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I don't need the new pkm game I'm not interested
*sees the character creator*
I'm..... N-not interested.......
#I've only ever played the 1 pkmn game and i did end up loving it#so I'm curious to play more in the franchise but there's a lot of reasons a yearly release schedule is bad#and me not being interested in investing only for it to be old news next year has been a key reason I didn't get more into it#i had no idea the new game was out bc i feel like a new one just came out like last week#just by pure chance I was feeling nostalgic abt my first starter and my son Hop from sword and shield lol#but u say character creator and i jump#not rly tho I'm sure the reaction to this game rn speaks to why i never buy games on release day anymore#last time i did that was like 2016 or whenever transistor came out and that's different#last triple a game i bought day of was Dishonored 2#anyway that's neither here nor there I'm just rambling to put off stuff i should be doing#it's gonna be a long time until i have serious interest in this game#and w the way games work now i usually wait a year at least for them to actually finish it re patches and updates#bc i like to buy complete games like The Good Old Days#hmm y'know what i might have bought another release day title in the last few years#it's not something i do often bc i used to wait for a sale but game prices just don't go down anymore 😑#the other game was Outer Worlds ironically the game about evil corporations and the unsustainable Max profit model at the cost of QOL
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Angel Face, Devil Thoughts
Summary: The first time Rafe Cameron saw you, he knew he had to have you. Whatever it takes. Wk: 6.8K
•This is a collaboration with @babygorewhore🖤 I had so much fun working on this with you baby, I love you so much!!!•
Warnings: Possesive!Rafe, obsessive behaviors (Rafe and reader), kidnapping, drugging, kinda clueless reader (or is she…?), daddy kink, borderline stalker behavior, spanking, hair pulling, jealous!Rafe, bondage, age gap (Rafe is 35 reader is 26), spit kink, oral, unprotected sex. Dark fic, 18+MNDI!! (Divider by me)
Rafe Cameron’s legs turned as he swung the golf club, perfectly hitting the ball as it landed near the hole in the ground yards ahead. He smirked to himself. Topper clapped a hand on his shoulder. His grip firm and Rafe cocked an eyebrow at him.
“I don’t know how you do it. I’ve never beaten you.”
Rafe shrugged. “No one can,” He chuckled and scanned the scenery of the yards ahead of him.
It was a beautiful day. It wasn’t too hot and he was able to wear nicer clothing than he usually did for golf. A simple button down shirt and comfortable pants allowed him to easily pick up his bag of clubs and make his way to the small section of the park where food and drink was served. By Pogues and the middle class.
But he wasn’t as involved in the war between kooks and pogues. At 35, he truly had better things to do. Run the empire and look after Wheezie who was a young teenager now. After Wards death, his sisters random marriage, his own growth over the years, Rafe just wanted to make money, fuck, and…make more money.
But then his eyes widened and he almost stopped short when he saw you. And his entire world came to a halt.
You were wearing a simple outfit, a little black tennis skirt and a polo tee that bore the logo of the franchise representing the park. Your hair was out of your face, you were wearing makeup and you were currently talking to Wheezie, who giggled and blushed at a young boy across from you both. Rafe’s footsteps slowed but he continued your way. He was close enough to hear the conversation.
“I think he’s really cute. But I don’t know how to approach him.” Wheezie complained and he wanted to roll his eyes over her thirtieth crush of the week when you smiled at her. And he melted inside.
“That’s okay. All you have to do is wave and smile. Men are easy.” You winked at her and he swallowed thickly.
You were so beautiful. Delicate. Angelic. Perfect. You radiated kindness and a youthful spark that he hadn’t exposed himself to in a long time. He was probably about ten years your senior but he didn’t give a shit. When he saw Wheezie walk away from you and your adorable smile continued to grow, that's when he decided.
You were his.
He cleared his throat and prepared to further approach you after abandoning Topper. He had no issue with shyness or other bullshit younger men dealt with but something about you made him hesitate. Why were you working? Someone as perfect as you deserved to be treated gently, like a princess. You needed to be kept.
Rafe could do that. Easily.
As he walked to you, your pretty doe eyes looked up at him, and a smirk so faint crossed your face that he almost missed it.
“Haven’t seen you before. Sorry if my little sister annoyed you. But I have a soft spot for her.” Rafe didn’t bother with introducing himself. You’d be screaming his name soon enough.
“Hi,” when you gave him your name, he almost got chills. Even your name was perfect. You were an angel. The way your feet rolled, trying to shorten the distance between you both was adorable. “She was cute! I remember my first crush.” You twirl your hair and Rafe gave you a hum of approval.
“What’s a pretty little girl like yourself doing working here? With looks like that, I figured you’d be a model.” Rafe complimented and instead of becoming shy, you batted your eyelashes and grinned.
“I’m thinking about it.” You glanced back at the bar cart, “but I have to get back to work. It was nice to meet you finally, Rafey.” The nickname made his lips quirk in a sadistic smile. A nickname already? One he never allowed others to use.
But you weren’t anyone.
You were his little bunny.
Rafe stayed longer than usual, watching you from a distance and leering at the way your skirt hugged your ass and hips. You were a little clumsy but he enjoyed that. He knew you’d have to rely on him for everything. You needed him.
When you clocked out, Rafe was horrified to see you start to walk down the road. You didn’t have a car. And that made him feel rage. How could someone allow you to walk home alone? He certainly wouldn’t. Not his pretty kitty.
Rafe marched forward, catching up with you before his hand gently touched your arm. “Pretty girls shouldn’t have to walk home. Come on. I’ll give you a ride.”
He expected you to deny it but then you grinned and nodded rapidly.
“Yes! That sounds great!”
This would be too easy. But he was worried. What if a bad man got a hold of you? How would he live with himself if something happened to you? He’d never let it go. No. His darling little girl would never get hurt.
“Come on. My car is this way.”
Rafe lagged behind you ever so slightly, despite his legs being much longer than yours. He couldn’t resist getting another peak of your ass in that little uniform. He also couldn’t resist when you stumbled as he was helping you into the passenger seat and one of his hands landed on the skin of your ass just under your skirt. He had to hold back a chuckle at the sight of you displaying yet another act of clumsiness. You were so helpless, fragile, too good for this world. He had to protect you from anyone who tried to hurt you, even yourself.
“Alright, Angel face, where am I headed?” Rafe buckles himself in, one of his long fingers hitting the push to start on his fancy sports car. He glances over at you, noticing that you haven’t buckled yourself up yet. He lightly shakes his head before leaning over the center console to buckle your belt for you.
“Oh, thank you, Rafey.” You run your fingers down his forearm, batting your lashes at him again. He takes note of your chipped nail polish, he’ll have to remedy that immediately. He’s definitely going to be calling the nicest salon on the island first thing tomorrow. Get you the full treatment, hair, nails, massage, whatever you want. “It’s on figure 8, I’m actually staying three houses down from you, I think. It’s my grandparents old house.”
“Oh, yeah, I heard about their passing. I’m sorry about that, doll.” He smiles at you softly, earning the cutest little grin in return. “Is that what you’re doing here? You inherit their house or something?”
“Oh, no, nothing like that. They left it to my mom but she doesn’t have any interest in living here so her and dad are selling it. We came here to go through all their stuff and get it ready to put on the market.”
“What about you? You like it here?” You cross your legs, and Rafe can see how deliciously your thighs squish together out of the corner of his eye. He stifled a groan at the sight.
“Yeah, it’s nice. It’s a lot different from my hometown but it’s really pretty here. And I make better money than I did at my waitressing job back home.” Your voice is so cute, Rafe wants to drown in it.
“If your moms parents left her all that money, how come you’re working?” He takes a chance to look over at you at a red light, eyes roaming your form, committing as much as he could to memory.
“They are still dealing with all the legal stuff, and I don’t really know if they’ll even give me any. I don’t think they trust me with it. I haven’t always made the best life choices.” You sigh, a frown spreading across your lips, a crease in your brow. Rafe hates it, how dare they upset you? How dare they not help you? If you aren’t great with making choices, he doesn’t mind making them for you.
“Ah, makes sense. But a pretty girl like you? You deserve everything you could ever want. Waited on hand and foot.”
“That’s so sweet, thank you, Rafe. But I’ve always worked for what I want, ya know? I don’t really mind it.” You shrug your shoulders, twirling a strand of hair around your finger.
“Well, I think you deserve better than that, s’all im saying. I’m gonna set up a spa day for you, alright? What are your days off?” This is a win, win for him. He can spoil you a little and figure out your work schedule.
“Oh! You don’t have to do th-“
“Angel, I don’t have to do anything, but I’d really like to do this for you. Let me.” It comes out like more of a command than a request and he doesn’t miss the way your breath hitches in your throat at his tone.
“Alright, if you insist. I work Tuesday to Saturday every week. So I have tomorrow off, since today is Saturday.” You smile at him, and he thinks it’s adorable how proud you seem to be stating simple facts. You seemed like a bit of an air head but Rafe didn’t mind, he liked that, it would be easier to guide you.
“Okay, I’m gonna call and make you an appointment for tomorrow.” He pulls into the driveway of your grandparents home and takes his phone out of his pocket, handing it to you. “Put your number in here and I’ll text you the details.”
Your smile is wide and he feels like he can practically see a sparkle in your eyes. He wants to give you the fucking world. You add your number to his phone, putting yourself in as “Angel Face” with a little bunny next to it. You give him his phone back and he smirks down at it, you were almost in too cute to bare.
“Well, thank you so much for the ride, and for tomorrow too! You’ve been so kind to me and you hardly even know me, I wish I could repay you somehow.” A little pout forms on your lips as you look up at him through those god damned lashes.
“I’m sure we can figure something out, Angel face. For now, be a good girl for me and get inside safely. Make sure you lock the door behind you. I’ll text you soon about your little spa day.” He smirks at you, resting his hand on your thigh and giving it a squeeze. The cutest little squeak leaves your lips and he can’t wait to hear what you sound like when you moan his name. “Also, no more walking home, alright? I’m usually done with my work shit by the time the club closes so I’ll pick you up from now on.”
You look like you’re about to protest, but it’s almost like you think better of it. Instead you give him one of those sweet smiles.
“Sounds good, thank you again, I’ll make sure I’m a real good girl for you. Get lots of rest for my big day tomorrow. Good night Rafey.”
“Night, Angel.” You pat his hand before grabbing your purse and exiting his car. He swears you bent over a little extra to give him a flash of your little black panties, but he’s not complaining. As long as he’s the only man you’re doing that for. He’s totally and utterly addicted to you already, and he won’t stop until he owns you completely. Rafe quickly calls the salon owner's private number, knowing they’re probably closed by now. He offers her however much it takes to get you in the next day before typing out a text to you.
Your appointment is at 12:30 tomorrow, I think baby pink stiletto nails would compliment you well. I'll pick you up at noon, don’t be late. Sweet dreams, bunny.
Rafe eagerly pulls into the salon parking lot the next day. He picked you up at noon on the dot, you came bouncing down the driveway with a bright smile on your face. He must say seeing you out of your work clothes was a spiritual experience for him. You were wearing this little black mini skirt, and a little light pink tank top. You had on the most impractical shoes for a place like this, big, chunky, studded platform Mary Jane’s, with little white ruffle socks. The thing that really did him in though? The black o-ring choker around your neck. It was all so contradictory, the pink, the studs, the little socks. He’s never seen a girl like you in all his years. He needs you so badly.
Last night felt like one of the longest nights of his life, he never thought he could miss someone he just met so much. But he was up nearly all night, his thoughts riddled with you. Your thighs, the way your tits looked in that little work polo, the way your ass would bounce when he fucked you from behind. Rafe has never jerked off so much in one night. Not even when he was younger. All he can think about is filling you up, spoiling you, maybe putting a few babies in you once he’s gotten his fill of alone time with you. He walks into the salon with a pep in his step, his eyes scanning the room for your beautiful face.
His features immediately harden when he spots you though. You’re sitting pretty in one of the plush pedicure chairs your feet propped up while a man paints your dainty little toe nails. His nostrils flare, anger surging through him at the sight of another man’s hands on his angel. His expensive loafers thud against the ground as he stomps towards you.
“Rafe, hi! You’re early! But this is the last thing, so you shouldn’t have to wait for long.” You give him that saccharine smile, completely oblivious to his internal meltdown.
“Hi angel.” He smiles at you, but he doesn’t quite reach his eyes. “You about done with my girl here?”
He looks down at the man as he coats the polish on your toenails, wanting nothing more than to cut his fingers off one by one for even thinking he’s worthy of touching you. Let alone doing it. He doesn’t give a shit if he’s paying.
“Yeah, this is the last step then I’ll have her out of here.” The guy smiles at him before returning to his task.
“I didn’t know dudes worked at places like this.” Rafe scoffs.
“Rafe! That’s kind of a rude thing to say… Everyone here has been so helpful and kind! I’ve had a great day!” Your lips form into a pout, your brows furrowed. The last thing he wants to do is upset you, or scare you off. He needs you to trust him. Plus he’s not the same hot headed guy he used to be, he’s a man now. He can keep this to himself.
“You’re right, baby, I’m sorry. Thanks for treating her right, man.” Rafe forces the most polite smile he can muster in his direction.
“No problem, just doing my job.” He taps his fingers against the polish, making sure it’s dry. “Which I’m all done with, you’re free to go ma’am. You can pay up front.”
“Thank you so much!! They look perfect!!” You wiggle your toes, your hands clapping together excitedly. You’re so cute Rafe hardly remembers why he was mad, hardly. He still wants to singe that guy’s finger tips off. “You like them?”
“Yeah bunny, those are gorgeous.” Rafe smirks, pleased to see the baby pink polish on not just your fingers but your toes too. You even went with the shape he suggested. You’re such a good girl already.
He walks you to the counter, using his black card to pay for everything. He even leaves a generous tip, despite how much he’s still simmering with jealousy over that man touching you. He wanted to make a good impression on you, he needs you to see how perfect he is for you.
“Lemme see you, pretty girl.” Rafe offers you his hand so he can spin you around, a low whistle escaping his lips as you twirl. “Gorgeous.”
“Oh my god, thank you! I really had such a great day. I got a massage. Then they did highlights and a blow out on my hair. And of course I got these pretty nails!!” You giggle, holding your hands out to him to give him a closer look.
“Very pretty, bunny. The little bows are a nice touch. I knew that color would be perfect for you. You ready to go?”
“Yup! All set.”
Rafe leads you out to his car, helping you in and buckling your seatbelt just like he has the last two times you've been in it. He drives towards your grandparents house with an almost uneasy feeling. He doesn’t want to let you go yet. Or ever. He left you alone for a few hours and regardless if it was his job or not another man had his hands all over you. He didn’t like it. You were too precious to be going around without him. You needed him just as much as he needed you.
When he pulls up to your house you thank him over and over again, telling him no one has ever done anything this nice for you before. How could they not have? You deserve a thousand times more than just this, and he’s going to give it to you. You lean over and leave a sticky lipgloss kiss on his cheek. His heart feels like it’s nearly going to burst out of his chest and he has to clench his fists to stop himself from reaching out and kissing you like his life depends on it. You make sure to bend over again when you get out of his car, and it just drives him even more crazy. He was going to make you his, by any means necessary.
Rafe carefully selected another item into the cart as he walked down the aisle at the store. The aisles were nearly empty since he picked the perfect time to arrive and buy things for his little girl. His shopping was usually done by someone who worked for him but how could he allow anyone to touch things that were yours? Only he could give you these things. His little angel wouldn’t ever have to worry about anyone ever again.
In the cart were stuffed animals, blankets, decorations and even coloring books. He had already assembled the basics in the bedroom he specifically designed for you two days later after he had been driving you home. The room would be ready tonight.
His caretaker nature allowed him to easily pick up on things you liked. Soft, sweet and gentle natured you. His baby girl.
As he returned to his home with several bags, he didn’t allow anyone to put things away. The room was a soft pink color. Completely removed of any objects that could cause you harm. Stuffed animals, a tv set, a computer that would be monitored, and a soft bed with fluffed pillows. Rafe stood straight and admired his work. Yes. This was perfect for a sweet girl like you. Everything about this plan would go perfectly. His little bimbo would fall for his trap and he didn’t have a moment of doubt or guilt. Why would he? You needed him. And he wouldn’t stand the thought of anyone else having you.
Like clockwork, Rafe heard the doorbell ring and he knew it was Barry. Here to accomplish his part of the task at hand. Rafe opened his front door after begrudgingly leaving your bedroom and Barry leaned against the frame.
“Sup, country club.” He dangled a bag full of small pills. “Got the dough. You have my money?”
Rafe handed over the wad of cash and accepted the plastic bag. “This better be the real fucking thing or I’ll kill you.” He warned and Barry smirked.
“Yeah, yeah I’m so scared of you big boy. Pretty fucked up though. What you’re planning to do with that chick. But it’s safe I guess. Not gonna hurt her.”
“That’s all I need to know.” Rafe pressed the bag against his chest and Barry crossed his arms.
“Ain’t ever seen you like this, bro. When you gonna get her?”
“Tonight. When she’s on her way home. Pretty little bunny doesn’t have a car. She’s making this easy for me.” Rafe chuckled.
“Aight, I don’t need to know anymore.” Barry held his hands up and walked away towards his bike. “Careful, Rafe. Sounds like you’ve really fallen for her.”
Rafe nodded and a twinge of emotion made him feel warm. He swore to himself he’d never fall in love. And now look at him. Planning on taking this poor girl but he was doing her a favor. She was his and his alone. He would protect her. Even if it was against her will. Even if it meant forcing her.
Later, Rafe was in his car waiting to pick you up with your favorite drink. A milkshake. His trembling hands gripped the steering wheel as the minutes went by on his digital clock.
You will be coming out soon. All his. His precious baby. Rafe craned his neck and finally saw you walking towards his car. His body tensed and his cock twitched with adrenaline as you smiled when you saw him. Twirling your braids, you waved at him while approaching the car with a half slip.
“Hi, Rafey! You’re right on time!” You said as you happily slid into the car.
Rafe nodded. “Of course I am, baby. I’m a man of my word. Here, I got you something, Angel.” He handed you the milkshake, his fingers twitching as you grinned and immediately wrapped your lips around the straw. You moaned at the taste and his mouth watered at your pretty sounds.
You fell for it.
Rafe inhaled slowly as he started driving, but not in the direction of your home. It didn’t matter anyway, you were drinking too eagerly to really notice.
“It’s a pretty day, Rafe! Almost as pretty as you are!” You giggled and Rafe reached over, placing a hand on your thigh, giving it a gentle yet firm squeeze.
“Thank you, bunny. You’re such a sweet girl you know that? My sweet girl.” He muttered the last part and he noticed your movements were growing slower.
You blinked, your doe eyes becoming unfocused. The Valium was taking effect and he smirked with satisfaction. God, you were such a little bimbo slut.
“Rafey…I feel so tired…” you yawned and he traced his ringed fingers along your skin where your skirt had rode up.
“Go to sleep, baby. You’ll be all nice and safe when you wake up.” Rafe trembled as you slumped over, your mouth parting as you drifted to a deep sleep.
That’s it. That’s my fucking girl. So obedient.
Your body feels weighed down, you try to open your eyes but it feels like someone put bags of sand on top of them. The last thing you remember is falling asleep in Rafe’s car, but what you’re laying on right now is definitely not a car seat. It feels like the most plush mattress you’ve ever laid on, even softer than the one in your grandparents guest room. Your head feels like it’s resting on a cloud, and the air smells nice. Like vanilla and strawberries.
After a few minutes of struggling you finally force your eyes to open slightly. There’s a soft warm light illuminating the room, and what looks like a sheer pink canopy on the ceiling above you. Your body still feels heavy but you’re able to move your hands now, spreading your fingers and running your palms across a silky soft blanket. You turn your head to the side and your eyes land on a pink wall with the prettiest vanity you’ve ever seen pushed up against it. You weave your head the other way, trying to get a grip on your surroundings. Up against the opposite wall there’s a rack filled with clothes and from what you can tell it’s all things you’d wear.
You try to push yourself up on your palms, now extremely aware of how dry your mouth is, how thirsty you are. But your body still feels too weak. You let out a little groan and lull your head back against the soft pillow.
“Hey, hey, don’t try to move, Angel. I’ve got you.”
“Rafe?” Your voice comes out a cracked whisper, you can’t see him, but there’s no doubt in your mind that it’s him.
“Yeah bunny, it’s me, daddy’s here.” The self proclaimed title sends a shiver down your spine.
“Daddy? What’s going on? Where am I?” You’re about to try to push yourself up again when Rafe comes into view. He’s towering over you, looking down at you with what only could be described as adoration.
“You’re home.” His large hand reaches out to cup your jaw, the pad of his thumb running over the apple of your cheek.
“Home? This isn’t my grandparents' house - I - I’m so thirsty.” You nuzzle into his palm almost subconsciously. You’ve spent so many nights now dreaming about his touch, more than just the brief thigh touches or a hand on your shoulder. It felt so nice.
“Shh shh, baby it’s okay. Don’t overwhelm yourself. Here, I’ll help you sit up, I have some water here.” His snakes one arm underneath your head and the other behind your knees, hoisting you up against the headboard with ease. Now that you’re sitting up you have a better view of the room. It’s beautiful. Something out of your wildest dreams.
“Where - where are we?” You ask with wide eyes, your voice filled with borderline awe.
“I told you Angel, we’re home. This is for you. I did this all for you.” He takes the cap off the water bottle sitting on the nightstand and holds it up to your lips. You eagerly chug it down, the cool liquid calming the burn in your throat.
“For me? Rafe? How did I get here? Did you change my clothes?” Now that you’re feeling more aware you realize you’re no longer wearing your work uniform. Instead you’re wearing a little silk nighty with white lace embellishments. It’s soft and comfortable and honestly gorgeous.
“Bunny… I need you to listen to me, alright?” He discards the water bottle so he can sit on the bed next to you, his hand returning to your face. You nod against his palm, looking up at him with big wide eyes. “Use your words.”
“I’m listening, Rafey.”
“Call me daddy when I’m talking to you like this, alright baby?”
“Okay, daddy.”
“I - fuck - I did what I had to do alright? I did what’s best for you. You’re too fragile, too precious for this world. That first day I saw you working at the club, I knew I needed you. Knew you needed me.” You try to hold in your smirk, you really do. But you were already starting to crack as it was, and this? This isn’t something you would’ve expected.
“Oh I know, daddy, I see the way you look at me… you didn’t answer my question though. How did I get here, huh? Did you slip something in that milkshake? Knock me out? Strip me down and get a good look at my little body?” You look at him with a Cheshire smile, and a gleam in your eye he’s never seen.
“Hey, I didn’t fuckin’ do any weird shit if that’s what you’re thinking, I want you fully aware of your surroundings the first time I have you. That is until I fuck you so good you forget everything but my name…”
“So kidnapping and drugging me isn’t considered weird? Got it.” You let out a breathy chuckle. “You know, I knew you wanted me, but I didn’t think you’d go this far. I have to say, daddy, it’s kind of hot.”
“The fuck you mean you knew?” His brows furrow, his nostrils slightly flare and you can tell you hit a nerve. But you just couldn’t keep up this clueless girl act anymore, not after he went to all these lengths just to get you. You needed him to know you wanted him just as bad.
“I mean, I’m not blind. You look at me like you want to put me in a cage and never let me go. You drive me home everyday. You offered to buy me new nails the first day you met me. Also, don’t think I didn’t notice how jealous you got when you saw that guy doing my pedicure. And guess what? The funny part is, you didn’t need the drugs to get me. I would’ve just let you take me.”
“You knew this entire time how badly I wanted you?” You nod and his hand reaches out to grip your jaw, rougher than before. “I told you to use your words, bunny.”
“Yes, I knew.” You smirk at him and he adjusts his grip so he’s pinching your cheeks.
“And you still continued to tease me like a little slut? Bend over and flash me your little panties every time you got out of my car? Always pushing those tits up against my arm and batting your lashes at me? Was that all some kind of act? You trynna scam me?” His hand migrates from your face to your throat, his thick fingers tightening against your esophagus deliciously.
“Daddy, no. It wasn’t an act at all. I want you so bad. Just wanted to see how far I could push you before you finally cracked. I have to say, you exceeded my expectations. I can’t believe you did all of this just for me. That’s so sexy.”
“Oh, so you’re just a little fuckin’ tease. That it?”
“I wasn’t teasing, you could’ve had me any time. You just got in your head that you had to carry out this elaborate scheme to keep me, when I’m already yours.” Rafe practically growls, he feels tricked, he feels frustrated that he risked hurting you with those drugs when you wanted him all along. But most of all? He’s so fucking horny.
“Well, I want you right fuckin’ now.” He uses his grip on your throat to push you onto your back and eases his body over top of yours.
Your breathing intensifies as you give him a small smirk. Of course you knew he wanted you. You may be a bimbo but you had common fucking sense. His blue eyes burned whenever he looked at you with a hunger that was impossible to deny. The material of his shirt rubbed against your bare skin, your slip riding up from his movements that left you pinned on the mattress under his mercy. His palm pressed against your throat felt heavenly, his fingers locked around the sides of your neck held you down posessively.
“You fucking slut. You liked it this the whole time. Liked playing with me. I’m gonna make you regret it.” Rafe flipped you over, grabbing your hips and yanking you up on your hands, your ass up in the air. Your pussy clenches around nothing before Rafe’s hand slaps your ass, hard enough to make you jolt forward as his other hand flies to your hair, holding you in place with a makeshift ponytail.
“Apologize to daddy. Say you’re sorry.” He growls and you want to be a brat and say no, but his fingers slide from your hair down, down, down to your entrance, sinking knuckle deep in your cunt. His two digits play inside you, curling in a come here motion and your slick welcomes him in further as his thumb brushes against your clit with a delicious pressure. “Mmm, wanna give you love, bunny, but you’ve been a bad girl.” He grunts and you whine with your face pressed against the bed.
“Sorry, daddy! I’m sorry I acted bad!” You shriek when he spanks you again, this time hard enough to leave a mark. He spanks you again, and again and again. Tears prick your eyes and you hear him shift as he releases you. You fall forward, crashing onto the blanket and you feel his hands take your ankles. He moves you around on your back, dragging you to the headboard.
“Dumb little kitty. Bet you’re so wet from this. Let’s see,” He gives you a predatory smile and shoves off his black tie. He pins your wrists down, using your weakness to his advantage as he loops it around your hands. He ties you to the headboard and his knee spreads your legs, making you feel the air on your damp panties.
Rafe breathes through his mouth in a taunting huff, “look at that. You’re such a little whore for me. Wet from me hurting you? Drugging you? God damn you’re so pathetic. I love it.”
As you jerk, trying to move you realize you’re completely trapped by him. Rafe looms over you, cupping your jaw. “Open your fucking mouth,” He hisses and you immediately obey. He spits inside, “swallow it. You’re good at that, aren’t you?” You shudder at his filthy words.
Rafe crawls down, sliding your panties down your legs. A groan escaping him at your sticky pussy on display for him as he spreads your knees.
“Mmmm, so good. You’re so worked up.” He situates himself on the bed, burying his mouth against you, his tongue lewdly licks at your clit like an ice cream cone. His heated lips suck at your center with loud moans as he grinds into the mattress.
Your hips buck, his nose continually brushing against the underside of your clit as he laps all around before thrusting his tongue inside your entrance, gathering every single ounce of precum he can get.
“Fuck, daddy. Feels so good, I needed this.” You barely manage and he chuckles.
“Desperate, huh? Needed daddy to fuck this tight little pussy? My little girl is such a good bunny.”
Your stomach tightens, a tightening coil in your belly growing the more he licks you up relentlessly. He rips away, whipping your juices from his chin. His cock inside his trousers looks painfully hard.
“I’m going to make you fucking scream.”
Rafe pushes himself up on his knees, easily ridding himself of his button up and then moving onto his slacks. Your eyes widen at the sight of his cock, you knew he’d be big, but it’s even better than you imagined. All those nights trying to stifle the moans of his name so your parents didn’t hear you.
“Fuck daddy, your cock is so pretty.” You’re practically drooling. “Fuck my mouth.”
He finds himself questioning if you’re even real at this point. His little angel all tied up and laid out, practically begging him to use your pretty mouth. He straddles your face, the head of his heavy cock brushes against your lips and you flick your tongue out. You moan at the taste of the bead of precum that gathered at the tip.
“Fuckin’ look at you, gonna let me use this little mouth?” He taps his cock against your outstretched tongue a few times before using his free hand to grip onto your hair, pulling your head back. “Open wide, slut.”
You stick your tongue out as far as it can go and he glides his length across it. He thrusts slow a few times before shoving his cock down your throat, causing you to gag.
“Yeah, that’s right, fucking choke on it.” You close your lips around him, taking a deep breath through your nose as he begins to assault your throat with rough thrusts. His groans are almost animalistic as he uses you for his own pleasure. You moan around his cock, clenching your thighs together at the feeling of being at his mercy. “Mmm bunny, this mouth is so fucking good. But I bet that little pussy is ever better. She was practically begging for me to fill her. Is that what you want?”
He uses his grip on your hair to pull you off his cock, leaning back so he can look down at you with a condescending pout.
“Please daddy, want it so bad. Want your cock, want your cum. Fill me up.” His large hand grips your face, punching your cheeks together as he tilts your head from side to side.
“You’re such a good little bunny, begging for daddy’s cock like my own personal little slut. That’s all you’re gonna be from now on. Mine to fill, to use, to fuck, to spoil. You’re never going to have to think about a single thing ever again.” He expertly undoes the tie binding your wrists, gripping onto your hips and flipping you onto your stomach again.
“Yes daddy, that’s all I want, just want you. Wanna be your good girl. Want you to take care of me.” You whine into the sheets. “Please fuck me daddy, please don’t make me wait any-“
You’re cut off abruptly when he pulls your ass up into the air, lining his cock up with your entrance. He fills you up in one rough thrust, your slick walls practically sucking him in. He doesn’t give you time to adjust before he’s fucking into you at a brutal pace.
“Oh fuck yeah, this fucking pussy is even better than I imagined. You’re so fucking tight, never gonna stop fucking you baby. Gonna keep you full day and night.”
“Daddy daddy daddy, it feels so good. So good. You’re so big.” You let him take you, his cock hitting that sweet spot inside of you over and over. You’re gripping the sheets so tight you’re scared your new nails are going to tear through them and drool is dripping down your chin and onto the fabric.
“Yeah, fucking take it, slut. Take this fucking dick.” He leans forward, his thick forearm snaking around your throat. He uses his grip on you to pull you up so your back is flush against his chest. You didn’t think anyone could ever be so deep inside of you, and the pressure on your throat makes your head light in the best way.
“Oh my god, daddy, I’m gonna cum.” His free hand finds your clit, and the minute he’s circling it your orgasm is crashing over you. You thrash in his hold, a pornographic moan ripping through you.
“Fuck yes angel, fucking cum for your daddy. Pussy is fucking squeezing me. Gonna make me cum. Look at me.” His hand leaves your clit, roughly gripping onto your jaw so he can pull your head to the side. It’s borderline painful the way your neck is craned so you can look up into his blue eyes. But when he smashes his lips against yours in a bruising kiss you can’t bring yourself to care.
Rafe continues to fuck into you, his tongue invading your mouth, intertwining with yours. He pushes his hips flush against your ass as he reaches his high, filling you with ropes of his cum.
“That’s it, good fucking girl. You're so good for me.” He releases your throat, pulling out of you slowly, causing you to whine. He eases you onto your back, leaning over top of you to place a much more tender kiss than before on your lips. “Let me clean you up baby.”
He gets up, quickly wetting a washcloth in the ensuite bathroom. He rushes back to your side, running the warm cloth along your folds.
“Mmm thank you, daddy. That feels nice.” You hum.
“Yeah? Gotta take care of my angel, you’re my responsibility now. I’m going to do everything and anything you need.” He lays down next to you, pulling you into his side so you can rest your head on his chest. “I am sorry about the way I went about this. But I’d do it again in a heartbeat. The first day I saw you I knew I needed to have you. Knew you were meant for me.”
“I feel the same, daddy. All you had to do is ask. Although, I must admit, it was honestly pretty sexy this way. You might be observant but there’s still a lot you have to learn about me.” You happily nuzzle into his chest. You’ve never felt so safe before. “I love my room by the way, it’s perfect. Does this mean I don’t get to sleep with you though?” You pout.
“Of course you get to sleep with me, Angel. I just wanted you to have a space of your own here.” He runs his fingers through your hair, placing a gentle kiss on your forehead. “There’s going to be ground rules that I want you to follow, but we can go over those when you’re more clear headed. Wanna take a bath?”
“Yeah Rafey, a bath sounds nice.”
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The Cinematic World of Sonic the Hedgehog!
Recently, Paste hosted an interview with Knuckles producer Toby Ascher about the mini series premiering in April and Sonic 3. Down below are some of the highlights from the interview with the online magazine:
The Knuckles series will focus on our favorite echidna warrior finding a new purpose in the world. He embarks on a personal self-growth journey with “hot mess” Wade Whipple to teach him some discipline/Echidna warrior training.
The mini-series is treated more as a character study. It focuses more on the growth of the characters and who they are.
Toby Ascher explains that there are some “bigger things” that the crew wants to do with SCU.
The “fish-out-of-water comedy” that came from Knuckles at the end of Sonic 2 is what inspired the series.
The series is meant to follow the same tone and direction of the movies in order to tie in with events for Sonic 3.
Character models have been refined and tweaked along the way in order to match the pace of storytelling. As time passes through the films (whether it’s months or years), we see the models of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and more “grow up.”
Extensive character references have been made of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles in determining how each one emotes depending on situations. Character study is key here.
There are roughly 1,600 model shots compared to Sonic 1, which had a little over 300.
Toby Ascher explains that if the Knuckles series is successful, then there is potential for more stories/mini-series with other characters. He also explains that the story will be carefully crafted with a purpose to serve the character(s) rather than to make something for the sake of making something.
If the series and the third film are successful in general, then expansion will continue in SCU.
To quote Toby Ascher, “We knew that, with Shadow coming into Sonic 3 and some of the bigger things that we want to do, the Sonic franchise on the movie side is going to be these Avengers-level events. They’re going to be these big, exciting stories that have a lot of different characters. And so what television did for us is it gave us time to go into some of the more supporting characters in depth and really build them out in cool ways.”
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hey!! ty for posting about the article talking about continuation of aa. I don’t know as much about the production of aa5 and 6 but you mentioned a person names Eshiro being responsible for the “no spoilers” rule being replaced. what/who is that? just in general giving u the floor to rant about aa5 and 6 beyond what u were able to say in that post and ur hopes for the future 💙✨ ok bye! :)
hiya!! (post here)
So, the story of why aa5 and aa6 are so different to aa4 basically boils down to a change in the team making it (and Eshiro was part of this).
Most people know Shu Takumi wrote and directed the original trilogy of Phoenix Wright games and then worked on Apollo Justice (although the director was technically Mitsuru Endo, people tend to think of AJ as the last "Takumi" mainline game). After that, he left the Ace Attorney team to complete and release Ghost Trick in 2010, and then he became involved in the development of Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, which released in 2012.
While he was doing all of this, a "secondary" Ace Attorney team had arisen to keep working on the franchise - they had almost all worked on previous AA games and in 2009 and 2011 they were able to release the two Ace Attorney Investigations games.
The two most well-known members of this "team" are the producer Motohide Eshiro and the director Takeshi Yamazaki, and the fact that AAI2 is so beloved shows that they are by no means unable to make really, really good Ace Attorney games. But, with Takumi still busy with his other projects, and a good few years having passed since AA4, this team was asked to create a fifth Ace Attorney game in his absence.
This was, obviously, a challenge, and Capcom were likely in quite a rush to get a new mainline game out soon. Additionally, initial fan reception of AA4 was really not that good - many people hated the decision to disbar Phoenix in particular - and the game itself had many loose ends.
Eshiro, as the producer, decided that for AA5 it was better for the writers to not be held back by previous games, which manifested in what people think of now as the "no spoilers rule". This is why AA5 does not follow up on AA4, and likewise for AA6. Nowadays this decision is widely regarded as a very bad move, but on some level I empathise with it - AA has always been kind of reluctant to spoil past games, and you were always operating with the presumption that the player might be new to the series and wanted to go back to the previous games. Writing a follow-up that addressed AA4, while being acceptable to newcomers and not spoiling almost all of AA4's biggest twists, without the guy who originally came up with the story, would prove really difficult.
So they wrote Dual Destinies as a new story which followed AA4 but didn't really address it, and indulged in fanservice to try and restore the series status quo. It seems like the scenario changed a lot during development and they were pretty crunched for time, too - the final villain's models are apparently called FINALBOSS in the game files and completely broken if you look at them from any other angle.
After working on AA5, Yamazaki was apparently exhausted and didn't really want to make another Ace Attorney. Unfortunately for him, Shu Takumi was still off on his Sherlock & Souseki Victorian-Meiji Adventure, writing the Great Ace Attorney duology, and he wouldn't get done until 2017 when DGS2 came out.
Eshiro managed to persuade Yamazaki to work on AA6 by bringing him to conventions, and having seen the passion and overjoyed reactions from fans after AA5 came out, Yamazaki agreed to direct the sixth game, with Takuro Fuse (AA5 and 6's main artist) acting as co-director to ease the load. Some of AA6's cases were also created by guest writers; the SOJ artbook mentions a struggle for ideas, which explains the outlandish setting of Khura'in.
To the best of my knowledge (and I'm not sure this account is 100% accurate so anyone please feel free to correct me) this is why AA5 and AA6 are the way they are. Nobody is particularly to blame for how things turned out; there were just a couple of bad decisions along the way which has resulted in the games being looked back on by a lot of people with some contempt. Given the circumstances, I'm actually pretty impressed with how enjoyable Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice are, even if they don't reach the heights of the trilogy.
Yamazaki left Capcom in 2019. Eshiro went on to produce Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2, and I'm pretty sure he's still at Capcom.
What all of this means for the next Ace Attorney title is completely speculation, but the short version of the story is that Shu Takumi has finally come back from getting milk Herlock Sholmes Jail writing other games, and seems to be getting hyped up by capcom as the "Director of the Ace Attorney Series". This makes it very likely he will direct and write the next Ace Attorney game. At present we have no idea what this means - he could follow up on AA4's story as well as he's able, he could write another Phoenix game, he might go rogue and write an Athena game, he might do something completely different. But the next AA game will likely be around the quality of AA1-2-3-4 and DGS, not another AA5/6 situation.
As for the producer, this comes from the November 2020 leaks (which was very real - it's where we first got the TGAA localisation confirmed), but the only thing we heard about their projected AA7 was that it would be produced by a guy called Yasayuki Makino. He also produced The Great Ace Attorney collection, and if you read his dev blogs from that release, he credits AA4 for getting him into the series initially, and generally seems to be a huge Ace Attorney fan himself, pushing hard for TGAA to get a worldwide re-release after its unimpressive initial sales (and look how well that's worked out...!)
That's basically the story. I think AA7 will be great, actually, but at this point I will literally take anything, Capcom please my family is starving
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Watched Nick Apostolides play Separate Ways and wrote down stuff that caught my attention.
Guests on the stream: Craig (Wesker’s VA) & Andre (Luis’ VA). Andre joins for a short while mid-way through the stream.
- Nick was there when he watched Andre film the cutscene of Luis doing the flamenco. Apparently Andre nailed it in one take.
- Nick says Andre spent months researching the Spanish culture. (Andre talks a little bit more about it later.)
- Craig went to Vancouver three times in 2022 to film RE4R & SW. The main game & DLC were shot together. He couldn’t say he went to Vancouver more than once or else he would give away that there were extra content like SW & Mercenaries.
- Nick was not aware how Ada got infected.
- Craig played RE5 co-op years ago and is trying to play it solo but acknowledged it’s not that fun to play solo.
- Craig’s download for SW took 7 minutes and he was very amused by that.
- Craig can only talk about games that have come out so don’t ask him if there’s gonna be a remake for CV or RE5.
- Craig was not aware who or what he was auditioning for and only knew he was playing Wesker when he was flown to the studio. He asked them if he should play Wesker like previous incarnations or like what he did in his audition. They told him to play Wesker like his audition.
- Craig said when he filmed for RE: Outbreak 20 years ago, the actors only saw stick figures on the screen but now, as you stand in front of the mocap cameras, you can see your entire character model on the screen rightaway and he’s quite impressed how far technology has advanced.
- Craig said he did mocap for Outbreak for 6 months. He did not book a part in Outbreak initially but Alyson Court (Claire’s original VA) actually brought him to work on the game.
- Craig filmed all his scenes together with Lily and only saw Nick 3 times during filming since Wesker & Leon don’t have any scenes together.
- Craig has been a fan of RE for a long time. He played RE1 with his acting classmates and they were happy for him when he booked a part in Outbreak.
- Craig says he has never gotten a copy of any game he has worked on as the people he works with don’t work in game distribution. He only managed to get a copy of the RE4R deluxe edition thanks to an ex-girlfriend who works in game distribution.
- Craig & Nick know both Wesker & Leon are very beloved characters in the franchise and have given it their all for their portrayals.
- Both of them squeed when Wesker says “complete local saturation” and Craig has been waiting for a whole year wondering how fans would react to that line.
- Nick had no idea what would happen in SW since he didn’t get the script for it.
- Craig also had no idea Wesker would be in Mercenaries but put two and two together when he recorded lines for Merc.
- Scenes are filmed out of order. Craig didn’t know if he was filming for the main game or SW. He had to wait till the main game came out to see what scenes were shown in RE4R. Nick also has no idea if he filmed anything for SW.
- While the VAs have their own general idea on how to play their character as they walk into the studio, how they express their lines are based on a combination of what’s requested by Capcom’s Japanese team, how the translator translates Capcom’s requests, and Steve Kniebihly’s (cinematics director) direction.
- Someone asked Craig if he thought when Wesker was a child, would he shine a magnifying glass on ants. Craig said probably yeah and maybe pulling the wings of flies too. (Side note: The Ashford twins did that in Code Veronica)
- Craig was a musician first before he got into acting. In high school, everyone was into music and he made some music with his friends. His then-girlfriend asked him to audition in a school musical and he loved the acting expect of it. He then auditioned in plays before he went to acting school for college.
- Craig applied to both music & acting programmes for college. He always wanted to be a performer.
- Andre joins halfway through the stream. He enjoyed filming the opening flamenco scene even though it took a while to get the steps right. He doesn’t think he can do the dance any more since it’s been a while.
- Andre mimed the reaction to being pulled by a rope in chapter 1. He didn’t have confidence to pull it off and the team also agreed. He doesn’t have stunt training anyway.
- Craig on the other hand, recounted when he was filming being grabbed by a monster for RE Outbreak. He had a rope on his head while filming for that and he didn’t get stunt pay. But things were different years ago.
- Andre said the team took safety really seriously and even for simple things like pretending to fall over, Steve Kniebihly would tell the VAs not to do it and let the stunt team do it instead.
- When Craig auditioned for Wesker, the description was “Villain in a video game”. That was it. All the audition scripts were fake so actors who don’t book the part won’t leak that the game is being made.
- Andre lived & breathed Castellan Spanish culture for months while he filmed RE4R and it drove his family a little crazy. He even spoke with a Castellan Spanish accent for a while too. His family is of Mexican descent and Mexican Spanish pronunciation is different from European/Castellan Spanish.
- Nick was friends with Paul Haddad (OG RE2 Leon VA) before he passed away. He also took some voice lessons from Paul Mercier (OG RE4 Leon VA).
- Craig has not spoken to any previous Wesker VAs. He is long time friends with Alyson and she was his director on one project he worked in before. He has met OG Brad Vicker’s VA before.
- Andre has only met Neil Newbon (RE8 Heisenberg & RE3R Nikolai) in person.
- Craig enjoys playing bad guys since it’s fun to do something he can’t do in real life.
- Nick had to lower his voice for RE4R Leon since Leon in 2004 is a bit “sick of the same shit happening repeatedly” instead of being a newbie cop surprised at everything.
- Craig’s favourite scene to film was the Wesker & Ada confrontation at the beginning of the Island. He had to do the Wesker smirk at the end a few times as the team had to ensure it looked right on the Wesker model.
- Craig has a Guinness World Record for playing in the longest concert which lasted for 19 days, around 437 hours. He was in the planning committee for it and he played 5 times during the concert. To qualify for the record, there were a lot of rules. For example: at least 10 people in the audience had to be awake at all times, each song had to last at least 2 mins, and there can only be a maximum 30 seconds pause between each song.
- Nick got electrocuted in science class when he touched a capacitor with his bare hands. He mentioned that it really freaking hurt and it was almost impossible to let go. He had to force himself to open his hands.
- During the recording of the injury effort sounds for when Leon got electrocuted, Nick clenched his fists and shook them while grunting through gritted teeth.
- For Wesker’s injury effort sounds during Mercenaries mode, the team had to tell Craig to dial back as Wesker responds to injuries in a calmer manner.
- Nick had a lot of fun filming the part where Saddler transforms into his final form.
- Nick mocapped the pilot flying Ada’s chopper.
- Nick was completely mind blown by the stinger at the end.
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The Halloween set of Keyblades is done! This time featuring the classic Fatal Frame franchise! Fatal Frame 1 - 5 along with the 3DS Spirit Camera!
PHOTOSHOOT -
A Keyblade modeled after the ghost-filled mansion of Fatal Frame! This Keybkade increases the amount of health dropped by enemies. The hilt of the keyblade is designed in combination of Miku's Camera Obscura and the Himuro Mansion. The shaft of the blade is designed after the various torches seen throughout the mansion, with one being present in the center. The teeth of the blade is formed from the blue fire that is left behind when Miku exorcises a spirit with her camera. The keychain is designed after the hanging ropes found in the mansion with the Token being that of the Type-90 Film, the strongest film in the game.
The World Logo is the infamous Himuro Mansion where Miku is trapped in. The name comes from when you have several photos taken in a location.
TWIN WINGS-
A Keyblade designed after the butterfly motif from Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly! This Keyblade is designed to double the damage of your attacks! The hilt of the Keyblade is designed after Mio Amakura's Camera Obscura and Spirit Stone Radio with the cross guard having the first set of crimson butterfly wings. The shaft of the keyblade is made of twin pillars holding the saving lamp. The teeth is formed with a second crimson butterfly. The keychain is made of Spirit Stones with the token being Mayu's Charm.
The World Logo is that of the hidden village that Mio and Mayu are trapped in. The name comes from the dual themology of twins and butterflies.
SLEEPING SERPENT-
A Keyblade designed after the tattooed motifs of Fatal Frame III: The Tormented! This keyblade is designed to inflict sleep on targets. The hilt and along the saft of the keyblade eventually forming the teeth is that of a blue snake, representing the blue snake tattoo that Rei Kurosawa gets throughout the game. Along this snake is several holly flowers representing the tattoo that Miku gets. The handle and shaft of the blade is formed with the Puryfiying Light candle. The token is that of the Echo Stone Earrings of the Kuze family.
The World Logo is the Manor of Sleep, a sleeping world that traps those with the Tattoo curse. The name comes from the sleeping and snake motifs in the game.
WANING MEMORIES-
A Keyblade modeled after the moon motif in Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse! This Keyblade is designed to have stronger Aero attacks! The guard and shaft of the blade is designed after stylized clouds found in the title screen. The crossguard has the titular Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. The hilt of the blade is that of the Spirit Stone Flashlight. The keychain is made up of the Spirit Orb charges with the Token being that of the Hozuki Doll collectables.
The World Logo is the cursed island that the came takes place on. The name comes from the fact that all the protagonists suffer from amensia as well as the phases of the moon.
TAINTED WATERS-
A Keyblade modeled after the waters in Fatal Frame V: Maiden of the Black Water! This keyblade is designed to increase the power of Water spells! The guard, shaft and teeth of the blade are designed after classical depictions of water in Japanese paintings. The crossgaurd features one of the headdresses of the Maidens. The pommel is the head of a Reliquary key, with the hilt and keychain token being inspired by it as well. The token is the flower of the titual Maiden of the Black Water.
The World Logo is the mountain in which all the tragedies related to the Maidens take place. The name comes from the fact that the once pure waters are now tainted by black.
RECORDS OF BONDS-
A Keyblade modeled after the haunting book from Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir! This Keyblade is designed to have a combo increaser! The hilt of the keyblade is designed after this game's Camera Obscura with the handle being inspired by Maya's design. The shaft of the blade is formed from the ghostly essence from the Purple Diary. The Teeth is formed like a hand from the ghostly essence. The token is the amulet found within the diary.
The World Logo is the infamous book. The name comes from a synonym of "Book" and "Tome" as well as the bonds of Maya.
#Kingdom Hearts#Keyblades#Crossovers#Fatal Frame#Fatal Frame II#Fatal Frame 2#Fatal Frame III#Fatal Frame 3#Fatal Frame IV#Fatal Frame 4#Fatal Frame V#Fatal Frame 5#Spirit Camera
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This Mandy Monday I'm thinking about how Amanda likely saw herself get physically better but never felt it mentally. Gaining weight, skin becoming clearer and generally a healthier body compared to when she was abusing drugs and outright self destructive.... Making herself believe that she was becoming ''better'' because of this, even with how unstable she was throughout like all the franchise-
Oh! And the way that during this too, she was watching John decay physically and mentally. Something fully out of her hands no matter what, the one role model and person she came to love unconditionally being taken from her. The man who made her begin to value life losing his almost right in front of her.
ONLY! ONLY GUYS... TO BE THE ONE TO DIE BEFORE HIM. Not knowing what would happen after she passed but reaching for the one comfort she knew, even if that comfort also brought so much of her pain.... But that's just some hahah little thoughts from silly old me.
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Okay so people actually like my previous yandere UCN idea, surprisingly, even one of my fave writers came to comment, so I guess I’ll continue the headcanons I guess. This is just a more detailed in a nutshell version of the previous post. Also thank you for the notes from the previous one, I was really surprised when I checked it!
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As I said before, Yandere UCN is terrifying. In the universe I’m gonna set my Yandere UCN x reader, it’s gonna involve all sorts of animatronics from the whole franchise. Basically it’s Ultimate Custom Night slowly becoming Ultra Custom Night but with only the original and fanmade models. Oh and this might be out of character, so tell me in the notes if I did something wrong!
Part 1
Let’s start with the Classics. I personally think Freddy would be the type to be a gentleman of sorts. He would be glad to sing you a little song if you like, maybe you can also join him as well! Bonnie would definitely play the guitar role for you guys in your songs, since he seems to be a person with a laidback character, where he would kinda prefer to third wheel in a relationship. He enjoys your presence though, as you routinely like to check up on him for some reason. Chica would also be delighted by your presence! She’s sometimes told off by the others for being a bit too childish but you don’t mind it and kind of like it! She’s happy with that, along with Foxy! I think he and Chica would be a common duo who like to compete with others for your attention, with Chica acting as the wingman(girl) to your little relationship with them in UCN, while Foxy is just that slightly nervous kid in the corner who absolutely wants and not want your attention at the same time. He’s just so happy to actually receive attention from you after being neglected in his previous establishment! Golden Bear watches his cohorts enjoy this moment, he’s glad he doesn’t need to constantly give them plans or constantly comfort them, and he also wants some comfort himself through compliments from you!
The Toy animatronics absolutely indulge in your presence, along with the Withereds and Shadows. They all absolutely delight themselves in your presence. For the Toy animatronics, let’s say you played as a night guard in their establishment before you went into UCN. Toy Freddy was always so lonely, sad that he didn’t seem to be as cute as his cohorts sometimes. That is when you arrive! Maybe you even accidentally introduced Toy Freddy to playing arcade games because you couldn’t ‘bear’ how lonely he seems to be sometimes. He even wishes indulge in small tea parties with you in nights when his AI is sent down to one! Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica also seem to be a common duo! They go through the vents and such in UCN. You met them both in their previous game when you may have accidentally lured them to the office through lights! However, when your night is over, you sometimes comment on them being so pretty and adorable! This may have kicked a part of their code aside, but they indulge in you secretly when your night ends, as they prepare for your next night. UCN is where they just get more violent for attention!
Balloon Boy and the Puppet also have something in common: being creepily too ‘human-looking’ to most people. Even Balloon Boy gets comments on his weirdly shaped teeth while the Puppet is commented for their tall and lanky figure. Balloon Boy mainly acts like a child to their parent with you when your friendship becomes closer! He doesn’t steal your batteries in the original game, but he’s more hungry for praise from you in UCN, whereas he would steal more batteries from you, since he was given a deal by Withered Foxy to make the night end faster. Puppet also likes your presence, finding comfort around you as if you’re a warm blanket of mental comfort. For that, they give gifts to you when nights end in UCN, though they may trap you in their box when they win the night by jumpscaring you. Mangle is kind of the same as Puppet, only instead always needing constant praises of validation from you to feel ‘beautiful’. You used to like her so now she’ll return it fully by trying to make you as pretty as her!
The Withereds are like their original counterparts but more aggressive compared to them. Their restless, now feeling upset they don’t get to be on that shining stage anymore. Withered Foxy and Bonnie are the most aggressive of the four, being the first animatronics to turn on during the FNAF 2 game, with the indigo no-faced bunny now needing approval for his hopes to be turned up, while his cohort the red fox pirate, needs attention both physically and mentally to remember his short happy days on stage in his corner. They do team up though when they don’t at least argue for 1 minute, and damn do they made a good duo. Withered Freddy is just like his Classic counterpart, but now more laidback, kind of welcoming the fact his time on stage has reached its end, though he does dream and someday returning to it, and maybe sing along with you. However, not acknowledging his presence gets his temper a bit worked up, making him storm to your office and trying to get to the door. Withered Chica and Golden Bear kind of watch this unfold. Chica watches her male cohorts while she just decides to take things more slowly while maintaining her happy yet slightly now mature personality, hanging out with you during nights when the others have their AI set to 0 or 1, just kind of hanging out like couch potatos. This also applies to Withered Golden Freddy! He’s more tired, having a higher chance to materialise even when his AI’s set to a very low place. He likes to hang out and just chill with you during other nights, sometimes appearing while wrapping an arm around your back. He’s glad your here in this purgatory meant just for you!
The Shadows stay more distant from you. You’re just here, appearing seemingly out of nowhere, at least to them. Though they start to warm up to you, with Shadow Bonnie being the more friendly one of the two, and Shadow Freddy just overall being glad you’re here! Finally someone who they get to talk with who’s not a robot! Though instead, they may trap you in abandoned rooms to spend time with you! Better be careful, these two seemingly a kind of a mind alike! Oh well, what could they say? You’re as sweet as a birthday cake, and boy do they get greedy!
#Okay this was really long#Sorry my dudes#yandere ultimate custom night#yandere fnaf#yandere fnaf ucn#yandere fnaf 1#yandere fnaf 2
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Callidus Assassin in the style of Ann Takamaki/Panther (Persona 5)
My personal best miniature paint job yet! At least, it's a personal best to me. Still plenty of flaws! Commentary under cut.
This is where a lot of what I'd learned really started coming together! A lot of Warhammer and painting channels will talk a lot about edge highlighting and it's pretty important to be sure, but a YouTuber named Ninjon broke it down in a way where I understand how and where to do it. Namely, you're supposed to think about light sources. I did that for Ann's hair and her boots; the undersides have their darker shades, but anything from topside is very bright.
The next big change was learning Ardcoat. With my Sylvanas figure, I completely fucked that one up, but with Ann I definitely put a fun candy gloss on top of the Baal Red contrast and the boots after I edge-highlighted. True, I could have added those highlights in a risky attempt to recreate a lycra effect, but as Ann already sorta sneaks around and is constantly mobile, I thought it would sell the illusion to have the lights move with her rather than make a single stationary reflection pattern.
The pink gloves were almost a disaster; I got a cheap, super viscous acrylic that made this lumpy gel as I painted, but after some trial and error I got it to cooperate.
The basing is still touch and go. I genuinely did try to edge highlight the bullet decals and the rocks, honest; I was actually hyped because I wanted to make it the stylish red, white, and black that Persona 5 is famous for. But in the end it came off as looking unpainted when I added whiter highlights, so I just doused the whole thing in Black Legion contrast.
The base was a happy accident. It's not how I initially wanted it. I put Mordant Earth down, thinking I would flow some red shader through to make a weird lava-ish effect that had the bright red of Persona 5 again, but they just mushed together to make this weird mud. A bummer, but it did teach me how to make mud in the future!
And the base. Yeah you're supposed to put black on the rims, but I had to go for style.
Overall, I just feel proud of this one, whether or not I should. I'm always glad when I get to use a color scheme completely different from canon or at the very least different from the on-the-box demo artwork.
The boots were me flying blind, and admittedly on Ann/Panther herself, they're a slightly darker red rather than an outright purple, but I thought purple was a bit more dynamic and I did it for the belt and various other straps as well.
I'll admit I had no good ideas for the poisoned needles, I just doused them in Barak-Nar Burgundy and moved on. The guns and sword I had an idea for, I was going to go for implying they were a polymorphed Morgana, but it just didn't seem interesting. I definitely just half-assed them, but I think it's fine given I wanted the attention on Ann herself. So even the weapons, something I struggle with to make interesting, turned out okay, I think. I got 'em done and moved on.
A small detail I thought was fun: the goggles. I made them Ann's specific eye color! I think they stand out pretty well on the overall model and they don't clash with anything.
Also, Baharroth Blue is the color I love/use way too much, and if it's not on my figure somehow then is it really complete? I think not. 😜
This isn't my favorite figure, but it's the one I pull out when I want to flex a little. I still got one more where it's from a media franchise to go before I post my main army. It's not going to be as good as Ann, but then again I don't know if I'd call it finished per se. Until then!
#Ann Takamaki#Persona 5 Royal#Persona 5#Callidus Assassin#Agents of the Imperium#Painting Warhammer#Games Workshop#Warhammer#Warhammer 40K#WarhammerCommunity#Warhammer 40000#WH40K#WH 40K#Warhammer Painting#Miniature Painting#Painting Miniatures#Mini Painting
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even more ethan x chad hcs
(nothing suggestive)
turned into mindy + anika friend group hcs at some point
- ethan definitely tells people to kay why ess when playing video games and chad tells him to stop before they get swatted
- chad: no!! he did nothing wrong!
ethan: *has committed many felonies*
- ethan sends those memes that are like “the pipe bomb i put under your bed”
- chad and ethan were smoking buddies before anything. they would sit and get high and talk about whatever came to mind. those are the rare moments where ethan opened up about his actual life
- ethan takes photos for the school website and catalog. more than half of the memory are photos of chad
- mindy and anika join in on their smoke seshes
- chad is like an animal magnet. at least once a day a random little animal will come up to chad and let him pet them
- chad likes the pitter patter of rain, he finds it soothing
- ethan makes chad watch horror movies over and over again. chad makes ethan rewatch back to the future with him almost every day
- ethan uses his cover as a dork to do things he actually enjoys without quinn judging him
- ethan is afraid of butterflies and chad thinks it’s hilarious
- mindy interrogated ethan the first week of knowing him. she tried to conduct a background check
- ethan loves star wars. he’ll rant to chad for hours about it while chad cannot follow at all
- mindy got ethan a star wars lego set. chad watched him build it as they talked. then chad stepped on a lego and got mad at ethan so he banished him from their shared room, forcing ethan to sleep on the couch
- after mindy gave them the rules for their franchise, chad went over the notes he took with ethan to make sure he understood
- ethan and chad go on 3am bodega runs when they are high. it consists of them laughing all the way there, getting lost, laughing some more, and going back to the dorms. they almost never make it to the bodega
- mindy goes on a horror rant when she’s high, chad is always hungry and giggly, anika is borderline asleep, and ethan is clingy and also giggly
- they have those “remember when?” conversations that leave each other laughing so hard their stomach hurts
- chad and ethan: *kissing*
mindy: *to anika* i hate gay people
- chad was hesitant to receive a roommate but when he met ethan, his mind changed
- because chad works out he cooks his own food for a meal plan. he often prepares extra for ethan to eat too. he’ll make him lunch to take to class so that he won’t starve
- ethan is banned from the stove for leaving boiling water on for too long (and forgetting about it) that it evaporated
- ethan is put on dicing duty when they cook because “he has amazing knife skills,” as chad likes to say
- ethan has chad model for him as a part of his photography class. or more like chad volunteers and ethan won’t let the opportunity pass up
!! bonus !!
the twins are just silly little guys. i love them sm
an interview with jasmin savoy brown (mindy)
the interviewer is in bold
interview

#scream#screamvi#ethan landry#chad meeks martin#ethan landry x chad meeks martin#chethan#chad x ethan#chad/ethan#chadthan#mindy meeks martin#anika kayoko#mindy x anika#blooms ghosts
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Bbygirl, you got show the rest of the list pls🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I wanna see how awful it can be.
Of course babygirl <3
Didn't feel like taking screenshots so I copied and pasted have fun suffering 😇
May I present, this stupid ass article of most popular TWST character, ranked:
"Disney Twisted Wonderland is a popular multimedia project created by Disney Interactive and Square Enix. It is set in a parallel world known as the “Nightmare World,” where various characters inspired by classic Disney villains are reinterpreted as students of prestigious magic schools. The project includes a mobile game, an anime series, and various merchandise.
One of the key elements of the project’s success is its cast of captivating and unique characters, each with their own distinct personalities, backgrounds, and powers. Fans have developed a deep attachment to these characters and have come to have their own personal favorites. Whether it’s because of their charming personalities, intriguing backstories, or impressive abilities, the characters of Disney Twisted Wonderland have become beloved by fans around the world.
1. Yuu:
Disney Twisted Wonderland is a Japanese mobile game and anime series with “Yuu” as its main character. In Japan, the game was released in 2020, and the anime adaptation followed in January of 2021.
In “Disney Twisted Wonderland,” a human named Yuu is propelled into a parallel universe populated by Disney villains. He studies magic at the Night Raven College in this world, where he meets various Disney villains while honing his magical skills. Yuu is portrayed as a determined and compassionate person who is determined to learn the truth about how he came to be in this alternate world and to aid those in need.
The series’ viewers have responded favorably to the character, praising his upbeat demeanor and continual development.
2. Riddle Rosehearts:
“Riddle Rosehearts” is a character from the Disney franchise’s mobile game “Disney Twisted Wonderland.”. In “Disney Twisted Wonderland,” a dark fantasy role-playing game, players can explore the magical world and go on adventures with well-known Disney villains by their sides.
One of the game’s characters, Riddle Rosehearts, is portrayed as resembling the Mad Hatter. He is well-known for his mischievous, unpredictable personality, love of tea, and knack for riddles. He is a member of the Night Raven College, one of the main educational institutions that players can enroll in, and he works as a professor there.
Players in the game can engage in dialogue with Riddle-like characters, go on missions, go to school, and fight. The game has a complex narrative where players can make decisions that influence the course of the plot and forge bonds with the characters.
You might find “Disney Twisted Wonderland” to be a fun experience if you like dark fantasy, Disney Villains, or mobile RPG games.
3. Leona Kingscholar:
The Disney mobile game “Twisted Wonderland,” a dark fantasy role-playing game that is a part of the Disney Villains series, features the character “Leona Kingscholar.”. In Japan and a few other countries, the game has been available since its release in 2020.
Players take on the role of students at Night Raven College where they interact with Disney villains who have been reimagined as characters. One of the students, Leona Kingscholar, is a self-assured, endearing person with a quick wit. She is a playable character with a distinct backstory that players can investigate.
In the role-playing game Twisted Wonderland, players can customize their characters and engage in battles. Players have praised it for its captivating plot, endearing characters, and exciting battles. This game might appeal to you if you like Disney and dark fantasy.
4. Azul Ashengrotto:
Character named “Azul Ashengrotto” appears in the Disney “Darkened Kingdom” video game series called “Twisted Wonderland” for mobile devices. The game, a narrative-driven role-playing game with characters modeled after vintage Disney villains, was released in Japan in 2020.
In “Twisted Wonderland,” players experience the journey of a transfer student who is suddenly thrust into the Darkened Kingdom, where they are required to enroll in the prestigious Night Raven College and unravel its mysteries. One of the seven main characters in the game is Azul Ashengrotto, also referred to as the “Dormouse” of the Spade dorm. He has a sharp tongue, a sarcastic sense of humor, and a sweet tooth.
You can find more details about “Twisted Wonderland” and its characters on the show’s official website or on fan-run wikis and forums.
5. Kalim Al-Asim:
The anime and mobile game “Twisted Wonderland,” which is a part of the Disney series of games, have a connection to “Kalim Al-Asim” and “Disney Twisted Wonderland.”.
The multimedia project “Twisted Wonderland” consists of an anime and a smartphone game. The main character, a transfer student, enrolls in the prestigious Night Raven College, a school for apprentice villains, after being transported to an alternate dimension known as the “Wonder Land” in the anime adaptation, which follows the game’s plot.
In “Twisted Wonderland,” Kalim Al-Asim appears as one of the characters. He can control fire and is a part of Night Raven College’s Torch Division. He frequently smokes a hookah and has a self-assured, flirtatious personality.
Both the video game and the anime have a cast of Disney villains-inspired characters, each with their own distinct personality and set of skills. Players can advance through the story, interact with the characters, and engage in combat by collecting cards that feature the characters.
Overall, “Disney Twisted Wonderland” is a humorous and imaginative take on the traditional Disney Villains that is geared toward anime and mobile game fans."
Here's the link if anyone's curious
#Twisted wonderland#Twst crack#twst shitpost#this brought me physical pain to read#Twst yuu#Twst riddle#Twst kalim#Twst azul#Twst Leona#riddle rosehearts#leona kingscholar#azul ashengrotto#kalim al asim#twst yuuken
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I was casually looking up animal crossing villagers today, and suddenly I found myself obsessed with Chief the Wolf.
Looking at him, you'd think hes from the oldest money imaginable and has strong feelings about who should be allowed to join his country club, but he lives in an alleyway and sleeps on a pile of cardboard boxes????
His house in the very first game was also a dump, but it appears to be in some sort of warehouse and he had an actual bed (and a troubling fixation on clocks)
So he was living in poverty right from the start of the franchise, and the progression of the state of his house implies that he hit rock bottom and then kept going down.
However, his clothing is undeniably preppy and not the style you would normally associate with homeless people, so i can only imagine that he came from a wealthy family and fell out with them somehow. Now he eeks a life on the streets while retaining the vanity of a rich man.
This begs the question; what did he do?
This is Chief's pre-New Horizon look. Everyone got an updated wardrobe in NH compared to older games, so no surprise that he dresses differently, but he has an unmistakable different colouring as well that's quite dramatic when you compare them. His fur in earlier games is darker orange with brown highlights, while his current fur is yellow with orange highlights. His white markings on his paws are also longer compared to his older model, and Cheif has dark green eyes in his new model, while his original design had pure black eyes.
Is this a simple result of the updated graphics? Or is it actually a sign of something more insidious?
Because you see, all AC villagers have their own dreams and backstories and stuff. And Chief mentions on April Fools day during Animal Crossing New Leaf that he has an unnamed TWIN BROTHER.
What if the older chief with dark orange fur is not the Chief in New Horizons? Even unidentical twins can strongly resemble each other, and differences in colouring is not uncommon.
What if the falling out with OG Chief's original family included his brother, or may even have been caused by his brother? Twins and matters of inheiritance have never historically mixed well.
Maybe OG Chief worked his way back into his parents good graces and threw his brother under the bus as way of revenge, and now New Chief, once the favourite son, is the one homeless and destitute?
#animal crossing#animal crossing new horizons#animal crossing new leaf#cheif the wolf#answer my calls nintendo
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hometown hero — chapter two. | models and superstars.
𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒: onyankopon finally lives that dream of playing professional basketball, but through the glitz and glamour, he’s still in love with the girl from his hometown.
𝐍𝐘𝐀 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: word count, 885. these chapters just get longer and longer jfc
𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 ᥫ᭡ 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 ᥫ᭡ 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀
tags: @maliagurl @iheartamora @iiilovemilfs @hayilaawashere @starcore111 @hoohoohope @traqstarlo @chickenalfredo1312
onyankopon was home two days early, much to your, though kept secret, excitement. you weren’t always sure why he spent so much time at home, he played for a team all the way across the country and always made sure to come home. he had a house in both states, show off. although playing for a team far from his hometown he seemed to come back way more often than anyone that moved away. he urged you to move out of this place, because he thinks you can really make something of yourself outside of the small town you grew up in, but home is home, and you’d be fake trying to pretend you wanted to leave the only place you’d ever known.
“so, how’s the pro basketball life treating you? any models and superstars in those dms?” you asked onyankopon, walking towards the door of your restaurant before it was time to open. “they was in the dms before the nba.” onyankopon replied, a smug smile across his face, similar to the one on your face. “yeah, yeah, okay.” your sarcastic tone was topped off with an eye roll, making him laugh. “probably got a new girl sitting courtside every week, if i’m apart of the roster at least let me be the favorite.” you half joked, putting the key into the door, bright letter signs not yet lit spelling ‘high society’ above it.
“there is no roster, and if anything, you should be on the receiving end of that joke.” onyankopon said as he walked in, eyes widening at the decorations and scenery. “this is nice as hell, y/n.” he added as you turned all the overhead lights on. “thank you, i still have a couple tweaks to make though. need these counters smoothed over again.” you replied, running your nails over the marble on the bar. “how long it take you to get this place done?” he asked, sitting in one of the stools. “a year and some change.. the only thing i really had to wait on was the liquor license.” you shrugged, walking around the place, taking looks at everything.
“do you work in here? or you just run it?” onyankopon asked, touching the centerpieces, much to your dismay. “okay, don’t touch that, and no. i’m the ceo, don’t really need to.” you said, a small laugh coming out at onyankopon slowly moving his hand away. “you wanna franchise this shit? you know — make it like a chain?” onyankopon had so many questions, he’d only been gone for seven months and you were in a completely different stage of life. it made him proud, but also a little weary, he couldn’t help but feel like you were gonna take off into the future without him.
“maybe.. it’s not necessarily a big plan though.” you shrugged, looking around at the restaurant again, almost like it was your child, your own creation. “well, whatever you do, i’m proud of you. i know this was a big deal for you.” his reassurance made you happy, though involuntary. although you’d been hearing praises for your business since it opened, it coming from him made all the difference. “you know, violet and tylae are not happy with you.” you said with a smile, “why? what i do now?” onyankopon asked, squinting his eyes a bit. “because you haven’t came to see them yet, and you’ve been here for a day.”
“well, tylae has an entire business to run, and violet is a professional stalker who knows what’s going on with me at all times.” onyankopon defended, maybe exaggerating a little. “listen, take that up with them.” you threw your hands up in innocence, making him laugh. “i think they’re just jealous i came to see you first.” onyankopon said, causing you to laugh. “whatever. i’mma check their lo’ and see where they’re at, i’ll call em here.” you said, opening life360 to check your friend’s locations.
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“i cannot believe we had to wait for y/n to say something before you came to see us!” violet exclaimed, walking into the now unlocked doors of high society, currently closed off to the general public because onyankopon was here, though your employees were doing business as usual. “my apologies, vi. it will never happen again.” onyankopon said in a teasing tone, making all three of you smile. “yeah, four arnold palmers, thank you, natalie.” you said to your (favorite) waitress as she wrote it down.
“so, i need to know more about these courtside seats, ony.” tylae said with a smile, causing violet to interject, “oh, oh! is hange gonna be there?” she asked, twirling her straw in her cup. “god, vi, you’re obsessed.” you said, a laugh coming from yourself and tylae. this was an inside joke onyankopon wasn’t aware of, violet having a crush on his manager. “now i’m left out of the jokes?” onyankopon said in a joking voice. “no, no — violet has a crush on your manager.” tylae said, causing violet’s pale face to turn red almost immediately. “you could have told me that, she is a lesbian, you know. i can put you on!” he said with a smile, nudging violet, who’s face was currently in her hands. “oh my god.” she said, through her hands so it was muffled.
#aot#nya writes#aot x black reader#attack on titan#aot x reader#black writblr#aot fanfiction#snk onyankopon#onyankopon x reader#onyankopon x black reader#onyankopon fanfic#onyankopon series#onyankopon#onyankopon snk#snk fanfiction#HOMETOWN HERO#snk x y/n#snk x reader#snk x black reader#black anime
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Game Spotlight #14: Pokemon Blue (1996)
It's time for another game spotlight! Join Ash as she recalls Pokemon Blue with this essay to celebrate Acquired-Stardust's 151st post. It might be the beginning of the highest-grossing media franchise in the world, but don't take that fact for granted - there's still a lot to talk about! Come read an overview of the game as well as some of how it came to be and why it's so important to so many people.
Few things can be as mainstream and ubiquitous as Pokemon - it is, after all, the highest-grossing media franchise in the world. It seems a commonly accepted fact of life now that every Nintendo platform will see at least one iteration of the series, which in recent years have been marred by various controversies such as the disinclusion of various individual pokemon from newer releases, and it will sell an ungodly amount of copies immediately without losing too much steam in the long run. But this wasn't always the case, and Pokemon is an interesting example of just how much we can take innovative and groundbreaking things for granted.
Time and tide plays funny tricks on our perception of the present. What was once groundbreaking can become so commonplace that what originally made it so groundbreaking becomes almost imperceptible to us. An example I often use is that it can sometimes be hard to look back and distinguish just what made the Beatles and Beach Boys just as innovative and special as they were both in music and culture at large when you grow up in a world so far removed from their immediate influence. So many artists have taken elements of what they've done and advanced them to the point that we take them completely for granted and can come away rather unimpressed with some of those original points of inspiration.
Pokemon is much the same and modern conversation about the first few entries in the series is dominated by the recurring opinion that they're simply not worth playing anymore. Old, ugly, outdated, glitchy, broken and lacking - dusty relics made irrelevant and superseded by their sequels. This is usually the part where I'd tell you that those opinions are all wrong but here's the thing - they're not necessarily. Pokemon Blue (released to the west in 1998) was actually a revision of the original Japanese versions that were released in 1996 and contained a number of bugfixes as well as updated sprite artwork, definitely has some glaring issues. There's the balance which is notoriously botched on many levels, there's the large amount of glitches, the spritework for some of the pokemon (even in this revised version) can indeed be ugly and off-model, and it's certainly true that the game can be seen as lacking in content when compared to the many sequels that have built off the platform of the original with the series now containing over a thousand different species of pokemon as of the time of writing. All of these things are true, but there is still so much to be in awe of and it's hard for me to respect an opinion that discards such incredible games that were not only great for their time but still hold up remarkably well.
A role playing game inspired in part by series creator Satoshi Tajiri's childhood spent collecting things like bugs and frogs, Pokemon's premise and formula are simple enough. A young boy sets off from home, tasked first with retrieving a parcel for his hometown's senior pokemon researcher (functionally the equivalent of a biologist) and eventually with continuing the researcher's life's work in traveling the world cataloguing every species of pokemon (functionally the equivalent of wildlife). For this task you are given a pokemon partner of your own from, choosing from a selection of three different creatures alongside your rival and neighbor, and officially becoming a pokemon trainer. Running alongside the goal of capturing and researching every pokemon species comes the primary narrative and gameplay hook: raising and battling your creatures.
Being a fairly traditional Japanese role playing game, you likely know what to expect from the bulk of the gameplay of Pokemon. There is turnbased combat, a large variety of items, experience points and leveling up which increases the stats of your pokemon. One aspect of Pokemon that sets it apart from many other JRPGs is how highly individualized your experience can be. Obtainable throughout the game are 151 different species of pokemon creatures, each with their own elemental typing, some of which will be strong or weak against other elemental typings. Each of these pokemon are also able to learn a wide array of attacks which also have their own elements as well as a variety of functions. Some attacks, such as the powerful water attack hydro pump, serve as a means to deal damage to enemy pokemon (whether they be in encounters with wild pokemon or in teams headed by other pokemon trainers), while others such as minimize or growl can either raise or lower specific stats of ally or opposing pokemon for the duration of their time in battle.
While you may be tasked with completing the encyclopedia of pokemon by capturing each of the game's 151 species of creatures (some of which evolve into other creatures upon reaching the prerequisite experience level), the ultimate goal of a pokemon trainer is to prove their mettle by defeating strong trainers from around the Kanto region, in which the game is set. Defeating these strong trainers centralized in the game's various cities' gyms will earn you a badge symbolizing your progress as a trainer. Collecting eight badges will grant you the right to progress through the cavernous Victory Road before reaching the Indigo Plateau, upon which you will face the Kanto region's four strongest trainers in a back-to-back endurance battle culminating in becoming the Kanto Pokemon League's Champion. Along the way you will become tangled in the dealings of the nefarious Team Rocket, a band of criminals who seek to use pokemon to further their goals and bring general misery to the inhabitants of Kanto's cities. Players are also able to connect two Gameboy consoles via link cable to battle against each other or trade their pokemon.
If this structure sounds familiar to you, you're right: this is the same basic formula that the franchise uses in every mainline release to the present day. It's easy to take that as meaning that this is a lesser game - a more stripped down and basic (and indeed quite glitchy and unbalanced) experience, but to me it's wildly impressive just how much of the formula introduced in the first generation of Pokemon games remains in place to this day as something that resonates with people to the point that the series has largely not deviated almost at all from it. Game Freak, a studio with experience up until the release of the first generation of Pokemon games mostly creating small scale contracted games, hit a homerun with their first time at bat and created the runaway successful franchise that persists to this day with no sign of slowing down. It's truly remarkable how many of the same basic formula and structure was completely nailed in this first entry.
There are ways Pokemon Blue retains the core of Japanese role playing games, but there are certainly instances in which Pokemon stands out from traditional Japanese role playing games and positions itself strikingly similarly to another atypical JRPG that you may also be familiar with (and has been covered on Acquired-Stardust before): Shigesato Itoi's Mother. And I don't think that's any coincidence. Series creator Satoshi Tajiri actually wrote a fairly critical review of 1989's Mother during his time publishing a successful zine (which would eventually blossom into the company that developed and released 1996's Pokemon), before becoming a colleague of Itoi under Nintendo's banner. In fact Pokemon's first generation of games was developed alongside 1995's Earthbound (the sequel to Mother) and even saw Mother developer Ape, Inc. invest in Game Freak in order to keep it afloat during the games' shockingly lengthy development (taking at least six years). Earthbound also seems to take some of Satoshi Tajiri's criticisms to heart, even if by coincidence, and makes changes accordingly and is widely considered one of the greatest games of all time across the world in part due to that.
The two series have a rich history of parallel inspiration and references to each other, likely through Tsunekazu Ishihara (former Ape, Inc. employee introduced to Satoshi Tajiri in the early 80s who eventually went on to head Creatures, Inc. before ultimately settling in as president of The Pokemon Company). Mother/Earthbound broke the mold by having a JRPG set in a contemporary society which is also utilized for Pokemon's setting. It is also structurally inspired in part by 1986 film Stand by Me, which is directly referenced in the opening minutes of Pokemon Blue. Just as well, Mother final boss Gigue is strikingly visually similar to Pokemon's Mewtwo, a legendary pokemon possessing incredible psychic powers just as Gigue does. On that front the title of the first Pokemon movie (released after Earthbound) is subtitled "Mewtwo Strikes Back", identical to the subtitle of Earthbound/Mother 2 "Gygas Strikes Back". Pokemon also contains numerous musical allusions to Mother, particularly noteworthy in Pokemon Black and White (2010)'s allusion to several songs from Mother 3 (2006).
The experience of playing these games in their time is something that can be hard to truly convey as we now live in a world so far removed from their release windows, but allow me to try and set the stage for you. The year is 1998 and, after Pokemon Blue finally makes its debut outside of Japan, my mother gifted a very young me a Gameboy Color along with Pokemon Blue. It was the very first game and system specifically given to and owned by me rather than the family. The internet is in its infancy, the widespread distribution of cellphones is still a long way off. You are unable to instantly interact with someone across the globe. It is remarkably easy to disconnect from the world and to not only feel isolated but to be isolated. The world is infinitely smaller.
Pokemon Blue, a game about being at harmony with nature, traveling the world and uncovering its mysteries hits on a very relatable level to many people in this time, especially children. Each of Kanto's cities (despite Kanto being a real region of Japan, the Kanto of the Pokemon universe's cities are all named after colors), connected by deep forests and caverns and populated by new and unique creatures as well as people, represents an opportunity for tourism and adventure that your average person is not able to easily see or attain for themselves at the time. Highlights of the tourism aspect of the game that Game Freak has made very clever and authentic attempts to nail are things such as Pewter City's museum and the cruise ship St. Anne docked at Vermilion City. Although the game is a little 8-bit role playing game, it feels remarkably like a real adventure because of details like these.
Another aspect of Pokemon Blue being a very particular experience of its time is many of the details surrounding the aforementioned Mewtwo, the result of a genetic experiment and attempted cloning of the pokemon Mew. A detail of this subplot lost to time is that the world was grappling with ethical concerns and implications surrounding the 1996 cloning of a sheep named Dolly, the first time a mammal had successfully been cloned. Although two years had passed since Dolly's cloning and the release of Pokemon Blue outside of Japan it was still very much something on people's minds at the time. Ethical concerns about training pokemon to battle each other may have been brushed aside, but this was certainly a fascinating element to Pokemon Blue at the time the conversations around cloning were more contemporary. An interesting sidenote is that the exact date of Dolly's birth (July 5th) is referenced in a diary laying around in Cinnabar Island's abandoned Pokemon Mansion as being the date Mew, the pokemon from which Mewtwo is cloned, was discovered.
On the subject of Mew, Pokemon also leans very heavily into rumors and self-mythologizing. It's one of the very last games I remember being a 'playground rumor' type game, the sort that would become extinct as computers and the internet became more widely adopted. Rumors of secret items and pokemon swirled and dominated discussion around the games, and helped the first generation of Pokemon games become a true obsession in large part because there was substance to many of these rumors. Mew, the hidden 151st pokemon, did indeed exist, and is only obtainable through clever manipulation of the way the game is programmed and stores data. Similarly, a popular exploit involved specific actions that would allow the player to encounter "Missingno." (pronounced 'Missing Number'), a glitched out sprite that would enable various further unintended glitches such as making a certain item in your bag infinite in its usage or even scrambling graphics and corrupting save files. There's even ways to access the fabled Glitch City, an unintended scrambled version of Fuchsia City.
It is factors like these that combine with how strong the games are that lead to many children playing these games to become deeply interested in programming in a very hands-on way. The internet (and computers for that matter) being in a less advanced and proliferated state also does contributes to something else extremely important: a whole generation of kids growing up playing these games began to think about them less as isolated bits of entertainment and more as software - collections of data and numbers and values, all of which could be manipulated (and indeed created) by individuals. The hobby of glitch hunting became a phenomenon unto itself as countless kids began to experiment with the games to see what unintended glitches could be discovered and reproduced, alongside probing the game for leftover graphics and sound effects from the game's time in development that weren't ever meant to be seen by players.
All this is to say that Pokemon Blue is something like lightning in a bottle. Developer Game Freak, headed by video game superfan Satoshi Tajiri, clearly understood exactly what they were doing in a way not many people making games seem to, especially in the modern era where many big studios are stuck dealing with executive meddling in an effort to chase capitalism's curse of infinite growth. Tajiri understood what made video games not only fun but what makes them so interesting, and to be able to produce a work the quality and scope of the first generation of Pokemon titles to the level they did with as little experience they had actually making games is nothing short of a miracle, and the result of that miracle is the spot people have in their hearts for these games. Each pixel became evangelized, each bleep and bloop of the game's sound burned into people's memories forever.
Children decided to get into programming because they experimented with Pokemon glitches and were so grabbed by the revelation that software programming was even a thing, which is another aspect of the cultural impact that has been lost to time given the advancement of computers. It wasn't that long ago people assumed games just sort of 'happened', oozing up out of store shelves in complete forms for our consuming. The story and text are straightforward enough that many children used the game to learn to read their native languages, and to this day use them as adults to help learn foreign languages. Pokemon Blue was not only an incredibly charming and deep experience (especially for a handheld system, one of the small handful of times a handheld game has rivaled and even been head and shoulders above many console games of its era in quality), it also radically shifted the way in which people thought about video games and software as a whole, and the connection people have to it is a reflection of that.
Just as well, Pokemon also blossomed almost immediately into a multimedia franchise at this time with several different video games (including releases on the Nintendo 64), a suprisingly quality and fun anime directed in English by the director of Snatcher's English release Jeremy Blaustein and even featuring the vocal talents of his late transgender sister among many others, as well as a trading card game that continues to be not only relevant but extremely popular to this day. All of these releases combined to create the phenomenon of "Pokemania", obsession born of the ability for people to consume the series in various different forms all to a fairly high quality standard, that ensured a launch into the stratosphere. Pokemon also contributed significantly to the ongoing paradigm shift in the west spearheaded by television titan Toonami with the broadcast of Akira Toriyama's mega-hit series Dragon Ball that saw Japanese media (particularly anime) begin to gain widespread acceptance in the west as something distinctly their own without needing to have their cultural identities and roots tampered with as much as they had previously, if they ever even made it outside of Japan in the first place.
Part of the purpose of this blog is, as a fellow gaming content creator once said, to take you back to the past. To be able to provide history, cultural context and perspective to some incredible titles that are well worth being remembered and revered. Pokemon Blue provides a wonderful example of why this is so necessary: even the biggest media franchise in the world can still become muddled in our memories and present day conversation, and as such it is worth the preservation and celebration of some of the finer details and obscure cultural notes that being now nearly 30 years past the original release of this particular game may cloud you to.
Pokemon Blue was a time and a place, and the perfect game for that time and place. You may never be able to time travel back to 1996 to play these games for the first time, your memory of what video games and even the Pokemon franchise have become by the year 2024 erased, but it is my hope that you will be able to turn on Pokemon Blue and appreciate it not only for what it was at the time but what it still continues to be despite how far removed we are from that time and place, because it is nothing short of remarkable. And if my spotlight has taught you even a single thing or can help you do any of that then I am all the more happy to have written it. Oh, and by the way, for those of you already familiar with Pokemon, my name is a total coincidence.
A gem hidden among the stones, Pokemon Blue is undoubtedly stardust.
-- Ash
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I know you are Danish, but as a Dane what do you think of Valhalla as a game? (I’ve always wondered what a local person would think of a representation of their country history). How does it feel seeing your history and potential ancestors on there?
Oh, I could write a novel on this. 😅
Even if Eivor hails from Norway, most Vikings who conquered, settled and raided in England - came from Denmark. A fact you'll oddly enough find most Danes proud of.
Nonetheless, AC Valhalla has a super interesting take on it and still manages to apply real historical context - despite the game being fictional. With most Danes being able to track their ancestry back to Odin, and taking pride in their Viking heritage, AC Valhalla had a challenge ahead of them. But I genuinely feel like they've written us a beautiful love letter while staying true to the franchise.
Having grown up with Norse Mythology, though, and having had an insatiable interest in it since my first encounters with it as a child, that is what truly piques my interest.
Norse Mythology is such an incredibly fun and human experience. A story and a world that translates well into a setting such as AC Valhalla. And not only because of the historical context.
The representation of mythological characters, the gods (æsir and vanir alike), the jötnar and dwarves are, in my opinion, fantastic.
Odin's arrogance, his hunger for power and knowledge, with just a touch of something playful.
Loki's mischievous nature, his cunning and intelligence - how he seems to believe the impossible to be improbable, and like a riddle to be solved.
Frigg's motherly determination.
Freyja's smarts and passion - how they remember that she's not only a goddess of love but also a goddess of war.
Each god has different qualities, weaknesses, and attributes. In Norse Mythology, an important characteristic is how the gods exhibit a plethora of human traits, behaving much like humans with emotions and interpersonal conflicts. The gods were meant to serve as role models, showing humans how to live and which rules to follow – and which ones could be broken. The existence of the gods was just as fraught with problems as that of humans, and their primary task was to ensure that chaos did not erupt. They're meant to be relatable - human - in their person and behaviour.
And this is something I feel AC Valhalla shows and explores well.
The narrative of AC Valhalla doesn't shy away from presenting Odin's choices in a morally ambiguous light.
The impact of Odin's decisions on the world around him, including the relationships with other Isu (Loki especially) and the well-being of Ásgarðr, serves as a reminder of the intricate web of cause and effect.
While Odin's decisions, driven by a mix of self-preservation and concern for his people (or family), blur the lines between right and wrong. The game invites players to question the morality of Odin's choices, fostering a deeper engagement with and understanding of his character. Even as an Isu, a God, even as he believes himself infallible: Odin is human. He's flawed.
And it reflects in Eivor. She's confident in herself, and in her abilities, sometimes verging on arrogant. But through her discoveries and development throughout the game, she's humbled and realises what is truly important to her, which eventually leads to her rejection of Odin. Her whole experience and journey are so authentically human. Her emotions, her experiences, and her relationship with Odin. Finding herself, despite what whispers in her ear, and realising what holds her heart.
But this is something I feel the AC franchise does well: they tell stories that are unique to the human experience. Something that harmonizes well with the themes of Norse Mythology.
I feel they've done an amazing job with AC Valhalla. I genuinely love the game, I keep coming back to it; thinking about it.
With AC Valhalla they've crafted a captivating and immersive experience that seamlessly blends the storytelling of Norse Mythology, Viking Culture, and the fictional aspects of Assassin's Creed, while beautifully conveying the complicated message of the human experience.
That's it.... I apologize for getting carried away 😅
What was the question again? 🤣
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Ranking ten Thomas the Tank Engine designs 🚂
Bear with me I'm not super deep into Thomas Lore like that so I'm only doing the shows and books. These are 5000% my opinions so if you like them - great! I'd like to start the new year on a positive note. Also it's Thomas Day too, talk about Two for One! Heh. Now let's get into my top ten as that is the limit the app allows.
First on my list is the version that started it all - good ol' classic Thomas! With six small wheels and a short stumpy funnel, you can't deny this is one of the most iconic designs ever put to screen. What makes this design great is the use of real materials like plasticine and metal. It makes him feel that much more real. Like he's more than just a toy he's a working engine. 9/10
This halfway design from season 12. When I saw this for thr first time as a kid it threw me off. I was so used to static faces, seeing them move their mouths all of a sudden was jarring to say the least. Not to mention the PHYSICAL model makes it even more uncanny. Over time I got used to it. Still it was just weird change. 5/10
Now I'm counting all the CGI since it's all one big era (yes even BWBA). I think it's a great update on an already classic design, with none of the physical limitations. The bouncing did come off random though, and sometimes the CGI lacks the charm that makes the traditional model endearing. Overall I give it an 8/10
This artstyle on the Anchor Bay/Gullane media is simple yet it does a good job conveying that 3d low poly look. 6/10j
Now we get to the era succeeding it. This HIT model looks great except the face is sort of uncanny to look like. Like he's celebrating a win after running over a cop. Good job Thomas - cops have no rights. 6/10
Jumping back in time we have the TATMR model. Yes they made new models (well new at the time) to fit the American gauge standards. Don't ask me how that works I have no experience in modelling. But I've always liked his movie design plus I consider his acting to be the definitive voice that I imagine he'd have. 10/10 for devious design and brutal friendliness.
I don't mind the shape or the color, but his face is putting me off. Like I know Thomas is basically a GILF at this point in our time but he's known for his youthfulness. His face makes him looks old. Must be the eyes. 4/10.
Ooooh yall knew this was coming! I'm well aware of how controversial this show is. I have my own gripes but I actually don't hate this design. It follows the basics and it's adorable. But it's attached to a show that ignores almost everything that made the original so appealing. Also a bit of nitpick but since he's already blue, shouldn't his eyes be a different color to stand out? Preferably change it to brown or hazel. I rank it 3/10.
I would get bored when those Learning segments came on, i could tell even as a kid they were a forced attempt to make the show more educational to fit PBS standards. But this model has a certain charm to it that I can't bring myself to hate. Perhaps its the nostalgia talking. 4/10.
I like this depiction of Thomas. Don't know who the artist is but whoever painted it done a great job with his design. He looks so friendly too, and I love how vibrant the colors are. 8.5/10.
That's it! That's all I have for my top ten Thomas designs. Feel free to comment I love to hear YOUR rankings and any thoughts about the franchise in general. Thank you to any and all who supported my blog! Here's to a better new year and hopefully 40 more years of fun - Mattel not included. 💙💙💙
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