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aro-aizawa · 5 years

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alright so i finished up playing all of pokemon shield including the post-game mini plot, so here’s a quick fire list of all the things i liked about it and disliked about it before i go on to explain it in more depth (also spoiler warning). here we go.

what i liked:

the graphics, a little weaker in handheld form but largely unnoticeable unless you were looking for it. GREAT graphics when playing on tv mode.

the new pokemon. they were all really cute, and i especially loved the alternate forms and new evolutions of older gen pokemon.

opal, she’s hands down one of my favourite gym leaders so far only shortly followed by bede.

bede is a nonbinary icon as proven by the fact that they didn’t use any pronouns to refer to them until after the fourth gym, and the fact that when they’re in their gym uniform its trans flag colour. it may not be canon, but its canon in my heart.

gym battles are treated as they should be -- huge spectacles that gets people amped the hell up.

dynamaxing. its so goddamn satisfying to finish off a gym battle with your best pokemon as a fucking giant behind you, no matter their actual size. tiny pyukumuku behind you? badass. huge ass wailord? bad. ass. an actual baby pokemon? bad. ASS.

the wild area. introducing camping was a good system, it definitely helped a lot when you couldn’t exactly jump back to a pokemon center so you cook your pokemon some curry to revive and heal them. i imagine they took some inspiration from breath of the wild, tho i haven’t played it to really confirm.

what i didn’t like:

they cut so many corners in the game, you can definitely tell it was made in a hurry.

a minor note here, but for me i have this annoying bug that makes it so some pokemon have the exact same cry. its a sort of whooshing noise that you’d expect for a flying type pokemon, but it frequently appeared instead of well known and familiar cries. i can’t pin down exactly what the cause of this is, or if i’m hearing things wrong, but it was infuriating.

the towns are empty and barely even give you flavor text anymore. you might as well not speak to any npcs except shop keepers and named characters.

there is exactly three cute outfits and three cute hairstyles and that’s about it. i know a lot of this point is mostly about personal taste but please nintendo, we had such a good range in the previous game.

don’t explore. there is literally no point in looking in all the nooks and crannies of this game, because i guarantee that if the game doesn’t tell you to go there, then there’s nothing there.

it’s too easy. it’s....actually crazy that i’m even putting this as a point, because i’m a strict believer in making games playable for everyone. but it’s just....too much.

the cut down pokedex will forever inject salt right into my veins. especially when they had the audacity to include one of the first starter pokemon, but not the other two. charizard is an okay pokemon but its overrated, nintendo please accept that.

the plot didn’t exist until suddenly it did and then it made no sense.

i hate the fact that the team in this game were just delegated to fans. i understand the whole “fake out” thing they might have been going for by getting the player to think that they’d turn out to be bad, but no. it just sucks.

fucking. swordward and shieldbert. i???? literally. have no. words. (i do but they’re super long so hmmm down below)

a game worth about £20 ($25) less than i paid for it. its a decent quality game, but not nearly nintendo quality.

wow this post is longer than i expected it to be already. but anyways, the rest is super long and under the cut further going into depth about the points i raised.

to start with, i’ll talk about the good points because honestly?? i really wanted to love this game. i really really did. maybe it was just the fact that at first i didn’t like sun and moon because they changed the formula so much, but it turned out to become my favourite game in the series. or maybe it was just that i don’t like being hypercritical of things i spent fifty fucking pounds on. either way, i wanted to like the game, and overall i sort of did but i sort of didn’t. lots of mixed feelings. anyways. onto explaining the good stuff. (or you can skip to “now on w the bad junk” for the bad stuff)

1. the graphics, a little weaker in handheld form but largely unnoticeable unless you were looking for it. GREAT graphics when playing on tv mode.

one of my favourite things about the pokemon series in recent times is seeing the process from 2d undetailed sprites to 3d incredibly detailed models. the most ambitious thing about gen 5 was the way the camera moved with your movements as you crossed the bridge, and now i just sometimes sit back and thing “wow 13 year old me would FLIP if she could see how good they got”. bc i kept just....admiring all the graphics and the quality of them.

2. the new pokemon. they were all really cute, and i especially loved the alternate forms and new evolutions of older gen pokemon.

definitely one of my favourite things about the game was seeing the new forms of pokemon we already knew and the alternate forms they’d take when dynamaxed. i love seeing pokemon with new types that completely flip the script, like darumaka becoming an ice type instead of a fire type. or the fact that they gave mr mime a galaran form and it actually doesn’t look bad.

i really loved that some of the galaran forms had unique evolutions, such as linoone evolving into obstagoon. or meowth into perrserker. it makes sense and i’m always super happy to see new evolutions for old pokemon, it keeps things interesting when pokemon other than eevee get new evolutions.

(tho that being said, still disappointed there’s still not another eeveelution. still holding out hope for that ghost type.)

3. opal, she’s hands down one of my favourite gym leaders so far only shortly followed by bede.

i’m not super well versed in the pokemon universe besides from gen 1 and gen 5 onwards (if you couldn’t tell), but its really refreshing to have an old gym leader that’s visibly elderly rather that just grey haired maybe retiree man. her personality was also really fun, it sort of felt like she literally had the most personality of all the gym leaders, which kind of sucked but it made me really love her character.

and bede i didn’t wholly expect to really like as much as i did? i mayhaps might have spoiled myself a little on their gym leader status by dipping into the swsh tag here on tumblr before i fully completed the game. but still, they seemed just generally really annoyingly stuck up? but something endeared me to the darl and i just think it mostly had to do w the fact that opal took one look at them and declared they was her grandchild now.

4. bede is a nonbinary icon as proven by the fact that they didn’t use any pronouns to refer to them until after the fourth gym, and the fact that when they’re in their gym uniform its trans flag colour. it may not be canon, but its canon in my heart.

argue with me on this point all you like, but you can’t deny the fact that in CANON they literally did not use any pronouns to refer to bede until after the fourth gym. the only mention of pronouns before that was their trainer card, which i did not check because good character development should be shown not told through an impersonal medium such as character cards.

5. gym battles are treated as they should be -- huge spectacles that gets people amped the hell up.

i’ve always loved the way the league is set up, because it makes sense. the pokemon formula works and its interesting, but in previous games most people only vaguely acknowledge it as something every kid tries but doesn’t really complete. it’s already set up people love pokemon battles, there just wasn’t a spectator sport about it unless in the anime or movies. they’re just a thing that happens that none of the npcs care about.

finally its treated like the spectator sport that it should be. like,,, hell yeah,,,

(also do you think that in the pokemon universe there’s various stories/tv shows about made up kids completing the league and becoming champions? because i definitely do.)

6. dynamaxing. its so goddamn satisfying to finish off a gym battle with your best pokemon as a fucking giant behind you, no matter their actual size. tiny pyukumuku behind you? badass. huge ass wailord? bad. ass. an actual baby pokemon? bad. ASS.

i p much summed up most of my thoughts in this point well. but i love when pokemon are so visibly powerful. like these creatures have powers that we’d equate to actual gods like summoning whole storms, creating giant waves, create earthquakes and so much more. pokemon are so powerful and to see them become giant and have so much weight and power? its so satisfying controlling that and bringing down other giant pokemon.

7. the wild area. introducing camping was a good system, it definitely helped a lot when you couldn’t exactly jump back to a pokemon center so you cook your pokemon some curry to revive and heal them. i imagine they took some inspiration from breath of the wild, tho i haven’t played it to really confirm.

i really appreciated the change that started in pokemon let’s go with some pokemon being visible and easy to encounter wandering through the grass. it makes it so much easier to search for the one pokemon that you don’t have in your pokedex yet, or if you’re looking for a specific pokemon to join your team.

i love how large and expansive the wild area is, and with the camping system you can just explore and fill out your pokedex without ever leaving if you’re fully stocked up on supplies. it makes you really believe the whole “yep this kid isn’t just blasting through the whole thing in one day”. kids sleep in tents on their journey with their pokemon and cook curry for them all. adds a nice level of immersion and convenience.

jesus fuck this is so long and i haven’t even gotten to my criticisms yet, is anybody actually reading this chunk of text??? well rip to you my friend and thank you. but now on w the bad junk.

1. they cut so many corners in the game, you can definitely tell it was made in a hurry.

they did a decent job considering it was in development for only two years w one only for the concept and the second actually making it. but they cut so many corners it doesn’t quite feel like a true installment into the pokemon universe. it feels like it was made by another dev studio rather than gamefreak. like how fallout new vegas and fallout 3 barely feel like the two installments in the same franchise.

this point sort of leads into many different points that i raised, so i’ll explain those a little bit more in depth there. but to sum it up, the easiest way to see it is just how...flat things are. if you only pay attention to the things the game directs you to, then you will not miss a single thing. flavor text is less about adding depth to the world and more just...pointless. it adds. nothing.

and in the post game when sonia gets a new assistant, even though she plays a fairly important part in the post-game plot, she doesn’t get a name nor a unique character model. she get’s a generic doctor model yet it’s treated like we should feel betrayed that nameless npc 234 went behind sonia’s back and stole from her.

OH! and i almost forgot!!!! but that one part where rose is trying to talk leon into something “mysterious”??? they straight up just used images!!!! like,,,, what???? you didn’t have time to program the minimal animations for that?? who’s fault is that for pushing the release!!! give your employees time to work at a decent pace and not crunch them to reach an impossible goal. game freak, you don’t have to release a game every november.

2. a minor note here, but for me i have this annoying bug that makes it so some pokemon have the exact same cry. its a sort of whooshing noise that you’d expect for a flying type pokemon, but it frequently appeared instead of well known and familiar cries. i can’t pin down exactly what the cause of this is, or if i’m hearing things wrong, but it was infuriating.

also p much just explain this in the point. BUT it happened all. the. time. the only pokemon i know for sure was effected by the bug was gyarados, because instead of the roaring cry i heard the whooshing sound that was probably meant to be another pokemon’s cry. it sounds wack when im saying it rn bc im not 100% convinced i wasn’t making this up, but it was the sole reason i turned the pokemon cries to get drowned out by the music and sound effects.

3. the towns are empty and barely even give you flavor text anymore. you might as well not speak to any npcs except shop keepers and named characters.

i touched on this previously in 1 but basically walking around a town and talking to npcs will not get you any interesting dialog. going into the houses/rooms, and you’ll only get one npc who’s all like “i’m brushing my hair!” and that’s about it. there aren’t any items tucked away in houses or corners of buildings for you to explore or battle people. when you acknowledge that there’s no flavor text from npcs all the towns feel practically empty whereas in the previous games it actually alive.

not to mention how little the diaglog changes? like it may just be my faulty memory at play but im pretty sure that the npcs in the previous games had more dynamic dialog in which they’d change what they said depending on your action in the town or for the plot. after a major event just happened, if you walked around and talked to everyone in that area they’d talk about it. but that happened like....once.

4. there is exactly three cute outfits and three cute hairstyles and that’s about it. i know a lot of this point is mostly about personal taste but please nintendo, we had such a good range in the previous game.

one thing i loved about the series was the increasing freedom in customisation of trainers. fashion kept getting wider and with more variety, clothes that were still cute and i’d frequently have about 2k because i just kept buying them. by the end of my playthrough of swsh i had almost a million saved up because i didn’t like most of the clothing options. i found one outfit and hairstyle i liked a quarter of the way through the game and stuck with it until the end. they drastically cut down on the options, and that sucked.

5. don’t explore. there is literally no point in looking in all the nooks and crannies of this game, because i guarantee that if the game doesn’t tell you to go there, then there’s nothing there.

again, already touched on this point but one example i know is this. when you go to the energy plant to battle rose, or go to the roof to battle eternus, i expected to go back to it when the event was over to see if something was left behind or because i’d been locked in a cutscene and unable to explore before, that meant there would be something now. but nope. don’t bother. even when you think you might be able to do something fun, don’t try until the game points you in that direction itself. if something interesting is going to happen in the game, i assure you they will point it out for you.

6. it’s too easy. it’s....actually crazy that i’m even putting this as a point, because i’m a strict believer in making games playable for everyone. but it’s just....too much.

hard games disinterest me. if a game is renowned for it’s difficulty, then i will avoid it. i don’t care if defeating dark souls is a badge of honor for your stubbornness or skill. i simply don’t enjoy playing a game that makes me want to quit in frustration because i am not good at video games. i appreciated how easy the games have been in recent years because it makes it a lot easier for me to actually complete them and enjoy them, it’s why i have trouble getting into the earlier gens of pokemon.

but when it got to the point where after only about an hour or two of dynamax farming, by the time that i got round to the championships i was literally one shotting every single pokemon. even when i didn’t have super effective moves. i was almost 20 levels ahead of the competition, and blasted through the whole thing in a total of 10 minutes battle time and 30 minutes dialog and cutscene time, with a 20 minute pause for a phone call.

i defeated leon with only very minimal struggle. i couldn’t one shot all his pokemon, i will admit. i two shotted them. i went into the championship fully stocked up on potions and revival items and left with all of them. none of my pokemon fainted or even sustained major damage.

while satisfying feeling that you’re op enough to utterly annihilate your opponents, there comes a point where it’s just “why bother i know i’ll win” which kind of sucks.

7. the cut down pokedex will forever inject salt right into my veins. especially when they had the audacity to include one of the first starter pokemon, but not the other two. charizard is an okay pokemon but its overrated, nintendo please accept that.

sorry to charizard fans, but please acknowledge that it’s overrated. its design is basic, and already has multiple different forms. the fact that they passed over the opportunity for the creativity that dynamax venusaur or blastoise could give, for another basic dragon design is so annoying.

not to even mention the fact that they didn’t even bother to keep the rest of the starter pokemon either. i vaguely remember one time some nintendo employee or big shot saying that the best thing about it is that every pokemon is at least one person’s favourite. the underused or underloved pokemon will always be ONE person’s favourite, and that’s why you can get the whole pokedex. but y’know fuck that philosophy in the name of getting the game out on time. when they could have very easily pushed the release date back. i’m lucky that most of my faves got included but i know that a fair amount did not. and i’m pissed.

8. the plot didn’t exist until suddenly it did and then it made no sense.

9. i hate the fact that the team in this game were just delegated to fans. i understand the whole “fake out” thing they might have been going for by getting the player to think that they’d turn out to be bad, but no. it just sucks.

these two go so hand in hand, that i’m taking the time to address them together considering in every single previous game so far the team has had some HEAVY influence on the plot in one way or another. they’re always linked to the legendary pokemon of the game and they’re always included in the overarching plot, either by driving the player to act or subtly there.

i kept seeing team yell show up and trying to work out how they were going to join the plot. were they a cult doing Science Shit in the background trying to revive the legendaries? was marnie the leader of this cult and going through the league to distract people from her totally devious going-ons? or would it turn out that marnie though the team harmless but really it was a front for her relative’s secret cult?

nope!!! they were annoying roadblocks who added literally nothing to the plot.

and when i realised that, it was the seventh gym battle and so far the only plot i’d glimpsed at was the mysterious explosions in hammerlocke city and the overarching tale of the sword and shield that had been obvious since literally the first time sonia started to talk about it. there had been no plot. there was literally no plot other than the gym battles which sonia and leon specifically called out to “leave this to the grownups, you two just focus on the gym challenge”.

and when i got my eighth badge and was completing the equivalent of the elite four, i was still confused as FUCK because where the hell was the plot???? and then the whole weird ass “we have to save leon” from a meeting with.....a chairman? how about you wait just an hour jfc it’s not that bad? he’s not being held against his will? the chairman wasn’t doing anything obviously evil or even hinted at?

the whole thing was vague and rose’s motivation was just ??????? i don’t know???? i still don’t exactly know what the whole deal was. it came out of nowhere and made. no. sense. it had completely lost me. along with the fact that they were suddenly introducing dynamax raids like we hadn’t already been doing that so many times in the wild area????

which leads me to my next point.....sigh.

10. fucking. swordward and shieldbert. i???? literally. have no. words. (i do but they’re super long so hmmm down below)

first things first, is that i hate everything about these characters. from their names, to their designs, to their motivations, to how they’re handled in canon. it was shitty and while i had fun playing with the whole “this is what a champion does after they beat the previous one” thing, it was just in general really bad.

like, i cannot get over how shitty their designs were. their hair was literally a sword and a shield. i kept thinking “wow swordward has a penis head that wiggles when he moves” and couldn’t take a single thing he said seriously. i literally wanted to weep at the horrible character design.

not to mention the suddenness of their whole schtick. “yeah we’re royalty and we’re “”””CELEBRITIES”””” even if none of you have heard of us”. like what????? the fuck????

it just sort of pisses me off to an astronomical degree that this low quality shit was jammed into a pokemon game when they were getting so good at storytelling. it felt like game freak were hammering me with a club while singing “YOU PAID 50 WHOLE POUNDS FOR THIS IN PARTICULAR!!!” like,,,, thanks. thank you. thank you for waiting until after i’d finished the game to really hammer home that point.

which somewhat leads me to my last point that really just sums up the majority of my thoughts on the whole game:

11. a game worth about £20 ($25) less than i paid for it. its a decent quality game, but not nearly nintendo quality.

if i knew what i knew about the game know, i wouldn’t pay fifty fucking pounds for it. it physically pains me to spend more than £30 in one sitting, that i actually winced while i was buying it even though i was being 100% optimistic that i was going to love it. at most i’d pay £30 for it, but only then. it’s a good game to really distract you and power through but other than that, i don’t see it as a game i’m going to come back to so i can complete the pokedex and i certainly am not going to buy the other game so i can play it again unlike how i’ve done in the past with my favourite installments.

maybe i’m just picky, or i don’t buy games often enough, but i really would not classify this as a quality installment in the pokemon franchise. if you get a free copy, or just the opportunity to play it for a few hours then fine it’s a great game. but not quite something you should want to spend your money on. but don’t pirate it. that’s a fast way to get bugs.

to sum this whole mess of a post up: immediately after finishing the game i said to myself “now time to go play a REAL pokemon game” before booting up pokemon moon.

#long post #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon swsh #pokemon #shut up danni #wow this got LONG its literally 4k words #i got a little salty #ooooppps #i really wanted to like this game #i really really did because i hate being negative about pokemon #its one of the few series that i love with barely any faults #but this......this is just painful #i should be thankful on some level because it distracted me from the fact that i was in the process of rehoming my dog #but still there's just....so many things wrong with it.....#sigh #(pls give this post attention it took me an hour and a half to write)

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groundramon · 5 years

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i just watched detective pikachu too what are your thots on it!

I enjoyed it actually!! More than I thought I would. I’ll give my slightly more spoiler-ish review under the cut:

I’m not a big fan of adult humor shoved into movies just for the heck of it but I felt like the adult jokes in the movie were actually written with intention and care rather than “oh shit our script is bad…we need to make the adults laugh, let’s make a cocaine joke!” Maybe part of it is that that’s exactly where my brain went too with that shit and it was humor based on important plot points, and the dialogue didnt feel awkward (well it did but it was supposed to because tim was in a tizzy). Another part of it might be ryan renold’s just natural inclination towards those kinds of witty roles but tim’s actor (IDK HIS NAME SORRY) played off the same energy and made them flow okay too. All in all, I can completely agree with the statement that Detective Pikachu is what hollywood video game-to-movie adaptations should be. It feels very hollywood while also not being an insult to the Pokemon franchise, which is a very delicate balance although in retrospect it’s not that hard bc pokemon and hollywood both just want to make money. I just have low expectations.

Seeing Braviary made me rlly rlly happy!! he looked so good!! I saw rufflet in the trailer ofc but I never saw Braviary and he looks super cool! I really loved the treecko on the window at the apartment building as well. The torterra were another cool surprise. I can agree that most Pokemon in the movie are in at least one of the trailers in some form tho. But seeing their full performance in the movie is much more fun imo! Overall the CGI was really great, there was like…one scene or two scenes where I noticed slight awkwardness between Tim/Pikachu when they were interacting physically, but it was pretty minor (like when Pikachu was unconscious, Tim wasn’t cradling him as baby-like as I would, he seemed more tense and less careful than I’d expect).

The bulbasaurs made me cry and my mom liked the mr mime scene. I saw that one post a lot and still didn’t believe it until I saw it. He’s fucking dead now I guess. ALSO I FEEL SO BAD FOR MEWTWO just let him be free and happy!!! he just wants to chill with the bulbasaur and the morelull!! goddamn!!! I wanna do that too, just fuck off to the woods and hang with some bulbasaur and morelull, tbh

Plot-wise I think the villain was the most relatable villain in the entire Pokemon franchise because I, too, would do anything to become a Pokemon. Idk why he thought it was necessary to do that to other people tho. Like he could just charge money to do that to people? And he’d get paid AND not get arrested? People would pay to do that. I would pay to do that. Is it ethical? No. I just thought his motivation for that part was kinda weak. Typical weak hollywood twist villain tbh. But god his actions were great, i wish I could copy paste his goal onto an actually good character.

Girl character is girl and romance is cliche. Would’ve been more fun if she stayed a psyduck and Tim had an ethical dilemma as to whether or not it’s okay to fuck a psyduck with a human-level consciousness (a pussyduck, if you will). And I hate it when fictional scenes make me think of the ethical-ness of inter-species breeding so that’s saying a lot.

The story’s main pull was the relationship between Tim, his father, and Pikachu, and the mystery they had to solve, and while the plot is kind of rough, the emotion behind it makes it all worth it imo. It’s a typical hollywood film, I’m only 18 and barely watch any movies but I’ve literally seen this story done before. But to do it with Pokemon, and to do it with actors who really seem to care…that’s what made it worth it. You’ve seen the story before, but it’s still a cute film. It’s not bad or obnoxious even though the story is pretty rough. It can still make you emotional even though it’s kinda cliche. It’s just…fun. Turn off your brain because it’s Pokemon and Pokemon never has a good story, and you’ll just have a lot of fun.

I wish I was in rhyme city when that all happened so that I could ask mewtwo to keep me a pokemon

Oh I was also surprised by the amount of gen 5 Pokemon, although I was in the trailers too. I’m gonna count up all the Pokemon I remember seeing now - I’ll probably forget a few gen 1 pokemon since it’s definitely gen 1 heavy and I was mostly looking for non-gen 1 pokemon, but hopefully I still got them all.

Gen 1: Bulbasaur, Charmander, Charizard, Squirtle, Blastoise, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Growlithe, Arcanine, Machamp, Polywhirl/wrath…? (I think but I dont remember aaa), Gengar, Snorlax, Magikarp, Gyrados, Eevee, Flareon, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, I think there were Pidgeys but I couldn’t really tell…, Mew (picture only), Mewtwo, Ditto, Psyduck (…duh), um…I think that’s it?TOTAL COUNT: 24+ (again I might’ve missed some)

Gen 2: Noctowl, Aipom, Snubbull, SneaselTOTAL COUNT: 4

Gen 3: Treecko, Ludicolo…I think that’s it…TOTAL COUNT: 2

Gen 4: Torterra, um…..?? seriously wait, is torterra the only one? I gotta google this hold on-

…i forgot lickitung, cubone, doduo, dodrio, and rattata in gen 1. and primeape. i also forgot togepi and actually a fuck ton more. i remember all of those tho not some of the other ones. f. i dont remember primeape tho and also i mostly remember doduo and dodrio from the trailer oops

I FORGOT MOTHER FUCKING MR MIME

this post is cancelled but looking on bulbapedia tells me that the totals for each gen pokemon (species, not how many appear) are:

Gen 1: 32

Gen 2: 7, but bulbapedia says 6, i saw several noctowl towards the beginning of the film tho and bulbapedia doesnt have noctowl listed

Gen 3: 4

Gen 4: 3 (lmao)

Gen 5: 8

Gen 6: 4

Gen 7: 2

Overall a kind of weird distribution imo. I realize the first chapter of Detective Pikachu (the game) came out before gen 7, but still, it’s kinda weird to me personally. Gen 5 only has a major lead compared to every gen except for gen 2 and gen 1, but still. The fact that it’s the second most represented gen (more than gen 2, even!) is interesting to me. Maybe cuz the film was made in the US? so Unova? //shrug emoji//

But anyways yeah, i thought it was good!

#stormy speaks #stormy answers #what did u think sol!!

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fuzzarchive · 6 years

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This is sylveon. Sylveon was introduced in generation 7 and is the fairy-type evolution of eevee. Everybody loves sylveon. It’s so cute and it’s got that perfect pastel feminine aesthetic, right? Well don’t let that fool you. Sylveon is a bullshit pokemon and here’s why.

Eevee is special. It looks plain and is kind of weak, but if you put in enough effort, eevee can be whatever you want it to be. Save up enough money to buy an expensive evolution stone and you can get flareon, jolteon or vaporeon. Raise eevee’s happiness, an invisible stat that is hard to keep track of, and do it at a certain time of the day to get espeon or umbreon. Travel all the way to a hidden part of the map in whatever region you’re in to find a rock that will get you leafeon or glaceon.

Now how do you get sylveon? Oh, just catch an eevee and feed it some beans. Seriously. In order for eevee to evolve into sylveon, eevee must know a fairy-type move and have two hearts of affection in pokemon refresh. Because the wild eevee already knows baby-doll eyes, a fairy type move, you can get sylveon in as little as two minutes after you’ve caught the eevee. TWO. FUCKING. MINUTES.

I would value and cherish sylveon, if it wasn’t so fucking cheap to get. I don’t want a goddamn dollar store eevee. I want an expensive eevee. I want that good kush eevee. They could have had you fill the full five hearts to get sylveon, but apparently you don’t even have to be completely devoted to your eevee. smh

#sylveon #eevee #pokemon #eeveelution #this post is a joke btw

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autumn-foxfire · 2 years

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Remember when we counter like 4-5 Eevee's in Pokeani for the girls? There's actually one more, I found out through a Poke-magazine in the grocery store that the girl from the Power of One movie, don't know her name, with the rainbow hair, also had an Eevee. When in doubt, always give your female characters Eevee I guess! And the same storyline of not knowing what to do with your life before doing something contesty and looking pretty (looking at how they brought in May's ORAS costume for Chloe)

There are plenty of cute pokemon out there that they can give the girls to at least give a better illusion of variety T-T

I love eevee but goddamn, this is too many eevee.

#pokemon #thanks for the ask!!

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artificialqueens · 7 years

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Beyond the Sea (Jadore) Chapter 1 - Eevee

Hiya! Eevee here with what I swear is a much happier fic. Welcome to the mermaid AU I have spent over a month pouring my heart into, Beyond the Sea! I do hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. As of this submission, it has over 15k words written, and this is some of those.

A note regarding names: Jinkx is not a name a person would give a child. Thus, our protagonist is actually named Virginia or Ginny Monsoon. She gained the nickname Jinkx through being klutzy and rather unlucky. This is actually constant in all of my lesbian AUs, names being changed to sound more like real names.

I’ve yammered on long enough, welcome to Rapture Beyond the Sea!

Ginny walked the beach lazily. It was a cool fall night, no one else was there. Ginny didn’t mind that, she was happy to be alone with her thoughts. She hummed to herself, happy to walk in the moonlight. It had been another long, long, day of classes, and she was tired of being around people. She was just tired in general. ~*~*~*~*~ Adore was bored. She was lonely and bored. She wasn’t fond of being either. She decided she might as well head to the beach, maybe there would be something of interest there. ~*~*~*~*~ Virginia sat on the sand, looking at the moon and stars reflected in the water. She felt her eyes grow heavy, and she dozed off before she could try and do much about it. ~*~*~*~*~ Adore looked over the beach, her beach really, and sighed. There didn’t seem to be anything here. She turned to leave when she spotted something bright orange, it was a person, their hair fiery and lovely in the moonlight. Adore moved closer cautiously. Were they, were they asleep? “Hello?” Adore called out, almost without thinking. Ginny’s head snapped up. “I’m awake!” She yelped, a reflex. She looked around. Someone had said something, hadn’t they? But she didn’t see anyone on the beach. “Is someone there?” Adore bit her lip. She could leave, she should leave really, but something about this girl was calling her. “Turn around.” She said finally. Virginia blinked in confusion, but turned. There, in the water, was a girl who looked about her age. Her hair was long and a beautiful teal colour, and even from where Ginny was on the beach, she could see stunning green eyes looking at her. The girl in the water grinned at her. “Um, hello. What are you doing in the water this late?” Ginny asked. Adore smirked. “I’m a goddamn mermaid.” She didn’t know if the girl would believe her, but either way it seemed to be the only thing she could say. Ginny laughed. “You must be, I don’t see any clothes anywhere near here, how far away did you get in the water? Do you need help finding your stuff?” The ginger had moved to the edge of the water, looking at the girl in the ocean with concern. Adore shook her head. “Nah.” She swam closer to the shore, still mostly underwater, but she raised an arm. Beautiful blue scales glittered along the back of her arm, a fin extending from her wrist to her elbow. “Like I said. I’m a mermaid.” She ran her fingers through her hair, tugging a bit of seaweed out. Virginia stared at her in awe. “Holy shit.” Was all the human could think to say. The mermaid laughed, and Ginny could swear it sounded like music. “Who- how- what?” The ginger stuttered, not quite coherent. “Adore, I dunno, and mermaid.” Adore answered, smirking. “Who are you? What are you doing here so late?” Ginny took a deep breath. This was happening, whatever this was. “Um, Virginia. Virginia Monsoon. Friends call me Ginny. Was taking a walk to clear my head.” She shook her head. “Adore. That’s such a pretty name.” Virginia blushed, some combination of confused and charmed by this woman in the water. “Ginny? Hmm. Not what I’d choose for you.” Adore said pensively. “It’s not a very mer name.” “But I’m not a mermaid.” Virginia pointed out. Adore waved a hand. “Right, fuck, getting ahead of myself. But you are cute.” The mermaid was in the shallows now, tail visible in the water, glistening in every shade of blue. She had delicate stripes running from her spine to wrap halfway around her tail in the darkest navy and the palest cyan, all against a stunning sapphire background. She wrung her hair out a bit, letting it fall around her.

Ginny was positive her face was redder than her hair now, she was blushing so hard. She looked at Adore more closely, she was stunning. She had what looked like seaweed woven into something like a bra around her chest, and there were pearls strung into her hair. Virginia suddenly realized she had stepped up close enough to reach out and touch the mermaid, and she raised a hand cautiously. “May I?” She asked, searching the green eyes that stared back at her. Adore joined her hand with Ginny’s. “Hell yeah.” The mermaid pulled the human towards her and kissed her, needing to feel the soft pink lips against her own. Virginia’s eyes went wide as Adore pulled her forward, but she relaxed into the kiss as soon as she realized what was happening. Adore’s lips were soft and salty, and Ginny loved it. She opened her mouth and the mermaid took advantage, causing Ginny to moan happily. When Adore pulled back, Ginny could barely remember how to breathe. “Ohmigod. Don’t faint, Jinkx, don’t faint…” she mumbled to herself. Adore quirked an eyebrow. “Jinkx?” She asked, feeling the power of the name. “Now that’s a fucking mer name. Names have power, for us anyway.” Jinkx blushed even brighter red. “Oh, Jinkx is sort of my nickname… I have pretty bad luck. I didn’t want you to think…” she trailed off, staring very intently at her boots. A small wave chose that moment to wash over the beach, just high enough to get into Jinkx’ boots. “Aw fuck.” Adore laughed. “Oh dear. Do you mind if I call you Jinkx? I think it’s cute.” The mermaid gently put her hand under Jinkx’ chin and tilted her face back up to look her in the eyes. Jinkx nodded. “Okay. Now, Jinkx, this might sound crazy, but. You wanna fucking, come with me?” Jinkx’ brow furrowed. “You mean, come swimming?” Adore bit her lip. That wasn’t exactly what she meant, but she had never turned a human before anyway. She might as well start slow. “If you want to, I mean. We could have fun.” Jinkx shook her head. “I can’t swim too well.” Adore lifted her tail to catch the moonlight. “I’ll make sure you’re okay.” Jinkx smiled. “Tomorrow, okay? I’ll come back with a swimsuit and a towel and stuff. We can swim then.” “Tomorrow night, please? People might be here in the day. I don’t want to be discovered. And… I am Adore Delano. My bloodline is of the night, that’s what it means.” Jinkx knew Adore had said names had power, for merfolk anyway, but… “If you don’t want to be found, why did you tell me, you know, that you’re a mermaid?” Adore blushed for the first time that Jinkx was aware. “I’m lonely. This beach is closed off by a reef, my pod was passing it when I got thrown in here by a wave. I was young then, too small to escape the current. I heard my pod, they found a scrap of my tail on the other side of the reef, they thought I had died. They’re long gone now.” Adore waved her tail again, there was a sizable tear in her tail fin, and Jinkx winced. “So you’re all alone? And you can’t get back?” “Maybe I could, but I’m nervous about leaving. There’s fish here, it’s easy to hunt, and the reef is far enough from the shore for me to be safe from humans here in the lagoon.” Adore shrugged. “I don’t really remember them so well. It’s been a long time.” “But your family… we have to get you back.” Jinkx decided. “I’ll help you find them.” Adore raised her eyebrows. “You, a girl who can’t swim, are going to help me, a mermaid, find a pod of mermaids who are very good at evading humans somewhere in the vastness of the ocean?” Adore asked. Jinkx huffed. She had a point. But Jinkx wasn’t one to back away from something she was determined to do. “I can learn to swim.” She answered lamely, and Adore laughed. “You’re cute. I’ll see you tomorrow, alright?” Adore plucked a scale off her arm, and pressed it into Jinkx’ palm. Jinkx curled her fingers around the scale. “What’s this for?” She clutched it tight in her hand, making sure she didn’t drop it. “Just- don’t lose it okay?” Adore couldn’t explain it, not yet. “Good night, Jinkx Monsoon.” She kissed Jinkx briefly and then was gone in the water.

#adore delano #jinkx monsoon #jadore #mermaid au #lesbian au #fluff #beyond the sea #eevee art #rpdr fanfiction

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the-cryptographer · 7 years

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Because I'm on a kick from Sun/Moon, Red/Green, awkward family meal or character a gets poisoned, your pick!

I just decided to ten-minute-prompt-ish, comment-box write this. It’s beenlong enough. Maybe you’re still around, anon~ I’ll probably do a bit of editing and throw this and the rest of theseflash prompts up on ffnet and ao3 later anyhow. Why not? But for now enjoy thismessy thing:

Nothing makes a family meal awkward like food poisoning after all.

(Oh, yeah, this is also Language Pathology Red. That’s why his grammar is all messed up.) (oh, also some ppl eating Gyarados. sorry.) (also not 100% set in how to balance Leaf’s personality.)

The sad thing was that none of them could cook. Not really.

Daisy had done her best during those strange years in Pallet Town, thatGreen was happy to say he barely remembered. She had made things like eggs, andpasta with canned sauce, and vegetables heated from frozen packets. The kind ofthing that was never quite good, but you couldn’t screw up and make itbad either.

Well, in Pallet Town you could always count on Delia’s lunchboxes and dinnerpacks so, even if Daisy royally screwed up, there were things to fall back on.

Once outside of Pallet Town, Green, himself, had gotten very good at the artof making sandwiches. It became a kind of strange ritual, stopping outside thegroceries in the various cities and town scattered around Kanto, and piecingtogether bits of lettuce and ham and cheese on top of the plastic wrapper forthe loaf of bread. If he made sandwiches out of the whole loaf, it could last acouple of days on the road until he made it to the next town. And on the roaditself, he was usually lucky enough to find apples and berries which he wouldmelt on the fire into a sweet syrup.

Red was likewise good at turning cans of preserves and gathered herbs androot vegetables into stews. And packing cornmeal and rice to turn into pots ofgruel.

If none of them could really boast true culinary talent, though, at the veryleast all of them had practical skills borne of the necessity that was raising childrenor Pokémon or having spent time on the road.

All of them except Leaf. Who had bafflingly enough done all of these thingsand still come out of these experiences without learning a goddamn thing.

Green felt a bit, well, green,stirring the stew. The seaweed flakes spun in the pale liquid. The chunks ofGyarados filet smelled a bit too strong.

“Eat!” Leaf commanded. She had her arms crossed over her chest.

Her Ditto was resting on her shoulder. In the form of a Spearow. It cawed,offended on her behalf.

Remember that one time at the park,where the lady was feeding the Pidgey and Spearow? And you took her bag ofbirdseed and threw it at me and set the whole flock on me? Because you knew I wasterrified of bird-types? Yeah~ I’m over it now~

Leaf had smiled maliciously at him. She was not over it.

There’s something nice about how frankshe is though. Daisy had blushed so very slightly. It was the only hintthat this was an emotional subject. It’snever a slow boil. She wears her pettiness and grudges on her sleeve. It’s kindof cute.

The only thing that kept Green from disagreeing with Daisy was that Gramps also was not fond of Little Miss Squirtle Thief. And Greenwas loathe to agree with Gramps on anything he could afford to not agree withhim on.

“It’s terribly rude for the two of you come visit someone, and then not eat any of the food they serve you,” Leafhad frowned expectantly.

The comment was theoretically directed at both of them, but Leaf’s eyes werelocked on and narrowed at Green. Red didn’t look up from where he was munchingon a couple of sweet potato fries with Pikachu and Eevee and Persian crowdinghis lap. He was moving swiftly through the fries, with their help, towards hismain dish – a take-out bowl with eggplant and tofu over rice.

“It’s not my fault you forgot to provide a vegetarian option for Red!” Greenprotested.

“Maybe,” Leaf allowed. “But it certainly isyour fault if you can’t bring yourself to eat your sister-in-law’s cooking ingood will.”

“Didn’t realise you had married Daisy in the meantime,” Green snarked.

“Didn’t realise you were as much of an asshole as ever,” Leaf snarled. “Oh,wait, no- I’ve been saying that the whole time~”

Eevee hopped down from Red’s lap and jumped over to Green. She climbed up ontothe table and sniffed at Leaf’s seafood stew, before turning away from it,leaving it untouched.

“I bet it’s poisoned,” Green said.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Leaf scoffed. “I’m not going to poison Daisy ormyself.” She sat down at her seat across from Red and dropped a spoon into the stew.She slurped up a couple of greedy spoonfuls like it was nothing.

Green couldn’t help but notice that his own name wasn’t included in thatlist.

It was at precisely this moment Daisy re-entered the dining room.

“It seems like Junko is doing okay. Rina’s mom just sat her down to watch anafter-dinner movie.”

Leaf seemed to transform in front of his sister.

“Of course Junko’s doing okay,” she soothed, rubbing at Daisy’s arm. “Try torelax.”

Daisy smiled. And Green felt magnanimous for a moment. Whatever made Daisy andhis niece happy.

But then Daisy turned and smelled the bowl of soup Leaf put out for her andlooked a little nauseous.

“Um…” she stood up. “I think I’ll just call Rina’s place again and make sureJunko took her after-dinner vitamins.” She fled the room.

Leaf looked a little betrayed.

Green sighed. He was about to call off this whole dinner entirely, when Redreached over and grabbed his hand out of his lap.

“Leaf’s nice,” he said, quietly, squeezing Green’s hand tightly. “Don’-worry. She would came around.”

Red’s eyes were soft and confident, and Green inhaled and remembered hecould bear this. Dealing with Leaf and her cooking was worth having trips toCeladon with Red and his sister.

He reached forward and took a dinner roll from the basket on the table. Hetore it and dipped it in Leaf’s stew, hoping soggy bread would make it more palatable.

It didn’t.

Only Red and Junko were safe the next day, saved by vegetarian take-out and sleepoverswith friends respectively, when a deep wave of foodpoisoning swept over the household.

In the guestroom, Red dabbed a damp washcloth over Green’s fevered forehead. He would probably do the same for Leaf and Daisy shortly.

Junko walked in, leaning heavily against the side of Red’s Persian, whomagnanimously allowed this.

“Uncle Red, will Mama and Leaf be okay?” Junko asked worriedly.

“Can only hope Leaf won’t be okay… That she won’t live to cook another day…”Green complained under his breath.

Red shushed him.

Green wanted to say more, explain to his niece just how substandard Leafwas, but nausea overcame him and he had to rush to the bathroom before he couldsay any more.

#originalshipping #namelessshipping #carteshipping #red (pkmn)#blue (pkmn)#green (pkmn)#daisy (pkmn)#ask #my writing #pkmn

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kingdomoftyto · 4 years

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Nuzlocke SLLD liveblog, part 13

:^)

Under the watchful gaze of the shining spires of Rustbolt City, a new friend emerges...

All I know about Guppish is that it evolves into a myriad of forms, like a piscine Eevee. I don’t know what type I want this little guy to evolve into just yet, so he’ll likely hang out in storage--wait, no. idea: we’re totally calling it Backstage now--until I learn more about the family. I get the impression that they’re all going to be colorful, fancy little fish, though, so as for a name...

Give ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle

Razzle dazzle ‘em

Give ‘em an act with lots of flash in it

And the reaction will be passionate!

Ladies and gentlemen! Presenting the silver-finned prince of the ocean: the one, the only--Billy Flynn!

I wonder if the evolutions are all dual-types with Water or if they become mono-types just with a fish aesthetic. Hmm.

Anyway, Flynn will rest up while the rest of the troupe finally heads for the Fishing Contest.

Yeeaaah now THAT’S a box name.

Good god it’s been a while since I’ve just looked at my boxes and it always boggles my mind how many Pokemon I’ve been allowed to catch in this Nuzlocke.

...Or maybe it just feels like a lot because we’ve been relatively fortunate so far. :( RIP, Marian.

...Aaand for the sake of finishing showing off my collection, here’s the current active party.

Anyway.

...

Didn’t forget to visit the quest-giver for the lost little boy quest, btw. He gave me a TM for Sandstorm.

...

Thought I’d surf around in Orshore Town on my way back and realized I don’t actually have a Shrubsea yet. Luckily it looks like that’s the only thing I don’t have already here.

The embodiment of meh

We’ll call him Jetsam after one of Ursula’s eels

...

Okay FINALLY

Let’s surf across this otherwise impassable 3-meter gap and move on

How long has it been since we had a RIVAL BATTLE up in here???

yEA- wait

Holy shit I started heading toward the swamp before I did the goddamn Fishing Contest, didn’t I

I keep getting sidetracked because I’m watching Youtube videos in another window hdjaghsd

I SWEAR WE’RE GOING FISHING AFTER THIS FIGHT WITH RODNEY, OKAY. SORRY.

>:O

Dude’s got almost a full team now!

Slightly ashamed to say the Swimmers in the strip of water separating Route 9 from the swamp managed to put the hurt on Gaston before I got over here

...I think Gaston and I are still cocky enough to go for one Wing Attack, though

Look, there he goes--isn’t he dreamy?

Monsieur Gaston--oh he’s so cute!

Be still my heart! I’m hardly breathing!

He’s such a small, bright, strong, and handsome brute!

No worries guys, Toby will take care of things

... Yikes, he managed to do some damage to Toby first, though :/

Another great big NOPE from me

HA, I missed it in the screencap but Salanip tried to hit Moana with Aqua Slam which activated Moana’s Ability: Storm Drain, which upped her Sp Def. Lmfao I forgot she even HAD a Water-absorbing Ability.

The bastard immediately used Acid Spray TWICE on her, so now her net Sp Def change is -3. Grumble grumble...

Oh great, something that will definitely use special attacks, too. Ugh. Alright guess we’re switching again.

I THOUGHT HE’D USE A PSYCHIC ATTACK WHAT THE HELL

Good thing Tooey is a fucking TANK but what I failed to screencap was her SpDef ALSO dropping. Jesus Christ, Rodney!!

I feel like I’m a little short on Pokemon to fight this thing so I’m gonna just barrel in with a Bite and hope for the best I GUESS

...PLEASE tell me this thing isn’t Psychic/Fairy, PLEASE

*COVERS EYES*

I chose a Nuzlocke--that means there’s killing

Who knew success would come with messy, nasty strings?

I thought I knew Rod, but he’s still willing

To keep on doing bloody, awful, evil things...

NO.

THERE’S ONLY SO FAR YOU CAN BEND!

NO!

THIS NIGHTMARE MUST COME TO AN END

N O !

You’ve got no alternative, Tyto old boy

Though it means you’ll be risking your pink pride and joy

It’s the only solution, it can’t be avoided--

THE MONKEY THING MUST BE

D E S T R O Y E D.

...He woke up after ONE round, are you SHITTING me

ONE PSYBEAM’S WORTH OF DAMAGE! SURE!

So I can either risk missing with Lovely Kiss (Accuracy 75%) or hope a Draining Kiss heals enough to get Truly out of the woods WHILE crossing my fingers that he doesn’t get a critical hit!

THIS IS FINE

Okay so that WORKED but it only bought us one turn

...Oh thank fucking god. I wasn’t sure because WHO USES FULL RESTORES FOR CONFUSION?

She’s got your number now

She knows just what you’ve done

You’ve got no place to hide

You’ve got nowhere to run

She knows your life of crime

AND NOW IT’S SUPPERTIME

God, I’m exhausted after all that. How many Pokemon has he gone through? *checks*

GOOD, this is his LAST.

I’m going to try ONE (1) Lovely Kiss

My heart beats so unruly

Because I love you, Truly!

Honest, truly, I do

Okay what the hell, I don’t think Gaston’s defenses are THAT good. >:(

... Nvm I checked and his SpDef is actually pretty killer, just not his Def. Good to know

Uhhh okay fine, then. I’ve been trying to keep her safe and out of the fray but i guess it’s trial by fire time

SIC ‘EM, GIRL

CHOMP

... v_v

*sighs for a thousand years* This is a bad time, dude

Do you really want to be handing me a potential weapon right now

She was a mean green mother from Blackleaf Woods...

Mean, Green, Bad.........

...

*music swells*

...

But SUDDENLY, SEYMOUR

Is standing beside you!

He’s not weak to Fairy,

To Bug or Figh-tin’!

Suddenly, Seymour

Is here to provide you

With sweet understandin’...

Seymour’s your friend.

Gosh, and while we’re rearranging the party, we might as well try to diversify the types some more. Sorry Gaston, but we need someone a little more punch, pizazz, yahoo, and how!

So... yeah.

We’ll hit up the Fishing Contest now and then do... *sigh*... a fair BIT of training

*long exhale* I think Truly is the best option here, having both a Sleep-inducing move (Lovely Kiss) and a low-damage move (Quick Attack).

Also there is straight-up a 20 min timer on this thing, wtf

Aw, man

I was hoping that going out of my way to get Porfin, Shrubsea, etc, beforehand would improve my chances of getting something new and exciting here. Guess it’s shrimp time, though.

Well that was easy.

Uh-huh. Is this just fun flavor text, or...?

... Hm, doesn’t give me the option to name him just yet. Must have to finish the contest first.

... After fishing around a bit more out of nosiness, all I’ve pulled up have been more Shrimpet, Sharko, and Crablue. There’s also tall grass here, weirdly? So I’m gonna check if it has anything in it

...*cries* First tall grass encounter was a Shrubsea, second was THIS.

Well obviously, Parasea : Fishing Contest :: Scyther : Bug-Catching Contest

Who’s ready for a last-place consolation prize???

Whatever man

Gross

Gross, but also whoa, nice!

And the winner is....?

R... really? Okay sure

Th... thaaaanks

Shrim, shrimpety

Shrim, shrim, shrimp-ee

Crustacean as lucky, as lucky can be!

Shrim, shrimpety

Shrim, shrim, shrimp-oo

Good luck will rub off when he shakes claws with you!

...Welcome aboard, Bert.

Oh! And on my way out of the Fishing Contest, I ran into one of these guys in the wild, finally

...Anyway, it’s officially training montage time

See you all in the next post. This one is pretty short but it’s gonna take a while before we’re ready for Goopool...

#Pokemon #SLLD liveblog #liveblog

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kuudiwad · 5 months

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Not trying to redire yall to tiktok or anything, i just dont wanna rewrite captions on wips lmaooo

Regardless, have fun chewing on this for a little while! I wanna revamp the blog before i fully transition into a full time tumblr..er? Tumblite? Tumblrien?…tumblin all the time ass hoe! Hehe 🥰

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goldenscript · 8 years

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neighbor!monsta x

author’s note: let’s just blame @wangpuppo for enabling me to write this mess.

read under the cut for more~

cr.

hyunwoo

the relatively quiet neighbor

very self-sufficient, can cook like eggs, bacon, and rice pretty well

does his own laundry and usually likes to kick back, watch some tv when he has nothing else to do

his friends love to come over and pester him so sometimes he pretends he’s not home

will even fall asleep when he’s hiding from minhyuk or jooheon

sometimes you forget he lives in the building bc literally no sound comes from that side of the wall

well, not always (you found this one out come about a week into your arrival into the complex)

so unknown to everyone else’s knowledge except his buds that inhabit the building, hyunwoo’s actually a dance instructor

a lot of the time he’ll actually do his routines at home, often having to rearrange furniture and play the dance song and all, and unfortunately, this means making a lot of.... sounds

this is the first time you’re experiencing this so you’re actually not sure what to think considering you’ve just moved in next door

all you hear is the furniture getting moved about and music starts playing and oh god you hear grunting too

you’re actually very sure you heard someone enter his apartment too though you can’t really hear their voices

it’s not like you tried to hear it or anything though you admit your neighbor’s extremely attractive you’re seriously not trying to think of what he’s doing and why he’s being so goddamn loud and oh god it’s like the fifth time in a row you hear the next bout of music and grunts and you’re actually a little traumatized

for the most part, you try not thinking about it whenever you see him but jesus it’s too hard when you’re grabbing your mail and he comes out looking all sweaty and exhausted and yeah nope abort

you do your best to avoid making eye contact with him even if he’s your super attractive neighbor with nice arms and a nice smile :(

the only time you’ll ever notice him is if he sees someone (either you or one of the elderly tenants) struggling to carry some things like groceries and he’ll be there in a flash

like you were at the entrance with like two boxes stacked from your old place and hyunwoo just appeared and said “oh!! lemme help you with that”

and of course you couldn’t really say no bc he’s already taking them from you and already making his way up the stairs since the elevator would be under renovation and he actually makes an effort to chat with you about life and how you like it in the building and even though you feel awkward about remembering that tidbit he apologizes for always dancing so late and probably blasting his music so loud

and you’re like “wait what”

and he goes “well, yeah i’m sure you’ve noticed the music! i’m a dance instructor so i practice a lot and my friends come by since they dance too so if we’re loud then i apologize-”

you’re just like “oh thank god”

him: o: “what”

you sheepishly admit you thought he was having sex for like five hours straight and he really almost drops your stuff in shock and he cheeks get all beet red and he’s stammering like that isn’t possible

and you just laugh, trying to calm him because you’re just grateful he wasn’t banging someone for that long so many times a night

and he goes “i assure you i’m very single” and oh dear lord he really actually set the boxes down at your doorway to facepalm

and you just wink at him and say, “well, i’m glad. i’ll see you around, hyunwoo! maybe you can teach me a dance or two~”

hoseok

probably the flirt neighbor ngl

he’ll usually throw a pick up line or two your way even to the elderly ladies who always love to call him handsome

knows how to cook and clean but his cook skills are limited to probably ramen and rice

definitely knows how to make a mean cup of coffee (lolol)

relatively the nice in between of quiet and loud unless he has over his loud af buds who don’t know the definition of quiet

you kinda peg him as a fuckboy at first glance so you don’t really talk to him

contrary to common to belief, he actually doesn’t really flaunt his physique and tramp around without a shirt so long as he can help it

he’s actually quite shy so he actually looks really upset when the fire alarm goes off on the whole building and everyone has to be evacuated and he wasn’t able to pull on a shirt because mrs. lee on the third floor needed help getting down the stairs and he couldn’t wait

luckily you managed to grab a blanket before you were forced outside in just a pair of sleeping shorts and loose top and you actually hand it over to him because well he isn’t as bad as you thought

at least considering the fact that he went up to most of the tenants asking if they were okay, checking on mrs. lee and mr. kim even mrs. diaz who had a relatively mean streak unless it was hoseok asking

so you decide he isn’t that bad and you offer him your blanket when the fire men are checking on the fire in what turns out to be minhyuk’s apartment because his attempt at cooking was far from successful.... rip the poor pasta he boiled

anyway he kinda looks at you with wide eyes because you aren’t trying so hard to gawk at him like the other tenants and you certainly aren’t giving him that huffy cold shoulder like before

you just smile, “take it, seriously. you’ve been a really good sport, checking up on everyone like that”

but instead of taking it, he tries to say that he doesn’t want you to get cold so you roll your eyes and shove the flannel material over his shoulders and keeping some of it on yourself

“we can share then” you say with an attempted straight face but the astonished look on his features and the light blush on his cheeks makes it hard

enter a few disappointed grumbles from his little fans

and he just grins and says “okay”

he just rests his arms on your shoulders when he feels you beginning to shiver and the warmth of his skin just settles nicely and he grins over at you because you just nestle into his touch

like seriously hoseok is so cute and even when you deemed him a fuck boy you had to admit just how attractive he is

so for the rest of that night until it’s safe to enter you both end up chatting away and getting on somewhat closer terms

before you part ways you actually stop him and apologize though he’s very confused about why

you admit that you misjudged him at first and then he shrugs it off and tells you he’s used to it but that makes you feel even more sorry

and it becomes a stammering mess of apologies (it’s like 3 AM so of course this was gonna be a mess) until he leans in really close and grabs your shoulders and says, “it’s ok y/n i promise”

you nod with a small smile “okay, hoseok”

“see you around” he says leaning back near the wall with a faint dust of pink resurfacing on his cheeks

you grin, “i hope so~” before you two officially part ways

you soon discover he’s the cutest boy ever who will literally chat you up with meaningful small talk because somehow most conversations with him are far from awkward

like he’ll ask how your day has been, what you like to do in free time, and input his own likes and dislikes and all that good stuff

hell, y’all even had an entire discussion on your favorite eevees because dammit vaporean is top dog in your opinion

he thinks that the regular eevee is better since they’re the original types and honestly it’s been a major discussion since you both discovered your infatuation with pokemon

it’s such a progression for you two considering you spent a good two weeks avoiding him since you moved into the building and you enjoy your little conversations with him that last until you part ways either at your doors or at the bottom of the stairs when y’all have places to go in opposite directions

then one day he actually asks if you’d like to go sit somewhere that isn’t either of your apartments and at an actual food place

you agree and say “i thought you’d never ask” with a grin

minhyuk

he... is definitely the friendly neighbor

definitely the kind to greet you when he sees you, ask how your day’s been, and ask what you’re up to

he doesn’t do this out of courtesy at all either

like he does it because he genuinely cares and will even ask you about it a week later and how it went

you once told him you wanted to try out this crocheting class the first week you moved into the complex and he asked you how it was going nearly a month later

you found it pretty endearing that he’d remember such a simple tidbit and ever since then you’ve remembered him out of everyone else in the building

to say the least that’s exactly what minhyuk hoped bc he may or may not have a massive crush on you...... and if he’s anything but subtle then maybe he’d be able to keep it a secret

but he canNOT

he makes it so painfully obvious that sometimes he facepalms himself for being too dorky or “too weird” but when he sees you laugh or giggle at his actions, he can’t help but flash his big, ol’ pearly grin at you

anyway, he’s been meaning to ask you out for ages but always chickening out

always

just the mention of “date” and you gets him so flustered and tongue twisted, he ends up mentioning something completely random like “cavities are bacteria’s poop” (this is actually very true so when you looked it up, you were extremely perplexed that he knew such a fact)

but it gets you even more interested in your rather perky neighbor who is constantly at war with the downstairs tenant aka his bff kihyun LOL

one time minhyuk was vacuuming at 3 AM and when it comes to that.... we all know it’s to piss off the pink-haired hamster boy below

so out of spite and the extreme fatigue kihyun has had to suffer after hearing about you for the 892739857239874298th time in a row, he takes matters into his own hands and right outside your door he begins trying to hype up minhyuk to ask you out

even when minhyuk is shushing him since you’re about to head out to the library as per usual around this time

it doesn’t work as right as you open the door you just hear

minhyuk: kihyun, drop it. i like her but i can’t ask her out

kihyun: like who?

minhyuk: are you deaf? have you been listening?! i like y/n!!!!

and you just stand there wide eyed like “you like me, minhyuk????”

if you could see minhyuk looking at kihyun, it was actually a deathly sight but as kihyun waves and walks off you distract minhyuk with a grin and tell him that you’re free tomorrow night if he wants to accompany you for some street food by the market

he agrees and can’t really hide the elation since you actually asked him out

when you two go on your date, he pays - his only excuse is that he didn’t get to confess and ask you out the way he wanted so he wanted to at least do that soooo you make a proposition to him

if he does things the way he wants to then you two can start splitting the bill bc why the hell not???

of course he agrees

even asks you out by knocking on your door, shyly with these cute flowers that you place in a vase and watch as he shyly asks you out for a dinner at his apartment since he really wanted to do something special

and it is pretty special

at least to him since.... well..... minhyuk can’t actually cook

everyone knows not to let him anywhere near the kitchen

that’s why kihyun will drop food off or feed the poor kid

even changkyun delivers a few pizzas for him

for some reason, anytime he goes near his apartment’s kitchen, it’s waiting to burst into flames just by his touch and it’s deterring for him but he really wants to do it right just to do something that special for you

so on the night of your date, he invites you instead, helping you get comfy as he rushes back to the kitchen trying to stir the simple pasta

man oh man.... it was not that simple

somewhere along the way, the pasta was getting over boiled or something during his extensive chat with you about the most iconic Shinee song

you swear it’s ring ding dong but he says it’s lucifer and yeah well

rip the pasta and the fact that y’all had to evacuate the floor because it was smoking way too much inside the apartment and even the fire department came and well

as disappointed as minhyuk was, you appreciated his effort and you both ended up walking to a 24-hour convenience store for the cup noodles and the hot water stations and were pretty satisfied with that after all the fire department hullabaloo

kihyun

he’s probably the best damn tenant to ever exist

he cooks, cleans, doesn’t blast his stereo (*cough* jooheon *cough*), and he’s usually a pretty friendly person to chat with

unfortunately, he has another side to him

a dark side

he is also the petty neighbor

if you’ve ever seen this meme then just know that the person holding the vacuum upside is kihyun and minhyuk’s the one vacuuming at like 3 AM disrupting his sleep

and to emphasize: kihyun values his beauty sleep

it’s actually very safe to say that he needs it or he’s literally the definition of the devil’s incarnate because

a) sleep is important b) if he gets less than 8 hours he will not hesitate to bite you head off and spit it back at you just to say that it tasted worse than hyungwon’s cooking and c) let the damn hamster boy sleep, please

please

unfortunately, minhyuk loves to test this and make sure that kihyun suffers just because the feelings are generally vice versa

it’s honestly a miracle that kihyun continues to make food for the guy though you can best believe that shit ain’t flying if he gets just 7.5 hours instead of his necessary 8 LOL (then minhyuk is changkyun’s problem unless kihyun gets to the youngest boy first)

anyway

when kihyun doesn’t get his sleep, it’s best to steer clear

no matter what

he won’t care if you’re dying, just don’t bother him dammit

unfortunately, you did not get this memo

being his next door neighbor, you usually hear all the hullabaloo from all his quarrels with the tall, loud boy from down below and it also means that on occasion you end up receiving kihyun’s mail in your mailbox for some reason??

so you do the nice thing in delivering it to him under his door

but for goodness sake it’s an actual package with god knows what and you don’t just want to leave it at his door so you knock and hope that he isn’t in his really grumpy mood

sadly, he is

and he just stares at you with dead eyes and a snarky remark on his lips because damn he really shouldn’t be disturbed right now

but you just hand him his box and snark right back that you wouldn’t have knocked if it wasn’t important so he should just calm his panties because you were only doing a courteous deed before stalking off

he watches as you do, eyes softening ever so slightly because damn he might’ve just met his match LOL

and that should raise concerns considering kihyun rarely ever does this.... though you don’t care much for it or him

you do see how he is pretty grumpy without sleep

debra’s small talk wasn’t just fake talk but you can’t help but wonder if it’s probably because of his friend constantly fucking around with him and maybe he’s just grouchy because he needs his sleep

you don’t think too much on it but it resurfaces as soon as you see him again, carrying like a box filled to the brim with what looks like groceries as he scurries his way toward a room in the hall where one of your friend jackson actually stays and watch curiously as you wait

he sees you from the corner of his eye but continues to impatiently knock until minhyuk answers and they have their usual quips

as kihyun closes the door, he just flashes you a smirk and wave before jackson opens his door

you ask about minhyuk and kihyun and he just explains that they have a close friendship since the latter can’t take care of himself, kihyun’s basically his mother lol

and you kinda feel a pang of sympathy despite how much of a grouch he can be

he takes care of his place and even his friend which is only a little sad but it’s commendable

anyway, the next time you deal with a grumpy kihyun, you just grumble “here” before passing him a small neatly wrapped package and disappearing back into your room

when he opens it, it’s a pair of ear plugs and he’s never been more grateful to you (”:

instead of knocking on his door, he knocks on yours with a smile on his lips and a lack of bags before he hands you his rather famous and delicious casserole as a thank you

hyungwon

that one neighbor who you check on once in a while because his friends are worried he might die without them knowing one day

hyunwoo and kihyun begged you to at least knock on hyungwon’s door once every two or three days just check on him

they’ve had to do this with previous neighbors

mostly because hyungwon can be too lazy to even pick up his phone

but anyway, he just worries his friends so they look to you to help them out and let them know that he’s doing okay and living and breathing

you do, of course, just for their sake since you’re sure you’d want your friends to be okay if they acted in the same way

but honestly.... he’s such a grouch LOL

like every time you knock on his door, he doesn’t respond, hoping you’ll just go away but you even rummage out a spare key because kihyun really was serious about checking up on him

and you just find him underneath his covers and he’s just like

“i’m trying to sleep go away”

you just snap a picture of him and send it to kihyun, telling him that his friend is fine, just a grouch

you continue this up for a few weeks, making the visits at least twice a week or so

each one getting a little longer without either of you actually realizing it

during those times you both have your little quips here and now especially if hyungwon’s awake and just lazying around his apartment bc “what’s so good about the outside world??? i have everything i need here, food, bed, and a toilet”

when you point out sunlight and social interaction, he points at the window and he says you socialize with him and his friends when he lets them in or whenever they let themselves in

you shrug, just rolling with it but you notice that he’s been sniffling quite a bit and sneezing too

when you bring up that he might be sick, he just brushes you off and tells you to leave for being such a worry wart

come your next visit and guess who’s sick?

that punk

you just look at him all bundled up in his bed sniffling into tissues with an expectant look but he turns away from you and says “shut up not a word”

“i told you so” you say while straightening his blanket out, setting down some tylenol and medicine

you even make him some tea and let soup boil on the stove until it’s ready before bringing it over to him and he begrudgingly accepts it and visibly enjoys it, looking much better than he had been earlier

with a sigh, you instruct him to take his medicine before turning to leave and he mumbles a thank you that he hopes you hadn’t heard (you did)

within the week, he feels infinitely better but as of late you hadn’t visited

instead kihyun and shownu alternate between checking up on him but since you stopped coming by, he anxiously waits by the door in his living room, hoping to see you

not that he’s worried or anything....

ok maybe a little

he actually goes over to your place and knocks, hoping you’re there and come as he hoped, you’re there bundled head to toe and holding a cup of tea and he was just ready to ask where you’ve been but the words are stuck in his throat bc you’re sick and very pouty

you grumble, “you got me sick, punk”

and he keeps you company for the most part and even makes you soup but jesus it tastes horrible but you appreciate the effort

but he feels awful since you helped him so he... actually... asks... kihyun... for... advice (hyunwoo wouldn’t have known what to do so his motherly friend is hyungwon’s best bet)

but the moment hyungwon mentions you, kihyun gets all *eyes emoji* and hyungwon’s like “y’know what nvm i’ll just ask jin”

kihyun: you better Not. I am your only mother friend, you ungrateful brat. now tell me your problem

hyungwon: how....do...i....make...soup......

and kihyun helps him make this batch of soup LOL

it actually tastes edible and kihyun couldn’t be more proud (and same for all of us honestly) (”:

anyway he brings it to you, and you carefully taste it and just eat it well and that makes hyungwon sooooo happy

you even smile at him and say that you’re glad that he finally left his apartment LOL

and he just looks away and tells you to eat your soup, even wiping away some of the excess broth from the corners of your mouth

him: i probably didn’t tell you this earlier but thank you

you: you’re welcome (:

honestly everyone thinks it’s a miracle you got hyungwon out of his house, but they really thought you were some savior when they found out from kihyun that he took care of you (bc mama kihyun will be damned not to brag about his achievement)

jooheon

the loud neighbor

he splits costs with his roommate changkyun, a lowly college student who works at a pizza parlor on the side

neither of them know how to cook

usually he depends on changkyun to bring back leftover pizza or he will actually call changkyun’s workplace, order a pizza and request changkyun, just so he can mess with the poor boy

next to that he forever bumps his stereo with his newest mixtape

he means no harm in it until people rudely tell him to turn it down because let’s be real jooheon is that type of person who would stare you down with a blank expression as mr. jones from 4b tells him his mixtape is crap and to turn down his devil music and jooheon... just.... turns it up.... louder.... toward the “max” end of the stereo knob and he gets more complaints but he’ll just mouth he can’t hear them before turning up to his own music

it’s hell for some of the rude tenants but it doesn’t leave you from the suffering either

you’re usually studying or doing something that will require some quiet to get this thing done so when music starts reverberating through your walls you’re actually a little miffed

you want your thing done, you really do

but the one time you were ready to give him a piece of your mind, you see him react to mr. jones and watch jooheon’s rbf

to say the least, jooheon’s rbf is really intimidating

he just looks like he’s staring into your damn soul and you’re just like “fuck”

so you just try to suffer through the music even if it kills you sometimes

you found refuge in the library but it’s one particular night when it’s being closed for some special event and you’re forced to go back to your apartment bc it’s pretty late

you find jooheon’s still turning up to his music

on any normal occasion, you would’ve shrugged your shoulders and let it pass but this was a very important set of work that you needed to do and the music wasn’t going to help any bit

you decide to brave his rbf and hope that he won’t like eat you alive or anything

and the moment he sees you, his eyes widen ever-so-slightly and he turns the knob to his music lower so he can hear you since your voice can barely breech the sound barrier with his goddamn surround sound

he’s just like “oh hi, what’s up?”

you’re not as scared of him when he looks so.... friendly and maybe it shows since you’re not as tensed up as before

and now that you have a good look at him... he actually looks pretty cute.... but you’re there for a reason outside of admiring LOL

you just look at him apologetically because you get that he was probably having a good time considering some of his friends were over and all but you have to ask

so you say, “i know it’s like a saturday night and all but i really have this important set of docs to do and i was wondering if you’d maybe turn down your music? please?”

he just kinda stares at you, cheeks a little pink and somewhat dumbfounded but he nods, already turning it down to a semi-reasonable volume but enough that the rest of his posse can enjoy it

though he ignores the complaints he receives from there just to flash a small smile at you

before you turn to leave, he stops you and says “i’m sorry if i was -um- distracting you....”

and you just smile at him and say that it’s fine

you mention you even like the song and you head back to your apartment and he’s just so..... starstruck LOL

like damn you’re his superduper cute neighbor who likes his song and was really kind to him and jshfkjhfakjf he really didn’t care that his friends were giving him grief

even when minhyuk calls him whipped he just shrugs his shoulders bc how could he spite his super cute neighbor when you kindly asked him to turn down his music???

a few more times you’ve done this and he gladly does it

but one time, on a random tuesday night, you stop by and he’s ready to apologize and fumble with the knobs when you stop him and ask him to tell you about it

and oh my god

that boy has never been at a loss for words until that very moment

even his roomie changkyun thinks it’s a miracle that’s possible but hey the guy turned his stereo down just for you so y’know

never say never

changkyun

the college student neighbor

basically the kid who comes back to the complex at like 2 or 3 AM with dark shadows under his eyes, a monster in one hand, an americano in the other and a huge ass backpack filled with papers

he majors in mechanical engineering but he’s also doing comp sci bc computers are cool??

he’s generally the more responsible one between him and jooheon

often reminding the older boy to pay for the utilities when needed because changkyun absolutely refuses to be caught out in public covered in sludge because dammit someone fucked up with the sewage and he had to fix it somehow right as their damn water went out LOL

anyway

he spends a lot of his time studying like crazy but also delivering pizzas for that extra money

fortunately, one of his consistent customers happens to be you aka his very cute neighbor who happens to like him but would rather hide under a rock than tell him LOL

you’re both actually students at the same university and you’ve seen him around, especially in class

a few times he’s actually helped you with calculus work and there was just something about him that made you really really smitten with him ok

like smart, good looking, nice voice???? hell ya

and you actually didn’t find out he delivered pizza until he walks out of the nearby pizza places and you just... decide that maybe you can chat with him this way?

your roomie jennie encourages this, considering she thinks you two would be absolutely adorable together but also cuz she really can’t believe you’re crushing on the neighbor like what are the odds????

anyway, you do this

but you do it at least like... once a week

and that is definitely not how jennie saw this whole thing going

even changkyun is a bit concerned with the growing amount of times he’s had to deliver pizza to his neighbor’s place so often (not that he’s complaining too much since you’re pretty darn attractive)

though he really is like “why does this person eat so much pizza omg???”

and jennie is honestly just Done with answering the door and casually calling you over to get it so she just leaves it to you

but

she devises a plan because she knows you’re serious about telling changkyun that you like him

after all, you know can’t keep watching him in passing forever

so she orders the pizza online, typing into the special request box to have him specifically deliver the pizza with a cute pick up line signed off with a “from a meddling roommate who just wants you and y/n to go out already pls” and and and he’s absolutely baffled by the request but hey you’re not the only one trying to woo the other ok

changkyun just hasn’t been so sure about doing it tho he’ll occasionally put in extra effort to chat with you and even ask how your day’s been

and he actually has been looking forward to all your weekly pizza orders

it’s just.... nice to see your face and the way your visage lights up at the sight of the pizza tho he hopes it’s cuz of him dsjhjsdhfksj (*whispers* it is)

hell, he even remembers you from math!!!!

anywayyyyyyyy

he decides to go through with it because why the hell not??? here’s his chance no matter how embarrassing it is

jennie forces you to answer the door, waving you off with a mischievous smirk that makes you all too suspicious before disappearing to her room and all you see is a really flustered changkyun

he just stutters out a pick up line:

“I’m in the mood for pizza... a pizza you, that is!”

he actually debated on a pizza one but he didn’t want to completely die of embarrassment but his red cheeks are almost too much and the only thing he can think to do is scribble his number onto the pizza box and just dip

you’re still in shock and as you turn the pizza box over to see his number and you turn as soon as you hear jennie’s giggles

“FUCKING FINALLY”

“WHAT DID YOU DO SLKDHFJSHFKSJFH”

“THAT. YOU’RE WELCOME”

and even tho you really wanna get mad at you, you seriously can’t help the goofy grin on your lips or shake the image of a very flustered changkyun scurrying off after that little ordeal

you finally got that boy’s number and you couldn’t be happier <3

hell, even changkyun’s pretty proud of himself... minus the immense cringing..... heh

it’s all worth it when he gets a notification from his phone and it reads:

[9:54 PM] unknown: hey, it’s y/n. i was definitely in the mood for a pizza a you too... (oh god kajsfkjahfaj pls excuse that....) just know that i really am glad you did that. sorry for my roommate! maybe i can make it up with some sushi?

he decides it won’t hurt to respond:

[9:56 PM] changkyun <3: sure, i’d like that (: no more pizza references... please

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1. Who was the last person you held hands with? - @ununhexium 2. Are you outgoing or shy? - I think I’m a fair mix of the two behind closed doors 3. Who are you looking forward to seeing? - Ed Sheeran in concert ha 4. Are you easy to get along with? - Very 5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you? - I like to think so yes 6. What kind of people are you attracted to? - Punk/Rock princesses, the kind that look super badass and listen to my kind of music but still wanna cuddle at the end of the day 7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now? - ah yes 8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind? - my friend Bridget because she won’t answer my goddamned texts and we need to work on our leadership auditions for color guard 9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? - not in the slightest 10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with? - @sleepandbestupid 11. What does the most recent text that you sent say? - “what did it say" 12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now? - Ultralife by Oh Wonder, Lifetimes by Oh Wonder, Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers, Take a Walk by Passion Pit, Synesthesia by Andrew MacMahon & The Wilderness 13. Do you like it when people play with your hair? - love it 14. Do you believe in luck and miracles? - yeah why not 15. What good thing happened this summer? - idk I fell in love I guess 16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? - yeah 😂 17. Do you think there is life on other planets? - there’s gotta be 18. Do you still talk to your first crush? - occasionally to catch up 19. Do you like bubble baths? - nope 20. Do you like your neighbors? - yeah 21. What are you bad habits? - i never know my limits lol 22. Where would you like to travel? - everywhere 23. Do you have trust issues? - not really 24. Favorite part of your daily routine? - going to bed 25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with? - faceeee 26. What do you do when you wake up? - open my eyes 27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker? - it’s fine where it is haha 28. Who are you most comfortable around? - @ununhexium @sleepandbestupid @itsamtyler @yueriverta 29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up? - oh yeah 30. Do you ever want to get married? - yesss 31. If your hair long enough for a pony tail? - maybe on top 32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with? - Kristen Stewart and Emma Watson hands down 33. Spell your name with your chin. - grsbfob 34. Do you play sports? What sports? - not really 35. Would you rather live without TV or music? - TV 36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them? - who hasn’t? 37. What do you say during awkward silences? - I don't 38. Describe your dream girl/guy? - I’m too lazy I’m already dating her 39. What are your favorite stores to shop in? - Zumiez, Hot Topic, American Eagle 40. What do you want to do after high school? - travel the country 41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? - depends 42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean? - *you’re and it just means I’m thinking really 43. Do you smile at strangers? - yeah! 44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean? - space 45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning? - my goddamned mother 46. What are you paranoid about? - getting caught 47. Have you ever been high? - meh 48. Have you ever been drunk? - it didn’t work 49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about? - sure 50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore? - gray 51. Ever wished you were someone else? - once or twice sure 52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself? - my sex, I guess.. but like I’d never wanna be cis 53. Favourite makeup brand? - nope 54. Favourite store? - Hot Topic or Zumiez 55. Favourite blog? - idk 56. Favourite colour? - red blue or neon green 57. Favourite food? - Bacon ranch cheesesteak from Jersey Mikes58. Last thing you ate? - a mozzarella stick 59. First thing you ate this morning? - I haven’t yet ha 60. Ever won a competition? For what? - yeah! Idk plenty 61. Been suspended/expelled? For what? - nope 62. Been arrested? For what? - nope 63. Ever been in love? - a handful times yeah 64. Tell us the story of your first kiss? - I was on a cruise when I was thirteen and thought this girl was sO cute and by the end of the trip she felt bad and kissed me lol 65. Are you hungry right now? - very 66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends? - nope 67. Facebook or Twitter? - Facebook  68. Twitter or Tumblr? - Tumblr 69. Are you watching tv right now? - nope 70. Names of your bestfriends? - @fiorexfairy @sleepandbestupid 71. Craving something? What? - my favorite food lol 72. What colour are your towels? -varied 72. How many pillows do you sleep with? - one 73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? - yeah! A little stuffed eevee named chestnut 74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have? - too many 75. Favourite animal? - Hedgehogs! 76. What colour is your underwear? - black 77. Chocolate or Vanilla? - vanilla 78. Favourite ice cream flavour? - cotton candy 79. What colour shirt are you wearing? - neon green 80. What colour pants? - navy blue lol please note I just woke yp 81. Favourite tv show? - Black Mirror 82. Favourite movie? - American Ultra or Zombieland or The Perks of Being a Wallflower 83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2? - the original boiiii 84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street? - 21 Jump Street 85. Favourite character from Mean Girls? - dunno  86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo? - Nemo idk 87. First person you talked to today? - @ununhexium 88. Last person you talked to today? - it is noon 89. Name a person you hate? - lol 90. Name a person you love? - mi friends 91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now? - nah 92. In a fight with someone? - nope 93. How many sweatpants do you have? - one 94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have? - like ten 95. Last movie you watched? - I don’t remember 96. Favourite actress? - Emma Watson 97. Favourite actor? - Logan Lerman 98. Do you tan a lot? - only at band camp ha 99. Have any pets? - 4 dogs 4 cats 100. How are you feeling? - hopeful 101. Do you type fast? - very 102. Do you regret anything from your past? - nah 103. Can you spell well? - quite 104. Do you miss anyone from your past? - not really 105. Ever been to a bonfire party? - yeah! 106. Ever broken someone’s heart? - I don’t think so but idk 107. Have you ever been on a horse? - yup! 108. What should you be doing? - writing my color guard routine 109. Is something irritating you right now? - nah 110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt? - oh yeah 111. Do you have trust issues? - you asked this already 112. Who was the last person you cried in front of? - @ununhexium 113. What was your childhood nickname? - T 114. Have you ever been out of your province/state? - yeah 115. Do you play the Wii? - no lol 116. Are you listening to music right now? - does the Disney parades soundtrack count 117. Do you like chicken noodle soup? - yeS 118. Do you like Chinese food? - Y E S 119. Favourite book? - On The Road 120. Are you afraid of the dark? - lowkey very 121. Are you mean? - a little 122. Is cheating ever okay? - idk 123. Can you keep white shoes clean? - barely 124. Do you believe in love at first sight? - I guess 125. Do you believe in true love? - yes 126. Are you currently bored? - a little 127. What makes you happy? - people being happy 128. Would you change your name? - yeah ha 129. What your zodiac sign? - Libra 130. Do you like subway? - nope 131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do? - say it sucks to be them lol 132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? - repeat question again get ur shit together 133. Favourite lyrics right now? - uhh 134. Can you count to one million? - nope 135. Dumbest lie you ever told? - I’m almost home 136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed? - closed 137. How tall are you? - 5'6" 138. Curly or Straight hair? - I have straight hair, if that’s what you’re asking 139. Brunette or Blonde? - blonde 140. Summer or Winter? - summer 141. Night or Day? - day 142. Favourite month? - July 143. Are you a vegetarian? - nooo 144. Dark, milk or white chocolate? - white 145. Tea or Coffee? - coffee 146. Was today a good day? - it’s only noon 147. Mars or Snickers? - Twix 148. What’s your favourite quote? - this too shall pass 149. Do you believe in ghosts? - wholeheartedly  150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page? - "I go with him.”

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flatsuke · 8 years

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KBTBB College AU

yet another AU I’m a sucker for lmao

@maidofstars @bolt8826 @tsundere-eevee @themysticaldaydreamer @alolan-lillie lmaooo

Eisuke:

Currently majoring in Finance and Economics. He hopes to one day take over the Ichinomiya Group.

Though he comes from an upper-class family, he got into the university without using connections — he got in through his own merit.

Every time he and Shuichi share a class, they both get into such heated debates that the professor has to kick them out.

If he doesn’t get a grade he likes, he’s the type to march into office hours to harshly negotiate for an A lmao

He drives to school, but he never lets people in his car ever.

The best at group presentations and oral reports.

He has a not-so-secret crush on the cute part-time barista that works at the campus coffee shop. He always tries to flirt with her, so the customers behind him end up getting pissed.

Soryu:

His major is Criminal Justice. He wants to fulfill his dream of becoming a detective, or maybe even a lawyer.

He can usually be found studying at the top floor of the library, where it’s very quiet. More than once, he’s caught Mamoru sleeping in the study rooms. It ticks him off.

Eisuke once dragged him to a party. Soryu was so hammered that Eisuke had blackmail material for months. After that, he vowed never to go to parties with him ever again.

Poor bean, he usually does all the work during group projects. But he’d gladly drop his groupmates’ names — it’s only fair, after all.

Currently roommates with Inui and Samejima. The former always manages to piss him off because Inui keeps breaking their only goddamn printer.

He set the fire alarm in their apartment because he once tried to make an omelette. It failed.

He volunteers to walk people back to their dorms/cars late at night because he’s a gentleman.

Baba:

He’s a Psychology major! No one could tell at first glance, though.

Though he can usually be found at parties, he’s a pretty smart student. He’s usually on the Dean’s List every semester. How???

You can bet this guy has flirted with the TAs more than once.

The all-around best bro. He’s everybody’s designated driver, fake date, cover-up story, and wingman.

He works for the campus radio station, and he usually plays a corny love song of some sort.

He rides a bicycle to school. It’s way more environment-friendly than using a car. Plus, he can people-watch.

He has a secret internet double-life. Online, he’s a famous internet personality that gives love advice to lonely singles and brokenhearted people.

Ota:

To nobody’s surprise, he’s a Fine Arts major.

He always sits at the back of the lecture halls/classrooms so professors won’t call him out to recite.

One time, he was so focused on his painting that he drank out of his dirty water cup. Needless to say, he spat all over his soon-to-be masterpiece.

He sings in the shower. It annoys his roommates not only because he’s loud, but because he’s terrible at singing.

Poor Ota always has to carry all his bulky-ass materials to class for his installations. MC, the kind soul, always offers to help him whenever she sees him.

He once tried to sneak his dog in the dorms. It didn’t end well.

One of his projects requires some form of nude sketches, and he’s currently debating with himself if he should ask MC to volunteer…

Mamoru:

He’s a Law Enforcement major.

He’s the guy that only shows up during midterms and finals, but somehow miraculously passes the class??? No one has ever seen him study.

He usually rents a single study room so he can sleep in peace, but he usually gets caught by Soryu.

Once went to school in his pajamas. It was quite comfortable, actually.

He never rents his textbooks on time, so he mooches off his classmate’s textbooks.

In group projects, his groupmates all think he’ll bail out on them, but he surprisingly manages to produce quality work (despite being really lowkey about it).

Usually remembers his deadlines at 3am, so he rushes to the printer at the dead of night and prays to all the gods that he remembered to buy ink.

Shuichi:

Currently studying International Relations.

Eisuke’s his rival when it comes to everything. Class debates, Associated Students positions, the last textbook, the line at the campus cafe, etc.

Lives alone in an apartment near campus. He enjoys his privacy, but he occasionally enjoys a visit or two from Hikaru.

He will not hesitate to correct a professor if he thinks they’re wrong.

Always goes above and beyond with page/word limits. Minimum 4 pages? He’ll submit a 15-page paper, complete with proper citation and a fancy clear file.

He goes to parties dressed as his alter-ego, Shu. No one can tell they’re one and the same because unlike his usual self, Shu is a fucking party animal.

He chugs way too much black coffee during finals week.

Luke:

He’s a Biology major.

He sometimes forgets to eat, so MC saves a muffin for him from the campus cafe.

He’s usually late because he likes to feed the stray cats that stay near the campus.

He never attends floor meetings or parties unless he’s forced to by Eisuke or MC.

When he studies, he doesn’t sleep at all. He’s pulled a week-long all-nighter several times.

He works part-time at the campus clinic, but people are afraid of him because he seems so intimidating. He’s not. He’s just reeeally tired.

He usually spends his lunches at the campus cafe so he can hang out with MC and have her brewed tea.

Hikaru:

He’s a Computer Science major.

He somehow has access to notes from every semester. He’s willing to share them…for a price, of course.

He was in the same orientation group as MC, and ever since then, he’s been purposely trying to annoy woo her every chance he gets.

He works part-time at the campus computer lab, and he once changed the all the wallpapers to this for a month.

Rides a motorcycle to campus. He thinks it makes him look cool, but he made sure no one saw him fall off the first time he used it.

He always brings take-out whenever he visits Shuichi. Sometimes, he even stays over.

MC was so pissed with him one time that she served him a cup of milk instead of the ginger ale he asked for.

Bonus - MC:

Currently taking up Hospitality Management. She managed to get in the university through an academic scholarship.

She works part-time as a barista at the campus cafe. For some reason, there’s this one customer that keeps trying to flirt with her…

If there’s a place giving out free food, chances are she’ll be there.

One time, she was at the library studying for her final at 2am, and she could’ve sworn she saw a ghost (nah, it was just Mamoru going to the bathroom).

She always fights Hikaru because he has the notes she needs, but he won’t give them to her smh

She usually prefers to walk or commute to campus.

She signed up for the Tres Spades Club because it seemed like a really chill club with a few members, but when she saw eight familiar assholes, she regretted it immediately lmao

#spade writes #kissed by the baddest bidder #kbtbb #voltage inc #voltage headcanon #headcanon #eisuke ichinomiya #soryu oh #mitsunari baba #ota kisaki #mamoru kishi #shuichi hishikura #luke foster #hikaru aihara #lmao college #tag urself im mc #because i like to su FF ER

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locatie · 5 years

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2019 Gaming Year in Review

This year I beat 21 games! Last year I beat 38, but this year was a little rough on me in many ways, and I had to go a few months without really committing to anything.

I’m going to go through my list of games and jot down a few thoughts I had about them! Spoilers ahead, naturally.

Rating System:

5⭐: An absolute favorite! A game that’s going to stick with me for a long time. Regardless of any flaws I found, I fell deeply in love with these games. 4⭐: A pretty good game! I really enjoyed my time with these ones. They’re not quite perfect, maybe a few story beats or mechanics I couldn’t jive with, but I did still love these as well. 3⭐: A decent game! I didn’t fall in love with these games and the good and bad felt fairly equal. I don’t regret playing these games, but they had a lot of room for improvement. 2⭐: A bleh game. Most of these games were very ‘miss’ rather than ‘hit’ for me. Good concepts are probably buried in these ones, but I struggled to get through them. 1⭐: A terrible game. There is very little about these games that I find redeeming. I probably played them wishing they’d be done already. That I finished them at all is a miracle.

In order of when I beat them, starting with the beginning of the year:

Gris by Nomada Studio

4⭐

A visually gorgeous game. The mechanics were satisfying and made puzzle solving enjoyable, and I adored ‘unlocking’ the colors of the world to restore it to its former beauty. The game only got more beautiful as time went on, and the level design was very memorable to me. Also the soundtrack is one of the best of all the games I played this year, and I keep it on repeat a lot.

Best Part: The art in general. A treat to look at, and it makes for the best desktop wallpapers. Worst Part: The ambiguity in narrative. It’s not too bad, I just wish there was a little more to it.

Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee by Game Freak

4⭐

Despite this feeling like the millionth time they’ve focused on the Kanto region, and the blatant baiting of nostalgia, I appreciated this game. I’m a sucker for having my Pokemon follow me or being able to ride them. Much more accessible than going back and replaying the original R/B/Y games, which I can’t seem to enjoy anymore due to the QOL features that newer games have, so if I ever have a craving for Kanto, this will satisfy me. Not the best Pokemon game though just because Kanto was a pretty boring region visually and they stayed true to that, haha.

Best Part: Pokemon following the player! Riding Arcanine was a blast. Worst Part: Being in Kanto again. Really wish it was Gold/Silver for the double Johto/Kanto region thing, because Kanto alone just isn’t worth it.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix by Square Enix

3⭐

I liked this game a lot as a kid and was interested to see how I would feel about it as an adult. It’s... something. There’s something always very off when JRPG localized dialogue is voiced -- it’s extremely cheesy to listen to in English, and this game is no exception. Still, I enjoy the sheer absurdity that is mashing up Disney and Final Fantasy characters anyway. The platforming is not remotely fun at all and the story is ridiculous, sometimes not in a good way. Thank god for skippable cutscenes or I wouldn’t have survived the end of this game.

Best Part: The creativity of the worlds. It was such a unique and ambitious concept for its time. Worst Part: The dialogue/story. This might be the only JRPG where the whole ‘friendship makes us stronger’ angle makes me want to strangle a fictional child.

Dear Esther by The Chinese Room

2⭐

I do enjoy walking simulators, but apparently not ones by The Chinese Room. Not as bad as Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, but still...not very enjoyable. I couldn’t seem to process what was going on as it was narrated to me -- I liked how it was written, and I was interested in hearing it, but I dunno. It meant nothing to me. I might replay it and try to grasp it again, really focus on it, but as it was presented to me on the first playthrough, it didn’t grab me. This is what I get for expecting something really good of a game where I wander around aimlessly for a couple hours

Best Part: The writing style is really neat and I enjoyed reading along and being fascinated by the prose. Worst Part: The ambiguity of the narrative. what the fuck is happening. why am i in a cave. who was that i just saw

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey by Ubisoft

4⭐

Not the first AC game I’ve ever played, but the first I liked enough to beat! It’s essentially an action rpg more than ever -- stealth is completely unnecessary if you so choose. I loved Kassandra so, so much, and exploring Greece was extremely fun for me! It was gorgeous and I often found myself wandering around towns and cities, soaking in the sights and feeling pretty dang immersed. I haven’t played the DLC yet but hope to some day. Not a perfect game -- while a lot of side quests are fun, the charm wears off after a while because the gameplay loop of sneaking in and murdering everyone got stale finally after 50 hours. Still, I’d love to go back and replay it some time.

Best Part: Kassandra. Everything about her. I would die for her. Also Greece in its entirety. Worst Part: Every goddamn time Deimos opened his mouth.

Rose of Winter by Pillow Fight

3⭐

A pretty cute but simple visual novel! I liked the protagonist quite a bit and a couple of the romances, but I wished it was longer/more fleshed out. I liked the universe it took place in and the concepts it presented (time travel! Race relations/the variety in cultures!) and would’ve happily played a longer game about these things. The romances leaving me wanting more was a good and bad thing, in the end.

Best Part: The protag! I love this chubby pink-haired knight! She is SO cute and lovely. Worst Part: Lack of depth in the romances. I like drawn-out romances, and these take place over the course of a couple days, and that’s not my bag.

Celeste by Matt Makes Games Inc.

4⭐

My review on this game is a little skewed. I was very bad at it, in the end, and very tired of dying literally hundreds of times in some areas that I had to give myself extra dashes. I had to keep toggling them on and off after giving myself a certain number of tries, because I really wanted to see how this game would play out. The gameplay and design and soundtrack give it the score it has, but the writing it was knocks it down from being a 5 star game. The concept of the story is good! Madeline wanting to reach the top of the mountain for her personal reasons was really lovely but the delivery of it felt very flat. The writing itself didn’t do it justice for me! I only ever see people talk about the gameplay itself and not the story/writing and maybe that’s why.

Best Part: The fact that the developers added accessibility options to people who aren’t very skilled at games, like me, can enjoy a game like this, even if we’re not playing “as intended.” Worst Part: Madeline’s reflection. As a narrative device she’s good, but the dialogue between the two characters was kinda mehhh to me.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt by CD Projekt

5⭐

There’s nothing I can say about this game that a million other people haven’t already said. I loved dad!Geralt. I loved Geralt in general. I did enjoy the first two games but who he was as a character in this game was my favorite. Yennefer was also great, as was Ciri, and the family dynamics were The Best. Also probably the best side quests in any rpg I’ve ever played! None of that radiant quest bullshit or fetch quest nonsense that pad a lot of other WRPGs I’ve been into :/ I still need to finish Blood and Wine, but so far it’s incredible, as was Hearts of Stone. Ugh I have so much to say about how much I loved the music, and Skellige, and Novigrad (Novigrad is one of the best video game cities as a worldbuilding device, imo), but I’ll keep this all brief. Don’t like Gwent at all though!!

Best Part: The entire portion of the game where you have to be a Good Dad or else you get a bad ending. Worst Part: The fact that Iorveth and the entire Scoia’tael subplot was cut entirely yet Roche got to stick around. I hate Roche. Iorveth was way better. Bring back my boy.

Persona 5 by Atlus

5⭐

holy shit. I haven’t beaten a JRPG this good in so long. This game changed what I want out of a JRPG. The soundtrack is phenomenal, the design of everything is impossibly stylish and I never got sick of any of it in the 96 hours it took me to beat the game. I adore Joker, Yusuke, Haru, and Ryuji as characters!! I don’t really care for Akechi and Shido as villains, but the proper final battle was very tense for me and the cutscene that followed felt so good. BIG GUN. Sometimes the palaces were a little tedious, and it took me a really long time to actually finish the game from when I started, because I needed big breaks after chunks of the game, but once I got into the swing of it after Makoto’s introduction as a Phantom Thief and that palace, I was pretty sucked in.

I will never forget my desperate struggle to max my stats by aggressively eating giant burgers until the endgame.

Best Part: The entire ‘student daily life sim’ portion. Managing my time and my relationships was very fun and I loved getting closer to my friends and choosing where to go, how to spend my time. Worst Part: The occasional sexism and homophobia that I had to sit through. Giving Ann agency after the first palace, but then trying to convince her to get naked really sucked, and then those two predatory gay men. Ugh. Oh and Ryuji looking at Ann’s boobs all the time. Seriously? are you for real??

Nier: Automata by PlatinumGames

4⭐

I waffled between giving this 4 or 5 stars, but I think 4 is right. I adored this game to bits, but admittedly didn’t do everything in it that I wanted to. I loved the world, the music, most of the characters, the combat, and that fucking ending. I didn’t like Adam and Eve (their dialogue...was so dumb...), and I was a little eh on route B, since it’s a lot of the same as route A, just from 9S’s perspective. At first I thought it was asking a lot to make me essentially do all the same shit over again, but when everything started changing in the third route, that’s when I was getting really invested. I mean I was already loving it during the first route, I was just slightly skeptical about having to replay a lot of the same things.

Ending E fucked me up though. Hearing Weight of the World didn’t hurt me until that ending, after all I’d been through, and then accepting help and hearing the chorus of voices. Ugh. No ending has ever been like that in a game for me.

Best Part: Sacrificing my data to help some stranger out there, because people do want to help. Humanity can be good. The message that there is worth in having feelings and being alive and real and loving. Worst Part: we really out here sexualizing 2B and looking at her panties a lot, huh.

Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (Reignited Trilogy) by Toys For Bob

4⭐

This is the Spyro game I played the most of as a kid, and this remaster is incredible. All of the Reignited Trilogy makes the Spyro games look the way that I felt they did when I was a child. Seriously, it’s gorgeous and I can’t believe how true to the originals it is. I had a blast playing this one; it doesn’t get 5 stars, though, because I wouldn’t say this is like a ‘favorite’ game or anything. It’s wonderful, but not mindblowing.

Best Part: Getting to run around the hub worlds and drinking them in -- they’re where I spent hours as a child, and that nostalgic really got to me. Worst Part: the fucking TIMED FLYING PORTIONS

Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (Reignited Trilogy) by Toys For Bob

4⭐

I was really excited to play this one because I didn’t get to beat it as a kid, and it was impossible to emulate because every rom of it didn’t work. Not as good as Ripto’s Rage to me, personally, because I didn’t love the levels where I was the penguin or the monkey. There were a lot of gimmicks, so to speak, in this game that I could do without. Skateboarding didn’t add anything to the experience either, ehh. Still, 4 stars because what Toys For Bob did with the trilogy is amazing and it made me wish games there had been more Spyro games that were like this.

Best Part: I finally got to beat this game after so long and it felt like a childhood wish of mine came true. Worst Part: I never want to be that stupid monkey ever again. Most of these side characters do not feel like they belong in a Spyro game, even though I know they were just trying to innovate the formula.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo

5⭐

Ohhh my god. I was nervous about another mainline Fire Emblem game, ever since Fates burned me pretty badly with how much I hated that game. Three Houses gave me nearly everything I wanted out of a Fire Emblem game, thankfully. No stupid explanation for offspring, no wasted dialogue between characters that didn’t need to have supports! I fell in love with so many of the NPCs and while the story isn’t perfect, it was a blast to go through and see the multiple sides to the conflict.

I went Golden Deer first and watched most of Amy’s playthrough of Blue Lions. I was in the middle of a Black Eagles run when I got a little burnt out and put it down, but I’m super excited to eventually see what Edelgard’s side of the story is, seeing as I don’t like her in the other routes but I’m shrimpterested in what her possible justification for anything is. Can’t wait for more story DLC whenever it happens!

Best Part: The support dialogues between characters. Also Claude von Riegan, destroyer of racism. Worst Part: the fact that there’s barely any time between Dimitri finally being nice to Byleth and the end of the Blue Lions route. he’s such a growly ass for so long.

Genital Jousting by Free Lives

2⭐

Obviously this game is a self-aware joke and isn’t meant to be much. The reason it got 2 stars instead of 1 is because I played it at a time that I really needed a laugh. I streamed it for my friend and for a while I was happily distracted by the story mode, even if it mostly involves hopelessly sticking my dick head into butts. The narration gave me Stanley Parable vibes, which was amusing, but yeah. Obviously this wasn’t gonna be some game of the year shit

Best Part: Playing with friends and yelling “GET OUT OF MY BUTT” at the top of your lungs. Worst Part: You can only enjoy sticking your dick in butts for so long before you don’t wanna do it anymore

I Love You, Colonel Sanders! by Psyop

1⭐

Yes, I am ranking this game as worse than a game about wiggly dicks. I didn’t have any hopes or expectations for this game, as it was always obviously meant to be a giant advertisement for KFC food, but that’s not even the part that bothered me. I didn’t care or mind the blatant product placement, the millions of mentions of all their herbs and spices and their gross bowls of corn, potato, and whatever.

I was so damn disappointed because it just wasn’t a good visual novel. I spent the whole time comparing it to Hatoful Boyfriend, which is an actually good parody of the entire genre. ILYCS felt more like “ha ha see how fucking weird dating sims are?? See how stupid and absurd the things that happen in them are?” rather than any kind of remotely interesting subversion on the genre. I don’t know why I expected that ILYCS would bother to do that, but I figured if a pigeon dating sim could surprise me, maybe this would too. Bleh.

Best Part: I did succeed in making Colonel Sanders love me, at least. Worst Part: Literally everything else.

The Outer Worlds by Obsidian Entertainment

4⭐

I’m giving this 4 stars, but this game gives me conflicted feelings. I love the companions in this game a lot, but some of them do have slightly disappointing arcs -- Ellie comes to mind for that one. The writing for the dialogue is great, but some of the main quests are just OK. The flaw system is really cool in theory, but I definitely didn’t think of them were worth the perk points, though they’re great if you’re serious about roleplaying.

I did have a lot of fun, but the ending felt very abrupt to me. I got to Phineas and we spoke for a minute, and then the credits rolled. And capitalism sure was bad! That was very heavy-handed. I enjoyed my time with it a lot but I am not itching to replay it. If there’s a sequel, though, I will definitely be on board with it.

Best Part: The dialogue options. They’re so fucking funny. Obsidian is the champion of snarky/witty dialogue. Worst Part: The ending made me the leader when I didn’t really feel prepared for that, I didn’t feel like that was the narrative I built for my character. The ending came at me so fast, it felt wrong.

Tyranny by Obsidian Entertainment

4⭐

If nothing else, Outer Worlds made me crave more of Obsidian’s writing flavor. This is the first CRPG I’ve ever committed to and beaten, and I do not regret that choice. I had tried to play it before but stopped very early on because it’s a lot of reading -- the entire opening has you do so much reading to make choices to kind of build your character’s backstory.

I loved playing a bad guy and accumulating power. My character was so loyal to Tunon and I loved the active development I got to have as someone who was so devoted to being a cog in the machine to someone who realized that they are special, they can be a conqueror, they can shape the world however they want. I know it’s possible to undermine all the bad guys and use your power for good, but eh, this is a game about being bad! It’s wonderful! And it was just long/short enough that it was great for someone just getting into CRPGs.

But. Like Outer Worlds, the ending felt rushed in Tyranny, though in an even more egregious way. Just as the story starts truly kicking off -- you have all this power, I had succeeded in making my superiors bow to me -- the game ends. It seems as though they ran out of time or money to have you actually face off against Kyros, the obvious next step in your plan for domination of whatever flavor. Maybe it was always the plan that taking down the Overlord was sequel material, but the way they built it up, it doesn’t feel right. And the game didn’t do well enough, or so I’ve read, so there will never be a face-off against her. I had such a good time with this game, but the ending left a real sour taste in my mouth.

Best Part: Really feeling like I had earned the power I got by endgame, by ‘playing’ the system. Defeating Tunon by manipulating him into bowing to me had me on edge and I was terrified until I walked out of his room. Worst Part: Knowing I will probably never get a resolution for the fight against Kyros. Really felt like all the cool stuff I did meant nothing.

Pokemon Shield by Game Freak

3⭐

Biiig mixed feelings about this one. I know Pokemon games are not known for their storytelling prowess, but even this one felt insultingly stupid to me. I know they can be good and interesting and posit cool concepts based on the worlds they’ve built. I didn’t like the gameplay of Black/White but I guess since that one tackled the ethics of Pokemon, Game Freak doesn’t want to try making any more challenging storylines.

The world also felt so empty. I never really noticed it in older Pokemon games, but SwSh has all these houses and no one has anything interesting to say. The NPCs aren’t worth talking to except when they give you items. Problems like that are common in Pokemon but I really hoped that bringing it to a home console meant that the game could be bigger and more full of content. The post game is almost nonexistent. For the first time ever, I don’t feel compelled to play long enough to complete my dex.

Best Part: The Wild Area, and doing raid battles with Amy. Playing alongside her and battling together was fun, and it was nice to cut down on the time it would’ve normally taken us to grind. Worst Part: Hop, Leon, and Bede. Worst characters in any Pokemon game, hands down.

Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment

5⭐

I had initially tried this game out last year or so, but couldn’t get into it. Beating Tyranny finally made me feel able to tackle this one, and I’m so glad I gave it another chance. For most of the game I was meticulous and did almost all of the side quests, and I felt extremely rewarded by the narrative for doing so. Most of the companions were a joy to be around, and the lore of the world really drew me in.

Thanks to PoE, I think a whole new world and genre of games has opened up to me! But I’ll always feel like this is the first one I really loved.

Best Part: Eder!!! Ok also the themes of the game, especially in White March. Almost a month later I’m still thinking about the meaning to some parts of the game. Worst Part: That part in White March part 2 with the debate I couldn’t win. I understand why it was like that, I didn’t hate it or anything. Just the prerequisites to get the good outcome are bananas and there’s NO way I could possibly get the “good” ending of that dlc without following a guide WAY ahead of time. Oh well!

Katamari Damacy Reroll by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

2⭐

I didn’t play the first game when it came out. Instead I played the sequel, and that’s the game I have fond memories of, so unfortunately I spent this remake wishing they’d remade that one instead. The controls are more frustrating than I remember, and the level design is kind of meh. I do like that the town gets bigger with (almost) every level, until you’re rolling up adjacent towns and cities, but it wasn’t as fun as the paper crane level or the flower level or the zoo level of We Love Katamari :/ I absolutely pushed myself through this one as fast as possible, no replaying levels for the fun of it.

Best Part: The creativity and absurdity of Katamari as a whole. Rolling around a little Japanese town and finding very Japanese items is fun. Worst Part: The controls. Trying to climb up things is a nightmare and I ran out of time during some levels purely because it was so difficult to climb sometimes.

A Plague Tale: Innocence by Asobo Studio

3⭐

I didn’t know a whole lot about this game going in. I didn’t think the narrative was as incredible and resonating as reviews led me to believe, but it was alright. The first half of the game was very interesting to me -- the perspective of children running away from the Inquisition during the plague was exciting and I feared for these children as they never seemed to be able to get a moment of rest. I did like that Amicia and Hugo needed to build their bond from scratch, and it was full of missteps that I could understand children would make.

However as soon as things got supernatural wrt Hugo’s blood, then I felt like it lost a little bit of the charm for me. I liked the ‘found family in an unforgiving world’ aspects, but then suddenly blood powers happened and the vibe of the narrative changed. Oh well.

Best Part: The progression of power in the game. At first I felt very nervous when sneaking was the only option I had, as I am bad at stealth, but then gradually being able to kill people with my sling and solve puzzles with fire and light and being nearly unstoppable was really cool. I felt like I had earned Amicia’s strength. Worst Part: Hugo’s RAT POWERS and that final boss. just. what.

Untitled Goose Game by House House

2⭐

I wanted to close out the year with something fun and short, but I didn’t expect just how short this game would be. Although, ngl, if it were any longer I think I might’ve gotten rather tired of it anyway. The memes and whatnot that Goose Game gave the internet were worth more to me than the game itself. $20 for roughly an hour of gameplay just feels... bleh. I don’t even normally believe in that whole “$1 per hour of gameplay” stuff that many gamers like to throw around, but this felt like a rip-off. Still, it’s kinda fun to be a wretched little goose.

Best Part: Being a naughty little goose is cute and amusing, and bullying that Griffin McElroy looking boy into the phone booth is the highlight of my experience. Worst Part: It’s a hilarious concept but I don’t feel like I got to harass people half as much as I expected I would. The objectives to find a series of items and dump them somewhere else is just boring.

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