Dragon's Nest

We picking up riiight after the Phantasmoon talked and I'm wondering, if this "divine authority transfer" is real, is Evanescia going to be the next Elation Aeon ?

Oh yikes it's peak fiction and peak angst stuff OOPS THE REAL FULWISH IS HERE I am so excited for her cause it's the perfect tragedy road, from victim to culprit. I love how it is horruble what happened to her, and definetly defined the rest of her life AND also doesn't excuse any of her actions.

Oh my gods and now she's going to blame Himeko for surviving and living her life Fulwish is kinda a mirror to Himeko, a reflection of a possibility : Himeko could've stayed in Planarcadia and could've taken the same path as Fulwish. But she didn't because they both are different persons and make different choices based on their own persons.

Mmmmmmh I don't think so, unfortunately, you seem still pretty chained to this past Nvm she meant physical wounds and even made a comment about how she still hurts inside, I got told off by the game kdsjfgnbdfbg

Yeaaaaah... Urgh I keep wanting to gush over how cool it is to see this character. I love characters that are complex like that, where you SEE all the hurt and trauma, but you can also know that what they are doing is wrong, that it's tragic because, in anoher life, maybe they would've had the help they needed or another state of mind, but they didn't.

Aaaand here is "the victim becomes the abuser/murderer". Unfortunately very very common AND again, NOT AN EXCUSE, because at one point, it won't be only the trauma speaking, AND you can always decide to stand up against it, it's super hard and seems impossible, but doable.

Himeko genuinely trying to help Fulwish still, saying she has still a chance to stop :(((

NO SHE BROUGHT HER TEAM OF TV NOOOOOO THE WORST EVIL MEDIA EVER

I mean... She's not wrong... And I bet being one of the sole survivors or this massacre made the medias jump on her, so it created another layer of trauma

Noooo she totally doesn't seem bothered by the cameras and people listening and watching to everything she says and do /sarc

I'm eating also the religious part of her speech because it is so real, she felt like she had nothing left, and people often fear not having answers and/or a scapegoat, they fear that they suffer "for nothing" It's so much easier to believe in a greater power, because you do not have to question or doubt ANYTHING And of course, you start falling down the "I can do what I want as long as I believe" kinda thing, believe yourself to be above everyone, because YOU alone are the "true" believer.

Just wanna rant about this but also wanna continue the story jdhsqbgf

Aaaaand adding a bit of hypocrisy, love this <33 She literally said two minutes ago that the Phantasmoon Games were horrible, the people that joined it were the true evil. But SHE is going to participate, but she will tell us it's different because SHE tells us so.

Again, HOW do we know for sure you won't do that ? We only have her words, but she will say it's "for the greater good" and people will blindly follow because they "believe".

Aaaaaand she manipulates everything by challenging us to a "debate" on TV... Like it could be anymore obvious lol, "debates" and "TV" are never fair or not manipulated to make the other party seem horrible.

"Come debate on MY territory, on MY terms, in a way where I can easily turn the audience against you because I can manipulate medias easily"

AND Fulwish uses her past as a carrot, to make everyone feel sorry for her and follow her no questions asked :/

The reality of manipulating medias and people's poor media literacy is actually killing me, it's too real

Thank you for spelling that out March 7th, I'm sure some people truly didn't understand <3 /g

Oh so Evanescia DIDNT plan to be part of the Games as a Supplicant :0 Interestiiing

Now I need to hear the rules of that Love how morally blurry it is, it's NOT to protect people, it's to make sure the Games keep going.

WHY ARE HER AND YAO GUANG HAVE THIS TENSION RN

I did NOT expect that, but I am NOT complaining

On the loading screen, you often have little lore things, and this time was about Ryusuke, and it says "CLAIMS to be Himeko's father" and WDYM CLAIMS

They actually need to make out a bit- I truly did NOT expect to find them together being a potential but in a few lines they just made it possible

THEY ARE SO IN LOVE Evanescia tearing through Yao Guang's usual thoughts is so cute

EVANESCIA WAS LESBIANS LOVERS WITH HIMEKO'S ANCESTOR

Love how they pride themselves on being "better than others" despite the horrible things they say :))) Kinde reminds me of some people mhhh ?? :)))

I'm so pissed at these NPCs because this could be in real life said to someone and it's so mean and intolerant and condescending I wanna punch them in the faces.

So this is a HSR slur, we can reclaim it !

STOP TALKING STOP JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH

I'm going to be feral this whole section I'm sorry in advance

I LOVE YOU YAO GUANG

THEY ARE SUCH A POWERCOUPLE

...I dunno what more I could say than repeat myself but DAMN

Also wait I need to rant because The Happiness Surgery thingy, that is SUPPOSED to make you happy, makes you also smile a lot. Smiling doesn't always mean being truly happy. This whole thing adds another horrible element : that you have to fit into what is said to be "the right way to express this or that" It's not being truly happy, it's just searching for OTHERS to validate you on what they see. It's a "become like everyone else", losing your originality and basing your whole life around being watched and judged

EVANESCIA MADE YAO GUANG LAUGH AND SHE CALLED HER CUTEZ IM GOING TO DIE

Uho

OH THE OCTOPUS MASK IS THE HAPPINESS SURGERY RESULT

EVERYONE IS A SUPPLICANT WITH THIS

I could not care less about Blade and Ashveil tbh, but Yao Guang is soooo pretty and cool <3333

SPARXIE IS BACK YEAAAAAH

PLEASE SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

I HATE WHEN PEOPLE IRL DO THE "GOODY LIKE EVERYONE" ACT AND THEN WEAR HORRIBLE EXPENSIVE STUFF

10 stars exchange

(I need to make this rant about Sparkle and Sparxie cause they are such an interesting character)

I love Sparkle(xie) She sees a rift opened by Fulwish that made even Fools be mad and just goes "Imma try it >:)"

OH M YGODS ??? I DIDNT EXPECT SARKLE(XIE) TO HAVE SUCH TENSION WITH A WEIRD VERSION OF FULWISH ????

Idk why but I love this line

No one needs a CEO honey

ARE WE GOING TO BATTLE FULWISH

Wait I forgot I'm one patch behind oops

I think I heard Alejandro Saab as an NPC xD

What a surpriiiiise (rolls my eyes), the cult manipulates people ! /sarc

HIMEKO IS SO SWEET WITH US SHE IS MY MOM

What a surpriiiise, part 2 Oh poor perfect Fulwish who is so kind and helpful and says herself she wants only the beeeest /sarc

Again, LOVE the mixed messages in this : do not panic or despair, but I will show you the footage, knowing it's bad enough to make you panic, and I say "unprecedented danger", but nooo don't panic !

Truly, I hate this so much. I hate how people can just twist the truth like that, if they say it first, others WILL believe them because they said it first ! Hate this so much

I hate how unfair these situations are it always makes me sick to my stomach and genuinely triggering

...Ashveil, you are so dumb "It won't fool anyone for long", dude, you are IN THE TERRITORY OF FULWISH IN THE TOWN SHE INFECTED WITH HER SURGERY AND YOU STILL EXPECT THINGS TO BE FAIR ???

People can be VERY dumb. And if they are scared ? Even more so. That's why things like racism and any intolerant stuff works well : they use the fear of people for the unknown to manipulate them easily

makes me wanna puke to see it all go to shit Fulwish using us to put fear in people so they become monsters of Abundance is...

I agree Even if I strongly disagree about their way of thinking, I still agree they are/were victims

I love how dark this is, it's horrible and it's the rules of the game since the beginning, which is horrible also

YESSSS SHES GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT

THIS is what I expected of Elation ngl True chaos

Ooooh revelations about Evanescia :0

I love how gay they are for each other I love that "monster" x "monster hunter" ship dynamic

?????

ARE YOU SERIOUS

AND OF COURSE IT SWITCHED POV

:0 It's been quite a time since we saw her !

Aaaand I'm going to pause for today ! Wanna contine so bad but also gotta rest :3

Short sengen animation :3

but then I realised that same challenge would be infinitely more funny with folks who have atypical or horror OCs

day two! yes, obviously I have both "Mr. Faggot" and "Mr. Dyke" versions of this shirt. it's like you don't know me at all

day seven six! we've already covered Middle-Aged Queers, so let's talk The Homobiles. The Homobiles is a peer-to-peer ride share service that precedes both Uber and Lyft and serves the queer community of the Bay Area, regardless of the rider's ability to pay. it is also "the bay's mainstay queer punk supergroup", according to the pull quote on their bandcamp site, and I believe it. The Homobiles features, among others, my beloved faggot dyke Unka Lynee and role model Lynn Breedlove, formerly of dyke punk band Tribe 8, which basically invented punk rock. Lynn founded both the ride share service and the band and is cooler than all of us put together.

a couple of choice quotes from Lynee, my fellow dyke who's also a man:

"I'm a feminist and I'm a dyke and I fucking hate men and I'm a man. I identify as a dyke and as a guy. People are pissed off about that because they want you to pick a side. Really, my choice isn't about you. I don't tell you to lop your tits off, and you don't get to tell me that I can't be a dyke and a guy. That is just as repressive as any of the bullshit that we're rebelling against." [source, 2005]

In 2021, Swarovski (the company that makes the very sparkly crystals you see in certain jewelry, on figure-skaters' twinkliest outfits, on red carpet dresses), decided they didn't want the grubby fingers of small-time jewelers, clothing designers and costumers and crafters on their shiny beads and rhinestones anymore. They decided to limit their sales to "luxury" and couture creators, not girls who sell stuff on Etsy. The tenor of their press release on the subject was snide and insulting. Resellers (like your favorite bead shop) would no longer be allowed to carry their product; the average Jane on the street would not be able to purchase them. You could only get them if you had an authorized business agreement that bound you to very strict brand behavior. And those of us who still had good stock of the crystals would no longer be "permitted" to use the brand's name in our listings for sale.

Every bead shop and craft supply place and many, many small clothing makers--wedding shops, prom and dancing dress suppliers, the sort of salt of the Earth mom and pop time machines of shops that are the backbone of the field--scrambled to find something that could replace them. The last of the stock dwindled quickly, all of us grabbing what we could get while there was any chance of it, and then it was gone and we no longer had any access.

I was Big Pissed about it at the time. It was just so goddamn stuck-up, when wholesalers and indie jewelers had made them so much money, when some people I knew--when *I!*--had been brand-loyal for decades. But with no recourse, everyone pivoted fairly quickly, most of us to Preciosa Crystals. Those are Czech, quite sparkly, and considerably less expensive than Swarovski. The faceting method they use is different, but not worse; any differences are hardly noticeable when you're seeing them as a hundred pinpoints of light.

Well, out of nowhere, Swarovski just dropped this: https://www.harmanbeads.com/swarovski-brand-policy-update

"Effective June 1, 2026, Swarovski updated the distribution and brand usage policies introduced in 2021. Businesses may now purchase Swarovski Crystals without signing a Brand Control Agreement, and Authorized Distribution Partners may once again sell Swarovski Crystals to resellers, including bead stores and online retailers. Businesses may also use the Swarovski brand name when following Swarovski’s Proper Use Guidelines. Designers, manufacturers, artists, brands, retailers, and resellers are now eligible to purchase Swarovski Crystals through authorized distribution channels."

They want us back. A lot of the companies who could have kept a brand relationship with them also have swapped to Preciosa, over the last half-decade, in solidarity with indie creators and out of a sour awareness that it could be them, next. And it doesn't hurt that Preciosa was able to expand their line quite a bit now that everyone who wanted sparkle had no choice but to go to them.

And I'm not seeing nearly anyone who intends to return. The feeling is, "Y'all told us to fuck off! Off we fucked! And now, that's what you can do, too!" I'm seeing a lot of "How many of us did you stab in the back?" comments from the people whose money they're hoping to attract.

What's more, I am playing with Anomaly and have this corrupted obelisk that has created duplicates of several colonists so it's a fuckin' free-for-all.