#where am I going to get my arcane edits now

[restlessgem]

NO I WASN’T DONE SAVING MY EDITS

[operationslipperypuppet]

in honor of its anniversary, an edit to highlight how the distress signal changed everything for Hardwon in an instant.

Transcript:

an edit mashing If the World Was Ending by JP Saxe ft. Julia Michaels with various clips from campaign 3 of NADDPod - from (in order) episodes 30, 32, 39, and 41. all clips after the third are from episode 41. the lyrics are in bold. ah, it's been a year now, think I figured out how, how to think about you without it ripping my heart out Hardwon (Jake): I am... enjoying my golden years. [cast laughs] and I know, you know, we know, you weren't down for forever, and it's fine Hardwon: They're gonna stay as strong and heroic as we all once were and... I'm going to fade away. I know, you know, we know, we weren't meant for each other, and it's fine Hardwon: But... Beverly and Moonshine? They don't need me. And- and I have to be okay with that. but if the world was ending, you'd come over, right? Moonshine (Emily): [static overlaying audio, speaking breathlessly and almost in tears] Hardwon? I don't know if you're - I don't know if you're out there but [draws breath] Gruumsh, he's gettin' stronger than ever and, and we're doing the best we can in Isgard, but they've got us backed into Kord's Great Hall. And Kord - Hardwon - Kord has been wounded [draws another breath]. you'd come over and you'd stay the night Moonshine: [still with static] So, I think if - I don't know where you went to but if, if you can come back? Things - things are bad. I think we've only got maybe another week. Oh, I, oh, I gotta go - Hardwon please? would you love me for the hell of it? Hardwon: [static cuts out] Uh, h-h-hello? Hello? Hello? I'm coming. Moonshine? [cast laughs] Moonshine? Hello? all our fears would be irrelevant Hardwon: They need me, um, that, yeah, they need me. They need me in the Astral Plane. Moonshine needs me, Beverly needs me. if the world was ending, you'd come over, right? Callie (Emily): How did you get here from the Astral Plane? Because you can use that to get back, right? Sol (Caldwell): Uh huh. Hardwon: We're, we're, we're days, days, weeks away from The Crick. I, they don't have, they don't have that kind of time. Callie: So you need an arcane battery? Hardwon: We need this machine working, yes. sky'd be falling while I hold you tight Hardwon: Okay, um, Moonshine, um... I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I - I'm sorry I left. But that's - that's not important. I'm - I hear you. I'm coming, girl. Tell Beverly that I'll be there soon. no, there wouldn't be a reason why we would even have to say goodbye Hardwon: You guys - you can hold your own. And, and I won't think of myself as a liability ever again. Ciao. Or bye. Or later. Whatever. See you soon. if the world was ending, you'd come over, right? Moonshine: Hardwon, it's damn good to hear your voice. you'd come over, right? Moonshine: And it'll be even better to see your face. you'd come over, you'd come over, you'd come over, right? Moonshine: Get here.

[kravchikfreak]

I'm sorry if this ask is coming out of nowhere, but I have been looking for posts that talk about how S2 has declined in quality and there have been virtually NONE. Even tags like 'arcane critical' or 'anti arcane' don't show up even though I know there are posts that are tagged with them. I'm losing my mind. Has nobody else noticed this downgrade? The ideas could have been good, but they were not executed well and the whole thing reads like they wrote it really quickly without any real editing and then rushed to get it out. It feels hollow, like we're seeing a botched or unfinished version of what it was supposed to be. What kind of random ass shit is it that an enforcer comes up to Vi and says, "cait said good things about you," and Vi is just like wow you're right, I'm sold! Even though she already knows Cait has a high opinion of her and that wasn't the issue in the first place! Also who was that random homeless man? Why am I supposed to care about these people? Fans get defensive about the pacing and argue that s1 did a lot in a minimal amount of time too, but I don't think they realize that pacing has to do with making something feel organic. Vi's heel turn into becoming an enforcer was not organic. Viktor's two second goodbye was not organic. Both of these things could have made sense if they'd given these moments even just a little more effort or care. There were so many unnecessary scenes that could have been cut out to give more time to things that desperately needed it (like caitlyn's sad wordless montage about her mom. Why did it drag out so long? Her grief is apparent in every other scene. We did not need an entire abstract slideshow of her making various sad expressions.) There's also the animation. The animation is leagues above a regularly animated show, but if you look closely it is actually not as good as s1. There is less detail, the lighting of the background doesn't always match the characters, and there are moments where the lips don't always sync with their voices. These are minor things that I wouldn't usually care about, but for a multi-million dollar show like Arcane? Riot games recently laid off a whole slew of its creative team, too, and I wonder if they've been making similar cuts before that. It would certainly explain the drop in quality. I wouldn't put it past corporate greed to nerf one of the most groundbreaking animated shows in modern media if they thought they could profit more by cutting corners.

I'm sorry to ramble in your inbox as a random stranger, but it boggles my mind that there are so few people mentioning s2's flaws (not including rage bait, which is annoying because it only delegitamizes real criticisms and discussions.) I feel like I'm screaming in the void like is nobody else seeing this shit??

well hello there! first of all, "arcane critical" is what i was looking for when i was writing that post. gonna put it in tags now before i forget

secondly, i love asks! so no need to apologize. thirdly it's a bummer you went under anonym, i don't believe you get notifs for your anonymous asks, so unless you actually hang out on my blog regularly there's a chance you won't see me appreciating your thoughts and agreeing with you (expect for the animation part, cause for me it was great, i have no questions on that regard. but for each their own. i'm a big fun of the dragon prince first season's animation and still sad they get rid of their 13fps style, so...)

anyway, i got bored at the beginning of my rumbling that time and didn't get into some deep analysis but yes, the first season also had events to go fast and forward, but at the same time they made sense. it wasn't rush or dragged, every scene had a meaning and weight

YES to the burial scene. like i get it, it was drawn pretty and it was sad and grey for cait but my god how many hours can we watch vi going away from 317 different angles? i was actually shocked to see her at cait's, cause after 10 minutes of her hiding in the crowd and leaving before cait saw her i was legit sure the show tried to tell us they broke up for now and won't see each other for a while

and it all feels so odd, as if on the one hand writers had too little allowed episodes to work with their ideas, like they came up with all these important story points but had no more screen time to add actual story development between the points, cause the season is like 10 episodes too short to fit a full coherent story. but on the other hand they have too much unused screen time, like they wrote only 5 episodes but they had to make 9 so now we will just fill the equivalent of 4 episodes of free time with mute repetitive long scenes

who the fuck is that mute lizard cop? is he actually mute? or there were no budget on one more voice actor? what's his problem? why he always looks like he's mad at everyone? should i even care he's always displeased? does he even matter? if no, why he has so much screen time and close-up shots? if yes, why he has no meaning or story or character or name? i swear to god, in the first season that one future-junkie dude had more of a meaning and weight in his two minutes scene than these lizard cop and the new jinx's sister during two episodes

and it all would've been fine, really, if it was the first season, or one of these already bad shows that you don't really expect much of. but arcane was a masterpiece, and also we've been waiting for it for three years. so it's the feeling that we know how GOOD it can be, and the feeling that it just chose not to

w....wait... what if they also tried to do great? and failed to do good in the process

or maybe, as you said, just some internal kitchen shit. i never actually follow media creation stuff and staff so maybe that's just it. still not make it all better for me as a viewer who was too excited to learn at 1 am that the act dropped and stayed up until 7am to make sure to watch it before getting to sleep

HEY THANK YOU for giving me opportunity to rumble about it again

[infinityinakiss]

arcane incorrect quotes: bookstreet edition

vi: why shouldn't you put a toaster in a bathtub full of water?

jayce: because your toast would get soggy!

//

jayce: so i got this amazing plan!

vi: we fail almost every time you say that.

jayce: well this is the same! but with a hamster involved.

//

jayce: it is 6:09 .

jayce: i am wondering why i'm still alive.

jayce: send wendy’s.

vi: the whole restaurant?!

//

jayce: oh, fiddlesticks.

vi: look, i understand this is a tense situation, but let's watch the fucking language.

//

*while in battle*

vi, trying to warn about the location of an enemy: to the left!

jayce: take it back now y'all!

//

jayce: *trying to get five seconds of sleep*

vi, poking jayce’s arm: jayce jayce. jayce. jayce.

jayce: WHAT?

vi: …we’re out of capri suns—

//

jayce: that’s the key slice of truth we need to complete the entire truth pie.

vi: ooh, can we get some actual pie?

jayce: I like the way you think.

//

vi: hah! 69! you know what that means?

viktor: what?

caitlyn: that you're a child.

jayce: HOW YOU GUESS MY IQ?!?

//

jayce: we wouldn’t last two minutes without vi.

jayce:

jayce: don’t tell them I said that.

//

vi: i found a note in one of my old word docs that said "note to self: get revenge on jayce."

vi: except i couldn't remember what i was supposed to get revenge for.

vi: but i trusted my own judgment, so i went with it.

jayce: hmm… i don't know what you were supposed to get revenge for, either.

vi: i can only assume you got what was coming to you. not 100 percent sure, though.

jayce: well, whatever i did, i guess i deserved it.

vi: let that possibly be a lesson to you.

//

jayce: we have to plan, we have to figure something out.

vi: jayce, when have any of our plans ever actually worked? we plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose.

//

jayce: you played me!

vi: like the cheap kazoo you are!

//

vi: now it's time for some witty back and forth banter. you go first.

jayce: *sobbing*

vi: look, i'm not sure where to go with that.

//

jayce: *standing on a balcony and sneezes*

vi: *standing on the roof* bless you.

jayce: god?!

//

jayce: vi has only knocked me out three times this week. our friendship is really developing.

//

jayce: so… what’s goin’ on?

vi: you want the long version or the short version?

jayce, hesitantly: the short one, i guess?

vi: shit’s fucked.

jayce: oh. well, yeah, that’s definitely not an optimal situation.

//

jayce: petition to remove the 'd' from wednesday.

vi: wednesay.

jayce: not what i had in mind, but i'm flexible.

[finnlongman]

Do you have to get a master’s degree or a PhD to publish research? Or work at a university? I don’t currently plan to go into academia but I really enjoy doing research, is it possible to do that as a hobby/side job? (Specifically asking in relation to literature, obviously research in things like the natural sciences requires the extra training and lab access by default)

An important note to start with: basically nobody is getting paid for academic publishing. Especially not for articles. They write them for free, they're peer-reviewed for free, they're edited for free. The only people making money are usually the big corporate owners of journals, if it is a big corporate journal and not one of the small independent ones. It's all a huge scam, obviously, but the idea is that people who have an academic job will be publishing the research produced in the course of that job, and thus they are already being paid for doing the research. In an age of precarious employment, it doesn't really work like that, but that's the idea.

That means you can't really do it as a side job, because there isn't any money in it. Doing it as a hobby, on the other hand, is theoretically possible, although I'd have some major caveats to offer:

On the publishing side, I can only speak for my particular field of medieval Celtic Studies, which is weird and old-fashioned and works on arcane and unknowable systems that deeply confuse anyone in a field advanced enough to have heard of "digital submissions" and "online journals". One of our major journals is literally run by one guy who requires you to do all the page proofs by hand and post them back to him and you can buy the (physical-only) journal for £5 per volume. This is not typical for academia these days, so all of my answers are going to be shaped by that.

On the publishing side, you definitely don't have to have a PhD or an academic job to publish an article, which I know because I have published several articles and am only now doing a PhD, so by definition I did that without a PhD or an academic job. This is unusual, for the record; I know very few people who've published before doing a PhD, but that's partly because a lot of my friends went straight through from undergrad to postgrad with no time out, and thus wouldn't have had time to be publishing in between, whereas I took a more leisurely approach.

However, two of these articles were significantly based on my MA work, and one of them -- the only one so far published in an actual journal rather than a conference proceedings -- would have been completely impossible without skills and knowledge gained during my MA. That isn't to say there is no way to gain those skills without doing postgraduate study. But it does mean that there are specific skills required that require training and experience, whether you get that in a university context or find a way to learn it outside of that. (For example, palaeographical or linguistic training, or a firm grounding in theoretical approaches, specific methodologies, etc.)

The purpose of doing an MA or a PhD a lot of the time is to pursue research and gain those skills. If you really enjoy doing research to the point where you would want to publish it (note above: zero financial reward for doing so), I would question why you don't want to pursue higher education. There are lots of reasons not to, for sure, so this isn't me saying the only valid research comes out of that environment or that it's the only path to academic fulfillment. Again: I published articles before I started my PhD. One of my articles is even based on undergraduate work, though substantially revised and redeveloped.

But... that is a point. It was substantially revised and redeveloped. Because for the most part, work produced without the higher-level study and skills (whether gained formally or informally) is not going to be of the same calibre as work produced with them, which seems kind of obvious when you spell it out. There is more to literary research than just close-reading a text and having a lot of thoughts about it, because if there wasn't, nobody would need to do postgrad study about it.

Literature may have different, less obvious skills required than natural sciences, but that doesn't mean it has none. It does mean they may be easier to acquire outside of formal academic courses, but that doesn't mean they don't need acquiring, however you do it.

There are also practical barriers to publishing as an independent scholar. Sometimes these are financial barriers, where not having institutional support will mean you can't publish open-access because you don't have the funding to support it. Sometimes they're things like library access -- when my article in Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies came out in 2022, I was not currently in academia, nor was I living within easy reach of an academic library, which made it incredibly hard to check references or follow up on suggestions from peer reviewers. The editor of the journal was kind enough to send me scans of articles that had been recommended by reviewers, but not all editors would do that, and so without access to past scholarship, it would be very hard to write something academically solid.

Again, there are other ways to gain that access. I have spent a fair bit of my adult life working in universities in a non-academic capacity, which entitled me to use their libraries even though I wasn't a student or officially "in academia". Many fields have a larger proportion of their scholarship digitally available, which can make it easier to access without physically going to a library. Etc. But it is a barrier, and the financial hurdles are less easily overcome. (Fortunately, very little in my field is pay-to-publish, but Open Access costs can be troublesome!)

I guess what I'm trying to say is that all of my currently-available articles were published before I started my PhD, and I was not "in academia" at the time that I wrote them, but all but one of them was based on work I had done as a student, and they relied heavily on skills and knowledge I developed as an MA student. I am now as a PhD student seeing elements I could have done better, having built on those skills and that knowledge further. Subsequent work was submitted while working for a university in a non-academic capacity, because this gave me access to their libraries. (Which really shows you how long I've been procrastinating on finishing the edits for this article, because I've been a PhD student for over a year now... I originally submitted it in January last year, whoops.) Again, I have ended up subsequently revising this as I improve as a scholar.

So, technically I have done research as a "hobby" alongside a non-academic day job. Technically it is possible. It is hard, but you can do it, if you really want to. But I think I would have struggled to produce anything of a sufficient standard for publication if not for my MA and the skills I learned during it, and there is zero financial reward for academic publishing, so it's definitely not a viable "side job".

Having said all that: If you want to keep researching things alongside your other work, there is absolutely no reason not to do that. Formal academic publishing isn't the only way of doing research, you know? It's probably not even the best way, even if it's the current institutional standard for sharing that research with other people. But you can just... learn things, and enjoy them, and post about them on your blog, and so on. Lots of people do this. Sometimes the most useful website collecting resources or variants of a text or commentaries or whatever is run by a complete randomer with a job in a totally unrelated field who is just super into this in their free time.

And I will also note: my MA and PhD thesis proposals both came out of research that I was doing independently alongside my day job when I realised that I needed more support and skills to do it properly, so I would benefit from doing it as part of a formal programme. I did not originally plan to do postgrad study. By the time I finished undergrad I was fairly sure I was done with academia forever, because I'd mostly been miserable at uni. But it hit a point where I kept chasing up details by myself and going "damn, I wish I knew how to read these manuscripts", or "if only my Old Irish skills were better", or "I wish I could access this obscure text that's only found in special collections of that university library", and that's the point at which I decided to do an MA. So sometimes it happens like that too.

(I have been adamant all along that I wasn't aiming to stay in academia as a career. Given that my previous claims that I was not going to do a PhD and then, before that, that I was not going to do a Masters, turned out to be categorically false, well... I'm not necessarily right about that. I would certainly love to keep doing research, but the short-term contracts and precarious employment of early career academia don't appeal to me, and there's absolutely no way I want to start moving cities/countries every year or two again when I've just managed to get semi-consistent healthcare after moving back to the UK and having to start on all the waiting lists from scratch. I am too chronically ill for that kind of lifestyle and, I suspect, for the demands of academia in general. We will see how long I can stretch out "getting people to pay me to research things" without those aspects, but it may be that I end up as an independent researcher alongside my other jobs again. At least now I live in Cambridge, and can access the University Library as an alumnus wherever I end up working... that's something!)

I published 'early' both because I felt I had something to say and if I didn't say it, nobody would say it (nobody else cares about Láeg), and also because I didn't think I was sticking around in academia, so if I didn't say it then, I would never say it. I was definitely right about the first part, but if I end up sticking around, I'll disprove the second part and I'll probably start regretting publishing at such an early stage as I continue to disprove my own points with further research. I do think that's normal no matter when you start, lol, but there's a degree of "and why do I expect any more senior academics to listen to what an MA student had to say, anyway" at times. (Because I don't believe in hierarchies and I'm convinced I had something meaningful to offer, that's why, but hey.) The only tangible benefit to having published that research for me was being able to point at it when applying for PhD funding and say "look, I'm already published and everything!". The main benefit to other people wasn't much beyond what it would have been if I just... put that research on my blog for them to read anyway.

Where am I going with this? I don't know. I apologise, this is rambly as hell and I'm going in circles, I'm not very awake. Maybe I'll just stop there. I could start talking about popular history books that you'll find in bookshops and how most of them are written by people without postgraduate degrees, but I don't really know that much about those, and I feel this would be getting us off-topic.

tl;dr you technically don't need postgraduate qualifications to publish academically, but you do generally need postgraduate-level skills to produce work that's good enough, however you acquire them; there are a fair number of practical barriers to publishing without institutional support; and there's no money in any of it anyway

[lesbianherald]

Chapter 9 of Coming Home literally made me ugly cry. Your fic is so special to me. I have a question for you. How did you interpret the ending of Arcane Season 2? Did they die? Get beamed to another dimension? Is it hella gay to be rainbow soulmates with your bestie (yes)?!? I’m so so curious what you thought.

oh my gosh thank you for asking <3 I have like - what I personally would like to have happened and what I personally think happened.

What I would like is for them to be gone in another dimension where they get a chance to explore who they are without magic, and who they can be after everything that's happened to them.

I unfortunately am very anti-franchise and corporation (shocker) and feel that, in the actual canon of the story, the creative heads probably intentionally made this ambiguous and don't know themselves. Very unfun answer I know. They probably wanted audience feedback to see if they should be brought back. I hate that trope by the way. Once too many of your characters are able to come back from the dead, death loses all of its meaning.

I think the initial plan is that only Viktor survived, transported to another dimension (based on Jayce's hammer crumbling and the way Christian L*nke teased a potential viktor spinoff the day the show was released without mentioning jayce). Again, my guess is they were planning on some sort of Viktor spinoff/storyline in a spinoff.

That being said, the response to Jayce and Viktor has been so overwhelming and interpreted as romantic by a pretty decent chunk of people to the point where everyone is constantly being asked about it in interviews. To a point where one of the executive producers said she saw it as romantic in the end. So..... like...

My guess, thankfully, is they realized how furious a lot of fans would be if they like. Brought viktor back as this solo hetero sigma male all powerful mage chad like Linke seemed to have wanted. I doubt they would ever bring Jayce and Viktor back in a way that would prove them romantically because that would piss too many homophobes off, but I also doubt they'll try and uncanonize them at this point.

I personally think they are in a money me me want money money now limbo dimension where Riot is going to hold them hostage. SDLKFJDHF

I think what we saw of their story was so beautiful, and this was such a fitting end to them that spoke so perfectly to their story and its themes. I genuinely don't want them to come back, because I think they stumbled into one of the most beautiful endings for two characters I've seen. One where we can imagine an infinite amount of possibilities for them, both beautiful and tragic.

I also just. Do not trust them. I don't trust the quality of any of the shows they are making because of how poorly season 2 went, and how they are developing so many at the same time. So I need them to leave Jayce and Viktor alone.

I saw that end as explicitly romantic. In fact. one of the most romantic things I've ever seen. So fucking beautiful. The power of love and all that. Maybe one day I'll talk more about how I interpret the ending itself which I'm now realizing is what you were really asking in the first place but for now I'm editing the last chapter of coming home yay!

[korrahegao]

Mel Medarda is Kayle

Edit: This post does NOT contain spoilers or leaks for Arcane Season 2 Act 3. These are all just theories I have in regards to the season thus far.

The season finale is almost upon us, so this is my last chance to get this out. Allow me to explain:

When we last saw Mel, she had been captured by the Order of the Black Rose. While Arcane hasn't expounded much on this organization, we hear the voice tormenting her in her captivity call her: "Sister." I believe this is the voice of Morgana. More specifically, Blackthorn Morgana.

This Morgana skin shares so many design themes and even the color pallet of the thorny vines and spiked chains and even the rosebud motif of the Oculorum. Not to mention the obvious relation between Roses and Thorns (Black Rose and Blackthorn). Even her League of Legend Abilities; Dark Binding, Tormented Shadow, and Soul Shackles are comparable to their in game VFX.

Which brings us to Kayle. In the League of Legends lore, Kayle and Morgana are sisters with an animosity toward one another. Using this as a basis without diving into the deep lore, there are many aspects about Mel Medarda which lend some explanation to the events of Arcane.

At first glance, one can see the similarities in Mel's attire and that of Silver Kayle.

Moreover, Mel Medarda sports Golden filagree along her back and shoulders. These appear to accentuate (or perhaps inhibit) where Kayle's wings and pauldrons would be. Perhaps they are not merely decorative, but serve a deeper purpose.

As many who play LoL know, Kayle's Ultimate is Divine Judgement. Kayle protects herself or an ally granting them invulnerability before exploding in a luminous blast of holy fire.

Furthermore, In S2E1 when Jayce is explaining to Mel how he is trying to save Viktor, Jayce states:

"It should be me up there, instead of him. I still don't understand. He was right next to me. How does the explosion do that to him, and I just walk out without a scratch?!"

And perhaps more importantly, in S1E9, in the final scene, Mel Medarda is the one nearest to the window that Jinx's Super Mega Death Rocket shatters. Mel was in fact the one nearest to the epicenter of the Blast! But the penultimate image we see in Season one is... her golden filagree gleaming!

She and Jayce were unscathed because, perhaps subliminally or subconsciously, she was able to save herself and Jayce, the ally nearest to her, with her Divine Judgement. Councilor Salo lost his legs, and the other Councilwoman received scarring near her eye. And yet, Mel and Jayce were unharmed!

Lastly, the League of Legends wiki is undergoing an overhaul as Riot continues to implement the notion that "Everything is canon." There is a blurb on her wiki which reads:

This explanation is inline with Mel Medarda casting aside her humanity as pictured in the last scene we saw her in (S2E5) thus far. Historically, Kayle had been interpreted as an angelic figure. But the continually evolving lore of League of Legends eventually let to the implementation of her humanity. Further, the line about "her mother's mantle as the divine Aspect of Justice" does have a slight connotation toward Ambessa. At the end of S2E3, when endowing Caitlyn to her elevated position, she states:

"Your mother will have Justice. I swear it."

While this began as a gut reaction to Season 2 Episode 5, the more I delved into it, the more it grew into a coherent working theory. Now, I have no idea how the end of Arcane is going to play out, but there is an abundance of evidence here, and I actually am hoping this is the outcome!

Did I leave anything out? Anything to further prove this theory? Let me know! And thanks for reading!

[chibi-celesti]

Was yea ra afezeria infel waath sos herra

(I bless you with my love and song of healing.)

*Synopsis: In the aftermath of the Fire Lotus incident, the Ramshackle Prefect felt powerless as her classmates fought tooth and nail to end the chaos. Knowing the weakening states of everyone in her group and the city, Meryu decides to break the nighttime rules for one night to sing. Only this time, this song is a gift to all.*

Word Count: about 1.4k-1.5k

A/N: No joke, I did not expect to write a 1.4k words for this one shot, and yet I did lmao. This is sort another sneak peek to Twisted Tonelico, but more on how Song Magic is used.

Spoilers for the events Glorious Masquerade. And also its a bit romantical, but you can also read it as platonical if you'd want :)

Mini edit: this is the song Meryu sings in this piece. Definitely recommend if you're interested in what she's saying!

~Twisted Tonelico~

It is now nightfall in the City of Flowers. And everything seems to be a lot calmer than it was a few hours ago. A few hours ago, this beautiful city was covered in a landscape from the depths of Hell itself. Fire lotuses were everywhere, spreading like a virus to get to anyone or anything creature emanating magic to sap away if also possibly kill. It was a nightmare, but the students of Night Raven managed to purge them and save those who were affected by the mastermind behind this event.

The Masquerade planned for the evening had passed; a final tribute to those who came as part of the Arcane Trip for their respective schools. And now, everyone was tucked into their beds, all exhausted from the festivities. All except for one person: the otherworldly Reyvateil, and designated Prefect of Ramshackle Dorm, Meryu Melenas.

Meryu couldn’t sleep. She kept having nightmares from the past near forty-eight hours. The flowers, the fall, the unknowing if her friends were safe and if they were able to stop Rollo’s maniacal machinations. It was too much in too little time, leaving her mind frazzled. Struggling to get any type of rest, Meryu got out of bed, donning her uniform jacket over her pajama shirt, and walked out into the hallway.

Wandering aimlessly, she tried to think of a way to clear her mind. Meryu would usually go for a walk outside and admire the stars with her dear friend, Malleus Draconia. Unfortunately, her dear fae friend had turned in early for the night. So for now it is just her and the moon’s warm light keeping her company.

Her walk led Meryu to the main floor foyer of Noble Bell College. The place where so many memories were made; the arrival, the madness, the ball… countless events occurred here. All within the span of one day. And maybe, even now, she could leave behind one more memory. Something that she wanted to do ever since her dear friend’s performance at the Masquerade: a song of her very own. One that can ease (and maybe undo) the lingering effects of the Fire Lotus to everyone in the City of Flowers; luckily for her, Meryu knows the perfect one to use. One she had crafted from her time with the Shroud brothers.

Walking to the heart of the foyer, Meryu embraced the silence of the night and began her song. Hoping and wishing for it to heal everyone in the City of Flowers.

xA rre exail sarr wLYErm anw sphaela/.

xA sorr aLYEuk zess l.l.n. anw aje harphe/.

xA sorr aLYEuk zess y.y. Ahiew_ayulsa/.

xU rre rhaplanca hLYEmYAmArU enw raklya en yLYEzAtU,

jLYEwA dejuy an arhou tes 1001 Implanta/.

(In tune with her song, Meryu closes her eyes and invokes her spell.)

Hana wo sanji shu ni someta yubi de

Hitai wo kazaru toge wo ande

Watashi wa ima shokuzai no shirushi

Ibara no tsuru no kauburi itadaku

Hohotsutai ochiru shizuku

(A warm, ethereal light began to encompass her body. Soon after, four small balls of light formed around her and danced to her melody.)

Kawaita daichi ni somite

Inochi no me uruosu you

Ame to narite sosogitai

Anata ni

Kono mune no naka afururu

Hikari maioriru

Inori no tane wa kagayou

Kiseki ni mebuku

(Her voice echoed through the foyer, reverberating off the walls and flowing through the empty halls of Noble Bell. Each ball of light dipped into the ground as a pulse to the beat.)

xN rre harr f.s. tes maoh ess ouvyu sechel/.

:/xO rre qejyu m.t.y.y. anw daedu/.

Naave wEsLYN ayulsa sphaela/.

xE rre vega a.u.k. ayulsa Asiance_qejyu/:

Chorus A:

xN rre Maoh s.s.w. tie Rhaplanca enw h.k.t.t. has./

Chorus B:

:/Reta yorr tYAnu za j.d.r. gor Ajues_qejyu./

sYAIA Atitia_qejyu

Reta yorr hYArAnAt oucc

xU yorr vUsUk 1000 Aujes_qejyu

wYAfA za rYAfrm 1001 Atitia_qejyu

en vYAsk yor/:

(The young woman was so concentrated on her singing; she never noticed the countless eyes seeing her serenade.)

Shiroki ashi de deido wo fumishime

Tsubasa was tsui kegaruru tomo

Watashi was tada inochi hatsuru made

Asu wo shinjite kanata e

Habataku

Aganai wa itsuka tabi no

Subete wo oeru sono hibi ni

Hatenaki negai utaou

Omoi kasaneau

Tsunaida yubi wa ikue no

Hanabira no you ni

(Nor did she notice how the air had begun to shift and her own light of salvation expanding throughout the whole city.)

Kono mune no naka afururu

Hikari furisosoge

Negai nokigi wa itsushika

Sora eto todoku

(Meryu put so much of her love and hope into this song, her chest felt constricted and her eyes began to water. And even then, she continued her song.)

Chorus A:

xN herra h.r.n.t. ane sphaela ttu y.y. 1000 hiewi meryu/.

xN harr v.s.k. nafa eje en Atitia_qejyu enw h.r.n.t./.

Chorus B:

xN rre Rhaplanca y.y. eh 1001 Atitita_qejyu,

en harr w.n.s. anw ouvyu sechel sev maen olo/.

xN harr h.l.s.s. ess ouvyu sechel/.

:/xU rre vega a.u.k. zz ayulsa siance/.

xU rre vega a.u.k. zodal sechel/:

xN harr y.z.t. en y.z.t. enw raklya/.

:/mAtUyYAy 1001 Implanta/:

The last note fading into a whisper in the wind along with the warm lights, concluding the young girl’s solo. Opening her eyes, Meryu was a bit surprised at what she saw. Her vision may be blurry from her tears, but she knew that her classmates and Rollo were standing before her. The students had various faces of shock, endearment mixed with concern, and confusion. Grim was the first to go up to her, and rather than teasing or questioning her, he climbed up her side and cuddled into her chest comforting her. Deuce and Epel followed suit, checking Meryu for any scratches or marks since they were the most worried about their friend. A few more walked forward to the girl, questioning her and slightly chastising her for breaking curfew or complementing her for her song.

There was one person, Meryu’s most precious person, who was left speechless by her song: Malleus Draconia, the heir to the Valley of Briar.

The prince was left in awe of what his dear friend had done. Despite her song’s somber but hopeful tone, he knew exactly what she did. And he felt it down to his very bones. To hear her sing something so powerful away from the Dark Mirror was not an easy feat. And yet she did it without fail; all for the sake of everyone hurt by the accursed fire lotuses. When her tears began to form, it was not because she was hurt, but because she wanted her wish to come true.

And it did.

Malleus walked towards his beloved, making everyone surrounding the Prefect move aside for him to see her. No words were said between the two as they met each other again for the night. The only exchange was that of a gentle hug shared between the Prince and his beloved Reyvateil.

[all-thestories-aretrue]

I am about 1 million years late to this but thank you for the tag @graphitekayla!!!

Rules: without naming them, post 10 gifs of your favorite shows, then tag 10 people. I'm definitely going to break this rule; you can't give me the opportunity to gush about my faves and not expect me to name them all!!

If anyone has followed me for any length of time none of this will be a shock lmao.

Shadowhunters, and more broadly speaking The Mortal Instruments. My first real fandom!!! I cannot overstate the impact the books and show had on my life. I wouldn't be who I am without it. I have an angelic rune tattoo. Magnus and Alec are some of the first queer characters I remember reading about. I remember where I was when they kissed for the first time in the show. You stupid nephilim lives rent free in my brain. This show (and the books) truly set up the trajectory my life is on now, and I will always always remember it fondly. Even with all the drama and discourse.

2. Critical Role, specifically C2. My first true obsession after the decade long Shadowhunters debacle. I stumbled into it to learn how to play D&D (which I now know is a controversy in and of itself lmao). But my friend @midnightellis wanted us to start a game, and I needed a way to learn that wasn't reading the books, so I started C2. It took 11 or 12 episodes, but then I fell in love. I spent the next almost year watching the entirety of C2 which culminated in visiting them to watch the finale together. I was extremely jetlagged. It was basically 8 amazing hours of nonstop crying. I have zero regrets. Except for the fact I still need to get the tattoo I had planned rip. One day!! I promise!!

3. Arcane!!!! A brief interlude between Shadowhunters and CR. There was about 4 months were I was OBSESSED and watched the entire show like 3 times back to back. I have many thoughts and feelings about Jayce. The show is also just so visually stunning. I cannot wait for S2 to drop in November!!!!!! I know nothing about League but I do really love this show.

4. House. Iconic. What else needs to be said? House is very much a comfort show for me; great to rewatch during the winter. I've watched the entire thing almost three times now, and even got my mom hooked lol. It was fun seeing all her reactions to everything before I moved.

5. If I had known what fandom was when this was airing, I truly would have been all over that shit. But I was 8 and didn't have access to the internet. Aang/Katara def my first otp lol. I did, however, ignore a friend that was over at my house to watch the finale, I believe. I definitely told them to go play so I could watch the show uninterrupted. Needless to say, they were not thrilled with that. I'm 90% sure it was the finale now, but I could be wrong about the episode. ATLA is also another comfort show that I could watch over and over again.

6. Shadow and Bone. I am still SICKENED this got canceled. Genya and David are the ultimate romance, and no one will convince me otherwise. I almost stopped reading when I found out his fate. I was devastated. Everyone in this show is also very pretty. I can't believe we won't get a s3.

I'm going to stop here because this is already long enough, and tbh I'm not sure I actually have four more shows. I can only be obsessed with one thing at a time, and the current obsession is Path of Night. And that does not seem to be waning any time soon.

Edit: Lost should 100% be on this list. I think I've watched it at least four times. My family and I watched it live as it was airing when I was a kid. And it still is one of my favorite shows. I know people got beef with the ending but I truly didn't mind it. Even if it's bad or whatever, I think Lost is still 100% worth watching. There are so many little hints and clues that I pick up something different every time, and each character death hits just as hard.

I'm going to tag: @gelatinouscute, @peppedstep, @midnightellis, @discordkittenterumi, @im-a-vampire-now, @zeena-athena , @syntia13treeman , @sapphicfugue , @dr-thumbs-brand-new-spot

If you want to do this :)

[most-definitively-a-human]

Question. Is this medium support needs

Feel alienated from lots of online autistic creators. Focus on social struggle and work and masking. Personally talk to people online without masking much, don't work because I can't, seem to make friends easily but don't understand social cues (I just operate on the assumption that people are well intentioned and also that everyone is an individual so what is most kind and respectful to them varies so listen to them and get to know them well and this seems to have worked very well?)

Just. Have issues I have not seen people talk about. Understand why since it is difficult to articulate if you have a brain similar to mine so that is why I don't see things I relate to that often.

Examples: if I get stressed and can't do a hobby for a while, hobby often gets stressful. I haven't watched anything on TV for a month so now I am panicked at the idea of finishing watching Arcane. No longer relaxing. Have to put in effort to keep fun things fun.

Other example: am sound sensitive to the point where the sound of my breathing can distress me so I wear noise cancelling headphones inside of my flat which is usually on the quiet side because I need to.

Other: bad sounds cause me to freeze and I cannot move voluntarily if they last long enough. I wanted to go the park to escape construction work but I couldn't change clothes and just lay on the floor in a weird position.

Other: obvious concepts just do not appear to me. I have a bad memory so can't give obvious examples. I schedule delivery and it needs to be fifty pounds to avoid surcharge. This means I run out of fresh stuff before I run out of food. For years I just ran out of food and my solution was buy frozen veg to have fresh-ish things and never once did I think about going to a nearby store as a feasible option even when I was aware it existed. Things can exist but I do not really understand or take note of them.

Most of the time it feels like I'm just borrowing concepts from when I was coherent and doing my best with a mind that doesn't understand what it understood an hour ago. Very frustrating.

Really hope I can finish my book with Asran in it. (Semiverbal and autistic, some experiences similar, nice to have a protagonist not completely alien and always a challenge to write like the others.) Hopefully would make people feel less alone in the world.

Just. Thoughts individually coherent but no connection no flow and even then often chaotic and not individually coherent? Annoyed.

Does this sound like medium support needs? Seem to relate to medium support needs people most but don't want to use a term before I'm sure it's accurate.

Usually don't share thoughts when like this which is most of the time. Usually only talk when coherent. Or just share short snippets/scripts.

If you read this far thank you for reading hope you have a wonderful day. The wonderful day wishes also apply to you even if you did not read all of it as it is rather a lot.

Too tired to edit. Love you have a great day

[aprillikesthings]

I have flipped the laundry and put the towels away and re-made the bed, I have made dinner and done a load of dishes, it's time for more She-Ra!

s5 ep4 Stranded

but first do you want to see my dinner

Rice Cabbage stir-fried in light sesame oil w/ garlic A couple of eggs Sesame seeds

SO SIMPLE but so good!!! Seriously this turned out perfect. God damn.

BUT TIME FOR CARTOON

Adora: "Let me get this straight: Catra saved you from Horde Prime?"

lol

pfft

Man I am not going to screenshot all the things her face does in a few seconds, but remember waaaaaay early on when I was comparing their facial expressions when Catra and Adora hear each other's names, to that scene in Arcane where Vi realizes Caitlyn is into women, and Vi's face says a TON of things in 1.5 seconds? Adora's face here goes on a JOURNEY: confusion, shock (as shown above), anger, something I can only describe as "well I obviously have to rethink some things"/"maybe I've been wrong about her this whole time", some kind of fatigue tinged with regret, and then she slides down the wall to sitting.

It's just really well done.

Also I know there's a ton of videos showing the progression between Catra and Adora in the last season and I am forcing myself not to watch them or any of the meme videos until I AM DONE WITH THE SHOW because I don't want to dilute the emotional impact of watching them when I get to them.

Anyway Glimmer goes to apologize for the shit she did to make everything go to hell on Etheria, but then the ship goes bumpy bump and stops moving. But yeah Bow is keeping his distance from Glimmer right now.

So Glimmer sobs in Adora's arms instead. And the ship goes bumpty again. Entrapta says it's because they're out of fuel crystals but there's a planet with some nearby.

Aw there's a lovely interaction between Scorpia and Swift Wind back on Etheria.

Back to Space:

I've just noticed it looks like a ship anchor, which I assume is deliberate, since it would be Horde Prime's "anchor" on a planet.

Yeah Bow's still mad about it.

I love Entrapta (she's talking about how the old fuel crystals are probably fused to the engine by now)

LOL THE SHIP (Darla) RESPONDS "I do not feel pain" and Entrapta immediately smiles again "oh okay!"

pFFT

she WAGGLES HER EYEBROWS AHAHAHAH

*looks at Adora* *looks at Vi* *thinks about how I've wanted to cosplay both Catra and Caitlyn*

hm. *side-eyeing self*

EDIT: ALSO THEY BOTH WEAR RED JACKETS LOLOL

Anyway Adora fell in a hole

Glimmer: "Just stay put, we're coming. We'll have to find another way down." Adora: "I think I see a light. I'm gonna go towards it." Bow, freaking out: "Don't go towards the light!"

LOLOL

And Swift Wind does a little story-telling into the sky about how things are going on Etheria. It's cute.

And Adora gets in a fight with other people looking for fuel crystals.

They're also from a planet Horde Prime destroyed. Also it turns out the crystals are nearly impossible to get to.

awwww

and then "he has to pay for what he did! And he--he has someone on his ship. Someone I--" and she looks back and forth and then stands up straight again. "We're stopping him! Period."

BAHAHAH

"if your friend is with Horde Prime, it's already too late"

"I mean, she used to be, but that was a long time ago,"

"but then she saved Glimmer. And maybe that means there's still good in her, and now, I don't know, it's--"

BAHAHA (remember when that was a relationship option on facebook? "It's complicated"?)

(lol I accidentally closed the tab and had to reopen it and it wouldn't let me take this without the rating???)

Anyway they're all like, Nobody stands up to Prime and survives.

They all head out to find the fuel crystals but there's a bunch of earthquakes and they have to GET THE FUCK OUT, and as their only way out starts to collapse--

Adora manages to make a way out!

Entrapta is like, that was She-Ra, obviously

ANYWAY there's some lovely derring-do and Glimmer gets the fuel crystals, Bow saves her life a couple of times over, and everyone makes it out of the cave before it collapses. Then the star kids (who haven't seen magic in centuries) offer to join the cause.

Back on the ship, Glimmer does an amazing apology speech to Bow:

Glimmer: "Look, I know you're still mad at me. Maybe you'll be mad at me for a really long time. I deserve it. And maybe--maybe we'll--maybe we'll never be friends like we used to be. But I'm not going to stop trying to make it better. I made a mistake with the Heart of Etheria. I should have listened to you, and I'm sorry. You get to be mad, for as long as you need to be. But I'm not going anywhere. And when you're ready, I'll be here."

And Bow accepts her apology

And Adora watches, and then turns and looks out the window

Are you thinking of someone you'd maybe like to reconnect with? To maybe forgive? hm?????

LOL I SPOKE TOO SOON Bow and Glimmer notice the way Adora is staring into the stars and ask if she's okay

"and I know Catra was our enemy and she's done a lot of bad things, and hurt a lot of people, but--

;_;

the poor thing. she's so torn up about it.

Glimmer: "Whatever you need to do, I'm with you." Bow: "Then let's do this. Best Friend Squad style."

And there's a group hug.

AND SWIFT WIND FELT ADORA DO THE SHE-RA THING even if only for that few seconds, wooo!

End of episode! Roll credits!

OH GOD THE NEXT ONE IS SAVE THE CAT

AAAAHHHHHHH okay first I gotta flip the laundry again

[themollyjay]

Am I The Asshole For Accidently Stealing An Arcane Blacksite? (AITA D&D Edition)

First some Background. About 15 years ago, a meteorite full of Eldritch Magic fell on the city where I (f27 Tiefling) lived. A couple of days later, I woke up in the back of a cart that was part of an evacuation caravan. When I woke up, I didn't remember a thing. Not even my name. The guy driving the cart told me he'd found me along the side of the road, and told me my name. For a long time, I thought he just made the name up, but I didn't have a better one, and I kind of liked it, so it stuck.

For the next 8 years, I was enrolled at a magically academy (in my country, everyone with magic is required to attend this school), and it was mostly okay. I had this one girl, call her Alice (f28 Half Elf, fake name) who I really liked, and we even started dating for a bit towards the end, but there were a lot of students and even a couple of teachers who claimed I was cursed because I came from the city that got hit by the meteorite.

About 7 years back, I got into a fight with a guy, Fuckhead (fake name) because he groped Alice. Two of the teachers who hated me made it clear they were going to use this as an excuse to kick me out, so I did the only thing I could. I left before they could kick me out. I asked Alice to come with me, but she refused. She wanted to stay at school. She thought I should fight to stay too, but I could see the writing on the wall. The only teacher on my side was kind of like a mother to me, but she was really low ranking, and the people who wanted me gone were really high up, so I packed my shit, and left.

For a long time, I made my way in the world. Alice and I still exchanged letters, even though we were broken up. Then, about 18 months ago, we kind of had a fight. I asked her to leave the academy again, and she said no, and I got a little heated, and she just stopped replying to my letters. A couple of months back, I heard a roomer that she was part of an academy expedition to research the magic of the meteor that wiped out the city I came from, so I decided to go to the city, hoping I could find her, and maybe find out about my past a bit too (Look, I'm not gonna pretend it wasn't mostly me wanting to get back with Alice, but I *did* want to know about my past).

Anyway, when I got there, I hooked up with a bunch of weirdos, as one does. One of them is Julia (fake name) a big, beautiful, and buff Dark Elf Cleric who occasionally reminds me why I'm gay by giving me those super tight hugs, and making me sort of want to murder her boyfriend in his sleep. Anyway, I mention the cleric because it will be important later.

So, about a month back, I find out that Alice got trapped in a time loop spell, and when I broke the spell, she died. I also found out the woman I considered to be like a mother to me hadn't thought to mention Alice was missing for 18 months. I also found out that my mother worked for the academy, I have a sister, that my memories had been deliberately erased by a guy who was basically my mother's assistant, and that he likely wiped my memories so he could kidnapped my baby sister, and that the guy currently in charge of the expedition to the city for the academy most likely knew exactly who my mother was, and hid that information from me.

Now, going back to the Cleric, she and her boyfriend are actually from a different plane of existence and came here to escape a bunch of Dark Elves who wanted to kill her for abandoning their god or something. IDK. I'm a little sketchy on details, because she's big and buff and hot and my little gay brain kind of shuts down around her.

Anyway, because she's from another plane of existence, her connection to her god is fading, so she decided to introduce worship of her god to this world (don't judge, really, the temples in this world are shit. We could use some new gods that actually give a damn). Well, she needed a place to kind of hold services for her little church (she gets upset when we call it a cult, even though technically, it is), and we're staying in a small, mostly abandoned village on the outskirts of the city where I was born, since the Eldritch magic of the meteor that fell makes the city itself uninhabitable, so we get the idea to clear out this big, haunted manor house on the south side of the village.

We go into the house, only it turns out it's not haunted. It's full of arcane traps and there's evidence that some members of the academy were there, but everything looks old as balls, and is covered in dust and cobwebs, so I figure the arcane protections were put in place back before the meteor. There's easy enough to dismantle. A few dispel magics and our little group has a new base of operations, and Hot Cleric has a base for her church.

Then, we get an angry letter cursing us out for steeling the academy's headquarters, and telling us to enjoy being on his shit list. Which means we can't do any more jobs for the academy, which was kind of the main way we were making money.

Well, I figure I'll go fix it in the morning, but when I go over to talk to the woman who had been giving us most of the jobs for the academy, she's skipped down and left a note telling us we pissed off the guy in charge. The same guy who is hiding details of my past from me.

Now, I don't think I've done anything wrong. It's not like the big "haunted mansion" had a sign out front saying "secret headquarters, do not enter". Everyone in town told us it was a haunted house. We figured we were doing everyone a favor clearing out the ghosts. But I tried doing a sending spell to talk to the guy, and he didn't respond, but I could feel how pissed off he is through the spell, so I gotta ask, Am I the Asshole?

[bludpudding]

get to know your moots bludpudding edition

tagged by @devilrebirth my beloved

what's the origin of your blog name?

umbrella academy season 1. I’m klaus in an alternate timeline where he enjoys the sight of blood.

otp(s) + shipname

➢ jayce talis + viktor tendercrisp / jayvik (arcane. of course. as we all know)

➢ vash the stampede + nicholas d. wolfwood / vashwood (trigun)

➢ edwin payne/paine + charles rowland / payneland (sandman/dead boy detectives)

➢ jackson healy + holland march / marchly (the nice guys PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT THE NICE GUYS)

➢ clancy + torchbearer / clancybearer (twenty one pilots)

➢ and of course my lovies the corinthian + dr. stephen bennett (as of now their spinoff is called genesis)

favourite colour

red but i'm obsessed with primary colors. my favorite color pallete to work with.

favourite game

i have upwards of 2k hours in the sims 4 but tbh i use it as more of a creative tool rather than a game. final fantasy xiv has been my SHIT lately i love open world games they're adhd enrichment

song stuck in your head songs to get to know me

my essence:

➢ REAL SUPER DARK - waterparks

➢ vampire money - my chemical romance

➢ next semester - twenty one pilots

weirdest habit/trait?

i have a sensory aversion to pants and since i spend most of my time at home that means i also spend most of my time half naked. hell im not wearing any pants right now and it is delightful

hobbies

➢ i fuchkign love drawing !1!!!!

➢ specifically the design aspect of art is what I'm passionate about. fashion, character, environment. I love taking the time to create things from scratch and all the research that goes along with it.

➢ learning about things that work better as interesting conversations rather than actual useful information. most berries aren't even botanically berries they're aggregate fruits.

➢ whatever my current special interest or hyperfix is. the corinthian is a hobby.

➢ I'm trying to get better at writing so that's been going on on the dl

if you work, what's your profession?

i've worked as an animal socializer, graphic designer, and print shop technician + operator. I'm currently studying to get my degree in comics + narrative.

if you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

would love to go make dc comics gayer

something you're good at

I can find joy in any situation and have an unkillable spirit

something you're bad at

i can't drive

something you love

these things I keep in my house

something you could talk about for hours off the cuff

something you hate

I get protective over my interests and I really dislike that aspect of myself so much. trying to figure out how to Not do that

something you collect

➢ the teeth of my loved ones. it's a spiritual thing and all very extensively consensual (for my dog I have the teeth she had to get removed and for my mom I have a 3D printed model). trusting me with a piece of your body that represents your uniqueness as a living being is one of the deepest possible displays of affection. we're in it together for the long haul if I've got your chompers.

➢ old keys

➢ funko pops

➢ round cat plushies

➢ physicals of my favorite comics

something you forget

how am i supposed to know

what's your love language?

words of affirmation + acts of service

favourite movie/show

➢ I have yet to find a movie that encapsulates everything I love. been really into the shrek franchise lately though

➢ sandman. of course

favourite food

gonna cry thinking about baked mac n cheese with breadcrumbs

favourite animal

fruit bats. hell yeah

what were you like as a child?

I've always been who I am I've just gotten louder about it

favourite subject at school?

art history or philosophy

least favourite subject

anything that makes me write essays. I'd rather do math and that's saying a lot

what's your best character trait?

I strive to be as emotionally intelligent as possible. the dsm-5 HATES to see me coming

what's your worst character trait?

I'm extremely stubborn. if I'm set on something it's gonna happen

if you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be?

big bowl of gourmet pasta for dinner

if you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?

I don't fuck with time travel humans are not supposed to be doing all that

recommend one of your favourite fanfics (spread the love!):

Ocean Boulevard - platinumangst

i think about merman shark healy a LOT save me animalistic wet fat man. animalistic wet fat man save me

[umbra-loaf]

~Hawke requests and info~

𝔸𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕄𝕖 <𝟛

21, she/they. ISTP-T, Asexual.

Currently Playing: BG3

Currently Watching: Arcane (for the 12th time maybe)

Interest: Video Games, reading, writing, drawing, cosplay (basic ik I'm sorry)

I like games like: DBD, Mouthwashing, Dragon Age, BG3, Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil.

I like music like: MCR, Violent Vira, Vana, Breaking Benjiman, Good Charolett, alt/scene/emo.

I like shows like: House MD, Supernatural, Arcane, Castle, Firefly, Criminal Minds, Umbrella Academy.

I like books like: Maze Runner, Charlie Bone, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes.

I like youtube videos made by: The Boys, Sleep Deprived, Fitz, Slimecicle, Swaggersouls.

𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖 <𝟛

I am active on most social Media, and can be found on tiktok as Hawkesmcr and Viktor_shuffle_daily (a crack tiktok that i made oops)

Posts can be found here, on AO3, as well as on @fluffshisuga (for non Arcane related fics) as well as @uhohwhathaveidone (for harry potter related fics) My wattpad (from like 2017, I rarely use it anymore) is also under Fluffshisuga, where you can find ALL my fics.

ℝ𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤:

I love getting requests in, any idea is a good idea that I can normally work with. I mainly write fluff and angst, as I'm not really a smut person. Honestly, depending on the request, I MAY be able to write a small dose of smut; enough to keep me comfortable and not a blushing, cringing mess. I also do song fics, platonic, x-readers (my main source of writing), and hurt/comfort.

ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥:

You can send a request to my ask box, or send me a dm on here or even tiktok. Requests in comments are often lost and I forget to check them, so be mindful that I may not see your request if you comment it under a different work. See request requirements under the Masterlist below.

𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕤:

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𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽:

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ℝ𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤:

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𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖:

I work most days, and I also deal with mental and chronic issues that may cause me to pause my writing for a period of time. I do not have A beta reader or editor, i go through my work myself, so if something is off its completely my fault. I also experience writer's block easily if i can't come up with a good idea (much like my tiktok edits, rip mcr edits you were a yearlong commitment)

Please Enjoy <<333

[infinityinakiss]

arcane incorrect quotes: dysfunctional sisters edition (+ cait, the number one sister-in-law)

vi: go to hell!

jinx: where do you think i come from?

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jinx: my assistance will be an act of beneviolence.

vi: ...don’t you mean benevolence?

jinx: no.

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caitlyn: don’t go picking a fight with me. i could make your life difficult.

jinx, sarcastically: wow. i wonder what it’d be like to have a difficult life.

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jinx: i'm gonna nickname my child "lil bitch". vi: i see you're passing on your name.

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jinx: i typed "bitch" into my gps and guess what? i'm in your driveway.

caitlyn:

jinx: vroom vroom, come out already.

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jinx: hey, caitlyn?

caitlyn: yeah?

jinx: can a person breathe inside a washing machine while it’s on?

caitlyn:

caitlyn: where’s vi?

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vi: advice of the day kids, if you ever meet someone who calls gatorade flavors the actual name of the flavor instead of just the color then they are a certified nerd.

jinx: yeah but you have to specify, frost glacier or cool blue? you can’t just say blue because there’s more than one blue.

vi: blue and light blue, nice try nerd.

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jinx: people tell me i have a unique way of lighting up a room.

caitlyn: it’s called arson and those people are called witnesses.

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jinx: i never understood why people cared so much about their dumb friends until i got a dumb friend myself.

jinx: *picks up isha*

jinx: i've only befriended isha for a day and a half, but if anything happened to them i would kill everyone in this room and then myself.

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vi: ...i'm pretty sure that place is fire-proof, or something.

jinx, grenade in hand: alright, but is it explosion-proof?

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vi: why am i not the protagonist of an amazing story…?

jinx: you are, though - it’s called “your life.”

vi: shut the fuck up, i wanna struggle fighting demons not struggle with getting out of bed every day.

jinx: but those are your demons.

vi: …

vi: i am hereby naming you as the antagonist and now it is my sole job to find you and hit you in the face with a chair for that bitch-ass comment you just made.

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vi: why would you think any of this was a good idea?

jinx: probably because i’m a dangerous sociopath with a long history of violence.

vi:

jinx: i don’t know how you keep forgetting this.

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vi: you’re alive.

jinx: no need to sound so disappointed.

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vi: can you be serious for five minutes?

jinx: my record is four, but i think i can do it.

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cait: tell jinx off, vi! assert yourself!

vi: that's my ice cream!

cait: good! now let them have it!!

vi, handing jinx the ice cream: here, you can have it!

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jinx: you know, pinocchio could tell us so much about the universe! he could randomly claim stuff like “the big bang happened” and his nose would confirm or deny our theory.

cait: pinocchio’s not omniscient, you dumb fuck! his nose only grows when he’s intentionally being dishonest!

vi: things are heating up in the pinocchio fandom…

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jinx: look, i'm glad everyone’s on the same page.

jinx: but it’s the last page in a book titled “we’re all going to die”.

cait: that’s not even clever.

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jinx: FIGHT ME, YOU NERD ASS SLUT!

cait: at least try to sound slightly more sophisticated when you threaten someone.

jinx: oh, i'm sorry. i should ask; dost thou want to engage in a duel, my good bitch?

cait: somehow that's worse.

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vi: i don’t think we can mansplain, manipulate, or malewife our way out of it this time.

jinx: *cracks knuckles* manslaughter it is!

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jinx, holding a toy lightsaber: i’m darth vader!

vi: i'm done with everyone’s bullshit.

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25/11/2024 - Proof of Concept update . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁.. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁.. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁.

LOOK AT THAT! ⟡ I am so happy that I can finally get a concrete look at what my final film is going to look like, this is super exciting to me:'))

The last week was intense! I spent multiple hours working on animation, color choices, coloring, watching after effects tutorials on youtube, testing things, and compositing. But the final result really renewed my motivation towards this project and I cannot wait to work on it further :))

The thing I am most worried about currently is time; this 5-second shot took me over 15 hours to complete, and I now have to make a whole two minutes :0

But I have to remember that this one took longer because it was the first: I had to figure out my workflow and visual style and there was a lot of trial and error. I lost a lot of time with my keyframes because I didn't quite plan them properly, and then I had to redo most of them, which took an extra 2 hours. Besides, I watched a lot of video tutorials to help me with the compositing and rendering, which was time consuming as well.

The key will be organisation. I started preparing my schedule for the next semester and will update it here as soon as the first draft is done. The timeframe is going to be tight. At least we have some time to start over the break, so although I really need a break right now, I will be back soon enough in the lab to animate :'))

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In other news, we did an editing exchange last week and my friend Grace did some lovely sound work for my film! It gave me some really nice ideas, such as starting the beat of the music during the intro dialog and going for a more video gamey vibe in the music.

Speaking of, I am still undecided about the music. There's this song that I love and I wish I could get the rights for it, so I'm planning on contacting the artists with my 5 second proof of concept to see if they'd let me use the song (not revealing the song, I don't wanna jinx it;))

That's just an option, otherwise I'll search into free music archive (where Grace actually found her music suggestion for my film) and wait for the collaboration as well to see if anyone would like to compose something specifically for my film.

Speaking of music, here is my updated inspiration playlist, on YouTube this time so it's more accessible to anyone who wants to give it a listen:)

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And finally, it's becoming a tradition at this point so here's my inspo of the week! It's...Arcane again!

This show is just phenomenal and the fact that it came out at this specific moment is perfect; it's reigniting my love for animation and makes me so inspired to continue my own project. Everything about the artistic direction, the designs, the shots, the music, the sound, ah! I just love it so much!! And I'm super hyped for what comes next!