#calix answers

[calix-soulmane]

For the Choose Violence ask-meme thingie (for DHMIS):

9.) Worst part of canon? 10.) Worst part of fanon? 22.) Your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores?

(Sorry, I'm bad at choosing and I love hearing people's thoughts!)

9.) Worst part of canon?

I don't think it's the worst, but I really hate - and this is for stories in general - the fact that they didn't give us more backstory for the teachers, like- I get they wanted them to be open for interpretation but I still wanted to know why they were doing this to the main trio? What lead them to be there? did they used to be people before entering the show or where they always like this?

That's the questions I make myself whenever I see the web/Tv series again. I hate the fact that they don't give us something else to make the character feel more fleshy, that's why, whenever I make a new AU about DHMIS I try to give motivations, lives before the show, anything to make then feel more real.

I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but I really appreciate more a character if they have something as to why they are like that, something so I can see if I can fully hate them or like them for their actions. Something that can make me understand them and the person they are today.

10.) Worst part of fanon?

I think this is just me but I really dislike when a character is too far away from the source material, like- instead of a version of this character you literally just made an oc out of this character, I don't know if I made myself clear here, but I tried.

22.) Your favourite part of canon that everyone else ignores?

It doesn't go entirely ignored but THE DEATH TALK WITH THE LAMP AND THE LIFE WITH CLAIRE AT THE JOBS EPISODE, GOODNess gracious I love these two scenes so much you guys have no idea,,

[softlyopulent-if]

Here we go for a deep crushing stage with the ROs~

Are you familiar with hanahaki disease? I'm curious to know how each RO will react to MC having the hanahaki disease?

I did some research and I believe this means that the MC’s feelings would be one-sided?

Aleksandar/Aleksandra: They would ask the MC to get the disease removed, thus ending their feelings for them. Knowing them, once the procedure takes place, they will grow to have feelings for the MC.

Rhys/Rhea: Has likely been the source of many of these cases. They would also ask the MC to remove it, but feel guilty about it and distance themselves from MC.

Calix/Calixta: They would be shocked to find out about this. It’s unlikely they would ask the MC to remove it. They would tell the MC it was their choice and leave it at that. It wouldn't take long for them to grow to have feelings for the MC after that.

Mestrn/Mestra: They would feel terrible. They would also feel obligated to have feelings for MC, which would probably prevent them from growing feelings for MC. If in the end, MC decides to remove it, that's when they will realize their feelings.

[not-a-newt]

Pls. Would you ever write a fix-it for Calix 🥺

Spoilers for Mass effect andromeda & nexus uprising below v

I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would un-gank calix and I think I've settled on the hc that he DID get shot in the head BUT didn't die and was left in critical condition (bonus points for sloane still thinking he'd been killed?) then was consequently shoved back into cryo because 1) They didn't have the resources to fully treat a serious neurological injury like that and 2) they didn't have the judicial/penitentiary resources to handle that serious of a criminal even if they did manage to get him patched up — because you cant, you know, exile someone who's unconscious?

Then, AFTER the events of the game (where Sloane may or may not survive depending on how angsty I'm feeling?), paragon Ryder pushes for exiles to be universally pardoned for crimes they committed in the name of survival (theft, insurgence, etc.) but not "actual" crimes (homicide, cannibalism, nonconsensual and inhumane sapient experimentation, sabatoging life support operations, etc.)

Whereupon Calix gets revived, gets treatment, begins a regimen of intense, morale-breaking physical therapy, and is then given some kind of house arrest/indentured servitude punishment ft. major angst and dissociation from getting knocked unconscious during the middle of an explosive, blood-drenched rebellion, then waking up to a new utopia where everything is suddenly clean and perfect again but (MAYBE) finding that the one person who had his back and who he was maybe starting to feel a deeper (more than platonic?) connection to is dead? Or maybe she isn't dead, but she's changed? Maybe she went pirate and was complicit in the deaths of countless innocent civilians on Kadara and had becomes warped into something unrecognizable to him, fueling the disconnect between his already broken mind and the reality around him?? Ouch!

"And—oh, by the way, while you were out, we successfully waged war against a highly intelligent, yet genocidal race of aliens that we just happened to run into out here, plus we discovered and conquered this ancient, more-advanced-than-prothean technology to terraform all of those world's that were supposed to be garden paradises that turned out to be desolately uninhabitable, so they actually are habitable again... also here are the angara, they're our buddies :) "

I don't know if I would ever get around to actually writing this... but that's the way it exists in my head. It's not so much saving calix, but rather forcing him live so that he can suffer longer because I like to play with my blorbos like someone who uses the sims to design prisons <3

[mythcaels-a]

unprompted | @tvrningout asked: " i found this and thought you might like it. " it's a dusty, definitely old tome that rin offers hyacinth. the leather-bound book golden embellishment is faded but still impressive, a pretty contrast against the deep brown. the elf grins. " turns out vampire cults hoard a lot of interesting old trinkets. practically had to fight cyrillo to let me take this for you. apparently there's valuable magic theory -- history? something like that in here. "

𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 Hyacinth could say he truly enjoyed and loved seeing, it'd absolutely be old tomes. His violent gaze stares the tome down as pale fingers reach for it. She's so right, he absolutely does like it and he hasn't even opened the first page. He knows that this book will have many good and interesting things inside for him to read and understand. He's always been hungry for knowledge, always loved learning more and more about magical history.

❝ You are right, I very much do like what you have brought me. ❞ He has to flip it open, he needs to see what's on one of the pages ( he knows he's going to binge read the entire tome later too ). ❝ It practically screams that it has a rich magical history in its pages and I could tell that before I opened it. ❞ His violet hues try to keep looking between her and the pages but he doesn't know which he wants to gaze at more in the moment. ❝ A vampire cult, what an interesting place for this beautiful tome to be . . . Thank you for coming close to fighting this Cyrillo for this and for bringing this to me. It is simply wonderful. ❞ As is she for that matter, for bringing him this amazing tome.

[happylandfill23]

was in a very cyberdevils mood today (aka cool ppl drew them and asked me questions about them) so i drew them in class!!

[wanderingchronicle]

calix: 4 8 9 36

4. Does your OC have a particular accent? Do other people ever judge or stereotype them on the basis of their accent? How do they feel about this?

Calix's accent immediately marks her out as part of an ethnic and cultural minority where she lives, and they're fine with this. Any peculiarities get written off as Calix being new in town and a foreigner.

Anyone actually from the Floating City will assume immediately Calix is educated, but from from a working-class background, probably from a small religious sect like the Shrine Knights or Walking Shamans. *That's* if they don't pick up that she's one of their Gods, because she's not really trying to be subtle.

8. Did your OC's parents or other caregivers use any specific terms of endearment for them as a child? Do (or would) they use similar terms for their own children?

Calix has no memory of her childhood, and more accurately was never a child, and has no intention of bringing more of her kind into existence. However, she's deeply invested in her her boyfriend's gaggle of volunteer shrine-tenders and acolytes, but the dynamic is less motherly and more "aunty who calls you 'honey' or 'baby' or 'petal'" unless you tell them you don't like it.

9. Does your OC consider their voice particularly "sexy"? Do they try to adopt a more seductive tone in romantic situations? How successful are these efforts?

Calix is not a remotely seductive person. She knows this. They have their admirers regardless, but they're admirers who know Calix is a shy dweeb. The closest she gets is a bit of sly teasing.

What is your OC's laugh like? Is it a genteel titter? A hearty belly laugh? Or a snorting noise like a constipated donkey?

Either a soft, raspy chuckle, or a proper howl of full-body mirth, with no middle ground.

[hiddensmile]

@lovecaptured 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞 ― spotify wrapped ⤑ ❛ 48 calix & subei ❜ ⤑ 「 espresso by sabrina carpenter 」

❝ is it that sweet ? ❞ subei asked nervously as she watched the other take a sip of the coffee she brought. ❝ i wasn't sure how you liked it ... ❞

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Merlin plot bunny - Jonathan Bailey, poly Gwen and Arthur ship?

Lord Calix

The son of one of Uther's closest friends and allies, got grievously wounded in battle and eventually died of those injuries (in front of his ten year old son)

To honour his sacrifice, Uther brings his friend's son to Camelot as a ward to the crown. Calix grew up alongside Arthur and Morgana, not quite a part of the royal family but always treated well and is very respected at court, and he takes a lot on his shoulders to prove himself worthy of that – and of the fact that everyone knows that when Arthur becomes king, Calix will be his right hand.

Not sure yet how/when the ship vibes come in, it probably starts with vibes between Arthur and Calix but with Calix also picking up on Arthur's feelings for Gwen

[utilitycaster]

So I saw a post that asked the question why the Gau Drashari didn't just intervene when Avalir started shorting the tithe, and it made me realize a certain mentality present in a lot of fandom discussions as of late, so I'll answer that and then move into the more general case.

The answer is of course we don't know specifically why, but the implications of that response are, to be blunt, pretty wild. The Gau Drashari did have an insurance against this; that is the Pact of Crown and Throne. The shorted tithe was a fairly recent development. This also does not consider the responsibilities and numbers of the Gau Drashari, and in general removes all responsibility from the wizards of Avalir.

This does not, to be clear, mean the Gau Drashari hold no responsibility; but the idea of "why don't the Good People Who Knows What's Right Stop The Bad Thing From Happening" relies on a few assumptions that, if left unchecked, become dangerous. The first, and one I won't go into as much depth in this post, is of course that when we're talking about fiction, the bad thing often does need to happen for plot reasons. If your standard is "why has anyone in this story ever let anything bad happen" (and to be clear, I do not think that was the intent of the specific post that sparked this, but it certainly is an argument some people make) then you are absolutely incapable of having a conversation about narrative. The more serious one is one of agency, responsibility, and stewardship, and I'll define those below but in short, is the person who bears responsibility for an ill consequence the person who directly caused it? Or the person who failed to stop them? Can responsibility be shared? And if it is shared, who must act? Is authoritarianism right so long as the Good People are doing it? [it's not, but that is the logical endpoint of this mentality.]

Now, I started writing this prior to the wrap-up, but the idea that the Ring of Brass shared responsibility was explicitly stated; the idea was to have PCs who made it clear this was a “cascading disaster”, not just Vespin Chloras as history’s lone greatest villain. This is explicitly discussed in the text as well by Vespin in his moment of clarity; he knows how he will be remembered, whether or not it is entirely true, and hopes the Ring of Brass will have the mercy of being forgotten, rather than remembered as complicit. Between Patia’s orb and Cerrit, they may have a third option: to be remembered as both complicit and also those who gave their lives in sacrifice to save as many as they could.

The Ring of Brass, indeed, is an excellent opportunity to describe agency, responsibility, and stewardship. Agency in this context is the ability to act - the ability to make choices and act upon them. The Ring of Brass, as important but in many cases less public figures (or public figures with room for a private life, at least). The Ring of Brass make many decisions and are largely free to make them. Responsibility is not just about the outcome of those decisions - responsibility means what you are supposed to be doing - your commitments, your contracts, your promises - but also what you have done - what outcomes were the results of your actions. Laerryn is responsible for maintaining the arcane devices of the Meridian Labyrinth; she is also the one responsible for diverting arcane energy from the Arboreal Calix to power the Astral Leywright. She is responsible, at least in part, for the destruction of the Tree of Names, and the loss of its protection. She is also responsible for the mitigation of the worst case scenario of Calamity by using the Leywright to divert the titans under Cathmoira.

Stewardship is a special type of responsibility. Stewardship is not about the consequences of your own actions, necessarily; a steward takes on responsibility for something that might not be their creation or a mess that might not be their fault. It is an assumption of a mantle of responsibility for something one did not necessarily cause; it’s freed from the two-way street of “responsibility.” Indeed, this comes up specifically at the end of EXU Divergence, which serves as a bookend to both Calamity and to the start of Critical Role; The Platinum Dragon tells the All-Hammer that “it is time we entrust our children to be stewards of this world you created.” Or as was said in the wrap-up about the nature of society after the Divergence, “every single person shares an equal slice of responsibility for building.” This is a responsibility for a destruction many of them did not participate in; indeed, the three mortal PCs and many of the NPCs spent most of their time focusing on survival in the cataclysmic world they were born into. They are not responsible for the destruction or these circumstances; but they are responsible for - stewards of - rebuilding when it ends. It is a task to which they admirably rise.

One needs agency to be responsible, either in the space where responsibility overlaps with stewardship - in performing necessary duties or actions - or in the space where responsibility means that an outcome is the result of one’s choices. If you truly have no space to act and no choices to make, you cannot in any way affect the world, for good or ill; you cannot be held responsible. Similarly, having agency grants some measure of responsibility. It may be a small measure; but it is a measure nonetheless. Now, I think true non-agency is vanishingly rare; but I think there is an unfortunate faction on the internet that wishes it upon their favorite characters and upon themselves as an escape from the possibility of being tasked with responsibility and therefore criticism - how can one be criticized if one is never responsible?

Unfortunately for them, I find few things more loathsome than a shirking or denial of one’s responsibility. To sacrifice agency as self-protection is ultimately a losing game in real life - you will, inevitably, wish for that agency when the protection runs out, and the initial sacrifice is still a choice for which you are responsible - but again, I think true non-agency is rare and most cases are merely a case shirking or evading - passing the buck, as one might say. Saying “well why didn’t someone stop me from doing the bad thing - I didn’t know” is a particularly loathsome specific case of this loathsome practice. Returning to that first example, Laerryn undeniably does have agency (and to her credit, she never claims she doesn’t); if she does not know the purpose for the tithe that is information she could have tried to obtain, and likely had the resources to do so given the power to which she had access. She chose not to; choosing not to do something is still a choice.

On the other side of the coin, the prisoners of Rybad-Kol do have harshly restricted agency but they are not without it, and they consistently choose to exercise it in service of resistance, whether it is Nia trying to push the limits of her scrap of power as a medic to save as many people as possible, or Fiedra developing a plan to rescue Crokas, or Garen introducing structural flaws in the oubliettes. It is very little, but at no point do they collapse to the ground and declare themselves powerless victims of circumstance, however wretched and unfair to them the circumstances may be.

To round out the Calamity-era trilogy I must cover Downfall, which is, I think, the most thorough exploration of what it means to be responsible, in all senses of the word. I think an unstated theme is that the Prime Deities must constantly ask themselves “should I have stopped mortals from doing the bad thing” and balancing that granting of agency and stewardship to mortals with their own responsibility. As with Calamity it too is a cascading disaster of multiple people’s flawed choices; and as with Calamity, the group of PCs ultimately decide to take on this responsibility and mitigate it, knowing it is not enough, that many will die, and that better choices could have been made earlier, but again not collapsing to the ground in despair. The Divine Gate is a creation born from this sense of responsibility - that the best choice they can make is to leave, knowing it too is imperfect and harmful.

Campaigns 1 and 2 are also explorations thereof, and many of the characters are defined by taking on responsibilities for things that are the result of actions over which they had limited control - at least a partial loss of agency. Percy’s creation of the gun was in part due to external influence, and its spread across Exandria the result of Ripley, in a very direct case of him failing to stop her; he sees it as his fault and endeavors to be a better person as a result. Vax intended his promise to be a simple trade of his own life, but accepted, instead, a divine duty. Keyleth rose to leadership despite her insecurities and despite it being a responsibility she had little opportunity to abandon, and in doing so also accepted that she might need to live with imperfect action. Caleb, Fjord, Yasha, and Veth were all put into situations of external influence, and all set out with the intention of learning more or making things right; the parties as whole accepted responsibility for situations that were in no way their doing or for which they truly had no way of knowing the outcome.

One may be able to see where this is going, which is, of course, the ascension of responsibility-shirking and agency denial in Campaign 3. I think the first sign of this mentality among the fandom rearing its head is, of course, the gnarlrock fight. In it, Laudna (as controlled by Delilah) destroys the gnarlrock. Imogen gave it to her and asked her not to do anything to it, and after this, it was broken. Now, was it Laudna’s intent to break it? No. Is it still her responsibility because it resulted from her actions? Yes, in the way that if you accidentally knocked over someone’s expensive sculpture and broke it, they would likely find you responsible even though that was not your intent. This is not a difficult concept, and yet it recurred endlessly (and especially but not exclusively with Imogen and Laudna; discussed here and more recently here.) Indeed, in the specific case of the gnarlrock it raised a question of “are you taking responsibility for the fact that Delilah can overtake your body and cause you to do harm”, which I would say she did not. The idea that it was Orym’s responsibility to stop Laudna, and not Laudna’s responsibility to stop herself, was a similar case. And overall, this attitude became the calling card of many of Bells Hells’ defenders: how dare you ask the party to consider other people’s feelings? How dare you expect them to put themselves at risk? How dare you expect them to understand that they now wield power?

This attitude, as discussed above, has the opposite effect on me; saying “well they had trauma harm they do isn’t their fault” is a condemnation of a character, not a defense, and makes me think even less of them. The idea that abstention from a choice recuses one from responsibility is itself a form of shirking and therefore is, as said before, loathsome and repulsive. Not knowing or even not intending is relevant in discussions of someone’s character, but they are still responsible for the outcomes of actions in ignorance.

I would be remiss to not briefly address this as a mentality outside of fandom, or within fan-to-fan interactions. I’ve more than once received, in response to me asking someone not to spoil something within my tags, the response “How was I supposed to know.” Firstly, it’s in my pinned post and you could ask, but secondly, this is not a defense that will enamor you to me. You didn’t know. You know now. You are still responsible for this action. Correct it. And more generally I think the combination of self-diagnosed non-agency and “why didn’t the good people stop the bad people?” is all too common in a lot of political discussions. If your interpretation of “no ethical consumption under capitalism” is not “do your best but don’t berate yourself for imperfect action” but rather “you can do whatever”, are you someone who is prepared - and indeed, willing to work for - the fall of capitalism? Or are you secretly glad to have an excuse to shirk one’s ethical responsibility? Are you secretly glad to be able to blame the “good” people for not stopping the bad people because the responsibility of fighting the bad people is a much greater one, even though in doing so you separate yourself from the good people and, simultaneously, do absolutely nothing?

This idea again of the good people being responsible for stopping the bad ones is also I think at the core of the dislike of the gods that Bells Hells and some of their defenders hold. If everything is the fault of the gods not stepping in, then no one else has agency and no one else can be responsible for anything and you can never blame anyone else. This of course leads to the incoherence demonstrated here; are the gods an ultimate good then, to be granted this responsibility, or an ultimate evil to not use it to override all mortal actions? If everything is the gods’ fault and responsibility, then nothing can be Bells Hells’ fault. This, of course, however, brings up the question: so why am I watching some people who apparently can’t do anything when I could be watching the far more interesting entities with freedom to act? Is it not more compelling to follow the story of the gods, faced with no choice that will ever absolve them, still try to make choices that help as many people as they can, than to follow some people tediously avoid making a decision until a god tells them they can’t put it off any longer?

The fall of Avalir is designed to be a failure on many separate points, for which many are responsible. The Ring of Brass are among them; they become heroic through taking on the responsibility of mitigation. To defend a party’s failure to rise to their responsibilities or assume stewardship, and to blame some other power for failing to intercede is to forfeit their heroic and indeed, protagonist status.

[bad-system]

a fun item find in KCD2— Žižka's chalice!

as you already know, i love finding and analyzing details hidden in KCD2, and this is one of them.

you can find this item on the dining table in the main hall of the ruthard's palace after the pack moves in (oratores) (thank you @lordgeneralsix for info!)

so why is this silly chalice important? i'm sure you already know the answer is hussites.

the hussites chose the chalice as their symbol to represent their belief that everyone should receive both the body and blood of christ during the eucharist. this idea came from jacob of mies, who introduced it to jan hus. they argued that communion should be equal for all people, not just priests. at the time, the catholic church only allowed priests to receive the wine (the blood of christ), while the laity received only the bread (the body). the chalice thus became a symbol of reform and equality in faith.

(source)

when the hussite movement split into factions, the utraquists adopted various names, including calixtines (chalice, lat. calix). the taborites adopted the chalice as one of the main symbols on their banners.

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bonus image of jan žižka himself with the chalice on the flag of hussites.

a lot of the subsequent hussite imagery was based on the chalice since then. very fun detail from WH indeed!

[calix-soulmane]

I um, I think I found you on AO3

Oh! Did you find bcs of a fanfic or,,?

[daydreambclievers]

“isn’t the whole point of this one that there isn’t an answer and he was basically doing the victorian version of trolling?”

@heartfullofxfright for whoever!

"but can you answer this one! why is a raven like a writing desk?"

[x-lee-cya]

DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NOT PROPERLY READ THE LIL LUCIFER AU. I AM WORKING PURELY OFF OF WHAT CC HAS SHOWN US AND WHAT I’VE LEARNED AB GABRIEL’S CHARACTER WHILE DIGGING THRU BRIGHTGOAT’S VARIOUS BLOG(S) & SKIMMING LL. U’VE BEEN WARNED.

i feel like we dont acknowledge just how menacing the character of gabriel truly is. for all us purely cc viewers, we know next to nothing about him other then he’s one: quite obviously the Archangel Gabriel (also mugs you IDIOT how can you not see that PLEASE /silly), two: weirdly fixated on mugman & mugman alone (we have not seen him interact meaningfully with ANY OTHER MAIN CAST CHARACTER in cc other then mugman except for once when he introduced himself to cups), and three: he does not mean mugsy well.

now, ik some of y’all’re gonna argue with me on that last point, but i feel like it’s pretty clear?? he baited mugs with the encohian, he has this menacing/condescending look on his face a good 40-50% of the time (ALL WHILE AROUND MUGS, MAY I ADD) and i think it’s quite obvious he’s behind the statue(?) disappearing in the recent comics.

and remember, we don’t even know WHY he turned up in the first place. the obvious/easy answer is that he/the archangels/only-God-knows-who (quite literally) noticed that mugsy was getting too close to “going rogue” when it came to wanting immortality, but the thing is, that just seems too easy.

1: Mortals who want immortality/fear death enough to do something… rash are, i’d bet, practically a dime a dozen, ESPECIALLY in the isles where immortal beings (devil, all the other lords of hell, the calix animi, etc. etc.) are, if not exactly the norm, then at least vaguely known of; so i doubt that ANY of the archangels’d “waste” one minute on some random mortal or another going insane with their want for immortality (like mugman seems to be on the path of.)

2: now, one COULD make the point that due to the fact that cuphead & mugman are both a: the last descendants of the Calix Animi, and b: people who’ve been revived over 100 times makes them “special cases” in the eyes of the Heavens Above - but that begs the question of why didn’t the archangels/heaven/God stop the Calix Animi from reviving people? revival is a form of immortality, after all, even if an unreliable one, and if them wanting to STOP mortals from accessing immortality was the reason Gabe approached mugs, then the whole Calix Animi would likely not have ever even existed. so it’s that’s not the reason

3: pointing a big fat thumb back at my earlier point of “why did Gabriel even become AWARE of Mugsy’s immortality problem in the first place”, i propose this: something happened. something Big. something that we did not see. cc’s pulled the missing scene trick before, after all, with the Mortal Blues comic strip, and so i propose that cc is pulling that trick AGAIN and that Mugman did Something Big to trigger getting an archangel’s (potentially multiple) attention(s) on him. what the hell did Mugman do, i don’t actually know, and nor do i have any concrete guesses, but i’m betting he did something, and that THAT something is what got Gabriel to approach him.

anyways, all this to say is I Do Not Like Nor Trust Gabriel (and neither should you), and am very scared indeed for what Camodiel has planned for my bbg mugsy :cri:

[shaywrites-ifs]

Demo // KOFI // 18+ Interactive Fiction

Last Update: June 9, 2024

You are the second child to Fabian Avis Mavar, the Left Hand to the Emperor. You were raised with privilege, with prestige, and with high expectations placed upon you. At least, that is how it should have been. Instead, you were born Marked- to have stars in your eyes and to be be blessed as a magical prodigy. If only the Mark didn't also leave you in constant frail health, a body that only survived because your father had the means and will to demand it.

For all you were loved- surely you had to be, for father to go to such efforts to save you, yes?- you were the one left out. You had strived to succeed, to stand in your own accomplishments. To play the court games, to claw and take what you deserved no matter how life kept fighting you.

For it did, at every turn.

You lost everything to the traitors, who killed your father, your elder brother, your beloved- they took your title, the crown, the empire. They took what you were.

After a particularly devastating attack, whatever they did, it changed you. And when your body finally healed enough to wake up, finally was good enough to move again- you realized it had been a thousand years. Still, you will survive- especially as you catch wind that you still have a chance at revenge.

High Fantasy Interactive Fiction Novel where you play as (what used to be) an elf with strong magical talents

Customize a semi-set MC, able to pick some personality traits, gender, appearance, and some favorites

Customization also effects MC's fraternal twin brother

Deal with the consequences of all that magical tampering, and maybe becoming a better person, maybe becoming a worse one

Romance some folks, possible additional romance options and polyamory relationships being considered

Maybe help your twin find romance, too

Story will primarily be choice based than stat based, and will be free to play when finished- any early releases or side content would not be

** in getting my shit wrecked and then sorted through 2023, there is a high chance these characters, and the romance options in general, are subject to change as I plan the game**

Camille of Louvel, the Vainglorious she/her, cis, human - she's talented enough of a swordsman to stand against your twin, who had once been considered the best swordsman in the Empire. Confident and professional to the point of being cold-hearted, she wears her armor like second skin. Unfortunately, she finds you more concerning than alluring.

Eiden, The Rejected he/they, trans, elf - devil may care and hedonistic, he is quite detached from the world. Unrushed, unworried, they flit through the world more as an observer than anything else, more dangerous than they seem. He's old, but you bring something new. Something that has him alert, again.

Dalmar Calix Thom Fausteus, The Shattered he/him, cis, human - once an esteemed gentleman, only child to a family of scholars, he grew up with many opportunities. However, his family was used and he himself betrayed by a friend, changed in more than one way. He's a focused individual, with workaholic tendencies and withdrawn. He's not looking for a friend, but a means to an end.

Vasil, The Forgotten they/them/it, entity- you know them. You knew them, at least. Not in any deep way. Not in any way that means anything. Except, you made a deal. And now, there are consequences.

Previous ROs, tentatively being cut

Leja Ushe, The Moonglade she/her, cis, elotian - unlike many of her kind, she has stayed to help. Attuned to the nature around her, and able to commune with the Spirits, she has more knowledge and answers than most could dream of. Charming, even a bit playful, she keeps her cards close to her chest, but has never let that stop her from showing kindness. She has become a safehaven for many, and perhaps, can be more for you.

Reimer 'Rei' Ara, The Steadfast he/him, cis, elotian - larger than life, considered sunshine in physical form, he meanders through the forests as a helpful, genial caretaker. A man of actions, he hides his worries behind smiles and continues to do what he can to support the forest and Leja. He is very excited to meet you, if not at least marginally confused over your problems, and eager to ease your burdens.

Vasil, The Forgotten they/them, entity- you know them. You knew them, at least. Not in any deep way. Not in any way that means anything. Except, you made a deal. And now, there are consequences.

*All of this is open to adjustment, changes, and fixes as this project is a work in progress

[arisdaughter]

Hello!!

Hiya, I'm Serene Zhang!! Younger half-sister of Frank Zhang, Daughter of Ari★*⁠.⁠✧ Apollo ☀️☀️(apollo has been disowned)

14 years old, Birthday 22 December!(Yes, the winter solstice)

Here's a bit about me!!

I am a Greco-Roman Demigod

Bisexual 🩷💜💙

Hera is her patron goddess (that kidnapped her and put her through intensive training since she was 2)

Former spy from the Titan Army to watch Camp Half-Blood 🤫🤫

Has a jade dragon bracelet that gives me the power of invisibility🐉🐉

Starting my own army to better the world🔥🔥

Cheese fanatic 🧀🧀

Excels at anything concerning the arts🎨🎭

Ability to control light and use it as a weapon ✨✨

Archer 🏹🏹

Friends!!

@morpheus-child-phobos-legacy Kaden!! He has a nickname for me!!

@that-asian-child-of-aphrodite STEPHIEEE MY BEAUTIFUL KIND BESTIE<333

@love-lightning-forethought BROOKIE!! my super amazhang hairstylist

@thatonebitheaterkid DIDI MY SUPER AMAZHANG AND COOL GODDESS SISTER

@demigod-jack-hearth Jack! Dude's basically a god at this point, has like a thousand patrons and kids-

@daughter-of-the-storm Darya! She adopted me as her sister! Very cool very cool

@if-chaos-was-a-boy Calix! Mildly concerning but otherwise pretty slay 💅

So, this is me!! Welcome to my world!!

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#serene rambles #serene answers = ic/ask answers

[weirdefilippis]

You've probably already answered something like this, but I'm curious how hands on was Bioware when you were writing the Dragon Age comics?

Did they give you free reign over the story or did they expect you to fulfill a few things as you wrote? (e.g. We want the Protag to be an Elven Rogue girl and we want [insert established character here] to appear in later issues)

They were a wonderful combination of hands-on and hands-off.

By that we mean that they were collaborative, and gave excellent, story-and-character-driven feedback. And they were involved in initial plotting a lot. But they let us write the drafts on our own, and gave the feedback in a timely and respectful manner that never felt like a heavy hand.

They definitely had things they wanted us to do at times, but by-and-large they mostly took what we wanted to do and shaped it to make sure it worked in their world and with their plans.

So Vaea being an Female Elven Rogue was our plan, not theirs. But they liked it. When we pitched Olivia and Calix, they did have feedback that changed the genders on them. But it was from a "keeping the story fresh and different than the dynamics we've seen in other stories" perspective, not a "we have specific plans" perspective.

The use of Varric, Sebastian, Fenris, and the cameos... those were all us asking to use the characters, not them asking us to include them.

Teia and Viago's inclusion in Deception, however, that was very much them wanting us to give you all a glimpse of characters they planned to use in Tevinter Nights.