𖡡 castle gardens

by the sword shall the knight's way be carved; by the heart shall the knight's vow be sworn.

[dmclr]

⊹₊⋆ clara 23 she/he

hi & welcome ! i talk about ships i curate & my friends' ships; i like archiving who & what i love. this is a sideblog, pls don't put my main in the tags when i send asks ! ✧

🤍 carrd · art · fics · header, pinned, icon ✧ focus: gi & the knights' grand master varka. — ship lore page

૮₍ ´ ꒳ `₎ა thank you !!!! 🎉🤍 im always happy to interact & make new friends !!

[faulix]

birthday promo? for felix?

hi i'm felix! i've aged today (yeah i'm 30 now) and i would like a promo ^_^ i like to selfship and have a few favorite games (jsr, brc, borderlands, ffxiv, and dead as disco to name a few!) i also like drawing the Character(s)

anyways may i have a promo pls. in turn i give you this. let's be mutuals 🫶

[nouveaumoon]

a sunny selene for hoenn! 🌻

[dmclr]

clara open your artfight i'm dying out here waiting for you to see it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IMRUNNING TO WRITE AN ENTIRE PARAGRAPH RIGHTNOW ITS SOOO BEAUTIFFULLLLLLLLL FFFAAAAWWWWWWKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK &&^&^^^^^MY REACTION FOR MY TWO BRAINCELLSSSS

[dmclr]

on and on and on

[danijaci]

take that everybody

[dmclr]

i keep on thinking abt a prompt blog to make, specifically like weekly prompts for art (or maybe also writing)? and then id reblog everyone who made smth for the week -> i thought itd be nice as encouragement to make and share something you made on a routine, no matter ur skill level, just showcasing everyone who put in the effort to create something ....... as extra encouragement i contemplated making it a weekly art raffle with every art = an entry, but i wouldnt be able to keep up with it .. (っ- ‸ - ς)💭 if anyone has any ideas / comments / suggestions, id love to know .. also if itd help as a way to either get into drawing in general, or just drawing more regularly !!!

[kruxband]

is your (romantic) f/o a character that was intended* for you to find attractive?

yes

no

nuance

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Voting ended onJul 15

*this includes:

romanceable characters in games

love interests (who aren't "joke" characters)

characters with fan-service moments

characters that are described as attractive by the narrative and/or other characters

[dmclr]

back with another rb game ૮₍ ´ ꒳ `₎ა💭 is there anything you and your f/o would have / keep / wear as a reminder of the other ? anything from wedding rings, to carrying a photo around, matching or gifted accessories, keychains with little magnets in them, etc ..... what's something that ties you together, no matter how far apart you are ? alternatively, if not matching, it can be something one of you keeps as a reminder !

[liekkiverse]

𑣲⋆ i got my beautiful eidolons back this morning and thank god bc they look insane (╥﹏╥)

[cornerstonedeluxe]

i like you

[dmclr]

i like seeing the world with you

[dmclr]

im going to simulate the twitter for you timeline from a world where selene exists okay [text vers under cut too]

tweet by ___ 500 pulls for selene!!! @ hexereii: varsele headcanons!!! 1. they get divorced 2. she leaves varka for me

reply from @ moonheartknight: their love for each other literally is part of what brings both of them back to life you cant separate that from their relationship

>> reply from @ hexereii: tying selene's life to her love for a man? #watdatmean

tweet by ___ NOT SPOILER FREE @ faelove: [6.4 beta] selene being cryo bennett but varka struggling to reach 100k dps ohh my beloved problematic meta gap relationship...

reply from @ meowtuah: that scene at the end of act viii where she says that varka has to carry her around as she recovers vs. her now carrying his cryo teams fjdlgjdfkl

tweet by Days Since Varka's DPS Got Compared To @ varkabeta: i finally got that godwin anecdote and the scene where varka writes a letter to glory and is so adamant on godwin calling her "my lady" makes me wonder what his letters to selene are like...

self-reply from @ varkabeta: he calls her "my heart" but he probably pulls out every endearment imaginable when writing to her. oh my grand master can't be this romantic

[dmclr]

can you tell us more about selene's relationship with alice :3 how does she feel about her, are they close or is she an absent mentor like how she's an absent mother

HIII ELYY my fucked up forced mother-daughter relationship .... theres a lot to them. tldr alice sees selene as not just her student but also daughter and experiment ... selene sees her as a mother, but the influence alice has over her life makes her uncomfortable in a way she cant stop. these lines i have show it pretty well

selene's "about alice": As my mentor, she has me almost at her beck and call. Of course, you can see how this'd be a little tiring, as my life has duties beyond being her errand girl.. But, as she happily reminds me, I am truly indebted to her. Besides being a whirlwind of a person, she treats me with such kindness that... I don't mind when she calls herself my "mother."

alice talking about selene: Hm, that white strand of hers? Oh, do you like it? I put it there myself! It gives her a bit more charm, doesn’t it? Now, we look similar—a mother should impart something onto her daughter, after all.

selenes view on alice is very complicated. she mentored her, adventured alongside her, and - most importantly - brought her back to life ... naturally, selene feels like her devotion to her must last her entire second lifetime. for ten years, she served as her student, unwittingly the subject of alice's experiment to see if a mortal suddenly given power and life beyond their limits would cling to their desires like love or a normal family.

as much as alice promises her that selene's life is her own and she should do whatever she wishes with it (ie return to the knights), she never forgets to mention that she and the hexenzirkel are still her family and family should always be ready to help each other. this is why shes still part of the hexenzirkel, but yet is pretty disconnected from it ....... she goes as far as making selene's white-colored hair strand similar to her curls, artificially making them seem closer.

selene WISHES alice was an absent mentor WAHAHA even now, alice often sends her on errands knowing full well that she has her own life to live (this is what caused a schism between her and eroch, years ago). she never told varka how she felt abt her, so she had to sit around and watch as varka asked alice that her wedding gift to them be the pact forged with the hexenzirkel. she had to watch as that pact led to the combat trials, which then led to varka having the vision of nod-krai that begins the expedition ...... selene's feelings on the expedition is a whole other can of worms, but she spends a lot of time selfishly wishing that something along this domino effect of events never happened, so her newly-wed husband wouldn't have to put all his faith into a scryglass's vision.

THIS IS ME RAMBLING its all very complicated !!!! there is no selene without alice but alice has her hands in every inch of selenes life that she often wonders if its worth it. through rebirth, is she really free? is this how a person of mondstadt should really live, always living by the random whims of someone else? i imagine that her story quest would address this a lot, but in the end, she'll have to deal with alice forever ..

[dmclr]

little comics from when i wasnt feeling well

[fiirstloves]

"ME+U" // 🎨 HMD7789 // ok to rb // oc x canon (dreamship)

🥹 a cute personal birthday gift for myself! the artist was so sweet too!!

divider @/cherry0kisses

[dmclr]

can you talk about varsele reunion kiss

HI OMEN ..... i dont have this Right Now but hilariously enough i have some old drafts of some of their many goodbyes ...... so you can have this instead WITH!!! a little matching ficlet below (ᵔ꒳ ᵔマ (400 words)

It’s a gentle affair, whenever she kisses him—the years gave her a habit in being to slow to take what she wants, something that included even the simplest kisses she steals from her husband in these fleeting days.

“Sorry,” she whispers against his lips. It was a sudden thing. They sat in the grass to take their lunch together, and the feeling had risen inside her faster than she can kill it. 

Varka laughs. Air leaves his nostrils in sharp, quick exhales as he does, and the corners of his eyes crease as they hide the lower half of his pupils, leaving only the vivid blue sky in his eyes she loves so much. “What’re you apologizing for?” He asks. “I’d never say no to a kiss from you.”

She can hear the words left between them. Especially not now, he’d say, if he wanted to be cruel. Having lunch together these days became rarer as the expedition preparations started to keep him away until long into the night, and with there being only a month left before he leaves—

When he kisses her this time, it comes with more than enough enthusiasm to take her breath away. He’s always been a greedy lover, of both life and her. She smacks his shoulder when she feels his tongue swipe against hers; they’re still in public, after all. He smiles after he breaks the kiss but not their proximity, leaning close enough to take up her whole field of vision. 

“You’re thinking too much,” he says.

His smile just barely reaches his eyes, accompanied by the slightest wrinkle on the left side of his face and a faint scar on his chin he got from a Hilichurl’s stick sent flying when they were younger. His eyebrows, furrowed slightly to match his smile, are healing slowly from when one of the trainees nicked him with an arrow three weeks back. His hair is growing longer, with a few strands starting to graze against his shoulders. In a year, he’d be healed and his hair would’ve grown to his shoulders, but he would have countless new scars and matching tales. He’d flaunt them with a smile, telling stories over a campfire while sitting a continent away from her.

Perhaps she is thinking too much, too dedicated to committing all that he is to memory. If only the world were kind enough to let her keep him forever.