#smen negative

[thedeafprophet]

sighs and adds another word to my filter of smen terms because somehow its STILL getting through (light hearted)

[thedeafprophet]

Real i feel this.

and like i love a misery fest when its well written, but when its backed with All That (and yknow, tainted by its shitty author behind it) and still somehow being spouted as The Best Thing Ever it really makes one.. so. so damn tired of it

I think I've reached a point of disliking SMEN where it being suggested for a character kinda makes me roll my eyes

Like, yeah sure it's depressing and tragic, but not in... A fun way. It's just an overexaggerated, drawn-out misery-fest with an unsatisfying "gotcha, bet you didn't see that coming" ending. And that's coming from someone who likes tragedies.

[house-of-mirrors]

🏺— What is their soul like? Does it have any Flaws? :P

Oh this is fun I get to talk a bit about skies XD I had been thinking on this though. And I know the only way to stain your soul in FL is through smen but I'm choosing to ignore that:

A quick recap of the seven flaws: Clear: a disregard of death Cold: dispassionate, heartless Curdled: excessively eager to please Fermented: indifference to taboo Flickering: an uncertainty of self, dishonesty Lightless: wasted potential, a lack of ambition Stained: fatally curious

Orsinio: based on what he got at Burrow (the link above), I'd say he has a fermented (yummy putting weird stuff in his mouth) and flickering soul, though I'd disagree with flickering. In the past, especially when he first came to London, yeah probably. Now, he has a strong sense of self (though he does still use a pseudonym.) I think he'd have a stained soul after all he went through with the discordance and evolution, poking his nose where it shouldn't be. He also does not fear death, nor does he believe anything the boatman or judgements concoct is truly an afterlife - he's still religious, after all. Therefore, perhaps he also has a clear soul.

Miles: omggggg while typing this I realized Miles might legitimately have all seven. Worst oc ever (affectionate). Starting off with the core ones: curdled, lightless, flickering, fermented. They're a shameless social climber, a rich socialite who's never had any motivation to apply themself, and craves negative attention. They came to the Neath to escape rather than confront the fact they didn't like who they were becoming. If we consider smen as well, then yeah, stained too. Cold: during their ambition and after, they've made many heartless choices. Clear: Miles very much is not afraid of death, but in a "they really need therapy" way.

Samuel: from Skies, if you chose an origin as a zee captain whose primary goal was to explore, you get fermented and stained. Makes sense; Samuel almost went too far East, once. Since he spent almost a decade hiding out in his bar, I'd say he has a touch of lightless, willfully disregarding his talents.

Lucretia: she's my most well-adjusted oc and honestly none of the flaws really fit her. Congrats XD If I had to pick one I'd say flickering - she is not in tune with her emotions or her wants.

Captain Min: we're currently on the all 7 soul flaws speedrun but canonically they'd have fermented (tattoo from the halved baby), stained (allied with Winter's Reside), and clear (not afraid of the Azure :P). Early in their story, before I had decided their traits or goals, they had flickering (coincidentally I chose the poet background and started with it). They've since shed that flaw and are certain of who they are and want to be.

[awordbroken]

putting both these alts side by side paints such an unbearable picture 😐

[deeper-authentic]

Happy Month of love negs ✨💛 just a simple portrait of us 😌 thankyou sa lahat ng pagaasikaso at pag aalaga mo smen ni vinz kahit pa imberna ako sayo minsan 😂 char! hahaha yabyu ka nmen ni vinz dito lang me for you my lifetime enemy, 🥴 basta ako lang to, ang kahati mo sa twin pack araw araw 😆☕🖤 laaaabyaa! 😘💓

[superoffbatter]

Bold of you to assume his Wis score is not on the negatives. this man picked up SMEN

to give everyone absolutely jarring whiplash by swapping subject matter on the spot:

despite having unfathomable levels of game, caeru doesn't understand pickup lines. at all. this is indisputably a feature

[vitorofthescaleless]

To all of my Dark Souls followers, I ask you to bear with my Fallen London stuff a bit longer, we’re almost there folks. I’ve been thinking about this for awhile actually, and my answer is a bit odd. 

When I first heard about Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name, I was doing the usual stuff in FL, grinding notability, items, such like that. I had gained much, and this was a story of self-destruction and loss. Yet far as I could, I could not place it out of my mind. So, I decided to make an alternate account to do the job so my main character, Samuel Blackwell III could survive. Well, I realized Samuel had a better resource pool to do the job than Sammy, so their roles reversed.

I got into the storyline and at first it was just this really dark, strange thing. Which is part of its charm, honestly. It’s a Faustian tale except the bargain is awful to begin with. You only gain pain and horror as your reward for undergoing it. But, this is where it gets a bit weird for me and kind of awkward to talk about. Something about Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name, and the lore I learned as I went on, it hit something I hadn’t really known how to dealt with.

I was fairly religious growing up, especially as a teenager, but just time, depression, and other things wore it down and broke it to pieces for me.  It left me with a deep anxiety, and a pain that was hard to describe. I used to describe to people who I could talk to about it as, the reality didn’t live up to the promise (Those who’ve done SMEN know where I’m going already with this). Then enter the story of Mr Candles.

I don’t know as much about its character as I think, or would like, it was a Master of the Bazaar as much as anyone was, but there were acts of generosity and charity in its past. But it was betrayed by the other Masters to end the 2nd City’s treachery. Long story short, Candles dies and gains the name Mr Eaten. The entire storyline involves uncovering things from its perspective, in a sense, with the promise of retribution for the failure to uphold another promise. 

I honestly can’t explain to you how or why, but this story of damnation, pain, and loss became something of catharsis for me. All the negative emotions that had had nowhere to go finally had something to focus on, something to relate to, something that understood what that meant. It gave me a sense of closure to something I never thought could be healed. It probably does sound crazy, probably isn’t entirely healthy, but people find resolution in the oddest places sometimes. Mine just happened to be at the bottom of a well. 

Now, I’ll put it plainly, there’s things in that storyline that, I would never condone, indulge in, or partake in reality of course. That doesn’t even need to be said. But, I have to say it to Alexis Kennedy, the writer and author of this bizarre tale of woe and damnation, and Failbetter Games, for giving me this catharsis. A good story touches the heart and mind, and can wipe away the stains on a soul, remove the memories of chains, and even help stop a weeping scar. Even if it is a dark one. That’s why I love Fallen London, and that’s why I started Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name. By allowing me to damn Samuel Blackwell III, you helped me put something behind me I never thought could be. Thank you all, sincerely, from the deepest well of my heart.

Thank you.

[thedeafprophet]

Honestly the biggest power move I saw was a brief fic description I saw of someone approaching SMEN from a Jewish perspective in spite of the heavy handed Christianity of it all

I still Do Not Care About It too much to read it

But as a concept: cheers. Major power move

[thedeafprophet]

gosh darn it my filtered words dont work if someone puts tags on my posts, still shows up in my notifications

anyone who brings up smen on my posts owes me five dollars >:(

[thedeafprophet]

Looking at The Recent Jamie Drama and also remembering your post about OC rivalries/general pettiness, I've realized that Null would most likely start reading Jamie after this. They like to go where the attention and influence is, and Jamie sure is at the center of a fair bit of that at the moment! Negative attention, sure, but attention nonetheless.

The thing is that Null is also a writer (more often a poet but still) and their favourite genre is unfortunately plagiarism, so. How do you think Jamie would react to a sudden abundance of poorly disguised copies of the smut? (Funniest answer I think is sending it to Sylvia to be eviscerated)

(also feel free to ignore if you don't want this type of interaction, I've wanted to engage more with other people's OCs on here forever but I'm aware Null Type Activities are not the least obtrusive or friendliest way to start lmao)

~ @peliginspeaks

akskdkdkdkfkfkfkkggkgkgkhkhkj Jamie is really, really popular

Wow i cant believe they're violating jamie's Original Character Do Not Steal memo,,,,, how rude and hurtful,,, and- nah they dont give a shit. People have been making knock offs of their books for ages. They'd find it really funny, knowing beyond all it will never stand up to their own work. They have the role already after all and such... personal attention at the palace, who could ever stand up to their own work?

Sending it to Silvia would be so funny. theyve completely forgotten this particular drama but someone else should. maybe Null should send it to silvia for their own bout of attention

(i'm okay with the interactions, just keep everything smen related away from my characters 👍)

[house-of-mirrors]

Disco Ball lets gooooo

🪩 Disco Ball- What was an achievement that your OC felt worthy of celebrating? Was it a personal victory or a big impact on everyone around them?

Orsinio: Easy answer. The time he got kicked out of the university and the empress' court in the same day. Still my favorite thing I did in the game tbh

Samuel: Killing Veils. He got forced into a party and then left silently and celebrated in his preferred way (going home doing nothing, then telling the kids)

Miles: Uh. Hm. Well none of these things should be celebrated but upon getting the first candle in smen, they celebrated by starting a cult, and upon getting the fifth started waging a campaign of psychological warfare over the professor they had a crush on but didn't know how to deal with it so. Big, negative, terrible horrible impact on everyone including themself

Game here

[thedeafprophet]

from Hannah FBG’s latest newsletter, I went to look at the linked wikipedia page of the supposed book ‘ regarded as one of the worst books ever written ‘ and I- 

[house-of-mirrors]

Well! This part of evolution actually has me queasy so needless to say I'm straight up not having a good time with it

[house-of-mirrors]

I’ve finished the long awaited bio post for the third of my player characters, Miles! I’ve mentioned them before, my horrible son, spaghetti noodle of a human being, character with which I make evil choices to see text. You may send a calling card to The Remorseful Apprentice, or you may find the old profile of The Avid Occultist. Here is the Picrew link

Why do I have two versions of the same character? Short answer, I missed them too much after knocking so here we are.

Quick facts:

·      Miles symbolizes the corruption of high society in the Victorian Era. They were born into a wealthy family and grew up with entitlement and imperialistic views in what I’ve heard my grandfather call “the age of arrogance.” The world is theirs, and it’s their right to have whatever they want. Given the choice between pursuit of power and anything else, they will always choose power. External corruption with the red science and seeking reflects internal and generational corruption.

·      “No shame, no spine, no self-awareness”

·      If asked to choose a gender option on a form, they would circle all of them. They’re not too particular with pronouns and sometimes use he/him, but I most often use they/them for Miles. Distinctly a femme presentation. Miles and Orsinio are mtf/ftm hostility.

·      They are somewhere on the autism spectrum; it manifests as touch aversion and a difficulty in making real friends despite being a social butterfly. Touch aversion somewhat plays into them being aromantic, but they genuinely have no interest in it. Miles gets the badge of being my one allosexual OC.

·      Miles greatly struggles with mental health, much of which comes from family trauma, and being in the Neath makes that a ticking time bomb. If they had therapy and antidepressants, the whole tragedy could have been averted. TW ahead for darker discussion of mental illness, SMEN typical self-harm.

Now, I can’t explain why Miles is a villain without explaining how their actions affect the rest of the plot, so this “bio” is more of a whole summary of a narrative arc. Under the cut became more or less a mini fic, so FYI that it is longer than usual for my character posts. Also includes some mentions of my friend's characters. For someone who complains about SMEN so much, I sure did base a significant chunk of my OC stories around it, didn’t I? Tragic. (The themes of temptation lured me in, and when I realized how much I didn’t like it, I was already too committed to the story, alas.)

You may wonder as you read, “Hey, why does Miles’ story include so much about Orsinio?” Well, Miles thinks they’re a main character, but they’re actually a side character. You may also wonder, how does having two versions of the same character with wildly conflicting ambitions work in the timeline? No single thing shall be a single thing. Major spoilers ahead for SMEN (including vague detail about the hate ending) and the discordance, as well as all ambitions.

Early Story

·      The Lovelace family made its fortune in the textiles industry. Incredibly dysfunctional with the detached parenting typical of the time within the leisure class. Neither of their parents is great, but Miles mostly has daddy issues:tm:. There are also large age gaps between the children; Miles is the second youngest and only close to their younger sister, Marguerite

·      Negative attention is still attention which leads to Miles getting involved in multiple scandals. It also isn’t a good look for Miles to not yet be married or engaged, which they’re really uncomfortable with, being aromantic. The final straw is a gambling debt, after which their father, Julian, disowns them until they make something respectable of themself

·      Miles has heard rumors about the Neath and decides to go to try to make their fortune. Before leaving, Marguerite gives them her necklace and asks them to be safe for her

·      Soon after arriving, Miles learns about the Marvellous. They need a path to attain their own fortune and power, and this is a promised road to rising the ranks. They say they’re doing this to prove themself, but really, they’re only throwing themself into their vices. I follow the interpretation that Heart’s Desire is a metaphor for addiction.

·      At a bohemian event, Miles meets a Professor. Orsinio tries to be mentoring to a new arrival, but Miles is prickly and pro-monarchy and they part bitterly, though Miles does become close to their mutual friend, Elliot

Seven is the Number

·      As Miles progresses through the Marvellous, they begin to hear a voice in their head telling them they can have much more power than the Masters can offer. The voice comes with troubling dreams and lapses in memory. When they wake up covered in blood in the bushes outside a salon, Elliot tells them to talk to Orsinio

·      Orsinio isn’t too happy to see them, but is very willing to help. He was at Avid Horizon during Nemesis and knows what it’s like to feel that pull. (He claims he no longer feels it.) Miles is briefly his student in the lab and generally is very poor at it, refusing to listen and not doing much of anything. Eventually, they leave when they realize they can’t gain anything they want here. Orsinio is irked and genuinely wanted to help, but he can’t force anyone to do anything.

·      Miles’ condition continues to worsen, plagued by compulsions to eat strange things and nightmares of knives and drowning. They wonder, can you really get hurt in a dream, and can it scar in real life? They are genuinely scared, but they’ve never learned how to ask for help. They confide their worries in a letter to Elliot on a drunk evening, at their wit’s end with exhaustion.

·      Their own family didn’t want them, but this voice does. They feel like it’s wrong to accept the voice, and they’ve been told not to by their friends, but if they give into it, they can finally sleep.

·      No one hears from Miles for some time after this. They go off the grid with weeping scars, memories of chains, and stains on the soul. One could make the argument that Miles, the real Miles, is dead after the first time they stab themself (second weeping scar). I as the player was not invested in SMEN and therefore Miles wasn’t either; it functions primarily as a MacGuffin.

·      The person who returns to society is very much not like Miles used to be. This person is even more charismatic and does much more physical contact, compelling enough to entrap people for St Arthur’s Candle. They adopt a seemingly carefree attitude, why worry when all shall be well?

·      Miles becomes a silverer, inspired by interpreting their strange dreams and promised power from the fingerkings. They use these dream interpretations to amass a small cult following of fellow seekers.

Miles, you could have just Asked him to Dinner

·      At a working lunch with an affectionate devil, Orsinio is told what Miles did to their soul. He rushes home to pen an urgent warning to his friends, but finds Miles inside, waiting for him in his study chair. Miles speaks highly of his work, apologizing for not appreciating it properly when they were a student. They come interested in his unpublished work. He’s one of the few who has seen the Avid Horizon. Won’t he tell them more? Orsinio firmly denies Miles, but they leave with the self-confidence this isn’t the end of it. Once they’re gone, he walks outside right back to the affectionate devil and makes a deal for his soul. If he doesn’t have it, he can’t give into temptation to seek. Orsinio has finished railway at this point and tried to convince himself he was okay, that he was past this, but he isn’t.

·      Miles progresses through candles B through E without much fanfare. At the Carnival at Midnight, they claim to be seeking for love, a love they never got from their family, or a love for their enemy, the Professor.

Poor Choices are Made in HD

·      The end of the Marvellous rolls around. Miles makes as many scummy decisions as possible, choosing not to help the topsy king, condemning the cardsharp monkey, though they do hesitate, just for a moment, with Beechwood’s chance. They say they’re playing the Marvellous for themself, but they know deep down they’re still having feelings about their father. This is a chance to give all of that up, make a new life for themself, heal from past trauma. But no, they came this far. They’re not giving it all up for a moment of emotional weakness.  

·      Miles becomes Mr Cards. Isn’t this what they wanted? The first time they meet with Mr Hearts for red science, they feel deep down they’ve made a terrible mistake. Being a Master doesn’t seem good at all. They need something else, but what is it? (Genuine connections with people?) They need to go North.

Clown on Clown Violence 

·      Miles comes to Orsinio yet again, asking him to join them in seeking. He’s so smart and he’s been marked by the northern wind, why won’t he? He can finally have revenge against all the Masters, against the system that enabled Cups to kill his brother. Orsinio refutes with compassion, telling Miles their sister wouldn’t want to lose them. Miles, the real Miles, almost breaks through, their sister ever a soft spot for them. They admit they’re afraid of what they’ve become and they don’t want her to see them like this. Orsinio extends another olive branch, telling Miles it isn’t too late to turn around. But Miles, as always, choses pursuit of grandeur

·      By this point, Miles has become truly obsessed with this enemy they can’t break, not only with the madness that comes of seeking but with possessive behavior that comes from becoming a Master. (Or, Miles, you could have apologized for being rude and asked him to dinner) When Orsinio still won’t bite, Miles threatens to target his friends/found family instead, both Elliot and Lucy.

·      What plays out is a long, regrettable, and, if we’re being honest, a bit pathetic struggle between Miles and Orsinio. Orsinio’s logic isn’t good logic, but it is logic. He thinks there’s no fate worse than going North, even death or injury, so tries poisoning Miles a few times to get them to stop one way or another. Miles isn’t offended but milks the incidents to make Orsinio appear like the villain and turn others against him. Mail fraud is a significant contributor to how things fall apart; Miles begins intercepting letters, isolating Orsinio and each of his friends from each other.

·      Meanwhile, Miles is getting closer to Elliot, claiming to be their only real friend left and trying to drag them into seeking. (Elliot finishes Light Fingers and gets a child to protect so that comes to a quick end, fortunately.)

·      Despite all that’s transpired, Orsinio keeps getting drawn back to Miles. He tells himself it’s determination to stop them for the greater good. What he doesn’t realize is that Miles already got inside his head with seeking which is the real reason he won’t let the topic go. There comes the darkest hour in which he nearly scars himself but is stopped by his student mentee. 

I Want that Twink Obliterated

·      Orsinio comes to realize he’s indulging the same reckless behavior he did during Nemesis that nearly sent him down the dark road of seeking at the time. He pens a letter to Lucy confessing all he’s kept to himself thus far. He reflects that recklessness can be a manifestation of addictive tendencies, then he remembers who he’s fighting, the Master of Gambling. He realizes how he’s been played a little bit too late.

·      Orsinio is strong-minded and normally wouldn’t have fallen for such manipulations, but he’s been worn down for a long time by Miles preying on his paranoia and guilt. Nightmares 7. He goes to pursue Miles one last time to put an end to this once and for all, but walks into a set-up. Miles drags their final confrontation to Parabola where they have an advantage as a silverer. Orsinio does not win and spends some time in the Royal Beth afterward.

·      Orsinio’s student manages to get word of the truth to his friends. Lucy puts Miles in their place through varying violent means and then goes to be with Orsinio. Both of them promise to each other to be better communicators. Lucretia also comes to the Neath during this time to help in the crisis, but more on her story later in her own bio.

NORTH

·      Elliot learns the truth of what Miles did and feels betrayed. Miles sends a final letter. They’re not sorry for what they did, nor are they sure why they did it. Elliot was the last thing they had left to lose, and this whole chess game ensured they would lose Elliot. Now, they’re prepared to go North. First, they must go South, but they will go North.

·      What Parabola and the fingerkings could offer wasn’t enough. Winning the Marvellous and getting the chance to become a Master wasn’t enough. Miles almost considered throwing their lot in with liberationists, so that after the revolution they could seize power in a vacuum, but they didn’t pursue that route. They’ll never be satisfied as long as there’s a higher station to rise to.

·      Miles is unable to live with what they’ve become. They cut off their hair for St Gawain’s Candle, and when they look in the mirror, they only imagine a photograph of Julian as a younger man. They reflect on all the horrific deeds they’ve done and all the people they hurt to get where they are now, and they realize they became just like their father. Beyond the gates is a place they’ll finally be free of him. (Who is the real villain of the story? Julian Lovelace is.)

·      Had they chosen any other ambition ending than power, they would not have gone North. The gravity of the decision hits them and they realize becoming Mr Cards would mean entirely losing their identity. They can’t let anyone see them like this. They don’t want this to be their eternity. They really messed up and see no way to fix it now

·      Miles muses that physical monstrous changes by the red science represent internal corruption, generations of abominable deeds done to stay in power manifest in the weeping scars on their skin. They didn’t fail to live up to their family legacy, they embody it better than anyone else. “Miles, you didn’t have to do any of that!” There are so many points at which a different choice could have made the story end another way, yet the story never could have ended any other way.

·      On the feast of Candlemas, 2 February, Miles goes North. At the gates, they hesitate one last time, thinking of their sister. But they can’t let her see what they’ve become. The sentiment is far too little, far too late. I interpret the knock as suicide

·      At the exact same moment that Miles knocks, Orsinio obtains a discordance stone.

·      Miles asked, “What is due?” I will be vague about the ending, but all I’ll say is that it was the only fitting end for the character trajectory they were on, and they got exactly what they wanted. A position above everyone else. Attention from the grandest.

The End... or Is It?

·      On the seventh day of the seventh month, someone returns from the North, picked up by a ship that was in Stormbones and spotted them by lucky chance.

·      Elliot reacts in disbelief and betrayal. Lucy reacts by killing Miles, repeatedly, for what they did to her loved ones.

·      Orsinio remains calm, because he realizes immediately what’s afoot. For Miles to be here, Nothing had to have happened, because if they weren’t here, then something would have happened. This is Miles, and this is Not Miles. He holds his dog Sugarplum while musing on this, wondering if he should not take Miles to the Anchoress for advice. He decides against it, for the time being.

·      This Miles spends some time adjusting back to life in the Neath, starting completely over again. They have lingering physical changes in sharp teeth and pointed ears, but otherwise has no connection or obligation to continue participating in the Masters’ experiments. They remain under the radar for a time to ensure it’s safe, but no one seems to even acknowledge them. They also have no marks from SMEN save one scar, the first scar, as a reminder.

·      Miles finally realizes the best way to spite Julian is to cut him out of their thoughts and live the life they want. Orsinio is proud of them for character growth, but couldn’t they have realized that sooner, without seeking?  Miles adopts the name Darlington instead, their mother’s maiden name.

·      Orsinio is ever patient but gets tired of Miles hanging around his lab all day and tells them to get something to do. They see posters at the Department of Menace Eradication for a big hunting prize. They always enjoyed hunting trips during visits to the family’s summer home on the Surface. Why not? (We all Look Away from R playing the same ambition with multiple characters. No single timeline shall be a single timeline.) Orsinio remains exasperated.

Bag a Legend 2 Electric Boogaloo

·      “Veils got Miles in the divorce with Eaten”

·      While my OC Samuel represented the taciturn and violent side of Veils, Miles is the charmer and manipulator. Despite getting a second chance, they very much are still a villain, though at least they’re less unhinged this time. Miles becomes a Midnighter. They don’t know why they have a sudden interest in the Great Game, but they find they’re a natural at it. Miles, whether they’re conscious of it or not, plays White.

·      I’m in the middle of BAL now, but Miles will choose the Surface Veils ending. I imagine Veils can shift appearance easily, given that it’s a manifestation of intrigue and disguise; when they first encounter Surface Veils, it appears like Julian. Miles is disarmed, but has grown much more confident, and is able to keep control of the situation. As the game goes on, Surface Veils shifts to look more how I imagine it. When they come to an impasse, a hand is outstretched, and negotiations for a deal can begin. Allying with Veils is the perfect way to spite their father the textile magnate

All My Homies Hate the White

·      Orsinio, who already was suspicious of the circumstances of Miles’ return, grows even more concerned watching them develop an interest in chess which was previously nonexistent. He knows of the higher powers of the chessboard from his studies at the Adulterine Castle, and he knows something of the nature of the Old Man and the White from his experience in the game (several ES). Orsinio knows enough to understand they send agents to the Neath, and he begins to wonder if this is why “Miles” is here.

·      Orsinio is doing a lot mentally better, but still struggles with paranoia. What if his whole life, he’s been a pawn? What if his brother was murdered not only as part of Mr Cups’ scheming, but to get Orsinio to go to the Neath, where he’d eventually go West and study what isn’t at the Hurlers, so he’d have the wherewithal to later lead an agent of the White directly to the court of the Black?

·      The story ends here, for now. I’m excited to do railway with Miles and read text for evil choices that I can’t make with other characters for RP reasons. Playing a villain is a lot of fun. We’ll see how things play out, or do not play out.

[house-of-mirrors]

Warning: bad things happen here. Looking into the mirrors is the prerogative of the foolish.

Contrary to the description from the game, nothing bad happens here, unless you count Bad Post Sunday. You can call me R. they/them guy. I’m in my 20s, I’m disabled, I’m queer, and I live in the United States. Currently in grad school for an MFA.

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I mainly write about OCs, the Masters, revolutionaries, judgements, and sunless skies.

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My OCs:

Please send calling cards to the 4! Their profiles are their first and last names as listed here.

The Preoccupied Professor, Orsinio Elderwood, and the story of his journey through Nemesis

The Laconic Captain, Samuel Weatherbee, and his connections to the East

The Tenacious Doctor, Lucretia Doherty

The Avid Apprentice, Miles Darlington. Rumor has it that Miles used to go by the name Lovelace before vanishing into the North. Don’t pay that much mind. All shall be well.

The Intractable Storyteller, Captain Min, my sunless skies OC (this is an old post and needs updating)

Compilation of reference images

Moodboards for my OCs and my ocs in historical picrew

Highlights of Lore Discussion:

A retrospective on Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name

A retrospective on Ambition: Nemesis

Headcanons about Mr Wines my favorite evil bat whom I love to torment

Not a theory about the Discordance

Some fanmade futures and destinies after the launch of Irem

Picrews I made of the Judgements

You can also find me on pixel cat's end as acetimetraveler.

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For the periodic negative rambling, I also tag #fl crit, #fl negative, #anti smen, #motr crit if you want to filter those.

More random/personal things are tagged as: #from the desk of R or #disability tag. Stuff made in cahoots with Prophet is tagged with #two of them and/or #my step blorbos. Check #meme archive or #bad post sunday for funny times.

I use the tag #made for me to organize all the lovely gifts people have given me ^^

A little more about me:

I started playing Fallen London in December of 2020 after being recommended to it by a friend, and since that day it has consumed my waking thoughts. I’ve done more or less everything in the game to this point: Railway, Discordance, SMEN, Paramount, Irem. I have played all the ambitions except Light Fingers, but I don’t intend to do that one, though I have friends who told me the whole story minus the triggering parts lol. I’ve finished all four ambitions in Sunless Skies. Don't intend to play Sunless Sea. Still working my way through Mask of the Rose... I wasn't a huge fan of it lol.

I love the Calendar Council/Revolutionaries and I play Black on the chessboard. At the same time, I love the Masters because I love villains and I love bats. The Masters are scary powerful, the Masters are cartoonishly evil, the Masters are fluffye, the Masters are comically incompetent clowns, etc etc. In addition to Fallen London, I love math, literature, and history. Looking at social issues in fiction is important and interesting to me. I'm so very gay for space.

Here’s my first OC introduction post for the archives, although it’s quite outdated at this point.

A final note:

By nature, this blog is an inclusive space. No sort of bigotry or harassment is tolerated here, nor is any sort of “fandom discourse.” I’m too tired for that. It isn’t anyone’s business what fiction someone consumes in their personal time, and it’s your responsibility to avoid content you don’t want to see, and that’s the end of the argument.

[thedeafprophet]

Tagging Directory

Feel free to look through if you want to know my tagging scheme! 

General Tags

All of my art work is tagged with “My Art”

I generally tag my fandom posts either with the name of the fandom, or generally with the acronym (so the magnus archives is ‘tma’ , our flag means death is ‘ofmd’)

My personal text posts tag is “The Prophet Speaks” and any asks i answer are just tagged with “asks”

For cats the tag is “I love cats so much”, for bats its “bats are cute” and… I just tag frog pictures as “frogs” lol.

I have tags for “asexuality” and “Judaism” as well, and probably some other tags im forgetting.

Content Warnings

In general, my tagging scheme for stuff i think needs a warning go in the format ‘ (insert topic here) cw’, so for example it’d be ‘unreality cw’

This page is generally sfw, but for things leaning nsfw I have the tags "suggestive content" and "nsfw text"

General fandom nonsense i try to tag with “discourse” but im trying to stay away from that stuff these days.

I try to tag most of the more obvious things, but forgive me if I forget (I have poor memory). If there’s something in particular you need tagged, feel free to ask! I’m chill with anything requested in good faith.

Fallen London Specific Tags

I tag all of the game’s content either with ‘Fallen London’ ‘(for reblogs and things I aim to go in the main tag) or ‘Prophet’s Fl Nonsense’ (for my own rambling postings that I don’t want to bother people with lol)

I also have tags for criticism, which I go with ‘Fl Crit’.

All of my ocs have their own tags. Format is ‘oc: name’ so if you wanna see specific posts about them thats it. I.e ‘oc: Alex’

I do tag general spoilers for the ambitions, ex ‘BaL Spoilers’, and i do tag for new content with ‘FL Spoilers’

I also really am not a fan of smen, so that has a specific tag of ‘smen negative’. I have many tags to it filtered and would generally prefer if its not brought up to me