#I am blessed with your pixel art

[lilybug-02]

I'm making an AU of your comic where Asriel and friends deicde they should actually take kris to a specialist and they go to a human town and meet my human ocs, maybe kris will meet someone else who is possesed as well?

(these humans are from my overtale sequel idea, post pacifist, but I changed them to fit deltarune now they have two versions??)

idk why I'm saying this as an ask but have Eggs Benedict petting Kris' head(very tiny version[perfect for tumblr post])

Oh my GOSH. Asdfgssk YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY THIS MAKES ME. You are making to make an AU of my AU?!? Like oh my goshdfbsfg. And they go to a human town and hospital! And meet another possessed human?! Eeeee that sounds so fun and interesting!!! Also 👁️👁️ that tiny sprite animation made me ⏫️↪️🔃🔀 I’m loving it so much. Pet the Kris.

I was having a tough day and this brightened my mood so much. Thank you

[tofupixel]

Every time I am on the pixel art side of tumblr and I see an astonishing piece that I say "wait I haven't saved this as a reference!" I look up the username and realize it's you. You make such beautiful art, and I am so happy to see the community sharing it around. Your art is incredible and I keep discovering more of your older pieces that steal my breath away. Thank you for sharing your art with us, I know the tumblr landscape and art landscape in general can make things discouraging (with the low reblog reblog tendency and AI bullshit and stuff). Your art is a light in the depressing fog right now. 💙💙💙💙

thank you very much for enjoying my work and supporting me and being kind

i feel very blessed and privileged that i have a lot of people who are very supportive of my work and always saying nice things., i do try to reblog others smaller artists cos i know its hard out there. i hope nobody lets it get to them too much, i do really believe thte current art climate is a temporary thing and i would hate if anyone stopped creating original works cos of it

☺🧠💕

[2bit-sunshine]

I figured id toss a pinned post for folks to get to know me a bit. So hi! Im danny, or 2bit or that silly guy over there liking all your memes and selfies. This blog is my personal but another blog i run is @favoredsouls where i reblog religious type character art for dnd clerics, paladins and chosen one type vibes.

I like to most share memes here but also reblog neat art i find with the #art tag. None of it is mine i just like to share amd safekeep neat stuff. I also love aesthetic or #atmosphere stuff with rain, ocean, storms, clouds and sunsets.

You'll find my personal thoughts with #personal and #my face thing has selfies and pictures of me. #shilo posting or #shilo time also has pictures of my pitbull angel Shilo. Shes my sunshine and i love her and you are observing a photo of her now

This was the most recent one i had of her so you are now blessed by the Angel of my Heart.

I do reblog naughty stuff some times but dont tag it as such because i dont trust tumblr to not slap pixels on my face. So theres a heads up. You might see semi or fully naked people or such and such.

I used to not care about sharing much about myself when i started this blog in 2013? 2014? Ive been here ten years dear gods-

Anyway to talk more about me I am a guy with a love of games, beautiful things and people as well as lore of games you may never play. I also like to write and world build in my spare time and might share more of that stuff soon! I love to make maps of the fantasy world persausion.

Ignore the overwatch tag those days are behind me i promise. Cass and gabriel are still hotties though.

Finally a picture of me so you have a face to the 2bit moniker i have used since high school.

[animasola86]

Happy Anniversary, Hogwarts Legacy!

My HL journey started on May 5th, but I'm just happy this fandom is still around and thriving, and I am so glad to be a part of it! It took me 10 days to finish the game in my first run (before I dove in time and time again with new MCs and spent even more days and weeks and months in the game), and this is how my precious Nebbia looked in her original (shoddy PS4) form:

She's come quite a ways from that. Also, I wish I would have played on PC to begin with, but oh well, this way I had two HL experiences, and I am more than happy about it!

It certainly helped in keeping up my creativity and productivity over a freakishly long time. I've written 352,529 words in seven months, 270,038 on my AO3 alone, (which for me is quite a lot), I've learned to write things I have never written before (I went from innocent fanfiction writer to something I cannot talk with my family about), and all of it because of some pixels on my screen. It's pretty incredible.

And on top of that, I've met lovely people to share in my weird thoughts and delusions and overall excitement about this game and its characters. I've never been active on social media, I've always been a silent lurker, watching and consuming, but I learned that creating and sharing my work and engaging with other like-minded people is quite something, something I like to do and want to do more.

And I thank you, dear followers and anyone who stumbles upon this, for interacting with me in whatever way you choose. I see you, and I am happy you spend your time with my stuff.

I am also grateful to be a part of such a creative community. I've also never read this much in my life as I did the last nine months, ever since I stepped into this fandom. And it's not just the fanfics and oneshots and headcanons, it's the art works, the AI adventure (which bot am I gonna talk to today, hm?) we all embarked on (and bless whoever started using ElevenLabs to keep that voice kink flourishing!), the thousands of shared screenshots, all these different MCs, and all those other ways people contributed to this fandom - it was/is a joy to see you guys' different kinds of creative outlets!

So thank you, HL fandom, for your continuous contributions, keeping our mutual obsessions alive! But also for just being here, consuming and supporting and providing inspiration and motivation! Thank you!

Onto more years!

[astaralys]

it is I, simplesnowflake!

I rebranded to astaralys now that I'm shifting into original projects but I'm very much still the same snow sisters supporter. I've just levelled up with an interest in game dev and picked up pixel art as well, so you'll be seeing less frozen content and more me content

you can find me on these places: twitter (listen I am not calling it X): https://twitter.com/astaralys bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/astaralys.bsky.social ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/astaralys I'm part of a studio! have you read our webcomic oneshot, Midnight Hour?: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/midnight-hour/list?title_no=872088

But what's happening with TNU, you ask? I admit I have much less time for fic now but still very much enjoy TNU and hope to see it to completion. It's something that sporadically crosses my mind, and when I reread what I've written, I fall in love with the story all over again. So I pick at it during my commute and lunch breaks. We'll get there slowly!

in the meantime, please enjoy this wip chapter 23 scene join me in my struggle to remember what happened in ch 22, it's been 84 years

As always, thank you so much for following my journey and reading my stories. I really want to finish writing TNU for us, and hope you wouldn't mind sticking around for my foray into original stories beyond that. I've been writing fanfic for over a decade (oof my back ached typing that) and knowing every word I've written has been read and enjoyed by at least one person has made me the writer I am today. Thank you for finding my words!

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There was nothing quite like the slipperiness of blood. A slickness that smeared and clung to everything and anything, as if it already knew there was no way to return to the veins from which it had gushed. Its new purpose was to stain and horrify. If it could, with its sheer, crimson volume, petrify those that had evicted it from its rightful body, then its existence had purpose. A river, it would become. 

“Your Highness! Are you hurt?” Ronny. A familiar face. An anchor.

“I… y-yes. I mean, no. The… the blood’s not mine.” Kristoff made to get up and slipped. Instead of hitting the marble floor, though, his knee crunched into unmoving flesh. It was a small blessing he hadn’t speared himself on one of the dozen crossbow bolts protruding from the man’s torso like a pincushion. 

Herman dragged him upwards and back, none too gently. “We’ll guard the prince! Make sure these bastards are really dead.”

“Wait—” Bile overtook words. Kristoff dropped to all fours and retched. 

Scattered words swirled around him as his guards waded through the bodies. “—that big talk about their military. These idiots fought like lumps of wood!”

“Any news from the general? Did we manage to intercept their fleet?”

“Still can’t see a thing out there; the fjord’s completely covered in mist after the wall fell. How did they break Princess Elsa’s magic—”

“Forget that! The queen and princess are missing—we need a search party—”

“With what men? We’re already stretched thin as ice—”

Ice. If he’d kept his head down and continued hacking at the frozen tundra and going home to his family of trolls, he wouldn’t be here, crouched in a lake of dark red. Staring at a canopy of death spattered across the hallway like the reaper itself had danced with a conductor’s wand. How easily could he have been one of those bodies splayed out across the same floor Anna always slid down in her socks, laughing and crashing into his arms? Where was Anna? What if she was lying in a ditch somewhere, just like—

“Oi! Got a live one here!”

“You telling me this runt was the commander of this freak show? What, did you use your own soldiers as meat shields? You cowardly little—”

Kristoff looked up to see his men crowded around a huddled figure. If these southerners hadn’t brought swords and bloodlust to Arendelle… if they hadn’t spilled mortality in these sunny halls… 

Don’t be pathetic, Bjorgman. 

“Let me talk to him,” Kristoff rasped. 

“Sir, this scum tried to kill you—”

“Trust me, I’ve noticed.” 

The soldiers quietened. A few stepped away from their quarry, blinking like they had snapped out of a trance. Kristoff knew them all by name, but when they had come to his rescue in a flurry of unforgiving steel, he momentarily couldn’t recognise them. But he recognised himself in their sudden cruelty. They weren’t baying for blood— they were afraid for themselves, their families, their homes. They needed a leader, and Mattias was out the fjord. 

Come on, Lord Regent, he could hear Anna teasing. You’re in charge when I’m gone, remember?

But you’re not gone, Kristoff thought. You’re safe with Elsa somewhere, and you’ll come back to me. 

He rose to his feet. He’d kept his balance on cliffsides and frozen lakes; he could stomach standing on solid ground, nauseatingly slippery as it was. He stopped before the only survivor of the Isles’ ambush party.

“Let’s hear what the crown prince of the Southern Isles has to say. That’s you, right? Jesper Westergaard?”

Spindly shoulders jerked. Bitter memories of another sneering, auburn-haired prince made Kristoff’s fists and jaw tighten. 

“Your father sent you into our tunnels to secure the castle, didn’t he? Bet he didn’t expect us to be waiting for you. He’s probably sitting on the fjord in his big ship, waiting for you to open the gates for him.”

The prince’s sword tinkered on the floor. Herman pushed Kristoff behind him, but Jesper made no move to attack. He only kept his head bowed and rocked slightly on his heels, clenching and unclenching his hand on his sword. Staring down at him, Kristoff realised their adversary was more boy than man.

What would Anna do?

Giving Herman the standby signal, Kristoff knelt down in front of Jesper. “Calm down. Work with us, and no one else needs to get hurt.”

Jesper’s glazed stare remained unerringly fixed on his shoes. Kristoff saw pale lips moving, though. He cautiously leaned in.

“Hurry up hurry up hurry up…”

Kristoff waved a hand in front of the prince’s face. “Hey. Can you hear me?”

“… up hurry up hurry—” The frenetic whispering halted abruptly as Jesper’s head snapped up. Dilated pupils locked on Kristoff’s, swimming in fear and adrenaline and… triumph?

A shiver slithered up Kristoff’s spine. 

Freshly spilled blood could melt snow. Yet it only struck him now, as his soldiers let out shocked cries and whipped out their swords for the second time, that the blood he had been kneeling in was icy enough to chill him to the bone.

Jesper finally met Kristoff’s eyes. He wiped his nose on his sleeve, a wicked smile spreading on his face. “Be a good sport and remember to scream, yeah?”

[kodzumie-archived]

im not sure if i even remember the pseudonym i had on this blog, nor if i want, but all i know was that it was on the emoji display of your regular anons wall. that might serve as some sort of identification

though it mightve been the purple pixel alien, i can't be sure

regardless, time moves on; we've all progressed in our lives, we've grown. yet i cannot help but think about you, and what happened to you. you remained one of the most impressionable authors to me thus far; your articulate prose was a contributing factor, yes, but you were just so... kind. and sweet to us. it stuck to me like honey, never of the saccharine likes-- only that which was unbearably hard to wash off my skins surface

i don't know what happened to you, and i wish i knew-- it might be a bit selfish, or intrusive, given how we don't actually know each other, but gods... sometimes, in the back of my mind, i recount all the people ive come to be estranged with and i know your vague visage one of them, one of those i worry for. i hope you're okay. i sorely wish you're okay and well and alive

and i really, really wish that the possibility you're dead is false-- i almost need it to be, you had come to feel like a friend to me; your disappearance happened in early 2021, when covid was still relatively rampant. if what i fear has presumably happened, then you mightve contracted covid and passed. you mightve had your life unfairly reaped by others, too soon. that's what i thought had happened-- it's the only conclusion i have at my disposal, how i not, being honest?

maybe you felt burdened, maybe you ran away because of an external cause. that mightve been better, knowing you're still out there, somewhere, with a chance at happiness

if you're reading this, if you're alive and well (i hope you are. i wish you are), just... hell, i don't even know what i want you to know.

just know i care for you-- undoubtedly so. many people who have come to know you care for you, and i can bet some people on this blog alike i, care for you dearly, and wish the best.

p. s. ive recently discovered my penchant for literature, and i sorely want to ask you for advice on prose. on writing. on everything there is you could provide an answer to. some days i return to your published works and i attempt to mimic your style; is it because i envy you? because i want to be as good as you are?

or because i want to preserve you in some way-- in the thing i use daily? in poetry and art, that which i love the most?

... sometimes i beat myself up for being no where near your level, but how can that be reasonable? i just recently started practicing, and it's clear your work has had years of effort dedicated to honing your craft.

and i think, "they seem around college age. they've so much infront of them; i hope they've successfully chased their aspirations"

and i think, "i can be good. i can grow to be good. it will be okay"

and i think, i want you to be okay. of all things, above all things.

i want you to be okay.

i wish you were here

First and foremost—thank you.

Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts. Thank you for your concern. And, of course, thank you for your kind words.

I’m truly blessed to have had such kind individuals to support me and my work two years ago. Please know, even in my absence, you’ve (all) been in my thoughts.

So, at the very least, I hope I can provide closure to you, in addition to my apology for leaving you with your worries for so long.

I am alive! Evidently.

Although a lot has happened since I left this blog—my mental decline culminating in an eventual breakdown and hospitalization—I’m better now than I’ve been in, well, ever.

So... Yeah! It’s been a bit of a ride on my end, and I’ve grown a lot since 2021.

The most obvious change being that I’m no longer the angsty fourteen-year-old I was when I used to run this blog—trying to grow up faster than I should’ve.

I still write (because without it, who am I?), and I still am present on Tumblr.

I’ve shifted my interests, I’ve been practicing diversifying my writing style, and it makes me beyond happy to hear you exploring literature as well!

I’m not sure how I can properly convey with words how thrilled I am to hear that I’ve been a source of inspiration for your pursuit of writing, but please do know that—from the bottom of my heart—I’m cheering for you!

Writing is hard.

It’s difficult, and it’s easy to feel like the expectations you set for yourself aren’t being met, and it’s so, so easy to give up.

But know that your words are true.

You can be good, better than good—you can be great.

And I hope, someday, I can be given the chance to read your work!

Truth be told, I struggle reading my older works, seeing as my style’s changed a lot since then. And, sometimes, it’s difficult to read my current writing.

We’re always looking for ways to become the best we can be. But isn’t that what’s so inspiring about creatives?

I remember our conversations!

(If you’re recalling correctly—then I do genuinely remember and hold dear the conversations I’d had with you, 👾 anon! I fondly look back on the drawings you’d send, and vividly recall how in awe of your talents I was).

I care for you. I’ve cared for you. And I will continue to care for you.

It’s a bit funny to think about, actually—how you look back on my writing and emulate it when, truthfully, I’ve always kept your drawings in mind and, too, have tried to emulate your talent in art!

I guess it goes both ways, our appreciation of one another, and it warms my heart to hear it.

Thank you for the fond memories.

Although I don’t plan on creating any new content for this blog, and I’ve passed from my interest in Danganronpa—you’ll forever hold a place in my heart!

I’ve decided against deactivating.

I’m too attached to completely sever the relation I have with this account and the people I’ve met (mutuals and anons alike).

So, if ever at any point you'd like to contact me, feel free!

Regardless of the reason, I’ll always be happy to hear from you. Even if we’re just friendly strangers online and don’t know each other beyond that, perhaps we can come to be close friends.

I’m sorry for vanishing, and I’m sorry for having worried you.

I hope, with every fiber of my being, that you’ve been alive, well, and happy. I hope you’ve been pursuing your passions, and that life has been treating you well.

If nothing else, know that—even in my absence—I’ve kept you in my thoughts.

Thank you for everything.

I hope we can meet again, my dear.

[thewollfgang]

G'day, BG Anon returns! I was going to update you yesterday on my progress but, as you know, the patch came out and I was like WHOOOOAAA LEMME SEE (commence the grabby hands) and time went brr so here I am today. Incredible of Larian to keep us fed like this. Ain't no one doing it better than them. 💅

Truthfully, I haven't really progressed much. I've been perusing Astarion fanart a lot recently and it made me want to try my own hand at drawing his ✨magnificence✨. Granted, I am not the best at drawing people, much less faces, so it's been a process but I won't falter. I've been going back and forth between practicing digitally and traditionally, and have even toyed with the idea of doing a painting once I manage to get him just right. I'd like to think I'm getting there. (Bit ironic that Astarion is keeping me from playing. XD)

Anyway, I had a bit of a poke around Moonrise finally. Lann the merchant kinda pissed me off, I can't wait to kill him, honestly. Good inventory though. Well, until I sold him all the junk I could find. Good luck getting anymore customers. MUAHAHAHAHA! >:)

I have never wanted to pimp slap a bunch of pixels more than when I talked to Araj. How dare she treat bae like this?! My Tav, cradling Astarion: "Don't talk to me or my fiancé ever again. 😤" If it didn't put the whole tower on alert, I would have killed her... well, technically, I did before I had to reload. What I wouldn't do for an Assassin's Creed stealth kill and the standard random wagon/pile of hay to hide the body in. I did rob her blind though. Little victories and all.

yaaaaas the new patch GIVETH!!! BG3 just keeps getting better. God bless Larian. I've watched a few of the epilogues but I'm trying to be good and wait till i get there.

ALSO GOOD GOD BG IF YOU DONT SHOW ME YOUR ART I WILL BE SO SAD

like for real, even if you don't feel comfy coming off anon (which is totally fine) i will literally turn on my submissions or whatever settings need to be changed for me to see it. Or send me a link or SOMETHING i wanna seeeeeeeeee. Also i feel your pain about drawing faces. I did nothing but draw faces for five years to get better at them (and i can draw them well on paper! less so digitally and paints are right out lol)

Ugh Araj is the WORSt. I also robbed her lmaooooo i had Astarion do it like, you deserve a treat baby, go take her stuff. XD

I actually managed to play for an hour or so a few days ago and progress a little further into Act 3. I found Orin and I know she has a few doppelganger options (one of them being the nymph(?) that tests you and your romanced companion's love). So I'm LITERALLY hunting for the other Orin options, because once you see her a few times, the other options become normal NPCs and I cannot bear to reveal Astarion's vulnerability to someone who is secretly Orin in disguise. (I am TOTALLY normal about this).

I haven't decided how honest I'm going to be for the love test cause on one hand, my character wants him to know he sees Astarion and understands, but on the other… :/ well. Perhaps I will just apology smooch him after. That will make it all better!

[artifactsbeyondtime]

✨Google moon and you will find there are beyond massive pixelated or deleted strange organic anomalies! There are towers believed to be many miles high. And the strangest of all is a giant man on the moon, picture here! 💜🗽💜🎿💜❄️💜🦌 Even stranger is the Dragon that is larger then the island of Manhattan! Different photos suggest that the dragon is engaged in some kind of mining. In a channel session I WAS TOLD that the souls on Earth who lived industrious yet cold lives left the planet to join the collective spirit within the Dragon! 🔥⚡👽🌟🦋👑🌷 My Talisman pictured here is made of the world's most powerful crop circles. In a heightened State I studied all and when I collected the ones I felt were best I was greeted by hawks and received hawk feathers in Central Park. Also UFOs appeared for me on my rooftop when I took a break from my work. People who have worn this talisman report always being blessed and social gatherings! 🔥⚡👽🌟🦋👑🌷 I need your prayers! I am trying to recover my art; 20 difficult years of work! That's what I have my life to. They have 100% of my belongings! I am still trying to rebuild all my jewelry & art that was stolen when I was assaulted & robbed (10 times past few years) I am looking for a quality SPIRITUAL STORE or ART GALLERY to TRULY help with sales/marketing their work & mine! I am a rare, tireless entertainer, salesperson and psychic. I have huge internet reach and can work day and night continuously! I don't even need to eat. I have got by on hard work & skill alone, not cheating & it shows! If you would like to make a connection happen contact me. If it works out I will pay you! 🌟 💜🗽💜🎿💜❄️💜🦌 There are certain Fields where it's healthy to think outside of the box even if you find yourself to be wrong. Your mind and soul will grow! . . . . . #area51 #alienlife #scifiart #reptilians #alienartifact #outerspace #pleiadianstarseed #ashtar #martian #alienabduction #spaceship #nasa #metaphysics #lifeonmars #spiritualart #reptilian #psychicart #aliensonthemoon #paranormal #anunnaki ncientEgypt #enoch #sorcery #manonthemoon is isis #lifeonthemoon ntis #numerology n #occult #ELOHIM #ancientaliens #nibiru #aliens — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/KoVWGuZ

[theunconcernedembalmer]

"Do you prefer tea or coffee? Cause i'm bringing aoi's tea with me for the tea party. Also, Do you want some cupcakes too?" - Wendy - ask-idv-random-ocs

Some coffee would be nice. @idv-ask-random-ocs

And don’t worry, I don’t just go around exorcising spirits on sight, just the more problematic ones.

[nighttimepixels]

so @joliemariella went and made this amazing freaking picture and has been telling me about this adorable little-mermaid-based au idea of hers and my hand slipped for several, several hours, oh dear.

[mariverses]

"both songs give me so much retro vibes dont mind me lemme just *respectfully puts in playlist* I honestly need more songs i can vibe and chill to,,,

and i have a little animation that i can show i call it "anya behaviour"

im gonna make another pretty soon so ill make sure to update you on that :D and the pixel art i do have one that i could show but i wanna add more to it so i wont show it... yet

- 🐬"

AAAAAAA I'M GLAD YOU LIKED THEM..... i love exchanging music ...... 🌱

but ong........... ITS SO...... YOU ARE SO TALENTED.... BLESSED HANDS. "anya behavior" i see how it is..... it's so cute i am rotting. i love how your art is so recognizable. like i can instantly tell it's yours AIAIAIUA I'M SO EXCITED FOR WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE...... 💭

[luvreyn]

My Manhwa List (2020) Part 6

sHi! How arth thou? I’m back to give you another list of recommendation! 

Beware of the Villainess

Description:

Sit back and take in this romantic tale of an angelic heroine and her devoted suitors as they vie for the depths of her love... or not. This story’s about to go through some edits! After an accident, a modern-day college student awakens as the story’s villainess, Melissa Foddebrat. She’s far from anyone’s favorite, but she IS the daughter of the duke. Determined to live it up, this new Melissa is doing things her way — antiquated society, be damned! All idiots, prepare to step aside or perish!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

- plot = 4.5/5

- art = 4.5/5

- C O M E D I C  G O L D 

- their meme-able face are so funny lmao

- ml is so cute & soft & deserves everything in the world

- mc is such a bad-ass like?? she’s so cool & she doesnt deserve to be treated less by that stupid prince ok

- she is beauty, she is grace, she is the queen!

- all i do is fangirl over the mc basically

- isekai

- i love her dynamic with her bro cause honestly same that’s how my sibs and are act sometimes lmao

- her maid is so cool 

- a bad-ass with a heart

- ml has this past and secret and i’m living for it

- a gem basically

- overall verdict, a highly recommended manhwa that will make you all sort of emotions. one of the best manhwas released this 2020 ok i said what i said

I Became the Villain's Mother

Description:

Summoned into her favorite novel as the infamous Duchess Roselia Chade, Haena is bathed in riches, power, and a family of her own. Life couldn’t be better, save for the small detail that her beloved stepson, Einspanner Chade, is also the evil mastermind destined to kill her. At this point in the story Ein is still just an adorable child yet to reach his cruel awakening, and so Roselia is determined to stop him from becoming a ruthless killer. But with the duke getting in her way and trying to poison his own son, safely raising a child that was primed for villainy may prove harder than she originally thought. The survival of both mother and child depends on whether Roselia can successfully rewrite their tragic ending!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

- plot = 5/5 ok i’m loving it already despite the few chaps released

- art = 3/5

- IM LOVING THE TWIST

- this is an all out war between father & son ok

- ain is so cute like??

- i s e k a i 

- ain is such a bad ass cute little devil

- i know i know i’m collecting so many isekai-ish manhwas bcoz why not

- i love the mc so much shes so adorable and her previous job is awesome (i know you dont care but i wanted to be a daycare teacher too when i was a kid so yay)  

- she’s such an awesome mom like?? 

- the dad... the dad is idk but he’s a terrible dad for me (right now)

- ^ why is this like a discouragement comment like idek what i’m thinking yet i’m not gonna delete it 

- i love that this is mostly a son-mom manhwa bcoz it’s such a breath of fresh air and not to mention almost all dad-daughters manhwa are hurting me

- i’m here for the mom and son interactions basically

- overall verdict, a highly recommended manhwas for our souls! 

Marked By King Bs

Description:

High school is hard enough without a target on your back, but that’s exactly the situation Annie finds herself in when she crosses a group of the most popular kids in school. Marked by the king bee himself, the notorious Ashton Griffin, Annie becomes his newest fixation--and he is determined to make her life miserable. Now at his beck and call, Annie must stay on Ashton’s good side to maintain her peaceful life and avoid becoming a social pariah. As she navigates her way through alienating social cliques, persistent old crushes, and the hot upstairs neighbor who never puts a shirt on, Annie will soon learn that there’s more to being popular than meets the eye. She just wanted to live a normal life, but maybe there’s no escaping these king bees. An official comic adaptation based on the hit dating-sim game. I AM TARGETED BY THEM!!!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

- plot = 3/5 

- ngl but i can already feel the slight cliche-ness of this story and yet i’m still here forgive me this is a guilty pleasure manhwa

- art = 4/5

- i love the mc (yes, that quickly)

- dark haired boyo is mine ok??

- kinda funny

- i miss the school life setting so hihihi

- verdict, a cute and good read!

Pixel of Life

Description:

After finding out her boyfriend has been cheating with her boss, Hana loses her menial desk job of 5 years. Countless rejections later, she finally lands an interview at a small art gallery. Hana jumps at the chance to leave the drama of the past few months behind. But her high school friend (and worst enemy) Jiyeon is the gallery owner? Their most peculiar romance is about to begin… or not?!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

- o m g

- plot =4/5 this deserves more read tbh

- art = 4/5

- i’m starting to relate to mc since i started working cause #adultingsucks

- one of my dream jobs huhuhu

- i so love the twist 

- the s i b l i n g s

- i wanna know what happens next!!!

- s u s p e n s e 

- mix with mystery and spinkle with secrets and viola i present to you: the pixel of life

- verdict, a super good read!

The Antagonist’s Pet

Description:

Blessed with the face of an angel, young Sasha Tartt knows a life-altering secret: in this romance novel where she’s just a side character, she’s the only one who knows the true ending! When the antagonist of the story takes a particular liking to her, she must make a decision: help the clever and beautiful Rebecca find a happy ending, or side with the sweet-natured protagonist to ensure her own survival? On top of that, Sasha has to juggle the affections of her bespectacled love interest and tame a dragon boy! Can Sasha learn new tricks to win the hearts of these main characters? Based on the hit novel.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ:

- plot = 4/5 so few chaps yet so good

- art = 3/5

- i so love that she acts dumb when she’s not cause i love scheming characters

- W O M E N  E M P O W E R M E N T

- who run the world? girls! 

- i love that she loves the villain cause girl same

- idec whether there’s an ml or not cause we stay for their future bond

- she is beauty, she is grace, she’s the villainess pet

- ^ it sounds better in my head

- verdict, a refreshing manhwa that will leave you wanting for moreee!

[senpai-no-lie]

Dark Deity Chapters 1-5 Thoughts

Bought Dark Deity last night and played the first 5 chapters before I looked up and realized it was 2:30 AM lol. Available on Steam and on sale for like ~$20ish, so definitely worth checking out if you like tactical RPGs. I’ll put some general thoughts here and then some more specific ones under the keep reading to keep this post from getting to big. I think for the price it’s at, the game is well-polished and fun! Sometimes the sentence structure/flavor of the exposition text is a bit basic, but I just remind myself it’s not fair to compare it to a AAA game. 

I’m not sure if it’s because I was using an Xbox controller or what, but I noticed the game glitching out several times when I was trying to use the button to hop between units on the battle map. Unplugging my controller did not help, so I am tentatively assuming it’s a game problem. Another couple nitpicks I have is the text size being on the small size and the lack of variety with the loading screens. 

The text size is a complaint I have with most games in the genre; it’s just more noticeable with DD because I have to play it on the computer/HDMI it to my TV rather than on the Switch or DS I can hold inches from my face. The loading screens, I just wish they had more than the king on the throne, the world?, and the first four characters training to cut between for loading screens. The King one is especially weird because it was used in the opening exposition dump, so seeing it over and over when the King doesn’t show up again until post chapter 5 just didn’t jive with me. Obviously I’m not expecting visually impressive loading screens, but just the character sprites or game tips would’ve worked fine for extra variety (or a black loading screen with the logo. The load times aren’t that long).

More detailed thoughts below, since I might talk about things that could be “spoilery” for people who want to go in blind as possible. 

First of all, I’d just like to put my prediction out there that I think the King killed his own dad. I base this on nothing but vibes. 

Art and Character Designs: 

I love the character portraits and the pixel sprits they use during gameplay/combat. Very cute and reminds me of older FE games. The HP bars being little potion bottles is also very charming. I loathe how plasticky FE 3H looks, so it warms my heart to play a game in the same genre that doesn’t look like that. Also hot take, but I really do prefer the limited voice acting to every line being voiced. It’s a little disappointing that the combat animations for weapons don’t change when you select a different weapon, but every one of your units has a unique battle sprite and getting promoted changes their look. Enemy sprites, for the most part, are the same character (generic guy), but that’s fine. 

Characters and Supports: 

I don’t have too much to say about characters right now except that I like them. Too early to tell if there’s any shipping material, but I like each character as an individual and I find all their designs to be pleasing. I’ve started unlocking supports (I have most of my characters’ current support logs filled to C), and it seems like some of them might only unlock after a certain chapter, because I see an ! for Irving and Elias, but smashing the A button doesn’t let me see anything. Also wanted to say thank GOD for useful archer characters. Been burned by fucking FE:SD Gordin and FE:RD Edward just sucking monkey butt after their intro chapter, and I’m very pleased Garrick and Sophia are tactically useful. I haven’t had any deadweight characters yet, I’m happy to report, though it is only 5 chapters in. 

Difficulty: 

I appreciate that they have three different difficulty options, and looking over all the menus, there looks to be a lot of potential replayability because they allow you to randomize items, recruitment, and weapons iirc. I chose the middle difficulty, and thus far it’s been smooth sailing without being a cakewalk. Can confirm, because I am a hasty person in tactical RPGs, that when your units are defeated, they do not die; they merely lose a random stat point. I lost both my mages during chapter 4 lol. Another thing I noticed is that there really isn’t a tutorial and the game doesn’t necessarily “pause” to explain mechanics to you. This game is definitely for people who like FE or other tactical RPGs, but even so, I think for most if it you don’t really need a tutorial. I just wish it was more clear in the beginning how the different weapons work (there is no weapon durability, from what I can tell, bless) and the different types of classes/damage types. For example, I promoted Elias during chapter 5, and based on my choice (there are 4 promotion options), he went from being a spear user to using axes, but I don’t fully understand how much that really matters. 

Chapter 5: 

This gets a special section because it’s most fresh in my mind and I wanted to chitchat about it. The gemstones are obviously going to be important later, but a henchman of a presumable Future Big Bad pretending to look for it for his father and then three Mysterious Ladies also looking for it and that leading to a big battle is kind of funny. Worse reasons to have a battle, and also Brooke is hot, so welcome to the team. I had assumed that the three ladies you were asked to promote wouldn’t be permanent members of your party, so while I stand by my promotion choices, I still wish I had known you’d be keeping Brooke beforehand. The map design of chapter 5 is... interesting. It took me a bit to figure out what the fuck I was looking at, and that the colored circle things were portals I and the enemy could use to make it further on the map. The map design did make it very easy for Garrick and Sophia to do some impressive chip damage, though. 

So far, the map objectives have had a nice variety, as had the layout of the maps. I wish it was easier to tell which unit is the commander/boss you must beat, and it was easier to look at your units’ skills while at camp. I have no idea what button it could be, because I’ve tried them all. I do appreciate there is a zoom-in and zoom-out feature on the battle map, however.  I like how the weapon system works and it was fairly intuitive to figure out how to forge/strengthen weapons. I do like feeling like a genius/sense of discovery from figuring out a game’s mechanics, but they could’ve fleshed out the tips section a bit further all the same. 

[9w1ft]

feels a little early to be writing a year-in review but i find myself in a quiet moment so i thought i’d tap a few things out

in 2019, in all facets of my life, i faced a challenge of some sort and i surprised myself as i held my ground more often than ran away, which felt new. what *also* felt new was this sense of ease i began having professionally, when it came to conceptualizing and making decisions. sorta feels like a lot of things are crystallizing.

in terms of life on here, i didn’t have TSL for the majority of the year (anybody out there remember TSL?!) so i busied myself with crafting fun memories on my own. there were spans of weeks where i’d just get on a tear and run into one new thing after the other and it was all really just fantastic. i gave myself permission to indulge in the most decadent of things and to follow the most mercurial of assumptions to places i thought closed off.

i’m pretty sure i’ve smiled and laughed more over this year than i ever have in my entire life. no joke.

here are some kaylorverse moments that brought me joy in 2019:

it’s nice to have a friend

2018 was my first year being a kaylor and i just sort of was moreover on the contributor or commenter side of things so 2019 was interesting in that when taylor really leaned into the gay imagery leading up to album release, i started getting newer people sending me stuff! and asking me my takes on things! and like, my words suddenly had weight for some reason? it felt weird but i truly enjoyed getting to talk with so many different people and hear their ideas and laugh and such. that was markedly different from last year. from within this, 79-swift reached out to me with the eye theory, the most beautiful and rare of observations by a singularly lovely individual that i have dedicated my life to protecting and promoting. and i feel like i’ve gotten to know many people i knew through 2018 more deeply and have come to accept the role i play, lean in to it, and formulate my own truth of the matter, and that sort of heightened perspective on it has been a blessing and i’m so thankful for this strange sense of camaraderie that has formed with many of you? thank you??? and my conviction, and my wishes, for the girls to find happiness have only strengthened this year... im committed to seeing this through whether people like it or not!! harumph!

block ‘em

i also started proactively curating my experience.. that’s right! i began blocking trolls with reckless abandon, and i turned anons off! 😂 and damn it’s so much more worthwhile of a time on here when you set aside people that only want to ruin your day.

i got over my fear of eyeballs!!

😂 no seriously, body horror and in particular eyes out of context was actually sort of a thing that previously creeped me out BUT LOOK AT ME NOW. i’m gonna do my best not to rehash the eye theory, please read the post and recall the number of times i filipped out 😂 each and every one is precious to me

also

geeking out with bert and ernie gifs with kaylorfossil and making empsmd-blog drop her debit card need a mention.

the ME! music playlist.

i fell in love with so many songs and like, running into eye motifs in so many of the songs, lyrically and visually, was the most hilarious thing. but really just a lot of the songs really tapped at my soul with an ice pick and i even went to go see The Japanese House live in Osaka which was transcendental and i’m just so thankful for having taylor introduce Good At Falling to me because it was a *necessary* album.

i made and collected stuff

i made and amassed many artifacts that one day i can look back on and remember what a wild ride it has been. some favorites are my procuring of the pixel art heart ring from the ME! mv (a nod to my tsl days..), as well as the evil eye ring.. i didn’t physically make this but the eye theory made the taydar podcast and there’s nothing i enjoy more in this world than making someone giggle and i just love that the episode exists. making that kaylor straw was 👌 working on a mock-up of the golden locket has been very satisfying. i started incorporating fun kaylor winks into my artwork as well which was fun, and i also commissioned a collage from the very talented and lovely valheria and i couldn’t have asked for anything better 🥰

wildin in the TS7 tag was the best.

i made this observation that there’s this type of cocoon that looks like a cobra, which transforms into a butterfly over a period of 13 days, and like, the post got so many notes and i just had a lot of swiftie eyeballs all of a sudden on my blog which led to some hilarity. but honestly i just love geeking out over theories and it’s fun to get to do that as fans of taylor at large. things felt warm and effervescent.

my newspaper subscription

i subscribe to the TTB Times and let me just say the submissions and anons this year were overwhelmingly a delight to read through every day. also like, we did get cued in to stuff before album release and i am just thankful that there are people out there both who want to give us that and people who work to help them give us that. thank you ttb for moderating your blog (my newspaper of choice) however it is that you do and to everyone that contributed to her blog.

the whole lead up to the ME! video release

so glorious... but particular the hour before. i was rushing to pick up my kid from school and suddenly i kept getting messages from people that taylor was covering her face and framing her eyes, and i was like oh please yeah sure BUT THEN when the snake in the video had a blank eye like i don’t think you guys understand i had to wait at a bus stop and exchange pleasantries with the other moms but it was a *five alarm fire* in my mind

cause shade never made anybody less gay

stealing away to listen to YNTCD for the first time and hearing Taylor Alison Swift use the word gay in a released song for the first time was a transcendental moment

karlie’s hand in the YNTCD mv.

‘nuff said

daisies. daisies everywhere.

taylor said daisy kaylor rights, and she said it everywhere. *everywhere*. cannot, will not, get over how blessed we are.

gay gay gay gay gay.... taylor’s

sorry not sorry that wiz khalifa collab with elohim on her track FYM was ethereal and i still hope it’s a part of the preshow playlist for Lover Fest

clue hunting in klossy videos and karlie ads

call me a corporate shill all you want like, there’s always a little something in there and i also enjoy the little flickers of goofy karlie that jump out from time to time. and i know this is not the case for everyone but post eyepocalypse, karlie leaning in, winking that eye of hers time and time again was just pique comedy for me and it always made me chuckle. the brands karlie has repped have been really laying it on thick too and it’s been a joy to see. when taylor does it with her music it’s art, and for me karlie’s media presence is a form of art too 😌

oh kaptain my kaptain

kimby liked a comment of mine on her insta which was a distinct honor and privilege 😌 and really she was dropping clues left and right through spring up until she got her snazzy new job and things calmed down 🥰 of which i am so proud talk about an on brand job! also partially clearing the air about my TSL theory and the lead up to clearing that air was quite fulfilling for me and i am forever grateful for the time we shared. and to this point, the seesters in general (and kurt omg) have been quite active all year and we don’t deserve it but they’ve stuck around and it’s been calming.

album cover art release on the livestream

LIKE I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE NEVER HAD A FOURTH WALL BROKEN SO DULY

i love you forever, thank you for everything

when taylor came to visit tokyo this year i was basically reenacting the swamp scene from OOTW trying to get a ticket to the secret event... i listened to ME! on LINE MUSIC for over 2000 plays, i bought multiple CD’s, it was such an ordeal and then to not have a ticket after all but still putting on my thinking cap and managing to figure out where the event was while i was at disney sea and literally running from disney sea to the venue in high heels with The Man playing on my phone was oscar-worthy and actually *being correct* and the moment i knew i was correct and how i knew i was correct was so amazing 😉 and i play by the rules so i didn’t try to get in without a ticket and i didn’t lurk. but just to have figured it out and validated it was such a thrill. seeing her on TV live was amazing as well ///

lost in japan, reprise

oh and, last year for rep tour there was this theory i had which didn’t pan out but it had to do with the clues i thought shawn mendes was dropping through autumn 2018 and anyway that’s a story for another day but as i was bopping around town, looking for lockets, staying in rooms i have no business being in, drinking lots of whisky...just to know that while i was doing *everything but* successfully meeting taylor, she literally phoned shawn and had him record lines for that eye theory remix like, i will never ever, like, guys. guys. 😂 it’s too perfect for words. the world is weird like that sometimes.

Lover

and omg Lover the album? i absolutely love lover and i loves that honeymoon period of theorizing and parallel unearthing that we did and i love how slightly creepy-cute it is and i love the whole wabi-sabi thing going on and i absolutely love every song on the album, every one, they all have so much meaning to me... and each one is teeming with little blips and bloops and sound samples and seconds of silence and i love all the brass instruments and so many lush moments... i guess my shortlist (in no particular order) would be the archer, lover, i think he knows, daylight, cruel summer, false god, cornelia street, ME! (yea i really like me 🥰). and to think about everything that went in to the album and the thrill of what it might have been and the vastness of what we don’t know, but like, the weight of that potential?? it’s like this vast pastel and black abyss of drowsy and deep feelings and i love every inch of it. it’s a vibe that reflects so much of what this year has been for me and i’m happy to have existed in this time to have had it with me.

jesus this has gotten too long, and i still have like 24 more things to write out but um, basically, as i’m sure you’ve been able to assume? i wanted to say that despite 2019 being somewhat of a slasher film affair for our fandom, i still had a goddamn great time this year and i hope everyone can find some good memories and relive them as well 🥰

[noirfos]

THE NEW SANDERS SIDES AHHHHH

This was my live reaction of pausing the video to type as I watched so it’s a bit of a mess. I extensively ramble. So if you enjoy that read under the cut.  ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ

Also go watch Thomas’ video.

Thomas rapping with Ace Attorney style visuals mixed with DDR and guitar hero????? I DID NOT KNOW I NEEDED IN MY LIFE.

This MASTERPIECE

The Animal crossing stardew valley undertale style game store

“You’re such a dad, that it’s too much to handle sometimes.”

Homeless, down on his luck Pokémon Leslie Odom Jr. I’m CACKLING

6 o’clock dull is the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard

Jesus Christ… Superstar

Little pixel Logan’s face of being absolutely done was perfection

Leslie’s FAMOUS CAKE!

Thomas is filled with dread is that UNDERTALE I SEE???? Also the famous thought experiment yes bless

The visuals in this are insane. Huge props to everyone who worked on this. Sanders Sides is an amazing series.

But where were my good bois Virgil and physical Logan ;-;

I know what hypoxia is now! Thank you plane PSA Logan!

Logan’s “leisure time is important” speech is something I very much needed

The GLITCH SEQUENCE transitioning into this AHHHH I LOVE IT

Welp nevermind the SDV part came after but it was still amazing

Poor Leslie Odom Jr….

The SHOWDOWN

When he hit Thomas… 😭

This massive turning point that has happened, the line between light and dark sides has changed.

The change into the true situation is so heartbreaking… Patton is no longer so sure of himself, and having him behind the wheel hasn’t done as much good as he expected himself to

And then the OW as Thomas turns his head to the right 😂

Deceit also no longer has the characteristically “dark” lighting and black backgrounds/curtains showing a facade, further blurring the line between who’s really “good” vs “evil”

Rather he’s taken the place where Logan typically stands, along with angles that are less sinister. This placement shows he’s no longer just a deceitful “bad” side, but rather is also a concrete part of Thomas and is necessary to “protect him” as the light sides do. However in this case, Patton did more damage than good

Deceit also now shows genuine concern for Thomas when he exclaims with pain, further proving he’s equally responsible for taking care of him as Patton or Roman is

Roman: “He’s just trying to build up a false confidence in you so you can plummet to even greater depths.” 

Deceit: “That does sound like a very wholesome and funny prank, but no.”

Oh how I love Deceit. Snek bois are best bois

The mental health speech message was so good and then I paused and just-

He so cute here

“I am unharmed and I don’t want to talk about it” is the best thing

Patton u owe Logan an apology for being mean tho  (ง •̀_•́)ง

Poor boi Logan  (╥﹏╥)

And again THE PAUSE FACES AGH

Deceit’s nasally “Whatever, sure, if that’s your thing.” THe SASS. Ma’am.

Did I mention I love him

Also the fact that Deceit is the one giving the self care and mental health speech, he’s the side of Thomas who has “grown up” and doesn’t hold to the same naive and simplistics standards as Patton that you need to be the hero by helping others at the expense of yourself because of the gut feeling of what you’re doing is right

And I now take this moment to appreciate Deceit’s nose makeup. Just. That nostril tho

Do those be Deceit’s extra arms on mine yonder screen?

I know not, for I lack skill in the visual art of pausing as well as observing effectively. And shakespeare impersonations.

Also he so smiley  (｡- ω -)

“Well when is it enough?!” “Trees?” Every line he delivers is gold

“We are ethically compromised if we give the bananaconda a seat at the table!” It took me a second because of how Roman was 100% serious when he said it haha... and my brain also went banana condom before it went “wait that’s not right”

THE NAME REVEAL THE NAME REVEAL

WE GOT DECEIT’S NAME REVEAL

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Also “Janus? What are you, a middle school librarian?” Roman you’re a child but still endearing. But still a child. And also read the room dude....

He really is like a child who has no filter. SYMBOLISM HMMMMMM

Janus looks genuinely hurt and it makes me so sad 

He just took this massive step of trust only for Roman to react like that

Hhhhhh

Roman why u gotta do the snake boi like that

“Oh Roman, thank God you don’t have a mustache. Otherwise between you and Remus, I wouldn’t know who the evil twin is.” Ahhhhhh he’s so HURT

There was literally no venom in that line (pun intended), just pain because of Roman’s completely insensitive/heartless reaction 

Side (haha another pun) note, Thomas’ ACTING. HIS SKILLS. *applause*

Also another side note that no one cares about I made a post after the frozen video that Roman’s characterization in it seemed a lot more mean than usual. BUt mAyBe that was FORESHADOWING. Because it really is more of a childish meanness, at least in the way I interpret it from how Roman is portrayed in the redux video. That no-filter I-don’t-like-you-so-no-one-else-should mentality.

Also c’mon Roman. Patton and Thomas both looking at you in shock should’ve been a bit of a hint. 

Anyways back to the evil twin bit, Janus literally looked like he was going to cry. ROMAN. Why.

And I just paused it but after Roman’s indignant gasp he literally seems like he’s about to say “Well you’re not invited to my birthday party! So there.” Just sayin. This video really changes the light cast on the “good” sides. The “pure” and “good” virtues that Patton and Roman champion have now been shown in an alternate perspective.

Again, Thomas’ acting skill and him and all the other people behind this video’s incredible writing abilities. Amazing.

“DID you forget that he’s EVIL?” And now I feel sorry for Roman. 

And ugh Patton too ahhhhhh....... “Everything’s gonna be okay, kiddo. We love you.” The DELIVERY. The EMOTION. He really is a dad. And Roman has just come the the realization the world may not be as black and white as he thought/was holding onto hope for.

GOOD  L O R D  LESLIE ODOM JR. IS HERE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

Aight but also he looks so different without his shaved head I was not prepared ahahah

“This is Sanders Sides. Not Odom Sides. I’m not threatened at all.” Have I mentioned I love Janus (and also now I know what I want to make gifs of hooray)

The “I’ll take care of him” in the end and Patton showing that he now trusts Janus and he’s also respecting him and no longer treating him as an “other” and showing that Thomas needs both the dark and light sides because they’re what make him whole and human ahhhhh

And as soon as we get past that we’re back to Janus suggesting Thomas push people - oh sorry nudge people down the stairs along with “much less barbaric, much more fun methods of sabotage”

Peak comedy.

I re-iterate. Janus is so cute. Look at his smug little smile. ╰(▔∀▔)╯

The bois are friends now  ╰(*´︶`*)╯

My heart is happy

Odom Sides. “WhAt is Up everybody? yeah that’s scary” An ICON

Also here’s an amazing analysis that was written in the comments that I have lost since I first screenshotted it this morning (I watched part of the video then went to work and I am now finishing watching at night) but I had to save it so I’m adding it to this mess of a post

Anyways Thomas is amazing, Joan and Talyn and everyone else who works on these Sanders Sides are amazing. As always this video was an artistic masterpiece, the philosophy was amazingly educational and informative and made me THINK and I love these videos and these characters. Another round of very well-deserved applause for all the incredible work, talent, and skill put into these videos. 

[mite75]

I swear to goodness i just wanna sleep but every time i close my eyes after 12am my brain is like INSPIRATION!!! IDEA!! anyway I'm loosing my mind and I'm gonna write down my idea below it’s for a top down video game. 

Okay so if i had the prowess in unity i would wand to make a top down, pixel art, stardew-esque game. You would be able to farm, marry people, dungeon crawl, gather, and idk maybe collect critters. The big change from stardew would be that it’s INCREDIBLY rpg, and magic oriented. it would be what rune factory is to harvest moon. 

The setting would be 2 towns that you can choose from, one on a mountain top and one in a lowland biome (swamp desert savanah valley river idk yet) in-between these two towns would be a magical rift, full of power, mythical items, and GLORY!! these towns have an intense age old rivalry to find the mysteries within the rift. There is also a festival grounds deep in the woods, far south of the rift.

Story

You are a wandering traveler, passing through (area name) All of a sudden you are jumped by the mayors of the two towns and their assistants. They mistake you for a great warrior that was rumored to be in the area. They explain the rift and both beg for your help, they want you to face the first rift boss, and they both offer you land in their prestigious towns for your help. If you try to deny their claims they will tell you to not be modest, and if you deny to help they’ll ask you to pleassseeee help and if you say no again you get a game over cutscene. After accepting one offer they lead you to the rift, on the way you meet a lesser enemy to learn battle mechanics, and then meet the boss at the opening of the rift. you loose the fight, and when things look most bleak the warrior they were talking about jumps into the frey and manages to push it back into the rift. While they are fighting the mayor you make a deal with takes pity on you and drags your body to their town hospital. After you awake in the hospital the mayor admits they were desperate and they were sorry for forcing you into that situation. Since you technically faced the monster they agree to uphold the deal and give you the local abandoned farm yay!! The goal of the game at this point is to face every boss in the rift and bring glory to your village. You learn farming mechanics over the next couple days for raising money for armor, weapons, and items. More story paths open up when you face more bosses in the rift, but at this point you have free reign if all you want is a farming/dating sim. 

Rift mechanics

Each floor is randomly generated with materials and lesser enemies. every 10th floor is a boss, and every 5th floor is a mini-boss that you can skip if you run past them really fast but they drop good stuff. The 1st 10th floor boss unlocks a story event and the 2nd 10th floor boss unlocks a new zone of the rift and repeats. The story can be skipped but some things you will be unable to return to if you commit actions that make them impossible to finish. The fighting style will be like in stardew valley but with 2 moves you can learn and interchange in your home like dash, punch, kick, scream, lock pick, and others. You also have a weapon or staff that will be your main attack button. When you leave a boss area after you killed a boss you can “carve a path” to the surface if you want to which allows you to return to that area from the rift mouth. There is a bottom to the story rift, but after completing the main story path a hole rips into the bottom floor and an endless cave of magic opens for end-game items and materials. I would also plan on having a +1 either bringing a marriage candidate or a farm creature to help you fight. Letting them die will lower hearts and cause a sick day for them but they will be okay. 

Town/dating/friendship 

There will be 2 towns and both of them have a different culture. They will have different festivals, and aesthetic items. You can unlock another town’s festivals if you max friendship with the mayor, and become good friends with one other villager of that town, but if it is contest based you will not be able to enter the contest. You of course can enter any festival from the town you chose. You can also date/marry any marriage candidate regardless of their town but its a pain to visit both towns every day, so it's better to have them in the same town as you. The candidates will all be humanoid but the fantasy setting i am imagining allows for like elves, werwolves, mermaids, fairies, and other magic beings along with humans. The dating/friendship process will be just like stardew, talk, gift, raise friendship, heart events. After a certain amount of heart points they will randomly approach you when they are in leasure time, and give you gifts. After officially dating you can lead them to other areas after asking, and after marriage you can bring them into the dungeons to help fight. Certain areas will raise hearts and others will lower. also befriending everyone will have benefits because if 2 villagers have specific heart levels they will have a cutscene. I think i would also like to have rival marriages but idk if that would limit the player or not. also ofc gay is allowed and maybe limited poly. 

Farming

There will be regular plants and magic plants to grow. magic plants are useful for items but dont sell for much, while regular plants sell for more but can only make food when crafted. a very end game item allows you to turn any item into a seed and it will grow into 2 items of the seed. basically stardew/harvest moon farming mechanics. As mentioned previously animals on the farm can be companions in the rift, and they will also create animal products. You can also get a cat and a dog along the story. I would like to have special objects for like growing mushrooms, and blessing trees. Idk lots of little different farming mechanics. 

Other activities

You can gather in the path to the rift and the path to the festival. Each town has different seasonal collectables. Fishing exists but it will be like harvest moon and have no mini game. Bug catching will also exist, one town will have a bug enthusiast and the other will have a fish enthusiast. You can turn in fish/bugs for money and cosmetic items. There will be 2 godly spirits that watch over their own town and you can interact with them if you want to. They will be a part of the extra dungeon story. There will also be a vengeful ghost that has a secret, they can be a marriage/friendship candidate or you can defeat them. Also the towns will have a yearly competition in the festival grounds together. each year the festival season will be randomized and each season will have its own competition.