Certified Shrimpy

Might throw cheeky posts. Mostly hyperfixating. Is this a haiku?

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The cup of matcha and three cups of black tea I had are racing to keep me alive.

Unfortunately, the Hat Man is faster.

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Seeing so many aro/ace posts... *sniff* Where have y'all been?

(The real question is why did it take me so long to get on Tumblr?)

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A few days ago VGC did an interview with the Stories 3 devs. Sadly, no, nothing about future plans mentioned. I'm gonna link it below, but something I really wanna bring up:

Oh dear lord, they didn't have an ending!

So, they weren't going in... Completely blind--but they were still hammering out plot points and settling on the ending mid-development.

This does explain a lot of the plot weirdness in the game. Really strong start! Eeeehhh, kinda meandering middle... And an ending that, uhhhhhh *stares at suspiciously Vermeil, Corbin, Eleanor, Simon, and crystallisis-shaped holes* I enjoyed thematically, but does leave a lot to want for.

That aside, some interesting things left on the cutting room floor. Invasives were gonna be waaaaaaay different, and honestly I'd like to see them revisit that idea in the future.

Monster Hunter Stories 3 devs reveal cut content and ponder what ‘Resident Evil Stories’ could be

Post mortem interview: Capcom’s MHS3 team reflect on development, JRPG player demographics, player reactions…

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Someone at work brought in a cake to celebrate a personal development. It was super nice, and I'm so glad that things worked out for them!

But the cake...?

So the cake was lemon, but the icing was... Coffee????

Individually, they tasted fine. But together?

Bees. It tasted like bees.

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Shoutout to this horse I doodled at work for Valentine's/Year of the Horse

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Oh, shit. How'd I miss this?

So the people of Sheparden were originally from Death's Maw?

Kinda amazed how they built such a well-established settlement in 10 years. Not to mention developing such a distinct culture separate from Death's Maw's (oh that don't sound right)

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When I started a second playthrough for science I knew there were a few things I wanted to test. Firstly,

Q: What happens if you never do a Double Kinship with Simon in Chapter 1?

I purposefully held back and never triggered a Double. And, well...

Yep. You are locked out! Never saw it? Gone forevah!

Possible you can get another chance if we get Simon back in an update, but I'm pretty sure Fawn went kablooey back there, sooooooo~

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As soon as you make camp in Canalta, you're able to fast-travel with the Catavan Stand again. This also means you can go back to Azuria.

Trying to return to the castle results in Rudy reminding you that you're all criminals now,

And then you can immediately get clocked by any of the new quests in Azuria.

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Blue Skies - MHST3 Comic (Spoilers)

My first comic. Thank you for reading. There are some thoughts below the cut.

If you've clicked this, welcome to the extended artist's note. I wrote this initially as an exploration of my OC's thoughts on Amara pre-game, since I felt the game neglected this topic. How would she feel about her? Would she hate her for choosing to save an innocent life, despite all that followed? And if she would have done the same, does this mean she must by extension hate herself?

Amara never came back either, and I'm sure part of Razia wonders if she simply never intended to. If maybe her own child didn't matter enough to her to warrant a return. That question of where Amara is and how she's doing haunts her, and Simon is sitting right next to her, watching her suffer for years, with answers to her questions that he can't provide.

This is my first time attempting a comic, and I knew from the start I wanted to try a limited palette. Blue for freedom and power, orange for fire and painful memories. However this also made distinguishing characters somewhat difficult in the last half... lessons have been learned.

The entire comic was actually spawned from the hand-cage sequence in page 4, and essentially built around it. Unfortunately I think this shows, as the subsequent pages are all weaker in pacing and content. I planned the dialogue and decided page count before actually thumbnailing all 8 pages, which was a mistake and affected the pacing. So in essence, every page was thumbnailed and drawn from scratch immediately after the other, rather than thumbnailed altogether to ensure narrative flow... do not do this 💀 as a result, I feel the dialogue is slightly stilted and crammed in/rushed for the last few pages.

If you read through this entire rambling mess, thank you for sitting through my idle thoughts. I hope to make more comics in the future.

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The day sucked. It hasn't been my week, my month, or arguably even my year so far. I only have so much time on my weekend to do things for me. Can I at least just get some good sleep tonight?

My sister, the sun, my neighbours, and my allergies: Now... We DANCE!

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Chapter 1 Dialogues

Okay! Finally got through Ch.1! I forgot how much time in this game is spent on E G G.

Here's all of the camp dialogues as well as dialogues triggered by going to certain areas (not a lot of them in this first chapter)

God, I wish the dialogue didn't read from bottom to top.

The very first camp dialogue, after fighting the Feral Yian-Kut Ku

After hatching and releasing the Rathian

After fighting the feral monsters at the loop

I did check camp before going to the loop to investigate the feral monsters with Simon and on the way to the border skirmish, and the talk option is straight up not there. The game really doesn't want you screwing about in those sections.

Now for environment dialogues, there's only two for now. I believe they only trigger immediately after Eleanor joins the party and she's actually following you around in Azuria.

Walking into the Ranger's Stables

*squints* ..."could almost imagining myself?"

Approaching the castle

I wandered all over Azuria's castle town and Eleanor surprisingly doesn't have anything else to say. Not even about grapes! Kind of a missed opportunity, I feel. Nothing at the loop after the feral monster business either. y e t.

I'll be back once I get through Chapter 2. There's a lot more party chatter once you leave Azuria, so it'll be a smidge more exciting. I might get sidetracked with E G G and good doggos though, so bear with me.

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OH SHIT I ABANDONED MY BOY LAGIACRUS IN AZURIA!

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At work I forgot about my glass of green tea in the freezer trying to cool it down faster. When I remembered about it, the top had partially frozen like this.

Huh.

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I... I'm so fucking dumb. It took me this long to realise.

Kit.

Kaboodle.

Kit and kaboodle.

I really needed the 'and' for it to click.

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That's 4 nickels I have now for times someone thought I used to be in the army because I use an army pack. Which... Okay, I know I'm buff, ruthless at work, and have a look of "been though some shit" But I'm 4'10". Whatever the height requirement is, they're not enlisting shrimps.

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Forever tortured by the fact that the Subnautica series contains some of the best games ever made, but they would genuinely actually send me into a state of cardiac arrest

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@certifiedshrimpy I am about to make a very bad decision that I should probably be talked out of...

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*Tearfully waves a handkerchief like a soon-to-be widow seeing you off at the docks*

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I possess no assets, but care for my cats as if they were your own... The sea calls, and I fear I shan't return...

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HOLY SHIT, CATS?! *swoops up your cats and scuttles to be an old spinster with too many cats*

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HOLD ON WAIT you need to see them actually- My (now also your, assuming I'm lost at sea) babies

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I will not weep for you when you are gone. But I will cry every day for these bebies. Also squirrel-boy is giving me "cat listening to classical music" vibes.

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Oh, hol' up? What? Simon's items....

He has 3 Vital Essences?! Not 2?

Yikes. Gaul is not dodging the "other Simon" allegations.