This all comes from @dilatorywriting ‘s work please go check them out they’re awesome! I wanted to make something for their 4k special so I made a request and made up my mind to draw most of it.
Applicants for the Editorial Assistant position: I love reading and literature! I spend a lot of time on BookTok! I'm passionate about exciting narratives!
Me, alternating between assessing candidates and scrutinizing a manuscript to make sure there are no nasty permission surprises: Oh, you are applying to the wrong department, my friend.
Quincy Encyclopedia TYBW ver with Ishida as the host clearly doesn't enjoy being there, let alone interacting with the not-so-sane Sternritters
Bonus I : he occasionally drops his mask off and expresses concern when his Soul Reaper friend(s) and acquaintance(s) got hurt on the displayed scene(s) from the aired episode
Bonus II : Hashchwalth peeking from the corner or hovering behind Ishida whenever he showed concern to the Soul Reaper more than the Sternritter
Sometimes I think having way too much information on music stored in my brain is a detriment cause the information highway in there gets crossed and twisted way too much and when I want to remember a song or artist I can never fucking remember anymore!!!!!
god so emo about how they portrayed Cloud's development from the first reactor bombing to the second one
showing how much Barret wasn't trusting him the first time and wasn't too keen on trusting him the second time, but by the end of their escape, you can feel they actually became buddies this time
and Cloud who was so cold and genuinely keeping people at a distance being much more willing to joke a bit with them and feel like one of the gang
the fact just before the boss fight Barret really says he intends on all of them to coming home, and he smiles as he looks at Cloud to say "all of us", because he includes Cloud in it, he doesn't expect him to disappear like he feared Cloud would the first time (bc he was worrieeed).
And there's the way Cloud asks for money as a mercenary in both case. In the first bombing he's cold, and mean, and when he says he should be paid more money it's with disdain, a clear "i really don't want to be here" voice.
But then the second time they joke around about how Cloud should give a smile to Marlene and not scare her this time and Cloud smiles a bit before going "if the price is right", and this time he's joking along, he doesn't actually mean it and everyone can feel it.
also the fact that the first time everytime Barret was talking about making Shinra pay, Cloud really acts uninterested and talks about how he needs a raise, but the second time the moment Shinra trapped them and Barret talks about making Shinra pay, Cloud immediately is on for it, he doesn't ask for money anymore it's personal.
In the OG Cloud, and his relationship with Barret, doesn't really change drastically in the two reactor bombings, but the remake really did something nice, and while i do think the build up is a bit too long, the fact it took a longer time to get to reactor five really help building their camaraderie
It's just so sweet and it's even more touching knowing what is going to happen real soon.
an archival old-timey barkeep macamoment of yore in anticipation of this weekend's xmas return
"whoops! sorry. didn't mean to be a nosey nelson, it's just...your story, joe, it got me all sad! your whole family was killed because of your damned ambition! even the little furry ones! it's a real yuletide tragedy. condolences. take care—can i get you anything else"
STREAM OF ALL TIME THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING I'm gonna keep it quick and say uhhhhh here's Jo's new theme <3 Allegedly <3
killing myself immediately i just KNOOOOOWWWWW as soon as this fucking track Allegedly shows up in the game i have to have like a five minute dance break this is TASTY
Ive gotten so used to not being able to play most games bc of my hands and reaction time n stuff so ive basically gotten used to hitting a ceiling in a game where i can't play normally anymore and need to use assists/cheats so every time i find a game that i Don't need to do that for whenever it ends im just like wait huh thats it???
Ω a myth; retelling of the gods or elevated mortals the world over
❧ a folk tale; featuring magic, enchantments, or fanciful beings
🕯 a scary story; containing a ghost or monster of some sort
🗨 a legend; recounting something that's said to have really happened
☠ a pirate yarn; might be more of a myth, or more of a legend, could even have ghosts or magic or curses or honestly just a few lies, but either way it'll contain at least one pirate (but likely a whole crew of them)
♫ a shanty or ballad; in a drabble that will probably be more action & setting than actual re-telling because reading words to a shanty just isn't very interesting but!! he will!!! sing for them!!!!!!! (and dance with them!!!!!!)
♆ one of his own stories; he'll tell it as though he lived it, but you'll have to decide for yourself if he's being honest or not..
you know how swifties talk about the lover album being the saddest in taylor swift's discography (despite the pastels and upbeat music). that's what it's like being a little life fan going into 'the happy years'