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welcometokantrias · 9 months
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What Is The Kantriverse?
The Kantriverse is a setting that started out when I created a fictional country, Kantrias, and alongside a number of friends that I had, in intermittent periods between 2012 and 2014, with a brief resurgence in 2017, expanded on. We also used Kantrias as a vehicle for playing in the game NationStates, as a sort of 'clan' (in more common terms) but it is the fictional country Kantrias (and the continent of Bayetz around it) that we built up in stories and little bits of lore detail and conversations and just for fun that I would later take, combine with pieces of other worldbuilding ideas that I had, and then create into a more complete setting that I could tell stories in.
And also just worldbuild the fuck out of, because I like to do that.
As a result of the mixed origins, and many holdovers from the days when I worked alongside my friends to create things, there are some oddities, but I think they add to the charm of the setting.
Some of those oddities include the fact that because a few of my friends at the time were big Game of Thrones/ASOIAF fans, the places they created had names in common with Westeros - a city called Highgarden, and a set if Islands called the Iron Islands. Neither place really resembles it's Westeros counterpart outside the name, and both names are pretty generic.
Other things - such as the existence of the Genasi in Kolyat-Var, are the result of my own D&D and Pathfinder interest - and in general, while some of the more obvious stuff has been filed off, the D&D and Pathfinder influence can be pretty obvious if you know what you're looking for, and indeed, I have run multiple pathfinder games in this setting, though I've had to make some alterations to the setting to fit the assumptions of Pathfinder's actual play.
But none of this really says what the Kantriverse actually is.
The Kantriverse is a fictional world - the name of the planet is something I don't have, and frankly the people of the world may just call it 'the planet' because why not - and plays host to a number of continents. The three that have ever been established are Bayetz, Guayas and Kholesun. Of those Bayetz is the center of the action in terms of what got and has gotten worldbuilding attention, and of course, the Kingdom of Kantrias and it's capital city, also named Kantrias, was the main focus.
The Kantriverse is a world of magic, but the magic tends to be fairly practical, and direct, and follows generally predictable and understandable rules - to put it in TV tropes terms, Magic A is, broadly speaking, Magic A. Of course, the rules underpinning magic are no more one hundred percent understood than every single rule explaining how reality works in our world, but they are understood mostly.
It is a world where magic can do a lot, but it's generally direct, perceivable, limited effects. It's a world that, broadly, works like our own - gravity, animal life, the way minerals work, et cetera - but it's also a world where dragons once dominated the skies, where caverns and tunnels deep underneath the earth house entire peoples and nations, and where the gods - distant though they often are - are real and give power to their followers.
It is a world of powerful states, fallen empires, and rising powers. It is a world where empires that were once great have been laid low - and sometimes, they might even be making a resurgence. It's a world not just of humans, but of centaurs, dwarves, lizardmen, kitsune, and more.
It is a world where demons and angels exist and can be conjured, but as beings that are pure ideals given form - and quickly find themselves ill-at-ease in a world of grays and nuance, complexity and imperfection. It is a world of spirits often barely understood, and ancient magics even less understood, if even active at al.
It is also a world where ranks of soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder and fire muskets at the enemy. Where ships bearing canon and powered by sails clash for control of the trade lanes, and where airships have begun to challenge the great Rocs for command of the skies. It is a world where new factories powered by coal and magic, structures of steam and gears and pistols, churn out white and black smoke, covering the sky, bringing with it it disease and progress, poverty and wealth. It is a world where clockwork constructs and old style golems can be built to fight the battles of their makers, and where bizarre, occult secrets that break all known rules of magic can sometimes be wrested from reality.
It is in this world that Kantrias sits as the most powerful and wealthy nation. It is in Kantrias that the House of Quilor reigns as the Royal House, where the ancient nobility jealously guards their remaining wealth and privelages in the Senate, and where the elected representatives of the people in the Consistory are torn between those who seek progress and growth and wealth at the expense of all else, and those who seek to see to the needs of the people. Between those who speak only for the narrow interests of new money, and those who speak for the workers, urban or rural, or for the middle classes.
It is in Kantrias that Church and Crown have fought a vicious dance for over a thousand years, where the pagans are persecuted, but not every faith that lies outside the Church counts as pagan. Where renegade covens of witches are hunted by the Ministry of Security and the Inquisition both - but rarely do they work together.
And yet, despite Kantrias's wealth and power, it is not unchallenged on the world stage. The Empire of Voluz, once the great powers of the North, seeks to modernize under a new, reforming dynasty, while the ancient, stagnated Telvir Ascendancy threatens to dust off ancient magics and embrace new technologies both, to stave off the corrupting influence of Kantrian ideas - and of Kantrian influence over states that should rightly be their vassals.
Even Kantrias's allies are hardly content to be merely aids to Kantrian power - the snakemen of the Kingdom of Kharash may be allied with Kantrias against their old enemies in the Ascendancy, but they look in askance as Kantrias courts the lesser states of Guayas to be their vassals in all but name, rather than Kharash's. The Commonwealth of Aurelia may consider Kantrias the lesser evil than Voluz, but the economic hegemony of the Kingdom of the Gavel and the Sword is hardly universally beloved by that realm.
Kantrias is a nation of wealth and power, and for the average Kantrian, even the poor ones, life is generally good, generally safe, generally positive in outlook. But in any great Kingdom, exceptions exist, and with wealth and industry allowed to run amock in the name of the Queen's desire for military adventurism, and with wealth always begetting more wealth when left unrestrained, and when heretics and pagans join forces with disaffected witches and separatist rebels, danger can only grow.
The Kantriverse is a world of steampunk, intrigue and empire - it is a world of war and adventure, of ancient history and a glorious future.
The world turns, Kantrias is, and the Kantriverse continues.
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autodiscothings · 3 years
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Meme time baby
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k-she-rambles · 3 years
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"You won't be alone long."
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spookyvalentine · 2 years
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INTRODUCING: two shiny new mercy shepard AUs 🤪
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and yes kasumi is heavily featured! art by @sleazy-art :))))
mercy is never arrested by anderson, therefore, they never join the alliance
mercy is never arrested by anderson, therefore, they never join the alliance
NO commander shepard
the first human spectre anderson (who miiiiiiight have a hatemance with saren lmao) 
instead, teenaged mercy and kasumi continue their heists and schemes on earth, which eventually coalesces into a crime empire/shadow government that then expands to intergalactic operations 
mercy’s speciality is blackmail and extortion of politicians, lobbyists, government officials, high-ranking military and the ultrarich. keeps them in line. passes a lot of laws to help the poor and disadvantaged (canon mercy took down conatix and BAaT around the time of their arrest) 
originally focused on humans and human affairs, but eventually expands to help quarians and krogan, through trade and information
liara never assumes the role of shadowbroker, because the original shadowbroker was taken out years before she left her prothean studies. instead, she is an information broker for the shepherd
the information superpower is someone known as the shepherd (its just mercy and their crime family lmao)
kasumi is the right hand of the shepherd 
no one knows what the shepherd looks like because in public mercy’s always wearing a face scrambler (someone different every time)
mercy scoops up proto edi and gives her multiple animal platforms
BUT when they do “court” (know i am thinking of this image of boba fett and fennec on the chair) mercy has a wardrobe like this, this, this (but more masc) with casual wear like this and this, kasumi wears outfits like this, this and this 
even though they do dirty work for the good of others, mercy and kasumi still pull off plenty of heists. its like their hobby. a good weekend jaunt if you will, a company outing of sorts
anderson has a pretty genial working relationship with the shepherd bc his work has led him to needing information only they could supply 
mercy has an award-winning record label where they produce just about everything they like, covering all sorts of genres. also used to launder money lmao 
miranda never works for cerberus instead mercy and kasumi help steal away oriana, and miranda becomes mercy’s left hand
mercy saves jack from pragia early on (similar to sports coach au) and basically becomes the crime mob baby (i cant believe im saying this but like jinx aosdifjads im thinking of this picture only its like. w wrex)
mercy dabbles a lot in cybernetics and ai with edi. I’m thinking some geth reach out to them before sovereign
alternate path to the reapers--mercy picks up (rescues) tali during her pilgrimage and spectre anderson consults them?
mercy is very thoroughly ace in this au. im not sure about aro yet. deeply platonic loving mercykas
PAIRINGS: kasumi/harem p much, you got some kas/mirianda, ooh, some keiji. mercy like. doesnt even register when they’re doing the hankpankys and will take zoom calls whilst in the same room and that just flusters/unnerves their business partners and also contributes to the rumors that mercy’s the one with the harem. truly the otp is mercy/the job or actually even more accurately. mercy/blackmail. 
white collar au
Leaning into the fun crime stuff!!!! >:)
set on the citadel(?)
mercy is fbi agent peter burke or whatever top space agent for the area is, fighting white collar space crime and art thieves, spent the last two years hunting down and then arresting kas--
kasumi is neal caffrey clever, charming, extremely talented thief, forger and conman 
irikah is elizabeth, the natural science museum director and mercy’s wife of twelve years. thane passed when kolyat was young. kolyat left for college about a year into mercy’s first hunt for kasumi (he’s a junior now), so mercy and irikah are empty nesters in a big way 
keiji as kate
EDI IS MOZZIE!!! kasumi’s criminal best friend, other partner in literal, numerous crimes. originally she was just an ai that kasumi stole for a job, became friends with, and then instead of delivering her, kasumi helped edi steal herself a platform :’) art criminal ai for life omg heheHEHOOHOHHOHO credit goes to @acrylicsalts-inspo​ for really wrecking my shit on that one like edi as mozzie is making me so emotional and also i love the image of her being a huge fan of wines and schemes 
anderson is director hughes (mercy’s boss)
mercy’s team has ashley, tali, and vega 
samara is june the really hot elegant wealthy widow that’s kasumi’s “landlady” which means morinth is the granddaughter (who really wants mercy to pose nude for her art classes)
i like to picture wrex as either the bureau’s art expert, mercy’s former partner (who moved to another location) or an old dear dear friend that just happen to be uh. a warlord
miranda is sara ellis the insurance investigator, who has chased after some of kasumi’s “alleged” heists in the past. she and kas date a lil bit
kasumi’s criminal friends/connections will be jack, garrus, ashley, zaeed and liara--
liara is keller, kasumi’s criminal rival, and also wants mercy to be her fbi agent. gets uh. kind of obsessed w them tbh. the first time liara says she’d be better partner for mercy than kasumi, ooooh, kas does not like that and it takes her a lil bit to figure out why ;) liara causes a lot of problems for both kasumi and mercy, including kidnapping irikah for one ill-advised plot
PAIRINGS: mercy/irikah, eventual mercy/kas, kas/iri and ot3. past kas/keiji, some kas/miri
AND IF YOURE INTERESTED: sports coach au posts and notes can be read here!
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For some reason I have a lot of headcanons about Drell cuisine
-Rakhana had a desert climate so most of their crops are similar to those grown in Earth’s deserts. There are a huge variety of dates and melons, for example. A type of date syrup is the most common sweetener in Drell cuisine. 
-A specific type of melon has become a symbol of Drell identity, due to its dark green flesh and Rakhana origins. Melon liqueur had been made for centuries on Rakhana and is still one of the most popular Drell alcohols.
-Most animal life on Rakhana was insect or reptillian, and milk producing animals were extremely rare, so dairy products only appeared in a few remote cultures. Analogues to soy milk, tofu and nut milk exist though, as well as oil emulsions. Because of this, a lot of Drell are lactose intolerant, although they’ve gradually become more tolerant after migrating to Kahje. (in my headcanon, Thane can tolerate lactose but Kolyat can’t)
-Speaking of animal life, most of it didn’t survive the Drell flight to Kahje, only smaller animals and animals that didn’t take up many resources, so a lot of the meat in a modern Drell’s diet is either Kahje seafood or from offworld animals.
-Drell have a strong tradition of curing, pickling and smoking their foods. They had to when food became scarce, but the tradition continues even when food is more readily available.
-Seafood was an extremely rare luxury on Rakhana, but is now widely available on Kahje and popular among Drell. 
-Hanar-Drell fusion cuisine is extremely popular.
-One popular snack food that survived the flight to Kahje was a type of small, fast breeding insect that is fried, salted and sometimes seasoned further. (Thane loves it but Shepard refuses to try it)
-On a galactic scale Drell cuisine isn’t nearly as popular as Asari or Krogan cuisine, or as trendy as Human cuisine, but it has a following in small circles.
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455wwwww · 2 years
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soooo that animation sequence after you punch Solas in DA:I is actually the same as for Kolyat (if you use Paragon interrupt) in Thane's loyalty mission in ME2?
don't wanna blame Bioware for reusing it's just so funny
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schwellencharakter · 3 years
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The Thane romance in ME3 is nothing but a big ‘fuck you’ to the player lmao. You get one (1) conversation on the Citadel and after that the man Shepard loves just sits around like some throwaway npc. Later he gets STABBED and Shepard doesn’t react much to her terminally ill lover bleeding out?? Even in their final moment together it feels kinda off, especially with Kolyat asking her if “she remembers him” — as if she wouldn’t remember the son of her boyfriend?? The one Thane’s entire loyalty mission back in ME2 was centered around??
I get that they probably couldn’t animate/voice act more extra scenes, considering Thane not being an active part of the squad or whatever, but like… the Thane romance might as well been non-existent in the first place. I just don’t understand the writing behind it lmao
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littlebirdofprey · 3 years
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1,21,and 30 for mass effect!
1. Favorite background and psych profile?
Spacer and sole survivor. Spacer is my favourite background cos I think Shepard deserves to have a family and I like that they at least have a mom in canon if they're a spacer.
no particular reason why sole survivor is my fave psych profile. I just like the narrative of it better than the other two.
ironically my canon Shepard is neither of those. Dmitri is earthborn and ruthless.
21. Favorite non-Normandy character?
idk Kolyat maybe?
30. Share a headcanon about one of your Shepards
Dmitri has a tattoo of a whale shark on his right arm in memory of his mom, she was a marine biologist and they were one of her favorite animals.
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irikahkrios · 3 years
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kolyat needs a cat. he needs just a little animal who lives with him and his boyfriend.
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wormwoodsand · 4 years
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01 on the ask game for mass effect? 👀
Send me a fandom and I will tell you my: 
Favorite character:
Is it a copout if I say Shepard? Specifically FemShep? Yes? Okay then...Legion! THAT'S not a copout at all! Though I am one of those people who gets really invested in minor side characters too, so I'll say I really liked Kolyat as well. Or rather, the potential he had as a character. OH, and Mordin, I do love salarians!
Least Favorite character:
Conrad Verner. I didn't find him entertaining at all, he was annoying at best and dangerous at worst.
5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):
Oh God. Uuuhh. This is the part where I admit I'm not much of a Mass Effect shipper. I didn't even romance anyone in my game (I know, *le gasp*), but I guess if you're gonna twist my arm...
- FemShep x Garrus - MaleShep x Kaidan - Tali x Kal'Reegar - Liara x Feron - platonic Shep x Mordin
Character I find most attractive:
This is the part where I admit I'm not much of an alien-fucker either (I know right, what am I even doing in this fandom anymore?), but again, if you're gonna twist my arm...Kal'Reegar? Again, I like minor characters and he was just a really good boy. Oh, though Kasumi is really hot too. And Liara, ofc.
Character I would marry:
I'm really not the marriage type, so...platonic marriage to Mordin, I guess. I feel like it's often salarians to the rescue for us aspec folk lol.
Character I would be best friends with:
Oh now THIS ONE I could talk about for hours! I may not be much of a shipper, but boy am I a slut for that sweet sweet platonic affection! I honestly can't pick just one or even two, so I'll just rattle off: LEGION, Garrus, Liara, Mordin, Tali, Ashley (bit of a weird choice maybe, I'm aware she has some major flaws but she just really grew on me throughout the trilogy), Feron (again, a minor character we didn't really get to know much but he seems like a bro), Kasumi, EDI, and Wrex
A random thought:
What exactly is it about Shepard that makes them so universally beloved? Like, the thing with Bioware protagonists is that you can make them into whatever person you envision them as, right? But for some reason Shepard seems to have this very special place in peoples' hearts. I feel that way too, I just wish I could put my finger on why that is.
An unpopular opinion:
I dunno how "unpopular" it really is, but I have not played Andromeda and I have absolutely no desire to. I was psyched before it actually came out, but then I held off on buying it just in case and watched some other people play it first. And I just...did not like what I saw at all. And I'm not even talking about the glitches and horrible facial animations, though those did make the game feel very sloppy. But even if the surface had been perfectly shiny, what I've seen of Andromeda just feels really...lifeless.
My Canon OTP:
Ugh, I dunno. Femshep x Garrus?
My Non-canon OTP:
Ugh, I dunno. Liara x Feron?
Most Badass Character:
Miranda.
Most Epic Villain:
Sovereign? Nothing besides the Reapers really stands out to me.
Pairing I am not a fan of:
FemShep x Kaiden, for no reason other than that it is all but forced down your throat in the first game, and the only way to avoid it is to be a dick to the guy. I've got nothing against Kaiden himself, I just hated the fact that ME1 pushed him and Shep together and said "NOW KISS!"
Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):
Kai Leng. He was meant to be a badass assassin dude but he came out like a caricature of an edgy 13 year-old boy's idea of what a badass assassin dude should be.
Favourite Friendship:
Either Shep and Grunt or Shep and Jack.
Character I most identify with:
Huh. I'm not sure about this, actually. For now I'll say Liara, though I couldn't tell you exactly why.
Character I wish I could be:
"Wish I could be" as in, they have an awesome life? Or as in, I admire them and want to be like them? Because if it's the first, I honestly can't think of anyone in Mass Effect who lives the kind of life that I would want. But as a role model, I only wish I had half the strength and moral integrity of a Paragon Shep.
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niuniente · 5 years
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Do you have any mutuals you think deserve more love and appreciation?
pI do not have many mutuals, I’m rather picky with the blogs I follow. Many I followed migrated to Twitter or just stopped using Tumblr. So, I’m just going to do a little shout-out to some nice people here, whether we are mutuals or not :3 I hope I do not forget anyone here, it is 5am while I put this together...
@nei-ning - TMNT blog and Usagi fan@blood-and-pepper - posts about history, dinosaurs, Dragon Age and other fun@autodiscothings - does fanfics and amazing paintings of Oriana x Kolyat ship@dannybagpipesarecalling - posts about Kurtty and X-Men@kurtty-drabbles - posts very often short fics of Kurtty@abz-j-harding - super pretty art and amazing original world The Parliament of Crook@gold-kobold - lots and lots of content for Trollhunters and 3Below fans @ovopack - gorgeous anthro art @polarspaz - many fandom au comics, one of my fave artists@jakubrozalski - art blog of Jakub Rozalski, monsters and werewolves@kotoinari - adorable and underrated art blog @littleoil - again super adorable art@delyth-thomas-art - lots of traditional art of mythologies, monsters and dragons@m-oshun - rarely around but art is gorgeous@sarigolds - must blog for all art lovers@sarahfogg - wonderful traditional illustrations@texts-from-last-blight - incorrect Dragon Age quote posts@blueberrybamf - nice multifandom blog@mister-wagner - your number 1 source for Nightcrawler@koipiroska - very nice WOW (troll) art (I love Rag’wi)@magically-strange - Strange Magic blog@going1582 - lovely multifandom and general blog@lily-learns-finnish - for Finnish students and studies@hiivemiind-art - adorable art of little critters and such@finale-fantasie - Final Fantasy art, very unique style I adore@petewave - blog for adorable frog doodles to brighten your day@jerseymilkferret - lovely multifandom and general blog@sofimoon27 - adorable little fics of Trollhunters@al-debaran26 - nice multifandom blog@dizza36 - tattooer’s blog@falaa-art - WOW troll art blog@panimauser - lovely general blog@shadowscapes-stephlaw - art blog of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, watercolor paintings@comicslams - Western vintage comics@pcate - artblog for Overwatch and monsters@80sanime - blog for 80′s anime (ranging from late 70′s - early 90′s)
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Kingdom Hearts III Launch Event with Goofy & Axel at Game Realms in Burbank California!
Date & Time : Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 1 PM to 5 PM. Game Realms 137 N Victory Blvd Burbank CA 91502 818-841-1545 http://game-realms.com Game Realms will be celebrating the release of the highly anticipated Square Enix & Disney game, Kingdom Hearts III! Come visit our store to purchase the game, and meet two voice actors from the Kingdom Hearts series to have your games & merch signed! Feel free to bring in other items they have voiced for in the past! Quinton Flynn - Axel (Kingdom Hearts Series) Twitter: @quintonflynn Bill Farmer - Goofy (Kingdom Hearts Series, Disney shows & films) Twitter: @GoofyBill Kingdom Hearts III Event at Game Realms is not sponsored or affiliated with Square Enix or Disney. GAME REALMS Inc. Address : 137 N Victory Blvd Burbank, California , 91502 Telephone: 818-841-1545 Website: http://game-realms.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Game_Realms Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gamerealms Tumblr : http://gamerealmsstore.tumblr.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/gamerealms/ Bill Farmer Bio: For decades, audiences of all ages have enjoyed Bill Farmer's standout work in vehicles and venues as diverse as his talents -from clubs to conventions, broadcasts to podcasts, and TV screens to movie screens. What began in the standup comedy clubs of America's heartland has become one of the most colorful careers in Hollywood, with a seemingly endless list of live and recorded performances engaging fans of every demographic While Bill has famously performed as the official voice of Disney's Goofy and Pluto since 1986, his sterling voice-acting resume includes thousands of leading and supporting roles in film television, advertising, consumer products and more For his unparalleled body of animation-voice work with such leading studios as Pixar, Warner Brothers, Universal and MGM, Bill became the first voice actor to receive the prestigious Friz Freleng Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Animation. Equally distinguished is the immortalizing DisneyLegend Award (recognizing individuals whose unique talents have helped shape the Disneylegacy), which Bill received with entertainment icons Robin Williams and Betty White. Further adding to Bill's many honors is the 2015 Annie Award for best acting in a television series and an Emmy nomination for his memorable performances in the hit animated series "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse." Never straying from hiscomedy roots, Bill-and his more than 100 celebrity impressions and dialects- has continued to thrill audiences with standup routines at chubs and corporate events, and through his monthly improvisational performances with Fred Willard's sketch-comedy group, The MoHo's, at Hollywood's Second City Theater. To help others reach their performance potential, Bill teaches voice-acting students, produces voice-actor demos and offers private coaching through his own production company, Toonhouse, Inc Quinton Flynn Bio: This Award Winning Voice Actor has brought to life: Spider-Man, Venom, Jonny Quest, The Human Torch, Deadpool, Speed Racer, Disney TV’s Timon, Snowbell, Elmer Fudd and Silver The Hedgehog. He is: Raiden (Metal Gear), Axel (Kingdom Hearts), Jhin (League of Legends), Kolyat Krios (Mass Effect) Reno in (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Crisis Core), Alberto Falcone (Batman: Arkham City Origins), the devilish Irishman, Sir Henry Cooldown in (No More Heroes), Kael’thas (World of Warcraft), Merry/Gollum (Lord of the Rings). In Anime you’ll know him as: Iruka Sensai in Naruto, Marcus Damon in Digimon Data Squad, Kon in Bleach, Carl/Phantom in Blood+, Shingo Shouji in Initial D and Dr Riddles & Victoreem in Zach Bell to name a few. He is well known in the industry for his skills as an impressionist and improvisationalist, so Quinton is always happy to give voice to the characters he is known for when he performs “Live” and rolls out his favorite impressions and yours!"
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autodiscothings · 4 years
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It’s the morning cycle. Hooray.
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ripples-system · 6 years
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Creation
Okay! So... since I didn't document Shadow for well and Kolyat wasn't documented AT ALL, let's try this a third time. I'm gonna share Irikah's creation with you guys.
For those who don't know, in their own universe, she was Thane's wife and Kolyat's mother and she was killed a long time ago. Now... how I have done this for both boys is I've made a list of 20 traits they have and then I write a paragraph-ish about that trait. What I've written down is what I have seen from their memories, stories and just what they've described about her. After this step, I'll be creating her form based on what the boys tell me she looked like.
IRIKAH KRIOS
1. Patient
Irikah could wait for something almost as long as Thane (Shadow) was trained to but hers is a natural patience. She does this because she wants to give others the time they need without rushing them but she has limits as well. Others trust her more readily and they see her as calmer.
2. Caring
Irikah cares for everyone, even strangers and those she will never meet. She does this naturally and does not consciously think about it. Others see this as endearing at times and at times something to take advantage of, although they never get far in such cases before she sets them straight.
3. Selfless
She would give herself to save anyone without reason and before thought simply because she values all life. Others tend to be surprised when they learn the extent of such a trait and she stands by it almost as though she thinks before she puts herself in harm's way to save another.
4. Kind
She believes everyone should be treated with kindness until they show her that they cannot be kind to others in return. She can be cold and angry if she is shown cruelty and a lack of compassion. Others sometimes assume her kindness is unconditional. It's not.
5. Strong
Irikah stands up for herself and what she believes without hesitation. She is not one to meekly cower, she will tell you when you've hurt or angered her. Others are sometimes intimidated by this, assuming she would prettily turn the other cheek.
6. Protective
Once she decides she loves someone, they are under her wing and she would not hesitate to stand up for them or put others in check when they've wronged her loved one. Others learn quickly that it is less dangerous to threaten her directly rather than her loved ones.
7. Fierce
She fights like a mother protecting her young if she is made angry. She isn't above yelling or arguing and if you piss her off prepare for an earful and a half. Others are often taken aback when they manage to unleash this side of her. (Where do you think Kolyat got it because it wasn't from Thane)
8. Loving
When she loves you, expect her to dote on you. It is not hard to gain her love and she often loves a great many people. Others often find, if they are decent it's only a matter of time before she throws arms around them. Her ability to love is a pride of hers.
9. Motherly
She has a tendency toward children, animals, and anyone younger than her to love and protect. A total "mom friend" others may sometimes be surprised to suddenly see Irikah fussing over them and taking care of them.
10. Fun
She loves to have fun. Games, social events and anything else she can enjoy with others and laugh about. Basically the opposite of Thane in this. Others enjoy taking her along to parties or out to dinner. There's always laughing.
11. Adventurous
Irikah is the type to get lost in a corn maze and never panic because she has fun along the way. Or to playfully call you a chicken for being too scared to check out the haunted house on the other side of town as she dissapears inside. Others find this fun to watch but usually not to participate.
12. Understanding
If you mess up, she's the one you want to go to and explain how it happened and why you did what you did because, while she may lightly scold you, afterward, she's the type to give you a hug and tell you to learn from  your mistakes without dangling it over your head. Others sometimes find this a trait to take advantage of but forget that in order to gain her understanding, she has to be convinced.
13. Forgiving.
Sometimes a fault but usually a virtue, she is willing to forgive almost anything (barring harm or danger to her loved ones) she feels others deserve second  chances if they are genuinely remorseful.
14. Moralistic
She has a very strong sense of what is right and wrong. Part of that moral compass includes listening to others and what they think is right and then finding some middle ground in the difference between the two opinions. Others have tried and failed to make their bad deeds seem reasonable to her.
15. Trust Worthy
Irikah is more than willing to to hold your secrets and offer help with literally any problem if she has the answer. Broken of the habit of candy coated lies from Thane, she is as kindly honest as possible. Others find a good listener and confidont in her.
16. Soothing
She would drop everything to consol a crying friend or even to cry with them without making matters worse. Being motherly, she's the type to hold your head to her chest and rock you while humming a song until you calm. Others come to her with their problems because of this.
17. Warm
More than just simple kindness, her instant genuine affection could light up a room. She's usually smiling and will not hesitate to put and arm around you or give hugs and shoulder/ head pats. Others can't help but to smile around her.
18. Impulsive
Irikah is the type to suddenly jump up in a quiet room and suggest going for a jog together or heading to the park on a whim and suddenly she's set on it. Expect a bit of pouting if she's told "no thank you"
19. Spontaneous
Gestures of affection, gifts, love, she thinks very little about showing others how she feels and often has no idea until she simply does it. Things like little letters, hand holding and so on are as random but genuine to you as they are to her.
20. Gentle
While she will not hesitate to fight you if you hurt or threaten others, generally, she wouldn't hurt a fly. She has a hard enough time with self defense. She handles others the same way she would handle a freshly plucked flower. She will love you so hard, my dudes.
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OKAY I'M GOING TO BED NOW LOL
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Self-Rec Challenge
Fic authors’ self-rec!  When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass it on to at least 5 other writers.
Oh my god @citadelsushi you don’t understand.  I never get tagged for things like this and suddenly you come out of the woodwork and I’m so HAPPY I just ugggghhhh.  So here I go, in no particular order, because this was hard as fuck.
Expect fics from across my fandoms.
1. Secret Burdens - X-Men (Rolo - Storm/Wolverine)
Summary: “He thought he was the only one.  He had no idea.”
Why I love it:  There is honestly so much wrong with this piece I don’t even know where I would start if I even attempted rewriting.  But this one holds a very dear place in my heart as it was the first ever multi-chapter piece I’d written and took nearly 7 years to finish.  I started it practically 10 years ago (and you can tell) but it was also the first piece of romance I’d ever attempted, the first story with action scenes, and the first to really help me cement my style.  Also, it’s Rolo, ya’ll.  What’s not to love?
2. Rocks and Shoals - Mass Effect (Koliana - Kolyat/Oriana)
Summary:  "The way she mumbled her 'goodnight' as she slowly slid the door shut before him. The way she didn't look him in the eye. The way the silence clawed at him when he stood staring at her door wondering where the fuck it had all begun to change." - In a post-war galaxy, Kolyat and Oriana found each other when they went looking for themselves.
Why I Love It:  Like most stories on this list, Rocks and Shoals is here because it was an attempt at shifting style, and I loved how that challenge came out.  With only Part One of Three up and published (but more already in the works), it’s also a very intense and brutally unapologetic arc of Kolyat and Oriana’s story that let me explore some very intimate emotions surrounding how we all deal differently with loss, and by extension, how I deal with lose myself.  It was, and still is, a deeply personal project.
Also, I swear a fuckton in it and the level of familiarity with such speech makes it a bit comfy for me, lol.
3. The Last Rite - Dragon Age (General - implied Tabris/Alistair, loose Tabris/Zevran)
Summary:  "There is only stone. Tall, cavernous holds of rock and tunnel and deep, still quiet. She must remind herself that this is where she will breathe her last. There will be no sun to warm her when she dies." After twenty eight years of the taint, the Deep Roads finally call to her. This is goodbye.
Why I Love It: This may be my first ever piece of successful angst.  And I say successful because while I’d written angst before, it was more an exploration, or a simple expression of an angsty emotion.  Nothing I’d written before had ever really accomplished something in the story using angst, or given any closure through it. But this one did.  Following Grey Warden Meran Tabris’ final days before her calling, it’s an exercise in grief and goodbyes - but with an accepting, if not peaceful, finality to it.
It also inspired a tribute fic called These Old Bones by Hahren Jezek that, to this day is one of my all-time favorite 3 fics ever, and will ruin you in all the best ways.  Go read it.  It’s infinitely better than anything I could put to paper.
4. Ill Moon - Mass Effect (Shrios - Shepard/Thane)
Summary:  "He silences the quake of her lips with his own needful mouth. They kiss, and they kiss, and they drown." - When the end comes, it is not without grace. Thane and Shepard swear to meet in the after.
Why I Love It: Again, another fic that represented a shift in style and a challenge to my writing.  But really, I can attribute that to any of my Shrios, as I’d have to thank the ship itself for being the catalyst to my more poetic leanings in any recent fics of the last year or so.  It’s also one of my favorite representations of the Shrios relationship and contains my favorite set of paired lines from the start and the end of the fic: “Shepard loves a dying man.  /  Shepard no longer loves a dying man.  She loves a dead one.”
5. Moiety - Mass Effect (General/Multi-pairing)
Summary:  "The harsh line of her back is like a scream." - 100 word drabbles. Wide range of characters, pairings, genres.
Why I Love It: Can you tell yet that I like style shifts and challenges?  ;)  As a 100 word drabble series, this project really challenged me to be economical with my words.  To say everything I wanted to say, as powerfully as I could say it, in as short a span as I could say it.  It’s a brilliant exercise and I highly recommend it.  It’s really helped to shape up my writing.  And it let me explore all those little moments and headcanons that weren’t really substantial enough for their own full-length fic.  It also contains some of my hardest hitting lines ever.
Honorable Mention: 
Reckoned from One Midnight to the Next - Mass Effect (Shenko - Shepard/Kaidan)
Summary: "Grief is not something you can lay to rest beside your bed at night and take back up in the morning. It is always there. Festering while you sleep. It stays. It lingers. It bleeds into your days until your world is rife with it." - Kaidan in the aftermath of Shepard's death over Alchera. A tale of heartache and healing in two parts.
Why I Love It: An exercise in poetic prose that was not only fun as fuck, but really freeing, and honestly, probably one of my most profound and thoughtful pieces.  Sadly, it’s also a very little-known piece.  But I still go back to reread it from time to time because I think it holds a lot of promise.
Some of you might be surprised that Sheparding Men isn’t on here but that fic is a whole other animal and I ain’t touching that one with a ten foot pole nuh-uh no way no how.  Also, this was hard enough when you’ve got 63 fics lying around.
Tagging @bioticsandheadshots, @tlcinbflo, @riptidemonzarc, @barbex, @wolfofthewaves, @alyssalenko and @foofyschmoofer.
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"Your father and I have killed a lot of people. You don't need to start." that's......the nicest that Shep has like ever been on picking the bottom option of three dialogues. also. Kolyat's animation when talking to Thane has him crossing his arms and I'm like "bro you shouldn't be doing that I just shot you in the shoulder because I missed the Paragon interrupt I'm sorry but ouch."
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