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#ive started speaking in a minnesotan accent cuz a friend had a canadian accent for their dnd character and id been watching critical role 2

My Top Posts in 2022:

RRD Chapter 3!

Sorry it took almost a year but it's finally done! I had to move a scene from this chapter into the next one to get it out since I was running into a wall, but I hope it was worth the wait!

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Summary: Cloud utilizes his god-like stealth skills and Zack initiates the bromance of the century.

Word Count: 4,745

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Cloud watches the SOLDIER exit the room with wary eyes, waiting until he hears Zack (it’s Zack, he’s alive on the other side of that door) engage him in a conversation to strip and start pulling on his newly-repaired clothing. Logically, he knows the man meant no harm when he unknowingly stumbled over not one, but two of his traumas in trying to engage him in conversation, but he can’t quite bring himself to chase away the resentment curling in his gut; not with his oh so recent battle with the resurrected nightmare playing back in his head right alongside the old memory of smoke and flame.

He shakes off the cobwebs in his head and pulls his shoulder guard on, tightening the strap down and making sure it was sitting in the right place. He picks up the harness next, rubbing at the new stitching before he swings it around back and fastens it into place. His new boots go on next, laces and leather stiff. He keeps one ear on the conversation happening in the hallway as he finishes by strapping the skirt to his waist and pulling on his gloves. They’re not talking about him specifically anymore; the conversation has moved on to the “incident” at large and what SOLDIER is expected to help with. Then, he hears the words “Sephiroth” and “Midgar” and decides to pay attention.

“-should be arriving in a few hours. He sure wasn’t happy to get called back until I explained and has sent no less than three messages to me complaining about the slow flight since he started.”

“Really? Commander Sephiroth complains?”

“Of course, just don’t go spreading it around-”

Cloud stops listening, his thoughts racing. If Sephiroth was coming back to Midgar, well, then his choice really was made for him, wasn’t it? He goes back over the information he’d been able to gather from his brief conversation with Hewley.

My gear is in a secure room somewhere in the hospital. Hewley mentioned it being “downstairs”, so I’m assuming it’s on the ground floor somewhere, most likely not where the general public can get.

He turns around, eyes the window, and walks over to it. He looks out, gauging the distance to the ground, and determines he’s on the 3rd floor; a small fall by his standards. He casts one look back at the door. The two have stopped talking at this point, so only the ambient sounds of the building prevent it from being completely silent.

No, Cloud. You have things to do. Zack can wait.

Cloud shakes his head and turns back around, straightening his posture. He eases the window open and almost coughs at the air that streams in. He’s gotten used to a life without mako smog, and the bitter, slightly minty smell catches him off guard. Swallowing his nausea, he pulls himself up and flips around so his feet are braced on the outside of the building and he’s gripping the window, facing into the room. He takes a slow breath and kicks off, dropping to the ground behind the line of shrubs with barely a whisper. He pauses there for a second, listening for any sign that he’s been spotted, before standing up.

He picks his way down the building, away from the entrance, and exits the line of shrubs. He takes a moment to breathe, settling himself before starting back towards the entrance of the hospital.

Okay, so Zack had to grab my things from a room on one of the lower floors. It’s probably guarded, or, at the very least, locked to unauthorized visitors. I’d like to not just wander around the hospital trying to find the right room and give people plenty of time to notice I’m gone and find me before I get my stuff.

Cloud finds himself reaching for his sword, looking to wrap his hand around the hilt to reassure himself of its presence, and pulls his hand down with a snarl. He stops walking and shakes his head. All of it - everything that’s happened to him in the past however-long-it’s-been since he returned to Edge and found it under attack by the Remnants - is wearing on him, fogging up his mind and making it too easy for him to get caught up in his own head. Whatever kind of time travel bullshit he’s gotten caught up in now is just the icing on a cake made of garbage. Pain spikes through his head and he winces, pressing a hand to his temple.

“Shit.”

He rubs at the spot a few times before taking another breath and rolling his shoulders. His best bet for making it to his things before they lock the whole place down is to go right in through the front and bank on no one recognizing him as the possible terrorist who’s been laid out in one of their own beds for the past day, so Cloud starts walking again.

It’s like Vincent and Yuffie always said, “just act like you belong there and the average passerby won’t question you on it”.

He lengthens his stride and straightens up out of his perpetual slouch as he enters the front of the hospital. The front lobby looks like every hospital he’s been in, but the slight chemical smell still sends shivers down his spine and phantom pricks of needles down his arms. Cloud strides right up to the front desk and puts on his best customer service smile.

“Hello, how can I help you?” the clerk asks, looking up from his computer screen. His eyes widen when he makes eye contact.

“I’m here to pick up some belongings for a friend? He got caught up in everything happening yesterday but would like his pack to not sit in a hospital storage room.”

Cloud tries to keep his voice open and friendly, wincing a bit internally when he realizes he’s leaning on Zack’s personality to get him through the conversation. The clerk, however, is already nodding and checking something on the computer.

“Of course, Mr. SOLDIER. His stuff should be in room B-12, but there’s a chance it could be in B-14 if he was in the ICU?”

Cloud blinks in confusion before he remembers that, with his eyes and choice of attire, he makes for a pretty convincing SOLDIER 1st Class. He forces a smile again, this one a bit more strained with the reminder of his current situation.

“No, he was checked in for some broken bones and a concussion. Thank you though. Now, which way…?”

The clerk smiles and points down one of the hallways to the right of the desk. “Down that hallway until you hit the staircase and then head down a level. Come back this direction from there and you’ll find it.”

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11 notes - Posted May 10, 2022

How Jenova Works: A Headcanon

This kinda requires a bit of background in general epidemiology (the science of diseases, etc) so I’m gonna try my best to lay stuff out as I go. It also requires some suspension of disbelief and stretching of what’s actually possible with the way this stuff operates irl.

How Jenova is discussed within the canon of FF7 is very complicated and contradictory. It infects and changes other organisms much like a virus (think the resident evil ones), but it is actually alive with cells that seem to also be an infection vector?? And then there’s the degradation that results from Genesis being made “wrong”. It’s a singular organism and yet also cellular (the J-cells acting on their own), and yet also a virus (actually called a virus by Ilfana and also stated to have infected the other Cetra and caused them to mutate). Which, if you know anything about epidemiology you know how that’s… very not possible. For starters, only 2 out of those 3 technically qualify as living things.

Viruses are not living, and yet, they’re not exactly non-living things either??? It’s weird. Basically, viruses are made up of organic molecules (carbon-based, like all life on earth), but are just kinda weird biological machines. They have a form of DNA, but cannot reproduce on their own. They operate by attaching themselves to bits sticking out of the surface of living cells and sending the right signals to be let inside and then hijacking the cell to force it to produce more viruses which are then released into the environment (whether that be just the environment in general if it’s attacking bacteria, or into the body of whatever organism it’s infected). Really interesting and cool, but also lowkey really creepy and weird.

Bacteria aren’t inherently invasive or infectious. They are single-celled organisms and are just wanting to eat stuff and reproduce and then die. If doing so involves them infecting other organisms, then so be it. Bacterial infections happen when bacteria gets to someplace it shouldn’t be and disrupts the normal operation. They get in and start to take over by eating whatever’s there and spread. They also have the ability to quickly adapt to new environmental hazards by sharing pieces of DNA with other compatible bacteria (little loops called plasmids) and by having very quick life cycles. But they are made up of a single cell each and don’t have stuff like brains, etc. There’s no consciousness involved whatsoever.

So, where does this bring us in regards to Jenova? Well, let’s start with how I’m thinking it works and then get into how I think it developed in the first place based on that.

Most likely, its infections operate by some unholy combination of viral and bacterial. By that, I mean that the cells manufacture viral structures to release into a host, which then go out into the body to infect the host cells. When the viruses infect the host cells, they completely assimilate the nucleus (the part of the cell with the DNA in it) and convert the host cell into a variation of a j-cell. Then the new j-cell produces more effective viruses, which then go out to infect new host cells and it continues. By this method, we get the lovely DNA soup analogy we’re so fond of via all the original DNA still technically being there, but now it’s been shredded and repurposed into j-cell DNA.

This is where I’m going to bring cancer into things. That sounds really morbid but there’s a reason I swear. Cancer essentially happens when something with the replication function in a cell breaks. Cells usually only multiply when they need to replace old ones, but, sometimes this malfunctions, and the cells just start dividing and multiplying without control. This is what happens with cancer. In that way, the mutations that happen in Jenova-infected organisms are the result of the DNA being messed with and that function being cranked up, much like some viruses in real life can increase your chances of getting certain types of cancer (the HPV virus leading to cervical cancer, for example). The j-cells start forcing the foreign DNA to activate and cause rapid cell division, causing growth of all kinds.

Of course, I haven’t even touched on the aspect of reunion. There’s clearly a psychic component to Jenova, which could be explained away by it secreting chemicals that send signals to Jenova-infected organisms and triggers them all to start coming back together, but that wouldn’t make much sense in context, really, considering the vast majority of the clones just decide to start heading to the crater without coming in close contact to any original part of Jenova. So, I've just decided to leave it as fantasy bullshit where there’s a mechanism that causes all variations of j-cells to physically come back together to meld back into one whole and mix up all that new DNA into the soup, which in turn allows it to become more effective at infecting things because of all the stuff it successfully assimilated.

Next, let’s touch on the weirdness that comes with it somehow operating as independent cells and also as a singular organism. For this, I’ll dive into how I think it came to be in the first place. (this is more where the suspension of disbelief comes in)

Say, on some distant planet, there’s a species of alien that’s psychic. This psychic organism gets a bacterial infection and a viral one at the same time. Through the consumption of the host’s cells, the bacteria acquire the DNA necessary for psychic communication, but can’t really do much about it. The virus then also infects the bacteria and, in trying to hijack it, manages to activate the DNA needed for that communication. This lucky bacteria that’s done this also manages to overcome the viral infection and, however the process works, essentially allows it to force the virus to work for it. Using the virus, it sends DNA-based communication to its fellow bacteria which allows them to take on this psychic DNA.

As this spreads, the poor host becomes aware of the now-psychic bacteria but can do very little about it. Their body slowly succumbs to the infection, and the bacteria are now able to quickly communicate to adapt and overcome the host’s immune system. Then, hearing the psychic cries for help, another of the species shows up to help and ends up infected as well. This repeats a few times until a mutation in the virus happens that allows it to infect the host cells in addition to just spreading mutations among the bacteria. This is the start of the assimilation ability. From there, essentially, the bacteria continue to multiply and consume other cells and types of DNA to the point where there’s enough intercellular communication happening with the psychic stuff, in combination with the exposure happening to an actually-sentient species who is also psychic sparks, creates what is effectively a collective consciousness. Like, our brains are a group of cells which have developed in such a way that allows for consciousness to the point where it can *study itself*. So, is it so far-fetched that this bacteria could utilize that psychic component to speed things up and develop it itself??

From there, it proceeds as we know it. The infection spreads until it swallows all life on the planet, and then it uses the husk to envelop itself in a shell and head to the next one. Thus, we have a large mass of psychic bacteria which has developed a way to make more of itself via viral infection that essentially causes a weird cancer in the infected organism. Through its infection of the Cetra, and later its connection with Sephiroth, it learns concepts and the language that allows it to communicate with the infected people of Gaia.

Now, the degradation. And what is up with Project G.

Gillian is infected with J-cells and they slowly come to make up a decent portion of her body, disguised as her own cells and becoming G-cells. However, as is a natural thing, she naturally has some kind of immunity to the viral component that prevents total assimilation and the psychic connection from affecting her as it did Lucrecia. When they graft these cells onto the fetus that becomes Genesis, even though the cells have a chance to integrate themselves completely into his body, they’re still not *natural* to him. So, for a time, his body works as intended. However, after a certain point, the cells that are still completely his realize that there are cells just a touch too different around and deploy his immune system against them. The g-cells try to fight back, trying to assimilate them and causing the wing growth as well as the mental degradation. However, the assimilation isn’t working quite as intended and the infection - because that’s what it is at this point - continues to be fought off. In other words, a hell of an autoimmune disorder. The degradation is stopped by Minerva/the planet because the planet’s innate connection to the soul and all life on it does have the ability to force Jenova cells to deactivate if the will is strong enough, which is how Jenova was sealed away in the first place. Angeal never suffered degradation because he got his cells directly from his mother, so they’re not considered foreign the way they were for Genesis. However, his wing and subsequent discoloration, etc, happened due to Genesis’s influence on his mental state. Basically, the g-cells were responding to what he thought would happen and made it happen. Because, at that point, they were pretty far removed from the main body of Jenova genetically, and also Jenova was still technically in stasis and therefore had little control over the cells psychically, which meant Angeal was essentially developing shape-shifting abilities and didn’t know it.

(Note: I am by no means a professional. I probably do have more knowledge in the fields of biology and epidemiology than the average person considering I've taken university-level courses, but I do not have a degree in either of the two fields. Everything I'm saying about actual science in this is how I understand/remember it and I am probably wrong about some stuff.)

12 notes - Posted September 8, 2022

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It's time for me to reveal my piece for the 2022 FF7 Central Fanworks Exchange!! I wrote mine for the lovely KDblack

Summary: When Cloud closes his eyes, he sees the flash of a smile, the kind of easygoing grin he wishes he could mimic without coming across as an asshole. If only he could remember who the smile was attached to, then, maybe, he could stop feeling like something was missing.

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Word Count: 3,393

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“This is one hell of a sword, Cloud,” Biggs says, running a hand over the materia slots on his blade. “Where’d you get it?”

The question takes Cloud off guard. He should be expecting it, really, what with the Buster being as unique a blade as it is. Still, he finds himself floundering for an answer. What comes to him is twofold: the image of a tall and broad figure, stubble dotting his jaw, and that of a slimmer one with black spiky hair all in disarray overlapping until he can’t tell the difference anymore. A pit opens in his gut, the grief and self-loathing twisting together as it crawls up through his chest. He blinks and realizes that Biggs is still waiting for an answer.

“It was my mentor’s,” he finally answers, his voice small in an attempt to hide how he suddenly feels like he’s falling to pieces. “I got it after…”

When did he get the Buster? He swears it’s on the tip of his tongue, the grief making it clear that something must have happened to the SOLDIER who taught him. He reaches for the memory, trying to bring it out of the fog his mind has been in since he recovered from whatever sickness had managed to bring him down so thoroughly. The action sends a burst of static-y pain through his head and he hisses through his teeth, bringing his hand up to press against his temple.

“You alright man?” The words reach his ears, but he barely registers them.

There are brief flashes of rain, blood pooling under a body slowly going cold, intermixing with a bone-deep chill and pain radiating from his jaw. He’s kneeling over a body in both, the figure dressed in 1st Class blacks and smiling up at him. One is serene, peaceful, and looking almost thankful as he takes his last breaths even as Cloud kneels over him pleading for him not to leave him. The other is foggier, face mottled with mud and soot and blood as the rain pours down around him. He smiles too, but this one is different, feels more regretful than it should be. The images blur together again, the feeling like he’s been gutted only intensifying as they overlap.

Cloud blinks and he’s back in the room on top of Beginner’s Hall. The blurry memories fade back into the background, the pit of emotion closing itself back up into its usual hole. He’s suddenly aware of how he looks: the former 1st Class SOLDIER, unable to keep a lid on his own problems when he’s out in public. He straightens and runs his hand through his hair in a motion that simultaneously feels like he’s done it hundreds of times and never before in his life. Biggs is looking at him with apprehension on his face.

“Fine,” Cloud answers, voice tight and controlled. “Are you done?”

Biggs blinks at him and takes a second to remember he’s still holding Cloud’s sword.

“Yeah,” he answers, then, hefts it up a bit by the grip and holds it out for him to take. Cloud strides forward and takes the blade from him, slinging it onto his back and locking it in place with a clunk. He turns to leave and reaches the door before something stops him. A memory rises: a laughing voice chiding him for being so obtuse with people who are trying to help him. His heart twinges a bit.

“The Buster,” he says before he can change his mind.

Biggs looks back up at him from where he’d started to put the sword maintenance materials away.

“What?”

“The- my sword. That’s what it’s called. The Buster Sword.”

He holds his breath, hoping Biggs takes the information for the olive branch it is. The other man blinks at him before a soft smile spreads across his face.

“A suitable name,” he says.

Something about the way he’s looking at him makes Cloud self-conscious, but the other man clearly reads his offer as intended. He nods in acknowledgment and leaves, ignoring the phantom feeling of a hand ruffling his hair.

-_-_-_-

Every time Cloud closes his eyes, he sees someone he can almost remember smiling at him.

It’s disconcerting, really. He’s not really used to people honestly smiling at him. And yet, there’s a blurry figure who Cloud knows is smiling at him dodging his heels almost every time he lets himself stop and rest. If that was the extent of it, he thinks he’d be able to put the fuzzy memory to the side to be examined later, but, every time he tries too hard to bring the figure into focus, pain bursts across his temples and sends his thoughts skittering away.

Afterward, he’s always left with only the vaguest shards of impressions of what he’d been thinking about before the episode and the sense that something important - something vital - is missing.

Even when he’s not actively seeking out answers from the foggy unknown of his mind, the littlest things remind him of that figure. Without fail, the record of his memory continues to skip over the jagged hole where there should be something, someone. If he doesn’t push too hard, sometimes he can get pieces: a scar, mako blue eyes, broad shoulders, and a warm hug. But it’s never more than that, never a clear image.

He wonders if he should be more concerned about his patchwork memory, how the pieces come to him like the rising tide and then fade back into oblivion after the static and pain swallows them. He wonders if he should tell someone else, and get an outside opinion. But the thought of letting someone in - even someone like Tifa who knew him like no one else - somehow causes even more fear than the possible consequences of staying silent on the matter.

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18 notes - Posted August 7, 2022

did anyone ask for more dragon cloud au content?

He needs to find shelter, fresh water, and a source of food. He should also probably figure out where they ended up, considering they could have popped up literally anywhere after their dive into the lifestream, but that comes after he makes sure Zack isn’t in danger. He backs away from Zack a bit and sits up. He expects the wave of nausea this time and is able to fight it off. It’s a feeling he definitely doesn’t miss from his recovery from the first bout of mako poisoning, but one he at least knows how to deal with. He takes a few more deep breaths to steel himself before heaving himself to his feet.

Spots dance before his eyes and he comes very close to vomiting once more. He almost falls back over before he manages to shift his wing and tail into positions that help him stay upright. His back twinges in protest once more, but he’s well-versed in ignoring the pain by now. He digs his toes into the wet sand and takes a few seconds to enjoy the feeling before he takes a step towards Zack. He crouches down next to him, and, though it takes a bit for him to convince himself that he’s not going to hurt Zack just by touching him, manages to get the other man into a bridal hold. He stands back up and the twinge in his back abruptly spikes, the sudden pain so intense he falls back to his knees and hunches over. Spots dance before his eyes yet again and he can’t manage to fight down the nausea this time before he finds himself throwing up onto the sand.

Eyes squeezed shut, Cloud takes a second to breathe as the pain fades back to the ache he’s become used to. He loosens his death grip on the precious bundle still in his arms and brings an arm up to wipe at his snout. He smacks his lips a few times, grimacing at the minty taste, and looks down at what he expelled. It’s mostly mako, the glow diluted by what is probably seawater. He shuffles backward from the puddle a bit and tries to stand up again, but the immediate resulting pain brings him back to his knees once more.

He takes a moment to sit there panting before he carefully lowers Zack back to the ground. As much as he hates to admit it, it doesn’t look like he’ll be able to carry him like a human at the moment. Cloud stands back up, this time on all fours, and stretches everything out. He hates how it takes pressure off his back, how it feels so much more natural for his hips and legs to settle like this. It’s a reminder of his failing humanity, a hint at what is to come.

21 notes - Posted February 11, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Lately, I've been really reading the FF7 timeline to copy it down for reference and I've found some *very* interesting details. Here's a list of stuff so far:

Bugenhagen is apparently born in 1877?? This means he's 130 years old in OG!!

Pres Shinra is born in 1940. Palmer is 3 years younger than him.

Hojo was born in 1945, making him around 35 when Sephiroth is born.

ShinRa was known as "ShinRa Manufacturing" before it was an electric company, and we apparently don't have a date for when it was founded but know it discovered Mako energy on September 23, 1959.

Heidegger is born in 1949, making him a year older than Vincent.

Both Vincent and Lucrecia are born in 1950.

Red XIII is born in 1959, which is apparently the same year the Gi attacked.

Grimoire dies ~1970, which means Lucrecia was around 20 when it happened. Can you imagine doing undergrad research trying to get ahead of the curve and you get your advisor killed by the equivalent of a minor deity cuz you wouldn't stop poking it? She wasn't even a grad student when it happened 😂

Barret and Reeve are the same age, having been born in 1972.

Cid is actually 3 years younger than both of them, having been born on Feb 22, 1975.

Construction on the Midgar plate starts in 1976, and ShinRa is known as an electric company by then, but we don't know when that actually changed.

Tseng, Rufus, and Rude are all the same age, having been born in 1977. SOLDIER is initiated in the same year to help bring an end to a long-running international war.

Oh, Jenova is also found in 1977, which means none of the trio can even be conceived until that year. The Jenova Project also starts up that year.

At some point between 1977 and 1982, Vincent is assigned to guard the scientists running Project S. Yeah, we have no concrete date for that.

Somewhere around 1980, the trio are all born. No actual birthdates for any of them.

Gast leaves Shinra in 1980, which means, that even if Sephiroth is born in late 1977, he literally never knew the guy. He apparently meets Ilfana at some point before 1985, but we have no date for that.

We also have no official date for Lucrecia going crazy and Vincent getting shot. Wiki says it's somewhere around 1984, which is fucking wild. Cuz it's stated that she goes crazy during pregnancy and Vincent confronts Hojo as a result of that, which gets him shot. And yet, Sephiroth is supposed to be born around 1980??? Which means there's no chance he was born that late? WHICH IS IT SQUARE???

Reno is born in '79, meaning he's conceivably older than Sephiroth??

We have no concrete date for Zack being born, just the "around 1984", except we know he's 16 in '00, which means he was born early '85 at the latest since he's canonically 2 years older than Cloud and CC starts in October of '00.

We have no idea how old Kunsel is! I usually place him as being born in '83 and a year older than Zack.

Aerith was born Feb 7, 1985 and Gast was killed 20 days later on Feb 27.

Cloud was born on August 11, 1986 and Tifa was born on May 3, 1987.

we have actual years for basically all the Tsviets being born and yet no date for Sephiroth.

Yuffie's mom is apparently named "Kasumi"??

The Wutai war begins "around" 1992, which means Sephiroth could conceivably be, at the youngest, like, 8 when it starts up and around 16 at the oldest. We also have no concrete date for when he gets deployed, but know he's apparently a 1st class already by then?

Tseng is also only, like, 15 when the war starts, which leads me to believe that he gets recruited by the Turks in the early days of the war. He's also a rookie Turk by 1997 when the whole thing that results in Kalm being bombed happens.

Cissnei is hailed as the youngest ever full Turk, and considering Tseng is one by the time he's 20, and Reno is one when he's late teens, she's gotta be as young or younger than Zack. I usually put her as being born in '85 and thus 15 when CC starts.

Before Crisis is fucking wild dudes. We have at least years for all the events and it gets the Turks involved in a huge number of events in the timeline.

Rufus isn't made VP until after Genesis deserts. Seriously. The mass desertion event happens in October of '00 and Rufus isn't VP until December.

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80 notes - Posted July 19, 2022

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Where did 2017/18/19/20/21/22 start for you? 2017: At my mom’s house I think

2018: I think also at my mom’s house

2019: Uhh I can’t remember

2020: At a 20′s party

2021: At my dad’s house

2022: At my apartment with my boyfriend and my mom Did you move houses? Where are you living now? 2017: I moved into a house with some of my friends from school

2018: I moved into a different house with different friends from school

2019: The first time since starting college that I haven’t moved

2020: I moved back in with my dad at the end of the year because my roommates weren’t taking covid seriously

2021: I moved in with my boyfriend

2022: I did not have to move Did you get a new job? 2017: Yes I did!

2018: I got some independent projects and an internship

2019: Nope…

2020: No but I got to leave my job

2021: I got a couple new jobs actually!

2022: Nope, same one Were you taken on Valentine’s Day? 2017: No

2018: No

2019: I wasn’t officially taken but I had a date!

2020: Yes :)

2021: Yes :)

2022: Yes :) Did you get married or divorced? 2017: No

2018: No

2019: No

2020: No

2021: No

2022: No

Did you find any new friends? 2017: Yes, a few

2018: Yes

2019: I think so?

2020: A couple

2021: A couple

2022: Yes Did anybody disappoint you this year? 2017: Cadence kind of did

2018: Plenty of boys did and some friends did too

2019: Hiring managers did

2020: The whole world did

2021: Not majorly but I’m sure plenty of people did minorly

2022: Yes Who got really close to your heart? 2017: Cadence and Captain were already there but they got closer, possibly Guacamole

2018: No one really

2019: The Magician became my boyfriend

2020: My boyfriend

2021: My boyfriend

2022: My boyfriend and my DnD friend group Did you find a new hobby? 2017: Yes, Metal Earth models. Although it’s possible I started that in 2016

2018: I don’t think so, unless you consider shopping a hobby. But even that’s not new

2019: Got a little more into jewelry making

2020: Dice making

2021: DnD mini painting

2022: Not really Where did you go on holiday? 2017: I went to London with my mom

2018: I didn’t

2019: I went on a birthright trip to Israel

2020: Harry Potter World

2021: Colorado Springs

2022: St. Louis, Chicago, New York, California What was your most expensive purchase? 2017: A mattress. Or rent, but that’s not really a purchase

2018: My gold Brighton heart necklace 2019: Plane tickets?

2020: A car

2021: Car repairs

2022: Probably car repairs, or if it’s just actual purchases, the Taylor Swift tickets

Did you change your appearance this year? 2017: Not really. I got better at makeup though

2018: Got a little fatter

2019: Gained weight. I tried to dye my hair but it didn’t really take

2020: Got fatter and my hair got longer

2021: Got fatter

2022: Dyed my hair into an ombre Did you change mentally? 2017: Maybe got a little more stable after the whole Bryant ordeal

2018: Maybe a little more feeling stuck in my ways

2019: Felt more frustrated with my job situation but lost some FOMO since getting a boyfriend

2020: More anxiety

2021: Started running out of fucks to give

2022: Got more relaxed about covid Did you learn anything new this year? 2017: Yeah, all my spring semester classes

2018: Yeah at my jobs and internship

2019: Learned about having a boyfriend

2020: Not a whole ton but learned how to make dice and learned about Subaru Foresters and about covid

2021: Learned about vaccines

2022: Learned new things at my job What were the best moments? 2017: London, screening my film, graduating

2018: Singing maybe, or having fun with friends

2019: Seattle was fun, the birthday escape room was fun

2020: Harry Potter World

2021: Getting new jobs, getting my vaccines, starting to see my friends again, homecoming

2022: The Good Night Oppy premiere, doing fun things with my friends like brunch with the Strixhaven group, drinking in St. Louis, the comedy shows I saw

What was the best present you gave to somebody? 2017: My mom’s buffalo magnet

2018: Oh man I feel like I had a really good humor present but I can’t remember what it was

2019: A downton abbey bell for my mom or a cool album for my boyfriend

2020: Solar system necklaces

2021: A vintage Queen album from the year it came out for Nick

2022: I got my dad a glass sphere with a vortex optical illusion but I haven’t given it to him yet The best present somebody gave to you? 2017: My friend gave me a Loki action figure

2018: Probably my speaker from Hanukkah

2019: Dating me

2020: My companion cube die from my boyfriend

2021: Dice

2022: The murder mystery dinner game Things you could have done without? 2017: Surgery. I mean I probably couldn’t really have done with out it, but I could have done without needing it in the first place

2018: Half the stuff I bought at Macy’s

2019: Lol same at the Macy’s crap. Also unnecessary critiques of my weight and constant job pressure

2020: The pandemic

2021: Covid (and a lot of dice stuff)

2022: A lot of the candy I ate Which song most reminds you of this year? 2017: Evermore?

2018: Waving through a window

2019: If I Were A Jolly Blacksmith

2020: Epiphany

2021: Dangerous to Dream

2022: Elephant Love Medley The most delicious meal? 2017: IHOP cupcake pancakes

2018: Zucchini spaghetti

2019: Rueben’s pretzel bun grilled cheese and sweet potato fries with garlic aioli sauce. Too bad they closed!

2020: Giordano’s Pizza

2021: The Melting Pot

2022: The Melting Pot or the Cheesus Saves pizza from the bar The most impressive book? 2017: Mistborn series

2018: Here Lies Daniel Tate

2019: I didn’t really read anything impressive

2020: The Hunger Games series

2021: Mistborn series again

2022: Harry Potter series again The best film? 2017: Coco

2018: A Star Is Born

2019: Uhh Rocketman?

2020: Idk

2021: I don’t remember much that I saw, I want to say Hamilton but I think that was last year

2022: Good Night Oppy Best time spent with: 2017: Some of my friends who are back in town

2018: My roommates

2019: My boyfriend

2020: My boyfriend

2021: My DnD group and my band friends

2022: My dnd group The best album? 2017: Anastasia the Musical

2018: Can’t pick, there were a lot of good musicals

2019: Lover by Taylor Swift

2020: Folklore by Taylor Swift

2021: Sour by Olivia Rodrigo

2022: Midnights by Taylor Swift Which was your favourite month? 2017: May

2018: August or September

2019: October

2020: January

2021: Maybe October

2022: November or December What do you want to change in 2018/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023? 2017: Actually work out ever, get a job in my field, finish my Harry Potter spellbook

2018: Get a boyfriend, lose weight, be happier

2019: Get a fucking job

2020: Get back to normal and get a better job

2021: Be done with covid, lose weight, finish moving in

2022: Lose weight How would you rate this year? 2017: Pretty good

2018: Ok

2019: Ok

2020: Most times I don’t blame the year, but fuck 2020

2021: Not great but better than last year

2022: Pretty good

#survey #new years

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druidscraft · 2 years ago

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make your party cry in three pictures

left: st. valentine, my bard/wizard center: harmony, st. valentine & ecko’s daughter right: ecko, @sxnnies‘ roguelock

tiefling maker

#c: skt #dnd: st. valentine #there's so much going on in this campaign y'all

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laserandom · 3 years ago

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hee, I told you I'd draw a happier version...

at least without the deaths

#pathfinder kingmaker #art #artists on tumblr #my art #digital art #dnd character #oc art #st valentines #dnd half orc #dnd art #dndart #half orc #regongar #regongar x baron #tarot cards #tarot #dnd oc #pathfinder #pfkm

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avvidstarion · 2 years ago

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the universe is gonna catch you

you know those days when you agree to be the mantle of a sun god you've dedicated half your life to serving but the god's power is too much for your mortal brain to handle so your head explodes. and also that god is secretly evil.

#and also you're gay.#this isn't like. good. but i had the idea and i liked the idea so i'm posting it #valentine st dawn #slumbering dawn #dnd #my shitty art #this is the kind of art that is gonna be really good when i redraw it in like three years #anyway slumbering dawn come talk to me about slumbering dawn.

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leidensygdom · 6 years ago

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Two valentine’s cards, featuring Aosh flirting with @misterartist‘s Rylde and Veth’shal flirting with @agent-underdark ‘s Bhindrin!!! Because I am here to provide DORKS

#elfebruary2019 #drow #dark elf #elf #dungeons and dragons #dnd #aosh #veth'shal #st valentines #card #vor'kalth #sygdomthings

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narukoibito · 2 years ago

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WIP game

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!) I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!

Thank you for the tag @wackus-bonkus-maximus! I feel like you have no idea the crazy long list I have...crap, 24, haha! I actually totally forgot about some of these, and some of which are just barely formed ideas. I welcome anyone's interest if you have any. ❤️

you don't say you love me so i'll do the same

and this is how it starts

cat!Harry

charity work 2

desert island kiss

since feeling is first who pays attention

Harry Librarian

Pride and Prejudice AU

muggle au fwb

Pandora Lily

party

Someone Else's Life

The Other Boy-Who-Lived

St. Mungos

strong enough (to let you in)

Ron hovering HBP

tis the damn season

to love you well

Unravel Me

Valentines Day fic

when the smoke clears

eternal sunshine

bodyguard au

ginny was captured in DH

Okay, I didn't think I'd be actually able to tag 24 people but I DID (what?!) but thought it'd be nice to hear about everyone's WIPs if they felt like sharing (or just saying hi after such a long time!): @foreverginevra @pottermum @sybill-the-seer @fightfortherightsofhouseelves @hillnerd @gryffindormischief @annerbhp @katie-with-the-tea @thejilyship @jilyevans @barnabusthebarmyballetschool @theroomofreq @whathefawkes @lytefoot @better-than-firewhisky @clarensjoy @isidar-mithrim @isahorcrux @could-have-beens @runningtwiceasfast @ballerinaroy @gryffindorhealer @hpfangal @ginnympotter

And of course, anyone who feels like it! I miss hearing about what everyone is working on.

#wip game #tag game #ahhhh i forgot about some of these #and am like wow i wrote that much for this idea?#or what on earth was i thinking here again?#i actually would love to talk about some of these haha #but i feel like i'm such a wip tease #all these ideas and no execution #haha 🥲#all but one are harry/ginny #one is adrien/ginny #because haha i'm weird that way #but what i've written is hinny focused in that one too #hinny

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jaxsonstormwell · 2 years ago

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You know, from my experience in America, a lot of the ones in their mid 40s to 60s tend to have messed up priorities. I could go on and on about the me first attitude, but I'm more interested in their, any excuse for a holiday party.

For example, Valentine's day and St. Patricks day have dark origins, not to mention St. Patricks day is a religious holiday and no one seems to know (I think), and Cinco De Mayo, people don't even know what that's about.

Also, Limbo is my favorite dnd outer plane.

#daily blog #holidays #dnd #dnd 5e

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victuurikatsu · 6 years ago

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I was tagged by @katzuyas to participate in a few tag games, I’m still building my portfolio and hope this motivates me to continue creating for the rest of the year! First game up!

to post the last sentence from a wip,

“Now it appeared that he had his sights set on one Katsuki Yuuri, and Yakov knew it would be futile to stop whatever it was that was blossoming.”

This is a sentence from my culinary AU WIP On My Love: Katsudon! Chapter 3 is slowly trudging on, I could not meet my schedule the way I wanted to, but the update is coming soon!

WIP title meme game

The Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Pick out the title that most intrigues you, or interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

The Paladin & The Sorcerer (DnD AU)

A Christmas Vitya (A Christmas Prince AU)

In Your Eyes I See Beauty (Beauty Blogger AU)

By Daylight, You’re Gone

Yuuri!!! On Culinary

The Softest Valentines Collab (Top secret, can’t tell you nothing!)

I’ve been working on In Your Eyes I See Beauty all day today, thanks to a wonderful prompt idea birthed by Tati in the @wewritevictuuri Discord server that I am gifting to her once completed. I’m very soft for what’s to come and here’s a little snippet, it will be on AO3 hopefully soon.

Each beauty video had the same signature flair, Viktor’s hair would start off in a bun, he’d wave a salutation to his followers and wink. If the video was centralized around makeup he would showcase a new palette from another company who begged for the exposure. When his looks were complete, he would pose in different angles for the camera much to everyone’s delight.

“Ah what mask will they enjoy next?” Viktor wonders as he wipes away the product to expose his bare skin.

Sometimes he adores the product, other times they’re complete trash and he runs to the nearest spa to try to alleviate the damage with a facial.

If the video was centralized around hair, he would gently pull at the hair tie holding his luscious silver locks in, a waterfall of silver falls and dazzles. It’d been amazing that he was able to maintenance it for so long. He couldn’t rant about how annoying it was to ensure there was no knots, that his ends weren’t split or dead, that he used just enough product to make sure it stayed shiny and soft.

And Viktor knew there was a whole world of people who wanted to rush their hands through it.

It’d gone on this way for months and his subscribers kept piling in. Endorsements and partners scrambled in to get a cut of the beauty guru King himself, and while that part afforded him the best quality of product and lifestyle, it was starting to get lonelier the higher and higher he rose.

One day, while doing his morning face mask routine, Viktor had decided to go through his email, stumbling upon a message marked: WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT YOUR NAILS. At first he thought it was spam but being curious by nature he clicked on it and scoured through the message from a fan.

They stated as usual how they loved his content but they noticed as much as all of his other features were taken care of, noticeably his fingernails were left in the dust. They even included a close up screenshot of Viktor holding onto a foundation bottle, signs of ragged and bitten nails displayed.

Truthfully, he enjoyed a good mani/pedi but he was often forgetful and had an awful habit of biting his nails that would destroy the treatment in less than a day.

Then they made a plea for him to check out another bloggers work. They never showed their face on screen but the nail art spoke for itself and it just so happened that they ran a series dedicated to the looks Viktor would create.

“He’s an amazing nail artist but enjoys his privacy. His series Nikiforov Inspired Nails made me think AHH THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY COLLABORATE. Please consider it!” The email concluded.

Pasted at the end of the email was the link to the aforementioned beauty bloggers work. A world of color flashed before Viktor’s eyes, different variants of nail art in both style and length displayed. The camera angle this artist Katsuki Yuuri seemed to work with was always filming from the neck down. The most amazing part was he was able to complete both hands flawlessly every time.

He clicked on the Nikiforov Inspired Nails series, seeing posts marked close to the beginning of his debut as a beauty blogger. So he was aware of him! How had Viktor not been aware of him? The series highlighted the different styles Viktor tried out, embellishing colors of gold and fuchsia seemed to be in every other video.

Then he stopped at a particular video where Yuuri created nail art based on a winter prince theme Viktor had done. He was absolutely captivated by his technique, captivated by the way his hands moved and created, and he realized he wanted him to salvage his nail beds, and hopefully unveil his identity.

Viktor scrolled to the contact info for Yuuri, hands flourishing over the keyboard as he wrote, “Loved your Nikiforov series. How about we do a special video where you get to work on me exclusively? Talk soon, xx”

First Sentences Game

Rules: list the first lines of your last ten published stories. note if there are any patterns yourself and see if anyone else notices any! tag ten friends!

I did a splurge of new material for Vitya Week so that is where 85% of this list is going to come from, I’ll also link to the original post xD

Victor never had issues with falling asleep. (Prompt #83 for WWV)

Traveling far and wide was all a part of being an internationally renown figure skater, it was even more imperative when one was a five-time champion. (Day 7 for Vitya Week: Home)

“Promise to watch me closely okay?” Victor said, his back to Yuuri as he glanced over intently. (Day 6 for Vitya Week: Graceful Performer)

It had taken a few weeks for the rest of Yuuri’s belongings to ship from Japan to Russia, and he was just so tired of looking at stacked cardboard boxes that he enlisted Victor’s help to declutter everything (Day 4 for Vitya Week: Hair Style)

30 years, what a feat it was to make it this far. (Day 3 for Vitya Week: Happy Birthday Vitya!)

Yuuri couldn’t get to St. Petersburg fast enough, at least that’s how it felt in Victor’s mind. (New Life & Love: Shenanigans in St. Petersburg)

Traditions were something Victor never followed through with before. (We Call Everything On Ice, Love)

Yuuri generally never gets up early because of his night owl tendencies, but when he does he soaks up as much as he can. (A soft Victuuri morning drabble)

I was just thinking, what must have happened that evening after Yuuri said he wanted to retire? (Barcelona Wreckage Drabble)

Hands shaking, Yuuri opened up his laptop and immediately scanned for the record button off of his YouTube channel interface. (Chapter 1 of OMLK)

I’m interested to see if you guys spot patterns on how I start my stories. I definitely thrive on prompts, and on a good day I can put out drabbles that can either warm or destroy your heart.

This was so much fun! I’m tagging the following people to join in or not, either way I’m terribly excited to be creating and watching you all create!: @savedbythenotepad @japansace @sweet-vitya @everymanwillbeaking @iwritebetterthanispeak @postingpebbles @e-de-mimsy @stammiviktor

#tag game #yoi tag game #yuri on ice #yoi #yoi drabble #yoi drabbles #my writing so far oooooooooooof #victuuri #victor x yuuri #victor nikiforov #katsuki yuuri #honestly so excited to finally get that new update for OMLK up #but also this beauty blogger au is so AHHH i can't even

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