You know what, since some stuff on my blog is difficult to find on mobile (especially if you’re using the app), I decided to make a master post with all the links to the posts I’ve put together. Also, the links to my fanfictions, because some of you that follow this blog actually read them. For the fanfics I’ll put just Saint Seiya for now, but if you want I can put all the rest I did, which is in English and not in Italian. I’ll put everything under the cut, so the post will not be obnoxiously long.
Update: the links should all work now. If I missed something and you notice before me, please let me know. I spent way too much time arguing with my computer for this to happen.
Love you guys!
Fanfiction links - EFP Fanfiction (Italian)
Dietro il Mito (a lot of pairings, story rating red, general rating yellow/orange)
Gli Spiriti della Festa (a lot of background pairings, story rating green)
Del Sagittario e dei Gemelli (Saga x Aiolos, story rating red)
Il Giorno delle Stelle (Saga x Aiolos, story rating yellow)
Oltre i Cavalieri (new collection, a lot of pairings, story rating red, general rating yellow/orange)
Questa Notte È Per Noi (Shion x Dohko, story rating orange)
Fanfiction links - Archive of Our Own (Italian)
Dietro il Mito (a lot of pairings, story rating E, general rating T/M)
Gli Spiriti della Festa (a lot of background pairings, story rating G)
Del Sagittario e dei Gemelli (Saga x Aiolos, story rating E)
Il Giorno delle Stelle (Saga x Aiolos, story rating T)
Oltre i Cavalieri (new collection, a lot of pairings, story rating E, general rating T/M)
Questa Notte È Per Noi (Shion x Dohko, story rating M)
Some detailed stuff about Saint Seiya in no particular order
Partial Surplice Design analysis
Female Cloths that should not exist (and here’s why)
The problem of female Saints in SSAwakening
Legend of Sanctuary character design
Is Shoko a Mary Sue?
A sudden realization about Shun and Ikki vs Mitsumana Kido
Universe classification
What if Shun didn’t hold back?
SSAwakening Skins
Headcanons (mostly ask answers)
Some for Libra Dohko (there’s some romantic material here)
Bronze Saints favorite foods
Origins of the Bronze Saints (because Kido is not their father ok?)
Shun x Hyoga (beware, NSFW)
Siren Sorrento musical hedcanon
Honest Opinion links (if you’re using the app, click the individual names and the links should be fine; the collective links don’t work for some reason)
Gold Saints (classic)
Aries Mu
Taurus Aldebaran
Gemini Saga
Cancer Deathmask
Leo Aiolia
Virgo Shaka
Libra Dohko
Scorpio Milo
Sagittarius Aiolos
Capricorn Shura
Aquarius Camus
Pisces Aphrodite
Silver Saints (classic)
Eagle Marin
Ophiuchus Shaina
Lizard Misty
Perseus Algol
Hound Asterion
Cepheus Albior
Centaurus Babel
Sagitta Ptolemy
Cerberus Dante
Whale Moses
Crow Jamian
Crystal Saint
Bronze Saints (classic)
Pegasus Seiya
Dragon Shiryu
Cygnus Hyoga
Andromeda Shun
Phoenix Ikki
Marina Generals
Sea Horse Baian
Scylla Io
Chrysaor Krishna
Lyumnades Caça
Kraken Isaac
Siren Sorrento
Sea Dragon Kanon
Deities (classic)
Athena (Saori Kido)
Poseidon (Julian Solo)
Eris
Abel
Lucifer
Gold Saints (The Lost Canvas)
Aries Shion
Taurus Rasgado
Cancer Manigoldo
Virgo Asmita
Libra Dohko
Scorpio Cardia
Sagittarius Sisyphus
Capricorn El Cid
Aquarius Degèl
Pisces Albafica
Everyone Else (The Lost Canvas)
Pegasus Tenma
Unicorn Yato
Crane Yuzuriha
Sage
Hakurei
Athena (Sasha)
Specters + Deities (The Lost Canvas)
Hades (Alone)
Thanatos
Hypnos
Griffon Minos
Bennu Kagaho
Behemoth Violate
Nasu Veronica
Cait Sith Ceshire
Mandrake Fyodor
Deep Niobe
Dullahan Cube
Bat Wimber
Bronze + Silver Saints + Minor Characters (Hades Chapter)
And of course, now that the story is STARTING to steer towards something a bit better, I'm seeing hundreds of people being like "there's never been a Gathering Wives to begin with".
Are we for real? ARE WE FOR REAL? Now we're denying it? Good lord, I hate these people so much, I'm done.
Everytime something changes, suddenly the narrative of the whole timeline changes too and opinions have to be "updated" to match the current ones.
I'm so tired of this bullshit.
And it's not just Wuthering Waves, no no no no.
Gacha discourse is legitimately pissing me off because people will have a negative or positive JUSTIFIED opinion, a few months go by, the same people will say the complete opposite just because they want to follow the masses or because "is it safe to say that..." bullshit.
Emily was ugly? Oh, too bad, now she's one of the most beautiful characters ever made and no discourse about her design ever happened.
Mavuika is a mary sue? Oh no no no, absolutely not, she's a strong woman and cannot be described like that even if we all did that before.
Sandrone's design is insulting to us? Nah, now we all love it because we forgot we have an opinion.
The male designs are all good! But now we're saying the opposite because everybody's covered and no one is naked, so now they are ugly and repetitive.
Honkai Star Rail is fun to play, who cares about the meta! Oh, but you don't care about the meta now? We're insulting you in every way possible and even make videos about making fun of you.
Are we being for real? Are people really that unable to hold their own opinion, or this is just the result of "popular" kids swarming fandom spaces and destroying them for good?
I change opinions too, but not because of the masses! This goddamn hivemind behavior is disturbing me to no end, and I can't stand it anymore.
I'm debating whether or not I should write an angsty charlisle where charlie discusses his choice not to become a vampire with carlisle after being offered, or a more lightearted one that's just a slice of life set after all the events of the main four books.
I love any and all outcomes with this ship, whether charlie gets turned or stays human, so I can't decide where to start from
My biggest, impossible to realize dream, is an open world game for Saint Seiya.
Just imagine how beautiful it would be to follow the story and explore a huge map with all the locations from the anime and manga.
The amount of money I would be willing to pay for that is unfathomable, I swear.
Unfortunately for all those who keep listening to my endless yapping, I still love to see Alhaitham and Kaveh as Deshret and Nabu Malikata. This will never leave my head, I fear
Growing increasingly tired of people who defend something to the point of denying obvious issues, I swear.
Commented under a wuwa-related post that I find it difficult to appreciate many female characters because, even though they try to give them diverse backstories and present experiences, they are almost all boiled down to the same thing in the end, and I was told I'm just saying nonsense and "I play other gacha too".
What?
Having actual diverse characters and trying to make them diverse but failing to actually follow through with it are not the same thing.
Wuwa has done the same thing on repeat every other patch at this point, no matter how good a character's backstory is. They are only starting to diversify things a bit now, but not to the point that makes me say "oh, finally this game doesn't go the catering way anymore".
9 times out of 10 we have a cool woman showing up, a cool backstory being presented, and then Rover being shoved in it as someone the character was interested in, is showing interest in, or will show interest in.
Aemath was the biggest breath of fresh air I've ever taken in this game, and it's the best example I can give of good writing for both the past and the present of a character.
How is all this not following a template regardless of their attempts to show them being different?
Even their male characters can fall under this, I'm not going to exclude them from this specific discourse. It's just less of them so it's less noticeable, but don't tell me they didn't pull the same thing with Jiyan, Xiangli Yao, and now Luuk.
I don't hate this game. If I did, I wouldn't continue playing it and hoping for the writing to steer towards the same exact thing over and over. I appreciate the story they're trying to tell, even if it gets pushed to the side many times.
Ignoring the issue or playing blind and deaf about it is not going to make things better, and it's not going to make you a better person compared to someone who points it out.
Also yes, I do play other gacha games. I do also complain about them when they pull the same thing multiple times. I do also praise them when they deserve it.
But I also grew up playing and currently play other games that are not gacha, especially story and lore heavy games, so when I see people laugh at me and use "gacha playing" as an excuse to be assholes I will talk back to them.
Putting down something to elevate another is not the move. Ignoring glaring issues to glaze something that has important flaws is not it.
And mocking people for expressing their opinion after failing to understand what they want to tell you only tells me you're a childish person unable to think outside of your own head.
Anyhow, if you like Mavuika DO NOT read this post and keep scrolling please. I mean it, don't read. Just keep liking her and scroll away, I have nothing against her fans and I don't want to have a fight with you all.
Also spoilers for the newest Archon Quest are included.
This is me ranting a bit, and I am angry and stressed, so... yeah. But I need to get it out of my system.
Doing the new quest has completely cemented how much I HATE Mavuika to my core.
I can't stand her anymore. What do you mean she's flaunting herself even here!?
Sure, I'm giving you the Gnosis, I don't use it, I'm better off without you know.
Of course. And Nahida undermining herself in comparison to her? Fuck no. No.
I'm so done with this character. I'm so done. Every single time she comes on screen there's an excuse to glaze her, whether coming from the game itself or outside of it.
I'm not someone that hates proud and strong characters alright? I like them, I like when characters are confident and bold, they can praise themselves no problem.
However, this is straight up just a mary sue stereotype through and through, insufferable to the core, ever perfect for everyone both in AND outside the game, and everything she does can never be spoken against.
No conflict allowed, no no. And she just happily gives away the Gnosis by saying "I'm strong, who cares".
I'm done. She needs to go. She needs to GO. I've never hated a character more than I hate her in this game, I don't like a single thing about this woman and every time she comes back it gets worse.
She is not well written at all. Good background? Yeah, it's interesting. I like her story, I like her existing twice, I like her past. But the present? No. Absolutely not. Worst thing I've ever seen, from personality to design to whatever she has in her kit that doesn't make sense in Teyvat. And the constant glazing + self praise combo is constantly ticking me off.
Stop forcing all of this on her every time she comes on screen. STOP.
Ah right, in the light of recent events, I sincerely hope we don't get a single other Harbinger playable because sexualizing Sandrone and getting rid of all her unique designs PLUS Pulonia is the worst thing I've ever seen.
I hate what they did with her, she looks a thousand times worse and there's no "lore" reason that could redeem that thing.
It's disgusting what Genshin has been doing in the past year and a half and I'm done with their bullshit. If Snezhnaya has all women dressed in useless revealing clothes I'm boycotting again like I did with Natlan. I don't fucking care about incel catering crap.
I...
I just saw someone say that people complaining about Natlan's kit designs are the reason we don't have unique gliding mechanics for characters.
Using Xianyun and Arlecchino as examples.
Famously known for having been release after Natlan, of course.
...
What the hell are we doing? What are we doing?!
Natlan got more than fair complaints, and now everybody and their mother is defending it because it's not "cool" anymore to criticize the mess they made.
I'm not going to say the kits in Natlan weren't creative, but they were such a huge leap compared to the rest of the game that they look out of place.
As cool as they may be, they don't fit Genshin as a whole, and that's not something you can just ignore. And saying the complaints are the reason why we don't get anything "cool" anymore???? What????????
It's so clear they did that JUST for the Natlan characters, because if you look at those from other nations that came out DURING Natlan, they are completely different and not weirdly unique in any way. They fit Genshin's style instead.
I'm so baffled at these people, I can't do this anymore. This fandom is genuinely starting to piss me off in ways I didn't believe possible, but honestly it's almost ALL fandoms at this point.
And those people who say "oh, you don't want Natlan to be unique because you're racist, this and that", are we kidding? Are we genuinely going mental?
Criticizing something with VALID examples and complaints is now prohibited, because you will be cancelled in some way. As someone who grew up in old fandom spaces, this is hell.
TO get back on the topic, we never had unique gliding mechanics. Never. All characters always had the same.
Why do you think everything should have changed the moment Natlan came out??? Why do you think the reason we don't have changes is the complaints?
WE NEVER HAD THEM TO BEGIN WITH.
Am I upset about it? Yes, I would love to see more unique animations. But I don't want them to suddenly appear out of nowhere and be limited to the newer characters and never updated for the old ones.
I'm not going to defend Genshin on everything they do, because especially now they are being lazy and greedy on a level that wasn't a thing a while ago, but I am going to get mad at people trying to use stupid reasons to accuse players for things that the company is responsible for.
And using Xianyun and Arlecchino as examples, two characters that came out BEFORE any complaint about Natlan could even be thought???
What??????????????????? The hell????????????????
Can we bring to light the ACTUAL issues of this community????? Instead of climbing mirrors to find stuff to harass people about??????
When I see other people's Serenitea Pot complicated builds I'm always in awe of everything, but when it comes to me I generally keep things simple and spaced out so I can fill up all areas if possible!
The load limit is a disaster for me, I want to do both things but had to choose one :(
Anyway, I'm having so much fun with my Emanator of Elation OC I've created, the first thing he decided to do against my will was start thinking Ashveil is pretty and boyfriending him.
I swear I didn't come up with this myself, that thing has as a life of his own.
Jokes on me for creating a Masked Fool directly chosen by Aha to be a mischievous little shit.