#that he can purify

[reginrokkr]

𝐗𝐗𝐗𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈. Vestiges of a quincentennial corruption —signs / symptoms and therapy—.

It is known that corruption makes its way to any creature's being via exposure to the Abyss no matter how brief it may be, its nature of precipitating everything to death permeating their body with symptoms of varying degrees and lengths depending on how swift the pursuit of a cure is.

Signs and symptomatology.

Among the symptoms connected to corruption, the affected individual may experience: warping one's senses, thus reality. It is known that the void energy magnifies one's negative traits and expands them tenfold (someone's sadness can be more than it really is, someone's paranoia will be fed with more reasons to keep it going that are actually nonexistent but in their mind they are existent); visions, dreams and thoughts of those who passed manifested through voices heard by those with a higher sentience to this type of energy; deception of the viewer's sights by presenting an idyllic atmosphere and location that in reality could have them walk in hell without them knowing unless they awaken that awareness in them; organ compromise leading to a faster failure of the same under the exposure of elemental concentration.

When combined with the curse of immortality, one of its prevalent symptoms is the degradation of the individual's physical body through numbness and loss of any skill that requires his body with the passages of time.

Other signs and symptoms not directly attributed to corruption (but equally to the Abyss in a higher or lesser degree) have different ways of manifestation depending if it's:

→ Via direct contact to an external agent like the Tatarigami: the beginning of symptoms starts with overall weakness and dizziness and nose bleeding. Nightmares that give the sign of a bad omen are also part of the symptomatology. As the chaos goes untreated, the host experiences strong headaches, rashes on the skin blood coughs and more frequent nightmares. All these effects are particularly intense when night falls. Lastly, during the last phases of the sickness, hosts experience gruesome hallucinations and they’re able to listen to fallen gods’ whispers until they fall to madness. Failure to treat any of the symptomatology in time can lead to death.

→ Via Delusions: it stands to reason that in order to create weapons of this caliber by using chaos, the amount of chaos infused in these weapons is controlled and aimed for its wielder’s longer lifespan depending on how strong/resistant they are. As such, the symptomatology may be gentler but in essence it will also lead to its host’s death. Given that chaos is all about life consuming, it saps away from people’s vitality which in turn causes an ageing acceleration with the issues that ageing entails. Additionally, chaos feeds more from negative feelings which includes wrath that makes it harder to get out of the vicious cycle Delusion wielders entered. Hosts may experience weakness and coughing alongside side effects byproduct of the deterioration that comes with the fast ageing until they reach their death.

Depending on certain requirements, being touched by the Abyss leads to three conditions said individual may experience: premature death, transcendence (abandoning one's own flesh to become a transcendent being, an abyssal monster) or, in the best of cases, the need to keep oneself on check in order to not aggravate the already existing symptoms.

Therapy.

Human intervention from those who are knowledgeable in the medical field proves to be effective in muting the symptomatology of the corruption if not much time passes between the abyssal exposure and the treatment. Nevertheless, this is a palliative remedy at best: the organs of those who have been touched by corruption are already compromised.

Other methods that are exceedingly harder to be within human reach have proven to hold a higher effectivity in their healing or even purification exist. 1) Ley Lines themselves, due to being carriers of the seven elements that sustain the world (among other elements) and thus extensions of Irminsul, which also holds purification and healing capabilities, count as one of them. The fact that Natlan's weaker Ley Line system caused the same nation to take a bigger grunt because of the Abyss in comparison to other nations suggests their effectiveness in keeping the void at bay. 2) Traveler's purification and lastly, 3) the celestial nails are also known for being effective, too.

Dáinsleif.

In Dain's particular case, the clearest sign he has of corruption is that half of his body has turned black. Furthermore, his continuous exposition to the Abyss in his pursuit to frustrate the Abyss Order's plans —and by extension, his own brother's— in combination to the curse of immortality (potentially of abyssal connection too, despite being inflicted by a god) is enough reason for him to have multiple symptoms.

Lastly, Dain is known for being both corrupted and cursed, which might result in a higher chance at being affected by the aforementioned described symptoms more. Another reason to this cause is his connection to Irminsul for two reasons: 1) aether and void (abyss) when interacting are mutually toxic— given that both of them coexist in Dain's body, there is no denial that they may interact. And 2) the elements and the abyss repel each other, causing yet another negative effect).

Despite being highly susceptible to be in a really bad shape due to the abyssal influence within him, the reality is that he doesn't suffer much from these thanks to his connection to Irminsul. While contradictory all the same due to the toxicity that the interactions between the elements, aether and abyss may bring, he doesn't suffer from physical degradation and his corruption has been at an impasse for the past 500 years.

However, that doesn't mean that he can be careless with emotions running out of control or in his confrontations against the Abyss Order. And while his own symptoms may not be too bad, they are always present. Predominantly, they tend to flare up in moments of emotional vulnerability or if he lingers too much in places that have abyssal presence.

[mushroominaforest]

Okay, I know I said I was gonna make art for Inv and Saint instead of Hunter and Arti again, but I really wanted to draw this one scene from my au lol

the art is under the cut, tw for body horror, there is an almost Hunter long legs in it (not quite fully rotted yet tho)

For those who don’t want to see that (fair enough) It’s basically Arti encountering Hunter having a not very good time while she’s on a hunting mission for the colony. This is the first time she’s seen him since she abandoned him btw.

Yay! Such a cute scene of the twins reuniting after so long of being apart! <3

[sammygender]

i’ve never been as angry on behalf of a character as i am for sam winchester

[saline-coelacanth]

Happy Halloween I guess, here have some more Oliver being the Overlord

There was more to this comic, but you guys know the drill by this point, it was long so I split it up into two parts so I'll add a link to part 2 once I finish it

Today has been kinda wack /pos with it boops coming back and then the leaks, but I still wanted to post this. Overlord fits with the Halloween vibes.

Gotta love the Wyldfyre and Oliver friendship. Surely, nothing bad will come of this, although at this point you guys probably know me well enough to know that something bad will come of this. But you know, gotta wait until I finish the second part of this comic to see what happens next :3

[smashwolfen]

I have a new son his name is Potato and he is darling XD

Angy Potato Shadow Lugia, he wears a soothe bell so he can chill tf out XD

[randomnameless]

Do you think Edelgard perceives herself as a victim? I’ve been thinking and I can’t decide myself, on one hand she clearly hates the idea of people being victims or helpless, and constantly reframes the victims of the war as “necessary sacrifices” instead of, y’know, tragic causalities of a war she started. She plays up her sad backstory to try to get Byleth to join with her in WC, but then she does all these things to concentrate as much power as possible on herself. On the other (other) hand, she pushes the culpability of the war on everyone except herself, and has trouble taking accountability. She’s obsessed with controlling everything but she doesn’t want to be blamed for the problems she’s created. What do you think?

Oh!

(sorry for replying one literal month later lol)

I find Supreme Leader hard to write because of this, but in a way, I believe that yes, she does.

However, for all the flak Faerghus gets for "ToXiC mAsCuLiNiTy" and "Chivalry BaD", there's something very toxic with the way some Adrestian victims (often women... blame the writers I guess?) deal with their abuse.

I'm not going to spend a lot of time on Doro because I already typed a lot about her, but while she still sees herself as a victim from what she endured and suffered in her childhood, she adopted the toxic mindset of "this suffering is a thing of the past and I grew from that/beyond that to become the person I am now" - which we can also see in Manu who suffered from, roughly, the same traumas.

Petra also follows this pattern, being a hostage and treated like shit, but she grow "beyond" her status of a victim to become the strong person she projects and believes she is - it's only out of House that she realises more accutely her status within the Empire, the reality of her situation and, in Houses, refuses vassalage to Adrestia to make her country independent without having to "ask the Emperor".

It's the same pattern : "I was a victim" but "I became strong" so "I am not a victim anymore, this is something of the past".

Applied to Supreme Leader...

Well, trying to ignore the Agarthans and her dad's own infuence on her character (which is kind of hard, since the games try their hardest to make Agarthans responsible for everything BaD and we're not clear on how much they had an influence on her), I think Supreme Leader believes she was a "victim" of abuse.

But - through further abuse and surviving said abuse - she became strong* enough to "not be a victim anymore".

Which is why her line of "if the weak remain weak it's their fault" feels like it echoes part of her mindset : she was a victim but became strong enough, maybe by hardening her own feelings to become "strong", so she is not the same helpless "victim" she once was.

If she managed to do that, then everyone can do the same.

As for the "necessary sacrifices", since early 2019 someone theorised that "the people" she pretends the fight for as seen as some general "concept", much like the "greater good". So if some people are sacrificed, it's for her ideals - the goal and aim of her newfound strength - , and it piles on her drive, she must realise them otherwise those people would have died (and she would have suffered) for nothing.

However, despite acknowledging her past self as a victim, and because she's now "strong", she's not above using her past trauma (but actually, still present! Remember the rat scene?) to reach her goals, because, at her core, Supreme Leader is soemone who is very determined. Maybe it's her only drive to grow beyond the trauma, or her own illusions, or a mix of everything, but AM made it clear, Supreme Leader is not above, well, using herself if it means seeing her goals come to fruition : unlike Lobotogard from AG, AM!Supreme Leader willingly transforms in Hegemongard.

This is the cost she's willing to pay, so while the memes about Lord Farqaad were on spot, I still think that Supreme Leader is ultimately willing to sacrifice** herself for her goal (but only when there's no other way to ensure her future will come to fruition, and in a way, I guess she thought she would survive the Hegemon transformation, jury's out on what she meant to do in AM's finale, but imo, she still tried, even beaten and battered as she was, to claim Dimi's head).

Ultimately I think everything's a bit muddled by the fact that, as @fantasyinvader pointed out, Supreme Leader is a liar and knows the importance of maintening good PR.

She lies and manipulates the truth to reach her goals (which again, is a red flag when CF claims to want to restore the "distorted history" of Fodlan!) and for all the flak I give them, the devs managed to scrap enough material to give us a peek in Adrestia's mindset (or at least its top nobles), they're not people who self reflect, they are salty because they aren't ruling the world anymore, and they feel like they are better than the rest of Fodlan.

Put everything in the mixer, and you indeed have Supreme Leader (but also her court, especially Ferdie in SB who dares to say, as he is invading and trouncing people who don't really like and accept the idea of being invaded, that the fear those people feel are only in their mind, or something like that? Like, dude, you're rolling over their people and country, of course they'll fear and hate you!) giving her weird rhetoric lines (why are people opposing me if they are going to die?), victim blaming (something Treehouse swallowed like honey, if their lolcalisation is anything to go by, remember, it's Rhea's fault for not offering her head on a platter that is the reason why the War continues in CF!) and so on.

IDK if the devs wanted to bank that much on the Dany parallel with her "if I look back i am lost", but again, I don't know if her drive to make a "better Fodlan" is motivated by her trauma, Adrestian revanchism, Ionius telling her dumb things or Agarthans agarthaning, but her goal and vision are everything to Supreme Leader.

So she will do anythign to see them realised, even if it means sacrificing her people, starting a war, tweaking "the truth" or using her own trauma to motivate and recruit powerful people who might assist her with her goals.

To reply to your question, IMO she sees herself as someone who had once been a victim, but won't let that stop her from reaching her goals, even if it means creating thousands of "hers" in the process, because, in her mind, reaching her goal is more important than anything else.

*I know, she refutes Dimitri's claim that she is "strong" or laughs at it, but imo, it was more in the sense of "I was weak and became strong" so everyone can "become" strong.

**I don't think she wanted to throw away her life, but more something in the lines of "putting my life on the line" or sacrificing her precious (and to see how precious it is, just play CF lol) humanity.

[mothscotch]

im hearing uhave praying mantis batter. pleae tell me about him

HAI! i do have praying mantis batter :3 his name is... mantis.. so creative

hes part of a bigger bug au (all extremely inspired by the lovely @snakeguy999 's au, check it out!)

(the man himself!!)

-hes a large european mantis, about three inches tall.

-he doesnt talk, and prefers non-verbal communication instead (eg. facial expressions, hand gestures, clicking, little noises, stuff like that)

-he doesnt have eyelids, but for ease of facial expressions i do this

-hes got two sets of mandibles (lower and upper) but for chibi n stuff i tend to show upper only.

-hes good at puzzles and is generally smart

-hes very patient, he can stand perfectly still for days

-he has no puppeteer. all his actions are of free will.

-he also has no add-ons, he is very solitary (?)

-ive mentioned this before but he does the mantis wiggle (^_^)

his bad form is fun..

bug centaur!!!! his lower set of arms doubles as legs :3

-if you stretch him out hes 5 inches tall

-uh he does.. mantis things

-he can jump reealll far

-also he holds his arms like praying mantises do in this form

ah thats all for now.. if i think of more ill tell (>_>)

[forcebookish]

damn remember when ichigo went full hollow and orihime was terrified of him but when ulquiorra, someone she has only known as a hollow and kidnapped her by threatening to murder all her friends and spent her whole imprisonment intimidating her, asked her if she was afraid of him she said she wasn't

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

LIKE WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THAT????????

[zukkacore]

Thinking abt jace trying to resurrect Porter. And the worshipper’s ability to define and redefine the subject of worship—with Ankarna, with YES!/YES? etc… And the thing abt Jace being a Porter acolyte is that he loves Porter enough to help him with the plan even though he doesn’t want to lose him through ascension. Jace doesn’t exactly have his own agenda when it comes to The Plan, but a small part of him thinks. I understand Porter. And hopes. And Porter wants an empire, but he’s perfectly willing to take an unwilling army. But Jace’s devotion is real. Porter wants to be the god of rage but. What my true belief, my devotion, my love could change your very nature.

And the plan fails. And Jace has to realize. That’s not how it works. He brings Porter back, but with the resolve that belief is not enough. Porter has to do it himself. Something something cassankarna-Persephades etc etc. And what about you and I? Are we gonna try again? It’s time for spring. Wait for me. I will.

[soullessjack]

ive had a Lot of thoughts about the body horror aspects of jack but the one that sticks with me the absolute most is his blood. like when sam banishes the angels from the holding cell in 13x01. ack’s veins light up gold. his blood is physically being burned from the sigil’s banishing effects and it actually causes pain to jack.

or nick’s resurrection ritual from game night that needed jacks own blood as an ingredient—and the implication alone that any of jack’s genetic components can bring Lucifer back—when he sets a nosebleed stain of it on fire several miles away, jack can physically feel it burning in his veins again.

when jack is constantly puking blood and bleeding from his nose it’s a result of total systemic failure that he’s suffering specifically because the very cells that make up his whole body are falling apart and destroying each other, because he is something that physically should not exist.

the fact that he physically and genetically cannot be normal or separated from his other half, that any sort of ritual or magic against angels causes him physical pain, that he will always at his core be tied back to Lucifer no matter how independent he tries or wants to be, that he can’t even survive without the very part of him that is essentially seen/treated as a dormant evil rabies infection, is an Insane thing to add to a character.

[achildsfirstsorrow]

People who constantly baby Erik or make him some emotionless ‘daddy’ character will be the actual death of me.

[perenlop]

in general i think im really tired of kirby antagonists that are like “ohhhh this is the main antagonist- actually they’re just being possessed and they’re not actually responsible for their actions at all”

[ivory--raven]

I 👏 don't 👏 think 👏 I 👏 know 👏 what 👏 a 👏 healthy 👏 sibling 👏 relationship 👏 looks 👏 like 👏 time 👏 to 👏 cry 👏 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[demonsfate]

y'all don't know how much i fuckkin missed playing villainous abaddon ...

[saline-coelacanth]

Ok new questions for your purified au

What did Oliver do during skybound? I know he probably wasn’t an active part of the season but did he ever make a wish if so what would it be? Also would he have gone with the ninja to shintaro? Since they were invited there as guests

Ok I'm gonna start by answering the Shintaro question since that one is a simple yes or no. Yes, Oliver did go with the ninja to Shintaro. There's no way he was gonna miss out on a birthday party.

As for Skybound, for the longest time I didn't really have any specific ideas for what happened to Oliver other than he got taken out by Nadakhan early on. But recently, I came up with a silly scenario for what happened.

To start, Oliver got taken into police custody along with Misako when the bounty got taken. Then as usual, Nadakhan showed up to try and get Oliver to wish it all away. You know, the basic stuff. But Oliver's brain works on kid logic so he doesn't really pay attention to what Nadakhan is saying, he just hears that he can wish for stuff and goes for it.

So his first wish is actually pretty smart and practical, he wishes to not be at the police station anymore. So Nadakhan bends the wish and transports him to the middle of a forest since Oliver didn't specify where he wanted to go. He expects Oliver to get upset about being lost and alone in a dark scary forest, but Oliver explains that he used to live in a forest so this is fine.

So Nadakhan goes back to his whole song and dance, telling Oliver he can wish for whatever his heart desires. Oliver thinks about it and realizes that he really wants a cool rock. So he wishes for a cool rock, but also unintentionally does the smart thing by being very specific about the rock he wants cause he starts rambling about the rock, so he gets a small little rock that he likes with zero down sides.

Nadakhan is starting to get more annoyed with Oliver, but he doesn't back down. He continues rambling about how he's all alone and the ninja won't find him so he should just wish it all away, but Oliver is not paying attention to any of that. He just flat out is not listening to the words that Nadakhan is saying. He's too busy thinking about his final wish. And when he finally decides what he wants, he asks for basically a gameboy (or a gameboy equivalent) that will never run out of battery and has a really fun game that is difficult, but Oliver is really good at it. No one else is good at the game, just Oliver. So Nadakhan gives him his gameboy and Oliver literally spends the rest of the season sitting in that forest playing his gameboy. Nadakhan realizes that even if he didn't capture Oliver, he at least got him out of the way so he considers that a win and leaves.

I also think it would be funny if occasionally the ninja would mention being worried about Oliver since they have no idea what happened to him and then it cuts back to Oliver in the forest playing his gameboy.

[ninkaku]

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