Press Start IV: Fallout Giftvegas
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ysavvryl Hello fellow gamer and writer! :) I hope you have fun and find some good inspiration in this exchange! This letter explains more about my requests, with a few links to relevant resources that might be helpful. I'll admit to being picky with what I read, but most things I'd rather not read can be gotten around by keeping things less than an M rating. It depends a bit on canon material too; I'm fine with M-rating stories from something like the SMT series, but not so much from Animal Crossing.
The Do Not Want list: a story with an E rating (as stated above) and character bashing. Maybe I like a character, maybe I don't, but whatever the case is, I'd rather not see a character hated on for little to no reason.
Things I dislike:
Sexual content- I'm simply not interested in this.
Gore: Injuries happen, but please don't get overly descriptive of blood, vomit, and such.
Transphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, etc.: Any hate towards a person and their identity; can't we all just get along and accept each other? :) If you want to write about one of these subjects, that's okay but please don't be part of the hate.
Things I like: Fantasy, soft sci-fi, adventures, mundane life in a fantasy setting, puns, optimism, big hams, tropes, geeky discussions, fluff, character development, world-building, friendships, warm fuzzies, cats.
More on specific requests... mostly ramblings, and I don't mind if you follow your own inspirations with these games and characters.
Crossover fandoms: Gulliver (Animal Crossing) & Admiral Bobbery (Paper Mario)
Not much to add to this one; it really is only one line that I based this friendship off of. But I love both games and characters, so why not?
Breath of Fire IV: Any
An LP for reference, the symbolism post is particularly good.
Fou-lu, Fou-lu/Mami, Fou-lu & Ryu- Fou-lu is a fascinating character, being half a god expected to do a full god's duties and getting betrayed by the very people who called for him in the first place (well the descendants of the callers, but it's still betrayal). I like how he changes, from living among the poor people of his empire, and falling in love with one. And possibly from how Ryu finally manifested. Fou-lu doesn't say much about it and Ryu hardly says anything, but I always wondered if they had a greater awareness of each other than they let on. Could they remember what each other was doing from their dreams? Were they able to communicate that way?
Ershin: Ershin is just awesome, which is why I requested him/them. I am interested in Ershin's job as a hex purifier. The hexed areas are horrible, but their 'source' is distant from the area that's been cursed. What does it take to purify it? Or you could just write Erishin being awesome, or figuring out their place in the world with or without Deis.
Scias: Again, Scias is awesome as are many of the characters in this game. You could write him with either interpretation of him, whether he has a shy stammer or if he's drunkenly slurring all the time. Whichever it is, his sword skills are top-notch.
Tarhn: Tarhn is Cray's mother. Interestingly enough, she's human but the Worents don't care about it as they consider her a part of their tribe. She's also a priestess to the Grass Dragon and lives out in the Golden Plains as a part of that. She's one of those minor NPCs that would be interested to get a better look at, whether her day-to-dy life living out on her own, or if she talks to someone interesting who's come out to see her and the dragon god she serves.
Ni Ryong: Now being the Dragon God of Mud might not seem that great, but this is a world where there's a huge sea of mud covering it. People sluice the muddy waters for materials and such, so they would find him important. Plus I like how he interacts with the party: nearly breaks down the dam just to come over and non-verbally say hello in an adorable fashion. Ni Ryong could still make for a fun story.
La-Mulana: Any
An archeologist adventurer does make for some thrilling action scenes, but I also like how one would piece together fragments of history to solve the puzzle of how things were in the past. In this game, it does often involve actual puzzles to progress further into the dungeon while much of the actual history is in pieces and relics. It has a mix of real world myth and in-game myth with a lot of potentially nice stories to be figured out from the fragments left behind.
Lemeza: The protagonist is interested in the past, but did he have theories or other evidence of past races that have been destroyed? Or did the effort to keep knowledge of the Mother from the current race work well enough that he's only done archeology on his own race? And he would be the natural choice if a story had a focus on one area of the dungeon.
Mulbruk: She's a guide left behind in case the dungeon explorers have no idea about the history behind the ruins that's needed to solve its puzzles. Thus she knows a lot about the past and La-Mulana itself. She could be good for telling stories, or maybe about how she knows nothing about what's outside the dungeon and be curious about what Lemeza's people have done.
Mother: It's interesting to have these villainous ancient era mother goddesses who are terrifying and cruel. They give others life and believe that gives them to right to demand worship and obedience no matter how unreasonable their demands are. This Mother in particular would wipe out entire civilizations for failing her, not giving them the chance to learn from their mistakes and advance their technology. What's her perspective on her situation, and of a race of children that's entirely forgotten about her?
SMT: Strange Journey: Any
My request might seem a bit lukewarm, but I love the game and like watching the characters deal with their awful situation as best they can. There are a bunch of questions I have about the game's plot, although I don't expect them to be answered directly in the game. And I've seen several topics around where the troll answer to something is 'because of bad writing', which always seems like a good point to start with a fanfic to me, hehe.
Alex: She seems to be the main source of 'bad writing' comments and other derogative statements. I haven't yet reached a point where her motives are explained (but I likely will by the time of story reveals), so she does seem mostly like a bundle of hate and anger who seems to feel like she has little to lose. There also seems to be some time travel going on with her. What does she think she'll accomplish doing something as dangerous as time travel? It's also be nice to see her rounded out as more than just 'someone out to murder you for unstated reasons'.
Irving & Chen: As said in the request, a lot of the crew doesn't seem like the best of the best. Chen is one, since she says she's better at teaching the theory and process of things rather than actually doing them. But I would believe Irving qualifies as one of the best. I love how much enthusiasm and drama goes into their development of new goods for you. They'd make for a fun story, I think.
Commander Gore: I'd also believe that Gore is one of the best too. He's certainly well known as the whole crew of the Red Sprite respects him greatly. How much did he know about what their mission will entail? What did he plan on doing for the investigation? And what made him so well-known and beloved of the crew?
Protagonist: I'm not particular on what you name him. Or if you want to make him a woman (I tell various demons 'I'm a woman' when it comes up and so far have been disappointed when they get disgusted). But as I said, the environment and atmosphere of this game is wonderful and the protagonist would be a good person to do a 'hero vs environment' style plot. Or even a 'hero vs themself' where the Schwarzwelt reflect some negative aspect of himself.
Jimenez: He seems like one of the odd choices for a part of the investigation team. From my recollection, he says he was a warrant officer and he's felt like he didn't fit in. But he's also one of the few on the team who has used a demonica before. Even the protagonist, who was a solider of some kind, hasn't done so. Was he a tester of the armor system? Or is there something else in his past that got him chosen for the team?
Zelenin: I've seen her described as a PTSD victim with the world's worst job, which does fit her situation. How did she end up getting sent out as a member of the Monitors team when they should have unmanned drones and the Strike team for info gathering? Why was she assigned Monitors anyhow, since she seems like a knowledgeable scientist at the start?
Warriors of the Eternal Sun: Any
There's no fanfic of this game, at least none that I've found. But here's a fun and short LP of it, useful since the cat owner gets spoken with every time the castle dialogue updates.
Cat Owner: Just a lone generic NPC who asks if you've seen his cat. But he (she?) is memorable for being relatively sane while the rest of the castle goes crazy. They even have a line in the credits, so sadly he hasn't found his cat.
Lost Cat: Obviously if there is a Cat Owner, there must be a cat, right? And since this game runs off early D&D rules, cats are actually dangerous creatures (see Stray Cat in FFVI for another example). Maybe the cat just went off on their own adventure.
Marmilian: aka the scholar in the tower. He also gets nutty, but seems to regain his sanity for a bit when you return from the fire caves. He does mention seeing a cat, so the cat is really there (or is it not there because all these nuts can't be trusted?).
Player Character: Just for some freedom if you don't want to write crazy people (or are they crazy too?). Although, one thing that struck me as curious: the characters can be female and their portraits will show them that way. But the female sprites are identical to the male sprites. A beard on the female dwarf doesn't seem out of place (even though her portrait has none), but the female fighter's sprite seems to have one too. In fact, all the people in the castle seem to be men. Where are the women of this group?
The Do Not Want list: a story with an E rating (as stated above) and character bashing. Maybe I like a character, maybe I don't, but whatever the case is, I'd rather not see a character hated on for little to no reason.
Things I dislike:
Sexual content- I'm simply not interested in this.
Gore: Injuries happen, but please don't get overly descriptive of blood, vomit, and such.
Transphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, etc.: Any hate towards a person and their identity; can't we all just get along and accept each other? :) If you want to write about one of these subjects, that's okay but please don't be part of the hate.
Things I like: Fantasy, soft sci-fi, adventures, mundane life in a fantasy setting, puns, optimism, big hams, tropes, geeky discussions, fluff, character development, world-building, friendships, warm fuzzies, cats.
More on specific requests... mostly ramblings, and I don't mind if you follow your own inspirations with these games and characters.
Crossover fandoms: Gulliver (Animal Crossing) & Admiral Bobbery (Paper Mario)
Not much to add to this one; it really is only one line that I based this friendship off of. But I love both games and characters, so why not?
Breath of Fire IV: Any
An LP for reference, the symbolism post is particularly good.
Fou-lu, Fou-lu/Mami, Fou-lu & Ryu- Fou-lu is a fascinating character, being half a god expected to do a full god's duties and getting betrayed by the very people who called for him in the first place (well the descendants of the callers, but it's still betrayal). I like how he changes, from living among the poor people of his empire, and falling in love with one. And possibly from how Ryu finally manifested. Fou-lu doesn't say much about it and Ryu hardly says anything, but I always wondered if they had a greater awareness of each other than they let on. Could they remember what each other was doing from their dreams? Were they able to communicate that way?
Ershin: Ershin is just awesome, which is why I requested him/them. I am interested in Ershin's job as a hex purifier. The hexed areas are horrible, but their 'source' is distant from the area that's been cursed. What does it take to purify it? Or you could just write Erishin being awesome, or figuring out their place in the world with or without Deis.
Scias: Again, Scias is awesome as are many of the characters in this game. You could write him with either interpretation of him, whether he has a shy stammer or if he's drunkenly slurring all the time. Whichever it is, his sword skills are top-notch.
Tarhn: Tarhn is Cray's mother. Interestingly enough, she's human but the Worents don't care about it as they consider her a part of their tribe. She's also a priestess to the Grass Dragon and lives out in the Golden Plains as a part of that. She's one of those minor NPCs that would be interested to get a better look at, whether her day-to-dy life living out on her own, or if she talks to someone interesting who's come out to see her and the dragon god she serves.
Ni Ryong: Now being the Dragon God of Mud might not seem that great, but this is a world where there's a huge sea of mud covering it. People sluice the muddy waters for materials and such, so they would find him important. Plus I like how he interacts with the party: nearly breaks down the dam just to come over and non-verbally say hello in an adorable fashion. Ni Ryong could still make for a fun story.
La-Mulana: Any
An archeologist adventurer does make for some thrilling action scenes, but I also like how one would piece together fragments of history to solve the puzzle of how things were in the past. In this game, it does often involve actual puzzles to progress further into the dungeon while much of the actual history is in pieces and relics. It has a mix of real world myth and in-game myth with a lot of potentially nice stories to be figured out from the fragments left behind.
Lemeza: The protagonist is interested in the past, but did he have theories or other evidence of past races that have been destroyed? Or did the effort to keep knowledge of the Mother from the current race work well enough that he's only done archeology on his own race? And he would be the natural choice if a story had a focus on one area of the dungeon.
Mulbruk: She's a guide left behind in case the dungeon explorers have no idea about the history behind the ruins that's needed to solve its puzzles. Thus she knows a lot about the past and La-Mulana itself. She could be good for telling stories, or maybe about how she knows nothing about what's outside the dungeon and be curious about what Lemeza's people have done.
Mother: It's interesting to have these villainous ancient era mother goddesses who are terrifying and cruel. They give others life and believe that gives them to right to demand worship and obedience no matter how unreasonable their demands are. This Mother in particular would wipe out entire civilizations for failing her, not giving them the chance to learn from their mistakes and advance their technology. What's her perspective on her situation, and of a race of children that's entirely forgotten about her?
SMT: Strange Journey: Any
My request might seem a bit lukewarm, but I love the game and like watching the characters deal with their awful situation as best they can. There are a bunch of questions I have about the game's plot, although I don't expect them to be answered directly in the game. And I've seen several topics around where the troll answer to something is 'because of bad writing', which always seems like a good point to start with a fanfic to me, hehe.
Alex: She seems to be the main source of 'bad writing' comments and other derogative statements. I haven't yet reached a point where her motives are explained (but I likely will by the time of story reveals), so she does seem mostly like a bundle of hate and anger who seems to feel like she has little to lose. There also seems to be some time travel going on with her. What does she think she'll accomplish doing something as dangerous as time travel? It's also be nice to see her rounded out as more than just 'someone out to murder you for unstated reasons'.
Irving & Chen: As said in the request, a lot of the crew doesn't seem like the best of the best. Chen is one, since she says she's better at teaching the theory and process of things rather than actually doing them. But I would believe Irving qualifies as one of the best. I love how much enthusiasm and drama goes into their development of new goods for you. They'd make for a fun story, I think.
Commander Gore: I'd also believe that Gore is one of the best too. He's certainly well known as the whole crew of the Red Sprite respects him greatly. How much did he know about what their mission will entail? What did he plan on doing for the investigation? And what made him so well-known and beloved of the crew?
Protagonist: I'm not particular on what you name him. Or if you want to make him a woman (I tell various demons 'I'm a woman' when it comes up and so far have been disappointed when they get disgusted). But as I said, the environment and atmosphere of this game is wonderful and the protagonist would be a good person to do a 'hero vs environment' style plot. Or even a 'hero vs themself' where the Schwarzwelt reflect some negative aspect of himself.
Jimenez: He seems like one of the odd choices for a part of the investigation team. From my recollection, he says he was a warrant officer and he's felt like he didn't fit in. But he's also one of the few on the team who has used a demonica before. Even the protagonist, who was a solider of some kind, hasn't done so. Was he a tester of the armor system? Or is there something else in his past that got him chosen for the team?
Zelenin: I've seen her described as a PTSD victim with the world's worst job, which does fit her situation. How did she end up getting sent out as a member of the Monitors team when they should have unmanned drones and the Strike team for info gathering? Why was she assigned Monitors anyhow, since she seems like a knowledgeable scientist at the start?
Warriors of the Eternal Sun: Any
There's no fanfic of this game, at least none that I've found. But here's a fun and short LP of it, useful since the cat owner gets spoken with every time the castle dialogue updates.
Cat Owner: Just a lone generic NPC who asks if you've seen his cat. But he (she?) is memorable for being relatively sane while the rest of the castle goes crazy. They even have a line in the credits, so sadly he hasn't found his cat.
Lost Cat: Obviously if there is a Cat Owner, there must be a cat, right? And since this game runs off early D&D rules, cats are actually dangerous creatures (see Stray Cat in FFVI for another example). Maybe the cat just went off on their own adventure.
Marmilian: aka the scholar in the tower. He also gets nutty, but seems to regain his sanity for a bit when you return from the fire caves. He does mention seeing a cat, so the cat is really there (or is it not there because all these nuts can't be trusted?).
Player Character: Just for some freedom if you don't want to write crazy people (or are they crazy too?). Although, one thing that struck me as curious: the characters can be female and their portraits will show them that way. But the female sprites are identical to the male sprites. A beard on the female dwarf doesn't seem out of place (even though her portrait has none), but the female fighter's sprite seems to have one too. In fact, all the people in the castle seem to be men. Where are the women of this group?
