“The Hero and the Warrior were like the sun and the moon, their light like a protective glow shining upon the world. As the hero’s light grew, so too did his shadow—and soon, the Warrior was cast into that shadow. In the darkness, the warrior was forgotten by the Hero.”
new fic rant because i binged all of A Full Guide To Gardening For Amateurs by @aphrsditea in one day
tbh i'm kind of worded-out rn, i used up all my words in comments and my own personal fic rant so i'm keeping this short and sweet but that doesn't mean i loved the fic any less because it was phenomenal
as a person with adhd, i found this fic really inspiring. i suppose it gave me hope for my own future in a way? both through james and through the author. as much as i love icotfs there's this nagging feeling in the back of my mind that my brain will lose interest and i'll have to let go of it but seeing that this series of fics was completed gives me new motivation and confidence in myself (don't worry i will not give up on icotfs, i will fight my brain tooth and nail)
as for james, yes, he's a mess, and he's accepted that. he knows it'll get bad again and he knows he can get through it together with regulus which just, are you fucking kidding me that's so cute. and also regulus is there to remind james to eat! idk that just made me happy, because i forget to eat or put it off. and finally, just reading this connected with my brain in the way not many other fics have because my brain works similarly to james'. i don't have bipolar so of course there's differences but the ranting and rambling is very relatable which honestly is probably why i read this so fast. it just makes sense to my brain.
regulus! regulus, my love. i love him, could you tell? this man fucking went through it. and he ended up with the best because he deserves absolutely nothing less. like he may have gone off the rails but andy and cissy were there to pick him back up and get him help! and he healed! and is he fully okay now? no, but that's okay, because he has his family and the love of his life and a cat.
my brain is beginning to shut off now so that's all but i fucking loved this so much and will be reading afgtsofsl next.
its true that romance amd friendship will not solve everything but. objectively speaking its very hard to get sad when you can say 'lets go get cake tomorrow okay' and someone will go get cake with you. like there is some good at least. you know
Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin
(AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)
It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.
god i wish i wouldn't have to explain the intricacies of the neopets economy to you guys to give the full context for this but. the new neopets team that took over from jumpstart pledged that they were going to curb the inflation of rare items, which is great because a lot of rare items are worth literally hundreds of millions of neopoints, they are unbuyable unless you've been playing actively for 20 years. they did this earlier with a site festival that included random loot boxes, some of which had Unbelievably Fucking Rare And Precious items worth 200 million neopoints apiece.
well.
today they have gone a step further. by releasing this year's trick-or-treat bags. and having the trick-or-treat bags be stuffed to the brim with unbelievably fucking rare stamps, weapons, paint brushes, defense magic, and other unbuyables. (all prohibitively expensive and in-high-demand types of items.)
jellyneo, the premier neopets website, has recorded prices of some items plummeting from 2,000,000 neopoints to 4,000 neopoints IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. this is when most people haven't even heard about the event or OPENED THEIR BAGS YET.
and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat.