#FUCK I love these games so much-

[whistlingstarlight]

A lot of Mother 1's themes would come across a lot stronger if it got the remake it absolutely deserves, but even with the dogwater NES graphics and simplistic dialogue, meeting Lloyd for the first time is so bittersweet to me.

You go through the school hearing about this kid Lloyd that everyone seems to hate for no good reason, and when you finally meet him on the roof he's in a garbage can. Of his own volition. The fact that spending all his free time at school in a bin is preferable to dealing with his classmates is just... you don't ever see the full extent of the bullying, but the implications are pretty freaking sad.

And the fact he just doesn't trust anyone his age anymore. He's got no reason to believe Ninten wants to hurt him, but he's only convinced once Ninten brings him a bottle rocket to show interest in being friends (thankfully Lloyd's bullies never learned the art of manipulative bullying it seems).

Ninten and Lloyd's friendship is predominantly shown through implication on account of Ninten not really having dialogue, but you can tell how much that one gesture of kindness meant to Lloyd, as he is without question his most loyal friend throughout the journey (a journey Lloyd had no obligation to come on, I hasten to add. And even when he's no longer part of the group that doesn't stop him coming to rescue them).

I know it's just a video game, but like I said in the tags of my post about Duster and Wess, there are people like this out in the world. Both people like Lloyd and the bullies he has to deal with. And people like Ninten, willing to offer even the smallest kindness because they believe people deserve it. Earthbound is full of weird and eccentric characters, but it can be incredibly grounded and realistic when it wants to be.

[namarikonda]

a lover's eye for each romanceable companion in bg3 ♡

[mushramoo]

literally all I could think about when they interacted like 2 times

[sewerdad]

The hardest part of baldurs gate 3 is actually rejecting Wyll’s dance scene when your romancing someone else. Nauseating.

[connorsok]

before I played Disco Elysium, I thought Harry du Bois was a co-worker in the precinct you work at and, reading about him being such a fucked up guy, I was literally planning on avoiding him as much as possible in my playthrough... colour me surprised when I found the badge and found out the main character's name

[julijbee]

in awe of the beauty of the world

[foxstens]

kevin getting angry at neil for not taking his health seriously and telling neil to run then promising to teach him every night and keeping neil's binder safe without looking what's in it and calling wymack to make sure neil is okay after winter break and offering to talk about riko if neil wanted to

[mogwaei]

all the love for the most perfect lass who has never done anything wrong in her whole life

[saragrosie]

I may have started the woke communist rpg...

Bonus feelings about Kim's design (Kim my beloved) and some close-ups under here:

[monsieurenjlolras]

I think that part of the reason why President Snow is such a well-written villain is because he genuinely never does lie to Katniss. When he says "let's agree to always tell each other the truth," the first time they meet, it not a line, he actually sticks to that. Like a villain who is both incredibly dangerous and and totally trustworthy? Just, openly trying to kill you and being completely upfront with you about it? That's so fucking fascinating to experience

[linkedin-offficial]

chimera vivi batch of stuff #1million

[abel-draws]

My faves should meet

[marzzapan]

[jacqcrisis]

The few snippets of dialogue I've seen from from Hermes in Hades 2 really reaffirms a core part of whatever his relationship is to Charon to me: Hermes is extremely invested in making sure Charon has someone to talk to.

Please say hi to him. Please make sure he's doing okay. Please look out for him. Someone needs to be checking in on Charon and be there for Charon when Hermes can't be.

Maybe it's because he recognizes Charon is a loner and doesn't have people who worry about him. Maybe its because he knows Charon has a hard time communicating. Maybe its because Charon is a workaholic and will put the people he cares about before himself. Maybe he just really fucking likes Charon.

Probably all of these. But I had that assumption in the first game, and I'm glad its canonized (or so it seems) in second. Hermes worries about his big skull faced man's mental and social well-being so much that he's asking the children of Hades to take some time out of their big important 'find my mom/dad' quests to make sure boatmen aren't too lonely without they speedy chatty birds.

[snartles]

enjoying the hades 2 demo so far

[lenaffin]

Pov you catch leander while he thinks you’re not looking

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