#// I WENT OVERBOARD IM SORRY

[150en]

Frogger? I barely know h- [mic cuts out]

[salt-n-salt]

Oh my gosh, hi! I love your art so much!! I noticed you're letting people drop their farmer's in for a doodle, and I couldn't resist.

This is Oakland, my Farmer! She goes by Oak with her friends, and Acorn to her parents. She was previously military, which is where she got most of her scars from; the other scars are from the monsters that try to attack her animals at night. She can't use a sword for shit, but she's a great marksman and uses a shotgun. She's going gray at 26, has pretty harsh wrinkles around her eyes and mouth from scowling so much. She found a second family in Shane(<3), Marnie, and Jas, and is best buds with Gus and Kent. (Don't tell Marnie, but she hates Lewis with every ounce of her soul and would absoLUTELY shoot him if Marnie gave her permission) She's a little batshit, but I think she's neat.

Lmk what you think! :) I truly adore your work, and I can't wait to see the other doodles you'll post. I hope you have a lovely rest of your week! Take care! <3

god damn what’s it like having the best farmer. r u kidding me rn. id let her fire a big fat shell at me any day. PHEWWWWW 😋😋😋😋

[ponuchuu]

NSFW, Modern AU 

(Wanderer is referred to as “Kuni” in this) 

1.2k Words, Not proofread.

CW: hair pulling (?), degrading, orgasm denial (?) uhh idk what else tbh

Niko's history exam was coming up but he barely knew what to prepare for it. Luckily, his long-time “study buddy” was here to help.

“When was coloured woodblock printing invented ?”

A gasp was all that that answered him back, Kuni's eyes scrunched up, looking down at the tangled mob of hair in his palm, the owner who was currently, and literally, face down in the history book as the bed beneath them creaked softly.

“Hm ? I asked you a question.” He leaned his face down to Niko's neck, his breathing stable despite what is currently happening. “Don't tell me you've already forgotten what I taught you ?”

Niko's breath hitched as he felt Kuni's face leaving his neck, his cock deepened in him slowly the longer he left the question unanswered. His throat was dry, tired from all the moaning he was biting back from the throbbing sensation. 

He almost forgotten what was happening before this because of how high and hot he was feeling from this moment, the most he could recall was calling Kuni over to help him with his upcoming history exam, feeling his hand all over his thighs as they were sitting next to each other and the rest was just a blur.

“S…Seventeen–” He could feel a moan slowly creeping up his throat. “Seventeen… What ?” Niko clicked his tongue in annoyance because he can hear the smirk from above, even if his hand is currently holding his face down.

“1-1765” A satisfied hum comes from above, but before Niko can even retaliation that smug tone from Kuni, he gasped in surprise as a sudden rough thrust was shoved into him, a moan escaped as his own cock twitched in anticipation. If only a certain someone wasn't keeping both his hand locked behind his back right now, he'd have certainly satisfied himself with that touch he desperately needed right now.

“Hmph, so you do remember it, seems like you're not completely a moron.” God, Niko hates the fact that turns him on. “Shut up, you're–” His breath hitched as he felt another thrust. “I didn't tell you you could speak, did I ?” Kuni hisses, slamming his dick into the brunette's hole a few more time as Niko struggled with holding back his moans and whimpers after each thrust. “You asked me to come here, you begged me to help and then you have the gall to complain ?” Kuni was sure Niko is too high on pleasure to response right now, not that he's complaining. 

Kuni would rather die than admitting it but he loves it when Niko lost all sense of reason whenever he's high on his cock.

The whimpering stops as Kuni slowed down, letting Niko catches his breath before thrusting right back in, not even letting Niko's body registered his thrust as he increased his speed, slamming on to him continuously and so rough that the slapping noises almost drowned out Niko's whimpers. “Don't think we're done yet, you still have a few questions to do.” 

Jumbled mess was all he got in response, not even coherent words was escaping Niko's mouth as all he could let out right now was moans and panting. Kuni clicked his tongue, face lowered back down near the nape of Niko's neck (hopefully) to get a look at his messy state of face right now.

“Look at what you did, my book is now wet with your disgusting spit.” His grip on Niko's hair tightened, eliciting a groan from said brunette. “You know you'll have to made up for it, right ?” Kuni let go of Niko's hair as his hand wanders on Niko's abdomen “All the pages, cover, bookmarks…” He listed, fingers slowly trailing up to his chest up his shirt “... You should consider yourself lucky I didn't shove that whole book down your throat the moment you ruined it.” 

Like before, all that were returned to him were gibberish and moans, each one louder than the last almost in rhythm to Kuni's rough thrusts. 

“Can't even answer me now, can you ?” He whispered into Niko's shoulder, letting out a satisfied hum as he felt Niko shivered under his breath. “Very well, how about one last question and I'll let you come ?” 

Niko's moan quieten for a second at the offer before letting out a grunt in response. “Careful, if you don't answer this correctly, your little sweet release will be put on hold–” a squeeze was given to Niko's locked arms, reminding Niko he's still under Kuni's control, after all. “-- And I can do what I want with you afterwards, sounds like a deal ?”

A small grunt can be heard after a few seconds of pure whimpers, seems like he's really desperated to cum. Cute.

“Should be an easy one…” He pretends to be in thought for a second, enjoying the impatient grunts Niko was letting out. “What is “Country” in Japanese ?”

Kuni almost lets out a laugh as Niko stopped moving for a second, seems like he already figured out what he was planning.

“Hm ? What happened ? Cat got your tongue ?” Another rough thrust, hand circling Niko's nipple teasingly “Don't tell me you already forgot what I–” “Kuni.” The suden whisper caught him off guard as he stared at Niko, ear reddened realising what the whsiper back before picking up his speed as he rammed deep into Niko, making the brunette gasp in surprise.

“What was that ? I couldn't hear you.” Pinching Niko's nipple gently, his speed doesn't seem like it's going to slow down anytime soon– with the ecstasy he's feeling right now. “You'll have to speak up if you don't want to lose your reward.” 

“K-Kuni–” “I said louder !” Niko shrieked as he feel how deep Kuni was inside him, his body was begging for a release at this point, he was so close. 

“If I don't hear a single word coming from your mouth in the next second I'll–” “KUNI– !” The moment Niko yelled that out, it was like a dam has been broken. Kuni's thrust were getting faster, rougher but it was also becoming more sloppy, almost as if he was high from hearing his name being called out so desperately.

“T-that wasn't hard at all, was it ?” Kuni grunted, his voice cracking as he lets the pleasure takes over him. “Is that all ? Didn't you say your method of memorising was to repeat something over and over again ?” He teased “Don't blame me if you forget everything tomorrow because you didn't stick to your own rules.”

He was getting close to, but he wasn't going to tell Niko he wanted to hear his name being moaned out as they climaxed. The small little ‘bastard’ being muttered before a string of his name being repeated over and over again followed almost made him laugh. 

A few more rough thrusts as their bodies twitched, Niko feels his inside being filled with Kuni's warm seeds as he followed afterward, dirtying his bed with droplets of cum being shot. Kuni pulled out, panting as Niko flipped over on his back, arm over his eyes as he catch his breath.

As he removed his arm, he suddenly felt a pair of lips on his own, it was so gentle he almost forgot how they essentially just had rough sex that he was pretty sure was strong enough to break his bed. He returned Kuni's kiss, wrapped his arms around his neck as they let their bodies tangled in sweats and cum, speaking of which, Niko should clean it soon, he could feel it practically dripping down his thighs.

However, currently he was way too tired to do anything, their kiss parted as Kuni stared down at Niko, whose eyes was already half way closed as light snores followed after he let tiredness won him over.

“Heh.” A chuckle left Kuni's lips, lowering his forehead to touch Niko's sweaty one's. “Good luck on your test tomorrow… Idiot.”

dividers by cafekitsune ♡

[willyhoos]

Q: WHAT TOPS THE FOOD CHAIN? A: HUMANS

[rainofthetwilight]

honestly, when i first saw sora's backstory, i didnt react much, but now im noticing everything and its just really sad to think about

see this little kid who was full of hope? see this girl, that was just an innocent kid full of life, having that one role model that every kid had in some point of their lives?

this girl was then stripped away from everything she loved the moment she realized the truth, that this "role model" of hers was abusing poor innocent creatures, that their people have been brainwashed by this so-called emperess she actually used to follow, having your own parents shun you and take away everything you had and isolate you just because you knew the truth, and said truth wasnt just something bad, no, it was a fucking nightmare to think about, imagine taking that all in at 10

if the merge never happend, she would've been stuck in that sucker of a realm her whole life. she wouldve never been able to continue her childhood, her love for tech, nothing just absolutely nothing. she wouldve been locked away and alone forever, she wouldnt even have her own family by her side

the fact she didnt even hesitate to leave when the merge happend is heartbreaking, she was so fucking young, and was treated so poorly by everyone. imagine staying like that for probably months. she even named herself after that freaking dragon to respect her.

and as someone who actually experienced what sora had to endure when i was a kid, being shunned by my family for nearly a year during that time, i just have to point out that:

ana and sora are two completely different charcters.

when ana left, she became sora. a completely new person that was an ending with a new beginning, seeds that became remenants.

I know alot of people will disagree with me and say that lloyd had a tougher backstory, or maybe harumi, etc, but every charcter experienced something the other wouldnt handle, making no tragedy rougher than the other

i have nothing else to say but..damn

[n-taszka]

sorry(?) for sending another request but i'd love to see arwen in your art style! 🤩

[dumbkatsu]

You ask and I deliver! I'm so happy everyone is enjoying the Mu Qing hc, so let's start:

Mu Qing would notice the littlest things about you.

From how you style your hair, how you prepare your coffee/tea, what you put first in the bowl if it's the cereals or the milk to the little gestures you do when you're nervous.

He just loves your little mannerisms so much. He finds them endearing.

Even the way every week you organize your books in a different system

He would notice how you sometimes forget to take care of yourself properly so he would help.

If you are a very busy person in the morning and forget to eat breakfast he'd prepare it for you to take away with a sticky note saying: "Don't forget to eat dummy"

When you first introduced him to MBTI he was really confused.

And when you explained the concept to him he low-key thought it would be another zodiac thing.

Which made you really pissed

So you made him do the test.

(And during the test he was a bit bored ngl)

It gave him ISTJ

At first, he was confused but as he read his results he was starting to doubt his convictions and so he became interested in mbti's

Cue you sending him a shitton of mbti memes 24/7

And whenever he saw a meme roasting your mbti he would def sending you

You would def make him dress up as your mbti for Halloween

But he wouldn't mind

Because if it made you smile he would do anything for you

When it comes to communication in a relationship, he can get a bit shy and insecure, so there will be times when he won't say wants to say. But if you talk to him and show him that you can give him a safe space to express his feelings he will become more confident and it will show.

OH! I totally feel like mu qing is the type to avoid you when he realizes his feelings for you (pre-relationship)

If you were close friends before and this starts happening it can be very hurtful.

You try to corner him but to no avail, he just gives a half-assed excuse and weasels his way away from you again.

It takes Xie Lian, Feng Xin, and even a tiny roast from Hua Cheng to make him apologize and confess to you

"Mu Qing you should be honest about your feelings, it's clear that they like you too!"

"Yeah bro you need to go head in and do it, it's been too long and now that you decided to very obviously distance yourself they've kinda been upset these past few days"

"Only a pussy bitch boy wouldn't admit their feelings and just confess instead of causing mindless hurt to both parties, isn't that right Mu Qing?"

"San lang..."

Yes that was basically the last drop for Mu Qing and he decides to drive up to your place

(cliché warning: I'm about to be so corny on this one I hope you can forgive me)

It started pouring rain and Mu Qing cursed himself for not doing this sooner and just being a blatant coward.

When he reached your driveway he calls your phone

"Hey, why are you-"

"Come outside"

"Mu Qing it's raining"

"I don't care just come outside, I want to take you somewhere"

"Fine. Give me a minute"

You basically leave in your pajamas and go on a late-night drive with Mu Qing.

He obviously gives you the aux cord bcs he likes your taste in music

You guys drive for a bit until he stops at a place with a nice skyline

You guys stay silent until he turns the engine off.

Mu Qing sighs to himself as you look at him expectantly

"Look Y/n I'm sorry. I have been a first-class dick these past few days and I really didn't want to hurt you by doing it but...it's just that... " he stops.

The words he wants to say can't get out of his mouth it's stuck in his throat until he feels your hand on top of his giving him an encouraging nod

It's incredible how you make him feel like he can conquer the world without uttering a single word really.

"I have feelings for you y/n. I never felt like this before. I feel like I don't deserve to feel like this, I feel like I don't deserve you in my life because I can't treat you like you should be treated. You've been here for me through thick and thin and I would do anything for you. But I am honestly feeling very fucking scared for what it might happen next."

You stay quiet trying to process all of the information you were just told. It was a lot to take in. Until you broke the agonising silence.

"I like you too Mu qing. I always have" you said with a beaming smile

"And yes you were being a total asshat, I was so confused. I thought you were upset that I ate the last chocolate pudding in your fridge"

"SO IT WAS YOU?? I THOUGHT I WAS FENG XIN! I MADE HIM BUY ME 4 MORE"

You two broke in silly laughter and when you opened your eyes you saw mu qing really close to your face.

He was looking at your eyes with such adoration that it was hard to maintain eye contact with those grey eyes.

He momentarily looked at your lips and his Adam's apple bobbed

He looks back at your eyes again moving closer. Your lips almost touching

"Can I k-kiss you?"

You guys can figure out the rest ;)

[alistartdraws]

First off, I love your Shinjireaper au thing even though it rips my heart to shreds it's amazing how dare you don't stop.

Second of all, you little comic about Aki seeing Shinjireaper made me think of what Ken's reaction would be, which, honestly, is not really a question I believe I would want actually answered, that kid is already wrecked mentally as it is.

Ohhhh man . He would be horrified to hear about it. The second they could after the comic, the three went back to the bottom of Tartarus, and told what they saw. Ken would want to go back, confirm with his own eyes, but he'd be stopped. The thought of Shinjiro still out there in spirit would KILL him, cause the guilt of it all was still eating him alive. He would probably neglect some necessities like food and sleep just thinking about it until other members of SEES stage an intervention for him...

But one day he'd force himself onto the team, just to see Shinjiro again. He'd apologize, tell it that he's trying to atone and do better from its sacrifice for him, even as hes running from it. It helps him to actually see him, in some weird way, even if he was trying to kill the entire team.

Shinjireaper eventually gets a bit more docile with the help of Makoto, and I think Ken would begin to treat him like how people treat graves. He would still seek him out a lot when they go to Tartarus, but just to talk to, and tell about his day. Tell about everything that's been going on around the dorm, etc etc.

Ken is a strong kid! I think after the initial horror and the fact that Shinjireaper was in fact hunting them all down trying to kill them initially, he'd do a lot better. Although Shinjireaper is without full memories, he gets flashes, and he gets Feelings. So hed still be able to react how Shinjiro would (even though he can't really talk), which I think would help soothe Ken a bit.

[eternadreeblissa]

Ok but the potential for Silent Prince Link. In that roleswap or so AU in BOTW

Listen, imagine him, the descendant of Hylia, trying to achieve his sealing powers but his prayers keep falling on deaf ears. The suffering he has to endure with a strict parent who doesnt give him much freedom, failing expectations so exceptionally well he beats himself up silently and secretly resents Hylia. We all know that but imagine inserting darling for a sec: he meets this person, who's been nothing but kind to him. They don't berate him or scold him, they don't expect much from him and wants nothing more but for him to be happy and given relief from his duties. His heart has never been touched and caressed so gently like soul, so he just, follows darling around, maybe roping them in strolls somewhere outside the kingdom. He takes every excuse to spend time with you, including skipping his training, or, maybe he has you with him instead of Zelda guarding him.

Now, his relationship with Zelda, isn't the greatest. One of the people who speaks their minds aloud to him (AKA near outright berating). I imagine this Zelda thinks he has it easy, or that maybe he's so privileged that he can do whatever he wants. Whatever it is she just got the wrong idea abt him. She doesn't like the fact she has to babysit him or smth guarding him; the guy avoids her like a plague anyway! (Asides from escorting him to the shrines and all. But on Link's side, he just didn't want to handle Zelda's criticism on him on top of his own parent's disappointment) she was living her best life being herself bonding with her mom, but she had to be taken away bcs she had the whole knight lineage thing under her name.

Anyway meeting darling was a breath of fresh air to him. I imagine he thinks of them as an escape: similar to how people escape reality. He spends nearly every waking moment with them, or at least as much as time and duties can allow. He never met someone who saw him for himself: as Link. Not the prince, not the descendant of Hylia. Just... Link. And she loved and cared for him like a real person.

Zelda, didn't exactly like this. Mostly bcs asides from already getting in trouble for not having Link in her vision as part of her job, if she lets you go on you might as well steal the prince away from Hyrule the more he skips duties and she might even be replaced. And while that would be awesome she'll be in even more trouble with the king or queen, AKA: Link's parent. She couldnt go back to the life she once had, not when it was taken from her and robbed of her childhood and all...

Yes, you and Link have to avoid Zelda a lot. He's actually pretty good at hiding. While he gets heavily lectured by his own personal guard its all worth it spending time with you.

But then... Hylia happened.

Why now, of all times, did his powers awaken and why of all people, did it have to be you? You were the real light of his life, in a world of darkness and oppression. The only one who gave him hope and more to live for than just his duties. Why now, when he was about to confess and run away with you, and he had you in his arms, did suddenly his own voice betray him? He wasn't himself— no, it wasn't him speaking AT ALL. THIS IS A DIFFERENT PERSON TALKING THROUGH HIM PLEASE STOP.

But he was helpless, helpless as his words were twisted to hurt you: no you weren't useless to him, you weren't in the way! You were everything he needed in life— no you were his life! He needed you! He truly loved you please! But your tears fell from his eyes, and just as he thought it was over, his hands glowed gold, he panicked, not understanding what's going on, but his hands were raised towards you, and his voice chanted; and in a bright flash, you were gone.

No. No... NO!

He fell to the ground. His life just came crashing down. Any light and joy and hope, all the good things he had in life, were taken with you as you were sealed— no, vanquished by his own hands. (he couldn't bear the thought he truly did seal you away from Hyrule forever)

It... It wasn't him. No it wasn't...

That light. That golden light. The one that his hands were forcibly used against you. There's only one person who he knows could do that to you: Hylia.

If he only disliked Hylia for putting him all through this not answering his call before, then he certainly hates her with every fibre of his being for making him lose you.

(Under the cut if yall are interested in how my OC Ava handles this! And it has some more details on how things happened—)

When she met silent prince link, he was out hiding from Zelda again and escaping from his well, life, while Ava stumbled into his world separated from the chain.

I imagine, she started off being all nice and everything to him. While Link is confused cuz this gal thinks he's the hero? Anyway, they started off a bit smooth at least and this first meeting alone had him enjoy her company, and wishes to see her more.

So they meet up more and more. Link clarified he wasn't the hero, or heroine in this matter, but didn't reveal he was the prince either. All he said to her was that, he was just Link, a nobody. And he wants to know more about her. Ava respected that, and they talked and all, but at some point Zelda found out abt her and shooed her off. (Link has never disliked Zelda more than he has now, astonishing really, currently nearly up with his resentment for Hylia)

Thank goodness he found her in some of the usual spots she visited. It was a good thing she told him about it too (if she hadn't he'd scour the entirety of Hyrule just to find her—) he tells her not to be discouraged to continue meeting up with him. He truly did enjoy his time together with her, and he doesnt like Zelda or pretty much all of Hyrule kingdom in general, sometimes including his own parent, and especially Hylia. He then spills his past to her, leaving his whole heart bare to her being.

Ava, in processing this, is then a little conflicted: His story is just like Wild's except... he's in flora's position? Wherever she is, she's somewhere very, very far. History can't be turned upside its head and forget everything and have... This. But how did it happen? Asides her thoughts, Ava understood, and would be more than happy to be there for him. Link couldn't be any more happier.

...There's just one problem: Hylia. She isn't sure how... They could continue on for long. She tells his she wants to stay a bit and help him out but, Hylia, as far as shes known that goddess, meddled a lot with her life. Often using Zelda to seal her away every time (sometimes she beats the Zeldas to it, by going back home on her own. Either the Zeldas sealed her away willingly, or forcibly, as there are some who didn't actually mean to do anything. Regardless, she was often in all sorts of troubles of messes because of her. All of this lore bit abt her can be explained for another day jsufbfhhb). She tells him Hylia doesn't like her, and if he's a descendant as he actually says he is, then she might.. use him against her.

Hearing all this, Link was furious. His resentment for that white goddess just increased a ton. He told her he won't let it happen. No matter what. He promises. Ava could only hope that promise can still hold true even with Hylia looming...

So they spent more time together, and they bonded a lot. But the King/Queen heard Link hasn't been doing his duty, (as if he hasn't already been slacking off in their eyes) so Ava didn't see Link for a few days and worried about him. The next time Ava saw a glimpse of him, he was out with Zelda, who seemed more of a hawk than she was before, heading out for training and everything.

It was quite horrid for Link :'(( so when he got back to her, he was latching onto her like a koala, wanting her attention on him and only him. If anyone tried to take her eyes away from him he glares and it's the most chilliest thing anyone has ever seen, nor did they even know Link was capable with that kind of expression! (Considering his lack thereof, in the public eye). Ava had to distract him and tell him to stop or at least, lessen that just a bit, as she takes him away somewhere more isolated where nobody will, hopefully get hurt. (He looks like he's just one breath away from hurling a book at someone's face—)

Anyway, Link wanted to catch back on lost time spent being away from her. And they did that! But again... Hylia happened.

After coming back to train once again or so, Link felt different. A bad different. He feels like he wanted to wash himself off from this feeling all over his body. He probs bathed like 3 times but, it didn't get rid of it. Probably bcs he despises Hylia a lot now and being around her mere statues or stuff just sickens him. He hopes all of that will be forgotten or washed away around Ava's presence but haha it couldn't be any more worse :'))) just like time and time again, Hylia used Link, awakening his powers and sealed her away.

...In the end, she didn't learn her lesson did she? Try as she might, leaving before she was sealed off from any of Hylia's vessels but, here she is. She stayed too long. She got attached again. She got both of them attached again and now, they're both going to be hurt, wounded from this. It's her fault she let this happen. She could only hug him in tears, trying to be there for him and comfort even though he spoke piercing words and trying to get her off from him. But deep down, this wasn't him. It was Hylia. Link always told her he loved her company and wanted nothing more but for her to stay. But just like before, with every link she met, no matter what she gets separated every. Single. Time.

So before she completely vanishes into the light and she burns in pain from its power, she could only tell Link, through her tears, she'll come back again. Just like before, as well. Because even though despite the fact she will always end up leaving or not staying for as long as she wanted, even though both her world and his wanted them apart, they'll just meet each other, again and again. In another time, or a different era, maybe a whole other world even. It cannot be helped, they were both connected. Maybe in his case, the hero's spirit didnt call her like it did with the others, simply because he doesn't have it, being Hylia's descendant. But somehow, even without it, she was here, met Link again, and similar scenarios were played. It's almost like... They truly were soulmates weren't they?

Because of that, she assures him: she'll come back, as a goddess. She'll train more, work harder, learn, just so she can stand against the selfish divine who kept meddling with their lives. She'll be there for him, and he won't have to suffer for so long in silence, but for now... It's farewell, until they meet again.

It was the one hope Link clung onto for dear life, as everything else in his world faded from mind.

[aliengirl]

okok so, what does Adrian think about being a dad exactly? And about Carrie, did she really forgive him for cheating? Does she still have doubts about him? Does she trust him completely? 👀

Thank u so much, Love a good excuse to talk about my sims 😂😂

WELL both Adrian and Carina were tense and nervous and i would be too, considering they are just teenagers. But different from Carrie, Adrian accepted the pregnancy almost immediately lol. He was definitely scared but he knew that freaking out wouldn't help, so he just embraced it; now that Vincent is born, he loves to play with him but i think i never saw him changing a diaper. He will bottle feed him but is Carrie who does all the dirty work. So i guess being a dad for him is "easy" 🤐

I won't say Carrie forgave him for cheating, but she also blames mostly herself. He tried to explain that only cheated on her because she was not giving him the attention he needed, and, well, she was pregnant, anxious, worrying, trying to keep the house not a mess, away from her family, so YEAH ADRIAN SHE WAS DISTANT. But that, added to the pregnancy hormones and all, she was overwhelmed and now with the baby here, she decided to "sweep it under the rug". She stills feels unsure about Adrian sometimes and will argue over small things, but he would aways talk her out and calm her (mostly with kisses to distract her mind). But in the end she stayed with him because Vince is just a baby and would be such a pain to move out (she really doesnt want to go back to the ranch as she sees it as throwing her problems on her parents' hands, even if they would love to have them there), besides Adrian makes most of the money, so Carrie actually stayed for the stability and support 🫡

She definitely loves him but not quite trust him :[ she feels unsure but tries to not be unreasonable and a toxic helicopter girlfriend. But i dont think she will accept him back if he ever does that again 🤔 as she is more clear minded now and is finally making some money of her paintings

[silass-new-family]

the boy slowly came to in the nurses cabin as he could feel laura patching him up ... he smelt kaylee and caleb...he shot up panicking "no no no please leave me be let me die!... i deserve to die!"

@silas-dogboy

Kaylee and Caleb approached the nurse's cabin as soon as an unfamiliar scent entered their systems. It wasn't that difficult for them to narrow down where it was coming from, really, they've gotten quite used to their "werewolf senses" at this point. Albeit, a bit surprising at times, both Kaylee and Caleb now incorporate their new life into their everyday nicely. The water and silver aversion took some getting used to, well, a lot of getting used to. They do quite miss when their lives were "normal," however... But not much can be done about it now, and the reason to that reality is about to be within several feet of them.

It was reaching dusk now, a faint, orange glow set itself over the camp. Silas has been on camp grounds for maybe a few hours, getting patched up by Laura Kearney. For most people, it was a regular day, but for the Hacketts, it's as if a bomb was set off. The air felt unbearably tense. Well, for most of the Hacketts, anyway. For the past six years, the Hackett family has made it their goal to hunt down Silas, to finally put an end to the curse that "leeched" itself onto them. But Caleb and Kaylee saw Silas' existence in a different way, it wasn't his fault they all were thrust into this unfavorable situation. It was them who practically pulled the final trigger, anyway... The scene still haunts them til this day. They wished it never happened. I suppose, now, they're just facing the consequences of their past, naive actions.

And in fact, they weren't even initially told about their family's plan. Every full moon they would enter the blood red luminescence of the basement, lock themselves in cages, and wake up hours later with the worst headache they've ever experienced, that was the most of it. So, to finally realize what they've been up to every full moon, every month, every year? It was a bit of shock. They would go as far as to say it made them disdain their family for some time. But it never lasted long, because family is supposed to be everything, right? Hating family is just- it shouldn't be done. Right?

The creak of the cabin door greeted them, they took a few steps before their eyes focused in on Laura and Silas planted on a nearby bed. Kaylee and Caleb, especially Caleb, really wanted to take this opportunity to get to know the boy better, especially since the current environment wasn't... laced with malice and death. It was a summer camp, everyone enjoyed a summer camp, right? It's not even comparable to a forest riddled with death traps and men armed with shotguns wanting you dead...

Kaylee frowned at Silas' greeting; Caleb remained calm and nudged her a bit, noticing her unfiltered reaction. He knows how she wears her heart on her shoulder; she always had trouble keeping what she's actually feeling to a minimum. And Caleb also knows that he needs to help keep her in check, to keep her safe. That's what he was always told.

Caleb spoke up first. "Silas... it's okay, we- we don't want to hurt you. And we." He motioned to Kaylee. "Certainly don't want you to die.

"We actually came to just, talk, if you'd like."

"And to apologize," Kaylee added.

[bg-brainrot]

To start, I’m a huge fan of your writing! Seriously, I’ve been reading your stuff since maybe October or November? I always look forward to updates, and I genuinely think your writing is of top-notch quality. Thank you for sharing your stories with us on the internet. ❤️

I saw your post saying you were in game development, and I wanted to ask what are some good ways to network and work with game studios? I’m actually an artist working in the animation industry now (this is an alt account to save posts for my brainrot lmao), but would love to transition into games sooner or later, just not sure how to find good info or leads? There’s only so many animation studios producing major work so it’s easier to scout info, but the world of games is daunting to say the least, even if I’ve been a gamer my whole life.

Any insight helps, but totally understand if you don’t have a straightforward answer to this question lol. You rock, and hope you’re having a good day!

Ahhh first off, thank you so much for reading my fic <33 You best believe I recognize your username when you like my posts and I appreciate it every single time. C: Second, thank you for asking a question!!! I am unreasonably excited to answer it!

To answer your question, I have a few tips, but I will say it will definitely depend on where you live what resources are available to you (it sucks, and it's honestly a huge downside to this industry :') ). Some tips below, sorted by, like availability ~

Networking from anywhere:

Join Discords! There are a ton for general game developers, a ton for people in specific fields, a ton for specific demographics within gaming, a ton for recruiting or for connecting with mentors-- and honestly, it can seem like a lot, there are a ton of people, a lot of them might already know each other, etc. but everyone is super friendly and super willing to help.

Join GameJams! I cannot stress this enough, but one of the biggest things that will help someone transition into games from another field is experience making games (I know it sounds counterintuitive, but bear with me haha)-- but making games, even if they're small games you make with a group over a weekend, shows directly applicable experience and looks great on a portfolio! GameJams are an easy way to find a group, set aside time, and make a game before you even join a studio. Bonus note: animators are *always* in high demand for those.

Reach out to people whose work you like directly! This is by far the most nerve-wrecking (to me at least), but reaching out to people, like cold-emailing, cold-LinkedIn messaging, is just such a good way to get to know people. As awkward as it is for you, people who like what they do will always be excited to answer questions and help set you on a path forward (like me! I receive messages myself and each time I get excited that someone even bothered to reach out tbh). If you're super lucky, you may even get a mentor out of it!

From in-person locations:

Join local indie dev meetups! I've done this in my area, and each and every time everyone is so willing to talk, to connect, and to give each other advice. The best part of these meetups is that they tend to be very informal, and you may even find teams looking to expand.

(Disclaimer, this one is expensive and genuine connections can be difficult given the sheer number of participants, but it's not impossible) Attend conventions/game dev events! Even at GDC, people from all types of industries attend to try to get their foot in the door, speak with recruiters, get portfolio advice, and learn a bit more about how the industry works. A quick word of warning for this one: be wary of the type of convention! For example, GDC is great for growth and connections, but attend something more press-oriented like PAX or more creator-oriented like TwitchCon and you may be disappointed at the lack of opportunities to just sit and talk. Smaller conventions can sometimes be more helpful to actually network as well.

Attend any local universities/incubator programs game showcases! Again, hyper-specific to this being in your area, but often people will take time to show off their game, host in-person game jams, and more-- usually you'll find these around major universities, major companies, and even places like video game museums. All great places to meet and get to know some mentors or even recruiters.

and some general tips for animation specifically that you probably already know as an animator in another field but are always worth mentioning:

Make sure that you know what type(s) of animation you want to get into (Technical animator, rig specialist, gameplay animator, etc.), which studios rely on which animation types (some studios have one generalist, some split up their animation pipeline very thoroughly, some have only 2D animators, some 3D, some a mixture of both), and which game engines they use-- the more programs you know, the better, of course. I've seen 2D animators spend many a personal hour learning 3D animation for the sake of getting on a game they want to work on, so the sooner you learn the better :')

Again I want to stress the gamejam, but if you don't want to talk to other people or it's difficult to find one, I would recommend at least trying to make your own small game. The reason being that, while animators in general are super highly sought after in the industry, the more you know about game development itself the more sought after you will be! A good animator is fantastic, an animator who knows why their animation breaks as soon as it's in engine is even better (and the best way to figure that kind of debugging is really from trying, failing, iterating!)

Beyond just reaching out to people, find animators you like in the industry and see if they're involved in any mentorship programs, are giving any talks, maybe already have some talks online (old GDC talks end up on YouTube sometimes), or even have guides on how they got their start in the industry. It's definitely not a clear cut journey for anyone into gaming, so there's no one-size-fits-all, but it can give you a gauge for how others in your position got there!

PHEW, I think that's it! I hope some of this is helpful, feel free to like, ask for clarification as I know I can ramble, and thank you again for asking! You rock and hope your day is excellent :D

[jazzzzzzhands]

HI!!! I LITTERALLY ADORE YOUR QUESTION ANSWERER DESIGN!! I JUST WANTED 2 SAY THAT

Oh?? You like... Him???

Well He is a very very busy man, I'm not sure if he would notice your affection!! I'm sure he would be flattered if he wasn't tangled up in his work!

But word to the wise, I would be careful around him! He has been known to be quite...

~Obsessive~

[taetaekimmi]

I drew this small scene from @metalomagnetic fic Canis Major. It's a very rough sketch without propern lining&coloring and my skills are just not there, but I simply couldn't resist the urge. I end up falling in love with literally every character they write, and old Sirius is just... Ugh, so horrible, but so alluring.

"It was the infamous Sirius Black. A tall man, with wide shoulders, long black hair hanging around his face, deep circles under his too intense eyes, mouth twisted in a snarl. Orion walked behind him, his gaze fixed on his older relative.

Voldemort watched them, hidden by a pillar. Orion never seemed small; he carried himself with such arrogance and pride, his head held so high he seemed a foot taller than he was. Yet right then, Orion looked small, trailing after his grandfather, quietly, as Voldemort observed them disappear up the stairwell leading to the Headmaster's chambers. 

They left Dippet’s office not even a quarter of an hour after they entered it.

As soon as they emerged from it, the gargoyles closing the door behind them, old Black slapped Orion, the noise echoing down the hallway.

“Next time you pull something like this, do it on a weekday, you fool! If I’m woken up again at this ungodly hour on your account on a Sunday, you will be very sorry for it.”

“Yes, Grandfather,” Orion answers, in that unfazed tone of his.

The old man narrows his eyes. “What was it about, anyway? How did he provoke your ire?”

A second worth of silence. “He tried stealing from me.”

Orion gets hit again, harder this time. The heavy family ring rips the skin at the corner of his left eye, and that pure blood of theirs makes an appearance.

“Then why does he still have hands?” the old man hisses, enraged. “If someone attempts to take what is yours, you cut off their hands, boy!”

He slaps Orion again, just as harshly. 

“Yes, Grandfather.” Orion doesn't take his eyes off his grandfather, doesn't wipe away the blood running down his cheek, his hands held behind his back. 

Sirius Blacks huffs in displeasure, before turning on his heels and marching down the hallway. “Weakling,” he mutters."

I couldn't decide whether to give Sirius beard or not, mostly because I can't draw facial hair for the life of me, but also cuz it ended up hiding his sneer wrinkles 😆

Here is a beard version

[thatone-highlighter]

tell me about jasper bestie

Jasper is such a deeply deeply tragic character when you actually take a step back and look at things from her perspective,

she was born into a war-torn planet and expected to be this loyal obedient soldier and to protect her diamond to the very end. and she filled that role, she did what she was supposed to and more, she became the best soldier homeworld had ever seen. she fought for her life and with everything she had constantly, all in the name of Pink Diamond. she did what was asked of her and she did it well. but it wasnt enough

despite how hard she tried and how hard she fought, Pink Diamond was shatters. Her diamond was shattered. she failed. she lost her cause and everyone expected her to just move on. they took her from her planet, where she was made, all shes ever known, away from her diamond. gave her a new diamond and shes just told to move on, she can serve in yellow diamonds name now. and she does, shes an obedient soldier who does everything thats asked of her. but she never forgets about Pink.

Jaspers spent THOUSANDS OF YEARS holding resentment towards Rose, she killed the person she most looked up to, took her home planet from her. she spent those thousands of years ANGRY and given her situation and perspective, rightfully so. Then she gets the chance to go back, the person that caused all that hurt and pain is still kicking around and she wants revenge so she goes back. and gets stuck on that planet with her and in a terrible fusion, she’s tricked into forming this fusion and held down there at the bottom of the sea for MONTHS on end. When she’s finally free of the Fusion she sets out to finish what she started, finally get revenge on Rose Quartz. So she tries to do that, a few failed attempts, ‘Rose’ keeps using the very thing that caused her months of suffering to beat her in fights repeatedly. Then she finally gets beat once and For all, she probably knows she’s not gonna be able to come back from Corruption, she’s been beat and is at her lowest low. So she decided to just try and get some closure by talking to Rose.

And then when Rose just, doesn’t seem to care, she breaks.

Literal Thousands of years of Suffering, she’s been fighting since the second she emerged, killed her Diamond, Took her planet from her, and she just, doesn’t care

and then she loses herself to corruption, and in a rare piece of mercy for her, gets immediately poofed to remain oblivious in her bubble

then, shes let out again, shes healed. but shes not the same, she'll never be the same.

and then they tell her her entire life has been a lie. thousands of years of fighting, thousands upon thousands of burning bitter resentment, all of it was for nothing. because turns out, Pink faked her death. and the person shes been blaming, been itching and burning to make suffer like she made her, thats pink too. but, no, actually, Pink is gone. its Steven now, everyone tells her. hes not pink or rose, hes steven. no one remains for her to be angry at. but shes so so angry.

they tell her theres no need to be angry, everything is fine now everyone is happy. but how is she supposed to be happy now.

she hides herself away, but steven wont let her. he keeps coming back over and over but she just wants to forget about it. one day he comes back with something she can help with, he wants to fight her. fighting is all shes ever known it comes so naturally to her. and then shes shatterd. not poofed, not cracked, shattered. this is how she ends.

except its not, except he brings her back. he brings her back from the death of deaths, and wont even acknowledge what hes done

[caramelmochacrow]

hayakoko (and by extension neosophi) being similar to tsubaoi and kyoshino makes me sound insane, but if you think abt it, they kinda are....

hayakoko is like a mix of tsubaoi and kyoshino, theyre a mixture of those two.

(adding a cut due to the long length of this post! i apologize but when i started talking about tsubaoi it went out of hand! also the hayakoko and kyoshino part was already long without tsubaoi so yeah.)

now, how did hayakoko become the way it is now?

they start off with the both of them being lonely, kokoa the grieving girl who lost her mother with a distant father, and hayate the lonely girl who feels distant from her family that expects so much from her and feels she has a hard time with love.

kokoa makes a song that encapsulates her feelings about her mother, the song being kogetsu. it sounds, as hayate explained it paraphrased, "it has a lot of rock elements but it still manages to sound lonely. it's like it's screaming for someone to see them."

hayate then decides helping the composer sounds a bit too much, reaching out over something she doesnt know sounds difficult to her. instead she decides to be lonely with the composer, to give the song the words it needs to convey the loneliness that hayate understands.

hayate spends all night making lyrics that properly explain how the loneliness sounds to her. after she notices that it's morning and kokoa still accepted dms, she questions herself if she should send the lyrics to her.

and she does, without saying anything else, soon after she meets the mysterious composer, who is kokoa, a girl that apparently also goes to the same school as her.

kokoa notices how compatible they are as musical partners, composer and lyricist, and continues working w hayate.

a week later of knowing each other, hayate suddenly declares she loves kokoa and that they should be partners, not just musically, but romantically. crazy, she knew this, but if she didn't act quick, kokoa might fall for another.

kokoa, obviously, declines. too early.

a few weeks -- months maybe -- pass and then theyre now dating. yay!

during that time, hayate managed to move away from her parents with the help of her grandpa, who supported her gladly. since kokoa's father is barely present at the house to take care of kokoa properly, she would spend most of her time with hayate at her place, visiting to make lunch and dinner for her, even help with laundry and such.

kokoa also doesnt try to expect so much from hayate, she does things in her own hayate-like way and it's fine. they might not agree all the time, but both of them know that they'll both love each other even with that. kokoa makes sure hayate knows she's loved and checks on her if she notices something is odd or different about hayate.

hayate, in return, helps kokoa whenever she needs to release a few things out of her chest. she knows what helps her relax, she knows to not crowd kokoa with questions or anything whenever she feels that way and knows to tell her words of comfort or praise when she finishes, making sure she knows that it's okay for her to release her frustrations when needed.

quicker explanation/tl;dr: hayate and kokoa didn't know/had forgotten how (genuine) love from someone was like and the both of them help each other out when the other is struggling. both of them may be lonely but they can be lonely with each other. they know what makes the other feel safe and how they would react to certain subjects and know when to reach out.

now, next is the obvious one: kyoshino. explanation time!

kyoko as a child, thanks to her father's love of listening to records, fell in love with a dj shinobin's music and soon decided to make music of her own. shinobu, on the other hand, was a young genius that was taught by her grandpa who was a legend and has this fan of hers that used to be an admirer now made music of her own and she wanted to make sure, kyo-co, would never surpass her.

this continues until middle school and kyoko finds out that the princess she kept on seeing as child whenever she walked through the street when she was younger is going to the same school as her.

their first meeting face to face.

soon, after a few things here and there, kyoko finds out that same princess is also dj shinobin, her idol. as soon as she learns this, she asks her to form a unit with her. crazy, she knew, but if she didn't act quick dj shinobin might form a dj unit with another person that wasnt her.

shinobu, obviously, declines. too early.

at this response, kyoko decides to get better. so she does, making one or two tracks a day and sending it to her idol hoping it would impress her. as she does this, she also does vocal training to ensure that her voice was impressive enough to reach the expectations of her idol.

weeks -- months maybe -- pass and she finally makes a track that impresses -- scares-- her idol at her quick growth, she's excited, and pride fills her, perhaps too much.

so she performs a live with that song.

and it was terrible.

no one, not a single person at that live could catch up with her song and her voice, it was too much.

after that failure, she is dragged to the side, questioned by the person that started it all, dj shinobin.

her idol questions why it was terrible, why the performance is subpar and it hurts kyoko. her idol then says that if she were in her shoes, she would make sure it was refined, better. it hurts kyoko's already hurting pride.

so shinobu says that from now on, she would make sure kyoko's music was refined and perfect, and that she should form a dj unit with her.

time passes, then, on christmas day, kyoko gets to perform a live with shinobu, with their audience being each other.

and peaky pkey was born.

quicker explanation/tl;dr: shinobu was a genius and kyoko was someone who had to work hard to look talented. both of them support each other and even if it involves butting heads, they would always find a middle ground eventually. they both know each other like the back of their hand, they know how the other would react to things thanks to how long they have known each other and they know how to push each other to their limits until they're satisfied.

now. third! tsubaoi. ooooh tsubaoi. (the fact that im condensing rondo unit story 1 this much is killing me, btw. also also REMEMBER AOI LORE AND TSUBAKI LORE AS U READ THIS.)

it begins with aoi, a skilled but airheaded dj that can make music that moves one's heart. and tsubaki, a skilled but lonely singer that is struggling with her passion for singing after being told she wasnt needed and lost contact w her childhood friends (rika and miyu).

after a performance aoi was always told that she needed a vocalist to give her music more life, even hiiro, her friend and co-worker, said so. after aoi promised hiiro she wouldnt pull an all-nighter and still did so, she heard a voice.

a beautiful voice with a familiar tune.

she followed it to the source until she stops at a church, she went inside to see one girl.

she could only say she knew the song and the mysterious singer runs away from her.

hours pass and aoi couldn't get over the girl, after hiiro reminds her of an important meeting, it turns out that her boss managed to find a vocalist for her, yuki sakura, but declines. after bumping into and getting nagisa as her guitarist, aoi sees someone familiar at a university.

that mysterious vocalist.

aoi goes up to her, introduces herself and the singer does as well. aoi tells her that she's been finding her and hands her her business card. she tells her, bluntly, she needs her, that she couldn't stop thinking about her and her voice.

tsubaki, obviously, declines. this person must've been hitting on her.

aoi is left to only hope that tsubaki would watch their performance.

their performance is about to begin and masaki asks them to try something, aoi agrees.

tsubaki arrives at the performance, noticing how skilled aoi is as a dj. their eyes meet and aoi transitions into a familiar song.

prayer begins and tsubaki is confused why the song is playing. was this song for her?

then, aoi announces something-- someone.

their vocalist, yuki sakura.

tsubaki is confused and conflicted and decides to leave. they didn't need her after all.

after aoi runs after her and cleared up the confusion involving yuki sakura, tsubaki is asked if she should join the unit.

she says she'll think about it, giving aoi hope.

after some slight nudging from nagisa, aoi gets a call from tsubaki that she wanted to talk with her and that they would meet at a familiar place. after getting the go ahead from masaki, who told her that yuki (sakura) can fend for herself, aoi goes to meet tsubaki.

tsubaki tells her that she wants to give aoi herself, her voice. agreeing to join the unit.

after finding out that nagisa and hiiro were eavesdropping, aoi tells them their unit name.

rondo.

after their debut event, they get invited to join a very large event that invites many different skilled dj units of different clubs called the music crown to compete against each other.

they go to the event to represent ALTER-EGO and hiiro warns aoi to not give up, confusing aoi, but keeping it in mind. one of the clubs there is called 'SUNGING', filled with many talented djs. one of the members of the unit go up to them.

that member being yuki sakura.

she says a few words to all of them, especially aoi. telling her she will make sure that she'll notice her singing, worrying tsubaki and the others. they tell her to not mind her words and brush them off, but, even with those words of comfort, the seeds of doubt are already planted in tsubaki's mind. the performance begins and as soon as they are about to perform their set...

tsubaki cannot sing.

she suddenly lost her voice, halting their performance to a stop.

weeks pass, and they find out nothing is wrong with tsubaki but she still cannot speak. she still wishes to tell them something, just one thing.

she tells them she is quitting rondo.

this surprises everyone, but they respect her decision.

she goes home, bored of a movie she chose and decided to walk instead.

she walks through the district, wandering.

wandering until she arrives at the church she goes to.

she hears a sound, a gentle and beautiful sound.

it entices her to go inside, noticing children gathered all around the single person playing the organ.

she notices the person is aoi, who asks her for a favor.

to help with her part-time job.

she explains to tsubaki that her part-time job was playing the organ, right after explaining this to her her boss, inoue, tells the both of them that the vocalist couldnt sing for the performance and asks who tsubaki was. aoi tells him that she is a friend of hers, not mentioning the fact they used to be in a dj unit together (and using her last name), and asks her to help them.

tsubaki declines, telling aoi she couldnt sing. aoi simply tells her that she didn't want to force her anyway.

inoue then specifies that the reason the vocalist could not sing was because they were sick, giving aoi an idea for tsubaki to play the piano.

tsubaki was confused, asking aoi who was going to sing.

which was aoi herself.

during the performance, tsubaki notes to herself how much of a good singer aoi was, almost to the point that she could sing again.

which she does.

aoi, just like tsubaki, notes to herself that she didn't think her voice would return so soon, but even so was glad to hear her beautiful voice again.

when the first part of performance ends and they say their thanks, tsubaki points out to aoi that hiiro and nagisa were right there in the crowd.

this causes aoi to tell her to move and sing the next song, which tsubaki does.

after the performance, hiiro and nagisa thank tsubaki for helping aoi with her job, reminding aoi to give tsubaki her pay. this causes nagisa to note that she was a bit hungry and for hiiro to say that aoi was going to pay and for tsubaki to come with them.

after she accepts and listens along to the others talking and having fun, she says that she felt that she didn't belong here and tells them that even if she did get her voice back she still didn't want to sing.

nagisa reacts heavily, telling her that she was using rondo as an excuse to stop singing and that only she could decide if she should stop singing. tsubaki repeats that she wouldnt sing ever again, causing nagisa to say that it's fine as long as she could live without singing ever again. this hurts tsubaki deeply, causing hiiro to try to sooth the situation by telling her that nagisa didn't mean to hurt her, but is cut off by tsubaki leaving, causing aoi to yell for her again but this time go after her.

she stops when tsubaki stops and aoi tells her that inoue sent her an email that stated that everyone that watched their concert enjoyed it. aoi also compliments tsubaki and tells her that she cant imagine rondo with a different vocalist. tsubaki is about to tell her something before aoi asks if she's being insensitive and tsubaki tells her she is nice but is just scared of standing on stage with rondo. compared to the concert they did together a while ago to a performance as rondo, it was vastly different to tsubaki. aoi tells her that she is apart of rondo so she could sing in any way she wanted. tsubaki then tells aoi that she isn't sure if she has the resolve to be able to carry the burden of being a member of a unit.

aoi shows her a smile and tells her to stop trying to carry that burden. she continues on by telling tsubaki that if she wanted her to be the vocalist, they have to stop being connected to alter-ego. tsubaki questions why and aoi tells her that rondo is meaningless without her. tsubaki questions her again, asking how she could say such a thing, and aoi replies by saying she knew what was really important. tsubaki tears up, thanking her. aoi asks if she could come back.

and tsubaki says yes.

they hug and share a cute moment with hiiro and nagisa. during that moment they tell tsubaki that they had been invited to an event by yuki sakura's unit, which tsubaki accepted.

a few days pass, and theyre rehearsing at a studio, they banter and talk until aoi asks them to listen to a song she had been working on. a song that had been formed from the four of them.

prayer[s].

at the performance day, theyre setting up and checking their equipment, making sure everything was in good shape. aoi asks if tsubaki was alright and she tells her that she's fine because she knows that the song was meant for her and her only. then, during that performance, tsubaki managed to sing the song aoi made just for her voice.

now. to sum up their relationship/do a tl;dr: aoi was a genius or skilled dj and tsubaki was merely hard-working or wasn't even amazing to other people until she met aoi. they were both lonely, loveless people for most of their lives, they found comfort in each other because they understood that feeling of loneliness the other had in some way and also because the other helped them find a reason to continue, especially on tsubaki's part. even with that, they helped each other out in any way, for tsubaki, it was the entirety of their road to d4fes story and the maid event while for aoi it was the romeo and juliet event and side origin. they help and drive the other to do amazing things. also yk the teasing aoi unknowingly does to tsubaki who always has a red face whenever it happens.

so! ignoring my obvious bias on rondo, there is only one last ship to discuss. which is neosophi.

neosophi is a bit hard to talk abt for some considering the current state of their relationship but i will try my best even tho i know people will probably disagree with (kill) me!

so. neosophi. why is it even here, crow? some of u probably ask.

well, neosophi, like literally all the ships ive talked abt, have similarities that i will point out after i explain/do a tl;dr and talk abt how their relationship started.

so, let's do this! (considering sophia's backstory on how she met neo, please be careful, i avoided using specific words but still proceed w caution!!)

neo is a girl that had lost her mother at a young age and had to be taken care of by her father then, after he left neo, her grandparents. neo had gained many talents as a child, perfect pitch at 3, singing opera at 5, and composing songs at 7. she was a genius. and there there was sophia.... who. did not become a princess overnight that's for sure. (this was to lighten the mood im sorr--) she didn't have a very good life. im only touching this (very) lightly bc it legitimately made me feel so bad i kinda erased some bits from my mind. sophia was disliked and was a disappointment by everyone in her life and was reminded of that probably every day. her parents, her teachers, and her classmates saw her as some sort of anomaly. she was in the wrong. she was a failure. she was no genius. these thoughts and words affected her so much it almost drove her to, well, cutting her life short.

neo had started singing at the park when she was twelve, every day she was there, singing. people would look at her but would pay it no mind. she had to be the best there was.

and then there was sophia, who was about cut her life short by going through her window. she thought there would be people staring at her, wondering, but she had heard a beautiful voice come from the park that attracted everyone's attention, keeping it all away from her.

it entranced her, the way the stranger sung and their eyes were all on her.

the stranger was neo.

sophia saw her as some goddess, a deity. and everyday she had listened to neo's singing at the park because of it. she had recorded her singing and made melodies to it that complimented her voice and her voice only.

then, one day, there was a man that went up to neo at the park that day and had asked her if she wanted to join him on his plan to make her the greatest singer in the world. neo had accepted his offer.

sophia, scared of never hearing neo's voice ever again, ran after them, asking the both of them if she could go with them.

neo then asks her what she sees. and sophia answers that she sees neo and neo only.

she is then accepted as her assistant.

two years pass, during that gap they had collected elsie, and they are about to face weronika without a dj to help them. suddenly, neo declares that sophia would be the dj, confused, she tries to decline, but neo and elsie tell her that she is the only one who could do it since she had known neo and her voice the longest and elsie had called her out on the melodies she would make in secret to neo's voice.

then soon, abyssmare had formed.

sophia is extremely worried and nervous for upsetting neo to the point even neo herself thinks she's overreacting. it's shown in one of their area conversations when sophia asks her (iirc) what she should get and neo simply stays silent, it causes sophia to get worried that neo got mad and she quickly apologizes and runs away, only for neo to say she was simply thinking.

it's mostly neo who gets more from their relationship -- she can ask sophia to get things for her and she wouldnt mind, she has a dj that knows her voice and what songs can work for her perfectly, and she would literally do whatever she asked -- sophia, to her, gets a lot as well. as long as she is by neo's side it is enough.

now, this one is short compared to the others because theyre pretty new and idk what happens past the one in the en server rn but yeah...

so quicker explanation/tl;dr is: neo was a genius and sophia was not. the both of them were pretty much abandoned/outcasted by the people around them and they reacted differently to it. sophia had accepted it while neo strived to prove them (her father) wrong. sophia knows when neo is unwell and will do anything she can to do something about it even if that means she doesnt do anything for herself also she sees neo as a goddess and her voice and singing being the reason she's (literally) living and going forward.

now i've talked about all four of these ships, now it's time to talk about the similarities they have.

one of them is a genius while the other is not or just hard-working; all of them were lonely before they met the other or were at their lowest; they understand each other to a certain level unlike other people; they drive each other to do better; and are closest or trusts them a lot.

neosophi is like tsubaoi taken to the extreme if you think. the dj who was bullied a lot when they were a younger thought the vocalist's voice was so amazing they couldn't stop thinking about them for a little and made songs that could work just for their voice. the djs see the vocalists as this amazing and talented person that someone important to them didn't see them as simply bc they didn't meet their expectations.

hayakoko is a mix of tsubaoi and kyoshino, but it has more similarities to kyoshino. they met each other online -- even though they go to the same school or soon will -- because one of them made a song/songs that inspired the other to do something connecting to music like making lyrics or making music. the inspired one then sends them their work w no warning and after seeing their work and properly getting together to see each other, their unit is formed just the two of them until the other two joined bc Reasons. edit: ALSO. something very important i cant believe slip my mind! both hayate and shinobu are gamers. hayate literally goes around arcades and puts her name at the highest score in all games to just mess w people.

tsubaoi and kyoshino have similarities as well. the (genius) djs saw something in the vocalist -- who were both taught by airi -- no one did and inspired them to become better and become the person they are now.

and then there is neosophi and hayakoko similarities. all four were lonely at a young age and grew closer bc one of them gained enough courage to reach out to the other. both neo and hayate were taken care of by their grandparents (for hayate her grandpa) while sophia and kokoa were taken care of by their parent/parents. also both neo and kokoa have dead mothers.... so. uh. yeah.

the tsubaoi and hayakoko similarities! they have rlly gay/the gayest cards(<- this a joke, but if u think abt it--), one of them likes denying they get flustered abt the accidental teases by the other even tho theyre clearly bright red, and one of them (aoi and hayate/kokoa) gets to be themselves w the other (tsubaki and kokoa/hayate) bc they trust them so much.

the kyoshino and neosophi similarities. theyre the dj and vocalist duo of two of the most powerful units in the game storywise and among their units, they know each other the most. (that's all i got as of now lol)

so. uh. that's all ive got to say haha. i rlly want other people's thoughts on this so feel free to talk!