Fantasy Harvest Rune

Gemma | She/ her | 32 | A blog for me to nerd out about video games. Mainly dedicated to the Harvest Moon (Story of Seasons), Rune Factory, and Fantasy Life series. Currently playing: Rune Factory 4 Special Edition, Planet Zoo, TLOZ: Ocarina of Time (3DS). The background for this blog was created by pokemonpalooza.tumblr.com.

[teaboot]

We never really talked about it but The Ugly Ducking that grew up to be a beautiful swan was still probably pretty fugly from a duck’s perspective

[teaboot]

Like that story isn’t about an ugly duckling that grew up sexy, it’s a fucking swan was judged as a duck and hated itself as a duck until it found out it wasn’t a duck and stopped trying to be a duck.

The actual ducks in the neighborhood were probably still looking around at perfectly normal swans like “damn, look at those busted ass ducks”

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

This is pretty important, actually. The good ending is finding the other swans, not tearing yourself to pieces trying to impress the ducks.

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Speechless

[nature-hiking]

Heather flowers along the mountain stream - Isle of Skye, Scotland, August 2025

photo by: nature-hiking

Instagram: nature__hiking

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My favourite bit of playing Planet Zoo so far was when one of my Formosan black bears escaped, and the guest who was right by the perimeter fence it had just climbed over suddenly got a positive “Wow! I’ve never seen a Formosan black bear so close.” just as she was running for her life from said bear.

[rexuality]

hikes are very good yes but a deluxe hike is when you are accompanied by a freak with niche nature knowledge. they’re like omg stop there’s a horned valerian varmint beetle here and then you both get to crouch down and look at a bug like :)

[markscherz]

Bonus: you don’t have to cover a lot of ground. I can turn a three kilometre walk into a three hour adventure. Five if there is a small rocky stream or a few ponds.

[puffinsional]

"mother, are you proud of me?"

(aug 7, 2026) for the story of seasons 30th anniversary fanworks contest

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[clumsypuppy]

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[mizziecornart]

Happy 30th Anniversary to the series that best defined cozy games for me! 💗 Since we are all getting old, I wanted to draw Jill/Pony turning gray and sentimental over a few of her favorite memories.

[bagelbarr0n]

Really funny one two punch on my dash this morning

[qisaaa]

Drew Arthur again sorry, i really should draw tge others😔

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[ksilberne]

My entry for the Story of Seasons 30th anniversary fanworks contest

A Wonderful Life has always been one of my biggest comfort games I know there isn't much to do in the game itself, but it just lets me turn my brain off and relax :')

Marlin/Matthew is my all time favorite bachelor, younger me definitely knew the type I'd end up liking after... 20yrs... (iykyk)

[great-and-small]

Rabies is an incredibly lethal virus that kills more than 50,000 people globally each year. About 99% of those people who die from rabies were infected by the bite of a dog. This doesn’t mean that dogs are evil, or that they are disgusting, or that they should be eradicated from the planet to prevent the risk of disease transmission to humans. It does mean that we should do everything in our power to promote vaccination efforts, study disease transmission on a local and global scale, and find ways to prevent infected dogs from encountering and biting humans.

Okay, now are you ready to hear my biggest personal biology hot take?

This is pretty much how I feel about ticks carrying Borrelia burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease) and other arthropod disease vectors. Yes, these animals cause unbelievable suffering to humans by inadvertently transmitting disease, but that doesn’t mean they should be portrayed as evil or exterminated entirely from the environment. Ecologists have been speaking for years on how critical these species are within their established trophic webs, and how their removal could have devastating effects to many other organisms including humans. You can still be scared of or grossed out by these animals (very normal response to a potentially dangerous disease vector), but it’s important to understand that the best way for scientists to minimize the risk of these animals is NOT just eliminating them from the environment. No animal is evil or immoral for the ecological niche it fills, and encouraging a more nuanced understanding of these animals can arm us with better ways to minimize their negative impact to humans.

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@crearuru this is a really funny comment, I find it interesting sometimes to see how others interpret the things I say on this website that seem very straightforward in my mind. Always neat to hear a different perspective.

To me, the phrase “promote vaccination efforts” would imply supporting development and distribution of vaccines to protect humans against these vector borne illnesses. In the case of rabies we can easily vaccinate the primary vector to threaten humans (dogs), but with arboviruses or bacteria carried by invertebrates it is obviously more feasible to directly vaccinate the humans at risk.

In this post I am advocating for continued research and development of vaccines to protect us against vector borne illnesses, I am NOT proposing an army of tick veterinarians tromping into the woods with teeny needles to vaccinate our least favorite arachnids for a transmissible bacterial disease, as hilarious and adorable as that mental image may be. I love your whimsical mind!

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[oblivionloading]

Martin: I’m afraid I will need your help again if we are to beat The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™.