#blossom rune factory

[theflowerthatdraws]

Doug🤝Me

Endless yap fest

[rhinoyo]

some selphia residents <3

[avzplays]

Cherry blossom trees on De-Sainte Coquille Street in the quaint little town of Rigbarth

[oopsalldadsderby]

Who are the most obscure submissions

Most of the submissions right now have only a single vote, and I don't know if I'm qualified to identify "obscure" because I live in a very specific corner of the Internet and also real life, but there are a lot of miscellaneous anime and manga dads that I've never heard of in my life, does that count?

We also have plenty of submissions for surveymom and two for Ingo, but one person also submitted Nanu, which I enjoyed.

[hug-kiss-marry-kill-farm]

[fictional-twink-bracket]

Round 1 matchups

(PT: Round 1 matchups)

Side A

(PT: Side A)

Duke (Nevermore) vs Akito Shinonome (Project Sekai)

Wei Wuxian (The Untamed) vs Alois Trancy (Black Butler)

Lyney (Genshin Impact) vs Rosti Nauman (Wistoria: Wand and Sword)

Izumi Sena (Love Stage!) vs Yoshikazu Miyano (Sasaki to Miyano)

Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler) vs Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)

Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis: Evangellion) vs 9S (Nier Automata)

Leon (Fire Emblem) vs Bill Cipher (Human) (Gravity Falls - Fandom)

Tsukasa Tenma (Project Sekai) vs Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)

Nobimaru (Kemono Jihen) vs Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter)

Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)

Sousaku Yubiwa (Pretty Boy Detective Club) vs Joke (Jack & Joker)

Xiao (Genshin Impact) vs Orpheus (Hadestown)

Armin Arlert (Attack on Titan) vs Linhardt von Hevring (Fire Emblem)

Grusha (Pokemon) vs Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)

Yuri Leclerc (Fire Emblem) vs Iruma Suzuki (Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun!)

Mithrun (Dungeon Meshi) vs Xie Lian (Heaven Official's Blessing)

Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Griffith (Berserk)

Affogato Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom) vs William James Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot)

Jeffery (Class of '09) vs Nagisa Shiota (Assassination Classroom)

Ray (Only Friends) vs Sam/Samson (Stardew Valley)

Jake (Disventure Camp) vs Akoya Gero (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!)

Marik Ishtar (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Tonkla (4 minutes)

Italy (Hetalia) vs Qifrey (Witch Hat Atelier)

Sion Ulster (Wistoria: Wand and Sword) vs Sephiran (Fire Emblem)

James Wilson (House MD) vs Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis: Evangellion)

Carlos Rodriguez (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) vs Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go)

Masaki Fujiyoshi (Tadaima Okaeri) vs Nagisa Hazuki (Free!)

Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4) vs Ayan (The Eclipse)

Edgar (WOE. BEGONE) vs Noriaki Kakyoin (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Kabru (Dungeon Meshi) vs Yumoto Hakone (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!)

Kou Mukami (Diabolik Lovers) vs Neku Sakuraba (The World Ends With You)

Yamaguchi Tadashi (Haikyuu!!) vs James (Pokemon)

Side B

(PT: Side B)

Rain (Love in the Air) vs Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Nero (Devil May Cry) vs Great (4 minutes)

Babe (Pit Babe) vs Kuzco (Emperor's Nee Groove)

Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Vishnal (Rune Factory 4)

Jambu (Wings of Fire) vs Hitoshi Suguroku (Nanbaka)

vFlower (Vocaloid) vs Happy Chaos (Guilty Gear)

The Onceler (The Lorax) vs Vash the Stampede (Trigun)

Thistle (Dungeon Meshi) vs Shin (Nana)

Jin Xiaobao (Meet You at the Blossom) vs Harley (Pokemon)

Boston (Only Friends) vs Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Ryuu Zaou (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!) vs Rantaro Amami (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

Yoosung (Mystic Messenger) vs Seitarou Tanabata (Nanbaka)

Mashiro Tsukiyuki (Bakuten!!) vs Hyoma Chigiri (Blue Lock)

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) vs Luka (Alien Stage)

Sousuke Mitsuba (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun) vs Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)

Ai Di (Kiseki: Dear to Me) vs Dan Heng (Honkai Star Rail)

Lio Fotia (Promare) vs Juri (Vampire Dormitory)

Sebastian (Stardew Valley) vs Kaveh (Genshin Impact)

Deidara (Naruto) vs Giorno Giovanna (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Nagahiro Sakiguchi (Pretty Boy Detective Club) vs Battamonda (Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure)

Rui Kamishiro (Project Sekai) vs Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

Sanji (One Piece) vs Ranpo Edogawa (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Mello/Mihael Keehl (Death Note) vs Sou Hiyori (Your Turn to Die)

Light Yagami (Death Note) vs Venti (Genshin Impact)

Burgh (Pokemon) vs Mikoto Kayano (MILGRAM)

Goro Akechi (Persona 5) vs the 10th Doctor (Doctor Who)

Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc) vs Glen (Nightmare on Elm Street)

Wild Link (Legend of Zelda) vs Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri!!! On Ice)

Louis James Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot) vs Natsusa Yuzuki (number24)

Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair) vs Azul Ashengrotto (Twisted Wonderland)

Lilia Vanrouge (Twisted Wonderland) vs Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Kouha Ren (Magi)

[bestfictionalplant]

Bracket reveal

Text version under cut!

The tourney is split into 4 32 brackets, and the winners of each will go to the semi finals! I'll make a different post about HOW the tourney will run, and this will serve as a pinned post for round 1 :)

Bracket 1, Side 1

Peppino (Vampire Survivors) vs Winged Strawberry (Celeste)

Herb (Monster Hunter) vs Triffids (Day of the Triffids)

Gigi (Xiaolin Showdown) vs Silent Princess (The Legend of Zelda)

Breath of Evil (Wings of Fire) vs Thorn Thallid (Magic the Gathering)

Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) vs Farewell Flower (Mistborn)

Togemon (Digimon) vs Silverwood Tree (Witch Hat Atelier)

Golden Apple Tree (Greek Mythology) vs Potbelly (My Singing Monsters)

Sculk (Minecraft) vs MocDonald (One Piece)

Bracket 1, Side 2

Vida (The Promised Neverland) vs Glaze Lily (Genshin Impact)

Dr Brewer's Clone (Goosebumps) vs The Spring (Friends at the Table)

Kite Eating Tree (Peanuts) vs Zotoh Zhaan (Farscape)

Wheel Tree (His Dark Materials) vs Mushtree (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)

Medusoid Mycelium (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs Radial (Ooblets)

Chikorita (Pokemon) vs Blast Cone (League of Legends)

Gooloog (AAAHH!!! Real Monsters) vs Venus (Bug Fables)

The Thorian (Mass Effect) vs Yggdrasil (Norse Mythology)

Bracket 2, Side 1

Deku Tree (The Legend of Zelda) vs Blood Blossoms (Danny Phantom)

Hotblonde37159 (Angel: The Series) vs Vash the Stampede (Trigun)

Kinoko (Don't Hurt Me, My Healer) vs Wolfsbane (The Vampire Diaries)

Plant (Monster Rancher) vs Flower of Life (Mesopotamian Mythology)

Truffula Tree (The Lorax) vs Slurperon Enchantress (Internet Scam)

The Brain Tree (Neopets) vs Ginseng Baby (Scarlet Hollow)

Chompy (Bug Fables) vs Whispy Woods (Kirby)

Clavu (Overlord) vs Ivern (League of Legends)

Bracket 2, Side 2

Bulbasaur (Pokemon) vs The Trees of Valinor (Lord of the Rings)

Leslie (The Amazing World of Gumball) vs Hayzee Dayzee (Paper Mario)

Piranha Plant (Mario) vs Specimen 34/The Blessed Eternal (Wolf 359)

Potted Plant (Wander Over Yonder) vs Morbuzakh (Bionicle)

Jabe & the Trees of Cheem (Doctor Who) vs Black Mercy (DC)

Mr Plant (The World of Mr Plant) vs Feculant Gnarlmaw (Warhammer 40k)

Tree Rex (Skylanders) vs Flowey (Undertale)

Sundrop Flower (Tangled) vs Venus McFlytrap (Monster High)

Bracket 3, Side 1

Pinchley (Long Gone Gulch) vs Frank the Plant (Harley Quinn: the Animated Series)

The Venus (Hello From the Hallowoods) vs Nirnroot (The Elder Scrolls)

Food Fight (Skylanders) vs Paopu Fruit (Kingdom Hearts)

Phillogenous esk Piemondum (Rod Albright Alien Adventures) vs Plant (Wall E)

Tannot Root (Farscape) vs The Broccoloids (The Powerpuff Girls)

Rockbud (The Stormlight Archive) vs Sylvan Hound (Guild Wars 2)

Eldridge Johnson-Mayer (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Hyacinth/Hyacinthus (Greek Mythology)

Selas Flower (Kingkiller Chronicle) vs Treant (Disgaea)

Bracket 3, Side 2

Dragonflame Cacti (Wings of Fire) vs Sunflower (Plants vs Zombies)

The Bioplant (The Rising of the Shield Hero) vs Turnip Boy (Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion)

Shambling Mound (Dungeons and Dragons) vs Mandrake (Shin Megami Tensei/Persona)

Cowplant (The Sims) vs Ebony Queen's Apple (Limbus Company)

Devil Fruits (One Piece) vs Donkey-Cabbage (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)

Oaktopus (My Singing Monsters) vs Field Dungeon (Rune Factory 4)

Mushroom Tree (Stardew Valley) vs Jumpkin (Cassette Beasts)

Undergrowth (Danny Phantom) vs Karzahni (Bionicle)

Bracket 4, Side 1

Dreamstalk (Kirby) vs Myconid (Balders Gate 3)

Stingbulb (Fablehaven) vs Treebeard (Lord of the Rings)

Stray Cat (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) vs Peashooter (Plants vs Zombies)

Giant Turnip (Codename: Kids Next Door) vs Treasure Mushroom (Guild Wars 2)

Tree of Wisdom (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Fire Flower (Mario)

Stump (The Angry Beavers) vs Groot (Marvel)

Maise (Oneshot) vs Konohana Tree (Okami)

Red Weed (War of the Worlds) vs Pod Plant (Fortnite)

Bracket 4, Side 2

Plantera (Terraria) vs The Grass Snake (Friends at the Table)

Breathweed (Warhammer 40k) vs Campestri (Dungeons and Dragons)

Neo Alraune (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) vs Kringlefucker (Homestuck)

Slimefoot the Stowaway (Magic: The Gathering) vs Gatfruit Tree (Space Station 13/14)

Sex Pollen Plant (Fanfiction) vs The Rumor Weed (VeggieTales: Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed)

Dr Madley Radish (Papa Louie) vs Vervain (The Vampire Diaries)

Yatevon (OCTAHEDRON: Transfixed Edition) vs Echo Flower (Undertale)

Wither Rose (Minecraft) vs Hydramon (Digimon)

[ehliena]

Me realizing that Rune Factory 5 is set decades after 4 and Granny Blossom is probably gone. And Doug is travelling but when he gets homesick he goes home but Granny isn't there anymore.

[nowoyas]

already seeing people say they wanna romance the watermelon looking cherry blossom girl from the guardians of azuma trailer. girl her tits are too big you KNOW that means she's not a romanceable rune factory character

[winxixia]

2, 3 and 10!

Hin thanks for the ask! So soft asks...

2. what’s your feel-good movie?

Addams Family Values! Never fails to make me laugh!

3. what’s your favorite candle scent?

I enjoy sweet scents in general but my favorite's called evil fig! Smells soooo good! I like cherry blossom trees too!

10. what’s something you’re excited for?

The new Fantasy Life game coming out soon on Switch, and the new Pr. Layton game, and the next Rune Factory game! They all look promising!

Thank you again for the ask!

[ladyhoneydee]

30 Day Song(fic) Challenge: Day 20

Aaaand we are officially 2/3 of the way through my Song(fic) Challenge! I am very excited to be here, and with my progress so far! I'm doing a lot of things I've never done before this month--which extends to today's fic, which is a bit different!

Today's prompt was "a song that makes you feel cozy", and I had a bunch of options for this one, since I have an entire 4.5hr playlist of slow cozy love songs. I ended up going with "One and Only" by Teitur, though, which you may better recognize as the song from the water tower fireworks scene in the 2000s classic mermaid movie, Aquamarine. The instrumental in this song has always reminded me of the OST for the farming adventure sim Rune Factory 3, and so I deviated from my usual LoZ to write for a new fandom instead--for the first time in nearly four years!

Stars Above, Stars Below

Game: Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

Pairing: Micah/Marian

Word Count: 1582

Keywords: romance, love confession, handholding

He wasn’t sure when it had happened, but sometime between running away from that two-handed weapon she called a syringe, waking up after fainting in one of the dungeons with her tending his bedside (gleefully overcharging him while she was at it), and their walks along the beach through the summer and fall, feelings had blossomed in his heart like the flowers he grew in his fields. He couldn’t help but to fall for her chaotic charm: her determination, her humor, her desire to understand the world and herself, her selfless desire to help others that still never outweighed her selfish desire to help herself.  Micah was a slow grower, but Marian made him want to keep up.

Read the fic on AO3, or under the cut!

The stars shone down on the Sol Terrano Sand Sea with dizzying brightness. Above their heads, Micah saw galaxies upon galaxies, layered atop one another like celestial tulle in one of Evelyn’s designs. Violet splashed into emerald green; silver sparkled atop indigo. He hadn’t known a night sky to contain so much color before in his life. Even if he’d had all his memories, he was pretty sure that would still be true. 

Of course, he hadn’t stargazed with Marian before like this, either. Perhaps every sky shone brighter with her by his side. 

She lay next to him on the dune. The sand, still releasing a soothing warmth from the day’s heat, cushioned them like the finest of mattresses. If Micah wasn’t hyperaware of his date’s every breath and shift in position—she never could sit still for too long—he might have found it comfortable enough to fall asleep. 

A warm glow flared to life in his heart at the thought of falling asleep next to Marian someday. Spirits, he was truly head over heels for her, wasn’t he?

He wasn’t sure when it had happened, but sometime between running away from that two-handed weapon she called a syringe, waking up after fainting in one of the dungeons with her tending his bedside (gleefully overcharging him while she was at it), and their walks along the beach through the summer and fall, feelings had blossomed in his heart like the flowers he grew in his fields. He couldn’t help but to fall for her chaotic charm: her determination, her humor, her desire to understand the world and herself, her selfless desire to help others that still never outweighed her selfish desire to help herself. 

Micah was a slow grower, but Marian made him want to keep up. 

“Micah, are you cold?” Marian asked suddenly. His brows drew together in concern at the slight quiver in her voice. 

“Maybe…a little? Why?” Was she the cold one? The desert did get chilly at night, it was true. If she wanted to go back…well, it would be a little disappointing, since they’d only been out for half an hour or so, but he would gladly walk her home to the apothecary if that was her choice.

“You just have those little gaps in your sleeve on your shoulders! It’s perfect for a shot, you know.” In the past, Micah might have shuddered at a comment like that, but after seasons of getting to know her—and watching her sense of medical ethics slowly improve—he only smiled affectionately up at the sky. “I thought maybe you’d be cold, with those exposed.”

“Oh!” Micah considered it, for a moment. He was a bit cold, if he was honest. Not enough to want to leave, or that it was unpleasant, but enough that he could feel it, and knew he’d feel nicer if he was warmer. “Maybe a little. …What did you have in mind?”

He snuck a peek over at Marian’s face beside him, and found her staring up at the sky with wide eyes, and a blush so hotly red he could see it even in the dark on her cheeks. “Well, I have my cloak with me, and it’s so warm and fuzzy…I thought, if you were cold, we could…share it? Like a blanket?”

Micah’s own cheeks flamed at the thought, and he turned back upright himself so as not to be caught with the incriminatingly gleeful, shocked smile on his face. “S-share a blanket? With you?”

Marian twitched beside him, just for an instant. “Um, yes? But you don’t have to if you don’t want to! I can just keep it to myself.” 

Oh, no, it hadn’t been a twitch after all. It had been a flinch. Micah’s heart dropped into his stomach. 

While he was feeling guilty, Marian had kept on rambling. “Actually, I might have some medicine here somewhere that would raise your body temperature—”

Micah interrupted as Marian’s hands darted to her skirt pockets. “No, no! I…want to.”

“To take medicine?”

“No!” His voice was too loud, but spirits, Marian could be so endearingly dense sometimes! He made a conscious effort to lower it. “To share your cloak, Marian.”

“Oh!” Micah wasn’t sure if she was trying to mask the delight in her voice at all, but if she had, she had failed. The pressure bearing down on him from his accidental near-rejection of her advances lessened, and he took a full, deep breath. “You should’ve said so from the start, silly!”

He laughed. “You’re right, I should’ve.”

There was silence for a few moments. Micah resisted the urge to look back over at Marian, worried that he would see something on her face she wouldn’t want him to see. Instead, he searched the sky above for any stars of the same candy-cloud blue as her hair. Many came close, but there was never an exact match.

“I’ll…scoot closer, then!” Marian said eventually, her voice high. “Although, I should take off my cloak first, I guess…”

She sat up beside him, and Micah watched, eyes wide, as she untied the large yellow bow that held the cloak together around her shoulders. Her shoulders weren’t anything new to see—they’d shared the beach before, after all—but under the desert starlight, her skin seemed to almost glow.

Or maybe that was a side effect of some new medicine she was researching. He wouldn’t be surprised. 

Marian laid back down, and began to scoot across the sand towards him. They’d been about a foot apart before, but that distance shrunk quickly. Micah felt his heart thump-thudding in his chest. Not to leave her hanging, he scooted forward too, until his left arm bumped into her right. 

Marian swiftly shook out her cloak and let it flutter down over them. The warmth was immediate: between the sturdy-yet-comfy thick fabric, and Marian’s own body heat that had radiated into that cloak all day long, he felt like he was in a soft cocoon of coziness. Not to mention the way feeling Marian beside him, with all her sharp edges and hesitant presses against his side, made his own internal temperature skyrocket.

“This is a lot warmer,” he said, although he felt quite foolish at such an inane comment. Why couldn’t he be more suave? What was he so scared about? “Thank you for sharing your warmth with me, Marian.”

“You’re welcome!” That higher-pitched tone was still there, but she seemed genuinely pleased by his words. He could take comfort in that.

They lay together under the cloak-blanket, and Micah felt them both begin to relax, ever so slowly. His own tension at not saying the right thing and the new challenge of functioning normally with Marian so close began to abate as he simply enjoyed her company, and Marian’s posture beside him became less rigid. 

“The stars are beautiful tonight.” Spirits, why had he opened his mouth? What a useless thing to say.

“They really are!” Marian agreed. He smiled at the zeal in her tone. No matter where, Marian was Marian. 

Still no stars in Marian’s color in the sky above them. He was beginning to think that the only celestial body in the whole universe with it was lying right beside him.

Micah took a steadying breath, and then reached out with something besides his stumbling words.

Under the cloak, his tentative hand found her own. His fingers grazed across her palm, and he felt her shiver, just before their fingers intertwined. 

Oh, oh. If Marian was a star, he was a supernova. And yet, the feeling of her hand in his brought a strength and courage he hadn’t felt before.

“Marian…there’s something I want to ask you.”

He turned his head to the side, instinctively seeking out the familiar aubergine of her gaze. To his surprise, she was facing him already, eyes widened, mouth poised in an ‘o’.

“I…really like you, Marian,” he confessed, heart thrumming in his throat like a hummingbird’s wings. “No, I—I love you. I don’t think I could’ve gone another day without telling you.” 

The recipe for the silver-and-ruby engagement ring flashed in his mind’s eye, and he rushed to clarify. “I-I mean, I’m not ready to get married, I still have so much to do with the farm, and Vale River to free! And I know you still have dreams too at the apothecary that you want to focus on! Not that you’d have to give them up if you married me, of course! I only mean—” Spirits, he was digging himself into a hole here. “I’d like to promise myself to you, though, for the future. If you’ll have me.”

Marian’s gaze had transitioned from shocked, to confused, to amused, as he spoke. Now, she stared back at him with unbelievable tenderness. 

“I like you too, Micah,” she whispered, eyes sparkling. “And I love you. And I’d be the silly one if I turned down such an adorable guinea pig.”

Micah cracked a grin despite the seriousness of the moment. He squeezed her hand once, twice, three times. I love you. 

Someday, he’d tell her of the significance of the motion, and they would repeat it all the time, until he could get three squeezes back even while she slept beside him in their marriage bed, blue hair tickling his face and legs tangled with his. For now, he stared into the stars in Marian’s eyes, knowing that they were a reflection of the same joy and excitement in his own. 

[artistofarchanea]

the 1st pic is "let me set blossom up for life and have doug take over the shop im absolutely loaded" and the 2nd is like, my fave date scene

[avzplays]

It's a beautiful warm spring day in Rigbarth, and Alice is loving it~

[crownconstellation]

can’t get over this exchange w doug. he was insane for this

[rhinoyo]

Character doodle requests you say? 👀 I can always see more Arthur. but if you want other RF4 characters to draw, what about Blossom or Illuminata.

how about.. two of them!!! <33

[outofcontextrunefactory]

I keep on forgetting to post here lol, but submissions are open if anyone has anything