#bbtag

[jihnto]

i don't normally draw other characters i actually like so imma change that realll quick lol

[littlemisslemonbits]

Neo With Velvette's colors

[kingofdinosaurs]

ok does anyone else like get my vision here

[funnym0th]

i love this guy

[adachimoe]

Adachi and Narukami in BB Tag

Before fight:

Narukami: Adachi-san, I believe in our bond! Adachi: Sheesh. You're the same naive kid you've always been.

After fight:

Narukami: This is our victory. Adachi: Well whaddaya know. So this is the power of our bond.

Victory screen:

Adachi: You're so clingy it's embarrassing. We barely even know each other. This is why I hate you kids and your overactive imaginations. Narukami: Say what you want, but I'll continue to believe in our bond.

Idk what I was expecting from watching all of Adachi's special BB Tag interactions l o l

[makeupafgplayer]

fighting game player who plays BlazBlue on keyboard and maps A, B, C & D to their respective keys

[each-dustbin1]

More BBTAG stuff, plus a little bit of +R I had left over

[rwac96]

Annon-Guy: BBTAG Interaction

Weiss Schnee and Ryuko Matoi

(Considering how Ruby gets around Ryuko's battle clothes, I'm curious to see how Weiss, Blake and Ynag would react.)

INTRO

Weiss: *raises Myternaster up* "I hope you're potent in battle as your vulgarity."

Ryuko: *groans, pulling out her Scissor Blade* "Yeesh, shut it and fight, Silver Spoon!" *Senketsu transforms into battle mode*

Weiss: *startled* "What in the Brother's Name-?! *huffs, gets into her fighting stance* "Focus on the battle, Weiss."

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VICTORY/CROSS TAG

Ryuko: *sighs, lowering her blade* "Tch, asshole." *turns to Weiss, blinking* "What?"

Weiss: *exhales, flipping her ponytail* "Honestly, I have a lot to say."

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VICTORY SCREEN

Weiss: "Not only you're vulgar like Yang, but your modesty is worse. At least she doesn't dress like a stripper as you do!"

Ryuko: "Hey! I didn't make this! 'Sides, I would've been killed if it weren't for Senketsu!"

[arundolyn]

i love u gay little bitches

[ollieoliver910]

Under Night In Birth: Sys Celes (The Last Game I Will Set High Expectations For)

I need to get this off my chest because how French Bread rumored UNI2 as a "sequel" still bothers me to this day.

The reason why I bring this up and why I feel it's important to discuss is because a lot of people fall into this trap of setting high expectations for a game that causes your brain to run wild with imagination.

When UNI2 was rumored to be a sequel, I thought that this game was getting a complete makeover from the ground up. An anime opening, new sprites, English voice acting, a story mode that lets more characters interact with each other. I put too much faith in this game ever developing their characters further. So much so that I REALLY wanted Hyde and Gordeau to get SOMETHING. They don't even talk a single time throughout any of their games (Though Gord does talk to Linne and Seth...huh.)

Since I write in my free time. Sometimes I go into "What if" mode when I feel characters can be developed further or can have an interesting relationship if the creators ever decide to explore it. Since parents rarely exist in UNI2 (other than maybe one or two exceptions), I liked the idea of Hyde looking up to Gordeau like a father figure since they are very similar in personality. To be fair, I always had a love for the "spiritually adopted" plot when it came to any type of story (This is what I call it unless there is an official name for this plot out there.) Anime seems to use this plot more than most. Hell, I'm pretty sure One Piece is infamous for this, but other than the redemption arc or enemies to lovers plot, the spiritually adopted plot is one of my favorite stories if done well.

I think the only reason why I felt that relationship could work between Hyde and Gord was because of BBTAG. BBTAG's story mode is the only time they are allowed to talk to each other...EVER, and it's not even in their own game and that drives me BONKERS! Things like Gordeau calling Hyde kid before fighting Blake and Makoto only for Hyde to ask Gordeau if they can stay together... I hate reading into stuff like this because it ends up with me yelling at my TV screen "Expand on it, expand on it! God damn it you have a good idea here! AAAARRGH!"

I won't go too much more into my problems with UNI2, but one of my biggest grievances when it comes to writing in general is watching or playing as a character that either should have been the main character or had the potential to be expanded on so much more. Think Diamant from Engage or Jotaro from Stardust Crusaders (I haven't watched past that so if I'm wrong, please let me know.) Diamant, for example, gets so much strong writing and character development that I felt he should have been the main protagonist instead of Alear while Jotaro has the opposite effect where, as the main character, he gets very little development, but clearly has themes centered around his family and powers that could have been expanded upon, but aren't. Stuff like this drives me up a wall where I can see the potential to get a better story from a character than what we got...but it doesn't happen. That's why fanfics exist!...I just wish it was the real thing sometimes.

Anyway, sorry for my rambling here. I definitely don't expect a lot of people to read this all the way through, but it's here if you want to see it. Lesson about not setting high expectations for a game finally learned. I hope you guys have a lovely summer.

[noizo1d]

[fommmm]

rachel but very small

[foxy-the-otaku]

This thought came to me, like, two hours ago but my monke brain can't process stuff without activating the brain worms so here we go:

Out of the three other protagonists in BBTAG (Ruby excluded for obvious reasons), I think Hyde would be one of the best victims to the Curious Cat.

Hear me out (Also spoilers for Volume 9)

First of all, what is CC's objective? Find a human body to possess and leave the Ever After. Simple.

But it's shown throughout the volume that he can't possess just anyone, they need to be without drive, with a weak will, "empty".

Now comes my argument. First on why the others wouldn't work.

First is the easiest to argue. Yu Narukami is the worst possible choice and probably the best equipped to go against the Cat, solely because seeing through the lies of others, accepting the truth and yourself and, most of all, staying true to yourself, is his whole shtick. He already had his character arc. He's already confident and happy with himself. Literally nothing the Ever After or the Cat could offer would tempt him.

Now, this is where I fumble the bag a bit because I don't know almost shit about Blazblue. In fact, I'd be thankful if someone were to prove me wrong or right, but I think Ragna wouldn't fall for the Cat's antics specifically because he comes from a world where Hazama exists, or, more importantly, there is already too many people after him already. That, and Ragna is an adult who, even though he has his issues, isn't as deep in the rabbit hole of vengeance as Neo was.

Now, Hyde. First, let me defend the boy by saying he wouldn't be an easy victim that would be possessed from day one. He, like Ragna, has a lot of people after his ass, and even though he is far nicer and naive than the Bloodedge, he isn't stupid.

The difference is that Hyde can be worn down rather easily.

From the very first time his character is introduced, Hyde makes it very clear he doesn't want any in the supernatural biz. He wants to be normal, he wants to be the mundane teenager who lives a mundane life. His whole reason for helping Linne, Vatista and so on, and being involved with the Hollow Night is that he is a genuinely good person with an incredible amount of bad luck. The Cat wouldn't even need to do much, the Ever After is a place that would naturally grate him, being the too foreign, to mystical place that loves prodding at people's wounds. Hell, the Herbalist could (unintentionally) break his spirit depending on the state he finds Hyde in, just with that weird fog thing he does.

Hyde yearns for the mundane, for stability, and slowly this is being ripped from him.

This is the perfect argument, "You want to be what you can never return to.", it's just a step to the side from Ruby's "I don't want to be me anymore." conclusion.

Anyways, what do y'all think

[kingofdinosaurs]

anyone remember this post? it bothers me that nobody seems to realise i had evidence for all my assertions there so i made a diagram

[adachimoe]

Adachi trying to frame Yukiko

Early in Persona 4, there are a couple scenes where Adachi tries to frame Yukiko as Mayumi's murderer and raise suspicion about her.

April 17th, after you get caught with weapons at Junes:

Adachi: Well, that announcer, Ms. Yamano, was staying at the Amagi Inn before the first murder. Adachi: Seems Ms. Yamano had some harsh words for the manager about the staff's attitude towards guests. The stress of it caused the manager to collapse. And with Ms. Amagi being the manager's daughter…She must've felt pretty strongly about the incident, y'know. Adachi: By the way, did Ms. Amagi ever hint that she might be leaving the house? Adachi: 'Cause if not, there's been some theories floating around that she's laying low for some reason or another…

After you save Yukiko from the TV:

Adachi: We were just questioning Ms. Amagi, but she says she doesn't remember anything that happened while she was missing. And we can't figure out her whereabouts during the missing period, either. It's like she really disappeared. Adachi: It's all pretty fishy, if you ask me… Like there's something else going on.

On April 30th, when Adachi meets up with the kids at Junes and Yukiko is with the group, he doesn't say anything to her or about her. Seems he's dropped the subject... This all looks very silly after you learn he's the real killer. And so these interactions get written off by players as, "Adachi trying to drop hints about the case so that his little game with Namatame and the Investigation Team can continue".

But what "hint" is he dropping here? What is the point of his accusations? Or, idk, is there a point, besides to move the plot along? "Move the plot along" feels really, really generous. Chie seemed concerned about Yukiko going missing even before Yosuke brings up what Adachi said. The kids would have gone into the TV to try and save Yukiko regardless.

I'm not really confident about this because it *does* get dropped pretty quickly, and this feels like a bit of a stretch even for me and my walls of tl;dr. But I get the feeling that Adachi is trying to frame Yukiko or make her seem suspicious because he's (at first) concerned she might do exactly what she does in December. This would be pretty bad for him, seeing as how he's trying to get away with murder. And him sending Namatame off to try and kill someone then get blamed instead hadn't produced any results this early.

During December, Yukiko brings to light that Adachi showed up at the ryokan claiming to be Mayumi's police babysitter. Based on what we see, the game suggests that Adachi was lying about being assigned to her. But at the time, the ryokan staff didn't know any better. They took his word for it, and he hung around and chatted with them for a bit.

This makes Yukiko an eyewitness who can place him at the Amagi Ryokan before Mayumi's death, and that's why he's trying to make her seem untrustworthy or discredit her. Like, "What? Me? Mayumi Yamano? Impossible. This girl is crazy. She did it. She had a motive." But he drops it because after Yukiko comes out of the TV, she doesn't say anything that could implicate him. (And he would have an idea cause as he says after you rescue Yukiko from the TV, him and Dojima question her after she turns up.)

I have seen people call "Yukiko not bringing this up until December" a plot hole. I don't know. After you bring her out of the TV, it's like, "Shadows, blah blah, Personas, talking teddy bear, blah blah, amnesia about kidnapping, TV world induced exhaustion, Kanji's arc starts 5 seconds later". I doubt that "hey Adachi said he was there to guard Mayumi" is on the forefront of her mind.

What really puts this out of "plot hole" territory for me is that even if the kids think Adachi is a moron, they still respect that he's an officer. The power behind the badge is a very, very easy way to explain why Yukiko didn't think twice of him showing up at the ryokan to begin with.

And it's not just that one time, and it's not just her either. Like, Yosuke taking Adachi's accusation of Yukiko seriously is tied to him being a detective working on the case. Would Yosuke feel the same way if it was Kashiwagi saying this? Yosuke and Naoto respect that Adachi is in charge when the kids try to get the protagonist out of the interrogation room, Chie invites Adachi to Marukyu on the stakeout because he's an on duty officer, Kanji didn't think twice about his behavior specifically because he's an officer.

Semi-relatedly, I thought it was funny that out all of the Persona 4 characters, Adachi has special interactions with Yukiko in BB Tag. (Edit: Then again, Yukiko does have a special quote when she wins vs Adachi in Ultimax. So hm idklol.) On their partner victory screen, Yukiko says she won't question Adachi for now, but the Investigation Team will stop him if it turns out he's up to no good. And Adachi calls her and her friends naive for trusting him (even if only a little) enough to not be breathing down his neck already. Like, girl, come on, didn't you learn the first time?