AMA Ask The Fox Dweller (if you want)

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

Favourite portrait in Portrait of Ruin?

I don't (somehow) remember the name, but it was the city streets painting in Brauner's painting area. I loved it for the visuals mostly lol. If you'd asked what my favorite painting boss was, though, I'd have said Legion in the Nation of Fools painting. :p

Favourite school subject?

Ah, I suppose this is where I mention that I was also homeschooled like Lavy, 'eh? So subjects weren't done the same way that they would be in a normal classroom. But my favorite thing to learn back then was math lol. I was very good at it when I was younger, though I've fallen off quite a bit after I didn't have to learn it anymore.

What's one thing someone has said that's really left an impression on you?

There are quite a few things that could fit here... I think I'll go with a bittersweet one. The time my buddy told me that his friends think I 'care too much'. (paraphrasing for anonymity lol)
It was then that I decided that I quite frankly don't give a **** what they think of me and that I'm going to find my own people that actually appreciate how I am and the effort I put in to hopefully make someone's day better. The absolute best thing he coulda said lol.

 

[Setsuna]

I don't (somehow) remember the name, but it was the city streets painting in Brauner's painting area. I loved it for the visuals mostly lol. If you'd asked what my favorite painting boss was, though, I'd have said Legion in the Nation of Fools painting. :p

You're so right, 13th Street is so good.

Since I don't want to just drop that as a response and thought of this on the fly, if you could make your own video game, design it perfectly exactly how you want with no time or money restrictions or anything, everything is on the table, what would the genre be and what would set it apart from other similar games?

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Not necessarily your most hated video game (although it could be), what video game was the most frustrating for you to play through, and why? This can include a game you ragequit because it was just too damn frustrating to complete.

 

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

You're so right, 13th Street is so good.

100% correct. (and I thought the name was something like that, but couldn't remember what numbers lol)

Since I don't want to just drop that as a response and thought of this on the fly, if you could make your own video game, design it perfectly exactly how you want with no time or money restrictions or anything, everything is on the table, what would the genre be and what would set it apart from other similar games?

Now this is a great question!
I'm off-and-on working on the story for an RPG style game very loosely based around Ocarina of Time. (that is, you'd go around in the starting era to learn about the world and what the places you'll go will look like somewhat and meet the main cast, then come back after a few years to see everything on fire and you needing to clean it all up kinda thing)
The plot so far is this:
The planet is crumbling and falling into the abyss that has apparently originated in its core. As more and more landmass falls away, the player learns that they are the next 'chosen one' for the 8 guardian spirits of the planet, tasked with protecting each of the 8 chosen sacrifices that the spirits need in order to stop the spreading rot of the planet. (note 'stop', not 'reverse')
Every (indeterminate) amount of years, the spirits' flames start to go out (their 'life force') and they need the people chosen as sacrifices as a means to keep existing and protecting the world. In order to make sure that the creatures that come out of the abyss don't stop them from fulfilling their rolls as sacrifices, the player needs to help protect them while they travel to (and through) the spirits' temples. The bosses are only killable with a special blade that also doubles as a conduit for the spirits' powers, allowing the player to use different magics based on who's already given their lives for the good of the world. Once all 8 fires have been recharged, the hero then needs to go back to the sealing grounds (where they went for the multiple years, though I'm still working on this part lol) and replace the now fully powered sword back in the hole that they pulled it from in order to stop the abyss.
There are currently 8 (technically 10, but...) magic types, but I wanted to differ them from the common ones a bit, by making them not only contrast each other, but rival each other in pairs, (and in dungeon enemies and bosses too, like the 'fire' boss in the 'water' temple and vice-versa, so helping one person gives you an advantage over the opposite person's boss)
and those are:

Nature, (vs) Mechanical(place holder name at the moment), Life, (vs) Death, Ocean, (vs) Sky, and the last 2 are still a WiP. (and the secret last 2 I already know and am not revealing here as they are very spoiler heavy in the event I actually do something with this, but I can tell you about them in DM if you're curious)
Each one is 'super effective' against its counter magic, and decently effective against one (or two depending on how I feel after deciding on the final 2) of the others to be determined later.

There's a lot more I could get into like how the player interacts with the people they help and travel with, sidequests, deeper plot stuff, and all that, but this is getting very long now lol, so I'll end it here. :p Thanks for the question!

 

[Diamond 97]

Do you have any pets?

 

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

Do you have any pets?

I do! A cat I love too much and a very smart dog.

 

[Diamond 97]

What's your favourite kind of music?

 

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

What's your favourite kind of music?

Anything that gives me strong inspiration for my stories when I listen to it. I don't really understand genres of music lol.

 

[Diamond 97]

What's your favourite video game?

 

[𒈟Lavemu𒐫]

If you could give any fictional character something, what would you give and why?

 

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

What's your favourite video game?

I don't really have one, but I can highlight one of my favorites.

Sands of Destruction, my favorite game made for the Nintendo DS. The objective being quite different from the classic RPG story, made for a great backdrop to some of my favorite 'RPG party' characters I can think of. It has fantastic music and animations for the time as well, along with a good bit of voiced dialog. My only minor issue with it is some of the late game bosses feel a bit broken mechanically and it makes a few of those fights unpleasantly RNG focussed.

If you could give any fictional character something, what would you give and why?

I'll go under the rule that I'm not allowed to pick my own, or any 'fan characters' either, just to keep things from getting potentially confusing lol.
That depends on what I'm allowed to give to them, so I'll give an 'anything goes' answer and a more practical one as well.

Spoiler: 'Serious' (warning, Mother 3 spoilers!)

I would give the protag his brother back. Losing his mother was hard enough, but losing a close sibling like that... >.>
It was at the end of that world anyway, so it wouldn't have any real major impact on the story if I popped in at the last second and shoved a 'Revive' in his mouth, you know? :p

Spoiler: More practical

I would give a character that I like from- well, there are a few that I'd be happy to watch react live to getting their favorite thing lol. There's one girl in the game "Story of Season Trio of Towns" that freaks out in a really funny way if you give her her favorite drink, or there's Amber from Rune Factory 4 who has a really cute "YAY!" whenever she gets a jar of honey that I'd love to see in person. :p Probably something like that lol.

 

[𒈟Lavemu𒐫]

If you really were a Pokemon, what Pokemon would you be, what would your 4 moves be, what would your nature and ability be, and why? ;D

 

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

If you really were a Pokemon, what Pokemon would you be, what would your 4 moves be, what would your nature and ability be, and why? ;D

There are two answers to the first part of your question, the 'simple' answer, and the 'technically most accurate' answer. Since I feel like it I'll do both. :p

The simple answer is I would be a Gallade.

The descriptions of its personality in the Pokedex fit very well with how I'd like to be. Someone willing to jump into any danger or hardship if it means helping someone else, even at risk to myself. But even if you dial back the flashiness, it still brings me joy to go out of the way to help make someone's day better, even if it's just doing a small thing here or there.
I have a strong sense of justice and fairness, which I also feel comes from Gallade with the whole 'honorable knight' thing, so that's a part of it too.
(a secondary pick could be Meowscarada, as I'm not shy about being a bit of a showman, but there's just not enough info about that Pokemon that easily exists beyond 'it tricks you into thinking it's flower floats' for me to say how well I relate beyond the look)
Now for the technically more accurate answer...

Yes, this is a PIF sprite of a Gallade fused with an Absol. And yes, this is much more accurate to what I'd technically be if I were a Pokemon.
All the same traits of a Gallade, but steeped in the feelings of sorrow and rejection that plagues Absols. (I also really, really like scythes, so this specific art for it is even better for me lol)
I could go into it more, but it would come across as depressing and/or edgy fanfiction, so I'll leave it here lol.
As for moves, I'll be picking from the global pool, not just from the ones either of these could naturally learn. I'll also be picking based on what moves I think would best fit my personality rather than what moves I'd want to have. And those would be:
(if I were basing this purely on solo battle they would be No Retreat, Wild Charge, False Surrender, and Explosion, but I'm not just counting solo battle here)
Wide Guard (I don't want anyone else to be hurt), Helping Hand (to cheer them on), Copycat (it's just how I am lol), and Brutal Swing (I wish I could say I've never accidentally hurt a friend (with words) before, but sadly that would be untrue...).
As for Nature:
I'd like to say 'Gentle', but not always. I think Hardy is a bit more accurate. I've gone through a lot, and yet I'm still going. Seems pretty Hardy to me.
And lastly my Ability:
(again, gonna draw from the total pool here)

No Guard (I'd much rather get it over with, regardless of the winner).

Hope you enjoyed reading the fruits of my last hour and a half! :P