#I'll keep posting old things until I come up with a super cool art

[lovalyerian]

Ralsei: You know Kris... It's great that we can spend time like this.

Just me and you...

And Susie… and Lancer… and that comically large cannon they found somewhere.

Everything is great, everything is perfect...

Susie: WATCH YOUR HEAD-

[dany36]

well, i did it! i finished the main story for granblue fantasy: relink :) junk thoughts below (with spoilers)!

first, the things i liked!

the gameplay. i love love love how dynamic and fast-paced it is! i'm boring and my main character throughout the entire playthrough was djeeta: i tried playing as katalina but idk lol i think i was just too used to djeeta to fully switch to her. plus i think her CPU does a much better job of playing as her. when i played as io during one of her sidequests was also pretty fun but i just had to stick with djeeta! leveling up her Artes and then going ham on enemies with them all leveled up never got old. also doing link attacks and skybound arts is soooo satisfying, especially when it would deal the final blow to a boss! i have to admit at first it took me a while to get the hang of it, especially dodging/blocking enemy attacks and i kept going into critical condition or whatever, but once i got better at it, doing quests and fighting bosses was something i would really look forward to.

the bosses. ok i gotta say, granblue fantasy:relink has some of the best boss fights in a video game i've ever played. i mentioned it in my previous posts but i swear almost each boss had a different interesting gimmick instead of it just being "keep attacking until it's dead". i think my favorites were excavillion, when you fight the machines using rolan, fighting as bahamut, and of course the final battle where you're trying to rescue Id. like the boss battles were just so insane and a lot of stuff would be happening at once especially when they'd go into overdrive, but running around jumping trying to evade their attacks, although intense, is part of the fun of these battles!! idk i'm just really impressed with how dynamic these boss battles were and just gotta say hats off to the team that designed them, just super fun and satisfying to play through.

main character selection. ok as someone completely new to the series and not having looked up anything about this game beforehand other than what i saw in the official trailer shown in one of the state of plays, i had no idea you could choose the gender of the main character, so this was a pleasant surprise! i mean, other than her atrocious first outfit before you get to chapter 4 or whatever it is when you get your real armor, it's cool that you can just decide what gender your character is cus i mean, it doesn't really affect the story in any way so at least i'm not stuck with the default silent male protagonist :P

the music. coming from having played the last few entries of the tales of games, it was definitely great to hear some music that actually makes me feel something and isn't just background noise. i'll have to give the full OST a proper listen without me being distracted with a fight, but yeah for sure looking forward to reliving the experience with the music! edit: ok now that i'm listening to the OST with headphones on i can honestly say this is one of the best video game soundtracks i've ever heard in a game. like, i knew it was good and i knew there were some bangers in there but my god i just wasn't paying enough attention to it because i was too focused on the battles. like yeah the folca theme and the first forest section you entered i remembered being so good but like. excavillion primal III. managarmr primal II. seedhollow castle battle. ruined city vallion battle. and i'm not even done yet. what the hell what the hell the OST alone is enough to make this into a fantastic game holy shit.

post-ending content?? ok i only did the first quest as Id but i thought it was cool that, although the main story only took me 19 hours to complete, it looks like there is a LOT left to do as part of picking up where rolan left off + new quests?? plus i still need to finish the side chapters for the characters i'm interested in, so yeah, even though i finished the main story, there's still much to do!

rolan. what a cool chill dude. i mentioned in my post that i thought it was really neat how he turned out to be one of the most powerful characters in the game (i thought he was going to betray us or something), and was so sad when he first "dissolves" when fighting angra. i thought it was Id who was going to be sacrificed at the end but, glad that Id joins the party even if that means that rolan is now...floating in between dimensions or whatever. but don't worry, we will save you, mr fix it dude!

the story. again, as someone completely new to the series, i think the game did a pretty good job at catching you up with what happened in the previous game and giving you the background story of each of the crew members that are already there. and even so, the main story that develops throughout the game was interesting enough to keep me hooked. i mean it's nothing out of this world like i'm used to with other JRPGs i've played: there wasn't really any character development other than Id and MAYBE Rolan (Zathba also?? idk), since the crew that you're traveling have already traveled together in the previous game so they all know each other and whatever development had to happen happened in the first game (from what I understand), so i mean, i guess that was also different but can't complain too much since it looks like this game was born from a mobile game.

ok just something i thought was cool was in the final battles where your former enemies (i forget their names...it's the sword lady and the huge dude) join you in the fight and THEN zathba + other people you helped along the way bring their ships and help you against angra...like...damn, that shit was cool! another instance of these boss battle keeping it interesting!!

and now....for the things i didn't particularly like + other misc. thoughts.

the character side chapters. ok i think the first two or so of each starting character are great for catching up us newcomers, but then after that....idk, i wasn't really interested in the story that they'd be trying to tell. like, i know i'm not done with all of the chapters for any of the characters, so my mind might still change, but so far, not really impressed lol. they aren't really engaging enough for me yet and can...actually be quite boring with the storytelling! but oh well, we'll see if my mind changes once i'm done with the starting characters quests!

the overworld. i can't say i really missed having an overworld that would connect all of the levels. thinking back, most of the overworlds of other JRPGs i've played are quite boring to traverse through and the only reason you go through them is for treasure or finding new armor, which here in granblue you get them through quests. so, while not having an overworld is not something i'm used to, i'd say for this game it was fine not to have it.

the town sidequests. i mean, they're your typical fetch sidequests/defeat X monsters which don't really involve any interesting engagement with the NPCs that are requesting your help, so i'm a bit disappointed that that's all these sidequests are instead of something a bit more appealing.

the characters talking during boss fights. A LOT. like, i decided to play it in japanese and man, sometimes it'd be hard to keep up with what they were saying + paying attention to what's going on in the battlefield. especially in the last battle lol rolan was going on and on about...idk SOMETHING and i'm out here trying to stop Versa from fucking destroying the world haha. i mean just a minor nitpick but yeah

ok this is getting longer than i thought it would lol but despite the few negatives there at the end, i gotta say, i'm now a fan! i DOUBT i'll play the first granblue since...it looks like it's a turn-based game and i am terrible at those, but i'm really looking forward to where the series goes from here! i'm glad i decided to pick this up and kinda regret not getting the deluxe edition lol but oh well! there's always next time! :) but heck yeah, just overall had a pretty damn good time and can't wait to do more quests!

[yors-truly]

YAY INTRO POST!!

Rewriting this because my first draft was super messy lol!

NOW, WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?

Hi, hello, and greetings! My codename is Tru (other things you can call me are Aster and Astro, and maybe Hue but I have an OC named Hue so I might get confuzzled). I am an afro-irish girl who currently goes by she/they pronouns, and I love love LOVE writing and illustrating (I do both traditional and digital art). Because I love those things so much, I decided to make this account, with my main/personal being @randomdidsomething (no longer active). Currently looking for some cool moots in the creative sphere, have you be a fellow writer, traditional/digital artist, screenwriter, animator, etc., or just a jack of all trades :)

NICE TO MEET YOU! WHAT DO YOU POST?

Very good question! As of now, this blog is just my journey in personal growth within the sphere of art and general creative works. I'm very passionate about my original stuff right now, and I'm currently working on an animated series called "Beyond Time and Space," which is a fantasy, portal world, coming of age adventure. More on that another day because I'm still trying to figure out how I can talk about it without going off the rails about why I love it so much :) In other words, expect most of my posts to also be w.i.p.s and fanart of that.

OKAY. UH, ANYTHING THAT INTERESTS YOU?

As said before, I'm very much into original art in general, but what type of art specifically piques my interest? A good old mix of fantasy and sci-fi is something I will always love to see, especially if they're together. Give me something about a techno-magic alliance and I will EAT THAT UP! Nothing is better than good old robots and wizards being pals :) (also anything featuring minority characters, like I'll lap that stuff up, buddy boy, yum yum)

My interests do tend to fluctuate, though. One moment I'll be into both, another moment just one, and the next I'll be into neither of them but rather the psychology of the human condition. It really just depends.

Fandom-wise, I'd generally consider myself multifandom, or just out of fandoms in general. Some would consider me part of the Disney sphere (or as I like to call it, "Gisnep"), others see me as a huge transformers fan (and don't get them wrong, I definitely am), but I actually haven't been indulging in those things for a VERY long while now (at least up until 2023). The only fandom I've been consistent with as of recent is the object show community, and that's only because my brother's in it.

HEY, THIS IS REALLY DRAGGING OUT. FINAL THOUGHTS BEFORE I ASK YOU POLITELY TO SHUT UP?

Sorry, sorry. I get that from my father.

To wrap this up, here are some other places you can find me...

My main account (as stated before): @randomdidsomething (no longer active)

My new YouTube channel, which covers the same purpose of this blog

You can find me on Twitter @/RandomDS1...

... on Instagram @/hue_ships...

... on Wattpad (I guess, I don't really post there anymore but I still use it) @/RandomWritesStuff

... on my fandom side blog @a-tru-fan

... and via the Beyond Time and Space blog, @lotus-btas

... as well as my tags!

art tag: #huesterdribbles

traditonal art tag: #huesterdribblesT

digital art tag: #huesterdribblesD

writing tag: #huesterwribbles

literally me talking out of my butt tag: #huestersvoid

reblogged stuff I like: #huestersfaves

Story tags:

#Beyond Time and Space

#BTaS wip

#BTaS art

#BTaS writing

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Alright, that's it! Thanks for reading and keep being creative! <3

If you have any questions regarding ANYTHING, like EVER, feel free to reach out!

[pbandjesse]

I had a really hard time sleeping last night. And I migraine got really really bad after I did my post. And James came over and I could barely talk I was so nauseous and in so much pain. It was awful. Eventually subsided enough that I could talk. And we hung out for a bit. Watch videos and I tried just to feel better. But my back still really hurt and it made Sleeping really difficult. I actually don't remember falling asleep. James must have turned off the light. I was just too much of a mess.

It woke up in the middle of the night because I was having really crazy dreams again. And I stretched for a bit and that helped let me sleep a little bit better. But then I just had wild dreams. So I woke up pretty tired.

Me and James woke up around 9 and stayed in bed for a while. Eventually though we got up and I went to get dressed. And James made the bed and then went to start breakfast. He made us hash browns and attempted to make me an omelette. Which was pretty good. He's getting better at it.

He stayed for a while. But he left to go home and have a bigger brunch and get coffee. And I decided I wanted to lay down. I sort of half napped for an hour. But I woke up feeling super disoriented and dizzy. I just wanted to go back to bed so badly but I had to go to work. I enticed myself to leave with the promise of donuts at 7-Eleven.

I also stretched. That always helps.

I got myself and Chelsi a donut. We both had hard days yesterday. And I just thought it would be a nice surprise. And she was very excited so that felt good.

I forgot my charger again. I was really mad at myself this time because I have a second backup battery and I just didn't grab it. I didn't think about it. So my phone was dead by the time I got to the bus on the way home. And I barely used it. I mean I watched a bunch of Judge Judy in my supplies hour in the beginning but still!

Today was actually a lot of fun. There's a lot of craziness in the hallway when I went to pick up the kids. But I got everyone upstairs and they finish up their mother's day cards. I feel like the worst child because I haven't put in as much effort as I wish I could have. I just love my mom so much and I want her to feel appreciated. Everything is just been a lot lately and I'm going to spend my day off tomorrow working on art stuff. And some of that art stuff will hopefully be Mother's Day related.

We went out for recess and I was very tired. So I mostly just watch the kids. And dinner was fine. Nothing that exciting. Our time was really fun though.

I had all seven of the boys today. And we went out to the field and we did the rock paper scissor thing again to decide who would start first. And Michael's team got to go first. And his movie is easier to film so that was great. Having the two other boys in it definitely made it more rough-and-tumble. They don't understand the concept of movie fights being fake fights. Andre tried to convince me that movie fights were real because sometimes they bleed. And I had to break the news to him that that was not real. They were full-on running and jumping on each other. Knocking each other over. I felt like I was filming a WorldStar video or like bum fights. Nobody got hurt but still.

The second one was harder to fill them because it's basically fortnite fanfiction. And I don't know or care enough about fortnite. I was able to follow long enough but they kept saying like we're at the volcano and I'm like okay but what are we doing. And eventually I just had to say okay now everyone's dad. Or at least the bad guys are dead and I never wanted to be like no I killed this other guy and I'm like no you're the bad guy we're not having the bad guys win. It wasn't even his film. He was an extra. So he started pouting and went and sat in the field. But we got a lot done and I'm very happy with them.

We finished up and met the other group and went inside. And some of the girls worked on their cards while the other half of the girls played a game in the hallway. And the boys worked on some dialogue for chelsi to put on the screen since the movies are going to be mostly silent. It was very very productive and that felt really cool.

We finished up in the kids got picked up quickly. But I miss the 5:30 bus and the next bus didn't come until almost 6:10. And my phone was completely dead. I was just very tired and having trouble keeping my eyes open sitting at the bus. But eventually it came and I got home around 6:30.

Sabrina came down from upstairs to return my Swiffer she borrowed. And I made dinner. And really I've just been hanging out. Just sent me a letter in the mail that had a whole bunch of cool patches in it. And I took all the patches off my backpack and put the new ones on and rearrange the old ones. I've been doing laundry. I just did all my towels because I have no clean ones. I'll do my clothes on Sunday. Wait till I have a bigger load I suppose. I have to go get my towels out of the dryer now. And then I'm going to get ready for bed.

I have most of the day off tomorrow. I have my last Science Center shift of the season at 6. But for the rest of the day I plan on cleaning my apartment and making art. I may also start bringing some stuff upstairs since me and James are going to be moving things to his apartment and his parents house on Sunday. But really I just wanted to be a nice art day. I want to take at least one nap. And I just want to feel rested by the end of it. I'm looking forward to the Science Center though. And I hope you all have a great night tonight. Sleep well everyone.

[rai-knightshade-art]

Mac Ever After Metas

(With a bonus Lily Story doll of Bradán!)

(Warning: long post)

Don't have any art at the moment so here's some metas I had for the Mac x Ever After High crossover au I've been playing with, divided into Character Metas and Story Metas. Enjoy!

Character Metas

Macgyver characters at EAH:

Mac: Professor Angus Mac Cumhaill (pronounced mack-cool), the latest Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Science and Spells teacher at EAH. Has received several warnings over "accidentally" blowing up parts of his lab (infinite wisdom but he's still kinda a dumbass). Is generally the preferred science teacher of the students. Is also nicknamed Blondie, presumably for the irony (because Fionn just means light haired).

Jack: Sir Jack Dinadan, the latest Sir Dinadan of Arthurian legend. He runs a home security business located in Bookend that serves many of the area's royalty. There's rumors that he's the mysterious "boyfriend" that Professor Mac has mentioned in passing but no student has ever seen. Got turned into a stag once, did not enjoy it, Mac just laughed at him.

Riley: professor of experimental fairy math by day, white hat hacker by night. The next Paul Bunyan (she hacks trees). Was previously rumored to be dating professor Mac before he put the rumor to rest and mentioned the infamous boyfriend. She helps Jack with his business by testing security systems for their hackability

Bozer: Drama teacher, professor Mac's best friend, role unknown. He's the faculty advisor for the costume department during play/musical season. Might be Dr. Coppelius??

Matty: advisor to the Royal Student Council by day, leader of the Phoenix Round Table team by night. The current Goll Mac Morna (aka the guy who killed Fionn's dad) with the Phoenix as the Fianna. She's actually still in charge even though it should technically be Mac cause of the story but he wants to be in the field more than he wants to be the leader at HQ (Oversight doesn't exist in this one cause he actually did get killed and instead Sam and Desi taught Mac how to improvise).

Sam: witchness management 101 teacher, is Druid mom from Fionn Mac Cumhaill (played more of a protective older sister role in this telling)

Leanna: creative storytelling teacher, Bozer's girlfriend, role unknown

Desi: works at Jack's security firm, is Warrior mom from Fionn Mac Cumhaill (played more of a protective older sister role in this telling)

Murdoc as that one bad dude that cursed Fionn's wife? Fer Doirich? Maybe? Plot twist he's the one that cursed Jack temporarily ("When I said I was going stag tHIS ISNT WHAT I MEANT MURDOC!")

Nikki: offscreen character cause she already completed her role as Sadhbh and got turned back into a deer, was in love with Mac but left to complete her story and because she wasn't ready for the married life (which. Fair enough I suppose)

Bradán: Mac and Nikki's kid aka the next Oisín; he showed up in the Enchanted Forest one day while Mac was gathering potion ingredients. Approx. 7 years old (Nikki left about 8 years in the past and he would have been born sometime in that first year) and more than a little feral but he's learning. Can escape pretty much anything (Jack wants to put a bell on him cause he keeps escaping to visit Mac). Is learning English and asl congruently because he wasn't really taught how to speak before coming to Mac.

Some Dialogue Snippets:

Mac: No Brady you can't have a knife, they're dangerous.

Brady: but daaaddd! Papa Jack says you gave a knife to a monkey once!

Mac: one) that was a monkey, if it gets hurt it doesn't matter as much to me as if you get hurt, and two) that was a Swiss army knife. You had a SHIV. One of those is significantly more dangerous than the other in your hands

Mac: Brady you really need to stop ditching Jack; he knows I don't mind you visiting me, he'll bring you over if you want him to.

Brady: yeah but sneaking out is more fun!

Mac: *sigh* I know but you're gonna give him a heart attack one of these days and then he won't give either of us cuddles

Brady: ....no Papa Jack cuddles?

Mac: nope

Brady: ....ok maybe I'll let him bring me over

Mac: that's my boy. Now let's blow some stuff up

Brady: YAY!!!

Alternately--

Mac: stop that

Brady: shan't

Story Metas:

(or, how the plot of Mac Ever After goes)

Slice of life story featuring Mac finding Bradán and learning how to raise him, but before we reach the end--psych! This is still action adventure and now eah is under attack. Again. Not sure on a villain yet, maybe Captain Hook? Murdoc as Mac's villain gone hardcore? Not a wonderlandian again there's been too many. Anyways the school's under attack and now Mac and Jack have to do their thing (probly with help from Riley and the others from outside) and save all the students, teachers, themselves and Brady. The students get out with the help of Arion's little magic pool (portals are closed but the villain didn't realize this one existed and so didn't think to check if it was closed) and the power of merpeople kisses (Arion and the other mers kiss each non-aquatic student so they can breathe underwater; Tempis goes first as a guinea pig and so she can warn Pacifica that they're coming cause the telescreen is down). Meanwhile the teachers are fighting goons, Mac's improvising and Jack's guarding the kids. But towards the trail end of the kids suddenly they get attacked and Brady gets taken by the villain themself, with Jack helpless to stop it. (Cue super emotional moment where for the first time Brady calls Jack Papa but it's while he's being torn kicking and screaming from the man himself.) Mac comes in immediately after to find several very shaken up kids (who he tells to continue leaving and not to stop until every last kid is out) and a distraught Jack. Cue another emotional moment where Mac affirms that Jack isn't at fault for Brady's kidnapping and that he IS Brady's Papa just as much as Mac is the kid's Dad. They vow to get their kid back by any means necessary and start making a plan while the other kids continue leaving. Arion and Anteros are the last to leave, with a passionate life-affirming kiss of course, so now it's just the teachers, the villain/minions, and Bradán caught in the middle of it all. All the teachers plus Jack bind together and come up with a plan that involves several distractions, more than a few explosions, and Mac and Jack personally fighting the villain, which they do and succeed. Now cue the heart warming moment when they gather Brady in their arms and just. Just hold him. Their little family has been through a lot in a few hours it's what they deserve. They then go to work fixing the comm room so they can start sending messages, starting with Pacifica and then extending to the families of the students.

Meanwhile speaking of Pacifica, Tempis arrives breathless to tell King Aeolus about the attack and the mass of teenagers coming for the kingdom, to which he responds by immediately making accommodations for all of them. Arion meanwhile leads everyone home, where they're welcomed warmly and given temporary tails by the court alchemists so they'll be a little more comfortable. Arion finds and hugs his dad and stepmom tightly, needing the comfort (they've all been through an ordeal and his parents are right there, can you blame him?), and then sheepishly introduces his boyfriend to them for the first time (possible subplot from earlier about meeting the parents). Soon the telescreen crackles to life and shows Mac and Jack with Brady, banged up but grinning in relief that the fight is over and that comms are back up. They explain the situation, when it should be close to resolved, and thank the king profusely, to which he informs them that HE should be thanking THEM for sending his son back home safely to him. Everyone's happy and relieved to be safe and go back to ever after high and the day is saves thanks to the Powerpuff girls--wait. Wrong show.

(explanation available upon request for those who don't know the backstory and stuff for my Ever After High OC's. Or ever after high in general.)