#sophie's scroll

[thana-topsy]

Fic cover for @expended-sleeper's amazing fic “Far From Ourselves” - I started this piece many months ago when this fic still had me by the THROAT. I can’t recommend it enough if you like NPC-driven Skyrim fic. The world feels so vast and full. But be mindful: it’s a heavy fic that doesn't flinch away from tackling brutal themes, but so worth it.

[the-way-astray]

Because I'm intrigued

What is your evidence to Gethen being Sophie's bio father

my favorite sophie's bio dad theory is actually fintan, but gethen's second so why not:

blonde, straight hair

fantastic telepath. just. absolute levels beyond what other non-sophie telepaths in the series have been shown to be capable of. he can shatter memories, hide his consciousness completely away, wash alvar's mind so thoroughly clean it's impossible to get his memories back without the exact trigger he wants, and he could also potentially trap sophie in his mind and drag her down somehow (though that one's speculation)

sophie's bio parents aren't related to each other in any way: check

sophie's bio parents' identities could "shake the very foundation of our world": check. sophie having a terrorist as a biological father would be disastrous and would likely turn public opinion against her very quickly. which would be bad, as that's what the neverseen could be counting on to take over. this one works better with fintan, though, because i doubt many people are that aware of who gethen beyond the fact that he's some neverseen guy

sophie's bio parents had to have reason to donate dna to the black swan to create her: check. gethen clearly has some reason to hate the council and has motive to create a wake-up call. the theory would be that he used to be a black swan member before switching to the neverseen because he got tired of the way the black swan don't actually do anything except sit around and wait. i do admit this one is less strong, since the black swan don't seem to have any good information on him, but he could've used a code name. this point honestly makes more sense with fintan than it does with gethen, hence why i think fintan is a better fit

sophie's bio parents likely don't have a family: check

sophie's bio parents likely do not share her abilities but they probably influenced them in some way: uh oh. the thing is, the justification for this was that sophie sharing her bio parents' abilities would make it super easy for her to nail them down. which is still a valid argument (and, once again, why fintan is still the superior theory). however. sophie (and keefe) had already ruled out everyone in the neverseen from the start. so in gethen's specific case it may not matter, since sophie would not have been suspecting him anyway. like i said, fintan fits this much, much better, because of the way sophie's healing abilities have consistently been described to have to do with warmth and fire and flames (though there is an argument to be made that all of that is just shannon's writing style)

the donors aren't supposed to know each other, but what if that's just what forkle thinks? it's not as if it's impossible to guess. gethen even saw oralie and sophie stand side-by-side when they visited him in lumenaria. he might've figured out that the other donor was oralie. and maybe that's the reason his attack on her seemed so personal and targeted in lodestar. taking his frustration with himself and regret that he helped the black swan create sophie out on the other donor. god he could be so nuanced . . .

he's also described to be exceedingly handsome, although it's unclear whether this is meant to be evidence of the fact that he's an elf, or evidence of the fact that he's hotter than the average elf. but anyway. ro also claims sophie's hotter than the average elf, and she's somewhat unbiased in that regard, seeing as she's not crushing on sophie like keefe or fitz. and yeah, sophie already got her good looks from oralie. whatever. another hot parent can't hurt

we don't know anything about gethen, and i doubt shannon's going to do the absolutely show-stopping genius gethen is koralie's secret kid theory, so this would be one of the best ways to give him some sort of backstory and stop the weird cartoon villain vibe he's currently got going. it would also send sophie spiraling and angsting and questioning and panicking because her bio dad's a terrorist, and we all know how much shannon loves angst and fluff. it would certainly work with kotlc's "your family doesn't define you" themes, and if keefe somehow finds out who sophie's bio dad is in unraveled, it would be a good reason for him to keep it a secret from sophie, seeing as how it's clear that keefe is hiding something. (i'm not precisely sure how much i like the theory that keefe will find out who sophie's bio dad is in unraveled in general, but it's something i've discussed before. idk it just feels weird to me that keefe would find out who sophie's bio dad is before sophie. but at the rate we're going, sophie isn't going to have any incentive to find out who it is at all. so. who even knows. but just in case, this is the theory)

there's also the fact that almost nobody else in the series works. seriously. there's not many people that fit all the criteria we know for a fact, which are a) the donors aren't supposed to know each other, b) their identities coming out could shake the foundation of the world, and c) they have to have a reason to donate their dna. fintan works, of course, but there are few others besides gethen and fintan that would fulfill all three of these criteria. add on the likely ones, which are d) they probably don't have a family and e) they probably don't share sophie's abilities but influenced them somehow, and you can narrow some shit down significantly

[camelspit]

WHEN was he called lord cringius thats so awful..

[somemaycallthisjunk]

Heljarchen HELL

i just wanted to build this damn house and the game decided to make it the worst possible experience

[scribesofcalamity]

Would anyone be down to do a couples piece art trade? 👉👈 I finished up my commission queue and I've been foaming at the mouth for more art of my blorbos 😂😭

Couples that I have/would be seeking art of are (added art so ya'll can get the vibes lol)

Dietrich x Yao (GW2)

Sophie x Virgil (VTM, Tzimisce/Ventrue)

Sophie x Silas (VTM,Tzimisce/LaSombra)

Seth x Derrick (VTM, Both Brujah)

Melinda x Harley (VTM, Toreador/Gangrel)

Also super happy to do single character art trades!

DM me! 💖

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

vacker brothers mentioned on elfblr 👀

🖤 allthingsdarkandshady Follow

okay don't come after me but... even with all the scars and stuff, Alvar Vacker do be looking fine

I'd forgive him

🦢 moonlark-foster-2000

THE ONE TIME FITZ IS LOOKING OVER MY SHOUILDR OH MY GOD 😭😭😭

🪫decknopath Follow

ohhh so that's what happened lmao

🪫decknopath Follow

like one minute you two were all cozy and then suddenly fitz stands up and walks out upset

🕶️ Phantastic-Phaser-deactivated20210314

SKDHFDKJ wish I could have seen that

🖼️ Pterodactyl-enthusiast Follow

Oh noooooooooo

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[glowingsand]

i let my friend borrow my copy of howls moving castle and now i’m experiencing epic withdrawal symptoms T-T

[bstroobery]

Any other fictives feel like this when they meet another introject of themself? (Whether in their own system or in another system)

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[twilled-auryn]

Dex goes on a rant about how human technology is so much more convenient than what the elves use, and Sophie joins him. Like scrolls are so impractical, they're bulky, awkward and hard to store. it's difficult to share the information with people. why haven't elves should convert to using the internet? emails are so much more efficient??

[sororygilmore]

GET IN DISCORD ASSHOLE

IM SORRY BAE

[baeshijima]

guess who started their year off with 3 rickrolls 🧍‍♀️

[paarthursass]

you KNOW they put the level cap at 12 bcs with all the content in act 3 you can EASILY get to level 17, which is when most classes get access to 9th level spells and. well. 

having access to true polymorph would have made the clutch decision at the end there a little less. dire.

[thegalaxyinapaperbag2]

i just remembered that my dad sent me a mclennon edit yesterday lmao honestly i’m not surprised

[ifreakingloveroyals]

Through the Years → Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (487/∞) 29 February 2024 | The Gala dinner offered by the Grand Ducal Couple in honor of the Czech Presidential Couple concluded this first day. (Photo by Sophie Margue/Maison du Grand-Duc)

[somemaycallthisjunk]

just some family screenshots

[kalosbian]

if you're gonna straight up post your fic on tumblr at least put it under a fucking readmore i thought this was common sense