#ghost of tsushima or some shit

[animentality]

I say Gortash isn't straight and I invite all the yapping hetland sheepdogs into my yard, apparently.

As if anyone in Baldur's Gate 3 is straight.

[pukicho]

lets hear ur hottest take and see if you gain or lose followers. like SAW

I've got hot video game takes,

I don't think hades is even top 5 roguelikes. I actually think, as roguelikes go, it's really shallow and boring (as a pretty-looking game with sexy characters, it's fine)

I think using summons in Elden ring IS a bad thing, not because of some 'git gud' shit-ass mentality but because the bosses AI can't handle having two targets on screen at once so it becomes a lot easier, a lot less interesting and the experience feels less polished.

Ghost of Tsushima is just as boring as any Assassins creed game and idk why it gets a pass when it is practically built 1:1 to those games.

Spiderman 2 was boring as shit and I realize I am getting tired of these on-rails lame-o experiences. Also the writing was shit.

Mario rocks

Satisfactory is systematically worse than factorio in every conceivable way and the only upside it has is that it's 3d

Tears of the Kingdom was a big-ass letdown, how do you make a world so devoid of callbacks to the prior game?? No guardians, no mention of your past activities? did everyone get fucking amnesia? Also it's boring.

'You can pet the dog/cat' thing is fucking stupid, I don't give a god damn shit, make a good GAME first then make the animals pettable. Also don't give a game credit for adding an easy-ass feature, its like people who laugh when they hear the Wilhelm scream like they're in on something we're not, GROW UP.

[sennamybeloved]

LESBIAN DAY PROMO !

⛧ . hello! i'm seren, but you may also call me ellie. i'm an adult, i go by she/he/it/star pronouns, and i am a genderqueer lesbian! welcome to my selfship safe haven. i do art and writing here. i also posts imagines and games and stuff!

⛧ . my special interests are league of legends, ghost of tsushima, the last of us, foxes/fox folklore, and mythology.

⛧ . my full f/o list can be found here! i have dozens of f/os, but my beloved mains are lucian and senna from my league of legends. i've been happily wedded to them since may 25th, 2020, and i couldn't be happier to call them mine ♡

⛧ . there's some gore/violence/horror stuff on my blog because i love scary shit and i loveeee villains <333

⛧ . i don't really have a dni outside of the common sense stuff, i just block people that make me uncomfortable. the only notes i have are: i don't want people under 16 following me, and i need you to block me if you ship romantically with lucian and/or senna.

⛧ . that aside, i'm always down to make new friends!! my asks/dms/replies are always open to you, regardless of how well we know each other :D oooh you wanna be friends with me oooh you wanna be my mutual oooooh oooh ooohooo!!!

[justagamerandaweeb]

Welp, I guess I'm doing this.

Hi, my names justagamerandaweeb, or TheWritingWeeb, or King, or whatever the fuck you wanna call me, it doesn't matter, and welcome to my blog. It's clearly nothing special, as you can see, but it's whatever honestly.

My birthday is January 21st, I'm 18, and I'm just a guy trying to get through this Tumblr bullshit.

About me:

All you need to know about me is that I'm antisocial, both IRL, and on the internet. I don't really talk to people that I know IRL as I don't think they're interested in me. That, and I'm to scared to talk to anyone, period.

And as for online, I think it's a waste of time (If you make random arguments that you are entitled to on the internet against people you've have never seen before in real life, you are a fucking loser that has nothing better to do with your life).

I consider myself as talentless. Outside of this writing shit (4 years into the game), I have no talents at all. I mean, I have a guitar, I can only play a few notes, but outside of that, I don't amount to anything in the real world, hence why I'm here (and you could say the same right? Unless you got a job or a career that means something).

I mostly write for entertainment, not to make friends, but lets see if you guys can change that (if you even take the time to acknowledge me).

What I like:

Friends, food, video games, music, YouTube, writing, having fun when I have the opportunity, and I think that's about it.

What I don't like:

People who treat their loved ones like shit, jealousy, hate, fear, the pain of loss, losing someone or something you love, people who push their friends and family under the bus to reach some sort of status, and that's about it as well.

Rules:

Do not insult me, do not come after me for whatever reason I did, do not come after my friend(s), and do not request me to do grotesque things if I don't feel comfortable writing about it.

What I can do:

If and when I have the gumption to open my requests, here are the things I can write:

Vanilla, BDSM, Threesome (MMF, FFM, MMM, FFF), AU's, pegging, maybe HC's, SFW content, maybe a little bit of dead dove: do not eat (only gore though), and maybe some other stuff I can't name.

What I won't do:

The content that I will not contain the following: Lolicon, Shotacon, futanari, scat, watersports/Golden Shower, rape, necrophilia, zoophilia, anal and vaginal stuffing (putting random objects in the female genitalia and anus), bug play, urethral insertion, earfucking, and anything that I am dissatisfied writing.

Masterlist of characters:

Yoriichi Tsugikuni:

Mating Season

Michikatsu Tsugikuni/Kokushibo:

Warmth (Revamped)

Kyojuro Rengoku:

True love

Bonded Together Forever

Comfort Through Pleasure

A Message

Senjuro Rengoku:

TLC (Tender, Loving Care)

Tengen Uzui:

A Message

"Fluffy Bunny..."

Tanjiro Kamado:

A New Experience

A new Experience (Revamped)

My Blossom...

Loss.

Giyuu Tomioka:

Sun-Kissed

Drunk Sex

Iguro Obanai:

Sun-Kissed

Sanemi Shinazugawa:

Drunk Sex

Gentle

Akaza:

Filling

Mitsuri Kanroji:

Different

Experiment

Kocho Shinobu:

Experiment

Muzan Kibutsuji:

Candle

Deflowered (Revamped)

Lady Tamayo:

Worth

Sweet

Douma (I'm not making his name a rainbow):

Somnophilia

Filling

Enmu:

Somnophilia

Kaigaku:

I'm in Control

Gyutaro:

True Beauty

Peer Pressure

Aizetsu:

Sekido:

Hikikomori

Curiosity

Confliction

Miscellaneous:

Goku vs. Akaza

Wake up.

Redemption.

Spider-Man 2 pics

Ghost of Tsushima Pics

Nathan.

Brotherhood.

Love and Family.

Samuel.

Second Son.

Clean House.

Season 4:

EP 1

EP 2

Well, that's all there is to it. See you, I guess.

[siriuslysatorusimping]

*Preview 3* Family Trauma (Physical Paradox installment 10)

Hiiiiii, I meant to post this yesterday but I forgot 😬

Quick note: I named Naoya’s mother/Naobito’s wife Tomoe. Another name I got from Ghost of Tsushima because I think it’s super pretty.

“Do anything fun for your birthday?”

“Same as always.” She sipped her wine absently again. “Mom made a cake. I had an exam, so nothing big on the day of.”

She despised making small talk with him. Answering questions he asked while he pretended to give a shit. Pretended he even knew how to be a father. He hadn’t even been a good father to Naoya before Tomoe died, and he had been planned.

“Strawberry cake?” Naobito asked, his smile growing. “That’s your favorite, right?”

“Yeah.”

It used to be a treat growing up. Her mother would let her pick one thing from the bakery for herself, even the cake with the very expensive strawberries.

She had to admit the fact he knew about that surprised her. He’d never paid attention or cared about her birthday when she was growing up, and she knew she hadn’t told him. Tomoe must have mentioned it at some point when she’d tried to get him to show interest in Rinko’s life.

“It’s- I’m never sure what to get you, so I thought you could use this on whatever you’d like.”

He slid the envelope toward her as he furrowed his brow.

The same thing for the past three years. She really didn’t expect anything from him. Didn’t want it after this long, either.

She wasn’t completely ungrateful, but she wouldn’t pretend that she didn’t still hate him. That the price of her childhood without a father was a few expensive dinners and envelopes of cash on holidays and birthdays. She couldn’t be bought. He couldn’t get her to act like everything up until a few years ago never happened.

I mentioned something about this on the stream the other night, since in Stardew your dad sends you money occasionally 😂

So I decided to post this lil preview of Naobito trying to be a half-decent father and giving Rinko a birthday present 😬

How much do you think it is? I’m taking guesses 👀👀

[vainelight]

hi everyone, recently garnered a huge obssession w tlou n am looking for ppl to share that interest with ✭

⤠ other interests of mine (outside gaming) ; fashion, architecture, reading, art, music, film, i write too n other shit...

⤠ some of my fave games; tlou (i havent played part ii yet lol), uncharted 4, god of war, horizon zero dawn, skyrim, n others...

⤠ games on my to play list; ghost of tsushima, tlou ii, far cry 5, until dawn, n outlast...

[mdr-reikas]

Hello there! You've been tagged! You don't have to do anything if you don't want to, but if you'd like, list 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! Learn to know your mutuals and followers! 💖💖💖

omg hi! Thank you for the tag!!!

So the first thing I like is baking. I haven't been doing it a lot lately, but I really like baking, especially like decorating and shit (just not with fondant bc that's gross). Made a nice strawberry biscuit roll a few days back, 10/10 highly recommend.

Secondly I like reading. I'm currently rereading frankenstein and I'm having so much fun with it tbh. I also have a bunch of other books I'm currently reading, but if anyone here like thriller/horror I really recommend Sebastian Fitzek! He's German author whose works I've been really enjoying lately. If you need a starting point, I'm currently reading "Der Inasse" (no idea what the english title is, im sure y'all can find it), it's pretty neat so far.

Third thing is video games in general. I have many games that I have made amazing memories with, that I replay atleast once a year. I started playing Ghost of Tsushima recently, and it's pretty good so far, feels a lot like an assassins creed game. I'm also a big fan of animal crossing (new leaf ONLY), until dawn (choice based horror game), Final Fantasy, Persona 5, Farcry (3,4,5 specifically) and also a few call of duty games.

fourth I like sea creatures. I really fucking love sea creatures. I always have on day of the week booked for watching some random shit quality sea documentary, they're really interesting. Same goes for spiders, I really love spider. I've actually been taking care of this cute house spider in my room, like I'll just catch flies sometimes and give them to the little spidey.

fifth, I'm kinda running out of ideas here, but naruto tbh? I don't like the show as much as I when I was younger, but I do still watch it when i'm in a bad mood. It's like to a point where I know most of the episodes and can just start whereever, it doesn't require my attention for me to understand what's happening. It's definitely my main comfort shot (with Marble Hornets as a close second), and I also really enjoy buying bootleg naruto merch. Found this low quality shit naruto calender for 2024, I've already started noting appointments in there.

Once again, thank you sooo much for the ask and thanks for giving me an excuse to ramble! I love talking about random crap as y'all know :)

[soul-has-left-the-chat]

Introduction

I see everyone else doing introductions so might as well do a quick one myself (don't be afraid to say hi, I don't bite ^^)

My name is Soul, sometimes I go by Soulie, Soup, Soil, Suop, Soupie (Woopie), Newt, really anything you wanna call me

I go by any pronouns

INFP-T, 9w1, Chaotic Neutral

I'm born in Bangladesh but I grew up in Canada

I'm a passionate polyjamorous metalhead, my favourite few bands/artists being Bad Omens, STARSET!!!!, Sleep Token, Bring Me The Horizon, Updog, Palaye Royale, Creo, Wage War, Ice Nine Kills, CG5, Glass Animals, Chase Atlantic and many others that I cannot name cause there's too many lmao

I occasionally do art and sometimes write as hobbies when I get the time to, I mostly make OC art of mine and my friend's and will maybe drop stuff about them here

I'm a huge science nerd and I love Biology and Chemistry, especially in genetics, cells, and atom theory (I hate Thermodynamics, don't ever talk to me about Thermodynamics) Call me crazy but I LOVE Trigonometry too

I love gaming as well, a few of my favourites being METAL GEAR!!!, Devil May Cry, Call of Duty, Ghost of Tsushima, Sky: Children of the Light, Soulsborne games (Firekeeper <3), Geometry Dash, some Roblox games, Minecraft and STARDEW VALLEY!!!; I go CRAZY for Psychological horror games, I hate all other type of horror games unless it involves messing with your sense of security :]

I like a few particular animes but I don't really watch stuff; Jujutsu Kaisen, To Your Eternity, Bungo Stray Dogs, The Great Pretender, Chainsaw Man, and Trigun/Trigun Stampede-- Not an anime, but I really like Lucifer too, and I really like BFB, mostly Four lmao

WANNABE BIKER!!! My dream bike is Kawasaki z400

I'm an introvert with pretty bad social anxiety and extremely asocial, but I love making new friends, so feel free to drop by :))

(Ninja, Crosh, J., A., V., K., Rein, Jam, Kia, Parc, Spart, Ayana, N., Saul, Vas., Ah., Max, Suro <3)

Thanks for reading this far and supporting my page, hope you have a great day :3

I also have an Instagram if you wanna follow it: soul_torch

Will maybe update when I organize myself

EDIT 30/1/24 13:00/1:00pm MDT

If you wanna find my art/writing/oc stuff, you can here:

#soupie woopie art

#soupie woopie writing

#soupie woopie oc art

For my gen posts, they will be tagged with #soupie woopie

EDIT 4/3/24 23:26/11:26pm MDT

I'm gonna repurpose this strictly to an art and OC blog, I have a spam Tumblr where I just reblog shit I like if you're interested ^^

@bowl-of-soupie

EDIT 14/4/24 17:12/5:12pm MDT

I made OC tags!!! Only 2 rn tho, one for me and one for my friend's oc

PLEASE READ!!!

Do you need to talk to me?

[the-fae-tricked-me]

···🧚‍♂️·✧·•°♡·✧·∞·✧·♡°•·✧·🧚···

Hello! Welcome to my blog!

I've learned my lesson about giving my name— considering the fae tricked me, stole my attention AND executive functioning too! The nerve!— but you can call me Vue if you want! (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

Some things about me:

I'm 20f, and my pronouns are she/they ♡

I got diagnosed at 6 years old with ADHD which is very uncommon for my demographic as we tend to present more inwardly, but being the little anomaly I am— I present outwardly, so I matched the "boyish" description the psychologists were taught to look for

My Myers Briggs is INFP I know it's pseudoscience but it actually describes me pretty well. Not perfect by any means but it's still a pretty solid description

I'm a Leo, my Sun is in Leo, my Moon is in Aquarius, and I'm a Capricorn rising! I don't know what this shit means but I'm gay as hell and queer people love knowing these for some reason. I mean I don't think I'm gonna find the future love of my life on Tumblr or anything, but hell, I won't complain

I'm pan-romantic and demisexual (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

My favorite number is 2, but my favorite angel number is 333

My favorite animal is an elephant, but my favorite baby animal is the baby hippo if you have not seen a baby hippo I swear to the GODS you must look them up this INSTANT!!!!—

My favorite colors are pink, green, yellow, and blue ♡

I have a multitude of collections that include but aren't limited to: rocks/crystals, quarters, old coins/coins from other countries, buttons, feathers, and other discarded or lost bits and bobs I've found at some point or another that I just loved and wanted to horde keep. yes, I'm a magpie. Stuff like cute tiny screws, bent nails, assorted small plastic shapes/things, pendants and charms, pins, worthless coins, lost or broken earrings, and other shiny/pretty little knickknacks and doodads (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

I love listening to music/singing along off key, and writing poetry. I also really love reading, but mostly fantasy, sci-fi, and romance novels, preferably ones with two or more of those themes/side plots(⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

Despite all my other hobbies and interests, playing videogames is probably my favorite one— or at least very close, depending on the day! I'm a PlayStation girly, (no hate at ALL to Xbox players, it's just the PS4 was my first and only console, and I don't like how the Xbox controller is laid out! ♡) and my favorites include: Mass Effect Legendary edition, Red Dead Redemption 2, Days Gone, The Last of Us 1 & 2, The Ghost of Tsushima, Skyrim, Life is Strange remastered & Life is Strange Before the Storm, God of War & God of War Ragnarok, Untill Dawn, The Sims 4, Minecraft, and Splitgate. I also really love Balders Gate 3 but exclusively by/from watching different playthroughs because I can't afford a PS5 lmao </3

If you made it this far, wow!

I wasn't expecting to see you through! Now you know a little more about me. (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠) If you like what you see or what you read, rather, you should follow me! Or, ya know, follow me because you like my posts/reblogs, I'll like that too! (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)♥

[myriadeyed]

The intersection between the less complicated something is to make and release and the longer it has existed as a medium entirely dictates how likely it is for someone's favorite to be one you've never heard of before. Most obvious in music (relatively simple to both produce and publish, existed for basically all of history, most people will tell you their favorite song is one you weren't aware existed), and video games (moderately difficult to produce and to show people, existed in its modern format for about 30 years, everyone's favorite game is something like Ghost of Tsushima or some Fallout shit that everybody knows already)

[vankaywie]

Hiiii:]

Feel free to request anything!

I might take long to post a requested fic tho, my motivation keeps on coming back and disappearing. Also, im very sorry if theres some mistakes in my fics. But anywaysssss

Fandoms I Write For:

The Walking Dead Telltale

The Last Of Us

Resident Evil

The Quarry

Until Dawn

Detroit Become Human

Obey Me

Red Dead Redemption

Ghost Of Tsushima

Harry Potter

Hogwarts Legacy

Total Drama

Baldur's Gate 3

The Wolf Among Us

I also write for other fandoms, for example Uncharted, Attack On Titan, Tomb Raider, etc. But i do not take requests for those fandoms. But i do post fics with those fandoms though. Well i do take requests for Uncharted (mostly Samuel Drake) and Aot (mostly Bertholdt Hoover but ill try the others). Ok this is getting confusing help.

Things I Won't Write:

Pedo stuff

Yandere

Huge ass age gap shits

[marcusrobertobaq]

10% seriousness

30% swearing

60% sarcasm

Rules if you wanna interact with me:

Rules? I ain't got no rules, bro. Put that shit inside your sorry ass;

No, i don't block people or anything. This whole function is USELESS when you're extremely specific like me.

Some observations you'd like to know:

Don't feed the bear (if you can't deal with later) 😃

I got +18 things in here. I don't give a fuck if u are a minor, this is your problem not mine 😃

I don't have /j /srs /s crap. You will have to use your brain 😃

I ain't got patience of Buddha to keep repeating myself forever 😃

If it's public and I'm interested I'll give my opinion doesn't matter what u think 😃

Refuter™️. I don't expect people to agree with me - actually never ever agree with me, it's weird af and offensive 😃

If u ain't used to people sayin' shit u like is wack u shouldn't get involved with me 😃 u also got the right of not agreeing with me sayin' my shit is wack

I don't make fancy texts or cool and creative analysis, funny posts or anything. I just try illustrating my feelings 😃

I ain't no fandom guy. Don't try getting me into this shit, I don't play by these rules 😃

Stuff I usually interact:

Guns

Cars

Detroit Become Human

Red Dead Redemption

Assassin's Creed Series

Call of Duty Series

Cyberpunk 2077

God of War Series

Outlast

The Forest Series

Ghost of Tsushima

Fallout

Resident Evil

Grand Theft Auto Series

I also make some wack beats if you're curious. Following me ain't a wise decision, think about it first.

* Almost all the dbh screenshots are made using Otis_Inf free cam. Give mf some love cuz dealing with the camera system in this game is a headache. Saying from experience.

[therobishow]

I swear to God I'm getting fucking ads on my keyboard

Using predictive text and it keeps suggesting titles for shit I've never heard of

Trying to text Zan and type the letter g and fucking swiftkey is immediately like "Ghosts of Tsushima" and I have no fucking clue what that is

I look it up cause I'm curious now and it's a goddamn game. It's some fucking video game that I don't know anything about, have never talked about before, have never typed out before, but the fucking keyboard is telling me about it

And then it happened with other shit

Movies, shows, other games that predictive text has no reason to assume I'll be talking about

I am aware that we live in an advertising saturated hellworld but I really don't need it rubbed in my face like this

[callunavulgari]

Scrapbook 2023 | Pt IV

NGL, a little heated that Tumblr's new editing bullshit has made it so I can't save more than a month at a time, so I guess I'll have monthly ones from now on.

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things that I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 65 books, finish 4 video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and expand on your original novel outline to the point that you START WRITING.

Past Years

MOVIES

November

(Interstellar)

(Lotr: Fellowship)

(The Birdcage)

December

No Hard Feelings

The Muppet Christmas Carol

(Love Actually)

(Lotr: Fellowship)

Saltburn

(Everything Everywhere All At Once)

TV SHOWS

November

Loki, s2

Scavengers Reign s1

All the Light We Cannot See

December

Yu Yu Hakusho - Live Action

One Piece - Live Action

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

What If, s2

YOUTUBE CHANNELS

November

Watcher: Ghost Files

Watcher: Ghost Files Debrief

Watcher Podcast

Watcher: Food Files

Claire Saffitz Cooks

Gino's Italian Escape

Top 5 Beatdown

Inga Lam

December

Beryl!

Watcher: Too Many Spirits

Kimi

Imamu Room

BOOKS

November

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix [Fin]

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten [Fin]

(A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab)

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske [Fin]

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros [Fin]

The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec [Fin]

December

(A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab) [Fin]

The Only One Left by Riley Sager [Fin]

(A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab) [Fin]

(A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab) [Fin]

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [Fin]

All Systems Red by Martha Wells [Fin]

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells [Fin]

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells [Fin]

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells [Fin]

Starling House by Alix Harrow [Fin]

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [Fin]

Network Effect by Martha Wells [Fin]

PODCASTS

November

Watcher Podcast

December

Watcher Podcast

VIDEO GAMES

November

Baldur’s Gate 3

Hollow Knight

LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom

December

LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom

(Ghosts of Tsushima)

POSTED FIC

November

for years or for hours | Loki | Loki/Mobius | 1,677 words | “What the shit are you doing?” Mobius hisses, and Loki— Loki is tired.

touch-a, touch-a, touch-a, touch me | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2220 words | “God,” Steve murmurs into Eddie’s mouth. “You look— I cannot deal with how you look right now.”

December

these, our bodies, possessed by light | Shades of Magic | Holland/Kell/Lila, Athos/Holland | 2,134 words | Holland tells her simply. “I want to go home.”

this house says your name like an elegy | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | 6768 words | “Good night, ghost,” he says. “We can play tomorrow.”

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

November

Eddie/Steve - Rocky Horror

Yuletide

December

N/A

Fanmixes/Spotify Playlists/Graphics

November

Holland Playlist - Lost

December

N/A

DELIGHTFUL FIC

November

The Water's Edge by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | In which Steve takes a walk in the rain, sees something he's not supposed to and has some thoughts he didn't expect.

The Shortest Straw by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | In which Steve gets to indulge in a bit of roughhousing with a friend and realizes how much he'd missed it.

Manacled by senlinyu | HP | Hermione/Draco | 370k | Harry Potter is dead.

Extra Fresh Cherry Flavor by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | The cold, dry weather is not kind to Eddie's mouth, if only someone could offer a little help.

Faith, Faith, Faith by avocadomoon | Teen Wolf | Derek/Stiles | 21k | "Is there literally anywhere in the world you haven't been? Jesus fuck," Stiles said.

Crocodile Jock by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | When in doubt, Eddie figures you can never go wrong with a classic.

some version of you (that I might not have, but I did not lose) by PinkCanary | Loki | Loki/Sylvie | 4k | Mobius offers her the bedroom, but she insists on the couch.

come back. even as a shadow, even as a dream. by harleygirl2648 | Loki | Loki/Mobius | 6k | Dreams don’t happen in the TVA.

the earth from a distance by spqr | HP | Draco/Harry | 16k | “Really,” Malfoy drawled. “We’re stuck in the 16th century, with no idea how we got here or how we might go about getting back – pray tell, Potter, how could this situation possibly be worse?”

Five Stars by Dira Sudis (dsudis) | The Sandman | Dream/Hob | 3k | Robert G. who brings the groceries is one of the most-texted numbers in Dream's phone. This will surely never cause any problems.

A Sign of The Morning by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 86k | Vecna is dead. The Upside Down is cut off from Hawkins yet again. Steve is trying to go back to normal, whatever that is. He's also trying to figure out exactly how Eddie Munson has managed to fit so easily into his life.

(meet me tonight in atlantic city) by greatunironic | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 20k | Ten years on, in a town in Nova Scotia, on the edge of the Atlantic, Eddie finds Steve again, and also maybe himself.

Desperate Measures by Asidian | BG3 | Astarion/Karlach | 7k | "I think Scratch is coming down with something," says Karlach the next morning, and Astarion, who's in the midst of packing up for the day's travel, drops the pillow he's attempting to make space for.

Eye Of The Beholder by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 22k | Eddie works himself up to ask Steve if he can borrow his instant camera, because the type of pictures he wants to take are…not the kind he can get developed in town.

In Our Blood by secretsalex | HP | Harry/Draco | 38k | Draco is an accomplished pure-blood curse breaker, and Harry is tasked with accompanying him on his latest job—cleaning up the Van Boer mansion, which has been under a devastating fertility curse for seven generations.

Terminus by RC_McLachlan | Loki | Loki/Mobius | 4k | "Keep me here," he begs against Mobius's lips. "You must keep me here."

What Made Milwaukee Famous by synthetica | Danny Phantom | Danny/Vlad | 31k | Ten years after establishing a tenuous truce, Danny crash-lands at Vlad's Milwaukee lakehouse with a particularly nasty wound, three days recovery time, and absolutely nothing to do but talk to his long-lost archnemesis.

December

then now and always by raisesomehale | Teen Wolf | Stiles/Derek | 14k | Stiles is stuck in the fucking snow in the middle of bum-fuck-nowhere at night with a broken down car three days before Christmas, and the nearest tow truck company—over fifty miles away—doesn’t open until morning.

many times, many ways by spqr | Suits | Mike/Harvey | 15k | Soulmates are something that other people worry about, normal people, the masses, like marriage and kids and mortgages in the suburbs, and besides, Harvey’s not the sort of person who wants a life partner.

Damage Control by entanglednow | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 3k | When their meeting is unexpectedly interrupted by angels, Aziraphale and Crowley have very little time to do damage control.

the summer of '85 by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 20k | “Fuck The Man, Harrington. Gimme a taste.”

Handle Me with Care (I'm So Tired of Being Lonely)  by thesurefireway | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 8k | “I’m a virgin.” Eddie figure’s he’ll just drop one unexpected revelation on Steve for now. He can only expose so many squishy, vulnerable parts of himself at a time.

Strawberry Fields by ParadimeShifts | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 19k | “No,” Steve had said three days prior. “Literally anyone else.”

i don't ask much (i just want you) by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 8k | "The fuck are you doing, Harrington?"

Deadwinter Warmth by Asidian | BG3 | Astarion/Karlach/Wyll | 4k | In the noble houses, Midwinter is a time of alliances, and Astarion knows better than anyone what that means.

Blood in the Snow by linaerys | Crimson Peak | Lucille/Thomas | 5k | Before the house, there was the earth, and the blood.

you gave up all the golden factories by evewithanapple | Anastasia | Anya/Dimitri | 3k | Two Petersburg childhoods.

A Private Room by 20thcenturyvole | The Goblin Emperor | Csethiro/Maia | 5k | One morning in late summer, ten months into the reign of Edrehasivar VII and four months into his marriage, the Emperor was apprised of a scandal brewing in his court when his wife upended her teacup at breakfast.

seasons change (so do we) by ToEdenandBackAgain | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 7k | WIP | "Do you remember?" Eddie asks, in lieu of absolutely nothing. Steve doesn't look up from his place beside the hospital bed, flips his magazine page with a frown.

unintended consequence by itsmylifekay | One Piece | Zoro/Sanji | 8k | Imagine person A making person B a friendship bracelet, expecting person B to never wear it, but when it’s given to them person B puts it on and is rarely seen with it off.

our lady of zapovednik by magneticwave | Shadow and Bone | Darkling/Alina | 24k | Alina Oretsev owns a bookshop in a neighborhood in Os Alta that is escaping gentrification by the skin of its teeth and the sweat of its most notorious occupants, the Dregs.

just me against the sky by magneticwave | DC | Tim/Jason | 49k | Tim Drake stops stalking Gotham’s nocturnal wildlife when she goes to college. Unfortunately, they don’t return the favor.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

November

Loki | God of The Multiverse

THE LAST OF US | Ellie Williams

Loki & Sylvie || Running Up That Hill (+2x06)

Spider-Gwen

The Beginning of the end. [COLLAB]

Loki || Glorious Purpose (God of Stories)

December

LOKI & SYLVIE | DYNASTY

Loki | The God of Stories

MARVEL || Believe in Me ft. Armanni Reign

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

November

Now and Then - The Beatles

What Happens Tomorrow - Duran Duran

Vois sur ton chemin - BENNETT

could have been me - the struts

freya - christian reindl

history is now - natalie holt

purpose is glorious - natalie holt

have yourself a merry little christmas - mother mother

ice storm - lindsey stirling

December

my goodbye - jorge rivera-herrans

thus always to the tyrants - the oh hellos

a child's shadow - jessica curry

the power - borislav slavov

i believe - christina perry

dj play a christmas song- cher

paint it black - wednesday addams

my sails are set - sonya belousova

[digibruja]

just abandoned ghosts of tsushima…

I think i’m burnt out on open world games. It sucks that it had to be THIS game’s play-through where I realized it, but oh well

while at first collecting was an enjoyable activity, after hour 20 it really started to drag. the combat grew stale, switching between stances depending on enemy type is cool but I can only spam square and triangle so many times. I tried to vary it up with stealth but… a pure stealth approach is boring for similar reasons. If the combat had some more depth to it, I might still be playing?

I know if I gunned through this it would’ve taken maybe a few more hours, but I hate the idea of leaving so much content on the table, but I also hate basic collection shit… so the spiral starts.

This isn’t to say I think this game is entirely bad! It’s so fucking pretty, and the side stories are interesting (for the most part. some of those tiny scenarios just feel like busy work.)

sucks that I don’t have tolerance for the ubisoft open-world style anymore. que será, será. i might consider picking this back up in a few years but for now, I’m good.

[neoyi]

My dilemma is that I love wasting time in big, bloated AAA-developed open world games. I love helping every NPCs with their problems (I think owe this particular mindset to Majora's Mask, my favorite game ever, which does this), and I don't mind scouring every rock and tree for the 10,000 acorns I need to collect in spite of the rewards being naught but pittance in comparison to the time I spent gathering them.

But also I don't have as much time as I used to and eventually I'm going to get bored collecting acorns before I inevitably move on with the main plot and finish it off. After a certain point, nearly every sidequest is some variation of Fight These Waves of Enemies or Race These NPCs or Gather Resources For NPCs.

This is further hampered by how lifeless a lot of these open world games feel. You can have dozens of random NPCs walking around A Town to make it feel like A Town, but 99% of them are faceless and cannot be communicated with. This is not, say, Windfall Island from Zelda's Wind Waker where every single NPC ('bout a decent forty of them) are different and interactive.

Also, no amount of realistic graphics and fancy visuals cannot shake off the feeling I have of sheer boredom that they won't try and an attempt something stylish because the general gaming community wants the Super Realistic Look. Don't get me wrong, Horizon Zero Dawn's forestry backdrops are gorgeous and I'm in love with the way Ghost of Tsushima uses leaves and animals to create a sense of serenity, but also it's like the equ. of a mainstream western animated film: you've seen one Disney/Dreamworks/Illumination CGi, you've seen them all.

I mean, this is not a "All Hope Is Lost" kinda thing. Nintendo is still aiming for stylish looks; Breath of the Wild gave me the "ooh, what's that over there" mentality based on its visuals alone; stuff more open world games should be giving me, and in the western animated camp, we're seeing stuff like Into the Spider-Verse (and from what I've seen in screencaps, the new Puss in Boots movie.)

What this boils down to is, I appreciate the hell out of games when they don't take months to beat. I recently finished Pizza Tower, a game that took roughly less than a week to down, and it was one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. Indie games are always good about this, and while I think limitations can suck when you have a vision in mind, it also means finding loopholes and keeping a small scale that ultimately works out in the end. Older games had to do this at the time, and a lot of indie games do it, too. AAA games can literally afford to go big, but the ones who do stay small because they want to, I respect the hell out of.

I like that I live in a world where I can have both though. If I want to waste time playing open worlds, flaws and all, there's so many to pick from its garden. But also I love when a game doesn't fuck around with what little time I have and offers something smaller that's equally as fun and satisfying (and more often, tend to have better variety or charm.)

What's the point of this post? No idea. Just shit I've had lingering in my mind for a good while (also probably because I'm wrapping up Ghost of Tsushima, which, as of now, I clocked 80 hours into while also just having wrapped up Pizza Tower) and I guess I wanted to type it down. Like, I do not, under any circumstances think ever single big-budget game need to be Big and Bloated, but also I still like playing it. But I also like playing games that can be beaten in, like, six hours.

So yeah, you can kind of see my conundrum.