brain's in a fuzz so I've chipped away at a couple drafts but won't be cranking out anything substantial today. mwah mwah kiss kiss to you all, regardless.

my muses couldn't have successful merch lines because i'd hoard it all. pry my honey plush from my cold dead hands.

@regnantlight replied:

That may be closer to “infatuation” than “love” though…

And that may be yet another needless and totally subjective distinction put on the word "love!" Like, a certain sunset only happens once, it's just as transient and changing, but you don't go "oh I'm just so infatuated with the color of the sky right now" or "I feel I am experiencing an intense and superficial affection for the taste of this food"— you LOVE things! Instantly, and with certainty.

I just happen to find it very easy to do that with people, in a way I guess some don't. To fall in love with the way their eyes crease at the corners, how the cowlicks at the back of their head stand in different little directions, how they awkwardly hum a tune without even meaning to as they write out their to-do list.

I'm not saying every last one of them is my soul mate—that's only, like, one a day—but I don't see the need to call it anything else when the good ol' fashioned love does the trick.

ma~aaah, sounds like a skill issue to me. I fall in love, like, four times a day; on average.

America yaaaa!

guy who makes a spreadsheet to figure out if his crush likes him back

yeah sure but none of these tier lists have my true beloved on them. viktor erasure.

tada ✨

yada yada disclaimer as always that this is based on my interpretation of these characters, primarily from canon but also influenced by theoretical shoehorning of Honey into the lore, including aspects built into her verse/backstory (see: the "Barbie" tier for Barbatos/Venti). and of course the Diluc tier, which is specifically in reference to bear's (@ dcviated) Diluc. he'd be high up there, regardless, but. you get it.

i'm sorry monsieur neuvillette you're so sexy and cool but her bias against 99% of deific figures persists. also Honey would objectively find arle soooooo visually attractive but be WAAAAAY too scared of her. furina almost makes the 'i have thought of it fondly' tier assuming. post archon quest.

I won't go into more detail unless asked but rest assured I am burdened with Thoughts. with Concepts.

**lyney (and lynette) hadn't been released last time but. i was right. all bitches DO love magicians.

anyways. i have been adequately treated, catch me again next year.

fontaine has, in fact, happened. so it's time for my annual self-indulgent theoretical genshin ship tierlist update.

fontaine has, in fact, happened. so it's time for my annual self-indulgent theoretical genshin ship tierlist update.

@dcviated asked:

What are honey's music tastes like?

...which I'm finally answering as it combines neatly with this question, asked by anonymous: what is a genre of music your muse won't listen to?

So, first and foremost, I present:

Which is still a fledgling at best, but the process of me trying to figure out a good response to this question is simply going and listening to a TON of music and laying there, thinking to myself, would Honey like this song?

Honey likes music that has a lot going on. That can mean folktronica / epic fantasy-style scores, organ-heavy metal tracks, or whimsical jazz-infused tunes the like of which you'd find on a katamari soundtrack. Dance/Electronic stuff tends to dominate, but she's almost certainly something of a K-pop / J-pop girlie as well. Enjoys following idols, and can get into the groove of almost anything that's up-tempo and jammin' enough.

When it comes to songs with lyrics, that "tempo" note is nearly a rule. She'd tell you there are exceptions in every category, and she hesitates to completely brush aside any genre at large, but she generally doesn't listen to a lot of straight folk music, nor country, singer-songwriter-y, and even more classic jazz fare because sleepy, languid vocals don't do it for her. Doesn't go in for much classic rock, either, though there are more than a few exceptions she's heard in time.

That said, when it comes to purely instrumental tracks, her taste opens up again. Lo-fi hip hop beats, wandering piano tracks, anything that has a good melody and steady rhythm to it can find its way into her circulation— and she has a great fondness for orchestral or otherwise instrumental pieces which make her feel like she's in her own little romantic drama, or perhaps in a light-hearted, brightly-hued video game. See the Cosmic Cove Galaxy track above, and Balamb Garden. Honey loves singing along to songs when she's casually going about a task or riding/walking somewhere, but if she's really focused on her work or some-such, she prefers instrumental stuff.

Some harder, edgier tunes can sneak in from time to time, (i.e. the referenced metal dabblings), but it's also worth nothing that most of the music she listens to is playful. It might be light and chipper and whimsical, or punchy and exciting (like OTONABLUE), or even sort of gentle and sweet as in Farewell by Erikson Jayanto; but in sum... it mostly matches her, and the sort of personality she exudes— her brand is consistent.

**(note: the music just has to SOUND bright and fun. the lyrics/subject of the song may actually be much darker, but if it's sung in the right key and vibe? lyrics are secondary baby!)

A good trope: confident characters getting flustered by their love interest

I've played around with the idea for a while and I think I'll get around to writing out something more substantial than just this, but: when I say Honey picks up her business and moves on a fairly regular basis— (in relevant verses; genshin, nnt, etc.)—I mean she literally picks the whole damned thing up and moves it. Empty plot of land left behind, can be standing there one day and disappear overnight.

This is accomplished, of course, by magic: specifically, Honey's little home + business combo cottage was created in such a way (and enchanted by hers truly) to be shrunk down as needed for travel + safekeeping. Otherwise she'd be spending FAR too much time and energy trying to find a suitable new building, rearrange the kitchen and living quarters to her liking, etc. etc...

Inspired, in part, by the adeptal realms/teapot, but largely by the little "fairy houses" people put in gardens, Charmed Confections would appear in her travelling inventory as a little ceramic decoration, small enough to fit comfortably in one hand.

But it's not just an easily pilferable tchotchke in this state; it's bound to her, to some degree, and almost certainly has wards/hexes in place to punish anyone who did try to break the diminishing enchantment.

note: trying to be nice, once again, gets her nowhere.

oh we're being, like, UNSETTLING about our feelings today, huh?

the sexiest thing a man can do is be pathetic

arlecchino AND lyney acquired.

at what cost?

don't worry about that.

ill figure it out <- common utterance of a girl who is completely fucked