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aurora-darling · 5 months ago

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Take me home

Zevlor x F!Reader/Tav (kind of?) | Halsin

okay, so im really sick and writing a love story for this fictional man is soup for my soul.

this is after the 'tiefling party/before the tieflings leave.' btw i think they wouldn't want to throw a bash. these people would still be traumatized and in no mood to par-tay.

the reader makes a choice and breaks a heart.

NSFW warning; sex stuff. ;)

Rain was always something you loved. It was a way to cleanse the soil, a renewal of sorts. Today however the rain was falling fast, with thick droplets that pounded into the clay. Your companions had decided to dedicate their time to packing camp while you got supplies for the refugees and yourself. However, the rain started to pour quickly and you ran toward the Grove for shelter. Once under shade, you sighed as you realized all the herbs you needed to pick were now lost.

You were lost in your thoughts, mostly of Zevlor and wanting the refugees to be as prepared as possible. You didn’t hear him approach you.

“I thought Faries danced naked in the rain.” You hear from behind.

You turn to see Halsin, grinning from pointed ear to pointed ear over his joke. His height towered your petite frame, your head barely reaching his chest. His hair was damp, the small droplets falling onto his Druidic armor. His chest is large, his chin resting on it as he looks down at you. His expression is soft, almost loving. You notice the scars across his face, from a female bear he told you. His devotion to Sylvanus painted intricatly on the right side of his face. You notice the beads of rain on his large arms, looking down at his large hands. He chuckles and crosses his arms over his chest. “Is that not in your nature, Fairy?” He jokes again, smiling bigger.

You shake the water from your hair, undo your braid, and look at the sky. “Not today Druid.” You rake your fingers through your hair. “Seems like the weather is angry.” You add. “Pity but I agree, not the best weather. There are also more important things I wish to discuss with you.” He says as you walk past him to sit on a bench under the Grove’s enclosure. You sigh and wipe off the mud from your legs with your hands.Halsin follows you and sits next to you, passing you a cloth. “Here. It is not much but it’ll do.” He says as you clean the water and mud from your skin. His gaze is on your hips and you’re unable to read his thoughts. “Thyewie ui.” You say, thanking Halsin in your native tongue as he can speak it too. He smiles “You’re welcome, little petal.” He says and ends it with his nickname for you.

Halsin knew you were a fairy from the moment you met. Your skin glowed at his presence, his devotion to nature warming your Fae blood. Your connection was powerful, and your desire for each other was just as intense. He needed you like the plants needed light. Thoughts of you plagued his mind, he prayed for a miracle from Sylvanus, and here you were. You had saved him from the Goblin camp and put an end to the rest of them fighting by his side.

In front of him.

Flesh and blood.

His light.

His miracle.

You knew you were always safe with him around, it was as if his soul's purpose was to protect your kind and your body knew that. You had to be careful, you knew the attraction between you two. It was like nature intended the two of you to be together.

You knew it.

Halsin knew that.

Zevlor too.

You handed Halsin his cloth and pulled your cloak around you. You felt the need to shield yourself from his eyes and turned to face the refugee camp. Every tiefling was busy packing, throwing everything they could into chests. Their excitement warming your heart but you sighed still, worried over their safety when traveling to Baldurs Gate. You rub your face with your hands, moving them to hold your mouth while you lose yourself in your thoughts. Zevlor and the refugees would be leaving and you had to stay with Halsin. He had yet to disclose his plan with you, only that you would be leaving with him once the refugees were gone and his replacement in power.

“Ervuisr?” Nervous? He asked.

“Yaveh.” You groan into your hands, and place your hands together in prayer. You whisper a small blessing over the party. Halsin touched your shoulder and you could feel the lump in your throat. Zevlor would be heartbroken.

You had to choose.

No matter how many times Zevlor asked you, the countless times he knelt at your feet and begged you to go with him, you said no. He would stay there in front of you, his face looking at the floor, and his shoulders low. He wouldn’t move in hopes you would change your mind but you would just reach for your Commander. He would nod, stand up and aplogize. He would sigh in defeat and you would try to explain but the moment you spoke Halsin’s name, Zevlor would shake his head. He would excuse himself from your presence and wouldn’t see him the rest of the night.

Halsin moved closer to you, his height casting a shadow over you. He could feel how upset you were, he felt the need to comfort you. “Petal.” He said, his knuckles softly stroking your shoulder. You shrug him away, looking for your pack. “I have potions to make. They’ll be leaving soon and-” You scratch your brows in frustration. “Hecte fehuir yaweur?” He asks in your language, leaning over you.

How can I help? He moaned in his thoughts. You could feel his need to help you fueling his passion. Halsin moved like he hunted his prey, his steps were swift and light for his size. He knew how to seduce you with his eyes, to keep you still in one spot.

Don’t you dare move, little deer. His eyes seemed to say. I’m here now, let me take care of it. He thinks and your heart thuds in your chest.

You froze and felt calm. At peace. His power to make you feel safe was incredible. Halsin moves to kneel in front of you, running his fingers over your curls. His caloused knuckles grazing your cheek. He asks you if they still practice tying a lock of your lover's hair to yours in your language. His eyes look at your neck, your lips and at last your eyes. “Yaveh.” Yes, you huff. Halsin chuckles and plays with a bead in your hair. “This little Fairy loves silver, hm?” He smiles, you can’t help but blush. He knew of your race and how you adored trinkets. Some Fae kept trinkets tied on their belt, some in their pockets. You loved silver jewelry in your hair and armor. The way it shined in the light, was so bright and powerful.

“Yaveh.” You say, not hearing the footsteps approaching behind you.

You hear someone clear their throat behind you.

“Ah, Archdruid Halsin. There you are.” You turn and see Zevlor behind you, his lieutinants behind him. “Our party will leave next morning.” He states, looking past you to Halsin.

“Safe travels.” Halsin replied, his hand on your back. You see Zevlor’s jaw twitch. You’re unable to read his expression and stand to speak to hin. “Zev-” You start to speak but are interrupted by Zevlor’s hand.

“Do not let me interrupt our Savior and her Archdruid.” He says, excuses himself. You could see the pain in his eyes and you felt the need to say something. Say anything, just tell him the truth. But you can’t. You were embarrassed.

Zevlor stands and walks away, looking over his shoulder at you before heading to the Gate.

You bit back tears as Halsin approached you, holding your pack and walking you toward your camp.

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Later that night, you were pacing in your tent. You wrapped yourself in your robe, frustrated and unable to sleep. Your companions were asleep, Halsin had gone over his plan, and you would be leaving soon. Still, you could not leave Zevlor without saying goodbye.

It didn’t take long before you found yourself heading to the Grove, your pace quickening as you walked under the gate and to the stone door. You traced your fingers over the moss and the door opened slowly. You saw the dimly lit chamber and held your breath when you saw Zevlor. He was leaning over his stone desk, looking over a map. His hair was down and hanging over his ears, his skin a deeper shade of crimson in this light. He was shirtless, only in his trousers. You bite your lips before you speak. “Beahat.”

Zevlor looks up at you immediately. “Aria.” He whispers and you dash toward him, seeing him jump over the desk to meet you halfway. “Aria, careful please.” He says as you place your hands on his chest. You feel his heart beating fast, his skin warm under your fingertips. His hands cup your face, his eyes looking at you lovingly. You blink slowly at him and are unable to hide your pained expression. He could read you like a book. “What’s wrong?” He asks, his arms wrapping around you.

Tell me, baby. He lays his head on the top of yours, rocking you slowly.

He pulls back to glance over your neck and chest for any wounds from Astarion. “I-” You start to say and your eyes meet his. Your heart breaks at the state he’s in. The amber flame in his eyes was dull, his eyes swollen. He had been crying. His lips had small wounds from his fangs chewing at them. Hells, even his knuckles were swollen and bloody. You looked around and saw his bed roll looked twisted and contorted, you knew he was having trouble sleeping too. You look back up at him. “I love you.” You say.

He smiles and picks you up, your legs immediately lock onto him. He spins you around while you kiss him breathlessly, unable to speak. “ I can’t-” He started. “Let you-” He tried again. “Go-” And again. “Please don-” He pleaded. “Fuck.” You bite softly onto his bottom lip and suck gently. He moaned, his hands grabbing your ass while he carries you to his desk. He sits you down, pulling your arms over his shoulders. His hands roamed your robe, squeezing every part of your flesh. “So soft.” He moaned, his flame-filled eyes coated with lust. You squirm at his touch, your legs wrapping around his waist, your fingers playing with his hair. His face leaned over your neck, his mouth leaving fiery kisses. “So beautiful.” His hands pushed your robe down to expose your breasts. His confidence had grown since your first night together.

“Did you miss me, baby?” Zevlor whispers, his tail wrapped around you tight. “Tell me.” He asks, your legs squeezing him tighter at his command. He holds your face in his hand, his claw pulling down your lip. You let your mouth slowly open, his thumb rubbing over your tongue. “Let me hear it, baby.” He coaxes your mouth open for his tongue and kisses you deeply. He runs one hand through your hair and his claws against the side of your head making you shiver. His other hand is at your knee, pushing your legs open further. He leans forward and rests his hard length against you. You lay back on the desk and look up at him, your hands next to your head.

“I don’t want you to leave me.” You say, your blue eyes staring at his.

Zevlor growls and looks over your body. “I won’t let you.” He says and slides your robe up your legs, exposing you to the cold chamber air. He growls at your lack of undergarments. “Did my girl come here without any panties?” He teases, and kneels before you. You feel Zevlor breathe in sharply as he spreads you further for him. “Yes..” You moan in anticipation of his mouth on your sex. Zevlor would prepare you before taking you, always.

Don’t let anyone else see you like this, baby. You hear his mind moan.

You feel his tongue dart into you, slowly licking every angle. He ate slow, he wanted to taste you. This was something he never rushed with you, his eyes were always watching you. He would smile wide as nothing pleased him more than watching you come undone for him. You feel his hands hold your legs up, and you watch his nose rub the bead of your pussy. You moan at the sight of his face between your legs, your Commander at his knees for you. He catches your gaze and kisses your pussy. Smiling when you whimper. “Feeling good?” He laughs, and you cover your face in embarrassment. He stands up, leaning over you again.

He clicks his teeth and shakes his head, his hand pulling yours away from your face. “Let me see my sweetheart.” He says, smiling softly at you. You move your hands to rest under your chin, your elbows pushing your breasts together.

Zevlor looks down at them and groans. “Fucking hells. How do I deserve this?” He moans and rakes his fangs over his lip. “May I?” He asks, and leans over your breast, hovering his mouth close to your skin. His breath makes your pink nipple harden, you can see his scarlet skin glowing in the candlelight. You stutter a ‘yes’ and see Zevlor chuckle.

“No, no babygirl. I need you to tell me I can.” He says smiling and looking up at you. Gods, his eyes could command you to do anything. “I love you so much.” You whine, your fingers reaching out for his mouth. You push against his lips and moan when you touch his fangs. Zevlor grunts as he instinctively grinds into you, his member leaving a wet patch on his trousers.

Zevlor moves his face over yours, his fingers curling your hair between them. He smiles as you turn your face to kiss his wrist. You always needed to touch him in one way or another. He smiled as he thought of him in his office, working at his desk, you sitting in his lap. You would wear nothing but a sheer gown alone with him, he wanted to see every part of you.

Are you ready? He asks in his mind and you nod, seeing the flame in his eyes flicker. He removes his shirt and frees his cock from his trousers. His hands are under your knees, holding your legs apart. He holds the head of his cock against your small opening and opens his mouth. You watch as his long tongue drips saliva onto the bead of your clit. “This is mine. Understood?” He asks you, rubbing his cock against your lips. You were ashamed of the noise you made.

Zevlor chuckles and moans, pushing the head of his cock inside you. “Good girl.” He says, wiping his hand on your thigh and picking your ass up. You feel him slide in with ease, your juices coating his entire length, and he grunts while leaning over you. This is something he can’t get enough of; you under him while he pleases you. “My heart.” He says as he shivers in pleasure. He moves slowly in and out of you, his hands gripping your waist.

He watches you move, your moans, that beautiful way you grab at anything on the desk. He laughs and leans back over you, quickening his pace. Gods, he loves making you feel good. He watches you gasp and moan his name, you’re writhing under him. He chuckles and pulls out slowly, only to enter you quickly. Teasing you. His goal was to find that sensitive spot inside you. The one that brought you to climax, to tighten around him, to call him your commander.

Your lover.

Your husband.

Zevlor loved nothing more than to have someone loving the pleasure he brought them. He would never tell you the times he was never good enough, his position never high enough for someone to desire him. Hells, even his role as a Paladin was never enough. No one desired him, and he would often pay for pleasure.

But you desired him, and he couldn’t get enough.

It was your praises that he loved the most, his confidence growing with each word. “Feels so.. Good.” You would moan. He cracked his neck and rolled his hips between your legs, his tail holding one leg down his palm flat on the other. “More please.. Zev..” You would grip his strong arms, your legs shaking around his wasit. “Is this good?” He asked, his thumb massaging your clit. You tightned around his cock and mumbled nonsense, your mind going blank. “Avccase.” He says your name, his thumb rubbing wider. “Like this?” He asks again, and you moan your walls clenching him. “Yaveh.” You moan yes, your hands holding your breasts. You knew what he wanted you to say, you could feel his emotions.

Marry me, please.

Would you want a child?

Would you have mine?

I want to make you happy. You could hear his heart pouring out to you.

Your heart fluttered at his words and you sat up to hold him. Just like before with every breathless kiss, you confessed to Zevlor. “A baby-” You moan, your arms around his neck. He growls against your mouth, unable to speak. His pace quicked, his cock pushing deeper into you. “Please-” You beg and feel his hands holding your ass. “I want-” You break free of his kiss to say the last part “Marry me…” You moan loudly and hear Zevlor groan before coating your walls with his seed. You can’t help but shake as your tired legs collapse on the desk.

Zevlor chuckles and pulls out of you, focusing on helping you dress first. “If we were at home, I wouldn’t let you get dressed.” He says and kisses your shoulder. You smile at the thought of living with him. You dress in your robe and tie it around your waist. You pull your gold curls out and let them fall on your chest. Zevlor inhales sharply. “Oh? Well, I hope you know I run freezing. I would need something to keep me warm every night.” You tease, looking up at him. “I’ll assist with that.” He smiles, kisses your forehead, and pulls his trousers up.

You sit up and look at your commander. You smiled at the way he combed his hair back with his claws. He was so beautiful. You watched as he explained the travel route to you, explaining the paths they could take. You were listening but paying more attention to his mannerisms. The way he opens up to you, letting his guard down and sharing his passion with you. He loved being a leader. He moves to pick up books and scrolls that were knocked off the desk from your lovemaking. You rest your head on your knee and stare at his horns. You were fascinated by them, drawn to them.

To him.

Your heart pained at the idea that the next morning you would be apart. He catches you staring and walks to kneel in front of you. He kisses your knees and doesn’t notice as you cut a lock of your hair to tie to his. You run your fingers through his hair, stroking the bottom of his horns. “Your touch could bring anyone to their knees.” He says and groans against your touch. You smile and twirl a piece of his hair in your fingers.

“There is a tradition back home.” You say, and start to braid your hair into his. “That loved ones, whether it be family or partners-” You say, blinking back tears. “Kept a part of each other with them. Always.” You finish the braid and bite your lip, your hands at the sides of his face. Your thumbs softly rub his infernal cheeks, his black and amber eyes staring up at you with nothing but trust. You would have to break his heart.

You couldn’t go with him.

“Please, Aria.” He says, taking your hands in his. “Come with us. I can get everyone to Baldurs Gate and we can come back to help Halsin.” He pleads, his hands are shaking. “I promise to take you back. Come with me, please. I beg you.” He pleads, holding your hands tightly. You sigh and look down at them, speaking as softly as you can.

“I can’t, Zevlor.” You say, looking at the floor. You are afraid to look at him, his hands drop yours and you can feel the lump in your throat.

“What is it about Halsin that has you so devoted to him?” He snaps, backing up to look at you. His arms are crossed over his chest, his face the same expression he had with Aradin. He looks at you, his eyes never leaving your face. You sigh, rubbing your face in frustration, and pull your robe around you tighter. “I do love-” You start to say but he cuts you off. “But Halsin needs you.” He says and heads to his desk, stacking scrolls together and placing them in the chest behind him.

You both stay silent, not a single sound except the crackle of the torch in the dark. “Zevlor.” You finally say, and step forward to reach out to him. He sighs and slams the lid closed, his hands resting on top. “I don’t understand.” He says, his back still turned to you. “What is this desperate need to help Halsin right now?” He adds, turning to face you. “Why couldn’t you come back later? With me?” His face is angered, his fangs bared. “I prayed for you too, I dreamt of you!” He yells, pointing at his chest. “I fucking need you too. But I’m not enough am I?” He continues, his voice loud. “You say you love me but you let a monster, no a murderer, feast on you like livestock. You let him suck on your neck, bite you like he’s eating you and you let him-” He huffs and shakes his head in frustration. “Wonder what you would let Halsin do?” He mumbles. You let tears fall down your cheeks and see him come to kneel before you.

“Aria. I’m sorry, I just want you to be with me. Please. I’ll do anything.” He says, falling to his knees in front of you. His eyes were filled with tears too.

You placed your hand at the top of his head, his hair falling over his face. Your fingers stroked the curves of his horns, the tough ridges against your soft skin. “Beahat, this isn’t just about helping Halsin. The Gods-” You say and feel him pull back from you to stand up. “Oh, to hells with the Gods.” He spits, stepping away from you, and rubs the back of his neck. “I’m never going to convince you am I?” He laughs at his pain, his hand resting on his shoulder. He kicks a small stone across the chamber.

“Fine. Leave then.” He says, stepping to his bedroll. “Zevl-” You step toward him, your feet bare on the stone floor. You move only a few steps before he snaps at you again. “I said leave.” He adds, refusing to look at you. You would not leave on bad terms. You refused.

“Zevlor, please.” You say again and see him scoff, shaking his head. “Please what? I have nothing else to give you Aria so get out. If you don’t, I will.” He angrily packs his bed, clothes, and garments into the chest. You could see dawn approaching through the cracks in the ceiling. They would be departing soon.

“I want you. I do I just-” You try to explain your feelings, being torn between him and doing what you were destined for. “Just what?” He snaps, slamming the lid on his chest again. “You have three men and want more?” He marches past you to the stone door. You reach out to grab his arm and he scoffs, pulling his arm away. “Don’t fucking touch me.” He snaps and the flame in his eyes is gone, only the amber color remains. “Zevlor, I’m sorry.” You plead, your rosy cheeks covered in tears. You collapse on your knees as hear the stone door open and close.

You were alone.

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ourflagmeansgayrights · 1 year ago

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ofmd s2e2 rewatch where i pause to jot down my thoughts and other random shit

not quite a reaction post, not quite a liveblog. this post is gonna be unpolished and messy bc this is the only way i know to process my emotions abt these episodes enough that i can actually start talking coherently about them.

s2e1, s2e2, s2e3, s2e4, s2e5, s2e6, s2e7, s2e8

did not notice the first time around that buttons is sleeping with his legs sticking up resting against the side of the ship. king.

WHY DID THEY USE A DIFFERENT TAKE OF THE YOU WEAR FINE THINGS WELL SCENE WHAT PURPOSE DOES THIS SERVE. THIS HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR DAYS.

oh god the face stede makes after he breathes out all wistfully is so pained... ogughuhg heartbreak......

why is the groom cake topper dirty ed were you kissing it. ed. edward.

hNNNG ed pushing the painted bride figurine closer..... im gonna throw up

ed!! rolling over and crying!!! TAIKA HOW ARE YOU SO GOOD AT LOOKING SO FUCKING SAD THIS SHIT HURTS ME

like i can literally feel the tears burning in his eyes. the way his chest starts shaking with sobs but he's managing to keep the sobs in for like one more second. he's trying so hard to hold it in and i've cried like this before and it physically HURTS

also oughg the song. run from me baby... run my good wife... run from me baby..... you better run for your life........ ED THINKS THAT'S WHAT STEDE DID!!! RAN AWAY FROM HIM!!!!! and he thinks that was stede running for his life bc like, he thinks he's inherently monstrous and unlovable and hnnnnnnnnngggg. ed teach go to therapy challenge.

the crew responding to zheng's wake-up bell is so relatable. me when my alarm goes off at 6am

ok so the running bit where stede's crew has never heard of China before. is kinda weird to me. and honestly it kinda runs back to what zheng said in the last episode "one thing i've learned in my time here: you people know so little" about nobody knowing how valuable indigo is. like the show is portraying your average caribbean pirate as really ignorant and only like, ed stede and fucking ricky are on par with zheng yi sao. and i mean knowledge doesnt equate to intelligence so like the indigo thing i didnt really bat an eye at but when it was played for comedy with olu not knowing how to pronounce china i was like... hm. but the season's just started so maybe im reading too much into it but idk. it's a weird writing choice to me.

loving how at the start of last season the crew almost mutinied bc stede was a soft captain but now roach is out here embracing how all of them are "tender as hell."

love how lucius and pete have their romantic reunion chat just. fully in front of an audience

stede looks. so upset. watching lupete kiss. this man misses his boyfriend so fucking bad

lucius not even trying to hide how much he Does Not want to be stuck with stede in towels

also hi the sky in this scene is so pink. it was blue when buttons was doing tai chi so i guess this is sunset. day one complete.

buttons confirmed sea witch one of the best scenes in s2 so far. intrigued by auntie saying "i have looked for you far and wide" like are there other sea witches and auntie only wanted buttons?? or is buttons literally the only sea witch in the world. i want the lore.

ed. eddie eddie edward. ed my beloved babygirl. i would fuckinggg die for you

ok but also there is literally no way frenchie didnt see ed when he walked in like ed is standing Right There. i love when directors do stuff like this tho it's so funny to me. "ok joel just walk in there and pretend like you dont see taika standing literally right in front of you"

just noticed ed was polishing the handle to the wardrobe (the main wardrobe) right there. he's tidying up. getting his affairs in order before he— *i break down into inconsolable sobbing*

i wont like tho it was very funny to me when we finally got this full scene and ed's "and no more stede" turned out to be "no more izzy." very fun for me

god i LOVE when we get pirate code shit. none of these rules ever make sense it's always just whatever works for the plot's sake. "that's the code of the sea: the new first mate always kills the old first mate. it's always been like that" i don't think it was literally ever like that i think the writers decided that making up this bullshit rule would add drama to the situation. it's like how pirates can win duels by rendering their opponent's sword inoperable (as if pirates ever had like ritualistic duels). or next episode when zheng yi sao is gonna kill them for mutinying against ed. i love how all the logistics of the plot are always some handwavy-bullshit bc the show just Does Not Care about this shit. this is the ed and stede show and everything else is just superfluous set dressing

we were all fixated on lucius living in the walls none of us predicted that it could be izzy living in the walls

"start with his leg see where it goes" frenchie what does this MEAN

archie thinking jim was asking which leg to cut off and just. answering the question genuinely. is so fucking real lmao me too girl

JIM PUTTING THEIR HAND OVER ARCHIE'S TO BRACE THEMSELF BEFORE THEY START CUTTING INTO IZZY'S LEG... the romances on this show are unparalleled

archie when izzy's leg starts gushing: aye yai yai!

stede telling everyone in laundry abt his whole romance with blackbeard. and stede telling zheng and auntie abt blackbeard when he thought they were just soup sellers. you KNOW stede's been telling literally everyone he meets abt how he's looking for his beloved ed.

lol ok but cuba was not written on the map in the one shot and then stede says "oh, hang on, he might be in cuba!" and it cuts back to the map and he underlines the word "cuba" which somehow mysteriously appeared on the map while stede was chatting. 10/10 no notes

also GOD do i relate to stede so hard sometimes. it did not even occur to stede to ask lucius how he's been until lucius points it out and then he's like "oh! right! how are you??" and he does genuinely care but he was just so absorbed in his own shit it did not occur to him to ask. like. ohhhh baby does that hit home

LUCIUS DRAMATICALLY PAUSING IN THE DOORWAY WHEN STEDE TELLS HIM TO WAIT. HIS HANDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DOOR AND HIS HEAD BENT. THIS FUCKING DRAMA QUEEN I LOVE HIM!!!!

LLOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER "oh, yeah. now you care?" AND THNE SHAKING HIS HEAD AS HE WALKS AWAY god i LOVE this soap opera

ok but buttons looks very confused when auntie says "i see you've adopted the humble form of a man" and then she hands him the book abt shapeshifting. like did she know that he doesnt know how to change form or what.

auntie asks buttons to bless their travels. anyway this is how stede somehow didnt get everyone killed in e1 despite the fact that they were at sea for a few months and he had no idea what the fuck he was doing.

LOVE auntie's little... yell? whimper?? before shuffling away nervously. incredible performance.

also the spellbook thing is in chinese. pretty cool how buttons knows how to read chinese.

ed jumpscare 2!

frenchie's "fire away. not literally, i hope" I MISSED THAT THE FIRST TIME KJSGHKFJDGHJHK WHAT A GREAT FUCKING LINE

love how irl frenchie using the wrong hand for that throat-slitting pantomime would be unimportant but the show acts like that's something that could actually give frenchie away bc they need to really nail home the fact that Ed Is A Fucking Genius

another thing ed is: INCREDIBLY HOT. he is being intimidating and evil to frenchie rn and i am very very into it.

obsessed with archie casually picking some random gore off her hand

also obsessed with how jim is just poking at izzy's leg. they learned how to butcher animals as a kid tho so i guess they're not really grossed out by severed body parts lmaoo

also also obsessed with how izzy would absolutely have not survived this at all. i love this show

list part 2:

ok im sorry but "he's our dick" does not feel earned to me. like they use that fantastic shot of the whole crew in episode 6 last season but what's crucial abt that shot is izzy isn't hanging out with the crew. he's sitting away in the corner monologuing abt how he thinks maybe ed might not want to kill stede.

i do think it's significant tho that jim wasn't there for izzy at his worst aka threatening to withhold rations for laughing at him. like they weren't part of the vote to mutiny against izzy. but frenchie was and frenchie was like "start with his leg see where it goes" which does not seem like he's really that invested in keeping izzy alive.

also it's weird how we don't see fang at all for this bit with hiding izzy in the walls. like he would be the one i'd expect to have the strongest connection to izzy bc he knew izzy before the show started and he was hugging and comforting izzy last episode.

anyway imo jim keeping izzy alive is more abt them missing when they were on the ship with olu and the whole crew and the ship was like a family, not necessarily abt feeling loyalty to izzy specifically. i could be wrong tho who knows.

one thing i do know is that it is VERY important to point out how jim is struggling really hard with everything, archie is not. she wasnt there for the co-captaining era at all and she seems to be rolling with everything like it's all expected. this includes the wedding raid and ed pointing a gun at her last season and stuff. even now she's mostly just confused by why jim is bothering to try and keep izzy alive. but she acts like the amputation and the violence are all what she expected.

yay kissing!! with the shit stuffed up their nose and covered in blood and jim still holding the leg GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW

hnng when archie says "you have... hope" jim's jaw tenses and they visibly swallow after the word "hope." god jim is going through it

"the wooden demon boy that thirsted for life" god i love this game of telephone that the show is playing with pinocchio it's so fucking funny

archie definitely still says a few syllables after "no i was cleaning up blood" while jim was leaning in for another kiss but none of it forms a coherent word. relatable.

ed's "ohhhhohoho. ohoho" is so funny to me. this man is so jealous that other people are getting to kiss ppl they like but not him.

hm archie and jim are not actually kissing when we cut to the shot of ed standing in the stairwell. i imagine this is an editing goof or something

jim and archie pulling away like two kids who got caught kissing under the bleachers during gym class or something. incredible. one of jim's nose plug rags is mysteriously missing now. i think archie ate it.

ed shushing frenchie. nothing to say here but "i need him carnally"

"take the fuckin leg" ed does NOT like mess!!!

"he was your friend" well jim. he might have been ed's friend. but he had a very strange way of showing it.

why does it sound like ed has spurs on his boots

OLU IS SO CUTE I CANT BLAME ZHENG FOR BEING LIKE "you're doing so good at filing thanks so much!!" WHEN HE'S ACTIVELY FUCKING EVERYTHING UP

also. i want to know about auntie's filing system. ahead of it's time, you say?? tell me more. hi my name is jess and i love sorting things

ah yeah olu mispronouncing china moment

olu and zheng are cute tho ngl

roach is having an orgasmic experience drinking soup. very relatable.

love that stede called the broth "insane" like fics so often get stede's voice wrong bc he will randomly say casual slang in a way that contradicts his general s1 vibe of stuffy frilly rich guy. but he's more like your average dad whose general grammar when speaking is pretty outdated but he's also trying to use slang to fit in with his kids

oh god stede is trying so hard with lucius it is giving SUCH awkward dad vibes. "when i was young and edgy" and "mr. cool" STEEEEDE

"my spicy little rat boy" im so sad that lucius hates that pet name bc this is the funniest thing black pete's ever said

aw nooooo the way pete jumps when lucius yells at him :(:(:(

yo wee john has like a wristband with all these sewing needles and shit stuck on it that's such a cool costume detail

the first thing izzy says after waking up is "my leg" and in my head im hearing it in the spongebob meme voice

first: very funny how ed responds "yeah!" like, laughing about the whole. amputation thing. and then secondly i am obsessed with "up in Leg Heaven" he is so fucking quirky. i love him.

"have you come to take the other one" yeah you'd probably enjoy that huh izzy.

love ed's dangly earring. gender.

smthng abt how izzy is instantly exhausted and dismissive when ed tells izzy to take the gun vs how ed was also bored and dismissive when izzy said "i have love for you." idk if there's anything there im just making tenuous connections in my head rn

help. ed clenching his fists when he's standing with his back to izzy. he really wants izzy to do it but also even deeper than that he really doesn't he wants to live

izzy starts to laugh the same way he started to cry last episode with like a really loud sudden gasp of air. also he laughs so weirdly jesus christ

also jesus this is so fucking dark. i mean obviously but im fucking reeling right now from ed trying to get izzy to kill him and izzy's response is just "do it yourself you fucking pussy." fuck.

more thoughts on this scene here

"i loved you... best i could" i actually dont have a lot of thoughts abt this at all aside from it just seems like a weird thing for ed to say. idk. i have a few metas abt this saved that ive been meaning to read so maybe that will help me deconstruct this but i think i'd need more time to figure out why this line feels weird to me. it could literally just be that i dont like blackhands at all but idk. probably not gonna unpack my feelings for a while tho bc in terms of everything i want to dig into from these 3 episodes alone this is at the bottom of that list lol

love how ed tells frenchie "go live" right before he steers them into a storm and tries to doom everyone on the ship.

"two messed-up kids probably" i know this is one of those things that some viewers are just always gonna have a problem with but it's so fucking funny to me how stede is like. never seeing his children again. and is like "yeah they're probably traumatized by how i was a bad father. well that's for mary and doug to deal with!"

lucius winking when he calls stede quite the fuck-up. i love this snarky gay

anyway for how fucked up the vibe is on ed's ship at least they weren't playing human puppet or making people catch rats with their teeth

shit this is longer than the last post. anyway list part 3:

ok i completely forgot abt this scene where the crew back on the Revenge is talking in the hallway before they go confront ed but i think it's rlly interesting how jim is the only one who says anything abt how ed's sudden cheery mood is NOT a good thing. fang is like "do we think he's better?" and jim's like "fuck no!" and frenchie's like "idk he seemed pretty calm to me." like this is so fucking juicy to me. jim knew this wasn't "better." i think this is because jim kinda gets it. they know what it's like to be told you're only meant for violence. and they know what it's like to want something softer. last season i probably wouldnt have said jim understood ed's suicidal tendencies but the way jim KNOWS that this isnt better makes me wonder if they understand this, too.

altho when they go outside and ed is like "it's a bad storm! and i took the wheel! and im gonna fire into the mast! we're all gonna die!!" jim yells "what do you want, you piece of shit!" (in spanish) so maybe they dont get the suicide bit of it. but they did understand that ed wasn't better.

oh ed's voice in "what do i want?" is so whiny and sad. babygirl is fucking going through it. good thing the rain is hiding his tears ahaha. ha.

"all love dies im just hastening the process" objectively this is fucked up but also it is so funny to me that he's like "i got dumped so now nobody else is allowed to be happy and in love." he broke up all the couples at the end of s1 and he raided a fucking wedding. babygirl i love you. you are so unwell

VERY RANDOM THOUGHT and i would have to go back to last episode double check but i dont think any of the background crew are women?? it's just archie??? which kinda bums me out a bit like i dont only want female rep in the main cast i want to see random background women too. i could be entirely wrong abt this tho just in this scene i only see dudes in the background

anyway archie being like "alright i guess we're fighting" bc this is archie's normal. archie is just kinda resigned to her life being shit.

stede crossing out "dead" and circling "alive" is so fucking funny to me hfjkhdjvgdfjk like. manifesting.

but also he does kinda manifest that in the next episode doesnt he?? he loves ed back to life ahaha oh god oh fuck *starts sobbing*

"looks like he's gotten back into arson" okay and??? wee john's an arson enthusiast also, cmon lucius dont judge a man for his hobbies

stede's fucking face when he considers what lucius said abt "maybe his time with you is the best it's gonna get for him" like i think he tries to think abt it and just. cant. he cant fucking accept that. god im gonna throw up.

HNNNNG THE RUN FROM ME SONG COMING BACK IM GONNA LOSE MY SHIT

i cant get over how archie is like. yeah bro it's fine. it's cool just kill me im not gonna hold it against you.

jim's like "YOU WERE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY!!" and ed's like "teehee yeah :3 u got me"

oh bro some of the random background crew people just fully go overboard huh. damn. rip those guys.

ok so im choosing to believe that izzy fired a lucky shot there bc the man couldn't even shoot himself point blank in the skull but im supposed to believe that he got ed right in the arm from the other side of the deck in the middle of a crazy storm and the ship rocking like crazy and izzy's probably suffering from like, insane amounts of blood loss?? i dont buy it. i mean it doesnt matter at all but i think he was trying to hit ed's general torso area and if ed didnt have his arm held out izzy would've missed. like i said tho this makes no fucking difference. it's just a fun little headcanon hehe

love how ed laughs like an absolute maniac here. babygirl u are so unhinged.

wait it's fucking wild how in the middle of all this we to cut to auntie putting the map back together and then we see that zheng is bringing her fleet over land. anyway this is foreshadowing obviously but like considering the song choice and cutting this between ed's suicide attempt and then the crew mutinying. is a choice. and idk why they made that choice yet.

it is a pretty dramatic reveal tho. i didnt appreciate that the first time but holy shit. she's just pulling her ships all the way to the caribbean. girlboss.

and then the mutiny. the relief on ed's face hurts me so fucking much

other thoughs about this scene here

HOLY SHIT THIS POST CREDITS SCENE AHHHHHH

so first of all. auntie saying olu can be allowed to clean up random hairs around the desk and zheng being like "there's not that much hair" girl you know you're lying. her hair is so long and so gorgeous and you KNOW random strands end up making scary-ass hair spiders if somebody doesn't regularly sweep things up

second of all: olu pretending there's a carrier bird with a messege for zeng to give her a break is SO CUTE. OLU. OLU YOU ARE SUCH A SWEETHEART.

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Dreams into Reality

Thorin x Tay

Warnings: Cute moment, thats about it

Summary: Finally relaxing and feeling up to par after getting shot by the arrow, Tay feels comfortable with the dwarves during their Rivendell stay. Dancing, singing, and a moment between Thorin and Tay.

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"Lass, that is a mighty fine dress on you, the color suits you perfectly!" Gloin compliments as I nod softly to him as a thank you, "Aye lass! Why don't you give us a spin so we can see it in full?" Bofur's voice can be heard, I turn and look at him, shaking my head softly.

"I'm going to have to decline that dear Bofur," I spoke with a soft voice, "I don't spin, nor do I dance, so don't ask about that either."

"Aw come on lass! What if I sang a song? We just want one spin," he countered, I gave the hat wearing dwarf a small, almost unnoticeable nod to which he noticed and quickly climbed up onto the table, and starts to sing.

"There's an Inn, there's an inn there's a merry old inn

beneath the old grey hill and there they brew a beer so brow

the man on the moon himself came down one night to drink his fill

Ooh, the ostler has a tipsy cat

that plays a five-stringed fiddle

and up and down he saws him bow

Now squeaky high

now purring low

now sawing in the middle"

I start spinning around, dancing along with his singing, and the other dwarves clapping, letting out my own laughs just as Fili jumps up and pulls me to dance along with him, I let out another laugh before I start singing along with him, along with the others

"So, the cat on his fiddle played hey-diddle-diddle

A jig that would wake the dead

He squeaked and sawed and he quicked the tune

While the landlord shook by the Man in the Moon

'It's after three!' he said"

Everyone all laughed throwing food at Bofur and cheering him on, I pull away from Fili with a smile, bowing gently before standing up straight, "aye, I agree with Gloin, that color does suit you perfectly," Fili grins, I shake my head rolling my eyes softly, "you dwarves need your eyes checked, I'm going to see if my clothes are cleaned... I need out of this dress."

I move away from the dining hall and move towards the gardens, not quite heading to change because I knew my clothes wouldn't be finished yet, I just needed an escape and what better way than the gardens of Rivendell.

"You like to be alone, don't you?" A voice speaks up from behind me, causing me to jump slightly, turning around to see Thorin, I turn back around shaking my head gently, "It's not the I like to be alone, I just love the stars and you can see them better from the garden," I quip back looking back up to the stars above me. I feel his presence next to me as he sits down next to me. "You don't have to lie to me," his voice hinted that he had a smile on his face and I rolled my eyes lightly.

"My dear king Thorin, thinking I would lie to you?" My voice questions as I face him, shaking my head gently, "the stars... they're the one thing besides mountains that I loved back in my world, they brought me hope," I whisper, "helped me believe that despite my battles, I'm still burning bright as ever."

I could see his smile from the moon that lit above us, and I couldn't help but grow my own before turning back and facing the sky, I let out a content sigh before I move to lay in the grass, giggling softly, "oh this is the softest grass I've felt in ages," I wasn't expecting the head-strong king to fall beside me on the grass, "I have to agree with you, this grass is very soft." His voice was rough, yet I could sense a soft side that only came out when it was just us.

"Tay.." he started softly as he looked at the sky, I turned my head to the side so I could see him better as he spoke, just to see that he was already looking at me, "you're the most beautiful thing I have ever seen," that cause my heart to quicken, "especially in those colors, mahal I don't..." his voice trails off and he looks away from me.

I jump slightly when I hear the others start to sing and dance again, I chew at my cheek, trying to think about what he had said until I see him stand up, holding his hand out to me.

"Dance with me." I could tell that it wasn't really a question, so gingerly I take the dwarfs hand, feeling a small spark of something causing my eyes to quickly find his, before he pulls me up, i let out a small gasp as he pulls me into him, before moving his other hand to my hip, after he rested mine on his shoulder.

I feel his feet start to glide us slowly into a sway, causing my heart to flutter and a feeling in my stomach erupt.

'Butterflies? Is the king of the Blue Mountains giving me butterflies?!'

As we sway along with the music, nothing else matters in that moment, the music started to fade, and all I felt was thorin near me, the smell of Pine, rain and mud surrounding him, as if he hadn't taken a bath, but part of me was comforted by it, the smell of him was comforting.

"I want you to know... Lady Tay, I'll always be here for you. Whatever you need, whenever you need it. Just don't be scared to come to me," his voice whispered next to my ear as he bent down slightly, his hot breathe scattered against my neck as he spoke.

With those words, his touch disappeared as he did as well, he bowed slightly before he walked into the night, my eyes following him as he did, the smile on my face not fading as it does.

"Careful," a voice whispered slightly.

Quickly turning to the voice I spot Dwalin and Balin standing at the edge of the garden, "what do you mean?"

"Your smile, you look like you're about to fall in love," Balin smiled as he walked away causing my eyes to quickly look back to see if I could spot Thorin.

I couldn't possibly be falling for the king this hard? At first I thought it was maybe my crush on him from my reality, but was is causing me to feel that way here, or was something else happening to me?

I shake my head softly, before moving towards the room the elven maiden had shown me to before taking me to the feast.

"get a grip Tay, he's a king for Mahal's sake!" I growl kicking a support beam rather roughly causing my ankle to feel the pain behind it, "oh you idiot... you hopeless romantic idiot.. the king doesn't love you, you're the only woman on the quest, it's just a matter of who's where during when." Talking to myself as I work my way to my room, not really listening to what's going on around me as the rest of the dwarves are making fires out of the elven chairs, smoking, and drinking fresh Elven ale.

"Bombur catch!" Bofur calls to his brother and I hear a big crash I quickly run to my room, wishing to not be a part of that when the elves find them.

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Why are rain frogs so round? What's /inside/ of them around such an itty bitty skeleton?

So it turns out this is a really interesting question.

The first thing we must be aware of is that rainfrogs as we see them in videos of them squeaking are not quite the same shape as they are when at rest:

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But you are quite right, they are very round. This is exemplified by the skeletal photo you refer to:

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So what are we seeing?

Well, firstly, note that the body cavity in these frogs actually envelops the femurs, such that only the tibiofibula (fused in frogs) and the tarsals and metatarsals are outside the body. The arms are quite similarly enveloped, but a bit of the humerus does extend outside the body cavity too. This predisposes them to a rounder body shape.

Next, note the ilia - the U-shaped bone in the pelvic region. These in some breviceptid frogs are synostotically fused with the sacrum - that is to say, they are bound by bone-based connections to the bow-shaped vertebra at their tips. This whole joint seems to be quite smooth, and as a consequence, the back of the frog is quite smooth. The other thing we can see here is that the urostyle (i.e. the frog version of a coccyx) juts quite far beyond the ischium and pubis. This extends the body cavity beyond the hips. Note also that the pelvic girdle seems to be largely below the spine, rather than the typical position for frogs behind it and continuous with it. This makes the legs sit below the spine, rather than at its end, enhnacing the vertical roundness of the animal.

Next, let’s talk some soft tissue. Now, I’m not as familiar with soft-tissue in frogs as I am their skeletons, so you’ll have to bear with me a bit (rawr). Beddard (1908!!) studied the soft tissue of Breviceps verrucosus Rapp 1842. It seems that the majority of the body of these frogs is actually muscle. Beddard noted that muscles join the leg at the knee that extend into the body cavity, such that the inclusion of the thigh in the body cavity is further accentuated by musculature. The rectus abdominalis muscle is unusually large, extending from the lower abdomen up and around the sides of the body. Indeed, this large size appears to be the pattern with all of the major muscles, though in the throat the typical arrangement of large and small muscles is somewhat reversed. On the lateral side of the head, there is a substance that is not muscle, but appears to be loose tissue in which sits what is apparently the thymus gland.

There is a very large gap between the end of the urostyle and the anus (one fifth of the total length of the frog), in which there are almost no muscles, save for the one surrounding the lower cloaca. On either side of this area, between the posterior-most muscles of the thigh, lie two large ‘lymph-hearts’, as described by Beddard. These are between one quarter and one third of the total length of the frog. A further lypmh-sac sits between these lymph-hearts and the skin of the femoral region, and they are thus probably analogous to the femoral lymph-sacs of other frogs.

I find it interesting that Beddard (1908) did not mention any glandular formations in the dorsal region. As is evidence from many images (see below), these frogs are able to secrete a white, sticky, noxious substance from their skin (which they actually have to use during amplexus, as the male is too small relative to the female to mount her properly, and so he sticks himself to her with his glandular glue… kinky).

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These glands do not apparently take up a great deal of the cutaneous tissue, and so I suppose are of no consequence to the size of the frog, especially relative to its enormous muscles.

The diet of these frogs consists almost exclusively of hymenopterans and isopterans (ants and termites). Neither of these insect groups are particularly fatty, so it is little surprise that their bodies appear to contain no large fat deposits - fatty bodies extend from the gonads up to the lungs and heart, but these comprise only a tiny fraction of the frog’s mass, and don’t contribute to the round shape. Instead, their bodies are extremely muscular, allowing them to be adept burrowers, ideal for their fossorial lifestyle.

So TL;DR: rain frogs are little balls of muscle (maybe the largest muscle mass relative to body mass of any vertebrate? science just doesn’t know).

Ref:

Beddard, F.E. 1908. On the Musculature and other Points in the Anatomy of the Engystomatid Frog, Breviceps verrucosus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1908:11-41 [x]

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prismatic-starstuff · 5 years ago

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Just a reminder: we’ve canonically seen Big Bad Darkiplier do a sick keg stand--

#markiplier #well... one component of him anyways #i was going through wkm chapter 1 again #for screenshots for edits #and i never get tired of rewatching that part #damien's so pure and elegant and sweet #but that man can par-tay!#get you a man who can do both amirite?

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ratmuffintherapy · 2 years ago

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My Best Friend (Part II)

read part I here!

imagine: you and eddie have been friends for years and there has been tension the whole time, and finally, you two give into it. SLOW BURN. warning: cursing, mention of drugs word count: 1.2k

eddie skidded up to the front of his trailer and pulled his old van into park. i hopped out, grabbing the movie steve had given us, and ran into the trailer like i was the one who lived there.

"wayne!" i tackled the man with a hug. he was my favorite person ever. between my parents' divorce and my dad's abuse, i had spent so much time in wayne's house and he had become the dad i had always wanted.

"y/n!" wayne laughed and squeezed me tight, "you're going to knock all the air out of my ol' lungs, sweetie." i loved the pet names wayne called me. it was something eddie had in common with his uncle, the pet names. it was always "sweetie" or "princess" or sometimes even "baby girl" with those two.

"hey, don't go stealing my uncle on me, y/l/n. that's the only one i have." eddie entered the trailer and pushed the door closed with his foot.

"i would never!" i jokingly batted my eyelashes at eddie, then turned and gave wayne a wink.

"i saw that." eddie gave me a friendly shove as he walked by me to his room, "come on y/n, get that homework done so we can have some fun!"

rolling my eyes, i followed him to his bedroom.

in the room, i tossed my bag and the movie onto the bed, and kicking off my shoes, tossed myself onto the bed as well.

"yeah, sure, steal my uncle and make yourself at home." eddie flopped onto the bed beside me with a joint in hand, and lighting it, blew a puff of smoke into my face.

"don't waste that precious shit, eddie."

"don't tell me how to smoke my weed."

i ignored him and reached for my bag, only to be pulled back by eddie into a ferocious hug.

"mmph eddie, i-- can't-- breathe!" my head was buried in his shoulder, and he only tightened his grasp at my cries.

"come on y/n, i haven't gotten to cuddle you all day!" eddie whined, and ruffled my hair. i fought him to no avail, hitting him and whacking his face softly.

"let-- GO!"

"beg." i rolled my eyes best as i could in the position i was in and huffed, half in exasperation and half trying to catch my breath.

"you can kiss my ass, i'm not begging."

"is that a promise? i get to kiss your ass?"

"EDDIE." i used my best scary mom voice in hopes that he would let me go, but surprise, surprise, he only cuddled further into me.

"beg, and i'll let you go, sweet cheeks."

ugh. fine. "okay, okay, eddie please let me go."

"what do i get in return?"

"bitch, i'm already hanging out with you! i'm here with you right now, what more do you want!"

"hmmm," i heard him pondering, "not enough. beg some more and maybe i'll let you go."

"please... PLEASE eds, let me go and i'll do my homework as fast as i can and then hang out with you."

finally, eddie released me. i gasped for air, then glared at him smiling cheekily at me while i fixed my hair.

"i love when you beg for me, baby girl." i went bright red at this, which made eddie laugh, and i slapped his chest before reaching for my bag again.

"now leave me alone to do my homework, or i'm leaving." eddie took another drag from the joint and inhaled the smoke.

"no you're not." i hated how certain he was, but he was right. there was no way i was going home to my alcoholic dad if i could stay right here in eddie's trailer. i ignored eddie and pulled out my textbook from my bag.

i closed my textbook with a huff as i finished the last math problem. my brain was swimming with numbers and equations, and i was ready--so ready-- to be high.

"eds." i poked the head that was leaning against my thigh, fast asleep. "EDDIE." with the second poke, eddie jerked awake and looked at me with heavy lids.

"whatsupbeautiful?" this is how i knew he was high. he almost never called me by that pet name unless he was high. it wasn't one of his usual ones.

"i'm done with my homework."

"eyyyy ready to par-tay?" he giggled to himself, then handed me the joint that was resting on his bedside table. i took a drag, then closed my eyes as i let the weed fill my lungs. i loved the bliss that washed over me when i smoked with eddie. usually, being high sent me into a panic, but not with him. not with eddie.

"you look so pretty like that." eddie barely whispered this, but i heard him. i couldn't help but open my eyes and raise my eyebrows quizzically. i felt myself blushing, but decided to push it off as a joke.

"shut up, munson."

"but it's true."

i raised the joint to my lips again and inhaled again, then handed it back to eddie, who was much more high than i was.

"i know you're just high, y'know"

eddie shook his head violently at my words. "s'not true. you're pretty even when i'm not high."

before he could see my red face or sense the butterflies i got in my stomach, i slid off the bed, and grabbing the movie, waved it in eddie's face.

"it's movie timeee!" i sang, and eddie groaned. "you can hide under the blanket when you get scared, and i won't judge you. pinky promise." i held out my pinky, and eddie stared at it suspiciously. he reached out with his pinky at a sloth pace and linked his finger with mine.

with a squeal of excitement, i bounced out to the living room. wayne was always gone at this point in the night, off at his night job, so eddie and i were free to smoke in the living room, as long as we kept the window open.

i popped the vcr into the player, then sank into the couch. i pulled a blanket over myself, then called for eddie, "come on, the movie's about to start!"

"hold onto your panties, i'm getting snacks." eddie plopped down beside me, making me bounce slightly. my eyes lit up at the huge bowl of cheez balls he had brought from the kitchen.

"eddie munson, you know your way to my heart."

"course i do, no one else knows how to like i do."

the movie started playing on the tv and eddie immediately buried his face into my shoulder. laughing, i said, "dude, the movie hasn't even started yet!"

"yeah, but doesn't the music freak you out?" eddie cuddled closer to me, inserting himself under the blanket i had claimed. i giggled and wrapped my arm around his head, which was still buried in my shoulder. i patted his hair reassuringly.

"it's okay, we can just watch the movie like this."

"mmkay." was the muffled response that came from my shoulder, "and don't you dare do the thing where you tell me nothing scary is happening and then i look up and there's blood everywhere." i snickered. i had gotten him so many times like that.

"okay, wimp."

eddie's arm slithered around my waist as he hugged me closer to him. i leaned my cheek on the top of his head and sighed happily. i knew that this was how we would stay for the rest of the night.

tag list: @wittlewowa @lulukings92

#stranger things #stranger things imagine #eddie munson #eddie munson imagine #eddie munson fluff #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x y/n

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dlthedescent · 2 years ago

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some Descent headcanons

So thanks to @thatguyender for starting this, I made two lists: a skill tree list for Mad Jack, my OC kickboxer, and a skill tree list for Freakazoid. I’ve had these thoughts way at the start - since when I first started the fic, I also thought of it game-design-wise - but never really sat down and wrote them out.

Though I expect myself to put a balance patch cuz I might have overdone it for Freakazoid... Eh. shrugs

First off, Mad Jack, my DL OC, Crane’s wingmate/crazy partner and Descent deuteragonist. She’s in a manner of speaking, a jack of all trades but also a skilled brawler. I do see her having some abilities/skills like old human Crane’s (power, survival, agility) because she is still a human fighter thrown in the same situation as he was (and not an overpowered infected). She’s no mercenary, though but she makes up by being crafty like a con artist.

Power

- Professional kickboxing brawler for 9 years (give or take). As true to her name, Mad Jack the Wild Dog, she can be a real berserker in combat. And when need to be defensive, tai chi (a lil hobby she took up in recent years) so that she can divert attacks thrown at her.

- She's ambidextrous. Able to use double weapons faster and effective than Crane would one handed weapon.

- She has a couple of power moves like Crane's. A suplex move, a roundhouse kick, maybe a dual wielding move etc. Can even put a man in a head choke

- She knows how to use guns. Had used them in the past. But she actually won't use guns right now (there's reason to my madness here, story purpose). If in game, her skill in using firearms would be the last thing unlockable down the tree. And if unlocked, added with her ambidexterity, she can be very deadly. She can use bows easily btw.

Agility

- Almost on par to old Crane's parkour skills (had learned them from her cous), relearning the ropes and such.

- More agile in combat and escaping/dodging than on parkour, where she puts her energy into.

- She has high tolerance to pain. Like a berserker, she can endure being inflicted when in a pinch.

- Taunts, bring the fight to her and not to other people.

- Thanks to tai chi, she can regenerate stamina faster (have a mental moment to get like a second wind)

- Will bite. Helps her get out of a sticky situation

Survivor

- Not a pro survival expert unlike someone who puts corpse grime onto himself. But willing to learn if it means surviving (doesn't mean she likes it)

- She has an eye for detail and is very resourceful, something from her past job. Which means she has better chance in looting than human Crane.

- Good with her words, twice good at bartering/haggling with shops (except with the Ravs. They know her tricks)

- She pickpockets. In battle, out of battle. She literally pulled a flash grenade off a Demolisher's body while being chased by it

- (tw blood, was a little unsure about putting this down) With her blood perk (poisonous to anyone infected), she can coat a bit on her weapons just by running her bloodied thumb/finger on it. Preferably sharp weapons work best.

- Open to new ideas on devices and tools if they can help with her survival. Example, the ascenders from the Junction. Plus only way to keep up with Freakazoid.

- Uses methods and tools that’s meant to distract enemies or lure them to a location. Examples: loud devices, fire alarms, her taunting.

Next up, Freakazoid (aka Kyle Crane as Sentient Day Hunter/Volatile).

And oh boy this is a long list. I might have given Jack more work as his teammate than I anticipated... Oh well. I’ll nerf him later.

Also, I took some liberty to base his infected passive and active abilities on the Night Hunter. With inspiration on other games’ abilities cough.

Power

- He still has the standard moves, windmill, drop kick, etc. Plus some Hunter moves like Arial Ground Pound, leapfrog, etc. In a way, he fights like his old self with new tricks as an Sentient infected. A super soldier

- Pick claws or fists anywhere, anytime. Claws swipe faster, dealing damage faster than punches but of course, punches hit harder.

- Has tendrils like a Hunter so can grapple an enemy (anything weaker than a volatile) to bring them right to him so that he can smash their head to the ground. Can also pull himself to an enemy (anything stronger than a Viral/Biter/Common) and literally kick them.

- He has a blade bone on his right and now a bone-spike gun on his left. That doesn't mean they're more effective than normal weapons or that he can't use weapons - they just serve as being convenient. He can use weapons but they break faster than normal human Crane would (which means future craftsmen gotta make him weapons suitable for his strength. Note to self, make that for side quests)

- With his infected side, can get a defense and power boost like Jack's second wind ability

- Charge into a large group like a bulldozer, stunning his enemies (edited)

Agility

- Also has the same agility moves as his old self, but with some new tricks as well.

- Can wall run, wall latch, wall climb far better than Aiden. Talons sharp enough to latch on a wall longer than Aiden can stay in the air.

- With tendril locomotion, can dart around fast but still hindered with turns/rotations like the Night Hunter. Escape is also more convenient by tendril. He can yeet himself out of combat.

- Faster health regen than his old self at night, slower in day. All thanks to his infected side.

- Instantly leaps onto an opponent like a Night Hunter but rather than sinking teeth down, he snaps the neck

Survivor

- He has some of his old skills, minus his haggle/talk for the time being. Jack helps him with that until he finds people not too freaked out by him. You know, because of his new body situation?

- Still can do throwing stars - because why wouldn't you want an infected throwing shuriken like Genji?

- Has the infrared eyesight of an infected where he can see human enemies behind walls. This can be switched on and off game-mechanic-wise and isn't effective in daylight.

- Not just with camouflage, can land critical stealth skills after being cloaked or in darkness.

- UV resistance/block duration increase down his skill tree.

Infected - this is a new branch on Crane’s skill tree I made as a category, special thanks to Ender for the idea. Since there are some things like mutations, his telepathic way of communication, and skills/abilities that don’t fit with the other three categories entirely (even though the above, it’s a harmonic mixture between his old and new self)

- Pretty much higher defense (iron skin), higher attack (claws), faster regen, better scenes (can track infected/human easy like a bloodhound)

- Howls, can inflict fear into humans and staggers enemies. Good with clearing space against groups

- With his mutations, he can be undying in combat (final passive skill in the tree). This gets reset back to normal until the next fight. He can also give this to his infected allies, namely Jack (concept in the works btw, may not be included), a sorta telepathic link to them to prevent them from dying.

- Tempted to give passive ability that he can feast on infected to regain back some health, considering the kind of person in the past to eat anything he grabs in the middle of an outbreak. Jack will most likely stop him on that. Or not. She can't completely control this beast.

-- Below are skills not lockable on the tree but gained after defeating a rare type of enemy; Sentient Volatiles.

- Invisibility - his first infected skill he starts with. Can go invisible as long as he has stamina to burn. Helps with his crit stealth kills. Uninfected human enemies can still see him however.

- Rage - Lets out the beast from within, as long as he has stamina to burn.

- Doppelganger - second infected skill, gained after defeating another sentient Volatile like him. Creates a shadow to distract enemies off him (similar to Mother's fight with her clones)

- Other newer skills he'll obtain after defeating three other Sentient Volatiles, in the works currently.

and a sidenote from story; he has this territory bubble where his presence makes infected not want to come to him. So his presence helps safezones be warded off from troubling infected. Didn't know if should have been under infected branch

And that’s it.

God this post is so long...

#hope you like this X'D #dying light #dying light headcanons #ramblings from a mad writer #dying light game #skill trees #kyle crane #mad jack #oc #Freakazoid #dying light headcanon #sentient volatile #i really need to nerf Crane...or buff Jack to keep up sheez

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ranahan · 22 days ago

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So I lied, this got long enough that now this is the second part and I’ll post a third later:

Pronunciation of y

Since it’s kind of related, here’s my rule for pronouncing it. There’s more interpretation involved in this one, as the way Traviss gives her pronunciations cannot differentiate between all of these options. But what I describe below is a really common way for languages to treat the semivowel /j/ and I think it fits the data well enough. (Also I’m trying to keep the rules for phonotactics as simple as possible which also factors in these interpretations, but that’s a story for another day.)

/j ~ ʝ/ when syllable-initial and between vowels

aloriya[alor-EE-yah]

ba'yair[bah-yah-EER]

beroya[bair-OY-ah]

buyacir[boo-ya-SHEER]

chayaikir[CHAI-ay-keer]

cuyan[koo-YAHN]

cuyanir [coo-YAH-neer]

cuyete[coo-YAY-tay]

cuyir[KOO-yeer]

enteyor[EN-tay-OHR]

epar'yaim [eh-Par-yay-EEM]

eyayah[ee-YAY-ah]

eyaytir[ah-YAY-teer]

gayi'kaab[GUY-ee-KAHB]

gayiyla[guy-EE-lah]

gedeteyar[geh-det-AY-ar]

geroya[geh-ROY-ah]

goyust[goh-YOOST]

jehavey'ir[jeh-HAHR-vay`eer]

karyai[CAR-yai]

K'oyacyi![Koy-AH-shee!]

layari[LAY-ah-ree]

Manda'yaim[MAN-dah-YAI-eem]

mar'eyir[mah-AY-eer]

mayen[MY-enn]

meshgeroya[MESH-geh-ROY-ah]

nuhoyir[noo-HOY-eer]

oriya[oh-REE-yah]

oriyala[oh-REE-ah-lah]

osi'yaim[OH-see-yaim]

Oya![OY-ah!]

oyacyir[oy-YAH-sheer]

oya'karir[OY-yah-KAR-eer]

oya'la[oy-AH-lah]

oyayc[oy-AYSH]

oyu'baat[oy-YOO-baht]

oyula[oy-OO-lah]

riye[REE-yay]

ruyot[ROO-yot]

shi'yayc[shee-YAYSH]

tayat[TAI-aht]

uj'alayi[oo-jah-LIE-ee]

ut'reeyah[oot-REE-yah]

utreyar[oo-TREE-yar]

vencuyanir[ven-COO-yah-neer]

vencuyot[vain-COO-ee-ot]

vheh'yaim[veh-YAYM]

Wayii![Why-EE or WHY-ee]

yacur[YAH-soor]

ya'gai[YAH-guy]

yai[yay]

yaihadla[yai-HAHD-lah]

yaihi'l[YAH-heel]

yaim[yaym]

yaimi[yay-MEE]

yaim'la[YAYM-la]

yaim'ol[yai-MOHL]

yaimpar[yay-EEM-par]

yai'yai[YAY-aye]

yaiyai'yc[yai-YAI-eesh]

yamika[yah-MEE-kah]

yilad[yee-LAHD]

yustapir[YOOST-ah-PEER]

yustarud[YOOST-arood]

I interpret it more of a consonant /ʝ/ when beginning a word or a stressed syllable, and semivowel /j/ between vowels, but the difference is somewhat academic.

Traviss gives the pronunciation variously as “y” and “ee” and the preceding vowel ending in an y and the following syllable beginning with a vowel. But as you can see above, these different options are given even to the same sounds (in related words where the relevant part should be the same), so I don’t think there’s a consistent pattern here.

/i/ otherwise

where it can either form a diphthong following a vowel

aaray[AH-ray]

akay, 'kay[ah-KAY]

anay[AH-nay]

cuyla[COO-ee-lah]

dayn[dain]

din'kartay[deen-KAR-tie]

echoy[eh-CHOY]

echoy'la[eh-CHOY-lah]

echoylir[eh-choy-LEER]

eyaytir[ah-YAY-teer]

eyn[ayn]

gaanaylir[gahn-AY-leer]

Gaa'tayl![Gah-TILE]

gaa'taylir[gah-TAY-leer]

haa'taylir[har-TIE-leer]

kar'tayl[kar-TILE]

kar'taylir[kar-TIE-leer]

kaysh[kaysh]

naysol[NAY-sol]

partaylir[par-TAT-leer]

payt[PAH-eet]

rayshe'a[ray-SHEE-ah]

ray'ture[ray-TOOR-ay]

ta'ayl[tah-AYL]

ta'raysh[ta-RAYSH]

taylir[TIE-leer]

tome'tayl[TOH-meh-TAYL]

uj'ayl[oo-JAY-ul]

vhey[vay]

…which also applies when it’s the adjectival suffix -yc after a vowel…

hayc[haysh]

hetikleyc[hay-TEEK-laysh]

hodayc[HOH-daysh]

jari'eyc[JAR-ee-aysh]

johayc[JO-haysh]

kyrayc[keer-AYSH]

mar'eyce[mah-RAY-shay]

nayc[naysh]

oyayc[oy-AYSH]

shi'yayc[shee-YAYSH]

There is a question of how ⟨ij⟩ is pronounced: I think /ɪj/ before a vowel, and a long /iː/ before a consonant or word-finally. That is, the same way as other diphthongs.

gayiyla[guy-EE-lah]

gayiylir[guy-EE-leer]

aikiyc[ai-KEESH]

etc.

…end in a diphthong…

nuhoy[noo-HOY]

pirimmuy[peer-im-OO-ee]

shereshoy[sheh-REYSH-oy]

Su'cuy[Soo-COO-ee]

veeray[VEER-ay]

vorpan'oy[vor-PAHN`oy]

…or when it’s the only vowel of a syllable (when there’s no fuckery with c):

gaanynir[gah-NEE-neer]

gekyrdir[geh-KEER-deer]

kov'nyn[KOHV-neen]

kov'nynir[KOHV-nee-neer]

kyr[KEER]

Kyr ge'kaan[KEER geh-KAHN]

kyr'ad[KEER-ahd]

kyr'adyc[keer-AH-deesh]

kyr'am[kee-RAHM]

kyramla[keer-AHM-la]

kyramud[keer-AH-mood]

kyr'amur[kee-RAHM-oor]

kyrayc[keer-AYSH]

kyrbej[KEER-bayj]

kyr'bes[KEER-bez]

Kyr'tsad[KEERT-sahd]

kyr'vhetine[KEER-fet-EEN-ay]

kyr'yc[KEER-eesh]

mirsh'kyramud[MEERSH-keer`AH-mood]

nynir[nee-NEER]

Osi'kyr![OH-see-KEER]

Re: aay’han. This is kind of an odd one out. I want to interpret geminate vowel + i combinations as belonging to different syllables, e.g. aa-i. Which would make the pronunciation of

aay'han[AY-ye-haan]*

look like the orthography is just missing a letter: *aayi’han. The problem though is that I think the aay- there is the same ay- that happens in e.g. uj’ayl, i.e. that there are only two morphemes in this word. So I don’t know where the extra long vowel or extra syllable comes from. Maybe it’s one of those that are contractions of much longer phrases?

C, cy, yc—why are they pronounced like that?

I think I’ve mentioned before that the rule is very nearly regular, so here it is. I’ve reproduced Traviss’s original pronunciation guides here (so you can see whether what I’m saying holds true).

c (without y) is pronounced as /s/ before high front vowels /e i/

cerar [sair-ARR]

ceratir [sair-AH-teer]

ceryc [sair-EESH]

cetar [set-ARR]

cetare [set-ARE-ay]

cin [seen]

cinargaanar [see-NAHR-gah-nahr]

cinarin [see-NAH-reen]

cin'ciri [seen-SEE-ree]

cinyc [SEE-neesh]

ciryc [seer-EESH]

mircin [meer-SEEN]

mircir [meer-SEER]

mirci't [meer-SEET]

racin [ray-SEEN]

tom'urcir [tohm-OOR-seer]

ver'mircit [VAIR-meer-seet]

otherwise as /k/

That is, after other vowels:

ca [kah]

cabuor [kah-BOO- or]

cabur [KAH-boor]

ca'nara [KAH-nah-RAH]

can'gal [CAHN-gahl]

carud [kah-ROOD]

ca'tra[KAH-tra]

cuir [COO-eer]

copaanir [KOH-pan-EER]

copad [KOH-pad]

copikla [koh-PEEK-lah]

copyc [KOH-peesh]

cu'bikad [COO-bee-kahd]

cunak [COO-nahk]

cuun [koon]

cuyan [koo-YAHN]

cuyanir [coo-YAH-neer]

cuyete [coo-YAY-tay]

cuyir [KOO-yeer]

cuyla [COO-ee-lah]

du'car [DOO-kar]

du'caryc [doo-KAR-eesh]

ge'catra [geh-CAT-rah]

jorcu [JOR-koo]

ori'copaad [OH-ree-KOH-pahd]

vencuyanir [ven-COO-yah-neer]

vencuyot [vain-COO-ee-ot]

vercopa [vair-KOH-pa]

vercopaanir [VAIR-koh-PAH-neer]

…and in a word-final position:

balac [bah-LAHK]

bic [beek]

ibac [ee-BAK]

ibic [ee-BIK]

norac [noh-RAK]

tebec [TEH-bek]

yc is always pronounced as /iʃ/

aikiyc [ai-KEESH]

aruetyc [AH-roo-eh-TEESH]

balyc [BAH-leesh]

beskaryc [BES-kar-EESH]

burk'yc [BOOR-keesh]

chakaaryc [chah- KAR-eesh]

copyc [KOH-peesh]

dalyc [DAH-leesh]

daryc [DAR-eesh]

diryc [DEER-eesh]

duumyc [DOO-meesh]

etyc [ETT-eesh]

gaht'yc [GAH-teesh]

gehatyc [geh-HAHT-eesh]

haamyc [HAH-meesh]

haatyc [HAH-teesh]

haryc [HAR-eesh]

hayc [haysh]

hetikleyc [hay-TEEK-laysh]

hettyc [heh-TEESH]

hodayc [HOH-daysh]

hokan'yc [hoh-KAH-neesh]

iviin'yc [ee-VEEN-esh]

jagyc [JAH-geesh]

jaon'yc [jai-OHN-ish]

jari'eyc [JAR-ee-aysh

jatisyc [jah-TEE-seesh]

johayc [JO-haysh]

kotyc [koh-TEESH]

kyr'adyc [keer-AH-deesh]

kyrayc [keer-AYSH]

kyr'yc [KEER-eesh]

laamyc [LAH-meesh]

lararyc [lah-rah-eesh]

majyc [MAH-jeesh]

morut'yc [moh-ROO-teesh]

narseryc [nar-SAIR-eesh]

nayc [naysh]

neduumyc [nay-DOO-meesh]

nehutyc [neh-HOOT-eesh]

nu'amyc [noo-AHM-eesh]

nuhaatyc [noo-HAH-teesh]

ori'beskaryc [OH-ree-bes-KAR-eesh]

ori'jagyc [OH-ree-JAHG-eesh (or OH-ree-YAHG-eesh)]

ori'suumyc [OHR-ee-SOOM-eesh]

oyayc [oy-AYSH]

piryc [PEER-eesh]

ramikadyc [RAH-mee-KAHD-eesh]

ret'yc [RET-eesh]

ruusaanyc [roo-SAHN-eesh]

sapanyc [sah-PAHN-eesh]

shaap'yc [sha-PEESH]

shi'yayc [shee-YAYSH]

shuk'yc [shook-EESH]

shupur'yc [shoo-POOR-esh]

sol'yc [sohl-EESH]

talyc [tahl-EESH]

tomyc [TOH-meesh]

tranyc [TRAH-neesh]

tratyc [TRAH-teesh]

tug'yc [too-GEESH]

ulyc [OO-leesh]

urcir [oor-SEER]

utyc [OO-teesh]

verburyc [vair-BOOR-eesh]

verd'yc [VAIR-deesh]

vutyc [VOOT-eesh]

yaiyai'yc [yai-YAI-eesh]

Note that this is still true when yc occurs in the middle of a word instead of the end:

barycir [bah-REE-shir]

besbe'trayce [BES-beh-TRAYSH-ay]

dirycir [DEER-ee-SHEER]

ke'gyce [keh-GHEE-shay]

majyce [mah-jEE-shay]

majycir [MAH-jeesh-eer]

mar'eyce [mah-RAY-shay]

mureyca [MOOR-aysh-ah]

cy is pronounced as /ʃ/

burc'ya [BOOR-sha]

burcyan [BOOR-shahn]

cyare [SHAH-ray]

cyare'se [shar-AY-say]

cyar'ika [shar-EE-kah]

cyar'tomade [SHAR-toe-MAH-day]

mirshmure'cya [meersh-moor-AY-shah]

murcyur [MOOR-shoor]

oyacyir [oy-YAH-sheer]

Ret'urcye mhi [ray-TOOR-shay-MEE]

sheb'urcyin [sheh-BOOR-shin]

sho'cye [SHOW-shay]

tracy'uur [trah-SHOOR]

Exceptions

The above holds true except for some exceptions:

The first is a group of words with a combination of u + yc:

buyca [BOO-shah]

buy'ce [BOO-shay]

buycika [BOO-she-kah]

This might be related to the status of /ui/ as a diphthong in Mando’a & could be a piece of evidence against it. What do I mean? Well, every instance of ⟨uy⟩ in the dictionary, Traviss breaks up in two syllables /u.i/. Could be there’s no diphthong /ui/ in Mando’a? However, I think it’s more likely this is because Traviss gives the pronunciations with an English orthography (i.e. how an English speaking reader would know to pronounce the words), and there’s no diphthong /ui/ in English, so in order to represent those sounds in English, they have to be broken up in separate syllables.

I also think the long /u:/ in buy’ce etc. is likely simply an elision: try going slowly from /u/ to /i/ to /ʃ/, and you’ll notice it’s easier to slip directly from /u/ to /ʃ/. I would generalise it as the diphthong /ʊɪ/ being realised as /uː/ before palatal consonants (at least; maybe others as well).

and:

buyacir [boo-ya-SHEER] /bʊ.ja.ˈʃiɾ/

Which has no excuse for being irregular except for influence on its spelling from buy’ce, so you could alternatively spell it as buyacyir or pronounce it as /bʊ.ja.ˈsiɾ/ (either would be regular).

The other exception to the rule is:

acyk [AH-seek]

The rule for this could be formulated as “y is the only vowel in a syllable, it’s pronounced as /i/ and the pronunciation of c follows that.” Except for…

tracyn [trah-SHEEN]

Which itself could be analysed as a combination of the above rules: y as an only vowel gets pronounced as /i/, but the consonant in cy is still pronounced as /ʃ/ (in which case it would be acyk that is irregular instead).

It’s the derivations that appear irregular:

tracinya [trah-SHEE-nah]

tracyaat [tra-SHEE-at]

tra'cyar [tra-SHEE-ar]

Tracinya is plainly a derivation of tracyn, just spelled with an i instead of y. Interestingly, in Harlin’s Mando’a tracyn is pronounced as /tra.ʃin/ and tracinya as /tra.sin.ja/. So perhaps it’s acyk which should be pronounced as /a.ʃik/?

I’ve chosen to adjust the pronunciation of the other two to conform to the rule of pronouncing cy as /ʃ/: /tɾa.ˈʃaːt/ & /tɾa.ˈʃaɾ/.

And then:

yacur [YAH-soor]

Idek? I have do idea where this one comes from.

And:

Coruscanta [KOH-roo-SAHN-ta]

which is a loanword and doesn’t count. Although I’d suspect that “Corusanta” might be a fairly common misspelling among native speakers.

Explanation

So why is it pronounced like that? The explanation is something called palatalisation, which is the same reason why c in Latinate words is sometimes pronounced as /k/ and sometimes as /s/.

In very simple terms, the high front vowels and the semivowel /j/ are pronounced such that the tongue is at or very nearly the palatal position. So they tend to pull the preceding consonants to the palatal place of articulation (instead of whichever place of articulation they used to be pronounced at).

So in Mando’a:

c → k

c + high front vowel /i e/ → /s/

c + semivowel /y/ → /ʃ/

Not sure if /k/ is the original value of ⟨c⟩ since this rule doesn’t seem to apply to ⟨k⟩. Maybe ⟨c⟩ had originally another value, which has later changed into /k/?

There will be a second part to this post later, but I’ll break this off here for now.

#mando’a #mandoa #mando'a #mando’a language #mando’a phonology #ranah talks mando’a #mando’a linguistics

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If Desiderium was a show, what are the characters all doing for the beach day episode?

*crackles knuckles* LET'S GOOO!!🏃‍♀️

Leona - the friend that makes sure everyone went to the bathroom before leaving, you will NOT pee in the ocean on her watch🙄 she is genuinely excited to go to the beach as she loves swimming, but will probably end up making sure nobody's drowning instead. Leona loves the loudness of everything and is happy to see everyone having fun! will play some beach games as well, she's not one to shy away from effort in the sun ;D

S - the friend that makes sure no one forgot anything. if you do end up forgetting something and tell S on the way be prepared for their wraith. they WILL scream into the void and yell "I TOLD YOU TO CHECK SIX TIMES! SIX TIMES! DID YOU? DID YOU, YOU LITTLE PIECE OF-" but will calm down after a few practiced deep breaths. they like the beach, they really do, but only at night when everything's quiet and all they can hear is the ocean waves. they'll probably just lay on the sand and read a book, silently laughing whenever The God would almost drown 🤧

River - the friend that will flirt with any living breathing thing on the beach. after a few drinks, he'll probably end up flirting with a fish or something, this man has NO SHAME🍹it's like a switch has been turned on the moment he steps on the sand. all in all, he likes it. loves it even. the waters are pretty much his home and being there with his friends makes it all the more special to him. River WILL challenge S to a game of volleyball just to annoy them, and S will most definitely accept just to spite him *cue chaos*

Clover - the friend with the snacks! they'll bring tons of food to make sure everyone has something to eat and will probably force it down your throat if you refuse it. they're so happy and excited, they look like they might explode any second 😭 Clover will probably come up with game ideas that include everyone to make sure no one feels left out! they don't know how to swim so they ask Leona to teach them and end up doing that for most part of the day 🏊 💧

The God - the friend that buries themselves in sand and can't get out 💤 they're SO loud and will let everyone on the beach know how much fun they're having. he will definitely participate in all the activities — swimming, playing volleyball, flirting, drinking, annoying Leona — until the adrenaline and excitement runs out and he realizes they're here with their friends. they have friends. won't get too emotional as to not disrupt the mood, but will certainly shed a tear or two at home.

bonus:

Bloom - the beach is her favorite place in the whole entire world, she'll never get tired of the calming sound of the waves. she will keep an eye on River to not get into too much trouble, but will probably end up in some herself as she has a habit of stealing whenever she's around a lot of people.

Hydra - he doesn't go to the beach. ever. you couldn't pay him enough to go there and be surrounded by sweaty people and get sand all over his fancy little clothes.

INCORRECT QUOTES TIME:

The God: [after a game of volleyball] Yes! We defeated you for all time! You will never rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!... Ah! that was fun. (Avatar : The Last Airbender)

—————

Leona: Okay, everybody have their towels and swimsuits? We have about an hour and a half. I suggest that you all go potty now and then we will be congregating on the par-tay bus. (The Office)

—————

S: (About River) Is that man capable of talking about anything else other than sex?

Clover: Yeah, sure. Well, you know, earlier he was talking about geography.

S: Clover, he was listing the countries he's done it in.

Clover: Well, I think we all learned something. (Friends)

—————

River: S, you brought your speedo, I assume?

S: I don’t wear a speedo, River.

River: Well, you can’t swim in leather pants. [laughs] I’m just yankin’ your chain... not literally (The Office)

#tamber dearest <3 #a beach episode would be so entertaining with them 🥲🥲#desiderium-if #ro: leona beva #ro: s valori #ro: river gale #ro: clover yarrow #ro: the god #desiderium ros #asks

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mcmusing · 3 years ago

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Halloween is approaching, but there's more to the chilling ambiance this year. Most of the time it's like I'm the only one who-

Ya gonna call?!

😃Throwback to the Tenth Power, it's the Extreme Ghostbusters!

Garrett: *Wheels in* Brooklyn Heights is in the house!

Eduardo: Make way for a scientist.

Roland: *Waving meter* I'm getting a reading, but it's fluctuating all over the place. It's like nothing the PKEs have registered before.

Kylie: Do you know the nature of your paranormal problems?

Eduardo: Must be something big to get a desensitized 90s kid so spooked.

Garrett: Yeah, you are one of our original fans, aren't you?

ATG: Of course. You were my formal introduction to the Ghostbusters.

Garrett: Nice. So, pray tell Princess, how can the nostalgia knights be of service?

Eduardo: Yeah, what could be worse than the Grundel, that skin disease dame, creepy vampire clowns....

Garrett: Don't forget that horror series that came to life. Those things could make Jigsaw sleep with the lights on.

ATG: I'm not afraid of anything ecto, guys. That'd make too much sense.

Roland: Well, hey, tell us whatever it is. The four of us are no strangers to having our worst fears materialize before us.

ATG: This is different. Just when I really start living, the world wants to end.

Kylie: This planet has such perfect timing, doesn't it?

Garrett: And it's made a prophet of Venkman with this mass hysteria. Don't feed into the frenzy, Tigress. Remember all that Y2K fuss?

ATG: Garrett, that actually happened, only it's been a slow burn of suck. Not even last year can top current day.

Roland: The sad truth is no prior time period in recent history can. But you do understand that a little extra weight on your shoulders does not mean you have a cross strapped to your back, right?

ATG: I'm not trying to carry one. I just want to experience more good before it's over. But I can't help worrying I won't get the chance.

Garrett: That is a tough one. Hmm, let me think- ah, got it. Experience more good before it's over. Well done, boys and girls. Another case closed.

ATG: Can you ever be serious?

Garrett: Besides right now? Last I checked, fire isn't falling from the sky. What's stopping you from grabbing the best life has to offer?

ATG: It's not that easy.

Garrett: Yes, oh able-bodied princess who used to have nonstop headcanons about us, school the ghostbuster-on-wheels about all the woes in your way.

Eduardo: Hey, I loved those headcanons. She had me finishing grad school and becoming a real scientist. She always made me and Kylie married.

Kylie: *Tries to shrug indifferently* They were okay.

Roland: And she made me rich and famous from designing a machine to soothe kids' night terrors.

Eduardo: Garrett, you ever try to call yourself a writer again, you better consult la Princesa over here.

Garrett: Gotta agree with you there, Eddie. Do you know how many people would kill to have half of your imagination? After everything you've seen and been through, some political panic has you this rattled? If I let this chair hold me back, I'd be a worse athlete than Eddie and more boring than Roland.

Roland: And possibly as humble as those pies you regularly scarf down.

Eduardo: Ha, good one, Roll.

Garrett: For real, though, Eduardo's got it rough going to college and ghostbusting instead of enrolling in the police academy like all the other men in his family. Roland's bogged down keeping things functional for us and at home. Kylie's the first full-time lady ghostbuster, but she doesn't let our testosterone psyche her out.

Kylie: You mean the *only* full-time lady ghostbuster.

*Portal opens*

Eduardo:Oh, man, who invited the geazer-busters?

Peter: We're here. We're back. So let's par-tay!

Ray: Nice to have the band back together.

Winston: Geazer-busters and the baby-busters.

Garrett: Oh, no way are you guys pulling rank on this one.

Eduardo: Yeah, Princesa de la gato is our fangirl. She knows I'm a scientist, man.

Peter: Corrección, chico. You guys were just her gateway Ghostbusters. She's the proud owner of our DVD collection.

Ray: With the firehouse box and everything

Kylie: Our DVDs aren't available in the US.

Peter: Then you can surmise where you fall on the fandom totem pole. Besides, she met my actor up close and personal.

Roland: You met the Bill Murray??

ATG: ☺..... Just the once.

Egon: Now, now, busters. Clearly we're all of significance to her.

ATG: You have no idea how much, Egon.

Peter: Okay, team-up it is. So, tell Uncle Peter the problem.

Eduardo: She's all bent outta shape because the world's falling apart when she's got cool stuff to do.

Ray: Falling apart? That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think?

Winston: I'll say. This has been a fallen world from the jump, baby girl.

Roland: Her sentiments might not be all her fault. Egon, can you take a look at this?

Egon: Hm. *Reads meter* The PKEs seem to be reacting not to the supernatural but residual traces of the unnatural.

ATG: What does that mean?

Egon: Most of your thoughts and ideas being confined in an overworked body for so long is causing a metaphorical volcanic eruption. Your inability to express yourself for over four years is in severe defiance of nature. Your nature.

ATG: Seriously? I'm defying nature now?

Peter: The breaks of talent and creativity, fair feline. I should know.

Egon: There is nothing wrong with you, however. In actuality, you're recovering, but that can be a very difficult process.

Garrett: Okay dokie, we're supposed to help her in the interim how exactly?

Ray: This will take some serious pondering, not protons.

Peter: In that case, grab your pencils, kiddos. Class is in session.

Ray: Huh? Kids today don't use writing uten-

Winston: Metaphor, brother. Metaphor.

*transition to a classroom setting with ATG tucked between Roland and Kylie up front. Garrett and Eduardo are right behind them. Egon, Winston, Peter, and Ray are over by the podium and white boards. All watching a movie*

ATG: How is Ghostbusters 2016 supposed to help anyone's head?

Egon: Consider it only marginally more painful than when your elementary school made you sit through the Diary of Anne Frank.

Roland: Is any of this going to be on the test?

Winston: Son, if you can retain anything from this flick other than brain damage, God loves you.

Garrett: *Struggling to stay awake* Then, why is He forsaking us?

Kylie: Look, I get linebackers like Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones, but what are a couple of lightweights like Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig doing lugging around full-size proton packs?

Eduardo: Yeah, you always carried the girl gun and the traps for us.

Ray: All that flopping around- those packs should've caused a nuclear explosion already.

Egon: Also, while Janine has helped us in the past and Kylie is interested in the mythology side, four women dedicated to the study of paranormal science and ghost extermination is egregiously improbable.

Winston: Same for black people. I joined because I needed a j-o-b and Roland wanted to learn more about our tech.

ATG: Speaking of which, how did we go from two conservative, logical, down to earth black men to....

Roland: The one-woman minstrel show that is Leslie Jones.

Winston: I cannot stand that loud Shanaynay knockoff.

ATG: I couldn't get through Coming 2 America because of her. She's a glorified rapist in that.

Eduardo: Turn it off, man! I'll take the grundel over dreaming about that pendejo grande crawling through my window.

Peter: *Stops the movie* Okay, class, who can tell me the first thing wrong with our reprehensible reboot here?

Garrett: *Raises hand* It was greenlit.

Peter: Atta boy, wheels! Now, who can come up with a much improved storyline not double-dipped in the man-haterade? How 'bout the young lady with the crown?

ATG: Me? I don't know.

Garrett: Fibber.

Ray: Tell us, Princess.

Eduardo: Yeah, we're listening.

ATG: ..... Okay. First thing, they should have made the movie about the Extreme Ghostbusters. You guys had diversity before it was forced.

Garrett: No, we *owned* diversity. Hello- this chair isn't exactly a fashion statement.

ATG: And they could have tricked it out with weapons and stuff like Professor X's hover chair. That would've made a paraplegic buster more believable. Though I'd still rather have you defending me solo than those four chicks combined.

Garrett: Yes! Glad the royal upgrade didn't make you sell out.

Eduardo: Don't stop now. What about the rest of us?

ATG: You are about to finish school and become a real scientist and you're engaged to Kylie, who is working towards becoming a professor like Egon.

Kylie: Makes sense. I like it.

Eduardo: *Flirtatiously* I love it.

ATG: Garrett is still into sports and coaching kids with disabilities. Roland is married with two small kids. He got the seed money for his soothing machine from the big stipend the city paid all of you for saving everybody in your two-part finale. Now, the Ghostbusters are a household name. Ray, Winston, and Peter pop in when they can and they get a dividend check from Ghostbuster profits.

Winston: Keep the good times rolling, baby girl.

ATG: Ray runs his ghost shop, Peter has his own show and youtube channel, and Winston, you run an airline for private planes.

Peter: And atta girl!

Ray: Sounds terrific, but what about Egon?

ATG: Um....

Egon: Don't feel you have to-

ATG: No, it's fine. Egon was married to Janine and everybody's having a hard time because he.... He was lost during a fight. Kylie takes it the hardest; Egon was supposed to walk her down the aisle. She's convinced there's a way to reverse what happened. The obsession gets in the way of her and Eduardo and everything she cares about. When the last big battle doesn't bring Egon back, she's heartbroken but accepts that he's moved on peacefully. Winston walks her down the aisle and it ends with everybody at the wedding. Peter makes a lot of jokes then there's an emotional toast as everyone remembers old times with Egon.

Roland: You know, that actually does sound like the appropriate tone for a movie about us. Our series was darker and often scarier than the original.

Kylie:.... Not bad. I could see that.

Winston: 80s and 90s kids would flip out having both teams together on the big screen.

Ray: Good job, Princess.

ATG: Thanks, you guys. This was fun.

Peter: Sounds like full recovery isn't too far away. Do my fellow headmasters of horror have something to add before we wrap it up?

Egon: If you'll indulge me, Dr. Venkman.... *Takes to the podium* Ghostbusters 2016 was the epitome of failure. A lazy cash-in that exploited sensitive social issues to cause venomous division entirely for free publicity. Their only effort was in trying to destroy something created and brought to life by four men. And that, students, was their biggest failure. All they ended up doing was making our real fans double-down on their devotion. Made them appreciate what we gave them so long ago even more. Life is and will always be uncertain. But don't let doubts blind you to all of the possibilities that also lie ahead. Class dismissed.

ATG: Thank you, Egon.

God bless, God Rest

Harold Ramis

1944-2014

Beloved Brainy Buster

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reddeadreference · 3 years ago

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Blog Progress Update - (Travel Blog Style 😎 # 2)

Yeah there was no "popping" into the mine in Annesburg, apparently the guards there don't take too kindly to strange men stopping by to say hello.

Arthur thought he could sneak in at night for photos so he set-up camp… forgot he'd get some visitors who - also - don't take too kindly to strangers being around. Don't have to worry about those two no more…

Moved on to Van Horn. Found out there's apparently a hotel there so Arthur got a bath and slept in an actual, tiny, bed.

Ran into some peculiar folks in the Van Horn Saloon and after almost getting knocked out by one of them, Arthur ended up chasing down the third, annoying little magician with his stupid rainbow smoke... stupid mustache… (Arthur isn't jealous, shush.)

Still not sure how he got up into that tree… or up on the rock… or across the river…. Or passed the moving train.

But hey, Arthur got to see a free show back in Saint Denis… the place he thought he was done with… and got paid for helping them.

Didn't stay long in Saint Denis. He doesn't wanna go back until the plot of life forces him to.

Took a stagecoach to Strawberry. Yep the place furthest from where he was. Saw a cat. "Hey Cat" Wished he could pet the cat. Couldn't pet the cat. Life is unfair sometimes for an outlaw like him... (Let him pet cats R* 😭)

Did some shopping. And …. Ugh… sprung Micah from the damn jail. (Seriously Dutch, why I gotta do it? He did the bad thing so why am I the one being punished?!)

Rented a room real quick to change clothes, waiting til nightfall, all the while listening to the man shout profanities from the window. Put on a bandana and hooked up a hook to pull the window out the wall and release the rat. (at least I would have hidden my identity if I could but I'm destined to be associated with the ratman - who may or may not have died later cause I refused to shoot but hey he has no memory of that. Our lil secret Arthur.)

Things went… well… you know…

Got a new holster though.. always forget about that..

Went to Micah's little hideaway camp before Micah even got there and took a few photos. (Unfortunately none of his actual things are there yet…)

Decided there was nothing else to do so Arthur decided to finally go get Sean (and Javi and Charles)... And return to camp even though no one came for him. (It's okay Arthur, we love you.)

On the way there we ran into a man named Albert. We are friends now. We share a hobby even if Arthur doesn't know it.

Sensed 6 bounty hunters and 2 lawdogs were closing in after we retrieved the man's bag so Arthur got to Javier and Charles as quick as he could.

Enter Loud Irishman™️

Par-tay-Time!

—-

Did my best to get photos and document camp member habits for the party but I'm gonna play it over and over and literally just sit in different spots the whole time to get everything.

I can almost finish the outfits post for chapter 2 and camp life #2. I've also almost got all the horses. (I literally just need photos of Damn Micah and Baylock...)

Almost completely done with everything Saint Denis I can do until I need to be in chapter 4. Working on the rest of Strawberry too, got as many photos as I could before I knew I couldn't show my face there...

#rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #blog progress update

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misstrashchan · 24 days ago

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I'm afraid I can't take credit for either theory, though I can't actually recall who/where I first saw the theories pop up. I do have some thoughts to add to this though if that's okay.

In light of volume 9 and the epilogue, I have been leaning more towards the time related semblance though more than the astral projection one.

The astral projection semblance theory is mainly based on the ties to Oscar's allusion to the Little Prince, of seperating himself from his body to go back home, and how unlocking such a semblance might help Oscar free himself from the effects of the merge and to remain his own person. However, during V9 I realised how much the whole way ascension is described in the Ever After is on par with this idea already, how the Little Prince and the Snake describe how they will leave their body as an empty shell behind to go back home, even if it looks like they've died.

"I can carry you farther than any ship could take you," said the snake. He twined himself around the little prince's ankle, like a golden bracelet. "Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence he came," the snake spoke again. "But you are innocent and true, and you come from a star . . ."

"It'll look as if I'm dead and that won't be true, this body is simply an empty shell, I can't take it with me"

Curious Cat: Mmmm, when we break or wear out or simply finish what we were made to do, we’re called back. But Herb… his heart was too weak to listen, so I gave him a little bit of mine.

Blake: Is he… dead?

Curious Cat: (chuckles) No, no! Well, maybe a little bit, but not at all

Purple Paper Pleaser: Then, the wisest of our village suggested breaking from our physical forms, so that the winds may carry us back to the Tree.

Coupled with the fact that ascension is meant to help you you leave the old shell of self behind to grow into the you that you want to be is pretty much... what Oscar says he wants in V8:

"I started to feel like... me. Not the same me I was before all of this but, the me I always wanted to be."

Blake: This is them, isn’t it? They’re back.

Weiss: It’s just like they said. They came back from the Tree, better.

Yang: No flood or fire will ever hurt them again.

Jaune: I’m trying so hard to save them... I stopped them from becoming what they needed to be.

Alyx: Maybe it’s time for a change, to be the kind of man you always wanted to be.

...Which initially I thought was foiling between Ruby and Oscar, one not wanting to be themselves anymore given the choice of being anyone, the other struggling to be the person they want to be when being forced to merge with someone else. Which it still is, but after the end of RWBY Beyond Ep 3 where Somewhat sees someone they recognise emerging from a portal that suddenly appears (that looks like the ones that Ambrosious created/the one that connected Remnant to the Ever After) in an episode that also happens to be narrated by Ruby herself... I have to wonder.

And of course it could just be Ruby deciding to visit her friend way in the future after the events of the show, but given that all the other RWBY Beyond episodes foreshadow/set up what's to come next, with the Summer maiden, Oscar struggling with the merge, Jaune dealing with the aftermath of being the Rusted Knight, Ruby being seen as "the girl who sent the message", Yang assuring Ruby they won't let her carry her burdens alone, Tai's absence, etc. I can't help but think whatever the reason for their return is it has to be related to the plot. And taking Oscar to the Ever After tree in an attempt to save him is the best reason I can think of why they'd go back so soon. (... I'm not sure the Tree/Blacksmith would be capable of stopping the merge altogether and would more so assure that Oscar still remains himself after the merge happens, and helps him to accept it)

This is also just another theory lmao but if it happened then I'd see less of a reason for Oscar's semblance to be astral projection if that were the case.

Another reason of why I'm leaning towards the time semblance more is that in the V9 epilogue, Oscar is emphasising himself and the world feeling like they "never have enough time" and in V6 saying he wanted to make the most of the time he had left, which given how little both he and the world seem to have would make it all the more precious.

If we wanted to see how it could tie into his allusion to the Little Prince, there's this sentiment:

When it comes to the importance of Taming, it is about the time one has spent on the people they care about that make them unique and special more than any powers or titles do. The idea of Oscar making use of "time" and spending it to help those he cares about as a semblance would be fitting imo.

Additionally while I agree and love how all semblances tend to be tied to character's allusions, when it comes to the main cast I feel like their semblances are connected to their love interests also:

- In V4 we see Ren awaken his semblance and goes to help calm down Nora so they can hide from the Nevermore

- In V5 Jaune awakens his semblance to heal/resurrect Weiss after she is impaled by Cinder

- While Blake and Yang's semblances are already active when they meet, they are also complimentary to one another as Shadow and Light.

... So when it comes to why and what Oscar activates his semblance to do will likely relate to him trying to help Ruby. This is me just speculating but I'm personally fond of Oscar awakening a time semblance that can either stop/slow/rewind time, in order to give Ruby more time to use her Silver Eyes when she struggles to do so (we still haven't seen her use them since Penny died, so... I'm kind of expecting her to still struggle with using them when she's still overcoming her grief/loss *glances at potential second Nevermore Wedding*), so she can take the time to slow down (in contrast to her speedy semblance) to let herself feel what she's feeling to use her Silver Eyes. Idk tho, it maybe too similar to Ruby using the relic in V6 for the same purpose, but it's a theory I like all the same.

as a final final addition (and then I'll stop rambling) is how a time related semblance could potentially fit in with Oscar's sun symbolism too, because. Sundials. Can be used to tell the time. But the name implies you could turn time like a dial for you to control (kind of like gears).

Any thoughts on what Oscar’s semblance will end up being? Since Oscar’s magic has come from Ozma and is more in line with “destruction” as a contrast to Ruby’s eyes which are tied to “creation”, I’ve often thought that it would make sense for Oscar’s semblance, as a means of self-affirmation to be something that also represents creation/preservation, which would make him more like Ruby and also find his own sense of who he is as a person. After all, if Oscar/Ozma are supposed to achieve a balance by the end then he should possess elements of both, no?

That said, the most common headcanon/theory I see for Oscar’s semblance has been for him to create barriers for defense… but not only can he already do that with Ozpin’s magic, I feel as though Jaune is actually the character who is more set up to have a defensive evolution for his semblance. There was the flash of light in V1 and his “it’s like a forcefield!” line, Vine’s comment about extending his aura, the shield grenades he used in V8, and just his general tendency to leap in front of people using his shield or body to protect people.

So, to me, this would be a bit of an odd choice for Oscar’s semblance and just make the existing overlap between Jaune and Oscar’s progression as characters more confused. Do you think I have the right idea with the theming of Oscar’s semblance? Or do you think it’ll come from a different place altogether?

Hi!

It is very difficult to say, cause there could really be many things that fit Oscar.

I agree about both Ruby and Oscar ending up having elements of both creation and destruction, as they are two philosophical children.

When it comes to Oscar's semblance, I think it will be worth the wait, since:

It will appear toward the end and there won't be time to slowly develop it, like Blake, Weiss or Ruby's

Ruby kind of told us so tbh, as she said when Oscar gets a semblance "everyone will be jealous" ;)

I think most semblances tie with the characters' allusions too:

Ruby is super fast cause she is Little Red Riding Hood, so she rides

Weiss's glyphs allude to the Snow Queen fairy tail, but progressively become more Snowhite-like (her summons are characters in Snow-White)

Blake's shadow is symbolic of the beast, as in jungian terms the shadow is also called inner beast

Yang's power has her become too hot, with her hair catching fire, like Goldilock

Jaune gives his aura (his spirit) to others to heal them (he makes miracles), which ties with his Jeanne d'Arc allusion (I agree with the fact he will become a barrier warrior to an extent btw)

And so on...

So, tbh the majority of ideas for Oscar's semblance seem to tie into this theme:

Some theory think his power will tie with time, as time is a recurring motif for him and Ozpin

Other theories (I think this one is @misstrashchan ) instead think he will get the ability to make an astral projection of himself, in a tie in to the Little Prince (the little prince dies, so he leaves his body behind). This could also be used to separate his own soul from Ozpin's

These are my two preferred theories, but again it is impossible to say for sure. I don't think there is much foreshadowing as to what Oscar's semblance will be, differently from Jaune's.

Thank you for the ask!

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