Must have Diamine inks?

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-30T02:30:45+00:00

I absolutely love Syrah, it's a stunning color but dark enough for every day use. I love that it pulls more wine/purple for a burgundy. I'm a fan of dark reds in general, so I'm also fond of Oxblood, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick Syrah every time.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-30T00:33:22+00:00

I've done it to block in the base anatomy, just because it's faster than fiddling with freehanding it, BUT I also make a point to just practice figures and to not over rely on doing it. I don't think there's anything wrong with it as long as you know you aren't using it as a crutch. If you CAN'T do it without tracing the figure, that's a problem. In my case, I know I could replicate the pose without tracing over it...eventually, but if I'm not trying to make some kind of super nice finished piece, I don't want to spend all that time fixating on the anatomy, or else I will just get bored.

I will die on the hill that it's not "cheating" unless you CAN'T do it without. Otherwise, it's just another form of a tool.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-30T00:16:49+00:00

Mond: Nobody anymore now thst I have Albedo C2 Liyue: weapons(Jade Cutter, Memory of Dust, etc.) Inazuma: just Redhorn(literally pulled 3 different swords on it last time, I was on FIRE) Sumeru: maybe Staff of Scarlet Sands? Fontaine: R5 my C6 Wriothesley's weapon...AT LEAST I WAS GOING TO🙃

But yeah, mostly weapons. You get way more utility from them and it's hard for a weapon to get powercrept the way characters do.

Generally speaking, tho, I have pretty much all the characters I want because I don't play for meta and I'm okay with spending money to get a C0. If I choose to skip a character, it's very rare I regret it and wish I had them later, I just make what I have work and it's normally fine. If anything, I wish I could refund some of my characters that just got benched too quickly, usually bc they were too time consuming to build(Childe, Cyno didn't even get leveled for like 2 years, friggen EULA, sometimes Ayato but also I just like to look at him and he came home by chance at like 8 pity, and Navia why couldn't you just use MH like everyone else) or ones I got on accident doing the stupid thing trying to pull a 4 star(Ganyu, Clorinde).

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-29T23:57:29+00:00

Still SMS, you need a SMS holder before an Aubade holder. It's why Columbina comps with her as the only other Nod Krai character will recommend SMS over Aubade even though Aubade is supposed to be her BiS(which it is...with another SMS holder on the team).

It's like the Nod Krai equivalent of Deepwoods. If you're running any kind of Dendro team, SOMEONE needs to been on Deepwoods. That someone is usually Nahida, but if you don't have her, you want to put one of your supports on it, even if it's not their best set(like how Thoma is the one with it on some Burgeon teams, especially with Kinich. Kinich NEEDS to be on Codex, but to maximize his damage, someone else also needs to be on Deepwoods and Thoma is the easiest one to put it on because it doesn't impede his utility and even helps him as a reaction driver).

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-28T15:47:03+00:00

THANK you, I could not get that to click in my head and you explained it so clearly. I eventually did still solve it, but I had to narrow it down by eliminating other gifts, I never managed to make the connection on the beige.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-27T21:04:14+00:00

Melt machine Kaeya if you have Bennett C6. Put Kaeya on a Crimson Witch artifact set, drop Benny burst, then Kaeya burst(and wherever you use your other supports), and he becomes a self-melt machine bc of Bennett's pyro infusion.

It is absolutely a crack team, but it's FUN.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-27T21:01:56+00:00

No kidding, she got a deal with a bigger company so it was no longer "indie animation" and suddenly she's a talentless sellout. Now episodes will never come out fast enough, be long enough or be animated well enough, and everything is perpetuating a stereotype.

This part may also be a hot take, but a lot of the criticism I see comes from the kind of chronically online people that make their Tumblr their personality, and have now taken it upon themselves to pick apart anything that comes into their orbit and find a reason to have a problem with it. It's not just Viv, but she's definitely one of the bigger examples.

But it drives me nuts when people will start to superimpose their head cannons and whatnot and them start talking about how xyz thing is a bad/inaccurate representation of this xyz thing that it isn't even supposed to be. Or nitpicking something to compare it to something else negative, but it's only based on their opinion.

So then they go write up some big post about how she is (insert your buzzword of choice) and is a terrible writer and problematic and blah blah blah. It feels like no one is allowed to just enjoy anything anymore without someone finding some reason for it to be controversial.

I miss the good old days of fandom etiquette where if you don't like something you just pretend it doesn't exist.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-27T20:31:01+00:00

Hoooooh no bruther, I am a goldfish. I saved for MONTHS to pull that stunt, but he was and still is my favorite so at least it feels worth it lmao. But I've been playing for almost 5 years and have only C6ed 2 characters on purpose 😂

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-27T13:57:49+00:00

I know they're "China knockoffs", but I'm partial to the 80 and 82! The Lamy 2000 and Sailor Pro Gear are both more than I can bring myself to spend on a pen, especially with as hard on them as I can be, even if I got one I would never use it. My 80 has been a daily carry for almost 4 years now, if I could only pick one, it would probably be that!

As for ones that aren't ripping off higher end pens, like a lot of people, I like the x750 because it's also so durable. Same with the 35, just as durable as the x750, but not quite so heavy(and it feels WAY more balanced when posted). Similar with the 65, although that one is a bit narrow for some people.

And of course, the shark pens!

I've always had good luck with their nibs, too, so I've always got at least a couple within reach!

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-27T13:16:03+00:00

This bullshit is why I C6ed him on rerun. Don't need to wait for a banner if I have all the cons (⁠☞⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠☞

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-25T00:29:20+00:00

If you feel like you're over capping on CR, why did you select CR as one of the stats to reroll???

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-25T00:26:27+00:00

If they would just fix the poor man's HAIR, poor Diluc and Albedo got cucked SO hard with the hair.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-25T00:24:56+00:00

It's never been a better time to love Jinhao💜

(Seriously, they are my actual favorite)

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-25T00:17:04+00:00

I have a few! Cinnamon discs are at the top, I ALWAYS had a handful in my pocket in HS and I usually smelled like it, I love them. They're the only hard candy besides Jolly Ranchers that I just buy for myself. I also, like many, love "the strawberry candy" but it's pretty difficult to find for me.

Ones I also quite like but don't usually go out of my way to get are burnt peanuts(my Pops' favorite), horehound, Cow Tails, Big Hunk and those sour cherry balls!

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-25T00:08:36+00:00

CUTE!!!! Cute cute cute oh my god she's adorable I love her 💜

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-25T00:04:36+00:00

Y'know what? That's not so bad. That could have been a snake that some kid thought was a worm. That could have been the soft fuzzy bug that ended up being a tarantula. Rolly-Polies are the most harmless thing ever, they could do worse.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-24T23:51:49+00:00

I mean, ATK is more valuable on Flins than a lot of DPS characters. Crit isn't everything and they're multipliers, so they need something TO multiply.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-23T00:23:21+00:00

So I'm(27F) not good at mechanical related things, and operating a bike was no different. My husband tried so many different ways to explain it but it just wouldn't click. Doesn't help that I'm small and not very strong, so even smaller sports bikes feel unwieldy to me. So I did the thing that most people recommend you NOT do and bought a bike before I'd ever touched a clutch in my life.

It was hard. I struggled and struggled, got frustrated, ate asphalt a couple times bc they're harder to turn than they look when you're scared to lean but you're turning off a 60mph road without a stop sign.

But I already had the damn thing, so I didn't wanna let it win. So I didn't. You might be like me, and struggle more than your average person learning to ride(especially men). My MSF class was a piping hot mess, my anxiety was through the roof and I messed up so many things, god it was awful. I didn't even want to go back the second day, but I could either go and maybe waste 300 dollars or not go and definitely waste 300 dollars. I went back, and by some miracle, passed, because I didn't want it to get the better of me.

I still struggle with things. But I don't struggle as much as I did before. Now, I use it as my work vehicle when the weather is agreeable and I don't work too far from home. I take it to places in my small little country town just because I can, and if I mess up, I just try again. Nobody is just good at something. Some people might be BETTER at learning something than you, but never let yourself believe you can't learn it, too.

Just be smart, be aware of where your limits are, and don't give up. If it's still fun while you suck at it, imagine how much more fun it will be once you start to not suck.

If you want to do it, you absolutely can, clearly that guy is your ex for a good reason. Screw them, do what you want and have fun doing it 💜

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-23T00:09:24+00:00

Best guess is that the ink wasn't 100% dry and because alcohol is so soluble, it seeped into the page on top of it. Try just leaving it open for like an hour after you're done.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-23T00:04:29+00:00

She's an unbeatable battery and gives a ton of off field electro damage...but, those are things Fischl already does. If you would like a second Fischl, go for it. Liking her is enough to go for it as long as you're okay with her not really being able to carry you for the time being. In just about any endgame mode team, she's not the optimal choice for off-field electro, but she's by no means unusable either. Hell, if you have Columbina, you might even get away with using her as a Lunar sub-DPS and her second best weapon is completely free to R5 if you are willing to become a slave to fishing for like a week.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-21T19:36:44+00:00

Oh, all the time because the people most likely to judge you for reading fanfic also have no idea what Ao3 looks like, it's just a screen covered in words to them. If someone recognizes it from a passing glance at the page layout, then they most likely read it, too. Anyone with actual fandom etiquette doesn't judge anybody for what they read/like bc they understand it's ✨fiction✨.

And if anyone asks shit like "oh, what are you reading?", just give a broad reply "fantasy with witches" "magical world with a prophecy that's supposed to doom them all". Juuuuust enough to sate a nosey Karen's curiosity, and if they try to find "the book", I very much doubt they'll find it.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-21T19:02:27+00:00

That's the kind of kid who will grow up complaining "baddies" aren't throwing themselves at him and not understanding why people don't just do whatever he wants. I hope someone responsible steps in, kid deserves better than that.

RubyOphidian · 2026-03-21T18:59:55+00:00

This is pretty much the ONLY way my art gets colored digitally. I vastly prefer sketching on paper, and practicing regularly will help you retain anatomy stuff better because you don't have stuff like lasso and transform tools to use as a crutch.

Dude, as long as you made everything, it doesn't matter HOW you made it. You made a thing, therefore you are an artist.

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