#Canon!Zane Drake

[theworldwalkerswols]

What does your WoL’s Heart look like?

Kyler

broken, missing pieces that once were there

Your heart has been torn before, chipped and maybe even shattered. Some pieces will never be recovered, and you are shaped by the loss. But it can still be shaped into something tangible, something good, even with its flaws and imperfections. You don't have to do all the work of rebuilding by yourself. Allow other hands to leave their fingerprints on the new heart you create from the remnants.

Zane

a guiding, golden light

Just because you cannot see your own heart doesn't mean that others can't. Your heart is blinding, captivating, a fire so bright that others can't bring themselves to look away. It illuminates the path they follow and cements you as a guiding star for their own wayward hearts. Every experience you've lived through has built your lighthouse heart up just a little higher. You are inspirational, a light that doesn't go out.

With thanks to @sasslett !

I wanna see @xkurohir ‘s, if you’re down!

Here is the link to the quiz~

[theworldwalkerswols]

In-game, Kyler and Zane’s chocobos are named after their horses in their canon: Kyler’s is Terel, and Zane’s is Rasha.

But in-universe and in fic,

Kyler’s company ‘bo is named Tide, because he’s a member of the Maelstrom. The black Ishgardian flier Haurchefant gave him is named Nocturne.

Zane’s draught ‘bo is still Rasha bc I can’t help it.

I've seen a couple of people share their WoL's chocobo's names so far, and they're all ready cute, so I'm gonna take advantage of my platform to ask:

What's your WoL's chocobo's name?

I'll start: mine is Edwin! Because he kinda looks like an Edwin.

[alittlehurtwithyourcomfort]

hey y’all! i want to start trying to write more, so i want to try taking fanfiction prompts! the rest of this post will detail the rules for submitting a prompt as well as which characters and fandoms i’m willing to write for.

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rules:

- no nsfw/sexual content

- no emeto

- no a/b/o

- no rape/non-con

- no gore

- no character bashing

- no romance (exceptions: buddie, glacier, polyninja, lava, bruise, plasma, cole/geo, birdflash)

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preferences/what i like to write:

- hurt/comfort, whump, angst

- platonic relationships/background romance

- happy ending (well, mostly happy)

- found family

- canon divergence

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current fandoms + characters + relationships:

- ninjago: cole, lloyd, kai, zane, jay, glacier, lava, bruise, plasma, cole/geo (+ found family, sora, arin, background jaya, background pixane)

- DC: dick grayson, tim drake, birdflash (+ batfam)

- 9-1-1: buck, eddie, buddie (+ firefam)

- MCU: peter parker, tony stark, matt murdock, kate bishop, yelena belova (+ found family, mentor relationship, no ships)

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please submit prompts through asks! thank you <3

[chaoticrebels]

My Muses

Canon

Steve Harrington {Stranger Things, Dead By Daylight}

Eddie Munson {Stranger Things}

Billy Hargrove {Stranger Things}    

Ji-Woon Hak {Dead By Daylight}

Yoichi Asakawa {Dead By Daylight}

Leon S. Kennedy {Dead By Daylight, Resident Evil}

Loki {MCU}

Peter Quill/Starlord {MCU}

Peter Parker/Spiderman {The Amazing Spiderman / MCU}

Wednesday Addams {Wednesday, The Addams Family}

Peter Pan {Disney, Once Upon A Time}  

Tinkerbell {Disney, Once Upon A Time} 

Blue {Jurassic World}  

Jim Hawkins {Disney, Once Upon A Time}

Ariel {Disney, Once Upon A Time}

Jack Frost {Rise Of The Guardians}

Kitty Song Covey {XO, Kitty! To All The Boys I Loved Before}

Dae Heon Kim {XO, Kitty!}

Min Ho {XO, Kitty!}

Nathan Drake {Uncharted}

Ellie {The Last Of Us}

Lara Croft {Tomb Raider} 

Brian Kinney {Queer As Folk}  

Luke Patterson {Julie & The Phantoms}  

Reggie Peters {Julie & The Phantoms}  

Alex Mercer {Julie & The Phantoms}  

10K {Z Nation}  

Original Character

Violet Blair Munson {Stranger Things}

Carter Harrington {Stranger Things}  

Twyla Luna Nyx {Stranger Things}

Dakota Harrington {Stranger Things}

Kairi Sykes {Stranger Things, Dead By Daylight}  

Caspian Hargrove {Stranger Things}

Roxxi Hargrove {Stranger Things}  

Nikita Thorne {Stranger Things} 

Styles McKenzie Corbyn {Stranger Things}

Kimo Jae {MCU}

Storm Lokison {MCU}

Holden Stark {MCU}

Raine Wynter Barnes {MCU}

Luna Jessenia {Disney, Once Upon A Time}

Roxas Morningstar {Fandomless}  

Ryker Kaiden Phoenix {Fandomless}  

Ashley Jamie Moore {Fandomless}

Dimitri Nikolaevich Graves-Romanov {Fandomless}  

Calista Lokelani Dreamtide {Fandomless}

Gavin Zane Rossi {Fandomless}  

Myka Ditka {Fandomless}

Rory Novalie Graves {Fandomless}

Jakai Holden Alexus {Fandomless}

Sereia Acqua Celestial {Fandomless}  

Laney Rayne Rivers {Fandomless}  

Phoenix Akira Storm {Fandomless}  

Kiani Jaidyn Parker {Fandomless}  

Leilani Akela Parker {Fandomless}  

Jasper Kyrie Parker {Fandomless}  

Private

Jace Corbin Wells {The Flash, Stranger Things}  

Parker Caspian Moore {The Flash}  

Harrison ‘Harry’ Wells {The Flash}  

Request

Mike Wheeler {Stranger Things}

Chrissy Cunningham {Stranger Things}  

Barry Allen {The Flash}  

Jack Sparrow {Pirates Of The Caribbean}  

Daryl Dixon {The Walking Dead} 

Paul ‘Jesus’ Rovia {The Walking Dead}   

Test

Taylor Bourne {Fandomless}  

Noah Sykes {Stranger Things}

Special Guest

Matteo Alister Drakos {Stranger Things}

Makena Taylor Monroe {Stranger Things}  

Kataleya Rose Bynes {Stranger Things}  

Jupiter Morgan Winters {Stranger Things}  

Exclusive

Kas {Stranger Things}

Matthew Joshua Brooks {Fandomless}  

Muses Now On SlytherinTragedy

Draco Malfoy {Harry Potter}

Regulus Black {Harry Potter}

Nyxia Kalea Atreides-Nightstar {Harry Potter}

Anastasia Rose Nott {Harry Potter}

Romeo Asher Ripley {Harry Potter}

Raena Lily Potter {Harry Potter}  

Akira Skye Rayne {Harry Potter}

Galexia Cordelia Malfoy {Harry Potter}

Discord Muses

Jack Dawson {Titanic} - Canon

Wanda Maximoff {MCU} - Canon

Billy Kaplan {MCU} - Canon

Rio Vidal {MCU} - Canon

Tiger Lily {Disney, Once Upon A Time} - Canon

Scotty Valens {Cold Case} - Canon

Ransom Caiden Ryder-Perez {Fandomless} - OC

Luka Rian McKinsey {Fandomless} - OC

Andrew Noah Brooks {Fandomless} - OC

Zachary Demetrius Brooks {Fandomless} - OC

Ember Thorn Nightingale {Disney, Once Upon A Time} - OC

Amber Rose Nightingale {Disney, Once Upon A Time} - OC

Hermione Granger {Harry Potter} - Canon

Luna Lovegood {Harry Potter} - Canon

Cho Chang {Harry Potter} - Canon

Lucius Malfoy {Harry Potter} - Canon

Narcissa Malfoy {Harry Potter} - Canon

Severus Snape {Harry Potter} - Canon

Druella Black {Harry Potter} - Canon

Daneiris Lieke Black {Harry Potter}- OC

Ashlyn Rose Malfoy {Titanic + Harry Potter Crossover} - OC

Jaeden Andrew Malfoy {Titanic + Harry Potter Crossover} - OC

Kaeden Jack Malfoy {Titanic + Harry Potter Crossover} - OC

James Severus Potter-Malfoy {Harry Potter} - OC

Scorpius Remus Potter-Malfoy {Harry Potter} - OC

Lily Narcissa Potter-Malfoy {Harry Potter} - OC

Luna Aquila Burke {Harry Potter} - OC

Cedric Draco Burke {Harry Potter} - OC

Rhys Alexei Malfoy-Dawson {Titanic + Harry Potter Crossover} - OC

NPCS

Marz Winters

Luca Drakos

Niko Thorne

Keeley Evans

Jay Rathaway

                   CLICK THE MUSE’S NAME FOR THEIR BIOS. :)

[theworldwalkerswols]

Gap Moe:

Zane Drake: Not very far. Maybe a little in extreme cases, but not very far.

Kyler Drake: Quite Far.

How far is your OC willing to bend their morals for someone they love?

[taboohqs]

hey, tags! admin kali here with a quick little promo as we’re looking for more non-binary and male muses to join us before we start. we have a list of most wanted faces here in case you’re stuck on who to join as. and, below, you can find upcoming canon roles that are now available for reserve with our most wanted pre existing ones. all admins are currently online working on a few things behind the scenes, so don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. and, of course, thank you to everyone who has reserved and is returning with these amazing muses so far! 

MOST WANTED CANONS

MAISON BLACK ( chris brown ) 

GIO SANTANA ( dave east )

KAISER HENDRIX ( jay critch )

MALES

ORION SIMMONS ( lil durk ) arms dealer. 

ZANE JORDAN ( jalen green ) professional basketball player.

CARTER KING ( lebron james ) investor + retired sports analyst.

MADDOX VICTOR ( drake ) real estate developer + sugar daddy.

AARON LEVINE ( odell ) bouncer.

DRU ST. JAMES ( tyler lepley ) bouncer.

XAVIER ROSE ( big sean ) producer. 

NON BINARY

FLEUR DANDRIDGE ( indya moore )

FEMALE

BRIANA LANGSTON ( kiana lede ) escort + cam girl for MYSTIQUE.

AZALEA HARD ( sza ) dispensary owner.

VALENTINA SANCHEZ ( alexa demie ) escort.

AVALON BAPTISTE ( teyana taylor ) taboo stripper.

[juvoci]

9 January 2021

9 January 2021.

3:54 PM.

So, I’ve written about writing fiction on this blog before, and this much has become clear to me: It seems that I enjoy writing about fictional worlds, rather than writing stories within those fictional worlds.

So, in this blog post, I’m going to write about a fictional world that I’ve been creating, and perhaps someday I’ll publish a novel or something of a story within this fictional world.

But, until then, I’m just gonna write about it. But why am I writing this on my blog? Why am I publishing this for all the world to see?

Because, well, I have this weird mental thing, which I can’t seem to figure out, nor seem to change... and that weird mental thing is this notion that, if something isn’t immediate relevant, I can’t really find the motivation to work on it.

In other words, I need to work in real-time in order to feel like my work is meaningful and thus be motivated to actually work on my work work work work work work... shoutout to Rihanna and Drake.

So, yeah. I’ve found that if I just publish my work (almost immediately or instantaneously; and even actually immediately and instantaneously, when I stream on Instagram Live or YouTube Live or Twitch TV, etcetera), then I have much more motivation to actually continue working.

Whereas, when I don’t publish my work (almost) immediately, I start to feel... disconnected, irrelevant, lonely in the work.

I guess I just like sharing stuff. I want my work to be an ongoing conversation, not something I slave away at by myself for days upon days upon days and then release to the world.

My friend Zane recommended that I write Flash Fiction. No, that’s not the right name for it. What is it called? It’s this kind of fiction where, every few days or every week or whatever, the author releases a new chapter of the story. Well, I don’t know if it has a name, but it’s a good idea. I might try that in the near future. If I forget, please remind me.

ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

It is now 4:07 PM. I’m feeling a little antsy, so I’m going to do some exercise — yoga, weight-lifting, etcetera — to release some energy. BRB.

4:17 PM. Random thought just occurred to me. Another reason I like publishing my writing immediately is because I like talking to people. When I write and publish in real-time... it’s as if I’m talking to you, the reader.

Only losers go to school. I taught myself how to move. I’m not the type to count on you. Because stupid’s next to "I love you".

So what can you show me, that my heart don't know already? 'Cause we make our own sense, and you're qualified to me.

— Lyrics from Losers by The Weeknd featuring Labrinth

5:01 PM.

A beautiful and hilarious quote by Lucky Yates. He tweeted it on the day of the Capitol Attacks in Washington DC.

I should post a vlog on YouTube about my experience with marijuana. The flower has played an interesting role in my life thus far.

5:12 PM.

Cracks create beauty, and beauty is broken.

5:56 PM.

Oh, yeah, I was gonna write about my fictional universe. I’m making some coffee right now. It’s a little late for coffee... but today feels like a coffee kind of night.

So, anyways, the universe I’m creating is called Universe 1830. First, I’ll explain what exactly this universe is, then I’ll explain why I’m creating this fictional universe.

So, what is Universe 1830?

Well, like I said, it’s, um, a fictional universe. Just like any other universe, it has stories, locations, characters, history, culture, technology, etcetera. You can think of Universe 1830 as a sub-universe of the larger Universe (the Absolutely Infinite Universe). (Or maybe the Universe of all Universes, or something.)

The numbers make it interesting because then you can imagine infinite universes numerically. For example, Universe 1, Universe 2, Universe 3, Universe 40, Universe 50, Universe 60, Universe 700, Universe 800, Universe 900, Universe 1000000 Universe 2000000, Universe 3000000, Universe 4000000000, Universe 5000000000, Universe 6000000000, Universe 7000000000000... I think you get the idea. INFINITE Universes.

And then Universe 1830 is just right there in between Universe 1831 and Universe 1829. (Impressively, pretty close to Universe 1, actually.) (Just kidding, the numbers are arbitrary, simply for labeling purposes.) (Maybe someday I’ll play around with these numbers.)

So, yeah, Universe 1830 is a sub-universe within the larger literally completely infinite Universe.

Universe 1830 has its own canon. And, for now at least, this canon can only be written by me, this individual, Juvoci. Perhaps, in the future, I’ll permit other writers to write within the 1830 Universe. But, for now, I will preserve that right for me alone, for the sake of keeping 1830 a contained project.

Of course, anyone can write fan fiction for Universe 1830, if anyone is so inclined. All such writing will only be part of the “1830 Fan-Fiction Universe” unless I adopt it into the Official Canon.

Get it? Got it? Cool. Moving forward.

Why am I creating this fictional universe?

There’s a few reasons.

1 — Writing fiction is a great way to explore and discuss real world issues. By using fictional locations, places, names, characters, histories, etcetera... I can explore real world issues in a different context and without name-dropping. (But that isn’t to say that I won’t name drop. 😏)

2 — I love writing fiction. Contemporary Fiction, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction, Historical Fiction... it’s all good fun to me! I just love writing, language, ideas, worlds, universes... I just love it.

3 — I can’t think of any more reasons.

6:19 PM.

So, yeah, I guess that’s what and why. Did I miss anything?

Listening to music by Victor Norman right now. It’s like dark and minimal Drum and Bass... or something. Right up my ally, whatever it is. Good stuff.

Oh, another reason I want to create a fictional universe is because this world we live in now is messed up in so many ways. I feel like we, as a global society, need to start telling ourselves a different story about what this world is. We need a new mythology. So I’m hoping that potentially by creating this fiction universe called 1830, we can meld and blend our real-world mythology with this fictional mythology and hence create a new story and context for ourselves and thus create a better Earth.

Like, for example, different “realms” or “planets” in Universe 1830 worship certain pantheons of gods; and we here as humans on Earth can use these gods as symbols and heroes and idols and signposts. These gods can give us motivation and direction.

And later, in this blog, I’ll talk about some of the gods.

But, remember, I’m literally going to be building this universe in real-time, while blogging on the internet... so not everything I write is immediately canon. I might make edits later.

That being said, I am going to create a wikipedia (either on this website or on Fandom or both) which keeps track of the characters, locations, stories, yada yada. So this blog will sort of act as a “sketchbook” for Universe 1830, and the wikipedia will act as a sort of “logbook” for Universe 1830. I’ll elaborate on this further, in the future.

6:32 PM.

💜 This is my favorite heart emoji, by the way. Although, I wish there was a pink one. There is a pink one, but it has some shit on it or something.

7:04 PM.

So, Ora is perhaps the first character I should talk about in Universe 1830, because Ora was the first character I ever created for Universe 1830.

So, who is Ora? Well, Ora is... alot of things, lol. I created him in 2015... so he’s been developed for awhile.

But, yes, Ora is a male, a man, a he. I suppose, that is the first thing you have learned about Ora.

Now, does this mean that Ora has a penis? I don’t know, maybe. At certain points in Ora’s existence, he is a male human... so I suppose that, yes, Ora, at certain points, has a penis.

The only reason I mention that last bit is because of the interesting things happening in pop culture regarding the difference between sex and gender. Honestly, the debate is beyond me. I say, “be whoever you wanna be” and “I’ll call you whatever you wanna be called”. So, yeah, I guess that, when I say “Ora is a male”, I’m basically just saying that he was born with a penis, and likely still has one (assuming he’s in human form). (“Human form?” you’re asking. Yes. Ora has more than one form. I’ll cover this later.)

But, also, I suppose that, when I say “Ora is a male”, I’m also saying that his masculine energy is stronger than his feminine energy. Now, what exactly the difference is between masculine energy and feminine energy is... complicated, and not something I even completely understand. It’s more of a... feeling. Stuff just feels masculine or feminine to me. It’s hard to explain. It’s almost... an emotion. Maybe I’ll dive deeper into this topic another time.

But, let’s get back to Ora. Who is Ora?

7:15 PM.

Like I said before, Ora has multiple forms. So it can get a bit complicated when we talk about what or who Ora is. But I’ll begin from a place of simplicity; when Ora was a human.

(I suppose I should write all of the lore in past tense? As if all the events of Universe 1830 occurred back in the day? Perhaps? Not sure yet.)

Ora was a human in the Realm of Zunora (a realm which has many other names) on Planet Zunora (a planet which has many other names).

Who is Zunora? Zunora is a god / goddess. (Zunora is known to appear in both male and female forms, so I’ll henceforth refer to Zunora as he, she, and they. That being said, Zunora appears most often in her feminine form... so I’ll usually refer to Zunora as female. She tends to reserve her masculine forms for when she needs to be dominating. Deeper voice, bigger frame, etcetera. Classic biological differences.)

(Fuck, I’m writing in present tense now. Whatever, screw worrying about tenses. 😂)

For the sake of convenience, I’ll simply refer to Zunora as a “god”. Honestly, in my mind, “god” can apply to male and female gods. Even distinguishing goddess from god is kind of insulting. They’re all just gods, they’re all just actors, they’re all just princes, etcetera...

So, yeah, Zunora is a God. Zunora is a God of Light. Her colors are yellow (or gold), black, and white. Zunora is a God of Inspiration, Creativity, Radiance, Spark, Lightning, Electricity...

Indeed, Zunora is a God inspired by the Sun. So any (or at least most) of the Sun’s characteristics, are characteristics of Zunora. The name Zunora comes from the English translation of Sun Aura. (I will explain the history of language in the Realm of Zunora at another time, and at that time I will explain exactly what I mean by “English translation”. But, in short, it’s an effort to maintain the “realism” or at least “realistic feeling” of the “fictional” universe.)

That being said, when Zunora was created, she was created to be the aura of the Sun, and not the Sun itself. In other words, Zunora is symbolic of the light surrounding the Sun... but not the literal Sun itself.

Now, you may have noticed that “Ora” and “Zunora” are quite similar in that they both have “ora” in them. Look at you, Einstein! Atta-boy! Ehem. Sorry.

But, yes, Ora is derived from Zunora. (Or, perhaps, Zunora is derived from Ora? Queue the suspenseful music!) Just exactly why Ora is named after Zunora is something I’ll probably cover in a story about Ora. (A story which I’ve already finished some percentage of and I hope to publish someday.)

8:21 PM.

Sorry, got distracted by the news. Watching Reuters videos about the Capitol Attack on January 6. Reuters is a great news source. They are more diverse, (relatively) less biased, and less anxiety-inducing, than other news sources. I highly recommend checking out their videos at reuters.com/video.

It’s amazing how many military factions there are (and have been). The FBI, the Maryland National Guard, the Capitol Police, Antifa, the US Coast Guard, the Red Army, the People's Liberation Army, the Korean People's Army... I mean the list goes on and on and on...

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more and more understanding of why militaries exist. Peeps be fucking shit up, and sometimes we need an elite force of trained soldiers to stop the fuck-uppery. That being said, I still think that, at the end of the day, violence isn’t the answer. I still hope and dream for a world without violence. And I think we can achieve it.

I’m a believer! I couldn’t leave her, if I tried!

Then I got the idea: 1830 will be a non-violent military force. We use our minds to inspire change, not physical force. Sounds kinda corny, right? Whatever.

Oh, by the way, 1830 is different from Universe 1830. 1830 is a real-world community, while Universe 1830 is a fictional universe. Hm... this could get confusing. Maybe I should give Universe 1830 a second and more practical name. How about... Fable Union? Sounds good. Universe 1830 is now also called Fable Union. Great.

So, yeah, 1830 is a religion, a non-violent military force, and a... newspaper?! Surprise!

Yes, 1830 is also a media outlet, a digital magazine (and perhaps someday physical), a newspaper.

Sigh... 1830 is alot of things. Lots of potential. But only Time will tell what it truly becomes.

Stop looking at me like that. Yes, I am aware that I’m a little crazy. (Just kidding, I’m 100% sane. Just kidding, I’m not. Just kidding, I am.) (I am.) (Seriously.) (Okay, not that seriously... but... seriously enough.) (Wtf am I talking about?)

8:36 PM. Jeez. I’ve spent like the entire day writing. Cool.

But, yeah, 1830 is a platform for intellectual and political conversation.

Let’s get back to talking about Ora.

8:48 PM.

Maybe I should just continue writing the fictional stories about these characters, instead of explaining it all here, because I feel like... if I keep writing about them in this format, I’ll end up just spoiling the stories... and that’s no fun, right?

But everytime I try writing the fictional stories, I lose motivation, as I mentioned in another recent blog post. Hm...

Fuck it. Let’s talk about something else. I need to think more about how I wanna approach Universe 1830. Sorry for the false alarm! Oops, I mean Fable Union (also known as Universe 1830).

Let’s talk about Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cryptocurrency in general.

Firstly, I wanna post a screenshot. In the Economics Explained Discord (great YouTube channel, highly recommend it), I simply asked this question: Thoughts on Bitcoin (or Cryptocurrency in general)? And I received some pretty interesting responses. Here is one of the most interesting responses I received:

Don’t stare at money too long, it’s Medusa! — Kanye West

Sorry, just thought of that for some reason. It’s true, though. Yes, what a wise intuition that was! Before we begin talking about cryptocurrency, which is money of course... let us acknowledge that we must not over-indulge in money! Fair warning.

But, yes, let’s go over this interesting response regarding Cryptocurrency.

This Discord user (whom I won’t name, for the sake of privacy... but if you read this, and want me to credit you, let me know), begins by saying a bunch of stuff about oil and Ethereum and petrodollars, but I don’t quite understand what he’s (I’m guessing it’s a dude, because most people on Discord are probably dudes, but I don’t really know for sure) trying to say here. Please let me know if you understand. But, moving on...

Something he says, which is super interesting to me, which is why I exclamation-point-emojied it, is “The whole idea that supply cannot be changed is just false.” And, at first, when he said this, I was like: “Wait, whoa, what? Isn’t one of the major points of Bitcoin that it has a limited and thus scarce supply? But this statement by this anonymous Discord user completely contradicts that.

But then I thought about it... and, wait a second, I think it might be true! What if a government, slowly but surely, built itself around Bitcoin, such that it held Bitcoin as its central currency, and then could export subsidies and import taxes, as it pleased, through Bitcoin, in order to control the supply and demand of Bitcoin.

In other words, control of Bitcoin’s availability, through subsidies and taxes, is essentially synonymous with control of Bitcoin’s supply.

In other words, being able to control Bitcoin’s value, by controlling its availability, is essentially the same as controlling its supply.

See what I’m saying? I’m honestly not sure if I’m making myself clear, or making any sense. It makes sense to me, anyway.

So, in other words, yes, there will (supposedly) only ever be 21,000,000 Bitcoins in existence. But manipulation of Bitcoin’s value is about the same as manipulation of Bitcoin’s supply.

HOWEVER, if Bitcoin becomes the GLOBAL RESERVE CURRENCY for ALL countries... then it should be more stable, because then there will be competition, and not a monopoly, over the Bitcoin’s income and outcome, and thus value.

This is actually the best result, in my opinion; that Bitcoin becomes the Official Global Reserve Currency. The OGRC...? 😂 Official Global Reserve Exchange... or OGRE. 👹 Lmao.

9:40 PM.

If Bitcoin became the world’s official reserve currency... that would be dope. Why? Because it actually does, numerically-speaking, have a static supply. This means that governments, corporations, individuals, nobody can create Bitcoins out of thin air (unlike dollars *cough*).

That’s why Bitcoin is such a great reserve currency. And other currencies, like the US dollar, the Chinese yen, the Russian ruble, and Ethereum (ETH), can be backed by the value of Bitcoin.

Just as a side note, I wanna acknowledge how awesome of a name Bitcoin is. Hats off to whoever came up with it. I mean, it is kind of an obvious choice, no doubt. But it’s so beautiful in its obviousness and simplicity. It’s a great name. There are some other cryptocurrencies with great names too, though. Tether, for example, is a great cryptocurrency name. (Although, I’m not sure whether or not Tether is as good an investment as it is a name...)

Returning to the anonymous Discord user’s posting, I’m gonna define a few terms he mentions, for you and for myself.

petrodollar : In America, the petrodollar is any US dollar paid to oil-exporting countries in exchange for oil. The dollar is the preeminent global currency. As a result, most international transactions, including oil, are priced in dollars. Oil-exporting nations receive dollars for their exports, not their own currency.

blockchain : A system in which a record of transactions, made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency, are maintained across several computers that are linked in a peer-to-peer network.

smart contract : A computer program or a transaction protocol which is intended to automatically execute, control, or document legally, relevant events and actions according to the terms of a contract or an agreement. A self-executing contract, being directly written into lines of code. This code exists across a distributed, decentralized blockchain network.

I was going define unspent transaction outputs (UTXO) and account-based chains... but it turns out that they’re just super technical terms that aren’t super relevant to the average consumer... so I’ll just skip over those. You can research them on your own, if you’re interested.

11:21 PM.

Got distracted again. Starting to get pretty tired.

The Discord user says that Ethereum has a higher throughput than Bitcoin. This means that transactions can happen faster on Ethereum (I think, but please correct me if I’m wrong). I’ve heard that Ethereum might end up being a currency which is used more often, but uses Bitcoin as its reserve currency.

10 January 2021.

1:37 AM.

Yeah, I’m pretty tired now.

I just played some Magic the Gathering (MTG) for the first time in months. I actually streamed it on Twitch. It was quite fun, honestly. I might continue. I really love that game. It’s a great game.

I used to be a pretty competitive Magic player. For a brief time in 2019, I was ranked in the Top 400 players worldwide on Magic Arena.

5:44 AM.

I feel pretty distracted, in life, generally-speaking. Modern life demands my attention in too many directions at once. I’m glad to be moving to Oregon soon, into the wilderness, for awhile.

Focus is so important.

“There must be a better life...” he says, “somewhere... beyond.”

6:17 AM.

Part of me honestly thinks that the whole fictional universe thing is kind of dumb. But I think I might just be over-thinking it. I think I think? Yes.

But seriously, I feel like it could be dumb. But then part of me loves it, and wants to keep building it. I’m not sure how to feel about it.

Is there a way for me to continue working on it without feeling like it’s kinda dumb? Or is it just actually kind of dumb?

No, I don’t think it’s just dumb. I think I just haven’t put enough effort into it to make it seem like something that’s actually cool. Maybe it will just take more work.

Bear with me. I’ll figure it out. Someday.

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how good is your WoL at various jobs?

Kyler

Kyler's backstory (that his amnesia has obliterated as a WoL) makes him fundamentally predisposed to combat, and also weaker with magic. He's able to manipulate aether and he learns, but it doesn't come naturally to him like physical combat does.

In between patches, he devotes the vast majority of his time to learning gathering and crafting disciplines. He adores these activities, and feels that if he never had the Echo, never became the Warrior of Light...he would have loved to make a living that way, in peace.

...but also I wrote him to be my big scary Overpowered foil to his brother and those vibes carry over LOL

Zane

Zane was raised on a farm, but has an incredible affinity for magic. Though he began as a Lancer, after he met X'rhun and learned Red magic, it led him next to Black. How naturally destructive magic came to him scared him, so he sought out White, after.

Wanna make one? Here's the Tiermaker and here's the twitter post from the person who put it together.

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⬅️ The first proper screenshot of Kyler ever, taken by my mentor (PC) 🤫

➡️ The latest screenshot I have of Kyler, taken by me (PS5)

Very little has changed other than his skin tone and his highlights. The blue highlights I was trying to play around with giving him like blue undertones to his hair, but that’s just not very him so that didn’t stay long. His hair is all black until the events of Shadowbringers, and after he has patches that grow in white permanently. If you want to see what the light did to him and his twin brother Zane during the events of Shadowbringers, you can do that here.

Kyler’s appearance is partly so stable because he is one of my oldest OCs - I have now lived longer with him than I have without him! He’s… 21 earth years now? Holy shite Canon!Kyler and Zane Drake are the protagonists of my fantasy novels. They aren’t published yet, but I’d really like to make that happen someday!

The change in his phenotype is related to his canon, and I wrote more about that here if you’re interested. The short version is that my story changes as I do and as I learn more. I want to tell a fantasy story that reflects my values at least somewhat, and that sometimes means big changes!

Thanks for the prompts OP! I’d love to see your first and latest WoL screenies too! :D

I want more WoLs on my dash. Reblog this with the oldest picture you have of your WoL/OC, and then the newest photo you have of them. Show off what changed! Did they change race? Gender? Hair color? Hair style? Tell me about it!

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Zane’s extended WoL Inspo chart, blank here~

Image Description / Contents:

WoL ^and canon! Inspo Chart for Zane Drake (an elf with pale grey skin, messy black hair, and red eyes, smiling easily and wearing a flower crown)

Zane’s six inspos, in no particular order:

Sheik (LoZ), Frodo and Sam (LotR), Elsa (Frozen), Twilight Princess Link (LoZ), Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke [1997])

Zane’s six visual inspirations/motifs:

Major Arcana 0, The Fool; a cluster of windflowers; the hands of many tilling the earth; a long shadow cast over a stone-paved road; precipitous cliffs rising from a verdant summer treeline

Zane’s featured lyrics:

Oh, all the comrades e'er I had / they're sorry for my going away I and all the sweethearts e'er I had / they wished me one more day to stay / but since it falls unto my lot / that I should rise and you should not / I gently rise and softly call: / Goodnight, and joy be with you all!

The Parting Glass, Scottish folksong

Me, my thoughts are flower-strewn / with ocean storm, bayberry moon / I have got to leave to find my way watch the road and memorize this life that pass before my eyes...

"Find the River," by R.E.M.

No feet to fall / you need no ground / allowed to glide right through the sun / released from circles guarded tight / now we all are chosen ones

"Secure Yourself," by the Indigo Girls

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Does your OC find it easy to empathise with their enemies? Or do they see it as important to dehumanise them in order to combat them with sufficient determination?

Ooh, this one’s difficult!

For Kyler, it’s…complicated.

Combat comes to him as easily as breathing. Weapons feel natural and familiar in his hands, and in WoLverse he lacks the context to know why due to his amnesia. His reflexes are uncanny. If a companion tries to wake him through touch out on the road, they run the risk of being flipped into the dirt and pinned with a knife to their throat before he’s even fully woken. When he’s been particularly triggered or is struggling he sometimes even moves to pin his partners/husbands in the comfort of their bed before he fully wakes (he always feels like absolute shite when this happens).

All of this is in high contrast to the fact that Kyler never wants to fight. He would always much rather find any other way out of a situation, find any other solution. He has so much blood on his hands already that he didn’t want to be there. He’s haunted by how much killing he’s done, but he also knows himself: that when backed into a corner with no other way out, or when his loved ones are threatened, he turns to what he’s always done best, what he’s always hated came to him so easily - spectacularly, devastatingly efficient violence.

In writing all this, I realized that it comes down to this: Kyler does not lack compassion, but he is also fundamentally paranoid. At practically all times there is an underlying calculus in his subconscious attempting to gauge whether the person before him is a threat. Kyler’s neutral is ever a hair’s breadth from fight or flight.

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For fun, in Stark Contrast: Kyler’s identical twin Zane.

Zane loves people, loves socializing, loves making new acquaintances. Zane’s natural state assumes that every person is lovely and wonderful. He always sees the best in others, always is looking for what might drive people to do terrible, or frightening, or desperate things. He hates fighting, despises violence, and only ever is party to it or enacts it with great trepidation and reluctance. He also was not raised with any form of training, he only sought it out later in life - in XIV, because the Garleans threatened the Greatwood. No matter what universe, Zane is chilled by and despises how quickly he learns to fight.

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Thanks so much for the ask, and for making the game!!

Game here~

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Does your OC have a Best Friend? If they do then how long have they known each other and how did they meet? If they don't then do they have a close group of friends they love equally? Or are they more of a loner?

Kyler’s first instinct is always to self-isolate, to keep people at arm’s length, and this is especially true of canon!Kyler, so I struggled to think of who WoL!Kyler might regard as his “best” friend. I will also say that my perspective is inevitably skewed by how incredibly demi I am: I literally married my best friend and a Lot of how I feel about friendship’s ability to transform into romantic feelings comes through in Kyler’s ships. But, in the spirit of the ask, there are a few people he feels platonically Very Close To:

1. Zane! His identical twin brother is always one of the most important people in his life, no matter the universe. In XIV, they don’t meet until the beginning of Stormblood, when they finally cross paths after Baelsar’s Wall. Though they hadn’t known the other existed, they fall into step fairly quickly, feeling as though something that was missing has been restored…. In many ways Kyler and Zane are each other’s foils, but the WoL!twins have more in common than the canon!twins do, and that helps them make up for lost time.

2-3. Alphinaud and Alisaie! Of all the Scions, Kyler is closest to these two, having bonded significantly with Alisaie during Coils and Alphinaud, of course, through Heavensward. He has a brotherly sort of affection for them, and is exceedingly protective of the two of them. This makes it hard to say they’re his “best friends” because in some ways he yet feels responsible for them, even though he knows they are remarkably capable for their age…

4. Cid Garlond! Meeting “Marques,” the amnesiac in the care of the Church of Saint Adama Landama, hit Kyler hard. As a fellow amnesiac, he related deeply to him and wanted to do everything in his power to assist him. Because of this, the two formed a close bond that grew into a tight-knit friendship. Kyler is regularly at the Ironworks just to hang out and see what people are up to, and he and Cid swap stories often: adventures for engineering breakthroughs. Kyler also fairly regularly comes up with ideas for inventions - or needs that he isn’t sure how to meet, as he is not an engineer himself - and brings them to Cid to get his opinion. They’ve whiled away many a night talking theory, making sketches, and drafting schematics. Kyler commissions him often and always pays him handsomely, insisting that he ought to pay full price (or more!) because he’s Cid’s friend, rather than getting a discount. They occasionally engage in a Cold War of attempting to pay each other and/or hide money in each other’s things. 😂

Thanks so much for the ask!!

Types of Love game Here!

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The Warrior of Light and his Loves

A Kyler & Polycule Playlist

The Parting Glass by The Revels | Kyler, Zane, & the Scions (depart the First)

Oh, all the money that e'er I had I spent it in good company and all the wrong that I have done alas, it was to none but me and all I've done for want of wit to mem'ry now I can't recall so fill to me the Parting Glass: goodnight, and joy be with you all!

If I had money enough to spend and leisure time to sit awhile there is a fair [man] in this town who sorely has my heart beguiled [his] rosy cheeks and ruby lips I own she [he] my heart enthrall so fill to me the Parting Glass: goodnight, and joy be with you all!

Oh, all the comrades e'er I had they're sorry for my going away and all the sweethearts e'er I had they wished me one more day to stay but since it falls unto my lot that I should rise and you should not I gently rise and softly call: goodnight, and joy be with you all!

This song is so, so important to me. I considered not including it in the singing portion of my Starlight fic The Best Season and my wife looked at me and said, "Yeah, no, that'd be like ripping out part of your soul."

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song (also sung in Ireland), and I have associated it with Canon!Kyler and Zane since hearing it for the first time. In XIV-verse, I sometimes picture that at the end of the huge, city-wide party in the Crystarium at the end of Shadowbringers that the Scions sing it. They're only going to bed that night, but they know too that their time in that world is limited, and will, by necessity, be drawing soon to a close.

Kyler, of course, is thinking of his loves, a world away.

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Drake Twins mood boards inspired by @mirrim-the-moonfaerie ‘s beautiful board she made for her WoL!

Left is Kyler Drake, right is Zane Drake

These vibes are very much canon twins, rather than WoL twins, but much of it definitely carries over

All images sourced from Pinterest

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The Warrior of Light and his Loves

A Kyler & Polycule Playlist

Only the Horses by Scissor Sisters | Kyler, Haurchefant, Aymeric, Estinien, G'raha

I know you didn’t realize That the city was gone You thought there would be advertisements To give you something to go on

And so we search the sky For any flashing signs We’ve gone too far beyond The border it’s just you and I And if this is the end It’s the best place I’ve ever been It feels so good to just Get lost sometimes

Only the horses Can find us tonight Only the horses Can bring us back home Our tracks they will follow They’ll hear us calling And save us by morning light Only the horses Can bring us back home Tonight Tonight

We can’t escape the basic facts How cold it can get There’s nothing to protect ourselves When the rain gets us wet

So I’ll just tell you now This is our final bow If you don’t know the way to Hold me let me show you how And if this is the end It’s the best place I’ve ever been It feels so good to just Get lost sometimes

Only the horses Can find us tonight Only the horses Can bring us back home Our tracks they will follow They’ll hear us calling And save us by morning light Only the horses Can bring us back home Tonight Tonight

Only the horses Can find us tonight Only the horses Can bring us back home Our tracks they will follow They’ll hear us calling And save us by morning light Only the horses Can bring us back home Tonight

This one is much less direct lyrical interpretation and much more ~vibes~

I've had this song on Canon!Kyler and Zane's playlists for a long time. There is something in this song of the thrill of adventure, of daring to wander, to leave home, to get lost, but that there are people - and animals! - that will follow and seek you, and guide you home.

Aymeric's dreamy wanderlust; Haurchefant's love of horses and chocobos, his steady resolve to be always at the side of his wanderers if they'll let him; Estinien's penchant to go wherever the wind takes him, wherever he is needed most; G'raha's insatiable thirst for adventure, his desire to ride the eternal wind; and of course Kyler as Azem, heritor of the crook of the shepherd, seat of the wanderer...all of this comes to mind in this joyful song about letting yourself get lost.

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From @/dualcast_impact on Nov 12: Your WoL/OC gets their weapon(s) ripped out of their hands by the enemy. How do they get it back? Do they scramble after it? Do they summon it back by some magical or mechanical means?

Kyler: draws two of the many knives hidden on his person and continues. If he runs out of knives he can summon other weapons to him a la meteor in the ShB opening movie. If the opportunity arises, he’ll retaliate by stealing his opponent’s weapon and using it against them

Zane: simply starts casting without an aetherial focus. He has a frightening capability for magic :0)

Rhot: immediately switches to hand to hand, possibly leading with a headbutt that can and will pulverize an enemy’s nose :0) He’ll recover his weapon if it’s convenient, but strictly speaking he doesn’t need it

Hadley: has an approach that matches Rhot’s to begin, but if harried enough he WILL end up unleashing devastating un- or fire-aspected magic. It’s shapeless, untrained, and more widely destructive because of the fact. Hadley has only “slipped” in this way once. The only other time he’s tapped into this was on purpose. :0)