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sh00kspeared · 2 months ago
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tc-doherty · 2 years ago
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That's right! Launch Day has arrived!! The first update of Dragon's Daughter is now available. It consists of the free chapter that was posted two weeks ago as well as chapter two, and the first illustration!
The next update will be next Friday, 7/22/22, and after that updates will be posted every other week. There will be at least one illustration every month.
So check us out on Patreon!
For $3 a month you get text only access to not only my work but also @emilyoracle‘s novel NEON TIGER.
For anything higher than that, you get other fun benefits. You get access to the illustrated novels, you can join our discord server and hang out with us, you get free e-book downloads once a book is finished, you get downloadable digital content, the ability to participate in contests that we hold, and more!
We are still a small company, and this is our very first foray into anything, so I'm sure more rewards will come as we (hopefully) get larger ^__^
If you aren’t into reading books online, never fear! A physical edition will be published next year.
Now I'll be tagging some people who expressed interest in the past, and also my friends. I will put up a post every time a chapter goes up. Please let me know if you want to be on the tag list, or if you want me to remove you from the tag list.
@asher-orion-writes​ @athenswrites​ @did-i-do-this-write​ @muddshadow​ @jacquessayshello​  @jess-p-edits​ @whatsorryiwasntlistening​ @dangerousbithespian​ @magefaery​ @italiangothicwriteblr​​ @writerfae-library​​ @wip-nook​​ @mj-is-writing​​
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rinnysega · 2 years ago
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I won’t be posting anything on here about my book since it’s original work, but Gus Pinheiro is a main character and perhaps the best version of him I’ve ever written (to me lol time will tell as chapters are written).
What I’ve shared so far with others on my new original works discord has been met with good things, and we’ve got channels for feedback and critique set up to make sure we’re keeping up with original content and holding one another accountable for art and writing. It’s so easy to always fall into fanworks, but I think with the rich environment cultivated so far among friends on our other server, it will be a lot easier to stay on path and get feedback in the moment as I go along. And the same for them as well!
Precipice will end soon in about 5 more chapters and an epilogue, and I’ll still write small stories for encanto for the Arcilla AU for those interested, but I am eager to finish a novel (for once lol) and strive for publication.
And it helps me to know others are taking advantage of the same group and will be able to do the same for their stuff too.
Recently at DragonCon, 3 of the people in my server met up to hang out and the stories I’ve heard have been so uplifting. It makes me very happy to know a fun experiment of getting strangers together through fandom can work out well to the point of lifetime friendships and friends who are there for one another during the hardships of the present. We have disagreements and the occasional roll of the eyes with one another, but at the end of the day, I appreciate when this group is able to see the good in one another and set aside those differences to focus on the important things in life of helping one another. I think it’s made us all a lot stronger and more understanding of ourselves and others ❤️
It’s been a week lol and between therapy, work, family stuff, writing and fandom work in coming up with a zine with a handful of other incredible folks, it’s a very stable bar to hold onto for support. I’m glad I’ve been in a good place now the last few days, so I can be there for them like before. I enjoy collaborating and meeting new people. I enjoy openly showing my inner feelings of love and affection by helping others, and in that assistance, I know in my heart what is right, who I am, and it’s given me immense inner peace to work on things I can change for the better but have faith in myself for what I’m doing right 😌
It’s like coming out of float therapy without the hour of dark solitude lol
TLDR: I’M EXCITED FOR MY BOOK AND MY FRIENDS AND I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET MORE OF THEM AND HAVE OUR BIG SAPPY REUNION NEXT YEAR WHEN WE RENT A BIG CABIN FOR A FEW DAYS!
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00hj · 4 years ago
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⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚ happy holidays ˚୨୧⋆。˚ ⋆
 i’m extremely grateful for all my mutuals & friends since joining tumblr 6 years ago. this isn’t my main blog nor is it my first blog but it is my most active haha (^◇^;)
|ω・)و ̑̑༉ hi, i’m karen or k ! you may know me as the residential hyunsung stan or the woozi enthusiast over on my main @/himeaegyo 
i’ve made such supportive, precious, and amazing friends & the fandoms i’ve been apart of have been such a great adventure.
this is gonna be probably my most emotional/sappiest follow forever because this year has just been so emotionally straining that we need more positivity !
 so thank you again for following me/liking my content/popping into my inbox/just accepting me ( ˊᵕˋ )♡

while i wasn’t that active this year on this blog, it’s been very entertaining & motivational seeing people interact & still supporting @/straykidsupdate (the amount of love that blog gets, i’ll forever be in awe/shock and will never be able to express enough thanks for)
to my mutuals & fellow ccs, this is just a big thank you/hug for everything you’ve done !! 🐻💓 
i may not follow you now (or i might have followed during the making of this post) but know that i’m in the process of cleaning out my following list !! i’m not ignoring you 🥺 i’ve just been semi inactive this year :c
these are just a couple special shoutouts/messages ! if i didn’t write you a message, please don’t take it personally 🙇🏻‍♀️ i do love & appreciate every single one of my mutuals but the post would get super long o-o; 
@realstraykids hi em 🐹💕 we exchange these words nearly ever end of the year, but thank you thank you thank you for being one of my first true online friend & mutual 😊 it’s just filled me with so much joy seeing you make it big with the love you have for your groups. i love how engaging you are, how supportive you are of fellow creators & friends, how you’ve been able to do your academics & juggle stan life (mad respect) (i would also like to mention that my phone’s predictive keyboard still recommends ‘hellohwiyoung’ after i type hello out & i refuse to reset it)
@3rxcha hi iri 🌻🧚🏻‍♀️ my canadian love bug. it’s been such a blessing that we were able to meet up & hang out irl ! thank you for being there for the ups & downs in my personal life haha, i really unloaded a lot on you in the past. i’m glad you’re back into stray kids !! it’s been such a joy being able to send you fantakens over on discord when i update/queue >:3 i love how unapologetically honest you are, how articulate you are, and how you’re just a pastry chef 🥧
@chrisbangs hi li 👼🍡 hehe another canadian dream girl. i think you’re my only moot/few friends that i know who listens to tmg & it’s was a great shock when i found that out haha. i absolutely adore the way you’re so creative yet always challenging yourself to push yourself further. being able to see your creative journey has been a blessing & i truly believe you’ll be able to achieve great things with your skills here
@hyunnie hi katarina 🌿🍒 first & foremost, i don’t think i’ve ever confessed that i totally freaked out when i saw that you had applied for the gfx position for sku. it’s been such a privilege working together, though things have been slow because there’s nothing much to do ;;;; i knoooow we’re in the server together but i’ve admired your dedication & work ethic that i’m kind of like intimidated to talk to you (?) haha fears but !!! it’s so admirable how dedicated you are in finishing series & how you’re always trying new things with your creations
@chngbok hi red ��✨ honestly, you’re the backbone of the sku queue lmao. i vividly remember that one time you went on a spree & filled it to like 200 posts,,,,that’s a literal talent. i’m very excited to get into genshin impact & i’m excited to know you’re into it !! i know like one person irl who’s actively been playing it & another irl who’s interested so this bubble is small OTL,,,though i may suck, i’ll be honoured to be able to play together with you! thank you for partaking in the shenanigans we create in the server sometimes, i really do truly appreciate you 🥺
@straybell hi nina 💒💞 another canadian buttercup! i remember stumbling across your dating sim edit & your district 9 edits back in 2018 & just falling completely in love with how you were able to manifest such ideas perfectly. it’s one thing to be able to visualize & conceptualize it but to pull it off with the proper assets & the amount of details,,,,,completely in awe with your talent. you’re so humble, down-to-earth, loving, and you have such a big heart. you make people feel welcomed, warm, and loved & i just hope you’re able to feel the same way 
@tuanzie hi joanna 💓🐣 i remember one day i checked tumblr again & saw a new url & was just completely confused who you were because i was so used to your old url lol i know i don’t really talk to you but you always seem so cool & well kept together whenever you’re on my tl ^^;; you radiate this confident older sibling energy & sometimes i’ll just stalk your blog to see what new things has happened with some of the groups we mutually stan. i truly admire how you’re able to keep up with all your groups and !!! make content for them, truly inspiring work ethics
@wonstal hi louise 💝🍒 i truly don’t know how to explain this but you just radiate this very pretty vibe & aesthetic. your blog, your content, your colouring, your everything is just so pretty to me. i don’t talk to you but i’m admiring from the far distance,,,,,,you’re just so cool & your stan list is just wonderful. i don’t think we’re online at the same time much but !!! i hope you’re staying safe, getting some rest, drinking your fluids & just staying occupied :)
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my moots & recs !! (these are skz. svt, multi blogs & more)
@hanjin @hyunknow @ji-sungs @avocadomin​ @hyunjinz @kimsyohans @3norachaa @l0vepaint @cpalice @bbchae​ @changbinie​ @changbeanie​ @blueprintskz​ @han-jisung​ @felixies​ @binnies​ @ifbin​ @hwanghaes​ @sunnykids​ @yangjeongin​ @dyewithyou​ @seoschangbin​ @luvknow​ @seungminsmile​ @gukooky​ @abcdskz​ @seungminhos​ @yyuwins​ @deobistay​ @hyyunjinn​ @hyunjins​ @eternallys​ @jinlix​ @ljhz​ @hoshees​ @absix​ @berethosh​ @bbaksu​ @leeknown​ @jisungism​ @joshuahong​ @lovehui​ @shuvee​ @cafewoozi​ @pdwoozi​ @bangchanmix​ @honeyboyfelix​ @hoodiehan​ @kkvmi​ @914m​ @miniwaves​ @leeminho-s​ @sparkly-minho​ @myoneandongly​ @holyakaashi​ @2miin​ @jisungsings​ @bangchans​ @02print​ @spearbin​ @gyuwus​ @jonghan​ @xums​ @strgaykids​ @soocculents​ @liinos​ @asterocky​ @hanwooz​ @tswoondere​ @guksuu​ @jypestraykids​ @leeknowism​ @go-saeng​ @agibbng​ @creker​ @saniest​ @strayhags​ @pdracha​ @defgyus​ @seo-changbinnies​ @youngke​ @cotccotc​ @stray-but-okay​ @jjsungie​ @chogiwow​ @hwjins​ @hyunsung​ @1eeknows​ @jeonginx​ @choihans​ @hyunllx​ @minhou​ 
have a nice holiday !!! i hope you’re warm & safe 🎄💓 i’m still working on a rec page but it’ll be over here when it’s done !!
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nefoe-dd · 3 years ago
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SO SMT AU AM I RIGHT GAMERS
I mentioned this in the tags of another post and joked about it in Discord but my brain went brrrr during my last class of the day and now I lowkey have a full plot starting to form lol.
Keep in mind the only Shin Megami Tensei game I’ve played myself is the Nocturne remake, plus I only really remember bits of the plot of 4 and whatever we’ve been given so far of 5 so I’m not super well versed in the series.
Also I’ll add this to the tags too but DSMP Spoilers specifically for the contents of Techno’s Will exist in this post, because that is where the idea for this came from. A lot of other JRPGs have similar plotlines but I specifically thought of SMT because its kind of a meme specifically for that at this point how the plot always seems to have the same type ending bosses. 
Also some spoilers for Shin Megami Tensei IV
ANYWAYS
Now Presenting: An AU where Techno’s Limbo is an SMT Game lol
(Under a ‘Read More’ because it got way ahead of me)
An Introduction to Relevant SMT terminology:
Demons: Makes up a large majority of the characters in the game. They are the enemies that you face in combat, and its possible to recruit them to your team through various means. Some demons exist in the overworld though, and can be talked to normally, they’re chill most of the time, unless you do something to tick them off. ‘Demon’ is not taken literally by the Christian definition, they are based off of various figures in folklore and religion around the world, some are even based on Gods and Angels.
Law vs Chaos: Many SMT games have multiple endings based on these two alignments, along with the neutral alignment. It is usually decided by some important decisions the player makes throughout the game. I’m most aware of the SMT 4 ending, in which the route you are on decides the final dungeon, the character you team with for the ending, and the final boss (its either Satan or the in-game version of God). It’s based off of the traditional interpretation of these two, where Law represents the importance of authority, and Chaos represents the importance of freedom. 
Another note is that a lot of SMT games take place in a post-apocalyptic world of some kind, which, spoiler, is the case here.
General Plot Details and Worldbuilding:
- Techno dies in the prison. The stasis chamber fails and Quackity succeeds in killing him. Permanently. 
- Despite dying, he wakes up again in the main prison cell, but things are different. The lava isn’t blocking the entrance anymore, (in fact there isn’t any lava at all), and he’s alone. Upon peering outside the main cell, he notices a bit of sky peeking through the prison ceiling, like it had been broken into. 
- The drop down to the bottom floor is long, but he’s dead, so he just shrugs and jumps down so he can see what’s going on. Turns out there are several holes in this part of the prison, in fact there are multiple on the ground, likely where the lava had escaped from. (Obviously Minecraft lava specifically doesn’t work like that, I’m pretty sure in the DreamSMP the bottom is all source blocks, but just ignore that bit). 
- He exits from the back wall of the prison, and everything there so far looks normal, except for the fact that there appears to be less trees than normal. Of the trees that are still there, many of them were cut down and never collected, and some appear to have fallen over due to some damage.
- Techno goes around the prison to the front, and that’s when he notices some things that are very wrong. Various parts of the prison, not just the main cell, are also sitting destroyed. Many cracks, scuff marks and full-on chunks are missing on the walls. The usual entrance which houses the nether portal is hardly still standing, and he can see straight into the main lobby where the portal would lead into once you were let through. 
- The surrounding areas are not much better. Tommy’s outpost is toppled over in the distance, only the base and bottom floor are left standing. The tents near the beach are collapsed and destroyed, the only remnants of one of them is a small piece of fabric ripped from the main bit and laying on the ground. Skeppy and Badboyhalo’s mansion is crumbling where it stands, half of the back wall and ceiling are gone. And that’s only what’s visible from here. 
- The rest of the server is also in various states of destruction, the spawn walls are hardly left standing, the main nether portal area is covered in potholes, none of the portals are active. The prime path is rotted and broken in most areas, the buildings along it are not faring much better than the ones he’d seen before. And the further he gets away from the prison, the more the plants themselves appear to be dead or dying. 
- L’manburg’s crater looks much the same as it once did right after its destruction, albeit with more debris at the bottom which had fallen from the sides as they slowly eroded. The flag at the bottom is torn up and discoloured, honestly its hardly recognizable. The nature that had finally begun to reclaim the land has slowly been dying instead over time, and the bridge overtop has completely collapsed. The only thing still standing, is the ever present obsidian grid that looms over it in the sky. He supposes that whatever disaster had caused this wasn’t able to reach that high up, or that it was at least in part done by someone that liked the way it looked. Not that there seems to be a need for the reminder anymore. 
- Something something, he finds out DreamXD is here, and that he might have had something to do with how this world looks. And as much as it shouldn’t matter in the afterlife, he did promise Phil he would be killing God sooooo he goes on a mission to do just that. He can do pretty much anything now that he really doesn’t have to worry about dying, so why not. He has no reason to care about some God, especially when they’re the only ones left.
- Some DSMP people hang around the world and are represented by certain demons, the mostly chill ones that kinda just hang around in the apocalyptic scenery. They don’t recognize him, it isn’t really the people he knows after all, but they are willing to talk to him since they can tell he isn’t human either. He learns little bits of what happened through them, and learns where DreamXD resides, that being one of the strongholds that’s a bit further out. 
- Unfortunately, due to the portals being inactive, and his inability to break anything efficiently, or even at all, he has to travel using the overworld. Along the way he manages to speak to some others, this allows him to better locate where the God is, although it doesn’t seem to be hiding out. He even sees it sometimes flying around, which he uses to follow where its hiding. 
- Some of the random demons he runs into recognize that he’s not supposed to be here (according to them at least), so he has to fight his way through them. Luckily, many of the friendly demons that he talks to end up tagging along in order to help, thus making up a team he can use to get through them instead.
 - There’s probably a demon that seems to resemble Phil somewhere, living alone (alone for so so long) away from everyone in an arctic house perhaps. If I wanted to really up the angst, the demon takes a liking to Techno right away, which is partly how Techno is able to tell its him so quickly. The more they talk, the more Techno realizes how lonely the Phil he knows must be without him there, how upset he’d be once he reads the will and finds out what happened to him. Thus he’s more motivated to, you know, fight God, in an attempt to figure out what the hell happened. (DXD is the only entity existing here that also exists where he’s from, he can guess pretty easily that maybe, just maybe, they are one and the same). Thus, he is given a choice that he knows he will have to make in the future. 
- Eventually he manages to find the stronghold and comes face to face with DreamXD himself. DreamXD is just kinda chillin there, they fight, through DreamXD doesn’t seem to be putting in too much effort, almost like it does not want to win. 
- Techno wins (duh), and he is left with a choice, a choice to finish the job, or spare the god and allow it to go free. And, well, he feels that he doesn’t really have the right to decide whether it lives or dies, and while its possible that DreamXD caused whatever disaster created the current state of the world, but he doesn’t know that for sure. DreamXD has done nothing this whole time he’s been here, and its done nothing to him or his companions.
- He chooses to leave it alone, and DreamXD seems to know that it was always going to end that way. 
- DreamXD disappears, and Techno wakes up in the cell again post-revival, the prison and the world around it is the same as he remembers
(I don’t remember the exact real-world to limbo time difference but I imagine that it felt like, a day, maybe half that, while irl it was only a few minutes to an hour.)
Some other notes/details:
- The other possible ending would have resulted in Techno killing DreamXD and being given ANOTHER choice to take its power over the world, or just leave and stay there forever. Basically DreamXD’s existence is vital to the power of the revival book, and it’s death would have resulted in Dream not being successful in his revival attempts. Obviously we have no idea how the powers actually work yet, but I just came up with an explanation because I thought it would be interesting. You can decide on your own which of these endings fall into Law, Chaos or Neutral because uh, its complicated given the scenario. You can also decide if letting DreamXD live even fits into his character! Idk! But its not like DreamXD’s being oppressive by any means, not that there’s anyone to oppress here anyways. That’s my logic anyways.
- I don’t know what demons would represent specific people, I’d like to use one of the Angels for Phil but the Demons based on Angels usually have an important role in the plot that is in line with the Law alignment and like, protecting god or whatever, so no. There are a couple bird ones but idk if they fit the vibe, idk it could work, I’d have to look at a list if I want to go into this further.
- I kinda want Eret to be an Inugami because it’s body does that thing that ferret’s do when they’re all stretched out :) The only reason I’m hesitant is because Inugami is a dog, and Goose deserves representation.
- The reason I imagined for why Techno can’t break anything is because the mining fatigue lasted throughout this because he died with it, it’d get in the way of fighting too but at least it isn’t weakness, and he’s not alone either.
Uhhhhh that’s it for now I think!
(will potentially add to this if I figure something else out in the future)
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twilightvolt · 4 years ago
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Well....that was one way to start a new decade, i guess. >  >’
Ok, from the death and destruction to the quarantine caused by viral disease to large parts of the world literally going up in flames, this year was like an ominous beginning that revealed the true ugly colors of everyone around us.
But there’s something telling me that that was just the universe releasing all of it’s built up rage from the last decade, so to think on the bright side, the only way to go is up now, right?
Regardless, pushing all the crap that happened this year aside, this feels like one of my best years yet in terms of art. i don’t think there’s any wedge of this clock that i wasn’t completely satisfied with and i had a TON of tough decisions on what to put in said wedges cuz i just luved almost everything i’ve created this year.
If you’re up to it, i’ll have my usual month to month reflection under the cutoff, but if you’re not, i hope to keep giving y’all even better art next year! ^  ^
So without further ado, let’s review!
January: ~ Days ~
Runner up: Team Solar Rises Again! (drawing in celebration of PMD finally returning with a remake of the first game)
Kicking off right where 2019 left off, i was hot on the heels of my Beastars phase, still cranking out countless drawings and doodles, mostly featuring Legoshi, and even hanging around the Beastars Amino and making some new friends there. this piece in particular i think encapsulates what i was mostly doing at the time, making up stories and stuff within canon to give myself more wolf boi content. which is something that i rarely do normally since i’ve mostly just done OC related writing before this.
February: - Sk8ter Wolf -
Runner up: Re:Hukaro (That thing i drew for Moon)
Ahh yes, the day i peaked with punk rock energy and created something in a highschool notebook sketch style. ngl, with the release of Beastars’ english dub on the way and the fandom quickly growing, i felt like i was on fire with the amount of stuff i was drawing. i felt so inspired and things can’t possibly go bad.
Or can it?
March: We Can Be Heroes
Runner up: One More Day, Emo Bird Boi Sketchies
Ahh yes, the month the worldwide quarantine started because they discovered the virus around this time. from this point onward, time pretty much meant absolutely nothing since i was stuck indoors for a majority of the year, only going out if i had to. on top of that, i tried a little attempt at a fandub and got picked on immediately by yahoos on Youtube. it...wasn’t fun.
I tried doing a little challenge i made up called Animarch where i drew a drawing representing anime i liked every day, but i only got about 5 days in i think? ehh, whatever. i did try, so that means something. lol
April: - ANOTHER SIDE -
Runner up: BEAST CROSSING ~Legoshi & Raymond
This was pretty much the final month i drew anything Beastars related as i slowly started shifting back to Pokemon due to the wait for season 2. but not before getting the new Animal Crossing and drawing a thing with Raymond and Legoshi that would blow up with hundreds of notes and interactions across every platform i posted it on. lmao
Regardless, i feel like Another Side was a perfect way to end that phase of my art journey. it’s like a nice finale to a long string of ideas that i will totally return to once season 2 drops next year.
May: - KOUJI -
Runner up: Fashion (that sketch of Alex and Jet in casual clothing)
What happened this month again? oh right, i went back to Digimon for a hot minute cuz i continued playing the copy of Cyber Sleuth Complete that i won from a giveaway on Twitter and created Alex and Jet, my latest Tamer and her Hawkmon partner. i should really do some more stuff with them.
ANYWAY,
June: - DOUBLE TROUBLE -
Runner up: “No Time to Waste! HENSHIN!” (AF attack against IonicIsaac on Twitter), Cafe Mix ~Ace, Yagami, Lance and Seliph
Art Fight. third year. and this time i kicked things up a notch and beat my old record from last year!...after uhh....cramming in 8 attacks at the very last night and totally going insane from the amount of sleep i lost. ^  ^’
But trust me when i say i will NOT do that again next year, i swear.
July: Squad Up
Runner up: Comin’ Out to Stun (Jet the Hawk sketches)
So after playing and beating PMDX, i started fleshing out Lance and Selpih’s characters and made more art and stories surrounding them and the rest of the team. one of those being a drawing for Mystery Dungeon Day, which happens the day after Odaiba Day. which is in August. why did i put this down for July then? some questions just don’t need to be answered.
August: - TOGETHER -
Runner up: In the Storm
You can tell by now just how uneventful life was this year cuz i have literally nothing else to talk about other than the art parts. no life issues, no big adventures like moving or something. just....indoor stuff.
It’s...kinda sad, now that i think about it. but hey, at least i was making the most of my time, trying new things and getting around a bit more.
September: Small World
Runner up: Rescue Together, PMD Forever!, Midnight Adventuring, Down Time
So this year, i turned 21, which a lotta people say is important. not really, if you can’t do much i guess. though, i did crank out a ton of art i’m super satisfied with as you can see by how hard it was to frickin’ pick one to use for this month’s wedge on the clock.
October: Feathers of the Shadows
Runner up: PAPERMOON - Final Mix - (not picked because it’s a touch up of an older drawing)
Hoo boi, this month was crazy. cuz i drew a whole lotta e d g e .....and a whole lotta Murkrow. lol
It was fun letting my inner edgelord out this month. even if nothing really significant happened in reality.
November: ~ One More Game ~
Runner up: UPokerap Project: Frogadier, - LEAF STORM -
This month....was actually kinda rough. it was basically me falling into a depressive episode after a scare at the dentist made me worry about my self image and insecurities again. but this time it really hit me just how much permanent damage i’ve done to myself in that aspect of my appearance. i know i shouldn’t worry so much, but it’s not great when people tell you to smile when the most i can do is grin since i’m just so....unhappy with my teeth.
But then around the end of the month, i stumbled upon a Pokemon themed Discord server with people that made me feel....not as alone as i suddenly felt i was. which i’m glad i could meet them even after only knowing them for a month now. if they’re reading this, i hope you know i’m thankful for raising my spirits when there’s still things i just can’t do due to financial issues.
December: Colors of the Heart  + Happy Holidays! ~Grovyle ver.
Runner up: ~ After the Battle ~ (the two part KHII anniversary drawing), - XIII -, Sketchmon: Buizel
And now this month. on top of my insecurities, i’ve now been struggling with my frustration with not being noticed as much as i should, watching as some people quickly climb up in following when i’m going much slower. honestly, i feel like the months when everything started lightening up for the world....was when things started falling apart for me. yeah, i know. pretty depressing way to end, huh? i hit 300 before the year ended thanks to the support from my new friends though, so i’m actually pretty happy.
But that doesn’t mean i’m not still scared of the future. i mean i have my teeth to worry about and also my wisdom teeth are coming in. so next few months...might be kinda rough.
Though, that’s not to say i didn’t soldier through it. this month i pushed myself, plowed through as many commissions as i could get to raise money for my new computer and made some of the best drawings that to me, feel like a great accomplishment. even if a couple of them weren’t as grandiose as some of my previous work. it was a big step forward for me as an artist. at least in my eyes.
And i have a feeling....that it can only get better from here.
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monstersandmaw · 5 years ago
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Here's a link to Part One (links to Tumblr version) in case you missed it... I'll try and do an updated portrait of Círdan for Patreon, since the one I posted before all this got started is a bit out of date now. If you're interested though, you can find that here.
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Previously: our human found herself attacked by a strange, rabid creature from the Fae Realm, and despite its size and raw power, she managed to get in a lucky strike with her belt knife, though not before it sank its teeth into her neck. Poisoned, bleeding out, and on the brink of death, she begged help from a small party who had apparently been hunting the creature. Only as she passed out did she realise that they might also be Fae...
This time: she wakes in her strange new world, and meets some of its inhabitants, including the prince of the Court of Winter himself, who has to decide what he's going to do with her now that she's healed...
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The world was quiet around her, and for a moment she thought she was waking in her bedroom on the morning of a fresh snowfall. The quiet pressed against her ears until she had to open her eyes. The house was too still. Her younger brothers should be scampering about and getting underfoot, her father should be in the workshop at the back of the house, the treadle lathe turning bowls and other goods to sell at market, and her older brother and sister should either be screaming at one another or tending to their own tasks. Her mother should be hammering out new horse shoes in the small forge across the yard, and Teasel the dog should have been barking.
And yet there was nothing but the silence of snow.
Blinking dazedly, she tried to sit up, but everything hurt and ached when she moved, and she fell back with a gasp against a pillow that was much too soft to be her own. It was only then that she realised she was not in her own bedroom at all.
The room was ornate as any in the palace of the human kings. Pale blue walls rose to a delicately plastered ceiling, and in the middle of it hung a chandelier that was anything but ordinary. It looked like a diamond had been shattered into a hundred fragments and then suspended in the pattern as it burst apart. Each shard of crystal glimmered with fae light, a blue as pale as starlight, sending glittering sparkles around the room.
The covers of her bed were softer than any fabric she had ever touched, and as she attempted to lever herself upright for a second time, her dark eyes went wide at the view beyond the leaded, mullioned windows. A snow-covered mountain slope, devoid of life, plunged away in one direction down into a wild and rugged valley and in the other it reared up into an impossibly high mountain whose peak was lost in wreaths of thick, white cloud.
Clear light flooded in through the windows, and as she pushed back the covers, the horror of that creature’s jaw around her neck came flashing back in vivid, painful clarity. Screwing her eyes shut, as if that would have any effect on the images imprinted into her mind, she sat on the edge of the bed for a moment, gathering her thoughts, when there came a knock at the door.
Fae. She had stumbled upon something that had escaped from the Fae Realm, and it had nearly killed her. Scowling, she remembered vaguely begging someone for help.
“Oh gods,” she groaned, bringing her fingertips to her temple as the memory of swirling, silver-blue filigree stitching on fine, supple boots, long silver-white hair, and a face more handsome and more terrible than any human could ever be flashed across her mind. A strange, ever-shifting, quicksilver mask drifted into her mind as well, though she wasn’t quite sure what to make of that, and a tall, dark creature with the ragged stump of a wing protruding from the leather of their jerkin, the other hanging in tatters down their back.
There hadn’t been just one Fae in those woods at all.
“Are you awake yet?” a high, almost girlish voice asked softly from the other side of the door, and she jumped, staring wildly around for some kind of weapon, though the closest thing she found was a staggeringly expensive looking vase which held what looked like cut-glass flowers. Short of nothing, it might do, she thought, and stepped a little closer to the polished wood of the table on which the vase glittered innocently.
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ravnicacardsconverted · 5 years ago
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Thank you all so much!
A kinda thematic end. WishCoin Crab ends our first conversion list. and finally fulfilling a dream of mine to start a big project that I enjoy fully. and I can't say I regret starting this one bit. I have had a blast every day. even days where I couldn't Bring myself to build a card. I love this community we’ve developed here and it brings my heart great joy knowing that you all enjoy it. I want to thank all of you so much for helping me start this dream of mine, and I hope you stick around to help me realize the full of this. I know I say this a lot but I love hearing from you all. on my discord, on my Tumblr, in my message box. wherever. I love the Criticism I love the stories, I love helping people with ideas. I love this all. I'll say it again and then get done gushing and down to business. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
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Plans for the future.I plan on doing a double. unfortunately It will be a bit late but i plan on converting both War of the Spark and Ravnica Allegiance at the same time, alternating each day. I will update you with more info when that comes around. additionally i plan on going though this set and revamping some of my earliest work. and changing it, so you might see many older posts changing. Im doing this because i unfortunately do not feel proud of them
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In addition to this book will also offer a fully fleshed out Quest known as 
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A subclass for Rogue based around the Surveil ability
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sunlitpeony · 6 years ago
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[ LFRP ] Ane - ( Ultros, Balmung, Crystal DC )
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❝ who are we, then, if we are not laughing? loving? ❞
🔓-- A lock icon denotes the presence of an additional something significant to be discovered only via roleplay. The more locks there are, the harder it will be to learn! Build a relationship with her to discover these secrets she keeps to herself.
This LFRP post is specifically for her canon verse. Check over here for access to the LFRP post for her geomancer verse. I can play both/either on Balmung/Crystal as necessary!
❀ General Information ––– -
Name: Ane de Borel. 🔓 Epithet: Of the Shining Scale. Gender: Cisgender female. Age: 28. Race: Au Ra (Raen.) Birthplace: Yama, Othard. Current Residence: House Borel, the Holy See of Ishgard. Relationship Status: Married. Sexual Orientation: Demisexual. Occupation: Healer. Apothecary. Herbalist.
❀ Physical Appearance ––– -
Hair: Warm black. Thick. Naturally wavy. Streaked with silver, though most concentrated at the root and in her bangs to the point of looking stark white. Often worn swept up with a green scarf or over her shoulder. Never without at least a small braid somewhere, regardless of style. Eyes: Warm grey. Clouded by cataracts. Kind. Height: 4 fm 8 im. Distinguishing Marks: Rounded, soft scales reminiscent of a koi’s. Strange-feeling aether. 🔓🔓 An absolutely contagious smile. Common Accessories: A modest, braided wedding band fashioned of three kinds of gold. A fragment of her very first Crystal of Light, all but dormant, hanging on a simple leather cord about her neck. 🔓🔓 A bracelet fashioned out of humble, smooth river stones. Dark silver bands adorning her horns, carved by hand with strange designs. 🔓🔓
❀ Personality & Tidbits ––– -
A young woman possessed of an indomitable spirit. Though robbed of her ability to use aether freely, she carries on down the path of healing, and this setback has only served to further fuel her dedication to her studies. Soft-spoken and generous, Ane always has time to spare for those who have need of her company, and she is quick with a smile and cup of warm tea to cheer them during their travels to the frozen north. Her kindness is not weakness, however, and she will not back down from doing what she feels in her heart to be right -- even if others might accuse her of having abandoned the light to do so.
Talents: Traditional Far Eastern medicines. Nonmagical healing. Archery. Weaknesses: Combat in close quarters. Overwhelmed by an overabundance of aether. Can very sparingly use magic, but only at great cost to herself. Sweets. Virtues: Sincere. Kind-hearted. Optimistic. Hopeful. Forgiving. Flaws: Stubborn. Slow to anger, but fiery-tempered when pushed too far. Can still suffer bouts of feeling self-conscious and inferior, especially about the unstable nature of her aether. Somewhat childish when upset. Doesn’t always know when to quit, and sometimes other people pay the price for it. Spiritual Views: Reverence for the Dawn Father. Respect and recognition for most other faiths she has personally come across, as she imagines they must all have at least a grain of truth at their hearts. Especially soft towards the kami and Halone. Has begun to harbor bitterness towards the Mother Crystal. 🔓🔓 Hobbies: Gardening. Cooking. Baking. Weaving. Fears: Losing her loved ones. Being separated from her family. Flying.  Temperament: Phlegmatic. Alignment: Neutral Good.
❀ Traits ––– -
Extroverted / In Between / Introverted
Disorganized / In Between / Organized
Close Minded / In Between / Open Minded
Calm / In Between / Anxious / Spirited
Disagreeable / In Between / Agreeable
Cautious / In Between / Reckless
Patient / In Between / Impatient
Outspoken / In Between / Reserved
Leader / In Between / Follower
Empathetic / In Between / Apathetic
Optimistic / In Between / Pessimistic
Traditional / In Between / Modern
Hard-working / In Between / Lazy
Cultured / In Between / Uncultured
Loyal / In Between / Disloyal
Faithful / In Between / Unfaithful
❀ Additional information ––– –
Smoking Habit: Never. Drugs: Not anything recreational. Traditional medicinal use only. Alcohol: On occasion to relax. Extremely fond of rum-heavy rum cakes.
❀ Hooks ––– -
Region-related connections.
❀ Doma, a Place Once Called Home - Orphaned as a child, Ane saw herself brought to Doma by her long-term guardian and adoptive mother, and it was in the Yanxian countryside that she spent the majority of her life. Though she has since left to settle elsewhere, there is a softness in her heart for this nation and its people. Doman characters might find her helping to rebuild the Enclave and spending time in Namai, the birthplace and home of one of her dearest old friends. ❀  The Holy See of Ishgard - Her new home. The streets of the Holy See are where she spends the majority of her time, frequenting her favorite small businesses and pastry shops. Characters frequenting Ishgard have good opportunity to run into her! ❀ The Waking Snowdrop Clinic - Her place of work. Established, opened, and run alongside a close companion of hers. Here she specializes in traditional Far Eastern medicines bolstered by her growing knowledge of Eorzean herbalism. If your character is looking for medical treatment or lives in the Brume, this is an excellent way to meet her.
General connections.
❀ Once Blessed - I play Ane as the Warrior of Light who has, at this point, permanently lost her Blessing as of the ending of 4.0. I know Warrior of Light roleplay is not everyone’s cup of tea, and while I will not write it entirely out of her characterization for you, I find it often is not relevant 99% of the time. It isn’t something I tend to go out of my way to bring up (and I do not expect people to know of her, regardless of how this plays out in-game with the MSQ), and I am very content for it to not factor into roleplay at all. However, if you’d like to roleplay your character knowing her through this former part of her life -- be they a Scion, an interested canon NPC, or someone who simply recognizes her -- this connection is open to you! ❀ Herbalism + Gardening + Traditional Medicine - Is your character an herbalist? Botanist? Avid plant fan? Ane is, too! She has a very keen interest in gardening and is always excited to invite similarly invested parties to explore her humble greenhouse on the Borel estate grounds. Those she might learn from are welcome connections! She also hopes that one day Coerthas might thaw enough to support wildflowers once more, and she is always looking for an opportunity to help recover the Lowlands. ❀ Friendships + Rivals + Enemies - Always open! I am interested in any and all of these as options.  ❀ Have an idea for something not already here? - Please feel free to pitch it to me! I would love to hear what you have in mind!
❀ OOC Information ––– -
Genres: I like scenarios that lead to character development! Angst with purpose, fluff, slice of life, and even comedic scenes are all absolutely welcome. So long as we are both enjoying ourselves and getting what we like out of roleplay, that’s what matters most to me. Playstyle: I prefer to roleplay on tumblr and Discord as I’m not very good at in-game roleplay, the exception being if we are meeting up one on one or in a very small group (think five people at the most.) I worry about how slow I am and that I am giving poor responses when it’s a very real-time scenario so. ; v ; If you want to play in-game with me, I ask for your patience! Length: I like to write one paragraph at the absolute least, tending more towards a few to several (or even pages), but I will often do my best to match my partner’s reply length unless encouraged to do otherwise. Server: My PvE main (though also available for roleplay!) is over on Ultros, but I have been working to catch up Ane on Balmung before the Great Server Shuffle of 2019. You can find me as Ane Borel in both places! Timezone: CST. Availability: Currently I am available more or less whenever (though I do try to be in bed before 10 PM CST!) apart from on every other Wednesday evening when I have my D&D campaign. If you don’t see me online, please feel free to drop me a line and I’ll be glad to hop on and hang. :> My schedule will change some in future once I’m employed, but I will make an announcement when it’s relevant! Contact Information: You are always welcome to poke at me here, be it through asks or messages! I will give my Discord out privately to interested parties.
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animes-trash · 6 years ago
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Fanfiction - MikuTsuru’s Halloween Party
Helloooo everyone, and Happy Halloween~ 
This fic has been written for the Servamp-Love Discord Server Halloween Event ! It was written in two parts by @amaranight and I, and we decided to put it under one post. And yes, it’s MikuTsuru because this ship is gold.
Little summary, basically that's Mikuni and Tsurugi doing shit dressed up as maids in their school at the Halloween party when they were younger.
Enjoy~ 
Touma did not really like to come back to his former Institute. However, it was for a special occasion this time, so he would go as far as to go out on his day off to come back to it. As far as he was concerned, he wasn’t particularly fond of Halloween - did such a celebration still make sense when you know that vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings actually live among society? But it appeared even the higher-up kids staying at the Mikado-Ichinose Academy did. Touma had left school long ago, but under the insistence of both Tsurugi and the Tsukimitsu heir, he had reluctantly accepted the invitation.
 Tsurugi was prancing before him, seemingly very happy to go to school on a Friday night. He was not wearing his uniform, and had explained to Touma it was because the students had prepared costumes they would be putting on in the school directly.
“We’re gonna treat and trick everybody out there!”
He turned himself to wink at Touma:
“We’re gonna make all the posh people give us their monies!”
Touma sighed, he wasn’t sure it was what the spirit of Halloween the Tsukimitsu heir had harping on at him was about. He wasn’t opposed to Tsurugi’s vision, though, but the boy looked a bit too enthusiastic and he didn’t like that about him.
“Stop babbling nonsense or I’ll turn away back home.
“That’s too bad Tai, you’ll miss all the candies.
“I don’t like candies.”
“You’re not fun!”
“I’m not here to have fun.”
Tsurugi pouted but stopped confronting his guardian, perfectly aware that Taishi was not the party type at all, and that he was really forcing himself to take part in the festivities. Another reason to make this outing even greater, so that Touma would not regret to have accompanied him. He wanted to show him his friends, and the stands and costumes the students had made.
 All in all, Touma was right in thinking that his protégé was overexcited. When they reached the Institute’s entrance, Tsurugi went on saying hello to literally everybody they met, not failing to introduce to them his “big brother” with a bright smile on his face. Touma was pretty sure none of those people cared the slightest. Nobody recognized him anyway, which was some kind of relief to him. As they strolled among the stands, surrounded by costumed young people, he would let Tsurugi make the small talk. It was just a rough patch to go through.
 The patch went even rougher when, in the main hall Touma had not entered for so long, they ran across the Tsukimitsu brothers, both of them wearing the school uniform, which seemed utterly ridiculous to Touma and made Tsurugi scream:
“Yumi-chan!!! That’s the wrong costume for tonight!!!”
The youngest of the brothers blushed and pouted, not very content the boy had to make such a fuss of his clothes in front of adults.
“You need to calm down, Kamiya -”
“Why?! It’s Halloween, Yumi-chan, Halloween!! I’ve never had any Halloween before!! The decorating and the people are so fancy!!
“You’re definitely the fancy one, Kamiya Tsurugi, Yumi’s brother said with a light smile on his face. And you’ve even managed to get Touma Taishi to join us!”
Touma rolled his eyes. It was a long time since he had last talked with Tsukimitsu Yoshihide, and he was not really eager to reiterate this experience.
“You’re not wearing any costume,” Yoshihide went on.
“We gotta get ours!” Tsurugi suggested to Yumikage.
“You’re not going anywhere,” Touma muttered, very reluctant to leave his protégé unsupervised, and, most of all, to remain alone with the Tsukimitsu heir. “And you’re not wearing any either, Yoshihide.”
“Well I’m part of the staff, I can’t take part in the masquerade. Though as you’re a VIP, I guess you could have brought something to dress up…”
“I’m absolutely not dressing up”, Touma said with a dry voice.  
While Yoshihide was pondering on which fancy dress could have suited his former classmate best, Yumikage took Tsurugi by the arm. He did not really want to see nor even to imagine a costumed Touma, and, most of all, he found his brother’s talk rather embarrassing, and had more interesting things to take care of.
“I heard the Alicein lad has arrived.”
Tsurugi’s gaze lighted up.
“Let’s go to the changing room, Yumi-chan!!”
He had just said that, that he was already leaving the place, followed by his classmate. His reaction was so quick that Touma could not even protest. Anyway, Yoshihide took him by the shoulder, explaining with a bright smile that he had to show him around. Touma was not smiling at all.
 Tsurugi and Yumikage hurried up to the classroom where the students had been stocking all their fancy dresses. It was looked after by a Junior High schooler, Tsuyuki Shuuhei, who held a list of every student that had entered and left the room. When he saw the Seniors coming, he checked his list and sighted:
“You’re like the last ones, you know.
“The best always come last, that’s a diva rule”, Yumikage grinned, slamming the door open.  
Inside, most of the clothes were regular ones, for Tsuyuki had not lied and the duet were actually among the last students to come and put on their costumes. In fact, there was someone else in the room - Tsuyuki’s classmate and an acquaintance of Tsurugi, Alicein Mikuni.
“Well look who’s there! My favourite roommate!!”
“Do you have had a lot of roommates?” Yumikage asked.
“Impossible, he’s way to insufferable,” Mikuni answered.
“That’s not true, I’m very popular! Am I not, Shuuhei?”
A weary mumble came out from outside the room. The boy was probably not used to take care of such noisy students. Tsurugi took this answer as a yes, and he went on:
“What fancy dress have you chosen, Kuni-chan?”   
“You’ll see soon enough.”
“So much suspense!! Do you wanna see mine?”
“I’ll see soon enough as well.”
“I’m sure you’ll love it!! Won’t he, Yumi-chan?”
The other nodded. Mikuni did not seem to care. Actually he appeared to be quite preoccupied. He kept going through the hanging rails, frowning. Tsurugi and Yumikage were following his moves, apparently very concerned by the boy’s agitation. Finally, he stopped and sighted:
“I can’t find it.”
Behind him, Tsurugi and Yumikage exchanged a knowing look. With a concerned voice that was actually a bit too concerned to be honest, Tsurugi asked if anything important had gone missing. Mikuni went on sighing.
“My costume has vanished. I’m sure I’ve put it with the others earlier today…”
“That’s terrible!!!” Tsurugi shrieked. “You must have made a mistake, I’m sure it’s somewhere in there…”
He began rummaging through the hangers. Mikuni watched him, still hoping that he might find something, though a miracle didn’t seem very likely. Indeed, Tsurugi came back empty-handed. He seemed to be at least as disappointed as Mikuni, if not more. He put his hands on the boy’s shoulders, and, in a solemn tone, declared:
“Yumi-chan, Kuni-chan, we have a situation.”
Mikuni seemed to hesitate between laughing and sighing once more - which happened to him quite often when he was with Tsurugi. Unable to decide which reaction was the most appropriate, all he could answer was:
“Uh?”
Tsurugi patted his friend’s shoulder, understanding his confusion given the sad discover he had just made, and turned to Yumikage.
“Yumi-chan, do you have some idea about this mysterious disappearance?”
He shaked his head, but quickly found a more complete answer:
“Tsuyuki should know. He keeps a record about this room, right?”
“Yes, yes, of course!!”
Taking Mikuni by the arm, Tsurugi went in the corridor to question Tsuyuki.
“Shuuhei, we have a situation.”
“You’ve already said that,” Mikuni pointed.
“It’s still valid!!”
“What’s going on? Tsuyuki asked, not convinced at all by his elder’s behaviour.
“A costume has been stolen!!
“Why do you straightaway assume it has stolen?!” Mikuni bursted.
“It’s Halloween. Someone must have tricked you. Either that or it has vanished because of the evil spirits.”
“Why are you like this?”
Surely Shuuhei was thinking the same as Mikuni, however he could not overlook his cloakroom guardian’s duties, and he went back into the room with them to check they were not actually tricking him. Having helped him to turn upside down the dressing room, the boys found out that there was definitely no trace of Mikuni’s costume.
“I liked it,” the boy complained. “It was a vampire one.”
Shuuhei started at the monster’s mention, which made Mikuni giggle. Tsurugi added that, as a vampire specialist, he was convinced Mikuni would have made a great one, and therefore he was deeply affected by the costume’s loss. Judging by the way he stared at his friend, Yumikage probably found that Tsurugi was overdoing it, but he had also something to say on the matter.
“I still can’t figure out how your costume could simply vanish, Alicein. Especially when such a diligent student is in charge of them…”
It was enough to make Tsurugi turned to Tsuyuki with an inquisitive tone:
“Tsuyuki Shuuhei!!! Were you in charge of all the students’ costumes yes or no??”
“Of course I am, I -”
“Ah! Of course you are! Then how do you explain this paranormal phenomenon?!”
“I - I don’t think there’s any paranormal activity linked to it, to begin with -”
“What do you know about that? Are you qualified to judge if a situation is paranormal or not? Kuni-chan is, and so am I. Is this a paranormal situation, Kuni-chan?”
“Your stupidity is paranormal.”
“Kuni-chan says yes!”
“It’s not what he -”
“To be honest Tsuyuki, it’d better be paranormal. For you, I mean,” Yumikage added. “If it’s not, it means some evildoer got into the changing room and chose to ridiculise one of the students by throwing away his costume… Too bad you’re the one supposed to take care of them, in that case.”
There was a silence, during which the seniors stared severely at the junior high schooler. Mikuni interrupted it, believing they were going a bit too far for a matter that was, in the end, rather trivial.
“Shuuhei did not steal my stuff, Tsukimitsu.”
“I’m not saying he did, but he was careless.”
“I did not leave this room’s entrance one minute!”
Yumikage shrugged his shoulders and took his own costume from the hanging rail.
“That’s what you say. Anyway I’m not going to miss the party because of you. I’ll be changing, you’d better find a solution.”
Once he had left to the back of the room in order to change, Tsurugi took Shuuhei by one arm, and Mikuni by the other.
“Guys, I see only one solution. We’ve gotta find another costume for Kuni-chan.”
“You’re doing way to much fuss for a simple party, Tsurugi. I’m going back to C3 if it’s to hear anymore of your crap.”
“But it’s Halloween, Kuni-chan!!! Halloween!!! You’re not going to celebrate Halloween on your own in the gloomy hole of C3!!! As your tutor, I’m not letting you doing such a fool thing. I’ll take personal responsibility of you from now on.”
He turned back to Shuuhei:
“Tell me lad, do you have any costumes left?”
“First, I’m not a sales assistant, second, don’t call me lad -”
“Okay, lad, can you check for me please?”
The boy reluctantly obliged, mostly because he felt somewhat guilty of Mikuni’s problem. Thanks to his list, he found out that one student was unable to come because of a fever. Her costume was to be somewhere on the hanging rail…
“Wait, did you just say “her”?” Mikuni shrieked.
“Oh please, Kuni-chan, it’s carnival! Nobody even cares about genders!”
Saying that, Tsurugi searched the whole dressing room for the third time, and pulled out two fancy dresses - two maid outfits, one black and white covered in fake blood, and the other one, ripped, of a washed-out blue. As Mikuni and Shuuhei’s faces looking rather unpleased with theses finds, he explained:
“This one is mine - I’m sorry, Kuni-chan. You’ll have to take the blue one, though I admit it’s less fancy.”
“Why would you even dress up as a maid?!”
“Because it suits me! I’m sure it’ll suit you as well! And then we’ll match!!”
“I don’t want to match with you!”
“You’re too modest. Everybody dreams of matching with such a pretty boy as me. And let me tell you you’re kinda good looking as well. I’m sure you can pull that off.”
He looked at the dresses once more, then back at Mikuni, nodded, and concluded:
“And if you can’t, then you’re a loser, and you’ll invite me to lunch for the week.”
Be it because he was upset or embarrassed by such an assumption, Mikuni blushed and finally snatched the dress away from Tsurugi.
“I’m not a loser, and I’m not paying you”, he added, going away to change.
Tsurugi burst out of laughter.
“That’s my Kuni-chan!! Wait for me, I bet you’ve never put on a dress, I’ll help you!”
“How the heck do you know that kind of stuff?!”
“You ask too much questions, Kuni-chan…”
 When the two boys finally came out all dressed up, Yumikage was waiting for them in the corridor. Tsurugi was very anxious to show “his” maid to his friends, while Mikuni did not quite share his excitement, being deeply convinced that wearing such a get-up made of them outright weirdos. In the corridor, they met up with Yumikage and two persons Mikuni did not know, a sort of zombie and another maid - though a real one this time, for she was an actual pretty girl.
“Waw, Shifumi, you’re the real deal!” Tsurugi bursted. “How do you find us? We do compete with you, don’t we?”
“Well that sure makes a lot of maids”, the girl smiled, winking at Yumikage.
Tsurugi stopped smiling, though. He had just realised that his childhood friend had also dressed up as a girl.
“Oh dear Yumi-chan you’re such a weirdo!!!!!”
“You’re one to talk!!” Mikuni protested.
“I’ll be the most popular maid of them all!” Yumikage declared.
“The weirdest!!”
The zombie cleared his throat and pulled apart the two noisy maids.
“Sometimes I do wonder why I’m still hanging out with you guys,” he sighed.
“Because I’m cute!”
“You have a peculiar definition of that term, Tsurugi,” Mikuni remarked.
“Example: Kuni-chan is a cutie. Countexample: Yumi-chan isn’t.”
“You’re just jealous!”
“Yumi-chan isn’t at all.”
While they were arguing again, the other boy turned to Mikuni.
“You’re one of Tsurugi’s friend? I’m Kurumamori Junichiro, I’ve known the guy since primary school... But I’ve never seen you around, so you must be his famous roommate.”
“Ha, he talks about me?”
“He keeps saying you’re an odd one - I guess that explains why you’re dressed up like these two are.”
“I’m not like that, usually. However Tsurugi is always this way.”
“Tsurugi’s cute,” Shifumi added. “I think it’s great he takes care of a younger student. He’d do a great big brother.”
Mikuni pouted, he didn’t need to be take care of, and especially by a savage like Tsurugi. His interlocutors giggled.
“By the way, where did Shuuhei go?” Mikuni asked, noticing the corridor was empty except for them and the two noisy maids, who might be linked to the fact they had been left alone.
“He said some costume had been lost,” Jun explained. “He closed the dressing room to go searching for it.”
Mikuni stared at them blankly, bemused. That Shuuhei was quite a character as well! Though the disappearance of the costume still bothered him, Mikuni was more focus on how he was supposed to enjoy his evening dressed up like he was. He especially despised the lace headpiece Tsurugi had carefully attached in Mikuni’s hair. And yet it was not even as bad as the glittering black bow tie that stood out on the light blue of the dress itself and on the ripped apron on which Tsurugi had added some fake blood. Mikuni was not fond of his torn tights either, tough, nor of his derbies. All in all, he really was not convinced by the validity of this fancy dress, and all the fuss Tsurugi was making of it did not help. As long as they remained in this isolated corridor, however, he did not really mind.
 Of course, Tsurugi would not let him have it his way. Being apparently weary of fighting with Yumikage, he took Mikuni by the arm and, arm in arm, he made him head to the stairway.
“We’re out of there, Kuni-chan! I can’t stay near someone that is so deprived of any common sense.”
“Common sense hates you, Kamiya Tsurugi!” Yumikage shouted.
“Blah blah blah, I can’t hear haters!”
Mikuni looked at Tsurugi:
“Don’t tell me you’re seriously planning on strolling around dressed up like that.”
“We’re doing our fashion show, Kuni-chan! The world will leered at us!”
“I don’t want anybody to leer at me, you freak!!”
“Well, that’s a mistake. Hotties like us should always use their bodies to win people’s favours. That’s what maids are for.”
“Shut up. I don’t even want to talk to you ever again -”
But Tsurugi firmly held his arm, and, as he was not comfortable in his derbies, it would have been difficult for Mikuni to run away. He was stuck with a three-year-older crossdressing pervert for the evening.
Tsurugi was dragging Mikuni everywhere he could, wanting to show to everyone that beautiful scene. The name "Alicein" being well known in school, lots of eyes watched them as they wandered through the corridors. It's not everyday that you can see that, after all.
"Aren't we having fun, Kuni-chan~ ?" Tsurugi asked.
Seeing the death glare the other gave him, Tsurugi laughed and thought of something they could do.
"So scary ! Buuuut, I have an idea ! There're a lot of stands, we could stop at one ! I can even win you a Teddy Bear at a shooting stand if you want~"
"You and your damn stands can go to hell. There's no way we sto-"
Mikuni paused. A wide grin spread on his lips. Tsurugi followed his gaze to see what caught his attention, he swallowed when he saw what it was. A knife throwing stand.
"Kuni-chan, you're not serious, aren't you ? You're not gonna take any risks of hurting my beautiful face !"
This time, it was Mikuni dragging Tsurugi by the arm. As Tsurugi tried to run away, the sadistic heir grabbed him and put him on his shoulder.
"P-put me on the ground !! I'm not a potato bag !!" Tsurugi whined as he was punching Mikuni's back, trying to break free of his arms. But, as expected, the blond was quite strong. Once at the stand, Mikuni smide proudly as he asked the two disguised girls, who were trying not to laugh at this scene, how the stand worked.
"Hello, little witches~ So, do I just stab him or what do I do ?"
A cry of protestation could be heard by the potato bag, that no one listened, as the girl went on.
"We attach him to the wall and you have to throw these fake knives on the targets that we'll stick around his body. But you mustn't touch him, or you won't win the prize !
"Oh, don't worry, I'll aim the targets."
"No he won't !! Please, help me !! He'll kill me !!! These knives are fakes but he'll still kill me !!!"
Mikuni couldn't have a wider grin as he attached Tsurugi to the wall with the little rope put there for that. After the Tsurugi's wrist was tied up, he looked at Mikuni.
"Ya know, if you wanted to see me in such an indecent position, you just could have asked and I would have set that up for tonight, without all those people watching us~"
"W-what ?! You pervert ! Stop having weird pictures like that in your head !!!" Mikuni yelled as he took a step back. Maybe Tsurugi will be dead within 5 minutes, but at least he could steal a blush from his murderer. As Mikuni was searching for the fake knives, the voices of the two girls could be heard behind them.
"How could we name them ! They're too cute together !" asked one of the girl with red hair.
"What about... MikuTsuru ! A fusion of their name !" Answered the other girl who, despite being dressed as a witch, had a ton of the manga "Nanbaka"'s badges on her hat. The two of them continued fangirling over the two, but Mikuni was too embarassed to say a word and began throwing the fake knives instead.
"Whoops, seems like I'm not that good at knive throwing, what a shame is that~" said Mikuni as he and Tsurugi walked out of the stand.
"Kuni-chan, you're so mean ! You threw them at me on purpose ! And you didn't even win the prize !" Tsurugi's complaints only made the other laugh. Mikuni has to say he's enjoying himself more than he thought the would.
"Poor little thing you are. Now, where shall we go ?"
"Anywhere, as long as it's not your idea !!"
"Fine, fine. You can choose." He sighed. After some minutes, they arrived in front of another stand that intrigued Tsurugi.
"What about we go into that haunted house ? It's like an old manor, like in movies !"
Mikuni thought for a second. "Oh, that's right. It's your first Halloween. These haunted house are full of cheap plastic stuff."
"But pleeeeeeease, Kuni-chan ! I want to go into one of them !"
Tsurugi clinged at Mikuni's arm, begging him. He really wanted to see how it was. After what seemed an eternity, Mikuni agreed.
"Okay, I'll go with you. Now shut up and stop acting like a clingy girlfriend !"
Mikuni arbored a bored face as they walked in the house. Fake witches, fake chainsaw, lots of fake blood. The Alicein manor were he used to live was way scarier than that. Actually, it was him who had fun scaring the other domestics, at night.
The blond turned to the raven, but wasn't ready to see him like that. He was really pale and was shaking a bit.
"What, don't tell me you're scared ? You, Kamiya Tsurugi, one of the most feared vampire killers, scared of here ??" He bursted out of laughter.
"Hey ! I'm not scared, you are !! It's j-"
A small, high-pitched cry came out of Tsurugi's mouth as he threw himself into Mikuni's arm, after a screamer from the closet scared him.
By reflex, Mikuni wrapped his arms securly around him, as a small blush appeared on his face. He could have pictured everything but that to happen. Tsurugi isn't the type to be scared of haunted houses, at all. Mikuni tried to reassure him as he could.
"Hey, you okay ? It's only special effects. It's not real, so don't worry about it."
Tsurugi nodded, a bit ashamed to look Mikuni in the eyes after that. They continued walking, and the way looked longer than it really was. Mikuni saw that Tsurugi still wasn't totally fine. He sighed, maybe he'll regret what he was about to later, but at the moment it seemed like the best thing to do.
Tsurugi kept his gaze on the floor, when he felt Mikuni's hand grab his firmly. Without a word, they made their way to the exit. Surprisingly, the raven wasn't as scared as the beggining.
"So ! What could we do now ? It's quickly going to be annoying if we don't do something more fun. It's Halloween, after all !" Mikuni complained, and began to think.
"What, you wanna go trick or treat, Kuni-chan ? I thought only children do that, under your sharp glare, you have a sweet heart~"
"Shut the hell up ! I'm not talking about going trick or treating !" He tried to hit Tsurugi, who dodged.
"So, if you would listen, I'll teach you something. Children go know on people's door, which is funny when your six. Oh, you should have seen Misono when he was younger, asking 'trick or treat !' with his little mouth !" He paused, realizing that he was wandering in his words. "So, hum, yeah. When you're older, the fun part in Halloween is tricking people. But not silly tricks like putting toilet paper on a house. No, better tricks. And I think I got the perfect idea..."
Tsurugi raised a bow, watching Mikuni's thinking face carefully, interested by what he was saying.
"Hmm~ ? Tell me everything, Kuni-chan !"
"Okay, but first, let's go somewhere people won't hear us."
"You want to drag me in a dark place with no people ? Are you sure you really aren't a perv ?!"
"Won't you shut up ?!" The went near a door that leads into the school's basements. "First of all, you agree with me that this school is full of people that deserves a good punishment ?" Tsurugi nodded and he went on. "Also, you know, they keep fireworks for the end of the year's party ?"
Tsurugi's brows furrowed. "Fireworks... ? What the heck do you want to do with fireworks ?"
Mikuni grinned. "Pets are scared when they hear them. They can't see the beautiful colors, they only hear the big booms and they panic. People of here are no different. If they don't see the beautiful colors, but only hear the sounds, they'll start to panic. And trust me, it's soooo funny to see~"
It didn't take more than a minute to Tsurugi to agree with that plan. They'll probably get in troubles for that later but who cares. Mikuni took a key from his pocket, key that opened to door of the school's basements.
"Wait, how do you have that ? It's supposed to be locked." Tsurugi asked, not that surprised.
"I just... got it. Don't ask." He nodded, knowing that he won't find out why. It was Mikuni Alicein, after all. They walked into the dark corridors, as the echo of strange noises resoned.
"Hey, Kuni-chan, are you sure we're alone in there ?"
"Of course I am. Nobody else got that key except some teachers, and now they're all upstairs, busy with the party."
"Then... what are all these noises ? Is it a ghost, you think ??!"
"Ghosts don't exist, dumbass." They walked in silence as Tsurugi followed Mikuni. There still were noises, more and more, and even Mikuni wasn't reassured. He walked faster. It was stupid, ghosts don't exist.
They arrived in front of a room. Mikuni opened it and he landed a box to Tsurugi.
"This is full of fireworks. Grab them carefully."
"Why is this me holding ?! It was your idea !"
"So what ? Hold it, or I leave you in the dark."
"Mean, very mean Kuni-chan !!" They didn't have time to argue any longer that a loud noise happened, as if a shelf broke and fell on the ground.
Both of the boys jumped when they heard that.
"A-are you sure we're alone, Kuni-c-chan ??"
"I... I guess !" They quickly headed to the door, but when they opened to door, another loud noise came. They jumped again and high-pitched cries came out of their mouthes as they run upstairs. After that, a little voice could be heard, but it was too late for the two to hear it.
"God... I really got bad luck... and it's not here either..."
The boys were careful not to be noticed by the other people. Tsurugi followed Mikuni, who was climbing the stairs of the school.
"You see ?! Ghosts do exist !"
"No, they don't !" Though, Mikuni wasn't so sure of what he was saying now. Tsurugi sighed, as they arrived on the roof of the school. There was a ladder that overelooked a higher point of the roof.
"Okay, now we're setting the fireworks on the highest point. Let's climb."
"Go first, I'll stay behind you in case you fall~" Tsurugi grinned, and Mikuni told him to shut up. He began to climb with the box in his hand. After a few seconds, he felt drafts on his legs and above. Oh. That's right. The maid costume. Wait.... it's a fucking dress, and Tsurugi below him. He turned his head to see Tsurugi grinning and blushed furiously. They looked into each other eyes for a few seconds. For a few, very, very, very cringy seconds that seemed like at least three eternities to both of them
"You- you..." Began Mikuni. "You're the fucking pervert here !!! As if you wanted to catch me, you just wanted to enjoy de view !!" Tsurugi bursted out of laughter. "Well, you weren't against it !"
"I should throw the fireworks in your fucking face !!!" Which he really wanted to do right now. He contained himself and forced himself to climb up. Once there, Mikuni put the fireworks. By chance, there were remotely controlled.
"What do we do now ?" Asked Tsurugi, impatient to see what will happen.
"It's always better to see things from above. We'll climb down and go on the gym's roof, the batiment in front of us. It's high, we'll have a great view." Tsurugi nodded and followed him. Once in front of their school, it was past 11pm. They could see the lights in their school.
Mikuni and Tsurugi sat on the roof. "Ready ?" Asked Mikuni, holding the red button they only needed to push. "More than ever !" answered Tsurugi, as they both pushed it. A big boom happened, and the view was beautiful and really colored. Mikuni saw Tsurugi smile. "Wait, it's now that it's becoming funny".
A few seconds later only, the fire alarm rang until their ears. Someone probably thought a bomb explosed and enclenched it. It didn't last long before firefighters sirens could also be heard.
Sure, it wouldn't last long before the people and the firefighters would notice it wasn't a bomb, but it still was so great to see everyone panicking and coming out of the school. A beautiful, apocalyptic scene, seen by Tsurugi and Mikuni.
"Happy Halloween, Tsurugi."
"Happy Halloween, Kuni-chan."
A while later, on the school's roof, Shuuhei appeared, searching for Mikuni that the thought he saw there, holding a costume all ripped and seeming to have been thrown into a bin.
"I FINALLY FOUND YOUR COSTUME, MIKUNI SENPAI !"
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shadetheabsol · 6 years ago
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Post For My Friends (OOC)
I feel I should share something today for certain people to read and understand. You guys may even know who you are.
Please do not read ahead if you feel uncomfortable regarding potentially dark content. I will not reveal all details due to the high level of extreme darkness but I’ll reveal just enough.
Again, please DO NOT READ IF DARK CONTENT DISTURBS YOU
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I try my best to help my friends out and keep them strong. I have a lot of big factors behind why I often help people out, especially my friends.
Asides from it making me happy to see them smile and to always be there to lend a helping hand to my friends.
I have always had another background driving factor which isn’t as big as the above points. To explain it though, I need to start with a small story, not all details I will disclose.
A friend of mine I had a while back. I had to sit and watch them cling on to the very brink of sanity. They were doing everything remotely possible to stay sane.
The cause of their sanity issues I will not disclose due to safety for them and for others reading this. But basically, I ultimately watched them have to suffer and deal with a lot of massive troubles. Always with suicidal thoughts, a massive case of depression and trying to bring themselves back to sanity.
I had to sit and watch this constant spiral, trying my best to help them until one day they just left. Unfriended me on discord, removed me from their server and more.
I only had one chance to try ask what happened which was through Tumblr. They told me they couldn’t handle it much longer and wanted to protect me too. They said they were unable to talk to me. I tried to bring them back and quickly but they blocked me before I could get across my most important message to them. They chose to live in seclusion due to problems with being social and their fear of losing their sanity. They questioned things to a very deep level all because of one thing in particular that affected their sanity quite severely.
To this day, I still hope that they are ok. I can’t confirm their status though but I’ll always hope the best for them.
Its something I’ve never wanted to see again in any of my friends or in people in general. So admittedly I am not the best with suicidal people nor am I some miracle worker but I try my best to help my friends out and others.
Its a slightly selfish reason on why I help them but I also do it because I care for them on a very deep level. Friends mean the world to me and I’ll never change my thoughts on that.
I make sure to maintain a focus on my life and my friends in particular. So if you’ve ever wondered why I go so far to help my friends its because they mean a lot to me. Each and every single one of you are shining jewels to me. Each with your own special traits and each always shining bright.
Each gem may have its flaws or even rough surfaces but with enough smoothing out, you can help make any gem bright again. To all of my friends out there or potentially reading this, please know that your value in this world is beyond anything you can ever imagine.
Don’t ever question your self worth, don’t ever consider leaving life and hang in there no matter what happens. Know that I am there for you. If you think I’m going to hate any of you over mistakes that may happen, think again.
Talk to me if you’re worried you hurt me. I give my honest opinion on how I feel so trust in me when I tell you that I am ok. Each and every one of you mean a lot to me and I don’t intend to ever change that.
I’ve made some amazing friends, especially through Tumblr and I love all of you. You guys have had some of the most amazing traits I’ve ever seen and I’m honestly super proud too. You all have big hearts and you are all very clever in your own ways.
If any of you ever need help getting back up, please don’t hesitate to talk to me. I’ll be there to always lift you back up and pull you out of any darkness you may be in. I’ve had my fair share of weak points too. I am fixing them and I have gotten better. But I am by no means perfect.
I’ll never hate any of you, I hope you all understand that <3
You guys mean the world to me so please don’t ever think for one second that I don’t care or will stop caring about you. I will gladly be there to pull you back up as you need it. Even if I have to sacrifice sleep to do so. So to all my friends out there that may read this, please know that I try my best for you guys and I always will.
If you have problems and want my help, I’ll always be there for you guys. I may not be some miracle worker but I’ll try my best to keep you all smiling.
Thank you to those of you that read this long post. I’m unlikely to share something so personal here in a long while. I wish you guys the best and to stay strong for me!
Shades is signing out on this personal entry~
More blog content to come soon~
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On a plus side, I got a second job sorted which pays well~
I may be able to get things going a lot smoother now. It does however mean things might get a bit less active. But I’ll try my best to keep them going.
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garfieldexplained · 7 years ago
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Update explaining my relative absence over the past few months
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Well, I did it. I have finally did it. I have created easily one of my longest and most intricate Garfield explained posts to date. 
I sincerely apologize that this came out so late, i ran into a lot of issues with this post when it comes to research and writing. Believe it or not from concept to completion, I worked on this post over the course of the past month! but it DEFINITELY didn’t need to take that long. Overall work time was maybe a day or so total, which is still a pitifully long period of time to spend on a post that small. 95% of the month was spent either on it not sure whether to release it cause i was insecure about if people would like it or not. There were also three other Garfield explained posts that I wanted to do but I scrapped partway through cause they either weren’t well composed or weren’t good concepts in the first place. This one was just grounded and crazy enough to make sense, but It took a lot of work to make it so. 
So I figured I should give a bit of an explanation as to where I have been the past month or two and why there was a lack of content from me as of recent. I’ll put it under a break for all of those interested. If you’re not that’s fine as well, just know that I really appreciate you sticking with me and supporting me even in my absence .I hope you appreciate the most recent GarfieldExplained post, cause it is my most intricate and detailed yet! Updates below the break!
I detailed a bit of what has been going on in my life on my art/primary blog for those for those who care. Note, i am still not perfectly back from this slump, but my life and my mental health as a result is improving which is why I’m posting this. I’m not 100%, yet, but things are looking up for me. I’m not back officially, but you might see a few more posts from me more frequently that aren’t just reblogs of other blogs stuff. Maybe, no promises unfortunately.
The Artstream will return at some point. I took a break originally because my friends were going back to school, and i wanted to give them time to settle in. The break was extended due to me trying to get my life more together. Also there was a lot of internal issues with me planning streams and not being able to attend them fully or delaying the start of them cause my life is the embodiment of chaos, and hopefully i can fix some of that. As for the Garfield and Friends stream, will that ever return? Probably not. The show was so generally decent that it was actually difficult to have the stream be funny cause it wasn't as hilariously weird as The Garfield Show. But who knows, maybe if i’m in the mood for some Garfield fun, i’ll stream it out of the blue some day.
A Special Thanks to all of those people who sent me questions! a lot of them were really good questions. I wanted to have a day where i cleared out my inbox and answered all of your questions. However, a lot of them involved some level of research and for the most part most of them are drafted out but none of them are final yet. I still wanna make a day of it but tbh, it might just be easier to answer one every couple of days. We will see how I approach this in the future.
And Lastly, I am one of the moderators on the Garfchat Discord server, run by DailyGarfield. If you want to see more of me, or just hang out with other members of the Garfield community, feel free to join up, but only do so if you are over the age of 17, and can follow the other rules put in place linked in the post! I’m normally quite busy, but I always try and check it at least 1-2 times a day.
So to repeat what I said above, Thank you sticking with me and supporting the blog even in my absence. and especially thank you for taking the time and caring enough  about the blog to read all this type! Hope to see you real soon with more content!
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sueticnoyabo · 5 years ago
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Dear followers and anybody else who came across my blog just recently, feel yourself free to check out some of my side blogs as well!✨
@sueticscollection - Here I'll be posting pictures of my collections. I'm collecting various fandom things but mostly I'm focusing on 80s/90s/2000s anime, manga and video games merchandise such as Pokemon, The Legend of Zelda, Ginga, Hellsing, Kuroshitsuji and many others.
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@hellsingultimateask - This is a blog where I mostly post or reblog Hellsing content. A lot of headcanons, prompts, memes, fan art and fanfiction reviews go here. Hellsing Ultimate Ask, along with Hellsing Ultimate Chat on Discord, is also a part of Hellsing Ultimate Fan-Club (HellsingUltimateFC) which is a casual fan group that I and some of my close friends have founded many years ago on DeviantArt.
Hanse and Zhaituki have left the fandom not so long ago so I'm pretty much all alone running this small circle here. It would be great to have some followers and asks from time to time as Hellsing is still being one of my favorite anime/manga series of all time and I'll be more than glad to discuss about it!😊
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@silverfangappreciation - The idea of Silver Fang Appreciation's content is pretty much the same as with Hellsing Ultimate Ask. In addition to Ginga though, I also post and reblog content from other Yoshihiro Takahashi's dog manga series such as Shiro Senshi Yamato, Kacchu no Senshi Gamu, Byakuren no Fang and many others.
Silver Fang Appreciation, unlike the other side blogs of mine doesn't have its own DeviantArt group or Discord server, because for the most of time I'm hanging out at Silver Fang Network's websites (@silverfangnetwork) and their own Discord server where the most of Ginga fans gather.
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@dwelleroftheblackfalls - Dweller of the Black Falls is a side blog where I post The Legend of Zelda content. Originally this blog started out as an ordinary RP/ask blog but was left unnoticed for many years. Just recently I ended up rehashing it into a simple fandom blog, just like good ol' Hellsing Ultimate Ask and Silver Fang Appreciation, than straight up deleting it.
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tarushipping · 8 years ago
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Hello to all my discord friends.
I'm sorry I'm no longer in the channel anymore, and I'm sure the mods will inform you as to why. For those of you that want a more thorough explanation, I think I've calmed down enough to write something out. While I can't speak for the others that were also kicked out, I can try to at least explain myself.
For the short of it, I was shipping with minors as an adult and under the new rule I was out. I...made very big mistakes and it's not something easy for me to think back on. My main regret is just not realizing what I was doing was wrong sooner.
That being said, I really enjoyed and came to love the community. Everyone is such creative, kind, generous, strong, loving, and passionate people and I can't express enough how thankful I was and still am for it. Thank you all so much for welcoming me and for giving me the support that's been really helping me these last few weeks.
I would still love to stay friends with any of you through here or private messages on discord! I understand if you're too uncomfortable to talk to me, and I don't want to make anyone feel that way. But otherwise, I would still love to support all you and your beautiful f/o’s. Please feel free to hit me up if you just wanna chat or anything or even if you'd like to let me know to leave you alone.
You guys are a great community and the mods do a good job keeping it safe. Thank you all again for everything.
For anyone wanting more in depth explanation, I'm placing it under the cut:
I'll try to...explain this as well as I can. I want to emphasize that this isn't an excuse for what I did.
I can't remember dates very well, but I stumbled upon the selfship discord channel almost a month ago I think. When I joined, I was notified very fast that mentioning selfshipping with a fictional minor while being an adult is against the code of conduct. I'd missed seeing the code of conduct because the discord app doesn't have a way to check pins that linked to it. Immediately I apologized and read it in full.
And I understood why it was against the rules. I just never thought about selfshipping with minors in a pedophilia context. And pedophilia is something I definitely don't agree with and the minors in the server didn't need to be exposed to that. Since that moment, I spent a while thinking it over.
I'd been into selfshipping for 10+ years at this point and most of that time was spent as a minor myself. I would occasionally find small pockets and corners of the internet where self insert fics existed and of course the OCxF/O fics. Otherwise, everywhere else shamed on it and I was always too embarrassed and afraid to really put much content out myself-much less have anyone to talk to about it. So I kept my fics and drawings to myself. I think the internet was a bit of a different place for selfshippers. It wasn't until last year that I saw any sort of selfship positivity (on tumblr) and slowly discovered others. I'd like to explain all that to help show how someone at my age, 23, hadn't even thought of this issue. I suppose I was just set on autopilot and kept doing the same thing as I did since I was in fifth grade.
I guess my mindset always saw these characters as first most fictional instead of minors. And there's plenty of series out there that draw/write minors as if they were adults. They always seemed to be just fictional characters in a separate world, but until I had read that rule, I started realizing they were fictional...but they were also children. And I felt gross about it.
Selfshipping is still something very close to me and has been a long time, so the shift of mindset didn't happen overnight. It took me a while of trying to figure out how I felt and what to do about it. I made no mention about all this on discord of course, and was too scared and nervous to really talk to anyone about it. On my personal tumblr blogs, I think a few minor shipping related posts were queued and posted during the first week of my time in the discord channel. I stopped minor shipping myself from that point on. At the very least, I didn't feel comfortable minor shipping while I felt gross about it. This last week I'd been debating if I should delete them off my blog entirely. Part of me figured it was all from a while ago and didn't reflect my current self anyway. I think I was scared to see those words I'd written before and acknowledge that I had said them.
While I was working, I'd missed some sort of chat about adults in the group shipping with minors. Myself included, of course. After work, I had gotten a message saying I was taken out of the channel because of my prior minor shipping. While I hadn't technically broken any rules, it was no longer in good conscious to let me and the others stay. And under the new rule, anyone known to ship with minors as an adult are out of the group.
It...hit me hard to say the least. I shakily attempted to explain myself better. I don't exactly blame the moderators for doing as they did. Trying to keep the channel safe for everyone, especially the minors is very important and I agree with the reasoning. Even now however, I don't think I was treated fairly either. I had been kicked out from the community without a discussion, warning, or even a chance to explain my now different view. I understand that what I had done before was wrong, but I thought I would have deserved...some sort of chance. During my time on the chat, I obeyed the rules and tried to pour the love I was receiving back into the community. I wanted to be involved with everything-having fun on voice chats, playing games outside of discord, writing prompts, fanart love, google docs. I loved everyone and their ships and wanted to support as much as I could.
But in the end, I don't think the mods knew me well enough to trust what I was saying as the truth. And they didn't want to risk exposing any minor shipping to any of the minors in the channel. While I think it might have been handled too severely (again, I'm only speaking for myself at least-I don't know the situations for anyone else), I don't disagree with the action itself.
I'm really sorry about what I've done in the past. I think I'm not the only one that's fallen into that sort of mindset, and I really would ask that you think critically about yourself. My biggest regret coming out of this is not having thought about this sooner. For not having the conviction and strength to delete those posts sooner. To realize sooner that what I was doing was wrong.
It's been a couple days, and it's been...really rough for me. But I know I'll be ok eventually, and at this moment I'm starting to try and feel hopeful again. It's been a great month hanging out with everyone on the channel, and I really can't say how thankful I am for the time. I've gotten so much support and I've been given much more confidence in my own selfshipping. Thank you all again.
While I will probably never be on the discord channel again, maybe I can still try and support the friends I did make during my time. I originally made my selfship blog to support other selfships/my selfships/selfshipping in general so I'll continue to try and do that. Selfshipping still makes me very happy and I want to try moving forward with the confidence that I was given and try and spread that feeling to others.
Thanks for reading all this though to the end, and if you’d still like to stay friends with me, I would love that. I understand if you'd rather not though and if we talked a lot before and would like to no longer do that, please feel free to let me know so I don't keep bothering you.
Thank you all again. I only wish the best for everyone.
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fallen-family-archive · 8 years ago
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Closing Up (Archive)
You know, I never really thought I’d be doing this, especially so soon.
Well, relatively speaking. I was expecting me to keep going for a bit longer. Things change though.
I shouldn’t make this too long because I’ll end up saying things I don’t mean or ret-conning stuff mid-type.
But I’m done with rping on Tumblr. It was nice, but I just don’t enjoy it anymore.
Let me specify this, however: I don’t hate rping in general.
It’s just that, as a person role playing, there are features and ways that these things work that prevents me from having fun.
The follower system is one. I’ve caught myself focusing way too much on that tiny number and it just brings up negative thoughts way too much. I shouldn’t be focusing on how many people really like my work, but instead those that I enjoy working with.
For me, RP’s are about having fun with those close to you. Tumblr helped me find those people, and just find people I enjoy being around, through the best and worst.
Not having images to use to describe your character is another. It feels like if you don’t use them, people aren’t going to rp with you on Tumblr. This is likely more of a personal gripe really.
I feel that Rping through servers on Discord, however, is more fit for me. I feel like I’ve found those groups that I like talking with and rping with and just being a goof with. Those servers give off the sensation I like about rps, and that they don’t have to follow a format and be all business. I know there is ‘shitposting’, but that still feels like that your public opinion basically plummets if you make one error. It does not feel like it is about enjoyment, it feels like you need to conform to a certain style to be able to enjoy yourself. And if you don’t follow these things, then it feels like you miss out on a lot of opportunities.
I also feel as if just about every other month, there’s some kind of argument on here about some kind of minute detail. And it usually deals with what people have for a headcanon. 
Undertale is likely the most freeform game when it comes to a character’s likes, dislikes, past and future that I have played. The rules of the world are very open. It was designed to where you can interpret things so wildly different from someone else that it’s no surprise there are so many AU’s for it.
But please don’t start spitting shade because you think someone is one way, and someone else thinks it’s another way. Or if you generally just dislike their character. Or if you dislike someone’s ship. You all can be civil, discuss it as such.
There’s also the issue of that college is becoming a bit tighter, so I don’t have as much time to fuss about small formatting details or worry about multiple people’s canons as I did when I started.
So, in short, to those I’ve left hanging on their RPs ( @onewithoutpurpose @amphibiotic , @underveils , and @ask-dogi to name a few) I apologize. I’m kind of stealing an opportunity for you to develop your character further in a public setting.
IF you want to possibly continue those rps that are on Tumblr, feel free to hit me up through the DM, or if you know me on Discord. I’d be fine to continue those through discord or some other rp chat room thing, and you can post the results on your blog if you so wish.
To those that enjoyed the actual content that I put out, I’m glad you did. I hope I provided some entertainment of at least mediocre.
Now, for the future of this blog: Yes, it will be archived. As soon as I figure out how to do that (This was the first ever blog I made, and the only one I’m needing to archive). But the ‘about’ page is still subject to change, since I’m still playing Matt on other platforms. I need a way to show those I’m rping the info they’ll need, especially since he can still change. I’m unfortunately finicky.
And at some point, I’ll have a post that will give my last message out and one that gives callouts to other blogs I think you should check out, as well as my personal opinions on them. 
Hope you all have a wonderful day/night. And thank you for having me.
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monstersandmaw · 5 years ago
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This was a commission for someone who appears to have infinite patience, so thank you very much for hanging on in there for so many months. I’m sorry, and I hope you enjoy this at last… Also, yes, another 'free' preview/early release in November...
It's the 'prequel' to the story with Adan, the Argonian-inspired marine iguana, and which you can find on Tumblr here. I don't think you really need to have read it to enjoy this one, but it might help a bit.
You can catch up on all my Fae Realm related posts and stories here, but again, you don't need to in order to enjoy this. I hope.
Jaerhin - Prince of the Court of Fire aesthetic and info
Inikeira - Princess of the Court of Air aesthetic and info
'Poster boy' for the Fae Realm doodle
Fae Courts - 'wiki' style info post
Ystlynn - younger son of the Court of Spring, aesthetic and info
Cirdan - Prince of the Court of Winter, drawing and Fae Realm info
Fae seer/priest aesthetic, ideas, and fae world concepts
Content: serious injury to male character towards the beginning but it’s brief and not described in too much detail. Fluff, a dose of angst, and some more fluff. Sfw, with the odd touch/kiss. Word count: 9,385
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Preview:
The tranquillity of the waves lapping the shore always soothed her on a level she couldn’t quite articulate. Moving away from the city in her early twenties, leaving it all behind for a quieter life atop the cliffs where she could gather herbs and tend to the folks who needed it had been rewarding, for sure, but the sharp ache of loneliness did still lance through her every now and again.
Perhaps if someone came along one day who caught her eye, then she might go along with it, but for now Ellen was content enough with her books and her herbs and her remedies. The small flock of chatty chickens, all too fond of the sound of their own clucking voices, and the near-silent stray black cat who had more recently adopted her, were enough company for the time being.
Gathering samphire in the wake of the retreating tide one early summer morning, just as the sun was starting to peek above the glass-perfect horizon, a splash from a rock pool up ahead caught her attention and she stood up straight from her task to see a figure slumped on his front over a rock in the shallows.
Her eyes widened and her heart leapt into her mouth at the sight of him, and she thought for an awful moment that he was dead. His skin was glacially pale, like finest marble, and his hair was long and dark, spilling down over his shoulders and back, sticking to his skin like seaweed. He was completely naked, but as she stared openly at him, shocked into a stupor by his beauty and his unexpected presence, she noticed the harpoon sticking out of his back and she covered her mouth with one hand.
The basket of freshly-gathered seaweed completely forgotten, she raced over to him, the toes of her bare feet digging into the wet sand as she flew to him. He tilted his face up a little at her arrival, his gaze vague and his irises so black that she almost couldn’t make out his pupils. The harpoon was lodged in his back, mercifully well clear of his spine, but it was obvious that he’d been shot from behind. It had missed everything important but was still lodged in the muscle of his back. The water had washed a lot of the blood away, but from the looks of him, he didn’t have much left in him.
“Easy,” she said, trying not to panic. “I’m going to help you, alright? I’m a physician. Stay put, and I’ll be right back.” With that, she didn’t linger long enough to hear if he made any response, and turned and ran at full tilt back towards the cliffs and the winding, switchback path that would lead to her wooden hut.
Her lungs burned as she scrabbled up the last stretch, her muscles searing and cramping from the sudden exertion, but she pushed herself on, only daring to catch her breath when she reached her front door and burst inside. Grabbing the necessary supplies from various cupboards and shelves and stuffing them into another basket, Ellen took a few steadying breaths before hurtling back down to the beach.
“Please don’t be dead, please don’t be dead,” she chanted over and over as she ran back to him.
He hadn’t moved and for a horrible moment she thought that he had slipped away, but when he gave a shuddering gasp, his fingertips just twitching slightly, relief washed through her.
It took a long time to tend to him, and in less than ideal conditions. The water and alcohol she used to clean the wound would have to be sufficient, and mercifully he passed out when she had only just begun to remove the harpoon’s barbed tip. It was a cruel weapon, made for latching into the flesh of dolphins and sharks which would then be hauled out of the water, and shipped off to where the nobility of the inland cities would consume them on laden tables, attended by servants and entertained by captive fae on iron chains. The sight of the weapon disgusted her but she hadn’t time to focus on that. He needed stitching up, and she was damned if she was going to let him die on her now.
It should have occurred to her that any ordinary human being would never have survived such injuries, but Ellen was so focused on the immediate task of saving his life that the thought never crossed her racing mind.
When she could do no more for him, she leaned back, exhausted, and glanced to her right and saw that the tide was creeping back in towards the wide, sandy cove.
“How the hell am I going to get you up the cliff?” she mused aloud, stroking his long hair back from his beautiful face; the long strands were encrusted here and there with salt and she picked them loose while she mulled it over. He looked tired and strained, with dark circles under his eyes, and he looked more than a bit undernourished, but he was undeniably beautiful. Ellen removed her thick woollen cloak and laid it over his slender shoulders, spreading it down his back to try and keep him warm and give him a bit of dignity for the time being.
As if summoned back to consciousness by her touch, his eyelids fluttered, long lashes dancing like butterfly wings on his pale, bruised-looking skin. He looked up at her from where he was still slumped over the smooth rock beneath him and tried to move.
“Shh, steady,” she smiled, easing back a little so that he didn’t have to strain himself to look up at her. “That was quite the injury… Don’t move too much just yet.”
“Where am I?” he croaked, his rough voice like a handful of grit in his mouth. “You’re… You’re…” but whatever he was going to say, he cut himself off and looked around apprehensively, his eyes wide with obvious horror.  
“Easy,” she said, trying to reassure the strange man. “I’ll need you to move in a minute because the tide is coming in. Do you think you can stand?”
He took an experimental draw of his lungs, winced, but then nodded.
“I’ll help you.”
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