Nice Things The DQXI Party Would Say (or Think) About Veronica ❤️

For the "top 5 anything" post; top five Jasper hcs!

Thank you for this ask! Here we go then!

He is insomniac. Because of that, he stays up late to work because he simply can't fall asleep. The years of stress don't help either.

2. Because he sleeps so little, he's not a morning person. He won't be fully awake if not for a warm bath and a sweet tea.

3. Because he works so late with for sole source of light candles, his eyes are very tired and he needs glasses. Not that he'll admit it any time soon.

4. He does a lot of work-out to compensate all the sugar he regurlay ingests. He's terrified to gain weigth and to look less appealing. However, his addiction to sugar makes it difficult to reduce his consumption. He usually reads or works on reports while training, as a way to save time.

5. He has an excellent memory that he trains as well. He also pays great attention to details, so he knows who he's talking to, even maids or soldiers/knights, and he knows details about them like birthday dates. He gets small gifts for the staff he appreciates, like a floral perfume for his appointed staff/maids.

DQXI Characters’ Favorite Musicals

Disclaimer: I’ve seen like, half of these.

Erik

Epic the Musical ; I don’t think Erik has ever read or even knows of that much ancient classic epic poetry but Epic is an insanely well executed and accessible adaptation that I think Erik would adore. This musical brings up questions of what it means to be a hero, where loyalties lie, the question of manmade will vs. fate, and closure. He cries at like six different parts.

West Side Story ; Doesn't want to admit how much he loves the romance so he pretends to project onto Tony.

Shrek the Musical ; I refuse to elaborate.

Veronica

Heathers ; Veronica loves fun and campy, and Heathers is exactly that. Yeah, there’s a really intense plot and social commentary about teen culture, bullying, and that ideal coming of age get twisted into a nightmare, but also she loves belting that one note in Candy Store.

Legally Blonde ; Thinks it’s a cool story about an underestimated girl diving into something way over her head for maybe the wrong reasons and coming out all the more right for it.

Mean Girls ; She just thinks it’s funny! Gets so heated if someone tries to compare Heathers with Mean Girls and call them the same thing. Likes to argue with Serena about whether Heather Chandler or Regina George would win in social warfare.

Serena

Peter and the Starcatcher ; Okay so this one is a play and not a musical but i think it has the perfect balance of childlike whimsy and narrative drama that she’d love. It’s just like her favorite storybooks from childhood!

Matilda ; Absolutely adores Matilda. Sometimes she feels a little guilty for resonating with the story, because it’s not that her family wasn’t loving or unappreciative of her talents. She just really likes Matilda.

Anastasia ; Oh...her poor heart...the themes of family, memories, romance...

Sylvando

Mamma Mia! ; Is anyone surprised? No? Didn’t think so. The drama, the Mediterranean beach vibes, Meryl Streep. Has all the musical numbers memorized by heart and can play most of them on his recorder.

Kinky Boots ; Listen, Sylvando is queer and we all know this. I think seeing Kinky Boots was part of what helped him explore his own identity growing up.

Come from Away ; I think this musical means a lot to him and even moreso after he comes to join the band of merry misfits that is the DQXI party.

Jade

Dear Evan Hansen ; Gets her right in the imposter syndrome. It reminds of her of how she's always longed for meaningful connection with others, but was never really able to achieve.

Beetlejuice the Musical ; It's silly and fun! Also the dead mom subplot also does a lot.

Six ; She can get a little bit of girlboss musical. As a treat. Really though, the story of a bunch of queens being independent and learning to rise above their reputations that've been dominated and tainted by men? Come on!! So perfect for Jade.

Rab

The Sound of Music ; He’s a classics enjoyer and what musical could ever be considered more classic than this one? Beautiful soundtrack, such a bittersweet story. It captures a lot of aspects of life that he finds himself reflecting on, like finding purpose, building a life with love and music, and defending that love even in the face of darkness.

The King and I ; Another classic and, in his eyes, a super fun exploration of the whole "royal romance" tropes.

Hadestown ; This is a newer retelling of an old story, but he eats it up. The adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydice is just so unique, and the musical showmanship is something he can really appreciate

Hendrik

The type to say he loves theatre because that’s expected of someone of his status, but he falls asleep in the balcony seats every time. Jasper smacks him awake with the playbill. There’s only a few he’s actually stayed awake for—

The Lion King ; Wonderful theatrics that are so visually interesting that he stays awake past the opening number. It's the only court drama that he finds compelling. The duty and honor of it inspire him.

Waitress ; Saw it with Princess Jade when she was younger. It was just so different and exciting from the typical high society bores that he's used to seeing! And Jenna is just such a determined protagonist, he's rooting for her from the start.

Annie ; He cries.

Jasper

Phantom of the Opera ; He will fight within an inch of his life defending this musical as The Best Ever, The Musical That Defines Musical Theatre. Will absolutely sob during “All I Ask of You.” He thinks the phantom was just misunderstood.

Wicked ; Enjoys the musical entirely separately from the written work. This musical has brought Jasper to a point never experienced by anyone else in Erdrea but explicitly experienced by early 2000s fandoms. He's rotated the this musical in his head like a microwave and probably talks Hendrik's ear off about the lore, character dynamics, etc.

Cats ; Secretly his favourite musical literally ever. It's just so silly. It makes him laugh. Hendrik does not understand what he sees in this musical.

DQXI Mini-playlists <3

Collection of different songs that I personally relate to some of the characters :) If you have any questions, suggestions, or want an explanation for any of these feel free to send me an ask!

DQXI as a whole

Soldier, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos

Words of the Wise - Truslow

Go Big or Go Home - American Authors

Sons of Thunder - Owl City

Everything Goes On - Porter Robinson

The Luminary

What’s wrong - half-alive

Superman - American Authors

Fate of the Stars - Tally Hall

A Little Bit of Love - Weezer

Erik

I Don’t Like Who I Was Then - The Wonder Years, feat Origami Angel

Go to hell - Bayside

Rolled Down Window - John the Ghost

1 Last Cigarette - The Band Camino

Candy Eyes - Jack Stauber

Veronica

If You Say So - Vinyl Theatre

Talk - Winona Fighter

Blurt - Mega Mango

Habitual - Honey Revenge

Growing Up - The Linda Lindas

Serena

Musician - Porter Robinson

Alive - Dabin, RUNN

Days move slow - Bully

Look at the Sky - Porter Robinson

Spark - the bird and the bee

Angry - Mars Argo

Sylvando

Pink Pony Club - Chappel Roan

Trampoline - The Unlikely Candidates

Pride - American Authors

We are Golden - MIKA

Technicolor - Montaigne

Jade

Buttercup - Hippo campus

Happy Trees - Grumpy Plum

Subaru - Winona Fighter

Attention - Winona Fighter

Rab

Violet - Wild Party

Pocket full of gold - American Authors

The Implication - Parrotfish

Homage - Mile High Club

Unconditional I - Arcade Fire

Hendrik

Overboard - Stay Outside

The Fire - Vincent Lima

Tornado - Owl City

Figure Eight - Trophy Eyes

Still feel - half-alive

Gold - Eden

Jasper

Moderation - Eric William Morris

It starts with Indigo, Orange and Green - Drew Danburry

My ugly - cloudfodder

Something Comforting - Porter Robinson

Suddenly thinking again about the orb's powers the Sentinels used, and if those abilities were originally usable by the orb's original owners. Or perhaps, a reverse of those powers.

Red Orb: Increases' party defence by 50% Blue Orb: Removes debuffs Yellow Orb: Returns anyone turned to gold back to normal Green Orb: Reduces MP drained by certain abilities Silver Orb: Unleashes righteous lightning on enemies Purple Orb: Allows the wielder to create a clone of themself

Hey I know I said this blog was about dragon quest but I need to talk about Caroline and Pierre from Stardew Valley because their marriage is the most interesting part of the game for me personally

I really don’t think that it’s a superficial “ball and chain” type of relationship where Caroline is a cheating whore and Pierre is just some callous asshole who doesn’t give a shit ab his wife. I’m not saying those relationships don’t exist, I’m saying that I don’t think it’s the case for these two.

I think that Caroline used to be very wild when she was younger. She was outgoing, flirty, always smelled like fresh tea and lemongrass and summer air. A little salty too, with how much time she spent at the beach. I think she lived to have fun, and made a few too many hasty decisions.

When Pierre moved to the valley he was a handsome man with a strong jaw and blue eyes filled with ambition. He had a very specific idea of where he wanted his life to go. When he and Caroline met, they thought it could just be a fun summer.

Pierre didn’t expect to fall as hard as he did, and Caroline didn’t expect there to be consequences for her actions. I think she really didn’t know who Abigail belonged to. They married quickly, and what went wrong was the fact that their marriage was built on an idea of obligation. Pierre needed to take accountability for who he thought was his child, Caroline wanted to marry a man she knew could support himself and her.

Both of them knew this. Maybe they loved each other a little, but not as wholly as they could. Pierre tried so hard to make Caroline happy with what she had, with what she could give him, but it really wasn’t anything he could do. And of course this made him bitter. I think Caroline was remorseful that she married a man for the insurance, and she was afraid that Abigail would turn out the same as she did, and that’s why she holds Abigail to such rigid expectations. Caroline retreated further into herself, and Pierre retreated further into his business.

Their marriage was one of convenience and complacency. I think it’s a mundane tragedy.

In conclusion I have a fix it fic that involves the farmer.

i am pleading on my hands and knees for video essayists to learn how to annunciate and how to intonate with more expression. if i click on one more kinda interesting looking thumbnail and am met with the exact same flat, british, monotone mumbling i'm going to eat a tire.

dislike and discomfort are normal and healthy parts of the human experience actually

Hendrik, teaching Sylv Zwaardsrustian, holding up an apple: Appel. Sylv: Okay, that's easy. Hendrik, swapping the apple for a potato: Aardappel. Sylv:

So I’m almost finished playing DQXI and Jasper as a character means so much to me, and I cried for hours when I finished his storyline. I made an OC and wrote an entirely new timeline for the sake of shipping them with Jasper.

Anyway, I’m trying out DragonCraft (Minecraft mod pack). I was exploring the world and came across a randomly generated barrel in the middle of a snowy forest

Inside the barrel was the Silver Orb

How DQXI Party Members would navigate TikTok

Erik

Started by posting silly videos for himself and his friends. Videos of him and Lumi doing viral dances, pranking Veronica, the occasional thirst trap fit check or cool knife trick

Accidentally got a decent amount of attention. Like, people get excited when they see him leaving comments on their videos.

Doesn’t post nearly as often as he did before he got famous. Posts way more often on a secret private account he made.

Veronica

TikTok almost banned her for not meeting their age requirement

She’s got a very small presence. Doesn’t post too much, maybe an occasional review of a book Serena recommended to her. Sometimes posts herself showing off new magic abilities.

Restricts most of her videos to “friends only” but that doesn’t stop Erik, Serena, and Sylv from dragging her onto their accounts.

Serena

Never actually meant to post any videos but then she saw a BookTok take that was so horrendous she couldn’t stop herself from making a 14 minute video stitching her response

One of the biggest influencers leading critical discussions about contemporary literature. Would like to post cooking videos, but she’s too shy/under-confident about her skills

Posts videos of herself playing the harp every now and then to try and share some positivity— and then goes right back to dragging Colleen Hoover’s name through wet dirt

Sylvando

His presence immediately drew the attention of all his adoring fans, and he eats it up. Always posting make up tutorials, GRWM, OOTD, cooking, dances, etc. If he misses one day of posting his followers think he’s dead.

A rare but treasured breed of Sylvando post is the two minute long video of him reminding his followers to never stop smiling, always protect their own light, and to never give up fighting against the darkness that plagues the world.

He also dedicates a lot of his content to promoting/collaborating with smaller accounts :) The spotlight is meant to be shared!

Jade

Rarely posts, but when she does it’s usually some variety of a “get ready with me” video. Accidentally became famous because she’s got a lethal face card.

Loves showing off her cutesy matching workout sets and her favorite post gym recipes. Collabs with Sylvando whenever they have homie gym dates :)

Very easily discomforted by the parasociality of social media and will randomly drop off the face of the earth for months at a time

Rab

Help him. He doesn’t even have his own TikTok account, the kids just drag him into their own

Recurring character in his children’s (the party’s) videos. “Seeing how many oranges I can stack on my grandfather’s head while he sleeps.” // “Grandpa’s first time playing deltarune” // “My grandpa’s favourite sandwich recipe”

Not always fully into it but it makes him feel young and hip, and he loves making his kids happy :)

Hendrik

He’s got one of those accounts with a blank profile picture and autogenerated username like hendrik0621593

Never posts anything. Follows his friends and likes their videos and minds his business. Occasionally asks Jasper what certain slang means because he’s so out of the loop.

Always ends up on strange niche sides of TikTok because the algorithm is so confused by him. Ended up following a few mushroom forager accounts.

Jasper

Only has an account so he can block Hendrik.

Has a hard time getting into social media because he’s just so disinterested in the affairs of random people. Whenever he sees something annoying online, he gets a little embarrassed that he even cared enough to get angry in the first place

Tries to avoid doomscrolling but the content he does consume is usually aesthetic oriented. Musicians and singers, vacation inspo, occasionally baking content.