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theviridianbunny · 1 year

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Top 5 video games!

AAH WASH HIIII!! thank you for the ask!!

ok these are in no particual order! not sure how coherently I can word but I will try my best!! this will be a long post- so you can find it under the cut!!! I have a lot to say about my fave viddy games (and i am not sorry~) but I am sorry for spelling errors- my brain can not keep up with my thoughts and i want to get everything down and everything goes to mush :////

METAL GEAR SOLID 2 (2001)

long before cp2077 was the main source of brainrot- metal gear solid was the main source. I picked up mgs as a series when I was at university in my second year and then would not stop talking about it to my friends (one of which played the games when they came out!!).

the art of yoji shinkawa (see his work below) becoming a source of inspo to my drawing / painting practice (it may not look like it at times -but- it's there- a lot of my old worl had very paintily lines- using a ink brush in procreate ect! maybe i will post some old art one day )

(...there was also a point where I was doing weird perfomance art where I just stuck a cardboard box on my head and called it a day- hrrng.,.. just a box?!) oh.. how i miss being a student <3

BUT ANYWAY!!! MGS2 is my fave in the series- this is due to the character design- the character design altered my brain chemisty in the best way-- the art design- colours/mood- the greens the blues- also the soundtrack- ugh it's so good. (i also had/still have the biggest crush on solid snake- husband time... also olga gurlukovich.. my dear wife ugh she she her)

OH MY GOD WAIT- WAIT- another thing about mgs 2 and it's character design- THEY GAVE OLGA BODY HAIR- yes, i know thats quite a random thing to say, but, I feel like for the time the game being released- it was progressive(?) like- in games even today- most women are like - super models ? idk how to word but- it was so empowering to see Olga like that- she is an icon and i feel empowered when i see her! <3

2. MASS EFFECT 3 (2012)

The mass effect trilogy is a series thats so close to my heart- I picked the games up during the tranistion period between covid lockdowns and coming out of lockdown.graduating from uni- finding a job- screaming to the void- yknow- adulting- no more being a art student-UGH !!

a friend of mine from uni gave me the og ps3 box set at christmas 2020 (because i only had a ps3 at the time)... for me to play over christmas between term one and term two of my final year of uni... gaming got me thru a lot of hard times then-... actually skipped me1 because it was clunky and made me want to cry- went straight to me2 (after reading all the lore of me1) and then went into me3 blind.. god i was not ready - cried my heart out so much

Mass effect 3 is my fave in the trilogy because of the characters! also like with mgs 2- the soudtrack! also also! being able to create shepard to look how I wanted her to look- YES VERY GOOD-VERY NICE! I loved playing the whole trilogy- but ME3 has a place in my heart for real. - the build up to it- the feeling of impending doom - trying to get all your squad to trust shep- the citadel dlc!!! aaAHHHHH LOVE <33

EDI is my best girl- my best girl indeed!!! I see a lot of myself in her. How she grows and evolves over time0 how she learns and understands her worth. She brings me a lot of endless joy.

I got to play the full trilogy when it came out as a remastered bundle. The trilogy got me through a rough few months- I had got me first "real job" and it was a hard few months- but coming home and playing mass effect brought me joy ! I do need to do a re run of the trilogy for the purposes of vp and gif making- I do miss my beloved Zachary Shepard! (some screenshots of her below! on the left- me1 vs me3!! she grows- evolves- cuts her hair and gets ready to kick reaper ass!!)

fun fact: I have two mass effect art books! one of the books being a book that was only released with a game guide which came out in 2007.. the other being a big chunky book with SOOOO MUCH STUFF IN IT EE... both of which i paid for with money from my first "real job" (which i only lasted three months in- but dhdhdd it's ok-)

3. DRAGON AGE INQUISITION (2014)

DAI was THE GAME that got me into gaming/ made me realise I was a gamer. I picked up the game around the same time I picked up the mass effect trilogy- maybe a bit later.. was playing on the ps3 (and it ran like it was running on a toaster or a pottato) it froze every 20 mins and none of the character models looked any good... but i loved it still- yes I couldn't play any of the dlc at the time but it did not matter- i was having the time of my life.

In 2021 I got a pc built so I could finish parts of my degree from home (bc covid and having to stay home for my health)... my pc was powerful enough to run DAI so... yknow- I got it on pc and MY GOD- I COULD RUN IT PROPERLY AND PLAY THE DLCS !!!!! the joy of running the desent for the first time, jaws of hakkon and then big boi trespasser UGH MY HEART EXPLODED !! oh my god- playing the decent for the first time and hearing david hayters voice- i YELLED SO LOUDLY- (it was like my beloved snake was back fejhdhjdhjd) playing that dlc for the first time also felt so right- so natural- my canon inquisitor, wren having connections to dwarven heritage through her father

DAI was my first adult fandom- im not actively a part of the fandom anymore- but I met some really lovely people through it (psst @virginiabackroads and @elfishtales i am looking at you <3 ) I recently got back into Dragon age by making an AU for my best girl, Viridian (... in this au she is called Viri lavellan.. or just viri!) (psst @fereldanwench im still foreveer greatful you pointed me in the right direction for modding the game!!)

4. FALLOUT 4 (2015)

now.. this is a game I have yet to finish- but- I am having SO much fun !! The post nucelar setting is interesting- i'm still trying to learn the game mechanics- but it's exciting and cosy (even if i do scream when a feral ghoul comes out of nowhere and bites me!)

100% loving nick valentine- ugh I wish he were romancable... he has so much charm, like an actor in the golden age of cinema <3 I don't have a lot more to say about fallout 4, but this game is bringing me a lot of joy!! looking forward to more adventures and more modding soon!

5. CYBERPUNK 2077 (2020)

y'all knew this was coming >:) cp2077 my beloved!!!!!! yes, the game may still be broken and glitchy and there are so many things the game could do better in areas- BUT STILL- the joy this game has given me- the friends i've made though posting about the game-- everyone is so lovely!!

the oc's ive created (...viridian and rasmus- i am looking at you both) Viridian brings me confidence- (...rammbled about that here).. THE BLORBOS I'VE GOTTEN (JACKIE WELLES MY BABEEEEEEEEEEEE) - !!

ugh buying cp2077 was one of the best things I did in 2022! also being brave and choosing to posting cp2077 vp on here last october/november was another best choice I did in 2022.

the words are going but- oh goodness this game and the world building- the soudtrack- the level of detail!!! cp2077 as a game changed my brain chemisty in ways- but in the good way. opening my eyes to the world of virtual photography- video game modding. it got me back into writing as well <3 Thank you all for all the love and support within the fandom space- I feel like im home <3

#bunny screams into the void #wanderingaldecaldo #metal gear solid #mgs #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #mass effect #fallout #cp2077 #cyberpunk 2077 #bunny writes stuff #asks

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radioromantic-moved · 2 years

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BEAT‏‏‎ ‎PSYCHONAUTS‏‏‎ ‎I'M LITERALLY AWESOME <3 and i DIDN'T cry while trying to beat it though i got close once and i Did cry when i tried to exit full screen and the window got so big it took up the entire computer and i couldn't close it and i had to go into the game's files manually and change the window size. it took me so long to figure out. i did it though. real gamers don't play games on hard mode they play games on a mac‏‏‎ ‎that doesn't load some textures and makes things clip into each other on large maps and sometimes stops playing the music for a couple of seconds so you're in total silence except sometimes for sound effects. this is such an ego boost i love winning viddy games

#in a couple days i'll play 2 and i will see my wife :)#nyx on comms

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daxieoclock · 2 years

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How abt!! Vane’s top 5 favorite viddy games

ooooh that's a toughie....

honorary mention #1 to Rogue Legacy 2! The full version has only been out for a week or so, but it's really creeping up there in my favorites.

honorable mention #2 to Hades. It's an amazing game, but I've been middling on it only because i binged it nonstop over the span of a couple weeks and then got super burned out on it.

honorable mention #3 to Binding of Isaac Rebirth.

It's okay.

5: We Know the Devil / Anatomy! These two are low and share the same slot not because they're not important to me, but because they're not important to me AS games. They're both insanely formative pieces of fiction and while I won't be in the mood to replay them very often, they're some of the most important games I've ever played. Irreplaceable to me.

4: Kingdom Hearts 3. I've leaned away hard from the series after the stuff about Q*****n F***n came out, but I'm still extremely fond of it. It was one of the few games I wanted to play completely spoiler-free, and one of the few games I had to keep from screaming at a few times throughout the final section. I sobbed openly throughout both of the big reunion moments, and I wasn't even on estrogen then so that's a fucking accomplishment.

3: Final Fantasy 7 Remake. It has issues. It has SO many issues. But in terms of gameplay, design, voice acting, overall writing quality, servicing existing fans of the series...it's a technical masterpiece and an insanely fun game to play and replay. Every few months I think about playing it through again, trying to 100% those last few areas.

2: Final Fantasy Dissidia Duodecim (012). I played this game for over a thousand hours through high school and early college. I literally played it until my PSP stopped functioning. It's the entire reason I picked up Opera Omnia in 2019 and haven't really stopped playing it since then. Still like top of my dream game list for forever is a proper follow up to Duodecim, back to the RPG-focused heavily mobile 1v1 arena fighter we had all the way back then, with the expansive story mode and crossover interactions and all that shit. I'm BEGGING.

1: Persona 5 / P5 Royal? Probably? Like I said, it's a toughie. I definitely feel conflicted on the third semester content in Royal, and Atlus as always has. a lot of problems. with sexualization of minors and just generally treating women and abuse victims with respect. But, like, holy fuck has no other series ever lived as rent-free in my head as this one.

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castle-dominion · 10 months

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5x11 under the influence PLOT HEAVY more like plot Javi. But it is not really plot heavy more like backstory heavy. Like the ike thornton episode.

Wow they just went around her for josie lang making her sound old hoodie kid? labelmaker playlist

captions say Zito & he is leaning on the cement all comfy You should lose two turns ryan pretty, esposito also nice shirt Shut the up (also how young of a girl scout, kinda sus) 11-midnight? How did she work the party until 1? (btw that tarp is way to square to have unwrapped a body)

lol KILLER party

check by the pool XD

starting the morning with... booze? It can be good for a hangover but... Ah she left early that's how she died before she was scheduled Good response from Regina: Great. Now I feel bad for complaining.

Becks is pretty enough with that turtleneck Oof. I mean music saves ur life like that!

What is dripping from her hair? KFC has more MSG than most chinese places

KR: If Tyrese is such big time, why is the entrance to his studio in an alley? JE: Because. Celebrities don’t want paparazzi taking their picture all the time. (he looks over to see KR: run a hand through his hair and he stops short) Yo. Did you just do the hair thing? KR: What hair thing? JE: Every time you’re about to meet a celebrity or a pretty girl you run your hand through your hair. KR: (he ignores that) TMZ said that Tyrese was at that party with Josie Lang. He’s producing her new album. JE: Yeah well, she’s no Regina. KR: I understand the image of her as a girl scout is seared into your memory, but Josie is a real vocalist. JE: Whose fan base consists of 12 year old girls … and you.

KR: Hey, since Josie was at the party I should probably take her statement, right? You got this, right bro? Thanks. XD

Been shot like seven times!?!?

"kev" & also jenny uwu

that was JUST for this year's awards!? What has he done before that!?

Unless you my momma

Nice rings on this man tho fancy shirt poofy hair lol The bitch had an assistant bitch? Reichle probably had fun "different girl" like that one tiktok audio "leah, amy, you know why we call her brianna right?" XD good it helps my street cred My man brought a lighting guy for his mugshot?

Wow that is a lot of money!

Kinda rude but she paid u anyway & was "helping her cousin" so that's good Variety in the "this one that one" stuff

mayb ethey haven't FOUND anything missing yet people are GOOD at ignoring hired help PRINTS

Ooh hooeey becks is pretty af today!! didn't holly grow up in a bunch of different places? foster care?

RC: "Monster." Now that sounds like the kind of ganged up thug that would shoot you dead and leave you in a dumpster someplace. Probably half man, half mountain, full of prison tats. Or is he quietly dangerous? Like Javier Bardem in any movie where he’s got weird hair. JE, while walking beside him: *kind of smiling/frowning at the same time* *it's a kid*

Oof mama commit suicide? the drug od was bad enough. how does this poor boy already have priors a kim long? Careful becks he is still nicknamed monster As an FNMI person this episode just... oof

KB: Hi Joey, I’m Detective Kate Beckett. Joey Malone: A major hottie is what you are. you're 14 lmao JM is just not talking at all double negative Ah he was chill denying it before this but then when murder came up he was shocked. I believe he did not do it. *camera focusses on esposito*

& then another flash to esposito Nice how he plays viddy games sito's right, you have a pimp/agent/manager JE: The brains behind this operation, that’s who. A kid like Joey goes from smash and grab to stealing a half a mil in jewelry? I don’t think so. Someone put him up to this. KR: No, it makes sense. Some savvy criminals use minors to do their dirty work. RC: Of course. A Fagin to Joey’s Oliver Twist. KR: And if Holly’s involved, that makes her the Artful Dodger. Or the Artful DJ. RC: Ooh, nicely played. also ryan is pretty you GET this kid. Yeah man. I love getting a little backstory. I just wish one of these characters was native, & I mean technically esposito is native, but I mean like, I want an iroquois person maybe. or a cree person. Heck a Metis person would be mind blowing.

JM; Hey, where’s the super hot detective? JE; Oh, you’re lookin’ at him. XD

Yeah genuinely. That's what they are like. Frickin cops. (& esposito's face kind of falls, possibly bc he was planning on saying that, possibly bc he feels for the kid & joey has been thru this before & cops made empty promises too) I p much never make promises.

So you admit there is a "he" Yeah lol this kid

Beckett & esposito are the ones talking to her hhh Yeah family is usually the best place to go for foster care temporarily while the parents get their crap in order. Heck this is why icwa exists. Tho I heard the other day that they were overturning that or smth Real prize.

KB: What about his uncle? Where is he now? Ms. Cooper (social worker): We’re trying to track him down. He may be in AC. He’s a card player. JE: Guy sounds like a real prize. CSW: You want the best option for these kids, and sometimes all you have is the least bad option. Which brings me to the issue of what to do with Joey. Are you charging him with theft? KB: We were hoping not it. CSW: (nods) So. I’ll put him in temporary foster care. JE: Whoa, whoa, whoa. He’s not safe out there in the world right now. The guy that we’re after killed a woman. He could do the same thing to Joey. CSW: Then you can put him in protective custody in juvenile hall. JE: I - I can’t just throw him in juvie. I’m trying to gain his trust here. KB: Ms. Cooper, this boy is the key to us solving a murder. CSW: Well, I’m sorry, but those are the choices. JE: hesitates. He catches sight of JOEY outside the room. JE: What if I take him? KB: *turns to look at esposito, surprised. Who is this man?* JE: That way he’s not locked up and I can keep him safe. (to KB) And I can continue to work on him. KB: * turns back to cooper* It’s an idea. KB: What about that? CSW: (sighs, shakes her head) I – I suppose I could delay his paperwork. But this would be for one night. And it means that Joey Malone is your responsibility. JE: That’s cool. I got this. The kid doesn’t have a father. He probably just needs someone to connect with. lmao sure bud like that's going to work out. I mean you may be right but u've also had years to figure out what it means, this kid might not even know.

Ok I have three clips here, but I flilmed the second two at once

INT – ESPOSITO’S APARTMENT JE walks in and stops to pick up the mail. JM follows him. Also neither of them remove their shoes. ew. JM: I’d rather have a pajama party with the lady cop. ((XD)) JE: Yeah well, it looks like I drew the short straw. ((still a little bit of bad cop in there, love it.)) JE, lookin at this teen: Literally. ((XD)) JE: hits the lights JM: looks around JM: Man, no wonder you’re single! JE: JM: No woman would spend time here unless it was against her will. ((u’r 14. But I mean 14yos date, heck I had classmates who had sex)) JM: starts hitting a sparring bag which is just in the middle of espt’s apartment, like yeah no girls wouldn’t like that JE: Yeah? What about you, Martha Stewart? What’s you place supposed to be? Shabby chic? Emphasis on shabby? JM: It’s a dive. But it’s not my fault. My uncle would rather blow all of his money at the tables. JE: Must be why he’s too busy to call us back. JM: Don’t wait by the phone. He only cares about claiming me as a dependent. makes himself comfortable on espt’s couch, putting his feet up on the coffee table. JE: My parents split up when I was 5. ((lol ok trying to connect)) JE: pushes Joey’s legs Man, get your feet off my table! (they share a glare.) Dad moved to Florida with his new wife. Most I ever got after that was a phone call and a post card. JM: Post card? JE: (nods) Yeah. JM: How old are you, anyway? ((bruh.. I send postcards still,, like if I’m traveling)) JE: Ancient. he looks dead & deadpan JE: But I’m young enough to remember what it was like. (he is quiet for a second) JM: smiles & looks off to the side ((btw I’m glad that the 14yo has acne, that’s what being 14 is like)) JE: Must miss your folks. ((bro don’t try to dig too much)) JM: … JM: After my dad died, my mom kept going. You know, she tried to pretend that we were still a normal family. She did her best to take care of me until … she couldn’t do it anymore. JE: Now you take care of yourself. ((Good line. Also sounds like experience there)) JM: Yeah. (his attitude changes) Look, man. I know you didn’t have to do this. Take me in, I mean. So uh, thanks. JE, nodding: I’ll go grab you a blanket; pillow. JM: Hey, at least you didn’t skimp out on the audio visual budget. ((Heck yeah. We love video games in this house. Well & board games. & all play, adults need play too, dogs never really outgrow their need for play, why should humans?) JE: You know that’s right. Oh, and I’ve got Assassin’s Creed 3. ((& a bunch of other stuff I assume?)) So go ahead and knock yourself out. ((Nice art btw)) JE: Oh, and uh … put it on dual player mode so I can come back and school you. He’s in the closet pulling linens for Joey JM: $20 bucks says you won’t make it past level 1. ((OMG I NOTICED HIS VOICE CHANGED DURING THAT PHRASE– HE WAS LITERALLY IN THE PROCESS OF IT AS HE SAID THAT,, POSSIBLY TO IMPLY HE WAS STILL IN THE ROOM)) JE: (scoffs) You’re crazy. Leaves the light on JE: comes back into the living room with a smile but stops short. It’s empty. Joey’s gone, but the window is open. Esposito sighs heavily. He is so annoyed

Oh gosh darn! When I copypaste smth from my ctrl-h google doc (where I change the names from ESPOSITO with a bunch of blank lines between the phrases like the transcript to what u see on tumblr) to tumblr, the * maked it italicized! Crud!

INT – TWELFTH PRECINCT BULLPEN JE walks in with JM handcuffed to his wrist. KR: … gives the setup an odd look. JE: Sit down. Joey does, and Esposito transfers the cuff from his wrist to the desk. KR, spinning his chair to face them: O~kay. Care to explain? JE: What? The handcuffs? KR: No, no. The stylish shoes that you’re wearing. Yess, the handcuffs. JE: Well, junior here tried to pull a Houdini on me last night. JM: Who the hell is Houdini? ((espt was not born in the late 1800s idiot)) JE: (harshly) Shut up. KR: Out the window? JE: Yeah. *sits* KR: Down the fire escape?? JE: Yeah. And then on to a moving garbage truck. Then on a skateboard for five blocks that took him all the way to the L-train. ((Whose? Also where was this kid going?)) JM: *picks up a signed baseball from espt’s desk* ((Kid has some neat gloves)) KR: (smiles) How’d you keep up? JM: He didn’t. JE, turning to face him so he can talk to him: Shut up. (sees the baseball) What the – (he grabs the baseball) Give me that. (he puts the ball back) Commandeered this dude’s bicycle. ((YOU KEPT UP TO A MOVING GARBAGE TRUCK AND SKATEBOARD ON A BIKE?)) KR: *Nods & smiles so big & bright, checks his nails while listening to the story* JE: Then he lost me in the subway. (Joey laughs) But then I caught him. At the next stop. Kid’s wily. But I’m wilier. KR: * just is enjoying the story with a smile* Wow. Just like The French Connection. JE: ..?

Kid just sitting there biting his nails You will go canvass? With esposito? alone? with a uniformed officer?

KB: Unless he gave you a name. JE: Uh … no. Not exactly. wdym not exactly?? Whata does that Look Between Them mean?

JE: Looks like he got his first taste with a B and E when he was 11 years old. Oof KB: He graduated to burglary when he was 12 when he broke into a mom and pop corner store along with an unidentified adult male. Ooof (also how mom+pops are off limits)

Shane Winters HER FILE TOO? also beckett's pretty shiny shirt <3

JE: This dude’s dabbled in everything. Or maybe castle, she did not clean herself up & get herself out, he stopped using her when she turned 18

Ryan's back! (btw every member here is pretty rn. Castle only as pretty as normal tho. ryan also only as pretty as normal but dshkjdh. becks all shiny & espt nice shirt too.) & castle knows the car RC: Yeah, and a roomy trunk for all your body moving needs. Esposito *just walks away* (no explanation anything he just thought for a split sec & then Left)

Poor LT lol he's on babysitting duty ALSO EW SHOES ON THE COUCH *awkwardly tapping his thumbs. It must be a patience test for interrogations when you become detective, he tells himself* JE: Where’s Shane Winters? JM: Where’s my soda? LT is just happy to be out of here he doesn't care that he's on soda duty

Love how espt picks him up like that. Sometimes you need a rough hand. JM: I'm not a rat ... Valid? But bro? Ok what is in it for you? You get a cut of the earnings? you get his protection in terms of him bailing you out...?

JE: Meh, I just want to wring this little bastard’s neck right now. So valid bestie JE: Freakin’ kids, man. (to castle) I don’t know how you do it, bro. RC: Oohhh. No, no. I lucked out with Alexis. At a certain point you realize you’re just dealing with someone who hasn’t been around as long as we have. ((THAT IS SO TRUE)) They have to find their way. JE: The problem is, he’s already found his way. He just doesn’t see where it’s going to put him. ((or maybe he thinks he's Built Different))

Garcia, new name!

"roll" *plays with keys* On your own babe? nice toss. also do they each have their own car or,,?

Boobies. Beer. Western vibes. Cant in the camera. Interesting movement too. Wow big buff guy. *looks him down* ... A bag of ice? It depends on whether it is good for the plot or not if they can beat ppl up or if they get beat up. Everything ends with a kick to the balls. My man must be wearing steel toed boots or knee guards or smth. Or just good aim. man's not having kids any time soon that shaking breath ohhh & "excuse me" lmao

How does he know his name hangin out lol Yeah too loyal. But I respect Monster. Put them on yourself? Esposito is using power & dominance to control the situation. Love it Holy crap the way he PUSHES on the handcuffs is so good! I remember playing with plastic handcuffs like that as a kid

"soft spot for kids" did not come out right hun Weird lighting. This room needs to be brighter; one way glass needs one room to be brighter than the other golden and diamond encrusted NO-- NO NO NOOOOOO (but will fdny find an accelerant?) but whasnt' that car expensive or smth? A minute alone...? Esposito, Javi my man hold on what are you thinking? & ryan agrees to leave? CLOSING THE CURTAINS...

tablet? Joey genuinely looks sad JE: Now I’d beat your skinny little ass for being stupid if it’d change anything Oh computer r u lying? da wanting to try him as an adult? u haven't even charged him... SW: Look, man. The kid did the crime, he’s gotta do the time. SW a couple minutes ago: I have a soft spot for kids (which is why I bailed out the teenager) Did joey malone really think that shane would protect him? carried heat as in gun? Yeah no Monster of COURSE he'd kill her

Yeah he can buy an alibi at least u know it came from his TYPE of car WHERE is her gun? I still say bling...

Ryan's hair lol it REALLY looks like mine Poor chinese line cook lol just doin his job & these detectives are holding open his door & getting in his way near the dumpster Is that blood or is it just gross?

Ah! Temporarily missing! that's why it was on the phone! *cuts himself off* oh god... heeheeHEE this is GOOD

well he's obv /accessory/ to murder espt so angry I can't tell if I'm remembering the ending or if I'm figuring it out but could it be the other musician? the one josie called old?

I love this man with the hat he seems cool Regina: Have you ever tried changing into skin-tight leather pants? It’s time consuming. ((true)) *Judging by their expressions, both CASTLE and BECKETT are intimately acquainted with skin-tight leather pants.* I like how beckett is wearing less makeup this episode than she does in s6 in my family watch Did she have a license to carry?

I love the OTS view going into the bar *lets him in while covering himself* SW: You keep showing up here like this, the boys are going to think you’re sweet on me. XD JE: Not anymore they won’t. he says while smiling.. *gulp* *puts down the gun* I can't remember what I thought the first time watching this. Is he disarming himself so they can have an honourable fistfight? Does he want to prove he's armed? are they going to count down & reach for it? & then I see the second gun. I thought maybe duel then. Also nice gun, rly small. When he says the gun is "yours" I am more sure it is a duel. (btw I think that one on the close side is the personal gun, not the police gun, & the one on the far side is the one he pulled from his boot a couple episodes ago. Like. ten.) His face when he says this. He says it in past tense as if he is in an interview, as if he's quoting himself from the future. That fear on his face. "I HAD to defend myself!" as he shakes his head with wide eyes... So he threatens to kill the guy & cover it up bc he is a detective & he can legit say "I arrested his crime boy so he wanted to kill me" & have it be true except esposito that is your gun... Unless he specifically acquired an unlicensed gun so that he could pretend it was shane's unlicensed gun (but also esposito my man how will you KNOW he recruits another kid? I might like a sequel except I don't want esposito to kill someone even if I agree with his values) Again with esposito using dominance in this play. Slid the gun over to him. I mean, Winters can afford a bodyguard, he may be a crime pimp, but he directs kids & adolescents, not people he considers his equal. No wonder he is so easy to threaten like this.

HPD criminal history information MISDEMEANOR arrest/charge information arrest date: XXXXXX ((so august or is that a random number of Xs?)) XX, 20XX 07:27 PM ((so he must have been under 18 in the year 2000, 17 in y2k at the oldest)) - Name: ESPOSITO/JAVIER ((I can't see if there is a middle name)) - Date of Birth: XXXXX X, 19XX ((april or march 1-9)) - Sex: Male - Race: XXXXXX ((Latino)) - Age at the time of the crime/arrest: XX ((10-17 but often they try 17yos as adults)) - Address: 941 E. 11TH ST/NEW YORK, NY 1009 - Fax Number: 5521250 - Place of Arrest: HPDPD, 021 - ((cropped)) Crime: November 6, 1989 ((unless this is the date of the crime so he would be under 18 in '89 at the oldest, so born in what 1972 at the oldest? & 1990 at the youngest if his age was in the double digits by y2k))

the good old days XD XD

Cycle 1 Arrest date XXXX XX 20XX 07:27 PM ((this one has 4 Xs so june & july except I think this implies that the Xs are not relative to the letters in the blackout, at least that is implied since these are both at 7.27pm, they are both the arrest date)) Court Information Court: Criminal Court New York Case Number: 322((cut off)) Initial Report Of Docket Number: XXXX XX, 20XX

November 19, 1989 ((nearly two weeks after the other date)) ASSAULT PL 160.10 Sub 01 // Class C Juvenile // HCIC 1299 RESISTING ARREST PL 160.05 // Class D Juvenile // HCIC 1299 ((transf?))erred To Superior Court November 19, 1989 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION ((of what?)) PL 160.10 Sub 01 // Class C Juvenile // HCIC 1299 ASSAULT PL 160.05 // Class D Juvenile // HCIC 1299

I love how as Joey reads them out loud esposito cringes. We see him cringe just a bit (wrinkle his nose & squint) at resisting arrest but [cringe like: that inhaling hiss between your teeth out of the side of your mouth] at unlawful possession & he shakes his head

Joey straight up: You were a mess ((coming from u tho? ur priors are a mile long according to the show so u can't say much))

JE: Yeah. But it’s all I knew. My dad was gone, my mom was working two jobs. In my neighborhood, you had to do what you had to do to survive. Not everybody made it. ((Yeah man... this story hits & my life wasn't even that bad)) JM: Is this where you tell me to man up and get my act together like you did? ((no pls no)) JE: No. It doesn’t work like that. ((Yes!! Thank you! Yes!)) JE: You need help. ((cringe but true)) For me it was one of my teachers. ((stereotype. But also,,, so true. My baking teacher, the staff in my special needs class, the FNMI guidance counselor, my culinary teachers)) Saw a future in me that I didn’t even see in myself. But it was up to me to make a choice. To pick which road to go down. I talked to your school counselor – ((first of all ew school counselors I know I lucked out but I don't trust em, second consent much? talk to joey first, except he'd say no so idk bro)) JM: What? ((See?)) JE: She’s going to call me if you keep ditching. ((esposito dad moments, I wish we got to see him with Timmy or Tommy or whatever ike's kid's name was)) JM: C’mon, man. JE: And I’m going to call you once a week. Check in. ((Do you do that for Baby Thornton too? y'all should become friends lol, he's only a year or two younger than you. Baby thornton was what? 10? it has been 2 or 3 years since s2? joey is 14? Yeah 13 & 14 is the same age)) JM: *smiles, then nods* JM: All right. I’ll go. ((go where? to school?)) If you agree to get new furniture. ((making a deal, he really is an adolescent, not a child, & esposito treating him like an adolescent, someone worth talking to, is awesome & important, even if he also knows that adolescence is not complete adulthood & he called the counselor w/o talking to joey first)) JE: *scoffs* JM: You can’t get laid on the regular with that junk you have. ((this man made fun of ryan for alley shopping)) I’m just looking out for you. ((who is looking out for whom now?)) JM: *pats him hard on the shoulder* JE: *does the thing he always does when someone touches him: he looks at where they touched & then back up at them* JE, handing Joey his business card: Here. If you need anything, day or night, call me at that number. ((do you not have your phone on silent overnight...? Maybe "at THAT number" is his other cell phone, one that he doesn't turn off at night idk bro)) JM: Okay. (he unbuckles) You’re all right. For a cop. ((lmao what a mood) JE: I know. Now get out of my car. ((see? sometimes you need that roughness. Btw I think this was the first time I noticed the car in my family watch, but I had seen it before on my binge watch. I didn't know if it was esposito's personal car or what)) JM nods to JE, JE nods back, but also in a gesture like "get going now I already told u" & JM leaves. JE smiles & watches to make sure JM gets inside ok.

I like how they closed loose ends with the winters guy & joey.

Ok but I need an episode in the future that shows that these two have indeed kept in contact! Esposito has been half raising two kids now, Ike's kid & Joey, why can't we SEE THEM?

Also uh in my math earlier I said I'd watch 6 episodes per day, well the thing is I didn't watch 6 yesterday I only got five. The first one was the season premier & I watched it earlier.

#the joey malone episode #castle 5x11 #castle 5x11 quote #castle 5x11 spoilers #castle s5 spoilers #plot heavy but only for esposito's backstory

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zangoonse · 2 years

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i am getting unreasonably angry over old ass video games

a while ago i started playing through all the classic mega man games in order and stopped at 8 because i got stuck. i then decided to skip the rest of 8 because. hm yeah not good game. and today i downloaded a rom of mm9 and played for about 5 minutes before quitting. no likey the viddy game :(

they went way too far in on the classic nes aesthetic. like i get wanting to stylistically replicate the old games to a certain degree but girl not like this. thankfully the sprite flickering is optional but the main thing that bugs me is the sound. they pretty much just outright emulated the base nes 2a03 sound chip with no expansion chips or anything. it even does the annoying thing that like every retro console did but 8 bit ones had extra bad, where sound effects use the same channels as the music so every sound effect would mute a channel of the music as it plays. that can be a good effect in some situations but 90% of the time it's annoying. and on top of that, the lack of an expansion chips means that the music has no room to do anything. what they did with the 2a03 is impressive just like the nes games! but that just makes it worse because can you imagine what they could've done if they just pushed it a little bit!

the charge shot and slide being gone just makes everything feel so much worse. people act like those just made the games worse design wise but like! no!! the levels being built around using the slide just means that there were more varied and interesting obstacles than could have existed otherwise! and the charge shot might just mean giving enemies more health but that doesn't mean it's pointless because using the charge shot is just more fun than spamming regular shots! like if you just make the charging sound less intrusive that would just make the mega buster more fun to use. but since mm2 was the only classic mega man game that most people could beat (at least without cheating their asses off like i did :p) it got the best reception qnd therefore everything that happened after it must have been a mistake right???

this was a thing in previous games too but. WHY THE HELL is the lives system still here. it adds literally nothing except artificial bullshit challenge and only ever existed to add artificial bullshit challenge! nowadays we don't need games to be full of needless difficulty to get the most out of them. all of the other mega man games i've been able to use cheats to circumvent this, but i can't find a working infinite lives code for mm9 so if i were to continue playing it i'd just have to live with that

tl;dr (and if you didn't i don't blame you :p) mega man 9 is a great example of how a tribute to something can be too faithful. i don't know why everyone hates 3-7 (i think that's the range of games people don't like?) so much, the series had really progressed in what i consider a good direction. but instead of continuing with that capcom just decided to make a crappy rom hack of mega man 2

if anyone here has played mega man 10 please let me know if it undoes the stuff mm9 did with going way too hard into the mega man 2 inspiration. like even if it just has the slide and charge shot back i'd be fine with that

#mercy dont look

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sedatedsalt · 5 years

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I can’t be the only one out there who feels Andromeda’s horrible facial animations added to my enjoyment of the game

#mass effect #its funny! but im not a nerd who is gonna be mad about it #stop taking viddy games so seriously and just have fun #live a life full of corn.#i can understand if you dont like it because you dont enjoy the story but

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I just think we have to stop sleeping on Chiaki and Sonia and Gundham as a friend trio. Think of the potential. The dynamic.

-Soniaki is god tier obviously, and I don’t have to explain why. But I will a little. Bubbly enthusiastic gf/lowkey and sleepy. Different but the same. They care so much about everyone and each other. Their hearts are so full.

-Sonia and Gundham are also a god tier friendship at the very least, so willing to indulge each other’s interests. So supportive. So close to making a blood pact. Maybe too close.

-Chiaki and Gundham have been touched on before in the fandom but it should be more damn it! Chiaki is more than willing to indulge in Gundham, primarily because he’s so kind and responsible and smart regardless! And you KNOW Gundham respects the hell out of Chiaki.

-Chiaki shows Gundham viddy games like “This character… Kind of reminds me of you.” “Fuhahaha!! An excellent choice. His cunning and intellect do nearly match my own!”

-I think Gundham finds a cat at one point who’s real lazy and way too smart for its own good and immediately shows him off to Chiaki like, “This feline beast has a temperment similar to your own! I implore you to grant this creature a name fitting of a trickster such as he!” And Chiaki names him like Joker or smth like persona 5.

-All three of them play dnd ALL THE TIME. Chiaki is a perma-DM, I think, just cuz the other two are so good at being players and so fun to bounce off of. They always gotta bring others into their campaigns so there’s enough people, but the only ones who can fully keep up with Sonia and Gundham’s epic roleplay pace are Ibuki and Imposter, which creates very interesting party dynamics. Others in the class try their best for sure. -Lacking Imposter to balance the party out, Gundham actually ends up being the most responsible PC. Which would scare anyone who heard it but he’s a man who knows what he’s about no matter what character he’s playing.

-Yknow how Gundham calls himself the Supreme Overlord of Ice and calls Sonia like… the Dark Lady? I think his Evil Nickname for Chiaki would be Master of Mirror Worlds.

omgomgomg

THID IS SO GOOD

yes sonia and chiaki are everything. they both have such kind hearts and theyre sweet and soft and loving and <3

sonia and gundham have such a great dynamic. theyre both so loud and dramatic and (they've definitely made a blood pact ahshsgg)

but gundham and chiaki??? anon you are a GENIUS. you are so right the POTENTIAL AAAA omgomg super villlans and dark gods from video games reminding chiaki of gundham and lazy, small, and soft animals reminding gundham of chiakiiiii im so obsessed akskjshd and gundham has a whole litter of kittens that are named after various video game characters cuz he and chiaki just got carried away AAAAA <333

i dont know a lot abt dnd but the three of them playing it all the time together is SOO fitting aksjdgdg

thank u so much for these ive been enlightened

#ive GOTTA draw these three together #aaaaaa #asks #anon #dr #sdr2 #dr hcs #sunny speaks

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damaged-graveyard · 2 years

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The thing I hate about video games as they are now is the lack of fucking anything in them. Its all just ooooooo look realistic grapics uuuuu. Like fuck off. I miss the love and care developers used to be able to put into their games. Now all you get is a broken game full of bugs, no actual story, a dead enviroment and pretty grapics that work like...half the time maybe. For 60 euros. Or some weird story that doesnt make any fucking sense for shock value. Its not fun anymore guys pls stop I know most people that play viddy games have a monkey brain me included but pls. Stop making them pretty and start making them fun and enjoyable again.

#there are very few games from big developers that stand out in the last 2 years #most games ive enjoyed are from smaller companies and theres nothing wrong with that #but to spend hundrets of thousands on marketing #lying to your audience and delivering a half broken game #that you still cant fix more than a fycking year later #AAAAAAAAAA #not to mention what activision blizzard did with cold war this season #it makes me MAD #not to mention developers closing off files so you cant mod the game???????#i could rant on abt this for AGES

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meg-noel-art · 4 years

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Glimber

Ash I already loved your Glimber one, so I’m going to do this for NSA (Modern AU, specifically) Glimmer:

2-4 songs that are probably on their iPod: Literally just Every Avril Lavigne song. Every single one. the one place they sometimes end up falling asleep – where they’re not supposed to: I’m going to count crashing on Bow’s couch as a place she shouldn’t fall asleep. Defiitely also a couch sleeper--watches tv until she passes out and then sleeps in a terrible position until Adora comes to take her to bed properly. I like to think NSA Glimmer will also just dump freshly dryed laundry onto the foot of her bed, lay down in the warmth and fall asleep there too. the game they'd destroy everyone else at: Every viddie gaym ever. She’s so good at Smash Ultimate oh m god. She mains Isabelle and makes everyone want to stop playing because it’s just unfair and she starts calling people names. the emoticon they’d use most often: The Dildo one with crocs and a cowboy hat. Iykyk. Eggplant if she’s lazy. what they act like when they haven’t had enough sleep: The grumpiest motherfucker you ever did see. Adora has the magic touch however. Gets her to calm down and turn into a puddle with a gentle shoulder rub. Also puts her to sleep faster than the blink of an eye. Two birds, one stone. their preferred hot beverage on really cold nights. or mornings. or whenever: Hot coco (with whipped cream and sprinkles like Micah liked it), or tea--her mom used to make it for her special when she was growing up. Coco for nights, tea for mornings. Coffee of course too. how they like to comfort/care for themselves when they’re in a slump: While it USEd to be drinking and smoking :---)....Glimmer has taken up healthier habits. She now take full advantage of a good bath. Spends hours soaking in the suds and warm water. Will also cocoon herself in a burrito blanket and eat junk food as she binges trashy television. what they wanted to be when they grew up: A musician. Micah always pushed her to pursue her passions, while Angella wanted her to get a more practical degree. Business or something alike. their favorite kind of weather: Any weather that lets her spend most waking moments snuggling her girlfriend. Adora is a human furnace so.. cold is good. And learning to disassociate snow with her trauma is important to her. thoughts on their singing voice (decent? terrible? soprano? alto?) She sings beautifully. Plays guitar and writes songs for Adora. Adora particularly loves listening to her sing in the shower, where she’s most uninhibited. how/what they like to draw or doodle: Definitely doodles little things here and there (little hearts on notes for Adora) but she doesn’t ‘draw’.

I love NSA Glimber and miss her dearly, thank you Ash ;;

#glimmer #asks #athetos #ash #she ra #spop #nsa #nsa glimmer

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femme-is-my-gender · 4 years

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Lesbian ask game 5, with a twist 1-50 👀

OK BABE YOU CAN'T FOOL ME but you're cute and ily so

(I know you sent this like 5 days ago but this was a lot to answer and I wanted to get them all right because HAPPY 6 MONTHS BABE IF WE CANT GO ON A TRIP THEN THIS WHOLE DAMN MONTH IS OUR 6MO CELEBRATION 💕)

1. Their hair is fucking gorgeous I love the texture and its teal (I did the dye and cut!!!)

2. Their eyes are beautiful mid tone brown i love seeing the way the sun reflects off them 💕

3. Their age? Either a wise elder stuck in a teenagers mind stuck in an adults body or did you mean like in dog years?

4. We met on an app 🤷‍♀️ love finds you when you're not looking

5. S is very ticklish I don't even have to touch just wiggle my fingers in their direction and they fall over giggling

6. Their favorite song??? Idk if they have a #1 fave but their fav band is Mickey Darling

7. Their fave movie is avengers we watched it the other night at a drive in:)

8. Their fave book... idk babes a dork Harry Potter probably :P

9. Their fave TV show is She-ra honorable mentions for Avatar and My Hero

10. Their celebrity crush is........... me 😎

11. Babe wants a cat but allergies make that a uh problem (still trying to convince s to get a naked cat we will see how successful I am!!!)

12. There are SO MANY songs that make me think of them heres a whole Playlist but #1 is smother me and I'll follow you into the dark

13. Does s play sports.. well. Do you count the bedroom?

14. My favorite things about their body.. their dimples! Their hands! Their smile and the way their eyes crinkle when they do, the sound of a big belly laugh, their soft tummy and thighs to lay on, their butt is pretty cute too idk

15. My favorite personality traits! Don't get me started! The way they can uphold their boundaries firmly but not unkindly. The way they will get rude if needed to get someone to listen, the way they listen so intently when I talk about the Deep Stuff and the way they listen to my suggestions on the bad days even when they don't want to do what I suggest. The way they look at a new leaf unfurling on one of our house plants and the way they will talk and sing to my bird, the way they care so deeply for their loved ones and would do anything for them, the way they hold me almost every night bc its easier for me to fall asleep since I work early even though their work day ends right before I have to sleep. The way they rub my head and my back when I can't sleep and the way they absent mindedly rub their thumb on my hand or say I love you for the millionth time or do the arm jerk robot arm dance when they're excited or nervous and so many more i gotta go lay down....

16. Their style is emo boy/tacky 80s dad and I love it!

17. Our first date we went to a little vegan restaurant/bar then to an emo night at a bar! The bar double booked though so we didn't get the emo night we anticipated but thats okay!

18. A tiny detail they don't know I notice... idk I say most things I'm thinking outloud so if I notice something i say it lol no secrets here

19. Their talents! They are good at viddy James and they are good at cooking especially seasoning and just throwing random things into a meal, they are good at planning down to details, also the talents don't stop in the bedroom I'm just sayin

20. A tiny poem about S

Ways I say I love you that aren't outloud

Making sure you drink water

Scooting closer

Making you laugh

Asking how's your day been

Tracing my fingers on your skin

Giving us a clean place to spend our time

Encouraging you to try something new

Opening the blinds

Being your cheerleader

Baby you're my sunshine

You shine so bright and even on the cloudy days you're what warms my soul.

I love you.

Have you had any water today?

21. Do they have a tumblr? Yeah! Baby come off anon lol

22. What makes them laugh? Well any goofy noise or silly song i make up usually will get them, they're pretty ticklish so that works too also memes and cat videos

23. S is a Taurus sun with dominant Aries chart and im a sag sun with dominant Capricorn chart depends which app you ask but I say we are pretty damn compatible

24. Babe has always wanted to travel in general. I know Colorado was a plan for a while, Germany has come up before. I think as long as we are together and near a beach we both would be happy to go anywhere

25. Things that are interesting to baby are heros/magic people, babies, animals, romcoms and anything to do with live music

26. I realized I loved them like on our 2nd date! I was so stressed bc I had just gotten out of a toxic relationship and while I was totally over the romantic connection to that person I was still feeling alot of hurt and trying to recover and I met S while I was slutting it up on tinder and I was Not Ready to be in love again like I WAS but I was so scared of fucking things up between us by committing "too soon" but S was so patient and never pressured me but I could tell they had feelings and so did I but like I was better at hiding them. I love them so much I'm so glad we met.

27. Their favorite food group is comfort food/toddler menu: grilled cheese, nuggs, pizza, also their top fave is fideo

28. Babe hates alot of foods I don't know them all yet but bell peppers, onions, also new foods are scary but they will try something if I make it/want to eat somewhere they've never been which just makes me 🥰

29. Hogwarts house is slytherin!

30. Babes element? Well their chart is fire/earth heavy. I say earth is their element!

31. Something that makes baby angry is people being rude for seemingly no reason also people who don't respect boundaries

32. S is taller than me by like 5 inches i think

34. Idk if they want their name on here so

35. Their aesthetic is like kitchy/goth/boho vibes. Dark vibrant colors, lots of plants, lots of art, skulls, comfortable space with blankets and pillows that's pretty and interesting to look at

36. Well the first thing I bought them was a drink lol but the first proper gift was a stuffed sloth they had wanted for a long time bonus facts I had to snoop on their insta to find a picture of the sloth and zoom in/brighten the picture to read the tag and did some sleuthing online but I found it! His name is theo

37. Baby is def a night owl

38. I brag the most about babe's just general goodness. I tell anyone who will listen how good they make me feel and how they listen and give good advice even when I don't want to follow it, and their top priority is keeping me safe and secure and also they're really fucking hot but I can't say that normally.

39. S has some rings and a necklace they like to wear if they're looking Certified Fresh

40. I'm a vegetarian, babes not

41. Oh fuck idk what their fave school subject is I would have to guess lit/reading??

42. Their clique is skaters/emo/scene lol

43. We have been together 6 months almost exactly!! 😍

44. Describe their laugh. Oh my God, well there's the cute nervous/goofy laugh they do most the time, there's this snort/chortle they do when I'm being extra goofy that I love, and sometimes I get them to do the whole throw head back full belly deep laugh and my heart goes 🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!!!!!!!!

45. Nah they don't wear makeup

46. Favorite art medium? Like to do? Painting I think.

47. Babe plucks around on bass and ukulele sometimes and they're a PRO at belly bongos

48. S identifies with cats the most

49. Babe likes the outdoors but it's not their comfort zone so there's resistance when I suggest it but if I insist they end up having a good time. Idk if s would like camping though.

50. This picture is my wallpaper I love them so much and bought this shirt for them!!! (Fun fact I left the store and went home and later decided to go back and get the shirt bc I LOVE them and their tacky 80s dad vibes)

#you think youre slick!#well jokes on you!!! compliment shower!!!!!#i fucking love you so damn much #asks #rb bait #ask games #wlw #personal #donut rebagle

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lunarmoonflowyr · 4 years

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Because I’m bored I’m going to write down a bunch of my passive thoughts on a new game I started playing and because once I start making streaming/youtube content related to viddy game I might make a video on this

Vambrace: Cold Soul Initial Impressions

Vambrace: Cold Soul is a game by Devespresso Games, an independent game developer based out of Seoul, South Korea who’s other notable titles seem to be a series of horror adventure games titled “The Coma”.

Vambrace however, is a game far more akin to something like Darkest Dungeon in visual style and gameplay design however the Steam store page description has it claiming to be inspired by “the gothic fantasy of Castlevania, the deep lore of a series like The Elder Scrolls, the replayability of roguelites like FTL: Faster Than Light, and the sweeping, character-driven epics of our favorite JRPGs.”

This is going to be a small writeup of my initial impressions after 2 hours of the game.

THE STORY SO FAR

We are a woman named Evelia Lyric, although she just goes by Lyric most of the time so that’s what I’ll be referring to her as throughout the rest of this writeup. Lyric immediately begins showing tell-tale signs of “JRPG Protagonist Syndrome”, as she:

1. Survives being passed out in a freezing arctic-like environment while wearing what could maybe be called clothing for a slightly harsh winter in New England, and comes out of it with barely any complications to speak of

2. Has an (allegedly) famous father who leaves her a Mysterious Book That No One Can Read, and the titular Vambrace, which is now apparently fused to her arm, that lets her pass through what the game refers to as the “Frostfell”, a massive magical ice barrier surrounding the city of “Icenaire” that apparently kills anyone who touches it. Apparently she can also one-shot evil ghosts with it, but only in the narrative. She did it in a cutscene once, and so far that hasn’t translated to gameplay.

3. Has so-far-unmentioned heterochromia

4. Gets a high-ranking soldier to trust her almost immediately when only one brief conversation ago he had a suspicion that she was a spy for “The Green Flame”, apparently some rival faction that’s very, very Not Good.

Getting confused by all the random names yet? Trust me, it doesn’t really get much better. This game’s story shows a lot of the very painful signs of an over-written, over-developed fantasy world that someone very obviously put a lot of time and love into, but didn’t really know where to stop.

Names, places, and concepts are thrown at you non-stop with a new one being introduced almost every dialogue sequence if you spend time talking to the locals of Icenaire once you convince the guard captain to let you go wandering the streets. You can also find random lore pages strewn around the place that add even more lore on top of everything else.

It all gets to be so dense and confusing you almost completely lose track of what the actual, present-day story is. The game has no trouble throwing random scraps of lore at you, full of names that mean nothing, but when it comes to actually explaining what the hell is going on right now, it falls a bit short. Here’s my understanding so far.

Lyric’s father has either died or mysteriously disappeared, I can’t remember which, and she’s been left a letter, a book, and the titular Vambrace. The book is referred to in the game mechanics as “The Codex” and is referred to by NPCs as a “book that nobody can read”, because apparently foreign languages don’t exist in this world, yet so far I’ve counted 6 or 7 distinct fantasy races that apparently all speak the exact same language all the time.

The vambrace has fused itself to Lyrics arm, and her fathers letter tells her to go to Icenaire (I have no fucking clue what that name is supposed to mean by the way, and it sounds really fucking awkward to say so it has to mean -something-. The “ice” part is pretty self-explanatory if a little on the nose, the entire game takes place in what appears to be an apocalypse along the lines of if you took the events of “Frozen” and turned it up to 11, but the only insight I could get on the “naire” part is that it’s from the Irish Gaelic word “náire” which means something along the lines of “ashamed” or “to have shame”. So this city is basically named “ice-ashamed”, which I have no clue what that’s supposed to mean, and it’s bothering me enough that I’ve gone on an entire run-on paragraph to rant about it because it sounds stupid to say and exactly like a city name I would’ve come up with for my crappy fantasy stories that I wrote when I was fourteen.)

Where was I again?

Right, okay, so Lyrics father instructs her to go to Icenaire (blech) and find some dude named “Zaquard Ventrue”. That name also means nothing, except as far as I can tell, “Zaquard” is the pseudonym of one of the people at Devespresso, and the first thing that comes to mind for Ventrue is Vampire: The Masquerade, and I’m not sure it really means anything there either.

The naming system in this game seems really off, it has no consistency and a lot of it is really self-indulgent, because you find out that this Zaquard fellow (in the game) is the big head honcho of what apparently is some kind of resistance movement of the oppressive organization called “The Green Flame”.

So Lyric goes through the “Frostfell” (the magical ice barrier thing around the city that allegedly is the cause of this whole Frozenpocalypse deal) by using the power of the mysterious Vambrace, and...passes out because of it, only to be found by a scavenging party in a tutorial section where the game teaches you how to play it using said scavenging party.

More on that later.

Lyrics unconscious body is dragged back to the city, she somehow hasn’t contracted hypothermia, and the next scene we’re given is an interrogation from some guy who’s last name is Esquire.

I don’t think the writers of this game knew what the word “Esquire” meant, because despite traditionally appearing after a person’s name, it is not a surname, it is a title. So the strange and unconventional naming choices continue.

Anyway, Captain Generic Man, Esq., interrogates Lyric for all of five minutes before believing her at face value that she has a magical super-gauntlet that lets her pass through this extremely lethal magical barrier, when he has all the reason in the world to believe that she’s some kind of spy sent by the people his resistance faction is supposedly fighting against.

And instead of keeping her under close watch until she’s at least somewhat established some trust that she’s not a mole or a spy or an assassin, he just...lets her roam free, around the city. Completely by herself. With no supervision, whatsoever.

As you can probably tell, I already have several problems with this games pacing and general overall writing quality, and we’re not even past the prologue section yet.

Oh, yeah, and Captain Generic gives Lyric some free money for her troubles, because the player needs to know how the market system works and how to buy healing items, and we can’t be assed to have them come across money in a non-contrived manner.

And the currency is really weirdly specific? Its this stuff called “Hellion”, which in real-person-language is a word for a malicious troublemaker or nuisance. But in the same setting where a city is named “Ice Shame”, “Hellion” is apparently some kind of magical incense that the fox people burn to appease their gods.

Oh yeah there’s a race of fox people in this game. They run the markets. They’re less full on furries and more like regular humanoids, but with fox ears, a tail, and pointy teeth, so like that weird halfway “haha guys look I’m totally not a furry” deal thats basically just “catgirls but with a different animal”.

Anyway.

You’re given a fat stack of cash and told to go buy yourself some food from the market, because we need to give you a tutorial on how to buy shit.

So you go to the market and are taught by a smooth-talking fox-man-person-thing how to buy things at a market, after which you are immediately spotted by the only guard in the city with an ounce of sense who instantly goes “Hey holy shit isn’t that the person that literally nobody recognizes in this city that’s been cut off from the outside world for presumably several years at this point and the only other known faction that has the resources to keep a human alive is one we’re actively at war with?” and throws your ass right back in jail.

By the way, the things you can choose to buy at the market are all pretty typical JRPG items that heal stat debuffs, or are basically different flavors of health potion that restore different amounts of health, and for any seasoned JRPG veteran it’s pretty easy to guess what items do what and how they function (sort of) but there’s plenty of unique-to-this-game stat conditions and the way the health mechanic works is kinda wonky, and the game asks you to buy your healing items before it even explains to you how the hell that part of the game actually works.

I’ll go more in-depth to the gameplay once I finish this story synopsis but I just felt like pointing out that at this point you’ve been walked through some of the basic mechanics of the game and some of the combat, but the part of the game that deals with debuffs and HP and how you deal with those things hasn’t been explained yet.

This game is very weird.

Anyway, during the attempt to throw your ass back in jail, some shit is going down in the room that has the elevator to the surface (yeah apparently this city is like, underground. They don’t actually explain why, or how, or if it was like that before the Frozenpocalypse or if the Frozenpocalypse buried it, and if it was buried, how the hell did it get excavated so cleanly like this and why are all the buildings intact? Whatever, apparently the game doesn’t consider this important, which is weird considering all the random lore tidbits it does deem important, so we’re moving on now.)

OH hold on let me backtrack a bit. While you’re being let out of your jail cell because Captain Generic just felt like it apparently, you walk up to this other jail cell with a goth chick inside it and you’re told she’s an Extremely Powerful Bad Guy, Do Not Fuck With Her.

So, as you arrive at the elevator to the surface, guess who just made an escape and caused a spooky ghost person to invade the city and injure two people! That’s right, Spooky Not-So-Jailed-Anymore Goth Chick! Who’s name is Isabel Salazar, and it’s really saying something that that’s the most normal name we’ve encountered so far in this god forsaken game.

So you’re now face-to-face with a spooky ghost. You think you’re about to get into a combat section, you’ve been taught how to do combat, but nope! Lyric just waltzes up to the fucker and smacks him in the face with her Vambrace hand and it...melts...him? Just, with absolutely zero fanfare?

Uh. Sure. Alright. Weird, do we get some kind of special attack that hurts ghosts? Guess we’ll find out.

So the guard who was trying to arrest you, a redhead with pointy ears who’s very obviously an elf but hasn’t directly been called an elf in-game yet so I’m not sure if we’re using that word but fuck it she’s an elf, who’s name is Celest. That’s all, I don’t remember if she’s given a last name.

Celest is reprimanded by Captain Generic, Esq. for trying to re-arrest the possible spy who was let go with literally no actual forethought put into it, and she’s understandably miffed, and Captain Generic tells you to come meet him in the war room because “someone is very interested in meeting you.”

This leads nicely into the scene where our protagonist meets the leader of this massive underground (literally) resistance movement, who, upon hearing our surname and being told we’re the daughter of Some Random Guy, immediately trusts us to go after Isabel and lead an expedition all on our lonesome with a party of random soldiers we get to pick from a “help wanted” board instead of, I dunno, maybe sending some actual soldiers with us.

This leader is the previously mentioned Zaquard Vampire Clan Man, who looks exactly how you’d expect a self-insert resistance leader to look, a young white-haired anime boy looking dude who’s bangs cover his eyes and we can’t see them. And he has earrings.

Farquaad here apparently knew about our dad, and our dad was apparently the lead researcher about Archons (?) and the Vambrace is an Archonian (???) artifact (also they spell it “artefact” in the game and I hate it, they also say “magick” and it makes me want to find whoever was in charge of writing this and punch them) so that’s why he trusts us now, apparently.

We are then tasked with a mission to go retrieve Evil Goth Chick, who apparently is going to go tell these Green Flame fellows the location of our massive underground city secret base, which is somehow super duper secret despite being huge.

Keep in mind that this entire game’s setting is allegedly one massive city, it’s not like Eragon where the big inside-the-mountain Dwarf city was kept secret from Galbatorix, because that at least had the justification of being halfway across the entire fucking continent from the Empire as well as being on the other side of a massive fucking desert.

This is all apparently one huge city! And the “secret underground base” is kinda big itself! It doesn’t make sense that its some big secret!

Ugh, whatever, if I keep harping on about every bit of the narrative that doesn’t make any fucking sense when you think about it for more than ten seconds I’m going to give myself a stroke so now that I’ve caught you up to where I am in the story, let’s move onto the gameplay.

THE GAMEPLAY

If you’re at all familiar with Darkest Dungeon (a much better game) the gameplay is most similar in style to that. You have a party of 4 adventurers, you walk through room after room of a connected “dungeon” except in this case its neighborhood streets and buildings, find treasure, manage the balance of treasure in your inventory vs healing and utility items, and you have combat.

Let’s talk about the combat first, because its the part I like most about this game and the reason I’m probably going to keep playing it.

Vambrace takes a similar approach to Darkest Dungeon in that each character has a certain number of skills at their disposal, being limited in use by where the character is standing in the party order and what position slots in the opposing party they can target.

When you get into combat, the party orders will look like this, with your party on the left and the opposing party on the right.

4-3-2-1-1-2-3-4

The skills are divided into three range categories.

- Short or melee range skills can only be used in position 1 and 2 and can only target positions 1 and 2 on the opposing side unless those two positions are empty, in which case they can target 3 and 4.

- Medium range skills can be used from any position, but can only target positions 1 and 2.

- Long range skills can be used from any position and can target any position.

Some skills also take flourish points to use, and characters build up flourish points throughout encounters by using their basic skill.

Different characters have different classes, which determine different skills they’re able to use.

This is a basically solid combat system, as proven by Darkest Dungeon, however Vambrace falls short of DD in two ways:

The first is Darkest Dungeon’s position system, and its supplementary corpse system, work slightly differently. Position order is the same, however, there can be no empty spaces breaking the line. If the line would be broken, units that are furthest back move forward to close the line.

So say you encounter 4 enemies, so positions 1-2-3-4 are all fully occupied. If you kill the enemy in position 2, the enemies in positions 3 and 4 will move forward to fill in the blank space, so now only positions 1-2-3 are occupied.

This is mitigated in Darkest Dungeon by the corpse system, when you kill an enemy it leaves a corpse behind, which fills up the space and prevents the backline from moving forward. However there are several skills in DD that remove corpses as part of the effect.

This opens up different paths to take in terms of strategy. In both Vambrace and Darkest Dungeon, the 3 and 4 positions are usually filled by the more deadly foes, the enemies that take those positions usually cause debuffs to your party or have a higher damage output.

However, in Darkest Dungeon, you can either run a strong backline of your own and try to eliminate the opposing backline quickly, or you can run a strong frontline and a more supportive backline to try and take out the frontline, and then wipe out the corpses, pushing the backline units to the front and making all their skills basically useless, since most enemies that stick to the back in DD have maybe one attack that they can use in position 1 or 2, and it’s usually not a very good attack.

There are also attacks in DD that you can use to force the enemy to shuffle positions, bringing the backline to the front and crippling them without even touching the tanky frontline.

However, in Vambrace, positions are static on the enemy side. When you kill enemies in front, the backline enemies stay in the backline. This leads to a much more limited strategy, where you pretty much only want to focus the backline first, and the frontline afterwards.

There’s also the matter of turn order. Characters with a higher Awareness stat (more on stats in a second) get a bonus on their initiative and can go higher in the turn order, beyond that I’m not actually sure what factors are involved in determining this. However, the turn order itself is transparently displayed in the bottom center of the screen during combat, telling you very clearly which position on which side gets the next move, which helps out a lot with planning out your encounters.

Once you get the hang of it though, Vambrace’s combat is still enjoyable, and I’d say the aesthetic and environment around it makes it different enough from Darkest Dungeon that I can enjoy playing both for different reasons. Vambrace far more embraces certain JRPG aspects, for instance.

Speaking of which, lets talk stats.

Before I do though I want to talk about one of my biggest gripes with the game so far, and that’s the fact that its interface is terrible. This game doesn’t have a menu for keybinds, it doesn’t let you re-bind things, and its control scheme is a little awkward to say the least.

It also hides a lot of information to be only accessible in the tutorial pages, which you can access at any time in the pause menu, but it makes things tedious because this game has a lot of smaller things to keep track of.

Each character has 5 stats. Combat, Sleight, Merchantry, Awareness, and Overwatch, and each one has a different impact on the game.

Combat is fairly self explanatory, it determines how good your character is at fighting.

Sleight determines how good the character is at scavenging, and it affects the quality of loot you find in containers.

Merchantry affects buying and selling, the higher the merchantry, the cheaper stuff is to buy and the more people pay for your junk.

Awareness determines how well you can avoid traps

And Overwatch determines how good your character is at managing the party during camping.

Your stats can also affect the outcomes of certain random events that can trigger throughout the dungeons, although I’ve only encountered a handful of them so far.

Speaking of camping, one of the most under-explained mechanics in this game is the camping mechanic, and my first and only death so far has been because of a failure to properly explain said mechanic, causing me to fuck it up 3 times before I did it right, and because camping is actually extremely vital to success in this game, it caused me to die and fail the mission.

Any healing items in your inventory cannot be used on the fly, they are only usable during a camping session. You can initiate a camping session upon finding a suitable spot for one, which you can either randomly find in the generated rooms of a “dungeon”, or in between the “dungeons” on a mission in shelters where you get sort of a mini-camp session.

A full camping session involves you selecting the character with the highest Overwatch skill to manage said session. You need to do three specific things to maximize your sessions effectiveness, and these things are not properly tutorialized and are easy to misunderstand or miss out altogether. When the camping session starts, the character you’ve chosen to manage the whole thing starts out by standing in front of the campfire, with an “interact” icon hovering above it.

Do not interact with the campfire. It will end the camping session immediately and you cannot redo it, you will have to find a new campsite.

Instead, you need to find the interact icon for sleep and the icon for music. The first one will restore the HP of your whole party equal to your session leader’s Overwatch skill provided it goes without incident, and the second one will restore the Vigor of your whole party equal to the session leader’s Overwatch skill.

Oh. Right, Vigor.

Vambrace has 2 health bars essentially. There’s your Hit Points (HP), and then there’s Vigor. HP works how you think it does, you take damage in combat or from poison or traps and if you hit 0 you die.

Vigor is basically a worse version of the Stress mechanic from Darkest Dungeon, but instead of ticking up as your characters get more and more stressed out, their Vigor essentially goes down as you walk through the various dungeon rooms, and certain debuffs and traps can reduce it as well.

Once you’ve done both a sleep and a music session, you then need to open up your inventory and use the appropriate healing items to cover up whatever those two things didn’t get. If one character was particularly badly hurt and needs extra patching up after a nap, do it with healing items now. You cannot use healing items outside of a camping session, so do it now.

You can also only use status healing items here too, and status ailments don’t go away with a nap.

Only once you have done those three things should you interact with the campfire again, ending the camping session and continuing on with the dungeon.

The Other Stuff

The other reason besides the gameplay being interesting enough that I plan on continuing to play this game is that the art direction and the sound design are actually very, very well done, with a feeeeew small exceptions.

Let’s start with the art direction.

Visually, the game looks fantastic. It’s as if you took the visual style of Darkest Dungeon but made it more anime-esque and less horrifying, more pleasant to look at. It’s really pretty and well stylized, and is a style that will hold up visually even when graphical advancements outpace it.

The character designs are also all fairly unique, if a little over-designed sometimes. You can pick out all the named characters on sight alone, they’re all visually distinct from each other and are easily recognizable.

The sound design is also, for the most part, really really good. The ambient noise is a good quality, the audio is well balanced and none of it really grates on my ears, and some of it is actually pretty nice to listen to.

The music in the game so far is also good, and while I haven’t come across any tracks that made me want to just sit there and listen to it on loop for a few minutes, I also haven’t found any tracks that made me go “oh god oh god make it stop”

The only part of the audio I have a problem with is...the voice acting. It’s only shown up in a few very small cutscene bits so far, mostly the initial opening scene, but I can’t really put my finger on what’s wrong with it. The only character who’s spoken so far is Lyric, and I really am finding it hard to say exactly why her voice-acted dialogue bothers me, but it really grated on my ears and I was glad when the cutscene ended.

I think it was a mixture of the quality of the audio, it didn’t sound professionally recorded although I’ll grant it that it wasn’t “Skyrim mod voice acted by the modder” level of terrible, but it still left a lot to be desired. The other part that got to me was just the style with which the actress was talking, however I can’t really pinpoint if it was just the stilted dialogue she was stuck with, if the direction was bad, or if she just didn’t really have much of an idea what she was doing.

She had a very monotonous voice throughout, and while she wasn’t speaking flatly or like she was bored, it was moreso that kind of voice people give characters like Sasuke in fandubs, where they’re overly mopey and Serious™ which kinda takes the oomph out of lines that should have had the more somber tone.

Overall Thoughts and Opinions

Keep in mind this is all based on the first 2 hours of gameplay, and that I’ll probably post a more detailed version of this (or make a video) once I’m either a lot further into the game or I beat it.

I don’t hate the game. I think the writing is completely overdone and obnoxious, and has way, way too much lore and way too many things going on without focusing on the more narrow plotline, and I have a huge problem with the very very inconsistent naming scheme, but aside from those two specific criticisms, I’ve definitely seen worse writing.

And it’s not like the characters aren’t endearing in that “this character 1000% slots into a very specific JRPG trope but I’m here for it” sort of way. I did enjoy what I got to see of Lyric and the other named characters, even though they were completely stereotypical and Lyric comes off as a bit of a Mary Sue.

So far the writing is very flawed, but in a tolerable way. I’d much more rather play a game written with love and care and have the flaws come from human error rather than a game that was written by committee to be as bland and appealing to as wide an audience as possible without offending anyone.

The gameplay definitely isn’t as deep as it could be, but the out-of-combat mechanics actually do require a lot of forethought and planning once you actually understand them.

That’s probably my biggest criticism of the game outside of the writing, the game has a pretty decent tutorial that tries to explain everything, but the UI design and how the game presents its information outside of the tutorial works against that and forces you to memorize things and constantly refer back to the tutorial pages.

There’s a lot of quality-of-life things that are missing that shouldn’t be. The ability to rebind keys, the ability to even check a simple menu solely dedicated to the keybinds instead of sifting back through the tutorials trying to figure out what fucking key you need to press for things is.

There’s no hover-over information, on anything. The mouse does literally nothing, you could control the whole game with the keyboard. This is especially problematic when dealing with stat buffs and debuffs, because while you can open up your character stat menu in combat to check exactly what their debuffs do, you can’t open up an enemy stat page and are completely reliant on having memorized what icon corresponds to what debuff and what that debuff actually does.

But if you can look past the cripplingly bad UI and inability to rebind keys, along with the weird writing, the game is actually fairly charming and does have a lot to offer, so I’d definitely recommend checking it out! I bought it on sale for about $16 USD, and if the game keeps up the current quality for a decent chunk of playtime, I’d say it’s worth it around that price. Probably not at full price though.

#moonspeak #Alyss plays games #idk #i was bored

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madnessismylover · 5 years

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Tagged Questions

Okay I was tagged three times but with three different sets of questions so Ima just do all of them here.

I got tagged by @nocturnofshadow for the first

@cupofcowboys for the second

and @sebthur for the third one.

This gets long so I’m putting it under a read more as to not annoy anyone.

If I’ve tagged you my questions are at the very very bottom ^_^

First set

1. Dream vacation destination, go!

London

2. If you got any novels laying about, go and flip through and pick the twenty-second line - what’s it say?

“The police were summoned, and the whole of Little Hangleton “ uh that’s where the line stops... Idk if I was supposed to count sentences.

3. Got any favourite stims? Plastic click-clacks, squishy things, rubbing into a specific spot til it’s smooth, etc. Tell me about it!

I have a fidget cube! I used to stim on my stuff rabbit cause he had a velvet tag but it’s gone now lol, I rubbed it off.

4. Favourite scene in a viddy game? (alternatively, fave scene in a book, movie, etc)

RED Dead 2 Spoilers: Hanging of Colm in rdr2

5. Favourite aesthetic and why! (old west, european gothic, etc.)

Would Autumn / Halloween be an aesthetic?

6. What’s your go-to song when you’re seeing red? Does it help calm you down, or add fuel to the fire?

Something either Breaking Benjamin or Three Days Grace. Adds fuel.

7. If you write as a hobby, do you still use pen and paper? Or do you prefer typing?

I love to use pen and paper but mostly type nowadays. I have so many tiny notebooks filled cause I would write during classes.

8. How long do dishes normally sit in your sink before you get around to them? If you have any sitting around, this is your reminder to get those done!

Until I remember.... so forever. Unless someone else does them ^_^”

9. Do you have a favourite Hozier song?

uhhh I only know Take Me to Church

10. Do you hoard music playlists? If so, what’s the general vibe of those playlists, and on which platform? (youtube, spotify, etc)

Uhhhh a lot of them are labeled “Driving” XD or “Shower” or something like that.

Second:

1. Are you a book reader? if so what are you reading currently?

I’ve been re-reading the fourth Harry Potter for a few months now (meaning I picked it up, read it for a few days and haven’t picked it back up cause I’ve been busy)

2. If you could time travel where in time would you go?

80s maybe. Though probably 90s. I know I’m lame.

3. Is it hot or cold (weather) where you are in the world right now

Outside TOO HOT. But it’s summer so that’s to be expected.

4. Start your current music playlist, put it on random and tell me what the next song is.

Hushh by AViVA

5. Pizza or Burgers?

Pizza

6. Favourite movie/s

Nightmare before Christmas, Princess Bride

7. Favourite band/s

FOB, P!ATD, Linkin Park, Set it Off,

8. How many concerts have you been to?

2 both Panic at the Disco ones.

9. If you won millions and millions of dollars what would be the first thing you do.

Pay off any debts/bills my parents have so they can stop working.

10. One thing you like about yourself

Nothing... uhhh.... my.... eyes?

Third:

1. do you like pineapples on ur pizza?

Never had it... I probably wouldn’t mind it

2. how much bubble you want when you take a bath? all of them? none at all?

ALL THE BUBBLES

3. favorite scent?

Cherry or Vanilla

4. whats your all time favorite movie?

nightmare before Christmas

5. if money DID grow on trees… what is the first thing u would buy?

Well I wouldn’t BUY it but I’d pay off the mortgage on our house.

6. did u drink water today?

I have.

7. if not, do it now! stay hydrated! did u eat?

I have.

8. whats ur dream job?

Twitch Streamer full time.

9. have you ever heard of upgamers?

nope, I will google them though

10. can you play an instrument? which one?

I used to play the Piano and Flute.. I’ve been meaning to learn the guitar for a few years now...

11. have you listened to your favourite song today? do it now

okay ^_^

MY QUESTIONS

1. Sun or Moon?

2. Would you rather have 20 cats or 20 dogs?

3. Who was your first celebrate crush (that you can remember)?

4. What was your first video game? (and if you don’t play those then what was your first movie)

5. Favorite kid show? (either watched as a kid or watch now)

6. Favorite decade’s aesthetic? (70s, 80s, 90s, etc,)

7. Where do you wish you could live?

8. Did you have an imaginary friend as a kid? If so what was their name?

9. What’s something not a lot of people know about you?

10. If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life what would it be?

Tagging the following lovely people: @somethinwickedthiswayrides @cowboisaregoodbois @unsarable @crimsonredemption @septembershower

annnnnnnnnnnd anyone else who wants to do this ^_^

#tagging #questions #tag game #long post #I answer 31 questions cause I got tagged 3 times

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honesthearts · 5 years

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About Me Game

Answer 10 questions and tag 10 people. (there's more than 10??)

tagged by @uncommonly-average and @fkingpeggies thank you uwu

tagging: @zacklover24 @deputyash @carminarrye @farcry5-obsessions @thatjessopgirl @deputyoneill @joey-hudson @lokighost @colorguardian18 no obligation ofc.

How tall are you?

5'3.

What color and style is your hair?

Long straight black hair.

What color are your eyes?

Green.

Do you wear glasses?

No.

Do you wear braces?

Also no.

What's your fashion sense?

Whatever is clean kinda goth/grunge mix, a lot of black.

Full name?

I go by my second name here, and that's all you're gonna get.

When were you born?

Feb 3rd.

Where are you from and where do you live now?

Lisbon, Portugal, lived here all my life.

What school do you go to?

I'm almost finishing high school.

What kind of student are you?

The procrastinating type.

Do you like school?

Not really, no.

Favorite subject?

English and History.

Favorite TV shows?

Breaking Bad, Friends, How I Met Your Mother and Game of Thrones (even tho I kinda stopped watching and now Im back for season 8).

Favorite movie?

Godfather 2.

Favorite book?

I.... don't really read books tbh.

Favorite past-time?

Playing viddy games, making pinterest boards, watching TV, listening to music, napping.

Do you have regrets?

Who doesn't?

Dream job?

Psychologist.

Would you ever like to be married?

Yes!

Would you like kids?

Yep.

How many?

Two maybe.

Do you like shopping?

Meh.

What countries have you visited?

I've never left Portugal :/

Scariest nightmare you had?

Don't remember.

Any enemies?

I don't think so??

Any significant other?

Nope.

Do you believe in miracles?

Nah.

How are you?

Tired on main.

#tag thing

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katrinawritesthings · 5 years

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Jonghyun/Taemin; some pretty babe; PG

taem playing some video game and his roommate (kibum) brings home a babe (jonghyun) from the club to frick and jong sits with taem a lil bit while kibum gets ready

“Are you speedrunning this?” Jonghyun asks suddenly. Taemin nods automatically as he goes through the main area.

“Yeah,” he says.

Taemin sighs and grimaces when he glances at his time after he beats the boss of the second area. He’s still two seconds behind his normal time. He can’t fucking believe that bullshit in the first area with the flashlight guard. He knows he should have made that jump and as soon as he finishes this run he’s going to go back and check the footage himself.

As the cutscenes play, he puts his controller down and reaches for his water bottle to take a sip. He glances at his watch too; almost eleven at night. Kibum should be back--

Right now, apparently. Taemin glances at the door as it jiggles and his flatmate comes inside, glittery and leathery and with a hot babe under his arm. He smiles a little bit. He’s always impressed with how easily Kibum can bring home babes to frick.

“Hey,” he says, lifting one hand to wave at both before he looks back to the tv.

“Hey,” Kibum says back. “This is Jonghyun, I’m gonna fuck him.” Taemin doesn’t even have to look to see to know that he has the biggest, smuggest grin on his lips. “Jonghyun, that’s Taemin, he doesn’t mind if we fuck,” Kibum adds. Taemin nods absently at the tv. The first cutscene is almost over and he has to switch over to the next level as soon as possible after. As he mashes the buttons to hurry to the next cutscene, Kibum continues to murmur little words to Jonghyun in between soft kissie noises. “I gotta get some stuff ready,” he hums, “sit with Taemie for a minute, kay?”

“Yeah, okay,” Jonghyun says. He walks over to stand behind Taemin on the couch and puts his hands on the back of it.

“Hey,” Taemin says again.

“Hey,” Jonghyun says back. He points at the screen. “Is this Sly Cooper?” he asks. Taemin glances up at him and nods with a grin. He always likes when people recognize his old games from sixteen years ago.

“Yeah,” he says. “The first one.” The third is his favorite, but it’s too long to speedrun for him. He glances back at the tv as Jonghyun hums a “nice” just as the second cutscene is ending. He takes a deep breath and wiggles his fingers. Time to focus again.

As soon as he gets control again he’s off, jumping, sliding, whacking enemies, collecting sneaky thief clues. His fingers move almost on muscle memory and he chews on his bottom lip to focus. Behind him, he assumes Jonghyun is watching intently, or at least politely, because he doesn’t interrupt. When he reaches the end of the level and the mini cutscene plays he checks his time again. Now he’s a little less than two seconds behind. Fuck yeah.

“Are you speedrunning this?” Jonghyun asks suddenly. Taemin nods automatically as he goes through the main area.

“Yeah,” he says. He hops into the next level and while it loads, he points Jonghyun to look at his laptop next to him streaming the footage and time to his twitch channel. “Hundred percent glitchless,” he adds. He doesn’t see the point in speedrunning a game if you’re not gonna play the whole game. Jonghyun whispers a “nice” again as Taemin starts going through the next level.

He runs, he jumps, he sneaks, he reaches the end of the level and then goes right back into the same one for the game’s time attack mode. It’s as he’s using one of his powerups to skip a small section and save a few seconds that Jonghyun gasps loudly and points dramatically at Taemin..

“Oh my god,” he says. “You’re--Taem--are you Taenana?”

Taemin bursts into giggles immediately at the mention of his twitch name. He loves it so much. He made the account when he was like twelve years old and it still cracks him up every time.

“Yeah,” he grins. “That’s me.”

“Oh my god,” Jonghyun says again. His hands pap excitedly on the back of the couch. “I love you?” he says. “Your jump acceleration strat is so cool. I love when people do tiny little things that add up over time, it’s so meticulous, I love it, it’s my favorite strat. No one else does it.”

“Thanks,” Taemin says. He is proud of his jump strategies. He worked hard on them. His cheeks feel full and round with his smile as Jonghyun continues to flap his hands on the couch in excitement. He has a fan and his fan is so cute. And he’s flattered that Jonghyun even knows his different strategies to well to have a favorite. It’s almost throwing off his focus as his fingers play through the game.

“This is so cool,” Jonghyun is still saying. “I’m subbed to you on twitch and patreon,” he adds. Taemin glances up at that in the middle of a tricky move just to gasp softly in appreciation. Jonghyun beams back at him, dark brown eyes bright and giddy.

“Oh my god,” Taemin says, looking back to the screen. “That’s so nice, thank you so much,” he says. He gets a whole ten dollars a month from this hot glittery babe.

“Jonghyun,” Kibum says then. Taemin doesn’t glance up from the game but he assumes from his smooth flirty voice that his flatmate is all ready to bang. His footsteps come down the hall and kissie noises come from behind the couch. “Come play,” Kibum murmurs.

“Oh, yeah, sure,” Jonghyun says distractedly. “One sec-- thank you, too, Tae,” Jonghyun says. “I play your streams in the background while I work all the time, they help me focus. And when you got the world record a few months ago? I was there, I saw it.”

“Oh, wuh?” Taemin says, the word halfway between what and whoa. “That’s so rad?” That was one of his proudest moments and it’s so neat to know that Jonghyun was one of the hundred or so viewers that were celebrating for him in his chat.

“Jongie,” Kibum pouts. Taemin finishes a level and the loading screen comes up, he glances up at Jonghyun with a grin.

“Hey,” he says. “What’s your username?” he asks. “I’ll give you a shoutout or something next stream.”

“Oh, what, seriously?” Jonghyun asks. He beams, eyes bright and sparkly, and hops lightly. “It’s--”

“Taemin, on my god,” Kibum huffs. He wraps his arms around Jonghyun’s waist and tugs him an inch away jealously. “Will you stop stealing my dates? Every fucking time, you do this.”

“I--what--I don’t even--fuck you,” Taemin huffs. He gestures with his controller in offense as he continues to play. He is so tired of being accused of stealing dates. “What did I do!” he demands. He never does anything but exist and offer polite smalltalk to Kibum’s babes. “I’m just playing a viddy game! It’s not my fault I’m more interesting than you,” he adds in a mutter.

“Fuck you,” Kibum snaps back. He tugs Jonghyun a little further away. “Quit ignoring me for gremlin boi,” he grumbles. Jonghyun giggles loudly, then sucks himself up and presses his own kissie to Kibum’s face.

“Sorry, babe,” he says. “Lets get to the booty pounding.”

“Fuck yeah,” Kibum says. He grabs Jonghyun and tugs him back down the hallway; Taemin sees Jonghyun turn and wave at him from the corner of his eye.

“I’ll message you later, Tae.” he calls. Taemin lifts his controller and nods to show that he heard. Then Kibum tugs Jonghyun into his room and slams the door. Taemin smiles fondly at the tv. He’s known that he has fans and everything, but he never expected they would be so enthusiastic about him or so cute and nice. He’s never felt more soft and validated in his life.

#jongtae #jongkey #jonghyun #taemin #kibum #key #pg #fluff #oneshot #i was watching cr1tikal stream sly and it made me wanna write taem playing sly lmao #jongkey go frick a lot and taem finishes his speedrun and starts another one #and then jongkey come out and kibums all smug and jongs leggies are all wibbly #and taems like hey if you wanna you know make a fancy romantic dinner or whatever can you make some extra for me #and kibums like i just Met him at a club and fricked him limp what about that is romantic #taem: i'd fall for you #kibum: sighs #jongs hungry anyway so he stays a lil for a snack and sits on the couch and talks to taem about the game #and hes all uwu and kibum sighs more but hes also fond of both of them being viddy game nerds #he cant pretend to be interested in taems games and its cute to see him talking all excited about them with someone #taem gets jongs username and gives him a shoutout his next stream and jongs super uwu uwu uwu #hes taems biggest fan #ydw

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