#thanks muchly for the ask

[serafphim]

Is dragon Apollo kobold Josh anything?

real

[pigswithwings]

This is so rush and my apologies if this is unwanted but hear me out, since we have a V1 and V2 plushies the masses deserve a Mirage one so may I offer one during these trying times-

Quite Possibly The Greatest Gift I Have Ever Recieved

[chiropteracupola]

could you simplewriterly tell us what you’d do if you had the chance to spectate back in time? (no one can perceive you and you can’t change anything; you are guaranteed a safe return when you’re done)

[writing in simple words]

Step 1. Look! look at everything!

I have so very many questions about things that happened, and things that did not happen, and things that maybe happened, and I want to know them. I want to follow the parents of my parents' parents back through their lives and see where they were from. I want to see the tall water cars by the sea when they were new and young, and when they were still flying over the water with their white wings. I want to watch the stories on the small screen before someone decides they aren't important and hides them away. I want to see the big ground-hole-cutting animals in the south land area before we don't have them anymore. I want to see what my house looked like a hundred years ago and I want to see the people who lived here.

Step 2. Put faces to the names.

Five hundred and some years ago, there was a woman who lived in the part of the land south of where I live. She knew she was going to die soon, so she wrote down what she owned and the names of the people she loved best and said that they should have her things. This woman spun soft things from creatures into soft things for her family and to sell, and while she was sick, she understood that she would not be able to finish making her things. So she put away her machine for making the soft things into flat rows, and she wrote down that her brother should find someone to finish her soft things once she was dead.

In the now that is happening now, I have learned how to spin soft things from creatures, and I want to learn to use the machine for making the soft things into flat rows. I have read what the woman five hundred and some years ago wrote, and I would like to see her face even if she can't see mine.

Eight hundred and some years ago, there was a little kid who lived in a different land area, east and north of where I live. He drew on bits of tree skin when he was supposed to be learning to write, and in the now that is happening now, I have seen what he drew, and I draw on my small screen when I am supposed to be learning to write.

Many hundreds of years ago, there was a man who wrote his name very high up on a roof. Many hundreds of years ago, there was a person who thought we should put some stones in a very big circle. Many hundreds of years ago, there were people who lived in houses under the earth, and they stayed in their home-place under the earth for so long that the sea came up to them from far away. Many hundreds of years ago, there was a woman who lost her sharp piece of silver in a field very far away from where she was born, and very far away from the place where the piece of silver was made.

I would like to say hello to them, and to remember them, even if they cannot see me.

Step 3. Write!!

I want to know. I want to hold on to what I know, and to keep holding on, and to tell the things I know to other people. I want to tell about the woman who wanted her soft things to be finished, and about the kid who drew on pieces of tree skin, and about the man who left his tall water car by the sea that is near my home-place and forgot to come back for it, and about the people who made the very big circle out of stones.

I want to sing the songs they knew, and to know their names and say them, and to hear their songs and their names and their stories in the air in the now that is happening now.

[crackinthecup]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! Once you are given this award you're supposed to paste it in the asks of 8 people who deserve it. if you break the chain nothing happens, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out!!!!

<3<3<3

YOU TOO my lovely 💖🥹💖🥹

[captainschmoe]

I love the little headcanons you made up about the Awakening Men’s children! I actually thought about the potential chemistry they would have with the siblings from my awakening game and mothers (complied with most of the ships I got attached to, with Chrobin obviously but now for the others)

- Frederick/Sumia: Cynthia would probably influenced quite a bit by her brother’s antics while her brother likely grew rebellious due to Frederick unintentionally being softer on Cynthia than him. Sumia would probably be trying to bond with her son but being clumsy too, though their son is likely a mama’s boy and gets along with her better than his father

- Ricken/Nowi: Nah definitely feels small in this sibling relationship, especially if she’s the older child. She would probably try to act more mature to make up for this. Nowi likely teases her son who might be self conscious about how big he is compared to the rest of his family

- Stahl/Miriel: the potion interest would definitely make her and Laurent research buddies. Laurent’s sister likely also feels more insecure due to her brother being as smart as he is and she would try to study hard to catch up to him, only for him to reassure her that she doesn’t need to measure up to him in any way. Miriel might be caught up in her research but also reassure her daughter than it’s okay to be average

- Kellam/Cordelia: sibling rivalry at its finest. Severa is a daddy’s girl and so is her sister. They would compete over his attention nonstop. Cordelia has to play the bad cop and discipline her daughters, though she respects her second daughter’s stealth skills

- Henry/Tharja: Naga help his poor son he’s the only normal member of his family. Probably constantly trying to remove Noire’s amulet and telling her she doesn’t need it. Likely a Guinea pig to Tharja but she would care for him in her own Tharja way

- Libra/Sully: like mother like daughter, Sully would bond with her over being boyish. Probably is workout buddies with her sister Kjelle.

- Lon’qu/Olivia: Olivia would be happy to have a daughter and teach her dance, though she would feel similarly insecure about their daughter’s skill with a blade, as she similarly doesn’t feel she measures up. Inigo’s sister would be very much done with his flirting antics and often break them up. Inigo might similarly have insecurity about his sister’s blade skills especially if his father brings it up.

- Gaius ended up alone because of how the pairings fell together but we can imagine him with Anna or Say’ri

- Virion/Cherche: Cherche would definitely support her son’s poetic passion and adores reading them to Minerva. Gerome would act aloof but be fiercely protective of his brother.

- Donnel/Lissa: Owain’s sister would probably be constantly confused by his dramatics but might fall influence to them. Lissa would be a supportive mother in her daughter’s studies and help teach, even if there are some challenges.

- Vaike/Maribelle: Brady and his brother would be birds of a feather. Sensitive souls but Brady still puts a brave face because his brother is even softer than him. Maribelle would probably run the poor boy ragged with all the propriety training.

- Gregor/Panne: Yarne likely hides behind his sister because she has more courage than him but similarly worries for her safety because they’re the last taguels! Panne would likely help teach her about what the warren was like and let her get in touch with her taguel roots

Oh damn, this is quite the epic essay. Thank you, your thoughts are very well-thought and made me happy <3

I don’t have extra added notes on everyone, but here’s a few:

- You nailed it with Frederick’s son being a mama’s boy. He’s very doting on and protective over his mother, especially since he feels guilty that he couldn’t keep her safe in the future, even though he was still just a young boy when she died.

- Now I wondering how huge Ricken’s son would be as a mankete or taguel lol. Would his beefiness as a human translate over?

- Yeah, that dynamic between Severa and her sister sounds about right. You know that if Kellam instead fathered Owain, Cynthia, or Morgan, even more nonsense will 1000% ensue. (Yes I know Sumia can’t marry Kellam but early 10’s IntSys was wrong)

- Henry’s son ABSOLUTELY has to ask his mother at least once what it is she saw in Henry. Even Tharja. Because while they may both be Plegian dark mages, they are VERY DIFFERENT Plegian dark mages.

- Oh no. You’re right about Lon’qu comparing his son to his daughter. God damn Inigo can’t catch a break.

- Poor Gaius lol. I did figure out early on that you wouldn’t be able to have all the children at once unless you either made the Robinsexual characters not be Robinsexual anymore, or chose f!Robin and then marry Chrom/Maiden. (Incidentally, I’ve been thinking of giving them an extra child, too.) Though I am VERY curious how a petty thief would manage to hook up with a devout capitalist lmao.

- Vaike’s son is absolutely softer than Brady. My idea is actually that he suffered a back injury at some point that makes physical fighting even more difficult for him than it does for Brady, so the latter does look after his brother a lot.

- Oh, Yarne is completely freaked out by his sister’s compulsive need to stir up trouble and mischief lol.

[hero-of-the-wolf]

That’s so cool that you work with animals! You should definitely give them some extra love for me 🩵

Thank you!! I definitely will :D

[neims-skeleton-obsession]

If Skulduggery and Nefarian can purr (according to your post and the reblogs) does this mean that Darquesse also gets too?

Because I think she would have learnt too for fun.

And if we put that in the same universe as purring Skug, that means she probably learnt it from him, and she might have learnt it while still with Valkyrie.

Making Valkyrie simultaneously know how to purr.

Thank you for your time.

darquesse absolutely gets to purr. like she figures out how and just doesnt stop. she purrs at sebastian even but i choose to believe that valkyrie cant (like darquess being more powerful than her even whilst still in the same body?? if that makes sense????) and she is just so salty about it

[all-or-nothing-baby]

At first, Billy only feels the itch when he's with Steve. This can't be real. He can't have this. This isn't meant for him. There must be a catch.

As days turn to weeks, Billy feels it all the time.

He preferred it when life made sense. Life was unfair, and people only cared about you for as long as you had something to offer. And Billy knew what to expect from Neil. How much he could push; when. The pain is expected; a comforting reminder. Proof that he hadn't lost; the argument, the fight, himself.

This... this teetering between the ecstasy of happiness and his real life. He doesn't know how to cope with it.

He wants to claw his fucking skin off. A kitchen knife, a switchblade, his own sharpened goddam nails. To get rid of that itch for good and pretend life can always be bliss.

But he can't.

This will end — his happiness always ends — and then he'd be without armor. Defenseless against the feral horrors of the world, against Neil. Flayed, Neil's salt will finally burn him into submission.

Why couldn't Steve have done them both a favor and just left him the fuck alone?

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oh.

omg.

OH MY GOD!

nonny, this is just gorgeous. how have you managed to write billy exactly how i see him? perpetually waiting for the other shoe to drop... convinced he cannot ever actually have something good (nor be allowed to keep it)... preferring when 'life made sense'—even if it was terrible...?!

and this part:

He wants to claw his fucking skin off. A kitchen knife, a switchblade, his own goddamned sharpened nails.

asfgasgjkscjkkkkkk!!!?!?!!!!!! WOW.

i could quote more but it'd just end up being the entire passage lol. The Angst™ (as i'm presuming you know) is my absolute favourite, and this particular example is just delicious. perfection. *chef's kiss*

thank you × infinity for thinking of me on my birthday, and for treating me to such a beautifully written little ficlet! i've had a bit of a break from fandom recently, but i'd love to think that your gift might be what pulls me back in...

ily forever <333

cassidy xp

[operationslipperypuppet]

Headcanons for Callie and her sister?

Fuck what a good question. Look out, this might get sad.

They were close, for a while, for a good long while when they were kids. We’ve only ever heard mention of Callie’s mom, not her dad at all, so I imagine they bonded over the fact that they almost only had each other. They would band together, hide things from their mom. Care for each other when their mom was busy with the business and they were on their own. Cyra was fiery, a summer eladrin, someone who could always protect her emotional sister from people who hurt her.

Cyra was always someone Callie could count on. Cyra was allowed into the crime family first. She let Callie shadow her when Callie was finally allowed to start. In any meeting Cyra was in that Callie wasn’t, she would defend her younger sister, say she was doing her damn best, and maybe whomever was talking was just jealous of how good at conning people Callie was.

But god, did they react differently to the execution of their mother. I don’t remember if it was said, but I’m pretty sure it was established that they witnessed Joviere making the choice and taking the blow. Callie was, for all the ways her emotions hurt her, more in touch with her emotions than Cyra ever would be. Callie allowed herself to feel the deep hurt that came from their mother dying. Processed it a bit. She hasn’t moved on, in any way, but she’s done more work with it than Cyra. Cyra shut down when it happened. And wanted to protect Callie, the only family she had left. So she shut Callie out of the business more and more, because she wanted to protect her sister. But Callie didn’t, wouldn’t, see it that way. She thought her sister wanted her gone. So when the opportunity arose, Callie made a move.

I don’t, by any means, think that Cyra is a good person. She’s at best morally grey. But some part of her, however small, put that original bounty out on Callie in hopes she’d get some, any, information back saying that Callie was doing well. Because she does miss her sister, in some ways.

[radiojamming]

Hi, I've just been a lurker on tumblr for a few years now, but I just wanted to let you know that your blog is absolutely the best in the world. I first followed you in like...2012? 2013? And you've always been so funny and genuine, and your love for history (and history-related nonsense jokes) never fails to brighten my day. I keep coming back just to see what you've reblogged because I know it's going to delight me. Just...thank you so much for being here, and thank you so much for being you. It means more than you know.

Thank you so much for telling me this! I really needed to hear it today. (And I'm sorry for what I was like around 2012. Bless you for sticking around this long.)

[meya-lily]

Elon garak is making you an outfit what is it

First of all, I'm cracking up at the autocorrect So first second, I am in love with Garak's red outfit

I'm thinking something inspired by the color scheme of that.

In terms of like structure and everything, I think I'd want something a cardassian would think is slutty on top as long as it's structured and not too loose. Perhaps a shoulderless turtleneck? And then super wide-leg palazzo pants with a similar pattern (very dense pattern at the bottom and it gets more sparse at the top)

Is this anything?

[heartofhubris-a]

Harding!!!!

I love you so very much bro thank you

Ok so like. We've gotten implications for a lot of characters Fred's played that are like. Kinda rich. Andres, Hugh, Armand, yknow, there's a few that are shown to be very comfortable in their lives during media. We never get a real indication to Harding's wealth in the show. His clothes, his mannerisms, of course, but we never see his house. We NEVER see his car even. We don't even see the art he's known for in the book. No, Harding's finical status is all but silent in the TV show.

Probably bc he's swimming in it.

btw - his father's name was Mayhew. Mayhew, Harding, there's i'm expecting to turn around and meet a Meriweather next. But also no one else in his family is named other than his Wife and father.

Mackinac Island runs, on a low side rn, 300k for a very inland property. The coast of the island runs 2+ Mil, and it's a family home, not a dedicated person's house. And because he had that benefit of being born with a silver spoon

He's absolutely dedicated to his job, to the end. Like he's absolutely worked to stay at the top of his field, as much as he could.

Even some of the few items that are mentioned, like... Traveling to Osaka? Jumping to china, even Germany? Like that's a lot of travel, even if the Hospital is covering him.

Money is never, or will never, be a ligit concern to this man.

[pigswithwings]

what does music mean to you? both mysic you listen to qnd or music that you play. feel free to name specific songs

to perform music is to suffer for me. i really love being able to play pieces from memory and at will, but it is truly tormentous to practice for hours and hours and hours to get to that point. however it is so so so fucking amazing to perform for other people, to finally get the right dynamics and timing and really just go "okay i guess I'll remember this piece forever now".

to listen to music is like. to lend your soul and eyes and mind to a musician for a moment. getting into a beat and putting your voice into singing the lyrics that someone else wrote is like a love letter of some sort. listening to music is like reading poetry, in that I've been told that poetry ought to convey or enrich a lived experience. and music does just this, give life to an unreal situation or deepen one's experience of a current one.

these songs have affected me deeply:

Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley feels rapturous. Like any good song it takes a while to really experience, but at one point I felt like I was gaining a deep and profound knowledge by listening to it. Absolutely wild song.

mos thoser by food house is an absolutely awesome song. Can't properly describe my euphoria at the lyrics, the tempo of the song, the tempo changes. It's just too good. Usually with fast songs like this (i do not know many genre names) I start to dislike them because they can be very repetitive, but after a while of liking this song I can confirm it's still damn good, gets me excited every time. Hot pink bitch named breakfast, dude.

Symphony No. 2, Mov. III (Adagio) by Rachmaninoff is long but please understand that I am big on Romantic era music and holy shit it delivers. I believe that the length of this movement is absolutely necessary to build on the themes of such a gorgeous piece. Oh my god. Check out the seven minute mark, my favourite part.

Everything She Wants by Wham! is awesome to sing to, dance to, whatever. Solid beat going, I really dig the back and forth during the vocalization bits. The jump in pitch at "Somebody tell me" just evokes a great dramatic feeling. Makes a guy want to fall to her knees and pound the floor for fun.

[elevenelvenswords]

Of course I have to ask about Mae haha

[sae-mian]

mask: Does your OC wear a mask, literally or figuratively? What goes on beneath it? Is there anyone in their life who gets to see who they are under the mask?

mask: does your OC wear a mask, literally or figuratively? What goes on beneath it? Is there anyone in their life who gets to see who they are under the mask?

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Nira'sae learned to dull themselves very early. Their mother was desperate to keep them safe, and taught them how to be, to the best of her ability. To be plain - ordinary. To blend in.

Hence, it's this blunt, muted-version of themself that they wear like a mask in public. It was at it's worst in ARR - warped into something more cynical and apathetic in SB and SHB.

The perk of dying and coming back, I suppose, is the opportunity to reset. Instinctually they still default to the mask in public, and around people they don't know, but it isn't quite as sticky. They don't try so hard to maintain it, more willing to let themselves be.

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oc asks: not-so-nice edition

[ehlnofay]

writer asks... 🥺🛒🤡✨🎶🎨👀

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels? I think that something that always gets me is when the interaction is nice and good and lovely, and it could continue to be nice and good and lovely, but there are underlying circumstances that will not let it be and even now the cracks are starting to show. I love it when you can see the painful dissolution of a relationship long before it actually comes to fruition. it's so hhhhh and I write it a fair bit with characters like arabella and j'zargo, torr and astrid, pax and martin, and so forth

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc. the thing that draws me most to writing is the characters; I think most of my writing is in some form a character study. I'm perpetually fascinated by how people react to difficulty, how they relate to one another, how their experiences inform their actions. so I think most of the themes that crop up often relate to that. I like using a lot of images and motifs, as well, but I can't think of any that are ubiquitous, though most of my characters have one or two specifically assigned to them that I like to reference

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh? hmm... I'll be honest almost anything with efri has at least one thing in it that is extremely funny to me. she just says things. I'm looking through her document to give an example and there's just so much in here. in her first meeting with savos she asks him how old he is and then raps her stick on the ground and says "you're dead," before he can finish answering. she announces to the group of vampires she's sitting around a campfire with that she isn't sure how she feels about her choice to free them, you know, ethically speaking. she refers to the eye of magnus exclusively as "the ball" and when mirabelle informs her what they've been calling it she says "huh. that's a weird name" (she does not know who magnus is)

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉 I'm genuinely really happy with where my writing is right now. I'm proud of how much improvement I can see over the last few years in how I portray scenes, atmosphere and dialogue, and I see a lot of potential for growth which I find really exciting! since I was a little kid I've wanted to be a published author and I feel like that's actually in the cards for me at some point in the not-too-distant future (assuming, you know, I actually write a book)

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately? I cannot play music or listen to literally anything when I'm writing. I close the door and the windows and ask my siblings to turn down their youtube videos or else I Cannot Focus An Inch. however I do love to listen to music to help me think through my stories and characters... it helps me get into a Mood and I've gotten a lot of ideas that way. most recent song I've begun to associate with a character is the amazing devil's the calling. it's pax (ish) at a very specific story beat

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories? LOVE IT FOREVER. I still regularly look at art fight attacks and go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. I want to give each of them a turn as my profile picture but I keep forgetting :(

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please! the Ludicrously Big Project.... if I keep the other sections to a similar length it will end up over a hundred thousand words, which is ABSURD. if I don't, the first bit will feel like such an insane outlier. I guess we'll see... I don't want to go into too much detail since I am only about a quarter of the way in (ridiculous) and I might trim the section I've written down a Bunch, so I don't want to like. jinx it. or say anything that ends up not being true. I will say that each main part focuses on the same story from the perspective of a different character and it is an exercise in not writing in little scenes pieced together (the reasons it is SO STUPID LONG methinks... if it was just the one character in vignettes it would have ten thousand words cut out and it would be done already) and that none of the characters in it are mine. unless you count the ones I made up expressly for this story. also it is pretty dark... which isn't super uncommon for my longer stuff it seems. I guess the more intense topics demand more space to resolve themselves. but there are parts that might be hard to read (definitely will be hard to write). whenever I post it in fifty years I will be sure to include comprehensive content warnings