#merp speaks

[gladiolusluvr]

its pulsing her name in morse code😭🤭🤭

#abby x reader #abby x fem!reader #abby anderson x female reader #abby the last of us #abby anderson x reader #abby anderson #abby tlou #merp speaks

[sprintingowl]

Positioning, Market Dominance, And Having A Conversation In A Loud Room

So I'm reading Middle Earth Roleplaying 2nd ed. It's part of giant stack of tabletop I got from a publishing friend---and one of many systems I probably wouldn't be reading if I hadn't gotten it as part of a giant stack of tabletop from a publishing friend.

MERP 2e was released in '93, by Tolkein Enterprises, and is a pretty thorough book. It's packed full of nice B&W art. It lets you play as everything from a hobbit to an olag-hai. It uses a d100 system that allows for success with a complication. It's a book that feels intensely and simultaneously like it's ahead of and behind its time.

But that's not what I want to talk about.

MERP 2e has an alignment system, much like dnd at the time, but with twelve axis instead of two. Everything from whether your character is a metaphorical thinker to whether they're a literal thinker to whether they're a socialist or a libertarian is tracked.

Similarly, MERP has a classic six stat spread, but the explanations of the stats are all like "Strength(ST): Not brute musculature, but your ability to use your muscles to your greatest advantage."

And MERP has classes, called Professions, that each come with a little parenthetical explanation after their title. The Warrior's is (Fighter). The Scout's is (Thief). The Animist's is (Cleric).

What you might notice is that this is an officially licensed Middle Earth game *aggressively* defining and contextualizing itself vis a vis DnD. "Here's how our stats are different. Here's why our skill rolls are more granular. But don't worry, you can still play the same party roles. We promise we're not unfamiliar, just different."

Now, I don't know how intentionally-as-a-market-strategy the designers and writers were doing this---DnD's headlock on the industry was certainly less intense then than now---but it's reflective of a kind of design pressure that not only hasn't gone away. It's gotten way more intense.

DnD is roleplaying games. Anything that's not DnD might not be roleplaying games. Or at least, it's suspicious, it might taste weird, it might ruin your ability to have fun or speak english forever.

So in order to be a roleplaying game, you have to ask yourself "how do I fit into DnD?"

A critique I've seen leveled at indie systems sometimes is that they don't properly represent all of the three pillars of DnD. The three pillars is a modern creation. It's a 5e thing. It's specific to DnD. But DnD is roleplaying games, and to be a roleplaying game you need to be DnD.

So you get games as chameleons. You get endless "DnD killers" hoping that what people like about DnD isn't the name but the mechanics, and if you can just do the mechanics *more*, people will like you better. You get five hundred 5e splats. Power Rangers and GI Joe and Stargate all trying to fit into the same engine about swinging at and then missing a large rat. You get Adventure Time throwing out its original system and self-converting into a 5e hack because the market doesn't want things that don't look like DnD---even things that already look like DnD.

And back in '93 you get MERP 2e telling you don't worry, we still have the Thief, we just call it something different in our house.

#ttrpg #ttrpg homebrew #ttrpgs #ttrpg design #indie ttrpgs #rpg #indie ttrpg #tabletop #dnd #rpgs #merp #merp 2nd ed #middle earth #lotr

[xxwhiskeyxx]

Love Trope February! Marriage for Convinance: Aether x Reader

Basically Aether has wanted kits since he was young, he’s known he has wanted to be a father and mate ever since he had helped his mother with his younger siblings. So when his friend (Y/N) confessed they had a similar dream. They both were good friends for many years, even back in the Pit, (Y/N) was Multi that happened to have a strong Quintessence affinity, along with Water and Earth, and they had both had slight feelings for one another, but didn’t know how to tell the other. Now while the proposal Aether had come up with was slightly for his benefit, he also figured it was a way both of them could live happily

Hailo, sorry for the late update! I was invited over to a friend's apartment who I haven't seen in a few months and while I worked on it a little, my phone died and so I lost my hot spot (she don't got the wifi) plus I had 2 English assignments due today as well

Anyways, I know this one is a little weird for the trope, I had the idea of Copia or Terzo getting with Reader as their Prime Mover to get Seestor off their ass but I've seen that done a lot and I was in a Big Boy mood, I also realized I didn't have many Aether stories anyone and only 1 Aether x Reader as of yet. So here we are

I'm sorry it's so short, I tried to make it longer but it felt like too much.

Aether and (Y/N) were sitting in (Y/N)’s room, talking about anything and everything, but the topic had soon turned to kits and mating. Aether has also wanted kits since he was a young adolescent himself, he’s known he has wanted to be a father and have a mate ever since he had started helping his mother with his younger siblings. He loved doting on the little ones, and he had dreamed of having kits of his owns the moment his little sister was handed to him minutes after being born. The soft, downy fur and hair; the little claws, tail, and pointed ears; the way they solely communicated with speaks, merps, chitters, trills, and other associated ghoulish noises until they grew big enough to be taught to talk. Aether loved it all. Even with the hardships his mother had gone through with her later pregnancies and the difficulties that always came with raising kits, he wanted it.

“Yeah, I used to take care of my little cousins and siblings all the time, they really made me realize how hard it will be, but I truly do wanna have some little shits of my own one day. too” (Y/N) says, fiddling with their tail absent-mindedly. The Quintessence ghoul had just finished his own speel of how he wanted his own kits, and his Multi friend had added on, it was no secret the pair had feelings for each other except for the other. So when (Y/N) had admitted to wanting kits of their own, it set forth a plan in his mind that was slightly for his benefit, he also figured it was a way both of them could live happily.

“Hey, I just thought of something, and feel free to call me a perv or a weirdo, but hear me out.” Aether asks nervously, (Y/N) turns to look at him, “I could never think of you as a perv, dumbass. What is it?” they ask with a short laugh. Taking a breath, “So we both know we want to be parents, and being mated obviously helps when it comes to the pregnancy,” he says, the mating bond makes it so they can feel each other’s pain and detect each other’s emotions better than not, “We don’t have to renew it after the birth, but what if we have a kit together…” he says, tail wrapped tightly around his wrist as his anxiety picks up, the Multi ghoul is staring at him with a shocked look on their face, “but he..hey, it’s one way to have kits and feel free to tell me to fuck off. I care about you and i..it’s not like we haven’t done stuff before.” Aether finishes, shutting his eyes tightly as he anticipates the inevitable rejection.

The Multi stares at him for a minute, “Sure, that seems like a solid plan.” they say. Aether’s eyes fly open and gape at them; he had expected them to call them a dumbass and perv at least or smack him and cuss him out at worst, “Re..really?!” he asks, a dopey grin erupting onto his face as he grabs their hands tightly in his excitedly, returning the smile, “Yeah, I mean I know you’d be a great dad, and I mean we both benefit. Plus you’re right, it’s not like we haven’t fucked before and my heat is supposed to start soon.” they say with a teasing flick of their tail. “Well then, let’s get started.” Aether says with an aroused smirk on his face.

(Y/N) grins as they crawl onto his lap and straddle those thick thighs, wrapping their arms around his neck, pressing a teasing kiss to the larger ghoul's lips as they grind down slightly, “I’d like that Starlight,” they whisper against his lips, “Put a kit in my belly.. Aether growls as his hands come up to grip their hips, “Fuck, you don’t know what you do to me, don’t you, my star shine.” he mumbles, biting down on their lip, eliciting a gasp and giving him the opportunity to shove his forked tongue into their mouth, tongues battling for dominance as hands explore each other, (Y/N) unbuttoning Aether’s shirt as he tugs their shirt over their head, briefly separating before meeting again. Soon breaking away from the kiss, (Y/N) begins to kiss down the other ghoul’s neck, nipping and sucking to leave light marks as they grind down harder on the now large tent in his pants.

Aether lets out a groan as he leans his head back, allowing them more access to his throat, trailing his claws up their sides before gripping their chest through their bra, quickly undoing the clasp and tossing it across the room. (Y/N) whines as they bite down slightly harder when Aether suddenly pinches a nipple, rolling the nub in his fingers, “Such a pretty noise, as nice as this is, I think I want to move things along a little more.” Aether teases as he flips them so (Y/N) is now on their back with the Quintessence ghoul hovering above them.

Pressing kisses down their belly as he makes his way to his target, sucking a hickie just above their pants, Aether yanks down the offending material along with their panties before tossing them in the same direction as their bra. He takes a moment to admire the Multi’s soft skin, running his claws up their thighs as he gazes at them. With a smirk, he trails a finger up their slit, gathering the wetness that has already collected there, “Oh sweet thing, already so wet for me. It’s like you’re body is craving for me to shove my knot inside you and fill you with my kits~” he purrs, (Y/N) whimpers at the filthy words, hips bucking slightly in desperation, “Pl..please Aeth, need you!” they whine out, not able to ever say no to the sweet Multi, he dives in between their thighs.

Licking and slurping, he eats them out like he had been starved for days, tongue fucking them as he stares up at their face as melt from the immense pleasure the ghoul’s talented tongue brings them. Their fingers had twisted into his hair, along with moans of his name and “my, perfect, sweet boy, such a good boy” make the Quintessence ghoul groan, eyes rolling back slightly at the praise and the taste of their slick, Aether decides to focus more on the sensitive nub as he slips two fingers into their dripping hole, stretching and fingering them open, earning a keen from the Multi above him, their fingers tugging at his hair even more now.

“Fu..fuck, Gonna cum if you keep going like that, Starlight.” (Y/N) warns, hips bucking up slightly as the knot gets tighter in their belly. This information just spurs Aether into sucking their clit into his mouth and twirling his tongue around it, crooking his fingers up and dragging them along their g-spot. (Y/N)’s back arcs as they cum with a loud moan, hips going crazy as Aether keeps going, holding them down with his unoccupied arm as best he can as he adds a third finger in and continues his ministrations with his mouth, “T..too much, too much!” they cry, tears falling from their eyes as the other ghoul continues to overstimulate their body.

Aether decides to relent just as he feels them clench down harder on his fingers, trailing kisses up their trembling, slick thighs. (Y/N) whines, weakly tugging him up by their grip on his hair to meet him in a filthy kiss, moaning at the taste of themselves on his tongue. Their fingers expertly unbuckled his belt and undone the button on his pants as their tongues swirl around each other, pulling back for a moment and brushing their nose against the males, “Get that fucking knot in me, Big Boy, gimme your fucking kits.” they growl. This snaps the last bit of control Aether had been desperately clinging to, he practically rips his pants off before grabbing their legs and slipping them over his shoulders and lining up with their hole, pressing his entire length in with one fluid thrust. (Y/N) mewls at the sudden stretch, Aether may not be the longest of the ghouls, but he is the thickest, his girth stretching their pussy wide as he sinks into them.

Pressing their mouths together once more as he struggles to let them adjust, though it is more so just panting into each other than a kiss, “Mo..move, I’m good.” (Y/N) mumbles, arms coming up to drape around the ghoul’s broad shoulders. With a shuttering breath, Aether slowly draws out of their tight heat before snapping his hips back, setting a steady rhythm of powerful, quick thrusts. Each slam into their hole leaves both of them breathless, (Y/N) swears they can feel him pressed against their cervix as he folds them in half into a mating press. Aether snarls and buries his face into the crook of their neck, leaving a trail of hickies and love bites as he rails them into the mattress. Angling his hips slightly, (Y/N) lets out a loud scream as Aether is now slamming directly into their g-spot, they can feel the knot in their belly tightening, as well as his swelling knot pressing against their already stretched hole.

“Un..unholy fuck, yo..you feel so fucking good, Starlight, gonna mark you as you cum on my cock, feel you getting close, gonna make you cum on my knot and fill you up with my litter. Pump you so full there’s no way you don’t fucking catch.” Aether snarls, pace slowing slightly as his own end is hurtling towards him, but his thrusts are no less powerful as he moans into their neck, the way their clenching around him will be his downfall. “Cu..cum in me baby, make me cum on that fat knot, mark me as you’re own. Please, my Moon, I wanna be yours, please make me yours!, I love you so mu..much” (Y/N) cries, claws raking down the other ghoul’s back.

Impatiently, Aether slips a hand in between them and with a few quick circles to their clit, (Y/N)’s eyes roll back as they cum, clenching down hard as there is a gush of their hot cum onto the Quintessence ghoul's pistoning cock. This sends Aether falling off the edge after them, it takes a few thrusts but his large knot pops past their rim with a slick pop, cumming deep inside the Multi with a loud cry of their name, sinking his fangs into their throat in a mating claim. The overwhelming of the knot and the claim make (Y/N) cum once more, body twitching frantically around the intrusive knot inside them, earning a whimper from Aether as they sink their own fangs into him for their own bite.

Breathing hard, the two take a few moments to release their fangs, lapping at the pooling blood of their mate as they begin to calm from the frenzy they had just been in slowly. “I..sorry if that hurt, love, I can grab the first aid kit in a few.” Aether mumbles as he slumps atop them. (Y/N) groans, “You’re okay sweet boy, just please, can you put my legs down and roll over? You’re kinda crushing me.” they chuckle weakly. This catches the sleepy ghoul's attention, “Oh, sorry.” he says, gently slipping their legs off his shoulders as he rolls them to the side, cradling them to him, all while trying not to jostle them or pull at where they're locked together too much. With a few pained hisses and whimpers, they’re now cuddled together, (Y/N)’s face pressed into Aether’s chest as he buries his nose in their hair, both inhaling the intoxicating scent of the other.

“Hey..(Y/N)..?” Aether mumbles, they were absent-mindedly drawing shapes on the skin of his chest, he earns a sleepy hum of acknowledgment, “You..said you loved me…did you mean that?” he asks hesitantly. He feels them freeze, “I…you heard that, huh?” they joke, flustered, before they sigh, “Yeah…I did…I’ve kinda loved you for…I don’t know, forever ago?” they say, leaning back as far as they can due to the pair still being tied together and running their claws through their hair, an anxious quirk of theirs. The confession makes Aether smiles; leaning forward, he presses his lips to theirs, earning a squeak from the smaller ghoul, “Good, because I love you too, my Starlight, since we met down in the Pit all those years ago.” he says, purple eyes twinkling with unspoken affection and love.

(Y/N) stares back at him for a moment before their signature smile erupts back on their face, smashing their lips together in a kiss that feels like it lasts forever. Eventually, the knot deflates, and Aether helps them into their bathroom, cleaning the cum from their thighs before pushing the leaking fluid back into their cunt, “Can’t let this escape if we wanna go through with our plan.” he purrs, pressing a kiss to their shoulder. “Round 2 in the shower?” (Y/N) teases, tail trailing up their mate's thigh, the predatory grin that Aether gives them answers their question.

Epilogue

The new mates basically fuck like rabbits for days, all through (Y/N)’s heat and a little after when suddenly they begin to feel sick. Going to the infirmary at the request of a worried Aether, the mates learn that they were expecting a litter of kits, with 3 little specs on the screen. The pair excitedly go through the rest of the appointment as fast as possible before booking it back to the den, “What’s gotten into you two, besides each other?” Swiss cackles, earning a smack to the head from Mountain, “Be nice” his mate growls at him before turning to the mates, “How did the appointment go?” the Earth ghoul asks, ignoring the now pouting Swiss that crawls into his lap. (Y/N) looks at the Quintessence ghoul, “Should I tell them or you?” they ask, Aether smiles, “Together?” he suggests.

By now, all of the ghouls in the common room have their attention focused on the pair, taking a deep breath, “We’re gonna have kits!” they say together, (Y/N) placing a hand on their abdomen. There is a moment of silence before the den erupts into whoops and screams of excitement, the ghoulettes damn near shove Aether out of the way as they fuss over (Y/N), who giggles and relishes in the attention from their favorite girls. “Oh my Satan, how many!” Cumulus squeals, gently pressing her hands onto (Y/N)’s belly and smiling at her friend. “The doctor said 3 in the ultrasound we did!” (Y/N) says excitedly. Aether is getting slaps on the back from Sodo and Mountain while Swiss and Rain jokingly glare him down and threaten to make him eat his dick if he ever hurts their Multi friend, the other Multi and Water ghouls being quite close to his mate. He agrees with a sheepish smile before arms wrap around his waist from behind, “I guess our kits are definitely going to be spoiled by a huge pack.” (Y/N) teases, pressing a kiss to the larger ghoul’s back. Placing his hands atop theirs, Aether erupts into a loud purr, “Yeah, yeah, they are.”

#aether x reader #nameless ghoul x reader #ghost band x reader #ghost bc x reader #aether ghoul #love trope febraury #marriage for convinance #please help me be more responsible #whiskey's burbling barrel

[scaredgirlsilly]

Homestuck character who doesn't get enough love?

i have been stalking this ask, formulating my plan of attack, jumping from branch to branch of the canopy of trees, waiting for the perfect moment.

and that moment has finally come

spoilers for homestuck (merp. if you read this ill explode you with my mind im sorry im doing this but it has spoilers for all of homestuck so you arent allowed to read this JDKSKFJSH)

my answer is jade. am i biased?? absolutely!! but thats A Whole Thing so im gonna give some runner ups first before i get into all that

jake prob like idk whenever i see him in stuff its always either with dirk (and usually focuses on dirk kr their relationship) or its a family photo of john, jade, jane, and jake. but like. idk i dont think many people *get* what hes about (me included) but hes a great character and literally soooo aro coded its not even funny. i really should rotate jake in my brain more hes a very cool character

jane too theres some love for jane but i think the epilogues kinda fucked her

the dancestors too, but idk im not a huge dancestor fan cause they are all kinda assholes and the scene with cronus and mituna just makes my skin crawl

but ok BACK TO JADE

i think there are different aspects (most of them probably unrelated to what you untended for the question) that she doesnt get enough love, but lets start with what you were probably talking about, which is

how jade is treated by the fans

i think jade gets a fair amount of fan love. i mean just look at her!! who couldnt love her?? my main problem comes from how she compares to dave, specifically the fact that fans seem to apply an absolutely monstrous depth to daves character that isnt necessarily there in homestuck (like specificallyin regards to angst readings of his character. this is about fanfiction i should say that this is just my grievances when it comes to finding good jade fics). THATS NOT A BAD THING!! i fuckin love it actually and im not raggin on dave with this. its just that i think jade could do that as good if not better!! her life is fuckin dogshit if you treat it seriously, much like people do with daves life, and considering the fact that nearly every single fuckin dave fic i read touches on that topic, it sucks that jade fics like that are so hard to come by. she also doesnt have as many like prominent ships. theres some obv ones, like davepetasprite, or dave/karkat in a throuple (we will fucking get to that later), but yk some of the other characters even uf they dont have canon relationships, they have like. obvious ones yk. like john/vriska or john/terezi or june/rose or john/dave (fuckin j egbert gettin around kfhskshdh) or like jake/dirk or roxy/callie yk ships like those. whether you agree with em is one thing but they are obvious yk you dont gotta do alot of convincing to see them at least try it out.

but with jade, it feels like you gotta stretch it a little to get her with anyone. jade/rose is great (especially jade/rose/kanaya) but. i mean jade and rose barely talk in homestuck proper (we will GET TO IT) so its kinda a hard sell. and does jade like interact with any of the trolls alot?? like idk its been a while but im p sure most of her interactions with the trolls were negative. so that just leaves jade/davepeta which is a pretty good ship i will say, and of course, jade/dave ( + karkat sometimes) and it kinda sucks. like one of my fav ships, jade/vriska, literally started out as a joke!! but it grew on me when i started thinking out it, but it is already such a stretch that theres no fuckin way most people will see what i see (thats a whole seperate rant jdhsjdjsj this is already long enough and we have 3 other parts to get to)

SPEAKING OF THE OTHER PARTS!!

next part, prob the easiest,

jades treatment in the epilogues

do i even need to say anything??

this post is long enough ill try to speed through the other sections

NEXT PART!!

how she is treated in homestuck proper in the text (what literally happens to her)

literally lonliest girl alive has one day with her friends (that day is filled with horrible shit and thats the understatement of the century) before getting on a ship for 3 years, and like a week in having her brother and other friend die. she then lives in this ship in the middle of space, no contact to any of her other friends, no update on whats actually going on, just the company of the consorts and nanna sprite. she finally gets to the new session, meets god tier calliope who explains that that was all supposed to happen and john actually fixed everything, and also space players are just lonely thats just apart of the aspect :/

she then gets put to sleep so the condesce doesnt control her, where she misses all of the socialization that the other people have on the platform before the final fight.

she then has a convo with davepeta while she is dreaming where davepeta says "actually in the other timeline we dated and that stuff still happened to you cause of this thing called an Ultimate Self, a thing thats totally real and not at all bullshit. anyways bye!! *muah*"

she wakes up, chases a few god dogs around, gets puched in the face, and the end happily ever after!!!!!!!!

now obv this was an extremely bitter retelling and i actually cant seperate the 2 sections so this is also...

how jade is treated in homestuck proper, by andrew hussie

now. jade got ROYALLY fucked over. she started out as a mysterious figure that knows more than anyone, but extremely quickly she goes to the person who knows the least out of literally anyone. she barely talks to rose, seemingly one of her 4 childhood friends, throughout the whole comic (jade and rose say about 2700 words to each other over 5 conversations, one of them being a repeat from the others perspective. their longest convo is 571 words. for reference, this convo between dave karkat and john has 2100 words. almost 1500 words more than their longest convo and almost as much words as rose and jades entire convo history. heres a link to da sourse i used cause no way im counting that shit jdjsgsjshs tho they are doing it cause they dont like jade/rose or sumn?? idk i dont fucking care about that. anyways side tangent over!!)

SHE DOESNT EVEN WNTER THE GAME TILL ACT 5 ACT 2!!!!!!!! AFTER WE SEE THE ENTIRE TROLL SESSION!!!!!!!!

then, during the session idk shes cool i dont remember it much cause the beta kids session is a surprisingly short part of the comic jdkshdjshs but she has some cool moments and i love her ^u^

then the yellow yard. god. just fucking left there alone. why?? the entire point of johnfix is that the session could be changed for the better without worry of a doomed timeline. couldnt have even made john give her a heads up as to why her john and davesprite just fucking die randomly?? (before you say that john couldnt have cause he didnt know, motherfucker andrew hussie knew!!!!!!!! he could have just made some fuckin reason for john to know its not that hard)

then during the session she just gets ranted to about how actually its all apart of the plan and this was supposed to be this way and she just goes ":P okie dokie" and moves on like that wouldnt FUCKING KILL HER THAT SHE HAD TO BE ROYALLY FUCKED OVER FOR EVERYTHING TO GO RIGHT.

now obv theres an explanation why her role in the final fight is so passive. shes too op. she combined with bec and is a space player (and is shown using those powers to do some pretty bad ass stuff jfjsgsjdhd). thats fair i guess. im just salty that the way to solve that was to literally put her to sleep for most of it, then go fly around with some dogs and get punched in the face.

now. the rant is kinda over. jade i think is the most slept on character, but specifically she is slept on by one person. andrew hussie. i think that andrew hussie did not explore jades character like he did with other characters. i do not know why. im going to try to not act like i know why he did it (god its so hard HDKSKDHAGDJ). this rsnt is pure salt, pure fuckin cope, i am aware. this is not meant to be objective i just really like and relate to jade and wish she got more love in the work itself. but instead, i must dine on the scraps she gets on fuckin ao3 (did you know there are almost as many davekat fics as there are fics where jade is in it at all?? and thats not even including the fact that alot of the jade fics, shes not the main person. im not mad 🙃🙃)

anyways uhhhh sorry this probably wasnt what you were expecting 😭😭😭😭 i just have alot of incoherent thoughts when it comes to jade and homestuck in general. so uhhhh. THANKS FOR THE ASK!!!!!!!!

#sorry it took so long literally this ask has been in my brain rollin around picking up dust like a katamari ball #but i knew i was gonna get to it eventually!!!!!!!! #it was just whenever i had the energy to write. *this* JDKSLDHAFJDKSKF #anyways thanks 😁😁

[braintapes]

The Hotel Podcast Season 3 Analysis: Part II - The Lobby Boy

(Time to blow out another candle.)

Welcome back! Part I was allll about the Manager's arc, covering episodes 3.1 - 3.4. We saw the Manager as she was repeatedly killed by a pale, gibbering creature, we watched the darkness consume her and the lobby, and we also witnessed the Hotel being built, in a way.

The Manager's been killed again by the gibbering creature. Now we see from the Lobby Boy's perspective. Well, we will see.

As I said in my previous post, S3 is simultaneously the old crew's origin, end, and a place/time/series of events they intermittently return to. This means that we're seeing the staff in a very specific, raw state of being. A different a lens to understand them through.

(Time to make a wish.)

This season functions as a collection of character studies showing us how the old crew responds to inevitability. The certainty of death. There is no release for these three, as there may be for the guests. There is only dying to wake up to die again.

The Manager's arc emphasized the certainty. The Lobby Boy's arc will showcase the cycle.

As always though, this is only my own personal read on the text/audio. Analyzing the art and stories I like in this way is a creative fun outlet for me, and my hope is that this can prompt more discussion for other people too. I love getting to see other people's perspectives and bring up stuff I hadn't considered!

Enough preamble though, let's get right to it. (Do get comfy though, because this is nearly 7 full word pages long)

(It's almost my birthday.)

To properly set the stage for the Lobby Boy's arc, I need to talk some more about the Manager first. Who is the Manager? What drives her?

I'm going to go by Season 2 here. I believe S2 is another, though different, look at these characters. There, we see them as raw as raw can get. They're a mixture of ingredients sitting in the pan waiting to be put into the oven. Whereas in S3 they are freshly baked and piping hot. And also still being baked. And speaking of food metaphors…

The idea of hunger and satiation continually shows up in the Manager's stories. Burger Baby is, uh, fairly obvious and speaks for itself, I think. Mrs Bones is interesting because again we see her thirst as this primal need inside the Manager, a desperate instinctual urge that drives her forward. This also happens in 5.1 Merp and Burble, where she. Well. She merps and she burbles.

In these altered states of consciousness, she has an animal-like nature. She is concerned only with satiating herself. But even when she gets what she's looking for, it's never enough. She can never truly be content.

This shows up in 3.2, when the laborers' deaths satiate the Manager. They even build her/the lobby as they perish one by one. But of course, of course, the fullness doesn't last. This is one of my absolute favorite aspects of the Manager's character. It makes her so distinct from the other two.

The Manager's response to the inevitability presented to her is to allow it in. She neither fights it, kicking and screaming, as the Owner would, nor does she run from it, as the Lobby Boy will. She accepts her circumstances and adapts to them. She takes to everything the easiest of the three.

So, she dies. So...she dies. So what? She's dead now, and will remain so for the rest of the season. What's done is done, until the Hotel wills it otherwise. They serve at the pleasure of the Hotel Herself, after all.

(Do you remember how to die? I'll remind you.)

The most distinct difference between the Lobby Boy and the Manager is that the latter seems to relish in her job. Not in the way the Owner does, as a title to preen and puff up over. She gets nothing out of lording her position over the other two. She does what she does because it's in her nature to do so, and it's a form of sustenance. Her job is her life is her nature. Literally hashtag ultimate girlboss, y'know?

The Lobby Boy, on the other hand, does NOT relish his duty. He is deeply intimate with death and dying and the horrors that lurk inside the Hotel in a way that the other two simply are not. He constructs nearly every awful thing in the Hotel and personally delivers the guests to those things.

As the gibbering creature continues to beat (and then starts to consume) the very dead Manager in 3.4, the Lobby Boy notes the "pulsing and bruised" walls of the Hotel. Something is deeply wrong here and he can feel it. The way he's seeing everything is not how he normally would. He says:

"It's not supposed to look like that, I think. Not to me. Maybe to the guests, but to me it only looks like...I knew underneath and behind and through everything was something awful and vast watching, but I could still look at the facade and know my place here."

The Lobby Boy has, off the top of my head, seen the Hotel in this way two other times. Well, one of this times was in a bonus episode and so doesn't really count, but it's one of my favorite bonus episodes so I'm going to talk about it a bit anyway. Feel free to skip that part.

First, in 4.12 X - X, during the big fight between the Owner and the Lobby Boy, the two go sailing and flying through the Hotel. They crash through lobbies and halls and rooms. The Lobby Boy SEES everything in the Hotel. He sees everything he has built and everything he hasn't yet. He sees the guests dying. He sees himself, burning. And he hates it. He decides to look away, to try to not remember.

In fact, the Lobby Boy's active avoidance of witnessing his own work is THE big reason the Owner hates the Lobby Boy and picks that fight with him in the first place.

In the bonus episode The Hotel, the Lobby Boy has a dream in which he is entirely alone. He examines the lobby before using his cool powers to rise up through the Hotel in such a way that he can see it all. He keeps going, pushing aside and shaping and conducting the Hotel's form until it reaches a crescendo of swirling color and shape and fervor...Then, of course, he remembers that he's not alone, not really. He's never alone in the Hotel.

Like I said, that lies in murky non-canon-ish waters so feel free to ignore it. I personally consider it an interesting supplemental to the other two examples. The point is, the Lobby Boy isn't an idiot. He's very well aware of what the Hotel is. What he is and what he does.

3.4 ends with this:

"In the Hotel there is only death. Only ever death. But still I run to the second floor, where the deaths don't matter so much. The floor with the guest rooms."

He sees the darkness consuming the lobby, the Manager, everything in the Hotel lobby. He knows what's happening. Still, he decides to run. He chooses to look away. To not think about it, if he can.

He runs to what he knows best: the guest rooms. The familiar forms the Hotel is supposed to take. The facade he can try to lose himself in, knowing all the while that it's a lie and he will face the horrible truth that envelopes and underpins it.

(Here comes another one, don't miss it or we'll have to start over.)

Now, it's time for 3.5 The Lobby Boy Dies.

“I step off the elevator and hold the door for the guest, but the elevator is empty.”

The Lobby Boy is alone as he walks down the endless hallways. The lights wink at him as he passes by. We'll see the Hotel Herself flicker her lights at the Lobby Boy other times, like in 4.10 Audrey Burns. It's one of her cheeky and fun ways of communicating with him! The Hotel is absolutely playing with him like a toy in this arc. I mean, that's true of every arc but this one especially feels so delightfully cheeky.

He refuses to look back behind him. He's seen the guests look back and it's never saved any of them. Then he spots a different kind of light – a candle by an empty guest room.

“I...the candle wants me to stare into the flame. It wants me to go inside the room. The door matches the key ring in my hand... Why-”

But the Lobby Boy knows what's happening here. He drops his keys and continues walking. He avoids looking at anything but straight ahead of him, down the hall. With each room, door, candle he avoids, another one shows up until every room is an empty guest room with a candle. For him.

He wants to refuse. He doesn't want to go in. Tells himself he won't, he CAN'T. But the Hotel pulsates in the background and he starts to imagine what it would be like if the walls caught fire...the fire spreading...Chasing him...He runs!

But why? Why avoid the flames and the burning and the smoke when he knows he can't, won't escape them? When he knows he'll end up dying anyway?

There's a few ways to look at this. One is that it's part of his nature – he doesn't want to face death, not necessarily in a human way but because it - like basically everything else - makes him squeamish and uncomfortable. If he runs, he doesn't have to face it. If he runs, he can pretend:

"The doors seem to turn towards me as I pass now. Stretching, almost reaching out. Presenting to me, showing me the sweetest lie: Safety. Safety from what is behind me. Safety from the end ahead."

“The flames behind, the fire ahead, I will pretend not to know what is beyond the door and know relief for a sickening, hopeful, instant.”

[Bolding mine]

The Lobby Boy is aligning himself with the guests here. He is a guest in this episode: he has a room he will go and die inside of. He knows the guests aren't saved by their pretending, but he does it anyway because the tiny glimmer of light inside the Lobby Boy is hope. Is wanting. In this case, it's wanting the comforting lie that he'll be okay, somehow.

Another part is that this is technically new to him, new and frightening. His nature is fearfulness, so of course he runs. He's still a fresh-out-of-the-oven Lobby Boy at this point! All of this that's happening doesn't gel with whatever knowledge was baked into him from the Hotel. He hasn't had a chance to acclimate yet!

He enters his room and sees, just before the door closes, himself stepping off the elevator in the hall. He stands in the dark for a long time until the candle appears again.

“I stare into the flame and I can hear the Hotel around me.”

He's transfixed until the candle falls over and the whole room goes up in flames, burning him to death. He doesn't accept it, he screams and tries to run and tries to open the door he knows will not open again. He dies just like one of the guests.

(You were there too.)

Since the previous Lobby Boy is dead, the Lobby Boy who we just saw step out of the elevator is our narrator for 3.6 The Lobby Boy Tries Not To Die.

“I step off the elevator and hold the door for the guest, but...there is no guest. I'm alone.”

Last episode, we saw the part of the Lobby Boy that identifies with the guests, the part of him that's just as trapped as they are. But there's plenty more layers and sides to the LB we've yet to peel.

The Lobby Boy lies to himself and attempts to convince himself that the guest he saw at the end of the hall definitely did not have his face. It for sure wasn't him. Totally. He slips back into his role, what he knows he should be doing. But everything's wrong, still. He continues down the hall and passes rooms full of smoke and burning and screaming.

Occasionally, his voice reverberates. Notably, it happens when the ceiling is full of soot. He says:

“I don't want to fall up into that void. I don't know if I'll hit the ceiling, or just fall forever. (forever, forever.)”

[Formatting taken directly from transcript]

In my last post, I talked about how the darkness – the Hotel – is inextricable from the Manager/the staff. The idea returns here with...Well, with the smoke and soot, obviously, but ALSO with these vocal effects. It's one of the Lobby Boy's things, sometimes if he's particularly worked up he'll get effects like this in his narration.

As it's applied here, it feels like something directly tying him to the Hotel. A part of him that is like it. These reverberations come back at the end of the season both with the Hotel Herself's narration and the staff's response to her. They are not separate entities, but a strange splintering and amalgamation of each other.

The Hotel's pulsing starts up in the background. The Lobby Boy continues walking but his steps become wet and squishy as the floors become coated in, um. Melted Lobby Boy soup leaking out from the room doors. It pools and congeals into a gory sticky mess that clings to him, hinders his running. The desk bell dings and something is chasing the Lobby Boy and screaming at him and his immediate instinct is to run away.

The slurry of himself enmeshed in the floor shows that the part of the Hotel that is the Lobby Boy is this second floor. The same way the Manager is the lobby and we saw her being built, the Lobby Boy is every endless hall, room, door, ceiling, floors. He is both the facade and the horrible truth at the end of it.

What he runs from is himself, literally, in this episode, but also from...himself. You know what I mean?

“I run faster. I want the soot black ceiling to take me. I want to sink into the cold bleeding carpet. I want grey walls and nothing else.”

(mood man I hate being yelled at too.)

They're both screaming now, his pursuer and himself. Just...screaming. I LOVE the distorted layered yells here. Something visceral and miserable about the sounds perfectly encapsulate the Lobby Boy, I feel.

He runs and every door turns into an elevator. He ends up, of course, back at that door. That room, with the smoke and the fire and the other burning Lobby Boy already inside of it. He looks back and sees himself clearly this time. He's terrified. He'd rather burn to death than be caught by himself. He closes the door “a little faster” before the other him can get inside.

And so the Lobby Boy Fails To Not Die.

(Did you see him? Was it too fast for you?)

We are roughly two Lobby Boys down as we head into 3.7 The Rooms Are Filled.

“I step off the elevator and hold the door for the guest. The guest steps out and into the hallway.”

So now there's two of them in the elevator. One must be the guest, if one of them is the Lobby Boy. But then...? They walk together and the other lets our viewpoint LB into the room.

Once again, this opening sequence involves the Lobby Boy following his standard routine. Bring the guest to the room. Ask if they need anything. Our narrator gives a quick rundown of the room but then the fire starts consuming everything again. Instead of running away from each other, the two Boys struggle pathetically over each other to get out. One of them escapes, the other remains trapped in the room.

He heads back to the elevator and goes to another floor.

“There are so many buttons twinkling dully at me. I like to stare at them on the way.”

Bringing up this quote just to say I'm putting a pin in it for later in this post. Bear with me, there WILL be a payoff to this. I just wanted to make special note of this line in particular.

The elevator doors open and the cycle continues, repeats. One Lobby Boy brings the other Lobby Boy to his room and he dies there as the Lobby Boy goes back to the elevator to do it again. Again. Again. Every time the Lobby Boy dies, a light in the elevator goes out. Slowly, they burn to darkness every hall in the Hotel.

He's not running the same way he was during the last few episodes. He's settling in. Getting acclimated. The way he gets through this is by not thinking about it. If he doesn't think, he can hold out the sliver of hope within him that he won't be the one to die. But he'll still die.

He sounds so utterly exhausted as he relives both the walk from the elevator to the room and the burning to death inside the room. So strained, bordering on anger almost.

“Why do I look so afraid, if I'm not the one who has to burn? But I am the one who has to burn. And the one who has to close the door. I'm the only one here.”

Okay to be honest you could just ignore every single thing I've written here and just look at these lines because this is the crux of it all.

The sound gets...weirder from here. The elevator door dings wrongly. The Lobby Boy doesn't hold the door open for the guest. We hear the Owner's scream for the first time in a while, though this comes immediately after the line saying, “The rooms are filled with my screams.”

Hmmmm...

But I can't talk about that yet. I need to talk about this:

“The halls are filled with smoke and mess. I don't know why The Manager only had to die once and I have to die so much. So much. Too much.”

[Bolding mine]

Does this line sound familiar? He sounds envious here, almost...resentful, in a way that reminds me very specifically of 2.2 Cracker Man:

“Why do they get to be in the house? Why do they get to be young and happy and beautiful? Why does it hurt to watch them live? I don’t know why but it does. Every smile stings.”

The Manager's S2 episodes showed us her primal instinct as one of her core traits. The Lobby Boy's S2 episodes show us his envy and rage. He's portrayed as a stalking figure in both Cracker Man and Frozen Figures, something that watches from the outside before going in for the kill. Yeah, technically the Owner and Manager do this too, but it feels personal for the Lobby Boy.

Why do THEY (the guests) get to live? Why do THEY get to pretend, to have the luxury of not knowing what's going to happen to them? Why did the Manager only have to die ONCE instead of being stuck in this endless cycle? (She didn't, she died at least like 4 times, but I suppose he doesn't know that). Why is he stuck here and they're not? WHY CAN'T HE D--

“There are so many buttons twinkling dully at me. I like to stare at them on the way.”

That envy and his feelings towards the guests are also why I think the Lobby Boy likes staring at twinkling lights. I mean, there doesn't have to be anything deeper to it. I do think it is just...a thing he likes and that's that. But if there WERE deeper meaning to it, I would say part of him wants what the guests have. He wouldn't know what, exactly, he wants. But he knows they're different. They have something else. Maybe something nicer. Maybe. He admires the shimmering light until it turns into a desperate flame that eventually burns to soot and ash.

His envy collapses and gives way to the rage tucked deep inside him in Cracker Man. Here in 3.7, he taps into that and chases down the other Lobby Boy. Once again, he becomes the pursuing monster. He is the rooms he built. He is the guests he brought to them. He is the horror that will kill them inside the rooms. The screaming effects layer beautifully again.

“Every room is getting filled. Endlessly. We put ourselves here because we did. Never a thought to why or where. He runs so I'm running. He burns so I'm burning. If I could catch him, if I could touch him, could we burn together?”

I have nothing to add to this, I just want to sit and appreciate these lines for a minute.

The chase continues. This Lobby Boy can see into the elevators lining the hallways. Behind the both of them, “the void spills out” and chases them. No matter what direction they go, he'll always end up back in that darkness. Whether he's inside the burning room or out in the hall. He still, still, holds onto that tiny sliver of false hope that maybe, just maybe, he can catch him this time.

But the Lobby Boy sees him and closes the door a little faster. And the Lobby Boy is brought to a void by a trillion lights.

(The guests were never meant to come this far.)

There's...a lot more I'd love to say. I could go on and on in endless circles about this arc. It would be fitting, but this is already so long and I still have the Owner and the Hotel Herself to talk about!

So for now, let's see what happens to the Lobby Boy in the cleverly titled 3.8 A V O I D.

The Lobby Boy doesn't actually...do much here, since this episode is meant to start us on the Owner's arc. LB sits in the void, afraid. As familiar gibbering/Powers That Be noises follow after him, he panics.

“The worst it can do is kill me. Again. And Again. Forever. WHY CAN'T I DIE?”

[Formatting taken direct from transcript]

One last time, there's the crux of the Lobby Boy's despair. Why is he trapped like this when he's so, SO afraid? Why? Why why? The hopeless wailing and thrashing shared by the guests in their last moments.

We proceed listen to the Lobby Boy having the worst time he's probably ever had when he whimpers and begs “No no no no please no.”

His question is answered by as he's brutally killed by the gibbering creature the Hotel.

(He seems to be dead now though.)

And then the Owner chimes in with the fucking funniest possible line, “Thank you. Dispatching that creature has been long overdue.”

Thanks king. So glad to see you on your hater streak <3

Anyway, that wraps things up for the Lobby Boy's arc. I've never seen a more literal version of the “Man Vs. Self” style of conflict as this, as he grapples and struggles and fights with himself across time.

We get to see the fearful core of his being on full display along with the reasons why he'd be so afraid compared to the other two. Neither the Manager or the Owner are as down in the dirt with the guests, so to speak, as the Lobby Boy is. He embodies the most important aspect of it, the rooms and the killing.

It seems the only way he can get himself to function in that endless cycle is by avoidance, turning himself away from it all. The Owner just doesn't get it. Even though they have so much in common...

Well, that'll be for next time to delve into. See you then friends. Thanks again for reading! :-)

#the hotel podcast #the lobby boys episodes are longer generally #and theres a lot of ground to cover here #i hope this is an enjoyable read nonetheless! #hotelpod analysis

[boimmeup]

Me again.

I’ve got a few more headcanons about Rutherford I’ve been trying to recall.

1. He always likes to wear yellow and black (or black and yellow) clothes outside of his uniform. Not always, but most of the time.

On a regular day he’d wear a black t shirt and yellow short shorts.

2. He is multilingual. In addition to English he speaks Tagalog and Tamil.

3. In the midst of Admiral Buenamigo’s fuckery with his implant he was assigned to the Cerritos by sympathetic Section 31 (I know!) staff who didn’t want any harm to come to him. Shockingly.

4. I mentioned that I HC him as being bisexual (which I am as well, I only realised it two years ago), Ensign Barnes wasn’t his first date. He did briefly have a relationship with a male member of Merp’s species (specifically the unnamed big blue fella with the towel in the S2 finale, he’s only an extra but you can’t miss him). But it didn’t work out.

5. I also like to think after his implant incident that he apologised to ensign Barnes. With Dr T’Ana explaining to her what happened.

What do you think?

oh i love these, they're great!! i adore him being multilingual, i imagine the universal translator makes a lot of people not want to do it, but he probably grew up speaking tagalong and is ESL anyway. one of my fave things about star trek is how everyone retains a unique identity within their own culture as well as within Starfleet. as much as i love it, mass effect did that poorly, with the entire earth being united as one society. i love how in star trek you still have people with regional differences--in the aliens it's tragically not as present but as the show has progressed, more and more of them are stepping outside of the box, like worf or tendi.

anyway--i also adore him being bi! i remember that guy you mentioned, i think it's really fun that you picked out a background character for that headcanon. in one of my fics i was writing it so that he forgot he was bisexual after the explosion, but in the second one i plan on letting him stay bi even after the implant. it's fun to play with different ideas!

i can't wait to see more about section 31 in lower decks, presumably in the next season after what happened to william (and maybe badgey will end up involved as well?). then we can hopefully get more info on rutherford's lost memories as well! his past self and buenamigo can't be all he lost.

[seirosu]

These are the skills that you have to fill in your character  sheet in the MERP game, plus some other information (I know, a bit  long).  Have fun, develop your character, and let the world know who you are!

Basic Information

Name/s: rhea, seiros, the immaculate Nickname/s: archbishop Gender: female Faceclaim: n/a

Genealogy (Race): nabatean Alignment: lawful neutral Orientation: bi Original Character or Canon Character?: canon Date of birth and age: january 11th, old Place of birth: zanado, fódlan, birthcenter of nabatea Current living place: archimedes ward (spirale), nowhere (fódlan)

Physical Information

Height: 5'8” | 20′+ Eye color: mint green Hair color: seafoam green Constitution: far more athletic than one might think. although she has softened a bit and developed a much more rounded and voluptuous in composition than once had, her height still leaves much of her body appearing long and toned. Special physical characteristics (tattoo, scars, left eye of a different color, etc):  - she’s got scared skin from war, but all have faded in color. - her nails, while not draconic, are always maintained sharpened.

Family

Parent names & race: sothis (deity) Grandparent names & race: n/a Sibling names & race: several (all nabatean) Children names & race: 11 unnamed homunculus, sitri (homunculus nabatean) Emotional status: poor varies greatly Partner name and race: none They are still alive?: no (parent, siblings, children) Do you live with them?: she retains their unburied corpses, but they are unalive Pets?: a thousand cats mostly, but she had a loving relationship to the wyvern 

Armor and Weapon Skills

Light armor or heavy armor?: light Favorite weapon: sword Name of your weapon: sword of seiros Fight with shield?: yes Skills with edged weapons: ★★★★★   Skills with crushing weapons (maces, clubs, etc): ★☆☆☆☆ Skills with two-handed weapons: ★★☆☆☆ Skills with thrown weapons (knives, axes, javelins): ★★★☆☆ Skills in archery: ☆☆☆☆☆  Skills with polearms:  ★★★☆☆

General Information

Climbing: ★★★☆☆ Riding: ★★☆☆☆   Swimming: ☆☆☆☆☆ Tracking: ★★★☆☆ Cooking: ☆☆☆☆☆ Foraging: ★★☆☆☆ First Aid: ★★★★★

Subterfuge Skills

Ambush: ★★★☆☆   Stalk/Hide: ★★☆☆☆   Pick Locks:   ☆☆☆☆☆ Set/Disable Traps: ☆☆☆☆☆ Disguise: ★☆☆☆☆ Streetwise: ★☆☆☆☆

Athletic Skills

Acrobatics: ★★★★☆ Brawling: ★★★★★ Wrestling: ★★★★★

Career Skills

Animal Handling: ★★★★☆   Boat Handling:   ☆☆☆☆☆ Navigation: ★★★★☆    Signaling: ★★★☆☆ Sky Watch: ★★★★★

Medical Skills

Apothecary: ☆☆☆☆☆ Midwifery: ★★★☆☆ Surgery: ★★★★★  

Artistic Skills

Dance: ★☆☆☆☆ Poetry: ★★★☆☆ Singing: ★★★★☆   Tale Telling: ★★★★★

Influence Skills

Acting: ★☆☆☆☆ Reading people: ★★★☆☆ Bribery:  ★★★☆☆ Diplomacy:  ★★★★☆ Gambling:  ★★☆☆☆ Interrogation:  ★★★★☆ Leadership:  ★★★★☆   Public Speaking:  ★★★★☆ Seduction: ★★★★☆ Trading:  ★★☆☆☆ Trickery:  ★★☆☆☆

Lore Skills

Animal Lore: ★★★☆☆ Astrology: ★★★★★ Herb Lore: ★☆☆☆☆   History: ★★★★★ Mathematics: ★☆☆☆☆  Philosophy: ★★★☆☆ Poison Lore: ★★★☆☆ Religion: ★★★★★

Sorcery Skills

Enchanting: ★★★☆☆  Sorcery:   ★★★★★   Ainur Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Dwarven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Elven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Read Runes:   ★★★★★   Magic Rituals:   ★★★★☆   Spell Mastery:   ★★★★★  

Other Skills

Perception: ★★★★★ Body Develop: ★★★☆☆ Read / Write: ★★★★★ Languages: ★★★★☆

#˖ ✧ hc » ( no matter how much love approached you got farther away ) #nothing about rhea says she has ANY stealth and shes not even that good at deception #nothing about rhea is sly but she THINKS shes sly which is the wooooorst #also fun fact i hc that she cant swim

[reversedpsync]

These are the skills that you have to fill in your character  sheet in the MERP game, plus some other information (I know, a bit  long).  Have fun, develop your character, and let the world know who you are!

Basic Information

Name/s: Kuruto Ryuki Nickname/s: N/A Gender: Male Faceclaim: N/A

Genealogy (Race): Human  Alignment: Lawful/Neutral good Orientation: Biromantic ace, more often attracted to men Original Character or Canon Character?: Canon Character Date of birth and age: October 18th, 1996. 23 years old. Place of birth: Japan Current living place: Townhouse 204

Physical Information

Height: ~5'7” Weight: - Eye color: Grey (right), red (left) Hair color: Black Constitution: Athletic, lean  Special physical characteristics (tattoo, scars, left eye of a different color, etc):  - heterochromia

Family

Parent names & race: unknown, human Grandparent names & race:  unknown, human Sibling names & race: Yukuto Ryuki, human Children names & race: n/a Emotional status: Kuruto Ryuki is doing fine and you should definitely trust him whenever he says that. (But actually he’s got a lot of mental health issues he’s trying to balance and he’s doing his best,) Partner name and race: Tama (his left eyeball and investigation assistant, AI) They are still alive?: No (parents, grandparents, brother), yes (Tama) Do you live with them?: Usually Tama is literally his left eye, but she’s not here right now Pets?: None

Armor and Weapon Skills

Light armor or heavy armor?: Light (is how im choosing to describe his sweater lmao) Favorite weapon: Gun Name of your weapon: Evolver (standard model) Fight with shield?: No Skills with edged weapons: ★★★☆☆ Skills with crushing weapons (maces, clubs, etc): ★☆☆☆☆ Skills with two-handed weapons: ★☆☆☆☆ Skills with thrown weapons (knives, axes, javelins): ★★☆☆☆ Skills in archery: ★★★★★ (i am choosing to count guns as archery for this exercise) Skills with polearms:  ★☆☆☆☆

General Information

Climbing: ★★★★★  Riding: ★☆☆☆☆ Swimming: ★★☆☆☆ Tracking: ★★★☆☆ Cooking: ★☆☆☆☆ Foraging: ★☆☆☆☆ First Aid: ★★★★☆

Subterfuge Skills

Ambush: ★★★★★ Stalk/Hide: ★★★★★ Pick Locks:  ★☆☆☆☆ Set/Disable Traps: ★★★☆☆ Disguise: ★☆☆☆☆ Streetwise: ★★☆☆☆

Athletic Skills

Acrobatics: ★★★★★ Brawling: ★★★★☆ Wrestling: ★★★★☆

Career Skills

Animal Handling: ★★★☆☆ Boat Handling: ★☆☆☆☆ Navigation: ★★★☆☆ Signaling: ★★☆☆☆ Sky Watch: ★★★☆☆

Medical Skills

Apothecary: ★☆☆☆☆ Midwifery: ☆☆☆☆☆ Surgery: ★☆☆☆☆  

Artistic Skills

Dance: ★★☆☆☆ Poetry: ☆☆☆☆☆ Singing: ★★☆☆☆ Tale Telling: ★☆☆☆☆

Influence Skills

Acting: ☆☆☆☆☆ Reading people: ★★★★☆ Bribery:  ☆☆☆☆☆ Diplomacy:  ★★★☆☆ Gambling:  ☆☆☆☆☆ Interrogation:  ★★☆☆☆ Leadership:  ★★★☆☆ Public Speaking:  ★★★☆☆ Seduction: ★☆☆☆☆ Trading:  ★★☆☆☆ Trickery:  ★★☆☆☆

Lore Skills

Animal Lore: ★★☆☆☆ Astrology: ★☆☆☆☆ Herb Lore: ★☆☆☆☆ History: ★★★★☆ Mathematics: ★★★★★ Philosophy: ★★★☆☆ Poison Lore: ★☆☆☆☆ Religion: ★☆☆☆☆

Sorcery Skills

Enchanting: ☆☆☆☆☆ (he is literally just a normal human dude all of these are 0′s lol) Sorcery: ☆☆☆☆☆ Ainur Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Dwarven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Elven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Read Runes: ☆☆☆☆☆ Attunement: ☆☆☆☆☆ Magic Rituals: ☆☆☆☆☆ Spell Mastery: ☆☆☆☆☆

Other Skills

Perception: ★★★★★ Body Develop: ★★★★☆ Read / Write: ★★★★★ Languages: ★★★☆☆

#; ʀᴇғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ // [ OOC ] #; // [ DASH MEMES ] #long post #half of these im just 'ok but he's like. just a Normal Human Dude' #but still its fun to do these posts regardless sdlfkgshdfg

[fellstcr]

These are the skills that you have to fill in your character sheet in the MERP game, plus some other information (I know, a bit long). Have fun, develop your character, and let the world know who you are!

Basic Information

Name/s: Byleth Sitrine Eisner Nickname/s: Professor / Teach / (the) Fell Star / The Ashen Demon Gender: Female Faceclaim: N/A

Genealogy (Race): Human / Nabatean / Deity Alignment: Neutral Good Orientation: Demi , male leaning Original Character or Canon Character?: Canon Character Date of birth and age: Sept 20th / 25 Place of birth: Garreg Mach Monesary , Fódlan Current living place: Cotes Ward of Isola Radiale , Unknown

Physical Information

Height: 5'1” Weight: -- Eye color: Jade Green Hair color: Mint Green Constitution: Athletic, Gymnast Special physical characteristics (tattoo, scars, left eye of a different color, etc):   - scars from various battles   - always glowing   - baby fangs

Family

Parent names & race: Jeralt Reus Eisner ( Human* , Holy Kingdom of Faerghus ) / Sitri Eisner ( Nabatean , Garreg Mach ) Grandparent names & race:  ??? / Lady Rhea ( Nabatean , Zanado Garreg Mach ) Sibling names & race: n/a Children names & race: n/a Emotional status: Introverted , attentive and caring with others (when she gets to know them especially) but tends to withdraw into herself often. kind but somewhat aloof to new people. Partner name and race (n case): None They are still alive?: No (parents) / Yes (Grandmother) Do you live with them?: No Pets?: None

Armor and Weapon Skills

Light armor or heavy armor?: Light armor Favorite weapon: Sword , faith magic Name of your weapon: The Sword of the Creator Fight with shield?: Not usually. But capable of it! Skills with edged weapons: ★★★★★ Skills with crushing weapons (maces, clubs, etc): ★★☆☆☆ Skills with two-handed weapons: ★★★☆☆ Skills with thrown weapons (knives, axes, javelins): ★★★☆☆ Skills in archery: ★★☆☆☆ Skills with polearms:  ★★★☆☆

General Information

Climbing: ★★★☆☆ Riding: ★★★★★ Swimming: ★★★★☆ Tracking: ★★☆☆☆ Cooking: ★★★★☆ Foraging: ★★☆☆☆ First Aid: ★★★★☆

Subterfuge Skills

Ambush: ★★★★☆ Stalk/Hide: ★★★★☆ Pick Locks: ☆☆☆☆☆ Set/Disable Traps: ★★☆☆☆ Disguise: ★☆☆☆☆ Streetwise: ★★☆☆☆

Athletic Skills

Acrobatics: ★★★★★ Brawling: ★★★★☆ Wrestling: ★★☆☆☆

Career Skills

Animal Handling: ★★★★★ Boat Handling: ☆☆☆☆☆ Navigation: ★★★★★ Signaling: ★★★★☆ Sky Watch: ★★★☆☆

Medical Skills

Apothecary: ★★★☆☆ Midwifery: ☆☆☆☆☆ Surgery: ★☆☆☆☆  

Artistic Skills

Dance: ★★☆☆☆ Poetry: ☆☆☆☆☆ Singing: ★★★★★ Tale Telling: ★☆☆☆☆

Influence Skills

Acting:  ★★☆☆☆ Reading people: ★★★★☆ Bribery:  ☆☆☆☆☆ Diplomacy:  ★★★★☆ Gambling:  ☆☆☆☆☆ Interrogation:  ★★☆☆☆ Leadership:  ★★★★★ Public Speaking:  ★★★★☆ Seduction: ★☆☆☆☆ Trading:  ★★★☆☆ Trickery:  ★★☆☆☆

Lore Skills

Animal Lore: ★★☆☆☆ Astrology: ★★★☆☆ Herb Lore: ★★★★★ History: ★★★☆☆ Mathematics: ★★★☆☆ Philosophy: ★★★☆☆ Poison Lore: ★★★☆☆ Religion: ★★★★☆

Sorcery Skills

Enchanting: ☆☆☆☆☆ Sorcery: ★★★★★ Ainur Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Dwarven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Elven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Read Runes: ★★★☆☆ Attunement: ★★★★☆ Magic Rituals: ★★★★★ Spell Mastery: ★★★★★

Other Skills

Perception: ★★★★★ Body Develop: ★★★☆☆ Read / Write: ★★★★★ Languages: ★★☆☆☆

#⚔️ about. / the flames that dwell within. #⚔️ ooc. / mun. #⚔️ queue. / how long do you intend to sleep…? #meme friday

[gladiolusluvr]

Me when I’m reading a good fanfic and the author writes “my knuckles turned white as I clenched the sheets"

After I read that I can not bring myself to read it anymore 😭

#jujutsu kaisen x reader #gojo x reader #nanami kento x reader #geto x reader #toji x reader #yandere x reader #x reader #slashers x reader #demon slayer x reader #ushijima x reader #tokyo revengers x reader #obey me x reader #twst x reader #simon ghost riley x reader #konig x reader #diabolik lovers x reader #black reader #merp speaks #joel x reader #spiderverse x reader #resident evil x reader #one piece x reader #hogwarts x reader

[joe-moi]

I think there's a difference between "jealousy" towards a celebrity or their significant other and having a reaction to a celebrity or their significant other.

We react and are fully invested in their movies, music, style. We get invested in the way they act or speak out or don't speak out or what they are passionate about. We get fully fuckin invested in interviews so we get tidbits. That mother fucker dropped that BTB photo shoot this summer and if you are a JK girlie and you didn't feel a visceral response to at least 5 of those you are lying. We all REACTED.

We can FEEL things and be invested in anything they do. INCLUDING their life and relationships. I am no more jealous of CSW than I am that JK could go on a fucking sick ass sailing trip in Greece, or that he can wear glitter pants better than I ever could or... Etc etc.

Those that get ACTUAL jealous are parasocial and are usually one extreme or the other - manifests as obsessive about the pair or obsessive about bringing the SO down for their emotional security. Yeah sometimes there's comments like oh that pinched my heart strings, oh I know it's not my place but I wanna protect him (insert cute baby talk) ... But that does not equate to actual jealousy.

But please let it be know that being jealous, acting jealous and feeling a little "merp I'm sooo jelly that could never be me" are different. I would say we more often than not are reacting and analyzing and... We only re-analye when we get a new tidbit which is fucking NEVER 🙄 so let us have our minute to chat about the food they gave us 😂

The actual jealous fans are out there and I'm sure some read here and may not even be able to self-identity and that's a slippery slope, but I guess what I'm saying is I don't think a lot of that truly *jealous* stuff gets through mods. I'm sure it's sent, or when it turns that way it gets identified or called out.

- just me rambling 🦩

and tbh I think a lot of them might be blocked! I think sometimes the super jealous come off mean and they are already gone from this page.

#anonymous asks #🛼answers

[snakefromeden]

This is the kin sideblog of Caerwyn Endwell, Primary Host of The Sanctuary. You may be looking for Merp, who ran this blog previously. Merp has shattered and fused into different alters and we generally frame this as Merp being dead. This is how our system has chosen to help that alter rest and we kindly ask that be respected.

I've inherited most of Merp's kintypes, but my primary 'types are as follows:

Jackalopes

The Black Lord of Alagadda, SCP-035

Wei Wuxian

Baizhu

Orochimaru

Enkidu

My alter Gil also uses this blog and his posts will be tagged 🦁👑

Another alter, Callisto, will also use this blog and tag his posts with 💚

NOTICE

Unfortunately I have to say this, but if you are here to ask about anyone in the community we've made awareness posts about (its really only one system), please be aware that we really don't want to hear anything his or his associates are doing.

I don't want to hear what that system is up to or what they're saying about us or the sorts of people he keeps company with.

Posted notices speak for themselves. I will be very hesitant in the future engaging anyone who asks me about this.

If he's sent you here to stalk me and test your loyalty maybe you should consider the type of person who would make somebody do that in the first place.

#pinned post

[burnt-multimuse]

He had heard the Original make this sound before, so it was time for an experiment. He approaches the collection of clones, taking a breath before speaking to them in their own voice.

* [Merp Merp Merp]

A moment of silence as all of them listened. They processed.

All hell broke loose. They all began repeating the sound back at him, each one of them completely out of sync with the others. One Starscream was loud. Five of them created a wall of sound. Each individual merp was impossible to pick out. After a while they seemed to begin to merp at each other in an endless loop.

No more peace. Only MERP.

#unforgettable garbage1997 #trust not even yourself (starscream) #//I mean technically the Original isn't involved but it gets the tag anyway

[scaredgirlsilly]

Show us the Homestuck! 👀

ok so i just wrote everything under the cut and its. Alot Of Words HDKAJFKSVJFKD its literally an entire story outline of the entire fan session. i would feel bad but 1. you asked for it 2. you are on anon so no ones even gonna get a notification for this and 3. its my blog and i get to be autistic about my own stories ::P

merp (and anyone else currently reading homestuck really) stop reading here until youve finished homestuck. i dont even know if it spoils anything for you merp but just in case

first things first there are some foundational beliefs and opinions that make my fan session what it is and i feel like i need to say them

the game is an analogy (or allegory or metaphor i never know what is the correct one) for real life. everyone tells you that there is a correct way to go through life but then everything goes to shit and youre off that path before you even had a chance to start. this works with homestuck insanely well and one of the main reasons i connect with it

there is no ideal sburb session. not only have we not seen one and i dont even know if there are any sburb games besides the ones we see and the dancester trolls, but if there actually is an ideal sburb session, it kinda goes in the face of it being an alagory for life and how it never goes how you expect it to go

i will add a bunch of stuff outside of what we see in homestuck and some of it may contradict what is stated in homestuck, especially when it comes to the rules of sburb. i dont think the exact rules of sburb matter as much as what sburb as a concept really is, which is a nigh-omnipotent and omnipresent force that makes kids go through trauma to give them a "character" arc. it is a story generator so that the next universe can have heroes, while weeding out those too weak to even get to the part where they make a new universe. this is fucked up and bad and kinda evil and i really wish homestuck focused more on how fucking crazy evil sburb was but it got caught up in a bunch of other shit so thats why i made this

also this is gonna be so fuckin long even if i try to summarize it as much as possible cause its pretty much the entire story of the fan session, but you are on anon so i dont care that im infodumping right now cause no ones gonna read this far

anyways. ONTO THE ACTUAL FANSESSION

it starts put in 2015, after a mysterious delay of the sburb launch back in 2009. after so long, it is finally coming out!!

we follow 6 kids, all around the age of 19 (they would have been 13 if sburb came out when it was originally supposed to back in 2009)

Anna (she/her), a no nonsense, kinda autistic tabletop wargamer. Think the vibes of kanaya but the convictions of vriska. if she believes she knows whats best, only god can stop her from doing it. very egalitarian, very "ends justify the means" but she isnt like. also kinda intense but she knows that so she knows to tone it down when the moment calls for it

Noah (he/they), an excitable and cripplingly bisexual graffiti artist, his friends mean the world to him and he would do anything for them. a bit of anarchist leanings, but he hasnt really delved into theory much cause hes got other stuff to worry about. extremely outgoing and could probably talk to anyone. Anna and Noah have been kinda flirty/close for a while now and it kinda makes the others sick

Drew (he/him), an adorable farm hand who looks up to those western lone wolf hero types in movies and tries to emulate that, but is too much of a pure soul to ever be mean, so he just kinda acts weird sometimes. Wears a lil cowboy hat and vest and talks and types in a weird southern accent. no one knows if its fake or not

Kate (she/they), a bubbly gymnist who loves talking a bit too much. shes really only doing all this cause her friends are begging her to (and something about the end of the world?? she doesnt really know milo can say some wild stuff sometimes :P )

speaking of, Milo (they/them), an audiophile who has stopped talking as much, kinda ever since the original beta got delayed. everyone else worries about them but they insist they are fine whenever pressed. has been begging everyone to get the game since it was announced, which has been the most hes talked in the group in a long while

and finally, Skye (she/her), a quiet girl who likes nature. usually lurks, but will join the group calls just to be quiet during them. also not as enthused about the game as the others but hey, its better than anything shes got goin on.

gonna try to speed up with the rest of this but you need to know about them cause its like mainly character driven

first act is them getting all the stuff ready, connecting to each other, normal act 1 highjinks. the main thing is when it gets to milo (who actually is last in the order to get revealed idk why i didnt right it like that. the order is anna, noah, kate, drew, skye, milo) where it shows milo in his house, before it fades away and reveals they are in a dream bubble wearing an heir of doom godhood. they are also 13, where everyone else is 19.

the first act culminates in a flash (no clue if i could actually do it but in my head its a dope ass flash set to Planet Telex by Radiohead) where everyone enteres the game at the same time. Milo, being in a dreambubble, asks kate to set up a second computer for them so they can actually play. She does, and milo jumps on the meteor heading for Kates house before it hits the portal, and when it ends up above kates house, they fly down, watch kate enter the game, and really quickly set up their connections, finish the loop, and enter the game just in time. the flash ends with shots of their lands which i have not figured out jdkskfhahf

act 2 is just sburb hijinks. they hang out, grow closer, talk alot cause yk its homestuck jfkshdk. the main developments are noah and anna growing even closer with a cute lil sparring match before ending by planning a date, skye and kate growing closer and skye getting a bit of a crush, and drew and milo grow closer (but not romantically cause milos 13) because milo is a fuckin ghost and has been isolating themself from the group and drew has taken note and pretty much been like "whatever your goin through, ill be there for you"

there are other scenes i just havent written them/thought them out yet

this all takes place over like a few weeks btw

then its one of the kids' birthdays!! they are all together for the first time in a little bit, and one of them (probably anna) asks what the deal with milo is. after some hesitation he tells them this

milo is from an alternate timeline where they all entered the game in 2009 and everyone died. turns out it was a doomed session. before milo dies, being the last kid alive, they go to talk to their denizen. the denizen tells them that they were not supposed to play the game. the main heroes of earth (i forgot what they were called i know they were called something like the alpha kids were the nobles but i forgot what the beta kids were called anyways its the beta kids) were supposed to be the only ones to play, and because so many people are playing the game, its messing with skaia and causing a ton of glitches to happen in the beta kids' game. but, like everyone else, milo has a choice. let this timeline fade, allowing skaia to focus solely on just the beta kids, but they will not be able to live in the dream bubbles. Or, create an offshoot timeline, leave the beta kids to die in their horribly glitched session, and have another chance as the main heroes of that timelines earth, knowing that success is still not a certainty. Milo, being a 13 y/o who misses their friends and doesnt give a fuck about a bunch of "heroes" chooses the second option. this causes the offshoot timeline where sburb is delayed, and milo has to sit in the dream bubbles until the game eventually releases. oh uh that also killed milo like to get them in a dream bubble their denizen just fuckin killed them like falling fuckin rock just instant death.

the others are horrified to hear that they all died and milo is the only one who survived (but didnt actually survive, they just can do alot more as a ghost cause they are an heir of doom) and it starts to set in the actual stakes of the game

anna pulls milo aside after the party (which has supremely fucked vibes after milos revelation) to ask them more about the game. after hearing milos story, it only invigorated her more to figure out exactly how to get them through the game. noah tags along cause hes bored and anna and noah havent left each others side in weeks.

milo is answering annas questions about the game to the best of their ability, but the topic of the alpha timeline pops up. noah asks further and milo obliges (same stuff we know, but they word it slightly wrong cause they dont know the full picture). milo days that the alpha timeline is, to their limited knowledge, the correct timeline that leads to a successful end of the game, and every other timeline is a dead timeline that skaia prunes to keep focused on the correct timeline. noah asks what they mean by "prunes" the other timelines, and milo says that everyone is killed in them. noah then asks why everyone died in milos session and if they are from one of those dead timelines, and if so, what happened to the correct timeline. milo says that the way anna explained it before she died in milos session (who was a time player in milos session but aspect is based on personality so she might not be anymore), was that some sessions dont have a correct timeline, so every timeline eventually gets pruned, and there isnt any way to fix it. noah gets frustrated, before getting up to leave, anna asking if they are ok, and noah saying hes fine he just needs some air. anna is worried, but continues to ask milo about the game

noah then sulks off and talks to himself about how fucked up that is, and kinda has a panic attack about what if they are in a doomed timeline now without even knowing. he then sets off to find out if they can escape a doomed timeline, and if not, if they can escape the game entirely.

also uhhhh i forgot to say this before but the prospit dreamers are noah, drew, and kate. and the derse dreamers are anna, milo, and skye

we then get a batch of a few standalone relationship moments, just some moments of them hanging out like before the party but this time their is a notable air of urgency to what they are doing. i havent really written them yet but noah and anna have a bit of an argument, because anna, while still agreeing that sburb is super fucked up, sees the fucked up stuff sburb does as motivation to get through the game as fast as possible, while noah sees it as reason to try and escape before they get killed for no reason with no way to stop it. this rift starts to spread to the others before it culminates in one last conversation between noah and anna

noah says that he is gonna leave. hes figured out a way that might work. turns out the universe is just a huge bubble that you can leave. anna laughs at that, asking if he really thinks that is gonna work. noah gets exasperated, saying he doesnt really know but he has to try. its better than sitting around and waiting to die. anna snaps back saying that that isnt what they are doing. they dont have any evidence to believe they are in a doomed timeline, and in fact noah leaving might be the action that dooms everyone. noah says that he has to leave, he says sorry, walks closer for one last embrace from anna, but she denies it and and says "if you are really going to do this, then im going to stop you. i hope you see the error of your ways before it comes to that" and she walks off

as this is happening, milo and drew find drews quest bed. drew says that noah has already talked to him about leaving and is telling milo. drew says he may leave, because all this pressure to do what sburb wants is kinda getting to him. milo goes quiet, before saying "i get it, but. please dont. i dont want what i did to be in vain". drew says that milo can join them!! but milo shakes his head, saying they have sacrificed too much already, before saying "well... heres your quest bed" and turning around before drew could see the tears in their eyes.

"h- how am i s'posed ro use this dang thing?" says drew

milo turns to drew with tears in his eyes, but a small playful smile creeps onto his face, before saying "you kill yourself on it. duh" and flying off

from another spot on the planet, various bugs are flying around, and in the distance a huge yellow beam erupts into the sky, showing a winged symbol in the air

The Knight of Hope has ascended

(they didnt have yellow text thats the best i got)

Noah to kate and skye, who are having a little picnic, but arent talking much as they were distracted by the beam in the sky (drew god tiering)

Noah breaks it down for them and asks them to go, and kate says that she will, but skye says she wont. she says that that is a huge decision to make without much proof, and she cant with good conscience leave anna behind. shes the space player, and she is needed to make the genesis frog. if she leaves, it really will be a dead timeline no matter what. noah says he understands, gives her a big hug, and starts to leave. Kate is crying as skye turns to her and apologizes. kate grabs her and kisses her, tears welling in both of their eyes, before saying that she wishs she could stay, and shes sorry for leaving, and if they find each other again, she will never leave her side. noah calls after kate, but she asks for just one more moment, and noah says of course before leaving to talk with drew and get his answer and milos answer

the people who are ready to leave are noah, drew, and kate

the people staying behind are anna, milo, and skye

i am not entirely happy with kate and drews motovations i feel its a little weak but also i havent even started writing it so fuck you

noah, now dead set on leaving, goes to meet with anna one final time. he tells her whos going with him, and that she can come with him too, because if she decides to leave, the others will probably join her. she says that that is exactly why she has to stay. someone has to do the work, and after half of the group leaves, shes the only one that can get any results. noah remarks on how distant shes acting, and she says that he can fix that by not leaving. he says he cant do that, and anna says "i knew you would say that" before pulling out her rapier and attacking

(sorry i forgot to do their weapons uhhhh the ones i know so far are drew who has a revolver, anna who has a rapier, and noah who has a firemans axe)

act 2 concludes with another flash, this time set to Mood Swings by Human People. They have a hard fight, mirroring their sparring match from early act 2, but this time anna isnt holding back. she slices noah up and gets him to a pretty bad spot before it cuts to drew. drew sees himself and a beat to shit noah pop out of nowhere with the tume turn tables, drew from the future gives current drew a copy of the turntables (specifically not to make a loop with them) and tells him to go save noah. drew shows up just in time to see anna about to make the killing blow on noah, and drew, tears welling in his eyes, says sorry and pulls out his revolver and shoots anna in the head. he then grabs noah, uses the turn tables to go back, and the flash fades as we see anna bleeding out on the floor, as milo and skye get to her right at the end of the flash

act 3 starts with drew taking noah to his quest bed, and lying him on there. noah then ascends

The Prince of Blood has ascended.

simultaneously, skye and milo brought anna to her quest bed, where she ascends as well.

The Thief of Mind has ascended.

Noah and drew go to meet up with kate at her quest bed, as she goes to god tier. she is the last of the people who are going to leave, and they need every advantage they can get

(something) of Breath has ascended.

(idk what class shed be hfkshdjd sorry)

They then get to the edge of the session, giving it one last look, before leaving.

ok so uhhhh the rest i have no clue jfkshdjs except for literally the last flash. like everything between now and the end (pretty much the entirety of act 3) i have no clue. but on annas side, she gets alot more controlling and aggressive, eventually stooping to using her thief of mind powers to mind control them (taking their mind) into doing what she wants. shit gets mad fucked up in there

i literally hsve no clue what noah and the gang do. there is a bit of a romance between drew and noah just cause i really want them to fuck nasty, but nothing serious comes of it and they are both chill with it. its kinda like a summer fling but they are traveling through the very edges of paradox space. probably like hiding from the horror terrors?? idk i have a theory that the horror terrors are all like players that have gonethrough the ultimate self shit, so maybe they go to talk to the horrorterrors and its like a physical manifestation of like a forum board?? idk that could be neat

noahs team and annas team still keep in contact somewhat, but not much. noah keeps trying to contact anna, but after she doesnt respond for a bit and noah keeps trying, she blocks him.

eventually noah and the gang figure out a way to be safe outside of the control of skaia and sburb, and he says that if the others want, noah and them can pretty much head back to get them. milo and skye agree because...

eventually, anna finds out that the session was doomed from the start and she is obviously devastated by the knews, cause that means that all of the bad shit she did, all of the friends shes lost, were all for nothing. act 3 ends on that and act 4 is just one last flash

the flash is set to Souk Eye by Gorillaz, and it starts with skye and milo grabbing a destraught anna who is just lying on the ground crying. they drag her to where noah said to meet up with them, and anna locks eyes with noah. at first she averts her gaze, but all she sees is the session, now in ruin as the war on skaia is raging on with the prospitans losing badly, and several of the planets overrun with various monsters. the session is in ruin. she looks back to meet noahs gaze, assuming she will see nothing but malice, but he just smiles and floats towards her.

drew flies into milo, giving them a huge bear hug and saying that he really missed them. kate tackles skye with kisses, joking about how he had to hear drew and noah fuck way more than she would have wanted for one life, and noah puts hid hand on annas cheek, before she kisses him like super hard like one of those kisses where they grab the others face and kiss them like its the last thing they will ever do, and they just sit like that. finally reunited, the session in ruins behind them, but they have each other, so its ok. anna breaks free of the kiss, and they all leave the session, and set off for a life beyond sburb.

the end.

uhhhh yeah idk if thats what you expected like a whole fuckin story HDKAKFLHA but. yeah thats what i had written for my fan session. im not gonna get into the themes and stuff cause ive already written so fucking much 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 but yeah. thats ir ^u^

#my stories #putting it in that tag so i dont lose this cause i will probably use this as my rough draft for the outline

[luxbeati]

These are the skills that you have to fill in your character sheet in the MERP game, plus some other information (I know, a bit long). Have fun, develop your character, and let the world know who you are!

Basic Information

Name/s: Noctis Lucis Caelum / Noct Nickname/s: King of the Stone / Chosen King of Kings Gender: Male Faceclaim: Himself

Genealogy (Race): Human / Lucian Royalty Alignment: Lawful Neutral Orientation: Pansexual ( tends to match his partner’s sex drive ) Original Character or Canon Character?: Canon Character Date of birth and age: August 31st / 20 for most interactions Place of birth: Insomnia, Crown City of Lucis Current living place: Insomnia / on the run

Physical Information

Height: 5'9” Weight: 155lbs Eye color: Dark Blue ( likened to galaxies ) Hair color: Black Constitution: Athletic, Gymnast Special physical characteristics (tattoo, scars, left eye of a different color, etc):   - large scar from left shoulder to right hip from Marilith attack   - earlobes are double pierced w/ discreet black studs

Family

Parent names & race: Regis Lucis Caelum ( Lucian Royalty ) / Aulea Caelum ( Galahd? ) Grandparent names & race:  Mors Lucis Caelum ( Lucian Royalty ) / ? Sibling names & race: None Children names & race: None Emotional status: Shy, Introverted; Avoids talking to most people Partner name and race (n case): Varies by verseThey are still alive?: YesDo you live with them?: YesPets?: None

Armor and Weapon Skills

Light armor or heavy armor?: Neither, does not wear armor Favorite weapon: Engine Blade Name of your weapon: Engine Blade Fight with shield?: No Skills with edged weapons: ★★★★★ Skills with crushing weapons (maces, clubs, etc): ★★★★☆ Skills with two-handed weapons: ★★★★☆ Skills with thrown weapons (knives, axes, javelins): ★★★☆☆ Skills in archery: ★★☆☆☆ Skills with polearms:  ★★★★★

General Information

Climbing: ★★★★☆ Riding: ★★★★★ Swimming: ★★☆☆☆ Tracking: ★☆☆☆☆ Cooking: ★☆☆☆☆ Foraging: ★★☆☆☆ First Aid: ★★★☆☆

Subterfuge Skills

Ambush: ★★★★☆ Stalk/Hide: ★★☆☆☆ Pick Locks: ★★☆☆☆ Set/Disable Traps: ★★☆☆☆ Disguise: ★★☆☆☆ Streetwise: ★★☆☆☆

Athletic Skills

Acrobatics: ★★★★★ Brawling: ★★☆☆☆ Wrestling: ★★☆☆☆

Career Skills

Animal Handling: ★★★★★ Boat Handling: ★☆☆☆☆ Navigation: ★★★☆☆ Signaling: ★★☆☆☆ Sky Watch: ★★☆☆☆

Medical Skills

Apothecary: ★★☆☆☆ Midwifery: ☆☆☆☆☆ Surgery: ★☆☆☆☆  

Artistic Skills

Dance: ★★★☆☆ Poetry: ★★★★☆ Singing: ★★★★★ Tale Telling: ★☆☆☆☆

Influence Skills

Acting:  ★★★★☆ Reading people: ★★★☆☆ Bribery:  ★☆☆☆☆ Diplomacy:  ★★★★★ Gambling:  ★☆☆☆☆ Interrogation:  ★★☆☆☆ Leadership:  ★★★★★ Public Speaking:  ★★★★☆ Seduction: ★★☆☆☆ Trading:  ★☆☆☆☆ Trickery:  ★★☆☆☆

Lore Skills

Animal Lore: ★★★★☆ Astrology: ★★★★★ Herb Lore: ★★☆☆☆ History: ★★★★★ Mathematics: ★★★☆☆ Philosophy: ★★★★★ Poison Lore: ★★☆☆☆ Religion: ★★★★☆

Sorcery Skills

Enchanting: ☆☆☆☆☆ Sorcery: ★★★★★ Ainur Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Dwarven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Elven Lore: ☆☆☆☆☆ Read Runes: ★★☆☆☆ Attunement: ★★★★☆ Magic Rituals: ★★★☆☆ Spell Mastery: ★★★★★

Other Skills

Perception: ★★☆☆☆ Body Develop: ★★★☆☆ Read / Write: ★★★★★ Languages: ★★★★★

#( hc ⟡ noctis ) #( ooc ⬦ blog ) #long post for ts

[lillllbabygirl]

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can't i stop nervously talking so much for a second just to like breathe... just for a second?!

just wondering.

is it just me? just wondering, or do we shy nervous awkward nerdy people all wonder this same thing if we share the same problem, cause sometimes i feel like a freaking geek, and fraud to claim that im shy while babbling on so confidently at the same time, but like fun facts fulfill the space where i don't know how to feel comfortable saying what i really mean to say, and sometimes they're just really fun but mostly, i'm really good at distracting the point of attention i don't want to be in, and that makes me seem like an attention whore. idk. if u feel the same or if you feel me speak up. cause i'm worried i might be rare, and that shits lonely. so... yeah see this.. this right here...

IS ME STILL BABBLING WHY CANT I STOP?!

also... thank you tumblr i'm happily procrastinating right now. you're very helpful sometimes. merp.

#merp #y #derp #n stuff #yeah #thank you. #tumblr