#in blossom fmv

[hlcyxnfilms]

IN BLOSSOM ( 2024 ) ─ PAN YUE : ONCE YOU PLAY GOD

[ella-felicityqueen]

— Do you think I should take the opportunity to get my kiss back?

watch it on youtube!

[sakurablossomsagain]

SKYLINE by. LEE SO JUNG (FMV)

Kdrama name: Scripting Your Destiny (2021)

[crookedm1lkshake]

BL FMV

[userdramas]

USERDRAMAS EVENT 13: TEAM SPIRIT

For our first event of 2024, it will be all about TEAM SPIRIT. This is your chance to highlight your favourite group or team dynamics, like a sports team in your favourite sports drama, or a group that functions as a team in an office drama you enjoy. You can also highlight your favourite music groups, or their subunits. Alternatively, make gifsets/edits primarily using the colours of your team:

CHERRY BLOSSOM = red JASMINE = yellow LOTUS = pink

We encourage you to make any type of visual content (gifs, edits, fmvs, fanart, etc.) of Asian media inspired by TEAM SPIRIT. This event will run from January 1st to January 29th.

TO PARTICIPATE: ✿ join our network  ✿ reblog this post  ✿ make visual content featuring this month’s prompt  ✿ caption your post as follows:  @userdramas event 13: team spirit [optional: insert quote/description/caption]

[respectthepetty]

I needed someone to graps at straws with Lol. I keep thinking about the Midnight Museum brothers thing.. correct me if I'm wrong, but Triphob says Dome "looks" like Khatha's younger brother, not that Dome is his younger brother, right? And "looks like" is a very loose term.

What's that? If I grasp these straws, any tighter they'll break?

It's 2023; we don't use straws anymore, Anon, unless requested for those in need, which means, MIDNIGHT MUSEUM IS LYING!

They aren't brothers. Not in the blood-related sense.

How would Triphop know what Khatha's brother looks like? Dome drifted up in his tiny boat to Khatha's shallow shore (not a euphemism for sex) in 1820. The first photo didn't happen until 1826 in France, and from the looks of the lake full of dead bodies, I doubt anyone was willing to paint a portrait of Dome, so we could have a Picture of Dorian Gray moment 202 years later. I cannot see Khatha eating cheesecake in the kitchen with Triphop late at night like a Golden Girl and confessing Dome looks like his brother either since last time Triphop spoke to Khatha about Dome, he asked Khatha why he had been following Dome around for weeks, and Khatha told him "People who can die should stay out of immortals' business."

Also, I don't speak Thai, but I think Triphop's "younger brother" is the equivalent of me calling everyone my age prim (short for primo or prima - cousin) because, honestly, everyone could be my family in this small town much like everyone is Khatha's "younger brother" when Khatha has been alive for over two centuries! Who is older than him at this point?! Hell, Khatha probably stole half the shit that was up for auction considering he was alive before most of those items were even made! What else would he do for over two hundred years waiting for his lover to be reincarnated? He probably invented Be Gay, Do Crime out of boredom.

And finally, those of us who have been in this queer corner of the universe for a minute have been given questionable pairs before (HIStory 3: Crossing the Line, HIStory 4: Closer to You, ADDICTED!!!!!, Cherry Blossoms After Winter, and many more), so if Midnight Museum thinks a little "he looks like your brother" is going to stop me from shipping these two when they continue to look at each other in that sultry way they keep looking at each other, and keep giving me scenes like this that are two seconds away from having a FMV using Boyz II Men's "On Bended Knee" as the background music...

The writers obviously haven't been on AO3.

[sanctificetur]

plotting board.

jess x harry x heath.

#haruto ic. | shades of green ++ parramatta park.

jess walks into montmermil town square with her direwolf, eponine. tagged (gently woven with a thin transparent tangile string -- in which the string holds (not the actual ear) red tag, eponine. she wears her evenstar necklace united with purple necklace -- morning evenstar -- united lights guiding her in her life -- faith coming back to her that they will meet, and better sleep in long run -- less wandering of feeling eternally torn between consciousness and sleep, longing for salvation. there are white clouds of steamed rice currently cooking in deep reserve -- white feathers forming into unified solitude -- in fuzzy microcomputer (steamed cooker) horizon of twenty degrees sunny (check remaining dfort points of francis plotting). yet clouds not static in living high above the mountainous buildings -- above and below -- it sprinkles down like sakura snow like the scene in edwqard scissorhands with that girl dancing in snow/ same actress as joyce in stranger things : past and present uniting. she balked in the middle of the drawbridge, shook the rain off, and howled at the portcullis. its the sound of the river she fears. beasts know to avoid the river in flood. jess is impatient yet also understanding of eponine. there is a horse statue within the canopy of trees, called Glendower. there is only one horse eye side, looks white cloud blinded. spouting out water through shadowed crevices not confined to mouth or the foundation base it’s physically encased in. horse is speaking in thought and voice, which water represents. (emerson the horse ref: immediate twitter hearted) water of life is also elemented -- sprinkled like snow of the overall park, not just fountain or river -- desert water : dark and light pink uniting in difference and similarity but also gaarra/hinata -- red and purple. jay bird landing on flower or maybe the horse statue. exploring healthy re-development relation of hinata x neji) mention the candle flowers growing in park -- white pear and blossom smelling like sorbelene cream, tiny flowers : white petal, yellow centre, the green grass candle flower (sharp tang overwhelm if sniff too closely), and the one we have iin apartment bathroom now next to me for immediate reference : pink coconut and watermelon : light pink ; yet a darker shade than my pink jacket. ( i need to rename the flowers, because candle names describe the smell exactly! ) one flower called moonshine, another called byakugan (might change it a little so not too obvious and flower maybe elementing other aspects too).

watch internship portfolio video ++ illuminarte festival video again in new light. refer to the photos  im currently staring at too. and aligned dash pictures. tie haruto ic of countryside ++ francis city parra drabble / or could be the remainder of dot points of francis planning board = this parra park drawbridge photo.

oc base would be the bios, mainly the long ass cassian one which i weaved other charas

 internship. 

harrison pontmercy - joe cole. heath pontmercy ; brother to harrison -  james mcavoy. how relate ot marius? could be twin (ellai and nitid) elements of marius’ confused clarity!! jess thenardier - jessie mei li ++ ayami nakajo united varies in scene - as jess is not static only one fandom (uh how could this then rel to cassian?? maybe elements of cassian)

les miserables manga ++ peaky blinders unification bigger picture

internship portfolio video ref - WP.

catapult : jack savoretti.

refer back to thomas kinkade painting - concentrate on one painting as base setting - go back to select one : i think best to set it at hunter valley, gazebo, goosewing.

jesse pinkman fan edits / actual clip of him and walter talking / jesse x walter fmv.

fairfax foxes ref -- might look at heath’s fb album for photo timeline tagged photos -- refers more fantastically to the fox nikolai - in grisha books, fmv, *the story of the fox in language of thorns (pp. 50 - 78)

nikolai in beast form (could be the horse coming to life) astral project hurrying past me ; embarrassed of his nicheo’vya self ; yet also battling mind and body of wanting to scratch out microchip nestled in him - he sense something wrong digging into his subconscious. horse history: spell that made horse turn into statue. welsh king glendower. darkness of life shadowing horse into statue. yet statue is thawing. sudden movements ++ crash down relentlessly like when i talking on zoom and phone fall down on end of call. represents rose mirror falling down. nin o chithaeglir lasto beth daer. rimmo nin bruinen dan in ulaer. also refer queenstown for  base foundation structure ref : peter hollens arwen song. horse + the building represents the thing i propped up the phone on : placed next to computer/

trees with bare branches nestled in leaves whistling in the wind -- shadowing the light in swaying sync to the wind. suddenly! eighteen degrees clear. what would they do in park other than talk? not limited to only one meeting so not too much stress. because they do not have to go into explanatory overload -- because i already endured it beyond words -- my explanatory overload of already : i see what i can make use of. so they go to yum cha like restaurant parra phoenix where jess orders the gibbous moon dumpling ( picture on phone + staff) saved in library cabinet. and also bigger picture picnic! we eat parra phoenix stuff in picnic laying out blanket like amy x rory x doctor united as one of vincent van gogh. of the suburban landscape. even though need to be careful because ants crawl on blanket. maybe table gazebo shelter with blue ceiling stained glass transparent to allow natural weather to pierce through like that song by years and years : multi people united video of breathe. urban table in country park. (SECOND DRABBLE)

aspects of illuminarte festival maybe like shining yellow flower crown fairy lights illuminating in decoration like small bursts of lantern in the darkening night

photo of harrison in the park with family : check his album

bonfire heart - james blunt ref. uhh i have imagined hanging out with them again in my mind some time ago -- when i read what they up to with career in city & i looked up potential careers where they working at. uh just hanging out and chatting probably sitting near fountain in town square of digiland (parramatta real life ref) but not too close or water will spray everywhere (REF: the water spraying outside animal holding facility : spray art of cat and dog sign). cafe cerise (oliver brown ; it’s like cafe musain). ease of travel with parramatta station - parramatta  park bigger picture than the mini park just very near station.

maybe toolbox meeting could be like a fortnightly thing -- one day per fortnight -- but day not confined to specific -- because days could clash between someone in the Power of Three. imperfect solitude, not isolation. we are connecting as human to human, not by status. this would help me be more stable, yet we all treat each other better (including ourselves) while acknowledging we’re not perfect -- less doubting of reality -- like fmv refs  : cirilla and geralt in not just as child vs adult but we are child adults of human status -- reincarnation development the witcher s2 and a half : they teach each other to fight, not just geralt lighting cirilla on fire or in dune with that evil mage lighting paul atreides on fire -- instead it’s jessica and paul working together. but why fortnightly not just one. because people change and just one single burst of light within one’s life will not save us. need to arrange this bulleted stable into more solid stable para. ic + ooc mash up drabble of future development hope. like what WP post: castle hill development council building -- suburb + urban city uniting. actually after i arrange this whole thing, i tag them on a fb post o nmy own profile linking to this post -- solidly stable ic + ooc request : abstract basic premise && link to full text drabble.

being human us (aidan x josh) picture of them sitting on bench together (try to find on google as one of my first photos/wallpaper on my iphone 4 as i look at phone while on bus from high school to north rocks : friends staying), FMV’s

REF: Harrison’s FB video of him exercising and saying it’s ok not to be ok maybe??

oh also that clip of emerson the horse talking! i hearted it! relates to #haruto ic. with haruto x fiammetta at the ranch place. yet also the bigger picture group c ic i joined in digis roleplay event -- it was furry four-legged themed, strictly in event rules (this could have tied into raising more awareness of how animals feel ; re: microchipping ; but also to not judge disabled people so quick because they find it difficult to communicate straight away to another).

could also ref : the story in language of thorns : when the water sang fire? of ulla and signy -- which sounds like sigyn : aka my thread with whereherloyaltieslie my bias but also maybe look at her blog too (this is just random void stuff ; maybe drabble later of not strictly tied to harry x heath x jess)

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they go to cabin in the woods of parra park forest (ref : goosewing cottage). yet without the annoying frogs tha tkeep one awake all night. play video game together like blazblue or bioshock infinite (multi-player -- maybe they can come over to bella cabin? (but issue with tv internet which is why i do netflix phone -- need to fix tv net ++ connection issue (and find console) with console. so multiplayer worry not so immediate - because it can just be me playing Bioshock infinite. where eponine is barely there ; she mains in parra. and i say the just hanging out to mum/dad : but not to eponine : and thety will not be as worried as eponine bc english language.

put some important other stuff in plotting board. also discussion on how to work out communication with me & eponine + parents, where i am the bridge of calm yet immediate progressive healing, with help from harrison and heath. probably just briefly talk about all the stress i endured OR maybe we also reference where we last met too : this is called talking human to human. Bella ++ Parra cabins++ outside to forest too.

another potential thing is talking about more heavy stuff in my bedroom with door closed / voice not too loud / bc we are calmly working through conflicts -- must be mindful of eponine. yet window open for breathing air. need to open light probably or the curtain on window.

cook meal together too. like what i cooked with stir-fry. cookbook i already have. or pie --  quiche aug 2019. but very yummy (dean winchester and pie relation). (maybe select one random recipe) other health issues.

getting a career outside stark’s stock. us talking and hanging out. mindful of spending so  i can live life ++ build up acct of possibly a small career role part time && still go to stark’s stock too (so unification of places + money). idk what career yet, but we just talk it through first. because they know im not one dimensional. like with robot resume apply : employer vs. potential employee. maybe practice scenarios of them as employer and with me as employee.

fmv refs  : cirilla and geralt in not just as child vs adult but we are child adults of human status -- reincarnation development the witcher s2 and a half : they teach each other to fight, not just geralt lighting cirilla on fire or in dune with that evil mage lighting paul atreides on fire -- instead it’s jessica x paul x chani working together.

could ne in generqal discussion elemented athelstan ic ++ sansa ic -- elemental old+new. athelstan ic recording OLD ++ one recording of NEW in voice memo. 

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FUTURE OUTINGS:

JESS:

"career. can expand to other places in parra, not just park, yet not cabins. once weekly ; can vary in days.”

HARRISON:

"not everyone is evil ; yet we all have good and bad sides : called being human. when wilfred is smoking, unification of man and monster ++ pain and pleasure” maybe descrive his voice inpodcast. not sure how to descrive his voice, i bring along: video game + blazblue bioshock infinite : maybe at an small not noisy arcade like place  : maybe we book a quiet room with tv” TImezone for more general gaming : Level 4 Parra shopping centre [ 0.00 - 0.41 : Unleashing the power of the mind. ]

HEATH:

"we are working together through the trenches. bridge of healing suggestion working together for commuincaition with eponine and parents. maybe do karaoke singing at that karaoke place”

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[dhappyorangec]

ENG SUB/Text: FMV 蚕蛹妹妹 new Fu JiuYun with old Fu JiuYun's poem

"Peach blossoms most resemble scenes etched in memory,

Tender buds on dense branches harmonize with a solitary melody.

As for me,

I've always taken delight in the festive ambience,

Whenever I come across bustling and lively activities,

My heart brims with joy.

In this lifetime, one ought to chase moments of pleasure,

Learning the art of savoring the present."

桃花最似曾相识

嫩蕊繁枝伴 独吟

我这个人啊

向来喜欢烟火气

一看到热闹啊

我就欢愉的很

人生在世须尽欢

要学会享受当下

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#HappyBirthdayZhengYeCheng0826# [Breeze] #ZhengYeChengEternalLove#

As soon as Fu Jiuyun appeared, I instantly felt the immense charm of Bai Yu Guang's presence! @DZhengYeChengC

#郑业成0826生日快乐# [微风]#郑业成一念永恒#

傅九云一出现，瞬间感受到了白月光的杀伤力有多强！@D郑业成C

http://m.weibo.cn/status/4938000557670961

[luna-ainsworth]

Thank you @yoonkangsstuff for the inspiration 👏🙏

I'm a sucker for angsty past-life motif so I'm trying to develop one for Gahan, either as a fanfic, gifset or FMV (given that I can find the HD materials). I've just finished Ji Sung's Fengshui and I realize it has more similarity to The Devil Judge than I thought. I haven't watched Jinyoung in Legend Of The Blue Sea tho but I have some ideas:

- Kang Yo Han's previous life is a man living in Joseon period named Lee Heung Sun, who was the uncle of the current king. His brother - the deceased crown prince - was murdered by Kim Jwa Geun - head of the Kim Clan, who at the moment was having the absolute power in court.

- Kim Ga On's past life had the same name as him. He was a son of Kim Jwa Geun. Back then, the Kim Clan was the right hand of the previous kings, until Kim Jwa Geun was blinded by power and fortune.

- Young Heung Sun and Ga On went to the same school since they both belonged to the noble class. Heung Sun was 18, Ga On was 16 when they first met.

- They fought over a piece of jewelry in the market that they planned to give their crushes.

- They met again in school. Bad impression made them hate each other at first but during a school field trip, they got really lost and had to depend on each other to survive. Then they realized they had more in common than they thought and they bonded overtime. They would spend time studying together, having lunch and drinking wine and talking about anything in the world. Love started to blossom between them but they didn't realize it.

- One day, rumors started to grow in the palace. The Kim Clan was holding to much power and some feared a coup d'etat would happen soon. Heung Sun and Ga On brushed it off until it did happen. The Kim Clan murdered Heung Sun's brother and put a toddler on the throne as a tool to control the court. Heung Sun and Ga On's relationship fell apart.

- A short time later, Ga On fell ill. A deadly cancer that was impossible to cure back then. He tried to sent Heung Sun one last letter as a goodbye but Heung Sun burnt it without reading, only to regret it when he found out about Ga On's death some time later. He tried to forget Ga On, the son of the person who killed his brother. Moreover, the sad memories were one of his weaknesses. However, Ga On was also his happiest memories, and he found himself not being able to forget Ga On no matter how much he tried.

- 13 years later, Heung Sun planned to help the current king regain power. His right hand person ((a she but to him she was the same as K to Yo Han)) killed herself while being confronted by his rivals. He later fell into darkness as he attempted to make his son king. It turned out that helping the current king was just a step to achieve his final goal.

- The gods said that Heung Sun and Ga On were made for each other. But Heung Sun, in his lifetime, committed the sin of betrayal, contaminating sacred ground and destroying the Gaya temple. As a result, they decided that they would put him through almost the same hardship again in his next life as a test and if he passed, they would bless him with a happy ending with Ga On.

- Once again, Heung Sun, now Yo Han, had to mourn his brother and right hand person's death again and this time, he was betrayed by Ga On himself. But also this time, he didn't succumb to power and darkness, thanks to the two people he considers to be his world, Elijah and Ga On. And thus, Yo Han passed the test of the gods.

[hlcyxnfilms]

IN BLOSSOM ( 2024 ) ─ DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ?

[ella-felicityqueen]

There's no way you can let me go. I'll follow wherever you go.

[saranghanuuu]

HOW CHINESE DRAMA UNFORGETTABLE LOVE SHOWED US THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAMILY + REVIEW!

Family provides support and security

They love and understand you

They protect you from external influences

Family gives the earth a center!

It's an important foundation to raise a child

They aid in making decisions

Family makes us who we are

A Cdrama with a decent storyline and acting – filled with romance and enough comedic value, but fell short in delineating the main conflict.

Story: 8.5 / 10

Although already an overused plot, contractual relationships never get old. We always welcome dramas where this trope gets creatively re-used, and this time, it's in the form of an established CEO getting into a contractual marriage with a child psychologist to help treat his son's PTSD. The drama hit it off with me from the get-go! It took a few episodes before the story set foot on the main plot — a very sane move 'coz the drama will surely appear half-baked if done otherwise. Of course, this cliché story will never be complete without our bickering main couple, their funny yet heart-fluttering forced skinship, until love comes into fruition in their pseudo-affair.

But then, as much as I wanted to give it a perfect 10, the number of loopholes I tried to overlook in the drama (especially towards the end) is intolerable. The ending is sweet but feels rushed. The accident that drove the story into what it is wrapped up so prematurely. I still give it to them that the backstory is not what I expected. I just wished they gave us more narrative about it, tie up the loose ends, and round it all off.

Acting/Cast - 9 / 10

The whole casts are exceptional, even our cutie-pie Lennon Sun who played the adorable Xiaobao. I heard Lennon was just 4 years old at the time of filming and that Unforgettable Love is his first drama, but I can never tell 'coz he nailed the role perfectly! If you can just imagine how I melted when I heard Xiaobao speak for the first time in the drama. He's grown on me ever since the first scene I saw him.

As for our main couple, I didn't buy the chemistry between Miles Wei and Hu Yixuan at first. But as episodes went along, I came to acknowledge how cute their pairing is! Their kissing scenes are not awkward to watch (they drove me crazy as a matter of fact). Miles, Yixuan, and Lennon's acting are well-coordinated, making them naturally look like a lovely family of three.

I've no issues with the supporting casts as well, except for one - Shi Qing Yan's portrayal as Lin Wei is excellent, but the drama made her character seem like a filler to the story. I get it that Lin Wei's supposed to help build up the tension and disturb our CP's blossoming romance. However, after the troubles she caused in Qiaoyan's company and life, she just fled off from the picture and eventually sought comfort with (none other than) Ning Fang. Like... What?! The writers are to blame, I know. And I, too, will approve to give everyone a happily ever after. Nevertheless, isn't this last-minute matchmaking rather offbeat? I don't know, but there, I said it.

Music 8 / 10

The OSTs have a low recall to me (except for the opening theme) but they fit very well with the scenes in the drama.

Rewatch value - 8.5 / 10

There are lots of better dramas than this, but Xiaobao is enough of a reason to make me rewatch this drama some time in the future. I still can't get enough of his cuteness!

Overall rating: 8.5 / 10

It's a pity that the drama's potential flaked out at the last minute. But if you're just in for the fun and will not try to overthink, I'm sure watching this will be an enjoyable ride. Just beware of the occasional moments offering secondhand embarrassment and sexual tensions giving pure cringe. Overall, Unforgettable Love is one cute and fun Cdrama to binge on♥︎

Btw, I made a FMV about this drama! I really enjoyed making this haha😊

[finalfantasyix]

Meet The Team Working On A Final Fantasy 9 Remake You’ll Never Get To Play

Final Fantasy 9: Memoria Project is a fan homage like nothing we've ever seen before. “It is no secret that fan projects get shut down all the time,” Dan Eder tells us about Final Fantasy 9: Memoria Project, a fan-driven love letter to the classic JRPG. It isn’t aiming to be a playable remake of the epic adventure though - instead, it’s an aesthetic homage to its timeless world and characters.

It’s somewhat anomalous in the world of community creations, but Eder wants to use this distinct identity to craft something truly special, even if many obstacles stand in the way of making it a reality. But the team keeps moving forward: “Without a doubt, some of the most frequent comments we get from naysayers is ‘have fun with it while it lasts’ or ‘cease and desist incoming’”, Eder explains. “People are understandably skeptical of the longevity potential of yet another passion project. The key difference is that, unlike those projects, Memoria is essentially an elaborate piece of fan art, nothing more - it will have no actual gameplay, will never be released to the public, and is nothing more than a ‘what-if’ scenario. [It’s] no different from any other fan-made piece of artwork. We have never, and will never, make a single dollar out of this project, and are basically doing this for the personal gratification of the fans.”

The genesis of Memoria Project dates all the way back to Eder’s younger years, with dreams of a potential FF9 remake entering his imagination soon after the original game’s launch. That’s no great surprise - millions still regard Final Fantasy 9 as the series’ finest hour. “While it's true that the project really started to pick up steam a few months ago, it wouldn't be a stretch to say I've been planning it since high school,” Eder explains. “I remember scribbling ‘FF9 remake’ on my notepad during classes and writing imaginary new features and battle system mechanics, starting online petitions to remake FF9 for the PS2, sketching drawings depicting scenes from the ‘FF9 sequel’ and whatnot. I could confidently say that my life would probably have been completely different had my older brother not borrowed this game from his friend in the summer of 2000.

“As a non-native English speaker who had never played an RPG up until that point, my first playthrough was a challenging experience to say the least, and I can honestly say that I understood literally nothing of what was going on the first time I finished the game (how I even managed to beat it is a mystery in and of itself). It didn't really matter to me though, since I was absolutely enamored with the incredible cast of characters, jaw-dropping FMV sequences, mesmerizing music, thrilling gameplay, and just the overall atmosphere and charm it exuded at every step. My unconditional love for this game persisted throughout my entire childhood and adult life, and it is one of the central reasons why I chose to become a 3D character artist in the video game industry. In short, this project is my way of thanking this game for everything it has done for me over the past 21 years.”

Eder’s passion for this game can be found across several industry professionals who grew up with games like this and wanted to replicate them, or create something entirely unique to live up to their brilliance. This is very much how Memoria Project found its feet, beginning life as a trivial side activity before blossoming into something infinitely more ambitious. It still has a long way to go, but there’s little urgency to reach the finish line, so the team can take their time and just enjoy the nostalgic indulgence of it all.

“Memoria actually started unofficially as a side project when I reached out to Colin Valek [of] Sucker Punch Studios in early 2020 after I came across his fanart of an environment from FF7,” Eder says. “I had already modeled Princess Garnet, and thought it could be a fun idea to combine our talents to reimagine the opening area of Alexandria. Initially, it was progressing at a snail's pace - we were slowly chipping away at it for over a year without making a lot of progress. While Colin continued modeling the buildings, I created another character - Vivi.”

This glacial pace received a resurgence of sorts in January when the Alexandria scene was finally complete, with Eder and company finally being able to see how much potential the project had if it was opened up to a larger range of creators. “When I posted that WIP screenshot, the response from fellow FF fans was overwhelmingly positive, more than we could have imagined,” Eder remembers. “Very quickly, other people from the gaming industry started reaching out - environment artists, animators, riggers, concept artists. That's when I decided to turn this side project into a full-fledged modern reimagining of the original game, while always making sure to emphasize the fact that this is a non-playable proof-of-concept, since we never have any intention of doing anything to violate Square Enix's copyright. Four months after officially announcing the project, we've grown from a couple of FF fanboys to a huge team of over 20 industry veterans working collaboratively to honor this masterpiece, fueled by our love and adoration for the source material.”

Now, the project has over 20 developers from Sucker Punch, Ubisoft, Rare, Unbroken Studios, and more all diving into this labour of love in their spare time, with composers and voice actors also contributing their talents to help make this glimpse into the world of Final Fantasy 9 worth celebrating. But Eder is aware of being overly enthusiastic, knowing that fan projects like this often doom themselves by undertaking something that isn’t feasible with so few resources.

“One of the most common traps for these kinds of fan projects is being overly ambitious,” Eder says. “Since all of us are actively working in the video game industry, we understand the importance of milestones, short term goals, and taking things one step at a time. For now, we are focusing our efforts on the opening sequence of the game, which mainly revolves around Vivi and his exploration of Alexandria. Where we go from here is still being discussed, but one thing I can say for sure is that Vivi will not be the only main character we're planning to include.” I’m told that Memoria is aiming to look indistinguishable - at least from a graphics perspective - from something you’d see in a triple-A blockbuster, and it seems the team has the pedigree to back that claim up.

Visuals are the entire point after all, since turning this project into a playable piece of media would require far more resources to create. By narrowing its focus, Memoria is able to deliver something special while also hopefully avoiding the ire of Square Enix. “The fact that this is a non-playable project definitely makes it easier for us to tailor the experience in a way that would truly allow the audience to be fully immersed in the world without having to worry about technical limitations,” Eder tells me. “Creating actual functional gameplay is a completely different ball game, one that we never had any intention of even discussing given the copyright limitations. This gives us a lot of leeway with how we are going to portray the world of Gaia in terms of character interaction, camera movement, [and] scene transitions. We have a lot of cool plans for the near future - please look forward to it!”

As for the sad truth of fan projects like this often being wiped from existence by publishers throwing out cease and desist letters, Eder is confident that Memoria occupies a niche where this won’t happen. It’s not a commercial or even playable product - it’s a piece of fan art, albeit an endlessly elaborate one. If the tides were to change, Eder believes companies should welcome the enthusiasm for experiences like this.

“If I were to be completely honest, I think it could be a potentially brilliant decision by Square Enix to do something wildly unexpected and invest in a project like this,” Eder states. “There's a considerable amount of hype, talent, motivation, and pure, unadulterated passion behind it. It's not something I would expect, but I think it could be incredibly helpful in regaining some of the trust and reverence that this legendary company was known for during its golden years.”

(source)

[astarlightmonbebe]

2020 Creator Wrap

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 (or so) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works.

tagged by @eponinemylove (dkskss i kept forgetting about this whoops)

these dreams, like ashes float away - aka the modern mdzs retelling except not really, with a side of mystery and self indulgent characterization and canon bashing (i love to bash canon with a frying pan. any canon at all). okay technically i only finished posting this fic in early 2020, BUT it’s still the longest thing i’ve ever written and yes, maybe it is a mess of a fic/plot that really demonstrates my stress level when i planned it out and wrote it, with so much whump and bias (yes i was mad at some characters, but so what). anyways, so maybe it is a mess but whenever i actually reread it i think that it is pretty good, and yeah, i’m proud of it.

in the shadow of a flame - the atla retelling, except the main characters are the fire nation gang, with ty lee as the avatar, zuko and azula as her companions, featuring yue as a waterbender and mai as an earth/metalbender. perhaps i have not actually updated or written on this since the end of october (rip!) but i am actually pretty proud of it and i definitely plan to try and complete it eventually. also this fic has had a pretty good amount of growth (likely due to some popular fanart for it), which makes me happy to see.

this mai edit set - 2020 was the year i actually started learning how to use photopea, and granted i haven’t made that many edits, but this one is one of my faves, even if it isn’t my most popular.

this ty lee edit set - same as above, basically, except i really love these ones. like the aesthetic, the face claim? perfection!

a tie between your touch burns & falling peach blossoms - the one shots i published on ao3 this year! the first is something i literally wrote at midnight in one go; focusing on the inherent homoeroticism of rivals (and fighting with one another) for dance of the phoenix, and the second is a lan zhan centric reincarnation au mixed with some chinese mythology, which i wrote in a day (instead of doing online school work because, you know). 

honorable mentions:

my entire star edits tag for 2020 (there’s like 17 i think? which isn’t a lot, but also they are all dear to me so)

i have some slytherin centric fics from where i fell back into harry potter over the summer, and most of them are extreme fanon, but hey, i like them.

bottom of the deep blue sea cql fmv on youtube. tbh i haven’t vidded since the summer, even though i have ideas again, and the ones i made this year are nowhere near as satisfying as the ones i did in 2019, but this one was pretty good (despite some mistakes that i noticed too late to fix lol i cry).

this meta on the end of cql (specifically when lxc stabs jgy and a look in on nhs) because i like how i worded it, even if it isn’t the longest cql meta i have, anyways i just have a lot of thoughts about nhs and the full circle, cycles in the cql, etc...my brain is getting distracted just thinking of it again. i had a lot of good thoughts about cql this year (half of which are still in my drafts or docs).

a qin su (+ wen qing) character study where she and wq are ghosts stuck in koi tower. this one i’m still writing, but ideally it will be posted as a one shot before the year is out. i just haven’t finished it yet, so it’s not on the list ahah.

cql canon divergence fic which is really only a set of ideas and scenes in my head, but i really do what to plan it out more fully and write it one day (ideally in the near future), but basically it’s canon divergence where wwx doesn’t rescue jiang cheng from lotus pier and the golden core transfer  never happens. 

i’ll tag @theserendipityofjimin @etherealjjong @emirablights @curlykytta & anyone else who wants to do this !! (sorry if any of you have done this already xoxo)

[earthfluuke]

10 songs i cant stop listening to right now.

thank you for tagging me, @emisfritish♡

beautiful - bonnie milligan (head over heels) // this song is originally by the go gos, but i prefer this version. it’s so upbeat and fun and a real self confidence booster when you need it.

about love - marina // i originally heard this in a bohnduen fmv (that’s now taken down *sobs*), and i immediately fell in love.

chocolate - mo mo o’brien // this is a cover of the same song by the 1975, but this version is just so whimsical. i love mo mo’s videos, and her aesthetic is one of my favorites. this song is one i listened to while writing of orchids and cherry blossoms!!

sun - sleeping at last // another song i listened to while writing of orchids and cherry blossoms. i love sleeping at last; they’re probably one of my favorite bands. their concepts are so cool and unique, and they inspire me a lot.

little sister - trixie mattel // sue me, i quite enjoy country/folk music. this song hits close to a very personal place, and i relate to it a lot. i like a lot of trixie’s songs, but this one is probably my favorite.

hey brother - avicii // blame the tutor & pete!twin au for this one. that’s literally the only explanation i can give honestly.

rollercoaster - bleachers // bleachers is another fantastic band. they have the ability to have an 80′s sound (which i love) in the 21st century. i love so many of their songs, but this one is by far my favorite.

uptown girl - billy joel // i. love. 80′s. music. so much. i have an entire playlist of 80′s songs that i listen to often, but this is the one i listen to the most. i adore billy joel. so many good songs. but this one is a classic, and also the one i relate to my rich boys series. so it’s special.

believe - cher // always a bop. no explanation needed lol.

on - bts // my go to work out song right now. i hate running with a passion, but this manages me to get through it.

i tag: @0ffgun @kayascodelorio @bl-fan @pallyson @weilongfu @functionalasfuck @bldramagalore @sarawatine

[tae-spacito]

Show Me (M)

Reader x J-Hope

Rated: M for smut 

Word count: 1.6k (I swear this was supposed to be a drabble but im an idiot as you can see LOL)

Summary: You wake up next to your best friend the morning after a party you knew you clearly went too crazy at. Not remembering what happened while you were in your drunken state, your best friend attempts to remind you what went down. But perhaps he went a little overboard... ;)

Authors note: my very first smut on this blog! this was something i just decided to write after seeing an fmv of hoseok and it clearly made me go nuts LOOOOL I’m not too good at writing smut, but please enjoy! ;)) 

warning: you need water fammmmm lots and lots of water

Opening your eyes, you squinted to the rays of light from the grey skies coming through the windows. The effects of last night’s party and all those drinks were wearing down on you as your head pounded and distorted your trail of thought. You started to get out of bed when you notice a toned arm wrapped around your waist. Stifling a gasp, you shut your eyes and slowly turned your body to see who the stranger was that shared your bed last night. Slowly opening an eye, you see your best friend Jung Hoseok, sleeping next to you, his face merely inches from yours. The natural light from the windows illuminated his face, giving him a heavenly glow. Still shocked from what you saw, you carefully lifted the blanket the two of you shared, and sighed in relief, knowing that nothing happened between you guys last night.

You looked at the time, it was 9 AM. How did I wake up this early? You thought as you attempted to remove Hoseok’s strong hold on you so you could go get some pain medications to control your headache. Doing so, a low groan was emitted from your best friend as he tightened his grip, even more, not letting you go. You huffed and turned to face him, and saw him gazing at you with a slight smile on his face.

“Oh my gosh let go of me, you’re holding me so tightly.” You whined.

“Good morning to you too.” Hoseok murmured, smiling dreamily.

“My head hurts so, so much. What the hell even happened last night?” You winced at your pounding head.

“Someone here had a little too much to drink,” Hoseok chucked, “and the things she did last night…”

You felt your face turn red, “W-what do you mean ‘the things she did last night?’”

“You really want to know?” Hoseok inched closer, whispering into your ear.

“Hoseok… we didn’t… do that… did we?” You asked warily.

He smiled lazily, “Nothing that you’d regret the next day when you’re sober.”

You laughed out of relief, and Hoseok snuggled into you as you whacked him, telling him to move.

“But I wanna sleep!” Hoseok pouted as he hugged onto you for dear life, “You’re so comfy!”

You agreed to stay like that for another hour and the two of you laid there sprawled out on each other when you suddenly recalled what Hoseok had told you moments earlier.

“Hey… what did you really mean by the stuff I did last night?” You asked carefully.

“Do you not remember anything from the party?” Hoseok asked.

You furrowed your brows as you tried to remember things from last night.

“Wheee! This is so much fun! Dance with me!!” You grabbed your best friends’ hand and pulled him onto the dance floor. The two of you were tipsy and out of control, dancing around like idiots, and doing stupid antics.

The music changed to a slow tempo, as you threw your arms around Hoseok’s neck, swaying your hips to the beat. He placed his hands on your hips as you two danced together. All your friends were sitting at the bar table, staring at the two of you.

“Just fuck already geez, can they be a couple, please??” Your friend Julie whined.

“Patience is a virtue, my friend.” Another one of your friends snickered.

“Shut up Namjoon, I’m not gonna listen to your philosophical stuff tonight.” Julie laughed, hitting him playfully.

Back at the dance floor, you were getting tired from dancing and wanted to rest. 

“Hobi, I wanna go upstairs and lie down for a bit, can you come with me?” You slurred.

You both climbed up the stairs and searched for an empty room. Hoseok took you into the room and brought out clothes, a bit too big for you, to change into. Without considering the company in the room, you stripped out of your clothes and slipped the loose t-shirt over your body, causing the boy in the room to flush a bright shade of red.

“Ahh, comfy at last…” You sighed, as you threw yourself onto the bed. Hoseok climbed onto the bed and laid next to you. You took his hand and traced meaningless shapes and lines as he stared intently at you. Looking up at him, you notice him inching closer and closer, smelling the mix of beer and cologne from him.

The next thing you remembered was Hoseok’s hand caressing your face.

Your head pounded as you tried to remember more. How much did you even drink last night?

“Shit… I don’t remember… can you tell me for once, please?” You winced. Hoseok’s hand reached over to your head and gave it a light massage.

“Should I really tell you?” Hoseok smirked.

“Yes.”

“You sure?”

You grabbed his shirt and pulled him towards you. “Fucking tell me right now Jung Hoseok, or you’ll see the worst of me.”

It all happened so quickly. Hoseok suddenly was hovering above you, his body on all fours, on top of yours, and hands on either side of your head. He smirked as he leaned close to your face.

“No idea yet?”

Your face flushed as you started to get an inkling of what might’ve happened last night.

“How about you show me instead?” You stared up at him, finding your newfound confidence. Hoseok smirked again, as his eyes grew intense. He lifted a hand to caress your cheek.

He leaned forward slowly, and you closed your eyes, anticipating what was to come. His lips pressed firmly on yours. You unconsciously brought your hands up and brought his face closer, and reciprocated the kiss. Hoseok swiped his tongue over your top lip and you gave him entrance to explore the depths of your mouth. His tongue caressed yours, slowly at first, then increasing speed as you both started fighting for dominance. You pulled at his bottom lip and elicited a growl from him. Breaking apart after a few moments, you stopped to catch your breaths.

“Remember anything now?” Hoseok panted.

Your stomach tightened, and you pulled him back in for another deep and heated kiss. Mouths were moulded onto each other, teeth were clashing, riling you up even more. You spread your legs, letting him place his knee between your legs. Hoseok started trailing kisses down your jaw, and onto your neck. You let out a soft moan, clutching his hair as he sucked harshly on your sensitive spot, leaving a blossoming red mark. Not getting enough of you, he came back up again and kissed you hungrily. Your senses were overwhelmed and you unconsciously bucked your hips up towards him.

“Someone’s getting a little too excited hmm?” Hoseok playfully growled against your lips.

“Shut up and kiss me.” You moaned.

Your mind focused on all the little touches Hoseok placed on your body. From the feather-light touches on your waist to the sloppy yet soft kisses he was placing on your neck, slowly going lower. Hoseok reached your collarbones and lightly sucked on it. Moaning softly, you reached forward to pull his shirt up, and slipped your hands under the clothing, feeling his torso.

Without warning, Hoseok brought his hand down and cupped your heat, making you gasp very loudly. He traced small circles over your underwear, and your breathing became even more erratic, making you a moaning mess. You continued to buck your hips up to feel more of his fingers, but he pulled away and you whined at the loss of contact.

“Do you want something, Y/N?” Hoseok purred.

“I-I want y-your fingers.” You gasped.

He leaned forward and grazed your ear, “You don’t want to do anything you’ll regret later.”

His husky yet honey-like voice turned you on, even more, you felt like your insides burning up, and you felt your underwear becoming more and more soaked. You took his hand and placed it on your mound, staring directly at him as you rocked your hips ever so slowly.

The gesture was so intimate, that Hoseok let out a loud groan and slipped his middle finger into your core. Lewd, squelching noises were made as his finger thrust in and out of you. You tightened your core, thrusting in rhythm, moaning shamelessly. None of you cared if the rest of your friends heard your noises.

“Fuck… right there!” You moaned. Hoseok went faster, and curled his finger inside of you, leaving you in ecstasy right there. Suddenly he pulled out, and put his finger in his mouth to have a taste of your arousal. “Mmm, you taste so sweet.” He hummed.

Realization started to hit you, that you were doing all this with your best friend. You turned red and brought your legs back together, but when you looked back at him, you couldn’t ignore the clear arousal on his face, and how blown out he looked. All because of you. Caving into your sexual desires, you sat up and straddled him, then kissed him passionately. Hoseok placed one hand on your waist and cupped your cheek with the other, as he gently reciprocated the kiss.

Moments later, Hoseok parts away from you, panting, and his swollen lips smirking. He lifts you off of him and pushes you onto the surface of the mattress. Still panting heavily, you gaze up at him in confusion.

“So… I showed you what happened last night with a few extra perks. But if you wanna get the full package, just let me know.” He winks, teasingly caressing your thigh as he proceeds to get up.

You sat up hurriedly, “What the fuck?!” You yelped. He had denied you of your orgasm, and you felt empty and somewhat mad that he suddenly backed out and said all that to your face.

“HOSEOK, YOU ASSHOLE!”

You huffed, as you watched him walk out of the room. First and foremost, you realized that you two only made out last night. Second, you knew you liked what happened and deep down, you actually wanted this to happen. Lastly, you were definitely going to get him back for this.

A/N: there might be spelling errors in this so i apologize in advance! but anywaysss, feedback? comments? suggestions? lemme know, i’m open to all! :) thanks for reading!!