#naph rambles

[naphiatra]

thank you random name generator. it's perfect for my baby tundra

[goddessofroyalty]

jayce and ximena are the ones who worry the most about naph seemingly not gaining enough weight (cause jayce was a big baby lbr) but with viktor not nursing you KNOW silco is side eyeing him (as any parent would, esp those two cause they fight over nothing lmao) even though silco knows perfectly well that naph got those genes from HIS side of the family. viktor was the same as a baby and he was nursed, silco just likes being a pedantic bastard and saying 'i told you so'. hes not a perfect parent ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

The doctors keep assuring Jayce (and Viktor) that Naph is hitting all his developmental milestones exactly as he should be. Their concerns before he was born because of Viktor's health amonted to nothing. He's just a small baby. So Jayce logically knows Naph is fine (and he's told his mom that as well) but they do keep trying to encourage Naph to eat more because he's so tiny and Jayce himself was a chubby big baby.

The thing is Naph is actually doing better than Viktor did when he was first born (partially because Naph and Viktor aren't living surrounded by toxic everything like Viktor and Silco were, partially because Silco was probably somewhat melnurished as well when Viktor was born so probably not producing the best breastmilk in the world / a whole lot of it). It's also being like 25+ years since Viktor was born so Silco isn't that aware of how Naph is doing better it seems to be the same (apart from small things like Naph is a less fussy baby than Viktor but that could just be baby temperment).

None of those facts are stopping him from side-eyeing Viktor a bit. And making little comments. Because he is absolutely not the perfect parent (not by far, he loves his kids and has done pretty well with them all things considered with the situation they're in but he is honestly a bit of a problematic parent). Viktor isn't bothered by them at all (other than annoyed snarking back) - Naph's fine, the doctors have said multiple times Naph is a perfectly healthy baby (which is better than could have been said for Viktor when he was a baby). Silco can have whatever opinion he wants Viktor doesn't care.

[ofironandivory]

Me, who has never had any desire to have kids, in real or fictional scenarios, seeing my F/O be good with/to kids:

[zairas-realm-gateway]

Zaira's Comprehensive Jayce Giopara and (Machine Herald) Viktor Post Masterlist

I have been spiraling into hyperfixation hell and rambling a whole fucking lot about Jayce Giopara and his grumpy mechanical ex-husband. So, for your convenience here's a masterlist of all the crap i wrote, if you're interested.

Please Note: All these posts are pro-Giopara BUT we also do NOT hate or rag on Arcane Jayvik in this house. So, be nice to one another.

My artblog is @zairasarthaven , I draw sappy ship art over there.

Thank you and enjoy.

Note: You're invited and highly encouraged to reblog these and participate with these posts in the comments or tags if they get your brain thoughts flowing. I really enjoy talking to people about my critters!

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Jayce

Character Analysis:

_ Commentary on Jayce's base League outfit: LINK

_ A small discussion of the natural-feeling contradictions in Jayce's personality that make him human: LINK

_ [Mini Discussion] I have grounds to believe Piltover is abusing Jayce: LINK

_ An analysis of how Piltover is using and manipulating Jayce [This analysis is attached to a fucking amazing comic by @pepegle ]: LINK

_ Jayce is teetering on a very dangerous edge: LINK

General Commentary and Headcanons:

_ Jayce is a bottom, fight me!: LINK

_ Jayce, my contradiction king: LINK

_ Jayce is basically an unwanted puppy: LINK

_ Jayce is a nightmare on his period: LINK

_ Jayce is a sweet boy under all the damage and I really, really need you all to see it!: LINK

_ Jayce has sensory issues: LINK

_ My thoughts on Jayce and how they make me feel a little disconnected from the community: LINK

_ Fun realization I had about Jayce's gender expression: LINK

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Viktor

Character Analysis:

_ [Mini post] Viktor still has his vanity: LINK

_ Viktor gender discussion: LINK

_ An important discussion on Viktor's views of consent and how communication breakdown cause his rift with Jayce: LINK

General Commentary and Headcanons:

_ Viktor's our best boy: LINK

_ The Viktor rework makes me very, very sad...: LINK

_ Thoughts/insights on Viktor being disabled: LINK

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Jayce and Viktor

TMI gender discussion: LINK

More gender discussion some headcanons: LINK

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Shipping

JayceLiss:

_ Why Jayce and Lissandra (She's another league champ to those that don't know) ship together so well: LINK

VikJayce:

_ NSFW Headcanons on Viktor and Jayce's respective sex drives: LINK

_ Jayce likes to cuddle after sex: LINK

VikJayceLiss:

_ Headcanons of our trio's genders and sexualities: LINK

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Fanworks

Fanart:

_ JayceLiss, Liss gently shuts him up: LINK

_ VikJayceLiss, Jayce happily holding his two perfect wives: LINK

_ VikJayceLiss, silly sketch of their morning tussle: LINK

_ VikJayceLiss, silly sketch of Viktor being enchanted by Liss's control over Jayce: LINK

_ VikJayceLiss, dark sketch of Lissandra convincing Viktor to save Jayce's life: LINK

Fanfiction:

[Note: if any of these scenarios inspire any fanfics, please send me a link]

_ Discussion of a short dark fic I wrote about Jayce killing Jinx: LINK

_ A short scenario involving Viktor comforting Jayce during augmentation: LINK

_ [Mini Scenario] Viktor fucks up his mask and needs it fixed: LINK

_ A short scenario of Viktor and Lissandra taking matters into their own hands when Jayce is injured: LINK

_ A long scenario of Jayce's sex life and his first time with Viktor: LINK

_ A long scenario of Jayce and Viktor dealing with the Harrowing. This leads them to fall into the Arcane verse where they meet their other selves: LINK

_ Jayce Whump: LINK

_ Little lighthearted scenario of a normal VikJayceLiss morning: LINK

_ Scenario of Lissandra meeting Naph and Amaranthine for the first time: LINK

_ Ridiculous short scenario of a VikJayce/Repo the genetic opera AU: LINK

_ Long scenario. While trying to help Zaun, Jayce is kidnapped by resentful chempunks. Viktor doesn't find him until weeks later in critical condition: LINK

_ [Original version of Taste of Water] (Semi-Graphic Smut Warning) Long Scenario where Jayce thinks about his miserable sexlife. Goads Viktor into hate fucking. Viktor realizes he's hurting Jayce and turns into lovemaking instead: LINK

_ Taste of Water [Long Form Fic]. (work in progress) Jayce thinks back on his relationship with sex through the years. Every situation has been miserable and unhappy because he doesn't realize he's neurodivergent and gray-asexual, so he goes about every situation clinically and ends up having a bad time. Arousal has only ever felt good around Viktor. It eventually leads to him goading Viktor into hatefucking him because if he's gonna be used, might as well be by someone he really wants this time. But Viktor ends up teaching him how to experience sex in a no-pressure way that's actually enjoyable: LINK

_ My Heart Still Beats [Long Form Fic]. [TW: SA] (work in progress) Viktor is in Jayce's lab stealing research from his rival when he becomes a witness to Jayce being assaulted. The rush of fury and protective instinct cannot be suppressed. He stops the assault and stays to care for Jayce. Jayce doesn't have anyone else. While caring for him, the two start to reconnect. They both mend and Viktor savagely avenges Jayce: LINK

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💗💥☀️🌙🌺 for all your ACTIVE RP charr.

Oh my! To keep this from going overboard, I’m going to keep this to Charr that are participating in active guild or open RP! Let’s get started...

Sela Lunarstep:

💗 Ramble a bit about this character!

Oh gosh, there’s so much to ramble about! Sela’s actually not my oldest EU character, she’s younger than Kurra by a smidge, but she’s definitely my favorite! She’s currently having a pretty rough go of it, but I really love thinking about her “private” life outside of Warband stuff - she gets into tussles, makes jewelry, all sorts of exciting things! :3c Sela’s name comes from, shocker, the Greek moon goddess Selene, while Lunarstep has changed a bit over the years. Originally, she was a shadowstep thief build, which is where the Lunarstep came from, but now it’s more of a... she’s always at the front of the pack, leading the charge, sort of deal. :p

💥 Are there any emotions your OC doesn’t know how to deal with, doesn’t understand or hates having to feel? Any reason behind this?

Sela is garbage at dealing with anything related to her own vulnerabilities and weaknesses, aha. She’s built up this huge facade of bravado that fixates on her being the perfect soldier and the best Legionnaire and so she has a huuuuge amount of trouble asking for (or accepting) help, or admitting that she can’t do something. Vulnerability is a big no-no and so naturally, although she does well with the more maternal relationships within her Warband, she really struggles with anything that veers towards the romantic. As far as hating to feel something, she hates to be embarrassed or humiliated, again related to her own pride and confidence.

☀️ How well does your OC take care of themself? Do they tend to put others before their own wellbeing and if so how often? What is their favourite way to pamper themself?

I’d say that she does a pretty good job of taking care of herself, but she absolutely puts others before herself. She prides herself on taking care of her warband and spoiling them and that often translates to making sure they get the lion’s share of the goodies while she scrimps. That said, she does have enough of an ego to feel that she “deserves” the good stuff, so she generally takes care of her own needs pretty well. Except sleep.

🌙 What are some of your OC’s favourites? Favourite food, colour, season, stuff like that! Give some general simple facts that tend to get overlooked!

Hmmm, stuff that’s overlooked... well, her favourite colour would be purple, season would be fall (she likes the milder weather and really enjoys the autumn leaves), flavorwise she loves spicy things (honestly, just because she’s trying to show off and be tough) as well as deep rich flavours... More obscure stuff might be: Her favourite time of day is late night, favourite bunk is the bottom one, favourite horn is her upper right one, favourite instrument would be the flute (she tends to prefer her music in the higher ranges - piccolo’s up there too!), and favourite cheese would be a nice heady parmesan.

🌺 What additions would your OC make to their body if they could? Lets say, if they don’t have a tail would they want one? Wings? Horns? Do they wish they could shapeshift?

Sela’s pretty happy with her body as it is, but there’s definitely a few changes she’d make. As much as they’d get in the way, she kinda wants bigger horns, and definitely bigger teeth. She’d love to be even more flexible than she is, and she’d like some extra muscle and definition to her legs. Wings would be nice, but definitely not all the time. Shapeshifting, of course! That would come in so handy!

Graf Towercleave (Yes, he still counts >.> ):

💗 Ramble a bit about this character!

Ah, Graf, my old man... Graf is definitely one of those characters with the most fleshed-out backstories, especially in how it affects him nowadays, and all the traumas and memories that come with it. I don’t remember the inspiration for his first name, but the second part was because he was originally designed to be a WvW Firebrand in his off-time (which... never came to fruition, oops), so Towercleave. I’m really excited to see the next step in his journey, though it coincides with my own journey in such a way that I do find myself getting emotional about the good-byes... ;w;

💥 Are there any emotions your OC doesn’t know how to deal with, doesn’t understand or hates having to feel? Any reason behind this?

I’d say that Graf doesn’t really do well with a lot of the “non-Charr” emotions/feelings: any sort of romance, faith, or selfishness. He’s learned to deal with them in others, to be sure, but they’re still fairly alien to him. I’d say that as far as things he experiences that he struggles with, it would be the trauma of his past - whether it’s something that he experienced in the Sieges, or in his time with the Vigil, he... doesn’t do well with being “scared”, or not in control.

☀️ How well does your OC take care of themself? Do they tend to put others before their own wellbeing and if so how often? What is their favourite way to pamper themself?

He does good at taking care of himself, though perhaps a bit more spartan than is strictly necessary, because that’s what he’s used to. He’s been a soldier his whole life, through and through, and he knows how important maintaining his equipment, including his body, is. He does a good job at keeping himself in shape and healthy, though perhaps to a detriment of not allowing himself many luxuries (except for warm baths, those are always welcome). Although he does consider others, he usually tends to leave them to their own devices, except when he decides they’re too young/naive/bullheaded to do it properly, such as a certain blue-haired warbandmate.

🌙 What are some of your OC’s favourites? Favourite food, colour, season, stuff like that! Give some general simple facts that tend to get overlooked!

Favourite food would be some good old traditional charr chow. Grilled meat, lots of special sauce, no fancy frou-frou to mess with it. Maybe some cheese. As far as colours, although most of his life tends to be filled with red, he’ll admit to liking a nice deep dark navy blue the best. The sea has been a rare treat for him, and he enjoys it when he can. Favourite season would have to be winter. Although he doesn’t care for the snow and cold and slush, he likes the way it makes the world slow down. He likes that everyone hates it together, I suppose. Some more obscure ones... his favourite flavour of pie is strawberry, his favourite place was a small grove in what is now the Dragonbrand - nowadays, it’s probably the Hero’s Canton, because it has the most nice memories without bad ones to taint it.

🌺 What additions would your OC make to their body if they could? Lets say, if they don’t have a tail would they want one? Wings? Horns? Do they wish they could shapeshift?

Honestly, he’d mostly just... fix his current one. Make it less old, less achy, less stiff. Shapeshifting and the rest of it sounds like a lot of faff. He wishes he had a third set of ears so he could hear humans better. Maybe another pair of arms to hold more things.

Naphtha Seizetar:

💗 Ramble a bit about this character!

But I ramble about her so muuuuch, FINE. For any newcomers, Naphtha was originally a villain in a Lunar plot that met a gruesome end, but I loved the concept so much that I had to remake her (a sort of AU, what-if-her-life-turned-out-different) as a good girl. I’ve actually got a sort of spooky story in the works with her (and at the rate I’m going it might be spooky season before it’s ever finished) that’s going to give her a bit of development with her magic because right now the poor girl is a dummy and would rather play with pressure cookers.

💥 Are there any emotions your OC doesn’t know how to deal with, doesn’t understand or hates having to feel? Any reason behind this?

A lot of them, probably. Naph is a sweetie but she doesn’t do well with a lot of “serious” things. She likes being left alone to her own devices and is still getting the hang of the much-more teamwork oriented Seize group. So I guess emotionally, uh, things like teamwork and codependence and responsibility, whatever emotions those are. As far as hates feeling, she really doesn’t like feeling like she’s wrong (ironically). She doesn’t like feeling like she’s being irrational, or that she’s not justified in what she’s doing.

☀️ How well does your OC take care of themself? Do they tend to put others before their own wellbeing and if so how often? What is their favourite way to pamper themself?

She does not. Naph is the kind of gal that would go weeks without showering, live off of corn chips and stale marshmallows she found under the couch, and develop a 12 coffee a day habit so she only has to sleep once a month. Naph does not take very good care of herself at all, and she takes care of others even less. She’s not necessarily inconsiderate, she just... as above, doesn’t do well with the whole teamwork thing and kind of figures that she can take care of herself, so everyone else can too. As far as pampering herself, she rarely goes above what’s “necessary” as far as self-care, but on the rare occasion that she did decide to treat herself, she’d get a lot of fancy soaps and oils and just... go to town on her fur and spend like a whole day grooming and scrubbing and getting the years of grime out of there until she’s as soft and fluffy as can be.

🌙 What are some of your OC’s favourites? Favourite food, colour, season, stuff like that! Give some general simple facts that tend to get overlooked!

Favourite food would be mushroom anything. Probably her favorite ever is something she had in Lion’s Arch one time, some sort of pasta dish with mushrooms and squid ink - it was salty and savory and rich... Her favourite colour would be brown (well, she’d say black but as far as actual COLOURS), and her favourite season would be fall. She likes the spoopy season, and enjoys cronching the leaves. More uncommon things, her favourite shape is octagon, her favorite simple machine is the screw, and her favorite animal is the carrion devourer.

🌺 What additions would your OC make to their body if they could? Lets say, if they don’t have a tail would they want one? Wings? Horns? Do they wish they could shapeshift?

She would absolutely go all out and give herself big ol’ bat wings and like 3 more sets of horns and huuuuge fangs and way bigger claws and a pointy tail and SPIKES and probably a third eye on her forehead... heck yeah.

Elda Throatchop:

💗 Ramble a bit about this character!

Ahhh, Elda. I included her mostly because I wanted to talk about her and also she’s sort of gotten sucked into a few open-ish things lately so she totally counts >.> She’s another NPC-turned-character from Lunar’s Drizzlewood plot, this time a generic helper NPC that was supposed to get killed off but Lunar actually did well enough that she survived, and helped them through the final fight. Aesthetically, she’s actually based off of the Pokemon Obstagoon, which is where her last name comes from as well. Sort of. I’ve honestly had the idea for a Blood engineer in the back of my mind for years now and Elda is absolutely not that! She’s not at all what I would have made had I set out originally to make a Blood engineer, but I love her anyways and I’m really enjoying her.

💥 Are there any emotions your OC doesn’t know how to deal with, doesn’t understand or hates having to feel? Any reason behind this?

Elda hates feeling loneliness. She doesn’t mind being alone, and she can handle that just fine - she likes her private time to tinker or work on projects or test the latest whatever, and she probably does better on her own anyways, but she... needs to know that there’s people there for her if she wants/needs. She doesn’t like being isolated. As far as stuff that she doesn’t know how to deal with, probably regret? She’s so far operated on a kind of “live hard die young” sort of deal (and she almost did, dohohoho) and so when missed opportunities or regrets jump out at her, she’s not really sure what to do about it. It never spurs her to action so she’s kind of just left there staring at it like “so... what now?” and it kind of shuts down her whole mojo for a long time.

☀️ How well does your OC take care of themself? Do they tend to put others before their own wellbeing and if so how often? What is their favourite way to pamper themself?

Elda takes decent enough care of herself. Not exemplary (she’s not out here practicing yoga or getting enough fiber) but well enough! She eats regularly and gets enough sleep and bathes often, so she’s doing pretty good! Although she doesn’t regularly put anyone above herself, she would do it for certain people, like her friends or family. She values them and their role in her life enough that she’s willing to self-sacrifice to make them happy and keep them around. When she does want to treat herself, she tends to splurge a little on some shiny new tool or toy, often with the excuse that it’s for work and it’ll help her be more productive, but she knows that it’s just because it’s bigger and shinier and has an extra spanner or something.

🌙 What are some of your OC’s favourites? Favourite food, colour, season, stuff like that! Give some general simple facts that tend to get overlooked!

Her favourite food would probably be things that are kind of finicky and interactive, so poultry wings, or artichoke, or shellfish. She’s not really picky about flavours, though of course she likes things meaty. Her favourite colour is obviously red, though she’ll admit to a fondness for pink as well. She never understood why humans attach so much meaning to it - pink’s cool. Her favourite season is definitely summer - she likes the clear skies, the bright weather... More random stuff! Her favourite Bop-It command is Twist It, her favourite style of soda pop (if such a thing exists in Tyria, I dunno) is Dr. Pepper, her favourite sport is wrestling, and her favorite piece of clothing is her belt buckle, which is made from the melted down remains of her first gun.

🌺 What additions would your OC make to their body if they could? Lets say, if they don’t have a tail would they want one? Wings? Horns? Do they wish they could shapeshift?

Elda’s pretty happy with how she is, but given her choices, she’d like to be quite a bit taller and a bit bulkier. She wishes her teeth were a bit pointier, and she always wished she could grow a longer mane - she wants to have a big spiky mohawk too. As nice as wings or shapeshifting would be, it seems like having too many things would just get in the way.

[naphiatra]

Just out of curiosity,

[naphiatra]

wow i finally did it

[naphiatra]

the next April fools gag should rebrand the site to 'Dig Descending'

dragons become moles, and the deities are badly recoloured photos of burrowing critters

or the deities just become arlos

[naphiatra]

Oh nice we're trending

[naphiatra]

Omg I forgot it's flameforgers today

Who will they set on fire?

[naphiatra]

New headcanon

Skins and accents are just full body suits dragons put on like those sun protector sleeves

[naphiatra]

it would be cool if these puzzles came back. wasn't around for when mysterious paper scraps released, but it would be fun having a flgiht rising arg

[naphiatra]

...more space...

[naphiatra]

pov: you suck at space management and the only free slot left is locked behind boss familiars

plz fr release more den slot tasks ;-;

[naphiatra]

Concept: Ridgeback with no ridges, so they tape knives to their back

[naphiatra]

me trying to decide which of my 600+ pngs deserve art