7 and 10 for the Soulcalibur Asks

7. Who is your favourite guest character?

I was introduced to the Xbox version of Soul Calibur 2 first when I was `just past my toddlerhood, so I thought Spawn was pretty neat. I remember being mesmerized by the flowing cape in the intro. So basically while baby me was watching Teletubbies and Barney, I was also playing Spyro games and beating people up as Spawn in Soul Calibur 2.

But I guess the guest character that really takes the cake for me is Geralt of Rivia, as he's actually written into the lore of Soul Calibur 6 and we actually get to meet him in Libra of Soul. It was also fun getting my friends together in a Discord call to play his Soul Chronicle and talk about the crazy stuff he got into during the events of the Witcher games or series (I got the entire game series and I still need to get caught up with that, but I also refuse to touch Netflix or wherever the series is hosted).

10. Who is your favourite final boss?

It ain't Inferno. I see that guy in Versus Random Soul in 6 on a higher difficulty and I dip out immediately. But before I get to my favourite (because I get the feeling there's gonna be people that will never respect me again after this but fuck it), I have a bit of a tale to tell regarding Inferno. So I brought my Soul Calibur 6 stuff to the living room (it's the Steam version, so I had to borrow my brother's computer and grab an HDMI cord to play it on the big screen) and we did mini tournaments between me and my siblings. Later that night, two of my brothers started playing against each other and the younger of the two picked Inferno while I think the older brother of the two picked either Geralt or Raphael but I can't be too sure. Anyway, the older brother learned pretty quickly how stupidly OP Inferno is, almost on the verge of tears while the younger brother kept kicking the poor guy's ass. But what made this a little scary is the fact that the older brother did not give up AT ALL until he finally, FINALLY, wiped the floor with Inferno. And this is the guy I accidentally traumatized earlier ago with that trick Taki does where she's on the floor, then does the back kick where he least expected it and it ended in a ring out for him.

As for my favourite final boss...lemme just explain something, if I haven't gotten into Soul Calibur 6 today, I would tell you that my favourites would be Nightmare and Algol in Soul Calibur 4 (depending on which character you play or which route your OC goes) as they are part of my childhood and that sounds more honest than what I was originally gonna write for this ask due to a bad mix of anxiety, RSD and media literacy dying at a rapid rate nowadays.

But then I wouldn't be here writing for this blog, and I did end up getting into Soul Calibur 6, and my favourite final boss is Azwel in the Libra of Soul story. Well okay, he's technically not the final final boss because that title goes to Grøh, but the narrative built Azwel up to be this big climatic boss in Libra of Soul, so I guess that still counts! I could go on about how Azwel's kind of a guilty pleasure to me, because one: he's got interesting lore hidden away in the game's museum that gives us clues as to why he does what he does once you unlock everything and you get past the fact that he's a quasi-religious creep that talks too much and uses Soul Edge and Soul Calibur almost similarly Algol, and two: I am a huge sucker for charismatic and cunning amoral bastards in media, we're here to talk about bosses. I guess to me, where Grøh gives a grateful smile to the Conduit after using Soul Calibur against him in the Good Ending made the entirety of Libra of Soul a worthwhile game mode to play, it's also a cathartic moment to finally stand up and use either Soul Sword against Azwel after everything he's done to you and your companions, even his own Vanguard, the defiance against his attempt to use YOU to bring about the Ultimate Seed because it is YOU who gets to decide your own fate. And not only have you fought back against a dangerous enemy planning to make you his (my autistic ass thought he reminded me of that one Saints Row 4 quote about not knowing whether he wants to kill me or sleep with me, like sorry dude, your rizz stinks), you have also conquered the very thing you feared from the beginning: The Astral Chaos. Not only have you saved yourself, you ended up saving the world along with it.

Well, that's it.

I thought it'd be a simple answer, but SURPRISE I gave you a novel.

Thank you for the ask, this was fun to do, and I hope you have a good day!

since i count viola and amy as the same person, i am going to combine these into one post! tagging @shogas and @thesilvershire

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

her arc in general embodies tropes that i absolutely adore. i just love characters that need to learn to let people in and work to accomodate people who they have become attached to. like amy/viola might have a very pessimistic view of the world and she might have trust issues out the wazoo, but she is willing to go to the ends of the earth to make sure those she loves are okay. we are seeing it right now with raphael. we will see if that same attitude transfers over to zwei but i am inclined to think it will

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

oh my god putting amy/viola in starwars would be everything to me. i already know exactly what it would look like to. she would be a night sister who is gifted with the force for sure (kinda like ventress), and i imagine her being taken in by and raised by a sith. she would probably have an arc that shows her rediscovering and embracing her dathomirian roots and while she still keeps her lightsaber and her connection to the force, she would ultimately want to rely more on her dathomirian magic

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

admittedly im REALLY bad at matching characters to music so like if this answer is lackluster im sorry lol. but if i had to chose, maybe overwhelmed by royal & the serpent. specifically the line "what's come over me? feels like I'm somebody else" of course im sure the artist meant that line to illustrate the feeling of dissociating while having an anxiety attack but if we take it by its more literal meaning, i like to think that line kinda embodies viola as she contemplates her existence

thanks for the asks!

PROPAGANDA ROUNDUP: WINNERS' ROUND 3

(as collected from the notes of reblogged polls) Red Sun:

The Man who Sold the World:

Snake Eater (with a side of Here's to You anti-propaganda):

Here's to You (with a side of Snake Eater anti-propaganda):

This is probably the most propaganda I've gotten in a single round. Holy shit guys. Anyway, it's all going underneath future polls with their corresponding songs, so thanks to those who submitted! (those people being: @ang-900, @thesilvershire, @rfoxlord, @prowoodstuff, @leo-nid-as, @lowpolyotakuconvention, and @kamifubukientertainmentcenter. Whew. That's a mouthful.)

Merci à @thesilvershire et à tous les autres de m'avoir mené à ces 5 reblogs !

How about number 12 for the “love” questions (nicknames)?

What kind of nicknames do they call each other?

I feel like Randvi has a million nicknames/terms of endearment for Eivor that vary in terms of how seriously vs ironically they’re delivered lmao, like my love, darling, my lord (lmao), jarl, fífl/fool (affectionate)..... some old norse endearments I could also see her saying are blíðr (denotes an outward expression of gentleness in the face or voice, which I think is perfect for Randvi to say to Eivor, a known softie 🥺), and also hjartað mitt (my heart).

I don’t think Eivor uses terms of endearment/nicknames as much. She says Randvi’s name so affectionately it essentially already functions as a term of endearment. :’) But I could see her calling Randvi “my love” or something similar on occasion.

14 and for the artist ask meme (and/or 21 if you’d like to draw something)?

(this took like two weeks to answer sorry skdjjf)

14. what was something that you used to draw a lot that you don’t draw as much anymore? Man, for years like the only thing I ever drew was cats. If you look up “warrior cat headshot” I was similar to a lot of those for a long time when I was younger

and 21 was to draw one of your originals characters but my I have no way to upload photos currently, thanks phone storage :) I may reblog with something when I can though

also aaa, it’s so late but thank you so much for the ask anyways!!!

6, 14, 28

6. Who is your favourite character design?

HILDE! easily without a doubt. she has some of my favourite designs in the series but my absolute favourite is her player 1 outfit in scv. i will Yell about my Love for this design for a very long time bc it is Very Good and definitely one of my favourite armour designs, even outside of soulcalibur!

honourable mentions: scii player 2 ivy, ashlotte, sciii siegfried (both designs bc they’re both good), scii player 1 nightmare

14. What is your favourite stage?

probably lost cathedral from sciii. the general aesthetic there is really pretty but also works very well for the climactic fight between nightmare in siegfried and the music on it slaps too!

28. What are your thoughts on Siegfried’s crystal armour?

i remember thinking it looked really cool when i was a kid but tbh now i just think it looks silly and over-designed. i generally am not a fan of a lot of the visual design in sciv tbh and the designs for the two swords and also both resident big sword boys are definitely a notable part of that opinion.

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Any chance we could get some Evie Frye gifs?

Thanks for the request, here it is 💙

8 for the video game asks

8: Favorite song from a game?

It’s instrumental but “The Hunters” from the last of us soundtrack, it has such a nice beat to it. And Honor For All by Jon and Daniel Licht for Dishonored.

Thank you!

9 for the video game asks

9. Favorite character from a game: This is so tough, but I’m gonna have to say Vaas Montenegro from Far Cry 3. As much as I find other characters to love, I always keep coming back to him. He’s a very complex character, and besides the fact that you know he’s one of the bad guys, we really know almost nothing about him. He wasn’t given much backstory at all in the game, which is strange because he’s one of the most well-known things FROM that game. I’d be really interested to learn more about him, maybe in a prequel game or something!

Tira for the “Send Me a Character & I’ll Tell You”

Send Me a Character & I'll Tell You✨️

My first impression i was the "beyonce?!" meme but instead "harley quinn?!" my first exposure to tira was sc5 lol

My impression now there is so much potential for her to be a great and deep character but the devs just want to focus on the psycho split personality aspect too much. i love the foundation for who she is but the devs dont know what to do with her

Favorite thing about that character her background is so interesting, the birds of passage have SO much lore and add so much to the soulcalibur universe so im glad that we got that

Least favorite thing they wont let her be multidimensional even though the building blocks for it are right there. they actually nerfed her back story in this new timeline, because in the old timeline part of her trauma that really messed her up was being forced to kill her own mother figure. they just completely erased that this time. she had a lot of range in the old timeline, i feel like that range is gone in sc6 and thats so upsetting to me

Favorite line/scene "oh look! now that he knows your his sister he suddenly gives a hoot!" but also just anything she says to patroklos is so good. like yeah she has terrible intentions but shes also oddly extremely perceptive. patroklos was a horrible human being, and she did a really funny job of calling him out for it

Favorite interaction that character has with another just any time shes prodding patroklos and pushing his buttons, its really funny to see

A character that I wish that character would interact with more anyone in nightmares horde tbh. i feel like she and azola especially would have a lot of interesting interactions. also siegfried

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character i mean how can we not see the resemblance to harley quinn

A headcanon about that character tira and azola actually worked together to ruin sophitias life. azola was the one to give sophis kids a soul edge shard, which was their first exposure, and that was done to sort of "prepare" one or both of them for tira to kidnap. they had more planned than to simply manipulate sophitia

A song that reminds of that character tbh i am not sure lol

An unpopular opinion about that character i feel like i would have been more intrigued by tira if she was a set of twins instead of one person with DID

Favorite picture probably this unused concept art from the new legends of project soul artbook

thanks for the ask!

10 for the video game asks

10. Favorite ship from a game?

already answered

16 for the video game asks

16. Console you want?i really want a switch!! im a sucker for nintendo and i wanna play all them cool games! (especially botw and splatoon 2 :0 )video game asks!

What are your thoughts on Layla and the modern day stuff in ACV?

Oh man I’ve been meaning to exit the simulation soon and check out the modern day world again; I’m really invested in the main story so I’ve sort of been putting it off (in some ways I’m kind of afraid it will break the immersion if I do?) but from the small bits I’ve seen of her, I’m intrigued by Layla! And I honestly feel like I should learn more about the modern lore of the games in general because this is the first one I’m going to be playing all the way through and I feel like I still lowkey have no idea what the animus is lmaooo

20 for the video game asks

20. Book that would make a good game?

ooooh that’s a rough one... and tbh i think a lot of the books i can think of already have video games which is kinda weird to think about... mmm this image popped in my head of like the artemis fowl setting but you control the leprechaun police force and it’s like x-com and you’d send out squads to handle magical bullshit?

meanwhile, i kinda wanted to say my favourite book series The Crowthistle Chronicles, maybe not necessarily because they’d make good games since idk how it’d work? visual novel? point-and-click? rpg? who tf knows but i just really love that series.

6 for the video game asks

Hmm… I think my favorite genre might adventure/fantasy themed RPGs, I also like a lot of fighting games and platformer stuff, a few survival/horror games 

Thanks for asking!