#the embers speak

[serrennedyanonwriter]

I’m back with my Sims4 playthrough updates.

There will be more later. Just showing you the trans residents ft. Luis hating Krauser, a Chreon moment, and several Serraveira moments.

Before you say, “You ship Serrennedy, you should make Luis and Leon before together,” I do, I’m just multishipper and most of the people in this household have the “Player” trait (aka a trait that allows them to have multiple lovers without causing any jealousy, it’s the best I can do for polyamory without mods as I’m playing on a PS4), so expect Leon and Luis being romantic to each other sometime soon.

[iron-embers]

Me at 12 in the morning: Oooo, lemme just doodle Yoriichi since I never have before

Me at 3 AM:……Well shit.😂🤣

When Artist zoomies hit a the worst time

[catsharky]

Does Ember actually love Astarion or is he just a best friend? I was just curious! Haha

Oh, the answer is a big both! They're best friends, partners, soul mates, each other's Person. If they were shelter cats they'd be pair bonded and have to be adopted together. Whether they are or aren't romantically involved doesn't matter, they're each other's ride or die regardless.

But to be more specific, Astarion is Ember's 'canon' relationship, with Rolan being something of an AU that I just happened to end up doing a comic about first.

I'm not someone who likes to make multiple OCs to pair up with different characters, cause not only do I get too attached to one, I just overall find it a lot more fun to take a single character like Ember and play around with what would happen if she were to end up with someone different. See what changes or stays the same depending on the partner she ends up with.

But no matter what, she and Astarion end up a duo to at least some degree, even if it's just as partners in crime.

[the-crimson]

I’m just spinning q!bbh in my mind rn I’ve got theories and analysis and bits of it are a stretch and it is rambly and long so it’s going under a cut but here we go XD

Everything he’s done since the eggs were taken has been so incredibly deliberate and he developed this plan when he was in the depths of the greatest despair. According to what he told Baghera today, he developed this plan before the anger stream when he lava cast the presidential office as that was part of the plan to draw out the workers.

So Bad blatantly lying and gaslighting and just being incredibly suspicious to everyone today feels deliberate. It feels like he’s intentionally burning these bridges. The whole gun debacle is a great example of this. I saw a post that suspected bbh took Ron to test Baghera and her loyalty to him by doing something he knows she’d disapprove of and while I don’t think that’s why he took Ron, I defiantly think that’s part of it.

The whole gun thing I feel is Bad’s test for Forever. Bad has lied to his face and changed the story so many times that even when Bad tells him the truth Forever doesn’t care. I think Bad is intentionally pushing Forever just like he is Baghera. He’s pushing him to see what it would take for Forever to cut ties. It’s brutal and is actively hurting Forever just like how Baghera was hurt learning what Bad had done to Ron.

Bad feels no guilt for what he’s done to Ron. All he cares about is what others would think of his actions. He knows what he’s doing is “wrong” but he doesn’t care. Such black and white morality is beneath him. He’s doing what he thinks is necessary.

And that includes his own self destruction. He is testing all of these relationships knowing full well that he might destroy them. He knows Baghera is so much more moral than him and has such a higher value of life so he intentionally showed her something that would shatter her perception of him. Bad knows that trust is very important to forever so he intentionally lies and gaslights him knowing full well that Forever may never trust him again.

Bad created this plan when he was at his lowest point. On an average day, Bad’s value of his own life is nonexistent. He designed a plan to uncover how the federation spies on them knowing full well that it could turn everyone against him. That sure sounds familiar doesn’t it? Bad’s proposed this exact same plan under different circumstances(“joining” the feds to make them worse so everyone revolts against them inspired by his building inspector bit”). He doesn’t care about himself and is willing to throw himself to the wolves and make everyone hate him if it means defeating the federation and getting their children back. Previously, bad never went through with the plan because he wasn’t as desperate but now… during the depths of his grief after the kids were stolen, there was nothing holding him back from complete self annihilation.

I think Tubbo discovering/catching on to bbh’s kidnapping put a hitch in Bad’s plans because now his tests for others are being influenced by an outside variable he can’t control, that’s why he spent the whole day doing damage control. He’s trying to spin the story in such a way that he’s still somewhat in control of the situation. He knows that the cats out of the bag. Everyone is going to suspect him now so what does he do? He spends the day making himself even more suspicious. He admitted to torturing foolish in the past. He admitted to imprisoning forever during the happy pills arc. He admitted to planning on abducting a player in the future. He’s making himself look so much more guilty.

Everything he does is with intent. What could be the intent here? He’s told several people that he wants to be arrested so he has access to the federation prisons/facilities. He’s told several people that he is capable of kidnapping/torturing someone. He denies he’s guilty of Ron’s disappearance while simultaneously making himself look guilty. Is he trying to push the federation? To see if they actually will arrest him? All fingers point to bbh and the federation knows this - they basically say so in the journals Tubbo found. But they continue doing nothing. The workers are warned to stay away from him at all costs but… why wouldn’t they just arrest him? They’ve done so to others for less. That’s the question I want Tubbo to be asking. He’s smart enough to realize there’s something off here. Yes bad has a guy in his basement but why hasn’t the federation done anything about it?

Maybe that’s Bad’s test for Tubbo. Bad knows Tubbo is fiercely intelligent and that he can’t bullshit has way past him so he gave Tubbo so much. Yes there was a lot of bullshit but Bad intentionally gave Tubbo more ammunition against him. Is that Bad’s test? If Tubbo finds proof that Bad has Ron in his basement and the federation continues not to act, will that clear Tubbo of suspicion in his eyes? Tubbo knows the worker Bad is trying to find, is Bad giving Tubbo a chance to unknowingly prove himself by uncovering Bad’s secret? “Has anyone ever told you your too smart for your own good, Tubbo?” It sounded like a threat but it could have been an invitation.

Fred has become an incredibly important npc and I have a feeling he is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the eggs and the great evil. I’m pretty sure he’s the one in the radio transmission that talks about why the eggs disappeared and Ron said he overheard Fred talking about the evil. Fred knows so much more than he lets on and one way or another, the players are gonna find out.

I’m also fascinated by Bad’s conversation with Bagi about Boo. Only after Bagi confessed to telling Forever about the secret did Bad put in his clipboard that she passed the test. We’ll how did she pass the test? She told someone about his secret. We’ll, she came clean about it. She told someone she thought was Bad’s best friend then admitted it. She wasn’t trying to go behind his back and thus was trustworthy. However, as the day went on and Bagi learned about Ron, this changed. Her perception of Bad changed and Bad updated his notes about her in response. She went from trustworthy to sometimes trustworthy to be careful what you tell her. She still passed the test but the level of trust dropped dramatically - which is so fascinating.

At the end of it, I think… through all of this, Bad is gonna burn all his bridges in order to find the eggs and destroy the federation. He’s accepted that at this point. He was so dismissive of Baghera’s concerns for Ron and Bad and almost felt like he was placating her, just telling her what she wanted to hear. If Baghera interferes with Ron, I don’t think Bad will accept that and he would sacrifice their relationship to continue his plans. If anything, I could see him releasing Ron into Baghera’s hands only to capture Fred in his place - and this time he wouldn’t tell a soul.

Just the sudden switch in attitude when everyone triggered his radar was palpable. “Get out of my house or die” he was so furious that this test had been interrupted but he masked it while with baghera. When Bad went flying into the hall of grim shouting at everyone to get out and attacking them mercilessly, you could feel the rage (part of that was the lore secrets being accidentally revealed but still) the entire visit with Ron was a performance for both Ron and Baghera and I feel so bad for Baghera because she’s in an impossible position.

She wants to be there for Bad she wants to support him but this… this is so far beyond what she is willing to excuse from him. This has crossed so many lines but there isn’t any turning back. She doesn’t want to lose Bad either through breaking his trust or being taken by the federation but at the same time she can’t stand by and do nothing. She needs to help him. Unfortunately, that means it’s highly likely Bad will end up immolating their friendship if she pushes too hard.

And just the way Bad acts around Ron is so fascinating. It’s all a performance. The large furnished home. The fridge full of food. The fish. The weird attachment Bad shows - almost a reverse Stockholm syndrome - while simultaneously talking over/for Ron in such a dehumanizing way. It’s so fascinating in the moments when the mask falls away. When Bad was watching Baghera talk to Ron - idk if it was just me - but I felt like Bad was a hawk observing it’s prey. He plays up the sugary sweetness and dependence but he still feels like a tiger prowling the bars of his cage eyeing the snacks on the other side. It’s the way he moves and what he choosss to look at during these scenes idk bbh’s body language is insane and I could devote an entire essay to analyzing it

Like Bad’s stream title before he started stream, there are only two sides. Either ur with him or against him and the only thing he values is finding the eggs and tearing down the federation. He doesn’t care if everyone grows to hate him. He doesn’t care if he grows to hate himself. There are no lines he won’t cross. It’s all worth it. It’s all inevitable.

[therealsirsticker]

Eight Ecto Nights: Night One Fire

hehe. had an idea and committed to it. Ember causing mischief! (At least in her eyes lol)

[felikatze]

hi i'm catching up on TEK again and i am Losing It at luzian <3

When Nagyunn mentions revenge. She looks. Confused. god. head in hands.

Because like, Tyr and Lauzun look serious, right? They know who "Najin" could be taking revenge for. For his brother, obviously.

But Luzian just. Hated Nagyunn so so so much that she doesn't get the implication. That it simply doesn't click that "Nagyunn" is someone worth getting revenge for.

MANNN AND LIKE. TYR'S DEVELOPMENT HERE IS SO INTERESTING AS WELL.... because we know that Back Then he saw bullying Nagyunn as the Right thing to do for "his" crimes. And Tyr is both suuuper ideological with his justice but deeply pragmatic in pursuit of it. So much so that he stops Nagyunn from doing the "right" thing (unveiling his identity) because it would shatter Luzian. She'd probably be disgusted with herself for like. Trusting and admiring who she then knows to be Nagyunn.

And they can't fuckin have that right now. Nooo time for personal drama we got a war to stop fellas.

But also just. Man. the subtle reminder that nobody gives a shit about Nagyunn. Ever. About him as a person? Nope. No one! Depressing.

(Myusa is just focused on the goal cuz he wasn't there and doesn't know what the backstory is, lmao.)

[neurotraum]

Dannymay day 29 - ghost speak au

What if ghosts used an indistinct whisper

[daughter-of-the-hearth]

“Dang. I have siblings?”

“Yes.”

[phanamu]

While I'm in the mindset of talking about Danny Phantom's Writing Choices, while it's a fanon given that Season 3 is Rough and Girl's Night Out is arguably one of the Rougher examples of that, it really is a missed opportunity.

It also commits the absolute travesty of sidelining Valerie but what else is new.

Sam is a prime victim of the Not Like Other Girls mentality and this episode really makes that clear with her constantly butting heads with the two most important women in Danny's life, his sister and his mom. Like. Honey, who are you even competing with and for what prize?

The friction that Sam has with Jazz has been a thing just because Jazz can be overbearing and 'intruded' on Team Phantom, but you know it's bad when you're trying to essentially mansplain and commandeer a ghost-hunting operation from Maddie, Mrs. "Credited as the more competent Pioneer of Modern Day Ghost Science for the past Twenty Years" Fenton, just because you have somewhere around a year of vigilantism with her mutant teenage half-ghost son under your belt and don't like being told what to do.

Way to show your mommy issues, Manson. :P

The potential was there to let Jazz and Maddie shine their own strengths and for Sam to first be confronted by and then have to get over her internalized misogyny and foster genuine connections to some women in her life based on Respect, but it got lost in the gimmick of it all.

It could have been cool to have Jazz first call Sam's bullshit for the insecurity that it is and then face off with Spectra again but this time with a better psychological profile of Penelope's bullshit and Read her for Empty Filth.

It could've been cool for Maddie to take charge of organizing a team without Jack around and have her face off against Ember because she has the tech to counter Ember's soundwaves and resist her influence.

It could've been cool for Kitty to foil Sam as someone who actually likes hanging out with her inexplicable team of ghostly gal pals and point out how Sam isn't doing herself any favors, at least until it all falls apart.

And it could've been cool to remember Valerie exists and for her and Maddie to bond about ghost-fighting and make Jazz and Sam nervous for Danny's sake, but you know. We can't have nice things.

At least we got to see Sam do some gender heckery and the B-plot of Jack and Danny and Skulker was really fun. Rip to Tucker though why do you always get thrown into weird dimensions?

[serrennedyanonwriter]

I’ve given into my urges.

I have made some Resident Evil characters in the Sims4.

The list is kind of weird since I wanted to make some characters related, and I don’t think you can make them related when they’re already pre-existing, but the list of ones I’ve made are: Claire, Chris, Leon, Sherry, Krauser, Luis, Carlos, and Ada.

(I’ll get pictures soon, don’t worry!)

[iron-embers]

New Acrylic Charm design of my fav unhinged swordsmith! Will be in production very soon and if you guys wanna preorder him lemme know, in the meantime, enjoy the duality of Haganezuka’s FURY! Love him both masked and unmasked, and since it is the holidays, I’m running a great Holiday deal on my Kofi, every purchase comes with free stuff, Giyuu prints and stickers are now available along with the rest of the merch!

Ko-fi shop

Art is mine

[catsharky]

May I ask for some details about your Tav? What do you mean by hasnt really lived as a tiefling before? Like literally has never seen another tiefling? Seems like being abducted by the mindflayers introduced major life changes to your Tav

I'm sorry this took so long to answer, but I ended up doing a whole bunch of art to answer this!

Ember has a really extensive backstory that's kind of long, but the short version of it is: she was caught in the crossfire of a deal her parents made with a devil. They couldn't have a child of their own because her mother was too severely ill, so they made the deal in the hopes of returning her health and along with it the ability to bear children. Unfortunately devil deals being what they are, they ended up with Ember who the devil stole from her birth parents.

Her mom was a high elf and her dad a half-elf, and her mom's side of the family were quite vocally anti-Tiefling. Because of her mother's health problems, however, they couldn't just sever contact with her parents because they relied on their money to cover the cost of healers, expensive potion ingredients and the like. They couldn't be trusted not to be a threat to Ember though, so the decision was made to disguise her as their biological daughter throughout her childhood.

Here's an age chart!

As a result, Ember didn't even know she was a Tiefling until she was around 4 or 5, when she began to present as a sorcerer and accidentally undid the disguise spell (she ends up a bard thanks to her mom, but her control of magic comes from sorcery).

Before the events of the game, the most time she ever spent as a Tiefling was when she was 13- when her mom died and her dad disappeared, the disguise spell having relied on her mum's magic. She went through hell for a while after that and as soon as she could learn how to cast the spell herself, she jumped at the chance and went back to living as her old half-elf self. So when she gets taken by the Nautiloid, it's her being forced to actually live as her real self and as a Tiefling for the first time. As a result she doesn't have great control over her tail, because she's just straight up not used to having one.

She also spends a lot of Act 1 jumpscaring herself whenever she walks by a mirror lmao.

I do plan to do some comics that are set earlier in the game at some point, and those ones will explore more of her backstory. What I've done so far has just happened to be set in Act 3, after she's already sorted a lot of her shit out. I just have no idea when that'll actually be!

[chillfaerie]

Mini Prediction for Sky: The Two Embers!

We know Winged Lights have been referred to as "imprints of the Children of Light", implying its where skykids like us have traveled before. However, some theorists believe they also represent the Prince/King's light since we meet one in the void of Eden too.

So wouldn't it be cool if, throughout the animated series, we saw the Prince / the Dawn Ember visit places where Winged Lights are? Not all of them, of course, but just a few as a nice nod to this idea about the game c:

[soullessbullshit]

Concordia: You're Argonian?

Speaks-in-Embers: Yep. Colllld-blooded.

Tavi: Sucks you can't enjoy spicy food.

Naril: ...Why not?

Tavi, momentarily possessed by the infinite knowledge of Apocrypha: Cuz... Cuz only mammals are affected by capsaicin- I don't know what I'm saying??

Naril: Is that true?

Speaks-in-Embers: Yeh.

[felikatze]

(head in fucking hands) nobody in the entire story cares about nagyunn as a person. MAYBE lauzun. if nagyunn had it in him to be honest. but. other than the faint hope of some leftover childhood friendship there?

everyone he knew before would hate him if they knew his name. everyone after that just want him for his usefulness and nothing else. he doesn't have any friends. or family. or anyone who'll mourn him.

[emberpkmn]

dragons are super neat ^^ i love seeing what dragons look like across the world!