#elves and humans

[donttelljim]

Anger - Stories of Thedas Day 7

Dragon Age Inquisition Cullen / Lavellan Inquisitor Lavellan confronts Cullen, her partner and supposedly trusted military advisor, about what happened to her clan... (On AO3 here) ================ Anger stung Aredhel’s eyes with enough fury to guard her from her grief. That grief, when she fell into it again, would drag her down from this Inquisitor’s tower, down from Skyhold and into a pit from which she couldn’t foresee an escape. She couldn’t imagine finding the strength, the will or the self-forgiveness to crawl out of it. Yet, the Inquisition - this human creation that had taken her away from her people, her true duty; the human creation that had committed… this - needed her. She must gird herself for now, and so, grief would have to wait. For now, she only knew anger, and betrayal. She looked at him without recognition; the betrayal drove in deep. Her heart was as numb as it was armed as she regarded Cullen. He stood hopelessly across the desk from her, his own expression enraged in order to speak through his guilt, the rest of him floundering in a clear admittance of it. "Your soldiers did this,” she snarled, nose curling. Her hands curled, too, feeling as though they could claw into the desk. Magic strained to fill her palms, to pull primal power from the wood beneath them in defense of her clan. But it was too late. She had not been there. She had been here, allowing this. Trusting him.

If he had come to her in humility, perhaps Aredhel could still look at Cullen and see the person she had come to love and trust, had allowed into her bed - the bed that now lay behind him, visible over his shoulder in a mocking reminder of her naivety. At every turn, she had valued his counsel, had placed ever-more in his hands, both of the Inquisition's mission and of herself. He had seemed reliable, safe, even as she learnt the truths of his past. She looked at him and saw the sun, forgiving and overlooking the blood on his hands; it was a part of history, a different man. But this blood was fresh. Had he come in humility, she might have forgiven him. Instead, he came with blame. "Your people attacked our soldiers!", he retorted. She could hear the frustration in his voice. Usually, she would be inclined to be understanding; to see the issue from his perspective, to interpret the struggle for goodness behind whatever misstep he had taken. She had none of that mercy to spare today: that well had bled dry with her people. "Of COURSE they attacked, if they saw an armed force bearing down on them!” Her voice attempted to crack on her, her eyes to tear - she fought them both. Her hands slammed against the desk; “I assumed I could trust you to be tactful.” "I assumed I'd been given all the information! What a shame we don't have any Dalish advisors to hand.” He looked to her pointedly; vexation rocked through his every word, attempting to destabilize them, but he kept them gripped in an audible first. Again, through his anger, he appeared hopeless. Regretful. She didn’t care. The Inquisitor scoffed, staring at her Commander, marveling at his audacity. Rather than firing heatedly back, she slowed, the room turning steadily cold around her, the change having nothing to do with magic. “I forgot how much practice you’ve had in justifying your errors, Commander.” She studied him pointedly, appraising him as though seeing him for the first time. “Always someone to blame.” The ex-templar surged forwards, wanting either to rise to the attack or buckle under it, but he allowed himself neither. Voice struggling for control, its pain revealing itself in every taut word, he pressed a gloved hand to her desk, leaning forwards and meeting her eyes. His were earnest yet bloodshot from their mutual hostility. “You know I treated this mission with care,” he uttered, voice lowered and softened, but far from unarmed. “You know I wanted the best. These things just happen sometimes. Elves -” “HO! Oh yes?” Aredhel straightened up, stepping back and folding her arms, her eyes twin daggers meeting his. The Dalish First stared the human down, daring him for his next words. “Elves what?” Cullen hesitated, realizing what he’d begun, and to whom. The first syllable of a word attempted to venture forth, but the sound cracked and wavered in his mouth. Seeing that he wasn’t about to continue, Aredhel attempted to finish the thought for him. “Elves ‘do this’? Can’t be reasoned with? I suppose they attack ‘at random’.” She sagged, years of oppression making her heart and bones feel heavy as she attempted to explain to this outsider. “Cullen...Has it occurred to you, the violence your people have leveled at us? What that does to people? Treating an armed unit as hostile isn’t ‘random’ after that...What else could they do?” Understanding and guilt gradually dawned on the face she had once found so blindingly bright. Perhaps she would again some day, but right now, she couldn’t imagine it, and it didn’t matter. “I…” Cullen struggled, his heart sinking. He cleared his throat, attempting to set right what no words could: “On reflection, I should have -” Aredhel sighed. She wanted to ask how calmly he would have received an unannounced group of mages descending on his home, back in his years in Kirkwall. The comparison was an apt one, but even in her fury, she didn’t want to be cruel. She loved him, even if today she despised him. Instead, she simply watched him with regret. She had left her clan behind for this Inquisition, but truly, her heart had left them for him. Sharing in each other, planning to share a life, accepting a future of human-looking children: for him, she hadn’t looked back. Studying his face now, her heart ached for the people who had trusted her. The face of their slaughterer was that of a stranger. And yet, a stranger could not have wronged her so completely. Deadened, Aredhel regarded Cullen and found that she had little emotion left to spend on him. She had already spent so much on him, over the months: there was none left. Sighing again, tone numb from disappointment, she reached for energy enough to at least speak: "I didn't expect you to approach this like such a - " "Such a what?”, he challenged. His face, collapsed with exhaustion, hardened again: Aredhel saw him bristle, a fresh indignation ignite within his defeated eyes. Straightening, the human held her gaze, taking his turn to dare her for her next words. “Go on. Say it." She would. Raising her chin, she leant forwards; she didn’t blink; didn’t turn away. "A Shemlen” The look Cullen gave her was stone. Behind his face, Aredhel saw something of his regard for her die. She would regret it tomorrow: today, she was glad for it. Let it die, along with everyone she cared for. "I see.” Stepping back, the Commander ducked into a curt bow. “Inquisitor." Without another word, any further attempt, he left. Aredhel set her jaw, watching him go, hating him with every step. The moment the door clicked shut, her heart broke.

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #cullavellan #commander cullen #dalish inquisitor #clan lavellan #argument #anger #angst #elves and humans #dalish #cullen x lavellan

[eelfuneral]

As someone with an elf character who has fallen in love with a human NPC and an absolute Angst Goblin™️, I’ve been having some thoughts on the logistics of a human/elf relationship in the DnD multiverse:

1. How do they deal with the lifespan disparity? Elves live for a long ass time, and humans, well, do not. For an elf, having a human partner would be like being with someone who has a terminal illness: you know that they are going to die to soon, and you are constantly reminded of the inevitable.

2. In settings where these relationships are taboo (hi Dragonlance!), how do these couples navigate society? Are there places where being open about the nature of their relationship would be unsafe? Would it be hard to get someone to officiate their wedding should they choose to get married?

3. If everyone involved has compatible equipment to reproduce, how frequently are they successful? Are humans and elves extremely cross-fertile, or is it difficult to create or sustain one of these pregnancies? How does birth control work, if it exists? Is it some kind of magic? Do elven and human pregnancies both last for nine months, or are elves pregnant for a scary long time?

4. If the couple chooses to have children, how would they feel about their half-elf kid’s lifespan? Would it be hard for the elven parent to know that while junior can live for far longer than a human, they still will not live as long as an elf? Is there any guilt there?

#dnd posting #tokophobia tw #elves and humans #Sage the Elven Hobo and Darrett the Solamnic Himbo are in for a wild ride

[volucrine]

Astarion's dialogue files about other romances are a thing of savage beauty. I'll just leave this here for now.

[Astarion: Wyll's the sort of prince-type I would have once dreamed of marrying. When I was about thirteen.]

Teenage Astarion--undoubtedly already an insufferable arse--dreaming of marrying a prince is a precious thought.

#astarion #bg3 astarion #baldurs gate 3 #wyll ravengard #bg3 #3..2..1..until someone pipes up with AKSHUALLY 13 for elves is [whatever] in human terms

[big-greer]

a BIG part of the lore of Dungeon Meshi is how ageism is bad. About how the long lived races treat the young lived races like children and thus infantilize them and do not show them the respect and understanding they deserve simply because of their looks or short life spans. Whether its because to them they look like children in their eyes (like half foots and gnomes) or because the adult ages of the younger lived races are still in the child ages for the longer lived ones and so they get treated/viewed as children (we see otta receive comments about getting with minors when in reality she dated adult half foot women. so we already see this view towards things like this are a thing in the lore) We see this with chilchuck, senshi, and marcille where the two later view chilchuck as a child and treat him like one even though he is a full grown man who drinks (and is supposed to have grey hairs) all because he looks young and in the newest episode its revealed he is 29 which is still young children to the two of them. We see how perspectives that characters are children because of their age being a childs age for a different race as opposed to their race or because they look like children is a completely infantilizing and disrespectful behavior that causes so many problems in the long run. a theme that is completely flying over the average tumblr users head.

ive seen people get furious at other people because they sexualize chilchuck and even marcille

“oh they look like kids so dont do that you freak”

you absolute fool you missed a major theme of the fucking story. But because they look young suddenly they are children? have you paid no attention to the story? did you just ignore how the ageisim and weird mindset about ages like that causes so many issues that could easily have been avoided. and as for the age one i see people getting furious at others for being into and sexualizing izutsumi even though she is a year past adult in tall man years, but because she isnt in the adult age range in real life (wild your applying real life society standards to a fictional medieval fantasy world). even though even in lore she would be well an adult able to get married and everything tumblr really does have the media literacy of a toddler.

#dungeon meshi #idiots your missing a major theme in the story oh my god #its litterally just marcille saying chilchuck is a kid because to elves 29 is considered a child #even though he isnt an elf and is a half foot and so the mans dam near middle aged #but because 29 is a child in elf years she treats him like a child. #same thing with izutsumi #16 years is adult for tallmen and since she is 17 she is an adult #but because that isnt adult in real life human years (wild your applying real life shit to a fantasy world but whatever) #people get in a frenzied about people thinking she is attractive #like congrats your litterally just doing the exact same thing as the elves in the story do #like you have just completely ignored the lesson #chilchuck #marcille #senshi #izutsumi

[totallynotsarkaz]

sea elves pointy ears Aegirian

#arknights #gladiia #kirara #highmore #lumen #somehow i dig the idea of more aegir having pointy ears so I could call them sea elves lol #i find it weird that only kirara having pointy ears while we have Andreana and Deepcolor having human ears #then... there's shark with no pointy ears despite being literal FISH (point at both Gladiia and Lumen) #perhaps due to shark being built different I guess?

[tategaminu]

If we got your elf girl by Finnegrin we should get your human boy by the next local asshole

#we need another rayllum hater shipper #one of the celestial elves. My bet #another bet is Runaan but I feel like he would commit harakiri before admiting an human is her boy #Kim'dael kardashian would fit #rayllum #tdp #the dragon prince

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

I’m sorry, but can you just imagine:

Elves in Valinor: i wonder how the elves that choose to remain in ME are doing? Are they suffering? Are they thriving? Have they faded yet?

Meanwhile, Thranduil: *sipping a pina colada out of a coconut, hanging out in a hammock, on a beach, with some reggae and a nice book* i don’t care that staying in ME means that i will face hardships and horrors that are beyond valinor’s wildest dreams, because i’m sure i’m also relaxing and living the good life beyond valinor’s wildest dreams.

#i’m sorry #but you can’t tell me that valinor has progressed as fast as the humans in ME have #ME elves might hve faced the horrors of our history but they are also reaping the benefits #sure they’re worried about everything but by god are they gonna take what they can get #lord of the rings #lotr #lotr elves #the hobbit #silmarillion #thranduil #incorrect tolkien quotes #incorrect lotr quotes #incorrect hobbit quotes

[trashiiplant]

gijinkaified....

#they're like elves or smtn I think so not rlly human #trashy art #rain world #rain world downpour #rw #five pebbles #looks to the moon #big sis moon #no significant harassment #seven red suns #rw fp #rw lttm #rw nsh #rw srs #rain world gijinka #gijinka #iterators #who needs shoes am I right? #this fp is like 4'11 #suns is still nonbinary dw #fem presenting suns propaganda

[brigwife]

#lotr #lord of the rings #elves #hobbits #humans #dwarves #orcs #maiar

[spacebarbarianweird]

Please, what are you headcanons about Astarion and human Tav/Durge? There's obviously the angsty issue of humans having one of the shortest life spans of all DnD races but that's only as angsty as you want it to be in this setting (and the stories you can tell about it are what makes it fascinating). Still... What's your take on it? Would that be a disaster for a proud immortal elf?

Since humans are very diverse I decided to take female human Tav who isn't exactly a big girl but would be considered "curvy" by human beauty standarts.

Astarion x F!Human!Tav

Masterlist

Headcanons

You are the third child born into a big family of seven.

Unlike your sisters, you are that girl who is always teased for "eating too much" or "needing too much fabric for a dress."

It would bother you if you had issues with self-esteem. But you don't.

"At least, I have some tits and ass!" you jokingly say to people who decide to comment on your looks.

Besides, your father, a native to Frost North, has always told you that "the bigger a woman is, the more chances she survives a winter".

You inherited from your northern ancestors' red hair, the color of fire.

Freckles dance over your pale skin and, when you laugh, you can be heard in the neighboring village.

Since there's not much for you in life apart from marriage, you sign up to join an adventure party.

Being an adventurer isn't easy. It's dangerous for a lonely woman but you manage to find friends and learn how to protect yourself.

And you are still this jolly human woman who just can't allow herself to stop because your years are so short.

You probably regret this attitude when locked inside the Mindflayer's pod with a nasty tadpole behind your eyes.

You gather this group of traumatized people - it's not like you are the most competent person, but you are, at least, not experiencing the meltdown!

Astarion immediately catches your eye - he is an elf. And it's a common knowledge humans see elves as the most beautiful creatures ever.

Does he think he manipulates you into protecting him? Too bad. You decided you weren't leaving this adventure without this handsome elven man by your side.

A vampire? Even better.

You are much stronger than him and a bit taller.

You can easily pick him since his bones are so light.

And he adores your body.

Your breasts are pretty big and your thighs are soft.

He likes using your boobs as a pillow and you don't mind - because it gives you full access to his hair.

Or putting his head on your soft belly and thighs.

He also adores your body hair - especially the one in private parts.

"You know among humans it's considered ugly unless you are a man"

"No wonder human women prefer elves."

You look adorable in dresses with deep necklines and ribbons in your curly red hair.

And Astarion loves seeing you in the morning, when you, awake from your long human sleep, look at the world with puffy eyes trying to apprehend wtf you saw in your dreams.

"Don't even ask, human's dreams are fucked up."

When Astarion is distressed, you often put him on your knees and lull him like a child.

And it's difficult for him to adapt to your lifestyle.

You are considered a slow type for a human but you are still a human

You are ambitious, loud, and fast. You have so little time left, you want to experience it to the fullest.

You are smart, brave, skilled and unstoppable like a human traveler, who decided they want to reach the edge of the world.

You keep being adventurers until it's too difficult for you.

Your red hair turns white, and you have wrinkles. You aren't a jolly red-haired girl any longer.

You are a jolly old lady who can both bake cookies for neighbor kids and beat someone's abuser with a hammer.

The time passes fast and it's time for you to go.

"You were quite an adventure, Astarion", you whisper to him

"And you were everything", he replies holding his tears back.

Astarion wants to leave the moment you find rest in your grave, but your family, the loud red-haired clan doesn't let him go.

Well, it's not like any of them were ever prepared to have a vampire for an uncle but here they are.

Astarion visits them from time to time, seeing how children grow up, how new things get old, and how the village becomes a town and then a city.

Human lives are so short, they make the most of them

Astarion visits less and less and only some of the oldest residents of the city know about him.

"Oh, yeah… I remember. My grandmother once told me her great-grandfather's sister was married to a vampire."

Sitting at the seashore, waiting to sail to the Isle of Evermeet, Astarion remembers the words he once heard from an old elf.

"You need to fall in love with a human at least once in your life."

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[y-rhywbeth2]

Upon reaching the age of majority (15 years)

I knew I wasn't making it up! I admittedly saw that first in a different source that I still can't find, but there it is again: the age of majority in human society on Toril is 15 years old (or around). Welcome to adulthood; if you're of a traditional Calishite family you now have five years to get a decent job, get your own household, get married and give us grandchildren or you're a stain on the family's reputation.

This is presumably why Ulder was too comfortable kicking Wyll out (17 is totally a responsible adult! Never mind that jumping to conclusions and exiling him without hearing his side of the story would've been terrible at any age and is a reflection on Ulder's shitty personality problems...), why Karlach being hired as a body guard as (presumably) a teen isn't seen as overly weird, and 15-ish is also the age at which Sceleritas would announce his presence to Durge - time for your religious indoctrination, my liege!

#there is some bullshit going on in Faerûn on occasion it must be said #Elves: You're an adult after accumulating a lifetime's worth of perspective at 100+ #Gnomes: You're an adult around 40-ish once you've finished exploring the world and yourself as a person #Humans: You're an adult once you've had about a years' worth of puberty; get a fucking job you lazy freeloader #lore stuff #/wyll #/karlach #/durge

[littleivyart]

Welcome to Essin! Home to many different peoples. From the small, humble Bumpkins, to the towering, powerful Orcs. We hope you find them all interesting!

My Husband and I have been brainstorming the fantasy world of Essin for over 2 years now and are so excited to bring this world to life (as much as two people reasonably can, that is), but feel free to ask all about them! We have a bunch of lore we're happy to share!

Oh, and make sure to peep the alt text on each pic, as there's much lore tucked away in there!

#fantasy world #worldbuilding #fantasy art #fantasy races #original fantasy #original art #digital art #character design #Essin #halflings #orcs #trolls #fantasy humans #Trogs #Bumpkins #Drosskin #fae #goblins #elves #wood elves #high elves #my art

[spicyraeman]

I know the game has a few standardized heights and sizes, but making Lae'zel small is very dear to my heart.

Like, the littlest egg in the clutch, constantly on edge, having to fight off the bigger kids. Having to do more, know more, be the best.

Not to prove herself, but merely to have her existence tolerated.

Only now, past the point where others would have already been given a sword and dragon, can she try to prove her worth.

And these damnable tadfools aren't helping!

All of this, hard agree

I love HCing her as small for a Gith, her having to overcompensate for it and that being one of the reasons why she's so extra is so good

#asks #small for a gith but kinda average compared to elves and humans #cuz gith average is like 6ft

[attractthecrows]

let it also be said that I love the Mahariel + Lavellan worldstate. It's so haunted. You are Dalish, you are not a part of human culture, but by happenstance you're dragged into it and to the forefront of hell to save a world that hates and fears your people. You have no choice. You can never return to your home, to the familiar, to anything you've ever known. You will be an echo; Mahariel echoing Garahel, Lavellan echoing Mahariel. You're so proud of your Dalish heritage, but your identity doesn't matter at all. Doomed to be a martyr for a people that do not respect you and cannot understand you, while your clan mourns, lamenting that they cannot bury you, no life-tree to stand as your memory. You're a hero. You're already dead. You died the moment you left your clan.

#dragon age #mahariel #lavellan #dalish origin #its so fucking. UGH #its SPICY its TANTALIZING its GIVING MY CHARACTERS MARTYR COMPLEXES #And you. child of the dales. who will remember YOU? not your symbol; YOU #who will remember the meaning of your vallaslin? who will remember the elvish prayers you mutter to yourself? #Who will remember? Not the humans. It's a wonder they remember Garahel was elven. nevermind the wild elves that are so feared #okay editing the tags #GUYS I FORGOT ABOUT AMERIDAN #but also ive never finished the jaws of hakkon dlc so #limited relevance #and tbh given how little is known about ameridan before You Find Him i dont think it's as applicable #like in the greater thedosian memory it's not 'lavellan is just like ameridan!' its going to be 'Whoa! two Dalish heroes in 10 years!'

[celebrimborium]

galadriel training númenóreans • episode v

#lotredit #ropedit #tropedit #ringsofpowersource #the rings of power #tolkienedit #tolkiensource #fantasyedit #tvedit #tvcentric #dailytvfilmgifs #filmtvcentral #televisiongifs #galadriel #valandil #ontamo #elves #humans #numenor #rop s1 #rop 1x05 #* #1k

[misstycloud]

Yandere!Hunter x Elf!Reader

Yandere!hunter who is the village’s loner. He rarely talks to anyone else, instead he prefers to keep to himself in his cabin secluded from the town.

Yandere!hunter who has heard legends about the kinds of creatures living in the forest nearby, the one that almost no one goes into. Well, except him of course. The place was gianourmus and hard to find the way out the moment you set foot inside. It was like a maze. One you’ll be trapped in forever if you weren’t careful.

Yandere!hunter who regards himself as a logical man and therefore doesn’t believe a word of those silly tales. They were just bedtime stories for kids, something parents used to keep them out of the woods.

Yandere!hunter who goes into the woods in hunt for prey, he needed meat to sell at the market; also he was in urgency of food on the table. He had to eat and lazing around the cabin wouldn’t solve anything.

Yandere!hunter who definitely doesn’t believe in things like elves. Ethereal, intelligent and magical, how could a perfect being be real. They don’t exist. But how come he met you?

Yandere!hunter who was just as surprised as you to come across another creatures on your adventure through the high trees. You immediately raised your guard when you saw him. He was a stranger, a potential threat to your life.

Yandere!hunter who was taken aback by your beauty. No one he’d ever seen before could compare to you. There was just something about you that instantly drew him in like a moth to a flame. You were obviously not a mortal, that was for sure. The hunter started thinking back to the legends, perhaps they were in fact true. There really were magical creatures such as elves living in the woods.

Yandere!hunter who lowered his weapons to show you that he wasn’t intending on harming you. Then he slowly inched closer to you, barely daring to breathe in fear of you simply being an illusion of being there for too long.

Yandere!hunter who is overjoyed when you don’t run away and chose to stay and talk to him. It had been a while since he last held a conversation longer than two sentences.

Yandere!hunter who is desperate when you say you needed to go home and begs you to meet with him in the same spot the next night. He had to speak to you again, he must get to know you more. Luckily you agree to his request, albeit a bit reluctantly at first while looking over your shoulder deeper into the forest. As if you were worried about something in there.

Yandere!hunter who is thoroughly enjoying the conversations you two share every night. Not only were you wonderful on the outside, you were heavenly on the inside too. So kind and full of life, always curious about things and willing to learn.

Yandere!hunter who thinks your pointed ears are just adorable and let’s you feel his own rounded ones. How your face lits up when you are allowed to touch his ears is so cute, he thinks.

Yandere!hunter who absolutely loves when you ask him questions regarding his life. You showed interest in him! He answers all questions honestly, only wanting to reveal himself to you. You were the first person to ask him about his day and his likes, it warmed his heart to the point of it feeling like it’s going to explode.

Yandere!hunter who is sad when his inquiries concerning your life is responded with vague and short replies. You say that you can’t really tell him that much about your society, that it would be unfair to the others.

Yandere!hunter who realises he can’t live without you in his life. He must have you with him. What if you’re not safe? What if someone’s being mean towards you? What if another comes for your hand?

Yandere!hunter who won’t let anyone else have you when he needs you the most. The next time you meet, he supposed he’ll have to convince you that he is a much better option and you’ll be happier with him.

#male yandere #possesive #obsessed #yandere #yandere oc #yandere x reader #oc #hunter oc #yandere hunter #hunter yandere #yandere hunter x elf reader #elf #elves #elf reader #magical #forest #fantasy #yandere hunter x reader #yandere human #human yandere x elf reader #misstycloud oc