Chekhov's gun shot me in the foot

~I live in the perpetual agony of niche fanbases ~Currently being held at Chekhov's gunpoint ~Find me and my one Rune Factory fic on ao3

[kendricksilver]

Since I've been posting more recently, I figured I should give a little blog intro ^-^

Things I love! \(^ ^)/

Rune Factory

Pokémon (especially the gen 5 games)

Fire Emblem (mostly Awakening)

Stardew Valley

Ace Attorney

Pandora's Tower

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure

Doki Doki Literature Club

Twisted Wonderland

Vampires SMP

My Projects:

#rf sprite edit series --- a little series I did editing the Rune Factory children to look like my favorite marriage candidates throughout the series. I also love to take requests, so if you have a favorite marriage candidate you'd like to see, send me an ask!

#rf archiving --- my tag for any official rf content that I haven't seen uploaded anywhere else

#my writing --- links to fics I've uploaded to ao3

I love to ramble about Rune Factory, so feel free to send me thoughts and questions! Same goes for any of my other interests, of course!

I also post on AO3 under the same user, so if you'd like to check out an occasional rf fic, you can find me there!

[nicequalitymemoon]

[kendricksilver]

I've seen a lot of discourse surrounding which legendary dragon canonically picks N vs. the protagonist, and while Reshiram choosing Hilda/Hilbert makes more immediate sense, as a Pokémon White player, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring about why I think Zekrom can still make sense.

In a way, N's belief that battling hurts pokémon is the truth; it is the nature of fighting after all. This is a truth he clings to, leading to him pursuing the end of battling at all costs. Due to his devotion to his truth, he is chosen by Reshiram. Meanwhile, the protagonist chooses to believe in the idea that pokémon can enjoy battling and do truly want to bond with humans. It seems counterintuitive that a pokémon would enjoy fighting, but this is the ideal that the player follows throughout the game that makes Zekrom choose them.

It might not be the most direct way of looking at their respective representations of truth and ideal, but I honestly think the grey area of it ends up showing the theme of the game. The player's ideals end up being the truth, and N's truth is more ideal than he believed. Either dragon can choose either person, because in the end, both pursue truth and ideal simultaneously. It was never black and white.

[ranchstoryblog]

「牧場物語」シリーズ30周年特設サイト｜マーベラス

「牧場物語」シリーズは、第一作発売から今年で30周年！シリーズ30周年を記念して、歴代の主人公と牧場生活を共に過ごしてきたパートナー候補たちを対象とした人気投票を開催します。

A Bokumono Anniversary page has launched! Things are starting off with a popularity poll, with fans being able to vote once per day up until 4/6. The top ten will be put into an illustration by Igusa Matsuyama!

「ルーンファクトリー」シリーズ20周年特設サイト｜マーベラス

「ルーンファクトリー」シリーズは第一作の発売から、今年で20周年を迎えます！シリーズ20周年を記念して、これまで登場した個性豊かなキャラクターたち、総勢213名を対象とした人気投票を開催します！

What's this...? The same thing for Rune Factory! This race will be even tighter, limited to the top 5 for an illustration by Minako Iwasaki! Hopefully this is just the start of festivities!! It's so exciting!

Also, there's one last thing: Two new illustrations!

[kendricksilver]

Rune Factory Frontier Instruction Manual

I couldn't find an upload of any of the Rune Factory manuals online, so I decided to start posting them here!

[kendricksilver]

Part 2! (Reached the picture limit)

Note that page 1 and 2 were health and safety information, page 43 was an ad, and 45 was warranty information, so I decided not to include them.

This one doesn't have as many interesting bits of lore as some of the other manuals, but I was surprised by the mention that Ganesha is a half elf (this might be stated somewhere in the game, but I hadn't found it yet). Interestingly, this makes Marco quarter elf, the first one in the series (with the exception of Orland and Aria/Aaron if you marry Cecilia). It was fun to find some lore that supported my opinion in the sprite edit series that Aria/Aaron could still have elf ears despite only being quarter elf.

[kendricksilver]

Rune Factory Frontier Instruction Manual

I couldn't find an upload of any of the Rune Factory manuals online, so I decided to start posting them here!

Hit the picture limit, so part two is in the reblog

[kendricksilver]

All RF5 Perfect Matchmaker quiz results!

I'm not sure if anyone has done this already, but I figured I'd archive all of the RF5 quiz results for anyone who'd like to see all the descriptions. This is going to be a long post, so I'm keeping it under the cut

If you want to take the quiz yourself, here's the link: https://runefactory.com/rf5/matchmaker/

Rf4 equivalent: Leon

Rf4 equivalent: Dolce

Rf4 equivalent: Kiel

Rf4 equivalent: Clorica

Rf4 equivalent: Arthur

Rf4 equivalent: Xiao Pai

Rf4 equivalent: Dylas

Rf4 equivalent: Margaret

Rf4 equivalent: Doug

Rf4 equivalent: Forte

Rf4 equivalent: Vishnal

Rf4 equivalent: Amber

[kendricksilver]

Started playing Rune Factory Frontier and I swear Erik looks just like Vishnal. Has anyone else thought this? Better question: is it a leap that I'm headcanoning them as relatives now :)

[kendricksilver]

WAIT, ERIK HATES TURNIPS TOO?!

The plot thickens...

[kendricksilver]

Started playing Rune Factory Frontier and I swear Erik looks just like Vishnal. Has anyone else thought this? Better question: is it a leap that I'm headcanoning them as relatives now :)

[kendricksilver]

[kendricksilver]

The plot of Rune Factory 4 is strangely devastating when you think of it from Venti's perspective.

(major spoilers for most of the RF4 plot below)

One of the interesting things about Venti's death is that it isn't the result of anything unnatural like an illness or an artificial imbalance of runes. It was simply that as part of the natural cycle, the runes had begun to run dry and it was time for Venti to replenish them with her body. Which means that her death wasn't an unforseen tragedy, but the natural end of her life, sort of the divine dragon equivalent to dying of old age.

But of course, everyone fought to keep her alive. Friend after friend sacrificed themselves to keep a deity alive who should have died long ago. Even Frey/Lest volunteers to do the same and spends the entirety of the game fighting to keep her alive.

And you have to wonder how that feels for Venti, a divine dragon with a lifespan that's practically immortal in comparison to her mortal friends, watching them sacrifice the little time they have for her over and over again. All so that her vast life that would have naturally ended ages ago could hang on by a thread. How would it feel, to be a god that can do nothing to stop the constant sacrifices, to be someone so powerful and yet barely able to keep their own life. To always be caught in a cycle of facing an inevitable death only for it to be delayed yet again.

It's no wonder Venti tried to become distant. And it seems clear that some part of her hoped that it would all be over. The only thing she ever asks of you is that you free the Guardians, even though she knows it will weaken her to the point of death.

And then, after that cycle is finally broken, there's arc 3. How would Venti feel, knowing that Frey/Lest risked their life in so many ways just to bring her back. And with the rune spheres taking the place of the Guardians, it's permanent this time. At least, in a way. But who's to say what might happen to the spheres centuries out. Perhaps Venti might get caught in that cycle again. But more than that, to live again is to have to lose everyone she loved all over again, this time forever. The Guardians are not sealed away, but would be dead and truly gone, the way she was meant to centuries ago. Even you, the one who overcame every obstacle for Venti, had a lifespan that was a blip compared to hers.

So really, you have to wonder if Venti would have preferred to stay dead.

[kendricksilver]

(heads up, Rune Factory 4 arc one spoilers ahead)

(original image under the break)

[f3v3r-dr3am]

Tag game!!!

Do this quiz

And this picrew

And tag people(obviously)

Although anyone who wasn’t tagged here can of course join in, it’s open to anyone :3

@anartistwithamask @gummy-axolotl @shadowthegay @auseryoumayknow @copper-ichor @moonysfavoritetoast @alexthescaredenby @invaderxeya @fungal-boy-witch-yay @artists-void @hazbin-hotel-lucifer-simp @ka1-the-pr0ot @theautumnalcat

[forkcollectingdyke]

I suck at tagging people at things and will probably come back and edit it multiple times, but here:

@barmy-demon @purelunaris @purgatory-is-life @namebrandpessimist @littlevandalist

[purgatory-is-life]

Creechr :3

@crossnamara @very-uncorrect @55cdfc-f7a8b8-ffffff-f7a8b8-55cd @iamasteel @pentagramstars

[very-uncorrect]

Oooo

@goromustdie @brainworms-all-night-long-2-0 @chaos-breeds @the-astral-idiot

[brainworms-all-night-long]

Ngl kinda popped off with that character design

@emerald--antssss @the-last-quest @terrible-at-aliases @0vergrowngraveyard

[0vergrowngraveyard]

i actually really want to draw this. sick ass picrew 10/10

@myymi @passionartx @nortedwayfinder @star-stages and anyone else!!

[myymi]

very fun picrew

@niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian @mbrine @seldompathic @m3tr0n0m333 and anyone else who wants to join lmao

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

I enjoyed doing this one

@cosmoshard @lazorbeanz @multiisketch @multicolour-ink @mushroomflood @qwiopty @piko-rose @star-stages and whoever else wants to join in

[multiisketch]

Fun! Thanks for the tag!

@mama-qwerty @wnacn

[crescent-sleeps]

i wasnt tagged but wanted to join in and tag a few I know (hope yall dont mind)

tagging: @asktheevilgeniusesson, @edgyhedgie, @silver---linings, @hi-im-nova, @ultimachaos, @thesonicever [none of u are obligated to do this if u dont wanna /info /pos]

[hi-im-nova]

(:3)

@scannys-back @the-sleepydragon @finderseeker @pbam0ney @marko-the-yellow-cat

[asterismposting]

Thanks for the tag! Putting it on my reblog blog ^^

Catch me getting killed immediately… I just wanna hang out with animals and wear cool clothes. I forgot my knife,,,

Uhhhh let’s see. No pressure tags! @jujumighty @leucoratia @sunn-mechanic @viskozni-varhanik @onedappercreature @afreakingmilkshake @benanazauce @violetthepixie @angelbitezzz @ anyone else who wants to do this!

[sunn-mechanic]

ty for the tag seeker :)))

i love picrews where i can creatur myself they're so fun. prolly shoulda expected my alignment lol im a chronic goody-two-shoes

no pressure tags :) @mordaunts-haunt, @airalore, @misslydian, @queer-rat-king, @drea-vuni, @buff-muffin, @skrimbloz, @shire-baird, or anyone else!

[queer-rat-king]

ive been saving this tag for when im like worn out so here goes lol

the alignment one is actually kinda surprising bc i've taken a shit ton of these and normally i get chaotic good but yknow how ppl are variable and tend to fluctuate with time

ummmm @nefarious-smartass @schtivan-the-terrible @dahliaismystrippername @kimjunnoodle @starlingelliot @cleaverqueer @arsenicandvanilla @v0rpalalice and anyone else i just hit the most recent notifs :P

[nefarious-vex]

can confirm, this was insanely fun. I gotta draw this once I finish drawing everything else really didn’t expect true neutral but it does track I suppose

for anyone who wants to join the bandwagon @kendricksilver @itsjustbl0op @evaiskindaweird @blackplaaague

[kendricksilver]

I may or may not have unintentionally recreated an OC, but that's beside the point *•°~

[syblei-art]

I will stop redesigning 2012 3DS game characters when im dead

[kaleidoscopicbullettrain]

I haven't done a tag game in forever and thought I'd try it out!

See how well pinterest knows you! Search 'fashion', 'pantone', 'mood', and 'food'; and save the first photo that comes up!

I tag @indicativeof-sideways-escalation @flying-suitcase @slutweeds @peppermint-saddies @scareakeets @sparrow-in-boots @sirfag and any of my followers who want to join in!

[chuchucharlie]

🏷️: @pollosbear @drac0line1nn1t @worstwolverinesbf @puzzled-on-main @itzzkaylaaa @oh-to-be-a-murderer @crazyinlovewithmarvel @insomniac-lifestyle @notasimpx2 @nothingf-i-s-h-yhere @kingqup

[worstwolverinesbf]

its me but like slightly off lmao coz i don’t wear brown pants but i would wear that fit with blue jeans and i like a slightly brighter colour of red and the witch one is actually pretty accurate and the pancakes, id have maple syrup instead of nutella or whatever that is

@queermentaldisaster @sillyhyperfixator @faileddog @meltingsystem03 @nightowl343 @definitivelynotanalien

[faileddog]

this is almost sam winchester core

tagging @ghostboyhood @ghost-main @hunny-mustard104 @versatilehorizon234 @neil-perrys-glasses @anhonest-puck

[versatilehorizon234]

oh this is actually SO me

no-pressure tags: @anarcho-puppy @chaosyippee @penna-nomen @iliveinprocrasti-nationn @notsospoon

[anarcho-puppy]

yayyyyy ily @versatilehorizon234 /p

also look look we got the same pic for the mood category :))) we’re just destined to be friends /hj

pretty accurately describes me, esp since that’s basically gonna be what my hair looks like around may/prom :3

no pressure tags: @geista-was-stolen @hoodiiguy @set-in-stardust @lifemod17 @chaotic-trav @necrosystem @queer-rat-king @humblefryingpan @ohtobecat @0r1onsb3lt @krakenteacups @falloutnewnobody @rowansinjune

[queer-rat-king]

i have built my pinterest brick by brick to get it this accurate lol

Of course they arent in order what do i look like some kinda tech genius???

Her ya go @sunn-mechanic @cleaverqueer @schtivan-the-terrible @nefarious-smartass @hellonursevenus and everyone else who wants too (im too lazy to tag everyone :P)

[nefarious-vex]

kind of insanely accurate actually?

these are always fun, if any what to add,

@kendricksilver @evaiskindaweird @itsjustbl0op @skyblueartt

[kendricksilver]

incredible

[kendricksilver]

OP I NEED TO SEE EARLESS LEON PRE GUARDIAN. I NEED TO KNOW HOW CURSED IT LOOKS

I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice...

[kendricksilver]

Happy one year anniversary to that time I (fueled by misplaced creativity) decided to edit Leon's sprites to see what he looked like before he was a Guardian, and created an image so cursed I never again allowed myself to lay eyes on it