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reginrokkr · 3 months

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The finals season is over and with it, I can finally say that the semi-hiatus is over! Everything is coming together and as it turns out, I got a 10 in the exam that had me the most anxious due to the amount of content that I had to study for it. Since I don't have much to do on Dain, I'll spend a little bit of time to do some graphics for the multi-muse, write a few headcanons here and there and maybe post a starter call or something of the sorts. I have pending to catch up with Lantern Rite shenanigans too as well as some quests on Penacony too, so we'll see how that goes! Thank you so much for your patience, you lovely peeps ♥︎

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#it feels nice to have the freedom to do things #the long nights studying are over now #and I have time to do things that I enjoy #without having to restrict myself to other things #the only thing left now is Dain to come back soon #or else I'll have some words with you know who 🔪#you can gatekeep him as long H.YV #but he'll always come :||

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reginrokkr · 15 days

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shakes fist At long last Acheron found her way home! It took her a 50/50 lost and another 75 pulls but... she made it... On other news, it's finally weekend so I'll be productive starting from tomorrow! Hope you peeps have been well ♥︎

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#I watched the trailer of the 4.6 #and what interests me the most is R.emuria and A.rlecchino's SQ #maybe C.yno's too #because I'm curious about that thing about “reviving a god”#I'm praying to the H.YV gods that Dain makes it for 4.7 #pwetty please 😔#I'd write tonight if it weren't for the fact #that I'm quite tired because of the training at the pharmacy

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reginrokkr · 2 months

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While I know that I shouldn't apologize for this, I do feel like I'm being more inactive than I would've liked for myself even in these moments where I have free time before the training starts. Know that I love Dain to bits, always have and he's been the reason why I got into Genshin. I love his lore and everything that surrounds him. But many times it can get really dragging when the content in Genshin is lacking for the most part and for a character that has so little about him, the fact that there is so little content to go with as things stand worsens it.

It becomes even harder when there is a newer game that will barely make it to a year soon to compare it with. And no, I won't get into the "Genshin would never" because I find that stupid and it's not the case. But it's the gameplay, the storytelling and a whole list of things that I won't bother to write up here that I discussed in private with friends. As for what the current circumstances go, it's hard to think that H.YV is taking it seriously with this game when, as soon as they finish the main arc of the newest nation, we're jumping from one festival to the next without little regard of the aftermath of the current nation after everything it went through. I don't want Genshin to get suddenly gore-y or anything of the story, but it does get sad when this game story becomes interesting when it gets dark. It has many reasons to be and a select amount of antagonists to make it interesting if it weren't... because they make it laughable at this point, so not-threatening or they pull redeeming qualities out of their behind for marketing purposes. There are many interesting things that could be done in Genshin both from the storytelling and gameplay perspectives, but eventually it's all reduced to this go-happy thing that in essence, feels so forced.

To conclude with this ramble, I just wanted to say that I've been feeling demotivated and it's showing to me, I can't imagine what it'll be to you. Know that I won't stop writing Dain, he's been the muse I've been the most invested in years and it'll continue to stay that way. It's just that... it's being hard in my end and that I'm trying my best to get out of this by thinking new things to address with him. All in all, I hope that the team responsible for Genshin will get their poop together soon and get serious with it.

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reginrokkr · 1 month

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Inbox call. I would like to do something smol after a long time without doing so, so please boop that heart if you want an IC ask from Dain ♥︎

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#I think I'll try to write something tonight too #we'll see #I'm feeling better from the cold #and soon I'll have an easter break #of a week and a half #so that's plenty of time to make up for the writing #I couldn't deliver these past weeks!#in the meantime please accept a humble smol 👉🏻👈🏻

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reginrokkr · 2 months

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Tiny activity PSA! So the studies are over for now, which means that it's time to receive proper training at the pharmacy for the coming three months. This period will begin on Monday, so most likely than not I'll only be available to do things when I come back home at night and depending on the level energies I have. I anticipate it to be exhausting as both the pharmacy owner and my teacher warned me that it'll be tiring in the beginning. Thankfully I don't have much that I owe to write, so this weekend I'll be working on delivering what little I have left to do before I reblog a few memes to have there in the inbox for when drafts are low or non-existent.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#it's a little bit early as I still have this weekend #but I wanted to make it clear from now #I'll have dinner and do a few gaming things here and there #then I'll jump to do a couple of things here to advance with the plan #I have for the weekend!#hope you peeps have been doing well ♥︎

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reginrokkr · 4 months

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It's officially New Year's here now that it's midnight and I feel like it's a good moment to express my humble gratitude for each and every one of you. Know that I'm really lucky that you have interest in my portrayal of Dain, regardless of the creative liberties I take for him given the little he has exclusively about himself. Sometimes it can be hard and not without its ups and lows, as he is a unique character that is hard at times to find reasonable and plausible ways to weave interactions, even more so when the content related to him is given with microscopic spoons once per year (with the miraculous exception of last year where he made a meaningful cameo in Khvarena of Good and Evil). Being up to date with the lore as someone who has access to a vast sea of knowledge as Dain isn't without its challenges too, no matter if I'm a lore lover, as the lore in Genshin is still growing and it's hard to remember everything it is to remember.

So to all of you that decide to stay and give me and my Dain and chance despite its difficulties, thank you. I am looking forward to see what we can build together through IC interactions and I hope that what concerns the community, it will become a brighter place to be in and to enjoy this ongoing ride together.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#honestly I'm bad at these #and I also feel extremely shy for some reason #but a small gratitude is in order #for all of you lovely peeps who are here ;;#for those of you who are still waiting for midnight to come #Happy New Year from the future!#I'll never get tired of that joke djfhjg #thank you again ♥︎

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reginrokkr · 2 months

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Now that I've been slowly incorporating myself back into the RP field, there are a few things that I want to make a note of, more than anything as a means to establish my own boundaries after realizing my tendencies of doing more concessions to others than I can handle for multiple reasons. So here we go:

✧ In my awareness of the implications of what Dain can do and lacking confirmation (directly or indirectly) that it's in the realm of plausibility, I've been toning down his possibilities except for those who I know that it's okay to throw everything in without problem. I want to change that, as I realized that I'm clipping my own wings and sometimes I struggle with feelings of dissatisfaction that are partly rooted in that topic. As for what his possibilities are, obviously linked to his abilities: it suffices to have a look at the implications of Irminsul and being genuinely connected to it, the fact that he wields a power from beyond and what he's seen doing on screen.

✦ On the topic of tagging content that was released recently, I'll give it one week. If it's something concerning leaked content, that will always be put under cut.

✧ Lastly, and perhaps the most controversial point: I'm a patient person and an advocate that speed reply doesn't measure proportionally the interest other people have. However, I reached a point where I can discern details that point towards a potential lack of interest and this is specially if I keep approaching someone and I don't receive any kind of feedback. If I consider that I spent all the options I have to make a situation better for both ends and the situation is the same, I'll take it for what it is: I did what I could. It isn't on me to come to anyone's IMs and say "hey, I think you should do this" and I won't. So if that point were to come, it'll end with an unfollow from my part. No hard feelings, maybe we just don't mesh and that's okay, it happens.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#I could've gone in more detail #about what he can do #but besides the fact that I've written headcanons about it #I don't want to get into any OP olympics #these are points that I found myself struggling with #specially the first and the third #and didn't get to verbalize them #the third was the most prominent to me #as it made me spiral down in a pit of guilt and powerlessness #but in those cases it's better to let go #and I plan to do just that

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reginrokkr · 3 months

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From tomorrow until the following Monday I'll engage into the suffering of finals at long last. I'm nervous and I feel like I know nothing, but I'm aware that the nervousness is bigger than what the tests will be, so crossing my fingers that it'll be the same thing this time too—

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#thankfully and if all things go well #studying will end until September #which is quite a lot #for the first time in... I don't know how long lol #it's an exciting thought #what worries me is that I'm quite self-demanding #but this time I set the bar low for my own sanity #so long as I get at /least/ an 8 / 10 it'll be all good #obviously not as good as it's been thus far #but sufficiently good to have marked myself a minimum #to keep the “level” so to speak #if I don't make it #please know that I'll weep forever on this hill #for Dain's return #whenever that happens 😔

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reginrokkr · 3 months

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I failed to be productive IC-wise today, but at the same time I think that it is for the best that I make an announcement concerning the short term activity of this blog. This Wednesday I have one last partial left to do and next week I'll start with the waves of finals. So in advance, I'll say that my activity will decrease significantly from 5 to 12 of February. It's true that until then I have a little bit more of spare time, but I also don't want to stress myself for being unable to write anything, as having proper rest is also important for the intense time that it's about to come.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#this post came earlier than I intended it to be #but I was feeling a little bad for being unable to write #even a single thread #due to low energy levels; the burn from classes; etc #so I think it's better this way for the time being #thank you peeps for putting up with me #just a little more and I'll have almost an entire month of freedom #before the training begins ><

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reginrokkr · 15 days

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The sudden realization upon having one glance at the pinned post that today makes (3) years since I've been writing Dain. What the hecky have you peeps been doing all this time putting up with my nonsense.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#and I still lament his lack of screentime every time #will I ever get tired of it? no #because it's well over a year since his last appearance #and there's still no clue about whether he'll make it or not #at any rate tho #thank you peeps for putting up with me #and for liking my portrayal of Dain ;;#it means a lot to me #I hope I can continue to deliver goodies of him

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reginrokkr · 2 months

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■ ■ ■ 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒.

Talking with a friend a few days ago I realized that it's been so long since I established certain things that it's easy to go unnoticed by others or that even I can forget, so for a brief refresh I'll be pointing out a few things, mainly in regards of Dain's involvement in certain aspects:

✧ During the end of the Cataclysm or immediately after it, Dain immersed himself in a samsara of memories of the past. This was done in pursuit of finding the truth about Teyvat as a means to decide what to do, after losing everything including a future to look forward / destiny. It'd entail the danger of a spiritual collapse were he receive mortal damage within said memories. ↳ This implies the possibility to interact with others that are part of that distant past of Teyvat, albeit the varying degrees of knowledge one may have of what he's doing are subject to plausibility of every individual that is involved.

✦ Besides assisting the Pari in the purification of the land, he fought alongside the Aranara too in order to subdue the effects of the Cataclysm on the rest of Sumeru. In the present, he will assist both groups to do the same he did five centuries ago.

✧ Following his journey to find his destiny and avoid that innocents suffer the wrongdoings of his people, he participated in the Sacred Sakura cleansing in Inazuma and will continue to assist in its purification in the present.

✦ In the past, he participated in the Enkanomiya Watatsumi Goryou Matsuri and he does so in the present again due to the requirement that not many find out what happens in Enkanomiya or run the risk to spread an information that the ancestors of Enkanomiya spent several generations to conceal in order to return to the surface.

✧ Sometime in the recent past, Dain took care of the affairs revolving the Ley Line disorder that took place in Tsurumi Island.

✦ The Narzissenkreuz Ordo caught his interest for some time, but he didn't act until in the present days. Given what they were fighting for and founded beliefs, this supposed a challenge of views to him.

✧ As an individual deeply connected to Irminsul, hence to Ley Lines, he helps Fujin to stop Lingyuan's land reset to what it used to be like in the past and thus taking care of the miasma breaks.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#I think I'm not missing anything #but all of this is pretty much to say #that Dain is far more involved with the world #this is a way to involve him with more people too #and not keep him limited to the Abyss Order and the Traveler alone #because I find it lowkey ridiculous djfhjg

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reginrokkr · 19 days

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You know you reached peak friendship level with someone when you're sharing back and forth fanarts of ugly baby Sunday. Definitely not staring @jueying

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#this is what I call ascension #it's just djfhjg #sowwy for the shitpost #it most likely will happen again

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reginrokkr · 19 days

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It's insane how huge the drive I have is to pull for Luocha out of pettiness because I've already lost the 50/50 for Acheron and after 68 pulls in, there isn't any sign for her arrival yet—

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#it's bigger than you can imagine #but I also have the gut feeling that as soon as I do #I'll E1 him #which would've been great if it weren't #because I want her smh #she better comes before her banner expires #it's a pity that there isn't any other event that gives gems #or a pure fiction/memory of chaos reset 😔

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reginrokkr · 3 months

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On one last note before going to nap, there's been something in my mind lately that for the sake of transparency I want to share. Sometimes I struggle with guilt for being unable to provide to everyone the same quality of writing equally, even more so these days when I'm busier. Which in turn blocks me from writing even with who I'm closest due to this guilt. So in order to get out from this kind of writing slump, I'm announcing that for the time being I'll focus my limited time (be it due to energy levels, business or something else that unfortunately doesn't depend on me) on those I talk with the most, either OOC wise or plotted with. Part of the reason why is because being the character Dain is, it's admittedly hard to come up with interesting ideas that work both ways for too many characters, sadly. And this would have greater chances of success via plotting, but I'm also aware that not everyone can due to their circumstances, which is okay. So this is where I'll be drawing my line, as there is as much that I can do and it's better than doing nothing at all.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#in all fairness if I wrote a different muse #that was more accessible and had more plausible access #to a wider variety of characters it'd be also easier #but I already tried a few muses #and none of them stick to me as much as Dain does #so I stopped trying that completely #I also want to say that I don't mean to exclude anyone #it's just me saying that I have a hard time with certain things #as others may have too #I thought that this mainly happened to me with memes alone #but it happens on other aspects too unfortunately

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reginrokkr · 3 months

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I overestimated my energy when I said I would be here later. Mainly because later has come and burying myself under the comforter and the pillows is tempting me. Mission failed, I suppose, trying again tomorrow—

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#tomorrow I'll do things without fail #I guess that these past days have been more draining #than I gave them credit for #some things can weigh you even if they're solved #but it'll pass #thank you peeps for your patience #know that it's deeply appreciated ><

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reginrokkr · 3 months

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rises from the depths Hewwo, I'm still alive. Just two more weeks until finals and barely a partial in sight, so things are looking good! I'll be here to do thingies later. Hope you peeps have been doing well ♥︎

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#I also entirely forgot that today was the livestream #so I'll jump to peek into it now #things have been a little wild these past days #but nothing to worry about #just mostly busy #I can't wait for all of this to be over fr

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