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feral

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"daughter of the void"?????? "daughter"????? "DAUGHTER"????????????? kakehashi games?????????? what?????????????????????

screencap of the jpn translation of the "sister of the void" achievement. it has been mistranslated as "daughter of the void" (kyomu no musume).

November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

team cherry literally had hornet say it with her mouth...

hollow knight silksong screencap of the lost verdania throne room, a black stone building overgrown with lush green clover. premier wife guy (gender-neutral) green prince, a green and yellow male mantis, stands at the center of the room, looking at his and his late husband's thrones, which are conjoined so as to share their middle armrest for maximum hand holding. protagonist hornet, a head and shoulders shorter bug with a white v-shaped head and a red cloak holding a sewing needle, stands to the side. she is trying to comfort green prince by explaining that pharloom destroying his country and killing his partner is not his fault and there's nothing he could have done.

hornet's dialogue, displayed at the top of the screen: "you were mortal bugs, caught beneath a being pale... devotion or destruction... these are the only fates my kind allow."

by "being pale" hornet refers to pharloom's ruling deity grand mother silk, the orb weaver god of needlework and thread, who is a white higher being (god) like her father the pale king and his wife/hornet's surrogate mother figure white lady. such white higher beings are referred to as "pale beings" in-game. hornet speaks from the experience of having had front row seats to her father's behavior in the previous game's setting. elsewhere in-game she mentions struggling with similar possessive and controlling urges, which she inherited from her father.

October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

hellmo dot gif

screenshot of the silksong inventory menu, displaying a completed nail, mask set, silk spool, set of silk abilities, and set of silk hearts. in the items area, the hunter's memento (a magenta wax seal) is selected. its description reads "hunter's memento: seal symbol given in recognition of a true hunter, stamped in sticky goo. the memento can be displayed in a home." in the bottom corner, text reads "completion 100%"

screencap of the hunter's journal menu screen in silksong. all visible enemies have a silver border around their menu images, indicating their hunt quotas are fulfilled. the enemy selected is the wingmould, the artificial silver enemy used for platforming, which returns from hollow knight. its description reads: "wingmould: false fly with a rune etched shell. a tortured mix of soul and void is caged within." hornet's bonus commentary says, "a crude construct of my father's fallen domain. only a fool believes that void can be fashioned to do their bidding." beneath this, text reads: encountered 235/235, completed 235/235

screencap of hornet's bellhome from silksong. the home has been upgraded with the desk, materium, phonograph, mini spa, and fairy lights. on its shelves sit six of the eight available mementos: on the top row are the grey memento and conjoined heart, in the middle is the hunter's memento, and on the bottom are the surface memento, hero's memento, and craw memento. missing from the middle shelf are the sprintmaster and guardian mementos it is possible to win from going above and beyond in the race and flea minigames. hornet lies on the bed. the ui in the upper right corner is set to reaper crest, displaying a full 10 masks and 18 silk. tools are set to poison cogflies (pogflies) and 3 way pins, and the selected silk skill is pale nails.

cropped screencap of my steam ui's silksong page, with the true hunter achievement moused over. the description reads, "true hunter: receive the hunter's memento" and the achievement stamp shines gold around the edges. text underneath reads "unlocked on oct 21, 2025, 9:12 pm. 6.8% of players have this achievement"

October 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

in honor of antai 10th i put together a mixtape for my lovely son saki because he is the only main character who never got one back in the day.
list of + links to tracks available here on dreamwidth: flightworks.dreamwidth.org/84740.html

cd cover style image of saki halfway curled up with hands cupped against a sky gradient/translucent wisteria pattern, with mixtape title "o fortuna fair" the bottom of the image in an embellished font. saki is an albino sephardi-japanese man with long curly blond hair who wears a full length spring green dress and glittering, lacy purple veil. he has a string of 3 small temari in his hair.

August 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

virtuoso, virtuose ( #ClairObscur #Expedition33 x uncommon time )
redraw of yoshida sensha's much beloved same hat comic.

maelle wielding medalum in virtuose stance and alto with bow (cello bow converted into sword) notice each other, wide-eyed in surprise. maelle: "s-same..." alto: "the same stance?"

maelle and alto clasp hands, both smiling. maelle: "same stance!" alto: "same stance!!"

maelle and alto embrace and twirl around cheerfully. maelle: "same stance---!!" alto: "same stance----!!!"

maelle and alto pose in their battle stances one more time while heading their separate ways. maelle: "the same stance...!!" alto: "the same stance---!!!"

July 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

ぴゃわっ、ちぃたん様っ？！！

July 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

smokin joe rudeboy voice Fuck Yuo Old Man !

clair obscur expedition 33 screenshot of the victory screen against simon. highest damage dealt is 39,747,348 (obvious to those whove fought simon this was dealt by a maelle stendhal) but only verso is onscreen, meaning simon kicked my a team out of battle and then killed monoco and i had to squeak out the last 1 million ish damage with the guy i mostly don't even use. clea dessendre open yuor fcukign dms

July 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

"WHY is the gym circuit of the pokegundam region Like That™️" look no further than the professor's assistant, who doubles as the gym leaders' loving mentor. (bonus: profs assistants nontrainer baby brother) #MobileSuitGundamSEED
自ずと分かろうガンダム地方ヤバみの原因たる教授の助手、ジムリーダーたちを育て上げた男(&非トレーナーの弟) #機動戦士ガンダムSEED

rau le creuset (pokemon professor's assistant) holds a premier ball, but is not pictured with his team because they are a cool and fun jumpscare for anyone who really needs to get destroyed at pokemon battles. rau is an adult man with shoulder length curly blond hair, blue eyes, and light skin. despite being in his 20s he appears significantly older. his glasses are for not looking like evil father purposes and are not prescription.

rey za burrel (not a trainer) has a rotomphone with a shiny zorua cover and wears a sailor uniform similar to lacus'. rey is a boy who looks more mature than his real age. he has light skin, pale blue eyes, and slightly longer than shoulder length light blond hair that curls at the ends.

April 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

"if the gym leaders are this bad in the pokegundam region, how much worse are the elite four?" Well, I'll Tell You ! #MobileSuitGundamSEED
このガンダム種地方のジムリーダーは結構なヤバみだが四天王とて相当ヤバかったりして #機動戦士ガンダムSEED

murrue ramius (ice elite four) poses with her frosmoth and absol, a standard poke ball in hand. she wears the icicle, freeze, and iceberg badges as jewelry with a dynamax band. her absol is equipped with absolite too (oh no!). murrue is an adult woman with brown hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.

natarle badgiruel (dark elite four) strides forward with master ball in hand. at her side are an umbreon and naganadel. natarle is an adult woman with short black hair, purple eyes, and light skin.

aisha no-canon-surname (fairy elite four) poses with her entire team--klefki, matron trim furfrou, salazzle, mawile, leavanny, and whimsicott--and a luxury ball. every single one of these pokemon is shiny. aisha is an adult woman with blue-black hair, blue eyes, and light olive skin. she has gold streaks dyed in her hair and wears the fairy badge on her belt.

talia gladys (psychic elite four) stands with her hatterene and shiny gardevoir, a nest ball in hand. her stole is held in place with the mind badge and psychic badge, and she also has a mega stone and dynamax band. talia is an adult woman with light brown hair, denim blue eyes, and light skin.

February 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

even more pokegundam ft. (most of) the minerva kids, whomst the rest of the gym leaders #MobileSuitGundamSEED
残りジムリーダーを務めるミネルバ組(ホーク姉妹のひこうジムはダブルバトル式) #機動戦士ガンダムSEED

shinn asuka (fighting gym leader) strikes a fighting pose with his hakamo-o, holding a dusk ball at the camera. shinn is a very pale teenage boy with scruffy black hair and red eyes, wearing an oversized sleeveless shirt patterned like the galar fighting uniform. the rumble badge is pinned to his collar.

heine westenfluss (grass (orange) gym leader) poses with a shiny fall sawsbuck and a fast ball. heine is a light-skinned man with green eyes and chin-length orange hair. he wears a kariyushi shirt with a meganium motif, and has the rainbow, forest, and plant badges attached to various parts of his outfit.

lunamaria hawke (flying gym leader 1) welcomes her corvisquire, which carries a moon ball to her in its beak. lunamaria is a girl with magenta hair and purple eyes dressed in athletic wear. she wears the jet badge as an earring and has a dynamax band on her left wrist.

meyrin hawke (flying gym leader 2) poses with her togetic. she has a heal ball in her hand. meyrin is a girl with blue eyes and red hair in pigtails wearing a puffy cardigan, dusk sky patterned over the knee socks, and a cornn berry pochette. she is using the feather badge as a belt buckle

February 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

more pokegundam ft. the zaft boys, whom alongside flay are gym leaders in this hypothetical region #MobileSuitGundamSEED
フレイと共にジムリーダーを務めるザフト男子ず #機動戦士ガンダムSEED

dearka elsmann (fire gym leader) does a coolguy pose with his torracat. there is an ultra ball visible on his belt, and the volcano & heat badges are pinned to the turned-down collar of his vest. dearka is a muscular teenage boy with warm brown skin, slicked-back curly blond hair, and purple eyes.

nicol amalfi (ghost gym leader) reaches out to take his lampent's hand. in his other hand he holds a friend ball. he wears the relic badge as the pin for his bolo tie. nicol is a small-statured, pale skinned teenage boy with short curly green hair and brown eyes.

January 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

youve heard of pokemiku... but have you heard of... pokeGUNDAM. what can i say the movie dropping last year made me nostalgic. More To Come #MobileSuitGundamSEED
去年の映画で懐かしくなったので種ｘポケモンの絵シリーズ始めたぜよ #機動戦士ガンダムSEED

lacus clyne (protagonist) in a white and purple sailor onepiece, accompanied by starter pokemon tinkatink. wears a master ball-colored hp pouch, from which hangs a plush haro and a poke flute patterned lanyard. she has 5 dive balls and 1 love ball on her belt

cagalli yula athha (rival) in a ground type letter jacket and jeans, accompanied by starter pokemon trapinch. under her jacket she wears a poke ball-colored hip pouch in bandolier style

stella(r) loussier (second game protagonist) with dream ball in hand and accompanied by starter pokemon turtwig. her backpack has the gen1 water pokemon sprite on it, plus a charm of ballet toe shoes.

flay allster (normal type gym leader. she is Sooooo normal), accompanied by shiny lopunny, brandishing a love ball. there is a mega stone attached to the scrunchie on her wrist but i am sure she does not plan to jumpscare any challengers with a last-mon mega evolution or anything (scare chord)

January 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM

feral

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ダイダスのメンバーでアイちゃんが推しです #GirlsBandCry #ガールズバンドクライ

January 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

chapter 5 (2023)
#YggdraUnion #ユグドラ・ユニオン

"cover page"/"theatrical poster" for chapter 5 of yggdra union. yggdra looks up at the miracle tiara, offered to her from the heavens by the hands of her father. reflected within its circlet is gulcasa circa phase 3 of bf32 i.e. approximately 5 minutes from total collapse but getting ready to cast from hp Even More. the backdrop is a diorama of nyllard desert midday; the rest of the image is the cast doing The Riviera GBA Key Illustration thing where the royal army+gordon & pope are on the left side, with the meriants on top right, dort on lower right, and emilia+zilva+luciana+mizer on middle right.

January 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

chapter 4 (2023)
#YggdraUnion #ユグドラ・ユニオン

"cover image"/"theatrical poster" for chapter 4 of yggdra union. illustration features yggdra unconscious in the foreground w/the royal army behind her, milanor & kylier in the front with preexisting members next to milanor and new recruits beside kylier. a birds eye view of marduk forest & lost aries extends into the backdrop with the same dusk sky & giant moon as the in-game title card for this chapter. the confrontation between elena and leon is represented with the two of them facing off in the middle ground true Theatrical Poster style and the very top of the illustration shows gulcasa praying to brongaa deep inside the ritual site that lies at the end of the very long road ahead of the royal army if they want to retrieve their main character.

December 30, 2024 at 3:13 AM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

(will smith hands) behold. it is The Lads #YggdraUnion
ガルネシはええぞ… #ユグドラ・ユニオン

gulcasa and nessiah yggdraunion-blazeunion Sitting Together Affectionately, with interlaced fingers and everything

December 26, 2024 at 3:01 PM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

made smash-safe versions of medoute and siskier's outfits that maintain the vibe but have defense against wardrobe oopsies #BlazeUnion
メデューテとシスキアにスマッシュ参戦を許されそうな衣装作ってみた #ブレイズ・ユニオン

it is medoute blazeunion, but with leggings and a tube top, and a single chest plate rather than ye olde armor bra

it is siskier blazeunion, but the denim panties are now denim minishorts and the top is no longer a balconette

December 23, 2024 at 5:31 AM

feral

@feralphoenix.bsky.social

sometimes you must give a girl a floatie ring patterned in her favorite fruit. this is the law. also, its summer in the southern hemisphere dont worry about it. (2023)
#YggdraUnion #ユグドラ・ユニオン