#Renegade Mage

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🧟‍♂️ New Episodes & Captivating Tales | Author Diary - May 3, 2024 - Writing & Reading Adventures 📚📺

📝 “Punks Versus Zombies” Updates: This week, I’ve added two new episodes to the “Punks Versus Zombies” series. Continuing this saga is always an exciting challenge, and I’m eager to see how the story will evolve as it unfolds further. 📖 New Short Story Release: I’m thrilled to announce another addition to the Ravenglass Legends series—a prequel short story titled “The Beast Hunt.” It’s now…

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World of darkness sketch dump <3

[manyworldsofdarkness]

To all fans of World of Darkness, Chronicles of Darkness and anything else by White Wolf and Onyx Path. This here is a fan server for both veterans and people interested in learning WoD lore, a fun inclusive server open to everyone with an interest in any of the games! Come talk about your characters, post fan art, discuss the games you want to play or your favorite editions and make some like minded friends who also happened to be obsessed with psychotic monsters.

We’re hoping to spread info about World of Darkness all over tumblr so more of you self proclaimed monster fuckers can get on in this.

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Chronicles of Darkness Index

Last update: Dec 11, 2022

Adaptations

Ghastly (Ghost)

Articles

Lancea et Sanctum and Theology

Let’s Read Parasite Rex - Introduction

Let’s Read Parasite Rex - Chapter 1

The Shadow and the Gauntlet (Cosmology)

The Wolf and the Raven (Dark Era)

Items

The Perfect Dress (Memento)

Night Horrors

Black Cat (GM Angel Familiar)

Burning Spiders (Spirit)

Claimed Echo

Damned Jack (Supernal)

Galvanism Cult

Ghost Bats (Animal Ghoul)

Grandfather Moros (Chthonian)

King of Silver (Spirit)

Lionel Hawk & Associates (Conspiracy)

The Master’s Hound (Animal Ghoul)

Melione (Chthonian)

The Monk in the Cathedral (Temple Guardian)

Old Man Mackenzie (Fey-Touched Hunter)

The Phantom (Temple Guardian)

Watchful Elves (Angel)

Winter Murder Floofs (Spirits and Claimed)

Yule Devil (Werewolf)

Zipperhead, Claimed (Claimed Vampire)

Plothooks

Beasts

Changelings

Ghouls (and apparently I talked about them twice, so here’s post #2)

Horrors

Hunters

Mages

Mummies

Prometheans

Shaunkhsen

Sin-Eaters

Spirits

Unchained Demons

Urged 

Vampires

Werewolves

[bekandrew]

MtAw 2e Homebrew Spell - Wrench in the Works

I'm finally getting around to reading Mage: the Awakening 2e and had an idea for a spell that interacts with Deviant conspiracies.

Wrench in the Works (Mind ooooo)

Practice: Unmaking Primary Factor: Potency Suggested Rote Skills: Intimidation, Politics, Subterfuge The mage destroys connections between people, cutting a rival off from Merits or throwing an organization into chaos. The mage must be aware of the subject's Merit to target it, but may lower a subject's Allies, Contacts, or Status at a rate of one dot per Potency. If this spell is made Lasting to another player's character, Sanctity of Merits applies. +1 Reach: the mage does 1 bashing damage per Potency to a Conspiracy (DtR) or other organization structured in that fashion. +2 Reach: For 1 Mana, the effect is Lasting. +2 Reach: the mage doesn't need to be aware of the Merit to target it.

[levered]

DROYI COIRE    is a continent made up of many nations,   places and people.   Among the diverse population,   a few general terms can be used to describe its inhabitants:

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ² ⁾ The Innox:    stemming from the latin term innocuus (harmless),   is the official term given to any human without magical abilities.   this is the current ruling population of droyi coire.   the innox had won the war years ago and had taken over the land since.   the war between the two populations began after much strife and a rogue noxir attack on the innox that triggered the final straw.    fear griped the innox population and war broke out between one another.    the fear of the noxir still lingers among the innox,   and drives the innox government’s mission to protect their people by either imprisonment or reversing the noxir’s ability to wield magic.   while the latter was a more archaic method used two centuries ago following the war,   the more common method of protecting their lands is imprisoning the noxir.   if the crime they have committed is grave enough,   a death sentence is considered.    most of the innox grow up with prejudice against the noxir and do think they are to be feared and will bring forth harm.    pirates are a subcategory of innox that do not have any magical abilities but align themselves with noxir and live in their territory.   they are just as a criminalized as the noxir are.

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ¹ ⁾ the curators:   are a military group primarily dedicated to working against noxir and paraitures.   curators are stationed all throughout the mainland, but mostly operate out of Strehburg, given its proximity to the Quelled, and Doneros, as it's the most highly populated, “melting pot” of residents.    due to the added narrative in longstanding goals of protection and peace with noxir, curators believe they are protecting the mainland, but the organization is corrupted at its core and tends to carry out highly sadistic acts against their perceived transgressors in the name of law and order.    there are many, many divisions of Curators, including the traditional field military, research division, science division, and more - but the field military is the most commonly referred to.

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ³ ⁾ The Noxir:   stemming from the latin term noxius (harmful, poisonous),   is the official term given to any magic wielding individual.    this population is made up of anyone who appears to be human but with underlying supernatural abilities.   this can range from elemental abilities,   psychic abilities,   general witchcraft and more.    before the war had split the population into magic wielding humans and non magical humans,   there had been no terms to describe either one.   after the war,   many noxir were brain washed to forget their abilities or chose to hide their abilities for extended periods of time.   this led to their future generations growing up unable to unlock their ability to use any magic.   thus essentially making them an innox.   anyone openly using their abilities is imprisoned,   so the noxir who are still able to recall their magic and living in the mainlands among the innox population are referred to as The Concealed.    most of the noxir that don’t live in hiding live in The Barren Land on the other side of the dangerous Quelled Forest.    a forest that is difficult for both innox and noxir to cross and thus makes for a good physical barrier between the two populations.

⁽ ᶦᵐᵍ ⁴ ⁾ the mage renegades:    the mage renegades ( or just the renegades/rebels ) are the newest rebel group.    tired of living under the oppressive innox rule,   they are a growing group of noxir that strive to overthrow the current innox powers.   their homebase is in Shago of the Barren Lands, but they have members posted throughout Droyi Coire, especially the Mainland to infiltrate its governments, operations, and general life, as well as to collect intel.

Paraitures:    umbrella term for all supernatural / mythological / supernatural / fantasy races, regardless of origin, can include noxir. ( e.g. dragons, ogres, mermaids, satyrs, vampires, elves, fae, etc. ).    some human appearing noxir prefer to call themselves or identify as a paraiture,   while others stick to the term noxir.

[electricpentacle]

Deviant the Renegades: everyone is neurodivergent 😱😱😱🔥🔥🔥☣️☢️⚠️

Mage the Ascension : everyone is neurodivergent :D

Changeling the Lost : everyone is neurodivergent :(

[larluce]

Arthur and Merlin travel back in time without knowing the other is from the future too AU

Tagging @aceauthorcatqueen , @fallenxjas , @smileytrinity ,@lucifertookmyshoe , @an-entity-i-think , @thecornerofbelu , @griffonskies , @odinjm , @cinnabon-sweetroll-tiramisu , @thelady-mary , @bennedict , @nightninjaboy , @st8-of-grace , @star-rie , @error-username-not-available , @dogberryrowan , @jamieweasley13 , @tansyuduri , @tercais , @robynnemrys , @evadne01 , @serasvictoria02 , @hairdryerducks , @hopeaha Sorry for the delay, my college classes started and this fragment turned out to be quite long. I hope you enjoy it.

LINKS TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS AU HERE: PART 1 , PART 2 , PART 3 , PART 4 , PART 5 , PART 6 , PART 7 , PART 8 , PART 9 , PART 10 , PART 11 , PART 12 , PART 13 , PART 14 , PART 15 (You're here) , PART 16

In "To kill a king"

Gwen's father, Tom, consorting with Tauren.

Tom: (exclaims, after Tauren turned lead into gold with the mage stone) Gold!

Tauren: (smiles evily) Pure priceless gold. Yours, blacksmith, if you keep your mouth shut.

Tom: I don't think that's going to be possible.

Tauren: (confused) What?

Arthur: (Enters with guards suddenly) Seize him!

Tauren: (Tries to scape, but he trips and is quickly surrounded. He turns to Tom, furious) You! You set me a trap!

Arthur: It was me actually. (turns to Tom) Well done, Tom.

Tom: Anytime, sire.

Tauren: (yells while he's taken outside) You'll pay for this! All of you! (is taken away by the guards)

Arthur: Tom, you put yourself at great risk by agreing to participate in this ambush. Your service to the crown won't go unrewarded.

Tom: (bows, grateful) Being of service to you is enough reward for me, sire.

Gwen: (enters, crying) Dad! (goes to hug him)

Tom: Gwen! (hugs her inmediatly) What are you doing here? I told you not to come! It's dangerous!

Gwen: And you expected me to just wait until you came back of your suicidal mission?! If something had happenened to you I couldn't bare it.

Arthur: (smiles, glad he could save Gwen the pain of losing her father) You didn't come alone, did you? (calls out) Merlin!

Merlin: (comes out of his hidden place and goes to Arthur, smiling not at all guilty) Someone had to have your back. (thinking) And make sure Tauren didn't scape.

Arthur: (perfectly knowing it was Merlin who made Tauren trip) As if you could. (calls out again) Lancelot?

Lancelot: (comes out of his hidden place and aproaches too) Someone had to look after them. (pointing at Gwen and Merlin).

Arthur: (sighs again and calls out again) Morgana?

Morgana: (comes out of her hidden place and aproaches too, in anger) You put my friend's father in danger and you expect me not to make sure you didn't get him killed?

Arthur: I know you weren't fond of this plan, but there was no other way to capture Tauren. And look, everything turn out alright.

Morgana: And now Gwen and her father are in the crosshairs of a whole group of renegade sorcerers!

Arthur: The king agreed put guards at their house, they won't be unprotected.

Morgana: They wouldn't need protection if you hadn't involved them in the first place!

Gwen: My lady, (puts a hand on her arm) it's fine. We knew what we were getting into and you know I'm not defenseless. I know how to use a sword.

Morgana: (calms down and smiles at her) You sure do. (turns to Arthur) You better put the best guards at their disposal.

Arthur: They already have one. (turns to Lancelot) Will you protect them?

Lancelot: With my life!

Gwen: (blushes at Lancelot devotion and smiles)

Merlin: Arthur, (gives him the mage stone he just picked up) Tauren dropped this.

Tom: Is what the sorcerer used to turn lead into gold.

Arthur: (serious) They're going to come after this.

Time skip. In the dungeons. Morgana goes to Tauren's cell.

Tauren: The king's ward. (laughs dryly) What brings you here? Do you rejoice in our misery too?

Morgana: (gets close) I don't rejoice in anyone's misery. Even yours, that almost got an innocent man killed.

Tauren: So you're here to lecture me?

Morgana: (gets closer and whispers) Allies can appear in unexpected places (puts a key in his hand). Good luck. (leaves)

Tauren: (very confused, but smirks to himself)

Time skip. Tauren scapes from the dungeons and is running away being followed by knights. Morgana appears dressed in a cape riding a horse, picks him up and they flee together. Once they left the knights behind they make a stop in the woods.

Tauren: (gets off the horse, suspicious) Why are you helping me? Is this a trap?

Morgana: If it was, it would be a very poor one. (gets off the horse too) Look, I'm not delighted to see you either, but I needed to scape from Uther and you're the best option I have.

Tauren: But you're his ward.

Morgana: (raises her voice, suddenly scared) I won't be when he finds out what I am!

Tauren: (realises, surprised) You're a sorceress.

Morgana: (nods, shy and her eyes water) I didn't want too, I didn't choose this! But I keep having these visions in my dreams and hearing voices in my head. I didn't want to believe it but then a made some vase explode with my mind and I... (she trembles and cries) I don't want to be a mosnter! I don't want to die!

Tauren: (puts a hand in her shoulder, gently) Magic is not something you should fear, my dear. Is a gift, you're special. The only monster here is the murderer the calls himself king.

Morgana: (snifs) I know. (sadness turns into fury) For years I've seen him kill thousands of innocents while I could only watch. But I don't want to be useless anymore. I want to fight.

Tauren: (still a little distrustful) How can I be sure you're really on our side?

Morgana: (pulls the magic stone out of her pocket and gives it to him) Do you believe me now?

So Tauren brings morgana to his hidden place with all his followers. She intruduces herself, explains her situation and they accept her. With the king's ward now on their side, now they can plan their next move.

Morgana: I really don't want to come back.

Tauren: It's for the best. It won't be long before Uther sends search parties after you. Don't worry. You won't have to suffer his tirany anymore if everything goes as planned.

Morgana: WHEN averything goes as planned. (she smiles and kisses his cheek) Thank you. For accepting me. (gets on her horse) Goodbye.

Tauren whatches Morgana in awe before going back to his camp. He smiles triunfanly. Tomorrow Uther will finally die.

Time skip. Morgana makes a stop in the woods and meets Arthur, Merlin and group of knights.

Arthur: (greets Morgana) Did they fall for it?

Morgana: (smiling) It was easy as cake.

Flashback

Arthur, Uther and Morgana in a room, planning strategies.

Uther: It's very risky.

Arthur: I know. But it's the only way.

Uther: We could wait for them to attack Tom's place to captured them. If they're really going after the stone-

Arthur: But they won't send all of them. Especially with their leader captured. With this plan we can finally find all of them and kill them once and for all.

Uther: (smiles, proudly) You're right. So, who are you going to assign this important task to?

Arthur: I'm still working on it.

Uther: A servant perhaps?

Arthur: No, Tauren is no fool. He knows a servant can be easily hired or ordered to do stuff. He'll know it's a trap for sure.

Morgana: And if it was someone who is nobelty? Someone that can't be paid or order to do stuff because they're too close to the king? Someone like his ward?

Arthur: (concerned) Morgana...

Morgana: (determined) I can do it.

Uther: Absolutly not. It's dangerous!

Morgana: I know how to fight! If I can convince him that I'm on his side-

Uther: (raises his voice, sternly) No, Morgana. End of discussion.

Morgana: (leaves enraged)

Arthur: (sighs as he watches her leave and turns to his father) I'll talk to her later. Make her see sense.

Uther: Good luck with that.

Time skip. In Morgana's chambers. Morgana is siting on her bed and Arthur knocks the door.

Arthur: (opens the door slightly) Can I come in?

Morgana: As if you have to ask.

Arthur: (enters) He only worries about you, you know? I do too.

Morgana: I'm not helpless. For once I'm trying to help. I'm trying to support his absurd cause and he doesn't let me.

Arthur: (sits next to her) You don't really support him though. You don't support any of this.

Morgana: There's a reason Tauren and his men got to this point. Uther started this by killing all sorcerers indiscriminately. He brought this on himself!

Arthur: I know. I don't share his ideas on sorcerers either.

Morgana: (in disbelief) Really?

Arthur: Yes!

Morgana: And yet you're organising this slaughter.

Arthur: Because these sorcerers did do harm. It doesn't matter that my father wronged them first. They must to be stopped.

Morgana: Because they are evil sorcerers?

Arthur: No, just because they're evil. Nothing more.

Morgana: (softens her expression, a bit hopeful) You really don't believe all sorceres are evil?

Arthur: I did help you save that druid boy, didn't I?

Morgana: But... You never spoke up and always followed Uther's orders blindly.

Arthur: Because I had to, not because I wanted to. And you speak up more than enough for the both of us.

Morgana: Well it would have helped me for you to speak up for me there.

Arthur: I agree that you could easily fool Tauren. It wouldn't be hard for him to believe you don't share the king's ideas despite being the king's ward since that's already true anyways. But I also agree with my father that it's too dangerous for you.

Morgana: Wouldn't it be for anybody?

Arthur: You're the king's ward.

Morgana: So it's only okay to endanger others if they are not nobelty, isn't it?

Arthur: (sighs) You still don't forgive me for using Gwen's father.

Morgana: Will you forgive me easily if I used Merlin for something like that?

Arthur: ...

Morgana: Let me help. You'll be leading the ambush, Uther doesn't have to know I was involved. Please.

Arthur: (sighs longly) I'm going to regret this.

Morgana: Yes! (hugs him) Thank you!

End of flashback

The ambush is a success. Arthur and the knights kill Tauren and all his followers, leaving a pool of blood behind. It helped that the mage stone Morgana gave to Tauren was actually a replica Merlin helped made.

Arthur: (thinking, while looking at the corpses coldly) 285.

Morgana: (horrified at Arthur's display and guilty because despite knowing they were evil, these people were like her and accepted her)...

Merlin: (overwhelmed, but mostly concerned) Arthur?

Arthur: Lets go. (leaves)

Morgana: (to Merlin) Has he always been like this when he... does this kind of missions?

Merlin: (trying to reassure Morgana, but mostly himself) Yeah... It's... it's normal (thinking) But he has never been this numb while killing people before…

And they leave in an uncomfortable silence.

[dailyadventureprompts]

Monsterhunt: Lixivioth, that which Bleeds from Beyond

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It starts as a ripple in the air, a churning beneath the skin of reality, then a silvery limb breaks the boundary before melting back into unexistance. Like a drowning soul thrashing in the sea, a body breaches the 'surface' full of a wild and desperate impulse to survive, a willingness to drag anything down if it meant keeping their head above water a little longer.

This is Lixivioth, a celestial who's time in the outer void has so deeply warped it that nothing remains but a cataclysmic desire to return no matter the cost. Once an explorer and collector of knowledge, Lixivioth's curiosity tragically drew it not just to the unknown but past the boundary of what could be known, beyond which laid nothing but dissolution.

Adventure Hooks:

Seeking forbidden knowledge, a devotee of Vecna has summoned and bound Lixivioth to a magic mirror, tormenting the spirit with glimpses of a reality it cannot touch. While infiltrating the villain's lair, the party come across the mirror and have the opportunity to ask it questions that might give them an edge against their foe. There is a magical procedure they must follow though, as every question that does not ascribe to the proper magical formalities puts a hairline crack in the glass, weakening the celestial bindings and giving it a chance to break free.

Days before needing to perform an important spell for the safety/prosperity of the realm, a great wizard was found dead in his study bleeding mercury form every hole in his skull, a tome of celestial learning in his hands. His body cannot be moved and the flow has yet to cease, slowly flooding his tower as his apprentices (and local authorities) scramble for answers. Lixivioth is using the wizard's body and magic to manifest in the material plane, and by the time the party are called to help it will be a matter of hours before the eldritch angel crawls it's way up his throat. To win the day they'll need to piece together the components of a binding spell from the mage's libraries while fending off quicksilver elementals and the tower's malfunctioning defences.

Beyond the borders of the party's homeland, an order of elven oracles were once rumored to seek wisdom of the distant future and past in the ripples of a silver spring, at least until a marauding band of centaurs overran their glade acting on their mystic's visions. Generations of ensuing seers, all mad as haters through imbibing magical mercury, have led the herd to become stronger and more violent all while unwittingly doing Lixivioth's bidding. A renegade has broken free, seeking aid from the people her herd has spent lifetimes raiding in the hopes of stopping an upcoming ritual.

[electricpentacle]

One of the things I established in my 1970s Mage: The Awakening campaign is that, at this point in history, most Mages have trouble telling Deviants and Changelings apart. So someone or something did horrible things to you and now you have powers and a fucked up soul? Cool, I'm filing your case with all the others. It will be several decades before the Mysterium have enough data on Deviants to state conclusively that there are two different phenomena going on here.

I have also established that the Adamantine Arrow stance on both the Lost and the Broken is "go easy on them, they're probably more afraid of you than you are of them".

On Ugly Ducklings

Given the restrictions the Masquerade and various conspiracies put on information, and the often unexpected and ill-explained nature of transformation, groups from different supernatural templates are often partially or entirely unaware of each other. I think there could be a lot of fun to be had with this, especially with multi-template parties!

A changeling motley who ran into a very confused fledgeling shovelhead and goes: traumatic kidnapping experience? Aversion to daylight? Looks kind of odd? Well, congrats on escaping the Gentry! Needing to drink blood is hardly the weirdest changeling compulsion out there, and it’s not like the shovelhead knows anything. 

(actually, just about any template could fall in with a changeling motley- fairy nonsense is just Like That)

But there’s just so much potential to be had from groups not always immediately recognizing each other and instead trying to fit them into their existing knowledge! You can have Werewolves meeting a Geist and going ‘weird spirit but okay,’ a Promethian wandering into a Nosferatu warren and no one thinks to question it for like a week, a recently escaped changeling getting an invitation to the Union from a guy at work who heard she’d gone through something bad…

[manyworldsofdarkness]

Tumblr Communities anyone?

I forgot they existed in all honesty, but if you are a fan of World of Darkness, Chronicles of Darkness or any of the game between them, then please feel free to join and post to your heart’s content.

We also have a discord

[rheaofficial]

Tristan/Trista, the Chosen One

In hindsight, Tristan/Trista being the Chosen of Heptra should not come as a surprise. They are very good-looking, with glimmering golden hair and smooth, marble-white skin. Their eyes, a brilliant shade of blue, are more captivating than the most finely crafted sapphires; their smile is more dazzling than diamonds. Most important of all, Tristan/Trista has a kind, noble soul, a rare gem in such uncertain times.

Cassius/Cassia, the Renegade Mage

Cassius/Cassia has always dreamt of becoming the Arch Wizard, but their hope is crushed to dust after failing the Test of Will. Now, they are on the run, for it is illegal to practice magic without passing the Test. Despite the difficulties, the mage is still determined to unravel the secrets of the arcane.

Zareb/Zaria, the Lost Sailor

The sailor bears ethereal features, with midnight-black hair and rich brown skin, their eyes a warm shade of honey. Many were charmed by their crooked smile and paid the price for it- often in coins, but sometimes in blood, too.

Sekhriu/Sekhria, the Dark Champion

The current Dark Champion of Isferata is always shrouded by a veil of shadows that writhes and dances around their imposing figure. Legends claim that those are souls of their former foes forced to serve as their unwilling aides; others claim that they are favors from the Dark Queen. No one knows what the Dark Champion really looks like, for they dare not even stay within Sekhriu/Sekhria’s proximity- the aura of fear is enough to stop one’s heart.

(Note: This RO’s romance route only triggers when the story reaches its middle point)

[leliwardens]

Going back to the whole “why do you want to roleplay as a bigot or an asshole in veilguard?” question, I’m reminded of another issue with that: Rook may be generically heroic, but the lack of roleplay means that we’re stuck with whatever bioware considers heroic. “Rook is a good person, so they hate blood magic.” Cool, I personally think that blood magic is no big deal. It’s not even about wanting to be an asshole, it’s being stuck with what the writers consider “not an asshole” to be, y’know?

(post in question, it's a good one)

Strong, strong, STRONG agree anon. This is (or one of the biggest) core issues when you stack Rook against the previous MCs, or just an MC on their own. At an obvious base level, you have to do certain things as each MC: stop the Blight, keep Kirkwall/your loved ones safe, stop Corypheaus, and so on. You can't deviate from that path, but how you get from point A to point B is the driving part and while DAI was more restrictive in terms of roleplaying, it still...let you? do that?

For example my Hawke hard pivots from pro-mage to pro-templar in act 3, she's unstable, tired of loss, running on grief, and other good things with my own reasons to have her do so, and I have the freedom to do that. Hawke still has to fight Meredith and Orsino and deal with your friends, but I got to choose how to do so. And the inverse is true! A Hawke having the choice to side with Meredith, but instead fight against the odds to save the mages as the obv popular choice, but it is a choice! It doesn't railroad you into supporting only the mages because that's the "good" or "heroic" option.

This in turn, lets you, the player, project your own reasons for those choices in your head or in your fanon. My Warden was so deeply afraid she killed Connor herself so a mother didn't have to kill her own son, my Hawke was so jaded by loss she would wipe the city out to keep her sister safe, my Inquisitor vows to stop Solas despite being the closest of friends to protect the world. These character bits happened because Bioware didn't force any of it on me, I can define why they did it, because I had the freedom of that choice.

In my head and how I've approached concrit with Veilguard is I've circled back to an article I read years and years ago about Mass Effect and the Renegade option. The devs knew it wasn't very popular with the fans but still kept it in, because the choice of picking it, but also not picking it, was what was important.

Having the choice was critical for engagement, and Veilguard so critically missed the mark about it.

[journeyman-tier-fibercraft]

This yarn refuses to photograph well and it’s so sad. However I’ve been chugging on along with this hat and would not recommend this yarn. It’s so splitty, every third stitch splits or gets caught up on my needles. (Knitting brioche with it is Not helping but the only thing more painful than continuing is ripping back)

I had a friend come into town so I've been too busy to knit but not too busy to buy yarn (granted said friend Insisted on going to see Miss Jo-ann Fabric which is where I bought all the yarn...)

One of my pick ups was this Big Twist Prism in Tigers Eye and I have. SO many emotions about this yarn. For one, the suggested gauge is Horrifying. The ball band says 13 stitches/18 Rows per 4 inches on size 9 needles but it's so loose using 9's I couldn't do it. I'm getting more like 22 stitches per 4 inches on size 6 needles with a really attractive fabric.

It's also incredibly slippery yarn to the point that the ball literally just. Falls apart. It slides off my metal needles so easily. I keep forgetting to try it on wooden needles, hopefully they'll be grippy enough.

But it's incredibly soft for a 100% acrylic? And it's not single ply roving yarn like so many of the multi coloured acrylics. Granted it's a hand wash which is evil (I'll make a swatch eventually to throw in my normal washing cycle as a test) but for a hat/scarf set that's not too much work. I rate it a solid worth trying on sale.

[hanjisungslag]

haiii >_< what type of fantasy characters/stererotypes would aot characters be?

- any characters you want but def reiner pls＾ ty baby

🧝‍♀️ aot characters & fantasy

characters included: eren, armin, mikasa, sasha, connie, jean, annie, reiner, bertolt, levi, erwin & hange!!

notes: this was so fun to do omg

✧ eren jaeger - hero gone villain

okay i know this is a bit basic to do… but c’mon!! he’s literally the epitome of ‘i’ve become what i sought out to destroy’ and i just can’t think of him as anything else. he fits the stereotype too well😭.

✧ armin arlert - mage

he is soooo side kick mage, no? tell me you can’t imagine armin (specifically with the mushroom hair) wearing a wizard gown, hat and holding a magical old stick. he doesn’t like to leave his tower often but is usually forced to when something goes amiss - i can imagine him sighing deeply while reluctantly grabbing his magical old stick.

✧ mikasa ackerman - sidekick

bad ass sidekick who lives in the woods & is probably on the run. i’m thinking… arcana muriel vibes for this but less stoic and quiet (and less cursed) but, she definitely learnt to fight in the woods when she was 3 OR taken in by an old, rugged guy whose family died tragically. either way, everyone’s terrified of her but she steals bread for orphans or some heroic shit like that.

✧ jean kirsten - prince

himbo prince😭 i mean this in the BEST way possibly mkay! he’s not really a himbo however… he just gives prince who accidentally got entangled in a weird adventure and he doesn’t know how to live without servants. he’s be like “erm, i am not crossing that muddy river.” BUT THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE INSANE by the end, he’d like finally understand how bad the government is or how poor the townspeople are and give them money.

✧ connie springer - the fool

sigh… the fool, the court jester, etc etc. he would be himbo prince jean’s court jester 100% and they’re like actually pretty good friends, they’ve known each other since they were kids. he also gets dragged along with jean on a weird adventure and he would be the comedic relief. (also a shoulder for jean to cry on when he gets mud on his fancy royal shoes).

✧ sasha braus - henchman

hunter/henchman hellooo…? literally expert at using a bow and arrow? grew up in the woods?? she would EAT so hard being a henchman and to make it even better, when someone hires her they don’t know she’s a girl and whenever someone finds out, they’ll be so shocked!! feminism!

✧ reiner braun - the beast

dare i say… some sort of big beast? like a big, fluffy beast but make it sexy, beauty and the beast vibes perhaps. imagine fighting this big and surprisingly attractive who lives under a bridge. IM SORRY THAT WOULD BE SO FUN… i’m thinking like diane from sds vibes too!!

✧ bertolt hoover - squire

young, little boy training to be a knight aka a squire. tell me you cant see this little cutie patootie dressed to the nines in armour, learning how to swing a sword?! maybe him and annie trained together or dare i say, he looks up to her.

✧ annie leonhart - knight

sworn shield to a princess that she falls in love with. imma need someone to write a fanfic about this RIGHT NOW!! we all know annie knows how to whop some ass so, of course she was chosen by the king and queen to protect their precious daughter but what happens when… she falls in love! GAH!! of course, she could never speak of her feelings - maybe one day.

✧ levi ackerman - assassin

leader of some sort of renegade, like a special group of assassins. no matter what universe this man is in, his crown will never fall! his title carries on throughout all possible realties m’kay. same backstory though 100%, raised in the poor ditches but learnt how to fight and now he’s a leader of a renegade! you have to pay big buck to get levi to assassinate someone, he’s the best of the best after all.

✧ erwin smith - commander

i’m sorry to be basic and boring but a commander of an army. HE HAS TO BEEE 😭it’s too perfect, i’m sorry. except imagine the army is all medieval and dripped out in chainmail!

✧ hange zoë - pirate

a pirate. LIKE CMONNN especially s4 hange with the eye patch?! i can totally imagine hange running a ship and sailing the seven seas. they’re literally a commander too? it was written in the stars, they’re perfect for the role! i can totally see them playing devious pranks and tricks on other pirates trying to secure the same treasure.

[crazyintheeast]

Why you should watch Renegade Nell

Welcome back to the newest addition of shows you should watch. Today we have Renegade Nell. So who is Nell?

Nell Jackson (and yes this is Orla from Derry Girls and she is just as brilliant here)is a woman who comes back from war to her village after discovering that for some unknown reason she has superpowers. She has the same personality as our beloved Korra and Ava Silva. She fiercly protects her loved ones, she hates injustice, she questions authority and she tends to solve most of her problem with punching people. After protecting her sister from the creepy Lord's son their father gets killed she and her sisters are forced to go on the run

The only person to help them is the Lord's "servant" aka slave Rassalas. One of the few good men who truly stand for justice

They also joined forces with Charles a first class Himbo who is there for the vibes and to get beaten up by everybody and become Outlaws who rob the rich

As time progresses Nell accidentally becomes the most wanted person in Britain and intereferes with the schemes of an evil Jacobist Mage who wants to take down the Queen but the real interesting villain is Sofia

No this is not Katie McGrath altouh the charcter has been based so blatantly on her portrayal of Morgana both in look and in story that I am pretty sure she can sue. So if you are having Katie McGrath withdrawl issues or you want to see what is essentially a Morgana AU fanfic filmed by Disney you will enjoy her

But is there gay you ask?

Nell shows zero romantic or sexual interest in anybody but we have our lovely Poly who has a bisexual awakening when she sees Nell and spends most of her time having fantasties and writing poems about her. She is living her best life and is here for it