#Asher (OS)

[mud404]

brainrot

[coynelaundry]

At max meter, "Evade" becomes "Energy Burst." If Burst hits the Core, it is put into the "Core Flip" state. This gives the user of Energy Burst exclusive control of the core for a moment after a brief delay. Some abilities can be used before Burst to skip that delay, or "Instant Core Flip."

This is a 2-minute demonstration of how each striker is able to do this!

[ipodkisser]

girl help i think i got a crush on my calculator

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Entre os dias 10 e 26 de abril, Rita Lee encarnou a personagem caipira Ritinha Malazarte em um show-desfile na UD (Feira de Utilidades Domésticas). O evento patrocinado pela Rhodia ficou marcado como o primeiro show solo da artista💐

Fotografia via: @joaoleemusic📸

Estadão - 12 de abril de 1970🌸

Via @ritalee_bau on Instagram🍁

[mo-chi-zuki]

all strikers W.I.P

I'm making a huge piece of all the strikers in game (and the new girl coming out soon)

I have a solid chunk of the roster done so far so here's were I'm at currently

[lazyvase]

Asher buff let’s go.

[imacat331]

I have a theory that Violet’s dad is alive-

We are constantly told that Asher Sorrengail died because his heart failed. I think this terminology is soo vague. Here is this guy, who we know secretly wrote a book about an enemy territory’s province, hide his research w a random ass lady in a random isle, took his daughter to another isle for a dangerous, illegal ceremony…not to mention I’m 100% sure he knew alll about the venin. You’re telling me that bad cholesterol took a guy like that out?

Plus, RY is queen of having characters fake their own death (see Brennan) or come back from the dead (see Jack B).

So where is Asher?

I think he’s with pirates in the Emerald Sea.

In OS, Violet references Dain’s old obsession with pirates in the Emerald Sea-

This detail may seem minuscule, but as an author, RY is constantly dropping hints to things that become significant later.

Plus, I think it makes the most sense. I would’ve originally thought he’d be hiding in Krovla, since he wrote a whole book about them and probably knew people within the territory. However, we know Asher was an intelligent, crafty scribe. He’d go where no one would expect him to be. Once Violet figures out he’s alive, the first place she’d look would be Krovla for that reason.

Joining pirates? No one would even consider that. Plus, again, this man travelled far and wide. He def had to have contacts to get him to/from each of these places.

Those contacts? Pirates.

I have no idea how/when this may be revealed. Maybe when Violet+company are out searching for Xaden? But I would love a scene where once they find Asher, he tells them his choice for pirates was inspired by Dain :P

I think this solves the where and how of Asher Sorrengail’s whereabouts. The real question is…why? What could he know that led him to go into hiding?

(See additional thoughts here)

[sthenoaloraquest]

My favorite chapter writing blurbs from all three books.

Fourth Wing (other than the infamous A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead)

You're all cowards.

-The Last Words of Fen Riorson (Redacted)

It's simple and straight to the point. It fits for how the reader is feeling against the leadership of Navarre.

Iron Flame

Most generals dream of dying in service to their kingdom. But you know me better than that, my love. When I fall, it will be for one reason only: to protect our children.

-Recovered, Unsent Correspondence of General Lilith Sorrengail (⚠️Onyx Storm Spoilers coming up⚠️)

This had me tearing up for Lilith and more so after OS. The fact that she still writes to Asher after his death is heartbreaking to me. She still sees him as her safe place after what he attempted to do to Violet. Even though she was the cold exterior parent she loved her children more than her title.

Onyx Storm (Which I have two)

...I recommend demanding asking for a new Provincial Commitment covering our current conflict. The provinces will never agree after the rise in conscription rates. My adivce: do not anger Tyrrendor's duke, who now commands the largest portion of our army. Screw this. I hate my job.

-Unsent, Drafted Correspondence of Colonel Agatha Mayfair, Royal Archvist

The end of it is just relatable 😂. I can't begin to count the amount of times I've said that about a job I disliked.

Fuck you. My daughter and I will meet Malek with clean consciences. Will you and your daughters be able to say the same when they come for you?

-The Last Words of Tracila Cardulo (Redacted)

Imogen's venom and badass self definitely came from her momma. I started tearing up and then what happens to Quinn... the knife slid down to the hilt for me. 😭

[simscici]

Previous / Next Beginning (Gen 8)

Image transcripts (PT):

Joseph: Precisamos marcar de sair mais vezes, faz um tempo que eu não me divertia tanto.

Asher: Concordo! Mas acredito que Joseph estará mais ocupado agora que sua esposa está grávida novamente!

Joseph: Isso é certo! Meu mais velho já é jovem adulto, então não achei que teria mais filhos. Porém, é sempre uma benção.

Asher: Uma criança é sempre uma benção, não importa o momento em que ela vem!

Touma: Ah certo, não vejo a hora de ter meu pacotinho de felicidade também!

Joseph: Isso é ótimo, jovem. Uma família só está completa quando vem os filhos!

Touma: Supostamente hahaha Aliás, onde fica o banheiro mesmo?

Joseph: No fim do corredor à direita, consegue ir sozinho?

Touma: Sim!

O sinal era sutil, mas ele estava lá! Yuna sabia que a operação tinha acabado de ser posta em prática e o que deveria fazer agora.

Touma percorreu os corredores e olhou todas as portas que tinham ali. Não tinha sido muitas vezes que ele entrou ali, então esperava que conseguisse acertar de primeira.

Claro, o primeiro local que ele encontrou foi o escritório que fica na sala e, por sorte, as cortinas estavam abaixadas. O que significava que não o veriam de lá de fora.

Era muito arriscado ficar num lugar aberto como aquele, então ele precisava ser rápido e verificar o máximo de coisas que conseguisse.

Como Yuna previu, nada muito útil foi encontrado ali. Apenas alguns recibos da casa e outras notas irrelevantes.

Jade: Jasper? Você está... Xeretando no escritório do Joseph?!

"Jasper": !!

[Engasga]

[mud404]

hehe

[fairchild06]

Am I Crazy? Empyrean theme

Spoilers ahead.

Okay, so something I noticed, ever since the first book is the fact that we are slowly finding out that everything is not what we seem. First, learning that the Marked Ones are "dangerous" or "mysterious." They're grieving and racialised, because of the things their parents did. This is only doubled as we learn more about Xaden, how he may be technically smuggling weapons, but also trying to help them survive. (I need a whole other paragraph for him) Then, about the venin and the gryphon fliers. How Navarre kept all this information from their kingdom.

Then, in IF, we see the fliers as not just this distant other army, but learn their names. At least partially of how their world works. As well as Andarna, with her scales, wanting to be like Tairn with her scales.

OS is just a mess of this. Barely conceived ideas on the Isles and their societies taken to a whole new level. As well as the Irids and their constructs. I'm gonna stop now before I start crying.

But the biggest thing is with Asher Sorrengail. We're only ever given glimpses of Violet's father, grief stricken melancholy or vague hints, not the person he was. We get to see as Violet discovers not only his work, but who he was as a person. His mistakes, his flaws, every crazy decision he ever made. Not just as her father. And honestly, I think that's beautiful.

More than anything else the Empyrean is a series about discovering things that were not as we think they are. And I f*cking love that.

[flameassassinqueen]

A theory for FW and OS. Spoliers ahead.

So we know that Llith controlled the weather. Especially in Basgiath. Its made clear in Onyx storm that the bad weather in Basigath is due to Lilith not being around to control it.

"I can't remember a more brutal series of storms than the ones that have battered the war college in the last two weeks, but without-"

We also know that Theophanie and Lilith are the balance to each other. Much like Xaden and Lynx who is able to wield Shadows.

"Nature likes everything in balance"

We also see Llilth use her powers in Iron Flame to be used as a conductor for Violet's Lighting. Showing the Balance of Violet and her Mother's signet.  

"It's her way of Imbuing her favorite weapon. Me."

There is another moment at the very beginning of Fourth Wing when Violet is walking the Parapet, where it starts storming, Rain and Lighting. Lighting as a foreshadowing to violet signet as she finds comfort in it. She also really enjoys storms, and the shadows. A hint to her and Xaden being a match

"I've always loved the nights where storms beat against the fortress window, both illuminating and throwing shadows over the books I curled up with, though this downpour might just cost me my life"

Why was it storming in the first place? Was it Lilith? I'm starting to think that Violet going into the quadrant, was expected and someone was trying to get her killed from the start. But why? At this point Violet had yet to get her signet. She was also known as the weakest child. But, the way Asher talked in Onyx storm, it seemed like all three children were in danger from the beginning.

This is feeding into my whole, someone sent Jack to kill Violet from the beginning theory. I wonder if it was Theophanie? The strom stops the moment Violet gets across.

[krispypajamalady]

Let me ask something to everyone who has read FW, IF and OS.

Who will Violet choose when I comes down to Xaden and everyone else she loves?

Who will she save when it comes to hundreds and thousands of Tyrs and Xaden?

Who does she spend a good amount of time with in OS, to the point where it's like everyone else is a filler character?

The answer to all of that is Xaden.

However, for some reason Rhiannon is being hated for not making Violet her priority.

Mira is being hated for hiding the fact about dedication.

So now Violet is supposed to be everyone's priority while she chooses Xaden over then repeatedly.

Yk what I see?

I see you being desperate for reasons to hate on Rhiannon and Mira.

I see people WANTING to have reasons to hate Violet is OS.

Violet risked EVERYONE'S life by hiding the fact that Xaden is venin. He went to countless mission where he could've channeled and killed everyone. So is it not wrong for her to not inform people? At most AND atleast the squad?

Now we come to Rhiannon.

She is a leader. A good one unlike whatever Xaden and Violet are. She looks out for people. Her priority is the thousands down there and not Violet. So what?

Is she supposed to give up the thousands for Violet, who is as unpredictable as Xaden if not more? Is she supposed to sacrifice hundreds of men, women and children for them?

If that's what you think she is supposed to do, then Rebecca failed as an author.

She was trying to show you what a leader should be like. She was trying to show you what war is. You don't get plot armour in a war. You don't get anything in a war except weapons and armour. People die and you have to choose.

As for Mira, all the hate is once again baseless. Yes, ok she should've told Vi about her theory on dedication. But there is a chance she would've accelerated what she thought was the process of her being venin.

But where does the hate evaporate when it's Xaden's turn?

By that logic of hiding things, we should be hating on a HUGE number of characters but no. We only hate Mira.

Before anyone says anything about the venin not solely concerning Violet but also the world, let me remind you of something.

Lilith is dead. Asher is dead. Brennan is trash. Mira's squad is never mentioned, she always flies solo.

Who does Mira have left? Violet.

If by telling Violet Mira thinks she is going to risk HER world, which is Violet, will she tell her that? No.

Also, Mira connected the dots after they visited the Isle of Dunne. Or maybe way later. And she did tell that to Brennan right? Yeah?

When did she tell that to him? When Violet and Xaden were in the washroom.

Why did she tell that to him? So that they could help Violet escape if, by Mira's assumptions, Violet is venin.

She said that to Brennan in Riorgail's room, knowing VERY well that Violet is in the washroom and she will come out any second. We can deduce 2 things from that:

1. She lets her guard down around Violet: That means she wouldn't harm her in any way. She does not think of Violet as a threat. Also, she does not truly believe in the whole dedication bullshit.

2. She knew Violet would listen.

Heroes don't sacrifice their loved ones. Their loved ones sacrifice themselves for the world. Please read properly.

Thank you.

[ludmilachaibemachado]

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[justallihere]

I don't know if anyone else mentioned Violet's hair yet but I just finished OS and been scrolling tumblr to vibe with everyone! Saw an ask about Violet's hair and why it is the way it is. I just figured I'd add that the way I understood it was that Asher took Violet (alone) to the temple of Dunne to attempt to "fix her," but when the High Priestess saw that her fate was not finalized (the whole scene with Mira and Brennan when Mira finds out Xaden turned), the dedication wasn't complete and never would be so her hair doesn't turn entirely silver like the rest of the priestesses they see. So when Violet sees the little girl, it's because the dedication was begun but it won't be finalized until a path to a set fate has been started (does that even make sense? idk.)

Also, I was almost a little sad when Theophanie died lmao she was such an evil bitch but I loved seeing a character like that.

Also also, I know you talked about how Violet and Xaden's relationship felt not entirely canon, but I wanted to add a different perspective (ehem mine) to it! I felt like these two people have grown into their current selves after dealing with so much loss, and Xaden, besides Tairn and Andarna, is the only thing that kept Violet grounded through all of it. Sure, he was a big part of her mental instability and turmoil, but he was her rock too. It seemed natural for me that Violet shifted into a badass confident, "will do anything to save him" girl considering he did that for her. His "touch her and die" turned into her "I don't care about anything except saving him." Of course the whole point of everyone reading is that they develop their opinions and that's what makes the book community fun (and terrible).

This is an incredibly long ask and I apologize for taking up so much space LOL but I'd love to hear people's thoughts about all this

yeah violet's hair debacle was definitely a little confusing, but that's the gist i got of it too! that whole situation is reason #1 asher is on my shit list, like what do you mean you wanted to "fix" your daughter? absolutely not

i agree to a certain extent about xaden and violet! they've always been pretty ride or die for each other, but the biggest issue for me was that there wasn't a great transition into violet's moral grayness (poisoning people to death, threatening children) given what we knew of how far she was willing to go before. and even if she did feel the need to do those things, i expected her to struggle with it a little. she's never wanted to be a killer, and she never would have brought children into her schemes. since we're in her head, the lack of inner turmoil about it all was a little jarring, but i can also see why people wouldn't think twice about it. and also why people love this version of them so much! i definitely do too but there was a lot about this book that felt abrupt

no worries at all!! the ask box is always open for any and all opinions!!

[ann7av]

One thing that I can’t quite wrap my head around is the concept of dedication and its relationship with the Sorrengails. I assume it means that when someone wants to follow and really worship a certain deity they can essentially give their soul to them…maybe and become some king of envoy/apostle for said god??? Idk we’re not given an explanation and I’m having a hard time understanding why everyone was upset at Asher. I guess it has something to do with consent since following Dunne is apparently lifelong.

But my main question is if he really wanted to cure Violet of her EDS why go to goddess of WAR specially? Do they not have some obscure god of healing somewhere? Why not ask Amari? Was that actually about her sickness or something else? Nolon’s missive to Lilith says there’s no cure only control and it doesn’t really mesh with the reveal very well. Unless Lilith was trying to undo what Asher did which also doesn’t make sense since there’s no clear side effects or consequences to being dedicated.

I need to know what Asher actually did because from what we see dedication doesn’t seem all that bad?? Violet doesn’t feel drawn to the goddess or anything in previous books. So what could he have do that was so bad Lilith didn’t feel like she could ever forgive him for it?

Rebecca you can’t just drop such crucial worldbuilding without explaining a single thing about it!!!

No wait, you're right about why he dedicated her to Dunne instead of anyone else, unless we're taking into consideration Dunne is also the goddess of strength...

What does Lilith say to Violet at the start of FW when she's looking at her braid?? Something like "It's like that fever took away your coloring along with your strength", maybe that was what he was trying to provide for her.

Btw, we still don't know what caused the "fever" to begin with, only that dedicating Violet was an attempt to "fix" her somehow, and we also don't know what dedicating does to a person.

I have the feeling the dedication was part of a deal and will have consequences in the future, or maybe the dedication in itself has consequences for someone's soul...? Magic requires balance after all

Something I caught myself thinking was why he dedicated her to Dunne and not to Malek, if baby Violet was sickly or something to the point Asher thought he needed to basically commit treason to help then why not dedicate her to death itself? She can't die with the god of death looking out for her right??

Also, Malek is the one Violet prays the most to and there's Liam saying "Maybe Malek sent me as a kindness" in IF; and all the times Violet says "Malek can't have [insert person]" and said person survives; and in OS she says she started going to Malek's temple after her father passed away... anyway you get my point