#bestiefest

[narbevoguel]

Aroaceptember day 3: more bestiefest.

I was very reluctant to post about these characters in particular, because romance is involved in a way, but not between them. But I'll try to make a more general post about it (it'll make sense as you read it, trust me, I just like to ramble about this and I don't want to make multiple days about the same game).

I am talking of course, about Cremia and Anju.

It is no secret to everybody that the game strongly implies she has a crush on Kafei (Anju's fiancee), and the wording has some people think that she has feelings for her best friend instead, but once again, I think that just diminishes the value of true friendship two people can have. She introduces Anju as her friend, and shows some concern about her wedding, as she points out that the Moon looks way bigger than before.

There's also rumors among people that say he must have eloped with Cremia instead, rumors that must have caught up to her at some point because she does show some annoyance at being asked about his whereabouts, while it could be because her relationship with Madame Aroma might not be the greatest (the dialogue here kinda has a weird tone to it), it could also be because she might not be very happy about one of her friends being gone like that and making her other friend worry. After all, she does talk to you about Anju, but never about Kafei, she says it's 'her [Anju] wedding', not both her friends' wedding. To me this woman values her friendship with Anju way more than any romantic feelings she might have for her friend's partner, not giving a crap about what others have to say (she is busy going through some bad stuff, after all), and devoting what little time she has left for her sister (it always seemed to me that Cremia seems to be the only character that acknowledges that no matter how far they're from Clock Town, the Moon will destroy all of Termina).

While I'm at it, I would also like to address Kafei for a brief while, he seems too much of a proud man, reluctant to ask for help in his moment of need, and as a result, gets people gossiping about crap that doesn't concern them, not to mention he doesn't even tell his friend, the Curiosity Shop Man, about his problems, he only does at last minute, much to his friend's surprise. Is not that he didn't value the friendship, after all the Curiosity Shop Man mentions that he didn't know Kafei would keep a gift he gave him many years back for so long, and took care of it so well, but I believe he is a lesson in this game that sometimes we have to reach out to our friends in our time of need, and this is evident in the quest itself, the only reason Kafei succeeds is because you, the player, help him out.

Not to mention that sometimes, we might find people out there that appreciate our company or don't mind it to the point they might have a level of understanding no one else can.

Out of all the people that know him, this guy is the only one that understands him better than most, and doesn't judge him. We gotta hold those people close to us.

I wanted to bring up Majora's Mask in general because people seem to think the game is just a dark one, but it is not, is the dark tones that emphasize the real themes of the game: (not necessarily romantic) love and friendship, most of these themes are shown in friends struggling to communicate or understand each other (Kafei and his friends), friends unable to help one another (Cremia and Anju), people who care about their families that would do the utmost for them (Madame Aroma staying back in town, despite is certain demise in the case she can see her son one last time, the Butler's hopeful wait to see his son again, Mutoh and Dotour's mutual concern for their families, Cremia wanting to do nothing but spend time with the only family she has left, Pamela doing her best to protect her father, even though he's become a partial monster, Gorman leaving his brothers' behind to become successful), friends who are willing to sacrifice themselves for their loved ones (Darmani doing the best he can for his own people, even at the cost of his own life); if you ever replay this game or play it for the first time, keep this theme in mind, and observe the world around you. Even less interactable characters have the very same lesson to teach you, in a way:

Heck, this entire game is about friends always being there for you no matter what, most of its premise is that the Skull Kid thought his friends had abandoned him and were mad at him when it wasn't the case.

[arkon-z]

Inaugural Aroaceptember post!

Aroaces are very underrepresented in media. If I were to only feature aroace characters in these posts, I'd run out of them before the month was over. So instead, I'm going to highlight my favorite friendships that I see in different works. Starting with:

Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres from Star Trek: Voyager!

Harry and B'Elanna are the most unlikely of friends. Harry is a young, green Ensign, fresh out of the Academy, while B'Elanna's attitude and disdain for the rules got her expelled from it in her third year. They don't seem like they have anything in common, except that they both woke up as experiments for the Caretaker.

They had to rely on each other to survive, and have been friends ever since. Over the entire run of the show, they stayed close. I'm sure there are shippers out there who put them together*, but that was never their dynamic in the show. B'Elanna had Tom, and Harry had his fiance back in the Alpha Quadrant, so canonically, they weren't available to be partners for each other, but that's fine. That's not their relationship.

(This is an unclear pic, but they're hugging. "Muse"- Season 6)

They care deeply about each other, and that's all. B'Elanna teases Harry for being uptight or falling for the alien girl of the week, and Harry takes it in stride. In turn, he respects her as person and as an engineer, and sees her for who she is, and not what people assume she's like. She doesn't have to be defensive around him; she can be herself. She has a level of trust with him that she doesn't quite have with Tom, and that's saying something.

Man, just writing this up made me realize how much I love this dynamic. I always knew I liked it, but now that I managed to put it into words, I finally understand why I like it so much.

So there you have it: Harry and B'Elanna, Space Besties. Kudos for the show writers for treating their friendship with the respect it deserves.

*I read part of a story for a licensed novel AU where B'Elanna and Harry got together after Tom was killed in an attack and it was so jarring and out of character that I couldn't stop thinking about it for almost a week. I never finished that novel.

[angelcloves]

hey everyone ! my birthday is coming up at the end of june ! come and celebrate with me by engaging in my little art week called #bestiefest ! you can do anything you want for these and you certanly dont have to do all seven prompts but ill probably be filling all seven just because i think its fun to write the first thing that comes to mind when i see a word yknow ? anyways heres your prompts

6/20 - decisive

6/21 - rude

6/22 - paperback

6/23 - benefits

6/24 - metallic

6/25 - celestial

6/26 - academy

[runemyth0]

With the prompt "surprise", there's really only one idea that popped into my head. I just hope I didn't forget anyone...

[angelcloves]

thank u for the tag!!!!!!

basilisks 3

bunny island

harpy hunter

hunter sickfic

heres ur preview for. idk. one of them

“What are you doing?” Eda asked, raising an eyebrow at Raine as they approached Hunter’s room with their viola in hand.

“He likes soft music,” they said with a tender smile. “I figured I’d help him get off to sleep with a little lullaby.”

open tags <3

wip weekend!

tagged by the lovely @el-fandom-birb

rules:

post up to five (5) file names of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to post.

after you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. you must then write 3 sentences in that file

that’s it! you can invite others to join in or just post

wips!

Timber week day 7 - meeting

stonathan week day 1 - scoops ahoy

twaf (huntlow)

that’s what you get when you your heart win (ronance)

wenclair oneshot

snippet!

He’s used to being tired, honestly. When he was younger, when he’d gotten his first ‘assignment’ from the king. He’d felt so proud, so ready to take on the challenge that he’d spent every waking moment studying. Every waking moment turned into every moment he could force himself to stay awake. He’d been oh-so tired, so ready for a rest, but it had all been worth it to see the satisfaction on the king’s face, to hear the sweetly rare song of praise. Hunter had been ready to work over and over again to feel the same sort of sense of worth, to make himself worthy of his uncle’s time, to make himself worthy of the empire itself.  (He was seven)

tagging (some of) my wonderful writer friends!

@haystarlight @imhumanguysiswear @stealing-ur-wife @angelcloves @smokestarrules @weirdo09

[blackyote]

Written as part of @angelcloves' 2023 bestiefest!

Happy birthday, Charlotte!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[fruityfourgalore]

rae

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momg

you have ruined me with teen wolf feels

[katillac]

this weekend is going to be the best. what makes it even better is that Nicole accidentally sent it to her Aunt Liz instead of Our Liz

[narbevoguel]

Day 2 of Aroaceptember

For this one, I wanted to talk about another character dynamic I liked a lot in the LoZ series, specifically in BotW/AoC:

Her relationship with Zelda has got to be one of the cutest elements of these games. She treats Zelda as if she were her own daughter, being close friends with the late queen, you can see how she could have developed these maternal feelings for little Zelda. And it's the only character that seems to understand what Zelda herself goes through emotionally, why she works herself so hard, and why she feels some sort of animosity towards Link early on. Like a mother that can tell something's wrong with her child, she needs no special powers to tell what's wrong with a dear friend of hers.

[narbevoguel]

Day 1 of Aroaceptember: Bestiefest.

I'm counting this as day 1 because the power outages didn't let me draw much yesterday, and then got distracted by Big Run, so I'll make up for it by adding another day. ANYWAY.

With the recent Deep Cut debacle, I'd like to open it up with a piece I really like, which you can find here.

People jumped to all kinda of conclusions with that song, either they were all dating and Big Man cheated on the girls, or they really got mad and were abusive to him, or anything that fueled angst, which is not the true dynamic of Deep Cut. These trio grew up together, have been friends since they were very young, heck, they live together, that's how close they are to each other. People must remember that before they are bandmates, before they are bandits, they're friends, heck not just friends, the bestest of friends, and they don't let anything get in the way of their friendship.

[narbevoguel]

I've always wondered why Aroace peeps feel excluded, when there's lots of cool friendships in media out there. But the more I interact with people across communities, I realize why they feel excluded, especially among their own LGBT peers. Two male characters are really good friends? They must be gay and kissing and doing naughty things! Two women spending time together? Must be lesbians! Two or more characters of any gender getting along just fine? Nope, must be all dating!

Like, I understand shipping characters is fun, I myself do it from time to time, but exploring characters' friendships I find much more appealing cause there's a charm to friendships that I believe romantic relationships ain't got. We gotta learn to appreciate the friends we have, for their unconditional platonic love is as strong as any romantic love, if not stronger.

That's why I will propose to myself a slight challenge: Aroaceptember. Sadly, I can't promise I will be able to draw something daily under this theme because I still gotta work to survive, but I'll try my best to, and in the days I can't, I can talk about my favorite friendship dynamics I've seen in media I've partaken in, or share fanfics/fanart of friendships that I've liked.

If you're interested in that, feel free to stick around, and if you wanna do it yourself, please, by all means. We gotta let our aroace folk know that they're also appreciated.

[angelcloves]

hey gang! its bestiefest time ! starting off strong with a willow fic!!!!

[angelcloves]

i have returned with more offerings

[angelcloves]

day three everybody !!!! with a hunter focus today !!!!!!!!

[angelcloves]

good morning and happy penultimate day of bestiefest!!!! youre gonna wanna have to have read s&s for this one but its a cute one i think

[angelcloves]

hello gang i am back for another day of BESTIEFEST feauring hunter staying with his aunt eda for a bit