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frontierpodiatrist · 9 months

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arven/nemona hc rambling (mostly arven)

back at it again with my "deep in the blorbo pit" (tag someone left on another post of mine; thought it was really funny) type posts about arven and nemona's parallels (and then in comparison to the rest of the quartet) and more about their relationships to their parental figures

i have a sort of fondness for transfem arven hcs, though i have very specific arven hcs and interpretations specific to violet-verse, and parallels with nemona i was thinking about earlier that i want to talk about

smth which i see in a lot of ppl's arven timeskip designs is that he has facial hair, something that i firmly disagree with...bc i feel like he wouldn't want to look like turo. he's already very resembling of him, which after his death, i'm sure would haunt him anytime he looked at himself in the mirror, lending to a sort of disconnect and self-esteem issues about his appearance. i feel like in violet-verse, arven would have a lot of hang-ups about traditional masculinity. turo is very traditionally masculine in appearance, in the behaviour that we witness though perhaps not purposefully (being aloof, uncaring, strict, arrogant, powerful, etc.), and arven has very strong and negative complex feelings towards his parent that abandoned him and he was previously led to believe didn't care about him. even after coming to terms with a narrative that clashes with his own, i feel like this wouldn't necessarily dissipate my personal hc is that juliana is the protagonist, bc i find the juxtaposition of arven being the only boy in the group interesting, especially in violet-verse where he has such negative associations with the only man he really knows (outside of saguaro, who is more "effeminate" in his likes and actions, and is insecure about, something i'm sure imprinted on arven). and i also find it interesting IRT his relationship with penny especially, who i strongly id as transfem herself. while he is most friendly/comfortable with juliana, due to her being a stranger unaware of his father when she arrives, he relates the most to penny on a number of factors. in this disconnect you could interpret that he has with masculinity, or male figures in his life, hearing about her father and her experience would probably be very interesting to him i feel like it's pretty heavily implied arven has identity issues because of his parent's (in this case his father's) reputation overshadowing anything about him as an individual, to the point he feels he needs to become famous of his own accord to wipe away their influence on how people see him. he doesn't really have anything he considers his own, or defining him, up until postgame when he finally settles upon cooking, though previously he thought it only a hobby. if you interpret his relationship with saguaro as very close, it's possible this is him emulating the only adult in his life really that he feels a connection with, as well. i also hc that turo was disillusioned with people, the Robot Autism and disillusioned with being human which is why he was obsessed with the future and the idea of "surpassing humanity" -> passed onto arven who struggles with his own identity as a result That being said, IRT his disconnection to gender as well, arven feels very...big brother-ly (especially in japanese) or mom friend-y, as well as cutesy and having a very strangely cute but also weird way of talking in japanese that is sort of conveyed in english. i feel like arven has a lot of hang-ups on parenting, and family. he feels like the type of person who would want a family, or kids in the future, but that due to his upbringing would struggle with the idea of being a "father", or a "mother" for that matter. but then has anxiety about being a parent at all, or the idea of a traditional family unit. aside from saguaro (who appears very "masculine" like turo, but in personality, is the complete opposite), all of arven's friends are girls. his entire support network now, is mostly girls, the only ones he feels are there for him. growing up all he had was his turbulent father, leading to some sort of complex of boys = bad, girls = good Now, about Nemona.

i'm sure anyone who likes nemona knows the whole nemo = nobody thing, etc. i think it's fairly obvious as well, that she struggles to find an identity outside of battling. unlike arven, her family isn't the only thing to her, but it's as if they were never really there at all. but you know who was? geeta. she follows geeta's advice and beliefs almost exactly, never acting outside of them because she seems so desperate for her approval and acknowledgement, because geeta is in her mind the only person who has ever validated her existence or given her something to work for. even a lot of her personality feels like it was mapped onto geeta, she will remind herself mid-battle how geeta ought to act, how a "champion" ought to act, and model that she's student council president, she's a champion, she's got great grades, she's an overachiever—and geeta is chairwoman of both the "school" and the "league", two things nemona has both, in the eyes of others, conquered. much like arven, i feel that without battling, without geeta's influence, nemona might not have much of a sense of self either, mapping pretty much all of her identity onto hers

in a sort of strange turn of events (aside from the protagonist, who is essentially a blank slate), it feels as if penny has the strongest sense of identity b/w the four of them, she knows what she wants, she has friends and a social circle outside of this group, she carved an identity for herself, she doesn't seem to imprint or map onto any particular adult or person other than herself. and in a way, you might be able to map this to the fact that unlike the other two, she had a loving and guiding parent to help her form her own identity (even in spite of all the bullying and other things she went through), where the other two did not. she had a support network

#pokemon arven #pokemon nemona #pokemon geeta #professor turo #pokemon penny #champion geeta #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon headcanons #arven pokemon #nemona pokemon #deep in the blorbo post indeed.....

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fichtfoxfuchs · 4 months

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Fandom asks: 3, 5, 6 & 23! ^^ You can skip any if you don't have anything to say or don't want to answer to! /gen

Oh, lovely, LOVELY picks !

Thank you so, so MUCH Madness for the ask, and for the challenging picks :D I shall do my best to answer them, but I am so happy and hyped ! It might cover fandoms you are not interested in, but I hope the answers will interest you and the post will be enjoyable !!!!!!

Let's begin !

3. A character that fandom has helped you appreciate

Wesson (Rod's character in the Dirty Gary short movie !). I wasn't that involved with the character in itself because while I just appreciated and loved watching Rod in an acting gig, I didn't love the character to the extend of wanting to write about him. But fandom indeed happened, and working on a common project with a friend and discussing the character with another, they made me appreciate him more and more, and now he is one of my numerous blorbos XD

5. Something you see in fics a lot and love

It's so simple but yet so lovely, and it's just reading people's takes on my favorite ships. I love to see how many shapes love between characters can take, be them deep friendships, QRPs, enemies to lovers, boyfriends. I just love reading my favorite men being tender with each other, I love softness. I think I wanna indulge in soft romance shots from the near future, I don't know why, but I feel like I need it XD But yeah. I love seeing love win, no matter its shapes. This is the most wonderful part of fanfiction me thinks.

6. Something you see in art a lot and love

Dramatic situations (I am a sucker for drama, I don't know if you noticed XD /j), poetry, and on drawings, I am just in awe with watercolors. I'd love to make art with watercolors. It is similar to watercolors, but I just love seeing the work on colors from artists. I think it's a beautiful hobby to draw, and I love seeing people's art and fanarts because it is a rendition of their love and appreciation for life/for a media, I just dig it, ya know. And poetry is something I wanna achieve also, because I find so many things absolutely beautiful and I wanna share my feelings and my love for them. Poets have my deepest admiration to be honest. As well as artists.

Writers too. I just don't think of myself belonging in the artsy writers league. Would kill to be able to write things that are art. But I don't know how people do that XD

23. The fandom you're curious about because of a mutual

And it's actually a Tumblr mutual who has posted about that fandom for weeks on end at some point, and it just caught my interest, and I'd love to read the manga. The fandom in question is Bleach, and they got me curious enough to want to read the manga XD

I hope the answers are still enjoyable even tho it's not necessarily about fandoms that you like yourself. Thank you again so fucking MUCH for sending these questions, they were quite challenging ! My answers on art isn't really fandom related, but hey XD I do what I want XD

Thank you again so much, it was fun :D

#answering mcrmadness #It's not a long post but I am still happy with my answers. Got so hyped and delighted to receive these questions :D #You chose well. Very well if I may say so :D

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katyspersonal · 1 year

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1 and 2 for Logarius

3 And 4 for Maria

5 and 6 for Caryll

8, 9, and 10 for Bloody Crow (he gets three because he’s my blorbo)

Oh well, this will be a bit of a ride, huh? But thank you!

(Asks from this ( x ) meme)

Logarius/Rogeriusz

1) What would their social media page/activity be like

Hypocrite on main, nuff said. Would post plenty of short posts "spreading some positivity", encouraging others to be kind and good, some wise thoughts etc. Often some fake-deep quotes plastered on aesthetic pictures of nature. Sometimes they're ACTUALLY deep thoughts. But his comments section is the utter Hell as most of the comments are people sharing something bad he did/said earlier and calling him out on being hypocrite. The funniest part is that he doesn't moderate his comments section at ALL - never bothers to block any users or retort or just close the darn section! Granted, there are plenty of white knights that defend him in the comments. Every darn post has like 5k comments worth of online battlefield djfsdds

2) What animal they remind me of

For some reason, this is ram!

I tried to disconnect from cold aesthetic because that's Cainhurst stuff, but I keep saying that he is 'just evil Ludwig', haha. So he feels like a hooved animal for me, but whereas Ludwig is indeed like a stallion himself, Logarius would need to be an animal who is associated with both stubbornness (to a fault, because Gold Ardeo symbolises being a total blockhead determined to crash everyone who you deem impure) and majesty. I think their horns ARE pretty graceful!

Maria

3) My thoughts on their design/aesthetic alone

Alright, if I completely empty my head from all lore and just look at her... For some reason, overall impression on her design is no very... 'impressive' for me? She indeed wears a costume of a fighter prioritising agility over defence, and seems like just a blonde, and is indeed a woman with sword(s)... Like this is indeed a female action figure, sure? However, it is all in the DETAILS. It is when I look at filigree on her clothes, and how she is not just blonde but actually ashy blonde, and how pretty her pale eyelashes against dark eyeshadow, and how beautiful that green brooch looks against white collar, and take closer look at her eyes. THEN I actually appreciate her and think she is very beautiful! From what I know, many people were absolutely swayed by her merely appearing instantly, so I am not sure why it was different for me? I think her design is good enough, but the REAL beauty of it all lurks in intricate and elegant details for me!

4) Physical headcanons (sleeping habits, favourite food, all that)

She's is the type to have trouble falling asleep without some sort of audible stimulation. It has to be something - humming, burning wood in the fireplace, someone reading and shuffling pages, all that. Funny enough, this is the exact problem my Brador has! (Cute date idea - falling asleep peacefully while listening to Simon cry <3 sdjhdhs) That naturally subdued when she was torn between dream/nightmare, we talking about her "physical" life!

Kind of on a brink between physical and psychological, but her favorite way to stim is to push her whole face against plants full of morning dew, especially bushy flowers such as hydrangea!

Sitting near a puddle or another shallow body of water and sticking her hands down in it is also a favourite.

The dark area under her eyes is not a makeup nor it is dark circles of Constant Exhaustion, it is just a feature that tends to appear in most people with Pthumerian blood in them! I generally headcanon that Pthumerians and humans can have children, so some characters in Bloodborne are mixed species; Maria is certainly mixed between human and Pthumerian like other vilebloods, a branch that has long history of being super selective with the spouses to basically combine strong features of both species. I also decided to take her eyebrows being white not as creators being lazy with coloring the model, but as a legit feature - again, a hint of some Pthumerian blood.

She is cursed with only ever feeling appetite to the foods that are not healthy - be it less refined kind of alcohol, exceptionally fat meat, food that got burnt beyond saving, overly sugary pastries and cakes etc. That is her unique developed reaction to being able to eat very good and high-quality foods as someone living in the rich castle, so when she left Cainhurst, she had to put extra willpower into eating normally now that no one will bring her meals on the plate. It is just that the highest restaraunt quality meal she has to force herself to finish without even feeling pleasure, when a burnt potato that was also overly salted will make her drool.

She is physically strong without training and was born this way - again, Pthumerian genes showing. So instead of training to lift weights and hit stronger, Maria had to learn somewhat of an opposite, to stop hurting people's hands with merely handshake or accidentally sending objects to fly while trying to move them. So, most of her training as a hunter had to do with agility and applying this force the right way; prior that, she was having to learn to apply her strength towards other people in reasonable amount. Basically her arc was not to become ripped, but to learn how to be ripped in a way that HELPS her rather than works as a destructive liability.

Continuing theme of a power she had to learn to control + that can be dangerous! As a child and teenager, if she was bleeding in some way (like cut or damage from falling), she would start to accidentally ignite things around her from anxiety... And people who'd try to help, too. The worst that happened so far was burning half of Ludwig's face in panic and anger. The power of pyromancy and quickening draws itself from the blood. So, when she started having periods, she had to actually seek guidance from elders in Cainhurst to not like... burn everything around her or keep teleporting away from people in fear. However, she didn't have many people to talk about it with, because such powerful genetic combination is rare. She suppressed the pyromancy quite well though, to the point she has to focus very much (and to hurt herself very much) to awaken it again (something Gehrman resented, as she was "burying her hunter potential"). Maria was, however, able to teach Gehrman and his other hunters how to use the quickening (teleportation) because everyone who imbibed holy blood could master it! But pyromancy, alas, IS inherited genetically!

She ended up giving into a habit of having a glass of red wine in like, every other several hours, later in her life as a hunter and then as overseer of Research Hall.

Natually, she has some scars on her belly area from previous attempts to see how to tap on her powers of blood and fire if she has to. I am yet to decide whether Gehrman had the balls to reflect them on the Doll or left any traces of her pain out; he did know about them though, as he had to care for Maria after one of the unlucky attempts.

Caryll/Karel

5) Social headcanons (what do they think of their friends/allies if they have any, what are they looking for in relationship, what people tend to think about them...)

Caryll does believe in respecting the elders - which is convenient, because he was one of the older Byrgenwerth scholars, together with Damian! It is a bit not conceivable for him that sometimes someone much older than you can be dumb as shit, as in his life older people were offering nothing but a wise advice, years of valid experience and predictions that turned out to be right in the end! But, yes, he will take it nearly personally if one of the scholars disrespects Willem, Gehrman, Dores, Damian, Carolee (memory altar witch) or Custodio (gatekeeper)... and if they disrespect him, too.

He does share Willem's 'the only thing that will teach the fools is their failure' philosophy, so he will often refuse to intervene and only open his yap when he is to explain the person WHAT went wrong and WHY they failed. He is also the type to learn at the expense of the mistakes of others, so at times it gets as dark as letting the other people endure their failures to see what happens and apply to himself. However, he likes quite a number of the people he knows. It is less direct indifference and more of a 'sadistic' type of caring: Caryll finds enjoyment in watching his acquaintances become smarter and stronger with harsh life experiences.

On the other hand, he believes that the 'ultimate' language (runes) will significantly speed-up evolution of humanity, as a single experience will be able to be communicated to everyone else through only one symbol. He made several attempts to capture very personal and intimate yet very important personal experiences, there exist some runes that 'player' never finds that could serve as valid life lessons. People who know of such practice are all Byrgenwerth scholars, so they do not find anything callous in distributing personal experiences and feelings 'for common knowledge'. Yurie/Julie is an exception, and thinks truth of Great Ones is quite enough - there is no need to utilise intimate feelings 'for common good'!

Caryll is a true artist that admires the shapes, views and people's bodies and faces as they are, believing in his ability to communicate the unique beauty and features of every individual via portraits. He doesn't have a 'type' and is able to praise the physical quirks of every person; not because he has no standards, but because he can see beauty in how every person is built! He feels a little antsy when someone is insecure about their "imperfection" and wants to obscure something with hair, make-up or clothes. The type of an artist that will tell you to move your hair behind so he could capture your big Dumbo ears, you know! If you get this lil shit to actually speak with words, he might praise you right into accepting your body.

Caryll is not very interested in relationship; besides, again, his trait of wanting to capture and pass on what he can plays out. He is more interested in watching healthy (or not so much) relationship of other people and capture them in a book. However, he still needs love of course, just different type of it, such as friendship or platonic admiration or master's patronage.

6) Psychological headcanons (tastes, fears, talents, regrets, how they deal with anger, just anything that comes to mind on the topic)

Caryll dives into nonverbal behavior very often, sometimes able to only offer strange noises, gestures or doodles as means of communication. If it wasn't for Byrgenwerth introducing him the runes, he'd study music to communicate his feelings, as he believes that visual art, albeit good, can't be understood at the same extent as the sound. He might reach stressful state where he just gives a single frustrated sound every time someone asks what's wrong - and then gets upset when nobody gets what DOES he need ;-; A rare person is able to cooperate with this 'barrier' - Rom, for example.

Caryll's anger is cold and passive-aggressive. He will never yell or snap, but rather taint with no end. One knows Caryll is angry with them when Caryll starts to verbally communicate more eagerly - and it is all some subtle hints or 'clever' remarks! Caryll gets more nonverbal when he feels vulnerable; but also, when he feels safe.

Past his arc of creating alphabet of inhuman sounds, Caryll feels dark joy upon learning that some human language is going extinct. However, if it wasn't for the runes, he'd have had opposite reaction. Normally he believes that no language can be universal as each has unique nuances worthy of celebrating! Runes language, however, showed the way to transcend this limitation.

He is extremely happy when he can cuddle someone, be it a person or an animal. Tactile contact is very important for him! He has a history of overstepping his boundaries with cuddling animals that would end biting/scratching him. As a human, you can easily earn a place amongst his best friends by letting him hug you without 'making it weird or have it be sexualised'. He subscribed to the fact that most people would never understand his feelings or intentions correctly, but he does have a secret rune that gives no benefits except for understanding how he sees the world and people, that he would gladly give to those who care about him enough.

He is confident in his own beauty in an interesting way, loving to wear boots to highlight his legs and often posing like some sort of model when he does speak xD His voice might appear monotonous most of the time, however.

He is 35+ whereas other scholars barely reached their 20s, yet is able to cry from too much fear or confusion easily. Realising that he was drastically misunderstood might absolutely ruin him mentally, and he resorts to just sitting in the corner and whimpering, only answering questions with some noises.

Him inventing language of inhuman sounds was not a blessing of chosen one, not something done with his body, but simply him being a nerd and a genius enough to crack the (accurate enough) code towards ultimate way of communication. He analysed the ancient Hunter-like symbol of Pthumerians and other symbols a lot; just like that, he is very good with picking the exact sound tone every time.

Crow of Cainhurst (Eidinghardt)

8) Made-up connections with other characters that weren't in the canon (friends, enemies, whatever)

Maria - They are not blood-related (from what I imagine yet, but hell knows those darn victorian royals), yet they see each other as brother and sister for the most part. It borders between 'friends who are like siblings' and 'friends who are like a tsundereish couple', but the former, honestly, wins. In either case, they are pretty close with each other! They are able to be rude with each other and have conflicts without drastic consequences, their arguments are mostly healthy and natural. Just that they were always capable of both being rivals OR getting up for the shared goal. Eidinghardt was also really jealous when Maria decided to leave Cainhurst and join the hunters, after Maria left he proceeded to take it out on some friends without fully realising how vulnerable he was left.

Elias - his blood sibling. Similarly to how things were with Maria, Eidin was striking conflict with Elias quite often - except Elias was fighting him back verbally rather than arm-wrestling him like he deserved. There is just something about the Crow that makes him have very tense and charged relationship with people truly dear for him, being close with him is both a blessing and a curse! Aware of Elias having a crush on Annalise, he liked to tease him that he was the only one 'actually having a chance to marry her' that'd bring Elias to tears (and have Crow be punched hard by Maria fhdhsf). But he did not know what kind of ancient Hell Cainhurst was to strike thanks to Byrgenwerth being nosy about ancient secrets, and in a way he misses the vulnerable and soft but also brave and heroic sibling, after Elias was 'reborn' into a manic and cursed Cain XIII. He still has pangs of pain for how he was treating Elias, never having realised envy that he felt towards him and how much he was bearing with dignity.

Cainhurst executioner - By executioner, I mean of course not a faction of the Healing Church, but the guy that was delivering the death sentence to those that royal court deemed worthy of it. He is the father of Eidinghardt and Elias, passing both of his gloves down to each sibling.

Annalise - He was fearing her for the biggest part of his life, feeling as though he just 'had' to be her friend because for Maria and Elias she was important; but Annalise showed great grace, honor and self-esteem since even young age. He just never seen anything great about her and just rolled his eyes at her as at 'yeah yeah great noble princess everyone loves'. It was much later when he was able to see her determination, insanity even, her dignity and her ambitions, when he realised she was a worthy companion he was blessed to have had all along. Consuming her blood only made it worse, indeed; the awakened admiration turned into a full-on love. He knew, however, that he lost her to his sibling years ago, so for him it was the best fate to just stay by her side. Separated from Cainhurst, memory about her is just what he holds onto.

Every woman with long red hair - Sorry, but there are LARGE chances that if he sees one similar enough to Annalise, he will treat her as his princess/queen and be overly protective and overly subservient of fdsjhhfds I headcanon that he had spent a LONG ass time away from Cainhurst.

Alfred - Eidin crosses the paths with Alfred at times, not able to be detected by him to his surprise. He found strange enjoyment in trolling Alfred sometimes, though. Like, Alfred would speak of wanting to exterminate all "unholy clan" and Crow would go "ooooh, those vilebloods are very nasty people, aren't they~?" on him and just internally DIE at his reaction fhdsdsf I am yet to figure how would he feel in the scenario where Alfred finishes his quest, and Eidin learns it, though... By default, he certainly takes Alfred for an edgy looser.

Arianna - I like the idea (so far) that Arianna's mother fleed from Cainhurst with Arianna still being a little baby, so Arianna grew up in Yharnam with only very brief idea of her heritage! As result, Crow could've been the one to share more about her history as a noble with her - whereas her mother wanted to keep her safe from such a heart-breaking fate. But I just like the mental image of little Arianna clinging to the Crow as her father/mentor figure, with him really not being up to such a honor but not knowing how to turn her down, hahah; Bonus points if her mother died early and Crow failed Arianna as a caretaker, leaving her to figure out adult life and means for survival on her own, because he was too caught up in his insanity </3 Like, imagine him deciding to commit to checking on her all too late, when she, a descendant of a noble line, already became a sex worker. </3

Henriett - I feel like he'd pester Henriett a lot, challenging her all the time with the threat of harming Amelia/Emilia whom Henriett never wanted to harm unless she fell for beasthood for good. They were throwing hands quite often. As well, Eidin would enjoy watching Henriett and Alfred throw hands.

Eileen - I don't know whether it counts as 'made up' because implication is strong, but come ooooon, it IS Bloodborne! I used to think that he simply imitated Eileen's crow-themed hunter look to not attract much suspicion as hunter that hunts other hunters, but... hmmm, being her apprentice that betrayed her works waaaay better! So I think he got under her wing - when she was intending to kill him in the state of his despair, and he gave a tirade about honorable death and meaning of life that made Eileen not only realise he was not quite blood-drunk (just a bit unstable!), but also that he had a right spirit to continue her quest. She picked him up and was teaching him.... well, more like trying to teach him. He would unmistakeably detect any blood-drunk hunter anyways, with his vileblood senses. They had a problem of Eileen having nothing left that she had to teach him, until they stroke the communication issue! It was Eileen who had to teach him to be civil with the so-called 'League' and to comfort desperate hunters rather than provoking them to go 'crazier'.

Viola - I am stealing your headcanon that Crow killed Viola to provoke Gascoigne into despair - and Henryk, as a result, sorry </3 This just works so well. I headcanon that it was a strange mix of both hatred and longing; if Viola was to cheat on Gascoigne with him, he would probably risk his life protecting her. I feel like he is the type to have a very thin line between hatred and love towards someone. In the least likeable way.

Fauxsefka (Zhosfika) - he tried to strangle her at least once in order to obtain the one remaining Cainhurst summon from her, to see Cainhurst once more. Thankfully, he had enough reason to understand that another name was already written in the one she possessed, as was promised. Was a shameful decay of the relationship though, as they were friends back in Cainhurst. Crow was even willing to put aside her joining the church/Choir, thus betraying the vilebloods - he just hoped she'd at least help HIM, but alas.

9) Headcanons about their past

Crow was preparing to become the next guy to deliver the death sentence in Cainhurst's walls after his father, but discovery of hunters of blood dregs shifted his plans. He was even thankful for the change as he was not looking forward for the executioner fate- heck, he loved playing with his victims way much more than to just having to kill them and make a sad face about it!

He was one of the first guardians of the Queen of Blood that Annalise eventually became, yet also commanded to flee Cainhurst even before he had a chance to fight the Healing Church's crusaders. He did not dare to object, being told that he had more important things to do than to die for Annalise, and fleed. He mediated to her words for quite a while, and continued to seek blood dregs for her that he was not able to even gift her with the bridge being destroyed. He's been consuming them himself though (consuming blood dreg gives you +1 Insight), attempting to recreate telepathic bond with Annalise. If not to be loved by her, then at least to simply be by her side.

Some of the most important books from the Cainhurst library are missing because of him! Before Cainhurst and the rest of Yharnam picked such a large antagonism, Eidinghardt passed many books to commoners to spread the knowledge from. Loosely, it is the way how every single basic yharnamite can use blood bullets magic. Caryll would probably approve of his wish to not hoard the knowledge.

He was training his fighting skills obsessively, not being given any special powers by birth but having just his determination and spite for more gifted people to keep him going. Often, he'd hone his blood-bullets skills on animals, bringing prey back in the castle rather often. On the bright side, he has been a great help in destroying the giant maggots that would settle in blood-drunk vilebloods.

He was not a promising heir to the (Cainhurst's) executioners' line, and had to prove his worth, born initially weak and frail. In a weird way, picking unnecessary fights and conflicts has been a great help in shaping his character and physical proves from the start. The fights were the best teacher in his eyes!

10) Content about them I'd like to see more of

Please, develop something about his interactions with Annalise and/or Maria, I beg you ;-; (I say, as I am doing it myself fdhds). Him interacting with Eileen is very good, him interacting with Alfred..... well, it depends on a person, really, it is not everyone's cup of tea admittedly. But there are so many other vileblood characters! Or even hunter friends that Eileen could have introduced him to xD

Whew, it was fun! Thank you for the very varied asks!

#bloodborne #martyr logarius #lady maria of the astral clocktower #runesmith caryll #bloody crow of cainhurst #ask replies #bloodborne headcanons #also you missed just number 7 #that's very aroace of you fsdhfghdsdf /pos #no but seriously ahahahh #it was fun to think up more stuff about these characters though!#some things i had to improvise right on the spot actually!#it always be like this tho #when i am met with an ask i am not prepared for i try to imagine SOMEthing fsfdhds #okay but like.....#can anyone explain why 90% of my fans are on aro/ace spectrum?#no i am genuinely curious fshdhsdf #like what do i do that attracts the aroaces????? explain xd

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addictedtostorytelling · 1 year

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i was tagged by @whovianacefan to list five comfort characters.

thanks for the tag!

sara sidle (csi): 20+ years and this girl still fascinates and inspires me. raw, messy, wickedly intelligent, a bleeding heart, a closet romantic, awkward, wry, and genuine, there is just so much to unpack with her; multivalence that invites exploration. at this point, i’m pretty certain that i’ll be writing fic about her until i die (and not just because i’m a chronically slow updater). her complexity, her grit, her rough edges, her commitment to being kind—everything about her interests me.

gil grissom (csi): i mean, lbr, grissom and sara are a package deal to me. he is every bit as well-drawn and engrossing as his wife. his arc was the arc of the show. despite his reputation for being aloof and “unfeeling,” his humanity is what really set csi apart from all of its competitors; helped it to transcend its genre. whoever would have thought that an early 00s procedural would offer up one of the most emotionally nuanced male leads since austen? this man contains multitudes. he will also always have a special place in my heart for being the first television character i ever recognized as being acespec while i was figuring out my own orientation.

juliet burke (lost): there are some characters who just tick all your boxes, and juliet is it for me. such a gorgeous study in contradictions. whether she is sassing jack about sandwiches, handcuffing herself to kate in the jungle, playing the long game to undermine ben and get off the island, or connecting with sawyer across universes, i can’t help but root for her. endlessly compelling in every possible timeline. the beating heart of some of my favorite scenes in all of television.

abby lockhart (er): there are lots of er characters i love and would count as favorites, but abby is just special. good on the writers for letting her be as messed-up and feral as she is at times, and good on them for letting her truly work to grow and heal and flourish (not always linearly but steadily over time). she is so incredibly real in a way that few television characters ever get the chance to be. her arc across nine seasons is an absolute masterpiece.

john truman carter iii (er): pretty much the original blorbo. when i first started watching er as a kid, i liked human disaster med student carter because he was the show’s comic relief. that boy can take a pratfall like nobody’s business. as i got older, i started to appreciate more and more his good-heartedness, his loneliness, how his deep survivor’s guilt—regarding too many people he has loved and lost in his life—motivates him to give so much of himself, how he matures over time; how his development isn’t always straightforward or upward. while i admit his storyline in the later seasons isn’t always to my tastes (and what they do to his love and family life is, imo, pretty unconscionable), i have always adored his core characterization. sweet-faced, do‐gooder baby doc, indeed.

per usual, mine is the blog where tagging games go to die, but if you see this post and you want to play, go ahead and pretend i tagged you!

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tunedtostatic · 2 years

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just saw your recent post, I'm so sorry things are awful. sending hugs if you want them ❤️ in terms of podcast asks, go through your Spotify and assign characters to your fave songs? if the mood takes you, you could also explain why x song equals x character? 💕✨

another podcast ask - explain your song choices for your tscosi playlists (which I fully intend to check out), if that would be distracting? 💕

Thank you ❤️❤️

I’ve been thinking about these asks when I listen to music this week (distraction indeed!)

Okay I’m going to go in reverse order because question one is harder (in a fun way!). Tracks that remind me of a character usually get popped right onto a fanmix, so I'll need to think more creatively about The Vibes of other music I'm listening to when I get there.

So far I’ve finished posting five TSCOSI mixes - three for the three canon ships, and the first two in the series I'm doing for each of the Rumor crew - plus I’m going to include the next character mix because I actually finished the cover and got it onto Spotify/YouTube the other week! and just haven't had a chance to put things together for its post for Tumblr yet.

I'm going to pick a couple of tracks from each of them, and either flail about the "How was this not LITERALLY written about blorbo from my shows" of it all for the more literal ones, or write about what I was thinking for the others.

Campathi

Murder Of Birds (Undressed album version) - Jesca Hoop and Guy Garvey

I’m not a bird, I’m a murder of birds Shifting my shape When your tongue forms the words

Most of the tracks I put on this mix apply in a very, uh, literal way to the contrasts between Sana and Campbell (Head in the Clouds by Krameri has “I’ve got my head in the clouds/And you’ve got your feet on the floor…”) This one is more of an attempted deep cut about Sana, and it's one of a couple from this one I put on my fanmix for her as well. Sana is, as we know, one of the less transparent characters in the show, despite her captainly sleight of hand making her seem open. She's warm, and strong, but there's also a lot of mystery and mess going on under the hood. Getting close to her probably is like watching a flock of birds shift and merge into different shapes, like the narrator of the song.

Plus, a lot of the other lyrics are back to being very literal Campathi vibes...danger and home and home-baked bread and twisted thread…

Home to Me - Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

How dare you love me like you’ve never known fear You’ve got more troubles than minutes in the year

[gestures wildly at them]

Brian/Krejjh

Nowhere to Go (Acoustic Live Session version) - Hurricane Love

I recommended this song to a friend (independent of anything fandom-related); friend had also osmosed just a little about TSCOSI from me and the internet. When I mentioned that I was putting the song on my fanmix for a TSCOSI ship, she immediately was all "Yessss, folk music for a space fugitive couple on the run!" In other words, it definitely has the vibes.

I particularly like it as a track for Brian/Krejjh since, without this necessarily being the only interpretation, the lyrics have strong overlap with Songs About Closing Time At A Bar ("And we got nowhere to go, as the fire's burning low/I can see it in your eyes you want to leave"). Since Brian/Krejjh meet on Neuzo where Brian is a bartender, I like that this track has a combo of "Dramatically on the run? Closing time at a bar? Both??"

With You - Valerie June

And if I should fall so deep and true And if I should fall so deep and true May it be with you

🥲

Vikady

Outlaws - Lizzie No

I had a dream we were on a sinking ship Laughing at the black water while everyone was jumping in I woke up happier than I'd ever been But I, I wished I knew you better Better than I did

This is a song I want to shove forth every time someone on Tumblr complains that There's No Outlaw Country/Folk These Days. (I have a family member who waitressed in a country music bar decades ago; can confirm that conservative pop country has never been outlaw country! Look beyond pop country radio, people!) Coincidentally it also works Really Well as a Vikady song.

You hold a gun like a fist in your right hand Cause it kept you company across the sunken lands But you say it's no good for a man to be alone Walkin barefoot on the logging road Turned you to stone

It's Cool (We're Cool, Everything's Cool) - Lula Wiles

But I don't even really like you Which makes it weird that I love you

But it's cool! And we're cool! And everything's cool!

That early Vikady vibe. 😝

(I'm also inordinately pleased with the combination of If She Ever Leaves Me with I Get The Feeling near the end of the fanmix since I'm still smug about what I did there. :)

Sana

Sinking Ships - Krameri

And all this time, I have been losing grip On sinking ships under blue seas And all this time, I was swimming all alone In the darkest ocean

It's sad about Sana o'clock. :(

I Don't Like You Or Your Band - Kate Rhudy

Your cigarettes, your leather shoes You, your friends, and your middle-class white boy blues You've become something I can't stand Don't even miss holding your hand And I don't like you or your band

Needed a Ricky Q shoutout in there somewhere. :)

Arkady

100 Rooms - Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

And if I had an evil plan To make you want me and let you down I wouldn't do the things I did Got all wrapped up, now I can't get out

LOL. LMAO. LOL.

Stolen Roses - Karen Elson

Spotify randomly recommended me this when I was already a good way through making Arkady's, and it's one I now think of when I see that "When you're listening to a song thinking 'How did they get all the references to blorbo from my shows right'" post, because…wow. Only thing that could possibly make it moreso would be if the ""reference"" to the Rumor was "where the stolen mint grows" rather than "roses." I suppose one can't have everything. ;)

There once was a time when I was a girl That darkness hung in my sky I was old before I learned to be young Stone cold til I learned how to cry

Brian

Miri It Is Whil Sumer Ilast

Take it away Wikipedia:

Middle English [M]irie it is while sumer ilast with fugheles song. oc nu necheth windes blast and w[ed]er strong. Ey ey what this nicht [is] long. And ich with wel michel wrong soregh and murne and [fast.]

Modern English Merry it is while summer lasts With fowl’s song. But now nears the wind’s blast And weather strong. Oh, oh! How this night is long! And I with very much wrong Sorrow and mourn and fast.[6][7]

"It is one of the oldest songs in the English language, and one of the few examples of non-liturgical music from medieval England.[1] The manuscript was found together with two old French songs in a book of Psalms in the Bodleian Library. It was rediscovered at the end of the 19th century and made accessible to experts in 1901. It was arranged and published in a modern form for the first time by Frank Llewellyn Harrison.[2]

"The text and melody are incomplete on a single, damaged manuscript page, which, together with the somewhat ambiguous notation, makes it difficult to reconstruct the song in whole. It is unclear whether the song originally contained additional lines or stanzas, which Harrison considers probable,[3] nor can the final word be conclusively determined.[2]" - Miri It Is Whil Sumer Ilast on Wikipedia

Apart from the obvious (Medieval Dwarnian's nonexistence notwithstanding I can put Old/Middle English tracks on there!) I picked this one to be the first track on Brian's mix because, when you think about it, Brian is the only human member of the Rumor crew to have experienced multiple years of relatively stable adulthood before the war and the IGR. I think that really jumps out in his early conversations with Violet, where he's horrified on her behalf that she was a college freshman when everything started happening.

It also works as a tiny reference to "So when do we worry" "Oh it'll be clear when :)"

The Parting Glass - version by Henry Jamison and Darlingside

But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I'll gently rise and I'll softly call Good night and joy be with you all

When I was putting together Brian's fanmix it hit me for the first time that the core of Brian's season one arc is his grief for Alvy. For me it's easy to pull to mind his first conversation befriending Violet, his relationship with Krejjh, and how central his vocation is to the whole nanoswarm-language-communication plot and theme of the season. But Brian's own emotional throughline is really about processing his grief for his friend, isn't it?

I figured his mix needed a focus on grief, and at least one track explicitly about grief. That was surprisingly hard to find, since most of the songs I could find were explicitly about the artist's grief for a specific person, so those would have felt tacky to put on a character fanmix.

Finally I realized that as a folk music listener making a fanmix for a podcast with folk music, it was right in front of of my nose - okay maybe not everyone knows The Parting Glass but it's pretty well-enduring. I was originally tetchy about adding it because of the "And all the harm that e'er I did/alas it was to none but me" lyric, since over the course of the show Brian helps with a lot of murdering without seeming to regret it, including in vengeance for Alvy's death (I never said his grief processing ended well), but filing that under "not every track has to fit the character perfectly."

Brian also fills the archetypal role of the heart of the crew in so many ways, so seems like it especially fits to have a historic drinking with friends song on his mix.

#meta on brian's got maybe a little out of hand since it's my shiniest new one rn #(and yes wanting to link to translations and everything is part of why making its tumblr post is a task in and of itself lol)#this got long so saving the q about other music to answer another time #thank you <3 #music #meta #long post

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i obviously respect your choice to remain anonymous about it but i think its very funny that you preside over your completely brainrotted anons every day and still feel mortified about your mystery blorbo. even though were all going insane over granblue people mostly

YEAH NO I ALSO SEE THE IRONY TRUST ME THIS IS REALLY FUNNY TO ME

Like i think it's just in general i am more comfortable talking about things where i do have a layer of separation to it. Like i adore Belial and yes i would kiss him on the lips and more, but at the same time he's not a character who actually affects me on a deeply emotional level where i would be embarassed to talk about him. (or well, not most of the time, there are times where i can get embarassed about him, esp when he shows up in my dreams, but at this point the fact it's BELIAL just makes it so funny to me that the embarrassment feels worth it just because of this fucker. his power.)

In general i do happen to be more shy talking about characters i really, really insanely love. I tend to be more shy talking about Percival for instance, despite the fact the anons all know i adore him and he's my husband and everything.

And it extends to others fanbases because even when it comes to a3 i could literally post long analysis posts on every single characters - except on the two characters i relate deeply about and the one character that makes me go ahhooghhhh so much so i'm embarassed to even say i love him.

It's actually kind of a trend in fandom that i actually don't talk all that much about the character of the franchise in question that makes me fully unwise. on a certain degree, i think i'm just embarassed that my thoughts about them end up being this disorienting to me, all over the place, extremely emotional. And it's not really about being judged, it's more than i'm not used to not be collected about my thoughts and emotions so i end up embarrassed fully on my own behalf.

Mystery Blorbo just is on a whole other level for various reasons, mainly that they've been in my radar for a very very very long while because i knew their themes would interest me but i never got the motivation to get into it until the mofo started to haunt my dreams literally out of nowhere, and it led to a whole lot of very embarrassing situation where i woke up from fever dreams thinking the Blorbo was There and i needed to Do Something About It. Which is MORTIFYING. And as an analytic person, the degree of "oh yeah i know they're like that because i saw it in a dream and then 2 days later i found a canon piece of information that confirmed my dream" is the most bewildering way to interreact with a character i've ever had.

And while there is a degree of being embarrassed of being perceived while the way those feelings are manifesting themselves is pretty weird even by obsessing over characters standards, i'm just also extremely shy about it, and most of the thoughts i have just make me a flustered mess and it's not so much that i think people would judge me for it --- it's really just, "oh yeah no that's too personal to share what the fuck"

so like it's not even that i don't trust people here or that i'm afraid to humiliate myself or something like that, it's really just that the feelings themselves are leaving me "what the FUCK" that it's an experience i'd rather keep to myself. Or at least, i don't want to share it with fans of the character even. (i lurked a bit and figured i don't like the fandom of this thing, so it's even more reason to keep my experience personal yaknow? even if i know i have the anons supporting me even without knowing shit about it)

but the contrast is indeed extremely funny to me because meanwhile i manage the world's most horny and dedicated fans in my inbox, the brainrot runs deep, we discuss a lot of extremely emotional stuff over here, and it's also super humbling the anons are all so comfortable sharing it on here as well!

and meanwhile i'm like, nodding along discussing all sort of various level of brainrot, meanwhile as soon as Mystery Blorbo is involved i'm like

and it IS very funny to me!

Either way i think the vague way to just talk about Mystery Blorbo that way fits me better anyway, that way i can share the embarrassing funny stuff i do without actually sharing information on the Blorbo that would give too much context on everything. Which also means people don't need to know the lore of another fanbase or something to understand when i'm Going Through. Considering the state they put me in anyway it's not like i'd be able to have any constructive conversation about them.

And meanwhile we can then focus more on actual Granblue characters who actually don't fully drive me insane. Except maybe Percival. But even there i'm being so brave about it.

But yeah the fact i can be this calm and collected managing conversations about the deepest of brainrots and then on the flipside refusing to talk about the one brainrot that makes me crumble into dust is definitely an irony that isn't lost on me and that i find really funny as well

thank you for the support 🫡

#ichareply #anonymous #ichafantalks gbf #sort of #all in all the gbf fandom here is family so it's more comfortable just rambling about anything under the sun gbf could offer #Mystery Blorbo's fandom is a strange land i want nothing to do with #and while i can talk about it to the Family i have here it doesn't make me want to share details yaknow?

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