The fact I haven't said ANYTHING about The Cardinal Park Case on a blog that is partially dedicated to that underrated gem is a crime.
First of all, the main reason I'm making this post is to dump these doodles upon you all.
This is Oliver Cypress, the protagonist of The Cardinal Park Case.
(How Oliver looks in TCPC)
And he is my favorite video game character. He is one of the most well-written characters I've encountered thus far.
The way LiminAce wrote him... is so compelling. '
He's a detective investigating the death of one of his friends who was brutally and horrifically murdered.
This game is the embodiment of the writing advice, "show don't tell."
And... the game's writing... benefits so much from that.
The way Oliver is characterized is the embodiment of that.
He's basically a rational but somewhat neurotic detective. And while LiminAce does tell you that in the description... the game shows that he's neurotic. It shows that he's rational. It isn't just an informed character trait-
You can see it on screen.
Like for example, there was a puzzle where you had to get a box for a cat. And if you interacted with the box you could see that Oliver... it made his heart melt.
There was another cat and his heart melted somewhat for that one too. At first I only saw him doing that in one scene... but then you realize he's been doing this for the entire game.
There's so much details hidden in the flavor text. This game gets better on repeat playthroughs. I swear, I discover new flavor text every time I play this game again. And his voice!!
The way he talks!! It's a lot of fun to read!!
...and yet... there's no fandom for this game. NONE.
NOTHING. EXCEPT FOR A BUNCH OF LET'S PLAYERS.
Dead Plate has a fandom. Saint Spells has a fandom. Hell, Married in Red has a fandom! And they're all semi-obscure indie games!! But this?!
(Dead Plate & Saint Spells absolutely deserve their fandom, don't get me wrong! Every game deserves a fandom! I'm just upset that TCPC doesn't have a fandom.)
This was... so good!! And yet there's not a single soul as far as the eye could see! No fanart! No video essays! No memes! NOTHING!!
And you know what TCPC got me to do?
...it actually got me to hate the villain in a way that no other game has been able to do. See when I hyperfixate on something I usually do so because there's an awesome story that could be told about it.
TCPC...
It pulled me in with its awesome writing. Its story.
And if you're reading this...
TCPC is an awesome game. Please, go play it. Go experience the awesome writing for yourself.
However... I must warn you of something:
TCPC is a murder mystery game and there's a graphic scene of a mutilated corpse, self harm, abuse, enmeshment, and it's a very dark game. The full content warnings can be seen in every chapter before you play the game, but please, be warned!
TCPC as awesome as it is is a very dark game.
So with that in mind... you can play TCPC for free here:
Mistakes, murder, and manipulation!
...oh, and here's his mom, I drew her too. I won't say anything more than that about his mom... because this is an experience you should play blind.
Gwen from The Cursed Princess Club by Lambcat (webtoon)
I feel like I haven't made an edit in forever and The Cursed Princess Club just finished its first season yesterday, hopefully I can space out making the other characters from the comic so I don't go in another editing hiatus. But if any of you have any requests I would gladly make an edit for you! (I'm making another Bethany edit anyways cuz, well, you know me :3
A/N: y’all, i’m officially back from haitus two months after i said i would and i’m sorry for disappearing! i just got run over by responsibilities and life ^-^;;;;;;;;;; but please enjoy the latest installment of in terms!
Pairing: Wanna One’s Seongwoo x Reader
Genre: Angst, fuckboi!seongwoo, rich!seongwoo, enemies to lovers!au
Word Count: Roughly 2k
Parts: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
“So, how was the date?” Nayoung asked as the two of you stood side by side in the cramped bathroom; she was leaning against the sink, watching you remove your makeup intently.
“Can you not stare a hole into my temple, please?” you retorted. Your mascara was proving to be difficult to remove. “And it wasn’t a date. It was just me paying back on a favor.”
“Y/N, the moment you came back, your hair a mess, your clothes covered in grass, and that,” she jabbed at the bruise blooming on your collarbone, “it was confirmed a date.”
“Well, we did do some,” you paused, “date-like things, but it wasn’t a date.”
“Well, what are those date-like things, Miss Y/N?”
“Yeah,” you said softly, leaning yourself closer in to him, “you can kiss me.” With those words whispered, Seongwoo closed the gap between the two of you. At first you didn’t register the kiss. It was something foreign to you. After years of no practice, you seemed to have forgotten exactly how to conduct yourself. As your brain goes into overdrive on how to react to the kiss, your body freezes.
“Nervous?” he murmured against your lips. You could feel his lips forming a smirk, brushing fleeting touches against yours.
“Shut up,” you mumbled back, ‘before I change my mind.”
“Don’t have to tell me twice, princess.” He leaned back in to capture your lips, bringing his hand up to cup your cheek. You shut your eyes tight, slowly finding yourself reciprocating. Seongwoo gently pushes you back until you feel your back hitting the mattress. You moved your hands to the back of his neck, trailing them upwards to thread into his hair. It seemed like all of your perfectly practiced self control had flung itself out the window the moment you realized exactly how long ago you last kissed someone, and it maybe also has to do with the fact the asshole that was trailing his hands down your body also happened to be a very good kisser.
Your mind was a flurry of trailing thoughts, hazy with ideas of where exactly was this night leading. His lips moved against yours languidly, breaking away every now and then, only to return to their previous motion after hearing you whine. Seongwoo was still hovering over you, but he shifts his legs, wedging one between yours. The hand that had found purchase on the curve of your neck moved its way down, fumbling with the buttons of your dress. You didn’t notice exactly what he was doing until he reached the third button and the cold suddenly hit your bare skin.
“H-hey, what are you doing?” you asked nervously, pushing yourself up. Seongwoo didn’t seem to hear you as his hands continued their ministrations. “Stop it!” you exclaimed, shoving his hands away from you. Your face started to heat up, and you quickly blinked away the tears that threatened to fall from your eyes. “Of course,” you thought, “of course this is why he asked you out.”
You began to button your dress back up with trembling hands. “If you just wanted an easy lay, you could’ve asked another girl out,” you said, surprised by the steeliness of your voice. Once your top button was refastened, you stood up, smoothed down your dress and glared at Seongwoo. “I can’t believe your actual nerve, Ong.” For a split second, you almost thought you saw fear cross his eyes, but you weren’t an idiot. This was Seongwoo you were dealing with; that guy knew exactly how to play with someone’s heart, and you thought yourself way too smart to fall for his ploy. “Take me back to the school,” you said. When you realized he was still rooted to his seat, you uttered, “Please,” your voice wavering slightly.
“Hey, Y/N,” Seongwoo finally got up, “princess, I didn’t mean to go that far.” He tried cupping your cheek, but you turned away.
“But you did go that far,” you snapped, “I’m not just something you can use as you please, jackass. I actually thought you were interested in me and wanted to go on a date, but no, you’re just after my goddamn fucking virginity!” You were raging at this point, all the angry words that jumped around your brain came tumbling out of your mouth. “Now I’m here feeling like an absolute idiot knowing I’m just another one of your trophies! I fucking hate you!” Those last four words were accentuated by you jabbing your pointer finger into his chest.
“Y/N,” he said as he grabbed your wrist, “can you just listen to me?” You tried pulling away. “Y/N, please?” You continued trying to escape from his steel grasp. “Y/N!”
“What?” you spat back, “I’m not one of your playthings, Ong. Your lies won’t work on me.”
“But I’m not going to lie to you.” You scoffed at his statement. “Y/N, listen, you know how many girls I’ve been with? A lot.”
“You’re not really helping your case.”
“No, hear me out. Look, I’ve been with a lot of girls, but none of them make me feel the way I feel about you.”
“Wow, how romantic,” you mock-swooned, “I really want you to just,” you paused before deadpanning, “ fuck off right now.”
“You know how goddamn scared you make me? I can’t act around you like I do with other girls, okay? You see right through me. And I’m sorry I went to far, but you drive me absolutely insane. All I could think about when I was kissing you was-”
“What?” you asked, “Stripping me of my virginity? Wow, I really want to punch you in the face right now.”
“No. I was thinking how, for once, I actually felt something besides lust while kissing you. I swear this is the gayest shit I have ever uttered in my entire life, and Daniel will roast me into oblivion. But,” he took a deep breath, “Y/N, I really like you, and I know you’re pissed beyond my comprehension right now, but I’m telling you the absolute truth. I am 100% head over heels attracted to you. I’m attracted to the way your brows furrow when you’re solving a problem in math. I’m attracted by how your tongue slightly sticks out when you’re organizing files at work. I’m attracted to how intimidated you make me feel, how you actually call me out on the misogynistic bullshit I accidentally end up doing or saying. I am wholeheartedly attracted to you. Just give me another chance to not fuck it up?”
“What did you say?” Nayoung asked, now that the two of you were lounging in your respective beds.
“I told him if he really liked me, he’d pull a page from every other asshat who went after me and just leave me alone,” you grumbled, shifting under your blankets.
“Even after he declared his wholehearted affection for you?”
“The guy’s a professional casanova. Of course he’d say lies like that to get me into trusting him, only to lure me into his bed and leave me the moment he gets what he wants.”
“And what exactly does he want?” she teased. You sat up to give your friend an unamused look. “What?” she asked, “You never know, he could like you.”
“Yeah right,” you snorted, “and I like him.”
Monday morning came about quickly, and Seongwoo had not messaged you since the “date” Saturday. Even though you kept yourself angry at the certain raven-haired boy, you couldn’t help but check your phone all throughout Sunday for something. Maybe it was that part of you that hoped maybe he did mean it and would try even harder to win you over. But again, it’s Ong you were thinking of. He could’ve easily found some other girl; someone easier, someone who would give him just what he wanted. Those thoughts made you scoff, angry at the thought of possibly trusting him. Yet, you found yourself with that ugly green monster making itself at home in your mind, obsessively checking his social media for any form of another female to occupy him for that one day he left you in silence. But nothing popped up. “It was as if his dick could actually control itself for a day,” you mused as you walked into the mathematics building...only to stop abruptly at the sight that laid before you.
The male underclassmen were lined up on either side of the hallway, each one holding onto a small envelope. You spied Seongwoo’s group of friends standing at the end of the hallway, beckoning for you to walk towards them. You finally regained control over your feet and began walking towards your classroom. The underclassmen handed you their envelopes and suddenly the intercom clicked on.
“Attention, Evanson students,” Seongwoo’s voice rung out, “before Dr. Harris realizes I’m hijacking the morning announcements, I would like to say something to a very special person. Y/N L/N, I am sorry. Like, I acknowledge I’m an asshat who treated you like any other girl I usually go after when you are so much more to me than an easy lay. No offense to those girls, but like, sorry, it’s true. You mean way too much to me for me to just let you get away, so in a very extra way, I apologize, and hopefully you’ll find it in yourself to forgive me and give me another chance. Plus, I hope you open all those envelopes in secret; I’d rather not lose my manhood today. Actually, do whatever you want, just please give me another chance. And-”
His voice was cut off by a loud screech, indicating Dr. Harris had indeed realized he had hijacked the morning announcements.
“What did the envelopes say?” Nayoung asked, eyeing the stack you clutched tightly in your hands. The two of you were walking back to the dorms after eighth period, passing by the dean’s office on the way.
“I think that’s for me and him to know,” you cheekily stated, motioning your head to the dean’s office where Seongwoo now sat, probably getting the lecture of the era. Nayoung gave you a funny look before simply shrugging and making her way towards the dorms, leaving you to wait outside the dean’s office.
Fifteen minutes passed before Seongwoo emerged from the office, looking completely drained of energy. “Y-Y/N, um, hey,” he said sheepishly, “I see you got the envelopes.”
“Yeah,” you looked at the boy that stood in front of you. The usual confidence was gone. He averted your gaze, choosing to look at the linoleum floors instead. “Look, did you mean everything you said in these notes?” you inquired. He nodded slowly. “All 206 of them?” you pressed.
“You kept count?” he asked, that telltale smirk emerging. You faltered, trying to find a reason for keeping count without letting on too quickly he was forgiven.
“W-well, we didn’t do anything in econ today, so-” your lie was cut off when he enveloped you in a hug.
“God, I was so scared you’d still be upset with me,” he mumbled into your hair.
“And why would you be scared?” you asked, fully knowing why. But you needed to hear it again. You needed those words molded in his voice.
“Because I like you, and it scares me,” he said the moment he let go of you. “This is the first time I haven’t been on the receiving end,” he dryly laughed at that statement. His smile faded the longer you stayed silent. “Are you still upset?” he asked softly.
“A little,” you finally caved, “but I’m giving you another chance.” He lit up at those words. “But,” his smile died down, “it has to be on my terms. Agree?” He nodded eagerly. “Good, you’re doing all the coffee runs at internship this week. You have to walk me to all of my classes,” you paused to think of the run he’d have to do for your fourth period class, “All. And, you cannot engage physical contact with me for a week. No hugs, hand holding, nothing. But, I can engage with you. Can you handle that, Ong?” The smirk that graced his lips threw you for a loop.
“Anything for you, princess.”
“Good, if you can handle that, consider yourself forgiven.”
The logo for my soon-to-be-released Pretty Cure fanseries called TropiCruise. This is still sort of a work-in-progress, but I’m happy enough with it to use it for the time being. This is one of my projects I’m really excited about, so I hope to debut it soon!!
