All art is at once surface and symbol

Trapped behind the barrier and fearful of further human attacks, we retreated. Far, far into the earth we walked, until we reached the cavern's end. This was our new home, which we named... “HOME.” As great as our King is, he is pretty lousy with names.

…

Fearing the humans no longer, we moved out of our old city, HOME. We braved harsh cold, damp swampland, and searing heat... Until we reached what we now call our capital. “NEW HOME.” Again, our King is really bad at names...?

…

Inside NEW HOME is the largest academy of the Underground. But what really makes the school stand out is there's a private club that the Student Council members go to where they pull swords out of magic and duel each other. But for what purpose? That place is called...“DREEMURR ACADEMY.” As expected, our King is atrocious with names.


485 words today for Rosetale!

My sweet angel Ryu passed away in my arms this morning.

He's a chinchilla that I adopted from my sister when she went to college. He's everything you could ever ask for in a chinchilla. When we took him to the vet to fix his eye issues, she said that he's the most docile chinchilla she's ever cared for. He really is chill. He just takes everything in stride. He loves being held and scratched behind the ears. He's smart, too. Once he escaped and kept ducking under the piano. Every time we almost caught him, Amanda and Freddie would come bounding up and he'd bounce away. Amanda loved Ryu. She'd treat him like he was her own puppy. She'd kiss him and he'd take it, wet and completely unamused. He's going to be buried next to Amanda...

I kissed Ryu and told him how much I loved him, and how much happiness he brought me, and how he made Frisk's first few months of life a joy. This and this were the music I was playing while I was holding him. I thought it would be good if he got to listen to soft music before he passed. This too, but I think Ryu had died by this point. He stretched himself and didn't move again. He made a few soft breathy squeaks while I held him. I kept him close so he'd be comfortable. He seemed warm and comfy, at least.

We're still going to the vet anyway, to see if Frisk is pregnant. It could be she's just growing, but she's gotten huge. I'm going to miss my darling gray angel. I love him so much. He's the reason I recommend chinchillas as pets. Freddie was with me on the bed. I think in a way he knew. Now he's lying beside the cage. Anyway, I'll get dressed so I can take Frisk to the vet.

Ten Favorite Characters of the Year: Foxy (Five Nights at Freddy's), Mangle (Five Night's at Freddy's), Arthur (Rune Factory IV), Fear (Inside Out), Samekichi (Wadanohara and the Deep Blue Sea), Sans (Undertale), Papyrus (Undertale), Mettaton (Undertale), Asriel Dreemurr (Undertale), The Fallen Child/"Chara" (Undertale)

Five Favorite Pairings of The Year (canon or crack, romantic or not, doesn't matter): Frisk/Asriel (Undertale), Frisk/Asriel/Chara (Undertale), Papyrus/Mettaton (Undertale), Sans/Chara (Undertale), Samekichi/Wadanohara (Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea)

Three Favorite TV Shows of The Year: Steven Universe. I can't think of two more. :(

Your Favorite Book Read This Year: I don't think I finished anything new this year. *sob* I've been reading Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint and Michael Ende's Neverending Story though. I also reread Coraline and 101 Elephant Jokes. Plus there's this podcast about bad books I love listening to called I Don't Even Own a Television. :)

Your Favorite Movie Watched This Year: The Neverending Story, followed by Inside Out and Silence of the Lambs.

Your Favorite Album or Song To Listen To This Year: "Balloons" by MandoPony is an incredible fansong for FNAF, and I especially like PurpleRoselyn's version of it. ;; While I got no interest in the animanga it's written for, "Lilium" is gorgeous and I can't help listening to it a lot.

Your Favorite LJ/DW Community For The Year: Das Sporking. I'm still proud of myself for finishing dissecting Chapter 16 of Gabriel's Inferno. :D

First Fandom of the Year: Five Nights at Freddy's

Your Best New Fandom Discovery of the Year: UNDERTALE

Your Biggest Fandom Disappointment of the Year: Earthbound, due to tumblr jerks. But when it comes to truly reprehensible behavior, Steven Universe takes the garbage cake due to the Zamii incident.

Your Biggest Squee Moment of the Year: Earthbound Zero got released to Virtual Console as Earthbound Beginnings! The Lucario movie celebrating its 10th Anniversary! Toby Fox announcing he's going to make his next game!

Favorite Main Character of the Year: PROPS TO ATREYU, MAN. PROPS TO ATREYU. Frisk comes close though. <.<

Favorite Villian of the Year: Flowey

Favorite Het Couple of the Year: Samekichi/Wadanohara

Favorite Femslash Couple of the Year: Undyne/Alphys. Props to Juri/Shiori though for helping me through rough times by reminding me that it's okay to like fucked up shit.

Favorite Slash Couple of the Year: Mettaton/Papyrus

Fandom That You Never Expected To Get Into: Steven Universe and Yandere Simulator

Fandom That Made An Unexpected Comeback: Kirby

Fandom That Inspired The Most Crack: Undertale

Last Fandom of The Year: Undertale

Overall Favorite Fandoms of the Year: Undertale

Main Fandom of the Year: Earthbound, Rune Factory IV, Revolutionary Girl Utena

The Most Missed of Your Old Fandoms: I wish I stopped feeling burnt out on Mario. :(

Predictions For Next Year: Year of the Monkey? MORE LIKE YEAR OF THE UNDERTALE AMIRITE


Before Undertale, this wasn't a big fandom year for me, since I was burnt out and depressed, so I spent most of my time reblogging cute animals. I hope 2016 is a better year. :(

Yuletide Recs are going to come late this year. I got so many fics to read and so much I want to write and auuuuuugh. But for now, here's the gifts I got, which is the biggest turnout I recieved from Yuletide thus far! :3


( Puri loves each and every single one of you! ;; )

My fic will come later. I've got a Yuletide treat I want to finish for the New Year's Resolution collection. :)

Everyone's holiday cards are finished and currently being delivered~! ♥

So I wanted to finish my second playthrough of the Halloween Hack so I could write a big essay comparing its themes with Undertale's.

( So how does it hold up? Spoilers: Halloween Hack, Undertale, and Madoka Rebellion. TW: Brief paragraph where I talk about a scene in HH that reminded me of sexual assault. )

Anyway, what I did with this guy was incredibly fanfictastic and I really really doubt that in reality (in Itoi's mind) that he is like this AT ALL. But he's just one of those characters that's boring and not explained at all, so I fleshed him out a whole lot and here we go he's cool now.

HOLY SHIT THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME THOUGHTS I HAD WHEN I TRIED TO DEVELOP TONIO IN MY ABORTED RISE OF DARKRAI SEQUEL

I'm giving away holiday cards this year! If you want one, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post! Everything will be screened/private. I'll be happy to send them all over the world. :D

Cards may or may not include stickers and doodles of your favorite characters/ships/animals.

<b>Name & Address-</b> (you can give an alias, as long as it'll get to you) <b>Happy Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Holidays?-</b> (if you don't care just say so)

If you're reading this, this means you're interested in writing me darkfic, smut, or both (or you're curious about my tastes). :D

Crueltide

Fandoms Allowed: Undertale, Mother/EarthBound Zero/Earthbound Beginnings, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Happy Endings Preferred?: Leaning toward happy/bittersweet, but not picky

( Wanted Tropes )

( Unwanted Tropes )

Yuleporn

Fandoms Allowed: Undertale, Mother/EarthBound Zero/Earthbound Beginnings, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Plot or PWP?: Either!
Noncon/Dubcon/Hatesex Allowed For: Sans/Chara, Pre-Special Episode!Dusknoir/Grovyle

( Kinks )

( Non-Kinks )

( Fandom-Specific Notes for Yuleporn )

Dear Yuletide writer,

Thank you so much for offering to write a fanfic for me! ;; I appreciate everything that you do and all of your hard work. I'm sorry I took so long to get my letter ready, but I wanted to give you as much information and inspiration as possible for a smooth Yuletide sailing. That said, let's cut to the chase!

( Likes )

( Dislikes )

I'm all up for Crueltide and Yuleporn for three of my fandoms (Undertale, Mother, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon), and you can learn about my tropes, kinks, and other specific details here. :)

( Undertale )

( Inside Out )

( Mother : EarthBound Zero )

( Pokemon Mystery Dungeon )

( Super Mario Galaxy )

Thanks for hearing me out. I hope your Yuletide is as wonderful as you'll make mine~ ♥

Your Recipient,
Puri