The blog of an aspiring writer, who's hobbies include writing, drawing, and obsessing over beautiful fiction friendships. I'll be posting a mix of reblogs, with personal art and writing. I'm a bit shy but feel free to drop a message.
"Atem can't microwave pizza rolls without setting the kitchen on fire" hcs are fun, but I actually hc that Atem does develop at least basic cooking skills
because shortly after he gets his own body, Grandpa is like "of course I'm happy to have have both my grandsons living here, but as a member of this household you'll need to start fulfilling your solemn duties--"
and Atem is going >:| and earnestly leaning forward like yes, of course, anything I can do to repay you. Do you want me to complete 3 noble trials? Defend you from your enemies in combat? Pluck a star from the heavens?
"--by joining the family chore chart!"
Cue montage of an Ancient Egyptian ex-pharaoh very seriously and carefully learning to Use A Broom and Crack An Egg
The character I love- Sorey, my boy <3 Also Dezel.
The character I hate- Uuuuuh Bartlow maybe or Maltran? Though the second is more the writing around her I hate.
The character I would call if I was in trouble- Sorey more than likely. Maybe Sergei.
The character who Iām in trouble with- Zaveid or Rose. One of those two. No contest.
The character I would trust to plan my birthday party- I feel Lailah would do a good job actually.
The character I would share fries with- Edna, weāll go Edna.
The character who would be my best friend- Probably Sorey xD Or perhaps Mikleo.
The character I would hang out with on a rainy day- Mikelo could be fun considering heās a water Seraphim. I could also see myself chilling with the nerds reading books or something.
I havenāt read all the books and itās been forever since I watched the movies but I will do my best lol.
The character I love- I was always very partial to Remus Lupin honestly, also Hermione if I had to pick from the main cast.
The character I hate- Bellatrix or Voldemort (cliche but oh well)
The character I would call if I was in trouble- Probably Mrs. Weasley. Or maybe Sirius.
The character who Iām in trouble with- Either one of the main trio or another one of the Weasley crew more than likely.
The character I would trust to plan my birthday party- Fred and George if I wanted something chaotic, otherwise maybe Neville?
The character I would share fries with- I honestly donāt know, anyone who wouldnāt eat all of them is probably fine.
The character who would be my best friend- Neville or Hermione
The character I would hang out with on a rainy day- Remus, Neville, or Hermione. Any of the three seem like chill people to hang out with on a rainy day.
So January 1st was my blogās 5 year anniversary. I am still surprised that itās been this long since I first joined, and the community I have found myself in has been so fantastic and amazing. 2018 was hard on a lot of us, but Iām thankful for those who stayed and those who continue to show their support, not to just me, but to one another.
As such for this milestone and support, I am going to host this blogās first Art Giveaway for all of you, my followers and my friends. May this year be the start of a better, more thriving year for all of us.
How to participate:
You have to follow my blog (as of 1/13/2019) in order to participate. We do not have to be mutual for you to enter!
No giveaway blogs.
1 Like gives you 1 entry
1 Reblog gives you 2 entries
No multiple reblogs (I currently have 600+ followers, so this is just to make things easier for me when itās time to tally)
I give myself the right to refuse an entry if I find the blog shady (ex: blogs run by bots/giveaway blogs).
Tumblr apparently has issues with the āgiveawayā tag so please donāt use it.
Prizes:
1st place: A flat color drawing of your request.
2nd place: A line art drawing of your request.
3rd place: A sketch drawing of your request. Ā
Other info:
For what I will and will not draw, please look at my guidelines here on my commission post.
Winners will be selected by a random generator.
Please keep your ask box or messages open so I can message you if you win!
If a winner doesnāt respond to me within 1 week, I will pick someone else.
The give away ends on February 2nd, 2019! I will announce the winners within the week.
This is my thank you to everyone who has been a support in one way or another throughout all these years, and I wish everyone the best of luck!
4, 8 :P, 10, 14 (Zaveid or Eizen not applicable answers for obvious reasons), 15, and 16 <3
These got long so Iām gonna put them under a read more just so Iām not flooding peopleās dashes.Thank you for them though. xD
4. Favourite party setup?Early game I think it was Sorey/Mikleo and Alisha/Lailah if I had her as a partner. Later game after picking up Rose I ended drifting a bit more to Dezel and ended up favoring Edna as Roseās partner to exploit enemy weakness I believe. I stilled used Mikleo a fair bit when I need more ranged with the armatus though.So: Sorey/Mikleo & Alisha/Lailah early gameSorey/Dezel & Rose/Edna mid to late game
8.Favourite attachment?I didnāt actually use any attachments or costumes in my first playthrough so I donāt really have any favorites. Maybe second playthrough. xD Although if I had a certain dlc then Sorey would have a certain gosh darn whale on his back the whole time, clipping or silliness be darned.
10.Ā Favourite boss fight?Ooooooo, this is a hard one. Mmmm. Probably the Sergei fight honestly, he beat me several times but I really enjoyed how I had to get creative and really read into his movements and patterns to beat him with just Sorey. And honestly I never really got frustrated with this fight, just more determined to actually beat him and honestly it was a really rewarding fight. Runner ups would probably be the Zaveid fights and also all the different battles against Heldalf at the very end of the game. There were some darn good fights in this game in my opinion.
14.Ā Anything you wish we could have learned more about?Fiiiiiiiine. Honestly Iād loved to have seen more about Heldalf and Michael, either their connection or just them individually. Like they both had important parts in the history of why certain story events happen, but I donāt feel like we got more than just below surface level on either of them, and I feel like there would have been a lot of potential to explore who they were and tie into deeper into the story itself. Maybe thatās just me though.Also Dezelās relationships with either Lafarga or Zavied. I want it darn it. Give me.
15.Ā The gameās theme is āpassionā. What part of the game are you most passionate about?Oh gosh, I donāt even know where to start with this one. I guess one of the biggest things is just the characters. Sorey in generally hit me really close to home as I find him incredibly relatable and through the whole game a lot of his struggles and also victories hit me really hard because of it. They might not be the most well written cast of a game and some of them are stagnate or a bit backtracking in the character development department at times, but none the less, and itās hard to explain, but for me the cast had some kind of spark that stuck with me through it all and left me really in love with them in the end. Maybe it was skit interaction, or just the idea of the armatization stuff with trusting someone enough to be able to trust them with a true name and then pair up like that, and maybe a lot of it is just my interpretations of some things but I donāt care. And I love them. I donāt know if that made any sense honestly but hey thatās my answer.
16.Ā Free prompt: just talk about your personal ties to the game, go goI could write a novel. I really could. But Iāll try not to. I mean I think I touched on a lot of the game elements that I really love already so Iāll go with something a little different.So I got my start in Tales with the Symphonia anime with a certain friend, :PĀ terrible idea or not thatās how I started and I donāt regret it in the slightest.Ā I got hooked and ended up picking up both Symphonia and Zestiria for cheap in a steam sale at same friendās suggestion, and to start I tried playing Symphonia. And Iāll admit I got burn out and a bit bored after a while for various reasons so I which I wonāt discuss here because itās not relevant to where Iām going with this and I kinda stopped playing.Ā During this burnout was about the time the Zestiria anime was airing and I was seeing various harmless gif sets and images I had spoilers blocked across my dash and it got me kind of curious, so I said heck with it and started up Zestiria not entirely sure what to expect but hopeful that it wouldnāt be a drag like Symphonia had become.And let me tell you I fell in love immediately and just burned through it. I was dumping countless hours in on my weekends after not playing during weeks due to classes. I canāt count the number of nights I stayed up till like 2 or 4 in the morning just to get up the following more and dive in again. Again I canāt explain exactly what it was but something between me and the game just clicked and I poured my heart into it, just loving every minute. Even the frustrating boss fights werenāt enough to make me stop for longer than a couple hours at most to regain my head or make my hands stop shaking.I cried several times in this darn game Dezel had me going for at least a couple hours and then kinda hollow at times for days after Iāll be honest and have spent countless hours analyzing and headcanoning since. I havenāt really wrote much in the way of fic yet but that because Iām waiting to understand how Berseria plays into everything. But I guess what makes it stand out is that at the time about a year or so ago I think actuallyĀ is that I donāt think Iād been so into a game with that much vigor in quite a while. Iād played a few other things off and on of course, but with school and other things eating up my time I just hadnāt let myself really get invested into much, nor found much that allowed me to. After beating the main game I walked away with feeling I hadnāt felt in quite a while and honestly it felt amazing.Iāve found the feeling again more recently with a few other games Iāve played, Abyss being one of them, but as silly as it sounds in some ways I like to think Zestiria was kinda a reminder to me that even with getting busy and having a dozen things to do for various things that sometimes its fun to just step back from the classes, creative writing, whatever and just let myself have a good time with someone elseās story and just enjoy myself. And honestly I think Iāve played more games and read more books since because of it.I ended up writing a short novel anyways but hey, it is what it is. If youāve read all this then applause for you and Iām just gonna end this with saying no matter what anyone else thinks of the game whether it be good or bad Iāll always love it for what it is and what it brought me, and Iām grateful for all that is.
To get you excited, we made a little ask game; feel free to reblog, answer it all, or let people ask you questions, or just use it as a starting point to think about your prompts for our anniversary week! Donāt forget to check out our page and follow us here and on Twitter, too!
1. How did you get into ToZ?
2. Favourite character to PLAY as?
3. Favourite location in the game?
4. Favourite party setup?
5. Personal grade record?
6. And trophy %?
7. Favourite/most used armatus? EXCEPT water, we all know youāre gonna pick that.
8. Favourite attachment?
9. Favourite costumes for each character?
10. Favourite boss fight?
11. Do you run into enemies so you can windstep? Come on, you can admit it
12. How do you prefer to play? (eg āon the sofa with chocolate bars in my mouth and a cat in my lapā)
13. Who or what is most fun to draw/write if youāre a creator?
14. Anything you wish we could have learned more about?
15. The gameās theme is āpassionā. What part of the game are you most passionate about?
16. Free prompt: just talk about your personal ties to the game, go go
Not planning to jump ship from here or anything, but if my few mutuals and followers want to follow me elsewhere in case something happens you can find me at @ArcherAzzure on twitter, nothing much there right now though. You can also pm me for my discord, I might be a little picky on who I share that with though, but if youāre a mutual youāre probably alright.