#starlit-warren

[kicktwine]

i have been rotating your ffxiv specbio in my head for several days so if you don't mind my asking, would you be willing to elaborate on some of the specbio for miqo'te and lalafell, if you've not done so already?

OF COURSE im gonna focus a bit more on miqo since the main points of lalas were in that doodle 

first of all: miqote would be lesser cats — unable to roar, but able to hiss and purr and chirp and yowl! and they do, do this, often. baby miqo are constantly mewling and chirping and crying, and that’s where a communal child rearing culture comes in handy, because you would not make one parent deal with a very needy (and blind for a month) baby alone. Adult miqo use vocalization for emphasis, along with gesture and expression. They very often express two emotions at once while in conversation with their words/expressions and body language, which makes understanding others’ intentions harder for them. Ex: sad tail, angry ears = upset, happy tail, angry face = teasing, angry tail, angry hands = furious. They might get confused if there’s no tail to denote teasing. Tails are used for balance And emotion, ears are used for listening and emotion, etc, sometimes more so than facial expression, which can sometimes look inexpressive to those who haven’t taught themselves how to emote communicatively among other races.

They are fuzzy all over! like my friend izutsumi. Sun cats are usually less furry, having only translucent-to-tip colored fuzz but some moon keepers can get VERY furry, like Maine coons. It tends to be longest on the forearms, ankles, back (like a cheetah ruff, some miqo have a line of long fur going down to their tail. Whole body Mohawk), and stomach trail, and shortest on the face, most having only peach fuzz up there. Fur length can vary no matter the miqo, and fur pattern also varies - unlike cats, stripes or spots will sometimes color the skin as well. Prominent fur patterns are pretty rare. Please do not shave your miqo’te, it was a bit more popular a few years ago and it turns out it can lead to very patchy or ingrown coats that require shaving for the rest of ever. They have rough tongues and they have brushes and combs, they can take care of their fur, and sometimes other miqos’ fur. Grooming, though, is either for baby or for people you’re close with. Babies are scrungly.

My friend Izutsumi vv

Miqo can digest raw meat, but it’s really more of a you can eat tree bark if you’re lost in the woods situation. The correct thing to do is bring the hunt back home, so everyone can cook and eat. They are not obligate carnivores, but their systems need more meat than a hyur would. They have non-retractable claws, and every miqo has fangs, though sun seekers tend to have bigger chunkier fangs and moon keepers thinner and longer canines. It has to do with the size/type of their prey. 

They also have slightly looser skin like a cat. This doesn’t really mean they have wrinkles all over, it means they’re a bit stretchy? They can wriggle their naturally lithe bodies into weird positions to climb and run, and if you give a miqo a mochi kiss it will look like a cartoon. Older male cats (mostly, but it can happen to anyone) will often develop tomcat jowls as they age, and it’s basically balding for a cat in the societal sense, because miqo don’t bald with age. Their fur gets scraggly (but there are hairless cats out there). It’s often considered attractive! Some families consider it a sign that the cat is getting too old. 

Miqo’te can see in the dark, and have a reflective layer in their eyes. moon keepers are very adept at darkvision, having near perfect vision at night, and have a little trouble in bright desert sun, while sun seekers have to deal with vastly reduced color perception at night and have pupils that can go very thin to block out sun. Their cheetah face marks help with this!

Lalafell, too, have a difference in eye biology across their species. Only dunesfolk have a thin third eyelid, to repel sand while keeping their eyes open, while plainsfolk have eyes that work similar to a sun seeker. No layered eyelid, just a vertical pupil. All of them have tapetum lucidum. 

Also, last point for fun, lalafell stay the same size from 8 years old to 100 years old, and before then they’re about the size of a small hedgehog (baby) to about the size of a kinda small Lala (3-8). A point of annoyance for elezen, who stay the size of a child until they’re 20 or so and then have the worst growing pains in history at a point where complaining about it is less acceptable than getting mad as a kid because your legs hurt. The reason you don’t see very many baby lala is the same reason you don’t see many baby pigeons. You either do and don’t realize it, or they’re VERY SMALL and bundled in blankets or sitting at home and not in the city. A good way to tell if you’re talking to a ten year old or a thirty year old Lala (aside from their intelligence and mannerisms) is by looking at their ears. The tips will darken with age — young lalafell will have light colored ears, sometimes with white fuzz, mature lalafell will have dark ear tips. Good to know for bartenders. 

Baby lalafell also have sharp needle teeth. Much like baby miqo, roe, and au ra. Unlike those three, the sharp teeth go away. They’re helpless pink beans when they’re newborns, they will not hesitate to bite you if you bother them too much. 

#ask #starlit-warren #ffxiv #my art #your early 20s as an elezen are considered. kind of a rebellious snappy period in your life but this is highly influenced by the fact that #you hurt ALL THE TIME and you have to go to work #anywys! I talked about cats for a long time— #miqo also have whiskers but they’re more like. dog whiskers. they don’t do that much and aren’t as sensitive and you can cut them #maybe less important than dog whiskers even #and their ears elongate as they age too; that’s just a thing that happens. they swivel and move much easier as an adult #roegadyn/au ra have needle teeth as kids and then a bunch of sharp teeth as an adult miqo have needle teeth as kids and fangs as adults #lalas have them as babies and grow out of them (like egg teeth; pretty fast) and everyone’s mothers deserve awards for dealing with this #specbio

[rosie-kairi]

marluxia or lauriam in "cruel and thin" for the palette ask?

One Lauriam, coming right up!

#ask rosie a question! #starlit-warren #kingdom hearts #khux #kingdom hearts union x #kh lauriam #lauriam #eyestrain tw #tw eyestrain #tagging as eyestrain jic<3

[versegm]

The bones of the yellow king for the WIP title thing?

Oh yeah that one's an original story! Without going into too much detail, the base premise is "wouldn't isekais fucking suck from the perspective of the people you've left behind?"

#starlit-warren #ask

[fell-court]

Sunflower and cherry blossom for tsutsuji and/or Lorenza (I hope I'm remembering those names right)?

You are, don't worry! Thank you very much for sending these, friend!~ Sorry that these questions took me so long to get to; I had forgotten I'd saved them in my drafts .w.

(question source: "OC Interview Questions - Nature" by marnie-mixs-meteors)

🌸 [CHERRY BLOSSOM] Does your OC (+ self-insert) believe in legends/myths? - I would say that Tsutsuji probably doesn’t believe in most of what she hears, but at the same time would be fine about being proven wrong if there was sufficient evidence; she’s sort of the opposite of Clio in that regard, because Clio assumes things to be true unless proven otherwise whereas Tsutsuji assumes things to be false unless proven otherwise. She also doesn't really dismiss things purely because she thinks they aren't true if she also thinks they sound interesting enough - she isn't going to think there's actually some horrifying monster in that cave (or whatever the given legend is), but she is going to raise her eyebrows and storm in anyway, just out of curiosity as to what actually resulted in that legend becoming a thing. I hope that that makes sense!

As for Lorenza, I think she might also find it difficult to believe a lot of legends or myths that she hears, but for the reason that - being relatively unfamiliar with the Source - she doesn't always have a decent sphere of reference that would enable her to envision what's being talked about, and not being able to do this makes it more difficult to think of what she hears as true. She is also naturally somewhat more on the sceptical/not-innately-trusting-of-others side, which might also contribute to her not automatically taking myths and legends at face value.

🌻 [SUNFLOWER] Where would your OC (+ self-insert) get lost in the moment/beauty of the place? - It’s very difficult to catch Tsutsuji being awe-struck by something, as she keeps a very close grip on her composure (not that she often comes across as being composed in the typical serious or stiff way, though). For her to actually be lost for words would really take an astonishing sight, but I think something like the Great Gubal Library might do it - though not perhaps for reasons of conventional aesthetic beauty. So much potential for all sorts of incredible secrets and knowledge that hasn’t been accessed for ages.. She’d have a whale of a time thinking of ways to make use of everything that’s written in there!

As for Lorenza, I actually think a lot of areas would have this effect on her, simply because they’re so different to the world she knew before reaching the Source. Somewhere like the crystalline terrain of Mor Dhona for how uniquely its environment stands out, or a quiet and foggy afternoon in Ul’dah where there are people on the streets but it’s not super bustling and busy, and everyone has their objectives but they’re at peace and not rushing about or stressed by everything that was once going on. Those are the kinds of moments she could find herself really appreciating and taking in much moreso than she would ever have expected to.

I hope that these answers are alright!! Sorry again that they took me so long to actually post ;w;

#a voidsent voice 🜸 #tsutsuji (fell‑court) 🜸 #lorenza (fell‑court) 🜸 #delivery moogle 🜸 #starlit-warren

[starlit-hopes-and-dreams]

Word Find Tag

I was tagged by @i-can-even-burn-salad... weeks ago :')

My words are: threat, trust, tie, time

Your words are: risk, rage, remember, relief

And I am tagging (if you want to, as always!) @littleperilstories, @sincaerity​, @nanashi23 and you, if you want to.

Just find the words (or thesaurus your way through it) in anything WIP or published, whatever.

Finally started going through Shattered Dreams for my dev edits, so that's what you're getting :)

Threat

The jinn stopped as Darian approached him, pushing thin black braids banded in silver over his shoulder. Darian noted how wary his coal black eyes were as they swept over his leather-clad form, skipping over the serrated dagger strapped to his left thigh, the hilt of the sword strapped to his back, and the water enchanted short sword he currently held in his right hand.

Those were his visible weapons.

“How are we doing today, Dyami?” he asked the jinn, keeping his short sword lowered and trying to appear non-threatening.

Trust

“Please, don’t give up now. Now that I’m gaining some control over my empathy, Warren will want to put that to use.”

He closed his eyes at the name, but she wouldn’t allow the withdrawal.

She shook him until he looked at her again. “I have a plan. Do you trust me?”

With a weary sigh and eyes full of shadows, Serin nodded. “You know I do.” The corner of his mouth twitched up as another thought occurred to him. “It’s not like I have anything to lose, I guess.”

Tie

Warren crossed his legs and leaned back in his chair, steepling his fingers and touching them to his lips. “Serin tells me you can project now. Show me.”

Immediately, she obeyed, dipping into her Source to forge a different kind of channel. Her eyes glowed softly, yellow light spilling over the table as she focused. She thought of the terror she had felt tied to that pole in her village, the fear she had felt before her first punishment, the dread she felt every time Warren walked down into this cellar.

Time

Warren steepled his fingers again, nodding. “It’s time.”

So many questions, and each one would cost her. She would need to choose carefully. “How do you plan to explain my presence, or hide the glowing eyes and my aura?” Three fingers flashed, and she clenched her jaw.

Seven. This would not be a good visit.

“Nice try.” Warren chuckled. “I bet you thought that would be one. Hmm.” He stared at her eyes, although the glow had faded as soon as she had closed the channel. “I suppose I could just pluck your eyes from your head, that would certainly stop the glow from being noticed.”

#i tried to keep to the earlier chapters lol #almost all include Warren #so sorry :') #there was a certain Kadin chapter i could've pulled from... but i am not posting any part of that on tumblr 😅😂 #starlit plays tag games #word find tag

[void-kissed]

For some reason I kind of find it fitting that it's my Kingdom Hearts self-insert who has the most different appearances, out of all of the self-inserts I have

#and that's not even really because of kingdom hearts story nonsense. not as much as it could be anyway #a call from the void #heart of the void #sort of #self‑insert: darkness' champion (aria) #since you have her appearance before KH3 and then her appearance after KH3 (which is her current appearance) #but then you also have her true form (i.e. her appearance as just a heartless) #and only then do you start getting into the four other different things she appears in #which are NEO TWEWY (though the implication is that's an ''alternate-universe'' aria because she's human(-turned-reaper)) #fatebreakers (her arc 1 appearance is the same as her pre-KH3 appearance but I gave her a new outfit for arc 2) #(and then she also changes appearance after her chapter. which I cannot discuss because we haven't gotten to her chapter yet.) #@starlit-warren's alucinari project (where she has two appearances; one is her true form and the other is a darkling-like form) #and @ephemxras' sea of stars (where she's *similar* to her true form but smaller - i've been calling that her ''flower cloud'' form) #*and all of that is aria. none of this considers xiara or linaria.* #xiara has one thankfully but lina has.. four? pre-KHUX + post-KH3 + fatebreakers + alucinari #self‑insert: world's last vestige (linaria) #self‑insert: ambivalent shade (xiara) #is any of this relevant? not really! but did I notice it and proceed to ramble about it both in a server and here? absolutely!

[secret-engima]

hello! a question about your "everything ends (begins again)" au -- i just finished reading through the tag and then the fic, and i know you said there was one time traveler that was a secret/spoilers. is it cid? or am i guessing wrong?

Hi! That is a very clever guess, but not correct :).

#SE asks #starlit-warren asks #Secret Engima Rambles #Everything Ends (Begins Again) verse

[anguis-sapphire]

hello hello! do you have any thoughts or words to share for me on this fine day?

Hello hello, please take an assortment compiled from today’s events, if desired!

I have spent most of today setting my laptop back up after resetting it completely over the course of last night. It’s now updated to the latest version which is a relief. However I forgot how much of a process this would be (but I’m getting there?)

I downloaded a new Skyrim modpack (or, collection, as Nexus calls them), but it seems to have gotten stuck halfway through installing. This is very not ideal. But I did manage to get SKSE installed without it trying to install the original game edition again (since I play on the special edition now), so that’ll save me some space compared to before! But it’d be nice to play Skyrim again. Serana my beloved

I have a lot of sparkles that need attending to on my other blog and not a lot of facts coming to mind to answer them with but I’ll try. They may be silly facts but they’ll be facts nonetheless

am I mirroring the way my friends talk again?

Turns out the medication I’ve been on for the past five and a half years is no longer safe for me to take because I’ve had migraines while on it and those are a total contraindication if they have auras (which mine tend to). Even though I’ve had.. I think six, but definitely less than ten, migraines in two years. So that was also not ideal to find out (especially since this is the first time I’ve been asked if I’ve ever had a migraine since having one, and the first time I had one was December 2020). Thankfully I already have a prescription for replacement medication, which I can hopefully pick up on Saturday, but the doctor wasn’t actually sure if it’ll work for why I was taking the previous stuff, which is not a fun prospect

I needed to wash my hair so I had a nice bath ^-^ it was very nice and warm and

For words, please take the current lyrics going around my head - they are from Wicked, a song by Crusher-P using Eleanor Forte: “If, after all this time, you find I’m all but timid / bear in mind that turning tides can leave an ocean winded / My heart will only grow, with me, who owes to mend it / and as seasons come and go, living on becomes the ending”

one of my old school friends is coming over tomorrow!! so that’s exciting. we will play many games, I imagine

I hope that these assorted thoughts and words were alright!

#a call from the void #posts made by me #out of the inbox #I am not 100% sure which one of you sent this but if I’m right to assume it was Simon then #simon tag! #maybe I should extend that to just “starlit warren tag!’’ or “warren tag!’’?? #please let me know if this should be tagged with anything #it was very spur-of-the-moment not-really-thought-about streams of thoughts

[composeregg]

Steel and raspberry

LETS KILL GOD TOGETHER!!!!!!!!! and also I will write fic lol

#ask #egg answers #answered #starlit warren #thank u!!!!! #egg speaks

[color-palettes]

Sea-eyed Sailor - Submtted by Starlit Warren

#64B6AC #B24C63 #EDBFC6 #140001 #080705

#color me curious #red #blue

[lunarlegend]

@starlit-warren thank you, this made my heart happy 💜

[digitalgate02]

@starlit-warren replied to your post “can i ask please, talk to me normally? talk to me?...”:

do you have any thoughts on some of the less-popular armor digimon, such as kangarumon, swanmon, mothmon or depthmon?

​All armor digimon is beautiful and pretty.

My favorite ones are Sagittarimon, Kangarumon, Gargolyemon, GoldV-dramon, Sethmon, Shadramon, Coatlmon, Opossummon, Sheepmon, Honeybeemon, Flybeemon, Flamewizardmon, Moosemon, Pipismon, Prairiemon, Rhinomon, Toucanmon, Bitmon, Butterflymon, Manbomon, Pteranomon, Togemogumon, Owlmon, Maildramon, Thunderbirdmon, Rinkmon and Swanmon (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

#just ni rambling things for no reason

[hallowed-nebulae]

Mobile About

Howdy – I’m Simon, nice to meet you! Some information about me:

- 20

- genderfluid (i use they/it/he in order of frequency), aromantic, bisexual

- has chronic pain; may take a while to write/draw/answer asks/etc. sometimes as a result

- host of an OSDD-1b system; that + adhd and autism means my memory is kind of wonky. will forget things easily, please be patient

- this blog is for fandom content, things i create, and my own rambles; you'll often find kingdom hearts and digimon content on here, though i also enjoy ffvii, ffxv, and ffxiv

-- my current hyperfixation is ffxiv, however i will avoid ffxiv content until i've finished endwalker/post-EW main story quest so as to avoid spoilers; as i am on free trial, i've been viewing the story by watching a youtube letsplay

- writer (found on my ao3 or under drabbles) and illustrator (found under scribbles)

- likes and follows come from my main blog,

@starlit-warren

. asks will come from there as well; that blog is for organization and storing information for later, as well as misc. reblogged posts

#rambles #putting this here since. i figured i should have one #i DO have an about page but this one is here for mobile users #anywaysssss yeet

[starlit-hopes-and-dreams]

Hi Starlit, happy Blorbo Blursday!! ✨️

If you had to assign at least one OC of yours to each of the seven deadly sins, who would be which one and why?

Sending you good vibes 🩵 ~ @poetinprose

Hello!!

Oh geez. Hmm. Lemme go look up what the seven deadly sins are real quick (I remembered like, 3 of them, off the top of my head lol)

Gluttony - I... don't really have anyone that fits this in the traditional sense.

Pride - Hey Malachiah, you wanna take this one, you bitch? :') (I mean, she is a goddess, but whatevs)

Sloth - I'll give this to Kadin, although he could easily fill lust as well. My boy is not a fan of hard work; he just wants to relax and have fun. In a lustful way LOL

Lust - I give up. Kadin. 😂

Envy - Suppose I'll give this one to Alaia. She wants *so badly* to just be normal. Sorry girl, you're anything but. She doesn't really embrace the bad qualities that go along with this sin though; really, she goes in the opposite way in day to day practice. Sometimes overly so.

Wrath - Well, this is definitely going to Carr. She's filled with so much rage early on, although it has definitely improved since she met Resh.

Greed - Gonna go with Warren for this. His greed is for more power over material goods, but still counts, I think.

Warren, Malachiah, Kadin, and Alaia are from Shattered Dreams.

Carr is from Hidden Depths.

#starlit asks #poetinprose #blorbo blursday #carr doesn't give a fuck #shattered dreams #thanks for the ask! #that was interesting to think about :) #yes i found an infographic with the colors assigned to each sin #technically lust is blue and sloth is light blue #but obviously that doesn't work on tumblr so lust gets pink lol

[daveg65]

219 - Apple Event Predictions and Highly Rated Apple Car - With Guests Michael DJ Eisenberg, Patrice Brend’amour, and Ben Roethig

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[babblish]

Under the Sun — Part One: The White Rabbit AN OTTOBIOGRAPHY

Fandom: Tales of Arcadia (Cartoons)   Rating: Mature   Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships/Characters: Otto Scaarbach/Original Character(s), Otto Scaarbach & Original Character(s) Theme: Historical Drama, Espionage, Assassination, The Janus Order is a Cult, Character Study Regarding Cognitive Dissonance and Self Policing

Chapter 34; Momento Amori

Kozlóv and Scaarbach escape the vampire den with the Heart of Janus, and emerge to face a starlit sky. They lick their wounds and talk about their goals in life, and Kozlóv tells Scaarbach a secret or three that changes how he views changelings forever.

Somehow the last few steps to the surface were the hardest. With the Heart of Janus in tow and their pockets stuffed with as many jewels and trinkets they could carry, the mission could have been considered a resounding success. But both were exhausted to their stone, and Kozlóv had been injured in the tunnels before there was space for him to change. They dragged themselves up the secret entryway to the vampire warrens that lay hidden beneath the castle ruins and pulled themselves up on to the rubble that remained on the surface.

The air was clean. The sky was awash with deep purples and vermilions, the last remains of the sun casting brilliant echoes of colour onto the clouds that lazily passed them by.

Wordlessly they trudged through the ruins and made their way to the carriage that had been turned aside in their absence. Scaarbach lit a fire, needing only three attempts in the summer air, and the two settled by their makeshift campsite uneasily, uncertain if they were truly safe. Kozlóv lay on his back on a bloody bedroll and under the light of the fire, Scaarbach could see how truly hurt he was.

— Life in the Janus Order isn’t easy, but becoming its Grand Commandant is even harder

#tales of arcadia #trollhunters #changelings #otto scaarbach #my fic #under the sun #the white rabbit #ottobiography