#it got too detailed and bleh

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

nah but like

claude does a seminar and seteth not only attends, but he takes a front row seat!!! (and he's the only one taking notes? shame on the rest of you. must be a youngin thing where they don't wanna take notes...!)

bonus is that he's the only one who got a skill increase! (makes sense, since none of the rest of y'all were taking notes)

seteth studied claude's lessons well!

listen there's not enough interaction between them and i love what tiny bit we have but since there's not enough i'll take any take tiny little bit i can get through gameplay

[nejiverse]

BLAH BLAH BLAH..

Choso, Yuji, Satoru, Nanami, Megumi

Moments in which they cant help but be completely captivated, inspired by the ‘proper name place name’ audio on tiktok

cw: none, writing for chars you dont find attractive is just like bleh #neverwritingfornanamiagain

800 words

CHOSO— when you've just woken up

He adores the way your hair is disheveled and unruly, the little sway to in your step as if you were intoxicated, and your gorgeous eyes trying to adjust to the light.

"Morning Choso", you muttered out before a yawn escaped your lips.

He watched as you moved closer to his position in front of the cooker and hugged his bicep.

Choso was simply in a world of his own unbeknownst to him. Your presence put him in a daze and in his little world, nothing or no one existed but you.

You looked up at him and pointed at the skillet. "Egg's gonna burn Cho".

That nickname. He felt heat rush to his cheeks which didn't go unnoticed by you since he was staring at your face.

You took his hand that was holding the spatula in yours and turned over the egg for him.

"You're always in a daze every morning", you chuckled.

He wonders why.

YUJI— when you're doing your makeup

He finds it so fascinating how you move the brush across your face so effortlessly, he wonders how long it took you to master, especially whenever you did eyeliner.

He's sat next to you in front of your vanity and has his cheek against the palm of his hand, mouth slightly agape. It was a cute sight to behold.

You watched his reflection from the mirror, a frown on your face. "Are you bored of waiting? Sorry i'm taking too long".

You were so focused on his body language that you failed to noticed his facial expressions, cause if you did you would know that he certainly wasn't bored.

Dilated pupils and a smile that he didn't have control of. He was extremely far from bored.

"No no no!", he waved his hand in dismissal. "In fact, I wouldn't mind just staying like this, we don't have to go out".

SATORU— when you've just kissed

It was just a quick one before popping into the shower but it bewitched him.

So much so that he couldn't help but pull you back for a couple more, face squished between his fingers and giggles erupting from both of you filling the room.

Insisting you need to take a shower but he's just smiling silently, his eyes scanning every single detail of your face. It was hard to keep composure.

"What?", you laughed lightly.

He shrugged his shoulders. "Nothing, just wondering how I got this lucky".

Another quick kiss.

"You must've put a spell on me...don't think i'm not onto you witch".

You rolled your eyes playfully. "Okay weirdo, let me shower before I actually melt".

"Fine but hurry back, yeah? I miss you too fast".

NANAMI- when you're with kids

Nanami leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed and an amused look on his face.

You were holding yuji's little hands as he was stood on the island dancing to the beat of the song playing.

The laughter from yuji mixed with your own had made Nanami halt in his track. The way you moved, completely unbothered by the flour on your cheek or the socks sliding on the hardwood floor. The way your eyes lit up every time the boy giggled. The way your hands steadied him with such tenderness. He intended to just quickly make himself a cup of coffee but the sight rooted him to the spot.

"Nanamin!", yuji called out after noticing his figure from behind you.

You whipped your head back, wiping strands of hair away from your face. "Been there long?".

Nanami pushed off the doorframe, walking toward you. "I didn't want to interrupt."

You laughed lightly as you watched Nanami make his coffee like he always does.

“You’re incredible with him”, he voiced.

Upon yuji’s request, you helped him down before he shuffled over to the oven, checking if the cookies were done.

“He’s easy to love”, with a warmhearted smile you watched as the little boy crouched down in front of the oven clearly impatient.

Nanami wiped the flour that stained your cheek with his thumb, letting his hand rest below your cheek. “So are you”.

MEGUMI- when you play with his hair

He acts like it's whatever, hitting you with a "what're you doing?" and looking at you weird.

But he's not slick. You notice how his head leans into your touch and how he goes dead silent.

In fact, he's no longer paying attention to the movie you two were watching.

Whenever you'd make a comment about the movie, he'd simply hum in response.

Ask him about a part you don't understand and it'll go something like:

"Wait I don't get it. Why didn't she just tell him the truth?".

"No clue, that part confused me too".

"Megumi, your eyes aren't even open".

masterlist :)

[bonesxbows]

L’amour de Bibliothèque du Tueur (Alastor X Reader)

My Masterlist

Alastor is plagued with flashbacks of his past life when you put yourself in a precarious place and almost meet the same fate as one of his victims; if he can't save you in time. The two of you find a compromise that keeps him from becoming too worried and overbearing.

(WARNINGS)

Serial killer behaviors: stalking, chasing, apathy (it's Alastor, so)

Detailed descriptions of a gruesome death (broken bones, no blood)

Anxiety/worrying feelings described

Wrote this from a rough idea I got at like 3am so it's kinda bleh, but I hope you enjoy regardless! Working on some more interesting stuff in the background but wanted to get this out before I forgot about it. Human Al has me in a chokehold rn I stg

Disclaimer: I did do some additional research on French but I ultimately did end up using a translator for the title, I felt like being fancy, and I also used the Creole translation of "sha" in this. (Not using the French version as it's gendered and I wanted this to be gender neutral.) I don't know if either is really right or wrong, I'm neither French nor New Orleanian so pls be nice. I'm too slow to be anything more than monolingual.

Banners by @strangergraphics

It hadn’t been a request. You hadn’t asked him for anything. But yet it had just appeared one day; sprawling shelves stocked with every book your heart could desire, set up along a wall in his room dedicated just to you, accompanied by a set of lounging chairs surrounded by soft lighting lamps and draped in duplicates of your favorite blankets. It was an absolute sight to behold. And it was all yours, as he had told you. 

Though he had seemed to have forgotten to account for your difference in height. Mere lack thereof, to be exact. Alastor had always towered over you, and it appeared as if in his excitement to create something for your happiness he had miscalculated by a few feet. 

If you had any hope of reaching the books decorating the top shelves you would need a ladder. Or Alastor himself. 

He hadn’t been around this particular afternoon so a ladder it would have to be. 

You were now perched atop the rickety old thing; an ancient wooden structure borrowed from one of Charlie’s supply closets, as you outstretched an arm towards a particular book that had caught your eye near the very top of the shelves. You were still a just few inches too short to reach the cursed thing. You splayed your fingers, craning your body as far as it would go, muscles pulling and legs tensing as you tried to stretch out just a little bit further…

And your face lit up with victory as your fingertips finally brushed up against the spine of the book. But it was quickly replaced with a look of panic as a loud POP rang out through the room. A cold sweat ran down your back as you stilled every inch of your body. 

…perhaps it was merely one of your bones popping out of place from being outstretched too far?

The thought turned into wishful thinking within an instant once you felt the wooden surface start to give out from underneath you. It cracked and groaned under your weight and you knew that within three seconds you would be meeting the floor in a very unpleasant way. 

So you screwed your eyes shut and screamed as the wood began to splinter and you were left helplessly waiting for the inevitably rough face plant you were about to make with the carpet below you. 

…But it never came.

Instead of crashing head-first into the floor, and whatever else you decided to hit along the way down, you seemed to have made a mostly soft landing. You heard a book land next to you with a thud as a stuttering and pounding heartbeat began to fill your ears. The surface next to your head was moving in and out with heavy panting. You cracked open your eyes to find that you had landed safely in Alastor’s arms. He stared down at you with worry creasing his brow dramatically. A stark contrast to the wide smile stuck on his face, the corners of his mouth trembling from the pulled tension. 

“...Al?”

He didn’t respond at first and instead gently lowered you feet first down onto the ground, letting you slip out of his arms. Though his hands never left your body. “Are you alright, darling? You’re not hurt, are you? I rushed here as fast as I could- once I heard your screams I-” His eyes were wild; looking you up and down for injury as he spoke in rushed sentences. 

You silenced his rambling questions with a hand to his chest. He froze underneath your touch. “I’m okay, Al. You got here just in time. I can’t thank you enough for the rescue.” 

He huffed as his hands found your face, cradling your head in his palms. His eyes gazed right through yours. You were forced to hold his stare, he refused you the ability to look anywhere else but right at him. His face held an emotion you had rarely ever seen on him. His smile tensed as he spoke. “What were you thinking, sha?!” 

“...huh?” Was all you managed to get out in response before he continued. His grip tightened around your jaw, though he was still careful, not applying enough to hurt you in any way. 

“Why in Hell’s sake were you atop such a precarious contraption?! The fall you would’ve taken if I hadn’t been here- Are you aware of what that would have done to me?” He sounded angry, what with his pupils so constricted underneath his furrowed brow and his radio filter so broken up with static, but you knew he wasn’t. It was something deeper than that. His shaking, yet still forced into a strained smile, bottom lip gave him away. 

He was stricken with worry. 

Your heart hated the sight. 

“I was trying to get a book from the top shelves…but that’s besides the point right now. Why does me having a little fall scare you this much, Al? Even if I had hit the floor instead of you, I am a sinner. I would’ve healed quickly enough.” You asked him with a raised eyebrow. You were grateful, truly, but he had seemed downright terrified over the notion of you getting hurt like that. It couldn’t just be merely simple guilt of him trying to protect you.

He inhaled sharply at your question. 

-New Orleans, Louisiana, 1931-

She had taken off running. Just like he had anticipated. Just like he had planned. Their behaviors were always so simple to follow, really. 

He stood still within the cleared circle of mangrove trees, nonchalantly wiping his glasses with the hem of his shirt as he hummed a jaunty tune to himself. He was giving her a head start, ever still the gentleman, just like his Momma had raised him to be. He was no brute. He would never stoop that low. 

Once he reached “thirty” inside his head he started to walk in the direction she had taken off in. The snaps and cracks of branches and brush underneath her feet were easy enough to follow, her ragged panting being carried to his ears on the wind. She would never make it far if she kept up the pace she had now. And the chase was half the fun. 

He saw a shadow of something flash past him on his left. When he turned he was met with her exhausted form changing directions. She had gotten confused, turned around in the mass of trees and bayou, and now she was headed straight for him. But she wasn’t stupid. Oh no. Dumb prey wasn’t ever any fun. She knew he was still here in the woods with her. Somewhere. 

“Please…” He heard her cry out as he saw her hold out her hands in front of her to shield herself from the growing darkness. “I’m sorry…”

He merely chuckled lowly. The hot breeze that blew by him carried his laughter straight to her. He watched her jump, panic, whip her head around like a frightened and cornered animal, before she took off running in another direction. This time he followed hot on her heels, sprinting after her. The axe was becoming heavy in his hands and the urge to swing its sharp blade into bloody recompense was now screaming louder than he could rightfully ignore. With his long legs he made easy work of the small distance between the two of them. 

She turned her head back once, and shrieked when she saw the sight of him, but that once was all it took for her to lose her footing. It always only ever took just once to get them to trip up. Her ankle caught an exposed tree root and she went toppling over, tumbling face-first into the mud and muck. However, because of the way she had been twisting, her neck and back turned to look over her shoulder at the oncoming threat of him, she had no chance to react in time to catch herself. The forceful halt of her momentum paired with the awkward angle her body had been twisting meant that her fall resulted in a series of sickening pops and cracks as her limbs hit the ground in an abrupt and violent impact one by one. She was left nothing more than a heap of contorted muscle and skin, broken bones glistening in the moonlight and twisted limbs poking out of the dissimulating dirt. 

He tsked from where he stood, watching the show unfold in front of him. A look of disgust crinkled his nose as he stepped closer to stand over the body. He sighed. Long and heavily. 

“What a shame. Such a good kill you would have been too, my dear. A pity I didn’t get to see to it myself.”

-Present Day-

“Nevermind the ‘why’s’ of it, darling. I just-” He took a deep breath and sighed, placing his forehead against yours. “I can’t see you hurt. I refuse to let it happen.”

He wasn’t telling you the whole story but you let it go for now and instead encircled your arms around his waist and pulled him closer to you, holding him in a tight embrace that let him know you were right here with him. “I’m okay, Alastor. Look me over again if you want; check three times if you need to. You made it here in time, I swear it.” Your tone was soft as you ran your hands up and down his back soothingly. You held his gaze as you spoke, trying to ease the fear out of him with your words. The tension in his body seemed to ease just a little as he settled in your arms. He began to softly drag his clawed thumbs across your cheeks as he let your words absorb into his mind. 

“Do tell me, dear, what were you after? Why would you put yourself in such a dangerous predicament to begin with?” He asked more calmly this time. No longer the anxious and panicked mess he had been moments ago. Whether or not his worries were settled was one thing, but he seemed to have at least believed the fact that you were unharmed this time around. 

“I was trying to grab a book that caught my eye.” You told him, repeating yourself from before. “I can’t reach the top shelves without help.” You smiled sheepishly. Your own height was to blame. 

Realization dawned on his face as he exhaled with surprise. Of course. Why hadn’t he thought of this til now? How many times had they used that death trap of a ladder before without him knowing?

“Well that just won’t do, now will it?” He brushed his nose against yours gently before he let go of your face to turn and confront the offending piece of wall-mounted furniture that he had created, a look of determination set across his features. “What good is a bookshelf if you can’t access half of it?” He snapped his fingers, flicking his wrist with a flourish at the same time towards the direction of the wall. Your gaze followed the length of his arm as green and black smoke exploded from his hand, swirling around the polished wooden shelves in wispy patterns until a new addition was added to the face of the bookcases. With a final puff of black mist and a sparkle of green magic crackling through the air, it was complete. 

A new shiny metal ladder, polished til you could see your reflection in the smooth surface, set atop wheels and hooked into its own track-mounted into the bookcase itself, now sat leaning against the shelving. Its rungs rose to the very top shelf, making it near impossible for you not to be able to reach anything, and it was capable of rolling from one end of the wall to the other, yet its insetted top wheels securely attached to the bookshelf meant that there was absolutely no way for it to topple over with you on it. You could now safely reach any book you desired, on your own, without fear of breaking your neck. 

“Oh Alastor…” You whispered, admiring the new add-on as you ran a finger across one of the cold bars. “It’s wonderful.”

His smile grew into a grin. “It’s the least I can do after having to put you through all that trouble. Your height should never be a hindrance to you, my dear. I apologize for not accommodating for you sooner.” 

You rushed into his arms, nearly knocking him off of his feet. Luckily he was quick enough to catch both you and himself before the two of you were sent falling over. He held you against him as you nuzzled your face into his chest and looped your arms around his waist into the tightest hug you could muster. “Thank you.”

Your voice was muffled by the layers of his suit, but neither of you minded. He planted a gentle kiss on top of your head and you gave his torso a light squeeze in response. “You needn’t thank me, my little doe. I’m afraid I’d do just about anything for you. All you have to do is ask, and it’s yours.”

[spextr1m]

Growing up with Ben Tennyson (headcanons-Scenario)

⚠️ = Spoilers, jealousy, kidnapping, mutation (reader), Mpreg, swearing, Ben's hand is the Thing from Addams Family, heartbreak moments, childhood enemies to lovers (sorta of?), arachinchimp coded reader, fear of rejection, OOC Ben

A/N: Gender neutral reader

10-11 years old

- You first met him when Ben was framed

- It didn't go off well was because he was being brat which led you getting irritated

- You two are pretty much schoolmates in same school but you didn't know him well

"Bleh! I am not gonna hang out with other doofus!" Ben crosses his arms and makes a face only you get irritated

"Will you just SHUT up?" You immediately riled up and replied back.

- Even though you're quite an opposite of him, it didn't stop you from calling him out

- Only you realized that he's hiding something from you which is him being "Silly" (to cover up his fear)

- But if you get kidnapped by aliens or human like, it's time for Ben to confess that it should've be him not you (Remember Gwen got kidnapped and he went apeshit) shows that he does care for you.

- You two like Sumo Slammers which strengthen your bond with him.

- That's where he'll open up to you although slowly.

-When Ben unlocked Feedback and favoring that alien, you cant help but to feel replaced so you got heartbroken the way that he favors Feedback.

- Remember how he's secretly sorry for Kevin? Yeah you're conflicted whether you should feel bad for him or... No.

- But in return, you tease Gwen for simping over Kevin

- You and Gwen get along quite well

-You ended up crushing on Ben but you felt tad sad that he has a crush on Kai.

- Unfortunately before the event of AF-Omniverse, your parents have to move out of town and you bid farewell to Tennyson family.

15-16 years old

-You went back in Bellwood and you'd think that nothing change in here until.. It sorta did?

- Gwen is now mature while Ben... Well

-He's now showing maturitiy besides him being silly all the time

-You headed to Mr. Smoothie and being overwhelmed by its changes until you bumped into a green jacket

"Oh sorry, I didn't see you here" You apologize to that guy who's standing by

"Y/N?" Your eyes shot opened when you hear familiar voice and you looked at this person revealing to be Ben.

-You two at first, awkward since you two haven't talk for long time now until he broke the silence about how you're doing in other town

- Turns out you have a boyfriend (which he congratlute you but tingle of jealousy filled him), your parents are very much bus than the usual, and normal life too than him.

- You're also shocked when you realized that Ben was preggo (pregnant) was because of Big Chill being a seahorse

"Wait, you're a mother this whole time????" Your jaw drops when you see mini versions of Big Chill, now staring at Ben who's also disbelief

"Uhhhh yeah?" He's embarrassed that he gave birth to mini Big Chill while staring.

"Damn... No wonder why you ate a pickle" He's surprised you notice smallest details about him but secretly happy that you notice small details about him.

"The next thing was you supposed to be stringray alien but then you ended up becoming THAT thing!" Of course you didn't know about his new aliens' names to be honest with you, you get mixed up with Big Chill and Jetray was because they're both flying aliens well sometimes.

-Sometimes you made a joke that Kevin loves his car than Gwen

-Which Ben spit his smoothie, laughing his ass off.

"He's planning a wedding and his bride would've be a car-" You made a comment about Kevin's car only Ben spit his smoothie, laughing his ass off while his hand slapping your back.

"What? I'm being honest-" Which it also makes him laugh harder.

-You also freaked out that Ben's hand was sentient and crawling onto you which you immediately threw his hand at almost everything including him

"BENJI, YOUR FUCKING HAND IS CRAWLING AGAIN-" You freaked out as you began to grab Ben's hand which also makes Kevin laugh at you freaking out

"NOT FUNNY DUDE!" You added up right after you threw his hand at the wall, annoyed that Kevin continues to laugh.

-Unfortunately, your parents had to call you again to go back to other town which you bid bye to Ben again hoping you'll return someday.

-Bad luck tells you that, your boyfriend has broken up with you because two of you are now pursuing different school times and distant too.

-Ben got famous thanks to that kid who exposed his identity to the entire damn fucking world which you cannot help but to be worried about him and his family which adds his burdens as a teen.

-Luck is in your hands that your parents moved back to Bellwood

-You're also shocked to hear that Ben and Julie broke up (Writers fucked up their love life)

- So fame gets to his head that he becomes arrogant so bad that you called him out (he apologizes afterwards and wants to make it up for you)

- Unfortunately because of alien shenanigans, you ended up being... mutated into an alien. You immediately freaked out bout your new form and have many thoughts that Ben wouldn't like your ugliness and your parents rejecting you for being a mutant.

- Since you now see yourself as a "monster", you immediately distance yourself from Ben which he cannot help but to be worried about you.

- Like he ASKS Gwen what to do when your friend went missing and she replied that he'll find you.

- Okay now setting to Omniverse, still cocky teenager boi but he does concern for you

- Like if you have an ID mask, Ben will ask plumbers to track while worrying for you.

- It wasnt until a random ass villain and then you of course, you have basic knowledge about your newfound powers thanks to the id mask that makes you unrecognizable even though you easily forgetting your own face.

- *Inserts Ben fighting villain*

-You try to save Ben only the mask got knocked off immediately exposing your true form

-You freaked out when you see yourself again which you began to run away until Ben stops you from running away

"WAIT DONT GO Y/N!" He stops you from running away, fearful that he didn't like you AT all.

"Just go away, Ben." You shoo him away while distancing yourself away from him, his eyes are shot opened when he sees you in that mutant form

"Where have you've been? I haven't see you for time like this and... I've thought that I'd lose you." Ben shows his concern towards you for going missing, his eyes are filled with sad, care and worry..

But you take it as rejection, this self loathing intensifies that he didn't like you for being a mutant which you sadly looking down which also makes Ben begins to reassure you

"I don't really think you're hideous." Your eyes blinked, registering what he said, his footsteps getting near to you and his voice is now sincere.

"You.. Think so?" Your extra arms are crossing while your other arms are hanging, still saddened that you look like this.

"Of course! Do you really think I'll reject you because you're no longer human? I don't care what other people think of you so please... Y/N, let me help you." Ben offers his hand for you, at first you'd thought he's bluffing until you offer your hand which he pulled you into a hug.

You and Ben slowly blossomed into more than friends

-You continue to wear an ID mask but in the indoors, you showed up your mutated form and hang out with him but the outdoors, you still continue to wear ID Mask unless if its Undertown

- You two usually hang out in Undertown

-If Ben has bad day, don't worry you'll comfort him

- But if you have shitty day, Ben will also comfort you

- These feelings showed more

- Who kiss first?: Ben

- You slowly reverting your old personality

- He lets you mess his hair up

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

book 7 part 5 thoughts!!

***THIS POST CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR BOOK 7 PART 5 OF THE MAIN STORY!!***

If you’d like to watch a rough part-by-part summarized translation, please check out this archived stream!

Please note: this is NOT meant to be a summary or a translation; these are only my initial thoughts on the events that unfold. There may be details overlooked or misunderstood in this post, so PLEASE do not use this as a translation.

Starting off strong with some lore on magic! Teleportation magic involves breaking oneself down and reconstructing elsewhere. If the distance from point A to point B is too large and/or the caster is in poor health, the magic may fail or be difficult to perform.

Hmmm... Lilia is reacting very emotionally to the situation, but it is Baul that is (mostly) rational and reminding Lilia to keep calm. I'd anticipate it being the other way around, so that's quite interesting.

HUH... Even Sebek is staying calmer here than Lilia is; Sebek recalls training with Lilia and how they were taught that they have to stay calm to think and plan effectively in tough situations. Ironic that the old Lilia was the type to go against the advice he would later give and instill in his pupils. Again, it goes to show how much he has changed since then.

AH, BAUL'S BEING A TSUNDERE AGAIN 🤡 He's telling the kids to stay behind because the situation has changed... "Don't foolishly discard the life Lilia-sama protected", "humans shouldn't be fighting alongside fae anyway", etc. (And, of course, Silver's the one to step up and tell him fae or human, it doesn't matter and he still owes Lilia his life all the time.) NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO TALK, GUYS... MALLEMOM'S GONNA BE GAME ENDED

Weird sounds downstairs? SILBEK KICK DOWN THE DOOR and we find some chefs in hiding. adhbasvfvuvfqeilfe;o THEY MISTAKE SILVER FOR THE DAWN KNIGHT... More sussy behavior implying the Dawn Knight must be his ancestor.

They ask for brooms to transport the injured faster. Silver's negotiation skills come in clutch again, he convinces the chefs to direct them to the brooms even though it would be helping the fae, the humans' enemies.

Not Sebek's stomach growling now of all times... NOT SEBEK DENYING IT SO MUCH (it's okay, they get pity and some food from the chefs!)

Found a room full of birds; they seem to be for transporting messages. Silver feeds them some of the bread they got from the chefs. Wow, Sebek's actually being sneaky/clever (?). He tells Silver he's loved by animals, so time to use that now so they can use the birds.

AKHBBGSKUVYEQFBI NOT GRIM WANTING TO EAT THE BIRDS

Bleh, we have another time-gated, character-limited map segment. Silver and Sebek take up 2 of the 5 slots. Again, the cards' health does not regenerate unless you land on a special square. Luckily for us, there is only a single path forward rather than a larger, sprawling map.

NO KIDDING, THE BIRDS HELP THEM FIGHT THE SILVER OWLS... Literally they're swooping in and tugging on the knights' cape and stuff... the squirrels nibbled away at their catapults' rope too... chucking rocks at them... THE BIRDS POOPED ON THEIR ARMOR TOO???????? Imagine training your whole life to put your life on the line for your home country, only to be literally shat on and defeated by woodland creatures...

Lilia: I hate children. Also Lilia: *rushes into battle to protect the children and gives them head pats for a job well done and asks them to be safe*

Silver continues to be a Disney princess!! They find some horses tied up and he's like "let's free them". Sebek drops some club lore; Silver is one of the better students in Equestrian Club when it comes to soothing the horses. True Horse Girl at heart, huh??

Silver and Sebek are surprised that what they learned in school is actually helping the in a "real world" sense. Man, I wish that was true of irl high school education too...

The Silver Owls recruited mercenaries from other countries to help them seize Briar Country's resources??? The others pitch in because they live in fear of a dragon attacking them.

They're going to teleport into the castle, but they can't teleport out since they can't guarantee the safety of Tamago-sama... They're going to use the underground waterways to escape!

There's a mountain range that protects another castle of the royal family, Black Scale Castle. Malleus's mom is currently in an unprotected castle, Wild Rose.

Wow, what a peaceful vista straight out of Sleeping Beauty. I sure hope it doesn't become tainted by blood being spilt and bodies dropping or anything craaazy like that/j

DAWN KNIGHT INCOMING???? Silver's ring starts??? Going off??? When he sees the Dawn Knight...

Heinrich reveal too! He seems like just as much of a scumbag as all the rumors say he is (he wants a dragon to ride, tells the Dawn Knight he's only good for his swordsmenship, etc). BRO JUST STRAIGHT UP SAYS HE WANTS TO TAKE MALLEMOM'S EGG AND RAISE IT TO BE HIS STEED... 💀 WTF THAT'S SO DARK

This asshole reminds me of Jack Horner from Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish, who is another irredeemably evil man with a small face and a generally grotesque design.

Heinrich is after the castle and some very powerful magestone called "Princess's Glow"? Not sure, did not hear the second word well.

He's giving them 30 minutes to send the princess out for a one-on-one duel with the Dawn Knight. If she wins, they'll retreat (I DON'T BELIEVE THAT FOR ONE SECOND).

NOT THE CASUAL FAE RACISM... Heinrich calls Mallemom a "witch". If you'll remember!! In book 6, Lilia says that mages were once called witches, but implied that those terms are now outdated and considered derogatory.

The Dawn Knight is like Silver! He tries to tell Heinrich this isn't right, but Heinrich tells him that since his father took the Dawn Knight in as an orphan, the Dawn knight "owes" them. It's a twisted parallel to Silver and Lilia's relationship (because Silver says he feels like he "owes" Lilia and has to repay him).

Okay, so to review the family tree??? The king of the human faction is sick and they want the Princess's Glow to heal him. The king is the dad of Heinrich and Leah; the king would also later take in the Dawn Knight. Leah and the Dawn Knight are in love.

Malleus's mom's official name is "Meleanor" (a location name is written in English with this)i. The castle's halls really resemble those in Diasomnia dorm (I think it's a reused asset). (Now that I think about it??? Didn't they also reuse the VDC backstage background for the eastern fortress?)

SHE'S SINGING???????? A lullaby for her baby, it seems. Bruh... Malleus sang like a line from this lullaby before he game-ended everyone with his UM... HE REMEMBERED HER SONG FROM INSIDE THE EGG SHELL??????????

MALLEMOM REVEAL AW YEAH (she starts zapping Lilia with lightning lol; she's mad at Lilia for showing up late to defend her and her egg) SHE'S THE HOT GOTH GF

OMG EGG REVEAL TOO... UNBORN MALLEUS... (The egg looks like it has blot running down it too, which is insane)

ADBLIsfiablfa IT'S SO WEIRD SEEING HER SIMP ON MAIN, she says he knows her unborn child will grow up to be a beautiful man just like her husband... (Sebek is practically sobbing from happiness that he gets to witness Meleanor name Malleus.)

The ear shape is really coming back to bite them; Mallemom noticed them and now her anger is turning to our group. She forces us to kneel with magic... Jafar energy fr

"Princess Glow" is the green orb in Mallemom's staff!

Lilia tells some embarrassing stories of the princess's tomboyish youth; "And though you always scolded me, you never failed to join me in my mischief" -- Mallemom to Lilia

She agrees to duel the Dawn Knight while the others escape with her child... Now Mallemom and Lilia are fighting because Lilia refuses to follow through with her order.

NOOOOOOO SILVER JUMPED IN TO PROTECT LILIA FROM MALLEMOM'S LIGHTNING 😭 EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS IT'S A DREAM, HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE HIS DAD HURT

Lilia trauma time :)) "I can't lose both you (Meleanor) and Raverne (Malleus's dad)".

IT'S LIKE WE THEORIZED, LADS. Mallemom says that if anything happens to her, then it's up to Lilia to help Malleus hatch with the POWER OF TRUE LOVE... BUT LILIA THINKS HE CAN'T HATCH IT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND A PARENT'S LOVE

OH MY GOOOOOOD THE PIPING HOT TEA, MELEANOR SAID LILIA PROPOSED TO HER WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG... OVER 200 YEARS AGO

sdhbfbiyoaifofi Mallemom says that Lilia "also loves Raverne" and that those two spent more time together than a "married couple". You could interpret this as Lilia being bisexual or just as them being really good friends, as Meleanor never specifies if Lilia “loves” Raverne romantically.

Suddenly, Lilia's special card name makes sense! Lilia is the "Right General", and Raverne is the "Left General".

The weather shifted according to Meleanor's anger. Like mother, like son... This woman also quotes Maleficent so much...

OOOOH we get to watch a battle between Mallemom (dragon form) vs the Dawn Knight. Mallemom uses all null/cosmic magic, just like Dorm Uniform Malleus. The Dawn Knight uses light type null/cosmic magic just like Silver does too!

Dawn Knight face reveal?! He's basically Silver copy-pasted but long blonde hair. Dude's really out here looking like a Sonic OC recolor/j

The Dawn Knight also has a crown-like ring on a chain. It's an item that was given to him by guardian fairies when he was young; there is no other like it.

YASASHII... The Dawn Knight notices our group has the egg and tells them to run. He doesn't want Heinrich to get his hands on it either... Crowley, takes notes 😭

UHHHHH SILVER'S CRYING AND SHOUTING... I think he realized that he's descended from the Dawn Knight, serving on the faction that's brought so much harm to his loved ones and home country. "Am I family to the enemy?!" His denseness is truly to his detriment here.

Uh-oh, Silver's being pulled into the "darkness" of the dream, thinking it would be better to just stay here than face reality... He's losing hope, DOING THE THING HE FORESHADOWED LAST UPDATE... IF HE EVER FALLS INTO THE DARKNESS, THEN PLEASE PULL HIM OUT... (Another map segment with Silver required; you have to find your way around in the dark.)

NOOOOO NOT SILVER SEEING HIMSELF AS THE DAWN KNIGHT THAT HIS DAD'S STRIKING DOWN IN VENGENCE OTL WHAT IS THIS, IT'S SO SICK AND TWISTED

400 years after conflict, the peace treaty was signed between fae and humans. Wild Rose Castle is now left in ruins; the rumors say it is haunted. The diurnal fae casted a spell on Wild Rose to keep humans away.

HUH???? LILIA FOUND BABY SILVER IN THE ABANDONED WILD ROSE CASTLE?????

Uhhh so apparently after the war we saw, another conflict broke out for territory and the Silver Owls got their asses handed to them.

LILIA UNIQUE MAGIC REVEAL... HE CAN READ THE MEMORIES OF THINGS HE TOUCHES????? (Reminds me of "Dimensional Scream" from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of TIme/Darkness/Sky!) "Far Cry Cradle" is the name! We also get the chant: "As if it were a day. Everywhere I go, it will be in a blink of an eye."

BABY SILVER?????

Silver was magically put to sleep for hundreds of years by some small (guardian) fairies?!?!?!?!?!?!? Because conflicts were still going on and his parents wished for him to live in a world free of war. When Silver meets someone who "loves" him, he will wake up from his magic-induced slumber. NOW THE BABY IS AWAKE AND CRYING

... Wait. Doesn't that mean. Silver is technically older than Malleus... since Malleus is only 178 years old and Silver's been sleeping for like 400 years????? OTL SILVER OLD MAN ERA??????

NOT (PAST) LILIA BEING TSUNDERE, he says he thinks the guardian fairies' magic is fading with time... he doesn't even consider that he'd ever love the baby...

"I'm not someone who deserves your love" - Silver, casually cuing all of our tears

Silver's hair was originally blonde; It became silver when he received a fairy's blessing (Lilia's). LILIA SAYS "May the Night bless you" and says that the day he found Silver is his new birthday. So the Dawn Knight has gold hair because it's blessed by a diurnal fae, but with silver hair like moonlight, Silver won't stand out in Briar Valley.

I CAN'T WITH LILIA, SILVER SAYS HE WAS NAMED THAT BECAUSE OF HIS HAIR COLOR IN A BIRTHDAY VIGNETTE... Yet here we see Lilia actually named him Silver as in silver moonlight to guide people in the darkness...

"Even if I have to give up my own life, I want to protect my child", that's a sentiment that both Lilia's princess and the Dawn Knight expressed. I think this kind of thinking probably helped Lilia put everything into perspective and better understand that humans and fae are actually very similar.

SILVER/LILIA HOME REVEAL, we're seeing some point later in time but before present day when Lilia is still raising baby Silver.

Lilia is singing the same lullaby as what Meleanor sang for Malleus in the egg!! Malleus pays them a visit and still doesn't really seem to understand humans (HE SAYS SILVER LIKE A MONKEY????) but also helps watch baby Silver... He even hums his mom's lullaby for Silver, but cannot seem to remember where he heard the song before.

It's so weird thinking about how fae take 30 YEARS TO LEARN HOW TO WALK... What do you do for those 30 years, just lie on your back????? OTL

LILIA READS SILVER BEDTIME STORIES

Oh, Lilia's understanding humans and fae a little better (around the time Silver starts to eat pureed foods). Both human and fae babies cry and sleep, etc. BHFABIYFVQIQEFL hE'S FEEDING SILVER RAT MEAT???????? Malleus has to have the castle prepare baby food for them...

WAHHHHH THAT ACRON BRACELET LILIA TREASURES IS SOMETHING KID!SILVER MADE FOR HIM... Squirrels helped him gather the acorns and woodpeckers helped him string the acorns together. The acorn amulet is meant to bring Lilia a long, healthy, and happy life (something Silver was told by forest fae). Even as a kid... Silver was hoping for Lilia's health... and now that I think about it, the acorn amulet is like a representation of Lilia's own deteriorating health over time... OTL

"I feel like I can live a thousand years with this (amulet)..." LILIA EVEN KEPT IT ALL THIS TIME AND CALLS IT HIS MOST PRECIOUS BELONGING... shUT UP, SHUT UP IM CRYING

ASKHBLIDIBIFIA WE'RE SEEING THE RAINING SCENE LILIA TOLD US ABOUT IN ONE OF HIS BIRTHDAY VIGNETTES???!?!?!?!????!? It's the day Silver realized he and Lilia aren't related by blood...

God, there are so many of the map portions... This time, Sebek is the required character!

The rest of the gang are transported to the darkness where Silver is wallowing?? Sebek sees some of his own memories which intertwin with Silver's (since Baul sometimes took bare of Silver or visited Lilia). It's also confirmed that Lilia went to Sebek's dad to ask for advice on how to raise Silver.

Back then, Baul asked Lilia to train Sebek since he's part human (and therefore "weak" in Baul's eyes). However, Baul still values his grandson and wants him to have a good education 🥺 (Sebek's older brother also graduated from NRC??)

Lilia tore up his invitation to NRC???? But it was his friend Raverne who came to him with the invitation pieced back together and kept it safe for the future in case Lilia reconsidered. It seems like Raverne really is a diplomat; he stresses the importance of humans coming to understand fae + vice versa, and how it's things like learning a common language that can help bridge these gaps.

Lilia confirms that Raverne must have "become a star" by now BUT UNTIL I SEE A CORPSE I'M NOT BELIEVING IT

Sebek's trying to get through to Silver, who's slowly being swallowed by the darkness... HE UNVEILS HIS UM, "Living Bolt"!! "Thrust through the clouds, o' lightning!" It seems to summon a powerful strike of lightning, but I'm not entirely sure what it does because the visuals of the game are a little confusing??? (Like it shows a white silhouette of Sebek moving around, so it makes me think he can... control the lightning??? Or he... becomes lightning itself to move around??? DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.) Sebek says he hasn't mastered it yet so maybe even he doesn't know what it can do.

With Sebek's UM, he's able to snap Silver out of it!

THE GIRLIES ARE FIGHTING... There's literally a battle between Silver and Sebek, which resolves with Sebek smacking some sense into Silver. Sebek calls him an idiot and tells him to stop saying he isn't loved, because it's rude of Silver to be this weak when Lilia raised him to be strong (ie "IT'S AN INSULT TO LILIA-SAMA", "IF HE SAW YOU BEING THIS PATHETIC HE'D BE SAD", etc). Way to go with your words of encouragement... 100/10 motivational speaker, Sebek.

Silver realizes that he has had Lilia's love and support all this time... "It's true love", Silver says. The true love that his guardian fairies said would wake him from his sleep... 😭I really appreciate how it was Silver who first snapped Sebek out of his dream-induced despair, and now Sebek is doing the same for Silver.

WAIT THAT'S IT?????? THAT'S THE UPDATE???? ?? ??? ? ????????? 🤡 TWST really said, "I'm coming for everyone's throat and I'm taking no prisoners" AND THEN DIPPED ON US AFTER DROPPING SO MANY BOMBSHELLS... This is just the fate of every book 7 main story update now, isn't it???!??????!?

asidoavyfqevofb I know a ton of really exciting and shocking reveals happened this time around, but while my mind is still racing to process everything... the one thing that sticks out to me is "Ace is the only one without a UM now". IT'S SO FUNNY HOW HE THOUGHT HE'D GET HIS UM BEFORE DEUCE BUT HE ACTUALLY ENDS UP BEING THE LAST OF THE ENTIRE MAIN CAST TO GET IT................. .. . . . .. ....... .. .. . .. ... . . . .. THERE IS SOME CRUEL, SICK IRONY HERE.

I pretty much said all my other thoughts as they cropped up along with the corresponding story beats!! But overall, I loved learning more about the characters and their shared history. Part 5 confirmed many theories, such as the Dawn Knight being related to Silver (and not his ancestor, but rather his actual dad), Silver being put under a sleeping curse that requires true love to break, how Lilia came to raise Silver, etc. It also recontexualizes lore we already knew, such as how Silver got his name, the Zigvolt family's involvement with Lilia, and how Lilia changed from his old self to his current self.

khbhasdsbkuavuofafabf I ALSO CAN'T BELIEVE LILIA X MALLEMOM IS A THING, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING REVEALS THIS ENTIRE UPDATE😭 All this time we were joking about Lilia x Mrs. Spade... turns out, Lilia was into someone else's mom... HE'S JUST INTO MOMS, I'M CALLING IT NOW/j

I'm surprised that we didn't get to catch up with the Shroud brothers whatsoever this time??? Not a single peep about Ortho (who has 'woken up and is actively working to help everyone) or even Idia (who is still stuck dreaming)... I really hope the next update addresses how Ignihyde is faring, cuz I miss them and want to know how they contribute to saving the day!!

As book 7 progresses, it progressively calls the image of a spinning wheel into my mind... This is the case especially for the flashback segments we see, which shows us how the various members of Diasomnia are related to each other, and, by extension, their other family members. Lilia is raising Silver, the baby of an old foe. Malleus is visiting Lilia, who is implied to have helped hatch him after his parents died and/or went missing. Lilia asks Sebek's dad for help raising Silver. Baul asks Lilia to help mentor his grandson, Sebek. It really harkens back to the "individually, we're threads on a spinning wheel, but we come together to make something far stronger" line that Lilia dropped at the end of book 6, proving that the spinning wheel and the threads of Fate within it are an important motif for book 7 🥺

I'm fine.

This is fine.

It's not fine

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SHER – :The Witcher AU: Procreate on iPad Pro

Ooooof okay so I've been working on this one for a LONG time, probably for a year or so; I kept going back to it in between other projects, so long in fact that this pic is the one I discovered a new colouring style that's super subtle but it looks so much better on the skin tones of characters, AND found a new marker brush that works like my traditional media so it looks way more like my original art.

So late 2023 I bought The Witcher 3 Complete Edition when it went on a 20$ sale on the PS Store, on a recommendation for "Best Long RPG Open World Games" video. I've always wanted to try it and OMG, I LOVED IT. I put in over 200 hours into the game and I just got so immersed in it. Never read the books, watched the show, nor ever played the original games before this one, but wow I was SO immersed in this world for nearly 6 months. It was so SO good, I loved it so much. The music is fantastic, the collection grind is PERFECT (I'm one of those weirdo gamers who LOVES the collection grind... probably why I love AC Valhalla so much when everyone else hates it), and the story is incredible. The DLCs were super fun too, I just didn't finish the Blood and Wine one because of that stupid vampire boss fight at the end, I got so frustrated LOL. I finishedthe game, I think, back in late spring of 2024, and honestly it's now one of my fave games. I might even check out the show now, and maybe read the books. The world of the Witcher is SO interesting.

ANYWAY, while I was playing the game I was like "OMG THIS NEEDS A SHERLOCK AU", just like every game I play, hahahah. So in my version, John is a Witcher (probably with a more fanciful name like Johann or something LOL), Sherlock is in the role of Yennifer the Sorceress and maybe Rosie as Ciri? I dunno I just think that the Witcher 3 is a PERFECT Sherlock AU that I needed, like, yesterday LOL. I would write it myself if I knew the lore and world-building of The Witcher much better. It would be SUCH a great adventure story for the Sherlock AU.

I spent far too long on this one, but I actually REALLY love it, which is rare for me. I have also posted the single character pics because I spent AGES on each of them, holy Christmas-Crackers, and I covered most of John and I want y'all to see him!! I LOVE doing LOTS of details on any piece I do, but it's also my weakness in my art because I focus too much on it. But I am SUPER happy with their designs I ended up doing... the pattern on Sherlock's outfit is the wallpaper, hee hee. I dunno why I think I'm so clever for that, bleh.

I hope you guys like this as much as I do, and I hope you all ALSO SEE MY VISION. I need to do way more Sherlock AU pieces. I love doing them so much. I might draw Geralt and Yen in the future the next time I'm on a Witcher kick because their characters are really neat, I like them a lot.

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Ep 8 Thoughts and Details Part 1

Some thoughts and details I had while watching ep8, and some parallels I found. And yes, I had to split this into 2 parts because Tumblr said "fack you, you can only upload 30 images :P"

Spoilers, duh

Already starting strong, the song that plays through the radio is "Cyn's theme" if you will, that is heard all the way back in ep5 (time stamp about 2:34)

Ep8 showcasing the first teaser image that was released on Liam's channel. Quite bittersweet, in a good way.

Well, uh, Uzi is a true god now XD She's got the AS that was originally in Cyn as well, double powerful and double traumatized/damaged OC!

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Bleh >:P The fact that the AS is still playful is something a bit silly to me, in a funny way. Despite it being the god of the universe- almost- it has a silly side to it.

The amount of times there were cuss words either almost said/implicated made me so happy and burst out laughing one too many times XD

I've seen some people mention how the reunion between Uzi and Nori was unsatisfactory. In my opinion? It was perfect. The awkward feeling of meeting someone you should have known your entire life, all the while trying to the world was perfectly translated here. The silliness that Uzi inherited from Nori shines here. But most of all, N's kindness shines through Uzi. I think if Uzi was still her angsty rebellious teen like she was back at the beginning of the series, she would have not had as nice of a reunion with Nori as she did now.

Omg, you have no idea how happy I was in this scene. The animation, VAs, the DETAIL- ALL OF IT was so amazing! N looks so silly and goober-y <:3 Another thing I took notice later on was the timing. It's not really stated how much time it took for Uzi to go from falling down the AS hole to being punted into space. But assuming about minutes, that implies N facking booked it. The moment he got tossed out of the cathedral with the keys, he absolutely booked it to the ship without evening thinking whether Uzi was alive or not. He needed to see the evidence for himself. He didn't give up on and assume that Uzi was gone.

Recently one of the animators posted the scenes they worked on, giving us a clearer view of expressions. The work done by Xoriak was amazing and really pushed the expressions on these characters to the limit. What used to be Uzi's anger, quickly melts into relief an sadness as she realizes that N didn't give up on her in this scene. While she sacrificed herself, N did not accept her possible death as the only answer. No, he chose to look for her, and he would have done the same with V had the elevator not been blocked off.

This made me happy too. N has grown so much from who he was in the pilot. He used to be the push over that made friends with rocks, that accepted any order from the higher ups and didn't dare question any rebuttals. Now? Now he's confident enough to even voice the fact that he was mad about what Uzi did.

Give me like- giv- give me a second- LKJD;OIADKNVKVNAKDJF;OIWAEJFANVKJASDJFAOIWEFNAKJSDBV For the longest time my hyperfixation has been BONKS. Evident enough with what I've drawn (looks back at the 4-5 bonk drawings I've made). The fact that I got to see them bonk in canon made my sad sorry soul ascend into the upper plane of existence XD Oh and "die man bit-"

I grew up watching Studio Ghibli, so to see this moment- of NUzi falling and holding hands, of course my brain said- YOYOYOYO LOOK LOOK THEY'RE SO CUTE-

The moment of respite, the hug, the tail wrap around and the quick release from Uzi's part after having a heart to heart- it was all so perfectly beautiful ;w; NOT TO MENTION THE MUSIC, as usual AJ DiSpirito absolutely delivered. I REQUIRE THAT MUSIC TO BE PLAYING LOUDLY IN MY EARS 24/7 PLEASE AND THANK YOU AJ.

"I owe you 1 spaceship" -N

Couple things:

It's funny how J just either gave the ship up without a fight, or N was so stupidly fast that J couldn't even do anything about him taking it XD

N is an absolute machine at speed drawing XD

"I'm FINE, and calm, and GO AWAY." J is the embodiment of the entire work force TwT Couldn't help but say "same, honey, same ;w;"

Excuse me while I just- ITS VVVVVVVVV SHE CAME BACK OH MY GOSH- passes out On a more serious note, I've seen plenty of people mention that if V came back, her sacrifice would be for nothing. I don't think so. V came such a long way and grew to be more kind and honest thanks to her interactions with N, Uzi, Lizzy, and even her "death." It shows, because she chose to side with Uzi and N, and they all fought together in an amazing dance.

There were many moments in the episode that were a bit "slower" pace as many have put. That these moments took away from the intensity that was supposed to be in the episode. I don't think so. These moments are needed not just for the comedy part of it, but to give our brains to rest. To take a second, process the fighting we just saw, and be ready for more action. This is often used in Studio Ghibli movies, where after heavy action, it is followed by moments of quiet serenity to give you time to let the events sink in.

This, this right here TwT CRIES. These three have been together, hanging out, figuring out the eldritch mysteries- of course they'd pick up habits from each other. From N becoming more confident with himself and allowing himself to be mad at someone. To Uzi picking up on V's crawling on the ceiling habit. To V picking up Uzi's "bite me."

The amount of hand holding that was in this episode gave me enough serotonin for a life time. And the way that N always ended up wrapping his tail around Uzi, be it a hug or a cool pose. All of my NUzi hyperfixations are becoming canon and making me go FERAL.

Something that is interesting and always comes back to us, is the AS's interest and fixation on N. The way I have always seen it was Cyn was the reason for it. The AS tends to take something from the host and amplify it ten fold. For Uzi's case the perfect example was when she felt anxious or upset. Ep4 and ep7 are great examples of that. For Cyn's case it would seem that she got attached to N after she entered the mansion as a Solver host. The AS probably took that thought and amplified it to unhealthy amounts.

Oh.MY.GOD. THESE GOOBERS SEND HELP THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME WITH HOW CUTE THEY ARE. N first attempts to protect Uzi, and she says "nuh uh" and covers his hand instead. This. This right here. It's far too beautiful TwT

Great frame, but uh, how the fack are we able to see the AS symbol? XD Cause uh like, her face has a split for the nose section still and all of a sudden it just... went away? XD Don't get me wrong, the animation is TOP NOTCH in these last episodes, but silly little moments like this- where it's super tense and scary, but after a rewatch it just seems silly.

When I first saw this I figured "oh shit, it's ep7 all over again, they're gonna be obliterated." The demonic screams I let out were a bit embarrassing to say the least XD

This little shit. She's just playing with them, and she knows it. This entire fight was nothing more than a little game for her. Like a cat playing with a mouse before killing it.

In this scene you can actually hear the first notes of Eternal Dream, but in a super distorted way, much like it sounded in ep6 (timestamp about 15:30)

Alright, Ginkgo what now, why include this blurry frame of nothing? I really admire Cyn's VA. Fitzy has always done an amazing job at making my favorite character- Cyn- the creepy silly goober that she is. So of course I would have watched and unwillingly memorized laugh takes that Fitzy also shared. One of which was here (time stamp of about 0:47. The laughs are similar, and most likely reused from ep7 takes that never made it into ep7 but carried over to ep8. Just a fun little detail I noticed.

OMFG LMAO AAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA THE WAY I BAWLED THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT XD

Split second frame but I see it. I SEE IT V. SHE COVERED UP N'S CORE TwT Despite all of the comments she made, despite all of the things she did, she still cared for him. And the entire show, her entire character growth shows that. She didn't run in that moment- she could have much like she did from Cynessa mere seconds ago, but she stayed, and tried to protect N too.

OMG BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA YESSS UZI XD

The entire fighting scene between Uzi, Cynessa and J was so amazing. As usual, AJ DiSpirito did an AMAZING job with the songs, but more so the fact that Uzi is able to hold her own against J and Cynessa, that just amazes me. She has always been strong, but seeing it in battle made me appreciate it all that much more. Another thing about this episode, it seemed like the animators didn't particularly try to hide anything sneaky. All of the glitched sections (ex: Uzi's visor after she at the AS) were code that general population is unable to read/decipher- unless someone with an actual expertise tells me otherwise, I can only assume its code of her CPU functions- once again, remember, I know next to nothing about computers and that language TwT But the moments that were evident were these- they were even changed to BLUE. From the pilot time, everything was sneaky. I mean from the way the Murder Drones logo switched briefly into the AS symbol, to N's waking up having administration "CYN" written on his visor upon reboot. All of that was sneaky details put in for us to hunt down. This time around, it didn't feel much of like a hunt and more like silly easter eggs.

Wanna see the rest of it? Yeah, here's part 2 because Tumblr doesn't like more than 30 images per post TwT

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Blue Exorcist new anime episode was the MOST IMPORTANT episode ever with lots of information (yeah yeah I read the manga totally and I already know these all but STILL I can't stop my thrill over how AMAZING this story and its details is!!)

So let's begin!

First of all let me start with this fact that I LOVE MEPHISTO🤣🤣🤣

Mephisto+Lighting= never ending humor time LMAO

I can't describe how I was exactly like Lighting here when I was reading these part of manga for the first time. I was like: wow so are they actually VILLAINS???

Yeah sure my best, sweet girl needs her own independent picture in this between😇❤️❤️

Lmao Blue Exorcist is so hilarious because it can talk about the most serious, dark, terrifying and important part of the story but still keep up the fun I really LOVE this story for it😂😂❤️❤️❤️

Actually, Blue Exorcist is literally a far better version of ONS specially on portraying how a gray villain must be written, if Kagami would look up at this he could do a far better job but he just made it a bleh, so yeah watch Blue Exorcist to find out why it got a new anime season after ages but ONS not and will for a long time and even maybe forever not too😊

I must say I LOVE how this story is GREAT at details and referencing ancient tales to the point it feels the same as Black Butler, both writers of these stories are literal GENIUS

My boys always deserve their own independent pictures🥰🔥

And let's end it with mister Angel or better to say, Michael🤭

Bro it's just the introduction of peak of the story and it is on FIRE!! Then imagine what will happen when we ACTUALLY arrive to the peak and the back story of Fujimoto and Yuri🙂💔💔

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT ARC TO GET ANIMATEDHEHWJQJA

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Monthly wordcount - december

TOTAL: 3 284 mnghghsgbhhgbs.

POSTED: nothin!

IN PROGRESS -cherry wine (632 words, mostly edits) -grimmichi psychic wolves chapter 6.5 (428 words) -grimmich bloodsport (337 words) -grimmichinelhime suburban ot4 chapter 20-21 (1 657 words) -svsss cosplay fic chapter 2 (230 words, purely edits annnnnd it looks like i'mgonna need to restructure and rewrite the whole chapter anyway, so. hate.)

Also posted: -In This Economy chapter 4, the ichigo/orihime/grimmjow/nelliel suburban ot4.

i've noodled and edited and nothing else this month. ugh. i think i should start tracking what i do AROUND writing, such as coming up with OCs and settings and plotting future things out...not sure how but otherwise i just feel like nothing happened at all. it's just too hard to stay on task witout a copilot. bleh. miss having a beta.

cherry wine -- There was a big empty gap in the Fuma's defense, and even without being able to feel the chakra coming from it, Izuna had to be aware it was a trap, because he wasn't taking it.

"Coming out to play, Uchiha-sama?" someone called out cheerily. Tobirama couldn't see enough detail from there, but--

"Hozuki Gengetsu," he whispered. "Water country. Powerful."

"That young lout, huh," Madara commented quietly; and then, louder, "One must do their part to entertain the children from time to time, I'm told."

There was a small hiccup in Gengetsu's chakra. Touché. "He didn't like that," he breathed. The visual cue would not be there with that illusion in place, but once Madara was aware of a weakness he would hammer at it just fine on his own.

-- bleach psychic wolves chapter 6.5 -- "Ah... Some news. Rukia-chan found Ichigo's phone."

"From your face, that isn't good news, Ukitake-san!"

"Well. It's more like she found part of his phone. In a ditch along the road. That, hm."

"Proves his little friend is somewhat experienced at avoiding being tracked?"

"Hm."

Isshin smiled, though it felt bitter. He'd made all his children learn their home phone number by heart, but with how little they needed to actively remember it with their cell phones to do it for them, he couldn't be sure the memory would have stayed. 

Not that it would be safe to call the house, anyway. The call could be too easily traced. 

"Better that we don't learn it while Gin is hosted in your garage, at any rate," Ukitake commented with a commiserating half-smile. "With our luck Shinso is eavesdropping."

"Hell, are you even sure he's still here?" He supposed the one of Ukitake's wolves who had stayed out there to watch would have told him if he'd sneaked away, but who knew...

"I can confirm he is!" said a voice Isshin didn't recognize, making him tense up. "That shiner's going to be glorious."

The man who leaned in was intensely, artificially blond, and his grin fatuous enough to give Urahara punchable-face envy. His eyes were sharp while taking in Isshin, though. Measuring.

-- bloodsport --

Ichigo was exhausted of thinking about it. "Look, everybody is Quincy. Except the bastards, who are somewhat Quincy. Better than not-Quincy in a way, but still gross, because if you meet one you have to think about some perfectly acceptable pure blood lowering themselves to something kinky and gross that sadly had consequences they can't take to their grave like a proper secret, because other people aren't people, it's bullshit all the way down."

"Hoo. Thought your dad wasn't."

"Mmyeah no, he's not." Ichigo crossed his arms, jaw clenching and releasing. Charlotte still looked more entertained than personally attacked. "I mean, I probably got the racism worse because my mom's, like, related to that decrepit son of a bitch on the throne in a more recent way than most people. Probably Quincies who aren't attached to a noble house have their assholes a bit less clenched about it."

Askin laugh-coughed into his fist. "Aheh... Some of them!"

"Anyway. Noble houses aren't castes, they're just families whose ancestors had enough money they could buy powerful brides and make somewhat stronger children. Then they get into fancy schools and use their connections to get money-making jobs and boss everybody around, and also the oldest child of some families gets to sit on some council the emperor at least pretends to listen to. It's not... I don't know if it works the same as a caste."

"Huh. Perhaps not quite," Charlotte commented thoughtfully, and then Ichigo never got to find out if she had any more ideas to share because a shockwave exploded through the playing field.

-- suburban ot4 --

"I never believed it deep down, when my friend -- when they had to show up late at night or give up their weekends, and they'd say it made them happy to help and I didn't need to pay them back. That it made them feel special to be the ones I asked. To be -- trusted--"

Uuugh... Nelliel wipes her face with the heel of her hand, but it's no use because a fresh wave of tears drips down immediately. 

 "It felt so warm," Orihime whispers, and Nel drags her into her arms, twisting as much as she can at the waist and dragging her close, tucking Hime's face into her neck. Ah, fuck, she can't, she can't stay angry, she can't stay hurt, when was the last time somebody wanted to be good to her so much? When was the last time she wasn't the one giving her time, her advice, her support, sharing her cheap dinners and finding obscure online resources and nosing into conflicts nobody thanked her for fixing--

Nnoitra showed back up and everybody washed their hands off her. 

'Sorry, we're not getting involved in that,' like she hadn't been the one to fix up Menoly's resume or help Starrk figure out how to get custody of Lilynette. Like she'd never walked into the center of howling internal fights and brokered peace across fields of pocket knives and bloodied broken bottles.

Orihime's arms come up around her, hesitant, then her fists clench on Nel's shirt against her shoulder blades. Close, close and then closer, clinging right back, and Nelliel wants to kiss her face, kiss the tears away and then her mouth, wants to topple the two of them backwards so she can wind a leg around Hime's legs, coil them together head to toes. 

Grimmjow will laugh so hard when she tells him she basically pavloved herself into expecting makeup sex in such a situation. 

[cockroachparty]

Infinity Nikki X Jealous Lesbian Who Doesn't Realize She's Lesbian (Y/N)

You're a stylist who's got it all: friends, a good family, great teachers, and popularity. You've never had a hard time finding a boyfriend, and all the girls try to copy you in hopes their crush will notice them instead of you. Your eye for fashion is next to none; you are Florawishes Michelangelo. Luckily for you, your parents have connections, so your popularity won't just be confined to Florawish, soon your name and designs will be known all across Miraland!

Until this girl decided to show up.

You were walking out of your dorm when a flash of pink caught your eye. Thinking it to be your friend Fuchsia, you let out a laugh and said "Get back to your side of the building!"

But the pink character stops, and this is when you get a good look at her.

Well, that certainly isn't Fuchsia. Fuchsia's build wasn't so... petite. You stare at this unknown face, while she stares right back at you. You don't even realize you're staring until the girl says, "Oh! I'm sorry, I was just exploring."

What an angelic voice.

You hide your grimace.

"No," You began, flicking your wrist. "I thought you were someone else."

"Oh!" The girl found the situation amusing. "It's no problem at all!"

She beamed a gorgeous smile at you. It was the type of gorgeous smile that would make even the straightest of girls wonder Am I gay? You look her from head to toe, getting a better idea of her. Her hair was a light pink, not a pastel pink, but the perfect shade of pink. Not too bright, and not too pale. It was completely straight, not a single stray hair. You unconsciously touch the top of your hair, feeling for any imperfections (which in this moment, seem to be far more many than usual.) Her dress was undoubtedly beautiful, too. With how much detail it had, it looked like she spent years working on it. She looked so young, though, there's no way she made that dress herself! Not everyone is a prodigy like you, and there can only be one in Florawish. Your judgements and admiration are interrupted when she introduces herself.

"My name is Nikki." The beautiful not-more-beautiful-than-you-girl said.

Your face and lips remained stagnant.

"Um," Nikki put her finger to her plush, rosy lips.

You blink erratically for a second, trying to make sense of this weird feeling that you're experiencing. It's always you who introduces yourself to strangers. It's always you who makes people forget what they're going to say next. It's always you who has the confidence. But who are you without those things? Who are you in front of this girl Nikki? Well, certainly not just some girl! You're Y/N! The most popular, fashionable, gorgeous girl in this damn place!

You clear your throat (cutely) before speaking. "I'm Y/N." You bend your knees while slightly holding out the sides of your dress.

Nikki's smile reappeared. Gosh, how nice it was to see that smile again! "Well, it is so nice to meet you, Y/N!" She copied your curtsey.

Bleh! What terrible form... You thought as you examined the bend of her knees, trying to catch a glance at any skin that may show.

"Oh, you, too!" You perked up, forcing a smile. A smile much bigger and prettier than hers. You wanted to get away from this girl, to completely forget that she existed, but there was one question on your mind.

"So, are you just visiting?" You asked. What a stupid question... You cringed at yourself. Anyone with fashion talent like that is obviously not "just visiting."

"Well, not exactly..." Nikki began. Not exactly? What does that even mean? Your self-conceited thoughts are broken when Nikki finds the right words to say. "I originally wasn't planning on coming here at all," She averted your gaze and let out a light laugh. "But, plans change! I think I'll be staying here a while."

You lightly nodded your head. Good, maybe I can get her to leave before she's implemented herself here.

The bell rang. It was time for you to get to your class.

"Ah, so sorry! That's my cue." You said.

Nikki looked around, trying to find the source of the sound. "Oh, of course! Well, see you around!" She waved.

Before you walked away, though, you couldn't help but take one last good look at her. Not only was her outfit something that deserved to be marveled at, but, my, her face... her hands... the shape of her eyes. I mean, this girl really was pretty. Certainly she's had many guys run after her in the pursuit of love, probably many girls, too. There was no denying that she was going to catch the attention of the students and locals here. I mean, she's already caught your attention. But... why?! Sure, she's pretty, but you're GORGEOUS! You hear it everyday... Is it jealousy you're feeling? The way you felt when you first locked eyes with her were only akin to when you met Giovanni for the first time... But you're not jealous of him!

What is this odd feeling then?

Whatever. You shake it off and walk toward your class. You make your way through the dormitory and you exit the building. As your making a beeline to your class, you notice something a bit off.

No one is saying hello to you!

Not a single soul!

No one is stopping you, giving you a touch on the shoulder, asking you about your day, how you are, how mom and dad are, nothing! Instead, everyone is just.... acting like the world doesn't revolve around you!!! You stop in the middle of the square, observing everyone. How peculiar. You were once the person everyone observed, and now you're the one observing everyone else!

Wait... Is that... no way!

Nikki.

Ugh!

And is that Bebe talking to her? Bebe's got her camera out, too. Must have been talking pictures earlier. Being the weirdo you are, you creep around the Wish tree to get a better idea of what these two are talking about.

You listen closely.

"Yeah, so, if I could get your picture so we can get it into the magazine, that'd be sweet!" Bebe couldn't hide her excitement.

What?!

"Wow, of course!" Nikki put her dainty little hand over her mouth, concealing her beautiful smile. Oh, come on!

"Everyone's talking about you. It's really cool how you were able to defeat those Esselings without a Pear-Pal."

WITHOUT a Pear-Pal?! HUH?!!?!? You're shocked. Utter. Shock. Maybe even shell-shocked. Quick, bring in the doctor, you feel like fainting! If Bebe puts this girl in the magazine, then she is going to completely outshine you! No, no, that can't happen. You're in the magazine bi-weekly! What if Nikki ends up becoming in the magazine WEEKLY?!

"Y/N, you good?"

You blink away the pain. You turn your head to the voice, and see one of your classmates. Oh, it's... him! Uh... What's-his-name...

"Y/N?" He repeats again.

You compose yourself. "Yes, yes! Sorry, I was-" You're interrupted.

"Distracted by that girl? Yeah," He chuckles sheepishly. "She's pretty cool!"

You've never felt rage fill you so quickly. Your face turns blood red, a much worse color than the soft pink that Nikki has adorning her. You stare at your classmate, wondering why he even bothered asking you what was wrong in the first place. What makes it worse is that you know this kid likes you! He used to follow you around like a puppy all last year. Oh, but Nikkiiiiiii, she is just perfect! Now she is going to be #1, while you'll be a measly #2. You didn't know what to say to him. You didn't know what to say to yourself.

Stay classy, Y/N.

You take a deep breathe. You feel the air release from you. You can feel the blood in your cheeks still swirling, but your head feels clearer. You look your classmate in the eyes.

"Mhm, yeah!" You finally reply. "Hey, I've gotta get going. See you!"

And with a skip, you were off. You took one quick glance behind you and saw Nikki taking a selfie with Bebe. The sun shone perfectly on her dress, like the sun itself was made for the jewels that aligned the corset. Her skin was pale and appeared like it glimmered. And her smile, oh, her smile. It was perfect.

As you walked away, you wondered how much longer this strange feeling inside of you would last.

[adobe-outdesign]

Oh mannnnnn Neopets reviews…how do you feel about my fav, Blumaroo?

Blumaroos are very vaguely based off of kangaroos, but they don't share too much in common other than jumping ability and the -roo name. Instead, they have a great abstract design that feels pretty realistic while being a complete fantasy creature, with floppy trunk-like noses and details that they can bounce on.

Visually, the soft pink accents of the nose are complimented by the ears, and this base works as a good neutral to match any color. They have these nice dot eyes and smiles that capture their happy-go-lucky nature, and just have a nice shape to them. I also like them having their own land and distinct personalities; it helps them stick out a lot in my mind.

Customization-wise, the Blumaroo is a mixed bag. On the plus side, their old artwork was dated and needed a refresh (note the almost complete lack of shading). I like the way they're fatter now, the loss of the belly button is an improvement because it felt weird that they had one to begin with, and they come across as a bit happier in the new art.

But on the minus side, the lose of their old pose is a tragedy. Blumaroos bouncing and standing on their tails was one of their most interesting characters, and while it's obviously still a trait of the species, it's a shame that it's no longer shown in their art. This is particularly sad because their adorable heart-shaped feet are also hidden from view, which has the side-effect of no longer carrying the pink through the design as well as it used to.

I get that customization needed to regulate the poses a bit more, but seeing as each item has to be redrawn anyway, would it have been that hard to keep them on their tails? It's not like the Lutari where the pose would've made it difficult to see clothing or something. It's otherwise a fine conversion, but man, it would've been perfect if we got both the new art and old pose together.

Favorite colours:

Plushie: Blumaroos already look pretty huggable, but the plushie form ramps it up to 11. I love the soft blue color with just a few pops of color on the eyes and tail patch—it gives the impression of an old and much-loved plushie. The converted version isn't bad, but it unfortunately can't compete with the unconverted version, which has much bigger, floppier ears, a thicker tail, and a very cute pose.

Tyrannian: Speaking of colours that looked better unconverted, dang, the Tyrannian Blumaroo got it rough. I love the original's brows and horn-ears, with this nice neutral dappled brown serving as the base. The converted version had to change some things obviously, but it also feels like they didn't really try—why doesn't it keep the same expression (unconverted Darigan Blumaroos have different eyes, so it's obviously not a problem to change them)? Why is the brown on the tail so much lighter to the point where it's barely noticeable? Why is the ruff now red instead of the dark brown of the wings? Why are the horns so small, and why is the perspective wrong on them relative to the ears? Bleh. At least the original's still great.

Oil Paint: Thankfully, here's a Blumaroo color that looks great with the customized pose. Such a beautiful color palette, combining little strokes of colors with pretty flower-like blotches interspersed throughout. I love how the colors also flow with the body, like how the torso goes from green to red, or how there's red right around the feet. Lovely all around.

[destinysquared]

The way you make your art is really good, it's colourful and it really pops out. Just wanted to know how many layers do you use normally for your artworks and how long do they usually take for you to finish them? :) (idk i just like asking these questions)

ooof those are REALLY good questions >_>

truth be told, i use wayyyy too many. though for that last nuzi pic i made (with the whole family in it) i guess it's about 41 layers? Though I have gotten into the hundreds before, which i don't rec cause it ain't good for your computer. Though I have a more powerful one now to handle the bigger files (at least I hope! Knock on wood!).

The problem is that i'm a super indecisive person so i often go back and forth on layers.

As for how long pics take me???? It depends on the pic?????

Not every pic is the same? For example, could YOU finish an image of just ONE guy waving (no background) in the same amount of time as a pic of FIVE ppl with a COMPLEX city background and SPECIFIC objects in each of those five ppl's hands?

Overall though, I say for all customers, it's about six weeks or less to finish an image which IS true but again, time can depend on how detailed the image. Also, YES for the love of god a 'simple forest' (which there's no such thing btw) takes a long time even if you say it's 'simple' which it never is. bleh sorry, but i get people saying this, esp about forests/parks, on a weekly basis.

Still, I'm basically The Flash when it comes to art, but again i do say six weeks or less for EVERYONE cause hey I got IRL stuff to deal with too. Plus, some comms take longer than others.

[whentherewerebicycles]

Hi! I've only been following for a few months but from everything you've written about your work situation for the last while it really seems that this woman's issue is the fact you took maternity leave at all. You could've worked from the literal hospital and she'd have an issue. Given this isn't a one off and is a repeated pattern, I would send the email with the detail you have here, and with little or no window dressing, just hi you said this, I want to clarify (all this evidence), regards. Nuclear option of course is cc-ing in HR which I wouldn't do yet but having the email is good to fall back on if it gets to that point, and would demonstrate to HR that you're attempting to resolve this amicably (again if it does get to that point). And forgive me if this is too much but I think you may have more power than you think, given maternity and family leave is protected - I can't imagine that your employer would want to get into hot water over possible retaliation? Either way I'm really sorry you have to deal with her but I think having a paper trail that documents (a) she said this thing and (b) here's an unemotional objective setting out of the facts in relation to (a) can only benefit you. She may well react negatively but I think the way to handle that is just to toe the line of 'I was just setting out the facts in relation to the preparation I did before going on maternity leave'. (Also just to say I'm not expecting a response or anything but have been similarly dealing with a difficult colleague and have come to accept that she is just miserable in her every day life and approaches everything, including me, with an automatic negative framing. Reminding myself that while it feels personal, it's a reflection of her more broadly and not me, has helped)

I think this is great advice re: what to send to her… I will just use this as a template honestly lol. but yeah I think I can frame it in a neutral just the facts way that addresses the issue without escalating the situation. I mean anything I say or do will escalate it! but I can at least be like hey I’m the one being calm and unemotional in our communications. bleh I also think you are 100% right that the source of her rage is the fact that I got pregnant and took leave after only being in the role for a year… and then she became even angrier when I told her that I planned to take my full protected leave instead of the three months she wanted me to take (she wanted me back in september to teach a class). also thank you for the helpful thoughts about how to reframe the negative interactions… I know it’s not about me but it’s just like, everything she says to me is framed as SO personal, so hyper-critical and accusatory and designed to put me in my place, and it’s just sooooo hard not to react emotionally when I feel deeply personally attacked and criticized. but like I KNOW she is just a deeply unhappy and insecure person, and everyone at work openly talks about the fact that she doesn’t understand the work and actively hinders or sabotages her employees’ projects out of fear/insecurity, etc etc. so it’s NOT me I just happen to be the person who is in her line of fire and has become the target for all of her negativity. bah! anyway thank you again for this kind and thoughtful response, and I am going to write that very simple email first thing tomorrow. I’m also sorry to hear that you are dealing with a super negative person too!! it’s such a bleh thing to have to put up with at work. I just want to go in, do my job well, have positive or even just neutral interactions with coworkers, and go home!

[amiryllisthorn]

I kinda want to talk about this idiot for a bit. I obviously dont want to talk about Valkyra’s character toooooooooo much since a lot of what is up with her tm is a big part of the game’s narrative, but theres a bit of a different aspect I wanted to talk about.

Valkyra lisiri was a character that was really just an awfully written character. She was this too cool for school didnt need any friends hyper competent soldier who was actually written as a bit of a villain. One who would rather defend the status quo rather than actually try to change anything. It was edgy and over the top and just bleh.

So how did she become the main character in the game I am most focused on? Well what ended up happening is I had a lot of ideas for games at the time, and threw this one together as a bit of a throwaway project with these characters as that I didnt really care for anymore and the idea was to make something short and move on as a bit of a prequel to the thing I actually wanted to work on.

(this sprite is two years old now! but you can see that the general look is still similar)

Well that clearly didnt happen, because the more I worked on this short throw away project the more I thought about what I could actually do with these characters. What I could do to make this setting more mine and not just rip off of sci fi series I liked. And as I wrote more and more the more things changed and were altered  to the point where any of it is barely recognizable anymore-and I love that so MUCH! 

It was no longer a prelude for another game I was working on or this half assed setting but has become something that I am incredibly passionate about! I told my self that I would try to focus on smaller projects but I cant keep myself away from this thing and these characters.

(o7 mech game concept we hardly knew ye-the concept was being on the run as a mech mechanic for a mercenary company where the gameplay revolved around fixing mechs)

While work is going much slower than I would like, due to mostly personal reasons, I really am proud with how things are really starting to come together for this project. I didnt really start focusing actual attention on it till probably the past year or so.

I think part of why this project means so much to me, is that it has taken something from a part of my past self that I dont really like, and made it into I think something far more interesting, far more fun, more technically impressive, and just so much gayer. And these once throwaway characters of little regards, have really become the core focus of the project.

Valkyra  Lisiri went from this heartless action hero who could do anything, to a much more general person, struggling through life and trying her best, and often her best was not enough. Those actions of course having their own painful consequences, that shaped her into the character she now is.

Siane Vokir went from this really bitchy agent of the state to someone who at the drop of a hat gives up everything to fight fascism, someone who now has trouble dealing with her past and people in general, and just so many layers to her character.

The game has been so thoroughly ship of theseus’d that all that really remains of the first like year of work is just some characters  have the same name and maybe a similar appearance, and that is just a fascinating and exciting thing to work with!

(the very first concept drawn up for the game. You can also see the original design for siane)

Anyways this post has gotten a little bit all over the place, but I guess I wanted to share some of this project’s history. I dont talk about the actual details as much as I should whenever I post stuff, because I have a pretty hard time with a lot of this stuff sometimes! I wanted to make posts talking more about the setting and the characters but that kinda got uh forgotten.... well maybe I will get back to that at some point.

if you made it down this far thanks for reading! I really do want to talk about all of these things more, and have been working at it. Maybe ill try to do a weekly post talking about game stuff but no promises, my brain is bad so Ill just leave you with these two nerds.

[questionablepastries]

Completed The House in Fata Morgana (no spoilers — review thing i felt the urge to type up while my feelings are still fresh)

let me start by saying i will never forgive reddit

if you search the game right now one of the First results under Images is a CG of the true ending - the FINAL CG might i add. from a reddit post praising the game. which pissed me off to no end, having that moment ruined for me. death upon every user of Reddit.

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ok with that aside. simply calling it an amazing game isn’t enough praise or accurate. it’s so much more than words. i thought it was gonna be straight horror. naw. they had to make it everything. although i did get scared too many times lol. & the funny scenes are actually funny. idk how they managed to make a scary, funny, heartwarming, SAD game all at once. above all the horror the game is simply that. SADNESS INDUCING.

i think i must’ve cried —at least 4 times, and lost count of the amount of times i teared up (more than 5 minimum). certain moments towards the end had me doing the elbow on table head in hands thing. two points in the story made me want to stop entirely for the night. i did Not expect to shed tears multiple times? but . it’s so well written. i don’t even cry at things in media that often, i can’t emphasize how human the story made me feel like in a “oh i can actually sympathize to this degree huh” i ain’t know i was capable of feeling That hard. oh man. mundane irl things make me tear up all the time, but it takes a LOT for media to make me feel overwhelmed to that degree (because in the back of my mind im always like well it’s fake anyways). but they . they wrote a lot of believable characters in here it’s kinda nuts.

The protagonist is an amazing person. i won’t say who they are because some fuckin how they managed to keep that detail under wraps (you’re introduced as having amnesia on your identity after all). i always joke that the main character of fgo (as well as sei shonagon) could save me if i was a part of that world — well now im adding the protagonist of this game to that list. what an actual literal saint and … its so weird. the way they’re so pure hearted and kind???? Beyond human comprehension really - and YET the way it’s written…it’s like the character is THAT real to life. like ya, i can see myself meeting a motherfucker like that.

my singular criticism is that the “prologue” or rather the meat of the main story took way too long to get to. to the point that i was beginning to lose faith if the entire game was gonna be like that. but like some rabid attack dog, once the story gets you it doesn’t let go. i did the second half of the game in like two sittings because of how engrossed i was by everything. i just kept wanting to find out more and more

i was fist pumping near the end as things started to wrap up, felt like a sports coach seeing shit develop lol

that sums up my feelings. i feel like some characters are written better than others but the game doesn’t hold back when it comes to realistic character interactions. otherwise please give it a whirl. actually this would be my first visual novel ! guau. good shit.

highly recommend this for sure. slow start is my only warning. after that i had several instances where the pain was so great i wished to microwave myself to explode for having made to feel so awful, my sympathy and sadness were so overwhelming. i didn’t think i was capable of feeling pain so deep it reminded me i was human lol and ohhh my goddddd like i felt SEEN with what they were saying sometimes..! bleh !! (in a good way)

and now i’m off to read the prequel/sequel next - which from the stream reviews are also tear inducing. Great. need a break though, way too many raw emotions right now i feel like an EXPOSED NERVE

Really small spoiler: they got my ass good with the spooky things happening in the backlog text not matching in game dialogue in that one chapter LOL legit got spooked there and i was like aaaa godddd oaaaauuug fuckkkkkkk aaaaaaa like im soooo serious that shit got me BAD LMAO

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oh right another final note to an already massive wall of text this has become: the game revitalized in me the importance of being honest/true with yourself, being honest with those around you (including communicating those emotions), in not waiting for “the perfect moment” and most importantly: the value of people in your life, no matter how minuscule u may think it be. to the other person, what seems a small encounter/gesture w them could hold a gravity you can never imagine. so i really appreciate all those themes being put on blast - as these were all themes that heavily resonated with me ❤️

[ticklystuff]

hello hello! ✨ i’m back from my travels to terrorize this place again heheee i’ve been gone since late october so any messages or asks haven’t been looked at but i will get to them!

but ya i was mostly in japan for vacation (singapore for work and philippines for family too but those were both bleh) and i traveled alone and it was so fun! my biggest concern was that i’d get lonely but that was never the case because i kept running into so many cool people, some of which i’m friends with now and i’d love to go back in a couple of years just to see them again. would also love to hike mt fuji next time too!

also this trip was basically unlimited calories so i got to eat all the yummy food i saw~ my feet are super fucked up tho..

i also did a ton of shopping (had to buy 2 extra suitcases lol) and just wanted to share some of the goods hehe

official primaniac perfumes for childe and zhongli! i went to all four animate stores in tokyo (shibuya, shinjuku, akihabara, ikebukoro) and childe’s was the only one sold out in all four. i gave up looking for him after the fourth store BUT while i was shopping in ginza i luckily happened to walk past the official primaniacs store (not sure why i didnt think of checking there first) and he was in stock!

childe’s kinda smells like the ocean, with hints of mint and vanilla. it’s refreshing and if i had to describe it, the scent is light, warm, comforting, slightly flirty

zhongli’s is kinda hard for me to describe. it’s more bold but also gentle?? i smell some kind of wood and also cherries i think? it makes me feel like i should be sitting at a fancy bar with a cup of bourbon that’s worth more than my life

anyway i’m not an expert when it comes to perfumes so here are threads that go into more detail: childe zhongli

other official genshin merch i bought! childe whale and zhongli dragon plushies, zhongli bracelet, and childe card holder. the bracelet is cute and i can see myself using it!

i also bought an itto keychain for my best friend at work, but i’m too lazy to pull it out of the gift bag i made for her lol

came across official xiao and aether figures in akihabara! they were having a cute date in the defect pile 💕 (didn’t buy these though)

my favorite purchases~ japanese knife and three others for my closest friends hehe (i already gave out one before this pic) they’re so pretty and they slice so good! i can’t wait to start cooking with mine

i bought more stuff than what was pictured but this post would go on forever if i talked about everything and its mostly clothes and skincare anyway lol