#eternal blooming flower

[draftingteacups]

Editing TEBF

So for those who don't know, I'm editing TEBF! I haven't done major edits, mostly due to school and other obligations preventing me from doing so, but I've found the time to slowly edit the chapters!

This means that I decided to add to chapters like descriptions, character reactions, and more that help flesh it out better.

I didn't know what to add in my previous (mostly grammatical) edits of the chapters, mostly because they were fine as they were. But now I want them to be better.

Or at least, better than before.

As such, newly edited chapters will be marked with a 🌷near the chapter title.

#eternal blooming flower #editing is hard #writer progress #pokemon x twisted wonderland

[fridaypls]

Astarion, but with Neil Newbon flavoring

I'm calling it done. Packed in as much tattoo symbolism as I could. Feel free to repost on other sites. Can someone share this with Neil? I left Twitter forever ago and went back to share this with a new account, but it's terrifying in there, y'all.

#the flower on the tombstone is a riff on an asphodel #they symbolize resilence and in our world can be found blooming in the harshest climates #they also symbolize beauty in desolation and #in DND they're found blooming in the fields of the eternal wanderers #asphodels are also tied to remembrance and mourning - #asphodels have a LOT of connections to death #but despite this - their core symbols are hope - rebirth - new beginnings #the perfect flower for him IMO #also the dagger through the thorn-wrapped heart is his dagger #and the D20 has a little star on it #plus the rogue symbol associated with him in game #and the bloodless / happy tattoo!! #astarion fanart #astarion #neil newbon #baldurs gate astarion #bg3 astarion #astarion ancunin #bg3 fanart #baldurs gate 3 #astarion bg3 #baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate astarion #bg3 art #neil!starion

[redrobin-detective]

Something I wonder about Simon and Betty's relationship is how long they were together before the whole crown ordeal. But they were engaged, you say. My aunt (in)famously met my uncle and had a ring on her finger in 8 weeks. We've seen that both Betty and Simon were both weird outcasts, crazy determined and a pinch insane. I would not be surprised if they decided they'd met their one true love and got engaged super quick.

My point being, Betty's shifting to revolve around Simon and Simon's rose colored glasses of their relationship feels very much like New Love. They're people who love each other and love being a couple but still haven't quite figured out how to coexist together, as two people in a partnership. I feel like if they'd known each other longer, lived together longer, some of the issues we're seeing would have probably self resolved.

I don't think their relationship is toxic nor is it totally perfect. It's two lonely, most likely neurodivergent people in a relatively early relationship still figuring out how it works. Everything that happened afterwards: the crown, the seperation, the time travel, the magic/madness/sadness just exemplified issues they had both as individuals and as a couple.

#fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #simon petrikov #betty grof #in the tags its either #'oh they're toxic' or 'owo literal soulmates' #but i think its both more simple and yet more complicated #its struck me from the very start that they were eternally engaged #they never got to be married they're still stuck at this in between milestone #plus the way they act/talk around one another it HAS that new relationship vibe #If i were to guess they were each other's first romantic relationship #they loved so hard but they didnt really understand how it worked (mood) #if tehy'd had time and space like normal people yeah I think they'd have been fine #unfortunately all manner of bs got in the way and they never got to resolve some of these issues #it doesnt make one right over the other it just adds another layer of tragedy to their story #they only had time to get to know each other -to really feel understood- before it was taken away #Artists call betty 'simons wife #but its soooo important to me that they never made it that far #a flower that was plucked before it had a chance to bloom #anyway just my thoughts #petrigrov forever

[dietyprophet]

HAPPY SECOND ANNIVERSARY TO THE ETERNAL BLOOMING FLOWER!! @draftingteacups

#my art #dietyprophet #twisted wonderland #twst #pokemon #twst x pokemon #The Eternal Blooming Flower

[eden-falls]

took a photo of every single volume 1 i have. this was a huge hassle and i don't know why i did it. tagging this to find new mutuals bc i love all of these and would like to chat about them - however a lot of these i havent read in full (i have read vanitas, mtp, bsd, and cotw in full. the rest i've either seen the anime or just cant find the rest of the manga)

#neon genesis evangelion #sweet blue flowers #children of the whales #to your eternity #bungo stray dogs #a silent voice #carole & tuesday #chainsaw man #moriarty the patriot #toilet bound hanako kun #the case study of vanitas #a white rose in bloom #the case files of jeweler richard #doukyuusei #the girl from the other side #given #i hear the sunspot #otherside picnic

[8bitsupervillain]

End of the Year 2023: Pre-2023 Good Games

Now we're talking, it's time for good games. As with previous years I decided on separate lists to talk about games that came out before 2023 and those that came out during the year itself. I agonized over this list. Hope you enjoy it

10: Diablo III

In the meh games list I mentioned that I'm not a fan of Diablo III. In fact for the longest time I was fairly cold on this game and really disliked it. There's something to Diablo III however, every few months since finishing the Reaper of Souls expansion way back in 2014 that kept the game popping up in my mind. You should play it again, it would say. Roll a new character, it's probably better than you remember. Then I would inevitably try it again, play a few hours and then just sort of peter off it. Perhaps it's simply because of the sheer ineptitude of Immortal, and my complete and utter lack of caring for Diablo 4 that made my most recent playing Diablo III feel so much more fun. I think enough time has passed that I can freely admit to enjoying this game for the most part. I just never go out of my way to play it, but it'll probably happen again that I'll be doing whatever and the urge to play it will occur

09: Doom 3

It's something of the black sheep of the Doom franchise, but I recall quite enjoying the games when I played them spur of the moment this year. A lot of people bemoan the fact that they just made Doom 3 a horror game, but I'm not so sure I agree with that assessment. Sure it has spooky lighting, and impenetrable darkness, but you're never really put into a less empowered state compared to the original Dooms. You're never starved for ammo, and except for the odd jumpscare there's never anything really scary that happens in the game. More so in the Resurrection of Evil expansion, where they give you the super shotgun. It's slower, and more methodical than the other Doom games, but I really don't feel it's any lesser as a result. It's truly unfortunate there's no way to really get the original versions of Doom 3 an Resurrection of Evil outside of looking in nefarious places, because I played the BFG Edition as well as the original Doom 3 and it made me feel physically ill. The originals are surprisingly forward thinking made games because it's wild to me a game from 2004 has support for a 1080p resolution.

08: Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni (The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night)

A delightful horror themed visual novel that I freely admit I never would have ever heard of if not for Umineko. It's more of a straightforward horror tale than a Umineko because this is about the local ghosts and monsters that haunt a school. I haven't finished the second of the two games, but I did quite like the stories in The First Night. Well worth checking out if you want to see some of Ryukishi07's lesser known works.

07: The Witcher II

A lot more competently put together than the original Witcher. It's also much more action focused compared to the original. I kind of miss the different fighting stances that were in the first Witcher game, but I can understand that the series needs to undergo some streamlining as they become a more cross-platform series. It's a fine story as well, where it seems to be pulling from more contemporary fantasy stories of the time like your Game of Thrones with all of its fantasy political intrigue. But it also includes troll fart jokes, so it still remembers some of its origins as well. One of the only things I didn't really like in this game was the inclusion of the odd Quick Time Event. There's not a particular lot of them, but they just felt weirdly out of place.

06: Dragon Age II

I think it handled the transition from traditional CRPG to a more action focused one rather well honestly. It's not the deepest combat in the world, but I never really had any particular complaint with how it was implemented. I liked the time skips in the story as well, jumping to more important parts of Hawkes' life rather than meander and get bogged down in the weeds of showing their entire time in Kirkwall. A fine enough story, even though its attempts to make the final endgame events bigger than previous plot points just fall flat on its face. It was fun seeing the fantasy RPG equivalent to a Like a Dragon game.

05: Might and Magic X: Legacy

I don't know a thing about the Might and Magic series. I know one of the strategy spinoffs is regarded as the absolute pinnacle of the genre, but as far as the mainline ones go I know nothing. That being said however I did quite like the first person dungeon crawling and combat here in MMX. It's nothing groundbreaking, and I doubt it was anything particuarly special when it came out nearly a decade ago in 2014. I appreciate that the game is more than willing to let you screw up making your party and going in with a "suboptimal" team. Rather than hold your hand and tell you which classes to bring or how to level them. I wish Ubisoft would let some developers make another one of these because I enjoy these lower budget RPGs that aren't these massive open world fiascos. Also you could make bank by upsetting the crowd who cries about ruining beloved franchises by making new entries in older series. But really I just greatly enjoy this type of RPG, and I would love to see more of them. I don't know if it will save Ubisoft from their impending implosion, but I would love to see them take chances on this type of game again rather than see them put out another big open world game that takes a hundred hours to finish.

04: Bravely Default II

With series like the Bravely Default series I usually try to play the games in release order. I know developers go to great pains to make it so you can follow a narrative for a game without having played every single entry prior to it. Regardless I try to play the first entries first. Sometimes this is a double edged sword because who's got time to play the eight or so entries before you play Ys VIII? Other times you got two entries, Bravely Default and Bravely Second. But here's the thing, while I played Bravely D 1 way back on the 3DS I know I never actually finished it, and I never touched Bravely Second. But towards the end of December 2022 I decided what the hey, I'll play Bravely Default 2 and just try to figure it out from there. This game was an utter delight to play, something about the turn based combat, good story, and charming visuals just combined to make this game a real treat for me. Even when I was going out of my way to suck the fun out of the game by grinding up the job levels I was having a heck of a good time. While I enjoy the story that's not what kept bringing me back to the game. I kept coming back to it just for the sheer enjoyment of playing the actual game. A novel concept! Bravely Default II was just an immensely enjoyable game and I highly recommend it to those who enjoy turn-based RPGs.

03: Potato Flowers in Full Bloom

This is as late an entry as one could possibly get. I went into this completely blind and I came away absolutely stunned. This is a great turn-based dungeon crawler RPG that I cannot recommend highly enough. It's clearly done by people who have a great love for the DRPGs but it isn't so bogged down with the ideas of what a "hardcore" DRPG should be that it loses itself in the fine details. Rather than get super in depth with the challenge one would find in a Wizardry Potato Flowers just focuses on a superlative gameplay loop that is just extremely enjoyable to play.

02: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

It seemed like a lock way back at the start of the year. Sure Bravely Default 2 was a sheer delight, but it couldn't match Deadfire. The combat, the look, the storyline, everthing was just such a marked improvement over the basic perfection I felt playing Pillars of Eternity 1.

01: Umineko: When the Seagulls Cry

But something came along in May that just swept the legs out from under it. There has not been an experience that has just taken up permanent residence in my head since finishing it. I went into Umineko knowing basically nothing, and by the time I finished it my mind just kept going over it again and again thinking about the characters, and the story, just replaying and rethinking events over and over again. Just a masterfully crafted narrative, and a killer soundtrack to boot.

01: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

But the thing about games is that there's more to them than just the story, the gameplay also matters. The short of it is that Pillars of Eternity II quite handily beats Umineko on the gameplay front. Plus, I really don't want to downplay the story of PIllars II because it stands strongly in my memory as one of the most superbly written stories I have ever experienced in any RPG, much less games in general.

01: Umineko: When They Cry

But the story contained within the one hundred and twenty hours worth of Umineko is without hyperbole some of the best written I have had the pleasure to experience. Just some of the most astonishingly well-written character I have ever seen in any medium. Such dedication to the crafting of some of the most vile duplicitous bastards you have ever seen, it's staggering.

01: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

The storyline in Deadfire takes the already major stakes from Pillars of Eternity I and manages to raise them even higher without making it seem like it's going to ridiculous lengths. The many characters you meet in this game are some of the strongest and best written I have seen in an extraordinarily long time. It's such a wonderful balancing act that you have such a range of characters who have their own plots and schemes that can affect the world but they all gel really well together. Even the overtly optimistic characters are played in a very realistic way where it doesn't come across as the game trying to pander with naive cheerful characters.

Umineko no Naku Koro Ni

I find it incredible that a series of such gargantuan length was able to maintain and hold my interest for the majority of its length. There were a couple of times early on where I felt my interest waning a bit, but everytime it was able to draw me back in and just revitalize my enjoyment. I am also immensely surprised at just how strongly it has remained lodged in my memory since finishing it. I feel reasonably confident if pressed I could give a summation of the entire VN just going off of memory and lose very little in the retelling.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

As with the original Pillars the sequel does an amazing job integrating the DLC expansions quite seamlessly into the main narrative. There were times that I would embark on what I thought was a simple sidequest but was actualy a large add-on that was just as well crafted as the stuff in the main game. It was a very nice and greatly appreciated attention to detail.

02: Umineko no Naku Koro Ni

I adore this game, I will sing its praises even while carrying the small issues I have with the production. It is such a genuinely great piece of work that I worry that I might be overselling how good it is. But I genuinely feel that it is certainly worth all the praise the visual novel has accrued since its release.

01: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

However, games are more than just their story. It comes down to gameplay as well as the story that determines what I think the best of the year (pre-2023) truly is. And that's Pillars of Eternity II. I went in to this game with very high expectations, and I was truly surprised at how masterfully the game had met every single one of them. Despite some minor character and story wobbles I adore everything Pillars II set out to do. I highly, highly recommend this game to anyone who has even a passing interest in CRPGs.

What do you think everyone?

But in my heart I know the award goes to Umineko.

#end of the year #game of the year #doom 3 #pillars of eternity #potato flowers in full bloom #might and magic #umineko #umineko no naku koro ni #umineko when they cry #higanbana no saku yoru ni #diablo 3 #bravely default 2 #bravely default ii #dragon age 2 #the witcher 2

[krsonmar]

Tale of woe:

Local woman once again forced to do some kind of pointless brainless work for stupid 9-5 job, pre-empted from writing scene in current WIP fanfic; glorious fanfiction career delayed

#fanfiction #fanfic #writing fanfic #writing #I am being OPPRESSED okay #capitalism sux #i am a creative flower growing in a capitalist milkcarton trying to bloom shipping crack with eternal themes dammit

[mazojo]

#oh. so the pain truly is eternal and everlasting isn’t it? #aahaha guys………….guys…………………………. #screaming crying throwing up climbing walls vomiting as I type this #saku #the fragrant flower blooms with dignity #kaoru hana wa rin to saku #manga

[euesworld]

"Come hither, come hither.. you see these flowers? They bloom and wither, then bloom again after winter.. when the hours bring April showers and the bees start to gather, would you rather be a flower or be a mad hatter? A cat that is badder with a smile so wicked, getting madder and madder with a madness that you live in?? Why are you grinning?? I'd rather be a flower, there is power in such simple things.. soft dreams and swaying with the breeze, such peace, being pollinated by such sweet things as honey bees to make a golden treat. Let me bloom in sunshine and look to the light, not snack on rats to consume in the night.. but it's alright, be what you want to be, but me.. I want to believe in hope, not choke on the ropes of eternity."

Ropes of eternity - just a poem by eUë

#ropes of eternity #mad hatter #cats #rats #flower #flowers #power #bloom #wither #wicked smile #wicked #eternity #honey bees #honey #positive words #wise words #motivational quotes #motivational #poem #poetry #poet #abstract #poems and quotes #life #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #love quotes #love #love quote life quotes

[brown-little-robin]

"so you CAN smile!"

#robin talks trigun #THIS AFTER THE ENTIRE SERIES #OH MY HEART #trigun posting late at night #ah... vash... #he's similar to Superboy in that he makes himself happy goofy silly in order to cope with an engineered existence which has— #—broken and splintered apart into a seemingly eternal hell #I just... this moment where Vash smiles? it's not even in the first BOOK #this is several chapters into the SECOND ENTIRE COLLECTION #and it's not like he never smiled genuinely before... but... #but this was the first really truly just... *happy* smile #my baby... my baby... #vash the stampede (flowers blooming in the desert)

[draftingteacups]

Summary:

It was on a beautiful moonlit night when the Champion of Kalos had gone missing. No calls. No texts, aside from one to her grandmother. No one knew where she was, but most believed she would be fine. After all, she was the strongest trainer in the region.

Who would mess with her?

Night Raven College very much did not get that memo. The one to not mess with the non-magic human with scary monsters who would and could raze the school to the ground if it meant getting their ramshackle of a dorm fixed. No, that threat does not (surprisingly) include Grim because he was the normal monster of the bunch. Author's Note:

It's Chapter 14! And not only is it the second anniversary of "The Eternal Blooming Flower", it's also Thanksgiving! So Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

#eternal blooming flower #happy 2nd anniversary #twisted wonderland x pokemon #twisted wonderland #pokemon

[lilyofthevvlley]

closed starter for: @bloodwiine muses: lennon x seymour location: main street

disoriented was putting their current situation lightly. lennon walked the street that they remembered so well, but it felt nothing like what they once knew. worst of all, they stared in the window of what now appeared to be a home goods store, the memory of their once thriving record shop flitting in front of their eyes. it hurt. they were looking at their haunting reflection in the shop window when they heard a familiar voice. no - not a voice, the voice - the voice that they'd drifted around purgatory longing to hear. equal parts hope and dread, they turned around, taking in the sight of him. seymour... they gasp, bracing for the moment they woke up. it never came. seymour. then, finally aloud. "seymour!"

#( lennon ;; a flower of melodrama in eternal bloom ) #( c: lennon ) #( c: lennon x seymour ) #( l x s ;; no grave could hold my body down )

[9h05t-f4c3]

my boyfriend is so pretty I wanna crawl underneath his skin like a parasite and wrap myself around his bones so we can become one

#i love him #I wanna live inside him for all eternity #i wanna decay together and come back as ghosts so we can watch the flowers bloom over our grave #kaz shut the up

[nin-deer]

I just watched maquia for the first time and I’m not okay

#maquia #maquia: when the promised flower blooms #IM SOBBING #my fav part is the fact that they addressed the whole eternal youth thing #and didn’t avoid it or use some magic bs to get around it

[embodies]

' our valued destiny comes to nothing. '   ↪ @swervdcity : jack & elizabeth.

❛ nonsense. ❜ her response is curt and unrushed : she has learned of the timeless nature of the cortez, where nothing is as it seems and all is to play for. she perceives him as perhaps a realist : has never taken to the taste herself. much more preferable are the whimsical winds of delusion to anything grounded and remote. where's the fun ? still, she entertains the company : all souls are plentiful and abundant in fun, eager to be nurtured should the right person provide it. ❛ i've seen people come and go through this place that have lives far drearier than ours. ❜ she accentuates her statement with a tip of her glass, notes of red - berry wine tinging the air. blood - like. she always loved a stereotype.

❛ if we're nothing, what do you call the miserable men that use our rooms for their illicit . . . dealings ? ❜ they've all seen the kind : pot - bellied with cash in hand, the john smiths with young lasses hanging on their arms, dollars in their eyes. one night only, then the clean - up. it doesn't deter elizabeth, quite the opposite. the countess loves to provoke, gaze boring into her bar companion with interest that is anything but subdued. ❛ you and me, we're divine in comparison. ❜

#swervdcity #( * elizabeth march / writings. ) #( * passion embodied. a flower of melodrama in eternal bloom. / e. march. ) #haven't quite decided if she's being manipulative yet #flip a coin #<3

[8bitsupervillain]

End of the Year 2023: The Games of the Year Combined List of Destiny!

So, what I wanted to do originally for this list was use one of the WWE wrestling games and have the twenty best games duke it out. Unfortunately none of them are free on the consoles, and I'm not spending seventy dollars on a goof (I might still do this soon…).

20: Diablo III

Perhaps my standards are lower than they used to be, but I had fun playing through it recently.

19: Doom 3

I disagree with the notion it's a horror game. It just plays like a slower paced vesion of the older Dooms.

18: Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni

I enjoy a more straightforward horror yarn once in a while.

17: The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings

A fun game with a surprisingly good story that knows when to have sillier moments.

16: Dragon Age II

You push the button and something awesome happens.

15: Hammerwatch II

A fun action RPG that gave me what I was looking for when Diablo IV didn't. Also made me think about how not every gosh darned game needs to be an open world.

14: Might and Magic X: Legacy

I thought it was a pretty fun first person RPG. It doesn't really do anything new, but that's alright.

13: Demon Lord Reincarnation

A fun DRPG that uses a wonderful retro look for its graphics. Surprisingly emotionally gripping, and extremely cruel.

12: Amnesia: The Bunker

It's great someone made a new game in the style of Alien: Isolation. Kudos for using a scarcely used setting as well.

11: Dead Space

A fun remake that makes the original largely obsolete. It basically took everything the original did and tuned it up.

10: Armored Core 6

I appreciate the game didn't really dwell too long on the inherent backstabbing nature of mercenary life.

09: Class of 09 (Also Class of 09: The Re-Up)

Well that's kind of fitting isn't it? I found certain parts of this pair of games to be extremely funny, and at times surprisingly emotionally gripping.

08: Bravely Default II

An expertly crafted retro style RPG with a surprisingly strong storyline.

07: Pizza Tower

I was really surprised at how much I liked the gameplay when every single time I looked at it before hand I was left extremely unimpressed.

06: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

I won't apologize for my love of this type of game. It's just constantly satisfying combat all the way through.

05: Potato Flowers in Full Bloom

I went in to this expecting nothing and came away with an absolutely wonderful and compelling experience.

04: Resident Evil 4

I swear I didn't do this intentionally. I love the recent slate of Resident Evil games Capcom has put out, they seem to just go from strength to strength. Perhaps one day one will steal the gold medal.

03: Umineko no Naku Koro Ni

Absolutely stellar, a masterclass in mystery story telling. There is not one wasted character in the entire one hundred and thirty hour story.

02: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Just as impressively designed as the first Pillars of Eternity, with a fresh new setting. Everything is a ten out of ten with this game, the story, the characters, the gameplay, the whole deal.

01: Baldur's Gate III

But this just stole the show. Unparalleled levels of reactivity and planning for most of the outlandish plans players could think up gave Baldur's Gate III the edge. I know I win no points for originality by saying Baldur's Gate III is the game of the year, but the fact is that it is.

But can you say it in red?

#end of the year #game of the year #baldur's gate iii #armored core 6 #class of 09 #pizza tower #resident evil 4 #dead space #might and magic x #might and magic #demon lord reincarnation #amnesia #amnesia the bunker #potato flowers in full bloom #bravely default ii #pillars of eternity #doom 3 #diablo 3 #umineko #wo long #hammerwatch ii #dragon age 2 #the witcher 2 #higanbana