#eden mrraps.

[archivist-the-knight]

please lord give me a bountiful harvest or something

#eden mrraps. #ok 2 reblog #slimecicle bg3 #bg3 slimecicle #queued post #save me xiv tal klip and rai.... xiv tal klip and rai save me..... please xi

[archivist-the-knight]

hi. xiv analysis. i'm putting some stuff under the cut because that's all things relating to spoilers for the later half of the video jic.

firstly, xiv is a tiefling, but the exact tiefling subrace isn't specified in the video. i'd assume they're a Mephistopheles tiefling, given their appearance in game and the fact that meph tieflings are proficient in arcane magic. they're also known for being in more colder climates. i'll bring this up later.

they're a wild magic sorcerer, which is, in my opinion, super important to know to understand about their character. there's a multitude of ways I can describe it, but I think dnd 5e does a good job as it corresponds with Xiv's story. (link)

[Your innate magic comes from the wild forces of chaos that underlie the order of creation. You might have endured exposure to some form of raw magic, perhaps through a planar portal leading to Limbo, the Elemental Planes, or the mysterious Far Realm. Perhaps you were blessed by a powerful fey creature or marked by a demon. Or your magic could be a fluke of your birth, with no apparent cause or reason. However it came to be, this chaotic magic churns within you, waiting for any outlet.]

now. the spoilery content ^_^. also because this post is going to be like so long every kid with autism. [also very big warning for in-depth discussion of child abuse, particularly from a father, and the affects that has on said child. if you don't wanna read that part you don't have to]

xiv's father, even with the 13 other arcane batteries, is a very powerful man. he's a meph tiefling, giving him proficiency with arcane magic, and is probably a sorcerer like xiv. so, given that... the most logical explanation of xiv gaining the wild aspect of their magic is through enduring exposure to raw magic. Sure, it could potentially be "marked by a demon" given the fact they're a tiefling, but... Xiv's father isn't the best person.

bringing back the meph tieflings living in cold climates thing!! xiv mentioned they lived in a tower of sorts, far enough away where their father could keep them secluded. judging by the usage of negative space and scene layouts in their background animatic, we can retain the information that besides their father, they basically knew very little about the outside world growing up.

^^ tldr abt that. the animatic noticably gets more detailed as xiv both gets older and starts to doubt their father, and has its most detail when they have the wild magic explosion, and when they're escaping only to be put on the mindflayer ship ^_^.

anyway. with all of this to say, xiv's father is not a good man at all. he's done this 13 other times before getting to xiv, and didn't even give them an actual name. just the roman designation of it. he gave xiv a false, hopeful promise about how if they "honed their power, they could leave the tower", but fully intended to keep them there. it is slightly implied that their father got more abusive, more impatient and violent towards Xiv the more they messed up the more their magic lashed out even though it was wild by nature.

this is not good fatherly behavior!! telling them something that would never come true, especially basing it on their skill, they must have the worst damned imposter syndrome known to man!! second guessing themselves, thinking they're never good enough or having to check with the man who made that rule to see if anything they do is good... that isn't healthy!! that isn't a good thing to teach to your child!!

now back to xiv. that one "sex book" throwaway thing is brief but it says. so much about how xiv's father raised them?? i do not care if im looking too much into it but it literally implies that xiv just. doesn't know a lot about things beyond what their father's told them or what were in the books he probably gave them as a kid. combine that with the fact that they immeadily "push out" the mournful thoughts about rai's death to deal with "more important matters"... oh my god... they call me mx head of the xiv emotional support group... the ceo if you will...

and now... another important stepping stone to understanding xiv... rai's death.

first off xiv shapeshifting in the middle of the fight and going "no, not now, goddamnit-" its said in such a tone thats just so... not only is it because it's during such an important moment while they're fighting someone they consider a friend. it's almost as if they've been conditioned to believe that aspect of them isn't good. even though its what helps distract Rai so Tal can attack him. it's like they view it as something that needs to stop instead of something they can't control. which is. probably what their father saw it as! something that xiv needed to stop doing instead of honing to their abilities!

secondly... xiv is a sorcerer. you might be asking "eden!! weren't we just over this?" yeah but. rai... is also a sorcerer. he has the power to harness the storm. the first thing xiv says to rai during the fight is "you see, this is exactly why sorcerers shouldn't learn how to read! you always acted like you're so much better than me; we never should have trusted you!"

and that line in general. it's so. it's the last thing xiv says before rai dies. how did rai act like he was better than xiv? did they tell him this beforehand? is it something they kept locked up, never expressing until this moment? was it on purpose, or was it accidental? was it xiv, seeing rai do things they never learned how to do, and feeling jealous, angry, that he had a chance and they didn't? that rai got the joy of not knowing his parents, while xiv knew their father all too well?

and the sorcerer part... it's not only a dig at rai but themselves. they should've never learned how to read. they shouldn'tve been forced to spend ages in that library, learning spells and incantations instead of just trying to be a little kid. its so subtle yet it speaks so much about how xiv views themselves.

okay. that is basically it for canon stuff. this next part is headcanons/theories that i think are important for the discussion but aren't canon but. i still wanna yap <3

I think the tower/castle xiv grew up in is like, in a snowy mountain close to baldur's gate. it's quite the hike to get there and back but you can kind of see it through certain higher areas of the city. the tower is either positioned behind or to the side of the mountain. the side would be so evil because xiv seeing only a glimpse of the city...

i have this theory that xiv's father was a general or colonel for a war that tal was involved in, with tal's mother being a general as well. thus, i think xiv's only contact with people is either the other generals of this war, or their potential children that were brought over during the occasional meeting or dinner party. very vauge but regardless. smirks.

finally i think xiv was allowed out only on very slim occasions, usually when they begged their father hands and knees or when they did good on training. they were allowed to go with their father into the town of baldur's gate, but if they strayed from him they would be punished. severely. xiv usually went to bed that night hungry, in pain, but happy^_^

ok thats it for real. love peace and joy have a wonderful day <333

#eden mrraps. #nerdy tag #writing tag #slimecicle bg3 #slimecicle xiv #slimecicle bg3 xiv #xiv slimecicle #child abuse cw #fatherly abuse cw #abuse cw #long post #character analysis

[archivist-the-knight]

making this its own post bc i dont wanna bother the op of that post but oh my gosh. the way falin is treated vs the way laios is treated despite them having similar personality traits/the same kind of autism, all because laios presents more masculine and is much more energetic than her sister, and falin is much more softspoken than laios is

#eden mrraps. #like. they are both weird as shit and this is not a bad thing. they both are very passionate and kind #and both are very interested in 'weird' things. but the way shuro sees falin's interest in bugs as fascinating and her honesty and bluntnes #as cute whilst seeing laios's interest in monsters as annoying and her bluntness and honesty as her being bothersome and annoying #the way shuro distains laios but praises falin for the same exact traits all because falin's a cute girl he likes #and this is literally reflective in other characters!! laios is constantly regarded as weird or too blunt in comparison to very similar #characters like marcille. the manga does a GREAT job at showing how laios is mistreated whilst the other woman around her are infantilized #for showing the exact same traits and shows that hey!!! this is not good!! these characters are weird for having double standards!!!! #its even more insane when you bring laios being trans into the equation bc 💥 ooooh my gosh. girl thjis comic contains multitudes #btw if you ever see me use she/her for laios that is not a mistype. laios is a trans woman

[archivist-the-knight]

afk journey has some nerve showing me constant ads about berial during my silly evil trickster blorbo era. for shame /lh

#eden mrraps. #i dont think ill get the game but good god.... berial.... hi there...

[archivist-the-knight]

love how the entire slimecicle bg3 gang is like really smart they're also all just. actually im exploring this

xiv is very smart. not only are they an arcane battery, their father likely gave them plenty of books to read about spell-casting. so they're a big thinker. but what stops them from reaching their true potential is the fact that they likely don't allow themselves to properly process their more negative emotions, like rai's death and whatnot. and they're... literally going through this entire adventure after escaping an incredibly toxic and neglectful environment. they're probably trying to push back how their father was a piece of shit as well and its not working because their dream visitor IS their father!! so they know their way around a book but don't know how to deal with their father screaming from the other room :-3

tal i think is very aware of others feelings, and partially emotionally intelligent for himself. he tries to talk rai down before he's forced to kill him, being kind to him in rai's final moments of lucidity. he understand's something wrong with xiv, that there's something they aren't telling the rest of the group, but he doesn't wanna pry. in terms of more "intellectual intelligence" i think he is smart but just... doesn't know how to articulate it. he can do it, but unlike xiv he literally cannot explain it to you. it's like how he mispronounced monotonous; he knows of it, he just forgot the pronunciation. basically him and xiv are kind of inverses of each other; xiv is smart and can explain it, but can't deal with their emotions. tal can recongize his and others emotions, and while being a bit smart he can't explain it like xiv can and forgets the information sometime. another thing i think they have in common is accidentally lashing out in anger. tal doesn't know why (not a violent dog; doesn't know why he bites) and xiv knows but wishes they didnt (violent dog; wishes they didn't know why they bite.)

klip. i'm gonna be honest i think he's the most normal in the group and that is genuinely saying something. he's about average in terms of emotional and intelectual intelligence, but. the way he reacts to rai being weird is touching the book thats glowing ominously, but at the same time checking to see if he's okay. it's like he's barely passed the skillcheck, and thus while it's good, there are aspects of it he's missing. its not the fact that he can't read the room, its the fact that he can read parts of it. the rest of it he realizes depending on the person's reaction. im 50/50 on whether or not he harbors a bit of guilt from not actually defeating that goblin camp but this again. is klip we're talking about. surprisingly the most well adjusted of the group despite the squidfucking.

now rai... i think rai. thinks he's well adjusted but oh. isn't. i think its the book that makes him realize he craves a family more than anything. but its really too late to change anything is it. and just god... rai's death was so fucked man. he didn't even get to learn anything about his parents, we didnt get to learn anything about his parents, before he died. its so... goddd its fucked. anyway yeah. rai thinks he is. the book reminds him so coldly and cruelly that he isnt <333

all of that to say. just because they're dumbasses does not mean they're stupid. also @flammablefaerie the bread is here

#eden mrraps. #also i know discussing intelligence can be finnicky so if i accidentally sound ableist let me know please <3 #slimecicle bg3

[archivist-the-knight]

Have a booptastic day!!!! :O

[id: two simple drawings of a puppet like person, eden, and a bug like person, faerie. in the first, faerie is booping eden with a mischevious look, and eden has their eyes closed, looking amused. the second is eden booping faerie, with faerie giggling and eden having the same expression as before. end id.]

you as well... a boopalicous day even

#eden mrraps. #amalgam arts #i've been sketching all day checked tumblr saw this notification and went. eh why not draw somethin for it i have csp open already

[archivist-the-knight]

that one ricky when i catch you ricky video is literally how i feel whenever charlie slimecicle does something crazy with his characters. charlie when i catch you charlie.

#eden mrraps. #slimecicle #charlie slimecicle #<- yeah ill maintag that #anyway im too tired to add anything funny other than the main caption. charlie when i get you charlie

[archivist-the-knight]

can i say something evil? just kidding. i am.

tal isn't a violent dog. he doesn't know why he bites. xiv knows why they bite though!! they for sure do!!

#eden mrraps. #whether xiv is truly a violent dog is up to you but they for sure know why they bite. ^_^ #slimecicle bg3

[archivist-the-knight]

anyway based on that last hc post i made. tal totally cooks i think. my man might not be able to pronounce monotonus and turns out i can actually spell it but damn he can make stew. however xiv totally bakes i think it comes with the territory (being locked up in a tower. that bitch is SMART)

#eden mrraps. #slimecicle bg3 #<- sorry not sorry i always maintag it its just so other ppl can see my silyl little posts since i know my blog doesnt have a lotta followe #anyway!! tal i think doesn't really do measurments he just knows the order to do stuff in (saute the veggies put the broth in simmer and #enjoy yk). xiv really enjoys making fresh baked bread. and they made so much of it in that tower that while measurments are appriciated #they. really dont need it. but sometimes they do </3 #also. xiv IS smart. i will die on this hill!!!

[archivist-the-knight]

forgot i had lactose intolerance. embarrassing.

#eden mrraps.

[archivist-the-knight]

stop literally everything. one of rekka's moves is a guilty gear reference.

#eden mrraps. #hi fi posting #OOOH MY GOD. I LOVE THIS GAME SO FUCKING MUCH. OOOH M FUCKING GOD. #edit. accidentally maintagged this i am so sorry

[archivist-the-knight]

emizel: soda youve been with me through thick and thin. you saw me at my homestuck phase dude

#eden mrraps. #the suckening #is this anything

[archivist-the-knight]

fucked up if true that emizel and soda/theo have been best friends for years now, but within five minutes of meeting shiloh, theo immeaditly loses his defining character trait and has an identity crisis. on one hand its a little funny but on the other holy shit dude... holy shiiit

#eden mrraps. #the suckening #i love it when somethibg manages to balance between being incredibly funny and incredibly tragic raahh #making fun of the audience for laughibg or whatecer. and the way its accidentally foreshadowed fuck off all the way to the bronx

[archivist-the-knight]

[id: a simple sketch of arthur bennett with his cat on his shoulders. he is driving a car with a blank expression. there is text with an arrow attached to it, pointing at him, that reads "bad at driving." /end id]

i have like a gazillion suckening sketches that i will probably refine later but for right now heres the funniest one. my guy did loop de loops in fucking LA traffic.

#eden mrraps. #the suckening #amalgam arts #arthur bennett #arthur bennett the suckening #the suckening fanart #not posting this in my art blog for right now just bc its a smaller sketch

[archivist-the-knight]

thoughts on backrooms..?

ooo i love the backrooms!!! liminal spaces in general honestly. the psychology behind it is really cool with the whole transitional places being empty when they're supposed to be full and oooh my god. the photography and the art helps this out so well. theee are so many times ive felt genuinely unnerved by images... its awesome

im a bit fifty fifty about monsters being in there though. the two horror concepts are equally good. the idea of the monster being tangible and actually terrifying is good, but you cant play it up to much or have to make it actually terrifying. doctor rat does this really well with keeping any hostile enemies to the last level, and keeping the victims unprepared. but... i think the scariest one is. the monster from the oldest view... i havent even watched it yet because that beastie is so damn scary. what the guck!!!

but also... not knowing what is after you is also super scary!!! being driven mad by isolation and your own fear. slowly going insane as you wander neon grassy planes and suffocating offices... never knowing what will happen. its so!!! godd

neither are nessecarily worse than the other, i think the proper execution can make both work really well. also the backrooms wili i really like even if it wasnt the original intent of the backroom's horror by IDing the monsters... but i am so biased i love SCP and shit like that obsessed even.

also the backrooms game has wonderful graphics but it looks like you can get to absolute tomfoolery /pos

#eden mrraps. #mewtuals #writing tag #nerd tag

[archivist-the-knight]

you could say... xiv id the goat as in in animal,,, and phrase....

#eden mrraps. #slimecicle bg3 #is this anything