#that quest in a nutshell

[ps-cactus]

[sun-marie]

Lydia's Final Battle Fit <3

[beargyufairy]

This is just the beginning…

Natsu doesn’t know it yet but protecting Lucy will become his top priority at the first sign of danger. It’ll become a habitual instinct and something he does unconsciously. I love how their relationship grows over time.

[nya-vivi]

I folded last month. Playing Honkai Star Rail and really liking it

Eu moots who want to exchange IUD 🙏 I'm here for whatever ❤️

[happygirl2oo2]

[ringtownrangerlark]

YES GO OFF LARK BITE THEIR HEADS OFF

-@paldean-ranger-brandy

I've been pretty anti-pokeball for as long as I can remember. But this morning my brain is just stuck looping the arguments. I think I need to get it out of my system somehow, write it all out. even if I don't end up convincing anybody.

[fenharelapproves]

Her outfit glitched in this scene which pissed me off bc i don't even mind her having to wear that uniform

[13thpythagoras]

plato and the nihilists coming out with their remastered hit single "man-boy-love is the best kind, otherwise don't have sex"

[arlertlx]

jiyan’s story quest in a nutshell

[maomaopilled]

i made this for a friend 😭 basically the first belobog quest in a nutshell

[rosy-crow]

Miniroth in Dragon Quest (Rough Recap)

Alright, I’m off work and I gathered as many of my translations as possible. A lot of these were just put through screenshot/google translate, so they aren’t perfect, but to avoid blatant misinformation, I double-checked with some of my Japanese mutuals on Twitter to see if my guesses were right and they helped out 🙏

Young Sephiroth arrives in the world of Orchestrra, which is full of monsters. Here was the basic summary translated.

Long story short, the other humans the second group of monsters and the human player (Master) eventually meet are Cloud and Co, who have their own quest to escape.

But Miniroth becomes the center of the story and I recapped the highlights of his bond with Monan, the cute pink monster, in these posts specifically.

As they gathered info, Monan told Sephiroth about her world and he listened eagerly, but he had some points where he was too mission-focused and poor with his communication. He apologized for this immensely after an incident where a monster caught him off guard and Monan rushed to protect him the attack and she got hurt.

It was after this point (shown above), that Sephiroth started to actually befriend Monan. Then he opened up and they had this cute moment where Monan called him a friend and Sephiroth just about melted.

This bonding subplot apparently developed more today and we got this scene where Monan calls Sephiroth kind/compassionate and he is moved by it 🥲

And Monan was just starting to want to ask Sephiroth more about his life after he told her about Team Glenn too!

So yeah, they became buddies over the course of a few days, but then the drama that I was last freaking out about came down to ruin it all.

Shown above, Sephiroth briefly teamed up with Cloud and co, which went well. But then Seph started getting weird premonitions and psychological attacks, which led to an extreme breakdown in the middle of a big battle. The screen turned purple and Miniroth started yelling in pain before vanishing into a portal that zapped him away.

Aaaaaand out came Dragon Quest’s adult Sephiroth!

Now we know where the purple came from :(

I loved the design though! It’s very OG/old Crisis Core!

But yeah, he burnt down the monster village. Can he stop doing this sjfjdjd 💀

Monan essentially just refused to believe it was the same Sephiroth and immediately helped Cloud and the others beat him.

That was the main event, and there were some other battles/conclusions that I couldn’t get all the translations for, but in a nutshell, everyone worked together to save the day. Cloud and co were fine and went home, but this is where the ending really upset me because. MINIROTH. DID. NOT. COME. BACK.

The last time we saw him, he got pulled away in the middle of his agony (which was caused by his older self…which is so fucked up because he basically ruined his own happiness 💀) and Monan worried about him!!!

THEY CLOSED THE WHOLE DAMN EVENT WITH MONAN BEING SAD AND MISSING SMOL SEPH AND THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HIM, HE WAS LITERALLY SCREAMING IN AGONY??? WHICH IS SO UNFAIR?? THEY ALSO DIDN’T GET TO SAY GOODBYE!!

And the screen faded to black with this FUCKING GUT PUNCH AJDHSJSJD

This lovely Japanese player translated it in detail for me. Monan and the others promised to explore more so that they could share interesting stories with Sephiroth if they ever saw him again — the stories that he seemed so delighted to hear. They hoped it would help him forget “painful moments.”

And they also said they’d never forget his awkward but joyful smile when Monan called him a friend, which was this scene 💔

WHY. WHY THE FUCK.

[yaoireview]

SPAMTENNA REVIEW (CLEAR DELTARUNE CHAPTER 3 + 4 SPOILERS)

No one asked me for this one. This ones for me.

Yaknow I think its beautiful, we all DROPPED THE ZERO and got with the hero... I'm just trying to warn you all.. Tony will soon brainwash us all to the point where we ask:

"Who's Jevil? I only know Pluey."

Some may be skeptical, "How would they be gay...?" Well I'm glad you asked.. I have NO DOUBT in my mind thats im wrong. (Until another chapter releases and we have to fight one of spamton's exes as if we were scott pilgrim)

I'm gonna list some evidence of these two characters being gay, If thats okay with everyone.

EVIDENCE 1: I'm just gonna say it. The divorce was Spamton's fault.

Going into Chapter 3 is like helping your friend through couples therapy, and after you show up and listen in on their session, you realize that your friend was definitely the problem.

WE (yes, we.) ALL thought that tenna was gonna be irredeemable. The way that spamton talked this guy up made us feel like tenna is someone who kicks puppies on weekends and uses money from their job to donate to organizations that are trying to bring back public hangings.

Then we meet the guy and he just has abandonment issues, yeah SURE he fought two kids but WHO hasn't?? (I surely have!)

In Tenna's battle, if you have one of spamton's equips on, the check dialogue will say this

Spamton wants him DEAD. The kids weren't enough for him he wants to take his life too!

In the scene where Tenna and Spamton interact, spamton says

As someone pointed out, this is REALLY messed up since the entire chapter, Tenna is scared of being thrown out and spamton's just here casually bringing that up

Its like the equivalent of your ex saying "Hey Aquaman how's it hanging! Wanna get back together?" when you told them while you were together that you're deeply afraid of the ocean because both your parents died in a shipwreck with you as the sole survivor of your family

His greed sickens me.. thats all I'm saying..

Don't act like you cared about the kids you sick fuck...

EVIDENCE 2: THE SIMILARITIES

They just have a lot in common in a nutshell. Tenna and Spamton have so many similarities in dialogue its insane...

Theres a lot of things in Chapter 3 to insinuate that they were once business partners, like how the Z room (which you could only get if you REALLY SUCK) was most likely a room for spamton, and about how the glitched out posters were almost definitely of spamton and tenna together making out sloppy style

Another thing that I've seen people point out is that the poster nearby Spamton's dumpster probably had Tenna in it also, but Spamton only ripped the queen part down that blocked him in a drunken rage, probably because he didn't want to see tenna's part

The main biggest similarity that you most likely noticed during your playthrough was the usage of "HEY EVERY !" in a good chunk of songs in deltarune chapter 3. You wanna know who ELSE shares leitmotifs like that..? Toriel and Asgore.

Atleast they have shared custody over one thing..

EVIDENCE 3: THE DIVORCE

We don't know much what went down exactly between them but we do know that they ended off rough.

In the secret boss (or mantle side thing your choice) quest, a digital version of tenna will start talking about spamton

After the phone call, spamton's face became pale, DASHED out of the room, and it seems like Tenna didn't see him after that (not including the divorce court)

Theres two options what could've happened, the likely one was

Gaster just called him: Maybe to just take control again, or to tell him to knock it off with the gay stuff. Maybe gaster's homophobic who knows!

Spamton did this little thing called acting: His ego couldn't handle telling Tenna how to be a big shot, and so he ran away when it was his turn to do his end of the bargain (This probably isnt the case)

Tenna helped Spamton all he could (from what we know) and spamton DINED AND DASHED when it was his turn to help Tenna, when he most likely didn't have any control over himself

I dunno if he could blame gaster when he told Tenna to invest into cryptocurrency though thats a LITTLE bit up in the air

FINAL THOUGHTS:

I dunno about you but thats toxic yaoi if I ever saw it...

YAOI: 8.5/10

TOXIC YAOI: 10/10

[sgiandubh]

In other news...

Remember this tiny business charade, back in January 2024?

[Source: the UK's Companies House website - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15374750]

At the time of its sudden appearance on the fandom's radars, it was discussed to death. Two things mainly intrigued: the company's unusual name and the fact it was registered in England, not Scotland. For further details, kindly see this post, especially if you are new and have no idea this ever happened: https://sgiandubh.tumblr.com/post/740086132385218560/so-sam-is-no-longer-scottish-he-now-appears-as - posted on January 21st 2024, which is to say an eternity ago.

At the time, my own speculation was that he might have blocked a slot for further business projects, since changing the company's name is usually very easy. Same goes for the address, provided it would also be in England, only.

In the light of not so recent, but totally ignored events, it would seem things were a bit different, though:

Quietly dissolved by Companies House UK on 17 December 2024, after its address was automatically changed to the UK's Companies House default, somewhere in Wales.

What happened?

In a nutshell, the accounting office provided at registration as the new company's address more than probably disputed it, for false or fraudulent use. I immediately remind you and all the other 'experts' out there (ahem...), that Companies House never checks the provided address at the moment of the company's registration. Given the activity rhythm, that would be materially impossible, not to mention the operative/maintenance costs. Thus, UK legislation simply provides for sanctions, hoping it would be enough to discourage or warn cheap thrills amateurs about the consequences of any fraudulent use.

[Source: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/companies-house-faqs-address-fraud-and-correcting-the-register/]

Companies House then changed the registered address to their own default one, on 1 August 2024, allowing 28 days for the company to make the necessary corrections.

This did not happen and so, the UK Companies House went all the way and gave a first notice for compulsory strike-off, on 24 September 2024...

... followed by the final strike off notice, on 17 December 2024, since the company clearly failed to do so:

This happened for a very clear reason, that nobody - including myself - was able to identify or substantiate at the time the news of its apparition hit our screens. Reason being this was likely a hoax, by bored fans who went all the way to registering a company, just for shits and giggles.

How was this even possible?

Easy: under the current UK legal provisions, literally anyone with a keyboard can register a company on behalf of literally anyone else. Provided they know some simple, basic facts about the person involved:

[Source: https://www.gov.uk/limited-company-formation/register-your-company?step-by-step-nav=37e4c035-b25c-4289-b85c-c6d36d11a763]

For example:

Town of birth: Balmaclellan, Scotland

Mother's maiden name: Leat

Father's first name: David

All these informations are readily available to a keen (obsessed?) reader of S's Waypoints memoir. Which does mention his maternal uncle, a widely appreciated wicker sculptor (and author of the Fire Cross episode bonfire in the series, by the way):

[Source: screenshot from my own ebook]

Sidenote: S also mentions Owen Scott, his mother's partner, as a 'dear family friend'. Oh, how Victorian and ultimately how revealing. Made me think of this very recent statement, actually:

[Source: https://deadline.com/2025/06/sam-heughan-macbeth-royal-shakespeare-company-debut-1236421062/]

Circling back to the unpronounceable company, it goes to show how far some unknown idiots are ready to go, in their quest for an ultimately delusional relevance, for I also remind you where we are: on the fringes of a dwindling fandom, akin to a supernova, which is to say a dying star. Yes, as far as spending £50 (which is, by the way, a ridiculous amount) to register a fake company on S's behalf. I also happen to doubt S knows about all this, but if he doesn't - well: he should, because this can also be construed as whoever dunnit's intention to harm his and his businesses reputation.

I have an idea, but I choose to remain silent, because it is simply a hunch I am perfectly unable to substantiate.

PS: Thank you, dearie, always 😘😘😘😘. Your tips are superb and your affection - real and deeply mutual. But you obviously know all this.

[darlingpoppet]

✨Doujinshi Shop Open!✨

Hello all! I have set up a storefront to handle international orders outside of Japan for Closest To My Heart/だれよりも心を許している男, the pza/patrochilles doujinshi I released at the Japanese Hades fan event, Chthonios Epic 3. (And for the Eruri heads out there, I also have the last few copies of my first doujinshi listed as well!)

If you live outside of Japan and you’re interested in buying a copy of my book(s), please visit ninnananna.bigcartel.com!

Basic book details:

Price: ¥1300 JPY (about $8USD) (+ shipping)

A5 size

110 pages

English and Japanese versions both included in one volume

A limited number of copies will also include a FREE postcard extra, featuring a text-free version of the cover art. Please select Book + Postcard in the Book Options menu.

Some Important Things Of Note!

This doujinshi is a bilingual physical edition of my fanfic, Closest To My Heart, which I originally posted in English on AO3. The new Japanese translation of the fic is currently exclusive to this book.

The cover is drawn by the amazing and talented artist RIPTIDE, who also drew an 8-page comic based on a particular scene in the story. The original English version of the comic, as well as a newly created Japanese version are also included in the book.

This doujinshi is R-18 (Adult Only), so please confirm the nature of the contents before you buy. If you are an adult with a pixiv account, you can look at a collection of sample pages here. Please also feel free to read the original version of the story and comic in their entirety on AO3, which is also where I have relevant tags and content warnings written in more detail. But to summarize here: the story has a few brief references to acts of rape/non-con, as well as references to & depictions of emotional and physical abuse, rough sex acts, and dubious consent. This is a darker, more dramatic, alternate canon retelling of the Patrochilles quest from Hades, in which everyone involved (Achilles, Zagreus, & Patroclus) feel emotionally conflicted with one another, as well as the situation they get caught up in. “Toxic love triangle” is the story summary in a nutshell!

Currently, I am able to ship to countries where the Japan Post has Registered Airmail service available. Luckily, this applies to most countries! However, a big exception right now are: EU countries and Northern Ireland. Since apparently new GPSR requirements went into effect, I am looking into whether or not it is feasible for an individual like myself to comply when shipping to these countries.

For anyone living in the EU or Northern Ireland, the only possible workaround I can offer currently is this: proxy service via the listing on Pixiv Booth. Here is the Booth listing: https://darlingpoppet.booth.pm

Booth normally has a built-in proxy service through Buyee available for overseas customers. However, apparently this service is not extended to listings marked as Adult/R-18. However, it’s my understanding that there are other proxy service companies out there who are more lax about purchasing NSFW products on your behalf. I can’t personally vouch of any of them, but some names recommended to me as being Special Yaoi Book-friendly include Tenso, AOCS (both of whom I believe have official ties with the doujinshi retailer Toranoana), ZenMarket, and Neokyo. (ETA: I have since been able to confirm that this option has worked for an EU customer, so please try it!)

Finally, if you are someone who lives in Japan, please use the Booth listing!! Shipping is a flat 370 yen via Anshin Booth Pack, so the transaction is done completely anonymously.

Thank you everyone for your kind support! ♡ I had a lot of fun putting this book together so I hope you’ll enjoy it too.

[terramythos]

the ffxiv 8-man raid series stories in a nutshell

Coils of Bahamut: hey remember that fucked up dragon that was in the moon. yeah :) also alisaie is here and an actual character now

Alexander: did you know machines can be primals too. Also do you like time travel

Omega: remember that giant unknowably powerful and intelligent robot AI we set free and it seemed like a good idea at the time? It really was not a good idea. Also did you know the dragons are space aliens and their home planet was destroyed. By robots, yeah

Eden: so you know the whole trope about true love persisting through death and like continually finding each other in every lifetime? What if you found someone you liked way way more and decided to abandon your evil Ascian destiny and boyfriend for her instead. Also go do the shadowbringers role quests it will add some context to this

Pandaemonium: the origin of monsters and bad parenting or something. Lahabrea (yeah the guy the pope killed in heavensward, keep up) WILL show you his sex tape btw

Arcadion: professional wresting is awesome IF you aren't using superpower mcguffins that make you terminally ill. Acts 2 and 3 pending

Disclaimer I haven't done some of these in a few years now lmao

[testyqwcde]

Galadriel's quest to fight Sauron in a nutshell.

Season 1: she risked her life to find him

Season 2: she found him but risked her life to escape him

🤔