#but he doesn't know how to handle these cult children

[knifemartin]

just can't stop thinking about how different grizzop's choice could have been if the cult hadn't taken vesseek but instead took one of the clutch

because grizzop swore an oath to his god and he knows his partner can handle themself, but he made an oath to the clutch when he adopted them, and they're just children, and he's meant to be their father!

and azu and hamid come racing down the stairs and grizzop is shoving adamantine into moving parts of the factory, and he's got to keep moving because there's a job to do there's a task to finish-

-and azu comes up to him, giant hand on his small shoulder. "they have our family. they have a baby goblin. grizzop, are you a father?"

and it hits so hard because he was expecting them to take vesseek! anyone who knows grizzop knows vesseek is the most important person to him, hardly anyone even knows about their clutch! but azu's eyes are round and her hand is trembling, only slightly, and he knows he underestimated them.

"who?" he asks before he can stop himself, but azu didn't know about the clutch, let alone who each of them are. there's one of his children, kidnapped and scared, and he doesn't even know which one.

grizzop made a promise to artemis that he'd finish this hunt and save as many people as possible- and the stake right now is most of the entire world. but he made a promise, too, to six orphaned goblins without a chance in the world, and it's because of him and that promise that one of them has been taken and used against him.

he's gonna have to break one of those promises

[whore-ibly-hot]

What if we were the ones with the big chest? 👀 Which yans would be more of a boob than ass guy?

Also,how is your day going? I want to start interacting more with u ☺️

(I'm doing good, a bit sleepy, thanks for asking!)

Joey is a fan of both ass and boobs, as he finds the reader attractive no matter what. He never had a crush on anyone beforehand, so he doesn't really have a preference. His type is you, no matter what.

Fritz likes hips more than ass or boobs, as that was taken as a sign back in the day a woman was more fertile and could bear many children easier.

Ahmed and Patrick are both boob guys. Patrick likes them because they are easier to grope in public without him having to pull up any skirts or panties, and Ahmed likes them because they are easier to photograph and imagine them exposed.

Johannes also has no preference, but as much as he likes to think he is respectful and would treat a big breasted reader the same, it's obvious he is much more flustered and shy around a reader like that. He's just never seen a woman's exposed chest, and he can't handle himself if there is a lot of you in that area.

Carl is an ass man. Before he coerced you into being his little fucktoy, there where many times he'd watch you bend over, or stretch. Plus, he enjoyed the feeling of grinding himself against your ass through your thin pajamas on the many nights you slept over. Without you knowing, of course.

Puck likes all of you, as he knows humans are much more conservative and shun nudity unlike his wild and passionate fae brethren. Anytime you are exposed, he knows it's a lot for you, but you do it because you trust him. He assures you that all the parts you hide from him are beautiful. His only preference is that when around him, you show yourself off rather than wear mortal rags.

Joshua has no particular interest in any of the parts specifically, as he is more curious than anything. After the slaughter of the impure, he's not even fully sure what exactly he's into, as sex Ed wasn't big in the town even before the adults were killed. Gabriel drives home the importance of consumation but the simple farm clothes of the cult members and the lack of attraction to any other people leaves Joshua unsure what he would like, if he even knew what there was to like.

Gabriel is interested in only your virginity. The idea that an outsider has come into the village still pure and untainted surely must be a gift from there God. He knows that you were sent as a gift, and that your purity could only be given to him once he truly proved himself as a worthy disciple. He thinks only of the day when you must hear who his God has chosen as your betrothed, and God willing, it will be Gabriel. In his eyes, is it truly taking a girl's purity if it's taken by a man so holy and devoted?

Mattias likes boobs, because he's so used to past partners waiting for him to initiate and give all the physical affection even after a particularly rough fight. You aren't like that, and his favorite spot to feel fully wrapped up in you is with his head on your chest. (He jokes he likes your tits because the remind him of speedbags.)

[purgemarchlockdown]

Magic as a TV Show

(CWs: Child Abuse, Cults) (Edit: Did some light editing, still a bit messy but should be fine now)

So, it's not a secret that I'm a big fan of Magic. It's my favorite T1 MV and one of my favorite Milgram MVs in general. Even before Purge March I'd re-watch it over and over again just because I liked it so much.

One of my favorite things about it is the way the visual language and symbolism develops over it's runtime, and with Purge March it's gotten ever better so lets talk about it!

Based on True Events

So, Magic is the very cheery TV Show that is based on the horrors going on backstage, and it's also aware of it's own fictional nature. It ends with the real Amane watching the show. It knows it's a world created by a 12 year old who wants to be Good.

This causes something interesting when viewing it's imagery. As Magic depiction of events can be both very literal and very metaphorical at the same time.

For example: Something that surprised most people (including myself) is the cat being real, and while it is representative of Something (which we will get to) it is very much an actual cat that was killed.

Magic plays with what is real and what is fictional very loosely, and while certain things Happen in the real world, you can't really separate the real from the fictional here. It's too interconnected with each other and the imagery would lose it's impact if you did separate them.

So with that established it's visual analysis time!

The Set

So Magic is set in one place for the majority of it's runtime. This set! Which resembles a lot of educational kid's tv programs, usually ones for preschool and under.

Here's are sets from an early season of Hi-5 and Imagination Movers to compare.

You can see the similarities, it's heavy on bright colors and wacky designs, the logo of the show is plastered Somewhere you can easily see, and only some of the props can actually be used!

These two examples are also very music based. Both of them being shows starring children's musical groups.

The animals here (except for the Cat which is in a Complicated situation) are probably representative of the audience. The other people of the cult being taught along with Amane.

Audience Participation is a big thing for shows like this, you'll see them perform with a bunch of children on the side cheering and dancing. It's a fun time for everyone!

Going back to the set, while the main set only has the colorful stage we do see a few props in Magic. You can see a Choir book right here so the group can sing.

A Whiteboard to teach.

A Donation box to show your generosity.

And...

A Game Show Stage to see if you understood the lesson.

Age Rating

I've talked...extensively before on how Pain is handled in Magic and while that post is outdated because I posted it right before Purge March a lot of it still stands to some extent.

Amane's pain in Magic is downplayed in Magic, it's nothing serious. Even though this pain is something Inflicted Onto Amane Physically by Gatacha.

I was going to talk a bit about corporeal punishment in Japan before realizing that this isn't even something that is considered a punishment. It's just a finger flick. This is something your older brother does to you cause he thinks its funny. It's the lightest possible kind of "punishment" there is.

This makes Amane's reaction to it seem silly. An Overreaction to something that isn't even that bad. She has cartoonish swirls and falls over dramatically. It's...Immature of her to react like this.

Even though we know these are injuries are much more serious than they are shown here. Magic doesn't portray them as serious, and also portrays Amane as Immature for acting like this.

Which points to something interesting, as I said this show resembles a preschool show and it's strange that twelve year old Amane Momose, almost a teenager Amane Momose, is existing in a world like this.

It gets even weirder when we consider that, while Amane most likely hasn't been exposed to much media her mind still conjures up a marching band in Purge March and she talks very "adult" in both her VDs and hates it when people treat her like a child.

Not only that, but Amane Momose in both Purge March And Magic is drawn visibly older than she actually is.

It's not the easiest to see because I can't find a good picture but you can see it in just the face shape. Outside of Magic and Purge March Amane's face is more squishy, with less defined cheeks and bigger, rounder eyes. While Magic and Purge March have her face be more defined and her eyes smaller and sharper. Making her look more like a young teenager rather than the seven year old. She's even called Big Sister Amane in Magic's credits.

If Amane Momose's mind is depicting her as older than she actually is, and Amane Momose outside of it acts very "adult" and hates it when people treat her like a child. Why then does Magic portray her actions as immature? Why is she put in the spot of a preschooler learning from their teachers?

Why is Amane Momose, in her mind, stuck in a preschool show?

Well, there's two layers to this.

First of all, Good preschool shows are usually very empathetic to the kids watching them and good preschool shows don't patronize or talk down to the viewers.

Even if the problem is seemingly irrational or nonsensical.

It's important to be empathetic with your viewers.

And to treat it their problems and issues with respect and understanding.

A concept that would be very appealing to Amane Momose, person who gets tortured for even showing a smidge of "impurity."

Second, why...wouldn't Amane Momose be portrayed as the preschooler learning here? She's the one constantly messing up, still not a good girl even though she should have learned by now. She's immature by the standards of her cult.

She's the perfect actor for this role, a girl that cannot be a good girl but wants to be.

Only if, only if, only if I could be a good girl I hope, I hope everyone can be happy and smile Forever, forever together would be a dream

The big sister that everyone can learn from, a character who has to learn from the older more experienced folk in the cast before becoming like them. The one who fails so that everyone else can learn.

This is the role Amane Momose has given herself.

Well...that and one other thing.

Cast

Will I ever get over the cat parallels?

The answer is no, but ignoring that, Amane has gotten two acting roles! The cat here is both the actual Purge March cat but is representative of Amane. As seen by how the injuries on the cat are her injuries in Magic and Purge March and how the cat gets directly paralleled with her in shots. This cat is, for all intents and purposes, both The Cat and Amane.

This gives the scene where Amane helps the cat a neat double meaning. Amane is helping the cat but it's also symbolically her helping herself...and failing.

Because Your not supposed to escape your trial.

Amane: Both pain and illness are trials.

This is one of the worst things you can do.

Amane: According to our teachings, those who run from them are the worst evil there is. That’s one of the four great principles. No matter who you are, that cannot be forgiven.

Your especially not supposed to steal those trials away.

Amane: Oh – speaking of which, there is one among the prisoners right now. An evil existence that’s trying to steal people’s trials away from them.

The cat is Amane's sinful desires to escape pain and help people, because that's Bad Apparently. She is cast as both the sinner and the thing that tempts people to sin. The corruptive force and the one who falls for it.

If were talking TV: She's the one in those 90s PSA episodes who gets Wrapped up in a Bad Thing and also the person who's the gateway to the Bad Thing.

(Blueepink has a wonderful addition to one of my posts over here which elaborates on this and is what made me realize it in the first place. Go read it she talks about some fun animal symbolism in it!)

Amane does however redeem herself in the end. You can always learn to be better after all. Even if you are the Worst Girl.

But you can't get rid of the devil that easily, she had some help!

(You can't get rid of the devil that easily in general, but it's nice to imagine you could-)

Let's talk about the mascots!

And Crew

So as people have noted each mascot corresponds to one of the doctrines.

In Magic introduction order we have:

Gachata- ’Tis ordained, thou shall stay thine course, then perish Yuri- ’Tis ordained, thou shall deliver unto those thou believest in Gozake -’Tis ordained, thou shall discard vulgarity Riyone- ’Tis ordained, thou shall follow thine destiny

(Fun fact: The doctrines are introduced opposite to how the mascots are introduced in Purge March. I don't know what this means but it certainly is interesting)

Like a lot of children's tv show groups, each mascot seems to be focused on a specific task/idea.

Gachata is Teaching Yuri is Donations Gozake is Choir And Riyone is Complicated

Each design reflects this in one way or another. Gachata is a robot because robots are associated with being smart and logical. Yuri's clothes are patched up and he's wearing a bin making him look, well poor. Gozake is in priest's wear and has a Conductor's Baton and Riyone...

Well, she has bandage ears. But that's a weird design choice isn't it? Especially since the cult is so against medicine, or more accurately against escaping pain, that Wrapping a Handkerchief around a cat's leg is considered wrong.

Amane literally wants to kill Shidou Right Now for violating that rule...so why does Riyone have bandages?

The answer is she doesn't, this is Magic Exclusive Design Choice.

Here is the best picture of Riyone I Could get in Purge March.

These are not the same ears, their rounder and smaller and don't have the bandage holes at the end.

Do you know what else is weird about Riyone?

This sequence.

Because as Amane has stated in the T2 VD, your not supposed to run from pain.

So why is Riyone suggesting healing the cat's physical injury through prayer?

Especially since, presumably, the rule about pain is under her. She's the one representing it.

Well, this is Amane's fictional TV show. The one she's writing to bring herself comfort. Why Wouldn't she want Riyone to be a healer who could stop the pain?

You will note that this gives extra responsibility onto Amane for not following what is the obvious Good Action. Healing the Cat with Prayer would have Fixed everything but she had to go Too Far and needed to be taught a Lesson and now the cat is Gone.

Riyone is also paralleled with her mom.

This is probably due to the rule she's associated with, as that's the rule her mom punished Amane for breaking and the rule Amane punished her for breaking.

Amane has Not acknowledged that what was done to her was Wrong, she has just acknowledged the hypocrisy of the action. Riyone is portrayed as right for punishing her since it Is her doctrine she broke, while her mom is portrayed as wrong because she was not able to live up to her own standards.

This is probably why Riyone doesn't disappear in the end. As said above, Magic plays very fast and loose with what is real and what is metaphorical. Riyone represents her mom Yes but She's more representative of the rule, a rule that Amane still (wants to) believe in it.

For now at least.

Lighting

So I haven't mentioned the stage light yet even though it's a really important part of it, it's what sets off the chain of events that end in Winged Amane. It's the most real looking thing in this entire MV.

In a move I will find funny forever, this is one of the few things in Magic that doesn't seem to be connected to any specific real world event, object, or person. This stage light is most likely, purely a metaphor.

The way it disguise its nature is really interesting to me. Magic is so obviously fictional and fantasized that the real looking stage light stands out, especially since it hurts The Cat. It's unexpected and concerning, it feels out of place in this cheery world.

Except, I've mentioned it multiple times now that Magic plays fast and loose with the boundaries of fiction and reality. Magic is a show and it knows it. This Stage light was always apart of it's visual identity as a show.

This Stage light is the most obvious Show element out of everything. It's the lighting AND the inciting incident. An important backstage element and an important story element all wrapped up into one light.

This is also probably a reference to an early scene in the Truman Show.

The light falling is one of the first things that clues Truman to the nature of his world. It's the inciting incident because Truman starts noticing more strange things happening in his town, and an important backstage element, a star in the sky.

Plus, the stagelight was already breaking when we see it in Magic, we can see it flicker for a few seconds before falling.

It wasn't sabotaged with the intent to hurt. The light of this world is Literally Breaking. This image of stable happiness was never going to last forever and has probably been broken multiple times in the past.

It just so happened that The Cat was the one it fell on-top of this time.

Audience

I would go into more costuming or the storybook sequences in Magic if this post wasn't already so long. I think Magic is a deeply interesting MV and honestly it doesn't even feel like I'm scratching its surface sometimes.

I sometimes call it Amane Momose's self-insert hurt/comfort fix-it-fic because that really is what Magic is. It's her fix-it fic. Her TV series. Her maladaptive daydream that makes her feel like she still Has Something to hold onto.

Even I can say "I'm sorry" Even I have hope I swear! I'm going to be a good girl now! That's it!

This is actually something she shares a bit with Fuuta but if we talked about those parallels we would be here forever and it's also very much out of the scope of this post.

But, as I mentioned, we see Amane watching it at the end. She's an audience member for her own show, detached from all the silly, empathetic, understanding, fun events going on in that world.

Amane Momose is Very Aware that the world she wants isn't real.

But even so, that Want for it to be real is going to bleed into everything.

[bonefall]

Why doesn't Blossom just. leave? Idk if that sounds weird since you have talked about how the clans essentially function like a cult (although this was in reference to starclan), but if Blossom feels so completely isolated and shut off, why not just. Run away.

Blossom literally gets told 'no one cares about you, why not just disappear?", and the clan does NOTHING to say otherwise, and their silence is basically agreement. Suicide tw, to someone who is already at their lowest, or just climbing out of it at least, that line could have horrible implications- you dont matter, just fade away, no one would notice, etc. Idk if that was intended (ashfur seems like the kind of asshole who would intend it but i dont think you intended it), but. yeah its horrible.

Since im believing it wasn't intended, maybe change it? Emptycry could work (instead of 'no one cares, you're a waste of space' its 'your words are empty, be quiet'), or maybe naming her Rottedpetal- the flowers have been shredded, and now they have begun to rot instead of growing anew. Or, if you want to keep the name, Blossom snaps and decides that he's speaking the truth- so she leaves. Maybe she becomes a loner (does the lake territories even HAVE any loners that function similar to Barley, Ravenpaw, Smudge, etc???), or joins another clan (i highly doubt this since the other clan would eventually learn of 'clearface' and start calling her that again, or worse kick her out for breaking the code), OR she becomes a kittypet, completely willing to trade freedom just to be loved.

...forgive me but I feel like a lot of people are missing the point of Dishonor Titles and why and how Ashfur uses them.

Ashfur is picking the cruelest possible names he can think of exactly because he wants the people who oppose him to be broken. He is finding a character's deepest insecurity and putting it on full display, forcing the other cats in the Clan to join in on his mental abuse to set them against each other.

This serves the purpose of showing that Ashfur is even worse than Bramblestar, and that he is very perceptive of people's insecurities.

The cruelty is the point. These titles from the Impostor aren't meant to be petty, they are meant to be gutwrenching.

Why does Blossomfall not leave? Because her entire family is here. Father, siblings, three children, any friendships she's finally started working on. She had to beg to come back in on their grace and she will not get another chance. Random humans aren't an option. It hurts but she eats it, knowing her only options are to take it for the next two weeks or be exiled forever.

If she was going to leave because of the name, then that is something Bramblefake can use as well. "Codebreakers are weak cats. She couldn't handle having her disrespect thrown back at her and cared more about her pride than her Clan. A traitor twice, now a traitor thrice."

But things were just finally starting to get better for her, and she's not willing to leave her entire life behind for the exciting opportunity to... live alone in the woods. Not yet.

She becomes a rebel later, but not yet.

[lakesbian]

If Mono and Six landed on the infinity train how big do you thin their numbers would be and what arc do you think they’ll have?

unfortunately the basic premise of this question doesn't work because of the dissonance between how infinity train handles character arcs and how little nightmares handles character arcs.

the basic premise of infinity train's worldbuilding is that it's real life except for the addition of the train (and obligatory subtraction of branded items, hence the fictional gas station chain &c). every passenger is written as mundanely and intricately human. they're all Just Some Guy You Could Meet On The Street, which is to say they have intensely complex psyches, nuanced and storied personal problems, and unique personality traits. tulip eats raw onions because she tried one as a kid and was too stubborn to admit to her parents she didn't like it, holds strict worldviews based on narrow/immature ration about the world and struggles to accept changes that don't fit into her preconceived frameworks, and wears a kinda stupid looking tights/skirt combo because she's 13. jesse is still attached to a song about learning to be nice to people he learned in kindergarten, is a serial social masker because he's convinced people will only like him if he's being exactly what they want him to be, and gets character development from talking honestly about his relationship to swimming. and so on and so forth. grace is a cult leader but she's also just, like, some girl who blows raspberries when she's thinking or excited. the depth of the characterization is inextricable from infinity train's narratives, because each narrative is, by dint of the show's most basic premise (follow these people while they fuck around on a train that kidnaps you and only lets you off if you achieve what it deems to be Personal Growth), entirely fueled by rich characterization and character arcs.

little nightmares, by contrast, actually hinges pretty heavily on vague/fuzzy characterization. it's actively difficult to catch a peek of six, mono, or runaway kid's face. the children you play as have names that are less names in the sense we're familiar with and more markers of isolation-induced anonymity: low, alone, and mono. in runaway kid's case, he doesn't even have a name--he's defined entirely by the fact that he's trying to escape. (from what? the world. does he succeed? no.) we don't know what any of these children like or dislike. we don't know where they came from. they don't have favorite colors, or hobbies, or even dialogue outside of the occasional--almost always barely-audible--"hey"s six and mono exchange to get each others attention. all of these children are defined by one thing: the fact that they are young and small and the world wants to eat, change, or destroy them. what most distinguishes each child from one another is the unique way in which they are hurt: six survives, but at the cost of the part of her that knows how to play and hold onto her friends. mono grows into a man who directly perpetuates the cycle that harmed his childhood self. runaway kid is clever, but unlucky, and never makes it out. and this is all because little nightmares is a visceral, but very nonliteral representation of the nonsensical cruelty of childhood. on a narrative level, the huge scope, mystery, and unfairness of the world the kids live in--and how it hurts them--is all-consuming.

all of which is to say that there's no grounded, detailed characterization that could be used to put six or mono on the train. numbers are calculated based on how far a person is from solving the problem that landed them there, and the train doesn't pick people up for problems that can't be addressed by individual development. six and mono don't need individual development--their only problem is living in a society that views them as worthless and in need of breaking (or consumption or destruction and so on). fundamentally impossible quastion to answer due to the differences in how inftr and ln approach characterization. sadly. :(.

[jylesthejester]

So it's come to my attention that some people don't know what Horrormashfriends/Ybamedia is (there's literally barely any online fancontent of it-)

So in this post I shall explain what it is!

( @therummonster you said you'd like a post explaining it so I shall tag you :))

General info:

Horrormashfriends/Ybamedia is a group of minecraft roleplay youtubers consisting of Yaboiaction, Hooperdoe, Darkomode/Darkcorners, Rickutto(retired), RageElixir, Brandoncrafter(hasn't posted in 2 years), AA12, Mistazel, Pocketgaming, and Shootabirdie/Craftabirdie. Now please note these are people that have appeared in more then one series in the Ybamedia/Horrormashfriends media, so there may be more miscellaneous youtubers I'm missing.

Now these people don't seem like they're playing as a character most of the time, like how Unicorn mann plays his character heroically and how for example Zane (mystreet) plays his character at first in a angsty kinda way, they more seem like they're just playing as themselves, a character doesn't really become apparent until you really listen.

For the name, I at first chose Ybamedia cause in my mind everyone was connected to Yaboiaction, but I only recently have changed the name to be more inclusive as to what content all of these people make/are known for.

There are many series in this type of media, I have a Playlist which I will gladly link at the end of this post along with other things.

Characters :

Action - Action is a secret agent that works for the academy, this used to be mentioned often in his older videos as he'd go on academy missions, but this slowly dialed down as he got farther and farther away from his job at the academy and now only occasionally mentions it. He keeps an overconfident personality which occasionally falls to him being scared or anxious. He makes jokes as a coping mechanism. He's had multiple love interests throughout these series, the most notable of which would be Stacy and Emma from two of his bigger series. He's been constantly trying to move around to get into a good neighborhood but always ends up in some type of horrific situation, he's consistently been captured and injured. At one point he was betrayed by his best friend Rickutto, which has disappeared in the Horrormashfriends verse after the release of the pixelburg series. He was also mentioned to have connections to one of the most popular Minecraft creepypastas Entity 303 in a small series called the red sun and lunar moon series, it is unconfirmed if this is still canon or not. He's the leader of the nxtlvl united, and is canonically a youtuber and music artist in the minecraft universe, just like he is in real life. He's canonically recognized by the police as an ally. He has huge arachniphobia which is very known by most characters. He was in realmssmp and was the weilder of the sword of light.

Rickutto - Rickutto was originally one of the nicer characters, but blunt and hot-headed, these traits heightened as his character became more violent and threatening, he often threatened the others with his multiple guns that he illegally bought. He has been mentioned buying guns off of the dark web. In 13 street he betrays his best friend action after joining a Cult that action was fighting against, causing a war, then a presumed reconciliation at some point. His character is very quiet when not provoked and laid back, he uses slang a lot and often makes inappropriate comments for the type of content they were creating (children's content). He was a part of the academy with action but left, and has his own organization called bandit corp, which "Handles the police" (direct quote from Rickutto). Rickutto has been mentioned in the red sun and lunar moon series to be connected to minecrafts most popular creepypasta Herobrine, it is unconfirmed if this is still canon or not. He has one notable love interest, which is a version of yandere from yansim, he married her but she then disappeared. He's canonically wanted by the government and FBI.

Dark/Darko - Dark was at first, a person in a suit with a black mask that had white eyes, he later "took the mask off because it was getting hot", changing his skin to what looks like one of the e-boy skins but with a backwards cap, his color scheme is very monochromatic. Dark is a very silly yet serious character at times, he'll say things like "I can feel the stones energy since I'm an aries"(no Hate to people who do that you do you) but also be able to make a giant light trap to kill a monster that gets hurt by the light. Dark was hired by the SCP Foundation and tested on SCPs and had a personal guard, which was the chief guard, later on chief gor captured and Dark helped him out killing people in the process (as they planned to capture Dark too and turn the two into d class) and both went into witness protection before making their own SCP Foundation. Dark has two notable love interests, Emma and Lucy, Lucy seemed like she was using dark but I'm not too sure about Emma's motives. Dark was forced to join the Cult on 13 Street by Rickutto, and also ordered stuff off the dark web often. Dark became colder and more irritable when he was dating Lucy. It is not mentioned if dark still has a job at his own SCP Foundation but it is known he still orders stuff off the dark web. He didn't work for the academy at any point. He's canonically gone to jail once. Oh also he canonically doesn't shower.

Hooper - Hooper's main trait is his deep voice, but also notably his red and white color scheme. Hoopers character is the jokey type of character but mostly laid back and chill, he's not the type to raise his voice. He's likely the least violent (to humans) out of the group. He's the one who most gets injured or kidnapped, he's kind of the distressed damsel out of the group. Hooper has become a vampire once, biting action and dark making them Vampires too, also he bit- dark on the butt- (canon). Hooper is very protective of his friends, showing genuine concern about action and Stacy, and showing main hate towards Stacy after she tried to kill Action. He's very blunt about what he thinks they should do, and tries to drive the planning when it comes along. He often moves around with action. Though he's the least violent towards humans, he's still very illegal. He tries to impress sergeant(the owner of the academy) to join the academy, it hasn't been mentioned if he did successfully join the academy. Its not mentioned about what past careers he's had. He seems to have very good memory. In one of his houses, he had a wallpaper of a bookcase to fool people. Hoopers one of the characters that has the least backstory.

Rage - Rage has moved places with action a couple times, and has a running joke with action that "Bad things happen when we're together". Rage has a wife and three kids, Ashley is his wife, his three kids are Rage Junior(Oldest), Amber(Middle), and Eli(Youngest). He's arguably had the longest running series, being block city. He's had his memories wiped but also has been attempted to be murdered multiple times, and someone has tried to steal his Organs. His main rival was JimDavis, which has died, he was a cyborg villian that kept coming back like William afton, at first thanks to a scientist named Henry which becomes more prominent later, and then his Jim Davis Cult. Rage gets mad very easily though usually is very laid back. Rage seems to be abnormally strong as he's able to easily beat up a car without hurting himself, and able to take multiple blows from lasers and other neuclear weapons. It's been mentioned before that he has worked at the academy but he definitely doesn't want to anymore. He used to work for a scientist named Dr panik but doesn't. He has a good friend group in block city which helps him with a lot of stuff. He made realmssmp and was the wielder of the shield of rage. He tries to be a very good dad and is!

Aris - Aris is canonically a zombie, but it isn't very expanded on. He is colorblind(like he is in real life). His character is very nice but also very logical and resourceful, he doesn't get mad too often. He's gotten possessed twice, at the same building, he remembers neither of the possessions and thinks rage and action are joking as they are the only two that know of it. He often sports an axe as a weapon. He was a part of the academy but was more of an intern then anything. He's mainly the intelligent one of the group but sometimes the most brutal. His best friend is Brandon, and he mentions this often. In one of the smaller series, he shared a hotel room with Action and Brandon, and had a shared bathroom with Brandon which connected their rooms. There's no clear explanation to if he became a zombie or just is, but seems very close to Brandon. He has no notable love interests in any series nor has he became a villian or crossed to the villians side. He has no apparent career, or has no apparent motives or groups hes a part of. He seems fond of white and red mushrooms because they remind him of brandon. He was a intern for the academy and consistently has tried to tell action how to do his job. Hes very sarcastic and blunt aswell. His friends consider any zombie aris' family. Like hooper he doesnt have much backstory. He was a part of realmssmp and wielded the Trident of darkness.

Brandon - Brandon wears mainly Polka dot clothing and thick black glasses. He has a slicked back mullet in real life which I assume his minecraft character also has. He calls himself the mushroom king, and often collects red and white mushrooms when seeing them anywhere. He was also an intern for the academy. He's probably the nicest out of the group. His character is very factual and curious, usually reading up on things. He's not very violent and doesn't have much backstory like many others. He seems very close to aris, and usually sticks around him in series in which they both appear. He's very optimistic and hasn't experienced most of the Horrors the others have faced, so he's still pretty- okay- mentally- he was in the realmssmp series and wielded the bow of truth.

Mist/Mistazel - Mist appeared only a few times in the past sporting red and black knight Armour, but now doesn't have said Armour and has black hair, Grey eyes, white headphones, black jacket over a white shirt, and orange pants. He was said to work at a store in Saint Ender city for a little bit, but also was said to work as a Medic in the academy, and a cook in Newisle. Mist got a pet mushroom named mushy in Saint Ender city and mushy goes everywhere with Mist now. Mushy has his own language which Mist seemingly quickly learned to communicate with mushy. He first moved to Saint Ender city and quickly encountered his first monster which shook him up but it quickly became a regular thing for him, though he still consistently get scared, he doesn't handle horror well. Mist tends to only eat bread, coffee, and mushroom stew. Mist can get very stressed out and seems to panic often, though his character is very calm and level-headed when things calm down. When he moved to newisle he dealt with, actual crimes you'd probably see people deal with in real life, a crime organization called... I forgot- Run by a person named Kaonashi who quickly took Mist as a target and stated hunting him and mushy, making Mist go every which way trying to survive to make it out, getting captured and shot and exploded, he's been through a lot. He's emotionally attached to mushy and has almost killed a recent friend of his to protect him. Mist can be very logical but also very panicky and impulsive. This man is "the indomitable human spirit" incarnated.

Pocket - Pockets a news reporter, he canonically gets segments in the news where he reports about crimes and strange occurances. He mainly does on the spot reporting when in Wither Hill and Saint Ender city, when he runs into the others and sees a good news opportunity. He's usually very calm and level-headed. He's often said that he feels like he does the least in the group but the others encourage him. Pocket also seems to be a Good fighter as right after he gets captured and starved for weeks, he's up to fight the things that captured him with only his fists while the others have axes and swords. He seems to be Good friends with mist. He also seems to canonically be the shortest out of the friend group, as Mist says "he can probably fit in the one block hole he's shorter then birdie for real.". Pockets a very good character so far, though we still don't have much backstory on him.

Birdie - Birdies a lion- Birdie is very impulsive and speaks any thoughts he has out loud (eg : "giant Alex should sit on my face- I'm sorry."). He handles being scared by joking around and genuinely has good character opportunities. He seems to be very good friends with Mist. Hi characters very overconfident and goofy, being very energetic and kind of optimistic. He doesn't have much backstory, but appears in Pixel burg before appearing in Saint Ender city. Birdie canonically has a very large mane. Birdie seems to mainly be a carnivore but I'm not entirely sure. It's unclear or not if he's worked for the academy or not, or has had any career or not. He mainly hangs around Mist, pocket, Rage, and dark.

Side characters :

Now there's some side characters that have had very large parts in some stories, so I'd like to talk about them real fast.

Stacy : Stacy was taken by the antagonist side of a war between her family and another family during a war, and brainwashed to forget her whole life before the Cult. She thought her dad was another person in the Cult. Her 'dad' got killed by action, action eventually told her, she tried to kill him before killing her actual father and blaming action, then losing her memory, and then turning sides on action and going into war with him. She hasn't appeared again but had a very big part in 13 street.

Panik : Panik is a scientist that Rage had worked for, Panik Is quite insane and often didn't care for other peoples lives. He was very vengeful and psychotic. Though at a point we do get backstory for Panik, he was randomly abandoned by his family, and he wasn't the only child, his father and mother took the other children but just left panik. Panik raised himself, and is very overconfident and Narcissistic. Panik believes he's the smartest person in the world and often threatens to hurt people if they don't do as he says. In older episodes of block city he used to be empathetic but his character quickly turned around to be more apathetic, and only caring about science and being cold hearted. At some point though he's forced to recruit Henry, a scientist that helped Jim Davis, Panik stole henrys lab btw- panik takes Henry in and keeps him as an employee, and unintentionally gets attached, trying not to show his attachment to Henry, often when Henry stops responding he starts panicking(panik?Panicking? Heheh) and the moment Henry starts responding panik stops caring, though later on he starts showing care for Henry, going as far to shoot Jim Davis when he shot at Henry after he said he "had no ammo left". He's a clean freak and very particular. Though something about panik and Henry, they both had a huge argument in a Christmas episode which led to them having a falling out, before Henry drinks more(he was already drunk) and forgets about it.) Panik also has a robot 'mini-me' called panikbot

Henry - Henry was originally and antagonist scientist that helped Jim Davis become well, Jim Davis. He calls himself Jim davis' half father and Jim Davis his half son. Henry soon enough becomes homeless after giving up his lab and being defeated by Rage. Somehow, it's learned that he knows a lot of magic, and I mean a lot(which adds to one of my main hcs but that's not what this is about-) and has a wand called W.A.N.D.A. he got taken in by panik at some point and that's only when he got a home, he debated on leaving but quickly got used to Dr paniks antics and insanity. It's later shown that Henry had started drinking when panik made him upset, which is mentioned by henrys therapist. Henrys therapist came about after a backrooms episode which traumatized Henry and he left panik in the lab locked in for 3 months. Henry seems to still be drinking which makes me think he may have had been a recovering alcoholic/forced into not drinking alcohol due to homelessness but paniks antics made Henry relapse and he can't get out of the habit again. On a Christmas episode him and panik have a heavy argument, which henrys therapist resolves somewhat. Henry canonically has a daughter we've never seen.

Jim Davis - He was the main villian of block city. His 'villiany' started when Rage had stolen his school ID card (a HIGHSCHOOL ID CARD, Rage was atleast in his early/mid 20s. Also this highschool is where rage met his wife) After Jim had left school pre a graduation ceremony for some reason, Rage had stolen his diploma and got kicked out by his parents due to this, and then he killed his parents and went missing shortly thereafter. He then lured Rage to his old home by kidnapping his son, and tried to kill Rage before getting blown up by Rage Junior, and then becoming cyborg Jim helped by henry, who also tried to steal Rages Organs to fix Jim davis'. He eventually kept torturing and tormenting Rage and his family and after they thought he was finally dead, his Jim Cult brought him back then a massive war started in which Jim davis' apparent wife was killed, and then Jim Davis had been killed by Rage Junior with a bazooka. This has to be one of my favorite villians I have to say.

Retired characters :

Jones - Jones was a older character that appeared in Pixel burg and some other videos of actions mainly. Jones' character was very laid back and frat guy party like. He's good friends with Glow and often worked with him. He seemed to be a Blaze humanoid and had this mysterious uncle character that appeared a couple times in pixelburg. His backstory isn't clear but he mightve came from the Nether. He makes cuddling jokes often in pixelburg. There's not too much about him

Glow - Glow was an FBI agent that had Jones help him with certain cases. He appeared in pixelburg and a small baldi series alongside action. He's worked for the academy at a time but now works for the FBI. He's an ally to the police. He's separated from the group (like actually, I think he's making Gen alpha content at the moment)

Okay. So uh- I don't have the- mental capacity to explain every series in length (even though I'd LOVE TO-) so heres a Playlist of Horrormashfriends media annnnnd links to all the peoples channels! (Along with panik&Henry and frosty!)

Main playlist :

Red sun and lunar moon :

Yaboiaction :

Banditverse/Rickutto (he's not making minecraft content at the moment but I still recommend watching him!) :

Hooperdoe :

Darkomode :

Brandoncrafter :

Rageelixir :

Mistazel :

AA12 :

Pocketgaming/Pocketnews : https://youtube.com/@pocketyoutube?si=Dak4LALLrqxn-teZ

Craftabirdie : https://youtube.com/@craftabirdie?si=l5oFdgrHq6Tg3f4g

Panik&Henry : https://youtube.com/@drpanik_offical?si=Veo1MxDjufXsAaUA

Frosty : https://youtube.com/@playfrosty?si=eiK6Dr3YwtUIhoCZ

Hope you enjoyed all this!

At some point I may go in depth about the series- since the Playlist isn't in timeline order- :3

[milksakex]

New Narinder Headcanons

So I played around in the Relics DLC and I gotta say, wow. So anyway, have some headcanons while I work on the damned comic.

_ NARINDER_

Goes by He/They/It

He’s a bi-disaster

Uses his tail to stim 

Before everything, he, Lashy and Shamura were close. 

His scythe was a gift from Kalamar and he adored it. 

He was kinda an asshole

One day though, he got tired of the same old things happening and wanted to try something new, something controversial 

So he made the Resurrection Ritual and that set everything in motion 

His siblings feared this and they couldn’t understand why he was so a okay with it

It caused them to shun him and make him do things he didnt want to do without realizing

Photosensitive and cannot handle bright things. The void was the hell of hells 

Narinders attacks towards his family were calculated and directed to what they loved most

He attacked Shamuras mind because he knew they loved to read and plan various things, Heket loved to sing so what better to take from her than her voice. Kalamar loved to listen to his followers voices when they praised him but now he can’t hear and Leshy loved to find and collect shiny things to give his siblings so it’s best to take his eyes

Nari wasn't unaffected by this of course, throughout the years during his imprisonment, it drove him further off the edge and made him mad with anger. 

It didn’t help that the chains holding him were so tight and filled with divine energy it burned the flesh off his arms

His first day in imprisonment he told his cult to kill anyone that wasn't part of the red crowns faith. 

When that didn’t work he forced his siblings undead followers to try and kill them after 200 years. 

And when that didn’t work he sat and cried. 

About 300 years into his imprisonment he started tasking people with his crown to make cults in his name and kill any of his siblings followers

When it hit 400 years, he met his first host and gave them the crown to create a cult in his name and kill the Four Bishops

This failed many times with the vessels either being too weak, lazy or overcoming with power and thinking themselves a god. 

When it hit 800 years,he finally calmed down enough to actually make a proper plan. 

He didn't even know about Foranus 

When the twins popped up in his domain, he was quite startled. Despite him being death itself he was never pleased when young children died.

Out of pity he took the twins under his wing, teaching them various spells, curses and helping them perfect their physical abilities. He bent and shaped them to his will. He didn't want to make them mirrors of himself, but he didn't want them to have to much individuality.

Though with them keeping him busy, it did lessen his anger. Only a little.

He put them through unspeakable pain in his name. He made them fight each other and harm innocents till he thought them worthy of veils.  He gifted them both with the power of Nine Lives.

He doesn't regret it. 

Children or not, pain is necessary for gain.

After the Lamb kicked his ass, he was forced to think about what he’s done.

He misses his siblings and wishes they were still around.

He knows he has to tell Foranus what’s happened to her kits eventually. 

He doesn't the twins that much. He’s annoyed with them, disappointed even. 

How dare they call themselves attendants of Death and be beaten by a 3-foot-tall lamb? 

He has trouble lifting things after chains were wrapped around his arms for years. He refuses to get help. 

The Lamb helps anyway.  

When the Lamb brought the twins back he promptly told them to never speak with him and go explore or something.

His relic is Narinders Arms, he doesn’t know where it is 

Does eventually end up in a relationship with the Lamb. A healthy one. 

Is called: Lord Narinder, The Old Death, and The Lambs Pet by cult members. But is called Darling and Love by the Lamb

[rinwellisathing]

Get to know my OCs: Sentry Ojeda: Durgetash family:

I've been over and over Sentry's equal parts toxic/codependent and deeply adoring/romantic situationship/mutual obsession with Gortash, but my partner and I have done so many AU romances where they do have a family together. Whether Sentry ultimately betrays his companions or whether it's an AU where he doesn't work with them at all, here are their children together in that scenario.

"L.G." aka Little Gary, who appears in AUs where Gortash originally loved Default Durge until he met a tragic end, we usually call default Durge Gary as kind of an in-joke. L.G. hatched from a copper dragon egg Gortash mistook for treasure during a heist in the hells with default Durge. Enver had a soft spot for the hatchling because he was also technically a prisoner there taken from his home, maybe even also sold by his family, and adopted him.

Rio Ojeda/Teela Popsprocket:

Sentry and Enver's biological daughter, nearly a perfect clone of Sentry because of his creation from Bhaal's flesh, but the influence of Bane in her blood accounts for the dark color of her left eye. In some AUs, they are able to raise her together as something of a little princess and Enver is able to teach her to be an artificer himself. In universes where Enver dies or he and Sentry are separated somehow, Teela was adopted by Gondians in Waterdeep who didn't know about Gortash's true work in Baldur's Gate and instead just viewed him as a self made genius ahead of his time, they were proud and excited to raise his daughter and teach her how brilliant her father was.

Desdemona (my partner's Durge)

Sentry's half sister from a distant city, a fellow Bhaalspawn sent to aid him in guiding their father's cult after Gary's death. She and Sentry have a very close, unsettlingly for most Baldurians, relationship, but Desdemona marries Gortash to cement Bhaalist stakes in the city. She and Gortash get along cordially but aren't attracted to eachother as Des is in love with a lower ranking Banite priest. She pretends to be the archduchess by day with Sentry posing as hers and Gortash's bodyguard, this also protects Sentry's identity as a trans man from scrutiny as most gossip says that Sentry is the father of Des' children instead of Gortash and that Des is Rio's mother. Of course Des' children's actual father is the Banite priest she keeps as her pet while Sentry and Gortash are actually together.

Valda Everett:

Enver Gortash's personal assistant and chamberlain. She handles his affairs and arrangements as well as spying on political rivals and enemies. She is actually a warlock pacted to Glasya, who took a personal interest in Gortash on a visit to The House of Hope years ago and assigned Valda to keep an eye on him.

Tomi Kisaragi:

Another Bhaalspawn sibling of Sentry, Tomi is in charge of making sure Sentry knows how to behave in the company of patriars. She passes herself off as a Kozakuran diplomat and is highly popular at upper city soirees. Her druidic abilities allow her to mix many poisons that Des, Gortash, and Sentry find useful for dealing with detractors.

[ivpapaemeritusiv]

We Will Break Away Together

Summary: In this chapter, Swiss and Papa prepare to join Sister in eliminating the dangerous members of the clergy who pose a threat to their lives. Addy battles to break free from the emotional chains of her past, while Swiss grapples with the uncertainties of his future. Their struggles intertwine as they face the looming danger together, each dealing with their inner turmoil while gearing up for the impending confrontation.

Word Count: 2,700

Sister and Copia sat in their office plotting the cult's downfall. "I know them," Sister said, "They will never expect an attack from within the circle. We shall keep the weaker among them and smite the founders."

"What about Psaltarian?"

She placed a hand under her chin, "Psaltarian is a friend. True, he does not like the idea of you being Papa for very long but I think he is harmless. We will let him live."

Copia nodded his head. He was never intent on murdering people, but he'd do anything to save his family. "How do you suppose we carry out this plan, Sister?"

She smiled, cleverly, "The same way I killed Nihil's sons."

Copia sank in his seat, "You? You killed Nihil's sons?" A shiver ran down his spine as Sister's grin did not falter.

"I will stop at nothing to put you at the top, my boy."

Sister Imperator outlined her chilling plan, detailing how she would summon her most loyal followers and some of the ghouls who often handled the clergy's dirtiest tasks. Papa knew Swiss would be among them. "We will host a grand dinner," she began, her voice dripping with malice. "As they revel in what they believe to be a moment of camaraderie, our operatives will strike. They will swiftly and silently stab each target in the neck with a syringe, injecting a potent poison. The victims will be left to endure an excruciatingly painful death, right under our watchful eyes."

Papa shivered at the woman's heinous plan. "My Satan, mother, you are evil."

She laughed, her eyes gleaming with malice. "When they are gone, you and I will run this ministry together. Just don't tell your idiot father. He'll ruin it all."

At that moment, none other than Nihil appeared, his presence casting a shadow over the room. "Don't tell me what, Seestor?" he asked, his voice dripping with suspicion.

She quickly masked her true intentions, looking at him with adoring eyes. "Oh, nothing, Papa. Just that you are the most talented and handsome man, so sensitive, so passionate, so hot..." she trailed off, her breath becoming heavy with feigned admiration.

Papa Nihil, completely taken by her flattery, responded, "And you, Seestor, are the most beautiful creature I've ever laid eyes upon. One touch from you can make me—"

"OK!" Copia interjected, unable to bear the scene any longer. "I'm out of here. I don't need to see this."

As he hurried away, Imperator called after him, "Cardi, remember what I told you, dear boy."

"Yeah, yeah... I got it," he replied, quickening his pace to escape the intimate and unsettling exchange between his parents.

*

The plan was set, and it was time for Papa to send his beloved children to his nemesis. Elizabeth, as always, had something to say on the matter. "Daddy, how long will we be at your ghoul's house? It's quite a simple place, isn't it? He doesn't even have servants, and I'm accustomed to the finer things, you know?"

"Elizabeth," Kaisarion interjected, "Don't be so snooty."

"I'm not snooty!" she retorted at her brother, and then bringing her attention back to her father, "But shall we bring our nanny?"

"Oh yes!" Addeline quickly added, "We will most definitely bring the nanny."

"Now, Amore," Papa addressed his wife, "Can I trust you at Swiss's?"

"Yes, Papa," she responded, "How could you even ask me something like that?"

"Addy," his tone was stern, "It will not be just me you hurt if you cross any lines."

Addy nodded, understanding that Copia was talking about Aurora. She knew that Aurora would be devastated if anything happened between them again. The memory of Aurora's plea after Faith was born resurfaced vividly. Aurora had come to her, eyes filled with desperation, begging her not to call upon Swiss. At the time, Addy was conflicted, unsure of her own feelings. But now, she could see the depth of Aurora's love for the man.

"I understand, Papa," she replied softly.

*

Swiss was in the kitchen when the phone rang. It was Papa, telling him that it was time. The ghoul confirmed the plan and slowly placed the phone back onto the receiver, his face clouded with a somber expression. The weight of the conversation hung heavily in the air as he heard Aurora approaching, her voice a melodic contrast to his troubled thoughts. She was chattering away about something, but his mind was elsewhere, unable to grasp her words. In her usual cheery manner, she walked up to the fridge, pulling out a beer while still speaking animatedly.

When she finally caught sight of Swiss's grave expression, her demeanor shifted to one of concern. "What is it?" she asked, setting the beer on the table with a soft clink.

Swiss looked at her with a heavy heart, his eyes reflecting the turmoil within. "Aurora, I need to ask you to do something... and I don't think you're going to be entirely thrilled."

She shook her head, stepping closer to him with a mix of curiosity and worry. "What? What is it?"

He sighed deeply, the sound filled with the weight of unspoken words, and took a step back from her. "Liv, I have to ask you to go home."

Her concerned expression quickly morphed into one of aggravation. "Go home? Why?" She already had an inkling of the reason but needed to hear him say it. "Why, Jutty?"

He remained silent, his gaze unwavering. Aurora placed her hands on her hips, looking down as she processed his request. She exhaled sharply, a sarcastic smile tugging at her lips. "I don't believe this. It's Addeline, isn't it?"

Swiss didn't know how to respond. He just continued to look at her, his silence confirming her suspicion. Aurora let her head fall back, rotating her neck to crack it a few times, trying to release the tension that had settled in her shoulders.

"I can't believe you're asking me to go," Aurora snapped at Swiss, her voice trembling with a mix of disdain and confusion, "I mean... I thought your home was my home. We're having a baby for God sakes."

"Liv, baby, it's only because I need to tell her about our kid," Swiss replied, his tone soft but firm, trying to calm the storm brewing within her.

Aurora stood in front of him, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. She clutched his hands tightly, as if afraid he might slip away. "I understand, but..."

"But what?" Swiss pressed, his eyes searching hers for the unspoken fear.

"Jutty, I love you so much. I need you like I've never needed anyone else," she confessed, her voice breaking. "But I don't think you love me the same. I think you love her more. I'm scared you'll..." Her voice trailed off, choked by the weight of her insecurities.

Swiss, sensing her turmoil, gently placed his palms on her stomach, feeling the life they had created together. His eyes softened with an intense, unwavering devotion. "Olivia, don't ever for a moment think that you aren't the most important woman in my life," he whispered, his voice filled with sincerity. "I care for Addy and her safety. I love her as the mother of my child, but you? Liv, you mean everything to me. Trust me when I say nothing will happen."

The room seemed to hold its breath as his words hung in the air, a promise wrapped in the tender embrace of his touch. Aurora's fears began to melt away, replaced by the warmth of his reassurance, "Okay," she replied.

"Besides," he attempted to joke, "There are going to be eight kids in the house. How would we do anything with that many munchkins running around?"

She nudged him playfully, "Soon to be nine."

"Yes, my love, soon to be nine," he echoed, a soft smile touching his lips.

"I know you won't tell me what's going to happen, but I trust you're going to be safe? I don't want to raise this baby alone," she said, her voice tinged with a mix of concern and hope.

Swiss pulled her closer, his arms wrapping around her protectively. "I promise, Liv, I'll do everything in my power to come back to you and our baby. You won't have to do this alone."

*

Hauling Addeline and all of his children in one vehicle was no easy feat. Papa had the nanny drive a car as well with the youngest ones, while he and Addy drove the older children. Once they arrived at Swiss's house, Elizabeth, Kaisarion, Opus, and Cirice tumbled out of the car, racing towards him.

"Swiss!" shouted Kaisarion, "Can we play cards?"

"No!" Elizabeth countered, "He's going to play world domination with me!"

"Hey kiddos," Swiss greeted, his eyes lighting up as he saw them. He looked up at Addeline, who was walking toward him with Faith in her arms.

"Hey you," he said, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Need me to grab anyone?"

"Yes," she replied, a hint of relief in her voice. "As a matter of fact, can you get Mary out of the car? I think Papa has Belial."

Swiss clapped his hands and rubbed them together, a playful grin spreading across his face. "I'm on it, darlin'."

Swiss noticed Opus wandering off with his sister. "Hey, hey!" the ghoul yelled, "In the house, guys!" Papa wouldn't admit it, but he was thankful for the extra set of hands. Once everyone was inside, Papa pulled Addy into a kiss, not holding back the passion. He couldn't resist the urge to assert his dominance in front of his wife's former lover. Swiss, catching the display, rolled his eyes in mild annoyance.

He released Addy from his grasp and shot Swiss a knowing stare. "Don't forget the plan, ghoul," he commanded, his voice dripping with authority. Swiss locked eyes with Emeritus, his gaze steady and confident, and gave a subtle wink that seemed to say, "I've got this."

The hours of the day passed with Swiss getting a firsthand experience of what it was like to parent eight children. Despite the help of the nanny, he found himself constantly on the move—making food, wiping noses, giving bottles, washing hands, playing dolls, and even pretending to be a peasant in Elizabeth's game of Kings and Queens. By evening, he was utterly exhausted. Once all the children were finally asleep, he collapsed onto the couch, his shallow breaths a testament to the day's hard work.

Addeline walked in and laughed at the sight. "Kids, huh?"

He locked eyes with her, raising his eyebrows sarcastically. "I don't know how you do it, Addy."

"And you wanted to take us all and run away with us," she teased.

The mood shifted from lighthearted to heavy. His smile faded, replaced by a look of earnestness. "Addeline, I would have taken you guys away. I meant that."

With a heavy heart, she stared at the floor as she walked over to him. She let herself plop down beside him, the weight of their unspoken emotions settling between them.

"But it's too late now, isn't it?" Addy asked, not expecting him to answer. She continued, "Now that Aurora is pregnant."

A look of shock overtook Swiss's face. She knew. He couldn't believe she already knew.

"Addy," he began, "How did--"

"Swiss, I've been pregnant seven times. You don't think I can spot another pregnant woman? You sending her inside with the ridiculous oversized hoodie was an insult to my intelligence."

His expression was overtaken by angst. "I was waiting on the right time to tell you."

"I knew you were just trying to protect my heart. It's okay."

He took the woman's hands into his. They looked at each other for a long while without breaking eye contact.

"Hey, remember what we used to do on this couch?" she broke the silence.

He laughed, trying not to reminisce too much. He could already feel himself becoming aroused by thoughts of the past. But he made a promise to Aurora, and he wasn't going to break that. He broke their gaze and explained, "I need to get ready."

She shook herself out of the heat of the moment and brought herself back to reality and the task at hand.

"You're really not going to tell me what you and the Cardinal have planned?"

Swiss shook his head gently. "I think it's better if you don't know. You and the children will be safe here while Copia and I make the ministry safe for you there."

Addy nodded, still gazing at him with a mix of curiosity and concern. "I'm tired. I think I'm going to go to bed. Tuck me in? No funny business, I swear."

Swiss laughed as he stood up, pulling Addy along with him. "I'll show you to your room. You already know I don't live in a big ministry with a hundred rooms, so you're bunking with your little dictator."

Addy chuckled, "Elizabeth is something special. She's going to be somebody one day, you know?"

"I don't doubt it for a second," Swiss replied as he led her into a cozy room. "All three babies are in here too, just in case you need to feed them during the night."

As Addy looked around the room, a wave of worry washed over her. The reality of the impending plan, whatever it was, began to sink in. She felt a growing concern for Swiss, for Papa, and for their future. The thought of everything going wrong and leaving her as a widow weighed heavily on her mind.

She threw herself into Swiss's arms and held him tight. "Please, be careful. Please protect Papa. Don't let anything happen to him."

He pulled her closer to his chest, letting his face nuzzle into the crook of her neck. He inhaled deeply; the sweet aroma of incense lingered in her hair. "I won't let anything happen to him, Addeline. I swear."

Her scent was intoxicating, like quicksand pulling him deeper into a whirlpool of desire. Every breath he took was filled with her essence, trapping him in a haze of lustful thoughts. He wanted to devour her, to lose himself in the moment. He inhaled deeply, noticing that he had given her goosebumps.

In one swift motion, he lifted her effortlessly, cradling her as tenderly as he would his own child. Her head rested against his chest, and she could feel the rapid thumping of his heart. His hand slid under her rump, gripping it firmly as he bent to lay her gently on the bed. As he straightened, he felt Addy's hands clasp around his neck with surprising strength. She gazed up at him, her eyes filled with adoration and longing.

He chuckled softly, a thought crossing his mind that he could take her right then and there. She wouldn't resist, he knew. She would welcome him, savoring every moment of what he would do to her. But he didn't want to complicate things for her. He knew she had found solace in her relationship with the Cardinal, and he didn't want to disrupt that peace.

With a gentle touch, he pried her hands from his neck and laid them softly on the bed beside her. He leaned down, his lips brushing her forehead in a tender kiss, a silent promise of restraint and respect.

With a final, reassuring look, he left to make his way to Meliora's room. Stepping carefully over Opus, Cirice and Kaisarion who were sprawled out on the floor, he approached the toddler's crib.

He stared at the child, a smile tugging at his lips as he admired the features that mirrored his own. This little boy was his shining light through all the darkness. As thoughts of the woman who had given him such a precious gift filled his mind, he wondered if he would feel the same about Aurora and the new baby. Would there be enough love in his heart?

In that moment, he made a solemn vow: he would return. He wouldn't let the clergy get the better of him. He would help Papa take them out one by one and come back to the things that mattered most to him.

[tiangouaway]

thoughts on delico's nursery

from spy x family to buddy daddies, comes another anime about beautiful anime people being parents. maybe this is all a ploy from japan to encourage having kids? who knows!

i only watched one trailer, and got the gist of it being vampire guys raising children with something else in the background going on. so, i was very surprised when the "something" turned out to be investigating a vampire god cult... thing. i'll admit, i'm still confused as to what TRUMP (unfortunate name btw) actually is, even with the exposition dump at the beginning. but hey, it's the first ep. we'll find out eventually.

now, onto the characters. of the four dads, all of them have good designs, with gerhard's being my favorite. ironic, since he's my least favorite personality wise. i know he'll change, but he's still a stick in the mud that shouts basically all of his dialogue... dino and henrique are character types i've seen before, so i don't have much to say on them. but i'm very intrigued by dali! i'm excited to see how he'll balance the investigation and taking care of his kids. though, there's one thing about him that upsets me...

the scene where gerhard asks dali if he resents him for killing his wife, and dali says he's... grateful? because now he can spend time with his kids?? yeah yeah i said it's the first ep and we'll learn more later, but that entire scene just felt... really awkwardly constructed and even more awkwardly handled. i suspect that dali's lying about his true feelings about it.

finally, my other biggest topic of interest in the art style. it's lovely, (and this is definitely just a me thing,) but i feel that the background art looks like it's been put through filters. the difference in line weight between them and the characters distract me. but it's pretty, so whatever.

all in all, i'm excited to see what this show will be about, as long as it doesn't continue with weird exposition and awkward dialogue.

also, these faces are hilarious to me.

[soba-riri]

Suddenly thinking of the Guardians in a human mad max setting.

Peter grew up in a group of Rock Riders. Gamora and Nebula are the daughters/executioners of Thanos, the ruler of The Black Order with his children. Rocket used to be a slave/universal blood donor, Groot came from the Green Place, and Drax's family got killed while trying to escape.

Mantis is stuck in a cult where people see Ego as a God.

Peter wants to split from Yondu but can't out of self-preservation. He resents Yondu for taking him away from his mother but also knows that he survived this long thanks to him.

Gamora yearns to be out of Thanos' rule, tired of being used as his weapon to cut down the Wretches and anyone that opposes him. She finally finds the chance to escape when Thanos orders Ronan on a mission. Gamora escapes in a vehicle, but Nebula hitches a ride, ready to deliver punishment for her betrayal. Then things happen, and let's just say they have a truce.

Rocket fixes cars and makes weapons from parts from people he steals from. He travels with Groot and is always paranoid. The tattoo on his back marks him as a universal donor, and he'll raise hell before he lets anyone take his blood again.

Groot comes from the Green Place and carries around a bag of seeds. He travels with Rocket after saving him from death and tending to his injuries. He only says I, Am, and Groot in the specific order.

Drax's family was murderer by Ronan during a raid. Now Drax travels in search of his family's killer and hopefully reunites with his wife and daughter once he completes his revenge.

When not playing the role Ego sets her to play, Mantis reads forgotten books in the library. Eagerly escaping the world through stories and history. There's also an unfinished map hidden in a drawer, but she doesn't touch that. She has a strange knack in knowing how someone is feeling. Probably from handling her father's worshipers.

When word is out that Ego is looking for his child, various people come in hopes they'll be let into his kingdom. One by one, they do, but they never come back out.

Peter’s the key to finding a place with water and flourishing life. Upon finding it, Ego would be able to expand his power.

Meredith had half a map on her back, and Peter has the other half on his. Peter doesn't know the significance of the marking on his back, tho, only thinking it as one of the gifts his mother left behind.

Yondu knows what it's like to be a slave. He likes to forget, but he never does. But that's in the past, and he has his group of Riders to look after. But Ego requests to bring kids in from the west. Orphans specifically. In exchange for food and water. Who was Yondu to refuse? Especially when a father is desperately looking for his kid. His own parents sold him for resources.

So Yondu does the job, and he never sees the kids he delivers. One day, Ego lets him up as a reward. There was only Mantis and Ego. No kids. Ego doesn't give him a straight answer when he asks about them. Instead, Ego offers him another exchange for another child.

Yondu leaves, and he finds a kid curled next to a dying woman. He takes one look and knows the kid is Ego's son. While his green eyes are from his mother, the boy looks like the splitting image of his father.

The boy snarls as Yondu approaches his mother, and the woman uses her dying breath to utter a single plea.

"Take my hand, Peter."

The boy doesn't take her hand, and her hand falls. The boy screams as Yondu yanks him away. The boy thrashes and curses up a storm, impassive for the little tyke.

Then he feels a stab of pain and looks to see the boy stabbed his shoulder with a tiny knife.

He thinks about his parents, about Ego, about the children he never saw agai. About the woman and her plea.

Yondu grins and announces that instead of eating the boy as he planned, he's make a Road Rider out of Peter. Just he wait.

[afarcryfrommymain]

Far Cry OC Tournament Round 1A

Esther Seed v Orayani Ragadio v Wesley Beltran

Voting and little about our contestants under the cut!

Esther Seed (@vampireninjabunnies-blog)

About: Esther was born on March 20th 1994, in a very small rural community outside of Atlanta, Georgia to the local pastor David Shea and his wife Mary. She's the youngest of three, her sister Sarah is ten years older and Michael is four years older. She didn't fit in very well as a child due to being skipped ahead several grades. Her parents did the best they could to make her childhood a happy one and for the most part succeeded despite their deep poverty. She graduated from Harvard University at eighteen with her Ph.D in Psychiatry, focusing on childhood and religious trauma. Esther participated in competitive archery while in University and was champion three years in a row. She met John Seed in a nightclub not long after, and they dated for a year before she moved to Montana. During that year she'd worked as a social worker but quit from burnout when the systems flaws kept her from saving a child in an abusive home. She and John married and lived very happily for around two years despite her passive aggressive conflict with Joseph. Until one night after an argument with Joseph went too far. She and John attempted to leave Eden's Gate and Hope County but Joseph ran them off the road into the river. Now three years later the Reaping is in full swing, John and the rest of the county believe she's dead. And she's trapped in a bunker by Joseph with her children working to escape. Esther is 5"0, 98lbs, long copper red hair, big brown doe eyes. Fair skinned and covered in freckles with an hourglass figure. A fairly small, delicate woman. She has two tattoos given to her by John. The Seven virtues in latin under her right breast and a small bumblebee with John's initials on her pelvis. Later in her story she has the word PRIDE carved into her left shoulder blade by Joseph.

Does your OC have anything to share?: "Esther is an accomplished archer and equestrian. She is quite good at mounted archery and being as petite as she is she favours stealth and ambushes if she has to fight."

Orayani Ragadio (@broken-balance-baby)

About: She's from the post-canon au of Far Cry 3 where Jason becomes a merc! Filipino Aeta girl, she's also a starting journalist and meets Jason and his team in the middle of a warzone in Southern Philippines. she's very sweet, polite and always optimistic, she also doesn't seem very smart because of that but she is. she knows how to handle a bow and arrow and Jason teaches her how to use guns in their story.

Anything else we should know?: "she's very small! like say about 5'1 or so. so it's possible she could use her size to her advantage LOL"

Wesley Beltran (@stacispratt)

About: wes beltran considers himself a generally calm person, and this is true until his friends are in danger. staci and joey are his only family in hope county, and he'd do anything for them. after the seeds take them from him, his singular goal is to rescue them at any cost. at first, he agrees to help the resistance, because the more people fighting the cult the better, but the second any task doesn't directly help him get joey back from john (his first goal), he'll ditch it. he doesn't want to waste time, he wants to get right to joey, and also get his hands bloody punishing the people who have hurt her. after he gets accustomed to his brand new bloodlust, he prefers to use knives/blades/shovels to kill cultists over guns. it's more personal and painful for them. this is especially so with john seed! killing him from a distance with a gun would take all the reward out of killing john. also, it turns out that john seed's obsession with him scratches a very particular, desperate, life-long need inside wes to find someone who loves him more than anything, and his priorities after he rescues joey starts to blur into something that includes soaking up john's obsessive love forever and ever so he can (maybe, possibly) finally feel so full of love he'll never starve for it again! that's not to say john and wes don't beat the shit out of each other, because they do, most notably at wes's confession where wes beats john over the head with a metal pipe to rescue joey, and at wes's atonement, where john tattoos wes and then wes hunts john down until john gets the upper hand and steals him away to his bunker where, you guessed it, they beat the shit out of each other again. when marshal burke dies, wes blames the resistance. staci suffers near-death torment at the hands of jacob seed, and wes can't reconcile this with the idea that the resistance cares at all, because he's so sucked up in the well-being of his own two best friends. eventually, consumed with his mutual obsession for john seed, wes joins the cult and becomes john's right hand man and favorite chosen. he doesn't particularly take pleasure in torturing or killing innocents, but his loyalty to john has cemented itself and he'd do anything for him, just as he'd do anything for joey & staci. plus they still get to make each other bleed without politics also boomer is his bestie :)

Anything else we should know?: corruption arc through obsessive love babey.

[batbeato]

How rich do you think the Ushiromiya Family is (at least, as a front)? From what I can tell by the power of the internet, one of the wealthiest men to exist in the 1980's (to '87) was Yoshiaki Tsutsumi with a net worth around $20 billion.

Considering Kinzo was renowned for both wealth and business acumen, it could be somewhere around there - not including the ten tons of gold, since that's a mere rumor for the public. I think at some point Eva mentioned several ten billion yen (so 20 billion or upwards) in assets, even if said money wasn't actually liquidized and just on hand to draw out of a bank (a.k.a Krauss probably hadn't gotten the chance to spend it all away yet). Not sure exactly how that converts to dollars, but Kinzo would be at the very least a millionaire?

I read somewhere that he made a lot of his money via investments in post-war industry and ferrying supplies to...someone(pretty sure it was the US, since Japan was still under occupation?) in preparation for the Korean War.

On wikipedia, this time period (1940's to the early 1990's when Japan's economic bubble popped) is known as the Japanese economic miracle. Wikipedia isn't the best source to look at, but it's a start on researching it and pondering the growth of Kinzo's wealth.

Likewise, how wealthy do you think the branches of the family (Eva, Rudolf, and Rosa) are, even in the face of their financial struggles?

Since, I don't think we ever get numbers on the money Rudolf needs for the lawsuit, or the amount Rosa needs to pay the loan and possible interest - I'm not sure about the other aspects of her business, since she did have the money to have vacations with various boyfriends, so it may have been doing well? Just not well enought to handle the loan?

And Eva + Hideyoshi really only need to worry about buying stocks back, not their finances. Similarly to Krauss and the embezzlement of Kinzo's money but not all the assets, they don't have the liquid cash / assets on hand to pay off the various issues they're dealing with.

Hm... To be honest, I've just never really thought about it much. Trying to fathom the level of wealth they have is tough. I feel like Kinzo's kids come off as millionaires, where they're very wealthy but not about to commission private jets for what would be 3 hour drives - that sort of super excessive expenditure you get when you're so wealthy money no longer has meaning. They're wealthy, but not so much that they can do whatever they want (as evidenced by all of them Needing Money Right Now).

Rosa in particular feels like someone who... doesn't have that much money on hand. Her business also isn't doing that well. She does spend a lot on Maria sometimes, and also spends for her getaways with boyfriends, but she's in debt. Also, she... doesn't hire someone to just, look after Maria? It could be a pride or secrecy thing more than a financial thing, though... But considering that Jessica probably had private tutoring, George had tons of tutoring and special programs, and Ange is also mentioned to be in cram school (she knows division. she is SIX.) and Maria seems to have none of that... It could reflect on Rosa trying to raise Maria as a "normal child" with less of the pressures that her siblings put on their children, but could, again, be financial hardship preventing her from doing that.

I guess when you add a bunch of millionaires together, plus the incredible amount of money and assets that Kinzo has put together over the years, you end up with billions. At the very least, post-1986 Eva comes off like a billionaire, especially with how she recklessly does the same stuff Kinzo did to put together vast amounts of money and wastes it on pretty much whatever she thinks will make her feel better (it's mentioned that she got into sketchy new religions/cults/whatever). I wouldn't know nearly enough about the Japanese economy to be able to put together any sort of ballpark estimate, though.

[isfjmel-phleg]

A major arc in Young Justice 1998 is Sins of Youth, which was a crossover in which, due to shenanigans, all the adult heroes were aged down into children or teenagers, and all the young heroes were aged into adults, and from there they all had to figure out how to solve the problem and revert to their proper ages. This allowed for some interesting character exploration in how each individual handled the age change, and there's a lot there, but I'd like to specifically look at the brief glimpse we get of an aged-up Grant Emerson, and how that compares with how his actual adulthood goes later on.

This is during Grant's second time with the Titans, during the 1999 series. For some reason, not all of his team experiences an age change, but he's one of several who do.

And it turns out that grown-up Grant, whom the team knows as a self-doubting, emotionally driven teenager who's still struggling to control his dangerous powers...well, he's a lot different now.

(Sins of Youth Secret Files #1)

He's a decisive, principled leader, intent on solving the problem at hand.

And his team is shocked, but impressed.

Grant loves being an adult. It gives him a sense of control that he's always been frustrated not to have. He has such a mastery of his biokinetic energy powers now that he can even use them to fly, something he's never done before.

He's in no hurry to revert back to being a teenager.

After all, everything goes so much better! His recklessness has become an ability to take calculated risks.

And he's able to avoid causing the extreme levels of damage and harm to others that has brought him so much guilt since the time his first explosion destroyed his school.

But of course everything returns to normal. We don't get Grant's reaction to becoming a teenager again. But I find it interesting that the writer of this story chose to depict the Titans' loose cannon as growing up to be self-controlled, thoughtful, and an excellent leader--not to mention happy! Grant's usually a mess, but this interpretation of his possible future provides a refreshingly hopeful outlook for him.

And then there's what actually happens to him:

After leaving the Titans, he joins another team. They get attacked, and most of them die. Grant is left severely scarred.

He isn't equipped to handle this well, spirals into anger and self-loathing, and starts wearing a mask constantly.

He joins a new team, gets taken under the wing of a teammate who's also kind of his sister genetically, but continues to struggle. Makes a few friends. Stands up for a new hero, keeps her from getting arrested, and develops a crush on her.

Someone who turns out to be a villain restores his face. He's happy for the first time in a long time! He joins the villain's cult, becomes more and more obnoxious as they brainwash him, gets into a fight with his late father's godson who tries to talk some sense into him, and in a fit of rage destroys first his father's letters and then his father's entire house.

The restored face doesn't last. He tries to hide the scars from the girl he likes. She takes a long look at his face...and kisses him.

He joins his team in a huge battle against...what basically amounts to zombies and gets to meet his father for the first time. As a zombie. Who says awful things to him. He escapes, only to have his heart literally ripped out by another zombie.

This makes him a Black Lantern, another murderous zombie. But he has enough of himself left to fight against this and saves his JSA teammates by creating one last explosion that destroys all the Black Lanterns in the vicinity--including himself.

His girlfriend gives the eulogy at his funeral and decides to use money taken from an assassin she turned in to donate, in memory of Grant, to the victims of his accidental Atlanta explosion, who still have medical bills.

And that's it. He dies.

Except the new continuity has brought him back to life with no explanation and done practically nothing with him. But a panel in the recently released Justice Society of America 2022 #6 briefly shows him in a new situation:

A lot of Golden Age child sidekicks have been brought back into the continuity, and Grant is here accompanied by Dan the Dyna-Mite, former sidekick to the now deceased hero TNT--both of whom have/had explosive powers relatable to Grant's.

Is this his future now? Getting handed the care or mentorship of an explosive child? That might do him some good. At the very least, it's a path that might give him opportunity to become something more like the adult he got to be during Sins of Youth--a leader, an inspirer of others. His happiest self.

[ryttu3k]

Durge asks, After the Nautiloid edition by @plethomacademia! I've actually got this far, at least, so I can do this for Tavias. Spoilers for the whole game, including everything with Withers.

1. How does your character figure out their class/subclass? Is it different than how they were before losing their memories?

"Okay, I a) have scales and horns and b) can set stuff on fire. I'm gonna assume Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer, then." Y'know. Once he remembered what a) dragons and b) sorcerers are.

2. Does your Dark Urge use a name? Is it one they remember or do they have to adopt a new one?

His name is Tavias. It's the first thing he remembers. He doesn't remember the surname he grew up with... nor that the one he used from age eleven onwards was 'Bhaalson'. 'Tavias', though - that one, he remembers, and it's the one thing he took from his foster family to the cult and onwards.

3. How does your character handle having allies?

"omg friends 🥺" There's this deep-seated loneliness that he always suppressed pre-Nautiloid; when he wakes up, he remembers the loneliness but not why, so as soon as someone shows a teeny bit of kindness - or, like, not immediate mutual attempted murder - or maybe a little attempted murder but that's okay he's sure Astarion was just stressed - he latches on like a puppy.

4. How is Gale doing right now? What drove your Dark Urge to put him in that state?

He's doing well! Tavias helped stablise the portal and pulled him out. Currently he's enjoying swapping notes on magic with him and giving him minor existential crises by pointing out, dude, you're totally a sorcerer. What you're doing? That's sorcery, because you're a sorcerer. They're close friends. Gale has an unrequited crush on Tavias, who's picked up on it and feels guilty about it, but also ensures he tells Gale that he really values their friendship.

5. How does your Dark Urge react to their urges in general? Are there specific urges that they have a strong reaction to?

They goddamn terrify him. He doesn't even want to acknowledge them - he'll have the reaction then immediately start yelling "ABSOLUTELY NOT" to them in his brain to try and drown them out. He's most horrified by urges to harm children or animals, so he was quite grateful when Gale talked to the squirrel in the Grove, because it meant the onus wasn't on him to respond, and was able to suppress his urge to get Arabella to try and - futilely - run.

He feels a lot of guilt about them, which has manifested in heroics to the point of recklessness, even if it'll cause him harm. He's borderline suicidal, although not necessarily consciously - it's more like he thinks that if he dies, well, that may not be such a bad thing.

6. The one urge you cannot avoid in the game is killing Alfira. Does that event have a particular impact on your character or do they take it in stride?

Traumatic as hell. He reacted extremely poorly and has pretty much been spending most of the game since then in a state of terror. It's been particularly bad since meeting Isobel a day or two ago (playtime-wise) and is going to be even worse when Sceleritas tells him to kill Astarion.

7. Does your character try to confide in any of their allies about their urges? Which ones?

He didn't until Alfira's death, and then he sort of… admitted that he has violent thoughts, that he's been trying his hardest to suppress them, and he doesn't know why that failed with Alfira but he genuinely wasn't cognizant of his actions and to maybe. Be careful around him :(

8. Are there any points in the game that you see as branching points for your dark urge? For example, are they torn between goblins/tieflings? Or are they clearly on one path or another?

He's sticking as closely as he can to Neutral Good (he's not quite Lawful). So like, he might have had vivid and satisfying images of the tieflings being massacred, but would immediately go, "ABSOLUTELY NOT" and work against them. Generally, it'd go 'violent imagery' -> 'immediate positive emotional response' -> 'active denial' -> 'deliberately work against violent image'.

9. What's the general vibe of your Dark Urge outside of their urges? If someone didn't know about their urges, what would they think of your character?

Sweet dragon boy sorcerer. He tries to be pleasant, helpful, and, well, sweet as much as he can be, which is why the images disturb him so much. He wants very much to be liked. He wants to be normal. Or, well, as normal as a golden-eyed, golden-scaled, horned dragon-blooded sorcerer who can set things on fire with his mind can be.

10. How does the appearance of Sceleratis influence your Dark Urge? Do they feel better knowing that something might explain what's happening or does it make it worse?

He knows that Something Fucky is going on now, has no idea what it is, and is scared shitless of what it might be. He doesn't suspect the actual truth, but I feel as soon as he hears the name 'Bhaal' he's going to start remembering, and be simultaneously relieved to know why he has the urges, but also terrified that he may not be able to escape them. When he does learn, he's going to ask Jaheira for advice, which I think would help a lot, and Withers Doing The Thing is going to be... literally life-changing/life-saving.

(Ultimately, he's going to end up as Jergal's Chosen, working to eliminate all traces of the Dead Three from Faerûn along with Astarion, who Withers resurrected as a mortal elf, then made immortal again via being one of his Chosen as well. This was Tavias' one big condition to agreeing to be Jergal's Chosen - that Astarion could, too.)

[dagirliesrgaming]

Review of Sally Face

Sally Face is an independent dark adventure game & not to immediately jump into singing its praises but it's actually one of the most beautifully well done games of the past decade.

The game is reminiscent of other similar games like Fran Bow, yet its managed to build its own unique charm to it and just generally has a different feel to it. If you're a big killmonday game fan, I'd HIGHLY recommend this game.

The story follows a young boy named Sal Fisher (or Sally Face) as he and his friends talk to ghosts and try to stop a hundreds of years old cult that is trying to kill God. The game is very narrative driven as you live through Sals perspective as the events you play through is him retelling his experiences, which you often times forget while playing since the story is so immersive. The characters are so easy to get attached to and every twist and turn has you on the edge of your seat. I love the look of the game & how much thought was put into building the world of it. The game also runs very very well, especially considering that it was made by one guy. Bugs, glitches and frame rate drops are very rare, which is impressive considering how absolutely dogshit my computer is. Like, its so incredibly smooth & not taxing on ur system, so if ur system can't handle much but you still want an immersive and amazing game to play then this is one of the first games I'd recommend you.

There are however a few issues that knock the gameplay of it down a few ranks for me though. The game itself is only 8 hours long, and even though there is a sequel to the game being released so we're getting more content eventually, it sometimes made me feel scared to play the game since once it was over then there'd really be nothing left of it. The game unfortunately doesn't have as much replay value as I'd like, which is understandable since its a game based mostly around plot but it's still sad to me considering how beautifully built the world is. The game also doesn't exactly tell you how to 100% complete each episode. Like, every episode is packed with so much lore that completely changes the story and each puzzle piece that you unlock makes everything so much more cohesive and truly shows you the genius of the game dev. Issue is though that you're never even alluded to the fact that there is something to unlock inside that area. Every puzzle and piece of unlockable lore is just based on fucking around and finding out, so if you just follow the main story and go in the direction the game is leading you like I tend to do then you aren't going to get the full story. Even when you look up an achievement guide so that you know what you're looking for and how to do it, the game itself seems to not want you to succeed. From the lack of explanation & clues towards certain tasks like having to crack a code that is very unobvious & the game seems to want to lead you away from solving it, to the game not explaining basic mechanics like the fact that completing chapter 7 of In Seeking Providence shuts down any opportunity to complete chapter 8 & the fact that the controls for the clumpy minigame are not explained, the game can become very frustrating since it involves a lot of resetting & googling tutorials. There is also a lack of accessibility options, so the game is not safe for people who are photosensitive since it has flashing lights that you can't turn off and contains blood & gore with no settings allowing you to blur that out.

With all that aside though, the game is still absolutely beautiful and easily one of my favourites. The look, feel, lore & gameplay are amazing & have easily made this game into a game that is in my go-to recommended for anyone getting into the gaming scene or even just looking for a well made story based game to become obsessed with. Overall rating: 9.5/10 Aesthetics: 10/10 gameplay: 8/10 Suitable for children?: No Would I buy again?: Yes absolutely