#I don't use that muse anymore

[thewolfisawake]

Name: Balmoral 'Bal' Sitheach

Personality:

Balmoral is rather casual despite his station. He finds camaraderie and a sense of humor to be quite useful in the everyday. He strolls with confidence that crosses smug and it distracts from his observational skill and scheming mind. He values strength and is not afraid to coax it from his rivals. But there is also a wildness and mischievous streak that can be attributed to his fae nature.

Background:

Balmoral is the latest king to the Unseelie Court, having wrested the victory from a civil war with the Unseelie and had been working on it since then. To the Unseelie prior to him, it would be unthinkable for someone like him to even be considered for the throne. Which, to Balmoral, sounds like they were 'gantin' fer it.' Although he was well-known even then.

Balmoral was a general to the land's forces. While he did prefer to do fights, he found some fun in doing negotiations here and there. His charisma and the careful brokerage of an alliance gave him possible cards with some natural forces, several 'rogue sects' of different races and demons. He particularly found it useful to have Unseelie able to be used within skirmishes or wars since most do not believe fae to be powerful fighters so his forces are not forced into the worst positions. But it also allows for his 'rambunctious lot' to expend their bloodlust, cruelty and revelry without damage to his areas.

Alliances and the like appear to be his strength as he also has behind him companions that serve as advisors with his current status. Many of them were (some still) considered of ill-repute or 'outsiders' to the Winter Court. For some reason or another, they have a loyalty Balmoral and--like with most he deals in--he plays to their strengths and around their pitfalls.

There is rumor of Balmoral having no power at all or it being squandered from all his dealing. And it is this sort of thing that earns laughter from him. Then brambles burst forth from their form, injuring if not maiming them to begin with. What kind of Unseelie king would he be if he didn't possess the strength, the gall, to back up all he has. He has others because it is nice. But it should never be mistaken that he doesn't possess power.

And while some believe it may be the terror or deference his gaze commands, there is an air of something 'inhuman' about the king. And for something to be considered 'inhuman' amongst the swathes of nonhuman beings within the Court and their allied holds...just what is this king?

[spiderwarden]

when I say 'her life in menzobarranzan ' I don't want you to JUST picture the graceful tactful politician and rebel hunter that she was.

i want you to imagine Minthara as the playboy she also was, the stereotypical child of mommy's riches who spends their days partying and having sex with men and women, and being up to her EARS in cunt and cock. Coming down to the family breakfast table, hungover, naked under a robe, and lighting a canon equivalent to a cigarette and she reaches for the toast. In some cases covered in blood if her lover from the previous night tried to kill her. Known every bit as the pleasure party lover, party animal she was. Eyes scrunching and rubbing her temples because mom is giving her hell again for not focusing on anything else BESIDES cock and cunt.

[fallingsatellive]

Making questioning updates about theriotypes is so easy. Making questioning updates about physical species is so intimidating. It's like you're expected to know absolutely everything right from the outset because if you aren't sure that's proof you're lying or roleplaying... even if I say (admit?) I'm new to this, I wasn't born physically nonhuman, I became so relatively recently... it's still hard to write about.

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

just wanted to remind everyone that french canadians are technically latin americans.

[bcneheaded]

I was just thinking and... Artemis is not kind. yes, for all his friendliness, and all the fancy and amicable language and behaviors he displays outwardly to just about everyone who enters his shop... he's not genuinely nice. Artemis is a demon. in any verse of his, he used to be something akin to a spirit/god of LOVE, but was twisted into Wrath, or Hatred - which is the opposite. After leaving the pits of hell, having his little demonic tantrum and breakdown and finally growing weary and finding some semblance of clarity, he's grown out of what he was once again, and became something new. He's still wrathful, hateful, angry, and morose, but now he's so much more without even realizing. He's evolved and will continue to do so over time even if he stagnates for decades, centuries even. The friendships and relationships with other muses that he develops will influence his personality and the way he views things in time, as we've seen it happen already countless times ofc! And for those who did earn his respect and care, he does truly care for them and would gladly go out of his way for them (to what degree depends entirely on the level of closeness). But again.... Artemis is not kind, by nature and he hasn't been for a very, very long time. He was genuinely just plain and simple EVIL He was a villain - a monster, unrecognizable to how he acts now- doing horrible, unspeakable deeds for the pleasure of it. It's how he got the bones he wears in and on his body. So while he might be polite, charming even, and friendly - if he does not know you... he doesn't care about you nor what happens to you. If say for example, he sees you wandering that ruined cityside he lives in - rampant with entities that prey on the Living - and he saves you from being taken by evil spirits or demons? Chances are good that he did it for himself, or to be spiteful - to deny the other entities their prize (you / your soul). If he doesn't know you, the likelihood that he'll go out of his way for you is very low. But if there's something in it for him, some kind of reason as to why it might be worth his time and energy to actually step in... he might! But like all demons, it's good to be wary and to assume he doesn't care about you or your well-being, at least at first!! Artemis is not nice, but that doesn't mean he's malicious or cruel (anymore. not intentionally - he's quite literally under the mindset that he's just 'too old and tired for that nonsense'.) Artemis is manipulative, charming, cunning - he's everything you expect from a demon (though without a host, so he's certainly not attractive in any semblance of a conventional manner lmao - but he dresses well! and I think it's also telling just how-- *gestures at all that* --that he actually is, considering he's NOT attractive... but still puts people at ease, mostly, and can charm them to hell and back if he wanted to. He uses that not to manipulate people per say ?? like, he does not have an evil agenda by any means. He's just existing at this point, distanced from the gods and devils and just living his... life(?) if you can call it that. He's TRYING to do better. But he's still just... a demonic entity. A greater demon, for sure, if he had to be equated to some kind of level or whatever, but a demon nonetheless. But even for demons, there can be growth! and he is growing, very very slowly.

[reiketsui]

fan of the era of refusing to always be the npc. same but with "don't expect 'trauma whump and ditch' backstory content for your muse." bc it do be tiring.

[peppermint-rat]

Local rat shocked to find that not everyone physically feels sound like pulses, shocks, or crunchy gravel in their body (even with quiet sounds) and they do in fact have either 'tism or FND (or both) induced auditory tactile synesthesia

I feel like I've always had it and often wondered about it but it is at the forefront of my mind rn because I like to listen to lofi but I have to skip so many songs because the formula is usually soft, gentle lows and then sharp, louder beats, and those beats kind of pop/pulse in my body each time which is really distracting

It adds extra insight as to why my startle response is sky-high and why I'm so damn sound sensitive

[bronzeageyuri]

AZnerine is yuri Diasterius is yuri but for some reason Thesedia reads as NL to me 💔

[visdiefje]

I'm pretty sure my experiences haven't changed from when I last asserted my identity labels but my view kinda has I guess

[byanyan]

let byan play dress up with ur muse. let them put em in a bunch of different outfits and do their makeup and nails and play with their hair thank u

[supersymmetries]

y'all my rice cooker just broke. please bring flowers to my funeral

[aparticularbandit]

I don't know how to put into words that there is a line beyond which I want credit for things.

Like. Guitar Hero being an inspiration for Ibuki's shift from Light Music to Screamo isn't something I need or want credit for.

General headcanon I don't need or want credit for.

But there's. there's a line beyond which. and it's not a strict thing? it's intensely variable?

Heck, even when I write Jess stuff, if I'm referencing Willow's headcanon for Roger, I credit that. If I'm using Alana in Jess stuff, I'm probably drawing huge inspiration from Kat's Alana, and I credit that.

I don't know how to put into words what that line is, and I feel bad because I feel like I sound like I'm saying no, don't use my shit, which is not. what I'm saying.

And I don't want people to feel like oh, we have to ask Bandit permission to use their stuff, because like. that's not. strictly speaking true either.

-sighs-

It's just complicated.

[bulletfestival]

Part-time SDM maid, forcibly employed by Sakuya as a disciplinary act.

[starpros-sunshine]

I have no personality and am entirely uninteresting and I am most definitely too mentally well to be considered fascinating which brings me to the question of how do I become less of a nothingburger of a person

[ewatsonia]

the kiwi refresher almost makes me forgive dunkin for getting rid of the peach one.

[primowishes]

//Added a rule (more a disclaimer) that I'm somebody who takes on a lot of muses and that my muse list will only get longer. Of course, you never have to interact with any particular muses of mine, and you're free to prioritize only one or two (or a few) if you'd prefer, it's fine. But if you prefer to not follow multimuses with a lot of muses in general, you should know that I am the type of multimuse that picks up new muses frequently.

I'd just really prefer that, if people feel uncomfortable with my blog style, they unfollow. No hard feelings if you do, sometimes it just happens that rp styles don't vibe together.