#sage archives

[lothricsage]

Lord Gwyndolin for the moon festival 🥮🌕

[orchidbreezefc]

ok. years have passed and we've had some distance, so i'm finally gonna take the leap of faith that tma fandom is finally ready to hear me on this. let's talk about tannins.

161 was the first tma episode i heard on early release, and i felt the bit where martin declines wine and cites tannins was pretty obvious in its implications. cool, got it, say no more.

imagine my surprise when i was one of maybe three people i saw read between the lines there, in a fandom famous for red stringing--a fandom that immediately caught the much less obvious thread of ignition sources in the same episode. i'll spell it out: alcohol is an issue for martin.

maybe it just felt obvious because addiction is a pet issue for me--as it is for jonny, who has said everything he writes is filtered through a lens of addiction. i don't know if that's due to his own experience or a loved one's, and i won't speculate; i also don't know if martin personally struggled with drinking or just avoids it for fear he would, but alcohol would fit what we know of his family. his dad walking out and his mum spiralling into bitter wallowing and verbal abuse? i'd bet one or both of them drank, yeah.

on a basic level martin tries to decline alcohol, and that alone should have raised eyebrows given what we know of martin and, again, a fandom that dissects everything. we already knew martin "K" blackwood lied about his personal life and his family in particular, especially pre-canon, which is when this flashback took place. i was shocked that everyone took his flimsy excuse at face value with no further questions.

and the excuse is flimsy. martin turns down wine by--nervously--exclaiming tannins are "a proven headache trigger!" which sounds like trivia from a magazine cover and not the words of someone who actually has headaches--and it hasn't come up before or since. jon, confused, points out that tea, a drink martin consumes to a degree that is memetic both in- and out-of-universe, also contains tannins, and martin squawks a panicked, "what?!"

if tannins are enough of a concern for martin that he knew they're in wine and so avoids it, why didn't he know they're in his drink of choice? why does he still drink tea at the time of canon, and why doesn't he struggle with constant headaches from consuming 'a proven headache trigger' day in and day out? why, indeed, would someone avoid wine and not tea?

when sasha insists martin drink he caves and agrees to 'just a drop'. i imagine him pouring it in a plant, which admittedly he could have done if tannins really were the issue. i will say that i, for one, would be less likely to falsely agree to something that makes me physically ill than to a private issue that i'd rather not be pressed on any further. this scene also establishes martin's birthday was an ice cream party instead of the more traditional visit to a pub.

also, this scene was in the first episode of the final season, as one of three flashbacks that could have been to any pre-canon event in the archives. prime narrative real estate. not really time one would waste on establishing the important character context that martin has... headaches. which never comes up before or after, even regarding the week he spent in spiral town. but you know what is pretty crucial character background...?

it felt like a no-brainer, and yet all i saw was h/c fluff about jon attending to martin's headaches. and i hate feeling bitter about disability representation. i want folks with chronic headaches to feel seen and have fluffy escapist fantasies. i don't want to be mad about people portraying a character with a disability. but, guys? you got the wrong disability. jonny sent a clear message, and it went over fandom's head.

[aeraras]

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[y-unrei]

ˢʰᵉ ˢᵃⁱᵈ ᶜᵒᵐᵉ ᵒᵛᵉʳ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ'ˢ ⁿᵒᵇᵒᵈʸ ʰᵒᵐᵉ ᴵ ʷᵉⁿᵗ ᵒᵛᵉʳ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ʷᵃˢ ⁿᵒᵇᵒᵈʸ ʰᵒᵐᵉ

ᵇᵘᵗ ʰᵉʳ ˡⁱᵍʰᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵒⁿ ʰᵉʳ ˡⁱᵍʰᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ᴵ'ᵐ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃˢ ᵈʳᵘⁿᵏ ᵃˢ ᴵ ˢᵉᵉᵐ

ᵇᵘᵗ ˢᵗⁱˡˡ ᴵ ˢᵗᵒᵒᵈ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵗʳᵉᵉᵗ ᵗʰʳᵒʷⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵗᵒⁿᵉˢ ᵃᵗ ʰᵉʳ ʷⁱⁿᵈᵒʷ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᴵ ˢᵃʷ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵇᵒᵈʸ ᵈᵒ ᵒⁿ ᵗᵛ

ᵇᵘᵗ ʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱⁿ ⁿᵉʷ ʸᵒʳᵏ ʸᵒᵘ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ⁿᵉᵉᵈ ᵉˣᶜᵘˢᵉˢ ᵗᵒ ᵈʳᵉˢˢ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵃ ᵍⁱʳˡ ˢᵉˣ ᵈʳᵘᵍˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈᵉᶜᵉⁱᵗ

ᵃⁿᵈ ᴵ'ᵐ ᵍˡᵃᵈ ˢʰᵉ ʰᵃᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᶜˡᵉᵃʳ ˢᵐᵒᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᶜⁱᵍˢ ᵒⁿ ʰᵉʳ ʳᵒᵒᶠ ˡᵃᵘᵍʰⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵉᵒᵖˡᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵗʳᵃⁱⁿ

ᵇᵘᵗ ᴵ ˡᵒˢᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈʳᵘᵍˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᴵ ˢᵗᵃʸᵉᵈ ᵗᵒᵒ ˡᵒⁿᵍ ᴵ ᵍᵒᵗ ᵈʳᵘⁿᵏ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ʰᵉʳ ᵇᵃⁿᵈ

ᵇᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏ ᵍᵒᵈ ⁱᵗ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵘⁿᵈᵃʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ'ˢ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵒⁿᵉ ʷᵃʸ ᵗᵒ ʳᵘⁱⁿ ᵃ ᵒⁿᵉ⁻ⁿⁱᵍʰᵗ ˢᵗᵃⁿᵈ

[et2rnity]

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[cowboy-by-proxy]

So I realized that my design for John looks a lot like my design for my oc Sage, so I decided to make this drawing to compare them.

For similarities we have:

Wavy hair in half buns

Silly mustaches

Fancy clothes

Ear rings

Green eyes (not shown)

[sagescider]

love his dumb ass

[headache-haven]

thinkin abt voidwelt again ... the day we see va in star rail is the day i fall over and die i think

[jazzically]

there is a powerful need inside of me to draw them but unfortunately i can't draw so i was suddenly compelled to create these instead (i have homework please save me)

here are the color palettes i associate with some of the main tma cast. the vibes called to me (ft. my awful finger handwriting)

do with them what you will — they just feel right to me (i haven't looked at any fan art yet besides like one or two drawings of john and maybe martin and melanie)

[haerinism]

⌑　　🚃　　 @jshwvos　　∿　

[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

༺ Day 31▪︎ 70 Left

In Majora's Mask, there is a mentioned Goddess of Time. It is likely that this goddess is Hylia. She is - like TotK Zelda - a being with dominion over both Light and Time. Her light power allowed for the forging of the Master Sword and her Sealing Power, whereas her time power allowed the creation of the Gate of Time and the preparations of trials for a hero who did not yet exist.

[lothricsage]

Bunnies ~ 💜🐰🐇🌙

[aeraras]

　　　　　　　yeah,　my　boyfriend’s　pretty　cool,　but　he’s　not　as　cool　as　me

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Outdrawn

f/f contemporary romance

two cartoonist who’ve been rivals since uni, and now have competing webcomics online, have to work together on the relaunch of a cult classic at the comic press they both work at

they both struggle with art-related physical and mental health issues, and complicated families

[fish-popsicle]

school assignment :] had to draw something that represents myself n whatnot

closeups with explanations below‼️‼️

ah yes….. the one and only Rb… was gonna include Bg too but ehhhh didn’t feel like it

His shirt has the ace attorney logo on it!! He’d probably be an AA fan ngl,, he’d complain about klavier not being real to bg

oh yeah and the creature is there too

splatoon inkling trying to steal my switch 😨😨😨

also a magnus archives beach towel!! I’ve been listening to it…. I love my pro hater johnathan sims…

stanley and another creature floating in the water they are -1 milliseconds away from chaos

Pim and Charlie‼️‼️ I just really like smiling friends okay

also spongebob reference no way

(I just realized I forgot to give pim a drop shadow erm)

my oldest oc that I still use!! his name is shrub and he’s an idiot nerd loser

the little bottle is a small reference to another oc, sage, which is why there are three diamond shapes on it

another oc of mine! mango! idk I just thought that they fit the setting

also some fish because I like fish

last but not least, shrub’s little sibling, lychee :]

Please ignore the sloppy lineart, coloring and shading im not a traditional artist in the slightest 🙏🙏🙏

[w-eons]

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