#if there is an animal to befriend we WILL befriend it

[changingplumbob]

First Round - Day five (Chloe group)

The Chloe group are lucky last, meaning they've had some extra time to get to know each other before this. Tensions still exist though as some personalities clash.

Callie: This is so exciting! This place looks amazing

Apolline: I think it needs work. A lot of work

Billie: I suppose you're used to a higher standard?

Elise: It's a lot nicer than some places I've been let me tell you

Hana: I hope we get some free time to paint. At the moment the schedule seems pretty tight

Lara: We have some free time now don't we?

Callie: Yeah but we should be bonding and getting to know each other

Apolline: Why would we want that

Billie: Maybe you don't understand Callie but this is meant to be a competition

Lara: Why would you say that? We don't need to kill the vibe

Hana: Maybe not all of us feel as relaxed about the situation as you are Lara

Elise: You know what's relaxing? The onsen in Mt Komorebi

Hana: I think I'm going to go unpack

Elise: I'll come with, I've got the room beside yours

...

Callie: I know it's a competition but it doesn't mean we can't be friends... does it?

Billie: I didn't mean to sound quite that harsh

Apolline: *scoffs* You really want to befriend 29 woman chasing the same person you are?

Lara: You make it sound so cut throat Apolline. Maybe not everyone thinks the way you do. We should try and be friendly

Hana: Now where do you suppose the remote would be?

Hana decided that she didn't want to be overly social that morning and instead chose to watch some sports on TV after unpacking.

Apolline: I can be friendly! I love your... green?

Lara: *smiling* See now Polly, we're getting along great

Apolline: *seething at being called Polly*

Elise: So what did I miss

Callie: Nothing much. Can you tell us about one of your adventures?

Billie: Yes! I'd love to hear more of your travels

At lunch Deanna appeared to say hello to everyone and see how they were settling in.

Deanna: Are you doing okay?

Apolline: Yes. Deanna you look tres jolie in that shirt

Deanna: *smiling* Thanks. But really is it going okay

Hana: Things are bound to be awkward while we adjust right

Lara: Some things are bumpy but we're getting through it

Hana: I said that

Lara: I'm just trying to make conversation

Callie: The rooms are lovely

Billie: And the views are so inspiring

Elise: I love it here but I do miss home

Apolline: Deanna you must come visit Champs Le Sims, you as well Hana

Hana: I've heard the galleries there are impressive

Billie: I'd love to see them to

The rest of lunch is filled with jokes and laughter. Despite initial clashes these contestants do seem to want to understand each other.

Lara (voiceover): Things may have got tense this morning but it's nothing I can't handle. You don't get to be a party animal without learning how to handle an awkward situation. Apolline seems like she likes us, but it also feels like maybe she's liking us against her better judgement? I don't know. I decided to polish my charisma today, that way I can help diffuse any other arguments that might pop up

Elise (voiceover): It was a lot of fun talking about my travels with the others. Apolline didn't seem too impressed by the places I chose to visit but I think she respects my determination. There was an awkward moment with Apolline and Callie for sure though, and Billie. I think they just need to size each other up and move forward, eyes on the prize. I chose to practice video gaming for skill time, it was good to unwind

Callie (voiceover): So maybe I was a little bit naive thinking everyone would want to make friends. I just thought there's only so many people who do these kind of things, who else would best know what we're going through than a fellow competitor? At least Lara seems welcoming, and hey maybe the others just need to get to know me. I picked charisma to work on for the afternoon, I could do with less social slip ups

Hana (voiceover): I tried to tell myself not to be annoyed at Lara just because she was number one... but my hot-headedness got me. Hopefully she's cool enough to forgive it though because yeah... I do have to admit she seems pretty awesome. I think it was right to do some sports watching before lunch though, helped get me in a better place to chat. For the skill time I picked videogaming. I'm interested to see what challenge it's recommended for

Apolline (voiceover): I mean... I'm trying to overcome quite a bit right now. I do think it might seem like I'm cold but I'm being realistic. We can't all win. Deanna is only picking me- I mean, one of us. I don't know about you but I would rather not befriend people I know are flirting with the same person as me. How can you establish trust? I picked charisma to work on, not that I really need to, but it does seem like a skill that will be essential in the villa

Billie (voiceover): I didn't mean to be rude to Callie, she just doesn't seem like a serious competitor. But after I snapped she looked like a puppy someone had pushed in a puddle. So I backtracked and tried to patch it up, hopefully she's not the kind to hold grudges. Lunch was fun, it would be nice to visit Champs Le Sims one day if Apolline ever deems me worthy of invitation. For skills I chose charisma, I'm going to need it

For dinner Deanna made some Chicken Saltimbocca.

Apolline: Merci! Some real food

Billie: Thanks Deanna

Deanna: You're welcome

Elise: It tastes really nice, what brand of nectar did you use?

Deanna: Uhh, the one in the cupboard?

Lara: Brands don't always tell you how good the nectar will be

Hana: I didn't realise you drank nectar

Lara: I don't much but I know how to navigate behind the bar

Apolline: A useful skill?

Lara: It can be. Sometimes your ordered mixologist will not appear and you need to keep the party going

Callie: I've never really been to many parties

Elise: I've been to parties on almost every continent

Billie: Gosh this sunset is just gorgeous

Hana: I know! I wish I had my full set of paints to capture it

Following the cleaning up, Deanna invites the women to watch a movie with her. While most seem excited at the idea of a film in a language that is not English, Lara is skeptical and Callie is worried.

Callie: Will there be subtitles? We can have subtitles right?

Deanna: Absolutely

Apolline: Disappointed Lara?

Lara: Huh? No, I just prefer action films not drama

Billie: I saw a review of this one but have yet to watch

Hana: Shhh, it's starting

Despite her initial hesitation Callie gets drawn in to the film, crying along with Elise at the sad moments.

Deanna: *sniffling* I don't have a good feeling

Billie: I think they'll make it through this, they're so cute

Hana: Maybe but the lighting says not

Lara: Apolline do you have to cry quite so loud

Apolline: *loud sobs and words in French*

When the film has concluded absolutely everyone headed off to bed despite there being some socialisation time with Deanna left. Emotional films can take a physical toll though so maybe that's why everyone had to rest up?

Sims created by: @belsasim, @igglemouse, @invisiblequeen, @paracosmic-sims, @perolesims (@peroleeesims), @simscici

[veilishvixen]

Sorry…just imagining the Inquisitor standing in the great hall of the Archon’s palace as Dorian makes his ascension; watching the north celebrate its narrow victory while the south is but a smoldering ruin. And to watch it all as a DALISH ELF…the slave Capitol winning once again while you mourn your incalculable losses…I know Minrathous is more than it’s sins and Dorian’s rule will bring about a great deal of change, but there is no undoing the harm that has already been inflicted.

Idk maybe I’m just a bitter loser, but it was actually stunning to me that joining Solas in the fade was locked behind his romance. It would truly make more sense for an unromanced inquisitor to join him out of doubt that he would succeed alone. Their home, their beloved forests and babbling brooks and farmlands and cities and cultures have already begun to fade from memory in the clutch of this dark power…and they’re just supposed to sit back and take Solas at his word? The man whose mistakes saw to the erasure of his own world? I do love him, but when has Solas ever successfully achieved anything good on his own?

It can very well be read as a sappy ending, too good to be true for a solavellan Inky, but for the others? Tragedy…just tragedy. They would see the blight peeled back from their home. They would see the animals and crops return. After fighting the corruption so hard and for so long…idk, I would certainly have a hard time just letting go of the south. This is part of why I believe the writers flopped massively by trying to spin similarities between Solas and Rook’s characters when Solas and the Inquisitor already shared the same reflection.

We saw how little of a difference their politicking made as the south was falling. The Inquisitor’s name still holds some influence, but evidently not as much as it once did, not enough to shine light back on the south again. Going with Solas and making sure that he gets the job done and in record time was truly the only ending I felt my Inquisitor would accept, even though she had fallen in love with him.

Joining Solas in the regret prison would be hell for any inky, but I doubt going back to the current state of Thedas would be heaven either…not after you’ve spent over a decade fighting just to lose. This is also why I feel like we should have gotten to see Inky and Elgar’nan clash at least once. He lost…but not before taking everything (except maybe your romance) from you.

Romanced, befriended, or foe…I like to think that Solas and Inky could have found some peace in this final journey together…what is it a befriended Inquisitor says to him at the end? “We saved the world together once. Can’t we do it one last time?”…and who’s to say the Inquisitor would have to stay with him forever? A romanced Inquisitor may swear to accompany him always, but the others? After seeing the effects of the blight start to recede…maybe they could choose to retire at last…to see to the world’s physical healing in their mortal skin, age finally catching up to them, while Solas toils ever on in the fade…his life force sustaining the veil for all eternity and his spirit self singing softly to the mad titan minds he’d severed all those long years ago.

Me outside the boarded up writers room 50 years from now:

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

You say we're all going to be okay and that we have our whole lives ahead of us but the world is ending and sometimes i feel like its so hard to find things to be happy about. any advice?

The world has been ending in one way or another many times before. People still had fulfilling lives. And even if the world does end next week, we still have lives to live until then. Have a yummy coffee. Remind yourself that not everything is awful. There are still people saving injured animals, and befriending isolated people, and doing kind things for each other.

Here's some good things about the world rn:

The Europa Clipper just used Mars for its penultimate gravity assist at the beginning of the month, and is doing its last earth-assist slingshot next year, to reach Europa in 2030! And Juice is already a couple years en route to Jupiter, planned arrival in 2031!

Mango lemonade exists! and other kinds of lemonade! I'm drinking blackberry lemonade right now. It's a small thing, but it's very yummy.

People are still working super hard to make the world a better place, all over the world, even if you don't always see them. As long as people are still fighting, there's hope for more good things in the future. And people are still fighting.

[tobiasdrake]

Still rotating Snow White (2025) in my head. The movie does not shy away one bit from the fantastical elements of the original and I really appreciate that.

The magic of Snow White's world is just there. Why is it there? Fuck you, that's why. The Evil Queen does witchcraft. Dwarves and apparently ogres according to them are things that exist in the magical woods, which are a spooky place that will attack you if you enter uninvited.

None of this ever really gets explained, nor does it need to be. This is just what this world is. Deal with it.

Snow's relationship with her animal companions is really interesting to me. Like the original film, she is beloved by wildlife. She has a retinue of squirrels and birds and stuff to support her. They're her friends and they help her out when she needs it.

But it's not, like, a special virtue of Snow's that they're recognizing or a special gift she has. The implication is that anyone can befriend these animals. They're intelligent, considerate, and compassionate creatures. But only Snow does.

The film directly equates Snow's relationship with her woodland friends to her relationship with the bandits in a pair of scenes.

After she meets John and he explains to her the plight of the people that drives the outlaws to steal, he's captured by the Evil Queen's guards. Snow tries to plead with the Queen for mercy, pointing out that he's only been forced to turn to stealing out of desperation because the Queen's regime has taken all the wealth and resources from the common folk. Her words fall on deaf ears and John is bound outside in the cold to die of exposure.

Snow betrays the Queen and sets John free... and she offers him a piece of bread from her pocket. This is where their relationship begins, one that will inform much of the second and third acts of the film. An act of mercy and a gift of sustenance to get him through the night.

Later in the film, when Snow is forced to flee from the Huntsman, she's attacked by the haunted woods until she ends up alone in a grove. There, she finds a deer... and she offers the deer a piece of bread from her pocket.

I admit, I laughed for a moment at that. Like. Does Snow just constantly walk around with half-eaten bread in her pockets every day?

But then I remembered that we see her all the time hanging out with the birds and squirrels, who she's presumably feeding. So. Unironically yes, Snow does walk around with bread in her pockets.

What really gets me about the deer scene, though, is that she has to try. And we see her do it. She is not beloved by this deer. This deer has never met her. The deer has no idea who she is. But through her kindness and her empathy, she's able to forge a relationship with the deer, who helps her out of the woods and goes on to join her retinue of animal companions.

This is Snow White's magic. The same magic she worked on the outlaw John. The same magic she goes on to work on the dwarves. Snow White is not instantly loved by everyone she meets but she is instantly lovable. She is able to build connections with other living things, be they people, animals, or dwarves by conducting herself as the kind of person they would want to build a connection with.

Whether it's the animals, the dwarves, the outlaws, or the villagers, it's all the same. She's able to create a grassroots swelling of support, to turn people to her side, by showing herself to be someone they would want to listen to.

Snow White's magic is empathy, understanding, and kindness... and the film goes on to make the bold claim that these are the qualities inherent to leadership. Snow White's magic is leadership, and this power of hers, this ability to earn the good faith and loyalty of even the smallest of creatures, is what makes her the Fairest of Them All and qualifies her to unseat the Evil Queen.

[reality-shitting]

1) My name is Java Lillathae Ragnvindr!

2) "Java" has been my chosen name since I was 11. "Lillathae" was the name of my first Genshin OC, her name based off Leelathae/Lillith from Cursed Princess Club. And Ragnvindr is my fiance's name. I joked with him that since I'm changing my name when I go to Mond, I'll be missing a last name, so can I take yours? And he chose to take it seriously so now I'm Ragnvindr.

3) When I wake up, if Diluc is still in bed (which is rare) I'll cuddle with him before I have to start the day. If he's not in bed, he's usually doing paperwork in his office already, so I'll give him a good morning kiss before anything. Adelinde usually has breakfast and coffee ready, it's a matter of what time I wake up if it's brought to me in bed or not.

4) My life.. Is SOOOO relaxed. I can do anything I want. I can run free on mountain tops and fields. I can sit and paint and draw. I can bake or cook or read. Of course, I'm not some freeloader. I've been helping Diluc with winery affairs and I'm steadily learning to become the second head of the winery. I'll be his barmaid at the Angel's Share and assist with the harvests. It's so freeing being able to balance work and play so easily now.

5) Evening. Or late night. I love the view of sunsets and the perfect temperature as cotton candy clouds fill the skies. It's so serene to me. And with night, I can lay in bed or sit by the fireplace and read or draw or snack while Diluc finishes up his work. He leaves to be the Darknight Hero at midnight, so I usually stay up to see him off and give him a kiss goodnight.

6) Warm Chai milk tea. That, plus a comfy blanket by the fire during a rainy night? Yes, please.

7) I left them behind with my past life. I had a sister and she had a family of her own, so I still shift back to see her. Albedo made my body, so I suppose you could say he's my father? Neither of us like seeing it that way though. Unless it's me bringing it up to be a chaotic bastard lol

8) They were Not Good

10) I'm still pretty awkward and shy so I haven't quite branched out socially yet.

11) I like visiting the Knights of Favonius library! Lisa is very sweet, from the few times we've spoke. I also like volunteering at the cat cafe, playing with the kitties and helping clean up after them. I think it's much easier to befriend animals than people.

12) I do! My dawnlight! I love him so so much.

13) We met because he had been interested in me and keeping an eye on me from a distance. He saw me stand up to people and defend those I cared about with zero hesitation, and he immediately wanted to get closer to me. He saw I was being hit on by Kaeya and debating getting with him for a night, so Diluc decided to swoop in knowing that I had actual feelings for him. So we started talking after that and started dating about a month later. I said I love you first. Our first date, we went to a bookstore and sat down in a coffee shop. We picked out poetry books and highlighted lines that made us think of the other.

14) I have lots of favorite colors! Black, red, blue, pink, lavender <3 I usually have an alt style, but now I'm being showered in luxury Victorian style dresses and outfits. I still have a wide variety of clothes, but I've started wearing a bit more of the fancy stuff lately

15) That's what's neat, ALLLLLL the time is my spare time now!

16) I read or meditate or draw to relax, but life is already so much more peaceful than what I'm used to.

17) I love sweets!! Cakes, cookies, pastries, oh my!!! You'll never see me saying no to some kind of dessert. I like Fonta, since it's the most easily accessible carbonated drink and I loved Soda before I moved here, but I also love juice :) I really really REALLY like sunsettia juice. Staff usually cook for us living at the winery, but that doesn't mean there aren't times that Diluc and I don't cook. I love cooking and baking and I love sharing those with the people I love. Diluc will do the same for me too. If I'm not busy doing something already, I'll lend a hand in the kitchen. Diluc will too, but he's far busier than any of us most days.

18) My Diluc. I don't even have to think about it. He was my support before, he was healing and comfort. We were forced apart and it kills me every day. He believed I could shift and be with him in Mond forever, too. Long before I came to Shiftblr. Long before I lost him. He made me feel so loved and belonging. Like a ferocious lion caring for the softest little bunny; he was feared, revered and respected by all, but to me, he was a kitty. Gentle, kind, playful, loving, protective. And after all, bunnies and cats are best friends. He loved me like a treasure and I did all I could to make sure the sentiment was shared. I never wanted him to believe I loved him for his money, power, influence, status, whatever, I loved him. And everyday, I made sure he knew that. And he loved me just as ferociously. He saw how much love I had to give, not just to him but to others, and he felt a sense of injustice. I had been given a rough hand from medical and mental health, to financial stress, to familial issues, to general misfortune. So much bad happened to me, yet I was incredibly kind and warm. What justice is that? So, knowing that I was a shifter, he asked me how the practice worked. I explained the basics and he began commissioning Albedo. Albedo was able to tweak my genetics and recreated my body in Mondstadt, with my health conditions gone and replacing some of my DNA with rabbits'. Diluc's nickname for me was Bunny, and now I am a bunny! As I mentioned, someone happened and we were thrashed apart without saying goodbye. Ever since then, I'd been dedicated to seeing him again. I wouldn't give up on him, because fuck that other person who hurt so goddamn many. I wasn't letting abusers control people like dolls anymore. I'd get back to my Diluc one way or another. After months and months of time apart, finally, finally, I was here. I woke up and I saw him again. He saw me. Time stopped after that. So, now, we're back together. Gave the middle finger to every blockade that kept us apart. Now, every aspect of my life is better. I am engaged to a wonderful man, part of a beautiful community, free as a bird and loved as I always should have been. Happiness is not only the greatest revenge, but you'll be so happy that the revenge is only a slight bonus. So that's why I shifted to Mond. I'm not done chasing fairytales just yet.

Think FROM not OF!

Okay guys, here's another tip that I have for you all! Just like the title says instead of thinking of your dr think from it!

Now what do I mean by this? Can you do me a favor? You will? Yippie! (I really hope you said yes or else this looks incredibly stupid)

Think about your dr, describe it! In your head or out loud it's your decision! I'll give you some time okay?!

You're done? Great, now pay attention to how you thought about your dr. Did you say things like "Oh when I get there" or "I can't wait to do XYZ"

If so, this is what I want you to do. Your dr isn't narnia, or the north pole. It's not a fictional place that you can only dream of, it's REAL! So think of it as such.

Instead of thinking about getting there/going there/what's waiting for you. Think about it just like you do your cr. You know your dr right? I mean you're there right, so why are you thinking about as if you're not?

Here is what I want you all to do, answer these questions FROM your dr! Do not create separation, answer these just like you would if someone asked you here. If you do not know how to respond that is fine!

What is your name?

What a pretty name! What does it mean?

Omg, I love that! But I'm curious what do you do first thing in the morning?

I do that too! What is your day-to-day life like?

Mhm, I don't know how you do it...what's your favorite time of day?

See me I prefer late at night! Speaking of late at night, do you have any favorite late-night snacks?

I see I see! What about family? Who are they? Do you have any siblings?

I have three myself! What about your parents? What do they do?

That's cool! I don't think I know what my dad does, to be honest...

What about your friend group? Who's in it? Describe them!

Yeah, my friends are very eccentric...to say the least but I love them! What are some things you do with them for fun?

That sounds so invite please invite me next time! Now I'm kinda nosy so...do you have a s/o?

Really?! Tell me about them! How did you meet? Who said I love you first? First date? I wanna know it all!

That is so cute! You guys are so cute! But tell me about yourself now! Fav color? What's your clothing style?

Mine is pink, and I love the y2k aesthetic! What do you do in your spare time?

You're so cool! But what do you do to relax?

Yes relaxation is so important! But you know what else is? FOOD! What do you like to eat? Fav food? Fav drink? Do you prefer to cook at home or eat out?

I see I see! That all sounds so yummy! Now as much as I would love to spend more time with you I'm afraid I have to go but not without one last question...what is something that you love the most, now I want you to think deeply about this! It could be a person, place, thing, animal but tell me why! Is it the reason why you're shifting here? Dig deep!

Okay my loves I just thought to do this randomly I hope you all enjoy! Feel free to reblog with your answers, comment, or just answer them in your head do whatever you want! But be sure to think FROM your dr not OF IT!

[treasureguardingdragon]

LOOK AT MY DND PARTY

(im the yellow-green guy with a dinocat :D)

left to right on above image:

- mossfrog (dragonborn, sorcerer, will fireball anything and worships frogs)

- salmon (tabaxi, warlock, has conversations in funny voices with her hexblade)

- pelleas (half orc, paladin, is injured by the party more than the enemies and very possibly has rabies)

- eirua (drow, rogue, has destroyed more egos than lives)

(there is one guy missing because they joined later so i havent drawn them yet but they are d’ish the survivor, a 2’7 purple grung monk and i love them :D)

[alabasterpickles]

Some more random Botw/Totk/Aoc sketches I WILL post on instagram once I’ve finished another handful I have sitting on procreate!

I’ve got it stuck in my brain that following the events of Age of Calamity the Yiga clan work closely with the castle and I like to think Kohga prides himself on his new promotion

Though he’d never put himself in harm’s way, so I definitely see that third drawing happening on the castle grounds where Zelda is definitely not in any danger

(Also? Daruk and Mipha? Definitely gossip buddies)

I JUST *LOVE* THEM ALL SO. MUCH.

[marmarlaade]

we should make content of aristotle & archimedes

[animatedjen]

How to train your ...Nekko?

[kitty-pilled-gamma]

am I sensing Iroha character development?

[barksbog]

i do have a little discord server if anyone wants to join

i post wips, future schemes and plush announcements but there are also other crafting, toys and creature channels!

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

I genuinely can’t put into words just how grateful I am to have her as my friend. Almost 8 months since we’ve met each other and she just keeps making me love her personality more and more each week. Yeah I have other friends, but no one I’ve related to so much. I mean that in the case of hobbies, media, fandoms but also idk how to explain but she just GETS me yk. Anytime I’ve been embarrassed about over sharing a particular piece of information about my life, she ends up just understanding if not relating. God I know true supportive friends exist because she exists<33

[0rczy]

Big fan of sun and moon themed characters who are burdened with a destiny they need to find/fulfill.

And the random funny rogue who they go on silly (read: lifechanging) adventures with.

[wazzappp]

Fond thoughts overwhelming my brain

[oceanwithouthermoon]

sorry im thinking about. akechi and kaido being the autistic nerd and autistic geek duo.

[faggot-viscera]

Everyone (exaggeration) thinks pregame shuichi is like evil yandere freaky or whatever and I'd be lying if I said I didn't like a lot of the edgy serial killer fanarts and interpretations of him (i <3 angst 4evarr) but I must propose my own interpretation of him; autistic and scared of everyone. He's slightly offputting and I think that's cause he just doesn't know how to interact with anyone. He's a lot close to the ultimate detective Shuichi in my mind. I kind of interpreted the main vers as like "uncorrupted by the real world" versions of the pregames rather than just opposites of them (negating how their fictional past affected them, because obviously not every main version is mentally sound). Also everything about this aside from that last part is probably just me projecting but that's the fun in liking characters who are up to interpretation, and I enjoy shaking pg shu around in my brain