#i love dh2 but i hate it

[kiwiwinjindouche]

Masterlist of my Dishonored OCs:

(Half of them met Jindosh at some point because no one can stop me I fear) Some might be more specific to a game or period of time, and their story contains spoilers according to it. I'm linking their ToyHouse pages as well, but if you can't see it it means I'm not done yet. If you have any questions about any of them I'd gladly answer it! You can follow the tag ' dishonored oc ' on my blog, I use it to talk about them.

Thank you for your interest in them! <3

Last but not least, if you think one of your babeis could have some nice interactions or anything with one of mine, I'd love to hear about it and make some connections!

Kirin's childhood:

Adrian: My version of Kirin's big brother. He is his #1 fan and works at the mines for Aramis Stilton.

Marisol: Adrian's girlfriend at the time. Due to HHH unfortunate incidents, she'll leave Karnaca and go to Morley, only to come back around 25 years later with her new husband.

Ivanoe: Kirin's 'rival', he hated him so much. He's the only one in the friends group that actually disliked him (Kirin killed the cat he was taking care of so yeah).

Onésime: He was the Curator at the Conservatory, but before that, he was a teacher at the Academy. He was glad a young spirit like Kirin would be so interested by all that.

Ya-Hui (/Grace): Actual teacher at the Academy. She's always been by Kirin's side, until the Unfortunate Event. She taught him some bits of violin and made him growing fond of music even more.

Caleb (all 3 games): He was an Overseer, but to protect his sister (Abigail, below) he took her place and went to jail (not long before DH1 events). He'd eventually be given the chance to join the navy, but no one expected him to last this long.

Abigail (all 3 games): Witch doomed by the narrative. As you can imagine, being the sister of an Overseer was a bit complicated. Her love for the witches led her to places where she shouldn't have been.

Jennifer (all 3 games): Whaler OC, girlfriend of Abigail - a witch and a whaler was quite the duo too. They love each other dearly, despite everything.

Sybill (all 3 games): She lived on the streets with her sister, but the later got into the Golden Cat. Meanwhile, Sybill joined the Bottle Street Gang. She's the Sherlock Holmes of Dishonored.

Archibald (DH1/DH2): My first DH OC, he was supposed to be the one helping Corvo, but I ended up with the son instead (Vincent, below). He helped Sybill and worked with the City Watch.

Vincent (DH2): #1 fan of Jindosh in Dishonored events. He helps Corvo and works under cover with the Howlers.

Aldina (DH2/DOTO+): Her family are/were (for spoilers reasons) nobility in Karnaca, and had connections with the Duke, but Aldina always hated old men and find them boring. She wanted to become a witch, but Kirin found her instead and took her in his mansion to teach her things.

Nelly (DH2/DOTO+): She works for Jindosh, and takes care of Aldina too.

Octave (DOTOish): Marisol's husband. He's an artist from Morley, and works with Jindosh on the cinema and cartoon.

Sinclair (/Camille) (DOTO+): Singer at the opera, but they're into theater plays too. Their scene name is Camille Butterfly. They had the chance to play the Outsider from time to time.

Rosario (DOTO+): New Curator at the Conservatory. I still need to work a bit on them.

[deathlonging]

ooh your other posts reminded me. top 5 dishonored characters and why? and you can't pick Billie (or Meagan. heh). sorry

evil evil evil (i love the challenge)

first corvooooo alive dead guy of all time <3 no one does being haunted by grief and seeking revenge quite like him since hamlet sorry but its TRUE ! his water motif in dh1.....delicious. and hes even in love with his city that possessed him by force. whats more to ask

2. delilah who should've been n.1 were it not for the pesky attribute of grief corvo carries so well. delilahs is even better in a way for being anger......i hate dh2 so much for portraying her reign as hollow and devastating for dunwall that woman ran the brigmore witches better than the navy !!! and her wife runs the karnacan witches association smooth and cold with HER iron fist !!!! you're telling me she'd drop the ball on actually being good at what she believes is her birthright when she's prepared for it all her life......curious case of misogyny. also she's literally immortal to me if daud doesn't kill her in brigmore (and canonically he does not. canon is a platter feast w which im being selective) she's never giving up control over her section of the void and her goal is to become the outsider (with breanna as her link to earth) once she's peaked and bored <3 now im crafting an entirely different story concept but it did just dawn on me that about 1.5 missions into dh2 i realized emily was the villain. and they weren't even going to make her funny about it.

3. MINDY i am forever and ever thinking about her fucking emily and then making her go fetch her lovers corpse forever mulling over her relationship with paolo forever obsessed with the monster in the hull scene where she holds the lighter at her hip and makes meagan bend down to light her cigarette <333 woman of all time. also one of the most attractive dh characters only close 2nd to meagan....

4. samuel <3 the way he's corvo's conscience in dh1 when everything's been ripped away from him.....samcorvo real 2 ME !!!!

5. lady boyle specifically the version that invites corvo up to her room and although most of further characterization comes from the excellent (abandoned </3) fic death bone and song by laguz i maintain they're right about most of it. even if i would never write those characters that way their lady boyle (esma) is incredibly consistent and only made me like her all the more

[uncontrol-freak]

For the ask game: Thomas! The right-hand-man after Billie Lurk, that one. There is quite little to that character, honestly, but I think he's neat! *meme of Marge holding a potato*

Alternatively, an option with more substance and more interesting possibilities: Delilah 👀

oh we're entering the twilight zone. where my headcanons live. proceed with caution. also, doing both - because why not?

Thomas

How I feel about this character askajfjdfsfjkhfsdjfk he's neat and he seems like a good right-hand-man. when I think of his degree of loyalty to Daud I start crawling all over the walls. it's insane.

All the people I ship romantically with this character Daud. the only right option to my mind :^)

My non-romantic OTP for this character I like to think that he has sort of brother-sister dynamic with Billie.

My unpopular opinion about this character (dunno how unpopular this is) but I see him as someone who isn't hungry for power. he's fine in his place in the shadow hence he has a trouble understanding Billie's motives.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon easily: I wish he had more screentime (? or whatever it's called in games) to turn him into more of a character of his own. he's neat, you're absolutely right, and he deserves that :^) also yeah I would love to know if he is blonde or not.

Delilah

How I feel about this character ohhhh I have a sort of love-hate relationship with her. I mean she definitely has my respect for trying to make her dreams come true but I also can't view her too seriously after her rant about some vase broken ages ago and trashed city. also, aesthetics are sooo good.

All the people I ship romantically with this character I don't really ship her with anyone, but I see the appeal of Delilah/Breanna or Billie.

My non-romantic OTP for this character same as above, but without any suggestions this time :^)

My unpopular opinion about this character the subtlety and scheming she tried to get the throne in dh1 is much better and interesting than "hello I'm your mother's sister so this is my throne" in dh2. but maybe it's my taste :)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon not really a wish, but a single thought that has been nagging me. what if she turned out to be a better empress than Emily?..

[lapinneok]

delilah 4 the ask game !! <3

hehehe. hahaha. i apologize in advance. @chesthighwater also asked me about her! i'll put it all in one post not to repeat myself. thank you both for the ask!!

First impression: i hated her at first. the reason for that is bc how she's written in dh2 compared to dh1 dlcs. behavior and plot in general. i just think they did a poor job with her character arc. it feels repetitive for her to do the same thing she did in the dlcs. also she was made op by giving her new void powers (which she doesn't really use exept for dragging emily in the void and for the last fight. kinda lame imo) and not by developing her as a character. etc etc etc i honestly think i've said this a million times already

Impression now: i support women wrongs. all hail the queen seriously though, she was the best villain in all dh1 + dlcs. very unique and the most memorable of them all

Favorite moment: the cutsceen in tbw where she gets killed and pulls daud's blade deeper into her. WHAT AN INSULT. GIRL DIED A LEGEND. a honorable mention: her meeting with billie and daud at the end of kod. fighting her in the dlcs is sooo cool also. love her

Idea for a story: i'll leave this here. nothig else so far

Unpopular opinion: she deserves so much better. and whatever was in the "first impression" question.

Favorite relationship: billie lurk breanna ashworth. yes to toxic wlw couples.

Favorite headcanon: she preserves the world as a theatrical play (literally) where she is the main character and narrator. and the director.

the ask post

[corvidshipping]

Hiii :o) I am. Very sick so my day hasn't been great ghdgd BUT I did make me and one of my f/os in the sims and then spent like 2 hours decorating a house so that was pretty great

ALSO Death Of The Outsider is free on epic games rn so I now own every Dishonored game! Extremely excited to play it once I finish dh2

- loverboyselfships

aww well i hope you feel better soon!! please get some good rest and take care of yourself!

and omg i miss doing that tbh... my computer hates running the sims anymore i need a new one lmfao. which f/o was it!! i'd love to see the house if you want to share!

and omg NICE i keep hearing about dishonored but i never actually... like learned the plot for some reason lol is it good? i may have to look it up ... 👀

[kg-clark-inthedark]

🍌🍐🍇🫐 for fruit ficwriting ask thing 👀👀👀👀👀

Thank you 💛💛💛

🍌 In your opinion, what’s the funniest joke/reference/pun you’ve made in a fic?

Oh god. This question sent me on a quest reading my old ass fics from like 2014 and 2016 to see if there were any good jokes in them. I’m cringing soooo hard but there is a joke in one of my Jean/Marco fics where someone calls Jean “Don Jean” (as a reference to Don Juan) and I found that to be very funny at the time 😅

🍐 Is there anything in canon that you absolutely hate and love to fix in fics? A wrong choice made, a fuck-up in characterization, a misunderstanding never cleared up, a conversation never shown onscreen, etc…

Okay so I partially hate some of how Emily is characterized in DH2, specifically how little she seems to be concerned about the safety of her father. Like in Corvo’s travel logs he talks about how desperately he wants to bring Emily back and return life to her and save his daughter. And in Emily’s travel logs, regardless of chaos level, she’s just like “I’m gonna take back my THRONE!! 😡” Umm, your dad? Is cast in stone? Does that not bother you?? So I tend to want to rectify that in fics and really show her love and respect for Corvo more openly in my writing.

🍇 Is there a particular scene/episode/book/etc that you want to just write a million fics about, over and over? Which one?

The good ending of the dh:doto where the outsider lives. I could write human outsider fics till the cows come home. It’s such an interesting concept that they left really open-ended, so it’s fun to play around with. Although I also looooove the endings in Citizen Sleeper that have to do with Lem and Mina. Such sad but also wholesome characters. Would love to write about their journey through space together that takes place after the game.

🫐 What’s your favorite underrated thing in your fandom? (A ship that only you seem to write for, a character there’s almost no fics about, a trope that criminally hasn’t been written yet, etc.)

KIRIN 👏 MOTHERFUCKING 👏 JINDOSH 👏 I will hopefully one day write a fic about him. I have terminal kirin brainrot and everyone seems to hate him haha so very few fics are written about him. (Can’t fault people for hating him though. I mean he is awful hahaha I just adore him for it anyway)

[ps1snake]

if i think too hard abt billie i may actually burst into tears

[zilodak]

your dishonored art gives me life,,,,, especially you Corvo I love him ;-;

Awwww man thank you!!

Corvo is so fun to draw, my only problem is his long hair because I cannot draw hair in general!!!!

[dyrwoodan]

for some reason i find it hard to gif or edit dh2. which is weird because like.. the game is so beautiful, like visually it’s very pleasing and there are so many gorgeous sights or little details, it doesn’t lack places of interest that could be good for gifs but,, i guess that’s also kinda... the point. like it’s just pretty. and that’s it. and i can’t seem to connect with it, idk what to gif. it’s not like with dh where i just love everything about the game, every carpet, every crack in the wall, every loose brick, every sunset, every body of water. it’s different. and same with dai i suppose, i also find it hard to do anything there. because dh2 and dai,, the games are very pretty, there is no denying that but... what else is there. apart from the superficial beauty there is little underneath. they feel soulless.

[mechecolomar-archive]

dishonored is so good, im so glad it exists

[rudshores-blog]

i'm so close to getting platinum for dh2..

[deadlilmoon]

thank u for answering my dishonored character opinion bingo ask! you're so right about dh2 Corvo haha I remember first being unhappy about the new Outsider VA but getting used to him fairly quickly but then hating the entirety of the playthrough in which I chose Corvo as the pc... my good man got SO EDGY in old age... he's lucky I developed strong headcanons when he was a silent protagonist and I still liked those enough to ignore some of his new nonsense :p

I hate how outsider sounds like a teenage who was smoking cigarettes for decades in dh2. And oh my god, Corvo... I had a hc that he's mute due to his not-talking in the first game ugh

Anyway I still love Dishonored2 haha, so thank you for your ask 🧡

[galedekarios]

Can I ask about Dishonored? 🐀

thank you so much, i really appreciate it! 🖤 @ayrennaranaaldmeri also asked me for dishonored, thank you.

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): delilah copperspoon. i love her a lot. her design, her backstory, her art -- it's everything to me. her va also does a fantastic job to bring the character truly to life. also her theme in dh2 is the best part of the soundtrack.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression): there are none that come to mind, to be honest.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): breanna ashworth. her style, her flair, she has her own coven in a conservatory. i love her.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): granny rags. i adore the bone-charm gifting grandma.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): i don't think he's controversial or unpopular, but he certainly has a poor little meow meow backstory: the outsider.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): anton sokolov. horrible gremlin man that was somehow retconned into cute grandpa in the sequel.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): i've really been sitting on this one, to be honest. there's no character i truly hate except the ones that you are obviously designed to dislike like the lord regent in dh1 or duke abel in dh2. i dislike grown emily's hypocrisy and priviliged ignorance when playing as her in dh2, but i wouldn't say it's enough for me to put her in this category.

[hydrias]

That one Dh2 characters uhh grimy Alexa or whatever for the character bingo (love you Hydria 💖💖)

i hate her horrible gremlin ass so much, she is my favorite character ever

[madeofcc]

Simblreen update !!!

[Insert spooky theme song] ♫

The best time of the year is almost here and as Simblreen has finally been officially announced, here’s what I’ve (for now) planned for Simblreen this year.

As most of you know, DH2 special intro episode is almost done and October will mark the beginning of a new short nightmare that I’ve been preparing for you since months now (though I still have to actually start taking the screenshots I need for this story but anyway). Don’t worry DH fans though, Destiny will be back to brings you summer vibes this winter !

As I told you on the September update, Another Side will be a kind special project/simblreen gift for you all to enjoy this October. My original plan is to post one chapter each day so the story ends the day after Halloween. 

So, what’s Another Side huh you might say ? Well, it’s a new kind of series that I’ve been thinking about since last year. I wanted to write about the famous premades that we all love and hate in all the ways so I decided to play with their stories and different kind of stories as well. For now I already prepared plots for a lot of family (The Goth, Behrs, Zest, Jeong, Pancakes, Vlad the 3rd, maybe the Vatore but we all know @vatorelilith​ already does it the best for this one) but I still keep DH as my main project, will see if I’ll post the other stories but I really want to do the Bhers one as well at least so we’ll see ...

This first other side will focus on the Goth family and will be a thriller. I wanted to play with Bella’s abduction and show how this crazy event created a huge mess in the family members lives. The plot will focus on Cass and Alex as young adult. After leaving the family house many years ago, Cass has to return in Willow Creek to find what happened to their mom. But with Alex’ nightmares showing him what seems to be the future and the fear of seeing their father again, this journey might be the Halloween nightmare they would have never thought of ... Or could this be the truth they were seeking for all these years ?

About Simblreen itself, I decided to not stress me out with creating some gifts that won’t be usuable anyway, I will share the characters of Another Side :) That way you’ll have a non spooky sim to use whenever you want . If I get hit by lightning and got an idea for another gift, you might have a surprise then. Until that, don’t expect a lot from me except stories this simblreen.

I hope that you’ll enjoy this story and that this will gives you the spooky vibes you were looking for this season ♥ Until that, beware of the big bad wolf ... He hides ...

[incorrect-dishonored-quotes]

Do you have a favorite level within each game or even one out of all games / is there a specific level that stuck in your mind since you first played it?

Mine would be the second to last I think in DH1. The one, where you walk over a bridge and it's all orange light on one side and deep shadows on the other. In daud's dlcs it would be the boyle mansion, because I love the flooded building. I've loved the edge of the world in DH2 because Karnaca's atmosphere is such a breath of fresh air and the trail of whale blood through the bright and sunny district reveals very much about the game's world. For DOTO it would either be the bank job or the royal conservatory. It may sound pretty weird but the atmosphere within the bank job gives me vacation vibes lol. Also the moment you take the twin bladed knife feels amazing every time. I also really like the hidden features in the royal conservatory.

Thank you for running this blog, it really means a lot to me. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Honestly all the levels in the DH series has a lot of personality in them, and so much visual storytelling. Each one has a different feeling to it while all matching up to eachother perfectly. Never do I feel like one doesn't belong with the others, they all feel part of the same world, and they feel so lived in too.

Everyone has their favorites, and you picked some good ones. I think youre refering to Kaldwin's Bridge which is a very well done level and is certainly pretty to look at, but its rather big with a lot of loading points, and it's a bit choppy and tedious for me. I do like the area around Sokolov's house though. The test subjects imprisoned in the streets and the crumbling buildings around his perfect apartment is great environmental storytelling. Personally my favorite in Dh1 is The Flooded District. The reflection it paints for Corvo, that after everything, things can still get worse and there's still a light at the end and he can't give up. That even after hating Hiram Burrows and wishing death on him, Daud hides there, in the mass grave Burrows made, protected by the rats, flood waters, rivercrusts, and weepers. It's just *chef's kiss*.

I think the one in Daud's dlc's is actually Brigmore Manor, which is one hell of a level. We learn that Daud and Delilah have a lot in common just by the way they work. They both have large followings they share their power with, hidden under everyone's nose. Dispite this, the difference in atmosphere tells the player that Daud is trespassing here. He's met someone who can match him, maybe even best him, and he has to be careful not to lose what little he has left. Brigmore is probably my fave too, but The Surge comes very close. Being in Daud's base, cutting up Overseers, and freeing his Whaler kids is very satisfying.

Edge of the World is a great intro to Karnaca. You get a feel for the atmosphere, learn about smaller power struggles (Howlers vs Overseers), and get a feel for just how bad things are there. I love taking my time in this level, finding the runes and talking to Mindy Blanchard just because it is a very pretty level that's fun to explore. I also like how it ironically leads you to Addemire, which is dark and claustrophobic. My fave in DH2 though is Crack in the Slab. Going between timelines wasn't something I'd done in a videogame before, and it made learning about Aramis Stilton and the rest of Delilah's allies extremely interesting. I love the little details you can mess with in the past to convenience you in the present too. There's a lot to go though twice over in that level, and I always find something new each playthrough. Also, in the ambience music in the present, you can hear a rhythmic banging, and I theorize you can hear the miners being overworked from Aramis' home.

And then there's DOTO... DOTO, my beloved. This game really brought Billie Lurk's character to life and I enjoy every second of it. My fave here would be Follow the Ink, for reasons similar as to why I like Edge of the World. It's nice to explore and there's so much to do story-wise, and even more to just find or interact with. I do wish the story flowed from one point on the map to the other, like how Edge of the World slowly lead you to the black market, wall of light, overseer outpost, then to Addemire Station. I find I'm going back and forth a lot in Follow the Ink, but that's nit-picking. If anything, it gives me time to stumble across things more. I will say though, The Bank Job is probably the strongest level in the game, and the writing is the best there. Billie getting a hold of the knife, pointing a finger in The Outsider's face and telling him she's coiming, no matter what it takes, only for The Outsider to look her in the eyes and tell her that Daud, the closest Billie had ever come to family, is dead?... Heartbreaking. I'm racing back to the ship. I know he's lying, and he has to be, right? But nope, he wasn't. Billie burning her ship called Dreadful Wale, an anagram for Farewell Daud, as his pyre hurts so much. I love the very ending too and how Daud is low chaos option, and to be honest, I shouldn't have been surprised by that. Ironically, mercy and forgiveness were themes in the background of Daud's dlcs.

Some honorable mentions would be:

-Bottle Street/Holger Square: Learning about Overssers, Slackjaw, Granny Rags and you get to see my man Geoff Curnow! Please switch the poison btw.

-Lady Boyle's Last Party: You fuck around with guards and rich ppl bc they think you're one of them and that's quite the critique on the upperclass huh. Don't forget to sign the guestbook as The Empress' alleged assassin!

Return to The Tower: Hiram Burrows is finally his own undoing, and his worst nightmares have come true! What a satisfying downfall. How poetic. Bitch deserved everything he got.

-Light at the End: In high chaos, Martin shoots Pendleton after calling him inbred and that's hilarious to me. Also in low chaos. Emily will scold Havelock and tell him to "sit in the corner and think about what [he's] done!" In honesty, it's a good climax.

-Eminent Domain: Timpsh's downfall in low chaos is one of the most poetic and well written eliminations in the games. Seeing him faint in front of a General of the City Watch always makes me laugh.

-Coldridge Prison: Revisiting the place as Daud and seeing how it's changed since Corvo's escape was very interesting. There's a lot of details to interact with like other prisoners, executions, and doomed escape attempts.

-Addemire Institute: The Crown Killer was an interesting antagonist, and there's a lot of notes and clues to what Addemire was like before The Duke ruined it. The entire situation is very tragic, but not all is lost!

-The Dust District: It's just really fun to explore Karnaca ok? Also Corvo's old house is there.

-Hole in the World: I love how it hints that there's a low chaos option, but you don't realize it until you talk with Daud’s spirit and all the hints come together. I like wandering around the place too since we don't get to see The Void this much anywhere else.

Sorry this was so long, but I really love how well thought out these game are, and I really rambled! Happy pride to you too!