Something Beautiful is Going to Happen

they don't warn you how much you're going to love rock lee. no one tells you

sources say there are muscles in the back of my neck. and they want to kill me

Midra is like the Frenzied Flame’s version of Job, in that a lot of spiritual effort is being spent on fucking with one guy

imagine putting every ounce of focus and willpower you have into not going mad, and then somebody comes through your front door and starts breaking your bookshelves

imagine a dark souls game that starts in a location like Eleum Loyce, and the playable character's quest is to restore the legendary age of fire to end the country's eternal winter. however, along the way, they hear rumors about other people who tried and failed, as well as about the person who ushered in the current winter because they wanted to end the previous unnatural, eternal realm of the Sun

The last twist of the DLC (and of the game as a whole) is that Malenia knew about Miquella’s plan the whole time, which leads to the delicious question of “what the fuck were you doing girl”

“no brother, you were right to spend three hours messing with that water level puzzle so you could give your rune to a big sunflower, also I don’t know if this is part of the plan but the oracles meant to herald your arrival as a god have gone mad outside”

“oh you’ll love this too, your soldiers have learned a fun new trick to get your attention where they just explode”

The last twist of the DLC (and of the game as a whole) is that Malenia knew about Miquella’s plan the whole time, which leads to the delicious question of “what the fuck were you doing girl”

“no brother, you were right to spend three hours messing with that water level puzzle so you could give your rune to a big sunflower, also I don’t know if this is part of the plan but the oracles meant to herald your arrival as a god have gone mad outside”

The last twist of the DLC (and of the game as a whole) is that Malenia knew about Miquella’s plan the whole time, which leads to the delicious question of “what the fuck were you doing girl”

Smh don't call your game a Disco Elysium clone unless it includes copious amount of communist brainrot. I don't care if it's a "fail forward" narrative system. I don't give a shit if it has dice-based skill checks. Give me a narrative steeped in Marxist-informed storytelling or fuck off

rykard seeing messmer and realizing that Looking Like a Guy Still was an option this whole time

messmer: you see tarnished, i am cursed, sealed away in this lonely land, all because of this serpent inside me, this reviled, forbidden serpent that must never wait what? my stepbrother IS a snake? he’s like a guy’s face on a snake? and he lives in a big house with all his friends?

messmer: well it was probably the fire then, marika probably used the serpent as an excuse to did you just say VOLCANO MANOR

rykard seeing messmer and realizing that Looking Like a Guy Still was an option this whole time

messmer: you see tarnished, i am cursed, sealed away in this lonely land, all because of this serpent inside me, this reviled, forbidden serpent that must never wait what? my stepbrother IS a snake? he’s like a guy’s face on a snake? and he lives in a big house with all his friends?

as I fall into st. trina’s embrace, heavy lids closing in surrender to the promise of endless sleep unto death, I behold, in my final, fading seconds, a Goop Knight