#sparkrambles

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

One thing I love about the concept of a streamers chat being a type of thing (Rae from FableSMP and the auras, Rune with the sparks, Armor with the lizards, etc) is that it not only makes the streams and stories more engaging- it invites the audience to create as well.

Chatsonas are also especially good for community interaction as well! Us viewers begin to recognize each other, our chatsonas know each other, there can be little interactions between us. People draw their chatsonas and form backstories and lives outside of the twitch chatbox.

I am of the firm belief that every story should inspire you to go out and do something, whether create or take action for something. And I love how the chatsonas are like a little stepping stone. We have our stories now, we can let them grow. And someday maybe we'll take the next step and write full stories of our own, crafting worlds with friends around tables or in calls.

So thank you to the cast of all the SMPs I watch- You probably hear it enough, but you all and your stories are so inspiring to so many people.

[explodingsparks]

this is a loss for the Blocktales community he’s ugly as hell

[sparknightdrawing]

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It’s fate

[explodingsparks]

Us core

"I love you , I'm glad we're friends"

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

something really interesting about c!Ven’s story is the fact that his ending, while unlike many, does tell a specific tale.

Many worry about making a name for themselves, leaving their marks in the history books and their name in the lights. Some end up there accidentally, purely by being good people. Like the rest of Lodestar Grove and how most ascended to godhood, Ulysses leaving his name on history books themselves, and more- Ven didn’t get that. Ven is gone.

In the most recent Chronicles of Wonder, Ocie checks how many people Rae remembers working for Fable- which seems to be a nod towards Ven’s existence, and maybe that Ocie remembers him at least a little. Maybe that’s due to her relationship with those in the void and people like Faye, but who knows.

However, though Ven is not remembered, he still made an impact. He still was a key piece in the battle against Fable and so many other plot points. And I would argue that their impact is far more important than whether they are remembered. In the end, Ven didn’t get to stay. His grave sits atop that hill, silent and alone, bones in the dirt. And his soul is somewhere- nowhere we know of- but somewhere nonetheless. And the impact that Ven had on the story remains, and Ven’s story to us as viewers and fans remains. Ultimately, that’s what matters. Ven got to make a difference.

[explodingsparks]

Slur word for this man

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[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Something about Romeo being so tied to her job RAHHH. Like they are so fond of Evren and all but then there is her job. A job she's literally physically attached to- her boss in her eye and all.

Sure, she's on this planet and she's got this game going on with Evren. But they're still so committed to rounding everyone up later on. Like they said... maybe this being a game is better. Because they still gotta round everyone up in the end.

But what hole would that leave if she hands him over to captors, reassuring herself that he's not their responsibility anymore.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

It's so weird that this isn't a concept in English! A latin word that is like the French word Faire is actually Ago (ago, agere, egi, actus)

For example;

"ago equum" -> "I ride the horse"

"ago praedam" -> I carry (or steal) the loot

etc, etc, etc!

So I've been learning French for a while and 'faire' is actually an incredible word. Like what a fucking breakthrough in economy of language.

Faire is a verb that is usually translated into English as "to do/to make," but it covers way more actions than that, which is very confusing for new speakers. because (I have realized) that's not really what faire means.

Faire is actually a word that just gestures vaguely in the direction of the object of the sentence and goes "you know." "Je fais du velo." "Je fais du courses." "Je fais mes valises." I'm biking. I go grocery shopping. I'm packing my bags. You're just sort of pointing at a bike and going "you know, the obvious thing you'd do with it."

English: "You mean RIDE it??"

French: "Sure whatever."

Like idk I just really enjoy the concept of a catch-all verb that you can just slap onto almost anything because who fucking gives a shit, you get the idea. There's a bike. what do you think I'm going to do with it.

[explodingsparks]

I need noobador so bad

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Something has come to mind through the past two Bound lores (March 9th and 10th)...

Alexandria was supposed to be the good one.

Out of Vast's two parents, Magnus was usually the one highlighted as bad. He was the Calumnus, the one who made Vast kill Kalia, the one who held all the power in his sharpened claws.

We knew they were both wildly abusive, but Vast always spoke like Magnus was worse than Alexandria. Which makes it much more horrible that we have now met her... and seen how she is.

Mothers are a fickle thing to write. Did Alexandria ever cradle a young Vast? Offer him the slightest comfort whenever he was a frightened child? Did she teach him how to hide those feelings he felt, to press them down deep- and thereby teach him how to survive in this world? One of the most horrible things about familial abuse is the fact that oftentimes, the abused child still loves those parents. Even if those parents have done nothing to earn that love. I'm sure Vast heard about other Avicane trainee's parents, and how they loved their children. Ever child wants to make their parents proud.

In today's lore (march 10th), when Atlas was comforting Vast afterwards, Vast repeated "She's my mother". On one hand, the fact that Vast still recognizes her as his mother seems to indicate he still feels tied to her. However, it has slowly become apparent that Vast sees his heritage as a curse. He was the heir of the avicane, his very wings wrought from the murder of another, his own claws put his sister in the ground along with his blade taking many others to meet her. To herself, Vast is the most horrible child and person in more ways than one.

But they're nowhere near as bad as Alexandria.

And thats the thing her brain seems to struggle with.

[explodingsparks]

Attacka, ocs belong to @remixing-stars and @coro-sg

[lovelypastelroses]

Having your main and most successful form of connection with people be through online really sucks when you want to do like, physical stuff

Especially you get to the point where you can meet them, but you realize you can visit every half a year if that, and 6 months is so long

And then you find it hard to adjust being alone, because your brain now Knows that you Can get this thing, that it's not just some far off imaginary concept that lucky people may have

It really sucks too when you find out you work better with someone, especially with this person you can rarely see

And you get so lonely and touch starved that sometimes the only way you can sleep is if you convince yourself you'll wake up next to someone you love, and you'll conquer the day together, and it'll be okay

And of course you won't, and it only gets worse, and you think about calling old highschool friends who weren't the best people but at least it was Something, you wonder if your standards are too high now

You wonder why you didn't go to college, forgetting the reasons why you couldn't, you wonder why you can't seem to make friends and never have (forgetting that the area you're in has a majority of people who aren't like you and wouldn't understand), you wonder if your whole life will just be spent chasing people around the world and being Just out of reach from real connection

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Spoilers for the SkyBoundSMP finale!

Out of all of the epilogues, I am honestly surprised that Nemo's hit me the hardest (in a good way). I've personally been struggling with some grief, and Nemo's epilogue kind of... is a light in the darkness. The whole thing, but especially the final line:

"Grief is not the loss of love. And I will continue to love with my whole heart until the day I must be grieved."

Nemo loved and continued to love so many people. Even coming from a bit of a broken past, losing his partner, getting captured, rendered unable to fly, etc, Nemo had enough love to keep on loving. With a story marred with grief, like rocky soil, flowers still found a place to grow.

Even it's line in the group picture- "and maybe, just maybe, they'll be okay."

I believe that's something I'm going to hold onto. I still love what I have lost, and even though it hurts, there is still room for growth. It's a conviction. To love with one's own heart until the day they must be grieved.

Thank you, Olive Mothmoon, for such a wonderful story.

[explodingsparks]

I love pride guys

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

okay so like- I know it’s all sad that Percy refused to kiss Io and all… but it makes sense.

Percy was raised by the council, and through Ios siren song and Percy’s own words, we know exactly how he was treated. The council holds all the power, and they molded him to be a perfect successor.

Percy is smart. He knows how to take down the council, and like he said, he’d fall on his own sword a million times before letting that council harm any of his. Despite the pain the council caused him, Percy didn’t cower or abdicate his role- he took the reins and began to do it his way.

and he hates acting anywhere close to the council. You can see this in his interactions with Aloysius concerning Io- when the Count compares him to the Council, that’s when the mask slips and Percy goes more on the offensive. But putting Io in a cage makes him far more close to the Council than he’d like to be. He loves Io, yes, but he is Io’s captor. And it would feel like claws across his skin to let himself be any closer to the vampire. Like he said, that is too much power. He’d be too much like them.

right now he has a job to do. Then he will let himself laugh and love. But right now, there’s tyrants to slaughter and a people to free. And that is and always will be more important than his own happiness. Because that’s the job of a good leader. And he will die before seeing himself become like them.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

have you SEEN the warrior cats community? they're out there still making content for the first arc.

PLEASE, and I mean PLEASE continue to make content for a fandom where it's media isn't being aired/produced anymore! We're storytellers! let those stories continue!

I don't wanna @ anyone because I understand how fast things seem to move in today's landscape of streaming shows dropping entire seasons in one day, and networks pumping out new series constantly to try to attract more subscribers with no intent to actually maintain those shows over time but I just saw someone self-deprecatingly lament that they are still thinking about a show that ended almost a year ago, making fan art and playlists for it, and I want to be very clear:

you can still create fanworks when it comes to old media!! PLEASE do!! there are always going to be new fans who will appreciate it, and veteran fans who are dying for new content and new perspectives. also, less than a year is NOTHING. the original Star Trek series was on TV six decades ago and there are still people losing their minds over it, writing stories and reblogging gifsets daily, and that's only one example.

a fandom lasts as long as there are people who love a thing, even if it's only a handful of people. love what you love and write and draw and make gifs and playlists about it!