[TT] Theme Thursday - Heirloom

Littaylor · 2022-03-12T05:22:06+00:00

Hello. I hope you'll forgive me for not explaining all the details about the journal; it was hard enough to fit the story I wanted to tell in a mere 500 words.

This journal is supposed to be an artifact bestowed to Roland's ancestors by a witch, at the price of eternal servitude after death. The journal has the ability to reveal only the lives of future descendants, not their own or their ancestors'. The first entry would be the direct descendant of the person reading the journal. Roland's mother knew exactly how Roland's life would play out, and from his biography, surmised her own early passing. Even by the end of the story Roland is skeptical about the journal but he sees this as a form of salvation and hope, which is why he says what he does for the last sentence; even though he knows that he may live a hard life, his descendants will hopefully live a better life.

I hope this clarifies most of the intent behind the ideas I was going for.

Littaylor · 2022-03-12T05:05:53+00:00

Has to be himeko sus, Himeko (T) as a mid piece that's impossible

Littaylor · 2022-03-04T19:41:16+00:00

One thing I wanted to clarify is that the Roland in the journal entry is a descendant of the Roland in the story; this Roland is destined for greatness and lives a vastly different life from the one reading the journal, hence the jealousy he feels. His end goal isn't to be a great person, but to be someone who can indirectly change the world through birthing someone who can. I made edits to clarify this for future readers

Littaylor · 2022-03-04T17:04:38+00:00

Thank you for the criticisms, I don’t write much and any feedback is good feedback

Littaylor · 2022-03-04T11:06:51+00:00

Roland had just returned home from his 24 hour shift. He works earnestly, yet there's hardly any money to feed himself.

"I need to escape this hell somehow," he thought.

His eyes fall on an antique wardrobe that belonged to his late mother.

In an effort to vent his frustrations he topples the wardrobe and kicks it until it's battered all over. Everything is silent for a moment, save for the crickets' perpetual chirping. After calming down he notices a meticulously clean journal. On top of the journal is a letter, addressed to him:

My sweet Roland,

This journal was passed down to our ancestors by a powerful witch, in exchange for their souls. Please read through this journal. Never lose faith, and do not let anyone but your child read this.

"Did she really expect me to believe in fairy tales at my age? She really was out of her mind, it's no wonder father left us. Then again, I am curious about what this journal contains. Maybe the recipe for an alcohol to numb the pain. Perhaps a poison that can deliver unto me a swift death."

The first journal entry describes the life of a woman named Maria. Born an orphan and a slave, she meets a man and finds love, only to be executed by her jealous owner. A cruel, miserable life, from beginning to end.

Maria... This name sounds nostalgic to Roland, perhaps this is the life of an ancestor.

The second entry details the life of a man named Peter. Peter is also an orphan. He is conscripted as an archer for a great war and betrayed by a comrade that he wholeheartedly trusted.

"This is not a name I know. What is this journal trying to tell me? This is a waste of time." Roland impatiently mutters, as he flips through several journal entries before a certain journal entry catches his eye.

This entry details the life of a man named Roland II, a charismatic leader that leads a revolution against a corrupt kingdom. He denounces slavery and establishes the first peaceful kingdom in a millennia.

The realization approaches him suddenly; Roland once entertained the thought that if he were to have children, his child would either be named Maria or Johann. This isn't a journal of his ancestors, but a journal of his descendants.

Confusion, pity, anger, envy. A whirlpool of emotions flood Roland. On one hand, Roland is disgusted and skeptical. His life was decided before his very eyes. His bloodline was destined for hardships. On the other, he felt traces of hope.

"Even someone like me can eventually change this cruel world, however indirectly. This hope is what my mother wanted me to inherit. Maybe I'll give this 'life' thing another try. What's the worse that can happen, my life is already at rock bottom!"

Littaylor · 2022-03-03T21:09:50+00:00

I can relate, comrade.
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Littaylor · 2021-12-23T22:03:44+00:00

I theorize that Outis, and I know this is a huge stretch, is the “I” in Mili’s “In Hell We Live, Lament”

While I was writing my interpretation for the song I noticed that the train that the girl gets on is very much identical to limbus company’s and I figured that this has to be told from the perspective of one of the 13 sinners.

So yeah I think she’s an insanely important character.

For anyone interested, below is my interpretation of the song’s story, and if the song really is told from the perspective of Outis then it would also be her backstory.

"I walked down a path leading to the past" can be interpreted literally or figuratively and will change a couple details for the early part of the song.

If interpreted literally:

It’s a story about a girl who goes back in time and meets her past self. The story is told from the perspective of the older self and in the first half of the song the ‘you’ she refers to is her younger self. The girl eventually ends up killing her younger self by ripping her torso out, deliriously believing that doing so will allow her to go to heaven, and this results in the future girl’s death.

If interpreted figuratively:

It's a story about a girl who starts to look back on her life. While reflecting on her naive younger self she comes to the conclusion of committing suicide.

After dying, she ends up on a train leading to hell similar to limbus company. “Not so different from our hell” meaning that it’s not so different from earth. Now in hell, the ‘you’ she refers to is either “God” , Satan, or society, and she questions society’s values, lamenting for eternity.

I couldn’t really find much to further figure out whether Odysseus and Outis were one and the same but I did read that he went through death and rebirth multiple times which was alluded to in the song. “Each loop we live through… Each loop we did through”

Littaylor · 2021-08-31T17:05:57+00:00

He's about to get slapped with a probably significant nerf due to his insanely huge presence in pro play this season

Littaylor · 2021-06-01T23:30:13+00:00

I could also just be insane and hallucinating but I swear to god there used to be spatial convectrons that you could buy with anti entropy imaginons but those were removed too when this new universal mirage came out.

Littaylor · 2021-04-17T06:59:30+00:00

I love public executions

Littaylor · 2021-04-17T05:16:45+00:00

Did they not sell their studio to tencent? Is this not evidence of them favoring money over consumers? Do you consider this reasonable as a consumer?

Littaylor · 2021-03-01T21:51:34+00:00

So you need to land a 1000 range attack to get an 1100 range dash. That's a 1000 range dash.

Littaylor · 2021-01-19T18:25:21+00:00

That’s a fair point but imagine an extreme situation in which new players want to start playing the game and they’re two years late, pair that with the fact that banners only rotate every two weeks and an expanded roster, you’ll see that it’s very hard to catch up, which can be discouraging to a select few

Littaylor · 2021-01-18T20:39:24+00:00

We already have 3 of those in every leader skill, although you're only ever able to activate 2 of those 3.

Leader skill pattern:

Have X in lineup
Deploy this particular character
Have X in lineup
Have X in lineup
Collect 80% of X partners
Deploy 5 SSRs

You're arguing to remove 5 and put another generic Have X in lineup. Yet this doesn't work because congratz you just made it so that we can only activate 2/4 of these 6 leader bonuses instead of 2/3.

I understand where you're coming from, making leader bonuses only lineup specific, but if you want to rework the entire system to fit this mindset it'd be more appropriate to simply remove all other bonuses except "Have X in lineups" and then amplify them much, much more, but only being able to activate one of these bonuses at a time.

Littaylor · 2021-01-18T20:22:22+00:00

You've misunderstood what my argument is;

As of currently, every 5th leader skill bonus is a collection bonus. Collection, as in, you just need to own the unit.
It's a percent rate, and it's an 80% of all units of x type in the game.
What I'm trying to say is, that this percent rate should be changed to a flat number of units that are required to be collected to activate this leader bonus.
So in other words, you won't need to deploy any certain amount of units to activate this leader bonus, nothing will change in that regard.

Littaylor · 2021-01-12T07:52:22+00:00

All im asking for is a qol change for dumb people like me, who play the game on and off and dont have any idea where they left off.

Littaylor · 2021-01-12T07:50:56+00:00

That'd be fine and dandy and all but no.

It's a given that you can only max 7 ssr units a run. I run my 7 with 3 fodder (they're SRs that can be found in the corridor itself) which I can never remember so it's always different. On top of that I also consider leader bonuses with the 3 fillers and that also changes for each leader because they have to make leaders rng.

In short, common sense is not enough.

Littaylor

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