My ex gf and I broke up about 1.5 months ago. She told me we might be able to maintain contact, even though she normally doesn't with her past ex. I end up reaching out too early in our breakup so she asked for space and we went no contact for about 3 weeks. She reached out about some of her belongings and mentioned we can talk. At the time she was going through family troubles, so she blew up and I end up taking the heat and she told me she doesn't want to talk to me. She went as far as to blocking my phone number. At that point, I thought it was over for good. Final closure.
Kicker. She unblocks me the next week and apologizes to me and explains to me what was going on in her life. In the same text, she tells me she wants to talk but to give her some time to deal with what's going on.
A week goes by (no contact)and I go to check in to see where things stand. I get yelled at and got told she doesn't want to talk to me. We ended the conversation. Her last response was we can talk after she returns from a trip which is in 1.5 weeks.
Am I going crazy or are these mix signals mentally draining? One week she wants to talk, next week I'm getting yelled at and being told she doesn't want to talk. This hot and cold game is just draining. I'm at the point where I should just wait the 1.5 weeks and see what happens or just walk away from everything.

Looking for people to talk to. Mainly a big computer nerd who's about to graduate in looks at calendar 21 days wtf please help.
Interests:

• computers (I use Arch ok fine EndeavourOS btw)
  
• Minecraft (both modded and vanilla)
  
• programming/game development (haven't done much yet but my goal is to start working on some sort of part time game dev project before 2025)
  
• getting as much performance out of low end computers as possible, mainly in games like Minecraft.
  

I am in these fandoms: The Owl House, Omori, Undertale (a lot less so now, haven't really been in the fandom for like a year or two), Minecraft (idk if this counts)

Author's Note: This story is long. I'm sorry. It really deserves to be told exactly as it happened and therefore, I am forced into murdering brevity. I hope that in time you'll forgive me.
I'm going to tell y'all another stupid story. I should warn you that this one isn't really a comedy, despite being set in a RadioShack.
A few months after Cocaine-Kevin took off for Brazil in pursuit of true love, we got a new transfer employee. We came to call him 'Aikedo-Kevin' (I'm adding the -Kevin because this is a subreddit about Kevins.)
We called him 'Aikedo' because we met him before the final act of the following chain of events took place and afterwards we just didn't have the motivation to attach anything else to him.
When I replay what happened in my head, it astounds me that this took place at all. I mean, we had our fair share of Kevins at RadioShack. There was Cocaine-Kevin, (whom you've previously met.) Crazy-Kevin, 'TP' Kevin, Kevin the Customer, and Kevin the Destroyer. Every one of these people occupy space in my brain for various reasons, but out of all these Kevins, Aikedo-Kevin is the most memorable. And not for the reason you'd most expect.
As if he represented the cosmic opposite to the Kevin he was replacing, this new Kevin came across as competent. He was older and well-kept. He didn't smell at all like sun-dried squirrel and rather than being cartoonishly fat, he was worryingly thin. He looked surprisingly normal for a RadioShack employee; completely trustworthy, certainly like the guy you'd confidently go to to get your Questions Answered.
Looking at him, I would never have believed in a million years that he would be the most profligate serial liar that I've ever had the misfortune to meet.
I know that I should start this tale at the beginning; with the story of how he got his name, but I really don't have the space, so instead we'll just rollercoaster through this cascade of events much like I did originally.
Almost from the moment Kevin showed up, things got real weird, real fast. He lasted for about six months with us, but they were unforgettable. It started with Kevin telling us that he was a 'triple-stripe; dragon-class' black belt in aikedo. Then he told us that he met Kiss back in the 70's and they invited him back to their hotel to party. Then the lies got egregious. He was late because there was a riot at Publix. Someone else ate the food that I had clearly marked and labelled in the back fridge. His dad was in the CIA and helped plan Vietnam with Henry Kissinger. He didn't know why the drawer was short $5.34. He was allergic to fruit. The list was long and got progressively weirder as the weeks went by, but it was generally innocuous; innocent.
But then he fucked up. He told a lie about NASA. Guys, this was a RadioShack. We were all nerds of various stripes, with varying areas of scientific interest and knowledge. There was NO possibility in any universe that one could just traipse into my RadioShack and successfully lie about NASA. Especially this particular lie. There was even less of a possibility that upon hearing such a lie spoken, any of us RadioShack employees would let it go unchallenged.
Ok, now that all the foreshadowing is out of the way, let me get down to the meat. I mean, that's why you're still here, right?
This chain of events spanned three days and it began in the way these things always do; somewhat accidentally.
DAY 1: THE NASA PROVOCATION
It was a normal Florida afternoon for everyone who didn't work at my store. As usual, I came in on second (closing) shift. I was taking over from Kevin, who'd just returned from his vacation. The drawer was missing $5.34. Again? Wtf? He 'fixed' it while I was in the back re-counting it. Okay. $5.34? This is so weird. I have to report this shit.
While waiting for his wife to pick him up, Kevin told me that he and his family had had a blast in Cape Canaveral. That he was able to take his son into the 'anti-gravity chamber' at NASA. He went into great detail about how they 'flew around in the tunnel.'
Now, y'all... I'm not an idiot. I very well know how NASA trains their astronauts in Zero-G. Fuck it, I'll bite.
"Uh, Kevin, they use planes to simulate zero-gravity. What are you talking about?"
He shook his head conspiratorially and said, "No, they have secret pods. There's two. One in Huntsville, Alabama, and one at Cape Canaveral. It's top-secret. I have a friend."
I stood there transfixed as Kevin embellished his experiences at NASA a bit more, making sure I knew how cool it was that his kids got to meet all the astronauts and how big the pod really was (almost as big as the Pentagon) until his wife finally showed up and they left.
I think I took a minute before going back inside. I had to call Frank (our store manager) to report the drawer discrepancy. And if I'm being honest, I also wanted to inform him of NASA's Pentagon-sized secret. We were all getting sick of Kevin's fibs, but nobody had really said anything to him yet and I knew Frank was a huge NASA fan. Repeating to him what Kevin had said was tantamount to lighting off firecrackers at a funeral, and at that age, I just wanted to watch the world burn.
Frank answered on the first ring, as I knew he would if the store was calling him.
"Heeeyyyyy, Frank. So. My drawer was short $5.34 again. Kevin somehow fixed it. He also went to the, uh, secret anti-gravity pod at NASA while he was at Cape Canaveral."
Frank laughed. There was a long pause. Then he snarled.
"What? Your drawer was short?! I'm DONE with this!" Frank hung up. I looked down at the phone. Dang. Frank is a terrible force for truth in the universe. I knew this from painful personal experience.
DAY 2: KEVIN'S LAST LIE
I got a call at 5 am to come in early; that Kevin couldn't open. Whatever. More money for me. I rolled out of bed.
When I got there, Frank was behind the counter pacing and literally purple. I've never seen a human being that color before. He looked like an engorged eggplant preparing for a Kanly duel.
I was putting my stuff away in the back when Frank stomped in behind me. He was hollering about gravity and idiots and I realized immediately that Kevin was in major, major trouble.
A frission tickled its way through my central nervous system. Fear or anticipation? Uncertain. Frank could be terrifying. Alternately, Frank could be compassionate. Frank was a real street-dude; a living tragedy-to-triumph, rags-to-riches kind of guy. He was also a VERY understanding boss. He basically only had three rules: 'Don't fuckin' steal,' 'Don't bring your personal fuckery to the store,' and, most importantly, 'Don't EVER fuckin' LIE to me.'
Those are exact quotes and he lived up to them. I know this. And now you all know this too. Kevin should have known this, but Kevin lived life on the edge.
In the backroom, I squared my shoulders and pretended to be uninterested while watching Frank's face pulse with incandescent rage.
"What's up?" I ventured, trying to hide my curiosity.
Frank exploded like something you shouldn't microwave. His purple face rippled as he tried to roll his eyes and snort simultaneously. He looked for all the world like an indignant water buffalo. Which is funny really. See, big game hunters will tell you that despite looking slow and stupid, the water buffalo is one of the most dangerous animals on Earth. African buffalo will lay traps. They will actually double back to lie in wait to hunt their hunter. And, much like the animal he resembled, Frank too was dangerous and known for his traps.
He smiled at me ferally.
"Kevin called out this morning. Apparently his cousin the St. Petersburg cop got shot last night in a drug raid."
"What does that have to do with NASA?" I said stupidly.
Frank stared at me like I was the only Red Gal in the Blue Man Group.
"I busted Kevin last night for theft." Frank said slowly, with that owlish look he saved for especially thick customers.
Okaaaay "But, what does tha-" I stopped, the light bulb over my head starting to flicker.
"Oh." I said.
Frank was still staring at me, perhaps waiting for my brain to finish its loading sequence. Accurately concluding that I was operating somewhat below dial-up speed, he sighed impatiently and continued.
"My wife called the hospital just now. They don't have anyone by the name of (Kevin's cousin's name) on file there. She called two other hospitals just to be sure."
I just looked at him blankly. "Waaaait. what?!" My mental bulb finally snapped on and flared brightly. Oh shiiit. My brain is furiously connecting dots. Did he lie to get un-caught for thieving? Is that a even a thing? Wtf?
Frank nodded grimly and picked up the phone. He dialed Kevin's number.
Unfortunately for this story, I had a customer walk in right then and therefore didn't hear what was said. Customers can be the most annoying things in the world sometimes. This one probably wasn't, but I don't remember because all I could think about was Kevin's career suicide. It seemed like an eternity passed before I was able to rejoin Frank in his investigation.
In the time I was away, Frank had learned two things: the first thing being that no cops had been shot according to the news, (which Kevin countered by claiming that the news wouldn't report a cop being shot in an on-going investigation,) and the second thing being that no hospital in the tri-county area had admitted anyone matching his cousin's name, (which Kevin dismissed by saying that secrecy was standard operating procedure in a 'Full Blackout' situation and that it's all put in place to protect a wounded cop's identity.
It was a testament to Frank's determination that he was able to do all this so quickly. Especially since this all happened back in the 90's before the sum of human knowledge was only a smartphone click away.
This inanity went on for my entire shift. Frank sending his wife to check out hospitals while he alternately called the local newspapers, TV stations, and Kevin.
Frank was terrifying in his pursuit of truth and I have to admit, it was a thing of beauty to watch him put his case together. Perry Mason be damned; Frank was on an investigative roll. But no matter what he learned, when he called Kevin, Kevin had an answer to it. A detailed answer. He went into specifics about how the bullet (9mm) hit his cousin's vest and richocheted off of a rib. He explained how it was a 'cartel case,' and everything has to be kept hush-hush. It was quite entertaining, if schadenfreude is your thing. It's not mine. I can't really explain how uncomfortable the whole thing made me feel. Like chewing on cotton. There's no way Kevin keeps his job. Kevin has the survival skills of a suicide bomber and the critical thinking skills of a cabbage. It was plain as day that Kevin was a drowning man grasping desperately for an anchor.
Finally, my shift ended and I went home mentally exhausted on Kevin's behalf.
As I left, I could see Frank behind the counter, still on the phone, hyper-focused, and absolutely intent upon some mission objective that I apparently wasn't cleared for. He told me just to be ready to close the next day.
DAY 3: THE GREAT DENOUEMENT
I woke up haunted with the strange certain knowledge that disaster was nigh. Maybe it was the same instinct that allows animals to sense an earthquake before it strikes. I really don't know. I felt both uncomfortable and giddy as I readied myself for work.
When I pulled into the RadioShack, I saw that Frank's Jeep was there. So was Frank's wife's SUV. Kevin's car was nowhere to be seen.
Oh boy... this was not a good sign. I parked and went in. Immediately I could see Frank, his wife, and the employee who had opened huddled furtively together behind the counter. No customers in sight.
Excellent, I thought. Maybe I'll finally get some Answers. This IS a RadioShack, after all, right?
As I counted in my drawer, the preliminary results of Frank's investigation poured out: allegedly Kevin had been taking money from the drawer to get McDonalds for lunch. The amount ($5.34) matched perfectly with the meal Kevin was observed eating each day that he worked. No one knew why he did this. He very obviously brought his lunch in from home every morning.
Frank was a-twitter with anticipatory fury as he spoke. After the conversation he'd had with Frank the previous night, Kevin had slyly switched shifts with another employee to avoid having to open and therefore face Frank. Which, of course, had jacked Frank's temper over from red to plaid. Kevin daring to dodge him like this was simply the last straw, and he had decided he was going to fire Kevin. ...Except, despite trying all morning, he hadn't managed to actually reach Kevin to give him the news.
Frank being Frank, this had in no way deterred him. He had simply looked in Kevin's employee file and called the emergency contact. By the time I walked in, the proverbial shit had hit the fan and was well on its ballistic arc towards us in the form of Kevin's wife.
Yall. It's really important for this story that you have a mental picture of Kevin's wife. Essential, even.
Do y'all remember that 90's song 'All Star' by that band Smashmouth? Remember the lead singer? If you don't, it's okay. Just picture Guy Fieri instead. Now picture Guy Fieri/the Smashmouth dude dressed up as Xena: Warrior Princess. That's what she looked like. She was enormous. Not necessarily fat, but big. I bet she could crush a watermelon with her thighs, easy. (That's really a thing, by the way. You should probably Google it. Fuck it, here ya go )
Anyway, 'Xena' was surprised to hear that Kevin wasn't at work. She was even more stunned by what Frank had to say.
At roughly the same time this phone conversation was taking place at the RadioShack, another, weirder conversation was taking place in person across town. Out of exasperation, and to out-manuever Kevin completely, Frank had finally just sent his wife down to the police station...
...which went something like this: she walked in, and asked if any cops had been shot recently. I imagine there was a pregnant pause at the reception desk while it was hurriedly determined whether or not she was a threat or a crazy person. She asked again and was told that no, no one had been shot recently. She then asked to speak with Officer (Kevin's Cousin's Name) and lo and behold! he happened to be walking by at that exact moment, un-wounded, ambulatory, and utterly confused as to why anybody thought he'd been shot in the first place.
Perched behind the counter in the RadioShack, listening to Frank and his wife list the steps they had taken and the results of taking said steps, I actually felt kind of bad for Kevin. I mean, why would he do this?
Why would anyone make up such a ridiculous lie? What did he have to gain? And most mysteriously, why was he stealing to buy lunch when he brought his own lunch in? The whole thing was steeped in bizarre absurdity and I was beginning to lose perspective of the situation when the door-chime dinged and Kevin walked contritely into the store, followed by his strapping virago of a wife.
Y'all. Holy shit. I don't think that I will be able to properly describe what followed but I will do my best.
When I was a kid, there was a cartoon I saw once. Maybe it was part of a Disney movie, maybe a Bugs Bunny short, I don't really remember. But in it, a ginormous nanny-type woman drags a teensy man into a room by his ear to force him to apologize for something.
That's almost exactly what happened. Xena frog-marched Kevin into the RadioShack and made him apologize for stealing. She literally made him hand over an envelope with $600 in it. (The amount Frank calculated Kevin had stolen over six months.) And then she berated him for breaking the diet she had set for him.
I'm going to say that again. He broke the diet she had set for him. This ... veritable Amazon of a woman had set a caloric limit for this dude who was already so skinny that he could likely crawl through the holes in a chain-link fence. All of a sudden, it all made sense. All of it. Kevin was emasculated, hence the lies. Kevin was desperate and fucking starving, so he stole to feed himself. I was wrestling with my new-found understanding of all things Kevin when she told us the envelope was all of his 'allowance' money. At this point, I was entirely speechless. I could only gape witlessly at her.
Stealing a glance back at Frank, I could tell he was going through the very same emotional turmoil as I was.
In the uncomfortable silence, Kevin handed over his keys and mumbled something about it being great working with us and then they left.
With the possible exception of the first time I saw the cemetary scene in Steel Magnolias, I have never gone from one emotional extreme to the other so quickly. Where I had been affronted by his actions only minutes earlier, now I felt unimaginable regret and I could tell Frank felt the same way. Frank had held back from revealing that he'd had his wife visit the police station and he never even brought it up. He looked deflated; all the energy and momentum of the chase gone, replaced by utter shock and remorse.
Y'all, I bet you thought this story was going to have a happy ending. Or at least a funny one. I'm sorry to disappoint you. No happy ending here, just a cloudy moral lesson.
Kevin was fired and we never saw him again, though I insisted that Frank's wife go back down to the police station and tell Kevin's cousin everything we'd seen and heard. I felt that I owed him that much, being responsible for the initial phone call that had set everything in motion.
Yes, Frank and I learned much and more that day. That experience changed something in me. I'd like to think I'm a better person now.
Oh, I still laugh at Kevins, but I don't assume anything anymore. Oh, no. I've learned that everyone has a truth to tell, even if it comes swaddled in lies.

im literally constipated rn from lack of water, i cant carry things that require a whole hand to pick up do to my crutches
twice ive had to wait a whole day for her to get something for me and several times ive had to wait several hours for her to get me food
she is more focused on playing games than anything else including her schoolwork and taking care of others like me and our long hair rabbits outside in the hot sun, some chicks who got beat up by their siblings and mother who have nasty wounds, and me with a broken leg... but noooo salmon run is more important and urgent than rabbits possibly getting a heat stroke or GI stasis, chicks dying a malnutrition bcuz they arent fed, and me getting my meds that keep me mentally stable
last night i asked for water so i can take my meds and she said "ok" and then played for an hour longer on the switch and then went up to bed
i take LexaPro so i couldnt sleep until 5am because it threw off my mental health, and now this morning im dizzy from not having my lexapro and im dehydrated cuz i got no water
sure, shes 10, sure, she prolly has adhd, and sure, she does get what i need sometimes but like im literally dizzy, tired, dehydrated, and constipated cuz of her rn
just now i asked for cereal and she refused to get me it, and i said "ig i cant get basic necessities now" and she said i was being mean, and when i told her no she was and listed the things above her response was: "well you should at least be thankful that someone is here getting them for you"
like... im not in prison, i have broken leg and im here dehydrated, dizzy and tired simply because you refuse to get me anything after an accident with a horse that is literally partially her horse's fault, wtf did i ever do to you to deserve this shit? like yea im glad someone is here but there isnt much of difference when she isnt there
i wanna cry... i am crying
i think im just gonna stay over at my grandparents whenever the rest of my family has to be places because this is utter bullshit

Was going through some account shenanigans to put my game save on my phone & I signed myself out of my account & don’t remember the password, obviously I’ve tried to do account recovery through forgot password but the Warner Bros change password site is down wtf do I do

Game just started doing this out of nowhere. Every time I try to pick an item up it casts the spell/skill instead. Wtf?

Windows

Game	Group	Store	Score (Reviews)
Amnesia: The Bunker (MULTi8)	ElAmigos	Steam, GOG	90% (734)
Espresso Tycoon	RUNE	Steam	100% (20)
Nocturnal	RUNE	Steam, GOG	67% (12)
DESORDRE : A Puzzle Game Adventure	TENOKE	Steam	94% (18)
Loop8: Summer of Gods	TENOKE	Steam	44% (16)
Pogoman	TENOKE	Steam	100% (3)
Star General	TENOKE	Steam, GOG	100% (1)
Lord Privateer	TENOKE	Steam	-
Beyond The Evil	DARKSiDERS	Steam	100% (3)
The Red Book	RAZOR	Microsoft Store	-

 

Update	Group	Store	Score (Reviews)
Volcano.Princess.Update.v2.00.01	TENOKE	Steam	97% (13.8k)
GOPOTA.Update.v20230605	TENOKE	Steam	75% (393)
Poly.Bridge.3.Update.v1.0.5	TENOKE	Steam	95% (227)
Knights.of.Braveland.Update.v1.1.2.42	TENOKE	Steam	77% (192)
Return.Update.v1.0.3	TENOKE	Steam	90% (72)
Amnesia.The.Bunker.v1.3	GOG	Steam, GOG	90% (734)
Moviehouse_The_Film_Studio_Tycoon_v1.5.1	Razor1911	Steam, GOG	49% (208)

 

DLC	Group	Store	Score (Reviews)
Easy Red 2: Normandy	DOGE	Steam	100% (59)

 

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Turns out I'm not alone in hating this boss, but I have my own frustrations to vent as a long time Souls player. I've beaten both Bloodborne and the first Dark Souls 100% deathless, I know the ins and outs of how these games are supposed to work, and SOO breaks every rule.
The thing literally everyone gets wrong about Souls games, and the reason why only FROM has been ever able to truly recapture that feeling again and again, is that Souls games are not action games. They're rhythm games, specifically dance games set to a usually waltz-like cadence, and bosses that break this cadence, like the Dancer in Dark Souls III, tend to throw people off because the rhythm they've unconsciously grown accustomed too changes. There is still a rhythm, mind you, but it's just a different one, and identifying the cadence that the boss sets and matching its dance moves is the key to identifying when you can attack, and when you should dodge. Everyone who attempts to emulate the Souls formula misses this extremely crucial aspect of its enemy design, and more often then not the result is a combat system that feels limp and inconsistent.
SOO feels like a boss designed for a different combat system entirely. Without practically any recovery on any of his attacks, he can just smother you with a flurry of one shot hits while you are forced to recover on hits. SOO, then, literally isn't designed for this kind of game, and is the clearest example in my mind of devs missing the point of Souls-like enemy design. It isn't enough to make a combat system wherein you have to commit to attack animations; you need enemies that also have to commit so it feels like both you and the enemy are playing within the same rules. SOO doesn't feel like it has to commit to anything, and as such has no openings it can exploit, no rhythm to learn. As soon as one attack is done, the only thing allowing you to do a punish is if the SOO let's you hit it. Otherwise, while you wind up for an attack animation you're completely committed too, he's already biting you again in a different attack set.
Bloodborne and other souls games use very precise, very consistent animations to relay when you can dodge, and when you can't. Both Jedi games are overly flashy in their animations, and so I can never quite tell when I can dodge; sometimes it feels like I can attack cancel and just dodge midswing. Other times, it arbitrarily forces me to complete the animation straight into a standstill before it lets me dodge. And the way this boss in particular tracks you, it becomes borderline impossible to identify proper dodge windows against your own movements, and set a pace. I did see someone suggest jumping, but when I jump his unblockable and undodgable lunge attack, by the time I land, he's already attacking again. There is simply no window of opportunity in which to hit him that is safe; the only hits I've ever landed came down to his AI deciding not to attack for two seconds. Which means if I ever do actually beat him, it will feel to me more like the AI let me win rather than due to me learning his moves. I know his moves, there is just no safe way to exploit his moves.
I'm not sure who playtested this boss, but I think it's weird that in a game with Darkside users in it, a fucking frog is the cause of the most player deaths in the game.

If I understand correctly, to make the tops TB set cards, or not even the top, let’s say Jagr 95OV, I would need 2x92TB = 4x89TB = 32x84TB = 800 gold players. Wtf lol it does sound unreachable at this point in the game. Am I wrong?

What is going on with Battlefield Portals Restricted XP on all the games when I remember literally last night that there were no problem. Like, wtf is making it not work right now?

Posting with a bit of a gripe as I genuinely love the game, played the early access beta and server slam.. but seriously wtf is up with this lag*? Absolutely no issues during betas yet every night this week it’s been laggy at some points to be unplayable. Did Blizzard just not invest in decent servers? I’d really like to know what plan they have for fixing it and when.
Probably not the first post on it but it’s actually terrible how they “prepared” and it was going to be the “smoothest launch”. Will say early access was perfect, then went to shit
*add a caveat that because maintenance is happening it will be bad, that’s expected, but outside of maintenance?

Neco Lvl 30 here, im so confused, my two-hand weapon base AK rate is 370, but i only can attack with the core skills that make 50-100 dmg? So all neco weapons are pointless regarding dmg stats
Wtf im missing, Is there no base attack in game lol?

So i met this girl, I asked for her number, she was open to giving her number so get the number no problem but she didn't reply to my text.
Wtf is this? Why would you give your number but don't reply to my text😂 Btw i did check, her number is legit and belongs to her.
I'd appreciate if yall let me know what this stupid game is about.

My brother has been play siege recently, I used to play a little but stop. I get on and are absolutely spammed with pop ups but for some reason when I spam 'X' it's not doing anything and then I notice that somehow I got queued into a ranked match. After to get rid of the pop ups I exit the matchmaker, said rank reconnect at the top but wtf does that even me. I hadn't loaded in a game and I was just sitting at the home screen. Lo and behold I get a 60 suspension for abandoning a game I never loaded into. This is why I don't play, this is why this game is trash(among many things), and this is another reason why this game should just burn away and be done.

Admittedly curious title...
With much coincidence, I happened to concurrently play these two games in particular and finished both within a night of each other. And since each game could be arguably said to represent one extreme of the Gameplay vs Narrative discussion, I thought I’d have a go at comparing Apples to Oranges.
So let’s start with Devil May Cry V first, simply because it’s easier.
Capcom is on a hot streak. Since Resident Evil 7 happened, which was critically acclaimed, they’ve come up with apparently one brilliant remake after another – apparently, only because I currently have no desire to dip into re-makes – culminating with yet another reported homerun in the latest Street Fighter.
Among that streak was one or two other actual new titles, and Devil May Cry V was among them. After the not-all-that-welcome outing of a DmC game, long-time fans would’ve been pleased to see the old personalities back. Dante with his wise-cracking and his attitude; Nero with his brooding and absolute claw of a right hand; the Ebony and Ivory tag-team of Trish and Lady; and Nico-…
W-wait…who?
We.. uh, pretty much got off the wrong foot, so to speak, between player and character. You’ll have to see for yourself whether you like her. I mean… eh… I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe she’s trying too hard to be the ‘bright and cheery’ and fit in with five other characters that are too serious and cool. I dunno. Eh…
Now V on the other hand (no, not the one from Cyberpunk). That’s one guy that immediately has your attention. Not least because he brings a new combat style – of fighting with Familiars – that’s so far removed from the in-yer-face style of Dante and Nero that it’s just… refreshingly different. Basically, one pet is melee, one pet is ranged. Meanwhile, V just stays far away, keeping safe, reading poems, until he’s called on to bring the finishing blow. Which is to say, your eyes have to be pretty much on two parts of the screen at once, minimum. Sort of absent-mindedly mashing some attack out while keeping V alive; or absentmindedly keeping V alive while focusing on attacking the enemy. It’s uh… interesting. It’s like you’re never all there… \cough* *cough**
To sum it up simply, the number of mechanics in play across three different main characters – that’s One V style; Nero with multiple consumable ‘Breakers’, and Dante with 4 Styles and 8 different weapons (which means Gunslinger and Swordmaster mean 4 different things each depending on hardware) – is just an absolutely mind-boggling buffet of options. Eat your heart out, action fans.
To be sure, the whole forced cycling between all three can be disruptive – you’ve barely gotten to grips with one style before you have to reset your mindset. And that’s to say nothing of Red Orb management. Do I keep saving to get stuff for V when I play as him again? Or splurge on who I currently have to control?
It’s like learning three different ‘mains’ in a fighting game. At once. Good luck remembering everything on the first run. Of course, no serious Devil May Cry fan plays it once. So probably you sort yourself out long term. On the whole though? Fantastic. No complaints.
And now the gameplay for What Remains of Edith Finch (What Remains hereafter):
You have a ‘right hand’ / Interact button. You’re also pretty much on rails with limited exploration per segment. That’s it.
That’s not fair though. That’s just Edith herself. Each of the ‘stories’ involve different mechanics which can only be described as ‘simulators’ for whatever the game wants you to feel at that point. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Lewis’ story, where it captures perfectly what the game wants you to feel.
In case it’s not apparent, one game is an aircraft-carrier sized Flagship of action games; the other is not even fit for consideration as an action game. Nonetheless, what it's supposed to do, What Remains managed to do.
But I mean, it’s like Chess-Boxing. And in our case, you fully expected the tables to turn on the other activity right?
On the narrative side, Devil May Cry V is actually not that good imo. Don’t get me wrong – the main plot points in general works. It has important lore points overall for the series. Still, remove the action, and it actually feels boring. Nothing really happens mission to mission in the style of DMC 3 or DMC 4, which are better narrative outings.
And Nico and her DMC van just makes no narrative sense whatsoever. Clearly copying Resident Evil 4’s wtf-are-you-doing-here merchant, but looking ridiculous instead… It’s not a big deal, but it’s surely just slightly irritating at least?
There are precisely two memorable points all game narratively – when you finally find out who V actually is, and at the very climax again on the back of another reveal. Even the ending is rather abrupt and anti-climactic. “Oooh! Ooh! The heroes have finally assembled at full power! What great evil will we vanquish next!? What will we do? Huh? Huh? Huh?” “Gardening. That’s what.” “Oh! Gardening! Right! Right! Makes sense! Like with devil claws and big swords and guns! Blood and thunder! Hellfire and Brimstone gardening!” “No, like Squirrel Girl.”
(I mean, who cares right? It’s Devil May Cry. On to Sons of Sparda mode! Bloody Palace! Yay!)
Now, What Remains of Edith Finch…
… I can’t tell you anything much, in case it ruins the experience. All I can say is that if you’re observant, you’d realize quite quickly that there are plenty of evidence of cut-short lives on display around the house, with some as tragic as a few years old. That doesn’t make it quite the Spencer mansion, but nonetheless kinda spooky in its own right. The game premise is about getting to know all her late family tree again and uncovering the stories of how they lived and died.
I spent the whole time wondering where they were going with this. Like, are we really just going to go through every one’s story and then…? What’s your point? Where is this going? How do we wrap up? What’s the end play? Hope it’s not gardening… And then when it hits you. It works. It wraps up beautifully.
The value of a life isn’t in whether it was long and glorious and did ten thousand different things (and had battles track from 4 previous games, and a cutscene viewer mode!) or if you were short and uniquely memorable and wasn’t meant to do all that much. Each deserved to be met on their own terms and remembered in their own right.
Maybe games are like that too.
(Hope you enjoyed that. I have to apologize to anyone coming in for the WRoEF review and finding out it’s 90% about Devil May Cry V. lol… I kind of feel like I didn’t represent What Remains of Edith Finch that well at all. Maybe you guys can help out in the comments!)

Like forgive me because I might of missed this since I was skipping text (or just forgot what Laventon and Iscan said) but what in the fucking game tells you to get three extremely specific Pokémon and swim through that ring in Cobalt Coastlands? Like on my first playthrough I spent way to fucking long just swimming around trying to find Manaphy and had to resort looking it up, something I shouldn't have to fucking do, to find the answer. Then again, I might of missed something in game so do let me know if I have but still wtf.
Also, side note, Overquil is so fucking tedious to evolve since I didn't know I could get an alpha (also for context I did the Manaphy/Shaymin/Darkrai things before Volo post game so idk) and how am I even supposed to figure out that's how you evolve it? The fuck?

My teenaged daughter (and her friends) have begun saying "fee" (or maybe "fi") to each other. It seems to be a term of approval. Here's an example:

Kid 1: "Hey, our team won the baseball game tonight!"
Kid 2: "Fee!"

WTF does that mean? I've asked her, and she usually responds "Fee." Are they trolling me, or is there substance to this idiocy?

Okay I literally finished the book a few minutes ago after spending 2 days binge reading it. I am going to mis a hilarous amount of details and important story bits, but I gotta stick with the vibe.
Here is the Dreadgod one Reddit - Dive into anything
You ready? No? Neither am I!
**SPACE ADVENTURES PART ONE**
Okay so we start in space again, and suriel and ozriel are like "yep we are def gonna die" and then eithan is like "Okay but hear me out...what if only one of us dies?" And suriel is like "You better not be up to some main character bullshit" and eithan then proceeds to pull a gandalf and fight the main baddy on his own while suriel goes back and goes to pick up something from Makiel, who would really like eithan to die please.
Makiel is looking for the ultimate killing tool everywhere and hopes to get it to kill ozriel, the mad king, and basically anyone who would fuck up the system. Suriel comes and is like "YOUR VIBES ARE ATROCIOUS AND YOU ARE UNDER ARREST" and makiel, having been a villian for a VERY long time, is like "bet. That makes sense."
Suriel, being the goodest girl, and not a hound, is super confused. Makiel explains, "Look I've seen like a billion villian stories. I knew after my final villianous act, I have to die to the hero or get diposed or something so I Was just gonna give up after I murdered your friend." Suriel who likes having friends, decides thats not okay and activates her trap card: Reaper's Gift!!!
By activating reapers gift, she can tap infinite black lands so long as she has the artifact equip. She then is like "Look...you've been a villian for a while." She then transfers the item to HIS character sheet "Wouldn't you rather go out like an anti-hero????" Makiel wasn't expecting someone to be nice to him, which might be a huge theme in this book.
So he says "fuck it we ball" and they go back to find eithan, SOMEHOW NOT DEAD YET, even though he has no super weapon, lost his mantle of ultimate protagonist power, and is literally fighting the solo boss with no equipment besides his pajamas. Makiel is like "Fuck dude I hate you." and ozriel is like "Feelings mutual buddy~" and the mad king tries to kill them both.
And then they realise that they both hate the same thing: Losing. Suddenly, united by the pettiness icon, Makiel and Ozriel trade weapons, and start wombo combing the Mad king like they are bros. They are both upset about the fact that they are actually doing really well. That said, its still a lot, and they are basically in a stalemate until eithan realises how to break it in a way that only he can.
By taunting the enemy in his final moments of life with a meme attack. He bops him on the head with the GOD SWORD OF AIM HAX and is like "Lmao get rektd" and then mcfucking dies, and then makiel super crits the mad king with the +100 sycthe of ultimate murder, and suriel jsut deletes him for good measure.
Then suriel is like "We gotta fix him, but he got mcfucking murdered, which is way worst than normal murder. What can we do?" And then makiel gives her his magic jacket and is like "One life...for another..." and suriel is like "WAIT YOU HATE HIM??? WHY WOULD YOU-"
"Because...nothing would piss him off more...than me going out like a hero...." and then he mcfucking dies to undo eithands death who comes back smiling, but on the inside, is morning the loss of his bro, the most petty man in existence. Truly and honor. Also everything has gone to shit.
**BABY BOX ADVENTURES** Back on baby box, Lindon and co go into the definitely not hyberbolic time chamber to super not go to super saiyan. Lindon is like 1/4 dreadgod and is ridiclously buff, and after having stolen everyones shit, makes sure to set up super training plans for everyone. But first, we gotta fix mercy, who got her ass kicked by her mom, because she's toxic. This will also be a theme for the book.
Mercy gets revived and is like "Fuck my mom IS the worst" and everyone side eyes because yeah, but shes having her time. After that, its time to get used to the weird training everyone has to do.
Orthos has to do cannibalism but not get feral or racist about it. He is very old, so its kinda hard to stop both of those things from happening, but he manages. Mostly. Drops a H slurr in there once.
Little Blue has to become a person. She makes a great mascot, but she has to get more substance to become a full fledged character with autonomy and shit.
Mercy has to deal with her mommy issues. No for real. Not a joke. She just has to deal with her mommy issues and get her own personality, outside of her mommy issues. This is a legitmate struggle for her, due to being the princess of the gaslight/gatekeep/girlboss empire.
Ziel needs to learn that he both has depression, and also, is a very angry person. Also to maybe not be so bloodthirsty. Also how to do time math. Also how to deal with the insanity caused by experiencing eternity....he has to deal with a lot.
Yerin is supposed to learn how to sword from her ghost dad, which lindon summons from a definitely not engagement ring box. Yerin pouts about this. Sword ghost dad says that she could probably get the sword icon if she just vibed correctly, and red faith agrees. She doesn't know WHAT vibe she is supposed to have though, until she thinks about eithan, and beating the shit out of red faith, and realises she REALLY wants to kill people. Like really bad. This is somehow ALSO a theme in this book.
Lindon...has to kill more dreadgods, each being a CR40 encounter. Also every time he does he has to make a will save or jsut straight up stop being a PC. This is fine he says. At least he still has the loot from the last one, right?
No one agrees with him.
Outside, Reigan shen decides to annoy lindon. Lindon responds by firing a **Death** arrow at reigan shen. He then runs the fuck a way because HOLY SHIT THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS A PROTAGONIST WEAPON NOW???? WTF GUYS WE GOTTA GET THEM!!!!
Malice + northsider agree, and decide to also annoy lindon. The more they annoy him, the less time he can spend digivolving his friends, and also prepping for the WEEPING DRAGON who is COMING TO FUCK EVERYONE UP. It is QUITE CROSS that SOMEHONE (hi lindon) MCFUCKING KILLED THEIR BRO!
Lindon uses his ghost dad jutsu to summon everyone has a ghost to fight...3 monarchs, 2 sages, a bunch of annoyances, and potentialyl a dreadgod. It is not a good day for him. Its not going to get better. Still, he has his protagonist weapon! And thats scary! Unforunately, being a protagonist weapon, he can only use as many times as the story allows...
Which is still enough to scare the shit out of reigan shin who just wants to end this all. So instead of using his usually gilgamesh bullshit, he instead uses his fusion ultimate doom attack of enkuidu + Enuma Ellish + Tiberian's Super Storm Beam of Triple Death. He is absolutely sure this combination of super attacks will wipe the protagonist off the face of the earth!
Unforunately, in his rage, he forgot that he was a villian that had just pulled out an ultimate weapon, which meant the hero HAD to pull out a hax option for the plot to continue. Said hax option, is literally just ghost eithan, who is like "bro, you sweep like this? Lemme show you how to clean house." He then proceeds to beat up all 3 monarchs in one attack and a dodge just to be a dick and is like "Oh btw that wasn't even like half my power, summon me when you have more juice homie."
Lindon, being tired of this bs, was like "Okay hear me out. How about 1v1s? You win, I stop being an asshole. I win, you fuck off." The monarchs, who had a lot more experience being assholes, accept this, and northstrider then proceeds to kick lindons ass. So much. So hard. His oracle codex is like "*He is weak. And dumb. And smelly. And he doesn't even sacred arts bro.*" and nothstrider is fine with that for a bit but then squints and reads the script again, and notices most of the lines were written over with sharpie.
Getting a copy of the ACTUAL script, he see's that lindon is drinking him, like a LOT and even stealing his icon and then slams him into the ground and points at Malice like "You want next?" malice, not giving a shit about men, says "Uhh nah im good." and fucks off back to her goth milf castle. Lindon then sighs because damn that was a long day. It'd be nice if he could get 5 minutes of-
Oh look shen found your hyperbolic time chamber, and is really mad that he's gotten his ass kicked twice today is going to take it out on all of your friends! Go lindon go! He does and shen is like "even if I am erased from the plot I am going to get ONE W IN THIS GOD DAMNED STORY!!!!" and lindon is like "Pls stop" and then shen does...but only after blowing up the door to the time chamber. Lindon is surprised that he was being so nice until he looked behind him and saw the weeping dragon charging up his forward smash.
Shen, being an asshole, decided that would have to due, and he'd have to rely on plan Q. He was...running low on plans. But at least he had more of them! Surely they couldnt all fail.
Back inside of the hyperbolic time chamber, yerin and co realise the door broke. Yerin is like "okay I...cut it open?" Breaking the fourth wall, and then, a door opened. Unforunately, she hadn't been specific when she wrote that and walked all the way to the rosegold continent. OOps.
Ziel and mercy also want to help, but are kinda weak. Ziel digivolves by learning how to harness the power of time, tbe universe, and everything, and mercy digivolves be realising that she honestly just wants to be a nice person and do nice things. She realises this by having a pity party about how she sucks and ziel being like "STFU you are a fucking main character. Act like it." and she realises, sHE IS!!!
So they go out to help lindon and he says "Okay uh no **GTFO**" because they will absolutely get stomped if they help. And they land...in the rosegold continent! How convient! Hey is that yerin using the death murder kill technique????
Anyway house eithan is fighting house shen and house shen is busted, with a herald who is a pixie, and a sage who is crazy, on team weeping dragon, and can regenerate from nothing. Which is absurd. Team eithan just has cladia, who is the best, but also an old lady. She has a thousand eyes, but could use more hands. Oh look, youths!
Mercy, being a nice young lady, helps her elder cross the battle field and annihilate threats. Cladia was sceptical about the girl until it slowly dawns on her that this girl is DEFINITELY a main character. In the super fight, yerin is learning how to murder death kill more effectively, but still doesn't have it down perfect. Ziel is trying to also murder death kill but it just isnt working, and instead, he's getting trolled by the calling storm sage, who seems to just like to see people suffer.
Ziel see's all his friends getting their asses kicked and decides "fuck man...that isnt cool" and unlocks the shield icon, as it turns out, he ALSO wants to be a protagonist, he just forgot. Together with mercy being nice, cladia being the best, and yerin using the art of murder death kill, they defeat house shen with style....but are also v tired. Cladia thanks the newly minted main characters and gives them the coveted mid story power up they will need to face the next boss: Weeping Dragon!
What is this powerup? Well a HUD of course! Turns out, very helpful to have. Also some of the weeping dragons stats. Turns out, its very good at lying and its dragons breath is *reads notes* THE MOST POWERFUL STRIKER TECHNIQUE ON THE PLANET. JUST. THE STRONGEST ONE. EVER. IT **CANNOT** Be blocked. In fact, as they get back to lindons side, the attack misses them entirely, firing mostly into the air....AND STILL NEARLY KILLS THEM. BY PROXIMITY!
luckily lindon kept them from being hyper murdered. Unforunately, as per the rules of cradle, in exchange he had to be hyper murded. So he just kinda falls over. Team main character take exception to this, and decide to beat the shit out of the dragon. The eight man empire is here and are trying to help, potentially in exchange for that SWEET SWEET LOOT...but also to not fucking die.
Also Orthos and Little blue got out of the time chamber and are now archlords! They go to find lindon to help him after super dying, and he says "Hey...you guys...are main characters...now..." And boom instantly, orthos becomes the black dragon sage, and little blue becomes a herald because, yeah he got that move from eithan in book 2. So now they can help fight! Also now everyone has a dross in them because reasons!
So they arent doing GREAT on that front because most of them are like broken and half and relying solely on hax to keep fighting. Few more than Laran, who got to use the protagonist bow for a little while!!! It felt good...like being significant....
ANYWAY, now its mercys turn to use it and WOOF that was scary...but oops that used up her protag powers.
Yerin, time to attack with the murder death kill move...which is great! But OOF that used up all of HER protag powers.
And so ziel is left with the s trongest monster who has like one bar of health left but hits for all of your HP. Can he do it? Its kick or carry time and...whats this? Is that ziel getting on the top ropes? With the DEATH ARROW? AND LOADING IT INTO HIS ALAPHABET ARRAY? AND INFUSING IT WITH TIME MAGIC! YO WATCH OUT **WATCH OUT**
And then THE MAN HIMSELF smites THE ULTIAMTE SUPER DRAGON with the INSTANT DEATH NO SCOPE HEADSHOT AIMBOT attack that kills god. Or almost kills god. He's got like...3 anime seconds to live.
Seeing that the fight was over, malice returns to be toxic and player kill all the exhausted PCs. She seems really eager about the idea for some reason and then right as she is about to kill lindon, she hears the weeping dragons timer about to run out. Quickly, she erases her own attack, because she is VERY genre savvy when it comes to romance, and if she kills yerin, the main male protagonist will DEFINITELY kill her.
Which he almost does anyway, because as soon as weeping dragon dies, lindon digivolveS AGAIN and nearly nukes her. She escapes, but FUCK man that was close. PHew. Live to gatekeep another day.
lindon and co return to their training fortress, and everyone is tired and sad. Lindon tries to cheer them up in the way he knows how: Advancement and new toys! They all groan.
lindon tries to cheer ziel up most of all, because he got the killing blow, and ziel is like "Bro I JUST got the chill icon, please no." and lindon smiles because that meant moRE LOOT FOR HIMSELF. Woo!
Mercy is fighting more of her mommy issues and is terrified that when she levels up to herald, itll kick her ass , because her mom's remnant was SUPER toxic and just started pking people to fuck with her. mercy prepares for the fight of her life...only to see that her spirit is a sweet bean and literally just wants to give hugs and encouragement. Mercy is very surprised that its being nice to her and everything goes perfectly fine because mercy is actually a very helpful and kind person. This is a small moment of celebration.
Taht is until he is YOINKED! GASP????? By what???Only reigan shen of course! He had taken sleeping ghosts binding and used it to summon lindon. Turns out, each time the dreadgods die, the rest of them get stronger...and smarter...and get more personalities. Like the bleeding phoniex deciding to be a she/they waifu apparently just to fuck with shen. Shen tries to convince her that he is a very important antagonist, and she responds with "You were." And this frightens him, given the page count. He tells her that she should get revenge on lindon and she is like "I dunno...I think I have a better plan for my otouto. ISn't that right Onii-chan?" She says to the wandering titan who was listening in over space discord. He agrees and shen realises that he has caught YET ANOTHER L.
Also where is emiriss? Wasn't she supposed to be helping??? Well she would be she got captured by northstrider who wanted to make sure that the protagonists had NO MORE ELDER MENTOR FIGURES! THEY HAD TO MANY! He is convinced that he can handle anything that happens...Which is why he is totally chill when lindon++ shows up and tells him to calm the fuck down and gives back tree grandma. Northstrider says fuck off, and lindon says "okay, but we are going to talk about this."
Northstrider thinks this is a threat. It was actually a promise, as he is pulled into lindons house and lindon is like "...So...I've been reading your character sheet...and it says you were...neutral good? And wanted to like...be a hero?" And northstrider squints because no one is supposed to read his cringe backstory. He tries to destroy it but lindon says "Ah ah ah...read it first." And then he relents because fuck this guy was a main character. What was the worst that could happen?
So he reads his character sheet and realises that he's been playing the character all wrong the whole time and was like "Fuck...I am kinda a dick now I...ya know what, I'ma drop before I get worse." And lindon is relieved that at least SOMEONE cared about being a dick. He also tells them how to get emiriss, who was happy to see that she only had to wait 5 dragon ballz minutes to get rescued. That was pretty short for an arc in her opinion.
Now back in the present lindon is dealing with 2 dreadgods, and regan shen at the time. Bleeding Waifu says, "Hey bro, we could just SHARE the planet and its fine!" and lindon says "mmm no sorry, kinda would be a shit ending to just change plot motivations here." The dreadgods nod and then try to kick his ass. Luckily he used the loot from his last 2 wins to summon his new god weapon Wavesplitter++, whose power is to fucking command super god lightning swords, and its companion Silent King.exe, that let dross be a pain in the ass, letting lindon temporarily digivolve to Dreadgod++
Which was JUST enough to survive a fight with 2 dreadgods...for a while....like about.....5 dragon ball z minutes.
So elsewhere, team friendship to go talk to malice, hoping she will be chill, Mercy, having realised the power of being nice, tries to be nice to malice. She is straight up like "Mom I know you are trying to be a protagonist but you are straight up Lawful evil rn. It's really fucked."
This goes very poorly. MAlice figures that being nice is a trap and only idiots are nice and if she has to kill her favorite person in the whole world, who is literally the embodiment of a good bean, she would rather be THE ABSOLUTE WORST. So she tries to kill all of the other people with hax abilities, constructs, powers, you name it, she has it.
Everyone is on the verge of death when dross is like "hey yerin, uh...if we want to live this, you are going to have to game out of control." And she is like "eh what else is new?" and is then overloaded with strats from every single sword artist in the entire series. In seconds, she almost manifests the sword icon, but then that would mean being a monarch. That was bad right? Thats what they were trying to get rid of.
And then Malice calls her a bitch, and yerin remembers that she REALLY wants to kill something. Like super bad. And then remembers wait...she wAS the fighty character...and she DID have a sword...and she DID love killing bad guys. Holy shit she could be the queen of killing. And so she does.
and then malice is like "Wait no what-" and then mcfucking dies to Yerin, monarch of murder death kill, apprentice of Eithan murder death kill. Charity, and mercy are very sad about this.
Back on the ship. Everyone is freaking out become lindon got yoinked and decide, alright we should all probably digivolve. Yerin points to ziel, "Okay time to fight your depression." He asks, "With like...meditation?" and then is immediately mauled by himself. He eventually realises he has a lot of self destructive tendencies and decides to keep the scars as a reminder to work on that. Dealing with his depression, for real this time, lets him be a monarch
Emriss then points to mercy and is like "You are a good person even if you are sad, and everyone actually likes you a lot." and she realises that omg, she doesnt have to be a gatekeeping,gaslighting,girlboss in order to succeed in the world. She could just be like...a good person. That revelation gives her so much relief that she actually becomes a monarch.
That said, this all took a while...like....4 dragon ball z minutes and 59 seconds.
Which is just enough time to save lindon! Hurray! The team works together and defeats wandering titan with a team attack, beat the shit out of the tiger boi, get sha miara on their side, and blow the fuck out of the bleeding waifu. Here's the problem. The second they do, lindon is going to go 100% Dreadgod x5 and...well thats less than ideal. Also means he can't finish the story....not yet.
So the crew all say their goodbyes really quick and decide OKAY WE CANNOT STAY ON BABYBOX! And so the like 7 monarchs leave and go to space.
**Space Adventures Part 2**
All of team babybox goes to space, including the rainbow baby monarch, and tree grandma. They decide they are done being characters and would like to leave the plot peacefully. The story allows that. The main characters ask where eithan is. Eithan, being a protagonist, appears and is very excited to see his squad. He is also excited to immediately get them back into trouble.
The Abidan is in DIRE need of protagonists. Actual DIRE NEED. If they don't get some more protagonists out there RIGHT NOW so many settings are going to collapse. But unforunately, they dont have a protagonist division, because every time they tried to make one, they kept getting ANTAGONISTS out of it. Something about raging against systemic injustice??? Anyway the new team become team protagonist and go do protagonist things which are so funny, I'll just list them out.
Yerin defeats an evil lich king in like 5 minutes and then leaves but not before becoming a legend...with the wrong name.
Mercy solves an ages old racism dispute by saying "I have fixed both of your systemic issues and if you do any more hate crimes, I am sorry, but I will have to kill you, please do not do any more hate crimes...or like any big obviously villianous plans like making an infiinite army of evil or making another sun to set everyone on fire. Okay? Again I fixed everything so just...be nice. Or you die."
Ziel writes a tax code and bill of rights for a planet likely destroyed by elon musk.
**Baby Box: Lindon Saga**
Lindon wakes up on baby box and is very upset that he couldn't go with his friends. So he does what anyone would do and bides his time until he can get everything back together. Has to take it easy ya know? he's on the path to recovery from his hunger addiction. So in order to chill out he-
Bribes the eight man empire with god weapons
Creates more god weapons
Establishes his sect more
Gets another icon
eats Reigan Shen's ghost and takes back his inheritence
meets li maruth, the wind god who killed him in book 1, who has all of the powers of every protagonist system, and smites the fuck out of him for daring to appear in the post credits scene
and generally just preps to leave baby box. Which is very hard considering everything has gone to fuck in space due to...a lot of people dying and being replaced.
**Space adventures part 3!**
So lindon finally gets to space! Woo! Orthos and Little blue are hyped! But oops...he landed on the bad guy side. And OOPS he had to fight a super bad guy like 5 minutes in. If only he had friends!
Akura fury, being trained to be a protagonist, could sense a good entry like a wolf, and thus came in as soon as there was a fight scene he could join in space. He was so happy. He then escorts lindon back to team protag, where lindon gives lindon 3 things she thinks she deserves.
A god killing sword of unspeakable power.
A wedding ring made out of one of the most powerful artifacts on their planet
And a mom...she's probably needed one of those for a while.
And then lindon and eithan hug. Its so pure.

I'm not going to talk about the epilogue but FUCK I LOVE CRADLE! This is easily my favorite magic system and series and OMG ITS SO GOOD AGGGGGHHHHHH

Everything on here (the internet) is just bait.
Everything I see on a daily basis is just a different kind of ad. All of them hoping to provoke an emotion from me in order to boost their numbers. It's exhausting.
-I'm not gonna correct your (intentionally) fucked up view on politics/relationships/history/
-I'm not playing your game just because you drew a sexy character.
-I'm not so chronically online that I need to waste my life slam dunking on the opposite gender to make me feel better.
-My life is mine and doesn't have to compare to anyone else's. If it doesn't, that's not necessarily anyone's fucking business. Plus. Nobody cares.
-Idgaf about your "innocent body" wtf does that even mean!?
-"You know she crazy if..." idgaf
-"why are men..?" Idgaf
-"Republicans are..." Idgaf
"POV...." POV: IDGAF
On top of that, this fucking subreddit called "rant" does not seem to even like rants. Everytime somebody is upset and wants to yell into the void, there's always a cool person who needs to remind them how pointless being upset is.
Idgaf.