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My brain: You have so many tight deadlines. So many things on your weekly schedule. So many important jobs. You have to get important work done!!!
My hands:
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the original guy i reblogged this from was a shithead so reuploading it
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Nothing like a trip to the uncanny valley to boost your mood
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After much introspection and soul searching I've turned over a new leaf and have decided to continue making poison swamps 😌
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so quite a lot of people expressed interest in a guide to lion dance! and since the lunar new year is coming up in a couple weeks, which means everyone’s exposure to lions is probably going to increase, i figured i’d go ahead and make it! right click + open in new tab to fullview, etc etc, i hope it’s helpful, although if you only take one thing away from this powerpoint, it’s this: lions are not dragons
disclaimer: i learned fut san style at an american university, and the senior members of the troupe were almost all from hong kong and taiwan, so most of my knowledge is drawn from what they taught me. lion dance varies widely depending on the style and the country of origin, and many schools do things differently! this is just an attempt to establish a baseline and give you a really basic intro to one of my favorite art forms. :)
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Fire Emblem Pilgrimage pt 3: Mystery of the Emblem
Welcome back to the mistake where I play every mainline Fire Emblem game, in order.
(I skipped Book 1 and I feel no shame. I can't play FE1 three times for this project, I'm sorry.)
"Remember all those cool new mechanics in FE2? Let's just throw them all away. We're keeping massive weapon ranges, though. But only for the enemy units. Sorry."
That being said, this is still leagues about FE1. Inventory management is streamlined (you get separate weapon and item inventories which is honestly overkill), shops work as expected, you can trade items around without ending your turn... lovely.
The level design kinda holds the game back unfortunately. Midgame is fine, but the end levels are either flooded with meteor mages + catapults, or nothing but Devil-axe barbarians and dragons. Medeus was also a breeze, especially since his attack didn't have good accuracy (though Hardin was stupidly powerful due to his high stats and speed).
By far the best parts of the game were the writing and the pixel art. All the character sprites and faces have so much personality, and the visual design of the final Medeus fight goes hard. The writing is hilarious, though it might be unintentional (or due to the english patch I'm using). I love how Marth is kind of an idealist idiot.
Overall, it was a bit of a slog. Several levels came down to Meteor RNG, and you'll spend probably half of your turns just moving units towards the battle or waiting for Marth to travel from the villages to the seize point. I'm glad I played it, but I don't think I'd play it all the way through again.
Favorite Character(s):
Michalis the CHAD. His entrance (in book 2) is absolutely hilarious: he flies his wyvern directly into a castle, yells at the guy in charge, gets the guy to give up Minerva (who was being held captive), says he hates all of them, and then just leaves. Then Marth spends the whole chapter trying to fight his way to the castle to rescue Minerva who isn't even there anymore. Absolute madlad.
Xane got a massive glowup in terms of design (though his power was slightly nerfed). Love his personality here, and that he gets to be a main speaking character for 3 levels. Bro casually drops the wildest lore imaginable, then says "dont worry about it". Also the fact that he's a divine dragon who just yeeted his dragonstone is neat.
Favorite Units:
MERRIC'S STILL GOT IT! The magic boi himself, and he's still great. He protecc (healing staffs), he also attacc (tomes), but most importantlly, he gives everyone their turn bacc (Again Staff is OP)
TIKI. Love my girl. The dragon designs go hard in this game, and her divine dragonstone is effective against all dragons, which made the endgame levels much more manageable. She also took down Medeus when Marth's Falchion barely did scratch damage.
Favorite New/Unique Mechanic:
Look. I like mount/dismount. I just don't like forcing dismount in some areas.
Manaketes fully transforming for a few turns instead of just during combat!
THE AGAIN STAFF. Only 3 uses but man. It gives every other unit in the army another turn, which is MASSIVE. By chaining with a dancer, you can do Some Shenanigans.
Least Favorite Part:
Meteor mages + catapults make every turn RNG. If they double your unit or attack a weak one, they're dead. But sometimes they didn't attack at all even though I had units in range. I hated how unpredictable and cheap it made the endgame levels feel.
Why were all the final boss maps inside. Forced dismount is annoying at best, but now lances are useless and all my units have lower move.
Needing to visit villages AND seize with Marth sucked. Spent like 10 turns on every map just moving him around.
#fe3#fire emblem mystery of the emblem#pixel art#scorpion's fire emblem pilgrimage#up next: fire emblem genealogy of the holy war
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Pigeon attempts to court falcon
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Perception check but the Dark Urge is a ✨BARD✨
『 I’ve waited a while to see if this would eventually pop up on Tumblr, but afaik it’s still not here so. Here. 』
Source: @yaaayhem on Twitter
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seteth told him to only file an incident report for hubert if he STOPS sending death threats. he sends one each week to all the faculty in an exquisite, wax-sealed envelope and the rest usually happen during brawling tutoring.
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I’ve been waiting all year to post this.
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Fire Emblem Pilgrimage pt 2: Gaiden
Welcome back to the mistake where I play every mainline Fire Emblem game, in order.
Gotta say; I actually really enjoyed this one! I enjoyed the more RPG-ish elements, and getting to switch between Alm and Celica's groups was quite fun. I appreciate how different their unit class compositions were; it really made the two feel like different experiences. Plus, the inventory issues from FE1 were completely solved by the "one inventory item per unit" gimmick.
I was not expecting the complete lack of any consumable healing items, but I respect it. Really made healers feel more valuable. Tatiana (or, in the English patch I was using, Teeta) learned Fortify during the final battle and it came in clutch.
Honestly, outside of some UI issues, this one holds up fairly well. ...except for the Necrodragon mountain and Lost Woods. And also the final boss - Alm was maxed out at level 20 and I still had to fish for a crit in order to beat him. It wasn't even hard since he couldn't kill me in one turn. It was just tedious.
All in all, still a very fun experience. Also, Falcon Knights are OP.
Favorite Character: Celica saved Alm from endlessly fighting Necrodragons for eternity, and for that she earns my respect. (I'm trying so hard not to let my favorites from Echoes influence this...)
Favorite Units:
Alm was unstoppable. Absolute powerhouse.
Force (Forsyth) was a legend for crit-ing Jedah in the final battle and killing him in one round
EVERY FALCON KNIGHT. Clair, Est, Catria, Palla... you were the cornerstones of this army and I salute you.
Favorite New/Unique Mechanic: Love the stupidly huge bow ranges. Also only holding one item per unit made for some interesting challenges. Casting magic from hit points and personal spell lists were also interesting, especially in a game where healing options are so limited.
Least Favorite Part: LOST WOODS. I didn't know you had to backtrack PERFECTLY in order to escape the "lost" tiles... and the game LETS YOU SAVE WHILE YOU'RE LOST IN THERE. I didn't, thankfully, but can you imagine??? (Alm's endless necrodragon fights were also a bit much, but I'd already cleared Celica's route to the tower so it wasn't awful).
#fe2#fire emblem gaiden#up next: fire emblem mystery of the emblem#pixel art#scorpion's fire emblem pilgrimage#this was the last NES era game#so the next pixel art wont just be a recolor haha
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That's a Gen 2 awoo if I ever heard one!
YT version | Support/commission me on Ko-fi <3
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One thing I really love about seedy anime websites and YouTube mp3 converters is like. They actually do what they say they’re doing. But they WILL try to trick you into downloading a virus. Like it’s almost just a greeting at this point. I try to extract a song from a YouTube video and it says free VPN installer tonight perhaps? Free VPN installer tonight queen? And I say YouTube-mp3 converter you sly dog, you know what I’m here for. Show me the goods. And YouTube-mp3 converter says ahhh you got me, no getting one over on you. Thought it was worth a try tho. Here you go king x
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There’s so much to unpack here:
Pack of Beakers
Goth Beaker
The Beaker snitching and pointing out the photographer
The Beaker that’s about to unload on the photographer
The terminator strut before the ass whooping and you know he’s moving at speed because of the blur
The ominous feeling that you know this is 3 in the morning
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