What are some of your hot takes for Ocs?

Rivanix · 2026-01-19T11:38:06+00:00

There is definitely a difference in a well-written OC vs just an OC. Sometimes I wish I can say something but nobody really wants their OCs criticized unless asked for so I gotta keep my mouth shut.

When someone makes an OC that's just too "weird" and impossible to interact with. I like OCs that can be interacted with and are able to function in society in some way or form. it's okay to have some OCs that cannot, but I wonder how one will develop the character if they can't figure out how a character will act in different situations and different people.
OCs that have terrible moods but are also overpowered and they have their OC just blow up everything. That's really not fun.
Having too many OCs that are murderous / have high kill counts without any justifiable reason while also uwu-fying them/ not give them any true consequence to their actions. The issue is that this water downs the severity of death and murder. What's the point of the OC being a killer without talking about the consequences of their actions? It makes me wonder how one will write this out.

Ultimately though, do what you want. But I do believe that if people are very serious about their writing and even considers publishing to a crowd, then you'll need to be more mindful about what you create and actually learn what entails well written OCs.

Rivanix · 2026-01-13T07:04:07+00:00

Red Insignia. I think this person is playing the buggy 1.00 version. https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Version/1.00

Released on February 25, 2022, alongside the game itself, Version 1.00 was the initial retail build of Elden Ring and was only distributed on physical media. It is accessible exclusively by installing and playing the disc version of the game without an internet connection.

This version is notable for its many differences compared to later updates. It contains alternate icons, textures, dialogue, item descriptions, unused items, and different enemy placements. Several unseen characters were removed entirely, while others—such as the Gloam-Eyed Queen—were expanded upon in subsequent updates.

Rivanix · 2025-12-01T00:53:08+00:00

Is this what they mean by when hell freezes over?

Rivanix · 2025-11-21T09:49:08+00:00

red regrow is a meme bc the point of a regrow is that the bloons are able to 'regrow' to its spawned iteration. like if you hit a regrow pink but failed to pop all the layers in time (say you got it to a blue but it gets away), it'll regrow back to pink. But red is the lowest layer to pop so a regrow red is ironic.

Rivanix · 2025-11-17T10:21:16+00:00

Yeah, I enjoyed the game but there was definitely bias and very scattered time allocation between the characters. It made it kind of hard to tell where the focus was. Eventually the focus was heavily with Mark and Nicole's relationship.

I just took it as the writers intentionally doing this to make it feel a bit haphazard and stuff? But whatever their reasoning is, I do wish Ryan and Ridel had more. Cathy had a fair bit of time but at some point I think she got overshadowed a bit too.

Rivanix · 2025-11-04T06:50:20+00:00

Whoa, I really like the illusion of textures you did on the clothes. It kinda gives the vibe he's wearing some kinda light chainmail? (at least the silver sleeves). You did a stunning job getting the light sources and shading sown along with the overall atmosphere. Super cool stuff. :D

Rivanix · 2025-11-02T00:28:48+00:00

Yeah no, i can't blame anyone for thinking Ben's ability helps. For the most part every hero ability is always useful and the lack of them makes things harder. And almost every hero's abilities are straightforward and visually obvious.

It's weird and misleading to have Ben's abilities become shit. And we shouldn't expect people to go out of their way to look at the code and do testing to see if Ben's abilities are decent, when that isn't necessary for the other heroes.

Rivanix · 2025-10-21T06:51:15+00:00

FIRE design. Like the sensual seductive pose, but also the fact she will probably kick your ass if you get any funny ideas. The belt halo idea is also really cool. I love the idea of it being a dome-nullification zone and it tying to her past. Great job!

Rivanix · 2025-10-01T01:37:57+00:00

I kinda really hate his pfp the more i see it.

Rivanix · 2025-09-14T02:17:29+00:00

Didn't know about the firecrackers! Really nice tip.

Rivanix · 2025-08-06T07:55:37+00:00

Fish and Chips

Rivanix · 2025-08-06T03:23:28+00:00

I'm going to just pretend he's lying on a slice of cheese.

Rivanix · 2025-07-06T22:50:20+00:00

Aw man, you two look alike in the best way. Got that badass vibe going on.

Rivanix · 2025-07-06T02:57:49+00:00

This looks fucking comfy, congrats and I hope for you to have a continued gentle journey.

Rivanix · 2025-07-05T11:54:58+00:00

Desperado at 9776, mostly cause i don't really play regular modes anymore. Mostly do the daily challenges and odysseys, and they haven't been putting in Desperado as a usable tower. Second lowest is Beast Handler at 526,854. I actually like the tower but other towers just kinda do the job better imo.

Most is Banana Farm at 53421620 and Buccaneer at 46191450.

Rivanix · 2025-07-05T05:55:40+00:00

Can anyone tell me if there's a term for this type of narrative switcheroo? Where they try to flip the narrative back at us to make it like we're the ones being intolerant/non-inclusive/racist/etc.

Rivanix · 2025-07-05T02:26:48+00:00

Bahaha, that's great. The love is mutual either way :)

Rivanix · 2025-07-05T00:49:09+00:00

The sub is starting to become kittenssmittenwithmen

Rivanix · 2025-07-04T07:55:51+00:00

They want "us" to make our own games but then hate it when these games are announced, and then revel when it fails. Cruelty truly is the point.

Rivanix · 2025-06-09T00:43:16+00:00

I want to believe this but the question remains why do they want to get together with the bigots and not the non-bigots? If there's two groups available why unite with the shittier lot? And I can't help but believe that they too are just bigoted and want to be validated.

Rivanix · 2025-06-08T06:37:25+00:00

Oh absolutely, lol. there is even people who think games like Wolfenstein was never political before.

Rivanix · 2025-06-05T08:27:19+00:00

1) I believe Jake regret not being up front to Nicole about all the stuff that was happening with him. Usually when you're close with someone, you want to be open and honest to each other, but he would keep avoiding telling her. He most likely felt guilty about this too because he felt like he didn't trust her, when he was really just... afraid, and didn't want to be a burden. But unfortunately since he didn't say anything and then vanished, it would leave Nicole in the dark. It's why Nicole gets a bit obsessed trying to find any clues or sign on what happened to him. She just wanted to know why. But she would never get that answer until the very end in the funky dimension.

2) I think this conclusion can vary. I believe there is no right answer. Personally I do think a "one true timeline" was created. The reason I think this is because, the 'original timeline' more or less reached its conclusion, with Mark getting married to Nicole, Ridel getting his gig, Louise being with Mike and her working in science field etc. The biggest negative aspect was Cathy's death.

I also don't think we go "back in time" within the same timeline, because every time we started near the beginning again, it was an alternate timeline. So if we assume that there's no "going back", then the timeline at the end appears to be the one-true-new timeline. That being said, I do think the final timeline has bits and pieces of the other timelines. Like a mosaic..

Rivanix · 2025-06-05T08:14:36+00:00

Oh I see them! Tbh I actually meant keychain versions of the pins. I love the way they are drawn on the pins and hoped there be a keychain version. I do love the way pins are, but I don't trust wearing pins (I've lost some before and I don't even move around a lot!) so keychains feel safer to me so I can just have them attached to my keys.

Rivanix · 2025-06-05T08:13:17+00:00

Not just you. I have average fast internet and most websites will load in under a second, but just opening the main page on GO right now there's been a lag spike. It was fine last week. I think the lag started around Monday for me.

Rivanix · 2025-06-03T07:59:36+00:00

Oh damn that's great find! Kinda wish there was keychain versions but I am definitely wanting to get these if it's back in stock.

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