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Just a quick question when it comes to angst. What's your most favorite and least favorite trope.

For me my favorite is terminally ill characters. Characters slowly dying and trying to close themselves off or hide it from their allies. But someone manages to worm their way into the heart just enough that in a moment of tenderness they accidentally reveal they are dying. Love that shit and it's many forms . I'm still like obsessing over how cyberpunk 2077 does it. Especially with the romancable characters. A scene will go from your character being an unbelievable badass and talking with your potential partner. Then suddenly all the power drains from your body and you're on your knees coughing up blood and suddenly their right next to your side fear and worry in their voice. Love it.

My least favorite has to be "hurting someone to protect them." Hate it hate it. Idk what it is about it i guess the idea of pushing someone you care for away by trying to hurt their feelings really sucks to me? Because if they care for you there's other ways to have them take their distance instead of beating on them emotionally or physically

Oh this is such a fun question because god do I love angst :3

I think my favourite angst is the effect of grief.

Like I think this is obvious enough from how I write S1 Ianite and Redbeard (and the fact that I'm so attached to Redbeard of all characters in the first place), but I absolutely love exploring the effects of grief on characters especially when it drives their character.

I love writing this trope. Obviously for Mianite, but grief is also the driving factor for Katherine Delaney, one of my major OCs.

And also pretty much all my favourite media has grief angst somewhere.

For my favourite examples: Your Turn to Die, Danganronpa V3, and Alice in Borderlands (the manga) because the way that they all use in character arcs forward just hits my brain in the right place.

(Couple notes: I've said Danganronpa V3 specifically because I think it does grief far better than the other two games. But I also can pinpoint specific characters in 1 and 2 that I think are also great grief angst for me.

And while I've said the manga for Alice in Borderlands, because I have a LOT of problems with the TV show adaptation, the Seven of Hearts episode is still phenomenal)

For my less favorite, misunderstanding angst.

I hate it, I hate it so goddamn much. Like really, you can't think of any other form of conflict than having a character assume the worst for no reason? You're all gonna turn against your friend or your partner or your family member because you saw them doing an assumed action from a distance or you heard some rumor that they did a bad thing. You would've all fallen for satanic panic.

I think I have developed a larger hate for this because it's in kids media a lot (I have quite a few younger siblings) in which the misunderstood character always forgives everyone at the end and like FUCK that. Just once I want someone to go "No I don't forgive you for assuming the worst in me" and that to be treated like a good and normal thing.

I can like this trope in death game media, where characters turning to witch hunt behaviour makes sense. However, whenever it's used in other genres (and it is, so often) it tends to piss me off.

Also for yours, I also really love terminally ill characters. Again Danganronpa V3, my beloved, has this. I always love reading fics with this being the main angst driver. And I kinda love leaning into Sonja hiding just how bad her flux flu is from everyone (I just like have so many fic ideas so little time).

I also really love Hanahaki which is a very specific subtype of terminal illness angst.

And honestly yeah, "hurt you to protect you" sucks. It feels to me a lot like misunderstanding angst in that it tends to feel quite cheap like the author couldn't think of a better conflict.

"I'm going to act like a massive dick so you don't feel bad about killing me" is about the closest thing to this trope that I do enjoy, but I think that's because it can only happen in life or death circumstances and it tends to be a much shorter act.

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Just saw you on a YouTube short. Welcome to the zoo

↖️ has been here like 3 times now

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I've been obsessed with ff14 for a month or so now and the only game i am looking forward to (remember is set to come out) is silksong.

So any up coming game recs to sink my teeth into between grinding sessions in ff14?

when i first read this ask i was clocking in to work and completely missed ‘up coming’ so i have a mix of coming out and already out to recommend, i hope that’s cool!

when it comes to games that haven’t released yet, i wanted them to have demos attached to them so that you could get a feel for the mechanics and atmosphere!

1.) Am I Nima

when i tried out the demo it got bumped up to number one in my wishlists omg!!!! it’s gameplay features gathering words from your environment to make new ones to gain an understanding of what has happened to your character. the artstyle is really cool looking and from what little we get of the story has me excited for the full release!

2.)Demonschool

the fight mechanics to the game are grid based and you move 4 different characters, all with their own abilities and attacks, to the end of the grid. it’s turn based and, i think, depending on the fight scenario either you have to defeat all enemies or get to the other side. from what the demo shows i believe there will be optional romances and side missions! i’m not sure if it’s be considered open world but there’s definitely a lot to do along side the main quest.

3.) Mindwave

it’s a warioware style type of game, you battle different people and their type of minigames will depend on their personality!

4.) Bye Sweet Carole

unfortunately there is no demo for this game, but it’s style caught my eye and it looks like it’s going to be great! it honestly might be a day one but from me.

5.) Silent Hill f

i have been waiting for this game since like sh: the short message came out. when i saw the first trailer i was vibrating, to get a release date and for this year as well omfg i cannot contain my cool!!!!! however, regardless of how happy i am to get a new silent hill game…i am not pre-ordering or buy day one </3 it’s a very expensive game. which it deserves to be a little, it looks great but i cannot do that to my wallet.

now for games i have played!

1.) Awaria

it’s a cute very fast paced game. you play as a mechanic who’s trying to fix a ship she’s on while being attacked by ghosts! it’s a whole $0 and definitely worth it!

2.) Signalis

one of my favorite games ever! it’s got a lot of elements from old survival horror games that i really enjoy. however there are some cut scenes that feature flashing lights and or images flashing quickly on screen, so if that something you can’t handle definitely be careful!

3.) Sorry We’re Closed

i feel a little rude to recommend you game i have yet to finish BUT! it’s good. it’s sooo good! there are multiple endings and the game has movement set to third person but fighting in first and all the characters are so cool and interesting (both in design and personality). ugh i just get so side tracked sometimes that i don’t finish games i start, but luckily this game has a demo you can try before you buy the full thing!

[coolcattime]

was looking for something in my follower list and saw these little symbols by some of my follower's names. and it shows how long we've been mutuals for. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS???? MUTUALS FOR 4 YEARS??. i feel like i don't send asks to you enough well for now on that will change.

Omg I can't believe it's been so long!!! Time is funny (and slightly horrifying lol)

I'm also super bad with sending asks, but yes omg we should interact more :3

[coolcattime]

Mianite but the hoa comes through (only jordan is compliant)

nooooo none of them deserve the horrors of a hoa D:

though i can just imagine the sheer joy everyone gets from jordan's house being pranked and destroyed in this universe while they're all paying hoa fines

[licantropa]

What's your favorite horror ascetic?

Colorful! The best examples I can think of right now is Argento’s Suspiria, The Love Witch (even if the movie itself bored me it was a nice watch), Little Shop of Horrors, and Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s so fun to see horror movies play around with color and have things pop, instead of everything being so dark I have no idea what’s happening.

Some screenshots I found that I hope show what I mean! Thank you for the ask!!

[coolcattime]

Sparklez fam idea.

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Sparklez spends hundreds of years perfecting his craft he becomes a peerless swordsman. That the gods fear. They say he once carved a valley with a single stroke of his blade. His name is spoken with equal measures of awe and fear.

Crumb is exactly the same but she has a gun.

No one is scared of tubbo but they should be the kid has been stockpiling nukes

So I will say at the start here that I haven't watch much minecraft roleplay stuff beyond Mianite, only vaugely knowing DSMP stuff cause a lot of the people I follow for Mianite watch/watched it and my best friend loved Technoblade, so I'm a little lost on who Crumb is.

That being said, my god do I love this idea. There's something so fasanating about a family who's just completely feared for their prowess in battle, yet everyone's ignoring the one with nukes. Like it's genuinely kinda funny to me.

[coolcattime]

Ohh i wanna see your scarvi outfit

Apologises, these aren't the best pictures, but I really like my outfit. I really want to be able to wear a hat, but I like the hairstyle too much to give it up.