#and that's where the magic is. u kno.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Wait... Is Baruto a show where Baruto rebels against his absent father by thinking ninjas are bullshit and has to be pulled back to the "good" ninja side to defeat evil and the decline of the ninja way? Because if so, that is some bullshit. Burn it all down, Baruto. Fuck the ninja system.

[atopvisenyashill]

do u kno who perplexes me. Super Fan Show Only people. i’m friends with a few of them and i do NOT talk about the show with them that often bc this is where you get the most egregious “ned is dumb” (yeah but not how THEY mean it) and “catelyn is a bad person bc she is hostile to jon and also she basically started the war” stuff but they’re all usually HUGE tyrell & lannister stans and that shit drives me bonkers, even more than the Rhaenicent Show Only Superfans, this is obviously due to my stark bent but idk, completely pretentious but it’s always disappointing to think i’ve found another asoiaf fan but no they just really love the king’s landing aspect of the show and that’s it 🤧🤧 and i know the series is a huge buy in esp if u don’t like fantasy, & i’ve met people who were really turned off by how young the characters are and like both of those reasons are. ugh fine whatever but sometimes it’s like. i’m not saying i didn’t enjoy diana rigg dressing down everyone around her but i AM saying the tyrells that exist in the books are not really like how they are in the show and also even THEY are about to crash into a magical plotline because there is so much more magic in the books pls god give me back the magic.

[bropunzeling]

☕️ fav fantasy books/series and what makes them so good and so For Jess. bonus for thoughts on what makes a less good fantasy fall flat

oh Boy okay alright!!!!

fantasy series i love/are excellent/peak For Jess: radiant emperor duology by shelley parker-chan (point: is it fantasy or just historical-ish fiction with some supernatural elements? counterpoint: i fucking love it and this is my list). the lumatere chronicles by melina marchetta. the daevabad trilogy by s. a. chakraborty. queen's thief my beloved!!!!! piranesi aka one of the best novels i read in 2020. tortall series by tamora pierce (but protector of the small quartet is the best of them).

honorable mentions: the raven tower by ann leckie; sharon shinn's elemental blessings series isn't like, as sharp as the top tier, but i really enjoy every reread; earthsea (but mostly the ones about tenar); it feels like cheating to say discworld but again: my list; the divine cities by robert jackson bennett; the stravaganza books were not quote unquote good but they did change my brain chemistry when i was 13; goblin emperor books (but more witness for the dead bc u kno me, i love a murder mystery). lotr would be here except i read them all once as a 6th grader and have yet to return. i still need to read the oleander sword but the jasmine throne kicked ass.

ok what is the unifying factor here lol. strong world building is very important i think; a real sense of a distinct place and culture/mix of cultures rather than Generic Medieval European City. there was a really good post going around that was like, where does the food come from (aka have you thought about how all of this actually works?), and a lot of these series think about Where Does The Food Come From. differences in cultural norms among different groups within the world AND from the audience. plots strongly rooted in politics/the inherent people-ness of people rather than everything relying on magic (not to say i don't love me some magic/divine plaything stories!!!! but they hit so much harder when the conflict comes from a place of innate human foibles). a dash of wonder and the inexplicable. if an answer is needed, it fits in the schema of everything else, but you don't feel the author trying to answer literally everything (when an author is sweating to show their work u can tell imo). most of these have at least one set of people where i want to see them kiss on the mouth, but most of the time that is not the Point; the best fantasy for me treats romance as a subplot/b-plot where it informs the stakes but is not the stakes itself. and ur basics of a good book in general: good writing, good pacing, et cet er a!

what makes them fall flat? world building inconsistency; new magic springing up because well, the author NEEDED it (aka those moments when you can see the seams lol); when the romance is the a plot (sorry but romantasy = not for jesses!!!!!); i think also authors get tripped up both by not planning ahead enough AND planning ahead too much when doing series (if you get a deal for one than one book you should have more than one book's worth of material; however if you can’t change and move then you can be stifled! see ursula le guin revisiting the gendered magic of earthsea in tehanu years later, or tamora pierce going oh shit there are normies in tortall in protector of the small). also this is a ME thing but i fuckin hate purple or twee prose. fantasy does not mean break out the thesaurus.

sorry for the novel. im gonna think of like six more books as soon as i post this

[equalseleventhirds]

Hey, do you have any recs for long form, more serious ttrpg systems for fantasy settings? I feel like I hear a lot about short/definitively-lengthed systems, but I've been yearning for a DnD-esque system without all the baggage of equip loads and complicated Challenge Ratings and other rules-y baggage I don't super care about.

do i! do i ever!

serious & long-form systems do on the whole tend to be crunchier than shorter systems (not always, but generally); nevertheless, i've picked out a........ handful......... ok there's Several, i did try to control and limit myself but u kno.......... games......... anyway, here are some that are considerably less crunchy than d&d but still lend themselves to long fantasy campaigns.

uh. under the cut for. oh god it's so long. it's so long. tried my best to explain them, u see. (which is also why it took me so long to reply lol, sry abt that)

godeater (& godeater 2.0): play in a broken, post-apocalyptic fantasy world, where dead and dying gods warp the land, and you raid their bodies for divine magic to help support humanity. 2d10-based, get weird & funky with it! i admit a small preference for version 1.0, which gave u some loose examples but left much of the worldbuilding and even character building up to u to create; 2.0 has some extra books that go with it that i haven't much looked into yet, but seem to give more solid lore to work with, if u would like that.

when the guilds pay in copper, crime pays in gold: alchemical guilds pay shit wages to use people for magical experiments. go do crimes on 'em with your own magic. d6 base, assign dice to stats to make ur own dice pool; fairly light rules and in fact very little in the way of instruction or hard lore on the gm's side, so better played with an experienced gm who's good at making their own stuff, but certainly campaign material for the right gm!

third empire - violence + beauty: the world sucks, and has sucked for a while, through two oppressive empires and into a third one. you play adventurers who are trying to carve out a little goodness, a little justice, a little vengeance, in the world. y'know. lasers & feelings based, but expanded beyond the original (which also comes with it if u get it!) into more lore, more character choices, very collaborative worldbuilding, downtime mechanics, etc etc.

ruby radiance 6e: streamlined dungeoneering built to let ppl play the way actual play podcasts sound, essentially. d20 pool system, based on trophy mechanics but v much adjusted. lots of choices to make during character creation & leveling, but much much less to keep track of during the playing part. u get it.

wizard pals: all of you are wizards, going on adventures and trying to accomplish your goals in a fantasy world. d12-based, fairly lighthearted (can lean silly but u could use it for more serious if not super grimdark adventures), much worldbuilding left up to the gm, but very simple rules, so.

grimblade rpg: (speaking of grim lol,) action & adventure in a grim fantasy world; things like character creation and rewards (and magic) fully imply a fantasy world, but worldbuilding is left up to the gm, altho there are many tables to roll on to give some help. uses d4, 6, 8, and 10; all rolls are contested rolls, with dice picked based on how serious the gm feels this roll is.

shattered aether: post-apocalyptic science fantasy, you roam around a fucked up magic world and protect ppl from various dangers. 2d6 based, based on the lumen system so fairly combat-forward in a very high-action very cool asskicking way. for some reason the font chosen for this book is murder on my eyes, but if u can get past that (or just zoom in lots and read a bit at a time) it's straightforward, simple, and fun!

familiars of terra: this one may be a little too crunchy, but i love it a lot and rly the most crunch is in character creation and tracking experience, actual gameplay is (imo) pretty easy. post-post-apocalyptic fantasy world, some science fantasy elements depending on where you choose to focus, bcos there are absolute PAGES of lore on this extremely cool and enormous world; you and your party go around with your soul-bonded animal friends to spread hope and healing and also do cool shit. y'know. card-based, again it is probably more crunchy than ur looking for but less abt tracking what you can do during things and more abt tracking experience in order to level up stats, so.

1400 quest: ok that last one was crunchy, this one's very uncrunchy. pick a handful of things and get going! clearly inspired by d&d, but very very streamlined, so things that were pages of mechanics are like, one or two sentences. gm's side of it is like, a handful of rollable tables and then do whatever, so prolly for the more experienced gm. d6 based, but you may have occasion to use other dice. also if you like this one there's others by the same author focusing on other things (1400 mage, sneak, etc), or you can check out others in the 24XX type of games, which started out sci fi but has since been expanded to a bunch of other stuff. u kno.

beast dream: pokemon-inspired game where you make friends with magical beasts and go on magical adventures! d6-based, forged in the dark, so there is a little crunch wrt deciding on position etc and stuff like stress, but the author rly wanted to focus in on letting u adventure and have fun without getting bogged down in numbers and i think that shows, stuff like load and reputation aren't so much a thing.

cognatons: play as sentient, magic-filled automatons doing whatever fantasy adventures your robot heart desires. d4-based, caltrop core, so you get a fairly simple & defined set of actions; less to keep track of, easy to follow.

dethrone the divine: you're gonna overthrow the gods, and also take their places. you're already either divine, semi-divine, or magically powerful in other ways, and you adventure with the goal of gathering power and followers so you can take the place of the shitty gods in power. d6-based, pretty straightforward system, makes characters v cool and powerful, which is always fun.

perilous: do you love dungeon crawls bcos i love dungeon crawls... streamlined and easy to understand fantasy dungeoneer adventures in this one! d20-based, leans towards tags instead of complicated numerical skill stuff to keep track of. go to dungeons, fight monsters, get treasure. simple n good. (adds in some metaplot, like who sent you, how will this affect the people living here, whatever, but rly strong with the very old core of d&d-style 'go do a dungeon' kinda thing, if that's what u like.)

high magic lowlives: ok my latest obsession bcos i'm currently planning a big ol campaign for friends in this one. there are classic adventurers in this world, out there cleaning out monster nests or whatever, but they're usually in the employ of the immortal aristocracy. you? you make your money by stealing from and humiliating the immortal aristocracy, because you're a lowlife. it's a dangerous gig, but isn't it better than going into student debt at wizard school? melds high fantasy aesthetics with like, magical twitch streaming aesthetics. fun as hell. uses all the dice and also sometimes tarot cards (mostly just for character creation, u kno). easy to understand rules, i'm having a great time.

ellipses rpg: setting-agnostic system (make ur own setting!) with simple, streamlined rules and an emphasis on improvisation. d20 based, rly just some very basic foundation and then a lot of encouragement to make things up and do what's fun. so like, loosey goosey & not super structured if you want structure, but could be fun!

unbound: setting-agnostic system but with much more formal structure, got structure around how to collaboratively worldbuild your setting and everything. obvs this means some crunch, but it's still not super crunchy, nice and straightforward rly. lotta character options but not so complex and math-heavy, u kno. card-based system. designed actually for a series of short campaigns in a linked world, tho, so if ur not up for exploring new characters a lot, may not be for you.

[catghoulz]

main thing i dislike with scadutree avatar iz that it just. lookz fuckin Wrong to iframe through most ov itz attackz. like man i kno we just gotta accept attackz fully going thru our bodiez during iframes to some extent but itz just kinda stupid looking to be fully hit by itz thorn & charge attackz but surviving only bc ur magical dodge rollz turn u absolutely invulnerable. i rlly prefer the sekiro approach where dodgez have minimal iframez so u use them to Actually get out of the way of attackz rather than trying to precisely time your dodges to Fully get hit by the attack but it doesnt count bc ur rolling around on the ground while the huge flower monster chargez ur ass like a freight train. ifeel elden ring attack animations REALLY drop any pretense of being something tht a dodge roll would actually be able to evade in a visually plausible manner instead ov just phasing thru it like a ghost. i think if theyre gonna keep going this route they might az well fully commit lorewise & just make dodging In universe involve ur character briefly phasing out ov material reality. like idk i dont think itz inherently a bad mechanic to have to iframe thru huge attackz ur character cant actually get out ov the way ov it just feelz tonally dissonant to be doing so via rolling in the dirt like a jackass without any kinda supernatural powerz being involved. To me

[cryptidclaw]

You said you think Dash and Aj’s elements should be switched, i haven’t watched the show in years but i’m curious as to your reasons why

Ok so I have firmly believed this for years, to the point where I sometimes forget it isn't canon lol.

With the other Mane 6 it is extremely obvious what their elements are, its a big character trait for them! Pinkie is always trying to make ppl laugh, Fluttershy is always spending her time showing kindness and caring to animals, and Rarity is always giving ppl new outfits and stuff bec she thinks everyone deserves to feel beautiful! Twilight is also obvious bec she's u kno, super magical.

However with AJ they explain that she's honest by adding on the minor character trait that she can not lie, which i think is kinda boring and not as impactful or big like the other Mane 6's elements! Same with Rainbow, like idk I feel like "loyalty" isn't a huge trait for her!

On the other hand Loyalty works SO well with AJ's character and overall backstory!! She is super loyal to her family, she will do anything for them and works her ass off for the farm! I just think it would fit her so well, for her to be the stubbornly loyal friend who will not give up on her loved ones and will do anything for them and will back them up no matter what. It just fits her vibes soooo much more!! And her loyalty to her family is such a big personality trait for her!!

Rainbow Dash being the element of honesty also works really well. She seems to me like a take no nonsense, "I will tell u how i feel about you and/or this situation no matter what" kind of gal. Dash has no filter, she just says what she thinks, big neurodivergent vibes, she is so me. Of course this gets her into a lot of trouble, tbh her being the element of honesty could bring on some good discussions on how sometimes there are times when you shouldn't be brutally honest, but other times honesty is a great trait ho have! I feel like her having no filter and always being honest is also a far more big and important trait for her, Honesty being her element just fits so well.

Anywaysss just think it fits a lot more with the themes of the other Mane 6 having their elements be such a big part of their characters! And it fits their personalities so well!!

[astarab1aze]

💙 for gabs and loux if you wanna uwu

muse relationship headcanon game

who curses more?

loux omg. does this need an explanation? lskdjfd they first met and he'd already said fuck 3 times and shit twice i'm pretty sure. the proof is in the scarbuncle puddin

who is more patient?

i feel...i feel like gabriella is. she's so sweet, right, until she's not but still. loux is patient in a lot of ways but he's also somewhat impulsive and extreme for no reason or because of impatience. :I it's gotta be gabs

who does the driving?

loux cannot drive. physically. like he understands how a car works, but cannot work one himself. do not let him get behind the wheel of a car. gabs'll live but nobody else will. if she even has a car. i juST-- fuck it, he'll pay somebody

who is louder? who is quieter?

i feel like context matters cos they're both monstrous in their own ways. she more eldritch and he more divinely animalistic. the noise comes from them killing things. otherwise i think, in a general sense, loux is loud and talkitive where gabs is more shy, quieter in that sense

who is more physically affectionate?

loux. no one will ever beat him in this, i'm convinced.

who is more likely to tease the other?

loux again. sexually, conversationally, like. :/ gotta feel for gabs on this one. she will know no peace

who is better with time management?

i feel like, since gabs holds down a regular job, h-her. there's something about that screams she can do it better than him, i'm just saying. but loux's still kind of always busy, doing his own fucky sort of work, and still making time to be a teasing, goofy 'can i getcho numbuh' ass guy with gabs ksjdfh

who wins the arm wrestling matches?

depends on if magic and tentacles are allowed or not, but my answer will probably always be loux if only because he's super competitive and i don't think gabs cares about this kjdfhs

who controls the music in the car ride?

i imagine they would take turns, if they had a car, but i don't think it really matters? to them. house music is different though. loux's got hyper-specific playlists for everythang

who covers dinner when they order in?

what? loux, and he won't take no for an answer so she's gotta deal. them's the breaks. never ask a lady out and then not pay for everything, in his mind

who is more outgoing? who is more shy?

loux's gotta take it again cos the man's a social butterfly. he's here to rizz and be obnoxious and flirt and make a girl feel good-- y'know, about herself

who has the more outlandish fashion sense?

loux. i'm saying loux right now. gabs is alternative in a sense, but loux be out here in wizard armor and robes okay

who starts the tickle fights? who ends them?

oh loux's gotta be the one who starts them and if he can get away with it, he will end them too. ahem. with kisses. u kno, he can be chaste and not a complete menace--

who has the darker/more “edgy” sense of humor?

loux again. homie's a 12 year old in a cod lobby

who is more competitive when it comes to games?

loux again. he's naturally competitive in general and i don't see gabs being down to play against him because of how competitive he is. he's at least a good sport most of the time though

who has the bigger appetite? the bigger sweet tooth?

do...well, gabs eats people in her eldritch form yes? that's one hell of an appetite. loux is a walking garbage disposal and has to eat even though he doesn't really enjoy the process much. he'll eat anything tho

who is more likely to get in a confrontation in public?

loux :I naturally aggressive, just calculating about it. and will fight anyone, without reason or mercy if he feels like it

who hosts the parties/hangouts? who organizes them?

i feel like they both would here, but loux especially since he's persistent

who is better at cooking? do they ever cook for each other?

i'll say they both can cook but loux is bonkers about it. if he's cooking, she's gonna just sit there and look pretty and that's that on that. he loves to cook, loves it, and holds it in such high regard he manifests a third personality as gordon ramsey. very extra. he'll eat whatever she makes, but when he's cooking, he's cooking

who is more likely to engage in dangerous and/or illegal behavior?

loux. entirely loux. i don't have to explain skjdfh

who is more likely to notice when something is wrong with the other?

this depends on context. loux's an idiot but he's incredibly observant and perceptive, whether he does anything about it is a different story. i feel like gabs would be more sensitive about it

who does the talking in public settings (i.e. to the waiter at a restaurant)?

loux sometimes, depending on where they go. but he's not one to trample over someone's autonomy except in certain situations and generally only regarding people he doesn't like

who is more likely to extend a helping hand & provide emotional support?

i feel like gabs? would be. loux will, but...hmm. i'm not sure it would necessarily be helpful or even a hand worth taking

who is the bigger prankster? do they get the last laugh or do they suffer for it?

loux and he better suffer for it

[vacantgodling]

Tell me about the most ridiculous occurrences and most terrible arguments (on- or off-screen) in Sixteen Candles and Celestial Weddings! - @void-botanist

thank you for asking rose!! <3

i don't have much written for celestial weddings and a lot of it is gonna be more sappy and romance, not so much ridiculous happenings so i'm gonna p much just focus on sixteen candles for this LMAO.

a lot of sixteen candles i do "technically" want to rewrite, just to align more with the developments i've made, though i think a lot of the convos may still be the same lmao. so from my old draft some of the most ridiculous arguments/occurrences are:

getting upset with ranger for fucking the CEO of the bar he works at and (1) not telling anyone where he was (2) being gone for the entire weekend without anyone knowing where he was (this wasn't them being upset that he had sex but more like we were worried about your safety also..... fucking your boss is.....)

ranger and roger fighting over whether star wars or star trek is better:

Hanger Rick (ranger): eowugfdsfnrjwkfktnejekdntjejeje kill me (roger): FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME Hanger Rick: F I G H T M E VaniVee (vani): ???? What’s happening??? Why are you two fighting??? Nanette: From what I understand, Roger said that Star Trek was better than Star Wars and the two of them have been arguing ever since. VaniVee: For an hour??? :00 kill me: from what you understand??? kill me: NAN YOU’VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME Nanette: I stopped paying attention because I don’t have an opinion.

if roger can outdrink ranger (he can't. no one can. its ungodly how much liquor ranger can put away)

this entire bit:

Nanette: The secret’s out Ranger.  Nanette: You are an alien. Hanger Rick: gasp Hanger Rick: all this time i never thought anyone would find me out… kill me: Oh my god. Hanger Rick: YOU’LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nanette: I don’t have to. The government will accept a dead specimen just as much as a live one. Hanger Rick: nan how… how could you?! Nanette: -cocks gun- Sayonara, Mr. Alien.

ranger and tucker are the most likely to bitch at each other about things and one of the things they constantly bicker about is spelling. tucker misspells stuff on purpose specifically because it gets on ranger's nerves

Park Hanger (ranger): SPELL MY FUCKING NAME RIGHT YOU ASSHOLE sunbolian 689 (tucker): ;D Park Hanger: DON’T YOU FUCKING WINK AT ME

and speaking of the two of them, whether channing tatum or chris hemsworth is better:

Team Thor (ranger): this fucking idiot thinks that channing tatum is better than chris hemsworth Team Thor: he is fucking MISTAKEN Magic Mike 4ever (tucker): DAS BULLSHIT ND U KNO IT RNGR downtown blues (roger): Are you fucking kidding me?

and speaking of roger, a more serious argument/discussion they got is over roge's internalized homophobia :((( his family sucks bad and he's internalized a lot of stuff (but all his friends are queer, and he himself is questioning but he just struggles with it)

the boys (ranger/roger/tucker) arguing about tucker's very obvious but thank-god-vani-is-oblivious crush thats 13 years and counting (also for context, they all have sleep overs quite often)

sigh (roger): Oh, so, what would you call her sleeping in her panties and one of your shirts that you LEFT AT HER HOUSE BEFORE AND NEVER GOT BACK TUCKER????? range rover (ranger): TBH I THOUGHT YOU GUYS FUCKED BUT YOUR AGGRESSIVE NECK SLITTING MOTION TOLD ME OTHERWISE range rover: ALSO YOUR SEVERE LACK OF HICKEYS. Vani’s Romeo (tucker): OMFG Y WOULD WE FCK IF U GUYZ WRE ALL DERE????????? range rover: listen. don’t let us stop you from getting a good dicking

but also tucker and ranger get into a huge fight about how well they know and care about each other (its a lot of backstory but the two of them are the biggest hotheads so they tend to get into it the most often)

"magnet-ologist"

who cares you know who i am anyway (ranger): we all remember your shitty braces roge tarvak gilfensparrow (tucker): i rmbr wen u got ur braces stuk on a magnet gena rose brought 4 career day who cares you know who i am anyway: lmao wait why the fuck did gena rose bring a magnet for career day  who cares you know who i am anyway: is the magnet her father?? what?? tarvak gilfensparrow: lololol she said da magnet was her mthr tarvak gilfensparrow: waz suppsed 2 represent hr or somthin cuz hr mum waz a magnet-tologist Nanette: Is that even an occupation? tarvak gilfensparrow: lmao idk return of the sis (roger): The technical term is probably “geomagnetist”

so those are all the big ones i think! i know there'll be more when i revamp this properly <3 i love these idiots

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[queenofnohr]

Odeline Heaven's Ward Relationship Overview

Zephirin

Sympathetic to her plight, but ultimately has a job to do (pre-ARR)

Encourages the Ward to interact with her throughout the events of HW

Charibert

Wants to persecute her as a heretic sooooooooooooooo badly

(pre-ARR) If she smells Charibert coming, she'll veil herself back up bc she does NOT want to deal with him

(after revival) bites each other bites each other bites each other

Technically her savior

Though because he was the one who persecuted her "family," he was the one she had to fight in trial by combat (real rin vs medea hours; aka she wins not bc of her magic but by mana burst punching him in the gut)

literally "the one that got away" for him. his white whale. LOVES fighting her

Grinnaux

"look at this funny bitch"

Leans slightly neutral toward her, but thinks she's entertaining

Adelphel

Knew her as the weirdo who indulges Jannequinard during his tenure as a Durendaire knight

Wanted/wants (?) to fuck her ngl. He's 22. big shrug.

Gets along fairly well with her even though she rejects his advances

Thinks she's naïve despite being younger than her for thinking ppl don't break their vows of chastity constantly in ishgard

Even tempered, thought things would work out until the very end because they were friends :(

Paulecrain

Eyepatch to eyepatch communication

by that I mean he recognizes her as (somewhat) cut from the same cloth as people who'd struggled to get by in Ishgard

Gains some amount of respect for her after she bests Charibert in her trial by combat

While it isn't really surprising to him that an Au Ra would thrive outside of Ishgard, seeing her when she returns, he wonders how high she plans to climb wrt status

Slightly bitter at her position as House Fortemps ward in HW, especially after learning she's a Problem Child now

On her part, she wants to see him succeed because she does consider him a person (as with the rest of the Ward) and is frustrated to see him content with his lot as it is - when asked "Doesn't [he] want more?" he half-bitterly replies with, "Where else is there to go when you've made it into the Ward?"

Is so fucking confused as to why she rubbed elbows with Jannequinard for clout and she's just like. "He was the only one stupid enough to take me"

post revival, he probably grounds her a lot of the time like "even if you're warrior of light, you're still just a person"

Haumeric

Was On Her Side during her scandal and sent her to complete her schooling afterward; despite this, because of her past trauma, she distrusts his acts of goodliness

Her scandal is what made him seriously consider stepping down from the clergy

(post revival) "I can fix her" "I can make him worse"

Thinks she's a good Halone-fearing woman and thinks her "fall from grace" is a tragedy

unintentionally bullies Odeline after reviving over stuff like pointing out she cried over the Ward or unintentionally making her beg for cock

likes sticking his dick in crazy so, you kno.

Last Ward member she fucks

Guerrique

Likes to fuck with him

before she likes to fuck with him u kno? (post-Ward reviving)

He broke her arm on accident once and feels really bad about it so he sort of lets her behavior slide

Figures out her vibes faster than anyone else but doesn't comment because it's not his lane

First Ward member Odeline fucks bc she thinks he'll be an easy conquest. why would she think this. he's literally exploded a dragon's head with a swing and broken 22 of his axes because of his strength. the reason is she's a little stupid and has a god complex.

Guerrique asks if he should name a new axe after her after they fuck and she's just like .........

Noudenet

Classmates in the Scholasticate

Would bitch about her magic constantly, making her strive to get better

Thinks her mana bursting is big poggers though ("It was very imaginative")

Tells her to study with Charibert rather than Haumeric when she's learning magic from the Ward mages

Janlenoux

BLUE HAIR SQUAD

The only one who can make her calm down maybe a little (with his cooking. Real What's Cooking in the Emiya Household hours)

Technically knew her as the weirdo who indulges Jannequinard when he served House Durendaire

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Ward members not listed I'm still cooking for! To be updated as I add more lore~

[bazpitch]

Hi all i take back what i said about the new album indigo de souza was really really good live as u all kno last time i only found out she was here bc she was performing in the yard of the building i was studying in and i cried on the way home to put my backpack up and ran back, etc but this is genuinely the best concert ive been at live everyone like genuinely seemed like they wanted to be there and were singing along maybe it's just this stop but i don't think so i feel like it'll probs be like this all this tour? she was absolute magic and idk i like almost cried at a few points also she streamed it on twitch and not to be parasocial but like at the end i said thank u for coming back to (town where i live which u can look up) (i had to say it like twice n she told me to repeat it bc she couldnt hear which was a bit embarrassing but yk) and she said some rly moving stuff about how magical it is to like, be at a place like a concert n how we all have something in common! bad summary but i'm like, really dehydrated and my throat is hoarse so i cannot breathe LOL. also the opener was really great :-) i got a tote and i'm really really cheap this is the second time ive gotten merch at a concert. maybe ill delete this but seriously if u can u should defo see her tickets r relatively cheap. or watch the twitch stream?

[bcneheaded]

So!! bathing/hygiene headcanons!! 🚿 this is a "me rambling endlessly" post, just as a warning !

I was in the shower earlier yes? as one does. and I was just thinking.... about like.... Artemis, yeah. But I was thinking about how, he probably doesn't have to shower or anything necessarily? Because he's not a living creature, and so, doesn't have to worry about like... everyday buildup of human-y dirtiness (idk how to phrase that but u kno).

But at the same time, especially if he's been really busy with shop cleaning/work, has had to fight/kill something/someone, or has been out and about on his 'business trips' or something etcetcetc-- like... he's gotta get dirty sometimes.. right? even with how careful he is not to, I dont think it would matter. He'd have to clean up sometime, somehow. And I suppose... like.... if he did, it would be infrequently, "bathing", whatever that entails for him (he again like... its just another one of those things he doesn't have to worry about doing often, as its not as if ?? he's gonna get stinky like a human would).

But anyway I was just thinking about bathing / cleaning headcanon for him ?? and I came up with like... two alternatives. 1... was that he could just sponge down, genuinely just take a bathtub full of water, remove necessary clothes, clean dirty area(s) and be done with it, never needing to fully submerge unless absolutely necessary or if its just easier, depending on the level of filth he somehow found himself in for some reason. 2... second one was a little different? but involves his tar and personal abilities directly! He has the ability to manipulate his tar, yes? as well as the ability to heat it up to incredible temperatures (demonic skills yea?). So if he really wanted, he could just.... burn it.. all off ?? if thats any easier. Though, because he's more inclined to be careful not to damage his bones (and although he can remove them, he would never remove the skull. so fact remains, he'd risk fracturing the bone with the heat I suppose, unless magically protected somehow ...Which is.... possible. and likely, for everyday reasons).

But say he did that for the bones, yes? Say maybe, he goes to the basement(dungeon.... its a dungeon) and goes into one of those sealed rooms no one is allowed access to-- he could have this charm that protects the bones from the heat, and because he's somewhere that yknow.... wont burn down (stone and all yeah?) he can just let er rip ?? remove clothes to be cleaned and incinerate any trace of dirt via molten tar >:] ! which is cooler an idea than the sponging off one and also entirely plausible (given it.... would potentially be more thorough and faster).

The sponge bath could have scents added to it just as an additional nice little thing... which is likely. I feel like he'd get badru or the whispers' opinion on scent choice fjdjffgdf if any fragrance at all, it'd be very.... very faint. maybe a little dab of cologne?? but unlikely.

As for turning his tar completely molten in the safety of the dungeon-- jfdjjds i can't imagine he'd smell... particularly good after that.. (but also maybe not too BAD once he cools down?), but he probably would smell some kinda way, even if just very faintly. he'd also?? probably be just a little warmer than he usually is, potentially noticeably so, for just a little while after. and the floor?? surrounding areas of where he did it would probably be nice and toasty

gjfgjfd catch someone asking Artemis if he has heated flooring tho after he does and he just ''.....no.''

+ also ?? a thought but like..... man could walk around without clothes and would not be embarrassed about it bc of ''nakedness'' necessarily. he'd be a little embarrassed to have been seen without clothes I think, if only because its like.... "indecent". yknow. his whole Old Victorian Gentleman vibe just OUT the WINDOW... he /has/ nothing to hide so it wouldn't MATTER if anyone saw him mid-change or post bath or something but he'd be BIG :(( about it LOL

[equalseleventhirds]

i hope you'll excuse me while i wax poetic about welcome to night vale, bcos i'm feelin sappy abt it rn and it's late and i am. emotions. u kno.

bcos when i first started listening to wtnv, it felt like coming home, in a way that actually physically going home never did. bcos i was isolated and strange then--yes, bcos i was young and newly figuring out my queerness and cecil helped me feel better about that, but also like

i felt strange, you know? like god yeah i know i'm not special, but i struggled with fitting in. had weird interests. head in the clouds. dressed funny. talked funny. at weird food no one else liked. didn't get social cues. did strange things, had unusual behaviors or movements or whatever. got called annoying and weird a lot. couldn't keep hold of friends, or a home, or a job, for a while, sometimes bcos they left me and sometimes bcos i left them for not very good reasons. cycled through different ones regularly, until i lost them. had dreams too big and unreachable, and tried my best to settle for what i could reach, even if i didn't love it, and still couldn't quite hold on.

and ok yeah some of that was neurodivergence (undiagnosed), and some of it was queerness, and some of it was cultural stuff goin on, and some of it was just that like, i was in my early 20s and moved far away from home without much in the way of support, right

but night vale took weirdness--my kind of weirdness, or other kinds of weirdness, spooky or horrifying or just deeply deeply strange--and embraced it. made it normal. made it all the same, all accepted. i felt like that was a place i would be allowed to be myself, because who cares if you dress weird or talk weird or whatever when there's five-headed dragons and angels and monster librarians? and what better place to put too-big-too-unreachable-too-odd-to-be-real dreams than somewhere like night vale, where big unreachable odd dreams are part of everyday life?

and through it all cecil speaking soothingly in my ears as i went about my uncomfortable, unfitting daily life, telling me things about community and togetherness and hope amidst the endless trials and void. of course that was the voice i listened to all the time. of course.

the first time i stopped listening to wtnv, it did sort of coincide with some big changes in my life, but more than that: i had become afraid that night vale would be un-weirded. some characters in canon had started to question some of what had previously been standard in town, and they were around some anniversaries, and i was, actually, pretty used to a lot of 'big magic adventure' media that ended with the heroes going home to mundanity, the lesson being about growing up or whatever. and i was so afraid that night vale would do that and take that away from me, so i drifted away and found other things.

and then i did go back and started listening again, and they never did any of that. they had some arcs about accountability, about changing old traditions for better ones, about examining beliefs, but never in a way that took away night vale's weirdness. there was always more, newer, better weirdness to come. and i fell in love with the show all over again.

(the second time i stopped listening was just bcos i was too busy, and i rly have just a handful of episodes to catch back up on. but even when i left, night vale was still there, waiting, ready to welcome me back.

i'm doing a little better with life and stuff now, made better friends, got a better home, found a better job, learned about myself a bit more, started chasing some of those big dreams and damn but i'm doin ok at it. but still night vale is a comfort and a joy to me, a strange little home i love.)

[marybatson]

I forgot I never finished the day of vengeance final crisis continuation so I just did tonight. here r some highlights

this made me rly happy for some reason, even if I don’t know them all…isn’t it just soooo coool and refreshing for a huge specific hero cast to show up like this in a special occasion.. well that’s hero comics ig jddjjd. there r a lot of ppl here I wanna read abt too.. anyway how silly that only the marvels + traci13 have memorable logos to show off. makes them look mysterious…

“marvel clan” “miss zatanna” they r moeeee. I really love seeing zatanna at work in her natural leadership position bc this portion of the story where they were just rebuilding the rock of eternity felt smoothly run by her. just cool girl things

ok welcome 52 event I get it .. but anyway this kinda makes me..how many times is he gonna hear You Have To Go To SpaceTime Jail for the Sake of the Universe (Real This Time). cue black adam in his 52 reign of horror.. omg I do see the line straight to trials of Shazam but ugh..sorry u can’t make me like how tht was written guys.. idk I’m a hater ignore me

but also regarding this i think devotion is an interesting word to use for cap always doing this sacrifice thing..

random:

mary and traci 13 talking in ONE PANEL. ages ago I rmr somebody drawing up a teen magic dream team and u kno what in that moment I saw the vision

Aquaman giving back blue devil his trident hehe

Do u know how fucking often the seven deadly sins get out . move aside arkham asylum cuz the rock of eternity apparently has 0 lockdown procedures wtf!! very funny that the storyline/zatanna didn’t even have any of the marvels be in charge of tracking down the sins even if they can prob do tht w their eyes closed by now

phantom stranger calling captain marvel “captain” and detective chimp calling him “muscles” djejejdj

THIS WAH:

[plasticpixiez]

lemme yap for a sec bc like no one else besides like my close friends n shit kno shit ill cross post on tumblr too but like i have these two comic ideas they’re separate universes obv but theyre both coming of ages stories

one is literally a fuckin winx club rip off i am not ashamed withh steven universe elements too theyre both very influential shows to me in concept and art so im like what if i made a conglomeration of these two right? if u followed me on instagram thats where amber and elora are from

its essentially a coming of age type of concept but relating to being a teenager. very marketable very nice and cutesy. fairies are involved but can be argued to be aliens. inspired by these winx club aus i used to follow in like 2018 hehe. i rly enjoyed them bc like holy shit theyre right u kno?

theyre from the magix dimension… which is in space… theyre aliens. so im like hooooly fuck. la cretura. amber is half fairy and human bc typical mythical being gets with human trope. idgaf i eat it up every time. shes literally just human in every aspect except she can turn into a fairy. woooo

elora is quite literally an alien. shes fully fairy from a different planet. amber and elora attend a magic school for fairies to become guardians bc fuck shit is always happening. they’re literally in space.

man. i will finish in the morning or something bc im very tired i worked today lmao. keep a bookmark in it ig.

[weird-things-to-think]

A VeRy ImProbbabble Explannation of Sublmitte: A Word So Fancee It Hertz My Hehd

Leesten heer, frend: the wurd sublmiate iz like a magik trick u doo on ur brane or mayB on sum icee cubz if u fancy scyensy stuff. Wen yu heer “sublmmit,” U mite think it’s sumthing 2 do w/ fancy peeple & theyre weird talks, but nOoo! It iz actually a wurd of COMPLETELY undissnified use 4 bigg branez hoo no scyense n stuff.

1st of all, submlit iz wen sumthing juMps frum solid 2 gas, lyke a ninjer, witOUT evven turning wet n’ gooey like liqwid. Yoo kno how ur mom sez “icey cubes melt,” but wat if tha icey sayz “NOPE!!” and terns inta air like a ghost? THAT iz sublimEtime!! (not to b confuse w/ icecream "sundaes.")

For xample: Dry icey (thas froze carbbon dixodide, dunt aks me wat dat iz), it dus sublimade—NOT MELT. It jus huffs into teh atmosfear lyke it gots bettur plans.

But, guesss wut? That ain’t alllll. Nooo, sublmbit iz ALSO wen peepole take there spikey-thouhgts (like "OH NO PUNCH!") n' tern them intO NON-punch ideas like painting catz or bakking biskitz. Howw does this work? IDK! It's brane-majikk.

So, in konclusshun:

Sublmtie iz:

WEEIRD FIZIKS stuff where icey-doesn’t-melt but it DIES INTO AIR.

Brane-doctor-magic where ur inner rageman paints mona liza instead of flippting tables.

And if U didn’t understnad this, don’t worry—I only understan 10% too.