#ask a fool

YAY thank you rae ;w;

1. Song of the year?

well these were my top 2 songs on spotify wrapped and. very in character for me since amphoreus rewired my brain chemistry FJDKF

25. Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one

SELAAA. i feel like most people who follow me know about sela, my amphoreus oc who kisses anaxa. she's my pretty princess whom i adore and i put so much effort and time and love into making her. she's absolutely oc of the year for me

At Cae: “Fiery little pain in the ass. Gets herself into stupid situations, likes to be leading -- Not that I mind, great view -- and has a bit of a sailor’s tongue to her. I’m told that she’s nice when you’re not finding her doing something dumb out in the wild, and is apparently more than capable of holding a decent conversation.”

i've been thinking about this ask all day and have so many thoughts and it gave me the idea to make this

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! my pulls went......... pretty okish... i normally have pretty good luck in hsr but-

i'm glad i walked away with e1 at least and LC went ok too. i'm still doing single pulls om him Just In Case i can get him early

here's my current build for him might try and farm more but he already kills so good regardless FJDSKFD

ty for asking!!!! been saving these asks for a rainy day when i don't feel like doing anything else :D

7. what type of weapon does your character use?

HMMM. I had to sit on this for a second because I had a couple different ideas. Aster probably knows how to use a couple of different weapon due to [insert backstory sillies here] but I think I’m settling on the idea of some sort of chained weapon. Either just dual blades attached by a chain or the chain itself being part of the weapon!!!

Visually I think it works well just because of aster’s actual character themes (having their emanator abilities sealed/chained via the IPC)

8. what are the major visual motifs in your character’s battle animations?

I have a couple of solid ideas. Aster already has a lot of astral/star/sparkly aesthetics in her design so a lot of that would translate over to her combat animations. Being an Nhility character, she’s basically just causing mass confusion among enemies via her friendly-fire like debuffs. So I can see a lot of fog/mist like visuals with chains surprise attacking enemies to apply her special debuff :D

11. what are your character’s basic, skill, and ultimate attacks?

Aster is Nihility/Quantum and instead of doing any sort of in-game DOT she has a unique debuff gimmick thats a cross between SW’s weakness implanting & Kafka’s ‘domination’ ability. Where Aster can parry/deflect incoming attacks onto other enemies, a lowkey sustain hybrid + has FUA synergies

Basic: Deals Quantum DMG equal to X% of Aster’s ATK to a single enemy

Skill: [Single Target] There is an X% chance for the enemy target to become [unique Aster-related debuff effect]. For the next 2 turns instead of attacking an ally, said target will attack a random enemy instead. Gains 1 stack(s) of [insert FUA counter here]

Ultimate: [Bounce] There is an X% chance for the enemy target(s) to become [unique Aster-related debuff effect]. For the next 2 turns, Aster will gain 1 stack of [insert FUA counter here] each time an enemy attacks another enemy.

OH BOY!

Actual Crimes:

murder

pillaging

excessive violence

terrorism

cybersecurity threats

probably a kidnapping or two

heresy

toxic behaviors:

doesn't care much about others, only helps those in need when it affects him personally

has a bit of a superiority complex, arrogant

will intentionally rile up those he deems unworthy

religious discrimination (but its against fantasy catholics its funny)

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1. the character everyone gets wrong

i've answered this one already but gonna double down on dan heng/dan feng (their relation cannot be defined as black and white as fandom wants it to be) & neuvillette (he's not a uwu cry baby who doesn't know what sex is)

9. worst part of canon

[puts on my clown shoes] the high cloud quintet......... and also the fact that jing yuan literally has no reason to be in the story as is. they did not utilize his character at ALL when they could have easier done some cool things with him, but it all fell flat in the end and it sucks since he was the character i got into hsr for (im a big fan of his eng VA and only started playing bc of him)

and for genshin. they nerfed dottore with sexy anime ass plague doctor aesthetic. its just so boring and predictable. RIP webttore you should have survived the dottore segment hunger games not omega :/

12. the unpopular character(s) that you actually like and why more people should like them

the entire narzissenkreuz cast.... like genuinely one of the coolest and most tragic group of characters from more recent in game history that is fully expanded on in world quests. it a great self contained story told over 3 patches and offers neat context to the events of the fontaine archon quests but more specifically.... rene de petrichor i love you and youre unhinged culty academic shenanigans

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

im sorry but fanon haikaveh (its annoying & reduces their characters down to just a tropey ship) and jingheng (its boring) and i understand why people like neuvifuri and its neat they can be read as so many different relationship dynamics but i very much dislike it in a romantic sense.

i hate the weird sexualization of wriothesley being a prison warden x prisoner! reader, canon character, oc etc

but as for general tropes i think friends to lovers is boring and a snooze fest on its own. wheres the drama....the conflict.... the compelling plot. and i think high school aus are cringe in general. especially from either adult writers or characters who are already adults in canon

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

like in general? im sick of seeing so much rendered/soft shaded 'anime-esque' fanart being the most appreciated in fandom spaces. not to say these folks aren't talented they ARE but it feels like their type of work is the only stuff being praised and lifted in communities i personally would REALLY love to see more graphic and exaggerated cartoon work because i feel like there can so much personality put into pieces like than rather than just pure skill and technique in more rendered/painted styles of work

21. part of canon you think is overhyped