#bonus points if the witch is Morgana then they’re throwing hands

[avirxy]

beauty and beast au but Claire’s the one cursed because she’s the only one I can see literally pissing a sorceress off enough to get cursed. (If we’re going off the original movie Jim would probably offer them a hot meal and a room for the night, knowing him he’d make everything super accommodating)

[bpdanakins]

I was tagged by @apple-grass-and-smiles to do an otp tag thing and I’m already having a crisis bc I don’t generally have one single true pairing? The struggles of being a multishipper. Here goes.

Rules: Pick 10 of your OTPs from different fandoms without reading the questions and then answer them. Then tag 10 other people to do the same.

Shepard/Liara T’soni (Mass Effect)

Lavellan/Solas (Dragon Age: Inquisition)

Morgana Pendragon/Guinevere (BBC’s Merlin)

Clarke Griffin/Lexa (The 100, and yes don’t @/me I know)

Max Caulfield/Chloe Price (Life is Strange)

Kassandra/Roxana (Assassin’s Creed Odyssey)

Corvo Attano/Jessamine Kaldwin (Dishonored)

Nathan Drake/Elena Fisher (Uncharted)

Dragonborn/Serana/Aela (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, because I can)

Senua/Happiness

(this took waaaay too long)

Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

Right away? I kinda had Kassandra sleeping her way across Ancient Greece with almost all the ladies (caught on to Diona right away though and I’m forever glad about that), so it was always going to happen. But as for why I see them as more of a relationship... idk. They’re just really sweet, and I enjoyed Roxana’s quests.

Have you ever read a fic about 2?

Yes. A lot of it. Oops.

Has a picture of 4 ever been your screensaver/profile pic/Tumblr?

Nope. I did, however, get an art print as gift once from a friend, with Clarke and a bi flag and Lexa with a rainbow flag. It’s this piece to be exact, though they don’t seem to sell it anymore? The artist does have a ton of other lgbtq+ ship art on their redbubble page (including other Clexa pieces, and they also did some of my fave Finnpoe pieces which I did not know was by the same artist, so there you go) if you’re interested.

If 7 were to suddenly break up today, what would your reaction be?

I mean.... Corvo is technically a widower.... so we’ve already had the tragedy start within the first ten minutes of the first game.

Why is 1 so important?

Because it was my first Mass Effect ship, because Liara is so cute and bad ass and just!!! The journey they go on? My heart. I love them so much. Also a Shiara fic was the first ship I read on ao3 a long time ago so that’s also a bonus.

Which one has the strongest bond?

Pricefield. While they all have amazing bonds in their own ways, Max literally bent time and space to keep Chloe safe on multiple occasions. She didn’t even recognize Chloe right away, but her first use of her powers was to save her best friend. Chloe would also literally throw down for Max at any point, and she talks about how having Max back in her life for a single week made her feel the happiest she’d been in a long time, and that’s despite all of the shit they went through together. Like!!!!!! Please 

How many times have you read/watched 10′s fandom?

I literally still watch the trailers/documentary for Hellblade on a frequent basis. You can guess from there.

Which ship has lasted the longest?

Hmmm. Jess and Corvo were together for about 14 years, and Nate and Elena were together for.... also a long time. idk at what point UC4′s epilogue takes place so I’m just gonna assume they’ve also been together for a long time by then too lmao. idk man

How many times, if ever, has 6 broken up?

I mean.... whether or not you romance Roxana is up to you, and then there’s that uncomfy mess pulled in the DLCs that I’m not going into bc Kassandra is a lesbian bye. 

Point being, idk?

If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive: 2 or 8?

TOUGH QUESTION. Solas has godlike powers so that would give them an obviously undeniable edge, but Nate and Elena have literally already fought zombies, soooo... both.

Did 7 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

Yep!! Jessamine was an Empress and Corvo her royal bodyguard. Shouldn’t have entirely bothered hiding it tho considering Emily apparently has 0 issue announcing to the world she’s Corvo’s daughter by the first scene of DH2 lmaaoo.

Is 4 still together?

We don’t talk about this. It’s too depressing.

Is 10 canon?

Relatively. By the end of the game, she has come into acceptance of her pain & grief, but like.... she’s not insta cured or something. And then in Hellblade 2 it seems like she’s ready to fuck everyone up so.... no, it’s not canon enough :(

If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

I’ll have to agree that it’d depend. If things like magic, biotics, the Thu’um or Max’s powers, etc, are included uhhh... well, that makes it super tough. Again, Solas has godlike magic at his hands and can turn everyone to stone without trying now apparently, but Max can literally rewind time, the DB has their own form of godlike powers (Tiber legit remade the geography of an entire province, and that’s just his accomplishments), Kassandra is a demigod, Morgana one of the most powerful sorceresses ever, Serana’s a powerful vampire, Aela a dang werewolf, and Liara one of the strongest biotics. Senua also has Gramr.

Take all of that away though and... still kinda tough. Kass, Roxana, Lexa, and Senua are all really strong warriors. Corvo’s an elite assassin, Aela is a good hunter, Shepard a soldier who passed some of the hardest levels of training.... dude, this is too hard. Who tf knows.

Has anyone ever tried to sabotage 5?

Several by killing one or both off, and time itself tried as well.

Do you spend hours a day going through 3′s tumblr tag?

No. I don’t often venture into tags tbh.

If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break forever or else she’d break them all up, which ship would you SINK?

Morgana and Gwen since they’re not even canon and also the show went icky on Morgana in the end anyways.

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This was too hard. It was hard to think of/choose 10 ships, it was hard to look up a bunch of info, etc. It also took me too long lmaaoo.

I tag uhhh @mariaromanovs, @twilightofthe, @purplehawke, @serkonans, honestly anyone who wants to? If you want to do it, I tag you!! If you don’t want to and I @’d you, feel free to ignore and forgive me <3

[beacon-of-chaos]

Defenders of Aura 2 - A Battle Century G Sequel

Session 8 (Erm, it's been a while since this session and to be honest my memory of it is kinda rough. There will be gaps) We find ourselves back at Quentin Crisp's hideout, without Katari, but with Adrian Jeminko. Things definitely haven't gone according to plan. We take the dropship to Crisp's hidden base. Crisp seems pleased that he will get to kill Adrian himself. Adrian tells him that he wasn't responsible for his son's death, that his son did in fact take his own life because he couldn't deal with the societal pressure to live up to his father. Sinclair does a search online and all the news and police reports he can find coroborate this statement. He and Fauna move to stand between Crisp and Adrian. Crisp raises his gun... Meanwhile, Katari wakes up. He's upside down in a car that is on fire. He notices that his passenger is missing. He unbuckles himself and crawls out of the wreckage, only to receive a few punches from Ceras Jeminko, the woman who attacked him in the security room and Adrian's wife. (Quite how Katari escaped not only with his life but with a hostage in tow is never explained other than the fact that Katari and the GM had a private mini-session online between sessions 7 and 8) Katari is tough enough that he can subdue her easily and throws her over his shoulder. It seems the authorities are hot on his heels so he makes his escape by climbing up a nearby building. Back at the hideout, Crisp is dead (Us: Wait what?), run through by Morgana's sword. Crisp's goons are surrounding us and look like they're about to shoot when there is a frantic knocking at the door. Fauna opens the door and Justin bursts in. Justin: The military! They're attacking the slums! They're burning everything in their way and taking no prisoners! Fauna: *turns to Crisp's goons* You hear that? Maybe we can think about working together to deal with this instead of killing each other!? The goons lower their weapons. They don't seem inclined to help us, but they leave without shooting us, which is nice. We also take our leave, keen to get out of the city before the army catches up with us. Katari is parkouring across buildings when he mis-times a jump and falls badly. His super strength allows him to crash land without injuring himself or Ceras too badly but not completely without damage. Upon getting up again he is greeted by another naul standing in front of him, one of the mage caste. She introduces herself as Ashari and offers to help him. Katari asks why and... I no longer remember what happened after that. Sorry. Meanwhile, Lucis is on a transport heading for the city, his diplomatic mission completed. When he notices the city is literally on fire he gets in contact with us. Lucis: What did you all do!? Sinclair: I should be annoyed that you just assumed it was us, but to be fair, it was us. We agree to meet him at the landing pad he is due to arrive at. We drag Adrian along as we suspect that Jasmine is behind the attacks. When we get there, Katari gets on the communicator with us to let us know he's on his way with Adrian's wife. Lucis decides the best way to resolve this is to make a deal with Jasmine: We give her back her parents, she leaves us alone. Seems fair, right? Jasmine arrives with her guards in tow. Lucis, having the highest charm stat, negociates. While we talk a portal opens up and Katari, Ashari, and Ceras walk through. As we make the handover, time seems to slow down, then stop. Ashari has created a time bubble around us. It's at this point that Fauna recognises her. She's the naul who was banished for combining human and naul technology. Ashari turns to us. Ashari: Have you noticed? There's something not quite right with the Jeminkos. I can detect naul magic on them. Specifically mind magic. Jasmine's parents are under some kind of mind control. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense as they hate the naul but are under naul influence. Ashari drops the time bubble and Lucis appeals to Jasmine, urging her to come with us and bring her parents along so we can help them. Jasmine admits her parents have been acting odd and remarkably she agrees to our terms. Karen arrives in the dropship to pick us up. Back onboard the ship the Jeminkos are taken into custody and we are ushered to the president's room for debriefing. We chew him out for making us work with Crisp and he apologises but also says that we did get some parts for the ship from him already. We also have the experimental mech and Lucis was able to secure the aid of some mercenaries during his diplomatic mission so we'll be able to carry on with the next part of our mission. A royal wedding has been announced between Lucis' brother, Prince Eric (Lucis: I call him Norbert) and Princess Lyra. Most of the royal family will be attending, as will Robert Steel, Chinese ambassidor Sara Wong, and special guest band Breaking the Abyss (Sinclair: *bashing head against a wall*). We're going to crash the party and deal with the coup collaborators in one go. There's one major obstical to this which is the orbital space station defending the planet from attack. Our plan is to perform a sneak attack on the station just before the party, take down the orbital weapons, and rescue some prisoners on board. Which prisoners? The Ebon Order, the ones who tried to kill us in dark space. Oh joy. We have a few days before this happens though, so we get some downtime for personal things. Lucis decides to talk with Jasmine. She's concerned about her parents, who are now in the medbay. Whatever is affecting their minds will take time to undo. In the meantime Lucis has a proposal: It's obvious that whoever is behind the coup is up to some pretty shady things so how would Jasmine like to accompany Lucis to the party as his "date" in order to find out what's really going on. Jasmine just grins, liking Lucis' audacity and agrees. Jasmine: This will be fun. Spectre gets to work on the machine he got from his father's lab. He seems to have a breakthrough, though none of us besides him and the GM know exactly what. We'll find out next session. Sinclair meets with Morgana. She's please that he managed to recover her brother, Merlin. He has not, however, been activated. Morgana seems reluctant to wake him, in case he is still loyal to the company that made him and demands to be released. Sinclair tells her that she is probably making the right decision to wait, considering the upcoming battle. He's willing to be there when she wants to wake Merlin. Fauna is helping out in the medbay when Ashari approahes her. There's some awkward banter between them for a minute or so before Ashari drops a bombshell. Ashari: Before I was banished, I had been working on combining human and naul DNA to create a hybrid with the best of both races. I see now that I was sucessful. Yes Fauna, I am your mother. Ashari goes in for an awkward hug which freaks Fauna out enough that she makes a run for it. Perhaps not the best start, but Ashari is a known naul criminal and "witch" so that was probably justified. As Ashari walks away, apparantly unperterbed by Fauna's reaction, she bumps into Sinclair. Ashari: Well, you're an interesting machine. I've never known a human robot to have such a powerful magical energy. Sinclair: Yeah, I get that a lot. Ashari: May I...? She reaches out a hand to him. Sinclair touches it with his own and Ashari seems to focus on him. As she does so, he also notices that he can focus on her. There's a sudden burst of insight and Sinclair looks directly at Ashari only to see... code? Not exactly computer code, but some kind of readable energy. Sinclair realises just what this is: He's looking into Ashari's mind and reading it, as though it were a program. And he reaslises that... he could easily change that program. He jumps back with a start. Ashari: What is it? Sinclair: I'm... not sure. He's lying, deciding that having the ability to read and control living minds on top of robotic ones is probably something he should keep to himself for now. Finally, Katari does some sleuthing. Something about the mind control on the Jeminkos being naul in origin. Before he was thrown in jail he was investigating his rival who had been spotted with a young naul girl after some shady dealings. After some successful investigation checks he's able to find out that this girl was brought onto the planet illegally due to having very strong mind control powers. She and the rival are likely behind the whole thing. And that's where the session ended. Apologies for vagueness in areas, but it's been a a while. If you are reading this and want more, please say so and maybe give some feedback. It's not much fun writing these and getting no comments at all. Bonus quotes: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/shows...&postcount=644