#consult the legend

[plasma-legendary]

welcome, strangers! it's about time i give this blog a real introduction!

as my info says - i'm Jay, & i really like Team Fortess 2.

i write primarily in Word 2010, in 11pt Euphemia, colored to #006666.

i don't have a DNI - i don't mind what you ship, how you identify, or what you believe, just please understand that all headcanons are unique to the individual & my thoughts on the game & its characters might conflict w/ yours, & that's okay!

the above being said, i am an adult, & TF2 is an M-Rated game. as such, i believe the writing i produce, & the characters my writing is based off of, are 'mature' subject matters.

my fics have been tagged accordingly, but please be aware that mature themes can & do appear in my content!

the main characters i've been writing w/ are:

Josiah, BLU's sniper, & Basil, RED's spy.

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Josiah is 32 & expectedly Australian.

• BLU's sniper for two years

• he's very good at being by himself, & prefers it to the company of others; can become anxious in crowds

• has synesthesia, & often describes feelings as having colors or particular smells

• very likely to be autistic; has an acute awareness for the presence of others [cloaked spies included], & can 'hear' others due to a variation of hyperacusis [extreme sound sensitivity]

• has never met the RED sniper, & doesn't particularly care to

• does not have any pets, but finds wildlife fascinating; in that same vein, he appreciates music greatly but cannot play any instruments

• potentially asexual, but he admittedly doesn't give it much thought very often; panromantic

• isn't great at remembering to do laundry

• startles easy, & will almost always back down from being threatened, hoping the confrontation can be resolved another way

• can crack his knuckles simply by flexing his fingers hard enough

• has a brother he doesn't really talk about - not because they don't get along, but because Josiah finds him uninteresting, as he has a very 'normal' job & lifestyle compared to Josiah

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Basil is 36 & proudly French.

• RED's spy for longer than he cares to admit

• left-handed

• does not speak in contractions - will always take the lengthiest possible form to articulate his words

• never apologizes, & instead turns phrases around, to redirect blame [i.e., instead of 'forgive me if you do not understand', it would be re-phrased as, 'it is expected for you not to understand', or something similar]

• unexpectedly social & eloquent with others, & enjoys get-togethers w/ intelligent, like-minded individuals

• sociopathic tendencies, which are often repressed in favor of making more pleasant 'first impressions' [this is to imply the actual, diagnosable, real-world condition of sociopathy - not a shorthand for 'sadistic bastard']

• is not scout's father

• handles pressure well, & can operate / perform to expectations regardless of any unplanned occurrences

• bi / pan-sexual & aromantic; believes Miss Pauling to be his platonic soulmate, & the feeling is reciprocated

• engaged in a very long & traumatic relationship w/ the BLU spy, prior to the BLU being hired

• part of a rather large family, but has not met most of his extended family / half-siblings

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a lot more information is found in my fics, which you can read here!

you can interact w/ my characters if you'd like!

i don't mind other snipers / spies, even if the same team color.

you can also ask me questions about TF2 if you'd like! i used to play competitively, & i have ~10,000 hours in the game. [i just aged myself, didn't i?]

nice to meet you all [again! after all this time!]

[uesp]

Did You Know: The Elder Scrolls named the disaster known as the "Soulburst"? The Scrolls referred to this massive arcane explosion that tore the barrier between Nirn and Oblivion as the "Soulburst" when they were consulted, which is how it was known thereafter.

[olwrat]

Three hours later...

[tesseractrave]

The reason the Happy Mask Salesman isn't in TOTK is because he's the one playing the saxophone in the trailer theme next question

[plasma-legendary]

i believe the game only registers one singular killsound being active at a time...i considered if you could write a script that explicitly told it to, after a specific key / input, use a different sound, but i don't think this would work properly, & it would keep reverting back to w/e file you have listed as the main sound effect...i might play around w/ this though, see if i can get something to work, but i'm not super hopeful of its viability, unfortunately.

if you get something figured out though, i'd be interested to learn about it! :]

would it be possible to write a killsound swapping script for tf2?

[theultimatesexypeopleshowdown]

[everybodyloveshippos]

danica promised to visit ice wind dale and catti brie promised to visit spirit soaring again. i really. really really hope they saw eachother again in the big timeskip before the ghost king bcus my heart is breaking

[sunset-peril]

I actually tend to hc that all the Links are descended from another at some point.

However, what do you think about epigenetics being a viable reason for such?

You mean epigenetics being the reason they all are similar? Or that epigenetics is the reason they're all descendants of each other? I'm not sure I understand the question.

However, considering that epigenetics regards the condensed-ness (that's not a word but oh well) of the histones and the DNA wrapped around them and that most epigenetic changes are extremely reversible due to being caused by environmental stimuli (the only epigenetic changes that are permanent being CpG methylations in gene promoters, because those control cell differentiation.), I don't think epigenetics would leave a permanent mark on all Links as a whole. If Twilight Princess was Ocarina of Time's grandson or great-grandson, then that would be the only time I could see epigenetics playing a role in more than one Link. However, I think the rest of them are too far apart in the bloodline to have any real epigenetic effect on each other. Generally, epigenetic changes have been reversed after two or three generations, unless whatever stimuli that caused the original modification was persistent. (We used diabetic rats and poor/proper dieting for this study, and research on psychological epigenetics is still very new)

Although now that you mention this, I am curious to see how epigenetics would play a role in BotW/TotK's children.

I hope that answers the question!

For me I definitely hc that Skyward, Ocarina, Twilight Princess and BotW/TotK being all relatives (BotW being descended from TP literally being a foundational piece in my lore). I just don't know enough about the rest of them to decide for the rest of them.

[australianklaviergavin]

SLAYY U R DOING THE ASK THING okokokokok

6, 8, 14..., 18, 20 (>:3)

fox above is me eating ur answers btw

6.) Something you see in art a lot and love

This is so specific, but I love seeing people use silhouettes or character's accessories as symbolism... I'M A SUCKER FOR IT

8.) You hope more people will come to appreciate ___ (a ship, a trope, an episode, etc)

I THOUGHT ON THIS ONE FOR SO LONG... Besides Klavier Gavin being Australian (/j) then I'm gonna take some time to spread my agenda of transmasc Franziska... Or more butch / GNC girls in general, you people are hurting me!!

14.) The ship that always makes you smile

I think I'm legally obligated to say asoryuu... I'M SO CRAZY... That or whatever the ship name for Aura and Athena's mommy is (IDK I'M AN OLD MAN)

18.) A fandom tag that you track

There's none I really "track", but every morning, I wake up and scroll my tag of choice (#Ace Attorney here) like reading a newspaper until I reach the bottom, and then continue periodically throughout the day

20.) Your very first fandom!

HONESTLYYYY probably Pokemon... But uh. Maybe FNAF LMAOO

Send me some numbers for the fandom ask game!

[importantdestinydefendor]

I have written this mans name so many times and now you wanna correct me? In chapter 6????

At least the suggestion is rad as hell.

[navxry]

Was contemplating on whether I should send this already or nah but eh yolo, here's my thank you gift for everything, from the notes, asks, interactions, everything, and no yall wont ever catch me going sentimental ever, real, I'm so strong and brave LMAO. Have a good hunt!!!

ANSYYYYYY SOBBING SHUT UP /pos

IM ABOUT TO FUCKING CRY??? THIS IS SO PRETTY AND I SEE THAT LITTLE SHIT (/aff) HELP ME

OUGH but fr no, thank YOU for entertaining my nonsense during your faceless Ayato era till the end. I really wished I saw you before during the idol era for that Pantalone matchup (would've foreshadowed my fate sooner BAHAHAHAHAHA) AND I SWEAR IM GOING INSANE BECAUSE YOU FORESHADOWED ME WITH SCARA BAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm going to cry oh my God /pos THANK YOU ANSYYYY I LOVE IT UE UE UE

[astarab1aze]

Do nightfolk have... lawyers?

yes! they're still people, of course, and they more or less live similarly structurally to humans (a lot of wild differences, but still). in the us, their lawyers are usually tommy-knockers (who also help the gilde family run the banks), but really, they could be fey, goblins, vampires, shifters, at one time there was a barghest (how? magic), another a beholder, etc etc. nightfolk aren't exactly the most strict when it comes to who can do what, so long as so-and-so can actually perform the job functions (and are certified, depending on the field).

nightfolk lawyers are kind of- cut-throat. the lawyering game is just as messy and convoluted as it is in a human context, worse actually, and there aren't very many to go 'round so they're very expensive. in most cases, any who can't afford them have to represent themselves, one won't be provided by the state except in very 'particular circumstances' (where it pertains to really old laws like, er, consider laws like 'the law of surprise' - stuff like that, weird laws, binding vow removal too (that entire process is a paaaaain in the ass)). it seems cruel and unusual, but nightfolk are taught throughout childhood all about the legalities of their society since it's still adapting to human expansion and industrialism, modernizing, balancing their own traditions, ways of life, in some ways protecting humans from them and the monsters and such that still very much lurk in the world and one world-ending cataclysm after another-- they have to know everything, they have to be prepared. whether they end up needing to use any of that information is irrelevant. anyway-

you could theoretically divorce a god and it be totally accepted legally by everyone involved, few questions asked. attitudes about wacky, surely mindboggling stuff, are by and large best summed up as a roll of the shoulders most of the time. they all hear wild shit all day, every day, so lawyers, judges, and all kinds of legislative types have an easier time being objective and decisive, er, pragmatic (as well as being corrupt, but that's not what this post is about!).

as i think on it now, how one would become a lawyer is by apprenticeship. you work with a lawyer, they teach you everything, you learn, you take certification classes, the nightfolky bar exam lol, and there you go i guess. it takes a good long time, cos you need your mentor's approval and recommendations from several other supervisor types, character letters, and then you have to go through extensive background checks, take an oath, a binding vow to your firm as a condition of proper employment (and to the department of regulatory sorceries)-- and so on. it's an enormous pain in the ass to become a lawyer and that's why it's an undersaturated field.

[anarkhebringer]

"Understanding and demonstrating respect for the real-world histories and culture being referenced" okay then get rid of the racist lore for Blue Mage then and get our names out of your mouths

[pocoslip]

Swords are Great but Sixshot needs his Two Guns too

[ventique18]

Leona: "... Oi, they said he's the Halloween King. You heard of him?"

Malleus: "No... I do not recall a Jack Skellington having ever existed."

Malleus: "Halloween King? King of Fear? Pumpkin King? This is the first I've heard of such things."

(Genuinely glad that even Leona consults with Malleus when it comes to remembering things. They at least recognize that he's the most knowledgeable among them.)

Jamil then explains the details of Halloween that everyone in Twisted Wonderland knows about, but notes that he's never heard of Jack Skellington in that legend. Skully admits that it's understandable that they don't know, given that the legend is only known to a limited amount of areas. Sebek asks where,

Skully: "In my hometown."

Sebek: "That's completely limited!"

He then shares that everyone in his village loves and reveres Jack,

Skully: "Indeed! And of course I as well adore him. I LOVE both Halloween and Jack-sama, more than ANYTHING in world."

(HE ACTUALLY USES "AISHITE" OH MY GOD he's completely Jacksexual 😭)

He then agonizes that while people in his village love Jack, nobody outside seems to feel the same.

Skully: "... Haa, they really are stupid people. How aggravating."

Skully: "But ah! Did I truly meet Jack-sama in the flesh? Is this a dream? Ahh, if that's so, then please never wake me up..."

Azul: "Rather than a dream, this is very much a nightmare... Ugh, that skeleton really is moving."

Skully: "Might you please stop calling him a skeleton! I am begging everyone... to please call him Jack-sama."

Jack: "No, no. Just Jack is fine. Everyone in town calls me that."

Jack then asks where everyone came from, and Leona admits that they're from Twisted Wonderland.

Jack: "Hm. I've never heard of such a place."

Leona: "I knew it. This place really isn't in Twisted Wonderland!"

"WE'RE NOT IN TWISTED WONDERLAND?!"

[syntheticspades]

I DROPPED MY COOKIE THING IN MY TEA IM GONNA CRY