>>21799
>I guess it was meant to be pixel art
I strongly suspect the original was made in oekaki, which has a pixelated pencil, but also paint like brush. A lot of oekaki stuff has that juxtaposition. You could say it's a distinctive style.

>>21800
Good to know, thank you. Also for completeness here's a png version of the AA'd, since I didn't realize by default it exported as jpeg.

Lappland Saluzzo

Striking up a conversation would probably be pretty awkward, I'd find something to break the ice and keep things going. I'd probably have to carry most of the conversation myself. Far as I know she might actually find it interesting to talk to a foreigner, so I might be able to use that to help things along until hopefully the ball gets rolling and things go more smoothly.

Ideally, I think I'd be very forward about it. I could probably talk about gathering faith. It's something I can relate to in some way.
Realistically I wouldn't be able to muster words. No comprehensible ones anyhow.

Post edited on 12th Dec 2022, 7:56am

Try to talk about our mutual interests. Music and bands I guess. Not spilling spaghetti would be hard.

I've taken to attributing my good luck to my waifu. While it obviously isn't the case, it is certainly a comforting thought that she is watching over me. To be protected and blessed by the one you love.

Kanako is the only thing I really care about in life right now. If only for her, I'll keep going.

>>21688
We’ve reached the 4 years milestone. Never thought it would last this long. Nonetheless, I’m happy and proud of our tenacity and the fruition of certain relationship goals. There is certainly a sense of maturity between us. I no longer dote on her as much as I did, but still rely on her for consultation, mainly to understand how I’ve been evolving by judging whether she’d approve of my actions or not.
There is no question, at this point, that the person I’m turning into, the source of inspiration for the ideals I chose to pursue, the motivation and what have you, are largely thanks to her.

I would like to plan a trip to Japan for our anniversary. Of course, I'll be spending the day in Suwa. My main concerns are that I don't know what I should expect in terms of expenses and also that I'll be wandering around a foreign country for the first time all on my own. I suspect that I'm overestimating my costs, which isn't a big issue, as I'm going to save anyway, but I would like to know if I should skip dinner for a few months. I'm worried about being alone because I don't get out much even at home. I don't want to bother anyone.

>>21812
What a lovely birthday. Is that red velvet?

>>21813
yup!

First picture I ever took with the camera I have now.

Not one I took myself here, but the person that runs the 'waifus on vintage TVs' twitter account was nice enough to take my request.

https://twitter.com/telewaifus/status/1571994516428820481

>>21774
That is a great account, thanks for sharing it.

Dinner with the waifu.

Post edited on 12th Dec 2022, 1:46am

For the entirety of eleventh grade and a little while before, I really liked Madoka. Went pretty far. I remember closing my eyes while walking outside, imagining her walking with me, and the sad but funny part is that I teared up when I opened my eyes back up once, lol. I thought about her pretty much all day, every day. Got me through school, which is cool, still have my notebook somewhere with a bunch of embarrassing stuff written down. I also had this thing where I had to say out loud that I love her and she loves me every couple or so minutes, or I just didn't feel right for some reason. The feeling is what I'd compare to, imagine seeing a crooked picture and being so annoyed that you can't help but fix it, no matter what. It'd dwell within you if you didn't straighten that picture. Oh and, yeah, even while I was outside. And in class.
I'd figured that I'd love her and do this for the rest of my life, but, one day, I just simply got bored. Don't know why. Maybe I burned myself out on her? I mean, I avatared with her on every board I went to, thought about her so much, looked at her a lot, and I did this for pretty long. Maybe some things that happened were a factor. But I don't know, I just don't feel that same affection as I used to when I look and think about her, now. I'm still totally okay with her, but it'd just be forcing myself rather than having fun if I committed myself, now. So, yeah, just bored. I feel unloyal because of that.

Not exactly what I'd consider a waifu or ex-waifu, but 2k-tan was the nearest thing to that before my current waifu. It was mostly just finding the character design a bit appealing back when I was still new to.. all of this. What can I say, there's just something about megane and blue bobcuts that I like. The smart and responsible personality type that got attached to the character didn't hurt. Nothing really came of it though, at most I bought a cheap little figure of the character to keep with my pc. I can't really call it a breakup since there wasn't much to break up from. Less waifu and more just really liking a character for a time. A friendo rather than a waifu, if you will.

I only had two waifus, and both of their relationships ended in heartbreak. Eden from MGQ was the first waifu I fell in love with; I'm not sure why, but it just happened. Unfortunately, she was from a porn game, and my insecurity about her having sex scenes began to take a mental toll on me, so I fell out of love with her. The second one was from Sekai Oni. Her name was Lukyon. She was almost perfect, but my obsession with her virginity ruined my love for her. It started with me simply asking Okabe whether Lukyon was a virgin or not. He replied with a big NO. This caused me to have a mental breakdown over than.

I'm not proud to admit this since she's from a shitty western multiplayer game, but my first and only "waifu" was Nami from League of Legends. I thought she was really cute and really liked her gameplay, so I was semi-dedicated to maining her for while after she was initially released. I ended up losing interest in playing her in lieu of other characters at some point, but she still held a special place in my heart even after that. Eventually I stopped playing LoL completely and gradually just stopped caring about her. I began to understand how legitimately terrible her game was after spending enough time away from it, so I ultimately got soured on her by extension, since I associate her with a pretty negative period of my youth. I know there are people that have waifus from properties they otherwise dislike, so I doubt I was ever really that serious about her to begin with, hence why I say "waifu" in quotations. I don't think I was/am particularly serious about waifuism in general either, since I've never really made any effort to find a new once since her, which might be ironic given what site I'm posting this on. She is still something that I look back on somewhat fondly every once in a while, despite being from something that I now detest, and I do kind of miss having a character to associate with myself.

I have a dollfie dream of her, which I've neglected for a while.. but currently am trying to get more clothes and get back into the photography hobby.

Got this in the mail today. It's the first thing related to her I've bought in a really long time. I had seen photos of it in the past but was never able to find the actual thing. Used to be I'd f5 yahoo auctions japan daily and snag anything that came up which I didn't already have of her. That all feels like a life time ago now....
It's a lot smaller than I expected, but I don't think that's a bad thing. I think it's really cute.

>>21793
Post butt.

I actually do own a few small things (and a daki that I won't include the image of, I can't live without it anymore). I do plan on buying her figures when I'm in a better financial situation, but I still treasure all I have of hers. Having the keychain on my jeans all the time or just being able to cuddle her get me through the day

>>21795
rei

I always get mad when she gets shipped with other characters while searching for art. Yeah the "everyone is gay in gensokyo" meme is funny and all but it rubs me the wrong way, I don't hate the other characters but wish it wasn't as prevalent. It gave me some kind of depression when I was a teen some years after getting into 2hu and decided to avoid everything related for a while

Nowadays I simply ignore it, and to fight it I'm still practicing my drawing to be able to draw her the way I like.

Even after all these years I still like her alot, specially now since I have some money and I can but merch and stuff

>What are the solutions?
Find something else to occupy your time.

I'd say this is absolutely a case of over thinking it.

>the voices have destroyed my feelings for her.
Sounds like they're a bad time and you shouldn't take their advice.

I don't pay it much mind. She is alive to me as an idea.

My wife was mentioned having passed away during the ending of her series, where she was the main protagonist. The ending skips ahead to centuries later to the time of her descendants.

I read the manga adaptation of her series after it had already finished, so I pretty much fell in love with her at the same time that I learned about how her story ended. The idea of her passing away left a heavy feeling in my heart, but at the same time, it happened many years later after the main story so it just felt like a glimpse into her future rather than her actually being dead for real.

It helps that I imagine being with her in my own alternate timeline based on the actual series and the events mentioned in the ending have not yet occurred since I tend to imagine the "present day" version of her as being "about a year or two after the main story ended", so she's still very much alive to me.

May or may not apply... doesn't matter too much either way.

well...she does die but get reincarnated