#abyss vibes

[waitineedaname]

now that i've finished tgcf i can make memes about all three books! i was tempted to put binghe at the absolute center because he could easily go into any quadrant at different points in his life, and both lwj and hua cheng could swing jock, but i think the most important thing is that wei wuxian is all four at once. somehow.

[makikodesu]

amogus

[1haqerin]

[silverformymonsters]

ABYSSAL WOODS

[dawns-downpour]

Okay wait I saw you say that you wouldn’t mind epic or wof art requests so now I kinda wanna see Polites meeting Sunny cause I think they would so get along :3 /nf

don’t mind the crunched anatomy I rushed this :skull:

PLEASE FEED ME ART REQUESTS I WILL DELIVER I PROMISE

[ghost-bxrd]

— last image captured by drone315 seconds before disaster, image recovered by accessing sunken servers via diving team, incident referenced: Odyssey’s Sinking, access file J16T for further information, section: confirmed incidents

“-obviously the radar’s hung up. There’s no rock field in the area big enough to-

Did you hear that?

… No, I don’t know.

It sounded like we might have hit something. Go look… then turn on the lights. Jesus, it’s like we’re short on tech or something…

Huh? What do you mean the anchor’s gone? How can it be gone-?

Shit! Turn on the lights! Hurry! The radar’s going crazy!

Wh- No it’s not whales you dumbass! Now turn on the goddamn lights! Maybe we can see what’s out there with-

Oh holy mother of- are you seeing this? The hell is that thing? No it’s not a squid- where the fuck did you get your degree, Harold? Squid don’t have scales. Start the drone, we need to get an idea of how large it is. This is phenomenal. I’m estimating a good twenty meters with that scale size. We could be looking at an undiscovered species of sea snake here, if we bring this back to the- ha! Got it! Drone’s up and about! Harold, tell Jess to flip the beamers up to a hundred. Maybe we can spot the thing’s head—

Hold on, hey, Ed, are you seeing this-?

Oh- oh my god. Oh, Jesus Christ, oh fuck, no, fuck- Everyone, abandon ship! Get off the ship! Get off the ship right now! I repeat, get off-!”

— Voyage Data Recorder, audio transcript, recovered from ship wrecked remains of “The Oddyssey”, time stamp: 01:32, no survivors

File Notes:

Second notable incident with Subject J16T (category class: Leviathan) responsible. For first notable incident, access file: [REDACTED] Research Facility

[blood-orange-juice]

I suddenly groked why Childe's friendship with the Traveler is important to me. It makes him look more inhuman.

Same with his attachments in general. It all looks so sweet on the surface but this is *not* how humans handle attachments.

Humans are awkward, and afraid to admit they like someone, and they want reciprocity, and they are careful about how a new person will affect their life. They are very cautious about placing their trust in someone even if they like them. They often lie for the sake of maintaining the relationship.

And then there's this guy who loudly declares you a friend the moment he starts liking you enough, expects nothing in return and seems to trust almost blindly (personally, I think it's calculated risk rather than that, but it still removes the usual weight of trusting someone). Who is honest and straightforward in ways that don't really benefit him. And it's not exactly hero worship (he has that towards Skirk and Capitano and we know it looks differently), he just sees someone like himself in the main character.

His other relationships (siblings and Her Majesty) could have been interpreted in multiple ways but his attachment to the Traveler establishes those as genuine and more on the warm side too.

(and more weird)

We also get reminded that he isn't nice even when he likes a person, he still has his weird ideals and obligations and doesn't compromise on those.

If he was a brooding loner or someone more sociopathic in his approach it would be too easy to clock him as a traumatised kid or at least a flawed human. The way he relates to the Traveler very clearly establishes him as more than that.

I've also seen takes on how he doesn't really love his siblings, he just wants to be the best in everything and that includes being the best older brother. That would be awfully human, too, I think.

It's a subtle distinction, fae beings can be obsessed with beauty and perfection but not with being the best. A desire to be the best is a narcissistic dynamic, it's painfully human and rooted in insecurity.

(he says and shows multiple times how he doesn't seek narcissistic fuel at all, even on an average human level. he seeks improvement but doesn't really care about winning or impressing other people

he's also committed to doing the best he can without being worried about perfection in the current moment)

He loves them dearly and he's doing what's best for them as he understands it, but it doesn't matter whether they love him or whether anyone else including them thinks he's a good brother.

So we once again get a lovely paradox with him. Everything is the opposite of what it seems.

Could be read as a different form of trauma or just arrogance, of course, but also it connects him to other Abyssal beings (Elynas, Durin, Caribert to an extent too. one could say Enjou as well). Horrors of Teyvat love with no reservations but also it doesn't mean what you think it means.

[rukafais]

Peeking into the drow tag is incredible because people really do just be out here saying shit like BEFORE LARIAN DROW HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SEXY AND EVIL AND NEVER NUANCED EVER

Like damn I don't expect anyone to read an almost 40 book series but if you're going to do big informative rundowns you should at least do your research and look at a couple modules or something

[damnation-if]

hey!! can i ask for a color palatte description for the ro's? like what their hair/eye colors are?

hope you're having a good week 💙💙💙

Hi!

I spent a long time putting together a graphic for this before I realised that you asked for just a description haha... oops. well. here is the graphic anyway XD

If you're looking for a link to the page with more general descriptions, there are some on the RO's page.

Very sorry for the delay in replying! My life is. hectic. smdnfgbsfgf

[avnasace]

very curious that we now have four characters that originate from khaenri'ah, and two of them have specific powers relating to their status as 'pureblooded' khaenri'ahns, (we dont know about pierro yet)

but the literal prince regent of the fallen nation hasnt shown any sign of any other powers yet? interesting...

[faisceaubunz]

[tetsuskei]

this worries me but also gives me some indication that childe has abyss trauma that is not fully processed or not really thought about. regardless, he sure has an interesting way of processing events like that since it ‘seems’ that he’s ‘fine’.

[toyastales]

"We all have one foot in a fairytale, and the other in the abyss."

- Paulo Coelho

Visual Presentation: Lucid Dreaming by LaToya Cole

https://toyastales.blogspot.com/2024/07/visual-presentation-lucid-dreaming-by.html

[uselessalexis165]

THEY GOT THE DRIP 🦈

[alethianightsong]

Scavengers Reign or "What happens when one man's ego fucks up everyone's day/week/life."

So like, Kamen, right? Like many guys, he wants the promotion cuz the promotion means his fiancee comes back and that means he's winning at the life thing. But he can't get that promotion if the cargo he's in charge of expires. So what's the harm in rerouting the ship when no one's looking? Doing so will only benefit him and no one else. It's just a harmless little shortcut near an unstable star and its planet full of unknown entities. Right?

I like that the show doesn't kill him off. Too many shows kill off the person who royally fucks up, but death is not repentance. It's oblivion and Kamen wanted that desperately. He wanted to forget what he did and just sink into the void. In the epilogue, he appears to be Ursula's assistant, helping her grow some plants and showing care to a little creature he previously would've killed. Instead of killing his ego, he tuned into his superego, his thoughtfulness for others, which would've saved DOZENS of lives if he did that 12 episodes ago but eh, hindsight's a bitch. I don't think the other passengers save Ursula and Azi know he wrecked them all but they don't need to know. Kamen's new conscience is a better punishment than any lynch mob.

[indiiglow]

Impeccable vibes indeed 👌

^ those are the SAME GOD DAMN COLORS as that iconic Dark Souls 3 image and I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. So fucking good. 10/10