#unspoiled thoughts

[unspoiledthoughts]

Everything went from sweet berries to sour grapes.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In love with the idea that innie lwj is bouncing off the walls constantly. No emotional regulation. No social skills. Pure chaos. He deserves it

Given what we know about Drunk LWJ, it stands to reason a severed version of him would be also uninhibited and unfiltered.

If his outie has tamed his tempers, his innie is collecting them like a child at an unmonitored candy bowl.

[ronithesnail]

What if the real reason senshi is so against ressurection magic is because if he had had it back when his mining group first found the dungeon then maybe he could have saved them from their fate.

If it’s so easy to revive people in this place then how come his family is dead anyway?

[hurricanek8art]

Nightmares and Memories: a Legacy of the Sith one-shot

In which I am apparently posting fic now? I DON'T KNOW. I've had this drabble written since the rumors about a certain someone's return started a few months ago as a "just in case" and now it's really relevant and I'm hopped up on Celebration excitement and frustration over not being able to solve that art problem. SO FIC. I GUESS. *INTERNAL SCREAMING*

Agent Chrysali Vidoi is used to nightmares, what with all the ghosts from her past and skeletons in her closet—but some are worse than others, and this one might be the worst of them all, because he's the only one left that she's genuinely afraid of. Set somewhere around the beginning of 7.5's story. Spoilers for that and some of 7.6 obviously abound. Sticking most of it under a read more because of that, and also because I'm slightly terrified and it's less of a jumpscare when I open the SWTOR tag. 🙃

...I need some kind of divider graphic for summaries for if when i post more writing instead of just a line of these (~~~) thingies i forgot what they're called...

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This wasn't right.

She was on the deck of his flagship. The Eradicators were outside the viewport. This wasn't right. This was all space flotsam.

This wasn't right.

This.

Wasn't.

Right.

"Hello, Agent."

Chills went down her spine. The air flew out of her lungs. She turned, trying to draw her blades, her blasters, something, but it was too late. In a heartbeat, she was in the air though nothing was touching her, pinned to the bulkhead like an insect. She couldn't struggle. She couldn't even move.

"It's been a long time," he said, unreadable behind the featureless mask. His hands were folded behind his back, she could feel his eyes upon her. Sweat rolled down her face. Tears poured from her eyes. Don't, please don't, don't look at me, don't—

"You have changed in our years apart. Grown stronger, I think. You have something to lose now, something to fight for. It's emboldened you. Made you even more dangerous."

No, please, no, no—

"Oh, do not concern yourself with that. I do not come seeking revenge," he said coolly, taking a few steps forward. The pressure in her lungs, the fear in her mind, increased with every micrometer. "At least, not yet. Not now. I wanted to see how you've changed before I make my move."

Her heart pounded in her chest, in her throat, in her ears, but still she was trapped, and he grew ever closer, faces centimeters apart now.

"I have waited all this time. Planned. Strategized. Looking for the perfect moment to finally strike. I believe that time grows close now. So close I can almost taste it. I am coming, Agent. I shall return."

Her voice struggled to leave her throat. "Why... tell... me?"

"I chose you all that time ago, did I not? You and I are alike. Made unique from our peers. Alone in the galaxy because of it." His mask was almost touching her face, it was so close. She couldn't breathe. "You defied my offer before. But I am generous. I will extend the offer to stand by my side once more, and once more only. I trust you to make the correct decision, when the time comes. Goodbye, Agent. Until we meet again..."

Chrysali's entire body shuddered and jerked as she awoke, gasping for air. Strands of hair stuck to her face with sweat, loose pajamas clinging to her skin, and her heart hammered and thudded against her ribs. Chills went up and down her bare arms, the soft red light of the cybernetic nodes studded along her arms and shoulders steadily blinking as her eyes adjusted to the dark in the bedroom, and awareness of where she actually was began to sink in. She was safe, she was home, he wasn't here—

"Chrys?" Theron mumbled sleepily. He must've been woken up when she sat up so suddenly and shifted his arm around her. "Everything okay?"

She fought to steady her breathing, still searching the room. "I—the flagship, the Eradicators—Jadus, he was there, he spoke to me—"

He groggily sat up with her, awake but not quite alert. "What do you mean?"

"He was—was talking about returning. He wants me to serve him again. I can't—I won't—I—"

"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay," Theron said quietly. He put an arm around her, rubbing her arm soothingly. "Sounds like another bad nightmare. You've had these before."

"This one was so real," Chrysali breathed, panting slightly.

"But it's gone now," Theron soothed. "C'mon, let's go back to sleep, we've got a busy day tomorrow." He glanced at the chrono on the opposite wall and groaned softly as he laid back down. "Today. We have a busy day today. In about five hours."

Right. They were still tracking Shae, however poorly that was going. And Chrysali was still putting feelers out with her old network to dig up more dirt on Heta Kol, see if they could tackle that part of the problem from a different direction. Lots to do.

"The human cost is acceptable. The only alternative is to let Jadus escape—and do worse down the line."

"The human cost isn't acceptable to me!"

She shuddered at the old memories, trying to push them away. It was so long ago now. And Lana had tracked Jadus briefly during the Zildrog incident, he was somewhere in the Unknown Regions, minding his business on his own little planetoid. He wasn't an active threat. They were okay. They were safe. She was safe. Theron was safe.

Chrysali settled back in, head in its usual spot on Theron's chest so she could listen to his heart, hand rested against his ribs and over the scar tissue from Nathema. Theron was already back asleep, arm instinctively back around her and settled just right so he could feel her breathing.

They were safe.

It was just a nightmare.

It had to be.

Slowly, uneasily, Chrysali drifted off back to sleep

[concrete-3ater]

me, recommending my friend hnk: okay so basically, there's a bunch of people made out of rocks-

my friend, who has never seen hnk: okay so a rock is born and he becomes the rockssiah, messiah of rocks, but he's banished because he was too rocktastic, and he must go on a journey to lead the rocks to the promised land so they can undergo their metamorphosis.

[thegreatyin]

i can't believe the fake monograph guy from moulin is a major seeking character. fuck man, sure, why not at this point

[mapleandgingeroatmeal]

VERY into In Stars and Time. Quickly becoming the type of game I’ll be constantly thinking of in the back of my mind until I finish it. Just got my ass absolutely demolished by the king for the first time…I have a feeling there’s a lot going on under the surface of this story.

[causalityparadoxes]

The curse of starting something new and suddenly seeing it everywhere is so real. If you asked me what 'Malevolent' was two weeks ago I'd have no idea but now i keep seeing it on every site I'm on ahsjsjdkkff

[douwatahima]

y'all ever read a book and spend the whole time so engrossed in solving the main mystery that when a second mystery (seemingly so inconsequential you didn't think to question all the clues leading up to it) reveals itself to you it bowls you over so intensely you start yelling and pacing around the room like an insane person?

anyway read voyage of the damned by frances white

[dark-twist-fairytales]

The Legends of Avantris campaigns, but it's like an actor AU of sorts

[unspoiledthoughts]

It's hard to move on to someone when in the first place you've never been in a relationship with that person.

[thereallycoolmonsterithoughtup]

this is the first thing i made after i finished dunmeshi im pretty sure

[wri0thesley]

arranged marriage jing yuan.....

[all-thestories-aretrue]

For the record, I am still pro Miles/Elsa.

I cannot believe Arabella did that. AND THAT ELSA'S DEAD.

[kimberriez]

How did you find Tales of Symphonia?

I didn't have time to make anything for the 20th anniversary, so I thought I'd share how I found the game.

In my teens, I'd seen ToS on the shelves of my local Blockbuster and nearly rented it so many times. I would pick it up, and gaze longingly at the box art, but never get it because I knew I'd never be able to finish it from renting it, and I didn't have the money to buy it.

Seven years later, I found out on the internet that Kratos was Lloyd's father (probably through fanart on DeviantArt or something) and I, being in love with "long-lost Dad" trope, decided that I needed to play this game. Immediately.

Problem was, they didn't make it anymore, so it wasn't sold in stores. Where would I find an old GameCube game in 2011? I grabbed my little brother and dragged him with me all around town. We went to three different GameStops, but none of them had it.

Realizing that I would have to find it on the internet, and wait, I almost gave into despair. When, suddenly, inspiration struck.

I was very much speeding on my way back to the very same Blockbuster I'd gone to with my brother and my dad so many times growing up.

There it was. For sale. No cover, and with a weird Blockbuster case. But there it was. I'd found it. The very same copy I'd coveted as a child.

[selenityshiroi]

More FFXVI stuff from my ongoing playthough (next major plot point down):

4/5 mothercrystals down

And the world is not happy about it

But mostly because Bhunivelze 2.0 I mean...Ultima fucked the world

(The continued meld of XIII trilogy/XIV/FMA storywise amuses me)

I am genuinely surprised that both Joshua and Dion made it out of the story section alive...ish

Dion is a good boy :( but, like his step brothers, he has not been having a good time.

Evil mother continued to be just as great at parenting all the way to the end

Even when 2/3 of her sons/stepsons were trying to give her a chance of getting out of there alive (as...reluctant as Clive also looked)

Personally I was on Team Jill: hold a sword to her throat for disrespecting Clive

Eikon Fusion Morphing Time was interesting

I would be mad about them changing the battle mechanics MID BATTLE but they went 'and this move works like Phoenix Shift' and I was like 'OMG THANK YOU, MY MOST ABUSED MOVE'

Did not die to Bahamut. I am...almost getting good.

I am starting to feel like this is probably the time to maybe grind a little. I've been doing all the side quests as they've come up (except a couple hunts) but I feel like I could probably take some time to comb over some areas and fight some stuff on the way.

The fights are fine but the waves of groups with a tough enemy in the middle can get a bit dicey. Because I'm not good at focusing on multiple enemies

(I tend to use Flames of Rebirth to get rid of all the weaker enemies so I can focus tbh)

About to head to kanker (sp) and (I assume) get my ship

I've just realised...where is the water Eikon?

Fire, Ice, Lightning, Wind, Earth, Light, Dark...water should be the 8th but it hasn't been mentioned in story??? And, I don't think Clive has room for it on his Eikon wheel???

But they've talked about 8 Eikons for 8 elements

They have also mentioned unaspected but that was mentioned as a secret 9th thing

Am I missing something??? Brain???

Anyway, I went to bed before hopping across to Kanver and I was happy to see that my team in the save was Clive, Torgal, Jill and Joshua

I thought I would never see it! Even though Joshua has been listed in the 'main protaganist' section of the relationship chart since it turned up

Also random moments:

Otto remembering Cid genuinely made me cry

Not a overexagerated 'I'm crying'

Actual real tears

Jill 'ahem'ing Isabelle for flirting with Clive was hilarious

Like...'in front of her salad'

Clive's awkward acting in Dalimil being just as awkward as in his presentation to his uncle

10/10 best boy

I love the continued theme of Uncle Byron being the most embarrassing member of the family but also a) genuinely on your side b) actually useful and competent c) clearly adored regardless

I can't wait to see him cry when Joshua turns up

Oh oh oh...I also love that this game isn't afraid to have all their badass characters cry

Yes...more healthy expressions of emotions, please

Even the 'grumpy old sod' got to cry

Oh, and I haven't said it in this post yet so TORGAL IS THE BEST BOY...WHO'S A GOOD BOY! YOU ARE!!!!

The sidequest 'something is wrong with the pupper' came up and it was like 'THIS IS NOW THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY...DROP EVERYTHING ELSE...MAIN QUEST IS ON HOLD'

Turned out he was just unsatisfied with his treats

But he deserves the best