#I'm gonna explode!!!!!

[a-lonely-dunedain]

Could I get 8, 11, and 24 for Ethedis from the OC asks? 💚

8. "do they have a nickname? who gave it to them? if it's not derived from their real name, what's the story behind it?"

She usually just goes by Eth, or Ethe if you wanna be cute :3 oooh it would be adorable if Corunir had his own special little nickname for her though, but I haven't thought of one yet... I should get on that. I'd make one up now but I don't wanna force it, it's gotta be good, ya feel me?

11."what do they have in common with you? how are they different? would you get along with them?"

oh ok so that's a very interesting one!

as Ethedis is one of my oldest OCs, created by a much younger me, she was one of those that started out as a thinly veiled self-insert. But as I got older and changed in big and small ways, her traits stayed more or less the same, making her like a time-capsule of sorts. A window into what past me was like, or at the very least, the traits past-me saw as her most important/defining. Of course I've still tweaked and changed things, but the most fundamental parts of her have stayed largely the same. Fitting for an ageless elf don't you think, to remain eternally young and unchanged after all these years while I did not?

Anyway I would say she was created to first and foremost embody the sunshiny jokester with a heart too big for her own good I thought of myself as at the time, but seemingly without realizing it, I also wove a deep thread of loneliness into the background of her story that I didn't seem too keen on exploring until fairly recently. I mean, the elements were all there, a human love interest who's doomed to leave her forever, a family out of the picture before the first act of her story even began, a distinct lack of elven friends and a gnawing sense of 'otherness', it was all THERE but I was just like "haha we're not gonna worry about that today :) yay silly elf :) she is fine everything is fine :)" (look, I was a lonely autistic kid with exactly 0 friends outside of my sister and something adjacent to abandonment issues going on probably, but I wasn't ready to like, DEAL with that yet. Ethedis wasn't supposed to be sad!)

anyhow, we don't need to delve further into ALL THAT right now *hastily shoves my past back under the rug where it belongs*

Suffice to say, I think I'm a bit more comfortable exploring those elements of her story, and giving her a happy ending despite it all. Her best friend who loves her so very much fights for her to get into the same afterlife as him so she doesn't have to be lonely forever <3 because I said so and also friendship <3 (is it just wish fulfillment for my sad inner child? yes and that's probably cool and good. I will not take constructive criticism at this time thank u). Also she's a huge people pleaser who get incredibly demoralized when anyone is even slightly upset with her. that's one thing she still has in common with present me lmao

24. "do they have any creative hobbies? (art, writing, music, etc)"

Well of course! Most elves tend to pick up on at least one craft eventually. Of course Ethedis sings, tra la la lally elf and all, but it's not something she takes super seriously, just one of those things elves do to pass the time in Rivendell. I think she also dances, and that is something she takes more seriously (well not like it's a Serious™ activity, she's still having fun of course, but it's like she puts much more care into it?), but tends keeps to herself mostly. She usually dances in secluded places, away from anyone she fears might judge her skills for not living up to the legendary elven dancers of old, as she is acutely aware that despite all her efforts she is NOT Lúthien Tinúviel (in more ways than just this). So dancing is something she tries to view as Her Own Thing that she doesn't wish to let anyone into.

Well, except for Corunir that is. I don't know exactly when or where yet, but Ethedis is gonna invite him to dance with her at some point, and while it might seem like a small thing, to her it is very much a Big Deal. He tries his best, but he's inexperienced and a little clumsy, probably almost steps on her feet a couple times, but Ethedis doesn't care in the slightest. More than anything she's just happy to finally have someone she's comfortable sharing this part of herself with, someone who isn't trying to compare her to anyone else, someone who's just happy to be with her, dancing and laughing in the forest wholly content in each other's company. sorry hang on I'm gonna drown in my own feeling real quick. They're literally Too Cute I can't-

[lotus-pear]

learning to love

[danobaggins]

big fan of this genre of selfies.

[velkia]

May all Aventurine wanters be Aventurine havers!! 🎟️

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Team loserboy

[lonelyoleander]

just.. shart talking about wanting to grow flowers and be surrounded by colors because she's sick of darkness & lae slowly falling in love with faerun's flora over the course of the game... y'know..???

[teddybeartoji]

toji sends you a pic of every stray cat he comes across whenever he's out and about because he knows you'd wanna see them too (he'll either simply send the picture or he'll add a text that just says 'cat')

[jangmi-latte]

BOSS WAIT I'M HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK RN AND I'M LITERALLY POSTING THIS WITH A NEBULIZER ON MY MF FACE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 DON'T COME AT ME LIKE THIS MY BLOOD PRESSURE'S GETTING HIGH STOP 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[sunny4youu]

haha I think they're gay

[benevolenterrancy]

(Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett) I think Shang Qinghua and Ponder Stibbons should have tea and compare notes about somehow accumulating so much behind-the-scenes power by doing menial jobs no one else wants that they could basically run the show if they wanted...

meanwhile we have Shen "meh good enough" Qingqiu

[daikunart]

[stanpinesfan0410]

chatt do we fw the basilisk one design ⁉️

[kiksniko]

the best of enemies

[bora-panda]

The Dark King and his lieutenant 👑⚔️

I read the Dark Rise books and they're taking over my entire brain - so I had to draw Sarcean and Anharion

[galactaknightyaoi]

🌻 Metadede Week 2024 : Day 7 - Loyalty 🌻

I'M LATE but I really wanted to make something... These two goofs mean a lot to me. So here it is! Their life together!

Individual pictures under the cut.

[larvamars]

Arcane practice