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Team Virtue wins. Flawless victory.
The final route for Steam Prison opens up only after every single other ending has been found, both the good and bad. We have to begin a new
In which Faith finds his moxie, Justice faces her demons, and Charity is a benevolent troll.
The sixth and final route for a single character in Steam Prison is for Fin Euclase, Tistella’s assigned partner in the Heights police. His
In which Hope really just wants to die and expects Justice to be the one kill him. Charity tries to supply him with enough chocolate to last a year. It actually helps.
Or: The Ariqun Falls in Love
Saint Yune’s route unlocks after a certain amount of progress has been made in Steam Prison. Specifically, one of Ulrik’s bad endings is req
Sir Ines Heinrich Heine, vice-commander of the Hounds, has the honor of occupying the fourth position in the recommended progression of Stea
In which Fortitude is basically a Disney prince able and willing to help Justice with most of her plot problems.
I chose not to waste my limited supplies on someone I couldn’t save. There’s no point in that.Adage Roselite Our third route through Steam P
In which Temperance is a bad cook with no social graces and has to get over himself in time to stop extreme crimes against humanity. Justice is terrified of lizards.
There is no particular order that the routes in Steam Prison need to be completed for the most part, but when following the recommended prog
In which Prudence is a jerk, but Charity knows he can be bribed with chocolate. Meanwhile, Justice faces off against Vice and struggles to keep everyone alive.
This is not a walkthrough for Eltcreed’s portion of Steam Prison. It is further analysis of his story and background that feed into him ulti
In which Justice has a good deal to learn from Charity, and Prudence keeps everyone in line.
Some things grab me by surprise. A rare number of these things dig their claws in and don’t let go. Steam Prison, a Japanese visual novel ga
New chapters! Two magi walk into a bar; a long-overdue visitor arrives; and a djinni chases after a fallen star.
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Magus: The Kingdom (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/UiNb/1jPeYxrSxH In the beginning was the World, and the World was split in two. When the Great Seal of Al-Yaqut shattered, ancient walls came tumbling down. Djinn spill into the realm of men, and the United Council of Magi find themselves struggling to set aside their own differences to adequately confront it. Only the immortal magi of the long-shunned House of Amberjaune have dared to stand in the line of otherworldly fire. An ocean away, Sister Siyana Malik answers the call of a childhood friend to be the new herbalist for the prestigious Tesla Academy. Her skills at poultice and tincture are rivaled only by her knowledge of djinn. A chance encounter with Master Luke Westman, teacher and expert pyromancer, is set to test her power and resolve when the chaos of Al-Yaqut refuses to remain overseas. In the beginning was the World, and the World was on Fire.
When in doubt, write like Dickens. The only way I seem to be able to get any of my stories complete is if I go the serial fiction route. Looking for some new fantasy to read?
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In the beginning was the World, and the World was split in two. When the Great Seal of Al-Yaqut shattered, ancient walls came tumbling down. Djinn spill into the realm of men, and the United Council of Magi find themselves struggling to set aside their own differences to adequately confront it. Only the immortal magi of the long-shunned House of Amberjaune have dared to stand in the line of otherworldly fire.
An ocean away, Sister Siyana Malik answers the call of a childhood friend to be the new herbalist for the prestigious Tesla Academy. Her skills at poultice and tincture are rivaled only by her knowledge of djinn. A chance encounter with Master Luke Westman, teacher and expert pyromancer, is set to test her power and resolve when the chaos of Al-Yaqut refuses to remain overseas.
In the beginning was the World, and the World was on Fire.
You know what I want more of? Variety in aliens. No, I don’t mean more designs for alien species. I mean variety within a species. They always seem to have the same government, the same culture, the same religion, the same language. Come on, humans don’t work that way!
“Say, there’s a Qualar over there. What are they saying?”
“No idea.”
“What?”
“That’s a Kinzian Qualar. I’m a Surolian Qualar. You’d have just as much luck understanding them as I would. You’re lucky I even speak Human.”
“Human isn’t a language.”
“What?”
“Carl, we’ve been speaking Russian. There’s also Arabic, French, English–about a thousand others–”
“HOW DO YOU HAVE SO MANY LANGUAGES YOUR PLANET IS TINY.”
My favorite part about this is that the alien is named “Carl.”
Power of fictional characters right here.
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Mark Ruffalo Penned an Impassioned Defense of Joss Whedon and Feminism
“It’s barely been a week since Avengers: Age of Ultron hit theaters, but already its filmmakers have been on the receiving end of some controversy.
It started with some backlash surrounding the flick’s portrayal of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow character—Natasha Romanoff, as she’s otherwise known, is given a love story this time around (no spoiler alerts, though!). It seems some fans are upset by it and believe that she was treated differently than the male Avengers, and that the arc resorted to old school stereotypes. Of course, these are feelings by just a small contingent, but a contingent nonetheless.
On Monday Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon quit Twitter and the rumor mill started buzzing with the belief that he was distraught over harsh words from the fans. There’s no definitive proof for this theory, but it does add some fuel to the controversy fire. Today, though, Mark Ruffalo (AKA The Hulk) decided to weigh in.
The actor was in the middle of a Reddit AMA about the issue of water defense when he was asked about the recent outburst of criticism against Whedon.
“I think it’s sad,” Ruffalo said bluntly. “Because I know how Joss feels about women, and I know that he’s made it a point to create strong female characters.”
Mark went on to explain that he believes part of the problem lies in the shortage of female characters in superhero movies—fewer characters means fewer storylines, and that causes viewers to become hypersensitive about exactly what is chosen for each woman.
Ruffalo also points out that he believes that the idea of bringing love to a superhero is “beautiful” and that there’s nothing wrong with making the Avengers characters more whole—in fact, he thinks that Black Widow is one of the strongest characters in the film (again, no spoilers, but she plays the protector in her relationship). To him, the fans are misplacing their anger.
“I think that what people might really be upset about is the fact that we need more superhuman women,” he wrote. “The guys can do anything, they can have love affairs, they can be weak or strong and nobody raises an eyebrow. But when we do that with a woman, because there are so few storylines for women, we become hyper-critical of every single move that we make because there’s not much else to compare it to.”
Ruffalo himself has been a vocal advocate for women and has encouraged Marvel Studios to become more inclusive, even tweeting out last week “@Marvel we need more #BlackWidow merchandise for my daughters and nieces. Pretty please.” In his mini essay, he reiterated that he believes Joss Whedon has the same sentiments at heart and that it’s been hard to watch him take the fall for a problem that certainly has more to do with the business of film than anything else.
“I know Joss really well,” wrote Ruffalo. “I know what his values are. And I think it’s sad, because in a lot of ways, there haven’t been as many champions in this universe as Joss is and will continue to be.” But, he continued, “People are going to have their opinions. And that’s actually a great thing. The fact that this is a debate that’s coming out of this movie is probably a positive thing.”
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See also: Joss Whedon Calls “Horsesh*t” On Reports He Left Twitter Because Of Militant Feminists
To all the people who whine about the Cage Black Widow Didn't Break Out of On Her Own: ...did you seriously miss how she jerry-rigged a telegraph from boot laces and chewing gum with more finesse than McGyver? She still managed to save herself using everything at her disposal, including and not limited to the physical strength of another human being that wouldn't know where she was if she hadn't TOLD them.
Relying on teamwork doesn't inherently make someone weaker or less capable. That whole movie pivoted on each Avenger completely relying on the strength or skill of another at one point. It pivoted on them being a TEAM.