#s/i | cel daffodil branch

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since it's been a whole year,,,

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If this is still open, mayhaps my Dark Parables s/i, Cel?

It's an anxious baker with a QPP, a girlfriend, and two besties. They live in a medieval/fairy tale world, if that affects anything

New self-ship game!

Reblog this with a pic of your s/i, and I'll shuffle my liked song on Spotify (There's 9.7k) and give it to you!

MAPs/pedos dni

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sometimes a family is a baker, a botanist, the king and queen, and a sentient puppet. and they take naps together 🥰

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1 yr Botany and Baking qpr anniv, who cheered

My botanist dork 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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It's a QPR not a romantic ship but still... 🥰

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Through the years (1/3)

I am literally so proud of this and if Tumblr crunches the quality I WILL cry

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I was doing stuff in lab class and suddenly was overcome with the very strong desire to kiss Gerda so I made a drawing when I got home from class 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Hmngh... girlfriend...

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Someone ask me about my soulmate au w/ Cel, Gerda, Kai, Gwyn, and Pinocchio pleaseeee

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Me and my gf, Gerda?

Gerda is a sweet-hearted woman who will do whatever she can to help those she cares about! She and I are childhood friends to lovers, we grew up together and fell in love separately, and got together after a healthy does of (percieved) one-sided pining.

ok i wanna do one of those selfship rb games now so.

reblog w ur selfship's dynamic & ill assign u guys a starset song (p much all of their love songs r gender neutral dont worry)

1 selfship per person, i'll turn off reblogs when im done

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ask and you shall recieve!

🔍👀

d... detaaaails...

Wshdjshfjs I should be asleep but I am not bc Them. Also my relationship w/ soulmate aus is complicated but this is one of two soulmate aus I have that have a special place in my heart ^-^

So it's the writing appears on your soulmate's body au bc that is one of my favorite concepts (and it's easy to do w/ multiple ppl wsjfjsj). Cel, Gerda, Kai, Gwyn, and Pinocchio are all soulmates with each other. Each of them has Their Color, which is just what color ink they write in. Cel is red (or purple, but leaning towards red), Gerda is yelloe, Kai is green, Gwyn is blue (light blue, to be specific), and Pinocchio is orange. For a while none of them realize Gwyn exists, as he's comatose at the beginning. When he wakes up, everyone is thrilled to have a fifth member of The Crew, so to speak. Also young Gwyn is VERY confused by the whole thing and it's adorable.

So with the whole Cel, Gerda, and Kai being childhood friends thing they realize they're soulmates fairly quickly. They're all very excited, and talk about what life might be like when they find the other two. Kai's a botanist with a somewhat shitty sleep schedule, so the other four'll wake up to see he took botany notes on his arms in the middle of the night. Secretly he takes his notes normally, he just writes down fun facts he learns that he thinks his soulmates would appreciate (they all always do). Cel writes recipes and doodles random shit, Gerda writes inspirational stuff, and Pinocchio usually just draws hearts. Gwyn, being a prince, will take notes about meetings n stuff he has to do.

Pinocchio turns into an inanimate puppet at the end of the last DP game he appears in, leaving his ultimate fate in-universe unclear. For the sake of my ship he gets better, though I cannot stay consistent as to whether or not to make him a sentient puppet or human whsjdjs. When no new orange messages appear for a while, after a worrying mwssage the contents of which i have yet to decide, they all assume the worst. So I have a very specific scenario in my mind where Kai and Gwyn are playing Hangman on their arms bc Gwyn can't be bothered to pay attention to his meeting. Unrelated but Cel's doodling on its other arm. But Kai puts down seven blanks, only to be startled when orange letters spell out "IM ALIVE" in those blanks. The idea of Gwyn having to pretend like he didn't get a bombshell and a half dropped on him amuses me idk why.

I also like thinking abt it from the outside. One day, the town baker doesn’t hum while they work. The guy who takes care of the forests doesn't sing with the birds in the early morning. The queen only nods politely, with the barest hints of a smile. The king is polite, but closed-off. This becomes a new normal for a while. A few months to a few years. Then one day it's like a switch has flipped, and everything is even brighter than before. The town baker is singing the most beautiful of tunes, and she invites her custimers to dance. In the early morning, the young man sings louder than the birds, but just as beautifully. The queen greets people with her brilliant smile, along with a hug if permitted. And overall the king just seems happier. No one in town knows what caused any of this. They don't know about the death of the unknown but very much loved Orange, or their sudden return.

But yeah eventually Pinocchio finally ends up in the kingdom where the other four live, and is taken into the palace even before any of them realize he's the mysterious Orange. And then it's all just wholesome shit from there. ^-^

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^_^, =0, D:< for who’s on your mind !!!

- @sheepie-self-ships

Sheepie hiii!! Ty for the ask, I'll answer for Gerda since I've had her on the brain!

^_^ - What is the silliest song that you associate with your f/o?

Hmm, that's an interesting question! It's only sorta silly, and I only sort of associate it with her, but probably this one!

=0 - If you and your f/o were mermaids, what would your tails look like?

I could describe it, but I decided to draw it instead!

D:< - Assign a nightcore song to you and your f/o's relationship!

This might seem a bit obvious, but I'll assign Gerda and I a Nightcore version of 'Home' by Phillip Phillips!

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Gwyn: Do you love Gerda?

Kai: Yeah, I do.

Gwyn: Cel! I told you I knew it! You owe me 100 bucks!

Cel: We all love Gerda. You should've asked if he was IN love with her.

Kai: I thought that was implied.

Cel, having a realization: ...

Gwyn: ...

Kai, looking straight at Cel: Congrats Gwyn, you just won 100 bucks.

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3 9 14 for Cel :)

Ty for the ask! I love Cel and I'm working on developing it :D

3. How so the other characters generally feel about your self insert?

Overall, she gets a mostly positive reception! Other than the characters that I have as f/os, in terms of characters they'd interact with - the Fairytale Detective absolutely adores her (platonically) Snow is fond of her, Ross respects her, and Pinocchio is a good friend of hers.

9. Who are your self insert's closest friends?

Kai, Gerda, and Gwyn! Pinocchio is also a good friend of its, but it doesn't interact with them as much as it interacts with the other three.

14. What hobbies does your self insert have?

Baking is its biggest one! It also enjoys painting, although it doesn't do that much. They also sing and dance sometimes. She enjoys singing more than dancing.

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Hi! I just wanted to say I love your S/I for Dark Parables, They look very cute! (I Hope That You Have A Wonderful Day/Night!)

This is a semi-old ask, but ty! I love them too audujdjsjs

Fun fact abt it: it's a member of the Red Riding Hood Sisters, and has a pet Mist Wolf named Chocolate Chip!

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Tryna decide which thing I wanna do for the Ballad of Rapunzel bonus chapter - tiny Cel or Cel trying desperately not to laugh at just how tiny her partner has become

Might make a poll on this later idk, but I did doodles to express my ideas for each one

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Hi I designed Cel Branch (it/she/they), my Dark Parables s/i

It's a baker in a cozy little kingdom, and is in a queerplatonic relationship with a young man named Kai, the king's forest warden. She's also friends with King Gwyn and Queen Gerda. (Gwyn and Gerda don't have tags yet but y'know)