#performer azura

[alterigo06]

Consider casting your last CYL vote for Azura?

[moriche]

WIP WEDNESDAY

It is wednesday my guys, gals and non-binary pals! First of all, a happy new year to everyone! I actually got a bit of writing done this week - hopefully I'll be able to treat everyone to a new chapter of Fear soon enough! I haven't really edited much yet, but I think I got the core of the transition scene finally done. Tagged by @sulphuricgrin @umbracirrus @skyrim-forever @hircines-hunter

And because I love seeing what everyone is up to and I like tagging folks: @thequeenofthewinter @truth-01001001-liar @pocket-vvardvark @illumiera @dei2dei @tafferling @unknownhomosapien @kat-tail @nyarevar @changelingsandothernonsense @bougainvillea-and-saltwater @oblivions-dawn @nuwanders @scorchedcandy @saltymaplesyrup @dirty-bosmer @ladytanithia @thenotebookwizard @tonakuma

If you want to get on or off Ms. Moriche's Wild Ride, please tag me or DM me and I'll make a note and add or remove you!

And also tagged are YOU! YES! YOU!

Ever since they’d left Balmora, every exchange between Veryn and Caius had been brief, each conversation carefully crafted to be as unoffensive as possible - and after five days of hiding behind a shield of measured politeness, Veryn could not stand it any longer. Caius’ quiet gaze lingered on his shoulders every night, as the spymaster silently studied the rites Veryn performed, challenging him, inviting him to speak up. “I threw my lot in with Azura,” Veryn said, wondering if this would bring him and Caius back at each others throat. “She’s supposed to care about Nerevar. After all, she cursed us Dunmer for his death. If I have to deal with her sooner or later, it might as well be sooner if she can save me from the madness of the Sixth House.” Did she curse the Three because they betrayed Nerevar? Or because they broke their oath to her? Caius nodded, too slow and too thoughtful and too unreadable. “I presume the Urshilaku Wise Woman taught you, then. Has it done you any good, so far?” How should he take Caius’ words? Were they meant as a genuine question? Were they a backhanded insult — an interpretation fueled by Veryn’s paranoia and distrust? He looked like hell and felt like it too, worn out by travel and worry, always on the move, never quite able to catch his breath. “Dagoth Ur hasn’t visited me since I started praying to Her.” Veryn traced the edge of the flat block of slate he’d used as a makeshift altar. “But apparently, sleeping better means that my body gets to catch up on my exhaustion of the past near decade. Besides, we’ll be at Mamaea tomorrow, and the nearer we get there, the worse I sleep. There’s something wrong about that place. That bone cavern I saw - the entire cave system reminds me of a long-dead corpse.” “It might be one.” Sharn had been watching them from near the campfire, her face cast aglow by the flickering flames. “It’s what people say about Necrom, the City of the Dead over on the Mainland. Mamaea might be another remnant of Vivec’s monstrous children, lost in the ash for millennia.”

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

What is Azura's official color scheme?

The strangest thing is that I don't think I ever drew Cottons' staff form outside of the test sketch when trying his design. Whenever Azura isn't able to summon one of her Bard instruments, Cottons can use his magic to make himself into a makeshift harp/lyre for Azura. Her hair is a bit like both of her mom's brown, her skin is a bit lighter than Luz's. Her red shirt is from her Bard mentor's Raine (she was looking for an outfit to perform her first show in and saw it in her Great Grandma Eda's closet and loved it). The grey pants r from a shopping trip she and Amity did in the human realm, and the shoes r from Amity's old collection when she was Azura's age. The fingerless gloves r because Eva convinced her that it looks cool and will help with Bard magic (it doesn't). Finally she has galaxy print leggings.

[erika-xero]

REPOSTOBER, DAY 27: Moon and Star

A collection of drawings with my Nerevarine, Raelin. TW! this post has some TES-headcanons which might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but please, don’t judge a woman by her headcanons

After her mother died, Raelin became a street performer in the Imperial City. She was a young girl when she got captured by the imperial guards and thrown into the dungeon alongside with another dunmer, for a thing she didn't do. A day after she found herself on a ship sailing to Morrowind, even though she was born and raised in Cyrodiill and has never been to Vvardenfell.

She arrived to Seyda Neen and then the Morrowind storyline begins.

During the Morrowind storyline, she got infected by corprus. She was barely herself by the time she reached Tel Fyr. Divayth Fyr saved her life, and she got so fascinated with him, that it became an obsession. The girl was madly in love and at the same time she was repulsed by the fact that he cloned himself four times and married the clones, so she never approached him. Not only he had four clones of himself, he also managed to clone Raelin while she was recovering from corprus, using her cells. He kept that fact a secret, knowing that she would never forgive him.

Raelin receiving the Moon and Star from Azura in the Cavern of the Incarnate:

Raelin by the Red Mountain:

Raelin in Balmora:

During the Morrowind storyline, Raelin became a part of house Telvanni, though she still preferred using staff as a pole weapon and the theory of magic fascinated her a lot more than the spells she could use in battle. She planned going on an expedition to Akavir, but the Oblivion Crisis prolonged her stay in Morrowind for a few years. She finally managed to leave during the Red Year. Her ship was sailing in the sea when the catastrophe happened. She knew what happened from a vision she got: she helplessly watched the destruction of Vivec, Ald'ruhn and Balmora crumble into dust. Her ship got into a terrible storm and wrecked apart: none of the crewmembers and the expeditioners survived, but her. Corprus changed her body forever: she became a lot stronger, more agile than regular dunmer, immune to any decease, being able to recover a lot faster and survive such damage that would kill a regular person. She survived on an Island and it took her forever to get to Akavir, but eventually, she did. She lived in a tiny shack in the middle of nowhere, the years flew by. In horror, she realised that she never aged. Her body remained young, the terrible injuries she got during the shipwreck didn't leave a single scar on her body. She most likely coundn't have children anymore. She was scared and devastated, she lost everything she loved, she lost her land, her people, and she also felt like she've lost herself.

She still has visions. She dreamed of the past and of the nearest future, and the Tang Mo, who, at first, were disturbed by her presence on their land, started to see her as a shaman, a wise woman, even though she was significantly different from them. She eventually made friends among them. One night, she had a vision: a daedra appearing out of nowhere somewhere at the bog, in a form of a man. She went out to search from him and found him and saw that he is no daedra, but a white haired mer, covered in blood and mud. Here's a bunch of post-Morrowind concepts:

Champion of Cyrodiil/Hero of Kwatch post: here

And some Nerevarine/Champion stuff under cut:

[sunshinies]

⋆✩ Furina inspired names/pronouns/titles ! 𖦹⋆

art is official!

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🤍 names: adora , anabelle , anais , arabella , aveline , azura , bellamy , bianca , calliope , celeste , colette , coralie , cordelia , delphine , dove , elara , elodie , eulalia , euphemia , evangeline , felicity , florence , harmony , joan , lavinia , margot , marianne , marisol , mimi , narissa , oceania , octavia , opal , pearl , philomena , raina , serenella , serenity , seychelle , sirena , sylvie , whitney

💧 pronouns: drip/drip/dripself , adore/adores/adoreself , act/act/actself , show/shows/showself , mis/mis'/mischiefself , hydro/hydro/hydroself , sing/sings/singself , che/chers/cherishself , judge/judges/judgeself , per/pers/performself , joy/joys/joyself , sea/seas/seaself , god/gods/godself , aqua/aquas/aquaself ,💧/💧s/💧self

any other variation pronouns of these may be used , of course !

🌧 titles: she who shapes justice like flowing water , her divine demeanor , the mortal in the goddess' seat , her never-ending act , the divine performer , her aqueous authority , the goddess of the show , she of the sea , the lady of the court , the arbiter of beautiful justice

prns and gendered terms may be replaced.

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[harlowtales]

It’s brat summer but Y/N is on punishment 😈💅🏽

18 PLUS ONLY 🚨

“No. He’s not coming to my sleepover.” You said to Jack in protest.

“Y/N I need you to be ok at all times and you be tryna dodge security all the time so I gotta keep an eye on you baby cuz I’m in a whole different time zone right now.” Jack said firmly. He was in Saudi Arabia for a big performance and leaving you alone made him terribly nervous. It was an irrational fear but you were known to get into some situations when you managed to get away from surveillance.

“Uughh!!! Ok fine Duane can come.” You said rolling your eyes at Jack on FaceTime. It was pointless to argue.

“That’s my girl. I love you and I gotta go.” He said and with that he was gone. Sometimes he was gone so long on the road or recording it felt like he was a genie in the phone.

Tonight was going to be something fun instead of being bored because Jack was gone. You were invited to a sleepover at Urban’s girlfriend Azura’s house. You had everything ready to go. Fuzzy slippers, silk matching pj’s, rollers, and mani/pedi kit.

You didn’t even look at Duane in the car ride over and were quietly, resentfully looking out the window.

“Y/N I know you don’t want me there.” Duane who was Jack’s security said as he looked ahead and focused on the road. Duane was a large man with tattoos who wore sunglasses at all times and never smiled, but that was for optics so nobody messed with his clients. Deep down he was a big softie that let you get away with too much for Jack’s liking.

“I just don’t think I need security at my friend’s house.” You said sulking.

“You know how your man is. You’re still paying for that time you dodged me and wound up drunk on the beach in Turks and Caicos and nobody knew where you were.” Duane reminded you.

“OMG that was last week, he’s so ridiculous” You sighed but nonetheless this was your fate. You were being babysat by your boyfriend’s bodyguard.

“Giirrllll!!!” Your friend’s squealed when they opened the door and saw you. That’s until they saw Duane. “Whys he here?” They said almost in unison.

“Because Jack is still all bent over last week and now I’m on punishment.” You explained glumly.

“Your man is a whole stern father I don’t know how you deal with him. Urban is so chill.” Azura said feeling sorry for you.

“That’s because Urban is always high.” One of the girls giggled.

All 6 of them fawned over how fabulous you looked with your hair up in a high ponytail, fitted tank top and cut off jean shorts. You had been working out with Jack and eating healthy and it was paying off. It was hard for Duane not to notice but he kept everything professional at all times. He was thrilled to be on assignment with such gorgeous women but he maintained a stone face and kept his shades on.

“He’s like those guards at Buckingham Palace.” Your friend Christie whispered to you

“Oh he’s a softie that’s just his resting bitch face.” You said off handedly not really wanting to acknowledge Duane was there.

As the night got started the wine and snacks came out and you whipped out the mani/pedi kit.

“You always come prepared girl.” Azura said “I’m first!”

“Naw let Duane go first.” Your friend Jessica said mischievously “If you on punishment lets have fun.” She whispered to you. Your one eyebrow went up in devilish agreement.

“Oh Duane would you like a mani/pedi?” You ask cheerfully sitting on his lap.

“Y/N what are you doing? I’m working.” Duane explained trying to get you off of him as he felt his pants tightening up. As you sat up your friend Suzette took over and really poured it on thick. Suzette was very curvy and had a big sleep T on with boy underwear. She sat on Duane and took his sunglasses off.

“Let’s take these off so we can see your handsome face.” She said sweetly batting her eyelashes at him.

“Ok I see what y’all are doing and it’s not going to work.” Duane weakly protested as another girl came behind him and started massaging his shoulders.

“Oh my such big shoulders with so much tension.” She said softly as she kneaded out some knots.

“My job is stressful.” He said relenting to how good it felt. You looked over at 2 other girls and they started giving him a manicure one at each hand while you placed his tired feet in a bowl of steaming water for his pedicure. “Oh my god” is all he could say with all the special treatment. The girl on his lap started feeding him grapes when suddenly his phone rang but he couldn’t reach it. One of the girls reached in his pocket and answered it. It was Jack on FaceTime checking up on you.

“What the fuck is going on?” Jack said as he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“Hi bubby we’re treating Duane” You waved as you were clipping his toenails.

“Yeah he’s very stressed. Poor Duaney Wayney.” Your friend said to Jack as she massaged his arm.

“Sorry boss they got me in a situation” Duane said as now a towel was being wrapped around his head and a clay masque applied to his face.

“Give me Y/N.” Jack said to her friend seething

You stopped what you were doing to take the phone with all the giggles in the background and girls remarking on how stressed Duane was as he was telling them things he had to go through guarding celebrities.

“You think you’re slick Y/N” Jack chided disapprovingly

“I don’t know what you mean. You hear the man you have him working too hard.” You said with a straight face as you were delighted you were getting under Jack’s skin. “By the way you look so hot baby. I wish I was there to…”

“Stop it aint gone work. This is nasty work Y/N. When I get home imma..” Jack tried to threaten

“You’ll what? Spank me?” You said bending over and biting your lip

Jack looked mesmerized for a second but snapped out of it “Imma get you back for this some way somehow for turning my security guard into a marshmallow.”

“Ahhh sorry baby from the looks of things Duane belongs to us now right girls??!!” You said showing Jack the whole scene unfolding and the most content look he had ever seen on Duane’s face. All the girls laughed as they caressed Duane. His head was now in your friend’s lap as he was getting a facial, laid out on the couch with cucumber slices over his eyes.

Jack called Urban and Sunni over to see what their girls were up to. “Azura stop rubbing Duane’s feet now!!” Urban yelled in despair as he couldn’t do anything about it.

“Baby??! Please stop.” Is all Sunni could say as he saw his girlfriend with her boy shorts and tank top on take over and give Duane a head massage

“This is pure evil guys.” Jack said to them as they looked on helplessly “Y/N this ain’t over.” He called out to you from Saudi Arabia

“Sorry Jack I can’t hear you too good bye hunny bunny.” You blew him a kiss and cut off the call

Jack knew that trick. He taught it to you. “They just declared war fellas.” He said to his friends as he had to admit defeat. “Y/N got it coming when I get back. Her security is gonna be so tight she’s going to have surveillance in the washroom.”

“Something tells me Duane won’t have a problem with that.” Phil chimed in

They all turned and looked at him and said “Shut the fuck up Phil!”

@itsyagirljaz @jackharlow502

[coraniaid]

🔥 Cassie Newton? Never hear much about her wondering your thoughts

I like Cassie a lot. (I hope that's not an unpopular take.)

I think I've written a bit on here before about how much I like Help. I'm not sure it's objectively quite the best Season 7 episode, but it's exactly the direction I think Season 7 should have committed more seriously to going in. We get all these fun nods and references back to previous episodes from the high school seasons -- Beauty and the Beasts and Reptile Boy and Prophecy Girl being the obvious ones -- only this time from a more adult perspective, with Buffy in the role that Giles or Joyce or Season 3's school counsellor Mr Platt or Season 1's supportive teacher Dr Gregory would have had. It would have been great to see more of the kids Buffy's trying to mentor down the line (I know we do see Amanda again), or to bring back Kit and Carlos from Lessons, but even in isolation Help stands up.

Cassie herself is very, very strongly coded as a proto-Buffy, from the way Buffy describes her as "special"to the circumstances of her parents divorce. The way she talks to Buffy on first meeting her echoes the way Buffy talked to Joyce about her own (lack of) future when she was trying to get out of facing the Master. The way she turns down her friend Mike's invitation to the Winter Formal mirrors the way Buffy turns down Xander when he asked her to go the Spring Fling. Her second speech to Buffy and Xander outside her dad's house ("You think I want this? You think I don't care?") calls to mind Becoming and Buffy being outed as a Slayer to her mom ("Do you think I chose to be like this?"). And of course there's the fact that when Buffy goes to Spike for help saving "a girl" who's in danger, Spike assumes she's talking about herself, and she has to correct him and explain that "It's not me, it's a different girl".

So, yeah, I like Cassie. I'm primed to like her, of course, but I think she's written well for a one-shot (sort of?) character and I think Azura Skye gives a good performance in the role. I'm not surprised that the writers had her come back when they needed somebody to play the role of The First Evil in Conversations With Dead People.

That being said, my hot take -- or at least a somewhat warmer than room temperature take, anyway -- is that Cassie is kind of misused in that second episode. I get that she is there because the writers couldn't get Amber Benson to come back and play Tara, but ... well. I actually went back to watch Help the other day, and it's noticeable that -- although she helps out a little with research -- Willow never even sees Cassie in person. She's the only one of the group who doesn't ("it's kind of weird because we never really met", as the episode has Cassie herself put it). So her appearing on behalf of Tara seems a little off in ways that I don't quite buy, even ignoring that she isn't really doing that.

There isn't any good in-universe reason given for the First not to be able to take Tara's form, or at least use the form of somebody dead Willow actually knew, so -- given that Amber Benson wasn't coming back -- I think probably they should have just dropped Willow's meeting the First on screen altogether. Have Halfrek appear to Anya instead, or have Jesse (or Larry!) come back to talk to Xander. Or, if you do decide you need the Willow scenes for the information it gives the audience about the First, pick ... well, Season 4's Veruca, maybe? Harmony? Somebody Willow had an actual connection with while they were alive. (I know none of those options are great either, if you want the First to try to pretend to be friendly at first, but you don't need to do that. ) Jenny Calendar would have worked, of course, but obviously that was even less likely to happen than Tara coming back.

No, Cassie should have appeared to Dawn instead. Cassie was Dawn's friend, after all, and Dawn was affected by her death more than anybody else we see. Cassie (as the First) could have been the one to tell Dawn that Buffy wouldn't "choose her", if that's the angle you really want to go with. (I know I am a big Joyce Summers defender, but I don't think Kristine Sutherland needed to be in this episode; and I think the fake-out that this might not be the First at all but instead be the 'real' Joyce somehow is needlessly confusing and doesn't add much to the show).

It's only barely tangentially related to your ask, but perhaps my real hot take here is that, while I do think Conversations... is a very good episode, I think it's good almost entirely because of the Buffy and Holden Webster scenes. Not only the Willow and Cassie parts but also the Dawn and Joyce scenes aren't really at the same level, in my view. Dawn and Cassie would have worked better.

[catboymoments]

(Can they cook? TOH nextgen + some ye OCs)

Azura: Yes, she's great at breakfasts and soups! Not the cleanest sometimes tho, she can be a little messy

Mittens: Only good really at baking, not the fondest of using stoves

Hyacinth: He makes a mean sandwich but cannot really cook due to mobility issues and his prosthetics can get in the way

Juno: Can follow a recipe somewhat but definitely would prefer if she was either helping someone else

Calcifer: Nope! But that doesn't stop them from trying their best! Makes good cookies though

Bronwyn: Yes, knows quite a lot from her parents, makes many demon realm specials and a few human dishes too

Bramble: YES!!! Due to working for Vee and Masha Bramble learned to cook on the side

Briar: Somewhat, as she learned some things from her brother and really enjoys it

Bella: Knows a lot of recipes but has a 50/50 shot of pulling it off

Alek: The kind to say they can then order takeout

Mitzi: Master of barbeque, grilling, and seafood

Isabelle: Yes they can but prefer to make pastries and cute desserts like ice cream or strudels

Anubis: Makes instant ramen then adds soy sauce to call it gourmet

Palatino: Knows how to cook but prefers to avoid it if he can, not the most confident in their skills

Jewelia: Another wiz in the kitchen and can cook very well

(Some other things I thought of)

Azura and Isabelle really like to cook for each other making pastries and sharing

Jewelia and Bramble became well acquainted after finding out they other could cook

When Briar and Bramble truly made up one of the first things Brirar did was make Bramble the first dish he taught her. He cried promptly after and they ate it together

Hyacinth and Alek are banned from the school kitchen after trying to merge abomination magic with cooking

(Welp this was kinda long but eh I was bored and had a google doc be safe fran!)

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND I LOVE IT although my oneeee correction is that briar loves baking and is good at it but doesn’t do it often because she thinks she has to perform in other aspects of her life more to impress her moms BUT OTHERWISE THIS IS PERFECT AND CANON NOW 💕💕💕

[magical-menagerie-zine]

♦️SPOTLIGHTS

Our next talent is terrific, and it's certainly no trick! Please welcome another one of our writers, Azura Marigold! Take a seat, everyone, because with picturesque prose like hers, this is a performance to remember!

↳ @jlandersen01 .ᐟ

[nowis-scales]

Regarding the Fates ask game...

9, 18, 26, 39

You can find the link for this ask game here!

Thank you for taking the time to send an ask, and sorry for any delay in my answering! I really was like “let me just wait out these bots”, only to stumble back into things right before a very busy academic period… siiiiiiigh. Why am I like this? Lol

9. “What’s your opinion on Azura?”

I would say that I like Azura! When I started playing the game I think I was more attached to her than I am now, but I think we can all agree that she’s kind of put in a weird position in the game. I wouldn’t say I necessarily like her less than I used to because her position is weird, but more so just because other characters surpassed her. Really, she’s interesting, she’s just very underutilized. I think she might’ve stuck in my brain more if she had a better place in the narrative.

Make no mistake, though, I do quite like her! Female characters that seem kind of stoic and cold at first are my bread and butter, so I knew early on that she was going to be a character I liked. Though she’s often there to exposition dump, I love the way our understanding of her as a character sort of unfolds over the course of the three stories. Learning that she truly is a princess of three kingdoms and has pretty much been tossed from every home that’s ever shown her an ounce of love is heart-wrenching, but it also makes it clear why she doesn’t let herself be vulnerable and tends to hold herself back from connecting with others. She’s a child of all three worlds amongst this grand conflict, and holding her tongue is the only thing she can do without risking death. She’s been thrust out of her home and into two places where she’s hated, to the point where just having the solace of a family’s affection in one is just enough to survive — and still she describes the time like she’s on a sinking ship, like she’s the only one who knows the party won’t be going on forever. It makes her such an interesting character to analyze because this is her core on top of all of the bullying she faces, so it’s no wonder she’s so withdrawn.

That being said, even if she is hiding herself away from her world in some way, you can see that there is still some fight in her. She has love for it nonetheless. She loves ghost stories and playing with her little sisters, she loves her nana and fluffy animals, and she’s so forgiving of the people in her life even when they’ve failed her. She can be blunt and she doesn’t like to talk about herself, but she’s very ride or die. Honestly, I genuinely really do like Azura, and in the Fates remake of my dreams, we’d really get to look into her more as a character. I think there’s just so much meat there, and I’d love to delve into her and her relationship to Valla, and how it affects her perception of the world and her personality. Maybe I’ll have to write a fic about her someday!

In conclusion: Azura good.

18. “Favourite VA performance?”

Alright, part two of these! Who are some more that I like? Well, let’s see…

Other performances I really enjoyed were Matt Mercer as… well, it’s hard not to enjoy a Matt Mercer performance, he’s another one of those actors that kind of just always brings his all to something. You can tell he genuinely really enjoys what he does! I think of the three he does, Ryoma is my favourite (and yes there is some bias because I like the character), especially because in Warriors, Ryoma’s voice gets even deeper and richer to help differentiate between him and Chrom and it just sounds really well-suited. Also because that little “errrr… hang out?” line sneaks up on me when I’m supposed to be making a neutral face lol.

Otherwise, I also loved Marisha Ray as Oboro! I think she is very underrated as a voice actress in general, to be honest, and I would love to see her in more projects. Her performance as Oboro is just so playful and silly, but it strikes the right tone of seriousness as well when it needs to. I feel like she perfectly captures Oboro’s youth but also her ferocity, and just makes her a genuinely fun character to invest in. I remember when I first started playing Fates I thought it was a shame we didn’t get to hear her talk more, just because of how satisfying I found it to listen to Marisha Ray’s performance.

Max Mittelman as Leo and Antony Del Rio as Silas are two more favourites from me, as they are another set of hard hitters who just come in there and know what they’re doing and commit to the roles. They both brought a lot of life to the characters they voiced, and made for a pleasing to the ear performance. I wish I could say more, but I can’t figure out how to express it beyond they play their roles really well and just have a great sound!

Last but not least I do want to give a shout out to Brianna Knickerbocker, who seems to have just always been having fun with her roles. She captures Sakura’s shyness and Charlotte’s strength so beautifully, and makes each girl feel unique and entertaining. Again, like Max Mittelman and Antony Del Rio, the words are failing me, but her performances? Those did not! Those were very very good!

26. “Your favourite cool details?”

There’s loads of just tiny things like how all the Hoshidan royal siblings have birthdays in the spring/summer except Takumi, who is born in December, showing just another way that he’s the odd one out. Or how some related characters actually make similar expressions, highlighting their familial relationship to one another. There’s also how it’s relatively easy to get money in the games when you’re playing as Hoshido, but you’re on a tighter budget when you’re playing as Nohr. A lot of the Hoshidan men’s emotional issues can actually be tied to the country’s problem with sexism as well, not just the women’s. Elise’s hair is actually deliberately streaked with purple dye, referencing her desire to be like Camilla.

I often see people referring to Fates as “a cash grab” by only referencing the fact that they disliked it — not even the split-in-three model, just the game’s existence — and when I look at all this stuff and all of the other things that we see in these games… I can’t help but roll my eyes. Detail like this doesn’t really show up in cash grabs.

39. “Do you have any headcanons about Fates?”

If the question is Fates headcanons, the answer is yes, always. I’ll probably just chuck a small chunk of them in a list here, as you are definitely not the only person who has asked me about this one lol. I didn’t realize how beloved my headcanons were until I slowed down on sharing them!

▸ Elise mentions that all Nohrian noblewomen are trained in an instrument, and that she herself is trained on the violin. Corrin, who can be of either gender (or transcend the typical gender binary if you’re not a coward) is also said to be a talented pianist. However, we’re never told what instrument Camilla plays, so it is my belief that she is a very talented flautist. It took a lot of time and discipline to learn how to play, but Garon (pre-goo) loved to listen to her play and would always encourage her.

▸ I know it doesn’t fully make sense, but I love to headcanon “Shiro” as a nickname for “Shinonome”. I mean, Hoshido is called the White Kingdom in Japanese, right? It could be a funny little joke. Anyway, I think it’s fun because Shiro is a sort of casual guy, and also I can’t help picturing an Alvin and the Chipmunks style cry of “SHINONOME!” from across camp any time Shiro messes up badly.

▸ It never came to fruition, but I had a set of headcanons at one point where I knew the Hoshido fam’s first words as babies. Ryoma’s was “dada”, Hinoka’s was “ball”, Sakura’s was “help” (as in “please help me with this, older sibling”), and Takumi was one of those kids who just didn’t talk for ages and then busted out a whole sentence. He probably did it once and then wouldn’t again for another week, so whoever witnessed it would just have no one believe them. He was that kind of kid.

▸ I also just remembered I knew Felicia’s: it was “uh-oh”. Kilma and his wife, Cerisa, used to say it whenever she fell and not make a big deal out of it so she wouldn’t cry. It… mostly worked, although that meant when Flora fell, they’d hear a tiny little “uh-oh!” from Felicia.

▸ Also, speaking of baby Flora and baby Felicia, there was a terrible point during their infancy where if Flora cried about anything, Felicia would start crying, and then there would be two crying babies. And it would be awful. This, however, was not the case with the other set of twins in the cast, Saizo and Kaze — if Kaze cried about something, Saizo had a habit of just looking at him with some serious judgement.

▸ I have names for several of the Fates moms that you would maybe only know if you were a regular reader of my fics, and I don’t necessarily expect anyone to be, so I’ll just share the names here. Camilla’s mom was called Hortensia, who I named prior to the announcement of Engage. Regrettably, the reason I chose this name was because I imagined she was very beautiful and had the attention of many men, so the other concubines habitually called her “Whore-tensia”… Leo’s mom was a woman called Maren, and Elise’s was called Odette. Azura’s father, often mistaken for Cadros, was called Milos. As I mentioned before, Flora and Felicia’s mom was called Cerisa, for her pink hair (cerise is French for cherry).

▸ Oh, and Jakob and Hana’s parents were Helena and Astor and Shinjiro and Tadame, respectively. I also had names for Gunter’s wife and son, called Laoise (pronounced Lee-sha) and Bernelle.

▸ Charlotte is really protective of Benny. He may seem like a strong, scary guy, but she knows he’s a gentle soul and she wouldn’t want anyone to take advantage of someone so kind and sweet like that. If you ever screw with Benny, you screw with Charlotte, and that’s not something you ever want to do. She’ll make you rue the day you even thought about hurting him. If you’re like me and you like Charlotte as the queen of Nohr, you may see Benny as one of her retainers someday, but I think a lot of people would find that hurting the queen herself would get you less punishment than hurting her beloved retainer.

▸ Azura probably has like, a huge emotional comedown period after the events of Revelation. Like, this is a woman who has lived her entire life in fear of this beast coming to destroy her and what few things she is still permitted to hold dear, so to finally be safe for the first time in her life and to have her kingdom back is too much to bear. There are probably a lot of big feelings surrounding all of this that take her a long time (and probably some professional counsel) to work through.

▸ I flat out just refuse to believe that Izana died in Revelation. After the events of the game, he totally just stood up and kept going, pleased with himself for having convinced Takumi to join Corrin despite his own feelings of hesitation. It made the next banquet that everyone was at together really awkward, because the leaders of two major nations were really convinced that the Duke of Izumo is dead, and now they look really bad in front of everyone else being surprised that he’s alive.

[morkovkauwu]

Lost in Morrowind

They said everything was fine, they said there was nothing to worry about. But they were lying. The master of the troupe was arrested first, he told Moonlight that everything was fine and he would be released soon. But it wasn't like that. The guards of the Imerian capital did not calm down, they continued to look for something in the belongings of his "family". But even without finding anything, everyone was put under arrest. The guards said it was because of the Moonlight, he was suspected of using moon sugar, but he didn't even eat it in Elsweyr! He had no sugar cravings, he was raised by old dunmer, the owner of the circus. His family were artists. He did not remember his parents, they left him when Moonlight was still a blind kitten. But now his family was destroyed, they were all arrested for nothing! And he was also sent to Morrowind! He remembered the father's stories about his homeland and wanted to see it, but not like that! They filled out the paperwork and gave him the task to find someone in Balmora, but he doesn't even know where to go. A kind bosmer in the village gave him a spear for his help in finding the lost ring, not too good, but at least something. Moonlight took off his favorite ribbon from his paw, his father said that it was on him when he was found, perhaps his last hope then to find his family again. He had been wandering the roads for too long that even night had fallen, a weak healing spell helped heal the abrasions from his fall from the cliff, but fear wouldn't heal. Moonlight looked at the sky where an almost full Masser was shone softly, let Azurah help him.

Yeah, it's time meet my little (he is literally a little) Nerevarine. Some information about him.

Name: Moonlight

Race: Khajiit (Dagi-raht)

Constellation: Lady

Class: Acrobat

Height: slightly shorter than the bosmer (maybe about 135 cm/4.4 ft)

Short information: he was born under the constellation lady, but on this day, the brightly burning star of Azura and the hidden moon were also noticed. For some unknown reason, after birth, he was abandoned by his parents and found by Dunmer, the owner of the circus, Moonlight calls him father. He grew up in a traveling circus and learned to perform, eventually became an acrobat (therefore very flexible, agile and not afraid of heights), also knows several weak spells (healing, light and even walking on water). Because of the false accusation of using moon sugar, the entire circus was arrested, maybe it was rigged to receive Moonlight and send him to Morrowind. Uses shaft weapons and light armor.

By the way, I can say in the art Moonlight has a spear for bosmer, that is a small one, spears for other races are even bigger for him, but he will use exactly large spears.

And just a little art with Nerevar and Moonlight.

Posts are published very rarely. I'm sorry. College takes all my strength away. I'm in my second year, trying not to get lost. But Morkovka will try her best and become a good pharmacist!

[changelingsandothernonsense]

I saw an OC ask and there's only one question I really want to answer, so I copied and pasted that instead.

Your OC must audition for a talent show judged by Sheogorath, Mehrunes Dagon, and Azura. What ridiculous act do they perform, and what are the judges’ reactions?

Josh would turn up on stage in a long, flowing robe that barely leaves anything to the imagination. He takes it off and places it on the back of the single chair sitting in the middle of the stage. He sits down buck naked in that chair, crosses his legs and smiles down at all three before muttering one thing.

"Have at me."

[aquicat]

Daedric Princes as Corny Pick-up Lines:

‘…Are you the Champion of Azura? Because you trapped my soul!’

‘…is that Boethiah calling you? Because I’m free tonight if you wanna (you know) perform a sacrifice?’

‘…you must be Clavicus Vile, because you’re master of my insidious wishes.’

‘…Hermaeus Mora? Ha! You read me like a book!’

‘…Hircine, huh? You know that I, *ahem*, have a fursuit?’

‘‘Gray Prince of Order?’ More like ‘gay prince of order’, bcs I’ll make you my bitch!’

‘…is your name Malacath? Because I wouldn’t mind being in your ashpits…’

‘…let’s destroy the world together, my Mehrunes Dagon!’

‘…ohhh! Mephala, ay? Tie. Me. Up.’

‘…you’re Meridia. You annoy me greatly, but you are the light of my life.’

‘…no offence, but if you worship Molag Bal… I- I don’t want you to call me again…’

‘…like Namira, you have rotted away the cage around my heart.’

‘…I want to embrace you under Nocturnal’s moonlight, because you snuck into my heart!’

‘…Peryite must have gotten to my, because I am lovesick.’

‘…I would give you a bouquet of roses, but I only have this one big staff…’

‘…Is it ol’ Sheo’ playing tricks on me, or are you insanely beautiful right now?’

‘…bite me! But don’t go too far - I know you’re into Namira.’

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

Mayor Molly McGee trying to make close up magic illegal.

Meanwhile in the Boiling Isles

Azura: Mama Eda, what are you doing?

Eda:*stuffing magic props into her bag* Taking a sabbatical to the Midwestern States to perform magic acts.

Azura: Why?

Eda: I have no idea. I just got this feeling it will piss off an authority figure, and that’s a good enough cause for me.

Eda must keep up her record of being the first person to break new nonsense laws in America. She’s up to 131

[pluralfuture]

Sequel to my last story. Still based on @thisbelongsto-nohbodys 's AU. I do not own Azura. Or The Owl House. Shorter this time, mostly some lore and excuse for Veesha. Also: Titi = NB term for aunt/uncle, mix of the spanish Tia (aunt) and Tio (uncle).

CW: Implied s*xy times at the end, blatant shipping of someone's OC's because I have no shame

Short: Research and Revelations

The bell above the door chimed as Azura Noceda walked into the curio shop owned by her Tia Vee and Titi Masha. From behind the desk, Masha smiled and gave Azura a small wave.

“Hey kiddo. How have things been recently?” Masha asked as Azura approached the desk. Azura gave a small shrug.

“Not bad. Been focusing on my bard studies recently.” The witchling responded.

“And here I thought you'd be chatting with your new girlfriend non-stop, like your moms before you.” Masha's comment caused Azura to blush and stammer a bit, which got a chuckle out of them.

“You shouldn't tease her, babe.” Came the voice of Vee as she slithered out from the back room of the shop before shifting into her human disguise. “Or maybe I should recount how much of a disaster you were when we actually started dating? Especially when you learned the truth.” Vee smirked playfully as Masha blushed and chuckled.

“I mean, can you blame me? My adorkable girlfriend turned out to be an adorkable shape shifting snake woman. How could I not have been even more madly in love than I already was?” Masha gently pecked Vee on the cheek. Vee gave a bashful chuckle and turned to Azura.

“So, what brings you here today?” Vee asked her niece. Azura produced a few drawings from her pockets and placed them on the counter. Masha and Vee leaned forward, looking at them.

“These are carvings from the “tomb” Lily and I explored the other day. And that one at the end is my best recollection of what the armour that attacked us looked like.” Azura said, pointing to the drawings as she explained them. “I tried researching this on my own, but even the back areas of the library had nothing about this. Whatever this is, it's way, way older than any sort of written documentation. I figured, since you two study not only the history but the folklore of the Isles, you might know more?”

Masha picked up a few of the drawings, examining them more closely. They and Vee had heard about the whole incident from Luz. Well, first they heard about Azura and Lily dating (which was long overdue in Masha's opinion, but they didn't get involved in shipping as much as Luz, so they never really said anything), and that lead into the story of how the two got together, which obviously included the armour itself. While Masha had been researching folklore for a while, they hadn't really heard about any living armour. But now, seeing these drawings, a theory popped into their head.

“The Gilded Butcher.” They said, standing up. “You found the tomb of the Gilded Butcher!”

“The… Gilded Butcher?” Azura asked.

“Mash’, are you sure? You thought we had found it before.” Vee said.

“I'm sure.” Masha said with a firm nod. They turned to Azura and put on their best performative voice. “It's said that long ago, when the body of the Titan had barely begun decaying and society was just forming, a mad witch made contact with an ancient being. This creature, a miniature star that fed on blood, made a pact with the witch. If he made the being a body, then it would serve as his enforcer and executioner, helping him to build a mighty kingdom. The witch worked tirelessly for 3 months straight, and by the time he finished the body, it was said that he was more skeletal than the Titan itself. The being entered its new body, but it had deceived the witch. He became the first victim of the Gilded Butcher. After rampaging across the isles for years, eventually, the witches made contact with the demons living on the remote areas of the Titan and forged a pact. Working together, they tore the Butcher apart and sealed it away so no one could find it. It's said that should the seal on the door be broken, the Gilded Butcher will take its revenge on all inhabitants of the Boiling Isles, not resting until every witch and demon is dead!” Masha ended their story with a dramatic flare. Azura stared wide-eyed.

“Wait, but… Lily and I did break the seal. But it couldn't get out. Or at least, it didn't look like it could…” Azura said, fear creeping into her voice. Her Tia Vee put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

“Hey, one thing we've learned is that while there is a portion of truth to folklore, especially on the Isles, it's not 100% factual. If this thing is as old as we think, then this is basically the oldest game of Telephone in Isles history.” Vee gave Azura a comforting smile. Masha nodded in agreement.

“While a great story, my guess is it's probably some kind of invisible magic parasite, and is just puppeting the armour for safety, or something like that.”

“Still, I should go let someone know. Maybe Mama Amity. She can probably get some sort of defense put up around the tomb just in case. And Lily might want to know too.” Azura collected her drawings. “Thanks Tia Vee, thanks, Titi Masha.” Azura gave her aunt and titi a quick hug each and rushed out the door.

Masha chuckled. “She sure is like her moms.” They said with a smile. They shivered a bit as they felt Vee's hand run down their spine. “V-Vee?” They asked, looking over and seeing a familiar look in their lover's eyes.

“We're closing early. I forgot how… hot you are when you tell stories like that.” Vee said breathily, her tail shifting in slightly to wrap around Masha's waist and pick them up.

“And I forgot how hot you are when you get like this.” Masha said with a blush as Vee carried them off into the back.

~Fin~

[wellthebardsdead]

Voryn: *sitting upright in his bed as the healers feed him tea and tentatively help him adjust to being back in a body after being reborn from the ash* there is so much I must atone for…

Evalien: *seated beside him, mortal body physically exhausted after achieving chim but otherwise well, still coming to terms with her reality after the world bent before her eyes when she performed the dance of creation in reverse upon the brass tower, setting lorkhan free and merging akatosh and auriel back as one, and in celebration her joyous laughter returning the dwemer and restoring the falmer to nirn. And along with them, Voryn.* you’ve already suffered more than enough. Now you should rest. And focus on living the life you were robbed of.

Voryn: I can’t… how can I ever face them after what I did under the hearts contr-

Nerevar: *suddenly kicks the door down, steren at his side, both having barrelled through the temple just to reach them after hearing his heart had awoken from his rebirth at the foot of the mountain* Voryn?…

Voryn: Nerevar… *looks to his side, all three eyes meeting with the dark haired chimer with the blue steely gaze* St-steren? *chokes back a sob and covers his face as tears fall, having dreamt so long of his little star, sired when he was still Ur Dagoth and nerevar the nerevarine. But he was his son. His child.* I’m so sorr- *gasps out a surprised cry as they both practically scramble onto the bed to hug him*

Head healer: y-your majesties! Lord dagoth is still frag-

Evalien: *rises from her seat and pats their shoulder* shhh, they’ll be gentle with him. They wouldn’t dare harm him. *smiles at them and bows her head before ushering the healers away to give them space*

Voryn: *unable to stop weeping as nerevar holds him close and gives him a kiss he’s been longing for for so long* I do-I don’t understand, you should be mad at me! Why aren’t you mad at me?! After everything-

Nerevar: *smiles and holds his face as tears freely fall from his eyes* why would I be mad? I know the truth, I know what really happened. And now we’re together again, we’re together.

Steren: *hugging voryn tight in disbelief, feeling a connection centuries old in his heart* Ata… *smiles up at him and laughs through tears* it’s really you!

Voryn: *unable to hold back any emotions as he just bawls his eyes out with centuries of grief* M-My moon and star, my son!! My little star!

Evalien: *smiles from the doorway before looking back to see Vivienne awkwardly waiting to meet his fiancés other father* … *strokes his hair back from his face and smiles, seeing a sparkle of Vivec in his eyes as he willingly wears his dual toned skin still despite Azura lifting the curse* you look lovely Vi.

Vivienne: *smiles up at her and shyly fixes his robes* thank you, Alma. Y-you look lovely to- *gasps as steren opens the door and grabs his hand pulling him in to meet his father*

Evalien: *smiles and walks off, stopping just short of a rogue dwemer automaton rolling by as Wyrm chases after it*

Wyrm: I TOLD YOU IT DIDNT HAVE AN OFF SWITCH YET!!!

Inigo: *running after him* IM SORRY!