#that fic i keep referencing

[falmerbrook]

Snow Elf culture?

*pulls up a chair*

Perhaps...

A wee disclaimer that I'm not particularly good or creative with developing cultures or societies, but my brain has just latched on to the snow elves in a way where I can't stop myself. But anyway

I developed a lot of this because of a big ass draft for a fic I've been writing on and off about Gelebor and Vyrthur, so a lot of my headcanons are religion heavy. I'll start there:

Gelebor seems to place Auri-El and the Chantry of Auri-El as having significant importance to the Snow Elves over the other gods/temples. He's probably got a bit of bias in that regard since he's devoted his life to Auri-El, but in order to differentiate their religion from the other elven ones I like to think that their religion in general worshipped Auri-El as not even just as the figure head of their pantheon, but almost monotheistical, while the other gods (Trinimac, Syrabane, Jephre and Phynaster according to Gelebor) were like minor divine figures or just legendary heroes even more than in Altmer myth, depending on the interpretation. My idea is that if their culture had been allowed to continue on, it would've eventually become monotheistic, but by the arrival of the Nords they were in a bit of an awkward transition period with it.

I also like to lean into the sun motif with Auri-El that they established in Dawnguard and with Auriel's Bow, partially because it's another thing to make their depiction of him more unique, and in part because it makes some very juicy irony for Vyrthur. Some ideas include:

- The more religious folk tend to pray at noon when the sun is at it's highest. - The two biggest snow elf festivals happen on the summer and winter solstices. As far north as they are, the summer solstice is during a time of year where the sun barely sets and the winter one is during a time of year where it barely rises. The summer one is more jovial and celebratory, with a grand feast. With almost 24 hours of daylight, the festivities last up to three days straight, with folks commonly staying awake for over 24 hours. Most of it is spent outside, with the celebration being focused on making the most of the weather and daylight hours to spend as much time in the sun and the light of Auri-El as possible. The winter festival is as large scale but lasts longer and is lower-key. It also involves a feast but features more winter foods and meat and alcohol. It is more pensive. At this point in the year, there is no full daylight, and so this season is seen as a test of one’s faith and mental fortitude. This festival acts as a break from this trying time, taking time to relax, build community (a strong community will allow them to make it through the winter and strengthen their minds), and bond with family and friends. It is about a weeklong break, where leading up to the festival everyone works harder to prepare for it and allow themselves to have the break. There are activities and festivities, but they remain indoors for the most part and are smaller. - I've referenced this before, but with long winters with little sunlight (due to harsh weather and short days), they see that time of year as a reflective test of will and faith.

Due to their proximity to dragons, it was hard to miss the connection between Auri-El (/Akatosh) and dragons, and so their depiction of Auri-El is either much more influenced by the iconography of dragons, or is a dragon (although their depiction of dragon Auri-El is much more benevolent than the Nord/Atmoran one). I got the idea for this one from this Reddit post (i know I dog on Reddit a lot but this one has got some fun stuff in it, even if it's a bit out there)

^On that note, later in the timeline (post Dragon War (the timeline is very fuzzy on when this and the Night of Tear happens. They are both sometime vaguely in the late Merethic Era I believe, but it's unclear which happens first or how long each conflict is)) some Snow Elves see a sort of unreturned, unofficial comradery with dragons, seeing themselves as both on the receiving end of the Nord's/Atmoran's brutality (disregarding whether it was warranted or not in the context of the Dragon War).

Ok here's some more general cultural ones:

I mentioned my reasoning for this in this post, but I like to think their general settlements were not as permanent, with a larger focus on wood and building into the sides of hills (good for warmth), while their temples tended to be made of stone and much more permanent. This is why there are so few identifiable Snow Elf ruins across Skyrim. Their cities and towns were easy to wipe out, scavenged for resources, or were in good places for Nordic cities (perhaps Bromjunaar was originally the site of a Snow Elf city?), and their temples were either very hidden (e.g. the Chantry of Auri-El) or eventually converted to Nordic temples.

I love this journal in general for gleaning ideas for Snow Elf headcanons for, but one interesting this is the use of "Old Ones" and "Young One". They're treated like established titles. From that I like to think they place a lot of emphasis on the respect of those older than you. The social hierarchy and whose opinions are most valued is heavily influenced by age. Folks call anyone older or more revered “Old Ones” as a term of respect, and anyone younger than them “Young Ones”. Old One is almost never used in a demeaning way, but Young One can be (not always). Typically, “Old Ones” is used in the third person (e.g. you wouldn’t refer to someone directly as “old one”) whole “Young One(s)” can be used as an epithet for someone directly or in third person.

When thinking about death/"burial" customs (needed for some scenes in the fic I'm planning), you have to consider that there probably wasn't a lot of land in a place like Skyrim where someone can be buried. Nords intern their dead in crypts or burn them to get around this, and I like to think Snow Elves participated in something akin to sky burials (at least sometimes). After preparation, the departed's body is left outside on a ledge, cliff, or the temple balcony to be scavenged by birds. This is seen as a metaphorical return to Aetherius, while their soul literally returns to it. They do this even in poor weather or deep winter. If it doesn’t thaw and rot/be scavenged until months later, so be it. The length it takes to rot is considered indicative of how long it takes for the spirit to let go and move on (not in a bad way though. It’s interpreted more in the way of the soul or body grieving). It's seen as if they may wish to wait until spring to finally rot if they want to experience one more warm, sunny day.

Food (I mostly wrote this in my notes in the context of the Forgotten Vale and Chantry of Auri-El, but I think it could work elsewhere as well to an extent): Plant-based food is grown in gardens in the spring and summer, and that that is able to be stored is carefully preserved through the fall and winter. Winter foods include some nuts, dried vegetables, and dried and preserved/fermented grains (like wheat, barely). These foods must be eaten slowly throughout the winter to last, and winter diets are more meat based. Summer foods include apples, cabbage/lettuce, leeks, tomatoes etc. Snowberries can be found in the wild out of season of most other fruits, and provide fruit in very early spring. Occasionally, fungus from caves is harvested, but this is seen as a delicacy (foreshadowing).

Ok, that's it for now. I gotta go to bed. Thanks for the ask!!!! :D

#charlie its always sunny in philadelphia voice 'can we talk about falmer please ive been dying to talk about falmer all day' #mine #ask #tes #skyrim #the elder scrolls #snow elf #snow elves #reading my notes doc while making this and i was really cooking on some things. didnt include them all becasue some are very specific for #that fic i keep referencing #like i had to try to elaborate on the religious hierarchies and duties of each position because that was obviously gonna be relevant #but its sorta half baked rn #also i want to have some more headcanons for later in case someone asks again :)

[the-witchhunter]

Question for the DPxDC crowd

what do you guys actually consider liminal? Like, I genuinely don't know anymore

because early on it was pretty much just Jazz having grown up with ectoplasm in the house for years and in her food, which makes sense, and it was an extremely rare thing

then it got expanded to Sam and Tucker

Then members of the Bat crew that got resurrected by a Lazarus pit(and Dick for some reason? He's never canonically died guys...)

Now it seems to be the entirety of Amity Parkers, All the Bat clan, half of Gotham, Half the Justice Leage, the entirety of the League of Assassins

is it just having come into contact with ectoplasm/Lazarus Pits? Prolonged exposure? Because it's starting to feel like everyone is liminal besides the guys in white for some reason

Like you guys have started using Liminal to basically replace the word "Ecto-contaminated" There is a canon word for the thing you guys have started using liminal to describe

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #it just feels like a cool idea got watered down #everybody is liminal #tim hasn't died guys #Dick hasn't died #it used to be just make people a bit off and unsettling like a cryptid #not a superpower #idk maybe i'm just burnt out on it #like ghost king stuff #legit i have massively reduced my fanfic consumption because of how often some tropes are tossed in randomly #and i get distracted because it doesn't make sense in context unless the thing actually means nothing at all #and it's enough to ruin otherwise excellent fics for me #it's Chekov's gun that never get's fired #more like referencing another fic's chekov's gun #yeah i'm probably just burnt out and am nitpicking a minor bit of bad writing that keeps getting repeated

[skitskatdacat63]

This is my personal crossover event of the century

#one of my favorite actors and one of my favorite drivers interacting??? what??? #alright whos gonna be the brave soldier and write the matt damon × mark webber rpf fic- #(i read a fic w james bond/seb so imo it really wouldnt be too far off to write Linus Caldwell/Mark LMAO) #ive known abt this event practically since i got into f1 but i feel like my thoughts abt it keep developing every time i look at them again #first time: huh okay wow brad pitt & matt damon taking w mark thats really wild. f1 drivers really do be meeting w high level celebs #after i watched fight club: wow wow!! i cant believe theres pics of brad pitt with mark thats crazy! #after i watched oceans 11: omg wait oh yeah! when mark was in jaguar he was sponsored by oceans 12!!! thats sick!!! #and then recently w my increasing love for Matt Damon: WAIT OH MY GOD MARK HAS INTERACTED WITH MATT!!!! (two worlds colliding feel ig) #but i was watching some interview w matt where they referenced this happening so its relevant in my brain again so i had to post abt it #but of course in the vid the specific pic on screen was him and mark interacting and i died. like seriously i can never escape f1 and mark #mostly im freaking out bcs its truly the crossover event of all time concerning my interests specifically #but the lore behind this is genuinely really really interesting #the fact that theyre promoting a heist movie specifically and then they put a $300k diamond in the nose of the Jaguar #and then the Jaguar crashed during the race and the diamond disappeared?????? cmon literally itself could be the plot to an Oceans movie #RBR/teams sponsored by RB were so much fun back in the day!! #they had several back to back movie promotions which all were pretty fun! just a shame neither team was good back then #it was Oceans 12->SW:ROTS->Superman right? i can't remember if there was another #such a shame that neither mark nor seb were in RBR in 2005 when RBR was promoting ROTS #i think i actually wouldve exploded if there were pics of them w hayden or ewan(my prev fandom haha) #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #mark webber #matt damon

[simplydnp]

too many milk fic references this video

#theres so many. #like they cant keep referencing our sins of the past. #the first gaming video began with a milk fic joke and i have never known more fear #dnp #dan and phil #c.text

[transingthoseformers]

I've been thinking about my one plotline with Slipstream as a tfp MegaStar kid (Misfire is also there as her twin but like he's not the focus right now) because you could honestly say in that situation she's smart, competent, and (moderately) loyal... Moderately

Like she'd make a good heir to the decepticons (I say as if the decepticons don't immediately scatter to the winds the second Megatron is out of the picture), and I feel like she'd be super pretty too

#maccadam #transformers #Slipstream #misfire #tfp megatron #tfp starscream #megastar #in the plotline i keep referencing that Slipstream got the intelligence of both of her creatord but also misfire's half too #i keep roasting misfire in my head abd it's insane #i like playing around with paint genetics like this because it makes you think considering how many frame changes these guys go through #in my mind tfp Misfire and Slipstream are built more like Starscream's rid frame if a tad bigger and bulkier than that #me @ a fic with megatron carrying twins: anybody gonna eat that?

[landwriter]

Please, please tell me something about Untitled 1!

(By which I mean, of course, please share something you’re excited about)

excited about this Hob realization in 70s SF AU:

Hob grows quiet and starts unpicking a seam on his jacket, so he fishes out his cigarettes and offers the box. Hob takes one gratefully. “Thanks, man.”

---

“Anyways. Probably for the better. Doubt he wanted a queer or a poet for a son. Only other way I’ve really taken after him is smoking. Started two years after he died, same brand I remembered seeing in his truck. Lucky Strikes, like you. It’s where he had to smoke. Mom wouldn’t let him do it inside. Calls it a nasty habit.” Hob snorts. “’Least she used better words when she found out I was gay. I think she secretly hopes I’ll quit both. Send her a postcard one of these days: ‘Hi ma, San Francisco is great. I’m all finished with smoking and men. Still a poet, sad to say, but I don’t associate with the hippies here. Doesn’t the Golden Gate Bridge look lovely in this photo? Send my love to everyone.’”

Dream laughs. Hob beams, nudges his shoulder into him. “So. What about yours?”

---

“Why not?” He fumbles out a cigarette, lights it. He’ll play Dream’s mystery man for him. “C’mon, huh?” He takes a shaky drag. “Why not? Why don’t you take something from me, then, and we’ll call it even?”

Dream stares unblinking at him for a moment and then sets his beer down on the table with a sudden clatter. Shit, maybe he’ll deck me, he thinks, if I’m lucky.

Instead, Dream reaches out and pulls the cigarette from his lips and puts it between his own. Hob sways forward after it. Dream takes a long drag and tilts his head back to blow the smoke past Hob. His throat is pale. Like the fucking moon. His eyes haven’t left Hob’s. Sharp wet seaglass. Fuck, fuck, fuck, thinks Hob. Dream stubs out the cigarette and leans forward. He never smokes. He always has cigarettes, and he never smokes. His voice is rough from it. “Like that?”

#the sandman #dreamling #wip excerpts #seventies san francisco au #totally normal to like keep the cigarettes ur friend smokes on hand right #even if you don't really smoke #even if you only smoke when he's bummed one off you or passed you his #you do it then #just to wrap your lips around the filter where his touched #my writing #wip filename ask meme #in the third scene hob is drunk and desperate and fed up and referencing lines that dream wrote about His Man #and trying to take his place #this fic is so cute and romcom as a premise but then the romantic leads it turns out are fucking UNHINGED #and the backdrop is this very wild time and place in history #i did not mean for it to happen this way but i'm glad it did

[nettlestingsoup]

working on the seungjin red thread au and the minchan vampire au at the same time is becoming so funny to me. they're total opposites. they're goth and pastel girlfriends. if i had a nickel every time seungmin was beholden to a mysterious goddess and fell in love against his will/minho was traumatised into being scary and manipulative with chan i'd have two nickels which isn't much but it's weird that they've each happened twice. one of them is a gentle coming of age story about first love and soulmates and the other is a tale of obsession and desire expressed through violence and deeply unresolved trauma and they share one single song on their playlists. they're forever inextricably linked in my mind at this point.

#it's so fun switching between them #one is so soft and sweet and the other makes me keep referencing the desire to hold someone's internal organs in your hands #wouldn't it be hilarious if i finished them both and published them on alternating schedules #one day of one #one day of the other #i probably won't but it would be hilarious #ao3 author #stray kids fic #seungjin #minchan

[thatonethimbo]

someone help me, my blorbos are dragging me out of bed with an idea every time I try to sleep

ninjago fam i'm looking at you

[blorbo thoughts below]

I ask that my blorboposting is not derailed.

#ninjago #why does the old man (that doesn't happen to have an old beard when he's his true self) give me good ideas and feed the beast #that lurks in my brain hungering for that character's content #IM STARVED OF KRUX AND TIME TWINS CONTENT OK #I KEEP THINKING WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR HIM W/O HIS BRO #MY BRAIN IS DESTABILISING AT THIS POINT #JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS MAN PLATONICALLY #this started with my lachesis hurt/comfort fic and now the stone of sisyphus continues to roll and pick up speed #im going to be crushed under it if no one helps #look at me i'm going crazy and referencing greek myths #anyway krux with definitely be a luddite when they came 'round #he would've started destroying tech if it got to a certain point #luddite in krux's case = tech hater #blorboposting

[eoinmcgonigal]

accidentally added fanfiction to zotero

#glad i caught that one #but now i'm thinking that wouldn't be a bad way of keeping track... #ofc not while i'm like... writing essays and stuff #accidentally referencing ao3 writer bigboobshikamaru's 400k a/b/o mpreg epic in my essay on the health of 19th c seamen #(this i not a fic i've read or a writer that i know exists) #(sadly this is also not an essay i've written but if i ever find the excuse...)

[tumbleweed-run]

*clears throat*

Tomorrow is fuck or die Friday besties

Also Astarion is back

#izzy rambles #izzy writes #this one is also turning out lengthy #Astarion adds the dramaaaa #this is all kinda fitting into one weird little universe i guess #because i keep referencing previous fic #but in a vague way #they still all standalone pretty well

[heartofspells]

Anyone else forget what they put into their own fics?

Yeah, me neither.

#you'd think i would have thought about this before deciding to write an alternate pov #but i did not #i keep cross-referencing and i'm just like #i wrote that??? when? wasn't me #poor decision making on my part #anyways #hope everyone is having a good day #i'll just sit here and #i dunno #continue to read my own fic like it's a brand new story or whatever #sounds like fun #i had a plan for this chapter and now it's all gone to shit because i forgot half of what i originally wrote #whoops #have fun with a 20k chapter next week guys aahahahaha

[bonebrokebuddy]

I feel like Clark appreciates the irony of wearing a shitty $6 Batman mask to the Daily Planet Halloween Event

Happy Halloween folks!

#clark kent #Superman #Batman #but only referenced really #dc #dc comics #my favorite part about this is the glasses being worn Overtop the shitty Batman mask #eyo it’s a rare piece of fanart that I actually post! #instead of just keeping half done in my sketchbook for eternity or just doodles #i feel like Bruce would find it just as amusing #i also drew jimmy in a superman costume & colored it. that’s why it’s cut off weird #but I accidentally drew his head just proportionally off enough that I fucked it up. & I colored it #but despite owning over $100 worth of pens and brushes. i only own crayola markers #so the coloring don’t exactly look uniform or spiffy but I’m a college student #i make do with what i got #and what I got is $3 markers #bones art #i will draw more Clark Kent content as sure Superman’s cool but I like exploring Clark Kent’s life more #i just want a fic that’s Clark going through life at the daily planet. researching #investigating & editing & making corrections. arguing with the legal team because if he doesn’t get their go ahead #he Can’t Publish His Article goddamnit #also just the image of a new hire coming in & seeing perry yelling at clark. this massive tank of a man who looks meek being towered over #by the Editor in Cheif himself #because Perry had to get Clark out of jail for the third fucking time that month because he keeps getting caught #and Perry knows that Clark only got caught because his goody-two-shoes self just Had to reveal himself to help save somebody or help someone #Perry is happy thst Clark got the info but now that he got caught it’s going to be much harder to pass it by legal #Clark is beloved and also an absolute pain in Perry’s ass & he threatens that if he has to post bail for Clark again he’s going to fire him #(he’s a softie at heart so Clark knows it’s an empty threat) #bones writes in the tags

[heffrondriving]

CARLOS' FACE AT THE END HELP

#THE WAY LOGAN JUST CASUALLY SLAPP + LOS' SOFT 'WHAT...?' IS JUST. SHATTERED MY SOUL HOW DARE YOU SIR. HERE HAVE A CHEEK KISS FOR UR CRIMES #IF THEY DON'T COLD-BLOOD MURDER EACH OTHER OVER A SANDWICH ON THIS TOUR THEN WHAT EVEN IS THE POINT #WHAT'S THAT???? OH MY GOD HERE COMES PENAVEGA BEHIND HENDERSON WITH A STEEL CHAIR- #GOTTA KEEP THAT CARGAN RIVALRY WELL ALIVE FOR THE TINFOIL HAT NUTTERS AND TWISTED FIC WRITERS OUT THERE (JOKE THIS IS A. JOMJKE DON'T @ ME) #btr #big time rush #carlos penavega #logan henderson #video #rusher #carlitos #logiebear #stop it forever #cargan #i guess #if theyre actually recreating/referencing smth here i have no idea; if anyone knows feel free to enlighten me bc i need to brush up on lore #or maybe it's just logan's revenge for carlos leaving him hanging in the ngyu music video???? #anywayyy. watches this on a loop five thousand times to squeeze every last drop of dopamine in my dysfunctional braimhole.

[skitskatdacat63]

In that Nando doc, I cannot get his girlfriend saying that he's "competitive in everything he does" out of my head 😭

#i remember someone on here referencing this but god they rly emphasized his competitive nature in that first ep #also funny bcs they talked abt all the different sports hes way too intense abt #and then i could only think of that mark clip abt him talking abt them playing basketball together during the wknd #but remember guys #hes competitive in *everything* #i love fic writers going into that aspect with strollonso #like just the insane amnt of competitive flirting #but lance is keeping up no worries(i.e calling them romantic) #also the whole overtake award clip 😵‍💫 #fernando 'competitive flirter' alonso saying he voted for lance and then lance grabbing his shoulder 🤭 #but anyways to me an essential facet of strollonso: fernando being super competitive but lance seemingly chill but also unhinged #@abushelandablog you get me w that ^ 🤭🤭 #catie.rambling.txt

[quietwingsinthesky]

The tags on your rb about it being hard for a Sam/Nick/Lucifer shipper is edging me

😔 trust me I am also suffering. I outlined it back in October, wrote about 40%, and then got distracted. If it makes you feel better, it’s nothing special, just some self-indulgent smutty worship.

I have a snippet? Just set the scene with Sam!Lucifer and Nick in a grand old church with some pretty stained glass windows picturing the Apocalypse that Lucifer is putting together.

There are a few more windows. No more battles, no more death. The flourishing of nature, the beginning of the reclaim of cities by wildlife, and always Lucifer alone in them. Alone. With Sam. Sam can fill the abandoned parts of her grace better than Nick could.

“What do you think?” She asks when he has seen them all. 

“It’s beautiful,” he answers, honestly. He looks out at the empty pews that lead up to where they stand. “But who is it for?” He can’t imagine She would build something like this for demons to sit and worship Her in, not when She despised them so heavily. But a church must have a congregation. A God must have a devotee. Lucifer steps up behind him.

“For you,” She whispers in his ear. “For us.”

#something something priest!nick rattles around in my head daily #wife guy -> worshipper of the devil (and the devil's boytoy/vessel/soulmate etc) #consistently keep writing luci with she/her pronouns whenever a fic is from nick's pov #(although there's a line in the fic where sam refers to luci as 'he'.) #(the devil is v genderweird is what im getting at) #(and the weirdness comes from the fact that she enjoys being perceived more than giving a definitive answer #on something that does not really connect to her in the way it does to humans) #(usually default to he/him when in luci's pov. for simplicity reasons.) #(EXCEPT and i didnt actually write this into the fic i'm referencing but i was thinking about it #but in my sarah/nick/luci fic. they use she/her for luci as well. but if that fic had been from luci's pov?) #(it/its) #(which is extremely strange to me! i don't know why but that's just. canon to that fic!) #(anyway wow god i am rambling a lot about the devil's gender in these tags you did not come here for this) #we came here to see sam luci and nick have wild church sex in the post-apocalypse #and when i finish this fic #one day #they will #ask #snickifer #spn #nick spn #lucifer spn #sam winchester

[adalz]

Well, you know what? Maybe I was wrong. Maybe we need a part 7 to the lacrymosa fic. I can't finish it just here.

#working on part 6 harder than ever #its making me so sad ;( #levi is so mean #lacrymosa 🍂 #will this fic ever end ? #It's a whole shitshow at this point #i keep referencing details from older chapters that everyone forgot about but fuck it #big troubles awaits y/n and im sorry for this #i also think its badass #because why write reader insert if not badass #its the post of the month #thank you for keeping up with me #and for yall patience as well #love you all