#WE HAVE CONQUERED IT ALL

[artheresy]

Yingxing Appreciation 🎉🎉

hi, hello, it's Yingxing appreciation time and I'm dragging you into it bc he is my baby and I need more ppl to talk about him

Y'know I see a lot of people like in awe and hyping up DF and just giving him tons of appreciation while analyzing him specifically as an individual which is all so so valid, DF is amazing and very intriguing as a character and I love him sm, but I sadly don't see the same for Yingxing despite him I think also being so interesting. I also see him more so dismissed in the "literally God and some guy" kind of fashion sometimes

So I'm here to rant just a little bit about Yingxing, why I love him, why he's epic and why he ruins my day every single time I think about him! This is for any of my fellow Yingxing lovers who are also starved of any content of him

Firstly, this man is a genuine genius, like lest we forget this is from Baiheng's travelogue in which she met a young Yingxing who was still a child by this point.

He was a young boy but had already become a craftsman, a sign of his ability to learn exceedingly quick under Huaiyans tutelage. And his ability to work and progress incredible fast continues into his time as a young man on the Luofu.

We know he arrived probably somewhere around 18-21 (in my personal estimate) and by the time he saw Jingliu again (which itself was likely early into his stay on the Luofu given HCQ ages and timing), he had already impressed the Master Craftsmen of the Luofu's Artisanship Commission and earned himself a title.

There are also multiple things in game that emphasize his achievements and creations he crafted, some offhandedly mentioned in a readable or item while others are emphasized with importance.

Casually mentioned in the Discarded Ingenium Parts is his feat in the Great Trial of the Furnace (perhaps that trial is for gaining the furnace master title? Once again signifying an earlier achievement in his legacy) where it took him only a day and night to create a whole mechanical lion that moved and looked just like a real live lion from a bunch of defective parts and waste.

More recently in 1.5, they released a readable, the Ten-Lords Criminal Directory, which mentions an imprisonment method designed by Yingxing that keeps “Mirage” in a perpetual state trapped within a hallucination of their own making. Utilizing it’s own powers in order to keep it imprisoned. Something that with proper maintenance seems to have lasted for around 700 years so far.

And of course, how can we forget his most famous creations

The beautifully crafted weapons of the High Cloud Quintet, from Jingliu’s incredibly heavy sword remarked as being as heavy as three thousand catties, to Dan Feng’s Cloud Piercer with the ability to even cut through dragon scales, and the Devastator Glaive as well as Baiheng’s recurve bow. Each impressive in their own ways and seemingly crafted pretty early as well into his time on the Luofu with the HCQ given the distinction of Jing Yuan who (even if he likely was more a teen than a boy) still wasn’t an exact adult yet. So once again, let me emphasize this man’s skill here. With how many things he managed to do so so early into his time on the Luofu. A genius craftsman who deserved all of the praise he had garnered with his works.

Additionally, I know they keep harping about “ugh arrogant craftsman, ugh he’s so full of himself” but every single time we’ve seen his personality, he just seems like a genuine joy to be around. Bright, charismatic, sure he’s cocky but he also gives the impression of being incredibly fun and a bit silly if you ask me.

His behavior as mirrored by the mirage echo in Scalegorge Waterscape is distinctly playful even in what might be a more tense situation, lightly bantering with Dan Feng and even chuckling in certain languages.

In Jingliu’s character stories, it even furthers this bright, playful attitude he gives off with his distinct cheekiness shining through especially with that “toothy grin” of his. And if you listen to Jingliu’s (at least her English) voice lines during Clouds Leave No Trace when she speaks about Yingxing before getting into his transformation, there is a distinct fondness or amusement in her voice as she speaks of him especially that cocky nature of his despite her distaste for it at first.

While Baiheng is hailed as this kind figure in the High Cloud Quintet, perhaps their sun even casting light upon them, it doesn’t seem too far off to say Yingxing was a shining star among them in his own right. His easy going nature with them bringing about a bubbly playfulness similar to Baiheng given their closeness from when he was young. I could go into way more especially in regards to the casualness at which Yingxing seems to speak and treat others allowing for a more equal formation of relationships especially with Dan Feng but I’m saving that for another rant.

And all of this about him especially how expressive he seems at certain points he’s been mentioned, really just makes me so incredibly sad when thinking about Blade now. How severely separated he is from this identity. A division that exists from not only his death but from the way his mental state has been severely warped from his time with Jingliu and being affected afterwards by the mara.

The sheer dehumanization and lack of a personal identity in place of seeing himself as a solely a weapon when put next to Yingxing, with such a clear bold individual identity, really makes the transformation of one into the other all the more jarring and tragic. Especially with the emphasis on how Yingxing hated the abominations of Abundance only to become one himself, something that is still implied to have not been by his own hand. Blade is an immensely tragic character, but that tragedy only holds weight because of the life and identity Yingxing had. It is only with Yingxing’s light which shined despite the circumstances of his life that his descent into darkness hits harder, and it makes me so sad that I haven’t found many others talking or expanding upon this despite my searches because he really is such a well written character with so many details in his story that are both interesting and utterly heartbreaking.

And additionally, I want to say that I think there is a lost potential in examining the Xianzhou through Yingxing. Specifically in the way he is treated as a short life species. We know how the relationship between the Vidyadhara and the Natives, especially as it’s changed after Dan Feng, but there is a very interesting relationship to be explored between the Xianzhou and the Short Life Species the end up there, especially through Yingxing’s relationship to the different Artisans guilds whether on the Luofu or the Zhuming.

In the end, it becomes another sad element to Yingxing’s story. Yingxing managed to change his attitude regarding how the Zhuming masters treated him and even grew more of a confidence, but even in the Luofu's Artisanship Commission, he can never truly get as far as he deserves. Just as Jingliu says

Even with his work impressing the master craftsmen of the Luofu, even after more than showing his skill and earning the title of Furnace Master for that skill, he still would be denied higher positions and could only prove his true worth by the High Cloud Quintet.

And just let me say it again, him being a short life species allows for such an interesting examination of the world and people around him based upon that. While we don't know exactly how they met, we do know that Yingxing was Huaiyan's personal disciple and the only one he mentions of the celestial masters to treat him with respect and believe in his capabilities despite knowing he's a short life species. Through his treatment of Yingxing, we learn quite a bit about him. Through Baiheng's treatment of him as well, we learn a lot about her, more than anywhere else.

He's just UGH I need more exploration from Yingxing's perspective, the lack of it feels as if I'm being starved. He's so interesting, he's so fun, he's incredibly tragic, and he makes me cry every single time he crosses my mind. Please do yourselves a favor and think more about his character so you'll end up as sad about him as me. Or don't maybe. I dunno. All I know for sure is that you absolutely need to read Views of the Universe From a Starskiff: The Zhuming if you haven't. Anyways bye, thanks for listening to this rant, I gotta go cry over him.

Peep the tags also for a rant about my own characterization of YX if you wish to witness my insanity

#Let me rant about my own personal characterization of Yingxing based on this and its OVER #It's OVER #Firsy off We need to acknowledge before we get into anything that YX is severely traumatized #Before becoming a teen (we don't know exactly how long he was at the Zhuming before he met BH so he could have been p young) #He had already lost his entirely family in an incredibly brutal fashion to the Borisin #His home planet was conquered destroyed and turned into a weapons nursery for the Borisin #And he ended up somehow on the Zhuming (it's my hc that Huaiyan himself found him but we don't know the canon details) #And on top of that seemingly only Huaiyan his master was kind to him as the rest of the celestial masters on Zhuming degraded him for being #A shortlife species to the point he A CHILD tells BH he doesn't know if he'll live to see his parents avenged #So yeah he's gone through some shit #And we know his arrogance begins after Baiheng says kind words to him but ngl I don't think he switched up so fast from a few kind gestures #I think that arrogance of his begins as a coping method inspired by her especially given the exaggerated nature of it as jingliu describes #When he was a child #Kind of a fake it til you make it #And by the time he ends up on the Luofu I think it's half genuine confident half fake it til you make it #Specifically in that he does really see the people around him as equals no matter their status or species including someone like HE IL #And in that he's probably pretty judgemental all things considered #But I think the more exaggerated parts especially his outward declarations are played up a bit by him to give off a certain facade or image #In order to garner respect when paired with his actual genuine skill and talent #That's just a reduced summary of my characterization of him tho with his relationship to his confidence I have more to say but #ALSO YINGXING WITH SURVIVORS GUILT #WHERE IS MY YX WITH SURVIVORS GUILT CONTENT *bangs my fist against the floor* #That 100% plays into my personal characterization of his relationship with his confidence #Also I view YX as being AuDHD for so many reasons but esp with what we know in canon of his obsession with crafting and his #Overworking himself tendencies regarding it #Yingxing #Hsr blade #Hsr #Honkai star rail #Don't let me mention how this affects his relationships I'll be even more annoying than I already am

[coffeepilled]

one of the biggest reasons why alfred is so smiley, goofy, happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care during the 19th through 21st centuries, (besides deciding since before 1776 that he was going to be completely contrarian to arthur in his outlooks) is that he’s been through the wringer for the past hundred years already. give the guy a break!

spending your formative years (or the country equivalent of a ‘childhood’, anyway) educating yourself deeply on politics, fighting for independence, then fighting again to keep your nation together, and then trying to expand throughout the rest of the continent, while dealing with crazy winters and starvation and swathes of diseases… well.

alfred grew up with the expectation of perfection under england, and even after becoming free he still had to raise himself by the bootstraps. help create a government with his people, for his people, and hope and pray to whatever deity was out there that america could survive. and those first 100 years certainly were not sunshine and rainbows — pictures of alfred’s youth show everything except smiles. he wears melancholy expressions that don’t suit his face.

battling for your place on the world stage is hard enough, but to become a self-made, global superpower on top of it? alfred grows in spades, and by the time the industrial revolution comes around, and his house is the most bustling on the entire planet, and the gold rush comes and goes— that constant work and isolationism has paid off. he loosens up a little. he can smile now. relax a little! eat in excess knowing there will always be food on the table.

that’s when he finally gets to live out the years of childlike ease he never truly got to indulge in: to laugh and be merry without a care in the world. momentary ill spell during the great depression aside, the great wars later only solidify america’s place as the strongest in the world. the other countries wouldn’t dare admit it, but alfred’s self-proclaimed epithet of ‘hero’ is not without cause and reason, and not without hard proof. (and besides, he deserves a little gloating after all this time, doesn’t he?)

ivan had threatened his status in the hierarchy for a while there, and 45 years of foolhardy, workaholic america stepped out of the shadows again. but again, alfred surpasses the literal and proverbial soviet wall. and this time it isn’t just the world he has in his palms, but outer space, too — he has the moon and the stars and a damn space station.

finally, on top— finally, he doesn’t have to battle tooth and nail just to survive. instead, maybe he’ll set a whoopie cushion on françois’ chair at the next meeting, or order everything off the mcdonald’s menu tonight just ‘cause he can, or maybe even get matt to film him doing some outrageously ridiculous parkour—

that’s the beauty of it: it’s enjoyable to let go, act as immature and carefree as you want, knowing you’re at the top of the food chain. the others have gotten used to boy scout america, to the silly superhero alfred — they’ve definitely forgotten how scary and smart and cutthroat and frankly bloodthirsty he is when he gets serious. the america that lies asleep beneath the surface, the sleeping dog that you’d better hope you don’t wake up.

and, hell— his people chose him. his people left the other nations for him. left their homelands to stay at his house. that’s a testament to the unshakeable empire he’s built up, right? the others should be following his lead.

so he’ll act as he pleases, screw all the manners and customs and old-world european way of doing things — the freedom-loving rebel bastard that he still is, deep down.

al’s earned it, after all!

#UP LATE AT NIGHT DOING ALFRED CHARACTER STUDIES #bunnie's coffeehouse #hetalia #alfred f jones #aph america #hws america #/ long post #RAMBLE INCOMING #really i think alfred had a huge come-to moment during the 1800s-2000s #as we kind of see in the industrial age arc… #and some of the america and canada stories in world stars too you can just totally see in his early years how dead serious he was !! #yearning for greatness and the stability and renown that comes with that. unable to have more of a 'childhood' like canada. #soon enough he realizes he’s become number 1 in like everything. but at the cost of being deeply entrenched in his work #he hasnt had time to do much else. and thats when he knows he can /rest/ and i imagine that’s when he truly indulges in his childlike wonde #like we SEE how hard of a worker he is… how many fucked up odds he’s overcome. America has conquered them all #he is truly the epitome of veni vidi vici #veni vidi vici & THEN HE SCREWS AROUND MANUFACTURING MEMES & CHUGGING COLA FOR THE BETTER PART OF A CENTURY. GOOD FOR YOU AL YOU DESERVE IT #god i love him

[angelfruittree]

I told myself I was gonna record some podfic but I am just re reading parts of in memoriam again and trying not to be sick

#in memoriam alice winn #we have doomed the world with our advancements #we have conquered the world with promises that cannot be kept #in all seriousness I listen to this book everytime I have to leave the house there’s a red thread connecting us I-

[fairandfatalasfair]

"Most young patrollers who exchanged north of the Dead Lake took primed knives from home along. About half the patrollers returned, ready to take up expanded duties. None of the knives did. A steady stream of sacrifice, flowing northward."

#Lois McMaster Bujold #The Sharing Knife #TheSharingKnife #fanart #my art #I continue to be absolutely insane about the worldbuilding in this series #The legacy of guilt and responsibility and power and duty #the sharing knives as a physical manifestation of sacrifice and all the grief and anguish that entails #the bitter culture clashes between the people who carry this burden in self-important secrecy #and the people they defend but do not trust or respect (even as their growing technology conquers more and more of the world) #The lessons to be learned on both sides if they're going to make a way forward #''No farmer girl. You always had our protection.'' #''If you were traditional you'd put a torch to every house in New Moon Camp. Because traditional Lakewalkers don't defend. We run.'' #''You're only clenching your hands so tight because you have so little left in them.'' #I'm normal about this #fatal rambling in the tags

[jackgoodfellow]

He's despicable, I'll take 12.

[Work-In-Progress]

Please feel free to drop your favorite toxic positivity slogans in the notes!

I want to write at least one such quote on this image. The top contender right now is "We all have the same 24 hours in a day!"

Also valid examples: "Nothing's impossible!", "Anyone can do it!", and "Pull yourself up by the bootstraps!" - or maybe just "Self-made :)"

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Originally drawn in crayon at my local bar's game night because tabletop games are slow as fuck

#wip #Adventure Time #simon petrikov #fionna and cake spoilers #fionna & cake #the winter king #winter king #fionna and cake #alt-text #image description #my art #I've been trying to get those glasses even all evening. eh. I'll figure it out. #probably will trace a mirror of the the other one #genuinely fucking obsessed with him as a metaphor for toxic positivity. especially as it pertains to class and mental illness. #because the people who say your burdens shouldn't bother you... simply don't have to carry those same burdens #whooole lot of people say we all have the same 24 hours when they have the money to pay someone else to clean their house! #I'll probably repeat all of this in the actual post of the image if I finish it #which I probably will. I've done most of the work already and I want to make him look more fucked up #winter king already seemed sus but when he said he conquered the crown 'thru sheer force of will' i genuinely yelled at the screen #'OH YOU MOTHERFUCKER OH YOU PIECE OF SHIT YOU BASTARD' #'haha! come now. Conquering the crown is as easy as manifesting your own reality!!' - i was screaminnnngggg #he's an incredibly validating character in the way that he is proven to be absolutely fucking full of shit #also he's sexy. which doesn't hurt. but mostly I'm obsessed with how perfectly he mirrors the attitude of 'self-made' rich and abled people #you can do anything you put your mind to!! and if it turns out to be impossible it's because you didn't want it bad enough SIMON!!!! #simon is soooo relatable in that ep #'manifest your dreams! it's! easy! especially if! someone else is bearing all that pesky SOUL-CRUSHING WEIGHT lol' #I thought the episode was going to end with Simon putting on Winter King's crown and #discovering that the WK just got lucky and happened to get a crown that was just... not a problem. just a magic non-cursed crown. #I think that would have worked well but I like what they ended up doing way better #'anyone can do it!' is said out loud but the QUIET part goes 'so if you can't do it that's because you suck'.

[swampy-milk]

Signalis Spoilers///

I think its so telling that the scariest thing in Signalis (to me at least) wasn't the cosmic horror, but the fucking dread of living in an uncaring system

Meat monsters. A god that will devour all life. Entropy. A corruptive force that will devour and eat away at us physically and emotionally.

And the part that pulled me the most was knowing that Ariane and Elster got sent out on a mission they were almost certain to fail, because a dying empire demands some form of glory and subjugation.

You can kill the corrupted replikas. You can avoid them and still finish your objective. But in the end, you and one person you live are still going to die a pointless, painful death. She's going to suffer, and you're going to have to take her last breath for her, and you're going to have to die knowing that there was nothing to be done.

This whole thing was just a system demanding blood.

The horror was just there to drink it.

#signalis #signalis spoilers #idk maybe im just so desensitized to gore #the fact i was more teary over filed reports that no one bothered to read #more than the bodyhorror #like #the bodyhorror plays into it #i dont think any authority was posed to handle something like the King in Yellow #but the system youre in was suffering far before it all happened #i just #fuck #hhhhh #Almost 20 fucking years out in space #a human life sent to its death because we need more planets to conquer #A human-replika that got to fucking fall in love only to have that wrenched from her hands #the way the last notes are just Ariane begging to be killed #the way Ariane asks for Elster to end her suffering #the way she assures you to please kill her #fucking #OUGHH #I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE MAKE GAY ANIMATIONS OF THEM ALL #WE ALL JUST WANT THAT DANCING SCENE #IN A SYSTEM THAT ONLY SEES US ALL AS TOOLS #WE WANT A QUIET MOMENT TO DANCE WITH SOMEONE WE LOVE #AND NOT REALIZE WE WERE DOOMED FROM THE START #FUCKING GOD

[virikako]

Playing a play-through of Baldur's Gate 3 with the no party limit mod just so I can have the whole gang along to see all the chatter between them and varied responses.

But seeing such a large group with me, often reminds me of how absurdly large Gacha game casts often get.

And how like, its so hard to take a situation seriously when there's so many people waiting behind you jump this one dude who wants to throw hands.

Like the true soul dying on the road outside of the grove, that fight where there's just three goons and I got two PCs, Wyll, Laz, Shadow, Asterion, Karlach, and Gale just dog-piling them.

Now imagine that when like several dozens or hundreds of incredible powerful operators nearby if you were the Doctor. Like big bad wants to throw hands and my personal army is vibing out.

#as of September there's almost 300 arknights operators #if you have them all #Rhodes can probably conquer the world by now #if you think for every special operator we can recruit #the anime's shown us several grunt types #how many of them are there... so many

[semprelibera]

Unpopular opinion but the historical revisionism in WWII winner countries is insane

#Like lying about the ethnic composition of conquered areas or denying war crimes that we have plenty of documents about #or saying “well we have this document which says X” and then you go check the document and it says Y #like imagine being so drunk on nationalism tha you’ll quote documents that you can easily find online without even reading them #Not saying that historical revisionism does not exist in defeated countries but the one in winning ones is so mainstream and well-accepted #it’s scary like imagine claiming that hundreds of thousands of people saying that their loved ones have been raped tortured murdered by the #“victorious armies” are lying and that they’re all part of some great conspiracy to make the US/UK/Russia/Yugoslavia look bad

[gilliontidestriderchampionoftheu]

tbh the worst part is that we just dont know who is or isnt a black ops. admiral grandma didnt say "soldiers" were replaces, just that "targets" were. that could be anyone. pirates, queens, elders, random people on the street. anyone could be a fucking navy clone.

#my post #jrwi riptide spoilers #no bcus im making myself insane rn. there was so much triton skin in there. it was specifically called out multiple times. meaning the navy #has multiple triton black ops. so many of them. #im 10 seconds away from breaking out the red string im sitting here like #'grandma said 'my son is stable' so possible jayson OR drey could be black ops' #'could edyn be one? she is dealing with the navy and has spoken directly w admiral grandma and knows about the leviathans' #like it could be anyone. it could be anyone #grizzly why would you sow this seed of doubt #she wants to conquer the world she has an army of hidden clones #what the fuck #what am i supposed to do with this information #its all sitting in my lore doc but at the moment it doesnt really tie into literally anything else #aughhh #anyways we still have one episode left right? before the hiatus?

[sa-bo]

Genuinely need a break from this arc real quick why does One Piece delve so deep into the ethics of war this arc, like holy shit I'm gonna fucking die

#so much emotional shit been happening during the marineford arc im gonna come out of this feeling like a jaded war soldier #seeing coby having a downright full-on panic attack while bodies fall to the ground around him?? isnt this kid like 15-17 #and literally any scene where some shit happens to luffy is absolutely mortifying in nature ever since drum island #one piece sets itself up like ''lol look at these pirate friends getting into hijinks and saving each other and conquering the world!'' #but then shit gets crazy every time #i can no longer in good conscience recommend this without warning people abt how scary it gets sometimes #i feel like the first taste comes during arlong park where we see nami repeatedly stabbing herself #then with us seeing zoro's wound stapled shut and bleeding like a motherfucker as he still tries to fight #because they couldn't get professional medical help even if they probably saw his fucking guts and ribcage #but shit just keeps getting more terrifying every arc #alabasta? civil war. we see the princess of her country screaming her lungs out in vain for her people to stop fighting #sky island? mass genocide. for funsies. by a man so hopped up on delusions and apathy he thinks it's funny #water 7? we see the downfall of ohara and robin trying to Fucking Commit Suicide because she finally found ppl who like her #thriller bark--THRILLER BARK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. #seeing brook's crew sing together one last time as they all progressively drop dead one by one until only one is left #and the utter terror as we see zoro standing surrounded by his own blood in a 20 foot radius around him #impel down we see the horrors of the world government and how they treat their prisoners with layers of hell #and marineford we see a war even worse than that which we saw in alabasta #horrible horrible shit

[mihai-florescu]

Eichi and the metaphor of the sun in Summer Vacation...

Bonus, if you forgive me for reaching, but i couldnt help but think this quote was relevant too...

#'once we conquer the sun we'll no longer have an enemy' is SUCH a good quote with double meaning #because yes yes rei is allergic to the sun. but eichi is likened to the dun all throughoutbthus story and other stories (blackbird...) #enstars

[3gremlins]

not me casually eyeballing wigs again like maybe this year i make vincent valentine (i haven't been to a convention since pre-covid times tho so idk where i'd wear anything T.T i miss making cosplay/cosplay peeps tho)

#i still have all the stuff for cloud too #been eyeballing sephiroth too like maybe i just want to be a dramatic monster idk #rufus also serving and his jacket is so silly i love it so much #i haven't even gotten to vincent yet in rebirth #i will probably cry #it's so good fam #i do love cloud the best tho like he is best clueless boi #vincent you could maybe integrate some kinda mask into it tho #idk i miss making interactive beautiful art #plus final fantasy 7!!! #i actually don't really like styling wigs at all which means my brain sees it as a new art form to conquer #like we must endure it and become stronger and gain MOAR SKILLZ #how i'm feeling about wheel throwing pottery right now too #i am slowly getting better at it

[idlesuperstar]

Q: Doctor Zhivago seems to have been as epic a shoot as the story itself. Do you have any anecdotes or memories?

A: My great scene was on the back of the train. People say: “Oh, that’s iconic, that!” It took two days to film because David Lean couldn’t decide what I’d wear. I could have told him he hadn’t shot it close enough. David never made choices; he just edited as he went along. For the audience to realise that the student was now the leader of the revolution, they needed to clearly see his scar in closeup. But I wasn’t going to say to David Lean – “Uh, David, shouldn’t it be closer?” – because what did I know? When we went through the whole rigmarole again, with David having decided what I should wear, he shot it close. So that’s my main Zhivago anecdote.

Tom Courtenay being absolutely adorable in this marvellous Q&A in The Guardian. [Including the best advice ever - “when you’re filming, never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down. Especially when you’re in your 80s.“]

#tom courtenay #dr zhivago #the great all conquering david lean #being quietly put in his place decades later by tom #I fucking love him so much #we are SO privileged to still have him and still have him acting #it's not often I voluntarily make david lean gifs #it's always a special occasion #and always a swoonster #my wee gifs

[mrs-kelly]

Good morning… ❤️ I’m thinking about how all the positive change I experienced over the past 6 months all started with Charlie 🥺👉👈💕

#it looks like… the day after I started watching aIways sunny… I set up my appointment to get braces 😳 #and… #10 days after we got married I signed up to join the medical assisting program I’m taking #these are both things I’ve been trying to do for years and years now. braces and school #and once he came into my life it was like soemthing opened up in my brain like #‘hey. you can do this. the only thing standing in your way is you’ #and since then I’ve been an unstoppable force #conquering anything that gets in my way #the braces and their upkeep. my class and how daunting it’s been to socialize again #and learn things from the ground up. learn skills I thought I’d never learn #and so many personal turmoils that I’ve experienced over the past six months too #I’ve made it through all of it #and it’s been because of the strength he’s given me #it’s been because of his love and support #and I just… things still aren’t easy right now. I still have some growth to make it through #my externship will probably start soon #and then hopefully I’ll get a job in the field #so I still have challenges to surmount #but. I’ve made it through the rest. so I know I can make it through this too #as long as I have him I can do anything 🥺❤️ #ren speaks #renlie #connection stuff

[astrxealis]

me rn having the biggest hots for leon kennedy and astarion sorry LMFAOOO <3

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #^___^ me smiling innocently #bg3 is on the MIND !!! i dearly want it so badly. turns out my dad played 1/2 (not sure which) a looong time ago #but he never got too far i think bcs he's busy... :P but hey i love him. wow. it's really cool he knows it too (ofc he does lmfao) #me and him (handshake emoji) also never getting far in da origins yet bcs we have it on xbox bcs of him getting it a long time ago #but there's that bug in the mage tower... :( funny we both went thru it LMFAO <//3 anyway i got it on steam so i've been playing #again but not recently anymore since 1. ffxiv took over my life last days of summer again 2. summer is over back school so rip #anyway can u tell i love fantasy :)) da and bg babeyyy !!! my type is going to make you guys cry i'm so obvious #zevran... fenris... astarion... i have a thing for ppl w blond/white hair :P idk my fav in inquisition yet and idk anything abt bg1&2 yet #but Yeah. GHBSHJGBSHJG..... da origins is kinda funny (lack of better word) to me btw bcs i like all four main romance options #but it's hard to explain (i have a story behind stuff i want to share but it's tiring and annoying of me /hj !!!!!) #anyway i like blond elves if it wasn't obvious. yes i also like link and zelda from loz. yes i like legolas. yes i like #...anyway! so where does re fit in this? uh. u see i'm a coward actually i'm too scared to play re LMFAOOO #BTU I ADORE THE LORE and the characters and the game franchise and shit ^_^ just. i shld really watch it sometime #instead of reading wikis all the time and just soaking up all the knowledge but i'm. a Coward. okay #i can't even play bloodborne despite how nerdy i am over it... it's so scary to poor little me... i'm a coward (it's the harsh truth)..... #anwyay i'll conquer my fears one day but that day is NOT SOON !!! i wna get into re properly tho aside from just being a nerd #so i'm too scared to play but i'll watch playthroughs sometime (and admire leon) <3 yeah. another blond. i know. shut up. #is this my life rn am i just infatuated w blonds and white haired guys. it's gna be hell if i continue nier replicant rn too huh #uh. goodnight!

[zombieplaguedoc]

What started out as me and 2p Nyo America as gems turned into me making my own SU lore and origins that are different from canon.

ANTIS DNI, THIS POST IS NOT FOR YOU

#like before homeworld there were actually tribes of natural gems #and they hailed from different planets #and these gems had parents and siblings and families #and the diamonds conquered and shattered them all except for a few #like in one au me and 2p nyo america were volcanic gemstones from a fire planet #while in another one i'm an icey gemstone and nyo iceland is a fire gemstone and we both hailed from a planet of fire and ice #and these planets are loosely based off of locations on earth #the fire and ice planet is based off iceland #while the volcano planet is based off arizona and hawaii #oh and i'm thinking of making nyo iceland a hybrid gemstone #seeing as how iceland is the land of fire and ice she's a fire and ice gemstone hybrid #and norway is an ice gemstone who's her brother #All of this and I've never even watched Steven Universe lmao #And probably never will #It just never really caught my attention #The only reason I started coming up with this was because I remembered a dress up game on doll divine I played in high school- #-before flash went kaput called gemsona maker #Something like that #I saw my then-friend make herself/her self insert on it #And decided to give it a try despite having never watched SU #And I actually enjoyed it #Ended up playing it twice in my life before flash died #So yeah #⚰️🧟‍♂️Der kommissar's in town🧟‍♂️⚰️ #not selfship related #antishitters dni #antis dni #proship safe #proship please interact #au