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[bardic-tales]

From All Treats, No Tricks!

🎁 - Encourage a creator to rec some of their favourite creators.

Who are your favourite creators?

🍭 - Ask a creator about one of their favourite creations.

Talk to me about Bianca! Does she get nostalgic ever? If so, what makes her nostalgic?

Hello, Mara. Thanks for the asks. I apologize about the late response. I hope you are having a great day.

🎁 Who are your favourite creators?

So, I have a few favorite creators here. I'll just list them off. They are a combo of mutuals, creators' club individuals, and gif makers.

You, @sapphirothcrescent + @scourge-lover (since you are making me want to play WoW again lol), @serenofroses, @asirensrage,

@arrthurpendragon, @tolliver-j-mortaelwyver, @seastarblue, @megandaisy9, @andromedalestrange,

@littleshopofchaos, @one-winged-angels-world, @onewinged-sephiroth (such fantastic gifs), @watermeezer,

@nightingaleflow + @nightingaleflowlibrary, @aalinaaaaaa, @zerithsource, @xenascribbles

There are many, many more. So, if I accidentally leave someone out, please know that it is not intentional. Whether it is original or fandom, I adore everyone's work.

🍭Talk to me about Bianca! Does she get nostalgic ever? If so, what makes her nostalgic?

Fair warning that this is a mix of original and fandom content, as it always is when I get to talking about Bianca. :)

Yes. Bianca gets very nostalgic at times. It's often triggered by old memories before her fall from grace. She remembers her time with Mordecai rather fondly, as he was the first one who explained the concept of twin flames and mirrored souls to her. While she did not love him passionately, she did harbor some affection towards him. She also feels nostalgic when she reminisces about Sephiroth's voice (when he is away from her for periods of time as he sees to his grand scheme), their brief love affair before everything went up in flames (literally), and his feathers, which she collects. She doesn't regret her own descent into darkness, but these are bittersweet reminders of what could have been if fate had been kinder.

[creators-club]

I just wanted to let you know I debating taking a hiatus from posting on this blog

Hello, Danie. Thanks for the heads up.

[bardic-tales]

Oh no. A trick. ☺️ I need to preface this and say that the original content in Fantasy Worlds Collide end at around 1997 when Bianca is transported to the Final Fantasy 7 arc of FWC. So, most of these are vintage candy now. Diana and Aikiro are exclusive FF 7 OCs, so their favorite candy are made up. Plus, points for making me remember my own '90s childhood. lmao

Akihiro: Sesame Honey Candy

Azrakiel (Asmodeus): Black Licorice Pipes

Bianca: Almond Joy.

David: Bit-O-Honey

Diana: Turkish Delight (Rose-Flavor)

Krista: Sugar Babies

Lysanda: Chocolates from a Whitman's Sampler

Mordecai: York Peppermint Patties

Sarah: Mary Janes

Seraphine: Clove Gum

Trick or Treat, from the Creators Club.

from this post

Hmmmm.... I think trick!!! 👻

What are the candies of choice for your fave OCs?

[lochallthedoors]

Q&A w/ Liam conducted on 12 Sept. 2019 for The Monthly's 12/2019 issue

[wyn0rrific]

What if Vitus was a Night Lord?

if i had a nickel for everytime i got asked to draw vitus in a different legion, I'd have two nickels! :3

another legion i was considering when designing vitus ty anon!

[allaboutmagic]

Happy STS. Do you consciously plan the themes in your stories, or do they emerge naturally?

Happy STS! 🌟

hmmm okay so, im a pretty chaotic person (y'all probably noticed that already) but i also like planning ahead in some aspects. for the lilac crown i knew that i wanted Liz to have no magical abilities whatsoever. i wanted a mc who'd have to come to terms with that. Learning that their value is nothing other ppl should ever get to determine and finding strength in their many abilities. and this decision fueled the whole Tahokens against Voimatos lore

so id say i do both. planning a few things, then seeing how it plays out. if it doesn't ill go back to planning, if it does ill continue until i feel somethings not working anymore.

that was a really interesting question! i feel like sometimes id like to plan a little more and not have to fix my mistakes later on but this kinda works better for me overall. idk but my ideas somehow float more - if that makes sense?

How about you? If you plan your stories, how detailed is it? This question is for everyone who'd like to answer and participate! Feel free to tag me if you do <3

(This ask was brought to you by the @creators-club!)

@seastarblue i'll use your lovely idea going forward and tag the creators club like you did, if that's alright with you?

[bardic-tales]

Oh no. A trick! ☺️

I am going to answer this for the entire cast of Fantasy Worlds Collide. Please not that the bulk of the original content stop around 1997, as that is when Bianca is transported to Gaia for the Final Fantasy 7 arc of FWC.

For Akihiro, it's a reflective time. Instead of parties or trick or treating, he prefers to stay in and honor those who passed on. He cleanses his space and lights incense. He may spend the evening alone or with close friends. It's more about connecting to the Lifestream (Spirit Realm) for him rather than the festive aspects.

Azrakiel (Asmodeus) thrives on the chaos of Halloween. He loves to throw masquerade balls with music, dancing, and theatrics where both demon and mortals attend. He is not the one to go trick-or-treating, but rather embraces debauchery and wild celebrations. Like Rocky Horror or Eyes Wide Shut type of events.

Bianca loves the thrill of Halloween and enjoys going to haunted houses. She does not go trick-or-treating, but she likes the spooky atmosphere. She will jump at the scares and have fun with her friends. She prefers to engage in activities that bring her closer to the few friends she has.

As a child, David enjoyed going trick-or-treating with friends. He also enjoyed taking Bianca around when she was little. He would also carve pumpkins with her and proudly display them on the porch.

Diana is still the odd duck for Halloween. Rather than attending celebrations or trick-or-treating, she stays in to arrange her specimens and artifacts. She will sometimes attend but not out of enjoyment. It would be to understand what makes party-gooers tick.

Krista tends to hold gatherings to commune with Asmodeus, who doesn't answer since he is busy with his balls. While she enjoys the idea of a Halloween party, her focus is always on the supernatural aspects of the night rather than traditional trick-or-treating. Her gatherings with other cult members typically descend into chaos.

Lysandra still stays inside to create charms filled with magic, using the night to enhance her powers and connection with Asmodeus. Once she is done, she would attend Asmodeus' ball.

Mordecai prefers to celebrate Halloween by hosting a feast for everyone he loves at his villa in Tuscany. Rather than going trick-or-treating or attending parties, he gathers close friends for an evening of poetic speeches and storytelling.

Sarah enjoys community-centered activities. She makes lanterns, bakes cookies, and carves pumpkins with children from her church. While she may not go trick or treating, herself, she loves to take the kids on walks through the neighborhood, spreading joy.

Seraphine is more inclined for meditation during Halloween. She would light candles or hold a vigil. She would dress in white to honor her celestial duties. As she exists only in Bianca's conscious, all of that is things she would do. The night symbolizes a thin veil between all the realms, so she uses this time feel the shift in energies from deep within Bianca's conscious.

Trick or Treat, from the Creators Club.

from this post

The magical dice of Trick Or Treat past says you get a:

👻 Trick 👻

Tell me a bit about how your characters celebrate Halloween. Do they go trick or treating? Do they go to parties? Are they more of the stay in and watch scary movies kind?

[goldenflurry]

Scottsune or Genderbent Scott in general?

Couldn’t resist doing a bit of both options!

So we have Scottsune

Then teleporter Scott and empires 1 Scott but gender bent in sketch form :3

[korolnichevoya]

@brazenbaela asked: ‘ are you so eager to be eaten ? ’

HIS EYES are trained on the large creature , hand vaguely outstretched , desperate to be closer , though baela's warning stops him . he glances at her for a moment , though his gaze quickly returns to the dragon . in a way , he relates to the creature . in his own chest , his own winged beast presses against his ribs , begging to be released , to fly .

❝ you truly ride it ? it lets you ? HOW ? ❞

[piperslovebot]

Two part Neia-themed question for you: 1. What would you ideally want to happen between them this season and 2. What do you realistically think WILL happen between them? There always seems to be a gap between what I want for ships and what TV writers actually give us :)

1. Ideally, I'd want Leia to be honest with Jay about Nate, saying that while she does love him, she wants to be with Nate (I love poly ships 😂. Perfect way to end a love triangle). Nikki and Nate would break up because he wants to be with Leia.

2. What I think will happen based on the summary is that similar to Fuller House, Jay/Leia and Nate/Nikki will seem happy but in reality, Leia and Nate can’t stop thinking about one another. Jay and Nikki will find out the truth on the Water Tower (based on the promo pic) in the end of the first part maybe. Nate will probably fall off the water tower and have to go the hospital. In part 2, Leia will come over to check on him, and they confess their feelings for one another, but Leia says she wants to take it slow, and they continue to hang out as friends. In the end of part 2, they get together and spend part 3 happy together.

And I completely agree! A good amount of the time, the stuff we want for our ships doesn’t always happen sadly. On the bright side, there’s always fanfiction :)

[bardic-tales]

happy sts!

gimme a sad snippet :( of anything really.

and then gimme a happy one bc I’m gonna need something to console myself with :)

<3

Happy STS, Star. Thanks for the ask, and I hope you are having a wonderful day.

I have been thinking A LOT on Bianca's final moments before she is reborn like a phoenix four months after this scene.

Sad Scene:

Content Warning: Blood, graphic injury, death or near-death experience, grief, intense emotions, loss, violence.

[. . .]

And then, the earth split open. Bianca fell. Her body crashed to the ground with a heavy thud. Blood pooled around her. A river of crimson stained the snowy, cracked earth beneath her. The battlefield went silent, like the deadly stillness before a tornado. There, amidst the desolation, lay Bianca. Her skin marred by the brutal force of Cloud's final strike. Her wings, once so majestic and powerful, now lay crumbled against the ground. Dark feathers scattered around her like fallen leaves. Her breath slowed, becoming shallow as she stared out lifelessly.

[. . .]

Sephiroth stood in the distance. His expression unreadable. For a moment, the world itself seemed to hold its breath, waiting for the One-Winged Angel's next move. The pain was visceral. The agony in his chest threatened to suffocate him. But, even as the world seemed to collapse around him, Sephiroth moved, slowly at first but soon darted so quickly he had became a blur. He had to get to her. How dare they! The thoughts echoed in his head.

[. . .]

"I will make you suffer for this. You have no idea what you've done." As the very skies darkened above him, he summoned the raw power of his being: Masamune. He was an avatar of wrath: a god incarnate, ready to take vengeance. He would never forgive him for taking her from him.

Happy Scene:

And here is a snippet of an upcoming work I'm writing featuring hot chocolate and holiday cheer. I try to make them embody the Sunshine x Grump shipping trope here.

[. . .]

Sephiroth's gaze returned to the fire. His expression thoughtful. "Cheefulness is foreign to me."

"That's okay," Bianca said, as she leaned her head against his bare shoulder. "We have time. I'll teach you."

His wing shifted slightly, curling inward as if to shield her from the outside world. It was a protective gesture and one that made her feel as though nothing could touch them: at least for the moment.

They sat there like that for a long time. The silence between them stretched with unspoken understanding. Her heart swelled with affection, as it most often did in moments like this. They were rare, but they were precious and a reminder that even in the midst of chaos and destruction that there was room for something softer.

His voice was the first to break the stillness. "You've given me something I didn't know I needed."

"What's that?"

He turned his bright cyan gaze to her. For a brief moment the weight of his usual stoicism lifted. "A reason to remember the world, rather than despise it."

Bianca gasped, but she managed a small, wry smile. "Hot chocolate does that to people."

"Perhaps."

Thank you for the ask, @seastarblue. This ask was brought by the @creators-club.

tagging some fellow mutuals: @themaradwrites @littleshopofchaos @serenofroses @megandaisy9 @watermeezer

@nightingaleflow @prehistoric-creatures @creativechaosqueen @chickensarentcheap

[eliteseven]

What if when Tav dies, the warding bond stops working and Shadowheart feels heartbreak from Tav's death and the full power of Shar's mark for the first time since their wedding?

What can I even say to this

[sideblogformentalhealtshit]

Hm. So am I the only one who 'likes' having ARFID?

Like don't get me wrong it's horrible it's caused so much damage to me but also like. I've had it my whole life I can't imagine a version of myself without it and I wouldn't want to not have it.

It's as big and fundamental a part of me as my autism. Sure there's bad parts but it's what makes me me, and without it I would cease to be me and become a whole nother person.

I've always found it a 'fun' part of me, a unique thing I was completely alone in most of my life, something that made me different in a funky way.

[visdiefje]

Voor jou.

DANKJEWEL een visje voor mij

[heretherebedork]

The long posts you write after the release of every episode of mlc destroys me(in a really good way) i love your analysis and long posts sfm, they make me cry all the time. You put your thoughts into words so perfectly and elegantly and it just hits a nerve. Thank you soo much for making those posts and please keep making them <333

Thank you! I have no plans on stopping because I love writing that kind of analysis.

One more episode to say farewell to them, to send them off, to give them a final farewell and hopefully a happy ending that they deserve, that they all deserve. Because they do all deserve happy endings.

Jim deserves a chance to move past his guilt and his fears to find love again, to realize that his love can matter and last and that it doesn't have to be perfect to matter.

Wen deserves love and a chance at another future, at a different forever, at another kind of romance and more love then he can handle.

Li Ming deserves a chance to live out his new dreams and his love and to see a future that only he can imagine, whereever that might take him.

Heart deserves a chance at a future of being understood, of the chance to meet and learn and discover what he can do rather than be judged of the one thing he can't do.

Gaipa deserves a chance to love and be loved, to be supported in all he does and to be loved for all he is and to be everything that he could be.

Alan deserves a chance to really move on, to find the future where he can be himself again, find his own sense of love again and find a new identity and a new future.

Leng deserves a chance to raise his child, to see who they can become and what kind of life he can live and how he can build a future where he is and with what he has.

They all deserve a bright and brilliant future and hopefully they get that.

[outerbankies]

cali rafe! cali rafe

so true SO TRUE. also can someone get this man some sunscreen