#sanity replies

[fallintosanity]

Providence can be described as “Noctis’ no good, horrible series of interrupted vacations and naps” poor guy can’t catch a decent 3 day nap without being rudely awakened by Cloud… smh /j

By Cloud... and also the Turks, Lazard, Rufus, Zack once, his bunkmate several times, the rookie Third two hallways over with extra-sensitive hearing after the mako treatments who is going insane from the constant beeping of Noctis's alarm.... 😂

[stormyoceans]

I laugh so hard at Aof's wide eyes when Sea does something on set. No one warned him about this in advance🤣poor man

THAT MAN WAS TRULY STRUGGLING LIKE WITH ANY NEW BTS VIDEO THAT COMES OUT YOU CAN REALLY SEE HE WAS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AND LOSING THAT BATTLE

jimmysea: are unhinged

p'aof: clinging to those hinges by his fingernails

[link7057]

More experiments with my moral orel art (messy ink sketches) :)) I REALLYYY need to finish those responses too

[enden-k]

Wait Alhaitham comitted a cardinal sin in the fantasy au??? Was it studying the origin of the word? Was it when he was trying to help his grandma?

aye it lead to him getting banned but made him gain more wisdom and spells, including the one to temper with the curse he came up with

[captainmera]

Actually, A03 readers can only leave kudos once per fic, not once per chapter! And not every reader does it, but in my experience a good percent do, maybe like 75%?

So if you have 1,396 kudos on a fic that means at least 1,396 unique readers (guests or account holders) have at least read it and liked it enough to leave a kudos, and that’s likely a lower number than overall readers. Around 2,000 seems pretty accurate to me…

END OF DISCUSSION.

[invinciblerodent]

y'know one might think that in a fandom where every single character is bi or pan, people would be at least kinda normal about bi people. but god, even here, even now, there's just.... so much casual biphobia everywhere.

it's... disheartening.

[bonefall]

Did you man beam Drizzle? If so, why not just pair up Rustle with Cranberry instead? I get for the amazing ship name but I'm curious about the choice /gen

I totally forgot Drizzle's original gender, but also, I really don't want to overthink it. I'm so tired of overthinking it. I wanted CranberryDrizzle funny ship name and it was getting exhausting to plan out where every pairing in several hundred cats would be getting their kits from

Rustle is going to die at some point after having two QR kittens, and Cranberrydrizzle is going to have 2 important litters (Sunstrike and Emberfoot in the first, Fernstripe in the second). I have done an exhausting amount of work (weeks of planning and hours of work at a time, scouring the wiki and facebook screenshots, redrawing tangles, reading through suggestions, writing out full posts of changes and creating new groups with their own histories) untangling broken fragments of family trees and like... I'm tired. No more shuffling. I deserve Funny Ship Name. is this too much to ask

Boy Drizzle is just the easiest answer. I'd like for Drizzle to just be transfem but I was also told to avoid cats being trans just to have kits, which is ALSO frustrating me at this point, I don't like this weight of "perfect representation" that's being put on me when I'M not even perfect representation as a living human queer.

Do I let Drizzle be transfem and "break a rule," or change them to a boy and "lose" a lesbian pairing? It feels gross to me to have fallen into a mindset where I'm treating queer relationships like quotas or rigid rulesets

I feel like if I 'get something wrong' (like forget the gender of a Missing Kit or a side character, or handwave 'where did these kits come from' with 'trans/queen's rights' without considering a real secret surrogate) I'm going to get smacked upside the head and be forced to hyperfocus on one small part of a massive project when I already have a million other things to work on.

So unfortunately the most honest answer I can probably give is that im tired. I'm really tired. Overthinking minor details before making every single tumblr post is draining me. I forgot the missing kit's original author-assigned gender and didn't scroll to the bottom of Onestar's wiki page to check it before posting. I like the ship name. Cranberrysplash somehow gets pregnant twice, but I was told to avoid trans bioparents, yet doing that is making things even harder after I had to do weeks of work to make a good tree in the first place

I'll figure out Drizzlefall's gender when they become relevant in some context

[moenmomentsthemoe-en]

i might incomprehensibly scream and cry with no context without replying to anyone on tumblr for the next two weeks please forgive me

[chocodile]

art fight???? how???

hey, could you explain a little about the art fight thing? i want to fight people !1!1!

Art Fight is an art gifting and trading game! It's been running in some form or another since (quickly checks about page) 2007 apparently but I've been playing it since 2016.

The way the game/event works is outlined here on the site's About page. Basically you just pick other users and draw free art for them of their characters--art you make for other people is called "attacks", and if you're lucky, they'll get "revenge" by drawing something back for you of one of your own characters, too!

There's a light framework of "teams" and "points" overlaid on top of that "draw art of others' OCs" concept to gamify it and give it a fun aesthetic (with team themes like sun vs moon, vampires vs werewolves, etc), but there are no prizes for the winning team, you can freely draw stuff for people on your own team, you can switch teams at any time, and... honestly most users don't really care about teams or points and are just in it for the OC gift art aspect of it.

I'm a huge fan of it because Art Fight feels like one of the last places on the internet that is by and for artists exclusively. On Art Fight you can openly relish in the fact that you're obsessed with one of your characters, or show off this idea for a cool story and setting you want to turn into a novel someday, or proudly display the fact that you've been worldbuilding in-depth dragon lore for a decade and be totally and completely surrounded on all sides by people who not only get it, but also are all doing the same thing. It's also a great way to give some love and support to beginner artists.

Some tips on how to have a better Art Fight experience:

Don't go in with the expectation that you'll get a ton of art, especially your first year. Your main goal should be to make gifts for other people.

If you are hoping to get "revenges" back, try to "attack" people who are definitely playing this year (as in, have drawn at least one attack this summer) but who aren't already swamped with a ton of attacks to "revenge" already. (Attacking only very popular/professional artists who get more attacks then they could ever possibly keep up with will leave you feel disappointed... that said, it's arguably worth attempting a few, just in case you get lucky, because that's how I got a drawing from Shoomlah, one of my childhood art idols!)

If you have an art blog, promote your Art Fight stuff to your followers there so they know you're playing. Playing with a group of friends is also more fun than playing solo 'cause you can always attack each other if you're not getting many revenges. Leaving nice comments on other people's characters and art can also help make you more visible/leave a good impression if you're brand new to the game.

Points and teams seriously don't matter at all, even a little. I suggest not paying them any attention at all beyond picking the team theme you think is cooler.

It's best to at least skim a character's profile and rules before drawing them. Not only does it help you get a better feel for the character, sometimes people put useful design details there instead of on their refs.

One more thing: Don't take Art Fight too seriously! You and everyone else are here to have fun. Don't get hung up on art "quality"--lots of people (including myself) are only doing headshots or sketches. Don't get upset if someone forgets a detail on your character or doesn't draw them quite "right". Don't get hung up on numbers or "ratios" or feel too stung if someone doesn't comment on or revenge something you draw for them. After all, Art Fight is for all types of artists, including young artists who don't fully understand netiquette rules yet, busy adults with full time jobs, people with disabilities that make it hard for them to communicate or hard for them to type or leave them with limited energy... etc. That doesn't mean they didn't appreciate what you drew for them!

Wow, I wrote too much. I should probably stop typing and go draw something for Art Fight before it gets too late in the evening!

TL;DR: Fun art gifting game. Great to rub elbows with other creatives for a month! Feels like an online convention of sorts! A+! Would recommend.

[c0mmander-rudboys]

Hi can i

* kisses your forehead *

Yeey

[crossbackpoke-check]

Substance, Shadow, and Spirit [remixed, abridged] by Tao Yuanming

[fallintosanity]

This might be weird but I just have to say that I'm playing through FFVII Rebirth and I just can't see Rufus as his canon bad guy after reading Providence. I just keep thinking, "Oh you~ your BFF Noctis is going to be so disappointed~"

bahaha omg--! not weird at all; in fact I think it's the best compliment I could get on the disaster princes. Thank you! ^_^

[amethystina]

Hi! Do you think about making a analysis on the last episode of TDJ? (If you haven't done already) I just rewatched this ep the other day and I feel like no matter how many times I watch it, there will always be something that surprises me. Every episode does this to me actually.

Not the last episode as a whole, no, since that would probably make my brain explode xD Like, it's just too big? ANY episode would be too big considering the number of details, plot points, character moments etc. they contain. I wouldn't even know where to start analysing a full episode, at least not in the way I usually write my metas.

I'd need a narrower framework to build my analysis on, like a specific relationship, a specific scene, a specific plotline, a specific theory etc. Which is why my two more detailed metas so far are very contained with very clear goals. That's how much I have to narrow it down to be able to accurately convey something, because otherwise there would just be too much information for me to condense into something coherent. And I would have no idea in what order to present things. Not to mention that I'd be terrified of missing something important because the scope would be too big.

(I'm also just a terribly wordy person who can't write short things to save my life. Can you IMAGINE how long that analysis would be? x'D)

I obviously have a lot of details and ideas stored in my brain, but in order to convey them in a way that's actually digestible to other people, I need some sort of prompt or structure first. And, sometimes, that structure can actually be a fanfic. I'm not joking when I say that Who Holds the Devil is basically a gigantic meta at this point, because I'm pouring ALL of my thoughts and observations from the drama into it.

Which, in all honesty, if I had known that when I started? Then I probably wouldn't have written the fic x'D Because it's so, so daunting to go: "Alright, I'm going to summarize all my thoughts and feelings about this piece of media into this one work!" Granted that this one work is huge enough to fit A LOT of thoughts and feelings, but it's still a pretty insane endeavour.

Anyway! I'm sorry if that's a bit of a disappointing answer. I just don't think that my specific brand of analysis would be all that efficient on such a broad scale. I'm more of a detail-oriented person? So it would have to be something specific from the last episode, not the episode as a whole.

[zippityzap]

I’m not getting clear answers from this supplier that i emailed questions to for work, despite the fact i’m communicating as clearly as i’m able to and i don’t know if this is an autism moment or a corporate bullshit moment

[sungpeach]

( to: byunghee❣️🥰❣️ )

⤻ good morniiiiiiing!!!!! 🌻🌼 i hope your day is filled with the happiest of memories and as little stress as possible. 🤩 🥳 you're strong and talented!!!! fighting!! 💪💪 ⤻ missing you againnnnn~ 👻 ⤻ oh my gosh i just saw two pigeons 🐦 sharing a meal together 😭 why isn't that me 🙈 ⤻ [picture of coffee and water bottle] ⤻ 😚😚😚😚😚😚😚😚😚 ⤻ it's so difficult sitting in on meetings 😖 they're so often boring.. i know they're important and i want to be a part of this process, but it's not all fun ⤻ [short video of dance practice] what do you think? 🧐🧐 i think i might be too sloppy, especially towards the end there 😔 but i'm going to keep trying!!!! 🤗 i must!!!!!!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗 ⤻ 😖😖😖😖 i feel like i need five showers after today 🛁 ⤻ i might try reading before bed tonight 😊🥰 ⤻ [selfie] end of the day~ 🥱🥱 home home 🏠 ⤻ the sunset 🌆 is so beautiful.. i wish i was sharing this with you.. 💞 ⤻ [video of cat playing] isn't aki the cutest? 🐱 ⤻ i'm making dinner.... 🍑🍭🥟 thinking about what i can make for you next.. 🍤? 🍳? 🍕? ⤻ i bet my niece 👼🏻 would really love you. she's been enamored with muscly 💪💪 people recently. i can't wait for you to meet her 🥰🥰 she's really the best 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 ⤻ i think next time we meet 🫂 i'd like to take you to a movie 🎥 we could hold hands 👬👬 the whole time and nobody would know 🥺🥰you'll have to let me know what kind of movie you want to see 🧐 i can plan it all!!!!! 😚😚 ⤻ [post-face wash selfie] won't you join me~ 😇 ⤻ ah 😖... i read this line in the book...🥺🥺🥺 it reminded me of you😖...😔😚 ah my heart aches😰😰💔🥺 please promise to mend it soon❤️‍🩹🤕🤒🤒 ⤻ i'm struggling to sleep because i'm thinking of you😖 ⤻ gosh you havent replied all day 🥺🥺🥺🥺 i'm really missing you over here 🥺😤

@endueringfire

[todayintokyo]

Is Tokyo a lovely place to be ..

That ... is complicated.

No. Tokyo Metropolis has about 37 million people. That's a lot. Central Tokyo (the inner 23 wards) has 14 million. That's still a lot.

No. Tokyo's work culture is relentless, exhausting and debilitating; and it worships a god called consumerism.

Yes. Compared to other global cities, Tokyo is relatively safe, relatively crime-free and as near as damnit gun-free.

Yes. Tokyo is convenient, exciting, energizing. Great infrastructure. Everything functions; nothing is broken. It has pockets of breathtaking beauty and utter silence.

My answer from a previous ask: I like Tokyo’s crows and trains (but not in rush hour) and parks and Okutama and tiny alleys and Jimbōchō’s bookshops and orderly chaos and being left alone to do my own thing (ultimate foreigner privilege) and that’s just going to have to suffice.

From Ghostwritten by David Mitchell: Tokyo is so big that nobody really knows where it stops. It’s long since filled up the plain, and now it’s creeping up the mountains to the west and reclaiming land from the bay in the east. The city never stops rewriting itself. In the time one street guide is produced, it’s already become out of date. It’s a tall city, and a deep one, as well as a spread-out one. Things are always moving below you, and above your head. All these people, flyovers, cars, walkways, subways, offices, tower blocks, power cables, pipes, apartments, it all adds up to a lot of weight. You have to do something to stop yourself caving in, or you just become a piece of flotsam or an ant in a tunnel.

Final verdict? Yes. Mostly. (❁´◡`❁)