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melodiesofmidnight · 4 months
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ask-meowscarada · 11 months
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i would ABSOLUTELY love to hear more about how you use colours for this blog i love your art
(( omg i missed this one when i was answering all those munday posts, so i'm sorry about that--but, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! <3
it's kind of hard to describe i think without going into full tutorial mode, but i can try and walk through my process!! i WILL say i got a lot of my methodology from other artists and guides throughout the years, which is the most important part of any art process! (i wish i had links to specific tutorials, but alas, social media sucks for archiving)
now, before i go any further, i'm in no way a professional. this isn't the "right" way to do things, and i certainly don't think i'm better than anyone else at this!! this is just how i do it, and my method makes me happy, so! that's what matters most!
i'm putting the rest beneath a cut, but i've documented my process for designing the palette for a new group of pokemon characters i'm working on! ))
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with regards to colour palettes, the two most important things to me are contrast and unity. i'll explain both as i go!
when working on palettes i'll do a fairly quick doodle of the characters together, and then fill in their colours and markings on separate layers. i try not to put much thought into the actual swatches right now--they just need to be distinguishable!
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Pesky and Baron already had their colours tweaked to match each other, but Lily and Frog (not their actual name i just haven't come up with one yet LOL) have not been. as a group, their colours look fine together, but we can bring them even closer.
i'll start with Frog (who i got as an adopt from @psychicduo <3)--i LOVE their palette, but it's darker than i normally work with, so i'm gonna brighten them up a bit.
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in order to bring some colours closer together (unity!), i changed the hue value on the dark teal so it matched the hue on Baron's light blue. i don't want to change Frog's colours too much, but i applied similar changes to every other colour except the beige and the off-white (which are the same).
here's where contrast comes into play. i will say, i'm extremely anal about this in my own work, but having low contrast is not necessarily a bad thing! it's easy to visualize contrast in hue, but it's important to consider how your values and saturation may look to other people, especially for accessibility reasons. an easy way to do this is to view the colours in greyscale.
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as you can see, the values of these two colours are too close, and therefore difficult to distinguish. i can fix this by making one of the colours a little lighter or darker. for now, though, i'm going to move on to the other characters.
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this one's straightforward! instead of having multiple, very similar shades of yellow, i'm going to change Lily's body colour to be the same swatch as the yellow on Pesky (which is also the same one on Baron).
now, i feel as though Pesky's blue, being closer to purple, doesn't really look right next to Frog's blue-greens. i'm going to employ a trick i frequently use--the hue/saturation/luminosity sliders.
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a bit more tweaking, and i have a colour that looks MUCH nicer next to the others!
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at this stage, i'll admit that i'm not sure if i'm totally happy with that colour for Pesky; there are times i'll spend hours tweaking colours for one character. but, for the sake of this post i'll move along.
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so here i have a choice to make: the darkest colours on all four characters can be unified better, and i have many options for how i can do that (and i should try all of them, to see what looks best to me). i can make Pesky's navy the same colour as Frog's, or vice versa; i can make Lily's purple the same colour as Baron's (in order to make the contrast between Pesky and Lily's purple better); but there's one more trick i like to do that i haven't shown yet.
do you have two similar colours, but you don't want to make one lighter or darker? blend them together!
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so, using the techniques above--bringing the colours closer together, and checking the contrast between them--i'll keep tweaking all four characters, until i have a result i'm happy with. (note: most of the time, i'll make exceptions for the insides of their mouths and their eye colours--those can be whatever!)
one more thing! i love having an art program that lets me compare my current colour with my new one, especially if i have a particular swatch i do not want to change! photoshop does this, clip does this, procreate does this... not sure what others, but i'm using clip.
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some additional tweaking, and here's the newest draft!
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it's very likely i'll go back and make more changes, but for now, it's good to take a break so i can come back to this with fresh eyes later. :D
unfortunately i can't go back and show the exact process for picking the palettes for ask-meowscarada, but i can show you how some of these techniques were applied!
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here's an example of a set of characters from my WIP project, without any notes (the designs are outdated but the colours are basically the same):
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these rules don't just apply to character palettes, either--here's a commission i did last year, complete with the palette i used for both the character and the background!
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WHEW... if you read through this entire post, thank you for sticking with me!! there are MILLIONS of ways to apply colour and i don't think any way is necessarily correct, but these techniques have helped me stay satisfied with the colour in my artwork for a very long time! thanks for the asking, anon, because i can go on about this for a REALLY long time... if this wasn't evidence enough LOL
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sadistpet · 5 months
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it's munday and you know what that means . here is me rambling about raikov ( + volgin ) and a common perception of him because im annoying and talkative <3 cw for mentions of sa / abusive relationships
a Lot of people in the fandom view raikov as yet another victim to volgin, being forced into being his lover and only being cruel to his soldiers to appeal to volgin. which like. people can view it however they want, you do you. but i also think that interpretation is deeply boring and cliché and . kind of undermines raikov as a character and reduces him to some... damsel in distress ? i feel like it robs raikov of his agency as a character who's able to make his own decisions ; he can't have chosen this, he had to have been forced into it. and it's silly, because there's so much canon evidence inferring the complete opposite ?
i think this ties into the idea i mentioned that volgin's relationship to raikov was meant to indicate a more tender and "human" aspect to his character, but it just wasn't as blatant as it could've been. take the cutscenes for example ; we get two cutscenes that feature a focus on both eva and raikov's nude bodies. eva is covered in scars, which she mentions are from volgin. they're part of her, cut into her skin, permanent. she didn't want them, and she can't get rid of them if she tries, unless it's via surgery.
raikov, on the other hand, has absolutely flawless skin with no signs of scarring. the only indication he has a connection to volgin is his underwear with a lightning bolt. and that's something removable, something he could easily take off if he wanted. it's under his clothes, after all, where nobody can see -- and still he wears them. why would he if he didn't want to ? sure, you could come up with reasons why, but it seems pretty obvious that he's wearing them by choice. and them being a removable piece of clothing rather than permanent scarring further implies it's something he chooses, and something that volgin is, surprisingly, fine with.
getting into the way volgin acts in regards to raikov. like, oh my actual god, where do i begin. in terms of the infamous homo-picture, we can see volgin genuinely smiling. not sadistically, but like, actual, meeting-the-eyes smile. ignore raikov being the irl depiction of the 😩 emoji because he's getting his dick grabbed. the fact this is a candid picture too implies that this is just how he is around raikov ; genuine, lets his guard down.
not to mention the fact he beats the shit out of snake EXPLICITLY FOR HURTING RAIKOV. like. you cannot get more blatant than him saying "i will make him pay for hurting ivan" and then proceeding to absolutely pummel snake within an inch of his life. not for the legacy, not for the deception, or anything even remotely related to the main plot -- no, it's for hurting ivan. i guess you could say it's a possessive thing, but that's disproven with his battle dialogue if you wear the raikov mask. he says that he thought ivan had been killed. hence, why would it be something possessive ?
IN ADDITION TO THAT. even when he realises that snake isn't raikov, he never lays a hand on him. there's the initial crotch grab, and after that he shoves snake away, but he doesn't EVER hurt him again until snake's raikov mask is removed. only THEN does he beat him. the entire time that snake wears the raikov mask during that scene, volgin doesn't lay a finger on him, doesn't use his electricity powers on him, despite the fact he absolutely could and knows that it isn't raikov.
by putting on the raikov mask during volgin's battle, it gives us even more insight to this. volgin stops attacking you, freezes up, visibly trembles and slowly walks towards snake thinking he's raikov. even his lines -- "ivan. ivan? ivan! is it really you? i thought you'd been killed..." // "how dare you!" // "you will pay for what you did to ivan!" // "i will avenge ivan!" -- all imply that he truly cares about raikov. this is even more evident when coupled with the fact he attacks you even more violently at this point.
and that's not even mentioning the blatant contrast between how he reacts towards tatyana being manhandled by ocelot, who essentially threatens to kill her, and how he reacts after finding out snake must've hurt raikov. he truly does not give a shit about her ( "do as you like." ), he doesn't see any qualms with hurting her or killing her. but raikov ? he beats snake to a pulp for hurting him. he can't even bring himself to harm someone that looks like raikov, even when he knows it's not actually him.
raikov's existence as a joke character is a detriment when trying to find out more about his own introspection and views, but portable ops' recruitment dialogue for him gives us a very small, but very intriguing look into his personality. he is completely different from when we see him in mgs3. he's withdrawn and nearly silent, more awkward and visibly cowardly. far removed from the cocky, snarky, sadistic version we see in snake eater. the only times he speaks up are when revenge is mentioned, but more poignantly, when volgin is mentioned. when he's spoken to by campbell, he remains almost entirely silent besides six lines, two of which are explicitly about volgin :
"…bastard! how could you know!? wait, i get it… you’re an agent of the man they call snake. the yankee who killed the colonel at groznyj grad! and you came all this way to gloat over me…!" "you want me… to join the villain who killed the colonel? not a chance…"
it's clear from these lines alone that raikov is still, six years later, extremely broken up over volgin's death. or, well, "death", but ykno. his entire personality has shifted into one far more morose and dour, and he only speaks up and shows genuine emotion in his speech when it's about volgin. he refuses to join big boss' team because big boss killed volgin. he remembers big boss in the first place for that exact reason. volgin's death has evidently left its mark on raikov. he's not the same man. sure, you could say maybe he's upset because volgin dying meant he lost the person protecting him from retribution, and he lost all his privileges. but then, why doesn't he make any attempt to climb the ranks of big boss' group the same way ? "because it's big boss' group, and he hates big boss!" yes. because big boss killed his lover. he calls big boss a villain for what he did to volgin, so it's clear he doesn't view what happened as a positive. this goes double for the fact he seems to not care at all about being praised and promoted among the ranks of the soviet armed forces. he only cares about revenge.
when you look at it all, it's blatantly obvious that volgin cares about raikov in a way he exhibits with nobody else. and raikov is heavily implied to feel the same way. raikov isn't just another of volgin's lovers, he's someone that volgin genuinely cares about. reducing raikov's character to some kind of damsel coerced into this relationship is not only, in my opinion, deeply cliché and boring, but it goes against all the evidence presented in the games ?
there's some other interpretations i'm not personally a fan of, but do find intriguing and interesting ( such as raikov being EVA / a spy, ) but this one irks me immensely to the point where i feel like i have to refute it. volgin is irredeemably evil, yes. he can be irredeemably evil and also genuinely love raikov. and the small amount we've seen into raikov's mentality support that the feeling is, in fact, mutual. sure, there's claims to make about age disparity and power imbalances, but it's stated pretty clearly ingame - multiple times in fact - that volgin views raikov as an equal.
framing raikov as some kind of victim or acting on harmful urges etc not only goes against the canon, but it strips away the character's ability to make his own decisions. why must he be a victim ? is it not possible - and probable, given the evidence - that he is just as bad as volgin, if not worse, and that's why they're drawn to each other ? is it not possible he chose to be volgin's lover out of a genuine desire for something, be that love or intimacy in general ? villains can be villains and still love like everyone else. they can be evil and still love healthily and genuinely. these things aren't mutually exclusive and acting like they are is very cartoonish !
so yeah. tldr the games heavily imply if not outright state that volgin and raikov legitimately and truly care for and love each other beyond that of just a physical, sexual relationship, and the depiction of raikov as a victim of volgin is a huge disservice to his character and also goes against what we've seen in canon
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more-than-a-princess · 6 months
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Happy Munday! Just a few quick things, plus some cosplay photos from a recent convention (under the cut, in order not to clutter the dash with OOC content).
I am still accepting starters for this starter call! I'll close the call on Saturday, November 18. Until then, I will not have a cap on starters beyond writing one per mun/blog. This will likely be my last starter call from now until the beginning of 2024, so if you'd like me to write you a starter that isn't attached to a meme, this is your chance! I will still share memes when I have the time in my schedule to start new threads, but for those of you who don't like memes and prefer starter calls, this is the best way to interact with me through the holiday season.
I'll be a little quiet around here from today until Friday: I've got two long days in the office and then I'm celebrating my wedding anniversary on Thursday after work (with a considerable amount of food and champagne), so my writing and chatting time will be limited this week.
That said, I've finally had some time to look at my cell phone photos of my costumes from my last anime convention. I'm still waiting on photos from my private photoshoots, but in the meantime, I'll share a costume I haven't posted here yet. I predict some of you may recognize her (hi Bubblez!).
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Did you know that I've either played or watched my husband play both AI: The Somnium Files games (because watching me try to play through the somniums is a stressful experience for everyone involved)? Now you do!
Actually, I've had my Boss costume for about a year now and I haven't been in a happy place with it until last month. Admittedly, my dress is a bit oversized after I lost weight and I need to take it in in a few places before wearing it again. That's the only thing that has stopped me from doing a private photoshoot with Boss.
In any case, she was my favorite out of the games and one of the very few (maybe only?) character I cosplay as who is older than me. How is this woman in her forties? I thought I had amazing skincare and genetics but Boss is on another level.
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The jacket and gloves are both leather, with the dress made of a cotton/poly spandex and the boots being custom pieces that I ended up repainting to be a closer match to my jacket. The Ai-balls are from Lemon Penguin, who loves Uchikoshi games and produces a few Uchikoshi-related items to vend at conventions (and they conveniently end up at the cons I attend!).
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But let me say: I love this wig so much. It was a custom piece after I was hating my own styling attempts, and comes with her 'hair donut' ponytail holder, her slicked back tendrils, and a stubbed ponytail that keeps the weight of the tail and wig lighter on my head. When I get a professional shoot of this done, I definitely want more shots of this incredible wig from the back.
And finally, the AiTSF cosplayers I've met at conventions have all been so friendly and kind! I had to miss the photoshoot this time around but I participated at one at a previous convention: we were a small group but we were mighty. Even if we either weren't recognized or called by some other character name (I get Misato Katsuragi in this one quite a lot. Ironic, as I also have a Misato costume).
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electricea · 8 days
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@whimsiicalmuses sent - what do you think about OCs? ( Munday Asks - Accepting )
13. What do you think about OCs?
I have nothing but respect for those who write them - having started in groups and even in forums, most of the characters were OC's in a sense, crafted by the ones in the group and we all accepted each other and welcomed each other - if we didn't like one, it was because we didn't like the writer as a person or felt that they wrote about some really problematic stuff (a notable example that comes to mind is a group RP depicting a physically abusive relationship in which the girl keeps forgiving the guy because he's 'so sorry' and he loves her).
A lot of my closest friends write original characters - I adore writing with them, whether it's in Persona or a modern setting. I think OC writers truly have a unique challenge in having to build a character from the ground up and I think it's unfair that they get so much shit or are all painted with the 'Mary Sue' brush or just straight up get blocked on the spot. I view OC's as I view any other muse or writers - if I don't like them it's not because I dislike OC's a whole - it's because I felt that the character is really unlikable or problematic or I don't like the mun who writes them and even if I have bad experiences, I know not to dismiss all OC's just because one was like that. Any muse has the capacity to be shitty, canon or original, yet we don't stop writing with canons altogether because of one bad experiences with them.
I love meeting them and writing with them and hope to continue meeting and writing with more of them. They're always welcome here.
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24. What about your muse are you most proud of? --- for whomst-ever you choose, muse-wise !
Munday Meme! Still accepting!
I FORGOR TO ANSWER THIS -
For Geppie, it'd be the lore I have about his family! I don't have much on him but the idea of him having a lot of -- well. deceased family members makes a lot of sense to me and I'm very proud of it. I feel like people tend to forget just how bad Belobog was. Like, with respect to the dichotomy of the Underground and the Surface, yes -- the Underground was much, much worse. Absolutely. But the Administrative District wasn't exactly well off either. The Fragmentum had invaded the city, after all. All the fanciness of the surface is quite literally a ghost of what it might have been long ago. I have no doubt in my mind that much of the technology -- those ballistas on the fortress -- are long unused. We don't get a lot of context to the state of the Administrative District (yet 👀 I'm looking forward to 1.4 to reveal more) but it's not good either. I feel like the extravagance is just a mask. Cocolia lied to her people for years, after all. Belobog was never fine. I like to think my ideas of Gepard's lost family members reflect the state of the city too, as the House of Landau really is one of the beating hearts of the city, next to the Rand lineage (which is an adoptive matriarchal line).
For Stelle... uuuuu. I don't really have much I don't think. :') bbygirl i'm sorry I'll do better for you....... All of her development is behind the scenes on discord ALDSKJHALSFDKJH BUT I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO MIX PURELY DISCORD DEVELOPMENT WITH TUMBLR..... I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PPL ARE MISSING THE CONTEXT TO MY WRITING UEUEUEUEUE (esp since said development has happened w a muse that isn't on tumblr currently so it's not even canon to my portrayal here)
For Jing Yuan uhhhhh everything teehee he's my favorite. If I have to choose one thing though it's probably specifically my introspection on his divinity and everything that revolves around that. His relations with the Aeons and how his divinity affects how others treat him. Chefs kiss
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rockroselazuli · 9 months
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TOA Anniversary Munday
Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.
Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!
Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.
Tagging: myself
Name: rai
Pronouns: he/him
Birthday (no year): december 28th
Where are you from? What is your time zone?: colorado! mountain time zone
Roleplay experience: ooooohh my god um. like 15 years maybe?? most recently on twt. i used to rp on tumblr back in high school though and i'm SO glad to be back cause i missed it. rping on twt is awful i need to be able to write three thousand words in one post
Got any pets?: my kitty selkie :)
Favorite time of year: autumn.. i love pretty leaves and comfortable weather and halloween and pumpkin flavored things god bless
Some interests and things you like: drawing, audio drama podcasts, birds, sugar, cosplaying, horror
Some funfacts & trivia about you:
i collect plushies
i have 14 tattoos and my next one is gonna be grima
i write original stories and someday i'm gonna make a webcomic
What non-Fire Emblem games do you play?: pokemon, animal crossing, other miscellaneas things
Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: type is flying & pokemon is absol. my absolute belovedoh my god that was not supposed to be a pun
How did you get into Fire Emblem?: my childhood friend was really into radiant dawn and told me all about it and then i mentioned it to my dad and he was like "oh yeah fire emebeleme i wanted to try out one of those games" so he bought radiant dawn bc it was the one i talked about and. we did not know it was a sequel for the longest time.
What Fire Emblem games have you played?: 7, 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
First Fire Emblem game: radiant dawn
Favorite Fire Emblem game: awakening
Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳: g.. gregorgy. also sephiran and naesala. and rafal why is gregory the only human here
If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays?
- Awakening: tharja. now i would gaius if i wasn't so attached to him being inigo's father always
- Fates: silas. now uhhh mmmm?? m. i don't know WAIT. keaton
- Three Houses: i don't remember?????? what the fuck. um. oh nevermind it was claude lmao of course it was claude. and i would do it again
- Engage: no one i uh. seem to have completely missed the chance somehow. anyway i'm going for alfred this time cause alfred/alear is everythign to me
Favorite Fire Emblem class: KINSHI KNIGHT but basically just archers in general. and DANCERS i love them
If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class?: um.. idk but i'd like to think i'd be the donnel archetype cause aptitude is my only chance
If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation?: golden deer!!
If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with?: either micaiah bc i like her or um. yeah. i would go with claude also but not when the Other Two are in there can you imagine the bickering
How did you find TOA?: a couple of my mutuals on twt are here!! waves at them
Current TOA muses: yeehaw
Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again?: not toa but my first fire emblem muse ever was volug. yeah i could write him again
Have you had any other TOA muses?: not yet but stay tuned
Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards?: yeah lmao. i've got a couple archetypes that hit me like a train every time
What do you believe you enjoy writing the most?: characters with weird ass emotions
Favorite TOA-related memory: i haven't even been here a month yet but this event is really fun
How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔: just the letters lol
Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day that you’d like to share? 😉: back when i was on twtrp i kinda wanted to pick up ashe but then. i didn't. because ferp on twt is a nightmare and ashe was a popular character (i was cyril. safe in my little bubble)
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ask-neontiger · 1 year
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Hiatus Announcement
Hello everyone! As the title implies, I'd like to come out and say that all of my blogs are officially on hiatus. As many of you probably know, I've got a book inching closer and closer to being published + a videogame in development with my girlfriend. These things, along with the webcomic I've decided to start scripting, take the most of my priority. I've been askblogging for 2+ years now and while I've loved every minute of it and all the wonderful people I've met through it, it's just not what's making me happy right now, ya know? This isn't the end, I love these stories far too much to give up on them, but right now I want to focus on my original content because it's what I've always dreamed of doing.
What does this mean for your blogs?
Right now, it just means that I won't be posting story updates on any of them for the foreseeable future. I may still participate on Mundays, post doodles of the characters, and even do a Fanart Friday here and there. But don't expect anything to be frequent or predictable.
Do you plan on coming back to them?
Absolutely! If I didn't want to continue them, I would outright say so. I love these characters and their stories and I'll most definitely be coming back to them when I have the motivation!
Where else can we find your content?
If you'd just like to see more of me in general, my mainblog is @emotionalsupportpuma !
If you'd like to see just my art, my artblog is @pumaskulls !
If you'd like to follow the webcomic, it's @somebysickness !
I haven't made an official blog to post progress of my videogame yet, but when I do I will edit it here!
And lastly, I want to thank each and every one of my followers for giving me love and support through this journey! None of my blogs would be what they are today if it wasn't for you all and I can't say enough how much I appreciate that. One day, I'll come back here and I hope you all will still be here waiting to see the next updates! Until then, I hope y'all have a lovely day/night!
Love,
Jordy
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pkmntrainer-osiris · 2 months
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Is Munday
Since the story of this blog is still really getting started (we haven't even met the other protagonist yet!) I doubt anyone really has any questions about it (ofc you can still ask things if you want)
So instead I'm gonna give a fun fact, all the characters you see here are AU versions of preexisting characters of mine, except any Pokemon characters, those were made specifically for the blog. Anyways here's what Osiris, Midha, and Lucien normally look like:
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Also little side note, posts might take a bit longer coming out bc my current computer chair is Busted and I'm having ~Back Pains~ because of it, so I really don't like sitting in it to draw atm RDFTVYGH
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daybreakrising · 3 months
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What’s a good way to start talking to you if people are scared to?
What’s a tip you would give to people trying to get to know you?
Do you dive into conversation easily?
How would you rate your conversation skills?
Do you feel awkward/nervous/etc trying to get to know people?
What is something you want people to know right away about yourself?
What are some things you worry about in terms of new people?
Stranger making small talk, yay or nay for you?
Introvert? Extrovert? Ambivert?
anxious munday meme | @ccaptain
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a good way to start talking to me has been answered here! but to summarise: talk about our muses. talk to me about your hcs. talk to me about plots/ideas you have. give me a topic and run with it!
a tip i'd give for people trying to get to know me is: be patient and understand that i don't always reply to messages immediately, and that i may come across as blunt or disinterested from the way i talk but i promise you, i am screeching behind the screen. i'm just not good at expressing that unless i know you well or we've been talking back and forth for a while & i know your humour / style of conversation.
i do not dive into conversation easily, generally. there are exceptions to this, of course, but in the context of newer interactions, it might take some warming up. once we've got to that stage? expect me to drop in your messages at all hours to ramble about something-
my conversation skills were rated here. basically... bad SBGFLKHFKNHKGH
i do feel awkward & anxious trying to get to know people. i always struggle in those early introductions, before i've got a measure of how the person communicates, their sense of humour, etc, bc my neurodivergent and anxiety-riddled brain cannot cope with the idea that the other person might find me annoying, boring, etc. early conversations might seem a bit stilted or awkward because of this but i promise i am not like this forever
something people should know right away about me is that i am ALWAYS down for plotting, for throwing our muses together and seeing what sticks. do you have that one slightly obscure idea that you haven't been able to play out yet? throw it at me - even if we don't end up going for it, i'm still interested to hear about it. i am also always down for shipping (with chemistry, ofc), so if there's a ship you've always wanted to write and i happen to have one of the muses for it? come at me, there's a chance i'm down for it (sidenote: i love rarepairs. give them to me.)
some things i worry about in terms of new people was answered here!
stranger making small talk, yay or nay - NAY. my autistic ass cannot cope with small talk. i can manage the 'how are you / how have you been doing / how's your day been' stuff, but if it's not immediately followed up with actual conversation i like... shrivel up and die inside. please give me something of substance to talk about otherwise i don't know what to say next. the more i know you, the more i can handle occasional small talk, but tbh if i know you that well i probably just ramble at you about stuff out of nowhere so it's not really an issue dlkfngflknhg
and i am undeniably, absolutely, for sure an introvert.
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iamgroundzero · 1 year
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munday asks!
@mightiboy​ asked: Every symbol that doesn't get sent to you in the next three hours. I want to learn more and get to know you better. I hope that's okay and if it's too much, we can limit it to these: ❓❤️💘🗒🎶🤗😀🎁🎉😗💯 (( Don't be mean to my friend Tyto. I will bite your cheek if you are. )) 
Alright, here we go...
🌈 — name(s) & pronouns 
I have a very uncommon name so I don’t give it out, just call me Tyto and my pronouns are he or they.
🎈 — gender and/or sexuality 
Somewhere in the nonbinary spectrum and asexual.
🎂 — age and/or birthday
May 6th is my birthday.
💕 — single or taken?
Taken
⭐️ — sun, moon, & rising signs, if known 
I looked this up just now haha
Sun: Taurus Moon: Aquarius Rising: Scorpio
💭 — MBTI and/or enneagram, if known
ISTP-T (I took a test for this)
❓ — three adjectives that describe you
Quiet, Friendly, Easy-going
❤️ — what are some of your best qualities?
I’m very easy to talk to (I think?)
💔 — what are some of your worst qualities?
I have sometimes crippling anxiety and inferiority complex issues.
✨ — what would you change about yourself, if anything?
I’d get rid of my depression.
💘 — what and/or who do you consider near and dear to you?
My fiancee, my friends.
🚗 — what vehicle(s) do you drive?
We have a Kia Soul right now but might be getting a second car.
✈️ — ever traveled anywhere interesting?
I’ve been to England twice (London and Cambridge) and Hobbitcon in Germany once.
⌨️ — what operating system(s) do you use? 
Windows 10
📱 — mobile or desktop version of tumblr?
Desktop. I hate the mobile version.
🖥 — favorite platform besides tumblr?
 Eeehh... I don’t really have a favorite.
🎮 — favorite video game(s)?
FFXIV, Monster Hunter
🖱 — any cool devices/tool(s) of the trade? (i.e. type of mouse, monitor, keyboard, tablet, etc)
My keyboard and mouse both light up? I think I can change the colors too but I just have them cycling through rainbow because it looks best.
💍 — any piercings? 
Not anymore.
💎 — want any (more) piercings?
Nah, I had my wild phase. xD
🖊 — any tattoos?
Two. An owl on my back and my first snake on my leg.
🔏 — want any (more) tattoos?
Yeah, someday, but I’m not sure of what. I have a few ideas of the theme, just not the execution.
🎄 — favorite holiday(s)?
I don’t really have one. Any of them that I get off work.
😍 — celebrity crush(es)?
Never had any.
😊 — any career desires?
Something where I don’t have to talk to people unless I want to (so like, no retail, customer service jobs) and preferably work at a computer.
📚 — if you’re in college, what’s your level (undergrad, grad, phd, etc) and/or degree program? 
Until I moved, I was working on an accounting degree, but after I moved I can’t afford it right now.
🎶 — favorite song at the moment?
I never have just one, so here’s a few;
Crusader (Are We There Yet) - BlackGryph0n & Baasik
Need the Power - Dankira!!!
Anti-Hero - Sekai no Owari
Lion - Hearts & Colors
I’m Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
📕 — favorite book/series?
Dragonriders of Pern, honestly. I also really loved the Guardians of Ga’hoole as a kid. Harry Potter (Controversial I know, but it played a major part in my youth and even if Rowling is a trash human being she came up with an amazing world that has evolved and grown far more than she’ll ever be capable of).
🧶 — any non-writing hobbies/interests?
Games.
📺 — favorite movie(s) and/or tv show(s)?
It’s been a long time since I’ve watched a TV show, honestly. My general go-to for movies is anything animated Disney/Pixar but I don’t have a single favorite anymore.
✏️ — how long have you been roleplaying on tumblr?
On and off since 2011.
✍️ — what other platforms have you roleplayed on?
Neopets. Gaiaonline. Proboards. Acornrack. Spleafnet. Avidgamers. Email. Skype. AIM. Yahoo!IM. Discord.
🗒 — what is/are your favorite genre(s)/theme(s) to write? 
Hhhh... Dunno. Slow-burn romance?
🤔 — what genre(s)/theme(s) do you struggle to write the most?
Fight-scenes.
😁 — what’s your favorite part about being part of the rpc?
Meeting people with similar interests.
😤 — what do you dislike the most about being part of the rpc?
Call-out culture. Feels like so many people are oversensitive.
💻 — how many friends have you made in the rpc? feel free to tag a few of them!
Quite a few, many of whom no longer RP.
🎧 — do you write while listening to music/podcasts/videos/etc, or do you need total silence?
Either works for me. Silence or music.
😀 — are there any rpc mutuals that you’ve met irl before?
Yes, but not from the MHA community.
😳
— what was your most embarrassing moment in the rpc?
I can’t recall any.
🫂 — how many friends are in your irl friend group(s)?
Like, 5.
🎉 — what are some of your favorite things to do with your irl friends?
We all live in different states but we used to go to anime conventions, before Covid happened.
😗 — what are some of your favorite things to do when you have some time to yourself?
Write. Listen to music. Play games.
💯 — share three random facts about yourself that your mutuals may not know about you.
1. I have a large collection of plushies, including a collected set that would be worth approximately $1000+ if I sold them on ebay.
2. One of my ball pythons, Marble, is a chimera and was hatched from the very first clutch of eggs bred by me (I no longer breed, they are all pets).
3. I used to be terrified of spiders and I’m still not comfortable holding them/handling them (not that they like being held/handled to begin with) but having to care for them has helped me otherwise completely get over my fear.
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OTP for your muse? // pls gush about your otps with meeeeeeeeee 💖😘💖😚💖💖
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NO LONGER ACCEPTING ━ ♡ Munday Meme ♡ .
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6. - OTP for your muse?
Local highly emotionally unstable hotties in your area, looking for love? More likely than you think! Here he is, nuttier than a five-­pound fruitcake. Don't you just adore the idea of being the apple of his eye?
Anyway.
Despite the catastrophic pain in the ass that romancing mr. rosehearts would be, I adore shipping. I have so many ships that I like, and even the ones that I don't list here are definitely things I'd be willing to try out! But everything I list is probably going to consist of my favorites ( in no particular order; I adore them all ).
Now. To begin with, seeing as though I just did all of those romance hcs, it's only fitting that I lay out the people who I think would fit the description of his desires for things like intellectual stimulation, deep thought put into romantic gestures, and a general ability to keep up with his thirst for knowledge and his tendencies towards constantly rattling said knowledge off aloud. For these things I could picture Malleus, Jade, Azul, Jamil, or Vil. All of them are very smart, and all of them have canonically fine relationships with Riddle which is an important starting point for him. All of them also have plenty they could offer him by way of teaching him things he doesn't know, which would be huge for him, and all of them are clever enough in their own ways to disarm him if he catapults into an episode and starts raging. Yet another point.
AS FOR OTHER SHIPS I REALLY LIKE AND THINK COULD WORK IF GONE ABOUT IN THE RIGHT WAY, there's Rook, Leona, and Floyd. With Leona, obviously they have a lot in common in terms of their backstories, and Riddle was able to actually witness his Overblot firsthand and learn about a lot of these things. We also have a lot of canonical evidence of them having a good relationship and generally caring for each other, so again - good place to start off from. Leona is also smart but the problem with them is that they'd clash a lot - if Leona decides to poke at Riddle for entertainment purposes, things could become a disaster. I also think if he's too lazy, Riddle could quickly lose patience. However, build them up slowly and let them fall into a dynamic that works well enough and it could definitely happen!! With Rook, Riddle already looks up to him and appreciates him, but I think his antics and noncommittal nature at times might drive him up the wall a little bit. Again, with him it depends - there's definitely potential there, and a lot Rook can offer him by way of teaching him and opening the doors to a new perspective on the world.
Finally we have Floyd. I probably don't need to explain it, but here it comes regardless. He's off his rocker, Riddle is off his rocker, they'd be constantly bickering. However. Floyd could be extremely good for Riddle because he's so partial to games and entertainment, is pushy and doesn't listen, and can't bring himself to obey any set rules no matter what. It's very important to note, that behavior is something that Riddle would only be able to put up with because it's from Floyd. Anyone else would be written off at once, but as we see in canon material, Floyd is constantly trying to goad Riddle into stepping away from whatever he's studying or whatever bad mood he's in so that they can do something 'fun'. I think that would be extremely healthy for Riddle, to be in a relationship where he can be pulled away from his own obsessive compulsive rituals no matter what they are. I think Floyd also has an uncanny ability to say something really profound every so often out of nowhere, and it lands exactly the way he wants it to as evidenced in the anthology manga. That part of him would definitely provide good reason for Riddle to fall for him. Finally, I think their bickering and Floyd's unceasing attempts to bother him would provide intellectual stimulation for Riddle in a way - perhaps not the way he'd usually like, but it would keep him on his toes nonetheless, which is saying something.
Also! As an extra, I think Floyd, like Rook, has the ability to show Riddle a new perspective on the world and drag him out into it if he decided he felt like it, so that's a plus.
To sum all of this up, like I said before, I can get into pretty much any ship - these are just some of the ones I've roleplayed before or consumed content for and happen to really like. But believe me, with good chemistry and enough interaction, there's little I won't ship haha!
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Munday Meme
2, 6, 7, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 18
— 2. Who are your longest rp friends? in 2008 i joined bulbagarden (forum from the pokemon wiki bulbapedia) and met a guy who also rped and had similar irl interests. i joined an rp forum with that guy in 2010, was in and out until he left in 2014 and we kept in contact. didn't rp after that, but we are absolutely still friends to this day and send each other pokemon things, talk about current fandoms, etc. probably my 2nd oldest friend i keep up with in general, tbh.
— 6. NOTP for your muse? tyl!byakuran/anyone LOL. in all seriousness, i really can't wrap my head around byakuran/uni in any romantic/nsfw sense… like even besides the massive age/experience gap from before, i only see them as emotionally close in a platonic sense?
i still enjoy poly tsuna/uni/byakuran from the trinisette trio flavor, but that's also kind of conditional and if tsuna wasn't there i don't think i can see it. imo, just not a dynamic that would exist without tsuna there, if that makes sense.
in other news, shoichi/byakuran isn't a NOTP so much as i'm just really tired of him being the Only one i see people ship with byakuran. they're just so much more fun as best friends? platonic soulmates? partners in crime? balance each other out, etc.
hmm. maybe i just struggle shipping with characters that knew him really well in TYL. funeral wreaths are a struggle too. a current!genkishi would be super difficult to make work but i did have an idea a long while back. BUT WAIT. gamma or spanner 👀
— 7. What are some similarities between you and your muse/muses? i am super weird too. independent. we both have terrible diets. i will eat 3 muffins in one day instead of lunch/dinner if i have them in my room. most obviously, adhd.
— 12. What’s one random headcanon about your muse that people mightn’t know? (at the end/under the cut)
— 14. What do you look for in a rp partner? for longer plots/threads/verses? i love people who can generally match my enthusiasm or come up with ideas or has enough time to talk about it here and there. also love it when partners can take a bit of initiative in keeping it going too.
for just small threads? anyone who reaches out, really. i like almost everyone lmao, rping is included.
— 16. Least favourite trope? i don't know if it counts as a trope but i just don't really like seeing how many people only focus on him in a very dominant role in ships? it's just preference. there is nothing wrong with it and it makes sense for TYL byakuran anyway, but it's a least favorite for sure. (it's in part because it's the only way i ever see in fanart. i am Tired just thinking about it.)
— 17. Are there any AU’s you’d like to explore but haven’t had the chance to yet? i have a specific immortal!byakuran fantasy au that i want to use as a verse someday but not sure if i'll have the chance tbh. might have talked about it before?
the tl;dr is he became a pseudo-deity with six others but was kicked out of the makeshift-pantheon a long time ago. he was stuck with his immortality/power and was left to wander the world like that.
— 18. Do you listen to music whilst writing? If so, what kind of music? i can only listen to music while writing if i loop one song and know exactly how it goes. usually it just ends up being either a song for the atmosphere or a song i'm currently addicted to. picking music gets distracting tbh.
moved 12 since it mentions nsfw. it's under the cut.
— 12. What’s one random headcanon about your muse that people mightn’t know? on account of not doing nsfw, i don't really mention it lol. i do have gray-asexual on there for this interpretation, but the ace part is really apparent. there is that he had more than enough abuse of that variety. now he just doesn't care, doesn't see a point, nonexistent drive. if i did any nsfw it would be focused on the partner bc i'm sure he'd remember how to Do Things like that from all those different lives.
the gray part is that i think he would try if thats what a partner wanted? i think he'd be okay if he trusts/loves someone enough (demiromantic) but probably not often.
would also like to mention you don't see me doing any nsfw on this blog because he is only 15 and 18 in the two main verses. that speaks for itself, i hope? i guess post-canon 10YL or college-age verse or something might work, but still not on tumblr.
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smiletimeisrunningout · 10 months
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4 / 5 / 17 for the munday meme!
@rhogeminid I love you and I'm so sorry that I ended up writing such long answers
Favourite thing about roleplaying?
The cooperative part of it in which we both surprise each other, and not just with each other's muses but with our own doing whatever the hell they want. For example us deciding to have an angsty NO I CAN'T BE WITH YOU thread and then your muses say exactly the right word that makes Emma go 'actually I'm changing my mind' which makes me go WHAT? and then yours says something that makes yours go DID YOU SEE, DID YOU READ, WHAT HAPPENS NOW and then Emma says something stupidly romantic and we are both all OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING EVERYBODY CALM DOWN
That part. The part where we left the characters follow their personalities instead of the planned plots and surprise each other, or answer memes in a way that the other person wasn't expecting and hit each other in the feels... and then come yelling at one another? I can't find that in writing fanfiction, though of course people yelling in the comments come close, but it's just... not the same. I can't surprise myself as much and it's more solitary to me than roleplaying is. Having the other person respond whether ic or ooc with some yelling is my favorite thing ever because we are having fun together!
Least favourite thing about roleplaying?
Don't open this box I'm such a salty person.
There are so many things I'm needlessly fight-y about that it's hard to pick the least favorite lol I'd say that I don't like when people don't read rules/about pages, because the roleplay community talks a lot about how we are all a bit anxious/insecure etc to explain why we don't talk much anymore (and btw I am too, but I also know that for anxious people not responding much is one way to reject the other person, so I push through and then give up if the other person never tries to initiate or sounds legit pissed off that I'm writing to them) and yet it's okay to not read rules and forcing a person to have to do the more embarrassing thing of saying, for example, 'I don't want to roleplay with that muse' (to a multimuse) or 'I don't want to ship that because he's mean to her/doesn't even seem to like her' or 'I'm sorry I'm not into that fandom anymore'. Like, I feel way more anxiety and annoyance at having to re-say things I wrote down EXACTLY TO AVOID THAT, because we are all very much socialized to just go along with it, than I do at pushing myself to ignore the thought that I'm annoying the other person if I go to plot with them so that we can actually write. If you aren't 'in the mood' to read long pages don't follow a blog with long rules. A game is only fun when you don't make the other players uncomfortable. And non mutuals trying to rp fall into this category too! Also because if I roleplay with one X character doesn't mean I'll roleplay with all portrayals of X character, or that I want to roleplay with all the muses that the person writing X character has, or with every similar character to X, so just... read rules, people!
Least favourite trope?
Now let's be clear, we are just talking about what's fun to me, there is no moral judgment here because it's just a matter of 'I like coffee you like tea', but the trope where the man 'finally' shuts up the woman who has a loud personality or is fighty or whatever to return to the status quo of her letting him take the lead because he's really good at kissing her or more, and it's clear that she's just yapping but has no real power in the relationship, instead of it being a 'we cooperate and like each other'? I'm trying to stay on the safe side of tumblr right now but... the concept that you can have male characters be stubborn and loud or fun and if they soften up for love it's so cool meanwhile with a woman this trope becomes putting her in her place because ultimately the man must be in charge? Nope. No. I'm not writing any of my female muses as secretly just wanting a man to take the lead, or as being their mindless cheerleaders who just cry if the man does something bad or beg him to change, but have no decisional power. And you have no idea of how many times in the past I've found myself writing other female muses who were way angrier/figthy and the male muse's intention was to in the end prove they were stronger so they'd stop being like that, or expect Emma who is all sunshiney to be just a supporting character. So I guess my least favorite trope is 'one member of the couple is just a supporting character to the other instead of an equal and specifically the woman if strong must learn that she's never going to be the one making the calls'.
I see it a lot LESS around tumblr now though, which is a relief (been here since 2012). It's why I'm so strict with who I interact with and who I ship with even if it's hard to tell nowadays, but I'm not picking any trope that will result in Emma being muted, like her when she's dumb or leave her.
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eyes-like-obsidian · 11 months
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[[10 and 16 for the munday questions, please!!]]
Munday Question!
16 What is your favorite band/music genre?
Hmm... That is so hard to explain. It's really mixed actually. I love hard rock and then sometimes I really love to listen to classical music, sometimes goth music. Though I can tell you my favorite artists that I listen frequently right now.
Hozier, The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey, The Neigbourhood, Meg Myers, etc. Its too much tbh xD
10 What is your favorite fictional character (in or out of the current fandom)?
UFF! Thats a really hard one, because I love them all so much after reading the Manga (I am still rereading the Manga constantly xD) Let's make a time stamp and a little list (It's gonna be long and I am already sorry so I will cut the post here >//<):
When I first watched the first episode I immediately fell in love with Tanjiro. The kindness, empathy and love he helds for the people around him just touched me such on a deep level, it's really hard to explain. Without sounding weird, it's probably because I see the world as him. Be kind to your surrounding, you never know what they go through even if they are mean to you (but not too much!)
Then Inosuke came (and believe me I am not saying this because you are the one who send that ask xD) I swear this pretty little piece of shit. Everytime when he laughs I laugh with him and I just genuinely enjoy watching him doing stuff.
Zenitsu and Nezuko also have a special place in my heart (did you see them? They are adorable! Yes I ship them! You can judge me xD)
The Rengoku's. All of them. I cried like for the rest of the day when I watched Mugen Train. Cried again when I read it in the manga. Cried again when I rewatched it yesterday. (I know I am hopeless... I mean why am I doing this to myself??) I don't wanna even get started why I love Kyojuro so much so I won't but I have to go into detail with Shinjuro, because this man deserves better from the fandom. I know hitting his own child (just alone a child) is unforgivable and I would smack him gladly for that, but that doesn't make him a pure villain. This man is deep broken and people don't understand that. He was a passionate father who adored his family. He was so happy when he wanted to teach them Kendo, but then he lost the love of his life (and I truly believe that he loved his Ruka dearly), then he reads in the diary of his ancestor and realizes that no matter what you do, no matter how hard you train, you will never get to that level of strength that the first breather (Yoriichi). This man was depressive and deeply broken down and made later a character development. Give him some slack please (also his man tiddies are also nice but thats another story 👀)
Then we come to my first true love. Yoriichi Tsugikuni. This man... THIS MAN! I don't know where to start and my post is already long enough and ugh. Shit I will try to make it short. This man was born with a strength that is not comparable to any other person and yet he desired only a quite life with his loved that was him denied. A man who stands true to himself and who stood humble. A man who is so strong and soft and even softer for his loved ones. Someone who truly loved and was not able to forget them as they hold them high in their hearts (we know that he never remarried as he thinks that Uta was his true love. We know how much it has hurt him to attack his own brother who's flute he was still carrying with him). I could go on and on, but I think that would be too much.
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yuriko-mukami · 2 years
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1. So, Mun… how’s your drafts box/inbox looking?
6. Mun has to say something nice about themselves
7. If mun and muse could spend a day together, what would you do and why?
15. This one isn’t a question. I just want to show my love <3
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1. So, Mun… how’s your drafts box/inbox looking?
Ehehee... bad?
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Okay, it's not that bad. Most of the asks need longer writing and some thought gathering, so that's why they have piled up a bit. In the drafts, I have my unanswered RP threads but also unfinished masterlists, some RP memes ready to be posted when I have time for them, and some other stuff I have wanted to save (but not post for reasons).
6. Mun has to say something nice about themselves
Um... Well, I'm a generally nice person. I totally know that I can seem difficult to approach and give a strict image of myself, but that's mostly me being shy and scared of people. But I'm rather soft and friendly once you get to know me... and some say that I'm even sweet 😅
7. If mun and muse could spend a day together, what would you do and why?
Hmm... Maybe Yuriko and I could visit the national library together (in my home country) or a good bookstore. I think she would enjoy visiting those places and I like them too. But we could also stay home, drink hot cocoa and play a visual novel together. It could be a nice bonding time over an interesting story. Maybe we both could be entertained with Hakuouki or Birushana because of historical settings. I would prefer the latter because I haven't played it yet.
15. This one isn’t a question. I just want to show my love &lt;3
Awh! Thank you so much for this. It always warms my heart when people like the stuff I post here. Lots of love to your direction as well 🥰
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