Statue Of Your Mom.

[rionaleonhart]

I have now completed Uncharted 2! I think possibly my favourite part of the game, save the perfect opening and ending scenes, is the bit where Nathan and Flynn are working together and just snipe at each other the entire time. Hee!

I did come to like Chloe, in the end, which pleased me. I like her the most when she's with Elena. Then again, I also like Nathan and Sully the most when they're with Elena. Is there any character that can't be improved by the company of Elena Fisher?

Well, yes, probably. Pyramid Head, for example, would probably stab her, which I wouldn't approve of. But she definitely brings out the best in the main cast of the Uncharted series.

(NATHAN AND ELENA

HEARTS FOREVER

they are adorable and I 'ship them so much. The way they work together and worry about each other when they're in danger; the way they poke fun at each other in quiet moments. The ending. ♥!)

The first thing I did upon beating the game was purchase the 'Dirty and Beat-Up' character model for Drake, so he can be covered in blood whenever I please. Although I do also love his winter jacket. Mildly saddened to find that the character model on its own doesn't cause him to stagger around in obvious pain. I swear I'm not a bad person.

The second thing I did was load up the 'Where Am I?' chapter and pet the hell out of some yaks. (Forget every other criticism levelled at it: the worst thing about Final Fantasy XIII was the fact that it wasn't possible to cuddle the little round sheepy things. The first time I saw a yak in Uncharted, I immediately steered Nathan in its direction and was saddened when he didn't interact with it. But, as it turns out, it is in fact possible to pet the yaks! Amazing!)

I've only realised upon writing this that these two things display very different sides of my personality.


Unrelatedly: why are the radio and television trailers for this year's Children in Need (for the benefit of non-UKers: Children in Need is an annual television event to raise money for children's charities) backed by the song 'Fuck You' by Cee Lo Green? I am really confused.

Comments

[rionaleonhart]

THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING MEME.

And that is an amazing picture! Oh, my goodness, Nathan's compass cutie mark: perfection. And is - is Sully's cutie mark a moustache?

[bubbles-san.livejournal.com]

I have no idea! But maybe! :D

[rionaleonhart]

The idea delights me. Sully's talent is growing a moustache really well.

After you linked that image to me, I poked around a bit and found that, during the creation of Uncharted 3, Nathan's voice and motion capture actor was asked for a 'riding a galloping horse' motion:

This required me to bounce up and down in the saddle like an idiot for a full minute. It was one of the most ridiculous things anyone had ever seen. A grown man in a skin tight suit bopping along on a imaginary horse. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, the stage was suddenly filled with the 'My Little Pony' theme song blaring from the speakers. We all burst out laughing and ultimately the footage was deemed unnecessary. I still wonder if it was ever needed at all.

[bubbles-san.livejournal.com]

Why do I have the sudden feeling that I've just inspired another crossover speculation?

[rionaleonhart]

Well, the Uncharted creators would approve!

MLP: FiM is a superbly executed testament to the power that skillful execution has to elevate any subject matter. All it had to do was be pink and sell toys. Instead, it dares to not talk down to its audience. It presents complex personalities and issues in simple ways. It lavishes traditional squash and stretch and secondary motion all over its potentially simplistic, flash-like character animation. It transcends its demographic target and appeals to anyone who appreciates humor, sincerity, and a solid dose of cute.

- Jacob Minkoff, a designer for the Uncharted games

I don't think I'll actually write an Uncharted/My Little Pony crossover, though. For one thing, I'm having trouble imagining ponies doing the amount of climbing Nathan does.

Although I suppose Nathan could be a pegasus pony. In a Friendship is Magic recasting of Uncharted, he would probably be Rainbow Dash.

But I'm still not going to write it. This isn't one of my massive 'I'm not going to write it' lies; I genuinely don't think it would work as a fic. The concept isn't strong enough for a recasting to have real potential.

BUT WAIT: WHAT ABOUT A STRAIGHT CROSSOVER, RATHER THAN A RECASTING? WHAT IF NATHAN FOUND ANCIENT CARVINGS THAT LED HIM TO EQUESTRIA?

That could work!

...still not going to write it.

[bubbles-san.livejournal.com]

I love it when people say nice things about things I like! :D

Well, I did say speculation; sometimes speculating about how a fic or work would go is just as fun as actually writing. Though if you did write, I don't think anyone would care.

Just saying.

[rionaleonhart]

Though if you did write, I don't think anyone would care.

Bit harsh!

[bubbles-san.livejournal.com]

I meant in that they wouldn't mind! Sorry, I'm doing seventeen bajillion things at once and my fingers aren't wording things right. Sorry! *flails a bit*

[rionaleonhart]

Ahahaha, I thought it was probably something like that; I just couldn't work out what you were actually saying. It's fine!

(...what on Earth is going on in your icon?)

[bubbles-san.livejournal.com]

I was saying no one on your flist ever seems to MIND if you write absurd crossovers.

(I have no idea, but it's awkward. And maybe painful.)

[rionaleonhart]

You already successfully clarified in your previous comment; there's no need to worry! I evidently didn't sufficiently clarify the clarification.

[bubbles-san.livejournal.com]

Well then! Glad we're on the same page again.

So about that crossover...