#tbh star rail is my 'I don't actually go here' game

[starcurtain]

The Kinda Unhinged Ratiorine Fic I Want to Read

In an (admittedly very contrived) AU situation, Dr. Ratio finds out he's about to be cut out of his (mostly estranged) family's inheritance forever because of his complete lack of interest in continuing the family line. Which, all factors considered, does make perfectly logical sense. Investment of capital should go to the branch of the lineage most likely to benefit from it, and Cousin Tiberius has five sons and daughters already. Let the house and the trust fund go to them.

But the library.

There's absolutely no way Veritas could bear to be permanently parted from the staggering assemblage of paper volumes under his collected family's auspices. Not only would being separated from tomes so full of memories be heart-wrenching, but think of the devastating blow to his research! There are records in those archives that no other mortal eyes have ever gazed upon!

So there's only one solution for it: He needs to pass on his family name, immediately.

(Andddd the rest is under a read more because what is brevity?)

Problem 1: Veritas Ratio is very gay.

Problem 2: Statistically, single men have the lowest chance of being selected for adoption placement, and this Child Welfare Agent is looking at his alabaster head very, very strangely.

Think, Ratio, think. What is the most efficient way to solve such a tedious quandary?

The obvious first step is to increase his likelihood of being selected by the adoption agency, and the quickest way to do that is... Eureka! How elegant a design! He just needs to enter into a (temporary) committed and stable partnership to demonstrate a degree of domestic dedication and home-building prowess!

Problem 3: ...Where in the universe is he going to find a stable and committed man willing to marry him?

Ratio does not exactly possess the world's most endearing personality. He might... never have had any form of romantic relationship lasting past a one-night stand even, because it turns out most people don't like being scored a 2/10 on their technique during intercourse.

So he's probably not going to find a stable and committed man.

But... He might at least find someone willing--for the right price.

Enter Aventurine (stage left). He's as expensive as they come, the greatest reward saved for the highest bidder, but despite his festering ambitions, he's still trapped as nothing more than a high-class escort, owned by a company the IPC has on the books as selling everything but what they actually trade in: Avgin slaves.

Sigonians... The reputation--and sleazy men's curiosity--precedes him, and though he only has to get on his knees for the truly bold nowadays, he hasn't yet been able to make the ultimate gamble, pull the last string needed to finally gain his freedom: the freedom to live his life as he pleases--and to enact every ounce of vengeance he's been storing for decades like cards up his sleeves.

Until now.

Until an absolute madman shows up at the underground headquarters waving around an offer that no average person would possibly make: He wants to buy Aventurine and wed him.

(Because marrying a Sigonian thrall is a safe and sane thing that safe and sane people do.)

The offer is far too good to be trusted: A real marriage certificate but a perfectly fake marriage, a no-fault divorce once an adoption is finalized, and a guaranteed sponsor for his citizenship documents. A year or two of fake homemaking, this Veritas Ratio claims, and then Aventurine can walk away a completely free man, no strings--no chains--attached.

Well, Aventurine of the Myriad Stratagems has always held one skill dearer to his heart than any other: a crystal clear knowledge of when to fold--and when to go all in.

(...Problem 4: Amber Lord help him, Aventurine's new husband is the most irritating man in the entire universe.)

Alas, if only that was their biggest problem. Somewhere between learning to navigate the citizenship process, the adoption process, a truly unacceptable level of systemic racism, and also, increasingly, each other, Ratio and Aventurine discover that the circumstances of their lives might be far more entangled than they ever could have imagined from the beginning, and the same shadowy parties that profited off Aventurine's existence might have a vested interest in parting Ratio from valuable research secrets--permanently.

While struggling to maintain a charming and loving facade and struggling not to kill each other behind the scenes, Aventurine and Ratio also end up having to out-roll and out-plan a particularly dangerous enemy; something they can really only do together.

Or, tl;dr: Dr. Ratio chooses the most efficient but most unhinged method of finding a husband that intelligence could possibly contrive, only to determine that marrying a guy whose track record for unexplained deaths matches his track record for card counting really is the encyclopedic opposite of "committed and stable." Ridiculously enough, the trouble they get into is almost entirely Ratio's fault, the only one who is remotely convincing in front of the Child Welfare Agency is Aventurine, and sometimes it turns out the guy you married for the library ends up being the guy you married for life.

[crystallizsch]

HI okay so about that multifandom post — these are the ones that comes to mind i might post about in the future (with a lot of them having oc x canon stuff as well)

(the headers are my fan ocs btw 💕)

obey me!

i’ll very likely do this tbh

potential crossovers??? seven sins/brothers vs the seven overblotters???

i’ve been thinking about this for a long time actually (for example: obm mc and twst mc switching places)

and if you must know my faves are simeon and mammon >:]

stardew valley

maybe i’ll post about it???

i barely have time to play this game 😭 and when i do, i play it for like a week straight and dont touch it for several months (which is something i do with a lot of the games i play anyway 😔)

maybe potential twst x sdv au

as for the characters i’m into: it’s the alcoholic and the emo boy, if you know you know

IF THEY CAN’T LET ME HAVE ROBIN IM COURTING HER LOSER SON I GUESS

our life: beginning & always

a niche(?) visual novel with a customizable mc

augh i’ll definitely post about it bc i have SUCH a soft spot for it

it’s cheesy to admit but the game got me through some rough times before i landed on twst lmao (and it's literally the ONLY game i did somewhat of a self-insert hgdkfj)

if you’re into slice of life visual novels, PLEASE check this out, it’s free on steam (it has paid dlcs (that i all paid for bc i love the game so much) but the game is still VERY enjoyable without it)

it has so much 2000s-2010s nostalgic vibes, and it doesnt force you to a romance if you don’t want to (at least from what i remember but im pretty confident that’s the case)

and the main “love interest” is the CUTEST OUGH

it’s not really “exciting” per se since it’s a slice of life, BUT BUT—

ONCE I START POSTING ABOUT THIS I WILL CONVERT YOU GUYS MARK MY WORDS

pokemon

HUGE MAYBE THAT I’LL DO STUFF ABOUT POKEMON bc i struggle with animal art ;;;

so probably i’ll just do occasional crossovers/aus with twst

or sharing some trainer/gijinka ocs

misc games/anime/etc.

the arcana (nix hydra): another niche(?) visual novel free on the app store about a magician mc and tarot cards (grossly summarizing it), i’d recommend if you like fantasy/dark themes 🫶 i have a soft spot for it too bc it was one of my first oc x canon i started posting when i was younger <3 (i’d like to consider the art style of this dating sim “unconventionally pretty” like it’s not your usual anime otome game art style. it’s definitely not for everyone but i personally like it)

cult of the lamb: i have a one-off lamb oc but if i do post about this, it’s probably going to be more about gameplay than oc-posting tbh

honkai star rail: i have no ocs in this game but i LOVE playing for the characters/story so it’ll prob be just me reacting to story stuff and agonizing over gacha pulls

+ probably other franchises (like other anime or video games and stuff) i might make fanart of or just talk about

AGAIN TO CLARIFY: i'll still be twst-posting first and foremost because i know it’ll be my main fandom for a LONG while, i really don’t see myself dropping it any time soon!! these other fandoms are just side interests

and considering my track record of ONLY focusing on certain twst characters/ocs, i don't think the fandoms i mentioned here will show very often anyway 😭

[wolfhednn]

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is. Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing! Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: rai

Pronouns: it's complicated so she/he take ur pick

Birthday (no year): may 17

Where are you from? What is your time zone? the states, east coast beast coast. (not rly its swampy here)

How long is your roleplay experience? i regularly lose count. 17 years now i think?

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? neopets, p sure. at least i can't remember rping before that. warrior cats and gifteds rps on neopets were the one-night stands of my heart

How were you introduced to TOA? according to legend, ree was reported famously to have said "we could do it tho" and then i answered "yeah ig we could huh"

Do you have any pets? nah i've come to realize that im not very good at taking care of living things (including myself) and no lifeform should be subjected to that

What is your favorite time of year and why? i'm an autumn girlie, complete with the pumpkin spice. november specifically is my favorite time of year

What is your IRL occupation? i work at a community college writing center ob it's really rewarding to make a direct impact on other people's experiences

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? gacha games, reading, poetry, hearing the dank beat drop in a song and imagining some dramatic rp scene to go along with it

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? honkai: star rail, granblue fantasy, pokemon, jrpgs, otomes, vn's in general, whatever games my friends want to stream for me while i grind granblue fantasy

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: raichu, and flying types

Tell us some fun facts and trivia about yourself! 3 stuffed animals have pride of place on my bed and they are a fennec fox named luhan, a red panda named shizi (persimmon in mandarin), and whale tartaglia

How did you get into Fire Emblem? was browsing the nearby gamestop in college shortly after fates came out, decided to pick it up on a whim because it looked up my alley. got hooked and blasted through the rest of the series in short order afterward

What Fire Emblem games have you played? everything except jugdral, but i've studied jugdral like i did ff7 back in the day in order to rp it

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: fates as mentioned above. favorite depends on the metric jsdjgsk but, simplified, binding blade remains near and dear to my heart

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series! i cannot do this i do not hold enough characters in my working memory at a time

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! i think tsubaki. he was pretty and a pegasus knight, and i only liked him more as i actually saw more of his character HAHA

Any Fire Emblem crushes? huh. surprisingly, not really? was definitely expecting to have some for this one

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? 　　Awakening: lucina. and yes. always always 　　Fates: tsubaki, nishiki, and leo. and yes. 　　Three Houses: felix bc i liked his character and i always tend to s-support my faves just to see their lines. ambivalent now tbh im kinda roulette w 3h s-supports 　　Engage: gregory, mostly bc i'm also roulette w engage s-supports rather than any overt favoritism for gregory. maybe fogado?

Favorite Fire Emblem class? nomad ranger / bow knight

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? i've been told i'd be mage into mage knight but wielding dark magic. magic nuke but kind of whatever everything else. lysithea but mounted i guess. if i'm somehow playable the circumstances must be EXTRAORDINARY because good luck peeling me away from my nice quiet life for your continental justice war no thanks

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? black eagles probably and i'd cringe abt it

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? reason and authority boon. gauntlet, heavy armor, flying bane. i don't rly think i'd have a budding talent in any of the rest

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? tbh i'd probably be from elusia

How do you pronounce TOA? individual letters

Current TOA muses: felix, caeldori, rosado

Past TOA muses? too fucking many yall. ugh lemme see. volug, sety, idunn, leif, yuri, kurthnaga, ephraim, lucius, etzel, nel, citrinne, nishiki

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? will smith gestures at the grumpycat

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? reckless boys with hearts of gold (felix, leif, zeiss, ephraim); perfectionistic dreamers (caeldori), charismatic cunning extroverts concealing a boatload of issues, somber cerebral sages (sety, etzel, kurthnaga arguably)

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? there's plenty of archetypes i don't gravitate toward, but i don't really wish i did either. so not really

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? i like dramatic, fast-paced action scenes. i also like anything that explores complex topics and reveals how subjective the world really is, situations that challenge a character's views and beliefs and force them to reflect on what makes right or wrong

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? not really right now. i don't usually have rp wishlists like this because my enjoyment of a scene depends more on how effectively i feel it's being executed rather than just getting to do the specific scene by itself

Favorite TOA-related memories? probably running team mercy in lock&key? that was a really fulfilling experience

Present or past tense? present tense

Normal size text, small text, no preference? small text but idc what my partner uses

Got any potential muse delusions to share? i have muses falling out my pockets. lately i've been fistfighting the ilios in my head constantly. sometimes you just want to play a loser

[helly-watermelonsmellinfellon]

I've seen scatterings of her your headcanons about the Traveler, you got anything about the Trailblazer by any chance? (If you can, anyhow)

Okay!

The Trailblazer! Honkai: Star Rail

1.) I don't think for a second that they have a room on the Astral Express, because we have been in this game for an entire year now, and they still haven't shown us anything. Genshin got the Serenitea Pot before 2.0 dropped.

It's not as if March 7th's bedroom has any particular need to be in the game, but they went to the trouble of showing her having a personalized space. Dan Heng is said to have a room even if he's made the Archives his personal space for now. Himeko and Welt have rooms we can't go in, but they're there. So why can't the Trailblazer have a space of their own with little decorations nodding to events we've done and people we've met?

So, this persistent 'Astral Express Crew is Family!' idea people spout feels like the biggest reach to me because MC gets talked over a lot, gets their decisions made for them without being asked a lot, and has no clear connection to anything on the Express aside from whatever memes comes out of their mouth to mess with others in the moment.

2.) I fully believe that Stelle and Caelus are the same being, in the sense that I think they're a digital creation. Or perhaps a better explanation be like some kind of holographic AI super-system thing that is capable of shifting between 2 different forms depending on the job that needed to be done for the Stellaron Hunters. I don't necessarily think that they were a person, but the Hoyoverse has proven time and again, that even non-sentient things can become sentient when exposed to certain energies for long enough, and eventually ascend to a form of a powerful being that can act and think for itself.

I truly believe that, for the sake of the way the lore is going, having 2 different options for the receptacle of the Stellaron was literally just how it usually is for jobs. Like, it's actually an in-lore thing that they have this system on hand that can take either shape depending on what they're needed for, kind of like how Mora in Genshin has an in-lore reason for its use in everything(it's got fancy powers, cuz of the Gnosis, that enhance things when used on them). And then it gets reset at the end of each job so there's no memories to draw upon.

3.) So, building off of my last idea, the plot here is that there's some kind of script that they are following, fully believing they're doing the right thing even if it requires terrible atrocities to be done(if I'm following correctly of course, I get confused tbh). I completely think that they want this fancy system that they've been using, to actually become an Aeon somehow, through exploring the universe and forming opinions and connections. Perhaps even replace Akivili themself.

Aeons seem to be pretty neutral all things considered, and it's their followers that tend to be the ones who are morally corrupt or ambiguous in action and belief. Aeons seem to more embody a concept wholeheartedly, none of that fence-sitting stuff.

If that is the case, then the Trailblazer waking up without memories and forming an attachment to the followers of the Trailblaze themself, might be like a personality replacement of sorts. Since there's nothing in their past that they know about, and they don't even know anything about themself, they are trying to fill in the void with anything they can get their hands on, even if it means adopting a belief system they know nothing about or might not even agree with.

The main character has not been with the Astral Express long enough to be spouting all of this 'I will blaze a trail' nonsense. Every single time an option like that comes up, I will pick it for the sake of continuity in the story, but I do not believe it for a second. It doesn't feel as if there's been enough realistic character growth for the main character to already be saying things like this. They still don't know the Astral Express Crew all that well after all and they aren't given enough info. They hadn't even known about the whole Penacony situation when they arrived there. They'd been told that that was the next destination, but they had not been told that there was a fancy invite for specific guests and that they wouldn't be able to go with everyone because the one invite was for Dan Heng and not someone else and it can't be changed.

All of this just feels like they want to fit in somewhere because they don't have anywhere in their memories to go, but it doesn't feel like they're actually a crew member yet regardless of supposedly being POM-POM's fav. So, we circle back to my first idea, I guess.

4.) I think having no memories to draw upon is what allows the Trailblazer to channel the heart of each Path they have been able to unlock so far. By having absolutely no worldly connections prior to when they woke up, they are essentially a blank slate, and have to learn everything in the moment and experience it all personally to form their conclusions.

It always seems to be every time the Trailblazer comes to understand what the meaning of the Path is, after acquiring an item significant to the Path in question, that is when the Aeon of that Path Looks upon them for the first time and they seem to draw upon that connection to find the Will to use the new Path.

I don't really know where I'm going with this particular idea, but I felt like I should verbalize it.

5.) I'm about to get a little depressing for a second, but what if the Trailblazer's obsession with rummaging through trash cans and taking things left in them, is connected to the fact that they might feel like they've been abandoned because they don't have anything of their past to drawn upon, and the one person who seems to know them the most avoids them and doesn't seem inclined to answer questions?

As if having to reaffirm the idea that they are still useful and that all these things- these little trinkets that they find in the garbage, also have their uses. One man's trash is another man's treasure. That perhaps they can be treasure to someone too.

6.) I'm a little confused about the Stellaron part, because every other time it's come up in the story, it's been a really bad thing, Like, they seem to have a sentience or a consciousness of their own, and are capable of interacting with people and influencing them and their surroundings, but the one in the Trailblazer doesn't do anything save for when they almost died and drew Nanook's gaze in the beginning of the game.

How did Welt manage to seal it while it was inside someone? And how is it that him stealing it somehow keeps it managed and contained? What is so special about his abilities that make it perfectly okay for the Trailblazer to do just waltz about with everyone else(I don't know a thing about other HYV games beside HSR and Genshin so him in the other game is lost on me, sry)? What does sealing it entail? It never seems to be done on screen I'm pretty sure(unless I'm misremembering?).

If I recall correctly, the Stellaron Hunters broke into Herta Space Station and took the Stellaron that Herta had on hand and placed it in the receptacle that they brought along with them. There had to be a very specific reason for them to do this, something in the 'script' they're following. Because they knew it would be sealed in the MC? Does it being sealed inside a person make it different from one that's been sealed in the physical world? Does this come with a power-up at some point? Some kind of special connection to The Destruction?

This isn't really a theory but it's a lot of thinking I'm doing.

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Anyway, that's what I got so far. Hope these were interesting thoughts to get through. ^-^ <3

[endlesslytired]

Some things I've noticed when I've looked at the tag for Senadina here is that people are really pushing Elysia clone allegations on her. Yes there's similarities. I actually believe some may be intentional as I have a couple thoughts on Elysia that could make theories on a connection. (Ely has some weird stuff I don't fully understand and like I wouldn't be shocked if she was actually related to Sena) But y'all are really pushing it in my opinion.

For me the big difference between how I feel and felt about both of these characters from meeting them and to now.

Elysia felt so shady at first. Like she was hiding so much and Mei was getting like crumbs every conversation and I was convinced she was going to be a twist villain because she just keeps changing the subject to flirting with Mei rather than explaining herself. I know better now that these vibes were most likely from a changed twist and she's actually sorta legit nice, but that doesn't cover how much she hides and diverts. It feels off. I'm still doing Elysian Realm chapters (but know kinda what happens from an old account) and the vibe of something being kept from me is still so strong.

Dream Senadina on the other hand was like "Hey! You wanna dance? Awesome! Okay here's how my world died, yours could also so here's these items, go find some friends and fix it. You're in charge now, bye!" Just elaborated honestly quite a lot at once to Dreamseeker/Entropy at once imo. Then you meet the playable Senadina and she jokes a bit about you dreaming of her but tbh unlike Elysia is more focused on her surroundings than DS/E and less shady because she just doesn't know what she could possibly hide and usually says whatever she's thinking anyway. She really gives puppy chasing butterfly vibes or kid in a candy store. In any twist there's something secret about her, it's probably just as much of a surprise to her too.

Mind you I haven't seen part 2 of the current story as it's not out till tomorrow for me. Could drop some nutty twist out of nowhere but I doubt it would go that far first stage of this new edition of the game.

I don't hate Elysia at all, I actually really like her. I've been kinda hoping March in star rail is either her or a Kiana counterpart. I just cannot shake how much she makes me feel like I'm being baited and I feel on edge a little. Not my favourite but like I still like her! (Sorry girlie, I'm a Pardofelis stan when it comes to realm characters) Sena just felt so much more easy to immediately trust and gives really fun silly goober (for that one person who complained about me using that word, it's a complement) vibes. Also I do play the game in the CN dub since I started my new account. I feel the CN dub makes them sound more different to eachother and JP sounds more similar to eachother so maybe that influenced some things.

I think really we can compare them but really if you pay attention there's still differences. Let's let our token Hoyoverse amnesiac exist a little longer before we decide who they are.

[justsomeoneintoomanyfandoms]

hello, could i get a matchup for genshin impact and honkai star rail? pronouns: any are fine, he/him preferred sexuality: questioning but maybe slight masc lean zodiac/mbti: leo/virgo (depending on if you're using the old one or the new one), INTJ 4w5 appearance: 4'10 (i'm not even that young i don't know how that happened) with pale skin, i have mid-length straight black hair. huge eyebags kek personality: to people i don't know well i'm relatively quiet, although i will make sarcastic comments every now and then if i find it funny. if i know someone more closely (or i just think they're annoying), i will do everything in my power to be as eccentric as possible. i will say the most controversial (and borderline creepy) things in public, and i get a ton of side-eyes which i find hilarious. i honestly have a ton of problems at home and mentally, but i don't vent, and if i do, it's done in a humorous way. i can't really take care of myself (nor do i ever feel the want to), so i'm very physically weak. sometimes i'm nice, but it's kind of offputting and comes off as jealous or clingy. i think of myself as having anxious attachment, but the one time i dated someone (i honestly don't know if i even liked them, i can't comprehend my emotions) i literally just avoided them like the plague. they grew their hair out and they listen to emo rock bands. the sad part was that they came back to me and we dated on and off for three years. we held hands ONCE. tbh i did actually find it endearing but i never showed or talked to them about that... likes: i don't know, every few months i change my entire personality and get obsessed with something. it's never really consistent, but some things i currently find myself enjoying are gacha games, having people compliment me, etc. whenever someone gives me an ounce of attention i go giggle about it and kick my legs for about two seconds before it wears off. this goes for both positive and negative attention dislikes: i don't know about dislikes either. i guess self-hatred goes here, i seriously can't think of anything. i don't really care for morally wrong things either. hobbies: just like everything else i change hobbies. rn it's working on a discord server. honestly i don't even think i'm redeemable atp i feel bad for anyone who gets paired with me

Hi Anon! Thank you for your request! I hope you like your matchups!

In Genshin Impact, I match you with...

Aether’s a wonderful matchup for you. He’s an interesting balance of quiet and outgoing so he’s a bit eccentric himself.

Doesn’t like hearing you talk about how you don’t think you’re redeemable but he also understands that sometimes you feel things and those feelings are messy.

Instead of trying to get you to suppress those feelings and negative thoughts, he’ll do his best to help you realise that, even if you still believe those things, you also deserve to be happy. He cares about you and wouldn’t have it any other way.

He’ll also compliment you a lot, always a genuine statement about something he admires about you. He thinks you’re really cool and does his best to make sure you’re aware of that.

Aether’s a really good person to be around since you like change. He’s constantly travelling so things will never get stagnant and you get to see lots of new places.

In Honkai Star Rail, I match you with...

Wow, both male protagonists! You’re certainly lucky! I think Aether and Caelus are similar but different in some very distinct ways.

While Aether is a more gentle partner, Caelus is the type to pull you along with him, not giving you time to doubt yourself.

More than happy to help you take care of yourself. He knows it can be hard just existing sometimes so he wants to do what he can to help the person he cares about most.

Loves playing gacha games with you. He is responsible with his spending though so neither of you have to worry about getting carried away with trying to get certain characters.

Much like Aether, Caelus is constantly travelling, both around and between worlds. You’ll get the chance to see lots of new places and incorporate new things into your appearance and personality whenever you want.

[crqstalite]

2024 year in review <3

(template by @/papakkapao on twitter!)

So!

The last year in review I did here on tumblr was in (checks notes) 2021. Damn. I was still going by Andre. Whoops! I changed my alias to Sol recently, so if you're staring at this and wondering who the hell is on your dash, don't unfollow quite yet -- it's still me!

Anyway, on to the shit I was up to this year!

WORD COUNT:

This year I wrote in total (drum roll, please) 141,705 words. Pretty impressive considering I've been going through a bit of a dry spell fandom wise for the last twoish years. After my ME/DA phase petered out I don't think I wrote or made much until late 2023, when League of Legends's Heartsteel AU dropped. I wrote a frantic 143,227 words for my largest fic yet in the span of about five months, and actually finished it earlier this year before I delved into Honkai: Star Rail for the rest of it. Scary what a hyperfixation can do to you.

FAVORITE FIC:

My favorite fic that I wrote this year has gotta be if these walls could talk. Sue me, the only completed work I have under my belt, I'll plaster that everywhere. A brief taste of AO3 popularity came with it, I loved responding to everyone's comments and headcanoning 'till way too early in the morning. Regardless of how I felt about it around mid-March (annoyance, wanting to quit, sick of writing it) it does mean a lot to me because it is a little badge of my hard work out there for anyone to read. I made so many friends in the fandom afterwards that it'll always have a little soft spot in my heart.

(I also have a favorite in mine, yours and ours because it's the first work I ever did for Honkai: Star Rail and it makes me happy.)

NEW THINGS I TRIED:

A LOT. Probably too much. But a lot. I spent a good chunk of the year long-form roleplaying (insane, even for me. there has be at least thousands of words written in some server in the void), writing until 2am with a friend across the world, actually writing a whole fic (yes, you're noticing a common theme here), and learning not to take myself too seriously. I spent the last half of the year writing rarepair fic because it made me happy and I didn't care as much about the numbers. Is it objectively good fic? Well -- you're asking the author, of course she's gonna say yes!

But I had fun. I hopped in and out of fandoms as I pleased. Went with the wind instead of trying to force myself to have fun where I wasn't anymore. And eventually, landed right back where I want to be (Dragon Age) after the release of Veilguard.

GOALS FOR 2025:

I was gonna do this funny "cats out the bag!" joke but I'm too much of a yapper to be quiet so -- I'm writing a game! Or, well, I'm thinking about writing one really hard. And I'm finally getting started. I have no idea if I'll finish it, but I'm really excited to try. Really excited to get my brainworms out into the world LOL. Info to come soon.

Anyway I'd tag the people that inspired me but I'm like 80% sure none of them are on tumblr? Yeah if you got this far and realized your dash is 50% me reblogging whatever I please, it's because I semi-moved back to tumblr a month or so ago. Twitter girlies are insane and I prefer a brain cell or two with my DA takes tbh.

(Says the guy who has not finished the game -- STILL)

Anywho if you want to find me/see what I'm up to these days, here I am, @/crqstalite on twitter. Don't be a stranger, I sure won't be.

Happy New Years you filthy animals!

[lostacelonnie]

Truly. School festival? Wild i dont think ive ever been to one of those. Not sure mine ever had them but im glad you had so much fun! Its not completely finished yet i get that done next week but its very cool i love it. I have like. 12 piercings now with still more i want. They were a slippery slope from getting two to all the ones i have & want but i hope you're able to get some in the future. I think i like my eyebrow & lip piercings best. Thats a wild difference damn. Its been sunny mostly cool days right now but we keep going from warmer days to rain/snow warnings here. Oh hell yeah congrats! Strange but positive is the best combination to have honestly. Id also love to check out carnivale if that still happens in italy or mardi gras over here down in louisiana if i had time. Just love the idea of big celebration with cool stuff. Oh sparkle is quantum support with action advance & crit damage (?) boost. She's real good for seele or many teams really. I got archeron! Just need to get her light cone but damn was she cool in the 2.1 story. Not gonna spoil if you havent played through yet. Congrats on your archeron pulls! I think i might save for topaz now & get adventurine later? I do like how he plays but ill grab him later i don't think i have use for him yet. Swarm is so annoying i gave up on it for now terrible fuckin enemies. Mood what set are you usin on archeron? I love her talent too just. Insta enemy kill what a time saver. Really did give her a great & interesting kit. Hm ill have to continue & see how complex she is. Been busy with other games & like. Cosmodyssey & the bartender event in star rail. Oh thats fun i love it keep doin that. Ohh congrats on the writing energy!

yeah school festivals are also pretty rare over here but [thanks to a complete coincidence, i didnt even Know we had those] i ended up in a school that actually organizes one JSDKFJG. would tell you what it is but i feel doxxing my school on tumblr.com is not a terribly good idea. AND HEY THATS AWESOME!!! also yeah i heard it Really Is Like That with piercings shdjfg all my friends said so at least. tbh the only reason i dont have any yet is bc when i was the age when everyone gets their first one [around 8-9 among my peers] i was very physically active and didnt wanna deal with the whole healing process while trying to not get the shit beaten out of me in aikido. so thanks!!! i REAAALLLY wanna get snake bites theyre So cool. AND FOR REAL LIKE???? can the weather Please decide what it wants to do with its life. it was literally raining the whole day today and yesterday i cannot keep dealing with this. esp since today was my first day back to school after the easter break so waiting for my bus was just. miserable. And my classbestie didnt come to school today so i guess i cant have nice things. Oh Well. and for real for real im actually so glad my school doesnt seem to have a single normal person in it because everything is just so much more. chill. and the gossip is Insane i tell you. ever since this year i befriended a bunch of cool alt girls my life had been so much more interesting because they know like everything about everyone. and oh good luck with all that!! i totally agree, tho i definitely have to be mentally prepared for such occasions. Due To The Autism. but yeah theyre SO fun. and oh that sounds like. a very good kit actually. might get her in the future but ahh i still cant quite decide who im gonna pull for next..... only time can tell i suppose. CONGRATS ON GETTING MEI #3!!!!! i maxed out her talents already [thank god for how little time that calyx takes] so i just need to get relics for her now. Auugghhhg. but i decided im just gonna wait for the triple drop event to save myself some sanity and am currently focusing on ruan mei's talents rn since i run her with acheron <- guy who has no welt and his pela is lvl 50 not built. ah thats understandable!!! i was initially Completely uninterested in aventurine but used his trial as a march replacement in my clara team and it all fits together so nicely. speaking of which i literally got clara TWICE yesterday, one pull apart, without pity on standard. the universe loves me i guess. so shes e4 now. FOR FUCKING REAL but at least using acheron in sim uni lets one skip the non boss battles so thats a massive timesaver and also makes dealing with the swarm a lot less problematic. since you only have to deal with the big guy at the end and not trouble yourself with the occasional encounter on the way. seriously tho acheron is so cracked in sim uni. she let me get the achievement for finishing every battle with all allies at 100% hp. im currently using band of sizzling thunder + inert salsotto [LOL] on her!!! as i said. scuffed but does the job for now. but im gonna get her pioneer diver of dead waters + izumo gensei and takama divine realm since i heard thats whats best on her. and yeah her kit is super fun!! and have fun with that!! honestly fair, tho im just stuck in my holy trinity of hi3 - hsr - noita. also i love the bartender event a lot both story and gameplay wise. very very cool. and thankies!!!!!!!

[bctoastyyy]

do you have more of that no one cares au

I had no idea that No One Cares AU would be so much of a hot take tbh kjshdfl I thought it wasn't very original. BUT THIS IS GOOD NEWS I've loved everyone takes that they added hehe. So um I went a bit off the rails with this response,,

Danny w/ the ghosts:

Sam: “Danny, the box ghost is back.”  D: “What’s he doing?” Sam: “Some lady by the flower store gave him all her recyclable cardboard. He’s building a fort. You wanna go get rid of him, or?” D: “What, no. He’ll get bored and go home, you know that.” Sam: “Why do you look upset, then?” D: “He didn’t invite us to his fort :( “  Sam: “We’re at school, though-” D: “IT’S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE THING, SAM.”

T: “Tell me more about this…internet web site.” Tucker: “YOU’VE ASKED THE RIGHT PERSON.” T: “I asked the ghost child, actually, BUT YOU SEEM MUCH MORE SOCIABLE.” D: “Oh, sure, he seems more sociable now, not when he kicks my ass at video games, but go off I guess.” T: “WHAT IS THIS ABOUT A VIDEO PLAYING GAMES I HEAR.” Tucker: “dude you thinking about what im thinking? Technus, buddy, we’re going to show you a fighting game, you’ll love it.” T: “A VIDEO THAT FIGHTS GAMES- THAT SOUNDS COOL”- punches danny in the face- “I’LL GO FIRST, WHERE IS VIDEO PART AT.” D: “Actually you gave me an idea. we play smash bros WHILE fighting.”  T: “THIS SOUNDS HIP AND POPPING LET’S DO THAT.”  Tucker: “I’ll keep score.”

E: “Haha you think I could brainwash all the teens with my sick ass tunes if I tried?”  D: “Oh, worm? Probably. But I don't think you need to brainwash anyone though, everyone already loves your music.” E: “Ain’t that right. Okay, dipstick, wanna see how far I can throw you with my new guitar chord instead?” D: “Yes.”

S: “Where are you, whelp? I’ll get my hands on that pelt of yours, mark my words.” D: “Mark? I thought you were Skulker.”  S: “You cannot hide from the Ghost Zone’s greatest hunter!” D: “No, I can, you just don’t want me to. I get that, that’s cool. I gotta get back to class though, you want to pick this up later?” S: “Oh. I was looking forward to deadly hide and seek :(“  D: “You’ll get your shot big guy. Just don’t terrorize anyone until school’s out? Or do you want to get in the thermos for time out-” S: “No. Do you want to get in my net to see how far I can throw you?” D: “Yes. See if you can launch me right into my classroom and I’ll give you an extra kick to the face, deal?” S: “A true hunter knows patience and never backs down from a challenge.”  D: “I love how dramatic you are.“ 

School:

Mr. L: “Mr. Fenton, where are you going?” D: “Ghost.”- goes ghost in the middle of the classroom - Mr. L: “Which one?” D: “Eh, dunno.”

P: “Danny, you like the stars and stuff, right?” D: “I do like space, yes.” P: “Tell me about the signs- I’m trying to win an argument, Star says our signs aren’t compatible, but they totes are.”  D: “Um. Do it anyway.” P: “Isn’t it important though?” D: “Do it anyway.” P: “So true, bestie, thanks.”  D: “I just do stuff regardless of the consequences.” P: “So true bestie, thanks.”

V: “Cujo only listens to me when I’m wearing red, what does that mean? I thought…isn’t it bulls that don’t like red? He’s a dog…” D: “If he likes red, then wear red more often? I dunno I could ask Technus or uncle Vlad to make you a red ghost suit or something. Might respond better to…ghost red.” V: “Really?” D: “Makes sense to me.” V: “Hmm, fine, okay, but it needs to make me look cool.”  D: “Naturally.”

W: “Are you guys serious?! How can Fenton be a ghost? That doesn't make any sense! He's trying to brainwash you all into believing his elaborate prank, can't you see that?! Am I the only sane one here!" Anyone at casper high tbh: "Wes, I don't care."

Dash: “FENTON!” D: “I’m kinda busy right now, Dash,” - shoves observant into the floor - “these guys keep trying to get me to go to my ancient time dad’s deathday party. Which is a joke because I don’t think that guy has ever been alive, and like, Frostbite already told me they’re just trying to trick me into visiting so they don’t have to babysit Clockwork. I already visit like, every other week, how much more can they want from me, jeez.” - while he’s talking he uses his hand to freeze the observant’s head(? eye?) before shoving him back into the floor - “Sorry, what did you need?” Dash: “I was just gonna see if you wanted to come to football practice after school today. We’re going to the nasty burger after.” D: “Nasty burger you say? Deal. But I’m not into football, that’s more uncle Vlad’s thing, and besides, when he makes me play it with him he cheats every time >:( “ Kwan: “How about we just see how far you can throw a football? I bet it's like farther than like, five football fields!”  D: “It’s more than five but okay.”

MISC

J: “Uncle Vlad says you burned the monopoly board?” D: “He’s a businessman, Jazz, he doesn’t deserve to play monopoly.” J: “But dad loves monopoly :(“  D: “Only because Vlad does. Mom helped me burn it.” J: “She does hate monopoly.”

D: “No.” Vlad: “What do you mean, no? It’s only America’s favorite passtime!” D: “I don’t want to watch the Green Bay Packers.” Vlad: “No ghost training for one month.” D: “Where’s the remote, its football time.” 

Elle: “Danny what do I do, he keeps wanting me to watch football with him.” D: “Tell him that he shouldn’t have kept the gene that hates football when he sampled me.”  Elle: “Y’know, that is kinda his fault now that I’m thinking about it.” D: “So true, lil sis, so true.” 

F: “Great One! I am so glad you’ve visited!” D: “Yeah :) ! Sorry though, I just gotta ask, why do you call me Great One, again?” F: “You’re great, that’s why! Do you not think that you are great enough to be called that? :(“  D: “Oh, no, I just thought it was because I told Pariah to chill the heck out and he went back to bed.”  F: “That helped. You stopped the ‘hissyfit’ of the millennia.”  D: “That’s what the observants kept telling everyone until I stepped in, isn’t it.” F: “Indeed. I do not like the observants :( so I did not listen. No one did. That is another reason why you are so great.“