#skyfyre

[rajinedgeofdarkness]

I have been enjoying my rendering of this piece. Decided to play around with lighting effects and reflections. I love the results and certainly will keep these methods in mind for the official page.

[levyfiles]

I'm still SCREAMING about the "I love you" moment in SST but can we also talk about how utterly unmoved Shane was? He didn't even turn a hair at any of the scares. If anything this confirms he's a demon even more 😂 he just looks so unimpressed like "I'm talking to my best friend here man, don't interrupt me"

I think my favourite little playful canon that Shane keeps up for us is the demon one because the man really does know how to turn off that fear response. It’s to the point where there is literally a reddit thread of people freaking out because he didn’t react at all the way you’d expect him to. That’s the interesting detail though, Shane saw this thread not two weeks and in a now deleted reply, he said

For those who can’t make out the image, he says in response to the thread 

“I can chime in on this because I am me. The only prep I had going into this was that Ryan was going to interview me and try to spook me with his various ghoulies. The whole thing was a bit of a blur so I don’t specifically remember the few seconds leading up to that attempt at a scare but I know I was probably pretty focused on the interview. On top of that, although the environment was already somewhat cacophonous I’d be willing to bet I probably subconsciously heard the muffled shuffling of the guy a split second or two before he moved to spring out at me. 

I’m not particularly impervious to jump scares but this one just didn’t me for some reason. The guy crawling back into his little cabinet suitably ashamed cracks my ass up every single time.”

I’ve given it some thought as to why he deleted it and my guess is that it technically makes the guy trying to do the scare look bad at his job or something. That or he decided to preserve the mystique (because all these people in the reddit thread are checking out Watcher out of curiosity). 

That’s not the reason I shared this though. The reason I did is because I kind of feel in a way that it ties in with how Shane reacted to Ryan’s “I love you, man.”. He didn’t react beyond returning the sentiment with a smile because whether it is that Ryan’s said it before or some part of his subconscious already knew that to be true. 

[bergarachan]

I read that as isn't ryan a shrimp and had the most hilarious mental image of his face superimposed on a tiny shrimp... 😂

shrimp man ;)

[uneventfulhouses]

37 or 40 for shyan please? 💕

“I want someone I can melt around. I want someone who melts around me too…I don’t want this standoffish, unromantic love that you’re offering. I want more than that.”

During the middle of the movie, Ryan sighs, taking his hand away from Shane’s, untangling them as he stands up from the couch. Shane turns to look at him, watching as Ryan grabs for his things. 

“What are you doing?” Shane asks, pausing the movie. The air changes, shifts, and somehow, even though they’ve been mostly quiet all night, Shane’s managed to do something wrong—enough that Ryan’s upset. 

“I’m—I’m going home,” Ryan says, turning to look at him, shrugging his shoulders as he sags, somewhat defeated. 

“I thought we were going to watch this mo—” 

“All we do is watch movies, Shane,” Ryan huffs, his voice serrated. 

“You like movies,” Shane says slowly, and Ryan’s posture wilts, shaking his head. 

“Sure, I love movies. But—but that can’t be the only thing we do. I—” Ryan shrugs his shoulders. “We’ve been at this for a few months now. And I don’t know if I’m feeling it. I don’t know if we can keep going.” 

The blue light from the television makes Ryan look a little haunted. 

Shane purses his lips, standing up and reaching out for Ryan’s hand. “Okay, how about you take about a million steps back and you tell me what’s wrong?” 

“This! Us!” Ryan yanks back his hand, running his fingers through his head. “Shane—I told you I love you. And I mean it. I do. I love you. But it can’t just be this. I don’t want to be this kind of complacent, sedentary, stagnant couple. I want to do things and feel stuff and be excited when I see you.”

“You’re not excited?” Shane asks, frowning, furrowing his brow. Shane’s heart beats wildly in his chest, something like fear pouring through his veins. 

Ryan bites down on his bottom lip, looking up at Shane with tired eyes. “I want this to be more. I know you—you don’t like talking about your feelings, or whatever, but I do. And I want someone I can melt around. I want someone who melts around me too…I don’t want this standoffish, unromantic love that you’re offering. I want more than that. I need more than that.” 

“Well, leaving isn’t going to change that, Ryan.” Shane steps away, walking back towards the kitchen. “I didn’t realize I was so inadequate.” 

“That’s—that’s not what I said.” Ryan follows Shane into the kitchen.

It hasn’t exactly been hard being together—but they did agree to take things slow, so they didn’t blow up their friendship. This however, wasn’t doing good things for it, for them, and while Shane likes an honest relationship, Ryan had known the kind of guy Shane is when he signed up for this. 

“Ryan, what you want—I don’t do flowers and candy and romantic—” 

“You do, though,” Ryan counters. “You do when you talk about me sometimes. When you write little blurbs on instagram about our friendship. When you bring me lunch or-or compliment me. When you tell me you’ve seen something or heard a song and thought of me. Those things, those make me feel. But sitting around and watching movies until it’s time for me to go home—that. That just doesn’t work for me.” 

“What do you want me to do, Ryan? Climb on top of a building and shout about how much I love your face?” Shane wonders aloud, raising his hands up in defeat. But Ryan is responsive to it, it seems, when his face lights up with color and his eyes brighten, and he steps into Shane’s space like he suddenly wants to be much closer. 

“Yes,” Ryan says, smiling. He circles his arms around Shane’s shoulders. 

“Hire a blimp?”

“Mhm.”

“One of those sky-writing planes? Mail you love letters? Kiss you in public? Surprise you with tickets to—to the Lakers?” Shane sets his hands on Ryan’s waist pulling him closer, his fingers inching underneath Ryan’s shirt to touch his skin. 

“Yeah, yes—” 

“Ry—you could have just said something. I don’t want you to feel like you have to walk away from this.”

“I’m sorry—I will admit I overreacted, but I don’t want us to, like—I don’t know. Accidentally be friends who fuck. Gotta keep the fire alive.”

“Let’s go out then. Let’s go do something. You pick.” 

“It’s like eleven—” 

“Not right now,” Shane laughs. “Just something for this weekend. Give me an example, and in the meantime, I’ll brush up on your love languages.” 

“Okay. Let’s—uh,” Ryan leans up onto the tips of his toes. “How about we don’t finish the movie, hmm?” 

The light in Ryan’s eyes changes and he presses his body to Shane’s as Shane meets him for a kiss. 

[ryanberga]

Let's try to bring it back to innocent steven lim appreciation!!! God he would be such a great bf wouldn't he being all soft with people and really caring and buying all the foods you love and asking you if you like it with a soft smile

my askbox right now is literally half people talking about kinks and half trying to get the conversation back to where it SHOULD be 

steven lim would be the softest boyfriend😌 he’d be so attentive and perceptive and cuddly and you’d have fun dates but also sweet dates and 🥺 perfect bf 

[wetookanoath]

I have to gush over Kismet. It was THE fic that got me into this fandom, and boy was it an amazing ride. I love how you did such a good twist on soulmate AUs and I'm sad and soft for angsty touch-starved Shane just wanting someone he can be close to safely. The anguish that they both struggled with over their powers and the joy when they finally find each other was really such an uplifter I couldn't stop thinking about it the rest of the day. I reread it all the time. Love it so much ❤❤

OH MY GOD, I’M CRYING

This is a beautiful thing to read, thank you so much for taking the time of your day to write me back on this fic. I’m very happy to know you liked it this much, thanks for still reading it and for thinking of it in such high place, it makes me so happy.

Kismet was a story I wanted to write for years but couldn’t find the time or the proper fandom, the perfect ship for it. So it was such a big deal for me to write it and post it, especially because it was my first fic in the fandom. I’m overwhelmed with feelings every time is brought back and I remember the way it was taken and accepted in the fandom since the night I posted it.

Thank you SO much for this wonderful message!

[tmae3114]

I picked up DF after a looong hiatus and have been playing through book 3... and oh my god Tomix Saga tore me apart. Now I'm so tempted to buy an amulet for soulweaving because I can't progress past sepulchre in book 1 without it and unlock book 1 Ravenloss for the armour... decisions >.< (Also Chaosweaver looks amazing too)

The Tomix Saga destroyed us all, welcome to the club, I think we might still have some of the shock blankets and tissues left over from when the finale was first released lying around somewhere [patpat]

If you can financially afford to get a Dragon Amulet I do fully recommend it because I’ve had so much fun since I got one for myself earlier this year but I was a free player for seven years before that so it’s definitely not necessary to enjoy the game!

And given that I played the game for seven years without an Amulet, if you give me some more details on where it is in Book 1 that you’re stuck, I can probably give you some tips that can help you get past it without needing to buy an Amulet if you don’t want to? Which Sepulchure part are you stuck on? From context, I’m assuming it’s the Wind Orb Sepulchure confrontation because that fight is Amulet-locked, in which case, the good news is that that fight is optional! You don’t need to complete it to progress! If you’re having trouble with the timeline, it might be that you need to complete both Wind Orb sagas (Pirate and Ninja) because I had troubles with it until I ran through them both (I’d originally only done Ninja)

You should be able to access Ravenloss regardless - while you can’t fast-travel there via the timeline if you haven’t progressed the story to where it chronologically takes place (a feature which, I think, is meant more to help you keep track of where in the story you are than stop you doing things out of order if you really want to) that doesn’t prevent you getting to places early via exploring! If you don’t know how to get to Ravenloss via exploring, I can give you directions? It’s pretty simple to get there

(Also, having used Chaosweaver while it was in playtesting, yes chaosweaver is very fun. It’s not an Amulet class though! It’s a Dragon Coin class, so you don’t need an Amulet to use it! You’ll need instructions to find Secundus to buy it from him though but I can happily also provide those)

[rajinedgeofdarkness]

Ehh not as proud of this one as the others, but Skyfye’s art will grow with my skill and my story in time.

What is Skyfyre? Shy, Awkward, Imaginative, Creative, Acrophobic, Sheltered, Curious, Empathetic, Easily Distracted

Who is Skyfyre? Skyfyre is a 25 year old human from Middle Aged Earth, more specifically England. The story primarily revolves around her. She was orphaned at 12 (playing with an age between 10 and 15). While trying to go after her parents she finds her way into an oak forest getting caught in a snow storm forced to find shelter for the rest of the night. Well the next morning she doesn’t expect to see Theobald, a resident of a nearby village, Brimebet.

Skyfyre soon gets adopted by him and the rest of the villagers in the small hamlet after thinking she would just stay until she gets her strength back. Though because of the fact she is now homeless and fears the worst regarding the fate of her family, she ends up staying for much longer. Spending her days learning basic skills from everyone and aiding in their shops especially during the more popular seasons of trading and visitors passing through.

Skyfyre does tire of the repetitiveness in her daily routine. Yearning for something more…..ADVENTUROUS!! She does make it a goal to leave more long term when she reaches 25 going beyond the other towns to find her own way and maybe find her parents. Part of her this whole time hoped they were still around….somewhere though she barely talked to the villagers about it outside of lying that they perished with upmost certainty. She never wants to burden others and gets pretty private about her personal problems hence the long hours she spends on her private tree house thinking out load to herself.