Thought I made it clear now--

So reading "Let's Plays" of Fire Emblem has seriously affected how I react to how a character levels in "Fire Emblem Warriors". Like when Chrom leveled and didn't gain an inch of strength, Lucina levels and gets that stat- and I am like, "Chrom, what is wrong with you? You're being showed up by your daughter from the future!". As if Chrom could talk back to me, hahahaha! But seriously it is a fun game, and while I'm not a fan of the overall style of Fire Emblem, I am a fan of the "Warriors" franchise, I find it fun in a hack and slash sort of way-- (also, seriously Chrom is the best dad, I would LOVE Chrom as a dad, he is proably in to BBQ's and profuse dad jokes.. at least that is how I imagine him.)

This weekend, my goal is to add a RP thread to my RP comm, musehalla, and I will invite anyone to drop in and play with any of the characters listed on the user info. For now I am going to shy away from Bakerstreet as I really sort of want to find my RP voice again, and I don't want to be overwhelmed; start out slow and steady. Also, if you know a series that I am into, feel free to ask what character I would play from that series-- perhaps we can get a PSL going or something if we find mutual ground. (only series out of bounds is Xenogears/saga-- Citan Uzuki/Hyuga and co is permanently retired-- just do not have the energy to invest in that series when it comes to RP, I just can't do it)

On the icon plate, there is a new challenge and I've picked the 80s for that challenge, it's a sweeping generalization but I don't like to pigeonhole myself into a set series, I like to be able to have variety on what to icon, and I feel that the nostalgia will do me good! Also, new texture set up at hiraethe, it's a departure from the usual grunge and there are a lot of textures that I am excited to use myself! When I make textures, my process is "would I use these?", and I've already used several of them on icons, they are really lovely and I definitely will be planning another set along those lines. But bright grunge is my usual style and goes so well with my anime/manga stylized trappings. (just call me shoujotrash, it's all good.) So far though the new style has gone over real well and it's really just taking stock photos and bluring them, overlaying or super zooming them, as well as adding colour effects when at all possible.

So now I have a new icon challenge to focus on-- this one will be involving the 80s~

As usually, I don't post icons over at this journal-- however if you are interested, my icon community is over at hiraethe where I post all of my responses to challenges and all that-- I've been trying to once again draw away from 'shoujo hell', but it's the colours and the sparklies, can't help it~!

Hope y'all are having a good start to the weekend!

note: Walmart is selling 'soylent' now. I did a double take and was like "WTF!" Oh boy! People now come in 'strawberry' flavor!

I have so many icons that it is sometimes hard for me to be able to figure out exactly which one I will use for any entry-- today, it will be Utena I suppose. It was a good day, and I definitely feel like I've revolutionized the world-- or at the very least, my life.

Work was awesome and it continues to be awesome. It is nice to go to a workplace where people ask you 'how' you are doing. Like my lead looked over at me in between calls and was like, "Hey Nia-- how you doing today?" and it just made me feel good, because I felt valued as a person-- and I continually feel valued as a teammate. I even had a call that was pretty awesome. It was involving some man's server, and when I caught the call-- he was pretty upset, however not only did I manage to DE-ESCALATE him (he was at a 10, and I got him to about a 3), but he found out that the problem was on his end and he was super OKAY with that.

So at the end he was like "Nia, I'm gonna miss you!", and my response was "Gee Xen, I'm gonna miss you too!". And my lead heard it and was like "Nia, I've taken over 400k calls and never once have I ever heard someone say that they would miss me" and then Chase proceeded to tell my supervisor about what he heard. It was definitely interesting, but it made me feel awesome!

So now, on to the fannish stuff-- compartmentalized because I can do that in a way that I am unable to do that with real life.

+ICONS (have my paintshop up, and a set of icons that I need to do to personally challenge myself)
+TEXTURES (based on opal, from a few opal stock photos)
+Episode 19 of The Ancient Magus Bride-- Elias is so fricking adorable, in fact that entire anime *keyboard smash*
+Finish Ephraim's side of the Let's Place for Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones -- shhh don't judge, too much media-- too little time
+Tales of Vesperia-- have I mentioned I love Raven? Seriously, I love him-- but OH MY GAWD, PATTY TOO ADORABLE JUST UGH!

And just throwing it out there-- for y'all who are new to DW and want some icons, I am currently taking commissions over at hiraethe-- so if you like my style, hit me up! I love making icons for friends!