#jenash

To Ash, Hal, Breon, Destin, Han, Dancer, Evan, Amon, Shadow, Finn (except not really cuz you did try to kill Julianna, but it wasn’t really you I guess) and Celestine’s current favorite Tarek, I appreciate every single one of you, and so do your significant others. You are all great boyfriends, and deserve the world.

Thank you for making our lives both easier and more hectic.

Sincerely, Jenna, Lyss, Sasha, Evan, Raisa, Cat, Destin, Annamaya, Aspen, Julianna, and me. Celestine doesn’t appreciate you enough, Tarek. So I will.

HAPPY BOYFRIEND’S DAY

Jenna: yeah

Ash: you know who else is beautiful?

Jenna: *blushes* who?

Ash: Evan

Somewhere else

I went in skeptical. I've tested enough AI companion apps to expect that uncanny plasticky look, the eyes that drift slightly wrong, the skin that reads like a render. So when I started generating photos of my character on sweetdream.ai, I kept waiting for the seams to show. They mostly didn't. The lighting behaves, the proportions stay consistent shot to shot, and the face I designed actually keeps being the same face instead of quietly becoming someone else.

What impressed me on closer inspection was the consistency. A lot of platforms can produce one good still and then fall apart the moment you ask for a second angle. SweetDream kept my AI girlfriend recognizable across casual selfies, golden-hour portraits, and more candid setups. That continuity is the part most tools quietly fail, and it's the difference between a gallery of strangers and a believable person.

Basically a collection of all the “families” after the war in Shattered Realms

The Strangwards

Consisting of Evan, Destin, and their tiny “bark bigger than the body” dog Breaker. Probably adopted a kid later on, possibly a girl. Destin took on Evan’s last name as a further “fuck you” to his father after they got married. He’d taken his mother’s last name before the wedding, becoming Destin Chambord, and later Destin Strangward. Breaker is practically indestructible at this point, and probably has an extended life span than he normally would. Evan and Destin run Tarvos together and control almost the entire Desert Coast. They occasionally come to the wetlands either when business calls for it, they have plans with the others, or simply because they feel like it.

The Alister-Bandelows

(You cannot tell me that Ash didn’t take on Han’s last name at some point)

Jenna and Adrian split their time mostly between Delphi, Fellsmarch, and their dragon sanctuary in the Heartfang Mountains. Occasionally they visit Tarvos and Ardenscourt. They help dragons get acquainted with the wetlands and to willingly form bonds with orphans and children, as well as teenagers and adults. They slow their relationship pace so that it’s a bit more healthy and steady, taking things on one at a time together. Ash and Jenna give council to Lyss and Hal when they get stuck, and are always welcomed. They may have kids of their own, if they choose.

The Royal Family

Hal and Lyss are married happily and face the biggest challanges together. They got some backlash from both the Fells and Arden, but they proceed to get married and unite the countries for the first time in centuries. Their combined expertise and leadership make Ardend and the Fells two of the most prosperous countries. A few years into their marriage, they have their first daughter, and then their second. The only thing that puts the countries second to them is their two daughters.

The Talbot-Alfarsi Family

Breon and Sasha live in Fellsmarch together, often visiting Sasha’s mother and older sister Asha (who is not really mentioned in the Shattered Realms). While Sasha tends to stay with Lyss since she is her captain, Breon travels a bit and plays several shows, at least one a month. They find time to spend together and are happy, despite their rocky start.

The Dancer-Byrne-DeVilliers-Barrett Family

(Let’s face it, they’re probably one big family by this point)

Shadow, Lila, Hadley, and Julianna spend more time together than most of them would admit. There’s not really a set romantic relationship between anyone, but they just kind of hang about around each other as friends, and that’s more than enough for them. They travel a bit, going with Hadley on her adventures as the Fellsian navy commander, rangling the stray pirates that Evan and Destin didn’t get to in Carthis. They work well together as a team and make formidable opponents in mock battles that they often play, especially when the rest of the group is all in one place.

Every “family” comes together in Fellsmarch or someplace to catch up and spend a few holidays together when they can. They play games, attend events, and eat meals together, even just sitting around just talking with each other, enjoying everyone’s company. It’s a tradition that everyone willingly participates in, and is continued many years later.

Jenna: my nurse just came in to check on my vitals and i told him to fight me from beneath a mountain of pillows. He just moved my pillows and told me maybe later

Jenna: he just came in again and when i tried to tell him to fight me again i started coughing and i couldnt breathe and then he just smiled and told me he wont fight me because he knows id win

Jenna: apparently i seduced him with my drool and terrible lungs because he wrote his number on a coffee from the giftshop under “fight me?”

Ash and Jenna who?