#moon 209

[pikaclan]

Moon 209

Midnightdash immediately gets another mate

Yew(crackle) joins the Clan. He is intact

Cicadapaw is named Cicadatalon

Micapaw is hostile towards a kittypet

Apprentices!

Rowanpaw almost has an accident but is saved by Skipraven

[doyouknowthisanime]

Happy Halloween, everyone!

I've got some good news - I've finished tallying up the results of the favourite anime survey and can now, finally, reveal what Tumblr's favourite anime actually are. To start with, I'd like to thank everyone who responded - yes, all 1172 (wow!) of you - and to apologise for he delay in actually getting these results out. For anyone who needs a reminder, these results are based on how many points each anime received - a first place ranking was worth five points, a second or third place ranking was worth four, a fourth or fifth place ranking was worth three, a sixth-tenth place ranking was worth two, and a eleventh-twentieth place ranking was worth one. When multiple anime had the same number of points, the anime with the most first-place votes was placed higher. The results are below the read more right here - I hope you enjoy reading!

100. Yona of the Dawn - 82 points

99. Devilman Crybaby - 83 points

98. Monogatari Series - 83 points

97. Lucky Star - 84 points

96. Toradora - 84 points

95. Dr. Stone - 86 points

94. Princess Jellyfish - 86 points

93. ERASED - 87 points

92. Noragami - 87 points

91. Wolf's Rain - 88 points

90. Azumanga Daioh - 90 points

89. Paranoia Agent - 90 points

88. Odd Taxi - 91 points

87. Banana Fish - 93 points

86. Digimon Adventure - 95 points

85. Akira - 95 points

84. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni - 95 points

83. Psycho-Pass - 96 points

82. Little Witch Academia - 96 points

81. Monster - 97 points

80. Mononoke - 98 points

79. Free! - 99 points

78. Kekkai Sensen - 99 points

77. Trigun Stampede - 102 points

76. Haibane Renmei - 103 points

75. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - 104 points

74. Gintama - 105 points

73. Violet Evergarden - 107 points

72. Dorohedoro - 113 points

71. Made in Abyss - 113 points

70. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - 113 points

69. Eizouken ni wa Te o Dasu na! - 115 points

68. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - 116 points

67. SK8 the Infinity - 117 points

66. Samurai Champloo - 117 points

65. Your Name - 118 points

64. Castle in the Sky - 119 points

63. Perfect Blue - 119 points

62. Promare - 120 points

61. One Punch Man - 122 points

60. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - 126 points

59. Kiki's Delivery Service - 129 points

58. Kaguya-sama: Love is War - 136 points

57. Inuyasha - 136 points

56. Assassination Classroom - 142 points

55. FLCL - 143 points

54. Pokémon - 144 points

53. Death Parade - 148 points

52. Dragon Ball - 150 points

51. Natsume Yuujinchou - 157 points

50. The Apothecary Diaries - 158 points

49. Revue Starlight - 159 points

48. Durarara!! - 160 points

47. Yu Yu Hakusho - 162 points

46. Naruto - 163 points

45. Black Butler - 165 points

44. Attack on Titan - 167 points

43. Houseki no Kuni - 168 points

42. Steins;Gate - 172 points

41. Cardcaptor Sakura - 186 points

40. Code Geass - 186 points.

39. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun - 187 points

38. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. - 192 points

37. Kill la Kill - 194 points

36. Bungou Stray Dogs - 194 points

35. Baccano! - 198 points

34. Bocchi the Rock! - 201 points

33. Chainsaw Man - 208 points

32. Demon Slayer - 209 points

31. Serial Experiments Lain - 213 points

30. Jujutsu Kaisen - 227 points

29. Spy x Family - 236 points

28. Howl's Moving Castle - 238 points

27. Princess Mononoke - 240 points

26. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - 241 points

25. Sailor Moon - 249 points

24. Mushi-shi - 249 points

23. Princess Tutu - 254 points

22. Nichijou - 263 points

21. Trigun - 265 points

20. Spirited Away - 266 points

19. My Hero Academia - 266 points

18. Fruits Basket (2019) - 269 points

17. Soul Eater - 292 points

16. Sousou no Frieren - 300 points

15. Yuri!!! on Ice - 333 points

14. Fullmetal Alchemist - 364 points

13. Ouran High School Host Club - 374 points

12. Death Note - 437 points

11. Cowboy Bebop - 450 points

10. Haikyuu - 457 points

9. Neon Genesis Evangelion - 496 points

8. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - 496 points

7. Hunter x Hunter (2011) - 516 points

6. Revolutionary Girl Utena - 537 points

5. One Piece - 633 points

4. Puella Magi Madoka Magica - 664 points

3. Mob Psycho 100 - 943 points

2. Dungeon Meshi - 985 points

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 1106 points

Congratulations to FMA Brotherhood for winning! For more detailed results, go to this spreadsheet. Once again, thank you all for participating, and waiting so patiently for the results!

[vaporclan]

Moon 209 Part 2

Fernfreckle time

[niteshade925]

April 13, Xi'an, China, Shaanxi Archaeology Museum/陕西考古博物馆 (Part 3 - Qin dynasty to Sui dynasty):

First up is one of many bronze edict tablets of the 2nd emperor of Qin dynasty, made in 209 BC. Inscribed upon it in Seal script is one of two edicts, specifically the one from the 2nd emperor of Qin dynasty (秦二世), which basically is a continuation of Qin Shi Huang's edict on standardizing all weights and measurements. Here Qin Shi Huang/秦始皇 is referred to as Shi Huangdi/始皇帝, where shi/始 means "origin", and huangdi/皇帝 means "emperor".

^The edict inscribed is as follows (this is my VERY rough translation, please take this with a grain of salt, I'm not great at reading Old Chinese; original text is on bottom right of picture):

“First year (209 BC; first year of 2nd Emperor of Qin's reign), [We] issued an edict to chancellors Li Si and Feng Quji: Shi Huangdi pioneered this effort to standardize all weights and measurements, since then all such edicts have been inscribed on bronze. Now that [We have] inherited this Huangdi title, [We] shall not refer to Ourselves as Shi Huangdi here. Likewise, should Our descendants continue to produce tablets of Shi Huangdi's edict, they shall not take credit for Shi Huangdi's achievements. [We] hereby inscribe this edict on the left, so that all may be clear."

Ever since Qin Shi Huang tried to standardize systems of measurements for the entire country, every dynasty since Qin dynasty has also done the same. These are the standardized weights and volume measurements (all made with bronze) from Western Han dynasty (202 - 8 BC). Those volume measurement tools are very much like oversized measurement spoons, since they are mostly used to measure liquids and grains (in ancient China grains can be measured by volume).

Looks like I forgot about this one in part 2, this is a bronze sword from Warring States period (475 - 221 BC), I believe. It's decorated with carved pieces of jade (some are on the scabbard, but the scabbard has presumably decomposed over time):

The painted and carved stone doorway to a Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220 AD) tomb. The actual (double) doors are in the middle, and the pieces around them are the side jambs and the lintel. Note the animals, mythical creatures, and humans depicted. On the double doors, in order from top to bottom, there's a pair of Zhuque/朱雀/Vermilion Bird, a pair of symbolic door knockers shaped like a beast carrying a ring in its mouth, and a pair of oxen. On the top right and top left of the lintel piece, you can also clearly see the sun crow and the moon toad, respectively.

The layout of some Western Han dynasty (202 - 8 BC) mausoleums. Note that the "pyramids" on the model aren't stone pyramids like the Great Pyramid of Giza, they are actually fengtu/封土, or artificial mounds of earth on top of the actual tomb to symbolically seal the tomb (feng/封 means "seal" or "to seal"), and can serve as tomb markers. Fengtu can differ vastly in size according to the social status of the deceased, so the fengtu of imperial tombs are usually huge, some so big that they are like small hills. However, while Western Han dynasty imperial tombs have these square-ish fengtu mounds, in Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220 AD) the fengtu mounds became circular, and imperial tomb fengtu have been circular pretty much ever since. But fengtu wasn't just reserved for the elites, common folk also built small circular fengtu mounds on top of graves (these graves are called fen/坟; graves without fengtu are called mu/墓), and this is still practiced today, albeit much more common in rural areas since there are less people and more land. When people tend to the graves of their family members and ancestors on Qingming Festival, if the grave is a fen grave, people would pile more earth on the fengtu to make it rounder as part of the upkeep process.

A set of pottery figurines of entertainers from a Western Han era tomb. I love how they set the display up here, you can practically imagine the music and the dancing

More pottery figurines from Western Han era tombs

Western Han era hollow clay bricks depicting the Four Symbols/四象 of the cardinal directions: Qinglong/青龙/Azure Dragon of the East, Zhuque/朱雀/Vermilion Bird of the South, Xuanwu/玄武/Black Tortoise of the North, and Baihu/白虎/White Tiger of the West.

Left: a piece of intricately painted lacquered wood, I forgot where it's from but it was probably a piece of decoration on a larger artifact. Right: a piece of gold decoration inlaid with turquoise from Western Han era

The biggest decorated yubi/玉璧 (jade disc with hole in the middle) found so far, from an early Western Han dynasty tomb. Its diameter is 43.2 cm (~17 inches). If you zoom in, the inner band is decorated with these almost tadpole-like little swirls, and these are called gu pattern/谷纹, since they might represent sprouting rice kernels. The outer band is decorated with 4 sets of kuilong patterns/夔龙纹 and 4 sets of dragon-phoenix patterns/龙凤纹. It's speculated that the patterns here together depict the universe, and the hole in the middle is where the spirit of the deceased will travel through. This particular yubi also has 六百六十一 ("six hundred and sixty-one") carved discreetly on the side, presumably a "serial number" left by the artisan who crafted this piece.

Decorated backs of bronze mirrors. I didn't take a picture of the plaque so I'm unclear on what time period these are from (may or may not be from the time period indicated at the beginning of the post):

Left: a hand-held incense burner. Right: a particular type of incense burner called a boshanlu/博山炉, so named because the lid was made to look like a mini mountain

Various Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581 AD) painted pottery figurines. Below middle arranged in a circle is the metal pieces on a belt.

Sixteen Kingoms era pottery entertainer figurines:

[anotherhumaninthisworld]

Pétion being the best, but also the worst compilation

Pétion was big and fat, good-humoured and talkative, but heavy withal. He talked on, Robespierre said not a word, and I took little notice of him, he looked like a cat lapping vinegar. Pétion was rallying him on being so taciturn and farouche, and said they must find him a wife to apprivoiser him: upon which Robespierre opened his mouth for the first and last time with a kind of scream: ”I will never marry!” The Croker Papers: the Correspondence and Diaries of the late right honourable John Wilson Croker… (1885) volume 3, page 209

During the Constituent Assembly, at the time of the revision, I was one day with Buzot's wife, when her husband returned from the Assembly very late, bringing Pétion to dinner. It was the time when the court had them treated as factious, and painted them as intriguers, all occupied in stirring up and agitating. After the meal, Pétion, seated on a large ottoman, began to play with a young hunting dog with the abandonment of a child; they both let go and fell asleep together, snuggled on top of each other: four people conversing did not prevent Pétion from snoring. ”So here we have this rebel,” said Buzot, laughing; ”we were looked askance on leaving the room, and those who accuse us, very agitated for their party, imagine that we are to maneuver!” Mémoires de Madame Roland, volume 2, page 167. ok who am i kidding this one is actually just sweet. but harch in hindsight

I remember that one day, gathered at Pétion's house to find out what would be proposed in the assembly on the return of the king, he was quietly playing his violin, and Brissot became seriously angry at this indifference and this frivolity when it was a question of the fate of the monarchy.  Souvenirs sur Mirabeau et sur les deux premières assemblées législatives (1832) by Étienne Dumont.

Madame Élisabeth stared at me with tender eyes, with that air of languor that misfortune gives and which inspires quite keen interest. Our eyes sometimes met with a kind of intelligence and attraction; the night was closing in, the moon was beginning to shed its soft light. Madame Élisabeth took Madame (Royale) half on her knee, half on mine; her head was supported by my hand, then by hers. Madame fell asleep, I stretched out my arm, Madame Élisabeth stretched hers over mine. Our arms were intertwined, mine touched under her armpit. I felt rushing movements, a heat passing through the clothes; Madame Élisabeth's looks seemed more touching to me. I noticed a certain abandon in her demeanor, her eyes were moist, melancholy mingled with a kind of voluptuousness. I could be wrong, we can easily confuse the sensitivity of misfortune with the sensitivity of pleasure, but I think that if we had been alone, that if, as if by magic, everyone else would have disappeared, she would have let herself go into my arms and would have abandoned herself to the movements of nature. I was so struck by this state that I said to myself: What! Would it be a trick to buy me at this price? Would Madame Élisabeth have agreed to sacrifice her honor to make me lose mine? Yes, at court nothing costs, we are capable of anything; the Queen was able to arrange the plan. And then, considering this air of naturalness, self-love also insinuating to me that I could please her, that she was at that age where passions are felt, I convinced myself, and I found pleasure in it, that strong emotions tormented her, and that she herself desired that we were without witnesses, that I made these sweet entreaties to her, these delicate caresses which conquer modesty without offending it, and which bring defeat without delicacy being alarmed, where disorder and nature are the only accomplices. We went slowly; a large crowd accompanied us, Madame Élisabeth spoke to me about the bodyguards who had accompanied them; she spoke to me about it with tender interest; her voice had something flattering about it. She sometimes interrupted her words in a way that disturbed me. I responded to her with equal gentleness, but yet without weakness, with a kind of austerity which had nothing fierce. I was careful not to compromise my character; I gave everything that was necessary in the position in which I thought I saw her, but without nevertheless giving enough for her to think, even suspect that nothing would ever alter my opinion, and I think that she felt this wonderfully, that she saw that the most seductive temptations would be useless, because I noticed a certain cooling, a certain severity which is often due in women to irritated self-esteem. Voyage de Pétion au retour de Varennes, cited in Mémoires inédits de Pétion et mémoires de Buzot et de Barbaroux (1866), p. 195. Jfc Jérôme you do know Stockholm Syndrome is not an official condition among psychologists right?!

In the beginning of last August (1792), I saw Péthion [sic] for the first time. As I knew very well that he was continually possessed by Brissot’s faction I wanted to probe him. As a result, I asked that we meet under pretext of obtaining a passport. He was holding council and sent me back the following morning. I was received with this simple joviality which characterizes him: ”It’s really him! Oh! It’s really him!” the good man cried and held me in his arms. I was a bit surprised by his embraces, I attributed them to the hope he had of seeing me leave soon. My conjecture changed into certainty, when I saw his expression darken, hearing me tell him that I was not leaving, and urging him to give me two of the presses seized from Durosoi. Marat in number 685 (September 21 1792) of l’Ami du Peuple. 

Jérôme Péthion [sic] said, in confidence to Danton, when the seals were put on Roland’s papers: ”what offends poor Roland the most is that his domestic sorrows will be made public, and it will be known how bitter a cup cuckoldom was to the old man, and how much it disturbed the tranquillity of that great mind.” l’Histoire des Brissotins (1793) by Camille Desmoulins. 

There were two beds without curtains, two very dark little closets serving as wardrobes, a window overlooking the street, a small fireplace, and two or three chairs. So here I am, alone in a room with two young persons of interesting countenance, undressing myself, going to bed before them; then they get undressed and go to bed before me. I felt, I confess, these embarrassments of decency, which they no doubt felt even more than I did. But it was easy to see how much the generous action which they knew removed from their souls those ideas which might have troubled them. They did not even make any of those reflections which bring out the delicacy of the circumstance. I need not say that I did not allow myself any of these remarks, any of these jokes which could frighten the most severe modesty. I even confess that I experienced none of these sensations, none of these desires so natural that they are involuntary in the man whom nature has made truly man. I would have shamed myself if I had been tempted to abuse this touching hospitality. I was a brother with sisters. Pétion’s memoirs, cited in Mémoires inédits de Pétion et mémoires de Buzot & de Barbaroux(1866), p. 131-132.

[goodqueenaly]

what do you think is the reason for baelor breakspear, the literal crown prince, marrying jena dondarrion, a lady from a very minor house in the dornish marches who presumably didnt like the dornish very much? could it have been daeron ii arranging this marriage to curry favour with dorne's enemies by marrying his very dornish son to a marcher lord's daughter and thus in a way simulating peace between the marchers and the dornish in the eyes of the realm? or could it have been a way to keep the blackfyre supporters in line assuming baelor married after the first rebellion, since one of the reasons for the uprising was anti-dornish sentiment?

Number one, I don’t think we can call the Dondarrions “a very minor House”. Indeed, Yandel himself counts the Dondarrions (alongside the Swanns, Selmys, and Carons) as one of “[t]he greatest of the Marcher lords” and refers to the Dondarrion seat of Blackhaven as “[a]mong the sternest of the Marcher seats … with its forbidding black basalt walls and bottomless dry moat”. Lord Harmon Dondarrion seems to have been of equal rank to Lord Tarly and Lady Caron, as all served as commanders during the campaign in Aenys I’s reign against the Vulture King, and Lord Dondarrion served as one of the three Marcher representatives at the wedding of Queen Alyssa and Rogar Baratheon. Queen Alysanne clearly considered the Dondarrions important enough to include on the royal couple’s tour of the Dornish Marches in 54 AC, and later a Dondarrion was one of the “dozen fresh young maidens chosen from amongst a hundred who coveted the distinction of serving as a companion to the queen [i.e. Alysanne]" - proof, I think, of the rank of the Dondarrions even relative to other Westerosi aristocrats. Notably as well in the main novels, Sansa thinks that while Jeyne Poole - herself an aristocrat, albeit an actually low-ranking and probably landless one - mooned after Lord Beric, the Lord of Blackhaven “would never look at someone so far beneath him”. 

Number two, it seems almost certain that Baelor and Jena were married prior to the First Blackfyre Rebellion. Valarr, their elder son, was not only old enough to joust as a knight at Ashford in 209 AC, suggesting that Valarr was at least 16 or so at that time, but was also big and tall enough for his nearly 40-year-old warrior father to plausibly borrow and wear his armor during the trial of seven, suggesting that Valarr was old enough to have reached his adult build and height. Personally, I think Baelor and Jena were married roughly around the mid to late 180s and Valarr was born around the late 180s, but whenever the actual wedding occurred, it’s impossible that Valarr was born in or after 196 AC, and as such his parents had to have been married ahead of the First Blackfyre Rebellion.

All of that said, why do I think Prince Baelor and Jena Dondarrion were married? Put very simply, I think Daeron II correctly recognized the fault lines of political factionalism in his kingdom and wanted to repair, rather than deepen, those divisions. From the beginning of his reign, King Daeron had very publicly advertised his desire to unite Dorne with the Targaryen kingdom. Not only was Daeron himself happily married to Myriah Martell, but as Yandel notes, “one of [Daeron’s] earliest significant acts after assuming the throne was to begin negotiations with his good-brother, Prince Maron, to unify Dorne under Targaryen rule” - negotiations which ended with the homage of Prince Maron and his wedding to the king’s sister, Princess Daenerys. Between the unique “significant rights and privileges” granted to the Dornish lords and the Prince of Dorne in particular in the peace accord, and the Dornishmen who were given places at court and “offices of note” under Daeron II, the king was making very clear that his government was openly and ardently pro-Dorne. 

Yet as Daeron II certainly realized, such courtly and political favoritism toward Dorne generally and House Martell specifically would hardly be received rapturously by the entirety of his realm. From the earliest days of the Targaryen monarchy, the dragonkings had, in the tradition of the Plantagenets and any number of other real-world monarchies, claimed dominion over Dorne, in title if not in fact. Daeron I had come closest, if relatively briefly, to making this paper crown of "King of the Rhoynar" a reality, and Daeron II’s own father Aegon IV had (albeit almost certainly for selfish and petty reasons) attempted to reignite (pun intended) the conquest of Dorne by House Targaryen. Daeron II’s pro-Dorne policies, then, were very much poised to be seen, at least by some of his subjects, as a jarring reversal away from a century and a half of Targaryen posturing and conquest and toward a political reality where the Dornish were, to borrow Yandel’s phrase, “rivals for the king’s attention or largesse”. That suspicion extended to Daeron’s heir: according to Yandel, “many men looked upon Baelor’s dark hair and eyes and muttered that he was more Martell than Targaryen”. This Martell-looking eldest son of a Martell queen, double first cousins with the future of the ruling dynasty of Dorne, may have seemed to suspicious factions to be the living guarantee that Martell, and more generally Dornish, royal favor was going to continue, if not indeed be increased, in the next generation of the Targaryen monarchy. 

The solution, I think, for Daeron II was to marry his eldest son and heir into one of the marcher lord dynasties. These families, founded explicitly according to Yandel to “[protect] the realm of the Storm Kings from the ancient enemies to the west and, especially, the south” and to “create a bulwark against incursions from the Dornish”, would almost certainly have been the most natural opponents of Daeron II’s pro-Dorne policies (and, given their famous pride, perhaps among the most vocal in their opposition). By choosing from among these lords for not just his daughter-in-law but the future (expected) Queen of the Seven Kingdoms and (expected) mother of the next king, Daeron II was making just as public a statement that his was not a client state of Sunspear but a united realm - one in which the proud marchers would have just as much opportunity for courtly favor and advancement as the Martells and other Dornish nobles did. The Dondarrions, and by extension any of their relatives and allies among the marchers, would be directly invested in the dynasty, with a tangible incentive for supporting Daeron II’s government (as opposed to, say, looking to Daemon Blackfyre as a rival for the throne). Too, if I can quote myself, the future (expected) royal children of Baelor and Jena, especially their (expected) eldest son and heir, “would be a microcosm of the peace Daeron sought”, as “Dornish blood and marcher blood, eternally spilled at the other’s expense, would mingle in a single person, a future king of the united state of Westeros”. 

One question I do have - though we’ll probably have to wait until Fire and Blood Volume 2 for an answer - is why Daeron II selected a Dondarrion rather than, say, a Swann or Caron. It could be that there were no daughters of the right age among any of other other prominent marcher families; it could be that Daeron II knew or liked Jena’s family more than he did, say, other marcher families; it could even be that Daeron chose the Dondarrions to temper the local geopolitical ambitions of the Swanns and Carons to each be counted “the oldest of the Marcher houses” and superior over the rest, with the king perhaps quietly reminding the Swanns and Carons that he had the power to humble as well as exalt. 

(Let's just hope that F&B Vol. 2 improves upon its predecessor and has Jena as an active, developed crown princess and would-be queen, rather than a walking womb or - ugh - another victim of death-by-childbirth.)

[pokemonheritageposts]

not sure if you’ve done this yet but top komiya cards?

surprised this one wasn't asked for earlier than it was tbh, tomokazu komiya's cards are so weird and wild and always stand out in whatever set they're in. they've been around since the Neo era so this was super hard to narrow down to just 10.

10. Venipede (Scarlet & Violet - Twilight Masquerade 115/167)

9. Mankey (Aquapolis 92/147)

8. Bulbasaur (Expeditions 95/165)

7. Wimpod (Sun & Moon - Unified Minds 50/236)

6. Gengar (Scarlet & Violet - 151 94/165)

5. Golbat (Skyridge 60/144)

4. Arctibax (Scarlet & Violet - Paldea Evolved 209/193)

3. Pidgeot (Expeditions 59/165)

2. Oricorio (Crown Zenith GG04/GG70)

1. Drowzee (Scarlet & Violet 210/198)

[sysiheart]

So I am playing clangen where leader's title is taken by one of their heirs and OH BOY has my first leader been. A journey.

Her name is BlissStar (the orange cat)

She is at the moment 209 moons, and has outlived most of her heirs

When she was close to 200 moons she just. Ran away with some random dude outside of the clan (her first husband was long dead), gave up 5 of her remaining lives and just

Fucking left LMAOOOo

She hasnt come back and honestly

Go grandma go

Also her son is now the leader and i killed him 6 times so he only has 3 lives i am not doing this again

[queenvhagar]

"'You're bastard born yourself. And if Ygritte does not want a child, she will go to some woods witch and drink a cup o' moon tea. You do not come into it, once the seed is planted'" (Tormund, to Jon Snow, p. 209, A Storm of Swords).

Even the wildlings know about moon tea and use it as birth control. If Rhaenyra didn't want three obvious bastards but wanted sexual freedom, she could have used moon tea. Not only was it in two episodes of House of the Dragon but it's in the original ASOIAF series. Even if Jace was unintentionally born as an obvious bastard who looked nothing like either of his "parents" Rhaenyra could have prevented more from following him by using a clearly established and well-known form of birth control. If she had one heir she would fulfill her obligation of producing an heir and there would be less speculation as to who she was bedding vs three repeat lookalike bastards. Except Rhaenyra believed herself to be above the rules, so why would it matter if her children were obviously illegitimate? Nobody should question her, because she believes she is innately superior and entitled to do whatever she pleases, no matter the consequences to others (including her bastard sons, who grow up knowing their illegitimacy yet unable to speak of it to anyone, not to mention the danger their mother puts them in by trying to use them to usurp power).

[flameclan-clangen]

Moon 209 - Winter

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A pretty uneventful moon. I want to answer some cat asks before the next moon so please send some in!

[saintdaily]

Saint hugging Moon

day 209

[callmeaiden]

MY SWTOR OCs

The Main Eight (so all of the classes):

JEDI KNIGHT: IKAR

FULL NAME: Ikar Qu’ali; RACE: Mirialan; BIRTH: 20/03/3664 BBY; Gus Talon (moon of Corellia); SEXUALITY: Pansexual and Polyamorous; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cisgender  Male; He/Him; HEIGHT: 190 cm/6’2.8”; WEIGHT: 88 kg/194 lbs;

TRAITS: - diligent; - honest; - open-minded; - judgemental; - confrontational; - disrespectful;

BACKSTORY: Ikar was a son of two Jedi Knights, and from his mother's side, he was a part of a powerful force sensitive family (similar to Shan family, but less influential). Until he was fourteen, he did not know who his parents were. Shortly after he found out, his father died, and young Ikar started to be pulled towards the Dark Side. Fortunately, his mother's former master took him as his pupil, and Ikar stayed in the Light, but with a new perspective that did not fully match with the Jedi Order principles.

COMBAT STYLE: Guardian; WEAPON: Grantek F-11D Lightsaber, with farmhand blue colour crystal; length: hilt - 30 cm/11.8 in; blade - 95 cm/3’1.4” ROMANCE: Kira Carsen and Lord Scourge (as a polycule marriage), and Teraac Kallig (other oc)

TRIVIA: - likes to climb mountains; - has a perfect poker face; - loves to drink Corellian Brandy;

JEDI CONSULAR: ZSIRA

FULL NAME: Zsira Nazo; RACE: Human; BIRTH: 05/07/3665 BBY; Undercity, Nar Shaddaa; SEXUALITY: Homosexual; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cisgender  Female; She/Her; HEIGHT: 163 cm/5’4”; WEIGHT: 55 kg/121 lbs;

TRAITS: - empathetic; - kind; - temperate; - workaholic; - inflexible; - perfectionist;

BACKSTORY: Zsira was a daughter of a smuggler and a former Jedi. When she was five, her mother was kidnapped and later killed by the Imperial Intelligence, because of her past affiliations with the Jedi Order. After it happened the Order became interested in her family, and since Zsira was force sensitive, they took her for training.

COMBAT STYLE: Sage; WEAPON: Descendant’s Heirloom Saber, with mint green colour crystal and Gravity Anomaly tuning; length: hilt - 30 cm/11.8 inch; blade - 90 cm/2’11” ROMANCE: Lana Beniko;

TRIVIA: - loves poetry (except free verse); - has frequent headaches from all the shielding and the Lord Vivicar stuff; - reads badly written romances as a guilty pleasure;

SMUGGLER: NAERIC

FULL NAME: Naeric Nazo; RACE: Human; BIRTH: 05/FoS/3669 BBY; Undercity, Nar Shaddaa; SEXUALITY: Heterosexual; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cisgender  Male; He/Him; HEIGHT: 172 cm/5’7.7”; WEIGHT: 82 kg/180 lbs;

TRAITS: - great sense of humor; - empathetic; - canny; - cheeky; - irresponsible; - cynical;

BACKSTORY: Naeric, unlike his sister, did not inherit his mother's force abilities. He was left on Nar Shaddaa with his father, and quickly learnt the ways of a smuggler from him. When Nearic was fourteen, his paternal uncle was captured by a gang, because of his debts, and Naeric and his father were quick to the rescue. This unfortunately did not end well, and Naeric’s father ended up dead, meaning Naeric had to quickly grow up if he wanted to survive in the harsh galaxy.

COMBAT STYLE: Gunslinger; WEAPONs:  Attuned Targeter’s Blaster Pistol with yellow colour and Damaged Weapon tuning; Provenance with yellow colour crystal and Volatile Weapon tuning; ROMANCE: Risha Drayen;

TRIVIA: - his left arm was cut off, so now he has fully mechanical one; - is in possession of  his mother lightsaber and uses it sometimes; - plays guitar and even had his own band once;

TROOPER: IANOC

FULL NAME: Ianoc Harski; RACE: Human; BIRTH: Republic Day - 19/03/3667 BBY; Galactic City, Coruscant; SEXUALITY: Heterosexual; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cisgender  Male; He/Him; HEIGHT: 188 cm/6’2”; WEIGHT: 95 kg/209 lbs;

TRAITS: - hardworking; - ambitious; - loyal; - prejudicial; - aggressive; - selfish;

BACKSTORY: Ianoc was born into a military family. Both his parents and paternal grandparents were soldiers, he however was the first to be in special forces. His parents died in the same battle, when he was ten years old, and since then, he and his brother (also soldier), were under their grandfather's strict care.

COMBAT STYLE: Vanguard; WEAPON: Czerka CZX-4 Blaster Rifle, with orange colour crystal and Galactic Command tuning; ROMANCE: Elara Dorne;

TRIVIA: - loves watching soccer and float-wrestling; - allergic to almonds; - very knowledgeable about plants (is a plant dad);

SITH WARRIOR: ASHA

FULL NAME: Asha’tyûk Derriphan; RACE: Sith Pureblood; BIRTH: 35/05/3665 BBY; Kaas City, Dromund Kaas; SEXUALITY: Bisexual; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cisgender  Female; She/Her; HEIGHT: 180 cm/5’10.8”; WEIGHT: 88 kg/194 lbs;

TRAITS: - clever; - persistent; - ambitious; - cynical; - cruel; - uncooperative;

BACKSTORY: Asha was born into a family that holds high status in the Empire. A sole heir to both the fortune and the power, one might think that Asha had a wonderful upbringing and fantastic perspectives. However, as it often is with the Sith, Asha’s childhood was far from ideal, and full of hate and violence. Training her almost to death, Asha’s father wanted to make sure that his only child would bring their family even more power and glory, and Asha, even though she did not like it, was ready to make her father proud.

COMBAT STYLE: Juggernaut; WEAPON: Orditech F7 Lightsaber, with pink/red colour crystal; length: hilt - 40 cm/1’3.7”; blade - 110 cm/3’7.3” ROMANCE: Vette;

TRIVIA: - laughs while watching horrors; - gym rat; - is surprisingly a good dancer;

SITH INQUISITOR: TERAAC

FULL NAME: Teraac Kallig; RACE: Human; BIRTH: 02/FoL/3670 BBY; Korriban; SEXUALITY: Pansexual and Polyamorous; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Agender; He/They/It; HEIGHT: 164 cm/5’4.5”; WEIGHT: 59 kg/130 lbs;

TRAITS: - intelligent; - calm; - open-minded; - sarcastic; - cynical; - disrespectful;

BACKSTORY: Teraac was born as a slave, and inherited the force abilities from his mother's side. When Teraac was six years old, their father was taken off-world, and he was left alone with his mother. For most of its life as a slave he was very rebellious, but at the same time he knew how to get some favors from guards, and used them to protect their mom. When he was twenty seven, a group of slaves, including him and his mother, decided to rebel and break free, unfortunately they failed at this task, and most of them died. Teraac, wanting to save his mother, uncontrollably used the force, and after guards and Siths saw that, it was taken for training.

COMBAT STYLE: Sorcerer; WEAPON: Onderonian Force-Lord’s Lightsaber, with magenta-white colour crystal; non in-game he has the same type of lightsaber as Cal Kestis; length: hilt - 28 cm/11 inch for one half, 56 cm/1’10” for the whole hilt; blade - 95 cm/3’1.4” for both blades; ROMANCE: Ashara Zavros, Arcaan and Ikar Qu’ali (the Jedi Knight oc);

TRIVIA: - left handed; - cannot swim; - aside from the scars on the face, he has a lot of other scars and symbols on his whole body, some even were burned on his skin;

BOUNTY HUNTER: XIAAN

FULL NAME: Xiaan Blankuna; RACE: Rattataki; BIRTH: 23/08/3665 BBY (assumed); New Cov; SEXUALITY: Heterosexual; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cisgender  Female; She/Her; HEIGHT: 173 cm/5’8”; WEIGHT: 80 kg/176 lbs;

TRAITS: - honorable; - ambitious; - brave; - reticent; - confrontational; - vengeful;

BACKSTORY: Xiaan was born on New Cov, a Mid Rim world affected by the Great Galactic War. Because of this, she lost her biological parents while being only a few months old. While on a verge of death, she was found by a Twi’lek bounty hunter Tal Blankuna, who saved her and later adopted her as his own daughter. Growing up in a culture vastly different from the one of her species was difficult for Xiaan, especially since she constantly competed with her adoptive brothers, while they were learning the craft of a bounty hunter. Even though she was the only woman, and not a Twi’lek at that, she was the apple of her father’s eye, and after he died, she vowed to make him proud, and become the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy.

COMBAT STYLE: Powertech; WEAPON: Inscrutable Blaster Pistol, with red colour crysta; ROMANCE: Torian Cadera;

TRIVIA: - excellent and passionate about vibrosword fighting; - straight edge; - sometimes calls Mako “Lia’ry”, wich means “little sister” in Twi’leki;

IMPERIAL AGENT: LINAR

FULL NAME: Linar Arno Frill; RACE: Half-Human, Half-Echani; BIRTH: 01/10/3668 BBY; New Adasta, Ziost; SEXUALITY: Demisexual, Homoromantic; GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Transgender  Male; He/Him; HEIGHT: 197 cm/6’5.5”; WEIGHT: 84 kg/185 lbs;

TRAITS: - calm; - intelligent; - resourceful; - tranquil; - vengeful; - distrustful;

BACKSTORY: From generations Linar’s family were loyal servants of the Empire, therefore it was surprising when Linar’s father married an Echani woman. Because of his alien blood, Linar and his siblings did not have the easiest childhood. When Linar was fifteen, his sister died from an illness, and soon after, his brother ran away from home. At age twenty one, when Linar was already in the military academy, his family house burned down, and his parents and grandfather died, with Linar himself being badly injured. Claiming that he had heard an explosion and that the fire was not a coincidence, Linar decided to become an agent, in hopes of being able to find the one responsible for killing his family.

COMBAT STYLE: Sniper; WEAPON: Ordtech F7 Sniper Pistol, with green colour crystal; ROMANCE: Vector Hyllus;

TRIVIA: - can play a little bit of piano; - often spends his evenings slow dancing with Vector; - passionate about art (mainly paintings and sculptures), thought he himself never does anything;

So that's all!

Ask questions, if you have any!

[sadlvrgrrl]

𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓

a potential daemon targaryen love story

full version

𝘸𝘤: 209

・❥・

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

Daemon Targaryen, the rogue prince of Westeros was far from pure. He was ruthless, stubborn, arrogant, and most of all, powerful. His blood was equivalent to a dragon, forged from the fiery pits of the seven hells. He was the deliverer of chaos and destruction, and no one was able to tame his savage inferno.

All until one; her.

She was the epitome of ethereal, a beauty so delicate, so pure in a way that she was too perfect for this world— too perfect for him. She was an angel forged of the purest light with hair as bright as the moon, skin as white as snow, and her eyes—

her eyes held magic.

Full of light, full of innocence, full of stars.

Starry eyes that had him hypnotized.

Starry eyes that had him vow to do anything in his power to keep their light kindle endlessly. 

Starry eyes that made him stumble, but it was her smile that made him fall.

She was a blessing from the gods. A wish upon a shooting star. If he could, he would tear the whole world apart just to rebuild it brick by brick to a standard he deemed worthy of her existence. Worthy of her light— worthy of his light.

(𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅...?)

a/n: posting this because my aemond story is taking longer than expected ._. this is not my best work (because i dont have any) but i do love me some daemon, and surpriiiiiseee, this is another hotd x lotr crossover because i am obsess and unhinged. i do not know if i will be continuing this story (reason: this is a pretty old wip that i've been kind of avoiding for a while now and the writing is kinda yucky too) but we'll seeeeeee :)

update: guess who's posting the final version...(not me) jkjk, I will be in a few days haha, just gotta do some rewriting here and there and boom; signed, sealed, and delivered it's yours (to read ofc...pls dont steal my work, that is a big no no)

update: full version is posted!

[vaporclan]

Moon 209 Part 3

[konjaku]

山茶花[Sazanka] Camellia sasanqua

Three Sazankas in cold winter.

山茶花は白いほど品がよく淡紅はよくない。蕾のころか零れ散るころかゞわたくしの心に叶うてゐる。

[Sazanka wa shiroi hodo hin ga yoku, tankō wa yoku nai. Tsubomi no koro ka, kobore chiru koro ka ga watakushi no kokoro ni kanoute iru.] The whiter Sazanka, the more elegant it is, and pale red is not good. The time of the buds or the time of the petals falling is suitable for my taste. From 冬の庭[Fuyu no niwa](Gardens in winter) by 室生 犀星[Murou Saisei](1889 - 1962) Source: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1258055/1/73

山茶花の 白き冴ゆるや 寒の入り

[Sazanka no shiroki sayuruya kan no iri] It is Kan no iri, the first day of midwinter, and the whiteness of the Sazanka flowers stands out By 安藤 橡面坊[Andō Tochimenbō](1869 - 1914)

私は立つて北向きの窓に往つて外を見おろした。二十日餘の月は靑白い水のやうな光を其邊に落してゐた。その雫にぬれてしつとりとした山茶花󠄁の木蔭に人が一人坐つてゐた。紛ふかたもない爺で、凍てついた地面にべたりと腰をおろして、何だが(か)物にでも憑かれたやうにきれぎれに歌をうたつてゐる。

[Watashi wa tatte kitamuki no mado ni itte soto wo mioroshita. Hatsuka-amari no tsuki wa aojiroi mizu no yōna hikari wo sono atari ni otoshite ita. Sono shizuku ni nurete shittori to shita sazanka no kokage ni hito ga hitori suwatte ita. Magou kata mo nai jii de, itetsuita jimen ni betari to koshi wo oroshite, nandaka mono ni demo tsukareta yō ni kiregire ni uta wo utatte iru.] I stood and went to the north-facing window and looked down outside. Hatsuka-amari no tsuki(the moon in the lower sine after the twenty day of the lunar calendar) was casting a pale blue light like water around the area. One person was sitting in the shade of a Sazanka tree wet and moistened by the drops (of the moonlight). It was indeed Jii(the old man), and he is sitting with a smack on the frozen ground and singing a song intermittently as if he is possessed by something. From 老爺[Rōya](The Old Man) by 薄田 泣菫[Susukida Kyūkin](1877 - 1945) Source: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1019879/1/209

[imperator-titus]

What have I been doing instead of writing or classwork? Modding BG3 and making my OCs, of course!

I posted pics before when I only had the vanilla game assets available.

First is the story's interpretation of what Astarion looked like before turning. Yes, I accept other interpretations of what he looked like, such as different eye colors or even his hair color. This is not what I believe to be the most-likely scenario for canon pre-vampirism Astarion.

(If you don't care about my story's OCs, then don't bother with the read more break. It is there as a courtesy to those who just want Astarion as well as to avoid how loooong this post will be.)

Mods used: Toarie's New Character Creation Presets (Andrei head, which I'm fairly certain is a tweaked Astarion with no bite marks, clearer skin, etc), Vessnelle's Hair Collection (M3, it's still not what I wanted but it was the best I could find, his hair should be more like ringlets and in a higher ponytail and no/different bangs) Other settings: Pallid Tone 1 Skin, Elf Gold 2 Eyes, White 3 + 75% Greying (Grey Neutral 2)

Eletha Nightstar/Lorelai Irithyl

Mods used: ASTRL Hair Color Supplement (Eletha has some more greying/highlighting involved) Changes for Lorelai: Toned down the make-up that was making Eletha look "tired", two blue eyes, No scars, No piercings, Less aging, Hair is vanilla "Sorcha Curls" Notes: I ended up not changing Eletha pretty much at all, all I would change is making her lips thinner Character Notes:

Class: Ranger (Subclass: Hunter)

Born: 1224 (268yo as of BG3), Dalelands

Race: High Elf (Moon elf)

Sex/Gender: Female/Cis

Orientation: Bisexual/Demisexual

Approx. 5 years older than Astarion

Last saw Astarion 1259 (233 years ago from BG3)

Fey's curse: Burns in a white flame every new moon

Highly skilled with Eladrin longsword, high pain tolerance, bitter old lemon of an adventurer

Folk Hero: not as famous as the Blade of Frontiers, but has probably done more and has a little following of adventurers, despite her best efforts to dissuade them

Left her family in 1260 after being forced to give birth

Magic Left (Gold) Eye: allows the wearer to see things as they were in memories

Quynn Irithyl

Mods: Toarie's New Character Creation Presets (Falorin head), Trips' Accessory Collection + Jerinski's Piercing Edits, Cerberry's Simple Hair (Hero) (Current Hair), Tav's Hair Salon (163) (Old Hair), ASTRL Hair Color Supplement

Pronounced "kwin"

Last name: Eletha's original last name

Born: 1260 (232 yo), Dalelands

Race: High Elf (Moon Elf)

Class: Ranger (In-game: Gloomstalker, 5e Monster Slayer)

Mellia (Melliana)

Mods: ASTRL Hair Color Supplement, Trips' Accessory Collection + Jerinski's Piercing Edits, Vessnelle's Hair Collection (F18), Frosty Faces (Allani Head)

Race: High Elf (Vampire)

Age: Unknown (Eletha thinks she's over 1000)

Sex/Gender: Female/Gender-fluid, but mostly Hyper-Femme

Orientation: Homosexual (Lesbian), but is known to hit on anything

Class: Sorcerer (In-game: Storm, 5e Shadow Magic, from being a Vampire)

Eletha's oldest friend (met 1268, 224 years ago) "Your Sanguine Companion"

Aluin of Suzail

Mods: ASTRL Hair Color Supplement, Kay's Hair Extensions, Frosty Faces (Divine Head)

Pronounced: All-win ("Win" or "Winnie" for short)

Race: Human

Class: Wizard (Transmutation)

Age: 232 (Met 1283, 209 years ago)

Sex/Gender: Male/Cis

Orientation: Asexual/Panromantic

Loves sweets and has a bad back

Bromthrum Starkhammer

Mods: Andmetta's Bulky Dwarf Heads (Thrain), Trips' Accessory Collection + Jerinski's Piercing Edits, Bububull's Big Dwarven Beards

"Provider of Fine Crafts" (Merchant)

Race: Dwarf (Gold Dwarf)

Class: Fighter (Champion)

Age: 120-ish (met 100 years ago)

Obsessed with Elves and Elven artifacts

Collects Elven longswords to show to Eletha

Tyrlumin

Mods: Trips' Accessory Collection + Jerinski's Piercing Edits, HGY Heads (Xan Head), Bububull's More Dreadlocs Vol 2 (Disowned Warlock)

"Lumin" (loo-min) for short, "Your Melodic Cha" (Cha = "Half")

Race: Half-drow/Half-human, seemingly

Age: Unknown (Eletha thinks he's a fey or lich or something)

Sex/Gender: Seemingly Male/Has claimed to be anything and nothing

Orientation: Asexual/Aromantic

Class: Bard (In-Game: College of Lore, 5e: College of Glamour)

Specialty: Harp, but commonly plays the lute

Very Gandalf, arrives exactly when he intends to

Heilar Moonstone

Mods: Ghoul's Customization Compendium (Shaved Head)

Race: High Elf (Moon Elf), Dalelands

Class: Fighter (Battlemaster), Longsword Master

Sex/Gender: FTM Trans

Orientation: Homosexual/Aromantic

Taught Eletha, Astarion, and Quynn

Eletha's pseudo-father-figure

Praises Eletha as his best student

Maephina Greensong

Mods: HGY Heads (Uche Head), Trips Accessories + Jerenski_Piercing-Edits_Trips, ASTRL Hair Color Supplement, Bububull’s More Dreadlocs

Race: Halfling (Lightfoot)

Sex/Gender: Female/Cis

Class: Merchant (not a fighter, except when she has to be)

Travels with Ravan the Loyal

Ravan the Loyal

Race: Orc

Class: Barbarian (Berserker)

Missing half his brain, undergoing a personality change

Incredibly loyal to his friends- just who that is can be unclear sometimes

Loves giving his friends shoulder rubs and picking them up like cats/babies

Zespira Hartford

Mods: Trips Accessories + Jerenski_Piercing-Edits_Trips, Bububull’s More Dreadlocs (twin hills)

Race: Zariel Tiefling

Class: Paladin (Oath of Devotion)

Deity: Tyr

Young and full of life, a natural do-gooder like Wyll

Fairly new to Eletha's list of adventuring followers, she was rescued when she bitt off a little more than she could chew with an evil necromancer

Travels with Gin, Nei-Fonn, and Venxiatel. They met through Eletha

Nei-Fonn Shiaong

Mods: Trips Accessories + Jerenski_Piercing-Edits_Trips, ASTRL Hair Color Supplement, Tav’s Hairpack (84)

Race: Human

Sex/Gender: Female/Cis

Class: Rogue (In-Game: Thief, 5e: Inquisitive)

Highly intelligent

Sister to Gin

Used to work with a traveling circus with her brother, met Eletha when she tried to pick her pocket (Eletha: Unlucky for you, I have a lot of experience with pretty faces attached to sticky fingers.)

Gin Shiaong

Mods: Trips Accessories + Jerenski_Piercing-Edits_Trips, ASTRL Hair Color Supplement, Vessnelle's Hair Collection (M23)

Race: Human

Class: Barbarian (Wild Heart)

Sex/Gender: Male/Cis

Orientation: Homosexual

In a relationship with Venxiatel

Brother to Nei-Fonn

Strongman in a circus, also tried his hand at fire-eating

Venxiatel

Race: Dragonborn (Brass)

Class: Druid (In-Game: Circle of the Land, 5e: Claims to be Circle of the Scale, which no longer exists)

Sex/Gender: Male/Agender

Orientation: Doesn't understand the assignment (Just likes Gin)

Very aloof, seemingly "forgetful", easily distracted

I think that is probably all for GftP OCs. I did a pretty thorough sweep of mods so I doubt I'll change anything anytime soon.