#pretty dull eyes

[mossywizard]

I don’t even play genshin anymore but the way “letter to Ajax” fills me with such !!!!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Your posts about wen ning are making me very sad. He just wants a hug 😔 can we wrap him up in a weighted blanket instead of chains? Much more comforting and still deadly when thrown at others!

He has been blanketed and given a mug of hot coco.

[stardust-falling]

Anyway, for my personal self-indulgent SQQ eye color headcanon, I like taking 乌黑 literally and making them the color of crow or raven feathers:

Base black, but with hints of blue/green/shininess when the light hits them in certain ways ^.^

[apologetic-artist]

All Colin needs is his wife and he loves him :3

LOOK AT THESE CUTIES, THE CRITTERS

(Orig. Image under cut)

Wife

[basilbots]

First try at a Lunara design, still a bit iffy on the colors

[buttercup-barf]

Under the cut are mostly self-insert doodles of decreasing quality. Again, not much directly tied to Team Fortress 2. Might as well toss these out while I have no access to my puter. Much yapping under the cut and in the tags incoming.

Another self-insert, this time less of a "here's me as a tenth class" and more of a "here's my game experiences translated into the class I would take the place of". The Cleaner. Although I guess they could still be wearing either suit. It doesn't matter that much.

That one Convict's Case taunt with Backup would be extremely funny, because the man would be on the verge of a breakdown (he does not want to go to jail so bad you have no idea). The second image- I owe no explanation. You know what I am. You see the pattern with my favourites.

The duality of the man. Resting face versus "just heard you express interest in religion/Russian folklore" face. He's not that hard to make friends with, when you pull him away from all the explosions.

Some doodles of trying to figure his face out. Unfortunately, the more I stare at him, the more I worry that he looks like A Certain Guy With The Last Name "Kazarin", and the fear of never being original in my life caught up to me.

Don't look at me, don't perceive me, I refuse to explain any of my actions to you.

[sarellathesphinx]

Gaze upon my boy. They shoujofied him

[menstits]

this is a 100% slash gen question but how do you stay motivated to keep playing genshin after this long? i first got it back when it was still pretty new, around the second ever banner, and played it for a good year but the more things they kept adding the more overwhelmed it started to make me. i do miss it tho, so i wonder how you manage to still play it so consistantly

In all honesty for most of my time playing genshin i've been obsessed with a handful of early game characters (kaeya and his ugly brother and childe mostly, and they're still my faves) and largely didn't give a shit about everyone else, so up until like halfway through sumeru i was playing like. Waiting for kaeya/abyss and khaenri'ah related lores to drop mostly. Like in all honesty especially during inazuma it was dire i didn't give a shit about 90% of the cast and the environment was unpleasant to explore too 🧍‍♂️ but after getting past the samsara part of the sumeru archon quest i started getting genuinely more invested in the storyline. When i got to fontaine i expected it to be a bit of a filler region honestly but the writing quality has been steadily increasing after inazuma imo and the conflicts have become more engaging too... Like i think the main issue for me in inazuma was that they kept trying to get me to give a shit about some npc whereas several of the playable characters felt underutilized and their presence kinda pointless. From sumeru onwards they've started writing the playable cast as more fleshed out and interconnected to one another which is something that i was really missing from early game, and this is even more apparent in fontaine's writing too where everyone has some kind of beef going on with everyone else (it was really fun imo how everyone in mondstadt knows each other because it's a small town and i wasn't really hoping to see that degree of characters being all up in each other's business again in later regions so fontaine was a nice surprise in that regard).

As for your question honestly i think that. In order for genshin to be enjoyable at some point you have to allow yourself to not give a shit about whatever doesn't compel you and instead try to focus on what you do like, for example i kinda hate doing spiral abyss so I don't really touch it unless I'm pressed for primos and instead run around and explore a lot. For story quests i prioritize ones for characters I'm already invested in and leave others for whenever I don't have anything better to do. I'm an insane completionist about this game but it's genuinely fine to focus on the parts you personally find more engaging. I guess sumeru was annoying because long as fuck world quests gate the exploration of certain areas, but fontaine is MUCH better in that regard and the world quests feel much more manageable.

Also tbh i think the increasing relevance that khaenri'ah/abyss and celestia-related stuff has both in the world quests and in the main story along with more harbingers making on screen appearances also contributed to keeping my interest active because that's what I'm mostly invested in other than kaeya-centric stuff 👍

[orcelito]

Tfw I learned that grey eyes are like. An actual thing 2 days ago. Like I've always just said I have blue-grey eyes, bc I always thought they were blue that looked grey. But apparently it's common for grey eyes to be seen as blue bc of the red tones of the skin around it & something about color theory. It makes the grey look blue. So it was a light bulb that went off in my head. Maybe my eyes Aren't "grey-blue", and maybe they really are just *grey*.

(Put the rest under a cut bc I rambled a bit And Also there be pictures of eyes under here lol)

So I've been looking at my eyes a lot. And I'm like. Almost certain now. Those things are grey. I left it as blue on my license info today bc Functionally, when u just glance at them they do look blue. But the distinction matters to me. Bc apparently it's the 2nd most uncommon eye color after green?? Smth like only 3% of the world's population has it. And it makes me feel less. Idk. Self conscious about my eyes?? Like they're NOT a boring color, actually. They're actually kind of cool.

And in examining my eyes, I've realized that I might have central heterochromia??? Not 100% certain of this, but there's definitely some brown-toned something at the center there. Kinda yellow kinda gold. Idk. There's a bit more of it in my right eye than my left tho. And it. Showed up on pictures. Which I Was indeed taking pictures just a bit ago. And I wonder if it'd be weird to just post pictures of my eyes on the internet. But I also really wanna talk about them bc central heterochromia grey eyes with a golden center sounds MUCH more cool than just Blue. I ALSO have a prominent limbal ring (the dark ring around the outside of the iris), which is not as uncommon but it's smth that often goes away by ur 20s so the fact that I still have mine is cool!!!

So Woe. Eye pictures be upon ye

So here's my left eye. A few pictures to show the slightly different lightings + pupil dilations (it was very hard to get good pictures that showed off what I was actually seeing)

And then my right eye. Which u can see towards the bottom right of it, there's like. A flare out of the golden color that isn't in my left eye. Also it just looks like it has more of the gold in general. A subtle difference, but it's there.

And it's still hard to not see color in it from the surrounding stuff. Especially with the golden stuff so visible (it's harder to see when my pupils r big so I was looking in the lamp before taking these pics lol, it's not always this visible). Honestly if I hold my phone a bit away from me, my right eye even kinda looks a bit green bc of that gold. Which is WILD, bc I always just thought of my eyes as blue.

But here's the post I found online that put it into perspective for me.

So it's like. Wow, Yeah, when you put it like that...

So, focusing back on my eyes' color. The golden stuff is obviously colored, but the rest of it?? If u look at Just that??? Yeah, that looks grey. Kind of a steely grey, even. It's kind of cool.

Always hated my eye color. Always wanted smth cool like green or hazel. And I'll always love those colors I think, but. I think grey and gold is pretty cool, actually. Maybe I can actually feel less self conscious over them lol

[umbane]

thinking of kayn with his dark eye(s) that turn brown when the light hits them

[rnaeborowski]

just as a complementary to my "what eye color would you like to have" poll :)

[thatswhatsushesaid]

i’m not normally the kind of person who assumes anything about another person’s real world experiences based on their literary preferences or the characters they feel sympathy for in a book but like

it is very hard for me not to wonder whether any of jgy’s harshest critics have ever been in the position of choosing between the moral thing that society expects them to do (not lying to a friend or relative while swallowing your pride begging for some cash) and getting through the next 24 hours (having enough cash to eat a single meal)

like. …you do what you have to do when your options are “be a good person” or “go to bed hungry.”

[icedteaandoldlace]

I tried out some of those eye color changer filters last night. The blue eye filter make me look like a freaky Dollar Tree Killer Frost. The brown eye filter looked so normal I was waiting for it to load before I realized it already had. My eyes are blue.

[mayonakano-archive]

i always think i'm gonna do something and then my head starts hurting like can i go one day without a headache, please?

[cloudwisp]

✮ sylus x wife!reader

contents: fluff, suggestive. arranged marriage au. hints of slow burn. you like playing hard to get and he loves calling you his wife. 1.4k wc.

꒰ note ᰔ I had to deposit my messy thoughts somewhere and this headcanon post was the result.

part two here. ꒱

⭒ Arranged marriage with Sylus where he prefers to call it a “strategic partnership” as a means of appearances to flaunt that he has it all—an empire, riches, strength, influence and now a darling wife who waits for him at home. You’re not so much as a random choice, Sylus had been watching you from afar for a while and in exchange for his protection in the N109 zone he strikes a deal with you to play a simple role. You have every reason to be wary of him and know to keep your wits about yourself, but even you acknowledge that your chances are better with him. Though, if you asked him how he was so certain you’d agree to his proposal he’d admit that he wasn’t but he knew you’d consider it if he had an advantage over you.

⭒ He sets his terms and conditions—you reside in his humble abode, wedding ring always worn on your finger, and attend events with him as a pretty accessory on his arm to contribute to his image. But he’ll never admit that he actually enjoys your company at business functions that often feel dull to him. You are more than welcome to spend your days as you please so long you don’t cause him trouble, and that also means you have his black card privileges to spoil yourself rotten. Of course, he accommodates most requests you may have like sleeping in separate rooms if that’s what you wish (and redecorating because his furnishing decisions are quite bleak).

⭒ Luke and Kieran can sense that their boss feels something for you despite his nonchalance toward this little arrangement. It starts off small, it always does—Sylus takes note of your morning and night routine, your picky eating habits and has the chef make adjustments to your preference, how he sees you out in the gardens and come back with spring tulips to brighten the space and the next week he already replaced the slowly withering flowers with fresh ones. The twins whisper among themselves that he’s often less annoyed and irritated when you’re around, and their boss wouldn’t go through the trouble of being considerate unless he cares for you. It’s almost exciting for them both to witness a budding romance unfold before their very eyes and they do offer a helping hand here and there to keep things interesting.

⭒ Sylus thinks it’s adorable how you keep trying to resist him and that’s precisely the reason he loves seeking you out just to watch your resolve crumble under his touch. He finds you in the kitchen preparing a snack and cages you from behind with his hands planted on either side of you against the counter. “Hey kitten, I thought I’d find you in here.” You feel his hot breath down your neck as he pushes your hair aside just enough to lay a soft kiss on your shoulder. He chuckles when you comment that he’s being awfully touchy with you, and he purposely moves closer so that his chest is pressing against your back. “Perhaps I just can’t keep my hands to myself where you’re involved. Besides, you’re my wife now. I think I have the right to touch you whenever I like.”

⭒ You remind him that you’re his wife in title only, but that doesn’t discourage his flirtation and teasing as he allows you to nudge past him. He follows you into the common area and takes a seat on the couch, spreading his legs wide and taking up a lot of space. His gaze is settled on you as he pats his thigh and his lips curl into a smirk. “Come here, wife.” You naturally scoff meanwhile you place the plate of seasonal fruits on the side table and situate yourself closest to the armrest, taking a bite into a juicy red strawberry as you ignore his piercing stare.

⭒ For someone who always gets what he wants, Sylus isn’t used to being defied like this. And had it been anyone else his patience would wear dangerously thin, but he supposes that you’re a special exception because he seems to enjoy the chase and claiming its reward. With one small gesture, he drags you across the couch by a gravitational pull and you squeal when the swirling red easily turn and maneuver you so you’re forced to straddle him and your hands prop on his shoulders for support. “There, much better. Comfy? This is the best seat in the house.” His gaze locks with yours, and he thinks you huffing and frowning at him is simply cute. He firmly grabs your wrist with the bitten strawberry in your hand and lifts it to his mouth for a sweet taste.

⭒ “No fair… using your Evol against me like this.” You grumble under your breath as you gently trail your thumb from his chin to the corner of his mouth where the strawberry juices began to spill. Then an impulsive thought takes over and you pinch his cheek between your fingers, creating a sticky mess on his face. “I hope you’re enjoying yourself. That’s for treating me like a sack of potatoes.” He chuckles once more, his hand falling on your hip and he gives you a light squeeze. “Oh, I do have every intention of fully enjoying my wife tonight.” And by that, he means taking you out for a joyride on his motorbike and feeling your arms wrapped around him tightly as the engine roars through the streets under the night sky and sinking moon. Sylus would never engage in any intimate acts you weren’t ready for, but he loves seeing you fluster at his suggestive remarks.

⭒ As the weeks cross over into months, you never imagined that you’d be spending so much time with Sylus outside of your agreed terms. He’s everywhere in every waking moment of your life even when he’s not there physically. You’re learning new things about him each day and you (begrudgingly) like being around him—even when he can sometimes be a playful bully toward you. When he’s gone for long stretches of time to deal with negotiations and other important matters in the N109 zone, you can feel your heart yearning for him but you’d never say that you miss him out loud when you think he's still toying with you. But with the way he cares for you like you’re both in a real and genuine relationship, it’s hard to know his true intentions and keep your feelings buried deep inside your chest for long.

⭒ You accidentally confirm that Sylus does harbor romantic feelings for you when you carelessly bring up your replacement in a lighthearted joke. You’ve never seen his face falter so quickly at your words as he averts his gaze for a moment to collect himself—a hint of vulnerability in his crimson hues. “I wouldn’t have found a new wife.” He shakes his head and tells you, his voice a little rougher than before. You don’t know what to say, but you manage a soft “No?” that reaches his ears. “No. I wouldn’t have been able to replace you, kitten. You’re it for me. The only one. No one could fill the void you’d leave behind.”

⭒ You and Sylus have kissed before, but this is the first time you’re initiating it. As you brush your lips against his, there’s a softness you never noticed. His hand slips around the small of your back and he pulls you close against him, returning your kiss with the same tenderness as though savoring the taste of you. You lean back after a moment, your palm meeting his cheek in a sweet embrace. “You know, I'm still getting used to the idea that I’ve fallen for you.” You can see him returning back to normal when he offers you a cocky smirk. “And yet here you are. In my arms, with your lips on mine. I think you’re not being entirely honest, my beautiful wife.” Sylus has waited a long time to hear those words from you but you don’t need to know that right now.

[velvetcrimsonkisses]

Watching Nanami put on his suit was mesmerizing but what was even better was when he would take it off.

He always stood in front of his bedroom mirror, and like a routine would start with his watch. Thick fingers running over the rim of the clock, down to the clasp. Placing it neatly on his shelf, along with the others in his collection.

He lets his suit jacket slowly fall off his broad shoulders, finally looking back at you, catching you staring. You always sat on the bed, looking all pretty for him. Your pupils expand at the handsome sight before you causing a chuckle to escape his thin lips as he decides to give you a show. He reaches back to unclasp his brown harness that carries his dull blade, your jaw and the harness both dropping in unison.

His eyes gleam with amusement as he continues, he slowly unbuttons the cuffs of his blue dress shirt, exposing the veins that run from his hands up to his muscular arms. Nanami could almost swear he sees your eyes turn heart-shaped as begins unbuttoning his shirt, revealing his toned and muscular torso.

He shrugs it to the floor, his hands leading down to his belt. Your attention falling upon his hard-on. Oh how Nanami was enjoying this and he knows for a fact you are too. The sexual tension builds up steadily, as he notices you clench your thighs together at the mere sight of his half naked body.

With a slow, deliberate motion, he unbuckles the expensive leather belt and allows it to slide through the loops of his pants. He drops it to the floor again, joining his other articles of clothing, and takes a step closer to you, his erection standing proudly between you.

He takes your hand, pressing a chaste to it as he wraps his hand around your wrist. Starting at his chest, he guides your hand down his abs, stopping just right before his dress pants.

“Why don't you help me with the rest, honey?”