#//Sorry this took so loooong XD

[therapardalis]

Thera let out a burst of laughter, bright in the evening air. Soldier, historian or both, they each knew the truth of that remark! "I didn't say the discussions lasted long - !" He was also correct about the disregard for politics, though with one important caveat; "Politics, unfortunately, takes far more interest in ..." A pause, correcting herself, "Not the science, so much, but the sharing of information. As you know, when trouble starts the borders close, and most people pull back under their respective wings."

And anyone speaking to the 'enemy' about anything could easily be labeled a spy, with all the awful consequences that could come of that. Absently she recalled Javert's own suspicion on the day of their meeting, cautious not only of her but of the secrets he might be persuaded to give away - a memory followed by a soft, almost affectionate curve to her lips as it gave way to how far they'd come.

"It's a bit surprising, I agree ... made me a little disappointed, as well, on my own behalf." The hurdle she was most accustomed to climbing over diminished, but replaced by another. But then, such was life. "Again," A click of her tongue, "Wars haven't helped."

Yawning quietly she rolled over and sat up, arms extended over her head in a stretch; it wasn't really in Javert's nature to hint, but she'd come to know the particular 'neutral' note in his voice that meant the same thing. The grass would, from long habit, suit her just fine, but for better security against the weather and accidental observation, the lure of their lodgings called.

"I admit that on the way here I considered leading you astray," A glance and smile that he would interpret as easily as she did him, "but I fear the day is catching up." Leaning across, she let one hand stroke along his jaw. "Perhaps in the morning?" The pads of her fingers brushed skin bearing the first hint of morning's stubble, and just for a second lowered lashes considered changing her mind - but then a sigh, and a withdrawal instead.

"Let's turn in our apples and go to bed. But," She tugged at her skirts, "I might need you to help me up!"

That fleeting notion might well come back around and in fact had presented itself to Javert, but moments like this were just as intimate in their way and to him just as novel. He was content whether this ended up as prelude or etude. The moment taken as is felt curiously dreamlike, a drowsy quality though he didn't feel tired; perhaps this was what passed for relaxation.

"In between wars, I assume." Not familiar with every intricacy of human history, certainly not with the insight of firsthand knowledge, he did have some sense of human nature that would serve as well for prediction. "Though scientists are not always so bothered by politics, so that much sounds right." Where did that knowledge come from? He had read newspapers, become informed. Perhaps not in the specifics, but the generality.

Javert, animated by a subject he was knowledgable about— itself notable— did not feel particularly tired; but observant eyes caught hints of Thera's drowsiness and pondered the best course. They had after all had a full day's labor, it was quite natural to be tired and only one effective cure. But to indulge it here would be uncomfortable. He hesitated only a little, the source selfish whichever way interpreted. "That's hardly the hierarchy I would have expected," he admitted. "For most societies these days nationality matters less." Nowhere was entirely immune, but they were less inclined to worry about it.

Meanwhile Javert, mindful of her state, offered, "Would you like to sleep out here or find somewhere more comfortable?" He had his own hopes, suggested by his wording, but also was well-trained not to be choosy. Anything she considered worthy would be fine.

[aliasrocket]

i came from ao3 to say ty for the rocket content you have been providing LOL .. i esp love the last one and the the "bad" ending of it XD its SOO in character of him to be non committal/wishy washy/however you could say emotionally not ready. i will def be rereading x10 as i hve your other ones . i liked the acknowledgement that they had their own issues to work out, i dont think hed be the best person to be in a relationship with with unresolved issues (his refusal to acknowledge stuff/move on from past events and the abrasive attitude that comes with him, also his solo comic arc is about all his manyy ex girlfriends wanting to kill him lol) hes def a glacial slow burn of a person if you ever get an inkling of a chance and probably not a good person at a surface level. sorry for the weird rambling but as a starving rocket fan of many years you are providing 5 star wagyu (*μ_μ) the character exploration pet names and angst of them all -ω- i really look forward to more of your writing !

This is the fic being discussed in this ask btw! :

Okay hey sorry it took me a while to get back to this aaahhh this hit me but

thank you so much for your support! It may be a silly hobby of mine but it’s what keeps me going, and making others happy with my work makes me happy too!

I’m glad you liked the ending! Including you, half of the people who’s commented their opinion of the ending have said/implied that it’s good to have left it that way, and the other half felt strongly about needing a sequel with a supposed happy ending? And now I’m kinda torn gahh! Sadly, I do agree with you about Rocket being more on the non-committal side, which is exactly why last (friday) night ended the way it did!

Also, seeing this made me visit his comics haha! Which issue is it, the 2014 one or 2016 one?

Sorry it’s just really flattering to see that you, a rocket stan for 5 years, liked my fic when I’ve only gotten to like him after seeing vol. 3 (because of his backstory, omg) that’s just so insane to think about. I can’t believe you think of my fics as 5 star wagyu!! Thank you!! XD <33

Will definitely be working on the many other prompts I thought of for Rocket/Reader fics and solo Rocket fics, and since angst is my strong suit, there won’t be a drought on that for a loooong time. In fact I think it only gets worse from here, so buckle up!

Thank you so much for your kind words about my work and for sharing your opinions!! This was fun to write :DD

[frenchiesimgirl]

Hi there! I just discovered your cc and love your blog so much! I was wondering if it was possible to download some of your older cc sets like the African Summer child/toddler set or the African executive clothing set. You're such a talented creator and you're providing a great service to Simmers of Color with the clothing you make! Stay awesome <3

Hi! Sorry, catching up with the DMs, I took a loooong break from the internet. I didn't reblog my old sets here but here's the link to my SFS clothing folder: http://simfileshare.net/folder/61309/ You'll find the retired CC there as well :) Happy simming! P.S: and thank you, you're sweet. I could write 10 essays on how African fashion is totally underrepresented and underestimated, on how it's super creative, joyful, colorful designs, how it's bodypositive... I'm not satisfied with the quality of the Executive set now that I've quite improved my skills, but I'm still happy with the idea of it. It was a challenge at first, to prove all those people firing Black workers for locs or a headwrap because "it's not professional" (wtf really???) are just being stupid (and have 0 sense of taste too XD) and to prove that African fashion is super versatile: it can be comfy and casual, super refined and elegant, very professional and so on.

[starsinkpop]

hi nicky!

i saw a reading ab hwa’s fs being foreigner. i also did a reading (im a starting tarot reader) for him and his fs and it seems like she’s indeed a foreigner…at least in korea. i tend to just shuffle it and then pick only one but as i was shuffling, 2 cards went flying so i took them and tthey appear to be the page of wands and the sun. so i was like.. “summer?” “hot?” tropical?” and thought this fs could definitely be a foreigner from a hot/tropical country (as a canadian, I WAS DEVASTATED LMAO jk)

but like, im not really sure! >< idk if u have done a reading ab ateez’ fs’ possible nationality/race (i, for some odd reason, cannot see ur masterlist) but if not, pls dooooo >< that is if its all fine for u :)

thank u in advance nicky! ure the sweetest, love ur readings!

Hey love 💖 I did a reading for all members and asked if their fs is Korean or not, you can find it here. Im not too sure about the accuracy here tho because I’m not super comfortable with stuff like that and like to mainly focus on personalities and energies xD I get it tho, it’s interesting to see ☺️ I personally have a hard time in tarot readings to pin it down to a country or area in the world. However, there can be some indicators that someone could be a foreigner or there’s a bigger physical distance between the two.

I have to say, I would interpret your cards pretty much the same. Could be someone who’s not originally from South Korea but from a more sunny area, maybe summer is significant there. I don’t know why but I’m thinking of Australia, I know they have winters too there but winter is still very much mild over there. A more tropical country could also be possible. Pay attention to the imagery of the cards as well. In most decks I own the page of wands has like pyramids in the background, so Egypt could be significant and the sun would also make sense here. The sun on the other hand has sunflowers in the rider Waite deck, which could also be significant for other areas in the world. Overall I think for your Seonghwa reading, it’s leaning towards a foreigner ☺️

I think I once found a loooong list online with all tarot cards (they used rider Waite as reference) and what countries they resemble but to me it didn’t make much sense so I ignored it lol but maybe those interpretations make more sense to you, you should check it out (I have no link tho, sorry, it was quite some time ago 🙈). I think there are multiple different interpretations when it comes to countries and tarot cards, so maybe this would help you find your own as well. However, like i said, your interpretation made pretty much sense to me ☺️

thank you for sharing parts of your reading with me. I really like that 💖

[battlemaiden13]

Hi friend!! What if it took the Skeles a loooong time to get into a relationship with the Reader because they weren't over an ex. Then, just when things finally start to feel like they're going well with their current relationship, the ex suddenly comes back? Possibly wanting the skeleton back? (Hopefully that makes sense, feel free to ignore this if it doesn't 😅💜)

13: Hey mate. OH the skeletons Ex that makes sense XD . for a second I was like why would your ex want the skeletons back- OHHH. I got it, I gotchu. Sorry it took so long to get to you but I wasn't ignoring it I swear!

Sans -This causes all the drama. He doesn’t want his ex back but what if you think he does and they want him and it’s awkward cause he spent so long trying to get over them. It doesn’t help that he’s not good with conflict and he just wants to run away from the situation. He starts to get panic attacks and you need to reassure him that you trust him and that everything will be ok.

Papyrus -He kindly but firmly tells his ex that he is now with you and happy and that they are not getting back together. It’s a hard conversation because he doesn’t like hurting anyone's feelings but he has it as soon as he finds out his ex likes him. He’s happy to be friends with them but puts you above all else in this type of situation.

Red -This creates very conflicting feelings for him and honestly he doesn’t want to give either of you up even though he knows that it might be wrong. It’s not like he has any feelings left for his ex but he’s never felt wanted before and it’s boosting his confidence. He doesn’t know what to do or how to defuse the situation.

Edge -He is extremely cold to his ex and doesn’t want anything to do with them. He is constantly turning them down and the drama climaxes with him fully losing his temper and tearing them down before confessing his love for you. Something he hasn’t said until this moment.

Blue -He shuts down his ex at the first advance they try. Yeah there was a time when he loved them but he’s moved on to better things and they aren’t worth the stress so he will shut it down fast. If he thinks they will cause trouble he’ll cut them out of his life completely.

Orange -He has a lot of exes. The difference is this one was the one and only real relationship he’s ever had. That’s why it took him so long to get over them and them returning to his life brings back all these memories and feelings but he doesn’t want that. He seems really rude to his ex but he tries to avoid them. He doesn’t want anything to do with them.

Berry -He gets really irritable whenever they are in the same room or if they are brought up in passing comments. But you can see he is trying to show you that he only has eyes for you, besides telling you that he is totally rude to his ex and will get you gifts just to show that he cares.

Syrup -He can’t help but laugh. This is someone who he would have literally killed for and now he feels nothing for. The irony of them waltzing back into his life wanting him back when he pined for so long is hilarious to him. He feels nothing for them and will tell them to their faces before happily running back to you in pure bliss.

[hypo-critic-al]

🌱🧡💙☀️

[I began to write this as short ask but it turned into a loooong post about my life and self-discovery, so-

TWs ahead: homophobia and transphobia, religious trauma mentions]

Oof.

Well.

It would be very funny encounter from my perspective and horrifying encounter for my past self xD

I guess religious indoctrination and sheltering, and opposing everything catholic church doesn’t agree with would cause me to cry upon learning "what I’ve gotten myself to". Heck, even if I appeared to myself from year ago, the reaction would be rather hysterical (we would throw hands xjdkwjwj) I wish I could come visit my past self, and show her how dangerous place and mindset she is in… I cannot believe how much progress I’ve actually made since then.

Oh this one’s fun!

…

To be honest, almost none, because my wardrobe didn’t gain any new clothes since when I became comfortable in my sexuality. Mainly because my parents say they don’t want to waste money on clothes and that i already have plenty (which appeal to them, not to me)

But I’m trying to come up with "queer-er" combos and more femme outfits :3

(And combined with a half heart necklace I got as a gift from my love, as well as subtle lesbian colours bracelet, again from her, I feel like I’m presenting comfortably queer to people I allow to read me as queer 🥺 )

(I’m sorry, but despite the seriousness of the matter I can’t help but laugh with joy rn how much this isn’t true anymore)

First time I got met with LGBTQ+ was in negative sense, through few words, as the hugest taboo from words of everyone around me. I saw my friends speaking in the most negative light about celebrities who came out as trans, I heard priests preaching against "gender ideology", my family shook their heads over "western bullcrap", my YouTube page was full of people explaining why being gay is against the Bible and God. It took me too much time to realise how wrong these opinions are and how deep my indoctrination was, it took a lot of long months, a lot of tears but now I feel the safest and best I’ve ever felt in my entire life, it is one of my best decisions I’ve ever done.

Of course! The greatest thanks goes to my love, @the-gay-sailor :3

She did the greatest work in helping me with my deconstruction, and I can’t truly imagine to this day how much patience and kindness, and will it must’ve took to help me so much to accept and love myself for who I truly am…

I love her so much, I’m forever grateful for everything she is… 🥺

And the fact I’m in this community on tumblr has helped me as well, the amount of us queers in the frankenfandom is truly beautiful :]

[shikitsuka]

@holi-holy thank you for the tag! Started a new thread bc it was so loooong ;_;

What do you prefer to be called name-wise?

There were 3 kids named Karolina in our primary school and my friends ran out of shortened versions and so I was just Karolina :c So any nickname/ shortened version will make me happy pls I want nicknames. I was a “fox” bc I like foxes. I’m just a bread bun in a discord server bc of a nickname association. Anything.

When is your birthday?

march 15th

Where do you live?

Silesia, Poland. City of ~55 000 people so not saying city

Three things you are doing right now?

Writing this, listening to an among us stream in the background, procrastinating on learning (again)

Four fandoms that have peaked your interest?

Gravity falls, Star vs The Forces of Evil, Steven Universe, and now The Owl House

How has the pandemic been treating you?

Uhhh more like this year than the pandemic I guess but: v single again v in uni and still fighting procrastination as it becomes a problem v ideas for future? gone. I am just existing help v actual pandemic one: I missed the longest summer break after Matura exam and I am sad :c I planned spring walks when the city is empty bc everyone is at work/ school... whyyy Edit: Also I think that going outside with a routine helps me a bit with actually doing something so uhhh yea we’re doing chaos now. I’m not sure if i would do better with normal lessons the last ones I have been to were in February I slowly forget how I felt XD. But It was the good time of the year so I guess I was doing good with a routine?

A song you can’t stop listening to right now?

Hmm, right now none, I mostly play videos/ podcasts in the bc now. Helps with nOT drifting off into daydreams/ just sitting here listening.. a bit

Recommend a movie

The Devil Wears Prada. It’s not an animated movie. It’s about high fashion. Nothing I normally watch, nothing that interests me and yet I rewatched it. How? Idk if I like it it will probably catch you too it has something good in it

How old are you?

19

School, university, occupation, etc

First year of uni, math major. Help.

Do you prefer heat or cold?

Heat when it’s too cold. Milder warm in summer. Want what you can’t have : D

Name one fact others may not know about you

I actually regret rambling to you most of the times after I do it. I try to talk a normal amount and yet I have only two modes somehow: - don’t approach bc trying to muster up courage took too long - babble like a madman, probably making yourself look like an idiot. congratulations

Are you shy?

I guess the first option from above is implying that

Preferred pronouns

she/her

Biggest pet peeves

Chewing noises, whispering without a reason (don’t ask me how that works if we NEED to be silent it doesn’t bother me and yet when someone just does it the sound is HORRIBLE my skin is crawling staph), the sound some materials make- for example the slippery material winter coats are made off. I’m putting that shit on and not touching it unless I absolutely have to. Hands inside my sleeves just so they don’t touch it. Ijnmkjnhy

What is your favourite ‘dere’ type?

No

Rate your life from 1-10

6? Depends on what factor. Doing what I actually plan to do? 2. Comfort of living? 8-9. Overral rating of how I feel about it? 6

What’s your main blog?

I only have one blog

List your side blogs and what they’re used for

^

Is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends? I have no idea what I am doing. I do not know how to cheer people up via text, my first instinct is to hug. I WILL be afraid you don’t want me near then switch to clingy the moment my brain decides we are really close friends. I’m just winging this life, sorry for any chaotic traits that seem to change up on random I do not have the knowledge to be consistent ;v;  tags: (sorry if any are a double from previous tags) @i-can-reblog-all-day @coleide

[heamatic-archive]

how did u get into mortal kombat, pls tell me the story!!

For munday, you’re allowed to ask me anything you want.

Oh dear! It may be a loooong story, I don’t really know haha! (It probably will be, so sorry for the novel I’m about to write!) I got into the franchise when I was 13 years old, so… twenty five years ago ( yikes! I’m old ;.; ) when my dad brought home the first game for the Sega Genesis. I don’t know what attracted me to it so much: it was different from any other game I’d played before I suppose? I’d never played a fighting game before – and I fell head over heels for Sonya as soon as I saw her. My 13 year old ass was like “I wanna be like Sonya when I’m older” (well I missed the mark by a few miles oops lol ).

Fun anecdote: the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat 1 only had blood and fatalities if you entered the blood code. So the game never did any fatalities on me until I rented Mortal Kombat II, where it was suddenly free for all. First time MKII did a fatality on me, I shut off the console and didn’t wanna play the rest of the day because I was traumatized. I got thrown into the Acid Pit lol But it grew on me rather quickly. Anyway, I didn’t know there was blood and fatalities until then. Note that I did not speak english at the time, only french, so even though my dad bought a few video game magazines, neither of us could read them anyway. Lol

But I digress. I remained a huge fan until MK4 when I didn’t have the console to play. And the graphics then didn’t do it for me. In fact, while I did keep playing during the 3D era, I wasn’t a big fan of it at the time. I mostly played the mini games, like Chess Kombat (which I think they should definitely bring back!).

Fast forward a few years and MKvsDC came out. Not the best of games, but it was decent enough, and it was the first game associated with Warner Bros. Honestly? People can shit on it all they want, this is the game that decided the fate of the franchise. WB wouldn’t have picked it up without testing the waters with Midway. A little while later and MK9 was announced, and suddenly my love for the franchise came back full force. The only reason I didn’t roleplay it at the time is because I didn’t know there was a roleplay community for MK at all at the time lol I was still rping on forums.

MKX came about and I actually, believe it or not, refused to play it for years because my dumbass was under the impression the original cast had been completely replaced with their kids. I wasn’t interested in their kids: I wanted my beloved characters. Little did I know they were still there, because I was dumb and didn’t do my research. I caved in six months or so before MK11 was announced and was shocked by how cool the game was… and pissed off at myself for being so damned stubborn. By then I WAS rping on tumblr however, and gave Mileena a try – unfortunately the community was dead, so I didn’t last very long. Maybe a few weeks at best.

Now MK11 gets announced, and I get hella excited because those graphics? HOLY shit. But I still didn’t have it in me to rp in the community yet. And even if I had, I didn’t know which muse I could pick up. But I kept up with the news, with each trailer, and even got to play the demo when it came out, where you could only play as 4 incomplete characters: Jade, Scorpion, Baraka and I forget the other now. Cassie’s trailer dropped and I remember I was completely enamored. I didn’t like Cassie much in MKX except in Story Mode, and even then, didn’t like her enough to pick her up… but when I saw her in MK11? Right up my alley. Few days later I was adding her to my blog called Grimsouled at the time, a multifandom/oc/multimuse. And honestly? Next to Becky? Best time I’ve had rping in a long while. Later on I picked up Raiden since I was already writing him as a side character in threads – then I picked up Sindel when she was announced because I loved her since MK3 – and finally I picked up Fujin a couple of months ago after seeing his trailer: same as Cassie, I fell in love with him right away. There’s a few reasons I dropped the other muses I had when it was still called Grimsouled instead of Heamatic, or moved them to new blogs (like Maria from Silent Hill 2), but mostly it naturally turned into an MK multimuse as the last year went by.

I’ve really enjoyed the story of Mortal Kombat, especially as of recent. The characters are generally deep and developed, but there’s still enough left to interpretation to make your own headcanons. I like that it took on a more serious tone in the recent years, and the graphics have blown my mind with MK11. Are there mistakes? Oh yes, plenty. But to me it doesn’t matter, it’s the essence and maybe a bit of nostalgia keeping me around. I like this game. It’s FUN. And I love the muses I picked up. :)

I hope that uh… answered your question. Guess I had a lot to say after all LOL Sorry for the wall of text XD

tldr: my dad brought MK1 home when I was 13, 25 years ago, and I’ve MOSTLY been in love with this franchise since.

@conorbyrne

[bilmydesire]

I'm gonna probably keep this account very inconsistent hdiakdhk lol

Anyways, here's a drawing of Simon and Baz that i uploaded in my instagram too. I'm kinda proud of this? Idk, but it took a loooong time so hope yall like it

Btw, sorry if I'm doing or saying stupid shit, i really don't know anything about tumblr xD

[captainskyson]

Random get to know me stuff

from @owlfindmydream - I figured, why not? Yinz can do one if you’d like, too.

what was your last…

drink- Water.

phone call- My boss.

text message- Wondering about the airplane circling our neighborhood in the middle of the night.

song you listened to- What Have I Done by Dermot Kennedy (thanks @giles1522 for the Giles feels on that one ;} )

time you cried- After the last two years, the fact I have to think about this question is a great sign lol. Maybe when I watched 1917?

have you ever…

dated someone twice- I’m assuming this means as going back to someone at a later point in time, as opposed to “gone on a second date”... and no.

been cheated on- No.

lost someone special- Yes. Two somewhat recently, which bites.

been depressed- as I have dysthymia, this comes and goes, unfortunately.

gotten drunk and been sick- To the point of getting sick, only once. Tequila. It took me a loooong time to drink tequila again after that, haha.

in this year have you…

made a new friend- Yeah!

fallen out of love- Nope.

laughed until you cried- Probably, this happens to me kind of easily. I’m known for getting the giggles, on occasion.

met someone who changed you- I prefer the term “inspired”.

found out who your true friends are- Not necessarily within this year (it’s only March after all), but I am lucky to know I have dear friends.

general-

do you have any pets- Yes, plus I’m a lucky “aunt” to my friends’ dogs, too ^_^

do you want to change your name- Nope.

what did you do for your last birthday- Can’t remember. My planner says “PA” but that could either mean Pennsylvania, or work. Ha! Clearly it wasn’t that interesting of a birthday.

what time did you wake up today- 0600

what were you doing at midnight last night- Reading fanfic, probably. Ha! I should have been sleeping, especially with the DST change.

what’s something you can’t wait for- When I’ll have the time and funds to travel again.

when was the last time you saw your mom- This morning.

what are you listening to rn- Now it’s on Beloved, by Mumford and Sons... which means I’ll likely be reading a certain fanfic when I’m done with this. XD

have you ever met a person named tom- Hmm... oddly, only one!

what’s something that gets on your nerves- When people in a conversation or debate talk over one another - I think if people did more listening, real listening, there would be a little less chaos in this world.

what’s your blood type- I’m not falling for this trick, vampire.

nickname- Don’t really have one.

relationship status- Defender and supporter of Jeffrey Mace. Haha

zodiac sign- Gemini

pronouns- She/her

fave tv show- Oh, God. I have to pick one?

tattoos- One, currently, but I have plans for more. It’s Irish text.

right or left handed- I’m ambidextrous, actually! But I primarily choose to use my right hand when it comes to things like handwriting, holding a baseball bat, throwing a ball. Interestingly, I’m a lefty in hockey, though.

first…

surgery- Something called Pyloric stenosis; I was a wee babe, less than a year old. I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed, as well.

piercing- None.

best friend- My first best friend was my cousin, a year younger than me.

sport- First sport... running? First organized team sport was softball. I’d played many different ones over the years though, until I had joined band in school and that was that.

vacation- Can’t remember. It was probably a trip to Florida, but the earliest one I can remember and also remember enjoying was a big extended family trip to New Mexico.

right now…

eating- Nothing, though I’d had tomato soup and grilled cheese a few hours ago.

drinking- Water.

I’m about to- Read a fic, go to bed.

listening to- This was asked already, but since my shuffled music has continued to play, it’s now Love You More by Alexi Murdoch.

waiting for- Finishing this up so I can go to bed, haha.

want kids- Maybe. I’ve always felt mediocre about kids, but within the past year I’ve found myself doing the Diana Prince “oh, a baby!” more often... which scares me a little. LOL

want to get married- Yes, or at the least a committed partnership.

career- Television.

which is better…

hugs or kisses- Hugs! I love hugs and I can get depressed if I go a long time without physical touch (like, the non-romantic kind of touching), though I respect that other people aren’t always touchy-feely. Kisses are a-plus, though, from certain people. :D

lips or eyes- Eyes, for sure.

shorter or taller- Taller, for me. Though not TOO tall - I’m short haha.

older or younger- Better in what sense? If we’re going for the attractive attributes theme of this section, then older, always. I’ve always been that way. If I end up marrying a person my own age, everyone who knows me would be shocked. XD

romantic or spontaneous- I can’t have both?

nice arms or nice stomach- Nice arms, a soft tummy! The perfect cuddler. <3

sensitive or loud- Sensitive, I guess. I don’t like loudness, especially male voices. A verbally abusive childhood screws with ya that way.

hook up or relationship- Relationship, always. I never do hook ups.

trouble maker or hesitant- Hesitant only in the sense that I like to plan well in my trouble-making... :]

have you ever….

kissed a stranger- Not a stranger, no, but I’ve kissed people I’m not in a relationship with, for stage/camera.

drank hard liquor- Yes. I’m a big fan of a good Irish whiskey after a long week. Or a well-poured Guinness, which is not hard liquor, but needs mentioning.

sex on the first date- Not unless that date is one of like, three specific celebrities where there are extenuating circumstances LOL. In all seriousness, no. That leans too closely into “hook up” territory, and as physical touch is an important love language for me, I’m particular about these sorts of things.

broke somebody’s heart- I think I did, accidentally, in high school. And maybe unknowingly in college? But I’ll never know for sure about the later one - I transferred away and he hasn’t talked to me since. Oops. Sorry.

had your heart broken- Yes, a few times, both romantically and non-romantically.

been arrested- Nope.

fallen for a friend- Yes.

do you believe in…

yourself- I don’t think as much as I used to. I need to work on that.

miracles- I do. Not in the “I’ve been to heaven and seen God and now I’m back!” sense, but, I do believe every-day little things are happening all the time. And every now and then, big things too. Modern prophets and a near-second-coming, though? No, thank you.

love at first sight- Not quite... but something close to this, yes. I tend to fall in love with people’s hearts before I do their physical presence.

santa claus- No, I think I always knew Santa wasn’t real. But as a kid I was still a fan at Christmas time and liked “getting presents from Santa” and all that jazz.

kiss on the first date- Maybe, if it was a really good date! Especially, if it was with a certain celebrity... LOL. Gotta have that smoochy chance where I can get it. XD

angels- Same idea as the miracles thing; not like the TV “Touched By An Angel” or whatever, but I do believe there is a spirit world and there are angels and there are demons.

[figmentforms]

Loooong overdue Q&A,and Announcements!

Lots of the questions are from many many months ago. Sorry about that! I’m super behind on everything because my life got so crazy for a while there and I’m still catching up! If interested in details about my life, I wrote more in depth about it at the bottom of this post!

Announcements:

❄ Comic updates should start to be weekly again now that things are finally settling down in my life! :D

❄ I found some copies of my comics to sell! If interested in a printed copy of AToTR Volume 1 or Volume 2, Check out my Etsy store here! https://www.etsy.com/shop/GildedPixel

***From the last round of comic selling, a few got sent back to me because something went wrong with the address. Unfortunately i have no idea who didn’t get theirs because of the aforementioned chaos. If you still haven’t gotten your order from like... half a year ago, please just let me know and I’ll send you your order again.

❄ Apparently tumblr is having some uh… “serious technical difficulties”. If it goes belly up, all my comics are free to see on my Patreon. Only the newest comic each week is locked for only patrons to view, but it unlocks when the next one comes out each week. https://www.patreon.com/LorIllustration

❄ A new update to the Youtube dub of my comic is up on Starbot Dubs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZuLjHvERxA

If you haven’t see the previous 5 parts, they’re all here as one video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTAEM9PFPVY

And Now for Q&A!!!

I am so grateful for this letter and for the many other letters of support I was sent over the past couple months. It really helped me get through the low times and I’ll always appreciate it that you and many others took the time to send me words of encouragement, empathy, and advice. Thank you so much! 

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Thank you! AND I WOULD BE SO HONORED PLEASE DO!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Thank you! My best advice for anatomy would be to focus on two things: look  online for skeletal and muscle anatomy illustrations. Knowing the hardware under the skin helps SO much! Also do lots of life drawings. Draw anyone willing to sit still long enough for you! The more you do it, the easier it will get and the more you will develop your own style!

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For the most part, I draw around the word bubbles! Then the next priority is to draw what needs to be shown to communicate the point of the panels. Usually in the super early stages it’s just characters that are sketched in, but sometimes elements of the setting are just as important, like a doorway or establishing the setting for a new scene! I hope that helps!

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LOL she would be SO tempted, but wouldn’t resort to anything like that unless it was over something extremely important that also happened to be an emergency. Ganondorf however would have no problem with it because he has a different, much more Direct, style of governing. XD

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Rinku is indeed Link!

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Absolutely the second one. XD

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TaDaaa!!!! XD

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Super good question! For the most part all the rooms are just laid out as I need them to communicate a comic clearly. The exception is if I already have drawn a room, I try to keep it the same. The throne room, Specific bedrooms, ect. But I don’t have a castle layout set in stone or anything. lol I will eventually have to do that at some point though.

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I strongly considered having this be a story arc at one point but it got dropped! Short answer is, Yes. He would eventually try to do that. But would find that Impa had already secretly killed him years ago and never told Zelda.

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Oh he totally does that all the time!!!  Just not important to the story so it’s not shown!

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YUP!!! XD

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Someday, totally, but I haven’t even caught up with the ones I started last spring!!! *I suddenly experience a mighty wave of shame*

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Awww! That’s a really sweet idea!!!! She would totally take his name and he would be so darn proud!

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Oh HECK YEAH!!!!

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Possibly! But if so, it will be in the next reincarnation arc!

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At a later point, I think! if I have time to develop it and not stagnate the story too terribly much!

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Thank you! And Tingle? At some point, YES. Mask salesman? Not sure yet! maybe!

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That's beautiful!!! Was it a fic??? That’s an incredibly cool idea!

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That’s adorable. Eventually they would have to dance together at a royal ball. Ganondorf is a bit more graceful than Zelda, but they would manage. Would be cute as heck too because Zelda would be a little shy and Ganondorf would urge her to be more confident... and maybe rile up her competitive nature by saying he’s better at it than her.

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Update on my life!

Leaving my old life and my ex last August was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but it was the right choice and I’m so much happier now. Things are finally getting stable now! I was only planning to stay with my aunt Jan in Ohio for a short while, but she recently got some serious health problems so I’ll be staying with her for several months more to help take care of her. And even though I wasn’t looking for a new relationship so soon after leaving my troubled marriage, I randomly met someone a few weeks ago that just amazed me with how universally kind he is and with how much we have in common! His name is Mark and he works as an army nurse with a forward surgical team attached to a special operations joint task force. He just got deployed to Afghanistan to go and patch people up, and if all goes well he will be back home in late summer. I never thought soul mates were really a thing, but if they are, I think he’s mine! As for my dog Oscar, he’s continued to grow and be a happy giant puppy! He’s going to be a full year old at the end of December! He’s almost 60 pounds now!!!

On the less than great side, I’ve had no luck finding an art-related job, so I’m going to be switching my career goals over to becoming an art teacher. But honestly, I think teaching will be a much more emotionally fulfilling career, so even though that wasn’t my original plan, I’m excited to start to chase that new dream!

Thank you all so much for your continued kindness and support for both for my work and for me as a human. You all are a big part of why I had the confidence and self worth to leave a bad situation and I will always be grateful to you all for that. Thank you for helping me reach this new better life! 

[jbinbcn]

Mallorca caves

19-20.07.2019

As you know from Palma post, I visited Mallorca last summer (2019). It was short, only the weekend but very intensive and of course with some adventures. In this post I'd like to write about the caves we saw those days because as you could read, Palma - nothing interesting to be there more than 1 day, buuut Mallorca is known for the mountains and the beaches. Because of caravan we couldn't go to the mountain side (west part) so we decided to move a little bit to the south and to the east. 

Our first goal was - Cala del Moro

We left the caravan in the public parking (there were already so many cars!) and then we had to walk more or less 20 min, first on the street (there were signs) and later there was a wild route.

In Mallorca there are strange houses... 

The view was already amazing!

Look at the water! 

And here we are!

The cave is on the right. 

To go down coast me a lot but wow wow wow. WORTH! The worst was to cross with the people from the other direction... -.- 

And then...paradise!

To touch the water you have to survive. There is a steep descent and with sandals it’s quite difficult (recommendation: have some good shoes for walking, and then on the beach change to the water shoes - because of the rocks). 

And the beach wasn’t the true beach, it was just a hole between two hills, no sand, only sharp rocks, so not for sunbathing. And the place was full of people...omg, hate that crowd. 

How clear is the water....wooooow

I swam to the cave - a little bit, I respect my life. I swam there and there and took some photos but then... what can I do? Booooorriiiing. Especially that you can’t lay down to do siesta because there is no space and if there is, it’s not comfortable. So I decided to climb and check the rest of this place. 

It was a perfect idea! 😍

My blog my photos, sorry hehe xD

100% introvert house. 

And then I decided to walk more and I found this!

Wooow another house and those cute stairs to the sea…. 😍

I was in love!

And of course another cave. And less people! 

Raffa, look, it's not a yacht… buuuut ;)

Of course I had prepared my nails for this trip!

I went down, again I swam a little bit and then I climbed to see the other side. And I was admiring people jumping to the water from those rocks. #FearLevelHard

And then was time to come back. The plan was to go to the city, eat dinner and then find a perfect place to park to wake up with a beautiful sunrise. 

We went to Porto Cristo.

When people were taking shower, i didn't want to wait for my turn doing nothing so I went to see the city during the last hour of the sun. 

Souvenir from Mallorca? Choose the best one!

I think it could be a nice idea to have some small trip to see the island from the other side, all the coast - woow! Next time!

This is my retirement life. 

It looks red, but wasn’t painful, #morenita ;) 

There was some small festival, music, people dancing, etc. In one moment they said that they are dancing POLKA but wtf… Unfortunately I didn't have anyone (from Moszczenica) to show them how to dance true polka…

Tumblr hates my gifs sometimes so here you have the links:

https://gfycat.com/inbornshinyleafhopper

and mallorquín dance: 

https://gfycat.com/inbornshinyleafhopper

Then we went to eat. Mallorca is quite expensive but you can also survive with some “pizza”. 

Or be more fancy at least one night!

More or less the prices:

And then romantic walk with Fede and the ice cream. 

Finally I could see the stars in Spain!!!!! ❤

Then we took a car to go to one perfect sunrise spot -  Torre del Serral dels Falcons. The parking is free and quite big, there are also some tables and benches so perfect for barbecue. 

Wine, stars, moon on the coast... couldn’t be better! 

And this view from the window: 

IN LOOOOVE! Take me there again please! 

Maybe I’ve told you already but! Perfect moment of the sunrise is before the sunrise! 

So have it in mind to wake up 20 min before to enjoy those colors. 

Imagine to live here during the quarantine... please yes!

Then we had a loooong photo session ;) 

When you need 5 min to stop laughing. 

I was so tan...omg I miss it! 

And then the breakfast with those views! And let's go to discover more caves! 

We decided to go to Cala Varques. The problem was to arrive there. Recommendation, follow the street signs, Google sometimes doesn't have the information if the road is open for everyone. It's better to walk 15 min more than get a fine or be stuck in nowhere. And also there are people on the motorbikes showing the way to their parking xd paid one but wasn't that expensive. 

So yes, we had to walk like 20min on the road, but not a problem. Later was through the forest but no worries, there were many people walking with us. 

The place was a little bit less amazing but still woooow.

And again, swimming! That day the waves were so high and strong! Not for bambini hahaha but we enjoyed a lot, papallonas! But yeah, would be easier with special shoes because of the rocks. The sun was quite strong so we went to the forest to chill in the shadow and there we found many groups of travelers (tents, backpacks, wild life). I needed some siesta, so chilling omg. 

Well... my hair got crazy xD

Then we went to visit the coast, first to the right. At the end there were ruins of some house but the most incredible thing - the steps down to the sea… Woow! #respect 

And again photoshooting ;) 

Then we decided to find more caves! This time Fede wanted to go with me. She trusted me #hehe. 

And here we have THE BEST ADVENTURE. 

First we found reached the cave which we saw from the beach. There were only few people, mostly to take a photo and that's all, we also did that #ofCourse. 

But we were also observing people climbing on the other side. One of them was a girl in flip-flops (góralu czy Ci nie żal patrzeć na turystki w sandałkach?). And she did it without any problems so we were more convinced to do it as well. We asked also guys who came from there and they said that it's ok. So I just checked on the map if there is some other way, because I could climb but I didn't want to go back the same way #FearOfHeights. And there was! OK, decided, we go there! 

OMG. 

My whole life passed in front of my eyes. Wtf how this girl in flip-flops could have done it without problems. It was climbing 100%. #neverAgain

I was sure I would not come back the same way. 

And then we were on the top! So beautiful view! 

We started following some couples with a hope that they knew the way. But they was walking so fast in this dry grass and suddenly they disappeared. Great. There was some path in this stupid painful grass but sometimes was disappearing. Then we reached the end of the coast and as a map was saying, we should reach the other coast and then there should be a road. 

Ok. We went down, was quite easy, then up, more difficult but now like first time and then… No path xD Great. So we just moved along, more or less, the problem was high dry grass.

On the other side we realized that 30 min before we were standing on the cave. #fuckMyLife #stillScared

Suddenly in this grass, on small bush I saw a skull of some goat. I was thinking if I should say it to Fede (she was already so scared) but my mouth was faster xD and when I said it I saw that it's full body, I mean, full skeleton. Poor goat probably stuck in this bush and couldn't move…. We run away. And Fede started thinking about helicopters which would come to save us. She was terrified, I tried to keep calmness. She didn't want to talk to me… moments of silence. 

And then we found the road! The strange thing was that on the right side was a big closed gate… But, whatever, we had to go to the left so… Then we were walking and walking between 2 fences. On the right potatoes and goats, on the left looked like military area because of the spines. And then we found an info that it's private CAZA. I thought that it's in mallorquín - casa (house), but Fede had her theory. Later I checked on the internet - hunting place XDDD

And then... our road was blocked. Blocked by 3 m height gate. Impossible to jump. We are bambini! Come back? fuck no. So what now?  Think JB, think. Because od the fear we didn’t notice that before on the fence on the left was a hole. Let’s try. And then we walked on some path and at the end there was a wall like 1,5 m and a plastic garden chair! We are safe! We could use the chair to jump <3 

Fun fact: I said to Fede “put the chair on the other side of the wall because on this one we have a rock”. She did it, but the chair felt down xDD #goodJob Fortunately there was some man walking so we asked him to put the chair back, hahahaha imagine xD He did it <3 We jumped. and then we were on the right road to the caravan. 

INFO: later we read that this cave is private but people had made a whole and nobody cares. 

To help you imagine the adventure I’ve made a video, enjoy! (there are English subtitles ;) )

So yes. that’s all! We came back to Palma to spend the evening and night there (because of the flight at 5 am).

Soon I’ll put here the recommendations from mallorquín people about other caves and beaches! 

[math-with-baldimore]

I drew your Baldi! (Again. uwu’) Let’s see if you can find him though!~ (XD I am sorry. I wanted to show everything,and every Baldi,so if you can’t see your mention beside your Baldi,I be very sorry. uwu’)

Sorry if I mess up the format of this, I haven’t been on Tumblr in a loooong time. But thank you so much for drawing my boy!! Sorry it took forever to get to you! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[sisselin]

Answer to Rosebud1773

@rosebud1773 Ok My intention is not to be rude here but *takes deep breath* I don’t know why you think you are classified as someone that knows about autism? Like do you have it? Does someone you know have it? Does your favorite celeb have it? Or do you just like reading clickbaity articles about autism?

Because everything you said is basicly misconceptions and myths made up after a few individuals or by the general public and while yes autism is a different way of thinking there is no it’s “just” about it.. it is literally an entire different way of functioning and it is NOT the “next step in evolution” or a “better” way of thinking. My brain works differently then a neurotypical persons brain.. 

“Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering connections and organization of nerve cells and their synapses.[19] How this occurs is not well understood.[19] “

the fat cursive text was copied from wikipedia to show my meaning.

Also! Autism and Asperger is the same thing! there is multiple diagnoses that has been put togheter under one name Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and as the name suggests it is a spectrum.. That means there will be people with less symptoms that can function better in society and there will be more extreme cases that have more severe symptoms and some that can’t even speak atall..

“About a third to a half of individuals with autism do not develop enough natural speech to meet their daily communication needs “

I myself had a big delay in learning to talk and didn’t even babble like babies usually do but I got there in the end and I can now talk without problems other then my problems to concentrate and my inability to understand any type of grammar.

And saying autism isn’t a disorder is highly ignorant,while there are even some autistic people that wants to see it as just a different way of functioning the truth is that society is not built for people that function differently.. Also you can have symptoms that would fit into autism but still not get a diagnos because you don’t get diagnosed as autistic unless it is disabling you from having a normal life.

On top of all the problems understanding social communication and body language autistic people also often have problem with sensory overload (sound, movement, light, temprature, taste, smell, feel and touch) which makes it really hard to go anywhere.. Ofcourse also this is different for every individual but if I have a “bad day” I can only be out for a few minutes then i shut down and become unresponsive because I can’t stand all the sensory inputs. I happen to be sensetive to all the sensory inputs which makes it very hard to go through everyday life.

Also autistic people often have a higher base level of stress and small things cause greater stress then for neurotypicals and thereby have a greater chance to go over the line into “chaos” atleast that is what I was taught it’s called here in sweden. Basicly chaos is when the stress goes over a line into total meltdown and that looks different for everyone and happens for neurotypical people too but because of the lower base stress they are further away from it while many autistic people are already in the harmfully stressed zone or like me basicly balancing on the line of chaos at all times. For me chaos either is that I completly shut down and become impossible to reach or I lose control of myself and cry and scream and tries to hurt myself with hitting kicking biting and scratching myself. 

Another thing that is often a problem for autistic people is repetetive behaviour

Autistic individuals can display many forms of repetitive or restricted behavior, which the Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R) categorizes as follows.[47]

Stereotyped behaviors: Repetitive movements, such as hand flapping, head rolling, or body rocking.

Compulsive behaviors: Time-consuming behaviors intended to reduce anxiety that an individual feels compelled to perform repeatedly or according to rigid rules, such as placing objects in a specific order, checking things, or hand washing.

Sameness: Resistance to change; for example, insisting that the furniture not be moved or refusing to be interrupted.

Ritualistic behavior: Unvarying pattern of daily activities, such as an unchanging menu or a dressing ritual. This is closely associated with sameness and an independent validation has suggested combining the two factors.[47]

Restricted interests: Interests or fixations that are abnormal in theme or intensity of focus, such as preoccupation with a single television program, toy, or game.

Self-injury: Behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting and head-banging.[20]

Ok pheeew and now to the genius IQ level thing.. let me just copy in this.. 

An estimated 0.5% to 10% of individuals with ASD show unusual abilities, ranging from splinter skills such as the memorization of trivia to the extraordinarily rare talents of prodigious autistic savants.[49] Many individuals with ASD show superior skills in perception and attention, relative to the general population.

That’s 0,5 -10% that are on like a super level of smart.. and most of the time when autistic people are super talented at something it is because it is a special interest/hyper fixation. Often we get super fixated on one thing and spend all our time doing that and nothing else.

Sure autistic people can have above average IQ but most of the time it is hindered by a lack of concentration or an inability or difficulties processing the information. For me my general inteligence is slightly above average but my thinking speed is way below average and my ability to put togheter the information toa bigger picture is also below average

Ok I don’t know if I covered everything but that’s all I have to say about autism for now other then that this information come from me ( someone with autism ) , the autism diagnoses course I took, books I have read on the subject, autism groups i’m a part of and other autistic people on youtube *loooong sigh*

Oh and ADHD is also a big problem but I think you get it already that you grossly oversimplyfied disablities you obviously know nothing about =)

Ok and now on to the actual helpful things wooo 🎉

I am thinking about starting a patreon but I don’t know if I have enough of a following to get the word out but patreon is deffinetly an option that I’m putting serious thought into! and so is my significant other =) Right now they are taking as many commissions as they possibly can and is also working on a game so there is really no time for starting and managing a patreon but it is something that most likely will be set up in the future when they have a more open schedule. Eldraev have wanted to start a patreon for soo long  =)

One sided finances is a pain honestly D=

I know I can’t control my family situation but I can and am working on my health everyday. But I can’t control my eating disorder it is not just a “just do it situation” it is a daily struggle but I’m working on it.  Also I would loove to stay away from food but I’m most of the time forced to eat sooo nothing I can do there xD Trust me I know I would feel so much better if I didn’t have to eat but i have no control of my eating schedule for health reasons Oh and it isn’t as simple as just moving around. I reblogged the post and added information and there I talked about my body being week and me getting a lot of pain from any amount of “exercise” but that is also I’m slowly working on

Ok very sorry for suuuper long reply but this is a topic I feel passionate about and I don’t like missinformation spreading or people belittling disabled peoples struggles. NEVER tell a disabled person that their disability is nothing!

I thank you for your being concernd and I hope you learnt something

EDIT: I thought of something else I wanted to add about autism! If it is discovered early you can specialize education and stuff to learn neurotypical behavior and thereby that individual can fit  better in society. 

[lizzybeth1986]

Sorry for this XD, but 1, 4, 9, 11, 26 and 27 for the salty ask? If it's not too much, of course

Don't say sorry! 😁 Thanks for the ask Nonny and apologies for the delay.

I must caution you, the post is going to be long and and there's too much salt in my responses for even me to handle.

1. OTP in fandom that you just do not get.

IDK I most don't give much of a thought to OTPs that I don't get. Like that is the nature of any fandom, that you can see potential for ships even without a say-so from canon.

What I really don't get is the absurd double standards that I see sometimes - how some fans will pull down other LIs/characters to make a favourite look good, how some LIs will be nitpicked to high hell while others can say the grossest things and not be judged. How one character can be judged for the same thing we will admire in another (I'll get to this later).

It's weird, considering the app literally allows you to choose who you will fall for (unless you're wlw or like a character that's a person of colour in a majority-white cast, in which case they will dangle scraps in front of you once every ten chapters, I suppose). You don't need to trash one LI to justify your choice of another. They're there. Stop tearing down an LI while deliberately tagging the character's tag and ship tags for your notes. Go generate (and promote) content for your own ships and characters instead.

4. A personal NOTP? Are they considered an OTP in the fandom?

Hana x Madeleine. Fortunately, lots of people had plenty of problems with this pair and the way it was written in Book 3. The narrative was subtly pushing that ship over the course of Book 3, but the backlash was strong enough that they got Madeleine to issue an apology for her bullying in the epilogue instead (I doubt they even remember the chocolate allergy scene, given that the MC acts like this information is brand new).

It still left a bad taste in my mouth, because it showed me how little the writers cared for Hana as a character, but at least the fandom made sure it didn't become a ship.

9. Most Disliked Character(s):

Hoo boy. I have a freaking list. Besides the really really obvious ones:

• Drake Walker: has way more privilege than he knows what to do with. Narrative acts like he is the Voice of the Commoner...well. I feel sorry for the commoners that don't get to practically live in court without having to change their attire or yap all day about steak, burgers and whiskey. And whose sisters don't have friends that will fleece their entire ancestral house's already-plummeting finances to keep her house running while her brother trash-talks the same friend in Book 1.

• Damien Nazario: is a hypocrite. That is all.

• Constantine: Almost every apology of his has to come punctuated with an excuse. Even if it involves orchestrating sexual assault.

• Madeleine (TRR) and Mallory (RoE): The demonic duo of People PB Wants So Desperately For Me To Forgive™. Without them even having to earn that forgiveness, too (Nana deserves to be on this list too, except the question of forgiveness doesn't even arise when it comes to her. She is worshipped in this series!). I see a small step towards change in D&D Book 2 with Lady Grandmother, but only time will tell if they will actually execute the "will never forgive you" route properly.

• Penelope: is so, so fucking entitled I just can't. I understood how her condition, and manipulation from people like Constantine and Bastien, got her to the point where she would be ready to harm someone. But I can't for the life of me understand how she can forget this so easily after the tea party.

I was hoping for a redemption arc where Penelope recognizes what she's done and unconditionally tries to make amends in Book 3, but that never happened. There was not a single reference in Book 3 to the harm she did you in Book 1. We had to do an immense amount of coddling to convince her to come for the wedding, and there were consequences if you didn't call her your "best friend" or support her demands. The narrative has Drake Walker...Drake "Ambassadors Go To Dangerous Areas, Lady Kiara (So Get Over It)" Freaking Walker...reassure Penelope in a way that Kiara never gets from anyone in the group, and she suffered a knife attack. Ezekiel is literally created out of thin air as a reward for her.

Why does she need a reward again? Who knows.

• Ajay: Didn't apologize.

11. Unpopular Character that You Like that Fandom Doesn't.

(This is going to be loooong. I'm not sorry. This rant has been really, really building up. It's like a dam).

Kiara. It's popular to sorta kinda like her now, but back when she started showing feelings for Drake she got a lot of hate...hate that I feel bled into the treatment she got in the third book.

It took me a while to warm up to Kiara, but I think what did it for me was her friendship with Penelope. She was protective and supportive, even though she lacked an understanding of what Penelope was going through. I was even more pleasantly surprised when she spoke about her bond with Savannah. There was a warmth and a sweetness about Kiara in Book 2 that we didn't see much of in Book 1 and she slowly won me over. When they spoke about her injuries in Book 3, I was looking forward to seeing that story explored.

I will always maintain that Kiara in Book 3 is what happens when both the writing team and the louder, more vocal portion of the fandom are heartless towards a particular character. Heartless is a heavy word, and a word I don't want to be using willy-nilly, but I've seen enough to come to that conclusion in this case.

Kiara was often called an opportunist and a host of other names in the fandom for not supporting the MC through the scandal. Except that we all forget she never promised anything beyond supporting your claim to being picked as future Queen. She tells you straight off the bat in Book 1 that she is looking for allies and not friends (guess who is often admired for that mindset? Madeleine...well, until she harms Hana for flimsy reasons). Meanwhile we have Penelope being all adorable and happy and congratulating you knowing that you're going to be slut-shamed, humiliated and dragged out of court for a scandal she helped generate. Kiara on the other hand was honest. She wanted a job in the ministry and a bomb married life while she was at it. I'd rather have an ambitious (but won't abuse her power like Madeleine does) Kiara in my corner than a person who lies to my face about supporting me, does little more to help than just tell me who her boss was, then expects me to call her my best friend later.

Kiara had to only look at and flirt with Drake for people to hate on her. Meanwhile Olivia could spring an unwanted kiss on Liam in public, and the fandom would still be blaming Liam for not loving her back. In regular fandom content Kiara was mocked and sometimes suspected of having an illicit affair with Drake, in fanfic that featured her she was often either villainized, or written as the "other woman". Which is okay - fanfic is your own personal sandbox, after all - but it does highlight a pattern.

In canon...Kiara was made a survivor of a terrorist attack and nobody cared. Not the MC, not the country's king, not her closest friends, not the man who got injured at the same ball. It was bad enough that her parents were considering leaving the goddamn country (they should have). She was ignored in her own estate. The MC speaks to her not with sympathy and reassurances, but instead reminds her of her 'duty' and pressurizes her. (@callmetippytumbles illustrates this amazingly in her ask here, having Liam say "have a apple and buck up for Cordonia". No lie there. No lie there at all). All the 'sympathy' goes to a brother who has absolutely nothing to do with court.

She was suspected and interrogated at Lythikos. The MC has the option to be dismissive and to minimize - by labelling her "not as driven" - as Kiara literally pours her heart out about her trauma. Sample this:

(Ngl folks. Reading this was really, really triggering for me. I know exactly what it feels like to have my trauma dismissed like this. It doesn't feel great. Fuck you MC. Fuck you Drake. Fuck you TRR writers)

There are no consequences for doing this to her, btw. She still returns and she still fights at the boutique and she'll still speak very positively about you to her mother. I imagine if Joelle found out the truth of how the group really treated her daughter, she'd verbally destroy them and never support the kingdom again. And she'd be right not to.

On its own that scenario looks bad enough already, but when you hold it up next to how we treat the other ladies? Pure, stinking trash:

Madeleine: A diamond scene to console and encourage her, and all the right options are meant to support her to her parents. If you don't succeed in making her parents understand what she wants, you lose out on their support. There are consequences.

Penelope: A diamond scene to comfort and reassure her that they will not be like Madeleine. Immense coddling from the group. If you don't call her your best friend or altogether be nice and supportive to her, that negatively impacts the way Landon responds to you. AND I have heard that if her parents don't believe Penelope is safe with you, she doesn't even join the tour. There are consequences.

Kiara: No diamond scenes to even figure out how she is or what she thinks. A one-minute scene to convince (emotionally blackmail, actually) her to "do your duty", which will happen no matter which option, then a diamond option for her brother...who exists only because they want to give Penelope a reward for something I still cannot fathom. Her brother's response depends on his own issues and the presence of Penelope, and Hakim and Joelle's depend on what you do at the Festival. Kiara's situation of being an attack victim should have warranted the kind of coddling Penelope felt entitled to, yet when it comes right down to it her plight matters to literally no one.

In Lythikos no special diamond scenes for her either, just an interrogation. While we can choose to view Kiara as innocent in Chapter 11, her leaving is branded "suspicious" by both Drake and the MC by default the next chapter, and Maxwell literally says (disappointment writ large on his face) "jeez, that's one suspect off our list" after we're done. We go to her pretending to be her well-wishers, but in reality we're interrogating a traumatized woman, and not even ashamed when she trusts our untrustworthy asses with her secret.

You get the option to forget what happened to her (for which she rightfully slams you). You get the option to be a trauma-minimizing pile of steaming fecal matter (for which she doesn't slam you, even though she should). No matter what, Drake is your puppet and will agree with you, and you get away with all this. Drake stands there and minimizes her experiences with you, and shows zero remorse for putting an attack victim in that situation.

Like, it's actually quite shameful the more you think about it. Kiara was interrogated. After two traumatic experiences that at the very least should have her questioning whether we are worth her support at all. In a scenario that any fool would realise was at least scary to her if not altogether traumatizing. Madeleine and Penelope feel entitled to good treatment, Kiara has to make do with the crumbs we throw at her. She is never given a chance to speak of this as problematic, and the group never gets truly called out on their bullshit.

Even if you do pick the absolute nicest options...the fact remains that the MC, Duchess of Valtoria (and possible future Queen) and her group of influential friends, ignored the concerns a person who was badly injured at their event, pressurized her into showing support for them, didn't do jackshit to ensure her safety, suspected and questioned her when she rightfully withdrew public support, and dishonestly interrogated this traumatized woman, while still keeping the expectation that she support them. All without earning a shred of that support. They felt zero remorse, every last one of them, for putting her in that position.

Kiara not getting much attention isn't exactly a surprise. She has always been given the least focus among the ladies of the court and Book 3 wouldn't have been an exception...if they hadn't made her a victim of a terrorist attack!! Once they placed Kiara in that position, she deserved to have her concerns addressed, and addressed properly. What happened to her was a highlight of the failure of the security system at the palace and Royal Court, and to have that ignored while we had all the time in the world to address Madeleine's parents' petty family squabbles was disgusting. That there are absolutely no consequences for doing this to Kiara, while there are for not attending to Penelope or Madeleine's concerns, and it all ends with Kiara praising us to her mother, is disgusting. That the writers were more busy trying to backtrack on Driara and make the ship impossible to happen in canon, than on focusing on Kiara's own story in her own estate, is disgusting. And I cannot ignore that the latter decision sprung in a large part from the hate the fandom was spewing on Kiara for most of Book 2. The writers wouldn't have dared to do such a thing to Penelope, and it was clearly because there would be a backlash. They knew they could get away with insensitive writing for Kiara easier than they would with Penelope - and they did.

The other thing is this. Back in Books 2 and 3, loads of people in the fandom used to aggressively ship Liam and Olivia (to the point where he would be blamed for not returning her affections). Loads of people would also find excuses to hate on Kiara once she began to show she liked Drake. Nowadays, it's popular to state that "Olivia deserves better" (I'd be inclined to agree if it weren't for the way that argument is often framed. She deserves a man who loves her completely) - again, in a way that blames Liam for not returning her affections.

Yet, when people speak of Kiara's feelings being one-sided? Little to no blame for Drake there, even though he was rude or dismissive to her more than once (for me, personally, Lythikos was the last straw). Hardly a handful would say "Kiara deserves better than Drake". I can bet if Liam treated Olivia even half as poorly as Drake behaved with Kiara, we'd be bashing that man to the high heavens. I guess it's because it's Kiara who is the recipient of this kind of treatment that it matters to so few. I shouldn't be surprised.

26. Most shippable character?

Hayden xD Mostly because they're so much fun to customize, yet there's a very strong inner core there that does not change and that grounds the character.

27. Least shippable character?

I don't know. Nana?

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Hello!!! Ghost: Why did you decide to play Hollow Knight? Shade: Did you make many mistakes in your first playthrough? Did you regret some of the choices you made? :D!!!

Hi! Thanks for the question! :DD

This one is loooong. I really got into writing this xd

Ghost: why did I decide to play hk?

I remember when in 2017 (the release year of hk) I saw some videos of it on my main. It seemed like a nice game with a cool story so I started watching it on yt. I gave up after not full 5 minutes because I was so bored by it. Metroidvanias are fun to play but not as fun to watch :/ I only saw some short parts of it.

Fast forward to February this year. Silksong’s reveal trailer dropped. It strated appearing on my main but I wasn’t interested. I didn’t even know what it was but after a week of constant appearing I finally gave up and watched it out of curiosity. Of course, I didn’t understand too much, I didn’t even remember trying to watch hk two years ago and I didn’t know the two games were connected. Then, I decided to try to watch it again. Turned it off after half a minute. Nope. But! The story was still interesting! So. Hollow knight wiki. Read quite a lot of articles on there about the story. Ofc I didn’t understand it that much at first but after like half an hour I knew more or less what was it about. Then I started watching some theories, boss discussions etc. Basically I didn’t remember that much from the playthroughs shown in the videos. I knew a lot about the hollow knight, the pale king and the radiance but not one thing from the actual game. And then, then I FINALLY decided to buy this game. I was very sceptical about it since I never played a game like this. Hell, I barely play any games! Of course I would suck at this, I’d probably wouldn’t even defeat the first boss!

And as I thought, I sucked. A LOT. All I had ever played was online games and some others that didn’t require that much skill. I was having so much trouble even moving! I was forgetting that I jump with Z not with the top arrow D: But after over 100 hours I finished my run xD I think I finished it at 100% the first time. Later I managed to get 109% :D Well, soon I started my second run that took about 20 hours so there is a difference :D

 Shade: did I make many mistakes in my first playthrough? (I understand “mistakes” as noobing at the game, not choices or whatev)

As I said earlier: YES. A LOT. Though, most of the game I was scared that I would die so I was very careful. Like, VERY careful. I died a lot of times on the bosses, but when I was exploring the times I died then you could count on the finger of one hand.

 Did you regret some choices you made?

No, I didn’t. :)

 Sorry for the very long reply!