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Ok so I decided to make a whole new post because this gets pretty long winded. (I tag this stuff with #longtextpost for blocking)

Anyways, here is my official analysis and reconstruction of

Balan Wonderworld:

(Which should be Balan Wonderland for rhyming purposes)

Oh god, this got really long, um here is a cut:

First off, allow me to say that I did love the "pop-up" feeling of the game a whole lot. I want to keep that, and the doors. Controls and some of the graphics will need to be fixed. By graphics I mean, make things a bit more stylized and not try so hard to be realistic because it did not look like it belonged in the world of whimsy. I also really loved the "stage" bits and honestly the game had a lot of VERY GOOD POTENTIAL and lovely themes, but it was just lost and muddied with the way it was executed. So I'm just going to RECONSTRUCT the entire thing!

Ok so Balan is kidnaping two children, a boy and a girl, and I want them to be both playable, kind of like being able to switch between the two characters or two players because both of their stories will be important. (I'm going to change their stories completely) Also I would keep all of the people, their stories and their bosses. (except maybe we don't show them getting resolved, but this is for later) (also those doofy dance scenes can be cut too)

This game is all about emotions and coping with three major "Bad Feelings" Anger, Sadness and Fear

And most of the "side people" can be grouped into these three worlds, but I feel like putting them in order of intensity will flow better for the story. (like showing a farmer loosing his entire crop, then showing some dude loosing chess, it pretty much makes the chess player look silly and invalidates him. but putting them in order will stress the different levels of emotion)

Before I go into these level, I must bring about a very special element to the game. Bottles. This is what Balan is going to provide to the children to defeat the bosses. In order to defeat them, they will have to fight them down and then Bottle them up!

I had a few moments where I had a bit of a hard time placing people in categories, but I chose what I chose to make it perfectly even.

3 worlds, 5 levels each

I also involved the children and changed their stories.

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Ok World 1 (Anger)

(For story elements, the main player will be Leo, and player 2 or the computer will be Emma)

- Level 1. Irritation

-This is the chess guy. He's obviously the first case. He's mad because he lost a chess game and his championship.

-Level 2. Frustration

-The boy who is trying to invent the Airplane. He keeps failing and is obviously angry and frustrated with himself.

-Level 3. Anger

- The woman who is upset about the city taking over nature, I almost placed her in sadness, but I felt like the emotion was toward the construction workers, so she got placed into anger

-Level 4. Rage

- The farmer lost all of his land and hard work. Just weeks of labor and even he may depend on that for finances. He is furious at the storm that caused it

-Level 5. Fury

- Here is where we bring in one of the main protags. The Boy; Leo

*His story is that he lost his parents in a car accident He is now in an orphanage and he is coping with his loss with anger. To the point of obsessed fury at the driver who killed his parents and ruined his life.

-The boss is on the other side of a door, symbolizing that you must initiate having to face and defeat your own emotions

-His boss is a representation of anger itself, I had pictured a very fire powered frog (fused with a car??) with perhaps a very loud sound shockwave (anger- screaming) That you would have to cover or tape his mouth in order to weaken him. (Silencing your rage, holding it in) And then of course, getting a big bottle, in order to bottle him away

This is all shown in celebration, like we did it! We beat them! We captured the bad guys!! We stopped them! :'>

--We are also going to get introduced to Lance here. An evil bad guy who tries to stop the kids from capturing the bosses and insist that they give into them, Let them take over you! So maybe a mini battle happens here, to where he escapes

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So moving onto World 2: Sadness

(For story elements, the main player will be Emma, and player 2 or the computer will be Leo)

-Level 1. Somberness

-This is the old man who is sad because nobody notices his hard work and they just trash the street anyways.

-Level 2. Melancholy

-This is the artist who fell into an art run and just cant seem to find the inspiration she needs to make art :'(

-Level 3. Sadness

-The girl who was almost accidentally killed by her dolphin friend. She is really upset about this, Almost like being betrayed by a dear friend

-Level 4. Grief

-This is the girl who lost her cat. Not only that, but she feels as if it is her fault that her pet got hit by a car :'(

-Level 5.

-Now this is the other main protag, the Girl; Emma.

*Her story is that she grew up with her grandmother. What happened to her parents is unknown, but her Grandmother is all she had in the world. She lost her to sickness, as we see her being taken from the hospital to go live in the orphanage (Yup, the same one, you may realize where I'm going with this already. )

-The boss is on the other side of a door, symbolizing that you must initiate having to face and defeat your own emotions

-Her boss is some sort of creature (I couldn't decide, but perhaps fused with doctor equipment like IVs) That cant stop crying, and uses lots of water attacks. You defeat it with a special sleeping potion that makes it fall asleep and allows you to weaken it

(Ignoring or using substances to dull your sadness)

Now comes World 3: Fear

--Once again we are met with Lance who tells us that we are fools and that we are only prolonging our doom, that it will get worse, ect...

and again he has a little mini battle and escaping again

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-Level 1. Worry

-The bug girl is a little paranoid that nobody likes her and that nobody will like her because of her 'strange' interest.

-Level 2. Anxiety

-This is the clown boy who is simply too nervous to confess his love to the girl at the amusement park.

-Level 3. Fear

-The fireman has to go into the fire and is experiencing genuine fear. Maybe he will die, maybe he wont be able to save the victims. That's very scary to have to literally jump into fire!

-Level 4. Dread

- This is the woman who lost her parents and shut herself away from her lover. Far too afraid to let herself love again, even though her fiancé is trying to be there for her

Now here is where things get interesting, who's world is this? Well as you get closer to this final boss. The final door. Balan starts to drop his act. He starts acting really nervous.

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But then Lance appears. This time he seems determined more than ever. He tried to warn them.. Suddenly the bottles that hold Leo's and Emma's monsters break and they come out looking meaner and bigger and badder than before! He tried to tell you that you couldn't bottle them, they only get stronger... but Balan knew this... didn't he?

Balan is looking really nervous right about now and he should be because Lance is going to reveal his little secret. This world is Balan's world. The Monster behind the door is his. He tried to bottle it many times but it grew too powerful, so he sealed it away behind the door. Not only that but he spied upon helpless human beings trying to pick out the most miserable of them all to train them to fight and capture monsters in hopes that they would fight his battles for him.

But that doesn't work, that never works!

Lance goes on to say the only way is to let them in, to take over, to control you, to possess you.. just as he has done...

Here, he absorbs both of the monsters from the children and here he becomes the Big Boss

-To defeat him, you must separate his components away from him. Once you separate the components. You can't attack them or they will just keep going. In the battle, you just have to endure long enough for them to wear themselves out. To get it all out.

Once you defeat Anger, Leo will hug it and it will turn docile

Once you defeat Sadness, Emma will hug it and it will turn docile

But you will not be able to defeat Lance. Leo and Emma will be defeated.

Balan will have been cowering the entire time but there will be a button saying "Don't Give Up" and you will have to push it several times in a dramatic fashion in order to unlock playing as Balan!

Balan will have powers of light and you will have to strike your light onto Lance as quickly and often as you can!

When you defeat Lance, Balan looks at Leo and Emma and their tamed monsters, There are two doors that look ready to be open. Then he picks Lance up and hugs him

This triggers a huge Flashback!

The Flashback shows them as silhouettes in photos, like a scrapbook. They appear to be growing up together, Brothers..

And then you see an image of Balan laying flowers on a bridge,

Him sitting with his back against his front door,

Vines grow around his house signifying that he never left his home ever again

He goes as far to board up his front door

but then he starts to build.. He starts remaking changes to his door, science and magic are not even at question in this point

Time is going by, pages fall from the calendar, the vines engulf the house

The door is complete....

The Flashback ends and there stand Balan and Lance. But Lance's form has now changed, he looks human!

Lance explains through vague dialogue. "I'm sorry .. I left.. but It was because I let the monster consume me... I..." He points at the doors. "The children are ready to go back... but you must open your own door, nobody can open it but you"

Balan looks at his door, but it hasn't changed, Its big and its dark and its looming. He reaches a hand but there is something thrashing and banging against the door trying to get out! Balan is shaking, you can hear his heart racing in his chest. The door is deafening and is starting to crack. Lance tries to be at Balan's side, but it is too late. The Door bursts open and the Darkness Consumes Balan.

-Ultra-Balan-

The Final Battle

Ok so here we are. Fear has possessed Balan and turned him into the ultimate Boss fight. You will now have your tamed emotions to help you in battle.

Anger and Sadness, they will have turned into Venting and Relief

You will need both of their powers to get you through Balan's first two phases, but the 3rd will be undefeatable.

SO now what? Remember how I said that we would not be showing the redemption of the people you met along the way? Well here they are and now its time. They all release their bottles and embrace their monsters, changing them!

When they embrace their monsters, each person now goes through their resolve in their life and shows how they got through their traumas!!

The now-tamed Monsters all band together to created one giant dome of light that completely surrounds everything!

And when the light settles, there is Balan, looking very different. He still has his hat over his face, but he lifts it to reveal his very human face. He has tears just rolling down his face.

The kids hug him and the people cheer. They start to disappear as if they were never there, leaving only the brothers and the kids.

Balan looks at their doors and with a sentimental goodbye, sends them back to their world.

His door awaits him, now calm as ever. He knows that he must go through. Lance holds his hand as he opens the door.

Its the outside of his home.. just his same front door, just as he left it.

He steps through and pauses. His hand holding onto Lance's

Lance nods with tears in his eyes, he knows he can not follow

Balan must.. let him go

Balan lets go of his hand and walks through the door

The outside world is awaiting him.. its quiet and he turns around to look into his home, but its just his normal home. Just as he had left it

He shuts the door behind him .. and decides he will go for a walk today

Now here is where the credits role as he is walking down the street. He passes by people that look very familiar to him. He waves and laughs with the people on the street and he goes along. He's happy to see how much they have made friends with each other as well!

He keeps walking until he reaches a building, the Orphanage. He knocks and for a moment there is no answer. But then the door slams open and Leo and Emma leap out and embrace him as they know they have found a new home!!

It zooms out and into the sky, the credits finish

The end

This connects all three of them. They all experienced loss in some form. Each of them went thought a different coping emotion. But the morale of our story being that you can't bottle them or hide them away. But you also cannot let them consume you. You must face your battles and learn to cope with your emotions

Though Balan and Lance are first introduced as "Good and Evil" It comes to pass that they are both wrong in their extremist way of dealing with problems and that they were just as lost as the kids were. In the end, they all helped each other ;w;

I really really hope you enjoyed reading all of this if you did.

Let me know if you would have added/changed any of this!

I had a ton of fun envisioning this!

[fandom-glitchx]

What do y'all think?

“Hop!” Robin Hood jumped from one roof to another, his friends – Little John and Tuck – were right near him. The trio was on patrol, trying to patrol the town they so dearly cared about – Nottingham – usually from Prince John’s schemes or the Bandits.

“Huh, today seems an oddly calm day, doesn’t it?” Tuck asked, stopping on one of the bright red brick roofs, the duo also halted.

“What do you mean?” Robin put his hands on his hips.

“I mean, this week Prince John or even the Bandits haven’t tried anything malicious! Doesn’t it feel weird? Don’t you get the feeling that today is the day for their chaos?” The short one opened his pouch and took out a sandwich.

“I guess you’re right, it is odd.” Little John swung his club over his shoulder.

“But what could they be planning? Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to check…” Hood thought out loud.

“Especially with the king out on a political trade and, again, a week with no chaos, without him, of any kind… Something is very much wrong.” John looked over the city, now the trio’s eyes on the castle.

“We have to check out the castle.” They decided and started running towards the big stone structure, right until-

“Mail! Mail for Nottingham!” The mailman called out, this time with a wagon, pulled by two preserving horses.

“Mail? Now?” Tuck looked at his friends, then back to the mailman that had just arrived.

“In a wagon, no less.” The purple one crossed his arms, his club now between his legs.

“It’s most likely a package for King Richard. We should protect it until we get it safe to the castle and from Prince John.” Robin commented, now crouching.

The postman took the bag from behind the back of the wagon – just letters and a few little boxes – the town folk spread out in a circle around the man, being happy that they received their packages and messages, receipts, some other things, even Marian got a small covered in blue box from it.

The Sheriff of Nottingham and his guards quickly took the odd package to the castle, ignoring the fact that they first came here to collect tax a few secs ago.

“Must be pretty important.” Robin Hood looked off to where the group ran off, then shrugged and his attention got back to the something still in the wagon, just like all the villagers – it looked huge, probably the width of Little John’s arms, the mailman even struggled to pick it up and he was a pretty strong guy.

The trio hopped closer to the ground, hoping to lend some help to the man, but he picked it up, struggling very much, it looked as if the wagon got lighter and the horses breathed out, finally able to somewhat relax.

“What would possibly be in that box?” Tuck wondered.

Then the villagers started swarming like bugs, wondering where it was from, from who and to who, almost sure that it was to the gone King Richard, maybe Prince John for another scheme, but no, the mailman called out:

“A package for Robin Hood!”                  

Everyone gasped, even the trio did not expect that, Robin nearly fell off the roof before Little John caught him and they later got all safely to the ground.

“Robin Hood?” He repeated again. “Anyone here named Robin Hood?”

“Uh, yes, here! Coming!” The boy yelped out, his friends running with him. “What’s in it? From who is it?”

“I don’t know, I do not care, it is simply not my business. But they said it was from a guy called: ‘Ermis Felix of Wroxeter’. If you want to know what it is, then look in it yourself.” The mailman got back onto the wagon and giddied up his horses, it leaving dust as it wheeled away as fast as lightning – the horses really got back to life.

John, Robin, Tuck and the villagers coughed a little, and when the dust settled, one of the younger villagers asked: “What is it, Robin?”

“Well, I don’t know, I didn’t order anything, nor do I know some ‘Ermis’ guy… Hey, Little John can you take it back to the hideout?” Robin Hood scratched the back of his head.

“Sure thing!” The boy stretched and managed to pick up the box, but it was clearly really hard for him, too hard, so Robin and Tuck also grabbed onto it.

“Whoa! It surely has some weight!” Tuck complained.

“The sooner we get it to the hideout, the better. Let’s hurry before the Sheriff gets back and demands it as ‘tax’, even though we’re outlaws!” The friends started going into Sherwood forest, step by step, carefully and not rushing, trying not to tire themselves out or accidentally drop the ‘gift’ from the guy.

Sometime later:                 

“We came here as fast as we could, Robin!” Scarlett called out, panting, with Marian and Derke, in hamster form and on her shoulder, behind her.

“So, what is it?” The princess came closer – everyone eager to see what is in it.

“Well, let’s find out!” Robin took out a sharp small knife and cut the ropes tangling it, finally getting to open the lid and inside it, the first thing they saw was a letter – probably from the ‘Ermis Felix of Wroxeter’.

Hood took it and carefully took off wax that sealed the letter:

“Huh, looks official.” He muttered and finally read out the letter: “’Dear Robin Hood of Locksley, my civilization dearly thanks you for the hard work you have done for this kingdom of yours. You are truly a hero, while the castle seems to fail to see it, the rest of the world does. Myself and my wife, Marianne, included, thank you for your service.

These arrows we have worked on for years. For their safekeeping, they were given to us by one sent from the gods – who, in your theology, I believe would be the Lady of the Lake. I feel those weapons should only fall into your hands. But be careful: These arrows are more than you could ever expect.

Sincerely, Ermis Felix of Wroxeter’”

A quiet moment went through the whole hideout.

“Wait- Did he say arrows? No way-“ Robin quickly took off the cover cloth, even more boxes, but really colorful ones, they looked like they were stacked one upon another, the first layer had 5 red boxes, 5 blue, 5 white, 5 green, a few more boxes that Robin couldn’t name.

“Should I open one of them?” He asked.

“Well, I don’t see why not, the letter said that ‘the arrows are more than he expects’, so maybe they’re really pretty or sharp? I don’t think anything will happen if you don’t use them.” Tuck thought out loud, snapping the rest of the group back to life.

“They’re all good points but maybe it’s something else?” Robin folded his arms, stepping away from the box for safety. “Yeah, maybe it’s a booby trap? From Prince John, most likely.”

“You know, instead of fearing or guessing what could be in those boxes, we should just look, as the mailman said, maybe it’s just some arrows?” Little John came closer to Robin, putting a hand on his shoulder.

 “There’s a group of us, anyway, so one could save the other if it is a trap.” Scarlet argued. “Right, Marian?.. Marian?” She looked back, but her friend wasn’t there.

Turns out that Marian was already near Scarlet’s cousin and she just took the letter straight from his hands, looking into the wax letter stamp, the writing style, grammar and name again.

“Ermis Felix of Wroxeter…” She mumbled under her breath, studying the letter even more, the girl flipped it on the other side, even looking through it through the sun, an official emblem of the stamp once more appeared. “Woah, even the paper is way more sophisticated than what John would want to get, if this was his trick, and there’re no grammar mistakes, the writing is astonishing – everything! This is from a true ruler, somewhere probably far off.”

“You ever heard of him?” Robin inquired.

“No, never. This is the first time that I’ve heard of someone like that, and with a wife of a similar name to mine.” She gave the note back to the green one.

“What about you, Derke?”

“No, I also agree with Marian on this, through all my years of flying and living as a dragon and a hamster, I have never heard of anyone like that.” The hamster on the maiden’s shoulder replied.

Finally, their attention got back to the boxes inside the bigger box, Robin came closer and kneeled, taking one of the red boxes out.

“Be careful!” Tuck cried out.         

“I’ll sure try! Okay… On three.

One.

Two.

…

Three!” He quickly took the lid off, Tuck grabbed a nearby rock, John his club, Marian got out her wand and Derke started preparing to turn into a dragon, Scarlet also took a few rocks from nearby, but all it was just mere arrows, as the ‘Ermis’ guy said.

“Okay, despite the tension it just gave us, these are of beautiful craftsmanship.” Scarlet commented.

And she was right – this arrow was truly amazing-looking. The point was molded into a calm red-golden flame form, its shaft was black, with golden embroidery and yellow crest, the fletching was split more than for usual arrows, it looked like little yellow and red-outlined fires were on it.

“Yeah, I agree with Scarlet, even though I’m a princess, I know beauty when I see it.” Marian agreed.

“Heh, looks like Robin has foreign fans! What’s next? A castle of your own?” The short one asked in a sarcastic voice.

“I hope not, this hideout is well enough.” Hood calmly replied. “And, you know, despite being labeled as ‘dangerous’ by Ermis, these seem more for decoration than fighting…”

“What? What do you mean?” John remembered to put down his club on the nearby sofa, he walked closer to his friend.

“I mean, look, for an arrow to be fully functional, it has to be light, unseen, so that no one could stop it before it hits its target and the wind has to let it easily pass through, meanwhile it seems like this decoration can’t really do anything but look pretty.”

“Robin is right, these seem far too ornamented, for a regular weapon, but for a magical one…” Derke suddenly spoke.

Everyone looked at the hamster now, and Robin put his hand on the gift, but he quickly winced away. “Ow! Hot!”

“How can an arrow be hot? It’s not like it just came out of a furnace.” Scarlet asked, genuinely concerned, she ran over to her cousin with Marian and they looked over at his hands – there were burns, not deep ones, but burns.

“Hey, Tuck, give us some bandages!” She requested, while the son of Locksley closed the box and put it back, sealing the whole package again, even with his wounds, but before Hood could do any more, she took him by the wrist and waited for the blue boy to come.

“Don’t move so much! You’ll only feel more pain!” Finally Tuck arrived with the bandages and they wrapped Robin’s fingers in them.

“Still… Why did they burn me just now? When we opened both boxes – there was no heat! And now…” He looked at his hands. “This. Derke, you said that this could be magic, is it like Marian’s?”

“No, a different kind for sure.” The hamster finally answered, this time in a deeper tone.

“How many kinds are there, anyway?” Marian asked her companion, who was still standing on her shoulder.

“Oh, many! There’s witchcraft, wizardry, magecraft, elemental arts… I could keep going on and on, but the point is – this is magic! Dangerous magic! It’s been wielded into an arrow to keep anyone with magic prowess from using it! Since both wielding a bow and magic takes a lot of time, most people just take one, the other or none.”

“But why give it to me? I’m no mage, no wizard, I can’t use any of those magic things and these decorations just burned me! There’s no way I’m worthy.” Robin argued.

“You are very much worthy, maybe the power is simply too much. But, still, it’s best you avoid to use them and hide this new gift in the deepest parts of the forest, Robin.” The dragon-hamster warned the archer.

“Very well. Let’s go, guys! Before Sheriff finds out what he just missed.”

Back in the castle:

The Sheriff ran as fast as he could, bearing some really important news. He ran and ran, with his heavy armor giving him some hard time, but this wasn’t really the first time he had to sprint.

He started panting hardly, trying not to trip over the giant rug that went through every part of the castle. Sheriff nearly stopped to take a breath but managed to go into the throne room before that.

The guy slammed the door open.

“Prince John! Prince John! An important message!”

“Gah!” The prince yelped, his golden coin tower collapsing on the table. “What is the matter with you, Sheriff?! Don’t you know how to knock?! I could’ve lost a golden coin!”

“My apologies, sire, but this is important!” The man replied.

“What would be more important than my lovely leisurely time of counting money? Did Robin attack another tax wagon? I sent it only probably a few hours ago – through the whole week! I thought that he would miss the wagon! But, alas, Robin Hood is Robin Hood.”

“Sire, not that I mean to insult you or waste your time, but today the mail arrived in a wagon, not just a mere bag.”

“A wagon, you say? Why would someone need a wagon for mail? Oh! Perhaps something big and valuable was in there!”

“It most likely was! It was a huge box, addressed to the outlaw, Robin Hood! Or so the villagers said, apparently all three of them had to carry it! And they struggled!” The Sheriff widely raised his hands, as if showing how big it was.

“That big?! That huge?! To Robin?! Don’t they know that there’s someone much better than him?” John pointed to himself.

“Uh, who, sire?”

“Me! Of course it’s me, you nitwit! I’m much more handsome, stronger, adventurous  - I’m much better at being amazing that he ever could be!” The prince snapped, clawing at his own throne.

“Oh, of course, sire! My apologies!” The Sheriff of Nottingham bowed before him, as low as he could.

“I’ll forgive your incompetence for now…” He stood up and walked over to one of the windows, suddenly curiosity painted over the John’s face. “Say… What was in that box, anyway?”

“No one truly knows, well maybe Robin and his two allies, but otherwise, no one has the slightest idea! Once the box arrived, Robin’s gang dragged it to Sherwood forest.”

“How can you get something and not open it first? It could’ve been money! For the greatest King ever – King John the Great!”

“Yes, of course, Your Majesty. What shall be Your orders?” He kneeled.

“Are you an idiot? Capture Robin and get his package back to me! Now go!” Prince John yelled, pointing his index finger out the door.

“Yes, sire! Right away, sire!” The Sheriff stood up and ran out the door, shouting in the hall: “Guards! Wake up! We have a job to do!”

Sherwood Forest, the box of arrows is now neatly hidden in the deepest parts of it:

“Who knew that hiding a mere box of weapons would take so much time and effort?” Little John commented, brushing dust off of his clothes.

“Well, when some mystery formal guy gives you a present, you’re going to have problems. That’s just a fact, one that I thought I never would have to say.” Tuck finally got his bag reattached, after it got thorn when they walked through the endless spiky bushes, flowers and trees.

“Maybe they’ll come in handy someday… Who knows?” Robin walked with them, his hands over his head, laid back.

“I honestly doubt it, why do you think we just hid those?” The blue one replied.

“Sometimes you put off stuff to use it for later, in this case – literally.” Derke spoke up, still on the Maiden’s shoulder.

“Yeah, Derke’s got a point, Robin, it’s best not to use them.” Marian now agreed.

“I’m not planning to use those arrows anytime soon, don’t worry.”

“That’s the only news that I feel I not worry about today.” Scarlet remarked, now everyone stopped and looked at her, as if she was a madman, or rather, a madwoman.

“What? The whole village saw that box, you think no guard saw it? You think no one reported this to the Sheriff? And you think that he didn’t already tell everything to Prince John?” She shrugged, pointing out some pretty valid points.

“Yeah, you’re right. It’s best that you two girls return to the castle, it’s best that no one would start looking for you, also, a bath and a change of clothes would fit.” Robin agreed.

“Hey! We do not stink!” Marian put her hips on her hips, angry. “And at least we shower once a day! Unlike you, 1-month guys here!”

“Yeah, we know!” Tuck tried to rephrase Hood’s statement, but he couldn’t find the right words with both girls starring daggers at him.

“…Just, you went with us, and we really appreciate the gesture, but you two have appearances to make, and, after that we just went through – your clothes are all scratched and cut up and there’s dust and mud all over you two, for us, we’ll also take a few cleaning minutes, but you two need it most, for your own safety.” John took the wheel, the two calming down.

“Yeah, when you phrase it like that – you’re right! Marian, we have to hurry!” Scarlet took the princess by her wrist and the two ran off through the forest.

“Okay, so, now it’s safer… But, what do we do?” Tuck wondered, but he didn’t have to do so for long – the sound of horses and metal clanking was heard a few feet from them.

“Say, how about we pay a visit to the guards?” Robin suggested, now dusting himself off too.

With Sheriff, Sherwood forest:

“Where could he possibly be? Robin Hood should’ve heard us coming here and stopped us ages ago!” Sheriff commented, riding his horse. His metal armor clanked heavily.

“Maybe he’s setting up another trap?” One of the guards wondered.

“No, I doubt it.” Sheriff replied, still looking to each side of the forest. “Huh… Still no sign of him. Time to use the ‘other’ tactics.”

“You don’t mean-“ The two siblings – Ralf of Rolf – looked to one another, surprised that their father actually will do what he just said.

“Yes.”

…

…

…

“Robin Hood! Robin Hood! Where are you, little outlaw! We promise not to hurt you! We just want to talk! Prince John has a proposition for you!” The man shouted out.

“That’s his ‘other’ tactic?” One of the guards behind him whispered.

“I was expecting something bigger.” The other replied.

“Hey! It’s still very much effective!” Sheriff turned around, horse and all.

The leaves in the trees rustled and the trio of outlaws appeared in front of them. Little John was standing on a huge rock, arms crossed. Tuck stood on the ground, his portable frying pan out in his hands. Robin Hood was in the tree, cross legged, right in the middle. It was as if he tried to look uninterested and interested at the same time.

“See? I told you! If you can’t take my word – Take their actions, rookies!”

The two guards looked one to another, scratching their heads and surprised that it actually worked.

“So… I see Prince John got you a new job other than being a sheriff…What do you want, Postman?” Hood asked, his leg tangling from the branches, slightly grinning. He might’ve looked like he was relaxed, but he clearly was on guard.

The guards chuckled a bit, but when the man snapped back at them, they went back to serious

“It’s Sheriff. Sheriff! Don’t you play with me, outlaw!-“

“Sure. Yeah, but weren’t you here for a proposition? We don’t have all day you know?” John shot back, pointing his club at the group. Some of them flinched.

“Yes- Yes! Ehrm- You will give us the box that you received in mail today and we will count it as tax for the day and not capture you.”

“Tch!” Robin sneered. “I see the news spread as quick as a fire! But, sorry to disappoint, I’m already an outlaw! So is Tuck and Little John! What’s your preposition going to do for us?”

“I- Uh- You see-“

“Exactly. Absolutely nothing.”

“Do you even know what’s in the box?” Tuck suddenly asked, his frying pan lowered but still there.

“I-“ Sheriff tried to say something, but he got cut off by his two sons: “Gold, I suppose!” “Yeah! Tons of treasure! And then! We’ll be rich!”

The trio before the guards burst out laughing uncontrollably.

The group had no idea what was going on. They even guessed that the whole thing might’ve been just a joke by Robin Hood.

“Okay- Okay.” Robin wiped a tear from his eye. “Before you try to capture us and fail – think about this – what is going to happen when you don’t give all that ‘gold’ to Prince John? It wouldn’t end well, would it? And, no, it’s not gold or money! It’s something that you can’t really even use!”

“What? What is it!” The Sheriff snapped.

“…We’ll tell you, if you answer a few questions.” Tuck answered, he looked at the other two and saw that they agreed with his words.

“Then spit them out!” Rolf shouted.

“Alright… What do you know about Ermis Felix of Wroxeter?” Robin asked. He stood up and took out his bow, readying his arrow to shoot anyone and anything, just in case.

“Who? Well, there is no one that I know of that name, I also have the knowledge that there is a city called ‘Wroxeter’, but a person of that name? No one.” He replied truthfully.

Then Tuck started his turn: “What do you know about a Queen or Empress by the name of Marianne?”

“Is she a queen or an empress?”

“No idea, just guesses.” Little John said, shrugging.

“Then, no, not really! Maybe princess Marian, but someone of that tittle is also unknown to me.”

Robin jumped from the tree, the trio huddled together.

“Weird, I was sure that he’d know someone, since he’s the Sheriff and all.” Hood commented.

“Maybe it was a name for secrecy?” Tuck wondered, peeping out of their circle minute by minute for safety. (Little John did that last time)

“But why hide your name when giving presents?”  John asked, concerned a bit.

“I don’t know-“ Robin said, eyes down to the ground. “But whatever it is – we better find out.”

The circle dispersed and the trio started climbing up the nearby trees, this time in record time, faster than usual. They were eager for the truth.

Suddenly the Sheriff shouted back to the nearly gone trio:

“Hey! What about my answer?!”

“They are arrows!” Hood yelled back, his voice barely audible.

“’Arrows’? They’re right! Those are worth pretty much nothing! What am I going to tell Prince John?” The siblings’ father thought out loud.

“Maybe they’re really fancy ones?” Ralf followed his father’s example.

“Yeah! That would be fun! Swinging them before everyone’s eyes! They’d think of us as rich!” Rolf agreed.

“Then maybe he won’t fire me! But- Hold on-

I forgot to capture Robin! ROBIN! ROBIN!” Sheriff yelled to the now quiet forest.

[myechoecho]

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Day 4: Best OTP Moment and Day 5: What you love most about their first kiss

These I’m putting together because they are tied so closely for me that I can’t really separate them.

Magnus just bursts into the wedding and everything stops. Alec and Mangus just stare at each other intently. I loved how Magnus told off Maryse by barely taking his eyes of Alec.

Alec is literally frozen in place.  If you look at the scene he doesn’t MOVE until Lydia speaks to him. Not when his mother speaks to Magnus, when Jace asks Izzy who invited Magnus or when Jace asks him if he is okay.  He is standing there, holding his wrist ready for the rune and just staring at Magnus.

Lydia finally breaks his trance and we can see that he cannot breathe. Which, of course, goes back to the conversation he and Magnus had earlier. Lydia is amazing when she talks to Alec. She tells him that it is okay that he’s lost his breath at the sight of Magnus.  She tells him he doesn’t have to explain when he breaks it off. She reassures him, and tells him he deserves to be happy. Lydia been in love and she cares for Alec. I think she’s hurt (not because she was in love with Alec) and let’s face it, it’s got to be somewhat humiliating to be left at the alter and have your finace kiss another man in front of your wedding guests. But she’s more concerned for Alec’s happiness.

Alec turns to face Magnus and there is some more intent staring.  At this point, I think Alec is trying to decide what to do.  Yes, he’s knows that he cannot marry Lydia. He’s been fighting his feelings and attraction for Magnus.  Everything has just bubbled up and he cannot fight it any more.  You can see him come to a decision and once he does, oh boy.

He walks with determination to Magnus, never taking his eyes of him.  Not even his mother can turn his head or break his stride. He dismisses her with a strong “Enough”.  Magnus has no idea what to expect. Just before Alec gets to him, Magnus rubs his fingers together nervously.

But Alec just pulls Magnus to him by his jacket and kisses him. He, for the first time, initiates something between them.  And I think that Alec had to be the one to make this step. He takes the lead in this kiss.  When he breaks it off Magnus tries to follow his lips. But it was only a brief pause because Alec goes in for more.

I’m a little surprised that Magnus did not call him Alexander when they break the kiss.  I have no issues with Alec’s “What did I just do?” because you have to understand the magnitude of what Alec did and who he is as a person.  He follows the rules and does his duty.  He is no longer doing his duty but following his heart.  He protects people and now, he’s hurt Lydia.  Which is why he is so desperate to find her in the next episode.  He does not talk about his personal life.  He has now just come out in an extremely public manner at what was to be his own wedding. So yeah, his what did I just do was totally understandable.

I love how Izzy immediately tells him how proud she is of him.  Alec needed to hear that - you can tell from the relieved smile he makes.  Simon’s whole Graduate story was hilarious and well true.  It was like The Graduate.  But I think that Alec needed to hear it too because it’s a show of support as well.  Of course, he finds his footing again because he’s all back to snarky with “who invited the vampire”.

It was just so good.

[kordeliiius]

//screaming

thoughts about the new Hyrule warriors legends stages, as well as the ending. MAJOR spoilers below. I’ll probably have more spoilery things on here in the future. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. (as a matter of fact, send me your headcanons, too. I’d like to hear what you have! i’ll tag them as spoilers) Now with that being said...

AAAAAAAAAAAH

Thoughts on the epilogue~~~

So, just to get this out of the way-- THE ENDING. oooooohhhhh GOD the ending. Originally i never thought it was fair that Cia died in the first game. I either wanted her halves to refuse or be a sister to Lana. and now thanks to Legends, it’s reality!!! I rather liked the ending, even though my Japanese is very broken, therefore I can’t understand the details. I can’t even figure out how she was brought back, but I caught something about an “underworld” in the narration, but I’m probably wrong.

So at the end of it, Lana and Cia returned to the forest and resumed their duties as the Guardian of Time. Sweet! And the animation for those last moments was absolutely beautiful.

also did you NOTiCE THEIR HEIGHT DIFFERENCE? CIA IS ALMOST AS TALL AS MIDNA IN WHILE IN HEELS! AND EITHER WAY, SHE IS CLEARLY TALLER THAN LINK. by quite a bit. unfortunately, Lana will eternally be shorter than him. But why do they have such a difference if they were once one being, anyway?

As for the WW content, Tetra and Daphnes fit in pretty well, even outside their own realm with the overarching story. It was really cool how they all worked together to close the gate of souls and then end it all. (omg tetra is just so cute) I never expected Phantom Ganon to be the final boss of the epilogue, though. Famitsu gave him away, but just listed him as a boss monster. But it’s interesting that the Triforce of Power had something to do with his revival, and then Cia ends up keeping it.

Thoughts on Linkle’s stages~~~

And next, here’s some thoughts on Linkle’s story. I thought her interaction with Darunia and Ruto was pretty neat; they were holding off Volga together. At the end, I saw Linkle say “kyoudai” ONE TIME (kyoudai=sibling in Japanese), and I assumed off the bat that she was actually Link’s sister. But in actuality, she was just responding to Darunia calling her “brother”.

She also met Fi at the Sealed Grounds at one point, and the faced off against Ghirahim, but it wasn’t that interesting to me. At least Linkle said she hoped to see Fi again (I think... i really know know for sure)

Although, I’m a bit disappointed with the Twilight stage. (PREPARE FOR LONG 2 PARAGRAPH RANT ON THIS STAGE.) I thought Linkle was going to help Midna get rid of her curse, but the thing is, she had already transformed back, and Zelda was there... for some reason. This was between the temple of the sword and the temple of souls, and what I caught from the narration was that Zelda was there for some sort of appointment, or the Twilight Realm was still in trouble and Midna needed help. I didn’t catch how she transformed back, though.

So at the end of that, Midna destroys some sort of shadow crystal, which looked like the item from tp and i was like NOOOOO DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR PRECIOUS MEMORIES!!! But apparently, she... transformed back into her cursed form. I never understood if it’s a permanent change. but is she accepting some new sort of fate, retiring from the throne, or not wanting to freak anyone out upon returning? But I think it’s kind of a dumb decision on her’s and Koei’s part. It wasted everything Linkle and Zelda worked for. I expected Linkle to meet her after the shining beacon stage at the earliest, but I guess Koei decided they couldn’t fix the possible mistake that they made earlier on in the first title. Nintendo must have approved it, but why? Really saddening, though.

Overall, the layout of Linkle’s story is kind of confusing, as it’s hard to tell where her stories integrate into the overall story, including Cia’s Tale. But hey, at least she got to help out with a last-minute threat, and she got to meet Impa. She met most of the main heroes in fact, including Zelda, but it’s never shown if Link met her. The last-minute threat occurred while Link and Zelda were returning the Master Sword. and while all the Hyrulian soldiers were rejoicing, Link and Zelda were walking towards their spot. and then it cuts off. who knows what went down.

Overall~~~

overall, i really want to try out the new content. it just looks like a blast, but i doubt I’ll ever get a character transfer code. And if they ever plan to release the story content, it’s probably going to take a long time before I can get it. But I really wanna try the new stuff!!!! but even so, I’m going to watch English playthoughs once the localized version comes out, so i can clearly understand everything. i really want to know the story behind everything.

and don’t forget to send headcanons if you have any!

tl;dr~~~

pretty good ending with what i had hoped for, but not expected, beautiful animation, good Wind Waker editions, Linkle’s story looks great, but confusing and/or disappointing at some points. Hope I get to play as new characters. (you’ll need to read the whole thing for details) (SEND ME YOUR HEADCANONS)

[fyrvi-blog]

Procrastinating Like a Boss

Friend: Whoever thought it'd be a good idea to give me homework on a Monday is such a dumbshit. I mean it's literally almost midnight and I'm still playing Animal Crossing. Like what did they expect me to do? Get home and get homework done? HAHAHA, what a good joke. Like, no bro. Do you know me? I ain't getting this shit done. I mean I literally ran for over two hours to not get this done. I just finished a +300 page book that I started today. What do you think I'm going to do next? My homework? HA. Nah bro, I'm going to read fanfiction and then what? Homework? HAHAHA going to watch cat vids. Is this rock bottom? Probably. Do I care? Kind of? Am I playing Animal Crossing? Yes. Did I have a point at the beginning of this? Yep. Am i going to get to it? Nope. Bro, I'm going to be so tired tomorrow, so you guys better not piss me off 'cause I will literally start crying like a baby like you don't understand how I get when I'm super tired. Like I get all frustrated and get into either...

a) Super whiny baby mode.

b) Grumpy old man mode.

c) Total badass who's not taking any shit from you and who will literally beat your ass to the ground mode. By total badass mode, I mean, baby in disguise throwing a tantrum.

I then I don't remember what happens afterwards. Like I do, but it's blurry. So bye now. Going to go read fanfiction.

[dragonaerie]

Could you do a list of all your skyrim mods? :3

o damn, okay uuhh..

skyrim horses renewal

skyrim immersive creatures

true wolves of skyrim

FNIS behaviour & creature pack

bosmer armor pack

cuir bouilli leather

hedge mage armor 

immersive armors 

lustmord vampire armor

tembtra thief armor

west wind combat series armor

sounds of skyrim dungeons, wilds, and civilization 

safety load

jk’s whiterun

skyrim radioactive

cloaks of skyrim

west wind combat misfit mage

winter is coming cloaks

inigo follower

MFVM

UFO

fresh snow

followers of gol

run for your lives

when vampires attack

high res brows

female hairstyles

KS hairdos

lore friendly hair

eyes of beauty

true eyes

enhanced lights and FX

frostfall

GDO

horses gone wild

lanterns of skyrim

RBE 1st person bob heavy

RN&D

enhanced camera

wet and cold + wet and cold holidays

hd waves ??

merchants of skyrim

CBBE + UNP

freckle mania

natural eyes

realistic cave texture overhaul

neith team warpaints

ultimate HD fire effects/torches

falskaar

interesting NPC’s 

Moonlight tales werewolf essentials 

HDT physics

showracemenu precache killer

moonpath to elsweyr

ethereal elven overhaul

quality world map

apachiiskyhair

SKYRE

fhaarkas font mod

immersive HUD

SkyUI

racemenu

dynavision

enhanced blood

quality snow 4K

better bows 

immersive weapons

unique uniques

noldor content pack

sabre cat gear

damn, a lot more mods than I thought lol, and a few on steam workshop that are just extra quests etc

[hybridthry]

Vent: 

Leaving it under read more cause I know most people won't read it. 

Right, so today in lesson my friend and I where speaking and I mentioned how I was talking to one of my friends more often and we got onto the topic of deviantART and what we post etc. So I was saying how our friend would tell me how good at drawing I was and stuff and I would modestly say ''Thank you'' and that her drawings are very good too, and so I say ''Well she is really good at going to draw anime and her realistic drawings are awes-'' when my friend interrupts ''Yeah she's better than you'' I mean like, she maybe and in my opinion everyone is better at drawing than I maybe but it doesn't mean you go actually saying it to me? I mean fucking hell my friend managed to annoy me AND made me now re think my whole drawing style. 

Thank you, thank you very fucking much

I don't even know if she said to annoy me since she does and it's starting to become predictable and I just can't take her shit anymore, one day I might aswell blow up on her, but since she's a good friend (sometimes) I won't and plus she doesn't even look like she can take things like that well, especially coming from me a person who has managed to make someone cry. 

I'm done here, I'll go back to trying to draw, and maybe it will come out with vent art but whatever.

Sorry I'm sure you didn't expect this from me some of you, just needed to get it off my chest since today quite a lot of things have annoyed me and tomorrow can only get worse :I 

Just want a break from school to leave all these idiots :I 

[danielleboeras-blog]

One question so many people have is "if there's a God and he's so good, why do bad things happen?" And it's taken me a good bit of this past year to realize that some of the crappiest things that have happened in my life have turned out to be the most important things that could have ever happened. I've mentioned my stomach issues before. I've had them since I was seven years old- well, that's when the doctors figured out what was wrong. I was experiencing symptoms before that. I remember days, at six years old, living with a grandmother who slept all the time and never once cooked a meal for me- I LIVED on Wendy's and Kid Cuisine- being in so much pain that I'd cry and ask God what I had done that was possibly so wrong to deserve such a punishment. I learned how to talk to God in a way that most six-year-olds probably don't even know how to replicate. I begged God to tell me what I had done that was so awful so I could never, ever do it again. But the answer I got so many times was, in not so many words, "you have to live with it." Not gonna lie, I was pretty bitter for a little while, not to mention jealous of everyone who could eat and do whatever they wanted without so much as thinking about it. I could think of plenty of people who deserved the life I had received. But they weren't me and God didn't plan their life and their being and their growth around this obstacle. My sickness sheltered me from a lot of things that could have really thrown me off track. I KNOW if I had fallen into them I wouldn't be anywhere near satisfied with myself and my personal standard of living for this point in my life. And it took a few slip ups for me to realize that God actually did have me on the right track for ME and my potential and I didn't want what everyone else had. Realizing that I wasn't always perfect and glamorous or HAPPY because I was struggling with something that no one would know of by looking at me or even talking to me, and maybe I wasn't the only one dealing with some really sucky things, taught me how to be unendingly compassionate. It's instilled in me to understand as best as I can where someone is coming from and why they are the way they are; I would never trade in the one thing that had provoked that in me. 

Because my standards for how I treated people were so high, I held others to the same standards. I've met some people that just really suck at being human beings and they pushed me to look for people with a heart a little more similar to mine. If it weren't for the bad experiences with people, I wouldn't have met some of my favorite people. People who became family as well as friends, and who taught me still more important things about myself and God and life. And knowing them led me to meeting the person I love and value so much, I've thanked God many times for what I used to see as failed relationships; which is actually why all of this is on my mind right now. Everyone you meet will influence you either positively or negatively but you can always make something good out of an encounter. Life isn't always about what we freaking want. Like anyone knows what's good for them. What's ultimately going to help us isn't always pleasant or what we would choose, because we're ignorant. If we could always do and get what we wanted we'd be God and the world would be even more sick and corrupt than it already is. In fact, the reason the world is as messed up as it is is because everyone is trying to be their own God instead of acknowledging that they don't know everything. Yes, some really awful things happen and it's hard to believe that a "good" God would let them, but what's your idea of a good God? I follow a God who created trees and stars and wonderful fields of flowers and beautifully painted skies and incredible minds that can think and create. He created a universe that operates in perfect balance. He knows more than I do. God can let tragic things happen because he's God and he can see how they'll become good things. Maybe even the best things for us. But it's hard for us to understand that so we'll all go on complaining about stuff that's ultimately stretching us to become better people, living in a better world.