https://www.youtube.com/live/cWrcRXpouCo?feature=share A "challenge" run using generally underused characters (subjective list, feel free on telling me why I'm wrong)as well as some pretty unique builds such as "The Mad Queen" Celine as a berserker with Soren for backup bolting. "Jegans and Dragons" a fairly standard build for Vander but bringing him to end game with it. "The Blood Of The Akkerman" Etie and Chrom (same voice actress and actor of Mikasa and Levi Akkerman from aot tonight we tackle Soren) with Etie as a hero critting her way through the game with all the boosts of chrom including perfect backups as well as fixing some stats. We are using starsphere as well as any boosted items to make the most o.p team out of SUBJECTIVELY underutilized characters

https://www.youtube.com/live/cWrcRXpouCo?feature=share A "challenge" run using generally underused characters (subjective list, feel free on telling me why I'm wrong)as well as some pretty unique builds such as "The Mad Queen" Celine as a berserker with Soren for backup bolting. "Jegans and Dragons" a fairly standard build for Vander but bringing him to end game with it. "The Blood Of The Akkerman" Etie and Chrom (same voice actress and actor of Mikasa and Levi Akkerman from aot tonight we tackle Soren) with Etie as a hero critting her way through the game with all the boosts of chrom including perfect backups as well as fixing some stats. We are using starsphere as well as any boosted items to make the most o.p team out of SUBJECTIVELY underutilized characters

If this character seems over powered, that is because I am VERY BIASED and love Ptilopsis with all my heart.
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Event: strings of doubt.
Alter character: Ptilopsis, the neural web.
Class: caster, slow, AOE
Branch: Chain caster. Each attack jumps between 3 enemies, dealing 10% less damage per jump, and slowing enemies they hit.
Talent: Connected web. Any buffs given to Ptilopsis TNW will also be given to allies in a 3x3 area around her, and to whoever gave the buff to Ptilopsis TNW.
E2 talent upgrade: when stunned by any source, Ptilopsis TNW gives a 15% ASPD buff to allies in a 5x5 area for the duration of the stun.
Default ability, offensive recovery, auto: the next attack can target 2 more enemies and deals an extra 50% of attack as physical damage.
E1 ability, auto recovery, manual: Ensnaring net. Ptilopsis TNW immediately throws 3 snare traps onto the nearest ground tiles without any allies on them. These traps stun enemies who walk over them for a duration that depends on the enemy's weight, decreasing as the enemy gets heavier.
E2 ability, auto recovery, manual: Fate link. Ptilopsis TNW is stunned for 10 seconds upon activation. While Ptilopsis TNW is stunned, the enemy with the highest ATK will take damage equal to 25% of their ATK every second. When the stun ends, Ptilopsis takes damage equal to 2 times that enemy's ATK minus her own DEF stat. Any damage taken by Ptilopsis TNW while she is stunned will also be taken by her target.
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Appearance:
When stunned, instead of the usual 'falling to one knee' animation that other operators use, Ptilopsis TNW instead closes her eyes and glows slightly.
E0-1 appearance: This Ptilopsis is a bit larger than her original self. She holds a ball of silver yarn in one hand, and her staff in the other. Ptilopsis stares at the yarn ball as though she is lost in thought.
She still wears her usual outfit, but it has been updated with a much more angular and streamlined design. A hood made of rigid hexagonal pieces is pulled up behind her head.
R2 appearance: Standing up strate, Ptilopsis now has the yarn wrapped around her fingers.
If the appearance was L2D, tapping Ptilopsis would cause her to twist and weave the yarn into several different shapes and patterns, such as a cat's cradle, spider web, and several others.
At the end of the animation, Ptilopsis settles on one pattern, a woven pattern of two repeating shapes, a heart and an owl.
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Instead of a normal event, this character would come with the points pass of a third rouge-like campaign, lithe the Mizuki one.
The campaign would be themed around digital code and hacking, and it's collectibles are all relevant to machinery and computer design.
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Voice lines and personality:
Ptilopsis is the core of Rhoads Island's technologies and logistics. Her new upgrades have only strengthened that connection, and she isn't shy about flaunting her new abilities.
Operator acquired: "Thank you for waiting doctor, my preparations are complete. Operator Ptilopsis, new and improved with enhanced performance and cognition, at your service. Tell me, doctor, how does this body look?"
Idle: "Aaaand the doctor is off to dream land again... hehe, I shall use this chance to show you my new might. When you wake up, all this work will have disappeared."
Due to her change in role, being a caster instead of a medic, Ptilopsis finds it a little hard to let go of her medicinal duties.
Mission failed: "Warfarin, let me help with the medicine... the rear guard? I completely forgot!!!"
Assistant interaction #1: "Doctor, I've got you. Please try not to stumble so much. You... didn't stumble? You were trying to straighten my coat?" (Embarased Iberi noises.)
With her flaws aside, Ptilopsis still acts with the same efficiency and grave as always. Although, she may enjoy her new taller body a bit TOO much...
Assigned to a job in the base: "Amiya, let me help you with that. See? My newfound height is quite useful for such tasks."
Trust tap: "What's wrong doctor? Can't reach my head? Hahaha! Foolish doctor, now it's time for Ptilopsis to pat you!"
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Miscellaneous voice lines.
Tap, but not trust tap: "Eep! Doctor, I nearly tripped over you!"
Deployed in battle: "Let's get to work, no sleeping on the jo-zzzzzzzz..."
Assistant interaction 2-3: "Hmm? Yes, I can help you with... did Blue Poison send this in? It has frosting smudges all over it."
"(Yawn) Ahhh... nothing beats hot coffee on a work night. Doctor, care for a sip? It's freshly brewed."
Defeated in battle: "Neural overload!"
3 star victory: "That wasn't even a challenge. Surely a result of our impeccable teamwork."
Ability activation 1-3: "You're all wrapped around my fingers!"
"Nothing escapes my web!"
"(Whispered) An opportunity to show that frog whose better!"
Promotion: "Entrusting me with such important duties, are we now? Hah, just wait tilli get a chance to show you how brilliant that decision is."
Watching battle records (gaining XP): (Sigh) "How did we ever make due with such a primitive system before? Doctor, would you let me digitalize this for you."
Added to a squad: "You can stop worrying about logistics now."
Assigned as squad leader: "I've already prepared an efficient strategy. Just give the order doctor."

Marvel has had a wide variety of voice actors, some big names actors, some professional full time voice actors. If you could give any of them another job as their live action counterpart, who would you most like to see suit up? Any suggestions and all recommendations welcome!

So as far as I know the German dub of Medabots is pretty much lost media. We only got two season and they exclusively aired in pay tv - I guess the show didn't gain enough traction here to qualify for reruns on another network or a DVD/VHS/BRD release. The dub is pretty good though and features many iconic voice actors. Many of them sadly already passed. Buuut I recently found out that there is a UK release (propably from before 2010) of the show where the german language option is included - i just couldn't find out which one it is. So could you maybe help me out so I can spend an unreasonable amount to put this on internet archive and others? 😩
Tldr: German Dub is lost and was only once available outside his pay tv syndication: on a UK DVD release (probably from before 2010). Can you help me figure out which one it is so I can preserve the dub?
Thanks a lot guys! <3

Any idea?

Where are my teens & kids who spent the summers on the run with Luke & Laura?
Some of you may have seen recently that Jackie Zeman (Bobbie Spencer) passed away earlier this month at the age of 70. She played the role of GH RN, former hooker with a heart of gold, land lady, and Luke's baby sister for 45 years. She had been a near constant in my life, so her loss sent me to YouTube in search of old GH clips and episodes.
TLDR: I watched a lot of old GH.
I found a goldmine in youtuber Sussezq who has playlists beginning when Bobbie calls her brother Luke Spencer to Port Charles to help break up Laura Webber and Scott Baldwin (1979), Laura's marriage to Scott and Luke's rape of Laura at the Campus Disco and then their summer on the run hiding from mobsters (1980), and their Ice Princess caper with Robert Scorpio and their Nov wedding with 30 million viewers (1981).
I was 9-11 during the Luke and Laura heyday. Some things I didn't remember, didn't get at the time, or just didn't get to see due to school and not having a VCR until 1984. I've watched from Luke & Laura's first meeting to their honeymoon, and here are my Gen-Xey thoughts:
The Good

• The writing is much better than you think it's going to be. Gloria Monty was the showrunner at the time, and she turned a failing hospital daytime drama into the biggest daytime soap on the planet.
• Tony Geary (Luke) was just absolutely incredible as Luke Spencer. Smart, witty, and quick with ad-libs, he was also the little black dress of the show and had chemistry with everyone. He pulled better performances out of so-so actors, generously propped up lackluster actors, and allowed good actors to shine. He took Genie Francis under his wing and elevated her performance.
• Found Family is a more modern concept in media but soap operas have been creating families via long-lost children, paternity confusion, friends, step-parents, etc for decades. Luke has a less "traditionally" familial structure than Laura: his mother died due lack of health care, and his father abandoned them. Luke and his sister Bobbie grew up on the streets, with occasional help from his Aunt Ruby who then a brothel madam. By the time Luke has been back in Port Charles for a few months, Tony (Luke), Jackie (Bobbie), and Norma (Ruby) have built chemistry and loyalty into a "us against the world" bond that is impressive now, much less in the early 80s. Laura's family, while more traditional in structure, is also new: Laura was switched at birth and doesn't find out Dr. Leslie Webber is her birth mom until she's a teen. Leslie is married to Dr. Rick Webber, who is not Laura's bio father, and Laura has been raised with her sister Amy who is actually her sister via adoption. By 1980 you'd never know Rick and Leslie didn't raise Laura.
• The adventures are fun, cheesy, and fairly fast paced for a soap opera.
• The show often manages to tie Luke & Laura's adventures back to the hospital, or at least its doctors and nurses.
• The Campus Disco is both hilarious (why is it a college campus disco???) and amazing. The music is a weird muzak version of "Call Me" and "Ring My Bell," though.
• The fashions are glorious. I hated 70s fashions in the 80s, but they're incredibly forward now, seeing them as an adult. Luke often wears an amazing pair of pink Guess Jeans that I would kill for.
• Brian and Claudia are a hot, smart Black couple who are getting college degrees when we meet them, and they're both great friends to Laura and Scott (and later Luke). There's no racist subtext in their speech, clothing, jobs, and relationship. (But see me in the Bad Section later.)
• Richard Simmons (as himself) gives exercise classes as part of his Live-It (as opposed to diet) program. He's also -- and this amazing -- one of Luke's groomsmen for his failed wedding to Jennifer Smith! He shows up again to welcome Luke and Laura home after the Frank Smith / Left Handed Boy adventure, and then he just sort of fades away.
• Two henchmen chase after Luke and Laura during their summer on the run. "Hutch" Hutchinson is blond, gorgeous, and, like Tony Geary, appears to think he's acting on bigger show than he's on. His chemistry with Luke and Laura is amazing, and the three of them become great friends (this friendship triangle will later be replicated with Robert Scorpio). Sally Armitage, a bar owner in upstate New York for whom Hutch, Laura, and Luke work, turns out not only to be one of Frank Smith's hired guns, but also a man named Max Hedges in drag as Sally. I have so many questions! It's never explained why Max is Sally. It doesn't appear that he's trans (or transsexual as it was called then) and actually living as a woman, because we seem him as Max and he often uses his "Max voice" to talk to Frank Smith. Is he in drag to better disguise himself and make Luke & Laura more trusting of him? Or is the character merely a transvestite who just enjoys dressing as a woman at times? I DON'T KNOW! But it's fascinating, and treated with astounding respect in 1980 (despite Sally being a bad guy).
• The Ice Princess freezing plot is straight out of James Bond, but there are layers to it -- the discussions of the haves and have nots are especially poignant when Luke recounts his and and Bobbie's childhoods.
• The wedding of the century was phenomenal. I hated the bridesmaid dresses at the time (I still don't like mauve or hats), the antique cars and the outdoors setting, and all of the country decor from Luke and Laura's time hiding out on Whittaker's Farm is lovely, with a with a plotluck meal from the residents of Port Charles (including caviar and Oysters Rockefeller from the Quartermaines).
• Robert Xavier Scorpio. Hot dude, great accent, great actor, stellar chemistry with Luke.
• Rick Springfield is freaking fine as Dr. Noah Drake. Just as fine as I remember from 1981 when I bought "Working Class Dog."

The Bad

• It's not even going to start with the rape. Shocker, I know. Rick and Leslie Webber and Gail and Lee Baldwin were okay with Laura at 17 marrying Scotty who had to be at least 23 (he was in law school). I grew up in a rural town in Oklahoma. It was extremely typical for girls to get married right out of high school where and when I grew up, and often to slightly older men in their 20s who were "settled." But those were poor people who had been raised to believe they had very few educational opportunities. Laura is the child of two MDs. Worse, Genie Francis actually was 17 and some of the things she went through were so not okay.
• Laura gets a job serving alcohol at the Disco when was 17. The drinking age in New York was 18 in 1979, so that was probably legal. Just weird if you're me.
• Laura is incredibly infantilized by Scott and her parents. It's kinda gross.
• The rape. It's so much worse than you remember. Luke comes to town to break up Laura and Scott (for Bobbie), fails, and then falls for high school senior Laura (they don't ever give Luke's actual age, but I think it's supposed to be around 25; Tony Geary was actually 32 in 1979). He even takes pictures of her in her cheerleading uniform (which Luke cops to still having a year later). When she is almost 18 and married to Scott, Luke pulls her onto the dance floor at the Campus Disco after hours and forces her to dance to Herb Alpert's "Rise." He kisses her despite her protests, and then drags her to the floor and rapes her while she is saying, "No." There's no ambiguity. Even a "what about" guy would struggle because Laura is 17, Luke's employee, and shell-fucking-shocked when it's over. She escapes to the park and later reports the rape, but doesn't reveal she knew her attacker. She accuses Luke of the rape to his face, and he doesn't deny it. Despite the fact that he is torn up about it, he raped her. She still keeps working at the disco, and she doesn't tell Scott, and she displays PTSD, but she still keeps helping Luke with his mob problems. The chemistry between Luke and Laura was such that the show ran with it. Tony was an incredible actor nd he brought out a strength in Laura we hadn't see before. So they have Laura punish Luke emotionally, but she doesn't turn him in, and she doesn't cut him out of her life. Before his abortive wedding to Jennifer, she writes him a letter where she forgives him (which Scott finds, ending their marriage). Once on the run, she "admits" to Luke that it wasn't rape, that she wanted it too, but was just too ashamed of her feelings for him and didn't want to break her marriage vows and be ashamed in front of her family and friends. The gross "seduction-rape" trope was huge in the 80s. Good girls could not be seen actively seeking sex, so they were often "taken against their will." It played out in real life, too, with several women my age not knowing they were raped because "they put themselves in a room alone with him" or "they should have fought harder." Several of my friends wouldn't use birth control, because that meant you had planned to have sex, rather than it be something that happened to you.
• Of all the grossness that surrounds the Luke & Laura rape, the worst is her apology to him that they made love, rather than that he raped her.
• Too much reliance on "kooky" characters like Slick Jones and Emma Lutz. While Slick isn't bad, Emma is really a single punchline (she's "trashy hot"! Ha ha! So funny!). Tony was so good at being "wacky" as Luke that they wanted to build on that. Unfortunately not every character actor is Tony.
• Brian and Claudia are attractive, smart, witty, fun, loving, loyal, and fit into Port Charles society seamlessly. They also don't have a single storyline that isn't supporting to someone else (at least between 1979-1981). Can a Black man get some amnesia or hysterical blindness???
• It's hilarious that Luke goes to Dan Rooney, the hospital administrator, for international banking intel about the Quartermaines, Cassadines, and Robert Scorpio. Oh, we get a line of dialogue about how he used to work for movers and shakers, but it's still amusing. One of my best friends is the CFO for a local small credit union. Imma hit her up about Musk and Soros.
• Laura is not only sacrificed on the purity altar, she's also dragged across the coals for getting a divorce. Since Laura's soon-to-be-ex father-in-law Lee Baldwin is apparently the only attorney in town, she must turn to his associate, Joe Kelly (who graduates law school in like 6 months) to get her divorce from Scott. Quick Mexican divorces were de rigueur on 80s TV, so off Laura heads to Juarez. Lee tears up the divorce decree in a drunken rage, and Luke confronts him about it. Lee is later apologetic, and explains it as "what a dad gotta do," but latter adds that it was also due to the mores of his generation. The mores of his generation?! Lee might be Greatest Gen, but his General Hospital CV will tell you that:

1. He's a recovering alcoholic with anger issues
2. He's the biological father of Rick Webber's younger brother Jeff who was conceived via infidelity between Lee and Helene Webber
3. He was totes fine with college grad Scott marrying a literal high school senior!

Yeah. Lee should sit this one out.
The Ugly
In a 2022 interview with Oprah's "Where Are They Now," Genie Francis explained the following about why she left General Hospital in early 1982 at the height of Luke & Laura's popularity:

"I was very young. I was only 19. I was having trouble with drugs and alcohol," she said. After spending a night in the hospital, she was told she had to return to work the next day. Then someone came to her dressing room to inform her what had been said about her on set. "They said it didn't matter if you lived or died because Tony was the whole show," the person told her. "That hurt," the actress added. Feeling that she didn't matter to the show and that she was considered "nothing," Francis thought, "Okay, watch this. I'm gone," and in a moment of anger, she quit "GH." She admitted the decision was rather hot-headed, saying, "I went a long distance to prove a point. A very long distance," acknowledging that her actions hurt herself as well.

Read More: https://www.nickiswift.com/1105223/the-heartbreaking-reason-genie-francis-left-general-hospital-at-the-height-of-luke-and-lauras-fame/
Despite the bad and the ugly of it all, the show meant A LOT to me between 9 and 25 or so, and Luke & Laura were probably my first fandom. It was amusing and sometimes surreal to relive it all again.

My current only bird and i have a weird relationship, and i want to know if its healty. I tried everything i could and i am not sure if he is happy or not. He spends most of his time in the cage, and he hasnt ben out recently he dosent talk at all. But when he is talkative, i talk with, make bird noises and talk to him withmy softest voice. I usually let hım out 30-90 munites a day, but sometimes he just dosent get in. Once he handt got in his cage to eat or drink for 2 days straight. He dosent let me pet or kiss him, but he isnt that much afraid either. If i end up getting too close to the face he bites and if i get closer or close to his feed or anywhere else, he flies away. He is NOT afraid. He flies over to me and my mother reguraly when he is out. He stands in our phones when we are using it and whatnot, he eats lettuce and other Green veggies. (And apple) but other then that, just seeds. I feed him veggies and apple very rarely, because he is old. He had a female friend which was a few years older, but she passed away a few years ago, my guess is i had fed her too much apple in the night before. He hadnt even understood she was dead, he was standing there chipping, not quietly. After a while and when i took the body to bury, he was quiet for a week but then he went to natural. But he was only interasted in her friend. He'd always fallow her. He wouldnt even come to my hand unless she was already there. They never bred, but theyd kiss a lot. Now, he comes over just to bite me. Dosent let me pet. Its not pretending or light either, he bites so hard i instinctivly hit him sometimes. I screamed and fastly moved my hand when he does, but he still has this behavior. We now have a baby cat, he isnt afraid of her infact he comes close as possible( if she isnt playing playful and sleeping) and bites her ear and tail. He isnt brave he is dumb. Funnily, he is the dumbest bird i have ever had and i had a lot. It's a uniqe personality and all, but i still dont think he loves me. He is very old at this point, years old and the case is still same. He is also noticably smaller then some other birds i had even though he is older. I always feel guilty of not knowing if he is happy, and that he proably dosent even like me. He just sees me as the "the guy that feeds me". He is a species that can talk, but he never said a word either. As i said i keep talking to him everyday. I dont use his name much(sea) but i say things like "you are beatiful" "my little baby". He has a big cage too, i have the biggest cage i could find. He has several drinking thingys and seed thingys, a lot of wood and colorful things he can parkur around, and a bell(perhaps thats the problem? I heard they connect with them, but be dosent care about the Bell whatsoever) he dosent have a mirror, no. He is so fearless that the cat once tried to eat him. I wasnt worried because i heard if they are used to birds from childhood theyd be fine but the cat is not even 2 months old. Ill proably have them on diffrent rooms later on. Can a proffesinal please tell me what to do? I tried everything, purchased everything, i have a yellow health thingy i add to hes water when he is sick, i have some stone that he scratches his beak to, but he still dosent love me. I started having nightmares about him, due to the guilt. I have asked reddit about the bite problem before but they said not much i could do. I used to tape wings, but i havent ben doing that in years either due to again, guilt. I actually feel bad about this. When i look at him, he dosent feel like family anymore. Do i just give him to a birdkeeper i trust? What do i do? Please tell me anyhting you know, i need to do something about this

What two characters who share a voice actor surprised you the most? For me Korekiyo and Teruteru is really surprising but I also find it really funny

Apologizes for being so late. Explanation at the bottom.
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Maxwell stared out the small window in the war room while he waited for the generals and other officers to arrive. The dome had dimmed to the point that you could see through it, and he watched as the demonic army set up camp less than a mile from the city. When the last straggler entered and sat, the general in charge started the meeting. Why am I even here? I don’t add anything besides my fighting and base knowledge of magic. Whatever.
The meeting ended with the decision being made to defend at the wall, and only send out mounted troops when the enemy showed a weakness. Pretty standard fare for defending a city. He made his way out of the room, not stopping to chat with anyone and went for a walk in the now recovering city.
He was sitting on a park bench, randomly tossing seeds to a small flock of birds when his messaging stone started to vibrate. He removed the stone from his pocket and swiped his finger across the smooth face, “Hello?”
“Ah, the heretic. Just who I wanted to speak too.” The voice on the other end said. “I am general xxx of the demon army---”
Max ended the call, swiping across the stone again. “Idiots.” He grumbled. “I wasn’t born yesterday.”
The stone vibrated again. He answered. “WHAT?”
“The same voice as before spoke again. “We need to talk.”
“Make it fast.” Max growled. “I’m busy.”
“Very well. I want you to kill the demon lord.” Ochalz said in a level voice.
“You…You what?” Max stuttered into the stone.
“He needs to die.” Ochalz replied. “He will force me to throw my troops into your void forsaken wall. The number of unneeded deaths will be high. I need him gone.”
Mas took a deep breath to calm his nerves, “What’s in it for us?”
“Upon his death, we will cease all hostilities for a total of ten years.” Ochalz said.
“Twenty-five, no less, and you will retreat to the demon wastes.” Max responded.
“Very well. Twenty-five years.” Ochalz said, “And we will move to the aptly named demon wastes.”
“How do I know I can trust you?” Max asked.
“You don’t. But I give you my personal assurances, and all the information I have on that lard filled bastard.” Ochalz responded.
“Good enough.” Max smiled. “Tell me everything.
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Grendel Repute sat on the back of the wagon as it progressed down the snow-covered road. What to do. What to do. He absentmindedly scratched the cat that Brandywine had left in his care when she and the others had left. “So, cat, what should we do today? No one will dice with me anymore. Especially after they finally caught me cheating.” The cat flopped onto its side and purred at him. “Maybe we should… No. Perhaps? No. What do you think?”
The cat gently captured his left hand in its paws and brought it closer to lick and nibble on.
“I suppose we could eat something, but lunch isn’t for another hour or so.” Grendel said in response to the nibbles. “Maybe we could raid the sweets jar?”
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Max had gathered up his usual suspects in his rooms. “Demon general Ochalz has asked that we assassinate the demon lord.”
The room went silent.
“Yeah. I was surprised too.” Max said into the silence. “I have a bunch of notes here,” he waved to a stack of papers, “with all of the information Ochalz could give me.”
The next several hours were spent going over the notes.
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Cookies in hand, Grendel sat once again on the back of the wagon, cat purring on his lap. “Okay. We have a communication stone from Prince Lancil. We have snow. We have cookies… Now what?”
“Meow” said the cat.
“Exactly.” Grendel replied.
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Gilip, Capital of Demonia.
53rd of Anael, First month of Snow.
2290 years since the New Gods came.
We have almost a thousand miles to travel to get to the demon lord’s lair. We will be traveling the demon wastes through ice and snow. While the demons will not be “thick and heavy” due to their army being here, they will still be around. Little else thrives out there.
There is a “breed” of “Horse” that has been mostly tamed that will survive the travel, but with my track record with half demonic beasts, I worry there will be problems.
Bri has refused to stay behind, claiming that “the place of a wife is with her husband”. Who am I to argue?
The gang’s all here, we leave tomorrow at dusk.
54th of Anael.
Dusk.
The wind is cold, blowing the powdery snow across the plain as we departed. The heroes, Brandywine and Bri are all well covered in winter traveling clothes. The trunk is tied to my back.
55th of Anael,
We got five miles through the wind and snow last night. No demons were spotted. Today we should make about ten more. I keep forgetting how much I hate walking in snow, it gets everywhere.
Plains of Demonia.
1st of Arah, Second month of Snow.
2291 years since the new gods came.
Midwinter was last night, and we did not celebrate. Travel was more important. We made just over ten miles today, giving us a total of twenty-five miles. I believe it is around twenty points below freezing* as we set up camp tonight. We are all sharing one small tent to conserve heat. The wind is whipping across the gently rolling plain at speed. Tomorrow we may be snow blind.
Our current path will bring us to Ghostward, another one hundred twenty miles or so. Twelve days. We will rest for a couple nights there, and hopefully be able to procure ‘Horses’ that can deal with the weather.
3rd of Arah.
The wind and snow were too much today, we made it three miles. It is a blizzard. I hope we aren’t snow bound for too long. Only 38 miles so far.
6th of Arah.
We got nearly two feet of snow, but the wind has slowed. Tomorrow, we will dig ourselves out and continue on our way.
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Magni stared at the snow, and smiled to himself. It’s like home. Just without the mountains. He held back a tear as he thought back to his lost home, the people, his wife and children, and then let the tears loose.
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10th of Arah.
We continue our march. I don’t understand how Magni can smile and whistle through this. Maybe he really is part bear as Nomvula claims? I don’t know, he kind of does look like one…
Around eighty miles, halfway there. Seventy left.
13th of Arah.
Elk. A herd of elk. Being chased by a small pack of worgs. The worgs ate there fill and ignored us. I’m an idiot gods forsaken MORON! We could have ridden worgs if I hadn’t wanted to avoid the “going away” ceremony that would have been thrown for us. Too late now.
14th of Arah.
We spotted a demon patrol today. They ignored us.
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Grendel stared at the boring snow once again. “Now what do we do, cat?”
“Mrow?” The cat replied.
“Me either.” Grendel said. “Maybe we can use Lancil’s stone and try to sell someone a bridge?”
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Demon General Ochalz sat on his camp chair, and smiled. “The Heretic is well on his way now? Excellent. Once that worthless idiot is dead, we will make a place for ourselves in the wastes, and prepare.”
*That would be -20c, or -10f.
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Where to begin, where to begin?
I don't generally talk about it, but I have some mental health issues, and the last couple of months have been hard. The weather changes are tough in spring, causing my SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) to go into overdrive. The ADHA has been bouncing me around, and my Bi-Polar disorder has been at an all time low. All said and done? This has been a sucky as hell spring.
To top things off, Monday I stubbed my big toe so hard that i separated the nail from the nail bed. 0/10, do not recommend.
The high points have been being published in the anthology (thanks to everyone who backed it!!!!!) and seeing Wind Rose in concert. Even those two haven't really left much of a dent in my psyche.
Anyway, my kid is almost out of school for the year, and at least isn't failing any classes. And next weekend I will be attending a reunion for year one and two of the NCCC program (I was in year one! That was a blast!!!) and I'm looking forward to that, and the writing convention two weeks after that. Those two should break me out of this blue period.
Take care of yourselves. Don't kidnap midgets. Get the candy first. Don't drive full speed into the dust storm. Look both ways at the train crossing. Avoid the sewer clowns unless you are well armed. Giant robots will make you go squish. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is NOT your friend. Help each other out.
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I think it’s possible Oda will be showing us what Imu actually looks like soon, which of course means figuring out their gender. We’re near the end stages of Wano in the Anime so we’ll be getting to egghead in a short amount of time. Which means we’ll soon enough see Imu’s conversation with Cobra, meaning the gender of their voice actor will reveal it. I feel like Oda would want to reveal their gender himself before that happens. But the bottom line is one way or another, I think we’ll figure out that piece of their identity at least sometime in the near-ish future

I still see people hating the 4kids voice actors for ruining the characters forever even after Funimation got the license in 2007. I have seen the 4kids voice actors do better projects than the 4kids dub. So why do people still hate the 4kids voice actors when it's the voice direction that is to blame?

This is my first post on this sub and this game that was long running meme a year ago it's also my first Metal Gear game and I really liked it. I plan on playing Metal Gear Solid 1 next but this all I have for now.
The plot of this game is definitely something that I would appreciate more if I had played the previous games especially when it revolves around the shut down of Sons of Patriots and the want from the villains of starting another war.
What I see now is the quest of Raiden trying to investigate the mysterious cyborgs who attacked and killed the president from the start of the game and stop World Marshall which involves the candidate to presidency Senator Armstrong who wants to make America great again... And also make cyborg kids.
In this game we see the deepest thoughts of Raiden, who wants to protect the innocent and the weak, want to do the right thing but being troubled by his darker and murderous side who wants to forget because he has changed (assuming here that we can see his development in previous games)
And when he rekindled his liking of murder he becomes even more determined to stop the evil experiments and the plans of World Marshall.
Raiden in general is pretty cool, despite looking and sometimes act edgy he has a caring and heroic side which he has no shame in hiding unlike a lot of protagonist who meets the previous criteria. He even has a wife and a son so of course he will be a nice dude. Raiden is a needed force, he has to kill a lot of people who might as well never wanted to be soldiers but the circumstances forced them and Raiden doesn't wish for anyone to go through the same things he did. A good example of that side of Raiden is on his conversations with George, the kid who wishes to be as strong as Raiden but many people who had that same thinking became monsters of metal and Raiden understood that.
The side human characters are kind of meh, I feel like some of them are from previous games so I don't have too many opinions on them, but the villains in the other hand are... Interesting
Mistral is kinda there, not for nothing there were zero memes of her (except the one she blows a kiss to Raiden) but at least her battle theme is good. Monsoon is very short-lived but he brings up interstate topics like memes are part of our dna, if this game was made today he would have been a shitposter (imagine if to spice his fight even more, they would have made Monsoon to constantly fill your HUD with stupid memes while you fight him).
Sundowner is a interesting case, he is a total asshole who loves war and wants war. I think we all know that everyone in this game has a speech and motivations (ulterior motivations in the case of Sam) except sundowner, instead he spents this whole game making the sickest theme song of the game... though he forgot to upgrade his health before the fight.
And finally Sam.... He is weird, I have yet to play his dlc which should explain a few things but right now he is a enigma to me. Later in the plot he saw potential in Raiden and decides to leave behind his special blade for Raiden so he could defeat Armstrong. He had a relationship with Blade Wolf but it is not so explained. Just like Sundowner he cooked his theme song very well and his fight was a challenge.
And finally finally... Senator Armstrong, he is alright. He is not a very stupid villain, he has simple motivations to do his evils plans and very good pieces of dialogue that is accompanied by a great voice actor.
Before I end this, a brief mention to the gameplay; is great.
My biggest gripe is how little the blade mode is explained (maybe that's why I should have done the VR missions) I always thought that you could only cut with X and Y until I faced Sundowner, I found it too hard to figure out how to cut his protection and I died a lot against Armstrong rocks. The moment I figured out how to cut Armstrong's rocks properly I finished the fight in that same attempt.
I also thought that the upgrades would be like a long skill tree, after four missions I basically had all the upgrades I needed by then.
In general, I liked the game a lot. I hope to see some good stuff from this franchise.

You're not a cat, why did you open it 🤨 well since you came this far, might as well read this right?
When you take a walk on the beach and see the sunset do you stop to take pictures of it like you've never seen it before? No? Oh okay
When you see an animal do you speak in a freakishly low voice and pet them until THEY get tired of it? No? Oh okay
Apart from that I'm a normal guy I think with very little originality and creativity (as seen from my username). I'm from Europe, but I'd love to talk to people from all around the earth or beyond! May it be aliens, lizard people, wizard people or just regular people I guess.
I love all kinds of animals and I want to pet every single one of them even if it's the last thing I'd do (I figure I'll go out by petting a tiger).
I love watching different tv shows and movies, but not horror (crazy right!?). Tell me some of your favorites!
Enough about me, tell me about yourself! All I ask is that you're a decent person and don't ghost me randomly
But beware, I can and I will send you pictures from my walk! Snow, beach, sunset? I got it all! Also if you want to win in Geoguessr then I'm your guy!
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