#i'll still be here reblogging stuff

[aza-trash-can]

As much as it sucks, I think I gotta take a break from being somewhat active in fandom for the time being. No more writing or reading fanfic, no more headcanons, just a full on pause on anything I create and interacting with stuff on a deeper level (or spending energy) until I can get my shit together irl and be a functioning person. Idk whether that'll be weeks or months, but until I can figure out how to balance this stuff or be able to meet bare minimum requirements, I gotta step back

[sainteclectic]

and btw since I'm posting a lot of wholesoul content (intended as platonic but still), i do want to make it clear: my analysis of whole as a character is purely within the narrative of the story! while i am aware that behind the metaphors is whole is cj himself, that's never what i'm writing whole as in my work. basically I'm using the internal logic of the fiction (whole as viewed by the characters in the album) rather than the reason for the fiction existing (as a fictionalized version of chonny's mental state), just like i do with all the other characters. it's important to make that distinction when you're dealing with a piece of fiction so heavily based on the creator i think. I'll never use cj as a basis for how I write whole because I find that a little off putting tbh ^^;

basically I'm playing with touys. ok? play touys with me

[goldentigerfestival]

Genealogy of the Condemned/Convicted novel manga first chapter is done and ready to go!

You can read it here and here (second link is recommended for the notes page specifically).

Things to be aware of with this manga:

This is a short manga of six chapters. It doesn't cover even the entire childhood arc, let alone the whole novel.

Some lines are taken directly from the novel, while others were similar but not identical, and others were changed to fit manga style dialogue bubbles.

Not everything in the manga is 1:1 with the novel, but it's all pretty close.

I hope you enjoy!

Translation by me.

Scans by @suguelya.

Cleaning by Jenners and myself.

Typesetting by me.

[whereisyourpippinnow]

As soon as Napoleon and his Grand Army entered Moscow, on 14 September 1812, the capital erupted in flames that eventually engulfed and destroyed two thirds of the city.

It's not very sporting, is it? For his honour and Russia's, not mine. There's dignity to be had in defeat.

Napoleon (2023) | dir. Ridley Scott

[m0e-ru]

ive always adored the themes used in prsona games especially how it dictates how deties and their domains or realms look like. id notice theres these animalistic and alien motifs in p3. like the feathers and plumes of corvids as they're associated with death. the moon??

and more humanoid appearances with p4 deities while especially trying to emphasize human concepts to bring out a sort of uneasiness and uncanniness in a person, because youre looking at something youre aware how it should look like if it were "normal". youre presented with figures that are rotting and deformed and burnt alive, but are still flailing their limbs around, or whats left of it. if they have no legs or too much arms, or multiple faces morphed onto their torso or a decaying body contorted in the wrong directions. it's pure horror and they couldve leaned more into that honestly

and when it gets to p5, youre shown how flesh and machine intertwine. how something clearly that is fantasical is also manmade, figuratively and literally. everything's eerily organic while blood rains everywhere and muscles and tendons creep into the environment like weeds growing over the concrete of buildings. yet, there's the rigid geometry that is nowhere near natural, while gears and cogs turn as you climb up stairs that leads to a heaven that's more of a hell and kill god itself.

[balmungkriemhild]

Nobody follows me for Honkai stuff as far as i'm aware but who gives a shit. this is Rêverose, she's a Knight of Beauty and she hates herself because she "wasn't pious enough" to stop the Fall of Idrila. TBH she couldn't have stopped that shit she just has a lot of self-hate and other issues

[byanyan]

ok i'm alive and we have a vet appointment for cookie tomorrow... fortunately we're being allowed to bring her in with us for our counselling appointments so we don't have to cancel those, thank god

overall feeling a less violently terrible so far today but Waiting Mode™️ might kick in, so. idk. honestly might reblog that incorrect quotes meme later for a simple distraction ajdgksj

[bearsgrove]

yeah nah im not coming back here any time soon lol

[raspberryusagi]

No more side blog, we selfship on main like the weebs we are.

(Or at least, I do. technicallynonexistent is now, well and truly, nonexistent)

[storytellers-and-co]

Tansui's Adventures - #9, Allies and Enemies

By the time Tansui had delivered the treats and gotten the news, it was starting to be evening again - and he was more than ready to just curl up by the stairs and sleep. However, Papashan informed the thaumaturge about something alarming… 

Someone of importance had gone missing. And the rounds were to find some clues. And now, knowing someone was out there, alone and possibly in danger, how was Tansui supposed to sleep? Answer, they couldn’t. And thus, the new mage set for searching this missing person. 

Thankfully, it didn’t take too long - natural curiosity and their ability to attract situations was for once playing in their favour… until, as the roguishly handsome stranger with white hair and quick with so fittingly put it, the dead came out to play. 

Tansui hadn’t fought against Voidsent in what felt like years, and yet they’d always remember the stench of one. Thankfully though, they had some help this time - the stranger taking majority of the heat while Tansui could focus on slinging his spells. Magic from both the mage in training and the Voidsent flashed in the night, illuminating the otherwise dark landscape - the steel of the strangers sword glinting at every spell and attack slung. 

Even when additional company was brought in, or when the claws came far too close for comfort, or when they were starting to run awfully low on fire-power for a short moment, Tansui felt oddly at ease - knowing someone was there, had his back for however short of a moment, that they weren’t in this alone for once was a comforting thought. 

One last Astral Fire was what finally took the Voidsent down, allowing Tansui to take a step back, catch his breath, and let the stranger help with the lady. She was apparently his responsibility, or some sort - Tansui might’ve slipped on his focus roughly there, distracted by a crystal on the ground….

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

alright. know what? with Secrets of the Obscure right around the corner and plenty of new Mists-related sky island settings coming with it, I'll just bite the bullet and interest-check a little something I've been turning in my head for a long, long while.

would YOU be interested in a Mists-based GW2 roleplay guild that uses a lore compliant multiverse system to allow canon, canon-adjacent, lore-breaking, and otherwise 'contradictory' muses to coexist in the same setting?

simply put: every writer's cast would be set in their own self-contained universe. as such, everyone could bring whatever muses they want with their own personal headcanons, and no one could dictate what is or isn't canon for anyone else. so long as your muses are GW2-based, you're good to go! bring your Commanders, bring your canon-divergent OCs, bring your canon muses-- and yes, even the ones that are 'supposed' to be dead. who can say what might have happened in a strange world far across the Mists, after all?

neutral hubs and in-character safety guardrails would be in place to keep all muses on a relatively even playing field regardless of their power, history, and prestige, too. play hardball if you like, but it might not end quite the way you'd hope. the main rule would be to maintain good OOC etiquette at all times: no godmodding, no metagaming, no theft, don't blend IC and OOC, and so-on.

if that sounds like something you might have interest in, please interact with this post! and if you've got questions or concerns, I'd love to hear them; feel free to send an ask or a DM, or just reply to this post!

[kaus-quietis]

Come take... this... hand... at twi... light’s... door... I’ll meet...  you... there We’ll share the moonlit floor through the driving rain –

[sasanyaustala]

It's my birthday today🥳 here are my fav recent pieces

[lemonduckisnowawake]

I've been using tumblr wrong

[morningmask27]

I sometimes have huge feelings take me over, and right now I'm just grateful.

I met people at university and in one year I went from extremely lonely to having friends I could talk to about the most personal stuff. I got to know them as people on a way I never thought would have happened just one year ago. Literally one year ago.

The new university year starts tomorrow, so tomorrow will be one year since we met and I'm just feeling a lot because of it right now. (technically it's the 20th if we go by date, but technicalities, and having two days to celebrate is not a problem for me either)

I'll just let this post be a reminder to people to appreciate the people in their lives who care for them. Things can be horrible and you can feel truly lonely, I don't want to erase those experiences, but if there are people in your life who Care, truly and genuinely care. Appreciate them. If you can, send them a message thanking them, or give them a little gift if words are hard. Let's just let people in our lives know we love them dearly

[naomiknight-17]

By the way, whoever made that generous donation overnight and did so anonymously?

Thank you! 💕

I think I can make the student loan payment now, that's a big help!