Stella

20 | Any pronouns | ao3: stella_writes | Askbox open yap at me about fandoms ask me about my headcanons all that shit

[stelladoesstuff]

Scrapped the old intro post, making a new one since its been. A hot minute.

Hiya! I’m Stella!

I’m a 20 y/o college student with a bundle of chronic illnesses who fixates on fandoms and somehow gets by. Any pronouns, the more confusing the better, I strive to be an enigma. Aroace. Writer, artist, and random screamer. I’m inconsistent asf with when and what I post, so don’t expect consistency.

Think I'm kinda cool? Consider dropping by my kofi :3

More shit:

• Liveblogging sideblog: @stelladoesliveblogging

• I post on ao3 sometimes. These days, most of my writing is either sealed away on documents somewhere or miscellaneous rps, or I dump it on my alt, so yeah, it may look a bit sparse

• Slowest consumer of new media known to man because I re-watch/listen to the same things a million times. If you recommend stuff, give me several business months to consider it thanks

• The above note is nullified if you wave a funky little guy from the media in my face that aligns with the usual characters I fixate on

• In a large pile of fandoms, but at present fixating on Scarlet Hollow and Witch Hat Atelier (+a wee bit of PHM but mostly Eva Stratt lmao)

• Other major fandoms include: TMA, Ace Attorney, Arcane, MLP, UT/DR, BG3, aaaand a good chunk more if I try to list everything we’ll be here all day folks

• Avid multishipper. Will dissect ship dynamics like they’re puzzles for my entertainment.

• Will ramble about aimless thoughts and otherwise dump thoughts about whatever my brain is latched on to so if you’re not here for infodumping get out

• Also the occasional chronic illness posting. Probably me projecting shit onto fictional characters because if I have to deal with the migraines so do they

• Just be chill if you’re sending asks. I’m down to yap about shared fandoms, but don’t be an asshole. That being said, I can appreciate a respectful debate if you don’t agree with something I’ve said

• If you’re a minor, don’t try to DM me. You can follow me and send asks, that’s fine, this blog and the associated ao3 acc are sfw, but keep it on the public forums.

I’d appreciate if you’d all sign a contract selling your soul to me, I’m in a deficit at the moment, thanks :)

Tags:

#stella rambles >> fandom text post rambling

#stella’s tma playlist >> self explanatory

#askbox >> answering asks

#martim eyepocalypse au >> it is what it is

#stella tomolife stuff >> tomodachi life island, mostly tma content

[stelladoesstuff]

Having thoughts. Mostly Qifrey thoughts.

WHA manga spoilers below cut (ch 36/40 to be specific) also keep in mind I’m not fully caught up with the manga but it’s getting there

…and if I said Qifrey slowly moving towards blindness is brainrotting me rn

Him slowly losing his sight is actually cutting so deep for me as someone who deals with chronic issues. Especially migraines, but also physical disability as well.

There isn’t a way to prevent what’s happening to him, at least from where I’m currently at. It’s all preventative measures he’s taking to prolong his quality of life for as long as he can and AUGHHHH GOD that one got to me I’m projecting and I don’t even care BUT-

But also, from a character perspective, his diminishing sight has made me step back and reevaluate a lot of his talk about magic. And how he so beautifully parallels with Tartah. Basically, the emphasis on sight as a whole within this universe

With Coco, for instance, her fascination with magic has always been about getting to see it. The moment we’re introduced to her is immediately established by her getting to see a pegasus carriage in the flesh. The moment that sparked her fascination with magic, the glowstone path, was a purely visual-effect spell. The reason she figures out how it’s done is because she sees Qifrey drawing with her own two eyes. There is such an emphasis on the importance of who gets to see magic be done, and the wonder the commonfolk experience when they see magic performing miracles

If magic’s effects were entirely invisible, no one would be fascinated with it. It would just be a cog in the machine, some wiring that makes things work that only certain people can do. But its mystery and intrigue come from creating marvels that make people stop and stare

So, the different types of blindness presented are unsurprisingly great impediments

There’s Tartah, who can see all of the splendor people are able to create, but with limitations. But, with the sigil Coco made, is able to get around quite a few of them. There are tools he can use to work with his condition and still succeed, instead of needing to constantly fight it

And then there’s Qifrey, who has no choice but to fight against his condition with every means necessary. It’s that feeling of slowly having your life slip through your fingers due to means outside of your control, and knowing that every solution you scrounge up will only last for so long

Qifrey is on a timer, where Tartah isn’t. Tartah was given a spark of hope after having had none for his whole life, while Qifrey started with hope that has slowly diminished with his vision

It sickens me. It sickens me how good it’s all written aughhhshd.

How long did he exist in denial of what was happening before painstakingly etching carvings into his glasses?

How much of his vision is already gone? When he noticed Coco missing in the labyrinth, did he realize at first because she hadn’t yet spoken, while the others had? Did he pause in asking where she was because he was already used to taking longer to scan his surroundings, and didn’t want to reveal that to his apprentices?

When the flash of light happened in NolNoa’s workshop, how long did it take for his sight to recover? A sudden bright light like that with him so close was surely enough to stun. Could he even properly see while he was wiping NolNoa’s memory, blinking away black spots he prayed would fade as he slipped back out into the world to meet back up with Coco?

Does he start getting clumsier, knocking into things because his depth perception is fading? Suppressing a wince when Olruggio huffs in amusement and offhandedly mentions him getting clumsier with age, guiltily bitter despite knowing he has no way of knowing what he’s prodding at.

Olruggio’s prized success is his glowstone path. How long does Qifrey have to marvel at it before it too slips away until he can only have the fleeting memories of its beauty? Memories that he knows all too well could be torn from him like the fragile things they are

Memory will soon be all he has to remember the beauty of the world by. It’s no wonder he swears its importance.

[thedeafprophet]

"its pride month Tabitha, you know what that means"

"huh. what. you want us to like. imprison gay cousins"

[thedeafprophet]

I have some thoughts about the QnA that said Avery's other trait would be Keen Eye and just how much that fundamentally impacts Avery's character in general, but I also think its really important when it comes to understanding Avery's dynamic with Julius.

Because Avery is, fundamentally, very lonely. Its one thing you can partially get them to say during the Episode 3 hangout with them. People are 'Nice' to them, but no one truly is willing to be close with them.

And that's where the dynamic with Julius is interesting because, well, Avery is looking for affection, and they're going to notice it in the smallest spots.

And Avery only views Julius as a friend because they are able to See the subtlest things. Because, to be frank, people would not interpret Julius's behavior as friendship. I mean, a lot of people, especially in 'polite' spaces, wouldnt look at this asshole old man, with one-word responses who leaves fifty cents tip, and occasionally makes things without being asked, as being 'friendly'.

But Avery, who is lonely and actively looking for connection anywhere they can find it, notices. "we might not talk much, but I feel like we have an understanding, you know?"

A truly evident moment for me is if you have the keen eyed trait during a conversation option during Chapter 5

Avery: "We're still going to do that, I promise. Let's not lose our heads, all right? We just gotta figure this out first." Julius: "You were gonna leave town? What for?" (Keen Eye) There is palpable disappointment in the man's voice.

And if a Keen Eyed Player notices is that, how many littles thing does Avery notice, and extrapolate on?

[stelladoesstuff]

OH NO YOU DID NOTTTTT

FOR SHAMEEEEEE

[thedeafprophet]

I have some thoughts about the QnA that said Avery's other trait would be Keen Eye and just how much that fundamentally impacts Avery's character in general, but I also think its really important when it comes to understanding Avery's dynamic with Julius.

Because Avery is, fundamentally, very lonely. Its one thing you can partially get them to say during the Episode 3 hangout with them. People are 'Nice' to them, but no one truly is willing to be close with them.

And that's where the dynamic with Julius is interesting because, well, Avery is looking for affection, and they're going to notice it in the smallest spots.

And Avery only views Julius as a friend because they are able to See the subtlest things. Because, to be frank, people would not interpret Julius's behavior as friendship. I mean, a lot of people, especially in 'polite' spaces, wouldnt look at this asshole old man, with one-word responses who leaves fifty cents tip, and occasionally makes things without being asked, as being 'friendly'.

But Avery, who is lonely and actively looking for connection anywhere they can find it, notices. "we might not talk much, but I feel like we have an understanding, you know?"

A truly evident moment for me is if you have the keen eyed trait during a conversation option during Chapter 5

Avery: "We're still going to do that, I promise. Let's not lose our heads, all right? We just gotta figure this out first." Julius: "You were gonna leave town? What for?" (Keen Eye) There is palpable disappointment in the man's voice.

And if a Keen Eyed Player notices is that, how many littles thing does Avery notice, and extrapolate on?

[midandevil]

You must answer for the crimes committed by your Scarlet blood.

[saewokhrisz]

senki se menekül

[stelladoesstuff]

HELLO HI I HAVE BEEN MILDLY NORMAL (lie) ABOUT PROJECT HAIL MARY FOR. A WHILE NOW (listened to the audiobook like a fewwww years back now?) AND I AM MORE RECENTLY NOT AT ALL NORMAL ABOUT SCARLET HOLLOW AND I SAW YOUR EVA STRATT AND TABITHA POST and I did not actually do this but I COULD have jumped up into the air clicked my heels and spun around three times in joy before landing again because YES EXACTLY. EXACTLY. I actually just the other day was talking to a friend and SAID Ryland Grace and the cousin/player character are very similar if one thinks about it !! I LOVE PARALLELS AND. SIMILARITIES

YESSSSS HELL YEAH TARGET AUDIENCE ACQUIRED

Me when morally gray women who know what needs to be done and try not to get attached to the frustratingly endearing sacrificial lamb they dragged into their situation to try and save a greater population fr

Every time Stratt was on screen I was just nodding like yeah that’s something Tabitha would do lmfao. The ultimate scene of Ryland and Stratt in her office paralleled in my mind with Tabitha’s chapter 5 ‘boss fight’ SOOOO quickly. Esp the toxic yuri route where it’s literally the same ultimatum of “look I’m not asking you, I’m telling you what I’m going to do and hoping you’ll comply willingly for the greater good, but this is happening” Carl is Stella if that wasn’t clear cough I mean what

Find me the difference in these two images like

The urge to redraw some Stratt shots with Tabitha mmmmmmmmm art brain wants to cook

My Tabitha songs on my SH playlist now double as Stratt songs and it’s wonderful. Free double fandom brain moment.

The Ryland and cousin parallels are now in my mind too now that you’ve said that oml. Both continuously getting flashbacks over the course of the story which uncover more about their situation, albeit in different circumstances. Putting together parts of their history and rediscovering themselves in a way. Mhmmmmm oh how I love when parallels parallel it pleases my brain sm

[stelladoesstuff]

Finally went back to catch up on downloading my steam screenshot backlog so. Some Tabitha moments from the hoard of photos

Can you tell I have a favorite character

[solidcarbon]

continuing poking them around. redraw of some of my fav cgs (and a bunch doodles under the cut)

have them and have joans. i love her alt looks sm.......

and uh. a thing. a present. have it too

[stelladoesstuff]

Tabitha Scarlet and Eva Stratt are the same character in different fonts in this essay I will

[rexbolt]

dues

[sunflowersand-bees]

timsasha is made so much more beautiful to me by the fact that it wasn’t going to work out. they had already tried it, it’s not a will-they-won’t-they, it’s a they-did-and-now-they-won’t. and that doesn’t make their relationship less valuable or interesting or compelling

[stelladoesstuff]

Sometimes I sit back and watch youtube video essays on video game fandoms I'm in and think "I would cook so hard doing something like this" and then I just... don't. But sometimes while I'm writing tumblr posts I look back at my mountain of character analysis paragraphs and am like this could so be a video essay if I put my mind to it

[stelladoesstuff]

…so I’ve been very much enjoying witch hat atelier

[fiafey]

this is not enough

[very-small-giant]

Would you get in the hole if they asked? What if they were super nice about it?