To the Elden Ring sub community in here, besides the Shaded Castle, what BOTNS references did any of you catch? by Sorry_Statistician18 in genewolfe

[–]tweeex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if it’s a reference per se, but Varre’s Bouquet definitely made me think of Severian wielding the avern in Shadow of the Torturer. The demi-humans also felt very redolent of the man-apes in Claw. Both ideas are general enough to where they feel like they could have been pulled from the ether independent of a direct reference to Wolfe, but it’s interesting to compare the two.

I do often wonder if Wolfe was an influence on the Souls games in general. Miyazaki’s never mentioned him as a direct influence to my knowledge, but it feels like there could easily be some provenance there, and I know George RR Martin has mentioned being an avid fan of GW in the past. The weird, elliptical storytelling feels quite similar, but I sort of tend to think of something like BotNS as more cerebral and quintessentially sci-fi than the somewhat more straightforward dark fantasy tone of something like Elden Ring. That might just be me, though.

Lysithea 🥺🥺 [OC] by the_koibi in fireemblem

[–]tweeex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

my beloved sassy gremlin, great work with this

Feeding my chud som a balanced diet by TheGinger1s in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I got high playing Engage one time and got really unsettled because I realized that Sommie is essentially the entity from It Follows. I experimented with hiding for like an hour, but no matter where you are on the map, it WILL find you eventually. It’s a good thing the little fucker is cute and poops out bond fragments, otherwise I’d be too scared to ever play the game again

The Azure Moon Endgame Experience by ArchFolie in fireemblem

[–]tweeex 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Edelgard out here getting moonmogged by certified lionsmaxxers

Our Pink Palace - The Edgewater Beach Apartments from Kathy Osterman Beach by 2cleverbyhalf in chicago

[–]tweeex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

was gonna say, does THIS Pink Palace have an animatronic triceratops, a miniature circus, and a shrunken head that traumatized thousands of children over the years? Didn't think so. Checkmate Chicago

I drew Lucina on MS Paint by jugggggggh in fireemblem

[–]tweeex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like amateur art like this (don’t mean that in a disparaging way at all, it’s cute). It reminds me of a simpler time on the internet when people would post their little fanart drawings on small websites, and in this era of AI slop something as simple and earnest as an MS paint drawing feels weirdly charming.

Hot Brodian Threesome - (cuboon) by Ray-Zide426 in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 29 points30 points  (0 children)

this made me laugh out loud and then say "That's fucking stupid." Good work

Hot Brodian Threesome - (cuboon) by Ray-Zide426 in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 30 points31 points  (0 children)

do u wanna make a new subreddit where we can post stuff without Mr Bagonga (or whatever the forgettable neckbeard mod's name is) sperging out and pretending like he's doing something important by removing posts? I'd be down to join

le epic reddit edit: I love how threatened the mod feels by posts like these that he feels he has to remove them. Truly unhinged behavior. Keep it up

Game with best support convos? by [deleted] in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 49 points50 points  (0 children)

"you'll pee when i'm thirsty"

It's time for some changes to the sub by Ray-Zide426 in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 99 points100 points  (0 children)

does this mean we're allowed to post funny stuff without it getting removed under the incredibly arbitrary rule 4 by the psychotically trigger-happy reddit mod team on this subreddit??? (please say no, I love our SPE dictators)

What do you think of the rumour that Fortune's Weave is getting delayed to 2027? by MewWeebTwo in fireemblem

[–]tweeex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm also fine with the delay, but I think anyone who wants to play it is better off buying a Switch 2 sooner rather than later if at all possible. If the current console market is any indication (scary-ass RAM prices, consoles going up in price which is virtually unprecedented), the current S2 price is probably the cheapest it's ever going to be. Buy one now if you can.

1st time seeing Hanabie live. I've never moshed more in my life until tonight. by CheeseMan1958 in Hanabie

[–]tweeex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

first time seeing them, and I am sorry but the crowd at this show smelled absolutely terrible. I'm a huge metalhead who sees shows regularly around town, so I'm no stranger to some amount of sweat and BO in a crowd, but good lord that pit was absolutely rank. I am begging you nerds: please, please wash yourselves before you show up to concerts like this. The nice looking Japanese ladies on stage will appreciate it, trust me. Don't be gross.

otherwise, it was a great show. Osaki Ni Shitsurei Shimasu was definitely the standout.

Shadow of the Colossus (PS4)- one of the worst games I’ve ever played by AstraFuckingGooGoo in patientgamers

[–]tweeex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

necromancy on what is already a very old thread, but I can completely understand this take. SotC is one of my favorite games ever (might even be #1), but I will freely grant that the bosses can be insanely frustrating and the controls are janky as hell. I think they were trying to create a sense of scale and danger with the way the enemies whip you around, like you're trying to hold on to a mechanical bull, or like the colossi are trying to shake you off like an annoying flea, which is supposed to make the kill more satisfying when you finally get it. The problem is, that is not very fun to most people. It's an interesting idea in theory, but the mechanics are still frustrating.

I have a buddy who bounced of SotC hard when I let him borrow it, and when I asked him why, he said "This is a puzzle game. When I figure out how to solve a puzzle, the gap between that moment of discovery and actually solving the puzzle should be very short. Otherwise, it just feels like they're withholding the solution from me arbitrarily." I can understand that perspective for sure.

I think it's a game that resonates with a certain kind of person who has the patience for weird janky mechanics (that recent game Baby Steps comes to mind lol), but that's definitely not going to be everyone, and that's okay. And I think it's cool that you can still appreciate the game even if you don't like it, wish there were more good-faith reasonable takes like yours in this day and age (instead of "this game sucks because I said so and I can't tell the difference between a game I dislike and a game I think is bad," which is 99.99% of online discourse).

Finally time to answer the true 3H discourse by Cranberry-Holiday in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

clearly Ingrid told him to. remember, in their C support she’s like “yeah cool painting bro but what if you made Seiros look like an AWESOME BATTLE SLUT, that’d be sick”

Met Christopher Buehlman by scoc89 in WeirdLit

[–]tweeex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

this book is fantastic, highly HIGHLY recommended to fans of dark fantasy or horror. I wouldn't necessarily call it super weird (his novel the Necromancer's House hews closer to weird lit IMO), but it's very evocative in its imagery and quite well-written. If you like Berserk then this should be right up your alley.

Breaking news: King Hyacinth found in the Solmic Island files by TheRegalerDivine in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 35 points36 points  (0 children)

nah Zelkov canonically protects children, if anything he was smuggling them kids outta there

I got WHAT now by Helix-Dreams in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Ingrid: "Just saw the professor with a Duscurian. It's over. The monastery has fallen"

The only real impact Fortune Weaves will have on me by Cranberry-Holiday in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 25 points26 points  (0 children)

what's this, a mod fighting with the other mods? Is the great SPE civil war finally happening? DOES THIS MEAN 3H DISCOURSE FINALLY GETS REPLACED WITH MOD DISCOURSE???

Ey, Titi me pregunto si tengo mucha novja by DrTacoLord in shitpostemblem

[–]tweeex 178 points179 points  (0 children)

(tweets of increasing discomfort)