#transformers ace combat crossover

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Back on my submarine grindset, ft. Tanager!

[mintcrash]

this might be for only me but - what if Trigger's Spare Squadron plane turned out to be a Transformer ex-con.

SO this ex-con was saved by Scrap Queen bc he was dragged to the 444 base. He ends up as Triggers plane and they are the Dynamic Duo - an ace pilot and a former seeker. I'm thinking a name like 'SkyBound'.

'Don't worry kid, we're all criminals here'.

based on the F/A-18E Super Hornet | TGM vers. the fun thing is they can be whatever plane u main bc that's how transformers work. I was just excited about putting the strikes on their chest

[teecupangel]

I know this sounds weird but what if Desmond turned into an airplane? It wouldn't leave me all week and I needed answers.

Hi nonny, I’m so sorry if this wouldn’t leave you for a month now because I couldn’t answer you any sooner. (For those wondering, that’s right, I’m still trying to answer and reblog posts and asks from Sept 17 onward. So sorry TTATT)

Not gonna lie, making Desmond into an airplane made me immediately think of Bismuth the Crone who can become a jet for some reason in Oxventure.

Then I remember…

I mean we could easily make this a Transformers AU but then…

There is one AC that does have planes as a major part of their story…

Ace Combat.

And that brings to mind one of the fastest planes in Ace Combat 7 that I may or may not have used a lot because it has a pure white skin:

YF-23 Black Widow II (usually just called YF-23)

And it’s one of the most compatible fighter for Desmond because this is its description:

"A large stealth fighter and finalist in the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition. Its advanced speed and stealth capabilities make it ideal for preemptive strikes. One nickname for the prototype was "Black Widow II"."

This doesn’t even have to be an Ace Combat crossover if you don’t want it to be (although you can totally do it because Ace Combat has an AI that went megalomaniac after gaining self-awareness so you can totally make Desmond the AI of a specific YF-23 that’s meant to be a prototype of an AI support companion project who is supposed to be mimicking the personality of a person and the pilot realizes that the AI is slowly gaining self-awareness or… maybe even remembering more of the personality it’s mimicking, including his memories), this could be an AU where the Brotherhood is part of an Air Force of a country that’s being invaded or something (you can totally base it on Aurelia as well since the Aurelian Air Force squads are named after birds… and they have an Aquila Squadron too)

Anyway, the main idea is that DESMOND would be taking on the role of the support AI prototype on board of a YF-23 where the main character of your choice would be piloting. From there, DESMOND would be seen as an AI mimicking a person’s personality with the mystery starting to pile up as DESMOND starts talking about ‘past memories’ and even talking to the main character in a way that makes it sound like the AI is either gaining more self-awareness or getting memories.

Then the main character and DESMOND would learn that DESMOND is based on the late Desmond Miles, one of the lead developers of the AI project of which DESMOND was based of.

The AI Project by the name…

CAPITOLINE TRIAD.

[turboghast]

Overloading my brain by trying to imagine how Super Robot Wars with all the mecha media I've seen would work

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (In crossovers, the first step is always the most ordinary one.)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch From Mercury (Two series in and we already have two different definitions of the word "Gundam", off to a great start. At least these definitions are fairly compatible.)

MSG: Universal Century circa Zeta Gundam (More like universal attendance amirite? Also, we've got a third definition of "Gundam" that's not compatible with the definitions from the AU series; nobody in their right mind would name their new brand of mechas after ones that kill their pilots.)

Code Geass (Not sure how to reconcile both the Federation and Britannia being around, but SRW has done it before.)

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Humans don't even rule the Earth in this one.)

Robotech (Yo dawg, I heard you like mecha crossovers, so I put a crossover pretending to be a generational epic in your crossover so you could crossover while you crossover.)

Last Hope (If the generic name means you have no clue what I'm talking about, it's a Netflix exclusive anime. The only series here in which giant non-sapient monsters exist.)

Dragon Pilot (Nothing in common with the rest of these series tonally, and the real-world Japan setting directly contradicts Code Geass.)

Daemon ex Machina (So the moon colonies from UC are just fucked, right?)

Pacific Rim (Okay, maybe not the only series with giant monsters.)

Ace Combat (Belka and the aggressor squadrons from 5 would make good overarching plot, and you can justify the series' traditional missiles you can dodge with one turn by saying that's the best you can do with Ahab reactors and Minovsky particles in play.)

From Yu-Gi-Oh, Sky Striker lore, Melffys piloting Divine Arsenal AA-Zeus, and Kaiba in defictionalized versions of his XYZ machine monsters and Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon (Here exactly because someone online proposed this as a way to put Yu-Gi-Oh in SRW and I liked their answer.)

And, of course, any number of pilot-a-ship bullet hells depending how loose I feel like playing it. The first boss of Dondonpachi Resurrection can transform between a humanoid mode and an airplane mode just like the Zeta Gundam.

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INTRO POST

Hi hello, I'm Joan.

19 years old

Non-Binary, AroAce

Any Pronouns [Neos: e/em, star/stars, ze/zero]

Shows symptoms of ADHD and Dyslexia/Dyscalculia

This is my main/perosnal Tumblr blog. Everything goes here and it's a mess that I refuse to fix.

This one's just a basic SWF general thing. Pinups or suggestive language at worst, guys.

I don't have an actual DNI list, but I will not tolerate Homophobia, Transphobia, Ableism, or anything of the sort on this page.

Feel free to interact and send asks, I like talking about my interests.

This is my Rad arc, I want to tell you about the Transformers! /ref

I do not mind interacting with older or younger users. Just be decent human beings, that's all I ask.

Other Blogs:

@tfchaosverse-collection (Transformers "Chaosverse" AU Blog)

Other Socials:

[TBA]

Current Fixations/Fandoms I am in + older ones

Amphibia

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Cookie Run

Cuphead

Dandy's World

Detroit Become Human

Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim

Doki Doki Literature Club

Epithet Erased

Five Nights at Freddy's

Friday Night Funkin

Gravity Falls

Half-Life VR but the AI Is Self-Aware

Halo

Hatsune Miku

Hellaverse/Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss (note: I have NOT CONSUMED THE SOURCE MATERIAL, only the pilot to HH and up to s1 ep7 of HB)

Hilda (Netflix)

Hollow Knight

Into the Spider-Verse/Beyond the Spider-Verse

Invader Zim

Lackadaisy

Legend of Zelda

Lego Monkie Kid

Madness Combat

Owl House

Pokemon

Portal [Portal 1, Portal 2, Portal Stories: Mel, Meet the Cores, and Portal 2 the (Unauthorized) Musical]

Red vs. Blue

Sonic

Spooky Month

Steven Universe

Team Fortress 2

The Ace Attorney Trilogy

The Amazing Digital Circus

The Devil is a Part Timer

The Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Stanley Parable

Transformers [Animated, Armada, Prime, Earthspark, Shattered Glass, Transformers One, and the Ghostbusters crossover comic]

Twisted Wonderland

Undertale

Union Yaoi

X-Men

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Who's Who In The DC Universe #2: Balloon Buster, Baron Bedlam, Baron Blitzkrieg, Baron Winters, the Barren Earth, and Bat Lash

Balloon Buster by Joe Kubert

Steven Henry Savage, Jr was born and raised in Mustang River, Wyoming

Trained by his poverty-stricken father to be a consummate marksman

Enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the onset of World War I

Repeatedly disobeyed orders, breaking formation to attack and destroy the German combat balloons, earning the nickname “Balloon Buster”

His commanding officer, Major Michaels, continually sought to court-martial Savage, General Talbot of High Command applauded his actions and demanded he be kept in combat

Savage was one of the most aggressive warriors of the first World War often dueled with his counterpart, Germany’s Enemy Ace

I never read much of the war comics from the various companies. I will say Enemy Ace received the cooler nickname. Balloon Buster had one post-Crisis appearance in a Batman comic James Robinson, writer of Starman and The Golden Age, tied the Balloon Buster to several previous DC characters. Matt “Trail Boss” Savage became the father of Brian “Scalphunter” Savage who became the father of Steven Henry Savage (no longer a Jr). Trail Boss and Scalphunter were stars of DC’s western comics. Robinson loved connecting various characters into a legacy line (read Starman to see how he connects all “Starmen” from Ted Knight to Thom Kallor into a single Starman legacy). The Wild West was circa the 1860s and World War II was 1914 – 1918, so Scalphunter could have fathered Balloon Buster. All three characters were marksmen so it works.

Baron Bedlam by Jim Aparo

Frederick DeLamb was the son of the regent installed upon the Markovian throne by the Nazis during World War II

DeLamb’s father exploited the position to enrich himself

Allied forces restored King Victor Markov to the throne near the end of the World War II

The DeLambs fled Markovia and amassed a fortune in an as-yet-undisclosed manner

Frederick DeLamb, calling himself Baron Bedlam, returned to Markovia, and attempted a coup to put himself on the throne

Baron Bedlam’s coup was thwarted by Brion Markov (aka Geo-Force) and members of the newly formed Outsiders

Frederick was captured by the Markovian people and is presumably dead or in prison

Well, Bedlam wasn’t dead as I remember seeing him in an Infinity Inc/Outsiders crossover I read. I don’t remember seeing Bedlam in any comics after the 1980s but its likely he made further appearances in the various Outsiders series. Bedlam with an updated origin featured in the Young Justice season (3?) that focused on Brion, Tara, and Halo.

Baron Blitzkrieg by Rich Hoberg & Tanghal

A Prussian nobleman who was made a concentration camp commandment.

A ruthless administrator who incurred the hatred of his prisoners.

A newly arrived inmate threw a vial of acid at him which quickly destroyed his features.

Hitler used the opportunity to have his scientists begin months of experimentation on the man.

The Prussian nobleman was transformed into a human fighting machine, a new tool for Hitler’s plan for world conquest.

The Baron battled the World’s Finest, the All-Star Squadron, and Wonder Woman.

Like Two Face, Blitzkrieg’s face was disfigured by acid. The difference is Two-Face is an interesting character. I don’t think the Baron has been seen since the 1980s and I don’t see him making a reappearance any time soon.

Baron Winters by Gene Colan & Bob Smith

Little is known of the Baron’s early days. He is said to have been a carnival baker, a teacher, a wizard, a writer, a king, and more.

He studied in another reality where he broke the laws by falling in love with another student, Katrina.

Their short-lived union produced a son, Gowan, who for centuries hade his father’s uncaring attitudes.

Winters maintains he’s been an advisor to emperors, warriors, and barbarians.

He has settled in Georgetown, Washington DC, and deals with the arcane arts.

He formed a group called the Night Force.

His mansion is connected to a “time-stream” that allows him to move from one century to the next.

Rarely leaves his mansion, preferring to remain inside with his cat, Merlin. Only leaving to solve mysteries that pique his interest.

Katrina and Gowan have come to live with the Baron along with Alice Jones, a time-displaced woman from the 1930s.

I feel for the Baron – I too would prefer to remain at home with my cats and books. I have a vague memory of reading a Baron Winters appearance in the 1980s – perhaps in the Swamp Thing storyline that involved multiple magic users. Maybe with Madame Xanadu? Another character that hasn’t been seen in a while but a talented writer could have fun with the Baron.

The Barren Earth by Ron Randall

Far in the future, the sun cooled and expanded, becoming a red giant.

Most of humanity fled to the stars but some remained, protected from the devastation by the walls of D’Roz, a floating city.

Mastering techniques which greatly expanded their longevity, these “Old Ones” embarked on a genetic engineering program.

They repopulated the Earth with new life-forms fierce and hardy enough to thrive in the blasted environment.

Two genetically altered human variants stood at the pinnacle of this ecosystem.

The first was the Harahashan, nomadic hordes of lizard-like men that lived in the desserts.

The second species were the fungoid Mulge who lived in the deep recesses of the earth.

Meanwhile, the humanity who had fled to the stars encountered the Qlov, an implacable insect-like species.

Humanity retreated to the “Barren Earth” to build starship bases.

The war passed Earth by, and the garrisons of human left behind fell into barbarism.

Two thousand years later, the Earth battles the Qlov again.

The human empire dispatched an expedition to reactivate the old star bases on Earth.

The ship was attacked by the Qlov and only one human survivor reached the surface of the “Barren Earth” – Jinal ne Comarr.

Jinal assembled a multi-racial band to unite the warring tribes of the planet.

It is not known if she succeeded in her quest or if the anticipated Qlov invasion happened.

This entry is more of a setting than a character. As far as I know, the “Barren Earth” hasn’t been seen since the 1980s. It’s a setting that any of the DC time travellers – Booster Gold, Rip Hunter, ect – could encounter in one of their journeys through time.

Bat Lash by Dave Gibbons

Bartholomew Aloysious Lash was raised to be tough by his farmer father but cultured by his educated mother.

When his parents were swindled out of their farms, Bart sought justice as he had been taught.

Forced to kill a crooked deputy, he was branded a murderer.

Bart discovered his parents and the woman he loved had been killed while his home burned down in flames.

Bart left his sister and his girlfriend, Betsy, at a convent for protection.

Bart took to the road, pursuing vengeance.

Cue lots of “Wild West” adventures while pursuing his parents’ killer.

Bat Lash, along with Jonah Hex, Tomahawk, Scalphunter, Cinnamon, etc was one of DC’s Western heroes. He still makes occasional appearances and I seem to remember that Bat Lash had a miniseries in the 2010s.

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Delinquent World or How The Life of A Delinquent Is Never Easy To Keep A Secret

A little crossover story with my OC, Kate, and a few other characters from other fandoms.

(Note: This is based on delinquent mangas and animes I used to watch and experience, also shout out to the River City Girls franchise. Please enjoy!💪)

Story:

Kate is the student council president of Helix High, a school for it's Japanese origins and history with Delinquents. Delinquents are high school students with special abilities, known as Chikara or 'power' in Japanese. Kate is one of those Delinquents, known as the 'Demon Queen', but she needs to keep a low profile in order to keep some peace in her life. However, that peace was soon interrupted by other Delinquents and this really pissed her off. So, how is she going to stop this? By defeating every single Delinquent with the help of allies and friends. It's time to get out of class and start a fight, let's rumble!

(Note: Helix High often have different uniforms due to color of choice, based on personality or other. Delinquents also have costumes, some of them, depends on their Chikara)

Main Characters

Kate (My OC): The student council president who is also a Delinquent, known as 'Demon Queen', but she tries to keep a low profile, however the other Delinquents are pestering her and it was getting annoying by then, so in order to stop this, she decides to defeat all the Delinquents with the help of her friends and allies. Kate is both kind and honest, her beauty and serious expression make her the 'idle girlfriend', despite that she is quite short tempered and often scold any student who tries to break rules. Her Chikara is 'Demon', which gives her the power of demons and the ability to manifest weapons, she also can transform into a Succubus/Harpy demon.

Strengths: Fast reflexes and inhumane strength

Weaknesses: N/A

Her Uniform

Her Demon Form (Costume) (Demon Queen)

Alt. Form (Costume) (Demon Queen Default Ver.)

Lila (Miraculous Ladybug): The queen bee of Helix High and Kate's best friend. Despite being mean and spoiled on the outside, she's both loyal and snarky in the inside, making her the 2nd 'idle girlfriend'. However, she too has a secret and that, being a Delinquent herself back in middle school, known as 'Volpina' (which is 'foxy' in Italian, due to her Italia heritage). When her best friend was in trouble, she was always there in the nick of time to assist her, like the speed of a cheetah. Her Chikara is 'Fox', which gives the user the power of strength and illusions, Lila's weapon of choice is a magic flute that creates illusions.

Strengths: Speed, endurance, and strength

Weaknesses: Get dizzy and tired when creating too many illusions

Her Uniform

(Note: Image does not belong to me)

Her Costume (Volpina Default Ver.)

(Note: Image belongs to @zoe-oneesama)

Alt. Costume (Winter)

Ace D. Copular (Powerpuff Girls): The bad boy of Helix High and leader of the Gangreen Gang. Ace is one of Kate's many friends/allies when it comes to busting other Delinquents' operations and a famous ladies' man. His Chikara is 'Ice Gamble', which he wields both ice and 'cards', which each has it's own ability: Heart-Fire, Spade-Water/Ice, Club-Plant/Earth, Diamond-Light/Dark, Joker-Illusion. He has a bad mouth and often gets him into trouble which Kate often scolds him for that.

Strengths: Ice manipulation and hand-to-hand combat

Weaknesses: Girls

His Uniform

His Form (Costume) (Dark Ice Default Ver.)

Alt. Costume (Knight)

Aran Ryan (Punch Out!): His family move from Dublin, Ireland, Aran is a bit of a prankster, always getting in trouble for his antics. He is another friend/ally when it comes to combat since he has been taught boxing at a young age. Aran's Chikara is 'Luck', to which when he gets beaten up, he then gains luck and often spread bad luck to anyone who tries to tick him off.

Strengths: Boxing

Weaknesses: Lack of strategy

His Uniform

His Costume (Mad Clover Default Ver.)

Alt. Costume (Wonderland)

Narcis Prince (Real Name: Nathaniel James Howard) (Super Punch Out!): Helix High's rich prince and 'Mr. Popularity', who is currently dating the president Kate. But under that exterior, he's a well-known Delinquent 'Narcis Prince', his Chikara is 'Midas Touch', which gives him the ability to touch anything into gold, that's why he wears gloves to school. Nathan is both narcistic and handsome but with a generous heart of gold, always protecting his friends.

Strengths: Swordsmanship and boxing

Weaknesses: His hair and face being messed up

His Uniform

His Costume (Narcis Prince Default Ver.)

Alt. Costume (Golden Prince)

Antagonist

Ryuji Kenta (Mine)

A famous Delinquent known as 'Laughing Hyena'. His Chikara is 'Fast', which gives him the ability to run fast. Ryuji is the prime arch-enemy of Kate and one of the biggest bullies in Helix High, who is both cocky and proud.

Strengths: Hand-to-hand combat

Weaknesses: Allergic to Dust

Support Characters

Rainbow Dash (Alias: 'Thunder') (MLP)

Chikara: Weather

Bushroot (Full Name: Reginald Bushroot) (Darkwing Duck)

Chikara: Plant

Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)

Chikara: Lust

[nintendowife]

The Nintendo 3DS / Wii U eShop is closing down in a couple of days so I’ve been making some last minute panic purchases during March. Here’s what I got this month so far, in case some of these spark your interest.

Crimson Shroud  What is it? An experimental RPG inspired by tabletop role-playing games. Follow the tale of a young man and his team as they find themselves drawn into the mystery of the Original Gift, the Crimson Shroud. Only available digitally on Nintendo 3DS.

The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll  What is it? RPG that uses Nintendo 3DS AR features. Find and catch Denpa Men that live among radio waves in the real world and use them in combat to explore dungeons.

Pandora's Tower What is it? An action RPG originally released on Nintendo Wii in 2011. Break a curse that threatens to transform a beloved friend into a horrific beast. Available for Wii U in the eShop.

Pocket Card Jockey What is it? Game that combines the thrill of horse racing with the classic card game solitaire. There's even a story included!

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney What is it? Visual novel adventure puzzle game where Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright work together to solve a mystery. Combines the puzzle and exploration elements of Layton series and the trial mechanics of Ace Attorney series.

Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale What is it? A farming simulation RPG where farming is mostly optional. Crossover between PopoloCrois (a popular fantasy manga from 1978) and the Bokujō Monogatari series (formerly known as Harvest Moon and now Story of Seasons). Only available digitally in Europe.

Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson What is it? A fast-paced 2.5D side-scrolling beat 'em up game with lots of playable characters. Can the Hanzo and Hebijo Shinobi Academies unite and work together to fight an army of summoned demons?

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked What is it? A tactical RPG spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series. Demons have invaded Tokyo and the city is in lockdown. You are inside the lockdown - will you survive? Forge contracts with demons who fight by your side, make decisions that will mean life for some and death for others.

[mamamittens]

In honor of the New Year and as of right now, three people who have voted (3 for Yuki, and 1 for Emi and Joan), I’m letting you guys see character designs more in style for their respective shows with some more information! Remember, questions are encouraged and you can vote multiple people if your interest isn’t cleanly split!

Yuki is actually half Russian on her mother’s side! She’s also completely fluent Japanese, English, and Russian!

Her quirk is called Winter’s Aria, which has a base form of mutation but can branch out into an emitter and transformation type. In short, her internal body is nearly completely frozen, maintaining a temperature range between 27-29 Fahrenheit or -2.7 to -1.6, which is the mutation part. She has a health usage license to maintain her body temperature so long as she does not damage or injure people or property using the emitter properties of her quirk. The emitter part allows her to control the atmosphere and ice in various forms, in action this allows her to create ice and control these elements so long as they maintain a cold temperature. She cannot control water unless it approaches freezing or below. Her control can be strengthened when she sings, which she rarely does with an audience due to social anxiety, but can accomplish great feats. Such as creating a polar vortex, but it would require a great amount of vocal and emotional power to do so. Transformation turns her whole body to ice and lowers the ambient temperature as a matter of course.

Her quirk is a combination of her parents and their grandparents.

Mother: Frozen Heart (nearly identical to Yuki but somewhat weaker and without the musical part). 

Her father: Winter’s Heart (his internal organs are frozen and he exudes a cold temperature uncontrollably but can control and create ice directly from his body) 

Her mother: Seasonal Change (she can control the atmosphere around her in a limited function, usually generating winds or altering the clouds, which allows her to instinctively know the exact atmospheric weathers)

Father: Musicality (The ability to create a musical in his environment through song, often with unintended consequences)

His Mother: Perfect pitch (Exactly as it sounds, she can sing perfectly any note within reasonable human range)

His Father: Musical Theatre (He can compel his environment to become a musically inclined environment, though not always guaranteeing that people sing)

Emi!

This is her first wanted poster for the crime of stealing an emerald from a jeweler’s workshop that was owned by a Celestial Dragon to be set into a new necklace, hence the high price. But she absolutely insists that it wasn’t theft since the emerald wasn’t the Celestial Dragon’s in the first place. And yes, I am avoiding drawing their full bodies for the time being in the One Piece art style until later!

As a fun fact, she doesn’t actually know her name, so she simply shortened her name from “Emerald”. And as a bonus, she can create either two fans or an umbrella for combat and defense. The fans can create blades of energy and the umbrella can fire either a beam or shots of energy. I repeat, this isn’t a crossover with Steven Universe, but it is inspired by the ideas in that story. An astute reader will know why Emi is firm in her belief that she didn’t steal the emerald, but is very insistent on not showing her features unless absolutely necessary. No one knew she was sentient before this point and it’s not due to a devil fruit, either. She’s curious and enjoys fixing things, usually after taking them apart.

Joan!

This is her first bounty poster as well! You’ll notice that this poster has her name wrong! That’s because the marines mistakenly thought her name was ‘John’ and took her height and pre-teen frame as an indication she was male. The ‘Spade’ was added since ‘John’ is a very common name in the hopes of setting her apart from other wanted pirates who happened to be named John. The Spades did not take this well, though Joan thought it was humorous, so they took to loudly calling her ‘Little Queen’ to fit the card theme of the ship and crew. This exact picture was taken when she was pushing a barrel onto the ship. The bounty is exceptionally low for the Grand Line and the Spade crew at the time, because her position on the crew was unknown and she hadn’t been seen fighting in any capacity. Her position in fact being assistant cook where she helped prep and cooked herself from time to time, a necessity for a crew with a prolific eater like Ace on board. She also stuck close to Ace to prevent him from falling overboard or into his food when he has a narcolepsy attack, being one of the few who can manage not to be stabbed when reaching near his food. She does not willingly fight, but she does know some self defense from both her father and official classes at the private school she used to go to.

Her talents lie in the field of cooking and knifework with a soft spot for food sculptures and desserts. She is also quite intelligent and skipped grades in part because of her prolific height (as she otherwise would have stuck out in her classes to the detriment of her social life, which suffered anyway because of her height and appearance). She doesn’t have a devil fruit, but her curse personifies emotion into objects or physical transformations, of which her current one is a combination of hunger and fear.

As a New Years bonus, here’s the pictures I mentioned previously in the style of their respective shows! Mostly, I haven’t gotten one for Calypso yet since she’s not a wanted criminal, if ever. But I will have a fun fact for her at the end!

Originally, Halia was going to be called Joan too! But I decided two characters with the same name was a bit confusing and went with a Hawaiian name meaning “in remembrance of a loved one” after her late father, who died before she was born. Her step-father does not like her mixed heritage and her mother agreed to refer to her as “Hailey” on most cases so she wouldn’t stick out too much as a child in Galar, which only mostly worked.

Isabella looking appropriately classy and, as a fun fact, I didn’t realize how simple Ouran’s style was when I started this picture. Everything looks like it’s cotton and there’s hardly any jewelry to be seen, which is probably as a limitation of the mangaka and also because it’s from the POV of Haruhi, who doesn’t care about such things. So I literally didn’t have any easy to find references for silk, gold, or gemstones. 

And Isabella is actually childhood friends with Haruhi, as her godfather was a work friend with Haruhi’s mother before she passed who kept in contact with Ranka because of Haruhi and Isabella’s friendship. Isabella acts like an annoying older sister to Haruhi who is ready to spoil her, if only Haruhi didn’t object literally every time she tries. This includes wiping away her debt to the host club, which Haruhi feels honor-bound to fulfill despite the dubious circumstances, so yes, the plot will still happen.

And for Calpyso! She actually does have a devil fruit! The Lonely-Lonely devil fruit, which in essence, can make her unnoticeable. It’s considered cursed since most fail to control the fruit and die from natural circumstances, usually starvation or illness from going completely unnoticed by anyone. Like, one got stranded on an island with no food sources and another was accidentally shot and only had their body discovered after the fact. It renders the user a ghost of their world, earning her the name “Ghost of Paradise Lost” on her file in the Marines, and when utilized to the full effect, lets her walk through objects. With careful control and physical contact, she can bring others with her into this state, but they must not draw attention to themselves (talking loudly or touching other people) as the effect is lessened to a sort of mild ‘notice-me-not’ type of deal. But they can’t be taken with her to pass through physical objects or disappear completely like she can herself. She enjoys scaring people with her fruit powers and wears sea stone earrings when needed to ensure she remains mostly noticed in conversations or meetings, particularly if those involved have trigger fingers. She also carries a truly prolific amount of knives. Just in case.

Vote here! 

 https://strawpoll.com/uzvpd982z

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Stupid little concept doodles of an Ace Combat/Transformers crossover AU!

The Erusian Navy Alicorn as a submarine bot, which doesn’t really make sense since robots and salty water don’t really get along, but maybe that’s why he went insane!

Giving robots hairlike features is my cringe trait and I am embracing it. I think they look cool.

This is not his final design. I forgot to bring my refs for a more finalised design with me today when I drew him, this is just the best my memory will allow.

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New Xbox One Games for January 27 to 31

Stone (January 27)

G’day, I’m Stone. Here’s our Xbox page. Play this single-player third-person movie length interactive story and see what happened. Yeah it was rough, but a good life lesson. Enjoy, and remember don’t do this at home ya bunch of crazy animals. By the way this story really isn’t going to be for everyone. So enter at your own risk, mate. Plus this was created by a global team including the narrative designer of QUANTUM BREAK, CONTROL and VFX artist from GRAVITY, PROMETHEUS & more. You're in good hands, mate. FLAMING FEATURES: 3rd person so you can rotate a drone cam around me and move me like VoodooDeep, reference heavy interactive story never told, mate.Drinking, dancing and smoking for your pleasure.Map based free roam so you can explore the world at your own pace. Here’s some tips:Echo for great techno, Smoky Possum for some liquid gold and my flat. It’s comfy mates.A cast of my mates. Like Les, weirdo and kanye lover and my gorgeous chookie Alex.BTW if you see Cockie, tell her I’m sorry again. If you see Devil, run, run, run! • Amazing licensed tracks from sick up and coming indie musicians at the Record Shop.Like Ryan Little, Luchii, Ilkka S, Warchief, James Tottakai & MoreSeriously the music is great. There’s hip hop, trap, stoner rock and heavy techno!Also THERE”S CLASSIC MOVIES!!! Yeah you can watch film classics likeSentimental Bloke, Night of the Living Dead & Story of the Kelly Gang ( CONVICT REPRESENT )Hang out with me.It’ll be bonza and hell, I think you’ll be a better person from it too.

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (January 28)

A magical realist adventure game in five acts, featuring a haunting electronic score, and a suite of hymns and bluegrass. Rendered in a striking visual style that draws as much from theater, film, and experimental electronic art as it does from the history of games, this is a story of unpayable debts, abandoned futures, and the human drive to find community.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition (January 28)

The award-winning RPG from the masters at Obsidian Entertainment finally arrives on Xbox One, featuring all major updates and expansions. The god Eothas awakens from his slumber, killing you and stealing a piece of your soul. Now resurrected, it is up to you and your companions to use magic, gunpowder, and steel to uncover the rogue god's machinations as he tramples across the Deadfire Archipelago. Bend the world to your will as you explore the depths of infinite possibilities, including detailed character customization, total freedom of exploration, and more meaningful choices at every turn. Featuring an enormous open world, a massive cast of characters, and a story you can play your way, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Ultimate Edition redefines the role-playing game experience for a new generation. Play in either Turn-Based Mode or Classic Real-Time with Pause: Immerse yourself in a deeper single player RPG game experience - now with both classic real-time with pause and new turn-based combat, Deadfire builds on the foundation of classic tabletop gameplay more than ever before.A massive adventure: Over 100 hours of gameplay per playthrough.Play however you want: Detailed character creator character and over 1000 class permutations gives you the freedom to be whoever you want.Gather your party: Build your party and customize your companions to join you on your quest. Assign multiple classes and deeper abilities for each. Witness their personal relationships, reactions to player choice, and interactions with each other unfold.Beast of Winter DLC - heed the call of Vatnir, a priest of the god of death, to halt the tide of destruction encroaching upon the living.The Forgotten Sanctum DLC - battle your way through the bowels of a vengeful, sleeping god. Seeker, Slayer, Survivor DLC - Triumph or die in the Crucible of Kazuwari, where only the mighty reign. https://youtu.be/thbGhvZJNjc

It Came from Space and Ate Our Brains (January 28)

A merciless alien species that feeds on human brains (duh) has invaded the Earth. Who can stand up to them? You, obviously! Save the world—or at least yourself. Send aliens to oblivion in It Came From Space and Ate Our Brains—a unique top-down arcade shooter. Addicting gameplay elements, co-op mode, and a way to turn aliens into goo? It’s all here! Explore atmospheric locations with a flashlight and a weapon powerful enough to blast those unwanted intergalactic guests back into space. Survive hordes of enemies trying to corner you and get inside your skull… at least until you set a new high score and die like a badass! Key features: Six exciting co-op campaign missions for up to 4 playersDifferent alien typesPowerful weapons and special powersAn incredible techno soundtrack that serves as the perfect background for brain-eating mayhem

Journey to the Savage Planet (January 28)

Welcome to the Pioneer Program! In this upbeat & colorful, co-op adventure game you play as the newest recruit to Kindred Aerospace. Dropped onto an uncharted planet with little equipment and no real plan, you must explore, catalog alien flora and fauna and determine if this planet is fit for human habitation. But perhaps you are not the first to set foot here… Onward to adventure! Good luck – and mind the goo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvceKg6bSMg

Music Racer (January 29)

Music Racer is the dynamic rhythm game loved by millions of players around the world. Rush along futuristic, neon tracks. Gather beats, catch the rhythm. The racetrack is created in real time based on the game's music tracks. The speed and mood of each run are determined by the compositions chosen. Obstacles and awards are generated from the music. Get into the rhythm and collect as many points as possible. Features: 14 levels25 cars with the ability to customize themBeautiful neon, Retrowave style graphics4 game modesMusic library

Milo’s Quest: Console Edition (January 29)

The young puppy, Milo, is enjoying his time in the park and sees a delicious bone to chew on. But its cursed and sets free the evil king Old Skull. Now it’s up to Milo to go on an adventure to stop the curse! Choose from a variety of difficulty levels for your adventure, pick up items and tools on your quest to help defeat ghosts and solve puzzles to stop the evil king in this retro-inspired adventure game.

Monster Energy Supercross 3 – Special Edition (January 30)

Double your credits at the end of every online and offline race, race with the legends and in a legendary track that made the history of Supercross. Have fun changing your bike's livery and your rider's tracksuit with incredible customization items, enjoy the spectacle of the Monster Energy Cup with its set of special rules, customize your game menu showing your loyalty with your favorite bike manufacturer and customize your track editor with new items! https://youtu.be/dRKcbp2mcjU

Code Shifter (January 30)

The story takes place in the development offices of a software company, ""Awesome Rainbow Corp"". Trouble arises just as you're gearing up to release the final version of the game! Many mysterious bugs are occurring, and time is running out! To deal with this situation, a programmer, Stella, whips up a debug program: ""CODE SHIFTER"". ""CODE SHIFTER"" will let Stella's avatar ""Sera"" dive into the game and start fixing things up. Will Stella and her coworkers be able to find the origin of these bugs and deliver the game before the launch date?" Original style with a retro twist! Enjoy the delightful graphics from titles past and present remixed with 2D watercolor and 8-bit pixel art.Game system Players will explore the stage while transforming into various characters from different IPs created by Arc System Works! Successfully adapt and complete all stages using a large volume of 30 playable characters animated in 8-bit!Comedy Take a break from debugging with a comedic story between the ARC staff Stella, Mozzie, Rudy, Hudson, and Greig.Arc System Works crossover This game is a 2D 8-bit action game where various IPs created by Arc System Works crossover, players explore the stage while transforming into various characters animated in 8-bit. The IPs included in this game are all 25 titles of Arc System Works' massive library! A large volume of 30 playable characters and 70 support characters are featured. A dream crossover between IPs are finally here!Brawl fighting action mode In addition, the 4-player brawl fighting action ""Colorful Fighters"" is also included as an extra feature!

HyperDot (January 31)

HyperDot is a minimal action arcade masterpiece with one rule: dodge everything. Evade enemies and test your skills in over 100 trials in the campaign mode, outlast your friends in multiplayer battles, or build custom challenges with the level editor. Features: CAMPAIGN MODE: Dodge your way through over 100 hand-crafted trials in the single player campaignBETTER WITH FRIENDS: Local co-op play has an easy drop-in/drop-out system that gets up to four players in-game fastLEVEL EDITOR: Create your own one-of-a-kind levels with unlimited possibilities, from dizzying patterns to relentlessly difficult challengesNEVER PLAY THE SAME GAME TWICE: Extensive gameplay customization offers more than 1 million enemy, arena, and modifier combinationsPLAY WITHOUT COMPROMISES: HyperDot features high contrast mode, adaptive controller integration, and full gameplay support with seven unique controllers including eye-tracking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uad_WQ-UQDk

Sky Rogue (January 31)

A fwooshy rogue-lite action flight simulator where you blow things up over land, sea, and air across an infinite number of procedurally-generated islands. Go toe-to-toe with enemy aces or assault giant flying aircraft carriers… but watch out for volleys of missiles; when you die, you’re dead.

Coffee Talk (January 31)

Coffee Talk is a game about listening to people’s problems and helping them by serving up a warm drink out of the ingredients you have in stock. It is a game that depicts lives as humanly as possible, while having a cast that is more than just humans. Immerse yourself in the stories of alternative-Seattle inhabitants, ranging from a dramatic love story between an elf and a succubus, an alien trying to understand humans’ lives, and many others modern readers will find strongly echo the world around them. Features: Tales of people from an alternative-Seattle, a city where elves, orcs, mermaids, and many other fantasy races live together with humans in a modern world we will all find familiarBranching storylines, where the branches are determined not by the dialogue options you choose, but from how you serve your café customers90’s anime-inspired pixel art visuals and chill vibes-inducing color palette help to immerse you in the game’s worldSelection of jazzy and lo-fi music to accompany the late night warm drinks and conversations An experience to make you think, feel, and rest both your body and your soul https://youtu.be/WA1lEU_zTCw Read the full article

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Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore review

I love a good crossover, even if they’re often limited to fighting games and online events. It’s exciting to see developers being fans of each other and working together to interpret and merge each other’s stuff, culminating in an enthusiastic collaboration across the industry. With this in mind, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, a crossover between the Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei series, sounds like a pretty fantastic idea.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore review

Developer: Atlus

Publisher: Nintendo

Platform: Switch

Availability Out January 17th on Switch

It focuses on the friends Aoi Itsuki and Tsubasa Oribe. Ever since Tsubasa’s sister Ayaha disappeared during a concert five years prior, the timid girl wants to become a singer to continue her sibling’s legacy as an entertainer. During her very first audition, Tsubasa is attacked by mirages, demons who are after the natural artistic ability within humans. To fight back, Tsubasa and Itsuki gain the power of Chrom and Caeda from the Fire Emblem series, who help them change into magical “carnage forms”. Unfortunately their new friends have lost all memory of who they are and where they’re from. The only thing that’s clear is that mirages regularly attack entertainers, so what better way than to join an entertainment agency to keep an eye on these occurrences?

It’s not the smoothest integration of a theme into its setting, but the entertainment industry gives Tokyo Mirage Sessions its own identity beyond being a crossover, in ways both good and bad. Let’s start with the good: Tsubasa and friends are training to become idols, Japanese all-around entertainers, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions makes great effort to showcase different facets of the job. Each chapter is dedicated to another aspect, whether that’s being a model, an actor or a show host. Chapters also often culminate in short anime music videos of your characters performing a new song. The round-based battles take place on a stage, a mass of adoring fans following your performance from the stands. Your characters whirl around acrobatically, draw their signatures in the air for every spell and cheer for each other. Each hero is wearing elaborate costumes that spell love for magical girl and boy design. If you complete side quests for the members of your party, they gain special attacks reminiscent of their signature performances. Each win is celebrated with applause and an amount of confetti I haven’t seen since Ace Attorney.

Without this stylish veneer however, combat is a familiar affair. Similar to the Persona games, themselves a sub-series of Shin Megami Tensei, offence is the best defence, and you have the best chances of winning if your opponent doesn’t even get the drop on you. If you can exploit an enemy’s weakness, for example by attacking them with a specific weapon or spell, you start a Session. If they have the right skill equipped, during a Session your other team members get to chain an attack immediately to yours, more often than not leading to a monster’s immediate demise. Battles are vibrant to watch without dragging on, and I loved every unnecessarily bombastic transformation and attack. If they still run too long for you, the Encore version now allows you to enable quick sessions and skip special attack sequences with the press of a button.

Combat is energetic, fun to watch and generally over quickly, though randomly appearing savage enemies sharply raise difficulty.

I also liked the dungeons. While the first one is pretty drab, the subsequent ones follow the style of the different chapters and each come with a different gameplay element. In one dungeon depicting a TV show set, for example, you run errands for a demonic production supervisor.

So far so good, but while I enjoyed Tokyo Mirage Sessions at first, as a crossover it’s decidedly weak. It retains the modern Tokyo setting from Shin Megami Tensei, but there isn’t much to do. Some characters, like Tsubasa, are really likable, others fall flat because they often only talk to you instead of each other, so don’t expect too much depth in the social element. During main quests, dungeons are pretty large, as typical for an Atlus game, but each features only one unique gameplay element, so after a while you will have done the same thing for hours, whether that’s solving switch puzzles or navigating changing floor layouts. To fully heal your party and unlock new skills, you have to visit your agency, so while you gain the ability to warp there early on, you still have to traipse back every time, a far cry from just having the entrance to the Velvet Room at the beginning of each dungeon.

It takes more than half of the game for Tokyo Mirage Sessions to remember that the #FE in its title stands for Fire Emblem. Generally, the Fire Emblem influence remains incredibly easy to ignore, certainly due to the Fire Emblem developer Intelligent Systems hardly having had a hand in either design or development. That makes Tokyo Mirage Sessions approachable for people who are unfamiliar with either series, but it seems odd to market something as a big crossover of two beloved properties and then skimp on the crossover elements.

Your friends are eager for your good opinion, but they’re not as fleshed out as other SMT protagonists.

With this in mind I wanted to judge Tokyo Mirage Sessions purely on its merit as a magical idol RPG, which raises a few difficult points. The whole idol industry has been a pretty niche interest in the West, until Korean idols such as BTS turned into international sensations. The idea of magical girl idols, who sing and dance by day and transform into fighters for justice by night, was devised with young girls in mind, right until the moment someone realised that there’s a lot of money in sexualising this concept. That’s where Tokyo Mirage Sessions comes in, because it’s not a game made for a target audience of young girls, but what quickly turned out to be the new number one customer of the idol industry – guys who like their girls to be what we consider barely legal, or let’s be honest, not at all. The idol industry sells itself in the perceived innocence of its performers. While several local different local laws apply, the age of consent in Japan is 13, which is why what we consider the sexualisation of minors is in fact perfectly legal, if still questionable and a very convenient loophole to sell idols not to hormonal teenagers, but adult men, whose gaze is the predominant focus of the game (as it is for most of the video game industry).

Protagonist Itsuki was purposefully designed as an everyman, an unassuming dude in argyle sweaters who is enough of a blank page that through him, players can live the fantasy having an idol all for themselves. “What do you think of my outfit?” Tsubasa will ask him, “How about this pose?” “Uwwah, help me, I’m so embarrassed to show myself to others like this, but doing this for you feels natural!” There’s a side quest in which Itsuki teaches his friend Touma “nanpa”, picking up women on the street. Just like any sort of pick-up artistry, nanpa is rarely associated with someone bumbling “Hey, come here often” and more with rape at worst and sleaziness at best. Yet, Tokyo Mirage Sessions makes Itsuki into a napa master, the hero popular with all the ladies, and only after the fact does someone ask if picking up women is really the best way to become a successful entertainer.

Of course a lot of Japanese content uses fanservice, but Tokyo Mirage Sessions is made uncomfortable by the reality of the industry it portrays. The idol industry is real, and directly responsible for the expectations fans have of how women should look and behave. In order to seem available, idols are barred from dating, leading to incidents such as obsessive fans threatening them for being seen with male idols in TV shows or private outings. Minami Minegishi, members of Japan’s largest girl idol group AKB48, once shaved her head as penance for dating. In 2016 Tatsuya Yamaguchi, bassist of hyper-popular idol band TOKIO, admitted to having tried to kiss an underage girl he frequently invited home with him – he’d promised to make her a famous idol. Just last year, an executive at an idol agency was convicted of several cases of grooming. Several idols were convicted of drug possession, in Japan a career-ending event, and most idols admitted that without stimulants they couldn’t keep up with their extraordinary workload. There’s a large cost in upholding the fantasy of the idol, especially for young girls.

Side stories and some good old grinding in special dungeons meant to help you earn experience points help you quickly unlock skills and new special attacks.

Nintendo released a cut for Western territories. Changes include raising almost all character’s ages to the age of consent in most countries, deleting panty shots and the revision of overly revealing costumes. Additionally a quest focusing on gravure modeling, a term for idols suggestively modeling in swimwear and underwear, was completely reworked to focus on fashion modeling instead. In an interview with Game Informer prior to the game’s original Wii U release, representatives from Nintendo America stated that “It was a priority to ensure the game feels familiar and appeals to longtime Atlus fans. Any changes made to the in-game content were due to varying requirements and regulations in the many different territories Nintendo distributes its products.”

While the Encore version also adds DLC content such as costumes, a new song and the albeit limited opportunity to have support characters further help out in battle, this Switch version is otherwise based on this altered version. I find the changes easy enough to ignore and I think anyone who gets incensed about less exposed skin on their anime girls should perhaps take a healthy walk around the block, Tokyo Mirage Sessions is still plenty sexual. Elements from boob jiggling to introducing characters cleavage first to many costumes that remain as revealing as ever can still be found.

If you want to truly learn more about the idol industry, here you’ll hear mostly platitudes, and beyond that all elements from characters to combat stay rather simple. As it stands, Tokyo Mirage Sessions is a stylish game with a unique theme that’s as often questionable as it is cute, but it doesn’t reach the depth of either of its crossover franchises to leave a lasting impression.

from EnterGamingXP https://entergamingxp.com/2020/01/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe-encore-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe-encore-review

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<<My fellow submariners, don’t you see? The death of a million is a necessity!>>

Another Alicron doodle, as a treat. I’m surprised at the attention he’s gotten :>

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WIP! Alicron and his SACS seekers!

For someone who loves Starscream and has pilots as the vast majority of their ocs, I sure can’t draw seekers

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My Ace Combat/Transformers crossover AU is henceforth named:

Aces of Cybertron!

Now with that out of the way, should I keep Y13 as a human? Struggling to think of a cybertronian design for him and I think it’d be funny

I already have a half-made Mobius 1 design. That man is an F-4 man.

And I’m being very normal about Torres as the Tanager/Alicorn right about now

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Concept art for Archange(l), Mihaly A. Shilage in Aces of Cybertron! His altmode is his final battle X-02 Strike Wyvern.

In the AU, he acts as Trigger’s friend and kind-of mentor (aka what I wanted out of AC7 to begin with). Fun fact: his wings can move 360 degrees because I also want to draw him with more Angel-looking ones.