#recovered data arc

[someone-watching-over]

hi! um! so!!!

i think you said you were trying to add stuff? from before? what sorta stuff did you add so far???

-NT (@enty-nt)

[Oh, that...]

[Before I stopped that progress, I was trying to make a few things that were missing in existing areas. Add some crops to the Glen, some... accessibility adjustments to buildings in the Refuge...]

[The designs existed, and some had been implemented but removed, so I wanted to restore them.]

[More complex things... No. I wasn't ready for them.]

[Why did you ask?]

[prophets-of-the-barrens]

[I..]

[I see them now.]

[They won't forgive me for this...]

[ghost-of-the-barrens]

CURRENT STATUS: Inactive

[This is a horrible idea...]

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[farolero-posting]

I wish I had more free time and digital art skills because I'd make so many things

[phantom-of-the-501st]

What happened to Echo between the Citadel and his rescue from Skako?

I started randomly thinking about this and it got stuck in my brain so now we're yapping about it.

The thing is, the initial assumption when watching the Bad Batch arc is that Echo has been kept in a stasis chamber with cables stuck in his head for a year(ish). But that doesn't actually make much sense when you think about it and because of that I don't think that that was the initial plan. So here's a vague outline of what I think was going on with Echo between S3 and S7.

Echo would have been found by the Separatists, and the fact that he was alive would have been of great interest to them because it means they could have a clone in their possession that they could try and use. Now the first few days/months (depending on the quality of healthcare) would have been spent waiting for Echo to recover enough. Following that, the Separatists would have likely tortured Echo in an attempt to get information out of him because, lets be honest, spending a load of money to extract information from his brain by hooking him up to a machine would not be the logical first step. That's the "oh fuck nothing is working" stage of planning.

And the thing is, whatever torture methods they likely put Echo through didn't do a whole lot because otherwise they would have been using the information they got from him a hell of a lot sooner. Echo probably spent who knows how long being tortured (and we've seen Andor. We know the shit the Empire does) and gave them nothing. Give that man some credit because wtf.

And then what? They have a clone (more specifically and ARC trooper) in their possession and they aren't going to let that opportunity go to waste so easily, so they devise a new plan. If they can't get anything out of him, then how else can they use him?

It's this bit that I think explains why Echo has so many prosthetics for a man being held in a container for months on end. If you have a prisoner you don't want escaping, why give him legs? That seems counterintuitive. And why give him a scomp? Honestly, I don't think the Separatists initially handed him over to the Techno Union for information extraction. I think they wanted to brainwash Echo into something that they could control, to turn him into a droid.

Look at the CX troopers. The Empire has taken clones to convert them into brainwashed agents and I wouldn't be surprised if Echo ended up being a test run for that. The fact that he has prosthetic limbs suggests that gave him to the TU with the promise of payment if they could turn him into something they could use. Who better to help fight against the GAR than someone who was trained by them and knows their fighting style?

However, that plan clearly didn't pan out either because when Rex and the Batch find him, he's hooked up to machines in a stasis chamber. What I think happened is that after weeks/months of Plan B not working out, the Separatists threatened to withhold payment from the TU unless they actually gave them something useful. And with nothing else working, I think the TU went to the only option they could really think of: to wire Echo into a machine and forcibly remove the information.

It explains the prosthetic limbs and it explains why it took so long for anyone to notice that the Separatists had Echo's strategies. I think they tried other things with him, and when that failed, went for the only option they had that actually worked.

Now that does raise the question of why Echo thinks he's still at the Citadel when they initially remove him. If he's spent several months conscious and being tortured/experimented on before being plugged in, then why does he not know that time has passed?

I think the answer is simply that he's disoriented. It probably took a second for his brain to catch up with where he was following the data extraction. And honestly, that would explain why Echo doesn't seem to be confused at any point following that when it comes to what period of time it is. There's no "wtf do you mean it's been a year?" moment, he just kind of falls back into things. I think it just took a couple of minutes for him to reorient himself before he was aware of where he was and what was happening. And to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if there're periods of time that have been blocked from his memory as a trauma response. That would also explain why he only ever talks about Skako specifically and nothing else.

So yeah, that's my ramble on what I think happened to Echo. I truly don't think that the stasis chamber was the initial plan. It seems like a last resort following failed attempts at other things. Either way, I just wanna give Echo a hug because he's been through a lot. :')

Tagging soon Echo-loving moots in case they want to read this :D

@saturn-sends-hugs @the-bi-space-ace @nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius

[gunsandspaceships]

MCU Timeline: Iron Man. Part 4 (May 2008, after Afghanistan)

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

May 4:

10 am - Pepper helps Tony change the reactor.

~12:30 - Tony goes to Edwards Air Force Base to offer Rhodey the chance to become the armor test pilot. Having been refused to be heard, he decides to become the pilot himself.

May 5 - Tony begins the Mark II project.

May 14 - Board of Directors meeting in New York. Stane came back with pizza to inform that "they" are filing an injunction against Tony. Pepper brought the "Proof that Tony Stark has a Heart" reactor to Tony's lab along with a mug of coffee.

May 15 (Day 11 of "Mark II" project):

Morning/afternoon - after 36 tests, Tony has a successful 37th. However, he does not immediately go on a full test flight.

Evening - he puts together Mark II and goes for a full flight test in LA.

Night - Tony finally notices that poor coffee mug and Pepper's gift.

May 15/16 - photos of the Jericho and other SI weapons in the hands of the Ten Rings were taken. Which means that Obadiah supplied the terrorists with a new batch of weapons, including this missile system, sometime between April and May 15. Around this time, the Ten Rings attacked Gulmira.

May 16:

Before 22:09 - Tony rests from the test flight and his injuries, makes notes for suit upgrades, gives Jarvis instructions for Mark III.

Night (May 16-17), (2 weeks after the press conference) - 3rd Annual Charity Ball. Tony is there after 11:00 pm, May 16 (his watch shows 10:09 pm, add the time it takes him to get ready and change, plus the drive from his house to Disney Concert Hall takes about an hour, but this time he's driving, so the drive takes less time). Coulson is there and asks him for an appointment on May 24th. Tony spends some time with Pepper.

May 17:

~12 am - Christine Everhart informs Tony of a new arms shipment to terrorists from SI. Tony asks Stane about the under the table deals, and Stane tells him that he's behind the attempts to lock Tony out.

3 am - Mark III is ready. Tony returns from the Charity Ball, takes off his jacket and shirt, and while finishing his glove watches the report from Gulmira.

Evening/Night (~8 pm) - Tony gets into Mark III and flies to Afghanistan. It probably takes him about 3-4 hours to get there with his speed of about 2000 mph.

May 18:

~10:30 am (Afghanistan) - he attacks the Ten Rings in Gulmira, saves the villagers, and destroys the Jericho.

~11 am (Afghanistan)/11:30 pm (LA) - Air Force spots him in the no-fly zone and tries to shoot him down. Tony saves the pilot and escapes.

~6 am (LA) - Tony is back home. Pepper finds out about his adventures.

Marvel forgot about the time difference and forced Rhodes and Major Allen to work at night.

Afternoon/Evening - Rhodey gives a press conference about the "unfortunate training exercise involving F-22 Raptor". Stane watches this on tv.

May 19 - Stane in Afghanistan. He meets with Raza, takes Mark I and kills the terrorists. He orders SI engineers to begin work on the Iron Monger suit.

May 19-24 - Tony repairs his armor and recovers from his injuries. Stane and SI engineers build the Iron Monger suit.

May 24:

~4 pm - Tony sends Pepper to retrieve the shipping manifests from the SI mainframe.

~6 pm - Pepper at SI. She gets the data and learns that Stane was behind the assassination attempt on Tony. Stane finds out about this.

On the computer in Tony's office we see the time 13:46. But throughout the whole scene with Pepper it remains the same. It also doesn't make much sense if Coulson just sat there all day knowing his appointment at 7 pm. Thus I assume this time is incorrect.

7 pm - time of Coulson's appointment with Tony at SI. He and Pepper go to the S.H.I.E.L.D. office. Stane rushes to his engineers, demanding an update on the arc reactor. After receiving bad news, he decides to take it from Tony.

Coulson tried to catch Tony for a debriefing from May 2nd to May 16th, and then waited for his scheduled appointment on May 24. He wasn't hanging around there for 6 months (until October 24th), as stated in some timelines. It's simply ridiculous.

~9 pm - Pepper calls Tony from the S.H.I.E.L.D. office. Stane paralyzes Tony and pulls the reactor out of his chest, leaving him to die.

In 10-15 minutes - the paralysis begins to subside and Tony goes to get his first reactor. He barely makes it in time due to arrhythmia (but Dum-E saves him) and loses consciousness after inserting it.

~ 10 pm - Pepper calls Rhodey and he rushes to Tony's house.

~10:30-11 pm - back at SI Stane inserts Tony's reactor into his armor. Rhodes finds Tony unconscious in his lab.

~11:30 pm-12 am - The Battle with Iron Monger.

Remember that the time required to get from Malibu to the SI headquarters by car is approximately 1.5 hours, and from Malibu to Edwards AFB is almost 2 hours. Let's make allowance for the fact that Rhodey had to drive like crazy in Tony's Audi to get there ASAP, so it took him about an hour to get there.

May 25:

Afternoon - "I am Iron Man" press conference.

Evening/Night - Tony meets Fury, who broke into his house.

MCU Timeline: The Infinity Saga

[satoshi-mochida]

Super Robot Wars Y launches August 28 - Gematsu

Strategy RPG Super Robot Wars Y will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 28, publisher Bandai Namco and developer Bandai Namco Forge Digitals announced.

The game will be available in the following editions:

Standard Edition

-A copy of the game

-Physical edition early purchase / digital edition pre-order bonus

Two additional area missions to obtain Cybuster, VangNex, and GranVang

“Special Starter Pack” bonus mission

Digital Deluxe Edition

-A copy of the game

-Downloadable Contents #1 and #2 Set

Downloadable Content #1 – Five new playable mechs, 16 new additional missions, two new additional assistant crew members.

Downloadable Content #2 – Five new playable mechs, 16 new additional missions, one new additional assistant crew member.

Early access to both downloadable contents.

Two additional area missions to obtain Xelguard, Tyranado, and Tyranado Rex

Downloadable Contents #1 and #2 Set purchase bonus mission

-Bonus Mission Pack

15 standalone side missions set between the main story. Clearing them will earn you powerful enhancement parts.

Bonus Mission Pack purchase bonus mission

-Digital Deluxe Edition purchase bonus content

Enhancement Part 1: “Spirit of the Magic Blade” – Melee weapon attack power +200, movement +1.

Enhancement Part 2: “Spirit of the Magic Bullet” – Ranged weapon attack power +200, range +1 for map weapons / weapons with range other than 1)

Skill Program 1: “PG: Pre-Support: Acceleration” – Applies the spirit command “Acceleration,” which increases movement +3 only once.

Skill Program 2: “PG: Pre-Support: Effort” – Applies the spirit command “Effort,” which doubles the EXP gained the next time you attack an enemy.

Credit: 50,000

MXP: 10,000

Digital Ultimate Edition

-A copy of the game

-Downloadable Contents #1 and #2 Set

-Bonus Mission Pack

-Premium Sound & Data Pack

Anime songs and sounds: 31 tracks

Original background music: 15 tracks

Art book: 55 pages

Premium Sound & Data Pack bonus mission

-Digital Deluxe Edition purchase bonus content

-Digital Ultimate Edition purchase bonus content

Digital Ultimate Edition purchase bonus mission

Enhancement Part 1: “Spirit of Super Strength” – Melee weapon attack power +100, ranged weapon attack power +100. Recovers 10 percent of maximum EN when your party starts an action.

Enhancement Part 2: “Soldier Medallion” – Vitality +30, maximum vitality +30. The maximum vitality increase effect does not stack with other parts.

Credit: 50,000

MXP: 10,000

Super Limited Edition (27,200 yen)

-A copy of the game

-Original s-oundtrack (76 tracks)

-Acrylic stand set

-Robot Spirits figure: Rundrache

Bonus content:

Digital Deluxe Edition bonus content

Digital Ultimate Edition bonus content

Physical edition early purchase / digital edition pre-order bonus content

The list of featured series includes:

Reideen the Brave

COMBATTLER V

Aura Battler Dunbine

New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine

Heavy Metal L-Gaim

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack

M-MSV

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Mobile Suit Gundam: SEED DESTINY

Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury Season 1

Mazinkaiser VS Great Darkness General

Getter Robo Arc

Majestic Prince

Macross Delta

Macross Delta: Passionate Walküre

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Emperor

Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection

Godzilla Singular Point

SSSS.DYNAZENON

Watch a new trailer and the archive of today’s Super Robot Wars Series News Station broadcast below.

Trailer #2

Japanese

Super Robot Wars Series News Station: April 20, 2025

[someone-watching-over]

hiii hi hi hi!!!

so!

how come you said you got 2 protos?? i forgot to ask and then stuff happened and we werent talking anymore!!!!

-NT (@enty-nt)

[Ah, I was wondering if you would ask.]

[My world has duplicates of a few people. When I... Messed up their code, some of it lingered. The code came together and reformed those lost people. They call themselves echoes.]

[...And Prototype has an echo too.]

[prophets-of-the-barrens]

[This is not a good idea.]

[The energy consumption is making our systems drain faster. We may need to go into rest mode sooner than expected.]

[He insists I need to stick around.]

-E. Prototype.

[databoyreekoo]

lost masters arc predictions (in no particular order)

!find original post here!

some ideas/predictions for the lost masters arc, i'll update this post whenever i think of anything else ✨

mickey recovers "daybreak town era" data from within scala ad caelum, he finds evidence of different layers/divisions within scala

the appearance of scala can be changed with the same (or similar) trick used with the land of departure/castle oblivion, it depends what guild/faction/person is in control and/or whoever wields master defender

sora connecting with strelitzia will allow namine to establish a link to ava, ava's potential return

lea and isa explore the castle in radiant garden, retracing their steps in order to find more clues about subject x, isa recounts how he got his scar

kairi stays with terra, aqua and ventus in the land of departure while training under aqua, the three of them help build up kairi's confidence and combat skills

kairi's desire and determination to become stronger, not just for herself but for her friends too, feels familiar to ven and resonates with him, chirithy reminds ven of the past which jump-starts a flood of memories returning to ven, he passes out again (lol) and Darkness confronts kairi, aqua and terra

like i speculated before, Darkness may take this opportunity to move to another host (kairi), since that's how darkness spreads

lauriam and elrena reunite and set off to aid the guardians, as well as relearn how to summon their keyblades

sora meets luxord, now human, in quadratum -- the wild card serves as proof that they've met before (it would be really funny if the wild card turned into luxord's business card lmfao)

aegis, magia and strelitzia become sora's party members

yozora and riku meet, but instead of fighting they partner up instead

black box will be opened, revealing what's inside

maleficent dragon form but in ue5, pete gets his "big moment" and/or gets turned into a heartless

luxu and the foretellers travel to quadratum

MoM face reveal 🥰

foretellers' face reveal and/or new outfits

true dandelion and child of destiny reveal

"riku isn't human"

new worlds (not all but i feel like these have a good chance); star wars, treasure planet, atlantis, coco, brave, moana, princess and the frog, soul, the incredibles, turning red, inside out, zootopia, enchanted

returning worlds; hercules, frozen, wreck-it-ralph, cinderella (cinderella 3 would be PERFECT for this)

riku, donald and goofy end up adventuring together for a bit, while mickey ends up with sora

subject x has the same scar isa does, or something similar -- it's revealed that the scar on isa would've originally ended up on subject x's face had isa not stepped in

kairi gives up her princess of heart powers, reflecting her growth as a person and as a keyblade wielder

sora recovers his lost memories and his true memories (perhaps riku does too...), with namine's help ("thank namine")

vanitas...separates himself from the collective Darkness and joins the guardians as well

playable characters (other than sora, obvs); riku, mickey, yozora

other characters may have smaller playable segments, like kairi training with aqua, or the guardians fighting together as a group (like in remind)

at least one more movie (like khx back cover)

khx/khux/khml player character is connected to sora (so like, sora is the reincarnation or descendant of player, something along those lines)

riku is a descendant of ephemera OR related to the master of masters

EDIT (additions)

skuld or strelitzia has ava's heart within them, like a kh1 sora and kairi situation, kairi's restoration in remind was foreshadowing ava's restoration

[prophets-of-the-barrens]

[So utilizing a robotic body as a vessel is feasible, then.]

[What are you doing here?]

[I know you're here.]

- @prophet-of-the-barrens

(The robot's eyes begin to glow a bright red.)

Echo Silver: [We are.]

[daughterofheartshaven]

Okay I need to talk about the River Song box set Last Words, and especially about how it ends.

So, the conceit of Last Words is that the Earth is going to die. Solar flares are going to rip the Earth apart in a matter of weeks. This isn't a manmade crisis - there's no recrimination. This is just an inevitability.

And Earth has lost contact with its colonies. They're on their own. (If I may add a headcanon, I believe this is because of the Great Catastrophe from the Dalek Empire series - the Daleks conquered the human empire, and were defeated by a pulse being sent through all Daleks causing them to destruct - taking out all the Daleks, but also most of the structure and technology of the conquered Earth Empire, too.) So there's no rescue. No large-scale evacuation. Nothing. Some people are retreating to underground bunkers, but everyone basically knows they're not going to work. A company called Lotophage has created a VR simulation where people can live out their last few weeks with their loved ones however they want.

And in the middle of this, a businessman named Garrison Clay manages to connect to the Library, and rips River from it into a clone body after about a thousand years of being there. He has a task for her: find a missing scientist. She has six weeks until the clone body dies, but if she can find the scientist, he will transfer her mind back to the Library. He gives her her diary and screwdriver, recovered from the Library, as well as a data sphere and access to Harmony, a worldwide computer network. River is not happy about being separated from her family in the library, but she can't really do anything other than what Clay wants.

And so River ends up travelling the world while it falls apart. There a lot of different characters she meets and we see how the whole world is reacting to everything falling apart. And in the end…

well. Spoilers.

It turns out that the missing scientist was one of the people who was helping to get Nerva Beacon online as an arc (this story is very much a prequel to The Arc in Space, and actually shares a few characters). Clay is trying to sabotage the Arc, because he wants to inherit the Earth with no one left to compete with him.

River has made friends with one Samuel Avner, and they manage to outmaneuver Clay's agents. The primary power source for Nerva's launch is sabotaged, but River and Clay manage to activate a backup power source and Nerva is safely launched and maneuvered past the danger zone. But River's body is falling apart, Sam has been shot, they both have radiation poisoning, and the Earth has mere minutes before the flares hit. River and Sam are left just trying to make each other comfortable before the end. River has the device that can return her to the library, but she refuses to leave without Sam.

And then… well. I'm gonna type this all out, I think. I highly recommend listening to it (I'd upload the audio itself here if I had any idea how to do that). But I want everyone to experience this.

[scene - power bays] Harmony (over loudspeakers): Professor Song, may I remind you that the Library return portal is still awaiting your re-upload? River: I'm not leaving him, Harmony. Sam: Take it, River. Go home. River: It's not what my husband would have done. Harmony: Professor. River. River: Harmony. Harmony: Come home, River. Come home. River: Harmony? Harmony: I am the Library return system. And you, River Song, are overdue. River: Overdue? Wait a second, it's you. Chasburgoh, the refuse chute, getting us out of our cell. You've been my guardian angel all along, haven't you? Why? Harmony: If you suddenly up and disappear, River Song, do you really think your family won't send me looking for you? You're wanted home, Professor. River: Oh. I love them, too. Sam: Then go, while you still can. Think of them, think of your husband. It's what he would have wanted. River: Oh but - it's not what he would have done. My husband wouldn't leave you behind. My husband would have waved his magic wand and… Sam: River? River: …and saved everyone. [gets up] Harmony? Where's my sonic screwdriver? Harmony: Your confiscated sonic device is in Lazar's quarters. Level four. River: And I'm all out of shape, too. Ugh, I wish this return portal was lighter. Urrrrgh! Sam: River! River, what are you doing? River: Don't worry! I've got a plan! [runs off with return portal]

[scene change - Lazar's quarters] River: Come on, come on. If I was a screwdriver, where would I be? Yes! Harmony? Uh, Librarian? Can you hear me? Harmony: We can hear you, River. River: Okay. This is a really big ask. But here's what we're going to try. Harmony, you're going to use this station's simulator system to-to patch us into the Lotophage platform. Can you do that? Harmony: I can do my best. River: And your best is brilliant! As for you and me, Librarian, we're going to boost this return portal's power by, oh, uh, I'd say about… half a billion times? We're going to try to upload every Lotophage user on Earth to the Library. We can't save everyone left on Earth, but we must be able to save some! Harmony: It's possible, River, but even with this base's waveform projection system, the portal can't channel that many dataforms. River: Well, that's where this little bit of Time Lord magic comes in. It was a gift, you know! From my husband! [wires the screwdriver into the return portal] How's that helping your bandwidth? Harmony: Catalogue returns portal capacity increasing. River: Good girl! Harmony, how are we getting on? Harmony: Access granted, but terminal solar event imminent. River: Oh, we'd better hurry. Put me through to Lotophage.

[scene change - Lotophage hq] Tech one: This place is finally breaking up, gov! Tech two: At least it will be over quick. River (over comms): Hear me! Hear me! Tech two: What the - who the hell's that? River: This is a message to all Lotophage staff and users not currently plugged into the platform. Get yourselves inside the simulation and prepare to be uploaded to safety! I repeat, get yourselves inside the simulation and prepare to be uploaded to safety! This is not a drill! Tech two: This has got to be a joke! Tech one: That's not what the readouts are saying - look! All dataforms are being transferred! Where are they going? Tech two: You know what? Never question a miracle. [opens comms] Attention all samaritan shift com-techs. Get yourselves plugged into your sim stations. I repeat, all samaritan shift com-techs to your sim stations, now! [closes comms] Come on. Let's go save our lives.

[scene change - Lazar's quarters] River: Harmony. Well, is it working? Harmony: Lotophage platform upload in progress. One billion, nine hundred million saved, and counting. River: Oh, that's what I like to hear. Keep it up! Harmony: However, Samuel Avner's vital signs are fading. River: Sam. [runs off]

[scene change - power bays] River: Sam! Sam: [moans in pain] River: Sam! Stay with me! I'm here. Sam. Harmony: Lotophage platform upload in progress. Four billion, two hundred million saved, and counting. River: Don't worry, we'll be out of here in a second, too, I promise you. I swear. Harmony, activate virtual simulation and commence our uploads too. Samuel Avner and River Song. Harmony: I am having difficulty, River. River: Harmony? Just two more? Please? Harmony: Upload commencing. Upload error. Error. Error. River: Harmony? Commence our uploads! Samuel Avner and River Song! Now! [gasps] No! Sam: It's okay. It's okay. River: I'm sorry, Sam. It looks like we really are the last unicorns. Sam: You tried, River. That's good enough for me! Not a bad way to go, holding hands with a friend. [sounds of the building beginning to break up as the flares hit] River: I'm sorry, Sam. Sam: Over four billion saved and counting. Your husband would have been proud. River: You know, I think he would have been. You close your eyes- Harmony: Upload. Upload commencing. Samuel Avner and River Song. River: Hold on, Sam. Hold on! Harmony: Upload commencing. River: What? Oh please, yes! Thank you! Thank you! Sam: What's happening, River? Are we dying? River: Oh, this isn't death, Sam, I promise you! As a matter of fact, I think we're about to join a library!

I… this is the essence of Doctor Who to me. Hope in the face of an impossible problem. Going out fighting with the hope of living for another day. Love for your family. Love for your friends.

Last Words did not need to do this. It had its happy ending in the launch of Nerva. We know right from the start that the Earth is doomed. We know what happens next. We've seen the Arc in Space.

But instead we got this moment. We get a moment of hope.

This entire sequence brought me to tears when I first listened to it on Monday. I… I just can't. This is about hope. Last Words, and especially its last scene is about hope in the face of hopelessness. Hope when all is lost. Because sometimes, hope really does prevail, even at the end of the world.

[minty-mumbles]

Linked Universe Survey 2023

The long awaited results of the survey. Sorry it took me forever, making graphs is hard.

There were 452 responses to the survey as a whole, which is almost double what we got last year, so thank you to everyone who participated!

If you want to see the raw data, you can find that here. I had thoughts about the data, but compiling that into another post would be too much of a hassle. Feel free to send me asks about it though!

The rest of the post will be under a read more as it it large

Demographics

Other: Demigirl (4), Transmasc (3), Grey genderfluid, Unlabeled, Demiboy, Demiagender

Other: Omnisexual (4), Poly (2), Trixic, Abroromantic or Bellusromantic, Demisexual

General Questions

Other: Quotev, Discord, their own google docs

Other: Discord, Variations of "I haven't posted yet, but I pan to" and "I haven't posted my fics in ages",

Other: Wattpad, Deviantart, Discord

Other: Crochet dolls, Custom dolls, Roleplay blogs (2), Fan translations, Headcanons (2), Piano music

The purple section in the “Warriors vs Warrior” chart is supposed to read “Warrior.” I made a typo.

Favorites and Least Favorites

Selected Free Response Answers

im sorry warriors i just can't play your game (it is very very hard. i am stuck very early on in the game)

I love cats meow meow meow

was extremely tempted to put twilight for least favorite. unfortunately he is my favorite to write from the perspective of (he has taken over most of my wips. help) and that probably counts for something. WILD on the other hand. hooo boy how the hell do i characterize this gargoyle. why is he Like That. least favorite it is

Twiddy

very good fandom to be in :) everybody is very nice

It's a straight up crime that Wars lost the aesthetics poll so quickly. He has such a peak Link design with the best colors. Ugh I'm getting wistful.

FROGS. FROGS. FROGS. ALSO HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. FROGS. FROGS. FROGS. FROGS. FROGS.

I will fight Hylia herself and the next person who implies Twi can't handle spice. If we're going to lean into him being southern/Midwestern, which is an alright stero type for our rancher, please keep in mind the culture you're basing him off. The south and midwest can handle their spice, I assure you. Have you ever had authentic Louisiana gumbo? It will melt you tongue off. Or some good old fashion spicy fried chicken? I promise the real stuff has quite a kick. (In all seriousness, though. It's more important that you're having fun. And even I can admit the idea of Twi being an Ordonian who can't handle his spice is more than a little funny.)

I am an OoT Link edgelord and have been since early 2017. So, in September of that year, when an artist by the name of jojo56830 puts out a lineup of nine different Links and the Hero of Time is there – the oldest, no eye, Hero’s Shade armor? I saw that one sketch and just thought “oh this is gonna be bad.” Yeah of course he has the coolest design. By the way, it’s only a matter of time until Fierce Deity shows up in the comic and I have reason to believe it could be this current Dawn arc. Dawn … Dawn of a New Day … and who brought about the Dawn of a New Day? Fierce Deity. Twilight is recovering but still injured and what will happen if he falls again? Fierce Deity is coming and we need to be prepared. In this essay I will—

Remember that time when someone put the whole script of the bee movie in here? I’m not that dedicated, and I don’t have that time, but let us remember and hope someone else does it again this time. Cause someone is bound too. We’re all crazy enough to do it. Alright, love you and stay hydrated pls!

Hi! I joined this fandom really recent but i’ve always seen LU stuff on pinterest and elsewhere. Only recently have i actually took the time to understand the fandom and get back into LOZ stuff and i adore the characters and story! The more and more fanart, fanfics, and comics i see about the different Links the more i love them all. It’s such a pain to pick just one i like or one i don’t like because they’re all so unique. I love this fandom and hope to get more involved!! Have a wonderful rest of your day :]

Epona is an underrated queen

your mom

I really don't get why Zelda is called Artemis. Athena makes more sense???? It perplexes me

Anyone seeing this should check out Breanna’s E!Wild AU

Something something queer every Link into oblivion!

[someone-watching-over]

[I saw what you said about Ryn.]

[I shouldn't have asked it for advice.]

[Hello, Twilight.]

- @someone-watching-over

Hello, Someone.

[subway-boss-ingo-official]

Supply Run to Jubilife Village

My apologies for the delay in updates.

A series of persistent rainstorms swept through the Highlands, and I was… hesitant to expose the Arc-Transceiver to prolonged moisture. It has weathered quite a bit already, but I would prefer not to test its tolerance unnecessarily. There are few things more demoralizing than water-damaged data, and fewer still more difficult to recover.

I have now arrived in Jubilife Village for a short resupply. The air here is heavy with moisture and the road is slick with mud.

The walk to the settlement provided time to think—though I confess I spent a portion of it worrying whether Lady Sneasler would rearrange my belongings during my absence. (She likes to decorate the den using my items.)

Most importantly: I have obtained supplies.

I have acquired several sticks of graphite—more than I expected to find—and, perhaps more excitingly: a set of watercolors.

They are slightly chipped and missing any sort of labeling system, but the hues are vibrant and surprisingly intact. The guild merchant warned me that they may behave unpredictably on damp paper, but I’m eager to test them.

Of course I was not able to procure any paper in this weather but perhaps that will change tomorrow.

I cannot promise technical accuracy, but I hope to capture something of what I see—and what the Sneasels are.

I will return to the Highlands tomorrow, weather permitting.

Updates to follow soon.

– Warden Ingo

[kazu-mori]

Reina Mori bio-Part one

Reina in FC Nanbu jersey

Name:森 怜奈, Mori Reina

Nationality: half Japanese

B-day: February 28th

Height: 1,48m (Kid's Dream arc), 1,64m (Boy's Fight arc-onward)

Weight: won't tell

Hair color: chestnut brown

Eye color: bright gray/blueish

Complexion: pale with beauty marks

Family: a Father, Mother, older brother Kazuya

Likes: drawing, playing soccer [formerly], watching soccer, collecting data on the players, reading horror stories, gossiping, trading barbs with Kazuya and annoying him, napping, running, exercising yoga

Dislikes: crowds, nosy people, drawing too much attention to herself, household chores

Love interest(s): none at this moment/won't tell that either

Personality: Reina shares a few similarities with her brother, such as stubborness, dislike for crowds and being the center of an attention. Which sometimes can't really be escaped for her, as she's rather tall for Japanese standards, and considered eye-catching by some. Something she's totally oblivious to, as she seems to display very little interest in boys (at least, when her brother is around).

She may be outspoken, brilliant and forceful when she's really passionate about something, but also, can be extremely withdrawn and shy at the same time. She is good at listening to the others, but doesn't like sharing her own feelings with anyone. Even if there's someone she likes at the moment, she certainly won't be letting them know. In her second year of middle school, Mori had braced herself and given someone a chocolate box as V-day gift, but decided last minute against signing it or delivering in person, leaving the gift an anonymous one.

In her elementary school years, Reina had used to play soccer herself, and was considered to be a promising winger. During ES Tournaments, her main rivals were girl twins from FC Shimabara.

The Miyazakis from FC Shimabara and Reina, exchanging remarks before the match However, eventually, Mori's all-girls team got dissolved due to only a few members active. Persistent to continue to play, Reina simply decided to join the boy's team. There, she faced a hard time with prejudices, as some of the boys thought the only suitable position for a girl in a soccer team was to be a manager. Despite that, she succesed to earn her position on the field. As the time passed, she found it harder and harder to physically compete with the boys in the long run, but made her best to train more.

Then, happened something that forced her to resign from playing soccer altogether, an ankle injury due to a forceful sliding tackle from a boy player of an opposite team, severe enough to remove her from the field for the rest of the match as well as the whole season, and making her secretly fearing to play again. (One of CT games introducted mixed teams in the side stories. I incorporated it in my story.)

Recovering at home just before moving out of Saitama pref

She remains a fan and takes an avid interest in soccer tactics. She's a gifted artist. Unlike her bro, she easily learns foreign languages, which proves to be useful when the Japan team travels to Europe.

At some point of time, she and Kumi Sugimoto had met, and remained in contact with each other since then, as they simply liked to hang out together, and both were slightly younger than the rest (Reina is older than Kumi. But still younger than her brother. Before you ask, how is that possible, the logic of my headcanon was saved by "Irish Twins" term. It means siblings born apart of 12 - 18 months from each other. It's not very common today, but still plausible). Upon finding out about Kumi's unrequited infatuation with Tsubasa Ozora, and how bravely she had confessed to the boy despite being aware she had no chances with him (something she'd never done herself) Reina, impressed, hoped she'd break the bad luck by introducing the girl to Kazuya, who had been similarly unfortunate when it comes to dating matters.

[to be updated, as my story progresses. Art here by @enjoybeingsurrounded]