#Alba mac lir

[awgeezitsthetoiletnator]

i’m rewatching neverafter and realizing how the intrepid heroes absolutely cannot act normal around npc women with scottish accents

[sugaldean]

Because of the time quangle i'm currently shipping Arthur Aguefort with every old (weird?) person that ever showed up in d20

[saingirl101]

NeverAfter Ep 14 As Brian David Gilbert Gifs (SPOILERS!!!!)

Well i've continued this series for this long may as well see this up to the final neverafter episode so onward to see what episode 14 has in store and what BDG gifs fit the big moments

As always:

The group dealing with the Mira and alba mac lir confrontation and backing away:

The gang failing to find a training bra for Ylfa and pinocchio nat 1-ing try to get a higher roll for rosamund:

Mother Goose finding out that Alba lives all versions of herself and being caught up in a vision:

Gerard getting another red manacala piece failing his charisma saving throw:

The gang trying to pay Alba by doing a a group dance:

Finding out the princesses sent rapunzel to entreat with the Baba Yaga and did not tell the full truth about the the princesses plans:

Gerard growing as a person and saying his relationship shouldnt impact the choice between seeing the princesses or seeing baba yaga:

Ylfa breaking her body through her wildshift to be a horse for mira:

Alphonse trying to run away from PIB with a fake mustache:

Finding out Scheherazade and Aesop have been holding the stepmother at bay in the lines between but cant rejoin with destiny's children:

SEEING CINDERELLA AGAIN:

Meeting Rapunzel and her sentient hair:

Meeting the Beast:

GETTING TO FINALLY SEE ELODY AND GETTING THE ELODY/GERARD REUNION:

ME SPECIFICALLY, AFTER THE BIG CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELODY AND GERARD:

The gang getting weird vibes after finding out the Princesses besieged the castle and killed the snow queen:

Finding out the ink in the cannonade would give Tim the power of the authors themselves theoretically:

Tim full on lying to the princesses about how the group got to the lines between:

Rosamund seeing the snow queens decapitated head as she is trying to have a fashion show montage:

The princesses plan to end stories:

FUCKING DW AND THE TRAILER FOR EPISODE 15:

And as always Brennan Lee Mulligan:

[letsstopfightingit]

I do love that Alba is high key a scammer-- all this power and she's scheming, plotting, gaslighting, gatekeeping, and girl bossing

[captainswan618]

So…we can agree that the Sea Witch has strong Jobu from EEAAO vibes, right??

[angstandhappiness]

Lovely

epilogue, 3: mira

[etymology-of-the-emblem]

Naoise / ノイッシュ, Arden / アーダン, and Alec / アレク

Naoise (JP: ノイッシュ; rōmaji: noisshu; romanization: Noish) is a knight of the Grünritter who joins Sigurd in his journey in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is named after the character of Naisi, called Naoise in modern Irish, from the Tragic Tale of the Sons of Uisnech, a section of the Táin Bó Cúailnge. He became the lover of Deirdre, a woman who already promised to wed Conchobar mac Nessa—the king of Ulster. They fled to Alba, that is, Scotland, to escape Conchobar's wrath, and later hid on an adjacent isle upon the Alban king learned of Deirdre's beauty. The people of Ulster dearly missed Naoise, and Conchobar gave into the populace's desires, sending Fergus mac Róich as an envoy to bring the couple back. This plan was sowed with evil from the start; soon after Naoise and Deirdre meet Conchobar, battle breaks out. By the conclusion, Naoise is dead, and Conchobar takes Deirdre to be his wife.

The character of Sigurd, being the husband of Genealogy's Deirdre, has a handful of parallels with Naoise, from his exile from Grannvale to his wife being taken by the one who plots against him. This connection is made even more direct by naming his knights after the sons of Uisnech.

That's right: Naoise had two brothers with minor roles in the story, serving as the namesakes of Sigurd's two other knights. Arden (JP: アーダン; rōmaji: Ādan) is named after the youngest of the three brothers, Ardan. That leaves Alec (JP: アレク; rōmaji: areku) to be the middle child, Ainle. Even if you don't understand Japanese, you probably can tell something is off here. And you're right: Ainle is supposed to be rendered as アンリ (rōmaji: anri)—the same name as the legendary wielder of Falchion, Anri. Likely to avoid stepping on the toes of another continent's lore, the name was changed. I do wonder why such a drastic change was made; I don't think something like アンレ (rōmaji: anre) would have been problematic.

The sons of Uisnech all fell in that conflict against Conchobar; some tellings claim they were killed simultaneously, decapitated with Naoise's sword, granted to him by the god Manannán mac Lir, or run through by a single pike. Of course, all three of these Grünritter were slain in the Battle of Belhalla.

[dimension20npcofalltime]

Round One - Bracket Eleven [Dimension 20 NPC of All Time]

Mira vs Garthy O'Brien

Descriptions under the cut

Mira - She/Her

Campaign: Neverafter

Who is she?

Mira is a daughter of the Mer-King who wished to be a human. In exchange for her legs, Mira gave up her voice, and endures terrible pain with each step. Despite being born a mermaid princess, Mira is transformed into a human woman. However, walking is incredibly difficult as each step feels like she's walking on knives. Initially mute, the Sea Witch, Alba Mac Lir ultimately gives Mira back her voice. However, being human, she can no longer breathe underwater.

Why is she the NPC of All Time?

Queen of free will and agency over herself and her story. She choses to continue to be in pain rather than kill the man she loves even though he doesn't love her. She choses to fight her father instead of going back with him because it's not what she wants and she choses ultimately to fight the princesses because she doesn't want her story to end there.

Submitted by: @1randomperson15

Garthy O'Brien - They/Them

Campaign: Dimension 20 LIVE, Pirates of Leviathan

Who are they?

Garthy O'Brien (pronounced GAR-tee) is a Half-Orc Aasimar pirate and impresariex of the Gold Gardens. They trade in a lot of fine goods, especially magical items, and are known for their ability to break curses.

Why are they the NPC of All Time?

"They are iconic, they are amazing, they are (by d20 most-fuckability poll) the most fuckable NPC. How can they not win??"

"FUCKED THAT RAT MAN. SEND POST, IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE PROPAGANDA SUBMISSIONS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN YOU INCLUDE A GARTHY ONE THAT MENTIONS JACK BRAKKOW I WILL GIVE YOU MY MY LIFE. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MINE BUT I NEED MORE PIRATES OF LEVIATHAN LOVE"

Submitted by: @xvynth and Anonymous

[whookami]

I don’t actually know what they represent or if the Witches are ever going to present a united front at all, (probably not), but so far… I’m kinda on their side? (Even though I don’t know what it is.)

Obviously the Snow Queen had values and principles that she cared about enough that she chose death over betraying them and serving the Princesses and their goals. Alba Mac Lir maybe isn’t great, but she made her deals all above board; everyone she bartered with knew what they were getting into. Even the great Baba Yaga herself is usually portrayed as an ambiguous character rather than an evil one; more of a shrewd bargainer and tricky speaker. She’ll give you what you want or need, but you need to be very careful and watch your words, lest you wind up offering more in return than you meant to.

Certainly there are some Witches in these stories that are presented as unambiguously evil, the Evil Queen in Snow White, the Witch who imprisons Rapunzel, etc, but once again we hit Stepmother territory, where they are this way because they were given no other choice. Who’s to say if once they have knowledge of themselves as being tropes, much like the Stepmother, they don’t go the opposite way and choose to become better versions of themselves? That’s one thing Brennan hasn’t presented us with yet. A character who has been given this meta knowledge, and when confronted with it, makes the choice to become the best version of themselves they can, at least within their current incarnation. It’d be interesting to see.

Anyway, go Witches!

[itsaroosterteeththing]

Amazing addition - gorgeous. Wonderful.

What's her deal? Scottish?

Yeah.

Fun fact, the Sea Witch, Alba - Alba is actually the Scottish Gaelic word for Scotland!

[conceiteddemon]

Also I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure Alba Mac Lir translates into Scotland of the sea

[d20unfuckability]

On a scale of Garthy/Sandra Lynn/Jawbone to Baba Yaga/Big Bad Wolf/Alba Mac Lir, how hinged is your submission set?

[brainrockets]

Idk if it's just me but Destiny's Children keep on bringing up Princesses vs Fairies and don't ask for more info on the Stepmother. I mean a lot is going on but like I bet Alba Mac Lir would know SOMETHING.

Also Stepmother currently feels way more team Princesses right now.

[letsstopfightingit]

the pretty thirsty line is where Alba lost the support of half the party haha Zac's and Emily's "yikes" faces and Lou's "oh word?" made me choke on my water

[violetren]

So true.

I think it comes back to the fact that they were probably characters before they were people.

They are awakened now and think that means they are no longer characters, that they are now people as they always thought they were.

They can recognise when Events™️ influenced their story, but they barely flirt with the idea that their emotions and feelings are influenced just as easily by their archetype, because that is too much for them to be able to truly comprehend.

Which ironically is one of their most Real traits. Irl humans have been having the philosophical argument over fate and freewill for at least as long as we've had the technology to record said arguments.

They can look at their life and go "oh I got cursed/poisoned and then had to wait for a prince to save me because that is how the story goes" and can now acknowledge how fucked that is, but they haven't reached the next step of "my response to those outside events has been dictated by an archetype or set of character traits assigned to me by the same entities scripting those events."

I'm struggling to phrase this but like, they can comprehend and rail against the external forces of their story, but they are unable to turn that same awareness and rebellion to the internal forces that build their story.

They haven't had that lightbulb moment of "not only was the situation I was in fucked up and manufactured but so were all my responses to that situation as they occurred, I need to critically reexamine these thoughts and feelings that have become central to who I am since awakening."

At least in the cases of the princesses and such. The witches (or at least sea witch Alba Mac Lir) seem to have looked at that thorny philosophical debate and decided to check right out. "Oh my driving motivation seems kind of overblown and 2 dimensional and cruel? Go tell someone who cares, I just work here."

I think the essence of what’s messed up abt the neverafter is that everyone we meet in the world, is so obsessed with being in a narrative (being the bad guy, exacting a price, having won the story etc…) that they have completely lost track of the basic decency they owe other people.

Like Gerard couldn’t fathom that being a frog king, also meant ruling a kingdom or being a good husband.

Cinderella refused to help her stepmothers kids, not on any emotional merit, but because her step mother was the bad guy and bad guys wallow in misery after defeat.

The sea witch had no good justification for hurting the little mermaid, or for taking the bridle. And then when she got a hold of the treasure, she had to be REMINDED THAT SHE HAD THE MEANS TO END MIRAS SUFFERING BY A FUCKING CHILD??

This sort of behaviour is extremely antisocial and cruel. Like?? None of these people realise other people are people.

[mapsontheweb]

The Celtic Nations with their native place names.

by u/oglach:

In legend Éire is named for the goddess Ériu, but in actuality the goddess was probably named for the island, with the name coming from Proto-Celtic Φīwerjō meaning Full/Abounding. So something like Abundant Land.

Alba ultimately comes from a proto Indo-European root meaning "White", probably referring to the Cliffs of Dover. It originally referred to all of Britain in Goidelic, being related to the term Albion.

Kernew comes from Proto-Celtic karnos meaning "horn", referring to the shape of the peninsula.

Mannin is named for the sea god Manannán mac Lir, or Manawydan fab Llŷr as he was called by the Welsh.

And Breizh just means "Land of the Britons", which replaced the older Continental Celtic name of Armorica when the area was resettled by Celts from Britain in the early middle ages.