#a voice with no blade

[ooooo-mcyt]

Etho cares deeply about Bdubs, but I don't think he's fully comfortable in their dynamic.

On one hand, I think Etho feels like he's someone Bdubs is always keeping on the backburner, and I think he resents it. Their relationship has never been one sided, per say, Bdubs often contributes to their relationship, that's not the problem. The problem is that Etho often feels like he's the second choice for Bdubs to actually throw his lot in with. It feels like Bdubs always wants a room in the house, never to share a home with Etho. Which can lead to Etho pulling back or lashing out from resentment.

On the other hand, I think Etho blames himself too. He's failed to protect Bdubs before, after all. Why would Bdubs put full faith in him? Why wouldn't Bdubs prioritize better options, options that won't send him off to die alone? Etho has never seen himself as a protector (not one worth any good, anyways), and it only makes sense to him that Bdubs would feel the same.

And on some level, I'm not sure it matters who Etho blames. Sometimes he resents Bdubs, sometimes he loathes himself, but either way, Etho is a protector (no matter what he or bdubs think), and it will always be his deepest instinct to be there, first, second, or last choice. And that's why Etho and Bdubs will never just stay away from each other.

[treesareredinautumn]

Snow Day, part 2 (jump to beginning)

part two of my contribution to @voicesfortheblade!

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

taglist: @feyscape @torrell-reads

[dykespirk]

tos spock conversing with the writing team at snw

[dreamshaxd]

Blood for the Blood God.

[knockknockitsnickels]

"Sacrifice the Yourself" (title pending), the hip new slay the princess swap AU, in which you and the girlies must decide if you're gonna let a giant bird stab you (and maybe.... find love?!)

[elviradreaminess]

the blade of frontiers 🗡️

wyll is such a sweetheart!! he gives me disney prince vibes 🥰✨

[v3nuskae]

One concept I thought would be fun is that the voices (+ narrator) could show up through the TLQ's shadow when they're talking.

So, imagine this...

[zegalba]

Butch Belair for Studio Voice (1997)

scans

[b1adie]

[tapeworrmart]

"Being lonely does things to you"

[fallen-goldfishcracker]

okay but does it ever kill you how much Wyll loves being the Blade of Frontiers? I think we tend to think of Wyll as this serious, stoic guy, but he's so ridiculously silly about his whole superhero persona. He grew up absolutely in love with storybook heros and tales of bravery and all the bard songs and legends. Look at his reaction to meeting Minsc and Boo!

He must love getting to be a figure like that for a whole new generation of kids. He loves the bard songs (even the bawdy ones!) and the title and the stories, but he just loves being someone brave and worthy and able to help. He loves being a hero!

And to add on to that, its definitely a coping mechanism for him. Perhaps a bit of a messed-up one, but hey, its working.

Which is why the body modification by Mizora seems doubly painful- it doesn't matter that Wyll got them for noble reasons, what the horns do- (and what Wyll knows they do, because he's not an idiot and he understands the common people better than probably anyone else)- is send that whole dream crashing to the ground. He's immediately marked as other. Florrick almost completely passes over him. The tiefling refugees shrink around him. The guards at the doors of his own city don't recognize him. I think Wyll could absolutely win the people's hearts back, he's Wyll Ravengard, of course he could! But in the short term, by gods that's got to hurt.

This is at least the second time in his life he's lost everything in one fell swoop. No wonder he's miserable at the tiefling party- I would be too! It's a testament to his frankly astonishing emotional fortitude that he's barely even moping.

[skeletshoo]

Technoblade never dies, however he gets distracted while reading on subjects and needs to sleep :]c

I haven't drawn him in a while, I forgot how nice it is to draw this pink-haired man <3 <3 <3 <3

For @voicesfortheblade, for sleepysunflowers on discord ^^

[ilovelosermen69]

That mfer johnny cage gets more bisexual with every game he's in

[scarewulf]

Blade of Miquella

Alt. Version under the cut

[nomsfaultau]

In the Piglin culture, they're frequently named in reference of what keeps them living. It might be abstract like an ideal, a wish, emotion, allegiance, or something more concrete like something related to their career/services they provide. So, Technoblade is quite literally calling himself a weapon, because fighting is what he lives for. It’s the challenge that pushes him further and further, motivation singing in his veins like adrenaline. All he wants is to fight for his friends and his ideals. It’s a way as claiming to be a protector, to him. A promise of safety and danger in one breath.

Which is why it hurts so much when all that meaning is stripped down to a simple tool.

Anyway, fluff time: as a little way of showing endearment, he gives his friends weapon nicknames. Philza is Fletching, as a reference to his feathers and also how no matter how far away he is he’ll always shoot over to technos side if he calls for him. Ranboo is Whipsnap, both for their tail and twig thinness but also a joke about them being a whippersnapper since Techno is their ‘old wizened’ mentor. Tommy is dagger, which started off as a cute diminutive and a joke about him being tiny, but became all too poignant when he became a dagger in technos back. And so on and so forth.

[arthursfuckinghat]

There needs to be a scientific study done on how Rockstar Games' Arthur Morgan is able to provoke the most earth shattering emotions I didn't even know I had in me