Cinnamon and mint

A side-blog for sharing personal opinions and thoughts, since those get lost easily in the amount of reblogs on my main.

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Intro

Or more like a list of things I’m likely to post about right now ,D

I think it’ll also serve as a good reminder for me about things I am reading/following right now because I tend to forget easily, especially if I get interested in something else for a moment.

Books/Ranobe: Sherlock Holmes, The Last Unicorn, Fate/Strange Fake, Lord El-Melloi II Case Files, Bungou Stray Dogs Gaiden.

Manga: Jigokuraku (finished), Kashoku no Shiro (currently on volume 3); Witch Hat Atelier, Frieren and Vanitas currently on hold. Tons of ongoing shoujo manga.

Media projects: Fabulous Night, Yuugen Romantica, Dear Vocalist; Paradox Live (although very passively right now).

Mobage: For All Time, Blackstar -Theater Starless-, PGR, WuWa; occasionally Mahoyaku, GBF and Road to Nowhere. Special mention to dead Yumekuro.

Otome games: a lot of indie dating sims, mainly Salvus Aries, Moon Observatory series by batensan, Dark Nights; BWS, Meiji Tokyo Renka, Arcana Famiglia as my top 3 and currently trying to go through Collar x Malice (Yanagi specifically) and JackJeanne.

RPGs: Code Vein (finished), RF4 Special (I’m finally sticking to it), Trials of Mana and Persona 3 (both on hold). Fire Emblem series as a whole.

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OHO. It seems they really did decide to make this an anthology of Medicine Sellers. 👀

Not that I mind, we can see so many different stories and spins on the same/similar issues with others. I feel like every Medicine Seller adds their own twist and flavor (like Kon being more of a yapper and also more theatrical, action-oriented one).

This also allows animators to experiment with the show and try something slightly different for each, while writers can use different tones and styles in novels.

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Crying because I want to try Fabula Ultima but I don't have anyone who'd be interested, irl or online. 😭

I played D&D, WH40K, Warhammer Fanrasy Roleplay, but no one has been willing to try Fabula Ultima (or VTM)...

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Idk if anyone's done this yet but I've observed that their ID cards have some ROT47 cipher codes at the bottom so i decided to translate them—Turns out they might be quotes from philosophers, poets, writers, etc! (Dunno if I got them all right but hopefully...!!!)

SHIKYOKU

Senri : "I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light." —Helen Keller

Kosei : "We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence and born into life." —Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education

AIUNKU

Shuichiro : "Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays." —Søren Kierkegaard

Luka : "Ah, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round." —Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

TOKOTSUKU

Hinata : "Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness." —Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Oujin : "You have to study a great deal to know a little." —Baron de Montesquieu.

SEKIGOKU

Feiran : "Integrity has no need of rules." —Albert Camus

Yao : "Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from the Eternal." —Dante Alighieri

SEITOKU

Michitaka : "What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well." —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Rin : "Mermaids have no tears, and so they suffer more all the more." —Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid

OUDOKU

Mayoru : "Just as I do not know where I came from, so I do not know where I am going." —Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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whatdatmean.

Actually. Now that we've seen a little bit of the first 4 i can kinda see what they relate to but not fully. still very interesting. thinking emoji

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Sooo, I've been really into that new jp music project called Strange Eden. I love urban fantasy and mystery in general, and the premise interested me right off the bat.

In addition, they have amazing songs (to the point I've been mainly listening to them for days). They also have english subs for all their songs and audio dramas.

Recently, they released this character song called 8ites:

And something about it (the beats, the claps, the post-chorus) makes me go. 👀👀👀 It's so hypnotizing, and very fitting for the snake Yao is.

I especially love the second part of the chorus:

欲望に抗うなんて不毛

自由、望むほど

背筋、這う衝動

原初から繰り返すこの flow

Flow, flow

And the post-chorus:

謳歌せよ人生

懐柔しても

(Follow your heart)

満たされない空白を

執着で埋めろ

Not only it sounds well (I genuinely love the lyrics too), it also seems to illustrate Yao's outlook on life while matching Feiran's (the human part of this supernatural duo) song and themes very well.

Feiran is someone who's profile states "The emptiness hidden by thorns". While we don't know much about any of the characters yet (not every ward has been introduced even), we do know that Feiran is ambitious and strives to replace his father. He's clever, but also seems emotional and impulsive the way youth often is (which is shown in his audio drama).

Yao's lyrics, "fill up the unfulfilled void with obsession", might be interpreted as his encouragement of Feiran's whims and ambition. At the same time, these words are very true to Yao's nature: he's obsessed with beautiful things, his hobby is collecting beautiful things, and he's not interested in anything else.

Yao also seems to have an... urge to devour beautiful things, either literally or metaphorically, to fill up the void inside him. 👀

While Feiran seems to take pleasure in corrupting and breaking things to fill up his (I assume) emotional void and lack of satisfaction from his current life.

They're not my favorite duo or ward, but there's something about them that makes me want to study both under the microscope.

... also, YAO'S FANGS 🥹🫶

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God's eepiest soldier (self-inflicted)

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I'm honored and touched that my colleague trusts me enough to watch her cat, but every time he looks at me and meows, I just go "Is something bothering you? Do you want to play? Do you need something else? Does something hurt?"

I haven't had a cat since I was a child, so each time I can't help but try and track if he drinks, if he goes to the toilet, etc. Obviously, I don't follow him, but just strain to hear so that I don't miss anything.

Every day is me searching smth like "What does it mean when the cat slightly vibrates its tail? What does it mean when the cat bumps its head into your stomach and meows? How often do cats drink water? How often should cats pee?"

I like spending time with him (and, considering he brings his toys to my bed too, I assume he does too), but it's so nerve-wracking when you don't know the pet well enough to understand what it needs. 🥹

Bonus: the cat. He was chonky before I came.

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What happens when you and your sibling tend to speak any and every language you know at once:

We both laughed out loud. English meets German indeed.

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A reminder to self: do NOT stay up all night just because you've found an interesting read/watch.

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Experiencing a headache, and I assume it's connected to a big temperature spike tomorrow (7 °C).

I hate rapid weather changes so much. It's such a... headache. *badum-tss*

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Spreading Mononoke agenda by preaching about it to my friends and suggesting we watch it together.

"What have you been into lately?"

"I am glad you asked BECAUSE I've been back into this psychological horror anime Mononoke and <lots of yapping here>. Here is the trailer for TV and the trailer for movies."

*wait for reaction*

"It looks kinda cool."

"Wanna watch them together?" 👀👀👀👀👀👀

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Obsessed with new Mononoke movies to the point I'm thinking, "I could rewatch it again. 2 more times. In a row."

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I've been drinking sencha so much, it's probably flowing like blood in my veins now.

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Not every thought ought to be shared, but I finally got around to reading Vday talks, and Menou's just got me thinking about how he sounds like he wants him and Saki to devour each other www

And my brain was like "wait. What if... food play Menou 👀"

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The dread I felt when I opened my homework page during the lang school vacay and saw that I have a test, a set of exercises and an essay to submit before the 15th.

Time to hit the books and review the material (tomorrow).

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Verbs for wearing different types of clothes my beloathed. 🥹

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The dread I felt when I opened my homework page during the lang school vacay and saw that I have a test, a set of exercises and an essay to submit before the 15th.

Time to hit the books and review the material (tomorrow).

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I participate in this DnD campaign that is organized and led by my friend. Since most of the characters there are really unserious (and because I didn't want an isekai paladin to romance my asexual elf warlock with more important issues to solve), I switched to an ex-pirate, Wild Magic Sorcerer fae named Mirth. Mirth is a self-absorbed, mischievous fae who always finds dubious business opportunities, readily negotiates with necromancers, and agrees to help only if praised well enough (unless she likes you enough to bestow her grace and support to you).

Mirth was temporarily exiled from Feywild after attempting a prank on an Archfey (very unfair and totally undeserved, if you ask her). So, her personal goal for the campaign was to either get her own pirate crew or become the next Archfey (to avenge those who wronged great and amazing Mirth).

In our campaign, every spell and cantrip Mirth uses will cause a surge of wild magic (which once led to throwing the dice for effects 10 times in a row, Mirth becoming a goat with otherworldly music coming from and flowers growing on her, paladin and a warrior getting poisoned, rations spoiling, etc etc all at the same time). So, last time we played, Mirth's wild magic effects gave her a Deck of Many Things (small), and, out of any possible cards, she drew the Moon. The wish granter (which paladin and DM instantly dreaded, knowing Mirth). Unfortunately, she got only 1 wish, but Mirth used it well. She decided that she didn't want to save the town that didn't show her due respect. And, at this point, why wish for a pirate crew when you can just wish to become an Archfey? Right here, right now. That's what Mirth wished.

That's how she spawned out of existence in the Faerun and spawned back in the Feywild as Mirth, the Archfey of tricks and lies (because her lie modificator was +7 at that point).

She was so chaotic and ridiculous and petty, easily my favorite dnd OC. 🥹