#Study wild magic

[atomicengineerdetective]

I Want him to smile like this again so much

[schrondingers-dumbass]

There is something to be said about the way word building in The Wizard The Witch and The Wild One is so deliberate and can take whole episodes of just, pieces being placed to start a foundation.

Like this world will be so massively and complex and we should have more one hour of Brennan infodumping every esoteric detail about the meta magic of the world and the relation between spirits, the material, and the complexities of the citadel as an entity- or that might just be me, alas we proceed.

[crimeronan]

Hmm. Belos being Weird and Bad towards Hunter so in his need to control the children he continues to be possessive over Hunter and uses this against Luz like 'he is only yours because I gave him to you, I can take him away'... and Luz knows this is a real threat because Belos continually Takes Hunter Away to do Bad Things so her fear that he won't come back is SO real but she also hates objectifying him like that and wants to respect hunters autonomy...

you know, if you WANT to interpret it this way.... you COULD probably make an argument that it's AU canon-compliant if something like this did happen. bc i reread the luz POV fic recently and i was like "good GOD. how many Deeply Upsetting Implications could i cram into one novella. girl what were you processing here" (i know what i was processing here)

like. it's true that luz doesn't realize hunter is being physically abused and that she thinks she's had a pretty well-adjusted upbringing, BUT.

1) even before the grimwalker horror, she acknowledges that she and hunter are both considered "eccentric" because they have no other peers;

2) she keeps insisting that belos is doing all of his worst, creepiest, most manipulative bullshit "because he's a good father and he loves her" (LEAVE HER ALONE);

3) she somehow intuitively KNOWS that acting possessive and imperious about hunter will get her what she wants. "he's mine" indeed!

and there's some separation already baked into their day-to-day lives -- luz has private lessons with belos that hunter isn't present for, hunter CLEARLY has had time alone with belos that luz isn't present for. luz doesn't know hunter is being physically hurt but she Does textually know that being around belos makes him stressed/upset. and that belos hates him. for no fucking reason. she and hunter both acknowledge that she's the favorite without any bitterness or jealousy between them, because it's just.... how things are. a fact of life.

like. belos probably never told her explicitly "i gave him to you and i can take him away," that Would be a slight AU of the AU -- it would make her a lot quieter and more fearful of punishment than she is in the text. but being told that hunter Belongs to her and she can do whatever she wants to him and if he fusses about it, she can come to belos to set him straight....?

that is like. Very Much a conversation they could have had.

[bolithesenate]

people who make Sifo-Dyas a poor little meow meow are Wrong actually. the man spends about as much time of his week in different horrible versions of the future than he does in reality, i know for a FACT that he does the most batshit insane things 24/7.

POV you’re a Temple Guard and something just set off the alert in one of the top secret vaults of the archives, but turns out that it was just Master Sifo-Dyas who, dressed only in a red nightgown he stole from Master Koon, is hanging off the ceiling bat-style trying to hot glue the star wars equivalent of mouse traps to it because apparently ‘they will be coming from above’.

who ‘they’ are is not elaborated on and if you try to remove him from his project he starts threatening to sicc Master Dooku onto your neck (it’s an effective threat) (because it happened before)

anyways, tldr: people should produce more unhinged on main Sifo content 

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Rhystic Study by Serena Malyon

[findmeinthefallair]

Wait --

This *does* mean he studied here too...

..right?

[liorlen]

I kinda like the whole sorcerer!gale idea. I don’t have it as a headcanon bc, personally, I just think he was a super fucking nerd as a kid and decided reading magic textbooks was fun so he ended up casting spells quite early and not by accident like a magical bloodline sorc would (I think??).

But I like thinking of a sorc!gale au. It’s really funny and even a bit sad. I genuinely don’t know how someone with a sorcerer bloodline who trains as a wizard would work. I’d think his bloodline would either be very weak or he simply doesn’t have the charisma to control the sorc magic (sorry gale. your charisma is NOT high enough to multiclass into sorc).

[messmers]

tagged by @hawke to do this oc meme ^_^

sowwy im super super late to this, i'm very forgetful :<

ty for tagging me though hehe <;3

this is basically my first time talking about an oc here so [sweats nervously] ignore the diff face lifts my girl has gone through, im still playing around with some concepts so nothing is set in stone......

name: lírica bloodsong!

nickname: none :( would u like to give her some?

gender: a menace...

star sign: ??? havent thought about this yet <3

height: 5'8 ish :)

orientation: bi/pan

race: asmodeous tiefling / bhaalspawn :3

romancing: 'tarion

fave fruit: berries or anything that'll have her looking like this 👇

fave season: spring

fave flower: hmm... those oleanders in act 2... always picking them up and wandering into the shadows for them, getting herself into precarious situations lmao.

fave scent: the smell of chocolate. the smell of blood and the smell of astarion, bonus points if its combined. :p

coffee, tea or hot chocolate: hot chocolate

average sleep hours: like 3. she doesn't sleep much.

dogs or cats: cats, but don't let scratch hear that.

dream trip: i don't have anything specific in mind for her yet, but she loves adventures so literally anything will have her over the moons<3

amount of blankets: 1 at most, preferably none.

random fact(s):

my little gorlfailure bard who accidentally killed an entire audience with one of her surges when she attempted using blood magic to enchant her music during one of her performances, hence bloodsong hehe <3 now she embraces her blood songs for papa bhaal... before the amnesia of course!

wherever her blood falls, lullaby-like flowers bloom. think of nirnroot because i love being cheesy like that💗 ^_^

[swordmaid]

now im thinking about thalia's noble house and unsure if i want to make her a noble in baldur's gate or some other city, and i kind of like the idea that she's old money and her family has been around for centuries since they're high elves. it also makes the burden of shouldering her family name weigh heavier since she's his father's heir, so it's up to her to carry on their legacy and name but how can she do that when her own magic is trying to kill her!!! sigh

[calamitism]

I would love it if Kore could be an attack dog for someone evil pretty pls. She looks so cute on her knees and covered in blood. All she needs is some praise—

[graveyardcuddles]

*throws a piece of cheese at Elminster's direction as a distraction so I can swoop in and adopt Arabella*

[stardustedstories]

@missallanea asked: RANDOM CHARACTER BUILDING QUESTIONS HOUR : A lot of people have playlists for their characters, but it can take a long time to listen to a whole playlist. If you could choose ONE SONG to have your followers listen to in order to better understand your portrayal, what would it be? ( for the character/s of your choice, or all of them if you so dare! )

There's part of me that's like "I will do them all!" but we'd be here for days. So I'll do a few below the cut, in no particular order:

Hunter -- Monster by Imagine Dragons. There are a few reasons for this. Hunter certainly sees himself as a monster, especially after he learns he's a grimwalker, and he's trying to do better, trying to be better. He thinks that if his friends knew what he was, they wouldn't want to have anything to do with him, so he's determined to show them that he's good, that he can be more than what he is. (I could go into so much more, but....it's a start.)

Luz -- Courage In Me. Listen. Listen, I know it's one of Marinette's songs, but it fits Luz so well. She's had to find the courage in herself so often, not only to trust herself, but to trust in the people and the friendships she's made. Luz has had to come so far, and this song just fits. (And if you haven't watched the amazing AMV Missa made, watch it right now: here)

Lotor -- Everybody Wants To Rule The World (specifically the L.orde cover). I picked this song because everyone around him wants to figure out a way to rule the universe. He just wanted to explore, to learn, but he had to throw his hat into that ring, had to become a ruler in order to fight against his father's ruthlessness, to 'turn his back on mother nature.' Lotor fought everything he was raised to be to do good, and I'll be emotional about it forever.

Runaan -- Battlefield. His whole thing is fighting to protect the people he cares about, to make sure that those who can't fight don't have to. He sacrifices because it is what he knows. There is just something so heartbreaking about someone who knows that, every time he says goodbye to the people he leaves behind, it could be the last time. And he is willing to do that, because if his death will save them, he will gladly give himself. He doesn't want to die, but if that is what is required of him, he will give his all.

Will Solace -- Surface Pressure (specifically Caleb Hyles' cover version). Everyone expects Will to be strong, to be chill. He's the camp healer, he looks like he should be on a beach and surfing. And he tries so hard to be that for everyone, that it just keeps building. "I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service" is also just such a Will thing. So yeah, a look into my sunshine-y blonde boy who is under a lot of pressure that he doesn't show to basically anyone.

Kratos -- To Be Better. It's a G.oWR fansong, so it feels a little like cheating, but this is honestly one of the best ways to see Kratos, especially how I play him. He has a past, one that is fully of darkness and blood that he cannot escape from, but he can try to move beyond it, to be better.

Grog -- Born To Be a Killer. Similar to Kratos, this is a Grog fansong, but it's pretty much perfect. I love the vibe and the lyrics, because Grog was born and raised to be a killer, but he made his own choices and decided that that wasn't what he wanted. He decided that he was going to look out for the little guys, and while he still kills, he does so on his own terms and not because someone tells him he has to. I have said it before, and I'll keep saying it: Grog may have an intelligence of 6, but his heart is a Nat 20.

[accultant]

A tendril slides right on up over their shoulder, splits open into a mouth, and gives a gentle nip at their ear.

It hardly hurts, it isn't aggressive by any means, but Iago is rather dramatic when it comes to being startled. Being a jumpy, paranoid ball of nerves and a wild magic sorcerer made for quite an unfortunate combination.

They lurch away from the sensation instantly and try to slap away whatever it is that nipped them. Somewhere nearby a window mysteriously shatters, and their hands tingle irritably. The sneaky culprit may have even gotten a little bit of a shock akin to rubbing your feet on carpet too fast and touching a metal rod.

Their initial panic lasts barely a second and morphs into embarrassment when they see who it was that came up behind them. Rubbing their ear with one sparking hand and tucking the other away in their cloak, they huff, "Connor, you shouldn't sneak up on me like that. I know your bones fly off all the time, but I dont know if those tentacles of yours would widthstand the same treatment."

Wait a second...

They lean forward, attention suddenly drawn to said tentacle, the beginnings of a starry-eyed fascination showing in their eyes for those who are particularly perceptive, "I didn't know you had teeth on those. Wait, let me see that again - "

They seemingly forget all about their warnings of being startled, rummaging around their cloak for their journal. "Open wide, I want to get a better look. Fascinating..."

[perilegs]

i will make anode romance minth, but you can't tell me she and gale wouldn't be a delicious combo. sorcerer/wizard, power-hungriness/hubris, controlling storms vs being called gale, serving cunt vs being in your most comfy pjs, matching hairstyles, "around you i'm not who i want to be," anode could pick gale up and fling him over her shoulder

[talentforlying]

boston brand: they say the third time's the charm. so what do you make of constantine? tim hunter: he's all right, i spose — easier to talk to than the other three. only thing i can't figure out is how we get from place to place ... boston brand: that one's easy, kiddo. he's riding the synchronicity freeway, and so everything just falls into place; time, movement, even distance just sit up and beg for him. you're having an adventure, kiddo. if you survive it, it'll be fun.

books of magic still has the most batshit way i've ever seen constantine's synchronicity wave traveling abilities showcased, actually.

for frame of reference, most of the hellblazer writers usually apply the concept of surfing the synchronicity highway in much smaller ways: namely constantine's uncanny ability to stumble across significant events/people/artifacts, or winning at gambling 100% of the time he chooses to. but books of magic has him doing shit like bending time and space to breeze both him and tim from a new york street onto a cross-country flight with no one questioning how they just ended up appearing in seats assigned to them.

so either constantine is showboating to absolute fuck for the sake of making a killer first impression (extremely plausible), or he's REALLY taking it easy with his use of magic most of the time.

[rowletraine]

Some doodles of Mialynthe Theotheron, my elven wild magic sorcerer from a fun mini campaign my usual D&D group has been running, seen here at level 3 and 16 years of age. Due to a traumatic and fragmented childhood, Mialynthe began our story small, skittish, and almost entirely non-verbal. Thanks to the power of friendship (and this gun we found), she was remedied of most of this. Except the short part. She only grew up to about 5'3" by age 23. Smol.