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alaffy · 3 years ago

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Vampire Academy, Ep.2 - Earth. Air. Water. Fire

I mentioned last episode that the way this show is shot reminds me of reality shows like the Bachelor. The fact that both of the lead characters in this episode have to face challenges really doesn't help quash that belief. Also, yeah, I'm just going to say it. The story is decent, but the camera work or how they're doing special effects; it needs an absolute upgrade, because it is…It's not great work.

So, in this episode we find a little bit more about how Strigori becomes Strigori. Any vampire can become Strigori if a Strigori bites them or if they kill (even accidentally) another creature while drinking blood. Christian wonders if there might be a little bit of a intelligence to the Strigori, but so far there doesn't seem to be. Well, sort of. But I’ll get back to that at the end.

Meanwhile, we find out that Rose keeps having this dream, seeing the aftermath of the car accident and seeing Lissa go towards a dead body. And then she sees Lissa’s brother telling her to remember. We also find out that, due to the events of the previous episode, Lissa and Rose have been forbidden from contacting each other.

Lissa finds out that, because she has been nominated to be Queen, it has been decided that they are going to push forward her Specialist Test. To explain, all vampires apparently have a form of elemental magic. They either control fire or air or water or earth. Lissa is one of the rare vampires that, as of this moment, has not been able to figure out what what she specializes in. Which wouldn't be a bad thing, except she knows that there was another vampire, Sonia, who didn't specialize or they couldn't specialize. And well, long story short, they did everything from counseling to electroshock therapy. And Sonia didn't come back…well, no, they said she didn't come back the same. But you know, besides the bird thing, she seems pretty much there. So, I'm not quite sure what the hell they're talking about.

Rose, meanwhile, finds out that, because of the incident in the previous episode and because she put Lissa in danger, The Academy Is thinking of expelling her; meaning she can't be a Guardian. And it sounds like she's going to be forced to live in what sounds like the vampire version of the slums. So, she's going to have to go in front of the Headmistress and The Council to plead her case.

Lissa, at this point, has decided that she needs to sneak out and talk to Christian and see if he can help her figure out what her specialist powers are. And yeah, he tries to help her and there's this little bit of flirting between them and blah blah blah.

Anyway, we get to the night of what is both of the challenges. And, well, Rose seems to be doing a decent job of explaining why she should be kept at the Academy; when she suddenly gets a vision of Lissa who is panicking because she's positive she's going to fail her test. Rose runs out of the room, telling The Council she has to go help Lissa. Of course, the thing is this doesn't go unnoticed by some of the members of the Council; the fact that, for some reason, Rose seems to know what Lissa is feeling. But at the same time, The Headmaster says if Rose leaves, she'll be expelled. But Rose goes anyway.

Rose meets up with Lissa and we find out that Lissa is, well, she doesn't want to be Queen. At the same time, she knows that, if she chooses to just run away, all of her brother’s plans to make society a bit more equal won’t happen. So, she doesn't want to do it, but she feels like she has to. Rose gives her a pep talk and Lissa starts her test. At first, it doesn't look like it's doing going well. It looks like she's not going to be able to pick an element when, all of a sudden, she seems to choose fire and everybody's happy. Well, Lissa is happy until she sees Christian in the wings, and it's very clear that he has faked the test to make it look like her specialty is fire. Of course, this is probably going to have bigger consequences later on. This leads up to this moment where she, you know, calls him out on it and they end up sharing a passion kiss. But while they're sharing a moment, Rose, who is at a bar drinking because she figures she's about to be kicked out, feels the passion between Lissa and Christian's kiss and end up fainting. And she faints right into Demetri's arms because, of course. And he carries her back to the bunker.

I should also point out that, just before the moment between Lissa and Christian, Dimitri did tell Lissa about Rose’s issue and. Lissa, being the possible future queen, is able to convince the headmistress that Rose should stay on.

Anyway, Rose wakes up the next day and finds Lissa in the bunker. What Lissa can't figure out is how much Rose must have drunk to pass out, and Rose tells her, how she passed out after she felt the kiss. And then Rose also mentioned how she’s been getting these dreams of Lissa after the crash and we find out that that's not Rose’s dream, that's Lissa. So clearly somehow there is this connection between the two and they need to figure out how and why.

Before I finish, just some other things that happened in the episode that might become important later on. We have a character who is named Mia. She was the fiancé of Andre and, now that she's not going to be Queen, she is kind of in the process of helping Lissa learn her role. But she meets a guardian that has been in the past couple episodes called Meredith, and they seem to be hitting it off. We have, and I'm not sure what the guy’s name is. He's been in the first two episodes. I'm gonna call him douche boy Mouri, and he clearly is skirting the lines of becoming a Strigori. But the most important part is that we have a guardian whose name I don't know yet. This Guardian seems to be an expert on all things Stragori, and he seems to have noticed that there have been some odd occurrences going on with this them recently; which everybody has been ignoring him about. He also seems to have a crush on Sonia. But the thing is, is that Sonia is very much in tune with the world; more so than people think she is. And she shows this guardian that she has been studying all the Strigori attacks recently and what she's noticing is that they seem to be attacking weak points at the Academy. In other words, the idea that the Strigori are mindless creatures may not be correct. It seems like that they are trying to figure out a way to break in or break past the magical barriers protecting the Academy, and at the end of the episode, it looks like that they have succeeded. And that's kind of where the episode leads off.

#vampire academy #rosemaire hathoway #lissa dragomir #christian ozera #mia karp #sonya karp #dimitri belikov

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tellywoodtrash · 4 years ago

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bade acche lagte hain 2 30.08.21 lb

this better be worth the time i'm not using to watch my hotass korean show (Mad Dog) or i'm gonna get captain holt lvl of huffy.

entry of nakuul sir to sad khnh heartbeat theme to establish sadboi credentials.

damn, ib camera work really did the most to make him look taller and more imposing huh? dude looking kinda puny here.

chick he's here to meet for...... breakup/goodbye/whatever looks suitably apologetic for the misery she about to cause.

he's promising this woman (vedu) that he'll accomplish something (oooooooooh mystery, but lbr, it's prolly that he'll move on/get married or some such shit) by agli baarish. seems like a weird way to establish a deadline, what with climate change and our weather patterns being totally fucked up, but.... ok whatever works for y'all.

music has transitioned to prem's tune from dum lagake haisha to REALLLLLLLLLLLY drive home point ki THIS IS A GOOD MAN WITH LOTS OF HEART, HE IS WORTHY OF TRUST THIS SOFT MAN. he better be coz i've put up with 3+ years of him playing an absolute demon, so........... i deserve this.

ok some creep is chup ke taking video of them. ok??? they're just standing a very respectable distance apart and talking very calmly. what's the point of taking video of that????

oh god samajh gaye na ki achcha aadmi hai, itna bhi don't beat us over the head with his niceness.

anyway, phir se resolute vaada has been delivered that he'll fulfill her wish by next year.

vedu going in for grateful feelsy hug but weather is cockblocking.

ofc he is a manic pixie baarish enjoyer. pft.

vedu like yeah ok mereko pneumonia nahi chahiye and peaces out, while sir vows internally his ek tarfa pyaar will last all life. yeah, let's see, bro. let's see.

video lene waale creep ka creep boss decides to hang on to that totally fucking non-controversial video as blackmail material. ok?????? such low stakes bs i swear.

1 saal baaad......... ram has upgraded to shiny silver shoes. guess he's been pandemic shopping for absolute nonsense things to just feel something on the inside, like the rest of us,

his friend/chamcha/whatever is asking him about the promise he gave vedika a year ago, and there's something about behen ki engagement, while ram is too busy snacking. same, bro, same.

his delhi waala asst introduces himself as varun and ram's like.... i'll call you tarun, i call all my assistants tarun. um ok wtf????? you can't be arsed to just remember the names of ppl who work with you????? ALSO IT'S JUST ONE LETTER DIFFERENT, YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THAT AND CALL HIM BY HIS GIVEN NAME????? GOD. I HATE RICH PPL.

backstory time; vedika went and married someone else, and wants her brother in law to marry ram's sister shivi. ok idgi, ismein itna bada promise waali kya baat thi???

anyway sadboi ram is like oh it's gonna be sooooo great, it'll be me and vedu, pandit hoga, dj hoga, ppl will come and dance and celebrate.... but it'll be someone else's shaadi. and i'm totallyyyyyy fine with that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

friend/chamcha is like........ ummmmm ok sus, but whatever, i don't have the mental bandwidth to delve into this, so come let's do some random comedy. (which still isn't nakuul's strength. he only works when he's playing straight man to shenanigans happening around him, than participating in it himself.)

blah blah meeting time, where he throws around lotta buzzwords and jesus christ, i am so glad i don't have to sit in corporate meetings anymore.

character exposition time from chamcha to new asst varun/tarun: ram is best dealmaker businessman ever, a hypochondriac, insomniac, has sabse bada dil, loves his family beyond all else, and is a foodie extraordinaire. wow what an innovative and never seen before type of character played by nakuul mehta.

varun/tarun is asking chamcha friend what hopes he has for ram's life and future and like........ who are these ppl who think about their bosses like this? like, i don't give one flying fuck about my boss's life outside of work hours; as far as i'm concerned, they go back and lie in their coffins like vampires, till it's time to rise and make employees' lives difficult again.

anyway chamcha friend is like my friend is a lost child and i just want someone to help him come home. man fuck off, this dude looks perfectly sane and sensible and like he has a handle on all the shit in his life, so fuck off with this infantalizing bs. he doesn't need some woman to "fix" him.

moving to some college debate class where a chick is raving about mumbai ki baarish being an ~~~~~emotion~~~~, and like..... dude, have you seen your city's infrastructure????

the gen z college audience is like snapping their fingers to show agreement, and omg lol whutttttttt??????? is this a real thing young'uns do these days???? can't wait for when this gen reaches parliament.

priya is sitting in this class (evaluating/auditing it?) and scoffing at this trite romantic bs and gotta say she's a WHOLEASS MOOD.

snotty backbenchers are judging her (the new eng lit teacher.) whatever brats. focus on your snap streak or reel transitions or whatever it is that you kids these days care about.

passionate rain loving girl is like EXCUSE YOU MAAM WITH THE ROLLY EYES DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY BASICASS BAARISH LOVING PERSONALITY and priya's friend is like oh god don't start, they're just rich spoilt kids...... priya is like, if they're rich and spoilt, they're not kids, and if they're kids, they shouldn't be so spoilt..... logic is shaky but passable, but this isn't going to execute well sis.

priya destroys this pluviophile college crowd with her middle class logic and rationality and they cannot seem to handle the realness, coz they all like...........

cut to ram wanting pakode coz its thundering. casually skipping over fact that he just got a 400 cr deal signed in that meeting. pft.

cut to snotty kids bitching about how priya is pakau coz she's 32 and single and is "frustrated". because.......... we can't give ourselves orgasms????

anyway priya and her friend roll their eyes at the kids and their belief in "true wuv" as they discuss friend's divorce case and alimony issues, with patented balaji heroine dukhiyaari theme music in bg.

kids following her and saying the only man in her frustrated life is her autowaala. and honestly lemme tell y'all, that's the only reliable man needed in life.

priya's brother is ram's sister shivi's ex and he's depressed about her engagement to someone else and she has to go to some bakery to cheer him up or something.

shivi is in a snit about wanting last minute vegan cupcakes and not liking any of the shoes she has at her disposal, while ram tries to talk sense into her but..... ok i think i just don't care about ppl who are rich AND young. their issues are extra unworthy to me.

ram like she wants leather shoes and vegan cupcakes???? make it make sense, pls. he's right and he should say it.

anyway i think priya's fam runs the bakery snob sister wants her cupcakes from.

priya surrounded by a buncha lovelorn idiot siblings and is the only voice of sense here.

ram is calling to order the vegan cupcakes which should have no anda no sugar no maida and he's like what's even in these, hawa????

priya is like yeah these are our special ameeron ke chonchlein waale cupcakes with extra hawa, thanks for asking.

some bantering and bickering about him being kind of a rich dumbass and her totally not here for that bs.

lol he's like can i have a normal non healthy waala cupcake and she's like ok these are all the flavours we have, and he's like is there an "all in one" type, and she's like "nahi, aaj tak kisi ne itna laalach nahi kiya." lmaooooooooooooo.

before hanging up he asks if it's raining in mumbai (he's in delhi) and she's like oh great another fucking one of these baarish loving freaks.

omg one of his..... brothers???? is that ponky fellow from naagin 5. he has done cupcake pickup (800 cupcakes fit in in the trunk???? huh), one of which ram swiftly shoves in his gaping maw.

priya's siblings trying to keep her in the bakery after closing time, idk for what joy; while ram obsesses over gaadi ka ac not cooling enough and his eyes being red or some such...... idk man, i really don't care for rich ppl's problems.

he's switching out his silver shoes for gold ones. ick.

chamcha friend's name is adi and his wife is calling and she's mad and ram has been put on video call to cool her down. post hanging up, some stupid haha wives suck, they only feed you tinde kinda bs jokes.

priya is getting little toooo worked up over this romantic baarish spiel. sis, it's not thaaat deep. chill.

adi making some jab teri shaadi hogi jokes and ram gets all smiley sad again with khnh sad tune in bg.

priya ka bhi koi past heartbreak trauma ubhar aa raha hai and like...... get therapy sis.

ram ka car breakdown. rickshaw lena padega.

guess who else is standing on same street, cussing at the rain, and has her hand out for an auto.

she gets the auto first and he's standing outside haggling saying he'll pay double triple and all (they can't see each other coz she's lowered the rain shade on that side) and auto waala is like fml i hate my job i just wanna go home.

auto starts to drive away when priya hears ram lamenting ki meri behen ki sagaai hai yaaaaaar, and stops the auto to let him in, but his friends hailed another cab or something by then and he heads towards that.

precap: ram rushes in saying omg everyone must be waiting for meeeeeeee and i delayed the function, while engagement is full on going ahead without him only. priya's brother asks her how she felt about some maitreyi didi marrying her ex bf and she's like idgaf. shivi seems to have run away and come to priya's house (i guess back to her ex?) and ram's mom proposes priya and him get married. phew. too much information in 30 seconds.

#bade achche lagte hain 2 #balh2 lbs #episode liveblogs

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gravitycoil · 4 years ago

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Oh yeah, I got my hands on a B4B beta code (thank you @/mortosis I owe you my life) and I've been meaning to make a review and what I think about the beta so far. Buckle in lads

⚠️ I AM GOING TO TRY AND NOT MAKE A COMPARE AND CONTRAST WITH L4D ⚠️

Ok so far of what I played it is very confusing. I'm playing on the steam version on my shitty computer but it's very confusing because of the card system, ammo refills, defibrillators, and first aid (health in general). I do not like keeping track of my ammo/having to scavenge for it. "It makes it more realistic" I don't care? Lol. The more realistic your game becomes the more boring and limited it becomes. I do not like the weapon draw back/backfire it becomes very hard to aim and land hits. The bash mechanic is only good if you have the knife card, otherwise it's useless and doesn't really do anything. Melees are fun to use (at least hollys bat is) but it's very annoying and unsatisfying that it only does like micro damage to the ridden. (Unless headshot) The rotten in general aren't that threatening either, the only one that has some level of "OH SHIT" is the tallboy/it's variants. There isn't much of a horde either even if you induce a panic event, there's not much of a threat. I do not like the limited stamina either, Not saying you should be able to run forever but at LEAST buff it out. The overall movement feels nice especially when you climb things and jump from platform to platform. Not a lot of special ridden spawn either at least from what I've played.

The characters designs are really good, and I love their designs a lot. Their team chat isn't anything special, I don't expect lore voice lines in a beta but I wish they had more chemistry together. For what it seemed like to me they're all talking to themselves even when directed at the others it's very isolated. I did like that they refer to the mom character as mom but, I feel like it would be more meaningful if the game didn't display her name as mom or anything. If that makes sense. Like for example: "This is Carol blah blah blah she is a badass who specializes in weaponry. She is very snarky and wise, she is known as the mom to the others"

More stuff I hate about the gameplay is that you have to collect currency (Copper) throughout the chapters you play in, and you can buy weapons, ammo, and upgrades. This sucks. I hate that shit. Stop that shit. STOP the card system and shop system please please. It really makes me feel like I'm playing a shitty version of DBD. I don't like a lot of the mechanics. Positive things I love about the game is the map design, there's this one ship/boat level and it's absolutely gorgeous. Another thing I liked is the Riddens designs especially the stinger (i think its called) its like a little spidey. I like the panic events even if they weren't really something to panic about. If the god awful health system wasn't garbage it would make playing more enjoyable. (Healing is kind of worthless even more so if you die and get defibbed) I know it's not 100% optimized as it's the beta but the Mouse sensitivity needs work, I have mine on max and it's still very slow to my standard. Versus mode sucks. That's all I can say about that LOL

Some of the timed finale missions go by too fast and it's easy to die, especially because the maps are huge and you can get lost easily. You don't really know where you're going even if the game has a "your x mi away from safety" this doesn't help. It does not tell me where I'm going. A lot of ppl say and are expecting it to be Left 4 Dead 3 or yknow. Left 4 Dead adjacent, which in only some aspects it is, but for the majority? You can't really compare the two. B4B feels more like a DBD game than L4D. If you like dbd you will probably really like b4b. If you like l4d you mayyy not like it as much.

Do not argue with me if you see this in a tag and you get mad at me. I don't care. I'm right.

#post #b4b #back 4 blood

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gelatomesomeironqrow · 4 years ago

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So out of curiosity I took a look at the RWBY tag. It is so full of bees right now lol anyways. I saw a few posts that I agree and/or disagree on that I want to address.

One of them being how Blake is being portrayed as a damsel in distress and that her fighting style has not improved. To that I agree, she's the only one of the gang, when Ironwood let them all use Atlas technology to upgrade/fix/enhance their weapons, she was the only one who didn't change her weapon. She didn't add anything to it. She kept it the same. I think because she is no longer running. She doesn't know what fighting style she has or wants, therefore she kept it simple, she played it safe. She left her weapon as is. Heck, the only thing she really changed was her clothes and hair.

Moving on; I saw a post about Watts being Cinder's foil.

I'm not quite sure how I feel about that one but it is interesting to note how easy it is for Watts to get under her skin, even back when Watts was introduced, he said one line to her and she reacted. All I can say about Watts telling Cinder what's what is that she really needed someone to speak to her and drop her some truths before she kept going on this destructive path for power.

Now... the other thing I looked up.... and it is such a topic that I almost want to keep it to myself since the fandom is really up in arms about it. Is James Ironwood.

Now. Before you all jump down my throat saying how wrong I am, how he deserves to die, blahdy blah blah. I am entitled to like who I like regardless of who they are or what they have done. This hold true for James Ironwood. I love this man. That will never change and I don't need people telling me that if I like him, I like fascism or whatever crap that is. I do not and will never like or support fascism. If we put aside politics for a second, we have to realize this is a cartoon. These characters, however dear they are to us, however they mean to us, are not real. You can like a character who is a villain, who does horrendous stuff (alot of you people like Cinder and she straight up murdered Pyrhha and left Vale in ruins), I first liked James back in V3 when he literally risked it all to bring his own army down. Yes I know, alot of the fandom are saying he shouldn't have brought the army in the first place. I agree, he shouldn't have, but he did, the enemy expected that and used that towards their advantage. Glynda even said everything James does is an act of military bravado. It's all James knows. He hides his fear and paranoia behind his military. He did that right up until he let that paranoia, fear, mistrust and PTSD consume him. I've read several posts saying that it wasn't his PTSD that led him to fascism and that everything he has ever done showed that he was going towards fascism. Which is false. Many people forget that he was the one that commissioned Yang's new arm, that he has done some good. I'm not denying or apologizing or whatever for James has done or what he will do in the future. I get what he is doing is wrong. I'm not stupid. I saw a couple posts saying that other RWBY characters have PTSD as well and that they didn't go dark side. Well, they had a better support system than James had. His support system was Glynda, Oz and Qrow. Glynda and Oz and heck even Qrow often shut James down and said that their ideas were better. They weren't a good support system but they were what James had. When the communications went off line he had nothing. He was stuck in Atlas where politics on a good day will drive you insane and a growing threat of Grimm and Salem and no support system because they aren't with him, caused him to throw himself into his work and that work is stressful. Stress, plus all the other mental problems he has and no outlet but the very thing causing him stress equals a recipe for disaster. Now for anyone saying why doesn't he just quit and let someone else do it. He doesn't trust many people. He only gave the group of teenagers in his office his trust and respect because Qrow, part of his support system, was with them. When they didn't extend the same respect towards him, when they went behind his back and reached out towards Robyn, they ruined his trust, causing his mistrust in people to continue to grow. Anyways, long story short, what happened in the last couple of episodes in regards to James. I know what he is doing is wrong. I see both sides. I still choose to like this character. I am not a fascist supporter. No I don't believe he wants Qrow specifically recaptured so he can be killed (yes that was a post I saw), yes, I can see a Qrow and James fight in the near future, no, I do not think Marrow is going to break away and bring Robyn and Qrow their weapons (I think that may be Winter since now James kind of put pressure on the Schnee family), I don't think Robyn is going to contribute much to this upcoming fight, because to be quite frank, she has really just done more harm than good (view the Qrow, Clover, Tyrian fight for example, Qrow was literally just going to allow Clover to arrest him so he can talk (and yes talk) to James but Robyn intervened). All in all. It's interesting to see how the fandom is easily divided. I stay out of the fandom for that reason but I just needed to write this lol

I am not sending any hate or shade towards these other posts, I get that we all have our own opinions and thoughts. These are just mine.

#Gelato blogs #MY thoughts and opinions #No James hate please #rwby #Interesting posts lately

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onf-headcanons · 4 years ago

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ONF IN PSYCHO PASS AU (PART 3)

Setting : angst, murder (influenced mass murder), futuristic society, you can read the introduction post prior reading this AU headcanon (for a better understanding cos some keywords will be slightly difficult for non anime audiences)

And warning long post and shipping hinting (I wont write it over explicit but if you are anime audience you can get the hint of which character I based so its suggestive should you integrated anime counterpart to ONF couterpart) if you are uncomfortable with that just kindly ignore it. Only adding it not just because to follow original series but also for the AU/headcanon storyline conflict purposes

Below is the known situation when the story starts in Yuto's POV

Yuto - Inspector

Changyoon - Inspector

Hyojin - Enforcer former Inspector

Jaeyoung - Enforcer

Minkyun - Analyst

Seungjun & Minseok - dead

And again sorry if its messy (Cos mainly I just want this AU to exist and making it to a birthday gift for myself XD)

The whole structure is followed the anime,but I will skip filler/solo case episodes and fast paced-ify to focus on main storyline. Also I will tweak my words/wordings to a more simpler format so that I wont cause you all headache.

1-6

(loosely based on episode 9)

Due to recent events, Hyojin felt that Yuto need to get an upgrade on his skills of being an Inspector. He has good hunch but he still needs a proper profiling skills. Yuto mentioned that he did get to learn profiling skills on his training but both his seniors felt it is not enough because of his inexperience.

Even though a bit apologetic, Changyoon agrees with Hyojin that Yuto need to catch up to obtain veteran skills as soon as possible. (He only joined 8 months ago) . They both have the same person in mind who could help.

It is off day for Yuto, so Hyojin arranged them two to go visit a former professor of training academy.

The former professor is nice enough to agree on giving Yuto a crash course in profiling and extra tips for observant skills. Back in office, Changyoon advises Yuto that he better be careful and Yuto has to keep his own stance when approaching with people like their professor.

"One must have their own clarity so that their hue does not get clouded by others easily." Changyoon says to Yuto with a stern look. Yuto understands Changyoon's points.

And since they got their young culprit for previous case, CID tries to interrogate her. Changyoon and Jaeyoung tried to talk with the young girl during Hyojin and Yuto's absence but fruitless.

But when Yuto goes into the room to give it a try, the girl starts to open her mouth but not confessing or revealing details. Instead she made a request while looking at the one way mirror behind Yuto.

"That man with red hair, he is your dog isn't it?" the girl's choice of word made Yuto uncomfortable. "I will only speak to him alone if you allow me to, no cameras, no writings and no one behind the mirror."

That request was bizarre, the whole CID understands the risk of doing that as well. Jaeyoung also offers to step up and increase the interrogation with a bit of violence, but being rejected by Yuto. "She has kept quiet for that long and you think suddenly change interrogation tactic after request was made will let her mouth loose? I don't think so." Yuto tries to convinceJaeyoung.

Minkyun is worried, not about Hyojin's interrogation skills, but should there is something deeper, he is worried that Hyojin might get caught up into it. The only thing that can save CID and Hyojin from trouble was digital record of what happen in the room, be it video or audio.

Hyojin only pats Minkyun's shoulder and gives him a reassuring smile. And then gives Changyoon and Yuto both a nod before heading out the monitor room.

"Don't get clouded and played by the criminal, Hyojin." Changyoon blurts out his concern before Hyojin's presence exits entirely from the space the team was in.

Hyojin unplugs the surveillance camera and to let the young criminal feels assured, Hyojin brought in a few piece of papers and tape to tape up the one way mirror so that those who are behind it could not see what is happening inside.

Outside/behind the one way mirror, Changyoon is letting out sighs of regret of letting Hyojin going in alone and without any record to be left. Is not that he does not trust him, but since the system views Hyojin as delusional, how much of Hyojin they can trust without going against the system? He is worried to the extent he is rubbing his stomach due to gastric. Yuto notices that but Changyoon brushes him off and endure it alone.

Meanwhile Jaeyoung and Minkyun agreed that tech department should come up with a mini audio recorder that wont gain suspicions

Back in the interrogation room, Hyojin finally sits in front of the girl who is smiling eerily towards him. Hyojin did not back off, but he is not with his bright persona and his tone is cold as he speaks, "So, I heard you wish to talk to me? "

The girl leans forward, still smiling while contemplating at Hyojin's face. "Yes, I have been dying to see you in person." she whispers. "If I remembers precisely, Hyojin? Am I right?"

Hyojin's hunch starts to alert him, he does not like this. He clearly understood immediately that the girl is trying to get on the upper hand for the interaction. But he persuaded himself that his name might have been leaked during the process of catching their culprit, could be his colleague or Changyoon calling him and the girl heard it, happens occasionally.

But he quickly adjusted his mentality. He raises an eyebrow and leans closer towards the girl, "So you go through all the length just to get caught and meet me? I don't think I have that kind of charisma though..."

The girl lifts her hand and rest a side of her cheek on her knuckles/back of her hand, her eyes were still locked with Hyojin's. " You underestimated yourself, mister." she hisses. "And no, I let myself got caught because I still wanted to live."

Hyojin is not a fool and by that phrase, he can tell there is someone behind the young criminal from her words. And this smart minor, is trying to seek refuge from CID/Bureau. What kind of existence behind her, so frightening that even a murderer with a grotesque MO felt intimidated? Or was it because she is still a kid?

"Now that is rude," the girl breaks of the silence, "To go off into your own train of thoughts while ignoring a young lady in front of you."

Hyojin knew he is busted but he still kept his cool and poker face. He was an Inspector/detective before though. "My bad." Hyojin apologies while mirroring her posture and smiles at her fondly. "So why do you even wanted to see me anyways? "

"That's because I heard a lot about you. To the extent that my ears are going to bleed." she replies. "It was boring listening to it, while I do hope he talk about himself more."

Hyojin raises a corner of his lip and mutters. "Are you sure it's fine for you to drop hints like that?"

The girl only laughs and pushes her upper body backwards, her back comes contact to the back rest of the chair she is sitting. "That is to make sure you are paying attention."

"So how is he like?" Hyojin asks with a interested expression.

The young girl's smiles broaden as she thinks of the said person. "Brilliant. smart and handsome. " Her smile vanishes as she continues, "But my instincts tells me that you definitely wouldn't want to get to his bad side."

"Is he your partner in crime? " Hyojin asks and the girl shakes her head.

"More like a consultant or a middle person. "

"How did you come in contact with such dangerous existence?" Hyojin tries to sound as concerned as possible. "Is it group?"

The girl shakes her head again and starts to tell her story how she met her consultant for crime at school. He approached her during her own free time drawing in the art classroom. (This part you can follow anime where Makishima interacts with the young girl)

"Why are you betraying him now?" Hyojin asks after he listened.

"I put all the pieces together and I figured out that, you, could be his weakness." She smiles at Hyojin again. "Its a woman's instinct and I am pretty accurate for most of the times." She winks at Hyojin while at it.

"How so? Was it something he said about me?" Hyojin tries to sound that he is intrigued.

"The context since its vague. For most of the times, he goes Hyojin once said blah blah blah... or Hyojin once did blah blah.." the girl mentions " But I can tell that he cares about you a whole lot."

"He tried to tell me some stories in one go everytime he monitors me doing my work but I could not focus to all of it because I was busy cutting up my artwork, I only remembered how he laughed when he said you are a red-hair maniac." the girl recalls. "And that is how I recognized you."

"Did he showed you a picture of me?" Hyojin chuckles

"No, " she retorts, "He said you will never lost your love towards dying your hair red. Never once he met someone in his whole life has such obsession with dying their hair red. Should the two of meet again, he is confident to recognise you instantly."

Hyojin could not help feeling confused, his circle was not large and once he has turned into Enforcer, his ties were all cut and he is living in seclusion/under confinement by the system. So who is this someone who seems to know about him in a personal level?

Noticed that Hyojin is perplexed, the girl suddenly laughs.

"Oh dear, could it be you don't even know who he is???" She laughs while hitting the table lightly with her fist. "Oh my, what drama is this!"

"Looks like you got a fan, mister! An obsessed one." She exclaims while giggling at her thoughts. "Awwww....I feel very much sorry for him now. I was being slightly jealous but now...hahahahah"

This does not make any sense to Hyojin at all. There are so many criminals out there but this criminal mastermind admires a plain Enforcer like him with 0 notable committed crime, to the extent of executing a psycho hazard?

Hyojin decided to drop the act and asks the girl in a straight face who the hell is the person who told the girl about himself

The girl still finds the whole situation amusing , nearly laugh her heart out. She catches her breath while Hyojin patiently waits for his answer.

"I will tell you his name, he calls himself J-US." She wipes the tears rolling from her eyes due to laughing too much. "Does it ring any bell?" the girl questions Hyojin.

No it doesn't. But Hyojin regains his cool.

"I met a lot of people in my life, it will take some time eventually." Hyojin shrugs his shoulder.

"You'd better," the girl inhales before she tells Hyojin. "Poor him if you never remembers."

The girl then ends the topic by telling Hyojin that she will cooperate about her MO/crime. But what she told Hyojin in that room, is only for him exclusively.

"I don't think anyone will believe you if you told them that you got a fan." The girl's smile is back to the eerie vibe just like the moment when Hyojin comes into the room.

Hyojin leaves the room, closes the door and frowns as he goes into his train of thoughts again...

Who is this J-US?

Is the girl even telling the truth?? They never talked about the possibility of a mastermind in front of her so why did she and why can she see through CID's concern, found a perfect timing to prove the existence of a criminal mastermind?

And why she deliberately shared about this J-US to Hyojin only and purposely does not want it to be recorded?

Did she and the criminal mastermind behind wanted CID to break and having distrust amongst themselves? (If so its a smart move considering Changyoon's attitude towards Hyojin)

And should Hyojin told Changyoon about this J-US, will Changyon believe in him? Hyojin's hunch told him no.

And the most important point of all,

DOES THIS J-US ACTUALLY HAVE ANY THING TO DO WITH THE TERROR ATTACK FROM 2 YEARS AGO??

To be continued at part 4

#onf #onf headcanons #onf imagines #onf scenarios #onf headcanon #psycho pass au #scheduled

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HypMic 7 - 9 | Maou-jou 5 - 6 | Akudama Drive 6 - 8 | I7 s2 6 - 9 | Taiso Samurai 5 - 6

HypMic 7

I will never not laugh at the content advisory, haha.

I like Kazuha already. Too bad he’s probably evil…

Oh, is it the day of the DRB in the series already…? Or maybe, because it’s the qualifiers, BB and MTC’s match is on a different day to FP and MTR’s.

Oh? Does Tom know Jakurai well enough to call him “Jakurai-sensei”? (<- middle ground between “Jinguji-sensei/Sensei” and “Jakurai”) Also, Tom uses “ore”.

Ooh, Iris is a motorbike rider, eh? Interesting. I thought they (<- not sure if Iris is a “she” or “he” with a really weird name) were more of a Saburo-type and didn’t bother with things like that, based on their appearance. Update: Someone on Yahoo Answers said based on Iris’s watashi, she is a woman.

Typo fixed! Good job, anime staff! Update: I’m referring to “…darkest hour is just before the down” (sic).

…bukkorosu = “f***in’ slaughter ‘em”. It’s not wrong…it’s just the subbers really like to abuse the F word for MTC. But you knew that already if you got this far…right?

LOL, Ramuda wants to “scratch [Rex’s] back” (figuratively) to…get SNS views? Hahaha.

This Studio Alita is probably a reference to Shinjuku Alta.

Yotsutsuji!!! That was the one big spoiler I got before watching the episode today and I’m so happy I got to see him animated!

(One of) Irihatoma and Degarashi refer to Jakurai as “Jakurai-sensei” as well. Hmm, I never noticed. Update: That’s Degarashi, because Irihatoma speaks to Jakurai alone later this ep.

There’s 50% chance I’m getting this wrong, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say Kazuha is voiced by a veteran VA…one I already know about.

Doppo calls Kazuha by his first name…That upgrade means their relationship escalated quickly (or this is a quirk of HypMic in general, since I noticed most characters are on first name basis with each other). Also, it’s cute Doppo finally has someone in his corner. No other part of the franchise has one, to my memory. Update: It might actually be “Kazuha-kun”…but I’m still surprised though. Update 2: It’s both, actually.

I’ve listened to the phrase “some random guy” several times from Hifumi’s mouth and all I can figure out is the “yatsu” at the end. (Doesn’t help my ears blocked themselves up again, although it’s less than it used to be.)

Harumi Wharf.

R? On a helicopter landing pad?

…uh oh. I was right when I thought Kazuha was going to be evil. Also, Doppler shift/effect. Update: “Doppler” is clearly a pun on “Doppo”.

Hmm? “Hey, Doppo” from “yaa”…it doesn’t have a name referred in there. It’s a small but odd thing to do. (I remember a professional translator was complaining that people with intermediate Japanese were giving them flak for translating things “wrong”, but what I do here is analysis for my future and edificiation. I’m not here to knock down pro translators’ doors and demand a refund, because I’m trying to go pro to atone for my sins as a scanlator.)

The soundtrack’s slightly sinister tone, plus the fact I figured the culprit well before Doppo did, makes me slightly scared…for MTR.

I realised they skimped on the budget…this “hot off the car chase” line seems more like an MTC line, doesn’t it…?...Yeah, it’s almost word for word for MTC in DRB+. Maybe the subbers rushed and used this translation (this link I put here) rather than their actual lyrics…? I will have to get to the bottom of this. Update: Turns out the translation is slightly different, but…yes, there is reference to a car chase in the start of Shinjuku Style. (Sorry, I don’t know every lyrics of every song off the top of my head.)

…wow, this got really Doppo-centric. I’ve never seen the leader relinquish their position when it comes to “leading into battle” before. It just goes to show the staff really do pay attention to how popular Doppo is.

Note “Doppo” means “walk alone”, roughly speaking, hence the “solitary” line.

This song is very, very faithful to its original lyrics, because I was trying to look at Hifumi’s “mixing paint” line and it pretty much matches.

Hifumi’s “my men”, LOL.

Kazuha = “one leaf”, hence the “leaves” in one of Jakurai’s lines.

I cringe every time I hear screaming coming from this episode, y’know…?

…oh dear. MTC’s plot actually bled into MTR’s.

I already knew from browsing Twitter earlier today that Kizuna was going to become FP’s today, but hearing it is another matter entirely.

Kosuke Miyoshi is Kazuha. Apparently, this guy also voiced Mashirao Ojiro (the tail guy) from BnHA, but that’s his only major role…so I was right in that I knew him, but wrong in that he was, again, a relative rookie in comparison to most.

Apparently FP’s sign is a peace sign sideways to represent an F, but…it’s just a sideways peace sign to me…

…how is Dice’s bead ornament attached to him? Is it on his hair, on his ear, on the skin behind his ear…? I was trying to replicate his outfit and got stuck on how to represent it, so I ended up opting for trying (and failing) to do a small braid on the right side.

IWGP shows up this season…it’s the song with the “hoo!” noise BB perform in this episode.

LOL, “Dead men tell no tales” is a perfect saying for MTC.

Akudama 6

Is there a movie called “Brother”…? There’s apparently one that’s the plural of that, but not that itself.

If HypMic likes the F bomb, then Akudama like the S word.

I-Is it just me or is the choreography sped up at some points in this episode…? It’s a bit disorienting to come back to.

I thought the kid was a robot…but close enough.

Oh no! Why does the teacher always have to die for the student to become stronger???

Kairaku/shugi -> pleasure/doctrine (if I didn’t somehow misunderstand the shark’s kanji combo),

The part after the ED looks a little too long…keep watching.

The Japanese says “Lost Children”, but the English says “The City of Lost Children”, probably referring to this French sci-fi film.

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I like how Gaku is taking special offence to Yamato’s comments about him being a playboy.

Re:vale-san. I never noticed until now.

“I’m already looking forward to it.” That’s how I would translate Tsumugi’s “I’m already excited”.

“…who could possibly complain?” – I think Mitsuki might.

The pun in the MEZZO show is that tai (group/squad) sounds the same as tai (want to ~). Rabbinsta is obviously Instagram + Rabbit (Chat?).

Oh my gosh! It’s the Yotsuba sister!

Mitsuki’s shopping trip OST is nice, man. This piano.

This episode has a really great sense of danger and foreboding for the future.

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Perfection Gimmick. Never heard it in the anime before.

Even the ramen house’s name is a play on “Idolish7”.

LOL, Yamato sure turned that comment around.

The sign talking about beer says something about coupons below it. (It went by too fast and my CR app’s kinda fiddly, so I can’t really go back…)

Kimi to Ai na Night (pun on Idolish7, aka “AiNana”, again).

Mitsuki, no one hates you! You’re just imagining it all!

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Momo hugely resembles Sasara, right down to the highlights on the hair…

“…you’re so handsome…” – I’m dying on the inside here, people! *laps up the BL pandering with a derpy smile on my face*

Banri and Tsumugi haven’t been focussed on lately…they’re clearly doing something regarding Banri’s ties with Re:vale, but I can’t quite figure out what that “something” is.

Why is there a basketball and a football in the back of the Takanashi office…?

Please don’t run in heels, Tsumugi…

“I love Idolish7!” - Ah, despite my quibbles, Tsumugi is good after all.

“making one’s best exertions” – Why do those words on the cup worry me a bit��?

Isn’t “I’m watching you” a creepy statement…?

Apparently Tamaki’s symbol is mp (mezzo pianissimo), hence Sougo’s words.

…my gosh! Aya’s foster father is Kujou?!

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If I heard it right, Tenn’s line was “I can be your idol”, not “your prince”.

“Older Izumi” - …ah, poor Mitsuki.

“Damn you, sexy beast…” – LOL!

…aw, I think this is the first time my heart has been lightened by Tsunashi’s laugh. He’s a good boy.

The chibis…I’m still trying to get used to them…

As a song once said, “You can’t please everyone so you just gotta please yourself.” (Blah blah blah, something about garden parties…)

Takao what now???...okay, Takao Dayuu.

…You’re lucky that wasn’t Tenn doing Takao Dayuu. It would’ve been very “Gentaro does his courtesan voice” if it was.

Nagi doesn’t overpronounce things as much in this season. It’s…pleasant, actually. Give me more of that.

Nagi’s “Oh my god!” was hilarious.

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Ra (ら) and ro (ろ) look kinda similar in hiragana.

Even without the audio, I can guess the words were “yarubeki koto” (things you should do) -> shachihoko.

The texts are written in gyaru-moji. Gyaru-moji is basically indecipherable to anyone who doesn’t know how it works – kind of like the common teen vernacular, to be honest (LOL…?) – and so the subs actually kind of ruin the confusingness of it all, but they did slightly better when they went “UR”.

Movie shiritori! But…has it really been half a year since Leo started? I feel slightly robbed about that plotline with the Men in Black right now…(then again, HypMic is just as bad about important plotlines, if not worse, so…I’m going to be patient and not complain.)

July 5th…Rei is a Cancer…?

They’re…finally moving on this Men in Black plotline! I only complained two points ago! Thank you, staff, for listening to my complaints (…?).

Moon Land finished recently, so I wonder if I’ll lose interest in this anime from here on out…? There was a Pommel Horse Prince in that.

Moon Land taught me that gymnastics has a lot of skills named after their creators, much like the Aragaki previously. The score is out of 10 for both D (difficulty) and E (execution), meaning a 20 is the best you can do, but the judges can get really picky...

The word for “vault” literally means “leaping/jumping horse”…makes sense.

Some of these names are names I’m familiar with from Moon Land already…but I never remember what the skills look like.

…welp, Leo just proved he really is a ninja after all.

Dr Stone’s s2 had its ED announced to be “Koe?” by Hatena and “Yume?” here really makes a theme…does Hatena give all their song titles question marks on the end?

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Colour gangs? Like in IWGP?

It’s nice to see they’re (Jotaro and Rei) communicating properly for the first time in possibly this entire anime.

On the wall, that thing is an evacuation map…of some sort.

…I’ve always wondered: if a bird eats chicken, does that count as cannibalism?

This is like thw Makkachin incident all over again (in YoI).

“…there’s no reason for you to grin and bear it.”

…Leo and Jotaro, both are so dense! Boys *shakes head*.

BB? More like ET (LOL)!

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…I didn’t even notice the cast was all dudes bar the princess at this point.

Tatakau Onnatachi. It could mean “fighting women” or “female warriors”.

I’m still vaguely pissed that Kirito is here under my nose…darn Demon King!!!

One of the harpy’s recent worries was that she wanted to become friends with the princess…That’s kinda cute…

Didn’t Syalis already get the coffin that one time? Or did it get confiscated?

*eyes sparkle* Cloud…I’d like to sleep on a cloud…*dreamy look on face* Cloud.

This is basically Princess, ‘Tis Time for Torture in reverse.

Is it “make do” or “make due”…?

I don’t think I need to explain the joke where the harpy is happy.

Gendo pose!

I wonder if the bed or the sheets will talk to her (Syalis) someday?

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The New Gearbolt’s quote is “guruguru dokkan”, which is just a bunch of sound effects. It would translate to something like “whir-whir-thud”.

Underwear episodes are some of the worst episodes ever…they’re so juvenile…I dropped at least one series based on the underwear episode alone.

Ah! The seal on the ice monster’s shoulder! Too cute!

How can a mechanical princess mecha (…thing?) have worries?

LOL, never underestimate the hilarity of the teddy demons ganging up on the Demon King.

I like how the Japanese pointed out the demons only moved the princess.

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I thought the robberies were Kazuha’s doing…? Or is this a separate case?

Samatoki answering his phone with his feet up…LOL, there’s just something funny about it. It shows he’s just so badass, he can get away with it.

Riou’s hacking (?) skills come to the fore again. (Or is that listening to enemy intel?)

Ooh, Iris is sassy. I love her already.

…er, Samatoki? Blowing cigarette smoke into Jyuto’s face is just rude…

“…don’t hang up your gloves.” – Considering Jyuto has his red gloves…LOL.

What the heck is that backing track when the 2nd car moved out? That’s a cool track.

Ah! Iris is a Saburo-type…LOL, Saburo’s fake identity.

“a cop who’s in with the yakuza” - Wow, way to diss your own teammate, Samatoki.

For a guy who was only just in the water, Riou doesn’t even look wet.

“2 DIE 4” – Hmm? So did the anime staff know what Riou’s 2nd round song title was at the time…? Update: Judging by the name “Requiem” dropped in the next episode, I would say yes.

“…f*** the police…” - Wow, way to diss your own teammate, Samatoki. X2

Hmm? In Riou’s rap bit near the end, he goes “mad warrior” and that rhymes (in a very loose way of speaking) with “Mad Trigger”. The English didn’t keep that.

I remember seeing a spoiler which said that line (the one about slaves)…but seriously, Jyuto is such a “sexy revenge cop” (as someone once said – I think it might be Slug, or an anon to Slug) that literally nothing else seems to matter about him.

Why do they subtitle the laughing??? I still have no idea.

“Sgt. Iruma”? The guy just says “Iruma-san”. Is he a sergant or some other rank? Update: Yes. (As in, he is a sergant.)

I’ve never actually seen Ramuda sleep in a bed before, come to think of it. Does he not have a bed?

I would assume Gentaro is going…but he said he won’t be going, then negated that and then negated it again. Unless the 2nd time was him admitting it was a lie the first time…is he going or not???

“shinsetsu no human” – (Spoilers for later on/manga)…Yes, that’s actually what Ramuda says. It’s as if Ramuda subtly admits, right there, he isn’t human.

Nodo = throat…If this were translated more literally, it would sound pretty clunky.

“…rappa no inochi…paa!” – Yep, the subbers got the gist of the joke there.

Dice is basically a worm at this point…He’s squirming like one, anyway.

That “number of pips facing up” thing has got to be foreshadowing for something, y’know? Nothing in a story ever goes to waste. Also, it’s likely the dice are weighted or something…

…yep, there you go.

That voice Gentaro used for “I despise lies” was amusing…because it’s so different to his normal voice, and because Gentaro is a serial liar.

The 2nd song…which I already know is called “JACKPOT” from browsing Twitter earlier today…was a bunch of fun.

Udagawacho.

Hmm…emphasis on the candy. I wonder what that means? (<- already knows, I just want to keep it a secret from you, dear reader, if you don’t know it too)

ANIME SHOP is so clearly a pun on Animate, including the colours, that I can’t even…LOL.

FP’s Kizuna sounds distinctly different to the others…probably because of Ramuda. It’s mostly Ramuda carrying the tune there.

“Life is what you make it.” – Hmm, an interesting quote for sure.

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…welp, they don’t call it Fling Posse for nothin’.

I didn’t believe my ears, so I went and listened to it again. Sure enough, Ichiro calls Jakurai -san, not -sensei.

Ramuda’s normal voice! Things are getting serious~!

“Hifuming”? Is that a deliberate choice on the translators’ part? Or is it a mishearing?

…I’m laughing at how Samatoki called Ichiro a “hypocritical piece of s***”. I know the “s***” part is correct at minimum from the audio.

I believe Samatoki said -san, not -sama when he asked for an honorific. Hmm, interesting.

I knew this would get animated, but…I still can’t believe I’m watching it! Amazing…absolutely amazing.

If you’re wondering…yes, that long thing is her entire title and name. It’s said the name “Kadenokouji” is the longest Japanese surname in existence.

I remember reading a tweet earlier today that said somebody wanted “Altercation! Altercation! Altercation!” as a song title…and now I LOL, because the subbers made Gentaro say the exact same word.

Hmm…I only just noticed BB are the only ones with bags. They probably came last, but who took the others’ bags into Chuoku…? Update: Some of the others did have bags, I just never spotted them. For instance, Riou is carrying a large black rectangular bag, but Samatoki and Jyuto don’t have any. Jakurai has the bag from his TDD days.

The 2nd DRB brackets got announced today. BB vs DH, MTR vs BAT, FP vs MTC, rolling out across Japan (and Japan only due to COVID) in 2021.

“What happened between you and him?” - I was going “who?” in Cantonese (as I sometimes do), but turns out they’re just referring to Samatoki.

This is exactly as it played out in the drama tracks and manga…exactly what I was waiting for all this time! So good, dangit!

LOL, in the future, we will have camera drones working our concerts like they do in the DRBs…I think (?)

I wonder what Dice is thinking right now, seeing Otome on the screen…hmm…

…gah! Airhorn! Airhorn to the ears! *tilts to side due to sound*

I still kind of remember Slug’s take on the final battle…”The popo? More like the poopoo!” (or something like that). *sniggers*

The little barking bit after Jiro’s verse was…kinda cute, actually.

…ow, these are some burn-ass words. See? This is the power of the DRB!

…eh? Riou’s mic has his MC name on it. Don’t think I’ve seen that in any other part of the series.

Hoh, Riou even made references to Saburo’s character songs.

You can see “Hc” on Samatoki’s mic too…probably another case of his MC name, but partially obscured by his hand.

Aw, “Samatoki no sabaku toki” is a good lyric. Why couldn’t you try to keep that, instead of translating it literally to “judgement day for Samatoki”?

You can hear a thumping beat in the background when Samatoki prepares himself. That seems to be a similar way to how ARB treats this stuff.

“I’m THE Samatoki” – “Samatoki-sama da”.

I think it was really cool to show Samatoki handing the song over to Riou, but it also indicates there’s a disjunct in the lyrics that would cause such a thing. From this, maybe Riou is MTC’s weak link…?

Skeletons with katanas! Is that not cool?!?

…hey, that joined words thing Ichiro does…I would assume that’s what Rhyme Strike looks like in the HypMic universe?

Notice Samatoki took the word “signal” from Ichiro’s part and put it into his own one.

“Today is a good day to die.” – *eyes bulge* Oh…gosh. What a quote. Update: Someone theorised Ichijiku wrote these titles (the last 2), but someone else – like me – theorised this quote was what FP and M fans thought for this battle.

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…that’s one twisted kid.

Never threaten to kill a kid who can regenerate far better than you, Hoodlum.

Brawler is still in the OP…it’s kind of saddening to see him now.

I noticed a certain character appears on the Executioners’ hands if you pause at the right moment in the OP. It’s the first character in shori (management).

Bunny: set meal/Shark: roasted meat (yakiniku)

…This sounds a heck of a lot like the genbaku dome (Hiroshima Peace Park).

Bunny and Shark’s shirts together: Idiot -> Shark: Bone

Actually, this also reminds me of the Osaka Expo held in 1970. I loved writing about that event – it was just so fun to write about.

This anime is like Appare-Ranman’s sequel, except without the racing and crazy racial stereotypes (although there are still crazy stereotypes).

…whoa! This scene is going on the end of year list for sure. Just…have to remember this scene, where all the children disappeared, exists.

…”The City of Lost Children” is an apt title for this episode.

(HypMic spoilers!) I wonder if they’ll reveal that Ramuda is a clone in what’s left of the HypMic anime?

…oof, Doctor’s a filthy traitor!

Rule number 1 of fighting: never yell out “Smokescreen!” when the smokescreen is meant to cover you.

…LOL, dark censorship bar. Please wait for the Blu-Rays to see this scene uncensored.

What the heck?! The countdown went from 7 to 0 so fast!

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Black Rain, huh? *checks* It’s a movie about a pair of New York policemen who have to save a Japanese gangster from his death.

…don’t jinx it, Swindler!

Your brother isn’t on the moon, Sister. It’s just your dreams on there.

Notice “Neo Lake Biwa” actually has “Reiku” in its name, as opposed to, say, “mizuumi” or “ike” (the Japanese equivalent).

You can still see where Doctor stitched herself up.

What did Doctor “hold on to”?

Way to monologue through the whole morality thing… (<- not as satisfied as they would like from this scene)

I wonder if the seal is electronically tracked…

Tsubo = pot, vase…*thinks about drugs* (Not that pot.)

“…I’ll make you into a real man.” – More like a eunuch, LOL. (partially sarcastic)

I recall from Sarazanmai that “pair look” is the term for “twinsies” in Japanese.

Oh! Swindler kind of looks like the Executioner Boss now.

…I find it ironic that Swindler had long hair up until not too long ago.

Can to the eye! Ouch! That’s gotta be worse than a lightsaber…er, jitte to the eye!

This makes me wonder…was Courier a rich kid once…?

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raw-ugh · 5 years ago

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February 18, 2020

DAMNNNNNN its been a long ass time since i last wrote on here. A LOT has changed. sooooo i have a new boy (shocker). we’ve known of each other for awhile now but we didn’t become friends until i started my new job back in august. since we work together we started talking more and getting closer. we also go to the same school so that’s how we knew of each other. i thought he was cute for awhile and we would flirt here and there but it was nothing serious and kinda oblivious flirting. we started talking more towards the end of me and the last boy i was basically dating back towards the end of november. we hung out in the beginning of december and he went out to the bar with another coworker of ours and got drunk and he kissed me while we were both drunk. it was very unexpected but i liked it. he ended up sleeping over and it was very innocent. we were talking pretty much daily for a week or two before this happened as friends and after that night. after that night we started hanging out more and whenever we would get drunk we would be real flirty and kiss and be cute. he wasn’t sure if i liked him or if i was just being that way with him because i was drunk. we never really brought any of that stuff up for awhile. then that guy i had a thing with for months graduated and he invited me to his graduation party. i left him on read. i didn’t want to go because i had some resentment towards him like just wondering why he would put in so much effort just for me to be another girl he was fucking, ya know? then comes the day of his grad party and he sends me the info for his party again. i left him on read again. i had been talking to my current boy all day the day of his grad party and he was going since he’s his frat brother. then i was considering going just because i wanted to see my boy. then the guy who’s grad party it was messaged me a little later and asked if i was coming. i told him maybe because i had work early the next morning. i ended up going. i was with my current boy all night and my old boy was getting a little jealous. i had heard he was upset because i was talking to all his friends and not him, but i was mad why would i want to talk to him after he played me like that? but anyway shortly after his party, me and my current boy hung out and he came over and we baked cookies and talked and he told me he liked me and i told him i liked him too. a few days later we went to the city and spent the whole day together and it was really cute. my feelings for him were getting stronger by the day. then he went to mexico to study abroad for 2 weeks and i went on a cruise for a week during the same time as his trip. he still made an effort to talk to me every day even though he was in mexico. when he came back, we hung out and it was so cute. then school started and he started sleeping over a bunch. we had never done anything sexual until he started sleeping over. we still haven’t had sex but he’s fingered me and ate me out and sucks on my titties, which i love. but one thing i find weird is that whenever i go to touch his dick he always seems to move my hand and says “you’re funny” and i’m just like ??? you can do things to me but i can’t do them to you??? it makes no sense. the other night he came over and he kept teasing me and would put his hand in my pants and finger me and lick my pussy and then be like “okay lets go watch the movie” and did that multiple times and i was like ?? you’re acting like we’re gonna have sex but then say “lets go watch the movie” like wtf? i was getting annoyed and made a comment and it was obvious i was annoyed. he kept saying he was sorry and said that he just really doesn’t want to mess anything up because he really likes me. i felt bad. i don’t want to rush him if he’s not ready. i don’t know what his sexual history is like or if he hasn’t really had much sex and he’s scared that he won’t be good or something but awhile ago when we were talking about a tv show and the character only lasted 8 seconds i straight up told him that practice makes perfect. no one is just good at sex the first few times they have it. it takes practice. and it’s always different having sex with a new person. you gotta get used to the person and know what they like. sex is always better when there’s feelings involved and the feelings are mutual. one night we had a conversation and he told me that he compares himself to my old boy since he knows about it. it broke my heart. they’re completely different people and they can’t even be compared. he’s so much better tho. i’m so comfortable with him and i can be my authentic self around him. he never makes me question how he feels about me. although it does kinda bother me that things are still kinda secretive. like obviously there are a lot of people who know about us and i’m not saying that everybody needs to know because they don’t but i guess i just wanna be shown off a little. for the longest time my toxic ex stopped showing me off. the guy i was with for months never showed me off. then the last guy i was with never really showed me off either which is whatever but i guess it would be nice since things feel real with him. back in december a girl we work with started having assumptions about us. she ran her mouth to a bunch of people at our job about us trying to figure things out. we work with his mom and she even asked his mom about us which i think is ridiculous. other people we work with also said that we would be a cute couple. he also spent valentine’s day together and it was cute. and the other day his mom asked him who he worked with and he told her and when he said my name his mom said “oh your girlfriend” then she said “i think i intimidated her the other day” which she did!!!! i had to go over to the side that she works at and give a client’s money to the supervisor but she wasn’t there and his mom was like “well i’m not her and i don’t have the safe soooo” and i was like “ahhhh okay i’m sorry”. her sarcastic tone had me overthinking everything and i was like “she hates me” especially since the first time i met her she was like “nice to meet you i know all about the drunken escapades” and i wanted to die lmao. and then the same day she said those things to him he said she went into his room and said “ya know if i’m gonna be her mother in law she better get used to it” and i was like omg she hates me. then he told me she’s just protective over him he’s her first born blah blah blah. then he said she told him awhile ago that since he’s her baby she’s never gonna like any girl he’s with but like ughhhh that shit is so important to me!!! i really hope that once she knows and gets to know me that will change. he told me he wants to tell her about me. i’m kinda nervous. my mom knows about us a bit because he’s come over to my mom’s house to hang out with me. my dad doesn’t know yet. he probably won’t know for awhile because things gotta be serious before he meets my dad. i know my dad will like him and approve of everything because he is the most wonderful guy and such an upgrade from my ex. my dad hated him. but things seem to be going really good with him and i’m just hoping that they continue to go well. i really like him. okay that’s it. that’s the update in my life.

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void-tiger · 6 years ago

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So, apparently according to LinkBetweenWorlds...you can’t just simply wish the Triforce away to end the conflict surrounding it? But, why not just make a wish on the Whole Triforce that “after this wish nobody can wish on the Triforce ever again, in any time/reality” (since, world and time jumping is a thing).

Boom. Problem solved.

Speaking of which...why Hyrule? It’s been established that its world is larger than that tiny kingdom, yet it’s entirely dependent and completely torn apart by this one artifact. Other kingdoms (like Holodrum, Labrynna, and New Hyrule) function just fine without sitting over the land the Triforce occupies/the entrance to the Sacred Realm.

That, and no matter what Helga claimed, I’m still not convinced that Lorule’s planet hadn’t just simply reached the end of its natural life. Although wishing on a triforce would hypothetically stitch it back together again/restore any climate changes/even restore a dying sun and solarsystem...eh, whatever.

And if Ganon in A Link to the Past had access to the entire Triforce from within the Sacred Realm (and subsequencly transformed it into the Dark World), he really should’ve been capable of doing a LOT more damage than he did over the course of the game’s events. And clearly the “Chosen Hero” has no need of a Triforce Piece to go up against a (with the WHOLE Triforce, wth) Ganon. (Blah blah, Master Sword and Sacred (light/silver) Arrows. But that sword is the most useless item in any given game, as it only slightly upgrades your basic attack strength. All it has going for it is “needed to slay Ganon(dorf)...which it rarely even does THAT. And then not very well, as Ganon often breaks the seal without assistance, which always requires the assistance of Zelda and/or the Sages. Meanwhile? The arrows are always OP and fun to use, or specific to Zelda-only if she joins the fray (in which case they get nerfed to only stun. Riiiight. That doesn’t smack of defanging a female character that has no reason to be damselled all the time ‘cause “tradition” whatsoever.)

Sidenote: if Link can face Ganon without the Triforce of Courage, and in Zelda 1 was only holding the Triforce of Wisdom (with the Triforce of Courage not existing at all until its introduction in The Adventures of Link), the “Three Chosen” apparently DON’T have to be holding the pieces they’re generally associated with.

And while I’m still talking about Ganon...

It’s also been established that Ganondorf’s main complaint in Ocarina of Time and especially Wind Waker was the hardships the Gerudo faced with apparently no way out other than to conquer a more habitable land. (Which, honestly makes more sense than the “traditional” destruction for destruction’s sake. There’s no endgame to that!)

And if you actually look into how the Hylians talk about not just the Gerudo, but other non-hylians?

They’re not treated as full citizens. And often as nothing more than “beasts”.

Yet we’ve also been shown time and time again that these non-hylians are, in fact, both sapient (thinking) and sentient (feeling). Zora have their own government, whether they’re the Fish-Like zora of OoT or TP, or the swampy kappa looking ones of the older games and LBW. Bokoblins have their own culture. Moblins, Honox, and “River Zora” have all been seen cowering in fear and even paying off Link to just be left alone. “Sea Zora” are refused medical treatment. Gorons are refused service, and sometimes space to even sell their wares (or try to disguise themselves to be able to sell at all). Gerudo are regarded as prostitutes and murdering thieves. Sheikah are nearly always on the verge of extinction and regarded as “mystical servants” (or in BotW, blamed for something beyond their control).

Is it really any wonder that these “monster” races and non-hylian humanoids often are desperate enough to either “protect their own”/defend their territories aggressively or outright even side with Ganon(dorf), Demise, and other series antagonists?

I think not.

Hyrule creates its own problems.

Remove an OP artifact from temptation, treat your citizens and neighbors humanely, gain some freaking autonomy vs always waiting for some “Chosen Hero” or the gods to save you, and actually allow Zelda to reach her full magical/combat/political potential and even just walk among her people without scheming a breakout...and most of Hyrule’s troubles will fix themselves.

(Plus, enough of pitting the Three Chosen against eachother. If they’re going to be Divine Chosen Ones, actually let them interact without a rehashed conflict ‘cause tradition/samsara cycle. There is so much potential for Ganondorf, Zelda, and Link to combine forces for either the salvation or destruction of the world.)

#legend of zelda #zelda #ganondorf #loz link #triforce #hyrule

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sher-soc-the-famder · 7 years ago

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Miraculously Their Own- Chapter 4

Not Every Card’s A Trump Part 3

Word Count: 4962

Pairings: Romantic Royaltiy, Platonic LAMP

Warnings: Cursing, Child abuse, Physical and emotional abuse

Notes: My apologies for the lack of update last week guys! I was out of town, as I will be next week as well. For now have this A N G S T XD and I’ll see about getting two chapters up the next time I update! Updates on Fridays and as always! A huge thanks to @wisepuma23!

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Roman leaned back against the bench just outside of the group home, holding the ice cream in his hand gently. Patton had to stay at the school late to deal with a troublesome student which left Roman to visit Logan alone that day. Every other day, they tried to meet the kid, or at least Roman did. Patton was a little busier, and his schedule less flexible, but still. That didn't mean they weren't trying.

The look on Logan's face every time they stepped through the door made it worth it every time. Without fail.

Roman sort of understood why they couldn't just take Logan home, especially with how prickly the kid could get. Logan needed reassurance, needed time to settle before a change. They needed to make sure that he fit and blah blah blah blah. Roman wished that people weren't so stupid about things like this. Even if they were able to take Logan home right then, there was paperwork and the payments and everything that made Roman want to punch a wall.

"And that's how the body digests something like this," Logan murmured, staring at his own ice cream cone, "It's fascinating how the different sugars are broken down the same way and yet do different things for the body. Such simple things, and yet the body is so complex."

"And yet," Roman said with a grin, "It'll still throw a fit at something as simple as stubbing a toe. Or will forget the thing you went to pick up when you switch rooms. I'd like an upgrade thank you very much."

"You can't just upgrade your body," Logan glowered at him.

"Watch me," Roman said. Mostly just to see the affront on the kids face. "You think I can't do it bud?"

"I know so," Logan snapped, "If you're so imbecilic to think that you can upgrade something that took thousands, if not millions of years to evolve, then there's less matter between your ears than I thought."

Roman whistled, "Bringing out the big words today I see." he grinned. "So what about prosthetics? Or tattoos?"

"Patches to a system that's falling apart, and art," Logan replied promptly.

"And if someone would take offence to the idea that they need to be 'patched'?" Roman asked, bringing his dripping ice cream up to lick at smugly. "People aren't broken after all, just different."

“Different like you?” Logan asked, and Roman tried to gauge how sarcastic the phrase was this time.

“Sure,” he said easily. The kid blinked adorably and Roman wanted to ruffle his hair. He had seen the way Logan ducked away from the matron’s hands though, and he didn’t want to intrude if the kid wanted space. Foster kids got so little respect already, he didn’t want to add to it. Soon though, soon he’d ask. “Everyone’s a little different, Stephen Kid, intelligence, sexuality, hobbies, personalities, bodies, seven billion people in the world and not one of them the same!”

Roman bit down on his ice cream, taking the time to keep it from dripping down onto his hand. Logan stared at him, and Roman grinned. "I think it's the coolest thing in the world," he said, "That everyone has their own story and adventures and evil kings to slay for their happy ever after. So yeah, I'm different, Patton's different, even a little shit like you is different."

He brought his ice cream forwards and booped it on Logan's nose, cackling as the kid's eyes crossed to follow it. Logan wrinkled his now chocolate covered nose and glared at him. "If being different means acting like you, I'm not sure I want to." "Aww, I'm hurt bud, really, truly, who wouldn't want to be like me?" Roman said. His chest felt warm with amusement and fondness. Logan really was a good kid and never boring. "Besides, Patton's different too. I'm not the only one. Seven billion Logan. Seven billion! It's never ending! Just an endless stream of change and learning!"

Logan looked down at his melting ice cream, and Roman fought the urge to bump their shoulders. Respect, Sanders, he could respect Logan's space. "I guess," Logan muttered, before pausing, "So then like, every child here?"

"Different," Roman said confidently, "Maybe in small ways, maybe bigger. They all talk and walk differently. Each one has different experiences."

"So then," Logan voice was small enough that Roman straightened from his scrunched lean. "What sort of differences were you looking for?"

Roman could read that tone as easy as if he were breathing

What were you looking for in me?

Why me?

He took a deep breath and bent over to look Logan in the eye. "Patton and I were looking for a child to love. There were no 'requirements,' no specific quality that we wanted. We wanted to help someone Logan, to give someone a home, parents, we want a family. You-" Roman tapped his fingers on his leg.

“I was entertaining,” Logan said, and the simple way he said it broke Roman’s heart. Logan blinked as he shook his head, and the kid took a gamely stab in the dark again. “I was mature?” Another shake of Roman’s head. “Adorable then.”

Roman chuckled and shook his head one more time. His hands twitched, wanting to show how much he cared, a hand on the shoulder, fingers through Logan’s hair, something, anything, but he refrained. The hair on his arm raised, his eyes flickering up to see one of the matrons he hadn’t gotten the chance to talk to yet staring down at them.

Time was up, and Roman hated it. He was so sick of just visiting.

“Not quite, bud,” Roman said softly, looking back down at Logan, “Because you were different.”

“And you love different,” Logan said, his face solemn as he nodded. Roman let out a quiet, short breathy laugh at the way Logan acted like he had solved the world’s greatest mystery. He stood, eyes on the matron again, rolling the thought that she made him nervous around in his head.

“No, I love you,” Roman corrected idly, “Now come on, that matron of yours is going to burn my face off if she stares at us any harder. And since my face is a gift to this world, we should want to keep it where it is, meaning our time must be up.”

Silence meet his ears like a stone and Roman knew that he had given Logan at least two different openings to take. The kid should have been mocking him at that moment, for his arrogance or the fact that faces couldn’t melt or whatever at the very least. Roman turned to get a better look at Logan, only for Logan to mutter, “We should go.”

Fuck, Logan never wanted to end the visits early. Roman scrambled to back-track his conversation with him to figure out what had set the kid off as they trudged towards the group home.

“Ah,” the broader set woman in the doorway said, “You must be the Mr. Sanders everyone's been whispering about. I hope you found your time with Logan…. pleasant?”

Roman hated her already. She held her hand out to him and he shook it with a plastic smile. “Yes! That would be me! And you would be….?” He trailed off meaningfully, Logan shifting at his side.

The matron glanced down, drawn by the movement. She jerked her head, and Logan ducked his head. He practically raced inside, tripping over his feet in his haste. The stone in Roman's throat dropped to his stomach, at least until the matron opened her mouth again.

“Ms. Trumpbull, it is a pleasure to meet you,” the woman practically simpered, and the worst part of his panic relaxed. “I do hope that you come to visit young Logan again! Perhaps you're thinking of….?”

It was her turn to trail off meaningfully. God, she thought of the kids as things to sell, and it made his blood boil. It could have been worse though, so much worse, and even that thought made Roman swallow down bile. His fake grin grew, “Oh, I'd love to! We have to talk it over first, and really we want to make sure that Logan wants to be a part of the household first as well.”

Roman could pinpoint the moment the matron’s own smile grew a little forced. “Is that so? Well, don't you worry! We'll make sure he's on his best behavior until then.”

She winked, and Roman forced an awkward laugh. “Well, I really must be going,” he said. His foot stepped back without a thought. Without any further pleasantries, Roman spun on his heels and hurried off, fighting down the urge to scratch at his skin. God, he didn't think they could get Logan out of there soon enough.

He bit down on his lip, reminded of Logan's out of character rush to be done. Or maybe they wouldn't be the ones getting Logan out. Fuck, Roman picked up his pace, and hoped he hadn't ruined everything.

So as you can see, the metaphor that Mary Shelley was trying to convey was-

Patton sighed as the words swam together, and he brought his fingers up under his glasses to scrub at his eyes. Lisa was a wonderful girl, but she just couldn’t quite grasp an impersonal essay. He wondered if scheduling another session with a tutor for her would help, because at this rate she wouldn’t pass even his summer course.

Giggling caught his attention. Patton’s eyes drifted towards the pair of children playing with toys in the corner, and then to the boy sitting next to him. Logan turned a page in the book he was reading. Peaceful, Patton had to admit. He hoped the fact that Logan could just enjoy his presence was a good sign, but couldn’t help the way his fingers traced Lisa’s essay nervously.

He had to fight the urge to call his mothers every night and ask if they were doing this right. If a good parent did this or did that, if they should push more or back off more or try to talk to Logan more. Roman had been confident until his last visit with Logan, and not the fake confidence his husband could wear sometimes. Patton smiled softly to himself.

Roman was a rock, someone to lean on when Patton needed support.

“Were they that bad?” Logan asked, and Patton blinked, started out of his thoughts. Logan leaned over to get a better look at the papers, his own book discarded on his lap. Whoops, Patton really must have zoned out to not have noticed Logan staring at him. “Their writing?” Logan tried again, eyes serious and steady. “Was that why you were staring at it so hard?”

Patton giggled, tilting his papers so Logan could have a better view. He wasn’t one to give up a learning opportunity. Neither of them were. “Not bad,” Patton corrected gently. “Being wrong isn’t a bad thing. It means that as a teacher I have to try harder to figure out why they’re not understanding the material. They’re still learning! It’s what school is for after all.”

“That’s not what my last teacher said,” Logan said, doubt leaking into his voice as he looked back up at Patton. “He said that if I was getting it wrong then I wasn’t trying hard enough and I was disrespecting him.”

“Ah,” Patton said. He struggled to keep his voice from falling flat and giving Logan the wrong idea. He took a deep breath and tried to picture Logan as one of his students at the very beginning of the year. It was never his fault that the adults that taught him had different ideas than Patton. “Well, I would respectfully disagree with him. It’s my job as a teacher to help my students learn and understand my curriculum. If they don’t it means that I’m not doing my job.”

“Is-” Patton hummed encouragingly when Logan cut himself off. He watched the boy fiddle with his book. “Is that why you’re not around as often? Because you need to help them?”

"Yeah, of course, kiddo! It's....well, my life's work. Teaching kids make me happy. But that doesn't mean it's the only thing that makes me happy. Golly, I get happy every time I get ice cream! I know I'm not around often as I'd like, but there's ways around that," Patton smiled, and waited for Logan to look at him, "You make me happy too. And no matter how happy my dream career makes me, I will always put you first Logan, it’s what my mom told me! I love all of my kids, but as my son? You win by a long shot."

Logan looked fragile, his eyes wavering sightly as he stared at Patton. Oops, he had probably said a little too much for how close they were at the moment. Not that he didn’t think of Logan as his son! He absolutely was! Patton just wasn’t sure Logan was ready to cross that line. Logan kept a careful distance for his own safety and Patton could respect that.

He flipped through the papers in his hands, and broke the tense silence with some light teasing. “I mean, working is how we make living here work-” Patton grinned at Logan’s groan, and forged onwards, “-we still have to eat after all. Pay for electricity, the house, so on, so forth. Buy a certain smart boy some books maybe. Though just between you and me,” He winked. “Roman’s happier when he doesn’t have to think about things like that.”

Patton paused, a thought crossing his mind. “Speaking of Ro, still no luck with his bet?”

Logan crossed his arms and scowled, “He’s cheating.”

Patton raised an eyebrow, fighting to keep his face serious. His lips twitched and his eyes danced with amusement. “Oh really? And how’s he doing that?”

“I dunno, but he is! Stop-! No, don’t laugh at me!” Patton brought the essays up to cover his face, wheezing as he tried to hold back laughter as Logan pouted.

“Sorry, sorry, sorry! It’s just that,” Patton wiped at a tear in his eye, “Logan, do you really think that Roman, light of my life he may be, could pull off subtle cheating? When he couldn’t keep the fact that he was planning on proposing to me quiet for even a week?”

Logan flushed, cheeks dusting a light pink. He looked away sharply and Patton gave himself a Patton the back (Ha!) for dispelling the tension. Logan grumbled under his breath, an adorable anger that deflated as soon as he looked back at Patton. “Do you think,” Logan chewed on his bottom lip and Patton bit back a squeal. “Do you think I could get a hint? Would that be-” Logan tripped over his last words, Patton’s eyes softening at the nervousness.

Would I be stupid if I need help?

“I mean, I did say helping people learn was my job,” Patton said, in the same coaxing voice he’d use for an anxious student. He tapped his chin, “Ok I think I’ve got a good one! Roman is just as loud at work as he is usually, if not louder.”

“That doesn’t help at all!” Logan protested.

Patton spread his hands wide, before quickly reaching to keep his student's essays in his lap. “You did ask for a hint kiddo, besides, you two seem like you’re having fun with it! You- are having fun right? Golly, I didn’t even think about that, gosh I can tell Roman to call it off if you want-”

“No!” Patton’s papers scattered, the force of Logan’s protest making him jump, and Patton bit back a curse. He scrambled to gather them back up before they were damaged in the chaos of the other kids, and blinked as Logan hurried to follow his example. “I’m sorry,” Logan whispered, his face pale and Patton shook his head, glasses slipping down his nose from the force of it.

“Whoops,” Patton pushed them back up his nose and took the essays that Logan held out to him. “It’s fine Logan! Accidents happen, and look!” He held the stack up proudly, “Not one of them damaged!”

Logan ducked his head. Patton bit back a sigh, and very lightly tapped Logan on the head with the stack of papers. “Hey now,” he said seriously as Logan’s head whipped up in surprise, “Turn that frown upside down, Farmer Brown! I’m the one who should be apologizing anyways, I should have waited for you to respond before practically running you over with my words.”

Logan shrugged, fiddling with his sleeves, and Patton worried his bottom lip. “Hey how bout I make it up to you? It might not stack up all that well next to some of the things Roman does, but this old Pop's got a few good ideas in this ol’ brain of his!” He paused, “It's been a while since it's been all three of us hasn't it? Gosh a whole what, week and a half? Two? How ‘bout that? I can get a sub for the day and it can just be us!”

“Oh,” Logan said softly, Patton almost thought it was reverently. “Would- would you really-?”

Patton sat back down, patting the spot next to him. “For you kiddo, I'd buy the stars,” he said, only half-jokingly.

Logan took in a sharp breath, reaching down to clutch his book tight. Carefully, Logan sat down next to him, and then Patton held his own breath, trying not to freeze or lock up as Logan leaned over against him. A tiny weight against his side, not quite fully there, Logan no doubt waiting for Patton to pull away, to say something.

Instead, Patton just as carefully draped an arm over Logan's shoulders and asked, “So have you read Frankenstein before?”

“Not yet,” Logan murmured, relaxing into Patton’s side, “‘s it good?”

“I certainly think so! Not much for a casual read though, but it brings a lot of interesting discussion to the classroom,” Patton said, marking another point off of Lisa’s essay. He paused and added a note about something he liked as well, making sure to underline it and draw a smiley face next to it. “I’m not sure if it’s above your reading level or not, but I think you might enjoy it. It explores themes of humanity and intelligence, just like you do!”

“Mr. Sanders?” Patton’s skin crawled at the sudden silence that engulfed the room. One of the more heavy set matrons stepped into the doorway, and Patton swallowed. It was entirely possible that this matron simply had earned the children’s respect, Patton had known teachers like that after all. Ones who preferred their students quiet and obedient more than anything else. Not all of them bad.

But not all of them good either.

“That would be me!” Patton said, giving Logan’s shoulders a squeeze before letting go to stand up. He knew that he imagined it, but for a split second, Patton could have sworn that Logan’s hands brushed against his shirt. As if asking him to stay. “I don’t think I’ve had the pleasure of meeting you before?”

He stuck his hand out and there was a long moment that she stared down at him. Patton kept his smile steady, years of long practise meaning it didn’t waver.

“Trumpbull,” the matron replied finally, taking his hand, and her face twisting into a smile that looked almost painful. Patton winced as she gripped his hand just a shade too tight. “I see that young Logan’s been drawing a lot of attention recently.”

“He is an exceptional lad,” Patton said, something staying his hand. Literally, in that something about Ms. Trumpbull eyes kept him from dropping a hand defensively on Logan’s head.

“Well,” Ms. Trumpbull said, “I do hope he’s been on his best behavior? He hasn’t given you any trouble? Logan’s been known to, well, scare off possible parents, for lack of a better phrasing.”

“Oh absolutely! Wait I mean, no he hasn’t, wait- Dang it, sorry.” Patton took a deep breath, “Logan’s been nothing but a delight. Really, I enjoy the time that we get to spend together.” His smile tightened, turned the slightest bit sharp, “I’m not sure why someone wouldn’t want to spend time with such a bright boy, but then again, some people just can’t see a good thing even when it’s right under their nose.”

Logan sucked in a sharp breath behind him. Oops. Patton hadn’t meant to let that slip.

“I see,” Ms. Trumpbull said. Patton winced, but didn’t take the words back. He stared her down for a long moment before she said, “Just as I see that your students must be handfuls if you approach them with that sort of attitude when it comes to troublemakers.”

“Oh?” Patton said, his head tilted politely. “Do you struggle with a rash of them then? Because I don’t have all that many in my classes. They’re all sunshine and rainbows. I respect that they’re willing to put in the effort after all.”

“Oh, and I’m sure effort isn’t all they need.”

Patton felt his teeth grind under his smile. Polite insults were one of the things he hated the most about having to keep a professional air and attitude. Telling a group home matron to her face that he doesn’t agree with her way of dealing with children wouldn’t end well. Not with his boss and not with the people who held Logan’s papers. If he pushed them too far, they could simply ask them to not return.

Patton wasn’t sure he could take that. Could stand having Logan ripped away from them.

“Maybe for you,” Logan said dryly, and Patton’s eyes snapped over to Logan. “Patton makes things easier to understand. What do you do?”

Ms. Trumpbull’s face twitched and Patton cut in before she could open her mouth to speak. “That’s very kind of you Logan,” Patton beamed at the kid, who smiled shyly back. No wonder Roman was raring to take Logan home already. Patience. A little bit longer and they’d ask. “But it’s important to remember to respect the people looking after you as well.”

“I think,” Ms. Trumpbull said through grit teeth, “That it’s about time you head home Mr. Sanders.”

Patton nodded, and turned to the slightly pale Logan. Logan ducked his head and Patton crouched down to his level, something in Patton’s gut telling him to stick with Logan as long as possible. “Would you walk me out, kiddo?”

Logan nodded, once and sharply before hurrying towards the door. “Have a nice night, Ms. Trumpbull,” Patton called out over his shoulder, longer catching up with Logan easily. Logan’s hand brushed against his fingers, not grasping, but still, and Patton made sure to wave as he left.

Soon, he told himself, soon.

Trumpbull’s hand clamped down on his shoulder, and Logan bit back a hiss as the matron steered him through the hallways. His hands were shaking Logan noted distantly, as he stumbled trying to keep up with her relentless pace. The eyes of the other children bored into his back, and Logan tried not to be reminded of the real reason none of the other kids would spend time with him.

They wouldn’t want to pick up his bad influence.

The stairs to the basement yawned in front of them and Logan didn’t bother to bite his tongue. It was too late for that already. “Recent articles state that negative reinforcement actually increases the likelihood of problem children. Then again I know that you’re not all that big on recent-”

Trumpbull’s hand tightened on his shoulder and her voice dropped into a low whisper, “Would you prefer the closet tonight?”

Logan snapped his mouth shut fast enough that he caught his tongue and the taste of copper bloomed in his mouth. “No, ma’am,” he said quietly. She nodded, satisfied at his obedience.

With each step down into the basement, the pressure on Logan’s chest grew, the white noise of the rest of the group home fading behind them. Even the ever creaking wood grew silent, leaving only the pounding of his own heartbeat. The lower temperature brushed against Logan’s temple, the hair on his arms raising as he swore he heard something skitter in the walls around them.

Trumpbull’s hand finally left his shoulder as she shoved him towards the desks that sat in the low light. He stumbled towards them, hating the relief he felt that it was going to be lines today, hating that he had to feel relief at all.

The chair creaked dangerously as he sat carefully down in it, laying his palms flat on the cool metal to keep them steady and still. Logan couldn’t help watching Trumpbull as she made her way across the stone floor. Even though he knew that he was only doing lines, a fraction of the pressure on his chest eased as she made her way past the doors to the closet to dig through the desk drawer next to it.

Despite bracing himself, Logan still jumped at the sharp crack that echoed through the room, Trumpbull studying the ruler that she had slammed against the desk. “Do you know what you've done this time?” She asked. Her footsteps echoed in the space, and even with her approaching Logan didn't hold back.

“I opened my mouth? And you hate kids so everything I do is wrong-”

He flinched as the ruler slammed down, mere inches from his fingers. His face paled, eyes wide as Trumpbull leaned down into his space. “Perhaps you want to try that again, brat. I've been amazingly lenient lately haven't I?”

Logan took a shuddering breath, eyes locked into the ruler. “I'm afraid I don't know this time, ma’am,” he whispered. The ruler tapped his chin, raising his head to meet Trumpbull’s eyes. She raised an eyebrow, the ruler keeping Logan from ducking his head. The words that he knew she was expecting tasted bitter in his mouth, “Would you please ma’am, teach me how to be a better child?”

The ruler finally dropped, Logan’s shoulders slumping with his head. “It would be my pleasure young Logan,” Trumpbull said warmly. She tucked the ruler under her arm, and bent down, metal rattling as she pulled the handcuffs attached to each desk open. The metal tightened around his wrists, just enough to pinch the delicate skin. “Today, you made Mr. Sanders lie.”

“What?” Logan asked, eyebrows drawing together.

“About you,” Trumpbull lectured, “Nothing but a delight? You want me to believe that you haven’t disrespected them every chance that you’ve gotten?”

“He didn’t lie!” Logan protested, “Roman likes-”

The ruler descended, only this time it really did land on his hands, and Logan bit down on a yelp. He blinked back tears. The chains rattled as he tried to yank his hands back, an instinct he could never break himself of. One that earned him another rap along his forearms.

“Really?” Trumpbull raised an eyebrow, “You think there’s anyone who would like being called an idiot? Likes feeling shown up by a know it all child? Then why would Mr. Sanders have been tense? His smile so fixed? He was lying because he's a nice, responsible man, and we're lucky I could see what he really meant so that we can correct your behavior."

Logan shook his head, his voice weak, “No he- they-”

“Love you?” Trumpbull sighed, “Please Logan be honest, with yourself and with me. Who could ever love you?” Logan trembled and her fingers, meaty and thick, traced his jawline, “I try, I really do, but there’s trouble written into your bones. When you stop making me discipline you, maybe then, but we both know that day’s not going to come.”

Logan’s eyes burned, blinking rapidly in the hopes of keep his tears from falling. Trumpbull dropped a stack of papers and a pen in front of him, and Logan reached out with an aching hand to grip the pen.

“Three hundred lines,” Trumpbull said sternly, “‘I will not make Mr. Sanders lie.’”

Logan hesitated for a split second, though even that was too long for the matron. He bit his lip to keep from crying out as the ruler hit his arm again. He started, staring down as line after line appeared under his hand. The handcuffs bit into his wrist every time he moved, a pain that couldn’t match the way the words sunk into his head.

I will not make Mr. Sanders lie

Logan couldn’t breath, the pen dropping to the floor as he finally finished, wrists raw and holding back tears. He sat, still and quiet as Trumpbull gathered up the papers and unlocked his wrists. He moved mechanically, stiff from his hours in the desk, shuffling along behind Trumpbull back up the stairs and to his room.

Everything fell silent as Trumpbull opened the door and ushered him inside. For once, their eyes didn’t feel like weights on his shoulders, a reminder of how alone he would always be. Instead, he collapsed onto his bed, and curled up as small as he could make himself, hands clutched to his chest.

Covers pulled over his head in the closest thing to privacy he would get, Logan sobbed silently. “He- he loves me,” he whispered to himself, “He does, he does, he loves me.” He could hear the doubt in his own voice and pressed a hand to his mouth, trying to muffle his sobbing. “He does, he does, he does, he does-”

#Sanders sides #Adoption AU #Roman Sanders #Patton Sanders #Royality #logan sander #Platonic Logince #platonic logicality #Angst #Child abuse #Cursing #physical abuse #Emotional abuse #The cute fluff is now met with angst XD #I'm just gonna...go now #Before y'all can murder me #MTO #miraculously their own

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ericmhe · 2 years ago

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Godzilla Series Rewatch: Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla

Man am I glad this movie never got made. Ah, just a gag about “A Space Godzilla” that's all, but the franchise has had some fortuitous near misses.

This is definitely the simplest movie since 1985/Returns and that does let it dwell on scenes more than most of the rest of the Heisei movies but I'm not sure if it makes the best use of it. I do appreciate that it doesn't jump about much but the final battle is a bit long.

Lots of the effects in this movie have me wondering if Toho was slashing budgets or if they saved all the budget for the final battle. A lot of them aren't good even for the time, with the space battle between SpaceGodzilla and Moguera being a particularly ragged on example.

I probably shouldn't harp on the weird continuity snarl caused by Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, but one of the main characters wants revenge on Godzilla for killing his brother in Returns/1985, the events of which would normally have been removed from the timeline since Godzilla wasn't mutated into a giant monster yet. Also Biollante tissue supposedly making it to space.

Isn't it weird that Mothra sends a message three times in this movie and two times the mini-Mothra turns into the Cosmos to talk but the middle time it stays a mini-Mothra? Not a big deal, but odd.

Supposedly SpaceGodzilla is showing up to kill Godzilla and take over the earth and this is all well and good, certainly the plan in a lot of older Godzilla movies, but has Heisei Godzilla ever taken up a role of protector outside of the baby Godzilla? He remains antagonistic enough it doesn't seem crazy that the plan could just as easily be slip in while Mothra's away and MechaGodzilla is down and team up to destroy mankind.

Moguera is a decent robot if a little gimmicky with its early take on multi-vector assault mode, but it's weird to try and pitch it as an upgrade on MechaGodzilla especially when you've heard about the plan to have it be Godzilla and MechaGodzilla teaming up until they decided that would be either one-sided or SpaceGodzilla would have to be insanely powerful to be a threat. I've seen just enough shonen battle anime to be surprised that Japanese creatives can have restraint on that matter – I am exaggerating a bit, people are individuals and not cultural monoliths blah blah blah. The movie might have better novelty if it was a pile up of Godzillas though, the mainstay, the young one, the robot doppelganger and the mutated variant.

I could have sworn SpaceGodzilla abducted Little Godzilla and had him hostage for some reason, I forgot that he was just dumped in a hole and fate left ambiguous until the very end of the movie. I know some of the first battle between Godzilla and angrier bluer Godzilla was online as a clip I saw and downloaded back in the day (dial up modem days) well before I ever got to actually watch any of the Heisei movies.

How slow a flier is Moguera? On the way to rematch SpaceGodzilla it cuts between the mecha and Godzilla wading through cities, and it's apparently not closing the distance much faster than Godzilla is.

Miki showed some hesitation in helping G-Force do the brain attack but didn't fight them that hard when ordered to help paralyze him, but she's a lot more firm here. Guess that's character development, and generally I'm all for the 'other living things should be respected' angle but Heisei Godzilla is a steeper case to make than some other incarnations. Is it just me or is the subplot where she gets kidnapped and gets to develop telekinesis feel like padding on the run time for the most part?

I may not be the biggest fan of SpaceGodzilla but I am entertained by just how much he runs on video game mechanics. Destroy the crystals to lower his power, take down the tower to start doing damage, and then blow up the giant crystal weak points before taking out the rest of his HP. Also, the fact Godzilla works almost all of this out before the human protagonists is an interesting detail.

It might not sound like it, but I don't actually dislike the movie or anything, the Heisei movies are generally in the 'fine' category but I kind of like King Ghidorah best because of how nutty it is.

#Godzilla #Spacegodzilla #Godzilla vs spacegodzilla

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freakplayspokemon · 7 years ago

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Harvest Moon (or Stardew)-like Pokemon game?

I decided that I’m doing this rather the government takes my open internet away to the point where it’s basically unusable or not since my fiance showed a great interest in what I described to him. Of course, this wouldn’t play like a Harvest Moon game. It would play like a Pokemon game. (The concept would be similar though which is why I’m making the comparison) The idea of a casual dating sim Pokemon game is still fun though. (I already started on the graphics because I’m still going to be making this.)

At this point, I think I want to start development of this game since Accourt Academy’s story is done, and there hasn’t been any bugs reported for a while.

If this post does fairly well (in favorites or people flat out saying “I want this”) I’ll probably just make a separate Tumblr account for this game.

So while I was making Accourt Academy my fiance downloaded Stardew Valley for the PS4 and started playing it like his life depended on it. And then I remember a post on here that I read a while ago asking for a Harvest Moon-like Pokemon game. And then I was up all night thinking about a Pokemon game that’s like Harvest Moon. I seriously couldn’t sleep because my mind was reeling with ideas.

It would be really different from Distrust, Sanguine, and even Accourt Academy, which is suppose to start out as a casual Pokemon school game where you can date people. Start out. This one would be completely casual if you want it to be, and no teenagers murdering each other. (And I don’t think I’m going to have the date-able people have horrid backstories in this.)

Also, I wouldn’t have some collect-a-thon task thing before you can get married. I was always pretty annoyed by those when Harvest Moon started doing them. So instead I’ll just have marriage be a thing you have to work towards emotionally, instead of having it be a tedious chore.

The development would start a bit slow for a few months for... Reasons. =3

The goal here, instead of progressing through a story, is to... Do whatever. You wanna get married? Great! You wanna become a millionaire? Good luck! Wanna become champion? I’ll root for you! Wanna do all of these things and more? 100% possible!

Oh, and one more thing: I have no doubt in my mind that I’ll get tired of making this at most rated T game (if it were to have a rating) so I would probably start making something else on the side, but that’s nothing anybody has to worry about until I’m done with either this or that... If I know what “that” is eventually.

At this point I already got at 100+ hours into Stardew Valley. Any bold - are ideas that I either took from or was inspired by Stardew in one way or another.

Ideas so far:

-Instead of veggies, you would be in charge of a berry farm. (Since that’s already a canon thing that has a code, so I don’t have to make a new one.)

-Eleven bachelor/ettes. Probably 5 girls and 6 guys. (Eleven so nobody is alone in the end.) All bisexual so you it won’t matter what gender you are... Because I hate myself apparently. (It would mean twice the work for me.)

-“Rivals,” as in you can walk into an event between two people... Probably three times before they get married. (It would probably be easy to avoid though.)

-House upgrades

-Town upgrades. Like, if you do so much, or donate enough money, or whatever, abandoned buildings will be filled with.. I dunno, EV training building, TM/HM buying building? Stones? ...Things like that?

-Pokemon that can help you on your land by giving you stuff. (Like Miltank giving you Moo Moo Milk.) And instead of a bike, you would ride a Pokemon maybe. (Taurus)

-Gyms and an Elite 4 that aren’t technically required, but you can’t use certain HMs without the badges. The gyms and Elite 4 are probably going to be run by Accourt/Distrust/Sanguine characters so I can just reuse assets instead of making new ones. (They would probably have slightly different personalities. Think “Accourt Academy AU where shit doesn’t hit the fan.” Maybe I’ll make this the “Not Mega Stone universe.)

(The marriageable characters would be 100% new, though. I already have designs thought up for them.) (Also, it’s possible that I’ll reuse adult characters from Accourt Academy for smaller roles. It would take forever for me to make this if I don’t.)

-Probably two islands to go to. One with nine cities, including the one connected to your berry farm, and one that has a city. Or maybe one big one with a bunch of little towns and then one maybe medium size with just one huge town. Ooor One small island with your farm and the “main” town, and then one big island with the rest of the cities... I’ll decide later.

-Babuus, of course... Maybe up to two? Maybe the possibility of having twins? Who knows? ‘Probably will have them grow into adults, maybe... Possibly... At least kids. Probably teenagers. I’ll try to find a way to name both of them, but it’s possible that you would only be able to name one of them, and the other your spouse will name. (Maybe they’ll give you a choice of three or four names to choose from.) (Of course you can just adopt one, or have one out of surrogate if you choose to marry someone as the same gender as you are.)

-Also other married couples can have babuus too. And will. They’ll probably look pretty similar to each other, at least to start. (Less sprite work for me.)

-Two starters, technically. Like, you would have one Pokemon already (I’m thinking Tauros, so you can have your “bike” Pokemon immediately. Also I wouldn’t have to change the Pokemon since it never evolves) and an “everybody who lives in this town/island has one of these Pokemon” Pokemon.

--What would they be? The BETA Pokemon Gold Starters! I’ve been “revamping” some of the BETA sprites to look more like they belong in gen 3 and/or beyond. (Well, I’ve been doing my best anyway) and I really want to have the “starter” Pokemon the BETA starters. (I dunno if I want to make Chikorita look like the BETA art work since they changed it to how it is now in the demo anyway.)

---Wild revamp BETA Pokemon, just because I can. Though I think I’m going to at least start with only the cut Pokemon, but in the future I may decide to replace the final sprites with revamped BETA sprites, just because.

-Instead of just giving people gifts to make them like you like in Harvest Moon, you have to actually talk to them and say the right things if they ask you a question. Kind of like a typical Newgrounds dating sim game, but without the porn.

---Which means that you would have to have them like you so much before they’ll go on a date with you. (They’ll probably ask you to go on the date so you don’t have to worry about timing it just right before asking them.)

-I think I want to add a cave where you can either find rarer and rarer things the deeper you go, or rarer and more powerful Pokemon the deeper you go. (This will also probably be the place where you can dig for fossils and what-not.) Or both.

-I’ll most likely keep the player silent. In AADS I’m trying to tell a story with characters. In this though it’s supposed to be whatever you choose to do, so I want it to feel more immersive by uh... Not assigning a personality to your character. Of course this means awkward “Oh so you’re \PN and you moved here from blah blah blah” dialogue, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take! (\PN is the placeholder for the character’s name in the game.)

-Portraits... I mean this is a dating sim game after all. You’d probably want to know how the person looks.

-Holidays, of course. It would be too monotonous without them.

---Though I would only have one Valentine’s day instead of two to make it easier on me. In Harvest Moon... And Japan, they have both “White Day” as well as “Valentines Day.” One day is for men to give chocolate to women, and the other is for women to give chocolate to men. Also, this will make it easier for people to get/give gifts to the same gender. If I had both “White” and “Valentines” day, and you were to choose to date a person of the same gender, you would be excluded from one of the two days, rather it’s gift giving or receiving.

-Polygamy, but only up to two spouses. Half of the fun of dating sims I think is finding the person who you want to be with. It wouldn’t be that fun if you could just marry everybody in the same file. Buuuut I had this moment when I thought “damn. I really wish I could marry both Leah and Elliot in the same file without having to get a divorce.” So... That.

--I would want to have you have to get the two to like each other enough for that first, I think. How would depend on the couple. If they don’t like each other, you would have to work harder than if the two do like each other quite a bit.

-28 days in a month. I wondered why that’s the case in Stardew before realizing that it was so the weekdays can just recycle and not have to be in an infinite loop. The “1st″ is always a Monday, and the “28th” is always a Sunday.

“Maybe” section

Technically all of the ideas are “maybe” idea right now. (Besides the main ideas.) These are just more “maybe” than the others.

-I’d like to have character customization, but I think I can only go up to eight different playable characters, so it would have to be very limited.

--I think I would have the player customize their character from inside of their room so they can go back and change their looks if they change their mind. Also because I may want to add some things midway through development. This way you wouldn’t have to destroy your file just to look different. Also this would be one of the last things I put into the game. Or middle, or... Just not one of the first.

-Replaced Potions and other medicine with food at an inflated price. But food that you can make. Like, say Oran Berry juice would be... 2,000 bucks or so, OR you can make some with 20 Oran Berries.

-Gifts. It may become way too tedious or even impossible for me to try to implement gift giving, unless I really limit it. Though I will most likely give you the opportunity to give one of four-or-so gift on a date. And I’ll probably (most likely) make it possible for you to give roses and/or chocolates on Valentines Day.

-Weekdays. The calendar will have months. How many months? I dunno. In Harvest Moon it’s four, one for each season, so probably four. But I can’t actually think of how having week days would be annoying. I could have certain small events on certain days of the week. (Like a traveling sales person.) But I could just as easily make those same events a month thing... I’m not making any sense. (Each month will have thirty days.)

-Maybe a “pet” Pokemon or two? (Meowth, Growlithe, Chatot... One of those.)

-More than two files? Pokemon Insurgence was able to do this so it would be nice if I could in a game like this. I can at least show you how to save save files into a different folder, maybe.

Things I (probably) won’t do.

-Roaming NPCs. I don’t think I can do this for reasons that you kind of need one of the RPG Makers to understand. I can’t have the NPCs walking around like in a Harvest Moon game. (Or Majora’s Mask, or Yandere Sim I guess.) I can, however, have them go to different areas depending on the time of day, so expect people to disappear suddenly during different times of the day. I guess there is a way to program a path finding script in RPG Maker XP, but hell if I can actually figure it out.

-An in-game clock, since the maker (or Essentials) makes the game automatically work on your computer’s clock.

--I WILL make sure that the day “resets” whenever you sleep, meaning that you don’t have to literally wait days for berries, or to talk to somebody. There won’t be a clock but there will be “days” that you can move forward by “sleeping.” It’s kind of confusing, but this way nobody will have to feel obligated to go back home whenever the actual clock strikes a certain time. This game will have like, at least nine different cities, so it would be pretty annoying both ways if you were forced to go back home.

---Closing hours. Because the clock would just be your own clock, it wouldn’t be very fair for night owls to play this only to have the stores closed. The people running the stores will just be generic NPCs. I may have some eligible bachelor/lettes “working” part time though.

-Seasons. It would be really annoying to try to do different seasons, if not impossible. I’ll have to just make this a “tropical, never not summer” island.

--I could possibly have a winter though.

-Divorce. Or if I do, it would be at the end of development as though it’s an afterthought. (It would make for interesting dialogue if you have at least one child.)

-Different farm types. I think I’ll instead just make thee farm have everything on it, or close by it. (Like a pond for fishing, the ocean to the south of it, a forest to the west of it, et cetera.)

#pokemon #pokemon fan game #Pokemon Fan Games #harvest moon #stardew valley #pokemon farming

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bichhebetalkin · 7 years ago

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I’d like to talk about Nathan Drake and how I think he’s gay (and other things)

I will preface this with the fact that I have not yet played Lost legacy (and I’m not likely to play golden abyss...), and I also have not interacted much with interviews/fan theories/fan analyzations or anything like that. I’m kinda just typing my opinions out. I’ve just played the four games and thought about it a lot.

I would love it for people to interact and respond-- I’d love some second opinions on anything I post. This post won’t get graphic, but it will mention inner turmoil and canon-typical violence. (and like, I’m talking about the marriage a bit too)

1823 words

“I learned the past is not the past, a lump of time you can quarantine and forget about, but a reel of film in your brain that keeps rolling, spooling and unspooling itself regardless of whether or not you are watching it.”

--Nick White How to Survive a Summer

First of all

This is just my homely opinion, but in the first Uncharted game, Nathan Drake is some kind of a douche. Uncharted 2 is such an upgrade in several ways, and that includes an upgrade in Nathan’s character. I won’t rant too long, but I am certainly glad they fixed all that. Drake was an asshole who only cared for treasure, and he barely even flinched at Sully’s death and was ready to “beat sully’s ass” upon rescuing him. But whatevs, I won’t criticize too much since it was the first game and they might not have had the characters pinned down yet. A rough start to one of my favorite game series, and one that I will pretty much disregard in this post. If this seems harsh... I’m sorry.

The Marriage between Elena and Nathan

We should all rename Uncharted Everyone is a dick to Nathan and Nathan is sometimes a dick to Elena

If you’re into mystic messenger and you read my only other post on this blog, you’ll know that I have... a couple thoughts on love and what it all means anyway. I want to start this off by saying I love both Nathan and Elena very much! They are truly great characters that I admire and adore. Despite this, their relationship just isn’t something I can believe in. A lot of their relationship progress is done in between games, which kinda makes the audience a little unable to gauge like, what the fuck is going on.

somewhere between Game one and two, the pair is dating. By the time we get to Uncharted 2, though, it’s clearly and on-again-off-again kinda thing. We also meet Chloe, Nathan’s.... pal from the past (?). He risks a lot to save her, but I get the impression that the feelings he had for her were not as serious as the ones he has for Elena. I know it was supposed to be presented as a love triangle, but it just didn’t feel like it. Nathan and Chloe both kinda seemed like they weren’t at all interested in pursuing each other seriously. I honestly kind of appreciated this; Instead of the cliche fight between the women, Elena and Chloe seemed to get along in the end, despite some tension.

Between the second game and the third game Elena and Nathan got married (1)(wait what?) and split up again. I don’t know if they were actually divorced or just separated, but the point is that they aren’t together by the time the third game begins. Finally, between the third game and the fourth game, They are living the domestic lifestyle. They both have legal jobs where they don’t have to kill anyone and they can make it home for dinner. Seems perfect.

Or at least, it would seem perfect if I thought it would last at all. Nathan hasn’t really had a significant relationship with any woman like. ever? (2). On-again-off-again means that they have to go off again at some point. If you pay some attention to dialogue it’s obvious that it’s Nate that breaks it off each time, or he at least he initiates it. When he lies to Elena in the fourth game, she admits that she almost didn’t come to save him. I have a shit ton of empathy and let me tell you that dynamic drove me buckwild I almost couldn't stand it. When Elena confronts Nathan in the hotel room and Nathan sent both Elena and sully away, I wanted to scream. (3) (what are you doing Nate these people love you)

It is also in this scene that we are reminded that Elena doesn’t know about Sam-- at all. That is... an insanely huge part of Nathan’s past, and he just never brought it up? Do they talk about anything at all? For many of Nathan’s formative years, he had to lie about his identity (and likely other things), so I get why Lying would be a tough-to-break habit for him, but Elena is his wife. Just how well do they know each other?

The on-again-off-again dynamic is not stable enough for a serious relationship, and certainly not a marriage (4). And like I said earlier, Nathan is the initiator in the break offs each time. What is he running from? A very supportive wife? I think it’s more than that. From an outside viewpoint, Elena seems like... the perfect wife for Nate. She is supportive and she’s pretty much ready for action. But for some reason, Nate wants to leave her out of his adventures (5). I don’t think Nathan dislikes Elena; I think Nathan just isn’t romantically interested in her. Trying to force himself into a marriage because he knows that’s what charming guys such as himself are supposed to do, right? (6) Him forcing himself into a relationship he doesn’t want would make sense for him to feel a lot of disconnect. He spends a lot of time trying to get away, not because he truly dislikes Elena as a person, but because he doesn’t understand why he doesn’t feel as into her as he thinks he should (that sentence was a mouthful).

I will say that, as a story, uncharted has been pretty mean to Elena. It is a story so thats not problematic or anything, but I do hope she can find what she needs. She needs someone to support her as much as she will support them, and she needs someone who will offer some stability. She likes Nathan, but he isn’t very suited to the life she wants/

Nathan Drake a Psychopath?

Yeah, I get it. Nathan kills hundreds or thousands of people and he doesn’t even feel bad about it, which might make him a psychopath which might explain his behavior. I have some groundbreaking information to explain how he kills so many people without the guilt crushing him and that is that... this is a bideo game. bidya games be like “kill people” and you just do it. Nathan Drake could certainly have some mental health issues, but I don’t think the combat portion of the games should be considered when evaluating his health. His character as it is written has empathy, even going as far as attempting to save Marlowe in the third game. Combat is just expected in games. Although it might have been neato dorito if the game got into how Nate was coping with all that killing, I think we can just say “its bidya games” and move on.

Dad? Papa? Father??

I already hate this section of the post, but If I was (shitty bitch) Freud I would point out the fact that Nathan uh Defo has some mom/dad issues, and suddenly the Beautiful, capable, caring, morally gray Victor Sullivan swoops in to be Nate’s New Dad ™ and it would be normal for Nathan to have some weird feelings for Sully. But whatever that’s just Freud's take on the matter (although I won’t deny that the Drake’s prolly got parent issues). moving on.

Internal Turmoil

Nathan Drake throws himself in fatal danger and puts himself in incredibly difficult situations that have a tendency to just get worse. And he keeps doing this. This alone looks like a man just wracked with internal conflict. It would make sense for him to go on these physically taxing expeditions for treasure if he was insecure in his sexuality. Why would Nathan Drake be insecure though? He’s charming, smart, strong, handsome, and funny. It’s not like he has to beg to get laid. He has no reason to feel this insecurity-- unless it was men he was interested in, not women.

I don’t think It would be a stretch to suggest that Nathan “I never had any parents, really” Drake would have some troubles with learning how to navigate his own emotions. By the time he meets Dad Replacement 6000 (aka Sully), Nathan is already like, 15. That boy needed a parent years ago.

When Uncharted introduces Chloe to us in the second game, Nathan really just doesn’t seem to be into her. The scene in the hotel-- he was just kinda going along with it. He “kinda goes along with” a lot of stuff. To me, he seems like someone insecure, not only in his sexuality but also his ability to make choices for himself. When a woman makes a move on him, he just kinda... goes with it. Elena comes back for him even though he breaks it off repeatedly. I’m sure to him this is the support he desperately needs. So logically he should reward her with uhhhhhh marriage?

Harry Flynn

yeah he’s a bastard but don't even act like this scene didn’t have some gay subtext “buy me a drink, sailor!” that's flirting babes. Nathan was so happy to see Flynn.

Cassie Drake

whether Nathan is gay or not-- I still don’t believe in his marriage to Elena. I really love that Naughty Dog stuffed uncharted 4 with as many ladies as possible-- all the way down to Nathan’s sweet daughter. But seriously I hope Cassie’s upbringing is as cushy as it seems. Like I hope her parents are stable enough.

But also like I have so many mixed feelings about her existence. Kids aren’t relationship bandaids (... or at least they shouldn’t be).

I still have a lot I want to say about Nathan Drake (esp when thinking about Sam). The Uncharted Series has really done a lot to subvert some tropes in the adventure-type genre (imo anyway). And I’m not gonna scream and yell. I just think there's a lot of evidence to support Gay Nathan Drake. Of course, This could legitimately all be projecting. I love Nathan’s Character a ton!

I wrote this all in one setting, so if it’s badly written or repetitive or.... whatever, please forgive me. I’d love some interaction! tell me what you’re thinking!

1) are they married or engaged? I can’t remember....

2)that we know of blah blah

3) I might be being a bit too impassioned

4) I’ve been rewatching Bojack so I am reminded of the bojack/pc dynamic (although its not a perfect parallel by any means), and in the show it’s clear to anyone that while bj and pc depend on each other, the game they are playing isn’t good for either of them (esp not for pc). Elena and Nathan can harbor affection for each other all they want-- but Elena can’t do this anymore.

5) “wuh wuh he’s protecting her” im sorry but that’s bullshit-- she can hold her own, and he’s pretty quick to come to terms with her tagging along when she pops up each game.

6)IT’S POSSIBLE that i’m just projecting and i just wish he was gay, but like, seriousliy? sersreoopsily? I have at least SOME support for my claims.

#nathan drake #elena fisher #uncharted #analysis

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Part 10: Chou Koumei’s Revenge

In this chapter, there is a gimmicky (and annoying) dungeon, as well as a potentially challenging boss fight.

If you don’t know what this is about, please refer to this previous post.

[Any new comments by me will be designated by brackets.]

A new dungeon... which means there is a new puzzle gimmick.

I absolutely despise this dungeon, for multiple reasons.

First of all, what kind of color scheme is that?! The neon green color is blinding!

Second of all... I really hate the monsters here. The encounter rate is ridiculously high, and paired with this awful puzzle gimmick, having to fight enemies just becomes incredibly annoying.

DIE. (*chi blast*)

Third... THIS PUZZLE. This puzzle is the standard, "rotating doors"-type puzzle.

Do you see these flowers scattered all over the floor? Well, you can walk over the ones with the closed buds; but once you do...

You can not go back. So to break it down for you:

Closed budded flowers: Can walk over Open flower: Can't walk over.

The main reason why this type of gimmick is annoying is because it gets very easy to trap yourself if you're not careful. It also doesn't help that the screen for the wonderswan is so small that you can't even see where all the "entrances" are located.

Anyway, if you want to level up, it's best to do that NOW. Because once you get to the second room, it's almost guaranteed that you will not be able to go back out. (Well, you can... It's just ridiculously annoying to find a way back out.)

Also, you might want to go and upgrade Soushou's paopei, because his attacks are pretty weak at this point.

(His combination is the same as Tensho's...)

Oh yeah, I need to detail Fugen's and Soushou's moves.

Okay, Fugen's moves are:

1st move: I have no idea what this does (and you can choose from three options) but IT LOOKS PRETTY.

Seriously, he gets THREE screens of CG. (Noteventhefinalbossgetsthat) And it's not even a "special attack" nor does it cost any EP.

I... think it makes Fugen put up a force field, or something? I have no idea.

2nd move: His sole attack move. It makes the enemies... explode? Or he messes with their atoms. (That sounds painful...)

3rd move: He analyzes the enemy to reveal their stats, similar to Youzen's move except not as detailed. It only shows their HP.

4th and 5th move: I think one of those heals status problem and the other does some kind of stat boost?

Soushou's moves: (he's got a few more than "Kibi-in-disguise" does.)

1st move: A standard attack. A simple strike with his paopei. (You don’t really get a good look at it in this game, but he apparently wields a pair of tonfas.)

2nd move: Hit all ememies attack.

3rd move: His "super" attack. The one shown last chapter. (It makes lasers fall from the sky to damage all enemies.)

4th move: THIS move is what makes Soushou really useful. It's a move that heals all members in your party. In the really tough battles, I tend to just have Soushou heal because a) he has more EP, and b) he heals everyone, so I don't have to keep using Tensho to heal. It can be used outside of battle too, like all other healing moves.

5th and 6th moves: Supporting moves. I don't know what their effects are.

Alright, now to try to get through this mess of a dungeon...

I'll show you the way to get all the chests here also.

Note: This walkthrough assumes that you are ready to go all the way to the end of the dungeon, meaning that you have leveled up as much as you wanted, and have healed up. SAVE THE GAME ON EVERY FLOOR. Seriously, if you mess up, I don't think you want to try resetting this dungeon because that in itself is a huge pain in the behind.

From the entrance (the one shown in the second screenshot of this chapter), go through the first budded/closed flower on the left. Go down, take the chest, and then go right to exit. (The flower that was in bloom before should be closed, now.)

Now go through the first closed flower on the right, go down to take the chest, but INSTEAD of exiting through the left, go up and through the closed flower at the top.

Go up again, and take the chest.

Then go right three times and you will see a flight of stairs leading up. Take it up, and you will be shoved into a nightmare of a floor.

[screenshot missing because I hated this dungeon and wanted to take as few screencaps of this place as I could]

Okay, first off, go down through one flower. Then go right. Then go down and left through the next flower. Then go down to take the chest. After that, go right past another flower, and keep going right until you hit another chest. Then go up past a flower and take the chest in the very top right corner. Go left past one flower, then go down. Go towards the room in the center of the floor, and the flower stationed at the entrance SHOULD be closed, meaning you can walk past it. Do so, and take the stairs up.

Third floor! The last and hardest floor. (Seriously, there are so many ways to screw yourself up, here.)

First, go down through the flower, then go down again. Take the chest, and go right. Avoid the flower placed in the middle of the room, and go up three times. That should land you in the room with another chest and a flower in the middle of the room.

Take the chest, step on the flower in the middle of the room, and go down three times. Then take a left two times. Avoiding the flower in the middle of the room, go up three times, and you'll find the third and last chest. Take it, activate the flower in the middle of the room, and go down three times.

Now go right two times, and step on the flower in the MIDDLE of the room this time. Go left two times. Go up two times, and take a right. Now, you'll see something like this if you do it correctly:

(If you get to this room from the right side, the first flower won't be closed, meaning you can't get through.)

Step on the flowers and you'll automatically be sent to the boss.

His sprite *sparkles* because of course it would.

Heal with either Tensho or Soushou and SAVE.

Chou Kou Mei is... reasonably challenging.

...His flower face scares me. And I think it scares Tensho a bit too.

The fight begins!

Chou Koumei's "real" body is the middle one. With the face. His "allies" on the side will still hurt you though. And they can heal Koumei too, which is extremely annoying.

Can you say "multi-hit attack"? Make all your characters (those that have it) do multi-hit attacks, so that you can take out Kou Mei's allies. If one of your characters don't have a multi-hit attack (like Fugen... since I brought him into this battle), then just have them target Cho Koumei. USE SOUSHOU'S SPECIAL ATTACK LIKE MAD. It will make things a whole lot easier.

Have Tensho and/or Soushou heal when necessary. The main thing to worry about isn't Chou Koumei's allies, but Chou Koumei himself. His "special" attack does tons of damage and hits all characters in your party.

The slight advantage you have in this fight is that Chou Koumei will be more worried about reviving/creating more allies than attacking... so if you should happen to destroy one (or both), then he'll basically waste a turn just trying to revive them.

DON'T bother using Tensho's and Soushou's team attack... because it doesn't do much damage to Cho Koumei himself and wastes too much EP.

(Here's the CG of it, though)

If you're lucky, then you shouldn't have to heal too much, and Fugen's attacks will do critical damage a ton of times. (Like in my run-through.)

Back to the Houshindai with you!

You're given two choices... Um.

I think Cho Kou Mei just tells you something different depending on what you say. (I went through both of the choices and didn't really see a difference)

Anyway, yay, Tenka's back!

Ugh, Shinkyohyo. What do you want this time?

He and Soushou get into a fight... for some reason. And Tensho gets mad and pounds the floor again.

TALK TALK TALK BLAH BLAH I WISH I KNEW HOW TO READ JAPANESE BLAH.

Then Shinkyohyo uses his paopei to destroy something, but I don't know what. He then quickly makes his exit. Tensho and co. warp back to Kongrong to talk to Taiitsu.

(...Soushou smiles a lot, doesn't he.)

After the convo, you can wander around Kongrong 2 a bit... Let's check up on Nataku.

...Don't worry, he'll get better.

Rest up in your room, then go talk to Taiitsu.

Whoah, he looks tired. Guess he was up all night(?) creating something?

Anyway, when given the chance, just choose the first convo option. (The second option is a "can you repeat that?" option.)

After that, Taiitsu either mentions or gives you something important. [Admittedly I haven’t been paying too much attention to my important items list at this point, whoops.]

New area on the map!

And that's it for this chapter, see you next time!

(As a note, even though he's tired, Taiitsu is still willing to upgrade your paopeis on the 2nd floor. I guess he's just THAT dedicated.)

To Be Continued...

#Houshin Engi #Hoshin Engi #senkaiden 2 walkthrough

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