#In moderation of course

[susivoi]

GET GROOMED IDIOT

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Tumblr screwed up when I tried to post this and deleted all my text so instead of a Bee Movie Reference you get me complaining about Tumblr

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[fagforfrank]

TR: Depression, slightly sh mention.

I want to engage in self destructive behaviour.

[bixels]

Why the hell, shit, you damned bastard son of a bitch

[starrysharks]

hotel manager

[irradiatedsnakes]

ok so ive been thinking on reslistening to tma again where i want to but its too fresh in my mind to properly enjoy it and i think i realized i actually mostly want to listen to it With people.

SO i guess little interest check for like. since my semester’s just about over, would anyone like to do like, a little tma “book club” with me? i’ll have to do the math on how many eps per whatever-timeframe but like. hopping on a discord call and listening to a small batch of episodes. whether you’re also relistening or wanting to get into it for the first time. just sounds like fun

[three-dee-ess]

ok just submitted my application for the 3DS community! if it gets approved i'll make sure to invite anyone who wants in!! it'll be a place for people to ask questions about the 3DS and make their own posts without the need for me to approve every post ^-^

[theneighborhoodwatch]

i love franklydear as much as the next guy, but i have to admit i’m always a little thrown off by how much fanwork portrays them as married from the get-go, because part of the appeal of franklydear for me is the prospect of someone having their gay awakening while also experiencing the muppets’ adaptation of silent hill.

[keithkog]

LET’S GO!! WE NEED A HIPPO VERSION OF VOLTRON!! RIGHT NOW!!

‘Hippo locomotion’ YOOO

-Keith

[cryptid-moose]

Some Shawn doodles feat. Gus

[mystical-one]

WARNING IM GOING TO BE HONEST AND EARNEST HERE. i really unironically unconditionally liked now and then

[beevean]

I noticed a stark difference between the endings of LoI and CoD, and how the fandom has received them.

LoI doesn't shy away from how tragic its ending is. Sure, Leon survived his encounter with Death, but how does he end the game? Utterly alone. He didn't save Sara in time, and was forced to kill her to spare her the curse of vampirism. His best friend Mathias used him as a pawn (and planned Sara's death to boot) for the sake of becoming a vampire, and he fled with only a broken heart. He doesn't have a title anymore, he doesn't work for the Church anymore, the only thing he has left is his vow of revenge (and, I suppose, he could keep in touch with Rinaldo).

The last we see of Leon is him walking away from the castle with a dead eyed look on his face. And I have seen fans trying to imagine how broken Leon would be for the rest of his life, finding a new woman to have children with but still grieving Sara, pushing his children and descendants to become vampire hunters to carry his vow. It's unambiguous.

By contrast, CoD's ending is happy... on the surface. After all his losses and traumatic experiences, Hector was saved by his suicide attempt by Julia, and the two end the game living together.

But as much as I'm glad Hector is finally smiling, he really has no reason to, considering every major character should by all means be as miserable as Leon.

Hector hasn't even begun to properly mourn Rosaly, because all he could think was killing Isaac, but now he's dead and he didn't even die by his own hands and if he did Hector would have become Dracula and anyway Isaac can't be fully blamed for Rosaly's death. That's a lot to take in, that is a lot of time and energy wasted for nothing, on top of the humiliation of being used as a pawn. And I think everyone and their mother has discussed about how unhealthy it is to grow attracted to Julia only because she looks identical to Rosaly: in-universe, it looks like he's nowhere near ready to heal. And let's not forget that he attempted to let himself die out of guilt and despair twice in the span of three years.

Julia has lost her brother, her pleads to save him all in vain while the man who wanted to kill him so badly simply willed himself to not be Cursed anymore - what kind of injustice is that? And she seems to be coping with that... badly:

Julia: Those hearts are yet filled with darkness. The cursed has reached deep inside of them. Its mark will not easily vanish. For my brother, only death could erase it. (saddened) Hector: Julia... Julia: (hopeful) All the same, people are not such fools. Their hope lies in one another. They shall realize that in time. Scars will fade and be lost to memory... Let us have faith in the morrow.

yeah right "hopeful" she's repressing so hard, the very second Hector starts to show concern for her she launches into a speech that boils down to "eh it will get better soon <3". girl is going to have the mother of breakdowns off screen.

And nice of her to also remind us that Wallachia isn't suddenly a paradise! The Curse had three years to seep deep into everyone. People will probably still steal, hurt and kill each other for a while.

And what about poor Trevor? The story unceremoniously kicks him out of the plot, but he has survived the events! And what's he gonna do once he heals (and assuming he'll recover perfectly from being stabbed from back to chest)? He'll return home with his tail between his legs, his mission a complete failure due to his own recklessness, he too was used as a pawn but didn't even get the cathartic moment of kicking the shit of Isaac and Death, and... you know, we meme on the stabbing scene a lot because it's. well. it's very CoD. but if you put yourself in Trevor's boots, being not only nearly killed and mocked but essentially molested, by being forcibly hugged from behind and kissed on the neck, it must have felt so gross and humiliating.

So yeah. In a way, all of this can be summarized as "the ending of CoD is tonally dissonant and kind of rushed, creating uncomfortable implications". But I believe the consequences could be eviscerated and deconstructed before being fixed with headcanons.

I wrote a fic about Hector "breaking up" with Julia after realizing that living together was only making them miserable. Or maybe they could have stayed together longer, but it would be clear that, as much as they genuinely like each other and can support each other in their shared grief, they are only clinging onto each other as poor substitutes of what they've lost. Or maybe Julia could grow to resent Hector for being alive in Isaac's stead (or, even worse, being constantly called the name of a dead woman :P)

And I wouldn't be opposed to reading a fic about Trevor readjusting again to his home life, but while three years prior he had come back as a hero, now he's ashamed and angry and jumpy, who knows for how long.

Of course this is all eventully fixable, they're not doomed to be depressed for all life. It's just interesting to think about, and I noticed few people seem willing to think about the post-CoD effects, unless it's to criticize the Helia romance from a writing standpoint.

anyway they needed to invent therapy in the 10th century

[keicordelle]

You know, you really gotta hand it to XIV for insisting that interspecies relationships are taboo and then making it so that almost all the top NPC ships are interspecies

Thancred/Urianger, Urianger/Moenbryda, Y'shtola/Runar... I think only Estimeric is two of the same race

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Interesting. Don’t necessarily think I’m autistic but I have more going on than just ADHD and I’m not sure what that is.

[crushedsweets]

What’s the worst that can happen if I host a magma and just drop the link here

[pinehutch]

Sure wish I didn't have thrives in routine and enjoys overwhelm but hates routine and is prone to burnout syndrome!

[antlerkitty]

Having PDA is so fucking annoying. You're telling me that I have the "Can't Do Anything That's Asked of Me" subtype of "Needs Active Prompting to Complete Most Tasks" disorder???