#like the arrow figure was nice™

[watchingblsnowandforever]

Hello!!!! =D

So. We Are ep 13. I don't how they do this, but they keep making every episode better than the last. At this rate, I'll not be able to survive episode 16.

Warning: long post 😊😅 (there will be a smol part 2 because 30 screenshots are definitely not enough.)

We have the Best Parents in BL, but now I present to you: The Best Aunt in BL.

Subtle, Aunt Pui, real subtle. 😭

I get her. She just wants a nice, handsome boyfriend for her nephew. 😌

First of all, the symbolism is hitting me right in the face, but it's also so subtle because no one else knows the whole story, so they wouldn't be able to figure it out.

Secondly. Yes, the red and blue do clash a bit, and it's not the prettiest little painting. But. Not every painting has to be "pretty" or perfect. Just like feelings or emotions in real life. Peem didn't willingly draw over his precious painting because he thought it'd look better; he did it because he wanted it to express his feelings. This also ties into Peem's insecurity at having (apparently) failed at being Phum's comfort zone because see, in the painting it looks like the sea is embracing the roses, or protecting them.

What I'm trying to say, is that what makes art beautiful is not just what you directly see on the canvas/right in front of you. And this applies even to the "pretty" ones. The David is not just famous because it looks very good, but also because of the amount of skill and talent Michelangelo had to be able to create such a thing from a block of marble. (I'm sorry I'm not good at examples or analogies 😭)

Sir. What business do you have, making an expression like that and giving me a heart attack.

If I haven't said this before: find a man who looks at you like Phum (Pond) looks at Peem (Phuwin).

Two sides of the same coin.

Phum still feels guilty (which is very clear from his reaction to what Peem says) about ruining Peem's painting, so he wants to do something to make sure nothing like that ever happens to Peem again.

Peem is long over it (you don't ever forget shit like that, but he has definitely forgiven Phum). He met Phum because of that Incident™, and he has a new, upgraded painting, so this is just a light joke for him. But the moment he sees it's too soon for Phum, he immediately goes to reassure him he's just kidding, and he absolutely does not hold it over Phum.

A simple pinky promise, but how much does it mean to Phum?

He's never had someone to make a pinky promise with; Fang was in a similar situation as him, and Beer knew better to make a promise and have it broken by forces outside his control.

So this, this small, childish gesture means quite a bit to him. (Which is also probably why having broken it hurt him so much.)

And yet Peem, you're smiling so wide while saying that. Almost like *le gasp* you actually like it!

Let's be real here, Peem. You don't mind at all. In fact, you sounded unbearably fond saying this. You were quite literally giggling and kicking your feet. (Which fits my headcanon of him pretty well actually.)

This shot. Just >>>> (actually thinking of making it my header-)

Ma boy never misses a chance 😭👍🏼

And if he doen't get a chance, he makes one and nails that too. <3

SO CUTEE 🥺🫶🏼

Oh the teasing is on.

Pun: I did that 😌

Beer: Idiots in love. Again. *exasperated sigh*

[From this point on, I am extremely sleep deprived, so most comments made will probably (definitely) be forgotten by the time I wake up (I'm going right to sleep after posting this.]

Well, Chain, I'm sorry to be the one telling you this, but Phum moved into Peem's heart like 6 episodes ago.

Well, yeah, but Peem has to act at least a little bit like the tsundere he is, right?

Chain: "Well, can a cupid shoot an arrow at himself?"

Toey: *very telling side-eye*

Q: You really think one flirty line will trigger his half braincell to understand what he didn't in the past however many years? ...go on, I wanna see how this turns out

Pun: *pikachu meme face*

Beer: Oh damn here goes another one, we must be nearing the last episode

Phum: ????

Peem: Don't say anything don't say anything DON'T SAY ANYTHING DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING SAY A SINGLE WORD- (internally: Idiots. They're idiots.)

Ah, I love the sibling energy here. Also, initially I was like nah you're more like Tan. But then I gave it some thought. And had a Realization: he really is the Fang in their relationship, and Q really is the Tan. (I do not have the brainpower to explain rn, but tell me if you want me too, I'll include it in Part 2.)

Phum can't wait. (And neither can Peem, because I didn't see ya denying anything, babe. Instead, you gave him the softest shoulder bump in the history of soft shoulder bumps and that bigass (smitten) smile.

Oh boy this scene.

Right before this, when Peem called Phum immediately after the last brushstroke, I was smiling so hard and giggling like yesss do boyfriend-y things with each other!

Him waiting on the porch: still big smile. Here comes Phum! Ooh are they gonna flirt in the car??

My smile started dimming as the seconds ticked by and no Phum appeared on screen.

Until I finally realized what was happening.

I almost stopped breathing.

And as the scene went on my heart broke a little more with every text and every call, and I was watching that mall scene again. Except it was much much worse this time.

So long story short, I was heartbroken for both of them. Especially when Peem showed up alone with the saddest lost-kitten face ever.

But, at this point I knew Phum must have had something really urgent/unaviodable to miss his meeting with Peem because 1. He really really loves that boy and 2. He was very much looking forward to doing this with Peem.

Unfortunately, I will have to end Part 1 here (please don't kill me), and I'm loathe to end on a sad note, but I promise the next part will be much happier. It will hopefully be posted a little later today.

If you got this far, thank you so much for reading! 😊

Here, have a pudding 🍮

My previous We Are posts.

[frecklystars]

Hi Keri sweetie 💕 I was wondering what your heart emojis mean when you put "for Ken" and you put different hearts for different characters? Why not just use the same heart for all of them, why are they different? I love your blog and tbh this is just an excuse for me to send you an ask because I want to interact with you but Im too shy. xD

Hi anon!! :D I'm shy too, I get it, you can always send me a message whenever you want tho I promise I don't bite, hehe <3

Thank you so much for asking, that's so nice! I like using different hearts just because it's fun :] I associate a lot of F/Os with different colors. Since my main F/Os right now are Ryan characters, those are the only ones who have the "for" tag. Like... if I see a photoset of horses, I'll think "aw, Ken would love this. I wish I could reblog this and add my Ken ship tag, but I don't want horses in my ship tag. It has nothing to do with our ship. It's just something Ken likes and it reminds me of him. Oh well." and then later I figured "hey, wait. It's my blog. I can literally tag Ken if I want to -- who's gonna stop me, the fun police??"

"For Ken 💘", I used an arrow-through-heart emoji because of the choreography in I'm Just Ken where he mimics stabbing himself through the chest, and another piece of choreo in the beginning where he mimics shooting an arrow across the room. In my head I sometimes imagine my F/Os seeing me and getting "shot thru the heart" with a cupid's arrow, exploding with hearts and stars and their eyes are sparkling and they've got a lovesick grin - that "love at first sight" kinda cartoon thing - I think it's very fitting for Ken!

Other F/Os I use colors, like Luke I associate with green because he is in The Pines™ and my favorite outfit is the one where he wears his green neckerchief, so when I see things that remind me of him I add the tag "For Luke 💚" with the green heart emoji! and I associate Driver with the color blue because of his denim jacket making his blue eyes really stand out, so his tag is "For Driver 💙" :)

As for Lars, he's special, he gets the emoji with the ribbon around it! "For Lars 💝" !! He's a romantic sweetheart, it could be like a box of chocolates, or tbh the colors just give a toy vibe! Ryan has said in interviews that Lars' love for Bianca is like when a kid loves their teddy bear - it doesn't love you back, but you love it anyway, and if you lose it, it's devastating to you. I think the pink heart with the yellow ribbon around it has the same kind of... energy, if that's the word I'm looking for :D?

And "For Court ❤️" is for Sierra Six from The Gray Man :3c the emoji itself isn't all that special, I just associate him with the color red - but really I wanted to put his actual name in his "for (F/O)" tag. I think it's more intimate/romantic that way, especially since the things I mainly tag him in are angels (since he's my guardian angel) and it's a bit more tender to use his true name instead of the one he had no choice but to take. I read a magazine where Ryan said Six really really really wishes he could be on an actual-name basis with someone for once and you KNOW I had to jump onto that 😂

Anyway!! Thank you for asking :D

[wearesorcerer]

ALL RIGHT! Having gone through every spell in the game, I've narrowed down my selection. I'm giving you two honorable mentions because they're cool but a bit strange. I've come across several spells that I have questions or thoughts™ about, but I'll save those for later.

#5: Walk the Plank

As create pit, but it's filled with water. And sharps. Hashtag piratical nonsense.

(I really wish Tumblr would get over the "sharks are smooth" meme because I like calling them sharps, 'cuz they are.)

#4: Chains of Light and Shadow Trap

These are higher and lower (respectively) level ways of rooting a target, which is very nice.

Chains of light is pretty much the ultimate root, combining full paralysis with a dimensional anchor effect. However, it's fairly high level.

Shadow trap tethers an opponent to a square, preventing them from moving more than 5 ft. from it. It's significant because it's an anime/ninjutsu reference (if at lower power) and (more importantly) it's one of the few 1st-level roots.

#3: Temporal Regression and Akashic Form

Despite the names, these are essentially the same spell: create save state. They both have you note the condition of your body when you cast the spell and then let you reset to that body later on.

Temporal regression sets your save state to a save point (a location you return to when you trigger the effect). It only lasts one round/level, has a costly material component, and only works at close range (25 ft. + 5 ft./two levels).

Akashic form triggers when you die (well, are reduced to 0 or fewer HP) from something non-mental. Your old body is destroyed once you create your new one. You get the option of returning to the spot where your body was (and having all your gear on you) or to another spot within 500 feet (completely naked).

These are only listed here because I love timey-wimey and the idea of getting to restart from a save point (complete with universe reset) is tremendously appealing, even if that's solely within the purview of wish/miracle.

#2: Bilocation

"Isn't that how project image works?" Well, kinda. This literally lets you occupy two places at once, rather than creating a shadow duplicate. The downside is that it's overly, needlessly restricted in how it works -- much like how time stop is not as good as ZA WARUDO! because you can't interact with other creatures.

#1: Death Candle

This is just cool. It works like death knell, but instead of siphoning life from a dying creature all vampire-like, it conjures a fire elemental that looks suspiciously like their screaming ghost. That last part is key: the spell does not interact with any other spell that affects corpses or souls.

In short, it's kill opponent - gain minion.

The one downside is that it's a Racial spell for Ifrits (PF Fire Genasi), meaning that in theory it's a closely-guarded secret that casters of other races have to jump through hoops (i.e., get DM permission) to take. I think that's stupid, especially since the mixed fire and necromancy themes suit Tieflings and several other races equally or better than Ifrits. I'd figure a sane DM would ignore the requirement.

The metamagic feat Fell Animate works similarly (but with animate dead options), so I'd love to turn this into a feat. On the other hand, a fell animate death candle would be quite kyuul (and the only better version would be one that also binds the soul somehow, but I don't know any metamagic for that).

Honorable Mentions

Blazing Rainbow: This is here because it lets you make a rainbow bridge (that dazzles anyone on it; blargh) or conjure a bow that fires brilliant energy arrows. These were two separate spells in 3.5. I feel like they're only merged because someone couldn't decide on which they preferred and wanted to equivocate.

Vengeful Comets: Everyone loves things orbiting their heads (dancing lights, Melf's minute meteors, crown of stars, ioun stones, etc.), so have this one. The downside is that you only get to fire the comets against enemy casters that affected you with a spell.

Top 5 Pathfinder spells?

Oh dear, this will take a minute. Pathfinder introduced nearly as many spells as 3.0 and 3.5 combined did -- and many of them are weirdly niche spells which no one in their right mind should ever take (because other spells do the same thing). Gimme, like, a day to go through all of them. I can already think of two.

[honestground]

Do you have like a list of people Link did the nasty with? Also, does it include Paya and Sidon?

i’ve compiled a list before but i decided to go one better and actually turn on my game and travel around Hyrule chatting up NPCs to see if Link would smash. one day i will write an entire fic about Link The Amnesiac Fucking His Way Through Hyrule but for now, here’s a slightly more comprehensive list of Link’s Lays™ in no particular order:

Paya of Kakariko Village (specifically, she was really upset when the heirloom was stolen, so he gave her a few orgasms to cheer her up. if he had actually boned her Impa would have had him flayed)

Selmie of Hebra (Link stumbled onto her cabin during a blizzard. one thing led to another. like six times) 

Rola of Kakariko Village AKA Lonely Arrow Girl (he made her come but then she wouldn’t stop making “nocking” jokes or talking about her estranged husband. he couldn’t keep it up) 

Bazz of Zora’s Domain (regularly)

Tona of Zora’s Domain (one of Sidon’s groupies, but she was very impressed with Link. he can hold his breath for a really long time)

Laflat of Zora’s Domain (she gave Link the Zora Greaves and then invited him back to her room to “try them on”)

Bozai the Snow Boot Guy (Link went down on him but he refused to reciprocate and tends to avoid eye contact now)

Piaffe of Gerudo Canyon Stable (except they’re both bottoms so mostly a lot of frottage was involved)

Deltan of Gerudo Town (the crying/passed out woman in the Noble Canteen; Link sobered her up and treated her nice)

Greta of Gerudo Town (she runs the secret shop. she’s also a dominatrix)

Phanna of Highland Stable (Link just likes cute horsey girls ok)

Gaile of Foothill Stable (ditto)

Rex of Akkala South Stable (he called Link a twig; Link made him come so hard he cried)

Fyson of Tarrey Town (all Rito have cloaca, so Fyson was very intrigued by Link’s dick. all he talks about now is finding a beautiful wife. go figure)

Traysi, author of the Rumor Mill (it was great, until she published an article detailing their time together. Link was mortified) 

and, again, a really tall muscular guy who revealed himself as a Yiga Blademaster immediately after sex and Link had to fight him with his dick still out 

[galladeblades]

BotW Log #5-2. Spoilers for the entire Divine Beast Vah Ruta fight. Adventures that took place on the 1st. Second part of the previous log.

*loud whining noises continue on*

...Until a few seconds later when I finally realize that I don’t need to move around. Okay, Sidon’s got that covered. All I gotta do is aim. Easy. That’s what I’m good at.

Ice blocks... Just like the ones the Sheikah Slate can make. Alright, nice and simple to break.

WHA- Did Sidon just talk??

It was that moment when the music had started settling in and ohhh myyy goddd the battle totally became much more beautiful. Absolutely perfect. Having the battle partner talk is such a little detail but it helps bring the entire atmosphere together so well.

“Up you go”

um okay in the air now how am i suppose to hit the light from up here

wait

you can use a bow while in the air?? holy fcjuk

Did not know that was a thing. Only got to hit one target ‘cause that realization was baffling. Went around again, Sidon threw me up the other side of Ruta, took two targets out during one air time. Nearly ran out of stamina and fell down in the water with only a tiny red sliver left. Sidon freaking saved my ass from drowning. Going around breaking ice one last time.

At least that was my hope. Went around but he threw me up on the side that didn’t have the last target and I got very confused. Tried gliding over to the other side, but Ruta has a barrier up and it freaking hurts. Got tossed ways away from the initial jumping point. Luckily, the stamina wheel was more filled than last time, so no risk of drowning.

Okay, one MORE time it is. 

Easily got the last target.... annnnd done. Miles easier than I had imagined. Still an amazing fight with beautiful music. Sidon’s music actually kinda fits for a transition. Going from boss music to his that is.

Entering the Divine Beast... Literally no clue what to expect. Maybe having to deal with hundreds of monsters or something.

Nope. It’s more or less a standard Zelda Dungeon. With new mechanics!

And Mipha. Darling Mipha.. ; _ ; Her words were just as encouraging as her brother’s.

It took a bit to get used to this updated dungeon style/mechanics, but man that was a fun dungeon. One puzzle really hurt my brain, but it was satisfying being able to figure it out. 

While it is comforting to have a partner always around that could potentially give you hints on what to do [EX: Navi, Fi, etc], there’s just something that clicks in your brain and feels so rewarding to be able to achieve something without anyone else around to help. Probably already said something similar before, but wow that really settled in and applies to Dungeons/Shrines as well.

Miphaaaa all the terminals are activated, you’re gonna be saved!

...Why isn’t it working yet?

Oh 

OH SHIT

Boss battle!

Not sure if I’ve mentioned this in the past, but I’ve kind of prefer Ganon to be portrayed a mysterious evil force or a monster instead of as a person. But the human Ganon designs are pretty great and iconic, so my opinion on that had been rather wishi-washi.

Nope. Not any more. 100% prefer ambiguous, monster-like evil force Ganon over Evil Ruler™ Ganon.

Yes, I know it’s Ganon himself, but it’s a creation that was moreorless modeled after him.

First impressions; 

HOly crap that is a long ass spear. 

Ooh, tiny eye. Perfect for arrow sticking. 

“That ...thing is what slayed me over 100 years ago.” WHAT. “I believe in you!” She believes in me... ; _ ;  No way we can lose now. Must destroy it for Mipha

I don’t remember everything that happened during that fight. In the beginning, I hide behind the terminal and just watched what Waterblight Ganon was doing. After seeing a few attacks and what to watch out for, I popped out and shot a Shock Arrow at its head. Stunned it. Ran up and slashed away. Rinse. Repeat.

Then the next phase started and I pretty much did the same thing. Except hid behind an ice block instead of the terminal. It wasn’t taking too much damage and having to chase it around the room was getting annoying, so I had popped a triple Attack Up potion I brewed a loooong time ago. Seemed like a fitting moment to use it. Had it lasting for 8 minutes as well.

Took down the Waterblight with 7 minutes still left on my potion, so it was a bit of a waste, but eh, it got the job done.

Miiiphaaa

Ahhh.. I love her so much. That ending scene was so beautiful. I’m glad she’s finally free and happy. 

The elder Zoras had made it seem like the Divine Beast was this great giant monster, but it wasn’t Ruta’s fault for flooding the land. That was Ganon’s doing and Mipha seemed to understand that. Being imprisoned inside it for over 100 years, would probably lead to anyone to resent Ruta. 

But Mipha didn’t. In fact, she seemed rather happy that it had been freed as well, almost treating it as if it were sentient. Who knows. Maybe it actually is. At this point, I have no knowledge about the Guardians or the Divine Beasts, other than the fact that they’re ancient technology and were meant to be used to take down Ganon.

Beautiful cutscenes. Gorgeous music. What a wonderful way to finish off this chapter. A bit sad that it’s over not gonna lie. But still super happy the Zoras are gonna be okay. And the rest of the world isn’t going to get flooded.

Despite the main objective being completed, I still hung around for a few hours talking to everyone again. Got a few sidequests. Got the Lightscale Trident, which luckily can be recreated. Takes a Diamond, so Mipha’s treasured weapon will probably go on display in the Hateno Village house. 

The Ceremonial Trident, which pretty much looks the same as the Lightscale, will probably be one of my main combat weapons from now one. It looks cool and Spears are great. Ceremonial has a little less power than the Lightscale, but eh, whatever. It’s a Spear. I don’t care too much.

Encountered a Hinox for the first time. It looks terrifying from a distance, but actually fighting it, not too bad. That seems to be a running theme in this game. Interpreting things as way scarier than they actually are. Going through Hyrule Castle, fighting a singular guardian, the Divine Beast... Lots of things. 

It was kind of cute how eventually the Hinox learned to cover its eye. Still got to shoot it anyway, ‘cause Splatoon charger muscle memory. Charge up your shot in a place that isn’t directly at the target, jump & move your retical at the target and release. Unexpected shot, usually kills the person if you aimed/hid the laser well. Luckily there’s no visible laser guidance for the Bows, but this technique still works well here.

Went back to Link’s house in Hateno Village, propped up Mipha’s Champion weapon and decided to climb up the snowy mountain. Had two quests to do up there and decided to clear ‘em out. Found a shine from the trees and found a dragon of all things.

...Well not at first. I saw the goop stuff first.

Apparently, the black and reddish-pink goopy stuff is called Malice. Way better of a name than what I’ve been calling it. 

So I saw the Malice first. Saw an eye and tried to shoot it only for a barrier to pop up. Hm. Okay. Kept climbing up and found a foot. It was covered in malice but you can still see the toes, so what did I do? Stabbed it. Several times. Why? No idea. Had no clue what was going to happen so why not try attacking this random foot.

OH. This dragon is in pain and blighted with Malice. Repeatedly stabbing its foot probably was not a smart thing to do. After talking to a statue, now we can clear the malice.

So grateful that the Dragon didn’t attack back. It was annoying having to fly after it but it could have been worse. 

Yaay, 1 outta 3 dragons met.

From there, I just wandered about. Might have been looking shrines but mostly aimless wandering. 

Oh yeah, I found Kass playing his music in front of a buried shrine. Coming out of a forest, trying to sneak up on a deer to ride it and then I hear faint accordion music. Gave up on that endeavor and just killed it for food, instead following the music. Sure enough, there he was standing in the middle of a field, playing away.

??? What the heck is he doing out here?

Added a Shrine Quest to the Sheikah Slate. That music he played when singing the hint song... Gorgeous. That’s the game’s title theme isn’t it? 

Wandered around more and found a Tower that I hadn’t activated. Had to go into a tropical area filled with monsters and climb up a bunch of cliffs. Sure enough, right after taking down a pack of monsters and stealthing around, guess what I hear again? Freakin’ accordion music.

Kass why the heck are you playing in the middle of a monster ridden forest? It’s beautiful but holy heck. 

He is the bravest character in the game. That is fact. To willingly venture out in the middle of a dangerous area, but still having the guts to create loud [beautiful] noise that can be heard from ways away, is commendable. He’s freaking great I love him.

Last thing I did before stopping. Rematching the Lynel. I figured, y’know maybe I’m just interpreting things as way scarier than they actually are. It won’t be that bad haha I can easily win this fight.

NOpe.

I got freaking destroyed. Several times.

I had Wolf Link out to help and put on my strongest weapons and clothes. Still got beat down. Didn’t help at all. Wolf Link died. Clothes and Weapons didn’t help too much. 

Thank god for the anti-1 shot mechanic in this game. If you’re at full hearts and get hit, you will always be left with a quarter of a heart, no matter what Thankfully Link can eat 10 mushrooms in the span of a split second. That big hoard of Hylian Mushrooms that I’ve been stocking up on can in handy. Easy cheap recovery.

Despite being tossed around like a ragdoll, this actually did help me get better at dodging/flurry rush dodging. It took probably a good 20-30 minutes to take that thing down. Not gonna be fighting a Lynel for a looong time nope nope nope  

Annnd that’s where I stopped on the 1st. Didn’t get to play on the 2nd and not sure if I’m gonna be able to play today on April 3rd. Might try to find Akkala Town next.