#ice speaks

[solidwater05]

Pros of hyperfixiation:

Happy!

Art ideas

Life is good

Cons of hyperfixiation:

I am going to blow up

All my art is of the same guy

If I don't think about this 24/7 I get violent

[icepaw96]

I absolutely adored Hidden Moon! I just finished it, here are some rambling thoughts:

Moonpaw and Jayfeather's relationship was one of the highlights of this book. Jayfeather is my favourite character in these books, and he was characterized perfectly; a bit of a grump as always, but so kind! The scene where he gets Moonpaw to sleep and then Tawnypelt finds him lying there with his tail over her made me squeak with cuteness overload

Starlingpaw's chapters had me laughing and then feeling so bad for him, in equal amounts. I love his 'awkward teenager who's convinced he's destined to save the world' attitude

I also loved Tawnypelt's attitude towards Starlingpaw. 'What a strange little cat' had me laughing

The Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt scenes were so sweet, and broke my heart a little bit. If Brambleclaw does die in the next book, I will be utterly heartbroken, which honestly is less to do with Brambleclaw as a character and more to do with my own cat Bramble, who I named after him when I was a little kid, and who died during the pandemic (I never got to say goodbye). It brought up a lot of emotions for me, and I did have a good cry about it after finishing the book

Moonpaw and Brambleclaw's interactions were really interesting too, and I'm finding the whole Moonpaw/Morningkit story so interesting. I'm so curious to see what they do with this story

And Stormfur finding out about Greystripe? My heart 😭

Crowfeather's (probable) death would have shocked me a lot if it hadn't unfortunately been spoiled for me. I actually liked Crowfeather a lot. Curious to see his fate confirmed, and how that will impact the other characters!

[parad-ice-lostandfound]

Things that come in my head as I play through Diasomnia's chapter (chp 69-90):

[Potential spoilers below darlings, proceed with caution!]

(AN: I know I'm extremely to the party, but bear with me pls, real life has just been too hectic for me lol)

The fond look on Silver's face when he talks about Lilia drilling into their heads to survive no matter what is so cute lol

Silver using his Disney princess privileges the way God intended is lowkey badass ngl. Also Sebek is literally carving a place in my heart as I go through these chapters <3

The Dawn Knight makes an appearance!! Also Henrick has a very punchable face

It's interesting to see the parallels between Silver and the Dawn Knight. Both were taken in by men of prominent power and positions, and grew up under their tutelage. Both attribute their very existence to their father figures, and have made it their mission to be loyal to them. Both also have a brother like figure to whom their loyalty extends, but here is where they differ: where the Dawn Knight only questions if things could be different, he doesn't go against Henrick directly. Meanwhile, Silver is actively playing a role in trying to destroy this dreamworld Malleus has created despite respecting him so much because he understands that its not right.

Mama Draconia is here, as is Eggleus, and the tearfest awaiting me at the end of this entire arc–

Maleanor, please listen to Lilia please I'm begging you atp– Did she just throw Eggleus at Lilia???

Maleanor's blessing for Malleus reminds me so much of Maleficent's. Like if you see Maleficent's entire curse (from the animated movie), she basically confirms Fauna and Flora's gifts before adding the curse of death. Maleanor's blessing, which I can only believe to have been intended to keep Malleus safe from humans, inadvertently acts as a curse. I mean, 'star of misfortune' kinda... but she was acting out of a need to protect her child so–

I can't help overanalyzing everything since I've gotten so many spoilers already, but I can't help but see Baur reminding Lilia of the huge responsibility Maleanor gave him by handing Eggleus and his safety over to him as foreshadowing that Sebek's gonna have to slap some sense into Silver in the future.

I'm sorry, but something dark and murderous awakens in me the moment I see Henrick.

Dawn Knight's face reveal is cool and all, but can we talk about Silver's VA scaring the shit out of me with that scream? The pain in that, holy hell.

Hats off to Silver's VA for all the emotion he put into this like– I had goosebumps the entire time.

Silver needs a hug (and therapy, who am I kidding) and Lilia needs to be whacked upside the head because what do you mean this idiot of a fae helped a dragon egg hatch and woke up Silver when it was specifically said that only someone who could truly love him could do that and still think himself incapable of love. Lilia when I catch you old man–!

Hairless monkey? Really Mal? Okay fine I'll forgive you for that remark just because of your angelic humming...

The little snippets of Silver's life with Lilia and Malleus are stealing what's left of my bruised heart <3

I love Sebek. That's all I have to say. I love this green-haired little tsundere.

I just have one word for the Senate: Murder.

[solidwater-arts]

I've been having no motivation + hand pain so I guess I'm taking a break. :/

[solidwater05]

Apparently this needs to be said so

Forgetting things is morally neutral! Memory issues are morally neutral!

You're not a bad person if you...

forget things quickly

forget people

can't remember entire stages of your life

can't remember important things

can remember some things very well and forget other things all the time

can't remember things (or anything!) about your interests

forget to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc

forget to reply to texts

remember things and immediately forget them again

can't remember birthdays, events, etc

frequently answer 'I forgot' to questions

can't retain new information

forget things you used to know

only remember things when it's too late

have vague, distorted and/or unreliable memories

depend on others to know how an event you were in played out

have other symptoms that are worsened by memory issues and vice versa

... and anything else I might have missed!

[solidwater05]

[ID: A YouTube comment by SmallishBeans that says "Copying my titles now are we gem, sounds kind of obsessive..."

A reply by GeminiTayMC says "Why are you here within 5 minutes of me posting Joel??? Obsessed much." /End ID]

YOUR HONOR I LOVE THEM

[solidwater05]

I just realized that Owen kept exact count of the people he killed but couldn't even bother to decide on a normal human age for his cover story. What a guy

[solidwater05]

I think Avid's POV is very interesting when you analyze him as a traumatized mentally ill man who has to constantly defend the validity of his own traumatic memories because the town thinks he's not reacting to the situation in a way they deem appropriate