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the horrors persist but my friends write beautiful fanfic

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In hindsight it's very insulting to be told that flunking out of college due to adhd is actually "quite common"

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Are you taller than your biological mother?

Yes; cis woman

No; cis woman

Yes; trans woman

No; trans woman

Yes; cis man

No; cis man

Yes; trans man

No; trans man

Yes; nonbinary

No; nonbinary

I don't know my biological mother's height

Nuance/Results

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@bad0mens commissioned me to draw a scene for Chapter 14 of her Partikari fanfic, The Prince and the Magpie ☺️

You can find the full fic here:

The Prince and the Magpie - badomens444 - Octopath Traveler II (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

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Utena turning into a car has to be the most danny_devito_getting_it.gif scene in history. It's so absurd. How can you not laugh? And the bit after, "Did you think you were the only one who could turn into a car?"

But in context, the show is taking it seriously, so you try to engage with it. Okay, the car. Akio's car was a metaphor for sex, and it was a weapon he wielded to control and objectify everyone. But Utena is the car. And her ring, the symbol of her constructed knighthood, becomes the key. And in Anthy's moment of hesitation the car rusts, but as soon as she turns the key, it bursts off revealing shining pink. Anthy, the most narratively objectified character. But Utena isn't trying to free Anthy, she's a tool for Anthy to free herself. Suddenly actor and object swap. Anthy is in control. She drives. Hard. Fast. 500 kilometers per hour. The car is run ragged. Down to a shell of a shell. But the sun rises. They kiss.

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Do you like to read? If yes, put your current/most recent book in the tags!

Yes

No

I used to but dont anymore

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Octopath Traveler Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Primrose Azelhart/H'aanit, Ophilia Clement/H'aanit, Primrose Azelhart/Ophilia Clement Characters: Primrose Azelhart, H'aanit, Ophilia Clement Additional Tags: OT3, Feelings Realization, Getting Together, 8pathfemslashweek Summary:

Between the other two shy hearts at her side, Primrose knew that it was going to fall to her if anything was going to get anywhere.

(Follow up to The Shine of Summer Sunlight)

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by 群青打火机

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Every unhinged fic writer needs an equally unhinged friend who "yes ands" their ideas and encourages them to write all their most far fetched and insane stories.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Octopath Traveler 2 Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Throné Anguis/Castti Florenz Characters: Throné Anguis, Castti Florenz, Background Hikari Ku, background Partitio Yellowil Additional Tags: Castthrone, Flirting, Ren Faire, background Partikari that you don't have to squint for, Modern AU, 8pathfemslashweek, Meet-Cute Summary:

Working the Ren Faire, Throne meets all sorts of people. But Castti manages to make a particular impact on her.

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Announcing the prompts for Partikari Week 25!

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For Day 1 of Octopath Femslash Week - Prompt Dress Up

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I haven't finished Clair Obscur Expedition 3 YET but I can confirm, it's excellent!!

So I just want to go around screaming at everyone to play Clair Obscure: Expedition 33. LIKE. It's so good and it's the first time in a long while I've gotten so lost in a game I lost track of time. Or at least a narrative driven game and not like a farming sim, lol.

The writing is just so good, both character and plot. Everything flows so naturally, you just want to know what happens next. The foreshadowing and breadcrumbs the narrative drops are all amazing, and after you learn knew information you can go back to previous scenes and realize how early they were setting some twists up, you just don't make the connections until later. Also most of the characters are over thirty, which is really nice. All of them are just so well written with their backstory, drives, and ideals.

The music is also just phenomenal. The sound track was like #1 in classical music in spotify for a while, and there are so many tracks. Some one-off minor optional bosses get their own themes. The voice acting is equally as good, and even the character acting with the models is amazing. Art direction as a whole is very good and I love all the environments that sometimes leave more questions than answers.

It is a turned-based RPG very clearly inspired by the likes of Final Fantasy and Legend of Dragoon, but the actual combat I've seen likened to a turn-based Dark Souls game, lol. The influence of those games are all over this too. You take turns exchanging blows with the enemy, but you can dodge or parry the enemy attacks. And you will have too. Your characters can't tank hits. Any enemy the same level or above yours can just one-shot a party member - or your entire party - if you let them get an uninterrupted combo off. There is an easy difficulty though, that really does reduce difficulty. I used this for some bosses, lol. But it's easier than other parry/dodge games for me because I don't have to move around, I can just time it as the enemy does it's animation towards me.

I want to talk about the actual plot, but at the same time I don't want to say anything because I want people to play it and experience it. Nothing does the plot and it's twist justice like watching it yourself.

I'll give a basic premis summary though:

The game takes place on a Fractured world, most of it shattered and over run by monsters called Nevrons. Even the one city secure from them isn't really safe - the Paintress sits at the foot of her massive Monolith, and each year she raises to change the number painted on it- moving it down by one. Each year, anyone the age of the number on the monolith dies. And each year and Expedition sets out from the city trying to make it to the Paintress and stop her from Painting every again. You take control of Expedition 33, with the goal of saving all you hold dear.

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Thanks for the tag!!!

Tagging @suspiciouspopsicle and anyone else who wants to do it!

Thanks for the tag @elizabeth-dicewielder 💚 I got a green drink yay XD

Here's the quiz, it's definitely cozy!

Tagging @fernifox @hellnohenry @marlenemckinn @blitheringmcgonagall

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One of the greatest additions to a post ever

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i actually need to know people's thoughts on this because at least in my experience the answer to this has drastically changed since i was on tumblr in the 2010s and its driving me fucking insane

*im talking about fandom takes specifically. not someone being horribly evil about a real-life issue or or blatantly factually incorrect. literally just harmless fandom disagreements or differing interpretations of a text/character/etc.