#;Stats and Info | About the muses;

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((I might take a lil hiatus this week! My dnd character, Pip, is no more, so I need to get my shit together and make my new character so they're ready to go for next Sunday sdfgkjhfds

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a single muse carrd that features:

— inspiration from my original character in final fantasy xiv! a single muse carrd that features a landing page with a header image, titles, into, quote, and extra images. a guideline / rules page. an about page with sections for in-depth details; about chara, a bio ( that redirects to another page for more info! ), stats, physical aspects, aesthetics, and abilities. bonds page, verses, and gallery. mobile friendly!

PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE CREDIT / DO NOT CLAIM AS YOUR OWN, you are free to alter the colors and adjust it as much as needed but the credit must remain at all times.

[destinationtoast]

Methodology musings: AO3 Tag Search

(finding the biggest tags on AO3/in an AO3 fandom)

I recently got two asks about specific characters/ships/fandoms that I answered in part by discussing AO3 Tag Search. I've archived both asks/answers on AO3, and I've also summarized some Tag Search info/tips here (see below the cut).

First, the AO3 links:

How to find the biggest ships on AO3, or for a given AO3 fandom.

In which I start out trying to help someone debug a Transformers ship search weirdness, but I end up giving (hopefully) more generally helpful info/advice on finding the biggest ships. Contains notes on the limitations/quirks of Tag Search (as of Oct 2024).

Top AO3 characters and ships missing from my Jan 2024 analysis.

An eagle-eyed reader noticed that some character tags (including Wanda Maximoff) were tags missing from last January's analysis of biggest fandoms, characters, and ships. (Most of the missing tags were not missing from the graphs, but from further down in the longer lists I provided -- including Wanda.) Here I share data about the missing character (and ship!) tags, along with some methodology notes about how this happened.

Next, my AO3 Tag Search methodology summary/tips:

AO3 Tag Search lets you sort tags by number of uses which means you can quickly find the most common tags. It didn't always work that way; it used to just let you sort tags alphabetically and by date created, which was a lot less useful for fandom stats.

This is awesome because you can find the most common tags within a particular fandom OR across all of AO3. You can limit it to any of the following types of tags: Fandom, Character, Relationship, Freeform (a.k.a. "Additional tags") or look at all tags combined. This means that I can do a more complete job with my yearly "biggest fandoms, characters, and ships" roundups than I used to be able to do. (For more explanation, see the first link below.)

However, Tag Search has some quirks. For one thing, it seems that the totals shown in Tag Search includes AO3 bookmark tags when counting how often a tag was used. This means some of the most common tags are things like "To Read". Unpublished drafts also get counted in the total numbers for tags. All of this means that some tags may appear more popular in Tag Search than they do in the main AO3 search results (Work Search) or in the Sort & Filter sidebar.

I believe Tag Search also doesn't take tag wrangling into account. This means that some tags will appear much less popular in Tag Search than in the main AO3 search (e.g., a tag with lots of popular subtags doesn't have all those subtags included when listed in Tag Search -- Tag Search only counts exact uses). It also means that some characters/ships might be missing when you're finding the biggest ships/characters in a given fandom, if the characters/ships aren't all wrangled under all the relevant fandoms. See the Transformers example in the tutorial below for further explanation of how this happens and how to solve for it.

One consequence of all this is that the numbers shown in the Tag Search results are probably not what you expect. Not if what you want is the number of times authors have used the tag (i.e., excluding use in boomarks) -- and especially not if you want tag wrangling into account. You have to click on each tag listed in the Tag Search results and then go to the tag's Works page to see the number that you may expect to see.

Hope this helps others out there gathering AO3 data!

[wehangout]

So, the amazing Calli @callivich came up with this beautiful idea for DVD commentary, fic style, and the amazing questions that go with it. As suggested, I'll be indulging myself while talking about:

Thicker Than Forget. Summary: He blinks at you. “What was your first name?” “Erato.” “Erato,” he repeats. “No need to roll the r.” “Like the muse?” You grin. “Poet, meet muse."

AU. Ian is a poet. Mickey is his recently-corporal muse. They eat an absurd amount of stupidly named ice cream, try to find beauty in things, and fall hopelessly in love.

This was fun! Let me know if you want commentary on any other fics!

Give us some stats - (when you wrote it, word count, how long it took to finish, is it a one-shot/multi-chapter, etc)

So, I wrote this for the Shameless Big Bang in 2021. I couldn’t tell you how long it took me to write (Word is giving me conflicting info), but it was probably my easiest write to date. Word count sits at 30-ish thousand words.

What was the initial inspiration for your story?

It was initially inspired by a novel. I don’t remember which one, but it was either Lament or Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater. The only similarity between that one and mine is that a character falls in love with their muse. The plot itself is very different.

If the story is written from a character’s POV, why did you choose this character?

Mickey. Because it’s almost always Mickey lmao. I did try from Ian’s, but this had to be from the muse’s POV and Mickey had to be the muse.

What was your favourite scene to write?

The smut 👀 if you’ve read it, I hope you understand why lmao

How did you come up with the title?

From the poem, Love is Thicker Than Forget! It fits so well with Ian being a poet and the overall theme of the story.

Are there any little moments or references you hope readers will notice?

I went a little meta on fanfic, fandom, and shipping in this, which was so fun. I think only one person seemed to really notice and mention it, though, haha.

Was there anything you struggled to write? If so, how did you overcome this?

I didn’t struggle to write it, but figuring out how to end it was tough. It took a long time for me to figure that out. When I originally came up with the idea it was for an original story, and did not have a happy ending.

Favourite line in the story?

I’m gonna go with lines, plural, because I have a couple

He kisses you and he kisses you and oh. Oh. This is what they were writing about. All the poets, every word of creativity they took from you … it’s this.

He closes his eyes and continues to sigh sonnets into your skin

Also, the last two lines of dialogue, and, I mean, “Fuck the connection” has to be right up there.

What are you most proud about in the story? (plot, characterisation, dialogue, twist/cliffhanger, etc)

The writing, actually. I’m not a poetic person, none of the poems in the fic are mine, but I’m pretty proud of the poetic nature of the writing.

Are there any ‘behind the scenes’ info you’d like to share - e.g. what’s going on in a characters head in a certain scene or how you came to write a certain line?

So, this is the fic that made me realise I needed to stop taking things so seriously lmao. @captainjowl can attest to the research I tend to do. In this case, every ice cream name was a legit flavour at the time, taken from a Baskin-Robbins website. The mural exists. The flowers and trees in the botanic gardens are flowers and trees found in that exact botanic garden. The hoodie! Taken straight from the Brooklyn Zoo website. The pasta they eat at the North Pond – I used Google Maps to make sure there was an Italian restaurant nearby and looked up ponds in Lincoln Park.

I've since tried to be more chill. Sometimes I fail.

Reading back the story now, is there anything you’d change or add?

I’d make it longer, if possible.

Would you ever write a sequel to this story?

It’s a nice idea, because I’d love to write something pretty again, but I have zero inspiration for it.

Are there any ‘easter eggs’ in your story - e.g. references to other stories you’ve written, a trope you often use etc?

Uh, if you’ve read this and Suncatcher you might notice that I, like Ian and Sandy, have a thing for The Doors.

If you’ve chosen your most popular story, are you surprised by the popularity?

I don’t know if this is my most popular story, but I was definitely surprised by the intensity of the comments I received. It was one time when I knew I’d written something good, but the way it made other people feel definitely took me by surprise.

Anything else you’d like the readers to know about the story?

I love that this was loved. I still go back and read it every now and then and just sigh.

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Shipping #00010011

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Package Number: 00010011 (19)

Name(s): Carcass

Nickname(s): Carter, Corpse-Adjacent

Orientation: Questioning

Pronouns: he/it/crypt/muse/corpse/death

Species: ghost

Age/range: Immortally 26

Gender: hauntgender masculine

Role: N/A

Interests: sensory deprivation tanks, musical scripting

Frontcalls: N/A

Likes: surfing, ocean, brain eating amoeba

Dislikes: The GhostBusters

Appearance: Appears slightly blue, often with drenched clothes and hair. His eyes are pale blue and it has brown, curly hair that appears moreso wavy because its wet.

Extra: Often complains of feeling cold, has made his peace with the ocean, but not with the cold. Pre-death name was Carter, but he’s changed it to what he finds cooler. Calls itself “Corpse-Adjacent” instead of saying crypts name

Sign off: 🫧

Kins: Poor Unfortunate Souls (The Little Mermaid)

Happy place: oceans and childhood homes

Hobbies: song writing, swimming

Passion: technical elements of play (specifically musical) writing and blocking and such

Favorite memory: Eating Breakfast with his mom the morning of his death

Headspace Room:

Image ID: A very blue room with built in a pixel room maker. There are two surfboars, a bed, water on the floor with a wet floor sign, floating jellyfish a neon moon sign, and a neon bubbles sign

Best friends: A black boy with an Afro named Jamir. Would get along with Beetlejuice if corpse knew him

Family: doesn't really have any anymore

Cause of death: drowned circa 2018. (The brain eating amoeba would have gotten muse anyways)

Handwriting:

Image ID: Blue pen cursive writing on lined paper. I have NO CLUE what it says but its about a paragraph long, signed, and has 2 hashtags on the bottom

Letter: Hey folks! Won’t tell you my name but I will say it stats with C and is Corpse-adjacent. Good luck with that ;] Anyways, sorry to barge in, but heard you were looking for some info on the whole, you know, being dead thing. Lucky for you I know a guy who knows a guy and that guy is me. I can show you what comes next long as you dont freak. “Howd you die?” Well we havent even met yet but sure, I’ll tell yeah. Used to go surfing like 8 times a week. Oof.Yeah, Its whatever though, you can relax cause I’m fine, and while I could keep going I kind of don’t feel like it, so when we do finally meet, I’ll give you a whole show about death

L8er

-Corpse-Adjacent

[spell-bloom]

chaaostheory's oh hey? whatup? theme with my edits

Okay so to preface, I know fuck all about coding, but with a little help of W3Schools and Stack Overflow I was able to achieve what I wanted. If you have any issues, please don't hesitate to dm/ask me. All credits for this wonderful code goes to @chaaostheory

Features:

fontawesome 5.1 icons

hint.css tooltips 

scrollable biography section along with two other small boxes

scrollable stat box

six links

a traits box with space for six traits

a tv tropes box with space for nine tropes

side statics for development, availability, etc. 

My Edits:

locked the character selection tab to not follow when you scroll down the screen

allowed the character selection tab to scroll when you have many muses

changed the titles for the sorting hat and wand info boxes for personal preference.

dark version for people who have light sensitivity

hovering over the first character box has the pop up below instead of above

Stuff to Remember:

when adding new characters, be sure to change the number or else the code will break

when editing the bio and extra info boxes, be sure to use paragraph breaks

the side statics follow when you scroll down the scren, fixing it completely messed up the code

CODES: Dark version / Light version

THIS HAS JAVASCRIPT

[scholarlyhorticulturist]

homestuck fantroll rp blog woah

rp blog for Riesen Antwit, 13-sweep-old gardener living on Aistea, an Alternian colony planet. blog is run in character, as if riesen herself is running it

same rules as my other blogs apply no minors no personals

FREED FROM VERIFICATION HELL I CAN POST PAGE LINKS NOW

ooc info/rules (carrd) | ic about | stats | associates | muse playlist

[loveusogxxd]

⌜ im yeojin, cisfemale, she/her, ⌟  welcome back to hogwarts, LUNA LOVEGOOD ! according to your file, you’re a TWENTY-ONE year old PUREBLOOD. as i’m sure you remember, last spring had its challenges, but i’m confident you’ll take your studies more seriously this year. as a THIRD YEAR year RAVNCLAW, focusing on GHOST STUDIES, you’ve got a lot on your plate. our records show that you're CALM and INTUITIVE however, they seem to have left off that you're CURIOUS and UNUSUAL. if i’m correct, you’re siding with  THE UNDECIDED, which makes sense considering you’re known around the castle for melted candle wax on your alter, the gentle waft on incense as it's scent fills the room, the soft cascade of smoke as it dances in the air. let’s hope you make it through the year in one piece.

statistics // tag dump // pinterest

howdy ho everyone this here is 1/2 of my lovely muses ms. luna lovegood. i've got her stats and pinterest posted above, but here you can find some info about her to help you get to know her more!

born in kinvara, ireland

knows 6+ languages including esl and asl

is into all things spooky and true crime, its kind of her whole thing.

baby girl has the 'tism, keeps fidget toys on her, and headphones within reach.

in the schools highest iq percentile

runs the nightshift of the schools radio where she plays a mix of relaxing r&b and lo-fi music that's to help enhance focus and relax your mind.

is a little bit of a black sheep and often stands out even if she begs the world to not allow that to happen.

strange little fella.

mother died in a spell gone wrong when she was young and was inherently raised by her father. has a lot of "boyish" (for lack of a better term) tendencies because of that as his marriage to rosemerta came later.

likes being alone very much and has a hard time making friends but not without the lack of trying.

will info dump if she's comfortable with you.

chronic night owl.

can put away two thick novels in a week.

constantly missing her dad and home.

can be found boarding in areas she shouldn't be.

likes anyone and anything gender has yet to matter to her. (girls be having her giggling and kicking her feet though)

often gets her languages mixed up.

book club member

clumbsy af ^tm

all in all a strange little baby who can be a little dark and scatterbrained and honestly has no idea what she is to do with the impending war over their heads. picking a side feels icky when she wants everyone to be happy in the end. i'm still getting to know her as she's a completely different spin of an older muse so i may add a bit to this later!

[jimin-updates]

Platform-specific accounts to follow 🩵💛💚

Premium streams are so important to our goals for MUSE.

Follow these Jimin fanbases for platform-specific updates, goals, and instructions!

Amazon

Apple Music

Deezer

Pandora

Spotify (and other stats)

Tidal

YouTube

Fighting! 💪🏻

[999kintsugi]

stats / plots / muse

heyyy part 2 except this time i'm trying to be shorter dear god. this is my second muse eunjae, cloudstepping her way through life and vibes tbqh. she's the younger and cooler of the moon twins at #301. recently on a bit of a reckless & self destructive streak after spending most of her life trussed up in her family's trophy case. see under the cut for more info, and like this post if you'd like to plot & i'll reach out if we aren't already talking!

eunjae, '97

she/her for convenience but any pronouns really. her pronouns aren't indicative of her gender (to her!) anyways, so she dgaf how people refer to her

cloud manipulation is v much what it says on the tin. she can manifest cloud bodies from existing moisture through some science that i shamefully don't 100% understand.

cold/dry environments are v detrimental to her abilities. they make it difficult, if not impossible, for her to use her powers. if she pushes herself anyway, it very quickly becomes painful

minor ability: cloudwalking ! allows her some minor "flight," though it's very contingent on her focus and she constantly needs to be on the move from one cloud to another bc they can't sustain her weight for long.

aesthetic ability but otherwise....not a lot of useful applications. thank god, she thinks

the journey so far:

was a gifted ballet dancer in her youth

the tldr is that her parents were hoping that she and her twin would both be gifted with precognitive abilities, something to bring some respect to the family name yk. instead, ironically, she manifests clouds.

it's a bit of a slap to the face, she has clouded vision, etc etc. it honestly checks out: she only got into ballet bc she saw how proud her mother was of her, and that was all that defined her for a while. she never had anything self defined for a v long time. anything that could have been considered hers, she always shared with her twin (hey seonjae @/recollectionblue). formless, faceless, aimless, like of course you're cloud aligned 🫵

at least after she manifests her ability, she's able to work it into her routines. the audiences go wilddd they love watching her dance on clouds, sooo light and graceless and lovely, and she's so deep in that safety blanket of approval that she doesn't really think to look for anything else.

she gets separated from her twin eventually bc their parents are assholes. she doesn't even hear about it, cities away training for the big leagues; by the time she finally does, he's gone and no one will tell her how to find him. their parents say that seonjae went somewhere that can help him with his powers. they say that she can't distract him, just like she can't let this distract from her performance. they say he wanted to go.

it doesn't sit right with her. that is her TWIN she can literally feel smth is wrong. but at the same time, what does she know? he's the one who was gifted with precognition, he's the older twin, how can she possibly imagine the pressure he must be under?? what it must be like??

so she stays and keeps her parents happy. keeps performing and tries to ignore the growing weight in her chest.

in the middle of one of her big performances, she feels it: something's gone wrong with seonjae. she doesn't know what it is, but she suddenly knows so clearly that she has to get out of here, she has to find him.

so, mid-air, she lets go and falls. shatters her ankle, successfully puts herself out of commission. her mother is inconsolable!!!!!

she's been staying at silver line for a couple of years now, but she only recently found seonjae in a bad way. she practically dragged him into staying at silver line with her where she can keep an eye on him.

very much the type to nag (sorry for being her mother's daughter ough) but hypocritical about it. every other week, she's in daemon joining fights ( as suan ) purely for the adrenaline rush and feeling like she has more agency over herself and her body. maybe if she hadn't spent 85% of her life both metaphorically and literally posing for stages and upkeeping a physically pristine image, she'd go about this more......erm.......well adjustedly, but . that is not the case rip.

predictably always banged up in some kind of way. she tries to avoid face injuries bc she can't explain that away to her ballet students.

current arc is v much inspired by the philosophy of kintsugi pottery. mostly, she's sick of smoothing over her feelings every time she feels something remotely unpleasant. maybe she wants to be a little fucked up a little chipped a little deranged! and maybe she wants to stop pretending that those messier nastier parts of her don't exist!

otherwise, she teaches beginner classes at a little balet studio in the city !! it's very casual, very much her trying to be the person for these people (usually kids) that she wishes she had when she was younger. does NOT want those two sides to mesh, so if u know her from daemon, you shall NOT mention it outside of daemon.

seeking connection / thread ideas:

her unfinished plots soz...

(fem/gnc/nb muses) targets of her affection... unfortunately she is the type to fall in love a bit with anyone who seems to reciprocate her attention. it's okay if ur muse doesn't reciprocate, i think a lot of her just comes out naturally flirty + she's touchy as hell

this is my second fighter muse but i still have NOT gotten to write any fight threads so please . please other fighters fight with her.

it's not exactly like she's covering her face up around daemon so maybe you saw her there and then you saw her around the building. she'll Lose it she needs you to promise not to tell her twin.

shy/quiet people who she can try to pull out of their shells, she's always been the "they asked for no pickles" friend ykwim

someone she keeps trying to drag out but doesn't realize that she's continuously annoying them lmao

someone who's in trouble one night and she happens to run into them -- and wow, her powers actually come in handy for once? she brings a wall of thick fog down on them and gets ur muse OUT of there

in the rare times her mind is quiet and doesn't compel her to go gallivanting around just to feel something, she's usually up on the roof, maybe smoking something. i'd love someone who actually gets to know her past her v dynamic/almost frenetic exterior. at the end of the day she's just someone trying to protect the family she's got left while trying to carve out something that's finally well and truly Hers :|

once again thank u if you got this far waa

[txmehunting]

about / interview / stats / thread tracker visuals

◈ guys who have two lines of dialogue total😍😍 ◈ library hack! steal the books ◈ you wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you? ◈ constantly within killing range

basic info under the cut

to be frank, there's very little i need to write about him. sennō is a paralogue boss from fire emblem: fates (paralogue 20: infinite power) who isn't even featured in the introduction cutscene. he has an initiating combat line and a death line. that's it. he likes tomes and he's a little freaky about them.

with that being said, i'm infatuated with him, so a lot of stuff will likely be from my own interpretations. i will be writing him based off of the crumbs that we DO get of him in game:

he is an apothecary but will reclass to merchant depending on level scaling

he "uses tomes for his nefarious deeds" despite being from a classline that cannot utilize tomes whatsoever (if he just sold them on the black market wouldn't they just say that he sells them?)

he has positive magic growth modifiers and negative strength growth modifiers

but of course since he only has two speaking lines i have to make do.

sennō is pulled from conquest and technically comes from post-game, but he was captured and stuck in the prison for a long time and hence missed some important parts of the storyline. after the war ended, he cut all ties with the army and left to be independent again (which led to his failed attempt to rob castle krakenburg). this means that some story deaths and events may not register in his mind, and it is perfectly acceptable if any fates muses do not know who he is.

i hope everyone enjoys writing with this little freak thing!

[lenzimanotmoved2]

B.G3 VERSES MASTERPOST

since i gained some more followers with b.g3 characters I tried to compile all the info about my own characters who are either b.g3 based or have a verse for it from old blogs. hope that helps <3

Alinor Leaffoot

my first original b.g3 character ( & first playthrough) who always has a special place in my heart

half wood elf ranger

character sheet

rundown of decisions I made in the playthrough

Niame Argumen

my tiefling & trickster cleric

the masterpost for them

also their muse page

Will Reckless

my beloved guy from another world who now passes as a druid <3

stats masterpost

more background info

Lysander Durante

former noble, human bard

grew up in the upper city of B.aldur's Gate, but is now on the run from his family's soldiers with his best friend Achilla & his lover Ridvan

useless in battle, but here to cheer his more badass companions on with his lute

Achilla Fiore

wood elf & ranger (perhaps ranger/druid multiclass)

background: sage

Ridvan Biancardi

tiefling (though human father) & rogue

background: urchin

[dendrochilums]

✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

Thanks for the tag @blessphemy ! (answering here on my more fandom focused sideblog)

first off I want to say this was my first year EVER posting fic after many years of reading it (ok technically my first was at the very end of 2022, but whatever). It's been such fun!!! the murderbot fandom is so lovely and encouraging, and it achieved the ENORMOUS feat of finally motivating me to write my own stuff!

Words and fics

26,318 words across 7 fics, all oneshots and all murderbot fic

I'm just gonna link my profile here for the complete list! everything but the first was published in 2023

Top Fics by Kudos

It Calls Itself Murderbot wins for this at 277! I am quite proud of this one, which was also hilariously the one I was most "nnnnnnnnnnnn" will anyone like this when posted it. 4,868 words of interpersonal conflict and conversations on mb's feelings about the name it chose for itself

Fandom fic events 2023

None for me sadly, I'm not very good at motivating myself on a schedule for events. But fandom fic events enjoyed in 2023: many!

Upcoming 2024

Still picking away at a piece on mb-ratthi friendship and musings about the ways rogue secunits adjust to freedom

for real working on either a second chapter or a sequel to my contruct technician gurathin fic

Maybe a daemon au fic??? it happened so suddenly, but rereading the HDM series and some daemon au convos on discord have lit my brain aflame

Tag game rules copied below! I'm gonna tag @ilovedthestars @ineedlelittlespace and @elexuscal and anyone else who wants to do it!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass, just keep on scrolling.

[theofficersacademy]

Happy December and happy holidays to those who celebrate!

Before we get to our usual housekeeping though, the mod team would like to reiterate these important points from November's newsletter. Despite our insistence that they be read, we found ourselves repeating them throughout the month as if no one had read them at all.

Important Reminders (Read ALL of them - for real this time)

If you submit feedback, particularly about another person's behavior, please exercise patience before sending us another feedback form on the same subject. When you entrust handling a topic to us, we usually contact the person in question in private and then monitor their behavior afterwards to see if they have taken the suggestion to heart. Some change takes a little while, and positive change and growth within members should be encouraged.

BOUNDARIES: We’ve received some concerns about boundaries not being respected. It can be easy to dismiss someone asking for certain jokes to stop as playing along or joking themselves, especially in a group as big as ours. Remember that even if people are friendly, it does not necessarily mean you are aware of their limits. If someone asks for conversation or jokes related to their muses to stop, oblige them. Conversely, if you are the one asking for others to stop making certain references pertaining to your muses, or so on, you should be specific and firm in order to ensure your request is taken seriously. The same applies to establishing boundaries according to your comfort with thread content. If something makes you uncomfortable, tell your partner directly. Come to the mods if behavior doesn’t change.

RESPECT: Similar to the above point, be respectful when you talk about other characters, especially if someone is writing them in TOA. Remember: every character is someone’s favorite, so don’t go trash-talking them outside of private DMs. The caveat to this, however, are villains. If you choose to write a villain or some other antagonistic character, be prepared for both muns and muses to hate your character. That is the point of their role in the story.

SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS: When submitting an application, submit the whole application. This includes the whole character info section. The mod team does not like having to hunt this information down on your blog. Also make sure that your stats page is linked. If submitting a google doc, submit it as a clickable link so that the mods can open it on mobile. The application has been updated with a reminder.

CANON COMPLIANCE: This is a reminder that muses in TOA should remain canon-compliant and avoid venturing too far into Original Character territory. Per TOA rules, “[your muses’s time in Fódlan] should not change their canon plotline much, which ensures that castmates from the same game always have a static reference point for their muses.” This also means not changing fundamental aspects of who your character is in canon, including but not limited to changing species, changing identities, changing canon lore and how said lore works, and granting them special powers otherwise unavailable to them outside of TOA’s rank chart.

NEW - CLAIMING MUSES: It's fine to be excited about grabbing a new muse, but be aware that you may not be guaranteed this muse, whether it's because of your activity, the application, or that someone else reserved the muse before you had the chance. For this reason, we generally discourage pre-emptive talk about claiming a muse or discussing a muse as if you've already been accepted. The same goes for creating picrews. It's fine every once in a while, but if it's almost every day for weeks, this is excessive and can turn others off from wanting to pick up this muse for fear of stepping on toes. Remember: you have no claim over a muse until the masterlist has officially processed an acceptance.

Housekeeping

Current Month in TOA: Blue Sea Moon

Check out the new tasks added to the Black Eagles mission board [ here! ] This board runs through the end of December.

Keep an eye out later this month for the teaser & signups for the next big lore event, set to begin in January.

Don't forget, for those participating in this year's Secret Santa event: gifts are due by December 17th, 11:59PM EST, and should be submitted [ here ] when you're done!

Happy two year anniversary to TOA’s “Memories” zine! Check [ here ] if you’d like to take a stroll down memory lane~

Please don’t forget to leave feedback on our [ feedback poll ] for this month! Let us know what you thought of the autumn arena, or what you're looking forward to in the next lore event.

Other

December Mun Birthdays: Tiff (2nd), Endi (3rd), Nel (6th), Rose (11th), Leora (12th), Amelia (15th), Tcheschire (22nd), Rune (23rd), Regina (31st)

December Muse Birthdays: Emma (3rd), Jakob (3rd), Edain (10th), Pelleas (12th), Michalis (12th), Selena (SS) (13th), Valter (14th), Priscilla (16th), Céline (18th), Seteth (27th), Larcei (28th), Scáthach (28th), Finn (30th), Rafal (31st)

First-year mun anniversaries this month:  Endi (8th), Audrey (23rd), Leo (24th)

Second-year mun anniversaries this month: Maddie (4th), Emm (9th), Pat (20th)

Fourth-year mun anniversaries this month: Bren (22nd)

First-year muse anniversaries this month: Ashe (8th), Edward (24th), Lyon (29th)

Second-year muse anniversaries this month: Python (4th), Forsyth (20th), Edelgard (22nd)

Fourth-year muse anniversaries this month: Sara (14th)

Muses who have been in the group for a solid year will also be granted an Academy Brooch to put in their inventory. It doesn’t do anything. It just lets others know your character has been around the block. These characters are also granted a new opportunity to change houses if they wish to do so.

- The House Leaders

[jedibetray]

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝.

private and mutually exclusive portrayal of BODE AKUNA from star wars' jedi: survivor survived by bee. a story of: being the hero of your own story, fatherhood above all else, mercenary gunslinger, how far can the hero fall, the force, watching the world burn, survival above all else verses for star wars universe as well as au universes. main verse: jedi survivor canon ish until the final fight. au ending - accepting mercy on tanalorr.

deeply affiliated with @jedilone

primarily written in the first person. see stats for basic info/bio. playlist. other blog: @str1ga

RULES:

ONE . The first rule of my blogs will literally always be don’t be a dick. I don’t have time for it. You don’t have time for it. Just don’t do it.

TWO . I don't have any triggers, but if you do please let me know!! this blog will contain a boat load of triggering content including but not limited to gore, violence, and mature situations. I generally don't tag triggers unless I'm asked, but I tag things with NSFW when it needs to be.

THREE . I do practice mains and exclusives, because sometimes you just click with people and that's ok! I will follow duplicates of MY muse, but unless it's a friend, I generally won't follow duplicates of exclusive muses.

FOUR . This blog is limited to interactions with mutuals. i always follow back / follow first if i feel like we can write together. if i haven't followed you back after a few days, it probably means i won't be following back to write. for the sake of my profession (i'm a high school age educator) i will not be following back anyone younger than 21.

FOUR CONT. While i do not follow back younger than 21 because i feel icky if you're young enough to be my student, my messages are always open if you ever need anything! if you need an adultier adult to talk to about something i can always try to be that for anyone. i know how important trusted adults are.

FIVE . This blog will be mostly private. I'm here for a good time not a long time. If you want to write with me, the best way is to DM me and say yo bitch let's RP.

SIX . My name is bee. i'm 32 years old. i've been writing on tumblr for like 10 years and rping in general for over half my life. i met my significant other through rp. we just moved across the country so i could go to rabbinical school. obviously i'm super busy but i love making friends!

CREDITS . graphics commissioned from @gilbertsrph. image credits to @animatedjen! mdni banner credit to @cafekitsune.