#though not unrelatedly at all

[fuunsaiki]

i'm glad that as a society we have moved past "share your recent search history" memes, even i'm horrified by how many kiwi, british, and even australian comedians i was trying to find the height of last night, guy montgomery's guy mont spelling bee has absolutely ruined me

[ciaran]

characters you find interesting to genderbend?

generally characters who have some interesting uhh relations w gender. like zhongxiao for example are not fun to genderbend at all? i feel no need to do it. the bite of their relationship is their m/s dynamic. luckae ARE interesting to genderbend (i havent read any good fic where diluc is characterized the way i like And a woman and kaeya's a guy and characterized the way i want). when i genderbend i also tend to make it ~het~. im not terribly interested in genderbent ratiorine (either of them). but i AM into fem sunday/gallagher. shuake is also beautiful genderbent......

ocs of ours i would genderbend probably if they werent ocs (i am not too into genderbending ocs??): alex (but not xan - i think girl alex is such a dirty little bitch and her empty boy alter xan is kinda baffling bc he doesnt have a reason to be a boy - canonically he bases his gender off of alex's. but then we'd have to figure out why he's a guy. fun); leo maybe?? (eldest daughter turbo trauma); .......ehh i really cant think of any more, they're all some type of boy for A Reason, and when the character is canonically per us a trans guy i like genderbending them less than i do if it's a character that i only hc as a trans guy. if that makes sense

(i was thinking of if the featherfall characters would be fun as girls and the thing is that girl fain is like, taxingly boring to me and girl august is this kind of jean-esque character?? noble morally upright eldest who is kind of strict and conservative and strangely neurotic... anyway not fun. el could be but ewhhh)

... ayato and kaveh are also fun as girls

[deletri]

Skubibauss en Pao

To try and regain motivation to work on my translation of Starkit's Prophecy into Clanmew (the Warrior Cats conlang of @troutfur and @bonefall), I wrote an original story in Clanmew, set in the Better Bones AU and inspired by a story I read in a book of Filipino folktales from the 1920s.

Provided here is that story, an English translation, and an interlinear gloss.

I've kind of simplified the gloss? I still say, like, jussive and genitive, but I've also used "verbed" rather than "verb.PST" and such. It's mostly in the interest of legibility.

In the gloss, a full stop . represents multiple English morphemes being part of the same Clanmew morpheme, and a hyphen - represents the boundary between two Clanmew morphemes.

Lacking words for "give" and "take," I commandeered "prreerreerr," extending it in meaning from "to bring" to "to bring forward, to present" and from there to "to surrender or give," and "hageeshi," extending it in meaning from "to bring" to "to bring with or take."

Bab erra rriu Washa-ulnyams urr-rrehen.

Hearsay.evidential currently cat ShadowClan they.clanmate-existed

I heard that at this time there was a ShadowClan cat.

Beego urr mi-om-ba urrayeoyrr, nyargryyr.

How them.clanmate mi-and-ba they.clanmate-call-ed not-I.contain

How their parents called them, I don't know.

Yarrnuf pi niferr beego rriu Washa-ulnyams rarrayeoya rriu ulnyams owar rarrnyargryyr, Skubibauss rarrababa.

But direct.evidential when how cat ShadowClan they.outsider-call-will cat Clan other they.outsider-not-contain Mushroomface they.outsider-say

But when cats of other clans don't know what to call a ShadowClan cat, they say Mushroomface.

Bipwa karrl urr ayeoya Skubibauss.

Therefore jussive them.clanmate I.call-will Mushroomface

So let me call them Mushroomface.

Skubibauss urr.

Mushroomface them.clanmate

They were Mushroomface.

Arrwee Skubibauss urrnyarprreerreerr.

Things Mushroomface they.clanmate-not-presented

Mushroomface did not surrender anything.

Niferr arrwee urrwrah, wi urrnyarprreerreerr.

When things they.clanmate-have them.useless they.clanmate-not-presented

When they had things, they did not surrender them.

Urrnyarnomnam, kurr woo prreerr urrnyarsskif.

They.clanmate-not-ate because prey will.present they.clanmate-not-want

They did not eat, because they did not want to surrender the food.

Bipwa boe geepawang urrgryyrg.

Therefore very thin-ness they.clanmate-contained

So they were very thin.

Bawee urrwrah, yarrnuf urrnyarprreerrerr pif wi yar urrpeekoor.

Broken.owlface they.clanmate-have but they.clanmate-not-presented for it.useless who they.clanmate-will.fix

They owned a broken owlface, but they did not surrender it to one who would fix it.

Urrnyarobi'ibawee, kurr neek urrku, urrbonb.

They.clanmate-not-played.owlface because if they.clanmate-will.strike they.clanmate-will.destroy

They could not play it, because if they struck it, they would destroy it.

"Karrl urrsakach," arrlgorrl arnyararrlur, kurr bweh Skubibauss urrakachka, urrwrah.

Jussive you.clanmate-will.hunt deputy they.superior-not-commanded because what Mushroomface they.clanmate-caught they.clanmate-have

"Hunt," the deputy never commanded, because what Mushroomface caught, they kept.

Pon mwyrgna urrwrah Washa-ulnyams urrnyarywa.

Then selfishness they.clanmate-have ShadowClan they.clanmate-not-enjoy

ShadowClan came to not like their selfishness.

"Karrl upanna wrah mwrrsyo," shaigorrl ararrlur.

Jussive territory we.have you.rogue-will.leave leader they.superior-commanded

"Leave our territory," commanded the leader.

Koko mwrryorru, bawee mwrrwrah mwrrhageeshi.

As they.rogue-left broken.owlface they.rogue-have they.rogue-brought

As they left, they took their owlface.

Fuh Krraka-ulnyams mwrrafarrwa.

To ThunderClan they.rogue-went

They went to ThunderClan.

"Pryyp rarrsk rarrsgry?" mwrrababab.

Interrogative I.outsider.exclusive you.outsider-will.contain they.rogue-said

"Will you take me?" they asked.

Shalashe pyrrnyar-rrehen erra.

Rolling.together it.inanimate-not-existed currently

At this time the Gathering had not happened.

Myarr Washa-ulnyams mwrryorru, rarrnyargryyrg.

Why ShadowClan they.rogue-left they.outsider-not-contained

Why they had left ShadowClan, ThunderClan did not know.

Om wowa mwiruss guburoolwang mwrr-rrehen, om rriu rarrsskawan.

And over leafbare starving-ness it.negative-existed and cat they.outsider-needed

And it had been a cruel Leafbare, and they needed cats.

Wrarri rarrnyarwrah pif mwrr, yarrnuf rriu rarrsskawan.

Trust they.outsider-not-have for them.rogue but cat they.outsider-needed

They had no trust for them, but they needed cats.

Bipwa mwrr rarrgryyrg.

Therefore them.rogue they.outsider-contained

So they took them in.

Kurr ewa guburoolwang mwiruss ssargryyr, wragyr akach rarrsskawan.

Because so starving-ness leafbare it.natural-contained boar will.hunt they.outsider-needed

It had been such a cruel Leafbare that they were forced to hunt boars.

Bkochko pos wragyr akach rarrwrah.

Spear for boar will.hunt they.outsider-have

They had spears for hunting boars.

Bkochko fuh mwrr rarrprreerreerr.

Spear to them.rogue they.outsider-presented

They gave Mushroomface a spear.

Mwrr wragyr akach rarrporrwa.

Them.rogue boar will.hunt they.outsider-teach

They taught them to hunt boars.

Yarrnuf Shalashe pyrrkipse, om myarr Skubibauss mwrryorru rarrpieherra.

But rolling.together it.inanimate-started.to.speak and why Mushroomface they.rogue-left they.outsider-learned

But the Gathering came, and they learned why Mushroomface had left.

Skubibauss gry erra rarrnyarsskif.

Mushroomface will.contain currently they.outsider-not-want

They did not want to keep harbouring Mushroomface.

"Karrl fuh rarrsk bkochko mwrrsprreerr," rarrarrlur.

Jussive to us.outsider.exclusive spear you.rogue-will.present they.outsider-commanded

"Give us the spear," they commanded.

Skubibauss mwrrnyarsskif.

Mushroomface they.rogue-not-want

Mushroomface did not want to.

Bkochko mwrrakichkar.

Spear they.rogue-grabbed

They gripped the spear.

Ye mwrr pyrr hagee rarrsskif, yarrnuf pyrr mwrrakichkar.

From them.rogue it.inanimate will.bring they.outsider-want but it.inanimate they.rogue-grabbed

They tried to take it from them, but they gripped the spear.

Kaoch pyrrkignaka.

Broken it.inanimate-turned

It broke.

Kachik pyrrwrah wifewl.

Clawtip it.inanimate-have it.useless-fell

Its head fell off.

Mwah bkochko rarrnyarsskif.

Now spear they.outsider-not-want

Now ThunderClan did not want the spear.

Koko mwrryorru, bawee om bkochkachik Skubibauss mwrrhageeshi.

As they.rogue-left broken.owlface and spear.clawtip Mushroomface they.rogue-brought

As they left, Mushroomface took the owlface and spearhead.

Mwah arrwee yosh-arra ul mwrrhageeshi koko fuh Hwoo-ulnyams mwrrafarrwa.

Now things half-four entire they.rogue-brought as to WindClan they.rogue-went

Now they were taking exactly two things as they went to WindClan.

Mwrrpappap boe nyarprriprra, boe nyarprriprra.

They.rogue-walked very not-fast very not-fast

They walked very slowly, very slowly.

Bawee om bkochkachik mwrrhageeshi.

Broken.owlface and spear.clawtip they.rogue-brought

They were bringing the owlface and the spearhead.

"Pryyp rarrsk rarrsgry?" mwrrababab.

Interrogative I.outsider.exclusive you.outsider-will.contain they.rogue-said

"Will you take me?" they asked.

Hwoo-ulnyams rarrnyarsskif.

WindClan they.outsider-not-want

WindClan did not want to.

Yarrnuf wowa mwiruss guburoolwang mwrr-rrehen, om rriu rarrsskawan.

But over leafbare starving-ness it.negative-existed and cat they.outsider-needed

But it had been a cruel leafbare, and they needed cats.

Neek mwiruss ewa urrsaben, myarr kignak'kach rarrgry urrsgry.

If leafbare so you.clanmate-behold why turn-claw they.outsider-will.contain you.clanmate-will.contain

If you had seen such a leafbare, you would know why they would take a traitor.

Bipwa "Wowa siku rarrs gry om nyyeb babawang rarrsgryyr abenya," rarrababab.

Therefore over day you.outsider we.will.contain and whether capable-ness you.outsider.contain we.behold-will they.outsider-said

So they said, "We will have you for a day and see if you are competent."

"Karrl kaskir rarrsfofwa nokeyy gabpwang pyrrgryyr om swashwaf rarrsgwee," rarrarrlur.

Jussive stalk you.outsider-will.curl until strong-ness they.inanimate-contain and tail-object you.outsider-will.make they.outsider-commanded

They commanded, "Weave stalks until they are strong and make a rope."

Mwrrobi'i nokeyy mebwyn.

They.rogue-used.tools until vesper

Mushroomface worked until sunset.

Swashwaf mwrrgweena.

Tail-object they.rogue-made

They made a rope.

Yarrnuf pyrr mwrrprreerr rarrarr mwrrgryyrg.

But it.inanimate they.rogue-will.present they.outsider-will.command they.rogue-contained

They knew that they would make them surrender it.

"Myarr bweh rarrskgweena prreerr?" mwrryarrarab.

Why what I.outsider.exclusive-made I.will.present they.rogue-thought

"Why should I give up what I alone, who am not even of their Clan, have made?" they thought.

Ewa mwrryarrarrab.

So they.rogue-thought

They thought that way.

"Myarr pyrr prreerr?"

Why it.inanimate I.will.present

"Why should I give it up?"

Neek pyrr mwrrnyarprreerr, mwrryo rarrarr, mwrrgryyrg.

If it.inanimate they.rogue-not-will.present they.rogue-will.leave they.outsider-will.command they.rogue-contained

They knew that if they did not surrender it, WindClan would have them leave.

Bipwa bar'ree arrl mwrryorru.

Therefore outside command they.rogue-left

So they left without being told to.

Bar'ree arrl mwrryorru wur'ree oogar.

Outside command they.rogue-left inside night

Without being told to, they left in the night.

Bawee om bkochkachik om swashwaf mwrrhageeshi.

Broken.owlface and spear-clawtip and tail-object they.rogue-brought

They brought the owlface and the spearhead and the rope.

Upanssa mwrrafa mwrrnyargryyrg.

Where they.rogue-will.go they.rogue-not-contained

They did not know where to go.

Ewa guburoolwang Ssbass-ulnyams en mwiruss ssarnyargryyrg, bipwa mwrr Ssbass-ulnyams rarrnyargry mwrrgryyrg..

So starving-ness RiverClan genitive leafbare it.natural-not-contained therefore them.rogue RiverClan they.outsider-not-will.contain they.rogue-contained

RiverClan's leafbare had not been so cruel, so they knew RiverClan would not take them.

Bipwa ssabgi mwrrafarrwa, fuh kroob upanssa shai en ken ssar-rrehe.

Therefore north they.rogue-went to hill where star genitive cave they.religious-exist

So they went north, towards the hills where the caves of the stars are.

Ewa nyarprriprra mwrrpappap.

So not-fast they.rogue-walked

They walked so slowly.

Bawee mwrrhehhefe.

Broken.owlface they.rogue-slithered

They dragged the owlface.

Wipashi mwrrnyarsskif, bipwa marrlwang mwrrgryyrg.

It.useless-will.tumble they.rogue-not-want therefore on.edge-ness they.rogue-contained

They did not want it to tumble, so they were very careful.

Om bkochkachik mwrrpwyyarryrr.

Spear-clawtip they.rogue-paw-ed

They pushed the spearhead.

Om swashwaf wowa chefaf mwrrwrah pyrr-rrehen.

And tail-object over nape they.rogue-have it.inanimate-existed

And the rope was over their neck.

Obsku pwyyarr mwrrwrah pyrr-rrehen.

Touching paw they.rogue-have it.inanimate-existed

It touched their paws.

Pos nyarfe kurr swashwaf mwrrpappap erra omporr nyarprriprra.

For not-will.fall because tail-object they.rogue-walked currently more not-fast

To not fall because of the rope, they walked yet slower.

Prriprrawang mwrrgry, neek arrwee mwrrprreerr.

Fast-ness they.rogue-will.contain if thing they.rogue-will.present

They would have been fast if they had given up these things.

Yarrnuf mwrrnyarprreerreerr, om nyarprriprrawang mwrrgryyrg.

But they.rogue-not-presented and not-fast-ness they.rogue-contained

But they did not, and they were slow.

Wowa shom ewa mwrrpappap.

Over moon so they.rogue-walked

They walked thus for a moon.

Wur'ree bogo mwrrpappap.

Inside dale they.rogue-walked

Through dales they walked.

Wowa kroob mwrrpappap.

Over hill they.rogue-walked

Over hills they walked.

Guburool mwrrkignaka.

Starving they.rogue-turned

They became very hungry.

Yarrnuf bar'ree kroob reeree shepi mwrraben.

But outside hill place pretty they.rogue-behold

But beyond the hills they saw a beautiful place.

Yaog gsabo om ssbass shemi mwrraben.

Forest thick and river shining they.rogue-behold

They saw a dense forest and a shining river.

Rriu owar rarrnyar-rrehen.

Cat another they.outsider-not-existed

Other cats were not there.

Mwrrakachka, mwrrakachka, mwrrakachka.

They.rogue-hunted they.rogue-hunted they.rogue-hunted

They hunted, they hunted, they hunted.

Pohmorwang woo wigryyrg.

Bounty-ness prey it.prey-contained

The prey was bountiful.

Bawee mwrrwrah, bkochkachik mwrrwrah, swashwaf mwrrwrah fuh ken mwrrhageeshi.

Broken.owlface they.rogue-have spear-clawtip they.rogue-have tail-object they.rogue-have to cave they.rogue-brought

They brought their broken owlface, their spearhead, their rope to a cave.

Morrwowang ken rarrgryyrg.

Large-ness cave it.outsider-contained

The cave was large.

Loerrwang rarrgryyrg.

Dim-ness it.outsider-contained

It was dim.

Om pehur rarrwrah Skubibauss mwrrnyaraben.

And roots it.outsider-have Mushroomface they.rogue-not-behold

And Mushroomface could not see its end.

Aar arromarr pyrr-rrehen.

Gash many they.inanimate-existed

There were many crevices.

Wowa shom arromarr wur'ree ken mwrr-rrehen.

Over moon many inside cave they.rogue-existed

For many moons they were in this cave.

Wur'ree yaog, upanssa rriu owar rarrnyar-rrehen, mwrrakachka.

Inside forest where cat another they.outsider-not-existed they.rogue-hunted

They hunted in the forest where no other cat was.

Mwrrnomnam om wowareh awlhar mwrryamurssn.

They.rogue-ate and under sun they.rogue-sprawled

They ate and they basked in the sun.

"Karrl bweh mwrrswrah mwrrspreerr!" shmo rarrarrlur.

Jussive what you.rogue-have you.rogue-will.present nothing it.outsider-commanded

"Surrender what you have!" nothing commanded.

Nokeyy siku ssarkipse.

Until day it.natural-started.to.speak

Until a day came.

Skubibauss mwrrkaashoosh.

Mushroomface they.rogue-slept

Mushroomface was asleep.

Mwrrkaashoosh, nokeyy bar'ree bumbumwang ssar-rrehen.

They.rogue-slept until outside stomping-ness it.powerful-existed

They were asleep until there was stomping outside.

Bumbumwang ssar-rrehen bar'ree om Skubibauss mwrrnyarkaashoosh.

Stomping-ness it.powerful-existed outside and Mushroomface they.rogue-not-slept

There was stomping outside, and Mushroomface woke.

Kwawaawang mwrrgryyrg kurr bomba bar'ree.

Panic-ness they.rogue-contained because song.for.an.owlface outside

They were panicked by the drumbeats outside.

Fuh aar mwrrafarrwa.

To gash they.rogue-went

They went to a crevice.

Fuh aar arrwee mwrrwrah mwrrhageeshi.

To gash things they.rogue-have they.rogue-brought

They brought their things to the crevice.

Weearbauss-om-bkochkachik-om-swashwaf mwrrwrah mwrrhageeshi.

Broken.owlface and spear-clawtip and tail-object they.rogue-have they.rogue-brought

They brought their owlface and spearhead and rope.

Om mwrr-rrookoo, om mwrr shmo ssaraben.

And they.rogue-curled.up and them.rogue nothing it.powerful-behold

And they curled up, and nothing could see them.

Yarrnuf bar'ree mwrrpipeni erra.

But outside they.rogue-watched currently

But they could still see out.

Om boe kwawaawang mwrrkignaka niferr bar'ree mwrrpipeni.

And very panic-ness they.rogue-turned when outside they.rogue-watched

And they became very panicked when they looked outside.

Raor ssar-rrehen!

Lion it.powerful-existed

There was a lion!

Bweh morrwowang ami urrswrah urrgryyrg, omporr raor ssargryyrg!

Which large-ness mi-of-one's-mi you.clanmate-have they.clanmate-contained more lion it.powerful-contained

However large the mi of your mi was, the lion was larger!

Gabpwang raorwrah sharraram ul-arra urrnyargryyrg om yauwaowang raorwrah garrmwa ul-arra ssarnyargryyrg!

Strong-ness lion-have recent.ancestor single they.clanmate-not-contained and loud-ness lion-have distant.ancestor single they.religious-not-contained

Not one recent ancestor was as strong as the lion, and not one distant ancestor was as loud!

Ssar-ababab, om sabsab gam ssarwrah ki-om-koss-om-gi-om-groq husskarra om owar om owar ssar-rrehen.

It.powerful-spoke and between jaws it.powerful-has fang-and-front.teeth-and-middle.teeth-and-back.teeth whisker.amount and another and another they.powerful-existed

It spoke, and between its jaws were dozens of rows of teeth.

Ssar-ababab, om graow ssarwrah ken ssarskesklef.

It.powerful-spoke and roar it.powerful-have cave it.powerful-shook

It spoke, and its roar shook the cave.

"Yar war'ree weeskaashoo?" ssarababab.

Who here you.harmless-sleep it.powerful-said

"Who are you who sleeps here?" it said.

"Pi mew wikaashoosh upanssa kaashoo, bweh nomna winomnam," ssarababab.

Direct.evidential kitten it.harmless-slept where I.sleep what I.eat it.harmless-ate it.powerful-said

"I see that a kitten has slept where I sleep, has eaten what I eat," it said.

"Pryyp nyyrwang ipo wrah ssargryyr?" ssarababab.

Interrogative rotting-ness eyes I.have they.powerful-contain it.powerful-spoke

"Do my eyes deceive me?" it said.

Absewang Skubibauss obsku ssarworra.

Frozen.with.fear-ness Mushroomface touching it.powerful-killed

The paralysing fear almost killed Mushroomface.

Yarrnuf hhasswang washawrah mwrrgryyrg erra.

But sneaky-ness shadow-have they.rogue-contained currently

But they were still cunning like a ShadowClan cat.

Ye hhass mwrrwrah, nyaolr mwrrgweena.

From whisper they.rogue-have yowl they.rogue-made

From their whisper, they made a yowl.

"Mwyr!" mwrrababab.

Yes they.rogue-said

"Yes!" they said.

"Nyyrwang ipo weeswrah wigryyr!" mwrrababab.

Rotting-ness eyes you.harmless-have they.useless-contain they.rogue-said

"Your eyes deceive you!" they said.

"Urrmewang ira weeswrah wigryyr!

Similar-ness ears you.harmless-have they.useless-contain

"As do your ears!

"Mew nyar, wooyass!

Kitten not mouse-brain

"I am not a kitten, mouse-brain!

"Raor!

Lion

"I am a lion!

"Raor, om omporr gabpwang gryyr!

Lion and more strong-ness I.contain

"I am a lion, and I am stronger!

"Omporr gabp-om-morrwo-om-shemwang gryyr!" mwrrababab.

More strong-and-large-and-good-ness I.contain they.rogue-said

"I am stronger and larger and better!" they said.

Raor ssarfrrafrra.

Lion it.powerful-laughed

The lion laughed.

"Neek shemwang myyao weeswrah wigryyr, karrl groq weeswrah weesprreerr," ssarababab.

If good-ness words you.harmless-have they.harmless-contain jussive tooth you.harmless-have you.harmless-will.present it.powerful-said

"If your words are true, bring me one of your teeth," it said.

Mwah biawang Skubibauss mwrrgryyrg kurr nyarprreerreerrwang mwrrgryyrg.

Now happy-ness Mushroomface they.rogue-contained because not-presented-ness they.rogue-contained

Now Mushroomface was glad that they had never given anything up.

Bkochkachik mwrrwrah mwrrenpyrr wowa pyab.

Spear-clawtip they.rogue-have they.rogue-leg-ed over slate

They kicked the spearhead across the floor.

"Karrl groq wrah weesaben!" mwrrababab.

Jussive tooth I.have you.harmless-behold they.rogue-said

"Behold my tooth!" they said.

Bkochkachik raor ssarpipeni.

Spear-clawtip lion it.powerful-watched

The lion looked at the spearhead.

Aya groq raorwrah, omporr morrwowang wigryyrg, yarrnuf nyo bachwang wigryyrg.

About teeth lion-have more large-ness it.useless-contained but less spiky-ness it.useless-contained

Compared to the lion's teeth, it was larger, but less sharp.

Fuh raor owar ssarababab raor ssarnyaryararrab erra.

To lion another it.powerful-spoke lion it.powerful-not-thought currently

The lion still did not think it was speaking to another lion.

Yarrnuf fuh mew ssarababab raor ssarnyaryararrab erra.

But to kitten it.powerful-spoke lion it.powerful-not-thought currently

But the lion did not think it was speaking to a kitten anymore.

"Karrl hussk pyrrswrah pyrrsprreerr," ssarababab.

Jussive whisker you.weak-have you.weak-will.present it.powerful-said

"Bring me one of your whiskers," it said.

Wur'ree washa Skubibauss mwrrhehhefe.

In shadow Mushroomface they.rogue-slithered

In the shadows Mushroomface slithered.

Yass loerrwang faf mwrrwrah pyrrgryyrg, om mwrr raor ssarnyaraben.

Inference.evidential dim-ness fur they.rogue-have it.inanimate-contained and them.rogue lion it.powerful-not-behold

I guess their fur was dark, and the lion did not see them.

Om yeferr raor swashwaf mwrrhageeshi.

And before lion tail-object they.rogue-brought

And they brought the rope before the lion.

Pon fuh aar mwrrhehhefe.

Then to gash they.rogue-slithered

Then they slithered to the hole.

Bawee okaree wirrehen erra.

Broken.owlface there it.useless-existed currently

The owlface was still there.

"Karrl hussk wrah weesaben!" mwrrababab.

Jussive whisker I.have you.harmless-behold they.rogue-said

"Behold my whisker!" they said.

Mwah marrlwang raor ssargryyrg.

Now on.edge-ness lion it.powerful-contained

Now the lion was getting anxious.

Errash hussk ewa gsabo ssarnyaraben.

Before whisker so thick it.powerful-not-behold

It had never seen such a thick whisker before.

Mwah fuh raor owar ssarababab ssaryararrab.

Now to lion another it.powerful-spoke it.powerful-thought

Now it thought it was speaking to another lion.

Yarrnuf fuh raor omporr gabp ssarababab ssarnyaryararrab.

But to lion more strong it.powerful-spoke it.powerful-not-thought

But it did not think it was speaking to a mightier lion.

Beego myyao ewa lyym raor omporr gabp ssarwrah?

How words so quiet lion more strong it.powerful-have

How could a mightier lion have such a quiet voice?

Bipwa arrl owar ssarwrah.

Therefore command another it.powerful-have

So it had another command.

"Karrl graow rarrswrah rarrsprreerr!" ssarababab.

Jussive roar you.outsider-have you.outsider-will.present it.powerful-said

"Bring me your roar!" it said.

Nyyeb graow bawee Skubibausswrah wiwrah mwrrnyargryyrg.

Whether roar broken.owlface Mushroomface-have it.useless-have they.rogue-not-contained

Mushroomface did not know if their broken owlface would have a roar.

Yarrnuf "Karrl graow wrah weesaben!" mwrrababab.

But jussive roar I.have you.harmless-behold they.rogue-said

But they said, "Behold my roar!"

Om bawee mwrrkubo om gabpwang ul.

And broken.owlface they.rogue-struck with strong-ness entire

And they struck the owlface with their entire strength.

Wi mwrrbonbokko.

It.useless they.rogue-smashed

They destroyed it.

Kaboon yauwao ul ssar-rrehen!

Explosion loud entire it.powerful-existed

There was the loudest boom!

Om umnem, om umnem, kurr yaawo ssar-rrehen ye gerrebo.

And again and again because echo it.powerful-existed from wall

And again, and again, because there was an echo off of the walls.

Mwah absewang raor ssargryyrg.

Now frozen.with.fear-ness lion it.powerful-contained

Now the lion was paralysed with fear.

Ye ken ssarpanpeanpe.

From cave it.powerful-ran

It ran from the cave.

Ssarpanpeanpe om okaree ssarnyarafarrwa umnem.

It.powerful-ran and there it.powerful-not-went again

It ran and it never went there again.

Aar Skubibauss mwrryorru nyarprriprra, nyarprriprra.

Gash Mushroomface they.rogue-left not-fast not-fast

Slowly, slowly, Mushroomface left the hole.

Fuh ken mwrrafarrwa nyarprriprra, yarrnuf moer mwrryorru omporr erra nyarprriprra.

To cave they.rogue-went not-fast but hole they.rogue-left more currently not-fast

They went to the cave slowly, but they left the hole yet slower.

Mwah afereewang ken rarrgryyrg.

Now haven-ness cave it.outsider-contained

Now the cave was safe.

Pi rriu owar rarrababa ewa:

Direct.evidential cat another they.outsider-say so

I have heard others say:

"Err, mwrr preerreerrwang pyrrshefpashaf mwrryararrab."

Afterwards them.rogue presented-ness it.inanimate-rescued they.rogue-thought

"Afterwards, they realised that surrendering things had saved their life."

Urrsiqe, weearbausswang bawee wigryyrg yeferr wi mwrrkubo rriu owar rarryararra.

You.clanmate-new.information working.owlface-ness broken.owlface it.useless-contained before it.useless they.rogue-struck cat other they.outsider-think

You see, these others think that the owlface was not broken before Mushroomface hit it.

Bipwa weearbauss om bkochkachik om swashwaf mwrrprreerreerr fuh raor.

Therefore working.owlface and spear-clawtip and tail-object they.rogue-presented to lion

Thus they would have surrendered their owlface and spearhead and rope to the lion.

Om rriu owar rarrababa ewa:

And cat other they.outsider-say so

And these others say:

"Bipwa nyarmwyrgna rarrgryyrg om fuh Washa-ulnyams rarrafarrwa umnem."

Therefore not-selfishness they.outsider-contained and to ShadowClan they.outsider-went again

"So they became unselfish and returned to ShadowClan."

Yarrnuf bab mwyrgna mwrrgryyrg erra.

But hearsay.evidential selfishness they.rogue-contained currently

But I have heard that they remained selfish.

Om mwrr nyarpreerreerrwang pyrrshefpashaf mwrryararrab.

And them.rogue not-presented-ness it.inanimate-rescued they.rogue-thought

And they thought that not surrendering things had saved their life.

Hassayyr, neek bawee om bkochkachik om shashwaf mwrrprreerreerr fuh rriu...

Discourse.particle if broken-owlface and spear-clawtip and tail-object they.rogue-presented to cat

After all, if they had surrendered to anyone the broken owlface and the spearhead and the rope...

Om ye arrwee, urrsife, pyrrwang shashwaf ul pyrrgryyr.

And from things you.clanmate-already.know useful-ness tail-object only it.inanimate-contains

And of these things, of course, only the rope is "pyrr."

Neek arrwee mwrrpreerrerr, mwrr raor ssarworra.

If things they.rogue-presented them.rogue lion it.powerful-killed

If they had surrendered these things, the lion would have killed them.

Yass ewa Skubibauss mwrryararrab.

Inference.evidential so Mushroomface they.rogue-thought

I believe Mushroomface thought thus.

Ewa mwrryararrab, om erra nyo mwrrprreerreerr err.

So they.rogue-thought and currently less they.rogue-presented afterwards

They thought thus, and they surrendered even less afterwards

Om woobaben, bweh mwrrnyarskiskes, en kroob mwrrwrah.

And prey-bones what they.rogue-not-scattered genitive hill they.rogue-have

And they ended up with a hill of prey bones they never got rid of.

Om ob Skubibauss kroob wifewl, om mwrr wiworra.

And on.top.of Mushroomface hill it.useless-fell and them.rogue it.useless-killed

And this hill fell on them and killed them.

Nyom fuh Washa-ulnyams urrafarrwa umnem.

Or to ShadowClan they.clanmate-went again

Or they went back to ShadowClan.

Neek ewa, pi shegarra urrwrah arromarr aben.

If so direct.evidential descendant they.clanmate-have many I.behold

If so, I have seen many of their descendants.

Ssoen ul ssaraben.

Silverpelt alone they.religious-behold

Only StarClan knows.

[quatregats]

Also sorry not to complain so much but I asked for a specific volume of a book on ILL and they literally just gave me a random volume. I mean I don't really care because I also didn't know which volume I wanted and this one turned out to be useful so in all honesty it's a fun serendipitous coincidence but this is the second time this has happened do my little comments really mean nothing to you guys :')

[boy-armageddon]

server owner of a server im in is thirsting over iasip characters. could be worse but man

[llyfrenfys]

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT Y DDRAIG TRAWS!

Certainly! I'm more than happy to oblige.

First though I'm gonna need to tldr: the history of Y Ddraig Goch before we get onto the (accidentally) canonically trans part.

A brief history of Y Ddraig Goch:

(The modern Welsh flag)

Y Ddraig Goch first appears in the tales of the Mabinogi (Charlotte Guest version) in the tale of Lludd and Llefelys where it is fighting a white dragon. The fight is also described/expanded upon in the c. 829 AD text Historia Brittonum (attributed to Nennius) - where the red dragon represents Wales and the white dragon represents the Anglo-Saxons. In the story the red dragon triumphs over the white. Of course, Geoffrey of Monmouth also covers the story c. 1136 in Historia Regnum Brittaniae in which he introduces the concept of the red dragon heralding the arrival of King Arthur.

Geoffrey of Monmouth claims Arthur used a banner featuring a golden dragon. But we also know the accuracy of Monmouth can be questionable at times. Owain Glyndŵr did use a banner with a golden dragon called Y Ddraig Aur - raised in 1401 at Caernarfon - Glyndŵr chose this banner as a nod to the supposed banner of Arthur and his father.

Later on the Tudor monarchs (being a Welsh family) adopted a red dragon on a white and green background in their heraldry. Eventually Y Ddraig Goch on a white and green background became the official badge of Wales in 1800. The design became the official flag of Wales in 1959.

Y Ddraig Traws:

Now for the thing you're all here for -

So, as outlined, the history of the dragon as a national symbol of Wales goes back a long way. If we're just talking post-1959, there's some interesting implications for Y Ddraig Goch's depiction.

This is what the Welsh flag (and Y Ddraig Goch) looked like in 1959 when it was officially adopted as the flag of Wales. It looks broadly the same as the first flag and has some common features - such as not having a penis (or, as in the correct heraldic terminology - a pizzle). Meanwhile, in the arms of the Tudors (specifically Henry VII)

(Tudor dragon with pizzle) vs (dragon on the flag of Cardiff - pizzleless)

the penis is almost always included. So much to the point that the present royal family still includes the penis. While pretty much 0 depictions of the dragon in Wales include a penis. So you could interpret this as the dragon is seen as male only by the British royal family and as female everywhere else (which kinda implies that at some point the Tudor dragon had an mtf transition in Wales and she keeps getting misgendered by the royal family every time she is depicted in (mostly) England).

So much to the point that in 1995 this pound coin was made by the Royal Mint featuring the pizzle on the dragon with all four feet touching the ground as opposed to standing up (passant rather than rampant).

But in Wales you'd be hard pressed to see a pizzled dragon anywhere. Ergo, we can only conclude Y Ddraig Goch is trans and she transitioned in Wales and keeps getting misgendered in England.

[note: This is mostly tongue in cheek - but I do think it's fun to extrapolate that the Welsh dragon is trans because of the differences in depiction between Wales and England. Like many things Welsh, it is misrepresented by England and the idea of the Welsh dragon being misgendered only in England is, I think, a good metaphor for a whole lot of English treatment of Wales.]

Unrelatedly, there is a gay Welsh flag held at the National Museum of Wales which has a very wonky dragon which I find very endearing.

(cleaned up version I made)

So much so I made it an emoji in my Welsh bilingual LGBTQIA+ Discord (requirements for joining are - be 16+, either speak or are learning Welsh and identify as LGBTQIA+ in some way. Dm for link!).

(triaist ti 'you tried' emoji)

~ Completely unrelatedly ~ never forget the time someone was trying to homophobic to me by suggesting that I was disrespecting all the soldiers who died 'for the Welsh flag' by making it rainbow colours and not red - arguing that any change of colour of the dragon was disrespectful. Reader, my bus pass at the time for Mid Wales Travel had a purple dragon on it.

[coraniaid]

I'm not saying that Scott Hope was right to spread the rumor that Buffy was a lesbian, but consider how his three episodes in Season 3 play out from his perspective:

He meets Buffy at the Bronze and asks her to dance, but instead she chooses to leave in rapid pursuit of some girl he's never seen before.

The next day he's walking out of class when he runs into that girl again (even though he must be pretty sure she doesn't go to his school), he recognizes her as Buffy's new friend and he's chatting to her when Buffy runs up and all but drags her away.

Once he actually starts dating Buffy, he notices that she's "distracted" all the time, she keeps giving him mixed signals about how serious she wants to take their relationship, and often runs off in the middle of conversations with the flimsiest of excuses

Also, presumably unrelatedly, she's spending a lot of time hanging out in the school library with that girl from before, who he now must know definitely doesn't go their school. They don't seem to be reading a lot of books.

After he breaks up with Buffy, he runs into the same girl again at the Homecoming dance (and, remember, she does not go to this school) and she seems to be really angry with him. If Scott asks around later, he might find out that she was there using the tickets that he and Buffy originally got for themselves.

A couple of months later, he might also hear that Buffy was in the middle of a chemistry test when the girl in question showed up outside and drew a heart on the window, and that Buffy responded by climbing out of the window and running off with her.

I mean, at this point, what would you think was going on?

[apiswitchcraft]

understanding norse runes: a historical and modern perspective pt. 2

Here's part two! If you need clarification on anything please lmk! <3

For part 1 click here, and part 3 here.

ᚺ hagalaz

ANGLO-SAXON:

"Hail is the whitest of grain;

it is whirled from heaven's loft

tossed about by wind gusts,

then melts into water."

NORWEGIAN:

"Hail is the coldest of grains:

Christ created the primaeval world."

(not the Christian Christ, just an epithet for Odin)

ICELANDIC:

"Hail is cold grain

and driving sleet

and sickness of serpents."

INTERPRETATION: Starting out strong, hagalaz thankfully only has one meaning, and that's "hail." Unrelatedly, this rune is also one of the first overtly negative runes (of course, the meaning truly depends on the surrounding staves you pull, but nevertheless), representing uncomfortable change, possibly a crisis. Associated with the goddess Hel, it represents both her aspects: the cold goddess of death, and the plentiful goddess of life. Hagalaz shows us that change is on the horizon, but that it will be a time of learning, of becoming evermore wiser. Similar to The Moon card in tarot, this stave also represents the secrets of the runes, the dark side. A side we nevertheless have to confront in order to overcome great stressors. Doubtlessly, this transformation will cause us some pain, but hail is considered the seed of possibilities. Though in solid form it may hurt or harm us, when melted it may nourish the struggling sapling. It has great potential, especially considering this is the ninth rune, a number that appears repeatedly in Norse Mythology. This stave has us confronting our worst fears and suffering, and telling us to learn from them, to become a better person. We have to create our own inner harmony, despite whatever may get in our way.

KEY WORDS: Disruption, upheaval, catalyst, potential

ASSOCIATIONS: Hel, the Norns (specifically Urdh, the past), Heimdall

ᚾ nauthiz

ANGLO-SAXON:

"Need is nearest to the breast,

yet often proves to children of men

a source of help and healing

if they heed it betimes."

NORWEGIAN:

"Need leaves little choice;

the naked man is chilled by frost."

ICELANDIC:

"Need is distress of thrall-woman

and state of oppression

and hard work."

INTERPRETATION: A rune often associated with the Norns, especially Skuld (the future), nauthiz is all about "necessity" and inevitability. The future is inescapable, but it can be used to our advantage. To understand this rune, we have to understand our own needs and purpose(s) as well. Usually, these are outside of our control. A lack of food caused by war creates a necessity for food. It is outside of the individual sufferer's hands. However, it can spur a person to act in whatever way they can, it's the spark of what is called the "needfire," vital to cause and effect. Need defines action defines life. Yes, this rune can be interpreted as a negative one, no doubt. But, again, runes are not as simple and straightforward as Tarot. If you pulled kenaz with nauthiz, you might look more closely at the "needfire" aspect of this reading, or if you pulled wunjo you might see this as more of a needs to an end. Which, really, that's all this rune represents: the needs to an end. You are not stuck in this state of lack, rather it is the lack that will turn the Norns' bow-drill to usher in a new era. Whereas hagalaz is more of a rigid, set in stone, nauthiz is about moving on from that suffering.

KEY WORDS: Necessity, inevitability, the future, constraint, hardship

ASSOCIATIONS: The Norns (specifically Skuld)

ᛁ isa

ANGLO-SAXON:

"Ice be overcold, unmeasurably slippery,

glisteneth clear as glass, to gems likest;

a floor by frost wrought, fair to be seen."

NORWEGIAN:

"Ice we call the broad bridge;

The blind man must be led."

ICELANDIC:

"Ice is bark of rivers

and roof of the wave

and destruction for doomed men."

INTERPRETATION: Isa, true to its similar pronunciation, just means "ice." In this way, it has two divinatory meanings: one as an unmoving, unwavering shield, and one as a static, frozen object/individual. It can help to lessen disturbances and chaos, to soothe the fires of the earlier runes. This stave can mean stasis, but it can also mean clarity, a deep concentration. Stuck in the ice, you would have an awful long time to think, no? Rest is important for all things, but especially so in times of chaos. When the fires of kenaz or thurisaz get too hot, isa is there to cool things down. Furthermore, though, this rune can represent an unwilling stagnation, a frustrating situation or relationship. Stuck quarreling with a lover, this rune would be emblematic of how the reader would be feeling in that moment. Similarly, we can take this rune to represent the present, the Norn Verdandi. As a rune of advice, the reader is being told to watch and wait, to get a lay of the land before continuing onward. As much as a swirling blizzard can freeze you out, an igloo can keep you safe from the perils of frostbite, so it all depends on the adjacent runes in the reading. What do you need before you can continue? What is the crux of what's holding you back? All of these are things you need to consider.

KEY WORDS: Stagnation, pause, waiting, patience, preservation

ASSOCIATIONS: The Norns (especially Verdandi)

ᛃ jera

ANGLO-SAXON:

"Summer is called joyful, when God lets,

holy heaven's king--shining fruits

be born from earth for rich and poor."

NORWEGIAN:

"Harvest is a blessing to men;

I say that Frodhi was liberal."

ICELANDIC:

"Harvest is a blessing to men

and good summer

and fully ripe crops."

INTERPRETATION: An often encouraging stave to pull in a reading, jera's literal translation is "year." In the harsher climates of the North, it is easy to lose track of the four seasons, and have the warmer and colder months blend together. In this way, jera represents not only summer, but also a good harvest. Every year, as the wheel of the year makes its rounds, crops must be yet again sown, cared for, and yielded. The old is reborn and the young turns to old. A symbol of dance, play, and marriage, this rune can also be associated with Freyja and Freyr, two deities strongly associated with the summertime. In divination, jera advises us to see everything as a constantly moving cycle. As soon as bad things come, they will leave, and good things replace them. Nothing is permanent, not even our most cherished. If blocked or neglected, a poor harvest is almost assured, and suffering is indicated. But when nurtured the right way, it can heal the deepest wounds and give rebirth to the greatest joys. An emphasis is also placed on creating new relationships and strengthening existing ones. Cherish your friends and family whenever possible.

KEY WORDS: Harvest, cycle, repetition, plenty

ASSOCIATIONS: Freyja and Freyr

ᛇ eihwaz

ANGLO-SAXON:

"The yew outside is a rough-barked tree,

but strong and firm, guard of fires,

by deep roots upheld, joy to the home."

NORWEGIAN:

"Yew is the greenest of trees in winter;

when it burns, it sputters."

ICELANDIC:

"Yew is bent bow

and brittle iron

and Farbauti of the arrow."

INTERPRETATION: Eihwaz is known as the "yew," and often represents Yggdrasil, the World Tree that Odin hung himself from over nine days and nine nights for the knowledge of the runes. Because of this, this stave often represents spiritual enlightenment, and connection between the physical and metaphysical realms. As the yew was consistently used for bow-making, this is a rune also associated with hunting and the wild (and furthermore masculinity, but I find that to be a bit sexist). A bridge between life and death, sky and earth, the heavens and the Underworld, eihwaz is a great rune for communing, divination, or necromancy. It is a connection between paradoxes, between opposites, and is also associated with graveyards. But no matter what, these connections have to be made thoughtfully, and with great trepidation. Carelessness has no place in this space, as it could just as easily turn from good to bad. -==32

KEY WORDS: Enlightenment, transformation, connection, paradox

ASSOCIATIONS: Odin, Yggdrasil

ᛈ perthro

ANGLO-SAXON:

"The chess piece means play and laughter

where in the middle, the warriors sit

in beerhall blithely together."

INTERPRETATION: Considering it was a letter commonly used, perthro has a fairly ambiguous meaning of "lot cup" or "game piece." Either way, the literal interpretation involves the drawing of lots, and chance. Divination wise, perthro is said to represent both the dice and the mode of throwing the dice, simultaneously mysterious and all-knowing. Considering this wealth of knowledge that perthro is said to contain, it is no wonder that it is heavily associated with Mimir, who is renowned for his wisdom. Furthermore, because of it's association with vessels (odd, I know), this stave also represents with the female womb and childbirth. For this reason, it is also associated with Frigg, a seeress and goddess of childbirth. Frigg, though she is said to know all, she also tells nothing. This doubles down on the mysterious, hidden powers of perthro, being both the runes themselves and their meanings. Additionally, being a rune of fate, it represents the Norns as a whole, and their powers.

KEY WORDS: Fate, luck, mystery, secrets, feminine energy

ASSOCIATIONS: Mimir, Frigg, Norns

ᛉ algiz

ANGLO-SAXON:

"Elk-sedge is found most often in fens,

waxes in water, wounds grimly,

with blood burns whatever warrior

that goes to grasp it."

INTERPRETATION: Aha! My favorite rune, how exciting. A rune meaning "elk," algiz is a powerful protective symbol. Considering the imagery of an elk, we can draw connections to god of the hunt, Freyr, who is often depicted with antlers. From Freyr we can then discern meanings of sexual awakening, the fighting spirit, and divine communication. With it's three pronged appearance we can create a number of different interpretations: the elements, a sacred forest grove, masculinity/femininity, the Yggdrasil, and even the Bifrost. I've also seen people consider it as a double-edged sword of a stave, a protective symbol but only as long as you have enough power and discipline to wield it. This is especially pertinent if we consider this as a rune of divine protection, as it would be doubtlessly foolhardy to demand protection from the gods while giving nothing in return. A weapon that can be wielded by you or against you.

KEY WORDS: Protection, guardian, sanctuary, the hunt

ASSOCIATIONS: Freyr

ᛊ sowilo

ANGLO-SAXON:

"Sun to seamen is a hope on high

when they ferry over the fishes' bath

until the sea-horse brings them to land."

NORWEGIAN:

"Sun is the light of the lands;

I bow to heaven's doom."

ICELANDIC:

"Sun is shield of the sky

and shining ray

and destroyer of the ice."

INTERPRETATION: Alright! Last one for this aett, sowilo means "sun." Not only the literal sun, this stave represents the force of the heavens, the wealth that it provides and the harm that it can cause. It brings illumination and clarification, as it also shows us where our path lays--what our goals may be. If we consider a connection between the sun god Apollo (a bright, beautiful youth) and Baldr (also a bright, beautiful youth), then new aspects can be revealed to us such as victory, strength, life force, and energy. It encourages us to have hope in our future, and to look towards the horizon. Just like the wheel of the sun whirls around the cosmos, so too does sowilo encourage us to break our stagnation and act. What we desire is within our grasp, all we have to do it reach out and grab it! This rune is one of great positivity and encouragement, and is a pleasure to see in a reading.

KEY WORDS: Success, illumination, achievement, energy

ASSOCIATIONS: Baldr

[squidpedia]

Attempt at making a drawing about it failed but I love your fallen human interpretations a lot, definitely was thinking a lot about Jade in particular though upon seeing most recent post, walking all the rest of the way to Asgore unarmed, Completely unrelatedly(lying), did you know the Burnt Pan is the most effective weapon for the Asgore fight? Surely crucial for anyone intending to win. (also Im sorry but when you said you had no idea regarding Jackie I just immediately imagined them clipping out of bounds or getting wrongwarped directly into the castle idk why lmaooo) maybe I'll freshen up enough to draw fanart in the future sorryyyy

1. U DO NOT OWE ME ART DONT APOLOGIZE I JUST APPRECIATE THE INTEREST IN MY OCS PERIOD I KICK MY FEET AND GIGGLE AND GET TO RAMBLE ABOUT THEM

2. AAAAAAAAAA IM GLAD U LIKE JADEEEEEE I LOVE THEM TOO. UEAH. CRUCIAL IF YOU INTENDED TO WIN HUH….

3. LMFAOOOO TO JACKIE BUT LIKE thats kinda roughly what happened to their sibling in a way, it runs in the family ig (only their sibling definitely didnt end up in the castle)

i like to return the interest with art uh uh uhhh jade jackie old doodles go

[cloudyswritings]

More vessel biology headcanons?

Vessels are actually really, really good at burrowing. It’s probably how so many escaped the abyss after they got sealed. They got it from both parents, and the void. Which per my silly little brain, can old be contained in round glass.

the void basically erodes/decays things in fast forward otherwise?

Vessels all have one major flaw or imperfection the void couldn’t remove, THKs was either a desire for perfection or being able to make familial bonds.

Ghosts flaw is an endless well of willpower. They will never, ever, stop. They inherited from their mothers conceptual side, because their will is the slow burrowing of roots through stone and the deceptively gentle trickle of water on metal. Greenpath vessels was a sense of adventure/desire to explore. And the nosk vessels all had a sense of longing for companionship which led to their deaths.

The vessels also seem to have physical flaws too? Like structurally I mean. The prime example is THKs missing arm, in the pure vessel boss fight that same arm is what they use for the void tendrils attack and by the time we fight them in the egg it’s entirely rotted off. I think it honestly was never as strong or stable as the other arm and was bound to be lost eventually. Broken Vessels flaw would be their third horn(the one that’s broken off).

Vessels actually do still have some of their own light, you can see this in game actually—even without the lantern you give off a subtle glow. I think that some vessels actually retained some of the godly light and status they otherwise would have had, only a little though.

The above idea comes from my headcanon that Wyrms specifically are really resistant to void as far as gods go, because they always dig deep and far and in that sometimes burrow into pockets of void far below the surface. They need to be able to survive contact with it in the short term at least. This nature would explain how some vessels retain minute traces of light, and why the pale king was the one actually standing at the mouth of the abyss waiting for vessels.

given time, soul, and light a vessel can grow to enormous sizes- or eventually metamorphose into a wyrm proper. Albeit one still tarnished by the void

in fact I wonder if any of the seeds/eggs dropped into the abyss hatched young Wyrms instead of vessels? Maybe they escaped or something? I don’t think this is likely but it’s a cool idea.

vessels are deceptively light, as in like hornet could carry THK on her back if she needed to- they’re literally hollow in a way

Void and water don’t mix, it’s like oil and water. That’s why we float in the blue lake.

The void itself might be the remnants of an ancient sea that covered the world beyond Hallownest before the age of bright gods. It would explain the trilobite creature we see in deepnest and the way the abyss and the rest of Hallownest appear to be made of fossilized shells. Plus if it’s the remnants of the sea then it could be something like a microbial mat that’s really toxic to life? Like maybe it’s a magic microbial soup? Magic microbial goop even. Vessels are goop.

Vessels are really really strong compared to other ways of containing things, like THK held the radiance for a long ass time. If a vessel tried to contain a weaker god they’d probably just be able to tbh. Like anything weaker than the nightmare heart if probably fair game for yoinking.

Vessels also sometimes inherit the hunger of Wyrms, and looking into their eyes gives the sensation of falling into the maw of some great beast. Godseaker did call Little Ghost a wielder of nail and eater of soul

Vessels are also really susceptible to outside influences, kinda like evee if they were Pokémon. This is how Ghost can use so many charms at once but also why said charms can change them so easily.

Theoretically a vessel raised by or containing a god could take on some of their traits-either by force or by accident.

Unrelatedly THK has a voice to cry out with…

I think radiance may have eventually tried turning them into something more like Grimm is for the heart, a body for her to use and a mind thoroughly broken to her will.

after-all she shines brightest against the darkness…

If they could eat, Vessels would have a truly remarkable number of tastebuds, because Wyrms will eat anything and I feel like the white lady has ways to “taste” the soil to see if it’s nutrient rich and has fertilizer.

man I’m just realizing, vessels would like some weird food, they’d definitely eat dirt

THK crunching on crystals?? Likely

Finally the horns of vessels are actually their “branches” and will keep growing indefinitely unless trimmed or broken periodically, this comes from both parents. Wyrms need to constantly replace burrowing teeth and Roots are beings of constant growth and pruning.

[goodqueenaly]

What do you think the tone of Cersei's and Jamie's chapters will be in Winds of Winter? Will they be somewhat apocalyptic?

I’m not sure if “apocalyptic” would be exactly the word I would choose, if only because, well, there is a literal apocalypse coming courtesy of the Others sooner rather than later. However, if by “apocalyptic” you mean “momentous”, “catastrophic” and “foreboding imminent disaster or final doom”, then I very much agree. Cersei and Jaime I think are both hurtling toward a terrible, shared climax, one that can only end, as foretold long ago, in violence and death.

For Cersei, I think the tone of her chapters may be briefly triumphant, but will be overall characterized by increasing paranoia of the people and events around her. Though I very much believe Cersei is going to win her trial by combat (whatever her feelings might be toward the trial itself, especially if Lancel is the Faith’s champion), and may have a moment of celebration and validation as a result, Cersei I think will not at all believe her problems are over. The murder of Kevan (likely to be read by Cersei, as prophesied by Varys, as a conspiracy by the newly minted Hand Mace Tyrell), combined with the likelihood that Margaery and her cousins will be acquitted by the Faith, will I think convince Cersei that the fatal (in every sense of the word) danger she believe Margaery poses to her and Tommen is very much still active. Moreover, that internal threat Cersei is going to believe she still faces from the Tyrells (and, not entirely unrelatedly, the Faith and its High Sparrow) is going to be exacerbated by the approaching external threat of Aegon and Arianne. As a result, I think Cersei’s chapters are going to reflect her increasing anxiety and sense of oracular doom - as she realizes (I think) that Arianne is the younger and more beautiful queen, and as she eventually realizes that it is her own once-beloved twin that will fulfill the valonqar prophecy. Speaking of whom …

I find it a bit more difficult personally to predict the tone of Jaime’s chapters, if only because I’m not sure what precisely Jaime’s takeaway will be of his portion of Lady Stoneheart’s plot (especially given that, at least until this point, he’s not quite come to terms with the injustices committed by his father and his family’s faction, himself included). Nevertheless, I do think we’re going to see a tonal shift to determined, resolute fury once Jaime learns about the outcome of Cersei’s trial - which is to say, when Jaime realizes that Cersei has, officially, taken the position that she never so much as looked at Jaime with impropriety (and been legally recognized as such), ostensibly to save her own skin. All of Jaime’s bitter reflections from AFFC and ADWD on Cersei’s infidelity, and all of his murderous musings, are I think going to crystallize into a singular sense of purpose - to return to King’s Landing, not to rescue Cersei as she begged in her letter, but to kill her. And if you need a sense of how dark and disturbing a tone such a moment could have … well, just read about the almost identical murder of Marguerite of Burgundy in The Strangled Queen.

[sammygender]

something about john winchester mischaracterisation just needles me inexplicably. i can deal with it if a fic is good otherwise but cmon. you have to Get Him. he loves the boys and he ruins their lives like come on….. if you don’t get that he loves them then how r u even getting dean’s character considering that dean is The Same in this manner. love can be bad love doesn’t change abuse it just complicates it etc etc.

unrelatedly but also relatedly, i don’t think he’d be actually homophobic because i don’t think he has time to care. i do however think dean would be absolutely convinced he is incredibly homophobic for unknown reasons. john probably makes like an offhanded comment about something being gay once and 15 year old dean (very attracted to men. genuinely no idea whatsoever. still feels intense rush of panic at the word) decides it must mean john desperately and intensely HATES gay people and proceeds to become world’s best baby homophobe for like a year before he starts to think Maybe Sammy’s gay (sam likes to read books) and cools down on the homophobia. also his heart was never really in it. but he still thinks john is homophobic and has also decided sam’s probably gay (sam is more attracted to women than dean is) so he worries about this a lot.

then one day john says extremely casually about sam Sometimes I wonder if he’s not a little queer, you know, and dean’s heart stops and he’s like What no of course not what and john’s like If it means he doesn’t get into as much trouble with girls as you seem to, I honestly don’t mind and dean’s just like. What. but by this point it’s far too late and all fragments of homosexuality have been far buried beneath the surface by his subconscious. Also it’s important that john WOULD be kind of annoyed by dean being gay. he already thinks sam is weird and has decided to love him anyway (although i’m not sure sam got the memo about being loved anyway so the effort was useless) so it’s ok if sam is gay (privilege of being the family freak!) but dean is meant to be mini him. #picking up girls. see that journal entry. he’d get over it though.

[the-invisibility-bloke]

um so i NEED some more starcest because why is there so little on this app?? do you have any headcanons for them? i like them being toxic but i also really enjoy them being soft and in love. they can't exactly be healthy cause.. they're literally brothers but yk it's still nice to see them being loving instead of straight toxic

Oh same, I need more Starcest always! Have you gone through the whole AO3 tag? There are so many great fics!

I too love a good mix of soft and toxic. Like soft to the point where They Were All Each Other Had until Hogwarts, and Sirius was very self-sacrificial for him, very protective, always took the blows from their parents in Reggie's place if he could... but then some quality angst as they get driven apart by house rivalry, ideology, socialization, etc. My HCs for them are a lot less rigid than the ones I have for like, Sirry or Prongsfoot, but I love the idea that their bond still burned bright throughout their Hogwarts years, like they'd sneak off to be together (platonically or otherwise), Sirius still defended him from bullies (even if Reggie tried to pretend he didn't need the help). I love Regulus being seethingly jealous of James, like "you're mine, Sirius, you've always been mine" and that's how the Incest Feels™ come out.

I do HC that Sirius tried to get Reg to come with him when he ran away, and when he refused, Sirius was heartbroken. And of course, Sirius has a tattoo of the Leo constellation, which he got right after he ran away, still raw with grief and missing him horribly.

On the deader dove side, I also love the idea of them being so isolated as kids that they experimented with each other from a fairly young age and never saw it as wrong. Bless.

Hmm, what else. Reg is a bottom but a bratty one, I feel like that's pretty standard, hehe. They both learned French growing up (Malfoys too) and still speak it together in bed (as does Draco, unrelatedly), or when they want to have private convos. And they both play violin, though Regulus was the only one passionate enough about it to keep it up. Sirius, obv, went for guitar. I love the idea of him introducing Reggie to classic Muggle rock, and Reg pretending not to love it, then stealing his vinyls (I think I put that in a fic? ha).

Thanks for the ask! :D

[mousathe14]

So as I mentioned before, Young Justice was interrupted by a whole “Sins of Youth” event where everyone’s ages were screwed

So I thought we were going to the next pillar of Young Justice but I forgot that in-between we get the Justice Society.

So Doiby Dickles (current member of Old Justice) is ex-driver/sidekick of the Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott. He is the one who had the age gun that got fired at the same time as Klarion the Witch Boy’s magic.

This combination is why Zatanna and the Wizard Shazam weren’t able to turn anyone back.

So Doiby is taking the Justice Society to space so he can go back to the planet where he got it from his alien girlfriend.

As you may recall, the Justice Society are sort of the elder statesmen of the DC superhero community (If you want to consider being in your 40s or 50s being elder, and some of the adults aren’t even that old and could reasonably become teenagers like the Justice League).

So despite some of the technicalities, the JSA gets turned into children rather than teens. Except for Stargirl, the teenager, who gets turned into an adult. There is a method to the madness.

So this is going, uh… Poorly. Stargirl has basically become a babysitter to somewhat superpowered brats.

So the thing is that just from loving Superheroes my entire life I know of at least most of these guys in some capacity. But there are some exceptions.

I know who Hourman is but I didn’t know there was an android version, which is what threw me off,

I’ve never heard of “Sandy The Golden Boy”, or whatever his real superhero name is supposed to be.

I also don’t know who the girl in the black and green suit on the far left who wants to go home is. The worst part is that her intro name is “Crybaby” so I can’t even make an inferences to look her up by.

For those that may not know based on the names, from left down to right down, we have Stargirl, Green Lantern, The Flash (Jay Garrick), Wildcat, kid I don’t know, other kid I don’t know, Dr. Fate

Atom Smasher, Hawk Girl, Hourman (robot edition), Dr. Mid-Nite, Starman (Jack Knight), Mr. Terrific, and S.T.R.I.PE.(or rather Stripesy which was his old name and now his super suit is a drone), and finally the two members of Old Justice, Doiby(who I’ve already introduced) and Gimmick Girl who is the sister and sidekick of the original Star-Spangled Kid.

I guess once you become a child again they take away your medical license/PhD. We just lost two Drs and a Mr.

Hawkgirl is constantly stealing everyone’s stuff which is pretty funny.

I don’t like how they’re making fun of Hourboy, everyone needs to leave the android alone.

Stripesy is Stargirl’s step-dad so needless to say, this is weird for everyone.

In fact this page is a whole complication of the relationship of the star family.

The original kid-hero Star-Spangled Kid had an adult sidekick, Stripesy here. Stargirl currently has his Cosmic Converter Belt.

Unrelatedly, there was a hero named Starman and Jack Knight is his son and current Starman.

I keep calling her Stargirl here because that’s how I know her but she’s currently the Star-Spangled Kid.

But she’ll eventually inherit the Cosmic Rod from Jack Knight and as a result become Stargirl, the living legacy of two Star-themed superheroes.

Did you get all that? It will be on the test.

It’s complicated, but it’s pretty cool that she gets to be connection between two separate heroes and gets to carry on their legacy.

Though the original Star-Spangled Kid’s sister isn’t really happy with Stargirl taking on his legacy…

Anyhow, once they get to the planet they have dodge the local cops because Doiby Dickles is considered enemy of the state because he and the planet’s princess dared to love each other.

Like, dude had to give up his marriage for a peace treaty between warring planets and all he got was a wanted poster and a one-way trip back to Earth.

There’s too many Justice Society brats to make them participate in a coherent story, so the heart of it is Doiby’s relationship with Ramia and Stargirl proving to Merry the Gimmick Girl that she has earned the right to inherent the legacy of Star-Spangled kid

I don’t know who this golden boy is, but he’s a real narc.

What seems to sell Merry on Stargirl becoming a successor to her brother is definitely the way she watches out for others and is able to be the adult in the room when the moment calls for it.

Unrelatedly I like how she’s able to collaborate with Jack Knight here, those two really are Stars.

How cute, Hawkgirl gave Dr. Mid-Nite his glasses back. She’s learning to be nicer.

Or this is just an exchange for his medical services. He may not be a Dr right now because apparantly they take away your MD when you become a kid, but he still knows how to provide medical assistance.

Awww, they’re all tuckered out.

What a lovely ending to a wild adventure.

Make no mistake, it was wild. Having to keep track of reading all these kids is exhausting. You know we didn’t need the ENTIRE JSA in this Sins of Youth story.

Huh, you know, considering this whole story is about youth, it makes sense it’s focused on Stargirl.

Okay now we can get to the ACTUAL Young Justice members!

[autisticlalna]

okay so. this is now in-episode knowledge: Ruby got swapped to the End Kingdom. unrelatedly, Anathra found a tent on Spruce Mountain containing Ruby's hidden chest (and seeing inside it crashed him so hard he had to force reboot).

discussing stuff we havent seen in an episode yet:

hey Ruby what are you doing on Spruce Mountain. hey. why did you move out before the island swap.

being transparent: i got asked to design a Spruce outfit and End outfit for Ruby, and that is the entire amount of my knowledge. genuinely when i saw him using the Spruce skin i thought that was where he got swapped to and that the End skin was for something else

did Ruby just.. leave? there's potential that she knows something is up with Vintage, as well as potential of her finding out Rue exists and is now... mysteriously missing... and she hasn't exactly been around Vintage much after getting broken out of her tube. also there's however you could interpret the fact that Ruby couldnt wake up while Rue was alive.

tbh ze could've set up shop at Spruce to have a secondary location where people wouldnt expect to look for hir, considering ze got ambushed by Avid. thatd definitely cause paranoia issues, especially when ze's trying to keep the chest hidden and Cherry has been undergoing extensive renovations-- ze's still not ready to tell Vintage, and she would absolutely have a lot of questions if she found it while building roads or something

..also it seems like their mimicry is back? Endbyco got pretty altered by being in the End Kingdom, and you could probably make a case for Spruceby being either just an outfit change for the cold weather or a mimic moment. all of this is throwing spaghetti at a wall, though, bc we're not gonna know anything for sure until Ruby's next episode considering we still dont really know what even happened to Ruby after they woke up (and did Birch Games).

i guess the question now is.. the island swap is over. is Ruby gonna go back to Cherry, or is it going to stay hiding out in Spruce?

[tanoraqui]

prompt: Palamedes Sextus, breakthrough and/or water

(apologies if I’ve misunderstood what you have in mind)

no that's perfect. anyway, I'm still Girl Genius-brained from the previous prompt, so:

As Chief Archivist, no room within the Incorruptible Library was outside Juno Zeta's purview. However, her duties required both good sense and self-preservation, so she used a high-shelf grabber-arm to nudge open the door of Archives Room 22B.

It had already been opened, albeit narrowly. Archivists, librarians, and innumerable other innocent Library employees had been rushing in and out for most of the last 48 hours, fetching and carrying odds and ends of contraptionary parts. Only in the last 19 minutes had the hubbub finally eased - replaced by a steady thump-thump-hummm that flowed out and down the corridor.

The revealed Archives Room 22B was in a familiar tableau (though all such tableaux are unique). Library personnel, particularly the Scientifically Inclined, splayed every which way, mostly asleep, satisfied and exhausted upon the completion of their newest Great Work. The Work itself, a hulking construction of pipes and cogs built out from the Great Steam Pipes in the walls (drawing on them for power, clearly). Juno squinted at it from the doorway - it was some sort of sorting mechanism, obviously - though why all the shards of diamond? And hey, was that her mass spectrometer?

Answers would come, she knew, from the centerpiece of the tableau: the two thirteen-year-olds at the base of the machine, fast asleep and curled up against one another like pair-bonded cats. Juno picked her way carefully through the sleeping librarians and touched the boy on the shoulder.

It was the girl who woke up instantly, of course. Though she didn't move more than to fix her eyes on Juno and say, somewhat sheepishly, "Ma'am."

"Morning, Camilla," said Juno, which was technically temporally accurate - midnight had come and gone 45 minutes ago.

"Is this engine likely to explode in the next twelve hours?" she added.

"No, it's steam channels are regulated with one-point-five endothermic hydrometers per foot, just like the main trunk." That was Palamedes, rolling over under her hand, leaping instantly to precision even as his glasses dangled from one ear. Palamedes Sextus, newfound Spark, Apprentice Archivist and, unrelatedly, Juno's son.

"And we both ate and drank at...some point in the last ten hours," added Camilla Hect, Gnostic Guard trainee, correctly anticipating Juno's next question.