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How’s ur tomodachi life shadowvanilla going?

ok

Just to recap so we're all on the same page, this game is actively trying to juggle 3 very fast-paced and ensemble-heavy POVs, all of whom are apparently required to be present an equal amount in a given episode regardless of the immediate relevancy or urgency of their engagement to the plot. This has now repeatedly translated into us sitting in with one group for all of 15 minutes every two to four real-life weeks, wherein they either accomplish absolutely nothing within the grander scheme of the episode, or they cram so much shit into their segment that we get the chance to digest none of it and instead shoulder this increasingly intolerable sense of fatigue towards the ever-escalating stakes piling atop one another; everything I feared about this new story update schedule has come to pass in ways that are somehow even worse than I imagined; it's like Devsisters has forgotten where the fucking break pedal is in the car. And with these (thinly veiled crob nostalgia pandering) ✨ Evil Legendaries ✨ now in the mix, they've introduced two new groups and like, seven new antagonistic forces in the span of a month for us to now keep track of, and it feels like there is basically no sense of hope for the protagonist group at any given moment, and this is a tone that benefits nobody in the story. Shadow Milk is my favorite character in the franchise and even I've managed to become completely fucking exhausted with the amount of time he's been on screen, pulling increasingly convoluted one-ups, predominantly because he has had legitimately nothing insightful to say for the last five updates, doing nothing to demonstrate the "hows" of his scheme rather than repeatedly waxing poetic on the "why", resulting in him being shoehorned into an undeserved upper-handed position to the active detriment of the characterization of multiple other cast members. Devsisters' lack of comprehension of appropriate powerscaling in a game design context has apparently poisoned the well in the writing department in the process, I guess!

(vol. 1) (vol. 2) (vol 3)

❤ what is left (what still remains) - ilarion (character study, redemption arc)

I looove this approach to Shadow Milk's relationship to Knowledge on the tactile/literary level and this general exploration of the historical impact the emissaries as individuals might've had (and the subsequent warping of that history). I moreover must do my part to promote any and all Old Man Shmilk propaganda. OP has a lot of good fics, but I highlight this one as both my personal favorite and the first in a series within this same continuity that you should definitely also poke your head in on if it interests you (dear heart (come home) had me in a death clench while it was being updated).

❤ #shadownilla - thegoldenappleofdiscord (outsider pov, mixed media, crackfic) (⚠️ mentions explicit content)

OP is 1) hilarious 2) a fucking visionary and I pray for the day this gets picked up again. I'm not telling you anything more than that. Go read this.

❤ not a lot, just forever - vampire_in_the_corner (fluff/angst, canon divergent, "childhood friends")

I have read this front-to-back at ungodly hours of the night and ugly cried about Blueberry Milk on two separate occasions. /srs

The Enigmatic and Strange Lady Azure - peachyPigeon (dubiouslyDani) (royalty au, arranged marriage) [ongoing]

Community Gardens author comes in swinging with an extremely interesting royalty arranged marriage AU, and while I frankly have no fucking idea where its going with its overarching plot, I am deeply amused by Pure Vanilla's general obliviousness towards everything going on in the background of this fic. That's all I'll say on the matter directly; for an even funnier reading experience, you should try to avoid all of the end of chapter notes and instead see how long it takes you to figure out what The Deal with the titular Lady Azure is bereft of OP spelling it out directly.

Where Longing Lives (I Call It You) - And_yet_we_love (royalty au, arranged marriage, family drama) (⚠️ implied explicit content) [ongoing]

If I had a nickel for every royalty arranged marriage AU fic I've highlighted in this post... Anyways, given the number of OPs oneshots that have ended up on these lists previous, highlighting this positively heart-wrenching slow burn of theirs was frankly overdue, featuring Shadowvanilla, Healerfount, political drama, family drama, and even more drama! I make no secret of how I don't typically tend to favor the latter pairing in most fandom content, but this fic takes a spin on the premise that won my attention, and is moreover enough of a wildly deviating what-if from the source material to begin with that I effectively treat these characters as author originals that I'm just along for the angst ride with. I say this as a compliment.

Multipliar - Anonymous (Jamma) (hurt/comfort, character study)