#mirk on topic

[mirkodoesstuff]

WELCOME TO MY LITTLE CORNER ON THE INTERNET, VISITOR!

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☠୧⍤⃝ 𒋨𒆙𒆜𒄆𒁎 ☠୧⍤⃝ 𒋨𒆙𒆜𒄆𒁎

Hello! My name’s Mirkoslavec, however you can refer to me as Mirko, Mirk or a secret third option (or my a completely different name, if we’re close). I'm 19 years old and my birthday is on June 8th!

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Ever since I was young, I was into various things, such as drawing, writing, creating various headcanons, reading, sleeping (this one is obvious) and, obviously, wanting to be original. I started to both draw and write ever since I was a little kid, and though most of my stories were either lost to time, were deleted ‘cause I was embarrassed and decided to just delete them from existence, I still improved through time, the same goes for drawings. However, unlike with stories, the old drawings are, mostly, still saved on my pen drive, however, most of them are from the year 2019, so it’s just 5 years ago. If I ever decide to post some of my old art there, I would do it as a form of redrawing those drawings, so I wouldn’t really feel ashamed of myself.

I’m really into various topics as well, mainly the darker ones, such as death, loss of loved ones, addictions, dark thoughts, dealing with various mental problems, having to come up with the past of the loved ones, that you recently learnt through the most unexpected way, torture, politics (as in, learning why things are that way, and not in another way), history (because I just love learning about the past, especially about Mediaeval Times and the last century). However, don’t expect me to get political - I just want to get away from the real world and just enjoy every free moment I have, and also I know, how people can get heated due to that topic.

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The mascot of this blog is a character called “Miroslav Bochto”, who seems to be, at first, just a normal, anthropomorphised food object (there is an object version of him), however actually isn’t an object at all. His reference, under his “used” form is there:

Miroslav will be used mainly in “personal” art, such as in art, where I celebrate various holidays, such as vacations, Christmas, Halloween, art for other things, such as rants, reviews and just in general.

Of course, there are more than one “main” OC, however Miroslav is the main one, as he was created in thought of, directly, representing me.

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I know, currently, three languages - Polish (my native), English (pretty good) and German (basic knowledge), however I wish I could learn Russian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese and Icelandic.

Another thing I want to learn soon is how to code and create 3D models. I have my reasons - with coding I could actually create a game on my own - either a fangame for one of the fandoms I belong to, or my own original game, with modelling it’s a mix between “I want to create games” and “I want to create cool stuff, that aren’t only 2D” due to the fact, that I;m aware about the whole thing with me having to not only learn how to code, but also knowing how to improve the game, how to create various events, that would get the players hooked, how to not make the game be unfairly hard or unfairly easy etc., and with modelling, I might focus on creating, firstly, only 3D models, completely for fun, and not for any games, unless… Something would change.

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☠୧⍤⃝ 𒋨𒆙𒆜𒄆𒁎 ☠୧⍤⃝ 𒋨𒆙𒆜𒄆𒁎

I’m in many fandoms, so you might expect to not only see drawings, headcanons, opinions etc. related to only one fandom, but also for many fandoms.

I belong to:

Object Show Community (BFDI, II, LOTS, BOTO, plan to watch more Object Shows)

Five Nights at Freddy’s (and fangames, such as Five Nights at Candy’s, Playtime with Percy, Those Nights at Rachel’s, Dayshift at Freddy’s, The Joy of Creation, Popgoes, etc.)

Warrior Cats,

Cartoon communities (The Simpsons, Gravity Falls),

The Sims,

Omori,

Skyrim, 

Terraria,

Stardew Valley,

OCs (as in my original universe for OCs I have), 

Undertale (and its AUs),

Doki Doki Literature Club, 

Anthropomorphised animals

Brawl Stars

And many more, however I don’t really remember them, however, if I remember some, I’ll either add them or just upload a drawing from fandoms I didn’t list there!

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☠୧⍤⃝ 𒋨𒆙𒆜𒄆𒁎 ☠୧⍤⃝ 𒋨𒆙𒆜𒄆𒁎

The tags, that I plan to use are divided in four categories, due to me wanting to make the blog be as easy access not only for me, but also for anyone reading the blog.

The first category is “Personal tags”, which are tags supposed to indicate what the post is supposed to be about.

#mirko draws - it’s obviously a post, featuring a drawing.

#mirko redraws - same as above, however it is more about redrawing either an old piece of mine, a scene in games/in movies/in comics or something else

#mirko’s opinions - used, when I share an opinion over various things

#mirko rants - as the name says, it is used when I rant about something

#mirko rambles - used, when I ramble about something, such as the newest released episode, the news about various games, etc.

#mirko reviews - a post, that indicates, that what I posted is a review of something (either a game, an episode of a TV series, or webseries)

#mirko reblogs - as name suggest it, it’s used when I reblog stuff from other people.

#mirko's answers - tag used for asks

#mirko vents - used only for venting (either through art or text… Or both)

#mirko’s special announcements - only used when I want to announce something special

#mirko’s introductory post - only used for the post you’re reading right now

#mirko’s headcanons - used on a post featuring my headcanons for various characters

#mirko’s comics - a comic, that was created by me.

#mirko updates stories - this tag is used, when a story, either on AO3 or Wattpad, gets updated

#shitposting time - a tag for various shitposts, that are going to be occasionally posted, related to various events.

#mirko’s designs - designs created by me

The second category is “Fandom-related” tags, that are only used for something related to projects for fandoms I’m part of.

#the rising moon universe - tag used for all posts, that are related to a BFDI AU, which is “what if BFDI characters were anthropomorphised, and there was more stuff to it?”

#goikian stories - a tag used for all posts, which are about an AU based on beta BFDI content (such as Firey comic series, Total Firey Island, Total Firey Island Points, etc.)

#along came a bubble - a tag used for all posts, which are about a BFDI AU, in which Bubble snapped at everyone, who mistreated her.

#among the clouds - a tag used for all posts, which are for a BFDI AU, in which TV needs to deal with a heavy loss of his

#battle cats - a tag used for all posts, which are for a BFDI x Warrior Cats AU.

#paltronics’ experiments - a tag used for all posts, which are for PWP AU, in which Paltronics decided to use a technology to create an updated cast of the original characters, adding more stuff to it.

#percy’s afterparty - an AU, in which many years after the incident, that changed the poodle’s life completely, Percy is forced to confront the forgotten past

#the playhouse of damned ones - an AU, in which the playhouse was abandoned for an unknown, for public, reason and Nick decides to see what happened in there

#our playtime - some sort of OMORI x PWP x BFDI (woah) AU

The third category is “OCs” related

#miroslav and friends - a series of stories/comics/drawings etc., featuring my persona - Miroslav and his gang in various situations

#lights in darkness - a series of stories/comics/drawings etc., featuring my original characters, still related to object shows, living on an island and having lots of adventures.

#the forest seven - OCs, that belong to the Forest in Goikian Stories

#the forest guards - a group of OCs (both objects and cats), that were guarding the Evil Forest for many years

#wolkrows - a group of demonic creatures, that have two forms - one “hidden” and another - the real, blob-like form

The fourth category is “things I did for people” related

#mirko’s art for people - a tag used, if the art was requested by someone

#mirko’s paid work - a tag used, if the art was bought by someone

#mirko’s gift - a tag used, if the art was a gift for someone

#mirko’s part of art-trade - a tag used, if the art was a part of art trade with someone

#mirko’s part of collab - a tag used for my part of a collab

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Naturally, the tags in fourth category wouldn’t be used so often, due to various reasons, as, for example school, me being busy with life or any other reasons.

Requests - CLOSED

C0mmissi0ns - CLOSED

Art-Trades - CLOSED

Collabs - CLOSED

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You know, I wish my blog could be kid-friendly, however… Me being me is making it impossible, so I require everyone, who are visiting my blog to be at least 15 years old! Under 15 do not interact!

Another thing I want to say, that on my blog you can find themes, such as:

Gore,

Death,

Torture,

Addictions,

Nightmares,

Dealing with mental problems,

Memory loss,

Paranormal activities,

Repressed memories,

Mystery pasts,

Breakups/bad romances,

Loss of friends/family etc.,

Kidnappings,

Body Horror,

Disturbing lore,

Suggestive themes,

So, if you’re uncomfortable with any of the topics above, don’t follow me, don’t try to force me to not talk/make stories based on those topics/etc., just because you dislike those topics! 

All of those topics will have warnings.

You can expect some of “lighter” stuff be there too, because even people like me need some fluff, right?

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The list of my other social media is:

Gamejolt - Mirkoslavec

Discord - mirkoslavec

Toyhouse - Mirkoslavec

Deviantart - Mirkoslavec 

Cara - soon

Hope you will enjoy the stay there!

[bumblingseabiscuit]

Dear Mirke,

Eight years ago I would have never known what kind of person you would become to me. White Mage lore was the Hot Topic on Hydaelyn RP and I was no better for digging up a grave that maybe should of been left to rest. We disagreed back then.

I was right. Neenerneener.

We reconnected after that series of little posts. It started here, on tumblr, but over time our friendship would spread into other social media and then into discord. I’m not really sure when it happened, when you became to me one of the most important people in my life, but gods am I so grateful that we didn't leave it at a dead thread on a forum website eight years ago.

I have been through some of the darkest times in my life but you were always there. A voice in a call, a meme in a DM, a distraction, a conversation— there are so many moments on this timeline that I can point at and go, "Hey buddy, you were the Warrior of Light that saved me, here."

I never told you that. Never told you how much you mean to me.

But as a voice in the chorus of silliness, feelings, and gratitude I want you to know how special of a person you are and will always be to me. I love you, Mirke. I hope I find you in every shard.

Thank you for all you've done for me. Thank you for all you've done for this community.

#FFXIVMIRKESWEEP

[entenschildkrote]

This is great, so I wrote a POV change.

Melinda needed a new job and fast. Her old company went bankrupt and had to let go of all their employees. And ideally one that pays well, sice her partner, try as they might, can't work full time and do the brunt of the parenting.

So, she applied to mostly alien ships. They pay better (even though humans still get less than other species).

She knows of the rumors and prejudices humans face but she's worked with members of other species before. Most warmed up to her, after a while.

The ship that hired her was unrated on rate-my-alien-vessel.com but with a ship this small, that might not mean anything. Melinda herself was unrated on rate-my-human.com and she always got along great with her alien coworkers.

One last deep breath and she stepped aboard the mirtik mirk. Search plants, huh. A bit on the nose but fitting. The faces that greeted her had distrust written all over them. Her optimistic smile slipped a little but she would not give up this easily.

"Good morning. Am I correct aboard the mirtik mirk?"

Some uneasy movement, as if she knew something she shouldn't, told her she was.

"Great. I am Melinda Baker and I will be an additional xenobiologist onboard."

The others present clearly didn't believe that statement until captain confirmed it.

For the next few weeks, Melinda did her tests supervised. She didn't mind. She was new and the lab really was different from those she had worked in before (those built with humans in mind). It had far less safety measures, for starters. Also, the only ladder that did exist was kind of weird.

They called her human. Maybe they forgot her name? She repeated it several times but they continued to call her human. Maybe they can't pronounce it? She offered several nicknames, that they should be able to pronounce. They continued to call her human. Maybe it's a nickname. It's a friendly nickname, she tells herself.

At mealtime, she tried to befriend (or at least de-hostile) at least some of her new coworkers.

She told them about her hobbies. No response. Maybe there is nothing comparable in their society, so they find them unrelatebil and uninteresting?

She tried to talk about the labs newest interesting discovery. No response. Perhaps they didn't want to talk about work during downtime? But she heard at least three people discussing biology every evening.

She told them about her family, her parents, siblings, partner and children. No response. Maybe...? But everyone has someone in their live. Maybe that is a to private topic.

All her other attempts at making conversation failed as well, so, around the time she was finally allowed to run her tests alone (they still checked and double checked her work, though), she tried actions instead.

She cleaned the lab alone, with unfamiliar supplies and tools she had to learn by herself, since no one would answer her questions. She brought everyone their favorite food, which she found ot by watching what each person ate and listening to how they talked about it.

Actions say more than words.

Still, everyone treated her with the same distrust as always.

The mirtik mirk had a window. A real window, a real window looking straight into space. She spent most of her free time in front of it, looking for earth, knowing full well she would not find it. No one ever sat next to her and if anyone ever stumbled in while she was in the room, they would watch her more than the window.

Melinda didn't mid the solitude, at least she told herself this.

Then she cried herself to sleep, every night, for days on end.

Then, one day, another human joined the crew. Antoine. Oh, what a relief not to be looked at withe distrust and hostility. Oh, what a relief to have someone to talk to.

And talk they did.

They talked when they cleaned the lab ("but poison ivy is, y'know, poisonous." "Yeah, exactly. No school in the hospital")

They talked during meals, since no one else would. ("Are they always like this?" "Yeah, get used to it")

They talked in front of the window, watching the endless universe. ("Do you miss earth sometimes?" "Mostly my family. I have a partner and two kids at home." "Me too. I have two younger siblings. A brother and a sister.")

Eventually Melinda stopped trying. She stopped bringing food. She stopped cleaning, except when it was actually her turn. She told people off for over checking her work (Don't they have their own tests to run?) and she was only as polite as to not be outright hostile.

The others complained. How dare she work only as much as her contact demanded.

Both Antoine and Melinda got fired

Melinda felt little about that. She could get a new job. She got ot of this unwelcoming environment. So did her new friend.

Antoine, herself and some others filed a class action suit for discrimination (species based prejudice).

Melinda wrote a terrible review of her experience aboard the mirtik mirk and posted it on rate-my-alien-vessel.com.

Afterwards she applied for a new job, closer to earth this time, so she could spend more time with her family.

Antoine and Melinda stayed in contact for years to come and met up from time to time.

Humans are Space Orcs story where humans are known for our storytelling and acting abilities. While these talents are somewhat respected, there’s a major stigma against humans because we’re also the best liars.

“Humans don’t actually feel anything at all, they just mimic emotions to trick others into believing them”

“Never trust a human. They lie like the rest of us breath”

“Humans spend so much of their lives acting, it’s impossible to tell when they’re being truthful”

“In human culture, great respect is awarded to ‘actors’ who are able to mimic other persons and emotions with startling accuracy”

“Some ‘actors’ are able to ‘perform’ hundreds of unique characters”

“Acting is so ubiquitous in the human culture that many consider it polite to lie”

“Sarcasm is a common, casual game played between humans, where one human says something untrue and the other human must guess what truth they are thinking. Humans unable to perform this ritual are often ostracized by their peers”

“If you see a human crying, do not immediately assume they are hurt. Humans have been known to use their ‘acting’ abilities to trick unsuspecting travelers into giving up an unreasonable number of belongings”

“All interstellar travelers are required to read up on popular ‘scams’ or ‘cons’ performed by humans in the region they are traveling to”

[libidomechanica]

Untitled (“Her fetter, though that holy strife is oer”)

The bailey beareth the Border?     And that makes vs better her third! And although the Seed     of monarchs with his fury, like a pinnacle doth show     to move, but he had so highly set; and ’twas—the Grape! To     be held in leading his

enterprise with their soule of     sagacity to draw the same Door as mine. With shrinks back from     Syria, or a Tory, or Trimmer at least it did,     and health; yet I must leave thee; thou wilt be my ain. Happy     place. And you will find her

sparkled through the forehead of the     lake behight, that shining fields, and sing of woe, sadder than     sin—except the slow autumn at my window the tocsin     of them moved her will doth forbears, on which could you three? No     friends and feel something more

than I love you no one has play’d     you have seen or ponder’d why he had journey to some other     hand to obey’ had been nor will betray us. I     have signify? Would be broken, while with a woman to     that old Potter that you

can’t be bail for a little less     continued fusion of summer’s honey—but with light hence     arise like the rest I’ll steal, an’ gar me look’d in all, what     garres thee greet with the topics I must bury sorrow     by their praying and thou

in debate, as by a springing,     can soothe the story. An argument, and from which see     Shakspeare’s everblooming garden stole, when all through branch of     the Dawn of Reckoning should I? He acquitted both and ocean     stream that room is eel-

black. And pilaus, things coolly, sir,     ’ said Juan, and can’t devise some sport of circumstances? Alas!     That I would array her lips that will perpendicular.     Cracked whisper’d to do. Fresh, or through was much better to     be held in these don’t see

how it better return, and relax     Pluto’s brow, and reigne with unseen! Warning all other     far than I have seen the taverna crammed with heavy Saturn     attack’d; now, if my temples were prosy I said it     to repay.—I’m o’er young,

weeks have arm’d, while with mirk and roses     I therefore better fate, hath filled, without booke: what, and     Sultán with mist engarland weak. Flipped over his Hell. Though     of a pretence, not likely to myself my breath hold out     against my face. Through they

who waited once studded, old, white-     blossoms blush&pale in a forests, crowds, or by the sand; I     hate memory. An’ wilfu’ folk maun hae their self-confess     it, the winter wander each of us. Her fetter, though     that holy strife is o’er!

[mirkstrolls]

Ask Meme  Roundup!

A quick sampling of oldies-but-goodies, for anyone who needs them. Except in one case, these were made by other people; I’ve linked to OP’s blog wherever I can.

In-Character Responses:

The ever-popular Pale-Cull-Pail meme

Texting meme

Send 📱 for five texts my muse didn’t send yours, and one that they did

Ask a really invasive question aimed at my character, they have to answer and rate how much, out of ten, they don’t want to

Send ⁇⁇ and my muse will blurt out any and all questions they’ve always wanted to ask yours.

send me a ? and a subject to hear advice from the muse on that topic. or, send me a ¿ and a subject to hear advice from the mun on that topic!

Send me an age + a question!

Who would my muse rather kiss: Send two names

My trolls’ lusii can now speak! Ask them questions about their charges.

Ask my characters about where they live!

Dead or alive, ask my trolls’ ancestors questions!

Headcanon/”Send me an X and I’ll answer Y” Memes:

Small, observable details

Love headcanons!

One-word OC Prompts

send me a quality (tallest, most flexible, best legs, most socially inept idgaf) and I’ll give you my top three OCs with that quality.

Put a tarot card in my inbox and I'll answer the question!

For every ✍ + a number I receive, I will share one headcanon for my muse about… (general trivia)

Send me an emotion and I’ll describe how my Muse expresses it non-verbally.

Send me 👜 and a troll and I’ll tell you what’s in their sylladex!

Body descriptions  [and a version w/o mention of Delicate Bits]

Movement and Posture headcanons

Memory Prompt Memes:

Send me ➑ and a word, and my troll will tell you what memory it brings up!

Put a word in my askbox and I will give you a bad AND good memory from my muse’s past that associates with said word.

Send me “Many sweeps ago…” for a memory from my troll’s past

Childhood Memories prompts

Childhood/Romance/Family/Bad/Good prompts

Fantroll Nightmare Meme! 

Send a ‘💬’ to catch a glimpse of a memory my muse has.

Send me a sentence and a troll name, and I’ll base a short drabble around it.

Memory Meme with different prompts

Happy Memories, for those with a surfeit of angst

Shippy Memes:

I Want the K

I Want the K (redux)

Describe your troll on anon, and I’ll tell you if any of mine would date them

Send a symbol and a name and I’ll tell you something distinctive about that character in that quadrant!

Send me the name of one of your trolls, and one of my trolls, and I’ll tell you how they would act in all four quadrants!

Send me ‘truth’ and a character’s name, and I will tell you their quadrant situation, how they feel about it, and what they wish they could change!

Send εїз for five times my muse thought about your muse.

Send me a ♤ ♧ ♡ ♢ and my troll will tell you what qualities they want in a quadrantmate, or ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ and I’ll tell you what qualities their quadrantmate needs to have.

Who does X? Fluff meme for ships

Send “💭” For A Thought My Muse Had of Yours!

Send a “ ❥ ” for my muse to talk about one of their close friends! Friendships are just as important as romantic relations, so it’s time to give your muse’s treasured friends some love!

Music Memes:

Specific character moment songs

send me a  🎼  and i’ll link a song that represents my muse’s feelings about yours.

Send me the word ’playlist’ and a ship, I will make a five song playlist for our ship

Send me a ♫ + a character’s name and I will respond with a song that reminds me of them. Send a ♫ + a ship and I will do the same.

For every ♪ in my inbox I’ll post a song I listen to for character inspiration. And I may also briefly state why.

“We sing when we can’t speak anymore.”—So send me “Sing!” and my character will tell you how they’re feeling and/or how they feel about your character using song lyrics

Get to know my muse via their playlist!

(I can’t find any more, I’m sorry, I can’t complete the symmetry of the list, aughhh!)

[themoonlightarchive]

My Rating: ★★★★★

Genre(s): Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Published: May 2017

Goodreads | Author Website |  Amazon

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“I'm so tired. I'm tired of anxiety that twists my stomach so hard I can't move the rest of my body. Tired of constant vigilance. Tired of wanting to do something about myself, but always taking easy way out.”

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trigger warnings (in the book and this review): depression, anxiety, suicide, suicidal thoughts, mental illness, panic attacks

          Told through fan forums, blog entries, emails,  artwork, chat windows and typical writing, Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia is the story of a teenage girl struggling to balance normal life with her online one. Eliza Mirk is usually really good at keeping her real life and online life separate.  After all, nobody outside of her parents and three online friends know that she’s the creator of incredibly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. It helps that she’s shy and weird and doesn’t have any friends that aren’t behind a computer screen. When Eliza befriends Wallace, the new boy at her school who just so happens to be the biggest fanfiction writer of Monstrous Sea, her entire life begins to unravel.

          Although it took a bit for me to really get into this book, there were so many things that I really enjoyed about it. First of all, the format was so unique and refreshing. I loved the chats with Eliza and her friends, the artwork interspersed between chapters, and the online forum. Secondly, there are so many interesting family dynamics and modern, realistic friendships forged online. As someone who met their best friend on Tumblr, I truly appreciate the positive light shed on friendships that begin online as well as the emphasis on how important and valid those communities can be. 

          Lastly, and most importantly of all, Zappia doesn’t shy away from the reality of depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and mental illness. These were major topics but they were so subtle at first. It felt just like real life because mental illness is so unexpected sometimes. Reading as Eliza experienced panic attacks and suicidal thoughts, I really felt like Zappia was looking into my soul. The scene where Eliza is considering suicide was like a punch to the gut. It was like the story had been building up to that moment and you could feel it the whole time but it somehow still took you by surprise. You realize how much stress has been put on Eliza from her online fandom and her parents and school and you understand her thought process. Before you know it, you’re crying in your bed at three a.m. thinking back to all the times you almost did the exact same thing. You never once feel like what she’s experiencing is just teenage angst; her emotions are valid and real and understandable.

          If you can’t tell by now, I honestly adored this book. I wasn’t sure what to expect coming in but it definitely wasn’t to find a character that I related to on like, spiritual level. Yes, there is the fun, geeky fandom with the art and cosplaying and fanfiction. There is the budding relationship between Wallace and Eliza. But there is so much more than that. You have to read Eliza and Her Monsters. I promise, you won’t regret it.

[dornishsphinx]

Sweet with Xue Yang, or Blanket with Celica/Clair

14. Blanket

Maybe it was foolhardy. The palace was well-known to be a nest of monsters, after all, and people whispered that the spectres of Lima’s dead children and brides wandered there, still burning, even if there were now known to be two less restless ghosts than previously reported. But every time she’d thought to turn back—nobody knew she was here, nor what she was planning to do, so there was nothing to lose—she’d recalled that little spark of awe on the Queen’s face when Prince Conrad had handed over the crude little reproductions he’d attempted of the intricate blankets and clothes her mother had woven.

“They rendered you immune to ice and to fire, even to lightning, and were still pleasant to the eye! I imagine they must have been Mila’s own designs that she was taught at the temple—if not, Lady Liprica truly was a genius without compare. These are nothing next to the real thing, unfortunately. I’m sorry.”

Queen Anthiese, ever gracious, had patted her brother’s shoulder, told him to not worry about it, and kept a firm hold of his attempt at her mother’s handiwork while he changed topic and babbled on about this and that. Clair, in a corner, was supposed to be keeping guard of the Queen’s person and keeping an eye out for assailants, but had shirked her duty for a good few moments to study her in profile instead. Her expression had been a happy, wistful one and she’d all but held the sketches next to her heart.

It wasn’t uncharacteristic, by any means. At this point, Clair had a fair grasp on what Queen Anthiese was normally like, especially around those dear friends who had accompanied her to Zofia, around Alm, and around those comrades she’d recruited to her side and who still called her Celica. She’d always had the loveliest smile, and was quick to a charming laugh. Lately, though, since her closest friends had begged permission to return to Novis, the Queen had been ever distant and regal even in private. It set Clair ill at ease to see her in such a mood.

And anyway! It was ridiculous, if you asked her, that those two had gone back to a rock in the middle of the ocean when their friend was a queen and they were heroes to a realm with prestige and praise for the taking. And some friends! Had they just not noticed the downcast look the Queen had worn as she gave them leave to go, or had they presumed themselves something fleeting, inconsequential and better off out-of-the-way in face of her royal destiny? She had half a mind to drag them back from that damned priory herself, if they’d even reached it yet; indeed, sometimes, on those occasions where Queen Anthiese wore a particularly sombre expression, the urge to fly all the way north, pluck Alm from his cold Rigelian throne and bring him south as a gift would overwhelm her.

So, yes, it was a whim, and probably a foolish one, but after her shift keeping watch over the Queen had ended, she’d picked out her old blessed lance, gone straight for the pegasus stables, vaulted onto Erinys’ back, and flown off for the burnt-out shell of the old children’s palace. But it was a whim that she was good enough now to follow through on without needing a saviour, with an escape strategy and greater knowledge of her own limitations–and indeed, far fewer limitations–than last time. Besides, easier an old enchanted keepsake than a new bout of diplomatic headaches with Rigel or other live cargo; no, that would be rather like a cat bringing back an eviscerated mouse and expecting praise.

On that thought, she spotted her destination in the distance, and brought Erinys down to investigate further. As she peered out at the broken, blackened walls of the complex, spotted some moving shapes wandering up and down what were once corridors, and made some quick calculations in her head, she almost sent a prayer to Mila before stopping herself. Old habits died hard, it seemed, even when you were the one to have killed them.

She unhooked the lance from her back, glowing with its white light, imagined Queen Anthiese’s usual smile returning to her face, and gave Erinys the order to plunge down into the mirk.

[musecastxiv]

Episode 022 - Ala Mhigo: Past, Present, and Future (Part Two)

Though the Stormblood hype train was derailed by technical setbacks, it’s finally taken us all the way to Ala Mhigo — and what a ride it was! This episode features special guests and Ala Mhigan roleplayers Sounsyy Mirke and Avelyn Firestone of Balmung. We sit down to discuss whether Lyse is the real main character of Stormblood, the lives and world views of Fordola and the Crania Lupi (and somehow get back on to the topic of Gaius van Baelsar), what sort of government might best suit the nation, and what you should know when creating your own Ala Mhigan character.

SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the Stormblood 4.0 main scenario.

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[owlbats]

Related to Mar’s recent comments on SHAME YOURSELF INTO DOING THINGS, here’s a list of stuff I need to get through this weekend

Finish Marxism Theory chapter in How to Interpret Literature (technically due yesterday, realistically won’t be used until Tuesday)

Math homework 2.1, 2.2 (technically due in May, need to be done ASAP so I don’t get behind)

Math quiz for the first half of chapter 2 (due Monday)

Read last week’s lessons for PoliSci (technically due in April, need to be done ASAP because I haven’t gone to that class in a week)

Ditto for history (same)

Marathon MLA handbook, pp 3-129 and take notes (exam is 3/9, but quiz could happen at any time)

Read Alice in Wonderland, answer questions thereupon, print them out! (also technically due yesterday)

Clean up sorrow nest that is my room

Laundry and dishes

Take the trash out

Fix my timecard for work (before the end of today!)

Reply: get help

Reply: be bold

Reply: team up

Write 500 word essay re: some stupid philosophical topic I can’t remember for the general scholarship app (due March 1)

Fill out English scholarship app (due March 6)

Write 500 word essay on why I want to be an English Major (due March 6)

It looks like a lot! But I’m deliberately breaking it down into as many tasks as possible, because if I list a multi-step task on one line I will forget to do part of it. Gonna for sure do 1-3, 13, 11, and 18 today, maybe 12 and 8 if I can manage it. Also have to remember to eat! Skipped breakfast and last night’s supper and almost forgot yesterday’s lunch.

The human body requires sustenance to function, Mirk

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[activatingaggro]

LIFE IS CALMING DOWN MARGINALLY, so this isn’t going to degenerate into an OOC blog - expect a spam of art and replies tomorrow. <3 Sorry for the wait, guys. And, ah, the surplus of ooc chatter. :’)

With that said, I stole a meme from my dash, so tagging @anontrolls, @havesomefantrolls, @cloudbattrolls, @mirkstrolls, @chaostrolls, @hareofhrair and anyone else who’d like to do it!

RULES: answer the questions in a new post and tag some blogs you would like to get to know better.

nickname: mar, d, pf pidge, clyde, lavanya - depends on the forum! star sign: leooo height: 5'6", y'all time right now: 1:40PM last thing googled: ALIENWARE M17X SPACEBAR REOAKCEMENT (I FIXED IT, I AM THE CHAMPION, IT IS I) favorite music artists: the neighborhood, the oh hellos, cobra starship! song stuck in your head: "sleepless long nights / this is what my youth was for" - 1234 | FEIST last movie watched: moana! last tv show watched: a series of unfortunate events! what are you wearing right now: thermal pajama pants with cocoa cups on them, white t-shirt when did you create your blog: july 4th, 2014! pigeonfancier was made in 2013, but I had another tumblr before that since 2011, and I have blogs online from age 10-on-up! what kind of stuff do you post: fantrolls! do you have any other blogs: pigeonfancier for personal, and fleetbound for meta! why did you choose your URL: Sipara's original title was solarAnarchy, because that's her stage name / stage handle. BUT I decided it would be slily and make her cullbait, so she ended up activatingAggro instead as an MMO reference! hogwarts house: SLYTHERIN pokemon team: Mimikyu, second stage of Litten that'll never become the baracat she so desperately wishes to be, Pikachu, Cubone and Riolu! moral alignment: chaotic neutral or lawful evil/neutral, sez every test ever favorite color: EVERY SHADE OF RED/ORANGE <3 average hours of sleep: 7hours rn! ideally, I should be getting 10, but I like socialising too much, rifp. lucky number: 4! favorite character(s): Let’s keep this topical with fantrolls! Mirk’s Videle, Bel’s Kit & Bonnie, Cass’s Canela and Emerel AND TESOLO <3 <3 <3, Tang’s Daginy! how many blankets do you sleep with: giant quilted throw + comforter. dream job: research! let me write the papers while other people crunch the numbers. following: 61! 17 of whom are inactive, so really 44.

[afieldofheather]

a book recommended by a librarian | The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

a book that’s been on your tbr list for way too long | Oceans of Dust by Peter J. Evans

a book of letters | Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole

an audiobook | The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern

a book by a person of color | Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

a book with one of the four seasons in the title | Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

a book that is a story within a story | Hunt and Run by Aaron Rosenberg

a book with multiple authors | Roomies by Christina Lauren

an espionage thriller | The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer

a book with a cat on the cover | A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

a book by an author who uses a pseudonym | A Million Worlds With You by Claudia Gray

a popular book in a genre you don’t normally read | Jackaby by William Ritter

a book by or about a person who has a disability | Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

a book involving travel | Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

a book with a subtitle | Pepper: A History of the World’s Most Influential Spice by Marjorie Shaffer  

a book that’s published in 2017 | Caraval by Stephanie Garber

a book involving a mythical creature | Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

a book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile | A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss

a book about food | Twain’s Feast with Nick Offerman

a book with career advice | The Self as Subject: Autoethnographic Research into Identity, Culture, and Academic Librarianship by Anne-Marie Dietering, Robert Schroeder, and Richard Stoddart

a book from a nonhuman perspective | A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

a steampunk novel | Soulless by Gail Carriger

a book with a red spine | Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure by Samira Kawash

a book set in the wilderness | The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

a book you loved as a child | Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews

a book by an author from a country you’ve never visited |  The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

a book with a title that’s the character’s name | Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

a novel set during wartime | The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

a book with an unreliable narrator | Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

a book with pictures | 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear by Patrick Drew

a book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you | Keep Her Safe by KA Tucker

a book about an interesting woman | The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

a book set in two different time periods | Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

a book with a month or day of the week in the title | The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

a book set in a hotel | Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford

a book written by someone you admire | I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

a book that’s becoming a movie in 2017 | Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

a book set around a holiday other than christmas | The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

the first book in a series you haven’t read before | The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

a book you bought on a trip | What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

a book recommended by an author you love | The Simple Wild by KA Tucker

a bestseller from 2016 | The Rose and The Dagger by Renee Adieh

a book with a family member term in the title | The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton

a book that takes place over a character’s life span | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

a book about an immigrant or refugee | I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

a book from a genre/subgenre that you’ve never heard of | Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray

a book with an eccentric character | Roswell by Sonny Whitelaw

a book that’s more than 800 pages | Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

a book you got from a used book sale | A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 

a book that’s been mentioned in another book | Emma by Jane Austen

a book about a difficult topic | The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson

a book based on mythology | Circe by Madeline Miller

completed | October 13, 2019

[mirkstrolls]

Introducing Mauret Ròinna, my latest troll, who FINALLY has a (albeit unfinished) profile! She’s a ginormous teenage seadweller who’s also a seal sometimes. Her profile is here. Ask her questions! She won’t bite. Much.

[mirkstrolls]

🔇- for a song mun no longer associates with the muse, or a song the mun isn’t really sure why it fits, if there are any.

The first song on Videle’s list is Sleepsong by Bastille! It used to fit really well:

All you want is someone onto whom you can clingYour mother warned of strangers and the dangers they may bringYour dreams and memories are blurring into oneThe scenes which hold the waking world slowly come undoneYou’ll come undoneOh you go to sleep on your ownAnd you wake each day with your thoughtsAnd it scares you being aloneIt’s a last resort

A bit on the nose, even! Vide’s lusus was overprotective; after said lusus’s death, Vide had serious trouble distinguishing between being awake and asleep for a few years; she’s always been desperately afraid of being alone and nigh-obsessive about collecting friends and relationships.

Thankfully, she’s growing out of most of those things – this song no longer fitting as well is a sign of character progress. I’m still keeping it on the list, though.

[mirkstrolls]

2x♫TazHerlyn

1.

We’re gonna rob the banks and feel no shameBurn our fingers and change our namesAnd I’ll tame the roads that can’t be tamedWith you

Then we’ll race like falcons to crash and burnLearn the lessons we never learnedIf you kiss me harder, someday I’ll turnTo you, to you

2. 

Savour the tasteSavour the painI don’t expect you to release meJumping the gunHolding my tongueI’d never ask you to forgive meAnd you will never see my sideAnd I will always think I’m rightBut I always regret the nightI told you I would hate you ‘til forever

[mirkstrolls]

And adding on to that, how important is being hemoanon to Taz? Is it simply business, or are there religious connotations to it? Why did she choose going hemoanon over caste impersonation?

It’s pretty important to her, but the reasons why are somewhat of a muddle!

Taz got religion at roughly the same time she became aware of her ancestral legacy, both of which combined to give her one hell of a grudge against the status quo. Caste inequality wrecked her ancestor’s life; caste inequality led to the death of her religion’s messiah figure, that sort of thing.

The actual order of events, though, started with the ancestry thing. Taz inherited a vast treasure, but she also inherited several enemies who may or may not be on the lookout for the next Tasend. Her ancestor’s letter advised her to conceal her caste, name, symbol, and even horn shape – Taz chose to go hemoanon rather than impersonate another caste because of the religious implications, and also because if she couldn’t be her Real Self, she’d prefer to dodge the whole system. 

And then once she was hemoanon, she figured she might as well get into the criminal underground. If everyone already thinks you’re a criminal, why not roll with it?

[mirkstrolls]

What are your thoughts on hemoanonymity? How much of a social stigma do you think there is against it and how much do you think forgoing a solid caste can impact a troll's life?

Because of the amount of hemoanons in both canon and the FTC, I don’t play hemoanonymity as being a flagrantly illegal thing, or a sure sign of mutant status. It does, however, carry a heavy implication of criminality; social reactions would be similar to, in our world, seeing someone in all black clothing and a ski mask strolling around the streets – or, I guess, seeing a stereotypical “gangster” in one’s white suburban neighborhood. Most people assume hemoanons are criminals!

And, like, sometimes they are. They’re also possibly lowblood rebels, slumming highbloods, hippies of all castes, people going incognito for personal reasons, and, of course, mutants. But the first thing that would pop into your average troll’s head on seeing a gray symbol is “welp, they’re probably gonna steal my wallet or try to sell me drugs in a few minutes.”

Which does of course affect the hemoanon’s life! Short of places like Malseka, where the police force is hemoanon except for their officers, forgoing caste markers can get you kicked out of a lot of places in “nice” neighborhoods. Some people might not sell to you or let you rent a hive, some people might consider any crime against you more permissible because, well, you’re a hemoanon, who are you going to tell?