#estoult

[nasuversekinkmeme]

Caster being a trans ally to Shirou

Caster #1 ally to all

edit: now with a fill!

[versegm]

Saber

First impression

"Who is this blonde chick and why is she fucking everywhere he design isn't even that good and her bond lines suck" <- me, a clown, unaware of the rabies I'm about to catch

Impression now

SEIBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH [curls onto the floor and starts sobbing]

Favorite moment

This one scene in Garden of Avalons where she tells Merlin she's in love with him, not because she holds any kind of romantic feelings for him, but because she is SO deeply socially isolated that she thinks that's just another way to say thank you. It's heartbreaking.

Idea for a story

A Fate/Stay Night au where Saber is the one to go through the Tiger Dojo when she dies. My lion girl stuck in a time loop of her own making, and the tiger at death's door gives her helpful advice while also constantly giving her the option to just stop and finally die. Romance on the river Styx if you catch my drift.

A random opinion

Ok I know everyone likes to joke about her being a deadbeat dad but I just wanna say real quick that like. If some rando came to me one day to tell me they were my kid whom I had no memory of fathering, I wouldn't react gracefully either.

Favorite relationship

The beauty of Saber is that since she parallels basically everyone she has a great dynamic with everyone. To be a bit original tho I'm gonna out myself as the world's only Taiga/Saber shipper because their banter is hilarious and I think they could duke it out well. Also the aforementioned "if you kept seeing the same person everytime you died in a time loop you created wouldn't they come to pity you? Wouldn't they beg you to stop and leave? Would you listen, if you came to fall in love with death?"

[fennel-tea]

Roland/Angela for the ship asks

A+ OTP 10/10 Absolutely Godtier

okay, so the non-spoiler reason: Their dynamic rules. I think they bounce off each other incredibly well, they pick up on each other's mannerisms in a way I think is really sweet, Angela forcibly and violently removing all of Roland's limbs in the literal first two minutes of the game is probably the best meet-cute I've ever encountered.

It never feels like Designated Het (because, well...it isn't), Roland is also one of the only characters who just...never really questions Angela's personhood, and honestly I just adore them even just platonically. They get each other. But I, being myself, love it when things are just a little bit Messy.

Which is where we get into the spoiler reasons under the cut.

SO GUESS WHO IS STILL—STILL—FUCKED UP ABOUT THE LYRICS TO GONE ANGELS

The second The Reveal happened the friend who was watching me stream had a moment where we were just like "....welp this went from good ship to godtier ship"

I'm quoting myself from a previous discord conversation but the thing about Library of Ruina is that the core conflict is two extremely traumatized people knowingly walking into a sunk cost fallacy and having to consciously choose to break the cycle of violence for the sake of themselves, the people around them, and especially each other and I FUCKING LOVE IT ITS SUCH A MESS

They are both so fucked up in so many of the same ways and their conscious choice to continue to push their individual revenge agendas is unhealthy, and they know it is, but they both rationalize it as "I've come this far, I can't stop now"

...even if they don't necessarily want to.

By the end of Ruina, Roland and Angela love each other. Doesn't matter which way you interpret that, they really do.

They're dear friends (in Angela's case, Roland is her only friend)—Roland straight up starts crying when he ultimately chooses to turn his weapon on Angela, because the situation they're in sucks so fucking bad and he hates doing it, but if he stops then what was the point of all the pain and death? Does it render Angelica's death meaningless?

If Angela stops then what was her literal megaannum of pain for? Does it render all the suffering she inflicted, under Ayin's programming or otherwise, meaningless?

Angela and Roland, like the Sephirot back in lobcorp, are both so wrapped up in their own issues and personal pain that even beginning to push past that for the sake of themselves and each other, is a monumental task in itself. But.

It's that conscious choice that saves them.

In either of the endings where one kills the other they're both left waltzing down a lonely and miserable spiral that leads to their ultimate death, but choosing to finally stop carrying that pain as a shield so they can forgive each other means both of them get a second chance at life, to be happy, by each other's side, and just. They find fulfillment in each other!! They Get each other!!

augh god I fucking love Angela/Roland y'all I love characters who are two sides of the same coin idk how this is as much of a rarepair as it is

I get why people would be put off by it being het but it's got fucking Flavor

...also, if I may be a nitpicky little hagette for a brief moment, I keep seeing the notion that Roland is a father figure to Angela, which. what on earth are you smoking. you don't have to shove every character relationship you'd rather view platonically into Neat Nuclear Family Roles I promise it won't kill you

[phoenixlooper]

Pyre

'Not nearly big enough of a' hit supergiant game Pyre has a lot going for it.

It's fundamentally a sort of choose-your-own-adventure game with a grab bag cast playing fantasy rugby with lasers, but that's only surface deep.

It's the most I've cared about sports since i was in primary school

It's the best use of music I've seen in a game since The Caligula Effect

It's got a choice system that hardly impacts the overall narrative, because Pyre hardly has much an overall narrative, it's loose trappings of a rebellion formed of outcasts who game the system. But what it does impact is the sheer experience, which makes it probably my favourite choice system.

I have so much extra lore to read and because it was so loosely peppered throughout, like that fantastic part where Rukey asks for a song and the bard sings about the land and the stars.

This is hardly coherent ramblings but I love it so much. (Sidenote: Sandy, (F)ae, and Hedwyn are my favourites I think. But I like everyone so much.)

Also it's funny how much of a threat this looks like due to my sharing it's name for entirely unrelated reasons.

[estoult]

Penny for your thoughts?

Been playing more Tsukihime, and I’m really glad how much better Hisui route is than Akiha route. Also I’ve been thinking about how I need to do some sketching

[jupiter-suggestion]

16

a soft sort of melancholy, hidden by laughter. smile while they see you, and once the door is shut, let the smile slip and sink into the blue.

[liketheinferno2]

here’s the obvious fandom. ffxiv

THANK YOU

blorbo: ESTINIEN. MY BLORBEAUX. You show me a ratty stabby killy guy with cptsd and a strange fleshy artifact I simply go whole hog and don't stop. And he's recovering too now, how nice. Runner up was Haurchefant But Well You Know

scrunkly: Alphinaud. I have a viral tweet on the matter... Amazing the parental feelings they elicit from towards this kid by constantly threatening him with a maiming. Alisaie also fantastic but she can defend herself lol

scrimblo bimblo: Pipin. You know it's true because I took photos with him. Runner up Nanamo and Raubahn. So just dad and his kids.

glup shitto: I am not an Average Alberic Enjoyer. I'm well above average. Making and crafting images. He's my guy's dad and that's great. GO AHEAD AND ASK ME FOR THE FULL PICTURES THEN

poor little meow meow: Legally I have to say Fordola. Nidhogg as well.

horse plinko: Double dipping but Estinien and Alberic, as a duo my favourite fucking thing right now is making Estinien make choices that are SO BAD they give Alberic stomach ulcers.

eeby deeby: .............................. the big booty bitch

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Saber and Illya having solidarity about their stunted growths

Interesting pairings coming up as of late!