#we imagine he/she (getting multiple reads on these pronouns) got into arguments with our OTHER TWO VERY ODDLY SPECIFIC FUCKING OCS over

[anendoandfriendo]

Ugh, we need to learn to recolor complicated game sprites or find a way to commission what we would simply call Very Weird Fanart, or SOMETHING

A certain slimeboygirl OC of ours literally just takes the form of a Genshin Impact Albedo with red-to-black gradient hair (with some extra cool-looking, very tight black drill hair on the side that looks kinda like ram horns in addition to that, because Why The Fuck Not?) and the outfit is like an olive or forest green instead of white, but like the golden accents on the lab coat + black gloves are still there. The purple under the coat would actually be black/gold and not purple/black. Olive green eyes or silver eyes depending on. A lot it seems, the olive green eyes might actually be contacts?

Oh, and golden-rimmed glasses, but like fancy or whatever, and like golden ear accessory/outlining her ear in gold?

"This feels like a LOT for a simple OC just coming down to appearances lol, wtf Rusanya?"

Source: we asked a headmate. And we can't Word Properly. We don't know why the slimeboygirl looks (if only minutely) like Albedo from Genshin Impact but, eh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyways, the sprite/appearance/whatever for Genshin Impact Albedo, for a basis/reference, for anyone who could need a reference (we got ppl from all over the place fandoms and non-fandoms lmao), basically we would have to learm to recolor AND add onto THIS, and that ain't gonna happen in the like...three or however many months we would likely need to do it by:

[lowkeyorloki]

Masterlist!

I just spent the last three hours rebooting my masterlist to make sure it’s tidy, legible, and updated! It looks completely different and I’m really happy with it. There’s a link to it on my blog, but to anyone who may want it in the form of a textpost, I’ve done that for y’all too. Hope this is helpful to someone out there :)

In each section (one-shots, headcanons, and multi-chapters), the most recent works are at the top. This means the further you go down, the older the fics become. I have written multiple drabbles on this blog, but they are not included on my masterlist. Just search ‘drabble’ on my blog and they’ll come up.

As of 2020, my imagines do not use any type of pronouns or biological descriptions (i.e, breasts or genitalia) unless the fic is smut. This is to make my work as inclusive as I can.

Last updated: July 16th, 2020

🌶️ means the fic contains smut. PLEASE only consume if you are 18+

⭐ means the piece is one of my personal favorites

Enjoy 🐍

One-Shots

Glass Warrior- 🌶️

You’re so beautiful, and so breakable. Loki would never forgive himself if he hurt you.

Dove

You begin to question the nature of your relationship with Loki as he calls you sweet names and looks at you with soft eyes.

Stay Kind

As you lay dying in Loki’s arms, you work up the strength to tell him one final thing.

Wounds- ⭐

You’re injured, and Loki shows a new side of himself as he nurses you back to health.

True Form

You’re intent on seeing Loki’s Jotunn side, even if he doesn’t want you to.

Release- 🌶️

A sensual situation from our favorite god’s point of view.

lbd- 🌶️⭐

After a fight with Loki, you wear the smallest dress you can to an Avengers press event.

Aftermath- ⭐

Loki always hated weakness. Because of this, you try to remain strong- even after being kidnapped.

Wine Drunk

The Asgardian wine Sif gave you is stronger than anything Tony Stark has in his liquor cabinet.

Tell Me You Love Me

You know it’s hard for Loki to be vulnerable, but sometimes, you need to hear those three words too.

An Heir

You have an honest conversation with Loki about the possibility of children.

3:33 In the Morning

You comfort Loki after a nightmare.

Steve

Loki experiences jealousy over a certain one of your past lovers.

Loki’s Perspective- 🌶️⭐

We always read about your first time with Loki through your eyes, but what is Loki thinking?

Phantom Pains

Loki can’t get his encounter with Thanos out of his mind.

Not the First, But the Last- ⭐

You ask Loki about his previous loves on Asgard.

A Different Loki

After Loki’s death in Infinity War, you awake to see him standing next to your bed… and it isn’t a dream.

Snapshots- ⭐

Having moments with Loki isn’t all that it seems.

The Wading Pools

Loki takes you to one of his favorite places in Asgard.

The Other Brother- ⭐

We all tell the story your romance with Loki through his eyes or your own. But what does it look like to the only other person who loves Loki as much as you do?

Scars

Loki returns from the events of Ragnorak after leaving you without a word, and finds you look different than he remembers.

Not His Tricks, Not This Time

After having a dream that may be telling of the future, Loki begins to train with you and become protective.

A Proposition

Loki is at a bar trying to forget you when a woman approaches him.

Blood

Loki awakes looking as perfect as ever- except for his bedhead, that is.

His Eyes- ⭐

After having a dream that may be telling of the future, Loki begins to train with you and becomes protective.

Through Loki’s Eyes- 🌶️⭐

Loki is so guarded around you. Now you can find out why.

Erstwhile- ⭐

You’re different than all the other girls Loki has been with. You’re sure of it.

Professor! Loki x You

A fun AU where Professor Laufeyson invites you to dinner, as he knows how bad the dorm food can be.

Burdened With Glorious Purpose- ⭐

Loki doesn’t have anything he came down to Midgard for. But he has you.

Bait

Villains have started to get wind of how much you matter to Loki, and soon enough, one takes you.

Power

Loki gets candid with his love for you.

Cruel

You’re engaged to Thor but in love with Loki, and it’s hard for both of you.

The First Time- 🌶️

You lose your midgardian virginity to Loki.

Heritage

After Thor’s banishment in the first “Thor”, you confront Odin about lying to his second-born son.

Hate Unguarded

You promise Loki his Jotunn form does nothing to deter you.

What Now?

You ask Professor Laufeyson what will become of the two of you now that classes are over.

I Can’t- ⭐

Loki never wanted to fall in love with you. He isn’t sure how to handle it.

Gone

Loki is a god, and you were always immortal. This was always going to happen.

Shrouded Secrets- ⭐

This is what being in a forbidden relationship with Loki entails.

Warrior

Loki patches up you, his Asguardian lover lover after a battle.

Soulmates (?)

Loki doesn’t believe in soulmates. He does believe, however, in choice.

The Battle of NYC- 🌶️⭐

You’re an Avengers, tasked with protecting the citizens of New York as Loki and the Chituari attack. You find Loki on the ground- but fighting doesn’t seem to be where your head is right now.

What Loki Learned For You

Deaf! reader x Loki request where he learns sign language.

Sleepy Mornings

Loki is cuddly when he first wakes up.

Replacement

A fic inspired by the slander that was Infinity War to MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY.

Get It Together, Laufeyson

Loki isn’t sure how to tell you his true feelings, so he goes to Thor and Valkyrie for help.

I Thought You Were Dead

Loki is overcome with relief after you return to Avengers Tower.

The Throne- 🌶️⭐ (for a version with he/him pronouns, go here)

Loki sits on the throne of Asgard, and it’s everything he ever wanted- you decide to make his fantasy even better.

Loki and Lightning

For Loki, lightning brings less than pleasant memories.

Mythology Nerd

As someone who has loved and studies Norse myths for as long as you can remember, you’re thrilled to meet Loki- not that you would want him to know that, of course.

I’m Not Like Thor- 🌶️

Years of being compared to his older brother have taken a toll on Loki.

Thor’s a Flirt- 🌶️

…and he really should have known better than to court you in front of Loki.

Bullets

You and Loki gradually grow closer and closer.

Loki x Plus Size! Reader- 🌶️

Loki is more than willing to show you how truly beautiful you are.

Five Kisses

Five different types of kisses, each to prove your love.

Charity Event

Stark is always forcing the team to smile for the cameras, but the world hasn’t been accepting of the love you found with Loki.

Nightmares

This is the fic that put me on the map! Loki suffers from nightmares, and you only acknowledge each other at night.

Friday Nights- 🌶️

Loki comes to your apartment every Friday- in multiple meanings of the word.

Kiss Me

Both you and Loki know he loves you, but he won’t say it.

Realizations

As you and Loki grow closer and closer, he notices the shift in his true emotions towards you.

Headcanons

Loki Gets Headaches After NYC- ⭐

Sensual Loki Headcanons- 🌶️

Misc. Loki and Loki x Reader

Loki’s Vices- ⭐

Domestic! Loki Headcanons- ⭐

Random Loki and Loki x Reader- ⭐

Loki and Reader Meeting In the Avengers Compound

Taking A Bath With Loki After A Long Day- 🌶️

Loki’s Jotunn Form Provides Him With High Levels of Stamina- 🌶️

Friends With Benefits to Lovers With Loki- 🌶️

Loki After An Argument- ⭐

Loki’s Favorite Positions- ⭐

Being Pregnant With Loki’s Child Would Include

Does Loki Like Vocal Girls?- 🌶️

Losing Your Virginity To Loki (Established Realtionship)- 🌶️

Dating Loki Headcanons

Multi-Chapters

These are all stories I started when I was a lot younger. They won’t ever be completed, but I have left them up because people enjoy the little there is!

Betrothed: 1, 2, and 3

You and Thor are engaged, but it’s Loki you’re in love with.

Lugh: 1 and 2

Loki died, leaving you to raise your child he never got to know about alone. But then, Loki shows up on your doorstep, and neither of you know where to go from there.

She Shall Have

She Shall Have is a multi-chapter I started on tumblr but moved to ao3, where it is now updated every Saturday. It is the fic I am the most proud of, and I am SUPER passionate and excited about it!

Chapters 1, 2, and 3 can be found here on this blog. It is continued on my ao3, where I write under the pseud lowkeyorloki. Check it out and come say hi!

[oookaline]

A response to this tweet:

https://twitter.com/LETMEVOL6/status/1318301718610923520?s=19

"ok. i’m bout to ask a question to the larries. yalls whole argument is that simon and modest are homophobic right? please explain to me how Harry got away with being such a strong advocate for the LGBTQ+ community while being in One Direction? Why was harry the only one dropping hints on his sexuality. if they were so dead set on pushing this heterosexual narrative onto the boys then how did Harry get away with the things that he did? harry was dropping hints at his attraction to males. no, not with over analyzed song lyrics. i mean dead ass saying it. I genuinely want to know because Harry‘s been out of the closet for years now .y’all claim that Louis is closete. Harry managed to get out of the “evil clutches of Simon Cowell“ what stopping Louis and doing the same? unless this whole Larry theory was a lie and y’all were bored like, can someone please tell me why that happened? if Harry is allowed to be so open about his sexuality what stopping louis? if Harry got away from Simon would stopping in Louis they all have the same opportunity Harry may be the richest member but Louis can’t be that far back so tell me how did Harry manage to get away and be so open about his attraction of males and louis didn’t? i genuinely don’t get that."

Harry has been refering to his partner as gender neutral since forever, its not something he dropped hints on.

Not only that you have to also consider the narratives management pushed upon each of them aswell: Ima try to do a brief summary on H and Lou only, as this is reffered to Larries.

Louis: Perfect Boyfriend, a stable girlfriend throughout the years, influencer pretty girlfriend, no background on her so no backlash, constant papwalks on them and the occasional 'theyre toguether' tweets. Literally what it would be normalized as a happy relationship.

Harry: Fuck Boy, dated a lot of people, womaniser, headlines every week linking him to a new person, kendall, Taylor, Caroline etc, all big names yet all stunts, papwalks, 18 months of dating or interaction then never talked about again, the boy to wisk you away to a magical night then leave you the next morning.

Now taking these both you can see they are very different narratives, thus enabling them for two very distinctive ways to hinting at their sexuality with us.

Louis due to stunt reasons had to make his love songs (or his songs overall) seem like they hint at a specific girl, eleanor. Building up on the narrative they've had over the years. So while he can't directly call out his 'perfect woman' in gender neutral pronouns like Harry does, he CAN on the other hand choose what he specifies her as: a good chef, long brown hair paired with a british accent.

Very specific things that very obviously link to Harry while making press and hets think its towards Eleanor.

That one interview which didn't air where Louis said he had a boyfriend...

But this is just verbal. Lyric whise Louis has been more open and smart then anyone I've ever listened to-

The lyrics directly paralleling gay relationship, the struggles, the fear of not being able to be with them... Everything that a Heterosexual reletionship would NEVER experience. A few examples:

→Alive - One Direction (Louis) MM

"My mama told me I should go and get some therapy"

"I asked the doctor, "can you find out what is wrong with me? I don't know why I wanna be with every girl I meet"

"I can't control it"

"She said, "hey, it's alright Does it make you feel alive?"

"We got to live before we get older. Do what we like, we got nothing to lose. Shake off the weight of the world from your shoulders. Oh, we got nothing to prove"

"Went to a party just after the doctor talked to me, I met a girl, I took her in up to the balcony, I whispered something in her ear that I just can't repeat, She said, "okay" but she was worried what her friends will think"

This whole song is about questioning you sexuality and realizing you like the same sex.

Read over the lyrics and change:

girl - boy

she/her - he/him

and you'll see what I mean

→End Of The Day (Louis and Liam) MITAM

"Love can be frightening for sure"

"All I know at the end of the day is you want what you want and you say what you say, And you'll follow your heart even though it'll break, Sometimes"

"All I know at the end of the day is love who you love, There ain't no other way, If there's something I've learnt from a million mistakes, You're the one that I want at the end of the day"

"The priest thinks it's the devil, My mum thinks it's the flu, But girl it's only you"

"When the sun goes I know that you and me and everything will be alright, And when the city's sleeping, you and I can stay awake and keep on dreaming"

this whole song (apart from that one "girl") is just a huge gay awakening. If you keep the girl its a wlw anthem then.

some more exaples from scattered songs:

"There's a moment when you finally realize, There's no way you can change the rolling tide" -Ready To Run

"There will always be the kind that criticize, But I know, yes I know we'll be alright" -Ready To Run

"Told myself I kind of liked her, But there was something missing in her eyes" -Home

"I was stumbling, looking in the dark , With an empty heart, But you say you feel the same"-Home

"Still high with a little feeling, I see the smile as it starts to creep in, It was there, I saw it in your eyes" -Home

"But I know you're only hiding, And I just wanna see you" -Through The Dark

"And I can see your head is held in shame, But I just wanna see you smile again" -Through The Dark

"And I will hold you closer, Hope your heart is strong enough" -Through the dark

"People say we shouldn't be together, We're too young to know about forever" -TDKAU

"They don't know about the things we do, They don't know about the "I love yous"-TDKAU

these are just some out of the many Louis wrote. You can see where I'm going with it now.

and im not even going to touch i to all the shading Louis did with his clothes, tattoos, actions etc...

Now, Harry 'got away' with those actions because of various reasons, but I wouldn't say that he got away, I'd call it more of a "You stop me from doing this we will get backlash for possible homophobia and then y'all lose money so suck it up fuckers we're going on a rainbow ride" which is true; Yes, Harry did always refer to his ideal partner in gender neutral forms, but during the rainbow direction project was when he really amped it up so he could always go with the casual "I'm just supporting my fans, there's no harm in that" when confronted about it, which includes him waving the flags around and all the other stuff.

But it also seems you all are forgetting about how along with all the Queer!Harry we got, we also got more and more headlines of Wom!Harry, more stunts and etc: 5 different official relationships (not counting Kendal twice, which would make 6) between late 2014-early 2016 ALSO NOT COUNTING RUMOURED GIRLFRIENDS which then would make the list go so much higher, Harry couldn't before and still can't hang out with WOMEN or else there will be rumours of them dating.

And this doesn't happen with Men :/ He can hang put with multiple men, and there probably will be barelly one and a half articles written about it -only by small outlets- which in comparison to when he is seen hanging our with a 'mysterious woman' we'll get hundreds of articles about it in a span of an hour.

So what I'm trying to say is that sadly he can still call his ideal partner a he and be seen kissing a guy that the media probably will focus on the chick on the background and write an article like "Harry Styles seen out with friends in LA and he seemed extra cozy with mysterious blonde".

But again, the same with Louis, he hints at us about his sexuality so much, be it us the only one who properly listens to him.

With his songs and the flags and the pins and everything.

Here's some of his lyrics from the Oned era:

"We were meant to be but a twist of fate, Made it so you had to walk away" -Happily

"I don't care what people say when we're together"-Happily

"I can't even think straight but I can tell, You were just with her"-JABOYL

"And nothing's ever easy, That's what they say"-JABOYL

"Pay attention, I hope that you listen 'cause I let my guard down, Right now I'm completely defenseless"-If I Could Fly

"I've got scars even though they can't always be seen, And pain gets hard, but now you're here and I don't feel a thing"-If I Could Fly

"One day you'll come into my world and say it all, You say we'll be together even when you're lost"-Something Great

"I want you here with me, Like how I pictured it, So I don't have to keep imagining"-Something Great

"The script was written and I could not change a thing, I want to rip it all to shreds and start again"-Something Great

"You're all I want, So much it's hurting"-Something Great

So yeah, its sad that you just alienated that one thing without having context nor looking at the bigger picture. If I missed anything please tell me. :]

sorry for the long post

(copied from my answer on twitter)

[landsoflightanddark]

Final Last Guardian Blog Post Thoughts

I had more thoughts than usual about the final TLG interview post on Gendesign’s website, so I decided to write a full post on it instead of a small one with bullet points  The interview itself is here (several months later I now see that this link was...not to the blog post.  Whoops, here’s the blog post), but since I didn’t make a post for the last part of it (here), I’m actually going to start by talking about the main interesting thing that came out of that.

So, as it turns out, the genDesign team actually wanted to update Trico’s AI after the game’s release in response to the “play logs” of everyone playing.  This is a big deal, considering that Trico’s AI was the main complaint about the game.  There are several parts of the game that could use an update specifically along the lines of what they say here - making Trico more agreeable.  The one that really comes to mind for me is the diving section, where in the second part I feel like Trico’s AI is genuinely broken.  It’s very sad to hear that they planned this and weren’t able to implement it.  Imagine all those players out there who had big problems with one or two parts of the game, having those problems removed.  And going by what I’ve seen on Twitch streams - which I detail in this post - that’s a LOT of people.

So, the latest and last post.  The most interesting thing here is the stuff about the Boy’s design, which I’m sure was something those of us who were following these posts were waiting for them to talk about.  Specifically relating to the fact that the character was originally conceived as a girl.  You may have seen my prematurely made, and promptly deleted, posts on this a couple days ago, but now I’ve read the actual post.  So, Ueda starts by elaborating on his reasons for not making the character female.  And, you know, much love to the guy, but his reasons are just as bad as they previously were.  This time he goes into the same argument Ubisoft used years ago with Assassin’s Creed Unity, where it’s apparently harder to model a girl character than a boy character because you have to animate hair and skirts.

There’s kind of a lot of talk about “extra costs” and difficulty of design in these posts, actually.  It’s weird.  Ueda and co. seem to make a lot of effort to convince everyone that these games are kind of just something they do at their jobs - they talk about how gameplay comes first and story second multiple times in these as well.  But actually playing the games, everything’s integrated so well that you wouldn’t know.  But it does make me wonder, what would the games be like if the devs didn’t worry about the budget or time constraints?

Anyway, Ueda also makes a more general version of the “people would look up the skirt” argument, by saying that people would “see her as a sexual object.”  Which is a weird way to state it because instead of “people would look up the character’s skirt for giggles”, which is probably the reason most people would have done that sort of thing.  it turns into some thing about pedophilia.  Not that it matters, because both arguments ignore the fact that you could just have the character wear pants even if she’s a girl.  Or you could change the hair so it doesn’t require as much animation.

But then, they post a screenshot of...what looks like a girl version of the Boy, with curly hair and pants!  They did it, they actually tried to make a better version of the model before settling on the boy for some other reason we don’t know!  Except...Apparently not.  According to the caption, these screenshots are from a time when the character was “a boy with wavy hair”.  This really confused me when I saw it.   I was very sure that character model was of a girl.  I shared gendesign’s tweet of the post link with that screenshot on the blog, excitedly saying we finally got a look at the girl character model.  But the post itself says it’s not.

Now, I don’t want to come off as weird, or as a conspiracy theorist, but I think there might be a bit more here than there seems.  Some people believe the caption fully.  Some people (well, one on reddit that I saw) believe very much that it’s a girl, and that the caption is wrong.  I think there is some evidence to that.  For one, most Japanese expressions lack pronouns.  There have been situations where fans of a thing were unsure if a character was male or female before the creator confirmed it.  I’m not entirely sure if that applies to the situation, because in the English translation, they’re not using a pronoun, they’re using a noun, just saying it’s a boy.

Aside from that is the pose.  I think it goes without saying that it’s a feminine pose, one the boy never takes in the main game.  The back is arched a bit, the leg is up, the character model is looking at the camera.

The third thing is that we’ve never seen this version of the boy, or at least I don’t THINK we have.  Someone on twitter posted a screenshot of the model used in the “Project Trico” trailer, insinuating it was the same one, but I think it’s different.  The hair in the Project Trico model looks like a bunch flat textures moving in the wind, while the blog post model’s looks larger and curly, almost like an afro.  I zoomed in on it as much as I could and I don’t see how I could be seeing it wrong.  Other than that, the pants are shorter and the undershirt is yellow instead of white in the blog post model.

So, they’re definitely different models, but is the one in the blog post a girl?  Well, we don’t know, and just like with Trico (though I often call it “he” out of habit), I won’t assume.  I also think the face looks smoother, and find it interesting how I don’t think you could describe the hair in the blog post model as “wavy”, but you could definitely describe the hair of the Project Trico model that way.

But that’s all I can say about it.  There’s more about the blog post to discuss.  They talk about the bridge collapse section, and how they lead players through it, which, in the case of that part, mostly seems to work, though I’ve seen people take time to figure out how to get over to the scaffolding, not realizing you can just jump over to Trico.  Really, one of the easier sections in the game.

They mention how their goal in the start of The Last Guardian was to reduce the technological challenges, which is an odd thing to say considering they needed to design a large and realistic AI-controlled animal and have it able to interact with the entire game world.

Then, they share a screenshot of a possible GUI the game could have had.  In it, there’s a wheel of symbols at the top of the screen that the player could probably cycle through.  There are only three symbols.  One is for the mirror (it says “kagami” under it), and the others are actually kind of hard to decipher,  There’s one that looks like some kind of crosshair that I’d guess would be for targeting something for Trico to interact with (didn’t they say that they thought about letting you do that in first person at some point, or am I imagining that?), and the other one for...Maybe just normal movement and interaction.

To close the post, they do something I didn’t expect, and talk about the teaser image they showed in January!  Ueda plays it very coy, describing it as “one picture from our process of trial and error”.  Gendesign is trying something new with the early days of this title, creating actual models and possibly gameplay in the game engine, instead of doing a CG concept video.  It seems like maybe they’re making multiple similar concepts and will decide which one they want to go forward with, though I’m guessing the girl and the creature from the teaser image will be in the next game no matter what.

With this information, it seems like we definitely shouldn’t have expected anything at E3, but I do think it’s possible to get something at TGS or PSX later this year.

And that’s pretty much it.  They talk about how they’re hiring at gendesign and what kind of people they want, though I doubt much of that is relevant to any of us.  This post ended up being pretty long, so thanks for reading and as always, if you have a response please reply or reblog.  I’m glad I was able to write this much about TLG again, it’s been awhile.