#alaic octopath

[coinsandmedicine]

H'aanit, what do you think about Alaic?

H’aanit: He’s a fine young man, and a formidable opponent.

Primrose: Wow, you said that so easily.

H’aanit: Is…there a problem with that?

Primrose: No…it’s just a so different from how you talk about us.

H’aanit: *blushes a little*

[ibblebobbleblackbobble]

Plllllsss guys dont make me draw these 2....... the rarest of rare pairs :((

[ave1dragon]

I'm bored and have been playing a lot of Octopath so have some lgbt headcanons and ships.

Ophilia: Bi, in the "For women's ears only" travel banter, she has a more detailed description of her preferred husband than everyone else, so she's probably attracted to men, but she and H'aanit had some romantic looking scenes in two of the Ophilia and H'aanit travel banters, also I remember her being attracted to Primrose at some point. My favorite ship is Ophilia x H'aanit.

Cyrus: Aroace, for obvious reasons. No ship

Tressa: Questioning, she seems to young for a partner and in "For women's ears only," she says "I like a man who doesn't try to return merchandise after he's already paid for it," so she mostly just comes off on being too young to really consider a romantic partner or her sexual orientation. Although I do like Tressa x Ali.

Olberic: Gay, I don't remember him having any sort of female interest, and I don't really see him as asexual. My ship is Olberic x Erhardt.

Primrose: Bisexual with a preference for men, she had a crush on Simeon, so she's not gay, but she also seems to like H'aanit. She seems to have more of a preference for men, but she doesn't really trust men. My headcanon is that she likes both Cyrus and H'aanit and that's why she keeps trying to teach them about romance. I like one-sided Primrose x Cyrus, since Cyrus is the most similar to Simeon without the evil. I also enjoy Primrose x Yusufa.

Alfyn: Bisexual, Alfyn is probably the one who is most outwardly interested in the opposite gender of the men, but I just picture his as bisexual. My Alfyn ship is Alfyn x Therion. I also like Alfyn dating Ophilia for a little while, but they break up and Ophilia dates H'aanit.

Therion: I don't really have a sexual orientation headcanon for him, although he is hinted to like Ophilia in one travel banter, but I like Trans man Therion, since Therion travels a lot from town to town, never lets anyone see his face or get close, and wears lots of robes to cover his chest. I do like the ship Therion x Alfyn.

H'annit: Lesbian, she is oblivious to Alaic's interest in her, said she has never given a thought about when she likes in men, and seems to have a crush on Ophilia. My ship is H'aanit x Ophilia.

[shadowlink720]

a list of a few character ages from Octopath Traveler, in case some may be unaware (taken from the official website (for the main 8) and inquiring/scrutinising in game (for the collection of npcs that i can remember off the top of my head).)

Ophilia - 20, Cyrus - 30, Tressa - 18, Olberic - 35, Primrose - 23, Alfyn - 21, Therion - 22, H’aanit - 26

Erhardt - 35, Cordelia+Therese+Mary - 17, Noa - 18, Ogen - 36, Alaic - 28, Ali - 20, Odette - 40

[party-of-rpg-muses]

Mun Plays Octopath Traveler

PHEW! I finally finished Cyrus’ story! However I’m getting ahead of myself.

Picking up where I left off, I properly started Alfyn’s Chapter 3. I respected Alfyn’s desire to help people, but knew all too well that some people can betray that trust. And I came to realize that Miguel was the first character, human or animal, that Alfyn has canonically killed. Even that giant serpent in his Chapter 1 was simply knocked out. But anyway, after that, I moved to Wellspring for Therion’s Chapter 3.

I want to briefly mention something I neglected last time. When Primrose was stabbed and recovering, I instantly thought of a picture I happened to see by @blahblahblahviolentpain, seen here. Beautiful art piece it was, though I didn’t know the context until I saw the scene that would cause the scene drawn. And I now headcanon that everyone did what they could to help and make sure Primrose lived; even Therion helped, even though he wouldn’t admit it.

Anyway, for Therion’s Chapter 3, I attempted to steal a mask from someone, but I had already failed a few times prior (which I completely forgot about), so I ended up souring my reputation, causing me to go back to the barkeep and restore my reputation. And while I was there, I stole the list. Inside the cave, the goons were easy enough (of course), but Gareth was a bit more of a challenge, not that I minded. And it was nice to see why Therion was so against working with other people. Though I imagine he’s come to trust Cyrus and the others, again, even if he won’t admit it. And the special thing? While I was fighting Gareth (with Cyrus, H’aanit, Primrose, and Therion), I had Primrose use Bewildering Grace and managed to get JP X 100! So everyone in the active party got, like, 50,000 JP!

Next came H’aanit’s Chapter 3. The fight against the Dragon was... something. I got a Game Over the first time. The second time, I won, but Ophilia was KO’d, so I restarted from the save There was also the fact that she was really underleveled. But I managed to win the next time after a long, hard-fought battle. And it was nice to see Alaic had a crush on H’aanit, but she was far too dense to see it. Just like Cyrus.

After that, I went to Goldshore for Ophilia’s Chapter 3. Nothing major, though the “bosses”, if you can call them that, weren’t too much of a threat, especially since they healed for 800 HP each time, which I could easily out damage. However, the battle may have gone on longer than I would have liked because I held back on using their weaknesses because I wanted to extend the Break for as long as possible and Cyrus was one of the last characters to go. So as a result, half of their weaknesses were locked, making the battle take longer since most characters in the party were magic users. Afterwards, hearing Whispermill caught my interest, since I went there previously, where no one spoke. So I figured it would be a good chance to see what was up.

Once that was done, rather than go do Cyrus’ Chapter 4, I instead went to the Shrine of the Archmagus, since Cyrus was level 50 with Olberic close behind. I also had Primrose in the party, but kept Ophilia because I wanted her to get up to speed. The battle against Dreisang was long and hard, but I managed to keep things going until I looked at the wiki and discovered that I could use Sealticge’s Seduction on Ophilia and have her use a max boosted Reflective Veil to give the entire party multiple reflects, which made the battle way easier. I managed to win and gave Cyrus the Sorcerer job, which I instantly maxed, due to still having quite a bit of JP.

I also tried my hand at the Shrine of the Starseer, but failed horribly, so I went to Duskbarrow. The tresk through the ruins weren’t all that tough, but the boss was something else. And by that time, I had swapped Ophilia out for Tressa. I lost the initial battle against Lucia, mostly because I was trying to figure her weaknesses out. For the rematch, I gave Primrose the Cleric as a secondary job and tried again. I was able to stifle a good amount of her damage by having Tressa use Shackle Foe to lower her damage. I also had Olberic use Rain of Arrows and Thousand Spears to break her guard before going to town.

Her second phase was much easier, since I figured she’d be weak to magic without having to use Analyze. So I did the same trick as with Dreisang, reflecting almost all of her magic attacks back at her. The only issue was when she occasionally used a normal attack. When I broke her guard, I again dealt as much damage as I could, even had a few Large Soulstones that dealt some really good damage. And for the third phase, well, it was pretty easy. Breaking her guard was easy enough and she was on her last legs and it was Olberic and his Cross Strike that dealt the finishing blow, though I was hoping to use Brand’s Thunder to finish her off, but no matter.

Now that all that’s done, I’m ready to work on Tressa’s Chapter 4... later. It’s late, so I turned off the game to continue later. By my judgment, I may be able to finish 3 or 4 other stories (including Tressa’s) during tomorrow.

[thedramaticduke]

Fun story, when I replayed Octopath I accidentaly started the side quest with Alaic in Victors Hollow. It wasn't my plan, but I was like, hey, I just have to go two steps, I'll help him out. And then I got surprisingly punched in the face with his story, why he was with Susanna and why he's the way he is.

Similarly to Odette - I always loved her in Cyrus' chapter, but I had no idea she had a connection to the Azelharts. It wasn't much but it felt so cool, like the whole world is connected and everyone has to tell a story.

And it made me realize what I love about this game. That those are just silly, small stories - but I want to hear all of them.

Octopath Traveler brainrot is taking over and I've come to a realization that I will say with sheer conviction: Octopath Traveler's sidequests are genuinely almost as good if not outright on par with Xenoblade X/3's sidequests.

While the side quests in Octopath may not involve any party members specifically, it sure as hell does a lot in the way of world building. There's numerous quests that aren't simply one offs and extend over multiple sidequests, and even then the one offs can still have interesting world building to it. there's so much to the world and it's history which would be pointless to shoehorn into the main character's stories. There's way more going on than what a simple band of 8 focuses on and I love it.

Even if voice acting is relegated to main story only, theres a lot of memorable NPCs that if you see them again its less so a 'Oh right, thats who you were' and more often a 'Oh hey it's you again!' Not to mention that many quests often have more than one solution, providing a different outcome in the process.

[autopotion]

octopath ch3 is literally just Everyone Is Heterosexuals. alaic shows up in h’aanit’s chapter which i’ve already expressed my annoyance with. therese comes back in cyrus’s and is just as smitten with the prof as ever, though thankfully cyrus is a stupid gay bitch who firmly does not see her as anything but a student, even if the game wants us to think he’s being oblivious by not. you know. pursuing a fucking relationship with a student. and now primrose is meeting up with her ex-boyfriend from...before her dad died?? so when she was like, thirteen?? or younger?? and he seems older than her?? so die simeon.

oh i guess also whats-her-face, cordelia? in therion’s chapter? has a little moment with him. but that’s like. ridiculous lol. she’s like “therion i know you feel betrayed by the fact that your ex boyfriend pushed you off a cliff and left you for dead. i can relate because i, too, have been betrayed by my friends, cuz they will just pretend to be my friends while they get close to me for my money.” which is so far from being similar things so as to be absolutely bizarre