#MASSIVE LORE DUMP

[mothfables]

“Grampa says I’m des-desen- from Royal Knights. The only knight I like is Sir Raven, though.”

Putting that aside to deal with later, Warriors asks, “Who’s Sir Raven?”

Legend grins, the expression bright. “He’s m’ am-ancestor! I met ‘im on my second, um, third ‘venture.” He proudly holds up two, then after a moment, three tiny fingers. “It was when I went to Labrynna an’ saved Nayru! She’s th’ Oracle o’ Ages! Her dress was really pretty.” His cheeks flush and he ducks his head to hide behind his hair at the admission.

Someone coos.

“How’d you meet him then? If he’s your ancestor?”

“Oh! I went back in time an’ helped him free th’ country from a witch who took over Nayru an’ then th’ queen an’ made ev’rybody build a big tower- it was th’ queen’s plan or-ori-gi-nally,” he sounds out, “cause the guy she liked disappeared an’ she wanted him t’be able ta see it from wherever he was bu’ then th’ witch lady took over an’ made it ta power Ganon or somethin’- I dun ‘member- so we had ta fight her but we couldn’t cause she was still controllin’ the queen but then she wasn’t and she turned inta a huge spider an’-” He stops to take a deep breath.

“An’ there was webs ev’rywhere an’ it was really really gross an’ scary but Raven helped me! She grabbed me an’ it hurt real- a lot but Raven an’ Ralph helped an’ then we cut her up an’ then she blew up! An’ ev’ryone was okay an’ happy again an’ Raven said he knew I was his descend-ant even though I tried real hard ta keep it a secret but he said he was proud o’ me an’ then Nayru sent us all home t’the future an’ the portrait in my gramma an’ grampa’s house changed.”

He blinks up at them with eyes sparkling amethyst. “Grampa didn’t try ta make me be a knight ‘gain after that, which is good, cause I told ‘i’m I didn’t wanna be a knight anyways.”

#snail #snippets and bits #lu legend #featuring the talent of small children to ramble on and on without stopping #this was written similarly haha #not pictured: everyone trying to take in the massive lore dump that legend dropped on them for like five minutes #wars is a little in shock. time too actually

[scribble-dee-vee]

Do u guys procrastinate writing specific scenes bc u know they will absolutely wreck u

(Bc I do and lord help me finishing the second half of this book 🙃)

#this is Joaks btw I’m having lots of fun over here #EYE signed up to write a tragedy #WILLINGLY #but…… the babies………… #tbh the problem with chapter 18 is less Emotional Damages #and more What to Include in the Massive Lore Dump #yes the lore is revealed in traumatic circumstances #which makes it more difficult to convey without breaking tone #overall I have positive feelings abt how this draft is shaping up #not to like jinx myself lmao #we’re over the hump of the rollercoaster #and things generally get easier for me past that midpoint #it’s where we switch from mostly setup to mostly payoff #writeblr #writing #hol tag #lost letters tag

[demeterdefence]

something that really irks me abt this chapter (besides everything lmao) is how hades is suddenly expressing his feelings with poseidon and having this random heart to heart when canonically hades shows nothing but disdain and annoyance towards his family

for all that he goes on and on about how lonely he is and how much he resents being "stuck" in the underworld, hades shows nothing but contempt towards his family at every possible moment. the only semi-positive interactions hades has with poseidon specifically are 1) when he tells persephone that the two brothers could commiserate on being consumed by kronos / how overwhelming it was to be released into a bright world, 2) when he ties poseidon's tie right before persephone's trial (and that has a big asterisk next to it because the whole time he's snipping at apollo and zeus) and 3) after zeus sends out the press release against demeter and persephone, and hades and poseidon are both aggrieved at zeus acting alone (and again, big asterisk next to that because the majority of hades' interactions are annoyance / rage at persephone being "maligned")

like over and over, hades goes out of his way to AVOID his family, so for him to suddenly be sitting in his car sharing his feelings with poseidon? he barely has a RELATIONSHIP with poseidon. his brother's have gone out of their way to show hades love over and over, and hades has never reciprocated. it feels like a cheap way to reinforce some kind of "family bonding" theme, since we see demeter and persephone having their heart to heart; canonically speaking, the only people hades has ever "confided" in are hera, persephone, and hecate - and arguably speaking, two of those are people hades' trauma dumps on. like what is the point.

#anti lo #anti lore olympus #sorry for filling the tag i have a lot of thoughts and need to dump them somewhere lmao #it's just such a jarring segment bc by and large hades relies on women for the emotional labour of dealing with him #even towards family that has softened / wants to help him he's still MASSIVELY a dick #eg towards eros and obviously thanatos #hades deadass tells zeus he doesn't want to be alone when he's given the underworld #and then every single scene of him is trying to get away from his family - or more specifically get with persephone #like u can't have it BOTH WAYS dude #also him complaining abt family brunch when it's clear his brothers go out of their way to spend time with him #only for hades to complain he's alone and neglected??? #bffr rn

[vellichorom]

someone asked for headcanons concerning my narrator once...... maybe now’s a good time to respond to that,

#twinkie talks #tbd #' it took you this long? ' LISTEN. I- THERE'S SO MUCH LORE #tommy n i have been building him up since LAST. JULY / AUGUST #there's so much SHIT that i need to figure out what's baseline lore & what's a massive explosion of it #BUT MAYBE I CAN DUMP THE BARE MINIMUM DETAILS.... shake a little out for you #& then One day get to a dump of the massive stuff

[sagegreenfrogs]

anytime someone says that "there's no queerness in avatar aside from the books/avatar isn't a queer show" i hit em with the good ol' "katara, sokka and toph have all canonically done some form of drag."

#atla is a queer ass show boi #avatar #atla #avatar the last airbender #that normally shuts them up but if that doesn't hohohoh boi #get ready for a massive lore dump and analysis of zuko's inherent queercoding #sokka too #being insecure abt masculinity+daddy issues+self image/self worth issues? kinda gay ngl. #I love my blorbos so much <3

[one-winged-dreams]

I am indeed still thinking about Sariel

#ive got a massive lore dump to write lmao

[lavenderjiang]

kaeya lore thought because i have a hyper fixation and i have to tell someone

ok so the whole prophetic ‘kaeya hasn’t made a clean break w his past and has to make a big decision’ is most likely about khaenri’ah vs monstadt/teyvat, assuming that’s true, here’s my hypothesis for what he’ll choose

originally i thought it could be 50/50, or a case where he picks khaenri’ah but then switches teams and sacrifices himself for monstadt (probably saves his brother? would be rlly sad and hoyoverse like making us sad, would also b very cyclical + somewhat redeeming for the dumb decisions he’s made) however, since the new diluc lore i think he’ll pick monstadt, it might still be a bait and switch or he might even spy on khaenri’ah (again cos it’s super cyclical + would represent his acceptance of his past, and his choice to stop running from it, but also still the autonomy and freedom from the secret that’s been hanging over him his whole life) and then reveal he’s actually on monstadt’s side, but i’m 75% sure he’ll pick teyvat because in one of the letters it says that when diluc is away kaeya sometimes comes to stay at the winery and when he does he stays in his childhood bedroom (yeah ok maybe i nearly cried at this)

why do i think this means he’ll pick teyvat? it’s because it shows he still cares about his family and finds (some kind of) comfort in being in his childhood home, whether that’s bittersweet for him or if it’s a case of healing and learning either way it clearly shows he cares about his childhood in a positive way, also the fact he stays when diluc isn’t there (even tho he probably knows diluc wouldn’t turn him away even if he wanted to) shows he cares about their (sibling) relationship (don’t make it weird thank u) and diluc’s feelings, and he’s realised that he’s made shortsighted decisions and messed up before by not thinking about diluc’s feelings and he cares enough to change his behaviour because of it because ultimately they’re still brothers (and they should just fucking talk about the shit they both went thru + properly reconcile, but no they’re both repressed and won’t)

#diluc #kaeya #ragbros #ragnvindr brothers #diluc ragnvindr #kaeya alberich #not kaeluc #this is a massive info dump but i can’t help it #i love kaeya and he deserves better than #hoyoverse give him #give the rag brothers their lore please #let them reconcile properly #i beg hoyoverse #lavenderjiang #genshin theories

[flavos-df]

RGB; Really Goofy Bois

#dragonfable #df oc #kairos the hero #cysero #warlic #i got lazy with the rendering forgive me #didnt expect this to get past a sketch but here we are #we got the chaos incarnate #the unaware enabler #and the victim #the disastrous collective of mages with way too much power than they should have #they share 1 brain cell and warlic is always hogging it #also i see you people who are asking for kairos backstory #and i appreciate you guys but also #i attempted to write it out and then remembered #huh i suck at writing #massive respect to you writers #i will either relearn how to write or just draw a lil comic ig #or just post a whole lore dump ramble lol #that ones less flattering tho idk if yall would want that #urghghg i wish i was good at things

[vulpine-poltergeist]

Aight, Foxman. Since your birthday is gonna be soon, answer my riddles three:

1/22/23 for the ask game! ;P

(I don't even know what those numbers correspond to, so have at it!)

LAUGHING BADLY ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNING ANSWERS I AM. SO SORRY..

1: Virgin? No, regrettably .

22: What I want to be when I get older: Uhhh.. alive? I don't think too far ahead and just take it one month at a time.

23: My relationship with my sibling(s): Absent with stepsiblings (all of whom are old enough to have been my mom, if they had me at 18-20), absent with half-sibling (disowned me for who my mother is), TERRIBLE with full-sibling number Oldest (abuser who throws pity parties because they happened to realize that abusing their siblings causes those siblings.. to hate them), and Pretty Good with the sibling who's only 15 months older than I am! Used to be Horribad but after we both became adults we talked things over we vibe! Though she conveniently downplays the things she did to me to portray herself as someone who always cared, while I distinctly remember her wishing I was never born, saying I sang like a coyote, that I was found under a rock (and should have been left there), trying to run me over with her bicycle... Fun times!

#laughing badly these were all terrible to answer #I am so sorry for the Fox Lore Dump GHJGJS #if you are a friend and i ever call you some sort of sibling. and/or a nickname. Badge Of Honor. wear it well comrade #if I call you a sibling it means you passed a MASSIVE vibe check somewhere in our friendship and have replaced one of my many siblings GJHS

[sacaeblade]

@twistedisciple asked:

The Lady of the Plains. Emblem of Blazing. Lyn, but that name had to be wrested from the recesses of memory, hidden beneath the epithet "Ponytail Chick" he'd mentally used instead. Griss hadn't been much acquainted with her. Even as he played his role as one of a greedy king's hounds, the glimpses of the man's prized possession were few and far between, and such occasions had the man clutching his ring like the very wind would steal her away. Truthfully, Griss is surprised by the color of her hair first when he catches a glimpse of her on the deck. It's the verdant hue of what he imagined the plains of her title might have been, the scent of grass all but real, not the blood red Lord Sombron blessed his Emblems with instead. And then comes the surprise that he'd recognized her at all among the crowd, all things considered, but the eye had a habit of finding the familiar in a sea of not. That she hails from their destination is the final piece, buried even deeper than her name, tugged out of some dusty old history book during his younger years in the monastery. In other words, recognizing her meant he had an opportunity to shake some valuable information out if the others hadn't already wrung her dry. When her allies finally leave her, Griss pushes off from the mast he'd been leaning against, watching her not-so-subtly for a good while now, and calls out to her to stop: "Not so fast, Ponytail. What're you in a hurry for?" His leisurely stride sets the pace as he comes up alongside her with a smile that is, for all of his (mostly) innocent intentions, still just a little bit too wide to be without threat. "I got some questions for you." Like if she could summon doubles here too and maybe they could test each of their blades on him-- No. "I wanna know what's up with your homeland and dragons. You think we're really about to walk right into a war 'cause they're scared of the sight of 'em?"

A year and some change is not an insignificant amount of time away from home. Even before touching ground, there are many things to be done, preparations to be had, people to discuss with, including people she didn't even realize she needed to discuss with.

"It's not Ponytail, it's Lyn," she corrects with a tinge of irritation. The rude way he calls out to her and the wolfish grin on his face are enough to make the hair on the back of her neck stand up straight. She is no stranger to the stares of men, but this...is different. "I'm busy right now, so—"

The question he poses is not one of further harassment, as she expected, but a fairly reasonable one about the state of affairs. Lyn stops in her tracks.

"My homeland?" she asks, parroting his words back. He must be a foreigner, then, to not know about The Scouring and what it meant.

"It's more than just simple fear," Lyn explains. "A thousand years ago, humans and dragons fought against each other in a war called The Scouring. At some point, the dragons began to multiply rapidly, far faster than the humans could kill them and their great power caused the Ending Winter. Snow fell in summer. The Eight Legends forged legendary weapons that would allow them to fight back against the dragons. Mulagir, the bow of Hanon" —Lyn gestures at the bow strapped to her back— "is one of those weapons. The dragons fled from the world through something called The Dragon's Gate and the Eight Legends went on to found the different nations."

If ancient history were all it were, then they would not be hurrying home like this. Even a few years ago, it would have been easy to write off the rumors as just rumors, but having seen the might of dragons with her own eyes, Lyn feels her pulse quicken just at the thought.

"A few years ago, the gate was opened again and we were able to defeat the dragons that made their way out with the help of two of the Legends, but... it had only been a few dragons and the Legends are no longer with us. The gate should have been sealed again, but..." Lyn shakes her head, banishing the thought. "Either way, I believe that humans can come to live with dragons, but this is not a commonly held sentiment."

#toasabbamvitatham2023 #⚔️ ic #twistedisciple #⚔️ support: griss #//preemptively moving this to a new post #//apologies griss for the lore dump and massive post

[reddiamondyeet]

i was in the tags but I need to know more about your mastermind oc?? i SO so enjoy the red and diamond aesthetic you gave em (its also fun to look back and see which ocs get the good ol Red Diamond treatment?) oc lore!

I actually drew a lot of my Danganronpa ocs as the mastermind! It was a little art project I was doing (trying to draw all of my Danganronpa ocs as the mastermind) but then kinda gave up on. But the original one (and canon for the little universe I have set up with them) is Ziemaki!

(This man!! V )

I have so much lore for him it's insane.

In order to understand why Ziemaki is the mastermind, you need to understand his backstory. Before Hope's Peak, Ziemaki was always ostracized as a kid, to the point where his only friend for the majority of his childhood was a tree outside his school. One day, a higher-up at his school learned about this and decided to have the tree cut down. Not only so the school could expand, but also so, "That weird tree-hugger will finally have to get some actual friends." Ziemaki was, of course, devastated by this, and at the end of the school year, he followed that higher-up home and planted poison ivy (who he knew the higher-up was deathly allergic to) all around his house in an act of revenge.

Eventually he gets a letter from Hope's Peak claiming he's been scouted as the Ultimate Botanist, he gets his own little greenhouse and everything. It all seems alright (besides the Ultimate Nuclear Technician in the same class) for the first three years, until a Hope's Peak higher-up informs him that they're shrinking the size of the greenhouse to make more space for newer ultimates. He's unable to work out a deal with them and his greenhouse gets significantly sized down. A month or so after, Junko Enoshima from a class a couple years down from Ziemaki approaches him and manages to convince him to join her cause. He joins not for despair, but because he sees a very real possibility of forcing the world to recognize the beauty of plants through it.

He commissions a Monokuma from his classmate Hizzu, who originally designs it to be a companion. Later, once the Remnants of Despair have been created, he gets Kazuichi to install new technology into the Monokuma and reprogram it for his killing game. (Fun Fact! The fact that the Monokuma Ziemaki uses was not originally designed for the killing game is a huge part in the whole killing game falling apart.)

This leads into the event from his killing game. I'll gladly explain what happens if asked, but since this post is already getting very long, I won't include it in this post.

#danganronpa #original character #danganronpa original character #danganronpa oc #oc: ziemaki carasa #it includes my art but that's from a while back #anyway. MASSIVE LORE DUMP #danganronpa spoilers #since there is some lore of the original games in there #this might actually inspire me to complete the mastermind art project I kind of abandoned #fav

[angsty-prompt-hole]

1, 7, and 21 for the ship ask game for whoever you want!

-- @whumperofworlds

I got to thinking about another pairing I have never talked about before, and that is Illyria and Essix, who are side characters in A Hero's Call, but Illyria is one of my main RP characters out of my Cavalier Cove characters. I'm going to answer this for their A Hero's Call versions, which are just slightly different from their CC versions.

1. Describe their first date.

Their first date came after Essix had successfully bothered Illyria so much that she decided that going on a midnight flight across the jungle (they're shapeshifters and both of them take on the form of a bird) with him would be the only way to get him to leave her alone. Lo and behold, she realized about halfway through the date that she actually did like this silly dork of a man, and they had an open an honest conversation about a lot of things, mostly current events because Illyria was at that point a very controversial new arrival to the group they are both a part of called the Guardians.

7. How often do they say “I love you”?

At first, Essix was the only one that said it because Illyria has the emotional maturity of a half eaten bagel, but eventually she starts to say it just as much, if not more than him. She knows she can come off as very cold sometimes, and she doesn't want Essix to ever think that she doesn't love him.

21. Do they enjoy domestic life?

Essix is perfectly fine being a stay at home dad, but I think if Illyria had to live just as a normal family with Essix and their kids, she wouldn't be able to do it. She HAS to have something to do outside of that, and that something is usually serving as a Guardian, which is basically an interdimensional hero for hire of sorts. She loves her family dearly, but she also loves helping people. Not to mention, this is the first time in the history of ever that she has had a life like this, considering her main function has always been her fated eternal battle against Red.

#answered #whumperofworlds #thank you for the ask! #also wow I just realized how much lore there is behind these guys that i have never talked about ever #hopefully this is comprehensible without a massive lore dump

[cinna-bunnie]

fictional or not, dragon lore is always so interesting.

#I'm watching a DS3 lore video on the nameless king bc i wanted to figure out wtf is the dragonslayer armor's deal #but the greater lore around the dragons is SO fucking good and now I'm thinking about dragons lol #i could watch these dark souls/elden ring lore videos by VaatiVidya all day tbh #i LOVE how deep he goes with it. these worlds and their lore already feel huge but #as someone who's only played the third dark souls it rly makes me appreciate how complex and interconnected it is as a series. #sometimes i wonder if the creators ever watch these vids and think “we didn't mean all that but that's a great idea” #or if they watch it and get super happy like YES that is exactly what our subtle storytelling meant. #either way i have So so much respect for ppl who go and put together these lore videos #going as far as to look at game dumps and early releases/cut content and ALL the dialogue and item descriptions #for any one topic the lore is so scattered about and piecing together any single thing seems like such a massive undertaking. #like lmaooo i can't even follow a single questline without pulling up the wiki #a recent rabbit hole i went down too is how there are different times/realities even just DS3 takes place in? #like how in Untended Graves you see a world without light where darkness rules - and in ringed city when ur fighting those #dragons in the base of that big tree that's supposed to be the original firelink shrine and then the shrine u use is maybe The Past? #the past relative to the other shrine from the world where the flame went out w darkness ruling. #idk how the transition works from being in that one dude's garden in ur world to just walking right into the other one but idc. #just say i got twilight zoned or somethn lol. always. very interesting stuff :^} I'm not smart enough to pick up on anything in the moment #but it's SO fun watching what other people pieced together whose whole thing is that they go thru these games thoroughly. #and in a way it makes me not want to stop playing DS/ER bc there's just so much going on here that's so rewarding?? #like. on TOP of the suuper deep lore the gameplay is also just super fun and u get HELLA weapons and special moves #and the modding scene has made some hella streamline tools that are so good these have been the first games I've ever MADE mods for! #like i can't think of any other games that are like this where I'm really encouraged it make it my own with such a helpful and #engaging community. I'm sure there r other games out there that are similarly engaging with deep lore and streamlined modtools #and mod communities but (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠) 1. where?? 2. DS/ER are very beloved to me. #it's funny how little u have to know or do to beat their respective storylines. I've played them both a ton and still know so little. #and when i walk away from these lore vids I'm always like Woah 😵‍💫 yk? anyways.. that's my lil rant :3 back to work now

[saevus-brutalis]

oc interview questions —

██-██ 2077 lead interviewer: [REDACTED] >> main video file corrupted [̲̅███_̲̅_̲̅] 30% partial reconstruction complete. wasn't tagged by anyone but it looked fun so 😌

Name?

V. [The interviewer leans forward, gesticulating for him to continue.] Just V.

Are you single? 

[He rises an eyebrow, clearly not amused. It seems like he was expecting that question.] Yes, but don’t get your hopes up. I’m not interested.

Are you happy? 

Point me to someone that is. But no, can't say that I am.

Are you angry?

[Shrugs] It's a well-known feeling to me. Used to experience it more commonly in the past. There are a lot of things to be angry about. The state of this shithole, ever-rising rent prices, crappy food, even crappier people…

Interviewer: And are you angry right now?

Trust me, you don't want to find out.

Are your parents still married?

[Silence, dark eyes dart to the side, jaw appears to be clenched.] No. Hard to be married if you’re dead. [He shrugs, acting nonchalant.] She never took his last time, didn’t want to be tied down like a dog on a leash. Good for her, honestly. Think she wanted to file for a divorce, too. She was just too late.

Interviewer: Let's start with some basics.

Birthplace?  

Here.

Interviewer: Here?

[Sighs] Night City, born and bred. Grew up here, probably will die here. Corpo Plaza was my playground, not an idea place to rise a kid, but where, here, is really? Haywood was my true training ground. I’ve lived all over - different neighborhoods, states, countries, different military camps. Yet I always find myself back here, back in NC.

Hair color?

Black. All natural. Started graying like 8 years ago maybe, used to try and dye them to hide it, but I gave up after a year or two. Couldn’t be fucking bothered, really. Besides, I’ve heard people were into silver foxes these days.

Eye color?

Used to be green. Had my mother’s eyes. Beautiful shade, people always complimented her. Me too if I’m being honest, always ignored them though. Sometimes I regret ever getting optics. But I had to, it was in the job description. Now I can’t imagine having ‘ganic ones. And I don’t think I could bare her looking back at me every time I stare in the mirror to shave.

Birth day?

November 12th, you can tell I’m a scorpio.

Interviewer: And what year were you born?

2019. Just before the Fourth Corp Wars. Weird times, but I can’t really remember shit aside from the red sky. Put my childhood way behind me. Stopped celebrating my birthday a long time ago too. No one to celebrate with either, aside a handful of friends, but it’s only just beer at my place anyway.

Mood?

Indifferent. Tired, mostly. Nothing a good hookup can’t fix.

Gender?

Born male, identify as a man. It’s not something I really questioned ever. Always have been comfortable with my body and masculinity. Never lost touch with my feminine side though, [He gestures at his painted nails, silver jewelry, piercings, and smudged eye makeup] guess I got it from my ma.

Summer or winter?

Winter, full stop. Ever seen snow? Best shit ever. Too bad it never snows here. Sometimes I wish I stayed on that mountain and never came back. I’d rather freeze there than sweat my balls off in the summer in Cali. Funny, considering I still live here and don’t plan on moving any time soon.

Morning or afternoon?

Early mornings beat everything. Before the sun even rises. It’s calm, quiet, everyone’s still asleep. It’s when I feel the most rested, even when I haven’t slept the whole night. Yoga sesh on the balcony during the sunrise gotta be the best way to start your day.

Interviewer: Not, let's get a little bit more personal. Some listeners are dying to know these questions.

Are you in love?

Yeah. After forty years still am. It’s mostly repressed by now. ‘m trying not to think about that.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Yeah. Fell victim to it four decades ago. It sucks, hurts when shit doesn’t go your way and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, but fuck if it isn’t the best fucking feeling ever in the beginning stage.

Who ended your last relationship? 

We both did. ‘‘twas a mutual decision. We split on good terms. Still got his number on speed dial. We don’t talk much these days, too busy, proud, or butthurt over the whole situation. But we’re still friends, yeah.

Are you afraid of commitments?

Again, who isn’t? Hard to trust people these days, in my line of work especially. Too many secrets, too many money-hungry people willing to take advantage and sell you out for a quick buck. Takes too much time too, committing to someone I mean. If we haven’t known each other for at least a full year I don’t trust you enough to have my number. With some exceptions, of course.

Have you hugged someone within the last week?

Yeah, my friend and ripper. We served two tours together, guy’s been having a rough time lately. Came over with a couple of beers, then couple of beers turned into more beers, and you know what intoxication does to people. Don’t regret it, seemed like both of us needed it.

Have you ever had a secret admirer?

People aren’t too secretive about being a fan - or rather an admirer as you called them - of me online, that’s for sure. Can you believe they’ve made a forum dedicated to me? Yeah, me neither. I don’t know why these kids choose to spend their free time documenting my life, achievements, writing down every piece of clothing I wore and what’s my coffee order, but as long as it’s something as innocent as that I don’t really mind. I don’t have it as bad as some BD stars, I hope at least. Some of the candid pictures they take of me look really good I can give them that. And don’t even get me started about video edits I’ve seen resurface here and there.

Once I had someone send me a package to my private home address, no idea how they found it, glad it was the only instance and it never happened again. If anything I value my privacy and I rather not have an obsessive stalker sending me love letters. Online forums? Be my guest, but don’t go digging too deep, I know my fair share of netrunners.

Have you ever broken your own heart?

Yeah. It was a choice. A stupid one. I could’ve avoided it, but I was young and dumb, a scared nineteen year old. But what’s past is past. Hard to tell if I ever recover but you gotta move forward. I wouldn’t have gotten this far had I been stuck dwelling on the past. There’s not a day I don’t regret doing what I did, the broken heart is very much deserved.

Interviewer: Okay, that was intense. Let's cool off with some light 'this or that' questions.

Love or lust?  

Love, easy. I’m too old to rely on lust, learned that the hard way. In short: been there, done that. All of my hookups were fueled by lust, there was no love there. You can only enjoy lustful relationships so long before it starts wearing you down. It fades quickly, doesn’t fulfill you, makes you feel empty.

Lemonade or iced tea?

Iced tea. It’s the closest thing to iced coffee. And you can always add lemon to your tea. So many types of tea too. Lemonade is too plain and most of the synth stuff tastes like ass anyway.

Cats or dogs?

Cats. Don’t get me wrong I love my dog, love going on a run with him, but I’ve always been a cat person, would choose to reincarnate as one, a black panther perhaps? They seem to like me too, while some dogs snarl and bark. People say I give off tiger vibes, maybe that’s what I was in my past life.

A few best friends or many regular friends? 

A few best friends. You can never be too careful picking who you choose to hang out with, trust enough to lower your guard. Too many fake people, all too eager to stab you in the back when you’re least expecting it. Lived long enough to know, when it comes to people - the less is better.

Wild night out or romantic night in?

Mix of both you can say. My job gives me enough wildness as is. In NC everything happens fast, so a chill night in is a nice change of pace. It’s more private too. But I won’t say no to blowing shit up in the air or wild chases with the cops - that’s what a good night out is, right?

Day or night?

Night. There’s a reason I’ve stayed in NC as long as I did - it’s the city lights. There ain’t nothing more beautiful than Nigh City, well… at night. The air is cooler, you can’t see the grime and smog, only the neon lights. It’s when the freaks come out, it’s when you can get your hands on the best food, best drugs, best guns. Nighttime here has its charm and it definitely charmed me.

Interview: Now for the classics. Have you ever...

Been caught sneaking out?

When I still lived with my dad, sure, a couple of times. It was my stepmom who would always catch me, my dad more rarely, he was out of the house most of the time, always working late shifts. Chalice she… Was always home, monitoring me ever since she moved in. It was hard in the beginning but once I had figured out her schedule it was much easier to sneak out, especially at night.

When I was in boarding school maybe once or twice, but never again after that. It’s where I mastered the art of not getting caught. And as you can see - it worked, I’m still here.

Fallen down/up the stairs?

My room was downstairs, never had any reason to go up to my parents' bedroom, especially after my mom passed. Definitely did when I was a kid, now not really. I trip sometimes over my cat when walking down the stairs but never fall down. The artificially boosted reflexes are a lifesaver.

Wanted something/someone so badly it hurt?

Someone, rather than something. Nowadays if I want something I just get it and if I can’t, I get over it. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be mine. But I did, I did want someone bad, still do. And yes, it still hurts.

Wanted to disappear?

More times than I can recall. It’s a constant thought, something I’m going over with my counsellor every now and again. I did disappear for a few years back in 2046 - went totally off the radar. It wasn’t planned or anything. Pretty sure I was pronounced legally dead by the time I came back in 2051. Sometimes I do wish to leave, have any trace of me wiped, I feel like I’ve done enough damage here.

Interviewer: Now, for those who still have their hopes up, despite you saying you’re not looking for a relationship. Tell me…

Smile or eyes?

Smile. The eyes can be changed, switched and swapped. Too many Kiroshi models available on the market to count.

Shorter or taller? 

Pretty much everyone is shorter than me. I prefer people close to my size. As long as I don’t have to physically bend to be on the head level with someone, its alright. However I do prefer tall people, someone I can look in the eyes.

Intelligence or attraction?

It’s all about vibes, man. I can be into a dumb hot himbo as much as into a mildly attractive genius, babbling about quantum physics like it’s his entire personality. If the conversation’s flowing and you’ve piqued my interest I don’t care for neither, as long as the sex is good.

Hook-up or relationship?

Both, neither. Hookups get the job done. It’s nice while it lasts. Clouds work for me too, it’s just a transaction, no feelings, zero expectations. Relationships on the other hand - I got burned too many times. Been in two serious ones and I don’t think I have the strength for another one. Not for a while at least.

Interviewer: You don't talk much about your family, do you? Mind if I ask you a few questions about them?

Do you and your family get along?

No. I’ve gone no contact since I got my first job and moved out at 21. It’s not like they bothered to reach out either. Dad died in ‘69. Wasn’t welcomed to his funeral but I went anyway, wanted to see the dead bastard one last time. He’s still out there somewhere, copied his psyche onto a shard; some corps have him stashed away behind sealed doors.

Was never close with my dad’s side of the family, definitely wasn’t close with his latest spouse. Never knew my grandparents or my mom’s cousins, all lived in Geneva, not once have they visited the States. My mom’s older brother on the other hand - the black sheep of the family - met him a few times, we don’t keep in contact however. He shut down after her death, scurrying off to the Badlands, cooking skiff is his trailer. He’s alright, one last person I can call family, really. Besides my stepsister. She’s the only person I truly get along with, only family member I care for. Never knew I had a sister until she turned 7. We keep in contact daily.

Would you say you have a “messed up life”?

Yes. Definitely. Climbing to the top of the food chain takes a lot of sacrifices. Still question if it all was worth it.

Have you ever run away from home?

Yeah. Went through my rebel teenage era, running away for a few day and crashing at my friend’s house or my then-boyfriend’s camp. I would do and go anywhere to just be out of the house. I was a total edge-lord back then.

Have you ever gotten kicked out?

Technically yes, by my dad when he sent me away to the boarding school. But no, not really.

Interviewer: What about your friends? Even a dangerous veteran solo like yourself must have someone to drink beers with.

Do you secretly hate one of your friends?

A part of me hates a some part of them. I think it’s only normal. But no, why would I be friends with someone I hate.

Do you consider all of your friends good friends? 

Sure, most of them yeah. We’re all totally different people with different goals and ambitions, but they stuck long enough to be considered good friends.

Who is your best friend? 

Was. Mickey. Miss the bastard every day, I carry his dog tag with me at all times. Rache is next line even if we don’t talk much. I guess the military can really bond two people together.

Who knows everything about you?

No one. I guess I tell Felix a lot of stuff, but there are a lot of gaps I keep to myself. Rogue claims to know everything about me, found my real birth certificate after all, but even she can’t know the whole story. No one, but the people involved, know what happened between 2046 and 2051. And I plan on keeping it that way.

#can you tell he's not very talkative #lore dump lore dump #when i feel anxious i work on lore and dissociate 🥴 #enjoy this absolutely massive post #tag: vincent e. vahn #oc: vincent elijah vahn

[goldenworldsabound]

Hi!! for ur ask game, Corruption for whoever is available to answer :) no pressure

The question is much appreciated. I don't think any of us were asked such a hard hitting question yet. I'm going to snatch this one up before the others can get their hands on it. It isn't that I'm eager to answer such a thing, per se...but I am eager for them not to answer it.

Corruption - have you and your partner ever gotten into an argument? How was it resolved?

We have had a few arguments. The advent of Meteorfall brought on circumstances and stresses that neither of us had ever conceived of. Prior to that...I don't think we'd really had a single one. The most telling, and the one that made me realize how deeply they cared about me was...

The one regarding the death Kilmonger. Kilmonger was an ex-Shinra scientist. Aura despised him, as did I, and with good reason. Kilmonger had kidnapped me. It was his exhaustions that led me to fall prey to the geostigma. But you must understand - he had been researching a cure for it. So I funded that research in the hopes that it would pan out.

Aura was incensed. It was painful to see how much she hated that man, even as I hated him myself. Our anger was different - theirs, an open, throbbing wound, and mine a cold chill. I couldn't throw away a piece I could make use of. Aura found it difficult to accept.

There were small squabbles, of course, though Aura mostly dropped it, understanding my logic rationally, despite how she felt. One day, after Kilmonger had made it clear to me he would not find a cure...a gun found it's way into the hands of one of his victims, and a bullet found it's way into his chest. As far as I was concerned, that was the end of it.

But Aura...could not accept that either.

"I wanted to kill him."

That was what she told me. They were right to suspect that I had a hand in the distribution of the gun to the correct location. But I was shocked. I had never expected to hear such words from them. I never wanted to hear such words from them. The conflict, and it's core, is that they would do anything for me.

And I don't want them to have to.

In the end, what was done was done. There was nothing I could do to change that, even if I wanted to. I did not want to. And I made that clear in no uncertain terms - I did not, and still do not, want them to have to dirty their hands anymore on my behalf, no matter how willing they may be.

Never.

#laid bare before you #faves take tumblr #f/ovember #massive lore dump for the ship in the post Meteorfall world actually

[jackiebrackettt]

what the fuck. what the fuck. like whatever whatever it’s all there it’s like. it’s all there

#very tentative project is me editing all of vods8-12 into a 1hr-ish lore dump #very tentative bc the translating will be a massive project since idk brpt that well