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Thinking about how petrifying it must have been for Su-min to watch Ji-won detach herself from her in every possible way. How telling that their nickname for each other was "[my] other half." Where Ji-won thought of her as a sister with whom she could share everything, Su-min only ever thought of Ji-won as an extension of herself, the other half of her that matters, the other half whose dad did not abandon her, the other half who is loved. When you're loved, you're not empty.
Watching Ji-won stand up for herself and refuse to do all the things she used to do for Su-min is akin to watching her two arms and legs suddenly grow a brain and go on about their life, abandoning her completely. At this point I think she's beyond angry: she's horrified lol
She is incapable of thinking of Ji-won outside of herself: she doesn't see her as her own person. And Ji-won used to unknowingly let herself be eaten away. Su-min's weird coping mechanism for her abandonment issues is based entirely on that. She both resents and needs her.
In the original timeline, she slowly, insidiously took over that "other half" until Ji-won completely disappeared, and Su-min was able to replace her fully (righting a—perceived—wrong). But, in the new timeline, her other half doesn't act like a puzzle piece. Uh oh, Ji-won is a whole, complete person! Su-min still tries to "replace" her, but fails because Ji-won has become too solid to be moved or erased.
I feel like Su-min's reached some sort of milestone with the last couple episodes. It's like she expected to be spoon-fed sugar as always, but realized she was suddenly choking on salt lmao. We didn't see much of her in ep 14 unfortunately, but her outbursts in episode 13 were so good. Hands down the most interesting character lol (sorry Yu-ra, I can't be bothered to care about youuu, I'm bored).
She's certified cray-zy, and compared to her composed appearance of the earlier eps, it's almost like she's experiencing a descent into madness... but girlie's been insane the whole time, and for so long, so at this point it's not a descent; she can't go any lower. Rather, it's kind of an abrupt ascent lol. A violent wake up call. Everything is bubbling up to the surface, and she can't avoid it.
Even during the confrontation (finally!!!!) with Ji-won, she took so long to drop the act, she took so long to admit what really motivated her actions. 100% sure it was the first time she had to put words, Actual Words on her feelings and behavior. And after her whole monologue, for Ji-won to reply, "...what, that's it?"
Even her reasons are seen—by her own victim too!—as utterly empty, and devoid of any meaning. Oooooh, it must have burned.
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What comic issue did the whole kon v steph showdown happen? In which he basically called her a poser? I’m wondering what the rest of the young justice teams reaction to her was. I think greta tried to kill her at one point? I don’t think she’s very well liked among that team, but it also makes me wonder if she’s very well liked in the wider hero community at all besides her small group of vigilantes she’s enmeshed herself with through getting involved w Tim and to a lesser extent Batman? What are your views?
Teen Titans (2003) issue #13:
That's it in its entirety. The bit with Tim and Conner is very much the story's B-plot, the A-plot is focused on Beast Boy and the rest of the Titans back in San Fran.
As for Steph and Greta -- it is true that Greta is the one member of YJ that Steph ever truly interacted with during that time period. I actually wrote up a whole thing here about the arc of those interactions, but it was kind of off-topic with your question and also long enough that it really deserves its own post, especially because lining it all up together without the multi-year gap between plot points gave me a revelation about how the story actually went.
I'm going to try to get that post up in the next day or so to prove my point but the summation here is: the first time they met, Greta explicitly didn't try to kill Steph -- but afterwards, Steph framed it as "she tried to kill me in a jealous rage" and people took Steph's side because part of Greta's story was that her "good people bad powers" thing made her kind of sus and that's what eventually drove her to join Darksied.
So while Steph did get mentioned in YJ, including getting brought in to help as part of the invasion of Zandia in issues 50-52, her only significant contribution there was a very brief stand-off with Greta and getting stuck in a bubble with a several other 90's characters who I'm pretty sure don't exist anymore.
The only other person I recognize here is Lagoon Boy. The pink filter doesn't help.
Other than that, the only interaction Steph's had with any member of Tim's friend group is the one issue of Teen Titans (2003), #66, where they're doing this membership drive thing and Steph (recently back from faking her death) tags along so they can pretend that maaaaybe she's going to join the team, but actually she's just there to have a very brief interaction with Traci 13 and Bombshell.
And an even briefer, awkward stare-down with Cassie that's only there because she and Tim's budding romance had been awkwardly cut short just so he could back to Steph the very instant she got back from faking her death no matter how little sense that made.
And then Steph wasn't even interested in joining the team anyway she was just there for quote, "moral support" as Tim told Cassie he needed to take a break for a while and focus on the pre-Final Crisis chaos going down in Gotham.
Stephanie has never spoken to Bart, Anita, Slobo, or Ray so far as I know. She's never even met Cissie because the Arrowette who went to Zandia turned out to be Bonnie in disguise.
Pre-Flashpoint, the only other people she'd met outside of Gotham are Supergirl (whom she met in World's Finest (2009)) and Squire, who's still technically a Bat even if she lives in England. Stargirl and Miss Martian show up alongside Bombshell and Supergirl towards the end of Steph's solo series but they come out of nowhere only because BQM had wanted to make them part of Steph's entourage at some point but didn't get the chance, so I don't really count them. Nor do I count her showing up in a group shot at the end of the Gail Simone Wonder Woman, since that was just a line-up of cameos from every female hero she could get at the time.
So with all that as the preamble, to answer your second question: no, I don't think Steph is very well-liked by the wider superhero community. I also don't think she's disliked. I think the vast majority of heroes and villains have no idea who she is.
If they know her at all, it's probably as, "That girl in the purple that Cass is always hanging out with" or "Robin's ex-girlfriend who faked her death that one time" or maybe even as, "There was a girl Robin at some point right? I feel like I heard that somewhere," particularly since there was a big media shake-up after War Games. Heck, they might even know her as, "Cluemaster's daughter; she runs with the Bats, yeah? Heh, sucks to be Arthur" since he's actually gotten around more than her just by virtue of being on the Suicide Squad.
But as Spoiler, as Batgirl, as a hero? Basically unknown outside of Gotham. She's always been too much of a supporting character to develop those kinds of connections.
#stephanie brown#ask me stuff#dc comics asks#teen titans 2003#connor kent#spoiler#superboy#teen titans#young justice#dc comics#meta
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Jikooker here! ☺️ I do for the most part think Jk and Jm are dating especially with the many 'tells' these past few weeks 👀 but why does it seem like they're on completely opposite schedules lately? Jm just finished his promos, now JK is already in LA working on his album. Do you think the company is minimizing their time together for optics purposes pre-military, or that it's just the timing or nature of their solo work? The two of them NOT being on camera together almost seems even more sus.
Hello, fellow Jikooker!
This is my opinion, of course, but I think it's just the way things were decided since the beginning. Also, from what we have seen, 2 members release their own work per quarter, so Jhope and Rm, then Suga and Jimin, and then Jungkook and Tae. Jin's single was different because of his enlistment. I suppose that was the basic idea but we don't really know everything that goes behind the scenes and why the scheduling messed up somewhere along the way (side eyeing BH for doing Jimin dirty).
Jimin said he began working on his album around April of last year and it took him 10 whole months to have it ready plus promo time. He didn't leave the studio much (but you know, Jk can go there 👀), Jk was working on his collab with Charlie Puth that summer too and also had the Fifa performance. Then the fashion collabs. So they've been busy and Jimin's work just required more time and commitment. And now Jk's turn is next. From what has been said, Jimin "abandoned" society for a bit to focus only on his album but who knows how Jk's mind functions during creative times.
Now, I'm not going to sit here and tell you that they are a private couple and their love is not for the cameras. But if we notice, ever since they came from from Las Vegas and they went incognito mode, there was less hate for them. But even then, they are jikooking behind the scenes. K-army has seen them. But also, they can't really go all out because of work issues, you get me?
And if we think about it, it IS sus that we haven't seen them on camera but also, there hasn't been many chances to see them. There just isn't a reason for them to appear together. But if you look back at the Busan after live, there they were...
And also in the concert practice together... BAM.
If we look back a little more, we saw them together at Jhope's party. "Being shy"...sure.
And how Jk was satellite-ing during Run episodes and this...I dont even know how to call this lol
So if we point a camera at them long enough, Jikook starts doing questionable things.
And since they are whispering loudly that they are together, we also have all the weverse interactions that left us all in a daze lol
I know that for the longest time, people were saying that Jikook wasn't interacting because of the military issue and I never thought that made sense. Like yeah, ok, 1 year of not being loud is going to erase the countless questionable moments, interactions, and footage. Just didn't make sense to me.
But now we know that Jimin was busy. And that's all I can say.
Thank you for your ask!
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i just have to laugh because this is so very obviously an overreaction and has nothing to do with what anon said.
a probably well intended person: this is your blog, you should be able to talk about whatever you want here.
LO: they're liars, liars, liars who lie! i didn't write CP! i didn't molest Courtney! i didn't, i did not!... hey, Brittany...
someone was feeling a bit sensitive there, huh? was the stockholm ask that triggered it, LO? maybe if you tried to stop pretending to be above the issue by still bringing it up people wouldn't feel compelled to still ask you about it. but when has common sense and reason ever stopped your ego ride?
for the record, LO, you were the one who said your buiding was infested with mice. you said that in one of the multiple posts you have talking about killing mice. i have the screenshots.
you said it, not us. i don't understand what do you think you gain by lying about it. it's not really your fault. nobody was saying that meant you live surrounded by trash or you did something to attract the mice. sometimes those things can happen even if you were as clean as humanly possible, so it's not like you're saving face either.
and indeed, you did multiple post about killing mice, not just one. even some tweets too. so many that it came a point in which i legitimately thought you were taking some kind of sick enjoyment out of it.
you also do live in a basement. in a building. that has a mice infestation problem.
this is all information you have given to the public.
i'm sorry, but you truly only have yourself to blame on this one.
"my viewership drops slightly"
that's a very generous way of saying that your views have been below average for years and the only saving graces you have are when you managed to talk about a topical issue that brings people's attentions. mostly, SU as of late.
i feel it's also important to bring up that we never accused LO of "traumadumping" on her own blog. the only time i have ever seen anyone bringing that at all was to mention how abrassive and rude you were when other survivors shared their own stories of trauma. your completely lack of compassion or any tact was the issue, not you sharing whatever stories you want about your life.
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The thing is right, even before I was fully into dark kink (or 'proship' if you wanna call it that) I still wrote things with problematic undertones. Everyone does. Even the most wholesome media properties have dark themes. Steven Universe has characters - protagonists, mind - using, manipulating, lying to each other. She-Ra, Gravity Falls, The Owl House, all the most celebrated modern 'cartoons that appeal to adults' kinda shows have this kind of stuff in them, not to even mention anime and plain ole live action shows/movies.
But before, I masked it. I had characters do things that were out of character for them to avoid something that would actually fall under a category or - much worse - I portrayed things that technically were in that category but just told myself I was skirting the line enough that it wouldn't actually fall into it.
Most properties do this. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who deals in mature themes - let alone outright porn - who hasn't ever depicted something that would most likely, without a 'headcanon' that there were negotiations beforehand, fall under a category of (sexual/)abuse, (sexual/)harassment, or simply rape. I've mentioned those tropes more than enough; a spur of the moment touch or kiss that one character is shocked about at first but realizes they like, mild blackmail, nagging, or duress played off as banter, the ever-popular Sleeping Beauty moments.
Again, Steven Universe frequently depicts domestic abuse even from protagonists. I use SU as an example of this a lot because it was there for my whole 'arc' for problematic content; first being blind to it, then realizing the themes were there and feeling really conflicted and confronted, and then coming to appreciate that the show dealt with them in mature and realistic ways, that showed flawed people who made mistakes and weren't demonized for it, but were given the chance to learn and grow. Like I shouldn't have to point out how bad Pearl can be sometimes.
A really big moment for me was when a close friend wound up triggered from one of my works, because they correctly pointed out that the consent in it was dubious at best. I wound up adding a dubcon CW, but I felt awful about it. Both because I'd hurt a friend and because that was what I'd written, without even really meaning to.
It wasn't that I didn't understand consent, I knew that I was skirting the line when I wrote it. But I was so afraid of the tag, of the label. And as a result not only did I upset a friend, I also wrote something that wasn't as good as I could have. I shied away from it, when if I had have just embraced from the start that I was writing dubcon and actually leaned into it, there would've been more interesting and mature themes that I could have explored. Instead I tried to never quite cross the line, and it upset someone anyway. It should have been tagged from the start.
But only ONE PERSON out of the like 30 people who read it took issue, because it personally triggered them. To be totally honest, I could have just ignored them, said 'one out of thirty must mean they're over-sensitive,' and went on with my day.
I think this is what leads to SO MUCH mainstream work that has this kind of stuff in it. Someone doing something that by all rights qualifies as sexual assault, but just isn't tagged. Because people WILL just let them get away with doing it as long as they have some plausible deniability room that it wasn't really noncon or blackmail or abuse. But if they put the tag on? Now, people will simply call them a [accusation] without even really looking through their work. Those people probably wouldn't have ever been interested in the first place, but tagging it makes you a target.
So, good job antis, you've created an atmosphere where people would rather not tag something and pretend it's not as dark as it is, or bypass tags, than just use them. Because you'll doxx and threaten people who conscientiously tag, and ignore works that straight up depict domestic abuse as long as it's coy about it, and pretend that's not what it is.
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"Hey guys, it's 8r19h7 eYE2 here. Welcome to my first boss battle - a woman."
If you ask Bright Eyes - which no one is doing nowadays. Or talk to. So rude. - their ultimate weakness has always been hot women. Now you might be asking "Oh, does that mean you're Bi?" or "What's your body count?" or even "Holy fuck, Bright Eyes! When did you get in the shower with me!?" but that's not important. What you should be asking is what type of women Bright's heart explodes for like a car crash.
The answer? Preferably boss-ass bitches that can crush them with a pair of fuck-me-heels with daddy issues of the Frank Ocean level. Google it.
Oh and look! There's one here in Wonderworld! Shoes? Check. A scowl that can only mean the barista got her Starbucks order wrong again? Check. And when she steps away from the shadows, we hit the bonus round.
She's tall and her crown is pure platinum blonde. But like every white woman, she's hard to read but fortunately, Bright Eyes can so they check their text on Whatsapp (boomer apps gave them the hives) for any goddesses that are supposed to be on shift tonight.
Actually, let's go back a bit. Back to this morning when Sam accomplished the impossible and made Bright Eyes go 🕶️outside🌳.
"You know, I was counting down the days when you would finally kill me. I bet sometime this year. Vincent now owes me one of his Lambos. You think he'll be mad if I put some Barbie-friendly decals on it?"
"Bright, I don't mean now. I meant tonight at Wonderworld. Vamps in the Solaire Clan take turns patrolling the area."
Frederick pops into their head like an adorably fat mole. The Bright Eyes in their mind palace (it's actually more of a crack den but whatever) whack it with away because they know the unspoken reason why Sam approached them instead of his Progeny. And why he did so when Frederick was asleep.
But anyway, back to the present!
No hot white women were written in the text. Just a bunch of Vampires who form an anti-Bright Eyes committee™ as soon as they arrive. They ignore Bright for the most part which eventually leads the not-so-Newborn-anymore to the farthest end of Wonderworld where a babe is just chilling beside the vegetation-conquered carousel. Score one for the plants.
And the first thing that escapes from Bright's mouth is, "Good evening. May I inquire if you're a quirked up white woman that can bust it down sexual style so that I can get lost in the sauce?"
The scowl vanishes instantly. Like a father who went out to buy milk.
"Excuse me?"
Giddiness blooms like a weed (you know which ones) in Bright Eyes. She even has a Karen-patent tone! Could this night get any better -
Nevermind. Please wait for Bright's brain to reboot as an impressive set of badonkas-donkas is thrust in their face.
"Are you one of Sam's Progeny?" She didn't ask so much as demands. Like Bright and the world owes her something, everything. They wondered if they started panting because that's seriously hawt.
"I'm what you call a bastard of the magical kind meets with death via Vampiric jumpscare. And that's not a sentence I thought was possible."
Bright has to give blondie some credit; she takes their nonsensical answer in stride and with an eyebrow raised.
"I'll take that as a yes. You fit the rumours at least."
"You heard of me but I don't know who you are. You're hot but... sus. Do I need to eject you?"
"No surprise there. I bet Sammy did everything he could to hide you from me. He thinks he's protecting you, but all he did was made me curious."
"Aww shit, did the clapping of my ass cheeks give me away?"
"...Are you fucking high?"
"Probably. I had a shot of vodka with my honey milk boba tea with extra pudding and 100% sugar before I left. Fuck coffee when you can just meet god, amirite?"
The woman closes her pretty gold-ruby eyes. She exhaled and Bright could literally hear her mentally counting down.
"You're unlike any creature that I ever have the misfortune to come across."
"Uh, correction: you found me. And I still don't know if you're a quirked up white woman that can - "
"Enough. I get it. Are you usually like this when it comes to women?"
"Hey, I thought I would be holding in my rizz 'till the heat death of the universe! So who are you o' beautiful sour cream?"
"Careful, I can't tell whether that's an insult or a compliment."
"Sounds like a you problem, chief."
Apparently, magic does exist because despite the non-stop verbal trainwreck that's coming out of Bright's mouth, the woman's lips nearly twitch a smile.
"You're ballsy and stupid. I like that. The name's Alexis. A pleasure for you to meet."
Yes! Bright made it to Phase 2, bitch!
"They call me Bright Eyes, my IQ is the highest among the Redditors on the 'Am I The Asshole' subpage - "
"That isn't saying much."
" - And welcome to the ruins of Vincent's hopes and dreams."
Now that made Alexis burst out a gut. Seriously, she's clutching her stomach with tears in her eyes. It boosts Bright's confidence as a future stand-up comedian. Their 'flirting?' went well but Bright didn't sense the spark of interest within the older Vampire. Boo.
"Right. I've decided to kidnap you now. How accurately can you predict your... Grandmaker's reaction?"
"As accurate as my opinion on the Internet."
"Wonderful. I hope you like shopping and breaking the fabric of time and space on the highway."
And that, readers, is how Bright Eyes won against Alexis Getty-Solaire without getting Miyazaki'd.
#monotony's rambling#redacted asmr#redacted audio#fanfic#redacted bright eyes#redacted alexis#i have no idea what this is#think i watched too many max0r videos#wrote this shit in half an hour and now i'm gonna pass out
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GoTron Was Another Summer Best (another Summer yap session)
Let's start with one thing. I felt generous and tried to watch Rickdependence Spray. I turned it off after 10 seconds. In fact, I paused after I saw that horse breeder thing for longer than I watched the intro
Tried watching the Thanksgiving episode which was, just fine. Although nothing Summer caught my eye. I did this to finish up Season 5 but it was not worth it
You know WHAT was worth it, though? And what a few of you guys recommended?
'GoTron Jerrysis Rickvangelion'
I now see why this was recommended to me, and by the way it means a lot that most of you guys want me to write about Summer :3
It's almost Summer's episode, focused on her dynamic with Rick too and how it can clash with Morty
(FYI the wiki doesn't have a gallery for this episode I literally will rely on Google for this shit)
Right from the start we see that Summer is basically Rick's right-hand man. I know many people have pointed out (and it's outright said) that Summer is enabling Rick's obsession, which is explained IN the episode and something I'll return to later. Part of this episode is not only her relationship with Rick but with herself. Morty sees this as some sort of sabotage when Rick goes with her opinion and sees Morty as sort of an enemy for not going with what he wanted
She not only LITERALLY becomes a right-hand to the GoTron itself but oversees these Rick meetings instead of just hanging out with the other Summers. I mentioned the fact that Summer holds family in such a high regard. Whether or not they did this because this was also a Goodfellas parody, any good parody utilizes its characters purposefully, so I think it still works. There's also several lines where Summer talks about keeping the family close, and considering the blog I wrote about Rickmancing the Stone that mentions her being the glue that keeps the family together...yeah. When I say she's consistent and has a clear arc, it's because I managed to break her down and see the same attributes pop up here explicitly
Rick congratulates Summer for being the one reason he's even doing this GoTron shit and calls her a queen (queef first tho). Considering Season 7 where he says Summer reminds him of Diane, every time he cherishes Summer it's very genuine and because of how special and important she is to him
I know that the plot was hinging on Morty pointing out Summer being a negative influence but I still understood what she was going for. If my points sound hollow, it's because from now on I don't want to sound like a broken record whenever I mention the words 'Family' and 'Summer'
Like I said I was not a fan of Naruto and the fact that this show says the phrase 'giant incest space baby' more than once, which no show should ever do. But when Summer talks about how lonely she feels, it felt fitting. Sure, it's a...gross incest baby, but Summer felt basic motherly instincts kick on. She also wanted him to escape from there because she knows about the literal feeling of being cooped up. Like...how often does Summer go out?
With whatever friends she has she usually just stays inside. I am writing this AS I'M COOPED UP INSIDE AS PER USUAL I'D KILL SOMEONE TO GO OUT. The point being that avoiding this is something she actively does. That's why she was surprised her mom didn't originally want to use the GoTron Ferrets and why she kept enabling Rick. It's not an agenda, she just wants to bond more and go out more
However, I want to know - does this contradict 'Big Trouble in Little Sanchez'? I bring this up because it's an episode where they're supposed to be bonding and Summer is rational enough to know Rick is being harmed, yet everyone hates her for it. Why didn't Summer stop enabling Rick if it meant he would've been obsessed further?
In that episode, it quite literally was killing Rick. Here, different universe versions of the Smith family come together as if to emphasize the point further. The actual issues were ones that Summer weren't aware of, but I just bring this up because no, this doesn't contradict any earlier episodes. Plus, Summer is obviously changing
Also, Summer's speech was fucking amazing. She mentions how lonely she feels in her OWN FAMILY because she has no one and went with Naruto, which is also temporary. She'll take any chance to bond with anyone
To wrap this up - Summer's place in this episode IS the crux of the plot. The family is brought together in more ways than one, with the robots and alternate universes coming together. This also makes sense with Rick having Morty and Beth having Jerry 'naturally', so to speak. If these people have each other, who does Summer have?
Her family
And even if she doesn't have ONE person to always fall back on (as she tends to be around Rick AND Morty), she'll be the one that chooses to keep everyone together. What I said in 'Rickmancing the Stone' and the trilogy I analyzed was true, Summer is the glue that keeps the family together
oh also im gonna be making a blog on the voiceovarians and a theory on Night Summer so keep an eye out for that guys
Thanks for reading!! <3
#rick and morty#summer smith#summer#hyperfixation#headcanon#character exploration#character analysis#summer smith is the best character#summer smith analysis
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jaune como hades, como trataria con ozpin y salem? o talvez jaune viendo pasar a salem cada vez que muera e insta resusita como:
Jaune: bebiendo cafe en la mañana.
Salem pasando por su sala hacia la salida para respawnear: hola *mientras pasa de largo*.
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jaune as hades, how would he deal with ozpin and salem? or maybe jaune watching salem go by every time he dies and urges to resurrect like:
Jaune: drinking coffee in the morning.
Salem going through his room towards the exit to respawn: hello *as he passes by*.
"Hello, Ozma." Jaune sighed atop his black throne.
"Jaune." The older-looking man nodded.
"In my realm, I am Lord Jaune." He scowled, before waving a hand at the issue. "But whatever. It's not like you're staying anyways."
"I wish we didn't meet like this." Ozma replied.
"And I wish the Brothers didn't leave their mess like children." Jaune sighed again. "But who am I to question the almighty, and horrendously stupid Brothers?"
The God of Death, Souls, and the Underworld stood from his obsidian throne and approached Ozma. Two fingers on each hand, he pierced the chest of the man in front of him. With little effort, the man was split in two, one appearing as a slightly older man, and the other as a beautiful knight.
"Wh-Where am I?" The man fearfully asked. "Oz?"
"You're dead." Jaune bluntly stated. "Ozma took over your body, and your subconscious faded into his."
"But... But my wife! My family-!"
"They are fine." Ozma said. "You... We died protecting them. Their bullhead should arrive in Mantle shortly." Ozma gave a sad smile. "All four of them."
"Four?" The man balked. "But it was only my wife and two sist- No..." The man wept. "No, it cannot be... She's..."
"She's pregnant, yes." Jaune said. "You have been granted passage to the Gazing Mirror at any time to witness the life of those who are living." His head turned to Ozma. "A boon I grant only to those worthy of it."
A chilled wind blew through the cavern, and the man disappeared like dust to paradise. The remaining two watched each other, until Jaune sighed and sat upon his throne.
"I hate you so much, Ozma."
"As you tell me every time."
"I've lost track of how many men you've put to tears with your selfishness." His glare deepened. "How many women you've put to death with your arrogance."
"I will not argue that I have made mistakes-"
"Mistakes?!" Jaune stood from his seat. "Mortals make mistakes because they fail to understand the consequences of their actions. You, a man who has lived a thousand lifetimes know this, and yet continue to make the wrong choice!"
"It is not so simple-!"
"You have allies in every kingdom, Ozma!" Jaune waved an arm out. "Men and women, and children, willing to die for you to save the world, and yet you cower behind them while making the whole world blind!"
"Jaune-!"
"LORD JAUNE!"
The cavern roared to life as howling winds bit at Ozma's cheek and screamed in his ears. Darkness grew ever darker, and cold hands grabbed and pulled on his armor, forcing him to his knees. Looking through the frozen gales, he saw the blue fire in his eyes had become a raging inferno, threatening to swallow him whole.
Then the fire and the wind died, and the shadows retreated to their corners once more. Ozma, still on the ground, clenched his fist to steady himself.
"Go, Ozma." Jaune sat upon his throne, looking away. "Go and ruin some other poor mortal's life. And this time, try to waste away another god's patience."
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Issue Six: The Swamp Monster
I have nothing to say she's adorable
Sky and Bloom get into an argument but the translation I'm reading is so bad I can't follow it
"I am only well–bred! Have you some problem if I speak with other person?" Is Bloom's dialogue and I'm assuming what it's actually supposed to say is "Well I'm sorry if I'm not rich enough to get away with not having a job. Do you have a problem with me talking with other people?"
But I have no clue XD just know Sky is being an asshole
"If the school is too small for you you did right to find this job" - Sky assumedly implying that Bloom is flirting with her customers by being nice to him. Which is a normal thing to think, and isn't incel logic
Tecna being boy crazy IS LIES AND THE COMICS NEED TO STOP SLANDERING HER
This is the cutest shit I've ever seen in my life
Brandon: If, for the sake of argument, I was a bodyguard for prince Sky and not actually prince Sky, would that change anything about our relationship? How mad would you be on a scale from one to ten? How best could I make it up to you?
Also Brandon trying to impress Stella by fixing a boat for her I love it
Unbothred. Moisturized. In his lane. Focused. Flourishing.
Comics Riven is getting ahead on his school assignments with his squad
This is so adorable, siblings b fighting
I like how they're game to manipulate any of the boys, it just happened that Riven was the easiest
I love how Riven is looking at Icy pretending to be injured like "can't you fix that with magic???"
He thinks the Trix is sus
Icy doing a wounded fawn act is so insane to me, but I love it
I can't imagine her liking being condescended by people trying to help her but she loves being the center of attention
Comics Riven is slower to fall into Darcy's trap bc there's no fake accident. Very cool
OH THATS WERE THEIR WEAPONS COME FROM!!! THAT'S COOL AS SHIT!!!!
While the concept of stealing others energy is super cool, it raises the very important question of why they didn't do this to Bloom
There he goes XDD
Darcy has known this man for like one conversation and she's already willing to defend him from her sisters. Instant love worse than Musa's unexplained s1 crush on Riven. One thing they have in common
Why does Darcy seem so sure he's different, you don't know him girl!! And you were just manipulating him!!
Musa: *sees the chick who's tried to kill her with her sisters multiple times*
Riven: Oh wow I'm sure in pain right now with no clue how this happened to me. I wonder what happened
Musa: oh he's picking her :((
GIRL IT IS TIME TO BE WORRIED AND FIGHTING NOT SAD!!
I cannot understand how the implication that Darcy, who she knows is violent, did this to Riven doesn't even seem to cross her mind
Like Musa doesn't know that Darcy wouldn't, it's a good fuckin assumption to make
I'm torn between thinking comics Sky should get away from her and thinking this is the first time they've been adorable
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WIP Game
If you're like me and you have a million WIPs and are anxious about updating them, play this game!
List the titles your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!)
An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing
Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on!
Then tag 10 writer friends!
Top Five WIPs to update next
Fission - R.5/Sailor Moon Fukufic - Ranma and Usagi 'collide' mid-transformation for both of them, causing...a whole lot of nothing. At first.
Deviation - MLP:FiM/EQG Omegaverse - Sunset Shimmer's banishment didn't go like she planned. She's outed as 'alien' immediately thanks to her...unique presentation as an Alpha female.
Double Isekai - Ranma 1/2 Isekai - One person from two variant timelines dies in both timelines, one variant isekai's into Ranma Saotome, the other isekai's into Nodoka Saotome. Which might not be so bad but it's 1985 and the Internet won't be available to the public for 10 or so years.
Lost Little Wolf: The Minor Key - MLP:FiM Isekai/Displacement - Years before the 1,000th Summer Sun Celebration, Chrysalis hatches a queen...carrying the soul of a dead woman from our Earth...me.
⚠ And at This Point I'm Afraid to Ask ⚠ - Ranma 1/2 Smutfic 🔞 - Ranma realizes that the NWC is about to all go into college but there's one question that has never been answered for the aquatransexual...what is a 'pervert,' anyway?
Upcoming scenes I'm hype for (some spoilers ahead)
Fission
Honestly, this work is packed with MASSIVE moments all throughout that I just cannot wait for everyone to read, but one big one that's been living rent free in my head for nearly 20 years as I've had unplanned hiatus after unplanned hiatus; After Ranma's Inner Senshi receive all their transformation items via mysterious means, Ranma receives a package (along with Shampoo and Ryoga) with a 'key' in it along with a note telling him/her to trust his/her heart and she'll know who the missing Outer is for her team. When Ranma (as Sailor NeoMoon) discovers that Ryoga is NeoUranus, she's suddenly not sure at all who the new Senshi is supposed to be if guys (besides herself, being...heh...genderfluid) can be senshi, too...until she sees Haruka and Michiru exchanging a private moment and realizes exactly who it belongs to, and it might just save Ryoga's life.
Deviation
Sunset is the first Freshman elected captain of The Friendship Games in Canterlot High's history, and in this universe the final round is settled by the highest ranking Alpha for both teams facing off in the combat ring. Sunset has barely been a human for six months, but she now must defeat the star student of Crystal Prep, the genius athelete and top Alpha student of the school, Shining Armor.
Double Isekai
When Happosai summons an oni to punish Ranma, the NWC are unprepared when the demon possesses Nodoka, who's already been dealing with temper issues. Now her anger has been turned up to eleven and is being fueled by a demon, and Ranma cannot bring herself to harm her mother.
Lost Little Wolf: The Minor Key
There's, like, only five chapters left of this thing, so the next big event I can't wait for is the resolution after the climax. As much as I'm okay with spoilers...this one is just too close to the end to spoil too much! 😜
And at This Point I'm Afraid to Ask
This one is a good 13-15 chapters into the future and there's LOTS of good stuff in the second raunchiest thing I've ever written, and readers of this work will understand by this point in the narrative that it's one chapter of plot, one chapter of smut, repeat. The following happens during a non-smut chapter and makes me giggle every time I think of the planned scene:
Ranma's polycule has moved out, mostly to get away from Ranma and Akane's parents so Ranma can live her best life as a transwoman...with LOTS and lots of private, free time for sex. Ranma's also discovered that she's a submissive bottom, and when her three butch lesbian girlfriends/lovers discover this they start doing some private role-play, including dressing in business suits and having Ranma wear a sexy maid's uniform while doing chores and 'chores.' One day, Ranma's mother comes over unannounced and, not realizing who's at the door, Ranma opens it while in full maid costume.
@jaquik, @patternwelded-quill, @beedok, @burgerbecky, @mistyfdfa, @iron-kolo, @thestargayzingetherian
(I am 100% sure there's more authors on my following/follower list, I just can't remember who's PFP/Username is connected to the AO3 accounts I follow obsessively. Please sound off in a reblog or @ me in the comments if you're an author and I missed you on this!)
#ranma#ranma saotome#ranma x akane#ranma ½#ranma 1/2#sailor moon#sunset shimmer#fanfiction#fanfic#my little pony#mlp#mlp: equestria girls#mlp:fim#mlp: friendship is magic
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I was wondering why Mattel is really on my using Saran or Poly hair instead of kanekalon or nylon. Is nylon no longer being used for dolls? I did see that kanekalon has health risks now, so I assume that is why it is not used anymore? I was just wondering if you had some insights/theories as to why those seem to be the only hair fiber found in their current dolls? Or maybe I completely misread the whole doll hair thing…anyways, thank you for your time. :)
Hi! in 2002 Bratz released a couple of lines with cheap Nylon or doll grade Kanekalon hair and it was speculated that it was because Mattel had bought out the stock of saran PVDC manufactured by Asahi Kasei, Bratz used saran almost exclusively until what was deemed budget lines and clear corner cutting (as evidenced by how simplified dolls were compared to prototypes).
The issue's no longer so clear-cut: multiple manufacturers create nylon in high qualities and many colours. The issues surrounding Kanekalon concern it's human sized fiber and high heat which wouldn't be a problem for doll grade kanekalon which melts on the low temp of a hair straightener if you're not really careful.
I can't explain why Mattel has chosen to go with poly hair which feels unpleasant and doesn't hold up to brushing, why Hasbro systematically undermined their own products with terrible nylon that made even Disney princesses with straight hair unbrushable. MGA seems to be favouring Qiyue Kiwi hair (but not on LOL OMGs), is some kind of exclusivity contract why other dolls don't use it? DongGang make a very nice nylon, why hasn't Mattel gone with them? None of it makes sense. Maybe there's a good reason and I have no clue.
Maybe the reason is the same as the short sack-dresses and skirts designed to fit multiple body types: they've chosen to invest in face-molds, accessories and body diversity over makeup, clothes and hair. Maybe there's been a supply chain issue or unknown chemical instability?
It's baffling that we have more direct access to designers than we have in a long time and no-one seems to know about the hair. I'm not sure we will ever get an answer, we never did about the glue-head syndrome. The disconnect between what the designers want to create for people and what a company is willing to produce is wide: we know from pleather and glue head issues that many dolls are not manufactured to be long term collectibles. Some aren't really supposed to be redressed and restyled: the clothes are sewn on and the bun comes down to reveal a nub of hair or an empty head.
I wish things looked like they did in 2002 where the excuse for hard to brush 'Style It' dolls was potential corporate meddling, by 2008 you were lucky if the doll didn't come with a rat's nest on her head. Nowadays, we have these confounding decisions to stick badly rooted coarse hair on expensive collector dolls, on dolls with an implied collector value as long-lasting items and then other dolls priced seemingly at random (collector Rainbow High ranged from $40 to $100 for no discernable reason). It's not even clear when profits are being reinvested into the toy lines and we speculate that some toy lines are operating at a loss to get a foothold in the market.
Let's just say that a bunch of companies have shown they don't even have the sense to invest in brand loyalty with quality product recently, the media companies have exhausted so much goodwill it's embarrassing to anyone who's ever cared about running a business. Even banks can't seem to think five years ahead. It's why I'm delighted MGA is getting sued, yeah it's frivolous and far-fetched but we might get some insight on how they're running things and what the design process might be. It is absolutely not the "collaborative" Monster High/Barbie mermaid "voting process" we've seen on social media and more of a "Oh shoot, we gotta make the Krystal Bailey doll darker skinned, people are furious!"
TLDR It could be that whoever's running these divisions knows nothing about dolls, let alone hair. They just look at numbers and make decisions on numbers, short term ones too, no long term projections or testing.
#dolls#dollblr#I don't even see that many prototypes posted anymore#doll hair#This morning i heard a cool scooby doo cartoon with the hex girls got tax cut destroyed. Because art is just assets.#Does anyone at Mattel outside of design love Barbie? Is that even a qualification?
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Chapter 10: Dallas, Texas, 1960
Summary
Y/N grapples with the situation and tries to figure out what to do next.
Warnings? Click Here!
A/N: Officially starting season 2!! I have some fun character stuff in mind for Y/N but I also wanted to thank everyone who has been reading up to this point. I ended up moving and for whatever reason, it was just way more traumatic and exhausting than it has ever been for me so I was very much not going to get anything else like fanfiction done which sucked because every time I was like "writing would make me feel so much better" but I don't wanna upload stuff when I'm in a terrible state, y'know.
On April the 1st, 2019, the Earth was destroyed in a cataclysmic event.
Billions of people were wiped out in a matter of minutes.
Ironically, the eight survivors of the apocalypse were the very siblings who brought it on.
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Dallas, Texas, 1960
Again, unbeknownst to you, you missed out on Ben and Klaus...by two weeks specifically.
As of right now, it's been about...20 minutes since you were literally dropped in Dallas and you still had no plans on what to do and how to do it. There was no way of reaching Five, who would know what to do immediately.
Currently, you were sitting on a bench plotting your next move and hoping that maybe one of the others would show up.
'Why am I so freaked out though? I've been on my own before, right? I can do this. Just breath girly.' You took deep breaths. Ignoring the casual side-eyes your were receiving from people walking past.
You only half paid attention to the elderly woman that sat down next to you.
'Ok, first thing's first: I need somewhere to stay. Like a motel or something. But motels cost money....clothes to blend in cost money...food cost money..................................I need money.'
But you had a strong feeling that a job wasn't going to just drop into your lap. Hell, a "decent" job didn't even drop into your lap last time. No, if you wanna stay above water right now, you have to stay outside the box.
Then you had a lightbulb moment.
"I can just rob a bank."
You literally could. The technology now has nothing on the technology of the future. You and your siblings are all 80s babies so the odds of everyday people knowing about people with superpowers was sitting nicely at maybe....5%?
With your powers, you could....probably get away scot-free. Healing, which would be good in case of gunfire. Shielding which would...also be good in case of gunfire. You could even spin that you're some alien warlord and get people to stand down....nah, that's too much.
You had a massive issue though.
'How can I get out of dodge quick enough?'
You're not necessarily a fast running and you ain't got no blink powers like Five.
You crossed your arms, one of your feet tapping impatiently. 'Would be useful if I could fly...but flying bank robber would definitely make the news. I would need to run like...'
A new lightbulb moment.
'...the speed of light!'
"Holy shit, why didn't I think of this earlier?" You turned to the woman, who jumped at the suddenness of you jumping up from the bench.
To make it all the more awkward, you started pacing around the bench. Now when people looked at the bench, they would see an elderly lady being hovered by....a disturbed woman...pretending to be a....vulture?
"Light travels at like.........a lot of miles per second. It's just PEWWWM!"
You even made a hand gesture and off instinct the tips of your fingers lit up, shocking the old woman but she shrugged it off as just her eyesight messing with her. That and she was getting roped into your excitement.
"Light just goes, so why can't I, right?"
She nodded. Confused but she got spirit.
"What is stopping me from running from one end to another...like that?" You snapped your fingers.
The woman shrugged.
"I never really tried...I don't think." You muttered. "I need somewhere to practice and I have to get it right before I do anything else. I have to maintain it."
You turned to her, again, the suddenness making her jump. But her anxiety was put as ease when she saw you smiling at her.
"This was a good talk, thank you. Hope you have a great day~!"
She watched you walk off with a pep in your step. Once you were out of clear sight, she shook her head at the interaction. "That girl was weird....but...weird girls usually persevere." She then reached into her purse, pulling out a chocolate and happily popping it into her mouth. The woman was speaking from experience, of course.
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It was late in the evening where you found a track to practice in. You had to wait a bit for the remnants of both its track team and football team to leave.
Once the coast was clear, you began your solo training. It started with thinking. How exactly were you meant to will your powers into letting you run as fast as light? All the times you've run from danger before, it hadn't happen which left with you using your light shield.
So it wasn't some...natural instinct.
You observed your hands, turning them over. "Maybe it's as simple as just running while powered up?"
So you willed your hands to emit your signature white glow and took off...but no dash. Just a normal run. So you went back to your starting line.
"Ok...that didn't work. Then...how would it work?"
You paced back and forth.
"Maybe I have to...visualize going through a wormhole?"
So that was the next attempt. Music videos, movies, tv shows, and comics, you're sure you know what a wormhole looks like. So you stood tall and envisioned a wormhole. Like a visual manifestation but...nothing happened.
Still standing in the same spot you were in before.
"Well, that's not it. Um...maybe...I snap my fingers and do it?"
So you closed your eyes and snapped them, envisioning yourself...somewhere else. Then you opened your eyes...and you were still where you were initially. So that's not it.
You let out a frustrated huff. This was going to be awhile.
And while it was. You tried everything that you felt could be plausible. From shouting which direction to shouting where you wanted to end up. That didn't work.
You also tried snapping and running. That didn't work and you felt like an idiot even though no one else was there to witness you making a fool of yourself.
You also tried snapping your fingers and making it seem like you were going to break into a run but that didn't work.
You eventually took a break. You were getting hungry. Rummaging through your pocket, you managed to find about 25 bucks. That wasn't bad, especially for now, that should get you a good meal so you can keep trying to figure this out.
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To be honest, you were so used to there being places open really late, you didn't really conceive the idea that so many stores could be closed.
So many of these diners were closed. But so many of them still had different treats on display. Really mouth watering treats. Like some lost orphan child, you couldn't help but stop and just look longingly at.
"God, I wish I could just phase through this glass right now."
It would make you feel terrible to rob a mom & pop establishment though. It would make you feel even more terrible to make a huge mess all for some donuts.
Then you glanced up and saw a "whites only" sign.
"Oh....then fuck'em."
Now you wanted to make a mess out of spite but you would be long gone by the time police showed up and who knows who they'd blame if you did this.
"Still, if I could just..." You snapped your fingers and nonchalantly pointed towards the window, specifically inside the diner.
You weren't prepared. It all happened in an instant.
You pointed and suddenly a aura of white light quickly formed around you and you found yourself smashing into the plexiglass and being sent to the ground.
"Owww, what the fuck?" You groaned.
You rubbed the center of your forehead before the realization set in on what you had just done.
"Did I just--" You slowly stood up, straightening out your clothes. "Holy shit, I did, didn't I?"
Looking down at your hands, you witnessed the white glow fading from your hands. You figured it out. Somehow it seemed like such a basic way to activate it but...it also seemed so goofy but...it worked for you...weirdly enough.
So you tried it again. This time your target was moving across the street. You waited for the lone care to drive by, it's curmudgeon looking driver giving you a stink-eye.
Once he was gone, you snapped and pointed across the street. In an instant, you appeared on the other side without issue. Much like before, it was preceded by a white aura surrounding you. You could only imagine what it looked like to someone looking.
"Oh my god," you let out a chuckle of disbelief. "I can light dash. Have I really always been able to do that?"
Your dad would've probably never entertained the idea of snapping and moving. Probably would've thought it was childish as hell never mind the fact that y'all were children.
But who cares about that right now?
You can light dash now.
And while it's not what you would've preferred (being able to become intangible would've been WAYYY better but you'll take it).
You just have to work with it. You also have to work with finding a good offensive use of your ability which wouldn't be hard. You've just never used your abilities for offense but for support and defense.
Now....you have to make real nice acquaintances with the local bank.
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really interested what do you think about daemon and rhaenyra as couple! i would love to read your daemon/rhaenyra metas 😩💕 their relationship is kinda creepy but also fucking delicious the power imbalance shift just make it hotter 😩
oh this is a setup 😂 cause people are not gonna agree with me and that's fine
the first domino to fall was baelon's death. while baelon was alive he seems to have been able to keep his sons in check, but soon after he dies daemon quickly develops a reputation as a rogue, as someone who preys on young girls, as volatile and dangerous. daemon believes the ends justify the means. daemon targaryen does not take well to being told no. all this leads up to his rift with viserys (a guy famously willing to enable daemon!)
now daemon groomed rhaenyra. she was too young and isolated in a court that half loved half reviled her to be any match for him. unlike daemon's other girls & unlike other targ women who face abuse, rhaenyra had the benefit of a father who could & did send daemon away immediately after. however like most of viserys' actions it didn't solve the root of the issue (throwing rhaenyra at laenor after - to salvage her reputation, to reconcile with house velaryon, all of which ignores that laenor's reputation was no better) nor did it go far enough (allowing daemon to return a few years later).
[and is he the only one to prey on rhaenyra? criston cole turning on rhaenyra so viciously & immediately when she displayed any sexual autonomy is a result of his obvious madonna-whore complex. he did nothing of the sort when mr. bitches aegon ii had multiple bastards. is it clear this is a story about misogyny yet?]
rhaenyra on dragonstone has what seems to be steady relationships with harwin strong and laenor, and a seat of power without the divisions of king's landing set against her. her rships with laena & daemon appear to be made on more equal ground. however the fact that she betrothed her kids to theirs is kinda sus - why so young, was she courting them as allies? was it done out of affection? as concessions to corlys & rhaenys to ensure that their bloodline sat the throne? or was it for daemon, to appease him?
generally speaking, rhaenyra has complicated relationships with men. there's her father, who makes her his heir, honors her, but also is the cause for the greatest threats to her future and banishes her to dragonstone after the aemond incident. there's criston, who idealizes her then wants to punish her. there's harwin, there's laenor, both men who are her allies then are murdered - to isolate her, likely.
rhaenyra is never alone for long. in this i think she displays a mindset that many abuse survivors have difficulty getting out from under.
with that in mind, by all appearances yes rhaenyra wielded power over daemon in their avunculate marriage. whatever she asked, he did. he did the dirty work whether or not she wanted him to. did rhaenyra ever ask herself if maybe daemon had a hand in laenor or harwin's deaths? did she ever wonder if he might try to harm her first three children to put a son of his own on the throne? my guess is yes she at least considered it, that she approached him as pragmatically as she could (ex. turning a blind eye to his sexual relationship with mysaria), that she deemed it wiser to keep him close. let him do as he pleased. summon him when she had "need of him."
to me the peak of their relationship is when daemon takes out the biggest threat against her (aemond/vhagar) at the cost of his own life, because nobody else could have and he did it "for her." it's the closest thing we get to him doing any reflection, in that he refused to return to king's landing in order to feed into the maladaptive dynamic he once courted. i'm personally more inclined to view rhaenyra targaryen's life in the lens of manipulation & misogyny than to synthesize it as a love story. of course i understand how others feel otherwise on this couple - they're written in a codependent and twisted way that is compelling as a story! this is all purely my take on them
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The Palia Experience™ (so far)
Believe it or not, I'm trying it out because a friend of mine ended up despising this (beta) game so much they went and asked the game company to straight up delete their account for good.
Know that I won't dig into some controversial/sus stuff ongoing with some cosmetic bundles, because right now I am not even interested in purchasing a single thing in game.
All this is going to be purely from a(n oblivious) player's pov, who is also still a newb who's just "learned" how to plant & water crops.
For starter, I appreciated same ol' warnings for flashing lights & stuff. I'm not photo-sensitive myself, but I can see how this can be a nice thing for those who have this issue to varied degrees.
What I would also appreciate would be the possibility to have subtitles in the cutscenes (unless this option is already available but dumdum me couldn't spot it).
Customisation has lots of options to choose from right away, and I'm saying so as someone who comes from Warframe, where the only "Operator" free stuff is 4-5 hairstyles and a Zariman suit, with everything else locked behind either plats or a grindfest.
Besides, you can also have a small selection of colours to tweak. This is what I ended up mashing together.
The graphic looks cartoony/simplistic, and it kinda reminds me of another game: "Paladins" (another friend of mine described it as "generic unity style 'cutesy fantasy' aesthetics").
Makes me wonder if this has anything to do with both games running on "Unreal Engine". 🤔
Also, despite my PC would meet the requirements to run the game at "high" settings, I decided to keep them at the default ones the game itself chose: "medium". This resulted in my GPU (GTX 1650) not breaking a sweat, ever and unironically.
(Yes, this means that my screenshots are all taken with the graphics set on "medium".)
Even so, it hasn't been uncommon for me to see the game freeze and/or stutter. What left me puzzled this whole time is that the CPU (of the i7 kind) would at time show spikes of 60% usage. A sign that, maybe, the graphic isn't as "simplistic" as it looks.
Still, I have yet to experience any game implosion, so I guess I am still all good here.
And btw: yes, the game devs themselves know about the latter issues I mentioned. 👇
There is only one thing that keeps on leaving me quite fascinated.
Queue.
Queue everywhere.
Apparently, the servers are still so damn tiny that, no matter where you're trying to load into, even though you are already logged in game, you will have a high chance of seeing a message like this in the corner of the loading screen. 👇
Logging into the game? "X Palians ahead of you."
Loading into a cutscene before/after a quest? "X Palians ahead of you."
Going to the village? "X Palians ahead of you."
Coming back to your tent/home? "X Palians ahead of you."
Imagine playing something like Warframe (the only other co-op game with quests I could think of).
Imagine if you loaded in your own Orbiter and tried to start absolutely anything, even while in "solo" mode:
Loading a mission: "X Tenno ahead of you."
Starting/Progressing with a quest whatever: "X Tenno ahead of you."
Waiting for the cutscene(s) to said quest to load: "X Tenno ahead of you."
Going to a relay or a free roam (imagine instances didn't exist either): "X Tenno ahead of you."
Moving back to your Orbiter to call it a day: "X Tenno ahead of you."
You got the picture.
Not really a fun and also sliiiightly irritating in the long run. 😅
But hey, it's a beta game that has just come out of "closed beta" only 1-2 days ago. So hopefully they will be able to expand their servers soon enough.
As for the gameplay itself, it's nothing really special to me, probably because I am already familiar with some of the mechanics. I've seen this being called "a mix between Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley", and so far I'm mildly getting the latter's vibes (never played any "Animal Crossing" game).
All in all, if I were to rate this game on a scale of 0 to 10, I would give it a generous 7.
"Generous" because of the aforementioned controversy with the bundle discounts so-called "scam" (which is still unclear whether or not it's been accidental, haven't kept up with the news in this regards), plus the current, microscopic size of the servers.
#palia#palia game#palia open beta#sharky's stunning skills at gaming#I'm also dreading the moment I'll have to open that chat & ask for help to other players#I'm such a sucker for playing solo & interacting with other people (total strangers) gibs me THE ANXIETY 😔
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S. Italy is literally such an interesting character and he gets treated so poorly by people outside of the few that view him as a favorite and its so...I hate to say ironic but...
Like 90% of the time when the people hes "mean" to are people who are either actively mean to him or have hurt him in the past. Hes also like...not even that mean in canon? Hes just blunt with a swearing habit lol. Like the only reason why he "dislikes" Germany is because hes being protective of his brother. When its just the two of them interacting without N. Italy being implied in any context they actually seem to get a long well, I mean he trusts Germany enough to give(*cough* demand *cough*) him a ride and Germany tolerates/is friends enough with him to do so without putting up a fight.
I think he also embodies/deals a lot with that side of mental illness that people like to avoid or pretend is not there when they romanticize it, which unfortunately tends to happen a lot IRL and in fandom/content spaces(as your aware lol). Like he obviously has Issues(tm) but seems to be the only one that really gets put down on by the fandom for having, despite other characters also dealing with some Issues(tm).
And like yeah its super sus the way he gets treated when compared to N. Italy and England. Like all three usually get treated with that stereotypical infintalization especially in shipping spaces. But unlike the two S. Italy is hardly ever given a break by the fans. Like he hardly exists out of shipping zones and when he does its usually that Flat "Im an asshole! grr, Im gonna be mean to my brother who has done nothing wrong ever!" type of vibe lol or its still shipping in SOME context. Like N. Italy stans get REAL mad about any /pos S. Italy content especially when you do it by pointing out N. Italy being a bit of a shit head (which is canon).
Unfortunately I think the fact that he is canonically mixed has a little bit to do with it :(.
Im not in the fandom anymore but the way he gets treated still bugs me lol.
Yeah, like...Romano's always been a base breaking character. It's a shame because he's so interesting, but it is what it is. It's not as bad as it was back in the old fandom, but he's still pretty polarizing.
Exactly. Like...Spain tried to trade him for Veneziano that one time, and Veneziano isn't all that nice to Romano. Both Romano and Veneziano are at fault for their relationship being bad. And yeah, blunt and swearing a lot =/= mean. And he has reasons for disliking Germany. It's not like Romano hates Germany for no reason lmao. And people ignore that there have been instances of them getting along.
And god YES. Romano definitely has some of the "uglier" traits of mental illness, so people aren't as willing to give him a pass, since they can't/won't romanticize it (of course, they shouldn't be romanticizing mental illness at all). Hetalia fandom being ableist? It's more likely than you think.
Yeah, when he's not being shipped with America/Spain/Belgium/whoever, it's almost like people just...ignore him, or turn him into a caricature of himself. And yeah, I've noticed that people act like he's the only one in the wrong with his relationship with Veneziano...like no??? Like I said before, Veneziano really isn't all that nice to Romano (remember that one time he couldn't bring himself to say one nice thing about Romano), and both of them are at fault for the lousy state of their relationship.
And in regards to England...the reasons the person who made the post on r/hetalia for disliking Romano were traits that Romano had in common with England, with the sole exception of hating Germany specifically. It really didn't leave a good taste in my mouth that they singled out Romano in particular.
I...figured it had something to do with the fact that Romano is canonically mixed. Though if you point that out, these people will act like you just threatened them.
This fandom is honestly such a hypocritical mess a makes me want to scream.
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