#hetaquips

[boifujo]

i love himedanshis so much hope my blog is enjoyable to you

This is such a kind ask thank you 😭😖🙏🏼

Sometimes I feel like an interloper or a pervert for being a guy in predominantly f/f spaces so it's so so nice to hear something like this. At the end of the day, aren't we all perverts??

Anyway yeah, your blog is supremely enjoyable. Keep fighting the good siscon fight ♀️❤️‍🔥♀️

[boifujo]

Hey it’s been awhile. Hope you’re doing well with yourself. Question but have you fallen out with Gravecest?

To be honest, yeah, pretty much. Or with Andrew specifically, I suppose. I just woke up one day and decided I was sick of male characters, and I only want to read about women and f/f relationships anymore.

Also, I got into the game for the incest, but I have no stomach for horror. 😅 The end of chapter 2 grossed me out so bad I lost all motivation to continue with the game.

(I still love Ashley and Renee though, trust. And Andy is cool if she's trans 🖤)

Anyway, hope you're well too, and thanks for the ask!

[boifujo]

If there’s anything you would like to change about TCOAAL what would it be? Just anything.

That's a hard one to answer. Not to suck Nemlei off too much, but the game is as close to perfect as it can be. :p

The storyline is superbly written, the characters are fascinating, and even with fairly simplistic graphics and sound effects, certain scenes manage to be genuinely horrific. It's hard to see where it could do better.

The only thing that really comes to mind is the puzzles. It's mostly just point-and-click, and knowing which items to interact with to progress the story, which is fine, but maybe there could be one or two other kinds. Nothing too complicated, as that might distract from the main plot, just some little brainteasers for a change of pace between the more emotionally intense scenes.

That's all I got, thanks for the ask!

[boifujo]

AMECAN??? DO YOU SHIP AMECAN??? AMERICA X CANADA???? PLEAAAAAASE

OMG yes I love hetalia incest ships!!! AmeCan is cute, they've got a really fun dynamic. Especially with top!Canada >;)

(I've seen this headcanon that he's actually quite a bit more experienced, or at least knowledgeable, on sexual matters thanks to growing up with France lol)

[boifujo]

Helloooooo!!! I saw that you like Hetalia 👀 Do you have any favourite ships that you really like? c:

Nice to meet ya, new moot 🤭

I love hetalia! I watched it around the time I started secondary school and it's never really left my head since lmao.

It is quite possibly what got me into shipcest (and yandere) in the first place! Even when I first watched it I remember being like "Damn. Russia and his crazy sister would make a great couple. If he wasn't so scared of her they should totally bang."

I don't really vibe with the other biggest incest ships (Germancest, Itacest, debatably USUK), though it's not because of the incest. Rather I just aren't fond of the characters or have other ships I prefer for them. There are some others I like including NiChu and SwissLiech, but they're not really my main ships.

Other than the incesty ones, some of my faves are AusHun, AsaKiku, TurkPol, LietUkr and FraGer (is that one incest if they both descend from the Carolingian Empire? idk)

Anyway yeah, I like straight ships, rare pairs, historically based ones and sibcest of course. RusBel ticks every one of those boxes & that's why I adore them 🥰🇷🇺🇧🇾

Thanks for the ask!

[boifujo]

Hey! Long time no see.

I wonder what do you think of some of my actual criticism for TCOAAL? The writing is kinda mid. The dialogue is at best, clunky and on the nose and at worst, forced and unnecessary I think the game could use some more subtlety as an improvement.

(it's been a while since I last played the game, so I only half remember some of the dialogue, but let's do this 😅)

I agree that the writing isn't exactly subtle. I think there's reasons for this, however. The game is largely an exploration of Andy & Leyley's personalities and why they are the way they are. Therefore the writing and dialogue lean more into character drama than exceptional prose.

That's not to say that the writing is bad. It does its job effectively, helping us to understand and empathise with the Graves siblings despite them clearly being horrible people. Which brings me to my next point; I don't consider myself an expert on horror media, but as a text-based and dialogue driven game, TCOAAL faces different challenges to a movie or more action-focused game. It can't rely so heavily on visual elements, so it's forced to tell the story almost entirely through descriptions of the characters and their conversations (plus occasional sound and visual effects). This, in my opinion, forces it to err on the clunky side. The alternative would be to leave things vague & let the reader come to their own conclusions. This certainly works in other games, but in this case, we're being prodded into seeing our protagonists a certain way, and this occasionally calls for some heavy-handed lines. Case in point, Ashley yelling "You chose me! ME!" Again, not subtle, but it establishes her character perfectly.

Last point I'll make is that Nemlei is, after all, just one person, so perhaps the dialogue is something of a rough draft. The sequential nature of the game, and criticisms like this, allow it to be refined a little as it develops.

TLDR; I agree that the writing is a bit clunky at times, and some of the interactions a little on the nose, but I can see the reasoning for that. In a medium with limited visual resources, a dialogue that lays it on thick helps us to get firmly into the headspace of these characters.

Thanks for the ask! This was an good one to think about, as I noticed some of the same things on my playthrough. I wouldn't say it detracts from my enjoyment of the game, but it's interesting to know someone drew the same conclusions.✌🏻

[boifujo]

Who would you pick as a voice actor for Andrew as well as Ashley?

Oooh, interesting, I was just thinking about this myself!

I have a very clear picture in my head of how the two of them sound, to the point that I can hear their lines in their respective voices. I know the game is set in Europe, but I tend to imagine them both with generalised American (or Transatlantic) accents. But trying to describe exactly how their voices sound to me in more detail is trickier.

Starting with Andrew cause he's a little easier. I hear him with the classic "angsty young man" voice, a mix of navel-gazey moaning with certain affectations that he feels make him sound more educated. Devon Bostick would be my pick to voice him as I reckon he can nail that kind of voice. Paul Dano could also work.

Ashley is harder because she's both immature and insecure, with barely any filter over what she says to those around her. There's a very shrill, whiny voice that I have in mind for her, but it's hard to think who could capture that. Most actresses try to sound fairly mature and respectable when they're giving interviews (and I'm not good at remembering what shows or movies I've seen them in 😅), so it's difficult to judge who would be a good fit. Megan Fox seems like she can pull off those kinda vibes pretty well though, so I'll go with her. (Though I think it would be incredibly funny if she were voiced by Grey DeLisle.🔥)

Thanks for the ask, it was fun to consider who I'd pick!

[boifujo]

Some time ago I made this headcanon featuring some OC kids for Zuko and Azula, any thoughts?

Izumi: A playful mommy and daddy’s kid, frequently accompanying them around the palace as well as hanging out with the rest of her siblings. Izumi, despite being her playfully energetic self, knows when to be serious when the time comes.

Suna: The second oldest child of Zuko and Azula next to Izumi, Suna idolizes his mother during The Thousand Year War. Suna isn’t exactly liked by the rest of his siblings as they think he’s an arrogant moron and a weasel who backstabs anyone for his own personal gain. He does deeply care for his parents and siblings and would help or comfort them if they needed.

Hito: Suna’s twin sister is a quiet introverted girl who rarely hangs out with her siblings, spending time in the library reading and learning about her nation’s history. This knowledge led her to discover her parents were siblings, but she doesn’t mind it, as long as she has the library then she’s happy to be their daughter.

Kirihan and Senai: The two youngest children of Zuko’s family, the inseparable pair both share the same love and passion for their favorite activity; causing mischief. Kirihan always comes up with the plan as she believes she’s the brains of the duo while Senai serves as the muscle as he doesn’t really know much, despite being two years older. Much like his father, he finds himself being called a “Dum-Dum” by his sister.

Very cute! I think Zuko & his sisterwife will certainly have their hands full, haha.

I wonder how they'd feel if they find out Hito knows about them. Must be weird having to come out to your own kids...