#thats SECONDARY

[lowkeiloki]

"mlw couples are only good if theyre both bi"

"mlw couples are only good if they're t4t"

SHIT UP! mlw couples are good if they're both magical little colourful creatures

[isabellaofparma]

who up thinking about the vampire armand

[corsairspade]

every time i interact with the silmarillion i get weirdly excited about the fact that the authorial intent is that it's a translation of historical accounts. it's a tertiary source! none of it is first hand. it makes it so much more interesting. was the legendarium a mannish tradition? what parts of these were written by pengolodh? by rumil? what loremaster has recorded this? would there be bias in the accounting? can i trust what i'm reading, from this viewpoint, this many years after it would have been written?

what has been mythologised, what has been sanitised, what is third-hand written on rumour? it's such an interesting thing to consider.

[moonverc3x]

(gosh I hope that comic is at least readable- Ignore all the inconsistencies, I've never drawn and colored a comic before 😭) Anyways- meet the heroes of yore! sort of... you get to know what they look like at least!

Im finally getting around to publicly sharing some tidbits of lore with yall! Originally the "heroes of yore" spiel Galacta reads was going to be just text but I thought people would probably like it a little better if there was a comic to accompany it!

and im. not sure how to end this post?? I suppose I can say that Meta and Galacta Knight are open for asks!!! Im hoping I can keep the energy to keep this thing going, but only time will tell!

[holy-reference-in-a-username]

Tord and Edd look so cute together, I want to see them more often

haha dude stop~ you can't eat my brains!!! x3

[haunted-xander]

Started this months ago but procrastinated hard bc I didn't want to draw backgrounds </3

[bigger-bluer-moon]

i've been absolutely in love with obscura vn ( @rottenraccoons ) since i played the demo, the worldbuilding and all the ROs are so *chefs kiss* so obviously i had to draw my big ginger boyo

[electric-blue24]

figuring out a proper dragon design for cirrus, starting with one that properly shows him off in all his eye bleedingly bright glory

[cerealmonster15]

images that bring me peace. u simply dont understand. !!!!

[fr-thrice]

they aren't officially registered, but Lief and a newcomer Thales have recently converted into pearl cerdae: they have made a pact with the viridian plant and been transformed by it.

Lief has always been passionate about adhering to the ways of Nature and cultivating plants. He is resentful towards his violent mother, and was happy to trade the raptor-like hindclaws he inherited from her for cerdae hooves. Now he feels less tethered to his past, and more in touch with Nature.

Unlike Lief, who has lived in Nature his whole life, Thales was raised in Arcane. Years ago, vir mother foretold that Thales would someday travel across Sornieth to find vir destiny. Vi did not want to leave behind all vi knew, but an ailment eventually forced vir to do so in search of a cure. Vir mother accompanied Thales all the way to Nature, after hearing of the regenerative abilities granted by the pact with the viridian plant.

Thales and Lief met while they both sought the plant in the depths of the forest. They were comforted by each other's company, since the pact was nothing to be taken lightly. Lief is now covered in ferns and flowers of all covers, while Thales has sprouts of lavender and crocuses. With one healed and the other changed, they both seem happy to have taken the pact.

[theprinceandthewitch]

If anyone here is going to critique TOH, you'd have to bring up how King's main character status negatively affects the story.

This is a problem because King isn't connected to Philip in any meaningful way like Hunter and Luz are. The Philip and Caleb/Evelyn murder drama isn't something you can underplay because it's part of Philip's backstory. Like... it's the thing that kickstarted the entire main plot of TOH. So, King being the secondary main character when he doesn't have any thematic connection to Philip is actually detrimental to the story.

King is the most important figure on TBI's, even though the main plot has nothing to do with him -- he is completely detached from it. With the framework we have, it makes more sense for Hunter to be the secondary main character instead of King -- and to give Luz and Hunter parallel journeys that end with them defeating Philip.

[cloud-ya]

can't get myself to draw rimu's wings from dorsal side to present the patterns so he's getting put on chart

[linkedin-corp]

okay heres the timeline/series of events for my "chimera vivian" au <- guy who needs to make a better name for it

ONCE AGAIN WARNING FOR LOOOONG POST! bring popcorn

and yes before you ask i Did write this in a Sort Of. wiki "plot explanation" type of fashion, mainly because i was thinking in the pov of like. if this was actually part of the game. idk why i did that. helps me think about the mechanics of everything more

the au begins once the party reaches the shadow palace , on a seemingly normal path to completion

the party is tired from traversing through the shadow palace once they reach gloomtail

gloomtail is significantly harder, and eats vivian halfway through the fight

the party flees due to this

they take refuge in rogueport once again to try and think of a way to get her back

they find the real frankly still in rogueport, and tell him of what happened

frankly is visibly very stressed and panicked after they tell him this and he digs through multiple books to find useful information; eventually he tells them of a very powerful magician that very briefly mentored the four heros of old, whos tale was lost to time due to the thousand year door story

the party has to find a certain someone who would be willing to take them to a dangerous dungeon that the magician is rumored to live

once they do, they need to do a favor for them so that this person can trust them

once this favor is completed, the guide introduces themself and their own party, who coincidentally wants to visit the magician themselves (though most of the party is more interested in the riches)

after a nice ‘getting to know eachother’ dinner, the next day they head off

meanwhile, the shadow queen awakens due to the time of the doors seal being up

grodus still tries to take control of the shadow queen, but fails

the shadow queen remains within the shadow palace, and plots a way to stop mario before they return with the crystal stars (also spends her time creating many creatures that wreck havoc while the party is away)

the two parties have some trouble along the way, including a handful of very overpowered enemies (as theyve traveled into the untraversed areas of the map, looking for the magician's dungeon)

once they finally find it, the trials inside are sort of like the pit of 100 trials and keelhaul keep combined

the dungeon is huge and full of life, (like the dunmeshi dungeon) they get lost inside a few times due to the secondary party’s leader reading the map wrong accidentally

a huge puzzle lies before the final room of the dungeon, the crystal castle (now abandoned and visibly crumbling)

inside lies a cloaked boss that can shapeshift into previous bosses mario's party has faught; once they defeat it, it reveals itself as the thousand year old magician. (“well done for combining your strengths to defeat me!”)

because they defeated them, the wizard allows them to request anything they want of him. mario tells the wizard they need him to help revive vivian

the wizard only agrees to help if mario acknowledges that revival magic is very fickle, and that it may not work perfectly or as they intend. they agree, as it's their only choice

the party makes the trek back; noticing the enemies in their path have become increasingly more difficult to defeat ; luckily, having the wizard on their side helps tenfold

on the way back, one of the secondary party members gets severely wounded. this forces them to reveal themselves as doopliss. (“beldam .. she was rude, but these guys seemed kind to eachother. i thought i wouldve been able to finally fit in with a powerful group.”) (doopliss wouldve appeared after gloomtail with beldam and marilyn, but because mario’s party did not appear when beldam had expected, he had time to rethink and turn back after beldam was using him as a verbal punching bag)

the entire group returns eventually, moderately unscathed. unfortunately, rogueport and adjacent towns are in ruins because of the shadow queens minions

the secondary party ends up staying in rogueport to help the locals with their infestation problem

mario’s party returns to the thousand year door with the wizard and goes back to gloomtail to defeat him

after they defeat him, they notice vivian isnt being spit out like koops dad

the wizard tries to use the revival spell, but everyone is filled with tension and worry because of the unexpected circumstances

the spell of course backfires, and vivian is revived— only alongside gloomtail as well (chimera time)

just as ‘vivian’ wakes up, the secondary party arrives because their leader got worried for their safety (and surprisingly, they cleaned up rogueport quite quickly)

vivian freaks out, heavily injuring many of them in the process

after a very confusing fight that got pretty much nowhere (as mario’s party didint want to harm vivian), she flees

mario’s party and the secondary party form up and decide to yet again return to rogueport to heal up

mario insists the secondary party stays behind; after much arguments on both sides, they agree

the wizard stays behind to help the secondary party heal as well, as he doesnt want to make any more preventable messes with his rusty work

mario’s party visits frankly to try and get advice on how to turn vivian back

he suggests the only way to do so is by sealing away the shadow queen, as once she is sealed away, all of the shadow palace subjects will be sealed away too

mario asks how will they make sure vivian is safe while also making sure she doesnt kill anyone else

frankly suggests perhaps using the power of a crystal star to do so (“maybe jogging her memory so she can gain control might help!”) (if you feel like doing other stuff at this rate (stuff like mindless quests like the help board n stuff), you can try and help other towns get rid of pests made by the shadow queen— you of course get rewarded for doing this — doing it also makes the shadow queen weaker during the final fight)

mario’s party returns to the shadow palace to try and find vivian (this takes maybe like 30 minutes of going through each room except the ones right before the shadow queen; you follow vivian's footprints) while also trying to avoid the shadow queen and her minions

once they find vivian and corner her, mario shows her the ruby star, which makes her lash out as if she were in immense pain before passing out

it takes her awhile to wake up, but mario’s party stays with her to make sure she gets up

once she does, her memories are retained and shes much calmer now (but can barely speak, only uses hand signs and warbled speech)

almost immediately after vivian wakes, the shadow queen finds them and corners mario’s party, hoping to get rid of them once and for all

due to now having vivian back, the party is able to defeat the shadow queen, and seal her away

once she is finally sealed again, vivian returns to normal (albeit with a few permanent changes)

rollllll credits

most of these details are. not entirely set in stone , obviously, so i might be editing this occasionally or talking about stuff ive changed. obviously i havent figured out the details with the new party or the wizard yet, but i will ! eventually !

i have a vague idea of what the secondary party might consist of for now, so ill be updating on that periodically

[ask-whitepearl-and-steven]

Why does USA-raised Steven uses kilometers for his ship’s speed ?

There are two answers - the Watsonian and the Doylist. Which one will make you more comfortable?

[containedconspiracy]

buhh

[ruthlesslistener]

back at it again at krispy kreme- this time it's location of scent glands and what signaling pheromones they produce on wyrms (pk used as an example). done during biochem midterm review because i've got my priorities straight