I have no idea what I'm doing. Like, whatsoever.

^See above.^ Really I just made this whole thing to scream into the void and deal with social anxiety.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

Me and this blog

Hi. I'm Robin. Use whatever pronouns you feel like, probably not it tho. Age is getting closer to 30 than I'd like. I like stories and art, and fantasy. I have a somewhat weird way of processing the world, yay autism, by which I mean I don't remotely understand most of it, my brain works heavily on story and myth/fantasy logic which works except the world doesn't. Gender is probably self-evident based on the blog name, but subject to change.

I pretty much just made this whole thing as an outlet for my thoughts and a way to deal with social anxiety. So expect mostly rants, mini-essays, random thoughts, cool things I got my hands on or saw, and some fanboying here and there.

Oh and some writing might show up here if I feel like it. I also may at random completely forget that this thing exists, so yeah, there's that.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

GOT STEP 1 THROUGH 4 DESIGNS OF MY SONA!!! THEY'RE SO PRETTY!!

Art's by @neutralartist

Sona's name Robin Mint, technically ██████ Mint for the first 2.5 steps, but I don't particularly enjoy dissociating so the black bars is all people are getting.

May add some lore later when I'm not functioning (very generous use of that word) on negative hours of sleep a day, but yay look at how pretty they are.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

Been listening to the Boyfriend Dungeon soundtrack (still my fav soundtrack) and now I'm wondering about the Our Life: Beginnings and Always love interests as weapons / armaments. (Yes, I have like fifteen fics and au things I've been working on over the past months. No, the ADHD is not my friend at the moment.)

Like Baxter and Derek I had a relatively easy time with since I'm pretty convinced both would be shields, albeit for vastly different reasons. Baxter tends to keep people away and deflect (could be a rapier or parrying dagger if I lean more into the elegance he tries to carry himself with). Derek leans more towards supporting those he cares about. So yeah, very different tones for a shield, which is neat.

But I'm completely stuck on Cove. Not sure if there's anyone here who has played OLBA or both and has suggestions? Boyfriend Dungeon has fantasy and sci-fi kinda weapons so plenty of options, but drawing a total blank. Other suggestions for Baxter and Derek are also totally welcome.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

I kinda like the word "Queer" a lot. It's comfy. It's "not normal". It's odd, strange, other, all that sorta stuff. and that's nice. I don't like being "human" or "normal" or even just "insert label". I'll use terms as shorthand in conversations because its easier or more convenient than going "I'm this nebulous concept of a self and here's all the nuances", but when I'm thinking of myself? I'm just "Queer" and that in its infinite broadness grasps what I am better than any other term.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

Apparently my new ADHD meds make me capable of feeling hunger… the fuck. It took me like five days to realize what it was, I just figured I was sick or something. I thought stomach growling was, like, fictional.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

I don't care that it's helping me eat more consistently, gain weight, feel less tired and all of that important stuff. This is hell. Please let it stop... I was fine not eating... I hated eating anyway...

[etchif]

"It's stupid that men are allowed to be shirtless in public while women aren't" yes true✅️ "it's also gross when men do it they should also have to cover up" what. no. no. wrong conclusion❌️

[nonbinaryhoarder]

Replaying OLBA and Errands is still such a weird moment for me because I love it, but also it’s the only moment where my head completely goes off in its own direction. Cuz there’s no universe with a version of me where that move by moms wouldn’t have resulted in me breaking down in tears or a panic attack, possibly both. So even tho I love the actual moment I always make my own story with it while playing. Because it’s the only one where I don’t really like the way the hurt aspect of the moment gets resolved. Like I can break down in tears in front of Cove, but by the end it feels like I’m supposed to be all good again whereas other more hurty options in moments tend to feel like they last a bit more. And it’s kinda unimaginable to me for the worse feeling choices in Errands.There’s a reason I headcanon my mc/sona not talking with moms for days over it.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

Apparently my new ADHD meds make me capable of feeling hunger… the fuck. It took me like five days to realize what it was, I just figured I was sick or something. I thought stomach growling was, like, fictional.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

Why is me being happy not enough?

I can look myself in the mirror for the first time without hating my body and people still accuse me of being manipulated by others or of making the wrong decision.

Why is it not enough?

[bumblebitch69]

I think it should be considered a form of degendering to try to divorce trans people from their gendered histories. My gender doesn't make sense without the fact that I was a little boy, or something like it, before I was a girl and a woman. If you were always a girl, thats awesome, but a lot of people project their dysphoria onto me when I try to talk about my own fucking life. If you think talking about having been a boy makes me less of a woman, that is degendering.

[yaoi-orc-pussy]

[nonbinaryhoarder]

I’m still pissed changing my name and gender means changing it on my birth certificate for this reason. Feels like a personal insult. Like no, it wasn’t accurate in the end, but it’s who I was for a long time. I was a boy at some point, it was okay, I’ll kick whatever creator exists in the nethers for making me one, but I was and I wouldn’t be who I am without it. Shouldn’t have to erase my past as a boy so I can be more than that.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

2 and 3 for the OL ask game!

Thank you for the ask, it made my day! So for both: 2. Do you use a self insert or create an OC for your MC? Both? Self-insert all the way with both OLBA and OLNF, but I do take some liberties based on stuff like how I imagine them having grown up compared to me. And admittedly everytime I do try to play an OC with OLBA I see Cove and it becomes self-insert again...

3. Favorite moment you've played from each game? For OLBA? From the actual Moments I can't pick to save my life it tends to be whichever one I'm playing at the time, but if I count the Wedding epilogue then probably that. For OLNF? I haven't played too much so far since I kinda wanna wait till I can play it fully, but the Step 1 opening itself instantly had me fall in love with the vibe of the game.

Also here’s a link to the ask game if anyone reading this wants to ask any:

Reblog by @nonbinaryhoarder

💬 0  🔁 31  ❤️ 69 · This seems fun, doubt I'll get any asks, but who knows.

[sparklingleaves]

🐚🌊Our Life Ask Game🍂🍁

Because I've made ask games before on previous accounts but I don't think I've ever made one for this series and I thought it would be cute and generate some positivity! Send an ask or two or three (UwU or a dozen) to the person you reblog this from \^o^/!

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter—what's your favorite season?

Do you use a self insert or create an OC for your MC? Both?

Favorite moment you've played from each game?

If you could make a moment for either game, what would it focus on?

Something you wish could have been added to OLBA?

Something you wish will be added to OLNF?

Who is your all-time favorite LI across both games?

Who are your favorite OLBA and OLNF NPCs?

Which NPC(s) do you think deserve more love?

Which family is your favorite?

Which character from the GB Patch catalogue would you want to have make a cameo in Our Life?

Which Our Life character(s) would you want to have make cameos in another GB Patch Game?

Which characters across both games do you think would get along well?

Each LI has a special hair quirk from Cove's wavy eyebrows to Tamarack's naturally occurring sparkles—which one is your favorite?

If you were tasked with making an OL3 and OL4 (spring and winter), what would you do for the setting, LIs and the plot/inciting incident?

Sunset Bird or Golden Grove? Or, are you a Prism Vista dark horse?

If your MCs across both games met each other, would they get along?

Your OLBA MC and OLNF MC switch lives for a day, how do you think things will play out?

If your MC was an animal, what would they be?

If your MC was a mythological creature, what would they be?

Does your MC have a special hair quirk and if so, what is it?

Does your MC have a natural unnatural hair and/or eye color?

What is a headcanon/special fact that is unique to your OL story/gameplay?

Outside of moments in the game, what is a cute moment you imagine your MC has with their LI in OLBA/OLNF [Step of your choice]?

Does your MCs relationship with the LIs lean toward romantic or queerplatonic or completely familial?

For romantically-inclined MCs, do they have crushes on other characters that aren't a LI?

For romantically-inclined MCs, do you think your MC dated around before dating their LI or is that LI their one and only?

For aromantic MCs, do they know they're loved and appreciated in the fandom space even if they might be overlooked, unseen or unposted in a space that does admittedly attract fans of romantic visual novels and dating games? I see you and I want you to know you and your MCs are appreciated

For aromantic MCs, do you think your MC dated around before before realizing their orientation or have they always known?

Does your MC do the proposing or receive the proposal in question?

For characters that don't gave Wedding DLCs, Derek and Baxter, where would you want the proposal to take place? (Feel free to add Renee as an honorable mention!)

What is an inside joke your MC has with a LI? (Receiver's Choice)

What is an inside joke your MC has with an NPC? (Receiver's Choice)

What jobs do your OLBA/OLNF MCs have?

What does post-canon life look like for your MC(s) and LI(s) across OLBA and OLNF?

[nonbinaryhoarder]

This seems fun, doubt I'll get any asks, but who knows.

[novahazard24]

get your medals everyone

[pointless-achievements]

cosigned, good work everyone, have your bricks at the ready when they try it again.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

Thank you Tumblr, now I can again refer to this as a hell-site affectionately. Please keep it that way. Trust me, I WILL keep an eye on any attempts to bring a “changed” version of this back.

[sailorsally]

everyone rejoice, Ao3 is back

[tumblr]

well done everybody for being so brave about it

[prokopetz]

It kind of feels unfair that the Legend of Zelda franchise exists because it takes so many fun hypotheticals off the table. "Which video game series would be the worst if you had to invent a timeline where all games occur in chronological release order" no bet, it's Zelda. It's always fucking Zelda.

[poondragoon]

That's why I love Zelda.

I've never seen another series be so openly contemptuous of canon or continuity, like it was purpose-built to screw with fastidious nerds who are allergic to non-Watsonian reasoning.

Forget the timeline, just look at the geography! Is Kakariko village a Western European hamlet bordering a forest? An Edo-period thatch-roof village high in the mountains? A tin shack ghost town in a desert slot canyon? Is Lake Hylia to the south, southwest, or southeast of Hyrule Castle? How do entire provinces just materialize, disappear, and jump across the country between installments? How many continents does Hyrule span across? The obvious Doylist explanation is that Hyrule has vastly different geographies depending on what best serves the flow and pacing of the game. The Watsonian explanation is that there is no Watsonian explanation.

It is, as an intellectual property, disinterested in maintaining continuity to a degree that is nothing short of impressive in today's media landscape. What events from prior games are canon? The minimum necessary to contextualize the immediate plot of the game you're currently playing, so somewhere between none of them and all of them simultaneously. What Zelda game is [Insert Zelda Title] a sequel/prequel to? Throw a fucking dart.

The fact that its nominal genre has it bumping shoulders with Tolkien is just icing on the cake.

[nonbinaryhoarder]

I am incredibly high (or at least was when I started writing this) and my anxiety isn't a factor so I'm just gonna ramble on every bit of details I can remember about my OLBA sona. This is liable to be a ramble-y disjointed mess, have fun! The art is by @neutralartist who is great and nice and has some really cool OCs and art that you should totally check out.

Let's start with talking about their appearance:

The reference sheet is them in Step 4 with our shared lack of fashion sense, well that's a lie, we both get it, but we hate putting in the effort. Comfy comes first and then anything resembling fashion comes later. That shirt is there for legal reasons as far as they are concerned.

Their left eye is a prosthetic, they had issues recognizing their actual left eye as part of their body and it got out of hand during college. Sadly can't make it a thing in Step 4 or give them an eye-patch in-game to match, but I think they scratched it out between Step 3 and Step 4 during a dissociative episode. They are kinda fond of the fake eye and like the way it looks, but don't always like the way friends and family look at it, so they often cover it since they still feel guilty about the way stuff happened with it. I don't think Cove was willing to leave them on their own for awhile after that incident.

The anklet is made to resemble that of a character from one of their favorite games (Tales of Zestiria), but with a sunset coloring for the feathers (heh, Sunset Bird). They tend to fidget with it when stressed or uncomfortable.

Details:

They are Demisexual and Non-Binary

They have autism and ADHD

Their hobbies include drawing and writing, mainly poetry. They have at least a sketchbook full of drawings of Cove, some of which Cove is probably hoping never see the light of day.

They like skating, but most of their physical exercise is from following Cove to the gym.

They have a fondness for Dragons the same way Cove has a fondness for Mermaids. They'd love to be the one and tend to designate anything they love as "treasures" ever since they were a kid including Cove and their family.

They are very physical in their affection. They like giving hugs and are a bit needy, they like observing people's reactions to things, holding hands and in Cove's case they like teasing him and seeing how he responds.

They are sensitive to sounds, touch and taste/texture. They find loud or high-pitched noises painful and are a picky eater. They like having Cove whisper into their ear when distressed.

They are pretty absent-minded and would probably forget to eat and take care of themselves if not for Cove and alerts (voted most likely to kill a houseplant by everyone who knows them).

They went to college, but I have no idea what they studied. Either media studies, philosophy or the arts. They probably switched up their major at some point. So probably a mix.

Their and Cove's sleep schedules do not match at all. 2-11am sleeper, waking up early mandates an afternoon nap and sleeping early just means hugging Cove till they actually fall asleep three hours later.

They tend to go non-verbal when upset.

In-game Trivia / Headcanon:

Did not take the twenty dollars. They found Cliff pretty scary for most of the first summer, so they just ran away. Did start giving him Father's Day cards and asking him for growing up advise later on.

They told Cove about the deal in Step 1. They thought it would comfort him to know they weren't friends with him because of money like Shiloh said.

Cove's runaway attempt in Step 1 had them terrified for the first few years that Cove wouldn't come back from his trips to Kyra, so they'd cry for hours when he left.

They started dating Cove in Step 2 and proposed in Step 3.

Their favorite flowers are Sunflowers.

They joined ORCA with Cove, mostly to spend more time together but a good deed is a good deed.

The Cove-mobile is their favorite form of transport. Piggyback rides ftw.

They refused to speak to moms for multiple days over the farmer's market shenanigans.

Fun tidbit, that's not technically sona backstory, is that when I played OLBA at first I couldn't go outside to try out anything with my gender because of Covid, so OLBA was my only outlet for that. And the only name I could think of for them post-transitioning was the name of a character for a book idea I had, so I used that and it grew on me so much that I took it as my name when I began transitioning. Had to change the protagonist's name because of it. Sorry Evelyn, it would have been awkward to share a name at least your new one is a good fit.