#wow this got LONG I'm sorry

[honorhearted]

@socialseasons​ | continued from (x)

John was dead. No matter how many times Ben read and re-read Gregory’s frantic, pleading words, he couldn’t quite wrap his head around them -- couldn’t fathom why the boy believed Francesca needed his help. The malaise was too strong, he’d claimed. She would write home with pleasantries, but refused their mother’s fervent plea to come home and rest. 

But what could he do, Ben wondered? After his departure, he’d promptly cut off all ties with Francesca. Her letters arrived for many months, and despite his yearnings to correspond and keep himself abreast of her life, he’d selfishly discarded them into the fire, not even giving in to the temptation of opening them and reading what laid inside. A little over a year later, the letters finally stopped, and despite the undeniable hole in his heart from the loss of her friendship, he’d deemed their separation for the best. She had a husband now. She would soon have a family...

And now Francesca had nothing. She had no one in that big, empty manor, and despite Ben’s distance and lack of connection to her plight, he couldn’t help but feel responsible. He should’ve been there. He should have never let her face all this alone.

It was this guilt that fueled him into accepting Gregory’s secret invitation. Weeks onboard a cramped ship gave way to a stormy, unpleasant arrival with a chilling sense of foreboding. The wind whipped pellets of rain into his face, and waterlogged his clothes within moments of being on land. It was fitting, Ben thought. He was surely being tested for intervening where he was not welcome -- he was surely being punished with this tragedy of his own making.

By the time Ben pounded on the double doors to Francesca’s manor -- or rather, her husband’s -- it was late afternoon and he was shaking from the chill. Impatient, he shifted between using the door knocker and his fist, banging on the thick oak surface until it opened and revealed a servant with a cautious, disapproving scowl.

“Lady Francesca,” Ben choked out, abruptly lowering his fist. “Please...I need to speak with her.”

He knew he must appear bedraggled and untrustworthy at best, and his suspicions were confirmed once the woman denied him entry. 

“I’m sorry, but her ladyship is not currently admitting any guests,” she said.

She moved to close the doors, but Ben was quick to lodge his foot in between the wooden slabs. “Please,” he begged, “I’ve come out all this way...”

“And I’m sure she’d appreciate that,” the woman coolly said, “but I’m afraid you-”

“I was sent for!” Ben furiously cut in. “Please, you must let me through!” When the woman yet again moved to shut the doors, he used all his body weight to barrel in across the threshold, the servant’s shrill cry rising above the din as Ben breathlessly shouted, “Frannie! Fran, it’s me... Please. You must come down here!”

“Sir, please!” the woman growled. “If you don’t leave right this instant, I will have you thrown out by force!”

The commotion finally seemed to rouse someone’s attention. A woman appeared at the top of the staircase, and both Ben and the servant stopped in their tracks, the former feeling as though an awl had punctured him right between the ribs. It was her... It couldn’t be, and yet it was. The weight of womanhood carved itself across Francesca’s features, soft and refined, yet grief had mellowed out some of the brightness in her smile and the sparkle in her eyes. She was no longer sweet and carefree -- she was no longer a child, naïve and at fate’s mercy.

Finally, something seemed to register in Francesca’s face, and then she came rushing down the steps to meet him, her arms flinging around his neck and holding on tight. Forgotten was their small audience, and Ben stooped to properly embrace her, a lump in his throat as he passed his fingers through her hair and closed his eyes. “I’m so sorry,” he choked out. Please forgive me. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

Words failed him in that moment -- after all, what could he say to a friend he’d so heinously abandoned? -- and pressing a kiss to her temple, he finally settled on asking what happened. Francesca went rigid against him, and her silence tore his heartstrings akin to knives as she lowered down to her proper height, her eyes scanning his face with clear confusion.

“Your husband,” Ben weakly explained. “Frannie, I didn’t know... Why didn’t you tell me?” 

You know exactly why. 

Pressing his lips inward, shame bled across his features and he swallowed, suddenly unable to return her gaze. “I...I don’t know what to say,” he finally admitted. It was true. He didn’t know what to say, and as tears filled his eyes, he was suddenly grateful to the rainwater masking his emotional turmoil. It was her -- it was really, truly her -- and somehow, it hurt nearly as much to have Francesca there with him as it did to be apart. Her hands were clasped in his own, and yet the weight of them didn’t feel real...couldn’t be real.

And then just like that, she pulled away from him. It was as though a curtain had been drawn, promptly closing off the warmth in her face as she reverted back to something colder, proper and guarded. Don’t hide from me, he wanted to plead, and yet he knew the sentiment was laughable. Had that not been what he, himself had done over the past four years? He’d once told Francesca she taught him not to run from his problems -- that he needed to face them -- and yet Ben was still running, even now.

While Francesca fussed over his wet clothes, he finally felt the chill in the significantly warmer foyer and shivered, guilt ribboning through him upon her question.

“I didn’t wish to be presumptuous,” he said, “so I do have an inn I can return to, should you prefer it. Caleb helped me with my last minute travels, so he’s presently staying there.” Wiping the rainwater from his face, Ben offered a feeble smile and quipped, “You know, all those years ago during your debut, you had quite the stunning entrance. I suppose I was well overdue.” In more ways than one.

Once Mary had left to prepare his room, Ben reached down and took hold of Francesca’s hand, his heart in his throat as he gave it a gentle squeeze. “I’ll stay,” he finally agreed. “For as long as you need me.”

#socialseasons #for everything a season #//wow this got insanely long and it's not even good lmao i'm so sorry #obviously no need to match #i put it under a cut to spare everyone lol #i guess not being able to write for 24+ hrs made me go overboard #long post tw

[marimayscarlett]

Quick question, have we figured out why Richard is so damn ATTRACTIVE??? Like he was so fine during the Mutter and MiG Era but he's even better now??? Sir I have questions!!!! What is it about you that's so addictive??? And that belly??? A MASTERPIECE!!!! He needs to pay for my rehab I'm dying over him at this point lmao

Hi hello how did you get into my head and write down exactly what I think about daily?? Because I'm still so fascinated regarding how he changed over the years, while remaining so enticing and attractive, always reinventing himself a bit, experimenting with different looks and styles while maintaining his overall vibe and aesthetic 😌 This of course includes his physique and wonderful chunkiness, but I'll shamelessly use this ask to venture out in earlier decades, to appreciate this man in all his glory 😩 (I hope that's alright with you)

Let's take a tiny look at Mr. Richard Z. Kruspe over the years, just to process this delicious evolution of his:

Very early on we had a lean Richard with the dreads, for some a no-go, for others quite a charming look (i know exactly i'm not the only one who's down for dreadlock Richard 👀), picture from ca. 1993:

In the beginning of Rammstein, we have some brown and blond haired, somewhat muscly Richard (ca. 1995/1996):

Then of course the ethereal look of Live aus Berlin (recorded in 1998) and his general style during the Sehnsucht era (Viva interview from 1997):

Moving on to the Mutter era, the first time his iconic spiky black hair was introduced to the world (picture from 2001 in Tallinn, gif from 2001 at the Velodrom Berlin):

He maintained a similar style and physique (very much toned and gym-trained I guess) or a while, for example during Völkerball (recorded in 2005):

or in various music videos, such as "Mein Teil" (2004) and "Benzin" (2005, albeit with some very much 2000s eyebrows):

In 2009 while LIFAD was released and during the LIFAD tour, he shortly ventured into another hair style (I won't comment, it was.. something, picture of 2009), then again back to the spiky style and tried out the mohawk (picture from 2012 I think), while parts of his typical stage outfit were born plus he's rather muscly here too:

During the festival tour 2016/2017 you can slowly see him becoming a bit broader/meatier in his physique, which I find just absolutely wonderful, plus some combacks like his spiky hair (gifs from an interview in 2018):

And slowly but surely we arrive in the current time and Richard's current style and physique: vampire coat, chicken coat, meaty and chunky Richard in all his glory:

All in all I have to say: It's so interesting to see how he changed and still stayed true to himself and his aesthetic, to his enthusiastic and genuine self while continously trying out new styles. And this includes his physique!! His appearance of course changed over the span of 30 years, that's aging for you. Of course he put on some weight - but that doesn't negate the fact that someone can be unbelievably attractive. And yes, I wholeheartedly agree, his belly now is a master piece, forged by the heavens, a gift from god, just perfection 💖

#WOW ok this took a long time to answer sorry I kind of lost track looking at.. him #this got way out of hand AGAIN #why do i have zero control over me when it comes to answering asks idk why I always go so overboard regarding richard #i'm so sorry for everyone who has to witness this obsession of mine #i promise you i'm kind of normal still #thank you for this ask!! #rammstein #richard kruspe #rzk

[hood-ex]

I have seen you talking about Dick & Dami's relationship and Dick & Tim as well,but what are your takes on Dick and Jason actually?

Like how you wish their relationship should be portrayed today and where are them missing when it comes to making those two acting like siblings?

Do you think in the past their dynamic was better?

How Dick views Jason and how Jason views Dick?

This is difficult to answer because there are like 8 different stages to Dick and Jason's relationship with various dynamics. They also view each other a bit differently depending on which stage we're talking about.

The way I would like their relationship to be portrayed today isn’t necessarily possible thanks to Jason’s integration into the family and acceptance of the no killing moral code. For me, their ideal dynamic is portrayed in Outsiders #44-46. And I know people are gonna find that regressive as hell but, tbh, that dynamic is far more interesting than the kinda awkward thing they have going on now.

Although, I don't mind that they acknowledge their brotherhood in a serious manner now. Like before they'd kinda be like, "Eh... I mean... we were adopted from the same guy but... brothers? Eh..." And now they're more firmly in the, "We're brothers," camp. So that development is interesting.

Character progression wise, it wouldn't feel right for for them to be super close in the way that, say, Dick and Tim are (unless we saw a lot of trust and relationship building between them), but at the same time, there is part of me that kind of wants them to have that older sibling bond (except Jason is closer in age to Tim than he is to Dick sooo actually let's just leave older sibling things to Dick and Cass... not that Cass is much older than Jason though so LOL this is why Dick has to lone the oldest sibling thing by himself... which is funny because Dick is technically no longer the oldest sibling, he's a baby brother now... except Dick and Melinda's relationship really hasn't progressed much sooo you could say they share blood but don't consider each other family yet, in which case, Dick is still the oldest... I mean, regardless, Dick is the oldest sibling of the Waynes... god why did they have to make all of this so difficult 😫).

#jason's like blerghhh dad always loved you best. but also hey we should work together bc you're a killer like me #and then jason's also like hey dick you were the most amazing thing i've ever seen and idk you're cool but i won't say that to you #and then he's also like hey dick i've got girl advice for you and i also need your opinion on my hair. oh now bane is trying to kill us #and then he's also like oh you got amnesia? i don't give a fuck about you and maybe i'll kill you #and he's also like oh you trust me? okay well... we're brothers and i'm gonna save you #and then dick's like oh hey kid call me if you need me. oh you died? i am literally devastated i'm so sorry #and he's also like wow you're very good at what you do but i don't trust you... okay but i trust the intel you're giving me sooo.... #and then he's like why the fuck are you dressing like me and killing people?? quit doing stupid shit!! #and then he's like jason what the fuck are you doing--let me help you!! #and then he's like kinda indifferent to jason but jason is still Ugh this family is stupid why am i here #and then dick's like ofc i'm gonna come help you if you need me but also this is awkward af and things are weird between us so bye #except not bye because i'm staying here to help you and your team #and then dick's like i'm being controlled by joker so i'm gonna kill yoooou #and then he's like eh i trust you and i'm gonna help you bc we're brothers but you literally wrecked bruce's car you numbskull #and then he's like you're doing dumb shit and i have to take you down but oh thanks for not letting the train kill me #and then they're both like meh we're doing shit w the batfam even though neither of us should be here rn #and yeah that's how it goes. that's. literally it. writers cannot keep their relationship consistent in the long term #Dick Grayson #Jason Todd #relationship analysis #anon

[utilitycaster]

finally watching the episode and I will say, saving any final judgment on the choice made here until I've finished but I do feel rather validated that deities outside the Prime/Betrayers are officially Not Feeling Good either.

#i do love the observer #cr spoilers #and like. yeah sorry Artagan doesn't. um. weasel his way out of this one. #wow it's almost as if everyone who was like nononono GODS bad but beings that are FUNCTIONAL INDISTINGUISHABLE from gods #in terms of the powers they lend to mortals? totally fine and you can like them even if you're an in-world atheist. #were uh. missing the point and also dead fucking wrong #i was gonna maintag this but then i got salty in the tags and decided against it also full disclosure i'm tired and i had a long week #and i should probably not start partaking in substances until 5 pm #so. we're sober and irritated and at Peak Salinity

[saph-y]

What’s the name of your Tarnished? Do you have any headcanons about him?

I have a few ! Nothing very precise, as I'm still playing and try to avoid spoilers, the lore of ER is pretty obscur. So instead my headcanons about my tarnished are just whatever happens in my game or how I play. Here's some !

His name is Thomas-Feguson, that... is an elaborate private joke between me and @/selkys about one of our OC (Fergus, who would be his brother in another universe xD) and wanting my chara to be named "Tom" in honor of Tom Cardy, but sounding more... idk. Medieval appropriate I guess xD

At the begining Melina says that Torrent chose the tarnished and I like to think this is the only reason he was raised : the horse has a good vibe about him

Same for Ranni's spectral wolves. I guess pets like him ? x)

Doesn't know what "becoming the Elden Lord" implies and at this point he's to afraid to ask.

Right eye is blind. He used to be a good archer but not so much anymore.

At first he fights like a coward, it forces him to become ingenious

Right until he finds a strange dagger drenched in blood... He's still cautious but sometimes now he gets a little blood-drunk from its use. This is probably fine for his sanity.

He starts to care about all this shit to help the few friends he makes. He's actually super loyal and would die for them. Unfortunately they often die first. He kind of carries on a bit for them, and a bit because... well he doesn't know himself I think. To see where this goes maybe.

Moustache.

(this is my guy btw. He's very on brand of my OCs both for his design and his story, I didn't try to be original xD)

#elden ring #tarnished #oh wow it got long I'm sorry haha #i didn't know i had so Many Thoughts #also this started stupid and went increasingly dark xD fitting. #but still. Moustache. #thank you for asking about him it's a good excuse to actually write stuff !

[sotiredmostnights]

You can buy bootleg volumes of Basara on ebay for a somewhat affordable price.

i suppose that's true................however for now i think i'm okay with the random volumes i have. i read it fully on the viz app before striking some good deals on a handful of the volumes secondhand.

i'm really hoping that the announcement of the red river 3-in-1 releases is indicative of viz looking at their older, unattainable shojo titles for reprints, especially since so many people were clamoring for basara (and others) when shojobeat asked about reprint requests. there's certainly a demand for these older titles...but i think the potential for a basara reprint hinges heavily on how well red river performs. i'll definitely be picking it up though 👀

it really is amazing just how highly sought after a lot of the series from viz's original shojo imprint are though...like, even though basara is certainly the most expensive for a full set, red river, please save my earth, and from far away aren't much more affordable. it's really interesting, because as far as i know, shonen series from that era don't really suffer from the same issue. i can only assume it's because 1. shojo series had shorter print runs to begin with, thus causing a limited supply and 2. shojo readers are just really passionate about the series they want to collect.

wow so sorry this turned into a bit of a rant 🫣 i could honestly talk for hours about manga if given the chance. anyway read basara, it's a masterpiece 👍

#basara #manga #asks #answered #i'm still reeling from all the good announcements we got from viz recently tbh. #i hope someday we get 7 seeds over here...finish off the big hitters from yumi tamura #i don't expect viz to pick it up though. maybe seven seas #seven seas for 7 seeds ......would be pretty cool #as long as it's not kodansha. 🧍 #wow i'm still talking. so sorry 😨

[sleepinglionhearts]

I haven’t logged into Obey Me in quite some time

#doodles #obey me art tag #obey me mc #obey me mammon #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor #obey me leviathan #obey me asmodeus #obey me satan #obey me barbatos #long time no kei but there she is do not worry #all of these are ooooold #i really haven't logged in in a while sorry if this reaches anyone who's friends w me there #you ever get where like... your motivation to do something gets destroyed by something #yeah my motivation for some of my mobile games is practically gone bc i work w someone who also plays them and MAN i feel PRESSURE #always like 'oh i got this special thing and you didn't?? haha wow' or 'how did you do in [event that just started] i'm already this far' #and i'm like well i am not that competitive so i shall just simply Not Do Anything #aaaaa anyway i may start trying to get back into the swing of things at some point #i do enjoy all of the silliness opportunities it provides #hmm today i think i shall post a lot of old stuff #things in my sketchbooks that should see the light of day and all #here is some nonsense please enjoy :)

[shadowglens]

isa has such a complicated relationship with her childhood and trauma. she'll downplay it at most opportunities, or simply lie to avoid a conversation she doesn't want to have. before the events of bg3, only one person outside of her immediate family knows of her past, and esra is isadora's most trusted confidant. no one in the party discovers even an inkling of her past until act 3.

she isn't an orphan, wasn't horribly abused, didn't have something equally as terrible happen to her as a young child, and when most people she meets have had something truly horrible happen to them, it seems small of her to complain. her parents weren't cruel and provided her a fairly well-off upbringing with a governess to boot. still, when she came of age, she didn't hesitate to flee neverwinter and never return.

her human parents, particularly her mother, were mortified when isa was born with her pink toned skin and stubby horns and the inkling of a tail. her mother outright refused to try for more children for the fear of birthing any more tieflings, and grieved the large family she had always wanted for years when isa was young. her father loved her as much as he could in his stilted way, but he also never brought her into the family's merchant business despite her begging.

isa wasn't locked away, per se, but she had known from a very young age that she'd brought shame to her family, that she was unwanted. she was fed, and educated, and given any and all lessons she wanted, but she had few friends and suffered more scalding from her governess than she did affection from her parents. it was a lonely, guilded cage of a childhood.

#oc tag #ch: isadora #idk just thinking about her and her parental issues tonight #she's got the jackpot of both mummy and daddy issues 😩 #also yeah she downplays her trauma #very much 'its not as bad as other peoples so its not as worthy of the pain it caused me' etc etc #she and astarion have some ...... choice discussions about this #because in the face of Him and his Existance as a spawn isa feels like a whining ungrateful child #which is Far from the truth but she struggles to see it - she's always been so good at lying (to others but herself most of all) #she both loathes her parents and longs for the few rose-tinted memories she does have of them from her youth #so when a letter comes in act 3 of bg3 saying her father had fallen ill and died she doesn't really Know What To Feel #isn't sure if she should even Allow herself to grieve after everything #the letter comes from her mother and it's the first time she's seen her handwriting in like 14 years #anyway wow this got long i'm so sorry i'm caught in my feelings tonight

[daz4i]

my god I'm never going back on ssris ever again. god bless

#like they've never been too good for me but now that I'm on smth else entirely i can so obviously see how bad they were lol #like. i can enjoy music again. i can WRITE. i want to do things other than stare at a screen. wow. #and it's funny that i describe it and it's like. just depression symptoms lol. and yeah!!!! they just made it worse!!!!!! #when i was a teen on ssri (+mood stabilizers) i was functioning but my god was i just a husk of a person lol #and i was also shiiiiiit like my therapist pointed out after i got off them that i was still suicidal through it all lol #and yeah . i also self harmed while on them even more than when i got off #they just make you so numb it's like the only way to feel something lol #obviously ik it's not a universal thing. my brain is just a mess so commonly helpful meds make it even worse lol #long story short glad I'm not on them anymore. and these new meds are. fine. helpful up until certain points. idk. #this is just a ramble bc I've got no one to talk to rn other than my cat so. suffer through my thoughts. sorry 😘

[ospraey]

꒰ა @fatespins ; cont.

truth be told, he doesn’t mean to stare. maverick is usually better at being inconspicuous about such behavior ; subtlety is key in his line of work, but these are extenuating circumstances. he’s never actually encountered another aasimar before, but he recognizes celestial heritage the moment he lays eyes on the man. it’s more than just the feathers in the other’s hair — although those are damning evidence on their own — it’s merely something about his demeanor. the way he carries himself even while seated, the way his armor glints in the firelight ... maybe someone else, someone who lacks the perspective mav has, wouldn’t pick up on it quite as easily, but it’s as plain as day to him.

and then, belatedly, he realizes he’s spent too long staring. warm brown eyes meet his, and mav jolts — eyes widening, jaw clenching with a sudden tension. to his credit, he doesn’t back down from their impromptu staring contest, either. even if his heart is pounding. the stranger’s reaction is another surprise, offering maverick a smile ( of all things ) and inclining his head to invite him over. it’s entirely unexpected, and maverick has to take a moment to process the silent request before he can actually respond to it.

it is with no small amount of trepidation that he rises from his corner table, leaving the comfort of the shadows and making his way across the crowded tavern to drop into the seat across from riley. a small, dark bird, coming to roost. the look in his eyes is one of distrust, of wariness. this one keeps his defenses high at all times.

and — here is where maverick falters. what the hell is he supposed to say?

❝ who are you?  ❞ eloquent, mav. the flat, quiet rasp of his voice carries just far enough to reach the other’s ears.

#( wow sorry this got long. i have. Thoughts ) #( also i'm operating under the assumption that this is not a bg3 verse ) #( very excited. feeling very normal ) #fatespins #꒰ა ic. #꒰ა verse ; assassin.

[intertexts-moving]

favorite tumblr trend lately is like people posting satire or bait or jokes that are extremely obvious if u stare at them for like more than five seconds & then every single reply is taking them dead seriously.

#😭 #txt #i see a lot of 'umm i'm autistic this isn't funny because i'm bad at telling tone' i am so sorry i am autism too but holy shit. holy shit u #guys slash nbh have got to learn to supress the automatic wow i'm obviously better than this person saying something COMICALLY STUPID!!!! #reflex and also the automatic wow i bet this person is being 100% GENUINE ON THE INTERNET reflex... not even just in satire context like. #that will fuck u over in the long run 🧍🧍🧍

[empathiie]

@wvsteria​ | Draco & Harry.

Maybe he should’ve changed his name, or his looks, or both; because he was simply tired of running into people from his past here. The problem was, Draco still looked the same -- he was just older, his hair longer than he usually kept it. He hadn’t bothered with haircuts, he wondered if he was truly stupid enough to think he could hide behind his pale blond locks. He enjoyed frequenting bars because people usually left him alone unless he spoke first, with the exception of waiters and waitresses. He would sit in the near darkness, alone, drinking beer as if he didn’t absolutely despise the taste of it. He hated how much he acted like his parents these days. Only his parents drank wine, not beer. As soon as he sees the other man, he almost laughs. He doesn’t look surprised in the slightest, instead, he just looks... uncomfortable. “Potter.”

#( * character interactions: draco. ) #wvsteria #alcohol mention tw #Wow this got long I'm sorry sksksk

[yuesya]

OH! I didn't think of that(the fact that Domains have aim bots on). But I would think that is more due to the fact that a domain is a user pulling another target into "their" realm of reality then anything else. I was just thinking and cause you kept using (open and close) (beginning and end) when she is seeing the lines, that since a technique starts it would eventually have to end right? Since she sees the ending of things not death(right?)

LOL yes most Domain Expansions do come with aim bots haha.

So, more on my thoughts regarding Domains:

The definition for a Domain Expansion is something along the lines of: "An advanced barrier technique that manifests a user's Innate Domain in a separate space." A Domain Expansion has three main effects: Amplifying a sorcerer's technique, ensuring that the technique will always hit the target, and trapping the target within the barrier.

We also see the trade-offs: In exchange for increased power and effectiveness of the sorcerer's technique during the Domain Expansion, cursed techniques will "destabilize" and be harder to use in the aftermath, after the Domain Expansion ends. In exchange for trapping a target and making the Domain Expansion hard to escape, it's actually fairly easy to enter from the outside -because there's no merit in doing so.

So what about the aim bots guaranteed-hit function?

(Getting a little long, so more below the cut:)

The way I see it, the guaranteed-hit is more due to the inherent rules of a Domain Expansion, rather than the result of immersion in a sorcerer's Innate Domain, as you suggested. My reasoning is as follows:

Consider Fushiguro's Chimera Shadow Garden: During his fight with Reggie, it's stated plainly that his Domain had no guaranteed-hit function. This is because he converted the space of the gymnasium he was fighting in into his Domain, instead of making a proper barrier. But if guaranteed hits are just the result of targets being trapped inside manifestations of Innate Domains, then Fushiguro's Domain should've had that guaranteed hit function regardless of a barrier or not, since Reggie was inside his Domain.

We can also take a look at Simple Domains and the like, which are said to cancel a Domain Expansion's guaranteed hit function by neutralizing the barrier of a Domain Expansion. (c171)

So, I think it makes sense to assume that the guaranteed hit function of a Domain Expansion is actually because of the sorcerer's barrier, not because of the sorcerer's innate technique/being inside a manifestation of their Innate Domain.

... Where was I going with this again?

Ah, yes. Domain Expansions. The three main aspects of a standard lethal Domain Expansion -Increased technique strength/effectiveness, guaranteed hit, and trapping a target- are in place precisely because the technique is deployed as a Domain Expansion. So in my mind, to be trapped inside a Domain Expansion would mean being subjected to all three of the above automatically due to how the technique works, no matter who you are. Even Gojo Satoru.

(... Although Gojo Satoru could just lay out his own Domain like he did during his fight with Jogo haha.)

So, back to Shiki! I'm really happy you've noted the descriptors used for how Shiki sees her lines, because Shiki's ability is indeed a little more complex than just "killing things."

Shiki being trapped in a Domain would be fun to write about someday, that's for sure.

Again, I am not yet entirely committed to how I will be approaching Domain Expansions with Shiki, but I do have a few thoughts on this topic.

#QA #zenith of stars #wow this got a little long haha #sorry for getting a little derailed on the domain thing #but i still think it's because of domain barrier more than cursed technique!! #until canon proves me otherwise lol #very real possibility #i'm already waiting to be proved wrong by jujutsu clan stuff haha #someday we'll get more info on the three great clans #;;;

[starsmuserainbow]

Speech bubble emoji for a shippy thread that mun is fond of?

Let's reminisce...

[[I assume you mixed together this meme and the speech bubble for not being able to talk for a thread? If this was for another older meme or something I'm sorry for not linking the right one - it probably doesn't change what I would answer though, unless that meme did something very different!]]

Hmm, well, I'll be honest, I haven't really had that many shippy threads. I don't know what it is, perhaps my "problem" of needing a longer thing leading to ships usually, or perhaps I'm not writing good enough or perhaps it's because I'm not doing nsfw that shipping doesn't really happen, but yeah, I haven't really had that many threads in the regards yet. I just realized, though, I might simply not quite know what counts as shippy thread and what doesn't? Huh. Now I'm thinking.

Okay, well, for all that I'm gonna mention I could now say 'but I don't think we did any specifically shippy thread so far', so I'm just saying this before and now only just mentioning ships.

I do like the ship that I have currently on Blackfire with Vergil (@darksonofsparda, link to my tag of that url here in case you wanna read up some) a lot, they're very evil cool together and I love them. I'm still thinking about making a tag for them, though I haven't done shippy (nor person-specific) tags before, so I will need to ponder that for a while more.

Then, one of the ships I probably love most of anything I did around my blogs, is Wildfire's things with Hay Lin (@aerokinesiiss, here's a link for the tag again for reading up if you want to). They're just very adorable together, I love writing Ry with Hay Lin, and I just feel like I got so lucky having this chance even rather early-on in my writing for him on here!

RobStar is of course my all time favourite ship and will probably stay that as well, and I'm sure I had some nice threads throughout my years there too, but outside of that one plot that I really wanna write out sometime - which I still assume is kinda 'cursed' though bc whenever I suggest it to someone and we start writing it, they kinda stop being active for various reasons (I'm mostly joking, I know a storyline can't really be the reason for that when it's personal reasons or whatever that makes ppl stop being active) - I don't think there's any thread per se. The first Robin RPer that comes to mind that I did some things with is one who I can't tag anymore bc deactivated, formerwonder, read up on the little bit of stuff we did here. It wasn't that much stuff we did, but I very fondly remember our things.

While I'm at Star, me and @merveiilles also more or less recently (? I think it's been more than a year already, idk why I feel like I should still call that 'recently' oops) started to consider her and Aqualad a ship, which I love a lot too! They had a date-thread sorta before though we didn't actually get to writing the date iirc, and a bunch of very cute asks, but there's nothing I can really link you I think - unless you wanna skim through like all the things we're doing together with is way more than only with Aqualad though.

I'm also doing some really nice things with @featherchan - as Robin and Starfire before too, then we also are somewhat considering Silverwing (an OC of featherchan's) and both Moonshot and Wildfire as potential ships! They're both still in the works though, which I feel like is my fault bc I need long to write a ship well I think or maybe to even feel the ship in the first place or sth idk, but, yes, definitely something else to take note of! To link you one thing for if you wanna read up stuff here too, I'll link you an AU we're playing in, here's the link. It's a fascinating AU in itself, and having the chance to write it with someone and hopefully eventually develop a ship within it too, I really like that. There's more things we did, though, but I don't wanna link you a general tag with too much to look through, so you'd have to check for the url-tag yourself to know more, both on Ry and on Moonshot.

Me and @wafflesandbuttkicking do have plans for Steph and Moonshot, which I love a lot, enough actually to have prompted me to do a drawing for the thread we have (that's still in the beginning though) before, which is very rare! I'm not all too happy with my drawing, but it still means that I clearly absolutely adore the dynamic and later-on-hopefully-ship, and I'm looking very forward to keeping that going. Here's a link to what we have so far, though it isn't that much yet.

Also, honorable mention to the things I wrote out between my Star and my OC Moonshot before - I have a bunch of things (Two things where he's slipped into his evil verse because of his obsession/crush/love for Star here and here, a thing that I wrote for his birthday here, two scenes of him finding her on Earth here and here, and last a drabble of them actually getting together here).

There's probably some more stuff I could add, but honestly, I feel like most of it is still a work in progress and not really having 'shippy threads' yet - or like said, I might simply not know how to count one as it. (Also, I wrote these down as I thought of them, in no way is this a sorting of favouring or the likes.)

#✫ Tamaran to Earth ✫ | Answered #✫ Out of Clurblopf ✫ | OOC #anon #you wouldn't believe how much it takes of me to actually tag the ppl I mention here #it shouldn't be so difficult but all my mind is saying is 'they don't need to see this you don't need to tag them' #'don't bother them with your posts when it's something so meaningless as this one' #and the likes and it is such an effort to make myself actually do the tagging #why am I like that; okay well yeah enough tag-ramble #okay excuse me I'm gonna go hide in a char-creator game for the rest of the day bc I tagged ppl #wow uh this got very long; I bet you did not expect this length from such an ask; sorry