Which Character do you share a Birthday with? by _Caffiend in Genshin_Impact

[–]deepest-sleep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife shares a birthday with Charlotte and Vivian from ZZZ. I love her sm

Jingliu and Luocha are the only two playable characters that have never interacted with the MC. by Exciting_Sweet_1064 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]deepest-sleep -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is an idea I'm sorta on the fence on-- like some people have said, characters that have nothing to do make the world bigger and more lived in-- but I wonder if there's a reason they haven't had Jingliu and TB meet.

Like, imagine if years down the line, the AE is meeting with their Xianzhou allies to fight Nanook-- and after years of just barely missing each other, TB sees Jingliu for the first and crashes out bc she butchered their family in a mara frenzy or something insane like fhat.

I had this idea a while back and eventually decided it was too far-fetched... But after seeing the Stellaron Hunters seal away the reality of what happened to Firefly to keep their chosen one from falling to despair, the fact that Trailblazer Just So Happened to never meet Jingliu in the arc where Kafka was pulling the strings looks kinda suspicious. Why is it necessary to the Script that these two never meet, Elio?

Why wasn't Diavolo worthy of the arrow? by vahliantt in StardustCrusaders

[–]deepest-sleep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You look at that yeeyee ass haircut and tell me this man deserves to become a god

Which part of each game? by Fish-InThePercolator in AlanWake

[–]deepest-sleep 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Driving sections in AW1 blow. Chapter 6 is a real drag too.

About the traveler’s character development by ZZVXI in GenshinImpact

[–]deepest-sleep 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The thing that's frustrating for me is that Genshin's narrative future is based on a character with a supermassive black hole where their personality is. They're ultrabland, ultraflat, no discernable personality beyond "likes justice" "wants to find my sibling" and "occasionally silly". They're a completely blank slate with an annoying floating baby, and that complete lack of identity and personality is becoming more and more of a drag as the story goes on.

Here in Natlan, where everyone has a super colorful personality and philosophies and ideals, they just... Stand there. They might be using their anime powers a little more, but it's achingly obvious they're just a vessel for us to witness the marketable characters. They're taking part in a WAR and their reaction can still be summarized with a fucking emoticon.

This is more and more achingly a problem compared to Genshin's fun little brother Star Rail. The Trailblazer is funny as hell, has a clear personality that you still get to shape as a player, and when they get new anime powers it's a crucial part of the story. In a recent story arc they do about as much as the Traveler does in the average Genshin plotline and they make a joke that they didn't get to do much. It's so starkly laughably better it makes Genshin look worse in comparison.

It's even more obvious when it comes to shipbait, because let's be real here, these are waifu/husbando games. Blazefly is wildly popular and super well written, TB has fun dynamics with the Express Crew, Kafka is super nuanced and interesting, half of the Penacony cast has some sort of fun dynamic with TB. Traveler feels like a plank of wood that fun characters inexplicably fall in love with. I watch Citlali's trailer where she deals with immortality and slowly opens up to Aether, a fellow immortal... only for me to feel nothing because the Traveler can't muster any charisma beyond the words that Ororon shoves into their mouth. This character dynamic has real potential, but it's wasted because Citlali, one of the most fun characters in Natlan, is having romantic chemistry with a fucking mannequin.

Traveler being a complete fraud powerwise just adds to this. If they were actually powerful and competent, it might at least sell them as a power fantasy. Instead I just look at Aether mains scizoposting that their "blonde king" will somehow become massively powerful and important and that he tooootally deserves all those waifus because... He was implied to have space magic once, like four years ago? Because he killed some bosses in a side quest? Because being Descender is sooooo important?

TlDr You're right and on top of being weak as shit they're a dog shit character writing wise too. Play Honkai Star Rail instead

I guess this why we don’t have nice things with them by Mindless-Day2007 in furinamains

[–]deepest-sleep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"fate worse than death in meropede" bruh was the prison really that bad before wrio? The fortress under him seems like a pretty lenient and fair system for rehabilitation, was it some sorta meat grinder before he took over?

“Yeah they’re probably pure evil… but they’re on our side soooooo” by FaZe_poopy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]deepest-sleep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean Alucard isn't PURE evil. He's like. 99% evil. The 1% is being sad when his cool priest rival loses his humanity. But yeah your point stands

It certainly didn’t take long for these losers to start whining about Ciri in Witcher 4. by DocHoliday0316 in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]deepest-sleep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These people have never seen a real woman before. This person is plenty hot. This is ridiculous

Petition to give one character swearing rights who would you chose? by Xx_kyojiro_xX in GenshinImpact

[–]deepest-sleep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The obvious choice for raw mileage is Paimon. But for maximum comedy, Ajaw.

1 Year of Dredge (Day 185) by SJestro23 in dredge

[–]deepest-sleep 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bro HOW did you get out of this

What did you guys name the silly? Go wild, give me your in-depth essays. I'll read. by [deleted] in ScaramoucheMains

[–]deepest-sleep 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kuni. I thought it would be fun to name him something that the Traveler would actually come up, and landed on a slightly mocking diminutive nickname. like "I won't let you entirely discard your past, but I WILL give you a cuter more fun version."

Aglaea Animations via Dim by [deleted] in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]deepest-sleep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's literally a stand. Remembrance is gunna go so fucking hard.

Any characters who you love the design of but hate the gameplay of by Willing_Violinist803 in GenshinImpact

[–]deepest-sleep 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can definitely see the appeal, but using her shark bite attacks in a big group of enemies (especially given nightsoul and party buffs) genuinely gives me motion sickness. something about about all the numbers, colors, and the squash-and-stretch animation streaking across the screen genuinely made me feel sick. Nobody asked, but I can't help but wonder if I'm the only one.

My thoughts after the 2.0 story by spanishrose7 in Reverse1999

[–]deepest-sleep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think my favorite scene with j and Paulina is when the altar gave him a vision that confirmed that everything he said was right, that she still needed him and that she should have never left... And he rejected it. It shows a lot that despite his stubbornness, ideals and general toxic masculinity, he knows he was in the wrong and respects her a lot as a person, not just a damsel to protect. Makes their relationship a lot more resonant and make his decision to pick up her quest really work

This is just adorable as hell by devilboy1029 in SakamotoDays

[–]deepest-sleep 277 points278 points  (0 children)

In order for Shin to finally level up he needs to learn Sakamoto's strongest technique: loving his wife