#[aaaand that's a wrap!!]

[swordsmans]

Behold! My longest bind yet! Which is saying something, really. I began typesetting an anthology of @thychesters incredible zolu fics sometime last fall, printed the textblock in February, and finished the case... well, that's between me and god. Life happens! This was an unexpectedly tricky bind and I hope I did the gorgeous fics inside (and @loopeyfluff / @fluffyartbl0g's lovely fanart) justice!!

The cover is made of nine pieces, not including bookboard. I wanted VERY badly for the case to be entirely flush while still having an old-school layered appearance, so what you're actually looking at is filled blue fabric, a layer of white printed + foiled cardstock cut to lay against the corners, and then a layer of extremely thin translucent marbled paper with both the corners and negative space for the "labels" carefully cut out.

In order to gild the manga panel edit (taken from Sunny's introduction, btw) I printed and cut the cardstock, but before i glued it onto the bookboard i used washi tape, heat-reactive foil, and an iron (i'm cheap!) to carefully foil the parts that I wanted. This was my first time using proper toner-adhering heat reactive foil, and it was definitely a learning curve. I did lots of tests (sooo many foiled stickers. so many) and had a fun time. I'll definitely be using it in the future!!

After the layers of paper and fabric were pressed, I used metallic HTV to hide the seams and title the spine. It's a very neat effect, I think.

The edges of the textblock are also layered, with two coats of matte acrylic (pastel blue and green respectively) and one coat of green shimmer. The shimmer coat acts like a kind of sealant for the matte paints, so I didn't need to break out the beeswax this time. This was also one of the first sets I did with my guillotine (I cut it with Conquering and Spill Your Wine), which was an experience in and of itself.

I used white endbands and a 5mm white silk ribbon (looped this time; learned my lesson), then topped the bookmark off with a gold anchor charm. The textblocks are sewn with teal and green thread. And oh! And the endsheets are a teal, blue, green, and gold marble that's absolutely to die for—and kept staining everything blue the minute it touched moisture! Totally worth it though.

The typeset is my most colorful, I think. I went pretty heavy on the ocean themes because Kate has a really distinct pattern for her titles, and I wanted the book to follow!! I'm very pleased with how it turned out, and also endlessly delighted that Kate proofread her own typeset. That was very fun, hehe.

All in all, I think this was a very successful project despite the endless delays, and the final books look exactly like I pictured. I happy to send them to their new homes!! <3

[cleradin-archive]

BYLER WEEK 2022  //  day seven ; free choice !  

shared looks

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

august 26, 2021 4:30 a.m. seoul

🎵 now playing: come back home - seo taiji 🎵

what am i trying so hard to search for right now? where am i continuously flowing towards right now?

i once saw the end of my life my heart became suffocated the thing that’s blocking my life is my fear of tomorrow

you must come back home warmer than the heart that left you must come back home within a harsh life you must come back home warmer than the heart that left you must come back home i will complete myself

[jjba-smash-or-pass]

[bookwyrminspiration]

Jolene was actually written about Juline Dizzenee dolly parton just misheard the pronunciation and doesn't know the color blue

[hoshinochikara]

Tsubasa Chronicle Month | Day 31

Home is where the heart is

[ikarakie]

[PART 2] social media au: how bereal brought the twins back together. (based on this post)

part 1 here

NOW, BLACK!

another tough call

promise.

EPILOGUE

white

gram

sean

[prcttyinpcnk]

The morning sun gently stirs the young witch from her slumber. One eye opens to see the blurred visage of her still-slumbering friends, resting blissfully around the tv. Her gaze lazily shifts up to her darling girlfriend, softly snoring with her steady ring around her neck. A soft smile spreads across Phiona’s face. She hugs Angelica close to her chest, adjusting the newly knitted blanket from her Mama Jackie. 

Man… What a great Birthday. What a great Halloween…

[zephhhhh]

oc kiss week day 7!

my beloveds,,,,,,,,,,my otp,,,,,

[ranchjustranch]

did somebody say turkey?

no? ok-

[katsona-the-katsequel]

Persona Timeline Pt. 6: 2016-2020

This one covers Persona 5. Unlike the other games, this timeline will place the Changes of Heart to a day before the effects are shown. All this to keep a consistent headcanon where the effects of someone stealing your heart (or messing with your Shadow) are immediate.

Anything that happened in Maruki's reality will have a "💠". Anything that happened in the real timeline will have a "🔴".

[LAST UPDATED: JUNE 2024]

2016

Between January and April

- Akira saved a woman from Shido, only to be sued and ending up with a probation of one year (Game: Persona 5).

March ??

- Sumire accidentally caused Kasumi to be run over by a car (Game: Persona 5 Royal).

- Maruki became Sumire's therapist, who used his actualization abilities to make her believe she was Kasumi and "cure her" (Game: Persona 5 Royal).

April 9

- Akira arrived at Tokyo and moved to Leblanc (Game: Persona 5).

- Yaldabaoth granted Akira the power to have a Persona (Game: Persona 5).

April 10

- Akechi caused a mental shutdown to a subway conductor to discredit the current minister of transport (Game: Persona 5).

April 11

- Akira transferred to Shujin Academy and met Ann and Ryuji (Game: Persona 5).

- Akira and Ryuji traveled to a Palace for the first time and met Morgana. Akira awoke to his Persona (Game: Persona 5).

April 12

- Ryuji awoke to his Persona (Game: Persona 5).

April 14

- Morgana began to live with Akira (Game: Persona 5).

April 15

- Shiho tried to commit suicide but survived (Game: Persona 5).

- Ann awoke to her Persona (Game: Persona 5).

April 30

- Akira, Ryuji, Ann, and Morgana pinned a public calling card to Kamoshida in the school announcement board (Game: Persona 5).

May 1

- Akira, Ryuji, Ann, and Morgana stole Kamoshida's heart (Game: Persona 5).

May 2

- Elizabeth won her annual fight against Erebus (Game: Persona 4 Arena).

- After his confession, Kamoshida was arrested by the police (Game: Persona 5).

May 5

- The Phantom Thieves of Hearts were founded (Game: Persona 5).

May 6

- Mishima created the Phansite (Game: Persona 5).

May 7

- The Phantom Thieves traveled to Mementos for the first time (Game: Persona 5).

May 13

- Maruki became a counselor at Shujin Academy (Game: Persona 5 Royal).

May 14

- Yusuke met the Phantom Thieves when he asked for Ann to be his muse (Game: Persona 5).

May 19

- Yusuke awoke to his Persona and joined the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5).

May 30

- Akira formally met Sumire (Game: Persona 5 Royal).

June 3

- The Phantom Thieves sent a calling card to Madarame (Game: Persona 5).

June 4

- The Phantom Thieves stole Madarame's heart (Game: Persona 5).

June 5

- Madarame confessed all his crimes on TV (Game: Persona 5).

June 9

- The Phantom Thieves met Akechi (Game: Persona 5).

June 10

- Akira challenged Akechi's perspective on the Phantom Thieves on live TV, beginning their rivalry (Game: Persona 5).

June 14

- Makoto blackmailed the Phantom Thieves into dealing with Kaneshiro (Game: Persona 5).

June 20

- Makoto awoke to her Persona and joined the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5).

July 1

- Rise released a new single named "Sapphire" about mature love (Game: Persona 5).

July 7

- The Phantom Thieves sent a lot of calling cards all over Shibuya for Kaneshiro (Game: Persona 5).

July 8

- The Phantom Thieves stole Kaneshiro's heart (Game: Persona 5).

July 9

- Kaneshiro turned himself in to the police (Game: Persona 5).

July 18

- Medjed declared war on the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5).

July 20

- Futaba, using the alias Alibaba, got in contact with Akira (Game: Persona 5).

July 25

- The Phantom Thieves met Futaba and agreed to steal her heart in exchange for her help with Medjed (Game: Persona 5).

August 19

- The Phantom Thieves gave Futaba a calling card (Game: Persona 5).

August 20

- Futaba awoke to her Persona and passed out (Game: Persona 5).

August 21

- Futaba recovered and dealt with Medjed in a single day. She also formally joined the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5).

August 28

- Sophia was created by Ichinose to investigate the human heart (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Ichinose ditched Sophia when she asked what a heart was (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Ichinose began to work on EMMA (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

September 9

- Akechi caused a mental shutdown to Principal Kobayakawa in order to frame the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5).

September 13

- Feeling useless, Morgana left the Phantom Thieves and ran away (Game: Persona 5).

September 14

- Morgana met Haru, who awoke to her Persona (Game: Persona 5).

September 15

- The Phantom Thieves met Haru (Game: Persona 5).

September 17

- Morgana rejoined the Phantom Thieves with Haru (Game: Persona 5).

October 3

- Sumire and Akira unknowingly entered Maruki's Palace, where Sumire awoke to her Persona (Game: Persona 5 Royal).

October 9

- The Phantom Thieves sent a calling card to Kunikazu (Game: Persona 5).

October 10

- The Phantom Thieves stole Kunikazu's heart, but Akechi killed his Shadow Self once they left (Game: Persona 5).

October 11

- Kunikazu had a mental shutdown in live TV, causing the public to turn against the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5).

October 26

- Akechi forcefully joined the Phantom Thieves, who agreed to steal Sae's heart for their own secret plan (Game: Persona 5).

November 18

- Maruki left Shujin (Game: Persona 5 Royal).

- The Phantom Thieves sent a calling card to Sae (Game: Persona 5).

November 19

- The police arrested Akira, who told his entire story to Sae to recruit her to their plan (Game: Persona 5).

- Akechi unknowingly killed a cognitive Akira, believing him to be the real one. This led to the leader of the Phantom Thieves to be declared dead (Game: Persona 5).

November 30

- Rise took another hiatus from her idol career to help her grandmother (Game: Persona 5).

December 12

- A cop drama made a reference to the Inaba murders, starring detective Sakyo Hinoshita as the protagonist (Game: Persona 5).

December 15

- Akechi sacrificed himself to let the Phantom Thieves escape, seemingly dying at the hand of his cognitive self (Game: Persona 5).

December 16

- The Phantom Thieves sent a public calling card to Shido (Game: Persona 5).

December 17

- The Phantom Thieves stole Shido's heart (Game: Persona 5).

December 18

- Shido confessed to his crimes and was placed under a medical lockdown (Game: Persona 5).

December 24

- Yaldabaoth began to merge the physical world with Mementos (Game: Persona 5).

- The Phantom Thieves reunified Lavenza, saved Igor, and defeated Yaldabaoth (Game: Persona 5).

M̶̨̀A̴̛̟R̸͇͌U̷̗̽K̸̞̊I̶̤̋'̸̝͊S̶̭͝ ̴͚̔A̴̮͝C̵̲̀T̴̨͒Ṳ̸̓Ă̵̗Ḽ̸͘I̷̜͋Z̷͉̎Ȃ̷͜T̵̛̠Ḯ̴̧O̸̲̒N̴̗͒

- Akira was rearrested in order to gain a full testimony against Shido (Game: Persona 5). 🔴

- Akechi miraculously returned to be arrested in order to testify against Shido (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

2017

Between January and February

- All of Akira's friends and acquaintances worked hard to get him out of juvie (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 🔴

January 1

- Maruki finished actualizing reality to create a perfect world (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

January 2

- Akira, Akechi, and Sumire realized Maruki was behind the alterations to their reality (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

- Maruki revealed to Sumire her real identity and then kidnapped her (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

January 9

- The rest of the Phantom Thieves realized their reality was fake and rejoined Akira and Akechi to save Sumire (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

February 2

- Maruki revealed Akechi's maybe-dead status to Akira and offered him a deal, but was denied (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

- Akira gave Maruki a calling card (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

February 3

- The Phantom Thieves defeated Maruki and restored reality to its previous form (Game: Persona 5 Royal). 💠

February 13

- Akira was released from juvie (Game: Persona 5).

Before March

- The Phantom Thieves helped Toshiro awaken to his Persona and stand against Marie and his father (Game: Persona 5 Tactica).

- Toshiro reunited with Eri (Game: Persona 5 Tactica).

- Maruki became a taxi driver (Game: Persona 5 Royal).

March 5

- Ken graduated from Gekkoukan High School and rejoined the Shadow Operatives (Game: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax).

March ??

- Makoto and Haru graduated from Shujin Academy.

March 20

- Akira's probation ended and he left Tokyo (Game: Persona 5).

April 6

- Futaba began to attend Shujin Academy.

Before May

- Ichinose sold EMMA to Konoe to soread it to the public (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

May 2

- Elizabeth won her annual fight against Erebus (Game: Persona 4 Arena).

May ??

- EMMA was released for public use (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

July 24

- Akira returned to Tokyo for summer break to go camping (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

July 25

- Akira, Ryuji, and Morgana accidentally ended up in Alice's Jail and met Sophia (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Sophia took residence in Akira's phone (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

July 26

- The police began to suspect the Phantom Thieves for the recent Change of Hearts (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

July 27

- The Phantom Thieves met Zenkichi but declined his deal to cooperate, deciding to clear their names themselves (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

July 28

- The Phantom Thieves broadcasted a calling card for Alice (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- The Phantom Thieves stole Alice's heart (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

July 29

- Alice confessed on live television, but that didn't diminish the suspicion on the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- The Phantom Thieves accepted Zenkichi's offer of protection in exchange of their cooperation (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

July 31

- The Phantom Thieves left Tokyo for Sapporo, but stopped at Sendai (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- The Phantom Thieves met Ichinose (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 4

- The Phantom Thieves plastered calling cards all over Ango's stall (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- The Phantom Thieves stole Ango's heart (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 5

- Ango held a press conference where he confessed to his plagiarism (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 8

- The Phantom Thieves arrived at Sapporo (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 12

- Zenkichi plastered calling cards in one of Mariko's campaign stops (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- The Phantom Thieves stole Mariko's heart (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 13

- Mariko stepped down as an election candidate, but returned once the mother of the girl she'd accidentally killed encouraged her (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 14

- The Phantom Thieves met Akane (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 17

- The Phantom Thieves cleared the vacant Jail in Okinawa (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 21

- Konoe issued an arrest order on the Phantom Thieves for supposedly hacking EMMA (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Zenkichi helped the Phantom Thieves escape arrest but was taken in instead (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- EMMA created a Jail for Akane (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 23

- The Phantom Thieves were captured by EMMA and Shadow Akane, with only Futaba escaping (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Sae got Zenkichi out of jail, and he went to save the Phantom Thieves with Futaba (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Zenkichi awoke to his Persona, helped the Phantom Thieves, and together stole Akane's heart (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Zenkichi formally joined the Phantom Thieves (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 25

- Kaburagi gave Zenkichi his badge back and gave him three days to arrest Owada (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 26

- The Phantom Thieves hijacked a blimp and threw calling cards for Konoe (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- The Phantom Thieves stole Konoe's heart (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 27

- Konoe held a conference where he revealed the truth about EMMA (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 28

- EMMA became the Ark of Covenant, according to Ichinose's plans to find the ultimate answer to happiness (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- Sophia truly awoke to her Persona (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

- The Phantom Thieves defeated Ichinose and EMMA (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

August 29

- Sophia left with Ichinose on a trip of self-reflection (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

October 22

- Yoshida won his eighth elections.

? ??

- Makoto pursued college to become a police officer (Game: Persona 5 Strikers).

BETWEEN 2017 AND 2019

? ??

- Hifumi graduated from Kosei High School.

2018

April ??

- Ryuji, Ann, and Mishima graduated from Shujin Academy.

- Yusuke graduated from Kosei High School.

- Akira and Shiho graduated from unnamed high schools.

May 2

- Elizabeth won her annual fight against Erebus (Game: Persona 4 Arena).

2019

May 2

- Elizabeth won her annual fight against Erebus (Game: Persona 4 Arena).

2020

March ??

- Futaba graduated from Shujin Academy.

May 2

- Elizabeth won her annual fight against Erebus (Game: Persona 4 Arena).

? ??

- Futaba began to study cognitive psience (Game: Persona 5).

2070s

? ??

- Raidou Kuzunoha XL, a Temple Knight, travelled back in time to prevent the Great Cataclysm (Game: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army).

[krokaxe]

OC Kiss Week 24: "Gilded." • Abraham and @koilarist's Seven.

[bananarose]

FFXIV Write - Day 30 "Two Heads Are Better Than One"

Characters: Lavandin (Sune) Aurelius (Fessa)

Length: 425

Another one of the boys pre name changes!

~~

Sune was absolutely sick of this place. He supposed he loved his home, respected it for being the place he grew up in, that sort of thing. But he was sick of the way he was looked at, and spoken to, and his inability to get just about anything right. Too clumsy to fight, and too weak to protect his home, but he was a young man and so that was his duty. If only he could have stayed in the village with the women, maybe he wouldn’t be so gods-damned miserable. He had one exception, one part of his life that made him feel good and wanted and capable. One person. 

Fessa had been helping him train for some time now, and they had spent a lot of time together, grown close. Sune was in love with him, positively head over heels. It felt like Fessa was the only one who truly cared and believed in him, and so he was the only soul he told when the thoughts of leaving home began. They would sneak away from the other young wood warders in training, and away from the older veena men, deep into the trees at night to talk for hours. Sometimes they would talk about their training, or other day to day things. Other times, they would speak about where they would go if they left home. What places they would want to see together, what things they would do. The two young viera would lean their heads together, late into the night, talking aloud their dreams of adventures in far off places. 

Eventually, Sune’s formal training took a turn for the worse. Fessa overheard the older men discussing Sune’s slow progress, their concern for his ability to survive on his own. They sounded like they were ready to give up on him. That was enough to convince Fessa it was time to leave. Their dreams they spoke about in the quiet of night could become reality, they just had to work together and figure out how they would manage it. Sneaking away would be easy enough - they did that much all the time in order to get time alone - but they would need supplies if they were going to get much farther. 

They worked together to form a plan, stole what supplies they needed while the others were sleeping, and disappeared from their home together. It wouldn’t be an easy journey, and it certainly wasn’t a journey either could make alone, but together they felt they could conquer just about anything. 

[anakinh]

sephiroth is so beautiful i would die for him 😭

[jaimemes]

What did Estelle look like? You said you had video footage, right? Sure it was a long time ago but still if the eyeshine is there...

uhhhh yeah i can look at the video footage rq. brb

[namazunomegami]

“Kindly consider the question: what would your good do if evil did not exist, and what would the earth look like if shadows disappeared from it? Shadows are cast by objects and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. Trees and living beings also have shadows. Do you want to skin the whole earth, tearing all the trees and living things off it, because of your fantasy of enjoying bare light? You’re a fool.” - The Master and Margarita