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gimme my money

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.

The Sugarplum Princess

I can't stop thinking about Gwen in ATSV. She mentioned about how she, in every other universe, died when she was loved by spiderman/Peter Parker. Peter B., Noir, Ham, and Peni didn't talk about it, but I can't help but think about how Gwen is in this organization where literally thousands of people were in love with her and she died. When she walked through Neuva York, every Spiderman was tripping over themselves to call out to her specifically and receive a "hey :)" back. Not Spider Jess or Hobie.

And then there's Pavitr and, love him of course, but I wonder how it felt to see him talk about Gayatri. I know it's a joke but how does it feel to see yourself put on this pedestal. You can't help but compare yourself and wonder "did my Peter see me that way? How would I have acted if he did?" To see her dad in Officer Singh. To see herself trapped in a bus, desperately pounding on the window as she dangled above certain death again.

In the original Spiderman India comic, they skipped over Gwen/Gayatri entirely, and instead had Meera Jain. Which I get why they did from a meta perspective, but in universe, how does it feel to know your replacement is out there. Every Spiderman is happy with their MJ, and they think of Gwen fondly, but like.... Gwen is replaceable. She is the first love, but she doesn't get a future. It's a canon event.

The horror of being a fridged woman.

a girl like you

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alrie Saenz// The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater// The Beartice Letters - Lemony Snickett// The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller// I Will - Mitski

Also

Jon Snow, Gendry, Erik Killmonger, Kirito and Lance

There was already: Hakuryuu Ren, Arutha conDoin, Zuko, Lancelot and Mordred from the Mists of Avalon, Keith Kogane and Edmund and Caspian from The Chronicles of Narnia

feel free to tag more dark haired troumatized dudes I'll apreciate it very much thanks

My type? Dark haired edgy guys with swords.

Webtoon Recommendations

If you haven't already, I highly recommend downloading the webtoons app on your phone and then check out these amazing webtoons, some of which are coming out in books, which I am super stoked about.

If you have any suggestions or think I missed some really good ones, let me know! There are tons more that I read, but these are my top 30.

Ongoing Webtoons

Lore Olympus

Let's Play

Twilight Poem

I Love Yoo

The Witch and the Bull

The Remarried Empress

Like Wind on a Dry Branch

Wish You Were Dead

My In-Laws are Obsessed with Me

Happily Ever Afterwards

When Jasy Whistles

Brimstone and Roses

Midnight Poppy Land

Winds of Spring

SubZero

Monster Duke's Daughter

Another Love

Act Like You Love Me

Your Throne

No Marriage is Perfect

Completed Webtoons

Sirens Lament

A Good Day to be a Dog

Freaking Romance

My Dear Cold Blooded King

Age Matters

My Gently Raised Beast

See You in My 19th Life

The Wrath and the Dawn

Reunion

Spells From Hell

I'd say he went from "where's my daddy?" to "call me daddy" real quick but lets be honest it took him nearly 40 years