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daily-rayless · 7 months

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Late but I'm gonna be MAXIMUM PREDICTABLE and ask about Van for the character meme.

Honestly, it's never late, not when it comes to talking about characters.

Van it is!

Favorite thing about him:

When I first played Abyss in 2008, I liked Van well enough as an antagonist but didn't pay him much attention. But as time's gone by and I've played more and more JRPGs, I've come to appreciate what a well-written villain he actually is, particularly in that he's so connected to so many of the party members. That adds a lot of emotional weight to the larger conflict about the Score, which, on its own, would feel pretty abstract and unrelatable. Having Van be Luke's and Asch's teacher, Guy's childhood friend, Anise's and Ion's colleague, Tear's brother, and a combined researcher/test subject in the field of science Jade developed and now hates, makes everything feel very personal. I feel like a lot of games don't try that hard when it comes to establishing emotional, personal stakes with the main villain, so I think that has to be my favorite thing about him. Runners up would be the piercing long-lashed blue eyes, just as a pretty design choice and to serve as an immediate visual link with Tear. And also the name -- there's a real art to creating made-up fantasy names, and sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't, but the cadence of Vandesdelca Musto Fende sounds very believable to me. I think it's...trochaic tetrameter? Is that right? You could slip it anywhere into "The Song of Hiawatha" and no one would notice.

Least favorite thing about him?

This is going to sound silly, seeing as we are talking about a villain, but calling Luke a "foolish replica" is so... come on, Van. It's so mean and small-spirited. Van is a person who's able to respect his enemies (like the elderly engineers) and those who dissent from him (Asch and Ion). He reserves his scorn for people he deems weak, like Spinoza. So I guess it makes sense that he scorns Luke, because Luke is pretty weak at that point. But who helped make him that way? I see you, Van, at the start of the game, just smiling and nodding at the things Luke says. Van didn't try to make Luke strong because it wouldn't serve him for Luke to be strong, and then he denigrates Luke for it. (Granted, more people than just Van, including Guy and Natalia, were also feeding into Luke's immaturity.) Van creating Luke just to kill him? Real bad. Van creating Luke just to kill him and then calling him a really mean name? Real bad and petty, and, given Van's behavior throughout the game, I expect more from him. Though I do see how it serves the narrative, as it's such a contrast to the end of the game, where Van would be glad to have Luke assist him.

Favorite line?

I will always come back to the optional Natalia fight and Van telling her "I will bury you as an offering to Asch." I feel like there's a lot to unpack in that line -- it's the first, only time we see Van display such strong emotion towards Natalia, someone he's presumably known for years. He clearly says it to hurt her. It's arguable how he means it on the Asch side -- would he make her "an offering" to spit on Asch's legacy, or would he do it as some twisted form of respect? But there's another (similar) line on the main story I really like too, right towards the end of the game where Van's body has been restored and the final fonstone has been read. Then Van turn to the party: "Step across the sea of corpses and make your way to me...Asch...and Luke." First off, we have Van acknowledging Luke as a viable player in what's about to happen. Secondly, I think it's interesting that Van sets himself up in a passive role -- he's the endpoint of the quest, he's the reward waiting around for someone else to get to him. You could say he's set himself up as a final test, as a teacher would. Thirdly, he's acknowledging it's going to be a bloodbath and he's fine with that, it just makes it a good villain moment. And fourthly, the drama of "sea of corpses". You can see why Dist likes Van, he has a good dramatic flair, not overblown, but there enough to keep things fun.

brOTP:

Probably canonically, the closest thing he has is Guy. But I feel like, given how their lives have diverged and how little time they spend together (along with the six-year age-grap, and Van probably being absent for most of Guy's most important developmental years), Van and Guy feel more like relatives than friends. Relatives in that they care about each other, they're always going to be in each others' lives. But they don't keep up too much on each others' day to day lives and interests. (Otherwise, how could Van have hidden his plans so perfectly from Guy?) And I think Asch wants that kind of closeness with Van, and possibly for a time deludes himself into thinking they have it, but I think there's too much deception and manipulation coming from Van's side to allow me to think of them as bros. I could imagine a younger Van, before he became commandant, becoming friends with another Oracle knight, maybe another man, maybe not. And this friend is on the outside of Van's plans, so Van doesn't have to exert any manipulation, and they get to be normal together, not literally planning the total upheaval of the world. I could imagine an arc where Van got close to this person, only to reach a point where he asked himself, "But what does it matter? [Friend] will have to die -- I need to get some distance." Or maybe, "If [Friend] knew the truth of what I'm doing, this would end anyway." Or maybe the youthful Van tried to recruit this person, his first God-General, and was rejected? Just adding to his bitterness. But yeah -- among the canon characters, I'm not sure Van's in a position where he can have that close, equal friendship. He cannot achieve bro-ness.

OTP:

I don't have a Van OTP. I think I've always felt he's way too focused on other things for love. I think my assumption would be that during the game, he's not romantically involved, and if he's sexually involved with someone, it's either very casual or strictly business. But if I were to pick a shipmate... I mean, Largo does make a lot of sense. Van seems to trust Largo, which implies respect, and Largo makes his own respect and admiration very clear -- I think, in fact, Largo is surprisingly dependent on Van for his sense of identity (being Largo rather than Badaq) and for any feeling of having meaning in his life after the destruction of his family. I suppose Van and Guy could also be an interesting angle of approach due to their shared history, and the way Guy parallels Van in his own relationship with Luke. And then Van and Jade also operate as foils. As for the women in the cast, none of them immediately suggests herself. I think he and Cantabile have some animosity in their past. Maybe there was something there?

nOTP:

Ah, you noticed a glaring omission in my last answer? Yeah. For some reason, VanLegretta has always put me off. I don't have any moral opposition to it, and I don't really have a reason rooted in the story or characters for why it bothers me. I don't question anyone else for liking it, I'll happily read fic that includes it, and I don't even dislike it that much. But, for as long as I've been playing Abyss, the pairing mildly but consistently irks me. It may be that having the main female antagonist be romantically involved with the main male antagonist is an overused trope in JRPGS -- I can think of Antenora in Wild Arms 2, Violetta in Grandia 3, (possibly) Sarah in Suikoden 3 just off the top of my head -- so does it just feel too tropey to me? But most of my favorite ships are extremely tropey, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I don't know. It doesn't work for me, though Legretta being in love with him against her will is at least an interesting element.

Random headcanon:

I don't think I have any? I like to imagine him being the one to give Tear their mother's pendant. As morally dark as Van is, I like that he's still very capable of that kind of sweetness and gentleness. It makes him feel more real.

Unpopular opinion:

I know there are lots of polarizing things to say about Van, but I'm going to be really pointless and say that something that's always bothered me are his brown fingerless gloves. I just think they look kind of bad with his gray sleeves, and they're distracting. They don't look polished and professional enough for the commandant of an army. (Oh, and the shoulder spikes do?) I would've picked something else. He looks better as an eldritch mutated half-Lorelei horror. He might have feathers coming out of his arm, but at least he doesn't have the gloves.

Song I associate with him:

Oh, this is cheating by picking someone else's, but I've always liked how this one fan took Within Temptation's "Hand of Sorrow" and connected it to Luke, Asch, and Van all together. Again, it underlines how closely tied into the heroes' backstories and the game's central themes Van himself is.

Favorite picture of him:

I like his hair-down surfer look in Rays, but for my favorite, I'll say this panel from the Asch manga. (Apologies for the curvature of the page.)

This is a scene where the manga improves on the game. It's much more intense and visceral (hello bonus violent silhouettes with Van being extra spiky), and the personal aspect of Asch's and Van's conflict is front and center. This isn't just an argument about philosophy or ethics, it's an argument between a master and a student who have worked closely together for years. I really like how Van seems not only immovable in that panel, but he's also -- still. No matter what Asch tries to do, no matter how quick and violent he can be, Van's standing at the eye of his storm -- Van is the eye of his storm, quiet, unchanging in his purpose.

Thanks for the ask, I enjoyed this one a lot!

Meme taken from here.

#van grants #tales #tales of the abyss #tales of the abyss spoilers #meta #vangrants

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miasmaburnt · 1 year

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@zelotae continued from [ x ]

The nature of Luke's enjoyment of swordsmanship isn't lost on him. Luke has had more than enough time to brood over how the one thing that he'd enjoyed the most in the manor had been just another piece of manipulation. It's something that he will never be able to fully separate from Vandesdelca Musto Fende—his teacher.

But Luke didn't practice just because it was fun. His combat abilities were something that he could use to keep his friends safe. He wasn't going to throw them away just because it hurt.

"Yeah? Go ahead!" Luke was going to gratefully grasp onto the energy Zelos was giving him and banish further thoughts of his teacher from his mind. His hand drifted back toward his sword handle before he shrugged his shoulder. "Maybe I'll show you what I've learned after you're done."

"You'll have to really impress me, though. I don't show off my skills lightly."

...Except, Luke would if someone flattered him enough. But he wants to give Zelos an opportunity to show off and get flashy. He liked doing that, Luke thought.

#zelotae #c; luke.#sobbing and crying luke is so cute #and zelos is so sweet to him #just you wait zman luke is gonna support you just as much as you're supporting him #also making a new post cuz on this new blog im stuck on beta editor #so the formatting is gonna fuck up if i don't change the parent post to the beta editor <_ <

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thelightwithinourdreams · 6 years

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"It doesn't matter if you accept me or not. Here I am. Alive!"

#luke fon fabre #Luke #Van Grants #Vandesdelca Musto Fende #Tales of the Abyss #Tales of the Rays #totr #tota #tales series #tales

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dailymysticarte · 6 years

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Van’s Imperial Slaughter

Such lamentation! I’ll destroy you! Imperial Slaughter!

#tales of the abyss #tota #toa #van grants #vandesdelca musto fende #mystic arte #imperial slaughter #seizure warning

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jeredu · 7 years

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Jade leans forward to whisper, "This is my mess. Our mess, and it falls to us to clean it up, rather than leave it to these children."

Van begins a low, ugly laugh, before leaning in and mirroring Jade to hiss, "Then I'll be sure not to leave any trash lingering behind!"

And for emphasis, on the word 'trash,' he TWISTS the blade, wrenching it as he staggers backward. Van doesn't go over the edge, though. Instead, he falls heavily onto his back, dislodging the spear.

Jade stumbles back and sinks to his knees. He won’t be walking away from this. Jade does manage to say "Did you... think I was joking when I said 'over my dead body'?" Not that he'd planned this. More like "if that was what it would take to end this" But he’s too close to the edge, and before anyone can stop him, he falls.

AU in which Jade kills Van at the Absorption Gate, is mortally wounded, and falls into the core himself. The story doesn’t end there.

Welcome to the [ Eleventh Hour ] AU.

#au: eleventh hour #tales of the abyss #jade curtiss #van grants #vandesdelca musto fende #jeredu art #uh tales of the abyss spoilers i guess

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kideraxpride · 7 years

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Had to get Pasca to unseal Lorelei with her ‘Unchained Note’.

THE LIGHT OF PASCA!

All in all, easy. I did the final floors completely off element because lmao, why not.

#Tales of Link #Van Grants #Vandesdelca Musto Fende #jet plays tales of link

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curriebelle · 7 years

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also Critical Role is officially a Tales of Link good luck charm cuz I FINALLY BEAT VANDESDORKY MUSTARD FENDER YAYYYYYYYYYY

#shut up currie #tales of link #P.S. dear critters #his name is actually Vandesdelca Musto Fende #but it is physically impossible #for me not to make fun of that name #GET HECKED MASTER VAN \o/#and I beat him with Asch's mystic arte #feels good

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origin-seal · 5 years

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Tales of the abyss starter call;;

If no muse is specified I will use a wheel

Muses are: Marybelle Ladan Gardios, Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear, Jade Curtiss, Fon Master Ion, and maybe Vandesdelca Musto Fende

#starter call;;#Van is a temp muse as he is on a test run

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dokhyeoks · 7 years

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my fave thing abt the tales series is the ridiculously long names some characters have. for example; mazhigigika miludin do din nolurun dou/magillanica lou mayvin (for non tales fans, that's the names of the same character, yes), natalia luzu kimlasca-lanvaldear, gailardia galan gardios, mystearica aura fende, vandesdelca musto fende, estellise sidos heurassein to name a few

in comparison there's the really basic names like lloyd irving, velvet crowe, yuri lowell, etc

in tales of, characters either have a super long complicated name with a shorter alias they go by, or a really basic short name that takes minimal effort

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aratanaruu · 7 years

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Flaws in Tales of the Abyss

Okay, I love this game, and there aren’t many real flaws, but the flaws that are there are downright terrible. I mean, I’d still recommend playing Abyss because it’s an incredible game and has an emotionally devastating journey, but those flaws...

Warning: There’s a lot of salt (and probably swearing) below the cut. I just really hate the main antagonist, okay.

Okay, let’s start off with something... smaller. This is probably nit-picking on my part, but it’s something that makes me go “ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” and it’s how the characters are always comparing their suffering to others which is just... no. When the party embarks on the Tartarus to go down into the planet’s core, Jade said it would take 5 days, and of course the game wouldn’t show all 5 days, but I wish that they showed the characters grieving for Sheridan.

Alright, that’s completely nit-picking. What I’m referring to is how Luke reacts after the slaughter of Sheridan. His reaction is completely justified and human. He blames himself for their deaths, he feels terrible about leaving them behind, he wants to grieve! Then, he lashes out at Tear for pointing out they have a mission and... I mean, c’mon, five days. What else are you going to do on the Tartarus? Jade has it handled. They had time to grieve.

Tear chides Luke for being a fucking human, then walks away and Guy points out that she had tears in her eyes, and he asks Luke about “who really wants to grieve right now”. ???????? Okay, her brother killed those people at Sheridan. So fucking what? Her brother killed those people? You know, that same brother you tried to kill because you knew that he’d kill hundreds of people? That same brother that killed 10 000 people at Akzeriuth? The same brother that was prepared to sacrifice you, Tear?

Who really wants to grieve??? We see this again after the party kills Sync in Eldrant. Natalia points out that she can’t let Asch’s death stop her from her goal and I was cheering for her... then she said that she has no right to grieve, when Guy and Anise have already lost somebody dear, and Tear has to fight her brother. I stopped cheering then.

Abyss, ironically, kind of had a difficult time writing human emotions. I don’t agree with how a lot of the characters kept saying, “I can’t grieve because X has it worse” or “I can’t grieve because I have a mission”. That’s why I liked it when Natalia needed some time to collect her thoughts before heading back to Baticul after her father tried to kill her. The party respected that, and I loved it because of how human Natalia was.

It follows that ever-so-popular saying of, “If you can’t grieve because other people have it worse, then you can’t be happy because other people have it better”.

If you love Tear and/or her character, please, you may want to skip this part. I understand that my... distaste may be unjustified, but I need to get it off my back. So, Tear Grants. What I perhaps dislike about her character is how... inconsistent it could be.

She went to the Outer Lands, prepared to kill her brother, Van, knowing that he’s going to do something terrible. When the party meets up with Van in Kaitzur, she is prepared to fight him. She doesn’t trust him. Then Akzeriuth happens. She stays back in Yulia City, believing that she failed her duty.

Before Akzeriuth, Tear was a soldier, doing her best to stop Van from murdering thousands. Then, after he actually fucking kills thousands, her mindset suddenly changes to a, “Oh! Wait! Van was nice to me when I was a kid! Who cares that he’s already killed thousands, maybe I can get to him!”

I’m fine with that, what I’m not fine with is how Tear flip-flops between, “He can’t be changed! It’s my duty as his sister to kill him!” and “Perhaps we can change him, Luke.”

This is probably my hate for Van speaking, but ah well. I’m also not a fan of how the characters are constantly pointing out (including Tear herself) that Van is Tear’s brother. We get it, we get it, you want to stop your brother, he’s your brother, is that all he is to you? Is he not some genocidal, selfish maniac who can’t let go of the past? How could Tear so casually forget what Van did to Luke? To Asch? ..Yeah, this is really my hate for Van speaking.

Van Grants. Also known as Vandesdelca Musto Fende.

First of all, why.

Second of all, why the FUCK does the party (and by the party I mean Tear and Luke) grant Van so much slack? Why do those two show Van so much fucking mercy when he deserves none of it???????????

Let’s backtrack a little. Van, as an antagonist, works fine. He has understandable motives that work, sure, sure, he’s manipulative and intelligent, he outsmarts the party often, always a threat with his God-Generals, sure. And I’m always a sucker for those antagonists with those personal relations to the protagonists.

But the way Luke and Tear treat Van makes me want to yell in disgust.

“You still call him Master, even after he betrayed you?”

What Asch says to Luke, and I 100% agree with him. Why, oh why does Luke keep calling Van “Master”? I knew it would be for the big moment where Luke is no longer the naive pupil Van once taught, and I was SO happy when he finally called Van “Van”, without his title, because I was shouting, “YES! Finally, you stopped calling him a title he doesn’t deserve!”

Then there’s the 1-month timeskip, and it’s kind of like the Absorption Gate events never happened, Luke calls Van “Master Van” again and...

..Why? Whyyyyy. Luke, whyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Time and time and time and time again, Van always shows to Luke that he cares not for him as a person. He calls Luke a replica, someone inferior, something to be thrown away because he’s not the Sacred Flame, Asch. He treats Luke as a tool and Luke has the absolute gall to call him “Master”?

Luke insists that he cares for Asch, that he wants to help him, but if I were Asch, I wouldn’t react just as Asch did. With complete anger. Hell, if I were Asch, I would have kicked Luke’s ass from one end of Auldrant to the other. How dare Luke say that he cares for Asch, when he still calls the man that destroyed Asch’s life “Master”?

Luke keeps on saying that he’ll try to make Van change, which I’m fine with, since it’s one of the themes in the game (my favourite, in fact). People can change, yadayadayada. But whenever he meets Van in battle, he never tries. They monologue, and they fight.

Then, on the final battle on Eldrant, I wanted Luke to punch Van’s fucking face in. I LOVE the Meaning of Birth scene and I was so fucking proud of Luke for being who he was. That scene was so symbolic because Luke didn’t need to prove to anyone why he existed, he does, he’s his own person and Asch has to deal with it. I love love love love love that scene.

Then we have the pre-battle dialogue against Van, where Luke wanted Van to acknowledge him as a human and I just... Sure, Van may have seen Luke as a human, but did he treat him like one (Hint hint: the answer is no). And why does Luke need Van’s opinion on anything? Why does he need to prove to Van anything? Then he says, I don’t need you anymore, which is nice and all, and I thought “MAYBE Luke has finally moved on?”. Then we have the final scene.

“After all that’s happened, you still call me Master.”

I agree with Van on one thing, it seems. One of the themes in Abyss is being able to accept the past and move on with it and Luke did that with everything about his past except for his experiences with Van and it’s... WHY?!

Van was raising Luke as nothing more than a tool. There was no love behind his actions when he was Luke’s mentor. I don’t understand why Van is still so important to Luke, why Luke can’t accept that Van’s a shitty person instead of the man he once looked up to? (Hell, I’m quite unhappy with how Asch said to Luke who’s the real pupil -- or something along those lines. Asch, Van ruined your life, and you’ll still think of yourself as a pupil?)

I wasn’t happy when Luke thanked Van, but I was too caught up in the emotions of the game that I ignored it. Now that I’m looking back on it, Luke thanking Van outright disgusts me. You call him Master... and you thank him? You thank him? For what? Tear, at least, had an excuse. Luke, you didn’t.

Thanking Van? For what? For teaching you how to swing around a fucking sword? Thanking Van for taking Asch’s life away from him? For conducting painful experiments on an 11-year old boy? For turning Asch into a cold-blooded, distrusting, broken man? For throwing the original Ions into a fucking volcano to die? (I don’t care if it was never stated that Van did it. He and Mohs were the ones behind the operation. He didn’t care enough about the replicas and disposed of them like garbage). For teaching Sync that he was worthless? For killing 10 000 people? For planning to kill thousands more? For breeding replicas to be used as death fodder? For treating you, Luke, as tool?

Don’t say that he didn’t kill them. If somebody was holding a gun to you, ready to shoot you and they got stopped, it doesn’t matter that they didn’t shoot, they were still planning to, the intent was still there. It didn’t matter that Van didn’t actually kill the entire population of Eldrant, he was fucking going to, and that’s why the party wanted to stop him.

I think the game tried to hard to make the players sympathize with Van and think he was just “misunderstood” or he “had good intentions”. No, no, no, he didn’t.

Gaius from Xillia. He was going to eliminate spyrite, or spyrix, whatever it was, which would indirectly kill the population of Elympios, right? Sure, call Gaius a murderer, but it was a necessary evil. Elympios made itself an enemy of Rieze Maxia, the people there had no respect for those on Rieze Maxia. He had to kill them to save Rieze Maxia. There were no other choices. Jude and Milla’s path, where they would research spyrite, was unstable, and it’s pointed out in-game that it was and it may not even work. Gaius wasn’t willing to take that risk.

Van? Van’s a selfish little fucking prick who can’t let go of the past. He wanted to “save” humanity from the Score by killing all of them and creating a replica world, when the party already had a way to make humanity live without the Score without becoming mass murderers. Van wasn’t willing to change. Another thing I disliked about the pre-final battle. Tear asking Van to change. I expected the characters to go into the final battle expecting to kill, their convictions unwavering, but Tear had other ideas, it seemed. Tear, Van, unlike Luke, had the intention to slaughter Akzeriuth and Sheridan. He did it with no remorse, unlike Luke, and you still treat him with respect?

I’m sorry, but I can’t accept how the devs tried to make Van look good. He doesn’t deserve anything. Guy’s reaction was the most logical. Van, once a friend, a mentor figure, hell, it was like Van and Luke’s relationship, but without the toxicity. And Guy, he knows that Van isn’t willing to change, he knows what he has to do, he knows that Van deserves none of his respect as he points out so many times. Jade loathes Van more than anything in the world, including himself, he’d spend an hour locked in a room with Dist over treating Van like anything other than dirt.

But Luke? The guy hurt most by Van? Naaah. He’s still kissing Van’s ass, right to the very end of the game. For all the character development Luke had, this was quite the disappointment. I want to scream some more (like Akzeriuth and how the party doesn’t blAME VAN HOLY FUCKING SHIT) but this post is long enough.

TL;DR I really love Abyss and if this game was a person I’d marry them in a heartbeat, but holy shit I loathe Van. I think he may be my most hated video game character of all time, simply because of how the party (Luke, Tear, LUKE ESPECIALLY) treats him. I wish Van’s death was more painful, it’s one he deserved.

#van can go rot in a ditch for all i fucking care #asaagagafgag luke why are you thanking him #why are you calling him master #luke #stop #FUUCK #tales of the abyss #van grants #luke fon fabre #tear grants #ara's posts

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deveroux · 7 years

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Plugging away through Berseria and all I can say is, I thought we banned Vandesdelca Musto Fende from giving villain advice, dammit.

#dualthesol

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genkidesurun · 7 years

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I’m bored and have no story (or curhatan) to share... so it’s time to duel answer some questionnaire! Actually, the original post [here] got more than ninety questions, but I’ll just pick the ones I’m interested in and alter some of them a bit.

1. If you had to be gay for a day, what celebrity would you most like to take on a date?

It’s arduous to project the kind of girl that’ll draw my attention. But since I have the hots for nerdy guys (with fast-paced speech, silly gesticulations, and, of course, glasses!) like John and Hank Green, I’ll probably go for girls with such similitudes. Hmmm... Emily Graslie, perhaps?

6. What are the top five most contrasting songs on your playlist?

When you have both metals and nasyeeds in your playlist... It’s like what Wali called ‘tomat’ (red--tobat maksiat). All those fucking and shitting and hell, to praising The Lord and acknowledging your penitence and baper-ing; repeating over and over and over and over...

8. If you could make just ONE change to this world, what would it be and why?

Erase the notion of witches (wow, I’m feeling like Madoka; ups, spoiler alert). Can I wish for immortality?

9. If you could wake up tomorrow and be fluent in three additional languages, which would you choose?

Quenya, Parseltongue, aaaaannddd SIMLISH, YEAH! Have you listened to Katy Perry’s Last Friday Night sung in gibberish--I mean--Simlish? You really should!

11. What are the top five movies to make you cry?

Hello Ghost

The Green Mile

Hachi: A Dog’s Tale

You’re the Apple of My Eye

Miracles in Cell No. 7

Yes, I’m such a crybaby. Hello Ghost and The Green Mile made me ugly the most.

12. What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had? Describe it in detail.

Uh... overslept and missed exams. Good thing they were just dreams!

13. Would you rather raise 25 children or have the chance of ever having children taken away? Why?

WHY SHOULD I OPT FOR RAISING 25 CHILDREN?! AIN’T NOBODY HAD TIME (AND MONEY) FOR THAT.

17. If you had to lose one of the five senses, which would you choose and why?

Rather than senses, it’s probably better to discard emotions.

21. If your life was about to become like Cheaper by the Dozen and you were going to be saddled with twelve children, what would you name six girls and six boys?

Let’s say those children were orphans taken care by me. I’d happily give them the names of fictional characters! Before I familiarize you with my kids, let me introduce myself first: Karlisha “Kirun” Runa Niephaus, the caretaker and the custodian, along with Raine Virginia Sage and Damuron ‘Raven’ Schwann Oltorain.

(Boy) Vandesdelca ‘Van’ Musto Fende The big brother of Tear. As the result of his upbringing as an orphan at early age, as well as being the oldest in the orphanage, he became precocious, looking after his sister in their parents’ absence and willing to help the caretakers attending the other children while also struggling on his study. He was an amiable fellow and well-respected throughout the orphanage. Currently in the last year of senior-high and busy preparing himself for a law school.

(Girl) Mystearica ‘Tear’ Aura Fende Van’s baby sister who adored him dearly. She had grown into somewhat a wallflower; a shrinking violet. Although shy around people, Tear was a girl with a strong moral compass, never quivered to defend her friends from bullies. Like her brother, she had a beautiful, melodious voice that had brought her to become a choir member in both the town’s church, alongside Van, and her school. Currently a seventh-grader.

(Boy) Ffamran ‘Balthier’ mied Bunansa Both dashing and quick-witted, Balthier was the conspicious of all. His charm and eloquence could easily impress anyone he met, thus making him the most popular kid around. Albeit a bit self-centered at times, Balthier could show his altruitic side, especially when it came to his bestfriend’s affairs, Ramza. Currently a ninth-grader and a valuable player of his school’s basketball team.

(Boy) Ramza Lugria Beoulve A boy who survived from a wildfire that burned an entire village, including his parents, his beloved sister Alma, and his bestfriend Delita Heiral. His meek and tender disposition clicked perfectly with Balthier’s smug and jaunty manner, therefore creating a bridge of trust between them. Ramza had an eye for world history, spending most of his time in the library to read books and write essays. Currently a ninth-grader and established a close relationship with the history teacher Goffard Gaffgarion.

(Boy) Edgar Roni Figaro Sabin’s older twin brother who was an electronics hobbyist and a gamer. He was the technician around the house, repairing the appliances and, sometimes, modifying them. Knowing very well that he had insufficient funds to begin with, he befriended Cid Del Norte Marquez and worked at the latter’s workshop as a part-timer. Though a geek at heart, Edgar didn’t constrain himself as a mere geek; he was surprisingly flirtatious, but to no avail. Currently an eleventh-grader.

(Boy) Sabin Rene Figaro Edgar’s younger twin brother. Unlike his prudent and erudite twin, Sabin was quick-tempered and straightforward, and excelled at physical activities, particularly martial arts. Under the tutelage of his karate master Cyan Garamonde, Sabin achieved black-belt in a no-time and had won many tournaments. Of all their differences, he and his brother shared the same unflappable determination and ambitions. Currently an eleventh-grader.

(Girl) Estellise “Estelle” Sidos Heurassein Cute, courteous, and bright; Estelle clearly caught everyone’s attention, but still being humble as she looked up to Philia. She was one of those bibliophiles who could even recite various passages from heart. After the incident involving her two bestfriends, Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo, Estelle promised herself to become a splendid doctor, thus leading her to be studious, hoping to obtain a scholarship. Currently a tenth-grader, a model student, and a member of the science club.

(Girl) Margarita “Rita” Blastia Mordio A curious prodigy with an IQ of 160; however, lacked of social competence. She liked to correct people whose perceptivity was wrong, which inadvertently annoyed them unbeknownst to her. Rita was close to Raine’s little brother Genis due to their similar level of intelligence and close age, and to Estelle who always welcomed her presence. Currently a fifth-grader.

(Boy) Genis Kloitz Sage The genius younger brother of caretaker Raine whose brain power could disparage the grown-ups’. Even as a child, he could solve his sister’s undergraduate math problems and sometimes engaged in Edgar’s projects. Due to his superior intellect, he demonstrated repellent disposition and was cynical towards others, but would greatly respect everyone with the same intelligence as him. Currently a sixth-grader and had a crush on his P.E. teacher Presea Combatir.

(Girl) Rutee Atwight Katrea An upbeat, tomboyish lass with misunderstandable attitude. Having a firm moral sense yet being irascible at the same time, Rutee could easily pick a fight with anyone she deemed erroneous. Despite this shrewish demeanor, she was in fact solicitous and attentive towards her close relations. Due to the hapless circumstances, Rutee became eager to earn money, working as anything as her employer wanted her to be. Currently an eighth-grader.

(Girl) Philia Clemente Felice Like your everyday bespectacled girl, Philia was smart, genteel, and naive; pretty much a foil to Rutee. A devout Christian, she highly regarded her belief and attended the church every week. Through her science teacher Batista Diego, nature and chemical experiments had greatly interested her as she aimed to be a chemist in the future. Currently an eleventh-grader, a model student, and the chairwoman of the science club.

(Girl) Rydia Asura Mist The youngest and newest in the orphanage, being five years in age. She was rescued by the sailors Cecil Harvey and Kain Highwind from ship drowning, a disaster that killed her mother and developed her fear of waterbody. She loved animals dearly as she often visited the town’s farm and pet house with the company of one of the caretakers.

25. What’s the most frightening thing you’ve ever seen in your life?

Failures.

26. Name five books you think everyone should read and give a brief synopsis for each.

Too lazy for the synopsis. Just check them out on GoodReads:

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (by Agatha Christie) Lemme proudly present one of Christie’s masterpieces. I personally found this more exquisite than And Then There Were None.

A Short History of Nearly Everything (by Bill Bryson) I know Sagan’s Cosmos and Hawking’s The Brief History of Time are popular as hell, but hell... they were published in the 80′s (but still gold though, you really should check them out). We need newer ones and Bryson’s is certainly the best--for me, at least, at this time--in elaborating big history and the development of science.

Why Evolution Is True (by Jerry A. Coyne) A nifty allusion for Darwin’s The Origin of Species. No. Don’t protest. Dawkins probably produces more of this kind of books than Coyne does and, of course, is far more popular than any evolutionary biologists alive. Dawkins is a brilliant writer and all, but Coyne has the apt for making the theory easier to comprehend.

Little Women (by Louisa M. Alcott) Still the best bildungsroman. Ever.

Speaker for the Dead (by Orson S. Card) Sci-fi, philosopy, anthropology, politics, religion; all in one. Yes. I’m such a weirdo to enjoy the second book far more than the first one.

27. Do you believe one can fall out of love?

It’s a fact. Why bother asking anyway.

28. What are your three favourite sounding words?

Peculiar Don’t you think the word ‘peculiar’ has such a peculiar pronunciation?

Halcyon Archaic one, yes. So old-fashioned that Kirun--who fancies classics--is indulged by its subliminal beauty. Moreover, it was used as the title of a Bleach’s chapter: ‘Goodbye, Halcyon Days’. Aren’t ya romantic, Orihime?

Preposterous I like to shout out this word--in my solitude, of course--whenever expressing my disbelief.

31. List the seven deadly sins in order of the one you feel you commit the most to the one you feel you commit the least.

Pride, greed, wrath, envy, gluttony, sloth, then lust.

32. What’s your current desktop picture?

46. What’s your favourite ever television commercial?

youtube

49. What’s the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to you?

“Kirun kan pacarnya aku.” -- by some girl

51. Name five facts that the vast majority of people won’t know about you.

I’m a girl (see? I knew you’d be surprised).

Clearly not a fujoshi. What? You guys don’t believe me? Fine then.

Though having [too] many guy friends, all of my bestfriends are girls; which are, of course, very few in numbers.

Yes, I’m very aware that I love Gaara so dearly, but I’m still normal too, you know, since I had crushes in real life. And they were boys. I know, I know, I’m so gay, right? Wait, what am I exacly; male of female?

Contrary to popular belief, I’m actually a piiiipp who wishes to openly express my opinions and matters without worrying any prejudice nor distressing the ones I love.

54. Share five goals you want to complete in the next 30 days.

Sing Asterisk (of Orange Range’s) fluently. This one’s freaking hard.