#yearnscript

[vitalvitriol]

plague knight and mona waltz for 1000 years ok?

[biggestbongo]

task hunting rn

[plaguedbylove]

BTW my cohost is wiredwhimsical. not sure where this is all going to end up but figured id throw that out there.

[vitalvitriol]

shovel knight-shaped hole in my hall's walls

[vitalvitriol]

played some champ'd up with @leftysage and @maples-garden. was especially tickled by these ones

[vitalvitriol]

thinking about plague knight autism and, in relation to that, his relationship with physical contact

i'm pretty damn sure he's touch-adverse, both considering how he puts up so many fronts and generally prefers to keep his distance with people, and this dialogue if you leap into the troupple pond at the start of the game:

i don't see why he would have a "strict no-touching rule" if he didn't care about it that much (not to mention the minion getting worried about infringing on such a thing when they're saving him from drowning) so i think it's safe to assume he's EXTREMELY touch adverse

so. step into my mind palace with me. plague knight absolutely despises physical contact. even the slightest of gestures gross him out, intended to be affectionate or not

EXCEPT for when it comes from mona. when it's mona, it's completely different for him. an entire realm of existence opened up to him. he's never felt physical contact like this before, he's never ENJOYED something like it before, but when it comes from the love of his life it's suddenly tolerable. maybe even something he can actively relish in.

it is REALLY awkward about it, though, and has no idea how to properly return the gestures, but it stumbles through it and tries its best, even if it's so bad at it. it'll learn with practice.

still, when mona hugs it or cups its face in her hands it can't help but practically melt under her touch. it starts out with her initiating physical contact with it (of course, making sure that it's okay with it in the first place, considering she knows it's never been the type with most people), but with enough time plague knight starts to actively seek it out. becomes the most cuddly motherfucker on the planet with her. peace and love on planet autism. do you understand my vision?

[vitalvitriol]

im seeing a lot of people in the tags of the doodles i did who didnt know about multiplayer joustus in king of cards, which is entirely understandable considering how tucked away it is

for those wanting to check it out themselves, here it is!

if you interact with the mirror in king knight's room, it pulls it up! it's local multiplayer only, and works via passing the controller off to the other player instead of two different ones. if you have the steam version of king of cards, you can use remote play to do online play with friends!

it also lets you play with npc card decks, using their faces and names, like so;

you can play on most of the stages in the game as well, barring some of the stage hazards, although you can't use any cheats in these matches (including the ones that the bosses, like mona, use)

i hope this helps! and if anybody has any questions abt it lmk because my friends and i have dinked around in it extensively

[vitalvitriol]

everybody look at the agdq shirt design btw it goes so hard

(this was for moomooakai's plague of shadows/specter of torment 100% run bidwar! plague of shadows won so this is what the final design ended up as :] if specter won he would've been on top instead of plague)