#┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

i have acquired the grandpa

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #ngl #i would’ve loved bronya #or bailu maybe #now that i have dan heng we’ll see how much i’ll use him #but grandpa it is!! #i’m not giving you your light cone though #kafka is keeping that #┊holly plays honkai ✧.

[thy-mothers-little-weirdo]

tagged by @zmeess one of the greatest artist alive in this time and age, who tagged everyone on tumblr 💜

last song listened to: my recents are Fleetwood Mac - the Chain (listening to it rn bc tumblr reminded me it exists), but for the most part i keep to same songs: Nightwish - Storytime (the mv about Alice in Wonderland specifically is playing on repeat), lots of In This Moment, Linkin Park, BTS, Maneskin (but atm Valentine), Disturbed, Stan Walker - I AM, Miley Cyrus - Gimme What I Want, Forth Minor -Remember the Name, Fire Song - Sophia Brous, GODS - League of Legends, Go-A - Dumala, Ren - Hi Ren, The Devil You Know - Blues Saraceno, and this playlist

currently reading: just read Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros AND I AM WRECKED. when is the next book coming outttt?!?!? 😭😭😭 IT WAS AMAZING!! it usually takes me a few days to simmer in what i've read and process it, but i immediately wanted to read something else, so now im currently reading Bride by Ali Hazelwood AND ITS SO SO GOOD kyaaaaaa~~ <3

currently watching: always watching Critical Role (right now im on episode 41 of season 3, iiiii really need to catch up quick before the finale 😬), just watched house of ninjas on netflix - it was really good, skip and loafer anime was SO cute <3 Right now im watching Dungeon Meshi, and im probs gonna watch Tokyo Revengers and Legend of Hei (heard its really really good)

currently obsessed with (in no particular order):

BG3, Touchstarved, Infamous, 180 files: the Aegis Project, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Dragon Age, Skyrim

honorable mentions circling my mind: Scarlet Hollow, Fallen London/Sunless Sea, Secret World Legends, Dishonored 1&2, Samurai of Hyuga, The Fernweh Saga

books: The Empyrean series and the book i'm reading "Bride" by Ali Hazelwood, The Foxhole Court (always and forever), The Bone Season series by Samantha Shannon, Heaven Official's Blessing, Folk of Air series by Holly Black

several artists: @mlarty_art (i cannot stop obsessing over their art, truly amazing artists, just..damn) @sweetlychii, @velnna, @zmeess, @Frankensteinsm2, @babeyxiao-art, @kukumomoartstuff, @duskidraws, @mooreaux, @goldentar.art, @umikochannart, @blue_octopus12, @crazytom666

characters: Astarion, Karlach, Haslin (BG3), Blade (Honkai: Star Rail), Wriothesley, Kaveh x Alhaitham, Xiao, Zhongli x Childe, Kaeya, Gorou x Itto, Scaramouche x Traveler (Genshin Impact), Seven, Orion, Griffin (Infamous), Angel (180 files), Tairn and Andarna (the Empyrean), Vanitas (Vanitas no Karte), Kim In Rang and Choi Cheon Sang (Bring it On, Ghost) and their mini truck that they keep fixing with ducktape, Legolas Aragon Gimli Sam

Geto x Gojo 🖤🤍

my OC's [[I LOVE THEM SO MUCH *cries and dies*]]

Nightwish - Storytime (i cannot express how many times ive listened to this already, im genuinely obsessed)

chocolate, chicken wings, rice, ramen, mashed potatoes, spinach

Critical Role

Arcane, Blue Eye Samurai, The Uncanny Encounter, Haunting of Hill House, Lord of the Rings, Alchemy of Souls

aaaand thats it tagging: whoever finds this ✨

#how tf do you tag this #my current obsessions #not all of them #yes i know theres a lot #but theres ALWAYS more #my brain looks like a flashy lunapark with heavy metal music playing in the background

[the-travelling-witch]

i think aventurine might finally get a buddy in my “male character i want to pull immediately” ranks

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #YES ITS JIAOQIU #i need him immediately #give him to me now #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

Now I need to know about this left hand hiding adventurin thing!!

this is a very abbreviated version bc i wanna get this out before going to sleep, but still minor spoilers for aventurine’s story in the 2.1 penacony story

basically, it’s revealed that, while gambling, aventurine holds his cards confidently with his right hand while his left one is clenched and shaking under the table where people can’t see (boiling down to the point that his showy facade is just that… sth that’s not real and that he’s actually terrified)

so after that has been revealed, we ofc reevaluated some of the things we know and saw of aventurine; like him only wearing rings on his “showy” right hand or his hand position in the light cone “final victor” and in his new trailer (notice how in both scenes it’s hidden behind his back?)

so i just couldn’t help but notice that in the idle where he tosses the coin around, he does that exact pose (i don’t have a reference atm); hiding his hand behind his back in a manner that looks very polite, gentlemanly and confident

it doesn’t have to mean anything since some things just become habit if you do them often enough and i don’t think he’s as scared of tossing a coin as he is in those life or death situations mentioned above, that piece of his story is just burnt into my brain and i watch his hands like a hawk

in the animated short he tosses a coin with his left, so it’s probably more habit than his hand actually shaking in his idle; but then again, thinking about the fact that he hides his hand (i.e. trembles in fear) so often that it has become an unconscious action… that would open a whole new world of angsty thoughts (let me swaddle you up and protect you ㅠㅠ)

now on the other hand (literally) in the art where he is just waking up and is relaxed he holds his phone with his left; again probably doesn’t mean anything, and i’m interpreting way too much into that one for sure, but i still think it’s a tiny piece of symbolism that he is actually at peace and with his guard down in that situation

#┊✩彡 divine correspondence ♡ #┊✩彡 unsigned letter ♡ #i hope this very sleepy summary helps #mom the weird person on the internet is spewing crazy theories and overinterpreting things again #send her to bed!! #jup and that’s where i’m going to now … zzz #good night!! #on an unrelated note #i just saw on twitter that someone got aventurine’s slave mark tattooed irl #just… don’t do that maybe? #like literally what went through that person’s head (not much probably) #(if it’s real… you never know) #(maybe it’s just rage bait) #┊holly plays honkai ✧.* #hsr aventurine

[the-travelling-witch]

i feel like i’m the only person struggling with the ebon deer fight but what the hell man, just die already ㅠㅠ

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #i looked for a guide and the first sentence was ‘the ebon deer is not one of the hardest fights’ #yeah dude it is #nothing has ever been this annoying ㅠㅠ #but i need to get through the story #i had it at 9% of phase two and now it just refuses to die #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

finished the 2.1 trailblaze mission… now if you excuse me, i’ll go lie down to cope

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #why do the characters i like have to suffer #don’t mention any abyss in context of my faves ever again #i knew the update having chasm in its name could not be could for my mental health #and here we are #┊holly plays honkai ✧.* #now if you excuse me #i procrastinated work longer than anticipated #time for overtime as topaz would say

[the-travelling-witch]

me: i love aventurine

my moots: yeah holly, we figured

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #i’m SO HAPPY it’s blatantly obvious #the funniest thing to me #my crushes are so easy to identify to me and everyone around me hshsh

[the-travelling-witch]

a-aventurine…

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #i haven’t checked twitter in a while and this is what i come back to #oh my intuition was so right #he’s so my type #“go ahead use me as you wish“ SIR— #AAAHHHHHH #*head in hands* #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

well at least they’re honest

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #lmao #you’d think they’d lie to you just to give you incentive to pull but like #‘wait til next year’ 💀 #welp i’m at pity 60 with a lost 50/50 anyway #so aventurine will be mine and you can’t do anything about it #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

please don’t expect me to be normal when hsr’s aventurine becomes playable, it won’t happen

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #finally a hsr man i can feral over #as my moot put it when i showed them the picture #‘that’s your type of guy’ #damn right he is #good thing i lost my last 50/50 and am at pity 60 #nothing is going to come between us #not now that i don’t have to worry about potentially pulling dr. l + ratio #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

is winning a 50/50 really too much to ask hoyo… they really baited me with the destruction 5* screen too

if you’re never gonna give me the character i want at least give them to me early

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #i hate this game #it was my last wish too #why is my luck so fucking foul #this is apparently what i was so excited for #also i didn’t get a single yukong so i still have zero imaginary characters #brb i’ll go cry now #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

this was the worst possible pulling session but she’s home

[just imagine my laptop actually took a screenshot of kafka’s splash art]

also hoyo thought it was funny to make me lose my 50/50 to the only character i have from the standard banner… gepard, it’s over, sleep with one eye open for the next weeks

and yeah, i went to pity twice

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #first he’s absolutely useless in the deer fight #and then he ruins my kafka pulls #i’ve about had it with the man #his e1 isn’t even that good #well #that about seals my fate of not getting dan heng #i have 22 stellar jades left #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

Holly and her love for adventurine, he’s calling

listen, i actually wanted to make my sideblog aventurine themed (bc i don’t want to change the colours for this one) but i haven’t had time yet and i need to cope somehow ㅠㅠ

he’s so close yet so far but i’m comforted by the fact that i’ll definitely get him if i keep my mouse away from sparkle’s banner!!

hsr started off slow for me simp wise (for the men anyway) but now they’re really picking off with aventurine, ratio and sunday

i need to work on my aventurine selfship post asap

#┊✩彡 divine correspondence ♡ #┊✩彡 unsigned letter ♡ #i hope i can play more today #i barely had any time yesterday ㅠㅠ #aventully real? #(yk bc it sounds like eventually and i can’t name my selfship normally) #(idk yet if i like it though i need the best™️ shipname for him) #(it needs to rival chilly in levels of genius jshsh) #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

completely forgot to share this, but this happened on thursday!!

my account seems to still be experiencing the aftershocks of pulling aventurine

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #‘you have aventurine and gepard you don’t need another shielder’ #but i need a pink starry theme #she’s so pretty #no regrets #not sure if i should keep gambling on boothill or save for jade #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*

[the-travelling-witch]

every day i remind myself that i’m doing this for them

fu xuan is cool too… hoyo stop making me want every woman character in this game

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #┊holly plays honkai ✧.* #if you’re wondering why i’m posting so much today… #i’m procrastinating :>

[the-travelling-witch]

now that i have acquired my own gambling peacock, i’m interested to learn how you are building your aventurine, since i’ve seen some different builds

shield focused: running knights of purity palace and broken keel or belobog of the architects for most def

sub dps: running pioneer diver of dead waters and inert salsotto to increase ultimate and follow up attacks

(well broken keel isn’t really a defensive option per se, but i’m simplifying this whole thing a little)

other combinations: 2pc ashblazing + 2pc hackerspace or any 2pc combo of the aforementioned; i also saw 2pc penacony as a po

i’m currently running the sub dps option, mainly bc i was farming dead waters anyway for acheron and ratio, and from the limited amount of fighting i’ve done, aventurine’s shield was still always up; but again i’d like to hear what you guys are doing (for reference i have e0s1 aventurine, which may or may not affect how you’re building him)

(also personally i feel like, they gave us a shielder with follow up attacks, we might as well use those yk jshsh)

do let me know how build the silly little gambler man and feel free to share your team comps while you’re at it ^^

#┊glimpse into the crystal ball ೃ༄ #this is by no means complete #nor am i saying i’m actually ‘right’ with my build #maybe it’s complete bs #or you have a build that’s really niche but works great #idk if that many people run belobog as a po #i read it somewhere but it felt like a very plain ‘he’s a shielder so you can only run that one’ #i want to get some more spd on this boy though and a tad more def #so i should think about what i want to build him with #though so far i like dead waters + salsotto #hsr aventurine #┊holly plays honkai ✧.*