#Unstable World

[ryqoshay]

Unstable World: Hot Cocoa Awaits

Flagship: N/A Starring: Maki, Nozomi Escort Ships: NicoMaki, NozoEli Words: 554 Rating: G AU: A wartorn world Prompt: Soon

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Author's Note: Primary entry for the 31st

Summary: Maki wants to make good on Nico's promise

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Cheers erupted across the sky as the last Paragon skyship fell to the ocean below.

The dragon riders of the Μνήμη Kingdom began to return to the ships that brought them to Erato Island for its defense. And crews abord those ships began to assess and repair the damage suffered by the battle.

Maki observed the activity of her military from the foredeck of the Jardin de Verre. Her tactics and leadership seemed to be paying off as the fleet suffered fewer losses compared to engagements of years prior.

Still, there were improvements that could be made. When defending against an invader with nigh infinite resources, all losses needed to be examined carefully so as to aid in future reductions. The next few days would be filled with reading reports and meeting with the captains of the involved ships and dragon flights.

Maki sighed.

“We just successfully defended against another Paragon attack and Maki-chan is sighing?”

Maki pursed her lips, unsure if she was ready to speak with someone like Nozomi. The Grand Wizard had an uncanny knack for ferreting out things one wished to remain hidden.

“First Officer Toujou.” Maki turned to greet the other woman.

“So formal.” Nozomi giggled.

“…” Maki turned back to the aftermath of battle.

“So,” Nozomi put her hands on the railing beside Maki, “what’s still troubling our glorious Grand Star?”

“I’m… just… not looking forward to all of the paperwork.” Maki decided to say.

This prompted a sidelong examination from the mage. “But Maki-chan should be used to that by now. Obviously, something else must be bothering you.”

“Nozomi…” Maki puffed.

“Well, at least I got you to drop the formality.” Nozomi laughed, clamping a hand onto Maki’s shoulder.

“It’s just… no, it’s silly.”

“Mmm?” Nozomi leaned in.

“Nico-chan promised to make me hot cocoa when I returned.” Maki muttered.

“That sounds delicious. Perhaps I should make some for Elicchi. We know how much she loves her chocolate.”

“Yes, but…”

“But…”

“I won’t be back until tomorrow…”

“Why?”

Maki blinked and turned toward Nozomi. “We just finished defending Erato Island!” She swept a hand out over the railing to emphasize her point. “There is a lot of work now to clean up and recover!”

“All of which is already well in hand.” Nozomi said calmly. “Our Grand Star is a welcome leader in battle, but she can trust everything after to be taken care of and reported to her properly later.”

“But…”

“Also, the queen of Μνήμη awaits the return of her wife.”

“… But…”

“Niccochi is waiting for her Maki-chan. With hot cocoa.”

Maki’s shoulder slumped.

“Right, I’ll take that as an order to return then.” Nozomi said cheerfully. “I’ll have Elicchi set a course back to the castle and then head to the engine room to pump in some extra magicks to hasten our flight.”

Then, without waiting for a rebuttal from Maki, Nozomi practically skipped off. For the briefest of moments, Maki found herself wondering who was really in charge of the Jardin de Verre. However, that thought was quickly shoved aside as the airship turned and began its return trip.

Soon, she would be back home. Soon, she would get to enjoy a mug of hot cocoa prepared specially, just for her, by a queen. Soon, she would get to see Nico again.

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Author's Note Continued: I honestly hadn't considered that having Nico promise hot cocoa to Maki two prompts ago would perfectly set up this scene where I could use the Hot Choco prompt from '21 - yeah, I spelled it differently, oops.

Anyway, I really had fun writing Nozomi here. I love her as a NicoMaki supporter/shipper/wingman/etc. She really cares about them, in her own teasing way.

Also, Prompt was the prompt from '22. And with this, my self challenge of using all of the prompts from the two prior years I participated in this event is complete.

Now to move on to the Backup Prompts.

#NicoMaki #Nishikino Maki #Yazawa Nico #Unstable World #Love Live #fanfic #Promptober 2023 #NozoEli

[bluerosefox]

Beloved Beyond Time

A DeadSerious Prompt where a young Damian follows his mother's advice about finding his future 'Beloved' and is smitten with a TimeTraveling Ghost King (Prince) Danny when his grandfather summoned the eldritch being.

Damian, despite being young, will want no other to be by his side once he takes over the League. Especially since the King was able to strike fear in his grandfather for even just for a moment.

Danny, whose just started taking up his soon to be Kingly title and duties, at first freaked out when a kid who just got out of toddlerhood is offering marriage. Who wouldn't. And well while he didn't fully encourage it, he found it a little adorable and tried to nudge the kid away from said... err crush feelings?

He was a little sad to have to say goodbye to the kid when his month long stay with the al Ghul's (mostly to see if they're worthy to keep the Pits) he was pretty for sure he'd never run into the kid again and if he did who knows how old they'd actually be because again.. time travel.

So Danny now at the age of 16 really wasn't expecting to be basically be cornered on his first day at his new school at Gotham Academy by a 17 year old Damian Wayne who is leaning over him and says "Hello Beloved. Time has been kind to you it seems."

Danny's poor half-alive heart is currently dying from being cornered by an older Damian.

Let this crazy train wreck begin.

#danny phantom #danny fenton #blue rambles #crossover #writing ideas #random idea #danny phantom dc #dpxdc #dcxdp #dead serious #Damian sneaked into a League meeting when they summoned the Ghost King #but they actually got the Ghost Prince who was learning how to handle realm duties at the time #but Danny doesn't tell them that. Also they summoned him when he was practicing his eldritch form. So yeah he scared them. #Danny actually scared Ra's into submission by threatening his precious Lazarus Pits since he was going to be forced to stay for a month #Danny actually and sadly can't do much to the Pits.Its been there for so long the world would start to become unstable if he took them away #He can heal people who have been effected by it though #Anyways this is another thing Ra's doesn't actually need to know if Danny has anything to say about it #Damian is a smitten kitten by the being who managed to strike fear in his grandfather #and decides only the Ghost King was worthy of becoming his Beloved #During the month he tries to get Danny to agree to their impending marriage #Danny freaks at first but finds it a little adorable and never really takes it seriously #he does try to reason with Damian about how it wont work but the boy is stubborn #Damian does worm a spot in Danny's heart though by being stubbornly adorable #When the month is up. Damian swears to a fading Danny he will marry him in the future #Danny returns to his own time and thinks thats the end of that. #A few weeks later he finds out that someone as a joke signed him up for an exchange student program and that he was picked to go to Gotham #Damian has NEVER forgotten the one he calls Beloved #and has drawn him. Many times. In Eldritch form. Ghost King form. Little Man form. Phantom form. EVEN his human form only Damian knew of. #So when Damian spots Danny. He knows who he is. #Damian is gonna try to channel his mother's abilities in seduction to woo his Beloved

[7nvk]

theres something addicting about destroying myself then putting myself back together again

#depressiv #mental health #depressing shit #mental illness #mentally drained #mentally tired #quotes #sad quotes #depressing quotes #mentally unstable #self h@rm #tw self destructive behavior #tw self h@rm #world of melancholy

[kelocitta]

In honor of the @rw-ship-showdown I wanted to write about Artihunter as someone who jokingly slapped them together pre-downpour and still thinks they are actually very compelling. Just not in the super soft love wins kinda way (Although I get why people like that more) And the only way I know how to do that is talking too much so heres a far too long slug essay-

Obviously the slugcats don't offer a ton of characterization but theres not nothing to work with. Their stories, whether by their roles in it or the overarching themes do provide a backbone to work with. Even gameplay itself can provide a bit. (for some more than others) Hunter, to me, is ultimately a story about selflessness. The goal is to revive Moon, which is very much an act of kindness from both Hunter and NSH. But the weight of that action is much more significant for Hunter- Hunter is deeply sick. They're on the clock, and for all their skill in combat none of that will ultimately help them to survive longer than their body can hold out. Moon is a close friend of NSH but that means little Hunter- Hunter really gets next to nothing out of helping them, and ultimately pays quiet a bit spending their limited time alive fighting to deliver that neuron so that someone else can live.

To spend ones limited days on helping another, in a game that very much stresses the unwavering cruelty of the world and nature- is pretty notable. (And you could even say that Hunter being the Hardmode of Rain World adds another layer to this)

And then we have Artificer. A storyline that very much stands out to people as more… villainous (so to speak) than the other slugcats. Artificer's story covers a lot of things. Trauma, violence, revenge, etc. Revenge is a bit of a selfish desire- That need to see someone hurt as they have hurt you. A punishment that ultimately does not fix whatever harm was done- but feels good to see because you were hurt and now those responsible share that pain.

Artificer's actions are founded in that need for revenge, their pups killed for overstepping boundaries they didn't know existed. Is it not fair for them to be angry at that, to punish the scavengers for their violence with their own? Why should the scavengers ever be forgiven when they and their pups were not? And that's how you get that loop- Harm for harm over and over.

The original action has been lost in a spiral of violence for violence. And here stands Artificer- their very spirit scarred. Not just because they sought revenge, but because they never ceased trying to scratch that itch for violence as an answer. Artificer only has two paths for their story- killing the scavenger king (Someone who, really, has little to do with the original 'crime' of the scavengers, but represents an important individual to them- as did the slugpups to Artificer), locking themselves as karma one for good and spending the rest of their life chasing creatures that no longer even fight back in a warped sense of closure- or to dissolve themselves in the acids of the void sea because they're too far gone to find any real peace.

They can't meaningfully recover from that state, not alone, twisting in on themselves. Even if they halt their actions, they've been using violence as a feeble defense against their own pain- violence that no longer has any real direction or basis. Artificer gets no real closure from killing the scavenger king. All they can do is continue the cycle, or try to scrub it away. No real peace in a prison of their own making. So you have a creature, who even with a strict timer on their life- a body that will crumble to disease, spends its last bit of time on saving another. And another who was so caught up in the pain of loss that were eaten alive by their own anger, poisoned their own soul on such a deep level even self-proclaimed gods have no solution for them. What peace can they offer each other? For Hunter, its only a fleeting moment of happiness- of selfish love, before their own body fails them. A bit of indulgence in something for themself. For Artificer, its a single, comforting thread to ground them again, something tangible to protect and care about again. But thats a thread that will ultimately be snapped under the cruel indifference of the world. Hunters timer will tick down regardless of if it takes another with it. Its a tragedy- its doomed to end badly. Whatever good it offers to either of them to find each other will only provide the fleeting comfort of a band-aid that will be ripped away too early. But all that can be worth indulging in anyway, if only for the moment. It doesn't change the ending, but the ending was never going to be happy. Its can so yuri

#rain world #rw shipping #tagging that just cause this is explicitly about that even though I usually dont do shipping stuff #with that said i dont even think this particular interpretation of a possible dynamic needs to be romantic its just kinda #about companionship in general. companionship thats going to absolutely shred an already unstable slug emotionally but thats #the point. friendship and love in spite of the unavoidable ending #just noticed this is like 80% theme analysis and 20% 'these go together just trust me' #but also theyre both girls because i want them to and also because im channeling hornet from hollow knight #who made me so deeply ill that my rain world tags still havent outcompeted my Hk tags because i drew her so much. so so much. #hunter is hornet coded to me and artificer is like if angela and gebura from lc combined into a deeply fucked up ferret #also i did tag the poll because they kinda inspired this but also. i wasnt gonna put all this out here WITHOUT a readmore thats embarassing #but i guess this is propaganda for a ship already seen as popular but like... idk i think theres something to it even as someone #who did literally slap them together originally because they were both red slugcats i considered girls. predownpour so we didnt have anythi #anyway hi tag readers i have so much work to do im being bad by writing about gay slugs. i need to get myself together #its so late this might just be nonsense bwaaaaaaa

[other-peoples-coats]

Thinking about building regulations on coruscant (do not do this)(there is something wrong with me)

and like, ok, so there has to be a level of straight up 'you literally cannot bribe someone enough to let you [build like this]', if only because the industrial scale disaster of one of those one squillion story high buildings coming down and taking out like. So Many fancy rich people and also more poors than god, and also fucking up the traffic for a whole planet makes it like...y'know? historically there 100% were Incidents, at this point probably there's enough regulations that you can't get away with Structurally Unsound (like will collapse) building, at all.

BUT! that is really only a baby limit. if it won't collapse and kill a medium planet level of people, you're good to go if you grease the right palms.

Secret rooms that aren't on the plans? pah, please, try whole ass levels and wings of the building. Private hoverlift listed as a 'maintenance duct'? private fucking speeder landing pad (for 12 speeders) listed as a decorative window topper. Zoned for light industrial only? go down a couple levels, and guess what, full scale steelworks is light industrial if you put in a couple of filters!

but also, like, and I'm thinking here specifically of the walkie scorchie and other buildings like that, how many buildings on coruscant are like. technically sound, but also just straight up vaporise you if you walk past them at the wrong time of year. or make you into paste if the wind blows wrong. Star wars doesn't believe in guard rails, except coruscant, because the number of rich people getting literally blown off the side of a level and into the center of a planet was getting too high.

#star wars #there 100% is established legal reasoning about who's responsible if someone hides a corpse in a foundation #and the building becomes unstable about it like. however many years later #which is a REAL ISSUE in our world but like. #entire planet is a CBD is probably a little more insane (reasonably) about it #anyway is this coherent NO have I been thinking about it for like two weeks YES

[akuma-tenshi]

i can't explain it but they have the funniest fucking friendship in my head

#clearly unstable teenager befriends clearly unstable scientist #what happens next will (not) shock you #i main both of them so they have to be friends #he's her mentor but he's not really teaching her anything about the world he just talks about lizards and the old gods #idv #identity v #rambling #idv luchino #luchino diruse #idv professor #lily barriere #idv cheerleader

[short-boii]

Haha decided to do an animatic of my favorite asshole with the hazbin hotel sound

i spedran to do this and it shows

haha creek’s homeless & guilt ridden/j

#trolls #trolls dreamworks #creek #trolls creek #if you couldn't tell #this is after trolls 1 #he survives #somehow #from chef idk #haha he’s being mentally unstable #trolls branch #trolls poppy #trolls world tour #trolls band together #heehehee he’s going through it #are you truly a villain without your own song? #technically it’s alastor’s but idc #lowkey #i want him to come back #as a big time villian #but that's just me #this song #suits him ngl #he probably still fears the bergens #that would be his downfall lmao #joking about the guilt #not the homelessness #he’s homeless

[aq2003]

really love how throughout a lot of smith and jones martha is really skeptical and apprehensive towards ten (+ one of my favorite exchanges between them - "what, people call you 'the doctor'?" "yeah?" "well, i'm not. far as i'm concerned, you've got to earn that title."), not taking everything he says at face value, even doubting the fact he's an alien until over halfway through the episode.. And like. i really truly think the thing that wins her over isn't him kissing her or any of the other insane mixed messages he manages to send, it's this scene here, where he /earns that title/ in her eyes:

(+ david's bit in the commentary, where he says: "[the doctor] has actually sacrificed himself, and - i would say, that that final act of selflessness is what finally, eventually, welds martha to him. [...] and she now returns it. she returns that act of selflessness.")

this is what their relationship is built on. it isn't about martha being the second-best replacement to rose or a rebound or whatever. bc it isn't really about rose. it's about doctor-in-training martha meeting someone (quite literally, "the doctor") whose ideals she aspires to, and doing her best to be the same person to him as he is to everyone else. it's about ten in return admiring her intelligence and inquisitiveness and how she cares for human life, recovering his compassion, letting himself lean on her for support - and then remembering at the most inopportune moments that he's supposed to not need anyone and be on his own forever. And around in their little nightmare loop they go where they save each other over and over until one of them breaks

i've seen ppl look at martha and go "why she does she admire/why is she so in love with ten if he acts like that to her?" or something along those lines and like. it's not just the fact she's in love with him (in fact i'd argue she actively tries to push it aside post-gridlock). it's the fact that she knows he's the kind of person to put everyone else's lives/well-being over his own. she trusts him to save her when she's in trouble even though it's been like two days at most that they've known one another bc she recognizes that same "deep all-encompassing drive to help others" in him. and she also recognizes, much much earlier than him, that he needs someone to save him, especially when he's unwilling to save himself. and yeah for a bit she thinks he returns her feelings and is just playing hard-to-get, but she realizes pretty early on that this probably isn't the case, and i think that realization fully solidifies here:

(this is when she's listening to ten talk abt gallifrey). And idk it might just be me but i think this expression isn't just her empathizing with his loss. it's also guilt, for wanting something from him that he's clearly unable to give when he's wracked with so much grief. (and you see it in the next episode, where tallulah asks if they're together and martha says for certain that they're not, and that he doesn't know about her feelings for him. she keeps everything to herself bc she now knows that when he shut her flirting down at the end of 3x01 it was the genuine reaction of someone who a) isn't interested and b) is scared of getting close with someone else again)

freema described their dynamic as "she's keener than him" and i think about this all the time. martha doesn't really take what ten throws at her. what she does instead is constantly poke holes in his already-failing front of "i will show someone the wonders of the universe so i can ignore what is wrong with me". what she does is stand up and fight him when he tries to go off on his own. what she does is put aside her well-being in favor of helping someone - just like what she saw him do for the people in the hospital when they first met. tldr, that's the doctor and his doctor and rip martha you would've loved who's gonna save u now by rina sawayama

#THIS ISNT ABOUT ROSE WE CAN STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT WHITE GIRL FOR 1 SECOND. IDC #ALL SHE DOES W REGARDS TO MARTHA IS REMIND HER THAT TEN ISNT GOING TO FALL IN LOVE W HER. #ALL SHE DOES W REGARDS TO TEN IS REMIND HIM THAT EVERY TIME HE LOVES SOMEONE HES FATED TO LOSE THEM. WE CAN IGNORE HER PAST THIS. GBLESS #martha jones #tenth doctor #dr who #ten and martha #'theyre like a rebound' shooting you with my laser eyes sorry. martha says it when she still thinks he's taking her on dates #if he hadn't opened up about gallifrey she would've been totally fine w him taking her back home #and meanwhile ten is very unaware of any kind of romantic element until like the fuckinn. last possible moment lmfao #they are doctor and mentally unstable bus driver. Or perhaps grieving man (genderneutral) and their One (1) friend that has to support them #um idk what this post is. i wanted to pick apart martha's brain for a hot second. #edit: #it's not like 5 am and i'm reading these tags and they're a lot more mean than i meant to put them down as #Not changing them bc i already wrote so much it's out there in the world already sorry. just imagine i'm saying this all nicely #10 era

[uyun]

The disappearance of December holiday

(And the beginning of something else.)

#december holiday #dess holiday #noelle holiday #kris dreemurr #asriel dreemurr #kris dr #dr kris #deltarune kris #kris deltarune #dr dess #dess dr #deltarune dess #dess deltarune #if you can't tell whats happening #a dark world got opened by accident due to the unstable nature of the lab

[heartofcatsandbooks]

I’m emotionally attached to Regulus Black in a maybe not super mentally stable way. Like he was just a kid. He needed someone to save him. WHY DIDN’T THEY SAVE HIM

anyways back to my silly little fics where he lives and heals

#regulus black #regulus deserved better #regulus needs therapy #I probably also need therapy #I need to stop trusting messermoon with my clearly unstable heart #kill your darlings by messermoon #messermoon #give my man a happy ending #jegulus #I think he deserves the world #he absolutely deserves James potter #james potter #giving him sunshine man is actually the very least you could do

[aeroargonic]

I love how everyone just got together to unanimously agree that Dirk Strider has a snake bite piercing.

#homestuck #dirk strider #a brief moment of unity in an otherwise chaotic and unstable world

[ryqoshay]

Unstable World: Coffee Respite

Flagship: NicoMaki Words: 684 Rating: G AU: A wartorn world Time Frame: Sometime before the main story Prompt: Routine

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Author's Note: Primary entry for the 29th

Summary: Maki loves her morning routine

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“Maki-chan, time to wake up.”

Maki scrunched her nose. She was about to roll over, away from the woman approaching her, when a wonderful aroma reached her nose. She opened her eyes.

Yazawa Nico, Queen of the Μνήμη Kingdom, was holding a mug of steaming coffee near Maki’s face. And actively waving the steam toward her.

“That’s right, I have delicious coffee for you.” Nico said, slowly drawing the mug away.

Maki shot her hand out but made sure to grab her wife’s arm gently to ensure no spillage of the precious caffeinated beverage.

“You have to at least sit up, Maki-chan.”

Maki pouted. Nico giggled.

Finally, with a resigned sigh, Maki pushed herself up into a sitting position and took the mug. She felt her shoulders relax the moment the steaming hot liquid began to pour into her mouth. She sighed again, but this time, far more relaxed and contented.

Maki loved this morning routine.

Nico had been the one to start it, years ago, before she had ascended the throne. Maki was still a belligerent knight upset about being assigned to protect a bratty princess. And with as much as they had bickered back then, they were nowhere near being a couple.

Granted, they still bickered, but it was more playful nowadays.

In any case, one morning, Nico, in a rare moment of humility, had made a pot of special coffee to serve to Maki as an apology for going too far in the argument they had days prior. Maki remembered fondly being reluctant to accept the gift, believing it to be unbecoming of a knight to be served by the royalty she was supposed to be serving. And Nico had been persistent enough that it almost resulted in another fight.

A few days later, Nico made more coffee for Maki in the morning. Then it started being every morning. And once the two finally figured out their feelings for one another, Nico started bringing the coffee to Maki in bed.

And it became one of Maki’s favorite moments of respite.

“How is it?” Nico asked her usual question.

“Wonderful, as always.” Maki gave one of her usual responses.

“I still don’t know how you drink that bitter stuff so early in the morning.”

Maki chuckled. “It’s not as bitter when Nico-chan makes it.”

“Maki-chan, flattery will get you everywhere with Nico.”

“I know.”

Both women laughed.

A loud knock sounded from the bedroom door.

Both women sighed.

“Come in.” Nico called.

“I’m so sorry to disturb you so early, your Highness.” A woman rushed in and quickly acknowledged Nico before turning her attention to Maki. “Grand Star Nishikino. A Paragon fleet has been detected near Erato Island.”

“I can be ready in five minutes.” Maki stated.

“Thank you.” And just like that, the other woman was gone.

Maki drained the rest of her coffee, regretting that she couldn’t savor it as long as she preferred. She then swung her legs off the side of the bed and stood up. Nico had already disappeared into their closet, so she followed.

“Here, I’ll help.” Nico said, holding out one of Maki’s military uniforms.

As Maki changed clothes to prepare for the day, she prepped herself mentally as well. Her morning respite was over. It was time to resume the masquerade that she was the competent military leader her Queen and the people of the Μνήμη Kingdom believed her to be.

Suddenly, Nico grabbed both of her hands, causing Maki to startle out of her thoughts. Had her hands been shaking?

“You’ll be fine, Maki-chan.” Nico said gently. “I trust you. We all do. Your parents would be proud.”

Maki released a breath she hadn’t realized she had been holding before nodding.

“I’ll take Eli and the Jardin de Verre.” She said, naming one of the best captains and sky ships in the kingdom.

“Of course.” Nico agreed. “See you when you get back. I’ll make some hot cocoa when you get back.” She then pecked a quick kiss on Maki’s cheek.

And with that, Maki left to defend the kingdom from another invasion.

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Author's Note Continued: I really need to explore more of the Μνήμη Kingdom and the United Rainbow States in this AU.

Anyway, the thought of a queen happily making coffee for the head of her military amused me. So I wrote this.

Also, Masquerade was the prompt from '21 and Coffee was from '22.

#NicoMaki #Nishikino Maki #Yazawa Nico #Unstable World #Love Live #fanfic #Promptober 2023

[7nvk]

the worst part of my day is waking up

#mental health #depressing shit #depressiv #mentally drained #mentally tired #quotes #sad quotes #mental illness #depressing quotes #mentally unstable #sad thoughts #world of melancholy #good morning #bad morning? #depresjon

[quinoa-adjacent]

I know it's a dead topic but the whole games as art thing really shows it'd teeth with bangers like Outer Wilds and In Stars and Time

Like yes they both tell a story you can tell through text or film

But to experience that? Personally?

To have to trudge the same halls and kill the same enemies and find the same items? The pay off at the end it's so much better than just Watching someone experience that and have the abridged maybe 3-5tops looping scenes with ~~slight differences~~ in either editing or acting

But to watch the sun explode every 20 minutes or to Feel the impatience of dialogue boxes grow within you as a person is significantly different

It's another layer of nuance that's executed PERFECTLY

#same can apply to going Meta with arteficial bugs #world tiles or sprite glitches forced to show that everything's unstable #nothing is real #isat spoilers #in stars and time #in stars and time spoilers #outer wilds #essay #i need to write this in full #i feel TWEWY can be added here but i havent got to playing it just yet #though ghost trick can be included in here too

[druidshollow]

On the way back to Vibrant Sound's can, Adamant Dune and Sheltering Canopy become acquainted.

wow. comic #545987349857398 of dune being ridiculously unfeeling and cruel. this probably needs more cws than i can think to add so please lmk!!!

#druid draw #rain world oc #iterator oc #off string au #os dune #os canopy #sequential #blood #cw kidnapping #dune gets bored during the rain because she VERY rarely sleeps. also idk if you can tell but shes especially desensitized and unstable afte #space is gone. oops!!! bad for canopy evidently #oc posting

[spiritofjustice]

i know Nahyuta's whole thing is he's extremely calm and well-put together but i want this dude to be constantly under the threat of disintegrating. he definitely is calm and put together SURE and that is a core element of him no matter what (and i like that about him!) but i also like the idea of, once he no longer has to be that perfect person to survive, that the reality of everything, all his anxieties n guilt n discomfort with himself comes crashing in when it's finally safe for him to feel this way. a miserable kind of catharsis, but a catharsis nonetheless. a necessary one for him to unravel the real version of himself he had to keep deep inside. do you understand my vision

#psy's no punctuation posts #aa tag #nahyuta sahdmadhi #which i know also that him being so reserved and chill about. Fucking Everything IS arguably a defense mechanism for him like #canonically #but idk they really don't let him have strong emotions Ever in the story. he never gets that catharsis and it kinda sucks #i wouldn't call him unstable in the slightest just. slowly unpacking the world's best hidden set of negative emotions RKFJ #and it's very hard but he'll get there eventually. the revolution was a good start for him to 'redeem' himself inside but that's not so eas #there's still a lot for him to unlearn from the previous regime n how Garan treated him and how he treated /himself/ #idk man i just fucking love Nahyuta KRJF #let him GRIEVE let him be MESSY let himself be those things and not a perfect little pet for a despot #i just. waaaa. this dude