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I want to hear more about Zero Year Riddler being kind of a loser, please.
Zero Year Riddler is Actually A Nerdy Dork-Ass and I Have Evidence
aka at max ten pictures from the comic books. I apologize now that I had to get selective with photos and that these photos I took myself because I'm too lazy to scan. Includes hcs based on the canon stuff.
TW: Spoilers for Batman: Zero Year also known as Zero Year - Secret City and Zero Year - Dark City
We are going to be jumping around a little with these pictures. So the most basic/stripped down timeline- Edward sets off a massive plot w/ Doctor Death to first black out the City of Gotham while he prepares the Big Guns. Weather balloons filled with toxins to ensure no one is getting in or out of Gotham. He floods the city. Tells the surviving citizens that if they all want to get out, they have to give him a riddle he cannot solve. If you think that last part sounds very folk-lore or fairy tale like, YOU WOULD BE RIGHT. This period where he's setting up this challenge is the titular Zero Year. He is set up inside the Sphinx display in the Gotham History Museum. Batman stops him. onto the actual discussion.
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We are first going to start with his introduction. I've discussed this before in a different post but this is meant to tell you multiple things. He has fifteen degrees he's earned. He makes conspiracy theory string boards. He is a dweeb who wears pocket protectors. The important thing to note story wise is that most of the points in this board are important/have a specific role in the story. He's correct about them. They matter. You might be saying "ok Fox/Belle but how does this say he's a nerdy dork-ass?"
look at him. He's described as being "boastful and annoyingly egotistical, but socially he's an egghead." This is not a man who plays well with others. But he genuinely thinks of himself as someone better than everyone else. What do you get? A smokescreen of theatrics, egotism and showing off to hide how socially inept he is.
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Next, and sorry the first picture didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. This is the first meeting of Edward and Bruce Wayne. Of course Edward has already plotted his death. Will try to enact this plot. The page with the snake is a reference to the ancient Egyptian game of Mehen which Edward mentions in passing earlier in the story. Historians currently don't know much about the game other than it's distinctive board- However here it becomes a parallel to Ouroboros. The snake that eats it's own tail. Its known as an alchemy symbol and spiritually represents the unity of all things. Life, Death, Rebirth. In Edward's mind: destruction and rising from ashes aka Gotham in his plans.
The second is post Zero Year, telling the citizens of Gotham his motivations. This is his monologue showing his warped version of the Hero's Journey. The Hero's Journey for those who don't know is a very old archetype on which many fictional stories are all based on (whether they realize it or not.) In it's simplest terms, a hero goes on an adventure. The hero through trauma and hardship, learns a lesson, wins their "boon" and returns home with newfound knowledge that transformed them as a person. Note this sounds kind of similar to the Ouroboros thing, doesn't it?
Edward wants to leave a mark and transform Gotham. Potentially the world. He wants control he never had growing up. He wants all of it.
On the headcanon end... This information combined with his hyperfixation on mythology (mentioned below), this man plays tabletop. Hear me out. God complex. Verbose. Theatrics. Obsession with heroics, the heroes journey and folklore... this man not only plays DnD, he has been a GM countless times. I think he'd play other tabletops as well, but DnD is his bread and butter.
His main race (in traditional) is a gnome because of the intelligence stats. When he does DM/GM, the story is rich and so fucking detailed. He is also mean as hell and will murder all your characters in emotionally devastating ways if you get unlucky. He'll never admit any of this to people he finds cool or too attractive (unless they get to know him first). He has a strong wall up to try and prevent any weakness or vulnerability to show through.
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He likes fun facts. Not just about mythology he is the one who spits out statistical data and random fun facts in regular discussion. It's almost compulsive. At another part of the comic where he almost shoots Lucius Fox dead via robot, he states the statistical probability that he was already hit with a bullet, but to reload and shoot again anyways. Then he is in the middle of telling a trivia fact about foxes before Batman comes in to save Lucius.
This feeds into my headcanon that he's neurodivergent. And also was a Jeopardy fanatic as a child. Probably still is. He likes to impress (especially dates) with the knowledge he can pull from seemingly nowhere. Also if you haven't gotten the impression yet, he cannot and will not stop talking. Loves the sound of his own damn voice. You know he's monologued himself to trouble multiple times. Also note how smoothly he's just glossing over his shitty dad/abusive childhood (again.)
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Piggybacking on the last point- He has a special interest (read: potentially hyperfixation) on mythology and folklore. On multiple occasions he mentions these stories in passing as an anecdote for the events currently happening around him. Archimedes was a greek mathematician in ancient Sicily. He invented a great many things and would come to be known as one of the leading scientists of classical antiquity. The story Edward references is a rather famous one- Archimedes invented complex pulley systems and was tasked to prove the strength and ingenuity of these pulleys by moving the Syracusia, a luxury cruise ship, in and out of the water.
The second he mentions the story of the Gordian Knot. The tale goes as such: Alexander the Great's time. Whoever could untie the Gordian Knot was said to be destined to rule all of Asia. No one could solve it. The knot was impeccable. It was complex. Alexander the Great showed his great mental genius by doing what no one else had done. He cut the knot. There's more to it but that's the gist. That's the why of why Edward looks to this story and remembers it.
Everything about The Riddler of Zero Year is about proving his intelligence. Creating a name and a culture enveloped with smarts. If we didn't have the lore associated with Egyptian mythology as well, I'd say ancient Greece is his topic of choice but I think he likes all of it. That said, this man likes historical movies, historical texts, museums. If you take him to a museum or any kind of zoo or aquarium, he's going to talk your ear off on what he already knows for at least several hours. Are you impressed? Please be impressed. Tell him how smart he is and praise him like your favorite house cat.
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The final pictures with actual analysis. These might seem silly or a rather insignificant detail to zoom in on.
This is him setting off the triggers to flood the city. Note the suitcase. He says this out loud to no one but himself. His own joke that only he gets to laugh at. Then he LITERALLY walks away whistling. A lot of this kind of behavior feeds into him knowing and being so smug about how clever he is. He's watching dozens upon dozens of citizens who have no idea what is going to happen to them, running in fear. And he's focused only on how gleeful he is that it's all coming together.
In the second: this is the final trial. Batman saving the city of Gotham and Riddler getting to have his big villain moment. And from the moment he reveals the lightshow of lasers ready to cut down our hero at will- he begins playing with his cane and hat. To the point that Batman is almost panicked for him to stop and just ask the damn questions.
These both run to one point and that's to him, this is all a game. We don't know this in the story yet, but he has an additional failsafe to blow the city up even if Batman wins (he doesn't expect him to, but he always makes sure to be a step ahead in case). He's lighthearted because, despite his curiosity around Batman and being constantly surprised that Batman keeps surviving, he considers this chess game match and set. His own arrogance supersedes the idea that Batman could be a genuine hero willing to take all the risk to save these people.
Riddler says to "get smart or die." Edward does not expect someone to do just that and more. For these the behaviors are more dorky vs the actual analysis but you get the point.
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Bonus: we get the full picture that he constantly has a crown image above his screen in Gotham Square during Zero Year. Sir, Why Are You Like This? A lot of this comes down to: please give him attention he is so desperate for attention and probably physical affection. He's starving for it.
If you actually read through all of this, I'm love you and I hope you're having a fantastic day. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my rambling.
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cosmicbrowniefan · 2 years
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i can’t stop picturing a stranger things x it crossover
there are so many fucking things i’m picturing and i need you to picture it too so here.
so obviously we are going to stick with the storyline of mike wheeler and richie being twins
i’m definitely picturing a massive dnd club with mike w, will, dustin, lucas, richie, bill, stan, and eddie
richie gets threatened to be kicked out constantly bc of how fucking annoying he is while playing
max is always making fun of them for being obsessed with their “nerd game” but she’s secretly a little jealous that they have this thing together so she decides to make her own group for competitive uno playing and it’s made up of her, el, bev, mike h, ben, will, and stan
max decided that the others were too loud and annoying when playing games and enjoys pissing them off a little bit by not letting them join in
the losers club and the party always have competitions of who’s fought worse demons
these competitions are basically just arguments
also they’re only between mike w and richie
i also have this theory that pennywise and the upside-down kinda destroy each other due to richie taunting both pennywise and the mind-flayer and saying that each isn’t as scary as the either
leave it to richie to destroy hell by making fun of demons
but yeah enough of that clown fucker and the dnd villains let’s get back to our favorite kiddos
you thought steve was stressed out before? just wait until the party becomes friends with the losers club
suddenly this mf gained a shit ton more children to look after
which robin thinks is absolutely fucking hilarious
there are definitely a couple different sleepover squads that pair off from the whole big group of them but let me just say my two favorite squads: the chill squad and the chaos squad
the chill squad consists of will, bev, mike h, stan, ben, and el
the chaos squad consists of richie, mike w, bill, dustin, lucas, eddie, and max
the chill squad basically just makes food and plays games and has deep talks
the chaos squad basically plays videos games, screams at each other, and runs around the neighborhood at night
some of my other favorite squads include when the group is split up based on their crushes
aka richie, bill, mike w, bev, and max are a squad that talk about their crushes
and eddie, stan, will, ben, and el are a squad that talk about their crushes
obviously. on each other
but i digress
you know what else i love to imagine? ben expanding the clubhouse to fit the entire squad
you thought eddie and richie argued over the hammock? yeah just wait until max, lucas, and mike w join in on that shit
ben very quickly reaches into his savings account to buy a few more hammocks to attempt to reach some peace and quiet
but richie and eddie very conveniently continue to argue over one hammock, each claiming that it’s their favorite hammock
and that results in each of them begrudgingly sharing it (even though that’s what they both wanted all along)
one of my favorite duos has got to be will and stan
those two are straight up besties
and they constantly make fun of each other for the stupid stuff bill and mike w do
and they are really good for each other to talk to about their feelings and their depression and it’s really therapeutic for them
also, bev, max, and el are the power team
talk about girl power, those three are smarter than all the others combined in one
and the boys would 110% have blown themselves up at this point if it weren’t for them
ALSO
LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT HOW PISSY RICHIE GETS WHEN MAX BEATS HIM IN STREET FIGHTER
this mf will literally spend his life savings trying to prove that he’s better at it than she is
“dude, stop trying, she’s already got the new record on dig dug”
“ANYONE CAN DO THAT”
mike h and el have a game they play where they add tally marks every time mike w and richie argue with each other for being literally the same fucking person
lucas once suggested they make it a game where they take shots but after five in a half hour, the two of them decided to call it quits
speaking of lucas, he is BEYOND ecstatic to finally have someone in the group that enjoys sports
he and bill play basketball together, and he, bill, and stan play baseball together on the school team
the others always come to their games to support them but they don’t pretend to understand what was going on
i also really think dustin and bev would be great friends
like something about their energy just meshes well together and i have a feeling they’d do something like start a podcast
in conclusion. i love all of these kids so fucking much and i could talk about a stranger things x it mash up for forever
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Dorian is verry easy to love, legit one of the cutest and most unique durge designs I’ve seen and all his lord is hella interesting! Anymore Dorian factoids about him and AA? I’m kinda interested in how he was with Astarion before he ascended (sorry if you’ve said before and I’ve just missed it)
sobing crying throwing up thank youuu i love my austic creature so much 😭 i wanted my self insert to be a furry and dnd has some very Furry races. im honestly a little suprised more people havent made their bg3 ocs a race other than whats in the game
i drew this a while ago but i didnt really like how it was turning out so i never posted it, but this is essentially what happened when they first met
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so they kinda got off on the wrong foot and would kinda bully eachother but dorian is a freak and got a kick out of his snark and would play along, which astarion warmed up to. honestly they both enable eachother, just because theyre both self indulgent sorts of people. theyre a brat and hes a bitch so imagine how everyone else at camp feels. also dorian got that autistic rizz, theyre so blunt and genuine that they, kind of stupidly, just transparently say what theure thinking all the time, which ends up not just being endearing but also in astarions mind it makes them easy to manipulate bc he already knows exactly what they're thinking. dorian is such an easy target honestly, so when astarion started picking up that dorian was becoming warm to him astarions old training kicks in and propositions dorian in aims of exploiting that fondness. they lost their memory of their first time thanks to their worm lobotomy so they kinda freak like "oh man i dont wanna die a virgin and this hot guy wants to fuck i cant not do it" and thats pretty much as far as i thought about it, i wanna get into the later act 1 and act 2 stuff at some point but i havent actually thought about it all that much xD
but theres sooo much that goes into how the two approach astarion's ascention, their entire relationship has been building up to this pretty intense sort of codependence, wrapped up in eachother's circumstances that they really only see themselves. ig dorian's canon is pretty bleak, companions dropping like flies. the survivors would end up being dorian, astarion, shadowheart, and minthara. so by act 3 theyre really hurting for allies and for firepower. dorian is finding it harder and harder to handle the urge, and is determined to rip their father's influemce from their mind and body. so when they go to bhaal's temple and fucking dies when they reject him, astarion's mind just warps with the fear of actually losing dorian, and while they were codependent before, this event would really plant that seed of what his obsession and possesiveness as the ascendant would become. it wasnt just about freedom anymore it was about keeping what was his. dorian was cautious about him ascending, really just worried for astarion's well being and if something were to go ary, astarion convincing them of course with saying it would be best for him, that it would free him, that he would have the power to protect them both. and dorian is ride or die so they're all in for bogarding cazador's ritual.
and like. they do.
dorian never seen astarion so happy, so relieved. power radiated from him. dorian, being a cleric, is intimately familiar with the divine, that reverence reserved for prayer, that sacred respect for their holy symbols, the awe upon beholding divinity, now was recognized in the vampire ascendant. and he knew it too, "you hold your breath when i speak" astarion indulged this when he proposed turning dorian into his spawn/bride (i subscribe to the bride theory but i like the idea of dorian being reffered to either astarion's spawn or his consort) he turns the whole affair into body worship it was pretty epic. throw in come communion symbolism too why not
i have written way to much i must rest my brain now thank you for asking anon ^w^
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andiwriteordie · 1 year
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hello andi! for the mini prompts, some platonic snarky madcleric gossiping w each other if you would be so inclined? xx
lark!!! oh my god i love madcleric so i am OBSESSED with this prompt!!! they are Best Friends to me, okay? so have this little ficlet!
(also this isn't explicitly stated, but this is set in the same universe as let our walls cave in in case anybody cares hehe)
swear i don't love the drama
Wednesdays are Will’s new favorite day of the week.
Okay, that’s maybe a bit of an exaggeration, and Will knows if he tells Mike or really anyone else in the Party that Wednesdays have become his favorite day of the week, every single one of his friends will throw a temper tantrum. Especially when they learn the reason why.
But hey, Will can’t help it. The others can get over it. 
Because Wednesday afternoons at 3 PM are for one person and one person only.
Max Mayfield.
See, the two of them have a new tradition. Every Wednesday afternoon, he and Max will drive over with Rosie the rottweiler to the local coffee shop, buy themselves iced coffees (surprisingly, they have the same exact order), and sit down at the same table near the back of the coffee shop. If someone is sitting in their spot, Max will make up some excuse to guilt them into moving. Rosie the rottweiler even bares her teeth sometimes for an extra dramatic flare.
And yes, Will had been absolutely mortified the first time it had happened, but then Max had joked that the world still owes them both reparations for… you know, saving the world and ending up with a lifetime’s worth of physical, emotional, and mental trauma. The least the citizens of the world could do was allow them to sit in their favorite spot.
So, that had been that. 
Very quickly, Wednesdays had become Will’s favorite day, and every week, he finds himself counting down the days until he and Max are able to hang out again. He consistently comes back from their little coffee shop dates with a grin on his face, and every time, Mike always wants to know what new gossip Will has learned this week.
Oh, yeah. 
That’s the other thing about the Wednesday Will and Max coffee dates.
They use this time to talk about everything… and everyone.
“Okay, so catch me up,” Will says, after he’s helped Max into her own chair and taken a seat across from her. “Who is Steve dating now?”
A grin forms on Max’s face, and she takes a sip of her iced coffee. “Some guy who’s going to the same college as him and Robin,” she says. “According to Robin, this guy acts just like Eddie. She says the resemblance is uncanny.”
Ah, Eddie Munson. Unfortunately, Will had never gotten the chance to meet Eddie, but from what Mike and Dustin have both shared with him, Will thinks he… probably would’ve gotten along with him. At the very least, they could’ve bonded over DnD and maybe shared some music recommendations with each other.
Plus, from what Robin has told him about Eddie, it might’ve been nice getting to know an older, gay teenager because when he was young and still in the closet. Maybe he and Eddie didn’t have that much in common besides DnD and liking guys, but still… Will thinks he probably would’ve liked having Eddie as a friend.
“I mean, that could just be a coincidence, right?” Will asks curiously. “Also… I didn’t realize Steve was bi. Good for him.”
“I don’t think he did either,” Max chuckles, stirring her coffee absently. “And look, I’d think it was a coincidence too, but here’s where it gets weird, Will.”
She pauses for dramatic effect, and Will rolls his eyes. Max likes to do that when she’s about to share some really juicy gossip. It’s a bit ridiculous, but honestly, Will loves it. If they’re going to gossip like they’re Karen Wheeler and all the moms of the Hawkins parent-teacher association, they might as well act like it too.
“Guess who the guy looks like, Will,” Max says with a grin.
Will raises an eyebrow. “Who?”
“Jonathan!” Max exclaims, and Will damn near spits out his coffee. 
“No fucking way,” he says, staring at his best friend in shock. “Wait, so… Steve is dating a guy… who looks like my brother but has the personality of Eddie? Seriously?”
“Seriously.” Max nods. “Robin says it’s the craziest thing, but she thinks it makes sense. I mean, your brother’s an attractive guy, so that makes sense, right? And I don’t really remember that much from the week that Eddie joined our little group—you know… ‘cause I was worried about being brutally killed and stuff—but from what Robin can remember, Steve and Eddie really hit it off.”
“Damn.” Will leans back in his chair, still reeling from this new information. “That’s… damn, okay. Well, good for Steve… I’m glad he’s figuring this out and stuff! But… Jonathan and Eddie.”
“Jonathan and Eddie,” Max confirms, taking another sip of her iced coffee. “Crazy, right?” 
“Didn’t Eddie hold a knife to Steve’s throat?” Will recalls, thinking back to the stories Dustin had shared with him from that week. “And I’m pretty sure Jonathan once beat the shit out of Steve the week I went missing.”
Max purses her lips together. “Sounds like he has a type,” she remarks, and Will nearly chokes on his drink again.
“Max!”
“I’m just saying!” Max laughs, leaning back against her chair. “It sounds like Steve’s type is…”
Her voice trails off, and slowly, a look of horror forms on Max’s face. “Oh no.”
Will raises an eyebrow. “What? What’s wrong with you?”
“If Steve’s type is who guys who could beat him up, that means…” Max shudders. “Holy shit, Will. Steve got the shit beat out of him by Billy the first year I moved to Hawkins.”
“No,” Will says flatly. “No, absolutely not.”
“I’m just saying—”
“Steve Harrington’s an idiot,” Will interrupts, making a face at his best friend, “but I refuse to believe that he’d have a thing for your asshole step-brother. He fucking hit Billy with a car, remember? And he confessed later that he didn’t even know Billy was flayed at the time. No way Steve had a thing for him. He’s too good for Billy.”
Max exhales; then, she takes another sip of her iced coffee. “You’re right, you’re right,” she agrees. “God, I thought we were about to have to drive across the country to knock some sense into Steve. Rosie doesn’t like long car rides, so that would’ve sucked.”
Will laughs, and he reaches over, patting Rosie’s head gently. “Well, we would’ve taken lots of breaks, right, Ro?” he says with a grin. Rosie lifts her head slightly, and she wags her tail, clearly excited to be receiving attention from Will. “Anything for you, Rosie. Aw, you know I love you!”
“Dude, stop trying to steal my dog,” Max complains, kicking Will’s shin lightly. 
“Not my fault your dog likes me so much,” Will retorts. 
“Byers, I know you feed her scraps under the table sometimes,” Max deadpans. “It is absolutely your fault she likes you so much. Can’t believe you’re trying to steal a service dog from a blind girl. That’s just a new level of fucked up.”
“You’re a drama queen,” Will deadpans in return. “And here I thought I was dating the world’s biggest drama queen. Nope. That honor goes to Lucas and El.”
A grin forms on Max’s face at the mention of her partners, and she reaches down, petting Rosie’s head. “I wear that title like a badge of honor,” she says dryly. “Especially since it means I beat Mike at something. I know that he probably hates that.”
Will rolls his eyes; then, he takes a drink of his ice coffee, leaning his head on his hand and looking at his best friend. “Okay, so, besides the Steve drama, did you learn anything else from Robin?” he asks curiously. “Because Mike and I learned some really interesting things from Nancy and Jonathan the other day.”
The grin on Max’s face just grows, and she leans in closer to Will. “Robin doesn’t think Steve’s little fling is going to last,” she reports. “Vicki agrees with her, and they’ve got a bet going on for how long Steve will be with the Jonathan/Eddie doppelganger. But other than that… that’s all I’ve got. What do you have for me, Byers?”
Will smirks, sipping on his iced coffee. “Okay, are you ready for this?”
“Hell yeah. I was born ready.”
Will just laughs, and he smiles at his best friend, before recalling the gossip he’d heard from his brother: “So, Nancy sometimes still talks to Murray, right? And they were on the phone the other day, and apparently…”
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love-toxin · 2 years
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BEING OBSESSED WITH EDDIE MUNSON?? so real. i would beg for him to take me apart any day of the week. he could do it so easily too. one look and a few well timed words and i’d be kneeling on the damn ground. i need him to put those ring-covered fingers to good use. in my mouth? ass? pussy? anywhere, everyone, please
EHEH....i went on a bit of a ramble w this 👉👈
ok but my favourite part of this is that eddie would be totally blown away by your "puppy love" as some would call it. he likes to feign confidence at times when he has none and thus overcompensates for it when he needs it the most, but he honest to god is just speechless that an angel like you is infatuated with a guy like him. regardless if you really are angelic or not, if you insist you aren't he insists you are--that's just the way he sees you, and no matter what you do, if you're hanging around him you're gonna be dubbed 'angelface' or just 'angel' for short.
plus, he feels even more like a devil when such a lovely angel decides they want to grovel at his feet--it's really just you getting on your knees, but he likes the theatrics--and even more so when you nuzzle into his touch and let yourself be guided by his hand underneath your chin, his rings rubbing against the tender skin as he makes you look up at him and asks you to smile, just for him. he would probably stop there, because that's all he's going to get and he's sure you'll stumble upon the self-worth you dropped in order to plead for his attention like this, but he has no idea that you're planning to jump his bones and will do so at the earliest opportunity. he'll take it, of course he'll take it, and he'll thoroughly enjoy watching your angel face twist up in pleasure and your eyes roll back when you let him take you for a ride, but the gradual increase of time you spend with him after the fact will just end up becoming the norm. one day he'll wake up with you sleeping peacefully next to him, and wonder how he got here and how in the jesus h christ he got so lucky--and he has no answer, just that you gave the weird guy a chance and now you'll never, ever, ever get rid of him.
besides, giving him an inch like that and expecting him not to get attached is just impossible. seeing you naked is enough, hell, seeing you in a wet t-shirt is enough for him to daydream about for weeks--if you actually go all the way he literally won't be able to get it off his mind. anytime he sees you in clothes or in public after that, like in class or otherwise at school, anybody with eyes can see how intensely he stares at you and the way he taps his foot or drums his fingers on the table. he gets sweaty, the images of you on top of him and beneath him and the lust in your eyes when you tell him how good he fucks you overwhelm him, and then he's dashing off to the bathroom and returning after a very long few minutes. and if you dare to do something like wink at him, or make some kind of lewd gesture, or god forbid wear one of his t-shirts or your hellfire club shirt, eddie is just a mess for the rest of the day. you'll have to dodge him until classes are over if you don't want him to pull you away to go make out in his car (which you probably do, but you really can't skip class) but when it comes time to drive you home you're gonna get your shit rocked. and he'll develop a terrible, terrible habit of doing the same thing right before group events like your dnd sessions, just so you'll have to scramble to readjust your clothes, fix your hair, and hide the marks that eddie's left on your neck--plus, you'll have to try and sit as normally as you can so nobody suspects anything, even during those times that you don't have a chance to really clean up and you've got eddie's cum soaking your thighs and pooling in your underwear. but even if it's a little uncomfortable in that sense, the adoration in eddie's eyes when he looks over at you from behind his DM screen or sweetly murmurs a "what's your move, angelface?" makes it so worth it, and he doesn't even know how much. he might never realize just how deeply you love him, but he is sure of one thing.
he's so lucky to have you, and he's really lucky when you don't get mad at him for being a little hellion like that. with you, he doesn't have to be a freak, an idiot, a devil-worshipper, or a bad influence. he can just be eddie. and he really, really digs that, angelface.
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kurjakani · 2 months
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4,8,12 for courtiers? hehe.
4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?
Gonna answer this one overall - again, I WISH I COULD STEALL THEMM BROOOO
But also. My interest w Arcana cross imtwracted w my interest in Baldurs Gate 3 time wise p strongly, so I would love. That au???? Idk what that would entail. I may have to think abt it. What dnd races & classes would the courtiers even be idk enough abt rhis stuff
8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?
I'm actually generally pretty chill when it comes to... literally any and all fandom content, i rly don't care abt what other ppl do with characters :0
W two exeptions.
Not enough love for Vlastomil out there !!!! He's so nastygross and delightful, slithery hot fuck, dilf... ough.
Anddd Vulgoras modern design for that dorian story thingy the arcana instagram account was promoting a bit back. TAKE THAT SHIT BACK. TAKE IT BACK. THEY DO NOT FUCKING LOOK LIKE THAT. (Well rly its just the hair & style that bugs me)
12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?
Valdemar: i think this is. Affected by the fact that they're just so gangly, but I feel like they would just... have a very thin PRESENCE. At least most of the time. I think it has to do with skin. I feel like their more humanoid form would psychologically feel like standing next to a cartboard cutout, or a paper shell. And that people are shaken and surprised when they touch you - their physical body actually feeling solid would be odd and uncanny. You know how chickens legs look delicate and gentle but they grip you oddly strong? I think it would feel similiar. And just as cold !!!
Volta: I often think about what kind of assistants she would have... its such an addicting thought idk why 😭 she seems so scattered, it's hard to imagine her as Vesuvias procurator... of course it's canonical fact that she wasn't very good at it. But. She can't run... i assume some kind of warehouses?? Food collection??? No idea how it would work. But she cant run it all by herself. Needs people to do things for her. I love to imagine he's the most PLEASANT but like. Annoyingly distracted boss to ever exist..
Vulgora: i am SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO upset we didn't get to go to Vulgoras estate in Nadias route 😭😭😭 i havent finished the route fully yet (i do need to. I love it)but i don't think we do..? Anyways I imagine it's WILD. All red everywhere, and pretty... wild. Idk how to explain this but I feel like it would be a fully red, slightly lesser version of Howls room but more focused on weaponry etc. Idk for some reason I imagine velvet sofas with really asymmetrical, wild flowing embroidery work, maybe covering scratches recieved during some brawling...? Tinted glass windows in some rooms fully casting them in red light. Obviously a training yard... and WILD parties. Bacchanalian celebratios that feel great in the moment but leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
Vlastomil: the freakiness does not end at worms. A lot of rep for him has him completely focused on his worms- which is reasonable, that's the canonical version, but idk I do like the idea... maybe im mirroring. But that he is capable of obsessing over other things and just becoming this tooth clenching mess over them. He has side interests. Often relating to worms: dirt quality, nature preservation, and he has a mild interest in decomposition.
CHARACTER ASK GAME!!! 💫
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lemme be self indulgent n pc / origin ship for a sec.......
i'm thankful my 2nd playthru w dorian had a gale romance otherwise i wouldn't be as obsessed w him as i am today, but godddd i'm so excited abt thinking of the possible romances of dorian and wyll, and ztyr'mir and gale
dorian this private school alumni that, other than the occasional tiefling racism, hasn't had a day of trouble in his entire life and was kinda ignorant until the tadpole. whereas wyll had to grow up super quick in his late teens, well travelled with scars to show for it, always puts others before himself.
them both having similar posh boy upbringings in baldur's gate up until a certain point is so juicy to me... like they likely absolutely met each other a few times at fancy balls and stuff. dorian being a musical prodigy probably got invited to perform. they probably danced together. i'm obsessed i gotta write/draw them oh my god i need to go back on his save and romance him.
and GALE! gale with a githyanki? gale with a sorcerer? why choose when i can have BOTH!!! both with storm motifs, body contrast, rivalry that becomes more. oughhh they would both learn SO much from each other. nonstop infodumping.
also i don't rly talk abt tathoril or rae'thyn much
but tathoril was my first ever save where i romanced astarion. i didn't have much of any lore for tathoril cuz i'm new to dnd and forgotten realms universe so i didn't wanna make up a backstory n have to retcon it. now that i'm more familiar tho i think tathoril and astarion having similarish backgrounds and both kind of using each other only to both end up falling is sososo fun. both of them influencing the other so heavily that it's almost codependent is so juicy yum yum
rae'thyn and lae'zel... i can play durge with any character but TO ME rae'thyn is my only canon durge where her backstory is pretty much the one larian provided, just tweaked a little. and the amnesia bringing her and lae'zel closer together because despite being assigned leader by the others, she knows nothing of her culture or upbringing and feels comforted being in lae'zel's presence and learning from her. i love them ougggggggghhhhhh
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So, I did say I’d make a post about the DND group I play with. I won’t use any names (besides my own character’s) but I will do a small list here for identification purposes with the characters and players
(FYI, we use the measurements of feet’inches for our characters-)
Our DM will just be called DM. My character is called Inixidis, who is a tiefling. Then there’s A (half-vampire), Go (human), W (half-elf), and Ga (“human”).
My character is a level 4 bard (college of creation)/level 4 artificer (alchemist). Some quick facts about Inixidis is that they are mute, is chaotic neutral, and their obsession with blue potions (basically just liquid magical waste that causes random effects) has traumatized numerous people. They were originally gonna be a neutral good character who A’s player dubbed “Demon Santa”, but I went gremlin when playing. (They also have like, around 10 pets, 4-5 of which are scorpions and the rest are literally what people would considers pests or dangerous in the setting-)
Then there’s A. Who is a blood hunter/artificer (I think specifically the armorer subclass?). (Just to clarify, A’s player goes by she/her while the character is presently he/him). A is the lawful evil “hypocrite” of the party. This probably seems like a red flag, but A honestly makes it very fun. I remember this time that we attempted a heist and got arrested. The hypocrite part is mostly just a “I can be the only immortal bloodsucker here!” So we made a joke that the character A is a lawful evil hypocrite. Before W’s character came around though, the party’s braincell kept getting bounced between Inixidis and A. We are currently hunting down the alchemist that made A a half-vampire.
Side note, Inxidis is 22 and A is like, 300 or 3000+ years old, but the two are basically children set loose in a candy shop when together. It’s great. They’re horrible horrible influences on each other. They are literally mad scientists. They technically committed war crimes together, shamelessly. They’re also the tallest of the party.
Go is a human monk. Now see, there is a little funny fact about him though. Go’s player wanted to play a 2��5 foot tall human adult. So, one day, our DM joked that the missing height went to width. And then a homebrew subclass called the Compression Monk was made. So, Go technically has like, two subclasses. But it’s hilarious and cool because compression monks can shoot up to longer than their original height and we can imagine them slingshotting themselves across the continent. Go is a pretty chill player and kinda just goes along with whatever’s happening. Like, probs just the embodiment of true neutral.
Ga, the “human” warlock. He hasn’t actually been around in a while. We know that the character isn’t actually human, like I’m pretty sure he’s a bunch of raccoons under a cloak. Ga just likes trash. Literally collects the rights to rummage in trash cans and such. Pretty chill buddy. Absolutely falls to Inixidis and A’s peer pressure.
W, the half-elf rogue! W is the primary owner of the party’s braincell now. Resting at like, 5’2, she’s had to wrangle the 6’4 tiefling and 6’1 (I think) half-vampire. Though, she’s had her gremlin moments (the extreme drive to kill the potato king is one of those moments). She’s been in the party for the shortest amount of time (although, it’s been months since she joined, so that doesn’t mean much-). W enjoys knives a lot. I think she has like, 4 or 5 in her inventory.
But yeah!
Some other stuff to note is
-We have 3 functional immortal characters (Inixidis, one of her pets, and A) for various reasons
(Inixidis has a wishing well curse so they’ll always revive until they grant the wishes. Their pet drank their mutagen blood {drink enough magical waste and you become a dangerous thing to attack} and the random mutations they got were immortality and like, constant background music to vibe with. A basically has a thingy that lets them auto succeed on a death save, so they’re only down for three turns before stabilizing- which makes deciding who to heal much easier-)
-Inixidis has a combo wombo of two curse that makes her terrifying. Ring of Greed and the Wishing Well curse. Ring of Greed basically makes Inixidis have to roll wisdom saves for anything related to riches, but the more valuable items on her, the more powerful she is (I’m currently at a 27 or 29 damage bonus for ALL of Inixidis’ attacks). The Wishing Well curse disables me from healing any lost hp, but whenever Inixidis goes below 1 hp, the health is set back to 1 hp on her next active turn (so, just infinite revives but Inixidis retains all injuries. They’re currently very mangled).
-Inixidis and A did live experiments with blue potions (reminder: liquid, magical waste) in the basement of a warehouse. Illegally.
-Inixidis, A, and Ga technically committed war crimes on some (not-so) innocent folk living below our base-city.
-W joined the party when Inixidis, A, and Go arrived at a town of mutated cannibals. Inixidis, having Chaos Affinity (homebrew feat that allows Inixidis to have both permanent mutations and additional ones), fit in with the mutated residents quite well.
-A plans to build a robot army
-W was raised by giant raccoons (I think? If I remember the conversation correctly? That might’ve been a joke) and is hunting down a sorcerer who hurt her brother and her brother’s friend (one of which was turned into a gecko that W keeps with her)
-We’ve fought a guy who used zombie-plants (well, sorta. They were various undead)
-Inixidis has killed opponents by letting herself get bit/eaten. It’s hilariously great.
-We have a superstition involving my character. If they pass a perception check, that means something bad will happen (especially if she’s the only one to do so). Due to how bad my perception check rolls usually are (which has led to the head canon that Inixidis has ADHD)
-The patrician of our base-city is a vampire who basically has us as that “one group of people who will experience the most bat-shit insane stuff that’s actually happened” but also as the team who “discovered who the murderer running rampant was but postponed arresting him for five days because they got side tracked”
-The setting is medieval fantasy, but we’ve managed to obtained a high-tech space ship run by an AI called “Friendly Computer”. Friendly Computer attacked us at first until we sorted our problems with each other out. We lost a scorpion on that ship’s first floor. Thankfully, we were able to scrap that floor to repair the rest of the ship (I also dislike the decontain because Inixidis looses mutations going through it)
-Inixidis’s left arm is a Merbull. Who has a separate mind (sorta connected to Inixidis’s own) and can blast a beam of light. That blinds opponents. They’re also mute cause of that. Inixidis’s right arm used to have a Merbull who could speak, but we lost ‘em.
-A goes into a blood rage (homebrew based off of a barbarian’s rage) at the taste of blood (so he has to dilute it when drinking it). Inixidis will actively throw herself in the way of A’s teeth when the only targets left for the blood rage are allies. This is not to save others. This is because she find it hilarious to watch A’s disgust at her toxic and mutagen producing blood when he comes out of the blood rage (which happens when he drinks something’s blood or succeeds a saving throw).
-Inixidis and Go will actively encourage each other’s worst impulses. A, the lawful evil member of the party (the only evil one), was the one that had to step in to stop the two from breaking the bones of some sewer bandits. They are gremlins.
-Inixidis and A have been dubbed “Drugs and Robots” by me.
-The Potato King was connect to a maybe-eldritch god of (uncontrolled) growth that he was trying to bring into the mortal plane (after feeding people “fries” that were made from the god’s body, that said god could still control. They had fries growing out of their bodies when mind controlled). He died to like, 64 (maybe?) fire damage from Inixidis’s Hellish Rebuke (2d10 fire damage + 27 bonus x 2 due to PK’s weakness to fire {t’was a greasy king}, I think those are the calculations for anyone who wants to know how Inixidis managed that much with a reaction). I’m pretty sure he was at less than 20 HP when I hit him with that. Potato King was a charred corpse. We then just kept hitting the Potato God with fire attacks until W managed to banish ‘em using instructions from the dead witch who sent us to fight PK in the first place.
-W’s sanity has not been surviving being the only good aligned character surrounded by absolutely insane characters.
-We made a subspecies of rat. Our buddy Notus is a subspecies of that subspecies. He aims to become a god and we plan to assist him in that. He wants to become a god to help people. He’s that best. He doesn’t mind coming from the mad science of Inixidis and A.
-We are friends with two demons. One is stuck in the body of a golden goose (her name is Garflux, I think), and said golden goose has the ability to induce uncontrollable rage in people with a single honk (Untitled Goose reference). The other is more of Inixidis’s friend. He’s named Cheese and he runs a tavern or restaurant. Calling his name pauses time and lets him possess someone during that time pause. Inixidis was gifted a bag of coins. Placing coins on a corpse’s eyes sends the person to Cheese’s tavern, and- in turn- Cheese will give Inixidis gifts.
-There’s a lot of Chekhov’s Guns in the world of our campaign
-We almost released a big bad evil guy type god back into the mortal plane. Cheese helped us stop it.
-We’ll do random things like swap the arms and legs of skeletons
-Most of us have really cool cursed items
-Go can be standing 15ft. away from someone and just punch ‘em. Compression monks are beautifully hilarious. Most folk can only hit someone in melee who is 5ft. away. Not Go. You enter the range of 15ft.? Prepare to get hit.
-W has a cool grimoire that can cast really good spells a few times per long rest.
-A has a cool ring. It allows him to change ONE letter of a spell’s name and subsequently change the effect. Party favorite? Grease to Crease. Fold those fuckers. It’s beautiful.
-We have an in with the mafia at our base-city cause we unintentionally helped them by beating up some defectors (they were bandits who attacked us)
-Blue potion molotovs
-Boots of the Beetle
-Inixidis has an adoption problem when it comes to animals. They also happen to eat just about anything that isn’t exactly poisonous/healing. Skyrim style alchemist. Eat ingredients/drink potions to learn their effects if they aren’t healing or poison.
-A dislikes Inixidis’s immortal stirge (featherless sewer bird that sucks blood through an elongated, mosquito-like nose).
-W is younger than A and Inixidis. W’s player is older than I and A’s player.
-Inixidis carries the party’s gold because one of the artificer things I took was the ability to imbue an object with the traits of a bag of holding. So she has a Cloak of Holding. I don’t remember the exact mechanics.
SO, IN SHORT
The party is absolutely insane, terrifying, and ridiculous. I love them all so so much. The campaign is absolutely crazy and hilariously fun.
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for the questions: 1,7,9 and 19 (also sorry if it got sent twice yknow how it is with tumblr)
Omg thank you so much!!
Who was your first ever OC? Do you still “use” them? How have they evolved over time?
My first OC was a sonic oc, her name was Gothia the Dark, and she was created in either 2008 or 2009- def before the release of pokemon b&w!
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My only sonic game was sonic 06, and I was a bit obsessed with mephiles- edgy characters make elementary schoolers insane, dontcha know. My concept was that if mephiles was the shadow, and iblis the source of light, there could be a third party. With hindsight, I can say she was intended to be the penumbra. I think I left her back in elementary school, but I kept the concepts of sentient shadows as characters for some of my stories
What are your favourite relationships between your OCs? (romantic or platonic!)
They have a very 'basic' dynamic, but the character dynamic I've worked on the most have been between my Sun and Moon OCs. They're two celestial gods from a pantheon based in all the planets and moons of our solar system; its a Heliocentric pantheon, so the Sun is the most important, while the Moon acts as an advisor of sorts to Gaia/Mother Earth
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The basis of their story is that, despite everything, the Sun does Not want power, or reverence, or responsibility, so she does what any self respecting monarch does and fucks off to the planet earth to become a cowboy, living a free life without any worries or responsibilities. Since she is not within the pantheon anymore, the power structure is out of wack, and the physicial planets have no more sunlight- the physical sun has Disappeared, leaving everyone in darkness.
The Moon is Gaia's only advisor, a trusted and beloved friend. Despite this, she is something of a wallflower in the greater schema of the pantheon; endlessly useful and loyal to Gaia, but not very significant beyond that. She's a pragmatic and cynical woman, and is sent to earth to find the Sun, as every planets moons are sent to their respective planets. Throughout the course of the story, both the sun and the moon are pulling eachother out of their comfort zones, learning about eachother and their personal struggles and helping eachother go. They're on such different playing fields in the heliocentric pantheon, but they're on more equal grounds down on earth. Again, I'd be the first to say it's a basic dynamic structure, but I've had them for years and enjoy their situation:]
Favorite oc?
My favorite OC is currently tied betweeb my characters Rile and Wildfire right now
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Rile is generally in her early 30s when I write her, and if I were to describe her without bringing in any backstory or personality, if I were to slot her into a pure character archetype, she would be the Nathan Drake; an average person that comes from small beginnings that finds herself in situations far greater than she initially imagined. An every day sort of protagonist with ridiculous amounts of luck
If I Were to bring backstory into this, I'd say that she's a pacific islander and hispanic and was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her real name is Leilana Rial, and the Rile nickname cropped up due to a consistent mispronounciation error in her youth, and just stuck. Her parents were out of the picture when she was still young, and she was given into the foster care system when her grandparents were unable to take care of her. The foster care system sucked, child protective services didn't do anything for her, and she learned to manage for herself and was able to escape the system while still in her teens, and the rest is history. She was a teenager in the 90s and she's a bit of a fail loser, but in a fun way
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Wildfire was originally a DnD oc turned generalized, but now he's my own guy since the campaign he's from has been on hiatus. In DnD, he's a classical hero archetype, practically going through each stage of Campbell's heroes journey, you know?
Outside of a DnD universe, he is half demon, and part Cuban. He's from Florida, and comes from a heavily Catholic background. Naturally, that didn't mesh well with being demonic in nature, so he took off the first chance he could with a boyfriend that was too old for him. It didn't work out with the boyfriend, they had a bit of a fight and cut ties, but Wildfire was Not going back home, so he's figuring shit out, he's working on himself, yknow? My current comic wips that I've been posting- the Road Kill comic- have been about Wildfire, it's about a hitchhiking incident gone wrong, Santa will be there, it's gonna be fun:3
What are some things that inspired your stories? Real events? Maybe a dream?
I try to read and consume a lot of stories/different types of stories as a general baseline of inspo! On top of that, real life situations have an inherent influence on everything I write and create, and also just, general reading + witnessing the world around me has a tendency to help me create the stories I want to create. I think having multiple avenues of thought and ideas is a great thing to have, no matter what level of notoriety you want with your creations, yknow?
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I've always been curious - what are your favorite ships?
under the cut bc its rambly and No One Cares about my old ass fandoms that were seasonal for most people but stuck with me for some reason and also to maybe avoid showing up in searches/tags for the rare person looking for Content
i guess the most Hardcore ive ever shipped is mcreyes (yes, overwatch i know), they consumed me with a rage that pretty much burned me out of fandom (tho i still ship it, i just literally never found anyone that sees them the same way i do - non-fanon compliant it is for me). along with them i also have somva and widowana and of course shimadacest, its just the Polycule living in my head [i guess i should point out i broke up w canon after the like first year of development ie after the great retconning so i neither know nor care whats happening there, these characters are basically (schrodinger's) ocs at this point]
the other fandom i am Too invested in is, tragically, dragon age, which i still sorta indulge in some Canon for (i apologize for whats likely going to happen to this blog once the next game comes out lmao). My ships there are mostly OC/canon, as the games sorta lead into. Anora/Zevran/Cousland (and cousland/loghain, and cousland/fergus...); Carver/Hawke/Isabela (/qp!Anders) [well and just some good old hawke/anders really], and Dorian/Trevelyan/Blackwall (/qp!Vivienne) are my mains.
dragon age leads to mass effect, where i fell head over for shakarian which i will fight for to my last breath i do not give a fuck. and also ashlaw wich i literally had to invent a shipname for cuz nobody else cares about it lmao (ashley and miranda if anyone even knows the franchise here lol)
i think more obvious is my love for star wars, i ship just the entire pentacule in the prequels/clone wars - obi/ani/padme/ahsoka/sabine. han/leia/luke(/lando?) for the og trilogy and reylo and finn/rose/poe in the new one (tho thanks to fandom im much less invested in finnpoe)
ive been in like a few fandoms that were wild and strong but didnt last - red dead where i shipped john/arthur/abigail; detroit become human where hannor ate my brains. pathfinder and divinity original sin which literally did not have a fandom, but i will tell you i very much ship my mains with amiri/octavia/regongar (in kingmaker) and camellia/daeran (in wotr);. in divinity Lohse/Sebille and Fane/Ifan are the other polycule plaguing me. oh and pillars of eternity with devil of caroc/maneha/PC tho i eventually ended up pairing up aloth w my pc in deadfire
real talk tho, the most recent thing close to an Obsession is fucking league of legends (yes i know) where its swain/darius/draven; yasuo/yone/taliyah; kayn/zed; and some good old lucian/senna. i mean you've seen the TF/Graves art this shouldnt be a surprise lol
and yeah in Arcane its silco/jinx/vi/vander
But mostly lately ive been merrily making DnD OCs and playing Rimworld which allows for amazing characters so it's kinda OC season i guess
oh and as an end to this rant which everyone gave up on reading im sure - i'll leave you with the fact that what got me into real fandom communities was itasasu (/saku and/or karin sometimes) and wincest (/jack) has been a latent interest even tho spn has never been high on my interests list so do with that what you will lol
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Been obsessively working on an idea for a Splatoon and partially DnD based magic system, thought I’d share it! If anything is disorganized, contradicts, or repeats itself, it’s because most of it has been written at midnight throughout the past week
v Everything under the cut! v
Random Important Stuff
Music is canonically magical
Zap fish and Power eggs give power (magical in nature?)
Ink based magic
Since splatoon is post-apocalyptic, ancient humans had cool technologies or smth
Ancient sea gods (variants/take inspo off of splatoon bosses? King salmonids might be magic imbued/ just actual gods?)
Splatoon “demons” have something to do with story mode voices? Or ancient human ghosts?
“Plant” magic includes coral now
Training grounds and schools to connect with magic are sprinkled throughout
Monk abilities are now squid roll and super jump because yes
Fairies are like sea butterflies???
Global warming caused extreme weather conditions (maybe take inspo off of that Pokémon concept by lockstin & noggin?)
Music mind control definitely exists (maybe Octavio/-like uses it? Or Tartar?)
Sanitized and fuzzy ink is a little wackus bonkus (made from dead bits and aliens and stuff, so it interacts with world differently due to magical/ technological properties)
Ancient clans confirmed w/ examples being Shiver, Frye, and Big Man
Weapons help concentrate ink magic
Other races can have magic, but it’s off a different type (since no ink)
^^^ Music, Memories (mem cakes do be like that), coral and other plants, control of minor sea creatures, abilities directly based off of species, etc.
Main pillars of magic are rooted in Song, Ink, Color, and Memories. Based on Deep cut and other characters, we can assume most if not all species have ink
Ink color is important, not necessarily magic in and of itself, but a manifestation of it (slightly edited this fact later on, don't worry about it)
No fey realm :( but they do have a magic realm of sorts. It’s a realm manifested of pure color, ink, and music, as well as human memories mixed in there. Maybe also nuclear, who knows. (For simplicity I’m calling it a fey realm though)
Rain is dangerous, Rain World style
Transient water/ink pools to other dimensions?
Nuclear based hell circles?
Maybe nuclear power is the “demonic” side of magic? And Cephalo-etcs are semi-resistant to it, and learned to control it like a form of dark magic?
Poisonous/venomous species assassins are fairly common, there’s whole cults/underground schools dedicated to the art of it
Jellyfish hive mind do be like that???
Frying permanently “fries in” a food based magic (like Crusty Sean might have a now-permanent run speed up)
Zapfish are along the same lines as king salmonids, just more respected due to them acting as a big friendly traveling energy source
8 is seen as a “magic number” of sorts to Octarians
Magic Specific Details
Like I said before, main pillars/sources are Music, Colors, Memories, and Ink!
Nuclear magic, while “natural,” is looked down upon, and generally considered evil. Fairly dangerous for both users and target
Use weapons as focuses most of the time! Especially ink based weapons, while being useful physically also allow for ink based manipulation. Song based weapons work as well, and while memories don’t have a focus, they can be compressed into memcakes
Sanitized, Fuzzy, and [side order] ink is all modified technologically, magically, or nuclearly, and is all highly dangerous and illegal. The main reason why creatures get permanently affected by it (mind control, becoming furries, etc.) in the first place
Jellyfish can use telepathic sort of magic, it’s main source being Memories
Zapfish are a siphon of electrical energy and magic, helping spur technology and link the gap for many different races as a pseudo-magic. Also some sort of more powerful being, sort of like a dragon
Respawn anchors are a mix of Ink and Memory technology, powered by the Zapfish
Salmonids have different magic customs, using more nuclear magic, as well as different types of song and technology
Super Jump, squid roll, etc. are all movement spells, many species can use them
Temporary drink and food-based magic is their form of alchemy/potions. Temporarily enhances abilities
Salmonid excel in food magic due to their whole thing with being eaten after death
Color chips include technologically engineered magic [side order please give me lore]
Color is a type of magic usually coinciding with emotions. “Fey” use it regularly, and their realm is a pure collection of it and song
Ghosts are manifested and affected by Memories, and they live in a sort of ghost realm similar to the void with human tech and stuff. Bits and bobs of memories and artifacts floating around
Song music is really strong, and does a lot of mind related stuff. (Ex: Jellyfish get their telepathic power from song) (and color)
Species abilities includes: Bioluminescence, venom/poison, electricity, regeneration, spitting insides out at you, seeing more colors (giving stronger color magic), cold/ice magic, etc.
Booyah magic is real, and primarily based on sound (Music)
Splatfest law is actually somewhat true, sometimes things are manifested by the memories of it, as well as predicting future events
Power eggs give energy similar to the strength of a singular mini Zapfish. Golden power eggs are super strong magic conductors, and control and siphon energy as well.
Super sea snails have a sort of magic randomizer imbued in them
Kraken magic is gotten from colors, ink, and extreme emotions
While some creatures don’t have ink magic, some still do, such as eels, sharks, mantas,
Main Mythological Creatures
Great Zapfish - gives energy, lawful good, invested in Song slightly more. My man powers the entire three cities, I’m proud of him. Popular god among most city-dwellers
Huge fry - Reincarnated god, shows up only in Salmonids. Chaotic Good, fights for justice but will destroy a city (oops)
Horrorboros - Reincarnated nuclear empowered god of salmonids, most popular among them as a result. God of life, death, and reincarnation. Huge Fry is kind of like a child or champion of sorts
Cohozuna - Nuclear empowered king of salmonids, similar to Grizz in that he’s not exactly a god, though he didn’t cause his own nuclear shenanigans. Treated like a god though, and has special cool abilities
Grizz* - He basically made himself a “god” with his fuzzy ooze.
Goldy- Minor god/creature, controls glowfies. Kind of like pestilence or something? Very popular among salmonids, usually the leaders of the troops they are in
Minor gods based off of Deep Cut’s families (shark, eel, and manta)
Nessie - Canonically exists!
Space - Not a creature, but space is important to almost all creatures. Radio waves for the Splatfest come from there, Horrorboros is said to have come from there, Huge Fry is often depicted in outer space, etc. (Grizz is also related to space, but again, he’s a self-made god)
Kraken (creature) - Major god to many Octolings, the Kraken is somewhat of a magic common ancestor, and/or gifted it’s magic to cephalopods (color and ink)
Ink vampires - They exist. Not exactly dead, but a deficiency in ink or color can cause vampirism. Not to be confused with the vampire squid species
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I haven't read any actual novels in quite some time. Though I have a lot of ongoing manga reads that I keep up with. Mostly isekai titles. ^.^;
What’s your favorite movie you saw in theaters this year?
Oof, what was the last film I saw in theaters? I think it was Sonic 2? We did watch Bad Guys last month but on streaming service. 6.6;
What do you usually wear?
Large t-shirts and black pants.... actually, majority of the clothing I wear, is black these days. =w=; For years it’d just be t-shirts and jeans. ( TTwTT I miss wearing jeans)
How tall are you?
I’m about 5 ft 6 in
What’s your Star Sign? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity or a historical event? 
Sagittarius. The day A Christmas Carol was published and Chris Angel.
According to my best friend I'm exactly one week older than Andy Black from Black Veil Brides.
Do you go by your name or a nick-name?
Normally, I go by my middle name. First name was actually an after thought as mom wanted us to all have the same first and last initial.
I have a few nicknames, none given by me, but all varies by who uses it.
Did you grow up to become what you wanted to be when you were a child?
Yes and no. "I want to be an artist, just like mom!" "I'm gonna make lot of pictures to put in museums and be a teacher..." To quote mini me.
I still love art and creating things. Right now I simply don't know what to do with myself.
Are you in a relationship? If not, who is your crush if you have one?
Sure am, we’ve been together this long, we pretty much are married. Just too lazy to go through the trouble of making it legal... plus I don’t want to change my name
What’s something you’re good at vs. something you’re bad at?
untangling chains, knots. when provided enough time, I can find it relaxing.
suck at communicating apparently...
Dogs or cats?
I like both, though I lean more towards to dogs.
If you draw/write, or create in any way, what’s your favorite picture/favorite line/favorite etc. from something you created this year?
Sadly, I haven’t created much at all this year. Not since last December/January...
The only thing(s) I’ve worked on at all, was things for my DnD character sheet and oc character, Pumpkin.
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What’s something you would like to create content for?
lot of things tbh... I would like to wrap up Bounty Hunter’s blog up to everything being resolved of the internal conflicts. And finish off Oscar’s father’s day event.
too many unfinished projects.
What’s something you’re currently obsessed with? 
nothing that’s caught my hyperfocus atm. Although Survivor II has been stuck in my head for a week now.
What’s something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year?
to be truthful, myself...
What’s a hidden talent of yours?
seems I’m good at finding ‘points’ on objects. always cutting my hands at work.
Are you religious?
I am actually. Never liked the whole ‘pushing’ religion onto people though. Only reason I don’t go to a church hardly is because I’m always brought up for my mom, and most of the people that’s made the experience worth worshiping with, have passed on.
What’s something you wish to have at this moment?
wish I could be in better spirits. I can feel myself becoming more and more distant from people spiritually, and it’s concerning. I try to make light of things, yet I’m more brushed off than before... I hit a depression point over the weekend, which is partly why this has taken me awhile to respond. I just wish things to be better than they are now.
yall don’t have to continue this, tagging @vodkanburgers​ @fireyhotsupertalia​
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Law of the Valiant Ramblings: Part 1
Story/Campaign Location
So... I have some OCs I really need to put out there, just to prove that I'm not entirely obsessed with Transformers... well, only a little. 😅 I've been benching this project of mine for some time now due to how complex and vast it is, but now I feel like I can finally work on it again.
In short, it's a novel I've been working on for a long time now, called "Law of the Valiant: The Bronzemoon Legacy" and it's going to be a series of books, if it ever does become more than just a personal project and turn into an actual original story to be published somewhere.
Luckily, this is a shared project I've been hammering away at with my boyfriend for the last 3-5 years, out of the 6 we've been together... it really says something about how impactful DND is, doesn't it? ¬w¬ But it all thanks to him, in the end! He helped me create my own character, how to understand the rules of DnD, and because I have no one to really play a session with, we created our own campaign, mainly based on our very own homebrewed world and races. It's gotten so big, we literally created an entire pantheon that has different deities based on the races and cultures of the entire world, alongside how each island/country is run.
So... screw it. I'm gonna infodump about it here and see where it takes me. Enjoy the long read!! Also, @tigracespace , @exileandtrust , or anyone else with a DnD AU or OC, you're more than welcome to take snippets of this lore if it'll help you in any way! 🥰 Just give credit where it's due!
(Also yes, I signed the picture to prevent any eejits from taking it for themselves, since this is actually my BFs casual work. We worked too hard on this together for it to be used without my consent! 🤬)
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For this post, I'll start with the world that "Law of the Valiant" takes place in.....
The campaign/story occurs within a world that mainly consists of islands clustered at the tail of the Valian Empire, with the biggest island being the land of Kernai. For convenient purposes, when referring to everything you see on this map as a collective, the entire world can also be called Kernai, only because most of the action occurs on that island.
Moving in a clockwise manner, we'll start on the bottom left corner of the map to describe each island within the vast world shown here...
Leviathan's Veil: Said to be the birthplace of the world's magic, as well as the original home to the dragons and magical fauna that now inhabit the rest of the world, the floating islands are eternally shrouded in mists that force any who foolishly approach by boat or airship to turn back towards the mainland, no matter the mechanical tools or magical help they use to ensure their path keeps towards the floating archipelago. But even if they do find the means of passing through the protective magical fog, they will soon learn why these floating islands are only accessible by air, and why the entire area, mainly the shielding mists, are called Leviathan's Veil...
Soultorn Isle: At the heart of this craggy island, where it is said that one's lifeforce is drained from you upon setting foot on its cold, granular surface, dwells a tower that serves as a dark omen to any who are foolish enough to approach this island. For deep within its dark, skyward walls are its prisoners... the Mind Flayers, once an advanced civilization that had originally conquered all of Kernai and its inhabitants to become their willing slaves. No one remembers what led to their disappearance into the depths of the prison tower, but what they do know is that any who dare make it across the island and into the tower are never seen again.
Namdia: A land purely made of rock and ice, only those who's bodies and spirits are equal in strength have any chance at surviving on this island... And yet the fur-cladded (Viking-like) humans and Tabaxi who call this place their home have since thrived in their underground kingdom, one that is run by traditions consisting of the use of steam pipes built by their Dwarven founders, trade with their neighbors only ever performed on the icy tundra above their kingdom to ensure its secrecy, and their practiced use of control over the embodying elements of the island, of earth, fire and water.
Thesbia: Thousands of years ago the island was once home to the mountain-sized Giants, that is until the arrival of the first humans, the earliest known instance after "The Great Divide" that would split the world between humans and humanoids. Now, only their human-hybrid descendants, the clan-armored Titans (who now only reach under 10 feet in height), remain as the sole protectors of their ancestral home. Roaming the island with their swords and axes in hand, they live alongside the savannah dwelling Leonin, the forest based Centaurs, the mountain clambering Minotaurs, and many other humans and humanoids in the Greek-Romanesque kingdom. The inhabitants of Thesbia, mainly the once colonial and explorative Leonin, are mostly known for their hand in the creation of the magic barrier that keeps out the northern chill from half the island, caused by a war that destroyed the upper half of the island and turned it into the three sectors split by climate... the warm south, the icy mountain split, and the magically-created desert north.
Torbroch: An island entirely inhabited by Orc and Goblin tribes, it is under the rule of the xenophobic and prideful Order of the Four Fangs, who guide the chieftains and leaders of the tribes and punish any who trespass on the island or form a half-breed offspring with one of the tribe folk with the death penalty.
Valia/The Valian Empire: The "Cradle of Humanity" and the deathbed of Kernai's magic, Valia is a country ruled by the iron fist of Emperor Solias Valis and the (Victorian) caste based culture of science and steam-powered machinery, all at the cost of free will for the lesser populace and the prejudice against magic and the people outside the empire's rule. Under the city of Valiento dwells a city of criminals, undesirables (aka humanoids and disabled folk alike) and forgotten Warforged, struggling to get by day by day in the eternal twilight of the city, a city only known as the Hive. It is run by the Upper Guards, those sent by the Emperor himself to control the "beastly folk", with the elite amongst them being the Lightning Riders and the Plague Bearers, as well as a few notable gangs who run the underbelly of the Hive, such as the Azumites and the Warforged Time Lords. There's even word of a Warforged who wanders within the Hive, built to embody the Emperor in his younger days and act as his second hand, with a mind containing all his memories but without any of the human need for fear or fatigue. This project is known only as The Emperor's Shadow.
Azuma: Once a prosperous and bountiful oriental kingdom, Azuma was governed by an Emperor named Daijo Ori'ai alongside his Council of Lords, who in turn governed each major city across the island kingdom. Some years ago, Azuma was conquered by the Valian Empire as Emperor Solias enslaved the kingdom to fund his research into understanding Kernai's magic for his use. As insurance against a rebellion, Solias stole the Daijo's youngest heir, Prince Ai'Maketa, and made him a guinea pig for his assistant, the amortal alchemist Doctor Blanca Nyx. The young prince is still trapped in Valia, bound by Blanca's binding runes branded onto him that ensnares his own elemental power and ability to escape, while unbeknownst to him the kingdom of Azuma now lies in ruin, nothing more than a barren wasteland of ash and death after the successful test of Solias's newest weapon.
Hell's Gate: A haven for pirates and fleeing rogues alike, the archipelago consists entirely of sharp rocks between barely habitable islands, making travel by boat near impossible to those who do not frequent its protective harbor. One island, however, lies deep within its craggy clutches, and is home to the Pirate Matron.
Kilvaani's Rest: Home to the Scholar's Academy, the Great Library, and one of the biggest temples to the God of Knowledge, Kindness and the Four Winds, Aeori; this small kingdom is ruled by the last Tiefling of noble blood, Princess Lyria, who survived one of the Empire's many early crusades across Kernai in its attempt to control the land of Kernai. Since then, Kilvaani's Rest has become walled off against any who are not proven scholars in pursuit of humble and peaceful knowledge, earning the kingdom's nickname of the Fortress College.
The Khanaran Desert: Home to the struggling Tieflings of the small, and the only place that's habitable, village of Aesyir (the rest being scattered across the island of Kernai), the slaver Nagas of Cathargo and the pyramid temple to Akri, the prosperous and proud Aarakocra of the northwestern city of Aerkin, and the Dragon Rider clans on their side of the Silverthroat Mountains. It was here that the once white sands were turned red from the multitude of wars fought, between the earliest civilization of Dwarves and Tieflings (who would later establish their first kingdoms at the end of this war, later to be known as the Khanaran War) against their former masters of the Demon Court, Prince Oxarus the Eternal Flame and Thogodius the Fool; between the once prosperous Tiefling and Naga kingdoms, a war that drove both kingdoms to ruin and forced both races into a dwindling memory of their former selves; the more recent war between the Dragon Riders and the forces of the Valian Empire, one that has brought ruin to the desert through the glass forests and graveyards of airship and dragon skeletons.
The Emerald Valley/The Kingdom of Whitecliff: Consisting entirely of lush farmland, homely villages, outposts for stationed guards to help protect the region, some villas and vineyards for the nobility, and the ancestral Mathaerin Forest, the last part of the once towering forest that covered the entirety of the valley before The Great Divide. This region is ruled by two governing bodies rather than just one kingdom; the imperial capital city of Whitecliff, and the Agrarian Council, consisting entirely of farmers and important members of the community per village all across the Valley. While the council does report to the king of Whitecliff, it is a symbiotic relationship of equal trade of labor and fair pay in exchange for peace and safety. This safety comes in the form of Whitecliff's elite knights, known as The Emerald Guard, who follow a strict code and seven years worth of training before being stationed in one of the many outposts across the Emerald Valley. To ensure that the Emerald Guards never bring fear or harm to the people, the royal court mages created a curse on the armour of every guard who graduates from training that would only ever activate the moment the curse's words came true...
"Only the blood of tainted hearts may touch the green you wear. For if your plating should turn black, their weight in blood you shall forever bear."
It is also here where the story begins, in the small farming village of Alentou, built to support travelling farmers and merchants journeying to and from the capital or Hammerdeep and the forest city of . Quiet and dull, the lakeside village has everything one could need to live a humble country life, including the tavern known as the Daisy Djinn Inn, owned and run by a retired Rune Knight-Fighter Mountain Dwarf named Maddie Bronzemoon-Diazerae, and her entire family... consisting of her adoptive Elven mage sister and co-owner, Daisy Bronzemoon, Maddie's Rogue-Ranger Tiefling husband, Calder Bronzemoon-Diazerae, alongside their seven children; Bula Bronzemoon-Diazerae (Calder's half-orc daughter from a past relationship with a Torbroch chieftain's daughter), Garth Silverfang, Layla Bluemoon, Daisy's twins Raevyrn and Allora, Wren and baby Lorelai. More will be explained about those in orange in the next post...
The Silverthroat Mountains: At the foot of the mountains, on the western side, resides the great Mathaerin Forest, home to the High and Wood Elves, Centaurs, canine Leshen, forest spirits, and a plethora of both dangerous and docile magical fauna hidden within the protective tress of old. Deeper still within the forest, you will find trees that nearly reach half the height of the mountains, wider than any standard house, and their trunks containing the ruins of the very first homes of the ancient Erikeans who lived in early Kernai. But at the heart of this forest lies the High Elven capital, Silvervale. None are permitted to enter its stronghold walls unless they are merchants with an invite from the Mathaerkin/Matron Queen, a badly injured person on the brink of death seeking refuge (which by their code they must offer help but with tight security to ensure none are harmed while they are within their walls), or a fellow Elf.
If you travel along a path hidden within the forest, only known by those with experience journeying to this location, you will come across your first obstacle through the mountains... the Dragon Riders. Clans consisting of many mixed races but all bearing the exact same defining features that unite them as their own separate kingdom and community, of scales along their arms, back and cheeks, reptilian eyes, and never without their loyal dragon steeds to help protect their mountain home. The clans are divided into two based on where they live... the western Glacial tribe that help protect the Emerald Valley from large or country-wide threats such as delivering goods to help alleviate a famine or defend the mountain path against any Valian spies, and the eastern Sun tribe who continue to fend off the Valian Emperor's men from the shores of the Eastern Gap and their side of the mountain path through the Khanaran Desert.
However, if you manage to get by the Dragon Rider guards and follow the path to the largest mountain within the Silverthroat range, you will finally come to the grand stone gates of the underground Dwarven kingdom, arriving first to its capital city of Hammerdeep. Rocky structures made with golden details and steam pipes will be the first thing you see, alongside a bustling market as far as the eye can see, for Hammerdeep is the true heart of all crafter based trade within Kernai, mainly jewelers, stonecarvers, and the biggest trade being sword and blacksmithing. The city is run by a family-clan based hierarchy, while the rest of the kingdom is ruled by a council made up of the most powerful and providing clans, much like Whitecliff and its agricultural council. The largest and most influential clan are the Bronzemoons, the surviving descendants of Hammerdeep's heroic founder, Boic "Bravesoul" Bronzemoon, and one of the best family of blacksmiths and swordsmiths due to their use of runework and artistic craftsmanship, with their emblem being a bronze Celtic knot style crescent moon branded on anything they create.
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And that's the world of Kernai for you! Sorry for this being so long, but as you can tell a LOT of work has gone into this over the years. So feel free to tell me your thoughts on how I could improve this, and enjoy the fruits of the labor my boyfriend and I have created together. And eventually I'll get around to posting about the OCs for this world, including my boyfriend's character, Calder~
Thank you so much for reading. ^w^
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chairmoss1 · 2 years
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hey hey heyhey can you tell us about that dnd character you just drew I am so curious
omg hii!! his name is onie and he is from my newest campaign I have w some friends!! he is a mechanic/scientist!! he is disabled and uses a lot of simple wooden machines powered with amber to aid himself with moving, travelling, etc etc.
he is also a druid and very caring towards animals, specially animals that are hurt!
he builds prosthetics for injured animals, but his whole thing is that he quickly becomes obsessed with animals becoming hurt and being in trouble, to the point where his prosthetics and other inventions quickly intrude into the animal's natural evolution line, quickly making animals become like frankenstein monsters and such!!
the character is fairly new and the campaign is a work in progress yet, so I don't have much art of him, but if u want to see more, just browse my dnd tag !!
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For the meta ask game - 3 and 20!
wah-heyyyyyY!!!!
3) What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)
Okay I still can't be arsed to do it because I am getting ready to play DND and I know myself, it will turn into a whole thing but there are two that I'm currently rotating in my head. One I will tell you about, because the "star wars but fantasy au" has been shoving itself into the forefront of my mind thanks to big bang group chat. Specifically!
A More Civilized Age pod brought up an AU idea that I'm absolutely obsessed with and it's "what if, after the whole 'Boba Fett tries to kill Mace Windu' arc of TCW, Bail Organa goes "what this kid needs is a positive parental influence in his life' because lord knows Aurra Sing AIN'T IT and so just in addition to an ENTIRE au in which Boba Fett grows up in the Organa household and then gets to become a protective older brother to Leia, I really wanted a conversation between him and Ahsoka. Because she was part of the team that brought him in, and while I can't remember the bulk of the conversation that I wanted, Here's Ahsoka, just 4 years older than Boba, but look at how differently their lives were shaped and altered by the existence of the Clone Wars and also the idea of being child soldiers/weapons.
Anyway, my dream is to one day write a fantasy au which will have Boba as Leia's protective older brother who will absolutely give Han shit but will absolutely side-eye Luke so hard when he finally comes into the picture but I don't have anything but the Desire and Vibes right now. Maybe for next SW Big Bang
(don't hold me to it)
20) Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
It was funny because when I was reading over these prompts originally I was like "oh no if someone asks me 20 then I'll just have to confess that I don't know what the fuck I'm doing what are THEMES" but that's kind of a lie, I just never really recognize them myself. Especially because I have....... so many different things i'm doing at any given point.
So Here's just like, a general sort of list of things I do and like about my writing! I'm not a particularly clever author, imo, I plan everything well in advance so I don't feel like there are any surprises? but also that's because i get too into what I'm doing that I can't see the forest for the trees or w/e anywho
I think one of my fav things about writing for SW is that there's so much content everywhere, that I can pull a reference from a source and add it into a fic as a throwaway reference. For Phoenix Suite, I did reference the fact that Kallus likes to wake up early because it is the quietest part of the day -- a fun little tidbit that I pulled from the jr novel adaption of the S1 finale. For far from the home I've made, I referenced the fact that in one of the Rebels comics, Kallus mentions that he arrived on Courscant for training, implying that he came from off-world (who actually knows, but I took it and ran with it). I also wanted to include the fact that Ezra was friends with someone who moved to Alderaan, but I wasn't able to fit the conversation of what happened to Alderaan into the chapter because it was already uhhh way too long.
I absolutely looooove to make the inhuman experience human emotions, while also expressing their inhumanity. I use 'inhuman' extremely loosely here, mostly for just 'anything beyond the mundane'. Far from the home I've made has Ezra being sad and scared while at the same time coming from an experience in which he sacrificed himself to save an entire planet. My place to land has Signet giving away pieces of herself in order to ensure that Echo doesn't lose their eye, though it results in both of them being half-blind for a bit. every open eye has Sasha fully ready to surrender herself to the Stranger in order to save Jon. I had an answer for Mwyr, but I forgot what it was, but that's OC content and we don't have time to unpack all of that lolol
I LOVE PEOPLE BEING A MESS. BEING AWFUL TO REMEMBER TO DO THINGS, GETTING INTO RELATIONSHIPS THEY SHOULDN'T. This adheres more to OC stuff, here's to all these normal people being normal messes, amirite???
One of my favorite uhhhh not really tropes but like, identifiable "mab" things in my writing, is I love the physicality of an intimate moment. Like, non-sexual acts of intimacy, and just residing in the physicality of it. A friend left me a comment about how they noticed it in my writing before and love it, and I've been riding that high for like, two and a half years LMAO
I also just love writing friends being friends and being in love with each other like there is nothing better to me than found family and also just a pair of friends being non-romantically in love with each other where you can look at them and go BESTIES!!!!
that's all I got time for, time for dnd, but HEY!!! Feel free to ask me more meta writing questions if you'd like, everyone :')
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