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A copper retriever with her unoxidised puppies

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Venti looked at her, his eyes both too sharp and distant. He looked at her paperwork, at the cold food on the desk, and the several empty inkwells by her feet.

“If you were to wish it, I would officially name you the next “Lion of the South.” I would help you grow into one of the four winds and you could be one with the sky once your time was done here.”

Jean looked up, surprised at the proposal and even more so with the yearning it brought her. The title of the South Wind has been one trusted to many of Mondstadt’s Grandmasters in the past, but ever since the fall of Bright Arundolyn, there hasn’t been the same blessing since. Her mother had worried that the city had lost Barbatos’ favor, and he no longer desired to have them by his side. To receive such an offer…

“Ah-” She started, not quite sure what she would say. Venti shakes his head and interrupts.

“There’s no need for an answer now of course, I just wanted to give you options. I don’t want you to sit here at a desk if it’s not for you.” Her face twisted as she considered the work in front of her, and the tempting nature of his offer. It would be a blessing she couldn’t refuse, even if she wanted to. The thought terrified her, but she would never turn away from her archon’s bidding. If this was Lord Barbatos' request, who was she to deny him?

“I have always acted for Mondstadt, as al-” Venti quickly moved to place both hands on her shoulders.

“No. No Jean, that is not the point of that phrase. It wasn’t then, when Valentina Gunnhildr first told it to her father’s people, it isn’t now between us two.”

Her eyes water. It stings.

"What are you saying? This has been-" She chokes back tears, her voice breaks. Venti watches her with a sad look in his eyes.

"Jean, I'm asking if you're happy. Because this? This isn't healthy, and I'm asking you if this work is worth its trouble? I am here, and your knights are strong."

And here, here is a plea Jean had become familiar with. This was something her sister, her partner, her friends, and her knights had questioned in the past. 

And now, her god questions as well.

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id like to think bonnie was under the assumption that frin was actually way older than he looked

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mashing my fixations together

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Decarabian theory

I don’t think the people were the only ones suffering in the wind barrier, I think decarabian was going crazy too.

Being stuck in the same small place for centuries is going to do something horrible to your kind but also to have the knowledge that if you leave this place you will die. And basically be tormented by Andrius. Now that’s going to drive a person crazy.

We actually know of a similar case in liyue were a god went crazy because they knew that Rex lapis was coming to kill then, now image re lapis is right outside your house shouting “I’m going to kill you” and you have been stuck there for years.

That could also explain his relationship with Amos, he wasn’t as crazy durning that time. However as things went on his mental state worsen and she realized that the man she feel in love with was gone.

That also could explain his extreme actions like banning certain chords. The worse it got the more horrible is actions became, causing his people to hate him more and him to spiral further.

Maybe he was using his delusions to cope with the fact that he might die and his people hate him.

Maybe that’s why the revolution is called “the day of broken dreams” cause decarabian was literally forced to recon with what he had been doing and went fully crazy.

Maybe in his last moment he had a moment of sanity and was at peace at what had happened or maybe you can still hear the mad ravings of the storm king this very day if you go to old mondstadt

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Happy Pride Month!

And Happy Late Birthday Venti 😅 I meant to get it done before his bday, but life has been hectic. And also I finally drew something that can be posted in full to BranOnline's channel because I can't use this as a wallpaper (homophobic family sucks) so no more feet getting cut off XD

Time Elapsed: 7 hours, 51 Minutes

I spent so much time on the background I was SO DONE with it that I kinda phoned in the flags on Jean and Venti :( that or I can't render flags properly which is also likely 😅 Background was super fun though. Jean and Venti are covering a part that has a lot of pride decorations, but w/e it's almost 4am I need to sleep XD

Once more, Timelapse is under the cut!

Youtube (Full Timelapse)

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Guess who just locked in

Closeups

Notice the colors on my watermark 🥀🥀

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fuckkkkkk 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it’s literally the way we see the sinners have abandoned so many of their human emotions and beliefs and so and so forth as a means of survival 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 and yet we see one of the most blatant (yet ultimately corrupted) remnant of ‘human affection’ and ‘love’ in Rhine’s actions 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 the sinners of khaneriah who were taught to abandon these imperfect and hindering aspects of themselves to live 😭😭😭 AND YET WE SEE IT APPLIED TO ALMOST EVERY ONE OF HER STEPS TOWARDS PERFECTION! 😭😭😭 FUCK OFF HOYOVERSE!

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Write Characters with Deep Emotional Wounds

(Without Making Them Walking Tragedies)

╰ Start with the scar, not the stabbing. Everyone talks about what happened to your character (The Big Trauma) but honestly? It’s the aftermath that matters. Show me the limp, not the bullet wound. Show me the way they flinch at kindness or double-check locks three times. The wound shapes them more than the event ever did.

╰ Don't make them "Sad All The Time" People with deep hurts aren’t just dramatic sob machines. They make bad jokes. They find weird hobbies. They have good days and then get wrecked by a song in a grocery store. Layers, my friend. Pain is complex and it sure as hell isn’t aesthetic.

╰ Let them almost heal and then backslide. Real healing isn’t linear. One good conversation doesn’t erase ten years of bottled-up grief. Your character might think they’re over it, and then one tiny thing, a smell, a phrase, a look, knocks them right back into the hole. Make them earn their healing. Make us ache for them.

╰ Give them armor and show the cracks. Maybe it’s sarcasm. Maybe it’s perfectionism. Maybe it’s taking care of everyone else so no one notices they're broken. Whatever mask they wear, show us the hairline fractures. Let us catch the moments where they almost drop the act.

╰ Don’t turn their trauma into their only personality trait. Yes, they’ve been through hell. But they also love spicy chips and bad reality TV. They have dumb crushes and secret dreams. A tragic backstory isn’t a substitute for a full human being. Let them be more than the worst thing that ever happened to them.

╰ Let their wound warp their decisions. People protect their wounds. Even badly. Especially badly. They might sabotage good relationships. Or push away help. Or cling too tightly. Make their past live in their choices, not just their flashbacks.

╰ Don’t make the world validate them for existing. Not everyone is going to understand your wounded character. Some people will misunderstand them. Blame them. Get frustrated. And honestly? That’s real. Let your character find their people, after facing the ones who don’t get it. It’s so much sweeter that way.

╰ Wounds can make them kinder—or crueler. Pain changes people. Some become protectors. Some become destroyers. Some do both, depending on the day. Let your character’s hurt make them complicated. Unpredictable. Human.

╰ Don’t heal them just to tie a neat bow on your story Sometimes the best ending is messy. Sometimes the healing is just starting. Sometimes it’s just hope, not a full recovery montage. That’s okay. Healing is a lifelong, terrifying, brave process—and readers feel it when you respect that.

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“if you feel butterflies in your stomach, that means you like someone”

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he's a bit freaky

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Achoo!

Oh no... the archon is allergic to cats! 😬

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I can appreciate that someone, somewhere looked at a chart and said, "Engagement with Dungeon Meshi has finally dipped below the threshold. Drop It."

And is now giving everyone a renaissance of thirsty yuri fanart. Honestly, Game Recognize Game.

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aaaaeeeeough catch a dahlia doodle

inspired by this twitter post

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TIL The chances of us eating even one spider in our sleep throughout our lifetime is close to 0%

via reddit.com

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pre-canon save me. show me their “mysterious rogue” days. the assumptions that he’s unapproachable and standoffish. so I can be sad about the approaching inevitable, of course,