#Diamond teardrop

[sundove88]

I Completed My Dream Suit!!!

I DID IT! I FINALLY DID IT!!!

I completed the suit that made me fall in love with Shining Nikki in the first place- Diamond Teardrop!!

It took almost all of my Dias (I now have 1670 TT-TT) But it was SO worth it!!

I love the dress itself and I really wanna wear it IRL!!

It’s so beautiful and has so many rhinestones- so worth it!!

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👗 Semi-Finals 👗

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Krista: Diamond Teardrop

Designer’s Reflection: Diamond Teardrop

Obtained: Fallen Kingdom Sorrows hell event

Rarity: UR

Attribute: Blue/Cool

Awakened Suit: Truth of Sea

Story - transcripts from Designer’s Reflection

Chapter 1 - Morning Sun

Chapter 2 - Soul

Chapter 3 - Gems

Chapter 4 - Tears

Chapter 5 - Bubbles

Story - summarized

Content Warning: abuse, cruelty, death

As the holy maiden of Delmond, Krista has to keep herself sad, depressed, and quiet. One way to do that is by watching tragedies performed by the visiting theater troupe. They act out stories of war, death, doomed lovers, anything to get her crying.

One of the actors to the side gets distracted, and he even smiles. Krista follows his line of sight until she sees a blooming vine. Has spring finally returned to Delmond? She can’t help but smile. After the play, she is escorted to a dark room to cry in silence, while the guards gather and count the gems she produces. This time, it is not enough.

The Duke and the High Priest argue about how to handle the situation. The High Priest insists that they are doing all they can, but that Krista can only do so much. The Duke thinks that they aren’t trying hard enough, as the king wants more gems to fund his army. The royals and nobles are planning to invade the mainland continent and conquer all the territory. More gems means more weapons.

Days pass, and everyone is preparing for Worship Day, where Krista will be paraded around for everyone to idolize and stare at. While everyone is distracted, Krista sneaks out of the tower, desperate to see how life has improved in the slums.  She almost gets spotted when someone leads her down an alley. It’s the actor that smiled at the blooming vine. His name is Louis, and he wanted to see her again. Krista asks about the slums, and he offers to take her there. Along the way, they meet others who warmly greet them, share their food, and play music. They’re not rich, and they don’t have much, but they’re happy.

But then, the two of them reach the outskirts of the slums. Nothing has changed. Dilapidated houses, starving children, frozen bodies on the street... Louis tells her that while some slum dwellers were given jobs to cut gems for the nobles, this past year everything changed. The king took all the gems from them, took their men and property, and left the slums with nothing but death and tears.

A child comes out with a bouquet of flowers, hoping to sell them. Krista weeps at the sight - a guard stops her before she can give the gems to the little girl. Louis steps in before he can hurt Krista, and he placates the guard enough to lower his sword. The two of them are treated like criminals as they’re brought back to the tower. Louis and the troupe never return, and Krista remains in silence and darkness.

The Duke tells her that she is not fulfilling her duties and needs to cry more to make more gems. Krista asks him why the gems aren’t going to the poor. He scoffs, saying that only the worthy deserve to touch the gift of Arionus. Krista realizes that she has been taken advantage of. She refuses to cry anymore.

They torture her with pain and hot chilies, but those tears never turned to gems, since they had no emotion. Finally, the guards deem her useless and they let her go. Krista stumbles out of the tower with joy. Across the way, she sees Louis. He is waiting for her with a huge smile. She grins as she runs to him.

An arrow flies directly into Louis’ heart. He sinks to the ground as Krista stares in horror. The Duke appears and says that this “tragedy” was prepared for Krista. Louis tries to say something, but it is too late. Krista weeps, and the passersby shove her out of the way and trample Louis’ corpse, greedy and desperate for more gems. Outraged, she unleashes her anger.

As if by a divine power, the skies darken and the ocean churns. All the gems turn back to tears, and everything that was bought with gems melts into tears as well. The Duke stares in horror, but he is swept out to sea. Krista is the last one standing as the island sinks into the ocean.

She remembers Louis telling her that all souls go to the ocean when they die and turn into pearls. Alone underwater, she wonders if she will ever see him again.

Connections

-The god of Delmond is Arionus, and we will see him again during the Fire/Water hell event, along with Mercury, and Ophelia.

-Krista wasn’t just being stubborn against the Duke when she wanted the gems to go to the poor. She made a deal with the High Priest in her Reflection for Midnight Tears that if she became the holy maiden, they would in turn give the gems to the poor.

Fun Facts

-The giant fish Krista encounters in Chapter 5 is the same fish that greets you and Nikki during the prologue of the Lost Kingdom hell event.

-Louis’ name sometimes switches to Lucius, mostly during the audio lines when you hear Krista talk in the Ark. Lucius comes from Latin “lux,” meaning “light.”

-When Louis and Krista return to the tower, the High Priest doesn’t condemn them and just looks sad. In one of the side stories for the hell event, you learn that he had arranged for Louis and Krista to meet. The High Priest was guilty that they had hurt Krista for so long, and he thought he could make things right by letting her go free with the boy.

-It’s possible that Krista received more of Arionus’ power than just the ability to cry gems. She felt a power go through her when the tsunami and melted tears happened.

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A Memorable Tragedy- The story of Krista (Christine)

~Some memorable lines of hers~

~Some shots I found touching in her story~

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CHRIS EVANS as JIMMY DOBYNE The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) | dir. Jodie Markell

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CHRIS EVANS AS JIMMY DOBYNE THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND (2008)

[toasteaa]

I miss my wife, you guys. I miss her a lot 😔

[lilacevans]

[georgiapeach30513]

Ignore the accent…that is not how we sound in the south. But man…I forget how he is unnecessarily sexy in this movie.

[bigtreefest]

I’m watching Loss of a Teardrop Diamond.

Pray for me

I’m already too far gone

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👗 Third place Poll 👗

[brycedhowards]

bdh filmography → the loss of a teardrop diamond | fisher willow "And as for me, well…no one will ever love me. But you could get used to me, Jimmy."

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Are we now talking about Chris Evans movies we like where we think he was pretty good, but he didn’t *quite* hit the mark? Because for me it’s Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. Yeah, his accent was iffy but he portrayed the moral yet conflicted, handsome yet out-of-his-depth character pretty well—in hindsight, it was a good precursor to Steve Rogers. Though he also hit an “emotional wall” in a key scene here too. Still, I think he showed potential… sadly, I don’t think he’d risk doing a small but challenging movie like this again.

Honestly, that's in no way on him that TLoaTD doesn't really come together. I love Tennessee Williams, but I absolutely see why he abandoned that script after it was never produced. There was some missing part to the plot that would have helped better flesh the story out; don't know exactly what, but I know each time I watched the movie I was left feeling there was a key ingredient missing, like when you forget a spice in a recipe. I thought he did the best he could with what he had in terms of script and directing, and think it was actually an out of the box choice for his career at that time in 2007. And, hey, he looked really good in the costumes.

[sweater-daddiesdumbdork]

To me, you are a rogue rose pumpkin cuddled up in a babybel wrapper!

But I'll choose Blueberry and 🤔, oh what the hay, you choose!

👻👻💋

Babes, I fucking love you too and we are gonna go frolic in the woods and chase after our dreams. PROMISE.

Thank you for sending this, I have been in a funk and getting to do these helps so much. Of course, I just had to pick him for you.

💋

"I hate you." You whispered at the stained ceiling above you, your soft voice carrying in the dark while you rolled your hips, dragging your clit against him while he met your hips with his own pumps upwards to fuck into you.

Warm calloused hands were gripping your thighs folded against his sides, gripping him while you bucked on him again. "at least right now." You whispered again while tilting your head to look down at the beautiful man underneath you.

His darting of freckles across a slightly tanned face made him look almost boyish, although he had been a man for a long time. Tired blue eyes looked up at you with determination and longing. "It's okay, I hate me too Honey." Came a graveled strained voice. "Oh fuck." He pushed his head back into the pillow, losing his rhythm for a moment while fingers dug harshly into your thighs. You were sure you would have his bruises tomorrow, but you didn't care.

Let him mark you, let him fill you up till your belly swelled from him, right now you were feeling apprehensive about this new venture but you had to trust him. "Just escorting?"

"Yeah, yeah..." He grasped your hips and started moving you faster, making you whimper at how good he felt pounding you on him, his cock splitting you open and you welcomed the feeling of him taking over. "Just for now she needed someone for the season, then I have that foreman job and a decent chunk of cash."

Your head nodded as you chased him, your release making your pussy tighten around him and he hissed at the sensation. "So fucking tight." He dragged out just to slam you down on his cock again. "So good baby, good girl."

Being praised made you want to give into him, your hands pressed against his sweaty chest while you rode till you pitched forward, your pussy gushing around his cock while you came with a sob of his name.

Strong arms wrapped around you while he grunted in your hair, chasing his own moment. When he came, he pulled you into his arms, clinging to each other till you lifted your head from where it was hidden against his neck, catching your breath.

"You know I love you, Jimmy." Your fingers brushed along his lips and you tilted to meet him, your kiss slow, passionate, pouring all you were feeling including that love you told him about. "I trust you. I really do. I just... hate that you have to do this."

Jimmy raced his hands up your back to push you down against his chest. Your hands slipped around his neck while you hugged him, tucking your face in against his neck. "I am doing this for us Honey, just this season to get her married off to whoever suits her and then you and I, we are set. We can finally get that house, that bit of land, start out forever."

You had to smile, hearing him talk about the future he would be sharing with you. "Dream come true Jimmy."

He hummed a bit in agreement. "Dream today, but reality tomorrow. Just be patient and I promise I will get those for us."

You wiggled in closer, another whisper, this one with hopes lacing through them. "Okay."

"I love you so much Y/N, my forevers are for just you and you alone."

You believed him, his words giving you the security needed.

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CHRIS EVANS AS JIMMY DOBYNE THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND (2008)