#There's a reason for it

[rakumel]

I’ve been playing Xenoverse 2 again lately. And by lately, I mean for pretty much all last month. Probably longer. That’s just how I’ve always been with games - instead of playing a bunch at a time, I stick with one and play the hell out of it until I’m ready to move on to the next one. Well, that, and when you have a full-time job, you can’t really binge. More like, you play when you can. 

Since the last time I played, I’ve reached lv 99 with Aloe, and added two more characters to the roster: Amé the Majin and Yokan the...well, they call them Frieza Race in game, Frost Demons elsewhere, and I’m not sure which one is actually correct? I tried to look it up online, but honestly that just confused me more. (When a franchise has been around for decades, and its products contradict each other...holy shit, just never mind about the accuracy.) Whatever he technically is, he’s fun as hell to play as, which is really all I care about.

I’ve also been having fun crafting backstories for both of them, but we’ll be here all week if I delve into those. Instead, I’m going to share a couple of my favorite moments in-game as them. (Also, sorry I got the PS4 dialog box in a few, because I’m an idiot and snapped the screenshots too fast.)

“Lesson 30 - Defending Against a Club Attack. Should you have the misfortune of being attacked by someone wielding a club, the best course of action is to run. There is no dishonor in running from a man with a lethal weapon. This is merely good sense.” (Diagonal Girl by Mint Royale blasts)

Seriously though, I love this exchange, it’s so sweet. Amé has a new favorite mentor.

Sir, I came here to kick ass and shoot lasers. I did not come here to debate theology. But if your boss is truly curious, there’s like, a couple back home I could introduce him to. (It’s Dragon Ball, ffs, weirder things have happened)

One of the things I love most about this game is the fact that characters will comment on things like your character’s race, who your current mentor is, etc. Because then you get exchanges like this.

That’s very out of character for Yokan, but I had to get this bit of dialogue. The Cell costume looks best on him anyway. (Well, part of it, I didn’t bother putting on the whole thing.)

(Yes there’s a lot of Cell, are y’all really that surprised? Didn’t think so.)

[ravenkings]

[officialspec]

walkable cities also means sittable cities send tweet

[enemywasp]

I'm sorry I keep posting my tiktok comments but please. What does this mean. What do people THINK shipping is for anymore???

[thechekhov]

I need to run a survey really quick. This isn't serious, but I need people to cooperate and not cheat for the sake of it because it'll skew the results.

Imagine you wake up tomorrow and you realize you (and everyone else in the world) can turn into an animal (And back into a human) at will.

Please go to this link to see what animal it will be for you:

(this is random, and yes, you only get one, no redos)

With this in mind, please reply to the following questions as truthfully as possible based on your current situation. (Not an ideal fantasy one.)

[heywriters]

btw the majority of your life will be lived as a adult. yeah i don't make the rules. go have fun in your 40s or 70s or whatever. no one expects you to accomplish everything at 17 or 27. you've got time and in the meantime get some life experience, it will pay off

[vamprisms]

i feel like a lot of the 'i hate kids' crowd would be more tolerant if they understood that due to a kid's limited experience of the world that 4 hour flight might just be the longest they've ever had to sit still for or that trapped finger might literally be the most pain they've ever felt in their short life or they might not have ever seen a person with pink hair ever so of course they want to touch it or nobody's told them yet that they can't run around the museum and they only just learned cheetahs are the fastest animals so of course they want to put that to the test. how were they supposed to know etc etc.

[straightlightyagami]

u ever see someone with extremely fucked up views (or actions) and think wowww if a couple of things in my life went the tiniest bit differently that would have been me

[miraclemaya]

this is problematic of me (joke) but i really enjoy the splashing of french into english speech or writing. just adds a pizzazz

[thatboreddrake]

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?

[great-and-small]

Apparently the local university’s undergraduate entomology course sends students to catch insect specimens at the same place I like to go birdwatching, which explains why I saw three enormous frat looking dudes with tiny bug nets and overheard one emphatically say “bro BRO I told you we already have enough lepidopterans”

[dr-rato]

GET ROTATED

[miiilowo]

non-practicing slut. is this anythign

[tis-the-boards-season]

I just saw a theatre almost entirely full of men very audibly gasp and/or moan at the site of a shirtless Hugh Jackman and let me tell you if was a religious experience

[whyissupernaturaltrending]

a former US president gets shot at and rather than trend himself he causes supernatural to trend instead because everyone is sharing the news via the destiel meme. unparalleled