These Movies Want Me Fucking Dead

@storyseekers event 05 : retellings — the song of achilles by madeline miller

— and perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone

Today on things that I’m weirdly and ridiculously emotional about, does anybody else get the spontaneous urge to cry when they see a really gorgeous piece of Architecture? Especially if they happen to be Theatres, Museums, Book Stores, Libraries or Art Galleries? That might sound weird, but seriously, just look at these things:

The Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto Canada

The Margravial Opera House, Bayrueth Germany

El Ateneo Grand Splendid, the Theatre-turned-Library in Barrio Norte, Buenos Aires

The Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest, Hungary

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

The Florence Cathedral in Florence, Italy

The Abbey Library of Saint Gall in Saint Gallen, Switzerland

The Baroque Library of Metten Abbey in Metten Germany

Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland

The Vatican Museums in Vatican City

Konpira Grande Theatre in Kotohira, Japan

Kabuki-za Theatre in Tokyo, Japan

I can’t be the only one who finds these places gorgeous, right? Add your own favorite Architectural Wonders in the comments!

"Meet me

Where the end begins,

In echoes,

Where your world is me,

And my world is you."

"'But it made you stronger'

I was a child.

I didn't need to be stronger.

I needed to be safe."

Logging in just to inform that I picked up LESSA 3 English scanlation, starting from Episode 58. I’m uploading it to MangaDex, and I wish that it won’t be re-uploaded to other sites.

On a side note, it’s mostly a re-translation of the Indonesian translation I did, so I highly not advised it to be re-translated again into other language(s).

Have a good day!

I love this game so much

In 2013, a small dev team called Team Cherry submitted a game to the Ludum Dare 27 game jam. It was called ‘Hungry Knight’ and the protagonist looked like this:

Your objective was to kill enemies for berries, which you had to eat every 10 seconds in order to survive. There were some cool bug-knight designs, and some hints of a world/lore surrounding the little protagonist, but overall it was pretty simple. Play it on Newgrounds if you’re interested.

About 3.5 years later, Team Cherry released Hollow Knight, which feature this little guy you might recognize:

But wha–

OH FUCK!!! WHAT!!!!

HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THE–

WAIT, WHAT’S THAT I HEAR??

IS THAT AN ORCHESTRA OF ANGELS PLAYING A SOMBER SYMPHONY ABOUT BOTH THE BEAUTY AND THE SUFFERING OF OUR EPHEMERAL EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANE??

NO, IT’S JUST THE GOD DAMN

As for the gameplay, it’s a metroidvania with simple mechanics but a high skill ceiling, excellent enemy variety and design, a big map, and deep and unique lore that you find bits and pieces of throughout the world.

I’d compare it to Ori & The Blind Forest, which is also a very solid metroidvania – but Hollow Knight is different in that it has no explicit dungeons and no skill tree. It’s a bit more “raw.” Whereas I’d recommend Ori to even those who don’t have much experience with the 2D platformers or metroidvanias, I might reserve Hollow Knight for those who have played at least one in the past. It doesn’t spend much time easing you in or holding your hand. If Ori is rum & coke, Hollow Knight is just straight rum.

Overall, it’s been a good year for indie games. We saw the release of games like Night in the Woods, Cuphead, A Hat in Time, West of Loathing, and Doki Doki Literature Club.

Hollow Knight though, is my personal fave, and I’d recommend it to anybody who is willing to give a game a little bit of patience, exploration, and love.

Aegon Targaryen Commission for moynal on tumblr!

An absolute blessing to draw this handsome lad ;)