#and im f2p!

[bklily]

I love this event already, all their goodbyes are so silly. Good luck pulling for the cards guys!!!

Bonus: my favorite goodbye scene

He's just so silly. You're not leaving your wife and going to war Rook (...unless?)

[slushy-sash]

bro cooked so hard he split the sea in half

[ecoamerica]

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[corall33]

Dragon

[serenedash]

Let's talk khux gameplay and plot,

imo I think part of khux's story telling and the impact of the story gets lost now that the game is defunct. I always thought people didn't appreciate how the gameplay and the mechanics actually had an impact on the story and while that impact become virtually nonexistent later on, I always thought it made the story far more engaging when the game was just chi/unchained chi and also the English translation didn't do it too well ngl

Anyway what I'm specifically talking about is the medal system. Also I feel like the whole bangle thing wasn't explained well in game but really it just comes down to leveling up medals specifically. If you never played khux, you equip medals to your keyblades and they doa specific attack and to level them up you combine multiple of the same medal and you could see how leveled up a medal is by the amount of yellow dots next to it and, in JP at least, this was called "guilt" and like wow that name fucking slaps. And when nightmare chirithy reveals the player has been collecting darkness this whole time thru the medal system, you have literal guilt on your conscious. You are guilty of collecting darkness and negative emotions like guilt to use for your own power. And in Back Cover when the foretellers are made aware of this, there's no stopping it and ofc the player can't stop either, they HAVE to get stronger, you literally have to keep playing the game,

Another part of the game that I appreciated is the way the name changes factored into the game; chi was the original "world line" that the dandelions existed in and at first unchained chi had come off as just a remake but really what we're playing is the continuation, where the player and the dandelions are now in this unchained state/new world line and they're reliving their time as wielders but now without the war/"dark" memories and finally when they relive everything and get back to the "present," they continue on after into "union cross" which I feel like. wasn't explained well in game that much tbh but if you didn't understand what that meant in game, it was just to say that unions didn't matter anymore and they were all dandelions so the unions. when the unions are crossed.

and tbh the experience of playing this game in real time also added to the experience a lot and the impact of the story especially with a player insert character. I think the most effective use of this game being played in real time was Strelitzia. Now in the english version, everything with Strelitzia was all one update and the english ver was behind so honestly they had to do catch up they couldn't really afford to lag behind. But in JP, which most khux fans kept up with using fan translations, Strelitzia's introduction and her death happened about a month apart so it gave the players time to actualyl grow attached to her and THEN we get crushed. You can easily pin point the exact time certain khux fan art was drawn bc in a group drawing of the dandelions Strelitzia is there instead of Lauriam since he was only introduced after her death

and another thing! It only became apparent by the end of the game but khux actually takes place over the course of about 4 years. which is fucking insane. because the dandelions were stuck in the data for 4 years and didn't know it until the glitches started. and the game ran for roughly the same amount of time and we weren't even aware of that either until the glitches! ("why 4 years" there are cutscenes that literally say "4 years ago" so yeah girl what the fuck haha)

Anyway yeah this was just me rambling I think about this so much all the time can you tell. I hope missing link does something like this too tbh it makes it more fun and makes it feel that your actions as the player actually have impact on the story

[tallbisexualwantstobeloved]

my favourite game promoting picture is mic fabulously blasting away aizawa

[ridl]

them 💜💙

[teabutmakeitazure]

I wish you would write a fic about darling raging at yan!aventurine taking away their F2P chastity

[real interaction]

darling: *slams door open and stomps into office* HOW DARE YOU

aventurine: i am very daring?

darling: how dare you take away my f2p chastity? do you have no shame violating me so ruthlessly without my consent?

aventurine: it's only a welkin-

darling: you have ruined me and i can no longer show my face to the world

aventurine: you're not allowed to go anywhere anyway so what's the big deal?

darling: i will remember this betrayal until i die. my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined *slams door again on the way out*

aventurine: *picks up phone and buys you a shitload of crystals and waits for you to come back*

[punkrraet]

Drawing Arlecchino so she wil come home

[artybritney]

fun day hunt day

[sarrai]

The Watcher drama is fascinating.

I casually like their stuff. I've fallen behind on it, and feel no urgency to catch up, so I don't feel like I'll miss out by not subscribing; I can clearly live without.

And I don't think indie creators wanting their own platform is a bad thing, which ofc will need money to run. Depending on algorithms and pleasing sponsors is shitty. I truly do get that.

But their extremely corporate video really focused in on how much they need money, and boy, they really do not know their audience. It's so tone-deaf, it's honestly impressive. Saying production is too expensive when the channel has a series all about eating expensive foods is insane. No one wants more streaming services. The economy is so bad, plenty of people really cannot afford that price (international fans especially) contrary to what the video says. Their audience skews young, too, which means spending 6$ for only a couple episodes per month probably sounds unthinkable to a lot of them who can afford it, period, even if it is indie (I'm sure some think the pricing is all the more unreasonable because it IS indie.) I'm old enough that 6$ for a couple episodes I don't physically own is too much and only the indie label could change my mind--if this was framed entirely as a creative freedom decision and not about budget lol. There's just so many reasons this reads as a Bad Business Move.

But they had a countdown to this for Big News! They must have thought people would be excited! I'm just so curious to see what their response is and whether or not this risky move pans out for them.

[setsunas-genshin-edits]

Did you know. Jean's summer outfit has a turtle shaped pendant :)

[wistfulvulpine]

a perfume called love

[damatically]

Fellas, is it insane to cry over this goddamn thirst trap of a card bc i had a hard time getting this (while struggling in deepspace trials) and im scraping all the possibilities to get diaz to get this man home?

My thoughts abt this card also SPOILERS

Its like the Lingering Warmth card of his. hE DOESNT FUCKING SPEAK WHEN HE'S HURTING. Mc and zayne are mutually stubborn. The entire card is an anxiety ride. He doesnt reveal he's hurt until mc finally discovers it

Sjfjjssjdjd bitch no!! But mc let him hook anyways. This is the 2nd time i see him do this.

He's sweet talkin his way out of me this time.

Its really interestimg that mc is the one that raises the ground rules when she's supposed to be the trouble maker out of them. Zayne doesnt usually get in trouble but when he does its really concerning.

Damn they really gave us thirst trap and anxiety in one card. Never thought of this blend 💀.

[serenedash]

leans into microphone.

I don't listen to people that haven't played a new Kingdom Hearts game since 2006. Yes yes kh2 we all love it yes kh2fm is amazing yeah yeah we've all see kh2. Play more kh games, that is literally game number 3 in a series that's like 15 games ongoing. "It's confusing" it's just long as fuck so its a lot of information to take in and that's okay. People literally take so much time and care to explain the series and lore to people who are lost. Like just say you enjoy kh2's gameplay and move on, if you really cared about the series AS A SERIES you'd be paying attention to it as a whole. "Dream drop distance what a stupid title!!!" that is the LEAST stupid thing that has happened in this series. "It's on too many consoles" watch a cutscene movie. Read a wiki page! I own a Playstation TWO!!!!!!!!!! like I have nothing more recent other than my switch. Do you think I've played every game lmao??

Anyway stan kh mobile games I don't care if you don't like them its not a hot take by any stretch of the imagination to not like them. You should read my khux/dr plot summary actually <3

[mimi-cee-genshin]

Does anyone want to get Neuvillette just to swim with the otters? 😂😂😂

[waterblob-art]

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