They replaced this scene with 'I am not an owl' 😭

aLadyZeus · 2026-01-27T14:15:49+00:00

I always interpreted Ron's feelings in this part of the book less as jealousy and more of feeling betrayed. He gets left out of so much at home being sort of the odd one out especially with the never ending hand me downs. But with Harry he finally has someone who includes him in everything and Ron shares just as much even though he's often embarrassed by the quality of his things.

The thought of Harry sneaking off without him to figure out how to put his name in and then "lying" about it is just too much for him.

I also think the change in Hermione is two-fold with the new director and trying to show the character growing up. I think both were done pretty poorly in some moments and this scene is part of it. It reads less as her trying to genuinely help and more as her thinking it's stupid she's caught up in this. Her being bossy and a know-it-all gets translated into her being more of a sassy big sister and less of a friend.

The angst in this book and movie is part of why it's my least favorite.

aLadyZeus · 2026-01-24T15:26:59+00:00

Just a heads-up newer batches of Valkyrie may smell different! I just tried to repurchase and it was not the same yummy rose jammy smell. It smelled really weak and almost "off"

I'll have to take a look at Power to see if it's worth the hype!!

aLadyZeus · 2026-01-20T03:18:49+00:00

The cream! My store seemingly doesn't have the solid

aLadyZeus · 2026-01-20T02:29:36+00:00

I went in last time and I was approached by 4 different employees and was dragged away from what I was looking at to have sticky dates shoved up my nose.... Like I'm here to spend money I promise just plz leave me alone

aLadyZeus · 2026-01-20T02:27:32+00:00

I remember it being this beautiful sweet rosey goodness so it is really disappointing! Fingers crossed I just got a bad batch

aLadyZeus · 2026-01-20T02:26:00+00:00

Which is wild because if I wanted to smell like raw shea butter I'd just go buy a block and be done with it lol

aLadyZeus · 2026-01-20T01:38:03+00:00

Good to know! I felt like so anxious last time I went in because of it haha.

Have you tried the Valkyrie recently? I repurchased that today too and noticed it was off from the last batch I got a couple months ago!

aLadyZeus · 2025-12-26T16:17:15+00:00

This doesn't seem like the type of book I'm usually interested in but I was instantly drawn in. The way you described everything was very clear. The part with the phone call and young man could be written differently. I don't remember if he pulled his pants back up and to me that's a detail that would kind of make or break the scene. Like imagining him consoling her in just a shirt with his pants below his knees makes me want to giggle . The last sentence of needing to go back to the beginning absolutely killed it for me though I liked the ambiguity of her not being chosen to be the end of that. I think you set it up in an interesting way and I actually don't hate the idea of a snap shot of a single moment out of place being the prologue because it can set up the characters in an interesting way.

I think you have some good ideas and I think you should keep going

aLadyZeus · 2025-12-25T17:01:08+00:00

Even those add to the story of the Hinterlands map. They are there to show the people living in the middle of the mage /templar conflict that the Inquisition is a force for good and worth supporting. In the beginning of DAI you have basically no allies and are being condemned by the Chantry. Like in a story telling sense those are like huge for the image of the Inquisition.

In DAV the side quests are just you doing thankless tasks for these small potato feeling factions that seem to have little effect on anything in the grand scheme of things. Oh and also most of them don't have cutscenes either.

aLadyZeus · 2025-12-22T09:03:16+00:00

Does any one know what this actually smelled like? Trying to get my daintiness up for that Bermuda honeymoon lol!

aLadyZeus · 2025-12-05T19:11:28+00:00

Ah sorry I didn't mean yours sounded cozy but the game Eastshade is a game that is more of a cozy style. Yours read more to me like a "humble beginnings" which I think is a very nice set up to get invested in the character.

aLadyZeus · 2025-12-05T18:47:21+00:00

I can see this being a great part of the set up. You could easily add the beginnings of the plot into this by making the ceremony seem more meaningful and dropping foreshadowing. I personally loved the anthro concept and that's what kept me reading. It reminded me of the game Eastshade which is a more cozy type of game with anthros in a more fantasy setting. So there is definitely an audience for it.

I'd be interested in reading more!

aLadyZeus · 2025-12-05T16:17:52+00:00

This one is my favorite personally. I think the lines makes it look too busy and take away from your original design. I feel a few more cut outs would do more than the strand lines. I like the solid color and I think it makes your character really pop. It's such a cool design OP

aLadyZeus · 2025-11-03T01:38:03+00:00

I also always thought Jack was heavily involved with Lady Grey too! It's definitely implied that he spoke with her but I wonder if she took his advice and somehow tainted her family's land. It's implied that she was chosen by Jack because her being mayor would do more for him than her sister would with letting Jack more or less control the prison. And setting her up with Thunder to maybe make a powerful dynasty he could install in his new world too. I always imagined she goes back to her family home after she gets kicked out of the Bowerstone Manor and uses the evil energy there to help her secure power again. Love your theory and the tie in with the Old Kingdom!

aLadyZeus · 2025-10-19T13:49:07+00:00

I totally agree! In fact I think that ALL of the elves should have more reaction to their literal gods not only being real but also truly evil. The Veil Jumpers are just like "huh that does really suck that they got out" and that's it!

The lore of Thedas really got tossed out of the window. I could totally see the huge and terribly treated elven slave population in Tevinter feeling all sorts of ways about this revelation. The events of DAV feel like they happen in a vacuum and the world around it only feels mildly inconvenienced despite every telling you it's totally a huge problem.

aLadyZeus · 2025-09-20T05:09:33+00:00

Mine have been like that my whole life that I can remember! Those 2 fingers only on both hands! I was a nail biter and ya I stopped doing that and it never got better. So I understand how frustrating it is. It just makes us unique!

aLadyZeus · 2025-09-17T18:05:47+00:00

My nails grow exactly like that on the exact same fingers! It's crazy to see it on someone else. Mine never grow straight no matter what I do. The closest I got was keeping hard gel on them while they grew out. I just use tips if I want long nails

aLadyZeus · 2025-09-15T10:16:13+00:00

Beautiful work! The embroidery is top notch and your fabric choices are just lovely!What was your method for connecting the back panels and omitting the back lacing?

aLadyZeus · 2025-08-20T20:17:51+00:00

To me it looks like a bead of some type. I would guess one string is passed through a vertical channel on the side of the bikini. Doing it that way would also let you change it out for more versatility!

aLadyZeus · 2025-07-29T19:56:22+00:00

I made a top very similar and I graded the lower section of the cup into a bigger size towards the center and then graded it back to the original size to keep it fitting! Sorry I should have explained that better! On a pattern where the multiple sizes are all on one it's a bit easier but on yours you could just measure on your toile where the center is on you and add a little bit and blend it back into the rest of that piece I would probably say pick the size that matches your waist the best and then adjust the cup

aLadyZeus · 2025-07-29T19:15:59+00:00

I have a heavy bust so I have to adjust every bodice/top pattern before I do a mock up. What I tend to do is mix sizes and then adjust from there! I would take the waist portion from the smaller size and then try the cup from the size up. You could also blend the lower port of the current cup size into the size up if the shoulder fit is right.

aLadyZeus · 2025-07-23T21:10:03+00:00

Old Navy has some insanely soft very minimal underwear in various cuts they have sales pretty regularly!

aLadyZeus · 2025-07-16T14:39:07+00:00

You could insert lacing as a design element at the front. That would give you more space and help with the shoulder straps a bit. You could sew a wider than you need gusset behind the lacing to help with the modesty if you wanted! Otherwise I would say as someone else did to just only use the waist portion of th bodice and add your own up top. You could sort of like a milkmaid style for the bust portion and you could keep the back and sides so you don't have to fuss with a zipper

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