#bard of space aesthetic

[tavtiers]

the Bard of Space: one who passively destroys creation and beginnings

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[bacchuschucklefuck]

dreaming abt sophomore year class swap bard!riz

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

HEY HEY MAC. QUESTION. now that you’re familiar with vash what would u classpect him. i said he’d be a page probably (yk long journey which ends in unfathomable power) and ros said maybe page of life but they also said maybe muse of blood which. is a classpect for him that drive me crazy bonkers. i was also v partial to prince/bard of doom. do u have Thoughts

OHHH FUCK YEAH CLASSPECT QUESTION. YES PLEADE I LOVE TALKING CLASSPECTS MORE THAN ANYTHING I ALWAYS HAVE CLASSPECT THOUGHTS. OUGH OK.

Initial thought was also page!!!! page is a good class for him i think. page of life specifically works REALLY well, i think vash is a stronger life player than a blood player. (in a similar vein. perhaps knight of life. i think making vash and knives both life players but vash is a knight/page and knives is a prince. ough.)

ON THE OTHER HAND. I ALWAYS FORGET MUSE AND LORD ARE AN OPTION. HOLY SHIT. consider perhaps. muse of life vash, lord of doom (or rage? maybe rage.) knives.

[tierstuck-aesthetic]

Prince of Time <> Bard of Space playlist?

Here you are!

[ukiiseikou]

my breath twists with yours.

various genshin (diluc, wanderer, kazuha, xiao) x gn! reader. various things that happens after moving in together.

diluc: the space is filled

despite all the servants, diluc used to coming home to an empty and eerie mansion after his nights as the darknight hero. but now you're always greeting him at the door (no matter how late it is - you seem to have a sixth sense when it comes to when he's coming back) and he feels like he can actually relax as you guide him through his night routine. even in the mornings, when it is usually quiet as he flips through the delivered newspapers and stack of papers, he can hear you humming the latest song you heard from one of the traveling bards or your laughter as you chat to the housemaids about new gossip. the cracks in the walls get filled with chatter and noise thanks to you, and it makes him feel warm.

wanderer: taking up space

you gotta cram two people's stuff into his flat now, and that means taking over stuff and space that was always just his. he finds it a bit inconvenient at first - he reaches for his coffee mug only to find your's there, and his mug has been re-situated into another cabinet because "it's a different shape!". he can't find his moisturiser because YOUR skincare products have invaded his counter space and he just sighs. morning routines are ruined and the way things are placed that made sense to him are completely irrelevant to you. eventually he gets used to the reminders of you everywhere, like it was always there. he even starts reminding you where you placed something, like when you can't find your keys and he tells you its on the counter next to his.

kazuha: picking furniture together

he adds anything he finds 'aesthetic' and that calls out to him into the cart, and ends up with a eclectic mix of fabrics, textures, and woods that would send any self-respecting interior designer into a coma. even he admits he might've been a little too overboard, and eventually he settles with picking a few of his favourites and letting you handle the rest while he hovers behind you like a busy bee. grows giddy at the thought of creating a space that just feels like the both of you - his mind constantly running with thoughts of domestic bliss like cooking together and relaxing in the sun, the smell of freshly brewed tea in the air and the wind in your hair.

xiao: two of everything

xiao is used to being alone, and has been for a really long time, and old habits die hard. he struggles to adjust initially when you finally move in with him. keeps forgetting to make two cups of tea in the morning instead of just one, and grumbles and angrily scrubs at the plates about doing twice as much washing up but snaps at you when you offer to do it. but he gets used to it and thinks that being able to curl up next to you at the end of the day far outweighs any extra trouble he has to go through. he grows soft and starts thinking of you whenever he's out - bringing back flowers that brighten up your living room and ornaments that reminded him of you.

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[lordharmony]

🌈✨CRINGETOBER 2024✨🌈 DAY 5: GIJINKA

So I did not start off drawing humans. I drew mainly cats and dogs growing up, which is funny because NOW I can't draw either. I'd say the biggest shift to drawing people was inspiration from anime, Steven Universe, and weirdly, Kirby.

That's right, I used to be a very mediocre Kirby gijinka artist. I never got too much attention on the forums I was on, but I remember that I always hated everyone turning the puffball into a skinny anime boy. So my version was an attempt to be different, while staying in the normal conventions set up by the fandom. (WHY DID WE ALL DRAW HIM IN A HOODIE?) He just, kind of looks like Steven Universe lol.

(Order from oldest to more recent. By recent I mean like, 10 years ago?)

So, this is probably less of an ironed out gijinka design for Kirby and more specifically a redesign of this old version. After picking out what I liked (mainly the circle shapes and pants) I sketched up this design and due to time, jumped into and finished the art above.

I kind of went with a bit of a bard aesthetic, I definitely envision Popstar as a fantasy land due to things like there being a king--with the futuristic tech coming from space. So, I leaned super in the fantasy direction, then added stars everywhere, all while keeping him as pink as possible. If I were to try again, I'd try to have less yellow, but man, it is hard to make a monochrome color scheme.

Hopefully you like what I came up with--at least, more than my original one!

[jovialspecter]

Talk about your fantrolls NOWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALRIGHTY BITCHES. So note that some have more iterations than others and im prolly gonna fix up the less refined ones AS I AM TALKING.

Ill add a cut because theres so fucking much of them.

Feel free to ask more questions i love my sillies!!!

Lets go in order of caste, therefore...

FIRST OF ALL! Nihila Umbrax, the Knight of Void, Derse sway, Burgundy Blood.

Nihila is a burgundy who was less fortunate at wriggling to say the least. They have multiple significant mutations, their eyes are solid red and their height is comparable to that of an older purpleblood, aswell as large mothlike wings. All of this and its seclusion in the woods has led to it being mystified as a local cryptid, the fact that its horns are shaped like antennae does not help the mothman allegations. Beneath all of this Nihila is overall just a big clumsy blind individual, they like to tinker with electronics and usually end up dumpster diving to salvage parts. They were most likely the troll who got SGrub up and working for the group, but its cryptid nature is not at all ceased during the game. Bowkind Strife.

Next we have Squash Tapeko, the Bard of Space, Prospit sway, Bronze Blood.

Squash is a bit of an anomaly in general, being that he operates outside of the typical laws of space and time. Paradox space and Squash get along like two peas in a pod, or more aptly two pumpkins in a patch, while normal space seems to avoid him like the plague. Hes always wearing those tacky shades that have the lines and stuff, and only has one horn which curls like a stem. Anyone accquainted with the laws of paradox space can tell in an instant this goofy goober is like a pumpkin given physical form. He likes to garden, usually growing squashes for later use as plot devices. Sodakind Strife.

Next! Aureum Crisia, the Maid of Light, Derse Sway, Gold Blood.

Aureum has little to no psiioniics despite being a goldblood, she's insecure for obvious reasons. She compensates with over the top optimism, though in truth she is a realist who never waits for things to fall into her hand. She has spent her whole life using charisma and wit to work her way into alternian business, despite the prejudice shown by higher classes. She can be a bit shady sometimes, but she refuses to take any disrespect. Coinkind Strife.

Beitah Bliuta, the Sylph of Breath, Prospit Sway, Olive Blood.

Beitah is close with Nihila, shes shared purr hive with them for as long as they can remember, practically siblings. Their hive is rudimentary regardless, mostly a well decorated cavern. Beitah is overall playful and childish, and the youngest of the group. She is also however a bit feral, for lack of a better word, most view purr as just overall weird for any of these things. Beitah is smaller than most of the others and wears baggy clothes constantly.

Raekie Venaer, the Rogue of Doom, Prospit Sway, Jade Blood.

Raekie likes to call themself a poet, followed by a murder of crow lusii constantly. They didn't favor life in the brooding caverns and instead live in a makeshift treehouse they ended up making after running away. They don't live in the same area as Beitah and Nihila but they do exchange tips through Trollian, and of course Raekie shares their cheesy poetry. Despite the gothic aesthetic Raekie is a terminal optimist, and knows good and well how cheesy their poetry is. Penkind Strife.

Terrun Biyiga, the Thief of Life, Prospit Sway, Teal Blood.

Terrun hates his own caste, plain and simple, mostly because of having lower class friends and realizing he was a part of the problem. He internalizes this hatred as of the start of the session, simply playing along. He has a certain level of internalized self hate, but covers all of this up with a hero complex and cowboy accent. Revolverkind Strife.

Now for a real interesting one, Celare Scurra, the Mage of Mind, Derse Sway, Cerulean Blood.

Celare Scurra is actually not 100% a troll. She always seems oddly well dressed, and never removes her gloves. On Derse, you may hear a whistling of a familiar tune, though back on Alternia it's less well known. Celare Scurra has joined The Midnight Crew on Derse. By some twist of fate, her body has a hint of Carapacian, which has shrouded half of her dreamself in black. She serves as a villain for this story, overall. Bit of a bitch, but unlike Vriska she doesn't flaunt it. Cardkind Strife.

Kirkor Stilis, the Heir of Heart, Prospit Sway, Indigo Blood.

Kirkor isn't the brightest, but he's sure lovable. Hes the only one even close to matching Nihila's height, and serves as Aureum's bodyguard at times as a result, warding off anyone who would threaten her due to his sheer scale. Theres some sort of moiraillegiac tension there, probably. Overall he serves as, well, the heart of the group. Hes also just very clumsy, someone give the 7 foot tall pair some dexterity. Hammerkind.

Manika Dexsue, the Witch of Hope, Derse Sway, Purple Blood.

Manika gets her kicks in a different way from most purplebloods, she usually only dresses up in the full clown getup for formal stuff. Normally shes wearing a dirty jumpsuit and rubber gloves with a purple gas mask, inviting Nihila over for their latest biomechanical experiment. Nibies' arm tends to end up the test subject. Manika is overall just a short mad scientist, and of course besties with Nihila. Sawkind / Needlekind Strife.

Sourim Paetel, the Seer of Blood, Derse Sway, Violet Blood.

Sourim is a socially inept hopeless romantic. He knows how to interact with high troll society... And thats about it. He's all prose and pretty words, with no real awareness of the state of things. He loves rainbow drinker literature, and this was why he first took an interest in Raekie, and then fell HARD. The fact that he has no social awareness makes flirting difficult, aswell as the fact that he takes Raekie's poetry seriously and Raekie doesn't take his seriously. Theyre both idiots with romance. Rapierkind Strife.

Ossico Blakke, Prince of Rage, Derse Sway, Fuchsia Blood.

Ossico is constantly tired, quick to anger if awoken from a good nap. Overall the whole group knows she has some anger issues to work through, but she cares deeply about her friends and is a sweetheart when shes calm. She is a force of raw destruction with a love for all things cutesy and brightly colored, and ducks. Furniturekind Strife.

Nibies Dulcis, Page of Time, Prospit Sway, Cotton Candy Blood.

Nibies was claimed by a purpleblood cult before she could be culled, and was worshipped as the avatar of their god, this was not a good thing for her. Eventually she did make it out and meet Manika, theyve got some sort of undisclosed redrom going on there, noones really sure. Nibies also hates Celare for an unknown reason, and its rather obvious theyve got some blackrom tension. Nibies is silly and over the top to make up for Manika's lack of clown behavior, with a very intense sweet tooth. She probably would have gone entirely mad if not for this group, and Manika and Nihila made her a prosthetic arm to replace the one she lost. Sweetskind Strife.

[nephriteknight]

Thoughts on Daggerheart!!

I'll admit I haven't really been following it until today, but after watching the videos released today I got very excited and ended up building a character and reading a lot of the book, as I am wont to do (might post about them later lol).

Now, full disclosure, I wouldn't say I'm all that familiar with the TTRPG space outside of D&D, so take my opinions with a grain of salt. That said, I've played D&D, Wanderhome, Alice is Missing, and the fan-made Hollow Knight TTRPG, and I've watched some AP of Kids on Bikes, Call of Cthulhu, Monsterhearts, and Candela Obscura, which is a longer list than I was expecting. Huh. Anyways, my thoughts!

I really like the duality dice! It's such an interesting way to do mixed success that incorporates story/character into mechanics, which is great.

Related to that, I also like Hope as a fluid resource, and I think that Fear is a nice way to both prompt GM action and to just create a fun sense of dread as the GM takes more tokens

The lack of turn order/action economy is... cool, and a really interesting idea, but my thoughts on this are complicated. As we're seeing in the oneshot right now, it really helps to keep combat as part of the story and give the players and GM room for creativity. (For example, Bunnie describing a counterstrike as part of her dodge, and being able to take it as soon as the GM's turn is over, as well as the tag team feature, which is very cool.) That said, I think this mechanic might not work so well with less experienced or less confident players, who might have trouble taking the initiative (heh) to act in combat (I know I certainly would if I wasn't playing with close friends). That's not really a criticism though -- this is a collaborative storytelling game, and part of playing it is making big moves and taking turns guiding the story. If that's not for you, then you might prefer a different system, which is fine! I think this mechanic has the potential to be really, really dope, but I also think it's the bit that has the most potential to go poorly in my eyes.

The art, design, and general aesthetic feel of this game are so unbelievably up my alley. I love it. That's all.

I'm excited to see that they're working on mechanics for playing disabled characters, but since they aren't out yet I can't really comment. (I did notice that the character in the bard art is in a wheelchair, which is dope.) Also, as others have noted, Daggerheart uses "heritage" and "ancestry" rather than "race", which is a small but good choice.

Personally, I also really like the choice to move away from precise measurements of distance and gold. This one is very much a personal preference, and I know some people will rightfully disagree, but I like it! As a DM, trying to determine the appropriate costs and rewards for things has always been a headache, and this seems much easier to manage; measuring distances with convenient and tangible measurements like the short side of a playing card or the length of a piece of paper also feels much easier to use.

The downtime mechanics are great! Each of the activities you can take prompts you to describe how you heal yourself or another, destress, repair armor, or prepare yourself for what's ahead, which really encourages quieter character moments both introspectively and with others. I'm a big fan of this. This combining of role play and mechanics is also present in other features, such as one of the major level 1 healing abilities, which is more effective if you spend the time it takes to cast learning something new about the person you're healing or sharing something about yourself.

I didn't look at this too closely because I was just making a character for fun and don't have a party to play with, but as part of character creation you're given questions about your relationships to your party members to answer. Wanderhome also has these, and they were MASSIVELY successful in creating depth and meaningful connections between players -- after our table's session zero I was already so invested in all our characters, and when we actually played them they really came to life. I haven't looked to closely at Daggerhearts version of this, but I'm very excited to see them.

The experience mechanic seems really fun and creative, and I especially like the idea of using a phrase rather than something specific. That said, when I played the Hollow Knight TTRPG, which also lets players create their own skills, the open endedness of it was more confusing than inspiring, and there was a lot of potential for a usefulness disparity between players. I do think Daggerheart explains it better, though, and limiting the use of experience with a Hope cost helps to counteract any choices that might be too broad, so hopefully it will work better

I probably have more thoughts, but it getting late and I have a headache, so that's all I'm saying for now :D

Overall, Daggerheart has combined a lot of things I've liked in other games with promising mechanics I haven't seen before, and I'm very excited to try it out. I'm now realizing that I just made a list of things I like without any negative feedback, which isn't what I wanted to do, but I'm not really sure what to criticize without having played it myself.

I'm most curious to see how the non-initiative mechanic works; it has the potential to be a really excellent solve for a major problem in D&D (plenty of people have talked about how initiative limits teamwork, can be boring when its not your turn, etc, so I won't get into it here), but I don't think it's a solution that will work for everyone. Of course, games can't work for everyone, and shouldn't try to. It's working really well on CR's oneshot as I write this, but making choices and sharing spotlight in TTRPGs is literally their job, so I'm not surprised this works for them. I could see this going really well with some tables I've played with, and really poorly with others. I'm still really optimistic, though; it seems like the kind of thing that with the right table could be really excellent.

[matchmaniac]

hi! i was wondering if i could get romantic male mcu & disney matchup?

i can't think of any characters i don't want to be matched with (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

general info: / 19 / she/her / enfp / 7w8 /

appearance: i have vintage, old hollywood type of beauty. i'm 6'2 and taller than most of my friends. i have shaggy golden blonde thick curls. i never cut my hair, so it's very long. when i'm in good mood i braid them and decorate with flowers and ribbons, when i'm feeling more wild i don't tie them. my body shape is slim thick hourglass. my skin is very pale, delicate and very susceptible to cuts and bruises. i have doe amber eyes. my hands are skinny with long fingers.

style: i'm just like david bowie, i can't choose one aesthetic. and i love fancy clothes. i tend to mix whimsigoth and elegant gothic lolita, i'm all about puffy frilly dresses with bows and lace, colorful tights and pretty shoes. i love wearing weird shaped rings, earrings, brooches. my favorites are the insect or hand shaped and art nouveau ones. my friends call my style sparklegothic.

personality: i'm light-hearted and fun to be around i'm positive and upbeat person, i try to see the bright side in most situations. i'm friendly, cheerful and bubbly, and i find satisfaction in life's simplest gifts. i don't take any nonsense and i'm not afraid to stand up to anyone who gets on my bad side. i'm very ambitious, enthusiastic and i like making friends. i love adventures, exploring and enjoying the nature. i'm workaholic and i overwork myself a lot, which would be even funny, if only i didn't end up in hospital every now and then because of this. i'm also very stubborn, nothing can change my mind. i'm delicate and sweet, i treat everyone politely and with respect. i'm always calm, nothing can throw me off balance and i'm very good with children. i really like kids in general and i'm very motherly to them<3 i have a strong sense of duty and i'm very loyal and protective to my loved ones. i have morbid, dark and sharp sense of humor. i give cryptic advices and tend to be uncannily wise and cunning when you least expect it. i just do my own thing, and easily enjoy myself wherever i go, which others usually find very mysterious.

hobbies:

ballet. i train ballet dancing since i was 3, this strongly influenced my personality and is important part of my life. whether i'm dancing for myself, just because i feel like that or i'm performing for audience, it brings me great amount of joy.

playing on instruments and singing. i can play on violin, cello, piano, guitar, saxophone, harp, trumpet, drums and balalaika. i like to compose my own songs, sometimes they are full of emotion ballads that i put my whole heart into, and sometimes they are lullabys or silly little chants about most random things. my friends say that if i was a part of dnd campain, i'd be a bard.

archery, fencing, horse riding and survival. quite unusual, but i train and practice them since i was very young, so they are as natural to me as the ability to read or write and they bring me a lot of joy.

herbalism, kinda connected with survival, and gardening. i know herbal medicine, i make my own infusions and tinctures. i work in garden a lot, i grow flowers, vegetables and herbs. my whole house is filled with different kinds of plants, and some of rooms look more like a jungle than an actual room.

cooking and baking. i learn new recipes whenever i have the opportunity. my favorite things to bake are bread and cookies, i love shaping and decorating them in different ways. i also pick mushrooms and dry or pickle them.

learning. about world and universe or learning new skills. i'm deeply fascinated by space and oceans, they're still unknown to humanity, learning about them makes me sigh in wonder and admiration. i also love nature, i could spend days wandering in forests, observing and learning about animals, insects, plants.

sewing, knitting, embroidery, doll making. i sew most of my clothes and i enjoy making amigurumi and plushies for my friends and family. i also love making dolls, puppets, marionettes. wooden, porcelain, rag, basically every type. i organize puppet theaters, sometimes i give my works as gifts to my loved ones.

any kind of art actually. i like to learn about artists and their work, and i like to try different types of art. sculpting, painting, ceramics, photography, filmmaking, i adore them all.

love language: when it comes to giving, it's all five of them and more, because i love showing my feelings in different ways. i'm gomez addams type of lover. when it comes to recieving... i have no idea

likes: plants, animals, philosophy, thanatology, anything macabre, morbid, disturbing and creepy, horror media, literature, serial killers, insects and bugs, witchcraft, classical and goth music, classical and gothic literature, history, forensics, criminology, anthropology, psychology, mythology, books

random facts:

my hands are always cold

animals always gravitate towards me

i treat injured animals, i have a special home clinic for them. very often they stay with me permanently

my favorite patterns that i always put on clothes are flowers, stars, skulls and bones

my friends believe that i'm a witch

when i was a kid i was obsessing over fantasy creatures (i'm still obsessed though) and always hoped to marry one

i hope it's not too long or confusing!

thank you so much for even reading this! (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)♡

of course you can! also i'd just like to say that you seem like the coolest person ever omg. you are so so special <3

your mcu match is...PETER QUILL!

i think you two would make a perfect match for a couple of reasons. firstly, you are an enfp and peter is a esfp. this means you two are very similar in your communication styles, desires and general traits. a relationship between you two according to your personality types would be rich and fulfilling. secondly, you mentioned how you are a very adventurous person and so is peter, which makes for great adventures and quality time together. lastly, you described yourself as calm and someone like peter who has a very crazy life with crazy people, being able to have someone who's calm will help ground him a bit.

HOW YOU GUYS MET...you worked at an intergalactic zoo that you thought treated the inhabitants of it well, but they were abusing them. those inhabitants included rocket and groot. you took a liking to them and when you found out how they were being treated you quit your job and helped them escape. teaming up together, you traveled to xandar when you ran into peter who was trying to steal the orb.

HEADCANONS:

peter obviously loves music so when he found out you could play nine instruments and sing, he was mesmerized. you often compose your own tweaked versions of his favorite songs or you two end up singing your favorite songs together (though you are a much better singer than he is)

you mentioned that you tend to overwork yourself a lot, which peter hates. he wishes you would take a break and take time for yourself. whenever he notices you starting to overwork yourself he'll offer to go for a walk or just take a break to have a meal. anything that can slow you down for a bit.

your dark humor is funny to him but he is simultaneously very scared sometimes (😭) like he'll laugh at your jokes and then side eye rocket concerningly. and rocket who loves dark humor would just be trying to tell him that you're fine and that's just your kind of humor. it's sweet how concerned he is sometimes though.

you take couples photos all the time and peter always takes them all and puts them all around the spaceship. when there's pictures of you guys all around he feels more at home and he loves it.

your disney match is...FLYNN RIDER!

i think you two would make a great couple for the following reasons. firstly, you are an enfp and flynn is an entp this makes for a good pairing because you have similar perception and learning styles making for a good mutual understanding. you also make for engaging conversation and good trust in a relationship. secondly, you mentioned that you are lighthearted and positive and tend to appreciate the little things and i think that flynn would benefit from being around someone like that. lastly, you are very loyal and protective which is a trait you share with him, making for a good, strong pairing.

HOW YOU GUYS MET...he attempted to steal something from you while he was in italy, but with your physical capabilities you managed to stop him. after this, he apologized and you ended up making good conversation as you were both heading to corona after.

HEADCANONS:

you two love going horseback riding together all the time. taking scenic routes where you can see lakes, forests and all the beauties of nature calms the both of you down and makes for romantic and relaxing trips.

after stopping his thievery, the pair of you moved to italy, the place where you met and flynn became a guard there. being a guard, he gets into many fights and comes home with scratches, bruises, etc. you are always there to comfort him with your words and warm touches as well as with your herbal remedies. you always have the perfect thing to cure him.

you said that you are a person who's hands are constantly cold, but flynn would be very much the opposite. his hands are always so incredibly warm. so during winter nights you love to intertwine your hand with his and feel his comforting warmth.

and that's it! i hope you enjoyed this and please feel free to send me any feedback and/or criticism, i would love to hear it. have a lovely day <3

[godoflazziness]

detailed info !

name - barbatos venti

age - 2,600+ years old

pronouns - will respond to literally anything

gender - ( venti:) male ( barbatos:) genderless 

sexuality - aro/ace

personality type - enfp

status - single

occupation - the anemo archon / travelling bard 

family - istaroth, the “thousand winds” 

friends - the traveler, zhongli, kaeya, sandrone

backstory - once a mere elemental spirit who existed among the winds, the entity known as barbatos gained power through the faith of the people of old mondstadt during their rebellion against decarabian, the god of storms and founder of the nation of mondstadt. after decarabian’s death, barbatos ascended to godhood as the anemo archon and reestablished mondstadt in it’s current form.

currently, barbatos wanders the world as the bard venti, althrough he is mostly seen around mondstadt. 

likes - splashing in puddles, the cecilia flower, apples, alcoholic beverages, spring, things that look light

dislikes - cheese, any animal products 

appearance - faint freckles littered sun-kissed skin, mainly on the bridge of his nose and his shoulders: appearing darker underneath sunlight. dark blue hair styled into a pixie cut with braids framing his face and fade into a teal blue. eyes green like his fake vision.

Rules !

- no homophobia, transphobia, etc. no discrimination towards any individual for whatever reason

- don't bring up any politics or religion. this is a space for me to write and have fun but besides, I don't think I'm the right person to talk about those kinds of things

- I’m only doing ships that are platonic

- no pro shipping allowed!

- be nice! have some common courtesy, sense and respect. remember that there is a living breathing person behind the blog.

- no nsfw or inappropriate anons/asks!

Potential Tags!

- 🌬️: the thousand wind's true form [ mun/ooc post ]

- 🍎🪽: nobody suspects a drunkard bard [ venti interaction ]

- 🌬️🪽: tiny seeds carried along the breeze [ ask answered or barbatos interaction ]

- 🍃: colleiflower ;; the windblume of sumeru

[ mention or interaction with collei ]

- ✨🪽: a fool living it up in the land of festivites [ h:sr verse interaction ]

- 🪈🎼 [ rp memes/prompts ]

- 🍎🥂 :: sitting atop a tree with dandelion wine :: 🥂🍎 [ character aesthetic ]

[utilitycaster]

queueing this on purpose as it's about no one single incident, but the (finally) slowly dissipating looming specter of Campaign 1 stereotypes/discourse has always been weird to me because I have only ever experienced the backlash.

I completely understand, and have even seen the older comments proving it was the case, that it was common during Campaign 1 that people would send death threats to Marisha for breathing; and that because Vax was clearly portrayed as bi and having mental illness, and to a lesser but not complete extent that Percy was 1. played by a bi man and 2. was more complex than Punisher sticker you can put on your pickup truck, that bro-y types would latch on to Travis and Sam as the REAL MEN who HAVE MANLY CHARACTERS. But coming in with Campaign 2, with my main fandom home being Tumblr, I've mostly experienced the (fortunately, significantly toned down) opposite. And as someone who likes all these players but has had actual, textual criticisms of Beau or Laudna (or even just...doesn't think they are perfect and the leader and the best), and who vibes heavily with what Travis does and finds a lot to enjoy about Sam's characters even when they frustrate me I feel half the time the arguments I get are directed not at me but with some guy who actually quit watching five years ago.

Like, I'm not saying "dumbass DM's girlfriend can't play a druid," I'm talking about an entirely different character who happens to be played by the same actor and saying "I feel this character was created with a particularly heavy focus on aesthetics, and the mechanics and backstory do not always cohere as a result." I also find myself in the weird position of preferring the more "serious" Campaign 1 characters of Vex, Percy, Keyleth, and Vax, but finding a lot to appreciate in Grog and Scanlan and Tary that often gets pushed aside in order to paint them as either nothing more than goofy comic relief or as an exercise in selfishness, when they're not ignoring them entirely; and worse, find that people will treat Fjord and Veth like Grog and Scanlan despite that being an entirely false comparison.

I've also mentioned that I feel this in online d&d spaces too - like, I fully believe there was a time once when the contempt was reserved for the tiefling druids and changeling bards and REAL PLAYERS play a dwarf fighter on a quest for revenge, but that just fully flipped, and now you have players who sound like absolute nightmares claiming moral superiority solely because they play a firbolg with a mohawk who acts at all times like they'd rather be in Monsterhearts than a D&D campaign, instead of one of those cringey human fighters. Just, in general, it feels like the middle ground in a lot of actual play and TTRPG discussions is lost because half the people I talk to are still carrying on half of an argument they once had in 2016.

[davekat-sucks]

Just for fun how screwed is this session?

Here's some info:

Thief of Breath: Eledon Jungle-sovereign -Is too aggressive for a warrior race to handle -loves to blow shit up -the bard is his best friend and weapons dealer -the witch is his rival and maybe love interest -hates authority

Knight of Light: Human -She loves DnD, especially playing orc barbarian -a hard worker, bad grades -cherful most of the time -hates her father, misses her mom -lives with older sister

Maid of Void: Purpel-blood Troll -bad at showing his friendship good at reading people -a greedy purple asshole -a nice suit and tie, and a poker face to boot -a pretty successful owner of a gambling restaurant -has a hate crush on the prince

Rogue of Hope: Human -she's aesthetic as fuck, plays soccer, baseball and swimming -steals hope for victory for her team -really bullheaded, but nice -she's basically a tomboy -loves to annoy her twin brother

Bard of Space: Eledon Tech-head -he's a mad scientist and engineer -loves to make weapons of small and mass destruction -is fascinated by extinct empires, specifically their tech -strives to be the prime lord of science -one of his creations blew up a district

Prince of Rage: Burgundy-blood Troll -extreme anger issue -extreme telepathic powers -she hates the maid -everyone can go fuck themselves except that other chick… or the mage… and the bartender -lives with and works for the maid -is part of a band with the chick and bartender

Witch of Mind: Eledon Sky-baron -she's a hard-ass -has the high ambition to become the new ruler of her species -a model Eledon prodigy -has a big ego -actually likes the thief, seer and bard

Mage of Heart: Unknown-blood Troll -she likes larping, roleplay and meditation -hates and fears HIC -wishes to meet her friends in real life -tries to help her friends emotional problems -is unsure of her future

Seer of Blood: Eledon Swamp-blood -a rebellious pacifist and spiritualist -physically very strong -is calm and kind, but still has the Eledon natural aggression -hates his species and himself -can't let go

Heir of Time: Human -he acts cool but is a dumbass -likes every type of music -had a crush on the sylph, this was not reciprocated -wants to become a famous DJ -plays DnD with the sylph, knight and rogue every sunday

Page of Doom: Jade-blood Troll -hates himself and is depressed -likes to spelunking -the maids ex -the mage really tries to help him -the BUFF jade girl has to drag him out of his hive every day

Sylph of Life: Human -a genuinely nice guy -rich as hell and just as lonely -has a green thumb -the butler and his wife are more of his parents than his mom and dad -is very naive

I think you got some good players with some of those classes and aspects. Though it may change if the internal struggle gets any worse. May need to keep an eye on the Prince of Rage. Bard of Space and Heir of Time working together is also something to watch over too if the Heir's silly ideas may fuel the Bard's interest for the sake of science. Can't let the Maid of Void or Knight of Light be far either.

[positronicdream]

Fizzbin's Fabulous Cabin, part 1

My bard character Fizzbin just hit level 13 and picked up the spell Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion - or rather, Fizzbin's Fabulous Cabin! Finally I can add the finishing touches and unveil my big project:

I built it in the Sims 4 :)

The group has had the in-character tour, but there's a lot of OOC design stuff I want to ramble about, and I've decided to do that here.

(part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5)

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First up, I needed size parameters so I could work out a floor plan. The spell allows for 50 cubes measuring 10ft on a side, thus a footprint of 5000sqft (handwaving the height of the ceilings). Estimates of the length of a standard Sims floor tile vary from 2ft to a yard, but 2.5ft is a good middle ground and most convenient for my calculations. My budget would be 800 floor tiles.

I was able to fit in 5 individual bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a foyer, a small sitting room, a dining hall and a kitchen; and had space left over for a library, arboretum, and recreation room (and some balcony spaces - more on those later). I stacked these up on 3 floors plus a basement for the kitchen. Here's an early draft of the shell!

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Next, I had to work out the aesthetic. This is Fizzbin's mansion, so it has to be somewhere she would feel at home. Fizzbin's favorite colors are pastel purple, yellow, blue, green, and pink, and she likes fancy swirly shapes. Add a touch of cute & cozy gnomish farmhouse with lots of flowers and natural light, and you have the Fabulous Cabin aesthetic.

I used loads of stuff from the Realm of Magic DLC (actually, this project was half the reason I bought it). It provided almost all the windows and doors, multiple wallpapers, the swirly wooden furniture, the crystal lamps, and more! The lighting options came in real handy, because I wanted to avoid electric lights (where they couldn't be concealed, anyway).

The house has loads of fireplaces, because that's how you keep a house warm in fantasy medieval times. Each one has a different decoration attached because I thought it'd be cute.

I started building this when the platform feature was new & shiny, so there are a few places I used it just for fun: the stairs are all L-shaped, the arboretum is sunken down, the library steps up, and the rec room has a little stage. The round wall update came out after I had locked in the floor plan and modifying it would have been a nightmare, so the "round" rooms are still octagons. Then the ceiling update was very exciting! It looks so much cozier with warm wood ceilings!

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In the next part I'll go over all the exterior design. Warning: roof nightmares!

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[cellarspider]

Qunlat 9/12: Compound word construction

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As we start thinking about Qunlat names, let’s examine one last thing and take a moment to look at compound words and derived words, because we’ll be drawing on their patterns and style. In brief: They work like English most of the time, but there are notable exceptions that provide us some more flexibility to work with.

Compound words are any word that’s made up of meaningful parts that can stand on their own: “blackbird” is a compound because “black” and “bird” can be used independently. “Blackened” is a derivation instead of a compound, because “-en” and “-ed” have to be attached to a word. It’s derived from a root word and these derivational suffixes. 

Qunlat has a lot of compound and derived words. I’ll get into some of my theories about them when I transition into talking about Expanded Qunlat, but for now let’s stick within the guardrails here. 

Two notes before we dive in: Qunlat compounds are often hyphenated, for a number of reasons: if they’d otherwise create deceptive consonant clusters (ex. notas-taar), confusing syllable boundaries (basalit-an), or mess with the aesthetics (viddath-bas). Some non-compounds seem to possibly have an obligatory hyphen to show that one of the parts is a standalone grammatical modifier that forms part of the overall meaning, but this isn’t consistent.

And as always, be wary of the canon dictionary. Some compounds in there are just straight up wrong etymologically, and unfortunately the rather notable word asala-taar seems to be one of them.⁽¹⁾ Keep this in mind when looking for references.

Compounds can be formed a number of ways: noun-noun compounds, for example, usually  have a “head” that tells you what the thing is, and a “modifier” that tells you what kind of thing it is. In English, the modifier comes first: A “bookshelf” is a shelf for books rather than a book for a shelf, a “teapot” is a pot for tea and not tea in a pot, “ice cream” is a kind of cream that’s frozen, not ice that’s made into cream. Some compounds like “ice cream” can have spaces or hyphens in them and still count as a compound word, because of how they function together as a single unit.

Qunlat usually puts noun-noun compounds in the same order as English: Vitaar is “poison-armor”, for example. Ben-Hassrath breaks this a little with the previously discussed “Ben-” possessed prefix, but “Hassrath” follows this as well: “heart-(of the) many”. 

Of course, Philliam, a Bard! complicates things, and in this case, it’s literally bullshit. Or rather, vashe-qalab: “shit-(of?)-cow”. This is why I’ve managed to convince myself that -e may be a possessed marker like ben-, because it seems like it’s a grammatical suffix, and its presence may reverse the order of compounding, making Qunlat bullshit more like Spanish bullshit than English bullshit–while idiomatically you’d just say mierda, a literal translation in spanish would be mierda de toro: Shit of the bull. That’s a compound in head-possessive-modifier order.

The other thing that muddies the waters are item names in DA2, which I’ve previously noted as being highly irregular. Compounds there are a jumbled mix of head-initial and head-final. For example: Antaam-Taar Iss, a cuirass for experienced fighters. Antaam-Taar literally means “body-armor”, so that’s head-final. …But with Iss meaning “(the) experienced”, Antaam-Taar Iss is head-initial, and it implies an absent possessive marker of some kind. So now we have a pattern of head-initial compounds specifically if the head noun is a possessed object, and the modifier is the possessor. Annoying to keep track of, but personally, I like the funky precedent this sets.

Verb-noun compounds are all over the place in Indo-European languages, and wouldn’t you know it, they follow the same order in Qunlat again! Beres-taar, shield, seems to literally mean “reaching ahead-armor”. Most canon verb-noun compounds are names, so we’ll get back to them later. Verb-verb compounds are rare in English and in canon Qunlat, to the point where I can’t 100% call any compound verbs from canon definitions.

Qunlat adjective-noun compounds are similarly ordered in modifier-head order. Qunlat doesn’t have many of these, in part because there are very few adjectives in the language, and even defining what counts as an adjective is hard. Functionally, they don't exist as a distinct category. But it has one very notable one that’s worth mentioning: aqun-athlok. Literally translating to “balance(d)-mind”, it can also be read as a verb-noun compound, an adjective-noun compound, or a special kind of noun-noun compound that I want an excuse to ramble about, so I’m taking it.

If read as a noun-noun compound,⁽²⁾ aqun-athlok doesn’t follow this pattern of head and modifier, called a dvandva. First described by grammarians of Sanskrit,⁽³⁾ dvandva are compounds where two or more nouns join to create a single, distinct concept. For example, many languages use the equivalent of “mom-dad” to mean “parents”, Chinese and Japanese use “mountain(s)-river(s)” to mean “scenery”, Nahuatl uses “the flower, the song” to mean “poetry”, “artistic endeavor”, or “the divine effects of teotl”. Friulian uses “ocean-world” to mean “the universe”.

Was talking about dvandvas a tangent? You bet. A tangent with a purpose–This post is about empowering people to start thinking about possibilities for names. Dvandvas give you a lot of room to play with in a language where the canon dictionary is hugely weighted toward nouns. Start thinking about how two ideas can be brought together to form something new, that fits your sense of who your character is.

Next time, we’ll get into canon names of Qunari, Tal-Vashoth, and Vashoth, and how we can classify them.

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Footnotes

(1) From what I can reconstruct: asala-taar is defined canonically as “soul sickness”. But in every other word we have, taar means “armor”, “materiel”, or “keep”: Taarbas, beres-taar, and, probably explaining our present problem, vitaar. Vitaar is canonically defined as “poison armor”. So my guess is that someone saw that in the dictionary, and tried to make a compound without fully considering how the word vitaar was built. They took the wrong half of the word.

Sometimes this does happen IRL, it’s called rebracketing: the same process that brought us “-burger” foods, when “Hamburger” originally meant “a thing or person from the German city of Hamburg”. But rebracketing most often happens when speakers aren’t aware of the underlying etymology of a word, from casual speech,  or are doing so in a flippant way (ex. “Chocoholic” from “alcoholic”), and given the theological seriousness of soul-sickness and the common root words in vitaar, I find it unlikely that this rebracketing would happen. Sorry y’all, it should be asala-vi.

(2) As said, canon Qunlat has no real distinction between adjectives and nouns, so how we even classify these is hard. A dvandva usually is structured as an “X and Y” kind of thing, rather than “a Y for X”, and both are possible reads of aqun-athlok….depending on what the components mean. Aqun can mean “balance”, “unchanging”, or describe a dynamic equilibrium and flow with the natural order of things that’s suspiciously similar to a layperson’s understanding of the Dao. Athlok can mean “mind”, “earth”, or “laborer”. So, is this “balanced mind”, or “unchanging, fluid way and solid earth”? Don’t know! Either would probably be theologically defensible from a Qun standpoint. 

(3) Sanskrit grammar is so cool and so intimidating, not only because of the complexity of Sanskrit literature, but also because of the literal millennia of scholarship on the subject. One of the biggest names in the field was a linguist who lived somewhere between 2300-2600 years ago. He’s sometimes called the father of linguistics, and with good reason!

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[burningthemidnightcityoil]

A CHARACTER IN ONE SENTENCE (P1?)

Sometimes, a character’s whole motivation is defined by simplicitic interpretation.

Its unfortunate that simple is never easy.

So, I’m going to try for something. Let me sum up a character in one way.

John Egbert - Heir of Breath - One who Changes Breath for Others Breath = Direction, Plot, Motion, Act

“He’ll change your act and turn your life around.”

Rose Lalond - Seer of Light - One who Knows Light for Others Light = Revelance, Meaning, Fortune.

“She sees the good in you.”

Dave Strider - Knight of Time - One who Serves Time for Others Time = Individual; Arc; Pacing; Measurement of events, the begining and the end

“He’ll give you his time, and march at your pace.”

Jade Harley - Witch of Space - One who Changes Space for Themself Space = Area; Setting; World; Self Space; Aesthetic and Life (The space you exist in).

“She chooses her place in the world.”

Jane Crocker - Maid of Life - One who Creates Life for Themself Life = Agency, Healthy, Living, Lives.

“She’ll make a life for herself.”

Roxy Lalond - Rogue of Void - One who Steals Void for Others Void = Irreverence, Physicality, Nothingness, Obscurity and Vacuum

“She’ll take the emptiness outta your life.”

Dirk Strider - Prince of Heart - One who Destroys Heart for Themself Heart = Romance, Soul, Emotion

“He’ll conquer love in the end.”

Jake English - Page of Hope - One who Serves Hope for Themself Hope = Coherence, Belief, Magic

“Hero of his own story.”

EXTRA (Cos the humans is missing classpects)

Egbert-Crocker - Sylph of Mind - One who Creates Mind for Others Mind = Thought, Reason, Multiverse, Adaptability

“He’ll be mindful of you.”

Jack Noir - Thief of Rage - One who Steals Rage for Themself Rage = Contrivance, Fury, Violence, Truth

“Truth is, the game was rigged from the start.”

Diamonds Droog - Mage of Blood - One who Knows Blood for Themself Blood = Grounding, Reality, You, Relationship and Connection, Bound

“He looks good in ultra-violence.”

Clubs Deuce - Bard of Doom - One who Destroys Doom for Others Doom = Death, Destruction, the Limit, the Rules

“Badda-Bing, Badda-Boom.”

[eukrasiancrisis]

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Gabriel Oschonsong: Early 40's. Aetherologist, somanoutic therapist, bard. Born in Ishgard, studied & worked in Old Sharlayan. A little obsessed with the aetherial sea. Chronic aether sensitivity.

Theneras: Early 40's. Ex- Dreamer of the Everlasting Dark with a shameless amount of Dragon Age references

Goose (@goose-ffxiv): Early 20's. Deckhand, resident butch, crewmate & loyal friend. Hates learning magicks so she just wields a DIY gunblade & a rapier without a focus. wannabe-swashbuckler.

Granny Yasumi (@pointyhatspointyears): 69 for several years now? the creepy eccentric landlady rarely seen around (but is everywhere and knows everything)

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Not my OCs:

Fyrstyrm Rhotsyn (@fyrstyrm): Early 40's. Friend & co-parent. Retired Storm captain, now botanist & mentor

Yuuko: Late teens-early tween. The little lady of the house & adopted daughter of Fyrstyrm & Gabriel

Yuusei (@pocketyoukai): Mid 30's. Our household's favorite smith & friendly neighbor

Amalthea Oaks (@theburningshield): Early 20's. Dalmascan refugee, one of Gabriel's patients in Ishgard & the FC's only WoL