#AND ALSO

[eternalmomentss]

something something dorian taking on the role of a protective older brother figure for opal after losing cyrus something something

[abirddogmoment]

Small dog, big landscape

[clearlydusty]

Made some happy mouthwashing fanart, all credit for the images go to @joetastic2739, thank you joetastic for feeding me and everyone else in the MW community <3

Also click for much better quality cuz this looks TRASH now that I’m seeing it again

(close ups and links to joetastics posts below !! )

Anya Steam awards , Anya admiring herself

Daisuke's Daisuke Dance , Daisuke as Yosuke

[hatchetfield-scarecrow]

I hope Barbie is so good and successful it makes every executive that’s turned everything bright and fun made for young girls into edgy boring teen dramas for the last ten years spontaneously combust into flames

[iveneveze]

Can only do sketches lately, so decided at least try out some interesting styles.

[skysmadness]

warm up stuff

[comrademango]

These are just some campaigns who frequently reach out to me to boost or donate to their fundraisers:

@abdelmutei - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@supportgaza - here - #155 on this vetted fundraisers list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi

@mohammedaldeeb - here - vetted by @/90-ghost and @/el-shab-hussein, #212 in on this vetted fundraisers list

@mazenmanal - here - vetted by @/apollos-olives

@alaaalkhateeb - here - #99 on this vetted fundraisers list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi

@danashehab - here - vetted by @/el-shab-hussein

@aseelo680 - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@asmaayyad - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@monashamali90 - here - vetted by @/nabulsi

@zeanyahya3 - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@mahmoud0hilles - here - #198 on this vetted fundraisers list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi

@safaa18mero - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@momenalostaz/@momenalstaz - here - #125 on this vetted fundraisers list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi

@adham-89 - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@ahmedalnabeh - here - #218 on this vetted fundraisers list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi -> they had to start over after the GFM organizer ran with the funds raised

@mohdiwais - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@kareem-family2 - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@hebaalmaqadma - here - #294 on the verified campaigns list by The ButterflyEffect Project

@noor4habil8/@malakaymans-blog - here - vetted by @/gaza-evacuation-funds

@save-amal-family - here - #475 on the verified campaigns list by The ButterflyEffect Project

@mostaf77 - here - vetted by association through his sister Noor

@albardawillhazem95 - here - vetted by @/gaza-evacuation-funds

@yahyabkheet-blog - here - #110 on the verified campaigns list by @/gazavetters

@monayazji - here - #87 on the verified campaigns list by @/gazavetters

@khadigayousef2024 - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

@esamadnan94 - here - #205 on the verified campaigns list by @/gazavetters

@nesmamomen - here - vetted by @/el-shab-hussein

@reemygaza - here - vetted by @/gaza-evacuation-funds

@zinaanqar - here - #264 on the vetted fundraisers list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi

@freepaleatine95 - here - vetted by @/90-ghost

This is a post by @/tamarrud listing organisations currently providing assistance for the people in Gaza directly.

Already linked above but here is the vetted fundraisers list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi. @gaza-evacuation-funds posts about vetted campaigns which don't get many or are slow to get donations. There is also gazafunds.com which selects a random campaign to spotlight every time you reload the page.

Free Palestine.

[dduane]

There are a very few pieces of food history that I consider to be in my personal keeping, and this is probably chief among them. This story has had a page at our old European Cuisines website since the late 1990s.

National Chocolate Fondue Day (February 5th) is almost upon us. So here's an updated version of what I know about this particular fragment of the Old [Food] Magic.

[demontouched]

i love how, no matter what, zac has his character's face on. in fantasy high, he looks a little confused, a wee bit perplexed, at all times. he nods sagely like he understands and then asks a question he knows the answer to. in unsleeping city, he is smiling like a puppy, constantly tail waggin', looking pleased and earnest. he says the most bizarre things like they are mundane. zac oyama knows who he is playing.

[xgermankittycatx--commsopen]

I'm suddenly very, very sad about them again, so you all have to suffer with meeee muhahahaaa

have a reeeeally quick sketch of the cause of all of our pain and tears :]

[olileigh-art]

This image has been stuck in my head since I first watched episode 76 back in early January but I was busy with uni so it had to wait

Tip Jar

[mortal-kingss]

for once, for once in life, i finally felt that someone needed me…

[ID: A fully rendered piece of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood dancing. The background is stark black, and the main lighting source is warm, coming from slightly below the camera. Jon has his back facing the camera and his face turned to the side, and Martin has his body facing the camera and face also turned to the side. Martin is a tall, fat white man, with vitiligo, and is an avatar of the Web. He has brown hair with white streaks, square glasses, and eight entirely black eyes. He’s smiling with fangs peaking through slightly, and scars in the patterns of cobwebs on his cheek. He’s wearing a brown suit with a white shirt and brown tie. There is a small web design on the collar of the suit with a pendant of a spider, made out of wire and amber. He’s wearing a belt and dark grey pants that fade slowly into a light grey. His left hand is holding Jon’s, and his right hand is pressed against her back. Jon is a shorter, thin Indian person, wearing a dark green satin dress with a small amount of black mesh material on the upper back. Her dark brown and grey hair is long, and is tied back in a loose ponytail, with a gold hairpiece in the shape of an eye, connected by small chains with green gems, to Jhumka earrings. He has multiple eyes on his face, and all are green, looking up at Martin, except for the normal placement of eyes which are closed. He’s wearing gold arm jewelry with eye patterns on them, and his right arm has a henna design and a ring on his finger. His left arm is perched on Martin’s shoulder. End ID]

[tapetum-lucidumb]

durgetash nation rise up

[starcurtain]

Potential Phaidei Crumbs

Some more possible Phaidei crumbs that I've been thinking about and haven't seen people discussing yet:

First, in the very first scene with Mydei, there's this one odd line. It's a tiny thing, but nothing in a character's first appearance is accidental, so...

Mydei starts griping, telling Phainon that the people of Castrum Kremnos as a whole will not accept him. Presumably he actually means this in a general sense, aka "The Kremnoans won't accept any other hero; Kremnos won't become allies with anyone."

However, something I haven't seen many people note is that Mydei's very next line is:

"As the successor of Kremnos, I am not able to act independently on such matters."

This is a weird statement, right?

Saying "I am not able to act independently" basically implies that there is a desire to choose differently than his people. It's not "I would never act differently than my people demand." It's not even "I don't want to act independently"--it's "I am not able to." Wording the statement this way actively suggests that Mydei has a different stance than Kremnos itself--that if he had the power to act independently, he might make a different determination than his people expect.

Or, in more direct words: He would accept Phainon if he had the choice.

The dev team is very careful about the first impression that characters make in their debut appearances in the game. Choosing to deliberately reveal to us that Mydei has a different opinion of Phainon than the rest of the Kremnoans might is a strong signal for Mydei's characterization--deep down, he is very different from other Kremnoans--but, even more importantly, it tells us instantly that Mydei thinks more highly of Phainon than other people from Kremnos do. (Even if he also thinks Phainon is a mannerless heathen who lacks hospitality lol.)

Okay, okay, but that's just one little line. There's another thing I wanted to point out too, and that's actually Miss Castorice...

I've seen a lot of people suggesting Mydei/Castorice, Phainon/Castorice, and even Mydei/Castorice/Phainon, but for all the fandom's shipping (and everyone should feel free to ship what they love; your ship is valid, fam!), I actually kind of think that...

Castorice is a bit of a Mydei/Phainon shipper herself.

Although Castorice is of course just a good person who is doing what she can to help Okhema, she also is quick to assist Phainon specifically to save Mydei, quick to try to keep Phainon calm because that's what will help him get to Mydei quicker, and she just brings Mydei up out of the blue to Phainon several times throughout the story.

It's Castorice who halts Phainon's ascension ceremony to ask where Mydei is, because she expected him to be there for Phainon.

It seems to be a given for Castorice that if Phainon needs him, in Phainon's most important hour, Mydei should obviously be with him. She knew Mydei would come.

Even before that, when Phainon was feeling down, Castorice admits she doesn't know how to comfort Phainon herself, and instead... brings up Mydei to comfort Phainon???

Girl thought Quick, how can I raise Phainon's self-esteem? and Mydei's nickname for Phainon was the first thing that seems to have come to mind. 😂

She really said "You're not lame, Phainon; Mydei thinks you're a hero!"

Okay, being more serious--even putting shipping aside entirely, it's just overall clear that Castorice perceives the close comradeship between Phainon and Mydei (probably moreso than Phainon himself) and understands how important having that close friendship is to Phainon, who seems to have nothing else left outside of the Chrysos Heirs at all.

She seems to be able to tell how much Phainon needs people in his life who believe in and can stand beside him, and seems to have clocked that Mydei is definitely one such person. The game tells us players clearly that Castorice is an incredibly perceptive person who is sensitive to the feelings of others, and part of that includes her continuing to verbally recognize, throughout 3.0, the support Phainon gains from his close connection to Mydei.

I think this is just another cool touch--but also maybe another subtle nod from the devs. Castorice won't even let Phainon have a single scene where Mydei isn't mentioned lol.

And finally, one last crumb based on a pet theory...

"As I've Written"

We don't yet know who is responsible for actually writing the character profiles in the "As I've Written" book--although the rewards section is called "Author's Recompense" and the player get rewards for "composing sagas," alongside the interact button being "Write Story," there's actually an entire achievement teasing the fact that the Trailblazer doesn't know who actually wrote the book:

It's not remotely written in a style the Trailblazer would write in, and it also contains information the Trailblazer (at least currently) has no way of knowing at all, like the details of Castorice's backstory.

At this point, the real author could be anyone. But I feel like there's a few things pointing in favor of the idea that the real author might be Phainon. It could also be Anaxa or Cyrene or even Mem too, but hear me out...

First, the book's design is reminiscent of Phainon: the book features prominent sun/moon symbols, has the same blue-white-gold color palette, and even the design at the bottom of the book resembles the design along the front of Phainon's coat:

The book also seems to be strongly foreshadowing that someone is going to lose their way, step onto a dark path, or end up making a terrible mistake.

In Tribbie's chapter:

In Aglaea's:

And of course in Phainon's chapter, where the foreshadowing is strongest:

If this "one who has lost their direction" and "lost themself," the "flawed hero," are all references to Phainon, then the book over and over again seems to be--for the player--foreshadowing Phainon's downfall. Or, from the other perspective: This is a record written by someone who has witnessed (or experienced) the downfall and knows what is coming.

There's also the fact that while Phainon's chapter is written in third person, the narrator occasionally slips in some hints that they know what's going on in Phainon's mind:

And there's also this moment from Mydei's chapter:

We already know that this is not how Mydei behaves around people he doesn't know. When Mydei isn't familiar with a person, he doesn't banter with them--he doesn't even bother with them. He barely speaks directly to the Trailblazer the entire 3.0 plot, for example! He doesn't remotely seem like the type of person to sit down at a table and drink with someone he doesn't know.

We also know that he's already scolded Phainon several times for trying to act like an expert in Kremnoan legends:

(Thank Streetwise Rhapsody from Youtube for these screencaps because I forgot to screencap it myself lol.)

And the icing on the cake:

The exact phrase "amateur historian" again.

To me, this all but confirms that the "true" author of the "As I've Written" chronicle is probably Phainon, which finally brings me to the actual Phaidei crumb I wanted to discuss all along:

Mydei's story is listed as chapter 10 of the book. Yet for some reason --even though we get the book only after completing nearly the entire 3.0 questline, when the player has definitely met Aglaea, Castorice, and Tribbie already--Mydei's story comes first.

While Castorice, Tribbie, Phainon, and Aglaea all share the same memory crystal, Mydei has his own separate memory crystal, not shared with any other character, and it is given to the player first, before anyone else:

Phainon really said "My man is more important than the rest of us combined."

Tribbie is chapter 1. Phainon is chapter 7. Aglaea is chapter 9. But for some reason, we jumped all three of those characters to present chapter 10 first. Theoretically you could say that it's because we went to Castrum Kremnos and fought Nikador? But, story-wise, was Mydei the most important? The Trailblazer met Phainon and Tribbie first, got to actually play Aglaea for a sequence of this story, and traveled alone with Castorice. Mydei is the character the Trailblazer actually had the least connection to in the whole 3.0 storyline, so it doesn't seem that the story is truly what determined the order characters' chapters were given to us.

At the end of the day, in a book that seems it could be written by Phainon (from the future? the past?), Mydei was given special treatment and came before anyone else.

I'm just sayin'... the devs don't do things on accident.

[neverletbrocookagain]

Can y'all just send me brainrotted art requests, it's heavily raining, that means no classes and I'm bored :(