happy birthday bee!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you've had a great day so far! wishing you all the love, joy and fun 💖💖💖 and thank you for all the wonderful worlds you created that I can go back whenever I want 🥰🥰
@honestlytrulycompletelysteady tysm lovely 🥹😭🥰 you are the sweetest i appreciate you so much !!! and that last sentence just made my heart feel so full 🥺💖
i've always wanted to try out this trend! i didnt think i drew him that different. i was wrong. very wrong.
hes so baby girl in my style what the fuck. oh i know, i was just drawing what gege meant to draw. dw, i got his telepathic brainwaves 👍
[time lapse + my headcanons for Noritoshi's appearance under the cut]
some headcanons i have while drawing him are semi obvious while others are bc i like it ahehahhaheha
cupid's bow lips!
this was semi inspired by Mizuki Umetsu, the actor for Noritoshi in the jjk stage play! hes so. pretty. perfect guy for the role imo! i was captivated therefore my views changed.
longer hair!
the thought that his bangs(? are the same length, or longer, as the rest of his hair is nice.. it also makes his inevitable haircut much more refreshing! i also just like long hair and its a fucking waste not to do whatever the i want.
thicker brows and visible eyelashes!
i naturally draw thicker eyebrows because it looks pretty, but the eyelashes is so fucking canon bro. dont even fight me on this, you'll lose. i read a fic about Noritoshi where it said he took good care of himself and his appearance inspired jealousy. that fucked me up man, so now i draw him as beautiful as i can.
monolids!
I've looked through the manga and i think its highly implied that Noritoshi has monolids? yk those lines in between the eye and eyebrow, he doesnt have them in the manga. i thought it was because of the expressions he had, but no. the others have them, except geto! so geto also having monolids is so fr in my head. i like that feature abt him.
loose hairs!
the hairs that i draw on his face. they make him look so cute and a bit more relaxed. he's not trying to be perfect nor have a single strand out of place. he's just a bit more at ease... though if there's something important he has to go through, he sharpens up. becomes.. stiffer?
I UNINTENTIONALLY MADE HIS CHEST LOOK A BIT BIGGER IN MY STYLE AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, BUT I'D BE A LIAR.
DOES THIS COUNT AS A HEADCANON??? I JUST THINK... SINCE. YK. HES AN ARCHER. AND DOES TRAINING. AND COMBAT. AND DOES ALL THOSE HIGH JUMPS... HIS CHEST. ITD BE A BIT BIGGER FOR HIS STATURE.. omfg. that'd imply that his legs are fucking insane. and his arms too, since he has to pull back all those arrows so quickly.. oh my fuck. this. this is a revelation. what are you hiding under those robes noritoshi...???? one day.. one day we'll see...
oh my fucking god i forgot that i wrote shit while drawing. please ignore my fucking stupid writings AND THE STUPID ASS THING IN THE MIDDLE I FORGOT ABT WHILE DRAWING..
Hello again! I did say I was going to consider hosting more art parties if last month’s test run went well and, well, it did, so here I am again! Come one come all to [VS] Verdant Shield’s second ever monthly art party, this time with an expanded reach!
For those not in the loop from last month, what is an art party exactly? Well, they’re common occurrences in the Final Fantasy XIV community where artists of all kinds get together to chat, hang out, and create together! If a certain character catches your eye, you make some art of them in whatever way suits your fancy, then during or after the party post it under the tag for that party so others know where to look and spread the love around via reblogs/retweets/etc! I said it last time and it’ll always bear repeating - the ‘goal’ of attending an art party is not to be drawn, but to draw others, and share with the community! Attendees from last month’s party compared it to art jams, people watching, or attending a life drawing class with people you actually like. For more tangible examples, you can check back through the tag I intend to use for all of these monthly events - #VSArtParty - to see what previous partygoers have made!
I’m a lot less antsy about hosting these events now that I have a baseline, so much so that I want to involve those of you over on EU servers as well by hosting two rounds of parties, first on EU and then NA! However, I’ll still be keeping the squad(s) private and out of LFG to deter party-crashers, especially since this time we’ll be in a more well-known and easily-accessible location as the party moves Eastward into the Grove!
Check under the cut for details on how the event(s) will be laid out and how to reach the party location!
Welcome to the expanded details! First of all, the Garden of Dawn is the Grove’s worst-kept secret so I’d be surprised if you didn’t already know about it, but just in case, here’s a tl;dr on how to get there from Ronan’s Waypoint (aka the bottom floor of the Grove, you can drop down from Upper Commons Waypoint or Reckoner’s Waypoint to get to this starting point too):
Head North along the path towards the House of Aife PoI (not shown in the picture but you’ll see it on your map).
Take a hard left at said PoI and yeet yourself into this tiny pool that has a secret tunnelllll~
You’re here! It’s bigger than it looks in this picture but still relatively small, however I’ve attended events hosted here and can confirm that it can fit a lot of people, and also from last month I learned we don’t actually need a ton of space since we all squish up together to see each other anyway. However, if this space gets too crowded we’ll breach containment and relocate to a more public spot - very likely Starbower Nursery aka the little multi-level tavern on the South side of the map (it has its own PoI so it’s easy to spot)! If we do I’ll make sure to put the updated location in the squad message!
Okay! With that out of the way let’s get to the real important stuff.
This month’s event will consist of two separate art parties, each 3 hours long (though you’re welcome to stay later if you like), with a 1hr break in between so people interested in attending both can stretch, get snacks, etc etc.
The first party will be on EU servers and begin at 9pm Central European Time (that’s 3pm Eastern Standard Time for NA folks). I’ll be hosting it on my EU alt, so to join you can either whisper Aemryn of Dusk for an invite or type ‘/sqjoin aemryn of dusk’ in chat to join automatically!
The second party will be on NA servers and begin at 7pm Eastern Standard Time (that’s 1am Central European Time for any sleepless EU folks). This one will be hosted on my main account, and you can join by either whispering Kirslyn for an invite or typing ‘/sqjoin kirslyn’ in chat to auto-join!
Like I mentioned before the cut, we’ll be using the same tag for both of these parties as we did for last month’s - #VSArtParty - and I think that’ll be the one we’ll continue to use in the future for these! There’s no spaces so that it can be used on Twitter as well if you’re still over there!
That’s it for now! Expect to see this reblogged a few times between now and then, and I hope to see you all there for another fun time! ♥
I'm going to preface this story by saying: I don't necessarily believe in karma, but
I may have been walking through today with a vague sense of disbelief tainted with unkind smugness after my tiktok fyp was flooded with poor fans who tried to get presale ticket to one mr n. kahan's new tour only to find that demand was through the roof and GA pit tickets were seriously going for $300, in presale, and even the "worst" tickets in the lawn were going for $70
and while I undoubtedly think it's deeply unethical for both platforms (thanks ticketmaster) and artists to allow such dramatic ticket cost inflation, I also generally don't relate...
I (VERY LUCKILY) gravitate towards smaller acts, and the most I've paid for a ticket all year has been, like... $90 for a ticket to beyonce, which got cancelled and I was refunded lol. if I look back at all my receipts from shows this year, most have been around $50/ticket after fees, and several have been closer to $20. my favorite show I've seen all year was a $15 ticket.
it's mostly luck—I tend to like smaller acts, and I've been seeing mainly rock acts this year, and those tickets simply don't run as high as pop acts. and part of me is honestly very grateful that I haven't been swept into any of the really recent huge acts.
I think of all the people scrabbling for boygenius or taylor swift tickets and how much money they've had to shell out... how a lot of them don't even GET to see the acts they want to see because they've been priced out or tickets sold out. I can't remember the last time a show I wanted to go to sold out lol. maybe bastille in london?
and again, it's just a matter of luck that I'm not really into any of these megastars and therefore don't have to compete in the gladiator arena to try to see shows I want to see, but sometimes luck manifests as a feeling of self-satisfaction, you know? who among us hasn't experienced a little self-superiority from time to time.
look, if YOUR tiktok was flooded with people saying concerts have been awful since 2021 (including rock and metal shows), but every concert YOU'VE been to since 2021 was amazing and the crowds were really good and you always got tickets and it never broke the bank, you'd feel pretty validated in your choice of musicians and the crowds they attract too, alright?? sue me! I felt frugal AND undeservedly clever!
anyways back to karma. guess who got invited and subsequently agreed to shell out $70 to sit in a lawn and listen to mr. n. kahan sing. I'll give you a hint, her tumblr username starts with an r and ends with an s
WOW ok this WIP tag game is SPOILING us. I mean, do I pick something that you've already given us taste of, or do I pick something new? THE CHOICES! I guess I will have to follow my heart, and pick my best boys, and you can choose which ones/how many of them you'd like to respond to:
kuroo (vamp) - anxious wide awake
kazuya - bittersweet lotus leaf
tetsu - don't make me wait
ahahahaha I have an annoyingly long list of WIPs and the real task is wrangling them all and making sure I don't feed too many others when they crop up.
I can do a bit of each, though BLL will receive more attention because, well. You'll see. I changed my mind because there's so much to talk about that I'll never shut up.
Anxious, Wide Awake was something I wanted to do for a 2021 Halloween thing featuring creepier and darker stories, so more of a vampire in the horror and monstrous sense than necessarily pop culturally speaking? I wanted it to feature a sorceress!reader saving Kuroo from falling too deep into monstrosity and passing the point of no return.
Don't Make Me Wait is an idea that I've been playing with (and still am uncertain about continuing) wherein Tetsu and reader are friends and he develops feelings. Tetsu, being Tetsu, confesses to her, but does so without necessarily expecting anything—he tells her how he feels okay with whatever answer she gives. The answer she gives is "Give me time," and he waits, satisfied with being by her side. It's a bit too close in plot to Cross This Boundary and Wanna Run With You, so I set it down for now.
Bittersweet Lotus Leaf, however, is an epic. I'm approaching this almost with the intent of making this my magnum opus. It's a three act fantasy story (the one featuring my reluctant fave, prince!Mei), complete with world building, religion building, political systems, etc. etc. It's massive and it was a tiny little "Ha Ha" idea that my brain came up with while going to sleep.
Here's a single portion of my many, many notes:
Prince!Kazuya who can’t stop thinking about his first kiss with knight!reader but he doesn’t know how to talk to her about it (or how to express that he wants more) so one day she’s talking to him as they set up camp and as Mei goes to hunt (he kept complaining that the rabbits Kazuya were catching were too small but that’s just the rabbits in the area) and he can’t stop staring at her lips as she talks. By the time she notices, he’s stopped working altogether and he’s leaning in just a bit and the last thing she hears is what she had told him: “forgive me.”
And he kisses her very softly and very experimentally and he’s so pleased when she starts kissing him back until they hear a thump of rabbits falling and a fake gag from Mei.
I know you aren't very big on well...talking about stuff...like emotions.. but I wanna try. You can talk to me, alone if you like. About anything, really. I'll listen. I know you're in pain, honey, I want to help. Even if it doesn't sound nice, I promise it will be. I like to see the good in everyone, and I do believe that you are a good person under all that tough exterior. I wanna see the real you, do you think you can do that? To just vent to me? I know it may be hard, at first, but I promise it'll be worth it. I can be as patient as you'd like.
That was the understatement of the year, wasn't it? That he wasn't BIG on talking about stuff. ESPECIALLY his emotions. Nnoitra wasn't a chatty guy. He never had been. Most guys weren't, so it wasn't like there was anything strange about that. Most dudes didn't like talking about their emotions either. It was all a new, fucked-up modern invention that guys should be "vulnerable" and "show their emotions". Guys who went with that were just looking for an excuse to show weakness. Looking for someone to tell them it was OKAY to act like some weak bitch, when that was never okay for a man.
This stranger was offering Nnoitra to talk to them. Alone. About anything. Sure, Nnoitra had things on his mind that he ( maybe ) WOULD like to talk to someone about. Not necessarily talk a lot, but just mention a few things out loud. To vent a little, maybe. Perhaps he would've been more willing to do so if he'd thought it would actually make him feel better. However, he knew it would just make him feel weak and pathetic. He'd rather fucking NOT.
And - why the fuck should he pour his heart out to some random-ass stranger? What was worse, a stranger who clearly had the wrong fucking idea about him, and was treating him in an extremely condescending way. Calling him "honey", like he was some lost little kid.
They thought he was a good person under all the "tough exterior". They wanted to see the REAL him? He fucking hated the tone. How they spoke to him. Do you think you can do that? I know it may be hard at first, but I promise it'll be worth it. Fuck off. FUCK RIGHT OFF! Who the fuck did they think they were, huh? That they could just pretend to ask nicely and he'd spill all his deepest thoughts? What a fucking joke.
The biggest joke here was that they were painting him with the classic misunderstood paint. Yeah, to them he was just some wannabe-tough guy who they could soften up with their bullshit talk. And he'd reveal himself to be all soft on the inside. TOO BAD. The "tough exterior" was, believe it or not, Nnoitra's nicest side. It was the side he portrayed to the world so that he would at least not be sent to fucking prison. The side that made him a somewhat functioning member of society. Beneath? He was WORSE. So much worse. So bad that everyone who'd seen that side of him ( or rather, the two people ) had been so afraid of him that they had chose to RUN AWAY.
❝ Fuck off. ❞ He spat, clearly annoyed, bordering on angry. He hated being talked to in the manner the stranger had just addressed him. Calling him "honey", and treating him like a broken toy. ❝ I ain't some 'lil broken bitch boy ya need 'ta FIX. ❞
This all depends on what you're trying to accomplish. There was a post going around recently about how you should choose the person with the least amount of information. The Locked Tomb series utilizes this one, coming up with new reasons every book for the protagonist to be completely ignorant of the world she lives in. It keeps the mystery up and thus keeps the reader guessing and involved.
Fanfic is more frequently focused on the relationships between characters, so rather than mystery, the goal is often to see development. The POV is frequently from whoever is finding the moment more meaningful. Agua Caliente from Zagreus's POV would be a lot of Achilles staring into space and then wandering off somewhere, which actually sounds kind of fun to write now that I said that, but is a totally different vibe.
Other tactics include who would be the funniest person for the scene, either because they don't care about what's going on at all, or they don't understand what's going on, or they are in their own story right now and the goings on the audience cares about are completely peripheral to their life... lots of goofy reasons to make someone a shitty/funny narrator. In ensemble fics like Void, it helped keep the scenes fresh for me, too. Writing the big family dinner scene felt very boring to me until I made the most oblivious dumbass in the room take the reins (Thanks, Poseidon).
16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?
I answered this already, but I should add I have some prompts that I'm planning on combining with Patrochilles Week Prompts and I'm hoping to get a couple one-shots down for that event =)
I’m glad you like them! I was going through your blog and was like “hm you know who this reminds me of” I hope you keep enjoying them especially because they just got back from a mini hiatus due to health reasons and I really feel like they need more appreciation! I also really recommend their despair girls playthrough it has to be one of the most interesting and nuanced playthrough of that game I’ve seen
Aye! I just got up to a point where they mentioned how very fakeout-happy the narrative is and how from the perspective they have that's actually exciting- that's a mood, even though I get worn out a lot this is a large part of the reason I get drawn back in just as much, even years later. It's a strength V3 has that's hard to put into words so even if it's not perfect it's really good to know it's appreciated for that
It's especially fun how it only took them that bit of interrogation of Ouma in the entrance to theorise big about him, and even noted the buttons on his clothing in a way I've never thought of before. Like-
-it never occurred to me that it could be invoking these basic colours, just in different values to not be too obvious. It took me til the end of the game and afterward to connect Ouma with the Kubs at all, and much later to theorise about the buttons (11 = DICE members, the 2 purple = twins and the purple eyes in the Ch6 select) and here they are doing it in Chapter 1 goddamn hahaha
Since UDG is their favourite before V3 I'm definitely curious about that since I played and really got into it too, having some fresh appreciation for Monaca's character as a mastermind afterward since my thought of 'Monokichi' is basically 'successor to Monaca in terms of screwy masterminds', and considering they didn't like Junko so much I wonder what they make of Monaca. Look forward to it!
thinking a lot about fe3h lately dimitri felix yuri my beloveds (i have a type). also thinking about specifically akechi sandalphon g'raha (i also have a type but it's spoilers to elaborate)