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[ansu-gurleht]

oc emoji asks!

okay so other people are doing this, i haven’t been tagged to do it or anything, if it’s even a thing you get tagged for, idk. but i’m making one anyway dammit! ask me about these idiots

nerevarines (many fall, but one remains):

🦖 - ku-vastei: true incarnate. argonian ex-slave and ex-general in the arnesian war. founding member of the an-xileel. wife of ashiri-khaan, mother of hla-eix.

🦀 - qismehti gra-lubakt: false incarnate. half-orc redguard whose parents fought against the argonians in the arnesian war. a passionate redoran. 

😘 - llethym hlaarothan: false incarnate. dunmer nobleman wannabe. womanizer. grandfather of sevren grodren, exhusband to daabush gro-dren.

🍷 - malcius: false incarnate. colovian monk of mara. drinks a lot of wine. upholds imperial law, but severely pities the slaves of morrowind to the point of abolitionism.

heroes of kvatch:

🐱 - saf’divi: true hero of kvatch, sheogorath. half-bosmer cathay khajiit. don’t....know much about her unfortunately, aside from a sparse backstory.

🤷‍♂️ - pavel maralius: “champion of cyrodiil”. colovian imperial nobody. didn’t actually really do anything. he was just there w/ saf and martin as a kind of annoying tag-along, and everybody figured he was a more “palatable” savior to idolize than a khajiit. (i swear i’ve written more about him than i can find.)

the last dragonborns (there’s actually five and a half, simultaneously):

🐍 - hla-eix: half-dunmer argonian assassin. also a part-time mabrigash, so she’s 200+ years old. daughter of ku-vastei and ashiri-khaan, and on-and-off girlfriend of daabush gro-dren.

🏹 - daabush gro-dren: orc hunter. very good with a bow, but very brutal with a battleaxe. don’t cross him, but he’s a softy. ex-husband of sevren grodren (grandson of llethym), on-and-off boyfriend of hla-eix, boyfriend of uuloril.

🧝‍♂️ - uuloril: ex-thalmor altmer wizard. pretentious prick most of the time, but a softy. part of why he left the thalmor. boyfriend of daabush gro-dren. 

🦁 - daro’zirr: pahmar-raht warrior. very energetic, foolhardy. they’re a whirlwind of steel, though. also a womanizer.

❄️ - hjaalgus: nord. ex-skaal shaman turned semi-reluctant mephala cultist. he’s hla-eix’s honorary dad. he’s the dragoncrew’s dad. he’s your dad. he’s everybody’s dad. husband of zaibi.

💀 - zaibi: not actually a dragonborn, but honorable mention. was a mabrigash mephala cultist but then ordered her own assassination by hla-eix bc it had to be done bc prophecy or something. brought back to life ~20 years later as a skeleton. she’s a skeleton and won’t let you forget it. wife of hjaalgus, honorary mom of hla-eix. 

wayrest dark brotherhood sanctuary c. 4e180s:

🕷 - ronelle harveau: half-altmer breton. speaker of the black hand, leader of wayrest chapter. mephala cultist who led the chapter like the morag tong, honoring mephala as the night mother. 

🗡 - bareem: redguard swordsman. passionate about frandar hunding and the book of circles. quiet unless the topic of swordplay comes up.

🗣 - nagonak gro-largbak: orc. claims to be descended from gortwog gro-nagorm, but obviously making it up. their exact lineage changes every time they tell it. definitely a prick about it though.

👮‍♂️ - druc: reachman. exiled from the west reach after it was taken by the reachmen. exiled afterwards for his extreme brutality. 

📿 - baridas hariloth: dunmer. refugee from morrowind. loves the “morag tong” style of the wayrest chapter. fervent but naive.

👯‍♀️ - deek and sisei: twin argonians. orphans adopted by racist bretons who abused them. hla-eix killed their horrible new parents and took them in to train as new shadowscales. very close, always together.

other:

👨‍🔬 - ogash gor-giknirh: half-goblin orc. chief tonal architect of orsinium c. 4e250. leads project to recreate kagrenac’s plans using the old yoku god diagna as the heart. 

👨‍💼 - sevren grodren: dunmer. refugee from vvardenfell. fleeing persecution as member of great house hlaalu, and its family dren. ex-husband of daabush gro-dren before his death.

not an oc but:

🤴/🐗- trinimac/malacath

🌗 - vivec

[alo-piss-trancy]

(fire emoji) p5

Okay I have quite a few unpopular opinions I’d like to get off my chest so here we go (keep in mind these are p much just personal preferences so don’t feel bad if you actually like the things I’m about to rag on lmao)

Also I apologize if these show up in the actual tags I don’t want to put slashes in all of these names and ships RIP

!!!WARNING FOR BIG GAME SPOILERS!!!

1. Akechi/Akira is my least fav p5 ship and ngl I feel burning disgust 98% of the time I see it. Both characters are interesting on their own and I love the similarities and contrasts between them (I live for those perfect protag/antag foils), and I do really like those bits where they could ALMOST be close friends but then it gets fucked up mmm. I also like 1 of them pining for the other on occasion (or in Akechi’s case, possibly going past that into obsessive lust) but the other has no interest in anything deeper. But I can’t see them in love at all, especially in content that sticks to canon since there’s so many time constraints and scenarios that would prevent them from having the opportunity to actually form a true relationship.

But also putting all that aside it mostly bothers me because the entire pairing just REEKS of the completely overdone “These two rivals are opposites and boys so they HAVE TO BE secretly in love and super gay for each other” kinda thing that used to be (coughstilliscough) all over the place in other fandoms. Like, I guess potentially in the right hands it could be done well and actually develop the relationship between them, but I really just despise that type of ship in 98% of fandoms and nearly any time I see Akechi/Akira content it seems pretty forced and is clearly wish fulfillment/desperate craving for gay representation.

RIP I know that sounds harsh as hell, I really don’t know how to word my feelings on it in a more coherent manner so this is the best I can explain it? People can ship whatever they want ofc and if I ever spot good content or it has smth I like (like omo fics) I’m down to read it, but it’s definitely a ship I usually try to avoid simply because I’m sick and tired of seeing it EVERYWHERE (and there’s so many other people Akira is canonically closer to/much more likely to fall in love with)

2. In a similar vein, Akira/Yusuke gets on my nerves almost as much as the above. I just don’t see much chemistry between them so it seems a bit forced, but also it’s kind of a personal bias because I just. I don’t like Yusuke. He irritates me so much he somehow pushed all my buttons when I first met him and I ignored him FOR MY ENTIRE GAME and gave him shitty coffee and if Akechi and Mishima hadn’t made me even angrier I probably would call him my least fav character in the game. That said, I’m going to try hanging out with him more than twice and actually USE HIM IN MY PARTY in my ng+ so maybe I’ll learn to warm up to him. And despite my distaste I will admit his lines are some of THE FUCKING FUNNIEST (esp his bits in Mementos jfc)

Also Akira/Ryuji irritates me too bc I also get real tired of the ‘bffs fall in love trope’ and I think they each have ppl that fit them better, but in some instances it can be really cute or kinda deep so I enjoy looking at it on occasion. I’m mostly just tired of it drowning the tags when I’m looking for other Akira pairings lmao

3. Sadayo Kawakami isn’t that great and idk why ppl hail her as one of the best girls. I actually liked her a lot when she first appeared in the game but once you start her social link and get into all the other shit I just got really bored and annoyed with her? I don’t know why because while I didn’t finish it (I got to 7 or 8 I think but then the late game plot dragged me into madness so I couldn’t find time to meet her anymore) I got to one of the big plot points in her arc and it was sad that it happened but…I was already so irritated by all of her lying and she was starting to rub me the wrong way bc despite her being 'kind’ it seemed like any dialogue I picked even when it helped her brought some snark or just obnoxious moping from her so I just kinda. Stopped giving a shit about her. I’ll max her in NG+ this time so I can see the end and hopefully I’ll feel more for her since I know most of what happened but I don’t think she’ll ever be as important to me as The Squad Girls or Tae or Hifumi.

As a character I still like her and there are certain plot aspects I really find interesting/deliciously angsty if expanded on, but I definitely wouldn’t say she’s waifu material lmao

4. Now for an actual game critique: I feel they definitely started off WAY too strong with the first palace/boss, so most of the future game (palace design/boss fights, not the plot the plot’s always top tier) seem kind of underwhelming by comparison. Like the entire way the plot progresses in Palace #1 is awesome when you’re brand new to the game/series and the boss is the perfect Holy Shit moment because, like, just look at that revolting mess, it’s super different from anything you saw before that point in the game and kinda scary to fight and it’s badass. But then a lot of the rest just doesn’t have the same shock or high stakes feeling to it or the palaces aren’t as interesting. Cool and creative bosses/neat palace ideas: #1, #4 (boss and 1 bit of plot, the palace itself got pretty repetitive to trudge through), #6 (amazing boss, loved the fighting arena bit and palace aesthetic, but hated trudging to collect shit just so Akechi could slide us through the plot), #8 (rad design, cool 1st boss, Yaldawhoever was kinda lame to fight tho bc it was a lot of the multi-bodypart stuff we’ve seen before)

Palaces that were repetitive/annoying most of the time/lame bosses: #2, #3 (THE W O R S T BOSS AND PALACE), #4, #5, #7