𝐿𝑒 𝒞𝒶𝒻é [𝑀𝒾𝓃𝓉'𝓈 𝒥𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒜𝓇𝓉 𝒮𝓉𝓊𝒻𝒻}

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I figure I need a place to post all my old thread stuff, as well as talk about some plays I'm writing, or sharing WIP's of my art, talk about video games, characters, etc. I'll keep this thread open for now just so I have it for later reference when I update my thread and need a place to post stuff in the background!~

Comments are welcome (just be nice pls!)

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So I forgot to mention I also had this as a PFP a few months ago and I'd just like to quickly talk about Aerith, what this piece and the character have meant to me in the past few years. I'll also be going into a little detail about some spoiler territory so here's your warning.

If you haven't played Final Fantasy VII or finished Final Fantasy Rebirth and would like to remain spoiler free-- I recommend clicking away now!

So this piece... (I really wish I knew the artist, I just found it on pinterest, if anyone knows how to search or knows the artist please comment or DM me cause I'm enthralled). This piece captured such a solitary sadness and elegance to Aerith's character. In my eyes, I feel as if though Aerith knew all along that she wasn't going to be long for this world. Any of my partners who write with me know very well I'm drawn to these types of characters, the ones like Zelda, Colette Brunel, Furina... ones where they give everything in their life to protect those important to them, and remaining so strong and powerful throughout what they are losing and themselves in the process.

I don't want to delve too deeply into personal life things on here, but I'll just briefly mention I had a best friend who unfortunately passed away at the young age of 16 when we were still in high school. She was so, so strong even if her inevitable death was on the horizon. I remember I made her a promise to just continuing to follow my dreams of becoming an artist and VA, and I don't want to let her down.

While she and Aerith weren't completely alike in personality and aptitude, there's always such a connection I feel to these characters. Aerith was left by the people in her life, the two biggest being her mother and Zack-- both of whom meant so much to her. It obviously, was not their fault, but still. I'm not going to pretend like everyone in the FF7 doesn't have it completely awful, I can barely think of a character who didn't suffer or lose someone or something important to them. But seeing this innocent child at the end of Rebirth, desperate and pleading for someone to save her mother and being ignored really hit in a place I didn't quite know I had.

In the end, Aerith had known that going to pray alone was something only she could do, her alone. As the last of the Ancients she knew that even in her inevitable death, she was the only recourse to join the lifestream and put a stop to the planet's end. I find it such a beautifully tragic message, finding new friends and love in the shape of Tifa and even more-so with Cloud, only to finally be the one to lose herself to them, and not the other way around.

Anyways, that's just my little blurb about her... she's been on my mind a lot recently. I honestly never truly played the original FF7 games but I know the full story (I actually got into these games as a favor for one of my partners on here a couple years ago, but ended up loving the game a ton so I just joined the fandom myself!) Remake and Rebirth really, really shaped her as one of my favorite characters of all time. Her playful sassiness, her innocent and kind heart, her determination to protect everyone she cared about in the end... I can't help but feel emotional when I listen to her theme!

I hope I can play as her character in RP's to come in the future, I just wanted to quickly share what this image evoked in me and how much her character has begun to mean to me ever since I played Remake back in 2020.

 

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It's almost the Holiday season, and the New Year approaching I figured I should do a little reflection for my time on here, despite never really celebrating Christmas growing up in a traditionally more Asian household, I've always loved this time of year. The festivity, the cheer, and just in general being thankful for all that I have in life and things to look forward to in the future.

For one, I'm so grateful to all the amazing partners I have that have continued to stick around with me despite some delays, slowness and general... y'know, life stuff that happens. I can't wait for another great year of writing with my bunch.

I also want to express gratitude for all my partners who are currently playing or have played my favorite game of all time, 'Tales of Symphonia', I've legit been looking for an RP in this world for years, and to even have the potential to RP in this world brings me such excitement and joy, you have no idea!

Just to look back on the year as a whole... I've done considerably less art pieces than the years prior unfortunately, but the art pieces I have done I'm very, very proud of. I suppose it's a very much quality over quantity piece. My art account has reached almost 300 followers on X/Twitter, and my Pixiv account has just reached 320 followers, here's hoping I can add another 100 to that number for 2025!

I've continued to obsess over Hoyoverse gacha games unsurprisingly, Honkai Star Rail has my heart and still does, and I've also been loving Zenless Zone Zero. While I don't play Genshin Impact actively anymore, I'm still eager to tell stories through RP in that world along with the rest. Another interest has been the Trails Series, or Sora no Kiseki. Thanks to the recommendation of some wonderful partners on here, I started my journey with Trails in the Sky FC and have not looked back.

Over a year later, I'm on Trails of Cold Steel 4. I just booted it up today, I cannot believe how relatively short of a time I've been playing these games and they feel like they've been apart of my life for eons.

A few highlights of my year RP-Wise....

Finished an amazing Frieren x Himmel one-shot with a certain partner of mine...

Finally got to write a brief Twilight Princess Link x Zelda snippet...

Found someone to write this 'rare-pair' (Wriothesely x Navia) from Genshin with me.

...And of course, finding that Loid x Yor RP I've been looking for!

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TONS more amazing RP's I've had this year, these are just the ones I've thought on the top of my head. So anyways, all my partners-- love ya to pieces. I'm hoping to get out of this writers block to continue all our stories soon <3.

Happy Holidays, and a great New Year!

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