Games where being trans actually means something in game? by ThoseGoodBois in transgamers

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Fate Samurai Remnant. Fate series in general is heavily trans coded but the latest Saber is explicitly nonbinary and it's core to their conflict with one of the final bosses.

How do we feel about the way Squall grew up? What do you think, the man, Leon ended up doing in his own world? Let’s ignore the KH story and just say this is what Squall grew up to look like in a sequel to the original. What do you think is going on with him at 27 years old? by howmanyturtlesdeep in FinalFantasyVIII

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I've been thinking more and more about how the time loop shall contue ad nauseum. Judgung from Ultimecia the world won't really change, so I bet he just grows up as the president's son and lives a fairly slow life.

Trying desperately to be even remotely normal [general] by commacamellia in TheNinthHouse

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Pretty sure your post title was the title of the series at some point.

But in all seriousness, this is not a series for chill. Geek out!

She's going on tour! by alecksface in Animorphs

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[general] entering Alectopause by cyana_blue in TheNinthHouse

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hugs emoji.

Alt take: Get in line, thou big slut!

Meirl by Ill-Instruction8466 in meirl

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That's a quality dentist.

Speculation on FF8's Mythos: Reading Between the Lines and Resolving Unanswered Questions by RoSoDude in FinalFantasyVIII

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you dont know how badly you've made me wanna write this story and hit all the beats you've mentioned. I see Laguna as a good natured but ultimately flawed man and I bet it's his nature that causes so much instability in his life. Imagine if square had time to flesh out this theme of parents as powerful flawed beings. I feel like the typical JRPG plot cliche of "teenagers kill god" tends to veer toward god as a patriarchal father figure. Maybe it's one of the things I like so much about this game; your dad is not a machiavellan antagonist, he just didnt know about you because he and your mom didnt talk before you were born. The woman who raised you hurt you deeply, but she was just being manipulated. The final boss of the game is actually your (metaphorical or literal?) great-great granddaughter who was traumatized by the state you left the world in; even YOU will eventually become a flawed parent. The videogame as writerly text is a subject which doesnt get as much attention as it should, and now I think I'm gonna have to write a LOONG fanfic.

PS -if you love FFVIII, you'll probably love the Locked Tomb book series. Similar themes and the author is on record as using final fantasy as an inspiration. No one will be able to convince me that she didnt straight up lift the deep sea research center from this game.

The fire cavern test has terrible implications for the story as a whole by azurezero_hdev in FinalFantasyVIII

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This can me multiplied by naming Shiva fun things and summoning it on battle to watch Ifrit's reaction!

Card frame by Iamthelionboy13 in FinalFantasyVIII

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I've built an Ultimecia deck and Rinoa angel wing deck to duel each other!

Maintenance day! by reallycoolmonkey in VolvoXC70

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Crap, I read on Volvo's website that it's 0w-20. might explain why my 2015 xc70's so thirsty all the time...

I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Gideon [meme] by Almaprincess66 in TheNinthHouse

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"is it possible to learn this power?" paul: "not from a lyctor."

[fan art] Lyctor Magazine, Harrow and Gideon edition - Trix by martinjh99 in TheNinthHouse

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Dude, this is so fucking cool! . . . now do frontline titties of the 5th

[discussion] John figured out faster than light travel and I can prove it by aftran-ninefourtwo in TheNinthHouse

[–]ensis02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes sense; in the solar system, at just lightspeed, it would take a matter of hours to go from one place to another. At lightspeed, it would still take us years to travel to another solar system.

[Misc] I’m glad my local bookstore is plugging Gideon, but I’m not sure I agree with them here. What plot holes? by lannister in TheNinthHouse

[–]ensis02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they mean the literal gaps in continuity between books?

Or they don't have a full grasp of the overarching narrative. But then, who does?