#the stats are thriving though!

[seedlessmuffins]

all three of my brothers had football games today so tonight at dinner we had a very serious tactico talk with their stats as a weekend debrief

[pucksandpower]

Insomniac

Toto Wolff x wife!Reader

Summary: you’re tired of falling asleep in an empty bed due to your workaholic husband’s sleepless nights

Based on this request

You rub your eyes and blink a few times, adjusting to the soft glow of the lamp on the end table as you lift your head from the couch cushion.

2:17 AM.

Again.

This makes the fifth night in a row that you’ve fallen asleep alone on the living room sofa, having given up on the hope of Toto joining you in your shared bed upstairs. The cashmere blanket wrapped around your legs does little to ward off the chill of the night, and you suppress a shiver as you sit up.

With a sigh, you slide out from under the afghan, the plush carpet soft under your bare feet as you quietly make your way out of the living room and down the hall. The sliver of light peeking out from underneath the closed door of the study confirms your suspicions — Toto is still awake, still working at this ungodly hour.

Ever since the news broke that Lewis would be leaving Mercedes for Ferrari at the end of the season, Toto has been unable to relax. He barely sleeps, poring over stats and projections deep into the night as he tries in vain to figure out how to move forward.

You know he feels responsible — for building the team into what it is, for leading it to seven constructors’ titles, for creating an environment where Lewis could thrive. Letting him go feels like a monumental failure in Toto’s eyes, even though rationally there was nothing else to be done. Lewis’ mind was made up.

But knowing how reasonable a decision it was does nothing to quiet the ceaseless chatter of Toto’s anxious thoughts. He second guesses himself constantly, running through hypotheticals and what-ifs over and over.

What if he had offered more money? More freedom? What if he had anticipated Lewis’ wandering eyes and somehow convinced him to stay? But you know better than anyone that his hands were tied — Mercedes’ board of directors simply would not cooperate with his suggestions.

You understand Toto’s anguish, but his sleepless agonizing is starting to take a toll. The dark circles under his eyes are more pronounced than ever, and the weight of his responsibilities hangs heavily from his slumped shoulders. His embraces are no longer as warm, his kisses no longer as tender. He retreats into his own head, consumed by doubts and regrets, and you feel him slipping away day by day.

Enough is enough, you decide. If Toto won’t take care of himself, then you will have to take matters into your own hands.

You tiptoe to the kitchen and quietly replace Toto’s usual late-night dark roast with decaf. It won’t stop him from working, but at least it won’t add fuel to the fire of his racing thoughts.

After preparing for bed yourself, you head down the hall, suppressing a shiver as your bare feet meet the cool wood floors. Pausing outside the study door, you turn the thermostat down just a couple degrees. It’s a subtle change, but you know Toto will notice, and it just might make him long for the warmth of your shared bed.

Taking a breath, you gently rap your knuckles against the door and let yourself in. Toto is exactly where you expected, hunched over his desk with his brows furrowed, staring fixedly at his laptop screen.

“Hey,” you say softly so as not to startle him. “It’s getting pretty late, I’m going to head to bed.”

“Mmhmm,” he murmurs absently, barely glancing up.

You stifle a yawn, stretching your arms over your head. “Are you coming?” You ask hopefully.

“In a bit,” Toto mumbles. “I just need to finish this analysis.”

You sigh, walking over to him and sliding your arms around his shoulders. “Toto, please,” you plead, nuzzling into his neck. “Come to bed. You need to rest.”

He reaches up to give your hand a quick, distracted pat. “Soon, liebling. I promise.”

Accepting that you won’t sway him now, you kiss his stubbly cheek and head for the door. “Don’t stay up too much longer,” you implore, then make your way back down the hall.

Once in your bedroom, you go through your regular bedtime routine, brushing your teeth and washing your face. But instead of climbing into your big empty bed, you find yourself wandering further down the hall to the nursery.

Pushing open the door, you pause to gaze at your sleeping infant daughter in her crib, her little chest rising and falling with soft even breaths. The corner of the room holds a cozy cushioned rocking chair, and you sink down into it with a yawn, the lateness of the hour finally catching up to you. Your eyes drift closed as you let the gentle motion lull you towards sleep.

You’re not sure how much time has passed when you feel strong arms sliding under your knees and behind your back, lifting you from the chair. You let out a soft murmur, still more asleep than awake, as Toto carries you from the nursery. Resting your head against his chest, you breathe in his familiar scent as he brings you down the hall to your bedroom.

Gently, he lays you down on your bed, brushing a wisp of hair back from your face as he pulls the covers up around you. Through bleary eyes, you see him cross to the dresser and begin shedding his clothes, swapping his button-down and slacks for a t-shirt and pajama bottoms. Finally, he climbs in beside you with a weary sigh, and you immediately nestle against him, seeking his warmth.

“I’m sorry,” he whispers, pressing a kiss to your forehead as his arms encircle you.

You lift your head to meet his tired blue eyes. “It’s okay,” you murmur. “I know this has been hard for you.”

He shakes his head slightly. “That’s no excuse. You shouldn’t have to deal with my restlessness.”

You reach up to cup his cheek. “We’re in this together, remember?” You remind him gently. “For better or worse.”

The corners of his mouth twitch in a hint of a smile. “Have I told you lately how much I love you?”

“Hmm, I don’t know if it’s come up,” you tease.

He gives you a playful little squeeze. “Well I do. So much.” His voice grows more serious then. “I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but I’m thankful for you every day.”

You grin and snuggle impossibly closer. “Flattery will get you everywhere, Mr. Wolff.”

His low chuckle rumbles pleasantly against your cheek. “I mean it though. You’re my rock. My safe place. With everything going on ...” He trails off with a heavy exhale.

Reaching for his hand, you lace your fingers through his and give a supportive squeeze. “I know. But it’s going to be okay. Mercedes will find their way again, with you leading the charge. You’re the heart and soul of this team, Toto. You brought them this far, and you’ll bring them even further.”

“I wish I had your confidence,” he admits softly. “I just hope I can live up to it.”

“You will,” you say without hesitation. “You’re the most driven, passionate person I know. Your commitment is unmatched. If anyone can navigate these changes, it’s you.”

Toto is quiet for a moment, his thumb gently caressing your knuckles. “Thank you,” he says finally. “Just … thank you. For believing in me. For supporting me. For loving me, even when I’m being a stubborn arschloch.”

You grin. “Well, you’re my stubborn arschloch. And I wouldn’t change a thing.”

He laughs then, the sound warm and rich, and you feel some of the tension leave his body.

“No more working until sunrise though, okay?” You implore, threading your fingers through his hair. “You need to take care of yourself too.”

He nods, eyes shining with affection. “Okay. I promise.”

Satisfied, you nestle against his chest once more, comforted by the steady rhythm of his heartbeat. His lips find the top of your head in a tender kiss.

“I love you,” he murmurs into your hair. “So very much.”

You smile softly, already drifting towards sleep in the safety of his arms.

“I love you too,” you whisper. And with a contented sigh, you surrender to the pull of peaceful slumber, the two of you wrapped up in each other as you should be.

No more empty beds or sleepless nights. Just the comforting nearness of the man you love.

Your partner.

Your home.

[nectardaddy]

notebook paper | hinata shoyo

introductions | roomies failing stats

masterlist

yn is an education major wanting to teach science in junior high, she's in her semester of student teaching

suga is an elementary education major wanting to teach lower elementary, he's also in his student teaching semester

please give thoughts and prayers to these 2 these are the worst times of their lives (I had multiple mental breakdowns during my student teaching days)

kiyoko is a business management major. she loves it. she's thriving. she hates the frat boy terrain it comes with though

kenma is a computer science major. thoughts and prayers. constantly turns assignments in late because he forgets the due date.

yes they all failed stats and had to take it again and they haven't changed the gc name since

they all met their first semester at college and beat the first friend group dividing plauge

they all live together in an apartment off campus

tanaka basically lives there rent free but he's the certified bug killer whenever he's there

suga and yn are probably the closest out of all of them because they have so many classes together

it is a running competition between the 2 of them of who can tell the most outrageous stories from school possible

yn is winning (middle schoolers are INSANE)

kenma and kiyoko both think they'd certified insane for thinking half of those stories are funny

@muyyie @wyrcan @eggyrocks @eclecticeggknightpsychic

[uroboros-if]

DEMO ✧ WEBSITE 🌿 Last updated June '23

✧UROBOROS is a 17+ fantasy interactive fiction novel written in Twine. Play as the deity of eternity, powerless and deemed useless among gods, for nothing lasts forever. A struggle between mortals and gods sparks a conflict that may bring an end to the age of the divine rule.

This game will be completely free to play in its entirety; no necessary in-game content will ever be monetized.

You are the deity of All That Lasts Forever, a being born of the Chaotic Universe and moulded in divinity. One that exists among gods of lore, with the power to change seasons, conjure great storms, and raise life from dust.

Yet, you wield no power. Nothing lasts forever.

Relegated to an errand god, you assist the god of death with the afterlife, guiding lost spirits and hearing the dead's grievances.

Life was simple; the gods weaved the starry night that mortals slept beneath, raised the sun that humans rose to and drew the tides that guided vessels along. All was peaceful.

Until someone dared to defy death.

Your investigations into a strange occurrence will lead you to know far more than you ever intended to, unravelling what may be the precursor to the collapse of the reign of gods…

An outcast among gods and mortals, you are the grey area that bridges the two, and you will decide the fate of the world. Will you side with divinity, preserving power and maintaining order? Or will you support the struggle against them, ending a long era of oppressive rule?

✧CONTENT WARNING: depictions of war, violence, and death; mentions of cannibalism (not heavily depicted). Potentially sexually suggestive themes. 🌿

✧ Play as the deity of eternity. 🌿

Though do not expect to be powerful or beloved, with nothing within your domain. Choose your own name, personality, "gender" and "sexuality".

✧ Four characters to develop deeper relationships with. 🌿

The deity of the sun, the deity of death, the deity of misfortune, and the champion of the rebellion. All with their own themes and stories. Gender selectable. Relationships can be developed platonically or romantically.

✧ A shift away from traditional numerical stats. 🌿

Focused on immersive storytelling, make decisions true to your character, and develop complex relationships with characters that are not easily quantifiable. Your choices will seal your fate, rather than your skill at stat-raising.

✧ Decide the fate of the world. 🌿

Overthrow the current order of divinity, or fight to maintain the status quo.

✧ Explore a world of mystique and wonder, of pain and misery. 🌿

A sense of loss pervades.

NOTE: Gods canonically do not have a gender; merely their mortal forms will take on a certain gender presentation, which will be selectable. 🌿

Humans have united under one rule, one civilization—Galaio (“one place”). A prosperous and thriving civilization where no one shall go hungry, forgotten or abused — free from the misery and pain of the war that tore the world in the past.

Galaio is beautiful, with cities of gold and flowers, and villages of forests and hearth. Vines hug marble pillars, and trees line the streets. The earth has humans in her loving embrace, and the humans love the gods in return.

Deities rule the humans closely, the space that once seemed vast between them now closed. They've grown wary of humans' ability to govern themselves—they must save them from themselves.

Although many are comfortable with the idyllic lives they lead, they've become oblivious to the corruption and dissidence that grows within them — sentiments that cry for change. 🌿

This list will only cover characters you can form deeper relationships with, platonic or romantic. All characters are available for everyone and are gender selectable. They are, by no means, the only important characters in the story.

✧ Salvatore, Deity of the Sun // Sal-va-to-reh

Deity of the sun, child of the ruler of the gods and the goddess of mountains. They have a smile that lights up all their features, and radiates onto others like blessed sunlight.

Vivid and cheerful, they possess a deep sense of duty to humanity, one they uphold with steadfast fervor. Always earnest in their efforts, their optimism blinds others from the burdens they bear. 🌻

✧ Luciel, Deity of Death // Loo-see-el

One of the original Twelve gods. Their serene smile is like the caress of a breeze, with the slight chill of a bitter memory.

Their kindness belies their distance, preferring to keep others at arm’s length. They seem to be absent from all matters that concern both divine and mortal beings. Yet, their mere presence brings immutable peace, one that transports you somewhere eternally beautiful and free. 🪷

✧ Ciocana, Deity of Misfortune // Show-sah-na

Deity of misfortune and suffering, child of the deity of natural disasters and the goddess of the moon and stars. Their smile is charming and practiced, yet the corners of their mouth twist with mischief.

Plagued by the role of their own existence, they manage to maintain their confidence and quick-witted charms, masking their deeply embittered spirit. Though other gods take care to keep their distance from them, this appears to bother them little. 🥀

✧ Alessi, The Champion // Al-ess-ee

The champion to free humanity from the reign of gods, child to human parents. Their easygoing smile is magnetic, inviting others to take a closer look like moth to fire.

A natural leader, they are deeply attuned to the suffering of others and passionate about their cause. However, hidden beneath their friendliness is a righteous fury that consumes them from the inside and threatens to swallow their heart whole. 🌼

MASSIVE THANKS TO LenokaArt for the cover art!

THANK YOU to my amazing partner for the headers :DDD 🌿

[would-this-pokemon-be-a-friend]

You did Zangoose, now what about Seviper?

Uh… no. Not a great move, honestly.

For one, sevipers are much larger than I thought! Assuming that the 8’10’’ stat is referring to their length, this is a huge snake(-like pokémon)! Usually, when you’re looking at real-world snakes this size, you’re looking for constrictors, rather than venomous biters. With sevipers, you get both at the same time! Keeping a seviper would bring along with it a lot of the same problems as caring for a large real-world snake: not only can they be dangerous to you and especially smaller children or pokémon: they need a lot of food and space to thrive. Given their ambush strategies, it may be difficult to feed or interact with a seviper without them taking shots at you, anyways!

They aren’t known to be particularly friendly to humans, and at that size may not hesitate to try and snack on you if they are in a particularly hungry mood. All that being said, while real-world snakes aren’t always the most personable, they can be sweet and gentle in their own way if you know what you’re doing, so an experienced snake keeper may be able to handle sevipers’ size and deadly behavior just fine. Just make sure to keep them away from zangooses: the two species have been feuding for generations and will fight on sight (Ruby, Sapphire).

We still need to be really aware, however, that sevipers are absolutely killing machines. They’re deadly on both ends: at the end of their tail is a sword-like blade that is both sharp and poisonous (Ruby, Sapphire) while their mouth holds two menacing fangs with which they can inject prey with venom (FireRed/LeafGreen). When they aren’t hunting for prey, sevipers sharpen their tail blade on rocks in preparation for facing down zangooses or other enemies (FireRed/LeafGreen, Black2/White2). If, whenever you are caring for a seviper, you lose track of where they are, proceed with extreme caution: sevipers are ambush predators that hide in tall grass and attack when their prey least expect it, sinking their fangs into them with deadly precision (FireRed/LeafGreen).

If a seviper does attack you…it’s not gonna be great. The venom in their fangs and their tail allow them to use a barrage of potentially lethal poison-type moves like Poison Tail, Poison Fang, and Poison Jab. While the pokédex doesn’t bring it up, it seems that sevipers can expel their venom as well, like modern-day cobras, as they can use moves like Venoshock and Sludge Bomb to poison enemies from a distance. Like mentioned at the beginning of this post, sevipers are constrictors as well, using their large size to squeeze enemies with Wrap. Given their size, you definitely don’t want to be on the receiving end of a seviper attack.

Just as I wouldn’t recommend something like a real-world rattlesnake, cobra, or boa constrictor to someone without a lot of experience in handling such animals, I can’t recommend a seviper to the inexperienced. These pokémon present a pretty significant threat to the untrained hand, so it’s hard to describe them as a good house pet in any good faith. Boy are they cool, though.

[dark-and-kawaii]

₊˚⊹♡ Oc Smash Or Pass ♡⊹˚₊

Thank you for tagging me @octarinecat @hydropyro @msrhaxoz xoxo I smashed all your oc’s because they’re so beautiful!!!

⟡ Rules: Include physical descriptions or pics, and propaganda. Aka describe your character and see if people wants to diddle them.

Kieran Elendighet - Sorcerer Rogue - Tiefling Highborn - A Cocktail Of Charm, Cruelty, And Chaos

Stats:

⟡ Height: 6'2"

⟡ Gender: Male

⟡ Age: 30

⟡ Pronouns: He / Him

⟡ Sexuality: Straight -but likes to tease men-

Pros:

⟡ If he starts getting attached to you he will watch you from the shadows and make sure no one messes with you, and if they do well they’ll end up “missing” totally kills them in the worst way possible.

⟡ Loyal to those he deems fit for his loyalty.

⟡ Sentimental. Though he will never admit it, his actions prove he is extremely sentimental when it comes to someone he loves/loved. The coin he flicks is a memento from his mother, indicating he was a mamas boy before she passed. If he’s found himself attached to you he’ll take something of yours simply because it brings him comfort and is grounding. If you gave him a gift -and he likes you- he’ll hold onto it forever ♡

⟡ Great in bed, will have you completely mind broken and drooling for him.

⟡ A fabulous cook, the man could be a michelin star chef!

⟡ Kieran is obsessed with cleanliness and appearance along with an appreciation for aesthetics. He values beauty and order -in his home-, and his meticulous nature ensures that everything around him is kept in pristine condition ^~^!

Cons:

⟡ His penchant for gambling is well known, and he always resorts to cheating. Cheating isn't just a tactic for him, it's a compulsion. He just can't resist the thrill of bending the rules, no matter the stakes or the consequences.

⟡ Sadistic Thrill-Seeker. Kieran doesn't just cause pain, oh no, he thrives on it. He finds an almost artistic pleasure in the suffering of others, turning every encounter into a twisted game of torment.

⟡ Master Manipulator… With a charm as dangerous as it is irresistible, Kieran can weave his way into anyone's life. He doesn't just seduce women, eeesh no he also dismantles relationships with an almost surgical precision, leaving emotional wreckage in his wake. Enjoys watching the heartbreak unfold and savoring every tear.

Tagging: @eurydia @reverieblondie @astarioffsimpmain @astarionposting and whoever else wishes to do this :3

[aria-ashryver]

Welcome To The Jungle | Choices MC Colony | Episode #4

Dorian: so, just to recap: a nearby settlement hired a PI to investigate whether a neighbouring faction of theirs were actually cannibals -- turns out they are, and now that PI is running for her life and needs our help? Rin: That's pretty much what I picked up over the comms, yeah Marianna: Seven pirate raiders from the Venom Chokers Daenarya: Oh, hey I know those guys! Yeeeeah, yeah they'll eat you. Brienne: Some of them also spit fire. Luca: Sorry-- they spit what, now? Anitha: We're helping her, right? Dorian: …Us versus seven angry, fire-spitting, cannibal raiders? Oliver: Yes, we are helping. Dorian: Yeah, totally! Nothing about that sentence is terrifying! Luca: snorts Rin: …chicken. Dorian: I'm not scared. Marianna: Yes, you are. Dorian: Shush.

Aaaahhhhh oh god everything is fine aaahhh

Good news! Carina is safe and (mostly) well! And since we did such an excellent job on the rescue mission (and were sooooo brave and not at all terrified) she's decided to join us for good.

Welcome to the Jungle, @stars-are-within-me's Carina 💖👋 Lovely to have you aboard

[LINK] - Episode 3.5 (ask) - a little overview of the base so far!

Okay, welcome to Episode #4, folks. Its been an exciting few weeks of raids, illnesses, and wild animal attacks, so I think our MCs are due a nice period of calm to relax, take stock, build up our base, and enjoy the bonds of friendship.

ok so we took stock, the stocks aren't great.

Turns out doubling your colony size overnight really hits you in the food department! Who knew. Fortunately, we do have some folks who know a thing or two about crops and gardening, so we've now got two thriving farms, as well as some chickens (Wilbur and Clementine) and our new cow (Tallulah) who we traded some nomads for.

omg the baby chicks are sleeping in the hay that's so cute 😭

(also, something weird happened and all of our crops were turned into strawberries for like a week before I noticed? We had to replant everything lmao. Idk who was behind that one)

Its been nice to just see folks bonding and chatting about stuff while they work too 😊 At the moment, Evie and Luca are the OG colony besties - Evie helps Luca with their building projects quite a bit, so they have lots of time for Top Notch banter. Clearly.

Luca: *ADHD-fuelled rambling* Evie: yeah, i like this one he's weird

Some of the other colonists are finding comfort in each other in this harsh and unforgiving jungle too 👀 A few situationships have started to crop up here and there?? (and I find it utterly hilarious that once again, its mostly the Blades MCs who are Blades MC-ing)

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you want to change/update any of these settings (bc I'm limiting things like lovers and marriage, etc at the moment), just let me know! [Here is a link] to current sprite stats!

Luca and Oliver have both been flirting a lot lately, so I feel like they might the next two to become a thing lol.

Luca: Great party, Oliver! Just what we needed after getting attacked by cannibals. That was crazy, right? Oliver: Yeah, that raid was a nail-biter. Ha, good thing no one else got bitten though. Luca: …You could bite me. Oliver: … Luca: If you want. You seem broad-minded. Oliver: ...what? Luca: what?

Speaking of biting people (apt segue is apt); a group of vampires have asked if they could host a coven meeting at Cedar Station! (They'll pay us with books!! Fuck yeahhhh books!)

Ricky, stop interrupting the coven meeting. Read the room. It's full of purple smoke and spooky spectral demon eyes.

One of them liked Cedar Station so much, she decided to stay! Cameron? Sergio? No, we used aliases. It's Jiahao. Yes, my cape is amazing.

Welcome to the Jungle, @choicesmc's Jia!! ✨ (I've never had a vampire colonist before, I'm hyped)

Ooh, and right on the heels of this! A roaming caravan of hunters and traders passed by the colony (and enjoyed the seaside for a little bit lol) -- and one of the guards who had been helping herd and protect their animals decided to stick around too!

Welcome to the Jungle, @dutifullynuttywitch's Autumn!! *wipes tear* our lil family keeps growing 🥹

I'm so glad this has just been a period of relaxing and making new friends. I'm really enjoying this calm. Surely nothing bad will happen, right?

Surely nothing bad will--

Surely nothing--

*grits teeth* Surely nothing bad will--

SEVENTEEN MAN-EATING MONKEYS???????

Guys please not now, do you not see us hiding from the swarm of angry monkeys??? 😭😭😭

ok no, we can always make time for humanitarian aid. We were sooo brave and fought off enough monkeys so Marianna and Oliver could sneak away and donate money to *checks notes*: Norma Rubivine the child brawler who is very good at mining despite being only 7 years old because she is a Dirtmole.

(me, crying: Norma come back and hhelp me w the monkeys. Please. Norma.)

Surely nothing bad will hap--

Surely nothing-- AGAIN with the insects???

(*through tears*) Surely nothing bad will--

Aaahhhh ow ow ow almost everyone is downed we have run out of hospital beds aahhhh

So uhhh. Let me end this episode by saying: Dorians arm got cut off by raiders and he almost bled to death and I felt really bad so I made him mayor.

🎉🎊🎉

Thank you once again for letting me borrow your darlings @dr-colossal-pita @choicesmc @rosesnink @stars-are-within-me @lover-also-fighter-also @cadybear420 @storyofmychoices @dutifullynuttywitch ✨✨✨

[soylent-crocodile]

Hagsfiend (Monster)

(Art by Richard Cowdrey)

(The genre of animal fiction is a famed and storied one, and one that was important to me growing up. I read Warriors, and that still has a thriving fandom, but I also read a series called Guardians of Ga'Hoole, which was about owls and had a more fully fantastical setting. Short of a 2010 movie by Zach Snyder, I've seen very little attention given to it.

Hagsfiends are magical monsters that are extinct in the "modern" day of the series, but dangerous threats in the main book. They appear to be both mortal beings and also what owls turn into when they go to Owl Hell. I'm statting them up as the former, but I gave a little nod to this in the flavor text.

One last note, the book cover this image is from caught my father's eye years ago, and him buying that book for me is what got me reading Ga'Hoole. So thanks, hagsfeinds.)

Hagsfiend are condor-sized black birds born of, and infused with, negative energy and witchcraft. They are chittering, raucous animals who have a penchant for cruelty and greed, and a particular fascination with creatures weaker than them. Hagsfiend feathers lack the sleek, oily sheen of natural birds, and are often in disarray, giving them the look of something dead or dying. They have a similar look when walking, often having an awkward hopping shuffle to their movement. In the air, though, they are powerful fliers, capable of hunting and killing even an eagle. 

Hagsfiend are sometimes called “crowl” and conjectured to be a dark hybrid of the two; indeed, with their flat faces, black feathers, and combination of hunting and scavenging, they appear to be a sort of in-between. Either bird, when suffused with enough evil magic and negative energy, can transform into a hagsfiend, which appears to be the true origin of these creatures, which now breed true.

Hagsfiend are often found in the employ of dark witches and clerics of evil gods; there, they are typically loyal believers in the cause of some great evil, happy to take part in the violence and pain inflicted on the world. They often form such cults themselves, great rookeries nestled in the heart of dark forests and inland swamps. In such an environment they thrive, and many hagsfiend there advance in level as witches, alchemists, or oracles. Hagsfiend are even known to reside in hell, preferring its icy or citybound layers. 

An evil spellcaster of level 7 or higher can take a hagsfiend as a familiar with the feat Improved Familiar.

This black bird is larger than an eagle, with tattered black feathers and piercing yellow eyes.

Misc- CR2 NE Small Magical Beast HD3 Init:+2 Senses: Perception:+8, Darkvision 60ft Stats- Str:12(+1) Dex:14(+2) Con:9(-1) Int:14(+2) Wis:8(-1) Cha:14(+2) BAB:+3 Space:2.5ft Reach:0ft Defense- HP:16(3d10) AC:15(+2 Dex, +2 Natural, +1 Size) Fort:+2 Ref:+5 Will:+2 CMD:15 Immunity: Cold Weakness: Weak to Saltwater Special Defenses: Negative Energy Affinity, DR2/salt Offense- 2 Claw +5(1d3+1 plus 1 bleed) CMB:+3 Speed:20ft, Fly 40ft (Good) Special Attacks: Bleed Feats- Toughness, Iron Will Skills- Fly +12, Knowledge (Religion) +5, Perception +8 Spell-like Abilities- (Caster level 3, Concentration +5) Color Spray (DC13) /at-will Special Qualities- Change Shape (An owl, Beast Shape II) Ecology- Environment- Forests (Cold) Languages- Common, Infernal Organization- Flock (2-8) Treasure- Standard Special Abilities- Weak to Saltwater (Ex)- A hagsfiend that gets saltwater on its feathers is unable to fly and loses its immunity to cold until it spends a full minute preening.

[bluejayboi]

TWST Headcanons (part #1?)

Apologies for the inactivity. Life has been busy! I'll try to get some more stories out at some point so enjoy these tidbits in the meantime :]

No TW's, just fluff

Since the Shroud brothers have fire for hair, they never needed nightlights growing up (the glow of their hair would provide enough light). Ortho would come to Idia’s room whenever he had a nightmare. Not only did he find comfort in being with his older brother but, since Idia has longer hair, his hair would cast more light and keep away the darkness that could make Ortho feel scared

This would be very useful if the power went out at NRC but it makes Idia’s and Ortho's stealth stats nearly nonexistent

Idia’s hair is similar to the Pokemon rapidash’s mane: If he really trusts a person (and he consents to them touching him) he can ‘will’ his hair to not burn them. But if he doesn’t trust the person or doesn’t agree to be touched, his hair will burn them like a regular fire would. The same goes for Ortho (I just want to pat my lil buddy’s head but I can’t if the fire isn’t magical in some way `^´)

Running your hands through their hair feels kind of like your hand is getting spritzed with mist (there’s no wetness, just the barely noticeable pressure/tingle of something touching your skin). Even when they let you touch their hair, it’ll still be quite hot (like bath water that’s just on the verge of being too hot or holding your hand really close to a space heater). This would be very useful if you ever get cold around Idia since you can just engulf yourself in his long hair (it’s like a heated blanket!!). Be warned though: if you do this, Idia's face and hair will turn beet red

Since their hair is magic, it won’t accidentally affect items like clothing, seats, or other physical objects that they interact with

Floyd and Kalim would end up trying to roast marshmallows off of Idia's flaming hair (others might try to join but these two would be the main instigators). Floyd would be doing it on purpose, knowing that it'll make Idia uncomfortable, and will specifically get the sunshine boy to make it worse for him (damn sadistic eel!!). Kalim won't realize that Idia's uncomfortable and will be trying to hand feed him s'mores

Ortho will get the same treatment among the freshmen gang but, unlike his brother, he’s absolutely thriving. The only issues he’d have with it is if anyone dropped marshmallow goop or melted chocolate onto his sensitive machinery (since he wouldn’t want his brother to have to clean it for him) and the fact that he can’t eat s’mores with this body (he’ll want you guys to describe the experience to him)

Battle bot nights at Ignihyde. They made sure to check with Ortho before starting it because they wanted to make sure it wouldn’t make him feel uncomfortable. Turns out, Ortho’s super into it! Sometimes a little too much to be honest. He can get a little bloodthirsty sometimes, a mischievous look glinting in his eyes while watching the bots wallop each other. He goes full “Emperor from Gladiator” mode, giving the go ahead for contestants to destroy their enemies bot. Idia loves how much Ortho is enjoying himself (lil guy is just vibing with the carnage <3) so he lets him take control of the event. Idia makes sure that there are rules in place that keep the bots from being too overpowered (no lasers, no technomantic magic, no deathrays, no sentient AI, etc.). He takes care of all the rules and technical stuff so that Ortho can just enjoy the event itself. Idia doesn’t usually compete (he knows his fellow dormmates wouldn’t stand much of a chance against him so he only joins occasionally and usually only makes comedic bots for it). They keep it simple but entertaining. It’s a great bonding activity for the Ignihyde students and it allows them to socialize over mutual interests. Idia will invite you to come watch if you seem interested.

What would probably end up happening: Pawsitively Hissterical (or pretty much any video from this channel)

Idia and Ortho take turns controlling the “housebot” and would be happy to teach you how to maneuver it if you’d like to join too

If some of his dorm members start questioning his skills and technological prowess, Idia might just have to make a serious bot in order to whoop their asses. This is also the same method that other dorm members use to settle arguments or disagreements (while Savannaclaw students duke it out through physical brawls, Ignyhyde guys tend to settle things through less hands-on means). They will also definitely resolve issues through video game tournaments, board/tabletop games, and other indirect means as well

One of the ways that Azul would show affection is by giving you food that he “can’t sell” at the Mostro Lounge. He claims that the food is getting close to its expiration date and/or that customers “just aren’t ordering it” (will absolutely pull the “oh no, the kitchen made the wrong item!! It would be a shame for it to go to waste!!” card when you visit). To clarify, the food is perfectly fine. Most of the time, it’s not even close to expiring. He just uses this excuse because he’s trying to get used to showing true kindness with no strings attached (he’s always scared that people will take advantage of him or pick on him like before so he’s always on edge about this stuff). He hides his true intentions, pretending that he’s just trying to prevent food waste by giving stuff to you. He’ll give you free drinks, snacks, meals, and ingredients. He knows that you don’t get the biggest allowance from Crowley and wants to make sure that you don’t go hungry. He also knows how ravenous Grim can get and he doesn’t want the little gremlin to eat you out of house and home

At some point you get tired of Leona calling you herbivore like it’s an insult and take matters into your own hands (happens sometime after Leona’s overblot to around the time you stay with him in Savannaclaw. You aren’t exactly close friends yet, being more akin to frenemies or friendly rivals)

“You do realize that being an herbivore isn’t a bad thing, right? Some of the toughest creatures to exist are actually herbivores. Hippos, rhinos, elephants, moose, hell even deer sometimes. And you know what separates us herbivores from you carnivores? Carnivores kill because they need to. Whether that means they need to eat, protect their territory, or whatever. Herbivores, on the other hand, we do it because we want to. Because you've pissed us off to the point where we'd rather risk death then put up with you anymore. And we’re not merciful about it. We don’t make your death swift and painless. We do what we gotta do to protect ourselves, regardless of what that means for the other party. Anything that proves itself to be a threat– hell, even an annoyance!– is dealt with mercilessly. So do try not to make yourself either, alright?” Your tone is sickeningly sweet and you have a sadistic grin on your face. This is one of the key moments where you really earned Leona’s respect. Ever since then, he stopped calling you “herbivore” like it was an insult and instead used it like an affectionate nickname (and he won't let anyone else use his nickname for you either)

One of Idia’s favorite candies is gummy worms (since Hades in the Hercules movie could be seen eating a worm out of his martini, I thought this would fit him). He has a soft spot for the “creepy” candies; jelly filled eye gummies, chocolate shaped like beetles, sugar skulls, etc.

Jade can absolutely use his Unique Magic more than once per person. He just lies about it to make people feel more at ease and trusting. (Maybe he can only use it on a single person once per day but it resets after midnight?)

Ruggie “volunteers” his time to help at the greenhouse. It gives him ample time to watch over Leona while also pilfering edible plants and stuff he can sell. Professor Crewel knows what Ruggie is doing but doesn’t stop him. He’s such a good worker that he pretty much makes up for it (plus they have a deal: Crewel gets a small cut of the profit, tells Ruggie what’s off limits, gives him tips on how to increase profit, and tells him where things can be sold. This is Crewel’s little revenge at dealing with Crowley’s hijinks)

Epel helped Sam work out a deal to get Appleton apples, baked goods, and wood carvings sold at “Mr. S’s Mystery Shop” on rare occasions. Sam has him cut in for a bit of the profit. Meemaw is so proud of Epel for being a little businessman

Azul is ambidextrous (octopuses/octopi have 9 brains: one in each tentacle and one in their main body. They can manipulate each of their tentacles individually. Following this logic, it would make sense for Azul to be able to use both hands with somewhat equal skill)

Dragon’s hoard treasure. Since Malleus treasures his friends, his hoard is going to consist of mementos, gifts, souvenirs, and other items that remind him of the people he cares about. He’s very sentimental. The receipt from the first time you both went out to eat? Kept. That selfie that you took together and sent to him? Printed and framed (he had to get Lilia to help him with this. He swears the printer is out to get him [may or may not have broken it out of frustration]). Even the smallest gift you give him will be kept. Tuck a dandelion behind his ear because you want to see the bright yellow contrast with his dark aesthetic? He’s either magically preserving that flower so it never wilts or pressing it and adding it to a scrapbook. He’s mainly got items from the Diasomnia gang and you but will keep pretty much any gift that he’s given (you and the Diasomnia boys always have a special spot in his stash tho)

Jamil and Ruggie absolutely have hangout days where they split their time between each other's dorms, help each other out with chores (since they know none of the other person’s dorm members are pulling their weight!!), and shit talk their housewardens and other people (Jamil loves to complain about Azul). Sometimes, they have more relaxing days where they just go somewhere where their dorm members won’t find them and share snacks and drinks

They will likely spend some time in the guest room at Ramshackle. Don’t worry, they’re great guests. They’ll help you clean, bring you snacks, and will listen if you want to rant about annoying people as well (they’d be overjoyed to have you join their gossip sesh)

Riddle had his first ever sugar rush on Halloween after his overblot. He’s slowly trying to work past the trauma that his mom put him through. Part of that includes him trying to work past the dietary restrictions that she forced on him (I swear this woman is an “almond mom”). He tries to keep a healthy balance between what he eats but his dormmates were able to persuade him to let loose for just one day. Trey made a bunch of sweets for the dorm, ranging from pastries to homemade candies. It took a lot of persuading from Trey and Cater (along with nagging and teasing support from Ace and Deuce) to get Riddle to stop holding back. Once the sugar rush kicks in, he’d be quite literally bouncing off the walls. He’s running around, candy clutched in his hands and a jovial grin on his face, as his dorm members are desperately running to catch up with him. Eventually they lose sight of him, go on a dorm wide search, and find him passed out (sugar crash hit him hard) in the hedgehog enclosure cuddling with the little spike balls. When he comes too, Riddle will be very embarrassed and will try to get people to not talk about it (Ace will never let him forget and will frequently get collared for this. Cater also snapped some photos that he may or may not have posted on Magicam already)

Speaking of Halloween, the guys at NRC would be the most competitive trick or treaters. Some of them may act like they’re too mature to go out in costumes asking for candy but even they’ll get into it if you drag persuade them into coming. It will become a competition, seeing if they can collect more than their friends (or rivals)

Ruggie is definitely the type of guy to see the “take one” sign and dump the whole bowl of candy in his bag

Floyd will get bored of trick or treating and will end up trying to scare people so much that they drop their bags of sweets. Jade, while not really caring about collecting the candy, would love to join just for the scaring

Jamil will never admit it but he gets cold easily (snake’s being cold blooded and all). He was taught from a young age that his discomfort is of no importance so he just gave up talking about it (his parents are assholes and would gaslight him to get him to act more like an emotionless being with no desire but to serve rather than an actual living being with wants and needs). He’s only truly comfortable with the temperature in Scarabia or the Scalding Sands (anything outside of that is a bit chilly for him). The moment he gets a bit of free time between classes, he loves to bask in the sunlight (he never really gets a chance to because he’s always running after Kalim)

If you ever invite him to a movie night in Ramshackle, make sure to provide lots of blankets. At first, he’ll just casually have the blankets over his legs or wrapped around his shoulders but, as he gets more comfortable (and knows that you won’t take pictures of him in this state), he will burrow into the blankets (it’s adorable but he will glare at you if you say as much)

[shai-manahan]

Hi! It's been a while since I've talked about the upcoming updates, but I finally had a chance to actually sit down and make plans! (the life of a corporate slave, am I right? 🙃)

It has something to do with the changes I will be implementing on my patreon, though. I've thought for a while how to give content that's worthwhile of subscriptions while also making sure I can be comfortable with them, and in all honesty, I had a tricky time doing it. HM is too personal for me, as I used to talk about before, and some of the patreon benefits I promised before eventually felt too revealing - of my own thoughts and people whose lives were a huge inspiration for this story.

I will be talking about these changes and the update schedules as well below the cut.

UPDATES

I aim to finish at least half of HM's Book 1 this year. It seems to be a more realistic goal than forcing myself to finish everything right away (which tbh may have been a huge pressure I put on myself the past few years), though admittedly, things are unpredictable in the field I'm in; my job is full of overtime hours, and I spend most of my weekends trying to recover (or sick).

Still, I gotta finish it one way or another, and it's not going to write itself (though I wish it would!), so yeah, set realistic deadlines, pull out a few all-nighters, and maybe I'll actually get through it, who knows?

I do hope I'll have steadier finances by the time Book 2 starts so I can put more focus on writing and have sufficient energy for it, but that's a conversation for another day.

Changes in Prologue - Chapter 2

Okay. I know I promised not to make revisions until I write more chapters, but changing how some game mechanics work and reworking the stats made it a necessity, and I underestimated how much rewriting I'd have to do. A few scenes ended up not working well anymore, and I couldn't resist from revising a few clunky sections while I was at it.

Dialogue options were one of those that were significantly affected by the stat changes, but no worries, nothing is changed in the story -- meaning Wesley still fucks with the Ripper's life (oops), Richard still goes off doing whatever non-sus thing he's doing, you can still punch Bale (it's even a lot funnier this time), Bertrand remains a bitchy cop, and you'll still have your sad flashback with your former best friend/lover/crush or whatever they are to your MC.

The plan is to release the updated version of Prologue and Chapter 1 to patrons by the end of March (I will have a few days off work that week) and release it to the public once the new content is also ready, which I presume will be available next month (I will keep you all posted but I really hope I can get it done by then because it's been forever 🥲).

I might tweak Chapter 2 a little so the available portion can stand on its own rather than be divided into two parts, because it's just too long lmfao and is harming the pacing as I keep worrying about the length. I'm also incorporating a few suggestions a few folks gave me these past few months.

Succeeding chapters

I've probably said this before but things are bound to get more insane in HM once we're past the first three to four chapters. But also quicker to write in a way. They're the kind of scenes I thrive in, and while they have bigger variations, they're a lot more fast-paced, characters start being manipulative little shits, and the threats are more prevalent than ever. Your Ripper will not have a good time, but I certainly will (I say as I look at my outline and get sad doing it). There will be a few "breaks" in between, but this is not and will never be a light-hearted story. Anyway, I'm inclined to believe I'll be more consistent with updates when that time comes, so bear with me for now :')

PATREON CHANGES

This is getting long, so I'll just list the updated tier benefits and end the day with it. I'll be posting a schedule that I will be committing to (here and on patreon tomorrow morning), with the below details as well (so if you wanna stop here that's totally valid) but for now, here's the tentative list:

Tier 1

Early access - 4 days before a public update (this month will be an exception and you'll get the update as soon as the other tiers get it, too).

Sneak peeks and deleted scenes - I included the latter because apparently I delete a lot of great scenes

Hints for future revelations in the story - the categories will depend on results of polls; the hints may be about Bale's death, about Ripper's family, Pharos, Cyro, the ROs themselves, or the nightmares that the MC is getting, etc. Might be in form of vague conversations/dialogues between unknown characters, might be me dropping subtle info about those involved. Either way, it will be fun :). The polls and these hints will be given monthly.

Tier 2

Early access - 1 week before a public update

all the other benefits for Tier 1

monthly RO snippets - I'm still experimenting with this, but I might simply write MC x RO snippets (with different kinds of MCs for different scenarios because I deeply hate writing blank slate MCs, sorry)

a choice to see the POV of a character, decided through polls, for every chapter/update.

Tier 3

Early access - as early as it's available and goes through testing stages

all other benefits for previous tiers

Non-RO short stories

Previews on unintroduced characters :)

That's all for tonight! I am so tired lmfao but I hope you all are having a great weekend so far! See you tomorrow :)

[otterandterrierwrites]

otterandterrier’s 2023 fanfics

That's a wrap! Here's a masterlist of all the fics I posted this year. As always, thank you so much to everyone who reads, reblogs, likes, comments, kudos, bookmarks, asks, and does all the lovely things us writers thrive on. On to 2024! 🥂

Under starless skies we are lost [Han/Leia - RotJ, post-Jabba's palace, angst, hurt/comfort, rated T, one-shot]

Courting Princess Leia [Han/Leia - post RotJ, COPL fix-it, fluff, smut, rated E, two chapters]

Not quite dirty talk [Han/Leia - ESB, trip to Bespin, light angst, smut, rated E, one-shot]

wonderful unknown - Ch. 2 and 3 [Han/Leia - post RotJ, sequels fix-it, old married couple, fluff, rated T, multichapter]

To have and to hold [Han/Leia - post RotJ, TPATS missing moment, married couple, fluff, rated T, oneshot]

Pigment in your memory [Han/Leia - post RotJ, slice of life, fluff, rated T, oneshot]

hold me close, don’t ever let me go [Han/Leia - RotJ, missing moment, angst, rated G, oneshot]

Bloodburn [Han/Leia - post RotJ, married couple, light angst, smut, rated E, oneshot]

Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in [Han/Leia - pre ESB, pre relationship, rated G, ficlet]

So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes [Han/Leia - pre ESB, secret relationship, rated T, ficlet]

if I stay here [Han/Leia - ESB, trip to Bespin, light angst, emotional hurt/comfort, rated G, one-shot]

Some stats:

In 2023 I posted 28,752 words spread out in 11 fics, against the 30,448 words I posted in 2022 for 13 fics. I estimate to have written a total of 56k, though!

My top time period was post Return of the Jedi with 5 fics.

My top rating was Teen and Up, with only three smut fics.

My top genres/tropes were hurt/comfort and angst.

My average fic length was 2,614 words, with a majority of one-shots.

[hellsarchived]

ive only just got into fc5 so i don't have a lot on the girls verses but i do have like a baseline idea that julie is very medic heavy. since i wanted her to be a doctor in a lot of her verses i wanted to incorporate that into her verse. she primarily uses shotguns and prefers close range fights that involve a lot of stealth takedowns (gonna utilize her stat of having pretty high stealth in tcm)

for ana i wanted her to have smthn tied in with jacob and whatnot being resilient and stuff i think it'd be interesting to have her be forced to do his "trials" or what not and with her being as strong as she is, surviving this culling of the weak. though this is VERY broad as i havent done much research on jacob and im scared to wander into his section so i'm staying around john's area rn. which julie is thriving in taking out outposts left and right. might bother mccarthy for lore stuff and some help creating ideas bc i'm so new

[thotpuppy]

✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

tagged by the love @dear-massacre uwu

Words and Fics

According to AO3: 295,177 words posted, however, I did a lot of art for events this year, so this number isn't wholly accurate.

I actually wrote and posted 122,354 which is actually WAY more than I thought I did?

1 fandom represented: Teen Wolf (but I'm a multi-shipper, so many ships hehe)

Most Recent Drop: TECHNICALLY mu submissions to @sterekreversechallenges's past participant server event, 1000 Cakes, but the work featured is still anonymous, so I can't count it here.

Most Recent Drop (readable): 'My Whole Life is a Reference to the 1995 Hit Movie Clueless and I Still Don't Know the Plot' by Fall Out Boy (Stackson, T, 2k)

Longest Fic according to my stats page: Yoda Said It Best by @okdeannawrites (Sterek, E, 99k+) (I did the illustrations)

Longest Fic I actually wrote: Under My Skin (Stackson, E, 59k+)

Top Fics by Kudos (I'm including 6 because 1 of my top 5 isn't mine lol)

Grandma, What a Big Dick You Have! (the better to fuck you with my dear) (Sterek, E, 5k+)

Yoda Said It Best (Not my fic) (Sterek, E, 99k+)

Higher Education (you can confess when you're stone-cold sober) (Sciles, E, 6k+)

Under My Skin (Stackson, E, 59k+)

Daisies and Daffodils (You Make Me Smile) (Sterek, T, 3k+)

Thirsty (Stiles/Scott/Derek, M, <2k)

My fandom fic events in 2023

I THRIVE on events. They've been absolutely integral to my ability to write fic this year, and I'm really proud of what I've done. That said - I absolutely participated in WAY too many. There are a number of fics that I was involved with that don't show up in my ao3 stats and that's okay! I'ma just... list them out akdjhgk

7 fics (or 13,394 words) this year were posted for the Stiles Shipping Server's monthly ficlet exchange.

2 fics and 4ish art pieces were done for the @stacksonreversebang

1 fic was written for the Sterek VDay Exchange, but my participation was revoked.

1 art was posted for @stetervalentines2023

3 arts and 1 podfic were posted for the @steter-bang

1 fic was posted for the @teenwolfminibang

1 art was posted for the @teenwolfminibang

1 item was posted for the @sterekreversechallenges 1000 cakes event

2 Major arts and uh at least 4 minors arts were posted for the @wipbigbang

1 fic (and my longest solo fic ever) was written for the @wipbigbang

1 art which is not currently posted but will be revealed by the end of the year is for the @stereksecretsanta

Upcoming Events and Projects for 2024

The first thing that's going to be 'posted' is the Sterek Reverse Challenges 1000 Cakes anonymous work, which will be revealed Jan 6th.

Events:

Stiles Shipping Server monthly ficlet exchange - many more months will be participated in again

@sterekposevents - probably gonna write smth for this next year (stares forlornly at my unfinished summer wip)

If the Stackson Reverse Bang runs again, I will absolutely participate in that, but i will definitely not commit to 4 projects!!!!

Absolutely the next go around for Sterek Reverse Challenges!!! I love reverse bangs (and bang in general)

If I do the Steter bang again I will not sign up for as many projects because I did too much all at once and it was stressful.

I will likely participate in at least 1 vday event and at least 1 santa event. (:

There is one event I will definitely be participating in but the event itself has not been announced yet so I won't talk about it... publicly. If you're into Sterek and Events you can DM me for Spoilers though~ ;*

Projects:

Addabge Dmaddiage - Sterek MedFantasy Omegaverse Arranged Married Dark-ish fic. Currently Writing

Higher Education 2: Electric Boogaloo - I already have over 2k written, I just need to finish it.

Vampire!Stiles Sterek fic, which I will hopefully be doing for one of the events

Stackson MedFantasy Bastard Prince x Freedom Fighter AU

New! Sex for Work - Sterek office sex AU: Next chapter and/or Rewrite and/or Finish (low priority)

Sciles in Ancient Greece - this is possibly more of a long form poem than fic? We'll see how it goes ? low priority

Rules, Tags & Rambling below the cut!

I technically have a massive list of WIPs and Prompts I am constantly working from. I pick the ideas when they feel happy in my brain for "free time" writing - I actually meant to work on the office sex AU for the month of december but got whacked upside the head with Addabge Dmaddiage. UMS was my FIRST "long fic" ever so I am... feeling really, really invigorated.

in 2021 I climbed out of my writing hole where I hadn't written seriously in over a decade. That year, I wrote and shared 22,418 words by myself, and wrote half of a 69,599 (incomplete, part 1) role-play fic with a friend. At the start of 2022, I watched teen wolf for the first time because @sinnabon-cosplay is a menace and can't be stopped. It lit an absolute FIRE beneath me and I lost all control of my life. I started writing and drawing with a wholly renewed fury. I started doing way more events and wrote and posted 40,247 words. At the end of the year, I thought to myself - wow, wouldn't it be cool if i doubled my word count again? 80k? haha, that probably won't happen though. I'll be excited if I write and post 60k.

YALL. I wrote and posted 60k in ONE FIC. I wrote and posted over 120k?????? that's INSANE to me. I haven't had that much drive to create since I was in high school.

Teen Wolf is like... fixing my brain chemistry. I feel so invigorated.

Despite some setbacks with some REALLY unfortunate Sterek fans at the start of my experience here nearly tanking my creative drive, I've managed to stay on track without totally losing my love for the ship because of some rotten eggs. Shoutout to all my homies keeping the space worth hanging around in. I appreciate yall so much <3

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Tags: No pressure ANY time from me, i love you I appreciate you I like sharing with you. Don't wanna play, don't worry about it <3 @clotpolesonly @lucky-bishop @adrianfridge @sinnabon-cosplay @okdeannawrites @foofsterwolf (Sorry i panicked and couldn't remember if u posted FIC on ur main or just original so i tagged ur TW even tho this doesnt have to be TW related) @just-another-busy-fangirl-writes @lavender-lotion

[wuxiaphoenix]

Worldbuilding: Dragon Fall

So... what if, instead of either “a blight upon the land” or an ordinary (if huge) creature’s death, what if the demise of a dragon was more like a whale fall in the ocean deeps? A massive bonanza of nutrients (and magic) that attracts whole communities of odd organisms, persisting for decades, sometimes most of a century, until the last shred of bone and marrow is gone?

The critters that show up and flourish on whale falls generally also exist in other deepwater communities. You may be familiar with the deep-sea vent communities around black smokers, where water is under such tremendous pressure that it’s still boiling liquid at over 400 F, and life keeps a toehold by a food chain based on archaea that synthesize food out of sulfur compounds. You may be less familiar with cold seeps, where hydrocarbon-rich liquid seeps out of the earth’s crust and archaea set up a similar food chain, with just less heat. Or places where a deep freshwater-saltwater interface provide a handy chemical gradient for chemolithoautotrophs to grow and feed food chains.

(Yes, I swear it’s a word. Organisms that can synthesize their own cellular energy - autotroph = “self-feeding” - just as a plant does from sunlight. Only they’re using a breakdown of chemicals like sulfur and minerals; hence litho, from stone.)

Critters from all of these communities show up and thrive at whale falls. Something similar should happen with dragon falls. Though the critters, and possibly plants if the dragon falls on land or shallow water, should be... unusual.

Elementals are some of the first creatures that come to mind. D&D dragons are all aligned with one of the four classical Greek elements; Air, Earth, Water, or Fire. Elementals tend to turn up in places strong in their element. An undine in a waterfall, an earth elemental in a landslide, a salamander in a volcano, an air elemental in a storm or on a gusting mountaintop. The death-site or body of a great wyrm might be equally attractive to beings that need elemental energy.

Some of those beings might well be intelligent. Wizards and sorcerers going out of their way to acquire exotic components by any means necessary is pretty much a fantasy staple by now. And quite a few of them wouldn’t care if the parts rightfully belonged to someone else. Or if they were hazardous. That’s a problem for untrained mages; they’re far too learned to make such mistakes!

(This is why D&D partitions Intelligence and Wisdom as different stats. Intelligence says “what a shiny idea!” Wisdom is what checks whether or not the Shiny will swat you flatter than a poisoned pancake.)

It would be interesting if killing the dragon was only the first step. Then you’d have to figure out what to do with the body, what kind of scavengers are likely to show up, what plants will be affected, whether or not it’s better to disperse the remains over a large area or leave them in one concentrated lump to quarantine....

All that, and dealing with the inevitable intelligent scavengers, out to make a killing (ahem) selling Genuine Dragon Bits at the local shady auction. Or the darkweb, if it’s urban fantasy. I wouldn’t envy the FBI that headache!

[brokshi]

warhammer 40k rogue trader is interesting. the 41st millennium is a nightmarish hellscape designed from the ground up to be a place where only amoral fascist assholes can survive, let alone thrive. this makes playing a kind person feel pretty incongruous. everyone except the immediate recipients of your kindness hate and distrustt you for it, and even the people you help get a bit confused and put-off. there's immediate and long-term consequences too. you receive semi-permanent stat debuffs for a variety of choices where you choose to help people and, so far, no clear way to cleanse them.

in a way though, i think this is ideal. one of my biggest criticisms of mass effect is that, while renegade was billed as pragmatic and making hard calls, in the end paragon gives better rewards AND everyone likes you more. you get more, and better allies in the third game, and a more thematic plotline of unity overall. your companions are less likely to kill themselves too.

baldur's gate 3's only real rewards for being evil, aside unlocking from a potential super form or two in the final few hours of the game and midgame items, is seeing uncomfortably detailed murders of the few nice party members. and minthara, i suppose, but they made her available for good guys in a later patch.

contrast with rogue trader, where i've permanently lost some willpower due to the fact that i saved everyone i could from a planet falling to the demons, rather than blowing the whole thing up to prevent everyone's souls from being consumed. i saved a relative few and damned the rest, rather than committing outright genocide to deny the demons of the warp resources. I've lost a fair amount of profit and control so far due to doing things to save lives instead of tossing bodies at problems until everything works out. it feels more like i'm trying to do good, and less like i'm trying to get The Good Ending

[whitegoldtower]

Making a sick new Skyrim OC.

Alak’niss Rilynoth, the Arachnomancer and Champion of Mephala.

A loose relation to the once noble House of Dagoth, House Rilynoth’s sons were commonly raised to become either acolytes of Mephala or trained to become Morag Tong, whilst the daughters were carefully poised to become formidable house matrons.

Alak’niss was born female, his wild sorcery incredibly potent from birth. He was head of House Rilynoth, being the first born of his siblings, and was very carefully taught the arts of subterfuge, manipulation and seduction. As such, he thrives wherever there is court intrigue.

His transition to becoming male was not, however, seen as disgraceful by the rest of House Rilynoth: instead, with Mephala as their main deity, his transition was seen as divinely artful ‘espionage’ weaved by the Prince, herself (divine intervention, so that he would not have been wasted on being sent to the Morag Tong or a mere temple like the other males in the family), and he was thusly considered ‘spider-kissed’.

Alak’niss’ sorcery was nurtured, and his proficiencies in Illusion, Alteration and Conjuration earnt him a place at the College of Winterhold, where he subsequently began experimenting with crafting his own spells.

(Some of the ideas I have for his spellcasting include: plunging rooms into darkness, casting psychologically damaging illusion spells (such as a variant of ‘frenzy’, wherein the target hallucinates the sensation of being covered in spiders (target will attack itself and anything near in a frenzied panic), and another that can be stacked on top of ‘darkness’ wherein he uses more illusion to disorient the target though duplicating any sound he makes in multiple directions (a variant of ‘fear’, similar to DnD ‘dissonant whispers’)), binding targets with magical conjured webs, using conjuration/destruction to fire urticating poisoned hairs at targets causing them to itch uncontrollably, shifting his shape (using alteration and illusion) to become a monstrously large frostbite spider, using alteration to gain a ‘sticky fingers’ effect which involves him being able to climb walls, and potentially even shift the gravity of a room through illusion and alteration.)

But this was not the main reason he was sent to Skyrim by his House; the main reason was to seek out Mephala’s artefact, using any and all means at his disposal to obtain it.

But his quest for power for House Rilynoth does not stop there; he seeks to overthrow Clan Volkihar and obtain immortality via using subterfuge, seduction and manipulation to destroy Lord Harkon from the inside, whilst gaining the trust of the other dunmer in the castle (Garan Marethi, Feran Sadri, etc.).

And he’s got his eye on Garan Marethi.

He spent a lot of time underground with the Falmer in the quest for Auriel’s Bow, and as such, I believe he learnt how to navigate the darkness as well as they do. When in Blackreach, do as the Falmer do. Despite having night vision as a vampire, he challenges himself to navigate Blackreach with his eyes closed, relying on his other senses. So not only is he a skilled mage, he doesn’t even need to rely on his sight to engage in combat.

The Dark Brotherhood want him so bad. Practically drooling over this guy.

He militantly aids other Dunmer in Skyrim, rallying the Grey Quarter, liberating Solstheim, getting on good terms with Neloth...

I would describe him as a rather small yet athletic dark elf, with a knee-length black braid, poison-green eyes with blood-red sclerae, dusky purple-grey skin, web-like tattoos and a masculine siren-like face. He’s almost always draped in black and plum silks, dripping with gold jewellery, and he smells like a cavern, incense and gleamblossom flowers (I imagine them smelling kind of like lillies?).

Anyhow, his highest stats would be in: Illusion, Alteration, Conjuration, Speech, Alchemy and Sneak, followed by one hand weapons (though he only really uses a dagger as a last resort, i.e when his magicka runs out).

Necromancers and vampires really thought they were the most sinister things to walk Tamriel.

(And now here’s a fucking GRIM and impossibly dark beat to go with the story)