#zero musings tag pending

[bladeshowers]

Kissing: tongue or no tongue? [all!]

Evan: Start with no tongue and work your way up to it. Amara: Tongue Ardbert: Work your way up to it most of the time. Unless he's in a mood TM. Kalli: No tongue Ysh: No tongue The rest of them aren't gonna kiss kiss easily or ever :'D

[thedoctorscreations]

“These frequent vanishings aren’t healthy, you know.”

“Yeah, don’t rub it in.”

“Do you...Perhaps need to talk?”

“You’re not a therapist.”

“I’m prepared to try.”

[fracturedknight]

Zero: What the FUCK happened to you? are you HAUNTED? are you FUCKING POSSESSED? YOU USED TO BE MY BROTHER!

Ichiru: I had a case of the Mondays. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[teendol]

rise vc: no one calls me a burned out star and gets away with it  ♡

[sasorikigai]

@sonxflight & @bastardsunlight

concept: we’re out with friends, and we can’t stop touching. your hand on my back as your sip your drink. my head on your shoulder as i laugh at a joke. our thighs touch, our hands are tangled together, our shoulders press into one another—it’s unclear where i end and you begin, and that’s how i like it.

[avoresmith]

I finished Horizon Zero Dawn, this is the last post I'm allowed to make bitching about it. 

So the list of what is wrong with this game is lengthy. All of the good parts (fighting cool monsters in their beautiful world) tapers off at the end, because the plot is all locked up in boring purple caves that are a pain in the tits to navigate but also you have to look around them THOROUGHLY if you don't want to miss the only halfway decent character writing in the game. So I spent way more hours than I wanted doing that, which is the opposite of fun.

The Ideas of the Game (and there are many) are not honestly very novel but they are tropes I am fond of if executed well. None of them are executed well so, you know.

I didn't actually realize I was fighting the final boss when I fought it, because it's just a different boss fight I'd already done like ten times but with more HP. lol. My DEEP HOPE for a REALLY COOL BOSS FIGHT because AT LEAST THIS GAME HAS COOL GAMEPLAY was not to be. I'm mad about it.

There are about a thousand ways the game could have been improved if someone with more writing chops had been looking at it. And the thing is. While I don't think the world building is very good (what's the point of using the rebuilding of civilization on the bones of an old one trope if you just have the new civilization follow the previous one almost exactly?), and I wish the plot had been better incorporated, and I wish it had come up with like three or four themes to explore instead of touching briefly on like fifteen, if there had been some halfway decent character writing it would've saved the game for me. I mean I love games with shitty world building, nonsensical or predictable plot, and poorly executed themes all the fucking time. Let's be real, VERY few games are actually well constructed in even a few of these areas, much less all of them. I just need to give half a fuck about the characters slogging through the mess.

Anyway talking to my wife about this yielded a conversation about how few female characters in video games actually have character flaws. Not personality flaws, as in, 'this character is sort of mean', but flaws in their character which is a detriment to themselves and/or their ability to navigate their own story. Something they need to wrestle with or improve upon in order to make headway in their lives. Anger is only a character flaw if they are so angry they can't make a move that demands compassion. Being amoral is only a character flaw in a universe that punishes you for not following the norm.

So it will surprise you to hear that Aloy has no character flaws, I'm sure. In fact, she literally has never done anything wrong in her life, according to the game. Not once is anything her fault, all of her hurtful words are both fairly mild and completely justified, she kills a fuckload of people but no one ever suggests this is a bad thing, she talks about Hope at all of the appropriate points (to bolster others) despite never otherwise being a character who seems to need the motivation that hope offers because in fact she is relentlessly capable. She goes from being unjustly maligned by her society for her entire life to a known badass on the other side of the country without missing a beat, they have literally already heard of her before she reaches the foreign city. She is unable to tell she is being hit on when it's cute and then ready to beat the shit out of a king for vaguely alluding to having a thing for her when his timing is inappropriate. She is an asshole on the regular to a guy who is both using and constantly patronizing her and thus utterly deserving of it. She is kind and helpful to the people who are weak, need her help, or respect her. She is cranky about religion but not enough to do anything other than make snide comments about it (and this is her only consistent character trait). Everything else comes or goes as serves to keep her most Generically Heroic For The Plot.

God I hate flawless characters.

So anyway, I've been thinking about Last of Us.

I didn't have this Tumblr when that game came out but I'm sure ya'll are super surprised to hear I didn't like Last of Us.

My general Last of Us feelings can be summed up by a bright fury that Tess wasn't the main character because she both had an Actual Opinion On The Plot and was Emotionally Engaged With The Fate Of the Human Race, and so Would've Had A Compelling Development With Ellie. 

I think Joel is hideously boring and his motivation is stupid. I'm honestly not ENTIRELY sure if we are actually supposed to like him, but I'm mad that the culmination of his character arc is in taking Ellie's agency away from hers. BUT. I will give you this. Joel is a consistently grumpy asshole bent on pushing away everyone, and to the best of my recollection, the moments of grudging respect or caring he bestows on anyone feels earned. His personality SUCCEEDS in cutting him off from the world at large and preventing him from growing as human being, and it is only through confronting within himself whether or not he wants to make room his heart for a little girl who he is projecting his dead daughter onto that he begins to actually give a fuck about anything and take any kind of decisive stand about what is valuable to him in the world. I certainly wouldn't say that I like the way his character arc is handled, but he does make a choice and he does develop specifically as a result of his relationship with Ellie, if he does not truly OVERCOME his flaws he at least navigates them and responds to their existence, perhaps developing new flaws on the way. 

So! If you consider A) consistency of character and B) having character flaws to be fundamental to C) decent character writing (and I do!!) then I must posit that even Joel is a better character than Aloy.

And I fucking HATE Joel.

[sasorikigai]

@bastardsunlight

[toestalucia]

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hc meme↔ = The character’s ability to read directions

reading directions is no problem, gran has actually become pretty good at it with the years. following them, on the other hand, is a completely different story. they got lost in the forest a lot as a child, partly due to never bringing a map, partly due to straying off from paths and trying different ways. if they were told to go straight down the road they’d do that for two minutes, before seeing something to their left and checking that out instead. as time went on they got lost less and less, until they knew the forest like the back of their hand.

that said, while gran can follow a map no problem, written descriptions are a bit harder to follow no matter how well-written they are, so having a third pair of eyes aside from theirs && vyrns would do well.

[altruisticlies-blog]

Knowing your partner well makes writing together a lot easier. tag this with the people you enjoy roleplaying with but want to get to know better.

TAGGED BY: @e1mayarah​ (thaaaaaank you!) TAGGING: @drsncw​, @danversxsisters​, @karadanversofel​, @queeerfeminista​, @eachothershero​, @fcrmychildren​, @chcpchcp​, @agentharrisonofshield​ & YOU (do eeeeet, say I tagged you!) ☆

BASICS:

Name: elysian (geniz) Age: 3 younger than chy Prefered pronouns: she / her Sexuality: asexual Zodiac sign: leo Taken or single: taken Three facts:

when i was 14, i was obsessed with “honey, i shrunk the kids” and wanted to become an inventor. I used to make labels and put them on products claiming they were “szalinski-something witty, patent pending” (lol)

for my first talent show, in 4th grade, i performed to selena’s technocumbia (haha!)

one of my best concert experiences was ghost, bc; the air was filled with frankincense, the lighting was amazing, their performance was beautiful and i got to scream the lyrics to year zero at the top of my lungs, ha! 

EXPERIENCE:

How long (months/years?): 10+ How’d you start: yahoo! groups Platforms you’ve used: yahoo! groups, forums (very briefly, never lasted), tumblr Worst experience: nothing directed at me, but general fandom wank Best experience: meeting lovely people!

MUSE PREFERENCES:

Female or male: for some reason, i find male muses easier to write Original or canon: canon Favorite face: too many to choose from, omg! Least favorite face: sorry, sorry, but i’m kinda eh to fcs from the VD, but hey, write them well and change my mind, yeah? Multi or single: either 

WRITING PREFERENCES:

Fluff, angst or smut: angst? Plots or memes: plots Long or short replies: para Best time to write: early morning or very late at night or at work (oops!) Are you like your muse: not really, lol, i’m totally kara!

[ladyxingxi]

Yes I know Boo Rules still these are important for a smoother interaction and in turn--role play.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ━━ Interaction

First off, Hello ! I am always excited to get a chance to interact with others so if your reading these thank you! I follow people I want to interact with. So understand when I smash that little heart. I'd love to do threads with you! I have no requirements for interacting with me--So what are you waiting for ? Lets do things!!!

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ━━ Posting

I love writing posts, at times my posts will absolutely get long. I will always try to place them under a Read More if this is the case ( if tumblr is working to do so  )  Regardless after three posts I will always cut the posts. In cases where I am mobile this may not happen. I will try to fix it when home. I will always Name my Threads in the Tags this is so I can find my posts and replies to you easier. I don't require you to do the same. If you want to share a Verse/Ship Tag - Yes Please. I honestly love that~

If you have something that is triggering to you, don't put me on blast in Messages. Come to me like I am a person -- I am a person! I will tag that for you. As there will be violent themes, monster hunting --etc on this blog with it being a CQL BLOG.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ━━ Shipping

I don't force ships, I might inquire if I feel the muses have hit it off well. I am not good at insta-ships just add water though I need to see how they play out. Its the worst thing to try to write to a ship with zero chemistry, so to this end Chemistry is a good thing. however, if I chat with you enough and I feel that our character's could work--I am always willing to give it a try.

All NSFW threads will be under NSFW and please note I will not write anything to risque with a minor, if you are not 18+ its not happening.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ━━ Following

I am semi selective when it comes to Role Playing. I prefer having mutuals. So if you want to write with me please follow me. This is so I know that your at the very least interested in writing with me. Also, most people seem to be very firm in the court of only writing with their mutuals so that's pretty much what I am also aiming for. I will ALWAYS write with Multimuses & Sideblogs--just let me know you are a side blog please and thanks you.. You don't have to have a fancy layout or icons. I will write with formatted text/non for formatted text. Icon/No Icons. One Line - Novella. I personally write at the very least multipara.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ━━ General

This should go with out saying but Respect your rp partners. Respect me. I may not be able to insta-reply. It may take a day or so. Pending on whats going on IRL the nasty IRL Beast tends to maul me from time to time. I will always be patient with you. The exception to this is if I feel my @ing ability is not working--or more likely I am super excited for our threads than I might let you know I posted.

God Modeing is a BIG NO as it auto killing my character. If you want to do stuff let me know. Talk to me about it. I am always willing to write more intricate combat scenes, I am even willing to allow my muse  to be hurt-critically wounded, but not for a random reason. I am plot driven and I prefer any combat be as well. To further a plot or develop a relationship. It must make sense for me though. 

I may alter these rules at any time, if I do I will announce it in a thread!