#( inigo ; study )

[lattehearted]

you know the brain rot is bad when you hear a song for the first time in ages, get one line in, and go "oh yeah, this is about blorbo from my video games"

[sieglinde-freud]

new forging bonds is so funny… severas like “i cant believe you guys are actually happy to see your moms” and inigo and laurent are just standing there like “…yeah?” i love them

[alpinezro]

i love my sillies i love my sillies i love my sillies i love my sillies

parasite/worms mention under the cut because one of thme is a parasitologist and hes a little weird about it

[soft-serve-soymilk]

Do u think Theon has a gambling addiction

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Sword gays showdown, round 3, bracket three

Propaganda:

For Inigo:

One of the best fighters ever. Killed the six fingered man. “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die”. Fights with his left hand even though he’s not left handed. He’s bisexual in my heart. 

All I'll say is that sword fight with him and Westley had sooooo much sexual tension. 

fights with his off hand to give other people a fighting chance

his true love is justice where justice is cutting the heart out of the man who killed your father

[go watch the entire count ruben fight scene and i dare you NOT to vote for this man!]

For Gideon:

she's incredibly good w/ her two hander and less good with her rapier but she's still pretty good!! she is a horny lesbian who's taste in women seems to exclusively be "girls who have tried or are going to try to kill her". she's a redhead. i love her

Gideon’s a HUGE Butch lesbian and literally always wanted to use a broad sword. Specifically a broad sword. She said fuck rapiers. Uhhh literally dies to save the girl she cares for and the sword she uses then becomes like an altar for said girl. Gideon Nav Supremacy <3

oh she is the most badass swordswoman lesbian in media. she’s her gf’s cavalier, defends her in battle, she’s incredibly butch and buff

C'mon shes THE sword lesbian like... canonically 

Loves her broadsword more than anything on her home planet and practices whenever she can. Spoiler it’s possessed by her mom. Gave everything so her best enemy could eat her soul and become the new saint. The character of all time child of two separate threesomes, child of the god emperor, she’s dead, she’s butch, she’s a dork, she’s doomed by the narrative. She’s my favorite.

girlie is literally the swordswoman supreme. she’s the cavalier primary to her necromancer. she has a fuckoff huge longsword. she gets absorbed into another person SPECIFICALLY to swordfight for them. in a gay way too.

While everyone else was developing common sense, she studied the blade. This dyke's main weapon and true love is the long sword, but she's also passable with a rapier. The sword is, in her own estimation, pretty much all she's good for. That and her smoking hot bod and terribly charming sense of humor. 

"While we were developing common sense, she studied the blade." (Direct quote from the book). She's the most useless lesbian to ever exist, and she's obsessed with an absolute wet cat of a woman. Learned longsword mostly on her own and is such a genius with the sword she learned rapier in a few months (by personal experience, it's really really hard)

Most badass broadsword wielding lesbian easily slaying bone monsters and evil space wasps

The cavalier to her necromancer. very gay. in a complicated codependant lovehate relationship with the only other person her age she knew growing up.

[oscarisaacasimov]

The Princess Bride swordfight - how Westley won

Inigo is a better swordsman that Westley.

Let me explain:

... No, there is too much, let me sum up:

In the books, it is explained that Inigo is a wizard. That is the only other plateau above grandmaster in sword fighting, and it is mentioned in the book that there are only 3-4 other Wizards in existence.

He is also a Spaniard, and for those of you with any knowledge of historical fencing, you'll know that the Spanish Destreza style of fencing is widely regarded as the most lethally efficacious.

(Watch The mask of Zorro to see some excellent Destreza style training)

Westley was a prodigy. If he had started fencing at the same time as Inigo we wouldn't even be having this conversation. He learned everything he learned in 5 years compared to Inigo's studying for his entire life.

But Wesley also learned on a ship, which means he more than likely learned to focus on an entirely different form of fencing. I'd wager to say that Westley was at the level of a grandmaster, but as far as the sharpness of his mind goes, he was twice as brilliant as Inigo.

Westley is always observing, and he not only learned that Inigo was a Spaniard, but saw the ornamentation of his handle, and had an up close look at his right hand's callouses just as he was cresting the cliff, and in that short amount of time, put it together that he was facing a swordsman of "inconceivable" skill, which is why he immediately plays against Inigo's ego by drawing his sword left-handed behind his back, while panting.

Inigo sees this and thinks he's going to get to fight a left-handed fighter, and wants him to be as rested as possible.

Wesley then endears himself to Inigo, treating his opponent with respect and bringing his would-be assassin to the point of actually having him say, "You seem a decent fellow I hate to kill you."

Which is leagues beyond the level of affection he had for him just 5 minutes prior.

He then proceeds to tucker him out, and uses his terrain to his advantage, forcing Inigo to fight in a more constrained close-quarters manner, instead of out in the open where he would have had the clear upper hand.

He indulged him in fighting left-handed because he wanted to encourage a protracted duel, knowing that even though that was Inigo's goal, it was also his weakest point, because a swordsman of that level of skill hasn't likely, for many years, actually had a protracted duel.

He then begins to banter about swordsmanship with him, which, in my opinion, was simply to confuse Inigo about what was going through Westley's mind, and how he was controlling the situation. (Remember, Westley wins all three of his duels with Inigo, Fezzik, and Vizzini by using his mind. Utilizing their assumptions about him against them)

It isn't until he clearly has the upper hand, and Inigo is exhausted, swinging with both hands on his sword, that he engages in his final tactic: distracting him by flicking his hair out of his face with his sword. A move that he knows Inigo is going to respond to no matter what, as evidenced by the two blade marks on either side of his face.

Westley meant what he said when he stated he would rather destroy a stained glass window than an artist like Inigo, as he recognized Inigo's skill wholly and without mistake.

Inigo was, and is, a better swordsman than Westley, he just wasn't even half the tactician.

source: Facebook group "The Princess Bride: Inconceivableposting" by Ian Patrick Pearce.

[hendrickfw]

I´m not sure if I´ll do it, but my mind won´t stop having ideas for a fanfiction of my Dragonborn and his adventures throught my modded playthroughs. I just wanted to write some ideas here, though really doubt I´ll ever write about it.

-My LDB´s named Hendrick. He was borned under a lukiul family in Gideon, Argonia. His family was killed by a group of An-Xileel, leaving him an orphan. Around 4E 183 he was found by a Nordic collectionist that traveled to Gideon to buy some artifacts for the museum he was trying to make in Anvil. When the man found the six-year old Argonian he decided to bring him back to Anvil. He was also married to an Imperial noble family of the city. When they arrived to Anvil his new parents gave him the name of Hendrick. His new mother fought on the Great War alongside her brother.

-Hendrick soon followed the academic life of his family, being interested in the past from young. He helped his father study old artifacts and explore some nearby ruins. He was also trained by his mother and uncle on the sword and bow, fearing the Thalmor would invade again when Hendrick became an adult. His uncle is part of the Fighters Guild btw.

-Despite the peace treaty, his family kept worshipping Talos, so Hendrick also started worshipping him. Hendrick still learned about his culture with other local Argonians, but he follows Talos as his main god.

-When he grew up, Hendrick was sent to the Imperial City to formalize his studies. He started getting interested in the Ayleid history as well as the old Skyrim cultures (Nord, Dwemer and Falmer). While he was on the Imperial City he met Lucien Flavius, Auryen Morellus and Professor Marassi.

-After finishing his studies, Hendrick got back to Anvil and kept working on his father´s museum and collection. I´m still not sure what or how, but Hendrick made an importante discovery for the city´s history.

-After that discovery, Hendrick was contacted by Auryen, who wanted to make a Gallery Museum in Solitude, and wanted Hendrick to be the museum´s relic hunter. He accepted and took the first ship to Skyrim. In the ship he met another Argonian named Lucifer. Lucifer, seeing the opportunity of adventure with Hendrick, decided to go with him.

-When Hendrick and Lucifer arrived on Solitude they witnessed Ulfric´s escape from the city after killing Torygg, and thus the start of the Civil War. A day later they witnessed Roggvir´s execution.

-The first thing Hendrick does for the museum is to organize a donation festival so the people of Solitude could give the museum stuff, help the gallery grow and letting Solitude´s people have a place that represented their history. Tullius and the jarl are the one´s that contribute the most.

-During his firsts expeditions throught Skyrim, Hendrick would expand his team meeting other modded folllowers. The ones I like to include are Xelzaz, Inigo, Caryalind, Kaidan, Khash, Redcap, Taliesin, Lucien, Nebarra and Remiel.

-The only official members that join the Explorer´s Society are Hendrick, Remiel, Lucien and Xelzaz. Despite that, everyone helps one way or another. They all live in the Safehouse and it´s utterly chaos.

-Before starting Skyrim´s main quest Hendrick would fight an Altmer collecting Daedric artifacts for the Thalmor. Hendrick got a few of them (Dawnbreaker, Sanguine Rose and Wabbajack), so the Altmer stole them to deliver them to the Cyrodiil border. Hendrick fights him and, after defeating him, he got separated from his team and caught up on an Imperial ambush and got captured with Ulfric. The Alduin conflict starts.

-Probably Inigo would be the one to get Dawnbreaker with the help of Lucien and Xelzaz. Nebarra, Taliesin and Kaidan made the Sanguine´s mission. Hendrick, Xelzaz and Lucifer did the Sheogorath´s stuff. The evil Altmer did the rest of the Daedric quests. Hermaeus Mora quest is done later during the Elder Scroll fetch to defeat Alduin

-Hendrick would end up with Lydia. Caryalind and Kaidan end together. I´m not sure of other ships.

-Lucifer would be the one to do the Companion´s questline with the help of Nebarra and Inigo. Other members would help during certain quests. Hendrick just helps to get Kodlak to Sovngarde to get something of Ysgramor for the museum.

-Hendrick, besides the Legacy´s stuff, main quest, siding with the Dawnguard and defeating Miraak, also makes the College stuff and ends the Civil War with the imperial, mostly because the Stormcloaks forced him to choose the other side.

-Other quests that add stuff to the museum like Moon and Star, Wyrmstooth and Wheels of Lull happen. Maybe I´ll do something inspired by Lucien´s line at the end of Moon and Star where he suggests a "League of Heroes", or at least more interactions between both Hendrick and the Nerevarine.

-When Odyssey of the Dragonborn happens, everyone follows Xelzaz to his mission to High Rock and help him during his mission. Same happens with Inigo´s prophecy

-Remiel´s quests are done by Hendrick, but the ones that help the most are Xelzaz and Redcap.

-Nebarra, despite never saying a word, loves the mead that Xelzaz makes.

-Nebarra and Taliesin redemption arc before the Second Great War. They´re friends with a Talos worshipper so they need to.

-Khash is adopted by everyone. Caryalind, Xelzaz and Hendrick are the ones that raise her the most.

-Xelzaz is my favorite follower of them all, so I´d definitely reflect that on the friendship.

-And other stuff. Yeah, probably not gonna write a fanfic. After all of this the Second Great War happens, everyone is forced to leave Solitude with the museum´s relics and they start fleeing to High Rock and Hammerfell. They meet Uriel Septim V and then start a new rebellion, as well as some lore-breaking stuff about Hendrick´s family, but I won´t say more. I just wanted to get this off my system. I know it´s dumb, but my mind doesn´t stop

[kit-williams]

Barn Anon. I see Egret's reblog and hope they don't mind I decide to build off it. I also realise that they'll need names for the sake of differentiating them... pls help.

He had to go out of town for a few days, maybe two weeks. The Alpha Legionary doesn't tell his human though, he knows she will worry. One of his brothers soon appear at the door. It's late at night, she won't hear as he lets him in and starts showing his brother around the house. It's weird and some part of him is a little jealous, but he knows that sharing his human with some of his brothers that he is closest with will ensure she'll be better protected.

One day he will reveal the truth to her, for now this will be just yet another secret of Alpha Legion. A quick summary of what he usually does for his human and her likes and dislikes, then he's off. He can't resist a few glances back at the apartment block but relaxes as he sees the silhouette of his brother moving about the apartment. She will be in good hands.

When you woke up the next day, you can't help but feel like something is... off. You glance at your Alpha Legionary who's currently simply helping with the dishes. He's off, but there's nothing you can truly pin down. Is it in your head? You are puzzled but try to ignore it. Your Alpha Legionary seems clingier than usual, more desperate for your praise and attention. Did something happen while you were asleep?

You call him over to you, waiting as he sets aside the plates to come over. You gently cup his cheek and frown slightly as you study his features. Nothing seems... different... no, it must be your mind playing tricks on you. He lets out a soft worried chirp, making you pull him in into a tight hug. It's nothing, you would tell him, you're just being silly.

Name Generators I use are: https://snowwhitehills.blogspot.com/p/40k-name-generator.html https://www.realmofplastic.com/warhammer-40k-name-generators https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/ (If I know what culture I want to grab from) The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook (Is something I love to use for OCs and other stuff the book is SOMEWHERE in my house idk where atm) ((I tend to use this for female OCs))

Og Alpha legion: Inigo Screed New Alpha legion: Zeel Nul

Zeel had messaged him as it seemed like Inigo's human was onto him. Inigo felt the chill rush up his spine... was he actually forming a bond? He wasn't feeling it on his end and... no no he was being paranoid he felt. But now he felt anxious to get back... to be back with his human.

The days for Inigo blur on by till he can swap out with Zeel...

When you wake up and look at your Alphy... it feels normal again as you cup his face and look him over just sighing relief. "Oh Alphy you'll think I'm so mean... I just had a bad feeling that you weren't you the past little while... maybe I'm just not use to having you around yet. Can you forgive me for being weird this past while?"

"Of course I can. I'm still getting use to being around you too... I think... I think I'm just surprised you still want me around."

"Oh Alpharius you funny Astarte why wouldn't I want you around? Here how about I make us our favorite snack to make up for all of this." You pet his cheek before heading back into the kitchen.

"Yes please" He says softly just still in shock that there was perhaps someone for him.

[canmom]

Hi, i used to follow you on here ages ago, then wandered off. If it's not too much bother, do you happen to remember the name of a very low-level graphics programming tutorial you did once? Someone i know wants to write their own rasterizer

hello! you are probably thinking of either Scratchapixel (the tutorial I was following), specifically their article on rasterisation, but maybe also my Building My Own Rasteriser series, which is the slightly more detailed notes I wrote while following along their guide some years back.

Scratchapixel is a fantastic resource, I highly recommend it. And a simple rasteriser is also a great way to learn what's going on under the hood in graphics programming, it's a great project to do, good luck to your friend!

Other useful articles and books you may find of interest:

Vulkan tutorial - in case you want to move beyond toy software rasterisers and use an actual hardware graphics API, but you don't want to just abstract it away using a library, this is where to learn how to drive Vulkan.

Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation - the definitive textbook on how to write a raytracer, available free online. A lot of the theory (microfacets etc.) will also be extremely relevant for surface shaders in a rasteriser.

Inigo Quilez's website: Inigo Quilez is the cofounder of Shadertoy, and probably the world expert on raymarching signed distance fields. There's a huge amount to explore in there if you're interested in that kind of technique and all sorts of other weird graphics tricks.

A list of frame breakdowns/graphics studies, another one - I remember finding another site with these but I can't find it right now. In any case, games usually use quite complex deferred rendering techniques, with multiple render passes combined in various ways. One of the best ways to learn about this is to use a tool like RenderDoc to break down all the draw calls in the frame, and see exactly what it does. So have a look through those pages to learn a bit how games are rendered!

game art tricks - I actually just found this one while writing this post but it's good! primarily visual effects focused, lots of very ingenious approaches to rendering things cheaply.

...I could def go on, at some point maybe I gotta just make a page on my website for 'useful graphics programming/tech art resources', but I'm probably getting a bit ahead here haha. Hope your friend has some fun drawing those triangles!

[trickster-tabby]

A Bounty for the Hunter

Lucien enters an abandoned prison after hearing a rumor of a Thalmor prisoner.

This is how Lucien and Kaidan met in my au :3 for a bit of context, the dragonborn (Gizmo) had already picked up Taliesin, Lucien, and Inigo. They heard a rumor about a Thalmor prisoner, and Lucien wanted to investigate, but the others didn't, so he went alone.

Warnings: death, described gore, vomit, accidental misgendering (Lucien is trans and pre-everything)

He'd already seen death many times, from traveling on the road to Skyrim, and from his companions' battles. But Lucien himself had yet to raise his weapon.

-

It was the first time Lucien ever took a life.

He had been too afraid.

But this time was different.

He was alone this time.

Lucien crept through the prison, hiding behind the corner upon spotting a Thalmor soldier. He didn't know what to do.

He tried to back away, but his foot caught a small rock and made a scraping noise on the stone floor.

Damn it. The soldier heard that.

Lucien held his breath, his hand on his mace.

The soldier crept around the corner, his blade drawn.

Lucien swung.

It was all a blur to him. He suddenly felt the sickening warmth of fresh blood splatter onto him. He heard the crunch of a skull being caved in. He watched in shock as the body tumbled to the floor.

He wanted to vomit.

Lucien took a shaky breath and stepped over the body, walking into the next room to find empty prison cells... except one wasn't empty.

He approached the cell to study the stranger shackled to the wall. A rather large man, with long, black hair, covered in scars and wounds... with an odd tattoo on his face.

Lucien fiddled with the lock on the cell, only to be met with a low voice full of barely concealed terror.

"When I get out of here... I'll kill you all myself."

Lucien paused, looking at the man through the bars. "You... don't seem to be in any position to be making threats."

The man bared his teeth. "Tell me that again when I tear your spine out of your- wait..."

The man's head lifted, and Lucien saw his eyes for the first time. They were red.

...and very obviously unfocused at the moment.

The man squinted until he could see Lucien. He expected a soldier... and all he sees is a scrawny Imperial with shaking hands.

"... you're not with the Thalmor, are you..?"

Lucien shook his head.

"Get me out of here before more come!"

Lucien quickly picked the lock and rushed into the cell. "Who are you?"

"...Kaidan. My name is Kaidan."

Lucien cocked his head. "That's an unusual name."

Kaidan shot him a look.

Lucien awkwardly cleared his throat. "What are you doing here?"

"The Thalmor invited me to high tea, what do you think?"

Lucien couldn't help but feel a bit of appreciation for the man's sarcasm.

Kaidan sighed. "I don't know... some Justiciars ambushed me outside of Falkreath."

"There must be more to it."

"Choking on my own blood and you want my life story?! Look, I don't know."

Lucien inspected the shackles biting into Kaidan's wrists.

Kaidan struggled against the shackles. "They just kept asking me something about the Blades, and the sword I had. Please... just help me out of here."

Lucien glanced at Kaidan's back and felt a wave of nausea. It was covered in bloody lashes, almost down to the bone.

"Yeah... let me just figure out how this lock works."

Kaidan sighed in relief.

Lucien picked the lock with shaky hands, and the shackles swung open... causing Kaidan to collapse to the floor.

"Oh, gods, are you okay? I'm sorry!"

Kaidan struggled to his feet, wincing. "Fine."

Lucien rushed to his side. "I didn't think they'd open that quickly... here, let me heal you."

Kaidan's eyes widened as he saw the smaller man's hands light up with healing magic. "You're a mage."

Lucien gently touched Kaidan's back, healing what must have been hundreds of bloody lashes. "I'm... not very skilled yet, but yes."

Kaidan damn near moaned in relief as the searing pain coursing through his back finally subsided. "You're a lifesaver, lass..."

Lucien grimaced ever so slightly as he remembered his feminine appearance. He had almost forgotten... people back home knew of his identity, but now he's in a new place. "Er... I'm actually, um... not a "lass"."

Kaidan nodded. "Aye, I'm sorry."

Lucien took a step back and let Kaidan get used to being on his feet again.

Kaidan took a few deep breaths as he steadied himself.

"We should get out of here." Lucien gestured for Kaidan to follow him.

"Wait... there's one more thing."

Lucien turned back to Kaidan. "What is it?"

"One of the Thalmor got his hands on my sword. I know I've got no right to ask..." Kaidan looked Lucien in the eye, "But I could use your help in getting it back."

"The sword is that important?"

"This isn't me being sentimental. They kept asking about it. If it's important to them, they shouldn't have it."

Lucien nodded. He knew how horrible the Thalmor were. His mama had told him stories of the Great War.

"Where did he go?"

"Headed deeper into the prison. And with any luck, he's cornered like a rat."

Lucien felt his blood go cold as he realized that he had to kill again. He was still shaking from the first soldier a few minutes ago.

Despite that fear, he knew he had to do this. Kaidan didn't have a weapon, so Lucien was the one that had a chance. He grabbed his mace and headed towards the next room.

Lucien peeked around the corner, seeing a Thalmor Justiciar sitting at a desk. He looked back at Kaidan and nodded.

With trembling hands, Lucien crept up behind the Justiciar, raised his mace, and...

"Hey!"

Before Lucien could think, the Justiciar swung. In a moment of pure luck, he managed to block the sword with his own weapon.

Kaidan ran in while the Justiciar was distracted by Lucien, grabbing the altmer from behind. "Swing!"

Lucien swung, and he actually did vomit this time.

"Oh, gods..."

Kaidan took his sword back from the Justiciar, then dropped the body and placed his hand on Lucien's back. "You didn't have to help me."

Lucien spit, then took a breath and straightened back up. "Of course I did."

He promptly stumbled back and fell against the wall.

"...uh, I'll give you a minute."

While Lucien calmed down, Kaidan searched the room. He found his armor in a chest and quickly pulled it on.

The two of them got out of the prison as quickly as they could. Lucien immediately took a few deep breaths of fresh air.

"So, uh... I didn't get your name."

Lucien blinked, then smiled up at Kaidan. "Right! I'm Lucien. Lucien Flavius. It's a pleasure!"

[wellthebardsdead]

Ancarno: Lord Varla? Is that you?!

Marigold: *in the arcanum looking for books on the elder scrolls* Oh fuck me no- god why?

Taliesin: *out of sight on the other side of the bookshelf with Kai & Cary* what is it?

Marigold: my ex- *turns his head* Ancano? What are you doing here?

Ancano: I’m here on assignment *quickly walks to him pulling him into a hug* thank the gods you’re alive-

Marigold: *realising he thinks he was killed or kidnapped when his parents were murdered* I? Of course I’m alive. I left home to further my arcane research. I thought you would have known? Father promised to inform you our courtship would be put on hold until I returned.

Ancano: *visibly looking distraught thinking he doesn’t know about his parents* Fleur, you need to sit down…

Marigold: *rolls his eyes but winks at tal through the gap as a signal for them to sneak out* Sit down for what? *huffs putting the book back and walking to another bookshelf* You haven’t found someone else have you?…

Ancano: *follows after him completely oblivious to team dragonborn sneaking out the doors* What? No, I already fulfilled my mating purposes that’s why your father allowed me to court you in this first place- *takes his hand* it’s about your family…

Marigold: *already mentally preparing the fake waterworks* … what… what’s happened?…

*a few hours later*

Kaidan: *pacing back and forth in the tavern* I can’t believe we just left him up there with that creep.

Taliesin: the alternative is he get caught with a dominion deserter, the dominions runaway prince, and the last known Akaviri in skyrim which I remind you he would gladly cut your head off on sight!

Inigo: They do not know he is the murderer of his parents at least…

Lucien: but now the dominion knows he’s alive and, cary… you said your father was fond of him?… to the point he saw him as a nephew or second son like figure?…

Caryalind: …Father will send to try and bring us both home-

Lucien: and if he finds out he’s the dragonborn who is aiding the empire-

Caryalind: …Were both screwed.

Marigold: *staggers in holding his hand in pain* anybody got a healing potion and is comfortable resetting broken bones?…

Kaidan: *quickly runs to him and dusts the snow off his cloak before looking at his hand* what happened? What did he do?

Marigold: We went for a walk around the grounds talking after I gave myself a headache fake crying over my parents ‘tragic’ and gruesome murders. We spoke on where our ‘relationship’ was headed and he got upset that I was choosing my magical studies over our wedding and he tried to kiss me after pinning me between him and a wall. So I broke his nose. And I think my hand too gods he has a hard head.

Kaidan: *visibly shaking with rage* how much is bail for murder in winterhold?

Marigold: more than he’s worth, let’s just hurry up and leave before he comes looking for me.

Inigo: where are we headed?

Marigold: a cave on an iceberg in the sea of ghosts.

Taliesin: no thanks I’ll just die.

[lattehearted]

No thoughts, just I.nigo landing the final blow on v.alidar or g.rima and going "I want my parents back, you son of a bitch!"

[ask-obt]

so, given that eggs are made with aura, how do genetics work? obviously, traits are passed down, but is there study as to how this works? are there ways to compare genetics between family members like a parentage test? how does that factor in when a Mystery Dungeon gets involved in the creation of a child? what genes does an environment pass down?

Malachi: Like with any sort of genetics a lot of it has to do with random chance, but the aura contains a sort of "imprint" for a pokemon that influences how the rest of the body will look. It's sort of like how a strand of hair still contains a lot of genetic information for a pokemon. Often, traits that get passed down depend on the biological synergy between the pokemon involved in the exchange process. So for example, Inigo's traits prioritized a pouch since it's something shared with the line even though only Nidoqueens develop pouches, not Nidorans or Nidorinas. Likewise, Eilwyn doesn't have the shape of a Lumineon, but instead has the glowing patches since it works out better for the shape of their body.

When two (or more) pokemon create an egg together, the aura is the first thing that's developed. It's just a tiny amount, but it's the basis for everything that follows. You might've heard that carrying an egg around is the best way to get it to hatch- but the reason for this is so it can passively absorb aura from its surroundings to help it grow. Usually the aura absorbed from the surrounding environment just mimics the aura already developing inside the egg as it gets incorporated, but sometimes it can end up influencing the egg, which is how you get regional variants! And if you take an egg into a mystery dungeon, it'll help the egg develop even faster due to all the ley lines in the dungeon.

There are a few different types of genetic tests that can be done. Some can be done with aura readers who look at the shape and wavelength of aura between pokemon, but it requires a lot of practice and precision to get definitive results. You could also take something like spit samples and break down some of the information from that... but I don't really... know how that one works, hehe.

[kagedbird]

TESSDE AU (+Taliesin) Allora: *brow twitching subtly as she tries- and fails- to ignore Taliesin staring her down from the other side of the room as she washes the dishes* Allora, in her mind: Has he finally snapped? Is he okay? Have I done something wrong? Why the FUCK is he just standing there. Did Inigo teach him how to T-pose and he's waiting to show it to me? Is there something in my hair? I can't take this I'm going to fucking explode- Taliesin, in his mind: All right Taliesin, the best way to gain intelligence about someone is to study their habits. That's how romance works as well, right? Learning things about the other person. She's very hygienic. Certainly appeals to me. Check. Her hair looks lovely pulled back like that. Check. I suppose I would have to ask her limitations on physical affections, but given her much smaller stature, it would be easy to pin her against the countertops... check. She really isn't all too different from Imperial or Bretons, but I suppose it would be nothing less than me to want not only a non-Altmer, but someone not even of this world. Father would be so pleased... why is she coming over here? Allora, grabbing his cloak and yanking him down: What. Do. You. Want. Taliesin: ..............check.

[captainschmoe]

I love the little headcanons you made up about the Awakening Men’s children! I actually thought about the potential chemistry they would have with the siblings from my awakening game and mothers (complied with most of the ships I got attached to, with Chrobin obviously but now for the others)

- Frederick/Sumia: Cynthia would probably influenced quite a bit by her brother’s antics while her brother likely grew rebellious due to Frederick unintentionally being softer on Cynthia than him. Sumia would probably be trying to bond with her son but being clumsy too, though their son is likely a mama’s boy and gets along with her better than his father

- Ricken/Nowi: Nah definitely feels small in this sibling relationship, especially if she’s the older child. She would probably try to act more mature to make up for this. Nowi likely teases her son who might be self conscious about how big he is compared to the rest of his family

- Stahl/Miriel: the potion interest would definitely make her and Laurent research buddies. Laurent’s sister likely also feels more insecure due to her brother being as smart as he is and she would try to study hard to catch up to him, only for him to reassure her that she doesn’t need to measure up to him in any way. Miriel might be caught up in her research but also reassure her daughter than it’s okay to be average

- Kellam/Cordelia: sibling rivalry at its finest. Severa is a daddy’s girl and so is her sister. They would compete over his attention nonstop. Cordelia has to play the bad cop and discipline her daughters, though she respects her second daughter’s stealth skills

- Henry/Tharja: Naga help his poor son he’s the only normal member of his family. Probably constantly trying to remove Noire’s amulet and telling her she doesn’t need it. Likely a Guinea pig to Tharja but she would care for him in her own Tharja way

- Libra/Sully: like mother like daughter, Sully would bond with her over being boyish. Probably is workout buddies with her sister Kjelle.

- Lon’qu/Olivia: Olivia would be happy to have a daughter and teach her dance, though she would feel similarly insecure about their daughter’s skill with a blade, as she similarly doesn’t feel she measures up. Inigo’s sister would be very much done with his flirting antics and often break them up. Inigo might similarly have insecurity about his sister’s blade skills especially if his father brings it up.

- Gaius ended up alone because of how the pairings fell together but we can imagine him with Anna or Say’ri

- Virion/Cherche: Cherche would definitely support her son’s poetic passion and adores reading them to Minerva. Gerome would act aloof but be fiercely protective of his brother.

- Donnel/Lissa: Owain’s sister would probably be constantly confused by his dramatics but might fall influence to them. Lissa would be a supportive mother in her daughter’s studies and help teach, even if there are some challenges.

- Vaike/Maribelle: Brady and his brother would be birds of a feather. Sensitive souls but Brady still puts a brave face because his brother is even softer than him. Maribelle would probably run the poor boy ragged with all the propriety training.

- Gregor/Panne: Yarne likely hides behind his sister because she has more courage than him but similarly worries for her safety because they’re the last taguels! Panne would likely help teach her about what the warren was like and let her get in touch with her taguel roots

Oh damn, this is quite the epic essay. Thank you, your thoughts are very well-thought and made me happy <3

I don’t have extra added notes on everyone, but here’s a few:

- You nailed it with Frederick’s son being a mama’s boy. He’s very doting on and protective over his mother, especially since he feels guilty that he couldn’t keep her safe in the future, even though he was still just a young boy when she died.

- Now I wondering how huge Ricken’s son would be as a mankete or taguel lol. Would his beefiness as a human translate over?

- Yeah, that dynamic between Severa and her sister sounds about right. You know that if Kellam instead fathered Owain, Cynthia, or Morgan, even more nonsense will 1000% ensue. (Yes I know Sumia can’t marry Kellam but early 10’s IntSys was wrong)

- Henry’s son ABSOLUTELY has to ask his mother at least once what it is she saw in Henry. Even Tharja. Because while they may both be Plegian dark mages, they are VERY DIFFERENT Plegian dark mages.

- Oh no. You’re right about Lon’qu comparing his son to his daughter. God damn Inigo can’t catch a break.

- Poor Gaius lol. I did figure out early on that you wouldn’t be able to have all the children at once unless you either made the Robinsexual characters not be Robinsexual anymore, or chose f!Robin and then marry Chrom/Maiden. (Incidentally, I’ve been thinking of giving them an extra child, too.) Though I am VERY curious how a petty thief would manage to hook up with a devout capitalist lmao.

- Vaike’s son is absolutely softer than Brady. My idea is actually that he suffered a back injury at some point that makes physical fighting even more difficult for him than it does for Brady, so the latter does look after his brother a lot.

- Oh, Yarne is completely freaked out by his sister’s compulsive need to stir up trouble and mischief lol.

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Full list of all guaranteed entries for the sword gays showdown so far!

(aka you don't have to submit them anymore, but propaganda is always appreciated!)

One Piece - Zoro has 13 submissions, Kikunojo has 7, Mihawk has 5. There were several other characters submitted as well, but since my limit is 3 characters per fandom the others will get a bonus poll but won't get into the tournament (sorry Law and Shanks, I still love you).

Fandoms with multiple guaranteed entries, in no particular order:

MDZS/The Untamed - Lan Wangji with 6 submissions, Wei Wuxian with 4

The Dragon Prince - Runaan with 4, General Amaya with 6, Janai with 4

Revolutionary Girl Utena - Utena with 7, Juri with 3

Nimona - Ballister with 9, Ambrosius with 7

Avatar: the last airbender - Zuko with 8, Sokka with 5

Star Wars - Shin Hati with 3, Luke Skywalker with 3 as well

Raya and the last dragon - Raya with 4, Namaari with 3

Black Sails - James Flint with 4, Anne Bonny with 3

The scum villain's self-saving system - Liu Qingge with 3, Luo Binghe with 4

The Locked Tomb - Gideon Nav with 8, Camilla Hect with 3

Willow (TV series) - Jade with 3, Kit with 3 as well

Heaven Official's Blessing/TGCF - Xie Lian with 5, Hua Cheng with 4

The Old Guard - Joe with 4, Nicky with 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Leo with 5, Usagi with 3

2. Single characters (with fandoms listed as well)

Izzy Hands (Our flag means death) - 3

Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson series) - 5

Haruka Tenou AKA Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon) - 3

Adora/She-Ra (She-Ra and the princesses of power) - 6

Sasha Waybright (Amphibia) - 5

Pearl (Steven Universe) - 6

Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess) - 4

Diana of Themiscyra/Wonder Woman (DC) - 3

Link (The legend of Zelda) - 6

Inigo Montoya (The princess bride) - 4

Seiji Katayama (Fence comic) - 5 [decided to allow this media despite my initial concerns about the author's past works]

Lady Oscar Francois de Jarjayes (The rose of Versaillles) - 3

Di Feisheng (Mysterious Lotus Casebook) - 3

Hikaru Sulu (Star Trek) - 4

Richard St Vier (Swordspoint) - 3

Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel) - 4

Zhou Zishu (Word of Honor/Faraway Wanderers) - 4

Dave Strider (Homestuck) - 4

Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard) - 3

Castiel (Supernatural) - 3

Adolin Kholin (The Stormlight Archives) - 3

Felix Hugo Fraldarius (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) - 3

Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) - 3

Jean-Pierre Polnareff (Jojo's bizzare adventure) - 3

Kurogane (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle) - 3

Ava Silva (Warrior Nun) - 3

Zagreus (Hades) - 3

Dominique de Sade (The Case Study of Vanitas) - 3

Demoman / Tavish Degroot (Team Fortress 2) - 3

Yasha Nydoorin (Critical Role) - 3

Kaedehara Kazuha (Genshin Impact) - 3

Cassandra (Tangled the Series) - 3