#Thief!Zari

[theycallmeratt]

Salazon Reference

Overall:

Zhentarim wizard found booby-trapping the surface entrance to a Zhentarim hideout in Waukeen's Rest. He is initially intimidated by the player character (he thinks they're a Fist) and tries to sneak up on them, but warms up quickly.

Sal is the demolitions expert, according to dev notes. Presumably he is the one who masterminds the oil and smokepowder around the Zhent hideout, and the one who is meant to detonate it (he readies firebolt if threatened)

The dev notes also describe him as starting off panicked, frantic, nervous, etc, the (once you're friends) as chummy, sheepish.

Also, there's cut/bugged content around him. If you save Rugan and do not take the shipment, Rugan was supposed to show up in act 3 and tell you the rest of the group was framed and hung for the kidnapping of Duke Ulder.

Doesn't want to fight/die:

'Little serpent, long shadow.' Don't want to die. 'Little serpent, long shadow.' Just say it! - says this if you read his mind before giving the passcode. Dev notes say, "Frantically repeating this over and over in his mind - it's a pass phrase he is repeating in his head, willing us to say it so he doesn't have to fight"

B-burn, bastard! Zarys! / ZARYS, HELP! - says if a fight breaks out. Dev notes here say, "Now he's panicking and setting off a detonation" and "Calling to his boss for protection like a child"

If the player character tells him to wait, he freezes and waits

According to the BG3 wiki, he doesn't become hostile if you fight the Zhents in the basement

Dev note: "Frightened and pretending not to be, hearing us out. He doesn't want to fight really."

Compartmentalizes:

Apologies for, er, trying to kill you before. (Dev notes say, "Sheepish - he tried to blow you up a minute before, but knows you're a friend now and is glad you survived")

You're a friend of the family now. Just as well I didn't blow you up, eh? (Dev notes say, "Chummy - he was ready to kill you just a few moments before but knows you're an ally now")

Gah, Helm's orbs. Thought you were Flaming Fist. (Dev notes say, "He goes from jumpy to relieved - we know the pass phrase so he won't have to get in a fight")

Still a criminal (noting because I'm so tempted to write him as secretly uwu good, haha)

The player character can show him a rouge hand-sign for "profit" and he recognizes it and trusts you

Dev notes: "Realising we're from a similar criminal organisation - trusting us slightly more, but only about as much as one thief ever trusts another"

Better to the fire than the Fist - dev notes say, "He's sad to be leaving valuables behind, but he knows he's going to burn them rather than give them over to a rival faction"

If you free Rugan from Zarys, Sal will say, "He's legging it! After him!"

Misc:

If you convince him to let you in to trade, he say, "I'm sure Zarys won't turn down a deal." He's wrong, she will turn it down if you don't persuade her.

Phrases:

ain't - "That ain't the pass phrase!" "Your timing ain't the best"

--, then

Right, look --

be about it

Let's say --

All right, --

--, didn't I?

--, I hope

Stupid thing to do sober.

Insults: None

Compliments:

Friends

Curses/Exclamations:

Bugger

Helm's orbs

Ilmater's broken bones - "What in Ilmater's broken bones are you doing here?"

Bloody

Placeholders:

Gah

er

eh?

[maraalyy]

we don’t ask for much but if we were to ask anything we would ask for a lifetime more of memories. i know we all would love more time however, time is a thief.

please keep our dearest doll ( @celestia-enchantress ) in your thoughts,, she lost a piece of her heart yesterday .. and as for the rest of us we lost a dear friend.

may you rest in eternal comfort and continue to take care of us from the skies above Vincent.

Doll had bigger and better plans..

I had more fun facts to tell you..

Eden needed a father figure for longer than that..

Zari needed someone to poot on..

Sol.. well.. sol just wanted to sex you,, must be happy that you’re free from that huh V??

you may not be with us anymore but you shall live on within our hearts and minds for as long as eternity allows. thank you for accepting our dear friend and us for who we are.

Long Live Vincent

[grossestjay]

WIP wednesday-thursday! I was tagged by @theycallmeratt

the only thing i realistically have going on is the rogue Tav/ Rugan fic going on and I don't have anything new to share on that yet except what i already shared on the horny Rugan server unfortunately. Here's the first chapeter so far : https://archiveofourown.org/works/54814492/chapters/138936046

And the start of the second under the cut in case it was missed

Cian sits idly on a cargo box, one of the ones he hadn't tried to break into since it was nailed securely shut. While he is grateful for the fresh air, the sunlight hurts his eyes after being in the near dark for so long. His left eye is starting to swell shut and his ribs hurt when he breaths too deeply. He’s lucky that’s the worst of it, and at least he isn’t tied to that horrible splinter ridden chair anymore. The ropes had left raw marks on his wrists, and his throat was uncomfortably dry.

The thief is flanked on either side by two men who call each other brother, though they look almost nothing alike. He’s pretty sure one of them is the one who beat him into unconsciousness. They stand crossbow and longbow in hand, no doubt ready to take him out if he tries to run for it. For now they aren’t being particularly aggressive, chatting over Cian’s head about some inside joke about artists.

The rest of the Zhentarim crew are off to the side polishing weapons and feeding wolves. Or gathering firewood from the abandoned shack Cian had just been released from. The atmosphere is tense, they are all waiting for the conversation on the other end of the clearing to end.

The man who had been interrogating him, and the woman who was very clearly in charge were having a heated argument. It was clear Cian was the source of the dispute, the woman pointing in his direction while yelling in Rugan’s face. She was shouting now her voice carrying over with snippets of “you bleedin’ idiot!” and “you ought to know better!”

Rugan seemed remarkably unfazed, keeping his voice level. He looked calm, trying to make a case for the deal he stuck with Cian earlier. It didn’t seem to be the first time they’d been at odds like this.

“Oh Zarys is pissed.” The more ginger haired man said with a sigh. The other man hummed in agreement.

All Cian could do was wait, and hope that Rugan was as persuasive with his boss as he was with his prisoners.

[st0r-fruit]

thoughts (and hcs) on cs after watching the finale

the finale feels so off, its so short. the vile's faculties attempt to escape feels ooc

they didint show carmen's mom's face!! NOT EVEN REVEALED HER GIVEN NAME---

shoudve been one hour long

hcs and general thoughts

WHY IS EVERYONE SO HOT

Crackle??? ermh *twirls hair*

SHADOWSAN GAHDAM

ROUNDABOUT KINDA...

LUPE???? MOMMY--- I MEAN

THE CHOCOLATE MAFIA BOSS IN GERMANY- AAAA---

carmen too ngl

ivy too

player is baby

im convinced now by that one (1) fanart that player is devineux's nephew and no you cannot change my mind

i like to think troll is roundabout's nephew who still lives with his parents

like imagine

"...uncle." "nephew."

also since there is no indonesian thief i made an oc and im making spinkick indonesian you cant stop me

i love player and shawdosan's bond

i really think shadowsan deeply respect player since he usually carries the mission by giving intel shadowsan gets that.

edit: ALSO i forgot to mention im willing to bet Agent Zari is Chief's daughter

[fyeahcompetentwomen]

Elimination Round Group 2

This is the first of two elimination polls that I'll post today. The top three scorers in this group of 10 will get the three spots left in Group 2 of the bracket! This poll only goes one day, so vote quick!

Endorsement/blurbs under the readmore!

Vala Mal Doran, Stargate: Best thief in two galaxies? No in all seriousness people treat her like a joke but that’s how she protects herself. She was taken as a goa’uld host, forced to live with that trauma and rather than lying down she forged a life for herself which included saving the Galaxy a few times. Smart, good at reading people, good at adapting accordingly. She can fight, she can use and modify alien tech. More street smarts than book smarts but when people underestimate her she uses that too.

Erica Ortegas, Star Trek: They are a pilot. They have flown manually through asteroids and nebulas, without sensors. They have skimmed off black holes to slingshot. If they didn’t do evasive manoeuvres right everyone would die. They are driving the ship. That’s pretty critical. Bonus mention for sword skills in that fantasy nebula.

Dr. Julia Ogden, Murdoch Mysteries: She's Toronto's coroner in 1895, and helps solve many many murders. She also becomes a psychologist and a surgeon, and helps the suffragettes. As a woman, at the turn of the 20th century. She also learns to fight in many layers of dress

Naomi Nagata, The Expanse: There is nothing that this woman can't build, fix, or frankenstein. Also, she survived being thrown out of an airlock by knowing (better than the person who threw her out) what to do in the vacuum of space. She fights with all that she has, and leaves no one behind, and has the biggest heart and heaviest conscience of them all.

Garnet, Steven Universe: Garnet can see into the future! She leads the whole team! She can punch anything into submission AND throw in one-liners when you least expect them!

Death of the Endless, The Sandman: Death of the Endless is the anthropomorphic personification of the concept of death, and she is literally the best at her job, i.e. carrying, ferrying or otherwise welcoming souls of the dead to their chosen afterlife, colloquially known in Sandmanverse as the Sunless Lands. Her duty is everything to her and about her, though Death also adores her siblings equally, even if she's very busy all the time; as she put it most poetically, "When the first living thing existed, I was there waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave." And her vibes are SO. FRICKIN. FUN.

Zari Tarazi, DC: Zari doesn’t need a superpower or combat training for success because she has social skills that rival next to none. She knows her femininity can cause people to underestimate her so she uses it to influence her way in to places most other heroes would need force to access. Her deep understanding of people has helped save the world more than once while running a successful business besides.

Allison Blake, A Town Called EUReKA: Allison was a Department of Defense agent working as a government liaison between Eureka and the Pentagon. She was once a medical doctor and has 2 PhDs. At one point she oversees the main laboratories of Eureka, at another she's Director of Operations for Global Dynamics.

Bad Wolf, Doctor Who: Controls all of time and space, makes Jack immortal, disintegrates the Dalek fleet, is the intelligence of The Moment and is always protecting the Doctor.

[asexual-fandom-queen]

Fanfic Writer 20 Questions

I was tagged by @nixie-deangel to do fanfic writer 20 questions, so let's dive in! Tagging @42wallaby-way-sydney @fatherofthebride @coldtomyflash to participate, if they are so inclined.

How many works do you have on AO3? 72

What's your AO3 word count? Just shy of 366,000

What fandoms do you write for? I started out doing most of my writing for The Flash/Arrowverse, but most recently have moved on to writing primarily for Stranger Things, Ted Lasso, 9-1-1, and Teen Wolf

What are your top five fics by kudos? 1. Turn And Face The Strange (Stranger Things, Stoncy) 2. All On The Line (9-1-1, Buddie) 3. Givin' Yourself to Me Can Never Be Wrong (The Flash, Coldflashwave) 4. Hands On Me (I Think I Wanna Let It Happen) (9-1-1, Buddie) 5. House Like a Homecoming (Stranger Things, Poly Monster Hunters)

Do you respond to comments? I do! I kinda never shut up about how important comments are to a fandom's ecosystem, so when I get them, I answer back!

What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I don't usually end fics in full angst mode, but maybe the fic with the most bittersweet ending is Unfair. It's a SethKate (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) fic set in the aftermath of a sex pollen situation that leaves them both hurt and vulnerable. But there's still that nugget of hope, because they're hurt and vulnerable together.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? If I'm going for not just pure fluff factor, but how satisfying the happy ending is in the context of the rest of the fic/the source material, I would say Maybe We'll Get Forty Years Together which is a Jamie/Keeley/Roy future fic set during their wedding where Jamie has a chance to hash things out with his father.

Do you get hate on fics? Every once in a blue moon. I write a lot of polyships, and sometimes those polyships are an amalgamation of two sides of a ship war, and people have opinions about that lol. But generally, no.

Do you write smut? What kind? Sure do! I'd say it's what I write primarily. Generally, I write smut with feelings, or angsty smut. Sometimes it's definitely just smut for smut's sake though, which is also fun! I'm a big supporter of being horny on main.

Do you write cross-overs? I don't. The closest I've gotten is writing an AU based on another tv/show. I don't dislike them in principle, I've just never written one myself.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Yes! Someone stole Taste of Your Lips (I'm On A Ride) and changed it from the original pairing of Zari/Amaya from Legends of Tomorrow to a Lauren/Camilla RPF and posted it on Wattpad. I'm very grateful to the person who messaged me on Tumblr to let me know, because the thief did take it down when I confronted them about it.

Have you ever had a fic translated? I have, and it's really cool to have been asked. My Buddie fic Exploration has been translated to Chinese.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Not exactly. I was part of a multi-creator rewrite for season 2 of Legends of Tomorrow, which involved re-plotting and re-drafting as a group, so you could technically count Episode 2: Crisis and Faith.

What's your all-time favourite ship? I'm actually gonna have the dumbest answer for this question because it's a ship I've never written for, probably never will, and don't even really read, but it's Frank Castle and Karen Page from Daredevil/The Punisher. Their dynamic is just exactly what I want out of a ship. No notes.

What's a WIP you'd like to finish, but doubt you ever will? I have an Abby/Buck/Eddie fic that's on permanent hiatus that I almost certainly will never finish, especially because, in working on it, it started to splinter off a lot of ideas and dynamics and scenes I actually want to use for an original novel someday, so I don't see myself ever completing it. I would like to finish that novel though lol.

What are your writing strengths? I think I always feel most proud of my characterization being pretty on point, and I get enough comments to that effect that I don't think I'm just making that up. I also think I'm good at writing in small details that seem minor but make an impact.

What are your writing weaknesses? I fizzle out! I don't have good stamina to go back to something if it's gonna take me more than one sitting to write, which is why most of my stuff falls in the 2-4k range. I also lose steam without feedback and encouragement. My educational background is in creative writing, and I've been a long-time member of fandom, plus part of writer's groups even before then, so the idea of writing being a solitary thing is kinda wild to me.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? To each their own for this. For me, personally, I'll use a word or a very small sentence I'm reasonably confident is correct in a fic, but for longer sentences, I would write in English and just indicate it was said in another language in the dialogue tag. Plus, even if it was a language I do speak fluently like Frech, it doesn't mean readers do, so I think English is still the way to go.

First fandom you wrote for? So, if we're talking first fic ever, we have to go back to when I was five and six years old and I would make little "books" out of folded index cards where I'd write stories about Sailor Moon or Cardcaptors. My first fic on the Internet was back in my FF.net days, and it was a Kyoya/Haruhi fic for Ouran High School Host Club. My first fic on AO3 was actually a multi-chapter Sterek fic that was never completed and that I've since taken down. The oldest fic of mine you can still find posted on AO3 is a multi-chapter Coldflash fic We Could Keep Things Just The Same, the first chapter of which was posted on February 24th, 2016!

Favourite fic you've ever written? I still feel like I've never topped There's a Menace In My Bed; Can You See His Silhouette. There are some edits I might go back and make with my extra eight (EIGHT!?!) years of writing experience, but the core of what that fic accomplishes? The delicious angst? The emotional minefield of dubious consent/sex pollen/fuck-or-die? The smut as character study? The caretaking? This just hit on a lot of things I like, and I'm really proud of it even all these years later.

[crincher]

“Are you there yet?” Even through the tiny speaker of her phone, Ava can hear how excited Zari is.

“Yes, I’m about to go in,” Ava replies, her breath fogging in the cold evening air.

Zari lets out a high-pitched little sound and then exclaims, at a volume that makes Ava’s ear ring, “Go get your Christmas Cake thief, girl!”

A Christmas fic for AUgust day 3: writer

[pattysplaceofplaces]

I wish Zack was still multilingual like he was in the original. I think it would be neat if he was still goofy but had that skill since everyone on team red has a skill. Carmen’s a thief, Ivy’s a mechanic, and Player’s a hacker.

I wish they had kept the ACME agent Tatyana, when I was watching the original I loved her. She could work with agent Zari and they could have a good cop bad cop dynamic. Honestly I wish they kept a lot of the ACME agents from the original.

QUESTION

We love Carmen Sandiego, but i’m sure we have some parts we aren’t fond of. So tell me, what are the things you guys don’t like about it that you think could be fixed in CS5?

[nixie-deangel]

Smoaking CanaryZamayaWest, Leverage AU.

Publicists are like priests; you gotta tell them all your secrets.

[paastizzicreations]

Inspired by @caramel-sandiego ‘s post with an incorrect quote, after reading it I had to draw it

[breezykiwi14]

Asking the important questions today

Carmen: *gets held at gunpoint*

Also Carmen: *smirks* HeY JuLeS

[brookreader]

Chief: So, let me get this straight.

Chief: You were ALL aware that Agent Argent was dating Carmen Sandiego? This agency’s number one target?

Agents: *sheepish affirmative mumbling*

Chief: And NONE of you TOLD me?!

Agents:

Zari: In our defense, the marijuana brownies Julia makes are amazing.

Chief:

[carmen-crapdiego]

Zari: I dare you to kiss your crush for $100 or your enemy for $300.

Julia: I expect to see my $400 soon.

Zari: Wait wha-

Julia: *Goes to find Carmen* La Femme Rouge!

[twas-a-stormy-february-day]

The Legends of Tomorrow

Sara *voiceover*: My name is SARA LANCE and I am the captain of the Waverider. Our team was assembled by Rip Hunter.

RAY PALMER, the Atom, former CEO of Palmer Technologies. The genius and ray of sunshine of our team.

LEONARD SNART, Captain Cold, thief. Back from the Vanishing Point.

CASTIEL, an angel. I´m still getting used to that. He lost his grace, before the angels fell. He is still getting used to that.

ZARI TOMAZ, a hacker from a past future.

CHARLIE, a rebellious shapeshifter, on the run from fate.

MICK RORY, Heatwave, thief and writer Rebecca Silver. Snart is still getting used to that.

BEHRAD TARAZI, Zari´s brother from another timeline and part of firestorm. He shares the airtotem with Zari. Both of them.

NATE HEYWOOD, Steel, historian.

PROFESSOR MARTIN STEIN, physicist, and part of firestorm.

We are supported by:

JOHN CONSTANTINE, master of the dark arts.

RIP HUNTER, former captain and founder of the time bureau, who sometimes help and sometimes are a great pain in the ass.

We protect time (mostly). We are… the Legends.

[brookreader]

I mean, I can understand why some would feel that way, but, personally, as a Carulia shipper...

... idk, I’m satisfied (tumblr let me add more than 10 images challenge)

Carmen Sandiego’s fandom after season 4 :

[lovevalley45]

"chapter five: the thief" thoughts pt. 3

"dragon queen" when will we get the cindy burman zari tarazi collab we deserve

kjdf cindy please

I WANT THESE TEENAGE BOYS TO SHUT UP

cindy like i'm desperate for friendship but not that desperate

growth?

RICK

fight fight fight

but u did interrupt

rick senses the joker era

yolanda is right there girl

can't believe it was xcameron to break them apart n not cindy... homophobic

cindy scare him off girl

cindy n rick should become friends over not wanting cameron to date cindy

JOKER ERA

yikes he got backstory

cindy like i know ur beef ice boy

i do think they should fight. for funsies

cw is going thru it tonight so that's fun... please just let me get thru this epiosode