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[aetherstories]

💭 + parenthood ( for any muse that tickles your fancy with this !)

𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓷𝓼 — send 💭 + a topic to receive a headcanon about said topic. || Accepting

Am I really supposed to choose with a topic where I have so much to say? Nope. Let's talk parenthood, and all my muses :3

Lahabrea is one of my two muses that are canonically a parent, and I headcanon that he has been a father more than once, both before the Sundering in our verse (considering Venat his child as well) and after, with Mae... but also during Allagan times. He was one of the many Emperors of Allag, and raised children with a purpose, yes, but he was unable not to grow attached to them. Not to be their father, not to mourn them when they passed. It was why Emet-Selch was the one who took that role, in Garlemald: they all feared Lahabrea could not handle that anymore. And they would have been right.

Fourchenault is my other muse with canonical children, and despite the way he goes about it, he sincerely loves his children, and wants nothing more than their safety and happiness, for all he has put the former before the latter some times, and that's caused its fair share of friction. He was already an Ascian when the twins were born, and if he had not already been willing to do anything to keep Sharlayan and his family safe, holding them for the first time would have solidified that conviction. And when they were sent to the first, Fourchenault did check on them, from a distance, and as much as he could afford without Emet-Selch noticing... which wasn't much.

Of my remaining muses, the least likely to have children would be Astraeus, the fallen Azem: They did not have the interest just yet, in Ancient times, and now they are too consumed by their mission. They would, moreover, not see themselves as parent material, being too aware of their wanderlust but also believing a child needs some stability to thrive.

Y'rhika Tia, on the other hand, is someone who, as a lesser Ascian, could not have children naturally, but would like to adopt them at some point. He was adopted by two women, a Hyur and a Roegadyn, and his was a happy childhood, so he would like the chance to offer that to someone else, if he has a partner and/or enough stability to properly raise a child or two.

Regarding Cassius and Esseia, well... Esseia, as a Voidsent, cannot have children, but she has bonded for life with Cassius and would very much look over any children of his, blood or not, and perhaps bond to them at some point, once Cassius' age -despite him being a Viera- means he retires.

Cassius, on the other hand, can and for a long time he expected to have children, at some point: he was the right hand man of the Prince of the Garlean Empire, and so he did expect to someday marry, for his mixed heritage would not matter as much when he was a Legatus, and marriage would of course involve children. And as much as he hoped of liking or even loving his hypothetical wife, he expected the marriage to be political, and for his role as a father to be mostly of a provider and teacher at some point. Now, however, Cassius' outlook in children is a shade different: he does not really expect to marry, and is not sure if he wants children himself, but after all he has seen and done, at some point he'd like to retire and become a schoolteacher. He believes children are the future, and he has always enjoyed interacting with them, and would like to help guide the next generations so they don't make the mistakes of his.

[reapergarlebun]

“Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to.”

Gladiator (Sentence Starters) || Accepting

Cassius had lived long enough that his idealism had been tempered by circumstance and necessity both. And that necessity, too many times, had not been necessary at all, nor a good thing. Too much had been justified that way, even if these days Cassius was far prouder of his current path.

Would another fifty years change his perspective again?

And so his gaze darkened, as he listened to Maru's words, as he glanced at the warrior bearing a Primal.

"We keep finding ourselves before harsh choices." He sighed, in the end. "But too much can be reasoned in the heat of the moment. Try not to lose yourself in what you have to do, my friend. And remember that you have a choice, even in the darkest of times."

It had taken him far too long to learn it, and while the advice might be unwanted, Cassius nevertheless wished someone had been there to give it to him, in his past.

" And remember that you, as a person, matter as well. We are more than weapons." He added, soft and wry. "Despite what others might want us to be."

He was not unaware of the irony, coming from the former soldier now bonded to a Voidsent.

[fox-bright]

hi any life advice for 21yo

Don't date thirty-year-olds until you are at least 25.

Having a glass of water for every glass of alcohol will give you a 50% reduction in hangover viciousness.

Bad people will use your willingness to be quiet as a weapon against you. If someone's being awful to you and trusting you'll be quiet to keep from making waves, surprise them.

There is no physical object in the world that is worth as much as your honor.

Honor is not the same as dignity. Retaining one sometimes means leaving the other aside.

Don't have any sex you don't want to have; have as much as you want of the sex that you do, whether that's a lot, a little, or none at all. Nothing you can do to your own body is immoral, unless you're doing it as an act of self-punishment.

Food is morally neutral. You do not have to earn the right to eat calories. Fat and sugar keep your brain from eating itself.

Learning to sit still and breathe--in, in, in, hold, hold, hold, out, out, out, out, out, out--can give you five feet of clear space around yourself in a maelstrom.

Find out how to make three good meals: A comfort meal you can make for just yourself relatively easily, a fancy meal you can use to wow a date, and a meal you can feed a bunch of people. All the other cooking can come later, but you can build a community on those three meals.

If you ever get to the point that things are so bleak you can see no other way forward but to die, make any other choice. If that means leaving everything you own and being a beach bum, or quitting your career, or taking up or leaving a religion, or deciding to bicycle across the country, so be it; living means more chances, dying means everything stops and you don't get to see any more interesting things. As you have not yet seen all the things that can interest you, it is better to live.

[bamsara]

as soon as the disorders stop disordering and the disability stops debilitating I will be so unstoppable powerful forever

[problemnyatic]

when will we talk about the willful helplessness epidemic on here. So many people on this god forsaken website demand to have any and all things that exist outside their personal experiences directly, personally pre-chewed and spoonfed to them. And when you do, they'll then ask for you to swallow for them, too, because, you see, in THEIR experience..,

[yamujiburo]

clothes shopping!

[ineed-to-sleep]

Collection of memes with mostly my tav/astarion to keep myself sane

[evilwizard]

what is the difference between a witch and a wizard

wizards are mathematicians and physicists. witches are chemists and biologists

[bixels]

Baffled.

[marvelsmostwanted]

Joe Biden, coherently and normally: I have three issues to speak about. First, the NATO conference went well. Second, the economy is back on track and inflation is down. Third, my proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza is moving forward. Any questions?

The media: Did You Know That You Are Old

[dingledraw]

Well, that went down like a lead balloon.

[aetherstories]

@pcndaemonium asked: “ They will consume you. Change you… into something else. ” ( from Ascian!Hege to Emmerololth)

Has it not happened already, he wonders, and oh how sudden, unwanted laughter blooms in his chest. There's no mirth to be found within it.

"You too have changed, Hegemone." He replies, in the end. "What is to say this is not for the better?"

It's a lie, and it tastes as such as he speaks it. He should be the healer of eld, not a scholar far too young to hold the memories of an immortal.

And yet they are, both ghosts.

[reapergarlebun]

❤️ or👌 for both Evan and Amara. Tosses my canons at you too while I'm at it with however you'd like them

SIMPLE SHIPPING MEME!! || Accepting

I've been eyeing your muses and I'd definitely see platonic relationships with them, particularly given how Evan, Amara and Cassius were mercenaries and that could give us a good background reason for them to have met and worked together, for example.

I'd like to see how they mesh before saying yes to a romantic relationship, but everything can be plotted and my interest (and Cassius') is piqued.

Regarding your canons, throw them at me (or I'll throw Cassius at them), but Cassius adventuring with Ardbert or discussing science with Y'shtola could be interesting, and I'm always down for any of my muses talking to Venat (/o.o)/

[o0kawaii0o]

Happy pride!

[barghest-land]

i scratch you, you scratch me 🤝 a pair of warm and cute Eohippus for this cold winter

[wickcipher]

You've Been Portal Jacked! Part 3

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