#calamity is the best

[sheikfangirl]

"Gerudo warriors rides sand seals, Little Bird. Not Ponies."

❤️Happy mothers day ­❤️

PS: Just a friendly reminder that little Zelda has an Hylian Queen and a Gerudo Chief as mothers.

PPS: I have a shameless Queenbosa agenda.

[somewhatsentientspellbook]

evergreen wizard-hubris meme

[nellasbookplanet]

Just started watching ep. 118 (yes I know I'm behind, I've been busy playing Prey and writing essays on Octavia Butler with life) and in listening to Ludinus' monologue I had a thought about a specific disconnect that cause many, in universe as well of out of it, to view the gods as tyrants. Imogen points it out when Ludinus laments about his family being collateral damage in the battle between the Lawbearer and the Crawling King: would he rather the Crawling King have been unleashed on the world to wreak havoc uncontested? (to which his response was a long silence and glaring at her)

It’s an inability to understand and accept the true scale and nuance the gods operate on, and in doing so choosing to place individual suffering and slights over ultimate consequences that may, and often do, affect the entire world. Yes it’s horrible that the gods struck down Aeor - but they were defending themselves against a weapon of mass destruction, and any other action would have been akin to lining themselves up to be shot. Yes it sucks that the Titans, who were there first, were killed - but they were trying to exterminate all mortals. Yes the deaths during the Calamity were unforgivable - but the alternative would've been to let the Betrayers kill everyone. Yes it’s horrible that the primes wouldn’t let their champions oppose Lolth in taking Opal - but they are in the middle of a battle for the world in which all hands are needed, and losing champions to a minor skirmish when they want the same thing would be pointless. Yes it’s unfair that the gods won’t personally step in and help every little person suffering, such as Ashton and Laudna - but they're literally gods responsible for the lives and afterlives of millions, and also separated by the Divine Gate, which was literally erected to protect mortals from the fallout of too much divine meddling.

When pressed, Ludinus switches to saying that it isn't the collateral itself that is the problem, but that the gods won’t personally remember and beg forgiveness for every single life lost. In saying this, he also claims that he is different - but is he? Does he honor the lives of Orym's family? The children tortured under Trent and other suffering caused by the Cerberus Assembly? The thousands lost in the war between the Empire and the Dynasty because he wanted his own beacon? The entire city of Molaesmyr? Does he even remember the many individuals indoctrinated into his cult and lost in the ensuing battle?

In the end, it isn't about collateral, or honoring those sacrificed. It's that he finds his suffering uniquely bad, and his goals uniquely warranted. Only HE (and people who want the same exact thing as him) has the right to make desicions that affect all of Exandria.

[pomgore]

ceremonial dress

fic draft excerpt under the cut

fic about sooga becoming kohga's right hand in a ceremony that bears no resemblance whatsoever to a marriage

[ludinusdaleth]

"In general, rolls tend to be asked for in moments where chance is required. But occasionally people, without needing to roll a die at all, just give you a nat 20."

-Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, Episode 4, "Fire and Ruin"

[levemetal]

I got Procreate and gave it a test run with some silly AU sketches of course

So have Calamity SJ adopting Hong‘er! Ft. my silly calamity MNQ AU and it’s inevitable conclusion of atticwife Jun Wu in the second pic because I am no longer in control here.

SY tried to be the cool uncle, unfortunately YQY is the cooler uncle so he got the Feng Xin treatment. Binghe about to start beef with a child lmfao.

Ling Wen is new heavenly emperor and I ensure you she is as overworked as ever, but she does not care about heavenly officials marrying calamities anymore. First was YQY, and then Jun Wu. Xie Lian and Shi Qingxuan are really not trendstarters here.

[essektheylyss]

You know what's hilarious, if Ludinus was indeed a young man being traumatized by the end of the Calamity. Deirta Thelyss is almost certainly older than he is.

This is not relevant but I think Essek should bring this up, just to be a bitch about it.

[poppy-purpura]

me, my comically large katana that I can't use and a stack of dynamite.

[dirtyassvoiceactors]

PATIA’S ORB TO CROKAS! YES!

Library of Alexandria to a Monk, so i see Ioun also has a type

Liam: “You gave Killer Croc all the knowledge of the ancient world”

Brennan: “Because when you give it to smarties, we saw what happens”

Yep give it to monks, they’re like “I don’t need to learn arcane magic to make time stop, I’ll run so fast and punch you so hard in the face time might as well have stopped!”

And holy shit Crokas isn’t a blue dragonborn but with the Kord belt he can shoot lighting like one, ya know like a COBALT dragon

[asktheritochampion]

yoooo revaliiii waddup. Happy pride my dude

ummm but speaking of pride, I’m thinking of coming out to my family next week. My mom first because I feel like she’d get me most.

I’ve been scared to for as long as I’ve known I was bisexual. Which has been like, four years. I’ve just never gotten to telling my family yet because they’re religious (albeit not strictly, but either way).

I have literally zero way to support myself if they reject me/cut me off, even though the chances of them doing so are highly unlikely. I’m just scared. What if it harms my relationships? I just don’t wanna loose what I already have.

sorry for dumping that all on you, but you’ve probably come out to Teba and Saki and others. I just don’t know how I’m gonna look myself in the mirror if they say I’m something unholy or unworthy of love. Which, again, probably won’t happen, but the threat of it is keeping me from saying anything. My family is everything to me and if I lose that, I might lose myself

best regards and happy pride, master revali!

'Coming out' as bisexual isn't something Rito typically need to do, in fact most would consider bisexual to be the norm amongst our people. Even back in my day before the Calamity, it was rather traditional for male warriors to bed one another the night before important battles for good luck and prosparity, and most women had relations with other women around the village while their husbands were away on missions for weeks at a time. Many Rito life bond with others of their own gender identity - I beleive Nekk and Huck who run the Braizen Beak armour shop in town are pair bonded.

However; I can understand that in Hylian culture it's rather a taboo thing - and I am not without experience in hiding...other aspects of my quer experience from those around me for the purpose of safety.

Your desire to express yourself and to be accepted by loved ones is rather normal, however I would advise against making any decisions until you are certain of the security of your position. Safety comes first, unfortunately

Perhaps you could broach the topic first in an unsupecting manor. Bring up in conversation that you have a friend or colleague who has an interest in multiple genders to guage their reaction. Ensure that you yourself present the topic in a positive manor - people often mimic the emotions of those around them, and if you seem alright with the concept then they are more likely to react in a positive way too.

If they do respond in a neutral or positive manor, perhaps continue the conversation by querying if they know or have met any other queer people. You may find yourself suprised that despite one's religious beleifs, they've lived full lives you undoubtably know little about - which could include brief questioning of their own sexuality or periods of friendship with others who live vastly different lifestyles.

Perhaps even bluntly query that if you or one of your sibblings had questions about their sexuality, would your primary caregivers still support you? It's not giving them any immediate indication to react poorly, but should give you a confidence in whether or not this is a safe discussion for you to have.

Rest assured, whether or not your blood relations respect or support your life choices; there is a rich community of queer individuals all over the world - accessable to you easily from home through your household purah pad. Even if you feel unable to safely confide in your parental figures, there are plenty of individuals out in the world who will always have your back, and as you grow and someday become able to leave home, you shall be able to find your own chosen family who shall accept you for all of you.

[imagineaspen]

Saw a post recently somewhere about Creating a Champion's comments on Calamity Ganon and it reminded me of how irked I am that TOTK retcons made the previous game's villain so much less interesting.

The idea of OOT Ganondorf degrading over so many resurrections that he's just become this ball of hatred that is a force more than a person was really cool (and sad honestly) and fit very nicely into downfall timeline themes (which is where I personally think those games are). But now it was just a side effect of some completely different guy being trapped under the castle? And he doesn't even seem to be aware of it? Boring.

[the-beastmodality]

Drawing this scene from the Emperors New Groove, but as Astor an Master Kohga

[soulfire-of-void]

i made the Avatar of Emptiness in Spore!!!!

this took me two whole hours and i am ridiculously happy with myself

look at that thang

[emicat1159]

I said, cover him in blood

Non-bloody version:

I don't even know what the purpose of these drawings is, I didn't have a plan or anything

Didn't even do the clothing properly eughhhhhhhh kill me <3

[azurecanary]

That moment when you finish rewatching Calamity and feel like you’re on the verge of tears

[unsanctitude]

you should draw astor again sometime. if u want. i absolutely LOVE him in ur style. tbh i love ur art in general.

being young doesnt stop him from being old😢✊