#fire peashooter | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

weirdmarioenemies · 15 days

Text

Name: Kernel-pult

Debut: Plants vs. Zombies

Here we have my favorite plant of the original Plants vs. Zombies, the humble Kernel-pult! Out of my favorite PvZ plants, this one feels by far the most Classic. It doesn't fly, it doesn't have otherworldy abilities, and it's not a dang fungus. It's a corn cob that lobs corn kernels. Even the lobbing feels sort of mundane! Such a simple way to get a projectile somewhere else. It feels less fantastical than pods bursting and releasing seeds, and that one happens in real life! However, it is important to mention that Kernel-pult is not vegan.

Kernel-Pult typically lobs kernels that do a little bit of damage, just as much as a pea, and it attacks at half the rate of a Peashooter. It makes up for this with Butter! It has a 25% chance to lob a pat of butter instead. This is because butter is good on corn, and I guess as a result of that, the universal concepts of Corn and Butter are intertwined enough that Kernel-pult can tap into both.

Butter does twice as much damage as a kernel, but better than that, it freezes whatever zombie it hits in place for a bit! I don't know why it does that. I can't think of any reason why butter would, thematically, freeze something. But it makes Kernel-pult happy, so you'd better deal with it! Kernel-pult is thusly good as a support attacker who can slow down the approach of zombies, allowing stronger plants to damage them more. OR, you could choose Funny over Reliable, and do what I do! Nothing against Cabbage-pult, but I love Kernel-pult so much, I like to use it as my primary attacker! Good luck, me!

Butter would prove to be a very popular game mechanic, being applied to many non-corn plants in the future, purely based on wordplay. Very respectable. In PvZ2, it actually gained another ability: it will instantly defeat flying zombie birds! See, THAT makes sense. There's the realism, in Plants vs. Zombies.

Oh?

A few plants in this game have upgraded forms that can be planted on top of them, usually enhancing that plant's core concept. Kernel-pult has one, but not just ANY one. A maize so massive that you need to merge TWO Kernel-pults to form it! No mere upgrade like most of the rest, but an entire, new behemoth of a plant!

This is Cob Cannon, the most expensive, but most powerful plant in the game! Once planted, it can be used to manually fire devastating corn cob missiles wherever you please, with the power of a Cherry Bomb, but the ability to reload! And also a fun explosion animation with popcorn. The design is very different from Kernel-pult, but I'm not going to act like this is a Pokemon evolution where the evolved form stopped looking silly. This is a corn cob with eyes, on a wheeled wooden frame, whose wheels are slices of corn cob. Awesome! The second game would replace this guy entirely with a banana.

Lastly, I would like to discuss something very special to me. I would like to discuss Pult. Pult is something that delights me to no end! In PvZ1, Catapult plants exist mostly to be used on the Roof levels, since much of the roof is slanted, preventing straight projectiles from being very effective. And each of them have this little nest-looking basket on a stick that they lob their projectiles from. Evidently, this is the Pult. I love this thing! Do you think if I married Kernel-pult, I could take his last name? Here are some Pults I made during my previous Pult Phase. It truly inspires me!

Iso-pult

Sponge-pult

And lastly, I will ground us a bit more once again, with Corn Muffin-pult. My favorite Plant, now pulting my favorite form of corn! Please remember to always be silly and make silly images like these whenever you want, it is a necessary part of the human experience!

#kernel-pult #plants vs zombies #cob cannon #not mario #funky friday #mod chikako #bugs #bugs cw

105 notes · View notes

babtqftim-bad-end-au · 9 months

Note

How far are cups n mugs from the questers and do they have any new powers? Or just the og peashooter, also is Diana hellborn?

They have their normal abilities as well as new demonic ones like fire, speed, strength, agility, and regeneration.

And yes. Diana is Hell-born since she's the Devils kid. Baccarat and Idris also count as hell-born. They just don't obey the Devil in the first place, hence why they are with the others trying to stop this mess.

#babtqftim bad end au #babtqftim #babtqftim oc #babtqftim cuphead #babtqftim mugman #evil cuphead #vile mugman

51 notes · View notes

bestfictionalplant · 7 months

Text

Bracket reveal

Text version under cut!

The tourney is split into 4 32 brackets, and the winners of each will go to the semi finals! I'll make a different post about HOW the tourney will run, and this will serve as a pinned post for round 1 :)

Bracket 1, Side 1

Peppino (Vampire Survivors) vs Winged Strawberry (Celeste)

Herb (Monster Hunter) vs Triffids (Day of the Triffids)

Gigi (Xiaolin Showdown) vs Silent Princess (The Legend of Zelda)

Breath of Evil (Wings of Fire) vs Thorn Thallid (Magic the Gathering)

Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) vs Farewell Flower (Mistborn)

Togemon (Digimon) vs Silverwood Tree (Witch Hat Atelier)

Golden Apple Tree (Greek Mythology) vs Potbelly (My Singing Monsters)

Sculk (Minecraft) vs MocDonald (One Piece)

Bracket 1, Side 2

Vida (The Promised Neverland) vs Glaze Lily (Genshin Impact)

Dr Brewer's Clone (Goosebumps) vs The Spring (Friends at the Table)

Kite Eating Tree (Peanuts) vs Zotoh Zhaan (Farscape)

Wheel Tree (His Dark Materials) vs Mushtree (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)

Medusoid Mycelium (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs Radial (Ooblets)

Chikorita (Pokemon) vs Blast Cone (League of Legends)

Gooloog (AAAHH!!! Real Monsters) vs Venus (Bug Fables)

The Thorian (Mass Effect) vs Yggdrasil (Norse Mythology)

Bracket 2, Side 1

Deku Tree (The Legend of Zelda) vs Blood Blossoms (Danny Phantom)

Hotblonde37159 (Angel: The Series) vs Vash the Stampede (Trigun)

Kinoko (Don't Hurt Me, My Healer) vs Wolfsbane (The Vampire Diaries)

Plant (Monster Rancher) vs Flower of Life (Mesopotamian Mythology)

Truffula Tree (The Lorax) vs Slurperon Enchantress (Internet Scam)

The Brain Tree (Neopets) vs Ginseng Baby (Scarlet Hollow)

Chompy (Bug Fables) vs Whispy Woods (Kirby)

Clavu (Overlord) vs Ivern (League of Legends)

Bracket 2, Side 2

Bulbasaur (Pokemon) vs The Trees of Valinor (Lord of the Rings)

Leslie (The Amazing World of Gumball) vs Hayzee Dayzee (Paper Mario)

Piranha Plant (Mario) vs Specimen 34/The Blessed Eternal (Wolf 359)

Potted Plant (Wander Over Yonder) vs Morbuzakh (Bionicle)

Jabe & the Trees of Cheem (Doctor Who) vs Black Mercy (DC)

Mr Plant (The World of Mr Plant) vs Feculant Gnarlmaw (Warhammer 40k)

Tree Rex (Skylanders) vs Flowey (Undertale)

Sundrop Flower (Tangled) vs Venus McFlytrap (Monster High)

Bracket 3, Side 1

Pinchley (Long Gone Gulch) vs Frank the Plant (Harley Quinn: the Animated Series)

The Venus (Hello From the Hallowoods) vs Nirnroot (The Elder Scrolls)

Food Fight (Skylanders) vs Paopu Fruit (Kingdom Hearts)

Phillogenous esk Piemondum (Rod Albright Alien Adventures) vs Plant (Wall E)

Tannot Root (Farscape) vs The Broccoloids (The Powerpuff Girls)

Rockbud (The Stormlight Archive) vs Sylvan Hound (Guild Wars 2)

Eldridge Johnson-Mayer (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Hyacinth/Hyacinthus (Greek Mythology)

Selas Flower (Kingkiller Chronicle) vs Treant (Disgaea)

Bracket 3, Side 2

Dragonflame Cacti (Wings of Fire) vs Sunflower (Plants vs Zombies)

The Bioplant (The Rising of the Shield Hero) vs Turnip Boy (Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion)

Shambling Mound (Dungeons and Dragons) vs Mandrake (Shin Megami Tensei/Persona)

Cowplant (The Sims) vs Ebony Queen's Apple (Limbus Company)

Devil Fruits (One Piece) vs Donkey-Cabbage (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)

Oaktopus (My Singing Monsters) vs Field Dungeon (Rune Factory 4)

Mushroom Tree (Stardew Valley) vs Jumpkin (Cassette Beasts)

Undergrowth (Danny Phantom) vs Karzahni (Bionicle)

Bracket 4, Side 1

Dreamstalk (Kirby) vs Myconid (Balders Gate 3)

Stingbulb (Fablehaven) vs Treebeard (Lord of the Rings)

Stray Cat (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) vs Peashooter (Plants vs Zombies)

Giant Turnip (Codename: Kids Next Door) vs Treasure Mushroom (Guild Wars 2)

Tree of Wisdom (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Fire Flower (Mario)

Stump (The Angry Beavers) vs Groot (Marvel)

Maise (Oneshot) vs Konohana Tree (Okami)

Red Weed (War of the Worlds) vs Pod Plant (Fortnite)

Bracket 4, Side 2

Plantera (Terraria) vs The Grass Snake (Friends at the Table)

Breathweed (Warhammer 40k) vs Campestri (Dungeons and Dragons)

Neo Alraune (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) vs Kringlefucker (Homestuck)

Slimefoot the Stowaway (Magic: The Gathering) vs Gatfruit Tree (Space Station 13/14)

Sex Pollen Plant (Fanfiction) vs The Rumor Weed (VeggieTales: Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed)

Dr Madley Radish (Papa Louie) vs Vervain (The Vampire Diaries)

Yatevon (OCTAHEDRON: Transfixed Edition) vs Echo Flower (Undertale)

Wither Rose (Minecraft) vs Hydramon (Digimon)

#poll bracket

42 notes · View notes

smolgloves · 29 days

Text

Sobering Thoughts

Masterlist

Summary: An evening of drinking with the gang turned into a somber moment of Freya.

Tw: mentions of death, human trafficking, blood, mentions of child/parent death, and drinking.

With steel colored eyes on the target, Freya knocked back her sling. She only had one shot left, but her hands trembled as she gripped the smooth handle of her peashooter. Freya breathed out any remaining nerves that attempted to deter her from making the shot, she knew she had to make this count. Her fingers loosened from the sling, letting the tension give away and hurl a pebble towards the glass bottle.

There was a loud clink when the pebble grazed the side of the bottle but it ricocheted off it and disappeared into the night.

“Damn, so close!” Karlach chuckled as she put a mug of beer to her lips; the laughter of Wyll and Tav following behind her.

Letting out a huff, Freya shrugged and plopped down on the crate she was elevated on, taking her thimble of wine to swallow down the failure. “Ah whatever, the bottle was probably made from sturdier glass.”

“You shoot better than goblins do when they're sober.” Wyll laughed.

“Since when are goblins sober?” Tav sneered, their eyes softening once they turned back to Freya. “How's the new equipment?”

“Better than the prototype.” She mused, the fact that Tav and Wyll were able to find instruments that she could use to make a new peashooter was terrific! No more hiding when the gang ran into fights, she could take a more proactive response into battle.

“You know, since traveling together, I have been trying to wrap my head around the pea shooter.” Wyll smiled and took a sip of wine. “Would a bow be more daunting for borrowers to make?”

“We have bows and arrows.” Freya rolled her eyes. “But the pea shooter wasn't supposed to be for fighting, it was for stealth.”

“How so?”

“Alright, take things from my perspective… imagine you're a borrower out scavenging, but you need to distract the large ones. A little diversion, so to speak.” She set her wine down beside her, as if ending the drinking for a moment would suddenly sober her up to explain her logic more coherently. “Sure, an arrow could be effective as well, but what if the larger ones find a tiny arrow?” She watched as her drinking buddies' faces lit up on the realization. “Pebbles are a little more inconspicuous.”

“Damn that's a good idea!” Karlach exclaimed. “Would have never thought of that if I was as little as you.”

“Don't praise me, it wasn't my idea, it was my dad's.” Freya leaned back to stare up at the stars. “He figured trying to control larger ones’ paths would mean the colony could gather more supplies.”

A beat of silence hung in the air, leaving Freya lost in thought. She often wondered how her father would have reacted to her and Kes coming up with the pea shooter. Would he have been delighted or would he have notes of improvement?

“Freya…” Tav spoke out in a whisper. “Can I ask… how your parents felt about your exile?”

“There's not much to tell.” Freya let out a sigh. “They died long before the exile.”

Somber looks weighed down the evening, it pained Freya to see them offer pitiful looks her way, but she kept her face neutral as she took another swig of her drink, the wine grew bitter now. “Please, save your condolences for others, this was thirteen years ago.”

“Yeah but losing your parents is rough.” Karlach spoke with certainty, the camp fire cast shadows over her face, but Freya swore she saw a tear prick her eye.

“We don't have to talk about this, if you're uncomfortable.” Tav reassured.

“No, it's fine.” The wine had loosened her tongue before she could stop herself. It was easier for Freya to say she was okay, that time healed the wounds that scarred her heart, but it wouldn't be fair to keep such a story from her companions. Downing the last drops of wine, Freya raised her thimble up in the air. “Just give me something better than this, I will not tell this story while drinking common table wine.”

A somber smile appeared on Wyll's face as he gingerly took the thimble from her. “I believe we found some mermaid whiskey in the cellar.”

~~~

Being young meant being more carefree, despite the hardships many borrowers faced, a thirteen year old Freya found ways to skirt by authoritative rules and experience life beyond the walls. When Freya and a couple friends decided to skip class that day to go hang out by the river, they didn't know how fortunate they'd be compared to the rest of the colony.

From what she was always told, the floorboards were ripped up in an instant and gawking eyes peered down at the group of borrowers who scurried like mice as hands descended down to grab them. Kestrel witnessed the horror of watching friends getting snatched up and thrown into sacks or killed if they were too sporadic in trying to escape from larger beings. As for her parents, well they thought Freya was in class and ran to save her. She was never given the details of their fate but that classroom was known as a bloodbath, only four of her peers escaped that day.

Freya was made an orphan that day and she didn't even know until later that evening when her uncle found her by the river. How he wrapped his arms around her sobbing and screaming: “We thought you were dead or worse!” She had never seen him look so broken, but what man wouldn't break down after finding out his sister, wife, and son all died in a raid?

The days after that were a blur, the survivors scouted the area to find a safer place, but Freya specifically remembered everyone trying to piece together a reason how this happened. “We were careful, we followed the protocol, they shouldn't have known!” The uncertainty plagued the colony for a tenday until a young boy named Taher stepped forward. His older brother Zaki was sneaking out every night to meet with an elven girl he befriended for the last month or so. Taher caught him one night but was sworn to stay quiet, Zaki was confident nothing would happen… he never returned home the night before the raid. It didn't matter if he was just a careless boy or if he was coerced into telling a larger being about the colony, Zaki was seen as a traitor that day. Whatever fate fell upon him was seen as a mercy compared to what the colony would have evoked had he ever returned.

~~~

Whiskey burned her throat as she gulped it down, but it stung less than the tears that pricked her gray eyes. In all her life, Freya never felt the need to bring up her parents’ death; everyone in her life before, knew of their fate and likely had a similar tale. Now the acidic words spilt out her mouth to new faces who towered over her, their crestfallen eyes cast upon her.

“Freya-”

“I said save your condolences for others who need it!” It wasn't fair to snap at Tav like so, she glanced over to see them look lost and hurt, unsure of what to say. “Sorry, Tav. I didn't mean that, it's just not something I like to talk about.”

“I get it.” Tav reassured, their voice soft as a breeze. “Grief is a daunting foe from within, facing it is not something many like to do.”

“You've definitely drank too much if you're preaching your monk teachings right now.” Freya teased, wiping the tears from her eyes.

“Maybe so,” Tav chuckled. But it's definitely one of the teachings that have helped me. Maybe it could help you too?”

Tav's fingers inched closer to Freya, stopping short of the crate to let her make a decision. For years, Freya held in that pain; if managed to weigh heavily on her heart. If she was going to let it all out, Tav would be the perfect person to confide in. However, the years of keeping her sorrows in check made it difficult to open up. It was simply easier to bottle it all up, no matter how desperately she wanted to let it all out. She reached out, holding the tip of their finger. “Perhaps another time, when I'm more sober.”

”Fair enough.” A warm smile appeared on Tav's face. “You are pretty drunk.”

“You're drunker.” Freya felt her cheeks heat up.

Wyll cleared his throat. “If you want my opinion, you both are pretty drunk.”

“You're hardly innocent.” Tav let out a scoff. “You've been refilling all of our glasses before they emptied.”

“And how many glasses have you had?” Freya spat out.

“You're all lightweights.” Karlach laughed as she took another swig of her beer.

“No I'm not!” Freya gave a pout.

A Playful gleam danced in her eyes, but she quickly brushed it off. “I can't tease you right now, soldier. Not after what you went through.”

“I thought I said to spare your sympathy for someone who needed it.” Freya said with a sigh.

“I am.” There was a lengthy rant prepared in Freya's head, but those ember eyes melted away her hardened demeanor. Feeling totally disarmed by Karlach, Freya just looked away giving a soft nod.

“Perhaps it's time we call it a night.” Tav yawned.

“Agreed.” Wyll stood up to grab some of the bottles. When he reached for the bottle on the crate, he stopped and looked over to Freya. “Try to get some rest.” He said before retreating off to his tent.

Tav rose to their feet and turned to Freya. “Do you wanna bunk with me tonight?”

A tired smile appeared on Freya's lips. “Of course I would.”

Their hand curled around her small frame, the warmth luring her into relaxing as she was lifted up.

Karlach laid back on her bedroll. “See you in the morning, soldiers.”

“You too.”

As they left the tiefling to herself, Freya felt her eyelids growing heavier. Each step Tav took was soft and gently swaying the borrower in rhythmically.

“Will you be okay?” Tav asked in a whisper.

“Yeah.” She murmured and leaned back into the crevice of Tav's hand, with a half-lidded gaze, she drank in their face, their green eyes like a peaceful forest she could get lost in. Tav said something but she didn't catch it as her mind was drifting into a slumber. Her past and upbringing should have had Freya tense in A large one's hands, but Tav was not her past; they were their future, and Freya never felt more safe in their hands.

13 notes · View notes