Athea Andrea

Coming from a non-Christmas-celebrating family with a lot of homework over break, Imma ask y'all to celebrate and make merry on my behalf

TFW it's goddamn 2 in the morning and you're still doing Calc homework

Given the immortal horsey that I don't even need to retrieve her from a pool in Falkreath every time I go hill-hopping, I do believe Imma pursue the Dark Brotherhood. The Mad God shall serve the Night Mother!

Yep. The opening scene with the train bombing made her hate Reborn immediately.

How's Cyrodiil's Shadowmere compared to her Skyrimi sister? Does the Cyrodiil one also respawn or can she just not die?

Good god man... are we sure these are kids games to begin with? /s

But is it to the extent of bombings? And murder shown on screen? I know I'm playing devil's advocate a bit here, but I'm honestly fairly unfamiliar with the base games; where does that stuff happen?

So, I brought this up in PMs with another forum member, but I kinda wanted to see what you folks as a whole thought. A friend of mine essentially holds thusly: because Pokemon Reborn is based off Pokemon, a kids' franchise, but has very dark themes, inappropriate for children (murder, suicide, and terrorism mainly), she holds that Reborn is a perversion of Pokemon, and is thus immoral. I strongly disagree, in part because I'm a stubborn asshole, but in part because I believe that fan creations are products of the fans. Nintendo and their brand a franchise had an extremely heavy hand in inspiring the work (for obvious reasons), but aside from mechanics, characters, and a name, Reborn shares minimal ties with the Pokemon mainstream franchise. I think it's unfair to take all the time and hard work that went into making Reborn the game it is - with it's story, characters, setting, and unique aspects, both in mechanics and feel - and writing it off as just a "perverted" Pokemon game made by "sick" people who, in her mind, should have nothing to do with the Pokemon franchise at large. Honestly, I think it's a positive thing, that Reborn exists. It puts a new and infrequently seen spin on the world of Pokemon, does it with amazing craftsman ship on the part of the dev team, and shows that the fandom as a whole is aging and maturing. We're not the 10 and 11 year olds who first saw Ash get saved from a flock of Pidgeottos, and I think we should be able to express ourselves however we see fit, even if it's wildly different from the source. I might be missing something, but I'm curious to see what you friends think about this.

Alright, so I just completed the Shivering Isles DLC while barely scraping the actual base game... where do I start? I'm getting approval from the Mages Guild, and just killed Rufio for the Dark Brotherhood. Should I continue one o' those questlines, or is there something more interesting/hidden away I should check out? Esoteric hints are encouraged and appreciated!

Guess who's been lured out of her cave? Hells yeah!

I said I was playing a bit of Hearthstone earlier, but that is just not a thing I do anymore. Elder Scrolls Legends is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less greedy about how easily players can get cards, and gold that'd take weeks of saving in Hearthstone are obtainable in ESL within a few days. Plus they give out free packs regularly. I swear to god man, I love ESL.

I'm getting sick and tired of Hearthstone, but I kinda don't know of any options aside from it in terms of free online CCGs? Anyone know of anything I should hit up, maybe?

So, I'm doing a research project with a group studying the differences in - yes, I'm serious - high school dating between generations, and given that, I wanted to ask y'all if you could run through this thing (it'll take like a minute, probably less) and answer the questions, so we can collect more responses and from a more varied group. Anyways, here's the form: the research form dealio. Any response'd be great, just please don't answer more than once, and make sure to answer "Not applicable" when appropriate. Many thanks!

Happy birthday new guy and welcome to Reborn! Marc, and thank you for all the time and effort you've put into Reborn!

I was just curious if anyone here had any confidence mantras, or reassuring quotes/sayings they keep a grip on when the ride gets bumpy. Not necessarily things that you mutter under your breath before you save the day, but like, just things that you say or think to keep you going. When I'm feeling less than motivated to do something like homework, I think "I am gonna Charizard this mofo" as a quote that I remember from Dear Hank and John, my favorite podcast of all time. Otherwise, as you might see on my blog once or twice, I remind myself "The finest steels are forged in the hottest fires" when school and depression really start to weigh on me, in order to keep me going, y'know? Anyways, do tell.

Hearthstone, brosephs

I've been going through, more or less, something of a depressed episode of late, brought on by romantic issues. Anyone have anything for that, perhaps?