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[ladytanithia]

Art WIP Wednesday

This is a spoiler for anyone who hasn't read beyond Chapter 19 of Dalliances with Dunmer. I'm calling it Anguish. Below the cut.

EDIT: It's finished and posted on @tanithias-art-blog

Tagging @thechaosdragoness because I KNOW you've gotten that far, and @skyrim-forever because I THINK you have...

[tanithias-art-blog]

Anguish 08-10-2023

Putting this one under a cut, because it's a major spoiler for Dalliances with Dunmer. View at your own discretion if you haven't read past chapter 19 - this event happens in Chapter 20 (Mystery Solved).

[kitkatt0430]

I love how The Long Goodbye Job cons the viewer. Sure, Nate is telling the lie to an interrogator, but it's shown to the viewer in flashbacks. It looks exactly like a plausible con they'd pull off.

But there is foreshadowing of what's really going on. Parker realizing that Nate's grooming her to become a mastermind type herself (hinting at Nate's intention to retire after this job). Sophie's performance in Macbeth is very similar to the one she gave in the pilot episode because that's the performance Nate is actually recalling - the costume she's wearing looks almost exactly the same, if it isn't the same, as the one she wore in the pilot. Nate makes a very obvious and unlike him mistake with the radios...

And of course they're not gonna kill off 4/5 of the main cast before the episode is even halfway over.

Every time I see Eliot, Parker, and Hardison holding hands in the back of the van during the chase scene all I can think of is that post talking about how Nate must have been emphasizing how they were all holding hands back there before they died. Gotta really make that super clear. They died holding hands. All three of them. (Right before Nate and Sophie hold hands to drive off the bridge together, and they're in love too...)

The slow reveal of what the real con was is so good. The alternate theory flashback that gets slowly a bit closer to the truth...

Nate revealing how he knows he isn't in the hospital after all, but is actually still in the Highpoint Tower. Right where he wants to be.

[black-arcana]

Every Lacuna Coil album ranked from worst to best

(Image credit: Cunene)

9. Shallow Life (2009)

Lacuna Coil’s fifth album was meant to be a critique on superficiality, but it fell flat musically. Missing the nu metal crunch of predecessor Karmacode and stripped of the opulence that characterised the band’s earlier material, Shallow Life meanders. Though it’s not a complete car crash (Spellbound is an obvious standout), it’s slim pickings.

8. Dark Adrenaline (2012)

Dark Adrenaline isn’t a terrible album; it’s just an unremarkable one. Meaty opener Trip The Darkness and a cinematic Intoxicated provide the highpoints amongst more generic, forgettable fare. There’s still little here we haven’t heard from the band before, however – plus that truly horrible cover of R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion misses the mark in every way. 

7. Broken Crown Halo (2014)

By the time Lacuna Coil released their seventh album, it felt like they had made the same statement at least three times in a row. The last release to feature the long-term members Cristiano “Pizza” Migliore  (guitars) and Cristiano “Criz” Mozzati (drums), Broken Crown Halo packs more grit and punch than predecessor Dark Adrenaline (Cybersleep and frequent set-closer Nothing Stands In Our Way are the highlights). Yet, there’s still no doubt by this point: the band were treading water. 

6. In A Reverie (1999)

Dreamy, doomy and gothic, Lacuna Coil’s debut has aged very well. Circle, To Myself I Turned and Glass Veins have lost none of their majesty and, while the Italians’ approach at this point is clearly indebted to Paradise Lost and The Gathering’s 1995 album Mandylion, Cristina and Andrea’s serene/raw vocal attack set this bunch apart right from the start. A promising beginning.

5. Karmacode (2006)

By the mid-2000s, Lacuna Coil had nailed their ethereal goth ways. So, it was a surprise when they changed gears with fourth album Karmacode, introducing a more mainstream, chunky, nu metal-flavoured sound with focus on melody. The move sacrificed much of their splendour and atmospherics, and tracks like The Game and Closer feel a tad too simplistic, but elsewhere, the band proved they had mastered a hook. Their excellent cover of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy The Silence broke them to an even bigger audience, too.

4. Unleashed Memories (2001)

Lacuna Coil’s second album is an elegant, slow-burning gem. You need to work a little harder to get under the surface of these songs, but once you do, there’s an abundance of gorgeous charms to discover. From the sumptuous and dignified Heir Of A Dying Day to a towering To Live Is To Hide, the still very Paradise Lost-influenced When A Dead Man Walks to the ornate Cold Heritage, the band were evolving at pace.

3. Delirium (2016)

In their post-Karmacode period, Lacuna Coil had settled into a safe, predictable groove. Then, with eighth album Delirium, they changed their methodology once again. On its release, tracks like Broken Things and Blood, Tears, Dust were dark and dripping with claustrophobic tension. They were startlingly heavy as well, helped in no small part by vocalist Andrea Ferro putting in some of his best guttural vocals to date. Foreboding, haunted and cold, it was the sound of a band renewed.  

2. Black Anima (2019)

Lacuna Coil’s most recent album finds them in fantastic form. Picking up where Delirium left off, the band have only continued to get heavier, leaving the generic, featherlight melodies of their mid-career slump far behind. Packed with atmosphere and highlights in Sword Of Anger and Layers Of Time, it’s not as stark as its predecessor, while the Exorcist vibes of Veneficium are definitely something they should lean into in the future. Whereas Cristina’s piercing vocals are dependably great, pushing her voice to new height on Reckless, the biggest surprise is Andrea,: unrecognisable from the band’s early days, his bowel-rattling vocals takes the band’s stylings to an ever more twisted realm.

1. Comalies (2002)

Comalies is the moment everything came together for Lacuna Coil in terms of aesthetics and sound, but also songwriting, which took everything up a notch. It was led by two excellent singles: the celestial Swamped and Heaven’s A Lie – which marries an earworm chorus with glossy, apocalyptic grandeur – and broke the band on MTV.

The opus is also a trove of emotionally-charged gems, with Daylight Dancer, Humane, Tight Rope and Entwined all deserving a place on a countdown of the band’s best songs. In 2022, Lacuna Coil celebrated the album’s 20th anniversary by rearranging and re-recording it for a retrospective, Comalies XX, adding a heavier, more ferocious slant to the tracklist. It couldn’t hold a candle to the original, though, which remains a goth metal classic – not to mention the band’s undisputed masterpiece. 

[ciceroandthelistener]

digging thru google images search results for highpoint tower bc im thinking SO MUCH abt that mission where you fight ildari and i really wanna draw naelia in that fight but alas. im not at that point in the game

[mogwai-movie-house]

It's a difficult question because of how different the two eras are: If you want idiosyncratic individualistic artistic freedom of expression, then the 1970s was possibly the highpoint of all cinema, whereas if you want magic and transportative fantasy, it's hard to beat the 1980s.

It's impossible to imagine Ghostbusters and Splash and Back To The Future and E.T. and Aliens and Terminator and Blade Runner and The Thing and The Fly and Videodrome and WarGames and Robocop and The Princess Bride and so many others being made in the 1970s.

But then it's almost as hard to imagine Get Carter and Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now and Harold & Maude and The French Connection and The Godfather and The Conversation and Nashville and Clockwork Orange and The Wicker Man and Catch 22 and The Deer Hunter and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Chinatown and Don't Look Now and Badlands and Phantom of The Paradise and The Last Picture Show and Cabaret and The Rocky Horror Picture Show being made any other decade, either.

I always think of the 1980s as a last resurgence of the old studio system: the dream factory pumping out a rigorously maintained and high quality - if a little dumbed down and bland - entertainment product, and this was a direct response to the stoned excesses of the anything-goes seventies, which eventually collapsed after box office flops like Heaven's Gate and One From The Heart.

You know, it strikes me right now that we may see a sea-change comparable to that again, after the massive flop after flop after flop of all the woke propaganda films the past few years: maybe the business suits will purge all the talentless hacktivists the way they purged all the ivory-towered auteurs, and get back to making dazzling, heartfelt, rewarding and lovable fantasy films? We can only hope.

To directly answer the question, I guess there are more films I personally love from the 1980s than the seventies, and despite all the repugnant yuppie greed, I still prefer the general coked-up wonder and positivity of that decade more than the grimily-depressed paranoia of the one before it.

It should be remembered, though, in both decades, the great majority of films being made were mediocre rubbish, just for usually different reasons.

And also, as the Rabbis say, there's good wine in every generation.

Movie questions?

[belmontswhip]

Highpoint Tower - Solstheim

[birindale]

Etherian Locations

Organizing my notes on Etherian locations. Non exhaustive ‘cause I gotta go through some MOTUC bios :/ (and also I took out the Dimensions) Sorted by ‘type of thing’, italics are sources

Villages

Allwyn, home of Norwin and Arden. in SPOP 2018 as Alwyn Filmation

Brigis, a village whose inhabitants enjoyed eternal life because their chief made a deal with a witch. It reappeared on Etheria for a single day once every five hundred years. Filmation

City of Nagar, a city of witches in the kingdom of Mystacor, UK World POP Annuals

City of Somal, several hours from the Whispering Woods and known for its Horde prison. UK World POP Annuals

City of Wizam, a wizard city in Mystacor. UK World POP Annuals

Colonia, a village robbed of food by the Horde. Filmation

Sven-Town, ruled from Dring House, in the North Fields of the Fright Zone. Managed by Mayor Binon and Attendant Mozz UK MOTU Comic Magazines

Dryl, a village adjacent to a mountain containing Etherium mines Filmation

Elberon, celebrating liberation from the Horde. full of mushroom-shaped buildings and an old well that the Horde used as a fuel tank, which Bow accidentally set on fire (everything was fine) Filmation

Elvok Village, home of the Elvoks, who we don’t need to talk about UK MOTU Comic Magazines

Fellwick Village, home of Madam Razz’s friend Grandma Bella UK POP Comic Magazines

Glenmar Village Filmation

Village of Goldwillow, Filmation

Greenfield Village, another Horde-starving-situation Filmation

Village of Greenthatch, under Horde control Filmation

Jayms-Town, a peasant village in the Fright Zone. UK MOTU Comic Magazines

Koala Village. I don’t want to talk about it. UK POP Comic Magazines

The village of Mandaville was very close to the Whispering Woods. They mostly grew grain and wheat until the Horde took their tools Filmation

The Manikins Village UK POP Comic Magazines

Town of Northland which isn’t part of the Kingdom of Snows, though its mountains can be seen from within town Filmation, Editora Abril POP Comics

Pine Town was a small settlement on the edge of the Valley of the Lost, rebel-friendly Filmation

Village of Seaworthy Filmation

Silverglade, home of wizard who could grant courage. There’s a Horde outpost on the road to it Filmation

Thaymor/e (both spellings canon) Filmation, Ladybird POP Books

The Twigget Village was located outside of the Whispering Woods, so it was subject to Horde attacks. Just a cluster of trees that they lived inside of Filmation

Village of Bluestones in the Orange Mountains, home to the wizard Tub and his nephews Rubadub and Dub UK World POP Annuals

The village of Bright Moon was the town surrounding Castle Bright Moon Filmation

The village of Gailbreth was Horde-occupied & plotting to rebel, so Hordak had Shadow Weaver steal their voices Filmation

The Village of Skee was famous for its apple trees and seasonal festivals US MOTU Magazines

Kingdoms/Castles

Kingdom of Alver, where Bow attempted Act 2 of Disney’s Robin Hood Filmation Bible

Blue Mountain, located far from the Whispering woods & ruled by Prince Highcliff. Few had ever met anyone from here Filmation

Kingdom of Bluestone, allies of the Rebellion. Castaspella had something of a leadership role. Seat of power was Blackmoor Castle. The tops of the castle’s towers looked like helmets. Filmation

Castle Bright Moon. Etheria’s “twin moons” powered the castle via the Moonstone in the Filmation cartoon. In the Ladybird books there’s a big lake called Lake Bright Moon at the base of it.

Castle Chill, Frosta’s castle in the Kingdom of Snows, Filmation

The Ice Desert was Frosta’s kingdom in the German audio plays. She ruled from the Ice Palace

Castle Condore, stronghold of Baron Condore in the Etherian desert, Filmation

Castle Darkspur, home to King Darkspur, Filmation Located in the Hinderlands

Castle Highpoint, stronghold of Prince Norb, located in the desert lowlands of Sand Valley, Filmation

Castle of King Jared, located in Darkedge/Dark Edge, which borders the Valley of the Lost. Home of the Crown of Knowledge Filmation

City of Tine, located on great plains surrounded by the Snowy Mountains of Tobok, surrounded by huge walls. Ruled by King Mola. Fragrant flowers grow in the area. UK World POP Annuals

The Coral Palace, home of Mermista.  fortunately I don’t think we get an external shot of the castle so I don’t have to go back and tag it :) UK Pop Comic Magazines

Crystal Castle, usually located on the top of Skydancer Mountain and usually hidden from view (but not in the Ladybird POP Books). In the German audio plays, it was the source of Adora’s transformation, and was itself powered by the Corals of Promise, which were located in the shallow waters of the Ocean of Timebraids and protected by the Guardians of Time

Duke Drear’s Fortress, bones, skulls, etc. Located in the Shadow Kingdom

Elfworld, kingdom of King Varn and Prince Storm, who rule from Elfworld Castle Filmation

Freedom Castle, built by the extinct Guardians of Etheria, built on a site of magical power (which created sort of an Alwyn situation) UK POP Comic Magazines

Galacia, kingdom of the selkies, enemies of Frosta Filmation

Green Islands, a kingdom in the southern Growling Sea ruled by King Arbor Filmation

Greenvale, ruled by King Gruff but under Castaspella’s jurisdiction. Blue rabbit people Filmation

Half Moon, kingdom of magicats Filmation

Honeycomb Palace, home of Sweet Bee, from which she looked after the bees of Etheria UK POP Comic Magazines

Kingdom of Erelandia, subject to the Horde, ruled by King Duplis and Prince Hazar (who supported the Rebellion) Filmation

(?) Kingdom of GreenGlade, which I’m not actually sure is on Etheria bc it’s MOTUC but they’re saying it’s Double Trouble’s home kingdom. Sorry, “Double Mischief”’s

Kingdom of Greenleaf, ruled by Prince Daniel, who was engaged to Princess Ellanella of Stardell Golden MOTU Books

Kingdom of Stardell. While we’re at it. Both of these are rebel friendly btw Golden MOTU Books Ellanella ruled from the Palace of Stars

The Kingdom of Spikeheart was the Troll kingdom before they retreated underground when the Horde invaded & the other Etherians decline the trolls’ help Filmation

Light-Facet was Peekablue’s home in the middle of a beautiful flower garden northeast of the Tree of Living Dimensions. It was shaped like a large insect eye & made of transparent material so it shone like a diamond German audio plays

Not to be confused with Glimmer’s Light-Facet, which was southwest of the Crystal Castle and shone so brightly you could see it from miles away. She lived here when she moved out of Castle Bright Moon (I believe temporarily?)  German audio plays

Peekablue’s house was located outside the Whispering Woods in the Filmation cartoon

The.... Perfumed Falcon. was Perfuma’s home in the UK POP Comic Magazines

In the German audio plays, Perfuma lived in the Vial Palace. It was almost a hundred meters tall and resembled a red dianthus blossom. also it smelled nice

The Maze of Mirrors was located within the Prism of Light, Entrapta’s home in the UK POP Comic Magazines

Not to be confused with the Mirror Labyrinth, which was her home in the German audio plays

Kingdom of Mizar, Angella’s kingdom from the POP Minicomics

Moonbeam Palace was the home of Princess Luna, keeper of the Moon Jewel. Located on the moon Elidor UK POP Comic Magazines

Mortella’s Castle was her cursed version of Mystacor. The throne room was populated by her Fire Pit, which burned with blue flames that, if extinguished, destroyed her power. Filmation

Kingdom of Mystacor/e was suspended between two mountains high above a river. The “Mystacore Meridian” was a theoretical line separating Mystacor from Greenvale, but the Horde cut down some of the trees and cut Greenvale off from Casta’s protection. Filmation In the UK POP Comic Magazines Casta kept the Pool of Power (see Pool of Vision below) which allowed her to scry all over Etheria, and an endless library of magic. In MOTUC Mystacor contained a hidden magic archive, which Shadow Weaver led a raid on to enhance her powers.

Salineas, AKA the Sunken City Filmation

Scorpion Hill was Scorpia’s HQ, located within the Forbidden Zone FIlmation

The Tree of Living Dimensions is where Flutterina lived in the German audio plays. It was a tree-shaped palace intangible to everyone but her. If she willed it, the tree could turn red with silver leaves, which could heal the victims of the Isle of Wildflowers

Vargon was a kingdom ruled by King Semor. His son Prince Arkion was a rebel ally Filmation

Caves/Gorges/Valleys

Big Ditch Canyon, a popular campsite in Bright Moon Filmation

The Cave of Dreams. Hordak used the Zodian Crystal and magic stolen from Madam Razz to create illusory monsters. UK World POP Annuals

Cave of Fire, guarded by a friendly demon and containing the “Lava of Age” that turned Rock Creatures into adults when they swallowed it. UK POP Comic Magazines

Cave of Winds, a sealed cavern that if opened would release winds capable of destroying the Whispering Woods, Filmation

Cavern of Fire, home of the First Ones--only the true of heart could enter, all others would be incinerated, Filmation accessed via the Forbidden Corner, via the Jaws of Darkness (think Cave of Wonders from 90s Aladdin)

Center of Etheria, the very center of the planet, home to the Giant Magical Clock, which could control the flow of time on Etheria and was guarded by angry gargoyles. Filmation. Suffice to say this was discarded in 2018 canon. You may be interested to know there was a Heart of Eternia, though

Crystal Cavern, where the Star Sisters had to return every new moon to recharge US POP Magazines hey how do you have a new moon with two moons? like is it every time both of them are new? or just one?

Serenia, which was a valley originally, was the “one place that kept all of Etheria in balance”. If anything happened to the power in this valley, Etheria would tip sideways in its orbit Filmation (obviously 2018 SPOP’s Etheria isn’t orbiting anything, so, problem solved)

Skyland of Wildblossom, the floating island housing the Skylanders--living tree people. Filmation

Snake Tongue Pass was a canyon known for its rocky terrain Filmation

The Valley of Spiders was a region in the Fright Zone. You will never guess what was in there Ladybird POP books

The Valley of the Lion People was the home of the Lion People (see species chart) and cloaked in invisibility via the Gong of Leona UK World MOTU Annuals

The Valley of the Lost was desolate and remote, located just beyond the Freezing Mountains. In Filmation the only locations known within it were an ancient library & a swamp. The POP Minicomics had it contain a dense forest & Catra’s Treeplex.

Mountains

The Blue Mountains, apparently distinct from the Kingdom of Blue Mountain, home to a magic dragon that had its flame stolen by Hordak and Shadow Weaver, UK POP Comic Magazines

“Candor’s” Mountain, so called bc a wizard named Candor lives there with his apprentice, Ely Filmation

Chill Mountains, in the Kingdom of Snows Filmation, POP Mini World Books

The Snowy Mountains of Tobok UK World POP Annuals

The Volcanoes of Cond, two volcanoes side by side, atop which sits the treasure of the wizard Mityu, UK World POP Annuals

Crystal Mines in Etheria’s Crystal Mountains, Horde-controlled, Filmation

Dark Mountains, a mountain range near the Fright Zone UK World POP Annuals

Darkmor Mountains, the steep and unforgiving mountains of the region of Darkmor (see below in Regions/Lands). They were rich in Zaronite, the most powerful substance known on Etheria. The Red Lake stretched between its peaks. POP Mini World Books

Dreaming Mountains, location of Castle Chill in the Filmation Bible

Flower Mountain was celebrated with the Day of the Flowers Filmation

Freezing Mountains, a barrier to the Valley of the Lost and apparently also in the polar region somehow Filmation

The Ice Mountains were located in one of the polar regions. Hordak set something called an Ice Weapon up here but messed up a calculation and it made the ice start to melt UK World POP Annuals

Magic Mountains UK World MOTU Annuals

Mount Kandeela--WAIT like Mount Candila?? Precedent?? What the fuck?? uh. uhhh. hang on i lost my place while i was freaking out about that. Let’s see. Active volcano not far from the Whispering Woods, whose lava tubes ran under the forest & were... killing plants? Somehow? Idt that’s how lava tubes work bro Filmation & apparently that Fire Princess book

The Mountain of the Crystal Spider was a huge mound of crystal & home to the Crystal Spider, which Larry DiTillio based on the one from Krull. Yes, that Krull Filmation.

The Northern Mountains, located in the Kingdom of Snows UK POP Comic Magazines Under them were the Wugly Warrens, where dwelt the Wuglies

Skydancer Mountain, home of the Crystal Castle. In the Mini World Books, it’s just called “Skydancer”, though it is still a mountain. Filmation, POP Minicomics, UK World POP Annuals, POP Mini World Books

Smoldering Volcano, north of the Fright Zone. I refuse to recognize their spelling. death to imperialism UK POP Comic Magazines

Sylvan Mountains Ladybird POP Books

The Trail of the Forgotten was a dark & desolate trail into the Blue Mountains UK POP Comic Magazines

Talon Mountain was where Hunga and the harpies lived. After the fall of Bright Moon, Angella was kept imprisoned there for many years Filmation

The Undersea Mountains were a range of seamounts. Mermista was very familiar with them UK Twins of Power Magazine

The Orange Mountains UK World POP Annuals

Woeful Mountain was the home of the wizard Noah, who taught Hordak magic (which Hordak later rejected for technology) Filmation

Forests

The Black Wood She-Ra told Catra (in her cat form) that she was so beautiful she could be queen of the Black Wood. Yes, it was a trap, but boy was it a gay one.  View-Master Reel 1

The Dark Forest. If you walk into it you get depression. In MOTUC it’s where the evil wizard Zin lived with his unwilling slave Broom, until Madam Razz freed him. POP Minicomics, MOTUC

Forest of Fear, sometimes the home of Shadow Weaver Ladybird MOTU & POP Books, UK POP Comic Magazines

Forest of Freedom was just a real pretty forest Filmation

Forest of Storms, full of a bunch of She-Ra’s animal friends UK Comic POP Magazines

The Fright Forest was near Mystacor, containing the Temple of Gloom Filmation

The Great Forest US MOTU Magazines

The Great Etherian Forest, a stretch of forest between Catra’s lair and Rebellion territory, POP Mini World Books

The Shady Glade of Dreams was located near the Forest of Storms UK POP Comic Magazines

The Whispering Woods Filmation, POP Minicomics, Golden POP books

Deserts

The Burning Desert, “vast and tremendously hot”. there’s also a burning desert on Eternia so dubiously named Ladybird POP Books

Crimson Wastes, northwest of the Whispering Woods and pretty much the same across canons. Populated by nomadic tribes in the UK POP Comic Magazines (see Ancient Fort) and in MOTUC ruled initially by Scorpia until she allied herself with Hordak after the fall of Bright Moon

The Sizzling Desert US POP Magazines, Filmation Bible

Tomb Rock is a big old rock in the Crimson Waste. Huntara imprisoned Glimmer here before she learned the truth about the Horde Filmation

The Whispering Desert was the most inhospitable landscape on the German audio play’s Etheria. Sandstorms and quicksand etc. Honestly basically the Crimson Waste

Islands

Beast Island, including Beast Warriors’ village, which had a water supply problem Filmation, Golden POP Books. Sight of a Horde prison

Island of Wildflowers, located near Flutterina’s home, southeast of the Crystal Castle. Completely covered in flowers which paralyzed anyone who drew too close. Victims could be awakened with silver leaves from the Tree of Living Dimensions German audio plays

The Mystic Isle was said to be the storehouse for the greatest treasure of the First Ones, which they sank below the sea to protect its treasure. For a single day, the island would rise again. When it rose (because of course it did) it had a citadel and giant busts of First Ones (who appear human here). The citadel was filled with art depicting love, beauty, freedom, and truth Filmation

Summer Isle was an island which always had a summer climate, home to a flock of geese led by Asner (also a goose). It was the halfway point on their migration Ladybird POP Books

Unicorn Island was an island in the Growling Sea populated entirely by “unicorns” (horses with horns and wings). Ruled by the Unicorn King Filmation

The mystical island of Zhur was the ancient home of Etheria’s Great Mage. The Mage was long gone, but the powerful Dark Pearl could still be found on the island’s shores. Editora Abril POP Comic

Bodies of Water

The Cosmic Well, a legendary location that could only be found by solving the riddle, “On the highest mountain and at the foot of the world”. Horde Prime was looking for the Sword of Evil (don’t ask) and Adora had half of it, so Light Hope told her to throw it in the Well to destroy it. It’s actually a seamount UK Twins of Power Magazine

The Cracking Sea, Filmation Bible

The Dark Pool was in the Whispering Woods, in a hollow surrounded by bare and twisted trees. "No birds chirped, and no breeze rippled the pool’s blackened, bottomless water.” My question is why didn’t MOTUC use this for Ditztroyer instead of inventing the Ebon Pool? Ladybird POP Books

Silver River, inhabited by siren fish, on the border between Bright Moon and the Fright Zone UK POP Comic Magazines. Also exists in the German audio plays

The Etherian Sea, apparently located near Horde headquarters POP Mini World Books

The Growling Sea, specified to be the location of Beast Island in the Golden POP Books

Crystal Falls, home to Mermista in the Filmation cartoon. In the UK POP Comic Magazines its waters had the power to rejuvenate all who bathed in them. In the German audio plays, they were located within the Crystal Castle, and it prevented people from doing evil within the castle (until Catra changed it to a Well of Dissension with a magic potion)

Fetid Pool on the outskirts of the Fright Zone, kind of a soupy dump Filmation

Great Lakes UK POP Comic Magazines

Grim Beach, site of an alien spacecraft crash that Hordak scrapped UK POP Comic Magazines

The enchanted Grotto (wink wink nudge nudge), on Rocky Island, had magical air which prolonged the dying Falcon’s life. Filmation

Horde Harbor, where Sea Hawk delivered goods to the Horde before defection Filmation

Jamie River UK POP Comic Magazines

Kingfisher Falls was one of two waterfalls on the Crystal Castle’s mountain Ladybird POP Books

Lavender Pond Filmation

The Maelstroms of the Twelve Dimensions were located between the Crystal Castle and the Ocean of Timebraids, right after the Area of the Dancing Whales. Hotbed of demons German audio plays

Ocean of Timebraids, the most dangerous of all Etherian seas. The strings of time became tangled there, and it was said that whomever traveled across this sea would become lost in time forever. German audio plays

Octopus Cove was a Horde-controlled port where the Horde Dreadnoughts docked. Octavia commanded the base. Filmation

The Polar Sea, nigh impossible to reach via land on account of all the ice Filmation

The Pool of Beauty lay within the Sizzling Desert. It was said to be all that remained of a once-great ocean. The pool was a definitive judge of beauty and told Catra that there was in fact someone hotter than her out there US POP Magazines

The Pool of Vision was Casta’s scrying pool Filmation

The Rainbow River, with rainbow waters UK World POP Annuals

The Red Lake, POP mini world books

The Sea of Demons bordered Seaworthy Filmation

The Sea of Sighs, an inland sea Filmation Bible, MOTUC

Silver Fall was a magical waterfall behind a large desert. Its water had healing powers German audio plays (probably the same as the Silver Falls?)

The Singing River Filmation, Golden POP books, UK World POP Annuals

Singing River Gorge Filmation

Southern Sea, presumably to the south Filmation Bible

Buildings

Ancient Fort, deep in the Crimson Wastes. All that remained of a once-great city that was swallowed by the desert sands centuries ago. The site was said to be haunted. Controlled by the Horde until She-Ra and the Crimson Fury liberated it and turned it into a rest stop. well this could be fun UK POP Comic Magazines

Cat Tower. my beloved. Located the edge of the Fright Zone, Catra’s lair in the Golden POP books. literally just a building shaped like a cat head. In the Ladybird POP books it’s like a nega-crystal castle, all dark and spindly. All frozen over for some reason

Catra’s lair, inside a cave full of barrels, lion statues, and cat motifs in the Filmation cartoon. In the German audio plays it’s at the foot of a volcano and Catra hates it.

Crystal Light Barrier, a dimensional gate to Crystal World POP Minicomics

Dimensional Gate, located in the middle of the Whispering Woods. Angella used magic to turn it on and create a portal (hahaha) (ouch) Filmation

Dimensional Void--Catra and Shadow Weaver accidentally opened a hole in time and space, sending Adora and Hordak into the Void, where they didn’t know where they were, where they were going, or where they would be on the other end. Filmation these are getting pointed huh

Doom Tower, a huge tower in the Fright Zone. Hordak’s HQ in the Ladybird books but just a tower in the Filmation cartoon

Golden Goose Inn Filmation

Hordak’s Zoo Filmation

Horde Headquarters, somewhat analogous to Doom Tower. Contained a room called the Council Chambers where officers met to make evil plans. POP Mini World Books

Horde Ice Station aw shit I’m gonna have to call the Northern Reach place this aren’t I. Fine. Built in the polar regions of Etheria with the purpose of melting the polar ice with a “Hordebomb”. global warming noncanon? UK POP Comic Magazines

Horde Research Base in the area of Small Oak Filmation

Horror Hall was Shadow Weaver’s house Filmation, UK POP Comic Magazines, MOTUC

Laughing Swan Inn Filmation

The Serenity Stone Temple was in the valley of Serenia, and contained the Serenity Stone, which was the balancing point. Filmation

The Slime Room is just Hordak’s Zoo on offense. And full of slime Filmation

The Sulfur Pit was a place Horde soldiers were sent for hard labor upon failure Filmation

The Teleport Room was where Hordak kept his teleportation equipment UK MOTU Comic Magazines

The Temple of Birindale  held the Eldritch Book of Spells over a thousand years ago Filmation. MOTUC had the temple be a burned remnant of the First Ones’ great library of Birindale 😏😏😏

Catra’s Tree-Plex was located in the Valley of the Lost (I think you can see it on the MOTUC map? it isn’t labeled). It was actually pretty nice POP Minicomics

The Valley of the Lost’s library contained innumerable books on every conceivable subject and from every imaginable era. The inner library, which had not been visited in centuries, contained the most ancient tombs. The books lay in uncategorized piles, making locating a specific volume a nearly impossible challenge. Filmation

Regions/Lands

Bibbetland, Bibbet Forest, including Bibbet Camp. Filmation

The Dead Zone was located in the superhot air of one of Etheria’s largest active volcanoes. No life could exist there except for the strange plant called Ghost Blossoms UK POP Comic Magazines

The region of Darkmor, where dwelt the Golden Dragons. They were led by a queen (also a dragon). POP Mini World Books

Desolate Area, at the edge of the Frozen Area. who named these Filmation

The Forbidden Zone, part of the Fright Zone Filmation

Frozen Area, Filmation

Region called Small Oak Filmation

The Land of Endor--this guy (Endor) stole Frosta’s magic to put the surrounding area in stasis as like, life support for his dying wife. She-Ra healed her and sent the land to the “Land of Legends” Golden POP Books

The Land of Legends was apparently a region where the people of Etheria’s past went to “escape death” because fixing his time fuckery would have killed all of them, or something? What are you teaching these kids Golden POP books

The Land of Ferros, where everything is made of metal, even the plants. Legend says a robot used to live and he made the flowers bc he thought they were pretty. aaww UK POP Comic Magazines

Moorstone was an area where a major Horde outpost was located, generally beautiful Filmation

The Patchwork Hills, fertile farmland surrounding an unnamed village under Horde control UK World MOTU Annuals

The Pirate Tunnels were built by smugglers and pirates years before the Rebellion was formed, and crossed under Bright Moon and the Fright Zone UK POP Comic Magazines

The Region of Volcanoes, a region dotted with (you guessed it) several active volcanoes. Hordak set up his base of operations here when he constructed his terrible Volcanic Ray Brazilian Estrela POP Minicomics

Skull Path, leading to the Shadow Kingdom Filmation

Twigget Valley was a special gathering place for the Twiggets, a clearing in the Whispering Woods where they’d hole festivals and such UK World POP Annuals

[ober-affen-geil]

For @tvarchive‘s TV Appreciation Week Day 7:   the TV show with the best ending

Season 5 episode 15 “The Long Goodbye Job” | Leverage

Not actually designed as a series finale, but designed by showrunners who gave each season a rounded ending in case of an unplanned cancellation, the Leverage finale ties both the season and the overarching series goal up in a bow. There are references to the first episode, satisfying character beats that are the culmination of well-written development over 5 seasons, and one helluva bait-and-switch for the audience from a show famous for them. Even though the show ended in cancellation after a 5 season run, this finale is incredibly satisfying while being open-ended enough to leave room for Leverage: Redemption ten years later. In fact, the sequel show is likely going to be the only one to measure up so far as finales go, in my opinion.

[Begin image description:

Gif 1: A closeup of Parker, standing outdoors on a roof during the day. She brushes her hair behind her ear with a hand holding a pen in it. Her brow is furrowed in thought, and she looks up to say “18 miles an hour.” The caption continues with the rest of her sentence “Is that what you got?” directed at Nate behind her off-screen. The caption is in white.

Gif 2: The camera is set inside a server tower that is closed. The door opens to reveal Hardison, whose eyes track down the drives until he finds the one directly in front of the camera. He grins in triumph.

Gif 3: Closeup on Eliot standing next to Sophie (out of frame). Her words in yellow read “Promise me you’ll keep them safe.” Referring to Hardison and Parker. Eliot leans closer, almost conspiratorially with a slight smile, and says “‘Til my dying day.”, his text is in white.

Gif 4: Closeup of Sophie on-stage dressed as Lady MacBeth, the cast behind her. She is delightedly accepting the standing ovation the audience is giving her, smiling and laughing with her hands by her mouth.

Gif 5: Nate is sitting across an interrogation table from Agent Casey (off-screen). He is delivering the end of his deduction, biting each word off sharply as he says it, though his face is calm. The caption, in white, reads “I am in the Provisional Iterpol Offices in Highpoint Tower, Agent Casey.”

Gif 6: An overhead shot of the five members of the Leverage team standing in a tight circle. Nate and Sophie are holding hands, and they turn and walk off together, leaving Parker, Hardison, and Eliot standing in a semicircle.

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[helgiafterdark]

[agentrouka-blog]

How do you think jonsa reunion going to be? To be honest I am scared for Sansa meeting resurrected Jon. It will not be his fault bcoz of the circumstances. Also in original outline Jon refuse to help Arya at first bcoz of benjen. Jon at first refuse Gilly n Alys maybe he will refuse Sansa at first but then reconsider.

Hi anon!

Well, Jon already refused to help the actual Arya right in the published text.

His reaction to learning of her betrothal to Ramsay in ADWD, Jon VI is to tell himself that he can't do anything.

By now she’d be eleven, Jon thought. Still a child. “I have no sister. Only brothers. Only you.” Lady Catelyn would have rejoiced to hear those words, he knew. That did not make them easier to say. His fingers closed around the parchment. Would that they could crush Ramsay Bolton’s throat as easily.

Clydas cleared his throat. “Will there be an answer?”

Jon shook his head and walked away. (ADWD, Jon VI)

He is conflicted about it, but he also tries to fight away the thought of Arya's suffering until Melisandre uses the news as a hook for her girl in grey prophecy, in order to win Jon's trust. And even her prophecy doesn't compel Jon to act, even after Mel proves the power of her visions. This is his response:

“You have not asked about your sister,” Melisandre said, as they climbed the spiral steps of the King’s Tower.

“I told you. I have no sister. We put aside our kin when we say our words. I cannot help Arya, much as I—” (ADWD, Melisandre)

It's not until Melisandre suggests sending Mance, that Jon agrees to do it, because it's a way for him to act and avoid breaking his vows.

He doesn't attempt to break his vows at all until the Pink Letter, which reveals that the girl he believes to be Arya has already escaped. It's not about saving Arya at all, Ramsay no longer has his bride. It's about Ramsay's threats to Jon himself and the Watch.

(So much for the jonrya's insistence that "he died for Arya".)

If you compare that Arya ran straight into danger trying to save Gendry from captivity by the Mountain's soldiers, Jon comes off pretty disappointing. That there is the original outline Jon who refuses to help his sister.

Considering that by this point Jon has been stabbed and will likely be living in very different circumstances by the time Sansa makes it North. I think their actual reunion will be primarily positive, an emotional highpoint in the series. Jon is unlikely to be hindered by vows to try and help her (or Rickon) and he will be more than ready to stand up for his family. The conflict between them is probably going to be of a different nature, characterized by the developing romantic relationship, the revelation of Jon's identity and the whole of the Northern succession crisis. Not to mention the pressure of the Others.

I also suspect he will make amends, so to speak, at a later point when protecting his family may run counter to considerations of vows and honor. And the actual Arya is likely to be central there.

[the-unknown-storyteller]

concern for a friend

(week #1, prompt 3: excitement)

tw: mentions of derealisation, panic

Summary: Ranboo is working on the watchtower, as Ghostbur wanders off as the self-designated snack man. When the ghost doesn't return for quite some while, Ranboo is starting to worry for his friend. Just where is Ghostbur? 

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“I will be the snack man and get us some snacks. You work on that tower real good and I’ll get us something, alright? Do you like savory or sweet things? You know what, I’ll just get a bit of everything. I’ll be right back, oki?” 

Before Ranboo has a chance to react, Ghostbur is up and running in the direction of Tommy’s dirt shack. Dusting off his pants from the climb, the ghost waves enthusiastically from the top of the hill, then disappears behind some trees and shrubbery. Ranboo releases a sigh, smiling fondly at the antics of the ghost. He gets out a stack of spruce logs and starts building up the pillars to the skies. He wonders why Tommy needs the watchtower to be this tall. Surely, it would have been enough if it was one or two thirds of its current height, it’s not like none of them have tridents. He’s pretty sure most of them have access to enderpearls as well. 

Nonetheless, he keeps to the height given by Tommy, diligently placing the spruce logs and replacing the strange purple planks at the sides with dark oak instead. It won’t be the prettiest watchtower, but it’ll be enough. Maybe Ghostbur can improve its design.

Speaking of the ghost, he’s been gone for quite a while now. Ranboo knows that he is more than capable of taking care of himself. But then he thinks of the ghost’s memory issues and his own problems with keeping himself tethered to the real world sometimes, blinking the wrong way and suddenly finding himself in an unfamiliar place. It’s happened one too many times for the enderman hybrid to be quite comfortable with this situation. (If Tubbo hadn’t found him that one time, he doesn’t know what would have happened. He doesn’t like to think about it.)

Ranboo begins to pack up his things, putting away the spruce logs in a chest and strapping his sword and axe to his back instead. Tommy will forgive him if the tower isn’t finished by tomorrow. He hadn’t given him a deadline, anyway.

He begins his journey up the hill, rounding the trees and shrubbery he saw Ghostbur disappear behind a couple hours ago and following the path towards Tommy’s abode. He keeps an eye on his surroundings and mentally takes note of anything that appears out of place. The air gets significantly colder, as the last rays of the sun disappear behind the horizon. It was getting late. He adjusts the leather straps of his weapons.

“Ghostbur?”, Ranboo calls out, knocking at the wooden door of Tommy’s shack. No answer. He opens the door with a creak and looks inside. There are some chests along the wall, a few of them placed smack in the middle of the place. He can hear the vrwooping sounds of an enderchest nearby, but no humming of a particularly musical ghost. He takes a step inside and makes his way down the stairs on the right, but nothing. The place is empty. 

He leaves the dirt shack behind and runs down the prime path, frantically turning his head from side to side, in the hopes that he spots the yellow of Ghostbur’s sweater or the red of his beanie. But no such luck.

“Ghostbur?!!” Ranboo starts calling the ghost’s name, noting how eerily empty and abandoned this place is. He spends all his time in the Arctic Commune or, more recently, in Snowchester, so he’s never stayed here long enough to notice, but this place feels dead. He can feel something crawl up his arms, shooting through his hands and making him shake them violently. 

“Ghostbur, where are you?!” He sends out a quick message to his friend, but there’s no response. Something isn’t right. The ghost should have responded by now. One might think that he would lose his communicator often, with his spotty memory and his clumsy tendency to lose most other things. But he’s actually never lost it and he always answers. 

“It’s fine, he’s fine. He probably just got fixated on a flower or went overboard on the snacks. He gets over-excited like that,” Ranboo reasons, taking the path down towards L’Manhole. The glass, preserving what was never meant to be, reflects the darkening sky above. He keeps a wide distance to the blown-up city, eyeing the red vines at its edges with worry. He sees neither yellow nor any red nor any blue, so he turns around and leaves the dead space to its own.

“Ghostbur??” Why isn’t he answering?! Night has fallen completely by now, the new moon trying its hardest to plunge Ranboo’s surroundings in complete darkness, but he just takes out a torch and lights the matchstick with a practiced flick of his wrist against the ground. 

The half-enderman roams the perimeters around Eret’s museum, focusing his hearing towards the near distance. Besides the undead groaning of zombies and the quiet clattering of skeletons, he can’t make out much more. Except for a quiet hiss. He barely has time to react, as he hears an explosion go off in the distance. Before he knows it, he is up and running in that direction. Images of a hurt Ghostbur, running through his brain. “Ghostbur!!” 

And then, he hears yelling and noises that sounds like sobbing and it makes him vwroop in panic and distress. His friend is in danger, his friend is in danger. He feels a lurch in his stomach and blinks across the field, reappearing at the steps of Eret’s museum. Doesn’t Eret usually spawn-proof his builds? Doesn’t matter right now. Ranboo runs up the steps, skipping the last flight, as he blinks out and appears in the middle of the build. Not here. Further away, beyond the wall. He takes out his trident and places some water, jumping the wall. 

During the highpoint of his jump, he can make out yellow and red and a lot of blue just beyond the river. He lets out a series of distressed noises and blinks away. His hands are starting to shake from jumping this often, but his friend is hurt, hurt, hurt and he has to hurry. 

He stumbles through his landing and tridents across the river, landing close to what is definitely Ghostbur hunched over, surrounded by blue, why is there so much blue?!! “Ghostbur??” He tentatively reaches for his friend and touches his shoulder lightly. The ghost snaps his head up, staring at the enderman hybrid. He flinches back in shock, blinking away a few metres further.

“Ranboo!!”, the ghost calls out, jumping from his position on the ground. “Oh my goodness, I must have totally lost track of the time. You see, I was walking along the prime path, looking for some snacks when I saw- oh, the snacks, Ranboo! I totally forgot about the snacks!! ” The ghost pats down his pants, then shuffles through the bag at his side. “Sorry, bread is all I have on me. You want some?” Ghostbur offers some fluffy bread rolls, but Ranboo is too stunned to react. Adrenalin is still running high in his bloodstream, making him tense and freeze up. What is happening? 

“Not a fan of bread rolls? Oh well, more for me and friend- oh my gosh, Ranboo, look who I found in the woods!!” Getting off-track again, Ghostbur whirls around and pulls something blue and fluffy towards the perplexed enderman. “I found friend!! He was just grazing on some grass and when he saw me, I saw that look in his eyes that told me that I should follow him and so I did! I don’t quite understand why he brought me here, this just seems like a normal clearing to me, but I mean, I trust him, he knows what he’s doin-” The excited rambles of the ghost are cut off by the heavy weight of two hands on his shoulders. He looks up and is met with the shiny wet eyes of a certain enderman hybrid. “Ranboo? What’s wrong?”, come the soft questions, as the ghost realizes that something must be wrong.

“Please never do that again.”

“Never do what again, Ranboo? I was just getting some snacks like I told you when I met an old friend, haha-”

“I understand that you are more than capable of taking care of yourself, but you have to understand that you didn’t return for hours and hours until the sun set.” Ranboo takes a shuddering breath. “You didn’t return and you didn’t respond to my messages and then I heard an explosion go off in the distance and then I saw all that blue and I thought you got hurt and I-” His tail flicks nervously from side to side, thumping against the ground every now and then in distress.

“Ranboo, Ranboo. Listen, listen, I’m sorry. I didn’t realise that it was getting this late. I got distracted by friend and didn’t look at my communicator for a while.” The ghost takes out a light blue rock from his bag and hands it to the other. “Here, this will calm you down. Take some blue.”

“Thanks, Ghostbur.”

[torntruth]

what  i  wouldn’t  do  for  a  wyman  dlc    .....     which  would  have  been  a  perfect  dlc.    imagine  thinking  you,   as  a  royal  protector,   while  away  had  just  lost  your  boss   &   your  empress.    that’s  like  the  perfect  dishonored  set-up.    they  put  so  much  energy  into  setting  emily  up,   like  they  didn’t  know  where  wyman  was.    beginning  scene  is  just  wyman  fighting  their  way  out  of  an  ambush,   ready  to  nab  a  boat  back  when  emily’s  note  comes  in.    you  could  still  keep  them  non-binary   &   up  to  the  player’s  imagination.    give  them  a  cool  royal  mask,   kaldwin  symbol  on  it.    i  don’t  know  about  powers,   bring  in  one  of  the  quiet  characters  like  the  rat  boy,   temporary  hook  up  powers.    slap  in  some  reason  why  they’re  incredibly  connected  to  emily   &    corvo   &   getting  a  temporary,   smaller  version  of  their  powers.    perfect  way  to  show  highlights  of  another  island,   then  in  the  end,   it’s  wyman  returning  to  the  shambles  of  dunwall  tower.   the  emotions.   some  dramatic  scene  where  emily’s  just  standing  on  some  highpoint,   dark  mist  around  her.    yeah.

[thehikingviking]

Eagle Peak, Victoria Peak & Robinson Peak from Buckeye Trailhead

With the California fire wilderness closures being extended on a weekly basis, I had a limited area of accessible wilderness to access. Hoover wilderness remained open, so I planned a visit to Eagle Peak, a Sierra Nevada P2k that I first viewed on my early ascents of Matterhorn Peak. My dad was celebrating his 65th birthday at the family cabin in Twain Harte, so I decided to spend the night there and make a day trip out of it. I arrived at the trailhead around first light, then began up the road prior to sunrise. Even though it was hunting season, I didn't see another soul the whole day.

The route starts off as a road following Eagle Creek up the canyon. I reached a corral after 2 miles and the road transitioned into a dusty trail.

I was in awe of the fall colors.

The trail forked in many different places, and I tried to stay on the most defined option. Most, if not all, of these forks were cow trails. Pines began to replace the aspens as I gained elevation. After 4 miles, I reached a tributary feeding Eagle Creek. There was a well defined cow trail heading up this canyon, so I decided to follow it. This was not the standard route, but it was an alternate option that worked just as well. I aimed to climb the northeastern slopes of the peak following a gully all the way to the summit.

The trail disappeared and reappeared several times. It is probably best to stay on the right side of the creek and be patient with the gradual elevation gain. In my exploration I crossed the creek several times, one time sinking ankle deep into the mud.

The creek forks again at around 9,600 ft. I took the left fork, still finding some light use trails taking me where I needed to go.

The use trails dissipated shortly after, but terrain was easy enough. The cliffs of Eagle Peak stood in front of me. There was one steep, loose section that I had to surmount. I aimed for the lightly defined gully.

I slowly made my way up this unpleasant patch, but this section wasn't very long, and once beyond I had the worst of my day in the rearview mirror.

I snuck up on a giant snow hare. I had last seen these on a late fall climb of Cloudripper, and I was again impressed by their large size. I had enough time to snap a photo before it bolted.

Slopes became easier again. There was a light breeze and all smoke seemed to linger in the lower elevations, leaving me bluebird skies.

The summit stood dead ahead, and I felt relieved knowing that my alternate route would end up working out quite well.

The last section of the climb was a bit of a slog, but I eventually made it to the summit 4 hours after starting out. It was incredibly windy so I took shelter behind some summit rocks.

To the northwest was Walker Mountain and Hanging Valley Ridge.

To the north were Buckeye Valley and Rickey Peak. Beyond that were the Sweetwater Mountains.

To the northeast was the town of Bridgeport.

To the southeast was Dunderberg Peak.

To the south was the northern border of Yosemite.

To the southwest was Victoria Peak.

Further to the west was Tower Peak.

I had considered visiting Victoria Peak as a bonus peak, but it was so windy that I had second thoughts. I then recalled Bob Burd's trip report.

"I had plans to continue southwest to Victoria Peak, little more than a mile away, but the strong winds gave me pause. It was blowing quite strongly and I was having trouble keeping warm and I was almost ready to call it quits and head down. But something made me continue on, and I was glad of it because the winds diminished some even as I started to descend from the nearly 12,000-foot highpoint."

This was enough to convince me to go for it, and I'm glad I did because the exact same thing happened to me. The wind almost immediately vanished, and I had a pleasant walk along an easy ridge towards the next peak.

This bonus peak didn't have much prominence, meaning I didn't have to drop too far down to a saddle. It was mostly an easy ridge walk, with one obstacle along the way that I had to hike down and around.

It took me only a half hour to reach Victoria Peak from Eagle Peak.

I found the views to the northwest most impressive, however up to this point, none of those peaks were on my hiking radar.

To the west was Hunewill Peak.

To the southwest were Cirque Mountain, Crown Point, Slide Mountain and Kettle Peak.

To the southeast was the Sawtooth Ridge.

I didn't spend much time on the summit because views were more or less similar as on Eagle Peak. I turned my focus to Robinson Peak, which from this higher vantage point looked quite diminutive when compared to the perspective from Twin Lakes below.

I made my way down easy slopes and found cliffs in front of me. I followed the cliffs until reconnecting with the ridgeline that took me down towards the saddle connecting the two peaks.

I crossed some creeks and meadows, trying to find a way to the base of Robinson Peak that minimized elevation change. I then followed the western ridge to the summit, avoiding the patches of trees when necessary.

I made it to the summit at 12:30pm, just in time to have lunch. Down below was Annett's Mono Village and the Horse Creek Falls Trailhead.

To the south was Matterhorn Peak, the northernmost Sierra Emblem Peak.

Alongside Matterhorn Peak stood The Dragtooth, The Doodad, Cleaver Peak and the other teeth that make up the Sawtooth Ridge.

To the southwest was Robinson Canyon.

To the northwest were Victoria and Eagle Peaks.

To the north was my ascent canyon.

I had some service on the summit so I sent out a few texts while I ate lunch. I was ahead of schedule, and I estimated I would be back at the car by around 3. The northern slopes of Robinson Peak were wide open and easy to descend.

-Eagle Peak

-Fire Ring

Once down in the canyon, I followed a series of use trails until I was back on the main path.

Once on the "standard route", I zoned out and enjoyed the nice temperature and beautiful autumn colors.

I reached my car before 3pm, which meant I would be back in Twain Harte for dinner with my parents. After dinner, I continued my drive home, eager to see Leif and Asaka.

[ao3feed-leverage-ot3]

by glorious_spoon

Eliot Spencer damn well knew better than to get this close to a couple of mortals. But he never expected this.

(In which Eliot is immortal, the Highpoint Tower break-in goes much, much worse, and it turns out that neither Parker nor Hardison is quite what they seem)

Words: 2789, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Leverage, The Old Guard (Movie 2020)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Other

Characters: Alec Hardison, Parker (Leverage), Eliot Spencer (Leverage), Andy | Andromache of Scythia

Relationships: Alec Hardison & Parker & Eliot Spencer, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer

Additional Tags: Temporary Character Death, Immortality, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Canon-Typical Violence