The Twilight Realms

Rika Akira, one of my many characters, has a rather interesting way of speaking. English isn't her first language, and in her simple form of logic, she feels like somehow it's wrong for her to speak a language she isn't fluent in. So she compromises by speaking it as little as possible, and has developed her own special form of broken English, which I will attempt to teach you how to speak. You know, in case you... ever wanted to do that. "Rika talk" as she calls it, uses as few words and syllables as possible, so meaning is often ambiguous and needs to be derived from context.  First of all, Rika always refers to herself in third person - she never uses first-person pronouns, whether singular or plural. Instead, she substitutes her name - for instance, "I like ramen" becomes "Rika like ramen". (Which she does.) Verbs are always conjugated in first person present singular - "Rika like" rather than "Rika likes". Pronouns are ...

 Being as I am in fact transfemme, I thought I'd take this time to debunk some common myths revolving around trans people (mostly trans women, since that's what I am and all). Myth: Trans women don't get periods. Fact: While we don't menstruate, we do still have hormone cycles (assuming we're on HRT, that is) and that can still cause us to get period-like symptoms every month. What those symptoms are varies from person to person, but can include feeling bloated, constipation, feeling irritable/cranky, tired, random aches and pains in our bodies, etc. Myth: All trans people eventually have surgery. Fact: Some choose not to. Dysphoria manifests in many ways, and genital dysphoria is only one of those ways, and not always present in trans people. Some are totally fine with their genitalia not matching their gender. This does not make them any less trans than others, and surgery is not like... the definitive final step in transitioning or anything like that. Myth: The p...

This is more a "I got the urge to talk about this so I'm gonna make a blog post about it to get it out of my system" kind of thing. So I'm gonna talk about the names of the player characters in Pokémon games. Gen 1 (Red/Green/Blue/Yellow) - The official name of the Gen 1 main character is Red. His rival is known as Green in the Japanese version, and Blue in the international version. The reason for the difference is that the original two games released in Japan were Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Green Version . A third game, named Pokémon Blue Version , was later made, which fixed some bugs and other problems with the original two games. This game became the basis for the international Gen 1 games, which were released as Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version , with the original Pokémon Green Version never getting an English release until the remakes Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen came out. (The title Pokémon WaterBlue was trademarked, but no suc...

 Another guide no one asked for. So there are a few really useful accessories in Final Fantasy X-2 that are kind of a pain to get, mainly due to conflicting stories in various places on the internet about how exactly you get these things. So I'm here to help with that. Ragnarok Why you want it: Gives the Spellspring auto-ability, making the cost of all spells become 0 MP. So feel free to spam Flare and Ultima as much as you like with this on. How to get it: You need to implicate Rikku in the Mi'ihen Highroad mystery. Here's a checklist of how to do just that.  - In Chapter 2, go to Mi'ihen Highroad and enter the Travel Agency to find a familiar face asking about chocobos. Exit and go to the cliff edge. Talk to Calli to begin the Cuckoo for Chocobos mission. During this mission, make sure you do not capture the chocobo during the "blocking" section (when you have to predict which way it will run). Just mess up a few times to ensure that the mission continues...

Pointless trivia about Hollow Knight ! Spoiler warning! Before fighting The Radiance, Hornet shouts a voice line that many noticed sounds a lot like the memetic phrase "Git gud!" At a panel, when asked about this, creators William and Ari confirmed that it was pure coincidence, and that the actual word is "Gektu!", though they admitted they don't know what it means. Mister Mushroom was created because Team Cherry realised that the unique nook that Cornifer appears in in the Fungal Wastes would be left empty and sad once he moved. They wanted something else to put in that nook, and thus Mister Mushroom was born. Team Cherry have also said that they were "100% serious" about the secret Passing of the Age ending involving him, implying that he is not a joke character and that his journey is far from over. The working title for the game was Hungry Knight 2 , as it was initially developed using assets from Hungry Knight , one of Team Cherry's previous g...