#uuuuh idk how else to tag this

[popsicle-stick]

what if we were boatwomen sat on a lock gate on the grand union canal in 1889……and we were both girls….👉👈😳

historical context under cut!

during the 19th century entire families lived in the tiny back cabins of narrowboats on the british canal system, hauling goods from town to town. they had a hard nomadic lifestyle, and experienced exclusion from on-shore society. due to this, an entire folk culture, with its own crafts, formed. narrowboats were painted in bright traditional patterns, in a style known as roses and castles, and the interiors were full of crocheted lace and polished copper. men wore wide, bright crocheted belts to spread weight when hauling boats with ropes, and women often wore elaborate frilled bonnets that both acted as a point of personal pride and practical shade from the sun for an outdoor existence - these became black after the death of queen victoria in 1901. much has been said about the similarity between traditional english narrowboats and roma vardos, but as far as we know there's not much historical crossover.

link 1 (with photos!)

link 2

[beatheturtleandearthling]

throws these nisaac cbs ghosts headcanons here and runs away

-Isaac has tummyaches due to the dysentery that killed him. Before they broke up, Nigel would help Isaac with these tummyaches, or just give him some comfort. These tummyaches can vary from making Isaac hurt a little bit to a lot. Same thing for their occurrence. I also headcannon that these tummyaches get worse and occur more frequently when his death day is approaching-then on his deathday is the grand finale and the tummyaches are at their worse and more frequent.

-During their walks, if it’s getting boring, Isaac sometimes jumps in the lake to make Nigel laugh.

-Isaac has body insecurities. Same with Nigel.

-Nigel secretly listens to Taylor Swift (joke, he loves Beyoncé and thanks her)

-Isaac loves Ariana Grande

[justfuckmeupchief]

👉 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdYApTD2/ 👈

Hiiiiii, this is a song my friend wrote and released two years ago, that was vastly inspired by the first season of Our Flag Means Death. They're trying to get it monetized, and need a 1000 views for it, so if you could help that would be amazing 🙏🙏🙏 (and apparently, just clicking on "share link" tells the algorithm that you wanted to share it, even if you don't actually send the link to anyone, so maybe that could help too! Idk! How does TikTok even work!)

I know I don't have a big following, but still trying to help however I can, if you could reblog that would be nice :')

Anyway, have a nice day/night!!!

[thescarletnargacuga]

What about a fanfic where both Caine and Pomni are jealous at the exact same time? Idk of who or what but it is an idea 🤣

A/N: oooooohoohoohoo! I like it!

GREEN IS NOT OUR COLOR

A Showtime oneshot!

WARNING: jealousy, hurt/comfort

~~~

"He did WHAT!?" Pomni screeched at Ragatha as they walked the circus grounds. Ragatha cringed at how loud Pomni was, eyeing the nosey sun watching them overhead.

"Pomni, please, it's probably not that big of a deal-" Ragatha held her hand out in front of her, hoping to calm Pomni down.

"It IS a big deal!! Caine has only ever taken ME on solo adventures! WHY would he take GANGLE!? And NOT TELL ME!?!?" Pomni breathed hard through her teeth. Her eyes scrambled into squiggles.

"It's probably just-....uh, they could just be-"

"HE'S GOING BEHIND MY BACK IS WHAT HE'S DOING!! THAT TRAITOR!"

"Woah, woah, let's not jump to any conclusions. Jax says a lot of things, and sure, Caine's impulsive, but I don't think he'd ever intentionally hurt you."

"He NEVER intentionally hurts us, but HERE WE ARE!" Pomni threw her hands up and gestured to the digital world around them.

"We don't know if that's even his fault-"

"WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE, RAGATHA!? HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS!! HE'S MADE HIMSELF OUT TO BE GOD MORE THAN ONCE!! Well, let me tell you, he may think he's god, but he's just a no-good, two timing piece of-"

"POMNI! Stop! Are you listening to yourself? Let's take a few deep breaths." Ragatha breathed slow and deep, motioning for Pomni to do the same.

Pomni did so begrudgingly. She was still seething with rage, her fists clenched to her side. Tears burned in her eyes. As angry as she was, her heart was genuinely hurt. She really thought solo adventures were their thing. Him going on one with someone else without talking to her about it first felt like such a betrayal.

Ragatha could see the pain in her best friend's face. "Hey, it'll be okay."

"What if it's not..?" Pomni choked, on the verge of sobbing.

Ragatha didn't know how to answer. She just opened her arms as an invite for a hug. Pomni decided she needed it and leaned face first into Ragatha.

~

*Earlier that day*

There they were again. Pomni and Ragatha. It was like every time he turned his back, Pomni had to give all her attention to Ragatha. Why? Why her specifically? Pomni didn't spend anywhere near as much time with the other members of the circus. What was so special about Ragatha?

Caine tapped his fingers against her crossed arms. He floated with his knees close to his chest out of view of the others. There was something going on in his circus that he didn't know about and it was making his code feel prickly under his tux.

"They're up to something...I just know it." He has no proof. Even when he had Bubble follow them, all they ever did was talk...and laugh and smile and hug. He felt even pricklier. Pomni was getting affection from someone other than him! What if there was more? What if...

His teeth narrowed over his eyes as he made a snap decision. Today's private adventure would be with someone else. He could have fun without her too!

He teleported to Gangle's room. She was in the middle of drawing and threw her pencil when he startled her. "Hello, Gangle! Lovely day for adventure, isn't it!"

"uuuuh, what-?" Gangle covered her half finished drawing.

"That's right! Today's your lucky day! I have a very special adventure planned just for you!"

"Huh?? Why- how? Just me?" Gangle could not wrap her head around what was happening.

"Yep! Just you! But don't worry! I'll tag along with you to make sure things go smoothly, so you won't be alone! Doesn't that sound fun!" He was selling it as hard as he could but he had to admit to himself, this felt wrong. His still seething jealousy swallowed the guilt.

"I...I guess." She wasn't sure what else to say. She didn't really feel like she had a choice in the matter.

"Excellent! Let's go!" He grabbed her ribbon hand and snapped. A portal appeared to an unknown world. Just before they went through, the room door opened.

"Hey, ribbons, have you seen my-" Jax looked from Gangle to Caine, to them holding hands, to the portal.

"I wouldn't remember this if I were you." Caine said before zipping through the portal, dragging Gangle with him.

The portal vanished and Jax was left stunned in the doorway. What had he just witnessed? A grin slowly crept across his face. "So things aren't all right in paradise after all. How interesting." He shut the door.

~

Pomni insisted on being alone. She was at the carnival games section and throwing balls at bottle towers, pretending they were Caine's face. A ball smashed a tower dead center, scattering the bottles. She took a deep breath as the bottles reassembled themselves. The tears in her eyes were still threatening to escape, no matter how hard she fought them. "Stupid... I'm so stupid..."

A familiar snap made her blood run cold. She didn't have to look to know who was there. She picked up another ball, spun around and threw it as hard as she could.

"There you are-" CRACK! The fast ball knocked Caine straight in the teeth, sending him tumbling backwards through the air. The ball bounced away to places unknown as he righted himself. "Nice shot!" He rubbed his sore tooth. "You've got quite the throwing arm, my dear."

"Don't you my dear me!" Pomni snapped. "How could you!! I finally come to trust you and this is how you repay me!?" Angry tears streamed down her cheeks. "You back stabber!!" Her voice cracked with anger.

Caine's code felt like ice. She knew. All the jealousy, the malice he felt in his intent, boiled over. "You're the one that's been going behind MY back! Ragatha this! Ragatha that! It's always RAGATHA! She's the one you go to! She's the special person in your life! When I thought that was reserved for ME!" He threw his cane and it clattered to the ground.

Pomni got even angrier. "I'M ALLOWED TO HAVE FRIENDS OUTSIDE YOU, CAINE! What you did was a complete BETRAYAL!" She shouted.

"What you two are is more than friends! I'm not that clueless! And what I did today wasn't special! It was a half baked adventure that Gangle barely participated in! It was VERY boring! There's nothing between us! UNLIKE YOU AND RAGATHA!!" Caine exploded. All of his pent up emotions burst forth like a dam broke.

Pomni hiccupped as she tried to control her breathing. "We're just friends. Humans can be affectionate with just friends!" She said through clenched teeth. "But the adventures..." She spoke slower as her tears overwhelmed her. "Those were special...when it was just us...when I had you..."

Caine deflated. The anger and jealousy left him feeling hollow. Guilt and regret filled the void. He had always meant their private adventures to be special. "...what have I done?" He said quietly to himself. "Pomni, I-" He didn't know how to fix this. "I really thought....and I felt-"

"You thought I was cheating on you." Pomni said for him. "That's what we call it." She wiped her face and sniffled. "Caine, why didn't you just talk to me? Instead you- you-..."

"I am that clueless." Caine whispered as he slowly sank until his knees touched the ground.

Pomni gasped. "Caine?"

He hung his head low, arms slack to his sides. "I'm a fool."

Pomni wiped her face again and looked away. "Yeah, you are, but...so am I. I should have seen something like this coming. You literally don't know better. I should have talked to you more about how humans act with people close to them. Aside from you, Ragatha is the one I'm closest to. I trust her. So she has privileges that others don't. Privileges, that up until now, I had really only been showing you... That's my fault."

Caine didn't look up. He wanted to throw himself into the void and never return. "It doesn't excuse my actions. I took something that was special to both of us and...and violated it. It's unforgivable."

"It hurt. A lot. But it's not unforgivable, given the circumstances. We have a strange relationship, Caine. No one can argue that. There are bound to be problems, but If we're willing to communicate... We can work through them."

Caine looked up, his eyes moist. "I'm so sorry."

"I'm sorry too."

They both went silent looking at each other. What now? How do they move on from this?

"WILL YOU TWO IDIOTS JUST KISS AND MAKE UP ALREADY!? YOUR SOB STORIES ARE MAKING ME SICK!" The condescendingly cheerful tone of the sun boomed from above.

Pomni and Caine looked up and then back to each other. Caine floated off the ground and summoned his cane. "Why don't we talk somewhere more private? ...if you'll have me?" He held out his hand to her.

Pomni didn't take her eyes off his as she gave him her hand. "I'll always have you, if you'll have me."

Caine smiled. "There is no one else I could ever want the way I want you." He snapped and a portal appeared. He gently pulled her through.

[sevikagf]

WIP // LAST LINE // MUSIC MONDAY

all in one bc i'm so so behind but i was tagged by @imogenkol @ruvviks, @g0dspeeed @tommyarashikage (i think that was everyone im sorry) to post wips and last lines of wips and idk what music monday is but like lets goooo

there's a lot in this so i'm so sorry lmao its been awhile since i've posted a wip or even finished writing a fic wow

some ronan x ellis i started writing on the plane a month ago

“Did you find it?” He called from the kitchen.  She hadn’t, for her attention was caught by something else. Underneath a stack of books was a wanted poster with a crude drawing and her name in bold letters - her name she knew, but the rest of the words on the page was unreadable. The eyes were too dark, the scars more angry and grotesque, and the hair was short. It was clear this was the work of someone who hadn't seen her in person but only heard the frightened words of bystanders who caught sight of her. Word of her infamy wouldn’t have reached as far as the small town of Faith and how he had come by a poster of her was unclear. Ellis holds the paper steady in her hands, eyeing the curve of the other woman's smile before turning around and heading back for the kitchen.  Ronan looks up and his curiosity falters as their eyes met. “Ms. Cooper?” She drops the poster in front of him and pins it to the table with her knife, the blade through the caricature's throat. With the other hand she grabs the front of his shirt and yanks him closer. “Where did you get this?” A quick glance to the paper and back. He holds his hands up and attempts to calm her rage down. “I can explain, but you have to let me go.” “I don’t think so. You can talk just fine like this.”

uuuuh rian / maxi / ghost anyone?

"Those two seem to be getting close lately." "Who is?" Ghost questions with clear disinterest, not even glancing towards his friend. A soft hum is his answer before any verbal response. He was hesitating. "Sinclair and Brennan." His gaze flickers to his friend and then follows the direction he is looking to find the two in question standing beside each other. The Irishman has his arm draped over the woman's shoulders, leaning down close. Maxine has the faintest hint of a smile on her lips but she doesn't shrug the man off. Rian's hand brushes over hers as he takes the knife she held and flips it around. Ghost feels his hand twitch and he's thankful for his mask to hide what he could only assume would be the expression of annoyance. "So? That's good she's getting along with someone." "Is it?" Soap teases, shrugging as he stands from his seat. "Then I better do the same - what if they get married? Then he'll be family."

LAST LINE(s)

"For fucks sake, Theo. How many people are you sleeping with? Next, you're going to tell me you're fucking one of the Seeds, huh?" Nathaniel can't conceal his anger - no, not his anger, but frustration for having such a reckless niece. Theo clicks her tongue and crosses her arms over her chest. "Really don't think this is something I should be discussing with my uncle." A stifling moment of silence doesn't have time to settle when Nathaniel speaks again. "You're not going to deny fucking one of the Seeds?"

and lastly my music monday contribution, enjoy this

tagging everyone again i'm sorry @strangefable @anoramactir @firstaidspray @pitchmoss @pavus @florbelles @carrionsflower @thedeadthree @roberthouse69 @carlosoliveiraa @shellibisshe @statichvm @risingsh0t @hollytanaka @confidentandgood @leviiackrman @bigbywlf @samuelroukin @cryptcombat @beemot @tekehu @evilvvithin @red-nightskies @pheedraws

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i apologize that this is writing and not everyone wanted to be tagged in writing but if you have any wips or just want to do the music thing, that's fine to!!

[techniiciian]

getting to know you. respond to the following prompts. include as much or as little as you want; you don't have to answer them all !

NAME / ALIAS: aer ( tell me how ur supposed to breath with no aer? can't live, can't breathe with no aer! )

BIRTHDAY: april 30th ( me & willie nelson share a birthday )

ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus Sun, Virgo Rising, Leo Moon

HEIGHT: 5’7” or 170cm

HOBBIES: roleplaying, going to the gym, various arts & crafts including and not limited to: stuffed animal making, embroidering, felt flower making, knitting, & bracelet making. there's also reading, day dreaming, collecting various leaves, twigs & flowers along with other random items such as used matchsticks. uuuuh... thats's about it. >:)c

FAVORITE COLOR: today it's pastel / bubble gum pink , pastel / baby / pale blues , and pine tree green

FAVORITE BOOK: jurassic park ( i love this book so much ok it's a go to for fav book & movie [ tho as a movie is is tied with jaws ] )

LAST SONG: the 1 by taylor swift ( i know i'm a lowkey [ high key ] swifty & i'm sorry [ as a side note the song i listened before this was self sabotage by waterparks ] )

LAST MOVIE: the meg 2 ( first movie was better bc there was more shark content )

LAST SHOW: cunk on earth ( my love for this type of humor is unparalleled ok )

RECENT READ: fourth wing ( don't look at me too hard ok? [ previous books this have been cataylst & rots { the books im gonna read after is the throne of glass series } ] )

SOURCES OF INSPIRATION: music, silly nonsense, tiktoks, curiosities, honestly idk adhd has it pulling form 80 different places at once while pulling from seeming nothing at all. it's like a bunny being pulled out of hat.

STORY BEHIND URL: matt is a technician! easy peasy and simple. ( it's legit the most basic i could get & i love it bc its easy to remember. he's just some technician. not even a radar tech! this could count as a droid tech too! )

tagged by: @s1thcall & @sithsjedi tagging: @fcalty ; @acharnemcnt ; @debelltio ; @iconaclysm ; @pracses ; @prvtocol ; @prodigalren ; @stillsolo ; @vaderari ; @inevitablehe ; @iniqutous ; @inebranlablc ; & everyone & anyone else !!!!!

[higurehige]

hi hello. been 5000 years since I have been tagged in much. uwu thank you @spadefish in return i slaaap uuuuh @duskdragonxiii @etakeh @vampiremasochist annnd @ponyacci (chose 2 of these based on activity feed but still important non-the-less! I hope you guys are all well even if we are but strangers in this wide blue world. Obvs feel free to ignore if you want to)

1. Are you named after anyone? A country singer. Course no one really thinks of her when they hear my name.

2. When was the last time you cried? Hrmmmm. Iunno probably 2 months ago over cirque du freak book series. I cry over books a lot.

3. Do you have kids? I am the kid. Do the 9 cats in my house count? On a serious note - no and I don't plan to. I have far too many problems and raising a kid would just wind up with me placing at least HALF of those problems on them. No. This curse ends with me. I don't think I'd even feel comfortable helping raise someone elses kid if we were in a relationship.

4. What sports do you play/have you played? I picked up archery recently! That's cool. I don't go as often as I should bc it's a bit expensive...but...yea! Archerys cool. Working on learning both recurve and compound. recurve for funsies and compound for hunting. (I just want an excuse to go sit out in the woods for hours on end doing fuck all and maybe, possibly bringing home some meat too)

5. Do you use sarcasm? Not often. I'm pretty blunt and no matter how hard I try to control myself I end up sounding like that one guy from guardians of the galaxy "Nothing goes over my head. I would catch it"

6. What is the first thing you notice about people? -shrug- Their face? I guess? Or whatever color they're wearing. Maybe their shoes. Idk...I'm terrible at facial recognition so I go ape trying to compensate for this.

7. What's your eye color? Green

8. Scary movies or happy endings? (both good but probably horror lean)

9. Any talents? Depends what you count as a talent. Born with? Insane observational skills? Uh I can eat actual rotten and moldy food and not get sick? Uuuuuuh. Hmmm....I can dilate my pupils at will? I can bend my legs freaky directions but not freaky enough to look like a contortionist. naturally good with animals I guess? Idk, nothing to write home about.

10. Where were you born? South Haven Michigan

11. What are your hobbies? Reading, drawing, writing (lol to both of these), gardening (i live in an apartment so I cant really do like...vegetable gardening but, I got plants! =3), studying various animals (and bugs), studying plants, photography, I come and go out of other hobbies, honestly. Adhd moments of "wow that looks cool" doing it once and never again....I'm trying, chief.

12. Do you have any pets? Avery (black cat), Diva and squeakers (twin solid gray cats), Baguatte (orange boi), Tiny man (gray stripy fella), Shaggy (not really MY cat, he's just some stray but....-sigh- he is sleeping in my house rn so I GUESS. (brother to Tiny man I think. very similar appearances). then there's weasle and skunk. (also cats) Do the assassin bugs i just bought for my garden count as pets? bc I have assassin bugs in my plants now =3

13. How tall are you? 5'4 ish and built like a brick.

14. Favorite subject in school? Didn't have a good time in school, so I hated all of it. Excelled at English and reading classes.

15. Dream job? Biology field. I want to get paid to study animal/insect behaviors and write papers on them. As it is I am just doing this shit for free lol

[mikeydraws]

15 questions for 15 friends.

Uuurhm @puppiesandnightlock tagged me so here

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

My deadname no, but my preferred name yes, I named myself after Michealangelo from tmnt

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

Uuuuh idk, I haven’t cried in a long time

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

Does my cat and 2 lizards count? If so I’m a father of 3

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?

Boxing, I really like boxing

DO YOU USE SARCASM?

I gaslight with sarcasm

WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOUR?

Brown/hazel

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

SCARY MOVIES I FUVKING LOVE SCARY MOVIES 🗣️‼️‼️‼️

ANY TALENTS?

Writing and Drawing Ig??

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

France

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?

Reading, Drawing, writing and watching tv shows

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?

Yes, I have 3, a Persian cat called Luna, a bearded dragon called Zelda and a leopard gecko called Cleopatra

I’m planning soon however if I have the money to buy a Crested gecko

HOW TALL ARE YOU?

Short. But I’m not specifying.

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?

Art, English and biology

DREAM JOB?

Zoologist, animal researcher etc,

If I can’t achieve that else Comic book illustrator or writer

I’m not tagging anyone, bc I don’t have 15 friends available at my doorstep

Unless @ghostingink wants to do it 🤷

[infernaleikon]

Send this to people you’d like to know better!

thank you, @obi-wkenobi for the tag 😘

What book are you currently reading? Uuuuh, none atm tbh. I’m really bad with reading books. I tend to start and then never finish. I think I started Wild Space a while back??

What’s your favorite movie you saw in theaters this year? i haven’t been to the theater this year sksksksk

What do you usually wear? sweatpants. i hate whenever i have to wear anything else at this point lmao

How tall are you? 165cm

What’s your Star Sign? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity or a historical event? I’m a Cancer and I don’t who I’m sharing my birthday with.

Do you go by your name or a nick-name? Nickname

Did you grow up to become what you wanted to be when you were a child? What I wanted to be as a child changed practically every day and I didn’t become any of it. Still sort of figuring that out.

Are you in a relationship? If not, who is your crush if you have one? Am not in a relationship and don’t have a crush.

What’s something you’re good at vs. something you’re bad at? I’m good at procrastinating and bad at finishing things.

Dogs or cats? Dogs, no contest.

If you draw/write, or create in any way, what’s your favorite picture/favorite line/favorite etc. from something you created this year? I made these three gifsets I like a lot: one (i love the poem that goes with it and it wrecked me when i thought about it for anakin cos fuckkkkk), two (another poem that i liked for anakin and i also absolutely adore how the gifs turned out tbh), three (turned out kinkier than i meant it to be but the song is such a obikin/vaderwan thing that i wanted to scratch my own face off). 

wrote some fics that i think turned out really well and i haven’t written as much in literal years.

What’s something you would like to create content for? i’d love to dip my toes into vaderwan, i think, that would be interesting and cool.

What’s something you’re currently obsessed with? obikin lmao

What’s something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year? uuuuuhh, i think i was excited about finishing my training and then finding a job, and while i did finish my training i still haven’t been able to find a job (even though i’d hoped the training would help with that a lot)

What’s a hidden talent of yours? i don’t really have any secret talents

Are you religious? no, not at all

What’s something you wish to have at this moment? financial security/stability

idk who got tagged already, so i’ll just go ahead and say @binaryeclipse, @zimriya, @starsdies and anyone who wants to do it <3

[erazonpo3]

hey look ma i made a map (not to scale please and thank you)

This is something I had fun playing around with on Inkarnate and it’s still liable to change in some ways but I’m generally happy with it! The idea was to make a map that extends beyond Corona to include all sorts of named regions from disney properties (and some of my own), but also be compliant with TTS (for the most part. I’m not responsible for in-universe incongruences for one thing). 

Side note: I made a Spreadsheet with all of the named Disney kingdoms that appear in extended media (like books and comics n stuff) so that I could nab them and cry ‘it’s canon whatever mom’ but more so I didn’t have to come up with names. You’re welcome to peruse it and use it as a resource too! it’s all disney props

To go into a bit more detail; 

Canon stuff

A majority of the map is me trying to keep the S2 journey in mind, with stops like Lumbard’s Pass and the Forest of No Return being necessitated by mountain ridges etc that would make detours around them a huge pain in the ass. For instance, it’s faster to reach the spire from Corona by flying over Kresten Loch, so the spire needs to be positioned in a way that it would be a straight line from Corona but requires a trip through the FoNR by foot. 

In Freebird Rapunzel mentions the “cliffs of Koto” so I took that for them being either in Koto or adjacent to it. Then in King Pascal Eugene mentions the black rock path leads them to the water/ocean, so that necessitated this huge bight in the land where they can then get knocked off-course to Terapi Island. More mountains because why in the hell would they go through Lumbard’s Pass + The Great Tree if there was easy access any other way? And yeah they could go by ocean but I figure the caravan just isn’t meant for open sea travel for very long, and shipping a caravan across a long voyage is a steep price even for a Princess. 

I know this does make travel between Koto and Blavenia virtually impossible but whatever. There probably are plenty of travel paths but most of them require mules and you don’t take a caravan. Anyway then they reach Skoteníyi which is what I’ve named the Dark Kingdom (It’s based on a headcanon I won’t get into now), and then of course Rapunzel + co minus Cass fly back to Corona via hot air balloon. 

The obvious thing here is that technically the distance between Corona and the Dark Kingdom isn’t particularly far, but the terrain is awful to travel by foot/wagon which is why the S2 journey takes as long as it does. Extra notes are that Lost Lagoon lists Yultadore, Dionda and Antipe as kingdoms that lie on Corona’s border so I squeezed them in where I could. 

My touches to the map

Points where I’ve put my personal spin on things is largely in the geography of all the regions surrounding the S2 journey and how those mountain ranges might affect/inform the geopolitics etc. I put in some big mountains encircling Corona which makes the wall a very strong strategic piece of defensive infrastructure, which only makes sense if Yultadore + Bayangor + Dionda were historically its rivals. 

Bayangor has since allied itself with Corona but maybe doesn’t get as much help as it would like. As you’ll see in my 2nd pic of the map I’ve outlined the 7 Kingdom Alliance as per the named kingdoms in Beginnings, and notable exceptions to this alliance are Yultadore + Vakretta and Equis. So Yultadore + Vakretta get to be historic rivals of Corona, and Equis gets left out because nobody likes King Trevor. (I definitely wanted to have Equis on a peninsula that’s landlocked entirely by Corona to say that yeah, this kingdom does have sovereignty but only because Corona lets it exist and they all know it). 

The 7 Kingdom Alliance in this verse is necessitated, I imagine, by how god damn terrible travel is through the northern half of this region and if Corona (one of the strongest trade regions by dint of connecting the north to the south) wants to make a trade pact with you in return for some political pressure, then you’re sure as hell going to take it. Another fun tidbit is that the Dark Kingdom is so far across the continent from Corona and so difficult to reach it sort of does make sense why Corona just. Forgot about it. 

(Note also that while a lot of the land in Skoteiníyi is infertile, there are edges on the border that are free for the taking by its border friends. Have fun with that, Edmund.) Refugees probably headed south to Yuwabe and Zaria as less hostile/difficult regions and spread from there, which is why Adira and Hector can be found wandering the southern half of the continent in the CTA AU. 

I’ve also spoken about the region of Eltaire-Sère before as the region in which Ilione lives, and I’ve settled on it being in Dionda- which now places Dionda as Corona’s south-eastern rival. As you can see there’s mountains almost completely encircling the region so it’s nearly impossible to stage military battles there so it just gets passed back and forth in treaties, and as of current TTS the region belongs to Corona even though it’s actually outside the wall and looks like it should belong to Dionda. Culturally, the region is a pretty strong blend of both Corona and Dionda (probably leaning more towards Diondan) so Lio gets two for one. 

Cassandra’s (first) journey

I’ve mapped out Cass’ journey in blue and it’s not really set in stone because I care less about the where of where she’s going and more about what’s happening there, but nevertheless I wanted it to be visually distinct from the S2 journey which is why she travels south before making a stop at Terapi Isle (hello Lady Caine funny seeing you here) and finally catching up with Alphecca in her homeland of Vakretta. It’s also worth mentioning here that one of the upsides to being a Lich in this verse as opposed to a ghost is that there’s no limits on where Alphecca can physically travel, and she spends a lot of time wandering around which is why Cass first runs into her in Jeojin/Yirov.  

I haven’t figured out as much on the geography of the southern section of the continent because unlike the S2 journey I can do whatever the hell I want with it, so I have full creative control but also I don’t have any markers like “Cass HAS to pass through here so make a detour impossible”. Nevertheless I like that the southern part of the continent is largely flat; compared to the northern half travelling is a breeze, which means the timeline is simply up to however long I want Cassandra to spend in one place. 

I figure in her 2nd journey she heads up north towards our dear friends in Arendelle as she travels around Sídiros (Iron Kingdom) in what coincides with Varian’s journey, but I haven’t really figured out what that’d look like yet. 

Varian 7K stuff

Timeline-wise Varian’s journey doesn’t start until Cassandra gets back from her 1st journey. Nevertheless I’ve mapped it out because I like being able to visualise it, and it lets me work in the 7 Trial Kingdoms into the map and worldbuilding. 

Jeojin is the “Fire Kingdom”, Dovena is the “Water Kingdom”, and Ardhyewa is the Air Kingdom. I didn’t want Cass and Varian’s journey to completely overlap, but Cass does visit Jeojin on her way out of Dionda and she hits up Ardhyewa to give Nuru + Ara a cameo. Torres is actually one of the named disney properties but I figured it’d make a perfect “Earth Kingdom”. Varian then travels through Yuwabe to hit the Dark Kingdom and then Sídiros as the “Iron Kingdom”, and the outline never mentions how the hell they get back to Corona from there so I figure they probably double back to the Dark Kingdom in which an air balloon is waiting for them. Idk it’s not my problem. 

A fun fact is that Varian’s journey intersects with Cass’ 2nd journey in the Iron Kingdom/Sídiros, in Solanales- if you’re familiar, Solanales is where the Countess Violante rules. Cue Cass trying her damn hardest to shuffle these kids THE HELL out of dodge. Countess Violante is also one of Donella’s biggest rivals in terms of her crusade against the IK aristocracy, so Cass + Donella work together in a “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” situation, which is of course hilarious when Varian assumes Cass has turned evil again because she’s working with 'the bad guy’ of his journey. 

He thinks she’s evil again and she’s like do you want Violante to commit a genocide hello??? funny stuff

Conclusion

so anyway thats it i love talking geopolitics

[5amanthus]

Transformers Kingdom or whatever the fuck it was called..is hm. Yeah. Wasn’t expecting much out of it cause I hate the rest of the trilogy. But hm. Love getting a Beast Wars reboot with literally none of my favourite characters in it. And they really did that. To Dinobot’s arc. Huh.

Blackarachnia and Airazor were honestly the only redeemable thing about that show.

Everything else was a mess.

[i-m-snek]

Kitana’s dandelions are sprouting!!!! :D

[dooyoo]

Is anyone else making playlists for their soulmate or is it just me

[fightxer]

Partners in Crime (and battles)

[areapermostcapricious]

KNOWING YOUR PARTNER WELL CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE WRITING TOGETHER A LOT EASIER. REPOST DO NOT REBLOG !!

NAME:   “screamy”

PRONOUNS:  they / them

PREFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION:  tumblr im, discord, letters rolled up and tied with a ribbon then slipped into a bottle and tossed into the ocean

NAME OF MUSE(S):  kuja from final fantasy ix (you are here!), zolf j kimbley from the original fma anime, and xigbar from kingdom hearts. in the tumblrverse, once upon a time i rp’d as starscream from transformers: prime, but that certainly wasn’t my first rodeo with rp. lemme tell ya, my path is WROUGHT with bad character interpretations and awful ocs i made with my ex

RP EXPERIENCE / HOW LONG (MONTHS / YEARS?):  oh lordt, uuuuh... over a decade and a half. i’m Old

PLATFORMS YOU’VE USED: got my start on gaiaonline, then did a little bit through msn messenger, good ol’ fashioned emails, skype---but THESE days this is my primary stomping ground, along with discord (when i actually remember to use it for rp and not just ooc chat) 

BEST EXPERIENCE:  not one specifically, but in general, the best feeling is getting SO into plotting and writing with an rp partner that you get that Shot of Serotonin when they respond and you can tell they’re JUST AS INTO the story as you are. it’s gr8. please write stories with me. 

RP PET PEEVES / DEALBREAKERS:  when i can’t find anything on someone’s page. i already have like, crap eyesight, so navigating through hardly-contrasting graphics with 6 point font that ALSO doesn’t contrast is quick to turn me away. also idk, i like to be able to communicate with my rp partners---if i get no feedback, even just checking in every so often, again, we probably won’t mesh well

FLUFF, ANGST OR SMUT:  yes please

PLOTS OR MEMES:  tbh i prefer that initial plotting phase, to get a feel for where we’d wanna go---i’ve been in the game long enough that i’m tired of the same greeting posts---and then i’m able to generate ideas from there. honestly @ all my rp partners that talk to me regularly, i probably have 101 ideas that i haven’t thrown at you yet but i’m too shy to do it

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES:  from my partners, just as long as there’s enough for me to work with, i’m happy. but i tend to get wordy and longwinded at times due to my influences and inspiration, so my responses can quickly turn lengthy when i’m not paying attention

BEST TIME TO WRITE:   when i’m feeling it. if i don’t do it, i regret it

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S):  they’re all smart and evil. so..... not really. and maybe that’s for the best. :)

tagged by :  @princecheka​ (thank youuu! <3)

tagging :  @hyperionswrath , @nights-fear / @lionfated , @backalleybrawl , @tailoringtay , @piers-sxngs​ , @materii​ , @gravitasfatum​ , @dichotomouskey​ @ninthnocturne​ , @rhapscdos​ and whomstever else would wanna do it (and feel free to not do it if you don’t want to of course!)

[heckin-music-dork]

Ooh, thanks for the tag, Nana!

Nickname: idk, I go by Morgan, but I guess I would respond to any variation of that lol. Irl, my older sister used to call me "boog" when we were little, and it Stuck 😂

Height: about 5'8"

Sign: Virgo

Last Google Search: "DnD actual play podcasts clean" (I wanted to find something like Critical Role to listen to, but without all the explicit language and adult content)

Song stuck in my head: "Soldier, Poet, King" by the Oh Hellos

Number of followers: I think about 200 or so, but most of them are ghosts it seems haha

Amount of sleep: I try to get 7-8 hours, but it's usually closer to only 6, if I'm staying up after midnight and waking up at about 6:30 (I need to Stop That)

Dream job: Music therapist, mom, and homemaker

Wearing: Red cowl neck sweater, black yoga pants

Movie/book that summarizes you: LOTR and Narnia

Aesthetic: Pastels, but also autumn/earth tones; cozy fireplace, a good book, a cat curled up and purring in my lap; hot cocoa; driving down an empty highway on a clear summer night with the windows down singing "Let it Be" by the Beatles at the top of my lungs, trying to keep my eyes on the road instead of the stars; sketchbooks and learning how to paint watercolor; taking a moment to pull over and appreciate the sunset; when you wake up on a winter morning and it snowed overnight and it's still fresh and sparkling in the sunlight

Favorite authors: CS Lewis, Tolkien

Favorite instrument: piano, cello, violin, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, I love them all!

Random fact: uuuuh... *instantly forgets everything about myself ever* well, when I graduated high school, I was officially certified as biliterate in Spanish, but I'm super rusty, I haven't had much practice in a long while, I can't grammar anymore!

So yeah, there we go! Tagging @kanerallels @accidental-spice @laughingphoenixleader @bookdragon1811 @authorofemotion @silverpaintedstars @thatonecrazyfan and anyone else!

15 Questions 15 Tags

Tagged by @daisyssousa Thank you so much. 🥰

Nickname: - 👀

Height: 1,75cm

Sign: Taurus

Last Google Search: junior dev positions [in my city]

Song Stuck in My Head: Black Magic - Jamey Young

Number of Followers: 12 ❤️

Amount of Sleep: 4-10h, always tired

Dream Job: singer-songwriter

Wearing: lilac oversized sweatshirt and grey sweatpants

Movie/Book That Summarizes You: Interstellar & Hollow World - Michael J. Sullivan (idk if they summarize me, but they are my all time favorites)

Aesthetic: Spacecore + Ethereal

Favorite Authors: @sarahscribbles @michelleleewise (I mostly read fanfiction 😬)

Favorite Song: my own songs, lol; besides that i have to many favorites

Favorite Instrument: I sing/play guitar, but I also love piano and cello so much

Random Fact: I am currently rewatching the MCU with all movies, series and one-shots in chronological timeline order.

Tagging: but not 15, ahaha. Also no pressure. 😊 @miamaymarry @littlepurplefangirl @michelleleewise @sunalsolove @silver-pieces @agentpolarbear @mon-hiddlestoneans @lesetoilesfous @presidentlokis-hornyhelmet @sarahscribbles + anyone who wants to join