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becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys · 4 months

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The thing with the Mari Lwyd, though, is that it's being... I don't know, 'appropriated' is the wrong word, but certainly turned into something it isn't.

Thing is, this is a folk tradition in the Welsh language, and that's the most important aspect of it. I feel partly responsible for this, because I accidentally became a bit of an expert on the topic of the Mari Lwyd in a post that escaped Tumblr containment, and I clearly didn't stress it strongly enough there (in my defence, I wrote that post for ten likes and some attention); but this is a Welsh language tradition, conducted in Welsh, using Welsh language poetic forms that are older than the entire English language, and also a very specific sung melody (with a very specific first verse; that's Cân y Fari). It is not actually a 'rap battle'. It's not a recited poem. It is not any old rhyme scheme however you want.

It is not in English.

Given the extensive and frankly ongoing attempts by England to wipe out Welsh, and its attendant cultural traditions, the Mari is being revived across Wales as an act of linguistic-cultural defiance. She's a symbol of Welsh language culture, specifically; an icon to remind that we are a distinct people, with our own culture and traditions, and in spite of everyone and everything, we're still here. Separating her from that by removing the Welsh is, to put it mildly, wildly disrespectful.

...but it IS what I'm increasingly seeing, both online and in real world Mari Lwyd festivals. She's gained enormous pop-culture popularity in recent years, which is fantastic; but she's also been reduced from the tradition to just an aesthetic now.

So many people are talking/drawing about her as though she's a cryptid or a mythological figure, rather than the folk practice of shoving a skull on a stick and pretending to be a naughty horse for cheese and drunken larks. And I get it! It's an intriguing visual! Some of the artwork is great! But this is not what she is. She's not a Krampus equivalent for your Dark Christmas aesthetic.

I see people writing their own version of the pwnco (though never called the pwnco; almost always called some variant on 'Mari Lwyd rap battle'), and as fun as these are, they are never even written in the meter and poetic rules of Cân y Fari, much less in Welsh, and they never conclude with the promise to behave before letting the Mari into the house. The pwnco is the central part to the tradition; this is the Welsh language part, the bit that's important and matters.

Mari Lwyd festivals are increasingly just English wassail festivals with a Mari or two present. The Swansea one last weekend didn't even include a Mari trying to break into a building (insert Shrek meme); there was no pwnco at all. Even in the Chepstow ones, they didn't do actual Cân y Fari; just a couple of recited verses. Instead, the Maris are just an aesthetic, a way to make it look a bit more Welsh, without having to commit to the unfashionable inconvenience of actually including Welsh.

And I don't really know what the answers are to these. I can tell you what I'd like - I'd like art to include the Welsh somewhere, maybe incorporating the first line of Cân y Fari like this one did, to keep it connected to the actual Welsh tradition (or other Welsh, if other phrases are preferred). I'd like people who want to write their version of the pwnco to respect the actual tradition of it by using Cân y Fari's meter and rhyme scheme, finishing with the promise to behave, and actually calling it the pwnco rather than a rap battle (and preferably in Welsh, though I do understand that's not always possible lol). I'd like to see the festivals actually observe the tradition, and include a link on the booking website to an audio clip of Cân y Fari and the words to the first verse, so attendees who want to can learn it ahead of time. I don't know how feasible any of that is, of course! But that's what I'd like to see.

I don't know. This is rambly. But it's something I've been thinking about - and increasingly nettled by - for a while. There's was something so affirming and wonderful at first about seeing the Mari's climb into international recognition, but it's very much turned to dismay by now, because she's important to my endangered culture and yet that's the part that everyone apparently wants to drop for being too awkward and ruining the aesthetic. It's very frustrating.

#wales!#closed for cleaning on mondays #mari lwyd #tedious personal details

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rikalovesrice · 3 years

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Will Tilly be getting a familiar?

Finally finished this! Hope you enjoy!!💙

One minute Tilly had been snuggled under her covers, rabbit plush in her arms, falling asleep as one does. And the next…

She was standing on the beach.

Tilly gasped, the brightness of the full moon above her the first thing to register. Next was the ocean breeze, combing through her hair, tugging at her nightgown. The smell of salt. The sound of waves rolling and crashing. The grit and coolness of wet sand beneath her feet, between her toes.

“What...what...What!!” Tilly whirled around, only seeing more expanse of a silvery shoreline. She pat herself down, lightly smacked her cheeks. Looked out at the white sheen upon the water’s surface, rippling around a single stripe of reflected moonlight. Light and darkness undulating softly.

“I’m dreaming…,” Tilly breathed. “I’m dreaming, right?” Her answer came when a particularly large wave crashed and raced up the sand, engulfing Tilly’s calves in cold water. She yelped, pulling up her nightgown but the bottom was already soaked. Tilly wiped her face with the back of her hand, looking up at the moon.

That should’ve woken her up, right?

Although the more she stared at the giant glowing disk in the night sky, the more Tilly found her scattered mind being drawn around it. Suddenly her entire being was stripped bare. Like the moon was acknowledging her. Like it was speaking to her.

That’s when she heard the piercing cry.

Tilly’s attention was jerked towards something tumbling out the sky. The crying silhouette of ruffled feathers and thrashing wings crashed onto the sand in a heap, just a couple yards from where Tilly stood. Whatever sort of bird it was writhed on the sand, droning out high pitched wails.

Before Tilly could make a move towards it, something burst from the water, a cacophony of hissing and snarling. A large serpentine body. Tilly recognized the thick black stripes. The long, almost dragon-like mouth flashing rows of needle teeth and the clawed tentacle whipping out of its maw. It’s three pairs of glowing yellow eyes.

A sea snare.

The bird on the ground rolled over and Tilly met its amber eyes. A voice echoed through her head.

“Please help me.”

Without thinking any further, Tilly willed her magic to gather in her hands, blasting the sea snare before it could reach its prey. The creature spat and sputtered with rage, whirling around the glower at its attacker.

“Leave him alone!” Tilly yelled. As the sea snare inched its way towards her, Tilly frantically ran her lessons with her father and her uncle Archie through her head.

Sea snares, sea snares....Don’t look them in the eyes!

Tilly tore her gaze away from its six ghastly eyes and focused her attention on the powerful clawed tentacle in its mouth.

What did Daddy say…? Did he say those could extend up to eight feet or nine?

It probably didn’t matter, and as soon as she saw the tentacle lunge, Tilly threw up a magic shield. She was knocked back by the force of the strike, her heels digging into the sand. Uncle Archie had said the strength of the tentacle alone was enough to decimate giant rocks.

This time the sea snare lunged, growling and spitting. With a shriek, Tilly cast another shield, petrified as its powerful jaws snapped wildly and its tentacle thrashed against her magic. Behind the red glow of Tilly’s magic, the sea snare was even more menacing.

Weaknesses, weaknesses, weaknesses… Tilly’s mind mumbled, panicked as the sea snare continued to bare down on her. Her arms began to tremble. Come on, Tilly, think!

“The sixth stripe.”

Tilly gasped, her eyes flickering back to the bird’s. His amber eyes seemed to glow.

“The sixth stripe. That will kill it.”

Tilly strained to peer around her shield, seeing the sea snare’s strong serpentine body thudding wildly against the sand. She grit her teeth and pushed forward as hard as she could, her magic shield going on the offensive and bursting. The sea snare hissed and reared back, giving Tilly enough time to roll off to the side and get a good look at its body. As it opened its maw wide and wound its tentacle back like a spring, Tilly started counting down from its ugly head.

Her father’s voice rang in her head.

“The sea snare has a nasty trick but fear not, darling, stripe number -”

“Six!”

Tilly felt magic pouring into her palms. Then she clapped her hands together, separating them to create a whip of magic. She swung her arm, her magical whip flying out, as the sea snare’s tentacle shot out like a bullet. The whip lashed the tentacle to the side with a sickening crack, and Tilly took the chance to crawl on the sand, moving herself further and further from the sea snare’s head. It had ten stripes total.

Tilly scrambled to her feet, taking deep breaths and still remembering to not look it in the eyes. She willed more magic into her hands, sharpening it with her mind, feeling the spell ebb through her being. Then it surged like a crashing wave.

“Lacero!” Tilly shouted, crossing her arms then releasing the magical energy as she swung them apart. Blades of red struck the sea snare on its sixth stripe. The beast yowled and spat and snarled, it’s long body writhing like a dying worm in the sun, as its flesh was ripped right through. Cracks of blue light splintered up its body, violently breaking through its scales. It’s tentacle withered and its yellow eyes turned white before the creature up and exploded. Tilly yelped and ducked her face into her elbow, repulsed by what had to be blood splattering onto her calves and against her arm, and a smell akin to rotten meat.

“Ugh!”

Tilly slowly lowered her arm to look at her handiwork. Scraps of charred, striped flesh and the sea snare’s head lying still and dead in the sand, mouth agape. Tilly shuddered and made her way back to the sea, letting the waves wash over her legs and arms, before the bird’s long weak keen reminded her of his state.

“Thank you, child.” His voice, growing weaker and weaker, echoed through Tilly’s head as she hurried over to him, immediately noting that he was some kind of bird of prey and admiring his beautiful wings spread out on the sand. A dark, sticky gash ran all across his back and marred his feathers. Tilly hovered a hand over the wound, closing her eyes and concentrating. She couldn’t fully heal the wound, but she could at least give him time.

“Fulcio,” she chanted. Red magic gently enveloped the wound. The bird keened softly, tensing and relaxing. Tilly carefully gathered him in her arms, cradling him close.

“What’s your name?” Tilly asked.

The bird twitched in her arms.

“Fareryn.”

“Okay...Okay, Fareryn, just hang on.”

Making sure Fareryn was supported, Tilly extended an arm and let her mind flood with thoughts of home. A dot of darkness soon blossomed into a shadow portal. And as soon as she stepped through, she was nearly bowled over by a towering figure and a pair of slender arms being thrown around her.

“Wait, wait, wait!” Tilly squealed, putting up some resistance in fear of Fareryn being squished. The shadow portal shrunk to close. As she was smothered into her father’s chest, Tilly could hear the deep sighs of relief from the rest of her family behind him, and soon she was surrounded.

“Gods, Tills…,” her brother, Lin, said with a quivering voice, one hand coming to rest on Tilly’s back. His Familiar, a chocolate lab named Comet, barked excitedly at their feet.

“Are you alright, dear?” Archie said from around Lin’s shoulders.

“Hey, come on everyone, stop crowding her,” Zoe, Tilly’s mother, said, coming up between her husband and son. Even as Zoe said that, Tilly felt her hand caress the back of her head. Zoe took a shaky breath, putting her hand on her husband’s shoulder. “Douxie…”

“Tilly, darling, oh thank the gods, Nari said you were gone and your window was open and we thought something happened to you, thank gods…!” Douxie finally pulled away, still holding Tilly’s shoulders. His golden-hazel eyes were wide and wandering all over her face, then down the rest of her. Tilly watched her father’s face pale at the sight of her nightgown, soaked and dirty, and her legs caked in wet sand and splattered with sea snare.

Douxie’s voice became small. “What...what happened to you…” And it was then that he finally noticed the bird in her arms. “...And what do you have there?”

Lin, Archie, and Zoe followed Douxie’s gaze.

Archie hissed and shrank back, ears flattening and eyes wide.

“Whoa!” Lin said. “Did you go to the zoo or something?”

Comet barked and barked, jumping to get a better look, her tail wagging.

Zoe shushed them both.

“Daddy, I’m alright,” Tilly said, looking Douxie in the eyes. “I’m fine...But he needs help. Right now.”

“Let me see him.”

Tilly peered around her father to see her Auntie Nari approaching in her delicate manner. Tilly moved around Douxie, holding Fareryn out to her. Nari took him into her arms, immediately smoothing her hand aglow with flowery green magic over the gash on his back. Fareryn keened softly, relaxing completely, as Nari carried him to the living room. She sat on the couch and continued to hover her hand over his wound, eyes closed in concentration. Douxie took a seat next to Nari and eyed Fareryn with concern. Comet trotted over and whimpered as she sniffed the injured bird. Tilly knelt on the floor beside them, tenderly petting the back Fareryn’s head with her finger. Her mother sat down beside her.

“So you want to tell us what happened?” Zoe said calmly.

Tilly explained everything to them. How she’d somehow ended up on the beach and didn’t have the slightest clue as to how she got there. Seeing Fareryn fall out the sky. Her tussle with the sea snare.

“Sea snare?!” Douxie and Lin exclaimed at the same time.

“Wait, you fought a sea snare?” Lin huffed and crossed his arms, murmuring under his breath. “Freaking lucky…”

Zoe frowned. “Lin.”

“Fareryn told me how to defeat it,” Tilly said. “Then I remembered what you said, Daddy. About counting to six, see?”

“Yes...Yes, good job.” Douxie still looked as though his daughter had gone to war in the middle of the night. Tilly gave him a reassuring smile, reaching out her hand. Douxie took it, sighing deeply. “I’m proud of you, really...I just...Gods, Tilly, you scared your mother and I half to death.”

“Mostly him,” Zoe said as she rubbed Tilly’s back, though her eyes could’ve betrayed her. With everything that had happened a month ago, Tilly couldn’t blame them in the slightest.

“I’m sorry…,” she said. “Again, I don’t know how it happened. But it did feel like…” Tilly worried her lip for a moment. She didn’t know how else to say it. “It felt like the moon was...looking at me. Like maybe it brought me there.”

“That is possible,” Nari said. She’d finished her healing spell and was now stroking Fareryn’s feathers, lulling him into slumber. “I have seen such things happen before. And as we have learned, you are extraordinary, Matilda. There is much we have not learned about you.”

“Crazy...,” Lin breathed. Comet pranced back over to him, panting happily as Lin stroked behind her floppy ears. “I mean, not really, all things considered, but still.”

“If the bird...Fareryn,” Zoe said. “Well first of all, he can speak. Second, he told you how to beat the sea snare. So he may be a magimal.”

Magimals. Otherwise normal animals that were deeply in tune with the magical world and even possessed their own magical abilities at times.

“Will he be alright, Nari?” Douxie asked.

“Yes, he will be fine,” she said. “His wound was great. But you did well, Matilly. He is sleeping now.”

Relief washed over Tilly. She stroked Fareryn’s head with her thumb. Under the better lighting of their living room, Tilly could fully admire what a handsome bird he was. White fluffy feathers on his head and underside, and stripes of brownish-red feathers around his eyes and adorning his great wings all the way down to his tail.

Tilly suddenly felt a tingling sensation in her bones, buzzing alongside her aura. She felt her mind hyperfocus on Fareryn. And when Fareryn’s eyes suddenly opened, the deep luminosity of his amber eyes reflecting the full moon’s brilliance that night, Tilly sucked in a breath.

“Tilly?” Archie said, alarmed. He hopped onto Douxie’s lap. “Tilly, are you alright?”

A foreign energy rippled through her. There was a pull in her chest, and also a push. It was strong but gentle.

“Our hearts are now connected.”

Fareryn’s soothing voice resounded in Tilly’s mind. His eyes softened. Embers.

“I have chosen you, child.”

“Fareryn…” Tilly uttered his name as his eyes closed again. Tilly gasped. She could feel it. Fareryn slipping back into slumber. His aura growing small and still.

Tilly looked up at her family, all staring at her concerned except for Aunt Nari who only smiled knowingly. Then Tilly was smiling, too.

“I think...found him,” Tilly said. Small tears pricked her eyes.

“What? Found who?” Lin asked.

Tilly gazed back down at Fareryn. She tapped his beak with her finger.

“My Familiar.”

Bless and thank you for the ask dear Non💙

*Lin Casperan and Comet belong to @nikibogwater

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nad-zeta · 4 years

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Match up 🌅

Hello! I hope you’re doing well during these uncertain times ^^ I found this blog after my tumblr break and I’m always hungry for ikemen content so here we are. I’m also happy to see more fans of harry potter, the arcana, castlevania, and black butler!! But intros aside, may I request for an ikemen series matchup?? (any boy from the three games im okay) Thank you!!!

I’m gonna break this down into categories so I wont get confused as I write it and I hope it’ll be easier on your part too ^^

About me: she/her, Aries sun/Gemini moon, intp-a, Slytherin, enneagram 5, love language touch

Interests: writing, drawing, watching cartoons/anime/musicals/stageplays, history, culture, philosophy, fandoms in general ^^

Personality: I see myself as an aloof type of person until you become a close person to me, then I’ll never shut up about my interests that can go from fluff to nsfw to angst in a snap. Basically a mess inside and out. I also have quite the temper once you reach the end of my patience so I try my best to keep a cool head (keyword: try) ^^ I also dont have a filter when it comes to swearing and can be apathetic at times so I try not to be around children too much. However if you ask me for advice or just plain comfort I don’t mind and will do my best.

It’s probably obvious from my previous description but I’m very awkward around people and I find it hard to connect, but once I do find people who I can relate to I try my best to keep the friendship ^^

I do value the opinions of people who matter to me and try to learn from it. As for dealing with problems I fluctuate from taking them head on or just outright ignoring them. I also have this tendency to bottle up my emotions until I can’t anymore and it all comes flowing out… I’m also not easily grossed out by things unless its bugs then pls get me out of here. Good food is a surefire way to lift my mood!!

Fun facts abt me ig

1. I dream to be a diplomat once I graduate

2. I get way too engrossed in analyzing politics

3. Im just a nerd for languages (know a lot of words but cant speak)

4. I have a sweet tooth, but I cant stand too sweet sweets (dark chocolate all the way)

Hi love! Thank you so much for the request <3<3! I hope you enjoy it and have a super good day! And soz for making you wait soooooo long for this O.O! Also i hope this satisfies your thirst for more ikesen content <3<3

Content warning: swearing or should i rather say one swear word lol

So I match you with……………….. Nobunaga

So I was definitely between three bois that being Nobunaga, Shingen and Yoshimoto

The first time Nobunaga meets you after you rescued him from the flames of the burning building, he is in awe. He is amazed at how a mere woman was able to pull a man x2 her size from a burning building. He was even more intrigued with your aloof personality and at the fact that you had no interest in receiving any reward or compensation for saving his life. He at that moment decided that you must be some sort of lucky charm sent from the heavens to protect him. He took you back to Azuchi Castle with him and named you as the Oda princess. Mamabear was incredibly suspicious of you, of course, no shocker there given your cold, distant unapproachable exterior. It didn’t help that you slapped Nobunaga’s hand away after he tried to make an unwanted advance, causing mama bear to fume at you. Your patience was wearing thin with the man who now held a sword at your throat, threatening you. Luckily Nobungaga defused the situation before you could complexly loose your temper.

You work incredibly hard for the castle and its people, you took pride in your work, and it definitely showed. Even Nobunaga was impressed with the excellent work you were doing and has noticed that since your arrival things around the castle has been running much smoother. He summons you to his room to thank you and to give you the opportunity to *ahem* warm his bed. To which you just replied “No fucken chance in hell”. He narrowed his eyes and asked why not, to which you just answered, that you had only just met a week ago and that you weren’t that type of girl. Nobunaga was shook he had never been refused before, he also found your lack of filter genuinely amusing. The way you would just swear and just say whatever was on your mind.

You looked around his room and couldn’t help, but notice is vast collections of historical artefacts. Your eyes lit up in curiosity at all the fantastic pieces. Nobunaga couldn’t help but smile at his lil lucky charm who seems to have made herself at home in his room now looking at all his collection of art and trinkets. He would walk up behind you and explain the origin and backstory of each of the pieces. The two of you actually spent the whole night talking about history and different cultures. And that is when you accidentally let it slip that you were from the future. This definitely caught Nobunaga’s attention. At first, he didn’t believe you, but after you showed him the contents of your handbag, he was convinced.

You found yourself slowly but surely opening up to the man as time progressed. You nightly visits to drink tea in his room and chat for hours had become somewhat of a regular occurrence. Nobunaga absolutely loved the way your eyes lit up whenever you would talk about topics that interested you. He also loved how open-minded you were, listening and valuing his opinion. And you loved how open-minded he was, the two of you learned a lot from each other, through these regular tea dates.

Nobunaga had found out that you loved stageplays/musical so he would often find you randomly in the middle of the afternoon and drag you with him to one of his random nearby territories. He wouldn’t tell you where you were going, just simply put you onto of the horse and ride. He loved the way your eyes lit up as you neared the stage and figured out his plan. He would always reserve the best seat for the two of you and ensure that Masa had made the two of you the best snacks to munch on during the show. You count help but smile a bright, radiant smile at the sweet raven-haired man.

You looked over at him, devouring the sweets that Masamune had managed to sneak into the basket. Both of you loved these trips away cause it meant that the two of you could indulge in sweet sugary candies away from the watchful gaze of Mother dearest. After the show, the two of you would spend hours discussing it over even more sweets, at one of the nearby tea houses. Needless to say, the two of you had spent so much time together its no wonder that you were head over heel for each other.

Your relationship with the devil king started off a little rocky cause of your crazy awkwardness, but luckily Nobunaga actually found it really cute and lived for those moments when you would say or do something super awkward and turn a deep shade of red. For you see, this feared ruler is also a bit awkward and clumsy when it comes to love. For example, when he asked you to become his one and only queen, he did so in the cutest way possible. While the two of you were having tea after a show, he started to doodle a little picture on a napkin, at first the two of you were drawing the equivalent to memes and giving it to each other for a good laugh, but then he gave you something you never expected. A clumsy doodle of himself confessing his love for you, you couldn’t help but smile and kiss him right then and there. After all, you can go from fluffy to NSFW in 0,2 seconds, luckily the two of you kept things PG in the teahouse.

Nobunaga loved how diplomatic you were and after you told him about your dream of becoming a diplomat, he was right there by your side supporting you. You had found out about the conflict between him and Shingen and of course you just had to do something. You at this point had Nobunaga wrapped around your little finger, so when you requested that he share custody of the Kai with Shingen, he agreed as long as you act as diplomate between the two.

One day a powerful daimyo and his daughter came to visit. To say that you didn’t like the pair would be an understatement. The woman would constantly pine for Nobunaga’s affection and make your life a living hell. You couldn’t help but feel slightly jealous, sad and frustrated as since they came to visit you hadn’t seen Nobunaga at all. Of course, you bottled up all these emotions and put on a smile, pretending like everything was okay, but honestly, you were ready to bust. You reached your tipping point at the banquet. You hadn’t seen Nobunaga all week as he has been in and out of councils. You waled into the hall to see the woman all over Nobunaga. You went to take your seat beside Nobunaga like you had done for countless banquets and that’s when this woman made the rudest comment towards you “Um excuse me you filthy maid, the servants quarters are back there, and if you don’t leave Nobunaga and me alone I will have to call a guard over to escort you to the dungeons”. Honestly, you were shook, even if you were just a maid, that didn’t give her the right to act so rudely, just because she has some fake ass title. You slammed your fists on the table finally losing your temper and boy oh boy did the insults fly. TBH you even threw in a few insults from their home language, just to prove that you aren’t just some daft woman.

Needless to say, the woman was looking around to the fellow warlords to help her out of back her up, but they were all way to busy howling in laughter at their princesses foul language. Finally, the woman looked to your lover for aid. He simply chuckled and started to speak. “It seems there has been some misunderstanding as to who this woman beside me is” He looked down at the daimyo’s daughter giving her the cockiest grin. She was now looking at you with a devious smile, thinking that Nobu was about to summon you away.

“For those who do not know, I will make my intentions clear and known. This woman beside me is my dearest fireball, the love of my life, my equal and my queen, she is and will be the only woman in history fit to rule the world by my side.” He took your hand in his and gently tugged you to fall into his lap, he then kissed your temple and continued “To her, I give my heart, body and soul” He then pulled out a beautiful ring and asked, “Will you marry me, my dearest love”. To say the daimyo’s daughter was shook would be an understatement. You simply nodded, while wrapping your arms around your fiance’s neck to meet his lips in a passionate kiss.

Other potential matches……………..Shingen

Hope you enjoyed it dear ^_^ ❤🥰@hilarythemermaid

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chaoticspacefam · 4 years

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OC Skills Meme!

tagged by @a-muirehen <3 I couldn’t pick just one so have all of my mains bc I haven’t done memes for all of them yet and I have no self-control hahahaha

SAARAI

swim (headcanon that Pureblood bones are a lot denser, so they CAN swim in a pinch but most of them hate it or would rather not, Rai’s wife’s a Nautolan, so she’s a little different in that it’s something they do together so she “enjoys” it more, but she still can’t swim as well or for as long as most others, especially Sash since Sash can stay in indefinitely XD) / scubadive / read and write / do calligraphy / ride a bike / ride a unicycle / ride a motorcycle speeder / ride a horse / drive / draw / sing / play an instrument / maintain a rhythm / converse in a language / converse in two languages (High Sith and Basic for those curious!) / converse in more than two languages / converse in more than four languages / do basic maths / do algebra / understand structural formulas / read a floorplan / assemble ikea / build a working piece of furniture / build a house / sew a button / customise clothes / make clothes / bind a book / remove the pit of an avocado / cook / bake / basic first aid / cpr / close a bullet wound / fire a gun / load a gun / shuffle a deck of cards / shuffle a deck of cards one-handed / play or read tarot / use matches / use a lighter / make a fire without either / code / start a computer / hack / steal a car without keys / pick a lock / kick down a door / throw a punch / put an opponent smaller than them into a chokehold / put an opponent larger than them into a chokehold (I mean she’s 6′3″ so chances of FINDING somebody bigger than her are slim, but if it happened she could XD) / intentionally break a bone / make a cast / chop down a tree / put up a tent / make a knot / create a shelter without tools or brought materials / make a cocktail / cut a line of cocaine / change a diaper / recite a nursery rhyme from memory / recite an important religious code from memory / recite the table of elements from memory / recite all pokemon in the pokemon song from memory / recite a 10-digit code 24 hours later after only reading it once / tell a person’s zodiac sign / tell a person’s age / play football / play basketball / play another ball sport / iceskate / use an audio recording device / use a camera / tattoo / do a piercing

Ni’kasi

swim (could if she HAD to, but will complain about it the entire time, hates it) / scubadive / read and write / do calligraphy / ride a bike / ride a unicycle / ride a motorcycle speeder / ride a horse / drive (prefers not to, but can if needed) / draw / sing / play an instrument / maintain a rhythm / converse in a language / converse in two languages / converse in more than two languages (High Sith, Basic, Huttese, Twi’leki) / converse in more than four languages / do basic maths / do algebra / understand structural formulas / read a floorplan / assemble ikea / build a working piece of furniture / build a house / sew a button / customise clothes / make clothes / bind a book / remove the pit of an avocado / cook / bake / basic first aid / cpr / close a bullet wound / fire a gun / load a gun / shuffle a deck of cards / shuffle a deck of cards one-handed / play or read tarot / use matches / use a lighter / make a fire without either / code / start a computer / hack / steal a car without keys / pick a lock / kick down a door / throw a punch / put an opponent smaller than them into a chokehold / put an opponent larger than them into a chokehold / intentionally break a bone / make a cast / chop down a tree / put up a tent / make a knot / create a shelter without tools or brought materials / make a cocktail / cut a line of cocaine / change a diaper / recite a nursery rhyme from memory / recite an important religious code from memory / recite the table of elements from memory (or whatever the Star Wars equivalent is...) / recite all pokemon in the pokemon song from memory / recite a 10-digit code 24 hours later after only reading it once / tell a person’s zodiac sign / tell a person’s age / play football / play basketball / play another ball sport / iceskate / use an audio recording device / use a camera / tattoo / do a piercing

Aria

swim / scubadive / read and write / do calligraphy / ride a bike / ride a unicycle / ride a motorcycle speeder / ride a horse giant lizard / drive (she drives like a lunatic so it’s not advised to LET her, but she can XD) / draw / sing (not often but could if so desired) / play an instrument / maintain a rhythm (sometimes, if she concentrates) / converse in a language / converse in two languages / converse in more than two languages / converse in more than four languages (Basic, High Sith, Twi’lekki, Huttese, Droid Speak - which I know technically non-droids don’t SPEAK but I’m counting it ok hahaha) / do basic maths / do algebra / understand structural formulas / read a floorplan / assemble ikea / build a working piece of furniture / build a house / sew a button / customise clothes / make clothes / bind a book / remove the pit of an avocado / cook / bake / basic first aid / cpr / close a bullet wound / fire a gun / load a gun / shuffle a deck of cards / shuffle a deck of cards one-handed / play or read tarot / use matches / use a lighter / make a fire without either / code / start a computer / hack / steal a car without keys / pick a lock / kick down a door / throw a punch / put an opponent smaller than them into a chokehold / put an opponent larger than them into a chokehold (if she caught them by surprise, if not she’s so tiny they could probably fight her off XD) / intentionally break a bone (more likely to just kill someone outright than break their bones, tbh, but I guess breaking their neck counts? o.o) / make a cast / chop down a tree / put up a tent / make a knot / create a shelter without tools or brought materials / make a cocktail / cut a line of cocaine spice (??) / change a diaper / recite a nursery rhyme from memory / recite an important religious code from memory / recite the table of elements from memory / recite all pokemon in the pokemon song from memory / recite a 10-digit code 24 hours later after only reading it once / tell a person’s zodiac sign / tell a person’s age / play football / play basketball / play another ball sport / iceskate / use an audio recording device / use a camera / tattoo / do a piercing

Vano (because I didn’t want to leave her out shgdyugd)

swim / scubadive / read and write / do calligraphy / ride a bike / ride a unicycle / ride a motorcycle speeder / ride a horse giant lizard / drive / draw / sing (doesn’t usually, but could if so desired) / play an instrument (piano) / maintain a rhythm (when concentrating) / converse in a language / converse in two languages / converse in more than two languages (Mirialan, Basic, Twi’lekki) / converse in more than four languages / do basic maths / do algebra / understand structural formulas / read a floorplan / assemble ikea / build a working piece of furniture (if it came with instructions on how to) / build a house / sew a button / customise clothes / make clothes / bind a book / remove the pit of an avocado / cook / bake / basic first aid / cpr / close a bullet wound / fire a gun / load a gun / shuffle a deck of cards / shuffle a deck of cards one-handed / play or read tarot / use matches / use a lighter / make a fire without either / code / start a computer / hack (could break into a basic password-protected computer but nothing more encoded than that) / steal a car without keys / pick a lock / kick down a door / throw a punch / put an opponent smaller than them into a chokehold / put an opponent larger than them into a chokehold / intentionally break a bone / make a cast / chop down a tree / put up a tent / make a knot / create a shelter without tools or brought materials / make a cocktail / cut a line of cocaine / change a diaper / recite a nursery rhyme from memory / recite an important religious code from memory / recite the table of elements from memory / recite all pokemon in the pokemon song from memory / recite a 10-digit code 24 hours later after only reading it once / tell a person’s zodiac sign / tell a person’s age / play football / play basketball / play another ball sport / iceskate / use an audio recording device / use a camera / tattoo / do a piercing

I shall tag (if you want to do it, no pressure if not! :D) @rainofaugustsith, @pauletta-00, @pineaberry, @swtorpadawan

#tagged #oc skills #oc skills meme #tagged meme #swtor #star wars: the old republic #swtor oc: saarai ahaszaai #swtor oc: ni'kasi ahaszaai #swtor oc: aria saal #swtor oc: vano shenly #human #mirialan #sith pureblood #swtor screenshots #swtor headcanons #sith pureblood headcanons #subterfuge headcanon

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fountainpenguin · 4 years

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S and T for the ask

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

> Bittersweet endings. I don’t like completely perfect or completely depressing ends… I like little nibbles of both.

> Witty banter. Never get tired of it.

> I’m not normally one for AUs, but I love college AUs for worlds that don’t have a college equivalent. What do they study? I must know.

> Fleshing unliked/overlooked side character out with an interesting backstory and cool hobbies.

> We dislike each other but have to keep up appearances.

> Smooth, probably sexually experienced character is easily flustered.

> Alternatively: smooth character flirts with someone, takes it too far, and instantly backpedals while screaming internally.

> Sharing space on a road trip.

> Soft holiday stories! Especially fantasy holidays, because then I’m falling in love with the worldbuilding and pleased that the characters are happy.

> Blind dates.

> Tired but loving single parent who works very hard

> Two tired parents working very hard, so glad they’re in this together

> Someone falls in love with a single parent, asks their kid(s) permission to marry their parent, and lets kid help them pick out a ring and participate in wedding plans.

> HEALTHY!!! STEP-FAMILIES!!!

> Jerk messed with the wrong person and now they’re in for it… We don’t know when… but oh, they’re in for it.

> Petty villains (“Whoa, whoa, whoa! I call in an evil plan, and you send your B squad??? Frankly I’m a little insulted!” -Snaptrap)

> Petty heroes… Read: Randy Disher, a full-grown adult police lieutenant, getting his feelings hurt when the Captain says he’d save Monk, not him, if both were in the water because Monk can’t swim, and Randy persists by asking if his mind would change if Randy was holding an anchor and the Captain asks why he wouldn’t just let go of the anchor and Randy looks him in the eye and says “Family heirloom” and the Captain just >:|

> Gift giving is shown to be a valid form of affection and not played as a greedy, materialistic love language (Related: Character A buys cute little gifts for B sometimes and it doesn’t turn into a story about wasteful spending or needing to shower your partner in gifts or else they’ll freak out).

> Bed sharing / cuddles (As long as it doesn’t progress to sex… I have to be in the right mindset for that and 9.5 times out of 10 I’d rather have snuggles).

> Quick, casual, absentminded kisses. Convince me this character’s instinct is to express affection even when they’re distracted and you have me eating out of your hand.

> Kisses in awkward places… Up against walls, quickly stolen while the third wheel is out of the room, couple trying to hide even though their friends ship them and no one present will judge them for a kiss… Yes. The more uncomfortable the position or time, the better. Love that spontaneous cute.

> Fake dating and in the end they’re still good friends, no push into a romantic relationship just because they were in this situation together.

> Healthy mutual break-ups

> Asexual characters!!! I’m for any story that acknowledges people like me exist and are happy, whether it’s a story about discovery, the difficulties of being ace, or a story where the ace character is just at peace.

> People are close friends and not dating. Both are comfortable with their relationship and no one tries to make them feel bad.

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

(Below the cut. Keep in mind these are my personal preferences and I’m not attacking anyone who likes tropes I dislike. This isn’t a comprehensive list, just some thoughts about tropes I don’t enjoy reading).

> Redemption through romantic love. So. Much.

> Everybody Lives AUs

> Soulmates

> Forbidden love

> Amnesia

> Coffee Shop AUs (I’m all for “In the future this character gets a job” stories, but I dislike “I’m going to flirt with this person while they’re in a position they can’t leave” stories)

> Psychic powers / Twins can read minds. It’s not an immediate deal-breaker, but my interest will drop sharply.

> Falling in love way too quickly / confusing infatuation with genuine love and the moral of the story is that you should risk your life plans and dive headfirst into relationships with people you don’t know well yet (I didn’t watch The Sun Is Also a Star, but the trailers pushed ALL my wrong buttons).

> Physical touch is the only or most important way to express affection. I’m all for love language miscommunication stories. I don’t like being told those who don’t express physical touch easily are frigid or uncaring.

> Big rescue scenes in romance (Ex: Hero carrying love interest from a burning building… I’d rather see hero helping love interest up a tough patch of the trail they’re hiking, or leaving a party to find their partner a dessert they’re not allergic to, something small and affectionate like that).

> Asexual invalidation/correction stories (Related: Virgin mockery). I don’t mind reading these if the main character is asexual and it’s a story about sexuality exploration or a character facing difficulties because they’re ace (That’s what Origin of the Pixies is, after all), but if the author legitimately believes asexuality needs to be fixed or that ace characters can’t be in fulfilling relationships, that’s what I don’t like.

> Canon: *Characters state they don’t want to be together romantically* Fanfic: *Makes them romantic* As a reader, I’m willing to let you take my hand if you show me careful thought processes and honest conversations while the characters work through changes together in early chapters, but if there’s absolutely no explanation (or indication that backstory will be given later) and the story just starts with them together for some reason… I won’t play along.

> When two people in canon are very close but not an official romantic couple and the only ‘fics about them are romantic. I don’t mind some stories being romantic, especially if they’re set in the future of canon, but if I can’t find more than a tiny handful of ‘fics that match their canon relationship, I get frustrated.

> Oh, here’s a trope I despise with the intensity of a thousand suns… Animals that are not dogs behaving like dogs (Ex: Maximus the horse in Tangled). Other animals are interesting too!

> I dislike a lot of angst tropes in general. I like psychological horror, like the slow recognition of your own sins (which is probably why I write villain backstories). A loved one dying in your arms, or trapped inside a burning house, does nothing to me. You could not get farther from affecting me if you tried. My heart will break if someone hesitates in an otherwise cheery story and the other person staggers back, realizing things aren’t as perfect as they thought. I live for moments where the bliss suddenly snaps and in an instant, everything’s changed. But deaths drawn out with gasps and bleeding, or houses going up in flames, don’t really land. Angst has to be fast and hard or I find it tedious.

> Developing a crush on someone before you even see or hear them interact. See also, liking someone you have no business liking when your people raised you to dislike theirs. How do you exist outside your culture? I want reasons.

> Using new pronouns for a character who hasn’t revealed their preferred pronouns to the narrator and/or a character outs someone by using new pronouns without ensuring they’re okay with that. I’m cool with long-established pronouns, but if some characters don’t know yet, they don’t know yet.

> I’m personally not a fan of self-insert stories, especially Self-Insert x Canon. Specifically, I dislike the trope that self-inserts will draw canon character attention and take the focus away from a canon character development story, which is what I prefer to read. Self-inserts who don’t disrupt the status quo are fine by me.

> I can accept OC x Canon if you don’t contradict canon, but the OC has to be well fleshed out with realistic flaws, and if the canon character is completely OOC, I’m backing out (It’s specifically Main Character OC x Canon that I don’t like- I’ll happily dive into “Failed relationships in canon character’s past involving OC exes because canon characters won’t work for this”).

> Timmy wakes up one day and realizes Tootie’s the girl for him. I need a looong slow burn to sell me on that one. I’m happy to see him recognize his own judgmental attitudes and accept her as a friend, but if it moves into romance while they’re still young, I’m out.

> Wanda being pregnant instead of Cosmo… I 100% forgive this for anything written before “Fairly Odd Baby,” but if Wanda’s the pregnant one then I immediately scroll up to check the upload date. If I can’t trust you with that piece of canon, what can I trust you with?

> Wanda confronts Cosmo and argues that he’s being mean to her. That’s a can of worms I’d rather skirt around.

> I’m all for Cosmo and Wanda having a second kid, but NOT while they’re still with Timmy.

> Abusive Juandissimo.

> I also don’t like fluff. I don’t deliberately avoid sweet, plotless stories, but I don’t seek them out. I lose interest in fluff more quickly than anything else.

… I’m realizing now that the reason I don’t like romantic stories is probably because most of them revolve around expressing affection the literal opposite way of how I prefer it (Ex: Way more stories about physical touch and making out until impulsive sex occurs, not enough quick kisses in passing or time spent existing quietly on the same couch enjoying your separate hobbies).

I don’t inherently hate romance, I just have different romantic preferences than the media that usually crosses my path. I’m more about companionate love than fiery passion. It’s hard to convey the comfortable silence I like in words.

Fanfic Ask Meme

#asks #Anon #FAIRIES!#ridwriting #99% true as far as we remember #Dragonfly parents #Perfect pink beaver boy #Deep Toot

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love-hrts · 3 years

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So I was looking through dA journals...

and found this old meme

I gotta retake it right?

[ ] my fingernails/toenails are almost always painted (want to but lazy) [✓] during the summer the only shoes i wear are flip flops (or I’m barefoot) [ ] my favorite toys as a child were barbies (I wanted one but nana laughed) [ ] my favorite colour is pink or purple (one of my fave colors still ish pink.) [ ] I did Gymnastics [✓] I love skirts [ ] hollister is one of my favorite places to shop (I still dunno what this is) [✓] tight jeans are the only jeans i'll wear [✓] I love chocolate [✓] I've never had a real job (I had four part times, back then I thought that was real) TOTAL: 5 [ ] my hair is almost always straightened [ ] I have at least 8 myspace pictures (none of them are actual pics of me, either... XD) Myspace is dead [ ] I usually go shopping once a week POOR [ ] I love to hang out at the mall with friends (what friends) [ ] I have a real diamond ring or diamond necklace or earings [ ] I've gone to a tanning salon [ ] I've gone to the beach to tan - not to swim [ ] I have at least 10 pairs of shoes [ ] I watch either the OC or Laguna Beach [ ] I change my icon weekly [✓] I wear a shower cap TOTAL: 1 [ ] I don't shop at Hot Topic [ ] my cell phone might as well become a part of me (I dun have a cell phone. ._.') I do now, (well a PDA) but constantly lose it [ ] I wear mascara everyday [ ] I've been or am on a diet [✓] bathing suits are adorable [ ] I don't know the difference between a sheep and a goat. [✓] big sunglasses are hot [ ] I have gotten my nails done before [ ] MTV is one of my favorite channels (I only watch MTV2 cuz of DEATHMATCH!) TOTAL: 2 [ ] all I want to do at sleepovers is talk about boys [ ] I love to have gurls do my hair IF I HAD ANY... GURLS [ ] I give and recieve hugs from all my friends (I checked last time but I counted web hugs and now I don’t) [✓] I hate bugs (Not all of them but a lot scare me now????) [ ] carnivals are so fun! (meh) [ ] Summer is THE best season [ ] my swimsuit has 2 pieces (I’m too ugly...) [✓] I'm waiting for my knight in shining armor (20 years now...) [ ] musicians are so hot [ ] you write me a poem and tell me I'm beautiful and I'm all yours TOTAL: 2 [✓I am self-conscious [✓] I cry often (counting this cuz more often than 2005) [ ] my car smells like vanilla or cherry [ ] my dishes get washed more than once a week(more like month or so...) I’m down to fortnight at most [✓] I don't do sports [✓] I HATE to run (Fun fact I’m seeing a doctor about fatigue! Hooray for lifelong health issues!!) [✓] I squeal when I am surprised or angry (It pisses off nana) [✓] I eat dried fruit as a snack (dried cherries is the bomb) [ ] I love romance novels [✓] Drew Barrymore is so cute (<3) TOTAL: 7 [✓] I dance a lot. (barely LOL) [✓] usually spend an hour or over to get ready to leave my house anxiety... [✓] I only have like 5 billion hair products and they all didn’t WORK!! [✓] I love to get dressed up.(I usually roll out of bed wearing what I wear XD) this is still true except now I wish I put on a cute dress... [ ] every part of my outfit needs to match(Match? what am I? a nazzie?!) I don’t get this comment... then again nazi jokes were everywhere in the oughts... [ ] I talk on the phone at least once a day to my friends this one’s sad cuz now I kinda want this????? [✓] I would love to have a photo shoot (mixed but yeah if I were hot yes yeah yes) [ ] I apply lip stuff 50 times a day [✓] I wish I were a model SIGH... TOTAL: 6 [ ] I wish I could meet Paris Hilton (to kill her) I don’t hate Paris Hilton now but aunno she was the homestuck of the early oughts okay [ ] I have been something that was semi (like a truck? wha what is this..) [ ] I own Uggs [ ] Hip Hop is the best music [ ] I pop my collar (How is this girly? it’s like 80s fuckboy) [ ] I like to be the center of attention [ ] guys with Mohawks are crazy [ ] horses are beautiful [✓] I'd rather not pay attention in school [✓] Cats are adorable :3 TOTAL: 2 [✓] I write my own music [✓] I would love to visit Hawaii (I want to drive one car through all 50 states) [ ] Valentine's day is so cute! [✓] white is better than black (Black is me mourning my lost gender, white is my gender being revived) [✓] I wouldn't be caught dead in all black (I say this and I have a black kitty jumper) [✓] my closet is STOCK FULL of clothes [✓] hate the grunge look [✓] I love to read magazines TOTAL: 7 [✓] I love to gossip (blame twitter) [ ] I had Lisa Frank folders/posters/notebooks as a kid (my drawing folder ish a Lisa Frank folder. :/) I don’t understand this comment, 20 year old me... [ ] I love Celine Dion I HATE HER [✓] my bubble baths are 1-2hrs long IF I HAD A BATHTUB [ ] My wedding only needs a groom because it's already planned [ ] My friends and I are in a strict group. We mostly only hang out with each other. [ ] I like little kids [ ] Diet drinks are the best (Die+T) [ ] I'm all about being vegetarian [✓] I refuse to eat at McDonalds When I was homeless we ate at McDonalds for a month cuz dollar burger and GOD it made me so sick NEVER AGAIN TOTAL: 3 [ ] I check my myspace everyday. Myspace is dead LOL and the modern equivalent is... facebook???? which I try very hard to block [ ] I love life! kssshhhhhhh NOOOOOOOOOO oh god I’d kill myself if the pain wasn’t too much [ ] I have a lot of jewelry! (more than enough, anyway.) [ ] my screen name(s) have x's in them [ ] either one of my myspace names has/had <3's or in them [ ] I would never want to be the opposite sex I was going “oh hey that changed!” but then I thought “wait sex as in gender or sex as in gonad” and if it’s the latter then I want different gonads cuz I really need to experience pregnancy or it’ll be a problem for everyone... I’ll make it a problem for everyone. [✓] It's not what he/she said it's the way he/she said it SIGH yeah okay I guess that changed about me XD [✓] I have more than 3 pillows on my bed TOTAL: 2 Now add up all the total points and put "I am __% girly" for the subject if you steal or get tagged.

I’m 36% girly XD

Not much has changed but honestly what do you expect from a 2005 meme, I like how there’s a trans question, like “if you’re cis and can’t say yes to never wanting to be the opposite sex... maybe rethink that.”

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