#The Forge of Wonders

[ceruleanfuckup]

I'm so excited for my D&D campaign

#i ran one in this world for two and a half years where everything is ravaged by dragons #but now theres been a somewhat revolution because one of the only surviving major cities was impulsively conquered by my players #so things have been shaken up a lot and now they have a holiday because they brought i think three gods to earth at once #two of my players became the vessels of the gods of light and darkness and duked it out and fast forward a year or two #and their hold on the economic powerhouse of the continent is solidified and they have partnered with an organization #that specualizes in magical artifacts from every concievable reality #and my NEW campaign is people hired by this organization #The Forge of Wonders #they have this entirely greyed out library full of strange books that when you pick them up gain color and you can read their spines #and these books are stories. theyre fairy tales. theyre pirate adventures. theyre dragon babysitting. theyre demon apocalypses. #and these stories are worlds. theyre stories in truth. and my players have been hired to dive into the stories and retrieve Thing #for the forge of wonders #which means i get to make WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT BITCHES #i get to be so fucking impulsive with my story crafting #and im not going to balance anything correctly. theyre just going to have to assume from the summary in the front page if its doable #demon apocalypse? probably outside of our level. gnome tinkerers? probably not too bad #and ill have prebuilt stories and something theyre taked with retrieving and they get to choose which onr yhey do #anyways the forge of wonders started as a magic shop that only accepted platinum (1000 gold) as currency so they did a lot of shopping ther #i just took that old document full of crazy magical items and i tweaked it and molded it and added to it and the new version is 33 pages 🥰 #thats what ive been doing at work the past three days lol #dnd #my dnd

[copias-juicebox]

Merry Christmas Ghesties. 🤍🎄

#i wish you all a wonderful time with your loved ones. #may you all find a copia shaped present under your trees and have a nice and relaxed time #heres some tender father with a cute lil christmas hat #i wish i could have found some copia videos with a christmas hat or the beard thing he wore once #tobias forge #ghost band #papa emeritus #ghesties #ghost sweden #the band ghost #copia #myedit #ghost #papa emeritus iv #tutti frutti #tender father #mr ghost

[sausage-rolll]

I always find it particularly funny when people say that Ranni is just manipulating the player and that she’s using them as a means to a much more nefarious secret end, because if you actually pay attention to the game and character then one thing becomes abundantly clear.

Ranni literally cannot lie to save her life.

No seriously, she’s a cunning mastermind but she is a fucking terrible liar. When a random tarnished comes looking for her and accuses her of the assassination of Godwyn, she just goes “yeah? And what of it?” as if she’s not admitting to being the one behind the biggest act of heresy in known history. That's not something you should just say to people, least of all a tarnished!

You get her alone with you and within seconds she’s rambling about her plan, her past, her family, her friends that she adores with all of her heart, how you’re actually a lot like them, nevermind forget that last part please-

Sorry to burst the bubble of all the nihilist theorists out there that really want age of stars to secretly be a bad ending but if Ranni was planning anything nefarious with her godhood then I’m willing to bet that she wouldn’t be able to keep quiet about it until the end of her questline.

#It’s a fucking wonder the night of the black knives actually succeeded with the way she speaks to people #Radahn: Ah dearest brother and sister! What brings thou both to the capital? #Ranni: Oh. Nothing special brother. Just stealing the concept of death from uncle Maliketh to forge into god slaying blades. #Radahn: YOU’RE DOING WHAT- #It’s like heresy is her hyperfixation or something. #elden ring #ranni #ranni the witch

[lotus-pear]

made the worst decision of my life and decided to swap creative outputs w my dearest friend (a writer) for funsies and long story short she is making me write a bsd skk fic

#it’s a hunger games au btw. if any of u care #lowkey only two sentences in and i alr feel like quitting #she is paying me thirty bucks tho‼️ so i will persevere #make sure this is the finest piece of literature i have ever forged from the mines within the depths of my mind #some of u must be wondering what i made her do.i was merciful. i only told her to draw every character in bsd. full body. fully rendered. #come to think of it i should’ve just made her draw the promo art for this fic BUT TOO LATE FOR THAT #i’m in hell rn my heart goes out to all writers ♥️ u guys go through sm

[emry-stars-art]

Hello! I just wanted to say your art is gorgeous and I love the attention to detail you give to your work! This royal au is scrumptious and I'm so grateful you shared it with us! Second, for Jean's role, I was wondering what you thought about making him a blacksmith? It would make him useful for Riko without having any power (not a guard, etc.)but also give a reason for Jeremy to seek him out (and get swept off his feet), perhaps once he's escaped and is in Palmetto. Feel free to ignore tho!😊

IGNORE THE MENTAL IMAGE OF BIG POWERFUL BLACKSMITH JEAN MOREAU? SAFE IN THE UNNAMED TROJAN KINGDOM, BULKING UP AND FEELING ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE WORK OF HIS HANDS??? I WILL NOT

I’ve been really invested in the idea of the “perfect court” now that we’re in a royal au, and since Kevin and Riko were both technically royalty, Nathaniel was/had the potential to be a noble, I think Jean should also be high end?? Like while at Evermore they all have different duties right, maybe Jean was an attendant to Riko or something. Whatever he was there, we know he wasn’t treated well. Probably not allowed to pursue his own interests, just like everyone else.

But Kevin and Nathaniel both escape, and they find new jobs that fulfill them. So Jean should as well!! He gets to the Trojan kingdom, probably with the help of Renee still (which is. A whole thing about politics and family lines in this au strangely enough) and he doesn’t have to be a noble anymore if he doesn’t want to. He’s probably already renounced his nobility in the way he left Evermore. I don’t doubt Jeremy, who I’m imagining as another prince because that’s the image my brain gave me, would hesitate to reinstate him as Trojan nobility if Jean asked (as long as it’s far enough down the timeline obviously). Instead, Jean kind of slides under the radar, and once he’s all settled he finds work in the smithy. And he really enjoys it! He feels stronger and healthier and he gets to make such amazing things, he doesn’t even have to make weapons if he doesn’t want to. The workers all choose their own specialties and jobs, filling in gaps as needed

Then one day the royal family or the prince is making rounds, coming to see how things are running, and Jeremy is kind of wondering if he’s seen this blacksmith before? Like he’s pretty sure that’s a familiar face, but he definitely would have remembered seeing someone like him around the kingdom before now, so he brushes it off.

(Really he’s seen Jean Moreau at summits and other large gatherings, only once or twice. Back when Jean was much less healthy and when he still tried to make himself smaller to fit into Riko’s shadow. So yes he recognizes the face; but this is a much different man than the person he saw across grand halls.)

And for my lovely jerejean enjoyers: if Jean ends up talking to or in close proximity of the prince, for whatever reason? Jeremy can definitely blame his red cheeks on the heat of the forges 💫

Sliding a couple process pics under the cut

(Find the royal au writing masterpost here 💕)

#EVERYONE HAS COLLECTIVELY LOST THEIR MINDS ABOUT BLACKSMITH JEAN. #my discord and instagram specifically #and i kinda really gotta agree #💫forearms💫 #this man is POWERFUL #something something he wasnt allowed to be to be too gentle OR too big in evermore #his build was undeniable but he slouched #he kept his presence in a neat box #but now he is EVEN BROADER #and DOESNT HAVE TO HIDE HIMSELF #being his size in a forge can be handy! hes allowed to be proud of it!! #AND HE CAN BE THE GENTLE GIANT I BELIEVE HE CAN BE #okay dont mind me #just know #this was a wonderful ask #“everyone liked that” #oh god wait. i gotta give jean long hair #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #jean moreau #jeremy knox #royal au #asks

[samarecharm]

i love makoto so much but fanon does her so much better (the good parts of the fandom) because in the game her character is so lack luster. they butchered her confidant it is so borning and not even about her. they made her a cop. A COP. they pushed this "canon waifu" role onto her (before sumire came along and did it Even Worse). and it SUCKS because SHE IS SO MUCH MORE!!! SHE IS SO MUCH BETTER!!!! SHE COULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER!!! the way i feel about canon makoto is the same way i feel about the canon ryuji events post komoshida where he's horribly mistreated and used purely as comic relief: i ignore them <3 my game now <3 never happened <3 my ocs <3

You are so right. I generally apply this to all characters in p5 bc the game does such a shit job of staying consistent with character arcs and personalities. Theres a desperate need to throw in perverse jokes at the expense of female characters and a need to show that the police (as a whole) are reliable people who are not influenced by things like money and power; only the BAD cops do that. Not to mention this obvious fatphobia and homophobia but i feel likes thats a given.

But back to Makoto. Shes a victim of bad writing just like everyone else. Ryuji during the kamoshida arc was fighting with self loathing and genuine anxiety, and aside from the like. One comment on Panthers outfit in the metaverse, hes more than well behaved. All of that is shelved as soon as Kamoshida is gone and replaced with him being weird comic relief (and the focus of alot of sexual jokes that were nonexistent in the beginning of the game). Anns arc about self love and empowerment is completely dropped as soon as the nasty bad guy is put away (so that its good to be weird about her w the Good Guys). Makoto loses her a chunk of her personality to be the mature waifu which is INSANE to me bc shes like. Not okay or normal at all 😭😭😭 she THINKS shes responsible and so does everyone else on her team, but its an act! She doesnt know shit! And she doesnt know that she doesnt know shit bc shes respectful and adults dont care about anything as long as u respect them!

Its very telling that for literally every single thief (and goro), you can see the exact moment the writers gave up on adding anything of worth to their characters outside of the social links. Its like they didnt know what to even do w the characters at their disposal after their main arcs were complete. No mention of friends hanging out without you, no mention of having group hangouts. Everyone is treated as a core, important member of the friend group DURING their arc, but outside of it, they are acquaintances at best. Theres nothing in the game that convinces you that these guys are legitimately friends who care for each other and do Friend Things. And i describe it like that bc there IS a game that treats them all as friends, and its strikers! Strikers/Scramble genuinely feels like the game p5 wanted to be; a road trip w your team where they stay up at night talking to each other and hanging out and doing things together that dont necessarily include you, the player. Its refreshing and lovely but it sucks that u get that kind of attention to detail in a ‘spinoff’ title

#chattin #i hesitate to use spinoff bc its a pretty big game #and theres an amazing plot with wonderful characterization #and their handling of jails and jail owners is LEAGUES better than the bs they tried to make up w palace users #and all the thieves feel like family. and not in the annoying fandom way; like #were family in the same way a family is forged and tended to. i love you. no one is left behind. no one is made to feel inferior another #its really good and honestly if u want more interactions between everyone i really recommend a playthrough #but yeah #p5 sucks #i love it but i love the version of it i made in my head LMAO #maybe p5r did a better job w the dialogue and some questionable scenes #(i wouldnt know. i didnt play it lol) #so maybe thats what people need to be using as a point of reference #but i only plyed p5 so this is what i have; a group of people who show up for meetings and then go about their life #and that kinda sucks. why make this wholly unique experience in which these teens can only relate to each other #make them bonded over their shared experience w this unbelievable world #and then not only make them NOT interact; but have the end be ‘okay by akira.’ and leave it at that #they just. didnt know what to do w anyone #they needed their girls to be waifubait and the boys to be an afterthought #they needed a buffet of older woman for pathetic men to fuck through their self insert #and they needed a story convoluted enough to keep people stuck trying to figure it out themselves #its bad. its so bad. its so fucking bad. but i have to be here. WE have to be here. #bc who else is going to take these characters out of hell and treat them right ??!!!

[bubblewrapjunkie]

I HAD A GOOD DAY TODAY

#bubblewrapjunkie #and #tobias forge #IN THE SAME PICTURE #he was so sweet so gracious so wonderful 🥹

[maxsnowdrift]

So many ways to wear a piece of fabric…

#burrows end #dimension 20 #d20 fanart #hero forge #stupendous stoats #wonderful weasels #ava burrows end #tula burrows end #thorn burrows end #thorn vale #Lila burrows end #jaysohn #karate Jaysohn #Jaysohn burrows end #viola burrows end #last bast #the bast of us #aabria iyengar #brennan lee mulligan #izzy roland #isabella roland #erika ishii #jasper william cartwright #rashawn scott #rashawn nadine scott #siobhan thompson

[saints-who-never-existed]

Dave K on David Young and the Netsilik Shaman

"And it was really important that that scene was not about the shaman being terrifying. Young’s reaction was terrified but we wanted to make sure we didn’t shoot the shaman as a terrifying figure...

...exactly like what we were trying to avoid, which is, 'oh shit, that is a scary figure'...

...this is not about the shaman being a terrifying horror trope, this is about a young man having learned that Inuit people are savages, and it’s so important to have a different energy on the reverse angles, and we only get that if the shaman himself is a curious, neutral presence."

#The Terror #The Terror AMC #Terror Q&As #Terror Script #Netsilik Shaman #David Young #Really intrigued by all of this at the minute #Two strangers meeting and death being the thing that links them #Both in that David Young is actively dying #(Perhaps that makes it easier somehow for the Shaman to reach out and forge a connection with him - who know?) #And that the Shaman himself is destined to die on the very same table #I also note in the script that the Shaman is specifically described as standing in 'a posture of waiting' #With eyes that 'twinkle with concern and curiosity' #What then is he waiting for I wonder?

[poolsidescientist]

Master Eiji is two things to Mizu: a parental figure and an artist. He has a great respect for sword making, it's a process and a labour and it comes from both body and soul. Swords are weapons yes, but they're also the soul of the samurai. It's funny how Mizu's potential actual father, Abijah Fowler masters the arts (paining, woodblock, etc.) in technical terms but has a deep disdain for art. He considers them a waste of time and while Master Eiji puts time and effort and love into what he creates, Fowler has no love and resents that he has time and energy to spare for the arts he uses to pass the time. Mizu grew up with Eiji's philosophy in life and now will likely have to learn from Fowler on her way to London. Master Eiji may be the angel on Mizu's shoulder but Abijah Fowler is most certainly the devil. It'll be interesting to see how much influence over her he ends up having now that they're stuck dealing with each other for the next while.

#blue eye samurai #I guess Eiji and Fowler are kinda narrative foils #it is interesting how Eiji lost his sight in a fire #I wonder if he was perhaps on his own revenge quest #perhaps we will get backstory #I guess one possible ending is that Mizu gets her revenge and perhaps like sword father gets blinded in the process #perhaps she will go back to the forge after discovering the real father is the sword maker she met along the way #and fowler very much does not see revenge as an art so I wonder how his perspective might affect Mizu

[logicalalo]

There was a trend on Twitter to post your first otome crush and your most recent, so here they are.

They are probably looking at the TikTok edits I have saved (silenced).

#my forged wedding #virche evermore #shuuen no virche #my forged wedding yamato #virche yves #voltage inc #otomate #otome #my art #I wonder what it says about me lol

[banmitbandit]

he thinks he’s wonderful.

#Data Soong #Data Star Trek #geordi la forge #daforge #star trek the next generation #first time drawing these two be gentle #i wanted to caption this with something really poignant #like how they see 'what it means to be human' in eachother #emotion and love and laughter in data #and ingenuity and tenacity and perseverance in geordi #or something about showing a blind man every delicate and vulnerable part of yourself #and trusting him after everyone else has treated you horribly #but honestly i just think #he thinks he's wonderful. #my art

[user1286]

cna you draw THE LADY from god of war ragarog 🤤

Im SO sorry this took so long she's so hard to draw lol😭

I TRIED FJDAJF I hope she looks good, and even if she doesn't it was still a good learning experience for me and coloring anyway so 😭

Anyway she's so fucing fineee

#yas queen slay #lady of the forge #lady of the forge god of war #gow #god of war #gow ragnarok #does anyone else wonder abt her origin?? im so interested #if anyone has any idea headcanon or theory whatever do tell in my ask box or whatever #i'd fucing love to hear #my poopis #request bingy :p

[disturbnot]

i've been taking a little time off-dash to devote more energy to activism for palestine, but rest assured i am indeed still here. in fact, tomorrow is a very special day for me, ash, this whole au, and this blog. tomorrow isn't just halloween, it's also my official 13th anniversary with ash and the pkmn omens au ( working title for shan canon / the shanmarillion ) sometimes i really have to sit and digest that; thirteen entire years dedicated to the same character and the same project. i wouldn't change a day of it, despite all the crap ash and i have been through together, he has brought me so much joy, helped me to learn so much about myself and the world around me, and has connected me with so, SO many incredible people. and i fully anticipate to keep it up for another thirteen years and beyond. hopefully i will have some new doodles or writing to celebrate the occasion, and i invite you all to celebrate with me, too. one love, dear friends 💖 as always, raise hell, praise ash! 🤘⚡

#ooc tag tba . #to think i am also still very close with the very first tumblr mutual ash ever had. over 10 years of friendship #so so so many lasting friendships forged. all through this doofus. how wonderful. how sacred a thing #so much love to you all. whether you've been here with me for years or just a few days. have a blessed one folks xoxo

[matchandelure]

i fear that the undercover top secret government assassins are growing on me (cp9)

#I HAD ZERO THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM AT FIRST #IN FACT I WAS DEVASTATED THAT THE WATER 7 QUARTET WERE ACTUALLY CP9 #BUT THEN??????? I READ CP9'S INDEPENDENT REPORT AND. I!?!??!?@?!? #the thoughts are endless ive been having one piece dreams every night for the past few days and they have all been cp9 related the brainrot #is so bad. i am sodgjkadhg #i love one piece there are so many characters with each new arc i get to i get some new characters to obsess over i love it i feel so alive #ive been fighting tooth and nail avoiding spoilers for the latest episode BUT GOD IM SO SO TEMPTED TO. TAKE A PEEK #anyways last night i was once again doing a wiki deep dive and i found some silly things on cp9's pages #JABRA AND LUCCI ARE THE SAME HEIGHT!!!!! THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY #CAN YOU IMAGINE?!?!?! the kid you've had beef with since he was 13 (maybe even earlier since lucci alreayd knew him when he was 6) who you #used to have a whole head over is now at eye level with you i would actually be so embarrased #KAKU IS FROM EAST BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS OS IMPORTANT ACTUALLY!! THE MOST IMPORATNT FACT EVER!!!!!!!!!!! #so he knows the strawhats are...also from the east blue right?!? right??????! and ik the wg steals these kids early on to train them so i #doubt he has lingering attachments to his home sea but i still think this so both so so sad and so important :'(( #also not getting over how oda's depiction of tiny kaku has him holding a toy boat BC ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!?! ARE YOU K IDDING ME #kalifa and jabra's favourite dishes are both lamb based!!!!!!!!! silly because her animal motif is a sheep haha #BUT ALSO considering how her father was also cp9 and she's probably been conditioned since birth to also follow his footsteps and how jabra #holds seniority in the current lineup id like to think that these two have known each other a very long time and there were influences #the most dysfunctional fcked up family ever. cp9 #blueno and jabra are both from the north blue!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that one falshbakc we see that the two of them plus 6year old lucci trained #together but also it would be so fcked up if the two actually knew of each other before being roped into the governemnt #idk how the wg works do they just??? routinely scout around and pick up a bunch of kids ata time???? were jabra and blueno taken together?? #also wondering if ... kalifa jabra and kumadori knew each other the longest as fellow agents or soemthing #i feel like im entertaining a gazillion thoughts all at once its so hard ot balance but we know both kalifa nad kumadori have #parents in the governemnt/assassin profession that also influenced them right #idk maybe one thing they can bond over #cp9 to me is just a fucked up family of some sort. they are not found family they are like some weird forged family where they were all #forced together and somehow made it work and they all love lucci and care for his wellbeing enough to raise all that money to get him to a #doctor and they cared about each other enough to get off enies lobby together without leaving anyone behind and they went cafe hopping and #shopping and bowling together and they all care for each other in their own way

[copias-juicebox]

sick, lying in bed and watching mr. ghosts interviews.

#literally i‘ve never watched many of them.. just knew some clips #and honestly i am falling in live more and more with him #he literally is such an intelligent and well spoken person #and he has such a wonderful mindset and just knows whats up #i can‘t help but be in awe each time he opens his mouth. #ghost #ghost band #tobias forge #tender father #mr. ghost #persönlich