#but theres so much more beyond and before that that endeared me. personally. more than stardew

[wiltking]

i think i have to officially say i like roots of pacha more than stardew valley

[frankingsteinery]

(for the ask game from a few days ago) could you do Victor for 2, 12, 15 and 24

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

i had to sit and think because this one was so hard to narrow down. on a surface level i find all sorts of things about him endearing from his mannerisms to his speech patterns, but i think the thing that got me hooked on victor as a character was how emotionally demonstrative he is, particularly for a male protagonist. this also extends generally to his love for nature, for his friends, and his siblings (disregarding the incestuous implications of his relationship with elizabeth...)

i think this was only intensified for me when i started delving into frankenstein academic essays and analysis and then, by extension, the frankenstein fandom, and found that en masse it was people criticizing victor for just what interested me to him in the first place: being emotional, and therefore somehow melodramatic, overreacting, self-centered, egotistical, etc. it was this kind of climate of victor-hate that pushed me to make a tumblr account in the first place. someone had to be the sole victor defender in this barren wasteland

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

this is silly and probably not the serious answer you were looking for but like 2 years ago a dear friend of mine and i were joking about how you could catch victor frankenstein in a mouse trap and ever since then his assigned fursona in my head has been a mouse:

15. What's your favorite ship for this character?

by far its waltonstein (robert x victor). im aware clervalstein is vastly more popular, and while im charmed by it in-canon i dont find most depictions of it to my taste. i don't see their relationship as wholly reciprocated–one-sided on walton's end–which is part of the reason why i like their dynamic so much: its established that walton romanticizes the unobtainable, chases the unknown, and that's why he hangs all his hopes on things he cannot feasibly reach. first becoming a famous poet and going down with the greats, then sailing to find the northern passage despite being an inexperienced captain, all the while hoping for this impossibly idealistic image of a companion who would be perfectly tailored to his interests and manners, and then, against all reason, he finds this in victor, wherein victor becomes an extension of this habit, who is dying and too hung up in the past and on martyring himself, because everyone who has grown close to him has been hurt for it, so he cannot love again, or at least in the way walton wants. yet victor still has a reciprocated interest and finds a friend in him, even shares the same sentiment of the importance of friendship, but like he says no man can "be to him as clerval was." its very much wrong place/time but the right person.

ive said this before but i think, too, that if victor had recovered and lived than walton may fall a little less in love with victor. their relationship was founded on their dynamic of sick/caretaker, and beyond that, victor would have already exhausted his story, so there's no air of mystery around him anymore–nothing for walton to glorify or romanticize. ultimately i think even if they had the best of intentions and loved each other, they could not have a healthy or fully mutual relationship, and part of the appeal to me is this tragedy!

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

im drawing a bit of a blank on this one because no other character encompasses just what victor Is to me, but theres a whole host of victor-esque characters i could name because he is the literal foundation for the mad scientist archetype. if i was pressed i think id say geoffrey tempest from sorrows of satan by marie corelli (beyond his blatant misogny), and i remember some parts of emil sinclairs early narration in demian by herman hesse reminded me of victor. lucifer/satan from paradise lost also, particuarly the bit where he says he cannot enjoy the beauty of earth for the suffering of his fall, but that almost feels like a cop-out answer.

lastly–and this one is completely unfounded–itd have to be double dee from EEnE.

[dapperrokyuu]

I personally do think that the music portion of Project Voltage shouldve been typing themed because not just because thats what the art did, but itd ascertain each song being unique and creative in terms of sound and message.

As neat as its been, I get the sense that every song is just going to say "Pokemon is and was cool, huh?" which is, like, "Yeah...thats why this collab exists. Can we talk about anything else-" Like, that message is fine and dandy as a one off song (e.g. Gotcha by Bump of Chicken; I definitely thought there was another MV before it but I cant find it so I guess that was my imagination, haha)! But for 18 songs in a row...its gonna get old, lol.

[THIS ENDED UP LONGER THAN I ANTICIPATED, CLICK FOR MORE BUT IM SAVING YOU SCROLLING!!!!!!!!!]

I was gonna say Volt Tackle is the only one that says anything beyond "Pokemon is cool!" in a very classically Deco*27 fashion of making electricity/Volt Tackle/battling a love metaphor in general and Miku's pursuits in relationships, but that actually does Inubakumori a disservice since they also focus more on the experience of a being behind a screen trying to connect with the you beyond it (admittedly still need to ponder this a bit more, tbh) AND is genuinely the most unique in terms of OST choices.

MitchieM's music isnt really my thing in the first place, but it being composed of puns--while endearing--also feels like it doesnt say much else other than "Pokemon is cool, huh?" heavily depending on the Pokemon presence (tho Miku's design is real cute in it, hehe). With PinocchioP, as sentimental and heartfelt to the point it made me cry, it also conveyed pretty much the same thing (MV was most visually impressive to me tho; the little Miku's dressed as Pokemon, ahhh!!!).

Like, to an extent, I can accept the choice to not do a typing theme in favor of emphasizing each producer's style without restraint, but the kicker is using the same OST. Like, not only is the message going to be the same, Im kind of futilely hoping to see anything more than battle and Pokemon Center themes in the future songs! Its gonna be predictable and lose its luster, unfortunately!

I didnt even like Inabakumori's Electric Forecast that much at first because Im more into fast paced energetic music (Volt Tackle is probably my fave), but it ranks, stands out, and impresses me over the other two because it used SO MANY different themes, arguably probably the most out of all the released songs so far? Im being easily impressed because Electric Forecast used BURGH'S GYM THEME and the DIVING THEME and the Viridian Forest theme and the Kimono Girl's theme- Inabakumori is relatively new compared to the other 3 and they blew me away not because they somehow have more passion than the others but they...I guess, were experimental! Didnt play it safe! Actually took a deeper look into this 27 year old franchise's IMMENSE collection of music than just sticking to the basics! Not to say they DIDNT used the Pokemon Center theme or a battle theme, but they also did SO MUCH MORE than that in comparison to the others.

Theres was just so much opportunity in the typing theme, I dont think its too big of an ask considering, again, Pokemon's gigantic library of music. A town/route that had environments suitable for a specific type, a notable trainer who used a specific type, miscellaneous themes that give the vibe of a certain type, there was just so much they could do...!

I dunno, its incredibly too soon to be disappointed with this project, but Im just...airing out my feelings, I guess? Id love to be proven wrong, so looking forward to future releases! In the meantime, I point towards Polkadot Stingray's entry in the Pokemon Music Collective, "Ghost Dive," which I think is incredibly impressive and what I had in mind for Project Voltage if they committed to the typing theme. The way it incorporates the themes, the sound effects, the lyrics referring to Ghost-type/adjacent abilities, its also about someone who's a Ghost type fan, so it couldve been the best of all worlds...! And they didnt have to do that at all. Such a good job and banger, truly.

[calowlmitygoddess]

A ramble as to why i think the death of a character would not affect Genshin as much as it did to Honkai

So i’ve been having this tought for a while, but after the trailer dropped and the ‘teases’ as to kazuha maybe dying, i decided to write this out. Basicly i dont think the death of a playable character will mean much in the scope of the story in Genshin and thats basicly because of how centralised the storyline is, the fact we rarely see the characters after we finish the storyline of that nation and the main character themselves. Let me elaborate.

I’ve been playing Honkai for a while, and the story over there is very centralized with a core group of characters who have lots of story with eachother that we see trought the game, we know what these people mean to eachother even on a superficial level at the beguining of the game. Final lesson is impactful exactly because of that, because it was two characters that we have seen togheter trought the first few chapters, who have a clear bond and seeing one of them die to save the other was very impactful, because there would be consequences to the ones who lived SPECIALLY the main character. 

We also get to spend a lot of time with all the characters because theres just a few of them, and we see them interact with eachother so we can get attached to them as well. In Genshin all you get is one character centric story quest, and if you want more information about that character you need to pull for them, otherwise you will never see them again in the story ( see Keqing, who appeared just barely on the Liyue quest or any of the four starts for that matter) you dont really get the chance to bond with them unless you fall at first sight during said story quest (wich at least for me isnt the case.) Theres way more character options, and the world feels much more large than Honkai’s  but each region also feels much more isolated.  

But the main issue i see as to why a character death, specially a charcter like Kazuha wont affect much is because of how much of an outsider the Traveler feels. Playing Honkai made me much more emotional than any of the emotional moments in Genshin because in Honkai you follow the Journey of this one girl who starts as a happy go lucky, loud impulsive shounen protagonist basicly, and you watch as the event of the story change her into a more mature, responsible person while in Genshin you have the Traveler who starts and continues more of the same, they are a blank slate! You dont feel connected or endeared by who the Traveler is because theres is nothing to connect or be endeared by! the only thing we’ve seen to affect them in some way is when they met the Abyss sibling but that only made them more determinated to complete their goal. You dont see a struglle or emotional conflict from them other than two  small lines of dialog. 

So having Kazuha die during the quest would not affect the traveler the same way that Himeko death affected Kiana, it would not affect the world the same way the events of the Final lesson arc affected Honkai. It kickstarted  Kiana emotional arc, a  thing that sadly because of how the traveler was build cannot really happen. 

Wich sucks i really like the concept of the Traveler, an  outsider from beyond, probably some sort of demigod who has seen so  much before they arrived in teyvat having to adjust to living without their full powers and away from the only persosn they new for so long. If they had an actual personality other than really helpful and wants to find sibling , it would be so dope see the events of the journey change who they are. Theres also the issue that you get to choose wich of the travelers you want so to make the main character having an actual personality you would need to either remove the ability to choose or change all possible dialog wich would kinda suck both ways. 

I dunno feel free to disagree with me anyone who find this post and has the patience to read it, i just dont think any character death will have the same impact on the world of Genshin or the fanbase as The Final Lesson was.

[ficsandcatsandficsandcats]

Alright I've got a very cliche heavy one for ya but I dont mind that 😂😂 Jaskier gets cursed and clearly the only way to break it is by true loves kiss. But reader thinks theres no possible way it's her and waits to see past flings come by to see if they were the one. She gets jealous of them, but also worried because nothing has been working. And, well, one night, she tries. 😉

Fandom: The WitcherPairing: Jaskier x ReaderWord Count: 1,221Rating: Ga/n: yesss tasty, tasty tropes

As long as he kept breathing, there was hope.

That’s what Geralt had assured you when he found you crying in a hidden alcove. You were trying to stay out of the way though every part of you wanted to stay curled up by Jaskier’s side looking for signs of improvement. Yennefer had tried everything she knew to bring him out of his catatonic state but still he laid unmoving and pale in the bed Geralt had placed him in when they arrived a week ago.

“I know what must be done,” Yennefer announced one day, though her face looked a bit grim instead of excited by this new development.

“What is it?” Geralt asked, already rising from his seat, prepared to seek out the cure.

“True love’s first kiss,” she answered.

A tense silence filled the room, finally broken by a terse, “Fuck,” as Geralt took his seat again.

“What does that mean?” you asked.

“It means he can only be awoken by the kiss of his true love,” Yennefer explained.

“The one he loves the most or the one you loves him the most?” you asked, trying to sound casual.

“Ideally both, but at the very least it must be the one he feels the truest love for,” she explained. Your heart sank. All of this love you held for him but no way to help him when he needed it the most. It was agonizing. Almost as agonizing as the parade of women that were ushered in try and break the curse. Geralt had painstakingly gone through Jaskier’s notes and written out a list of women who’d inspired his songs. Even Yennefer had begrudgingly offered up a kiss after much prompting by a very disgruntled Geralt who felt both relieved and discouraged when her kiss had no effect.

The worst day had been when Countess de Stael came. You had never felt so conflicted. On the one hand, you were certain this had to be it, Jaskier spoke of her the most and she had inspired his decision to become a bard. But on the other, you hated the woman with a ferocity you didn’t know you possessed. Yet you would rather he wake and ride off into the sunset with the Countess than have him be close to you in this terrible state. The beautiful voice silenced by a curse, life hanging in the balance.

When the Countess left you felt all hope left with her. Even Geralt seemed to be at a loss but he’d left mumbling about rounding up all of the women in Redania If necessary and his determination was endearing but ultimately didn’t rouse much hope.

You were sitting by his bedside as you had every night after the rest of the household had gone to bed when the thought came to you. Perhaps Yennefer was wrong in her interpretation. Perhaps if someone’s love was strong enough it didn’t require him to love them back. You had no delusions that Jaskier felt anything for you beyond friendship. He’d flirted and gone through the motions of courting you but no more than he had with any other woman that crossed his path. But you had fallen for the bard with the bright, sparkling eyes and fierce determination to spread joy and song even when it fell on deaf, uncaring ears. You loved him and you focused on that love, trying to summon it as though it didn’t already suffuse every part of your being, as you knelt over him and, slightly trembling, kissed his unmoving lips.

You watched his face carefully for any sign of movement, even the slightest twitch of an eyelash would have been caught by your scrutinizing gaze, but none came.

It shocked you that you could still produced tears, certain your body would eventually hit its limit, but still they fell down your cheeks as you buried your head in your arms, your hand clutching Jaskier’s cold, still one.

“Y/N?”

Your breath caught in your throat at the sound and you didn’t dare move, afraid you would look up to find a ghost or that you had finally gone mad with grief and were hearing things that weren’t there. Cold fingers curled around yours and you finally dared to look up.

He still looked wan and a bit tired and more than a bit confused but he looked at you, eyes open and blinking sleepily as he began to sit up.

“Jaskier?” you said, still afraid to trust your eyes. He turned to look at you again and his eyes turned soft and kind.

“Y/N, what happened? One moment I was taking a drink of the most delicious, clear spring water and the next I’m here. And you’re here. And you’re crying,” he reached out and brushed the tears away, his brow furrowing in concern.

“You’ve been asleep for… gods I don’t even know how long now. A week? A month? It’s all run together,” you explained.

“Ah… so Geralt wasn’t joking when he said the spring was cursed. Ugh, he’s going to be impossible to live with. So how did you do it?” he asked.

“Do what?”

“How did you break the curse? Eye of newt? Wish from a Djinn? Sacrifice a goat?”

It amazed you how blithely he jumped from near death into joking.

“No it was… true loves kiss,” you said, glancing away from his eyes as you did.

“Oh… Oh! Oh well that makes sense then,” he said. “It had to be the person I loved most.”

“No,” you corrected him, “No it was just the person who loved you the most.”

“No, Y/N, loathe as I am to admit it I took quite an interest in spells about love when I was at university and I remember clearly that a curse that requires true love’s kiss must be the true love of the cursed,” he said.

“But that doesn’t make sense,” you said.

“Why not?”

“Well because I’m the one who kissed you,” you laughed, waiting for him to look confused and then make a joke about his poor study habits or his love of ale making it hard to remember that far back. Instead he just reached out a hand and gently cupped your face.

“Yes, Y/N, I know. And like I said, it makes perfect sense. Surely you must have known for a while,” he said, scanning your face and finding only shock.

“What do you mean?” you asked incredulously.

“Oh dear, the one time I don’t loudly profess my love and it’s left you totally unaware,” he shakes his head and sits up all the way, accepting your help as you take his arms and steady him before sitting beside him on the bed. He takes your hands in his as he shifts to face you better.

“Well let me be very clear right now. I, Julian Alfred Pankratz, love you, Y/F/N, and I have for some time now. And nothing in this world makes more sense to me than you being the one to break this curse. It could only have been you, Y/N, it’s always just been you.”

You spend the next several weeks arguing over which was your first kiss; the one you gave to spare his life, or the one he gave moments after that forever changed yours.

[eggshellsreview]

(NON-SPOILER) Steven Universe Future First Impressions

Serving as a continuation of both Steven Universe and Steven Universe: The Movie, this mini-series focuses on exploring several loose ends from primarily the original series to give fans a lot of closure they may still yearn for since the series finale.

Off the bat we see just how much of Earth has changed without any unexpected inturruptions as the first episode does a great job showcasing what the first few minutes of the movie tried to before the entrance of it's villain. We get to see most of our characters and where they've been as of recently and it's the most straight forward episode. Although it does sound a bit tame, the episode manages to simultaneously show some changes and also introduces new concepts new to even the characters. It does this in the traditional Steven Universe style that we expect; introduce casually and explore slowly but surely through tense and emotional moments. And I've got to say, it's still just as effective as when they did it throughout the main series. This first episode is clearly meant to send the message: Steven Universe is back. And it's answering old questions while asking new ones.

The second episode is where we really get a proper look into the actual lives of new life style of Gems on Earth and helps lay out some of the non-physical conflicts we can start to expect in this series. This episode does a wonderful job showing some characters' emotional states and the kind of positive AND negative reactions there can be even when all their major problems seem over. This episode is one of the cutest of the bunch we got, along with being filled with some wholesome laughs. A great way to introduce some more in depth conflict, without stressing anyone in the show or in the audience too much out just yet.

The next two episodes is why I think having this "hour long" special was for the best. The first two did a great top effectively introducing new information we needed about certain characters without getting to over board, so that the next two episodes can transition us into more engaging stories now that we've properly been settled into the new atmopshere, dynamics, etc.

This third episode is my absolute favorite of the bunch. It reminds me so much of the original series in an incredibly positive way, with a conflict very reminiscent of seasons 4 or 5, but with not just new information, instead we get an incredibly large return of a major plot point teased in the main series. This episode tugs at so many emotions in endearing ways. Its maximized awkwardness, tension, sadness, but entirely through the best part of every character involved so that its not just pure negativity. This episode is the most memorable and the emotions it made me feel left me checking the time because I could've sworn that it was a 22 minute episode with how much they properly packed into it. The plots impossible to talk further about without spoilers so I'll leave it at that, but man, it served as a phenomenal way to demonstrate the kind of closure and answers we can expect from Steven Universe Future going onwards.

As I mentioned earlier, the show seemed to plan these episodes to gradually get more and more intense. This final episode is easily exactly what everyone could've hoped for when they found out about Steven Universe. This is easily when the show finally says "Okay, you got to see everyone. You know how they all are. You got some old hype and some new hype. Now let's end this primiere with some classic Steven Universe heart break and fear". I will reiterate again, that I will NOT be spoiling anything at all which is why I haven't even mentioned any titles that can hint towards plot points. Now, even though Episode 3 was my favorite, Episode 4 was without a doubt the biggest episode in terms of lore, world building, emotions, and being the most "sequel" to the original series yet. This episode is the unfortunate reality check that sadly a lot of people have to deal with during any recover process from emotional baggage related to negative experiences with someone. And because of that. I will definitely say that this episode deserves a trigger warning from me to you guys. It's an unfortunate situation where I can't warn specifically because it's part of the plot, but anyone who's particularly sensitive to the concept of the damages someone can inflict to another, be aware this may be a lot to sit through. That being said, this episode is one of those that reminds us why we love Steven Universe so much. It reminds us of the real problems we go through or people we know go through, and it handles the mature themes in a way that we can't help but appreciate. It's one of those episode you know can make a difference if it strikes the person who needs the help and will be a great episode to reference to younger people unfortunately going through similar stuff. I loved it a lot. And I'll just leave it at that. Theres a lot of action and cool stuff going to see, but that's just icing on the cake to what the episode is about and what it manages to introduce to prestablished concepts to give us another beautiful classic we'll be talking about for ages.

All in all, Steven Universe Future is sure to progressively remind us of the quality of the show. Through it's writing, through it's art, the lessons learned, the action, the originality. There's still a lot I WANT to see from Future (songs, old characters we haven't seen yet, some plot points I want to see explored), but there's still a lot of episodes left and it'd be silly to expect have it ALL right off the bat. In terms of it's primiere, the show did a top tier job showing us exactly what it had to, what we wanted, and what to expect. I'd rate this primiere a firm 9/10. It had issues sprinkled across that aren't worth knitpicking during the discussion, but I can say now there was a bit of quicker pacing in some episodes, which is what I expect from a mini-series that has to wrap up stuff quicker than usual, but nothing that make you really dislike the story theyre telling. This series ultimately just made me beyond excited for not only later content from the show, but also from the fans through theories, discussions, art, and so on. I cant wait to hear what you guys have to think!

[flockofdoves]

was trying to think of a way to divide up ocs on toyhouse so i don’t get too embarrassed about them yesterday but then it turned into just trying to list like every character i’ve ever made the vast majority of them i’d never put on toyhouse lol. but this was fun for myself even though i definitely forgot chracters and even whole stories from when i was younger

kinda old (definitely need updating they’re from when i was 17/18 and haven’t done much in recent years but nonetheless are my most recent ocs and i would probably like to do something with them someday still):

all the alienated characters - raul and michael primarily, also side characters like their relatives (lennie, joaquin, marcell, maybe also shinsuke, natalia, nina, naomi, hana, leela, etc) and friends (still need to name them lol) etc

justicia (less set on doing her story any time soon compared to alienated, but still theres something to it i might want to work with someday)

pretty old (like i was 16-17)

gf debate characters (this is actually older than a lot of the ones i list as even older in this list but i kept working on them til i was like 17 so they hold up better even if i don’t want to finish making their story anymore) - isaac, micah (micah is literally kinda from when i was 12 lol but i brought her to like 3 different stories and she was a boy in the first one too so shes basically not that character anymore), and then side characters like mirabel (originated in same story at 12 as micah), ayçin, anna, micahs mom and her wife, micahs cousin (another one from that old story) etc

those ocs that literally none of them have names or barely personalities i only ever did character sketches and basic concepts but its like a ghost story thing i was gonna do - 12 y/o baby butch protag, the ghost girl, baby butch’s trans girl cousin, cousins trans guy friend

really old (characters from when i was like 14-15 that did not really develop much from there. most of these are characters i have had fun with and maybe drawn since but are goofy and don’t hold up in a lot of aspects and most of them i’ll probably never pick up for stories again)

football lesbians - monica, wanda, and rania

pigeon magical girls (technically maybe i actually finished a very abbreviated version of their origin story for a school art project when i was 15 lol but i planned to do more back then and now i dont want to) - zehra, ronni, the pigeon, probably not amy and zoë that was just a cameo for myself of ocs from when i was like 11 lol

naomi’s story (this one i might actually want to do something with someday, i wrote a short story about it plus a bit more, but i have to make some serious changes i don’t really think i thought of some of the implications of some stuff in it before) - just naomi and the ghost basically. not to be confused with naomi in alienated who is michael’s sister they are not at all the same person

assorted characters that never really had a story - mels and cvijeta, charlotte (thought about putting her in football lesbians. she does basketball but. jock wlw you know)

really really old (characters from late middle school, like 13-14)

uhhh that wizards story. it never had a name idk. i still kinda like them though tbh even if i’ll never do anything with them anymore - tess, ali, nataline, brandy, mo, remora, cnidarian

really really really old (characters from the middle of middle school, like 12-13. at this point my recollection of what came before what might be kinda off tho)

that fae folk in pennsylvania and ohio story - emilia, ilana, micah (first version! lol), mirabel, that boy that i just hate and don’t remember the name of and resent making a character that had a crush on micah, micahs cousin, darling/angel (a faerie that just went by terms of endearment as if they were names), uhhh the second group of characters in a different more rural town i tried to write that i dont remember the names of

haunted victorian house story - benji, aisha, elizabeth

updated onex arget (fantasy world i wrote about a lot when i was in elementary school) story - nai, rieae

idk this story never had a name and barely a plot beyond ivy and victor becoming friends and venting to each other - victor, ivy, miles, maitê

forks and spoons (story i improvised with my little cousin who was like 8 at the time lol) - florimundi(?), i’m forgetting literally all 3 of the other characters names lol (maybe reese and victor for two of them??? but maybe not bc those are also other very old characters that idk if i reused the names of)

theo and ted - theoni and theodore (aka theo and ted!), oh also that guy they meet who wears like. a trench coat iirc

super old (characters from the later half of the 6th grade and early 7th, like 12ish)

really dumb story about a closeted trans person with did getting transformation powers - i actually dont remember the main character and their main other alters names anymore, i remember the other character they had a crush on stephan though

all those characters in bands that i never actually could settle on a story for beyond a variety of interpersonal drama. very inspired by the webcomic jenny hanniver tbh - avery, mark, etti, adrian, xavier, pepper, uhhh theres literally So Many more of them and also so many i dont remember the names of anymore but just for some that come to mind. that periwinkle colored hair in a bowl cut character that always wore a beanie who was in avery’s band whos names on the tip of my tongue (maybe that was etti and the character i’m calling etti was called something else?? maybe victoria? maybe andy? maybe andy was an entirely different 3rd character?? idk. actually yeah i’m positive bowlcut character was etti rereading this), xaviers ex-boyfriend who was obsessed with homestuck (lmao), that guy with red hair i accidentally directly ripped off the design of some jenny hanniver character, that goth guy with braces and glasses (maybe he wasnt in this?), that screamo band with 2 lead singers, that guy with brown hair that said he was straight with an exception (msfdkjghhsfd god), that person with the emo haircut in flame colors, this literally is not even all the characters lol

extremely old (largely from 6th grade, like age 11ish. weird period of time where i suddenly wanted to write about romance but thought it had to be straight but then very quickly was like ‘wait actually nvm i have a laptop now and think i’m bicurious i’m only gonna write about gay people)

gsa story (this might have been the summer before 7th actually but it feels distinctly before the other stuff in the last category so idk maybe just my whole impression of when i made things for middle school is off) - emmy(?), allie(?), noah(???), some other kid, i think noah(?) or the other kid got reused to be the guy i regretted making a part of that faerie story who liked old micah lol, maybe more kids, their teacher

idk that kid with blue hair and black eyes with white irises and his sister

middle school lesbians - leah and cass

lesbian who works in food service and there were weird references to comic books but filtered through me referencing an obscure emo humor youtube channel that made jokes about comics i’d never read - amy, zoë, amy’s straight best friend i dont remember the name of??

tosca (this wasnt straight romance but it was like the last thing pre me always having lgbt main characters) - idk. there were two characters i drew like once. theres nothing to note about this except wanting to make it is what made me learn about webcomics

that story i posted the first chapter of on quibblo about a hippie girl (somehow in 2010?? dont ask me) and an emo boy liking each other before abandoning to never write about cishet romance again. didnt even get to the romance part lol - i forget her name. maybe it was april? maybe it was florimundi and i reused it later for another character, nix, reese (her goth lesbian best friend. thank god for reese)

first attempt at straight romance. also about like. idk. fantastical powers in clouds in providence rhode island - selia, shay, cassandra, selias other friend i forget the name of??

ancient (literally elementary school ocs. obviously theres a lot of grades covered here but its just my memory and ability to reference this is so loose idk if i could even try to accurately divide it further)

shadow magic - mezzaluna, her aunt tabby(?), alexa

a, j, & j (barely counts i didnt do anything with them. those are the only characters also)

arine (some of these characters might not be arine characters and just from other onex arget (fantasy world i wrote a bunch of stories in and made a shitty conlang for and stuff) stories but i just dont really remember) - lia, lias sister, dibujurm, that other fantastical creature who was friends with dibujurm i forget the name of that kinda looked like calcifer from howls moving castle but fuzzy not an actual fire (maybe isigo??), emiaelaesa, that obnoxious prince (i think the story was called arine bc that was his name?), the prince’s servant, there absolutely were more

the musical adventures of shiri and don - shiri, don, some evil villain and his henchmen

rosington (there were like no characters besides her. weird junie b jones rip off with nonsensical humor to everyone but me)

that tree prophecy story (maybe set in onex arget?) - nico, emi (?? maybe not her name), their uncle (i forget his name, maybe lester?), their uncles shipmates, that fortune teller

idk some kid that goes on a scavenger hunt to solve a mystery on vacation in like bermuda or something where he meets some quirky girl character who helps him. thats all

i had some characters that started out as me trying to draw characters from the book hoot by carl hiaasen but for some reason then turned into my own ocs and looked nothing like those characters were described and also basically had nothing to do with them in personality and action beyond name after a while. - beatrice and napoleon. this was in a phase where i got a ‘how to draw anime’ book and napoleon straight up looked like a yugioh character his hair was ridiculous

those fake siblings i made up and lied to a substitute teacher in kindergarten about me having 6 siblings because of for absolutely no reason even though i only have one sibling irl

imaginary friends i shared with my brother and then made stories about - theres so many of these, the most important though was chick-chick-chick. who was a very small chick who wore a top hat. and then he had a family(?) of infinitely smaller chicks (chick-chick-chick-chick, for example) the more “chicks” you added to the name

[disney-rapunzel-merida-vanellope]

Honestly I made that post as a retorical question and wasnt bothering cause people wouldnt change their opinion but this last comment is spot on!

You wouldnt hate a girl for being put to sleep against her will so why would you hate aurora for that? She couldnt escape her circunstances and was a victim

Saying she doesnt have a personality is really going to far but I first wanna ask: what did you expect from a girl who lived her whole 16 years of life living with 3 older woman deep in the forest? Did you expect her to have any other ambitions than to find love?? A love she propably heard on stories the fairies told her and was the only thing she knew existed outside her simple life and she didnt have? She's a dreamer much like rapunzel and ariel and just because her dream is to find love while the others isnt doesnt mean its less valid. Shes also shown to be smart and sneaky when the fairies force her out of the house and she knows something is up. She wants a little bit more freedom and doesnt want to be seen as a kid, wants to be taken seriously and voices that to the only friends she has, the forest creatures. She struggles with balancing her rational thinking with her emotional. On the one hand she knows its wrong to talk to a stranger but on the other hand she wants to fall in love and meet new faces and so she lets herself be bold and decides to dance with the stranger. I think miss out on the on the fact that her personality is not black and white. It would have been so easy to make her dance with the stranger right away instead of making her show causion before. and regret later.

I always found it endearing that she runs away from him all worried contradicting herself like "we cant ever meet again, i cant see you, but I wanna see you so meet me later" and then completely melts when talking about him to the fairies like anyone with a crush would do. Shes so cute and a hopeless romantic.

People also dont give her enough credit for accepting her fate. It would be badass if she had run away once she got the news that she was the princess but that was not her. She understood that the situation was beyond her and there was nothing she could do that could erase her responsabilities as a princess. That said, she doesnt shut up and accept it just like that either as she is shown crying because of it. Shes understanding of others needs even if she thinks shes in an unfair position, showing her sense of responsability.

Theres just so much of aurora in little details that people miss out. Shes definitely not a puppet with no personality in the story. But she is put in situations that she cant escape from

HOW CAN PEOPLE HATE AURORA WHEN SHES THE MOST RELATABLE

[fluffi]

i think it was because god's menu was released around the same bp and svt made their comebacks. same thoughts tho on gm > bd and i was also glad that bd got the wins gm didn't. and same with the streaming mvs while studying : ] ahh, the easily distracted people we are. (reading cut and litol font bc poor ppl who see this on the dash TT)

i've heard chinese ballads (usually osts of films and from a chinese friend) and their songs really tend to tug on my heartstrings. i hope sm gives shotaro more stuff to do soon :[ with some of the units being active and sungchan being an mc on a weekly show, it makes me wonder what he's doing. do you think nct will form a new subunit?

no, i'm not lactose intolerant so it really took me by surprise. it was a one-time thing. hopefully it doesn't happen again. i can't really say i'm a big fan of ice cream but it's good occasionally yk as a treat to yourself. and ahhh, i miss drinking smoothies. my favorite stall has been closed for nearly two years now, idk if they ever re-opened since our city mall burned down :[

i think it's an nct thing? it's why i never get tired of them bc they're always active in a way. you should've seen how things went down last year! march 127 album, april dream mini-album, may 127 repackage, june wayv album and the whole nct 2020 thing. it was a wild year. about the track, i listened to it once and forgot about it. might give it a few more listens but it might not grow on me at all. yes! wasn't a big fan of hot sauce at first too bc i thought the intro was weird (not jaemin's part, like the first thing that plays). and yes, that hook loops in my head 24/7. i even made it my instagram bio.

stray kids world domination indeed! and i agree that their performances were really impressive (specially the deadpool one, best one yet) but sometimes i would fancy ateez' more. i didn't watch kingdom too bc it stressed me out as a multi. always caught between being happy for one group and being sad for the others. and atz and tbz! you're still getting into nct and you're thinking of adding 19 more boys! judging from what i know your taste in music is, i think you'll like tbz's music better since there are a lot more soft songs there than in atz. but do give both discographies a listen in the future!

oh izone! i've only heard of them at music shows and dance choreo compilations bc of them being in sync. they're really satisfying to watch! i thought their title tracks were catchy as well! quite unfortunate that i never got into them really. but again, i dont think i can handle stanning temporary groups.

i'm starting to see a pattern in your biases :D i wouldn't be too surprised if you'll be drawn to jeno at some point in your dream venture. dream is soooo easy to love so if you really end up ulting them, i would understand why. and also, YES PLEASE WRITE FOR DREAM AND TAG ME IF YOU WILL. THANK YOU ><

thank you! :c don't get your hopes up tho, the masterlist must've been interesting to browse but are the fics truly worth it? XD i think not. since you already know koe, i'm reccing users @/rouiyan, @/nsheetee and @/loonacitys. i don't have that much fluff in my ficrecs blog. i think, i've heard of lvdsc before (maybe even read a fic or two) but i can't find their blog now. be careful in privating your works, you might end up losing them forever if you don't keep track of their links...(?) that's what happened to the works that i privated :/ take me with you if you move blogs ;n;

seungmin frequently left updates abt what he was doing, left good nights and good mornings, the occasional i miss you. he called fans 'baby' once. not sure if it was a mistranslation, or really just a one-time endearment. other than that, nothing beyond the usual. seung vlives always make me cry ;n; he always look so adorable and precious. also the gif, the fic was more on fake head-butting really but yes you could say it was also a fake nose boop bc it sounds cuter. i'll make sure to tag you on future seung content on the dash. (time to officially claim him as your ult, yes. dont make him secret anymore :3)

sorry it took me a while. tumblr went batshit. the ' werkl;' stopped working midway and i got busy with school yesterday. also haechan birth today and i'm so emo abt it. it's literally just a boy turning 21.

little font and cut saga lets go!!

(just kidding, i cant do little font typing for long periods of time, makes my eyes go beserk haha.)

true true, im afraid for txt on music shows now because theyre going against some big names (literally bts like whatj jsdf what was hybe thinking). yeah, streaming mvs while studying aka watching mvs on loop lmao. i still want to stream skzs final kingdom performance on instinct but i remember that theyve already won!! hehe

ah chinese ballads always make me emo, i like to scream out lyrics to the songs at the top of my lungs and sit there on the verge of tears. its a cultural thing maybe *sobs*. ooh, what show is sungchan mc-ing in? ill check it out. i thought sm would make nct japan for sungtaro (i heard sungchan speaks japanese) so it was a shocker when they made...nct hollywood lmao. given the current circumstances we're probably not going to get a new subunit anytime soon :( hopefully taro will have stuff to showcase during that period of time.

burned down?? oh my, what happened to your mall? that sounds terrifying. i remember when the front of my school caught on fire and we were all ushered out but we thought it was a drill and didnt find out till years later lmao.

oh true, since theyre such a big pack too. constant comebacks and promotions haha, nctzens never catch a break with 23 members. i listened to the new track again (ive forgotten the name already) but i cant- i cant do it. its just not my style hhh. i rewatched the mv for the godly visuals though. i dont know if youre talking about that 'bibididibibidiododo' part by that female morphed voice at the beginning of the song, because i wasnt a fan of that too. it grew on me though.

same, actually! im not an atiny and dont stan any other group in the show besides skz but i watched each groups performance and ranked them haha. at times ateez would rank over skz, it was wild. also yeah, my other multi friend was freaking out about kingdom and ended up abandoning the show because she was so scared of the fanwars and having to deal with her 'conflicting feelings'. about the stanning thing, in my defense, i have a list of groups i want to stan and ive recently added tbz and atz. the list is long, i have a long way to go! also yeah, i dont prefer ateez's songs and i have a bunch of tbz title tracks in my playlist but if i approach their discography like i did with nct then i think i would like at least five songs.

izone are my queens. theres a reason why theyre the only girl group who made it to my ult list haha! super talented and filled with variety and visuals, a perfectly concocted group (literally, sobs in pd48 scandal). ah, temporary groups. yeah i cried about their disbandment for like 3 days straight, it was bad.

a pATTERN?? INTERESTING. DO ELABORATE. jeno, oh my gosh hes like bang chan. an intimidating-looking bear whos actually filled with love and softness on the inside. im currently having a jaemin run though, his make a wish fancam is doing some wacky things. also yeah, dream is really easy to love. i fell for them so hard, theyre all talented and cute and adorable and the team ambiance is so nice. really rising up my stan list now. i mightt write for dream! ill have to see, hehe.

personally i think the fics are going to be worth it. i can feel it in my boOOnes. ooh, recommendations! fun :D ill check them (and yours) out after i finish this 30k jisung fic. ive been trying to finish it since yesterday but i keep getting sidetracked. also, i made a mistake. its luvdsc with a 'u', maybe thats why you couldnt find it? ahh. thank you for the privating tip though! will keep in mind. and of course ill take you with me if/when i move blogs. we're friends now! <3

SEUNGMIN CALLED STAYS 'BABY'???!!@)(@#*()! I SHOULDVE BEEN THERE ASKDFJDF. im exciting for the fake nose boop drabble!! i love soft couple moments hehe. also yeah maybe its time to make him my ult...hes going to have to compete against jake my beloved ope.

dont worry about being 'late' or anything! we all have our own stuff to do. also yeah tumblr is weird asf sometimes. if you havent realized i typically answer longer asks around the same time everyday, when i get to sit in front of my computer and pull out my clickity-clackity keyboard. super relaxing.

AND YES HYUCKIE DAY!!! HES SO ADORABLE HONESTLY. im in love with all seven members of dream, my fic rec blog is currently filled with fics for them haha.