#SILICON WARRIOR

[warriorviscera]

can a fantasy girl and a sci-fi boy truly be friends? 🤔

[disabled-battlekukku]

we should bring back sonic's other tech savvy sister with a funky name usually referred to by nickname iggy

[prowerprojects]

Sharing this for Wednesday. I don't know why I find those interactions so cute <3 It's just nice to see them banter and mess around.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Many controversial activists – on the right, the left and the religious extremist fringes – have moved to alternative platforms:

I'd rather Putin have my data than one of those SJW [Social Justice Warriors] in Silicon Valley

Generation Identity leader Martin Sellner,

spring 2018

"Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists" - Julia Ebner

[that-house]

It is often believed that time travel is impossible, because if someone did achieve it, we would be seeing time travelers popping up all over the place. Even if they tried to keep their actions a secret, someone would fuck up eventually, right?

Like, with an infinite future and everyone and their time-traveling mother jumping back to try original recipe Four Loko and breathe air with a silicon content under 10 ppm, surely by sheer dint of numbers SOMEONE would get caught appearing in a flash of light by some gas station CCTV camera. But it’s never happened.

Given that no one’s ever seen any evidence of time travelers, we’re doomed to live in a sad little linear timestream, the mysteries of the past lost to us forever, right? Wrong! The truth is perhaps much more disappointing for us present-day plebians, but if it helps the time travelers of the future are having a wonderful time.

Humanity will discover time travel in the year 2302 CE and none of us losers living in the 21st century will ever know about it, all because of a man named Aldus Aldusson, a subsistence farmer living in 1100s England. The advanced predictive algorithms of the far future indicated that if he had been born in 1997, he would have been the greatest Warriors AMV artist to ever live, and every single time traveler is hanging out with him.

They give him a drawing tablet and access to DeviantArt, and overnight he becomes the most famous person in history. He’s more famous than Jesus: even in the future’s lightless Deep Cities where they venerate new and vile gods and don’t really keep up with the tabloids, the name of Aldus Aldusson is spoken in hushed reverence.

In 2303 they put up a screen that covers the Sistine Chapel ceiling and just shows his AMVs in there 24/7. You’d think some Catholics would be pissed about that but the paintings up there were looking faded as shit by the mid-2200s and Firestar is cooler than God anyways.

No one in the future gives a shit about 9/11 or the Titanic or the Laser Wars. They just want to see his new video of Graystripe and Silverstream animated to Lady Gaga’s Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say), and can you blame them? He really is that good.

[wooftphr]

kabru is like the exact opposite of that post thats like “nothing more tragic than a warrior knight in a modern au.” he would flourish in modern day as a youtuber or other public figure thats where hes meant to be. he lives under a tavern and spends all his time thinking about social dynamics already he would be in silicone valley hed have news articles about him.

[tiredwitchplant]

Everything You Need to Know About Crystals: Black Obsidian

Black Obsidian (The Regal Warrior of Stones)

Color: Black, Dark Brown

Hardness: 5-5.5 (softer than quartz)

Rarity: Easy to Acquire

Type: Igneous Rock (Comes from a Volcano)

Chakra Association: Root

Angel: Uriel

Deities: Pele, Tezcatlipoca, Itzpapalotl and Sekhmet

Element: Fire, Earth

Astrological Signs: Sagittarius, Scorpio, Aries

Planet: Saturn, Pluto

Origin: Anywhere with Volcanic Activity

Powers: Protection, Grounding, Clarity, Releasing Blockage, Drawing out Stress, Creativity, Divination and Scrying, Negativity Banishment, Transformation and Absorption

Crystals It Works Well With: Howlite, Malachite

How is it Created: Obsidian is a black volcanic glass, formed when molten lava hits cold water or air and solidifies. It is composed of silicon dioxide (quartz) and many impurities which allows it to take different shapes and colors. Black obsidian gets it coloring from iron and magnesium.

History: The earliest obsidian tools can be dated back to the Oldowan, at the dawn of the Paleolithic/Stone Age (2.6 million- 10,000 BCE). Different origins of this rock can be found in Britain, Italy, Mexico, and the USA. In Egypt, obsidian knives were used in ceremonial circumcisions, as well as making mirrors (scrying mirrors for most) and other decorations in tombs. The word “Obsidian” was first used by a Roman explorer, Obsius, who “discovered” it in Ethiopia. In the Americas, Obsidian was used as a symbol of Tezcatlipoca, the chief god of the Aztec religion. Tezcatlipoca means “smoking mirror” which is why a lot of the Mayan priest used the glass rock for scrying mirrors like the Egyptians did. On the Eastern Islands, obsidian was used to make the eyes of the Moai statues before they were lost. The indigenous tribes of North America used pieces of obsidian to make arrowheads, spears and even knives by using an antler in order to carefully form different shapes.

What It Can Do:

Grounds the soul and spiritual forces into the physical plane, making it possible to manifest more spiritual energy

Increases one’s self control

Forces you to face your true self

Brings imbalance and shadow qualities to the surface to release them

Repels negativity and disperses self-hating thoughts

Powerful meditation aid

Great for scrying and divination as the glass allows you to look to see the “clear truth”

Can heal you after a spiritual or mental attack

Was used in the past during ritual for healing physical disorders

How to Charge:

Sit with the stone in the palm of your hand and enter a light meditation. Use your thoughts to charge the stones with desires of protection and make sure the thoughts are clear and concise.

Use high vibration to amplify the crystal

Use a singing bowl to send sound energy into it

Place it in a bed of Himalayan salt and let it sit for 48 hours

If you work with a sun or moon deity, I have noticed charging it in the sun or moonlight with the idea of protection helps to charge it as well

How to Cleanse:

Run under water (not hot just lukewarm) for a minute

Create a saltwater solution and submerge it for up to 24 hours

Burn herbs or incense over the obsidian with the intention of cleansing (I personally use sandalwood incense for this)

Leave your stone under the full moon to cleanse and retrieve in the morning

Bury your obsidian in your garden for 48 hours

How to Get the Best Out of It:

Wear a black obsidian bracelet. The wrist area is a highly energetic zone because it has nearly direct access to the bloodstream. This (in my opinion) is the best place to have obsidian to create a powerful shield and help with manifestation.

For lighter dosage, use an obsidian ring.

Crystal Grid:

Letting Go (Triangle Grid)

Mantra: “I release everything that no longer serves me”

Center Stone: Smokey Quartz Tower

Secondary Stones: Obsidian, Malachite, Rhodonite, Citrine

Best Moon Phase: Waning or Dark Moon

Best Day: Saturday

Sources

[allyouneediskilly]

Obsessed with the relationship between Mensab and Seu. A human warrior serving an AI who loves him so much that she keeps fixing him every time he’s fatally wounded even though every time he comes back he’s a little less himself, until he can’t remember his own name.

But he remembers Mensab, and he remembers how to fight. For her and the humans they are trying to protect from the Safeguards.

A digital knight and his Lady. Love as duty even in this endless labyrinth of silicon and violence.

[h3k3t]

Okay one more I promise this is the last one (prob)

~🧸

Namoraxreaderxattuma 18+

You touched yourself (and came) without permission and punishment awaits

Namora and Attuma were busy people, occasionally having to leave you to go fight for talokan and business calls from time to time you understood this was bound to happen when you started your relationship with them. “They’re warriors” those two words circling inside your mind as they left off to fight on the sides of namor. You had a few chores to do around your shared household and a few emails to respond to but nothing major to keep you busy.

A few hours pass by and the house is sparkling. Your inbox is clear and there’s nothing interesting on the tv. You decide to take an early bath to relax. An idea popped inside your head, and it felt like there were two creatures sitting on your shoulders. An angelic like voice in your head telling you to be good and just find something to do, to distract yourself for the time being, and that sinful voice telling you to do exactly what you want they won’t notice..right? You bit your lip in excitement feeling your arousal beginning to announce itself. You hurry to turn the faucet on and put lavender and Vanilla soaps and oils inside the tub.

After your warm bath you lather yourself in vanilla lotions and crème’s, then putting on your jade green lingerie set. making sure it fits perfectly you throw on a robe for extra comfort. You wanted to be a tease for them when they came back so you clipped on some of the jade necklaces they bought you with their initials carved inside the stone You decide on a bracelet as well both jewelry’s matching your lingerie set perfectly.

As you feel around your side table drawer you feel a thick silicone cock. (On special occasions namora uses on you) it’s blue color and ribbed details has your cunt aching in anticipation. You move your panties to the side and rub it up and down your sensitive pussy, circling it on your clit while whimpering softly. You decide to progress and slip the thick (we’re talking a little narrower than Attumas size) tip inside of your hole biting your lip at the stretch. You watch it go inside of you slowly getting to the hilt you release the breath you were previously holding and curse at how fucking full you feel

When you get use to the feeling you start fucking yourself nice and slow, just like how namora would fuck you, slow thrusts and gentle force. Moaning out their names, you fuck yourself a little faster, bringing your hand down to rub your clit gently. You close your eyes and think about times when they absolutely ruined you. Times when you were split open on attumas cock him shooting his cum (deep) inside of you while whispering dirty shit in your ear, and the times you were gripping the sheets high off of the feeling of namoras tongue lapping you up in an feral matter

You get closer and closer to the edge rubbing your clit even faster, crying out their names now seeing your arousal come out onto your sheets (fuck you just cleaned the bed) feeling that sensation rise about to snap, when suddenly you hear heavy footsteps enter the house. You froze your mind blanking but your fingers don’t stop moving. You hear grumbling from the living room and namora putting her spear down.

It snapped. In an instant you start cumming you cry out loudly, your thighs shaking while you pump the toy in and out of you as the waves of your orgasm start to settle down. They come rushing in thinking that you might’ve hurt yourself but they see you with your eyes closed breathing erratically with a thick silicone cock stuffed between those pretty puffy little lips and your cum oozing out onto the sheets and around the toy. Attuma whispers something to namora in Yucatan mayan and You open your eyes to see namoras face twisting in anger (and a hint of something else) and attuma smirking while looking down at you.

You disobeyed the rules just for one measly orgasm yes you know, but as fearful you are for what comes next you are excited to be punished (brat mode: 100%) and by the looks of it namora will be handling you tonight. “What do we have here?” Attuma comes closer to you seeing you put on the jewelry they got you his breath hitching after noticing “you couldn’t wait for us little one” namora barked out in anger “fine you decided to be a brat tonight I will treat you like one.” She says with an evil glint in her eyes

Part 2? idk if this was good or not but lmk if you want me to continue lol 😭❤️

And sorry again if there’s any errors/mistakes I didn’t proofread it’s like 2 am where I live <3

~🧸

I NEED PART 2 SO BAD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

OMG a jade dildo with Namora and Attuma?! And they want to punish me?!?! My mind empty and legs wide open 🥴🫠

If they decided to use me as a punching bag or whatever I wouldn't back down, for those two this and more.

Anyway you can send me all the confessions or ideas you want without any problem, I love to read them

[birgittesilverbae]

hi so since shannon survives in babea au 🥺 would she and mary ever think of getting married?

v normal about this

in the wake of losing the halo, shannon remains a sister warrior for a few months, but it doesn't feel right, the way she feels rejected by god, the way beatrice is barely on speaking terms with her, the pitying looks she gets in the halls of the convent. she leaves the church quietly, mother superion giving her blessings and her understanding, but remains with the order in the way the mary exists within it, as an outsider standing at the periphery, held only by a handful of a commandments and the family she's found amongst her sisters

she moves in with mary, has been dating her for about five years at that point, but is more focused on doing what she can to keep bea safe from vincent than she is on their relationship, which is a homecoming and a safe haven and on the backburner for two women trying to protect the teens they love. (the visions, the knowledge of the betrayal, come earlier in this 'verse because vincent is giftwrapped a warrior nun who has grown up under his care, who he has groomed to be the warrior nun adriel needs). 

ronda happens, and bea's relationship with shannon resettles, and bea allows herself to listen to what shannon's been trying to tell her all along. that vincent cannot be trusted. that trusting him would lead to her downfall.

vincent gets squared away, and bea can focus on becoming number one efficient warrior nun, and mary and shannon can relax a fraction, relax a hair (can never fully relax when bea is a reliquary and a raw wound and a scar). they learn to live with each other in their new normal, shannon in the first freedom she's ever truly had

it's mary who raises the question late one night, after a family dinner at which lilith had made some jab or another about them basically being married already. it's just an initial conversation, she says, just seeing whether they're on the same page about where they want this to go (mary, her trust shattered by vincent, always, always hedging her bets), but shannon takes mary's face in her hands and forces her to make eye contact and tells her this is the only place she wants to be. that if mary feels the same way, then there's no point wasting time not being engaged

they go get rings the next day, matching white gold bands and chains to wear the other's on around their neck when they're in the field. they quickly end up getting silicone rings too for daily wear, spend most of their time wearing the other's engagement band around their neck. they keep it quiet, beyond telling bea and by extension lilith, and bea snaps into action planning their wedding

it's a small affair, on the overlook in ronda, where the four of them had stood in the early dawn so many months before and revelled in their survival. lilith stands for shannon, their bond grown so much closer in the aftermath of shannon losing the halo and lilith being passed over for bea. bea stands for mary, feeling every year between them in the ache in her heart, at mary's shoulder the way mary has so often stood at hers. bea has both their rings tucked in the breast pocket of her suit (having been ragged on for being the ring Bearer for months), and mary squeezes her hand affectionately when she passes them over

mother superion conducts the service, tries desperately to contain her tears but to no avail, and shannon holds a hand out for her to take, to support her, to remind her that at least one of her girls has made it out of the meat grinder alive, that at least one of her girls has found safety and happiness 

[crazylittlejester]

Warriors in that halloween/monster au I’ve talked about…he looks so cursed with round ears XD also made his fake elf ears a bit bigger than usual cause I think that’s funny. Like the others would be like “wow you have such long ears that’s so cool” and he’d be like “I have deceived them expertly >:) wait are they too big are they catching on D:”

also I spent a long time looking at different cosplay elf ears trying to figure out how to make this look right. The fake ears are like…magic silicone? They’re really sturdy and are wielded(?) onto his ears by magic. I can’t remember if humans used magic in any LoZ game(my memory is so bad rn lamo)but I think they mainly can’t use light attribute magic or anything with it, unlike hylians. Warriors can use light magic stuff because he was born(blessed? idk)with the Triforce of Courage. Even if he doesn’t physically hold the Triforce anymore, the lingering effects are still there. Anyways, that’s enough lore for now. Hope your week gets better, and that the next week will be better than this one! Have a good rest of your day.

OOOOOOOH NICE!! it really does feel cursed to see him with round ears 😭 but im obsessed with the idea of him having really large fake ears. i love this au idea so so so much thanks for sharin’ dude!!

[mediaevalmusereads]

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology. By Adrienne Mayor. Princeton University Press, 2018.

Rating: 4/5 stars

Genre: classics, mythology

Series: N/A

Summary: The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life—and even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life—and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” In this compelling, richly illustrated book, Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of how ancient Greek, Roman, Indian, and Chinese myths envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices, and human enhancements—and how these visions relate to and reflect the ancient invention of real animated machines.As early as Homer, Greeks were imagining robotic servants, animated statues, and even ancient versions of Artificial Intelligence, while in Indian legend, Buddha’s precious relics were defended by robot warriors copied from Greco-Roman designs for real automata. Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley.A groundbreaking account of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life, Gods and Robots reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth—and how science has always been driven by imagination. This is mythology for the age of AI.

***Full review below.***

CONTENT WARNINGS: descriptions of myths that include violence and bestiality, mention of slavery

I first heard of this book when Adrienne Mayor was a guest on the Mindscape podcast. I found her ideas and arguments to be interesting, so I figured her book would expand on the concepts she explored on the podcast.

Overall, I think this book is an accessible intro for readers interested in classical studies and the history of science. Mayor writes clearly and without a lot of specialized terminology, so even if you're new to classics, you won't find this book difficult. I think the chapter about Talos was the most convincing and the most well-done, bringing together textual analysis and art history in a way I found intellectually pleasing.

As a scholar, however, I think this book could have gone a bit further, especially with its analysis of myths and texts. Mayor summarizes most of the myths she discusses, which is all well and good for situating the reader in the texts. But what I really wanted was more specific evidence and close reading: were there any interesting language choices used to describe this automaton? Did the Greeks have a certain vocabulary for artificial beings? As it stands, it felt like Mayor's textual analysis relied on general ideas, and while fine as a starting point, I really think it could have been pushed.

I also think there's some room to apply critical frameworks such as posthumanism and transhumanism theory. Applying such theories would enhance the meanings Mayor is trying to get at, but in all fairness, this may he beyond the scope of the book. Mayor seems to be relaying a history of ideas rather than trying to get at their interpretation, so maybe her book will function well as a springboard for other scholars and students to do this work.

Lastly, I do think this book could have been framed a little better to help me as a reader see some of the through-lines. There were moments when I wasn't sure how each of Mayor's examples fit in with the overall theme of "robots" or "artificial life," so maybe a better framing device would be the theme of biotechne rather than the sci fi approach that the book currently uses. Similarly, some further delineation between what constitutes "technology" versus magic (and even just "art") would have been helpful for seeing how each individual chapter builds upon the previous.

TL;DR: Gods and Robots is a good overview of the history of artifical life and technology in the ancient Greek world. This book is perhaps most useful as a springboard for further analysis, and historians, art historians, and literary scholars will find plenty to build on.

[sonic-obscurity-opposition]

underneath the cut is the roster for the now-defunct sonic obscurity opposition. it contains 120 characters, along with a maybe and a probably not list taken directly from my notes when sorting through submissions. it is my hope that anyone who would have been invested in this poll reads them, and perhaps finds some appreciation for them.

PARTICIPANTS:

Saffron Bee (Archie)

Society Max (Fleetway)

Shortfuse the Cybernick (Fleetway)

Blockhead Bill (Fleetway)

Speedy (Tails Adventure)

1999 (Fleetway)

Da Bears (AoStH)

Zonic the Zone Cop (Archie)

Prefect Charyb & Prefect Scylla (Chronicles)

Humpty (AoStH)

Ifyoucan (Underground)

Grimer (Fleetway)

D-Fekt (Boom)

Ari (SatAM)

Hawk (Sonic X)

Johnny (Rush Adventure)

Mello Bee (Archie)

Has Bean (Mean Bean Machine)

Princess Alucion (Sirène)

Eric the Echidna (StH in the Fourth Dimension)

Relic the Pika (Archie)

Captain Oe (Archie)

Demo Duck (Dark Mobius Bean) (Archie)

Melody Prower (Archie)

Teri-Lu (Archie)

Iago the Echidna (Archie)

Brock the Echidna (Archie)

Dr. Quack (Archie)

Bartleby MontClair (Underground)

Pseudo Sonic (Archie)

Amadeus Prower (Archie)

Gae-Na (Archie)

Komi-Ko (Archie)

X Robot (Archie Sonic X)

Meringue the Rabbit (IDW)

Cyrus (Underground)

VerticAL and HorizontAL (Archie)

Mari-Su (Archie)

Wynmacher (Archie)

Rosie Woodchuck (Archie)

Vermin the Rat (Fleetway)

Bog Beasty (Underground)

Chomps (Underground)

Farrell (Underground)

Penelope the Hedgehog (AoStH)

Lucas (AoStH)

Filch (Fleetway)

Harpio (Fleetway)

Leaf (Fleetway)

Mello (Fleetway)

Simpson the Cat (Fleetway)

Old Sonic Clone (Fleetway)

Tufftee (Fleetway)

Lightmare (Fleetway)

Knuckles the Echidna

Cat (SatAM)

Aerial & Athena (Archie)

E-100 Lambda (Archie)

Ichneumon the White Mouse (StH and the Silicon Warriors)

Gaz and Del (Fleetway)

Mom with a Gambling Addiction NPC (Adventure 1)

Lumina Flowlight (Shuffle)

Princess Bee (Archie)

Hershey St. John (Archie)

Echo the Shark (Archie)

Cinos the Anti-Sonic (StH and in Fourth Dimension)

Rob o' the Hedge (Archie)

Juanita the Chameleon (Archie)

Marta the Echidna (Archie)

Liza the Chameleon

Bivalve Clam (Archie)

Duck "Bill" Platypus (Archie)

Griff (SatAM)

Barney the Chameleon (Archie)

Katella (Aosth) - Special request to use this specific image: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/c/c8/Katellaheart.png/revision/latest?cb=20160407210139

King Peter - (StH in Robotnik's Laboratory)

Colonel Percy Granite (Fleetway)

Hobidon (Sonic X)

Rhygenta (Archie)

Molly (Sonic X)

Ron (IDW)

Arctur the Dragonkin (StH and in Fourth Dimension)

Practice Robot (Fleetway)

Ash Mongoose (Archie)

Walt Wallaby (Archie)

Ebony (Fleetway)

Bimmy the Echidna (Archie)

The Narrator (LEGO Commercial)

Emperor Sleetus (Underground)

Luke Periwinkle (Underground)

Bellok (Underground)

Captain Squeegee (Underground)

Duke of Velcronia (Underground)

Mindy LaTour (Underground)

Lucinda (AoStH)

William Le Duck (AoStH)

Baby T (SatAM)

Dove (SatAM)

Nicholas O'Tyme (SatAM/Archie)

Heavy and Bomb (Knuckles' Chaotix)

Nerbs (Archie)

Lah the Ghost (Unleashed - Night of the Werehog)

Akhlut the Orca (Archie)

Karen (Stone's Ex Boss) (Sonic 2 Pre-quill)

Rava the Destroyer (Sonic 2 Pre-quill)

Nestor the Wise (Chronicles)

Radar the Echidna (Archie)

Kanewisher the Echidna (Archie)

Catweazle (Archie)

Snailbot (Sonic 2)

A.D.A.M. (Archie)

Alexis Acorn (Archie)

Megan Acorn (Archie)

Arthur Mongoose (Archie)

Avery the Bear (Archie)

Aypex (Archie)

Bagbar Beeblebrox (Archie)

Barney (Archie)

Bertha Kintobor (Archie)

Friday the Parrot (StH Adventure Gamebook 5: Theme Park Panic)

MAYBE:

Sonic the Human (Sega Hard Girls)

Thunder the Pasha (Archie) - It's not really a character is it?

The Freedom Team (Beta SatAM) - They're a whole team and also unreleased

Mecha Sonic Model No. 29 (Sonic the Fighters) - I think there was a popular youtube video about this character. Maybe Chaomix.

Galaxina (Sonic X) - May be obscure, haven't finished sonic x, but seems like she wouldn't be

Jimmy and Jilly (Fleetway) - two in one and also i'm very tired

Mr. Yuji Naka (ShtH05) - Not a character, only referenced in one voice line.

Evil Duck (SatAM) - Not real

Skull That Says "SEGA" (S3&K EU Ads) - Not really a character? We'll see.

Masado and Miwasco (Up on the Green Hill (Masado and Miwasco version)) - While they have done official work, I can't tell if this song is licensed.

Segata Sanshiro (Sonic R Ad) - Isn't a part of the world, just beats up some kids and holds up a SEGA Saturn

PROBABLY NOT:

Dave the Intern (Boom) - Popular

Tikal the Echidna (Adventure) - Extremely popular and prominent within the source material

Ian Jr. - Popular

Manic the Hedgehog (Underground) - Manic

Elias Acorn (Archie) - I haven't gotten that far in Archie but this guy is literally a king and Sally's brother

Orca - Iconic? Also an animal with no unique characteristics.

The Cow in the Triple Trouble Ad - An animal with no unique characteristics.

Dodon Pa (Team Sonic Racing) - Important Character in TSR

Santa Claus (AoStH) - That's Santa Claus

[maxlevlstudio]

The Warrior in his natural habitat

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[labyrinthdancer]

Magic systems let's goooo!!!

this is for my AU Monarchs Will

@somer-writes finished!!!

alright getting the light magic out of the way first cause we're here for the dark magic!

Light or holy magic consists of these magic types(so far):

light,

devine,

fire,

water,

air,

earth,

lightning,

healing,

and time.

Light magic is innate and not something you can just learn, if you can use fire magic you can't just turn around and use air magic, you have to have that magic in you too.

there are no special types of magic like in dark magic, fire magic is offensive, you can be creative about it and use it as a defense but it will never actually be defensive. it does what it does and that's it.

light magic is also hereditary but is prone to lay dormant for several generations.

Dark magic on the other hand!

dark magic isn't innate, anyone can learn it.

dark magic also has tells when you are using it(light magic does not), everyone who uses it has their own tell, Midna had those portal lookin things she uses in Hyrule Warriors(in her true form), Link's fingers and toes turn black, Merida(OC don't mind her) has magic circles around her wrist and ankles like bracelets.

tells intensifies based on how much magic a person is using, i.e. the blackness on Link’s fingers and toes will go up his limbs.

once a person reaches a certain threshold of magic strength their body will start changing(not permanently) and they will start entering a ‘berserk faze’, this doesn’t mean they go berserk they just start looking more monstrous, people typically have two stages to their berserk forms,

Midna first grows horns(gazelle-like) and her hair turns into hands(not just one think gloom hands) then full-on turns into a centaur with a lynal bottom half,

the blackness on Link’s hands and feet first grows up to his elbows and knees and then he starts ‘fusing’ with Wolffie and the shadow crystal, he grows wolf ears and tail, his eyes turn into wolf eyes and he has Wolfie's marking on his body, his arms and legs turn into crystals like the shadow crystal and his hands get claws and his feet are kind of wolf-like. Wolffie also has a berserk form :D but I haven’t figured out what it looks like just yet :/

these are the types of dark magic(so far):

offensive shadow,

defensive shadow,

offensive blood,

defensive blood,

teleportation,

time,

portal,

transformation,

telekinesis,

beast,

mind,

bone,

offensive ice,

defensive ice.

because there are so many different types of dark magic they are separated into categories,

travel magic: Time, teleportation, portal,

warping magic: bone, blood, transformation, ice,

control magic: mind, telekinesis, beast,

dark magic presents itself differently depending on whether it is offensive or defensive:

offensive shadow magic is like obsidian, defensive is like rubber or silicon, it's solid but has a give to it.

offensive blood magic is like glass or crystal, defensive is just blood texture but more solid.

offensive and defensive ice magic is boring and just looks like normal ice.

What each magic type does

most of these are self-explanatory but I’ll say em anyway.

shadow: you can control shadows, the farther the shadow the harder it is to control.

blood: you can control blood, it is easier to control spilled blood and your own blood than blood in other people's bodies.

teleportation: you can teleport, teleporting within eyesight is far easier than teleporting where you can’t see, it’s considered to be the more advanced form of portal magic as it is faster to use but more dangerous and difficult.

time: you can reverse and fast forward time to an existent(dark time magic is not as strong as its light variant), even tho it is possible to warp time things other than small objects it is EXTREMELY difficult and no one has been able or strong enough to do it in twelve generations(300 years).

portal: you can create portals from one place to another, it is simpler and easier than teleportation magic but it takes longer to cast and you have to know the runes to create the portal.

transformation: you can transform into things, creatures are the most common transformation but you can change into inanimate objects. transformation magic is very difficult and typically an enchanted item is used for the spell but even then it still uses your magic unless the item has magic stored in it.

telekinesis: it’s telekinesis that’s it. it’s mentally strenuous to use this magic type.

beast: you can communicate with animals, it is a common misconception that this is an easy magic to learn but in reality, it is very difficult to learn. With Mind Magic and a lot of effort, you could control animals. Devine Beast innately know this magic.

mind: you can make people susceptible to suggestion, change memories(to an existent), and alter their perception of reality(like if they were on drugs). this is also a very very hard magic to learn.

blood and bones are the only parts of the body that can be manipulated.

blood: you can control blood, it is easier to control your blood and spilled blood than it is to control blood in other people’s bodies, this is beginner-friendly magic except for controlling other people's blood,

bone: this is like blood magic but with bones. not as beginner-friendly but still easy to learn.

ice: this is the only elemental dark magic. You can turn any water into ice, turning the water in people body’s into ice is extremely difficult and more difficult if it’s not your own body.

Spells!!!! :D

don’t have a ton of these but there are a few(some of these aren’t actually spells just common things you can do)

Dark Castle: a giant castle rises from the ground made out of shadows, it pushes everything livening that the caster deems an enemy out of its borders, it is nearly impenetrable and is the most powerful defensive shadow spell and one of the most powerful defensive spells. Currently, Midna is the only one who is powerful enough to use it and it would kill anyone else if they tried.

Blood Sword: this is a common offensive blood technique, you draw blood out of your pores and form it into a blade.

Ice Tears: this is a hard spell to learn. You freeze the water in the air around you and create tiny razor sharp daggers that slice anyone who walks through them.

[aelianur]

Have had a crazy year, and its not done yet. October last year i spent licking my wounds after breaking up with my boyfriend of almost 9 years. I had left Argentina to be with him, try my luck in europe. We had many good adventures together, and it felt like that was it, we were forever and ever... until it wasn't.

Coming into our 30s we drifted apart, and although we were good friends, we had no romantic attachment. I thought that was that, I'd probably stay single for a few years, eventually settling into a living spinster hood.

We had one last trip together in Japan we had booked before the break up, and it was fun. After that, within a few weeks i was in Argentina to escape the cold in london, and then it dawned on me how difficult breakups, even amicable ones, could be. I felt alone, but alive. I worked with my sword, and decided to train harder.

And then the season began and in the first training weekend in January a polish guy who i had met in a festival hit me with his sword, and over messenger and whatsapp he became Kuba, and then Kuba decided to become my fiance. We stayed on the phone crazy hours while i was on a business trip in silicon valley, jetlagged but smiling. A weird city with a name i still struggle to spell became home away from home.

We trained together, we grilled kielbasy in a reconstruction of an early medieval house. I went around staying the nights in open air museums in Sweden to play war games, training and partying in castles in Germany. I lost a duel to a man who broke me hand, and spent a month trying not to go crazy by hiking around the English coast while i longingly stared at the sword i could not hold.

I bought a house. Years of hard work and a little luck, and with no mortgage, i had a bit of England to myself. Three weeks in and we were home in Wolin, this time in the camp i had been so lovingly invited many times before. Kuba pretended he had tripped, dropped to one knee and asked me to marry him. In the battlefield we shared and defended as brothers, a warrior asking a warrior to be his wife.

And then i was off to Buenos Aires again, my nieces quince. A brief stint through barcelona for some more fighting, preparing for my compadre's wedding in Mexico.

And then Monterrey, tired and hot. Everyone is happy and the wedding is a beautiful affair. And im there all the while thinking, is this how i will feel next year looking at my husband's eyes as we tie our destinies together?

Its been a crazy year, its been a crazy few years. And its not done yet.