't get me wrong, pantsie writing isn't inherently bad, on the contrary: not only is it less taxing than a planned out story since it allows you to not waste your mental health on every single detail of your plot, but it also allows you to surprise the audience much more easily since you can just make up things on the fly; some of the greatest stories ever told (Avatar: the last airbender; Breaking Bad) are the results of on the fly decision making; but that's not to say that it's perfect, it actually has as many drawbacks as preplanned writing if not even more. (Cue FNAF)

You might have just ended a story arc or a season, and now you are tasked to follow up on your work, but haven't thought of anything ahead of time, so now you have to make stuff up or go back and look at any possible bit of potential and expand on that.

The biggest challenge here is of course, not contradicting your previous work; but let's say you don't wanna do that, let's say you get an idea that you consider so good that you can't just give it up but it requires you to do a little bit of a retcon: cue Oropo.

And although when stuff like this happens I always get so incredibly infuriated, I, for this particular fictional character, get so much more animated due the fact that the idea and the elements itself in how they were distributed are so unbelievably good that had the actual writing been more competent it would have created, in my honest opinion, the most unique and dynamic fictional antagonist of all time.

Let's go through all of the traits of Oropo in order of appearance to see what I am talking about:

Oropo isn't directly introduced from the jump at the start of his arc, instead, we're first introduced to some of the members of his brotherhood, highlighting the main difference between him and the previous foes: Oropo is a mastermind type of villain (cue Slade from Teen Titans) of the secret variety (cue Bradford Buzzard from DuckTales 2017) as we later learn that he already influenced past events in the show (we'll come back to this); already, this is one of my favourite villain archetypes and it's not even the end.

Then, Lady Echo comes to Adamai and tells him that the purpose of the Brotherhood is to protect the world. Interesting motive, but I feel like it's incredibly easy to mess up depending on how much evil you want your villain to be; for example, Emperor Belos from The Owl House works because his solution to keep the world safe is to annihilate all witches and he only kills Caleb and Luz because he views them as corrupt and unreademable due to his Christian indoctrination; Oropo... it doesn't because it was all fake.

And then, we finally get to the third season, where we get introduced to the big man himself, and his huge ass tower that he challenges the heroes to climb. Some red flags are already present in the way the previous two episodes played out, but so far, he gives off the sense that everything has already been planned out beforehand and the heroes are just mere pawns in his master plan, not even a real threat.

And now that we finally meet him, we are quickly introduced to many other interesting traits: he's a philosopher, an idealist, he has a charming voice and personality that transpires into the uncanny valley due to it feeling like a robot, his followers look at him like a saint, even Adamai has his trust while he tells him his plan to overthrow the gods.

Speaking of which, as stated previously, his plan is so unique in the grand scheme of things since he doesn't just seek power for the sake of power and to become god because, rather he wants to instaurate a sort of "republic" of the gods with his cult, he has ordered the levels of his tower in a specific way to showcase his priorities, and, before he becomes mentally unstable at the end of the season, treated his followers kindly.

And then, the final reveal, foreshadowed in the Iop level of the tower, Oropo is actually Yugo's one thousand year old copy that was sent part of a race sent back in time by their creator on accident and had to hide their existence to avoid messing up the timeline and the whole "replace the gods" was a metaphor for replacing Yugo, Oropo's personal god.

.....

SO GOOD

At this point a part 3 is warranted, but in the meantime I'll join the rest of the fandom in their dissatisfaction and keep ranting about Oropo being, in my humble opinion, without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest missed potential villain of all time.

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[twisting-echo]

Hello! I hope you don’t mind that I pop in your ask box!

I was wondering, since you ship Sam and Millie, do you have any other pairings you ship from green eggs and ham? If so, I’d be interested to hear it! :D

Oh, my goodness! Hi, Jae! Of course, you're always welcome here! 🥰💖✨

I'm thrilled to share my favorite pairings! Apart from Sam and Millie.

Pam-I-Am x McWinkle:

I like the idea of McWinkle and Pam-I-Am as a couple because of the height difference, and I like to imagine Winks just melting like butter over Pam because she's so gorgeous. 🥰

I think their personalities balance each other perfectly. McWinkle’s stern yet caring nature complements Pam’s serious, confident, and focused demeanor. Pam deserves to find love again—I headcanon that Mr. I-Am either passed away or wasn't a good husband and father. Pam helps McWinkle with his stress issues, keeping his beautiful blue, fluffy fur from turning white. And McWinkle absolutely looooves her cooking!

I’m also in love with the idea of Sam calling McWinkle "Dad or Pappy" relentlessly despite McWinkle’s initial reluctance. He eventually gave in to the title, fully embracing the father figure role and spending his retirement within their unique family. Sam is driven to, (as he says), "Keep his pappy happy."

Plus, McWinkle loves Millie and gets along really well with Joe, her father.

Gluntz x Launchpad McQuack (2017):

I ship Gluntz and Launchpad because their chemistry is simply unmatched! Gluntz’s bubbly, optimistic personality fits perfectly with Launchpad's enthusiastic, adventurous nature. Gluntz brings out the best in Launchpad, helping him stay focused and motivated, while Launchpad's unwavering support and confidence keep Gluntz smiling even in the toughest situations.

Plus, I can totally imagine Gluntz helping Launchpad with his piloting skills and Launchpad sharing his endless enthusiasm for Darkwing Duck and wrestling with her! So, they wear Darkwing merch together.

Launchpad will be non-stop talking about her to whoever's with him while he's driving or flying, causing him to almost crash—like usual, but more often. Gluntz showers McWinkle with pictures of Launchpad and proudly says her BF is a pilot/chauffeur for a really, really, really rich guy.

When they went out for lunch, Gluntz was all, "Get behind me, kitten." She leaned over the counter and lowered her shades. "Um, excuse me, but he asked for no pickles."

Guy-Am-I x Michellee Weebie-Am-I:

Welp, that's all I've got. I hope you enjoyed my ships and headcanons! I hope to see you around more in the future, Jae!

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Comic-Con 2017

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Forest of Wandering // Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia