#veil of virtue

[parfaediasux]

knowledge and delusion.

i've been working on my reverse AU, and i finally drew shadow milk and pure vanilla! they were the first swap i came up with, and i'm pretty happy with them now, so it's time to share!

i've always felt as if shadow milk would have been the only beast to ACTUALLY change his name, as some sort of new stage persona. so, he will be the only beast/ancient to change names in the AU.

azure milk cookie

the ancient hero of knowledge. azure milk cookie is a jester of highest status, with a knack for magic - which he teaches to his ever-loyal subjects. rumors are spread of his true power, although nobody has claimed to have seen him use the light of knowledge in person. in fact, the soul jam he wears seems almost... dim. perhaps there's more to him than meets the public eye?

pure vanilla cookie

formerly a beacon of truth, the tragic hero had experienced failure after failure, losing those most important to him. truth turned to delusion, and pure vanilla cookie trapped himself in a false reality where everything was okay again. any speech of the truth would be blocked out, and eventually met with psychotic rage. as to prevent any further damage, pure vanilla was sealed within the silver tree, although he may still live inside a delusion to this day.

[fierypen37]

[camjsad0]

do u guys fw this,,,

[cannellaeluce]

“Lavinia,” Ursula K. Le Guin

[fellhellion]

I feel like an element that gets a little overlooked with Shiori is that her condescension towards Juri’s love is rooted in self hatred. It’s why nothing changes even when Shiori knows their affection is mutual. Because Juri loving another girl - loving Shiori - is a humiliation by virtue of the fact it’s a girl, and thus Unfathomable to heteropatriachal society, and (to Shiori’s mind) that it’s her when Juri is so much better than her. And the only salve to the gaping maw that is Shiori’s own lack of self worth is to leverage that love over Juri’s head and think her pitiful for it. Not to mention the entire thing that is Shiori fearing if their love was ever to escape this purgatory of existing but never being touched, it would eventually end and Shiori…god Shiori has never escaped wanting to chase after Juri’s shadow…

[katyspersonal]

Happy Corporations Pretending to Care month to me and my friends and mutuals! /hj /lh

[sunlessea]

at long last .... tag drops. part 1 : the masters of the bazaar.

[kemuele]

The brunet archangel appears, wings tucked and face shrouded in pink. Tug to jacket sleeve. A blush - freckles showing. Blues glimmering. In honor or autumn, he hands over a branch-crown woven in leaves. Splashes of vermillion dot orange and browns. Berries plucked from holly bushes. Fingers are wound with bandages from pricks. ❝ Happy autumn, Giraffe. ❞ Dimples show as he smiles.

Kemuel is left with little surprise when he sees Gabe's face sport a warm, pink blush. Either mischief or romanticism is on the other's mind, though which will win in the end? The archangel adjusts his scarf as it loosely drapes over his shoulders, only to discover what Gabriel presents. A crown? Not just any from the looks of it. His eyes light up and lips part for a soft chuckle.

"Oh, Gabe...you made this, did you not?" he asks in breathless awe while taking the crown. Those fingers weren't harmed for naught, rest assured; Kem lowers his head to place the autumnal crown atop his locks of browns. With a little adjustment here and there, he lowers his hands to take Gabriel's into his own.

"What do you think? The colors are perfect, yes? Happy autumn to you as well."

@blxsscd-x-fxrsakcn

[fierypen37]

[parfaediasux]

UPDATE: i have came up with the perfect name for the AU.

"The Veil of Virtue"

i promise to keep you all informed on my ideas for it - i have so much to share!

AU idea

Earthbread was doomed from the second White Lily fell. Pomegranate Cookie knew, and deep down, the Ancients knew as well. However, as destruction drew near, Pure Vanilla Cookie devised a plan.

An advanced ritual of legend could be performed, one to reset an entire universe, to switch around events in hopes things would turn out differently.

And so, the fates of Ancients and Beasts were reversed. Heroes doomed to a fate worse than death, and monsters discovering loopholes to the rules in place, their tyranny released upon Earthbread.

Few cookies would learn of their rulers' true intentions. But maybe, with a little foresight, one could remember the past reality.

That cookie was chosen to be Wizard Cookie.

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concept design for Custard in the AU!!! or, as i like to call him, Buttermilk. <33

he has no clue about shadow milk's true intentions (and upon finding out, will probably break down.)

[saintse]

tag dump.

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[yes-these-obsessions-are-healthy]

With his romance with Lavellan, Solas learned a horrific truth—that him simply as a humble man was enough to be lovable. He had been plied out of the Fade by Mythal because of her need for him, and out of devotion, he became something more and dreadful for himself, for her. And she never reciprocated that devotion with the same intensity. He spent millennia fighting for her as a thing he detested—a man of war and death, a being whose mortal body imbued him with innate qualities and emotions that would further twist his Wisdom nature. He was producing the very poisons that would normally corrupt a spirit by virtue of [Being a Person]. The external influences now harbored inside him.

But Lavellan showed him. That being you are, the one that wished to ponder and reminisce of spirits, who valued liberty and freedom and knowledge and the wry observation? That was enough. That was always enough. But he can’t accept it, because millennia of being Fen Harel, being devoted to Mythal and her cause.. to sunder it from himself would feel like a magnificent loss. He has been that for so long, is there anything yet truly left of the Wisdom spirit that once was?

Not only that, but given corporeality, Solas is compelled by the operant [If I can, I must]. He CAN do something about the Veil, so he will. If he doesn’t, then he is forsaking the memory of he destroyed with his choice. He is forsaking his own principles. To do nothing in the face of injustice and cruelty is a sin he cannot bear.

He comes to the Inquisition as a “humble apostate”, both as disguise and because in his de-powered state he is of little greater use (if he had greater power I’m certain he would have nudged the Inquisition toward their goals). This is a costume he is wearing, or so he tells himself. He exists to advise, to suggest, to subtly direct toward more peaceful and humanitarian and spirit-friendly directives. He operates as his former [Wisdom] spirit state.

And Lavellan grows to love it, to appreciate it. She grows to appreciate [Solas as Wisdom]. That part of him, the part of him that he has put aside for thousands upon thousands of years, though his nature craves to return to it. Without his ability to be Fen’Harel, it is pretty much all he has. And oh, this mayfly mortal born of a “forsaken ignorant people”, she is drawn to him, seeing him as a [man], seeing him at his (comparatively) weakest, most ineffectual state and finding it pleasing. Desirable. [Enough].

Enough. He is enough as Solas, simply Solas. But if it is enough for Lavellan, why was it not enough for Mythal? No, no, there was a reason. There was a war. War requires more of people. It requires limits to be broken and terrible mantles to be donned.

But Lavellan is fighting an existential war against Corypheus. And she does not demand more of him. She values what little he is able to provide—guidance, insight, his magic. It is [Enough].

We Solavellans have dissected and discussed at length about the nature of the relationship being one built on deceit, the moral and ethical quandary of love cultivated under a false identity. Veilguard has confirmed the existential struggle and quiet agony that Solas experienced by transitioning into [Being]. While Lavellan should of course had been informed of his ‘true identity’ before falling in love with him, an argument could still be made that Fen’Harel is not his true identity but a long-worn mask that he wishes he could ditch. The man Lavellan fell in love with is who he should be, who he wants to be. Far more underpowered than he’s comfortable with, sure, but the personality for certain. Just a person giving advice, discussing at length about topics he enioys, exploring memories and ruminating over them, smirking over small verbal sleights of hand and sly tricks, engaging in philosophical debates. All of that is already there, that is who he is in peacetime. The man has known war and conflict for so long that he has mentally split Solas and Fen’Harel as two people, because he needed to, but they are the same. Solas who wields the martial prowess of Fen’Harel. Fen’Harel who possesses the wry levity and artistic sentimentality of Solas. SOLAS YOU ARE BOTH AND MORE THAN THESE TWO HALVES.

[newmic]

[gbhbl]

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[aphroditesprincessmaggie]

The 7 Virtues of Hellenism & Aphrodite Worship

Xenia - hospitality, generosity

being warm and welcoming to others in Her name, just as She has done for us

Kharis - appreciation, gratitude

being grateful for all the gifts She has given us and showing it through ritual, offerings and prayer

Eusebia - reverence, veneration, piety

recognising that they are deities and showing them our respect. even us godspoused people must show respext to the ancient beings we love

Hagneia - moral, spiritual and physical purity

veiling is a great way to maintain purity, though some other ways include ritual bathing and spiritual cleansing

Arete - excellence, brilliance

follow the path of the gods, whoever's path you choose and follow it to glory

Sophia - knowledge, wisdom

learn, as much as you possibly can. learn about Her, the old ways in which She was honored

Sophrosyne - self-control, sound mind, balance

keeping a spiritual balance during rituals and prayer. try not to ask Her to do your hexes/jinxes/curses, do your own dirty work