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I am really glad they just instantly put their cards on the table with Evil Warlock Rasputin. No need to dance around it. I love his insane character design.
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Dec 21, 2019 00:58
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We already know that Rasputin is the head of Sapientes Gladio, and it's not like they're exactly a bunch of paragons of virtue. No point in pretending, really. Also Joachim has some intense competition for best character now that Anastasia's been introduced.
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Dec 21, 2019 01:10
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Yeah but why would they compete for the title.
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Dec 21, 2019 01:34
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Hooray, it's the character I never took out of my party once I got her!
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Dec 21, 2019 01:36
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The Dark Id posted:
Maybe the title isn’t a mood of impatience, but rather that the mood itself is impatient? As in, it needs to be felt straight away. That piano certainly seems rather insistent. The amount of deleting I had to do for this dumb joke was not worth it.
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Dec 21, 2019 02:09
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Leraika posted:Hooray, it's the character I never took out of my party once I got her! Yeah she is surprisingly REALLY good if you don't mind her main gimmick and take the effort to use it. Also, Rasputin here has the absolute perfect voice. I basically love everything about how they did him in Shadow Hearts.
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Dec 21, 2019 02:28
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The Dark Id posted:Why we're just playing as Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia aka Princess Anastasia Romanov. Yeah, sure. Why not? We already have Rasputin showing up as the lead villain. Why not recruit Anastasia along for the ride? Let's just reenact that Don Bluth fanfic 1997 animated movie. You know the one where Rasputin was Christopher Lloyd and Anastasia escaped the purge and was now a kind of creepily sexualized 18-year old voiced by Meg Ryan. 
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Dec 21, 2019 02:47
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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah she is surprisingly REALLY good if you don't mind her main gimmick and take the effort to use it. Bob Papenbrook was one of my favorites of that era of VA (being in literally everything made getting memorable roles pretty common of course). Sadly passed away not long after this.
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Dec 21, 2019 03:09
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You know how toddlers will demand to watch the same thing repeatedly for weeks or months? My youngest sister did that with the animated Anastasia movie so I can't hate it. It's fun and everyone needs more of that lately.
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Dec 21, 2019 03:21
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That guard casually missing Anastasia is bad enough, but hey, she's a little girl and the princess of Russia. Even if it's hard to buy that they just didn't see her, for all we know the people here in the palace are used to her troublemaking. That kind of incompetence is nothing compared to Shinra guards, who will miss Cloud and co hiding like that in their main HQ.
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Dec 21, 2019 03:54
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Anastasia reminds me of Ocarina of Time’s Princess Zelda here for some reason.
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Dec 21, 2019 04:01
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AweStriker posted:Anastasia reminds me of Ocarina of Time’s Princess Zelda here for some reason. Young princess who seems to be the only one aware that something foul is afoot with the obviously evil sorcerer in their castle?
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Dec 21, 2019 04:04
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AweStriker posted:Anastasia reminds me of Ocarina of Time’s Princess Zelda here for some reason. I dunno, here I'm reminded of Webby from the 2017 Ducktales reboot.
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Dec 21, 2019 04:30
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Junpei posted:I dunno, here I'm reminded of Webby from the 2017 Ducktales reboot. Anastasia WISHES
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Dec 21, 2019 04:41
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Edvarius posted:Young princess who seems to be the only one aware that something foul is afoot with the obviously evil sorcerer in their castle? Yeah that’d do it.
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Dec 21, 2019 04:56
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Shitenshi posted:That guard casually missing Anastasia is bad enough, but hey, she's a little girl and the princess of Russia. Even if it's hard to buy that they just didn't see her, for all we know the people here in the palace are used to her troublemaking. That kind of incompetence is nothing compared to Shinra guards, who will miss Cloud and co hiding like that in their main HQ. Look; do you want to be the one that has to spend the next hour catching the princess AND dragging her to the Tsarina, AND have to be in the presence of said Tsarina while she berates her daughter for drawing on the statues? Again? Or have to be the one that inventories the food stores to work out what the princess stole this time?
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Dec 21, 2019 05:03
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It may not be a remotely unique character archetype, but I do quite enjoy that this Anastasia seems to be kind of a little poo poo.
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Dec 21, 2019 05:15
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DanielCross posted:It may not be a remotely unique character archetype, but I do quite enjoy that this Anastasia seems to be kind of a little poo poo. Same. TDI leaning on that for extra dialogue helped. Also is Edgar and Kato both Jamieson Price (Papa Nier)? Was that last conversation the same guy talking to himself? I'm happy Rasputin is the most evil looking motherfucker ever too. I fully expect him to perform Order 66 on the Romanov family like the next update. Nohman fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Dec 21, 2019 |
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Dec 21, 2019 06:55
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CmdrKing posted:Bob Papenbrook was one of my favorites of that era of VA (being in literally everything made getting memorable roles pretty common of course). Sadly passed away not long after this. poo poo, I didn't know that. 
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Dec 21, 2019 07:21
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Nohman posted:Same. TDI leaning on that for extra dialogue helped. Also is Edgar and Kato both Jamieson Price (Papa Nier)? Was that last conversation the same guy talking to himself?
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Dec 21, 2019 13:45
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There's a few pretty well-known voice actors in this game. Anastasia is voiced by Stephanie Sheh, for instance. But the majority of them are credited under pseudonyms.
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Dec 21, 2019 17:21
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Also yeah, Anastasia never left my party once I got her, she was my main mage, both attack and supportwise.
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Dec 21, 2019 18:03
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Anastasia permanently sat on the bench for me, firmly sandwiched between Gepetto and Lucia. It was the right call. 
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Dec 21, 2019 19:00
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Pretty sure around this time in the Castlevania timeline, the Belmont's were inactive, and has left the vampire killer to the Morris family. Since it was prophesied that it wouldn't be used again until the big 1999 battle where Julius Belmont killed Dracula for realsies.
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Dec 21, 2019 19:23
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CmdrKing posted:Bob Papenbrook was one of my favorites of that era of VA (being in literally everything made getting memorable roles pretty common of course). Sadly passed away not long after this. Wait... is Bob Papenbrook the father of Bryce Papenbrook (Famous for being Kirito and Makoto Naegi)?
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Dec 21, 2019 20:48
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Junpei posted:Wait... is Bob Papenbrook the father of Bryce Papenbrook (Famous for being Kirito and Makoto Naegi)? Yes, he is.
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Dec 21, 2019 23:51
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...! posted:Anastasia permanently sat on the bench for me, firmly sandwiched between Gepetto and Lucia. It was the right call. I can understand not wanting to deal with her gimmick! I think you'll find that your opinion is wrong, though.
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Dec 22, 2019 22:02
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Nephrite posted:I can understand not wanting to deal with her gimmick! I think you'll find that your opinion is wrong, though. If she can’t randomly kill the entire party, she can’t possibly be worse than Lucia.
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Dec 23, 2019 01:26
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Updates will likely be sparse this week with the holidays and whatnot. But I am streaming the weird Don Bluth Anastasia film on Tuesday at 10:00 PM EST. More info here if that's your kind of scene. https://discord.gg/9a2v67z
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Dec 23, 2019 06:39
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Episode XLVI: Petrograd Patrol Music: Anastasia ~ Going Her Way .jpg)  Rasputin said he was going out this evening. I'd better patrol the city until then!Time to hit the town with Anastasia. But there are a couple of new items of note to go over first.  Anastasia now has a weapon -- a mechanical flying Fabergé Egg. It is not quite as unusual as Joachim's assorted bludgeons or Alice whacking people with the Bible, but it's pretty high up there on weird weapons for this series. .jpg) Additionally, now that Anastasia has the camera she can now use her special ability Snapshot. Her special ability is essentially being a Blue Mage from Final Fantasy. This also doubles as the Scan equivalent for the game. .jpg) But we'll get to that when she actually gets in a fight. Petrograd, like most towns, is devoid of any random battles. So I'm not sure why they felt the need to give the tutorial for her skill right now up front. But whatever, I'm sure the Princess will find a way to get herself into trouble soon enough. .jpg) There are a couple directions we can head. But really only one is valid if we want to explore. Going north is restricted as it would send us back to the world map and I don't think that's advisable for the princess of a highly unpopular royal family to go wandering outside the city unattended. Likewise, going to the west down the street will lead to plot progress and we clearly need to bug all the locales first. .jpg) It is January in Russia and hasn't been above freezing in weeks. What do you expect?.jpg) Tch. I know where things are in my own city, thank you very much!.jpg) All traitors to the state will be put down!.jpg) Meh. I threw my dinner in the garbage. Beef Stroganoff AGAIN? They need to fire that chef. ...How nice for you..jpg) To the south we have Palace Square where quite a few more people are wandering around in the dead of night in the middle of winter. As was the style of the time in Russia. .jpg)  I tried immersing myself in a tub of ink to divine some sort of inspiration but, well... I just ended up smelling of ink. <holds nose> You're inspiring me to get as far away from you as possible..jpg) What was your name again, sir? Kornei, Swearing Revenge! <jots down in notepad> Kornei Swearingrevenge. Treason suspect. W-What was that? Oh nothing. Carry on. .jpg) Somehow, the Magimel brothers have made it all the way to Petrograd in their little shop truck before people in a literal jet arrived. Gerard's shop actually does have new supplies, namely the newest tier of weapons for everyone (what they would have gotten if they had endured the torture scene correctly earlier.) But, we'll wait until we actually have a full party again before examining their wares. .jpg)  Clothing for pre-pubescent dolls in exchange for collectible trading cards of beefy studs is my calling! <jots down in notebook> Pierre... does that sign say... Magimel? Yeah, that looks right. Pierre Magimel. Pervert suspect. There's another one for the royal police to handle. Excuse me, dearie. Did you say something? Oh, I am just browsing. Tee hee. Oh by all means!.jpg)  I'm not exactly sure how it all happened, but I'm sure there were lots of grown-up reasons... The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, by a Serbian national triggered a succession of alliance pacts which led to the current conflict. Specifically, Serbia was b—  ...Yeah, that sounds like a lotta grown-up reasons.  Hmph. Fine. Live in ignorance like a commoner..jpg) Here's the base of the Alexander Column, a 47.5 meter tall and 500-ton pillar of red granite installed after the Russians repelled Napoleon's invasion in 1812. Get rekt, Napoleon. There's nothing special but it is a real location even if Palace Square is .jpg)  I don't suppose a little kid like you would understand, but revolution is coming... I can feel it! Yep, I'm just a dumb kid. Hey, could I get your name?  Why, child? Umm... it's for a school project. Hmm... I am called Fervent Joseph. Fervent... Joseph... Treason suspect. Mmm... OK! We're done here! <eyes with suspicion> Hmph..jpg)  They say he cured Prince Alexei through his faith, but even that's questionable. *sigh* What's gonna become of Russia? I agree about Rasputin, but watch what you say about the Tsar's politics!.jpg) .jpg) Over in the corner by the Winter Palace, we find yet another Crest. I suppose we can slap that on Anastasia to give her at least some offensive magic. And I need to remember to check out Solomon's Key next time we get access to it. .jpg) We cannot reenter the Winter Palace at the moment. We need to expose Rasputin's vile plot, after all. .jpg) .jpg) And to do that, we need to return to the previous street where we started and go down the road opposite of Edgar's shop. .jpg) .jpg) And as soon as we do, Rasputin swaggers down the street. The princess quickly ducks down a nearby alley. .jpg) Anastasia's remarkable stealth skills once more come into play. Rasputin pays her no mind and continues off down the road. Maybe she does actually have an extremely high stealth skill and that's why nobody sees her as soon as she crouches. Rasputin continues on down the road. Anastasia hops back to her feet. .jpg) <slams fist into palm> I bet he's up to evil. Or getting a late-night snack. An EVIL late-night snack..jpg)  I've been seeing a figure coming out of the palace in the middle of the night. I'm pretty sure it's Rasputin... It's sort of hard to miss him..jpg)  Your grandpa better not be planning to infiltrate the palace for an evil plot! N-no... He was just a plumber. He fixed some pipes in the palace secret passage once and repaired some flood damage. Hmm... OK. Carry on. But I'm watching you and your grandpa! O... K...?.jpg) .jpg) Further down the street, we see Rasputin cross over into a walkway by the canal. Where else are you going to have shady dealings? .jpg) Sir, public intoxication is highly frowned upon by the royal family. *hic* Yeah, the day they start enforcing that is the day the whole nobility gets put up against the wall. <grumble> You're lucky I'm pressed for time with another evil plot....jpg) You should go do that then, drunkard..jpg) As soon as Anastasia heads down the stairs we are sent straight into the cutscene zone. Music: Rasputin ~ Mysterious Monk .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Princess Romanov once more employs her keen sneaking skills and listens in on the clandestine conversation Rasputin and some fancy lad one might assume is affiliated with Sapientes Gladio. .jpg)  Have the preparations been completed? Yes, sir. All is well. The stalemate on the front line means practically no security in the city. There is but a handful of local police and they've all been... gifted... an ample store of vodka to keep them warm for this harshest of winters. The victory reception is upon us. You've got one chance to kill him. You must not miss. Yes, sir..jpg) Huh? I can't quite hear it all! Victory reception...? One chance...? Killing someone...? That's probably not on the level either... .......jpg) There's only one thing to do...Anastasia rummages around and pulls out her huge camera. .jpg) Time for some espionage!.jpg) Victor... Yes, sir? Tell me, is that a child aiming a comically large camera at our clandestine assassination conspiracy meeting?Extremely loud click and flash. .jpg) ...I believe that is indeed the case, sir. Hmm... quite....jpg) Anastasia quickly hides the camera behind her back. .jpg) Who's that?! Hmph.Rasputin begins walking up to the princess. .jpg) Well, well. Princess Anastasia. You're alone in a most unseemly place. <backs up> I-I suppose so, Lord Rasputin... I was j-just taking a... a walk, yeah! Unattended at 3:00 AM in the dead of winter? The night air helps my umm... sinuses! Yeah. I've been all clogged up. Oh, you should have come to me, my dear. I would have relieved you of the burdens of your life....jpg) You're different from your sisters. You're very curious and brave. But children like that often die young! Is that a threat? No, just an observation on trends. I heard. You're planning something for the victory reception! Ohh... So you overheard me, did you? ..........jpg) It's unfortunate to snuff out a young life, but you have nothing to fear, my dear. Your family will follow soon afterwards. <grins>Music: Crisis .jpg) <eyes go wide> Wh-what did you say?! Now *that* time what I said was a threat, dear child.Rasputin turns away as his co-conspirator walks up to his side. .jpg) Shout as much as you like. No one will come to help you. <gasps> And even if we did, we could just be rid of them too. In for a penny, in for a pound, as they say.Anastasia bolts back the way she came. .jpg) ...... Kill her. <nods>The man starts running after Anastasia. .jpg) <whistles>.jpg) Heh..jpg) Oh my gosh. Months of planning and following him and he just monologues his whole plot out. What the heck?!.jpg) Anastasia automatically runs down the block. But instead of going twenty feet further to Edgar's shop, where I have no doubt that Wilford Brimley rear end looking motherfucker has a gun, she decides to duck into the same alley she hid in earlier for... some reason. .jpg) <panting> I think... I'm safe here....jpg) Anastasia catches her breath just in time to notice... .jpg) ...Oh, the hell birdman flying overhead. That's new. And probably not good for a little girl armed with only a mechanical egg... .jpg) Meanwhile, nearby...   ...Hey, aren't you cold wearing that?  It's fine. It was cold where I grew up. I'm used to it. Yeah, but like... we can get you, I dunno, a jacket or... maybe some pants? I said it's fi—The two stop and turn in the direction of Anastasia's screaming. .jpg) Really? We've been in this town for five minutes and there's already a crisis...? Sounds about right.Yuri bolts in the direction of the girl in danger. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) ...In hindsight, I probably should have caught my breath in Edgar's shop....jpg) .jpg) .jpg) NANI?! .jpg) Tune in next time as our Rude Hero saves a Princess from a demon bird following the orders of Grigori Rasputin as Shadow Hearts: Covenant continues to make me type madman sentences like that and more!    Video: Episode 46 Highlight Reel (In which Rasputin attempts to have a child assassinated by a weird summoned birdman.)   Petrograd Streets Concept Art - Edgar's shop is a bit more opulent but mostly the same street that we got in-game.  Grigori Rasputin Official Art - This is the most blatantly evil as soon as he's introduced guy since Seymour Guado. He's even got them yaoi hands going on.
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Dec 24, 2019 21:56
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In fairness to the shadow hearts folks, while this one is better groomed, if you take a look at the photos of the guy he was pretty evil looking in reality too.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:43
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Anzrel posted:In fairness to the shadow hearts folks, while this one is better groomed, if you take a look at the photos of the guy he was pretty evil looking in reality too. Didn't stop him from getting tail left and right, though.
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Dec 25, 2019 00:09
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Is this the first actual princess our dear Rude Hero has saved?
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Dec 25, 2019 00:16
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DukeofCA posted:Didn't stop him from getting tail left and right, though. You know, I'm still not sure how the real Rasputin was such a lady-killer. Either he was a really good conversationalist or he secreted pheromones that made any woman within arm's reach wanna bang him.
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Dec 25, 2019 01:13
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Junpei posted:You know, I'm still not sure how the real Rasputin was such a lady-killer. Either he was a really good conversationalist or he secreted pheromones that made any woman within arm's reach wanna bang him. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Dec 25, 2019 |
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Dec 25, 2019 01:40
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My favorite lich’s response to a chick wanting him- Ew, I’m not one of those disgusting biophiles! Probably the fact that Rasputin had power and inexplicable charisma was responsible for his allure.
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Dec 25, 2019 01:43
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As evil as virtual Rasputin looks like, I wish they modeled IRL Rasputin instead. He had a glorious evil beard
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Dec 25, 2019 03:00
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Nah, Rasputin was such a lady-killer was that he was Russia's greatest love machine... I've been ho,ding this one in, and hearing that danm song play on loop in my jead, since Ra-ra-rasputin was first mentioned. Curse that song and how the very mention of that name gets it playing in my mind.
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Dec 25, 2019 05:56
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I can definitely appreciate this Blue Magic-wielding version of Anastasia, especially with an active version of learning spells (plus some perhaps nifty utility with Scan? maybe?).
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