#ill stop rambling and ill go to work now

[purrvaire]

black sails + tumblr text posts I have on my phone

#well hello there #im really sorry for all of this (im not) #i need to be silly otherwise there's the horrors #this kind of meme is like my brand at this point #i really really like something? chances are i'll take screencaps and slap funny shit on them #i want y'all know that i have a story of insanity with the first picture #changed the chemistry of my brain and gave me the crazies #i see john with his hands on his hips and i have to fight the urge to eat him #its a disease #also #if i had a nickel for every time i used that joke on a pirate named israel hands i would have two nickels #ill stop rambling and ill go to work now #black sails #tumblr text meme #black sails meme #long john silver #james flint #anne bonny #jack rackham #charles vane #i need to make more just bc its a travesty i didnt make something with max and madi #user purrvaire

[lovesickeros]

lord its so dark in here the sahara desert of tsaritsa content you are like a shining oasis. your characterisation of her compels me & mihoyo would be hard pressed to top it imo.!! caaaaan i humbly request yr thoughts on her first meeting w a reader of any kind, or maybe even multiple kinds (sagau, sagau god au, isekai, etc) if you so desire...

it really is like a desert here. being the fan of a character we aren't getting until the last damn nation is driving me up a wall but i will persevere bc if nothing else i support morally bankrupt women in media. we r in a severe drought over here but i do my best. unfortunately nothing i say is ever coherent so pull out your translation notes its abt 2 be messy

also this got out of hand but thats bc first meetings w the tsaritsa are tricky to write + a LOT of her characterization lies in deeper exploration then just surface level yknow...NOT A DIG AT YOU this is just my excuse for rambling. gently pats the tsaritsa she can hold so much complexity i do not have the word count to delve into it completely :]

gonna talk cult au for a bit here though because that's 99% of my content. and honestly? she thrives in sub au's of the cult au like villain au + imposter au. it's basically made for her. i mean, early days, the imposter au had been going around for a little while but one of the first few ideas was the Fatui taking reader in so like. it kinda technically actually was. pretty sure cult au Tsaritsa popped up because of the imposter au. a lot of it's writers kinda left though which. man am i getting old or.

anyway.

there isn't much of a chance her first impression is all that positive. at best it's usually neutral, imo, but rarely if ever positive. specifically because i view the Tsaritsa as someone who isn't as fanatical as most of the acolytes typically are towards the creator. she's not exactly going to worship the ground you walk on unlike a certain geo lizard. which is partially why i think she thrives in the sub au's i mentioned.

imposter au, for example. she meets you at your lowest. there's no gaudy extravagance or pampering from the acolytes waiting for you because your own acolytes have turned on you. for all intents and purposes you aren't a "god" at all. which is why i don't think she meshes well with normal cult au reader. the Fatui are made up of outcasts, basically, and imposter au slots right in just perfectly. you're weak, at your lowest, when you meet the Fatui in the imposter au. and the Fatui can help you, too.

a mutual exchange, really. the Tsaritsa sees a tool she can use to one up the rest of the nations and especially Archons, and she has no qualms about you using her and the Fatui in turn. you both want something out of it, after all. whether you just want to be safe from the rest of the acolytes, or you want revenge, or whatever else..she'll give you the power to fulfill it, and she gains the strongest piece on the chessboard when all is said and done.

the best way i can describe the first meeting is "practical", i suppose. she sees an opportunity in you. the ultimate gamble. because if she "saves" you, and you dont trust anyone else because they tried to kill you, well..she holds all the cards, doesn't she?

but the Tsaritsa, imo, is just as capable of being just as fanatical towards you as anyone else. she just won't worship you as the creator. but as yourself? clawing your way back to your divine power and taking back what belongs to you? the Tsaritsa is, to me, a character who's character flourishes in long-term fics more because she changes a LOT between "just met reader" and after having been with reader for some time. she's practically apathetic at the beginning but a lot of her character, in my characterization, shines through LONG after the first meeting.

#asks #Anonymous #sagau #tsaritsa #like. am i explaining this coherently?? first meetings r GOOD and i could go on a tangent of like. first meetings w zl and make it work #but first meetings w the tsaritsa is like. you just cooked a 5 course meal. took one bite. called it a day. #so much of my characterization lies in the “after” of the first meeting #because her first meetings are generally the same. she's apathetic at best!! she does not gaf abt the creator in the SLIGHTEST #but show that you are more then the creator? that you do not cling to the title like a shield? that you do not rely on it? #youve got the worst person youve ever known ready to kill a man for you. #tsaritsa is very like. EXTREMELY hard to earn the trust of but when you do she will kill someone for you no hesitation no question #which is why she works SO WELL in villain au and imposter au!!!!!!!!! #esp if theres a fake “creator” calling you the imposter. she hates their ass and was .5 seconds from dethroning them anyway #you just made it 10x easier #also cant do just first meetings bc i am incapable of not shoving themes of love into every fic w her SORRY #tsaritsa going on a full multiple month long mental breakdown bc she is not in love with you but she would destroy everything for u.. #(shes in denial) #tsaritsa and complex themes of love and what it means for the god of love to be incapable of feeling it + what it means when reader shows u #LIKE UGHHHHHH okay. i guess ill write another tsaritsa fic and put it in my vault #aka my drafts #i hold so many fics hostage there its crazy #this answered like 0 of ur questions sorry i see tsaritsa and black out and this happens #i just think first meetings dont let her character really come thru but my response got out of hand so uhhhhh everyone look away. please #putting tape over my mouth now so i shut up before this gets worse #basically tsaritsa gravitates more towards outcast reader rather then one who has already become accustomed to the adoration of the acolyte #does that make sense........ #i havent slept in forever and im running on nothing but spite and dreams atp dont expect coherency when it comes 2 the tsaritsa from me #head in hands someone please stop me i keep rambling abt the tsaritsa it makes me go NUTS #lays down. explodes

[rillette]

Pretty boy! Everyone you draw is so pretty lmao

TYSM!!! That's very sweet of you to say! T^T <3 <3 <3

#jason todd #basketball #asks <3 #ty for the ask!! #and the kind words <3 #he's fucking eepy!! #if anyone is wondering im still blasting chromatica #real chromatica hours #i love the idea of capes taking public transit (spidey ps4 game this is for u specifically my love) #does new jersey have a metro system or is it like extra shit there #they cant not have a metro right theyre like a fart away from new york #considering gotham is like. two islands. how does their train system work like is it all above ground or what #also i looked it up nj does have some subway lines #WAIT. they had metro in the batman movie. all is well #batman movie my beloved i love the worldbuilding so much. the trash on the ground blowing in the wind <3 #no they def have to have an underground rail system bc bruce's cave is in the abandonded station right. its there #i love you worldbuilding. anyways i love capes taking public transit very muchly its such a mundane concept but like since its superheros #its automatically like woahhh this guy could FLY and hes taking the TRAIN like a LOSER. sick em boys!!!! such a silly idea to play around w #i should go to bed i think ill stop rambling in the tags of this very nice ask now lol

[cult-of-the-eye]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHG

#feeling like ive been run over by a lorry #partly cause i woke up this morning after a horrific nightmare #so i tried to be nice to myself and sort of just keep going with my day #and then i feel so shit after doing a bit of studying that my arms start to stop working #and my brain feels like its melting #and im like ooh those are warning signs right #that means i need to take a break and do some self care #so i go into my siblings room and try and do some work there #and then it doesnt work cause i just cant concentrate and im shutting down #then i realise im on my period #so then i have a 2 hour nap #and now ive eaten something and drank something and taken paracetamol and have a heatpad and am not alone #so we're getting towards better 👍 #maybe ill try and do some maths or maybe ill do something else to make me feel better #i want to cry and possibly explode #but its fiiiiine #anyway #rambles #cult rambles #tw vent #vent post

[insufferablemod]

wowgh.... my first free day in weeks tomorrow.....

#i have finished school..... #graduation ceremony is in a few days.... #ill have like..................Actual free time again... #thats Wild #i legit was doing school shit from pretty much the moment i woke up till almost the moment id go to sleep for like #3 weeks? #more? #idk #wild shit #i gotta like.... think about Job shit soon... #but for now....................... i will just enjoy having some time to myself... #might try n do some ask blogging again soon :')c #rambles #was like actually sure id fail for a good while there... cus of how much my hand was limiting what i could do #which made me have to change my project super last minute to something more realistic #but i was pretty much starting from scratch.....😭😭😭😭 #whihc.... may not have actually been all that realistic lmao #(hence the 3 week non stop working #ok no i checked n its been like probably 5 or 6 weeks damn ok) #but i lived so 🎉🎉🎉🎉 #and got a good grade :')

[trinket-squeaks]

I need to make more friends in creative spaces, I gotta start being able to ramble for hours about cool fursona designs I saw or and fantasy world concepts I'm pondering and be able to ask for advice on how to improve on this or how to start learning that. I just desperately miss the sense of actual connection I use to feel when I was online in my teens. I need to find more weirdos who won't judge me for being new at creating art and content and who will appreciate the niche I'm trying to fill.

#this is kind of a vent post so sorry for that #but ive been feeling genuinely dejected lately when ive been frequenting creator centric spaces online because i feel like im so far behind #i don't have a fancy set up or a lot of time and energy to dedicate to learning and improving skills and i don't know how to use things #that seem to be almost second nature to others #like discord i seriously do not get how so many of its features work but im so scared to ask and look like a fool #like the fucking mini game ai they have on servers i have no clue how yall make that shit work or where you learned it #anyway ill stop rambling now and go back to trying to motivate myself to draw something #trinket squeaks #furry community #art community #indie vtuber #small streamer #vtubers of tumblr

[churchydragon]

So is anyone gonna write a fic where the xenomorph starts infecting the other Killers and they have to team up with the Survivors or do I gotta do everything around here

#yes this is about the Dead by Daylight DLC. the Queen skin is literally right there. come ON #everyone knows you never have just one xenomorph. it inevitably becomes multiple xenos #dead by daylight #alien #alien 1979 #i don't even GO to DBD im fully just here for Ripley and Big Chap #literally the only reason im finally gonna start playing #at least until i can get Baldur's Gate 3 to stop crashing my pc. it happened 4 times today and im so sad #i wanna play with my grumpy ranger dragonborn #but ill play with Ripley and the Xenomorphs while i work on that #Ripley and the Xenomorphs sounds like a band name actually. okay i shut up now #churchy talks #churchy tag rambles

[alchemiclee]

been looking in tags for a few days now to see if anyone else found the whole high cloud quintet and related story to be a bit.....poorly written, nonsensical, contradictory, full of plot holes and loose ends, etc. apparently i'm not the only one. (and i'm not even talking about shipping stuff, because any time I saw someone mad about bad writing, someone always replies to be homophobic and laugh about failed ships. weirdos.) it could have been so good but was thrown into the garbage for the most part (IF you noticed all the plot holes and contradiction. if not, then it's a fine enough story tbh. I expect most people to see it on surface level and not read all the little hidden lore bits and try to piece it together like my autistic brain did. which is ok! enjoy it if you liked it and ignore me 😆)

#apparently one of the writers did it on purpose. wont explain here. you can find it elsewhere. but it makes sense now #that's why it fell apart and didnt make sense in the end #ive seem people say anyone mad about it is a shipper and thats why. they use it as an excuse to be homophobes #youre gross get out of thos fandom. im here as someone upset about the story who was very skeptical about any ship theories and focused #more on plot theories and overall friendship and stuff so its not even about shipping you het weirdos!!! #the contradictions and plot holes are bd regrdless of who you ship lmao stop reducing it to that #aure its fine if you ignlre those plot holes. but it happened to be the little plot holes that interested me the most so its obvious to me😅 #cant wait until a talented writer in the fandom rewrites the whole story a lot better and fills in the holes and ties up the end better #please someone do this 😭 #lee text #hsr #i just wanted a close found family who met a tragic end #my idea for a better way to write it is dan feng wanted free from the high elder cycle and yingxing helped him create a new elder #but it went wrong and failed because the preceptors fed him wrong info hopong it woukd destroy dan feng since they hated him #instead it was yingxing that died and dan feng selfishly brought him back somehow and thats why hes immortal and hates dan heng now #they created a monster in the process that made a mess and baiheng died trying to kill it maybe but hit its weak spot #so it was weaked enough for jingliu to slay it #maybe for a plot twist jing yuan somehow knew the preceptors were up to something and didnt stop the two because #they were too stubborn and he knew it would do nothing #we know the dragon heart disappeared so either it ended becoming bailu in the end #or it could be inaide blade bow. another fun possible plot twist. they never explained where it went so it coukd be a n y w h e r e #i had other ideas but i forget now. bht baiheng deserves better as well. just being a plot mechanism to make two dudes be stupid #is kinda bland and boring and wasted her character. she deserves better too!!!! #id write this if i had the time and brain power but ill hope someone else does it instead #OH yeah i forgot a big idea. dan feng and yingxing perhaps try to also kill the arbor and end the abundance and long life/reincarnation #and maybe that was one part that led to it all going wrong or something. since yingxing wanted revenge on the abundance for destroying #his home and family???? and dan feng wanted to escape the cycle? similar wants that worked together snd failed #these are all ideas from past theories i read and my own ideas i came up with all of which are better than what that bad writer did! #these are very incomplete ideas that im sure someone else can write better #lee rambles

[timeisacephalopod]

This winter (the season not the me) has been unseasonably and terrifyingly warm, like it's 10 degrees (Celsius sorry Americans) out today and I'm reminded of an article I read in the news a couple years ago about how Canada was baking at twice the rate as the rest of the world and go 👁️👄👁️. In my youth snow where I live would be probably a foot high in the lowest snow areas of snow drifts and up to my waist (in adult height) in the high parts, and every year I see less and less snow ☠️☠️☠️

On one hand despite my namesake I actually loathe the season winter, I'm extremely sensitive to the cold and getting brain freeze because the wind is blowing against the direction you're walking in sucks booty hole. But like NO snow is extremely bad. VERY bad. Do not like living out the consequences of climate change because uh. Canada just does not seem to have winters like it used to and hasn't in years. It's like watching all the corn crops stop growing like they used to because the summers are so much dryer and hotter with the exception of last summer, which was almost wet enough to kill the corn with that. But they survived and grew bushy like they used to and it was kind of terrifying to acknowledge I hadn't seen a crop that good in years.

#winters ramblings #on one hand it genuinely is SO NICE to not deal with snow seriously it is SO inconvenient #beautiful to look at for sure REALLY stunning when its not literally blinding you but omG snow on roads #in the cities where i live leave HUGE slush puddles and the snow is so MUSHY and WET from cars #pulverizing it to a fine icy slush ready to SOAK your feet in freezing water. shit is inconvenience powder #but the environment is in NEED of the snow that is how this country works environmentally NORMALLY #but no now we have consistently spring weather and ever less snowy winters #although we did have a shitty winter a couple years ago but thats not exacy indicive of much when it goes against prior patterns #and also that shitty winter STILL wasnt the winters of my childhood. the snow was ABSURD then #and yes its because drifts were the size of ME but even the massive piles of snow plowed from side walks are so much smaller #IF theres snow pules at all weve BARELY got snow this year and none of it stuck!! #like damn its been gone long enough ill miss it exactly until i have to walk to a bus stop in it #when i was 13 ill never forget my parents making me return a movie in a snow storm and it took me FORTY MINUTES #to complete this task because the snow NO JOKE was up to my wasit the whole way and i was my full 5'6 then #the snow was HORRIBLE. and for reference how long it USUALLY takes me to walk uptown and back? #roughly 15 minutes round trip so it took longer to walk ONE WAY than it took me to do a round trip no snow #and thats the last time i remember having a REALLY bad winter on account of walking to school was ALSO hell if the sidewalk #wasnt already plowed and usually only the main streets got that and i was Middle Street so id be done when id be going HOME #but not when i was going TO school. that winter blew ASS butlike it was normal bring them back 😭😭

[ofcowardiceandkings]

everything just happens so much i need a break from ... yeah lol

#so im gonna be assessed on my apprenticeship soon (stress) #some drama is happening at work re: people getting away with bullshit (yay) #also the site we're on right now is super depressing because the contractor sucks #my granddad is ill and they might also be priced out of their home of 40 years #tumblr is a disaster zone with fuckos and ai and all and i feel very displaced #our landlord is selling our place so we MIGHT be evicted by the new owner #our upstairs neighbour is persisting with her petty war with our nice neighbour #and now THE CAR IS PROBABLY DEAD #i couldnt get home until 2.5 hours after i finished and a replacement part or CAR is gonna HURT #im also gonna have to get the train to work WAY earlier next week !!!!!! #and trains are SO EXPENSIVE it costs me £10 to go 15 minutes away #its ONE STOP #i was already a bit weepy yesterday but immmmmm HmHmMMm #time to get pizza and cry into the garlic bread i guess because its way too late to cook dinner #and draw blorbos maybe .. or play genshin idk im so so sooo done #rory's ramblings

[trashcreatyre]

The number one thing that sucks about me making aus is that they are so intrinsically linked with the playlists I make for them, like,,,, I really feel like ur not getting the whole experience if ur not also listening to the playlist for all the stuff I don't know how to draw in a way that makes sense/dose it justice

#trash rambles #yes im realizing that this is silly for sonic aus but yall..... i put a little bit too much of myself in every story i write regardless if #the characters are from my own imagination #like i dont think yall understand just how much i wish people would ask me about specific songs in my playlists #not even just the au ones tbh #im just saying you dont make a 30 hour playlist for your favorite character without songs that dont make sense to other people #yes im talking about how ptolemaea is on the mephiles playlist and how i could ramble about why for hours #and im also talking about the ghost au playlist bc its like 90% vibes and ghost love songs and then 10% lore songs and tbh all the lore #songs sound really blatant and obvious to me but im biased bc i came up with the lore lol #im just SAYIGN #i wish i was better at telling stories #idk #part of the reason i havent updated/worked on knights honor in over a year is bc even though i have this and the next few chapters thought #out i have no actual idea where the story is going and i dont know how ill end it if i do #bleh ok ill stop rambling now

[capricores]

getting asks makes me so happy, thank you guys for trusting my input and for taking the time to send asks!! 🥺💖

i have a feeling i'm going to be online quite often this week, so if anyone has any questions about astrology, spiritual stuff, healing, anything, i'm always here!! happy to answer asks about certain placements (ie: gemini moon traits, mutable dominance traits, etc), compatibility (taurus x scorpio sun compatibility), astrology topics (what do the planets mean, what are the houses, etc), take requests for posts (ie: what does saturn in the signs mean), etc!!! <3

#luna.txt #i'm going through some stressful weird life stuff rn #and it's nice to come back to tumblr again and talk about astro and take my mind off the bad 💕 #i feel like i'm in a whole new healing girl era but like still kinda in my endings painful girl era #im having feelings and thoughts and as a scorpio u can understand how stressful that is for me #JLKFDJFKLDFJ #anyway<3 love u guys #hope ur all doing well #pls send as many asks as u want #(i just cant read ur entire chart im sorry!!!) #anyway i was supposed to sleep early tonight bc i have so many work meetings tmrw #but now my brain is just like on Go mode and stress mode so #perhaps ill stay awake going thru old asks and answering any new ones i might get!!!! #and also.. staying awake for le sserafim comeback omg.. my fav gg (along w purplekiss) im so excited #ANYWAY!! im happy to talk anytime even if its not abt astro #feel free to come yell at me abt ur problems or ur wins or anything<3 #im always happy to give older sister advice too.. or younger sister advice if ur older than me.. #also always happy to talk about girl groups or genshin or myg or exo<3 #ok ill stop rambling now.. its been a while since i treated tumblr like a diary oops

[hallucenati]

yknow im really tired of comparing myself to everything recently. people are happier w/o social media, people have more weight on them than me, people have better art styles, people are "more autistic" which isnt even a thing to compare, people are more /me/ than /me myself/ and i literally wonder "why do i care this much? people say theyre so happy but im happy the way i am? should i be happy like them?" and then i try and im like "i cant do this like them" and that makes me sad and i cant change some things about myself so it really just makes me wonder why i even try to change. i dont have to. im literally the best me /right now/ and the more i live the better me ill be. so like. why compare? im not trying to be not me anymore

#crazed ramblings of dandel #i had a whole mental thng yesterday about why people like me #and today i found a video that was like “you should stop being on social media it rots ur brain :D” #and like. ITS NOT LIKE I DONT AGREE #but. what else can i do rn #im in a concrete jungle i just turned 18 im gonna go to college where im gonna be away from social media doing work anyway #i wanna enjoy /me/ right now im sick of hearing the negatives all the time #i wanna live dawg. i wanna live the happiness that was dulled when i was a childer child #and ill believe that forever and ever #that the world will get better. i dont care the world will become better and ill live to see that happen. and ill live with my loved ones #negativitey to living llife can go FUCK ITSELF

[whisp3roftheheart]

I really am the most embarrassing person when I like someone lmao

#eden speaks #i really had my best friend drive me all the way to the boy i likes work so i could visit him during his shift #and then i was awkward 😭😭 #i was stupid and hit a friends pen a few too many times and i was high as hell when i went which made interacting so h a r d #i told him beforehand that i was high too so i prewarned him that id probably sound stupid lmao #i should've smoked after i saw him #he had a face mask to hide under too since he has to wear one for work and i was just perpetually awkward #i was so busy trying to look normal and overthinking that i forgot to say bye to him lmao i was like #im... im gonna go over there and then i left like what kind of exit is that smh #i see him again today i think we're going on like... kind of a date of sorts? we're going thrift shopping #originally i thought we were going with his rommates but from the questions hes been asking me i think it might just be us #hes so pretty i kept getting flustered when i looked at his eyes when i saw him yesterday #like sir your brown eyes are my weakness #we've been texting like non stop every day for a while now so clearly he feels some kind of way about me its the only thing that makes sense #when i get paid im gonna get him this sanrio and jjk collab shirt because he loves jjk and i love sanrio and if he likes it ill be so happy #we're gonna see the fnaf movie next week im so excited i gotta get a fnaf tshirt or something when i go to buy his shirt #i asked him to go with me on that one and im so excited for it #okay let me stop rambling lmao my ass never knows when i stop #*when to stop

[sarahreadsfic]

I saw your tags and figured I'd send an ask haha

All those names are really nice! I do think in future quests they'd end up using the name you gave him, so that's definitely something to consider. You do get one extra chance to rename him, so maybe try out Zihong for awhile and see what you think?

omg hello!! welcome, please don't mind the mess haha-- *hastily shoving posts and tags aside, attempting to look casual*

so the funny thing is i'm actually nowhere near that part of the quest yet lmao, like i haven’t even met him in-game yet. i'm just trying to get myself used to calling him a different name before i actually have to use it (and for writing purposes).

zihong is definitely in my top 5 names for sure, but the problem i’m having now is that there are just SO many names i’ve researched that would be good for him and i dunno which one he would like best lol.

i’m WAY overthinking this decision and taking it far too seriously, i know - from what i’ve seen, he seems pretty indifferent to whatever we call him either way, aside from his old names or other characters’ names. but still! i want him to feel satisfied with it. if he doesn’t feel so loved and warm inside whenever i call him by his new name i will have failed him >:(

apologies and you definitely did not sign up for this but i’m now using this ask to make a comprehensive list of all my other favorite names and their (supposed) meanings. wish i could just run them all past him for input hgjnfjhdj sORRY FOR THIS IT’S RLLY FOR ME ONLY U DO NOT HAVE TO READ ME WAXING ON ABOUT NAMES FOR WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS

First, all the Japanese names:

Matsuri - “Festival”, “enshrined”, “showing gratitude towards the rituals of nature”; has connections with Shinto and Buddhism. I don’t think this is commonly used as a name, necessarily, but the whole “gratitude towards nature” part struck me as a sort of nod to how Nahida helped him. And I like the idea of giving him a name that invokes joy, celebration, and life, because I want him to have those things and find happiness in his new self!

Soma - “A sudden sound of wind”, “true/real/genuine”. It’s simple and nice and what sells this one for me is the “sudden” part. Brings about a sense of movement and change and I really, really like it for that. Don’t know if the meaning is exact, though. It seems like Hayate has a similar meaning, which I also like!

Nataku - The Japanese name for Nezha, a Taoist deity. But also, this is just on the list because I was watching Saiyuki (ridiculous and very loose adaptation of Journey to the West, janky animation and terrible writing, fun to laugh at, highly recommend) with a friend last night and there was a character called Prince Nataku who is described as a “puppet assassin”. Immediate sirens started blaring in my head as my brain honed in on that as a possible name. Apparently Nezha is also known as the Third Lotus Prince, and I love the idea of associating lotus imagery with Wanderer.

Hansei - The cultural concept of “self-reflection”, acknowledging one’s mistakes and pledging improvement. I saw someone name him this and I like how it fits him. My concern is that it seems more like an admonishment and might hold him back from thinking of himself as more than his past wrongs.

Kazuki - "Hope of peace”, “serenity”, “peaceful tree”. I really liked that your name had a connection with Irminsul in the -ki suffix! Apparently -ki also means air, which suits him well, too. In this name, it comes from “hope” and kazu- is for peace. I do like the idea of giving him a name that could embody hope and I do want him to find peace within himself, but I worry he would find this condescending, particularly the idea of “peace” since that word just has so many connotations - he might take it as me wanting him to mellow himself out as if I wouldn’t accept him or am disappointed by him as he is.

Satoru - "Enlightenment” in the Zen Buddhism sense, “to know/understand”. Mostly I think that the way it sounds suits him. The only thing is that it’s a little bit unassuming and normal, I think? Which he might like, actually.

Anything with the prefix Shin-, because I like that it can be read as both “new” and “heart”. But I also feel like 1) it would always end up reminding me of another character because there are SO many that have this name and 2) he might take it as an insult or a mockery, like, “haha, how ironic is it that you don’t have a heart and I’m giving you a name with the word heart in it”. Probably unlikely at this point, but I don’t want his name to cause even the faintest sense of melancholy or sadness in the back of his mind, so I don’t want to chance it.

Other names that I like the sound of are Seijun (pure, innocent, clean/righteous), Kiryoku (inner strength/willpower), and Katsuya (victory). While I do like these, I’m a little apprehensive that naming him any of them would be akin to imposing certain expectations onto him or the type of person I want him to be? Especially Seijun. But I could also see him choosing Kiryoku or Katsuya for himself, so I don’t know! I’m conflicted.

There’s also Ren (lotus or love) and Shou (to soar/fly - add the suffix -yo and it turns into sunlight/sunshine). Simple and sweet, but after all of the long and multisyllabic names he’s taken in the past, I think he might find something like this refreshing. I really like these two aesthetically. I also cannot decide between them for my life.

And then there are names inspired by mythology or religion:

Fujin - Japanese; god of the wind in Japanese mythology who is often depicted alongside the thunder god, which, in Genshin’s case, would be Raiden. I know a lot of people pick this one, but I think it has too strong of a connection with the past he’s trying to leave behind, although I like the way it sounds.

Shu - Egyptian; god of wind/dry air. I like the similarity with Shou, and also that it potentially would be more connected to Sumeru than Inazuma.

Akasa - Sanskrit; the Bodhisattva of void/space in Buddhism. In Japanese, it’d be Kokuzo. I know these were mentioned in my tags, but after some more consideration I don’t think they’re a great fit for him thematically.

Vayu - Sanskrit; in Hinduism, the god of the wind. Literal name meaning is apparently “that which flows”, which I think is pretty. I also think I just like names that start with V. Vaira was another option (Indian; “flowing air”) - I like that it sounds like it could be short for Vairocana, who is the cosmic Buddha that embodies the concept of sunyata, but I couldn’t find a good source for it actually meaning “flowing air” and instead it seems to be more commonly interpreted as “diamond”.

And finally, the Greek mythology names: Icarus, Aeolus, Zephyrus. I’ve seen Icarus suggested by a few people and while I like the way it looks and sounds aesthetically, the literal meaning is also “follower” which I don’t think he would appreciate. Also, I don’t know if I want to name him a tragic reference to his past hubris that caused his downfall. Aeolus (nimble, quick-moving) was the “keeper of the winds”, and though I like how grandiose and regal it sounds, I’m not really into the way it looks? Same with Zephyrus (west wind), it feels a little too soft for him (and if I recall correctly, the west wind was the gentlest one of the four).

So. That’s where I am now. I like so many of these, and I think there are ones that he would like more but I can’t possibly know for sure, and the more I research the more I find other names I like...

ok i’m so sorry for this long writeup JHDGKJGH ZIHONG IS STILL REALLY HIGH UP THERE JUST BECAUSE I CAME UP WITH IT ON MY OWN SO IT FEELS CLOSEST TO ME?? AND I CAN PICTURE MYSELF EXPLAINING THE NAME TO HIM VERY VIVIDLY. AND THEN SITTING THERE TENSELY AWAITING HIS APPROVAL AND THEN HIM GIVING ME A NOD. BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’D ACTUALLY THINK OF IT.

wanderer why can’t you just pick a name for yourself. do u see what ur doing to me. i feel like that one image of the dude from always sunny connecting all the red lines on the board. WHY AM I LIKE THIS.

#this is so embarrassing #i'm just out here rambling at one of my favorite writers on this site about wanderer names help wtf is wrong with me #i'm literally at work right now too doing this instead of my actual job #but like. this is why every OC i create is just a self-insert. you think i wanna do this every time i need to come up with a name #nah just slap my own on there and be done with it #it's also why when i was a kid playing with dolls every single doll had like 3 middle names i just couldn't decide on one #HE'S NOT EVEN MY FAVORITE CHARACTER he's my 2nd favorite rn BUT I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO PROVE MY DEVOTION TO HIM SOMEHOW. I CAN'T AFFORD TO C6 #sarah answers message #kaeyazuha #ky u are so sweet thank u for going out of ur way to respond to my inane tags!! #sorry i am a little starstruck rn ngl i've never interacted with u off anon before #haha (dying) #ILL STOP TALKING OK THANK U AGAIN <3<3 #genshin impact #genshin #wanderer #genshin wanderer #wanderer names #scaramouche #genshin scaramouche

[skaluli]

uhhh skaluli skin suit be like

sorry for no art i havent draw in over a week /gen

legit the last stuff ive done :

and ive done nothing else ive just been rotting genuinely

#artluli #what the dog doin #oc #original character #if i cant do anatomy ill just break it! #but yeah sorry for not drawing at all really sorry i just idk fszdgrrk #i was gonna take pictures of my old work book that i drew in to give you at least something to look at #but ive looked everywhere and cant fucking find it #due to my memory loss i dont even know if i got my work book back because i wasnt allowed to go to my desk to get my stuff after i was fire #maybe they tossed it and i just didnt notice because i was too caught up being sad over job loss wub wub unlucky #sucks because i actually liked some of the stuff i drew in there which is rare because i barely do traditional anymore #oh well #ive searched everywhere where i would have put it if i did have it like 3 times now and i cant find it so maybe im just shit or its gone #sorry for being depressing #and rambling lmao ill stop that now too #bye