#2. Petrus 1: 3

[bowietea]

Happy mf birthday to @patchesenthusiast you fucken dick 🎊💜

[mothelette]

some random townie makeovers for my new save

1. petrus tenderborn — lonely vampire hunter

2. lucia la rosa — aspiring musician

3. timothy o’daire — cursed prince charming

[katyspersonal]

1) Yes I stole poll idea from a mutual, 2) Seluvis is excluded on the notion of being "comically evil" character (kinda like Petrus from DS1) when the purpose of the poll is that blorbo has a lot of nuance to base the defence on. No shade on his simps btw gfhfhdbg and 3) Marika and Mohg are excluded on the notion that hate towards them kinda evaporated after SOTE

[katyahina]

Dark Souls 1 faces references Part 1: Oscar, Ricard, Solaire,

Heyyyy Dark Souls artists (all five of you who still use this website fdshfhd), I have great news for you! The curse of Dark Souls 1 (being horrendously undocumented in terms of NPC references) is over!!!

Long story short, I've seen a screenshot of Ciaran that made me question whether she actually had face data in versions of the DLC before Remastered. That started a long chain of me asking literally every person online that I could think of, with no one responding except for single Redditor redirecting me to modding community for Soulsborne, and there, out of waaaaay too many people, finally, someone was kind enough to help me out!

Their only contacts I have for reference are rayanwasalsotaken on Discord and RayanTheMad on Twitter! Yet I've only learned Rayan had a Twitter AFTER posting the screenshot dumps there, so.... 🤡 yeah that was frustrating. Twitter allow editting posts already!! They told me to be free to share the screenshots they gathered online instead of them (they said it was jarring for them to go spread images across social media and wikis. fair and valid.)! Posts will be in several parts as there are several angle shots and sometimes some explaining to do!

Oscar

Okay so, apparently, the boy does not have blue eyes! You know who does (kinda) have? RICARD!

Ricard

Well, actually not even blue, but a more dark shade of greyish green!

Nonetheless, it could be assumed blue from afar! ! And, fun fact! Whereas they look very similar, they are NOT identical!

Aside of having different eye color and Ricard's hair being more saturated (more yellow), they do have different eye shape too; Ricard's is more downturned! Ricard also has a slightly bigger nose! I guess even with limitations of NPC data of Dark Souls 1, they did try to point out the differences in vibe!

Solaire

Nothing new to see here, his screenshots are actually viral, unlike others, but here have a look anyway x) Interestingly enough, his face data changes the hairstyle in the bad ending of his questline; whereas Rayan didn't take screenshot of just that change specifically, it actually IS documented and confirmed!

(This screenshot is from different source: ( x )) I just think it is really good to know that even back in Dark Souls 1, developers bothered to add the lore appropriate changes that are not even possible to observe without datamining dhfhdsdf

Anastacia

Interestingly enough, while Anastacia uses unique model rather than player NPC base one, the data for NPC still exists in the game's files, apparently!

It is actually very convenient to have it, because her unique model does NOT have eyes texture:

At the same time, you can see that this 'unique model' appears to reuse assets from NPC data, as the model for hair is identical, and her face even has the same issue of eyebrows always being that brown color when they aren't grey. I wonder if NPC model lacked functionality intended (like NPC models weren't created to have this pose and animation), so they copy+pasted it mostly on unique asset?

Even with that, I suppose her hair is canonically more "yellow", and her player model is the only reference for her eye color.

Color of Estus Flask (the flask itself, not liquid inside of it!), appropriately enough!

Additionally, the hairbun is definitely something they've settled with even in her concept, so I suppose she holds "priority" for this hairstyle! RIP the braid though

____________________________________

Part 1: Oscar, Ricard, Solaire, Anastacia (you are here)

Part 2: Reah, Petrus, Vince, Nico, Leeroy

Part 3: Pharis/Evlana, Americus, Forest Hunter (Cleric), Beatrice, Dusk

Part 4: Shiva, Shiva's Bodyguard, Forest Hunter (Sorcerer), Forest Hunter (Thief), Forest Hunter (Bandit)

Part 5: Quelana, Jeremiah, Grana, Cut Content Character, Domhnall

Part 6: Darkmoon Knightess, Lautrec, Lautrec's Helper (Sealer), Lautrec's Helper (Warrior)

Part 7: Ingward, Kirk, Oswald, Havel, Tarkus

Part 8: Griggs, Logan, Rickert, Crystal Knight, Laurentius

Part 9: Patches, Siegmeyer, Sieglinde, Mildred, Crestfallen Knight, Crestfallen Merchant

* Shots of characters' faces datamined and provided by RayanTheMad on Twitter + rayanwasalsotaken on Discord!

* Twitter thread with the faces here: ( x )

* Data for characters Ciaran, Darkmoon Soldier (Balder) and Darkmoon Soldier (Berenike) doesn't exist and they simply copy the last face loaded, when there wasn't any loaded they use default placeholder data

[lexreadsdiversely]

Sapphic Book Recs by/about People of Color, Part 1

These are some of the books I've read/are on my tbr. A mix of YA and Adult, across various genres.

Image 1:

Dulhaniyaa - Talia Bhatt

Monstrous - Jessica Lewis

This is how you lose the time war - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki

Souls Aligned - Najee Jamerson

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them - Junauda Petrus

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy - Alyssa Cole

The Final Strife - Saara El-Arifi

Image 2:

The Fall that Saved Us - Tamara Jerée

Rosewater - Liv Little

A Báhn Mì for Two - Trinity Nguyen

The Taking - Celeste Castro

Outdrawn- Deanna Grey

The Sun and the Void - Gabriela Romero Lacruz

The Map That Led to You - Ella McLeod

The Gilda Stories - Jewelle Gomez

Escaping Mr. Rochester - L.L. McKinney

Image 3:

A Guide to the Dark - Meriam Metoui

And Don't Look Back - Rebecca Barrow

The Weight of the Stars - K. Ancrum

The Name-Bearer - Natalia Hernandez

Thirsty - Jas Hammonds

So Let Them Burn - Kamilah Cole

Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Space Between Worlds - Micaiah Johnson

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School - Sonora Reyes

[bloodlegacies]

I'm not a patreon member so I don't know if there IS stuff about that in the latest updates, but I was wondering about something...

My MC is as emotional as can be with the given choices. He feels deeply and strongly and doesn't really hide it most of the time. And he also care so SO much about the people around him... Not to mention, he's against senseless killing and will not take a life unless he has no choice.

But people still say that he's cold and emotionless and what not. Which obviously is because of how MC's family/bloodline is viewed and what not, so I have no issues with that! But I'm curious about a few things in relation to that...

Just how many people (currently) realize MC is not at all what people make them out to be, in the case of a MC such as mine? Or if you prefer, who realizes?

Will it be possible to majorly change people's opinions about MC with time?

Will such a MC's relationship with their father automatically deteriorate with time, or does it still depend on other stuff too? I mean, considering how opposite they are.

Even if that won't be a mechanic in-game I assume, do people who know the MC a bit better remark similarities and differences with their father? My MC looks almost exactly as his father (with an added scar on the face), but he's the complete opposite personality wise, which must be pretty weird to some people!

I know these are very random questions, but for some reason I can't help but think about them!

Hi, and to answer your questions.

1: The ones who are likely to notice more would be Hayden and Cecilia, as both are very observant. And Tyler (if they are friends). And Elia won't judge the MC based on what she heard. Others may also notice this, but they will be more subtle in showing something when they do notice.

2: And yes, it will be possible, and even gain allies who might have been adversaries before. This will depend a lot on you, on the choices you make regarding Eleazar. Not necessarily involving choices regarding Sir Fion and others, but rather how you treat Eleazar.

3: And yes, it will be possible. With some people and even the people, both from Darian and in Petrus, and others as well.

And I plan to add a few more codes later. The issue of reputation, how you are seen, etc., will be more visible as the MC grows and progresses in the story. Some things, at least a little of it, have already been added, depending on some choices you can see that. I plan to bring more customization options and more, later on, that will bring more scenes and details about it.

[maniculum]

Meadmaking, Pt. 2

Hi again, more mead-making shenanigans! This time, more medieval.

I'm going to highlight one particular recipe - the oldest English one we have. This comes from Tractatus de Magnetate et Operationibus eius (the thirteenth-century letter on the magnet by Petrus Peregrinus) (Folio 20r). You can read the original here.

It's a weird place for a mead recipe, that's for sure, but I won't complain.

Here's the transliteration:

ffor to make mede. Tak .i. galoun of fyne hony and to þat .4. galouns of water and hete þat water til it be as lengh þanne dissolue þe hony in þe water. thanne set hem ouer þe fier & let hem boyle and ever scomme it as longe as any filthe rysith þer on. and þanne tak it doun of þe fier and let it kole in oþer vesselle til it be as kold as melk whan it komith from þe koow. than tak drestis of þe fynest ale or elles berme and kast in to þe water & þe hony. and stere al wel to gedre but ferst loke er þu put þy berme in. that þe water with þe hony be put in a fayr stonde & þanne put in þy berme or elles þi drestis for þat is best & stere wel to gedre/ and ley straw or elles clothis a bowte þe vessel & a boue gif þe wedir be kolde and so let it stande .3. dayes & .3. nygthis gif þe wedir be kold And gif it be hoot wedir .i. day and .1. nyght is a nogh at þe fulle But ever after .i. hour or .2. at þe moste a say þer of and gif þu wilt have it swete tak it þe sonere from þe drestis & gif þu wilt have it scharpe let it stand þe lenger þer with. Thanne draw it from þe drestis as cler as þu may in to an oþer vessel clene & let it stonde .1. nyght or .2. & þanne draw it in to an oþer clene vessel & serve it forth //And gif þu wilt make mede eglyn. tak sauge .ysope. rosmaryne. Egre- moyne./ saxefrage. betayne./ centorye. lunarie/ hert- is tonge./ Tyme./ marubium album. herbe jon./ of eche of an handful gif þu make .12. galouns and gif þu mak lesse tak þe less of herbis. and to .4. galouns of þi mater .i. galoun of drestis.

Super clear, right? Here's a modern English version:

For to make mead. Take 1 gallon of fine honey, and to that 4 gallons of water and heat that water till it be as lengh then dissolve the honey in the water. Then set them over the fire and let them boil and scum it as long as any filth rises thereon. And then take it down off the fire, and let it cool in another vessel till it be as cold as milk when it comes from the cow. Then take dregs of the finest ale or else barm and cast it into the water and the honey. And stir it all well together, but first look ere you put your barm in that the water with the honey be put in a fair stonde and then put in your barm or else your dregs for that is best and stir well together; and lay straw or else cloths about the vessel and above if the weather be cold and so let it stand 3 days and 3 nights if the weather be cold. And if it be hot weather 1 day and 1 night is enough at the full. But ever after 1 hour or 2 at the most assay thereof and if you will have it sweet take it he sooner from the dregs as clear as you may into another clean vessel and let it stand 1 night or 2 and then draw it into another clean vessel and serve it forth.And if you will make metheglyn, take sage, hyssop, rosemary, agrimony, saxifrage, betony, centory, lunaria, harts tongue, thyme, maribium album, jon herb, of each a handful if you make 12 gallons and if you make less take the less of herbs and to 4 gallons of the matter 1 gallon of dregs.

I am not the only one who has broken this recipe down, so I will refer to you the following articles, who have done the work for me:

The Mystery of Mead

GreyDragon.org

Open Culture

Notes:

The inclusion of "fine honey" - this is for a good mead! No wax included.

The recipe heats the water before adding the honey, and notes that the yeast should be added to the must as it is still warm - as warm as cow's milk out the tit. Yeast loves warm (but not hot!) environments, so this indicates brewers knew how to handle yeast. The yeast itself comes from "the dregs of finest ale" or barm (frothing, fermenting malt, or another word for yeast) - this brewer is not risking his batch spoiling!

Additionally, the recipe states the mix should be in a warm place, or insulated if too cold - again, indicating that brewers knew that cold weather could kill the yeast, and warm weather would ferment more quickly.

One thing that catches me about all of the recipes I found is the sheer variety in herbs, fruits, and spices. I've compiled a short list of them below:

Cloves 

Grain of paradise (akin to a peppercorn, related to ginger)

Ginger 

Long pepper (like the peppercorn)

Cubebs (akin to allspice)

Galingale (akin to ginger)

Cinnamon 

Corriander 

Anise 

Heather 

Hops 

Sage

Rosemary 

Plum

Cherries

Hyssop (a relative of mint)

Agrimony (like lemon balm)

Saxifrage (rockfoils)

Betony 

Centory (thistle)

Lunaria (mustardy seeds)

Harts tongue 

Thyme 

Maribum album (horehound, rootbeer and licorice taste)

Jon herb (St. John's Wort, like black tea)

Given the medicinal uses of some of these herbs, and the uses of mild meads as medicines, I wouldn't be surprised if the second recipe here (the metheglin) is used more medicinally than for enjoyment. In any case, I'm excited to experiment with some of these older recipes and see how it turns out!

[neptuniadoesstuff]

Doodle Hell #idk01

(CW/TW: Bl00d, G0re/the consumption of raw flesh, & disturbing imagery (Also scaring).) (Don't click "keep reading" if you don't wanna see the images or are uncomfortable with seeing my art)

Some art I made again. Haven't done a Doodle Hell Thing in awhile so this kinda took awhile but meh, who cares, this is all in good fun (well minus the coloring part tbh)

Anywas here's the whole list of the drawings but by themselves.

1-1: Harmona having a chat with his Overseer "Kotori"/Peter. (Yes Harmona is REALLY tall like around... 10 ft?)

(Harmona (Weird Black masked borb god) is mine while Kotori/Peter (Blue haired Borb) belongs to my friend A)

(TW/CW: Bl00d)

2-1: Namria's first experience of actually myordering someone even if it was for self defense.

3-1: Hehe wholesome goobers. (Short Mailman & his very tall Lizerd wife)

(Dia (Tall Lizerd) is mine while Petrus (Short ahh Mailman) belongs to my friend A) (A is more of a nickname for my friend whom I kinda wanna keep anonymous but you'll normally see them sometimes commenting on my stuff, also they requested me to draw this so A I hope u enjoy it)

(TW/CW: The consumption of deff not sus meat, Bl00d, & just... g0re... yeh this is prob my most morbid piece of art so beware..)

4-1: Ravens monching on one of their victims they recently myordered but then bro was caught in 4k by a bystander.

(Ravens belongs to my friend A)

5-1: A portrait draft of Nep incase I wanted to draw smtn in the future.

(Nep is my sona & main Mascot)

(TW/CW: Slightly Disturbing Imagery)

6-1: Deff just a normal tree... Not a living being that can myorder you & take yur form if it wants to- (Mirage for Scale)

(Both of these 2 characters are mine. Mirage (Green Guy) is just a Noirvillah ver of my 2nd mascot, JJ)

7-1: A Squimsh Scug! (Haven't drawn Scugs in a while especially in my screb days so this is a refresher tbh)

(This Scug was based on a old friend of mine's sona WAY before she changed it but I miss teh Squimsh tbh)

(TW/CW: Gnarly Scars all over Chris' Face)

8-1: Uhhhhhhh..... Chris doing the Ricardo Milos Pose bcs CHRIS DEFF WOULD DO THAT TBH! (& maybe Ryan but he don't exist in ASGD, only in Egolandia, one of my other stories) (Yes I know he has boobs but not all guys who are Trans need to have a flat chest, it's like saying all Trans woman need boobs when some of them can be flat. It might give them gender dysphoria which is bad.... But Chris really does not care if he has BOOBS tbh.)

(Chris belongs to me)

9-1: A moment before teh frikin Coca Cola Espuma frikin explodes in Luthen's Face. (& his brother Kastell trying to stop him before it happens)

(These 2 belong to me but are teh adopted sons of King Malice who really does not care for both of them so Kastell has to take care of his brother who is like 6 years younger than him...)

Credits:

Every single frikin Character here either belongs to ME or was created/designed by ME!

Art: Mine of course.

Program: WELL YOU KNOW IT BY FRIKIN NOW! IBIS-MCFRIKIN-PAINT X!

Bubs' TOS: Plz don't repost/steal, trace, or recolor my art WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! If you do, I'll take yur femur and pelvis.. SO, DON'T THINK ABOUT IT! (The PNS on my blog's pinned post clearly means "Please No Steal" plz follow that rule.) If you do post my art on anything like yur blog or somewhere else (With my permission) PLEASE CREDIT ME!

[you-have-made-a-fatal-error]

Treasure in the Royal Tower Part IV - (prev. parts here, here and here)

1- The Philosopher by Rembrandt Workshop (Possibly Willem Drost), c.1653

2- Marie Antoinette on the way to her execution by François Flameng, 1887

3- drawing (Landscape with a tower) by Claude Lorrain, c.1640

4- A Soldier on Horseback by Anthony Van Dyck, c.1616

5- Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael, 1514/15

6- The Burlington House Cartoon (The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist) by Leonardo da Vinci, c.1499

7- A Goldsmith in his Shop by Petrus Christus, 1449

8- drawing (profile of a warrior in helmet) by Leonardo da Vinci, 1475-80

9- Old Man with a Gold Chain by Rembrandt, 1631

locations: #1 and #9 are in the first floor hallways; #2 is in ‘Major Figures and Events of the French Revolution: Book I’; #5 is in the library; the rest are on the map below

[firecoloredwater]

Tagged by @domoz

Rules: list the first line(s) of your last 10 (or however many you have) posted fics and see if there’s a pattern.

1 - Second Breath: "When Madara's mother died he was twelve, a fully fledged shinobi, and no longer in need of anyone to raise him."

2 - Roots Grow Up: "There are shinobi in town today."

3 - And On The Horizon: "A dragon’s rising, and their first flight in particular, can’t be predicted perfectly."

4 - to accept the will of heaven: "To die for the Uchiha is an honor." - cowritten with @denialcity who I'm like 60% sure wrote the first line?

(in the beginning would go here, but I'm like 99% sure that @denialcity wrote the first sentence of that one so I'm skipping it)

5 - Party of Two Centuries: "“Dual monarchies never work,” Tarvek complained as he straightened Gil’s waistcoat."

6 - There's a Statue in the Baron's Lair: "The office looked thrown together, or possibly left over from some other office."

7 - The Best of Bad Plans: "“What are you doing here?”"

(Dealing With Canon Impression Limits is meta, not fic, so I'm skipping it as well.)

8 - In Words: "The green hair wasn’t unusual."

9 - Burning Up: "Back in Gyula Kai’s best friend was Ioan, the son of a silversmith."

10 - Somebody Else's Dream: "Petru’s head ached."

...well. first pattern. I have posted WAY less Naruto fic than I have written. Although that's mostly deliberate, since I finished so few Girl Genius fics I decided to stop posting things as soon as I had a chapter finished. Which has... mostly worked?

But wow no wonder I get no comments anymore in comparison. Need to keep in mind that comments are in a ratio to posting, not writing, I guess. Someday I will figure out how to write oneshots.

Second: I tend to start way zoomed out and like, write myself into the scene. Which is not Good Writing TM but I enjoy it so I'm not really fighting myself on it. I also like to start with a very mild, bland observation or statement of fact, which is actually significantly less bland once the fic gets started.

When I don't do 2, I tend to start with dialogue.

Also wow I do not like any of these titles. Why can't the fics with titles I like be the ones I get to a point where they can be posted.

Tagging @denialcity/@codedredalert, @madmothmadame @hellotemporaryuniverse and also whoever else wants to

[kwebtv]

Ralph Thomas Bower (January 3, 1938 – May 30, 2024) Actor who appeared in a wide variety of television and film roles.

His television credits include:

The Rockford Files (1974–1976, 2 episodes) as Jeff Cooperman / Officer Hensley

The Waltons (1975–1978, 26 episodes) as Dr. Curtis Willard / Rex Barker

The Bionic Woman (1976, 1 episode) as Ted Ryan

Lou Grant (1979, 1 episode) as Lind

Barnaby Jones (1979, 1 episode) as Baxter

Hill Street Blues (1981–1986, 3 episodes) as De Petrus / Narcotics Cop

Murder, She Wrote (1984, 1 episode) as Jonathan Bailey

Misfits of Science (1985, 1 episode) as Jeffries

Miami Vice (1985, 1 episode) as detective Carter

China Beach (1990, Season three episode 17 Thanks of a Grateful Nation) as Archie Winslow

Love, Lies and Murder (1991) as Leverette

The X-Files (1999, Season 7, episode 5) as Sheriff Harden

Roswell (1999–2000 Season 1, episode 13) as Hubble

The West Wing (2000, 1 episode) as General Ed Barrie

Cold Case (2005) as Curtis Collins 2005

Monk (2008, 1 episode) as Bennie Wentworth

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–2012, 2 episodes) as Heinrich "Pop-Pop" Landgraf

Criminal Minds (2013) as Damon Miller

Lucky Hank (2023, 3 episodes) as Henry Devereaux Sr. (final appearance)

(Wikipedia)

IMDb Listing

[apavorantes]

Abaixo do read more está um diretório e resumo da situação atual de Bishop no plot do Traidor da Magia, com plot points, interações, POVs e ideias de interações/conexões novas que exploram como ela está se envolvendo na trama. Ele será atualizado à medida em que novas informações e posts relevantes forem aparecendo.

TIMELINE & RESUMO —

✦ Não era segredo para ninguém que Bishop estava insatisfeita com a direção de Quíron e Dionísio, especialmente pela forma como estavam tratando o silêncio dos deuses e a aparição misteriosa de Petrus. Contudo, a revelação de que havia um traidor entre os semideuses a abalou profundamente: culpar os deuses era uma coisa, mas aceitar que um dos seus havia lhe esfaqueado nas costas era outra história. Para piorar, tinha se tornado uma Aprendiz da Magia há pouco tempo e, agora, os olhos curiosos do Acampamento estavam sobre ela.

✦ Sua prima, Yasemin, tornou-se sua companheira de conspirações e teorias: as duas começaram a discutir o mistério circundando Petrus, o envolvimento de Hades e Hécate e o propósito da missão de Bishop — recuperar o Grimório de Hécate. (1) (2) (3)

✦ Como uma das pessoas que trouxeram o Grimório para o Acampamento, Bishop se sentiu responsável por ele. Ela continuou como Aprendiz da Magia para poder vigiar os Filhos da Magia de perto e certificar-se de que o livro de magias não estava sendo usado para fins nefastos, embora soubesse que ele também estava sendo vigiado por Quíron na Casa Grande.

✦ Após o ataque do Drakon, Bishop teve um pesadelo — um acontecimento recorrente, mas que se tornou ainda mais frequente desde seu retorno ao Acampamento. Ela refletiu sobre o traidor, a guerra iminente e as memórias que isso trazia, lembranças da Segunda Guerra dos Titãs e dos traidores que lutaram nela. Inevitavelmente, a aparição do monstro a fez pensar em Clarisse La Rue e Silena Beauregard. Seus sentimentos conflitantes sobre o traidor e sua própria permanência no Acampamento Meio-Sangue apenas aumentaram, a raiva antes sentida pelos deuses e Quíron agora uma indecisão dolorosa. (4)

✦ Inscrita no Amor Divino em segredo por sua amiga, Mary-Louise, Bishop foi pareada com Estelle, filha de Circe e uma dos Filhos da Magia. O encontro aconteceu alguns dias depois do ataque do Drakon e, por isso, suas desconfianças se fizeram presentes, mas a noite teve um fim comicamente desastroso quando a entrada da Caverna dos Deuses desabou atrás delas e as meninas tiveram que encontrar outra saída. (5)

✦ Durante o baile, como os Filhos da Magia e seus Aprendizes, Bishop apagou. Ela estava correndo para ajudar Yasemin a tirar a coroa quando perdeu a consciência, e, ao recobrá-la, viu-se na enfermaria. Sentindo-se abatida, descobriu que todos os Filhos e Aprendizes da Magia foram afetados pelo traidor, seus poderes enfraquecidos. Além disso, uma terrível notícia: Flynn Ramsey estava morto. (6)

✦ Charlotte, conselheira do chalé de Atena, notou em Bishop algo diferente dos outros Filhos e Aprendizes da Magia: estava machucada, com uma queimadura no braço direito. Ela foi a única da equipe a se ferir no baile, e presumiu ter se queimado já depois de desmaiada, entre a queda das estrelas e o tumulto dos semideuses para sair do pavilhão. (7)

✦ Bishop se reuniu com Yasemin e Maxime para debater os acontecimentos do baile e as suspeitas sobre quem era o traidor. Embora, inicialmente, Yasemin tenha agido com desconfiança devido à prima ser uma Aprendiz, as duas se resolveram rapidamente e o trio começou a teorizar. (8) (9)

✦ Ela também encontrou Pietra próxima ao local de oferenda aos deuses, com seu grimório. Embora Bishop tenha suas suspeitas, também entendeu a frustração da garota em ser apontada como culpada por todos — jamais quis ser alguém que julga pelas aparências e, ainda assim, era exatamente o que estava fazendo com os Filhos da Magia. (10)

✦ Na madrugada do último ataque do traidor, Bishop esgueirou-se até a biblioteca para conduzir mais uma pesquisa sobre Hécate, a profecia, o passado e os possíveis motivos do traidor, assim como possibilidades de resolverem a situação do Acampamento, da fenda e dos poderes enfraquecidos dos Filhos da Magia e seus aprendizes. Ela adormeceu sobre os livros, e o que começou como mais um pesadelo tornou-se uma visão aterrorizante do maior medo de Bishop, seu defeito fatal, a cólera, esfregado em sua face. Quando ela acordou, o traidor já havia ido embora e todos os campistas saído de seu transe. Assim, Bishop não estava presente enquanto o ataque acontecia. (11)

✦ Naquela madrugada, pesquisando em grimórios antigos da biblioteca, Bishop encontrou a receita de uma poção — um tônico capaz de fortalecer usuários de magia enfraquecidos. Ela considerou levá-la diretamente a Quíron, mas, ainda tendo suas dúvidas sobre o diretor, acabou mostrando-a a uma Filha da Magia, Natalia, mesmo que não esteja certa das intenções da garota. Felizmente, Natalia se empolgou com a possibilidade e, juntas, as duas produziram, com sucesso, uma poção que capaz de recuperar as energias dos Filhos e Aprendizes da Magia. (12) (13)

✦ Após o sucesso da fabricação da poção restauradora, Bishop decidiu levá-la ao seu colega aprendiz e amigo, Maxime. Contudo, quando o filho de Afrodite bebeu a poção, sangue começou a jorrar de seu nariz e um líquido preto e gosmento de sua boca. Então, uma marca preta surgiu no dorso da mão dele — a Roda de Hécate, símbolo de devoção à deusa. Assim estava revelado: Maxime Dubois é o traidor da magia. (14)

IDEIAS & PROMPTS —

✦ Desconfiando dos Filhos e Aprendizes da Magia? Bishop também! Talvez você não confie nela por ser uma Aprendiz, ou talvez exatamente por isso ache que ela pode desvendar os podres da equipe. Seja para pegar uma briga, investigar suspeitos ou debater teorias, estamos à disposição.

✦ Você é um Filho da Magia e já está de saco cheio de Bishop te olhando torto. Por que não confrontá-la? Pode ser a hora dela ouvir o quão hipócrita está sendo em suas suspeitas.

✦ Já ouviram falar da Unwavering Legion? Você sim, e quer convencer Bishop a participar, mesmo que ela já tenha dito que não está interessada.

✦ A ausência de alguns Filhos da Magia e dos Aprendizes no último ataque do traidor não passou despercebida pelos campistas. Você pretende questionar Bishop e descobrir onde ela estava enquanto o ataque acontecia, suspeitando que ela esteve por trás dele.

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Catians #1 by Cortney Cameron and Luyi Bennett. Main cover by Bennett. Variant covers by (2) Paco Camallonga and (3) Hugo Petrus. Due out in November.

"Stray cat Felix leads a happy life skimming milk from his human friend Rose's convenient store, until the local protection racket turns violent. To save Rose's life, Felix breaks his vows and shares an ancient secret. Unfortunately, Rose uses her newfound knowledge to mix revenge and forbidden magic, unleashing a monstrous abomination that forces the mysterious Council of Cats to launch a global quest for the Relics of the divine Great Cat."

[katyspersonal]

I don't believe I am going to make much SOTE progress today, especially since this traitor @fantomette22 is apparently asleep/busy and can't help me right now -_- So yeah, some extra stuff before bed

1) It is interesting to think of an implication of this item.. damn, apparently there WILL be places where you are stuck but can't teleport or something? :p Okay then.. Sacrificial Twig + this shit it is, then?

2) They continue with the "monkeys are trying to comprehend magic" lore!

! Onze is the Demihuman swordsman I fought in the Belurat Gaol earlier! The sword is dropped by a Demihuman Queen you fight in Cerulean Coast! I mean, yeah, even in the base game there was a Demihuman in Weeping Penunsula who used a Glintstone Staff, but damn..

3) Miyazaki: Yeah DLC area map will be like the size of Limgrave :)

Also Miyazaki:

Me: Girl you ok? 💀💀💀

4) I love the woman with Sulyvahn's blades, but I can't defeat the woman with Sulyvahn's blades ;-;

Maybe eventually.....

5) WAIT gdhyyf it is like, a symbol of moon and flame or something?????

This is adorable gfhgfhgggb I know it makes sense, but aww

6) I already screamed about it at Fantomette, but

HOLY SHIIIIIT SHE WAS FUCKING RIGHT ABOUT DRAGONS FASCISM THIS WHOLE TIME WHEN WE QUESTIONED WHY WOULD DRAGON COMMUNION BE A THING IF GODWYN BEFRIENDED ANCIENT DRAGONS THE ANSWER IS THAT ANCIENT DRAGONS FUCKING HATED GREYOLL-TYPE DRAGONS I REPEAT THEY HATED THE "IMPURE" OFFSPRING OFF THEIR SPECIES WHAT THE FUUUUUCK AAAAAAA

7) There is a new Carian Knight! And it is a big deal since they were "no more than a dozen"! Cool!!!

And it is a girl! However I am curious.. Moongrum, Moonrothyll... why their names start with 'moon'? Are they siblings? Or maybe Carian Knights had ancestry thing going on so those born with expectation to be raised as Carian Knight had 'moon' names in advance? Or they assume 'moon' name as new one upon entering a service (least likely since we already can recall exception)? Arghhhh

8) Okay this was actually an important one for me personally! So basically @jarognieva asked me whether I've met Queelign and I said I had no idea who it was. So greeeat, I've missed an invader -_- She said he was at Belurat and I checked but he never appeared, so I assumed he is one of those invaders that vanish after the boss of the area is defeated. (Who thought it was a good idea? I bet I've missed a cool drop... ;-; ) However, she added that he also invades in another place but she would not tell where! I didn't mind that and continued exploring the DLC as usual. So, after defeating that red bear beast at last (horaaaay!!!), I decided to check a distinct building on that map, and GUESS WHO I'VE MET?????

THE FUCKING GUY HIMSELF LOL!!! OF COURSE HE HAS A FUCKING PETRUS HAIRSTYLE LMAOOOOOOO GGJHJGJJ

So basically bro talked shit (that all 'graceless' shall meet death in Messmer's flame), that already made me REALLY want to kill him as if this cursed hairstyle wasn't enough gghghg . And he also called us 'graceless heathen' upon death lol. But it ACTUALLY clicked when he dropped an item, like:

Okay all 6 of you already had enough of my lunatic ravings about how much I abhor this specific type of attitude, as well as my theories on Messmer's motivations being rooted in purism of religious kind when anon asked about my expectations for him (I haven't met him yet so schhhh). But it is.. more than that. Miyazaki hates this sort of people too, especially he consistenyly bullies clerics in his works. Just.. read this description

Like not only this gave me some STRONG hatred for this character already, but also reminded me of one of the reasons I ended up loving Miyazaki's works so much to begin with. Shit like this just makes me feel understood, and without exagerration, reading this gave me HUMANITY RESTORED effect after I was feeling low because of a certain spoiler 😔 Honestly.. I don't care how many dramatic blonde twinks he will do dirty with a random plot twist, but as long as he addresses his disdain for this kind of people in his works I'll always love his games. Like I know it sounds oddly emotional but you need to be familiar with his other works to understand vfhgjbghb My faith in him as a creator straight up got restored, it is a personal detail for me!

9) So I figured that Ascetics are dropping pieces of their set.. I had suspicions, yeah, but now I am just sad ggjhhhjj I don't want to grind these guys *ends up doing it anyway probably*

10) For some reason I am starting to really like that hornsent guy who drafts maps of Miquella's crosses! Knowing Soulsborne tho I guess I just need to wait for something bad to happen to him -_-

11) Some people (all two of them) legit thank me for showing these item descriptions because they can't play the DLC themselves, but the players they watch don't stop to read items lore! Okay.... I guess I'll continue, heheh;

[katyahina]

Links post to NPC faces from Dark Souls 1

I had to break all screenshots into 9 post on Tumblr due to site's limitations, so if someone needs all of the faces but doesn't want to reblog-spam, just save this post! It links to all 9 parts! Every character is shot from 5 angles, like this:

Part 1: Oscar, Ricard, Solaire, Anastacia

Part 2: Reah, Petrus, Vince, Nico, Leeroy

Part 3: Pharis/Evlana, Americus, Forest Hunter (Cleric), Beatrice, Dusk

Part 4: Shiva, Shiva's Bodyguard, Forest Hunter (Sorcerer), Forest Hunter (Thief), Forest Hunter (Bandit)

Part 5: Quelana, Jeremiah, Grana, Cut Content Character, Domhnall

Part 6: Darkmoon Knightess, Lautrec, Lautrec's Helper (Sealer), Lautrec's Helper (Warrior)

Part 7: Ingward, Kirk, Oswald, Imprisoned Havel Knight, Tarkus

Part 8: Griggs, Logan, Rickert, Crystal Knight, Laurentius

Part 9: Patches, Siegmeyer, Sieglinde, Mildred, Crestfallen Knight, Crestfallen Merchant

* Shots of characters' faces datamined and provided by RayanTheMad on Twitter + rayanwasalsotaken on Discord!

* Twitter thread with the faces here: ( x )

* Data for characters Ciaran, Darkmoon Soldier (Balder) and Darkmoon Soldier (Berenike) doesn't exist and they simply copy the last face loaded, when there wasn't any loaded they use default placeholder data

@heraldofcrow if you don't check these after how much you wanted to see them all day every day I will EVICT you from this plane of reality

[miirshroom]

The Dark Souls Pendant

A simple pendant with no effect. Even so, pleasant memories are crucial to survival on arduous journeys.

I have been looking up the 12 year old discourse over the Dark Souls Pendant item.

People like to bring it up as an example of Miyazaki "trolling" by saying he'd pick a useless item as a starting gift. With evidence being in a later interview saying that was "a bit of an intention to play a prank". I agree that there is a prank happening here, but it took all of 15 minutes for me to read a few wiki pages and think of at least four reasons why Miyazaki would pick the pendant as a starting gift. So. I will go through them.

1) Questline Importance

To draw attention to the nature of hollows, and perhaps generally incentivize people to look at questlines holistically in considering the fail states to be as significant as the successes. There is an NPC in the game named Rhea who drops the pendant item if her quest terminates early by being slain by another NPC - Petrus. If her quest is progressed further to the Duke's Archives (crystal dragon library) she turns hollow and instead upon death only drops her Ivory Talisman - no Pendant. The Ivory Talisman is an interesting thing of itself to be obtained at the end of this quest, considering that its name translates to "the false dreams of the greatness of man" (poet Virgil wrote of receiving false dreams by passing through the gates of ivory, and "talis" is Latin for "so great"). But regardless, turning hollow = loss of the pendant = loss of pleasant memories.

2) For Trade Value

a.k.a. Affiliation with the Blade of the Dark Moon covenant. The Pendant may be traded to the invisible crow "Snuggly" who desires things that are soft and warm. In return, the player receives the Souvenir of Reprisal that is used to increase rank in the Dark Moon covenant. This item has the form of "a blood drained shrunken ear". Some sources say that this use for the pendant was not available at launch and only patched in later, but regardless as the director Miyazaki would have known that this trade is intended. And perhaps this is the extent of the prank - he knew for a fact that the "functionality" of the item literally did not exist but what it does have are its trade value and its lore value.

3) Rejection of the Dark Moon Covenant

The Dark Moon Covenant is unlocked by finding a plain gold coloured ring called the Darkmoon Seance Ring and equipping it to speak with secret endgame boss Gwyndolin behind a fog wall. If you ever cross the fog wall to see Gwyndolin you get kicked out of the covenant. Members of this covenant use the blue eye orb to invade other players who have committed PVE or PVP "sins", where the names of players who have done and their sin level are written in the Book of the Guilty. Altogether quite convoluted. Originally, before the launch of Dark Souls Miyazaki said that he would choose the pendant or "nothing". I imagine because he is not a game character who needs an item to recall pleasant memories - he is a person who keeps his memories in his head. And similarly the Souvenir of Reprisal would be a reprisal on a meta level. Something of a warning against being so willing to trade away happy memories in the service of an intangible entity. Weigh and measure what it costs to devote hours to hunting achievements and secrets and high ranks in video games compared to anything else that you could be doing or thinking about.

4) Foreshadowing

This is also sortof a combination of points 2 and 3. As mentioned, the Souvenir of Reprisal is in the form of a severed ear. And I can't help but notice that Sir Gideon Ofnir's illustration at the start of Elden Ring shows him lying in a bed of severed ears. Ofnir being a name for Odin, who famously has two ravens named "Thought" and "Memory". Considering that the pendant is representative of memory there are some pieces that can be put together here. Also, wiggling at the corner of my mind are the opening lines of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." Speaking of foreshadowing, put a pin in that for later - it might become relevant when discussing the significance of the Rubicon River and the longest year in the history of the Roman calendar.

But then there is also the Dark Moon covenant, which comes back in Elden Ring in connection to Ranni. It is in the lore snippets that Ranni was affiliated with the Dark Moon, but this is perhaps no longer the case - I find it more likely that she left the Dark Moon behind in Chelona Rise and now merely adopts the aesthetic. She never does use the spell that has her name attached to it. There is no dark moon covenant in Elden Ring - or any covenants - because FromSoft does not care any more to stoke player incentive to grief others or to have a group of players dedicated to griefing the "rulebreakers". People are more than happy to deliver unpleasant memories to other people for free.

So for the people who would accept nothing less than the Pendant being a mechanical key that opens a secret door - they are missing the point of the "trolling". Instead of making a pleasant memory out of exploration and appreciating the artistic work for what it is, they have chosen to make it a negative memory of the time they pushed all of the buttons in a Skinner box and nothing happened. And memetically convey this experience upon other people. Placing external blame on an internal inability to cope with trial and failure to receive a reward that was never actually promised. It is indeed a failure to internalize that basically every time Dark Souls - and Miyazaki himself - "pranks" its players it is to teach a lesson about the themes of the game underlying the lore.

(Also, the Pendant does have a legitimate use in the Dark Souls boardgame. The Pendant image is attached to the "Heroic Action" token that is flipped to indicate usage of the special abilities of each class. The boardgame was designed and released multiple years after the video game, but would have passed approvals with FromSoft, for what it's worth.)