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Sort of Back

Oops, it’s been a while... Sorry for being gone so long. I’ve had a lot going on. I got a temp job and I’ve been struggling a little with getting back into the swing of writing lately. Plus, I’ll admit, the longer I’m gone, the more intimidating it can be to return. So, I’m going to try and return to this blog and possibly my FMA blogs right now. I don’t plan to start posting today, but that’s mostly because I want to go through and update my muse list first. However, I’m working on being back now, at least on weekends.

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enamohr​:

Her face betrays nothing of her apprehension in that moment; her years within the Nohrian court have given her ample practice, as they does so many children of the Crown. Even so, it is there, beneath the surface, a faint sting of something almost like guilt. Camilla’s conscience has never been successfully assuaged by her elder brother’s platitudes, that such is their duty to merely weather - never protest outright - the consequence of imminent war — now more than before. As little as Krakenburg has always felt like any home to her, she has, at least, not been stolen away from it, nor all that she does love. 

It is all she can do to wilfully brush aside the thought they might have met before in the skies, only nodding slightly - if firmly - in understanding.

“ …I had the advantage of being a…rather stubborn girl myself, I think. Kriemhild and I shared our youths, and she often acted more like a young princess than I did— Fussy, spoilt, I mean to say. ” As if in an expression of resentment, the wyvern grumbles lowly, flicks the tip of her tail…before lazily settling herself but a moment thereafter, knowing the slight to not be worth her energy in wake of their tiring flight. “ Whether I was eager to prove myself at something, anything, or whether I simply still found her company more agreeable than my peers within the court, I persevered. In truth, I rather believe we matured together. ” 

Her softened, wistful smile lasts for as long as it takes her to realise her shame: even deliberating before how much she ought to share of herself, perhaps she has yet divulged too much. She bristles, standing upright as a princess and valkyrie should as though to dismiss her sentimentality all at once— But in remembering this modest joy she finds in giving voice to her passion, so rare and so stifled, hesitantly, Camilla allows herself to relax her guard once more. 

If her uncharacteristic talkativeness - and with a stranger to them all, no less - had caught the eye of any other riders and stable-hands nearby, their looks do not linger. 

“ —How is it in your Hoshido…? ” Invited in gently by the ease of their talk, she turns the question to Komachi now. Her curiosity is humble, even distantly bashful, “ I cannot imagine your flying steeds are as ferocious, but they must present their own difficulties. ”

Komachi nodded along as she listened to the princess talk of her wyvern. “Of course, that makes sense. It certainly helps to have grown up alongside her.”

Komachi considered herself to be a rather stubborn person when she needed to be. Hopefully that meant being able to keep trying to earn the respect of one of the wyvern. She may not have grown up around them, but that’s fine. She’s no fool. She can figure it out.

Huh, the princess was truly curious of her home? She could appreciate the interest if for no other reason than it allowed her to further reminisce. A smile crossed her face as she began.

“It’s a beautiful place. Though, the pegasi are as stubborn as any land born steed and the kinshi won’t bow to just anyone. While my mother was able to gain the respect of the kinshi, my father kept working with the pegasi,” she said as she briefly closed her eyes. “Naturally, due to the pickiness of most kinshi, I was taught how to ride a Pegasus instead. That being said, it’s nothing short of a great honor to earn the respect of such divine creatures.”

She opened her eyes, but even though a smile remained on her face, her voice took on a sadder tone. “I had considered becoming a kinshi knight myself, but I didn’t want to abandon my Pegasus, Fuyuhi.”

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theglimmeroflife​:

Eir turned to him slowly, her face set in her seemingly enternal frown. “Oh, hello… I do like to spend my time here,” she glanced at the crow on his shoulder, and a ghost of a smile appeared on her face. She loved animals, and seeing one up close was always a pleasant surprise. 

Unfortunately, many seemed to be scared of her presence, so she refrained from reaching out to it.

“Is there something that you need from me?” She asked softly.

Usher seemed rather relaxed on Henry’s shoulder, certainly not in any rush to leave. Henry took note of the page he was on before closing the book. After standing up to return the book, Henry approached Eir.

“There’s a lot of talk about you. I’ve heard others mention you’re immortal, and even more interestingly, that you’ve experienced death many times.”

Ahh yes, tact… Certainly something that Henry never saw much point in. He just never saw the point in too much dancing around any questions.

“I have to admit, I’ve always found it to be an interesting topic, so I was hoping you could tell me about your own experiences with it. What was the most painful, the most gentle, and so on and so forth.”

Henry may have known what pain was like, but he never shied away from his past if anyone wanted to ask. He was an open book in that regard. However, due to how he saw the world, it never seemed to dawn on him that his own questions could be seen as insensitive.

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i know it will be alright this time.(Cordelia with Ron if that's ok?)

She was sure he was right, but it didn’t feel like it. Not with the loss of the other Pegasus knights or the capture of Emmeryn. Were things really going to be alright this time? Still, she was one of the last and she didn’t want to worry any of the others. Even if she had her doubts, the Shepherds would surely pull through all this, right? She forced a calm exterior, steadying her breathing.

“Of course. With so much on the line, it has to be right?” Cordelia spoke, trying to keep a confident air, but she still couldn’t help lingering doubts.

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UPDATE! Xkit has just updated the “Old Blue” extension. Open your Xkit on your dash and either select old blue, of if you were using it already like I was… click on its little icon under “my xkit” tab.

Select use old font family, and set the base font back to 14px  and everything is more or less back to normal :) A THOUSAND BLESSINGS ON the XK folks <3

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Question, can anyone interact with you or do they need to be mutuals?

While I do reserve the right to say no, I'm generally open to rping or just interacting with anyone, even if we aren't mutuals.

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DEAR YOU LYRIC STARTERS

feel free to change pronouns as needed! these based on the english lyrics for the various dear you’s on the higurashi when they cry wiki!

You

are you in this endless sky?

i’ve lost the things that have filled my heart till now.

my chest was tightened by loneliness and despair.

but your smiling face remained in my memories, always encouraging me.

let’s return to those days once more.

i know it will be alright this time.

will you smile for me like always? right now, it’s all I continue to ask for

Dear You -Cry-

next to you, i want to feel the scent of summer.

the cry of summer is too noisy; you can’t hear my voice.

i’ll cry together with you for your sake, so please, don’t be so daunted.

the voices of the cicadas say that it’s already too late.

you shouldn’t cry anymore.

Dear You -Feel-

the two of us embraced one heart.

the two of us became one and what we gained, it wasn’t something that we wished for.

even if i chase the distant days that can’t return anymore, i won’t reach them.

i’ll show that I will change into anything.

everyday, i’m finding happiness.

i’ll overcome the pain and walk toward tomorrow.

Dear You -Kind-

i believe you, but at the tip of my heart, anxiety casts a little bit of shadow.

please, i’d like you to tell me that the heat of your hands isn’t a lie.

please call my name with a kind voice and don’t leave me anymore.

i’ll be able to meet you again someday.

please say “i’m home”, laugh, and stroke my hair.

Dear You -Hope-

i promise to become strong the very next time around.

i dance the repetition helplessly.

the finale is only for you.

i want to protect the precious things to the end.

i’ll commit sins unhesitatingly and untiringly.

please give me bliss.

let’s start it again. so that i can surely hope for a happy ending this time.

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                                    “You have my pity!”

                                                 ♚   ♚   ♚

                                         Xander/Marx from FE14 | Loved by Bri                                               Independent | Selective | Private

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TL;DR: tumblr’s new dashboard is a permanent change, xkit will not be making a way to go back to the old dashboard but will be updating certain extensions to the new dashboard, xkit is not gone you just need to hard-refresh the page.

so, everyone, i’m going to say this so that information can be kept up with and so that everyone knows what’s going on. basically, the new xkit team has been working with tumblr support and knew that the old dash would not be available. here’s a screenshot from the new xkit discord (which you can join from their main blog to see more updates) explaining that:

the reason the xkit symbol is not showing up on the dash is because of the new soft-refresh feature that tumblr has. if you want to update extensions/check your xkit you just need to do a hard refresh (i.e. pressing the refresh icon at the top left of the page).

there will no longer be the option to support small text, and if you would like it back please do not go to the xkit admins about this. they keep redirecting everyone to talk to support about certain elements we’d like back. for example, if you want small text and also non-soft refresh then you’ll need to talk to support and file a claim.

again, here is the link that’s in the screenshot i attached. these are all the extensions that will be supported in the future.

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Hey everyone! It’s Bri again with a revamp of my Xander! I’m moving him from siegfriedheld to here for a fresh start! So if you’re interested in interacting with him you can find him over here at @thronerot​ now! I’m excited to start writing him again!

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There wasn't much time that Xander could take off to celebrate his younger brother's day of birth. But he makes it his mission to get Leo a small gift that consists of an empty journal and a quill. Along with it he sits a note that says 'Happy birthday' and his signature atop it. He leaves it in the main room to Leo's quarters for him to find when he awakes.

Leo wasn’t expecting much from Xander. Their father always knew how to keep him busy. There was another person he didn’t expect anything from, but not seeing Garon wasn’t even close to being as saddening as not getting to spend time with all his siblings. That’s not to say he was alone. No. Elise and Camilla would never allow for that. Leo was grateful for his dear sisters and their companionship, but it would have been better if they all could have spent the day together.

After a long day with his sisters, he went to his quarters to rest, only to find something upon one of the tables. A journal and quill? Leo couldn’t help a smile as he saw the note from his brother. It was a small gesture, but it meant the world to him. Sure, he could write tactics or take notes from the books he was reading, but there was something more important he wanted to do first.

‘Thank you,’ he wrote in his neat, almost fancy handwriting with his new quill. He put his own signature before bringing it to Xander’s own quarters.

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So, with pride month ending, I had to think about what I wanted to do for a new icon. I could easily go back to Henry, but part of me wanted to give love to another muse like I had with Bernie throughout the month. Well, today I got hit with a new muse, so the answer became obvious. Leo is on the muse list and since it’s his birthday today, I changed the icon to him now instead of tomorrow.

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Character Traits Headcanon Prompt

Repost & BOLD what applies to your muse

source [ X ]

Active | Adaptable | Admirable | Adventurous | Agreeable | Alert | Appreciative | Aspiring | Attractive | Balanced | Benevolent | Calm | Capable | Caring | Charismatic | Charming | Cheerful | Clean | Compassionate | Confident | Considerate | Cooperative | Courageous | Creative | Cultured | Curious | Daring | Decisive | Dedicated | Dignified | Discreet | Dramatic | Dutiful | Educated | Elegant | Empathetic | Energetic | Faithful | Farsighted | Firm | Flexable | Forceful | Forgiving | Friendly | Fun-Loving | Gallant | Generous | Gentle | Genuine | Hardworking | Healthy | Helpful | Heroic | Honest | Honourable | Idealistic | Independent | Intelligent | Kind | Loyal | Mature | Modest | Observant | Optimistic | Organised | Passionate | Patient | Peaceful | Playful | Popular | Precise | Protective | Realistic | Reliable | Respectful | Responsible | Romantic | Sane | Scrupulous | Selfless | Self-Critical | Self-Reliant | Self-Sufficient | Sensitive | Serious | Skillful | Sophisicated | Spontaneous | Stoic | Strong | Suave | Subtle | Sweet | Sympathetic | Tolerant | Trusting | Understanding | Vivacious | Warm | Wise | Witty | Youthful

Tagged: @theglimmeroflife

Tagging: @costofwar, @gemviribus (for any of your muses)

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has this been done yet …

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@theglimmeroflife liked for a starter!

Henry couldn’t help looking at the different books on the shelf while he waited around. He heard a rumor that Eir could be found there, so he figured, why not wait for her there? There was more than enough to entertain him, like learning about some of the bloodiest conflicts in the histories of other worlds. He had gotten so wrapped in one from his world, he nearly missed Eir’s entrance. Thankfully, Usher, one of his many crows, gave his shoulder a tap once she had entered.

“Ahh, there you are. I was wondering if the rumor I could find you here was mistaken.”

As per usual, there was a big smile that crossed his face.

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gemviribus​:

Lunet was always good at slipping away from Governesses or whichever guard was assigned to keep an eye on her while she played. Usually she ended up within the stables or garden and climbing trees perhaps to tall for what she should be doing at her age.

This time, however, she had found herself on the main gallery of the castle, sitting on a railing near the top story of the castle as she heard the call for her echo through the hall into the large space. 

“I’m in the gallery!” She called out, a playful giggle in her voice.

At first, Dedue felt relief about her being in the gallery. He thought that there wasn’t much she could do that might hurt her. So woefully naive that thought truly was.

He really shouldn’t have been surprised, but his concern overshadowed that.

“Your highness, you need to get down from there,” he instructed calmly, well, as calmly as he could seeing her there.

He didn’t want to raise his voice or accidentally startle her while she was on the railing. No, he needed to keep her safe above all else.

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@heartfaith Continued from ask:

Bernadetta questioned the sincerely in the statement. Her anxiety always made it hard to believe, but she couldn’t help lighting up at the mention of sweets.

“Oh really? I’d love to try some!” She paused for a moment, hesitation soon returning, “I-I mean, you know, if it’s not too much trouble...”