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adventuring rambles #3
oughghahfjkehh, so in my attempt to write out Caelestium (the poly) and my fanon of Genshin, i'm currently trying to figure out what game mechanics i want to incorporate and which ones i'm gonna just set to the side (i dont know how i'm gonna make the Wishing System work but dw i'm looking into it rn)
in terms of game mechanics and such, i actually wanted to address Genshin's music in this post. b/c I LOVE,,, Genshin music. it's so good, i don't think i've ever played a game where i WILLINGLY go out of my way to listen to the in game music on my own, and then Genshin came along and i have PLAYLISTS of character music and location music. (dragonspine my beloved music location,,,,) so, BECAUSE of my love of Genshin's music, i felt like i had to find a way to include the music of Teyvat.
and how else than to pin it on Outlander Fuckery™???
specifically, my main h/c is that Lumine can hear the music of Teyvat, but no one else can. she's not from this world, and because of my previous h/c of her special connection w/ Leylines + purification + general energy compatibility, i feel like she perceives this world in a different way than others.
Lumine hears the music, but no one else does; this may actually seem implausible due to the fact that in the music events, we get the ability to play the character songs (and in the recent Arataki Itto event, people hummed the ambience music), however, i like to still posit a different interpretation of that:
the musicians who 'made' the music within Teyvat were, obviously, inspired by the places they're around. what if music, in Teyvat, is just pieces of Teyvat's heart slipping out in instruments by people who can connect to it ever so slightly? they don't hear it on the wind, but they feel it, and turn that feeling into the music that is known. Lumine just so happens to be able to hear the music that musicians have, at some point, felt and recreated (thus why some songs are utilized in events).
i really like to think about this b/c i love to consider Lumine's place in the world and how it affects her. can u imagine how incredibly lonely it is to see ur twin leave u behind in a world that isn't ur own? to know that u are probably older than this world has been alive? to see this world as something painful?
and then imagine that music of Mondstadt when u first walk through Starfell Valley. how beautiful it is, and how it gives Teyvat this sense of weight. i like to think Lumine fell in love with the music of Teyvat, and sees it as something so incredible. and then she learns that she's the only one who can hear it.
because she's not from here.
it is a bittersweet realization; to know that she can experience this world so differently in a way that is beautiful, yet knowing that that experience is an inherent reminder that Lumi does not belong.
Lumi often references the music as "Teyvat's Heart" and idk man it just is such a fascinating thing to look into and i'm kind of obsessed dw abt it.
#genshin impact headcanons#genshin lumine#genshin headcanons#lumine genshin impact#lumine headcanons#genshin impact#caelestium#lumine#my beloved#i love her so much#i'm genuinely so obsessed with the idea of “Teyvat's Heart”#also love the idea that Neuvillette learns abt this#and he thinks its so incredible#to hear Teyvat???#it's amazing#and he almost envies her#but in return#Lumine kind of envies him b/c he so inherently BELONGS#and she feels so bad#that she's jealous of him#b/c she knows that it's not fair#god#i love them sm#ALSO#i see u people who got ur Neuvis and Zhonglis#i'm so proud of u#may we all love our dragons fr#i personally got Neuv to c5#going for c6#mind u my Neuv was C3 before this
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I skipped the Daphne arc. I’m sorry I can’t do it. Like I don’t understand how people can look at that arc and the Zodiac arc and say that the Zodiac arc is the worst filler arc. But yay Edolas! This is an arc I have grown to like. When I first watched it I had the same feeling about it as Oracion Seis Arc. Now I like it even if it hurt my head a little bit. This is just exposing me as an idiot I think. I’m just a girl!
1. The filler episode before the Edolas arc are some of my favs! I like most of the filler episodes in the series. I do think these episodes are important because we are reminded of everyone’s personalities before Edolas where they are like the opposite.
2. I’m going to try my best to reframe from talking about Lisanna and how her character was useless after she came back. Let me be clear I am not Lisanna hater. I love her, I just believe she was so underutilized in the series and the most pointless revival of the whole series. This is will be a longer post but I love her and she deserves better.
3. “We are on a cusp of a new era” Makarov said this in the episode Guildarts came back. Now this is likely hinting that he is wanting Guildarts to become master, but I see it as something else. I personally see the 7 year time skip as a soft reset for the show. So I think it was for shadowing that. It could also be hinting at Earthland learning about Edolas.
4. My favorite part of this whole arc is Gajeel wanting a cat. I love it. It humanizes him so much!
5. I will say I don’t really like the first part of the Edolas arc and I think it starts really slow
6. Edolas Fairy Tail 🥰
7. It annoys me that they don’t just tell Edolas Fairy Tail that they are from Earthland
8. Lisanna and Nastu’s reuniting is underwhelming
9. Why is Edolas Wendy just older???
10. I don’t understand why Edolas Gajeel is a journalist but I love him sm. I need to see him and Edolas Levy together. Because we all know they are soulmates in every universe. Plus both Gajeels together is 10/10
11. I also think it’s goofy that Edolas Nastu is known for driving a car. It’s the same goofy as Cancer Vs Gray dance battle. No I’m not explaining further.
12. Lucy and Nastu are already together in every universe besides ours.
13. We don’t talk enough about how the huge ass lacrima in the middle of the city was just Erza and Gray… we need to talk about this more.
14. Also who was the Master of Edolas Fairy Tail? Was it Edolas Laxus???? You know what where is the Edolas Thunder Legion??? If Edolas Makarov is the king what about Edolas Ivan and Laxus??? Are they princes??? If Mystgon is his son shouldn’t he actually be Ivan’s counterpart? This confuses me the most about Edolas… where are the rest of the Dreyar family? I guess if Wendy is just older they may of been born to different people I guess. I’m just going to believe that Edolas Laxus was master and died. WHERE IS EDOLAS LAXUS!
15. Maybe I am being too crazy because why is Edolas Ichiya a cat…
16. It’s honestly pretty dark to think that the only reason Carla and Happy cared for Wendy and Nastu is because the Exceeds fucked with their minds.
17. I love Happy’s mom and dad so much. Them being rebellious makes so much sense. I just love them. Grumpy X Sunshine at its peak
18. I am going to fan girl over panther lily! I love him! He is my second favorite cat. Because Frocsch does exist! I love them so much. Like I cry every time something bad happens to them!
19. ROCK CITY BOY IS ON OF TH BEST OPENINGS! I think it’s in my top 5.
20. While the arc started slowly, the climax is so good. The rest is well paced.
21. So is the giant robot dragon supposed to be Edolas’s fairy heart? This is likely a dumb theory.
22. Rip Mystogan… he’s not dead just we don’t see him again until 100 year quest. Seriously though Mystogan has a special place in my heart for being my first anime crush…. Then I saw Laxus and I was like Mystogan who?
23. It took me so many years to realize this, but Lactor’s and Frosch’s parents live in earthland… like their parents were sucked out of Edolas. They are both the same age as Carla and Happy when they came back from the 7 year time skip…. I just realized this and I feel dumb. THEY WERE BORN DURING THE TIME SKIP! I don’t know why my brain never realized this!
24. And that’s the last time we see the exceeds…
25. GAJEEL AND LILY! The best of friends!
26. Why were Edolas Mira and Elfman so chill about Lisanna not being there Lisanna? Why did Mira and Elfman not question why Lisanna disappeared and there was no body after her death?
27. Not gonna lie Lisanna reuniting with Mira and Elfman makes me cry every time.
28. I do wish we got some filler episodes about Edolas, or some updates on how they are doing.
29. I think the funniest part about the series before the 7 year time skip is the fact that so many of the villains main thing is reviving Zeref, but turns out he was was chilling on Tenrou Island. Like the man was spending time with his situationship.
I wanted to put this at the end of this one, but I will start putting this at the end of the rest. I would like to let the people know who read this that I am actually doing my rewatch while working on my school work. I am working on mostly my capstone while watching. I am likely going to miss some stuff/forget to write it down. This is something I have wanted to do for a long time so I am doing in now during this rewatch. Sorry if I miss anything and feel free to share your opinions!
#fairy tail#gajevy#nalu#lisanna strauss#laxus dreyar#makarov dreyar#zeref dragneel#mystogan#edolas#fairy tail anime
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Hi! Y'all can call my Sean (he/it + cyber/glitch/[redacted])! This is a sideblog, I follow and like from @couple-of-assbutts
I'm the median host of The Auditorium Hivemind (Audio Hive/Tah)!
I'm plural, which may be talked about here occasionally, as fictive parts also partake in selfshipping. Plurality is a complex topic, don't berate us on how we talk about our own system!
We don't do shipcourse, and have no DNI!
I tag nsfw as nsft! Other than that I don't really have a tag system, tho I may tag some specific f/o's or sources.
All our posts are okay to be reblogged no need to ask permission :)
I don't have a consistent stand on sharing, so if in doubt about a specific F/O just shoot me an ask!
F/O list is beneath the Read More!
In brackets are shipnames I'll hopefully use for tagging purposes
Fictoromantic F/Os:
Inspector Lestrade - Sherlock Holmes [Clueless Love]
Bassa Selim - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2022 Bielefeld production) [Felix Amor]
Tim Bradford - The Rookie [Tough Luck]
Queerplatonic F/Os (this list is not, and probably will never be, complete):
Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad [JesSean]
Krazy-8/Domingo - Breaking Bad
Maddie Nolen - Arcane
Helmut Zemo - Captain America: Civil War
Bucky - MCU
Levi - AoT
Captain Curly - Mouthwashing
Jimmy - Mouthwashing (fictive)
Pete "Maverick" Mitchell - Top Gun [PsyMav] (soulbonded)
Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw - Top Gun: Maverick [RoosPsy] (introject)
Nick "Goose" Bradshaw - Top Gun [GoosePsy]
Jack Traven - Speed
Gregory House - House MD
Robert Chase - House MD
Lawrence Kutner - House MD
Ninth Doctor - Doctor Who
The Author - Doctor Who OC [Quill-N-Drill]
Simm!Master - Doctor Who [Your Lord And Master]
Captain Jack Harkness - Doctor Who
Rebecca Crane - Assassin's Creed
Desmond Miles - Assassin's Creed
Wyll - Baldur's Gate 3
Karlach - Baldur's Gate 3
Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow - Batman Begins
Bane - The Dark Knight Rises
Almond Cookie + Tea Knight Cookie - Cookie Run
Eddie Brock - Venom
Hobie Brown - Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
Gollum - Lord of The Rings
Shane - Stardew Valley
Javier Esposito + Kevin Ryan - Castle
Jerry Tyson - Castle
Ilya Sokurov - The Rookie
Jared Stone - Castle
Ivan - Die Fledermaus (2022 Bielefeld production)
Figaro - Barber of Sevilla (2023 Bielefeld production)
Agent Stone - Sonic
Adam - Hazbin Hotel
Sir Pentious - Hazbin Hotel
Reginald Thorpe - Moriarty
Rodney Lambert - Moriarty
Farengar Secret-Fire - Skyrim
Rune - Skyrim
Dr John Watson - Sherlock Holmes
Dorian Gray - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Henry Clerval - Frankenstein
Robert Walton - Frankenstein
Matthew Asquith - Sherlock Holmes: Der Erpresser von Edinburgh
Cicero - Skyrim
Crowley - Good Omens
Aragorn - Lord of The Rings
Gavin Reed - Detroit: Become Human
Jacob Frye - Assassin's Creed [Jaccup]
John Standish - Assassin's Creed [IT Noob]
James Bond - personal AU
William Cooper - R.E.D.
Sexual F/Os (almost all my selfship have a sexual component, these however are exclusively sexual F/Os):
Cahir - The Witcher (Netflix)
Ancano - Skyrim
Julius Caesar - Asterix
Platonic and Familial F/Os (very very shortened version):
Viggo Grimborn - Dragons: Race To The Edge
Toothless - How To Train Your Dragon (Movies)
Oscar - maritimverse
Polly Danbridge-Burton - maritimverse
Ernest Fillmore - maritimverse
Natasha "Phoenix" Trace - Top Gun: Maverick
Robert "Bob" Floyd - Top Gun: Maverick
Dark Choco Cookie - Cookie Run
Red Velvet Cookie - Cookie Run
Simon "Ghost" Riley - Call of Duty
Ethan Hunt - Mission Impossible
Some random links:
TES OCs, Top Gun S/I
"He's just like me fr" - fictionselves (fictotypes and median fictives. We also have other fictives in the main sys but this is abizt meeeeee) - incomplete
Shaun Hastings (Assassin's Creed)
Hiccup/Hicks (How To Train Your Dragon)
Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
James Moriarty (maritimverse)
Sherlock Holmes (ACD Canon)
Connor/RK800 (Detroit: Become Human)
Basil Hallward (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Powder (Arcane)
Elijah Miles (Assassin's Creed)
Carter (James Bond: Casino Royale)
Aziraphale (Good Omens)
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So you think you can Drag(on)?
Drag is a passion of mine and I decided it’s about time to put the drag in dragon! Starting this month I will be hosting a mini drag race with the help of my lovely queens, Miss Sornieth 2022 Midnight Delite, Miss Beastclans 2022 Tequila Sunrise, and Miss Oculus of the Eleven Donatella!
How do you enter?
You can submit up to 2 dragons dressed in their Crystalline Gala best! You must both own the dragons and the apparel/skin/accents used. Then, add a little bit about your dragon! Their drag name, talents, whatever you fancy! We love to learn about our performers, and all drag artistry is welcomed! You can tag me (transtundras-fr) and add the hashtag #MissCrystalineGala2023 ! The public entries will last until 12pm CST Thursday January 26th, after which they will close and no further entries will be accepted. Our queens will select each 1 dragon they think deserves to win, and will be voted on in a public 3 way vote! The dragon with the highest votes will be crowned Miss Crystalline Gala at the end of the holiday and gain an automatic entry to the Miss Sornieth race in December!
Prizes!!!!
The winning queen will receive 1 Pride Vista of their choice, 1 unhatched egg, 1 frigid crown, and 1 art piece drawn by me!
The two runner ups will each receive an unhatched dragon egg!
Feel free to send questions, and may the best Queen win!
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Tagged by @cyanichexanthine a while ago to list 9 favourite characters (ty for tagging me). This is very much late, my brain was just blanking. So, here's the list. It's in no particular order, apart from the first two
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)
You gotta expect Rick to be in here. RnM is my main fandom right now, and of course Rick would be a favourite character. He's sarcastic, snarky, an asshole and has a lot of emotional baggage.
I wouldn't say he's too complex, but definitely not simple.
2. Rick Prime (Rick and Morty)
Prime is very interesting. We somehow get so much information with how little time we have. Although, most of it may be headcanonning. Tbh, I think that's why he's fun, we can headcanon Prime bc of how little screentime he has when you step back and look at the series as a whole.
Of course, we do know a lot about him from what we were shown. Like he's also a snarky asshole who likes to toy with other people and mess with them. Even when he was dying he could still get under Rick's skin.
3. Louise Belcher (Bob's Burgers)
Louise has that kind of chaotic energy I vibe with. I think she and Bob are two of the best characters in the show, though that's not saying the other characters are worse.
4. Peril (Wings of Fire)
Peril is a very complex character with a very fucked up past.
When she was young, her mother was forced to give her to Scarlet, where she was then forced to grow up as a killer. Scarlet was very much abusive and she was isolated from everyone and everything.
Because of that path, everyone sees her as a killing machine and nothing more. Her attachment to Clay is unhealthy because of him being the only dragon to hear her our and see her for who she is, a traumatized dragon who only knows how to kill because of how she was raised. And I guess her having firescales and him having fireproof saes helps with that.
I like Peril because of how complex she is. And I hate how some of the fandom is victim blaming her.
5. Ex-Queen Scarlet (Wings of Fire)
She's a villain. A queen. She slays. Scarlet is my favourite villain in wof. Her design with the melted face is awesome, I really love her sadistic attitude too, bc off course I do.
I would strangle Scarlet lovingly
6. Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)
Mom Steve is all I have to say, and the fandom will get me. (I think... I'm not in the stranger things fandom, I just watched the show).
At first, I hated Steve, I thought he was an asshole and I watched to punch him. Now, if he dies, I will punch my TV. I've never switched so quickly with my liking for a character between two seasons of a show. I think... idk I don't watch many shows.
7. Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)
Jim is a cold and distant person turned adopted parent and I love him for that.
I also thought I would hate him. He seemed like lazy dude who would do nothing during the case. (Fun fact, I thought all the adults would be clueless and I would only like the kids, since most shows are like that). But he actually steps up in a big way.
I was worried that they would fuck him up in season 3 with him trying to break up Mike and Eleven. But, they made up for it, and I cried at the end of season 3.
I love him and Steve sm. Pls don't die.
8. Clive (Littlebigplanet 2)
Okay, this may be a bit weird, but hear me out.
This man is the best character in lbp2. He's so fucking depressed and I love him. Clive and his world are my favourite in LBP2.
9. Bob Belcher (Bob's Burgers)
Best cartoon dad, hands down. He's so chill and actually pays attention to his kids. Plus he isn't rude, offensive or a baby waiting for his wife to clean up after him. He's just a dad trying to do his job while also having 3 (if Tina counts) chaotic kids.
One of my favourite characters in Bob's burgers, fr.
That's the list. Idk who to tag so uh-...
👍
#rick and morty#wings of fire#bob's burgers#stranger things#lbp2#rick sanchez#rick prime#steve harrington#jim hopper#bob belcher#louise belcher#peril wof#scarlet wof
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[[ Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Review (Spoiler-Free)
I was fortunate enough to attend an early showing of the new D&D movie on March 19, 2023 for Amazon Prime members. As a huge aficionado of the official D&D setting, the Forgotten Realms, I was nervous going in, especially given the history of D&D movies. The movie’s trailer was spectacular, but there was the very real fear that the trailer showed all the best parts of the movie and didn’t leave much for the rest of it. It also didn’t help that the tie-in novels, The Druid’s Call and The Road to Neverwinter, were pretty subpar, which was super disappointing both given that the latter was penned by an author who’d written decent Forgotten Realms novels in the past and that these were the only FR non-Drizzt novels we got since WotC discontinued the novel line. The folks responsible for the high quality of the Forgotten Realms Wiki were very concerned, as was I, for a feature film that might besmirch our beloved world.
We needn’t have worried, as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is, in a word, spectacular. It’s so engaging that it holds the attention of the single digit aged theatre attendees enraptured for the entire duration. Its funny moments had the whole theatre laughing. Its sentimental moments moistens the eyes of the most hard-hearted viewers. It brings classical D&D monsters brilliantly to life with the best of modern technology, while putting its own spin on those familiar creatures in really clever ways. Even the most predictable plot point manages to be a tear-jerker, through the exceptional employment one of the most basic strategies of effective storytelling: showing instead of telling. But most of all, for me personally at least, Honor Among Thieves’ greatest success is the bringing home of the core tenet of D&D: the joy and love of a found family, regardless of different histories.
Those not at all familiar with Forgotten Realms lore need not worry, as points of significance are explained without being artificial. There certainly are elements that the most dedicated loreheads can nitpick, however the movie is so stellar that I and many others find those elements more than acceptable. It is the case that the movie feels like a generic fantasy movie that borrows bits and pieces from the Realms rather than being a dedicated D&D/FR movie, but this is more than understandable in order to have a wider appeal. However, all of this is totally fine, because, as one of the head editors of the Forgotten Realms Wiki (BadCatMan) so aptly puts it:
I gotta say, I was the person most primed for disappointment in the whole wide world. I documented it for seven years, and the movie isn't even that old. I researched and reported on the production, I scoured social media and LinkedIn for clues, just to get articles developed in time. I promoted it, I put the wiki's reputation on it. And then I read the godsawful novelisation that made it indistinguishable from garbage. The other books sounded little better, compressing and dullifying our Realms. I wearied myself out writing wiki articles. I was sick with nervousness all day.
But the books lied. The promotion lied. It is not some big flashy blow-shit-up Marvel-style movie with a lot of wisecracking and jokes at the expense of the material. It is a classic fantasy adventure movie that treats it all with respect, runs with it, and has a little fun with it. It's not quite the quintessential D&D movie, nor a perfect Forgotten Realms tale. There's still a bit too much Hollywood moviemaking in it. But it may be as close as a movie will come.
There are gaping plot and lore holes in it, and some things are never explained. But it wouldn't be Forgotten Realms without that last mystery, that one loose thread to tug on. [...] And while the books made travel times non-existent and the Realms seem more compressed than the average open-world computer game, the movie has plenty of travel scenes and grand landscapes. Faerûn is as big and beautiful as we always imagined.
I myself teared up at every sprawling scene of the landscape. It meant so much to see a world I love to the bones brought to life. Honor Among Thieves certainly didn’t need to, but it more than pays homage to the scenes of the world. From the depths of the Underdark to the sprawling icy wastes of Icewind Dale, the movie honors the world, lifts it up high, and shows everyone that sense of wonder long time Forgotten Realms fans know in their hearts.
My only regret is that my theatre did not have the Themberchaud popcorn bucket for sale (photos courtesy of Sheepy, who washed it out and is using it as a dice holder, from Ed Greenwood’s own Forgotten Realms lore Discord server, Greenwood’s Grotto):
It is unknown whether this dragon head will be available in US theatres. It seems that USA AMCs are getting a D20 popcorn bucket instead:
(Image from above is from: https://www.tiktok.com/@amctheatres/video/7210819695308688686?_r=1&_t=8ak5XP7se8w)
This movie will definitely do well enough such that sequels and spin-offs would also be profitable. We can only hope that they do as good of a job as they did with this premier.
For a comprehensive coverage of the movie, check out the Forgotten Realms Wiki’s article on Honor Among Thieves. If you’re interested in a detailed lore breakdown, be sure to visit the Wiki again at a later time, as that’s currently being worked on!
The aforementioned BadCatMan is working on a, “detailed breakdown, personal critique, metatextual metagame overanalysis of the movie, though it is spoiler-free and focused on the storyline rather than the lore, though I cover lore later. It's not finished yet though. ” Check that out here! ]]
#forgotten realms#D&D#dungeons & dragons#D&D: Honor Among Thieves#Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves#Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves#ooc
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final episode
nice haircut
GIRL???????????
EHAT A FAKEOUT !!
did he smile when he saw jayce? should i kill myself?
do love the strange slow build we've had for two seasons for Viktor to be our bad guy. literally Mr "wait-this-isnt-my-bedroom" goofy-ass mfer is The Final Villain. Crazy
tis a shame ambessa is so hot while she literally massacres my boys
wait if the hexgates close don't the weapons stop working ?
oh maddies for sure dying
This Is Just Like In Hit Mutiplayer Video Game. Overwatch
AMBESSAS ALWAYS HERE WITH A CUNTY ENTRANCE
ohhh no maddie's betrayingggggg okay that was my second guess
"professional entanglement"? maam you've got a ho in literally every room
and all bc she didn't pick you Maddie. shame.
LMAO
YEAH JINX BABY PROTAGONIST OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!
think perhaps cracking that egg may not have been the best plan
WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHH. VIKTOR????
okay the jumpscare got me
NOT SEVIKA!!!!!!
it's giving end of dragon age 2. to me (<- is obsessed with dragon age 2)
caitlyn mayhap don't hand to hand with the woman that uhhh taught you hand to hand
caitlyn and mel I've dreamed of these days 😍
its always the bloody eye shots isn't it
OOOH THE BLACK ROSE
awkies for these soldiers fr
rip to a milf :((
EKKO ARE YOU ALIVE????!???? EKKO
the girls look sooooooo good
aw they're floating again :'(((((
ooh yeah a Lil zero g action letsgo
oh wait hey that's what jayce saw would happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in a way he kind of made it so didn't he??
oooh machine herald viktor is supremely sexy sorry
YEAH EKKO BABY PROTAGONIST OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!
OHHHH MY GOD DONT DIE
cmon baby you're in there still
ohhhh baby i knew jt was viktor. his hozier-looking ass?
the music ohhhh my goddddddd
THEYRE FLOATING TOGETHER AGAINNNN
WHAT IF I KILLED MYSELF
WHAT IF
WHAT IF
OHHHHH MY GOD
IM CRYIGN
IM LIREGSLLY VRIGN
WHA T. IF I LOLLED MYSELFFFF
okay notes for the epilogue now I've stopped crying
sevika on the council as she should be (if it MUST exist)
nooo ekko :((
caitlyn looking for the map of the vents
caitlyn and vi at least we have this :'))
THE END?????????? FUCK ME
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Now this is the type of husband energy we want 😌 this is what we all need and deserve sllAAYYYYY
You leaned close, the warmth of your breath grazing the skin of his neck, "There hasn't been a night when I haven't yearned for you," you teased, "Your Grace."
🤭 HIHI SHE LIKE ME FR
A seductive glimmer sparkled in your eyes as you whispered back, "Then chase me to our chamber, my king." Leaving him burning with desire, you gracefully slipped away from his grasp, your sway like a seductive siren's call.
🏃💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨HADIDIDIDIDDIDIDIDUH [NICKI MINAJ SONG YOU KNOW THE ONE]
SHE RONNIN AND SHE IS SO ME FOR THAT
Her and me Aemond
As the grand feast approached its final moments, Aemond hurried to your chamber, his heart pounding with a mix of longing and urgency. There, he found you standing near the balcony, the moon casting a gentle glow upon your exposed back. Slowly, he closed the distance between you, his hands encircling your waist as his lips found the tender skin of your neck. A smile curled your lips, radiant with adoration and a hunger that mirrored his own. "Is that a wrinkle, Aemond?" you playfully remarked, planting a soft, teasing kiss where the mark of time would be.
SHES SERVING GODDESS MAAM IM ON MY HANDS AND KNEEESSS SLAAAYYYY AND HES SUCH A THIRSTY BOY LOVET
Aemond cupped your cheeks, his deep chuckle resonating through the room. "Unfortunately, I lack the immunity to aging that you possess, my love," he confessed.
NAURR HES SAUR CUTTTTTEEEEEE
Also girl aging is so frowned upon just be owld and own ittt
With a satisfied grin on his face, he hovers over you while giving a tight squeeze on your buttocks, “Is that what you want, love? To be so thoroughly ravished that you can’t even walk tomorrow?”
Pretty please
“No,” you breathe, uttering each word clearly,“I want you to make me unable to sit tomorrow.”
😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫 WE LOVE HER WE LOVE THE CONFIDENT MISS MAAM KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS COMMUNITY AND WE LIVVVEEE FOR IT SHES THRIVING AND WE SLAAYYYY
As Aemond felt your walls convulse, he grinned, “Let it out, my love. Let them hear you. Let King’s Landing know that the blood of the dragon runs hot.”
Your children, unknown to you, gossiped while observing you from a distance. Baelon, the most mischievous of them all, rolled his eyes and whispered, “I am glad that our parents still behave like two newlyweds, but I simply wish that they would make their methods of maintaining their youth…” he paused in suspense, “Less audible.”
🧍🧍🧍 sorry kids 🤠 BONK 🤠 we would like to apologize to the traumatized children of mommy and daddy child conception conundrum. But i mean.... Ur dad's hot so 🏃💨💨💨 GOTTA BLAST
“Y/N !” Aemond screamed as you fell on the ground, “Call the maesters!”
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 NO BUT WHY SHE SUDDENLY FALL 😭😭😭😭😭😭 IM SO SORRY BUT ITS SO FUCKING FUNNYY
Rhaegar smiled, his eyes shimmering, causing Elaena's cheeks to flush. "I have absolute faith in you, my dear," he whispered.
😰 the targcest in front of my salad NAUR
Ten moons went by as fast as a wheel, but your labour was not nearly as easy as the maesters had described. You screamed in agony as the maesters informed Aemond regretfully, “Your Grace, Her Grace most likely may not survive, but there might be a way for the child to survive.” Aemond's eye blazed with fury, understanding the implications behind their words, "What you speak of borders on treason! I want her, the queen. If she dies, I will have every one of your heads."
AS HE FUCKING SHOULD WE LOVE TO SEE IT
Aemond gripped your hands, tears falling down like a torrential downpour, “Fight for me, love. You are my life. It’s all my fault, I should’ve given you the tea…. ” You manage a painful smile , “It’s not your fault, Aemond. I… I had a wonderful life. You are… you and our children are at far the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’ve never believed in destiny before, but… this is my time.”
😭🖐️ NAUR BUT THE WAY SHE WAS JUST LIKE NAH IMMA GO DIE NOW PEACE OUT GL WITH THE BABY IG IF BABY MAKES IT KSJSSNSJJSJSJEJENENJEJENWNWNJW NAUURRRRRRRRRRRR
Anyway SLAYYYYYY WE LOVE THIS ENERGY MANIFESTING HORNY OLD HUSBAND FOR LIFERS SLAYYY
Once Upon A Time, A Dragon Met a Swan
Summary: After the Greens have won the war and Aegon’s passing, Aemond is crowned king. You, a high born lady he fell in love with during the Dance when he served as Prince Regent, became his queen. Years after your marriage, you’re still in love with each other as ever. One day, you discover age had a surprise for you.
Contains / warnings: fluff, king! Aemond, queen! Reader, smut, pregnancy, brink of death, happy ending
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Taglist: @marvelescvpe @theroyaldixon @buglyberry @aemondx
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Amidst the grand feast held in honor of your first born son Rhaegar's nomination as heir, the King and Queen of Seven Kingdoms adorned themselves in opulent attire, captivating all eyes. You wore a gown that sparkled with the brilliance of a thousand stars, its black and white hues revealing the elegance of your bare shoulders. Aemond's robe, a tapestry of red and black, was meticulously embroidered with golden thread, each stitch a testament to the Targaryen dynasty's resplendent might, emblazoned with the three-headed dragon.
As the solemn ceremony unfolded, the weight of destiny hung in the air, but it was the magnetic pull between you and Aemond that whispered a more primal truth. With each step on the dance floor, a current of enthralling energy surged through your veins, igniting a passionate flame that only grew stronger as the night wore on.
As the final notes reverberated through the hall, Aemond drew you into an embrace that spoke of a deep longing. His voice, low and husky, caressed your ear, "I need you tonight, my queen," A sly grin curved on your lips as his plea awakened a burning ache inside you.
The mighty Aemond Targaryen, pleading for your touch.
Not that the king and queen were not intimate in the privacy in their chambers.
Whispers have it that the queen has an insatiable appetite for her king.
You leaned close, the warmth of your breath grazing the skin of his neck, "There hasn't been a night when I haven't yearned for you," you teased, "Your Grace."
The air crackled with anticipation as Aemond caught his breath, captivated by your formality. Leaning his head against yours, he murmured, "You are insatiable as ever, my queen." A seductive glimmer sparkled in your eyes as you whispered back, "Then chase me to our chamber, my king." Leaving him burning with desire, you gracefully slipped away from his grasp, your sway like a seductive siren's call.
As the grand feast approached its final moments, Aemond hurried to your chamber, his heart pounding with a mix of longing and urgency. There, he found you standing near the balcony, the moon casting a gentle glow upon your exposed back. Slowly, he closed the distance between you, his hands encircling your waist as his lips found the tender skin of your neck. A smile curled your lips, radiant with adoration and a hunger that mirrored his own. "Is that a wrinkle, Aemond?" you playfully remarked, planting a soft, teasing kiss where the mark of time would be.
Aemond cupped your cheeks, his deep chuckle resonating through the room. "Unfortunately, I lack the immunity to aging that you possess, my love," he confessed. Undeterred, you drew him into a fierce kiss, the intensity of your love blazing like a wildfire. "Nonsense," you purred against his lips, the fire in your eyes mirroring the heat between you. "Your Valyrian blood grants you such… an eternal grace."
With a surge of passion, Aemond's hand ripped away the fabric of your gown, leaving you gasping in delightful surprise. He swept you into his arms, carrying you to the bed with a mix of tenderness and urgency. His kisses trailed a scorching path down your body, igniting every nerve with searing pleasure. "Fear not, my love," he assured, his voice laced with raw desire. "Age brings with it a wealth of experience." As his lips traced down your neck, your breasts, your belly, and eventually down your core, your lips quivered with restrained moans as you pleaded, "Aemond, seal my lips with yours, otherwise I’ll lose control!”
You heard a barely audible chuckle before an overwhelming pleasure incited a loud moan, “Gods, Aemond.” His tongue worked expertly between your folds, his movements demanding yet tender.
“Beg for me, my love. I will give you what you want and more.”
“I want you inside me,” implored as you arched your back, showing him shamelessly how your body longed for him.
“Hmm,” Your king lifted his head, his good eye and sapphire piercing through you with amusement, “Here I thought my insatiable queen preferred some more torment.”
You left out a gasp as his rough movements transformed into a series of soft kisses around your most intimate parts but never really reached there.
His strong arms held your thighs in place as your body trembled and squirmed under his magic.
“Your Grace, please,” this time, your voice laced no more with desperation, but seductively while feigning innocence, “Spoil your poor queen.”
With a satisfied grin on his face, he hovers over you while giving a tight squeeze on your buttocks, “Is that what you want, love? To be so thoroughly ravished that you can’t even walk tomorrow?”
“No,” you breathe, uttering each word clearly,“I want you to make me unable to sit tomorrow.”
With that, Aemond finally crashes your lips, muffling your desperate moans as he thrusts into you forcefully.
Hands pinned by his muscular arms above your head, all you can think of is the sinful slapping of your skins, his growls amidst the mind-blowing pleasure crashing your core.
As Aemond felt your walls convulse, he grinned, “Let it out, my love. Let them hear you. Let King’s Landing know that the blood of the dragon runs hot.”
With a loud cry, you reached your peak together.
As he collapsed on your body, you didn’t waste a second to roll yourself on top of him, tantalizing him with your gentle yet teasing kisses.
Bathed in the exhaustion of love-making, he held you in his arms. Silence reigned over the bed chamber, the moon light casting an ethereal glow on both of you.
“I am the happiest Targaryen ever lived,”he pressed a kiss on your forehead, “If not the only one, thanks to you, my love. Before we met, I never thought a life like this was possible. With my father’s negligence and the Dance, I convinced myself that power was my only way out. For a time, I felt I was beyond redemption,” he confessed, hands tracing your jawline.
You held him tighter, cupping his cheeks, “Aemond, you are not like that anymore. You are strong. You have become a man your father never was, a man Aegon never was,” your unwavering gaze full of conviction, “You carry people, you carry the realm, our children, you carry me.”
He planted a kiss on your cheek with a contented sigh, “You are my life.”
After a peaceful silence, Aemond hovered on you again with a mischievous glint, “Ready for round two, my queen?”
You burst in laughter, “And here you said I was the insatiable one.”
The next morning, Aemond and you, hands tangled together, sneaked into the garden with a book in hand; the fresh moments before the Small Council’s meeting have become your morning ritual, reminding you both of the liveliness of your younger days.
Your children, unknown to you, gossiped while observing you from a distance. Baelon, the most mischievous of them all, rolled his eyes and whispered, “I am glad that our parents still behave like two newlyweds, but I simply wish that they would make their methods of maintaining their youth…” he paused in suspense, “Less audible.”
Elaena giggled uncontrollably. Even Rhaegar, the ever dutiful and serious son, couldn’t help but to chuckle, “It has been a long time since the realm has seen the king and queen so fiercely in love and devoted to each other.”
Just as the siblings giggled in secret, they heard a loud thud.
“Y/N !” Aemond screamed as you fell on the ground, “Call the maesters!” He picked you up and rushed to their chamber. As the royal family gathered nervously at the bedside, the maester turned around, smiling, “Congratulations, Your Grace, the queen is with child, again.” Aemond’s eye opened in surprise and joy but quickly it was quickly replaced by concern, “Is her health strong enough for delivering another child? I do not wish to risk her life, ever.”
The maester nodded, “Her Grace’s condition is impeccable for pregnancy. It is a rare thing for a woman her age.”
Relief washed over Aemond’s face as he traced your unconscious features. Elaena, fascinated by Aemond’s devoted gaze, whispered to Rhaegar, “If my future lord husband doesn’t look at me the way father looks at mother, I don’t want him.”
Rhaegar smiled, his eyes shimmering, causing Elaena's cheeks to flush. "I have absolute faith in you, my dear," he whispered.
Ten moons went by as fast as a wheel, but your labour was not nearly as easy as the maesters had described. You screamed in agony as the maesters informed Aemond regretfully, “Your Grace, Her Grace most likely may not survive, but there might be a way for the child to survive.” Aemond's eye blazed with fury, understanding the implications behind their words, "What you speak of borders on treason! I want her, the queen. If she dies, I will have every one of your heads."
The children trembled at their father ‘s roar, they had never seen him so much in despair and anger. their innocent hearts shattered by the sight of his despair and anger. They wept, clinging to one another, seeking solace in their shared fear and sorrow.
Aemond gripped your hands, tears falling down like a torrential downpour, “Fight for me, love. You are my life. It’s all my fault, I should’ve given you the tea…. ” You manage a painful smile , “It’s not your fault, Aemond. I… I had a wonderful life. You are… you and our children are at far the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’ve never believed in destiny before, but… this is my time.”
Aemond held your hands desperately, “No, don’t you dare leave me, y/n! Don’t condemn me to an eternity of misery.”
In that moment of agony and farewell, the door to the chamber was forcefully opened.
“Rhaegar, you’re here,” You sobbed, the staggering pain muffling your words, “I thought… I thought you were at Highgarden visiting your betrothed.”
Rhaegar clasped your hands, his gaze fixed on you, “Mother, I have faith in you. Fight for us, please.”
Your boy, your first born, has grown into a fierce warrior, future protector of the realm. As you locked eyes with his violet gaze, a rush of distant memories flooded your mind, intertwining with the present moment.
The Dance had just concluded with a realm ruled by ashes, uncertainty and the Targaryen line shattered.
Where was the Prince Regent?
Pentos, in the arms of his beloved lady.
Amidst the blood-red dawn, a dragon and a swan sought refuge from violence and destruction, swirling on the shore of the Narrow Sea. Their laughter and love filled the air as if no one else existed in the world, with only the gods as witnesses to the passion of their love. Under the watchful eyes of the Seven, their bodies entwined, sealing their destiny until the end of time.
It was at that moment your first little dragon, Rhaegar, came to you.
Clinging onto the most cherished memory of your life and clenching your fists in the sheets, you let out a primal scream that seemed to reverberate through the entire Keep, pushing with a ferocity that defied your destiny, your determination burning like a flame refusing to be extinguished.
Your husband clutched you in his arms, his body seemed like an anchor to your life. Aemond gritted teeth as yours sank into his skin, his shoulder bearing the imprint of your bite, almost drawing blood. He longed to share your pain to shoulder the burden in your stead.
In a miraculous moment, you gave birth to a fragile little infant daughter. Tears streamed down your face like a river. You laid on the labour bed, trembling with both relief and agony, cried like a child while Aemond held you with all his might, “Aemond, it hurts.”
“It’s over, love. You’re so strong, so brave. I love you. I love you beyond everything,” his confession quivered, a testament of close call of losing you.
Shortly after, you drifted to slumber out of exhaustion.
Centuries later, in a scroll of healing account kept in the Citadel, the miraculous birth of Princess Daenyra Targaryen and survival of the Queen Y/N, wife of King Aemond Targaryen I, defied all reason, a baffling enigma to Westeros' maesters. Defying all signs of demise, love and hope emerged victorious even against the gods’ will.
Bedroom scene imagine
(From 1:45 makes me🤤🥰🤭)
“And a lust for life,
Keeps us alive.”
“And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get Him to swap our places.”
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keep inventory is my saviour- i would literally flop over and die if i spent a long time alive in a survival world only to be looking the other way when a skeleton shoots me. especially if my base is far from spawn. like what am i supposed to do?! sigh. survival is not for me-
the world generation update was honestly my favourite, i love the new biomes. my favourite is definitely birch forest, but the og grasslands is great too, and the cherry blossom ones are really pretty. though when i'm just exploring, my favourite to chance upon are the mushroom fields, because the mooshrooms are ADORABLE!! i mean, is there a cuter creature?! the mooshrooms have my whole entire heart. i wish i had a pet mooshroom in real life. i would take really good care of it trust-
my least favourite biomes are badlands and like the place where there's a lot of terracotta. i don't know why, i just don't like the vibe. and i'm low-key scared of the big snowy mountain ones because of all the powdered snow- but i'd go there for you! you should totally build us a house if (when?) we play together~ i like bases with really big windows so i can always tell what's going on outside. and pet mooshrooms. you should get me an elytra too, and i'll hide behind a pillar and cheer you on! (i have never managed to beat the ender dragon on my own sob it's too scary but also adorable i want to keep it as a pet too. i tried that once, actually, but the dragons kept flying to coordinates 0,0 for some reason. don't run away from me dragons my heart will break </3)
your poor base aww it was going so well- poor doll. ;(
you're too kind~ and cute too! a deadly combination. my heart will stop if my doll is too adorable~
i'm glad that your mouth is better! dentist appointments can be painful as hell so i definitely understand. and have fun when you go out for lunch! i just came back from lunch with my mother too.
i've never played fortnite, so i regret to say i'm unfamiliar with your terminology, but sounds fun! do tell me if you recommend it. i've never watched gravity falls either, but i have heard about it.
i'm kinda dead now because i have a math test in a few days but all my studying materials have disappeared into the void, so i'll be running off of pure adrenaline and desperation. (i am NOT good at math- rather, i'm good at everything but it)
i've been rather bored lately, my laptop is broken so i can't play anything and my phone screen time has just gone up a lot. plus school is really busy. though i'm glad that my doll is so eager to talk to me~
i went to a bookstore today and found a couple of books that i like, so i'll mainly be reading them in the days to come! i'm super excited for that, hehe~
i wish i could give you my discord but frankly i don't use it very often, so is there any other way we could talk? otherwise i can reinstall discord if you'd like. and at the moment i can't play minecraft either, due to my laptop being broken. so sad (sobbing fr)
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This was such a delight to see in my inbox!!! I got so excited seeing how long it was, such an interesting read through :0
SO SO REAL WITH THE KEEP INVENTORY THING!! People who play without keep inventory and complain about those who do are just JEALOUS we can die and go back 2 our base immediately with all our stuff when thousands of blocks out!! ( ̄^ ̄)
I was not expecting birch forest, I feel like that’s a pretty uncommon favorite biome but it’s not a bad one either!! Birch forests are super pretty and birch wood looks nice when used correctly!! I love the look of stripped birch logs… which is weirdly specific but I think they make good flooring. Grasslands are also a good biome, nice and flat with not many trees. Makes a good place to build!! Mushroom islands are always so fun to find because of their rarity, I like the mushroom blocks there and the mooshrooms are pretty cute. You may not be able to get a pet mooshroom in real life… but we can have lots and lots of them in our world!!
I can see why you wouldn’t like those biomes… the vibes do kinda suck. They’re pretty boring to look at and bare resource-wise. They’re good biomes for making like wild west themed builds though! Terracota is a good block to use in pixel art. I prefer flatter taigas… the big mountains also intimidate me from the snow. Powdered snow is so scary and I never want 2 come across it. I definitely will build us a super cute house when we play together!! I’m surprised you picked up on my wording there, ehehe. I want it to be a “when”, not an “if”, because I’d love to be able to get to know you better!! I’ll definitely try to incorporate lots of windows into our base and we can have so so many pet mooshrooms! Your support for beating the dragon is very much appreciated, I will make sure you get only the best gear and an elytra!! After we beat the dragon the first time we can definitely spawn it again and try to take it back to the overworld…. lots of work but if it’ll make you happy then it is all worth it ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡
ALSO THANK YOU AHHBFDJLGDFJKGDSJGFJK, I’m so happy that you think that way about me!! Your heart better not stop though, I’d get sad being left alone!!! (¬`‸´¬)
Aaa, thank you once again but this time for all the kind wishes. I hope that you had a nice time out with your mother and that the food was delicious!!
I definitely do recommend fortnite if it seems like the kind of thing you’d enjoy… I got way too into it today and ended up playing for hours with friends. I had a great time and got the hang of it pretty quickly!
Oh no!! I get struggling with math, I’m no good at it either wahh. I hope that you’re able to somehow at least study a lil bit before it.. I’m sending you all my support for your math test, you got this!!! ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ
Boredom sucks and I’m sorry to hear about your laptop. Hopefully you’ll be able to get your laptop fixed and school calms down for you soon. I absolutely am eager to talk to you, I’ll always be here to play with if you ever wish to have a cure for your boredom!! (๑>•̀๑)
Bookstores are so fun to go to, sounds like a nice trip. You’ll have to tell me all about the books you picked up once you’re done reading them and whether you recommend them or not!! I hope you enjoy them and that they help out a bit with your boredom.
I don’t really have any other messaging apps, discord is one of my most used apps… sorryyy. I would give you an alternative if I could </3
I would love being able to talk to you on there if you don’t mind redownloading it!! Please do send your username if you decide to redownload! It’s totally fine that you can’t play right now either, I don’t mind just texting eachother. I’d love to talk to you more, regardless of whether or not we play a game while doing so. I am sobbing with you tho since we will have 2 wait for our cute house with pet mooshrooms!! So so sad (◞‸◟)
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i love video games so much 🥺
#🌙.rambles#i'll be productive in like a bit but#listening to music!!!! oh dear i love video games so much#when hades 2 comes out i really hope i can get it#crisis core reunion releases so soon.. i really hope i can get it#zack's always been one of my favs bb boy i love him v much#n ffxvi oh my god i have no more words for that#octopath traveler 2 as well next year aaaa n then ff7 rebirth was it? yh#n then games this year someday i rlly wna play elden ring n stray n gow ragnarok :<<#in general i shld rlly play more from software games n then i shld v much continue gow.#i think my aunt still has the first game or one of them I CAN'T REMEMBER.. i think her copy is in japanese though wtf#also just thinking of. persona oh my god i rlly wna get more into the series sob i may ask my friend if i cld borrow?#my aunt has it too but it's just in japanese 😭😭#n then chrono grrr i rlly wna play.. n then the older final fantasies too#n get to both nier replicant n automata! i rlly want to play the drakengard games too someday >.>#also someday i want to at least try n play one of the bravely default n all games?#n then i want to at least. since we have them in our old xbox smth here; dragon age & mass effect#n just for the experience too i rlly want to try wow. league. n uhh wait there's so much#wait my mind is a mess rn fr but#other fire emblems too ofc! n the other zelda games hehe oh my god i shld rlly finish botw i just procrastinated n left behind#like just a few last things before yh yh#i wna play code vein n tales of arise n pso2 too#wait.. there's also stuff like oh my god i may be a coward but Still tlou & at least one re game n silent hill#metal gear & guilty gear & more assassin's creed too omg & atelier & play more of the witcher YEAH &#there's more i'm not even sure if i'm coherent w this anymore but when i'm done w all this i hope to have time to play again!!!!#i rlly rlly wna go to an orchestra of any vg i like :<<#hehe thinking of the vg osts i like the most probably; ff kh octopath drakenier soulsborne chrono fe3h gbf shadow of the colossus#botw. wait there's a lot i'm fond of bravely default too lots n code vein n other fire emblems n the witcher 3 n persona n#THERE'S SO MUCH WAIT ><
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Dragon Age development insights and highlights from Bioware: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development
Some really tasty factoids here.
Cut for length.
Dragon Age: Origins
The continent of Thedas was at one point going to be named Pelledia, a name initially floated by James Ohlen
“Qunari” was a temporary name that ended up unintentionally sticking, much like “Thedas”
Mary Kirby wrote the Landsmeet. To this day, nobody understands how it works, except possibly her. If she’s “really really drunk” she can explain how it works. There’s as many words in it as Sten’s entire conversations put together
Concept art for Thedosian art - as in in-world art - draws heavily on Renaissance-era portraiture, the Art Nouveau movement, religious styles and media like stained glass, and favorite pieces from the golden age of illustrations in the early 20th century
Andrastianism in-world (art-wise) is depicted in wildly different methods depending on who in-world made the art in question. “One religion, 3 different lenses”. There’s the Chantry take, the Orlesian take and the Fereldan take; each with its own different interpretations, different mediums and different stories
The stained glass images were drawn by Nick Thornborrow for DAI, to decorate religious spaces in that game “and beyond”
irl Viking art influenced Ferelden
Greek and Italian art influenced Orlais
The book also had other insights into and anecdotes from the development of DAO, but I’ve transcribed them recently as they’re essentially the stories DG has recently been relating on the awesome Summerfall Studios DAO playthrough Twitch streams. (On those streams he provides dev commentary while Liam Esler plays through DA. The ones with DG are currently once every two weeks. Check them out! Here’s a calendar where you can check when the next one is) Instead of repeating myself I’ll just provide the link to the first transcript. From there you can navigate to the subsequent parts. Note these streams are ongoing. At this point I will also point you to a related post which is cliff notes of the Dragon Age chapter in Jason Schreier’s book Blood Sweat and Pixels.
Dragon Age II
DAO had the longest development period in BioWare history. In contrast DA2 had the shortest
Initially DA2 was going to be an expansion to DAO. A few months in EA said “Yeah, expansions like these don’t sell very well, so let’s make it a sequel.” So it suddenly became DA2 and they had to make it even bigger, although they still only had 1.5 years of time in which to do this
Production of DA2 officially lasted only 9 months, and at the time the team was still supporting live content for DAO! They finished development that January after the design team crunched all the way through the holiday period that year. Then it went to cert 9 times
The limited time they had is why the story takes place mostly in and around 1 city, and over 7 years (so it was temporal, rather than over physical distance, because a more expansive world would have taken more irl time to make)
They had no time to review even the main plot. Mike Laidlaw pitched the idea of 3 stories taking place at different points in the PC’s life, tied together by Varric’s recollections of events. DG rolled with this and made 1 presentation on the idea. This presentation was then approved and off they went
As they were writing DG realized that there was going to be no oversight and that everything was going to be a ‘first draft’. “Because nobody had time.” He sat down with the writers and said “Look, here’s the conditions we’re working under. A lot of what we’re putting out is gonna be raw. We’re not going to get the editing we need. We’re not going to get the kind of iteration we need. So I’m going to trust you all to do your best work.”
Looking back, DG has mixed feelings on DA2. “A lot of corners were cut. The public perception was that it was smaller than DAO. That’s a sin on its own.”
Despite this he thinks DA2 has some of the best writing in the series, especially character-wise. The DA2 chars are his favorite
The pace with which production progressed may in some ways have helped. “When we do a lot of revision, we often file away [as in buff off] some of the good writing as well. Somehow DA2′s whirlwind process resulted in some really good writing”
The pace meant chars landed on the writers in various stages of completion. For example Isabela was fairly defined due to appearing in DAO. In contrast Varric at the start was just that single piece of widely-shown concept art
Varric was conceived as a storyteller not a fighter. His skills are talking and bullshitting. Hence the question became, so what does this guy do in combat? The direction was to make him as different as possible to Oghren, so not a warrior. He couldn’t be a dual-wielding rogue in order to differentiate him from Bela. But you can’t really picture this guy with a bow. “For a dwarf, it would probably be a crossbow. We didn’t have crossbows, or we only had crossbows for the darkspawn. And they were part of the models. We didn’t have a separate crossbow that was equip-able by the chars. They had to like, crop one off a darkspawn and remodel it. And that became Bianca” (quote: Mary Kirby)
“Dwarven mages are exceedingly rare.” [???]
If DAO was a classic fantasy painting, DA2 was a screenshot from a Kurosawa film or a northern Renaissance painting. (Here Matt Rhodes was commenting on art style)
John Epler: “In any one of our games, there’s a 95% chance that if you turn the camera away from what it’s looking at, you’ll see all kinds of janky stuff. The moment we know the camera is no longer facing someone, we no longer care what happens to them. We will teleport people around. We will jump people around. We will literally have someone walk off screen and then we will shift them 1000 meters down, because we’re fixing some bug.” John also talked about this camera stuff in a recent charity Twitch stream for Gamers For Groceries. There’s a writeup of that stream here
Designing Kirkwall pushed concept artists to the limits of visual storytelling, because it has a long history that they wanted to be present. It was once the hub of Tevinter’s slave empire, so it needed to look brutal and harsh, but it also then needed to feel reclaimed, evolved, and with elements of contemporary Free Marches culture
The initial plan was for DA titles to be distinguished by subtitles not numbers, so that each experience could stand on its own rather than feel like a sequel or continuation. (My note: New PCs in each entry make sense then when you consider this and other factoids we know like how DA is the story of the world not of any one PC). Later, DA2′s name was made DA2 in a bid to more clearly connect the game to its predecessor. For DAI they returned to the original naming convention. (My note: so I’d reckon they’d be continuing the subtitle naming convention for DA4)
DA2 was initially code-named “Nug Storm”, strictly internally
The Cancelled DA2 Expansion - Exalted March
This was a precursor to DAI
It was meant to bridge the gap between DA2 and DAI
It focused on the fallout from Kirkwall’s explosion, with Cory serving as the villain
Meredith’s red lyrium statue was basically going to infest Kirkwall and it would end up [with what would end up] the red templars taking over Kirkwall and essentially being Cory’s army
To stop him Hawke would have recruited various factions, including Bela’s Felicisima Armada and the Qunari at Estwatch, forcing Hawke to split loyalties and risk relationships in the process
It was meant to bring DA2′s story to an end and end in Varric’s death. DG was very happy with this because all of DA2 is Varric’s tale. The expansion was supposed to start at the moment Cassandra’s interrogation of him ended in the present. “And we finished off the story with Varric having this heroic death.” It tied things up and would have broken many fan hearts, something BioWare writers notoriously enjoy. But between a transition to the new Frostbite engine and the scope of DAI, the decision was made to cancel EM, work any hard-to-lose concepts into DAI, and in the process save Varric’s life. DG has talked about the Varric dying thing before
Concept art for EM explored new areas previously not depicted in the DA universe, with costumes that reflected next steps for familiar chars. Varric was going to war, what would he have worn? With Anders, if he survived DA2, the plan was to present a redeemed Warden
A char that vaguely resembled Sera in DAI was first concepted for EM. This fact was mentioned near this concept art (see the female elf) and this concept art of Bethany with the blond bob
The writers sketched out plans to end it with Hawke having the option to marry their LI. This included alternate ceremonies for party members like Bethany and Sebastian if the player opted not to wed. There was even a wedding dress made for Hawke. This asset made it into DAI (Sera and Cullen’s weddings in Trespasser). The dress can also be seen in DAI during an ambient NPC wedding after completing a chain of war table missions
The destruction of a Chantry was explored in concept art as it might have happened in EM. This idea ended up carrying over to the beginning of DAI. (My note: Lol, the idea that DA2 could have had 2 Chantries being destroyed in it 😆)
World of Thedas
Sheryl Chee and Mary Kirby started with “a disgusting little dish called fluffy mackerel pudding”. In the middle of DAO’s busy dev period one of them (they can’t remember who) found a recipe online for this, scanned in from a 70s cookbook. “I don’t understand why it was fluffy. Why would you want fluffy mackerel pudding?” MK says. “We loved it so much we included it in a DAO codex.”
This led them to create more food for Thedas, full recipes included, like a Fereldan turnip and barley stew from MK and SC’s Starkhaven fish and egg pie. The fish pie became Sebastian’s favorite. “To me it made sense for it to be fish pie because a lot of the Free Marches are on the coast”, SC says, “It was something that was popular in medieval times, so I thought, let’s make a fish pie! I looked at medieval recipes and I concocted a fish pie which I fed to my partner, and he was like ‘This is not terrible’”
For WoT the whole studio was asked to contribute family recipes which might have a place in Thedas. SC adapted these to fit in one Thedosian culture or another, including a beloved banana bread that localization producer Melanie Fleming would regularly bake to keep the DA team motivated. “Melanie’s banana bread got us through Inquisition”
DAI
It says part of DAI takes place in or near the border with Nevarra [???]
This game was aimed to be bigger than DA2 and even DAO in every conceivable way
The first hour had to do a lot of heavy lifting, tying together the events of DAO and DA2 while introducing a new PC, new followers etc in the aftermath of the big attack. DG rewrote it 7 times then Lukas Kristjanson did 2 more passes
DG: “Our problem is always that our endings are so important, but we leave them to last, when we have no time. I kept pushing on DAI: ‘Can we work on the ending now? Can we work on the ending now? Can we do it early on?’ Because I knew exactly what it was going to be. But despite the fact that it kept getting scheduled, whenever the schedule started falling behind, it kept getting pushed back... so, of course, it got left til last again.”
“The reveal of the story’s real antagonist, Solas, a follower until the end, when he betrayed the player”. “Solas’ story remains a main thread in Inquisition’s long-awaited follow-up” [these aren’t DG quotes, just bits of general text]
Over the course of development they had 8 full-time writers and 4 editors working on it. Other writers joined later to help wrangle what ended up being close to 1 million words of dialogue and unspoken text. While many teams moved to a more open concept style of work for DAI, the writers remained tucked away in their own room, a choice DG says was necessary, given how much they talked. All the talking had a purpose ofc as if someone hit a bump or wall in their writing they would open the problem up to the room
As writing on a project like DAI progresses, the writers grow punchier and weirder things make it into the game. This is especially the case towards the end of a project (they get tired, burned out)
Banter and codexes require less ‘buy-in’ (DG has talked about this concept a few times on the Twitch streams) from other designers. DG liked to leave banter for last as a reward because it was fun. Banter begins as lists of topics for 2 followers to discuss. These may progress over time or be one off exchanges. One banter script can balloon to well over 10k words. “The banter was always huge because we were always like, laughing, and really at that point, our fields of fucks were rather barren, so we would just do whatever”
The bog unicorn happened pretty much by accident. It was designed by Matt Rhodes and was one of his fav things to design. They needed horse variations and he had already designed an undead variant which was a bog mummy [bog body]. irl these are preserved in a much different way to traditional mummies. When someone dies in a bog their skin turns black and raisin-like. The examples we know of tend to have bright red hair for whatever reason. It’s a very striking look and MR wanted to do a horse version of this as he thought it’d be neat. 5 mins before the review meeting for it he had a big ‘Aha!’ moment, quickly looked up a rusty old Viking sword, and photoshopped it through its skull like that was how it died. “And I was like, ‘I just made a unicorn. Alright, in it goes!’” It got approved. “So we built the thing. It fit. It told a little story”
With the irl Inquisition longsword, one of the objects they tested its cleaving ability on was a plush version of Leliana’s nug Schmooples
The concept art team explored a wide variety of visuals for the Inquisitor’s signature mark. It needed to look powerful and raw but couldn’t look like a horrific wound. In some cases, as cool as the idea looked on paper, they just weren’t technically feasible, especially as they had to be able to fit on any number of different bodies
Bug report: “Endlessly spawning mounts! At one point during development, Inquisitors could summon a new horse every time they whistled, allowing them to amass a near infinite number of eager steeds that faithfully followed them across Thedas. “You could go charging across levels and they’d all gallop behind you,” Jen Cheverie says, “It was beautiful.” Trotting into town became an epic horse siege as a tidal wave of mounts enveloped the streets. Jen called it her Army of Ponies”
The giants came from DA Week, an internal period when devs can pursue different individual creative projects that in some way benefit DA. They also had a board game from one of these that they were going to put in but they didn’t have time. It’s referenced though. It was dwarven chess
Josie’s outfit is made of gold silk and patterned velvet, with leather at her waist. She carries “an ornate ledger” and she has “an ornamented collar sitting around her neck, finished by a brilliant red ruby, like a drop of Antivan wine in a sunbeam”
Iron Bull’s armor is leather. His loose pantaloons and leather boots give him agility to charge
On DAI in particular, concept artists took special care to make sure costumes would be realistic, at least in a practical ‘this obeys the laws of physics and textiles’ sense. “While on Inquisition, we thought about cosplay from a concept art perspective. Given how incredible a lot of [cosplays] are, I now am not worried about them. In fact in some cases in the future I want to throw them curveballs like, ‘All right, you clever bastards. Let’s see if you can do this!’”
2 geese that nested on the office building and had chicks were named Ganders and Arishonk (it wasn’t known who was the mom or the dad). Other possible names were Carver Honke, Bethany Honke, Urdnot Pecks, Quackwall, Cassandra Pentagoose, the Iron Bill, Shepbird, Garroose, Admiral Quackett, Scout Honking, HChick-47 and Darth Malgoose
Bug report: “The surprising adventures of Ser Noodles!” DAI was the first time the series had a mount feature, meaning this had a lot of bugs. A lot of the teams’ favorite bugs were to do with the mounts. There was a period of time where the Inquisitor’s horse seemed to lose all bone and muscle in its legs. They had a week or so where all quadruped legs were broken. It was a bit noticeable in things like nugs and other small beasties but the horse was insanely obvious. “The first time we summoned the horse [for this] and started running around, the entire QA exploration room just exploded with laughter.” Its legs flapped around like cooked fettucine, leading testers to lovingly nickname it Ser Noodles. At galloping speeds the legs almost looked like helicopter blades, especially when footage was set to classic pieces such as Wagner’s Flight of the Valkyries
For DAI the artists were asked questions like “What would Morrigan wear to a formal ball? Can Cassandra pull off a jaunty hat?”
On DAI storyboarding became the norm. John Epler: “Cinematic design for the longest time was the Wild West. It was ‘here’s a bunch of content, now do it however you want’, which resulted in some successes and some failures.” Storyboarding gave designers a consistent visual blueprint based on ideas from designers, writers and concept artists
Quote from a storyboard by Nick Thornborrow (the Inquisitor going into the party at the end of basegame sequence): “Until Corypheus revealed himself they could not see the single hand behind the chaos. A magister and a darkspawn combined. The ultimate evil. So evil. Eviler than puppy-killers and egg farts combined.”
A general note on concept art:
In the early stages of any project, before the concept artists are aware of any writing, they like to just draw what they think cool story moments could be. It’s not unusual for the team to then be inspired by these and fold them into the game as the project progresses
– From Bioware: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development
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one single person asked fr it so now everyone will see. Heres My list of
Best pokemon friendly resturants in Alola!
To start off, the most well known is probably our Malasada resturants! All the pokemon i know love the malasadas as a snack, and they are safe for both trainer and 'mon to eat! Many of the malasada resturants sell only malasadas, so their not excactly sit-down, dinning experience places.
on the same note, our pokeCenters have cafes in them, that surve poke-friendly drinks! Very good if you're travelling and your pokemon start to get effected by all the heat!
The floating resturant in Seafolk village serves Z-noodles that are also safe for trainer and pokemon alike! The noodles come in varying sizes, and are fairly cheap!
Aina's Kitchen in KoniKoni city has great food, and a separate menu for pokemon! The food is a bit pricey, but it's made by Mallow, one of the trial leaders here! If you're lucky she may be out taking orders and you'll have a chance to meet her! Everything is made with fresh ingredients, and the menu marks vegan and non-vegan meals!
The Sushi High Roller in Malie city also has pokemon food, but also steap prices, and a very small pokemon menu. I personally dont usually take my pokemon here, but many Richer Tourists ask about it.
Now, those are all the offical tourist resturants, that we have listed on advertisments and brochures, but I know of many small places that are better than any of those! These are not advertised very often, and some arent even on maps, so if you are travelling here and wanna find them, you'll need to get directions from Groovle, or ask a local. (Or a purple haired Tourist Bureau employee, wink wink-)
Moon's Light is a small resturant owned and operated by one of my friends! It has 3 separate menus, one for trainers, one for pokemon, and one for both! Many of their meals don't use pokemon materials, and the ones that do are clearly marked! They also include allergen warnings! I'd say its in the medium price range, with a few cheaper meals on each menu! It also has meals that are designed for ghost, dark, physic and fairy types, designed partially by me! It is located Heahea city!
Sun's Fury offers pretty much the same things, though the theming is centered around the sun. It has meals designed for fire, flying, ground, and dragon type 'mons! The prices are also a little higher than Moon's, and is located in KoniKoni city!
I'm not sure the official name for it, me and my friends just call it "The Stall" but there is a food stand that is always somewhere on the path from Hau'oli city to the beach to get to Alaka island, and i get food from there every day on my way to work and home! Their menu changes through out the day and all of the food is sooooo good!
And so many of the food stalls all over alola are really good, most have vegan and allergen warnings, and only a small handful have high prices!
So if you're planning on visiting alola or you're already here, Feel free to use this list and check out these poke-friendly resturants!
#Unreality#Pkmn irl#Alola travel guide#Not to be bias but pllleassseee come to the Moon's light its sooooo good!!!
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A Note to our Community, Regarding the New Ancient
Okay -- so first and foremost I know that most of you follow me for tashy memes or weird dragons, so this may come as a bit of an odd note given my content. I still think this is a fairly important topic to address given the current comments from both side of the community now with both the upcoming release of the new ancient breed and the notes on what will be distributed with said release.
I’m not taking any side here, but trying to open up a discussion on why people are upset, the reasons why they’re valid to be upset, and the stance the community as a whole should look at both sides of people’s reactions.
As we all know, there have been a lot of upset people talking about the new ancient and it’s 1000G price-point, and just as many upset about FR’s comment that there will be no ancient eggs this time around. I’ll admit that this change in ancient release does make sense on a financial standpoint -- FR is releasing a gem breed that should encourage players to invest in gems and support the site, them releasing free options for the breed could likely hinder the amount of money they earn from this very extensively worked on dragon. I fully acknowledge that this is a choice that makes the most sense for them as a website, but I also have to address the other issue with this:
Most of the community does not invest in gems.
I’ll start this off by saying that I’m a fairly lucky person on FR -- I joined in the absolute early days in the first opening after kickstarter priority. I was able to amass quite a few old items and based my wealth on that. I’ve sold kickstarter familiars and am recently getting into selling G1 dragons for a fairly nice price. The community I’m in tends to look at values of thousands of gems as an easy pricepoint, that hundreds of thousands of gems will be amassed in a month or two. These are the people that seem to be shown the most in regards to FR’s community, the likely top 5% of all players.
But that isn’t the normal player group.
We have to understand that most people playing right now are either fresh accounts or those slowly starting to work towards goals -- where 100kT is a big goal for them so they can buy that new bundle of apparel, where freebie dragons or adopted dragons make up the majority of their lair. Those that start up breeding project dragons that sell for 20kT or 50kT for those that are lucky. These are the same people that we were when we started out.
I’ll be the first to say that I was the same -- I remember saving up for an imperial at the time, muddy colours and not aesthetically pleasing at all, but I knew that I wanted one and it took me over a month to even come close to getting one. The same issue falls on recent and current players -- yes, getting a coatl or a wildclaw is cheap as all get out now given the extensive breeding they’ve gone through, but there was a time where they still lingered at the higher tier of dragons cost-wise. 2000G for a breed change scroll was not even feasible for most, so they depended on bred dragons with muddy colours the same as we used to.
There are some people who can drop 20$ on the game fairly regularly, which is no way a bad thing! It’s nice to see people who are financially sound enough to support the website because the website does need those users to keep it going. However, you can’t look at the players who are upset about the price-point and the announcement of no eggs for the primals this time around despite the precedence they set with every other ancient release. Those people can’t afford gems, they have to work through selling dragons and hope that players will keep gem ratios low enough for them to even come close to earning enough. I’m sure most of that group were excited for the ancient release since most were under the assumption that, despite them not being able to afford gems or drop money on the site, they’d still be able to have at least one of the breed from eggs.
A good example of this was the silhouette scroll release. The pricepoint of 400G made sense of most players who could afford it or save up for it since it was a permanent and toggle-friendly item, just a bit higher in price than the permababy scroll. There were still some upset players who could hardly think of being able to get 400G any time soon, let alone for the 2-6 dragons that they’d love to be able to use it on. Those are the same players who are voicing up now, and you need to keep in mind that this is twice and a bit of the cost of said scrolls. I was unbothered by the price since it made sense to me, but again, I’m also the same person who can drop 25kG on a dragon and not think twice on it. The price point was an easy thing for a lot of us, but ‘a lot of us’ tended to be the top 10-5% of the community who didn’t have to think of how many dragons they’d have to sell or how many fodder dragons they’d have to work on.
The price point does make sense though! Look at it from a standpoint on how other ancient genes have been tackled in terms of gemstore things -- it’s always been half the cost since Ancient are a fair bit more limited than other dragons. Having the new Ancient released at half the cost of other gem scrolls make logical sense, so people asking it to be lowered because many can’t afford it doesn’t make sense -- but it’s valid for those same people to be upset all the same. Just as others may be excited about it, some may not be!
I’ve seen a lot of people on both tumblr and community discussion almost mocking the people who have been upset by this, and I don’t think that’s the stance that most FR members would take or should take -- as a whole most of the community has been wholesome and supportive, holding giveaways and adoptions, supporting new players with gift baskets to get them on their feet, protecting them from users who lowball them from their amazing G1 hatches. We’ve had our good days, and our bad, but ripping into the newer or less financially stable players is in no way acceptable from anyone.
tl;dr FR has every right to keep their new breed behind a gem wall but users have no right in shaming the people who are upset over it.
if you disagree, that’s entirely fine -- everyone is entitled to their own opinion on the matter, but you also have to look at it from where your privilege is on site. If you’re excited for the new ancient release, that’s great! If you’re not, that’s fine too! What matters is how you treat people on both sides. ʕ´•㉨•`ʔ
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Songs I Listen to While Writing Sorted by Genre/Type of Scene
(Some songs will be in more than one category)
Romance Scenes- we fell in love in october by girl in red Strawberries and Cigarettes by Troye Sivan Fool by Cavetown Call Me by 90sFlav Girls by girl in red 3AM by Finding Hope Dream Girl by Anna of the North Stay by Zedd & Alessia Cara Somebody To Tell Me by Tyler Glenn Secrets by One Republic Paris by The Chainsmokers Safe and Sound by Capital Cities Wild Heart by Bleachers A Thousand Years by Christina Perri Fire on Fire by Sam Smith Angel With a Shotgun by The Cab She Looks So Perfect by 5 Seconds of Summer Jet Pack Blues by Fall Out Boy Trade Mistakes by Panic! At The Disco When the Day Met the Night by Panic! At The Disco Moral of the Story by Ashe We Can’t Be Friends by Dream Koala Public Making Out Is Like Ugh by DNE Moon River by Audrey Hepburn Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens Alewife by Clairo Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko Futile Devices (Doveman Remix) by Sufjan Stevens Midnight Love by girl in red
Calm Scenes- Call Me by 90sFlav 5:32 by The Deli Crush by Esthie Coffee Breath by Sofia Mills Santa Monica Dream by Angus & Julia Stone Fool by Cavetown Golden Hour by Jonathon Morali Crosses by José González Death Bed by Powfu (Beat Only) 3AM by Finding Hope Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks Shy Girl by Kedam Counting Stars by One Republic Kaleidoscope Eyes by Panic! At The Disco She Had The World by Panic! At The Disco This Is Home by Cavetown Lua by Bright Eyes Sweater Weather by The Neighborhood Bedroom by Litany FLAMIN HOT CHEETOS by Clairo Will She Come Back by girl in red To All Of You by Syd Matters
Sad/Emotional Scenes- Obstacles by Syd Matters Runaway by Aurora Cancer by My Chemical Romance Unsteady by X Ambassadors State of Dreaming by MARINA Raquel y Sergio Juntos by Ivan M. Lacamera Coming Home by Falling in Reverse Spanish Sahara by Foals I’m Bad at Life by Falling in Reverse 7 Years by Lukas Graham Lost It All by Black Veil Brides Teen Idle by MARINA Hall of Fame by The Script Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish 21 Guns by Green Day Pirate Love Song by Black Heart Shatter Me by Lindsey Stirling Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap Dollhouse by Melanie Martinez The Light Behind Your Eyes by My Chemical Romance Helena (So Long and Goodnight) by My Chemical Romance Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance I Don’t Love You by My Chemical Romance The Ghost of You by My Chemical Romance Bishop Knife Trick by Fall Out Boy Indomitable by Casey Lee Williams The End of All Things by Panic! At The Disco Always by Panic! At The Disco Impossible Year by Panic! At The Disco Dying in LA by Panic! At The Disco Northern Downpour by Panic! At The Disco Far Too Young To Die by Panic! At The Disco This Is Gospel by Panic! At The Disco House of Memories by Panic! At The Disco Moral of the Story by Ashe Reason to Stay by Sody Anchor by Novo Amor Sober II (Melodrama) by Lorde Mt. Washington by Local Natives Mountains by Message To Bears
Action/Fight Scenes- Finish Line by Skillet I Ran (Epic Trailer Version) by Hidden Citizens Another One Bites The Dust (Epic Trailer Version) by Hidden Citizens Back From the Dead by Skillet Never Give In by Black Veil Brides The Phoenix by Fall Out Boy DESTROYA by My Chemical Romance Warriors by Imagine Dragons Bella Ciao by Manu Pilas What’s Up Danger by Blackway & Black Caviar The Resistance by Skillet Feel Invincible by Skillet In The End by Black Veil Brides Days Are Numbered by Black Veil Brides Fallen Angels by Black Veil Brides Caffeine by Casey Lee Williams This Will Be The Day by Casey Lee Williams 300 Violin Orchestra by Jorge Quintero Radioactive by Imagine Dragons Ready Aim Fire by Imagine Dragons Silent Running (Epic Trailer Version) by Hidden Citizens I’d Love to Change the World (Matstubs Remix) by Jetta Tommy’s Theme by NOISIA The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance Mama by My Chemical Romance My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘Em Up) by Fall Out Boy The Carpal Tunnel of Love by Fall Out Boy Young and Menace by Fall Out Boy
Happy/Fun Scenes- Tongue Tied by Grouplove Bang! by AJR 100 Bad Days by AJR Wasted by Tiësto 3 Nights by Dominic Fike City in a Garden by Fall Out Boy I Took a Pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix) by Mike Posner Safe and Sound by Capital Cities Collar Full by Panic! At The Disco Ahead By a Century by The Tragically Hip American Idiot by Green Day Superhero by The Script Wild Things by Alessia Cara Here’s To Never Growing Up by Avril Lavigne Do It All The Time by I Don’t Know How But They Found Me Burn by Ellie Goulding Move To Miami by Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull Mad Hatter by Melanie Martinez King of the World by Young Rising Sons Bulletproof Heart by My Chemical Romance Na Na Na by My Chemical Romance Miss Missing You by Fall Out Boy Where Did The Party Go by Fall Out Boy Sunshine Riptide by Fall Out Boy Last of the Real Ones by Fall Out Boy Wilson (Expensive Mistakes) by Fall Out Boy Time To Dance by Panic! At The Disco Crazy=Genius by Panic! At The Disco The Overpass by Panic! At The Disco Roaring 20s by Panic! At The Disco Victorious by Panic! At The Disco LA Devotee by Panic! At The Disco Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time by Panic! At The Disco Something Good by alt-j Hollywood by MARINA
Badass/Dark Scenes- Pretty Waste by Bones UK Bubblegum Bitch by MARINA Born For This by The Score Kings & Queens by Ava Max Castle by Halsey Caffeine by Casey Lee Williams Heaven Knows by The Pretty Reckless Joan of Arc by In This Moment Believer by Imagine Dragons Sand Storm by Apashe you should see me in a crown by Billie Eilish Power & Control by MARINA Fancy by Iggy Azalea Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift Empire of Our Own by RAIGN Revolution by Unsecret & Ruelle Unstoppable by The Score Control by Halsey Gasoline by Halsey Tag, You’re It by Melanie Martinez Up In The Air by Thirty Seconds To Mars So What by P!NK Do It Like A Dude by Jessie J Ready For It? by Taylor Swift Teenagers by My Chemical Romance Centuries by Fall Out Boy I Don’t Care by Fall Out Boy Rat a Tat by Fall Out Boy Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea by Fall Out Boy Champion by Fall Out Boy Thnks fr the Mmrs by Fall Out Boy One Thing by Casey Lee Williams I May Fall by Casey Lee Williams This Life Is Mine by Casey Lee Williams Let’s Kill Tonight by Panic! At The Disco Girls/Girls/Boys by Panic! At The Disco The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty by Panic! At The Disco Mount Everest by Labrinth Legendary by Skillet Homewrecker by MARINA Modern Day Cain by I Don’t Know How But They Found Me
That One Vibin’ Scene- When I RIP by Labrinth Sweatin’ Somethin’ Awful by Okey Dokey Wasted by Tiësto Leave Me Alone by I Don’t Know How But They Found Me Piano Fire by Sparklehorse Blinding Lights by The Weeknd Good News by Ocean Park Standoff Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s East of Eden by Zella Day Hazy Shade of Winter by The Bangles (or the Gerard Way cover) 5:15 by Bridgit Mendler Here by Alessia Cara Joan of Arc by In This Moment Mr. Doctor Man by Palaye Royale Cool For a Second by Yumi Zouma Counting Stars by One Republic Daddy Issues by The Neighborhood Ho Hey by The Lumineers We Can’t Be Friends by Dream Koala Public Making Out Is Like Ugh by DNE Sober II (Melodrama) by Lorde North by Sleeping at Last 400 Lux by Lorde No. 1 Party Anthem by Arctic Monkeys Still Don’t Know My Name by Labrinth Primadonna by MARINA dontmakemefallinlove by Cuco
That ‘Holy Shit I Can’t Believe That Just Happened’ Scene- All For Us by Labrinth (or the Zendaya version) Raquel y Sergio Juntos by Ivan M. Lacamera Forever by Labrinth Coming Home by Falling in Reverse Superheroes by Falling in Reverse (also works really well for cliffhanger-ending scenes) Carry On by Falling in Reverse The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks (if you don’t like country music, listen to the All That Remains cover) Zombie by The Cranberries Obstacles by Syd Matters Glory and Gore by Lorde Empire of Our Own by RAIGN When It’s All Over by RAIGN Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap
The Cinematic Teen Experience Scene- Amsterdam by Imagine Dragons Midnight City by M83 Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush (Meg Myers’ cover does better with the category though) Good News by Ocean Park Standoff Circles by Post Malone Rollercoaster by Bleachers Bad Idea! by girl in red Mr. Brightside by The Killers Fireflies by Owl City Undercover Martyn by Two Door Cinema Club Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings The Kids From Yesterday by My Chemical Romance I’m Not Okay by My Chemical Romance Fourth of July by Fall Out Boy Tip Toe by Imagine Dragons Someone To You by Banners Gone Gone Gone by Phillip Phillips Make You Mine by PUBLIC Out of my League by Fitz and The Tantrums Perks of Being a Sunflower by Soft Glas A World Alone by Lorde Wetsuit by The Vaccines Bored to Death by blink-182 There’s a Place by The All-American Rejects 18 by Anabor Mother by Smallpools Tompkins Square Park by Mumford and Sons 400 Lux by Lorde The Horse by Beach Fossils Ribs by Lorde Can I Call You Tonight? by Dayglow Hot Rod by Dayglow Marlboro Nights by Lonely God Under Stars by Aurora Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap Do Not Wat by Wallows Cold Cold Man by Saint Motel Forget Her by girl in red Buzzcut Season by Lorde A World Alone by Lorde Time to Pretend by MGMT Kids by MGMT Bags by Clairo My Tears Are Becoming a Sea by M83 Talia by King Princess (or the girl in red cover) Maybe by girl in red
And yeah that’s all I have for now. If you want any other categories just ask cause I’ll probably make a part two anyways.
#writing#author#songs#music#vibes#the songs i listen to are so specific#they have to be the exact song during the exact scene#its crazy#writer
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Prayers of Deliverance
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL EXORCISM PRAYER
(English translation)
The Exorcism recited by Fr. Richard Bolaton is slow enough for you to pray in Latin quietly. Pray the Exorcism as he prays it, complete with pronunciation, pauses and word stresses.
After saying this Exorcism Prayer, you may sprinkle Holy Water over your family and over a picture of your relatives. By constantly praying for your relations, you can be instrumental in healing and delivering your family members from hell, for you all are intertwined with your generational family tree.
EXORCISM PRAYER
(+) Make the sign of Cross
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Most glorious Prince of the Heavenly Armies, Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in “our battle against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places’. (Eph. 6:12)
Come to the assistance of men whom God had created to His likeness and whom He has redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil. The Holy Church venerates you as her guardian and protector; to you, the Lord has entrusted the souls of the redeemed to be led into heaven. Pray therefore the God of Peace to crush Satan beneath our feet, that he may no longer retain men captive and do injury to the Church. Offer our prayers to the Most High, that without delay they may draw His mercy down upon us; take hold of “the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan,” bind him and cast him into the bottomless pit “that he may no longer seduce the nations”. (Rev. 20:2-3)
Exorcism:
In the Name of Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, strengthened by the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Blessed Michael the Archangel, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul and all the Saints that are powerful in the holy authority of our ministry, we confidently undertake to repulse the attacks and deceits of the devil. God arises; His enemies are scattered and those who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so are they driven, as wax melts before the fire, so the wicked perish at the presence of God.
V. Behold the Cross of the Lord, flee bands of enemies
R. The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the offspring of David hath conquered.
V. May Thy mercy, Lord, descend upon us.
R. As great as our hope in Thee.
We drive you from us, whoever you may be, unclean spirits, all satanic powers, all infernal invaders, all wicked legions, assemblies and sects.
In the Name and by the power of Our Lord Jesus Christ, + may you be snatched away and driven from the Church of God and from the souls made to the image and likeness of God and redeemed by the Precious Blood of the Divine Lamb.
+ Most cunning serpent, you shall no more dare to deceive the human race, persecute the Church, torment God’s elect and sift them as wheat.
+ The Most High God commands you, + He with whom, in your great insolence, you still claim to be equal.
“God who wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim 2:4)
God the Father commands you. + God the Son commands you. + God the Holy Ghost commands you.
+ Christ, God’s Word made flesh, commands you; + He who to save our race outdone through your envy, “humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death” (Phil. 2:8);
He who has built His Church on the firm rock and declared that the gates of hell shall not prevail against Her, because He will dwell with Her “all days even to the end of the world.” (Mt. 28:20)
The Sacred Sign of the Cross commands you, + as does also the power of the mysteries of the Christian Faith.
+ The glorious Mother of God, the Virgin Mary, commands you; + she who by her humility and from the first moment of her Immaculate Conception crushed your proud head.
The faith of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of the other Apostles commands you. + The blood of the Martyrs and the pious intercession of all the Saints commands you. +
Thus, cursed dragon, and you, diabolical legions, we adjure you by the living God, + by the true God, + by the holy God, + by the God “who so loved the world that he gave up His only Son, that every soul believing in Him might not perish but have life everlasting” (Jn 3:16) stop deceiving human creatures and pouring out to them the poison of eternal damnation; stop harming the Church and hindering her liberty.
Begone, Satan, inventor and master of all deceit, enemy of man’s salvation. Give place to Christ in Whom you have found none of your works; give place to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church acquired by Christ at the price of His Blood. Stoop beneath the all-powerful Hand of God; tremble and flee when we invoke the Holy and terrible Name of Jesus, this Name which causes hell to tremble, this Name to which the Virtues, Powers and Dominations of heaven are humbly submissive, this Name which the Cherubim and Seraphim praise unceasingly repeating: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord, the God of Hosts.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
V. May the Lord be with Thee.
R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray.
God of heaven, God of earth, God of Angels, God of Archangels, God of Patriarchs, God of Prophets, God of Apostles, God of Martyrs, God of Confessors, God of Virgins, God who has power to give life after death and rest after work: because there is no other God than Thee and there can be no other, for Thou art the Creator of all things, visible and invisible, of Whose reign there shall be no end, we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy glorious Majesty and we beseech Thee to deliver us by Thy power from all the tyranny of the infernal spirits, from their snares, their lies and their furious wickedness. Deign, O Lord, to grant us Thy powerful protection and to keep us safe and sound. We beseech Thee through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
V. From the snares of the devil,
R. Deliver us, O Lord.
V. That Thy Church may serve Thee in peace and liberty:
R. We beseech Thee to hear us.
V. That Thou may crush down all enemies of Thy Church:
R. We beseech Thee to hear us.
(Bless yourself and sprinkle Holy water or blessed salt in your premises.)
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