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What If Choices' Race-customizable LIs Had Surnames Reflective Of Their Ethnicity?: An Experiment Just For Fun (Part 3/3)
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Part 2
THE PRINCESS SWAP
Derya
This is a special case and not only because Clarke doesn't have a canon surname: the top row of face options are described in the asset files as "Middle Eastern" and the bottom row are described as "Caucasian". Caucasian is used in the U.S. interchangeably with "white" even though the Caucasus region is in east Europe/west Asia and can be interpreted to encompass parts of Turkey.
Clarke's family members (including parents of both face options) all have Turkish names and if I’m remembering correctly, it’s heavily implied in the text and art that their country is based on Turkey. Which makes the name Clarke really confounding. I wanted to replace it with a Turkish name but I couldn’t find anything that sounded remotely similar. So I chose the unisex name Derya because I like how it sounds!!!!!
Devin Rhee
These face options are described in the asset files as “Asian”. The masc face option’s haircut leaves me no choice but to headcanon him (and by extension the fem face option) as Korean. What the extremely common Korean surname Rhee lacks in being spelled similar to Wright, it makes up for in sounding kinda like Wright. If you were hearing it spoken from another room. Lmao
QUEEN B
Ian Wang / Ina Wang
These face options are described in the asset files as “Asian”. As discussed in Part 1, there are not a lot of sound matches in Asian languages or Spanish for King(sley). I did read a theory online that this LI’s name comes from the fact that they’re the counterpart to the MC who is the titular queen of the series, so I went with the thematic route and chose the surname Wang, which means “king” in Chinese and Korean. The fem face option reminds me of several Korean women I know so I headcanon these face options as Korean, although Wang is a rare surname in Korea whereas it is one of the most common (if not thee most common?) surnames in China. So I guess they could also be Chinese?
Ian Reyes / Ina Reyes
These face options are described in the asset files as “Hispanic”. Same as above, not too many Spanish sound matches, king/queen themes and motifs, etc., so I chose the Spanish surname Reyes which means “kings”.
ROOMMATES WITH BENEFITS
Drew Yáñez
This one was so hard lmao. These face options are described in the asset files as "Hispanic" and there were not a lot of Spanish-language surnames that are a sound match for Young.
Drew Yadao
Also a hard one! These face options are described in the asset files as "Asian" which is really broad, and they don't look "typically" East Asian to me or like any East Asian person I know. The masc one reminds me of someone I know who's Filipino so I'm going with that for my headcanon. Again not a lot of sound matches for Young just like in general, and I decided on the Ilocano surname Yadao because it was one of the only Filipino surnames I could find that started with a Y.
SHIP OF DREAMS
Theodore Kassavetis / Theodora Kassavetis
These face options are described in the asset files as "Mediterranean", although the wiki does note that there's a scene where they say they're Greek. So I initially decided on the Greek surname Karakostas since it kept the "K-AR-T" sound pattern from Carter but then I changed my mind and gave them the surname Kassavetis because I like John Cassavetes the Greek-American director.
SURRENDER
Reagan Tong
These face options are described in the asset files as "Asian". The "th" sound in Thorne that's found in very few other languages like come on now don't piss me off. These face options honestly give Vietnamese to me but I couldn't find any Vietnamese surnames that matched Thorne and the Cantonese surname Tong sounded closer in my opinion.
UNBRIDLED
Ryder Villanueva
The face option on the left is described in the asset files as "Hispanic", and the one on the right is described as "Filipino". A unique situation here as many people in the Philippines have Spanish-language surnames and some speak Spanish due to Spain's historical colonization of the Philippines, meaning "Hispanic" can sometimes apply to Filipinos. We're touching on a complicated issue of using "Hispanic" as an ethnic descriptor but this post is not the place to discuss that. Sooooo since Spanish does not traditionally use the letter W (?) there aren't any Spanish-language surnames starting with W, and the only surname from a Filipino language starting with W that I cound find was Wenceslao which I didn't think was a good match for Wilson. So we're going with the Spanish Villanueva which has the initial "il" sound . Also means "new house" which I think is thematically appropriate for this book? Idk I don't have VIP so I can't play it yet and I just read the summary.
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#playchoices#the princess swap#choices the princess swap#the princess swap choices#devin wright#queen b#choices queen b#queen b choices#ian kingsley#ina kingsley#ship of dreams#choices ship of dreams#ship of dreams choices#theo carter#surrender choices#choices surrender#reagan thorne#unbridled choices#choices unbridled#unbridled: an untameable story#ryder wilson
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Can I just say something I really appreciate about the gender customisability of Ship of Dreams?
The way the F!Theo is described is great because the book doesn't solely focus on her more "masculine" (loosely) features, instead there's a lot of references to her chest and MC being attracted to that, which i really appreciate because shes not just treated like a man, which is a trap pb can often fall into with the goc li's
Also generally, the sapphic playthrough of ship of dreams is *chefs kiss*
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Okay I was terribly preassumptive. Ship of Dreams is actually really good + the sapphic yearning is just.. really beautifully done.
The one thing I will give PB an applause is how they handled Theo and MC in the book. It isn't immediately lustful, rather it's this nice curiosity which is the least I can ask for with books of this nature. Also because the Titanic is going to sink anyway, might as well get all the checkboxes checked.
Docking a couple of points for the title though. Did you have to call it Ship of Dreams? Really?? Cultivating the [X] of [Y] and [Z] are we PB?
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Why? Why? Why?!
Why is there a marriage proposal literally seconds after leaving Carpathia? Why was this taking place on the Titanic?
I hate that this story exists. I hate that this was made a thing. I hate that this idea even entered someone’s mind, and someone actually approved this. I hate how disrespectful Pixelberry was to the Titanic.
#ship of dreams#ship of dreams choices#playchoices#PB What The Fuck?#disrespectful#Come back Storyscape
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I just can't get over Theodore's thick neck...
#ship of dreams choices#playchoices#Probably why I can't get into this book... His neck is so fat#Like I just feel like big Ed is in the building#I will probably read it one day but for now that tree trunk neck ain't it
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I think they'd get along
Shadow Milk seems like he'd enjoy sharing some tea (methaphorical and literal) with Cherry Blossom. The stories he tells her might be a bit biased and warped, but she's supportive either way!
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#this isn't meant as a ship post but#honestly if you somehow decide that this is the crackship of your dreams - go for it#i see them as gossipping besties#also her not taking anyone's shit and standing up for herself and her picnics would put her in his favour I think#shadow milk cookie#cherry blossom cookie#shadow milk#shadow milk crk#shadow milk fanart#implied shadowvanilla#(he could also be whining about elder faerie but yk)#(your choice here)#Cherry blossom calls everyone “darling”#blorbo-time
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I know that the Gaiman "word of God" on Dream of the Endless's romantic history is, "He has had many more lovers than the ones we see" with regards to Killalla, Alianora, Nada, Calliope, and Thessaly (ugh) and as someone who will absolutely incorporate word-of-god canon , it's the height of hypocrisy to just dismiss this.
And I will accept that probably Dream has had some sexual encounters outside those five canonical relationships, like the implied Lucifer and Titania flings.
But I just can't escape the sense that the whole, "Oh yeah, he's had tons of other lovers like, just loads of them, believe me, the dude is definitely not billions of years old and only had a half dozen romantic encounters all of which ended in tears, that would be crazy, right??" is just more... something a dude would say about their super cool dude character?
Because I personally like to, in this one instance, rigidly stick to canon as we see it on the page. And that canon is: Dream was deeply lonely and never even officially hit a half-dozen long-term lovers in his life and he only married once. He is a divorcee and he is sad and he is lonely and he would love to find someone to be with and be in a relationship and just continuously eluded him. And our evidence for this? The Wake.
We have some of Dream's past lovers show up at the Wake. Bastet specifically notes that they could have been lovers, probably should have been, but it never happened. Titania implies a relationship but won't say anything more and obviously it was not long-lasting romantically speaking, whatever it was.
But basically, if we take the Wake as an on-the-page canonical account of the living beings who were Dream's lovers and who had enough of a connection to actually show up, it's still a depressingly small number for so long a life, for a character who is defined by his romanticism and loneliness. Even if we say, give or take, there might have been a few more, none of those after Nada could be mortal, so we can't just say they're all dead. That means the other immortal lovers either didn't show up or didn't bother to speak. And sure, if there's other immortals in the mix, sure, we could "Doylist" say the comic just doesn't have room for them all but really, to me, the more compelling take is... there just weren't that many for Dream, and that it's deeply sad. Some of it was, yes, his own fault, probably a lot of it. But it's still sad.
And more importantly, it's a more interesting character. Anyone can say their stupidly powerful godlike character who is beautiful and magical and can craft dreams and stories and is this Byronic hero of poetry and darkness is also someone who had a bunch of romantic partners and can definitely hook up with anyone he wants, psshh, obviously but... a character who is all those things and can't get this one major part of their life together to the extent that he's demonstrated to want a loving partner which he is repeatedly shown to want, is just... it's a certain kind of unique for that character and I'm here for it.
#the sandman#sandman meta#dream of the endless#and this is why i ship him with Hob as a soulmate lol#because I'm also a romantic#and I like to believe there is someone out there for him in the most unlikely of places#and by unlikely I mean MOST LIKELY OF PLACES Dream he's YOUR BEST FRIEND#WHAT DO YOU THINK A RELATIONSHIP IS?? EXCEPT A PERSON YOU LIKE TO SPEND TIME WITH THE MOST??#anyway Dream upsets me lol look at his life look at his choices I want to hit him with a baguette
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You will never be her
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Sent by anonymous
‘I understand it has been talked to death, but I just have to say how sad I am about how there's absolutely no intimacy with the LIs anymore. The ship of dreams just cemented it for me. We are supposed to be so very in love with Theo or whatever, but literally every single scene "sexual tension" gets mentioned. I LIKE sexy books, but it's not romance. It doesn't feel like romance, it doesn't feel like they're in love, it just feels like they find each other hot :/’
POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!
#choices ship of dreams#ship of dreams#choices sod#sod#playchoices#choices#choices stories you play#confessions#mod bruffle
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the real question is: will dave filoni and his team double down on jacen syndulla aka baby broccoli’s design in live action or will he change it just enough that we stop dunking on him about it
#he hasn’t been confirmed at all obviously but a girl can dream#i want to see my ship’s child…a small piece of kanan jarrus please…#it’s the green hair. it was a devisive choice. mostly because it doesn’t make any sense.#but also some kid actor getting to dye his hair would probably get a kick out of it#star wars#star wars: rebels#ahsoka#star wars rebels#swr
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In my opinion, Adele should've died in Ship of Dreams
Not because I especially dislike her, I did to an extent understand her actions within the context of her character, but for a Titanic story, MC did not go through enough loss, it doesn't feel like the setting of the Titanic fits with the themes, there isn't enough tragedy, and for that I think Adele should've died
I also feel like this could've been helped with more prominent 3rd class characters who then realistically would've died on the actual titanic. Of the characters we got, very few were actually important to the plot and the characters who did die (like Jakob and the other two who drowned in the stairwell) didn't have much of an effect, it was very easy to forget about
The setting of the Titanic kind of just feels like a 2 dimensional backdrop tool rather than an actual part of the story to me, I just feel like if you're going to write a story based on the Titanic, you should be prepared to lean into that tragedy element of it and my expectations were not met
If anyone disagrees with me, I would be very happy to hear it though, I'd be happy to hear another perspective on this
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These… are the exact same covers
#i hate it here#where’s the flavor#ship of dreams#alpha choices#what even are these title names#choices#choices: stories you play#pb#pixelberry#playchoices
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Now that I’ve read the first chapter of Ship of Dreams, I think I’ve come to the realization that the standards in which I judge a PB book’s enjoyability have changed quite drastically over the years. Once upon a time I would give a book 6 full chapters before deciding whether or not I liked it. These days it’s a more instantaneous judgment. Now I judge a book solely on how horny and cringey the MC is in the first chapter.
#choices vip#playchoices#choices alpha#choices dirty little secrets#choices ship of dreams#choices the duchess affair#choices roommates with benefits#choices the billionaires baby
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"I've never been interested in men."
Baby I was born this way!
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This is what money looks like y’all ✨
#choices sod#choices ship of dreams#choices#choices stories you play#playchoices#choices app#pixelberry studios#pixelberry
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I thought about sharing what's been my view during the last few days... I can't believe how much I needed to leave the big city for a while, my stress levels have mostly gone and the only reason I think I won't get rid of the constant exhaustion it's because I won't have enough days to sleep and fully recover! 😂
Anyway, I'm not dead, I'm here, and I so want to have time to read all your wonderful fics and stories, but as I've been so exhausted, the moment I try to pick anything to read I start falling asleep and it sucks (it's not that your stories are boring, it's just that I'm too tired! 😂).
During my time out I've managed to read some Choices' chapters though. And of course, I have some opinions no one asked for (but I need to share them anyway):
ALPHA is EVERYTHING Wolf Bride should have been. It was such a fun reading! But let me tell you, I'm going to need many answers in Book 2, Book 1 left too many unsolved questions.
I also managed to read THE BILLIONAIRE'S BABY. My biggest issue was that I didn't understand certain dialogues and attitudes because they weren't consistent with the game I was playing. I ended up restarting the book and that's when I realized that if you don't pick any diamond scenes until the story forces the MC and the LI to hook up, everything makes much more sense. I mean, the book is still awful (especially the ending... that was so "wtf?!?"), but at least now I kind of understand what I read.
The last book I finished was SHIP OF DREAMS. It's not a terrible book, it's not a mind-blowing book, it's OK. I can't compare it to the Storyscape story because I never read that one, but I honestly didn't expect the plot to be different to the movie, so no surprises there. The amount of smut was completely unnecessary, I think it ruined a lot of moments, especially because the characters in the book had very nice personalities that could have been further developed: both the nice guys and the villains were on point. The ending? Disappointing, as it didn't solve one of the big conflicts in the book.
Right now I'm reading UNBRIDED. Man... what did they do to Mandy? By the end of Untamable, she was the LI of my MC's brother, and then suddenly she becomes a LI for my new MC? It took a lot of chapters to understand what had happened between the end of Book 1 and the beginning of Book 2. Awful move! That should have been explained at the very beginning of the story! I also hate, hate, HATE the fact that you can't be a genuinely nice person without having some romance involved. Most of the time there is no choice and that makes me feel super limited in my game. Finally, I don't understand why the MC is so scared of telling everyone her secret. I didn't expect to get a good book here, but even if the story makes sense, I'm so limited in my choices that I end up feeling I can't play the book the way I want to and that kind of ruins the experience.
Anyway, I hope to be able to return to this little corner soon. I miss being here, but the constant exhaustion is not helping. I can't even keep up with all Choices' releases as I used to as I fall asleep mid chapter, so I'm reading books that have at least 10 chapters completed and that's kind of working better at the moment. I miss my life from a few years ago, where I was tired, but I had time to share stuff here. I'm on my way to fix it, but I really need my body to cooperate for it to work! 😅
#it's me hi#playchoices#choices stories you play#alpha#ship of dreams#the billionaire's baby#unbrided#untamable
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