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red-moon-at-night · 9 months

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you are not losing your mind by yourself about this. we are losing our minds together. 🤝. i went through the drama cds and made a list. es has hit every single male prisoner except, ironically, fuuta. (which is interesting, because fuuta tried to attack them twice in the first interrogation. instead of responding with violence, they just make fun of him.) that being said, here’s my Es Violence Compilation:

1. Haruka: Slapped “with all [their] might” for his self-deprecating comments. (Es got mad that he said they would abandon him.) First trial.

2. Haruka (again): Slapped for attempting to attack them and “being an idiot”. Second trial.

3. Shidou: Kicked in the shin (hard) for treating Es like a child and patting their head. First trial.

4. Mikoto: Smacked to wake him up after being knocked unconscious by Kotoko.

5. Kazui: Slapped in the face to prove a point after Kazui speculated that since they couldn’t attack Es, Es couldn’t attack them, either. (Understandable, given the initial panic caused by Kazui’s little stunt at the beginning.) First trial.

6. Kazui (again): Punched in the face (hard) for being condescending and staring at them. Second trial.

7. Amane: Held in place briefly to prove a point about her “God complex” or something.

8. Muu: Shoved away when she tried to shake them while they were having a breakdown over their identity and free will.

My main takeaway from this is that they don’t like to be touched. For starters, their reaction to Shidou patting their head is… genuinely worrying. Like… man (horse). Part of it is Es being mad about Shidou treating them like a child, but the shaken voice and shaky deep breaths following the little head pat are backstory crumbs, I can feel it. Probably. Also, after punching Kazui in the second trial, they say “it was an instinctive reaction.” The common denominator between these two events is Es saying “[Relieved sigh] I feel much better now.” (I compared the actual audio to double-check the translations I was reading. Es says “sukkiri” in both instances, which translates to “refreshing” or “I feel better”. It’s the kind of thing you say when you get a nice glass of water after being out in the sun for a while, or something. Very funny detail to me.) The other obvious instance that leads me to this conclusion is that time Es was having a breakdown during Muu’s first trial interrogation. Muu shakes them when they don’t respond, and they shove her away and shout, “Shut up! Don’t touch me!” (There’s a sound effect here that implies they gave her another shove or smacked her away from them, too.) Of course, the clearest problem presented by this incident is the fact that Es has a mental breakdown when asked if their decisions are made with their own free will, but I’m not focusing on that right now. I don’t know why I suddenly switched to proper capitalization and punctuation in this. I am filled with both dread and excitement at the prospect of learning more about Es’s backstory. There’s Something Going On There.

anon I want you to know that when I received this ask I practically exploded into fireworks out of sheer joy and delight. thank you for this addition!! thank you!! 💜

I dont have anything to add at this point in time because I think you did such a great job of succinctly putting this together... I completely agree with your analysis!

There's definitely Something Going On Here and I think we're slowly gonna be drip-fed crumbs of their backstory and it's our job to pay attention and piece it together. Unless of course they give us a huge infodump at the end of t3 and then I shall simply go feral on sight

You are so super cool by the way for going back and checking all the voice dramas!! I'm really grateful for this list it's a good reference so thanks again!! you're a legend ilu

#milgram #Es #analysis #ask #I wish I could put into words better how much I love this ask ;w; I am filled with whimsy and joy...#we are losing our minds together indeed 🤝#the sukkiri tidbit is making me laugh btw I love that for them asdfghjkl #also I saw ur extra ask and I think you got all the trials right?? I'm not seeing anything incorrect I think you're good dw!!#fav

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loosingmoreletters · 3 months

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1. Thank you and That One Anon for making the English speaking fandom for Weapon Creator!

2. In the name of bullying Yun Taeheon, I need his reaction to Mun Doyun- aka the B rank assassin that was Shin Junseo’s guild leader. Cuz objectively, Yun Taeheon knows a lot can happen in a year and stuff, but also he’s an S-rank leader of a top guild that is willing to give Shin Junseo just about anything and he still cannot recruit him. And then there’s this B-rank nobody (to him) who specifically hired Shin Junseo - as a D rank weapon creator who could only make an average knife every 20 seconds - BC HE HAD A SKILL THAST DESTROYED THE BLADES HE USED. Literally the same reason!! But no, somehow Yun Taeheon is losing this race.

Even better if he somehow gets more backstory or through some time shenanigans he meets the other Mun Doyun, who is basically the reason Shin Junseo is even as good as he is. Like, the reason sjs learned all he could and stuff. Anyway, yth being objectively, obviously on a higher level than this dude and yet still absolutely seething at the very idea of how much he apparently is not measuring up. How do you think that should go?

also, looking at the firsts chapter and think the first chapter and I think Sjs could be the little kid at the very beginning? Meaning that he has grown up in he world of hunters and gates, giving some cool world building to how this is a whole generation of ppl growing up with gates and magic.

However, for the sake of getting more of your sugar daddy au, I am ignoring that. Or maybe it could be incorporated, like- yth was trying to figure out how to ask sjs for just, an actual relationship. And sjs had stopped their contract after signing onto the guild. Extra tension!! Cuz obviously yth wasn’t gonna reach out and be like, “Hey, so that didn’t work out…”

glad to be of service!!!!! taking it from the bottom here, you mean this kid?

Huh! Now that you mention it, that could track! Would be rather interesting too as I'd put this kid somehwere between 8 and 12, which implies dungeons have been a thing for much longer than just a couple of years. Tho I assumed the adult in the next panel was YTH, so hmmm. But also what does this say about the state of his family. where the fuck are they. I need answers. And also I'd love some worldbuilding around growing up in such a world. In SCTIR, one of my fave things is to linger on like, the first weeks after the dungeon breaks. how did legislation change, the government, the way people reacto to this-

"In the name of bullying YTH" man we really all just took a look at this guy, who is probably meant to be like a cool badass character and decided we shall treat him like our sibling's new boyfriend and thus make fun of hinm. huh. god given right to bully the man.

But yeah, do you think YTH assumed just a little bit that SJS had like weird trauma. and also like- okay full confession time. when I started reading this, I assumed this guy would be our love interest second protag. I mean. look at him and SJS reaction to praise

and the way SJS also thinks of this guild in the future memories he receives? a place where he was accepted, found friends, where they kept pushing forward together- Listen. also the way it lingers on MDY's body there. I'm just saying, the vibes are accurate. to me.

Anyway, YTH does have the vibes of somebody who is incredibly understanding but privately also has beef with a dead man. he knows it's unfair and stupid, but also he could buy SJS a god damn pent house apartment. he would. that and any item he wants. actually I just realized while typing this would've been really fucking great to insert into my little soulmate fanfic given I did toss in like one sided bonds existing there. something to consider for the future.

But man, I think it would be interesting if SJS is confronted with him again also in the context of like, SJS not recognizing MDY's brother despite his future memories, which sure has some implication. I told a friend that like my assumption is that Mun Dojin died in the other timeline and I desperately need him and SJS to talk because even if the memories SJS has never actually existed here, that still sort of makes him the only person MDJ can talk to.

actually, man. this would make anything SJS/YTH even funnier. here's your crush. there's your crush's vampire familier and his ex guildmaster's (former bf's??????) little brother. god I need MDJ and Elizabeth to show up more often. slkdfhsldkh sorry got entirely off track here.

OKAY BACK TO SUGAR DADDY AU- I just realized how fucking hilarious this would also be because like. SJS manages to bag one man and it's this big shot guild leader. and instead of signing up with his guild, he goes to these small nobodies. like, it probably just makes sense to SJS. This was a job, now here is another, newer job. Life goes on.

YTH meanwhile is the math meme. Min Huisu told him to get a social life. he paid someone for that, but the guy turns out to be actually cute and fun, so he'd like to have a relationship that is not just superifical. and this guy just. mcfucking signs on to a guild he hasn't even heard of. f in the fucking chat

#somebody should start a wiki for this fandom btw so i don't have to keep looking things up in the chapters #not me tho i'm already busy contributing to another wiki #weapon creator #sorry this god so rambly and all over the place i'm v exited #jacqtacq #ask

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lyranova · 23 days

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Since you do the salty asks too, how about 2, 8, 13 (for Nozel and Nacht), 15, 21, 23 and 24 (for Black Clover)? Have a nice rest of Friday 🥰

Hiya Vilandel, i hope you’re doing well 🥰! Of course, I hope you enjoy and have a good rest of your Friday as well 😁💕!

2 Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?*

Hmm…I guess Asta x Yuno would be the main one, since I ship all the other OTPs as far as I am aware 🤔! Imo Yuno and Asta just work better as siblings, rivals, and best friends then as lovers. But if you like and ship them then I fully support you 🥰!

8 Have you received anon hate? What about?*

Yep I most certainly have unfortunately 😅. I have recived some anon hate from that very specific troll that shall remain nameless but who we’ve all encountered at one point or another. But I’ve also recived hate/dislike/dissappintment(?) for YuNeva and Neva in COTF (mainly because they wanted me to put Yuno x Mimosa together in that series), and then a random one from a anon about my headcanon for a Fire Force character which was really stupid 😆!

13 Unpopular opinion about XXX character?

Not sure if this is unpopular or not, but an opinion I have is that Yuno *needs* to struggle instead of being OP all the time. It won’t make him a bad/boring/or otherwise negative character, to me it would be like during the battle with Zenon. It would kind of show that, while he’s powerful, he still has a lot to learn and a lot of growth to show! But since we’re in the final arc I don’t think we’ll see that happen, which is a bit of a shame.

15 Unpopular opinion about the manga/show?

Hmm, that there are waaay too many battle and fight scenes. I get it, this is shounen which is all about battle after battle after battle. But…imo to make the manga and anime even better would be to show the quiet moments where we see the characters interacting and building up their friendships and relationships with each other like in the filler episodes of the anime! It would just make the series so much better, and would just be very nice to see!

21 What are your thoughts on crack ships?

Hm I enjoy crack ships, I even have a few myself such as MagLuck, Finral x Vanessa, Zora x Nebra, and Vanessa x Nozel to name a few! But to me, crack ships also have to make sense for me to enjoy them! For example; Magna x Luck makes sense to me, while I still prefer them as a Brotp, I have slowly come around to the idea of them romantically (thanks to my mutuals and followers 😆). They have a lot of chemistry together and you can see how much they love and care for one another! On the other side of that coin would be Zora x Nebra. The two have had no (?) scenes together, but I can see the “opposites attract” appeal in them (from their backgrounds, to their personalites, to even their color scheme)! While I don’t ship them as much anymore, I still enjoy them from time to time and see the appeal!

23 Unpopular character you love?

Hmm…i don’t know if I really have one in BC 🤔? Most of the characters I like tend to be popular because…I’m a boring person 😅? But I guess William? But tbh I don’t think he’s really unpopular, i know he is disliked because of the Elf Arc, but otherwise I think people like him. Maybe Fana? But again, I don’t know if she’s really unpopular…hm, I actually don’t think I have one…

Well looks like I’ll have to broaden my character horizons!

24 Would you recommend XXX to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend Black Clover for it’s characters, world building and lore (what little bit we get of it 😭), and for just how undderrated it is! I honestly think people don’t really give it much of a chance, and because it isn’t like other anime where it gives you all or most of the information at the beginning, they immediately drop it and call it boring/stupid/insert some other insult here (although the ones that complain about Asta’s shouting and say he’s annoying; i get it. While I personally didn’t find it bothersome, i know others that did, so that complaint is very valid to me!). Black Clover is very much a slow burn series, so you have to give it time and have a lot of patience imo!

#asks #vilandel #my lovely mutuals #salty ask game #thanks for asking!#black clover

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moregraceful · 9 months

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You ask and you shall receive!!! As a verified fan on ticket master and seeing her twice this tour, I feel very qualified to give my ratings

cowboy like me is yearning and realizing you're happy being down bad and country twangy it's literally my favorite you should listen!! 1000/10

you belong w me is a classic and usually what men know so 7/10

teardrops on my guitar old school but not as remembered by men 8/10

style mainstream but literally iconic 8/10

today was a fairytale quite an uncommon pick and one of my favs 9/10

only the young very uncommon pick and political ( it's about gun violence and how children are kinda being forced to solve these issues they face) 10/10

anti hero well known but kinda introspective from an athlete 8/10

yoyok super sad and accurate from an athlete pov 10/10

wildest dreams banger 9/10

you need to calm down gay!!! fun and gay also lover era you love to see it 100/10

ready for it so fun and rap adjacent I think sporty types would love it 10/10

lavender haze v horny and newer, it's a slay 9/10

- 💖

@pindergarten THE NARRATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF YAZ AND CRAW IN THIS REVIEW OF LAVENDER HAZE-

💖 anon literally thank you so much.... This is a gift!! Can I trouble you for your expert opinion on what it would mean if a franchise old man player chose "You're On Your Own Kid" for a young player who is in his first year in the major leagues but not at all guaranteed to stay on the team after this year? And what it means if the franchise old man player also chose "Wildest Dreams" for a star rookie and top prospect who is supposed to be the future of the team?

Edited to add - also what does it mean if this aging franchise player chose "Cruel Summer" for himself??

#i only know taylor swift in that way where i have a younger sister. so i put these on a playlist and am carefully listening #with my glasses on #love u 💖 anon thank u #💖 anon #cage replies #dj bcraw's swiftie era

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despairforme · 3 months

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hi toby! ive been a fan of your writing for a long time and the threads you had with your now deactivated partner, lexie, and i was wondering on why does nnoitra keep constantly thinking about grimmjow when nnoitra, himself, cheated on him and thinks that hes that deserving of having any form of relationship when he's a bad person. isn't he supposed to be this masculine guy that doesn't let stupid stuff get to him? wouldn't he just move on when grimmjow wants nothing to do with him? curious.

Ah, FUCK. He sure as shit didn't want to talk ( or think ) about this.

Isn't he supposed to be this masculine guy that doesn't let stupid stuff get to him?

Damn, he sure as hell wished things were that easy. If he could choose to NOT let stuff bother him, he'd have the best life ever. Unfortunately, he wasn't like that. He wasn't sure whether or not that had anything to do with his masculinity though. It wasn't like he was whining about his old relationship. He did think about Grimmjow quite a lot though, that was true. Was he not allowed to even think about him? His relationship with Grimmjow hadn't been some fling. It had been a deep, committed relationship. A connection that had lasted for many years. And Nnoitra had never loved ANYONE like he'd loved ( and, in a way, still loved ) Grimmjow.

First things first - the cheating.

Yeah, he'd cheated on Grimmjow, but that was not the full story. People usually said there was no excuse for cheating, and Nnoitra would agree. However, there was an explanation.

His relationship with Grimmjow had been falling apart. Not through arguments, but through a growing distance. Grimmjow had simply stopped giving him attention. Going without sex had been one thing ( Nnoitra had a huge sex drive, he needed to get laid ), but going without affection had been worse. Living with a person who didn't give him any attention what-so-ever. Feeling Grimmjow's love for him dwindle. Fade away. Nnoitra had ALWAYS feared that deep down, Grimmjow couldn't forgive him for what he'd done, and that that would eventually lead him to fall out of love with him. Having this fear unfold before him had been the worst. Nnoitra had never felt more unlovable than during those months. Yet, he'd held on. Hoping. That maybe Grimmjow would come back to him. Would look at him again. Touch him. Tell him: Sorry, I was going through something, but it's not your fault, I still love you. Of course, that didn't happen. It was just a fucking fantasy. OF COURSE Grimmjow would fall out of love with him. If he ever even loved him in the first place. Maybe their whole relationship was just built on Grimmjow trying to somehow cope with the trauma Nnoitra had caused him. Like a fucked up sort of Stockholm syndrome.

When Nnoitra had gotten a text from his ex, Kyota, asking to meet up, Nnoitra had hesitated. Even meeting up with Kyota while he was dating Grimmjow had felt wrong, but - in the end, he'd just NEEDED to see a friendly face. When he'd met up with Kyota at the bar, he hadn't had any plans of going to bed with him. Cheating on Grimmjow with Kyota hadn't been the plan.

But, when faced with Kyota's kindness, and the straight-forward invitation for a good fuck? Nnoitra hadn't resisted. He'd known he was throwing everything he had with Grimmjow away, and he'd chosen that. Just to feel close to someone. Just to feel good, for the first time in months.

He'd never told Grimmjow about the cheating, but maybe the other had figured it out somehow. In any case, one night Nnoitra had come home from work - Grimmjow had been gone. No goodbye. Nothing.

Why did his relationships always end with people leaving him without a word? Nnoitra had asked himself that many times. He wondered if the answer was that his partners were afraid of him. Maybe they were afraid he'd hurt them. Grimmjow had every reason to believe that, so Nnoitra couldn't blame him. Kyota too had left him like that. Without a word, even though Nnoitra had never hurt him. Perhaps he'd been able to see it anyway. See what kind of person Nnoitra was.

That was the story of how he'd cheated on Grimmjow. It wasn't like he'd excuse his behavior. However, he knew that if his relationship with Grimmjow had been good, he never would've done it.

Then, next - it was the matter of him thinking he was DESERVING of a relationship. This was simply not true. Nnoitra DIDN'T think he deserved to be loved. He knew he was a bad person. The worst kind of person, and there was no way he could ever hide that from anyone ( not that he even tried ). If someone managed to fall in love with him ( it could happen, since it had happened before ), they'd fall out of love with him when they saw his true self. There was only so long someone could lie to themselves about what Nnoitra was.

He didn't understand why this stranger thought he thought that he deserved a relationship. He WANTED one, sure. But that didn't mean he thought it was what he deserved. People usually didn't get what they deserved. They just got whatever random shit the universe decided for them. He'd pay for his sins when he died and ended up in hell. In the meantime... He sure would like to at least feel loved again. If only for a little bit.

Why was he so HUNG UP on Grimmjow? Why didn't he "just move on"? That sounded like some shit advice from someone who didn't understand. It was a cliche to say that, he supposed. He just didn't think that how things had turned out with Grimmjow could be classified as "stupid stuff". Stupid stuff was... When you dropped your phone, or someone gave you the wrong drink, or the bus didn't drop you off at your stop.

Having your fear of not being lovable confirmed by the person you loved the most in the entire world - that was not "stupid stuff". Moving past it wasn't that easy. ESPECIALLY when he hadn't gotten ANY sort of closure. It would've been easier if Grimmjow had broken up with him. Had told him everything straight out. Nnoitra would've preferred to hear him say: I DON'T LOVE YOU. Somehow, being left without a word was an even worse type of rejection.

It was unfair to say that he wasn't moving on at all, because - he was. He WAS looking ( though halfheartedly ) for a new partner. Be it a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Sure, he thought about Grimmjow from time to time, but not nearly as much as he had done a year ago. What was he supposed to do? Forget all about him? That wasn't happening. He'd known him since they were fifteen. How do you forget a person like that? He didn't even WANT to forget. He did want to move on though - or, to keep moving on. It was a process. It wasn't like stubbing your toe and "deciding to walk it off".

#[ 8)))))) ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE ANON ]#[ thank you so much for sending !!!!!!! i loved writing this as you can see i WENT OFF AHAHAHA ]#[ T - T thank you SO MUCH for sticking with my writing for that long omg ]#[ i'm so flattered and honored !!!! ]#[ hope this answers your questions t-t nnoitra did his best fjffjf ]#[ ALSO - it doesn't help him that he can't TALK to anyone about any of this ]#[ he has MAJOR self-worth issues and his break-up made everything A LOT worse ]#[ he absolutely knows he's a bad person and he doesn't think he deserves to be in a relationship ]#[ still he wants it tho t-t ]#[ he is not kind enough to want to spare others xDD ]#[ ANYWAYS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SENDING AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!!! ]#despair for me. ╱ in character.#talking shit. ╱ answers.#burn the city. ╱ main verse.#longpost //

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blindmagdalena · 1 year

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Okay,look I get it,Homelander is supposed to be a horrifying psychopath and not at all a good person but his character just makes me sad?Maybe I'm crazy and yeah I know the boys is meant to be a cynical look at heroes and how expecting people with ridiculous powers and fame could be in any way good is just naive and foolish,but personally I would like to believe that human kindness and our spiteful determation is the reason why we are surviving in the first place 1/?

2/? Obviously Homelander isn't meant to be looked at with sympathy but my thing is, he is a product of the damn organization in the first place,instead of you know teaching basic human empathy,they taught him basically that looking good is how he gets love and admiration,they didn't teach him that because he is the strongest he can help and save and protect others weaker no instead that's the condition to get any kind of love to him and no person can take that for long and idk I'm just sad over it 3/? The man genuinely doesn't have any kind of inter personal relationship and these fuckers didn't teach him shit other than how to act,had there been like one person with ounce of humanity working there when John was a kid that like got him out of there or shown basic human kindness,we would have a different man now,like Idk Homelander strikes me as a person that if you happen to kidnap him as long as you treat him to things like Mac n cheese he would probably enjoy it? 4/4How bad is this society that John probably would have benefited from some rando with basic humanity just snatching him away?Fuck this company,but anyway I find it interesting that people want a perfect superhero in Homelander and then get surprised over his psychotic meltdowns for a simple reason,humans aren't perfect,what they want isn't a human, it's something else and when that something else doesn't see value in their human lives they are horrified? Should have made him care for you Vought.

I don't know that we're not meant to look at Homelander with sympathy. Homelander as a character is nuanced, and is dimensional enough to be worthy of both critique and sympathy. Scenes like his torturous childhood, the blue blanket, the mirror scene, and even his milk fixation all demonstrate really... tragic aspects of the whole. a tragic backstory is motive, and as some dude once said, "Cool motive, still murder!" we can sympathize without excusing. imo, the show actually does a pretty good job at showing us that Vought and people like Vogelbaum are wholly to blame for the man that John became. another element to consider is that Vought wasn't trying to make a good person. they were trying to make a good product. It wasn't until Vogelbaum saw how unhinged John was that he realized he had made a mistake. you know who they WERE trying to make a good person? Ryan. Ryan is where we see exactly who John could have been. we don't even need to speculate, because the narrative is screaming at us this!! here!! look!! love is foundational to humanity!!! and to your point about kindness and the human condition, I don't think the show is QUITE so cynical. the fact that Homelander craves love and acceptance as deeply as he does, even with that other self of himself desperately trying to choke it out of him, even with everything that was done to him and withheld from him, is a testament to the strength of his humanity. you're right, Homelander is deeply flawed, deeply human, and he HATES it. villains aren't born, they're made, and that's exactly what Vought did. I think the fact you feel as badly as you do for Homelander is an excellent example of your own personal kindness and empathy. I think that on some level, we ARE meant to feel badly for Homelander. but it doesn't change the fact that his deeds are spreading the harm that was done to him, and that he needs to be cuddled to my bosom stopped.

#long post #homelander meta #ask and you shall receive #darling anon #i woulda kidnapped him too anon #my heart SHATTERS every time i am subjected do scenes from diabolical 8 or any flashbacks to the lab #give me that boy i would have raised him right!!!!!

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piracytheorist · 2 years

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FREND!!! FREND!!! just got home and saw the thing!!

Losing my gosh diddly darn mind right now!!! Rose!!! ETHAN!!!

E T H A N!!

also the DUKE wtf bro??!!

(laa vibrating in their seat bc asdfghjklñ reaction was similar to Crumb's

https://twitter.com/cupTWOst/status/1536478031916720128

I also saw Crumb's reaction and SAME

So much good stuff! Focus on Rose! I hadn't even dared to hope we'd get a Rose-centered DLC! Ethan in third person! HIS FACE! EXPRESSIONS!

I'm still a bit unsure like we are getting expressions on his face, right? Like we will have access to his face finally, and I know originally Todd Soley did not record facial expressions BUT? Isn't it gonna look really bad if at least during cutscenes Ethan's face is like :| ?

AND YES! DUKE! WHAT IS HAPPENING I AM TERRIFIED AND EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

#long asks anon #also hi I missed you! <3 #anonymous #ask and ye shall receive #Resident Evil #Resident Evil 8

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acrossthewavesoftime · 2 years

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your personal ranking of the stuarts (james i through anne)?

Eſteem’d Anon,

I am terribly sorry for my tardy reply, but a complex question deserves an equally complex answer!

You asked for my opinion on this matter, and you shall receive it. Because I am no tyrant, and believe in making my methods in this little absolutist assignment of good and bad transparent, I have devised a table based on the German high school grading system by which our Stuart Kings and Queens shall be judged:

There are six possible grades, 1 being the best, and 6 the poorest one might receive. Those six grades are divided up by points into sections of three with the highest score denoting an upwards tendency, a solid middle ground, and the lowest score denoting a downwards tendency.

For our purposes, I have substituted the numbers 1-6 with written verdicts from Best (Stuart) Monarch Ever to Did You Even Try to Rule!? and colour-coded them accordingly.

But rather than merely slapping a number and a vague verdict onto a name, I divided the pool of 15 points up into three categories with a maximum score of 5 points, aiming to give a brief assessment of the monarch’s reign, legacy and personality/interestingness from a modern perspective.

5 points each for:

Reign [political stability, innovations, welfare of subjects etc.]

(Political) Legacy [lasting influence of their reign, smoothness of succession, heirs etc.]

Fascination Factor: [why they are interesting to look at from a modern perspective, private life, personality, scandals etc.]

To spice things up a little and stress the hopefully entertaining nature and subjectivity of this venture, I, by my Divine Right of… well, Just Because I Can Without You Being Able to Do Anything About It, have added the following codicil to my grading system:

Radegonde’s Royal Prerogative:

Seeing as I reign supreme, I get to award or deduct a crown (= three points; the equivalent of a full category) to a monarch of my choosing. There is only one deduction, and one addition.

A few caveats and introductory observations:

This is my, and I cannot stress this enough, very subjective reply to a question decidedly asking for said subjectivity. Depending on your historical or political sympathies, you might have a very different idea of it all, and that is totally fine! This post is not meant to be a definitive ranking, but a hopefully somewhat entertaining personal reply to a question that might be answered differently, depending on your chosen categories, personal affinities etc. I invite everyone to discuss, and share their own opinion in the notes or as a reblog.

This analysis does not necessarily represent my general opinion on the (Stuart) monarchy as an institution, but merely aims to compare people served in the same governmental capacity.

The main idea for the categories Reign and (Political) Legacy is to analyse the monarchs from a perspective focussing on the people in the British Isles (i.e. majority-white and Anglican at this point in time), and does explicitly not contain the nuance to take the experiences of individuals or specific marginalised groups into account— this would probably far exceed the scope of this post, which at its heart, is still a semi-serious piece mainly written as a blend of giving my opinion, providing a groundwork of information for people to start their own research off of, and of course, amuse.

William and Mary, though co-monarchs, will be treated separately since Mary took over government during William’s frequent absences (albeit while still exchanging letters with him), and William ruled for another 8 years following Mary’s death.

Without any further ado, let's go through the 7 Stuarts to sit on the throne of England (and in case of one of them, Britain) chronologically:

James I

Reign: believing in witches and writing a book called Demonology which added fuel to the often quite literal fires associated with witch hunts, putting his lovers into high government offices do not sent him off to a promising start. He is also responsible for the King James Bible, though, and some sympathy for a difficult early reign, coming to the throne as a child (and one at that who was groomed by an older man, his cousin Esmé Stuart), earn him a point. 1/5

(Political) Legacy: Technically, James should score here but he does not, since the legacy he leaves, lasting until this day, is not a positive one. Luckily, people no longer take inspiration from his book and burn witches at the stake, but by having commenced the Plantation of Ulster, which is the root of the modern Northern Ireland conflict (later on, William III is merely the symptom of James’ politics), I cannot give him more than one point for indeed leaving a legacy. 1/5

Fascination Factor: Bisexuality, male lovers who run the government, coming to the throne as a child because your cousin, who had your mother executed, dies? There sure is something to unpack here. 3/5

TOTAL: 5

Charles I

Reign: Originally not destined to be king and bullied by a physically healthier, and all-around beloved older brother, Charles came to the throne believing he had to prove himself, and failed abysmally. He failed so badly that he got his subscription to life, and England’s subscription to the institution of monarchy, cancelled. He gets one point for trying, but trying and tyranny both start with the same letter in this case, if you get my meaning. 1/5

(Political) Legacy: When your legacy is Oliver Cromwell and a ban on all fun things like partying, theatre and Christmas, you surely cannot expect to get a single point from me, who loves all these things. 0/5

Fascination Factor: There is something to be said for him having, at least in his private life, been a good man who loved his family, but while that wins you sympathy, it does not win you a crown. 1/5

TOTAL: 2

Charles II

Reign: It’s the Merry Monarch himself! He’s part Scottish, French, Italian, a little bit Dane, but 100% party animal, champagne! The king who brought both partying and the crown back actually has a very mixed record, especially when regarding his foreign policy and tendency to eye French support (and through the latter, Catholicism) more keenly than a great many of his subjects were comfortable with (see the Treaty of Dover for just one example), and had to face several military defeats (nobody mention Michiel de Ruyter and the Medway to him). That said, Charles proved he had a hands-on attitude during the Great Fire of London and, despite his many fights with Parliament, quite popular with his subjects. 2/5

(Political) Legacy: In the absence of male heirs, it was expected quite early on that his brother James would follow him to the throne. While leaving the kingdom stabilised and ensuring a peaceful succession, Charles can be partially blamed for not keeping James, the walking PR- and personal disaster of a Stuart, on a tighter leash during his lifetime, and being way too soft with his oldest illegitimate son, James, Duke of Monmouth, who ended up rebelling against his eponymous uncle claiming Charles had actually been married to his mother, Lucy Walter. That being said, leaving a stable realm to a known Catholic successor, and by the wealth of his illegitimate children repopulating the somewhat depleted ranks of the British nobility is no mean feat: when the present-day Prince of Wales will ascend the throne, he’ll be the first direct descendant of Charles II to wear the crown— Old Rowley has clearly been playing the long game. 2/5

Fascination Factor: Charles’ hedonistic court full of mistresses, wits, sexual promiscuity, partying and general merriment continues to enthral. Charles himself was known to be funny and good at engineering humorous ripostes and one-liners; with the women in his life, Charles seems to have enjoyed rather respectful relationships, to the point that it was rumoured that he enjoyed them twisting him around their little finger. He did get on people’s nerves a little though for forever retelling the story of his escape from England as Prince of Wales and letting his spaniels eat off the table. Anyway, 5/5.

TOTAL: 9

James II

Reign: There is not much to expect of a man nicknamed Dismal Jimmy by his brother’s mistress, and Séamus a' chaca (James the Shit) by the population of an entire island. And really, there was not. While a point is to be made that especially as a young man soldiering in foreign service, James proved he was brave in the field, the older Jamie, who, according to his brother had “the soul of a medieval pope” only got himself into hot water for a) having turned Catholic and b) living his religion a little too publicly for his majority-Anglican subjects who equated the latter with absolutism. He had no sense for what the times called for politically and alienated his subjects, and closest family members. I don’t need to go into the whole Glorious Revolution here, but suffice to say that it takes a special kind of not-clever to have your enemy help you escape the country. I will award him one point for having attempted to work towards religious toleration, however poorly he went about it. 1/5

(Political) Legacy: He got himself exiled by his own daughter and son-in-law and alienated about everyone and was absolutely tone-deaf to the political currents of the time. He’s also the reason why British heirs to the throne today are barred from being or, God forbid, marrying a Catholic. He gets one point for being the father of subsequent queens Mary and Anne. 1/5

Fascination Factor: Like his older brother, James was a womaniser extraordinaire; only, he lacked Charles’ sense, charm and wit (and actual respect for his sexual partners), and could be heard trying to impress women by talking about dislocated shoulders, or horseshoes. His main selling point was being the King’s brother. Dirty Jamie, who shared an uncomfortable amount of similarities with the current Duke of York regarding his sexual preferences, also performed sex acts in public, and tried to get rid of his fiancée by claiming she had gotten pregnant by someone who was Certainly Not Him. It appears that his fervent Catholicism didn’t keep him from being a serial cheater, and later in life, while in exile, he tried to break up his oldest daughter’s marriage, and then forbade mourning for her when she died. An absolute class act. He gets 2/5 for being a mess, a menace to society (particularly 15-20-year-old women and girls), and going to mass a little too obviously.

Total: 4

William III

Reign: That’s a tough one. There is his successful takeover of the throne, not done since William the Conqueror in 1066, but there also was a lasting antipathy towards him on account of him being perceived as a foreigner, something pretty much evened out in the public’s eye by his wife’s popularity. While William’s reign was a time of domestic stability, his main focus lay on the Netherlands, and his continental dispute with Louis XIV. His interest in England itself was marginal beyond its taxes, but he did run the government efficiently, understanding the measures the time required, and getting along more smoothly with Parliament than his predecessors. 3/5

(Political) Legacy: He is largely forgotten in the Netherlands, and in Britain, he is largely only remembered for being Protestant and ousting James II. The Defender of the Faith’s more unsavoury legacy, though not one he was personally involved in, is in the Northern Ireland conflict where Protestants regard him as a figurehead of their cause. The fact of the matter is however that for William, it never was about England, Britain, and certainly not (the future Northern) Ireland. He did not strive to become king because he was so fondly attached to England (in fact, he pretty much detested all of his maternal Stuart relatives except for Mary and the polluted air of London caused him to have violent asthma attacks), or indeed because he genuinely cared for the plight of English Protestants. William understood that he could use the politics of religion as were prevalent in his day to his advantage in his fight against Louis XIV on the continent. By winning the English crown, William could expect to gain access to a vast amount of financial and military resources. William was, in fact, rather tolerant when it came to religious matters, but knew how to use his own. Sorry, Brits. What William really cared for were not England, and not even Protestants in general— his one true love, Mary aside, were the Netherlands. From another perspective however, we have to give William credit for establishing, among others, lasting institutions such as the Bank of England and introducing the freedom of the press! All things considered, he was modestly-sized man who left a big legacy. 4/5

Fascination Factor: William, perceived as cold, aloof and rumoured to be homosexual, was anything but. Away from the public eye, the chronically ill man who very much relied on a show of strength to brush over his so-perceived physical incapacities from his chronic illnesses to being all of 5 inches shorter than his wife, was a kind and caring man who melted into a puddle around children and loved his wife more than his kingdom. His attitude to women was surprisingly open-minded, as letters show, most tellingly one written to his best friend as a young Stadholder, asking how he might discreetly help a young Dutch noblewoman whose name had been dragged through the mud after an unplanned pregnancy. According to some of Mary’s early letters, William was also a generous lover, and their love, which grew over time so strong that William, whose physical and mental health had collapsed so greatly when she died that it was feared he would die of a broken heart, refused to remarry out of grief, and wearing her wedding ring, which he had worked into a locket containing some of her hair, around his neck that was only discovered after his death. Whatever the rumours might say, it’s unlikely he ever had any illicit lovers, so we shall deduct a point for not delivering on the saucy intrigue front. Rather disappointingly, the biggest scandal he ever caused as King of England was The Peas Incident. 4/5

TOTAL: 11

Mary II

Reign: Mary came to the throne when she, jointly with her husband, deposed her father during the Glorious Revolution. While generally seen as subservient and obedient to William, whom she installed as co-monarch, it is important to note that Mary was never expected to be queen, and had been raised rather neglectfully, with little other instruction aside from writing fluently enough to make herself understood, French and dancing. She was however a clever woman aware of her shortcomings, and despite her weak eyesight an avid reader, seeking to better her education. Taking this into account, she actually displayed considerable political acumen by appointing William her co-monarch and letting him take over the reins of day-to-day business, since he had been, ever since his childhood, prepared to become a head of state in his own right. When William was away however, Mary proved, that while she did not like reigning much and always feared that she would not live up to the job, she was more than capable at handling day-to-day politics on her own. Apart from that, she stabilised the kingdom after the Glorious Revolution with her mere presence, since she was exceedingly popular, whereas William, despite being half-English himself, was eyed with suspicion on account of being a foreigner. And perhaps, there also lies some strength in not wanting to be queen; humbleness, and a will to use her position to better the lives of people in need marked Mary’s rule. 3/5

(Political) Legacy: Mary’s political legacy is very much the same as William’s, since they reigned jointly until her death. Mary’s charity was renowned, and she was influential in introducing pet goldfish and white and blue porcelain to Britain. 3/5 politically since she did take the passenger seat ruling, and a further point for charity work, porcelain and goldfish! 4/5

Fascination Factor: Mary’s life was short, and marked by tragedy. Having lost her mother young, it was by no means expected for a long time that Mary would one day become queen. Married off at 15 to a certain Dutch cousin, Mary quickly overcame the initial shock of having been swiftly uprooted from her home, and instantly became popular with the Dutch and, to everyone’s surprise, her husband, with whom she ended up in a relationship akin to those in the romance novels she enjoyed so much. Some of Mary’s letters, preserved by William, have been published and reveal just how much she loved him, sometimes to the point of musing that she would never wish to outlive him as she would not be able to live without him by her side. Other notable professions include her near-blaspheming that if she could not have a child with him, she would not want to have “the child of an angel”. Indeed, it was her childlessness that haunted Mary throughout her life, believing that such was a divine punishment for having broken the Ten Commandments by having deposed her father. Beneath the melancholy, deeply religious queen however hid a lively young woman who would make the odd saucy joke about herself, ice skate with her skirts rucked up, and dance the night away. The tragic story of a dreamer, a romantic heart that had to grow up too quickly, too soon. 5/5

TOTAL: 12

Anne

Reign: Anne’s reputation has certainly suffered from the unfavourable lens of later (male) historians; generally speaking, her reign was one of relative internal stability, not at least because Anne, contrary in particular to her father and uncle, managed to maintain a working relationship with parliament. The Treaty of Utrecht even marked an end on armed hostilities between Britain and France, and Britain could establish itself during the Wars of the Spanish Succession, as a major player in (Continental-) European politics. I am however taking one point off my original score for her husband’s management of the Royal Navy and the influence wielded by some of her favourites. 3/5

(Political) Legacy: Under Anne, Louis XIV recognised the Hanoverian succession, and from 1707 onwards, Anne became the first British monarch following the Act of Union between England and Scotland. Anne was also a noted patron of the arts, whose name has become a label for architecture and furniture of the period. Among those who profited from the Queen’s protection were such household names as Georg Friedrich Händel, whom she presented with an annuity, and Isaac Newton. 4/5

Fascination Factor: …Lasting enough that there is a good chance many of you might have watched, or at least heard of the 2018 film The Favourite, a fictionalised take on Anne and her (potentially sexual and romantic) attachment to two of her courtiers, the Duchess of Marlborough and Abigail Hill. Her fairly recent appearance in the entertainment media aside, Anne’s life was no less tragic than her sister’s; having lost all of her 17 (!) children and her husband and suffering from increasingly ill health, Anne persevered. Looking at the lonely last Stuart monarch as merely the dour, stout lady from the portraits is missing a lot; Anne was instrumental in convincing her older sister that their father’s second wife’s pregnancy was a sham, and, observing the rule of her sister and brother-in-law, decided that she would do things differently when she would come to the throne. Obscured by discussions of her health and pregnancies (and occasionally, potential female lovers), the real Anne rarely emerges. 5/5 TOTAL: 12

The Result:

But wait, we almost forgot something there! Now, for the definitive result by addition of

Radegonde’s Royal Prerogative:

I have thought long and hard about this, and have decided to award my crown to Mary II. Contrary to her sister Anne, she had no time to learn and observe ruling the country as a female monarch, and, also having never received an education fit for an heir to the throne, was actually sensible in letting William take over the day-to-day business. That said, Mary grew with the tasks set before her, and proved adept at ruling in William’s absence. I will also add that perhaps, Mary not having a decided interest in power and ruling made her all the better as a monarch, since she did not look for personal glory, but simply doing her job as smoothly and as well as possible.

Now the nice has been talked about, let’s proceed to the naughty: I have thought long and hard about this, and was torn between, ahem, rewarding either James I and James II with the dubious dishonour of a triple deduction of points, and have at last decided to award it to James I, on account of, you know, essentially kickstarting a yet unresolved conflict and hunting witches. James II has already managed to lose his crown all by himself, he doesn’t need my help.

So this is my final result:

There you have it.

I hope, Anon, this answers your question?

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nyxronomicon · 2 years

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100 followers celebration!

take a moment and appreciate what i’ve put together for y’all...

Thrilled to have made it to 100!! While there’s still a ~select collection~ of you, I thought it would be fun to do horny art

You might be wondering, how can I see my blorbo like this? Ask and you shall receive my friends

Send me a name & number and I’m going to draw an undetermined number of people (probably 2-5) over the next few weeks in these sexy harnesses. These are not requests per se but suggestions so I don’t expect to do them all!

Rules:

You must be following me

I will not indulge requests on anon- this is to make sure all participants are 18+ (also please for the love of diavolo have your age in bio or i will block you)

You can request via ask, DM, comment on this post, reblog/tags, wherever honestly lol

While the images are all men, you can also send female characters! I’ll alter the harness/ropes if it would not make sense for a woman’s body (thinking about #8 draped over some tits so respectfully...)

side note: if you have a female body harness in mind feel free to send that instead keeping in the BDSM/ropes theme

side side note: i’m open to depicting characters with body parts alternative to canon

I will likely add dick, feel free to send pics if you have something in mind (don’t make me regret this lmao) (it can be dildos and in fact this is what i expect)

I am a creature that works on inspiration- if you want me to do your request, tailor it to me

I should not have to say this but please don’t send characters that are canonically minors. I will not age up. I’ll block you if you do this (if the age is ambiguous feel free to check with me)

The art will not be tagged as such but housekeeping for this event will be tagged #gray100 (sorry you are forced to look at the art lol)

Characters/fandoms I am open to under the cut~

Obey me

really anyone except for Luke

lmk if you want demon form/bunny or cat ears ;)

throwing my oc Diaval out there just in case anyone’s interested lol (yes this is basically a guarantee i’ll draw it tho lol)

Genshin

Any of the adult characters are fair game but I’ll list some favorites

boys: Childe, Dottore, Pantalone, Itto, Diluc, Kaeya, Dain, Thoma, Xiao, Zhongli

girls: Yelan, Beidou, Raiden Shogun, Yae Miko, Rosaria

The Witcher (show or game)

Persona 4/5

Dojima, Adachi, Iwai or Takemi

Devil May Cry

Castlevania (the show- i’m not familiar with the games)

Hades

OCs

that’s right! if your character design seems interesting i might do an OC- please send some personality notes with it & also lmk how NSFW you are comfy with me going

I might add some others later- this list is not exhaustive & feel free to toss a suggestion my way that’s not listed! I’ll let you know if I don’t know who that is & you can throw an unlimited number of ideas at me lol

#me spending like an hour figuring what fandoms to include lmao #me looking in the mirror: what do i like #had to open my steam library lol #gray100 #referring to the first 100 as the ~select collection~ now please include it in your resume

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chiro-asuta-vulpes · 2 years

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Game anon back! 🎮

What is some of your favourite troupes?

Which oc do you wish to see more of from your mutuals?

Which oc of yours do you wish to have more content of?

Current fixation?

OH! Hello, Game Anon😄👋 this was my first to receive an ask from you dear one, I shall gladly answer your questions. Staaaarrttiiinnggg Noooowwww☺️

For your first question about favorite troupes?📝

--- Hmmm, I do love AU stuffs and reading other peps' AUs especially my mutuals AU's all of it are so very well written, detailed, planned, the stories they do are indeed intriguing, interesting and inspiring makes me wanna know more about it, read and curious about it too! Another about this, i like AUs, Genderswaps, Fantasies, Secret Siblings, Robots, Royalty, Canon Divergence, Demons, Warriors, Guardians, Crossovers, Au Collabs, AND MANY MANY MORREEE!

MY MOSTLY FAVORITE IS a Shy Boi and Cute Boi getting along and slowly falling for one another😌

Next question, which of ocs of my mutuals i wish to see more?✨

--- @caffeine-n-artwork I want to see more of your Oni Brothers, Techno Monster/s, Guardian of Dreams, The Skies Brothers both humans and bots, Evening Star, Legends of Zelda Au, Hero of Sounds, Forest Deities Au, moorreee Logan, and Lo. Again I love them they're stunning, detailed and exquisite designs, lastly theyre clothing it suits them so much, THEYYYY ALL deserves moreeeee LOVEEE and SUPPORTT! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, Lo! AND I WANT TO GET TO KNOW MORE LORE, FACTS, STORIES AND STUFFS OF ALL YOUR OCS🤩✨

--- @aesopsbaby I want to see more of yourrrr amazing stunning and fancy cute boissss Meztli, Nathan, Sylvester and Cupid!! they're design and clothing really suits them so much, their persona is perfect and their story is amazingggg very well planned and interesting too! I cant wait to get to know more about them, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, Ace! ALSSSOOOO MORREEE FACTS AND INFO ABOUT YOUR AMAZING OCS I WANT TO GET TO MORE ABOUTTT THEM!☺️

--- @boiling-potato I want to see more of this amazing lovely pretty friendly clumsy Oc of yours, Inky! Shes so adorable and cute! very delicate, whichever AU or any, INKY deserves moreeeee LOOOVEEEEE and gimme more of her, facts, stories, art, i wanna get to know more about this lovely gurl, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, Blue! INKKKYYYY IS A SWEET LIL BEAAAANNN SNOWWYYY WOULD HUG HEERRR ALL DAY!🥰

--- @hayden0666 I want to see and get more ideas, info, stories, and tons more about GUMMMDRROPPPP I MISS THAT LIL FUNNY GREMLIN RASCAL, Snowy's lil best friend! I hope if we have more time let's talk more ABOUT YOUR SWEET TROUBLEMAKER BABY BOI, sis! THEY DESERVE MOREEEE LOOOVEEEE & SUPPORT!🤗

--- @invader-jet-tcj mooooreee JESTER, CARD, FLIPPY AND YOUR OTHER OCSSS info, stories, facts and art art pllsssss! THEY AREEE SSOOOO AMAZING AND I MISS SEEING THEM AROUND HERE Tumblr! Weeee Miss YOUUUU JESTER AND CARD! YOUUUUU GUYYYSSSS DESERVE MMOOOREEEE LOVEEEE AND SUPPPOORTT!😄

--- @alcohol1maid moooreeeee KEMI UMIIII PLSSSS SHES SOOOO FREAKING ADORABLE THIS CUTE BEAN DESERVES MOOOREEEE HUGGGSSS ANDDDD LOVEESSS! SHESSSS SOO PRECIOUS🤗

--- @just-a-normal-jsab-ask-blog I would love to see and get know more about 8 BIT SHESSSS SOOOO FRIENDLY AND AMAZING, SHES SOOOO VERY APPROACHABLE AND CUUUUTTTEEEE! SHES SWEETTT SOOOO PRECIOUS! SHE DESERVES MORE LLOOOVVEEE!😊

--- @mimiocto ALL YOUR OCS AREEEE SOOOOO FREAKIIIINGGGG CUTEEEE AND VERYYYY ADORABLE SUUUCHHHH SWEET LIL BEANS THEY DESERVE MORE LOOOVEEEE SUPPPOOORRTTT AND PROTECTION!🥺

Which of my OCS I wish to have more content of?

--- Well I want to make more contents focusing on my main 5 OCS: Snowy, Winter, Ivy, Viola and Prisma. Such as making each of they're artworks, designs, stories, facts, and etc.

--- Hmmm also I'm hoping to get to show you guys more of our new AU content I made with some of my mutuals here. Relating my OCS and they're ocs with different roles and fascinating stories.

Current Fixation?

My current fixation at the moment is making and planning about the Forest Deities Au, my main OCS solo art, stories, draft art, reference sheets, outfit lists, redesigning, redover? and many many more

I also make fanarts and stuffs well that depends on my time, like I said I make fanarts for fun and I make my mutuals ocs fanarts as a form of appreciation and love of my mutuals ocs, it takes a lot of time for me to finish them sooooo yeaaaa☺️

THATS ALL FOR NOW GAME ANON THANK YOU SO MUCH WITH THIS WONDERFUL ASK I HAVE ANSWERING THEM💙🤍✨ I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT ASKS! AND THANKS FOR READING! YOU ALL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL DAAAYYYYY!!!🥰

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