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Part 2: here

╰┈➤ ❝ [A⋆b⋆o⋆u⋆t] ❞:

You are secretly in love with a popular boy at your school. His name is Lee Know. He is your crush for about 2 years. This year you wanted to make a move, every fairytale has a happy ending, will yours to?

••¤(`×[¤ A/N ¤]×´)¤•• <I made this v▪e▪r▪y angsty>

!!!THIS IS A FANFICTION!!!

'Who am i?'

'Does he know me?'

'Does he regonize me?'

'Does he know i excist?'

'What am i?'

All those questions are wandering through your mind.

You liked Lee Know for a long time now, and you decided to make a plan. Ofcourse your friends help you.

'Send him a love letter!' Lisa shouts

'No don't, bump 'accidently' into him.' Amaray says.

'Guys, we need to have a plan i actually going to survive.'

they rolled their eyes

'Look Y/N, if you want to express your feelings towards him, you need to stand in the spotlight!'

'Spotlight?'

'Yeah!' they said both

'What do you mean?'

'Tommorow we are going to go shopping, okay? We are transforming you into a brand-new woman!'

'You guys can do that?'

'How hard can it be? We have still 1 day untill the new year of school starts!'

'And by the way, Lee Know needs to like you for who you are. Not for who you represent. Understood?'

'Yes ma'am!'

you all laugh.

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-漫~'¨¯¨'·舞~ 𝒶𝓉𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 ~舞'¨¯¨'·~漫-

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All three of you are walking around the mall, looking for clothes and accesoires.

'Your style should be a mix of classy and y2k.'

'Yeah or maybe formal?'

'Guys stop it.'

'Cmon y/n we are trying to help.'

'I know Lisa, but like what if he doesn't want me?'

'Than we will kick his ass.' Amaray says confidently

You laugh

'Yeah sure 'kick his ass'.'

'Bet?'

'Nobody is kicking anybody's ass.' Lisa says.

You are walking into a shop and see many clothe's and accesoires. Some stuff are catching your eyes.

'Lets try this on.' you say while holding some piece of clothing.

'Lets go for it!' Amaray says.

You go into a cabinet and putt it on.

(for reference what your wearing:)

You came out of the cabinet and your two best friends start to clap in their hands and jump.

"Omg, y/n you look like on of those girls of a kdrama!'

'Really you think?'

'Yeah! You look beautifull!'

'You guys, stop it.' you blush

'Don't be so shy now.' Lisa ruffels your hair.

'Stop ruffling mine hair.'

'Hey respect the older ones.' Amaray says.

You roll your eyes.

You bought the clothes you had on and decided to spend some more hours at the mall.

After that you went home. You looked at the clothe's you bought.

'This will be mine glow up, he will finally see me.'

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-漫~'¨¯¨'·舞~ 〜a∿t∿ ∿s∿c∿h∿o∿o∿l〜 ~舞'¨¯¨'·~漫-

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You entered the school, hair styled, some 'natural girl' makeup and ofcourse your new clothes.

'I swear y/n everyone is staring at you. You are alreaddy popular.'

'Stop it, i swear.'

'Cmon, this is our teenage life, to live for life.'

'Yeah listen to Amaray, this are our years.'

'Okay but i had an idea to send him a heart-shaped popsicle.'

'Thats a pretty good idea, actually.'

'Omg, than you can show that your sweet like sugar!' Lisa shouts.

'You get the joke? A popsicle is sweet. No? Okay.'

'Anyways, i think its a very good idea y/n.'

'I will put a letter with it. But y'all will help me right?'

'Ofcourse, thats why we are here!'

'Lisa, did you drink an energy-drink today?'

'Yeah why?'

'Nevermind.' Amaray says.

You giggle.

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This year you sit in a different class than Lisa and Amaray, but Lee Know is in the same class. So... its not that bad.

You sit in the back row of the class. Some popular girls are being idiots and you see that Lee Know isn't here yet.

You take your book and start reading. It is a romantic book. You love romantic books, sometime's ofcourse.

'He looked at me and said: you are mine forever.'

Its so sweet, you are melting away.

Suddenly someone come's sitting next to you. You never saw him here before.

'Hey, is it okay if i sit here?'

'Yeah, sure.' you smile.

'Are you new here?' you ask.

'Oww, yeah. I am Han, Han Jisung.'

'Thats a very beautifull name, i am y/n.'

'Thats also a very beautifull name.' he giggles.

'What ya reading? Will it last.' he reads.

'You like romantic books?'

'Yeah sometime's, depends which time and which book.'

'Cool, cool.'

'And you?'

'I am more an action guy, you know.'

'Ow, so your like 'piew piew' and 'The A-team' type of guy.'

he laughs.

'Piew, piew. Oui madame, j'aime piew piew.'

you both laugh.

'If you want to, you can sit with me and mine friends.'

'That would be piew, piew-fantastic.'

'You are a comedian, aren't you.'

'Most people call me the king of laughs, but sure.'

'Name one person who calls you that.'

'I don't need any prove, because i am the prove.'

'Yeah sure 'king of laughs'.'

You see Lee Know entering the class, and sitting some seats away.

You didn't realise you stayed looking at him, while he is sitting down.

'Hello, earth to y/n. ELLO Y/N.'

he looks over to Lee Know.

'Oh, i see.' he smirks 'is he your crush?'

'What? No, no. He-, i mean. No never, bleh.'

'Yeah sure.' he winks.

'What are you winking for?'

'Just, you are a bad liar.'

You turn red and start covering your face with your book.

'Don't cover yourself up now, you look so adorable. Like a little tomato.'

you burst into laughter.

'You don't make any sense Han.'

'You don't either.'

During class, many girls were flirting with Lee Know. You hated the way they were touching him, even tho he isn't yours. The worst part is that you just sat there and couldn't do anything. Just look and feeling jealous.

Class went very fast actually, if you observe others. But you tried to focus, you really did. But it just didn't work, if you hear those girls giggle and playing with his hair. It just breaks you inside.

When the bell ringed, you finally escaped with Han the classroom.

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'Whats upp y/n. Ow, well hello there. Who did you brought with you?'

'So everybody, this is Han.'

'Han, this is Lisa and Amaray. And that dude over there, is IN. He is very shy by the way.'

'Ello, everybody. So okay, Lisa, Amaray and IN. Easy to remember.'

'Actually IN, is his nickname.'

'Whats his real name?'

'Actually its Jeongin.' Lisa comments.

'Anyway, nice to meet y'all.'

'Nice to meet you to, Han.' Amaray says.

'So y/n, you know what you are going to write on the letter?'

'What letter?' Han asks.

'Its just a plan.'

'Yeah for her LOVER.' Lisa laughs.

'Lee Know?'

'He knows alreaddy?! Y/N you need to start going undercover, like really.'

'I am trying Amaray.'

'Lee know? You like him.' IN asks.

'Yeah, but a tiny bit.'

'Yeah sure, sure sure.' Amaray comments.

'She is obsessed, like litterly.'

'I am not, first of all. By the way, Lisa. Don't you lik-'

'Stop, don't. I swear y/n, don't you dare.'

'I am not going to say anything, i pinky promise.'

'Okay but what can i write on the letter?'

'Maybe like: Every time i see you, mine body is full of joy, and full of laughter. I never believed in love at first sight, but with you i do. Xoxo your secret admirer.'

'Wow Han, thats actually really good.' you say.

'Thank you.' he blushes.

'Write that down! Come on!'

'Yeah write that down!'

you take your notebook and start writing exactly what Han said.

'Okay all done, now i just need to buy that popsicle.'

'I can come with you.' Han proposes.

'Sure!'

'And we will suport you mentally. Right IN?'

'Yeah, for sure! But just to ask, how you going to give it to him?'

'Okay, i and Lisa are going to look if he is around and she's going to put it in his backpack!'

'Fantastic right?'

'Be carefull okay?' Han says.

'I will.' you smile.

'But lets eat, i am starving!'

'Yeah me to.' Han winks.

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'Lets go, Han.'

'I am coming, have some patients.'

You roll with your eyes.

'Okay , i am done. Lets go!'

'You take like hours to make your backpack.'

'Yeah right. Prove?'

'You've got to be kidding me.'

'I am just joking around.'

'Ha-ha-ha, funny.'

you cough sarcasticly.

You two are walking in the city. Han is walking close to you. Its a cold day, to be honest and your hands are freezing. You try to warm them up, but it doesn't work.

'Your hands are cold?'

'A tiny bit.'

'Wait let me just.' he take's your hands and take them in his.

'Better?'

'Wow, your hands are hot.'

'Not only mine hands.' he winks.

'Dirty boy.' you laugh

'What?! I mean mine nose is hot to. Dirty minded y/n.'

You roll your eyes.

You two walk into a candy shop and you buy a big heart-shaped popsicle.

'This one is perfect.'

'Yeah it is.' Han says.

'I am coming home okay?'

'I will walk with you, don't want someone to kidnap you.'

you laugh

'Thank you Hannie.'

'Hannie, is that mine new nickname?'

'Yeah.' you say proudly.

He walks you home, still holding your hand. You look at how he is holding your hand. And you kinda like it to be honest...

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'Okay Lisa, Amaray, readdy for Mission impossible?'

'Yeah okay, his packback is standing there alone.'

'I don't see any people around.'

'Okay quick as a cat, quick as a cat.'

'Wait there is one person looking our way.'

'Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious...'

'Okay she is not looking, okay now y/n!'

you ran with your letter and popsicle towards his backpack and place it inside.

'Okay now run!'

you three run together (not far) and hide behind a tree.

'Okay nobody saw me?'

'No, everything is safe.'

'Wait he is coming towards his backpack.'

'Shhh, Lisa.'

'Shhh, Amaray.' she mocks.

Lee Know took his backpack and went inside.

'Okay we did it! We actually did it! It wasn't that hard actually!'

'Yeah, we should work for the FBI!'

'Yeah right, you Lisa, could do that. Yeah sure.'

'Why you laughing.'

'Okay you kids, lets get out of here.'

Nobody saw you guys.... or so you hope...

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You were sitting in class, and you saw girl whispering and pointing at you. You didn't even know why.

Han sat next to you and whispered:

'Hey, why are they all looking your way?'

'I don't know, its freaking me out.'

'Just stay cool okay?'

'If you say so.'

During class it was very uncomfortable, so once the bell ringed you ran outside the class to find your other friends...

'Guys, am i hallucinating or is everyone looking at me?'

They all look at you, with a weird expression.

'Why are you all silent...'

'Lisa? Amaray?' you look at them

'IN?'

'Uhmm, can i tell her?'

Amaray nods.

'So uhmm, someone saw you.'

You froze

'Someone saw me?'

'We don't know who, really y/n.'

'I need to get out of here.'

'Wait no y/n-'

you ran out the cafeteria towards the restroom. You quickly locked yourself in.

You sat there for about 5 minutes when you suddenly heared knocks on your stall.

'Used.' you yell.

The knocks were becoming louder.

You open the door and see there standing Lee Know and a girl.

'Here you stupid popsicle back.'

she throws it on the floor and jumps on it.

'And your stupid, and UGLY letter.'

she rips it apart in front of you.

'You are the definition of loser, you understand? Stay away from him.'

Lee Know just stare's at you, without doing anything.

'What do you think of her Lee Lee?'

'Unactractive, weird, stupid.'

'You hear that?'

'Unactractive.'

'Weird.'

'And stupid.'

'Lets go Lee Lee.'

She takes his hand and they go both out of the restroom.

Tears rolling off your cheek. Staying there with the popsicle and letter in your hands.

'Xoxo from your secret admirer'...

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searchie · 15 days

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on a scale of 1/10 how gay is every sekaiju boss

Oh geez.

ThanksgivingDinner: ... I don't know how more CookedTurkeys happen and I'm not sure I want to know either.

DeviledEggsterminator: I don't think the concept of attraction is programmed into it.

Jimbly: He has a wife and nothing indicates him being bi. Definitely an ally though!

Virinus: She's in the negatives she literally killed Hairon... /j, but she is very straight considering Kony

Lleh: Still not gay. Then again do you want LLEH to be gay?

Mona: This is the first one where I can kind of see it. Though I can just as easily see her in the negatives.

Du&Bu: I have no idea

Kony: I mean the guy is dating an alien so who knows

Picutris: At first he thought it was weird, but after a self-finding journey realized it wasn't all that strange after all.

Stellarax: She had a husband

Warmonger: No

Leucipe: Finally a W! I'd solidly put her at 6 or 7.

Quillon: 7

Swarac: Canonically aro

Gyro: Canonically pan

Oonh: Oonh/10 (/j). idk he's a whale

Vermis: idk he's a creature. Actually I might have heard he's actually multiple creatures inhabiting one rock and if that is indeed the case and I'm not crazy then that's pretty gay innit. At least if they're not in the same family if they're related then nevermind.

Termos: idk I can see it 6/10

Com: Somewhere around 5

Vyvin: Definitely closeted 8/10

Vorazoth: That is a rock

Zeth: There is some homestuck hateloving going on between him and Elbus I swear 9/10

Elbus: See above

Ogeid: ... No I don't think so

Cincon: 10/10 canonically gay

Spectrum: Has a husband

Doro: Wife to the above. Worth noting Doro is shorter though so there might be something interesting going on there.

MemoryWell: Uhhhhhhh

Pythias: They're literally 5 PulseBolts that's kind of gay. Assuming it's not like a dad or mom pulsebolt or something.

Hagall (tank): Hagall (tank)

Hairon: Canon gay 10/10

Plasmalde: 5/10 sure why not

Tyriz: He doesn't strike me as very gay but not as very straight either. 3/10? Also 100% an ally either way.

Aversa: More gay than her sister for sure.

Gateau: Probably not

Nelid: Rock

Brand: I think one of the heads is very gay and the other is completely straight that would be funny

Picceli: Straight

Sukhjot: Rock that ruined the life of gay people

PT-01-ANALOG: UNAPPLICABLE.

Faminewreaker: ... No...

MacRoenn: Look how concerned he is for Alviion... CLEARLY there's something there,,, (/j?)

Alviion: Probably less gay than MacRoenn

Guartan: Unlikely. Another robot.

Ophanium: At first I thought there was a lot of tension between him and Raphael but then I realized that'd be pretty weird since Raphael is like literally his creation. Now I imagine Tempus is just a really big dispute between dad Ophanium and rebellious son Raphael.

TA-5: Canon gay 10/10

Hail: If she's gay she doesn't realize it. You could say she's BLIND to it,,,

Plaguebringer:

MrGoogles: Doesn't really get it at all.

Banafrit: If she got out? 8/10 probably.

Daemon: ophione is canon gay 10/10. at this point i dont think daemon cares much about romance though

EssenceOfSekaiju: That is a planet.

#sekaiju #sekaiju a world of creatures #gay #sekaiju gay #sekaiju bosses

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whatacaitastrophe · 4 months

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Is It Over Now - Chapter 12

Previous Chapter

Chapter Song Inspiration: "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot" - Brand New

Chapter Warnings: Mystra

Spotify Playlist: Here

Chapter Notes: this is the last chapter of "Is It Over Now!" thank you so much to everyone who has read this fic and liked it, reblogged it, left comments etc. the next installment, "Everything Has Changed" is already on AO3, and i'll start uploading chapters here soon <3

also!! i have a discord server!! it was made to coincide with the twitch channel, but i need more friends to talk about bg3 with so pls come hang. link is above!

Chapter 12: Call Me A Safe Bet, I'm Betting I'm Not

“Astarion, we’re supposed to be packing.” Fallon giggles.

Astarion is also supposed to be in the kitchen, taking stock of what food they have left and how much of it is worth taking with them. Instead, he’s in their bedroom with his arms wrapped around Fallon’s waist from behind, peppering kisses across her neck and shoulders. “We’ve done enough packing for today, I think it’s time we take a well-deserved break.”

“We just started!” Fallon argues, but she also does nothing to stop Astarion’s hands from slipping beneath the hem of her shirt.

“We started yesterday.” His fingertips dance lightly over the skin above her trousers underneath her shirt.

Fallon looks at the clock on the wall and giggles again. “You cheeky fucker, just because we started at half-ten in the evening and it’s now one in the morning does not count as starting to pack yesterday. It’s been two and a half hours!”

“Fallon, darling, I’m starting to think you don’t want to have sex with me. It’s going to give me a complex.” Astarion chuckles and he brushes her hair to the side to nip at the nape of her neck.

She snorts with laughter when he says that. “Yes, because Ao forbid I try to actually make sure we’re prepared to leave for Velrea in four days,” she says drily, leaning into his touch and tilting her head further to the side to give him better access. “Nevermind that we’ve not gone a single day without having sex since the Winter Solstice.”

Astarion pauses for a moment, and Fallon does not need to look at him to know that her partner is digging through his memory to try and prove Fallon wrong. The dramatic huff following the silence is also telling: he knows she’s right. Not that this deters him at all. Instead the vampire changes tactics. “Well, when I live with the most beautiful woman in all of Faerun, how can I be blamed for wanting her constantly? I mean, what would you do if you were in my position?” His fingers deftly slip beneath the very top of her trousers, skimming over her hips.

A shiver rolls across Fallon’s body, and she almost, almost, gives in. It’s been two months since the Winter Solstice, and Fallon and Astarion have been insatiable ever since. It’s like finally admitting how much they love each other woke up something inside of the them, and with it came a new level of virility that Lae’zel claimed makes them “impossible to be around for longer than an hour.” Truthfully, Fallon would love nothing more than to stop folding clothes and let Astarion take her right there on top of the freshly laundered pile but they have a deadline to meet. If they want to reach Velrea before the Spring Equinox, they absolutely must leave in four days’ time.

“If I were in your position, I’d take a cold bath then go back to the kitchen.” She giggles. It is only then that Fallon turns around to face Astarion, and she plants a soft kiss on his lips, then pats his cheek when he pouts. “I promise to make it up to you, my love. I’ll even show you what I bought at Figaro’s when I went shopping with Shadowheart a couple days ago. It’s lacy and pretty, positively sinful and completely impractical for traveling.” Fallon teases him, biting her lip and batting her eyelashes.

“Wicked woman. Absolutely wicked.” Astarion smirks, kissing her once more. “I’m holding you to that.”

“I expect nothing less. Now go.” Fallon gently pushes him away from her, playfully smacking his backside as he leaves the room.

The last time the two of them traveled together it was about as unplanned as it could get, considering they’d both been kidnapped and forced to make due with whatever happened to be on their person at first. Now that they have the time to plan and prepare, Fallon wants to do so. Even with it only being the two of them this time, Fallon easily resumed the leadership role she naturally took on during their adventures from the nautiloid to Baldur’s Gate, and Astarion was happy to let her. He’d even admitted to Fallon that was initially part of why he wanted her to come with him in the first place. “You’re better at making tough decisions than I am. Better at taking the emotions out of it, if you will.” He’d explained.

Fallon could only hope that she is still able to think that logically in the event they are faced with danger. Things are different now, and there is far more at stake; namely, how far she would be willing to go to keep Astarion safe and to help him get what he wants. Fallon would never say she didn’t love Gale, but she certainly did not love Gale in the way she loves Astarion now. The way she feels about the vampire is soul-deep and all-encompassing. If anything ever happened to Astarion, she would scorch the entire world to save him.

How is it possible that the two of them had so many clothes? It’s not like they were constantly leaving the suite. Astarion couldn’t unless it was dark outside, and Fallon’s sleep schedule was slightly closer to his these days because of it. When they did leave, it was only to go downstairs to the tavern, or occasionally to Wyll’s. Lae’zel and Shadowheart had returned to Creche K’liir, promising to visit more often, same with Karlach and Halsin back to The Grove. On top of that, when Astarion and Fallon were at home they were naked more than half the time because of their inability to keep their hands off of each other.

Thank the gods they were clothed this evening, however, because the easy silence that filled the suite was interrupted by the sound of somebody opening a portal in the sitting room. “What the–”

“I seek an audience with Fallon of Baldur’s Gate.” An ominous female voice echoes through the suite, and Fallon freezes. She knows that voice. It’s a voice she’s only ever heard once before, but once was enough for her to know enough. Fallon grabs her sword on her way out of the bedroom, despite knowing that it will likely do little should the owner of the voice pick a fight. Astarion apparently had the same idea, for when they meet in the hallway, Astarion is holding a dagger. Quickly, Astarion kisses Fallon and whispers, “I love you,” before taking a step in front of her protectively as they enter the sitting room.

At the sight of Mystra, Goddess of Magic, Fallon’s heart rate increases exponentially. She’s even more beautiful than Gale’s memories of her depicted, and on that alone, Fallon understands why Gale walked directly into her trap time and time again. Why in the nine hells is Mystra in her home? She quickly scans the sitting room for Gale, but the demi-god is not present. Fallon looks Mystra in the eyes and swallows as she desperately tries to keep her cool.

“I can’t say I know what the protocol is when a goddess comes to visit. Am I to bow? Offer you tea? Drop to my knees and pray? Then again, you’re not my goddess, so I suppose I don’t need to do any of those things.” Fallon says cooly, and her grip tightens on her sword.

“Put your weapons away, I did not come here to harm you.” Mystra demands.

“I’ll believe that when I see it.” Astarion snarls back at her, dagger raised.

“You will not threaten me, vampire.” Mystra snaps.

“You’re the one who entered my home without an invitation, not the other way around,” He snaps back. “What do you want with Fallon?”

Mystra does not recoil when Astarion refuses to back down, but her presence seems to become less…overbearing, somehow. “I came to congratulate her.”

Astarion and Fallon look at each other in confusion. “Congratulate me for what?”

“For ruining Gale of Waterdeep’s life.”

Fallon’s blood goes cold, and her grip on her sword loosens. “What have you done to Gale?”

Mystra lets out a cold laugh. “Oh, it’s not a question of what I’ve done, Fallon of Baldur’s Gate, but a question of what Gale of Waterdeep has done. For you, because of you, however you wish to interpret it.”

Even Astarion is lowering his weapons now, and he takes a step back to hold Fallon’s free hand. Whatever Mystra is about to reveal, it’s definitely not good, and Gale is definitely not okay. “What did he do?” Astarion asks.

Mystra smirks. “Gale of Waterdeep has decided that he no longer wishes to become a god. He claims that if being a god means spending eternity without you in it, then he doesn’t want it.”

Oh no. Fallon’s heart drops into her stomach as she slowly puts the pieces together in her mind. She remembers what Gale said of his bargain with Mystra in order to achieve godhood, and what the stakes were. What the cost would be if he denied Mystra. Astarion must remember, too, because his grip on her hand tightens.

“I told Gale of Waterdeep the consequences of his choice would be the same now as they were when I first offered him a chance to ascend to godhood. He chose you still. I simply needed to meet the woman who turned my chosen against me so thoroughly face-to-face, and to bring her a gift.”

Whatever this gift is, Fallon is already certain it’s not much of a gift at all. Not for her, not for Astarion, and most certainly not for Gale.

Mystra snaps her fingers, and Gale Dekarios is suddenly on the ground at Fallon and Astarion’s feet. He looks up at her weakly, and when he reaches for her, his entire body is shaking. Fallon’s sword hits the ground with a clang and lets go of Astarion’s hand, dropping to her knees in front of Gale.

“What have you done to him, you wretched bitch?!” Fallon screams at Mystra. Fallon reaches for Gale’s body and Astarion is almost immediately at her side, helping her pull Gale closer to them both, wrapping their bodies around Gale to protect him from Mystra. If that’s even possible at this point, as it seems the damage is already done.

“I have not done anything Gale of Waterdeep has not asked for,” Mystra says coldly. “He knew the consequences of defying me, turning his back on me, and chose you anyway, so I bring him to you, Fallon of Baldur’s Gate. For he is your problem now, in all his imperfect, entirely and ordinarily human disgrace.”

Mystra says nothing else before stepping back through her portal, and Fallon and Astarion watch in shock as it closes. It is only once Mystra is gone that either of them realize Gale is inconsolable.

“She– she took my magic. Fallon– it’s gone. I can’t feel The Weave anymore. Oh gods. It’s gone!” Fallon pulls as much of Gale into her lap as she can and holds him there as the man she once loved so fiercely completely breaks down. Even after everything Gale has done, he didn’t deserve this punishment. Taking away his access to The Weave was already cruel, but dropping him on his ex-lover’s doorstep? That was especially malicious.

“It’s gone.” Gale continues to repeat, and Fallon just looks at Astarion desperately. For once, she does not know what to do.

“Well,” Astarion sighs, and reaches for Fallon’s hand, squeezing it tightly. “I guess I’d better make sure we’ve got enough food for three, then.”

There’s no hesitancy in his voice and Fallon nods in agreement: Gale Dekarios of Waterdeep, mortal, non-magical, and human, is coming with them to Velrea, whether he likes it or not.

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#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #gale #astarion #bg3 fanfic #female tav #astarion x tav #gale x tav #bg3 fanfiction #baldur's gate 3 fanfic

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madsdawls · 8 months

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Words can't really describe how disappointed and equally angry and disgusted I am by this collab. Not only did this collab come out of nowhere and literally NO ONE asked for it to happen but it's just a glaring reminder that Mattel is now viewing G1 Monster High through a cash cow lense and is milking money out of exclusively G1 fans because they know the G1 generation are all grown up and have adult money to spend so why not churn out G1 dolls with a bigger price tag more each time? and so they give us this mediocre soulless collab that does not capture the spirit of Monster High in anyway. Meanwhile the MH fans that were willing to shell out $5 dollars for the oh so special Fang Club that was supposed to have exclusive dolls and was good for the whole year? well the year is almost over and we only got ONE doll just one and the year is almost over nevermind that the membership didn't help anyone get ahead on other Mattel Creations MH drops despite them promising members get first access to things not yet made available to the public.

Now onto the collaboration dolls themselves this collab features four brand new characters which I think could have been executed so much better and this was not the line to launch them in. For one the dolls to me all look like some odd variation of Frankie at first glance because of them all having the same green skin tone but then when you look at them closely they all look like reused molds of Lagoona, Frankie, Rochelle, and Bloodgood but now they're green. I think if these are a new set of ghoulebrities going to be implemented in MH they should have introduced them in G3 but I'm pretty sure these are just throw away characters made for the collab which begs the question why didn't they use already established characters with an interest in fashion?! I don't think a brand like MH should be making cash grab collabs with fashion brands but if they did I think they should have chosen different characters that represent the MH brand.

This fashion collab NEEDED Clawdeen Wolf considering she is the aspiring fashion designer ffs this would have meant everything to her character to represent MH and if they had to have a "new" show stopping character to hype this collab this was their chance to debut a Moanatella Ghostier doll aka the unrivaled fashion designer of Scaris and for the other two dolls I would probably pick Garrot du Roque (yes a boy doll) and Rochelle Goyle. I'm mostly just so so angry because this collab just spells doom to me for the future of G1 MH's dolls or content because it's clear Mattel only cares about money and milking fans with nostalgia bait and half assed projects with the Monster High label slapped on them and not about making creations under the MH name that are actually made with passion and that fans will love.

#doll collecting #monster high #monsterhigh #doll collector #mattel #mattel creations #mh g1 #monster high dolls

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itwasthereaminuteago · 2 years

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|| 15. Overstimulation ||

KINKTOBER MASTERLIST

Matt Murdock x Frank Castle

Warnings: masturbation.

Author's note: this one is very much inspired by @briefcasejuice , and I really flippin enjoyed myself writing it 😁

"What's the matter, Devil boy?" Frank growls right in his ear, voice grinding as hard as his thick thigh between Matt's legs, right up against his crotch.

"Too much for ya, huh? Too real?"

Matt tries to disguise his moan as one of pain but he's only fooling himself, nevermind anyone else. The two of them had kicked each other's asses up and down his rooftop for what seemed like hours, trading punches, kicks, and headbutts like they were all just innocent flirting touches before they had ended up here. Matt pinned up against the bricks of the staircase wall, heaving and breathless, trapped under Frank's imposing solid frame. His head is spinning, and not just because of probable concussion from all the hits he'd taken (damn Frank was strong…). No, his body is vibrating, brimming with peaked adrenaline from the fight, all of his nerve endings dancing, electric and alight. But there's too much information, too much stimulation coming in from all of his senses. He can't pick it apart, doesn't know what it means.

"Fuckin' knew it…"

Frank is all he can feel. His skin itches like there's hot needles stuck all over him but at every point of contact Frank's body is making with his, it's blazing white hot pokers shoved in, burning and branding him.

"You like that, huh?"

Frank is all he can smell. His distinctive odour of gun oil, blood, dirt, and the underlying scent of cheap drugstore body wash impregnates his clothes, fills his head. He's repulsed by it, or maybe he’s attracted to it… he doesn't even know anymore.

"God, I'd love to be there when you tell your priest ‘bout this one…"

Frank is all he can hear. Oh fuck, wasn't that just the cherry on top. That gruff drawl spitting and snarling at him, telling him he was no better than he was, mocking him, teasing him. Altar boy. Doc. Red.

In the haze of all this Matt realised he'd never call him by his actual name, maybe he couldn't, maybe that would make it too real for him.

"Still with me, pretty boy?"

Matt's head snaps up at the sudden clarity of the rough question, his own voice as he answers distant and almost unrecognisable to him as he tries to parse it out from the overwhelming white noise of his other senses.

"Yeah, yeah…"

And then there’s the taste of him. Both of their flavours fresh on his bloodied lips. That was how it all started. Frank had him held up against the wall, right in his space, so close that his harsh breath warmed Matt's face against the December chill. So close that all he had to do was tilt his head up and…

"Fuck Red, how d'ya even piss in this thing…"

Matt came back to his senses, or tried to. Grasping around in the dark for some sense of- God, this was too much, not enough… no definitely too much. What was even happening? He's panting hard. His cock aches. Oh fuck. When he tries to move it just gets worse, the sensation flowing like a sine wave, sharp then dull then sharp again. Fuck, he's burning up. Are his legs shaking? Is he even standing? He can't tell, his sensory processing is a complete white out, his 'world on fire' is an inferno.

His head lolls back, something scratches rough at his neck. He moans. He can taste salt water, was he crying? Oh god his cock hurts. He reaches down to touch it but he's already holding it. No, it's not his hand. It's bigger, it’s moving. He tries to focus but there's too much damn feeling. It's gripping him, winding him around and coiling every atom of him up so densely he'll implode. The devil in him is silent, laying and lounging at the back of his brain and watching all this unfold, grinning like a fucking idiot.

"You want more?"

He finds himself nodding, moaning, crying. He can't control it, he’s never the one in control here. Warmth explodes through him, pulsing and throbbing through his veins. His mouth is so dry, his throat rough as sandpaper from his harsh vocalisations, but he manages to croak out a prayer to whoever will listen.

"Oh god…"

The feel of Frank's fist around him sharpens, all of those scents, those tastes and touches flickering into super fucking 4K high definition as he finally understands what's happening.

He comes unashamedly at the touch of his… lover? Is that what this is? Either way he finally lets himself feel it all, his torrid release dripping, flowing warm over the other man's cock and fingers as they slow their movements, merging and mixing with his own.

Frank leans his forehead against his.

"Nah, s'just me."

#fratt #fratt fanfiction #matt murdock x frank castle #matt murdock smut #frank castle smut #daredevil smut

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I am constantly seeing people referring to Palestine as a "terrorist state looking for trouble" and I cannot for the life of me wrap around the logic of these people's brains. When, if ever, did Palestine look for trouble? Never, that's when!

I know this isn't really what you are talking about.

But this whole situation just shows how quick some people are to do a complete 180 turn.

You'll see bigots finally admitting that anti-semetism is real just because they want to seem more respectable when they advocate for the actual extermination of an entire people.

because Palestine genuinely did nothing to deserve this. "oh but hamas did this-" irrrelevant. Hamas wouldn't exist if not for Israel's conquest and destruction of Palestine.

Hamas is entirely a reaction to what's happening, not the other way around.

Sadly some people use this to continue or even fall into anti-semetism to begin with. And that is also just disgusting.

We cannot hold any random jew in the world responsible for the actions of a corrupt government.

Israel is no more actual Judaism than America is actual christianity. Both have twisted and molested what these religions stand for and just use it as an excuse to continue their sins.

Like nevermind that huge swathes of Israeli condemn their government to begin with, nevermind that Palestine has a sizeable jewish population that literally goes back millennia.

You have holocaust survivors and descendants of those survivors condemning the Israeli government.

And that's just the rise in anti-semetism, we haven't even gotten into the rise of islamophobia.

Islam has objectively done nothing wrong here, we're literally just seeing a people associated with Islam be annihilated, and fucking THAT of all things is emboldening people to see arabs in general, regardless of their actual religion. As nothing but monstrous, thoughtless terrorists.

I hate it. I hate that pretty much all we can do by now is to refuse to buy from brands openly(and just imagine how many brands might do it in secret) supporting the genocide and fucking beg our leaders to ask Isreal to stop if we're lucky enough to live in a country that hasn't made speaking positively about Palestine illegal.

I hate everything about this. It feels so completely unreal that supposed "developed" countries have learned nothing and feels nothing when this is happening so openly and obviously

How can anyone just sit and think what is happening in Palestine is not just acceptable, but the good option?

It's so completely fucking insane, that I barely know what to say.

My heart will always be with the Palestinian people, and I will always do everything I can to help them.

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spxxkygays · 9 months

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Soren ft Baz @ghcstlyhearts

"Hi!" Soren beamed, waving at the man as he approached him, there was a pitter patter to his step and he practically skipped his way over to the man. Bright blue eyes shining up at the other as he grinned. "I'm Soren, and I'm like pretty new here, like brand spanking new actually...is spanking the correct...uh, nevermind. Anyway, someone told me to come to you cause I'm pretty new to the whole vampire thing, and apparently I'm not a fairy even though I was called one outside of the island before coming here, so that was confusing and rather disappointing. Oh and nice to meet you,"

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hiiii today's reminder is I've been pretty disengaged from k pop drama for a while and i was wondering why n city felt so peaceful so of course they would drop that bomb as soon as I had that thought. on the one hand I think it is a good thing, i don't want nct to grow anymore, it's way too much pressure on anyone new that comes in, plus they're so badly managed that there's no way sm can handle another unit. I'd rather sungtaro get to make their own name (which of course they will, they've absolutely killed it all 3 times they were in the spotlight) and get to experience just being regular rookies. but I'm also extremely annoyed at how it was handled - it looks like the members didn't know, sm was literally selling nct branded merch of those two until as late as last month, and honestly why tf aren't those two in the new japanese unit. also the fact that they've been preparing a new NCT project album and concert in what little time the other units have, and it breaks my heart to think that they were initially meant to participate but were removed later. yeah i really don't like how sm handles things. but i hope they thrive outside nct, I'm sure they'll kill it

also to the person who replied to my last message: thank you!! you absolutely didn't have to go out of your way to wish a stranger's mother well, but it warms my heart that you did. and it speaks to the kind of environment we've made here, it's so loving and open. and that's all the magic of Joyce (also thank you for sending me love, you're an angel and i love you)

Hii, Like I hope it means they'll actually have work and get to do all of the activities. But it just doesn't make any sense at all. Like they just wasted Sungtaro's time. And it's cruel to get them attached to a group and create a bond to just go nevermind and pull them out. If they're still creating NCT Japan why pull out the members who have been preparing for it and relocate them to a new group then have to reintroduce an entire new crop of members. Like it just makes no sense. Especially after the show they did. Like you had this in the works just to pull the rug from under their feet like that. Someone said that with Shotaro and Sungchan having established fans sm thought it could create success for a new boy group but still it's so sloppy, unorganized, sudden and it looks like everyone was blindsided. Also they better not even look at Winwin, since they're on some sorta ridiculous ass train of thought. Cause in the terms of business so much was wasted with nothing in return. And poor Taro and Sungchan they debuted, got to actually perform a few times in three years, connected with everyone and was just happy to be there even without any kind of schedule. Just to go back to a place of uncertainty without the security of being established in a group. It's just horrible management. I knew those random ass videos about sm 3.0 was gonna lead to nonsense. Cause how does a company mismanage every single group in their company. It's ridiculous and again exo war flashbacks but somehow worse. I only know how to be an assistant but I'm sure I can do a better job. A geunia pig can do a better job.

I love you too, and send you even more today I hope you're doing well honey🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷🩷🌸

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the fun thing about being multifandom is that it's constantly highlighting the juxtaposition of how one fandom will treat an element from canon in fan stuff vs how the other will an how different the answers are based on the tone of the entire fandom and how it treats canon

like. how in the mha fandom child soldiers and ptsd and fighting wars at 16/17 is very bad vs naruto fandom where child soldiers and ptsd and fighting warts at 16/17 is just really really badass ; and you can't even really say it's a thing about how the audience saw the mha cast 'grow up' and therefore sees the whole 'child solider' thing as a bigger deal - because we first meet the naruto cast when they are 12 years old.

where they are 12 years old, are already ninjas, and have been training to be ninjas since they were barely out of toddlerhood.

I think I was pretty obvious about where this is going - but yeah, it's a difference of how the universe treats the subjects that leads to the different manner of how it'll be generally treated by the fandom. in mha it's seen as kind of fucked up that all of this shit keeps happening to class 1-a - not because it's unlucky, but because they are children who keep getting caught in villain attack after villain attack without break (pretty sure the entrance exam, usj, sports festival, and internship arc all happen within four months.) vs naruto's cast thinking that the rookie nine - or konoha 12 if you consider the occasional team gai screentime to count - are very unlucky ninja for continuously finding trouble, instead of thinking it's concerning that kids are being attacked at all. it's this odd thing of absolutely no one thinking "the fact that a 12 year old boy did that is fucked up", they're instead most likely thinking "this is a newly minted genin doing all of that. he's one unlucky bastard, but he's going to go places if he ever makes it past the chunnin exams"

it's also in how these two series treat murder - not an overly big mha fan, but from my knowledge the simple act of someone being 'dead' is seen as like super fucked up - nevermind if you're the one doing it. vs naruto's thing where the protagonists killed those two guys at like 12. and yeah it was this huge moral lesson but. the murder alone isn't the thing that bothers them, it's the message and the moral the fact these two people had to die that affects them so deeply.

(I love the wave arc a lot if it's not obvious)

but that's not the point - when they first meet zabuza, this big bad guy that tries to kill them ; they think that he's dead for two weeks, and at the time they don't particularly care. he was a big scary enemy ninja trying to kill them, and he died afterwards. why should they care?

which is like. kind of fucked up but I guess that's the point of the post.

naruto after the wave arc gets his 'eccentric' and 'optimistic' views of 'hey guys let's maybe..not murder everyone we meet when it's possible to talk it out?' - but he's still very willing to actually kill people, he just thinks that maybe if someone can change - you should give them a chance to.

which is sweet, but also still fucked up because in ninja society he's seen as 'incredibly peaceful' and 'unnecessarily pacifistic' and he's still perfectly willing to kill just. entire people.

which brings me back to the "badass child soldiers!!!" thing - in universe no one gives a shit about ptsd or child soldiers, because everyone has ptsd, and everyone is a child soldier. that's just how life is - there's no big awareness of mental health. like yeah if you're about to go crazy and massacre an entire clan before defecting or something it's seen as insane and something needing monitoring, but no one is going to really care about deeper seeded mental things going on unless it affects how good you are at being a shinobi

and in fandom I think the reason people kind of shove it aside most of the time is because. well atleast it isn't being literally brainwashed, tortured, branded, and forced to kill your best friend (ROOT, I'm talking about ROOT. though I guess if some people like really squint you could probably say it's about kirigakure)

and with mha I think the reason this is treated more seriously is because the main cast is new to being heroes. they've never had formal combat training of any kind before UA highschool - well minus ojiro but like no one cares about him. I guess you could hypothetically count todoroki and bakugou but I. do not. because todoroki has shown little aptitude for things outside of his quirk before UA and I kind of doubt bakugou was getting any fighting experience by exploding midoriya's notebooks in middleschool.

we meet the mha protagonists at what is naruto's equivalent of just beginning going to the ninja academy - and we start naruto's journey at what's equivalent to the my hero academia cast just debuting as pro-heroes.

and I think that's the reason why there's such a drastic shift in how the fandom treats the idea of "these guys have major issues"

(of course the exception to the naruto thing is hatake kakashi who became a genin at 5, chunin as like 6 I think, jonin at 13-ish, anbu at 15-ish, and had every person in his life and his entire support system (father, friend, other friend, teacher, sister figure, probably someone I'm forgetting) all die right in front of him. at differing times (father at 6, friend at like 13, other friend just after that, teacher and sister figure the year-ish after maybe?? timeline is fucked up okay) the naruto fandom tends to usually take a collective stand back and go "okay yikes that's bad" when it comes to him, even if they ignore like every other person on the cast)

I don't know how to wrap this up neatly in any other way then, while the difference in how the mha and naruto fandom treats their cast despite the somewhat similar settings is jarring/interesting in equal measure, I heavily doubt anything is ever going to top khr expecting a 12 year old to lead the biggest mafia in the world in a country he's not in just for him to burn a man alive with his magic powers with his own two hands two years later because of said mafia vs the khr fandom, who treats him as a background character in contrast to his mysterious and suave hitman of a tutor who just happens to be a baby that's been living for presumably anywhere from 20 to 90 years.

#gotta love khr #there's no point to this post I just like talking about my interests /hj #this one is another long one by the way #and it's about something other then turtles !! that's basically unfounded #saying stuff

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Here is my fourth and probably last The Final Gambit update. After the last post I feel the need to clarify that this is not a review, it’s not very nuanced at all, it’s basically just word vomit of my opinions. The quality will be questionable but hopefully this will be at least somewhat entertaining. If you are not particularly interested in reading me complain and celebrate random details feel free to keep scrolling. Now honestly I don’t mind debates in my comments as long as they are good natured and don’t include rude behavior and such. Moving on, this will have spoilers for chapter 68 to the end.

Spoilers below

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“It was never just the idea of you, Avery.” This might be the only Grayson Avery crumb I get

“That sonofabitch” My thoughts exactly Nash, now I get everything the boys ever said about the old man, I’d hate him too.

“And now that Gray is okay,” Jameson said close behind me, “now that he’s so delightfully human and ready to move on from Emily…” “Don’t finish that question.” Again, if this isn’t the most toxic relationship ever

For a second there I thought Avery was gonna bet her entire fortune on the chess game but then I remembered she’s not a stupid idiot

Nevermind! She really is a stupid idiot! The deal was that if Eve lost both matches she’d have to serve someone, if she won one she’d get a seal, and if she won both she’d get all five seals. If Toby lost both he’d be stuck with the Blakes, if he won one he’d be able to leave but he’d have to admit he was alive, and if he won both he’d get to leave freely. If Avery lost both she’d give Blake a blank check, if she won one he’d release Grayson and not take anyone hostage again, and if she won both he’d also keep Sheffield Grayson a secret. This is basically just the prisoners dilemma to anyone familiar with it, the most logical thing to do is to let each of them win one, sure it’s not perfect and things would blow up but it’s the only solution. But what does Avery do? She beats Toby, sentencing him to life as a Blake 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Shes a double stupid idiot because she did actually bet her fortune on this, it payed off but still, if she doesn’t find a way to free Toby I’m gonna be so, so mad

I only have 2 chapters left! How is this gonna be fixed in 2 chapters!? Also if Grayson hasn’t happened yet I don’t see it happening 😒

😐 not going to lie with the huge buildup I expected the big announcement to be something more interesting then Avery giving away the majority of her money

Oh I love how she’s making her own game

I’m reading the B&N exclusive chapters and Tiramisu Panini Hawthorne is the cutest thing ever.

“Grayson Hawthorne drew the line at eyeliner. Or at least, that was where he drew the line until Thea brought in reinforcements.” Okay at least Gray is doing better

Well, I finished it. Toby is still a Blake. Team Grayson is still dead.

Ngl I’m pretty disappointed by the ending of this. I liked book 1 and 2 more, I did not like how Grayson was basically tortured throughout this and how in my opinion Jameson had some toxic aspects. At least I can sleep at night knowing that Xanders dad is NICE. Though I’m not sure if we will ever know who Jamesons dad is, imagine Jennifer reveals one day that you have to solve a riddle imbedded in the books to figure out who his dad is or something, would be very on brand for Jameson. Still debating my star rating so it’s not set in stone yet but at the moment it’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.

#the final gambit #the hawthorne legacy #the inheritance games #avery kylie grambs #a very risky gamble #avery grambs #libby grambs #nash hawthorne #team grayson #jameson hawthorne #xander hawthorne #alexander hawthorne #books & libraries #current read #bookblr #popular books #book update #book blog

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ninjapotatohead · 1 year

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Sonic Chronicles, a Sonic RPG from Bioware back when they still had a perfect reputation & is the closest we got to a game based on the comics continuity. It got B's & 80%s from various review sites & magazines. What could possibly go wrong?

Oh God it hurts, please make the hurting stop.

Here's 3 quick facts about me: A. I can play Sonic games B. I can play RPG C. I can't play rhythm games to save my life

Which of these 3 facts would you say is the most important to playing a Sonic RPG? Well it turns out the answer is C because every damn attack & spell requires the player to do some Elite Beat Agents bullshit to work. Made worse that the you-did-it-wrong sound effect sounded more like a you-did-it-right SFX to me, so I didn't realize how badly I was screwing up for the longest time.

In fact, the audio top to bottom is just terrible Shadow's "voice" is the falling-down-the-tube SFX from Sonic Spinball. & the music, Hoolee Moolee the music. Apparently Bioware ran into legal issues with their soundtrack in the 11th hour or some other shit & at the last minute replaced most of the tracks with MIDIs from a fan site. The results weren't pretty.

Story is.............ok. To Bioware's credit, they've done some homework & tied previously unconnected threads from multiple past games together to form this game's backstory & this was probably the last time any Sonic game remembered the Master Emerald. However, some of these callbacks don't really amount to much in the long run. OK, so the Dark Brotherhood built the Gizoids from Sonic Battle, what of it? The gizoids in the game might just as well have elite Brotherhood troops for all the difference it makes. If Gemerl from Advance 3 made an appearance they could've gone somewhere with it but he doesn't so nevermind.

Speaking of the Dark Brotherhood, the other disappointment is that this is like the only Sonic game to incorporate elements from the archie comics canon, except not really. Instead of the Dark Legion/Julie Su/Dimitri, SC has the store brand knock-offs Dark Brotherhood/Shade/Ix. It's like getting Kylo Ren instead of Jacen Solo. I hate to imagine a sequel having substitute Freedom Fighters if Bioware kept going.

Dialogue choices seem to be there for the sake of Bioware tradition, not to actually add anything of note. You can either choose from sarcastic Sonic or serious Sonic, but the results the same regardless. This probably would've been a better game to work in a custom player avatar instead of Forces, Bioware at least could've done more with it. Tails is so insufferable about reminding the player to save the game, he continues to do it even after telling him to stop. That's how inconsequential choices are.

Stats are so weirdly implemented. Damage output is not a visible stat, you can equipped items that increase your damage but they don't show by how much. There's an "Attack" stat that you can see, but it actually refers to the attack's accuracy, which I didn't know for the longest time & was hella confused at why I was doing so little damage. You give party members protection from different elemental attacks, but there is no single enemy in the whole game that even deals any sort of elemental damage so the shields are pointless.

In short, it's a game where every facet of it fails. Crap graphics, terrible audio, lousy controls, half-assed gameplay, weak story, & a cliffhanger ending that'll never get resolved thanks to a lawsuit from a dumbass ex-writer. It may not be the worst Sonic game ever but it was the 1 that broke my heart the most.

Though, to be fair, Chronicles also sold like shit. If memory serves me, there were special "Viral" Chao that were supposed to be given out at special events, but they never were due to poor attendance from the players.

Chronicles is only just barely passable as "baby's first RPG", but it's when the game is shown to someone who's played many better RPGs that the game's many glaring flaws are laid bare for all to see.

#spud's inbox #sonic series #sonic chronicles

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* ♪ – salt and vinegar

joomi is usually the one that does the grocery shopping in his apartment, namely because his roommate is incompetent at everything, following directions included. maybe he's especially bad at following directions, actually. joomi also does all the cooking in the apartment, so it just makes more sense for him to buy everything anyway, nevermind the fact that he has two jobs and a band and is otherwise busy as hell. in the end it's not really anything new.

tonight is particularly annoying, though, because he's mainly here to buy his roommate alcohol. he hates it; his roommate already drinks too much and joomi doesn't want to enable him, but he's pretty sure he's already drunk and he figures it's better he buy it than his roommate try to drive while intoxicated and kill someone. maybe if he's lucky he'll drink so much that he simply dies of alcohol poisoning and joomi doesn't have to deal with him anymore. he'd have to find a new roommate, but he thinks it would be worth it.

he's so irritated that he doesn't even feel guilty for it anymore.

it's probably a pretty strange scene: joomi with a suspicious amount of alcohol in his cart and one single cucumber that he purchased to see if he could manage some sort of spy day to escape the bullshit that is his life even for a few minutes.

speaking of bullshit: moon jinyoung, namely, moon jinyoung being in the same fucking grocery store as him.

joomi thinks his eyes are playing tricks on him at first, because unfortunately, moon jinyoung has been in his thoughts way too much since that night at the bar. there was just something strangely compelling about him, even beyond his piercing gaze and commanding presence in joomi's personal space–– even if that has played on repeat in joomi's mind plenty of times too. but no, that's certainly jinyoung glaring at a stick of butter in the back of the grocery store, which is a bit of a nightmare, and probably a manifestation of his unwanted thoughts.

joomi remembers at that moment that they are also nearly out of butter back at home, so he has no choice but to approach. he sighs. (deep down, he sort of wants to anyway, even if he won't admit it to himself.)

he makes his way over to the butter, and doesn't say a word at first, eyes searching for their usual brand. when he finds it, he says a quiet, "excuse me," and reaches past jinyoung for it. once he has it, he should just leave, but he can't help but linger there beside him, looking over at him. jinyoung looks genuinely troubled, and joomi could poke fun at him if he really wanted to, but this surely extends beyond frustration over the ridiculous amount of choices in front of them, and joomi isn't a cruel person, no matter how annoying jinyoung is.

"are you...okay?" he ventures. the smart thing to do is probably just to leave, but for some reason, joomi can't help but ask.

* @bejinyoung

#bejinyoung #–– p #–– salt and vinegar

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voxomniaetnihil · 1 year

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It's Deja Vu All Over Again...

Taking another shot at my blog. Third time’s the charm, they say.

Back in 2009 the company I’d worked at for 13 years- Virgin Megastores- was shuttered when that sketchy Englishman decided he wanted to go to space… physically. Finding myself with a whole lot of time on my hands I started catching up on my reading. Working at the biggest retail store in the world garnered me a lot of exposure to all kinds of things I’d never even considered as well as introduced me to the internetz… and, of course, Amazon. I did a lot of deep diving into Amazon’s reviews- back when they were really meant something- for my book recs so I decided to take the plunge myself, kind of a way of giving back.

As a young, wide eyed innocent first time reviewer, I actually did pretty well with it. Worked my way up the Amazon ranks into the Top 1000 and even became a Vine Voice! And those Forums- damn, fam! Candace Sams, Amos Lassen, Dougie Brimson, Sgt. Stargate, Carroll Bryant, Laurell Hamilton, Goodreads, Hacker Hunter, Kevin Weinberg, STGRB- those were the days!!! I knew I was legit when Anne Rice singled me out and sicced her People of the Page on me. Had no choice but to take it higher and start a blog- staking out my own corner of the internet.

My first, best page- Illuminite Caliginosus, a Spark of Light Within the Gloom- had a decent following, garnered some praise and a few write-ups. Got noticed and met some interesting folks. I was building my brand as a blogger/reviewer and everything was good. Even had business cards and shit.

Then Wordpress Admin decided out of the blue that I was spamming because I’d posted a bunch of book promotions. Nevermind the entire body of work that preceded it; a few days of promos and suddenly my site was gone- not even a warning that I’d done something wrong or even a chance to save my posts. Years of blood, sweat, tears, laughs, reviews, links, drama, trolling… Gone. I was getting a little burned out anyways, but that just…

After I calmed down I took it as a sign and moved on. Every so often I would get that itch and one day decided to try again. But wasn’t really feeling it and it was a whole lotta nothing. Felt kinda embarrassed by it, tbh.

Now I’m older, wiser and fired up to get back into the game. Hell, Amazon even brought me back into their Vine program- if that ain’t mana from Heaven, I don’t know what is!

So, it’s on again. Music, movies, books, politics, sports, random thoughts, jokes, food, beer- it’ll all be here for you.

Oh yeah- almost forgot.

Middle aged male. Born in the sixties, lifelong resident of Brooklyn. Black and Proud. Ex-marine. Aspiring author. Digs all four major sports: Baseball- Mets. Football- Cowboys. Basketball- Lakers. Hockey- Devils. Ambient/New Age music is my shit. Wagner opera fan. Registered as Independent- because if you’ve been paying any kind of attention, we need more than two parties over here.

Thanks for stopping by. Holla and I’ll holla back.

#New Blog #New Post #Comedy #Movies #Music #Books #Politics #Deep Thoughts #Reviews

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snugglyporos · 1 year

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D&D Thoughts Update

// Since a bunch of people liked to engage with my thoughts on 5e the other day, and having seen the leaks where Hasbro has decided to become Games Workshop, I figure this is a good time to talk about my views on 5e before a bunch of Hasbro IRS agents come to silence me and demand royalties.

So, at first I was very confused by 5e for two reasons. One, it was very bare bones. Two, it was oddly confusing in places. Why 6 different saving throws? Why do you have electrum coins at all? Seriously I could go on a rant about how dumb that is, given how they’re described and their place in history. It’s a weird bit of hyperfocus in a game about simplification.

But then I delved deeper and I realized... this is just 3.5 with a whole lot of content stripped out.

Don’t get me wrong, I love 3.5. It’s the best edition, imo, because it’s entirely modular, and every d20 based game can be added into it. It’s broken and a bit too confusing, but I like that it’s broken. It’s why I never really jelled with Pathfinder; making D&D3.5 but not broken is like making cookies that taste like salt. Missing the point!

But when I realized that 5e was just essentially the house rules version of 3.5, to the point that most of the things that were removed weren’t needed, or could be added, I understood it a bit more, and disliked it less.

Granted, I still don’t like it.

Two reasons for this. One, the game feels like it’s designed to be played specifically in public settings, where the entire game is boiled down to ‘here are the adventures we prepared for you.’ I didn’t understand why so many people talked about the Curse of Strahd until I realized that it’s basically one of four sets of adventures.

The other reason is that, well, it’s clearly a game with no ideas of its own. Let me explain.

1e is extremely hard to play today. 2e can be fun, but it’s weirdly anal about things that most modern players don’t really want to do. 3 and 3.5 are great fun, but they’re rather complex to grapple with. And all of these are unique games made by the original creators, 3.5 being the 3.0 system under new publishers.

It was clear that WoTC wanted to make a brand new, all unique system with their next edition, which is why 4e is an entirely new and separate thing, for good and for ill. It’s basically MMO the RPG, to the point that you can visualize an ability bar like it’s tabletop World of Warcraft. Nevermind there is a 3.5 series of World of Warcraft books that’s actually pretty good, tbh.

But 4e is not particularly fun to play? It can be in the same way that other wargaming can be fun to play, where if you’re running with a clear setup it works. But it’s not conducive to freeform playing.

And with that failure, they made 5e, which feels to me a bit like someone copied someone else’s homework. Like the person who made 5e looked over at the guy who made 3.5e, copied what he could, and claimed it was something new and different. It’s close, but not the same.

It also doesn’t feel like a game that the development team have much faith in? 5e was released in 2014. So it’s been around a decade, and there is only one monster manual? For contrast, 3.5 has five monster manuals, not including all the new monsters in the various sourcebooks. Or, looking to another series of games, White Wolf put out dozens of sourcebooks for each of their properties, to the point that The Old World of Darkness has like, three hundred individual sourcebooks across eight different games.

5e does not feel like a game that the developers actually support. It feels like they just wanted to get away from 4e, and make something that would allow them to run games themselves, sorta like how White Wolf has their World of Darkness where individuals who sign up with them can be a part of the wider world, and games can flow into each other.

Honestly, if they did want to steal White Wolf’s idea, it would make sense that they’re now stealing Games Workshop’s idea and trying to do with D&D what GW did with Warhammer.

Personally, not sure that’s a great idea. Mostly because D&D didn’t explode until 3rd edition with the introduction of the open d20 license. I’m old enough to remember the time of 2e, and D&D being so restrictive is what led to the creation of things like White Wolf publishing, as well as a dozen other games like Mutants and Masterminds.

For the record, don’t recommend playing Mutants and Masterminds, as it’s a clusterfuck of a game. Unique, daring, but not one I would play again.

I think also that D&D has lost a lot of connection with its roots? For good and for ill, tabletop gaming in the 80s and 90s, even in the real early 2000s was very much underground. And that created a lot of unique games and communities. Part of this is how nerd culture is now pop culture, with things like comic book properties being hotter than ever. Like, trying to imagine big name actors wanting to be associated with comic books in the 90s is impossible. Now, there’s hardly an actor who hasn’t been in a comic book property.

But D&D going corporate means that while it lost the edge lord part of itself (good) it also lost the part that made people like it (bad). D&D the game is giving way to D&D the brand, which is probably a death knell for it as a property, much like how continued bad ideas from the White Wolf guys got it bought out by Paradox, who amazingly have dragged the property back to where it mostly should be.

But again, you’re talking to someone who remembers the days of Loremaster, Sword and Sorcery, Ars Magica and more. granted I was a child, but as I got older I got an appreciation for them. And I know they wouldn’t have existed if D&D had moved over to the d20 in 2000.

Remember, before 3rd edition, the d20 system wasn’t used in D&D. and it’s adoption basically wiped out all the competition, who transferred over to it. Removing that means we’re probably in for a new generation of games, assuming they aren’t just made as video games.

Anyway, those are my thoughts on 5e. And D&D in general.

#ooc #long post

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Simcity pc review

Try to take the cheap route? You’ll be uber congested. Spend too much on roads that can be upgraded those that can handle a massive amount of traffic? You’ll be skint in no time. See, since there are different road options, you have to watch your beginning dollar amount carefully. Hindered by a this bottleneck solo opening, and restrained by a rather annoying land limitation, I dropped my power plant and sewer pipe in the corner I could reach cheapest. No, you only get this much land and must connect to this arbitrarily placed large road before you can begin. Nevermind that some of it may be mountainous or comprised of water. That is the entirely of space you get to build your city on. When you begin the game, you’ll see a cut along the dashes style white outline (or a really poor chalk outline if you want to be morbid). I found the need to connect to the big freeway a tad annoying, mainly due to the limited size of cities. The very first city I built was known as Fun Town. Let me tell you the tale, or tales to be honest. Having to exit out to pick a new server is rather annoying. (I have one thing I have to get off my chest immediately: allow me to change servers after I log into one. You won’t miss anything if you decide to listen to music though. Ambient noise and sirens from appropriate services help the atmosphere. The music is ok nothing to write home about.

I hate Simlish or what ever the name of their dumb language is and I am glad I can mute things. SimCity can be pretty, but rendering all these items takes away from the best part of SimCity – running a city! In addition to those color coded jewels, levels of happiness, utilities coverage, density and a myriad of other charts need colors only modern computers can provide! Actually, more numbers shown in a better way would do wonders instead of graphs, charts and colors. Color is the name of the game as zoning depends on the classic green for residential, blue for commercial and yellow for industrial. The cars, trucks, Sims, trains, weather, tornadoes and meteors come alive with fury and lively colors.

Maxis spent quite a bit of time making and modeling Sims to live in your city. Basically, you write your own story – mine usually involved the aforementioned things. Bribes, coke-filled orgies, gambling debts and dead hookers are not involved… or so they say. To this end, you control zoning, road building, industrial concerns and most every other aspect of general city establishment one can think of off the top of their heads. You are the mayor of a town and are tasked with making the town grow. Can the rebooted franchise from the EA controlled Maxis live up to the franchise’s legacy, or is this another The Sims brand extension? Soon â€œSimâ€ branded games were being churned out, but SimCity captured my heart. I fell in love with that game nearly twenty-five years ago (1989). This club was dedicated to the Amiga (Only the Amiga Makes it Possible) and one of the big scoops they came across was a soon to be released game named: SimCity. One of my brothers once belonged to a computer club in the 1980s. (Note: This review is about the launch version of SimCity subsequent patches are not addressed) Genre: City Building/Management Simulation

#Simcity pc review

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