#or straight up orientalism

[15-lizards]

I know you’re mostly vibing with Dune right now, and I’m here for that, BUT I’ve been really into traditional Circassian fashion lately, and it made me think of you because I instantly wanted to know where you would place it in ASOIAF. I was thinking it should be nearer to Dorne than the North and nearer to Essos than the West because of the cultural ties to the Turkish style of Northern Donishfolx and the Mongolian horse lords of the Dothraki but I’m not sure where that really belongs then. I love the women’s dresses and the sort of militarized style, it’s very unlike GoT show-style but feels very in keeping with the idea that these tiny houses make war on each other like a spring activity rather than the way we think of total war in the modern era and fashion has slid in to be like “okay but let’s make it pretty”. Does any of that track at all?

Eurasian/west Asian fashion is criminally underutilized in fantasy settings but ☝️I have always been a firm believer in it

I’ve always seen it as belong in the north of Dorne. Where it’s not as hot as the southern reaches, so heavier fabrics and more layers are commonly seen, but still hotter than the stormlands and the reach, meaning that clothing is looser and offers more freedom of movement and airflow. Headwraps and veils being more frequently used for sun/wind protection than just fashion or modesty. Also finely wrought and intricate golden jewelry I tend to associate with Dorne. The style itself also feels like a organic blend of the traditional clothing of both Western European and the Near East, which contributes to my headcanon of this type of fashion being common on the border and in the marches. So in short this is what I think the Daynes wear 🔮💫

[nonbinarywannabepreggo]

Today, when my fiancé was giving my morning load against the cervix, he once again pleaded me not to only stop taking T, but to remove the IUD as well, knowing damn well the consequences. I agreed. We agreed to see some maternities I can go to and look for some human milk banks, as even if I still can breastfeed, it won't be enough. We talked about getting a reeeeally low cost wedding, and he said he wanted to announce my pregnancy at our wedding, on next may. So we might as well should start preparing. In 1 week, I'll be due to my T shot. I'm considering skipping it, and get some exams done to assure I will birth a healthy baby. I'll do in 2 weeks a revisional consultation with the gynecologist to check on the IUD, and I might ask to book its removal. This is stupid and irresponsible, but the thought of intentional pregnancy risk sex? He told me he sometimes sees a girl in me, but sometimes not and I feel so seen. I've tried to take my womanhood out of the scene for so long, it feels nice to embrace it with someone I feel safe. I still don't plan on changing anything about my regular life (like name, pronouns and overall aesthetics), besides embracing a little more my female anatomy and my feminine traits. I have long understood that there is no other way to accurately define me other than "nonbinary", but I can take it easy on the "macho" act. Dysphoria still strucks, but my fiancé is dealing fine with it, and it will be even better when he's whispering my deadname in my ear while he puts a baby in me he intends to give the same name "like their mommy". People will call our daughter without even knowing how feminine I feel when I remember I gave birth to a girl with the same name as me. I'll be off of T for now, and depending on how I feel about it, maybe forever.

[onesidedradiostatic]

If velvette is aroace and Val is demiromantic does this make vox the token allo

reference to this ask? I think it is? but um

I think you missed out part of my answer anon

I like the idea of alloro demisexual vox, mostly cause val and alastor are both people vox has known for AGES (longer than you or I have been alive) and well he made sexual comments in relation to alastor in episode 8 and makes out with and sleeps with val but was literally the only vee completely uninterested in lucifer's "NOW I am going to FUCK you" to adam (in the case of aroace velvette idk maybe velvette is aegosexual, I don't usually hold onto it though cause I don't have a solid velvette sexuality hc)

incredibly funny to me he just lost all interest after alastor fled, was screaming about how hard he was and how watching alastor get the shit beaten out of him was better than sex but the prospect of lucifer and adam going at it in bed? uninterested.

alloromantic is just cause the idea of vox love at first sight-ing alastor is funny to me (but I'm fine with that not being the case) and it's like the inverse of demiro allosexual val. I mean I'd just as easily buy him being double demi but idk, vox being alloromantic is just funny to me especially in the context of having interest in arospec people (alastor (canon) and val (hc))

[creaturefeaster]

Wire... what's Elliot's sexuality..?

that man is GAY!!

[bacchuschucklefuck]

How would Riz give bardic inspiration in your class swap au

motivational speech

[purplesoup-lad-le]

Here we have Quan Song, from the Keeper Sexyman bracket of 2024! I'm pretty sure he was meant to face the left when i was making him, but oh well.

[thedemonsurfer]

-lays down-

I KNOW the thing is like. Ace people can fuck, aro people can date-- but also that's apparently not supposed to be applied to characters because it's an excuse--

But like, here's the thing. Look me in the eyes here.

Then fucking write them outside of traditional shipping.

Stop telling people what they can and can't write and write it YOURSELF

You can come up with a million "but what if" statements, and at the end of the day this is still a "You can't ship [x] because [y]" comment being made.

So get good! Write the stories you want to see!

[alienglowgarden]

My personal exo Sexuality headcanons:

Theyre all poly queers who grew up in an equally queer hippie anarchist space colony and making certain characters straight when theyre not in-game because they give off "that vibe" is just bias.

I do wish there was some option where u basically just shack up with all of them and continue the hippie commune spirit. give these bitches a blockhouse of their own and let them have messy poly queerplatonicwhatever relationships that rotate with the seasons <3 (imagine.... the polycule from hell but It Works. Mostly)

[pennamepersona]

the thing that finally let me understand wyll was seeing a couple posts about how he's like. unfazed in the beginning. this is normal to him

very "the day you were taken by the nautiloid was the worst day of your life. for the blade of frontiers, it was tuesday"

[bodyhorrors]

good news!! they’re inviting me back to orientation!! :D I think I got it besties!

[jackass-jones]

I’m very curious about something because I see lots of mixed opinions about this soooo

[subaru-meteorlight]

the very incredible experience of scrolling phaidei thirst trap fanart and thinking “if anybody saw this on my phone im gonna get outed as gay” before realising that im perceived as a girl so. ??

[inu-sunset]

inuyasha is like that knuckles comic where when kagome clocks his faggergie egg aura and asks him what his pronouns are he’s like stop cursing at me

[polyhydramnios]

also i dink a bunch of ppl on here have beef with me because im always saying something about how like so & so popular belief system on here is a weird leaderless self propagating cult (like communism or the t4t separatist stuff) But, get this - I'm pretty sure im actually right this time

[ultimatecryptid]

wip: emery ostagar fic

The warden woman is doubled over her own sword dry heaving, the mage behind her is shaking so much their stupid feather cap looks ready to fly off, Alistair is frozen, and Emery can feel a dozen more darkspawn staked out behind the stupid door. The fire from the barricades on the first floor might not be following them up the stairs, but the crackle of it is echoing and she can't think past it. 

She forces her breath out through her nose. 

"I'm taking her shield," she says. It's not like the woman is using it. "I open the door. Pop in. They chase me out. You," she points at the mage, "Fire. Freeze, maybe. Alistair and I keep them pinned in the doorway until you can go again. Freeze first, actually, to block the door more. When they push through, we swing."

That seems to drag Alistair back. "Cath."

What? Emery blinks, she can feel her face twitching. Alistair isn't even meeting her eyes. "Their name's Cath." Ah. Forget the twitch, Em reels herself back with yet another breath. It tastes like the blood.

"Cath sparks. You and me keep the darkspawn back. Ready?"

[adashofniallandasprinkleoflunacy]