#last command

[auntienene]

[crimmakesthings]

i got super back into last command this week if you like undertale's bullet hell shenanigans id recommend giving it a go

if you dont like undertale's bullet hell shenanigans id still recommend giving it a go (i am very biased)

[purringysalamiri]

a redraw of the cover

[chimaeraisd]

I love Talon Karrde. He's that perfect combination of self-serving and loyal.

I hope one day you'll be canon again my sweet prince 🥲

[thesidascendancy]

i absolutely love leia’s moments on honoghr

[nonging]

“小菲喝到了想要的珍珠奶茶(☆▽☆)”

By Anemey_Lois

[fostersffff]

I made a post last summer about this game, which has since come out not only on Steam, but also the Switch. I finally got around to playing through it, and I gotta say, it's really cool, and I hope bringing it up again will get more people to check it out.

Gameplay-wise, it's a combination of Snake and a bullet hell shooter, but the further in you get the more evident it becomes that it's primarily drawing inspiration from Undertale, especially when it starts color-coding how to interact with enemy projectiles. It was a really fresh idea and one that I was very happy to sink my teeth into, especially since it provided a hearty challenge even on the standard difficulty. The stuff in-between those fights is pretty bland, but with even a basic level of competence you can blaze through it real quickly to get back to the good stuff.

Story-wise, it's endearingly hackish. Like, it's very transparent where the creator took whole chunks of this game's story from, but I think it's charming, especially since it uses those elements to build to a different message.

If any of that sounds appealing, there's a demo available on Steam!

[emperorsfoot]

Top 5 books/book series?

Ooh... this is a hard one... My favorites change every couple of months...

Hm...

Okay! The ones I keep coming back to most consistently are:

5.) The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop, this was my Twilight. When I was in high school, this was my supernatural romance centered around a Mary-sue who's main love interest was the most handsome and OP supernatural whatever-the-fuck in the land! It is by no means a "good" book. In fact, a lot of the themes and tropes in it kinda piss me off now. But it has definitely been one of the most influential books I've read and I can still see it's influence on me in my current writing today.

4.) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, I read this book during one of the lowest points in my life and what was supposed to be a terrifying dystopia sounded like the perfect world to me. Guaranteed housing, guaranteed employment, no slut-shaming, and if -for any reason- you weren't happy with your life, the government gave you free drugs to feel happy. Ten years ago when I was unemployed and living off my parent's charity, that sounded like a fucking utopia. I have different opinions of it now, but I still remember the way it made me feel back then and it's stayed with me.

3.) Star Wars: the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command. Easily the best Star Wars expanded universe books ever written. Every Star Wars fans needs to read them. I'd even say people that aren't that big into Star Wars should read them. They're a fun outer space adventure, but also a political drama with the militant Rebellion trying to shift gears and form a democratic government. It's really, really good! Also, it's the first appearance of the best Stsar Wars character, Mara Jade! You should read it for her alone!

2.) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, before Batman, before Zorro, the first "masked avenger" type character ever written was the Scarlet Pimpernel. A vigilante who rescued "innocent" noblemen from execution, sometimes mere minutes before they were lead to the guillotine. Adventure, romance, with a little bit of history as backdrop. A fun read, for anyone, but something I (personally) consider "required reading" for anyone who's a fan of the superhero genre in general. (Also, the Broadway soundtrack slaps!)

1.) Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin, this was the first "queer" book I ever read, about a single-gender society where all adults have the option of both sex-organs and which one they are might change from cycle to cycle. Also, the world building was extremely detailed and immensely immersive, I really felt like I was there on planet Winter with Genry as he was narrating. This is one of the books I recommend to everyone. Everyone should read it at least once in their life!