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Taking a look at my Archive of Our Own stats page for 2025, I published a total of 69,958 words of fan fiction this year. Wow! In this post, I reflect on some of the stories I’ve published. Top Five Works The stats page also lists my top five works of the year by view count. 1. Phantom Eye Syndrome - 8,646 views Fandom: Honkai: Star Rail Pairing: Aventurine/Dr. Ratio AO3 Link: Phantom Eye…
In no particular order. Games with a ★ before their title are my personal highlights. Keeping up with three live service games prevented me from finishing too many single player games this year, but I’m having fun, so it’s all good.
When you bid farewell to loved ones, you should cry while they can still hear you. That’s the only way they’ll know just how many people love them. Honkai: Star Rail version 3.8! I was very excited for this patch because I love Penacony. The patch did not disappoint, and there was so much juicy Penacony lore. Plus, I love Firefly and the Stellaron Hunters, Robin and Sparkle got more…
Using truths whispered by the dead to expose the lies of the living: that is the standard by which I enact judgement. But this time… I want to use the words of the dead to gift a truth to the living. I love Zenless Zone Zero more than life itself. The 2.4 story was a bit of a hot mess, but I loved every second of it. The devs are charging up for 2.5!
Everyone’s still working so hard. I’m the only one who’s crying… that wouldn’t be romantic at all, would it? I have been ridiculously busy this past month with writing exchanges. Here are my belated thoughts on the Honkai: Star Rail version 3.7 Trailblaze Mission. I’ve had more time to reflect, I suppose, since I finished it a while ago. Before getting into…
What happens when an insecure group of online roleplayers find themselves in a living nightmare? …More tragic backstories, of course! Here are some of my thoughts on the new story quest. I loved this patch. Awesome new environment, cool new bosses, and Banyue being super cool, Sarah being Sarah. The only thing I haven’t done yet is Lucia’s Agent Story. Spook Shack is great. As a…
How much are you willing to sacrifice? Everything. What a patch. Some quick, sleep-deprived thoughts: I never realized how much I missed Dan Heng and March until the trio reunited. I don’t have a problem with the other Amphoreus patches, but it feels refreshing to focus on the Astral Express crew after so much time with the Chrysos Heirs. They have so much more trauma to unpack now as…
Content Warning: Starvation, trauma. I’m not asking for pity. I’m not asking for anything . Just sharing some things that I have no one else to share with. Surviving Each Day In March, I tore a map of the United States of America apart with my bare hands. It was a souvenir from 2008, a collector’s item — a sturdy slab of cardboard that showcased 50 state quarters that I had…
Nine years ago, in 2016, I volunteered with the Organization for Transformative Works , the nonprofit behind Archive of Our Own. This month, I’m returning to the OTW, but in a much smaller committee this time. I’m excited to work with them and hope to bring a positive impact to the community. (And of course, as a disclaimer, all of the views expressed on this blog are mine alone and…
Happy New Year! I wasn’t happy with this website’s previous layout. Today, the new layout is finally ready. I’m using the lovely Hugo theme Gokarna , which is similar to the old theme but much more streamlined for my particular use case. I’ve removed the comment sections from the blog for now, but I might bring them back later. I’m keeping an eye on the Giscus…
I always hoped there was some kind of front end I could edit my blog from instead of manually creating text files and then pushing them to Gitlab. Today I found out about Sveltia CMS and have integrated it into the backend of pent.blog. I’m writing this post from it right now, so hopefully it works! So far, the UI looks pretty good. I still need to configure a bunch of things. I can’t…
Life Updates After completing a 30 day writing challenge for Final Fantasy XIV in September, I was very eager to get back to working on my Honkai: Star Rail fan fiction. On the night of October 12, I finally finished and published chapter five of Phantom Eye Syndrome . The chapter follows Aventurine’s near death experience and ends in the same way as the canon, with him choosing to live when…
This September, I participated in the #FFXIVwrite2024 challenge, where participants publish a Final Fantasy XIV fan fiction every single day based on a given prompt. The prompts were not set in advance, so participants truly only had 24 hours to write and publish their works. Unfortunately, I found out about the challenge after it had already started. Still, I managed to post a fan work every day,…
Welcome to the brand new pent.blog! When I tried to install Hugo (the software powering this website) on Windows a couple of months ago, I couldn’t get it to work. On Linux? No problems. First try. It just works! ™️ Unsurprising, I know. I created this website because I was starting to accumulate up a bunch of tiny, unused static websites that could have been merged into one. From now on,…
About Me Hi! I’m Tango (or Pent) and I’ve been writing and longform roleplaying for about 20 years now! I like doing shortform roleplay as well, but mostly enjoy elaborate story planning and the inclusion of multiple characters. I tend to gravitate towards dark topics, but will avoid bringing them up with no warning or consensual planning. I enjoy writing adventure and found family bonding stories…
Listen to mine verse as I recite a poem about the rising walls of Sharlayan whilst I cleanse thy body of corruption. The poem hath nothing to do with thine injuries, but is good to hear nonetheless. Profile Name: Zumi Asclepius Age: 157 Height: 5'11" Race: Viera (Veena) Gender: Viera male Pronouns: He/him Birthplace: Dalmasca Occupation: Apothecary, Minstrel In-Game Job: Bard In-Game Name &…
If you get scared or lonely… Give yourself a Pom Cure! That always cheers me up… A little bit. Mwah! Profile Name: Kiht’a Levin , Mister , Angel Eventide Age: 23 Height: 5'4" Race: Miqo’te (Keeper of the Moon) Gender: Cis male Pronouns: He/him Birthplace: Garlemald Occupation: Clown for Cirque d’Eventide In-Game Job: Blue Mage In-Game Name & Server: Tango Mango ·…