Puppetic Justice.
Apr. 26th, 2015 07:16 pmOh, no, the latest Homestuck update is really, really cute. I keep forgetting I love this ridiculously convoluted nightmare of a webcomic and then getting dragged back in. I don't imagine things will remain cute for long, because Homestuck hates happiness (I haven't forgotten the brutal way it cut short any celebration of its return after a year-long hiatus), but for now I'm going to enjoy these kids feeding robotic horses and falling asleep on each other and playing extremely unexpected games of hopscotch.
I'm sort of amazed that Homestuck has such a huge following when it makes itself so aggressively difficult to follow. You may occasionally encounter people who claim to understand the plot of Homestuck. Do not trust these people.
It took me a while to get into Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, due probably to a combination of constantly going 'but when are we going to learn more about the Bleeding Effect?' and being a bit Assassin's Creeded out, but I ended up thoroughly addicted to Assassin's Guild Management Simulator 1799. The trouble was that I became really invested in two of my recruits, so I couldn't ever call them into battle because I was so afraid they'll be killed.
I probably shouldn't love the bit where Ezio kisses his now-engaged old girlfriend and then gives his blessing to her marriage and runs off, leaving her incredibly confused, but I sort of do. Whoops.
My favourite NPC quote in Brotherhood: I threw some money on the ground. A man ran to gather up the coins, exclaiming in delight, 'I had a dream about this!'
So far (I've just found the first key), I have mixed feelings on Assassin's Creed: Revelations. The hookblade is a good addition, but most of the alterations to gameplay just seem to make things slightly less convenient. The map is a bit harder to read. Reducing notoriety is a bit more of a pain. Tracking down den leaders is a lot more of a pain. And I'm really sad that there aren't any creepy glyph puzzles, because I loved those.
Plus I sort of resent the Desmond's Story bits so far. I was excited that we were getting more about Desmond, and then the Desmond's Story sections turned out to be terrible. It's just boring backstory delivered in awkwardly-written monologues, wrapped up in frustrating first-person platforming segments! I don't want to know more about Desmond growing up on an isolated farm; I want to know more about Desmond's mind collapsing!
The interactions with Sixteen are far more interesting. I'm hoping for more of those.
I sort of hope that there's fanfiction in which Desmond actually agrees to Sixteen's 'hey, is it okay if I just, you know, live in your body?' proposition. AS IF DESMOND WEREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE ALREADY. (Maybe I misinterpreted Sixteen's request, but I hope not.)
Also on the plus side, I'm actually finding Ezio sort of attractive now that he's much too old for me. This was probably inevitable.
I'm sort of amazed that Homestuck has such a huge following when it makes itself so aggressively difficult to follow. You may occasionally encounter people who claim to understand the plot of Homestuck. Do not trust these people.
It took me a while to get into Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, due probably to a combination of constantly going 'but when are we going to learn more about the Bleeding Effect?' and being a bit Assassin's Creeded out, but I ended up thoroughly addicted to Assassin's Guild Management Simulator 1799. The trouble was that I became really invested in two of my recruits, so I couldn't ever call them into battle because I was so afraid they'll be killed.
I probably shouldn't love the bit where Ezio kisses his now-engaged old girlfriend and then gives his blessing to her marriage and runs off, leaving her incredibly confused, but I sort of do. Whoops.
My favourite NPC quote in Brotherhood: I threw some money on the ground. A man ran to gather up the coins, exclaiming in delight, 'I had a dream about this!'
So far (I've just found the first key), I have mixed feelings on Assassin's Creed: Revelations. The hookblade is a good addition, but most of the alterations to gameplay just seem to make things slightly less convenient. The map is a bit harder to read. Reducing notoriety is a bit more of a pain. Tracking down den leaders is a lot more of a pain. And I'm really sad that there aren't any creepy glyph puzzles, because I loved those.
Plus I sort of resent the Desmond's Story bits so far. I was excited that we were getting more about Desmond, and then the Desmond's Story sections turned out to be terrible. It's just boring backstory delivered in awkwardly-written monologues, wrapped up in frustrating first-person platforming segments! I don't want to know more about Desmond growing up on an isolated farm; I want to know more about Desmond's mind collapsing!
The interactions with Sixteen are far more interesting. I'm hoping for more of those.
I sort of hope that there's fanfiction in which Desmond actually agrees to Sixteen's 'hey, is it okay if I just, you know, live in your body?' proposition. AS IF DESMOND WEREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE ALREADY. (Maybe I misinterpreted Sixteen's request, but I hope not.)
Also on the plus side, I'm actually finding Ezio sort of attractive now that he's much too old for me. This was probably inevitable.
