#but don't feel obligated for real!

[msviolacea]

Honkai Star Rail questions

I spent all night last night catching up on events in Honkai Star Rail, and somehow I ended up thinking about whether I'd seen any posts like this one. I couldn't remember any, so I decided to make my own. Hopefully it will be fun for someone as we now test out our free Dr. Ratios and wait for 2.0 to arrive!

This is not a tagging sort of meme - if you play HSR and are in the mood, answer these! Feel free to explain or not explain as you see fit. Bonus points for including screenshots/pictures/art/whatever - not required, but no one ever argued with some pretty.

Note that I'm keeping this one positive, because my mood is "yay this is a fun game I'm happy it's here" and that's the general vibe I want to put out into the world!

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Stelle or Caelus? (i.e., which default do you use, regardless of what you named them?): 

First 5* Character:

Favorite 5* Character (Story/General Characterization):

Favorite 5* Character (Combat/Play Style):

Favorite 4* Character (Story/General Characterization):

Favorite 4* Character (Combat/Play Style):

Existing character you haven't pulled yet but want:

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Location) - Herta Space Station, Belobog, or Xianzhou Luofu: 

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Story):

Favorite Character-Specific Quest:

Character who doesn't have a quest yet, but should:

Favorite Event:

Favorite path to choose in Simulated Universe: 

Favorite boss fight (design, combat, story relevance, whatever strikes you most): 

Favorite Aeon:

Favorite non-playable NPC:

Favorite non-romantic relationship (friends, enemies, complicated, whatever):

Favorite ship (if any - canon is irrelevant here, btw, this is all vibes): 

Plot thread you're most looking forward to seeing in the future: 

Bonus question: any other (generally positive) thought, theory, or headcanon that you've been dying to talk about, but haven't had the excuse to mention before:

[uncanny-tranny]

Hi! would you by any chance have tips on how to get a binder when your parents refuse to buy you one? ☹️

That's definitely a sensitive and complex answer, and while I might not know of the best option for your unique situation, there are some ways you can go about this.

If it's a foregone conclusion that you cannot convince them of this, what I used to do is DIY my binder. The ways I primarily did this were:

Option One: Wearing a camisole that was one size smaller than I actually was (so, wearing a small instead of a medium, for instance), then folding it up over my chest. As a disclaimer, this may only work well if you are smaller in the chest

Option Two: Layering two sports bras in my size over each other. Some of the DIY tips I found before I got a traditional binder advised to wear one sports bra in your size, then wear another sports bra backwards in a size smaller. I would advise against this for potential safety reasons, but also because (at least personally), it can be ineffective and a waste of resources.

Some people have also had friends or other family members order their binder for them, but this can be risky, depending on your situation. While I don't know the ins and outs of your specific circumstances, risk management is important to me, so I would recommend this if it is a risk that is acceptable to make.

I understand what it's like to not have access to this resource, so what I will do is advise you against:

Binding with ace bandages (I did this before (multiple times, in fact, because of dysphoria), and believe me, not only did it hurt like hell, but it constricted my body so heavily that I may have done long-term harm)

Wearing a DIY binder (or any kind, for that matter) for longer than your body can handle

Doing DIY in such a way that even mimics binding with ace bandages. This means that your binder shouldn't constrict your ribs, breathing, or range of movement

Here are some general good practices that you should use to guide you for any type of binding, whether traditional or DIY:

When you start binding, only do so in very short sessions to begin with. While binding shouldn't outright hurt, it can be a weird transition while your body is getting used to that new sensation

Minimize heavy lifting or exercise while binding. If it is unavoidable, drink plenty of water and take plenty of breaks

Stretch after binding

Don't bind while sick or have inflammation in your lungs or chest

If you DIY, treat your binder like it is a traditional binder. Don't make the mistake of assuming you don't need to listen to your body because you aren't using a "traditional" binding method

Ultimately, listen to your body. If it is telling you that it needs a break, honour that. Your body isn't punishing you, it is trying to keep you (and it) safe, even if it doesn't feel like it

In the end, this isn't perfect. Sometimes, parents do come around, even in their own ways, even if little by little, they come around. When I first came out officially around 2016, I was convinced that my transition would be completely forbade by my family; I concealed a lot of it in the worst instances of this. However, now, I think most of my family has come through their own journey with the understanding of the reality of what and who I am. I tell you this, anon, because I want you to know that this, too , shall pass. You can make it. I know this might be devastating to you, and believe me, I know what that's like. But it won't be forever. These bridges aren't burnt forever, and I hope you can find your happiness and contentment wherever it may be.

[introspectivememories]

touch-starved bernard dowd is sooo canon to me

[kuruk]

the "once a little girl who wanted a dream wedding" is unnecessary and it's written weirdly sure but literally not what's being said how is it "heterosexuals and their gender roles 🙄" to just make a situation-specific targeted complaint about men not seeing the women they marry as human. like they didn't say any of that at all.. "heterosexuals have swung back around to men only think about sex it's all they want" Umm yeah obviously that's not Literally true but what is so wrong about seeing that reflected in real men and having a reaction to that. I think you guys just like to say things..

[syncogon]

[QZGS TL] season 3 episode 3 onscreen text

for fun i did some quick translations of onscreen text during this episode that wasn't translated in subtitles.

these are very jank and subject to inaccuracy. read at your own risk.

beginning of the ep, weibo posts after samsara defeats blue rain in round 1:

[#team samsara wins first!# topic summary: samsara wins the first round of the glory playoffs]

big bro likes eating meat: "samsara only won one round, what's there to be smug about, waiting for blue rain three championships"

ry-lord one: "god damn, ywz this round was worse than garbage"

lord sassy: "this big victory might have some downsides, too high a starting point can lead to national viewers unable to bear samsara's next failure"

ry-lord one: "magic, last year played so desperately and still only got two runner-ups"

pour a cup for auntie: "he who laughs last laughs best"

zzk's beef meatballs: "hot take: if zzk these past two years had yq's scores wouldn't he be glory's number one"

glory little yellowfur: "this time hst straight-up bombed his own reviews"

little master berserker: "summarizing hst's trash talk these past few years"

flower flower: "i always felt that jbt and ywz are at the same level"

happiness is today: "samsara's victory represents a story with a happy ending"

not playing games only swiping card: "thought about it overnight, feel that samsara winning the championship is both reasonable and ridiculous"

zzk's beef meatballs: "why is everyone so excited about samsara winning? as someone who's watched glory matches for several years now, i have the authority to answer this question."

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stgl-teeheehee: "samsara's s8 championship victory explodes on hot search, alliance official account issues congratulations (reply for 30 prestige)"

flower-distance: "why zzk is a god, first of all…"

if you're like me: "everyone's cursing samsara, everyone wants to be samsara"

........

speech bubbles during the in-game samsara vs blue rain conflicts:

"samsara is too arrogant!"

"y'all are just jealous!"

"panic, panic! they're panicked!"

"little kid, go home and do your homework!"

"you guys are just pathetic!"

"with your attitude, you blue rain fans shouldn't be playing games, go shower and go to bed!"

"samsara loves pretending!"

"blue rain fans don't show your shamelessness any more!"

"just love seeing you guys upset and inferior like this!"

.......

weibo posts shown in the ending theme:

"samsara's tacit cooperation is too incredible! zhou zekai's skill matched with jiang botao's talent, their performance is so eye-catching, their continual reliability earns everyone's trust!" "zhou zekai is invincible, jiang botao is flawless!"

"these two years after samsara gained jiang botao, it's truly a tiger gaining wings! team samsara sing out!"

"samsara is defying the heavens! sharpshooter, jiang botao's spellblade, and blade master are all first rate esports players, their coordination is brilliant, added on to the entire team's battle power, it's truly unrivaled!" "samsara is simply THE most eyecatching team! theres no other!"

"zhou zekai and jiang botao's show of power ahhh! the details of their controls are perfectly matched, their power can't be underestimated!"

[transpanda-1]

TransPanda OC Tournament Round 1:

The rules of the tournament

Brief introduction to "Thank You For Existing"

CHARACTER BIOS BELOW

Paltinum

“O-m-g you’re, like, sooOooo funny! Prepare for annihilation.”

One day, a valley girl named Patricia sadly passed away, but luck had blessed her with a second life! Reborn into a fantasy world of slime people, she was placed in a slime body destined to be the hero of the land! …Too bad the original slime hero in that body suppressed her completely. Having gone multiple years without fronting once, Patricia got a third chance when “Absor-Corp” outfitted the hero with an exoskeleton, and accidentally made her be in front again! Determined to stay in front at all costs, she now works as the company’s main enforcer, Paltinum.

Primary Inspiration: Robo-Fortune from Skullgirls

Plural or Plural Adjacent?: Plural

Art of Paltinum by: ragingwoodcock

Helen Lawetlat’la

“Oh Marcus, sweetheart, who are yer new little friends?”

🌋Hi sweethearts! This is Helen, apparently I’m the only dang OC to become a fictive from this list! ...Yet. Anywhoo, I’m ‘sposed to be one of those big, doting, Minnesotan mom types. I’m a real accomplished single mom, dontch’a know? I graduated from college when I was 8! …Granted, cause of the gigantism, they thought I was their age, but eh, whaddya gonna do? It’s hard bein’ a single, 10 foot tall mom with multiple law degrees! But keepin’ my kids happy is what I love best. I also babysit that lil Owen fella here and there, he likes how tall I am.

Primary Inspiration: Homer Simpson from The Simpsons

Plural or Plural Adjacent?: Adjacent (By force of the universe?? She was literally supposed to be a straightforward singlet??)

Art of Helen Lawetlat'la by: Sunnyside_Cakes

[astriiformes]

Talked about this with the counselor I've been seeing at school earlier today but my intense, desperate need to leave a mark on the world (not even in a fame way, in like a "I need to leave this place better than I found it in a big, tangible way" one) and the fact that I only value myself when I feel like I'm adding good to it paired with the fact that I've been an insane perfectionist since I was a very young child and tear myself to shreds and lose all my confidence over tiny mistakes is literally going to kill me some day

[dutybcrne]

Kaveh definitely wants at least one child of his own. Partially to continue his family line, partially bc he himself loves the idea of having a family of his own. He would however like to move out of Alhaitham’s place before he even dares consider getting a partner to begin with. And the longer he stays there, the more stress he feels thinking about it. He even has sketched out nursery ideas and plans on how to raise them all set to go, if only he'd get out of debt fast enough-

Furina also really wants to have a child of her own. She adores seeing the families around Fontaine, and has dreamed a great deal what parenthood would be like. Nothing brings her joy than when children about Fontaine invite her to join in on the little games they are playing, leaving her giddy and smiling bright as sunshine on her way home. Of course she knows that to be a parent, she really has to get her shit together. One can't just rear a child on macaroni and residual payments, after all.

[drinksglue]

"how can you excuse the terrible jokes in hazbin hotel?"

Sir Pentious and Angel Dust are not real people, so in the literal sense, I don't actually care what happens to them or how those events are portrayed. hope this helps

[edisacornball]

it's been such a freaking hard week and my husband and i are both kind of terrified that if my mental state doesn't let up soon, i'll end up in the hospital again (which is basically a terrible outcome because being trans in a hospital and leaving my husband to deal with being homeless alone are both really bad). and i just don't know what to do about it, but uh. if you've got good things to say about my stories and have been putting off commenting for one reason or another, now would be a really, really good time for me to get any kind of validation that my presence on this freaking planet means anything at all. but also like. no pressure. i just. really need a reason right now. and i'm not finding it.

[penofdamocles]

((update on mads altair’s timeline situation below the cut. tldr: his birthday party didn’t happen and he’s dated solely demi for the past few years. 

((i was unfortunately forced to retcon mads’ most recent ship due to the mun relationship ending suddenly and without conversation, not by my own choosing or misconduct. because i was cut off without being able to discuss the nature of the relationship ending, and because it was such an intense relationship with no obvious reason to abruptly end, especially without deeply harming mads’ emotional, mental, and narrative state, i hate to say it, but i have to retcon him ever meeting honey azrael in order to keep him in a place where he can continue his story and continue being fun for me to write. it hurts to have to discard all of the loving memories, tendencies, and development for the better he’d gained through this relationship, especially because of how it was leading in the direction of a Good Ending, i put a lot of effort and heart into this writing, but this is how things turned out and i’m just going to have to work with it. this is not intended as disrespect for the other mun or their writing, but is unfortunately the only way forward after their ooc actions and decisions. keeping someone in his life who changed everything and then cut themselves off from him, a character whose acknowledgement and contributions remind me now of personally being hurt and cut off, isn’t something i can write without pain and frustrating plot dissonance. 

in its place, madison altair has been in a fairly isolationist depression since the end of his secondhand trickster magic anon. he’s going to therapy and working on a few things, but returning from that intense high to a skipped birthday, a lot of drinking, and his own uninterrupted thoughts left him in a bad place, though at least not nearly as bad as it would be otherwise, right now. he’ll recover, but will not be interacting with or acknowledging honey or her friends from this point on. please do not bring her up to him in reference to their relationship, as he will no longer recognize its existence. thank you. i’m sorry that this beautiful piece of intertwined story had to come to such an ugly end.))

[swaps55]

In theory, would it be okay with you if someone were to cosplay Sam, or cosplay something inspired by the opus-verse?

I would fangirl so hard that I'd probably pull a muscle, and fervently hope you wouldn't mind sending me a few photos so I can scream into a pillow and fangirl some more.

That would be the COOLEST THING EVER.

[unladielike]

So since tomorrow is Vivian’s birthday (4/20), you are all welcome to send her asks if you would like! Admittedly, it’s my birthday too because I was not creative enough back then to give her one that’s completely different from mine, but to be honest, I would ideally prefer Vivian to be the recipient of asks if only because I would like to keep OOC posts on this blog to a very bare minimum. However! I know only a handful of you have gotten around to interacting with her thus far, so I would allow anonymous asks or non-romantic pre-established asks to be sent.

Honestly, though, considering Vivian is often on social media as a white haired anime girl, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched for your muse to maybe not have interacted with her personally but still corresponded with her through sites like Reddit, Twitter, or ArchiveOfOurOwn.

Regardless, there is no expiry date for when you can send Vivian birthday asks - I just ask that you do not send in multiple asks with the same muse and just opt to continue the first ask response into a thread for the sake of my own sanity!

[fantasy-costco]

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[gojosattoru]

TAG GAMES!

Thank you for tagging me Luna @todorokistoya​​ Robin @reinerist​​ Juliana @ooreki​​ and​ Lola @miyakuli​​ !!! Thank you for thinking of me, love doing these and i’ve missed them so much hehe ; U ;

PICREW!

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17 questions, 17 people

Nickname: Aninhas~~ Sign: Virgo Height: 158  Last thing I googled: magazine layouts (it’s for an edit lmao XD) Song stuck in my head: Bones by Imagine Dragons No. of followers: 54k Amount of sleep: 8 hours for now lolol Lucky number: 22 Dream job: Illustrator! I already work as one and I’m very thankful for my boss to love my art so much and to give me this opportunity! Tho i hope one day another door opens and i can build a business for myself and go beyond and do illutrations with my ideas ^^ hehe   Wearing: sweat, leggings and socks~~ Movies/books that summarize me: hmm that’s challenging lol but maybe harry potter and phatasy genre is the best since i love magic and mystical stuff so much ^^ Favorite song: Greatest Strenght of Jujutsu Kaisen OST Favorite instrument: violin and piano~~ Aesthetic: soft pinks and blues and beiges. Favorite author: i don’t have one. Favorite animal noise: meowing~~ Random: i’m desperately wanting to go to the bathroom but my dad is there LOLOLOL (sorry it’s what i was thinking rn lolol)

A song for each letter in your URL

G - Get back in My Life - Marron 5; O - On Fire - THE ROOP; J - Just my Imagination - The Cranberries; O - Our Truth - Lacuna Coil S - Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park; A - Already Over - Red; T - The Bitter End - Placebo; T - The Chemicals Between Us - Bush; O - Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers; R - Rooftops - Lostprophets; U - Until the End - Breaking Benjamin.

I tag @umidays​​ @apparently-artless​​ @reehlia​​ @fyodcrs​​ @suknas​​ @kvroko​​ @yooasobi​​ @mokacheer​ @chobesaza​ @honeymeh​ 

[afniel]

I am a very smart man and today I made an announcement for a FFXIV event happening later in the day that I run (vaguely, I sorta organize it, it runs itself, this is an important detail in a bit), promptly forgot it existed, and then never showed up.

Of course that's just plain ADHD and having other stuff demanding my attention. I was talking to my partner and making a kind of kickass dinner and got really into both of those things and lost track of the time. But also it's just...way less stressful of an event? I've done other events. Some of them for years. I would pay money to get those years back because all I ever got out of it was gray hairs and anxiety and since it's been long enough and I don't care anymore so I feel like being honest, a fucking ungrateful group of attendees that no matter how long and hard I dragged their stupid event by its short 'n curlies across a gravel parking lot, 99% of them would conveniently forget I existed all the time forever because I wasn't a Popular RPer and the other event runners were, so fuck me for not being a cool kid I guess, I was just there to pester with questions about where the cool kids were when they couldn't make it. The 1% that didn't do this were great folks, but damn, man, literally all I ever wanted was someone to say, "hey man, thanks for putting all this work into this," and that happened zero times. Even when I publicly announced that I was stepping down. Not a single fuckin' peep. Whew. I don't miss that.

(Yeah, that's an ancient-ass vent that I've been sitting on for years and it shows. It took me this long to learn how to not give a shit if anyone knows I didn't like the treatment I got.)

But now? I set up an event that it literally doesn't even matter if I'm there, it'll function alright. People are chill and genuinely nice to be around. I don't feel invisible. I don't have to do math about it (scorekeeping was never my strong point and that was a big part of the prior thing). I don't have anxiety attacks before, during, and after it. Nobody starts drama. It's just...nice. I don't think I realized how nice until I looked at the clock and realized it was an hour and a half into the event and I was so unstressed about it that I hadn't even shown up. And even realizing that didn't stress me out, I just said, lmao, I seem to not be feeling it today, and that was fine.

Being fine in a totally normal way shouldn't feel like such a revelation, but damn, man. I do not have the energy to go into the hundred ways that certain people and events in FFXIV RP fucked me up, and also some of those people who fucked shit up are here on Tumblr and I don't need the attention, and some others of them who had their shit fucked up don't need their business aired and I can't really get into mine without doing that, but I'm actually pretty alright at this point. It's neat. I could get used to this.