#there is nothing original or responsible about it

[maybefae]

If you were written into a book, what would be the story? (Fictional tropes?)

Pile 1 - Pile 2- Pile 3

Remember, this is a general reading and it may not resonate for everyone or completely. Tarot is a tool to help guide but you are responsible for your actions and life, you choose your path.

Pile 1

Tarot: King of Wands, The Tower, Three of Pentacles, Ten of Cups, Two of Swords, Five of Cups, Page of Swords, Three of Cups, Temperance, The Empress, Ten of Cups, Ace of Cups, Two of Wands, Judgement, The Sun

Oracle: The Cartographer, The Founder, The Scholar, The Captain

I am getting two versions but with the same “ending.” And I originally was gonna use the deck I picked for your pile a couple days ago but I kept shuffling and nothing was coming through so I had to use a different deck. But some of the previous cards did come through! I believe that the deck situation does actually play into the story I am getting too. 

The situation has to do with a switch in power. This story starts with a king and this king could either be your husband in this book or your father. (I’ll let you guys decide what version you like best.) 

If it was your husband, this was an arranged marriage and one you really didn’t get much of a say in. Your family could’ve needed financial help and you being married off to royalty probably helped them. You probably went through with it just so your family would be happy. But the king was selfish, wouldn’t see any other way but his. He didn’t care much about you, liked the look of you on his arm, but would bed any other woman or person he’d like because he’s king. You didn’t have room to grow during this part of the story.

However, there is a turning point where you had enough or your kingdom was in trouble with his ruling and you end up killing him. And you probably made this murder look like an accident. I do have the idea that you probably had a servant or night that helped. This knight could be a love interest that you end up with in the future. But this is your big tower moment where you then are put into power without much knowledge on how to rule. 

But the people of the kingdom as well as the workers that were for you and the King actually adored you. They knew how disgusting, selfish, and greedy the King was; they saw how the King treated you. That’s how he treated them as well! And so the workers helped you, taught you how to rule. And you did a lot of studying, independently but also getting word from around town. I’m not gonna say that it was easy being put in a position of power, but you did it as gracefully as you could. It has a lot of found family vibes. The other kingdoms may have had an issue that you actually helped your people and weren’t greedy and self-centered but there are also hints that you actually end up uniting a bunch of lands. But you did grow into a well-loved ruler.

It’s like the quote, “Is it better to be feared or to be loved?” And in your case, it’s better to be loved because the people would go to lengths to defend you and the land. They have something to be proud of. 

If you wanted a love interest, I believe you get one and I have a feeling it is the knight I picked up on earlier. Or there could be a character added later on for book two of your story.

Pile 2

Tarot: Knight of Pentacles (The Entertainer), Wheel of Fortune (Life Map), Eight of Cups, Three of Pentacles, Page of Wands (The Wanderer), Nine of Pentacles, The Tower (The Shore), King of Wands (The Protector), Five of Cups, Seven of Cups, The Hierophant (The Phoenix)

Oracle: The Pathless, The Fate, The Alchemist, The Walker, The Sentinel

So I wanna start with the fact that there are two cards about “fate” here. And there is a blatant story that is shown here. This story has to do with time travel and you, as a character, having a hard time accepting fate. 

In this story, you have a partner that you were madly in love with, as were they with you. But this could be a historical fiction where they are drafted or they sign up to go to war. And while they were deployed, they would send letters promising a future. However, you end up getting news that they died in war. And you are hysterical. You don’t want to believe it’s real and will go to whatever lengths to get them back. 

Thus, this is where the time travel part comes in. I don’t necessarily know how time travel would happen in this book but I keep getting the vision of you going through time line after time line trying to find the one where they survive and make it back from war. A time line where you both can live out the future you planned. But each one, they end up dying. And your character is supposed to accept this moment as a thing that was supposed to happen. No matter if you went back and changed something in the past, it was bound to happen anyway. It’s like you can’t change someone else’s life. Your love wasn’t wasted. And I see a being, personified death, try to tell you this and you’re just sobbing and begging death for help. But it’s like you just ask, “What am I supposed to do?” And you don’t ask how you can bring your lover back. You want to know how to live. And Death ends up telling you something, but in my vision it’s like it zoomed out and I can see the both of you. His mouth is moving while you look at him, listening to his advice. But I can’t hear it.

It reminds me of the letter a soldier wrote to his lover.

Pile 3

Tarot: Nine of Cups, Seven of Cups, Page of Wands, Nine of Pentacles, Nine of Swords, Two of Swords, The Star, Ace of Pentacles, King of Swords, The Hierophant. Page of Swords, Eight of Pentacles

Oracle: The Waker, The Sentinel, The Chiromancer, The Miser, The Guide

I’m getting a few books or pieces of media that can correlate: Pride and Prejudice, Little Women (Jo and Laurie in particular), and Anthony and Kate (Bridgerton).

I believe that your story revolves around the complexities of the “older sister” role. You are the character that needs to control and look after everything or else you think the world will fall apart. But there is also an energy here of high standards and “why do I need a lover if I already have everything I need?” or the anger of someone wanting to come in, love and take care of you but you get angry because you have had to do it all by yourself. The anger of wanting this person when you needed them but now you don’t anymore, so fuck off. 

This pile is definitely for the enemies-to-lovers fanatics. There is an energy here of one-sided feelings but it’s more that your character does like this person but the unchecked/unhealed anger overrides all good feelings. This story is a journey of letting go and letting yourself be loved despite how uncomfortable and scary it is. The female rage, the anger of the older sibling…figuring out how to deal with the anger, letting go of control now that you don’t need to live in survival mode anymore. It’s the older version of you protecting a younger version of you, protecting your heart…

The love interest is charming. They can come off cocky and a flirt but may say things the wrong way which makes you “hate” this person. You think they’re a town bicycle, everyone gets a ride with them. But they truly do have feelings for you. They like the chase and fall deeper in love with you the more they have to work to break down your walls so you can see how serious they are. There could be events in the book where they come around to help and they could be the only ones that do come around to help you when everyone else is blind to your struggles and pain. And over the course of the book, you see that and finally take down your wall, slowly, brick-by-brick. And even if they like the chase, they don’t lose feelings when they finally get to hold you in their arms. They are completely serious, completely in love with you. And you get to have the safe home you’ve always dreamt of in the end. They are your defenders, even though they know you can handle yourself. The slow burn was worth it, I promise. 

Decks Used:  Ophida Rosa Tarot by Leila and Olive, The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, The Citadel: A Fantasy Oracle by Fez Inkwright, Ethereal Visions Illuminated Tarot Deck by Matt Hughes Dividers: @inklore

[chongoblog]

SCREW IT IM GONNA TOOT MY OWN HORN FOR A BIT

So it's been like a month since I put up my last big mashup, and the response has been awesome. I wanted to talk about all the little bits I put in there, because frankly, I put a lot of love into it, and I want to share it! Here's the video of the mashup with the music video (which is a big part of it.)

First of all, shoutouts to Shoocharu for the incredible animation for the original MV. I've found him to always have the best Game Grumps animations, and his abilities work perfectly for this music video.

Okay, now just to talk about all the Silly Jokes and Bits and Stuff. A lot of these were noticed by comments (and shoutouts to them! I love seeing people get these)

-Ska Cha Cha is used as a reference to the name of the actual song "Transcendental Cha Cha Cha". Close enough.

-A couple samples are used multiple times at different points in the song. For "Tik Tok", "Ska Cha Cha" and "Down" it makes sense since it's the chorus of the song. However, I also bring back "I'm Blue" and "Toxic" because in the original song, those samples are played over the lyrics "The universe is getting colder, colder. Still every universe somehow got Zumba". Those lyrics are repeated at the end of the song, showing how what was once madness is now being embraced. I thought playing those samples again with the full mix was appropriate.

-And yes, in the two appearances of The Void in the music video, MEGALOVANIA plays because he looks kinda like Sans.

-"words, words, words" was a super interesting inclusion. At first I added it because of the lyric "Just relax..." which is a lyric during that portion of Transcendental Cha Cha Cha. Also, not only did "here's two facts" thematically work well (since the song was about to discuss two separate universes) but it also perfectly aligned rhythmically. Also, that "words, words, words" line might be one of my favorite pre-choruses ever.

-I included Cruel Angel's Thesis at someone else's suggestion, but I'm really glad they suggested it. I actually start it with a somewhat heavy low pass filter before slowly fading off it because I thought it sounded cooler.

-I included "Harder Better Faster Stronger" during that portion because Tom's vocal effects sound similar.

-Cha Cha Slide matches perfectly since the lyrics of Transcendental Cha Cha Cha are also "Slide to the left....slide to the right". Incredibly proud of the little breakdown I included during the mix-up portion.

-"Sometimes this song, it sounds like" segment is referencing myself, since over the years I have developed my own patterns. Sometimes the song does indeed sound like Crawling (plus funny commercial next to it. Again...patterns) and sometimes it does sound like All Star (shoutouts to Star Shop)

-The Mighty B! Theme slaps actually.

-I felt like I had to include the Peanut Butter Jelly snippet, since "it's everything and nothing, it's a baseball bat" sounded almost like it was a direct reference to it. I wanted to include the original Tom Cardy lyric on top of that one both to hammer home the joke and also because I thought the harmonic vocals layered perfectly onto Peanut Butter Jelly Time would make for a nice touch.

-Every time I saw someone notice that I put the "God Dammit" directly after Never Gonna Give You Up to imply that he was mad about getting rick rolled, I gained a year of my life.

-Keeping the "Blink!" from the original song I felt was useful to help kinda punctuate the wildly different samples I was using.

-"Money Game" and "Money Money Money" being played over the French Revolution. Completely unrelated, but have you noticed how much wealth inequality we're facing here in America? That's interesting.

-"Closer" and "Closer" is such an easy joke. In fact it's so easy I've done it before. Did it anyway lmao

-During the big buildup, "Larger Than Life" was used mostly because I hadn't used that song before and I thought it was time. "Dare" was put in because I think that the vocals work really well to naturally create a sense of buildup (unless it's the Live version). "Brain Power" was put in to replicate the noise gate that Tom put on his extended note.

-Monkey Watch and Mr Brightside. Again! Patterns!

-toes

So yeah that's Transcendental Fever Dream. I'm sure if I had more time and excuses to talk about all the nitty gritty details and choices made I'd do it, but I think this is a pretty big breakdown. Something's always felt kinda Big about this one. I think that save for Super Smashup, this is the best mashup I've ever made, and I think it acts as a sort of a culmination of these last 7 years or so of mashups. No idea what the future holds, but if it comes from love, then it's gonna be great.

Thanks for reading.

[chuitu]

Dissipating tracks

Origin of file: Logistics Archives

I.Ds detected:

- Silver haired Anon

- Hóng Haí'er

- Jiangguō Tianhong

File corruption: Mild

"Anything Tian?" (Haì'er)

"I've picked up 4 responses from the radars, although, all 4 of them are blaring, so i can't really get you the exact location where Yeva is..." (Tianhong)

"Classic Nova... that's fine Tian, I'll manage..." (Haì'er)

"By the way, why don't you just, idk call her? doesn't she have her phone?" (Tianhong)

"She doesn't, the Celestial court confiscated it the day she got there." (Haì'er)

"Really?? It's no wonder she wasn't responding to any of my calls or texts... and honestly, it was suspicious when they didn't let Ms. Chang'e see her too..." (Tianhong)

"True... What was up with that, it's like they were keeping her to themselves... might have found out there was more to her than just her powers.. they went as far as to-" (Haì'er)

"To... To what?" (Tianhong)

"N-Nothing... Okay look, I'll try to locate her on foot, I'll update you when i find her." (Haì'er)

"Alright Red... Good luck, bring Ms. Yeva home..." (Tianhong)

"That's the plan." (Haì'er)

↻ ◁ I ▷ ↺

{Estimated duration of search: 4 hour and 30 minutes}

Current location: (Main city area) District 12 <<

"Testing testing... Search log,, 1 hour and 30 minutes, no sign of 'The White Haired Esper' in the corner alleyway of the enterprise building... checking Megapolis Hospital now..."

"Not here, I checked the security cameras though, she did pass by here, but didn't stay for a long time... she went about 8 paces west, she must be headed for Wesalis District..."

↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺

{Estimated duration of search: 8 hours and 12 minutes}

Current location: Exit/Entrance of Wesalis to Dinsun District <<

"She wasn't near the shops, but people said they saw her pass by, I also found her hairpin somewhere near the benches... it probably came loose and fell off.."

"Yeva, where are you...?"

↻ ◁ III ▷ ↺

{Estimated duration of search: 12 hours and 21 minutes}

Current location: Crossing in Dinsun towards Opalesque District

"Yeva, why are you making this so difficult... no... no this is my fault she's like this, she probably doesn't want to see me after yelling at her.. when she just finally got to see me again, i blew it... damn... I'm such an idiot..."

"Look, I'm sorry okay?! I'm sorry i yelled at you.. I'm sorry for leaving you in the rain... can we talk about it... please? where are you..."

"... I remember how we used to play all sorts of games and pranks in these very streets and apartments... she always knew how to make anything fun..."

"I miss you Nova... please come back, you dropped your hairpin... you need it don't you?"

↻ ◁ IV ▷ ↺

{Estimated duration of search: 16 hours and 40 minutes}

Current location: Opalesque District,, West Sector <<

"Anything? Red?" (Tianhong)

"No... She's too fast, every time i think i finally got the lead she's 5 steps ahead of me.. She was just here by the park according to some sightings of her on social media... yet i still lose track." (Haì'er)

"Eeesh... !!- Red! I just got another radar alert" (Tianhong)

"Really?! Where?" (Haì'er)

"It's in District 7, near the weather station! quickly now, it's only been 10 seconds!" (Tianhong)

"Got it! Keep your eyes on that radar Tian!" (Haì'er)

↻ ◁ V ▷ ↺

{Estimated duration of search: 20 hours}

Current location: District 7,, road towards the Weather station

"Did you find her yet?" (Tianhong)

"Are you sure the radar pinged near the weather station?!" (Haì'er)

"Yes, I'm sure!" (Tianhong)

".... I- !!- I found h- She's-! YEVA!!" (Haì'er)

"Red? Did you find her? Red??" (Tianhong)

-- Record end --

-- Archive #1 of "Dissipating Tracks" restored --

[darkmagyk]

poorly timed confession / unexpected virgin - Percabeth?

I have no idea what this is. I had like four other ideas before I thought of the stupidest take on "poorly timed confession." It got a little long so I added the read more.

Things had been tense around camp. This was not new. Things had been tense around camp as long as Percy had been going. War would do that. The war of the gods, that they had, so very thankfully, won not 2 weeks ago, and the wars that crisscrossed the continent.

To say nothing of the Northern threat. That seemed one of the only two things’ people wanted to talk about around camp today. The viking sacks along the coasts and the rivers, and the fact that Percy and Anja had kissed and then disappeared beneath the lake for an hour.

Percy preferred that second one. He preferred everything having to do with Anja, his beloved. He hoped, when the camp season ended, he might accompany her home, so he could ask her father, properly, for her hand.

He’d shared his intentions with Grover and Chiron, both of whom approved. But he was working on the perfect time to ask Annabeth herself. He was not so worried about being rejected, but it was still a monumental proposal.

He spent the next week trying to work up the courage to ask her. But he got the feeling she had something she wanted to speak to him about too. There was a nervousness she got, if he asked after her family, or made reference to his mother’s lands. Which he found himself doing a great deal. No need to not make himself look like an opportune match for a girl such as Annabeth, who he knew came from grander origins then his in England. Though he wasn’t always clear on the specifics, beyond her father’s work as a scholar in a place called Bath he had stumbled upon during a quest. Though they were there anymore, according to Annabeth.

It only took a bit more encouragement from Chiron and Grover, but the day after the war funeral games ended, he had his courage.

He and Annabeth slipped away, seeking out solitude by the camps little lake and river, and looking up at the dark night sky.

Annabeth was not veiled now. She wore her wimple all around when they left the boarders of camp, and even often inside, now, but not tonight. Her blonde curls were falling out of her braids, almost glowing gold in the moonlight. And her eyes the purest silver.

He leaned in and kissed her. For he could not help it. And she met him in the middle. And then her hands started to wonder along his body, pushing his mantel out of the way, and then toward his shift, and then towards the bottom.

“I have to tell you something,” she said, and then pulled one of his hands towards her, bringing it to stop where her laces were. There was no mistaking her intentions then. Which made her confession somewhat clear.

“Are…are you not a maid?” he asked. It would not and could not matter to him. But he could think of no other reason she would agree to this here and now. Though he was certainly not going to protest.

She pulled back just a bit, though not before pulling off his outer tunic. All the closed at camp were died a bright red, nearly the color of an orange from the south.

“Of course I am,” She said, affronted for a second, before her pink lips curled into a teasing smile, “I shall be a pure as anything for you, my love. You might use me however you like best.”

“I cannot imagine I should like anything but you.” He promised.

“And all those other women?” She asked, a tease, “surely there are ladies Jacqufie who would not hesitate to give Lord Percy anything they asked.

Now it was his turn to look affronted, “Certainly, there are,” He could not argue her point, “But I would never ask such a thing of an young maid who is my families responsibility. We build castles to protect them, as you well know. What good would it do if there were enemies within as well as with out.”

“I have to tell you something,” Annabeth said again.

“And I you.” He said, but suddenly he was even more worried. This whole situation felt almost like a strange placation.

And he wondered, for a horrible, horrible moment, if perhaps she was already betrothed at home. If that was why she was willing to do this now.

And so in a rush, they spoke together.

“I wish to accompany you home and ask your father for your hand.”

“My family is among those viking all along the coasts and rivers. And I lead the party that sacked Mitchell’s castle in the spring.”

Well, that was not the confession he was expecting.

[ploompkin]

To follow up my previous reblog about the AI thing— I checked in my settings and legit, you have to ACTIVELY GO AND DENY Tumblr the right to STEAL your original art.

Anyways, it’s under settings, visibility.

This is a disgrace; blatant theft.

Who wants to also bet this refreshes itself with every update? Lol.

[the-way-astray]

alright everybody can we please stop tagging me/talking about me in the notes of pro keefe/sokeefe posts. i know strieefe has made it so that it's really funny to talk about how much i love him and how much i'm in denial when i say negative things about him under those posts (and that's all in good fun and not the problem), but we have to think about the fact that the ops are just trying to make a positive post and probably don't want a keefe hater in their notes /srs

[holly-mckenzie]

#Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

DRUCK: Season 2, Episode 1

[outism-had-a-purpose]

Imagine if Telemachus looked a bit like Sinclair. Would retranslate all of Outis interactions with latter.

Girl is living the 'harsh emotionally distant dad' life vicariously through her 19 year old coworker who is probably the same age as her son who she probably hasn't seen ever since he was a tot. To Páthos Máthos or sumthin

[cawziiku]

I'm not gonna be responding to these anymore, I don't want to have to think about this rn, but I'm keeping the posts up

[shivunin]

I love your DA girls, but I didn’t realize you had a Shepard too! What’s her backstory, romance, etc?

Thanks for asking, anon! I haven't talked about her here much, but I love my Shep c:

Jesse Shepard (photo from this picrew)

Earthborn, Sole Survivor, Sentinel, Paragon

Romanced Garrus (but I uhhh. might have some fic of her and Miranda as well...)

She is a cowgirl

More specifically, her mom was a rodeo queen and the daughter of a rancher out in the middle of nowhere (she was actually born in Nothing, Arizona, which is sometimes erroneously called The Middle of Nowhere). Her dad was an electrical engineer and amateur hacker who passed his skills down to Jesse. When she started showing early signs of biotics (a shuttle crash near the family farm when her mom was pregnant exposed her to Eezo), her parents moved even further away from the city to protect her from the possibility of being hustled off to someplace like Jump Zero.

At about 9 years old, they went on a trip to the city. Her parents sat her on a bench for a moment while they went to rent a vehicle. What happened next is unclear, but there was a shuttle crash at the spaceport. No bodies were ever recovered. Still afraid of being taken by some nebulous government agency, Jesse slipped away into the streets and stayed there until she was 17. She took the fall for her girlfriend (also in the Reds) and chose to be sent to an Alliance school until she was old enough to formally enlist.

She played Johnny Cash's "I've Been Everywhere" in the Mako so many times that Garrus had to look up the lyrics (pure nonsense) to figure out what the fuck the song was talking about

She also roped the pyjak to catch it without hurting it on that one planet in the first game with all the goddamn pyjaks

I created her because I wanted to play with Mass Effect's depiction of human culture as homogenous in the era that the games take place. I got to thinking about all the subcultures that exist in the world now, and how they might look/exist in this version of the future. There might be a global human Alliance, but I imagine that all of the rich (messy, wonderful, contradictory) cultural details that exist now would still exist in that future, too. I wanted her to have a more concrete attachment to earth than "orphaned, was in a gang." You know, so it would hurt more to come home in the third game.

In this case, her background is largely formed by Hispanic rodeo culture near where I live. Extremely fun time, highly recommend reading more about it/visiting a rodeo if that's an option for you.

Also---and I know this is apropos of nothing---I take exception to femshep not getting to wear the cool leather jacket that m!shep wears, so that is part of her trademark style.

[electricpurrs]

do you think if i went to college id have the opportunity to hang out with friends and kiss cute boys. is this where im gonna need to find the motivation to go to college

[eggmeralda]

okay but I am genuinely so unwell about numbers and dates and ages and time and years etc. so I'm blaming all my bad luck on the number 23

[theflowerofthecommonwealth]

Nick: (Pulling a all-dayer and all-nighter at his desk like the workaholic that he is, grumbling over a recent case)

Jasmine: (Suppose to be in bed in her loft that had once belonged to Ellie but is instead creeping around) “……....” (Peeps her head around the corner while invisible, observing Nick)

Nick: (Tired Dad sigh as he rubs his forehead)

Jasmine: (Silently slinks back upstairs, cracking opening the roof door juuuuust enough so she can slip outside and explore the night, still dressed in her bunny jammies)

Alley Cat: (Brushes up against the escapee as she makes her getaway)

Jasmine: (Puts a finger to her lip) “Ssh….” (Pets the kitty to buy his silence before swiftly making her way across the rooftops like Batman, jumping off at the very edge)

Nick: (Unimpressed Dad look as he watches his daughter from the corner ahead, lit cigarette in hand)

Jasmine: (Glances back over her shoulder to make sure she isn’t being followed, completely oblivious to his presence)

Nick: (Folds his arms, the cigarette now in his mouth) “Ahem.”

Jasmine: “Eeeeeeek!!” (Jumps like a startled cat and hisses, taking out her Murder Mittens)

Nick: (Unfazed) “What did I say about sneaking out in the middle of the night?” (Struts over and seizes the girl by the arm)

Jasmine: (Only hisses again in response)

Nick: (Raises his eyebrows as he examines his girl) “And only in your jammies too? You looking to catch your death in the cold?” (Puts his coat around the teen so she won’t freeze)

Jasmine: (Huffs, stamping her feet like a toddler)

Nick: (Tugs on her arm) “C’mon missy, straight back to bed with you.” (Starts leading her away)

Jasmine: (Annoyed growl as she’s dragged back home)

Based on a conversation I had with @sassenashsworld

[giantkillerjack]

ur post about queerbaiting and the dismissal of people in fandom to critical analysis is so incredibly true thank you. i feel like marcille's writing in the anime has been super misogynistic a lot of the time and every time i bring this up all anyone wants to say is "well maybe this isn't for you! and you shouldn't watch the show!" like. i don't think this is about taste lmao, i am analyzing the text in front of me and coming to conclusions about the craft of it.

[This is in reference to this post]

YES!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

It is so so frustrating!!!!

It's like being at a restaurant and being served a bunch of delicious appetizers, but then one of the bread appetizers is literally just a plate of crumbs; and then when you're like, "Hey, uhh, why are we being served literal crumbs?", a bunch of the other folks eating at the restaurant are like,

"WELL HOW ABOUT YOU JUST DON'T EAT HERE THEN??!? YOU MUST NOT BE THAT HUNGRY, SO JUST FIND ANOTHER RESTAURANT AND DON'T EAT WITH US!!"

And maybe they say it politely, but "Aw, sorry, maybe this restaurant just isn't for you 💖" is just trading out an aggressive dismissive tone for a patronizing dismissive tone. It's the same message.

And it's like! I was honestly happy to move on from the crumbs once my complaint was acknowledged because the meal overall is still delicious, but then all these folks got SUPER WEIRD AND DEFENSIVE ABOUT IT, so now I find myself double-checking all the other dishes -- and, actually, you know what those eggs DO look a Iittle misogynistic undercooked!!!!

[feartheoldblog]

do you have any headcanons for micolash? not much is stated about him, but i like to think that the fucked up animals in the nightmare are indeed his creations/pets from the waking world, essentially grafting animal parts together with the old blood

Hello anon!

I’ll preface this by saying that I’m not as well versed in the more intricate pieces of lore etc. so this will primarily be my own headcanons but I’m more than happy to give a few.

I absolutely believe that the dogs with the crow heads/crows with dog heads aren’t just a creation of the nightmare itself but something that Micolash (or his fellow scholars) actively created in the ‘waking world’. I’ll use that to describe to the time in the past pre-dream/nightmare and prior to the game, in this case when the School of Mensis were prolific and active. It’s very clear that Mensis are more than willing to mutilate and perform unethical experiments, and I feel like they’re more than capable of grafting animals together.

However, I headcanon that it was Micolash’s, pardon the pun, pet project. The crows and dogs are definitely affected by the blood (just look at the bloody size of those birds) so he’d probably be curious about what he could make with them. I can’t really think of any real scientific drive that he would have to do it other than some morbid curiosity or perhaps research into animal physiology and its interaction with the old blood. Maybe he just wanted some friends! Most people get a cat or a goldfish, Micolash gets a half-dog/half-crow abomination of his own making. There’s a few meaty werewolves in Yahar’gul which I don’t think were ‘made’ (more imagery than anything) but I guess you could see them as hinting at animal experimentation too.

Outside of that topic, I do have a few headcanons.

• Micolash did indeed study at Byrgenwerth but he wasn’t as closely associated with Laurence as he would’ve liked to have been. I think that he was always a bit of an eccentric, even amongst the scholars of Byrgenwerth. He was an interesting person with plenty of ideas and asked the right questions, but not the sort that you would trust wholeheartedly. He was involved in the research to a point, and I think that would also have spurred on his intention to leave Byrgenwerth for Mensis. He had enough knowledge from there to continue to research but enough freedom in Mensis to perform whatever he wanted without being shackled down by Byrgenwerth’s rules or research. Definitely a difficult person to work with, that’s for sure. I wouldn’t like to be his lab partner!

• I like to think that he came from a family of ample wealth, enough for him to receive an education fitting of an applicant to the college of Byrgenwerth but not grossly rich. In fact, I feel like he was probably one of the less well off students at the college. I’ll go into detail about this at some point but I do think that Byrgenwerth was like colleges back in the day where only the wealthy were permitted to attend.

• At Mensis, he truly came into his own. He had fellow scholars with ideals identical to his own and individuals to defend them. He also finally had enough resources and reach to organise the grotesque events in Yahar’gul and finally achieve his goals (which he basically did).

• On a more light hearted note, I think that his favourite place in Byrgenwerth was the lake and he often enjoyed leaning on the stone walls, gazing out at the glassy surface to collect his thoughts or finish any work. That’s the only part he misses about his former college- other than that it was just a means to an end, and a hinderance on the latter end of his stay. The library was great too but he had a better one at Mensis any way.

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when i said "i'm not a hater cos i'm a benevolent alien now" what i meant was "the relentlessly negative and hateful energy that people on this site direct towards their fellow creatures just because they believe they can do so with impunity is a manifestation of the callous ease of cruelty and bitterness compared to the terrible difficulty and bravery of compassion and thoughtfulness, and whilst everyone is within their rights to share their perspective as pessimistic as it may be, that does not entitle you to an unreciprocated echo chamber for as long as you choose to engage with other people's content". hope this helps ❤️