#but he is the autistic rep that we deserve

[unpigeonable]

rewatching dead boy detectives and noticing all the little moments where george rexstrew adds some stimming in and i love it so much. like when charles disappears in episode 3 and edwin is trying to figure out what could've happened

[mobblespsycho100]

drops this and. BOOKS IT

[shadowbannedthehedgehog]

yall are mad elon musk is supposedly autistic bc it means tht u too can be autistic n a not nice person/do unkind things (to put it mildly) which has the potential to ruin ur im autistic n inherently blameless everything i do is bc of the autism n therefore i am exempt from negative judgment n if u do attempt to call me out it's abelism n death to u UwU card

[nuricurry]

Me and @kashuan have been watching a playthrough of the Witcher 1 game since I never played it and tbh I'm immediately charmed.

Love how Geralt's fighting stand of choice includes him just swirling the sword above his head alskdjf I don't know if that has any merit but wanna believe he came up with it all on his own

Also the stilted voice acting/line delivery and the way conversations just randomly cut off to go into a cutscene are great tbh, I need more of it. ALSO NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT LEO who was perfect and pure and was born with glass bones and paper skin, no idea how he was gonna survive being a witcher but I love him 10/10 no notes. Last, me and Kas laughed for like 5 mins at this quest:

[roublardise]

godddd s5 cas intense autism stare....... amazing. you go beautiful. never learn ❤️

[unclerippuascension]

finally getting to the final bits of the buu saga and i now realize that the moment where kid buu blows up the planet isn't because vegeta purposefully goaded him into doing it by going "i bet you can't blow up the earth!" like a few fans joke about. vegeta just said "hey can you blow up the planet after you fight us?". vegeta was being sarcastic, and kid buu took that literally.

[lightning-system]

Hey.

I really wish Ayda was in Season 3.

And yes ofc because she wonderful and smart and cool and a fun character. But mostly, mostly because she's autistic.

She's the only confirmed character to be autistic, and she's the second character who's disability we've seen actually impact them. And honestly I'm a little disappointed not to see more disability visibility in a show that's know for their representation.

I miss Ayda.

I thought when season 3 was announced we'd finally get to see Ayda being openly, knowledgeably autistic after a discovery at the end of season 2, but we haven't gotten that.

And there's lots of good reasons Ayda isn't on this season! She's a powerful wizard and can disrupt the flow, Brennan was intentionally trying to remove NPCs to see the characters without them, a ton of NPCs clutters the board and battle. And honestly, there doesn't need to be a reason. Brennan can remove and add NPCs as he sees fit.

The problem only occurs when you're effectively moving 50% of your active disability representation off the table. The problem isn't removing Ayda (as much as I love her). The problem is that you can't remove Ayda without removing half your disability representation.

So what can you do?

Simple- add more actively disabled characters. This wouldn't be a problem if Ayda and Lydia were the only representation on the playing field. I've seen Dimension 20 add more disability rep over the seasons, and I really hope they step it up a notch and keep working on that, because I'm getting really tired of waiting for Ayda to pop up just to see someone like me on TV.

Also please don't come at me with things like: 'well Fabian is disabled he only has one eye.' Because okay yes but this is never acknowledged as impacting his life in any way, as a disability does. Or things like 'I headcanon this character as disabled because xyz' Because yeah, me too! But it's never actually said and we need active disability rep. We deserve to actively say the words disabled and see ourselves exist.

TLDR; Dimension 20, you don't have to bring Ayda back, but could you please bring more disability representation to your table?

[t1oui]

can I please get your thoughts on rosekiller raising Luna?? I've been obsessed with it lately and you've mentioned it before I want to know more about your headcannons!!!

AAAAAA OKAY im obsessed with them too but i think this has been established. just

first of all think canon luna but 10x more unhinged bc rosekiller are not doing her any favors in the "having morals" and "acting normal" departments (we love that for them)

BARTY CALLS LUNA PRINCESS. i am so... no i cant even lie and say im normal about this it's just a fact of life. he calls her princess and he treats her like one too.

they probably commit crimes or something (if you want more info on this search "criminal au" on my blog bc i have so many thoughts... there's also like 3 things under the tag "criminal au 2 electric boogaloo" lol)

this tag on one of my posts. it says a lot

back to what i said about luna being treated like a princess: does she dress weird? yes. but her clothes and necklaces and the radishes she makes earrings out of are TOP TIER QUALITY bc their girl deserves that.

the three of them wear friendship bracelets

what luna calls them depends on how she's feeling - sometimes she calls them uncle barty and uncle evan, sometimes papa and dad, sometimes just barty and evan

luna gets her offputting gaze from evan and it shows

somehow she's actually such a well-rounded child?? absolutely nobody expects this

rosekiller encourage luna's interests!!!

the three of them cuddle a lot, especially luna and barty.

luna gets all the hogwarts gossip and reports it back to barty via owl

barty 100% teaches luna to drive at age 10 (evan is sitting in the backseat hanging on for dear life)

barty teaches luna how to pickpocket and evan teaches her potions (he doesn't talk about pandora and reg that often, but he makes sure she's got their skill sets)

autistic luna getting a new pair of noise-cancelling headphones. barty and evan helping her cover them in stickers. barty asking to try them out. luna and evan getting him his own pair and covering them in stickers for him :))

(barty cries)

(he actually cries a lot bc "hey, it's okay to cry, luna. no, i'm not crying because of that card you just gave me, but the drawing was really nice and i'm going to cherish it forever")

(she sees right through him but she doesn't say so)

whoever luna ends up with gets a very serious shovel talk from barty and evan (evan does most of the talking, barty just sits there glaring at luna's partner).

ginny finds it funny as hell. anybody else is scared shitless. (this gets ginny a good rep with barty and evan.)

they're soooo soft for each other.

i'm a personal fan of luna and cho being friends and i have a feeling evan and barty would, inexplicably, love her.

barty and evan hate sirius. sirius hates them back. the order of the phoenix has an unspoken rule that the three of them are not allowed in a room together.

barty is italian and luna & ev both know italian for him, so they speak italian with each other a lot.

muggle au rosekiller raising luna!! they hold a special place in my heart. barty and evan run an italian restaurant together and luna is a waitress there. (so is harry.)

yk how snape treats harry like shit bc he hated james? yeah, barty and evan treat harry well bc regulus loved james. (also bc they don't take out their anger on children but mostly bc being mean to someone who reminds them of regulus would hurt too much.)

i swear i have more thoughts about them but i'm totally blanking right now so uhh... feel free to send more asks and i will reply when i have thoughts !! thanks for the ask :)

[favcharacterpoll]

ROUND 5 MATCH 5: RAZ VS. CECIL

Razputin Aquato from Psychonauts 2 faces Cecil Palmer from Welcome to Night Vale. Who do you like more?

Raz Propaganda:

"autism"

"I'm literally trans and stole this man's name that's enough propaganda in my opinion"

"vote raz NOW he's my special little son who's suffered more than jesus he is literally autistic and transgender."

"RAZ MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PSYCHIC ACROBAT CHILD WITH A DEEP KINDNESS SASS AND MILD PYROMANIA HOW I ADORE THEE"

"RAZ NEEDS LOVE HE'S OUT THERE IN THE FIELDS THERAPYING YOUR DADDY ISSUES WITH EMPATHY AND KINDNESS"

"RAZ FIGHTS GENERATIONAL TRAUMA INCARNATE DESPITE BEING NEURODIVERGENT A MINOR AND TRANS"

Cecil Propaganda:

"Cecil is not only the Tumblr sexyman, he is the first gay protagonist of a podcast that most of us have ever heard. From the very first episode he was unashamedly queer and no one has ever called him out or given him shit for being gay. He is a gay Jewish fashion disaster who is the mouthpiece for an incredibly bizarre town and plays the whole “this horrifying thing is completely normal”thing so well. If Cecil wasn’t there, I think a lot of people wouldn’t have felt so accepted for just being who they were. Cecil is an inspiration and the queer podcast rep we all deserved as we were growing."

"he’s gay. he’s a dilf. he’s ageless. he has been since there’s was nothing and he’s still here after the world ended. he can summon music. his mother is a oracle his father is a tree. his cat is a man who got cursed and also has wings a stinger and poison??? he thinks a tutu and crocs is formal wear and has talked to god and she said ‘I love you. I’m sorry’. he’s definitely guilty of manslaughter from negligence"

[roachesforthewin]

My Personal TIMKON Recs List

i made this for my friend recently and thought i’d share it here because you tumblr bitches love pain and little gay dudes (just like me fr)

all of these have good young justice, batfam and superfam (though sometimes it’s minimal) representation (because i don’t read them if they don’t have good rep, sue me). Plus Tim and Kon personality and character accuracy, obviously.

Also these are all Ao3 recs because i like to consider myself as not a heathen

Funk Ass

- sun kissed by merils

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48882055

beach episode, queer young justice fr fr, Kon rep is off the charts (ashgs quite possibly the conner rep of all time, just the phrases he uses /$)/ so real!!)

- Baby Talk Me Down (Take Me Out) by sage (lemontongues)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25384345

ahhhsh this one is unfinished but i desperately wish it was, either way great fic and great character rep + conner civvy life insights

- Out of The Frying Pan, Into the Casserole Dish By JpegdotJpeg

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41005416

martha kent (& the superfam!) is the best person ever, plus tim is the most autistic little dude (we love him sm)

Haven’t finished but amazing rep/haven’t read yet but plan to

- Robins and other flightless birds by Ionaperidot

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15607170

ahsgshsh this one qualifies for [literally kill yourself after reading (pain)]category but i put it here just cause :-| uhh BW adopts fucked up kids good for him: JJ!tim, Catatonic!jason COA!dick etc

- Straight on ‘til morning by merils

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43401684

haven’t read this one yet but i’ve heard really good stuff about it! plus good kon character development/ exploration (from what i’ve heard)

- there you were by mindshelter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25599205

the blorbos deserve pain, don’t you agree? (i haven’t read this one in a hot minute and have forgotten what it’s about but i remember it being good)

- Buy Back the Secrets by sundiscus

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43137879/chapters/108412977

okay no this one LITERALLY AHSGGSGS bro just read it, uhh civvy tim and superboy interactions, 5+1 things, good sibling Jason (a rarity unfortunately), funny ass dialogue

sexy times (good for them)

disclaimer! none of these fics are like solely focused on smut, but that plays a large ish role thats why they’re in this category

- take me to the airport (call me from the platform) by Hayleythewriter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47970586/chapters/120950194

This has an idiots to lovers tag…there’s not much more to say. except for great sibling relationship portrayal of Damian and Tim that doesn’t involve murder attempts Yay!! (DC wouldn’t even dream of it)

- What happens in Vegas by Ididloveyou_once

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32850109

Stupidest bitches alive fr (mostly tim) + Cassie Sandsmark being a bitch, we love to see it! and and and it has an interesting subplot/s so woowoo, also minor Birdflash👀

- Scions by winterlive

https://archiveofourown.org/works/375897

Conner Luthor is a bitch and i love him + lex luthor is a good dad WHAT!?! oh HA and Clex which is soo good.This was honestly one of my favourites sheerly because of good character representation and BW not being a terrible father

- Trust Fall by Ididloveyou_once

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31654376

Again good sibling rep between all of the batboys, mostly Damian and Tim tho YAY! (it’s seriously a rarity do not take it for granted)

Literally kill yourself after reading these (Pain)

- when your bf hits the street and turns into meat that’s amore by CarrionCarnival

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40318824

self explanatory title, heavy gore :loved it, literally my favourite fic on this list (i adore gore what can i say)

- You are Shaking Fists and Trembling Teeth by Bored_Liege_bow

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47679967

implied TimKon, aftermath of conners death Rip timothy d-w

- my dear devoted delicate by blenderfullasarcasm

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48556555

pushing daisies au, sad af + good exploration of loss on tim’s part through his life

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 1, Wave 5, Poll 10

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

Check out the other polls in this wave and prior here.

Quinni Gallagher-Jones-Heartbreak High

Qualifications:

Quinni is canonically autistic and a lesbian!

Quinn is a lesbian and is also autistic

she is autistic and sapphic

She is a lesbian and autistic

she is canonically autistic and canonically a lesbian

Propaganda:

Quinni is honestly the best. She is such a fiercely loyal friend and such an open and understanding person. Her fashion is everything! She gives way more chances to people than they may deserve. She is autistic and is very open about this. She also gets a romantic storyline. She's got great friends who stick with her through everything, especially her best friend Darren. The actress who plays Quinni is autistic and does a fantastic job with the role! She means a whole lot to me!

She is just the best ever I love her so much :) such a ray of sunshine! and the actress who plays her is also autistic so the rep is great!

quinni is canonically a lesbian and also autistic. while being autistic is an important part of her storyline it doesn’t define who she is as a character. same with being gay. quinni is a queen!

just a bubbly teen with autism who loves fantasy novels, bright makeup, wearing Crocs and girls(!!) <3

she is played by an autistic and queer actor who advocates for this kind of representation, she’s genuinely the best representation i’ve ever seen of autism especially when it comes to sensory issues and meltdowns, she also dates a girl and is an important main character

Anything Else?:

I mean look at her, the cutest ever (Submitter 2)

Ricky Potts-Ride the Cyclone

Qualifications:

he canonically has an unnamed degenerative disease and cant talk/walk without mobility aids (fuck the new script, we reject the new script, ricky is and always will be disabled) and, while not stated in cannon, is so extremely queer and trans coded

Propaganda:

the fandom all collectively agrees that his ass is NOT cis or straight, but we still fight over his exact identity (to this day ive never seen anyone who doesnt see ricky as trans), hes a badass autistic-coded silly guy who can play like 5 instruments and day dreams abt fucking alien cat women in space, and hes a big symbol for disability and ableism in theatre

[maxilsmaster]

rating hazbin ships!

let’s get the really bad ones out of the way now.

two-sided romantic or sexual alastor/anyone: -1000000/10 (ace rep, fuckers)

charlie/anyone other than vaggie or seviathan (will get to that exception in a bit): -100/10 (WHY DO YALL WANT CHARLIE AND VAGGIE TO NOT BE TOGETHER)

vaggie/any man: -100/10 (sapphic erasure)

angel dust/any woman: 0/10 (the only way he’d be with a woman is if she’s paying him extra to fuck her, the man is gay and you will respect that)

niffty/any woman: 0/10 (respect straight people’s sexualities too, y’all)

healthy angel/valentino: -100000/10 (don’t try to excuse valentino’s behavior)

anything illegal: instablock/10

with that out of the way, time to get to the ships i dislike but won’t block anyone for! all alastor ships noted here are based on qpr potential.

alastor/anyone not listed below: 0/10

husk/niffty: 0/10 (i definitely see them more as family)

alastor/niffty: 0/10 (same deal)

alastor/husk: 1/10 (same deal, but to a lesser extent, plus husk hates alastor)

alastor/vox/velvette/valentino: 1/10 (important note: val is the reason this is 1/10)

lucifer/adam: 2/10 (only if lucifer is going 3 for 3)

niffty/valentino: 2/10 (she doesn’t deserve valentino)

carmilla/velvette: 2/10 (they don’t strike me as the enemies to lovers type)

sir pentious/angel dust: 3/10 (i don’t understand the appeal at all)

rosie/alastor: 3/10 (i see them more as family, but it’s not like i’m entirely unwilling to believe they might be a qpr)

the mid ships!

valentino/velvette: 4/10 (i don’t see these two getting together on their own)

velvette/alastor: 4/10 (they complain about the piss babies together, and maybe hold a podcast, they could easily be friends if it weren’t for the fact that she’s modern and trendy while he’s an old-timey prick)

rosie/mimzy: 5/10 (could maybe be interesting if written right)

mimzy/alastor: 5/10 (they knew each other while alive, and it’s not out of the question that they might have gotten married in life just for tax benefits and so people would shut up about alastor not being married)

vox/velvette: 6/10 (it’s cool, but just not my cup of tea)

abusive angel/valentino: 6/10 (i hate val and that’s the only reason this is so low, if i didn’t hate val so much this would be way higher bc i love angst)

the good!

one-sided alastor/angel: 7/10 (it being one-sided is an important distinction)

one-sided lucifer/alastor: 7/10 (i like my radioapple like this)

qpr lucifer/alastor: 8/10 (charlie’s dads :))

alastor/velvette/vox: 8/10 (removing valentino makes this a qpr i want to see)

lilith/lucifer/eve: 8/10 (lucifer the number one wife thief)

vox/valentino: 8/10 (angst potential)

alastor/vox: 9/10 (enemies to qpr, or alastor accepts the proposal to join vox’s team)

cherri bomb/sir pentious: 9/10 (“REMEMBER MEEEEE!”)

vox/lucifer: 9/10 (they both hate alastor)

yes:

lucifer/lilith: 10/10 (lucifer and the bad bitch he pulled by being autistic)

charlie/vaggie: 11/10 (THE LESBIANS ❤️🥰😍💕)

one-sided alastor/vox: 12/10 (vox’s one-sides psychosexual obsession with alastor)

angel dust/husk: yes/10 (in this house, we stan slow burn huskerdust)

if i missed a ship you want me to rate, let me know and i’ll edit the post to add it in!

[cherrybombfangirlwrites]

Fractured Stars Falling ; a WIP (Re)Intro

(New and Updated!)

Genre and Setting

High fantasy, fairytale retellings, dark fantasy ; the magical world of Eltya filled with magic and enchanted creatures, six different kingdoms plus different regions and environments throughout the continent

Playlist

Masterlist / Shitty Comic Sans Intro 🤪

POV

Third person limited, multiple characters

Status and Length

First Drafts, roughly 10k words so far ; 9 book series with 6 fairytale retellings and three more books to wrap up everything, no idea what the wordcount I'm shooting for is gonna be yet...

Tropes and Themes

knights, royalty, and pirates, magical creatures, magic that actually has consequences and can kill you, found family but they're a bunch of dumbasses, sassy princesses, badass knights, chaotic found family, "i'd kill for you" romances, protective morally gray characters, kingdoms based on historical eras/aesthetics rather than countries, character who is genre aware, POC disabled and queer rep galore, platonic relationships are just as valuable as romantic ones ; trauma and how we deal with it, and what makes life worth living

Warnings and Rating

fantasy typical violence, depictions of mental health issues including panic attacks, abusive family members in a couple of books, blood, depictions and explorations of death, descriptions of corpses and demons, lots of spooky shit but no horror stuff ; Teen and Up

Main Cast

Tris Lakewater (she/her)

"Cinderella"

Black, Trans Woman, Plus sized

self trained knight who wants to join the army and become a war hero like her mother, trying to escape her stepfamily after her father's death

Prince Kaye (he/him)

"Prince Charming"

Latino (Mixed), OCD, Bisexual

A peacemaker born into a family of bloodthirsty warlords, kind and soft spoken, has a lot of anxiety too

Princess Snow (she/her)

"Snow White"

Asian (Chinese), Partnering AroAce

the crown princess training to overthrow her stepmother, talented archer and swordsman, people pleaser to a fault

Lan Everson (they/them)

Snow's best friend and QPR partner

Asian (Mixed), Nonbinary/Genderqueer, Partnering Aspec

a gifted poet, supportive best friend, and loyal to a fault to their best friend Snow

Captain Cassandra (she/her)

"The Little Mermaid"

Plus sized, pale and freckled Redhead, Pansexual, mute and partially deaf

the former mermaid with a broken heart that she'd rather pretend doesn't hurt after her first love abandoned her

Erica Princeton (she/her)

"Prince Eric"

Plus sized, Polynesian, Lesbian, amputee (peg leg)

hopeless romantic determined to show this beautiful pirate captain that she deserves to be loved and she won't leave her

Max Florronson (he/him)

"The Prince"

doesn't want any trouble, avoids conflict and lacks confidence in himself, very skiddish person

Gay man, black, has a serious case of genre awareness

Prince Monty (he/him)

"The Frog Prince"

a lost prince that got tangled up in a curse gone haywire looking for his family, too adventurous for his own good

Brown (Mixed), gay man, randomly switches between frog and human form

Elliot Beautyson (he/him)

"Beauty"

a shy village bookworm boi who wants do right by his family and dreams of an adventure like in the books he reads

Trans man, pale and freckled with light blonde hair

Princess Hestia (she/her)

"The Beast"

a lost princess with fire powers, isolated in the abandoned castle of a fallen kingdom long forgotten

plus sized, Brown (Mixed), anxiety/panic disorder

Raven Crescent (he/him)

The Princess's Bodyguard

head over heels in love with the princess he's supposed to protect, morally gray and calm and calculating

Latino, Bisexual, Autistic (high masking)

Princess Sapphire (she/her)

"Sleeping Beauty"

an impulsive and hotheaded princess who has zero self preservation and is a danger magnet

Demisexual, ADHD (low masking), Redhead

Triveya Avenlin (she/her, they/them?)

The Wizard

the wizardess with some kind of past with the witch queen, expert of magic, roughly a thousand years old, Burntout Gifted Kid

Unlabeled Queer, Autistic and ADHD (high masking), Redhead

Antagonists

King Burningham and Queen Persephone - Antagonists of Book 1. Prince Kaye's parents with high expectations for him, projecting everything they want to be onto him. Bloodthirsty warlords who thoroughly enjoy the Princess Tournament and how violent it is turning out to be

Queen Reigna - Antagonist of Book 2. Snow's abusive stepmother and a tyrannic ruler. Manipulative and master swordsman. Determined to get Snow out of the way and keep her away from the throne. Very loosely based on Narissa from Enchanted.

Gar Face Gabe - Antagonist of Book 3. Rival pirate captain that might have been a tiny bit corrupted by dark magic and working for someone else. Got a thin scar across his face from Cassandra a couple years earlier and is a pissy baby about it.

Councilor Darevan - Antagonist of Book 4. The shady councilman of Dryklan with some questionable things being done in the mines. May or may not be corrupted by dark magic and working for the Witch Queen.

Francis la Leonardron and His Father - Antagonists of Book 5. Francis is a sniveling and whiny rich brat, his father will get his precious son whatever he wants. They use rumors and superstition to control the villagers.

The Witch Queen - Big Bad of the series. Actually makes her first appearance in Book 6/very end of Book 5. Corrupted by dark magic, roughly a thousand years old. Barely even human anymore, the dark magic has taken over. Very loosely based on Agatha Harkness.

King Undral - Big Bad of the series. Shows up for the first time in Book 7. God of the Under, King of the Dead. Hates his job and thinks mortals are worthless and stupid. Cold Businessman and will torture anyone who angers or undermines him.

Plot

Six fairytales retold, all colliding together for the climax in the last three books.

General Cinderella - Book 1

Snow Knight - Book 2

The Little Pirate - Book 3

The Lord's Son the Frog - Book 4

Handsome and the Beast - Book 5

Sleeping Beauty's Bodyguard - Book 6

Escape from the Under - Book 7

The Amulet *placeholder title* - Book 8

The Finale *placeholder title* - Book 9

Extra Stuff

A little bit on the different regions in Eltya that we see in the books

Dinvirty: Tris and Kaye's kingdom. Nestled in one of the biggest mountain ranges of Eltya, almost always in a deep blanket of snow with freezing temperatures year round. They are they protectors of Keyon's Gate, the one thing keeping the Witch Queen imprisoned. Based on the Vikings and the Roman Empire.

Goke: Snow and Lan's kingdom. Not far from Dinvirty on the other side of the mountains, with a slightly more temperate climate. Mainly deep woods with some lakes and small rivers. A little bit less colder than Dinvirty, but still gets frequent snow and rain with very cool temperatures year round. Based on the Medieval Gothic Era.

The High Seas: Cass and Erica's region. A lawless land in the waters surrounding Eltya, including the lush but deadly tropical islands surrounding the main continent. Very hot with wild and rough seas, filled with very large and dangerous sea monsters. Based on the Golden Age of Piracy.

Dryklan: Max and Monty's kingdom. Settled in the second biggest mountain range of Eltya, the mountain mines filled with the purest ore and finest metals. Other than mountains there is the forests, one of which spreads into Greyvenhill. Temperate region on the warmer side, with lots of rain. Based on late 1700s/early 1800s French Aristocracy.

Farkle: Elliot and Hestia's kingdom. The fallen and long lost kingdom, overgrown with deep and cold pine forest and dangerous magical creatures, with villages on the outskirts. Temperate region but on the colder side, with frequent snow and wet weather. Based on Mid 1800s English countryside/The Last Russian Dynasties.

Greyvenhill: Sapphire and Raven's kingdom. Mostly in the middle of the continent and relatively flat with grasslands throughout and swamps towards the coast. Trading hub of the continent, with the most river and coastline out of the other kingdoms. Very hot with just enough rain to keep grass and trees alive, more humid towards the coast. Based on Authruian/Robin Hood Medieval era with a touch of Scottish/Celtic in there.

The Under: The Afterlife and Underworld. Desolate and devoid of life, everything down there is hellbent on making you suffer. Mortal souls rot away there until who they were in life is gone and they become demons themselves that serve the Dark King. Unbearably hot and dry. Based on Goblin Valley in Utah and the underground caves in New Mexico.

The Sands of Doom: The Witch Queen's imprisonment for roughly a thousand years. Completely devoid of life, with nothing but sand and tall thick cliffs on both sides. The only exit is a small gap in the mountains, closed off by the high wall called Keyon's Gate, guarded by the fiercest warriors in Dinvirty.

Other things:

Triveya has a pet dragon! His name is Torch, he's dark red, and he's basically a puppy with claws and teeth that breathes fire

Triveya also lives in a giant tree library complete with a fireplace and living space up top with a glass roof. She hundreds of books, mostly on magic

Hestia has servants that she made out of fire in her castle, because she got lonely and couldn't do the upkeep of the castle on her own. There's Embers, the genderfluid butler with their tiny lizard companion Coals, also made of fire. Then theres Flicker and Ashes, the cook and the maid.

Raven has a big family back in his home town. He has two big brothers both of which are in the army with him, and three little sisters (triplets). His parents own the tavern and inn of the small town, and his mom is the best cook for miles. Yes Raven is a total Momma's boy, that's why we love him.

Sapphire is based on a combination of Buttercup from Princess Bride, Anna from Frozen, and Giselle from Enchanted. (plus a little bit of me!)

I wante the vibes of Handsome and the Beast (Elliot and Hestia's book) to be Beauty and the Beast meets Anastasia with a sprinkle of the 12 Dancing Princesses in there

I want the vibes of Sleeping Beauty's Bodyguard (Raven and Sapphire's book) to be Maleficent meets Princess Bride

Elliot has a ten year old sister named Daisy. She's very playful and imaginative and Elliot is teaching her how to read

Snow seems like she's got it together and she's the one in the group with a braincell, but she's actually a dumbass and just chooses not to use the braincells she has sometimes. She's clever but she's also dumb as rocks

Lan is the main holder of the group braincell and they DANGEROUSLY close to losing it

Elliot's favorite book is the Eltyan equivalent of Twelfth Night

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When I finally manage to get BG3, I think Astarion is probably going to be the big one for me, broken sex neg chaotic elf vampire? He could be custom crafted for my likes. Angst and snark? 😍 I really do love elves. And vampires, which if you've read my books you probably already know that about me. Oh and the angstier the romance the better as long as I eventually get my HEA/HFN.

More blathering 😅 below the cut.

I'm looking forward to playing it for more than the characters. I played and adored the first two, though I honestly preferred Champions of Norath for mechanics. I've been role playing in video games and ttrpg for most of my life. Role playing as a 'normal' person ever since I figured out that I was definitely not the same as neurotypical people. Reasonably sure many autistic/ADHD folks share the experience. I'm looking forward to seeing what they did with the city and story.

Buuuut, I also thought I'd love Fenris from DA2 and I really ended up almost loathing him.

I've got ptsd, it's some of the most ridiculous stereotypical rep I've seen, I don't even drink! Many people with ptsd don't! And of course they haaaad to go with the alcoholic shut in when he's not murdering people thing. Ugh! Fenris is also so freaking mean. I didn't romance him at all because of it, but if you can't see a character's growth without romancing them, it's not very good characterization. He's especially vicious to Merrill, who is just so sweet and doesn't deserve to be talked to like that. Honestly, no one does. Wonderful growly voice which would do things to me if the character weren't so objectively awful, but a voice, even to a voice slut like me, isn't enough.) Yes, stereotypes do exist for a reason, but it's also why stereotypical rep is bad!

So I dunno, maybe I'll be right and Astarion will work for me. I also love the meaning of his name. 'Little star' from the Greek. It's been on my list as a future character name for years.

But Karlach might work depending on her personality. Gale is just pathetic enough from what I've seen to make me like him.

I dunno who it'll be tbh. I'm polyam too, so being able to be polyam in that game is a huge attraction for me. (Unfortunately, apparently you can't do that with Astarion and Karlach.)

Honestly, I don't get why everyone is so excited about having sex with Halsin in bear form. Have you seen bear penis? Thin, not very short for most species, and they have a bone in them. A bacula is what penis bones are called and humanoids notably do not have them anymore. The largest bear we know of currently is the badly endangered polar bear, and their baculas are roughly 7 inches long. That doesn't exactly scream it's gonna feel great, y'know? At least, 😅, not to me. All y'all do you. I'm not trying to kink shame.

It's just not a factor of attraction for me. TBH, I haven't seen much about Halsin at all. Which is kinda surprising given the fuss about 'sex in bear form' thing.

And yes, I'm very well aware how odd it may be for an aro/ace person to enjoy romance novels and games so much. It makes sense to me (sometimes) in a game or on page. It doesn't make sense in real life for me. I'm a sex positive ace, I can enjoy it with the right emotional or intellectual (ideally both) connections.

I'm also autochorisexual, so it makes sense that way too. I'm far more likely to fall for a fictional character than a living person.

Ugh. I wish I didn't have to wait for this game. But my birthday is coming up and I'm hopeful someone will get it for me. If not, I'll have to keep wishing. I'm still looking for a job, but it’s really not going well very quickly at all.

Shrugs. Everyone seems to act like aro/aces all hate romance and sex but that's definitely not been my experience. Some of us are sex neg, I have good friends who are, but I've talked to far more sex neutral or sex positive aces.

I really wish people valued creativity enough to pay for it more frequently. Just a living wage. That's legit all most creatives want. Enough money to pay the bills every month.

[mossytrashcan]

ready to agree with you ty's autistic representation is Probably Not Going To Get The Celebration And Empowerment We Deserve. ready to either vent about that or just ignore it completely, until tsc is just a tiny insignificant blip in your universe, the modern books at least. if that's what you or me or probably all of us need.

and i hope you're doing okay and absolutely no pressure to answer this ask, but i was curious. a little too curious to see what you think: is it just me or does like 60% of the tlh gang come across as autistic to you? james, christopher, potentially thomas, even maybe anna. like genuinely i don't think any of the whole gaggle (it's a big cast!!) are neurotypical except cordelia. even will and tessa don't exactly give off Neuronormative Vibes. like i know it isn't mentioned, but then again it's also 1903??? (and our current merged conceptualisation of the whole autistic spectrum is only from 2013--hate what that means for tda and likely twp but That Is A Different Rant). anyway to me they're for the most part decent, empowering, anti-ableist for the most part autistic rep. is it just my wishful thinking?

Anna is soooo autistic in my mind, her funky fresh gender, slay tendencies, random snake decor, and overall blunt vibes are so not neurotypical

Idk if I ever got autism vibes from James, but he def has like so many mental illnesses that he could have symptom overlap. Honestly, the whole tlh gang is just super neurodivergent w/ a touch of the tism

I do think it says something about CC’s ability to write autistic characters, too. She could totally pull off Ty flawlessly, she understands autism and neurodivergence very well, but she’s just refusing to??? I think she’s just in her own head about it and doesn’t realize how majorly important her autistic rep is

Also, I fully believe that the sudden gear shift to Dru/Ash (for TWP marketing) was because she just didn’t want to have to give Ty a major POV. She’s literally never shy’d away from MLM rep (Malec has their own entire series lol), and the fact that the fandom was delusional about it being homophobic makes me sooo mad. Like, it’s super obvious that she will do ANYTHING to not write a Ty pov. She prefers GHOSTS over him

[jojotichakorn]

I felt like you should know I was watching simm with my sister, and she clocked Khluen as autistic halfway into the first episode - she's also decided your opinions on Khluen are the most valid on this site o7

thank you so much, if there is anything user khabkhluen is an expert on, it is the character khabkhluen. he is the autistic rep we deserve, gods bless 🙏 that being said, why are you subjecting your sister to simm /j